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History is being wiped out The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has not only disappeared the Very Hot Days graph but they have wiped out thousands of 40 plus hot days in the years from 1910 – 1963 — years when almost all temperatures in Australia were recorded on Stevenson screens by trained officials under the central management of the Bureau. Volunteer, Chris Gillham, found the data and the chan

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Jane Fonda continues to be a badass. The legendary actor and activist found herself being recognized on Friday for her work on the screen, but it was the way she accepted the award that is perhaps the most notable. She couldn't attend the annual BAFTA Britannia ceremony in person, you see, because she was too busy getting arrested in D.C. for protesting inaction on climate change . That didn't st
Traditionally, rodents don't operate motor vehicles. It's mostly a human thing. That didn't stop researchers at the University of Richmond , which made the world a better place with some truly excellent footage of rats driving cars this week. News of the newly empowered rats was first broken by New Scientist on Tuesday. The research team put some clear plastic containers on wheels, devised a stee
The 'many worlds' hypothesis suggests the existence of countless other universes similar to ours but different. The idea that we live in one of a prac...
A ghost tour participant recently photographed a ghostly figure in an upstairs window of a restaurant in Baltimore. The picture, which shows what some...

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Actor is led away in handcuffs after winning Stanley Kubrick award for excellence in film Jane Fonda accepted a prestigious award from Bafta Los Angeles while being led away in handcuffs after being arrested during climate emergency protests. The actor and activist was honoured with the Stanley Kubrick award for excellence in film at the annual Bafta Britannia ceremony. However, she could not be
• All Blacks beaten at World Cup for first time in 12 years • Tuilagi’s second-minute try sets tone for England No one connected with English rugby will ever forget the annus mirabilis of 2003 but finally Martin Johnson and co have some serious competition. While Eddie Jones’s squad may still be 80 minutes short of their ultimate ambition, it is impossible to recall any Red Rose side, ancient or m
Health workers say the reuse of syringes drove the outbreak in the city of Ratodero.
The Russian Defense Ministry published satellite intelligence images proving that oil from Syria was sent abroad under the guard of US servicemen before and after the defeat of the Daesh terrorists, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said Saturday. The ministry said that "the space intelligence images showed that oil was actively extracted and massively exported for proc
It was the first time a summit of bishops convened by a pope has endorsed such a historic change to the tradition of a celibate priesthood. The final decision will be up to the pope.
WASHINGTON — President Trump kicked off his week much like he ended his last: deflecting damning revelations coming from within his own administration. Things got ugly Tuesday, when Trump’s own acting ambassador to Ukraine, a widely-respected career diplomat, delivered an “excruciatingly detailed” account of the president’s pressure campaign to swap military aid for politically-helpful investigat

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Health workers say the reuse of syringes drove the outbreak in the city of Ratodero.
"Orville" executive producers promise more space battles in Season 3.
Machine learning provides an entirely new way to tackle one of the classic problems of applied mathematics.
Elon Musk revealed Version 3.0 of the Solar Glass Roof, which is made of solar panels, but looks like slate.
Marine fungi have long been overlooked in the research community, despite their likely contributions to the health of ocean ecosystems. Now, a first deep dive into the diversity of marine fungi and their cell division cycles has been published by a collaborative team at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), opening the door on this oft-neglected branch of the Kingdom Fungi.
In the race to manufacture autonomous vehicles (AVs), safety is crucial yet sometimes overlooked as exemplified by recent headline-making accidents. Researchers are using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to improve the safety of autonomous technology through both software and hardware advances.

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By Gordon Duff and New Eastern Outlook, Moscow (Est. 1816) – First published … October 20, 2019 – Political activism in the US other than for pay is a dying occupation. Make too much noise, you are branded a terrorist. Reach too large an audience, you have a car accident, and this has happened over […]
What Gabbard is indirectly saying here is that if a foreign policy is in the interest of the American people, then the warmongers, and the political whores and prostitutes will have nothing to do with it. This is one reason why Gabbard unequivocally told Donald Trump a few weeks ago: “We are not your prostitutes.”
by Phil Butler, …with New Eastern Outlook, Moscow [ Editor’s Note: What do Greece, Crete and Florida have in common? Absolutely nothing. I would ruin Phi’s story by telling you why, because he has done a good job. My story, thankfully, is a bit different than his, as where I grew is pretty much the […]
Scientists Prove Leonardo da Vinci’s 500-Year-Old Bridge Design Actually Works by Jason Daley /Smithsonian.com Leonardo da Vinci wasn’t known for getting things done. He was often years or even decades late when delivering paintings, and many of the fantastical schemes he concocted (think giant horse statues and flying machines) barely progressed beyond the page. Still, new research conducted by
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«SUNŌKERU» follows us on a pow-devouring journey to the land of the rising sun. Hungry for bottomless powder, our crew packed their bags and headed for the snowy hills of Hokkaido for a two-week adventure, boards and snorkels in hand. Seasoned veterans Nicholas Wolken and Atsufumi Mizuno were joined by the fresh energy of our new friend Spencer O’Brien and the young legs of Lars Popp. Christoph T
MILLER & SON by Asher Jelinsky Fiction | 2019 | USA | 21min A transwoman mechanic lives between running her family’s auto shop during the day and expressing her femininity at night, until an unforeseen event threatens balance of her compartmentalized life. CAST & CREW Written & Directed by: Asher Jelinsky Produced by: Kate Chamuris Cinematography by: Robert Nachman Production Design by: Robert Ag
It’s Kalen versus the clock in this week’s episode of "OMKalen," as Kalen tries to recreate three spooky Halloween designs on cookies in just five minutes. Will he finish in time, or will it be a culinary catastrophe? Watch to find out! #OMKalen #OMK #KalenAllen From: TheEllenShow
Guest host Justin Hartley had two of the best dancers in the world on the show, so he played a game called "Can tWitch and Ciara Dance... with What's Behind Them?" #Ciara #tWitch #TheEllenShow From: TheEllenShow
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Companies like Puma which back Israeli sport associations purposefully ignore the oppression of Palestinian athletes.
From zerohedge by Tyler Durden Fri, 10/25/2019 – 19:00 Earlier this week we joked that with PG&E now scrambling to enforce intentional blackouts every time there are powerful winds for fears the bankrupt company’s aged infrastructure could cause a new fire, “every time the wind blows California will become Venezuela.” https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/1186440507217588224 Turns out it wasn’t…
Turkish foreign minister says trust in Germany has been 'shaken' following recent criticism of offensive in Syria.
Reaction Engines Ltd. recently passed a major milestone with the development of their SABRE engine, which could lead to spaceplanes that don't rely on rocket boosters. The post appeared first on Universe Today .
Stanford University One proposed method for reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the atmosphere – and reducing the risk of climate change – is to capture carbon from the air or prevent it from getting there in the first place. However, research from Mark Z. Jacobson at Stanford University, published in Energy and Environmental Science,…
Not all Democrats are the same. Filling Congress with garden variety Democrats isn't even a good idea. It would just enable the worst instincts of the worst power-mad, values-free careerist Democrats, the Schumers, Emanuels, 


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Here’s an inconvenient fact: Australia had the highest number of very hot days in 1952, back when CO2 levels were 311ppm and humans had not yet emitted 87% of our carbon dioxide emissions. Something else was causing that extreme heat. If only the modelers knew what it was? For years the BOM site had this informative graph below, but yesterday Craig Kelly M.P. phoned me to prepare for his Bolt Rep
History is being wiped out The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has not only disappeared the Very Hot Days graph but they have wiped out thousands of 40 plus hot days in the years from 1910 – 1963 — years when almost all temperatures in Australia were recorded on Stevenson screens by trained officials under the central management of the Bureau. Volunteer, Chris Gillham, found the data and the chan
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I visited the famous Giles weather station a couple of weeks ago. It’s an ACORN top ranking site, it even has a Met office. Because it so central and so remote the measurements here are used to estimate temperatures across a vast area — indeed, arguably, it’s the most influential site in terms of Australia’s area-averaged temperature. It’s 1,700km drive from Perth (1,000 miles) and the last 800 k
Postmodernist reasoning taken to its logical conclusion. Starts with zero, ends with identity-maths. Is Maths Racist? Free Press International News The Seattle Public Schools Ethnic Studies Advisory Committee (ESAC) has determined that math is subjective and racist. In a draft for its Math Ethnic Studies framework, the ESAC writes that Western mathematics is “used to disenfranchise people and com
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Oct 22

On fire — Ann Widdecombe lays out the situation. The only kind of Brexit is a clean break. October 18th 2019 “The Brexit party will take Leave and nothing else.” “We gave Europe their freedom and in return they want to take ours.” She’s 72, and has studied Latin, Philosophy at Oxford. She was a Minister in the John Major Government. What a powerhouse. Bring on an election! h/t Jim Simpson. Rating

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Petition EN1116 – The case for leaving the Paris Climate Agreement https://www.aph.gov.au/petition_list?id=EN1116 Petition Reason We the undersigned petitioners request the House reconsiders Australia’s commitment to the PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT that was ratified on 9 November 2016 and declared ‘entry into force’ on 9 December 2016. Australia is meeting its emission targets. We contribute approx. 1
UPDATE: Live results coming in at globalnews.ca See Decision Canada: 170 seats to win, currently Liberals (Trudeau) 145, Conservatives (Sheer) 106 * * * Canadian polls are on a knife edge election day rolls out Click to enlarge In the US, Brexit and Australian elections the pollsters missed the hidden conservative vote. It was so strong some people said they’d vote Labor, but then they voted the o
Back in August I posted the extraordinary first quotes from Prof Andy Pitman that there was no link between climate change and drought. Prof Andy Pitman, Climate Modeler, UNSW The news about droughts was banal and obvious, because more water evaporates in a warmer world, and therefore, more rain falls — how could it be any other way? What goes up, must come down. But that quote was very important

Oct 20

… Extinction Rebellion leader says its not about climate — it’s about toxic white European racist heterosexists, especially old Brits Basden o-chosen-one is here to save us from our delusions — if you thought fossil fuels caused climates to break, you are in denial. Storms and floods are really a symptom of the toxic infection that is European civilization! Apparently even the IPCC are denialists

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Oct 18

I admire The Guardian’s honesty. If the sun drives climate change and a foreign unaudited UN committee is grossly exaggerating, at least we know that The Guardian will be the last commercial news outlet on Earth to report it. The Guardian helpfully puts this message on all the pages we read — just in case we forget for a moment and think it might be pursuing actual journalism and full fearless in

Oct 17

Case #412 of religious fanatics overplaying their hand again Two protesters in London had stopped the Jubilee line train by standing on top of it with a banner. Two more were planning to glue themselves to the train, but the crowd was fed up. Mahatir Pasha‏ is a journalist for ITV News who apparently witnessed and filmed the furious commuters. He writes on twitter: “One commuter shouted “I need t

Oct 16

Add Susan Crockford’s name to the list of scientists being tossed out of the academic cathedral because they dare speak the truth. University of Victoria give no reasons for suddenly ending her long unpaid role as adjunct professor, but if they had evidence of incompetence, misinformation, deceit or poor performance, you can be sure they would say so. The academic casualty list includes Peter Rid

Oct 15

The AEMO, theoretically the Australian Energy Market Operator, warned that people in Victoria and NSW face a high risk of blackouts this summer. Today the Sydney Morning Herald describes how big business is fed-up, calling it “disgraceful” that they have had to spend millions to install back up generators. The chief of Coca-cola Amatil Australia compared the situation to what they face in Papua N
So much for expert judgement In a test of scientists abilities, the same data was sent to 27 teams of researchers in cognitive psychology. The idea was to test the theoretical inferences they drew. But those expert teams drew conclusions from identical data that varied, oh boy, all the way from “zero to 100 percent.” One of the research team described it as a “jaw dropping” result – where only one
Welcome to the new complexified energy grid where a cloud can cause a system black event — knocking out power for as much as nine hours. This affected the hospital for 30 minutes and the prolonged problems caused many businesses and supermarkets to close. Alice Springs is an island microgrid servicing about 29,000 people in the centre of Australia. It was 38 degrees C yesterday when the power wen

Oct 14

Looks like a religion, acts like a religion… @ExtinctionR Just another group profiting from “climate change” What other grassroots movement has fears of “six figure tax bills”? And these are just the UK figures. How Extinction Rebellion climate change zealots – including a baronet’s Cambridge-educated granddaughter – are paid £400 a week to bring mayhem to our streets by Holly Bancroft and James

Oct 13

Adam Bandt, Greens MP, set up a Parliamentary Committee on Climate Action which aims to declare a Climate Emergency in Australia. Five Liberal (conservatives) have signed up to the chicken-entrails committee. Rowan Dean has a message on Sky News for Tim Wilson, Dave Sharma, Jason Falinski, Katie Allen, Angie Bell and Trent Zimmerman, said in a Swedishy indignant voice How Dare You! You have stole
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Oct 11

The Catholic Church eyes off the competition — the Green Church of hippie witchdoctors. Thinks about discovering a new commandment — thou shalt not hurt silicon dioxide, (or something like that.) Some catholic delegates call it an ecological conversion. I call it a marketing campaign. Harming planet could be a sin, say Vatican delegates by Tom Kington, The Australian Delegates at the Pope’s synod

Oct 09

Sometimes we fool ourselves into thinking that destruction is creating something and that the government is a wish-fairy. Nice quote “The Industrial Decalogue” from 1916. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot help small men by tearing down big men. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.

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Oct 06

Trying to fix past mistakes through homogenization Lots of things can muck up a perfect thermometer spot, like shade, new roads, new screens, or old paint. In order to remove these annoying non-climatic effects, the BOM compares each station to those around it to look for odd changes. In theory this sounds like a good idea. In practice it’s more like hepatitis – bad news that spreads. It’s a rogue

Oct 05

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Oct 04

All that global warming and nothing to show for it? Headlines rang out telling Australians that last summer was the hottest ever. But, according to the UAH satellite series, the hottest — just barely — was in 1991, when CO2 was a wonderful, safe 356 ppm. Since then, humans have emitted more than half — fully 58% — of all the emissions we have ever emitted since we crawled out of those dank caves.

Oct 02

Is This the Wackiest Weather Station in Australia? Guest post by Ken Stewart South Australia puts thermometers beside incinerators. Victoria puts them behind prison walls. Tasmania has one beside piles of human excrement. New South Wales has them beside freeways. But Queensland goes one better — it has one on a roof. And not just any roof, but on the shiny steel roof of a sugar loader, high above
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Oct 01

The cheapest way to prevent man-made global warming is stop the BOM altering the data First the BoM had “high quality” data. Then, with fanfare, after we asked for an audit they had the miracle of ACORN circa 2011. Then early this year ACORN 2.0 was quietly birthed with major adjustments as expert data became “more expert” but the BOM strangely didn’t want to mention that what was so good is now e

Sep 30

Just a quick note to say I’ll be out in the Gibson desert beyond phones and emails for the next ten days. Apologies, as I won’t be able to reply and haven’t set up an email auto reply. Responses will be very very delayed. Posts are still coming, David will keep an eye on things. Thanks to the moderators for keeping discussion going. Merci! Back soon. — Jo Photo by Karl JK Hedin on Unsplash Yes, I

Sep 29

Putin doesn’t think humans control the climate, and has said so openly. Now, he’s finally agreed to ratify the Paris agreement, though with very low targets. He even did it by a government order (which means he has bypassed the house — the State Duma) — presumably to avoid the people who would voice “the same kinds of arguments against the need for collective action that he himself has frequently

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Sep 27

A declaration of a fake emergency is just like yelling “fire” in a crowded theatre Photo by Takver. A couple of days after skeptics were banned by The Conversation, came an article advising how people who do illegal, potentially dangerous things can use the “climate emergency” as a legal defense. Skeptics and scientists might rub their hands with glee, waiting for the climate emergency to be vapo

Sep 26

The only reason Climate Scare Machine played the Child card was because they’ve given up the adult contest of persuasion. As a marketing tactic it has a lot going for it. Playing the “girl under seige” card brings out protectors. Holding the “girlie hype” card whips the gullible and emotional into a frenzy. The people 

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"The Sound of Shoes Dropping in the Night"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 seconds ago
*"The Sound of Shoes Dropping in the Night"* by Jim Kunstler "It was interesting to watch the Cable News divas go incandescent under the glare of their own gaslight late yesterday when they received the unpleasant news that the Barr & Durham “review” of RussiaGate had been officially upgraded to a “criminal investigation.” Rachel Maddow’s trademark pouty-face got a workout as she strained to imagine “…what the thing is that Durham might be looking into.” Yes, that’s a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma, all right… with a sputtering fuse sticking out of it. Welcome to th... more »

How Old Was Trump When He Started Lying Incessantly?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 25 seconds ago
On CNN yesterday, Jake Tapper reminded CNN viewers that regardless of White House claims to the contrary, Trump doesn't have a "communications problem," he has "a facts problem and the facts are bad for the president, so he seems to be trying to change them by lying." The describes more than just the Ukraine scandal. And it describes more than just his presidency. It describes the man's entire life. He's been lying about everything-- big and small-- since the first time he appeared in the *New York Times*, October 16, 1973. Trump was 27 years old then and the headline was Major L... more »

In A Society Built On War, We Must Do More Than Just Prefer Peace

Caitlin Johnstone at Caitlin Johnstone - 7 minutes ago
American activist Angela Davis once said, “In a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.” Our responsibility to truth and justice isn’t fulfilled by merely witnessing the perverse tendency in western society toward white supremacy without participating in it, […]

meet GRU Unit 74455

Bob Dinn at balance10 - 25 minutes ago
This for Matonis was ominously familiar territory: for more than two years he and the rest of the security industry had watched Russia launch a series of destructive hacking operations against Ukraine, a relentless cyberwar that accompanied Russia's invasion of the country after its pro-Western 2014 revolution. Even as that physical war had killed 13,000 people in Ukraine and displaced millions more, a Russian hacker group known as Sandworm had waged a full-blown cyberwar against Ukraine as well: it had barraged Ukrainian companies, government agencies, railways, and airports w... more »

Russia's Plan To Take Over Finland? Robotic Tanks and Flamethrowers

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 42 minutes ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Europe* Not a great plan. *Key point: *These World War II drones were only effective in highly-specialized circumstances. On April 18, Moscow announced that it would feature its Uran-9 robot-tanks in its military parade celebrating the seventy-third anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany. The compact Uran-9 bristles with a 30mm cannon and anti-tank missiles—and it is of course, unmanned. The defense ministry also periodically insists that it will develop an unmanned version of its new T-14 Armata main battle tank. Curiously, Moscow has been deve... more »

Japan: A Future Nuclear Weapons Superpower?

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 42 minutes ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Asia* A geopolitical earthquake. *Key point:* Tokyo could get the bomb if it needed to and that would be scary for its neighbors. It is perhaps China’s greatest nightmare: a nuclear-armed Japan. Permanently anchored off the Asian mainland, bristling with nuclear weapons, a nuclear Japan would make China’s security situation much more complex than it is now, and force China to revise both its nuclear doctrine and increase its nuclear arsenal. To be perfectly clear, Japan has no intention of building nuclear weapons. In fact, it has a strong aversion to... more »

WKD: Will Russia Get What It Wants in Syria?

Stratfor Worldview at The National Interest - 42 minutes ago
*Stratfor Worldview* *Security, Middle East* [image: Reuters] Moscow still has a long road ahead of it. *Key point:* Moscow hopes to win big but could pay a high cost. Just over four years after the Russian military intervention in Syria began, Moscow continues to enjoy the diplomatic, commercial and military rewards of its operations in the Levant. By driving a wedge between its NATO foes, testing out new weaponry and more, Russia has notched up a number of strategic and tactical successes in Syria. These gains notwithstanding, it's not all clear sailing for Moscow ahead: From g... more »

How to Eat Paleo on a Budget

Ashley Swanson at TDW - 55 minutes ago
Eating quality food, the Paleo way, doesn’t have to cost you an arm and a leg. People think that eating Paleo is expensive, but it doesn’t have to be at all. In fact, when shopping thoughtfully for your primal foods it ends up being cheaper than you think. On top of that, investing in your … Continue reading "How to Eat Paleo on a Budget" The post How to Eat Paleo on a Budget appeared first on TDW.

On Conservatism’s Decline into Progressive Utopianism

Unknown at The Verma Report - 1 hour ago
The fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, instead of leading to the end of socialism, led to the weakening of the conservative movement. The 1990s saw the rise of a new breed of conservative politicians and intellectuals who viewed traditional conservatism as an obstacle to electoral success. Under their leadership, conservatism’s links with ancient and medieval knowledge, which is essential for making it a coherent project, was severed. Conservatism ceased to be conservative in the traditional sense; it is now a modernist movement—a vehicle for progressive utopianism.

With Little Fanfare, William Barr Formally Announces Orwellian Pre-Crime Program

Activist Post at Activist Post - 1 hour ago
By Whitney Webb Last Wednesday, U.S. Attorney General William Barr issued a memorandum to all U.S. attorneys, law enforcement agencies and top ranking Justice Department... more »

Great show of sportsmanship between Supercars rivals after shocking crash

Just In - 1 hour ago
Shane van Gisbergen is desperate to make up ground on Scott McLaughlin in the race for the Supercars championship, but he forgot about that in the wake of his countryman's frightening crash on the Gold Coast.

Pedestrian killed, another man fighting for life after spate of crashes in Adelaide overnight

Just In - 1 hour ago
A pedestrian dies after being hit by a motorcycle and another man is in a critical condition following a separate crash in Adelaide on Saturday night.

Tributes paid to young sisters found dead in Madeley as mother remains under guard in hospital

Andrea Mayes at Just In - 1 hour ago
Two young girls found dead in their home in Perth's northern suburbs on Friday are described on social media as "beautiful" and "cherished" as their mother remains under arrest in hospital in relation to their deaths.

Irish luck brings farming couple on a working holiday 'gap year' to NSW winery

Michael Cavanagh at Just In - 1 hour ago
Irish empty-nesters Derek and Jackie Edwards are living the dream on the other side of the world, working on farms for food and board in Australia.

Kurt Cobain's olive-green cardigan from Unplugged in New York sells for $500k

Just In - 1 hour ago
The tattered, drab-olive-green button-up sweater with dark stains and a burn hole sets a new record for the most expensive jumper ever sold at auction.

Family of boat tragedy victim praises his mate for bravely staying with him 'until the end'

Just In - 1 hour ago
The family of Peter Verrall, who died when the boat he was fishing in capsized in rough seas in South Australia, praises his close friend for staying with him "until the end".

Does this remote Pilbara property have what it takes to be a Dark Sky Sanctuary?

Just In - 1 hour ago
A cattle station in outback Western Australia proves popular with stargazers and now hopes to become internationally recognised for its starry nights.

Are fines for not wearing a bicycle helmet too high?

Just In - 1 hour ago
Fines for cyclists who do not wear helmets in New South Wales are more expensive than anywhere else in Australia, and should be drastically lowered, according to university researchers.

How England got a psychological edge over 'the gods of rugby' at the World Cup

Just In - 1 hour ago
From the pre-game haka to the post-game guard of honour and everything in between, a lot of people had a lot to say about the All Blacks' early exit at the Rugby World Cup.

Battleships: How to Make the U.S. Navy Great Again?

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Americas* It's nice to dream--as it will never happen. *Key Point:* America needs a bigger navy. Battleships captivate the imagination. Before they were displaced by aircraft carriers, battleships were symbols of great-power status. Some of the most iconic were the American Iowa class, the last battleships ever built by the United States. Powerful in appearance, yet with sleek lines filled in with haze gray, the Iowa class served in World War II and were unretired three more times to serve as the U.S. Navy’s big guns. If we brought them back today, wh... more »

After This War, India Became A Powerhouse and Pakistan Was Ruined

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, Asia* The 1971 India-Pakistan War's legacy lives on. *Key point: *And Pakistan has never forgiven India. This is what happens when you chop a nation in half. Before December 3, 1971, Pakistan was a country suffering from a split personality disorder. When British India became independent in 1947, the country was divided into Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan. The problem was that East Pakistan and West Pakistan were almost a thousand miles apart, and wedged in between them was archenemy India. Imagine if the United States only consisted of the East Coast ... more »

Does Israel Have Something to Fear from Donald Trump?

Amitai Etzioni at The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Amitai Etzioni* *Security, Middle East* [image: Reuters] The Israelis are concerned that Trump will change his mind about supporting them in the same cavalier way that he switched his position with regard to the Kurds. As a direct result of President Donald Trump’s precipitous withdrawal of American forces from Syria, Israel’s strategic situation deteriorated significantly overnight. In the preceding period, Israel was part of an informal anti-Iran coalition that includes Saudi Arabia as well as the United Arab Emirates and had the backing of the United States. There have been ... more »

The United States Has Supplicants, Not Allies

Salvatore Babones at The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Salvatore Babones* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] Alliances are a holdover from nineteenth-century European geopolitics, kept alive by political pundits' juvenile obsessions with strategy games. A United States treaty ally is at war with a non-state actor based in the Middle East. But the Trump administration has disavowed America’s friends abroad, concerned only to make a quick exit before the 2020 election season starts in earnest. Congressional foreign-policy heavyweights on both sides of the aisle have lined up to condemn the president, while pundits scream “ betrayal... more »

Could Swarming Drones Counter Drone Swarms?

Military and Aerospace Electronics at The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Military and Aerospace Electronics* *Security, Americas* The Pentagon wants to know. *Key point: *Drones can be used to counter drones and the military wants to have a lot of small, coordinated UAVs ready to fight. WASHINGTON – Future small armed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can form swarms of hundreds of mini, precision-guided explosives, overwhelm radar or simply blanket an area with targeting sensors. Kris Osborn at The National Interest reports. Continue reading original article The Military & Aerospace Electronics take: 22 Oct. 2019 -- They can paint or light up air, gr... more »

New Financial Crash or Global Renaissance: The Intention of the Future

David at LaRouchePAC Feed - 2 hours ago
New International Economic Order Glass-Steagall Financial Warfare New Financial Crash or Global Renaissance: The Intention of the Future Video of New Financial Crash or Global Renaissance: The Intention of the Future As the blowout of the financial system that Lyndon LaRouche forecast years ago becomes apparent to more and more people, the question rests on the American people what they will do today. Diane Sare reports on the unprecedented meeting between Russia and the countries of Africa, while Bill Jones discusses the impressive potential in space exploration if the barriers pr... more »

Debunked: Myth Of Green Growth - Financial Times - Annotated

Robert Walker at Science 2.0 blogs - 2 hours ago
Here I debunk an article in the Financial Times - although by the title it is supposedly about myths about green technology and renewables, it actually perfectly highlights most of the scientific and even financial myths about renewables propagated by some economists who claim that green growth is impossible. I am annotating this article with Hypothes.is - the academic online web commenting tool. You may be able to read my annotations online here: read more

Former U.S. Attorney Discusses “High Stakes” Within Flynn Legal Strategy….

sundance at The Last Refuge - 2 hours ago
Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew McCarthy weighs in on the latest developments within the Michael Flynn case. As McCarthy points out, if Judge Sullivan doesn’t accept the defense position of gross misconduct by the prosecution; and if Sullivan does not … Continue reading →

The Good E-Mail Series: Robert Emmons, Jr.

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 4 hours ago
Robert Emmons is running for the South Side Chicago seat (IL-01) occupied by entrenched, corrupt careerist Bobby Rush. A grassroots activist without a rolodex that rains money, Emmons is doing his best to raise campaign cash the old-fashioned way, explaining why he has something to offer to the voters in his district. He sent this one out yesterday, under the subject line *The price of your zip code? 30 years of your life*: A recent *Economist* article revealed that a ride on the 23-mile, north-to-south “L” train Red Line in Chicago corresponds with a staggering statistic: life... more »

Cash Runs Dry at ATMs as Protests Escalate in Chile

Activist Post at Activist Post - 4 hours ago
By Jamie Redman There’s a lot of unrest in Chile right now as the country has seen massive protests against government manipulation and an escalation... more »

The Daily Brief 2019-10-25

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 4 hours ago
This is a summary of 35 AMN articles on the following subjects: Latakia, Syria, Rusia, Siria, ISIS, Russia, Homs, Sukhnah, Maduro, Venezuela, Hezbollah, Libano, Hasakah, EE.UU., Kabani, Chita, Chechenia, Baltic, Crimea, Lebanon, Ansarallah, Houthi, Jemen, US, Kurdos, Turquía, Aleppo, Idlib, Yemen, Kurds, Turkey, Serbia. Categories covered in this brief: Syria, Espanol, Siria, Latin-America, Libano, Noticias-Del-Mundo, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Iran could attack Israel from nearly all sides: Israeli general

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 4 hours ago
A former Israeli general said Iran would try to target the Jewish state from all sides, focusing on important and vital military targets. General Aharon Ze’evi Farkash, the former Israeli chief of staff, said that “Iran will try to attack us from all sides by striking military or strategic targets in Israel.” According to the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Russian air defense forces arrive in Egypt

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 4 hours ago
A statement issued by the Spokesman of the Egyptian Armed Forces said that “elements of the Russian Air Defense Forces arrived in Egypt to participate in the joint Egyptian-Russian training activities of the Air Defense Forces (Arrow Friendship-1), which is hosted by Egypt for the first time between the two sides Over the course of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

US confirms troops returned to Syria from Iraq

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 4 hours ago
US forces crossed into Syria on route to oil fields in Deir ez-Zor province, a US defence official confirmed to NBC News on Saturday. The deployment was said to be aimed at preventing Syrian oil fields from coming under the control of Daesh (ISIS)* or other ‘destabilisizing actors,’ according to the unnamed official. “We will […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Erdogan once again vows to expel Kurdish fighters from northeast Syria

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 4 hours ago
Turkey will clear northwestern Syria from the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) if they fail to pull out their fighters in the set timeframe, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday. “In recent days, historic events have been taking place near our border. We are trying to establish a safety zone. We have agreed […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Late night footage from Syrian Army’s offensive in northeast Latakia

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 4 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:00 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) launched a major attack on the strategic town of Kabani and its surroundings last night in a bid to finally take control of this key area. However, after several hours of fighting, the Syrian Arab Army was forced to retreat after suffering heavy losses at […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

How Fast Fashion Adds to the Global Waste Problem

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 4 hours ago
Written by Joseph Mercola, D.O., Ph.D. Story at-a-glance – Fast fashion is a major contributor to the global waste problem, as clothing is the fastest growing category of waste. Canadians are now buying 400% more clothes, and Americans 500% more, than in the 1980s, and an estimated 85% of donated clothes end up in landfills […] The post How Fast Fashion Adds to the Global Waste Problem appeared first on Health Nut News.

Growing Epidemic Among Smartphone Users: Temporary and Permanent Screen-Induced Blindness

Activist Post at Activist Post - 4 hours ago
By B.N. Frank LED Screens Can Also Cause Anxiety, Depression, Insomnia, Obesity, and More Research and warnings about excessive screen use causing poor eye health... more »

Irrelevant Carter Page Sues DOJ to Preview IG Report on FISA – A Deeper Dive Into The “Bigger” Picture…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 4 hours ago
An article today about Carter Page suing the DOJ in an effort to review the inspector general report on the FISA manipulation prior to publication provides an opportunity to review the insignificance of Carter Page. First the Carter Page perspective: … Continue reading →

50-Kilowatt Air Defense Lasers Are Headed to the Army

Military and Aerospace Electronics at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Military and Aerospace Electronics* *Security, Americas* [image: https://s3.amazonaws.com/cms.ipressroom.com/295/files/20197/5d446ecd2cfac219b00ad97c_Northrop+Grumman+Selected+for+US+Army+Stryker+Vehicle+High+Energy+Laser+Initiative/Northrop+Grumman+Selected+for+US+Army+Stryker+Vehicle+High+Energy+Laser+Initiative_7846] The highest tech there is. *Key point:* The Pentagon is eager to adopt the latest anti-air lasers into the Army’s vehicles. WASHINGTON – The U.S. military will incorporate the newest generation of solid-state fiber optic lasers as early as 2021, according to North... more »

Fighter Faceoff: Should The Air Force Buy More F-35s Or The F-15EX?

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, World* Which is right for the Air Force of the future? *Key point: *Both are capable jets, but are tailored to exceed at specific missions. The U.S. military’s over $738 billion dollar budget is unprecedented in human history—but that only makes the struggles for a piece of that monetary pie all the fiercer. One of the battles currently raging revolves over a seemingly simple question: should the Air Force devote a share of its funding to procuring a new version of its oldest fighter, the F-15 Eagle, or devote every available dollar to its newest, ... more »

A Single World War II Battle Stopped Nazi Germany's Conquest Of Russia

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* The Red Army's first victory against the Germans. *Key point: *Yelnya proved the Red Army's determination. The smell of victory was in the air as the forces of Field Marshal Fedor von Bock’s Army Group Center continued to drive deep into the Ukraine during the final week of June 1941. To most of the young soldiers of the army group it seemed that this would be another unstoppable blitzkrieg. Their commander, however, saw things differently. Von Bock was one of several higher commanders who were against the entire notion of invading the... more »

Ruby's 'inner voice' took most of her life. Then she turned 16, and things got a whole lot worse

Rhiannon Shine at Just In - 4 hours ago
Since she was 11, an eating disorder has controlled much of Ruby Alarcon Gleeson's life. Then when she turned 16, she fell through the gaps into a "chasm of care" just when she needed help the most.

From a lady in the port to a sanctuary in the sand, these people are living in defiance of authorities

Gian De Poloni at Just In - 4 hours ago
They are a select group of people who live in places that would never be possible today, and have refused every effort to get them to move on.

HSC without exams: An alternative pathway through high school

Kelly Fuller at Just In - 4 hours ago
As students stress and cram for final-year exams in the hope of getting into university, a small group of students prepares to finish high school without having to sit one test.

More Queensland schools getting serious about careers in online video gaming

Michael Rennie at Just In - 4 hours ago
A Queensland Catholic college is the latest high school to get serious about mentoring its students for a future in esports, likening the opportunity to that of a career in more traditional sports like football or cricket.

Office workers are using ice baths to manage stress but health experts say the jury is still out

Brittney Kleyn at Just In - 4 hours ago
Ice baths have long been used by elite athletes for recovery, but now everyone from officer workers to accountants are being taught the breathing techniques whilst immersed in ice in a bid to manage work-related stress.

Bushfires wreak havoc amid 'horrendous' conditions in northern NSW

Just In - 4 hours ago
Emergency crews gain the upper hand fighting several fires across NSW — the most dangerous blazes were near Forster, on the mid-north coast, and destroyed at least two homes yesterday.

Shorebirds struggle for survival as wetlands face pressure from development

Jessica Clifford at Just In - 4 hours ago
Shorebirds are increasingly under pressure around Australia, as the nation's wetlands and coastal estuaries continue to be swallowed by housing.

'I just lost the plot': The broken police officers forced to fight for trauma compensation

Elizabeth Byrne at Just In - 4 hours ago
Policeman-turned-lawyer David Healey's mental health was shattered by a rocket blast in Afghanistan. He now helps other traumatised cops fight for compensation.

'Like trying to round up cats on a horse': Is bee broking the toughest job in agriculture?

Pip Courtney at Just In - 4 hours ago
Bee brokers facilitate the biggest movement of livestock in Australian history — and it's no easy feat not just moving them, but also finding enough to meet demand.

Sammy Wilson was happy when the Uluru climb permanently closed this week. But he felt grief, too

Chelsea Heaney And Oliver Gordon at Just In - 4 hours ago
Uluru custodian Sammy Wilson says the closure of the climb has been a long time coming and wants to honour the Anangu who did not live to see it.

For the first time since Victoria was Queen, Britain ran weeks without coal

Bridget Brennan at Just In - 4 hours ago
The United Kingdom has adopted ambitious emissions reduction targets, making it the first major economy in the world aiming to end its contribution to global warming by 2050.

'I've lived life flat out': WA's first heart transplant patient celebrates as unit marks 25 years

Emma Wynne at Just In - 4 hours ago
Perth's heart transplant unit opened for business 25 years ago. Since then almost 200 people have received new hearts.

The new handheld ultrasound machine set to 'dramatically' alter how doctors work

Richard Willingham at Just In - 4 hours ago
A small portable ultrasound machine connected to a mobile phone is set to make the stethoscope obsolete, according to a professor at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. It's faster, safer and more accurate.

School-of-the-air communities fear funding cuts as enrolments drop

Rachel Carbonell at Just In - 4 hours ago
For many families in remote parts of Australia, virtual classrooms provide a vital education but low enrolment numbers in some parts could spell trouble for schools of the air.

The Art of Ancient Assyrian Kings

Installation view of Assyria: Palace Art of Ancient Iraq.From the 800s to the 600s B.C., the kings of Assyria built grand palaces in their capital cities, located in the land we know today as Iraq.

Over 40 killed in Iraq by government security forces and Iranian backed militias

Lee Jay at Modern Tokyo Times - 5 hours ago
Over 40 killed in Iraq by government security forces and Iranian backed militias Ramazan Khalidov and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Fresh violence erupted in Iraq after people chanted demands for change in several parts of Iraq. Once more, the disenfranchised called for jobs, hope, and an end to embedded corruption. Yet the […]

Tensions in Bolivia after Evo Morales re-elected because of alleged fraud

Lee Jay at Modern Tokyo Times - 5 hours ago
Tensions in Bolivia after Evo Morales re-elected because of alleged fraud Noriko Watanabe and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times President Evo Morales of Bolivia was re-elected according to internal sources that stipulate he won just over 47 percent of the vote. However, according to Carlos Mesa who won just over 36 percent of the […]

Middle Finger Symphony Theater

Diogenes Sarcastica™ at Diogenes' Middle Finger - 5 hours ago
~ NO TUXEDOS REQUIRED ~ Brought To You By *BLUESJUNKY*: Chair of Music - Middle Finger Symphony Music Director

Angels in the Bible in Six Depictions – Simulate

Lisa Barron at MintPress News - 5 hours ago
Owlcation » Arts » Divinity Angels in the Bible in Six Depictions Updated on Marchland 17, 2019 Trick Dash more Lav is a author based in Portsmouth in the Joined Realm who enjoys authorship on a all-embracing orbit of personal and pro interests. Impinging Writer St. Michael and fallen angels by Rubens, Seventeenth c | […] The post Angels in the Bible in Six Depictions – Simulate appeared first on MintPress News.

Oct. 26: Not a good day

Graeme Decarie at The Decarie Report - 5 hours ago
https://www.rt.com/usa/471691-trump-border-wall-colorado/ _________________________________________________________________ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2019/oct/25/suvs-second-biggest-cause-of-emissions-rise-figures-reveal _________________________________________________________________ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/25/the-real-reason-some-scientists-downplay-the-risks-of-climate-change The Guardian has long had a reputation of being the most honest major newspaper in the world. (And the most intelligent). That's quite a contrast with al... more »

Saturday Tweeting

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 5 hours ago
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Meet China's Fearsome J-10 Fighter (Thanks to Israel and America?)

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * A secret revealed. *Key Point:* The J-10 isn't cutting edge, but it marks a milestone in Chinese military modernization. The J-10 “Vigorous Dragon” is a mainstay of China’s effort to modernize its large fleet of single-engine jet fighters, with 350 already in service. An agile tactical fighter similar to the ubiquitous F-16 Fighting Falcon, the Vigorous Dragon was the first domestic Chinese design roughly on par with Western and Russian fourth-generation fighters. However, there is considerable evidence that the J-10’s development was heavily inf... more »

Hitler's Generals Thought His Battle of the Bulge Strategy Was Nuts

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *History, Europe* But he came close to victory. This is why. *Key Point*: Don't underestimate a defeated enemy. The attack began with a barrage from 1,600 guns and rocket launchers that pounded trenches and command posts. Then came waves of tanks and infantry that surged out of the winter mist and slammed into the stunned and bewildered defenders. It was a perfect example of shock and awe. Except that in December 1944, it was Americans who were on the receiving end. This month marks the 70th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, perhaps the greatest battle eve... more »

Welcome to Chaos: Is There Any Solution in Sight for Hong Kong?

East Asia Forum at The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*East Asia Forum* *Politics, Asia* [image: Reuters] A very fraught situation. *Key point: *A difficult balance may be necessary to avoid escalation and bloodshed. Hong Kong’s summer has taken another turn for the worse. While the vast majority of protestors have been peaceful, violence and vandalism have now become the norm — and for some the goal. Clashes with the police have continually escalated. Amid such chaos, is there a way forward for Hong Kong? The movement has ventured far beyond the original catalyst, the government’s extradition bill, with increasingly radical dynam... more »

Sunk Your Battleship: Russia Is Developing Deadly Mines That Can Learn

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, * What does the U.S. Navy think about that? Russia is combining the old with the new to create a potentially powerful naval weapon. On the old side are mines, which date back to the American Revolution, and the venerable Be-12, the 1960s Soviet military seaplane which is still flown today. On the new side is Artificial Intelligence that will enable smart naval mines to identify ships and submarines. The idea is to create “complexes” of AI-controlled mines that are self-learning, and can adapt their behavior. “The complex of self-taught minefields is a ... more »

Musical Interlude: Liquid Mind, "My Orchid Spirit"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
Liquid Mind, "My Orchid Spirit"

"All Paths..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
“All paths lead to the same goal: to convey to others what we are. And we must pass through solitude and difficulty, isolation and silence, in order to reach forth to the enchanted place where we can dance our clumsy dance and sing our sorrowful song- but in this dance or in this song there are fulfilled the most ancient rites of our conscience in the awareness of being human and of believing in a common destiny.” - Pablo Neruda

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
"About 40,000 light-years across, pretty, irregular galaxy NGC 3239 lies near the center of this lovely field of galaxies in the galaxy rich constellation Leo. At a distance of only 25 million light-years it dominates the frame, sporting a peculiar arrangement of structures, young blue star clusters and star forming regions, suggesting that NGC 3239 (aka Arp 263) is the result of a galaxy merger. Appearing nearly on top of the pretty galaxy is a bright, spiky, foreground star, a nearby member of our own Milky Way galaxy almost directly along our line-of-sight to NGC 3239. *Click im... more »

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"Singing To The Deer"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
*"Singing To The Deer"* by Patricia Monaghan “At solstice, the woods were bright in a snowy way, the sky pearl gray above the stately maples and gnarled burr oaks. An Alaskan marooned in the urban Midwest, it took me years to find this nearby patch of relatively undisturbed land where I can sense the power of wildness. Now I go there often, watching the seasons unfold their changeful unchanging patterns in the increasingly familiar forest. I especially like to walk among the sleeping trees in the half-lit silence of winter dawns. The trail I follow winds and twists, new patches of ... more »

The Poet: David Whyte, "Sweet Darkness"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
*"Sweet Darkness"* "When your eyes are tired the world is tired also. When your vision has gone no part of the world can find you. Time to go into the dark where the night has eyes to recognize its own. There you can be sure you are not beyond love. The dark will be your womb tonight. The night will give you a horizon further than you can see. You must learn one thing: the world was made to be free in. Give up all the other worlds except the one to which you belong. Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet confinement of your aloneness to learn anything or anyone that does not bring yo... more »

Chet Raymo, "Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
"Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright..." By Chet Raymo "Divinity is not playful. The universe was not made in jest but in solemn incomprehensible earnest. By a power that is unfathomably secret, and holy, and fleet." You may recall these words from Annie Dillard's "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek."* There is nothing intrinsically cheerful about the world, she says. To live is to die; it's all part of the bargain. Stars destroy themselves to make the atoms of our bodies. Every creature lives to eat and be eaten. And into this incomprehensible, unfathomable, apparently stochastic melee stumbles... ... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
Abilene, Texas, USA. Thanks for stopping by!

"Your Own Path..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
“If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it's not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. That's why it's your path.” - Joseph Campbell

President Trump Receives Bipartisan Justice Award and Delivers Keynote Speech During Second Step Presidential Justice Forum…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 6 hours ago
President Trump visited South Carolina yesterday, receiving an award and delivering the keynote speech at Benedict College, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU). [Video and Transcript Below] . [Transcript] – THE PRESIDENT: Two great gentlemen. Thank you very much. … Continue reading →

"Stop Paying Attention: Zoning Out Is a Crucial Mental State"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
*"Stop Paying Attention: * *Zoning Out Is a Crucial Mental State"* by Carl Zimmer "I am going to do my best to hold your attention until the very last word of this column. Actually, I know it's futile. Along the way, your mind will wander off, then return, then drift away again. But I can console myself with some recent research on the subject of mind wandering. Mind wandering is not necessarily the sign of a boring column. It's just one of the things that make us human. Everybody knows what it is like for our minds to wander, and yet, for a long time psychologists shied away from... more »

"It Is Our Fate...."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
"Well, it is our fate to live in a time of crisis. To live in a time when all forms and values are being challenged. In other and more easy times, it was not, perhaps, necessary for the individual to confront himself with a clear question: What is it that you really believe? What is it that you really cherish? What is it for which you might, actually, in a showdown, be willing to die?...I say, with all the reticence which such large, pathetic words evoke, that one cannot exist today as a person – one cannot exist in full consciousness – without having to have a showdown with one’s s... more »

"A Recruiting Poster: Why You Should Stay the Hell Away From the American Military"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
*"A Recruiting Poster:* *Why You Should Stay the Hell Away From the American Military"* by Fred Reed "Some advice: Don’t get shot in the face. I don’t care what your friends tell you, it isn’t a good idea. Further, avoid corneal transplants if you can. If you find a coupon for one, in a box of Cracker Jacks maybe, toss it. Transplants are miserable things. Unless you really need one. What am I talking about? Eyes, and losing them, and getting them back. On this, I am an accidental authority. Long long ago, in a far galaxy, the United States was bringing democracy to Viet Nam, which... more »

Arthritis Can Be Reversed Naturally Dr John Bergman

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 6 hours ago
Originally posted on Truth To Power: Dr Bergman explains how to reverse arthritis without using dangerous prescription drugs…and, yes, even Advil and Tylenol have detrimental effects on the joint cartilage. The body can regenerate- the body is an intelligent living organism that has been designed to heal itself with time and proper care. Correct therapeutic…

Don’t Be Evil: Whistleblower Zach Vorhies Breaks Down How Google Set out to Literally Program Our Minds

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 7 hours ago
Written by our good friend Maryam Henein Google’s beginnings start in Room 380 of the Gates building on the Stanford campus. It was there that founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page (described as ‘nice guys’) aimed to find relevant information, by rapidly downloading, indexing, and searching the entire Internet using low-cost personal computers. It was […] The post Don’t Be Evil: Whistleblower Zach Vorhies Breaks Down How Google Set out to Literally Program Our Minds appeared first on Health Nut News.

Taking Back Teacher Evaluations

Peter Greene at CURMUDGUCATION - 7 hours ago
There's a slowly-rising tide of writing out there focusing on principals and evaluations, quietly returning focus to the idea of making evaluations meaningful. It's a welcome change, because the status quo for the past over-a-decade has been the junk that disruptors stuck us with, in which teacher "evaluation" meant "slap some Big Standardized Test scores together and call that the teacher evaluation." As many folks pointed out repeatedly, this is a super-crappy way to evaluate teachers. And worse, reformsters were insistent that these crappy evaluations should be used to make empl... more »

25yo man charged with manslaughter over 39 bodies found in back of his truck

Just In - 7 hours ago
UK police charge a truck driver with 39 counts of manslaughter and conspiracy to traffic people in connection with 39 deaths in the back of the truck he was driving in south-eastern England.

Firecrackers didn't work so new solutions are needed to tackle these hungry seals

Leonie Thorne at Just In - 7 hours ago
They have wreaked havoc on birds and the local fishing industry, but now locals are coming up with new ideas to control rampaging fur seals in South Australia's Coorong.

Ivan Milat is dead. How many more murders remain unsolved?

Mark Reddie at Just In - 7 hours ago
He signed his prison letters "Ivan the innocent", but there is evidence to suggest Australia's backpacker killer took secrets of more victims to the grave.

Power pod may be the key to a brighter future for isolated parts of the country

Krystal Gordon at Just In - 7 hours ago
A self-generating power pod trial on a cattle property in north-west Queensland aims to provide rural properties with a more reliable, cheaper, and renewable power source.

'He can rot in hell': Australia's most notorious serial killer dies in prison

Sarah Thomas at Just In - 7 hours ago
Backpacker killer Ivan Milat, who was serving seven life sentences, dies in Sydney's Long Bay Prison hospital six months after he was diagnosed with terminal stomach and oesophagus cancer.

Asthma on the rise as more dust storms blow across drought affected NSW

Adriane Reardon at Just In - 7 hours ago
'My chest is very tight, it's hard to breathe': More children like Lincon are suffering from asthma as dust storms roll through NSW in the drought.

'Us wogs made Australia a better place': Migrants bucking stereotypes and voting for One Nation

Stephanie Dalzell at Just In - 7 hours ago
The party with a hard-line stance on immigration is picking up migrant votes, with the May federal election sending a message to Labor as it loses votes to Pauline Hanson.

Why Uniqlo, Asahi and Toyota are falling out of fashion in South Korea

Erin Handley at Just In - 7 hours ago
South Koreans are rejecting Japanese goods in droves. The grassroots boycott is steeped in a bitter history, but with the two nations so entwined, the movement is not without contradictions.

Banks' messy results will not cloud the not-so-pretty picture

Stephen Letts at Just In - 7 hours ago
The banks' mini reporting season starts this week, with profits and dividends under the pump as years' of misconduct and a slowing economy take their toll.

Nasir smuggled his young family into Europe on the back of a truck. They could have died too

Just In - 7 hours ago
When 12 men with guns came looking for Nasir, he knew his family couldn't stay. That day he decided to pay a people smuggler to take them to Europe.

The Nationals are being eaten alive by a cunning PM, but even poor cousins can become dangerous

Andrew Probyn at Just In - 7 hours ago
Having miraculously retained government for the Coalition, Scott Morrison has the Nationals where he wants them: obliged. But many within the Nationals sense they're being eaten alive, writes Andrew Probyn.

There are plenty of barriers to exercise, knowing the '5 Ws' can help you overcome

Tegan Taylor at Just In - 7 hours ago
Exercise is good for you — we all know that by now. But why is it so gosh-darn hard to get done? Here are some of the most common barriers, and how to overcome them.

I'm an addict and on the dole, but it's not drugs that keep me in this nightmare

Just In - 7 hours ago
For so many people like me who survive on the dole, drug dependence disorders are not the cause of our problems — they are a symptom of it, writes Tara Schultz.

Unless He Pleads Insanity, Giuliani Is Going To Prison

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 8 hours ago
*Super Ethical, Always Legal by Nancy Ohanian* Yesterday, the *Wall Street Journal* quoted Señor Trumpanzee admitting what people who watch Giuliani have long known: "He looks for corruption wherever he goes." Republicans have been claiming Giuliani has been helping Trump with foreign affairs. Giuliani, on the other hand, has claimed je was just tending to his own business. Yep-- looking for opportunities "for corruption wherever he goes." That's Rudy alright. CNN reporter Erica Orden wrote yesterday that "Federal prosecutors in New York have subpoenaed the brother of one of the rec... more »

Gotham City Digest

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Gotham City - 8 hours ago
(¡Viva New Mexico!) ------------------------------ Tell you what: When 200 women and a 13 year-old girl accuse Rep. Katie Hill of sexual assault, then I'll listen. Until then, shut the fuck up. Interesting, though, isn't it that Hill was placed under investigation faster than the mostly male scumbag Republicans who blatantly sabotaged closed door testimony in a secure hearing room? ------------------------------ This is the letter the Trump misadministration sent Laura Cooper. Obviously, since she'd testified despite this and the Republican short busers attempt to hijack ... more »

Who Really Lost Syria?

Carl Bildt at The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Carl Bildt* *Security, Middle East* Where do we go from here? Recent events in Syria have naturally raised two questions: Who lost the country? And where might the international community go from here? The first one is easier to answer. Looking back, Syria has probably been lost since the popular uprising in 2011. When President Bashar al-Assad’s regime stubbornly refused any effort to resolve the matter peacefully, no outside power proved willing to intervene. Instead, everyone hoped that a mix of sanctions, United Nations–led diplomacy and half-hearted attempts to support a ‘... more »

BOOM: Why The A-10 Warthog Is Truly Invincible

David Axe at The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, * Nothing can kill it. *Key point: *Congress loves this plane. The U.S. Air Force has all but given up on retiring the A-10 Warthog close-air-support jet. Instead, the flying branch is upgrading the tough ground-attackers so they can fight and survive in high-intensity combat. The Air Force had hoped to begin retiring its 281 A-10s starting in 2015. But Congress blocked the effort. Now the A-10 is safe even as the Air Force considers retiring other plane types. “Acting Air Force Secretary Matt Donovan stoked speculation that the service will retire the A-... more »

To Fund The Democrats' 2020 Plans, Americans Will Pay Higher Taxes

Chris Edwards at The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Chris Edwards* *Economics, * Who would pay more? Would everyone? A *Wall Street Journal* editorial was right to zero in on Elizabeth’s Warren's “determined refusal to say if her plans would require taxes to increase on the middle class.” In the Democratic presidential debate the other night, the senator repeatedly ducked concerns that the costs of her huge spending plans would land on more than just the wealthy. They surely would. The larger welfare states of Europe and some other high-income economies are not fueled by higher income taxes than ours, but by higher taxes on cons... more »

Billions Almost Died: In 1969, Russia and China Almost Went to Nuclear War

Robert Farley at The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *History, Eurasia* A scary close call. *Key point:* Russia would have won, but at a cost. Americans tend to remember the Cuban Missile Crisis as the most dangerous moment in Cold War brinksmanship. Despite some tense moments, Washington and Moscow resolved that crisis with only the death of U.S. Air Force pilot Maj. Rudolph Anderson Jr. Seven years later, in March 1969, a contingent of People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers raided a Soviet border outpost on Zhenbao Island, killing dozens and injuring scores. The incident brought Russia and China to the brink of... more »

Russia And America Barely Avoided An Horrific Nuclear War In 1983

Richard Purcell at The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Richard Purcell* *Security, * Sometimes war happens for the wrong reasons. *Key point: *The scare did not lead to war, but the risk was real. In 1983, the United States and the Soviet Union came dangerously close to nuclear war. That was the conclusion of a highly classified *report* issued in 1990 by the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, or PFIAB. The board, which conducts oversight of the U.S. intelligence community for the White House, interviewed over 75 American and British officials and examined scads of intelligence assessments and other official documents ... more »

Interview: Why Ecuador Really Dumped Assange

E.M.Smith at Musings from the Chiefio - 8 hours ago
Did the CIA / TLAs of the USA use "leverage" to control the President of Ecuador to get their hands on Assange? It looks that way. R.T. Video interview. Continue reading →

Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson thinks the President is a racist

Norma at Collecting My Thoughts - 9 hours ago
So Supt. Eddie Johnson thinks President Trump is a racist and he won't attend the meeting of the Chiefs of Police in Chicago because Trump will address them. - Racism as in record low unemployment for blacks? - Racism as in renewed attention on unequal prison terms for black men and the First Step Act ? - Racism as in commuting the sentence of Alice Marie Johnson? - Racism as in bringing misbehaving black college athletes safely home? - Racism as in trying to protect the jobs of low income blacks from illegal workers? - Racism as in wanting safer streets ... more »

Russian Air Force destroys jihadist fuel storage in Idlib: video

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 9 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:30 P.M.) – The Russian Air Force carried out a powerful series of airstrikes over the Idlib Governorate this week, targeting several sites belonging to the jihadist rebels. Among the areas targeted by the Russian Air Force were Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham-held areas in the southern and western part of the Idlib Governorate. During […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Live video of mass Beirut protest

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 9 hours ago
Protesters take to the streets of Beirut to demand the resignation of the Lebanese government amid a deepening economic crisis. Over the past week, Beirut and other cities in Lebanon have been gripped by protests which were initially sparked by the government’s plans to raise money from a tobacco tax and internet calls, but later […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Turkish-backed militants attack Syrian Army convoy in northeast Syria

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 9 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:20 P.M.) – The Turkish-backed militants launched an attack on a Syrian Arab Army (SAA) convoy as they were traveling through the Ras Al-‘Ayn countryside on Saturday. According to a military source in the area, the Turkish-backed militants from the so-called “Syrian National Army” attacked the Syrian Arab Army’s convoy, causing some casualties […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syrian Army reinforcements pour in as Idlib offensive approaches: video

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 9 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:10 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has sent more reinforcements to the Idlib front this week as they prepare to kickoff a new offensive in the governorate. In a new video released this week, the Syrian Army reinforcements can be seen heading to the southern countryside of the Idlib front, where […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Large US military convoy leaves Iraq to return to Syria

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 9 hours ago
A column of US troops has returned to northeastern Syria’s al-Hasakah Province from Iraq, Syria TV reports. The news outlet claimed that “the column of American occupation forces entered […] the province through the illegal al-Walid border crossing” and that the column, which includes “dozens of soldiers and military hardware” is covered by US combat […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syrian Army suffers heavy losses in failed northeast Latakia offensive

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 9 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:10 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) launched a powerful attack on Friday to capture the key town of Kabani in the northeastern countryside of Latakia. Led by their 4th Armored Division, the Syrian Arab Army began their attack on Friday by storming the last hills controlled by the jihadist rebels south […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Israel main beneficiary of Syrian War: Mekdad

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 9 hours ago
Israel has been the main beneficiary of the Syrian war and other crises across the Middle East, and Damascus will stand by its sovereignty over the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad said on Saturday speaking at the 18h Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Baku. “We all know that the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Pampa, TX – Heavy Snow, Whiteout Conditions, Stranded Motorists

Robert at Ice Age Now - 9 hours ago
10-24-2019 – Video – Pampa, TX, elevation 3,238 ft, is located about 335 miles northwest of where I live. Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this video The post Pampa, TX – Heavy Snow, Whiteout Conditions, Stranded Motorists appeared first on Ice Age Now.

Cristina Kirchner's dark clique exposed

Bob Dinn at balance10 - 9 hours ago
8-8-2018 *Between* 2005 and 2015 the bags full of bribe money that the driver transported and logged into his notebooks totaled between $60 million and $160 million, prosecutors say The driver, Oscar Centeno, not only specified the names of the companies where he picked up the bags of cash, and the executives who delivered them, he also detailed where he had taken the money. According to his diaries, he made at least 70 deliveries to the apartment of late president Nestor Kirchner and his wife, Cristina, who was president during most of that period. The newspaper didn’t publish... more »

Halloween Climate Crisis

tonyheller at Real Climate Science - 9 hours ago
One hundred Congressional Democrats believe the world will end in eleven years. This is how the crisis is looking from New Mexico and Colorado. It is so bad, the leaves are falling off the trees.

The End of the World as We Know It, with Mark Steyn

Hadenoughalready at 'Nox & Friends - 9 hours ago
HooverInstitution Recorded on April 26, 2010, Mark Steyn, a writer, political commentator, and cultural critic, breaks down the numbers and explains why they spell doom for the Western world with Hoover fellow Peter Robinson on Uncommon Knowledge. We should be very concerned as to where we’re going, here in the United States. Our society is being adulterated in the most seditious way and we’re NOT paying attention to it. Look around, folks. Our nation is being subjugated, inch by inch, and soon, before you know it, we’ll be unrecognizable. Do we “want” this? Will we allow this to co... more »

Finally, AG Barr moves to make his Russia Probe a criminal investigation

Uriel at 'Nox & Friends - 9 hours ago
Russia probe review becomes a criminal investigation Reaction and analysis from Democratic political analyst Robert Patillo and attorney Robert Barnes. October 25, 2019 …. and the fur is flying while MSM is hammering AG Barr in earnest now. . . Once again we are having mainstream media repeating posts from Associated Press or others and surprise surprise the “person who confirmed the shift in the Justice investigation to a criminal probe was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke to The Associated Press only on the condition of anonymity”. However, as is seen in thi... more »

42 Killed First Day Of Renewed Protests In Iraq

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 10 hours ago
Tear gas being fired at protesters in Baghdad's Tahrir Sq (Baghdad Post) The much anticipated national protests returned to Iraq after the Arbaeen pilgrimage. There were demonstrations in Baghdad and all the south for a total of ten provinces. Things quickly escalated with the security forces and security guards firing into crowds, political and government offices being sacked and burned, and political and tribal rivalries going on in some areas. According to Agence France Presse and the Iraq Human Rights Commission 42 people died on the October 25. That included 12 in Diwaniya, 9... more »

China's New Aircraft Carriers Are Getting Stealth Fighters

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Asia* And they have choices. China is steaming ahead with plans to build four large, flat-deck carriers equipped with catapults, having already launched two lower-capacity carriers with curved ski-ramp decks. Meanwhile, the PLA Naval Air Force is already looking ahead to outfit those carriers with the gold-standard of twenty-first century military aviation: stealth fighters. China has two designs it could have adapted for the job—and recent reports suggest it may have chosen the heavier, harder-hitting option. The J-15 Flying Sharks currently in s... more »

Why North Korea Has Nuclear Weapons (Is America Partially to Blame?)

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Asia* The past has lessons for us. *Key point: *North Korea's bad faith and Washington's inconsistencies combined for a disaster. The North Korean state had two stepparents: the Soviet Union, which brought Kim Il-sung to power in 1945, and China, which prevented his overthrow by UN forces in 1950. While China refused to help North Korea acquire nukes, the Soviets were willing to help Pyongyang build a civilian nuclear reactor at Yongbyon, which was completed in 1965. However, it’s not a simple matter to adapt civilian nuclear technology to military... more »

The Vietnam War Almost Ended in 1972 (Then the U.S. Navy and Air Force Stepped In)

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, * Vietnam could have fallen sooner than it eventually did. *Key Point:* Had it not been for the U.S. Air Force and Navy, the Vietnam War might have ended in the spring of 1972 with North Vietnamese tanks in the streets of Saigon. It was forty-five years ago, on March 30, 1972, that fourteen North Vietnamese divisions backed by more than three hundred tanks crossed the Demilitarized Zone into South Vietnam. It was an assault every bit as ferocious as the Tet Offensive in 1969, and perhaps even more so: where Tet had been an uprising by Viet Cong guerrill... more »

The Young Guards museum in LPR

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 10 hours ago
We spent a good part of today in the city of Krasnodon which is in the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR). About 100 members of the Teachers Union have been meeting over the past two days and our small foreigners delegation (hosted by Labor leader Andrey Kochetov) was invited to join them for a moving tour of the Young Guards Museum in Krasnodon. The two buses carrying us all from Lugansk to Krasnodon (about an hour drive) first stopped at a memorial of victims following the 2014 US directed coup d'etat in Kiev. A hill top memorial listing more than 200 names of young and old from ... more »

Struggling Dad Sent to Prison For Being Unable to Pay $1,941 Bill to the Gov’t

Activist Post at Activist Post - 10 hours ago
By Matt Agorist Philadelphia, PA — In the land of the free, those who can afford to pay the state exorbitant amounts of money for... more »

Popular Mobility vs Chaos: Lebanon’s Revolution on Hold

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 10 hours ago
*Marwa Osman* | Lebanon finds itself at a real crossroads today, as chaos threatens to upend genuine popular mobility.

This Day In Iraqi Histor - Oct 26

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 10 hours ago
1920 UK High Commissioner Sir Cox formed Iraqi provisional govt after 1920 Revolt led British to give up direct rule Abd Naqib of Baghdad was premier Had 21 ministers 12 with no portfolios Naqib opposed giving any ministries to Shiites (Musings On Iraq book review of *Reclaiming Iraq, The 1920 Revolution and the Founding of the Modern State*) (Musings On Iraq book review *Dictatorship, Imperialism & Chaos, Iraq since 1989*) 1920 UK High Commissioner Sir Cox said Basra province showed no support for Mandate Merchants in province just wanted to maintain status quo Mid-Euphrates she... more »

Offshore Wind Can Supply All The World’s Power–Claims Daily Mail

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 10 hours ago
By Paul Homewood h/t AC Osborn Another hopelessly over the top headline in the Mail: Installing wind turbines at the world’s best offshore sites would provide more than enough clean energy to meet global electricity demands, a study has found. Offshore wind farms could become a cornerstone of the world’s power […]

Census Bureau to Fight Misinformation

AP News at Snopes.com - 10 hours ago
Worried about internet trolls and foreign powers spreading false news, census officials are preparing to battle misinformation campaigns for the first time in the count’s 230-year history.

Democrat Cuomo pardon's child rapist who then raped another child

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 10 hours ago
Because Democrats love criminals more than they love their constituents they are eager to pardon horrible criminals so that they can go and prey on innocent people. Recently the odious Andrew Cuomo, governor of New York, has been pardoning hundreds of parolees so that they can vote. Apparently in Cuomo's mind someone who raped a 15 year old is a good voter. That case is one of the ones that the New York State Senate is investigating. A 22 year old man was convicted of raping a 15 year old girl. Cuomo conditionally pardoned the man who then went on to rape another girl under the a... more »

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Australia will be importing milk from China in 5 years because of corruption in the Murray-Darling basin says pastoralist Rob McBride

Shane Dowling at Kangaroo Court of Australia - 11 hours ago
Australia’s food security is under siege with the Murray-Darling Basin water system rapidly heading towards collapse because of government corruption and mismanagement says pastoralist Rob McBride who runs the NSW property Tolarno […]

The Opioid Epidemic is good old fashion drug abuse.

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 11 hours ago
No Big Pharma isn't killing Americans for profit. It turns out that the people who are dying aren't dying from prescribed medication or because they got hooked on prescribed medication and then turned to illegal drugs. A study of opioid related deaths in Massachusetts shows that the #FakeNews media narrative isn't in fact correct. Only 16.8% of the people whose death's are part of the opioid epidemic had prescriptions for opioids when they died. But 61.4% had heroin and 45.3% hand fentanyl in their blood. Also opioids weren't generally detected in the blood of these victims of the ... more »

On the Doctrine of Historical Teleology

Unknown at The Verma Report - 11 hours ago
Hegel believed that history ended in 1806 when Napoleon marched into Jena, a point of time, when he, Hegel, finished writing his *The Phenomenology of Spirit*. 1806 was, according to Hegel, the year when mankind had experienced all the stages of mental and political evolution. The future, he believed, would not bring any further transformation in human mentality and political systems. On the back of Napoleon’s army there had arrived in Jena, the idea of a society of freedom, law, and equality based, not on religion, but on science, and from Hegel’s *Phenomenology* there came the ult... more »

Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 298 – 2019

Hifast at Climate Collections - 11 hours ago
Originally posted on sunshine hours: South / North

Machiavelli and Nietzsche, Philosophers Foreshadowing the 21st Century

Ethical Technology - 11 hours ago
l. Machiavelli has been for a half millennia reviled as an unscrupulous philosopher when it is unfair to presume that a philosopher who was raised in the 15th century and died in the year 1527 could subscribe to 20th-21st-century ethics. Machiavelli’s Europe was a continent where the devoutly religious would sometimes practice excruciatingly painful torture on heretics. Next, to them, Machiavelli was practically benign. Machiavelli can be considered the first modern philosopher in that he deliberately, cautiously attempted to escape the philosophical clutches of the past.

USrael Theft of Syrian Oil Caught on Russian Satellite TV

greencrow at Greencrow As The Crow Flies - 11 hours ago
*Russian Satellite Imagery Showing Location* *of Stolen Syrian Oil* PressTV is fleshing out the shocking information I reported on yesterday in my latest 'Nuckin Futz Newz series on US President Donald Trump. According to the report copied in full below, USrael has been stealing Syrian Oil for some time now...and having its Big Oil Corporations smuggle it out of the country...guarded by "grossly mis-used" American troops. Please read and I will have more comments to follow: Satellite images prove US smuggling of Syrian oil: Russia *Russia, citing satellite imagery, says the Uni... more »

Cat fight

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 11 hours ago
Award-winning anti-Brexit *Observer *journalist Carole Cadwalladr's close associate Shahmir Sanni is certainly going all claws scratching against the BBC today. Here's a transcript of his Twitter torrent. (I'll highlight in bold the names of BBC individuals he attacks along the way). It's quite something!: - The BBC actively worked to bury my story. I don’t know how many times I have to repeat this. Just look at the people they’re platforming. All the same people that were complicit in the crimes committed during the Brexit referendum. You need to all stop pretending.... more »

Strzok admits to using Steele dossier as a "pretext" to interview people

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 11 hours ago
Mueller has driven a stake through the heart of the Steele dossier by not invoking it as a reliable source. As early as 2016 when the vile fictitious dossier first surfaced honest people in the government pointed out that it contained at least one massive factual error that called the whole thing's credibility into question. Of course the dossier never had any credibility since it was based on anonymous Russian sources--which were likely controlled by Putin--, compiled by a British citizen who is on record as hating Trump, and was paid for by Hillary Clinton. Now we find out, throu... more »

The Neoliberal Ghost of Pinochet Is Finally Being Exorcised From Chile

InfoBrics at The Duran - 11 hours ago
From Declaration of War to Apology: Piñera’s Last Insult on Chile More The post The Neoliberal Ghost of Pinochet Is Finally Being Exorcised From Chile appeared first on The Duran.

U.S. troops deployed to Syria’s oil fields: Neocon win or Trump buying time? (Video)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 11 hours ago
The Duran Quick Take: Episode 349. More The post U.S. troops deployed to Syria’s oil fields: Neocon win or Trump buying time? (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

Saturday Morning Links

Unknown at Accidental Deliberations - 11 hours ago
Assorted content for your weekend reading. - George Monbiot makes the case for popular sovereignty mechanisms to supplement systems of representative government which fail to reflect the will of the people. And Ian Bremmer reports on Chile's mass protest seeking a public voice to end economic unfairness. - Katrina Miller notes that Canadian voters looking to solve affordability concerns prefer progressive solutions. Ilya Banares reports on new polling showing that a strong majority of voters who would rather see cooperation between the Libs and NDP than watch Justin Trudeau imple... more »

Why haven't the Democrats voted on an impeachment inquiry?

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 11 hours ago
Historically an impeachment attempt begins with the House voting to investigate the President. This time that hasn't happened. There are several reasons why the Democrats have decided to go all stealthy star chamber clandestine impeachment this time: 1) They know that Trump hasn't done anything illegal but by acting as though he has they'll keep their base happy 2) No purple state Democrat wants to go on record for impeachment since they know that would guarantee that they wouldn't get reelected. 3) By not actually having a formal impeachment Adam Schiff can make up whatever rules... more »

McKinsey: Majority of Banks May Not Be Economically Viable

Activist Post at Activist Post - 11 hours ago
By Kevin Helms Management consulting firm McKinsey & Company has published a global banking review and found that a majority of banks worldwide may not... more »

Adam Schiff breaks House rules in his quest to overturn the 2016 election

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 11 hours ago
Dan Crenshaw is a national asset. In this case he points out that Adam Schiff's secrecy is a violation of House Rules. Adam Schiff isn't allowing Reps. to see the transcripts from this impeachment inquiry, but selectively leaks small portions to the press. This process should be transparent to the American people. It should be a fair process w/ clear rules, just like past impeachment inquiries. pic.twitter.com/Rg2AKtRHIM — Rep. Dan Crenshaw (@RepDanCrenshaw) October 23, 2019 It turns out that the House has a very reasonable rule that essentially says that all House transcripts are... more »

Democrats declare that Blacks who don't agree with them aren't Black

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 11 hours ago
Kamala Harris has refused to attend an event hosted by the Bipartisan Justice Center, an organization consisting of mainly Blacks, because it gave an award to Trump for getting justice reform passed. That bill is a bad one but Trump supported it. Yet despite the fact that Trump produced what Blacks wanted Harris is boycotting the event. She said: “As the only candidate who attended an HBCU, I know the importance that these spaces hold for young Black Americans,” “Today, when it became clear Donald Trump would receive an award after decades of celebrating mass incarceration, pushi... more »

DoD Awards Massive ‘JEDI’ Deal To Microsoft Over “Surprised” Amazon (Updated)

Activist Post at Activist Post - 11 hours ago
By Tyler Durden Update (1950ET): Well that didn’t take long. Bloomberg reports that Amazon is weighing a legal challenge to the decision due to alleged... more »

'Understanding the Intel and Law Enforcement Plot to Destroy the Trump Presidency'

RPI Staff at Peace and Prosperity - 11 hours ago
Former CIA officer Larry C. Johnson breaks into detail the three year intelligence community plot to overturn the 2016 elections at the Ron Paul Institute's 2019 Washington Conference, "Breaking Washington's Addiction to War." This is among the best insider explanations you will hear on the topic:

Trump’s Imaginary Withdrawal From Syria: A Look Behind the Wizard’s Curtain

William Murray at Peace and Prosperity - 11 hours ago
[image: undefined] Manjib: The city of Manjib in northeastern Syria has become a focal point for those who have attacked President Trump for pulling American troops from Syria. Newspaper columnists, Internet bloggers and even Senators have accused President Trump of “abandoning the Kurds” and pointed to Syrian government troops moving into the city of Manjib as proof. The city of Manjib is 80 percent Arab. It is not Kurdish at all. During the time American troops were in northern Syria the city of Manjib was given to the Kurds to administer. No Arabs were allowed in the city admin... more »

The Reason Russia's Only Aircraft Carrier Goes Up in 'Smoke'

Charlie Gao at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *Security, Europe* Engineering difficulties? *Key point: *Look at the fuel. For most sailors who served on the Admiral Kuznetzov, Mazut is the stuff of legends. The ultra thick, tarry black substance that powers the ship is known for being rather toxic, sticky, and not easy to get out of clothes. But why did the Soviet navy keep powering its ships with Mazut? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the fuel? Why exactly is the Kuznetsov so smoky? Not all Russian ships run on Mazut. Of all the large ships the current Russian Navy operates, only the Sovremenny-... more »

Hashtags Are Not Activism... And Social Media Only Accomplishes So Much.

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
Not all Democrats are the same. Filling Congress with garden variety Democrats isn't even a good idea. It would just enable the worst instincts of the worst power-mad, values-free careerist Democrats, the Schumers, Emanuels, Bidens, Bustoses and Hoyers. Trump is an existential threat to our democracy and our nation. He's got to be dealt with. But nominating Joe Biden is exactly the *wrong* way to deal with him, absolutely guaranteeing that Trumpism will triumph, either in 2020 or soon after. Political hacks like Biden and what they stand for-- nothing-- is what *caused* us to be b... more »

Then They Came For Your Mind: The Untold Story of Psychosurgery

Activist Post at Activist Post - 12 hours ago
By Aaron Dykes Complimenting yesterday’s post – a guest article written by Dr. Peter & Ginger Breggin – is the raw, and as yet unreleased... more »

Leave Franco Alone

Eric MARGOLIS at OrientalReview.org - 12 hours ago
In 1936, as Spain’s brutal civil war was raging, Republican-leftist forces were besieging Toledo’s fortress, the Alcazar. They took hostage the 16-year old son Luis of the citadel’s commander, Col. Moscardo. `Surrender the Alcazar or we will shoot him,’ threatened the leftists. Moscardo replied, ‘put him on the phone.’ When […]

51% of Americans Want to END Freedom of Speech (Many Even Want JAIL TIME for “Hate Speech”)

Activist Post at Activist Post - 12 hours ago
By Daisy Luther Of all the rights guaranteed to us by the Constitution, the First Amendment is arguably the most important. And despite the fact... more »

Checking In

LL at Virtual Mirage - 12 hours ago
It must be "catter-day" -- *Blood* is the reason for the season... The Fake Indian is charming leftist voters

This General Wants to Launch Nuclear Weapons at North Korea and China

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* [image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_MacArthur#/media/File:Douglas_MacArthur_speaking_at_Soldier_Field_HD-SN-99-03036.JPEG] If President Truman had let him. *Key point:* Although nukes would have likely worked, it would have heated up the Cold War and caused an uproar. In his 1964 book Gen. Douglas MacArthur (Gold Medal Books, Greenwich, Conn.), Bob Considine writes, “MacArthur’s final plan for winning the Korean War was outlined to this reporter in the course of an interview in 1954 on his 74th birthday. … ” “Of all the campaig... more »

What It Took To Kill Hitler's Best Battleship: Torpedoes and Point Blank Range Attacks

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *History, Europe* [image: By Anynobody - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3088745] This is how you kill a battleship dead. *Key point:* London undertook a concerted effort to locate and sink the *Bismarck*. On May 23, 1941, the Battleship *Bismarck* was on a roll. The largest and most powerful ship in the German Navy, the mighty *Bismarck* had broken out into the Atlantic Ocean, sunk a Royal Navy battlecruiser, badly damaged a battleship and was poised to add its guns to a naval blockade that threatened to strangle Great Br... more »

Taiwan Is Finally Getting 66 New F-16s, But It's Too Little Too Late

David Axe at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, * China's air force is far superior. *Key point: *Fighters are the least important part of Taiwan's strategy to deter China. Nearly a decade after first requesting them, the Taiwanese air force finally could get 66 new F-16 fighters to begin replacing some of its older fighter aircraft. But the $8-billion fighter-acquisition, which the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump approved over strong objections from China, likely will do little to alter the overall balance of power across the Taiwan Strait. China possesses hundreds of more modern fighte... more »

Did You Miss This Nugget

GunnyG at 'Nox & Friends - 12 hours ago
of impending doom for the Democrat soft coup traitors? James Baker flips and is cooperating with the FBI/DOJ. James Baker, mid-May 2019: “There was a point in time relatively recently where I just became sick of all the BS that is said about the origins of the (Russia) investigation, and I just got fed up with it. I want to talk about the origin of the investigation to reassure the American people that it was done for lawful, legitimate reasons and was apolitical throughout, in my experience.” Look for Obama and the rest of his rats (Soros, Hillary, Biden, Valerie Jarrett, … Continue... more »

JUST A COUPLE OF TOTALLY NORMAL CENTRISTS WRITING A TOTALLY NORMAL CENTRIST OP-ED

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 12 hours ago
Siri, show me the worst op-ed of all time. *Romney-Gabbard, Make America Decent Again* Yes, you read that right: This is an op-ed proposing a Romney-Gabbard presidential ticket. It's in *Newsday.* It's real. It's written by two academics of a sort -- I'll tell you about them later. With the next presidential election only a year away, House Democrats are committed to impeaching President Trump.... But if the House’s next steps are clear, the Senate’s are not. And that’s where things get interesting. If the Senate convicts, Vice President Mike Pence will become president. It is ne... more »

Editor's Note

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 12 hours ago
Finishing up on a project/presentation that I must deliver this Monday. Blogging will return late tonight or early tomorrow morning.

Innocent Deaf Teen Loses Cochlear Implant As Cops Taser Him in the Back for Not Hearing Them

Jack Burns at The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: deaf]A deaf Tennessee teenager was unable to hear police, so they tasered him in the back as he walked down the sidewalk.

Struggling Dad Sent to Prison For Being Unable to Pay $1,941 Bill to the Gov’t

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: pay]A struggling dad was kidnapped and caged because he was unable to pay a $1,941 bill, payable to the government of Philadelphia.

Salary isn’t the only way to lure – and keep – quality cannabis employees

Kevin Huhn at Marijuana Business Daily - 13 hours ago
(This is an abridged version of a story that appears in the October issue of Marijuana Business Magazine.) The perks beyond salary that a marijuana business can offer prospective employees could be the difference between landing the workforce needed to scale up the company or losing that talent to other firms in the space. The potential for […] Salary isn’t the only way to lure – and keep – quality cannabis employees is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

Breaking: Turkish-backed militants capture 2 towns along the Syrian border

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:00 P.M.) – The Turkish-backed militants continued their attacks against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) this week, as their fighters stormed two towns under the control of the latter in the Al-Hasakah Governorate. Led by the so-called “Syrian National Army”, the Turkish-backed militants attacked the SDF’s troops at the towns of Al-Mataleh […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syrian Army deploys to 2 new towns in northwestern Al-Hasakah

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:45 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has deployed to two new towns in the northwestern countryside of the Al-Hasakah Governorate, a source from the military told Al-Masdar News. According to the source, the Syrian Army deployed to the towns of Al-Qassimiyah and Al-Rashidiyah in northwestern Al-Hasakah following an attack by the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Turkey close to purchasing Russian Su-35 jets

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
Moscow and Ankara are close to conclude a deal on the delivery of 36 Russian fighter jets Su-35 to Turkey, Daily Sabah newspaper reported on Friday citing its sources. The Turkish daily also added that in line with the deal at the issue Turkey will also be granted the right for manufacturing parts and components […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syrian Army wipes out group of ISIS terrorists attempting to cross into Iraq

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:20 P.M.) – A group of Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) terrorists was attempting to cross into Iraq’s Al-Anbar Governorate last nigh when they suddenly came under heavy fire from the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) troops in the area. According to a military source in eastern Syria, the Syrian Army spotted the group of Islamic […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Russia accuses US of stealing Syria’s oil

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
In a statement, the chief spokesman for the Russian Defence Ministry, Igor Konashenkov, noted that the US’ stated goal of protecting Syrian oil fields from Daesh* fighters could not be farther from the truth. “What Washington does now – the capture and holding under its armed control of oil fields in Eastern Syria is, simply […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

FACT: North Korea's Military Uses U.S. Military Equipment

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Asia* Pyongyang has maintained the fleet of 87 U.S.-built helicopters it smuggled into the country more than a quarter century ago. *Key point:* But it won't be enough to stop the U.S. military. On July 27, 2013, as a column of armored personnel carriers and tanks rumbled before the stand of Kim Jong-un to commemorate the end of a bloody war with the United States sixty years earlier, four small American-made MD 500E helicopters buzzed low overhead. You can see it occur at 3:13 in the this video. If you look closely, you can see they have been wired ... more »

Why Is The United States Importing Natural Gas From Russia?

Colin Grabow at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Colin Grabow* *Security, Europe* So much for energy independence. In the coming days a Spanish-flagged ship, the *Catalunya Spirit*, will deliver a shipment of Russia-originated liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Puerto Rico. Bizarrely, the United States—a leading exporter of LNG—is nonetheless importing it from a geopolitical rival. And this isn’t a first. Last year a supply of Russian LNG arrived in Boston amidst a spike in demand to fight off the winter cold. So what gives? Basically, the Jones Act. This 1920 law mandates that vessels transporting cargo within the United States... more »

Stick with Call of Duty: You Have Almost No Chance of Joining the Delta Force

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, World* Joining up is not an easy task. *Key point: *Calling the selection process "brutal" is an understatement. Just how much torture is a person willing to undergo to get a prestigious job? Given that an average of 250 resumes are submitted for every job position in the United States, one would assume quite a lot. But there’s writing endless resumes—and then there’s running forty miles at night on an uneven forest trail while lugging a fifty-pound rucksack—with more weight added upon achieving each waypoint. And to even get into the application po... more »

John Pilger on Assange

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 13 hours ago
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to legendary journalist and filmmaker John Pilger on Julian Assange’s latest extradition hearing this Monday, which he attended. He discusses how Julian appeared at the trial, the bias of the judge against Julian Assange, the lack of mainstream media coverage of Julian’s persecution, his health and conditions in Belmarsh prison, CIA spying on Julian Assange and more! Next, we speak to Chris Williamson MP on Assange’s extradition hearing, his motion in the House of Commons to condemn Julian Assange’s treatment, why Julian’s persecution... more »

Macron will decide the future of Brexit. Will he stick with Boris or fold to Merkel?

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 13 hours ago
The Duran Quick Take: Episode 348. More The post Macron will decide the future of Brexit. Will he stick with Boris or fold to Merkel? appeared first on The Duran.

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago

Weekend reads: Scientist loses job after 30 retractions; breast cancer researcher committed misconduct; “two crashes” at Duke

Ivan Oransky at Retraction Watch - 13 hours ago
Before we present this week’s Weekend Reads, a question: Do you enjoy our weekly roundup? If so, we could really use your help. Would you consider a tax-deductible donation to support Weekend Reads, and our daily work? Thanks in advance. The week at Retraction Watch featured: an author irked about “science by tweet” after his paper … Continue reading Weekend reads: Scientist loses job after 30 retractions; breast cancer researcher committed misconduct; “two crashes” at Duke

The money-go-round

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 13 hours ago

Up to 50,000 flee fire near LA as power company says it may have sparked wine country blaze

Just In - 13 hours ago
California's biggest utility company admits its electrical equipment may have ignited a ruinous fire spreading across the state's wine country, despite blackouts imposed across the region to prevent blazes.

'He decided to try': Vietnamese man fears his brother died in Essex truck while looking for work

Katherine Diss at Just In - 13 hours ago
Nguyen Dinh Oanh tells the ABC his family had been contacted by a "middle agency" asking for money to be transferred once Nguyen Dinh Luong arrived in the UK. But he has not heard from his brother — or the agency — since.

Some Recreio Real Estate Cheaper Than in Rio’s North Zone Neighborhoods

Xiu Ying at The Rio Times - 13 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Many believe that because it is located just after exclusive Barra da Tijuca, Recreio dos Bandeirantes, also in Rio de Janeiro's West Zone, has high real estate prices directly associated with those of its closest neighborhood. This is not the case. In fact, there . . . To read the […] The post Some Recreio Real Estate Cheaper Than in Rio’s North Zone Neighborhoods appeared first on The Rio Times.

Is President Trump's Syrian Policy And Strategy The Right One?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
Photo U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy R. Koster *Lee Smith, The Federalist*: *10 Questions To Ask About Trump’s Removal Of Troops From Syria* Trump’s critics appear to believe that backing a Marxist splinter group aligned with the anti-American, pro-Iranian axis in its war against a NATO ally is sound policy. The U.S. foreign policy establishment has gone into meltdown mode since President Trump announced last week a withdrawal of several dozen troops from a corridor in northern Syria. American forces had been there since 2014, joined with a Kurdish splinter group to fight t... more »

Ron Paul: The FedRes Is On Its Last Legs & Foreign Central Banks Are Going For Gold

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 13 hours ago
RonPaulLibertyReport The U.S. government & it’s monopoly money-printer known as The Federal Reserve have painted themselves into a bankruptcy corner. Not only are more and more foreign nations rejecting America’s aggressive and militant foreign policy, but they’re also ripping themselves away from the The Fed’s dollar. Foreign central banks are increasingly gravitating to sound money …

Does South Korea Want Nuclear Weapons?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
US President Donald Trump meets Kim Jong-un at the Korean Demilitarized Zone, June 30, 2019. Credit: Public Domain. *Byong-Chul Lee, Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists:* *Don’t be surprised when South Korea wants nuclear weapons* There are two major variables that factor into South Korea’s calculus on starting a nuclear weapons program: the feasibility of North Korea abandoning its nuclear weapons voluntarily, and the guarantee of America’s extended deterrence in the event of the nuclear crisis on the peninsula. Both are trending in the wrong direction. North Korea’s intermittent n... more »

Czech entomologist on ecology, climate panic

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 14 hours ago
PL Jakub Vosáhlo's interview with Dr Martin Konvička, an entomologist and the president of the Czech Islamic Republic Assoc Prof Martin Konvička as you don't know him (he's primarily famous as a warrior against Islam): in recent years, Nature was primarily demolished by the EU climate policies, irresponsible charlatanry involving the climate, and mad experiments with the landscape. AN INTERVIEW: After his activity addressing the migration and the clash of civilizations, Martin Konvička recently talked about the fashionable war on the climate change. And he clearly has something to sa... more »

China's Military Parade Proves That Beijing Is Ready To Fight America

Bradley Bowman, Andrew Gabel at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Bradley Bowman, Andrew Gabel* *Security, Asia* Will the Pentagon's modernization initiatives be enough? *Key point: *China has modernized its military and sought to take advantage of America's weaknesses. This week, the People’s Republic of China celebrated the 70th anniversary of its founding by holding a massive military parade. The parade featured a number of formidable weapons systems that demonstrate the growing capability of the Chinese military, the erosion of U.S. military superiority, and the need for continued action by Washington and its partners. As expected, the p... more »

The World War II Version of the Navy SEALs Suffered 52% Casualties at D-Day’s Omaha Beach

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Asia* Their sacrifice is a story like no other. The beach obstacles to the D-Day landing in Normandy were formidable: gigantic concrete tetrahedra, hut-shaped wooden embankments, submerged log or concrete pilings and bristly steel “hedgehogs.” And there were nastier traps half-submerged in the water: 250 huge steel “Belgian Gate” barricades wrapped with remotely-detonated explosives, over 11,000 long wooden beams tipped with disc-shaped anti-tank Tellermines positioned to explosively gut any boats that bumped into them, and even fixed flame-throwers... more »

Glock 34 Generation 5: A Gun for Police, Military and Competition Shooting?

Charlie Gao at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *Technology, * Is this the best Glock on the planet? Take a look. The Glock 34 Generation 5 in 9x19mm is the latest release in Glock’s line of “extended” slide pistols. While originally meant for competition, it has found use with police and military teams as well, which appreciate the superior shooting characteristics of the Glock 34 over other Glocks. Its release has interesting implications for the future of Glocks though, as it is the only fifth-generation long slide model. The Glock 34 is a toned-down model of the first competition Glock, the Glock 17L. The Gl... more »

Kel-Tec's Su-16: Even More Firepower than an AR-15 Rifle?

Charlie Gao at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *Technology, * How do they stack up? *Key point: *It performs poorly against similar entry-level ARs at the same price point. Kel-tec’s Sport Utility 16 (SU-16) rifle is an odd compromise. Designed to compete with budget AR-15, the rifle features a highly similar layout to the AR, but an AK-like operating system that uses a long-stroke gas piston and a charging handle integrated on the bolt carrier group. The recoil spring is placed in front of the bolt carrier group on the gas piston itself, which allows the rifle to fold to be more compact. But are these design... more »

Russia Wanted a Nuclear Missile Train

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *History, Europe* [image: By ru:Участник:Goodvint - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10244945] Wild. *Key point:* It was an interesting idea, but Moscow ended concluding it was probably too expensive and unnecessary. On July 19, 2018 the Kremlin released a flurry of videos showing off various nuclear weapon systems under development ranging from the RS-28 Satan 2 ballistic missile, *Kinzhal *hypersonic missiles, and even an ocean-spanning nuclear torpedo designed to smash coastal metropolises with tsunami waves of irradia... more »

PICTURE THIS: America Goes to War Against Russia (And Won't Use Aircraft Carriers)

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Asia* [image: https://www.dvidshub.net/image/3063705/161214-n-br551-025] How would the supercarriers fare when taking on something tougher than a third-world despot? *Key point:* Carriers are tough but increasingly vulnerable to overwhelming missile attacks. On May 31, 2017, the U.S. Navy accepted into service USS* Gerald Ford*, the first of up to four new fleet carriers. The massive 1,100-foot-long vessel will eventually embark around sixty aircraft, including twenty-four F-35 Lightning stealth fighters and another twenty to twenty-four FA-18 Super... more »

Uber Announces New Rules for Waiting and Cancellation Fees in Brazil

Xiu Ying at The Rio Times - 14 hours ago
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - Uber is warning drivers about the new rules for cancellation and waiting time in Brazil, according to Metro newspaper: if passengers cancel the trip before the car arrives, the amount will take into account the distance already traveled. And if the driver has already reached the destination, a fee will be […] The post Uber Announces New Rules for Waiting and Cancellation Fees in Brazil appeared first on The Rio Times.

Trade Confidence Climbs 1.2 Points in October

Richard Mann at The Rio Times - 14 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Trade Confidence Index (ICOM) increased 1.2 points in October, announced yesterday, October 25th, the Brazilian Institute of Economics of the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (IBRE/FGV). The indicator was estimated based on interviews with 851 companies in the sector between October 1st and 23rd. With the progress in October, the indicator […] The post Trade Confidence Climbs 1.2 Points in October appeared first on The Rio Times.

Leaked Oil Was Extracted From Three Fields in Venezuela, Says Petrobras

Arkady Petrov at The Rio Times - 14 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Eberaldo Neto, Petrobras' Corporate Affairs director, said yesterday, October 25th, that the analysis of 30 oil samples collected from beaches in the Northeast of Brazil allowed him to conclude that it was extracted from three production fields in Venezuela. At a press conference to analyze the results of the third […] The post Leaked Oil Was Extracted From Three Fields in Venezuela, Says Petrobras appeared first on The Rio Times.

São Paulo’s Vila Mariana Neighborhood Will Gain Water Museum

Xiu Ying at The Rio Times - 14 hours ago
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - Vila Mariana is changing. Many old houses are being demolished to make way for buildings. Companies are disappearing while others are emerging. The trend that began in the 1990s has intensified recently and there are initiatives throughout the neighborhood to preserve villas and prevent old dwellings from toppling. Simultaneously, as contradictory […] The post São Paulo’s Vila Mariana Neighborhood Will Gain Water Museum appeared first on The Rio Times.

The most realistic path to ‘Medicare for All’ says a former Insurance CEO

Keith at musingsofanoldfart - 14 hours ago
I said back in 2010 to a healthcare consulting colleague, we will eventually need to consider national health insurance, but it won’t happen. When he asked why, I responded the “Healthcare industrial complex is too powerful.” People forget the reason … Continue reading →

A Coffee-Table Book for Economists

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 14 hours ago
No kidding. Includes great portraits of 90 economists.

Robert Kennedy, Jr. Gives a HUGE Endorsement to my new book “PLAGUE OF CORRUPTION”…

Kent Heckenlively at BolenReport - 14 hours ago
By Kent Heckenlively, JD Publishing a book requires many moving parts. One of the most important is who writes the foreword. It gives the seal of approval from somebody who is likely to be more well-known than you, or has more standing in the field. When Dr. Judy Mikovits and I published our book, PLAGUE, … Continue reading Robert Kennedy, Jr. Gives a HUGE Endorsement to my new book “PLAGUE OF CORRUPTION”…

Alaska’s Tongass National Forest may be exempted from Clinton-era roadless rule

Bonner Cohen, Ph. D. at CFACT - 14 hours ago
The Roadless Rule banned all logging, commercial development, and road construction in Tongass, the largest national forest in the United States. The post Alaska’s Tongass National Forest may be exempted from Clinton-era roadless rule appeared first on CFACT.

Labour Unveils Carbon Neutral Plans

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 14 hours ago
By Paul Homewood Labour have just published their plans for a zero carbon Britain. It is basically just a rehash of the CCC’s plan, but accelerated with an objective of zero carbon by 2040. Nowhere is there any mention of what is happening to global emissions. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/23/labour-unveils-plans-for-carbon-neutral-energy-system-by-2030s Below are the targets for 2030: https://labour.org.uk/press/labour-welcomes-report-putting-uk-onto-the-path-to-net-zero-energy-emissions-in-the-2030s/ […]

Vice Presdient Pence: NBA Acting As A ‘Wholly Owned Subsidiary’ Of China

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
*CBS*:* Mike Pence blasts the NBA for "acting like a wholly owned subsidiary" of China* Vice President Mike Pence slammed the NBA for "acting like a wholly owned subsidiary" of China's Communist Party on Thursday. His remarks have been the most critical from the Trump administration since the NBA-China standoff began earlier this month, over a team executive's tweet supporting Hong Kong's anti-government protesters. During a speech at The Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., Pence took aim at the league for initially apologizing for the Houston Rockets general manager's Oct. 4 twe... more »

Whither The Conservative Party?

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 14 hours ago
Since Monday's election, Andrew Scheer's continued leadership of the Conservative Party has become an open question. Chantal Hebert writes: Since election night, Scheer has tried to cast the result as a first step back to federal power for the Conservatives. To listen to him, an electoral rematch would be too imminent for his party to consider a leadership change. But he is really clutching at straws in the hope of consolidating a potentially untenable leadership position. Scheer’s days as leader may be numbered, but a change at the top will not alone fix the Conservatives’ post-e... more »

China’s Goal Of Becoming A Superpower Is Limited By Its Lack Of Energy And Water Supplies

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
*Haley Zaremba, OilPrice.com:* *China’s Superpower Status At Risk As Energy Nightmare Intensifies* China has set its sights high - very high - in terms of economic development, aiming to become not just one of the world’s superpowers by 2049 (the 100 year anniversary of the People's Republic of China) but the leading superpower worldwide. With such lofty goals China has barreled full-speed ahead toward the future, and now it’s starting to look like the nation’s hasty growth is finally catching up with it. China’s superpower ambitions don’t seem like such a far-fetched idea, cons... more »

Who’s Who appearing before Adam Schiff’s inquiry group – William Taylor, chargé d’affaire

Uriel at 'Nox & Friends - 15 hours ago
Shifty Schiff’s lineup … Star Witness according to Shifty Schiff and MSM William Taylor, the chargé d’affaires of the U.S. embassy in Kiev William Taylor’s professional resume: He became chargé d’affaires ad interim for Ukraine in June 2019, taking over the role from the deputy chief of mission, Kristina Kvien, after Marie Yovanovitch departed Ukraine; board of US-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC); Executive Vice President of the U.S. Institute of Peace; during the 2010 Arab Spring, he oversaw assistance and support to Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and Syria at the State Department; and, U.S... more »

U.S. Is Now A Net Petroleum Exporter

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
For the first time ever, the U.S. became a net total petroleum exporter on a four-week average basis (-49,000 b/d) in the week ending October 18. The era of U.S. net petroleum exports HAS BEGUN! (or at least is highly like to). #OOTT pic.twitter.com/HRqDeWHLv8 — Mason Hamilton🛢📊⛽️ (@T_Mason_H) October 23, 2019 Rigzone *Oil & Gas 360:* *US to become net petroleum exporter in Q4 2019* The US is expected to become net petroleum exporter in the fourth quarter of 2019, Trend reports citing the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). EIA forecasts that continued growth in petrol... more »

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 15 hours ago
*UK: Value of degrees halves in 20 years, research shows as critics rally against degrees as ‘disqualifications’* The "graduate premium" is a term often used to refer to how much more graduates are likely to earn on average, compared to their peers who do not hold a degree. The new study analysed how the financial return to a degree has changed over a 20-year period during which increasing numbers of people have been choosing to study at degree level. Researchers found that graduates born in 1990 earned 11% more than non-graduates at age 26. However those born in 1970 earned 19... more »

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 15 hours ago
*Green Climate Fund short-changed by rich, polluting countries - Oxfam* *The Green Climate Fund is not serious politics, thankfully* Rich, polluting countries such as Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and the United States are short-changing poor countries of billions of dollars that they need to cut emissions and adapt to the climate crisis, Oxfam said today. The two-day pledging conference to the Green Climate Fund begins in Paris today (Thursday). To date, developed countries have pledged $7.5 billion to the Fund to cover the next four-year spending period. This is just half o... more »

"Financial System Is Rotten"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago
*"Financial System Is Rotten"* by Egon von Greyerz "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark (from Shakespeare’s Hamlet). In a world that cannot survive without incessant deficit spending, money printing and negative interest rates, there is clearly something very rotten. It is not only rotten but it stinks! Yes it stinks of lies, deceit and moral decadence. So why doesn’t anyone stand up to tell the world where we are heading. Well, for the simple reason that no politician can tell the truth. Because if they did, they wouldn’t be elected. The principal purpose of any politicia... more »

In the 1960s the US Gave 50 Million Tons of Emergency Food to India to Avert Famine; US Ambassador Treated Rudely by India’s PM in 1972; Then India Wanted More Food in 1974

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 15 hours ago
Americans Call Congress! https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials Stop S386; Stop S2603 Durbin’s “Relief” for immigrants act US President Johnson with with India Prime … Continue reading →

WATCH: Elijah Cummings’ full funeral with remembrances from Obama, Clintons

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 15 hours ago
Can you believe it? I can’t believe it.. but I am thrilled that it is true that Elijah Eugene Cummings … Continue reading →

Gerald Celente, "The Greatest Depression Stage One"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago
Gerald Celente,"The Greatest Depression Stage One"

"The Trouble With Most People..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago
"The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds." - Will Durant

Another politically-driven report about climate to ignore

drinkingwateradvisor at The Drinking Water Advisor - 15 hours ago
It seems to me these authors (here) have used the same tactics to mislead the American public as those organizations it criticizes. This report has nothing to do with climate science and contributes nothing towards solving real climate issues we … Continue reading →

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How Many Senate Seats Will Trump's Toxicity Cost The GOP? Could Be A Solid 5, Maybe 6.

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
*Cory Gardner got a free plane ride, but... there are no free plane rides* There's little doubt at this point that the House is going to impeach Trump. There may even be a handful of House Republicans-- in swing districts where Trump is loathed-- who vote with the Democrats. But then... the Senate's red wall of injustice. I was fascinated by Lindsey Graham's Trump-inspired resolution of disapproval of the House inquiry process. The resolution itself is infantile and just plain silly-- exactly what you might expect from a conflicted, panic-mode closet case-- but what I was fascinated... more »

How an Entire Chinese Submarine Crew Died: They Suffocated to Death

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * This is no way to die. *Key point: *Attaining high standards for maintenance and crew training is difficult for any navy. On April 25, 2003 the crew of a Chinese fishing boat noticed a strange sight—a periscope drifting listlessly above the surface of the water. The fishermen notified the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) which promptly dispatched two vessels to investigate. At first, the PLAN believed the contact to be an intruding submarine from South Korea or Japan. But when Chinese personnel finally recovered the apparent derelict they rea... more »

What If Adolf Hitler Was Killed During World War I?

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *History, * Millions of lives saved? Would history have been radically different? Legend has it that on September 28, 1918, a wounded Private Adolf Hitler lay in the sights of Henry Tandey, a British soldier who would receive the Victoria Cross for his daring actions in engagement in Marcoing, France. Tandey supposedly took pity on the limping German soldier, who nodded in gratitude and made his escape. While historians believe this incident was fabricated by Hitler himself, the apocryphal legend nonetheless poses a provocative question: how differently might ... more »

Glock 48: The Gun that Can Take on and Beat the Glock 19?

Charlie Gao at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *Technology, * Let the debate begin. The Glock 48 is an interesting combination of earlier Glocks. Built off the basis of the Glock 43X, the Glock 48 is a Glock 19 sized pistol with single-stack width. This gives it an odd combination of capacity and size, akin to single-stack compact pistols of old like Colt Commander variants. A lot of the gun community has been abuzz with comparisons of the Glock 19 and Glock 48, given their similar profiles. But could the Glock 48 replace the Glock 19? For those who are looking for a more accurate, concealable gun, the Glock 4... more »

"Fukushima Update 10/26/19: 20,349.75 Hiroshima Bombs Today, More Tomorrow"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago
*"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”* - Shiva ◆ *Updated Oct. 26, 2019: Fukushima Equals 20,349.75 Hiroshima Bombs Today, More Tomorrow; There is No Place On Earth to Escape the Rad: *The 3 melted-through cores of the destroyed reactors, now melted together into a single "corium" totaling over *600 tons*, at Fukushima *daily* release the radioactive equivalent of 6.45 Hiroshima bombs directly into the atmosphere and the Pacific Ocean. As of Oct. 26, 2019 - 3,155 days since the disaster began - this equals the detonation of *20,349.75 *Hiroshima atomic bombs and it is s... more »

The New World is Emerging Before Us | Thierry Meyssan

GeoPolitics101 at Covert Geopolitics - 16 hours ago
It’s a time that only happens once or twice a century. A new world order is emerging. All previous references disappear. Those who were doomed to grieve triumph, while those who ruled are thrown into hell. The official statements and interpretations made by journalists clearly no longer correspond to the events that follow one another. … Continue reading The New World is Emerging Before Us | Thierry Meyssan →

England sends All Blacks packing to advance to Rugby World Cup final

Just In - 16 hours ago
New Zealand's eight-year reign as world champion is over, as a clinical England outclasses the All Blacks to win 19-7 in an epic semi-final in Yokohama.

Perth and Gold Coast embrace regional tags for influx of skilled migrants

Amy Greenbank at Just In - 16 hours ago
With Australia's biggest cities getting ever closer to capacity, incentives are being given to those skilled migrants who elect to move to regional areas including Perth and the Gold Coast.

Wanderers win Sydney A-League derby, Reds down Jets

Just In - 16 hours ago
Western Sydney Wanderers claim a 1-0 victory over crosstown rivals Sydney FC, while FFA Cup champions Adelaide United celebrate a 2-1 defeat of Newcastle Jets.

NSW fires claim homes as heat and high winds fuel blazes across the state

Paige Cockburn at Just In - 16 hours ago
High temperatures and strong winds fuel blazes across the state, with at least two homes being destroyed near the town of Darawank on the NSW north coast.

Demonstrations in Santiago, Chile, Gather Around One Million People

Juan Martinez at The Rio Times - 16 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - About a million people gathered on Friday afternoon in Santiago, Chile, at the largest demonstration since the beginning of protests in the country, according to the Chilean press. Protests took place peacefully for the most part. Protesters were dressed in red, one of Chile's national colors, and waving the country's […] The post Demonstrations in Santiago, Chile, Gather Around One Million People appeared first on The Rio Times.

Brazil Sees United Arab Emirates as Gateway to Many Regions, Says Brazilian Ambassador

Newsfeed at The Rio Times - 16 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Emirates News Agency) The United Aram Emirates (UAE) is seen by Brazil as a gateway to the Arab world and Asia, Luís Lemos Igreja, the Brazilian Ambassador to the UAE. said, as Abu Dhabi prepared to welcome Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Saturday, October 26th. "For Brazil, the UAE is […] The post Brazil Sees United Arab Emirates as Gateway to Many Regions, Says Brazilian Ambassador appeared first on The Rio Times.

Disrupting the nitrogen cycle: Articles on a major metabolic rift

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 16 hours ago
How the global nitrogen cycle has been disrupted by an economic system that values profits more than life itself.

Whitewashing Neoliberal Repression in Chile and Ecuador

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 16 hours ago
Throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, people are rising up against right-wing, US-backed governments and their neoliberal austerity policies.

Britain obstructs Spanish investigation into CIA spying on Julian Assange By Oscar Grenfell

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 16 hours ago
In a blatant attempt to obstruct justice, British judicial authorities are stymying an investigation into the US Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) illegal spying on WikiLeaks’ publisher Julian Assange. El Pais reported on Wednesday that a request by Spanish judge José de la Mata to interview Assange via videolink had been rejected by the United Kingdom Central Authority last month. De la Mata is investigating a complaint by Assange’s lawyers alleging that UC Global, the private company hired to provide security to Ecuador’s London embassy, illegally surveilled him on behalf of US ... more »

Syria News Links 25-26 October 2019

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 16 hours ago
26 October 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back U.S. Is Looting Syrian Oil Fields To Fund Mercenaries And Intelligence Operations Pentagon Confirms: Tanks & Additional US Forces To Deploy At Syrian Oil Fields Northeast Syria Is Suitable … Continue reading Syria News Links 25-26 October 2019

Saturday snippet: the opening battle of the Red River War in 1874

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 16 hours ago
Today's snippet is taken from the autobiography of legendary Western scout and Indian fighter Billy Dixon, as recorded by his wife during the last year of his life, and completed by her after his death in 1913. It's titled "Life of Billy Dixon, Plainsman, Scout and Pioneer". Dixon (shown below) was one of the great figures of the Indian Wars and the Old West. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his role in the Buffalo Wallow fight of 1874, shortly after the events narrated here (one of only eight ever awarded to civilians). Due to his status as a civilian scout, rather than ... more »

Links 10/26/19

Yves Smith at naked capitalism - 17 hours ago

Huck Advocates Private Donations in Election Campaigns and Parliamentarianism

Arkady Petrov at The Rio Times - 17 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Widely touted to run for the Presidency of the Republic in 2022, TV host Luciano Huck dodged questions on his plans, but discussed extensively elections and politics in an event on Friday, October 25th, in São Paulo. He advocated changes in campaign funding, said . . . To read the […] The post Huck Advocates Private Donations in Election Campaigns and Parliamentarianism appeared first on The Rio Times.

A Tale of Two Sides: A New Novel about the Vaccine Debate

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 17 hours ago
Note: It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. 2019 is a dark time for medical and religious choice. We live in a nation where courts allow a parent to change a young child's gender often... more »

From AHRP: Vaccine Experiment Atrocity In India: Human Infection Model

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 17 hours ago
It appears that vaccine manufacturers are ever more impatient to reap high profits from new vaccines — especially since they have entered into “public-private” partnerships with governments. Increasingly, government officials oblige this greed-infected industry with laws mandating new vaccines. And... more »

Brain Organoids: How Soon Before Lab Grown Mini Brains Achieve Consciousness?

The Conversation at Science 2.0 blogs - 17 hours ago
The cutting-edge method of growing clusters of cells that organize themselves into mini versions of human brains in the lab is gathering more and more attention. These “brain organoids”, made from stem cells, offer unparalleled insights into the human brain, which is notoriously difficult to study. But some researchers are worried that a form of consciousness might arise in such mini-brains, which are sometimes transplanted into animals. They could at least be sentient to the extent of experiencing pain and suffering from being trapped. If this is true – and before we consider how... more »

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Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 17 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin The DOJ's Russiagate Probe Just Turned Into A Criminal InvestigationChina's new Great Wall rises in the heart of Europe Surging SUV demand is canceling out the environmental benefit from electric cars *The Jevons paradox.* The cost of climate change: Trial to decide whether ExxonMobil was honest with investors Some American troops may stay in Syria to guard oil fields, Esper says Julian Assange Appears Frail and Confused in London Court Hearing Sea urchin population soars 10,000% in five years, devastating US coastline JK Rowling urges students not to volunteer at orpha... more »

Scientific American Issues Severe Warning on 5G

OYE NEWS at OYE Alternative News - 17 hours ago
In a recently published article entitled, We Have No Reason to Believe 5G is Safe, Scientific American (SciAm) magazine issued a stern warning about the known and potential dangers of 5G technology. Of particular significance is the fact that SciAm is the oldest continuously published monthly magazine in the United States, founded by inventor and … The post Scientific American Issues Severe Warning on 5G appeared first on OYE Alternative News.

"Perhaps..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 hours ago
“Perhaps we are looking at this from a wrong perspective; this search for the truth, the meaning of life, the reason of God. We all have this mindset that the answers are so complex and so vast that it is almost impossible to comprehend. I think, on the contrary, that the answers are so simple; so simple that it is staring us straight in the face, screaming its lungs out, and yet we fail to notice it. We're looking through a telescope, searching the stars for the answer, when the answer is actually a speck of dirt on the telescope lens.” ~ Jason Q.

In World War II, The U.S. Sent Mustard Gas To Italy (And Killed Its Own Troops)

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 18 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, * Everything went wrong. *Key point: *The only soldiers in World War II that were killed by chemical weapons. What a perfect night for a weapon of mass destruction. It was December 2, 1943. And the Nazi bomber crews flying over the Italian port of Bari might have wondered whether they were actually in a war zone. Gleaming below, despite the wartime blackout, was a harbor so brightly lit that it illuminated more than than thirty ships supplying the Allied armies advancing up the Italian peninsula. Aboard those transports were the usual necessities of mo... more »

CRISIS At Deutsche Bank! – Bank DESPERATELY Attempts To Stay Afloat As LAYOFFS Continue!

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 18 hours ago
World Alternative Media Josh Sigurdson talks with Tim Picciott about the fall of Deutsche Bank as the bank desperately attempts to stay afloat by laying off more people. Tens of thousands of jobs have been cut at Deutsche Bank over the past couple of years all while the share price has been in a steady …

New Pacaembu Stadium in São Paulo Will Feature Chairs and Mobile Grandstands

Richard Mann at The Rio Times - 18 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Inaugurated in April 1940, the Pacaembu stadium will undergo the most dramatic renovation in its history starting in the second half of next year. The person in charge of managing it will be businessman Eduardo Barella, 38, director-president of the engineering company Progen and president of the consortium Allegra Pacaembu, […] The post New Pacaembu Stadium in São Paulo Will Feature Chairs and Mobile Grandstands appeared first on The Rio Times.

Best Locations to Practice Physical Activities in Rio de Janeiro

Xiu Ying at The Rio Times - 18 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Contacts with nature and outdoor sports are some of the characteristics of Rio's people, whether it's playing volleyball on the beach, running in the Lage Park . . . To read the full NEWS and much more, Subscribe to our Premium Membership Plan. Already Subscribed? Login Here Subscribe Login Here The post Best Locations to Practice Physical Activities in Rio de Janeiro appeared first on The Rio Times.

Shopkeeper Assaults Homeless Woman Asking for Money at His Store

Contributing Reporter at The Rio Times - 18 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A shopkeeper assaulted a homeless woman who was asking for money at his store A video that circulates through social networks and went viral shows the moment when a man assaults a woman, after she asks for money in the aggressor's shop. In the images, the victim, identified only as […] The post Shopkeeper Assaults Homeless Woman Asking for Money at His Store appeared first on The Rio Times.

Brazil’s Government May Reduce HIV/AIDS Prevention Programs

Lise Alves at The Rio Times - 18 hours ago
[image: Brazil,HIV/AIDS cocktail drugs have been distributed by the Brazilian government for free since 1996.] SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The program to distribute antiretroviral drugs to people living with HIV/AIDS in Brazil is known to be one of the most universal, successful programs of its kind in the world. Experts, however, say other HIV/AIDS prevention programs may be threatened by the current government of President Jair Bolsonaro. “We are concerned,” […] The post Brazil’s Government May Reduce HIV/AIDS Prevention Programs appeared first on The Rio Times.

Evo Morales Celebrates Victory in Bolivia With 99.99 Percent of Votes Counted

Juan Martinez at The Rio Times - 18 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - With 99.99 percent of the polls counted yesterday morning, Bolivia's election results give Evo Morales the win. The current president has 47.07 percent of votes and his main opponent, Carlos Mesa, 36.51 percent. The difference between the candidates is 10.56 percent. According to Bolivian electoral legislation, in order to win […] The post Evo Morales Celebrates Victory in Bolivia With 99.99 Percent of Votes Counted appeared first on The Rio Times.

What Happens to Iran if Israel Attacked with Nuclear Weapons?

Robert Farley at The National Interest - 18 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, * Under certain circumstances, Israel might consider a preemptive nuclear attack. *Key point:* It would fundamentally alter the Middle East and the world. Israel’s nuclear arsenal is the worst-kept secret in international relations. Since the 1970s, Israel has maintained a nuclear deterrent in order to maintain a favorable balance of power with its neighbors. Apart from some worrying moments during the Yom Kippur War, the Israeli government has never seriously considered using those weapons. The most obvious scenario for Israel to use nuclear weapons w... more »

This Is How Imperial Japan Seized the Great Wall of China

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 18 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *History, Asia* [image: By User:Fat yankey - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1163757] An expensive fight. *Key point:* Tokyo coveted the highly-important Chinese symbol but was only able to take part of the very long wall. The Great Wall reigns as a symbol of Chinese nationhood, over 3,800 miles of fortified walls (or 5,500, if you count trenches and natural barriers) built to shield the settled peoples of the North China Plain from the depredations of nomadic horse-riding tribes to the north. While the wall undoubtedly ... more »

Turkish President Erdogan Says That For Arabs The Only Suitable Area For Them Is The Desert

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 18 hours ago
Erodgan, talking about northeast Syria with TRT yesterday, said: "The most suitable for this area are Arabs. These areas are not suitable for the lifestyle of Kurds." Asked, in what way? "Because these are virtually desert regions." via @AliKucukgocmenpic.twitter.com/WvcIANcCba — Sarah Dadouch | سارة دعدوش (@SarahDadouch) October 25, 2019 *WNU Editor*: Turkish President Erdogan definitely has some strong (and racist) views on race, culture, and ethnicity.

Stonehenge breakthrough: Julius Caesar letter exposes ‘secret’ of pre-historic monument

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
It is compelling that the folk where part of the Atlantean Bronze Age as we suspected. The whole Irish Sea littoral was a huge center of Bronze Age civilization. This was clearly fed by the Eastern Mediterranean and Crete in particular. The Atlantean world largely depended upon the use of large sustainable islands capable of providing general security with the application of the massive sea going trade fleet. They could easily counter any similar threat arising from continental force accumulations. The Irish Sea is a natural base of operations. Add in known copper mining a... more »

The World Turned Upside Down

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
It is quite plausible that the Houthis can rumble the Saudi's out of power. Particularly if Saudi .military prowess is scant. That is why they have deployed an USA blocking force able to prevent such an outcome. That is also why they have likely ordered the Saudis to finally make peace here. *The World Turned Upside Down * * Thu, 10/17/2019 - 02:00 * *Authored by Martin Sieff via The Strategic Culture Foundation, * * https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/world-turned-upside-down* *When a still-bewildered General Earl Charles Cornwallis surrendered his entire army to ... more »

What a Warrior’s Lost Toolkit Says About the Oldest Known Battle in Europe

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
*[image: Warrior Toolkit]* Value is all about copper and here we see some tools and plenty of copper scraps. The ultimate store of value was in the form of wedge shaped copper ingots that likely weighed in at a kilo or so. This individual horde was put together around 1000 BC which actually was toward the end of the Bronze Age. So this was the likely source of personal wealth for at least two thousands of years. This is actually a lot of copper. some of it was wearable and we have a couple of tools. The chisel in particular is noted as it allowed pieces to cut free as mo... more »

Trump Wins Emergency Stay Of Tax Returns Release Ruling As Appeal Begins

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
This fight is ongoing and it is likely to lead correctly to the Supreme Court. Again this issue must be settled once and for all. There is actually no compelling reason to think that this is anyone's business. To start with there is a also a limit on how far you can go back. Then all his returns have been prepared by tax professional for his entire career for a very good reason. Audits are commonly expected by real estate developers as the projects are large one off type operations causing a plethora of tax events. In short, his returns will be among the best prepared in the c... more »

Facebook’s Threat to Democracy Could Motivate Redefinition of Anti-Trust Laws

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 18 hours ago
Mark Zuckerberg's Capitol Hill testimony shows just how dangerous Facebook has become to democracy and the need for public debate around how to deal with the company.

Climate Change, etc.

LL at Virtual Mirage - 19 hours ago
*Climate Change* Am I a 'climate change denier'? *No, absolutely not*. The climate changes all of the time. The light from the Sun that strikes Earth is not absolutely constant due to different factors. The Earth itself is not completely stable and historically, it shifts on its axis and what was the pole is now somewhere near the equator, which is why we drill for oil in the Arctic. 15,000 years ago the place where I now live was under about one quarter of a mile of ice. Give or take. (link) (Updated Oct. 23, 2019) Retired Principal Scientific Officer (PSO) for the British Govern... more »

More Missing Heat For Trenberth

tonyheller at Real Climate Science - 19 hours ago
Boulder is set to obliterate cold records again this week. The average maximum for October 29 is 60F. This year’s forecast maximum of 19F will obliterate the previous record of 26F set in 1991. The average maximum on October 30 … Continue reading →

The Obama Green Energy Ponzi Scheme

tonyheller at Real Climate Science - 19 hours ago
“Green energy” is the name Nobel Laureate Barack Obama used to steal taxpayer money and give it to his campaign donors. Nobel Laureate Al Gore benefited tremendously from this scheme. Solyndra Scandal | Full Coverage of Failed Solar Startup – … Continue reading →

For Man Must Learn To....A Quotation by M.N. Hopkins

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 19 hours ago
*For Man must learn to co-operate and care for each other or all life on your planet will surely perish in time. Man refuses to look for new ways of being in his world, but rather clings to the old ideas and beliefs, which no longer have the power necessary to hold or bind together Man's communities.* *© M.N. Hopkins*

'This isn't going to go away': Up to 1 million Chilean protesters march in Santiago

Just In - 19 hours ago
The Chilean capital grinds to a halt in the biggest demonstration since violent protests broke out a week ago over entrenched inequality in the South American nation

'This is a David and Goliath battle': Anger spills over at public meeting against prison plans

Jessica Moran at Just In - 19 hours ago
Residents of a heritage town in northern Tasmania accuse the Government of not consulting them over plans for a new prison nearby, and demand to know the location of other potential sites.

Bushfires force evacuations on NSW north coast, as it happened

Just In - 19 hours ago
Homes have been destroyed and residents were told to evacuate as emergency-level bushfires burn through the New South Wales north coast.

Japanese mare Lys Gracieux wins $5 million Cox Plate

Just In - 19 hours ago
After shrugging off a slow start, Japan's Lys Gracieux charges home to claim victory in the Cox Plate at Moonee Valley, beating Castelvecchio and Te Akau Shark to the crown.

Is the M27 Rifle Good Enough to Replace the Marines' M16s?

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 19 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Technology, Americas* [image: By Cpl. Alfred V. Lopez, U.S. Air Force - www.defense.gov, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20666504] Congress isn't so sure. *Key point:* The M27 might not be as good as thought and is also expensive. For over a half century, the M16 assault rifle—and later the more compact M4 carbine—have served as the primary service rifles for both the U.S. Army and Marine Corps. The “plastic toy rifles” have evolved considerably since their troubled debut in Vietnam, and boast greater ranged accuracy (but also g... more »

Russia Almost Built A Nuclear-Armed Supersonic Bomber That Could Float On Water

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 19 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, Europe* Why was it canceled? *Key point: *The rise of ballistic missiles put this idea to rest. With airline passengers crammed like sardines, it’s hard to remember there was a time when airliners were more like ocean liners. In the 1930s, seaplanes were queens of the sky. Clipper seaplanes like the Boeing 314 were the 747s of the era, carrying passengers on long flights across the Atlantic and Pacific. Today seaplanes seem an anachronism—cute flying machines that haul tourists in remote places like Alaska. But for a period during the early Cold War, t... more »

Russia Had Crazy Dreams Of Building a Monster Aircraft Carrier (Never Happened)

Paul Richard Huard at The National Interest - 19 hours ago
*Paul Richard Huard* *History, Europe* [image: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f3/19/2a/f3192aa59887eb07e139bb755911f73a.png] Not enough money. *Key point:* Moscow always wanted a large carrier, but never had the funds it needed for such a large project. Had she ever sailed, the Soviet supercarrier *Ulyanovsk* would have been a naval behemoth more than 1,000 feet long, with an 85,000-ton displacement and enough storage to carry an air group of up to 70 fixed and rotary wing aircraft. With a nuclear-powered engine—and working in conjunction with other Soviet surface warfare vess... more »

The U.S. Air Force's New RQ-180 Drone Is Flying From A Base In Northern California

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 19 hours ago
Northrop Grumman’s X-47B, which the new, top-secret RQ-180 is thought to resemble. Courtesy Northrop Grumman *Popular Mechanics:* *The U.S. Air Force's Secretive New Drone Is a B-2 Lookalike* *But it follows in the footsteps of spy planes like the SR-71 and U-2.* * The U.S. Air Force's secretive new RQ-180 drone is flying from a base in Northern California. * The drone reportedly resembles the B-2 bomber. * The RQ-180 was designed and flown at Area 51 and is rumored to have flown to the North Pole as a graduation test. The U.S. Air Force is secretly flying a huge new drone from a ... more »

The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic: Part 3 of 4: The Final Hammer-Blows

Yves Smith at naked capitalism - 19 hours ago
The crisis of the Roman Republic.

Area of Fukushima Nuclear Power Station Disaster Badly Impacted By Flooding, High Waves, Landslides

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 20 hours ago
The area of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station is being impacted by high waves, flooding and landslides. Who knows … Continue reading →

Our Response to the Next Crisis Must Tackle Consumerism

Yves Smith at naked capitalism - 20 hours ago
Ideas for taking on consumerism.

"Perhaps It Is Better..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago
"Perhaps it is better to be un-sane and happy, than sane and un-happy. But it is the best of all to be sane and happy. Whether our descendants can achieve that goal will be the greatest challenge of the future. Indeed, it may well decide whether we have any future." - Arthur C. Clarke • Graphic: "La Marcha de la Humanidad"/"The March of Humanity” By David Alfaro Siqueiros This song always suggested "The March of Humanity" concept; why, I don't know. Vangelis, "Alpha"

“This Is What Worries Me”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago
*“This Is What Worries Me”* by Charles Hugh Smith "It's practically un-American to confess you're worried. Can-do self-help and cheerfulness are expected, promoted and rewarded. So to say I'm profoundly worried about the state of the nation is to swim against the optimistic zeitgeist. Nonetheless, I'm worried, because I sense the long-wave/cycle disintegrative phase is gathering momentum. Though the timing and outcome are unknown, these phases end badly when people lose their ability to learn new ideas, experiment, cooperate and adapt. As I've noted in previous posts, economic decl... more »

Now Rudy is just phoning his corruption in

nonnie9999 at HYSTERICAL RAISINS - 20 hours ago
From Raw Story via Salon: Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani has stepped in it — again. NBC News reports that the former New York mayor earlier this month unwittingly butt-dialed one of its reporters and left a three-minute voice message in … Continue reading →

Libra And Calibra: Mark Zuckerberg Appears Before Congress

Binoy KAMPMARK at OrientalReview.org - 20 hours ago
It was never going to be pretty. The Facebook CEO knew in appearing before the House Financial Services Committee to answer questions on the company’s proposed cryptocurrency that a few sizeable bumps would appear. As it turned out, much of the questioning had little to do with the Libra currency, […]

Russia Has Thousands of Nuclear Weapons (And They Can Kill Billions)

Mark B. Schneider at The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*Mark B. Schneider* *Security, Europe* But why is Moscow making them ever deadlier? Today, there is a debate over whether we should extend the New START Treaty, amend it to eliminate the loopholes, or try to negotiate an expanded agreement. As I detailed in my 2012 monograph, *The* *New START Treaty: Anatomy of a Failed Negotiation*, New START contains major loopholes and verification problems that fully negate the supposed limitations. Ironically, the 2002 Moscow Treaty limits, if the warheads are counted in the same way, required a much lower strategic nuclear warhead level t... more »

Could China Really Invade and Take Over Taiwan by Force?

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, Asia* Where does America fit in? *Key point:* Both China and Taiwan are preparing for the fight of their lives. China has improved its capabilities to invade Taiwan, according to U.S. intelligence. And while Taiwan is also boosting its military capacity, it’s not enough to compensate for growing Chinese strength, according to the Defense Intelligence Agency’s (DIA) 2019 report to Congress on Chinese military power. “The PLA continues to prepare for contingencies in the Taiwan Strait to deter, and if necessary, compel Taiwan to abandon moves toward in... more »

Taiwan vs. China's J-20 Stealth Fighter (Who Wins?)

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Asia* China's J-20 is certain to imperial Taiwanese security. *Key point: *Taiwan no longer holds a military advantage over China. The balance of air superiority over the island of Taiwan is slowly shifting. Once assured by a fleet of sleek, modern Republic of China Air Force fighters, the rise of China—and the decline of Taiwan’s defense budget—has gradually changed the equation in favor of China. Following the end of the Chinese Civil War, the government of the Republic of China evacuated to the island of Taiwan. Less than two hundred miles separate ... more »

Agricultural Census: Brazil has Five Million Rural Enterprises

Iolanda Fonseca at The Rio Times - 20 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - With a territory of 851.487 million hectares, Brazil has a total of 5,073,324 agribusiness enterprises, which cover a total area of 351.289 million hectares, in other words, approximately 41 percent of the country's total area. In relation to the previous survey, carried out in 2006, there was an increase of […] The post Agricultural Census: Brazil has Five Million Rural Enterprises appeared first on The Rio Times.

São Paulo Government Confirms Personal Data of 28,000 Citizens Exposed

Iolanda Fonseca at The Rio Times - 20 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The São Paulo State Secretariat of Culture confirmed that a "technical fault" had exposed data of 28,000 people, including ID, CPF images and proof of address. The failure was found in the ProAC (Cultural Incentive Program) system and involved information sent between 2015 and 2018. The body opened an inquiry […] The post São Paulo Government Confirms Personal Data of 28,000 Citizens Exposed appeared first on The Rio Times.

Bolsonaro Reconciles With China Through Investment Proposals

Iolanda Fonseca at The Rio Times - 20 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - "A considerable part of Brazil needs China, and China also needs Brazil. Brazil is a sea of opportunities, and we want to share them with China". With these words, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro concluded his three-day visit to Beijing, which marked a radical shift in his stance toward the world's […] The post Bolsonaro Reconciles With China Through Investment Proposals appeared first on The Rio Times.

President Trump Is Embarrassed At How Many Countries The US Military Has A Presence In

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 20 hours ago
Trump’s embarrassed at how many countries the US military has a presence in. Pretty unusual stance for an American president, eh? pic.twitter.com/7oXmQTY9tQ — RT (@RT_com) October 25, 2019 *WNU Editor:* This blog covers all things military, and over the years I have become quite knowledgeable on all things military. But here is a small confession. I do not know the exact number of countries the U.S. military has a military presence in, and this tells me on how out of control U.S. foreign/military policy has become. Bottom line. The U.S. does not have to be everywhere.

Some fun with a proof of the Riemann Hypothesis

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 20 hours ago
A few days ago, Tatenda Kubalalika, a young mathematician in Harare, Zimbabwe, directed my attention to his ambitious paper Prime numbers and the Riemann hypothesis To make the story short, I spent about 5 hours over the period of 30 hours before I became sufficiently certain that the paper cannot contain a valid proof of the most prominent open problem of mathematics. Of course I mostly agree with those who say that the Riemann Hypothesis (RH) is very difficult and elementary-looking proofs are almost certainly wrong. On the other hand, there's no rigorous proof of that assertion –... more »

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Midnight Meme Of The Day!

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 21 hours ago
*by Noah* Knowing what we know of President Trump's terribly sick mind, there can be no doubt that he actually thinks this award is a good thing, a tremendous thing. A downright important and bigly thing. No doubt he already has this "important award" hanging on the wall of his Mar-a-Lago office, right next to his fake *Time* Magazine "Man Of The Year" cover on one side and a blank space for his never to materialize Nobel Peace Prize on the other. Here at *DWT*, we are pleased to report that Moscow Mitch, despite his insincere and pathetic, phony-assed attempts at distancing himse... more »

Reminder: NYC Meetup Next Tuesday October 29 with Yves, Jerri-Lynn

Yves Smith at naked capitalism - 21 hours ago
If you'll be in the NYC area next Tuesday, be sure to drop by our meetup!

"Our Financial Situation Could Always Be Worse"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
*"Our Financial Situation Could Always Be Worse"* by Bill Bonner YOUGHAL, IRELAND – "Yahoo Finance reports: "Elizabeth Warren has a plan for everything. Some of those plans are expensive. With Warren emerging as a front-runner in the Democratic presidential contest, Yahoo Finance tallied the cost of her plans. Altogether, the Massachusetts senator’s agenda would require $4.2 trillion per year in new federal spending, and a like amount in new taxes, if she paid for everything without issuing new debt. The federal government currently spends about $4.4 trillion per year, so Warren’s ... more »

"The Question To Ask..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
"Don't spend your precious time asking "Why isn't the world a better place?" It will only be time wasted. The question to ask is "How can I make it better?" To that there is an answer." - Leo Buscaglia

Microsoft Beats Amazon For Pentagon's $10 Billion Cloud Computing Contract

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 21 hours ago
*CNBC: **Microsoft snags hotly contested $10 billion defense contract, beating out Amazon* * The JEDI contract is worth up to $10 billion over 10 years. * IBM and Oracle are among the companies that also sought the contract but ended up getting ruled out. * Amazon has been a repeated target for President Trump, who announced in July that Microsoft has emerged victorious in a dramatic competition for public cloud resources for the U.S. Defense Department, beating out market leader Amazon Web Services, the Pentagon said on Friday. The contract could be worth as much as $10 billion o... more »

Live: Wanderers face Sky Blues at home, Reds down Jets

Just In - 21 hours ago
Western Sydney Wanderers host Sydney FC, while FFA Cup champions Adelaide United celebrate a 2-1 win over Newcastle Jets. Follow all the live scores, stats and commentary in our A-League ScoreCentre.

On a cold and rainy day, these Victorian towns prepared to run from a fire

Emilia Terzon at Just In - 21 hours ago
Hundreds of residents from three Victorian towns are told to evacuate from their homes as part of one of the state's biggest-ever fire drills, in preparation for what could be a devastating fire season.

It was once a 'taboo subject'— the scars of the Pinjarra massacre still linger 185 years on

Jessica Warriner at Just In - 21 hours ago
Almost two centuries on, families in Western Australia's south-west are still waiting for proper recognition of one of the state's bloodiest days — but they hope change will come about soon.

Scientists forced to take out loan to pay for eagles' foreign text messages

Just In - 21 hours ago
Russian scientists tracking migrating eagles are forced to start a crowdfunding campaign after their birds wander into Iran and foreign text messages from their tracking devices deplete the project's budget.

Death of Vietnam veteran who died in boating tragedy described as 'like losing another brother'

Just In - 21 hours ago
The death of Vietnam veteran Peter Verrall in a boating accident on the Coorong is described by a friend and fellow veteran as "like losing another brother".

Aussie Sam Kerr's record-breaking season ends with top award

Just In - 21 hours ago
Aussie superstar Sam Kerr is named the MVP of the US NWSL after another stellar season, as she prepares for the championship game with the Chicago Red Stars and weighs up overseas offers.

One home lost as fires burn under 'horrendous' conditions across NSW

Paige Cockburn at Just In - 21 hours ago
Emergency warnings are issued for out-of-control bushfires burning around Mount George, Darawank, Corrigan and Hallidays Point, as firefighters battle more than 50 uncontained fires across the state.

Crowds of 60,000, powerhouse clubs — the sleeping giant of women's football is waking up

Tom Wildie at Just In - 21 hours ago
Enormous growth of women's football in Europe threatens to shift the global landscape and change the way leagues and confederations around the world function.

How the Left Will Fight The Next Civil War- and How to Prepare

Hadenoughalready at 'Nox & Friends - 21 hours ago
Posted on October 25, 2019 by David Things are heating up, folks. I hope you’re all ready for it… HEA

Quote of the Day

vonMesser at 'Nox & Friends - 21 hours ago

"13 Life-Learnings from 13 Years of Brain Pickings"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
*"13 Life-Learnings from 13 Years of Brain Pickings"* by Maria Popova "On October 23, 2006, 'Brain Pickings' was born as a plain-text email to seven friends. It was then, and continues to be, a labor of love and ledger of curiosity, although the mind and heart from which it sprang have changed - have grown, I hope - tremendously. At the end of the first decade, I told its improbable origin story and drew from its evolution the ten most important things this all-consuming daily endeavor taught me about writing and living - largely notes to myself, perhaps best thought of as resoluti... more »

Tweets For Today

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 22 hours ago
#ChileDespertó: Million-person protest takes place today in #Santiago suggesting the protest movement is growing stronger and will continue for the foreseeable future. #ChileEnCrisis #ChileDespierto @TheWarMonitor @MariaTsevdos @federicoalves @Iraidajiron pic.twitter.com/f8jwDqQNm5 — intelfeedia (@intelfeedia) October 26, 2019 Russian military police are filmed patrolling northern Syria near its border with Turkey pic.twitter.com/dCr1OiGZQI — RT (@RT_com) October 25, 2019 The US will suspend all scheduled flights to Cuba except to its capital Havana, as Donald Trump pushes to d... more »

Meet the K-9 Thunder: South Korea's Giant Artillery Gun (Aimed at North Korea)

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 22 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Asia* [image: http://i.imgur.com/KPXtr9U.jpg] Kim won't like this, not one bit. *Key point:* These large guns can shoot far and can cause a lot of damage. In December 2017, Norway announced it would purchase twenty-four K9 Thunder self-propelled howitzers from South Korean firm Hanhwa for $215 million, with an option for up to twenty-four more in the future. The K9 edged out an upgraded M109 howitzer offered by the Swiss firm RUAG and the German Panzerhaubitze 2000, which has a similar main gun and performance profile, but a slightly faster rapid-fi... more »

Nazi Germany vs. NATO: Meet the Wildiest World War III Game Ever Created

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 22 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Culture, Americas* [image: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5f/fb/e5/5ffbe5cdd8560c7d46609c89b576b161.jpg] NATO, Nukes & Nazis. *Key point:* Alternate history war games are fun and this one is one of the craziest. It’s 1990, and the Third Reich lives. Ever since World War II ended with a compromise peace between Germany and the Allies, the Cold War has been waged between the Nazis and NATO. But the German economy has soured. And, just as in 1939, Germany is going to conquer its domestic problems by conquering Europe and then the world. As waves of Nazi flying win... more »

More Disturbing Disclosures From The General Michael Flynn Prosecution

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 22 hours ago
*Power Line:* *More Bombshells From the Flynn Prosecution* General Michael Flynn still awaits sentencing. Meanwhile his new lawyer, Sidney Powell, is tormenting the prosecutors and the FBI, uncovering corruption in the FBI and the Department of Justice that, she credibly alleges, included the framing of General Flynn. Is that too strong? I don’t think so. Yesterday Powell filed a reply brief in support of her motion to compel the production of more exculpating material by the prosecution, and to hold the prosecutors in contempt of court. Her recitation, which relies in part on tex... more »

October 26th – 2019 Presidential Politics – Trump Administration Day #1010

sundance at The Last Refuge - 22 hours ago
In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Donald Trump Administration and … Continue reading →

Saturday October 26th – Open Thread

sundance at The Last Refuge - 22 hours ago
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those … Continue reading →

Picture Of The Day

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
Soldiers of the Russian presidential regiment during the changing of the guard ceremony at the Cathedral Square of the Moscow Kremlin. © Sputnik / Ilya Pitalev *WNU Editor:* The above picture is from this photo-gallery .... *This Week in Pictures: 19-25 October* (Sputnik).

Australian Daily Wind Power Generation Data – Friday 25th October 2019

TonyfromOz at PA Pundits – International - 23 hours ago
By Anton Lang ~ This Post details the daily wind power generation data for the AEMO coverage area in Australia. For the background information, refer to the Introductory Post at this link. Each image is shown here at a smaller size to fit on the page alongside the data for that day. If you click […]

The REAL U.S./Turkey Strategic Endgame — Iran

PA Pundits - International at PA Pundits – International - 23 hours ago
So, what to make of the MSM spin on Trump, Turkey, and Syria? ~ Mark Alexander ~ “A universal peace, it is to be feared, is in the catalogue of events, which will never exist but in the imaginations of visionary philosophers, or in the breasts of benevolent enthusiasts.” —James Madison (1792) […]

Really, NY Times? Buttigieg, Klobuchar ‘Centrist,’ WP’s Rubin ‘Conservative’

PA Pundits - International at PA Pundits – International - 23 hours ago
By Clay Waters ~ As the presidential race deepens, the New York Times is trying to convince voters that two safely liberal Democratic candidates are in fact moderates or even “centrists.” They went all out on Thursday’s front page, with reporter Reid Epstein’s “Buttigieg Slips Into the Lane To Biden’s Left.” The jump-page headline: “Buttigieg […]

Graham, McConnell Demand House Democrats Conduct Fair Impeachment Probe

PA Pundits - International at PA Pundits – International - 23 hours ago
By Fred Lucas ~ Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham introduced a resolution Thursday condemning the closed-door process of House Democrats’ impeachment investigation. Thirty-nine of the 52 other Senate Republicans joined him in calling the impeachment drive “illegitimate and dangerous.” “Every American should be disturbed by what is taking place in the House of Representatives regarding […]

King’s Nightmare

PA Pundits - International at PA Pundits – International - 23 hours ago
A Dry Bones Cartoon ~ Proclaiming Justice to The Nations (PJTN) has recently been placed on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s list of hate groups, which is ironic since PJTN exists to fight the world’s oldest hatred – antisemitism. PJTN has gained wide international media acclaim as it encourages state legislators to act against antisemitism […]

Why Is The U.S. Navy Reluctant To Conduct Shock Testing On The New USS Ford Aircraft Carrier?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
A Nimitz Class Carrier Shock Trial US Navy *Craig Hooper, Forbes:* *The Navy Obfuscates On Shock Testing The $13 Billion USS Ford * In a normally quiet House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness hearing yesterday, a prepared Congressional Representative Elaine Luria held two Navy shipbuilding and vessel sustainment leaders to account, demanding–and often not getting–answers about the Navy’s Optimized Fleet Response Plan surface ship deployment scheme, the Navy’s carrier maintenance infrastructure, and the Navy’s brand-new $13 billion super-carrier, the troubled USS Gerald R. F... more »

CA: No Global Warming Last 5 Years

Hifast at Climate Collections - 23 hours ago
Originally posted on Sierra Foothill Commentary: The Climate Reference Network (CRN) was established by NOAA to provide climate measurements free from urban influences; thus, they are located in remote rural locations. Specific information is HERE. The data set used in this analysis came from this NOAA CRN website. Here are two siting example: The CRN…

YOUR SATURDAY CARTOONS: DEMOCRATS: OCTOBER 26, 2019

Noor al Haqiqa at SNIPPITS AND SNAPPITS - 23 hours ago
I don't want to talk about the results of the Canadian election either. As a Westerner, I am feeling the pain. More to come. Sadly, I nailed the outcome. The dark humour of the Joker, and his wisdom, is scattered throughout today. His very dark humour matches my own at times. It seems that no modern actor can have a complete resume without tackling this challenging role and giving it his own unique twist. A long time fan of Joaquim's, (Remember him in Gladiator?) I look forward to his take. Today's world is in a constant state of turmoil as people begin to riot over one t... more »

Belgian Listeria infections linked to Dutch outbreak

Joe Whitworth at Food Safety News - 23 hours ago
Two people in Belgium have been infected with the same type of Listeria behind an outbreak in the Netherlands with European agencies investigating illnesses in other countries. Belgian media cited a report from Sciensano, the Belgian Institute for Health, and agency officials confirmed to Food Safety News that the details were correct while directing us... Continue Reading

More than 1,000 reports of food crime last year

News Desk at Food Safety News - 23 hours ago
More than 1,000 reports of food crime were made to the National Food Crime Unit last year, according to the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS). A CIPS freedom of information request found 1,193 reports to the National Food Crime Unit (NFCU) of the Food Standards Agency (FSA). CIPS is a not for profit... Continue Reading

Small recall over misbranding mistake over pork or sheep casings

News Desk at Food Safety News - 23 hours ago
Taylor’s Sausage Inc., in Cave Junction, OR, Friday recalled approximately 641 pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry sausage products because the products may be misbranded and contain a pork casing or a sheep casing that was not declared on the product label, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).... Continue Reading

Would You Ask To Join The Squad?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Daniel Marans put a bunch of statements by AOC together and wrote a post asserting she wants a bigger Squad. Are there dues and a secret handshake like The Blue Dogs and New Dems have? Will it be a side project of the Congressional Progressive Caucus that eventually swallows up that everyone-welcome caucus? AOC: "We have to change the people who are here if we are serious about delivering for working-class people." As Marans reminded his readers, Pelosi dismissed the Squad with a sneer: "They’re four people and that’s how many votes they got." Last time I looked, though AOC had 5.... more »

On The Four Types of Conservatism

Unknown at The Verma Report - 1 day ago
The term “conservative” generally refers to anyone who stands for small government, free-markets, respect for religion and culture, and strong law and order. There are four types of conservatism: first, free-market conservatism, which is focused on free market liberalism; second, traditional conservatism, sometimes called paleoconservatism, which stands for economic and cultural nationalism and noninterventionism; third, religious conservatism, which is concerned with moral and cultural issues; fourth, neo-conservatism, which has revolutionary and utopian aspirations and stands for ... more »

Grand Solar Minimums though history have caused civilisations to fall and others to rise.

Robert at Ice Age Now - 1 day ago
Along with mass migrations ____________ Grand Solar Minimums though history have caused civilisations to fall and others to rise J.H. Walker You could argue that the westward migration of the Hun, Angles, Saxons and Franks into Eastern France, and the Normans (Norwegians) into Northwestern France were due to cold-climate changes stemming from the Late Antique ... Read moreGrand Solar Minimums though history have caused civilisations to fall and others to rise. The post Grand Solar Minimums though history have caused civilisations to fall and others to rise. appeared first on Ice A... more »

Biggest Demonstrations Yet Rock Protest-Stricken Chile

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*Reuters: **One million Chileans march in Santiago, city grinds to halt* SANTIAGO (Reuters) - As many as a million Chileans protested peacefully late into the evening on Friday in the capital Santiago in the biggest rallies yet since violence broke out a week ago over entrenched inequality in the South American nation. Protesters waving national flags, dancing, banging pots with wooden spoons and bearing placards urging political and social change streamed through the streets, walking for miles (km) from around Santiago to converge on Plaza Italia.Traffic already hobbled by truck ... more »

meet GRU Maj-General

Bob Dinn at balance10 - 1 day ago
2017 Andrey Averyanov was born in 1967 in Turkmenistan and graduated from the Taskhent Military School (TVOKU) in Soviet Uzbekistan in 1988. In the '90’s he lived – likely as a result of military deployment – in a village near the southwestern Russian city of Samara and later in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar. As of early 2000’s he was already deployed in Moscow and resided with his family at the dormitory of the GRU Academy, at Narodnogo Opolchenia 50. The character of his military services in the early 2000’s is yet unknown to us; however he continued posting under... more »

The F-35 Can Go Into Beast Mode (Think More Missiles But Less Stealth)

David Axe at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*David Axe* *Security, * A good idea? *Key point: *An improved stand-off capability. The U.S. military could hang more weapons under the wings of its F-35 stealth fighters. Lockheed Martin, which assembles the single-engine, radar-evading jets, in early May 2019 revealed a concept for a hypersonic surface-to-air missile that’s compatible with the U.S. Navy’s F-35C. Lockheed for years has been working with the U.S. Air Force and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept hypersonic missile. “HAWC, which has so far been un... more »

How North Korea Created Total Chaos (Using Ancient 1920s Fighter Planes)

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *History, Asia* [image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Po-2.jpg] A Korean War story you may have never heard. *Key point:* Even low-tech weapons can be effective if used right. On the night of June 16, 1953, the Associated Press reported on “a boiling mass of flame, mushrooming like an atomic bomb, shoots skyward from a burning fuel dump, set afire at the South Korean port city of Inchon.” The fire “lighted the sky for more than 20 miles” and took three days to put out, having consumed 5.5 million gallons of fuel. The perpetrators of this ... more »

Why Russia's Crazy 'Battleship' T-35 Tank Was a Waste of Steel

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *History, Europe* [image: By Prised - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15369303] Clunky, high-profile, and easily lost in battle. *Key point:* The T-35 was not very well built. Recently, a Russian military museum in Sverdlovsk unveiled a moving replica T-35 tank, recreating one of the largest tanks ever to see combat, though only *very* briefly. Indeed, a few dozen T-35s charged straight into the largest tank battle in history—and none came back. Overtaxed transmission and faulty clutches proved a greater nemesis than arm... more »

At least 40 killed as fresh protests engulf Iraq

Just In - 1 day ago
More than 2,000 people have reportedly been injured nationwide as police use tear gas and an Iranian-backed militia opens fire to try and quell renewed demonstrations against corruption and economic hardship in the country.

Felicity Huffman released from prison after 11 days over college admissions scandal

Just In - 1 day ago
Actress Felicity Huffman is released from a federal prison in California two days before the end of a two-week sentence for her role in the college admissions scandal, authorities say.

Mourning a troubled river that's been a lifeblood for thousands of years

Aimee Volkofsky at Just In - 1 day ago
Indigenous dancers from three states gather on the banks of the Darling River to honour a waterway that's underpinned their cultures for millennia.

Fire threatening homes on NSW north coast

Just In - 1 day ago
An emergency warning is issued for an out-of-control bushfire burning around the towns of Darawank, Corrigan and Hallidays Point north of Forster-Tuncurry.

Russian agent Maria Butina released from US prison and deported

Just In - 1 day ago
Convicted Russian agent Maria Butina is released from a Florida prison after serving most of her 18-month sentence for conspiring to influence US conservative activists and infiltrate a powerful gun rights group.

Two weeks and 40C heat later, hail still hasn't melted on this outback property

Lily Nothling at Just In - 1 day ago
Despite a fortnight of hot, dry weather, Jack Walker's property in Theodore still has hailstones covered by a thin layer of dirt and debris.

'The mashed potato turned red': Wild winds spread dust across NSW

Paige Cockburn at Just In - 1 day ago
Extreme winds are churning up dust from Broken Hill to Sydney, with some parts of the central west turning red and forcing residents to eat dinner under bedsheets so as not to spoil their food.

US judge orders Trump administration to hand over unredacted Mueller report to Democrats

Just In - 1 day ago
US District Judge Beryl Howell, handing a major victory to the Democratic-led House of Representatives, undercuts an argument that Donald Trump's fellow Republicans have made in attacking the impeachment inquiry.

ABC: Home-Cooked Meals Linked to Fewer Harmful Chemicals in the Body, Study Says

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 1 day ago
Everyone loves a comforting, home-cooked meal. Not only do they make you feel good, but according to a new study, people who eat more home-cooked meals have lower levels of hormone-disrupting PFAS chemicals in their blood compared to others. The study, conducted by Silent Spring Institute, was published in the Environmental Health Perspectives. Its purpose was […] The post ABC: Home-Cooked Meals Linked to Fewer Harmful Chemicals in the Body, Study Says appeared first on Health Nut News.

Sidney Powell Discusses Flynn “Framing” With Lou Dobbs….

sundance at The Last Refuge - 1 day ago
After filing an explosive response motion to compel Brady material, outlining a conspiracy to frame her client, defense attorney Sidney Powell appears on Fox Business with Lou Dobbs to discuss the stunning material within her presentation to the court.

The USA PATRIOT Act: The Story of an Impulsive Bill that Eviscerated America’s Civil Liberties

Activist Post at Activist Post - 1 day ago
By Sam Jacobs The USA PATRIOT Act provides a textbook example of how the United States federal government expands its power. An emergency happens, legitimate... more »

Here Are The World's 20 Most Profitable Companies

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*Zero Hedge:* *Visualizing The World's 20 Most Profitable Companies* The biggest chunk of the earnings pie is increasingly split by fewer and fewer companies. In the U.S. for example, Visual Capitalist's Jeff Desjardins points out that about 50% of all profit generated by public companies goes to just 30 companies — back in 1975, it took 109 companies to accomplish the same feat: This power-law dynamic also manifests itself at a global level — and perhaps it’s little surprise that the world’s most profitable companies generate mind-bending returns that would make any accountant bl... more »

Musical interlude

Unknown at Accidental Deliberations - 1 day ago
Pale Waves - There's A Honey

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Is This The New Leader Of ISIS?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 19 minutes ago
Abdullah Qardash, a former officer in Saddam Hussein's military, is reportedly the new leader of ISISCredit: Twitter *SUN: **ISIS Already Has a New Leader, But Baghdadi May Not Have Been Running the Group Anyway* A FORMER officer in Saddam Hussein’s army has taken over as the leader of ISIS after the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, it has been reported. Abdullah Qardash – known as the Professor – is already believed to have assumed control of the day-to-day running of the jihadi group. Baghdadi was killed when US forces swooped on his compound in northwestern Syria and he blew up s... more »

Backfire: LaNada War Jack's new book on Native Resistance chronicles Alcatraz to Standing Rock

Unknown at CENSORED NEWS - 22 minutes ago
Backfire: LaNada War Jack's new book on Native Resistance chronicles Alcatraz to Standing Rock By Brenda Norrell Censored News In the beginning, there were the students at the University of California Berkeley and the Third World Liberation Front Strike. The 50-day protest resulted in the creation of Interdisciplinary Ethnic Studies for Black, Chicano, Asian and Native Americans.Then,

Winter Weather Advisories in 6 states

Robert at Ice Age Now - 26 minutes ago
Here’s a map showing forecast locations: https://www.weather.gov/ The post Winter Weather Advisories in 6 states appeared first on Ice Age Now .

Cheap, Stealth and Insanely Dangerous: 'AIP' Submarines are Real Killers

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 31 minutes ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * A cheaper alternative to nuclear propulsion. *Key point: *Diesel-electric submarines have become cheaper, efficient killers One of the most crucial improvements in submarines of the postwar era is the air independent propulsion (AIP) system. First fielded in the 1990s, the development of AIP changed the ways non-nuclear submarines operated, allowing them to fight—and hide—underwater longer. Combined with their extreme quietness, the use of AIP has made modern diesel-electric subs efficient killers, capable of stalking and sinking their prey even in a... more »

The Bidens: "Stone Cold Crooked" (3) -- Any Remaining Doubt Should Be Investigated!

Francis Menton at Manhattan Contrarian - 40 minutes ago
* On October 6 I put up two posts calling the two Bidens, Joe and Hunter, “stone cold crooked.” The basis for the label was a series of factual assertions listed in the first of the posts, none of which had received any meaningful refutation in any source I could find. * Since the October 6 posts, facts keep coming out that, as far as I can see, only make the Bidens’ position more and more indefensible. * Simultaneously, organs of the progressive press keep doubling down on the narrative that there is “no evidence” of wrongdoing of the Bidens in Ukraine, and any assertion to the con... more »

John Ratcliffe and Doug Collins Discuss U.S. Attorney John Durham Investigation…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 46 minutes ago
Earlier today representatives John Ratcliffe and Doug Collins react to the successful operation to capture/kill Baghdadi along with recent events surrounding the John Durham investigation shifting into a criminal probe. First, John Ratcliffe discusses the killing of Baghdadi and the … Continue reading →

Traditionalism and Anti-Novelty as Modes of Constitutional Interpretation: The Case of Tax-Exemption for Churches

Mark Tushnet at Balkinization - 55 minutes ago
Marc DiGirolami has posted an interesting extension of his argument for traditionalism as a mode of constitutional interpretation. He knows that one key issue associated with traditionalism is the characterization of the tradition: "How narrowly or broadly can a court draw any given practice to construct a tradition?" Referring to the Bladensburg cross case, Di Girolami criticizes Justice Breyer for "drawing" the practice with reference solely to the very cross at issue -- properly so, in some sense, because you can't use was I think philosophers would call a "token" as the more gen... more »

Michael Mann Announces That Official US Government Graphs Are Fake

tonyheller at Real Climate Science - 59 minutes ago
#FakeGraphs #DenierBots Michael E. Mann on Twitter: The graph Mann is calling fake, is the official US Forest Service graph. 2010-sustainability-report.pdf In 1936, fire was considered the greatest threat to prosperity. 05 Dec 1936, Page 7 – Santa Cruz Evening … Continue reading →

Protesters In Lebanon Formed A Human Chain Across The Entire Country

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 hour ago
*CNN:* *Protesters in Lebanon formed a human chain across the entire country* Protesters across Lebanon joined hands on Sunday to form a human chain that connected the country's north and south, a symbolic display of national unity during a period of political turmoil. Nearly 170,000 people joined the chain, which ran from Akkar to Sidon, said Dr. Sally Hammoud, an event organizer. "It was a symbol to show the world that we all are united and nothing can break us, and most importantly, we are peaceful," she told CNN. The chain spanned 105 miles (170 km), cutting through Beirut, T... more »

Peronist Candidate Alberto Fernandez Wins Argentine Presidential Election

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 hour ago
*The Guardian:* *Argentina election: Macri out as Cristina Fernández de Kirchner returns to office as VP* Victory of Alberto Fernández’s presidential campaign puts an end to the pro-business economic policies of Macri’s administration In a dramatic comeback, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, one of Argentina’s most popular presidents during her two terms in 2007-2015, has been voted back into office as vice president. A large crowd of supporters burst into a roar outside the Frente de Todos (Everybody’s Front) party bunker in the Chacarita neighbourhood of the capital city of Bueno... more »

Bones-in-the-fireplace killer sentenced to life imprisonment

Meagan Dillon And Rebecca Opie at Just In - 1 hour ago
A man who was a teenager when he murdered his relative — whose bones were later found in rural SA — receives a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment, but his non-parole period has not yet been set.

Phillip Island man to face trial over alleged murder of wife Samantha Fraser

Kellie Lazzaro And Sarah Maunder at Just In - 1 hour ago
Adrian Basham has been committed to stand trial over the death of his wife and mother of their three children, Samantha Fraser, found dead in her Phillip Island garage.

'We don't want sensationalist headlines', AFP allegedly told ABC before raid

Jamie McKinnell at Just In - 1 hour ago
A court hears an Australian Federal Police officer told ABC lawyers he did not want to see "sensationalist headlines" prior to a raid of the broadcaster's Sydney headquarters this year.

Near miss for spectators after shock absorber from Supercar crashes onto nearby balcony

Gemma Sapwell at Just In - 1 hour ago
The dramatic crash of Scott McLaughlin's Supercar in Surfers Paradise sent a shock absorber flying onto a nearby balcony, wiping out a table but missing two spectators.

Teacher filmed telling class women's clothes partly to blame for rapes

Lily Mayers at Just In - 1 hour ago
The NSW Education Department investigates after a video emerges online of a teacher telling her class that if a woman is raped, her clothing should be held partly accountable.

Happy Monday! A four-day work week probably sounds good right now but there's a catch

Just In - 1 hour ago
Few people would turn their nose up at less time in the office, but if you are a woman less time at work might not mean more free time, writes Nicholas Smith.

'Amazing young adults': Student defends muck-up day pranksters

Rebecca Opie at Just In - 1 hour ago
More than a dozen Year 12 students from a prestigious Adelaide high school are banned from attending their graduation after tables were burnt and doors were glued shut.

'Crystal clear' policy cements police powers to intervene, shoot to kill during car attacks

Just In - 1 hour ago
Shooting to kill, commandeering trucks and spike strips are just some powers of intervention police officers have been told they must use if necessary to stop a hostile vehicle attack.

Gunfire, booby traps and an explosion: How the Baghdadi raid unfolded

Just In - 1 hour ago
Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi "blew himself up" after being cornered by United States forces in northern Syria. This is what we know about how the operation to hunt him down unfolded.

Inspiring the next generation of volunteer firefighters through the Rural Fire Service cadet program

Ashlee Aldridge at Just In - 1 hour ago
Ahead of a fierce fire season, a cadet program for volunteer firefighting prompts school students to join their local Rural Fire Service brigade.

Calls to ban rodeos after injured bull euthanased

Ros Lehman And Katri Uibu at Just In - 1 hour ago
Onlookers at the Royal Hobart Show are left in shock when a rodeo bull breaks its hind leg and begins limping in the arena. WARNING: This story includes distressing images.

Power pod may be the key to a brighter future for isolated parts of the country

Krystal Gordon at Just In - 1 hour ago
A self-generating power pod trial on a cattle property in north-west Queensland aims to provide rural properties with a more reliable, cheaper, and renewable power source.

The role of social media companies in shaping political discourse in Indonesia

Aldila Irsyad at New Mandala - 1 hour ago
Social media companies have more control than the government of Indonesia in limiting the freedom of expression of its citizens. To what extent will they control the political discourse in Indonesia? The post The role of social media companies in shaping political discourse in Indonesia appeared first on New Mandala.

On the Utopianism of the Libertarians

Unknown at The Verma Report - 1 hour ago
The libertarian defense of liberty and free-markets smacks of scientism. They describe the irrationality of big government, but they fail to notice that liberty and free markets are an artifact of nationalism and state power. Without nationhood and state power, liberty and free markets cannot exist. The libertarians detest nationalism; history for them is a one-way street which, they believe, will end (in a Hegelian fashion) with the establishment of a global utopia of free-market and liberty. But it is unlikely that the globe will ever become a libertarian utopia. This is primarily... more »

Russia Built Their MiG-15 Fighter Jet Thanks to This American Ally

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 1 hour ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *History, Europe* [image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/Mikoyan_Gurevich_MiG-15_UTI.jpg] Britain did it. *Key point:* Russia had cash-strapped Britain to thank for the Mig-15 jet. By the end of World War II, it was becoming clear that the huge fleets of piston-engine propeller planes used in the conflict would soon be superseded by much faster jet aircraft. Nazi Germany and the United Kingdom had deployed jets in combat, and the United States and Japan were close to doing so when the war ended. Only the Soviet Union seemed to lag conspic... more »

China's Mini Aircraft Carriers Mean Business

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 1 hour ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, * And that Beijing won't always follow America's plans for military dominance. *Key point: *Military capabilities are about more than size. Is China’s newest aircraft carrier half-full or half-empty? That depends on how you look at the vessel’s aircraft capacity. The ship, prosaically named the Type 001A for now, is China’s second carrier and the first built in China. The first carrier, the* Liaoning*, is a refurbished ex-Soviet vessel. The *Liaoning *could carry twenty-four J-15 fighters. The Type 001A can carry thirty-six J-15s plus various support ... more »

This Native Tribe in the Philippines Makes Ornately-Carved Bikes from Wood

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 1 hour ago
An Aborigine tribe in the Philippines is making headlines for designing and riding ornately carved bikes made from wood. An Aborigine tribe in the Philippines is making headlines for designing and riding ornately carved bikes made from wood. Though the beautiful bikes were created out of desire and necessity, as few Igolot-Garonne tribe members can […] The post This Native Tribe in the Philippines Makes Ornately-Carved Bikes from Wood appeared first on Health Nut News.

Katie Hill, The Openly Bisexual Clothing-Optional Democrat Congressional Rep, Announces Resignation…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 1 hour ago
The bisexual congressional representative who enjoyed multi-partner naked office exploits with her bong-smoking staff has decided to resign from office. Also, beware of anyone in DC selling cheap ‘slightly used’ congressional office furniture. Just sayin’. WASHINGTON DC – Freshman Rep. … Continue reading →

Syrian Army enters key border city for first time in 7 years

BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:50 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army deployed to Al-Darbasiyah adjacent to the Syrian-Turkish border and entered it from the western part of the city on Sunday. According to reports, Syrian Army units entered Al-Darbasiyah east of Ras Al-‘Ayn in northern Al-Hasakah, seven years after the Kurdish-led People’s Protection Units (YPG) took control […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

The Daily Brief 2019-10-26

This is a summary of 28 AMN articles on the following subjects: Rusia, Siria, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Egypt, Russia, Libano, Iraq, FSA, Idlib, Erdogan, Kurds, Kabani, Latakia, Beirut, Hasakah, Turquía, Irak, ISIS, Turkey, US. Categories covered in this brief: Espanol, Siria, Iran, Lebanon, Syria, North-Africa, World-News, Libano, Iraq, Turkey Let us know how […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Russian Air Force destroys 3 jihadist command centers in Idlib

BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:45 P.M.) – Russian warplanes launched a series of raids, during which several targets belonging to Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham were destroyed in the southern countryside of Idlib. A field source in southern Idlib told the Sputnik News Agency that raids carried out by Russian warplanes targeted the military headquarters and crowds belonging to […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syrian Army offensive in Idlib to begin as early as next week: source

BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:25 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) offensive in Idlib could begin as early as next week, a source in Damascus told Al-Masdar News on Sunday evening. According to the source, the Syrian Arab Army has been amassing troops in two important areas in northwestern Syria: Al-Ghaab Plain region of northwest Hama […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

US keeping military presence in Syria to rob Syrian people: Russian diplomat

The United States’ military presence in Syria is geared to continue to rob the Syrian people, Russia’s First Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dmitry Polyansky said on Sunday. “To protect Syrian oil fields from Syrian people. And to continue to rob them in the meantime. That would be the right media coverage of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Up close Syrian Army tank footage from strategic battle for Kabani

BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:40 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has been involved in a fierce battle for the strategic town of Kabani for the past 72 hours. Led by their 4th Armored Division, the Syrian Arab Army has captured the Zuwayqat Mountain south of Kabani, putting themselves within striking distance of the town. In […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Iran says killing of Baghdadi ‘not a big deal’, US ‘killed its own creature’

Iranian Minister of Information and Communications Technology Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi on Sunday said that the elimination of Abu Bakr Baghdadi, the leader of the Daesh* terrorist organisation by the US air force was not “a big deal” and that Washington had simply destroyed its own “creature.” “Not a big deal! You just killed your creature,” […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

California Tonight

LL at Virtual Mirage - 1 hour ago
What do California and North Korea have in common?

OPCW Losing Credibility As Even More Revelations Surface On Douma

Caitlin Johnstone at Caitlin Johnstone - 1 hour ago
During a recent BBC radio interview, award-winning journalist Jonathan Steele said that he attended a briefing by a new whistleblower from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) investigation into an alleged 2018 chemical attack in Douma, Syria, who claimed that the OPCW suppressed […]

Targeting al-Baghdadi and Selective Notification to Congress: Assessing the Issues

RChesney at Lawfare - 2 hours ago
President Donald Trump watches U.S. Special Operations Forces conduct the operation against Abu Bakr ​al-Baghdadi, Oct. 26, 2019 (Source: Flickr/Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead) In the aftermath of the successful operation against Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the fact that the Trump administration gave advance notice to the Russian government and possibly also to some Republican lawmakers—but not to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff, or other Democratic lawmakers—is attracting criticism. Is the criticism warranted?... more »

The Tip, The Raid, The Reveal: The Takedown of al-Baghdadi

AP News at Snopes.com - 2 hours ago
The daring raid was the culmination of years of steady intelligence-gathering work — and 48 hours of hurry-up planning once Washington got word that al-Baghdadi would be at a compound in northwestern Syria.

Was a Photo of Trump in the White House Situation Room Staged?

David Mikkelson at Snopes.com - 2 hours ago
Critics claimed a picture of President Trump watching a raid in Syria unfold from the White House was actually taken after the fact.

California Rep. Katie Hill Resigns Amid Ethics Probe

AP News at Snopes.com - 2 hours ago
Freshman Rep. Katie Hill said explicit private photos of her with a campaign staffer had been “weaponized” by her husband and political operatives.

Is it climate socialism – or eco-fascism?

Robert at Ice Age Now - 2 hours ago
“Robert Kennedy Jr., Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and others even want climate and energy dissenters prosecuted and jailed.” – Paul Driessen _______________ “Claims that we face an imminent, existential, manmade climate cataclysm – but can prevent it by replacing fossil fuels with biofuel, wind, solar and battery power – seem to grow more frenzied, desperate and ... Read moreIs it climate socialism – or eco-fascism? The post Is it climate socialism – or eco-fascism? appeared first on Ice Age Now.

Is Magnesium Stearate Safe in Supplements?

Dr. Jack Wolfson at TDW - 2 hours ago
Magnesium stearate is a compound made up of two components: magnesium and stearic acid. Magnesium is used hundreds of different enzymatic reactions. You know this. Stearic acid is a saturated fatty acid found in all animal foods and some plant foods such as cocoa butter and shea butter. Stearic acid, FYI, was found to lower … Continue reading "Is Magnesium Stearate Safe in Supplements?" The post Is Magnesium Stearate Safe in Supplements? appeared first on TDW.

Argentina elects new president on promises to fix economy and unify a struggling nation

Jennifer Pribble, Associate Professor of Political Science and Global Studies, University of Richmond at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 2 hours ago
Argentina has voted for change. Alberto Fernández, a 60-year-old lawyer, defeated President Mauricio Macri with a campaign emphasizing economic recovery, social inclusion and national unity.

What You Think Is Controlled By What You Watch, And What You Watch Is Controlled By The Elite

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
What You Think Is Controlled By What You Watch, And What You Watch Is Controlled By The Elite by Michael Snyder, http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/ Why do you believe what you believe? Some people have a really solid answer to that question, but much of the population never thinks much about deeper questions such as this. In fact, …

Pondering the Collapse of the Entire Shadow Banking System

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
Pondering the Collapse of the Entire Shadow Banking System by https://moneymaven.io/mishtalk/ What’s behind the ever-increasing need for emergency repos? A couple of correspondents have an eye on shadow banking. – Shadow Banking The shadow banking system consists of lenders, brokers, and other credit intermediaries who fall outside the realm of traditional regulated banking. It is …

Bundesbank Buys Gold – Increasing Concerns About Deutsche Bank, European Banks, the Euro and Dollar

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
Bundesbank Buys Gold – Increasing Concerns About Deutsche Bank, European Banks, the Euro and Dollar by https://news.goldcore.com/ ◆ The End Of Fiat In One Chart? ◆ For the first time in 21 years, Germany has openly bought gold into its reserve holdings ◆ With ECB mutiny and Deutsche Bank’s rapid demise, fears are rising of …

Rigged Markets & ZIRP Forcing Us All Into Gambling | Rob Kirby (Oct 24 2019)

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
Reluctant Preppers With High-Frequency Trading (HFT) and Plunge Protection Team (PPT) intervention in markets destroying both fundamental and technical investing… With Zero and Negative Interest Rate Policies (ZIRP & NIRP) forcing fund managers, pension managers, and even safety-seeking investors into reckless speculation in the casino of our sinking ship of state… With each passing day, …

Michael Pento: Fed Panics & Starts Massive Money Printing – Coming Market Meltdown is Going to be Brutal

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
Fed Panics & Starts Massive Money Printing – Michael Pento by Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com (Early Sunday Release) Economist and money manager Michael Pento says the recent Federal Reserve about face in policy with cutting rates and new QE (money printing) means only one thing. Pento explains, “So, the Fed changed their mind, panicked, the Fed panicked. …

Crypto Blood x Jim Willie Talk Actual Reason for Repo Market Blow Up, Bitcoin Explosion & Surprises!

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
Crypto Blood This is the third appearance of Dr. Jim Willie on for a Kickin’ It Session and we talk about the Repo Market turmoil and which bank is actually the catalyst of it, QE4 and it’s permanency, the difference between shadow banking and derivatives markets and we debate whether or not Bitcoin is cash …

ISIS Spokesman Abu Hassan al-Muhajir Is Killed In A U.S. Raid In Syria Just Hours After The ISIS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Was Also Killed

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 2 hours ago
Firefighters extinguish the flames of a burning truck at the spot where Abu Hassan al-Muhajir, the Islamic State group's spokesman was reportedly killed in a raid in the northern Syrian village of Ayn al-Bayda near Jarablus on Sunday *Daily Mail:* *New US-led assault in Syria 'kills ISIS spokesman Abu Hassan al-Muhajir' just hours after the terror group's leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was wiped out in Commando raid* * The Kurdish official said IS spokesman Abu Hassan al-Muhajir had been killed * The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed the death of al-Muhajir * Earlier on Su... more »

The Eight Hour Day dunking

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 3 hours ago
Those who aren't self employed are allowed a public holiday today by courtesy of the government. It's useful to recall the that today's holiday, Labour Day, commemorates the campaign to introduce the Eight Hour Day -- and that as a central part of that campaign, recalcitrant tradesmen and workers who refused to comply with campaigners' demands to cease work at the appointed time risked "being dunked in the harbour." Thus, right at the beginning of this country's industrialisation, the local labour movement adopted as a weapon of policy the imposition of force against others -- and... more »

Russian Defense Ministry Is Skeptical On U.S. Reports That ISIS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Is Dead

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 3 hours ago
Al-Baghdadi, the leader of the so-called Islamic caliphate, reportedly blew himself up during the targeted attack on his lair in Syria's Idlib province in the early hours of Sunday morning *Daily Mail: **Russia mocks the White House's claim of the 'umpteenth death' of ISIS caliphate leader al-Baghdadi and says it is 'unaware' of helping U.S. forces carry out raid in Syria even after Trump thanked Kremlin* * ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been reported killed several times since 2014 * Russian Defense Ministry spokesperson says Moscow is not aware of any assistance its milita... more »

ISIS Victim Kayla Mueller – Parents Praise President Trump for Killing Terrorist al-Baghdadi…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 3 hours ago
Kayla Mueller (pictured below) was an American aid worker who traveled to the Turkey/Syria border to work with the organization Support to Life which assisted families forced to flee their homes. Kayla was taken hostage by ISIS in Aleppo, Syria, … Continue reading →

Could Hong Kong's Leader Use the Law to Stop Protests?

East Asia Forum at The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*East Asia Forum* *Politics, Asia* Here's what Carrie Lam could do. *Key point:* There are a lot of questions and limits over emergency powers, but that doesn’t mean Beijing won’t pressure Lam to use them. On 4 October 2019, the head of Hong Kong’s government, Chief Executive Carrie Lam, announced she had invoked the Emergency Regulations Ordinance (ERO) to gazette the Prohibition on Face Covering Regulation (masks regulation). The regulation prohibits facial coverings ‘likely to prevent identification’ during unlawful assemblies, ‘riots’ and lawful public meetings and processio... more »

Why Democrats Should Be Cautious About Breaking Up Big Tech

Mark Jamison at The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Mark Jamison* *Technology, North America* More than antitrust. Amid the bipartisan rush to judgment on Big Tech, there was a glimmer of hope in the recent debate among the Democratic presidential contenders: Some pushed back on prejudging tech antitrust cases. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is the most aggressive Democratic presidential candidate on antitrust. In March 2019, she laid out a plan for breaking up Amazon, Google, and Facebook. No need for bothersome due process, fact gathering, and expert analysis. Fortunately, some candidates believe it’s a good idea to think long a... more »

The New Faces of Iranian Protest

Ilan Berman at The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Ilan Berman* *Security, Middle East* Today’s anti-regime activism actually has more than two dozen public faces. And if they become better known globally, these personalities could help galvanize still greater resistance to the country’s clerical regime. In the summer of 2009, tens of thousands of Iranians took to the streets of Tehran and other major cities in what became months of sustained demonstrations against the Iranian regime. The catalyst was the reelection of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who had secured a second presidential term in a vote marred by glaring official fraud. But... more »

Trump Should Reassess America’s Commitment to South Korea

Doug Bandow at The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Doug Bandow* *Security, Asia* [image: Reuters] An American presence in Japan is not dependent on stationing troops in Korea, though Tokyo also could do far more militarily, almost certainly enough to deter threats from China. As U.S.-North Korean negotiations broke down, Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un resumed short-range missile tests. President Donald Trump dismissed Kim’s gambit, explaining that Pyongyang had broken no agreements and Kim “likes testing missiles.” Although the Republic of Korea and Japan complained that the North was targeting them, the president was right to empha... more »

A Despot’s Death in Tunisia

Gordon Gray at The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Gordon Gray* *Security, Middle East* [image: Reuters] Tunisians in 2011 were united their hatred of their despotic president, his widely reviled wife, and their family, all of whom were seen as completely corrupt. January 14, 2011, will always represent a momentous inflection point for Tunisia. On that day, millions marched in the streets, demanding the resignation of President Zinedine Ben Ali, who had ruled in an increasingly authoritarian manner. It turned out to be his last day in his homeland; Ben Ali saw the handwriting on the wall and hastily fled with his family to sanc... more »

Hong Kong’s Unrest Poses a Threat to China’s Legitimacy

Dennis P. Halpin at The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Dennis P. Halpin* *Security, Asia* [image: Reuters] An unintended consequence of the current unrest in Hong Kong has been to derail Xi Jinping’s proposal to use the “one country, two systems” formula to settle the Taiwan issue. In December 2004, the Heritage Foundation’s Hong Kong office hosted a speech by Henry Hyde, Chairman of the then-named House International Relations Committee (now the Foreign Affairs Committee.) Hyde, a veteran of World War II who fought in the battle for the Philippines, had an abiding personal interest in post-war political developments in Asia, in... more »

The ASEAN-U.S. Maritime Exercises Are More Important Than Ever

Lucio Blanco Pitlo III at The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Lucio Blanco Pitlo III* *Security, Asia* [image: Reuters] Washington, in turn, has been stepping up cooperation, including with regional maritime law enforcement agencies, some of which are relatively new, ill-trained and under-equipped to confront a myriad of security challenges facing them. The inaugural ASEAN-U.S. maritime exercises (AUMX), coming off from last year’s naval exercises with China (ACMX), display a regional desire for inclusivity and balanced security ties with the two great powers. The succession is no coincidence and is indicative of intensifying major power ... more »

How 1 Submarine Ran Circles Around the Royal Navy During the Falklands War

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *History, Americas* [image: By Martín Otero - Own work, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2103567] Diesel subs are no joke. *Key point:* Diesel submarines are cheap and effective as long as they have a good commander and functioning weapons. The brief but bloody naval war that occurred in 1982 over the Falkland Islands, known as the Malvinas in Argentina, is typically viewed as a triumph of British naval power. A Royal Navy task force managed to beat off heavy air attacks to take back the South Atlantic archipelago from Argentine troo... more »

Pete Souza Steps on Rake. Rake Wins

Diogenes Sarcastica™ at Diogenes' Middle Finger - 3 hours ago
Pete Souza, the former White House photographer for Barky Obama, has made it no secret that he dislikes DJT and has taken shots at him in the past. In haste to remain relevant and one of the cool guys, he sent out a tweet that went everywhere quickly, suggesting that the picture showed Trump wasn’t in the White House when the action taken against Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi took place. Of course, Souza was wrong. Trump was back in the White House before the raid and before the picture was taken. The raid, as reported, took place at 3:30PM Washington time. The photo, as shown in the camer... more »

Larry Summers Does a First-Rate Economic Analysis

David Henderson at Econlib - 3 hours ago
Bottom line: If you’re someone who wants to see good economics being done or wants your students to see good economics being done, watch the video I discuss below. Larry Summers’s inputs are a microeconomics tour de force. Be aware, though, that Larry has one pretty awful proposal. Various friends on Facebook and various bloggers […] The post Larry Summers Does a First-Rate Economic Analysis appeared first on Econlib.

Picture Of The Day

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 3 hours ago
A satellite view of the reported residence of ISIS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, near the village of Barisha, Syria *WNU Editor:* The above picture came from this post .... *Operation Obliteration: How US gunships cornered ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi before he 'dragged three children with him into a dead-end tunnel and detonated a suicide belt' - as Donald Trump said he watched live on TV link 'like a movie'* (Daily Mail).

Baghdad's Death Toll Tops 60 After Two Days Of Protests

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 3 hours ago
*Al Jazeera:* *Hundreds continue protests in Baghdad as death toll tops 60* PM Abdul Mahdi orders special unit's deployment amid rising death toll in latest protests that started on Friday. Hundreds of Iraqi protesters have remained in Baghdad's central Tahrir Square on Sunday, defying a bloody crackdown that killed at least 60 people over the weekend and an overnight raid by security forces seeking to disperse them. Demonstrators continued to gather in the capital despite a rapidly rising death toll, with 63 killed according to a tally by the semi-official Iraq High Commissio... more »

Did Mr. "I Brought All The Troops Home" Invade Syria Yesterday?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
You'd think someone would have mentioned it. Oh, CNN did. Saturday morning a convoy of between a dozen and two dozen military vehicles left northern Iraq and crossed into Syria's Deir Ezzor region to either prevent the recently escaped ISIS prisoners from taking over the Syrian oil fields, or seizing the fields. There seems to be a lot of confusion. NPR Middle East corespondent Greg Myre on the contradictory statements from the Trump Regime: "Some have left, but some are still there. And their mission seems to have changed. They're going to be protecting the oil. But we don't know... more »

Argentina Votes Left: Fernández and Kirchner Triumphant Already in the First Round

Juan Martinez at The Rio Times - 4 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The latest figures from the ballot boxes indicate that left-wing candidate Alberto Fernández will become the new president of Argentina, although the current government still seems to hope to reverse the trend, says Diario Uno in its latest report. According to the current numbers, the left-wing Fernández-Kirchner formula got about […] The post Argentina Votes Left: Fernández and Kirchner Triumphant Already in the First Round appeared first on The Rio Times.

Musical Interlude: Moody Blues, "Land of Make-Believe"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
Moody Blues, "Land of Make-Believe"

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
"Jewels don't shine this bright - only stars do. Like gems in a jewel box, though, the stars of open cluster NGC 290 glitter in a beautiful display of brightness and color. The photogenic cluster, pictured here, was captured in 2006 by the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope. Open clusters of stars are younger, contain few stars, and contain a much higher fraction of blue stars than do globular clusters of stars. *Click image for larger size.* NGC 290 lies about 200,000 light-years distant in a neighboring galaxy called the Small Cloud of Magellan (SMC). The open cluster contains hundre... more »

'We are all one': Tens of thousands of protesters form human chain across Lebanon

Just In - 4 hours ago
Amid a sea of Lebanese flags and music blaring from loudspeakers, people joined hands along coastal roads aiming to span 171 kilometres from the south to the north.

Vets to be sent to farms to euthanase retired racehorses under Victorian plan

Just In - 4 hours ago
Victorian racing authorities announce a plan for retired racehorses to be euthanased on farms to save them from abattoirs and knackeries, in response to an ABC investigation that exposed cruel treatment of thoroughbreds.

Why our superheroes don't need secret identities anymore

Just In - 4 hours ago
Superheroes have had secret identities since the genre began. But as society changes, these stories are changing too — and some crusaders are losing their masks.

'We can't do it alone': Teachers serving as 'accidental counsellors' in schools

Rosie King at Just In - 4 hours ago
As more parents reach out to teachers for advice on how to help their teenagers cope with anxiety and other mental health issues, one principal is stepping in to connect parents directly with support services.

'Beers more than champagne' for Barty, who will end year as world number one

Just In - 4 hours ago
Unless disaster strikes and she can't walk on court again this week and Karolina Pliskova takes the title, Barty's gritty win over Belinda Bencic seals the 23-year-old's place in tennis history.

'They don't give you dirty looks': 25 years of psychics travelling the outback

Matt Garrick at Just In - 4 hours ago
Each year, psychics, mediums, clairvoyants, those with similar "sensitivities" roll in from all corners to host the event in a string of rural and outback towns across Queensland and the NT. But that could all come to a close.

Could this desert track be Australia's next great outback adventure?

Matt Bamford at Just In - 4 hours ago
You'll need a week's worth of supplies, plenty of spare tyres, and a sturdy four-wheel drive — would you take on this epic, ancient journey?

'Devil winds' in California see 200,000 evacuated from wildfires

Just In - 4 hours ago
California's Governor declares a statewide emergency with nearly 200,000 people ordered to flee their homes because of wildfires fuelled by historic winds.

Lebanon Protests : What do the Lebanese protesters want ? These are some of their demands

egyptianchronicler@gmail.com (Zeinobia) at Egyptian Chronicles - 4 hours ago
Eleven days have passed and the Lebanese protesters are still occupying main squares and spaces in Lebanon united against all the sectarian political powers and against all odds too in an unprecedented moment in the Lebanese modern history. [image: Lebanese protesters form a human chain] On Sunday, Lebanese protesters from different backgrounds, Classes and sects made the longest human chain On Saturday, Lebanese protesters organized a huge human chain from its North and South in a message to the political powers that they are united from Tyre to Tripoli شي بشرف شي بيرفع الرأس شي بك... more »

Sunday Talks: NSA Robert O’Brien -vs- A Grieving Chuck Todd…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 4 hours ago
Generally speaking I wouldn’t recommend watching a Chuck Todd interview especially when he’s grieving the loss of one of his own; however, this interview with National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien provides some insight into why he was selected by President … Continue reading →

Ancient Japanese poetry of Mibu no Tadamine

Lee Jay at Modern Tokyo Times - 4 hours ago
Ancient Japanese poetry of Mibu no Tadamine Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese poet Mibu no Tadamine belongs to the early Heian poetry scene in Japan. Sadly, not much is known about his actual birth and death. Hence, little is known about the things that reached his heart during his early years of […]

Panama: Unidentified Aerial Object Recorded Over Shopping Center

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 4 hours ago
Unidentified Aerial Object recorded over a shopping center in Panama. Source: Pedro Ramirez, ufologist. He writes: A new piece of UFO evidence has appeared in Central America. As we have documented, the UFO phenomenon has not stopped. The alien presence remains 'active' on various points of the planet. October 9, 2019: Jose Angel Castro was on his way to the shopping center with a companion when they saw the 'flying saucer' some 500 meters distant. It was a cloudy day with rain about to fall, the time was 10:31 in the morning. Before recording, they confirmed that it was a indeed ... more »

Discovering Wholeness and Healing After Trauma

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 4 hours ago
Written by Joseph Mercola, D.O., Ph.D. Story at-a-glance – About 60% of U.S. adults report being significantly abused or neglected as children. Typically, childhood trauma leaves far deeper scars than trauma inflicted later in life When trauma occurs, whether the injury is to your body, mind or spirit, two basic processes are activated. The first […] The post Discovering Wholeness and Healing After Trauma appeared first on Health Nut News.

Chet Raymo, "Hanging On"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
*Click image for larger size.* *"Hanging On"* by Chet Raymo "I change the desktop image on my laptop every now and then, generally when I come across a new image I like. In the last year or so you'll remember that I wrote about Caravaggio's "The Rest on the Flight Into Egypt" and Vermeer's "The Milkmaid." Live with an image for a while and it's inevitable that you learn something from it. Here is the painting I've had as my desktop in recent weeks, Winslow Homer's "Snap the Whip", 1872, one of America's sentimental favorites. A simpler, more innocent time. Boys at recess, barefoot ... more »

The Poet: Czeslaw Milosz, "A Song On The End Of The World"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
*"A Song On The End Of The World"* “On the day the world ends A bee circles a clover, A fisherman mends a glimmering net. Happy porpoises jump in the sea, By the rainspout young sparrows are playing And the snake is gold-skinned as it should always be. On the day the world ends Women walk through the fields under their umbrellas, A drunkard grows sleepy at the edge of a lawn, Vegetable peddlers shout in the street And a yellow-sailed boat comes nearer the island, The voice of a violin lasts in the air And leads into a starry night. And those who expected lightning and thunder Are disapp... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Thanks for stopping by!

"The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows: For Lack Of A Better World"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
*"The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows: For Lack Of A Better World"* "'The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows' is a web series that defines newly invented words for strangely powerful emotions. Written, edited, and narrated by John Koenig." -https://www.youtube.com/user/obscuresorrows/featured ○ *"The Desire To See Memories In Advance"* "We take it for granted that life moves forward. You build memories. You build momentum. You move as a rower moves, facing backwards. You can see where you’ve been, but not where you are going. And your boat is steered by a younger version of you. Its hard not ... more »

Fire up the Fat: Study Shows High Cholesterol May Help You Live LONGER

Selwyn Duke at rss - 5 hours ago
[image: fire-up-the-fat-study-shows-high-cholesterol-may-help-you-live-longer] A new analysis is turning diet doctrine on its head, finding that cholesterol, even the supposedly "bad" cholesterol known as LDL, is associated with longer life.

Spanish Police Clash With Thousands Of Pro-Independence Supporters In Catalonia (Again)

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 5 hours ago
*The Guardian: **Spanish police clash with thousands of Catalan protesters in Barcelona* *Police charge 10,000-strong crowd as pro-independence demonstration turns violent* Spanish police and militant elements in a thousands-strong crowd of protesters clashed in the streets of Barcelona close to police headquarters late on Saturday, as a pro-independence demonstration by a direct action group turned violent. After a largely peaceful gathering of an estimated 350,000 pro-independence supporters jammed the centre of the city earlier in the day, a second crowd began to form around ... more »

17 Children Die After Receiving Hepatitis B Vaccine

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 5 hours ago
Originally posted on Defending Sanity in the Uppity Down World: https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2014/01/07/infant-hepatitis-b-vaccine.aspx

BBC Mainstream Media Journalist Exposes The Dark Side Of The Media.

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 5 hours ago
Originally posted on Truth To Power: Anna left the BBC on principle and talks about how journalists are failing the public when it comes to the truth. The Mainstream Media Are The Mouthpiece Of Criminal Globalist NWO Cabal Corporations. Professional TV news journalist Anna talks to me about the Westminster paedophile cover up and why…

Sig Sauer's P-320 X-Carry: The Best Compact Pistol?

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Americas* But is it worth the cost? *Key point:* After being adopted by the U.S. Army, the X-Carry has found popularity. Sig Sauer’s new P-320 pistol is enjoying a considerable streak of publicity, in large part due to the U.S. Army’s adoption of it as the service’s new handgun. One new variant of the rapidly growing P-320 line is the X-Carry, a compact handgun designed for concealed carriers and those that want smaller firearms with the handling qualities of full-sized pistols. The P320 X-Carry carries on a tradition of compact firearms that don’t co... more »

China Is Building a "Undersea Great Wall" To Take on America in a War

Lyle J. Goldstein at The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Lyle J. Goldstein* *Security, Asia* Defenses build under the waves. *Key point: *Sea mines have a strong history of imperiling adversarial navies. As defense analysts brood over the evolving military balance in the western Pacific, considerations related to undersea warfare keep coming to the fore. Given the lethality of modern anti-ship cruise missiles, surface combatants of all types may well be scarce on the future naval battlefield. Moreover, precision strikes on airbases (and the inherent vulnerability of aircraft carriers) suggest that aerial platforms could additionally ... more »

The Future of the U.S. Workforce Will Rely on AI, But Don’t Count Out Humans Yet

Katherine Newman at The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Katherine Newman* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] Robots have already started moving into Amazon’s workforce alongside people. Artificial intelligence has replaced many skills in recent years – including the skills needed to do some human jobs. The tech revolution has not gone unnoticed by American workers. A 2018 Gallup poll revealed that 70% of Americans believe AI will eliminate more jobs than it creates. Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang has sounded the alarm, raising the prospect that millions are at risk for long-term joblessness. I’m an expert on labo... more »

Thought the F-35 Was Powerful? You Don't Know What Is Coming Next.

Military and Aerospace Electronics at The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Military and Aerospace Electronics* *Technology, Americas* More than just another weapon. *Key point:* More than just a helmet. PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md. – U.S. Navy avionics experts will acquire three production lots of the third-generation helmet-mounted displays for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter under terms of a $352.7 million order announced this week. Officials of the Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., are asking the Lockheed Martin Corp. Aeronautics segment in Fort Worth, Texas, for production lots 12, 13, and 14... more »

House Republicans Are Taking Another Shot At Reforming America's Healthcare

Michael F. Cannon at The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Michael F. Cannon* *Economics, * Is this the right policy for Americans? The Republican Study Committee, a group of conservative House Republicans, has issued a health reform proposal. It's not the first thing on the RSC web site, but scroll down and you'll find it. The proposal has much to commend it. *Freeing Consumers from Harmful Regulations* Notably, it would repeal the Affordable Care Act's consistently unpopular preexisting-conditions provisions, which not only make coverage worse for the sick but leave *every *ACA enrollee with inadequate coverage. (Can you say, "junk ... more »

"Deep Field: The Impossible Magnitude of Our Universe"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
*"Deep Field: The Impossible Magnitude of Our Universe"* "Eric Whitacre's "Deep Field: The Impossible Magnitude of our Universe" is a unique film and musical experience inspired by one of the most important scientific discoveries of all time: the Hubble Telescope's Deep Field image."○ "When I heard the learn’d astronomer; When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me; When I was shown the charts and the diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them; When I, sitting, heard the astronomer, where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room, How soon, unaccountable, ... more »

Tidal power update: new legislation clears way for two new projects, but a tidal power industry is still “decades” away

Jennifer Henderson at Halifax Examiner - 5 hours ago
The dream of commercializing renewable energy from the world’s largest tides got a new lease on life last week. The Nova Scotia government amended a law to give three tidal developers permission to pursue the goal. The first project to test the powerful tidal waters of the Bay of Fundy, a $20 million-plus venture between […]

Coldest October Day On Record In Boulder

tonyheller at Real Climate Science - 5 hours ago
This of course will not stop NCAR climate scientists from parroting nonsense about the overheated atmosphere, as they sit in their fossil fuel powered offices.

"We've All Heard The Proverbs..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
“The early bird catches the worm. A stitch in time saves nine. He who hesitates is lost. We can’t pretend we haven’t been told. We’ve all heard the proverbs, heard the philosophers, heard our grandparents warning us about wasted time, heard the damn poets urging us to seize the day. Still, sometimes, we have to see for ourselves. We have to make our own mistakes. We have to learn our own lessons. We have to sweep today’s possibility under tomorrow’s rug, until we can’t anymore, until we finally understand for ourselves what Benjamin Franklin meant: That knowing is better than wonde... more »

Comey’s little dark secrets…

Uriel at 'Nox & Friends - 5 hours ago
At an October 26, 2019 sit down interview by MSNBC’s Nicole Wallace at Politicon 2019 held at Music City Center, James Comey was asked a very innocent question by Nicole. It was one that had Nicole and the audience laughing. . . The question was “if President Trump were reelected, what would he, Comey, do?” Comey’s reply was very specific — he will move to New Zealand. Followed by: ” I am optimistic that even if there is not an impeachment proceeding and a removal from office, whether or not that happens, the American people are going to pass judgment … Continue reading →

"The Modern World Is in Danger of Amusing Itself to Death"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
*"The Modern World Is in Danger of Amusing Itself to Death"* by Neil Postman "A new technology sometimes creates more than it destroys. Sometimes, it destroys more than it creates. But it is never one-sided. The invention of the printing press is an excellent example. Printing fostered the modern idea of individuality but it destroyed the medieval sense of community and social integration. Printing created prose but made poetry into an exotic and elitist form of expression. Printing made modern science possible but transformed religious sensibility into an exercise in superstition. ... more »

Voting Under Way In Uruguay To Select A New President

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 5 hours ago
*VOA*: *Uruguay Votes For New President * Voters in Uruguay are going to the polls Sunday to select a new president who will replace incumbent Tabare Vazquez. Uruguayan presidents are not allowed to serve consecutive terms, but the ruling, left-leaning Broad Front party has been at the helm of the country since 2005. Polls indicate that Broad Front's Daniel Martinez will be the frontrunner in Sunday's vote, but he will likely have to face a runoff. Martinez's main rival is the conservative National Party's Luis Lacalle Pou, according to the polls. Voters will also elect 99 dep... more »

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
Where are the indictments and arrests?

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“Haiti is living a moment of almost complete insurrection”

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 6 hours ago
Chavannes Jean Baptiste talks about the factors behind the current people’s rebellion in Haiti and the different proposals on the way forward

Controlling the Narrative on Syria: Turkish Aggression, Kurdish Independence, and Honouring the White Helmets

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 6 hours ago
After nearly eight and a half years of conflict, the Syrian government and the country’s armed forces finally seems to be consolidating a victory over the Islamic State and other opposition forces that had formerly dominated the bulk of the land area of the West Asian country.

"How Dreadful..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
"How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth..." - Sophocles

Chile's President Sacks His Entire Cabinet After Yesterday's One Million March In Santiago

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 6 hours ago
*The Independent: **Chile protests: President to sack entire cabinet after more than one million people take to streets* Leader promises response to demonstrators' demands for better pay and services after week of unrest Chile's president Sebastian Pinera has asked all his cabinet members to resign and promised reforms as he attempts to restore control after a wave of mass protests. The conservative leader has struggled to manage widespread unrest that has gripped his country this week amid anger over inequality. At least 20 people have been killed since rioting broke out in re... more »

CIA Got Tip on Al Baghdadi's Whereabouts from the SDF/PKK. Redeeming the Kurdish Terrorists

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 6 hours ago
*Quick follow up on today's earlier report* - Donald Trump’s Big Announcement- Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi Killed , Finally /Deja Vu Obama & Osama * I've noticed this push to redeem the Kurds in the mass of perception managed minds in all the reporting on this assassination. These terrorists don't deserve redemption. * *NYT's * *"WASHINGTON — The surprising information about the Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s general location — in a village deep inside a part of northwestern Syria controlled by rival Qaeda groups — came following the arrest and interrogation of one of ... more »

"Economic Market Snapshot 10/27/19"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
• Gregory Mannarino, "Special Report: Markets, A Look Ahead”" - https://www.traderschoice.net/ • MarketWatch Market Summary, Live Updates - 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/ • Visit ZeroHedge for the very latest factual news and information: - https://www.zerohedge.com/

Global Protests Round-Up: Authoritarian Adaption, Data Gathering, and the Role of Class

Lambert Strether at naked capitalism - 6 hours ago
A review of the literature on global protests (as in Chile, France, Hong Kong, Iraq, Lebanon, and Spain/Catalonia).

Two rounds of snow headed for the Plains and Upper Midwest

Robert at Ice Age Now - 6 hours ago
The National Weather Service has issued winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories covering parts of Wyoming, Colorado and Nebraska. The first storm entered the northern Rockies yesterday and will move into parts of Wyoming, Colorado and western Nebraska into Sunday night. Snowfall totals of 6 to 12 inches (15 to 30 cm) are likely ... Read moreTwo rounds of snow headed for the Plains and Upper Midwest The post Two rounds of snow headed for the Plains and Upper Midwest appeared first on Ice Age Now.

Sunday Talks: Vice-President Mike Pence Discusses Military Mission to Eliminate al-Baghdadi…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 6 hours ago
Vice-President and military father, Mike Pence, appears on Fox News Sunday to discuss his reaction to the elimination of ISIS terrorist Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

Transcript of President Trump Remarks Announcing The Death of ISIS Terrorist al-Baghdadi…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 6 hours ago
THE PRESIDENT: Last night, the United States brought the world’s number one terrorist leader to justice. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead. He was the founder and leader of ISIS, the most ruthless and violent terror organization anywhere in the world. … Continue reading →

I covered Ivan Milat — this is why we should stop talking about him

Philippa McDonald at Just In - 6 hours ago
In the decades since I covered Ivan Milat's crimes and trial, his story has become bigger than even my wildest imagination. But now he should be forgotten, writes Philippa McDonald.

Ditching diesel: Sydney to replace buses with 'electrified' fleet

Ashleigh Raper at Just In - 6 hours ago
NSW Transport Minister Andrew Constance wants to follow London's lead and take "drastic action" by ditching diesel and renewing Sydney's 8,000 bus fleet.

Daisy the school dog is improving mental health in the classroom

Allison Jess at Just In - 6 hours ago
Daisy the school dog is the latest staff member at Melrose Primary School, helping students with her calming influence and improving attendance rates.

Ingenious solution saves birds from flying into glass windows

Jessica Hinchliffe at Just In - 6 hours ago
Dozens of rainbow lorikeets have been colliding with large glass windows at a Queensland university — some dying on impact — but a unique style of curtain has come to the rescue.

Cowards, dogs and losers: Trump's announcement of IS leader's death is one to remember

James Glenday at Just In - 6 hours ago
Even by the standards of this unconventional, chaotic White House, the announcement of the killing of Islamic State terrorist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was certainly one to remember.

Live: NSW Now: NSW economy overtaken by Tasmania

Just In - 6 hours ago
*MORNING BRIEFING: *NSW's economy has dropped to third, behind Victoria and Tasmania, according to CommSec's State of the States report, which measures performance based on several factors.

Get to know the movement storming Australian contemporary art right now

Dee Jefferson at Just In - 6 hours ago
The Tarnanthi Festival in Adelaide unpacks why a community on the north-eastern tip of the Northern Territory is causing such a buzz across Australia.

After 20 'negative incidents' Felix became another stat in Australia's 'gatekeeping' trend

Norman Hermant at Just In - 6 hours ago
A week ahead of the first hearings of the Disability Royal Commission in Townsville, a new survey of families of children with disability finds nearly no progress has been made on improving access to inclusive education.

Why are flying foxes turning up in strange places?

Melissa Martin And Luisa Rubbo at Just In - 6 hours ago
As their usual food sources dry up, flying foxes are searching further afield for shelter and something to eat.

'I don't know where I'm going to get the money': Interest-only borrowers facing difficult reset

Carrington Clarke at Just In - 6 hours ago
With the property market beginning to rebound from a downturn, borrowers with interest-only loans are being caught out as their mortgages reset — costing them thousands in extra payments.

England is ruling the world with Australian coaches, so where are we going wrong?

Richard Hinds at Just In - 6 hours ago
With England on the cusp of more global domination at a World Cup with an Aussie at the helm, the calls are out to bring these coaches home. But doing so ignores the root of Australia's problems, writes Richard Hinds.

Boom, doom and gloom: The forces uniting Australia and the United States

Ian Verrender at Just In - 6 hours ago
As Australian households halt their spending so too are businesses, with leaders concerned the economy will deteriorate in 2020, which paints a grim picture that mirrors the one going on in the United States.

'One tough guy. One crazy tough guy': The farmer who lost his hand, but kept his cool

Mark Bennett at Just In - 6 hours ago
After losing one hand and two fingers from the other, Gary Webster drove himself to hospital. He's now been reunited with the nurse who helped to save his life.

Pro-Spanish supporters rally against Catalonia's secession attempt

Just In - 6 hours ago
Tens of thousands march in Barcelona to protest against the separatist movement in the north-eastern Catalonia region that has created Spain's worst political crisis in decades.

Vietnamese families provide DNA samples in attempt to help identify victims of British truck tragedy

Just In - 6 hours ago
Police in Vietnam took hair and blood samples to get DNA from relatives of people feared to be among the 39 who died in a truck container near London last week.

'Significant problem for Labor' as migrants opt for Pauline Hanson's One Nation

Stephanie Dalzell at Just In - 6 hours ago
A senior Labor official is warning the party will continue to lose votes to minor parties like One Nation unless it starts talking to more people than just "university-educated, city dwellers".

How Craig Foster put his life on hold to save a man he'd never met

Quentin McDermott at Just In - 6 hours ago
Hakeem al-Araibi's story is testament to the adage "the power of one". This is how former Socceroos captain Craig Foster led a global campaign to free the fellow footballer who was wrongfully imprisoned overseas and exposed bureaucratic slip-ups that landed him there.

Rachel's boyfriend died, then she bumped into him at a restaurant

Ange Lavoipierre at Just In - 6 hours ago
Rachel thought her first real relationship was normal until, she says, he faked his own death while owing her money.

'I walked into a country pub and everyone just stopped'

Ian Burrows And Jason Fang at Just In - 6 hours ago
When Lily Yan first walked into an Australian pub, locals stopped and stared. But she hasn't let a few odd looks deter her.

'Deep red colour': The story behind Australia's first red corn whiskey

Courtney Fowler, Richard Hudson And Michelle Stanley at Just In - 6 hours ago
Praised for its "sweat characters and nuttiness", a Perth-based distillery and second-generation farmer from Western Australia's far-north have teamed up to create Australia's first red corn whiskey.

Column of Russian soldiers head to Turkish border: video

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 7 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:45 P.M.) – The Russian military sent another column of soldiers to the Turkish border region with Syria’s Al-Hasakah Governorate this week, as they help facilitate the withdrawal of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) from this area. In a short video released on Sunday, the Russian military police can be seen heading to […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

US military reinforcements arrive at Syria’s largest oil field

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 7 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:30 P.M.) – Reinforcements from the U.S. military arrived at Syria’s largest oil field on Sunday, as they continued their deployment at this crucial site in the eastern part of the country. According to reports, the U.S. military sent a large number of military personnel to the Al-‘Umar Oil Fields in eastern Deir […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Breaking: Major ISIS figure and right-hand man to Baghdadi killed in northern Syria

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 7 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:00 P.M.) – A major Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) and close confidant of Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi was killed in a U.S. Coalition operation along the Turkish border, the commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Mazloum ‘Abdi announced this evening. According to ‘Abdi, Abu Al-Hassan Al-Muhajer was killed in a U.S. special operation at […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Several videos emerge from reported site of Baghdadi’s death

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 7 hours ago
Videos have been circulating on social media from the site where Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the man behind the recent terror resurgence in Syria and Iraq, reportedly met his end. Syrian journalist Mohamad Rasheed has shared footage he said was filmed this morning in the village of Barisha in north-eastern Syria, close to the Turkish border. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syrian Army scores big advance in northeast Latakia amid new attempt to capture Kabani

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 7 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:25 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) scored a big advance in northeastern Latakia today as the military made a new push to capture the strategic town of Kabani. Led by the 4th Armored Division, the Syrian Arab Army began their attack around 10 A.M. on Saturday, when their troops began to […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Breaking: Heavy clashes breakout between Syrian Army and Turkish-backed militants in northeast Syria

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 7 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:15 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and Turkish-backed militants are engaged in a fierce battle this evening in the northwestern countryside of the Al-Hasakah Governorate. According to a military source near the battlefield, the Turkish-backed militants attacked the Syrian Arab Army’s positions at the towns of Umm Ashba and Bab Al-Khayr, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Russia doubts Trump’s claim about killing Baghdadi

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 7 hours ago
There’s no credible data to prove a successful American raid took place against Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Russia’s Defense Ministry said. The US coalition didn’t even carry out any airstrikes in Idlib recently. Earlier, Trump made a rare Sunday address from the White House informing the world that al-Baghdadi was eliminated in northwest […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

SDF begins withdrawing forces from safe zone, open to peace talks with gov’t

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 7 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:45 P.M.) – The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have begun withdrawing their troops from the 32-km-long border area as part of the Sochi agreement that was made last week. According to a Syrian Arab Army (SAA) source, the SDF troops have already begun the withdrawal under Russian military supervision. In addition to the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

USraelis "Kill" yet another "Oh! BIG Daddy" In the Middle East

greencrow at Greencrow As The Crow Flies - 7 hours ago
*Just in Time For Hallowe'en, USrael* *Creates/Kills Yet Another "Big Daddy" Ghost* CTV is reporting yet another load of CIA Bullshit this Morning. Yet another yarn made out of whole cloth. Think Hollywood Production. The lying, perp press is saying that a special US military team recently took out the leader of ISIS. Hey, those CIA assets tasked with creating the American "reality" have to do something to warrant their 6 figure salaries. Imagine a room load of the pencil necks outdoing one another making up flourishes of embellishments to their fictional Oh! BIG Daddy. Here's ... more »

Brexit bias? BBC faces a difficult balancing act in polarised nation

sue at Is the BBC biased? - 7 hours ago
This article by Roy Greenslade in the Guardian caught my eye. If you really want to immerse yourself in a parallel, Brexit-dystopia-style world, read the comments. You don’t have to be semi-literate to join in the discussion, but it helps. (As the saying goes.) You might need the Antidote below

South Korea Is Still Having Big Problems With Corruption

AEIdeas at The National Interest - 7 hours ago
*AEIdeas* *Security, Asia-Pacific* A bad day for the Moon administration. Last week, Cho Kuk, the disgraced Justice Minister of South Korea, resigned after a controversial month at the helm and a wave of discontent that spurred nationwide protests. President Moon Jae-in brought in Cho to reform the nation’s prosecution, including improving oversight of investigations, banning excessively long interrogations, and limiting the scope of prosecutors’ direct investigations. But shortly after his nomination, Cho and his family became embroiled in a massive corruption scandal, which pr... more »

CCTV Footage shows Off-Duty Cop Take Control of Robbery at a Burger Joint in Central Brazil

Newsfeed at The Rio Times - 7 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (RT) In the ensuing chaos approximately 10 shots were fired yet no injuries were reported, according to Brazilian Military Police. The suspects fled the scene without a dime. https://www.facebook.com/326683984410/posts/10158298458614411/ (Source: RT . . . To read the full NEWS and much more, Subscribe to our Premium Membership Plan. Already Subscribed? […] The post CCTV Footage shows Off-Duty Cop Take Control of Robbery at a Burger Joint in Central Brazil appeared first on The Rio Times.

Geoengineering Watch Global Alert News, October 26, 2019, #220

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 7 hours ago
Record West Coast heat and unprecedented wildfires are wreaking havoc in California while it it is snowing in Texas. What’s wrong with this picture? How will farmers grow food with so many abrupt and extreme weather fluctuations? How can the flora and fauna survive? The science community and government sources are still trying to claim that the technology […] The post Geoengineering Watch Global Alert News, October 26, 2019, #220 appeared first on Health Nut News.

Washington Post Mourns Passing of “Austere Religious Scholar” Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 7 hours ago
Reactions vary to the U.S. killing of ISIS terrorist chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. However, perhaps the most alarming headline was the sympathetic obituary from The Washington Post: The Washington Post was not alone in their sympathy over the killing of … Continue reading →

All you need to know about the Washington Post: ISIS head al-Baghdadi is a "austere religious scholar"

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 7 hours ago
We've known for a long time that the WaPo thinks that Republicans are more of a threat to America than Islamic terrorists; after all James R. Clapper himself condemned the WaPo's release of information about the PRISM program. But as usual with liars the WaPo, which declares itself to be the good guys, keeps slipping up and revealing what they really think. While the free world is celebrating the end of ISIS terrorist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi the WaPo's obituary for him was entitled "Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi austere religious scholar at helm of Islamic State dies at 48". Adolf Hitler... more »

Huzzah! Justin Turdeau Re-elected as Canada’s Prime Minister

SafeSpace at 'Nox & Friends - 7 hours ago
Next time some bloke from the Far North Thunbergs you with a lecture on Canada’s moral superiority to we knuckle-dragging citizens of the grubby, grasping, border-enforcing USA, recite a few of the talking points from this sharp-tongued article by Theo Caldwell, an evil white male who claims citizenship in Canada, Ireland, and the USA. http://www.theocaldwell.com/2019/10/canada-please-dont-ask-me-to-take-you.html Growing up in Canada, one learns that an obligation of citizenship is to humor the nation’s delusions of grandeur. In schools, to the extent history is still taught, Canada... more »

Duflo and Banerjee advocate bigger government

Scott Sumner at Econlib - 7 hours ago
Nobel Laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee have a new piece in the New York Times. A reasonable summary of their position might be that they would like American economic policy to more closely resemble the economic policies of the Eurozone. This would include much higher taxes and also much more generous social welfare programs. […] The post Duflo and Banerjee advocate bigger government appeared first on Econlib.

No, Tulsi Is NOT Going To Run As A Third-Party Candidate For President

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 8 hours ago
One of Tulsi's colleagues in Congress-- asked me for anonymity inorder to share some thoughts with me about her for *DWT*. I didn't ask her about Tulsi. She just brought her up on her own after she announced last week that she isn't running for reelection. Below are parts of the conversation that don't give away her identity. She asked me to read this Igor Derysh piece at *Salon* about the foolish speculation that Tulsi may run as a third-party candidate. Last month I told you that Tulsi wasn't going to run for her House seat and that she's running for governor of Hawaii in 2022. ... more »

Trump Says US Forces Cornered IS Leader in Dead-End Tunnel

AP News at Snopes.com - 8 hours ago
President Trump provided graphic details of al-Baghdadi’s final moments as American forces pursued and cornered him and his children in a dead-end tunnel.

BOOM: Israel Is Considering Anti-Sub Drone Ships

Military and Aerospace Electronics at The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Military and Aerospace Electronics* *Technology, Middle East* [image: https://elbitsystems.com/media/Unmanned_Surface_Vessel_800X365.jpg] The future is coming. *Key point: *Some drone ships are built to operate for a long time and take a lot of punches while fighting. HAIFA, Israel – It’s Friday afternoon, and several Elbit representatives are standing at Haifa Port alongside their guests, representatives of a foreign country’s defense establishment. The former are explaining to the latter the advantages of the boats anchored alongside them, in an effort to zero in on a purchas... more »

After World War I, Poland Stopped Russia From Taking Over Europe

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *History, Russia* A rapid Communist surge stonewalled. *Key point: *Poland may have temporarily halted the spread of communism, but they were not exactly the "good guys" either. In the summer of 1920, Russia seemed poised to take over Europe. Newly victorious in the Russian Civil War, but convinced that the capitalists were bent on strangling the cradle of Communism, the Bolsheviks looked for salvation. Their gaze fell on Germany, exhausted and embittered by defeat in the First World War, and now engulfed in civil strife between Communist revolutionaries and proto... more »

Arctic wildlife breeding season ruined by last year’s record snowfall

Robert at Ice Age Now - 8 hours ago
Extreme snowfall also ruined propagation by Arctic plants. _________ Scientists at the Zackenberg Research Station, who have been studying plants and animals in Northeast Greenland National Park for more than 20 years, compared this year’s breeding season patterns to earlier years. Their research suggests that last year’s record snowfall across much of the Arctic thwarted ... Read moreArctic wildlife breeding season ruined by last year’s record snowfall The post Arctic wildlife breeding season ruined by last year’s record snowfall appeared first on Ice Age Now.

Bare Steel Shaving (repost from CW)

LL at Virtual Mirage - 9 hours ago
(link) CW, at *Daily Timewaster* may be the most experienced (in terms of diverse product knowledge) shaver that I know. Most people who identify as male, shave. But to some extent it's become lost art. I have reposted his shaving advice here (below) for the benefit of all of you. Maybe there are Christmas gift possibilities among his favorites? *The Shaving Post* So, for years - decades - shaving for me was a "get it done quick and cheap" situation. As fast as I could shave and go on to something else, the better. Then one day I was cleaning out some old boxes and came across m... more »

Critical Reaction From Democrats And The Media To President Trump's Announcement On The Death Of ISIS Leader al-Baghdadi

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 9 hours ago
Admiral James Winnefeld tells @margbrennan that he's worried about Trump's "piling on" by describing al-Baghdadi as a "dog." Says it sends a signal to followers "that could cause them to lash out possibly more harshly in the wake." pic.twitter.com/L6y7a17bm0 — Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) October 27, 2019 *WNU Editor:* The Democrat response was predictable, with House Speaker Pelosi being the first to criticize President Trump in her statement on the raid .... *Pelosi Statement on Al-Baghdadi Raid* (Nancy Pelosi). Other Democrats are upset on not being notified .... *House Dem... more »

Death Toll Rises As Govt Tries To Break Up Iraq Protests

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 9 hours ago
(AP) On the second day of renewed protests the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) made a concerted effort to break up the crowds. They were largely successful as there was little of the vandalism seen the day before. The death toll also continued to rise as a result. The United Nations and Iraq Human Rights Commission reported more deaths of demonstrators. The first day there were 42 total, 12 in Diwaniya, 9 in Maysan, 9 in Dhi Qar, 8 in Baghdad, 3 in Basra and 1 in Muthanna. By October 26 that total rose to 70 with 15 in Dhi Qar, 14 in Maysan, 12 in Baghdad, 12 in Diwaniya, 7 in Basra, ... more »

Flashback 2016: Secretary of State John Kerry Admits President Obama Intentionally Armed ISIS in Syria – Audio Recording and Transcript…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 9 hours ago
CTH has some new readers, so against the backdrop of the UniParty in Washington DC jumping into action to criticize President Trump’s decision to withdraw from Syria; and against the backdrop of President Trump authorizing an operation last night that … Continue reading →

This Day In Iraqi History - Oct 27

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 9 hours ago
1982 Saddam ordered increased attacks upon Iranian cities 3 SCUD missiles fired at Dezful (Musings On Iraq interview with author Anthony Tucker-Jones on Iran-Iraq War) (Musings On Iraq interview with author Tom Cooper on Iran-Iraq War) (Musings On Iraq book review *The Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988*) (Musings On Iraq book review *Iran-Iraq War, The Lion of Babylon, 1980-1988*) (Musings On Iraq book review *The Iran-Iraq War*) 1984 Iraq restored diplomatic relations with US which ended in Oct 1967 1992 Report before Gulf War Bush admin approved sale of computers and software to Iraq that ... more »

Russia's Alfa-Class Submarine Was an Underwater Hot Rod NATO Hated

David Axe at The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, Europe* At the cost of its stealth. *Key point: *What's the point of a non-stealthy submarine? In 1969, the Soviet navy shocked the U.S. and NATO militaries with a new and incredibly capable submarine—one that could swim faster and dive deeper than could anything else under the sea. But the seven high-tech *Alfa*-class submarines—each able to reach 45 knots of speed and 2,400 feet of depth—actually were inferior where it really mattered. Their speed and depth-resistance came at the cost of noisy internal machinery that made them easy to detect … and destro... more »

I Researched Uighur Society in China for 8 Years and Watched How Technology Became a Trap

Darren Byler at The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Darren Byler* *Security, Asia* [image: Reuters] The Uighur internet has been transformed from a space that fostered a cultural flourishing for Uighurs into a space that controls many aspects of their lives. The Uighurs, a Muslim minority ethnic group of around 12 million in northwest China, are required by the police to carry their smartphones and IDs listing their ethnicity. As they pass through one of the thousands of newly built digital media and face surveillance checkpoints located at jurisdictional boundaries, entrances to religious spaces and transportation hubs, the ima... more »

How Mussolini's Italians Legions Froze to Death (Thanks to Hitler)

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *History, Europe* [image: https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wFHhw9Y1Ghg/Wk3BAZS-tBI/AAAAAAAAO-8/fN0VN6w1xt03DQdrjJxSri6N9L6Wyp06ACLcBGAs/s1600/The_bloody_Easter_Front_of_WW2%2B%252828%2529.jpg] A terrible, foolish affair. *Key point: *Rome sent its conscripts to fight a losing war and they were horribly crushed. Why in God's name were Italian peasants freezing to death outside Stalingrad? They should have been home eating pasta in Palermo, or veal in Venice, during that bitter winter of 1942–43. Instead, they were being trampled into the snow by waves of Soviet tanks th... more »

Who Makes The Best Handguns? These 5 Pistols Show Why It's Glock

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Technology, * These can't be beaten. *Key point:* Glock has developed original handguns to compete across the market. The Glock 17 handgun shook up the gun industry in a big way. Gaston Glock’s polymer pistol masterpiece, with its emphasis on ruggedness and reliability, swept the military and law-enforcement world and conquered the civilian market. Slowly, the company has introduced new handguns, all based on the original design, to compete in virtually every niche of the handgun market, from large-bore semiautomatics to discreet concealed carry. Here are five ... more »

After India's Aircraft Carrier Fire Left 1 Sailor Dead, China Had Words

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, Asia* Beijing didn't mince words. *Key point:* Accidents are common among the world's best navies, they will certainly happen among those with less experience. India’s only aircraft carrier suffered a fire that left one sailor dead. And China, which is India’s rival, says this is because Indians aren’t competent enough to operate advanced military equipment. The fire broke out in the engine room of the carrier *Vikramaditya* as it entered the Indian naval base at Karwar on April 26. The blaze was extinguished, but not before an Indian Navy lieutenant c... more »

RIP F-35? Could Iran's Air Force Really Take Out a Stealth Fighter?

David Axe at The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, Middle East* The American arsenal in the region includes F-35 stealth fighters. If tensions turn into warfare, the factory-fresh F-35s could face an Iranian air force operating some of the oldest active fighters in the world. Do they have any chance? *Key point: *Good luck finding the F-35. Amid escalating tensions between Iran and the United States, in part resulting from U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision unilaterally to withdraw the United States from the 2015 deal limiting Iran’s nuclear program, the U.S. armed forces have deployed a wide array of ... more »

East Carolina University Interim Chancellor Resigns For Drinking, Dancing With Students

Sara Weissman at Diverse - 9 hours ago
East Carolina University’s Interim Chancellor Dan Gerlach has resigned from his post after photos and videos surfaced showing him drinking and dancing with students at a local bar, The News & Observer reported. Gerlach had been on administrative leave since the incident appeared online in late September, with provost and senior vice chancellor Dr. Ron […]

Focusing on Privacy Won’t Solve Facebook’s Problems

kkabir at Lawfare - 9 hours ago
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces the plan to make Facebook more private at Facebook's Developer Conference on April 30, 2019. (Flickr/Anthony Quintano, CC BY 2.0) *Editor’s note: This article grew out of work done in our Georgetown University class on national security and social media. The class tackled an array of questions related to how hate groups exploit social media, exploring issues ranging from privacy and human rights concerns to technological and legal barriers. Working in teams, students conducted independent research that addressed a difficult issue in this pro... more »

The Philippines Deserves More From Facebook

hmihm at Lawfare - 9 hours ago
Maria Ressa of Rappler speaks at the World Economic Forum on East Asia in 2014. (Flickr/World Economic Forum, photo by Sikarin Thanachaiary, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) *Editor’s note: This article grew out of work done in our Georgetown University class on national security and social media. The class tackled an array of questions related to how hate groups exploit social media, exploring issues ranging from privacy and human rights concerns to technological and legal barriers. Working in teams, students conducted independent research that addressed a difficult issue in this problem space.... more »

Addressing Challenges in Content Moderation: A Series

dbyman at Lawfare - 9 hours ago
Facebook F8 Developer's Conference 2017 (Flickr/Anthony Quintano, CC BY 2.0) “My problem isn’t terrorists, it’s the KKK,” a senior social media company executive told us. We’d asked him about the challenges of countering terrorist groups like the Islamic State, only to receive an education about the difficulties of countering nonviolent hate groups. He had a point. Although terrorist use of the internet is extensive and well-documented, major social media companies have made impressive strides in blocking and purging content and denying well-known jihadist groups from using their ... more »

Al-Baghdadi’s Death … and That Presidential Speech

dbyman at Lawfare - 9 hours ago
Portrait of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on a rocky, paint-splattered wall. (Flickr/Thierry Ehrmann, CC BY 2.0) The reported killing of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi during a special operations forces raid is an important milestone in the war against the Islamic State—and, more generally, in the struggle against terrorism President Trump, who announced al-Baghdadi’s death in remarks this morning, is right to laud this moment and praise the many officials and countries that helped make it happen. Unfortunately, even in a moment of genuine triumph, the president could not resist meandering remarks, ... more »

Did Trump Say to ‘Stop Congratulating Obama for Killing Bin Laden’?

David Mikkelson at Snopes.com - 9 hours ago
Taking (or denying) credit for momentous collective achievements is an age-old phenomenon in the political world.

Collision Between two Buses Leave two Dead and 55 Injured Near Pétropolis, Rio State

Adele Cardin at The Rio Times - 9 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The collision between two buses left two dead and 55 injured on the BR-040, km 99, in the highland region of Petrópolis, in Rio de Janeiro, early this Sunday morning, October 27th. A man, the driver of one of the vehicles, and a 26-year-old woman died on the scene. The […] The post Collision Between two Buses Leave two Dead and 55 Injured Near Pétropolis, Rio State appeared first on The Rio Times.

TTSA, Metamaterial and the U.S. Army

KRandle at A Different Perspective - 9 hours ago
The big news for the 1997 Fiftieth Anniversary of the Roswell UFO crash was that it would be announced, with proper provenance and other documentation, that metallic debris from the spacecraft had been recovered. Scientific analysis had been performed by independent labs and by scientists with the proper training in various disciplines. That debris, small though it might be, was of extraterrestrial origin. All questions about it would be answered during a professional presentation by one of the scientists involved in the analysis, would be held in the auditorium at the New Mexico M... more »

Meet the sisters who investigated their brother's death, and found something everyone missed

Bellinda Kontominas at Just In - 9 hours ago
Forty years ago Peter Smith died after being punched on a night out in Sydney but only now will his sisters get to the bottom of what actually happened and why police closed the case a day after his death.

Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 299 – 2019

Hifast at Climate Collections - 9 hours ago
Originally posted on sunshine hours: South / North

WSJ: Fires and Blackouts Made in Sacramento

Hifast at Climate Collections - 9 hours ago
Originally posted on Sierra Foothill Commentary: ? Newsom tries to deflect blame, but PG&E is the agent of his policies. After again shutting power to hundreds of thousands this week, California’s utility PG&E disclosed Thursday that it had discovered a broken jumper cable by the ignition site of a wildfire blazing across Sonoma County. The…

Weird Tweets From Ryan Maue

tonyheller at Real Climate Science - 9 hours ago
Update : Anthony Watts spoke with Ryan Maue, and Ryan said he was just trolling Michael Mann and didn’t really believe what he was saying. Yet these tweets don’t show any indication of sarcasm and were retweeted by Greta Thunberg … Continue reading →

On squirming politicians

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 10 hours ago
My main reaction to this morning's three main political interviews on *The Andrew Marr Show *was to give credit where credit's due to Andrew Marr for making all three of them squirm. Jo Swinson, Diane Abbott and James Cleverly all ended up having to bring into play some of their favourite party tricks for evading interviewers' questions - questions that today focused, I think tellingly, on the contradictions, absurdities and hypocrisies of their respective positions on Brexit and elections. Jo flannelled by being all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, channelling (as ever) her inner T... more »

Press Briefing With Senator Lindsey Graham Reaction to Baghdadi Death….

sundance at The Last Refuge - 10 hours ago
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham gives a press briefing at the White House after a briefing on the operation to eliminate Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

President Trump Announces The Death of ISIS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 10 hours ago
Earlier today President Trump announced the death of ISIS loser Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. [Video below, transcript will follow] . [White House Announcement] – Last night, the United States brought the world’s number one terrorist leader to justice. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi … Continue reading →

What to say?

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 10 hours ago
Well, it seems - though the BBC remains cautious about this - that the founder of Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Bigdaddy, has finally been decaliphinated by Donald Trump's special forces. The BBC's elders are now chewing the cud on the matter: *John Simpson*: The real credit for the death of al-Baghdadi must surely go to the dogged policework of US intelligence - plus, no doubt, the huge reward money to give him up. *Hugh Sykes*: Making up for all the lack of US intelligence which left so many resentful and angry Baathists and army officers without a future after 2003, allowing the... more »

DOJ Barr and Durham close in on Brennan, Clapper and Comey (Video)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 10 hours ago
The Duran Quick Take: Episode 351. More The post DOJ Barr and Durham close in on Brennan, Clapper and Comey (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

Election Hokey-Cokey

Phil at All That Is Solid ... - 10 hours ago
Politics is on a knife's edge, to that we can all agree. But there are moments when high stakes make way for high farce. And one of those moments concerns the timing of the next general election and, specifically, everything surrounding the joint wheeze of the Liberal Democrats and SNP. They plan to table a motion pencilling a poll in for 9th December. According to Jo Swinson on this morning's *Andrew Marr*, this ensures an election happens as soon as possible once the EU agree to the length of the coming Article 50 extension. If, as is widely expected, it's another three months an... more »

The Crown attorneys are singing a new tune now that the Neoliberal state is attacking them

El Jones at Halifax Examiner - 10 hours ago
On Friday, lawyers for the province’s Crown attorneys and for the government met in court as the government pursued an emergency injunction to force the prosecutors back to work. The government has declared the strike by Nova Scotia Crown prosecutors “illegal.” Outside the courtroom, Crown attorney Rick Woodburn said: “They will take away and smash and […]

Stephen McNeil and the Crowns: Magic realism meets reality

Stephen Kimber at Halifax Examiner - 10 hours ago
So let us review. On Mar. 31, 2019, the collective agreement between Crown prosecutors and the Nova Scotia government expired. As part of the previous contract, signed in June 2016, the prosecutors had agreed to accept a draconian wage package the government was imposing on all other public servants. At the same time, however, the […]

TIME: PG&E Admits It Might Be the Cause of Northern California Wildfire Despite Preventative Blackouts

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 10 hours ago
California’s largest utility company, PG&E, acknowledged its electrical equipment might have ignited a wildfire burning in wine country Friday, despite blackouts imposed across the region to prevent fires. Pacific Gas & Electric imposed sweeping blackouts, affecting a half-million people in Northern and Central California after strong winds fueled the fire that burned over 25 square […] The post TIME: PG&E Admits It Might Be the Cause of Northern California Wildfire Despite Preventative Blackouts appeared first on Health Nut News.

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Masterpiece Found in French Woman’s Kitchen Sells for $26.6M

AP News at Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
An old painting found in the kitchen of an elderly French woman, who considered it an icon of little importance, has made her a multimillionaire.

President Trump Did Not Inform Congressional Democrats On The Raid That Killed ISIS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 11 hours ago
*Washington Examiner*: *Donald Trump withheld details of ISIS raid from Nancy Pelosi, other congressional Democrats* WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump did not give House Speaker Nancy Pelosi or other key members of Congress advance notice of the Saturday night raid that ended in the death of terrorist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Trump said he knew about plans for the top-secret mission for three days but kept most members of Congress in the dark because he feared the information would be leaked to the public and endanger the lives of American forces. “Washington leaks like I’v... more »

The Tables Have Turned on the Coup Plotters and Global Central Bankers

Alicia at LaRouchePAC Feed - 11 hours ago
The Tables Have Turned on the Coup Plotters and Global Central Bankers Video of The Tables Have Turned on the Coup Plotters and Global Central Bankers Helga Zepp LaRouche provided a fascinating assessment of the changes sweeping the globe, and the opportunity these changes have made possible to realize cooperation to usher in a new era of peace and development. Among the processes she highlighted are: 1. The significance of the Barr-Durham investigation moving into a criminal inquiry, putting the whole British-Obama intel apparatus in the spotlight, while exposing the fraud of the... more »

Assyrians Latest in Battle for Better Society, New Government in Iraq

Iraq's security forces recently were joined by Iran-backed militias in a violent crackdown on anti-government protests. These protests have been taking place, since October 1, throughout much of the country as well as in Baghdad.

Trump's Tax Cuts Did Not Work As Planned (And Made America's Debt Worse)

AEIdeas at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*AEIdeas* *Economics, North America* The shortcomings outweigh the benefits. *This blog post is part of a series dedicated to analyzing the impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Click **here** to see all of the blogs in the #TCJANowWhat series.* The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) was marketed as once-in-a-generation tax reform that would unlock growth, boost investment in the US, and ultimately reduce deficits because of increased tax revenue. The tax bill did accomplish a number of desirable things. It brought down the corporate rate (though by more than necessary), which was too ... more »

This Is How America Can Stop China From Dominating the South China Sea

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, Asia* America can't do it alone. *Key Point*: The Philippines have a role to play. The United States and the Philippines have been discussing whether the Filipino military should buy the High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), a multiple rocket launcher used by the United States and other nations, according to the South China Morning Post. “If deployed, the long-range, precision-guided rockets fired by the system would be able to strike Chinese man-made islands on reefs in the Spratly chain,” the newspaper said. HIMARS is a lighter, more mobile ... more »

Baghdadi Is Dead. Does that Mean ISIS Dies with Him?

Daniel R. DePetris at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Daniel R. DePetris* *Security, Middle East* Now that Baghdadi is no longer ruining lives, the inevitable question is: what’s next? The Islamic State was in a bad way even before Washington took away its caliph, and it’s hard not to assume that Baghdadi’s removal will deal an even bigger blow to a group already hunkering down to save itself. Before Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed “after running into a dead-end tunnel, whimpering and screaming and crying all the way” as President Donald Trump put it so eloquently, the Islamic State leader was the world’s most wanted man. With a $2... more »

Kel Tec's 'Folding' Sub 2000 Gun Just Hit The Market. Will It Succeed?

Charlie Gao at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *Technology, * It's fairly niche. *Key point: *There are more compact guns out there. Kel-Tec’s Sub 2000 is one of the only “folding” firearms on the U.S. market today. Designed to be a compact pistol-caliber carbine with a long barrel, the Sub 2000’s main selling point is that it folds in half for transit and storage, allowing it to easily fit into a backpack or similar storage case. But as other pistol caliber carbines get smaller and smaller, is the Sub2000 still relevant? When the Sub 2000 was originally introduced in 2001, pistol caliber carbines (PCCs) were ... more »

Oil Companies are Thinking about a Low-Carbon Future (But Only Thinking)

Lewis Fulton, Daniel Sperling at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Lewis Fulton, Daniel Sperling* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] Discussions about Big Oil’s interest in sustainability center on continued global demand for petroleum. The global oil industry stands at a crossroads. Corporate leaders are weighing how closely to stay wedded to their legacy business – finding, extracting and refining fossil energy – versus preparing for an uncertain low-carbon future. There are signs of an impending pivot. Most of the largest multinational oil companies have formally supported the Paris climate agreement. Total has purchased electric power c... more »

Russia and Turkey Are the Winners in Syria

Stratfor Worldview at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Stratfor Worldview* *Security, Middle East* [image: Reuters] While the Kurds suffer. *Key point: *The withdrawal of U.S. forces was exactly what Ankara and Moscow wanted. After more than six hours of talks, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan emerged in Sochi, Russia, on Oct. 22 with an agreement to establish a "Syria Safe Zone" along the Syrian-Turkish border. While the agreement serves the interests of both Moscow and Ankara, the other parties involved in northern Syria will find much to dislike about the deal — something that will clou... more »

What is more incomplete: Copenhagen or many worlds?

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 11 hours ago
In the first stage of the Einstein-Bohr debates, Einstein tried to prove that quantum mechanics was wrong – literally producing predictions that conflicted with observations. When he was persuaded that this goal was just plain stupid around 1930, Einstein switched to the second stage in which he "only" argued that quantum mechanics (as defined in Copenhagen) was "incomplete". Even today, almost 90 years later, the anti-quantum zealots who are still around – depending on the degree of their stupidity – argue that quantum mechanics is either wrong or incomplete. The typical complaint ... more »

Scholars Address Issues of Mobility in Higher Education

cmaadmin at Diverse - 11 hours ago
Strategizing around how best to address policy makers on issues of access, student success and the impact of higher education, four prominent scholars gathered at New York University (NYU) on Friday to share their research.

Trump Announcement on Baghdadi Raid

QJurecic at Lawfare - 11 hours ago
On Oct. 27, President Trump announced the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a U.S. raid. Video of the announcement is available below. Topics: - Islamic State [image: Quinta Jurecic] Quinta Jurecic is the Managing Editor of *Lawfare*. She previously served as an editorial writer for the *Washington Post* and as *Lawfare*'s associate editor. - @qjurecic More Articles Display Facebook comments: 1 FB Author Image URL: https://lawfare.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/staging/styles/facebook_post/s3/pictures/picture-435-1517246650.png?itok=bFk6fPQB Publish Da... more »

Bolton Meets Beckett

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 11 hours ago
Or as Peter Baker, the New York Times scribe of the rich and powerful puts it, all of Washington, D.C. is anxiously *Waiting for Bolton.* But bringing Samuel Beckett's Theater of the Absurd to a whole new level, this production will probably not be held in a public venue, but in the same Secure Room that all the previous impeachment playlets and teasers have been performed. It goes something like this: the actors recite their lines to a small group of directors, who then impart their analyses to the news people lingering outside in the hall, and then the news people report what th... more »

AP Explains: What a Trump Impeachment Trial Might Look Like

AP News at Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
As House Democrats quickly move forward with impeachment proceedings, the likelihood grows that Donald Trump will become the third president to face a Senate trial to determine whether he should be removed from office.

Mike Pompeo-- Far Worse Than You Probably Think

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
On Saturday, *Wall Street Journal* reporter Vivian Salama wrote that Philip Reeker, the acting assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs "was set to tell House impeachment investigators Saturday that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other top officials stymied a show of solidarity for the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine after President Trump had her removed." He's another one who knows are about the quo in Trump's Ukrainian quid pro quo and he's going to prove deadly not just for Trump but for Pompeo as well. Since Trump didn't invent Pompeo, ... more »

Trump Says Islamic State Leader Dead After US Raid in Syria

AP News at Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
The death of al-Baghdadi marked a major milestone in the fight against the Islamic State, which brutalized swaths of Syria and Iraq.

Details Emerge On The Raid That Killed Islamic State Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 12 hours ago
*Daily Mail:* *Inside the raid that killed al-Baghdadi: ISIS leader detonated suicide vest as US Army Delta Force and Rangers closed in on his lair in overnight firefight* * Major ISIS target, believed to be Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, reportedly killed in Syria * Between 50 and 70 members of the US Army Delta Force and Rangers flew in on six helicopters and conducted Sunday's overnight raid in Syria's Idlib province * Al-Baghdadi is believed to have detonated a suicide vest as forces closed in * Unverified video showed the moment he was killed, along with his three children * Presiden... more »

BWorld 374, DoH budget and drug price control

Bienvenido Oplas Jr at Government and Taxes - 12 hours ago
* My column in BusinessWorld on October 03, 2019. The Philippines’ public health sector is not a “deprived” sector in terms of annual budget to fulfill various agencies’ functions and mandates. There are three reasons why. One, the annual budget of the Department of Health (DoH) keeps rising and constitutes around 7% of total budgets by all departments, the Legislative, and Judiciary. The data in the table comes from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), Budget of Expenditures and Sources of Financing (BESF), submitted to Congress usually days after the President’s SONA. ... more »

WELL, THERE GO THE TWO OR THREE GOP VOTES FOR CONVICTION IN THE SENATE

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 12 hours ago
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS, died in a commando raid in Syria last night. President Trump announced the death in a speech this morning that was 90% dignified and 10% puerile football-spiking. In remarks at the White House, President Trump confirms Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a U.S. operation in Syria. "He died like a dog. He died like a coward.""He was whimpering, screaming and crying." pic.twitter.com/Wtcc0SgHz1 — Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) October 27, 2019 This was followed by a petulant, whiny, rambling press conference in which the p... more »

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi “Died like a dog. He died like a coward,” declares Trump

Lee Jay at Modern Tokyo Times - 12 hours ago
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi “Died like a dog. He died like a coward,” declares Trump Murad Makhmudov and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS (Islamic State – IS), was announced dead by President Donald Trump of America. This happened after Special Forces from America went into Northwest Syria after […]

President President Trump Confirms That Islamic State Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Was Killed By U.S. Special Forces

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 12 hours ago
*Daily Mail:* *'He died like a dog' Donald Trump addresses the nation and confirms that 'coward' ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed by U.S. Special Forces and died 'whimpering and crying and screaming' after being cornered inside his Syrian lair and detonated his suicide vest* * Donald Trump announced Sunday morning that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead * U.S.-led forces descended on al-Baghdadi's lair in Idlib, Syria overnight * The president said al-Baghdadi 'died like a dog' after being run down a dead-end tunnel and cornered * Baghdadi detonated his sui... more »

Photos, IPRI 2019 launching in Manila, Oct. 16

Bienvenido Oplas Jr at Government and Taxes - 12 hours ago
Late post, here are some photos, courtesy of the Foundation for Economic Freedom (FEF) fb photos last October 16, 2019. The event was sponsored by the Property Rights Alliance (PRA), co-sponsored locally by FEF and MGT. Our keynote speaker that day was DTI Secretary Ramon M. Lopez. He came early and after speaking, he has to leave for another speaking engagement in Quezon City. So we held the photo ops after he spoke. From left: Dmitri Roleda, Tony Abad (program MC), Romy Bernardo, Kristine Alcantara, Bobby de Ocampo, Lorenzo Montanari, Sary Levy-Carciente, Sec. Ramon Lopez, Calixto... more »

Deep State diplomats provide cover for Adam Schiff Ukrainegate hoax (Video)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 12 hours ago
The Duran Quick Take: Episode 350. More The post Deep State diplomats provide cover for Adam Schiff Ukrainegate hoax (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

The Real Reason Why the West Is Upset Over the Syria-Turkey Debacle

Cynthia Chung at The Duran - 12 hours ago
The reason for this extreme level of passion and concern for the Kurdish people is said to be because they helped the US fight the terrorists in Syria…the same terrorists that the US was largely implicated in training and transferring into Syria, the so-called ‘moderate rebels’. More The post The Real Reason Why the West Is Upset Over the Syria-Turkey Debacle appeared first on The Duran.

Johnson and Macron – Caretakers or Betrayers of Brexit?

Tom Luongo at The Duran - 12 hours ago
Macron has made noise after noise about not wanting to grant any more extensions to the U.K. to delay Brexit. He wants Brexit completed. More The post Johnson and Macron – Caretakers or Betrayers of Brexit? appeared first on The Duran.

State Threatens to Fine and Arrest Church for Giving Free Eyeglasses to the Homeless

The Free Thought Project at The Free Thought Project - 12 hours ago
[image: eyeglasses]For giving the gift of sight, with eyeglasses to the homeless, bureaucrats in Kentucky are threatening fines and even jail time to a ministry.

Picture Of The Day

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 12 hours ago
Meeting in the situation room Saturday night (from left to right): National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien, Vice President Mike Pence, Trump, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Army General Mark Milley and Brig. General Marcus Evans *WNU Editor:* The above official White House picture on the al-Baghdadi raid is quite different from the official White House Bin Laden raid (see below). (Click on Image to Enlarge)

'Whimpering and crying' IS leader 'died like a dog' in US raid, Trump says

Just In - 12 hours ago
In a night-time operation at a village in north-western Syria, US Special Forces track down Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who Donald Trump says "spent his last moments in utter fear".

Halloween Comics

Ron Clutz at Science Matters - 12 hours ago
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Let's Send the U.S. Navy's 'Stealthy' Destroyer Back in Time to Fight a World War II Battle

James Holmes at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*James Holmes* *Security, * If the U.S. Navy had to refight the Battle of Leyte Gulf in contemporary times—clashing arms with a new Asian contender along Asia’s first island chain—how would it use its latest surface combatant ships to advance the cause? If the U.S. Navy had to refight the Battle of Leyte Gulf in contemporary times—clashing arms with a new Asian contender along Asia’s first island chain—how would it use its latest surface combatant ships to advance the cause? To send the antagonist’s surface fleet to the bottom of the sea, one hopes. Back then the U.S. Third Fle... more »

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Is Dead (But His Legacy Lives on)

Michael Rubin at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Michael Rubin* *Security, * In short, Trump and U.S. forces deserve congratulations for ridding the earth of the murderous would-be caliph. But to believe the forces which propelled him to power and infamy will dissipate with his death would be naïve. President Donald Trump confirmed on Sunday morning that U.S. forces killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in the early morning hours in a raid on his hideout in Syria’s Idlib province. Baghdadi reportedly detonated his suicide vest as U.S. forces approached, killing himself and his wives; his children reportedly surviv... more »

Why The U.S. Military Never Wants To Bomb North Korea

Robert E. Kelly at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Robert E. Kelly* *Security, * Anything but that. *Key point: *North Korea knows how to raise the costs for America. The idea of retaliating against North Korea has, of course, *been around for a long time*. North Korea provokes South Korea, Japan, and the United States regularly. Several of those provocations were severe enough that military action would likely have enjoyed some global acceptance. In 1968, the North Koreans captured the USS *Pueblo*, a naval intelligence vessel, and held the crew for almost a year. In 1969, North Korea shot down a U.S. reconnaissance plane, kil... more »

The Army's New Squad Rifle Could Do Everything (Or Be a Total Flop)

Caleb Larson at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Caleb Larson* *Security, * The Army needs a new gun to replace the M4 and M249 SAW. It might not be so easy. The U.S. Army is looking for across-the-board replacements for the M4 and M249 SAW platforms with a pair of new rifles, the NGSW-R (for Rifle), and NGSW-AR (for Automatic Rifle). These replacements under development are to be lighter than their predecessors, hit harder, have a longer range, and be capable of penetrating body armor that the M4 and M249 SAW predecessors are not able to. The Army has stipulated that all entrants in the NGSW competition should be chambered ... more »

Pseudo scientists wreak havoc on society’s mental stability with fake data

Ronald Stein at CFACT - 12 hours ago
Cooking the books and scaring people. The post Pseudo scientists wreak havoc on society’s mental stability with fake data appeared first on CFACT.

Sunday Morning Links

Unknown at Accidental Deliberations - 12 hours ago
This and that for your Sunday reading. - Jim Coyle lists a few of the lies voters tell themselves around election time. And the Angus Reid Institute counts the large number of voters who cast a ballot for a party they don't actually support - with the Trudeau Libs as the main beneficiary of begrudged ballots. - Luke Savage discusses how the NDP can build off a campaign in which substantial progress on policy discussions and leadership approval led to disappointing vote and seat totals. And Ed Broadbent offers his suggestions as to how the NDP can exert influence in a minority Parl... more »

SUNDAY SCREENING: ‘The Revolution Business’ (2011)

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 13 hours ago
*SUNDAY SCREENING* | Not all revolutions come from the grass roots.

Episode #300 – ‘Special 300th Edition’ with guests Marwa Osman, Syrian Girl, Andre Vltchek and More

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 13 hours ago
*SUNDAY WIRE SHOW* | Strap yourselves in and lower the blast shield – this is your brave new world…

A Sampling of Freixedo's Work.

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 13 hours ago
From impassioned dissertations on religion and the state of Christianity (mainly Catholicism) in the post Vatican II years to explorations of the paranormal and ufology (which is a subset of the paranormal, a thought found irksome by some), Salvador Freixedo's books opened many eyes and minds. In the words of the late *Gordon Creighton*: "I regard him as one of the most important world-authorities in this accursed subject of UFOs. He was one of the first to see through the fog of lies and misrepresentation, and to perceive that at least a very large part of our confounded subject ... more »

Colorado WINTER storm watch – In October

Robert at Ice Age Now - 13 hours ago
Total snow accumulations of 10 to 18 inches (25 to 45 cm) possible. WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON… * WHAT…Heavy snow possible. Total snow accumulations of 10 to 18 inches possible. * WHERE…North Park, Rabbit Ears Pass, Rocky Mountain National Park and the Medicine Bow Range, The Northern Front Range ... Read moreColorado WINTER storm watch – In October The post Colorado WINTER storm watch – In October appeared first on Ice Age Now.

RED ALERT! MACRON SET TO BLOCK EXTENSION FOR UK. A NO DEAL BREXIT DISASTER NOW ON THE CARDS IN FOUR DAYS

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 13 hours ago
*AN ENGINEERED NO DEAL BREXIT DISASTER WILL SEND *ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL SHOCKWAVES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD *CHINA SHOULD USE DIPLOMATIC POWER TO PROTECT ITS LEGITIMATE INTERESTS, A BREXIT DEAL EXTENSION* *A NO DEAL BREXIT WILL CAUSE CHAOS IN THE EU AND WORLD AND WILL IMPACT NEGATIVELY ON CHINA* *JOHNSON, FORMER ROTHCHILD BANKSTER MACRON SHOULD BE MADE AWARE, THEY WILL BE HELD TO BLAME FOR ENGINEERING AN ECONOMIC CRISIS BY CRASHING THE UK OUT OF THE EU* *CHINA SHOULD ALSO PLAN TO USE HYPERSONIC MISSILES IN A STRATEGIC STRIKE AGAINST THE GLOBALIST HQS AROUND THE WORLD, THEIR ROY... more »

China’s Advance Into the Antarctic

dfishman at Lawfare - 13 hours ago
Photo Credit: David Fishman *Editor’s Note: **Major powers have never fought over Antarctica, and indeed its peaceful status is a diplomatic success that has lasted decades. David Fishman, a former Brookings intern, argues that this may be changing, a development driven in part by climate change. China, in particular, is becoming more assertive in the Antarctic, and Fishman contends that the United States needs to recognize this new reality and adapt accordingly.* *Daniel Byman* *** The Arctic, a sprawling 5.5-million-square-mile region sandwiched between the United States and R... more »

Verizon Offers #5G Subscribers Free Disney+. No Studies Show 5G is Safe. American Academy of Pediatrics Warns Kids More Vulnerable to Wireless Radiation.

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 13 hours ago
Originally posted on Defending Sanity in the Uppity Down World: https://www.activistpost.com/2019/10/verizon-offers-5g-subscribers-free-disney-no-studies-show-5g-is-safe-american-academy-of-pediatrics-warns-kids-more-vulnerable-to-wireless-radiation.html

37 Mass Shooters Who Were On Antidepressants | Thought Catalog

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 13 hours ago
Originally posted on Defending Sanity in the Uppity Down World: https://thoughtcatalog.com/jeremy-london/2019/09/37-mass-shooters-who-were-on-antidepressants/

CHINA CAN BUILD A GLOBAL COMMUNITY OF PROSPERITY AND PEACE BY CREATING A NEW MEDIA, FACTS WILL BE ENOUGH TO WIN OVER WORLD

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 13 hours ago
*President Xi has proposed forming a Global community with shared prosperity and peace. * *I am sure that is something which 99.99% of the people in the world today would welcome if they had an accurate understanding of the issues at stake, something which China could quickly achieve if it created a global media operation to decompatmentalize the world.* *http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1168011.shtml* *With its own media and internet in place, China could expose the Globalist propaganda of a totalitarian China versus the democratic West for the lie it is. * *It could expose a "... more »

Hitler's Insane Plan To Win World War II: Assassinate FDR, Stalin and Churchill

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *Security, * Could it have worked? *Key point: *An intelligence failure foiled the plot. In German it was called Operation Rösselsprung, which translates to “Long Jump.” Its goal was to kill or kidnap the Allies’ “Big Three” leaders––Soviet Premier Josef Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill, and American President Franklin D. Roosevelt—when they met in Tehran, Iran, in November 1943. That the plan did not succeed is attributable to smart intelligence work, a drunken disclosure, and a bit of good luck. Perhaps no operation was more audaci... more »

Glock 43X: The Ultimate Concealed Carry Gun?

Charlie Gao at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *Technology, * Glocks are some of the most popular pistols in the world for a reason: they just work. The 43X is no exception. The Glock 43 marked a significant change in Glock’s product line when it was released. Featuring a single-stack magazine instead of Glock’s usual double stack, the 43 aimed to be more concealable than Glock’s earlier subcompacts, like the Glock 26. The earlier subcompacts were often criticized for being too thick, as they were practically the same thickness as the full-size models to accommodate the same magazines as larger Glock models. B... more »

Climate Spending

David Middleton at Debunk House - 13 hours ago
No business or industry could out-spend the Climatariat. Unlike governments, academia and nonprofit organizations, businesses are legally bound to protect the fiduciary interests of their owners/shareholders. Spending large sums of shareholders’ money for purposes not directly related to increasing shareholder value is not consistent with this fiduciary responsibility. The purpose of a business is to […]

On Reason and Emotions

Unknown at The Verma Report - 14 hours ago
Emotions are as innate to man as reason is. A man of reason, who has suppressed or overcome his emotions, is usually a totalitarian and a dogmatist. A good human being is a man of both, reason and emotions. Reason cannot be trusted when it operates without regard for emotions. Likewise, emotions cannot be trusted when they operate without regard for reason. Both reason and emotions are fallible, but when they work together in a man’s mind, then he has a better chance for making the right choices. I often come across philosophers who invoke reason to attack emotions. But an examinati... more »

Halloween in Rio! Top Parties for Celebrations

Contributing Reporter at The Rio Times - 14 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Trick or treat? Prepare your costumes, because the most frighteningly delicious time of the year has come, Halloween. And Rio de Janeiro, with its talent for parties, could not be left out of the celebration date that is originally held in the United States, but which was imported into Brazil […] The post Halloween in Rio! Top Parties for Celebrations appeared first on The Rio Times.

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Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 14 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin US troops are staying in Syria to ‘keep the oil’ – and have already killed hundreds over it How Renewable Energy Models Can Produce Misleading Indications Glacial rivers absorb carbon faster than rainforests, scientists find Over a million protesters demand Chile president's resignation Essex lorry deaths: most victims likely to be from Vietnam, say reports BBC News launches 'dark web' Tor mirror A reporter for a major Florida newspaper is also an operative for the Republican party "Apocalypse Near" - Pentagon Warns Climate Change Could Cause US Military Collapse W... more »

The Next Nuclear Weapons State: Australia?

Rod Lyon at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Rod Lyon* *Security, Asia Pacific* Canberra may start pursuing a technical hedge. ASPI releases today the second issue of its Strategist Selections series, pulling together a collection of 36 of my *Strategist* posts on nuclear strategy. I’m honoured to follow in the footsteps of Kim Beazley, whose collected posts formed the first issue, and hope that readers find value in the latest publication. *The Strategist*, ASPI’s commentary and analysis site, is now over seven years old, and a vast archive of more than 6,000 articles is there for the mining. I do not think the latest vol... more »

Police Finally Test Child Rape Victim’s Test Kit, Catch Predator—15 Years Later

Jack Burns at The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: kit]A Seattle woman had to wait 15 years in order for the Seattle police to do their jobs and have her rape kit tested for DNA evidence against her perpetrator.

FT identifies lack of information as key vulnerability of Chinese leaders

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 14 hours ago
*The Globalist FT argues that China is most at risk from events come out of the blue, such as the Hong Kong protests and the Africa swine fever, and says a lack of accurate and timely information about what is going on inside the country handicapes officials.* *https://www.ft.com/content/64cc35b0-f314-11e9-b018-3ef8794b17c6* *The FT suggests that a greater emphasize on obtaining accurate information would serve China's leaders and President Xi. They would be able to become aware of problems inside China more quickly and so take effective action.* *I also believe that China is handi... more »

European Union delays Brexit extension decision as Corbyn tries to avoid general election By Robert Stevens

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 14 hours ago
Boris Johnson, right, and Jeremy Corbyn walk through the Commons Members Lobby in Parliament, London [Source: AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, pool]

Syria News Links 26-27 October 2019

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 14 hours ago
27 October 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back ISIS Leader Al-Baghdadi Was Killed In US Operation In Syria’s Idlib: Reports In Video: Kurdish Rebels Target Turkish Armoured Vehicle In Northeastern Syria Syrian Army Reinforces Its Positions Around … Continue reading Syria News Links 26-27 October 2019

Highly Selective

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 14 hours ago
The day after the election, Jason Kenney set his sights on Ottawa. Linda McQuaig writes: Only a day after Monday's federal election, the Alberta premier was in full battle mode, honing his mission to defend the oil industry, stir up Western resentment and stick it to Justin Trudeau's freshly wounded Liberal government, now reduced to minority status. Keen to depict anyone not swearing fealty to the oilsands as a traitor, Kenney will paint Canada as a country plunging towards disintegration if Ottawa fails to expand pipelines and end the carbon tax. But Kenny ignores some uncomfo... more »

A few questions to ponder – October 27, 2019

Keith at musingsofanoldfart - 14 hours ago
A couple of questions to ponder: – why is the US president directing the US Attorney General and why is he aware of findings? – why is it so hard for ardent Trump fans to believe hard-working, diligent ambassadors who … Continue reading →

"To portray China as an evil country, is essential for the hegemony of the West. " Zerohedge predicts China will open new media front in battle with Globalists and liberate world

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 14 hours ago
*Zerohedge has reported on the propaganda and ideological battle being waged by the Globalists against China.* *"But China is savvy. It is beginning to understand the game. And it is ready, by all means, to defend the system which has pulled almost all its citizens out of misery, and which could, one day soon, do the same for the rest of the world."* *https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/can-us-beat-china-trade-war* *From Zerohedge* *The most ‘terrible’ thing that China is doing is: it is producing what is good for China, and for its citizens.* *That is, in the eyes of the West... more »

Believing children’s fantasies

Norma at Collecting My Thoughts - 15 hours ago
When I was a child I was horse crazy. Not only did I pretend my blue bike was a horse named "Red" (my best friend JoElla's bike/horse was named "Rusty" and oh the adventures we had), but at school recess I imagined I was a horse--could outrun all the boys in my class, too. My mother gave me wallpaper rolls so I could draw horses--all the time. At home I would gallop around the house on all fours, neighing and jumping around (imagine coming home from a 10 hour day on the fuel truck to that--poor daddy). Fortunately, no teacher or doctor or parent took me seriously and knew I'd out... more »

A mother's prayer

Norma at Collecting My Thoughts - 15 hours ago
Hannah: "I prayed for this child, and the Lord granted my request. Now I in turn, give him to the Lord; as long as he lives, he shall be dedicated to the Lord." (1 Samuel 1:27)

Russia's Su-57 Stealth Fighter: Heading to China and India?

Mark Episkopos at The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Mark Episkopos* *Security, * Here are 5 nations who might want to purchase this deadly fighter jet. With the first serially produced Su-57 scheduled for delivery to the Russian Air Force by the end of 2019, aircraft manufacturer Sukhoi unveiled the export variant of Russia’s flagship fifth-generation fighter at the MAKS 2019 air show earlier this summer. In an illustration of the Kremlin’s increasingly proactive advertising approach, Russian President Vladimir Putin made news waves for personally pitching the Su-57E to his Turkish counterpart Recep Erdoğan. But this recent fo... more »

Taurus G3: The Best 9mm Luger Pistol on the Planet?

Mark Episkopos at The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Mark Episkopos* *Technology, * Is this budget-friendly pistol among the best? Brazilian gun manufacturer Taurus first muscled its way into the saturated everyday carry (EDC) 9mm handgun market with the G2c, a compact pistol that offered comfortable ergonomics and reliable performance at a highly competitive price. Taurus is now looking to follow up on the success of the G2c with their new G3, a full-sized offering that retains its predecessor’s budget-friendly price tag while offering a few design tricks that help it stand out from the rest of the 9mm EDC pack. Frequently sold ... more »

China's Very Own B-2 Bomber? Meet the H-20 Stealth Bomber

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Asia* Coming in the 2020s? *Key point: *China's new stealth bomber will change the military balance in Asia. In October 2018, Chinese media announced that the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) would publicly unveil its new H-20 stealth bomber during a parade celebrating the air arm’s seventieth anniversary in 2019. Prior news of the H-20’s development had been teased using techniques pioneered by viral marketing campaigns for Hollywood movies. For example, the Xi’an Aviation Industrial Corporation released a promotional video in May 2018 p... more »

The Best Shotguns, Rifles and Guns for Police

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * Here are the top 5. Preview: Glock and Baretta made the cut. The United States has one of the largest standing police forces in the world. Approximately 670,000 law enforcement personnel serve in some capacity across the United States—just a thousand less than the active-duty strength of the Army and Marine Corps combined. Each is typically issued a handgun and often a rifle or a shotgun. American law enforcement represents one of the largest firearms markets in a country known for firearms markets. Police and sheriff’s departments generally have a gr... more »

Leyte Gulf: The Battle That Made the U.S. Navy the World's Most Dominant

Robert Farley at The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, Asia* But could it have ended differently? The Battle of Leyte Gulf left the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) almost utterly broken. Three battleships were lost, including the super-battleship HIJMS *Musashi*. Four aircraft carriers had been sunk, along with some ten cruisers and eleven destroyers. Exact numbers of Japanese losses are difficult to come by, because the battle gave free rein to US submarines and aircraft carriers to wreak havoc across the region. For example, the battleship HIJMS *Kongo* was lost to submarine attack three weeks after the bat... more »

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 15 hours ago
*The Intimidation Game: Bullying and Retaliation at the University of Tulsa * Jacob Howland Since April, I’ve witnessed the ongoing destruction of the University of Tulsa (TU) by a cadre of wealthy and powerful people affiliated with the billionaire George Kaiser. Kaiser is the controlling shareholder of the Bank of Oklahoma Financial (BOKF), which handles much of TU’s business and is the corporate trustee of its $1.2 billion endowment. Frederic Dorwart, the chairman of TU’s board of trustees, is BOKF’s general counsel and president of the George Kaiser Family Foundation (GKFF).... more »

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 15 hours ago
*U.S. Military Could Collapse Within 20 Years Due to Climate Change, Report Commissioned By Pentagon Says* *This is just grantmanship: a plea for more money. Will the army that won in two world wars be unable to cope with a couple of degrees of average temperature rise? Armies have to be adaptable and this lot of adaptations should not be too demandingStarvation? Note that the big problem for farmers is glut, not shortage (of grains etc.) Note also that global warming would increase rainfall, not lead to drought. So crops would thriveThe report is imagination run riot, not ... more »

South Africa to face England in Rugby World Cup final after beating Wales

Just In - 15 hours ago
South Africa books a date with England in next Saturday's Rugby World Cup final by defeating Wales 19-16 to advance to the tournament decider in Yokohama.

Action Matters

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 15 hours ago
By Cathy Jameson “Facebook has been systemically found on scene and at the scene of the crime.” Congressman Meeks (D-NY) to Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook -- Pointing out Facebook’s attempts at causing division, their admittance of destructive politics and... more »

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You Can Count On The Establishment To Sabotage Bernie's Campaign... Obviously, The Status Quo Serves Their Interests

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
I did a recent survey of Blue America-endorsed candidates. Most of them have told me they would be happy with either Bernie or Elizabeth Warren. Some preferred Elizabeth and some preferred Bernie but no one said anything about backing Status Quo Joe, Mayo Pete or Kamala. One, Kim Williams-- formerly a diplomat during Obama's time in office and now a professor at UC Merced-- is the progressive alternative to Central Valley Blue Dog incumbent Jim Costa (and another conservative opposing him). She told me she had been leaning towards Elizabeth Warren and as she followed the president... more »

Dalit (Untouchable) Sewer Cleaners Still Dying in India Despite Protests

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 16 hours ago
“I lost my only son,” said Saroj, a mother among the protesters, who hails from the northern city of Ludhiana … Continue reading →

Genetically Engineered Golden Rice: A Silver Bullet that Misses the Target

Unknown at EAST BY NORTHWEST - 16 hours ago
OffGuardian, Global Research, CounterPunch, Dissident Voice, Countercurrents Promoters of genetic modification (GM) in agriculture have long argued that genetically engineered Golden Rice is a practical way to provide poor farmers in remote areas with a subsistence crop capable of adding much-needed vitamin A to local diets. Vitamin A deficiency is a problem in many poor countries in the Global South and leaves millions at high risk for infection, diseases and other maladies, such as blindness. Some scientists believe that Golden Rice, which has been developed with funding from the R... more »

Salvador Freixedo: The Cosmic Stairways

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 16 hours ago
*Salvador Freixedo: The Cosmic Stairways* [This is the third chapter of Freixedo’s landmark *Defendámonos de los Dioses *(Beware of the Gods). In my humble opinion (albeit biased one, as the translator of the project), it encapsulates everything he endeavored to say about the superhuman, parahuman, metahuman entities that pose as *Star Trek*-type explorers from other worlds] *Man and the cosmos * The Cosmos is vastly more complex than what it appears to be at first sight, and while this may seen like a paradox, a great number of so-called scientists are the last ones to be awar... more »

ISIS leader al-Baghdadi believed killed

Uriel at 'Nox & Friends - 16 hours ago
ISIS leader al-Baghdadi believed killed in US commando raid Military Times Howard Altman October 27, 2019 Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State jihadi group who created a short-lived caliphate in Syria and Iraq, is believed dead after being targeted by a U.S. military raid in Syria, Military Times has confirmed. A Defense Department official told Military Times late Saturday that al-Baghdadi, one of the world’s most wanted men, was targeted upon orders from President Donald Trump and that he was believed to have been killed. However, the Defense Department official s... more »

Brazil Wins Ten Medals in One Day at World Military Games

Arkady Petrov at The Rio Times - 16 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On the second-to-last day of World Military Games competitions in Wuhan, China, Brazil won one gold, five silver, and four bronze medals. On Saturday, October 26th, Bruno Schmidt and Evandro climbed the podium after beating the German duo in the final by 2 sets to 0 in beach volleyball. Among […] The post Brazil Wins Ten Medals in One Day at World Military Games appeared first on The Rio Times.

São Paulo City Council Approves Dismantling of Downtown Elevated Highway

Xiu Ying at The Rio Times - 16 hours ago
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - The Constitution, Justice, and Participative Legislation Committee (CCJ) of São Paulo City approved on Wednesday, October 23rd, an opinion on the legitimacy of Bill 98/2018, proposed by City Councilors Caio Miranda Carneiro and Mario Covas Neto. The bill authorizes the Executive Power to carry out the dismantling of the Elevated Highway […] The post São Paulo City Council Approves Dismantling of Downtown Elevated Highway appeared first on The Rio Times.

Will You Choose Kindness? - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 16 hours ago
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Links 10/27/19

Lambert Strether at naked capitalism - 16 hours ago

Wall Street Has Been Gambling With Student Loan Debt For Decades

Lambert Strether at naked capitalism - 16 hours ago
As the student debt crisis continues to mount, major financial institutions are making record profits from student loan asset backed securities.

Donald Trump’s Big Announcement- Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi Killed , Finally /Deja Vu Obama & Osama

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 17 hours ago
*Yup, yet again Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi has been killed. Deja Vu? Or the same as simply restarting some random nameless video game? The fearless fighter can hunt the bad guy down over and over. Different scenarios of course, but, still the bad guy dies in any number of places and manners. How many times can one play this same game? Apparently many times because here we go again!* * ‘Major statement’ expected by Trump on Sunday morning: White House* *"The U.S. military conducted an operation against elusive Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Saturday, a U.S. official sa... more »

Say Hello To The Next AR-15 Pistol, The AR-556

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Technology, * It has all the benefits of other AR-15 weapons but in a pistol format. *Key Point:* While some owners build their own pistols from parts, buying a complete pistol is a time-saving option. The AR-15 rifle, or ArmaLite Rifle-15, was developed by Eugene Stoner as a potential military firearm. The AR-15, first adopted by the U.S. Air Force and later by the rest of the armed forces, is a gas operated, direct impingement firearm that siphons off gunpowder gasses to cycle the weapon. This also has the beneficial side effect of significantly reducing recoi... more »

Did Israeli Stealth F-35s Do the Unthinkable: Fly Over Iran?

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, Middle East* Is that really possible? *Key point: *Israel's enemies are unprepared to fight Jerusalem's F-35s. Israel’s F-35 stealth fighters are positively supernatural: here, there and everywhere. In 2018, the Israeli Air Force claimed its new F-35s had attacked Iranian targets in Syria. Also in 2018, Arab press made dubious claims that IAF F-35s had flown over Iran. Now comes reports that Israeli F-35s have attacked Iranian targets in Iraq, according to Arab media. Western diplomatic sources allegedly the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that... more »

China's DF-100 Anti-Ship Missiles Are Ready To Sink the U.S. Navy

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * Set to kill America's aircraft carriers. *Key point: *Pertinent questions remain about China's new missile. On October 1, 2019, the People’s Liberation Army rolled out an impressive procession of advanced new weapons systems to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the People’s Republic of China. Still, many of the weapons officially debuted that day, like the DF-17, the first hypersonic missile to officially enter regular service, had been public knowledge for some time. But that was not the case for the regiment of sixteen ten-whee... more »

The Revolution Isn’t Being Televised – Media uninterested in protest movements around the world

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 17 hours ago
It’s all kicking off everywhere in 2019. Haitians are revolting against a corrupt political system and their President Jovenel Moïse, who many see as a kleptocratic US puppet. In Ecuador, huge public manifestations managed to force President Lenín Moreno to backtrack on his IMF-backed neoliberal package that would have sharply cut government spending and increased transport prices (FAIR.org, 10/23/19).

Chile News Links 27 October 2019

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 17 hours ago
27 October 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Millions march for social equality across Chile The Russians are meddling again, this time in Chile, warns US diplomat https://on.rt.com/a45l Chile protests: President sacks whole cabinet after protests https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-50197673 … Continue reading Chile News Links 27 October 2019

Sunday morning music

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 17 hours ago
The advent of so-called "progressive rock" in the late 1960's and 1970's added a whole new category to modern music, which spurred innovation and excess in almost equal dimensions. It was my musical milieu of choice in my younger days, and many of the groups and performers of that era remain standard-bearers in my personal collection. (In other words, I'm a stick-in-the-mud, musically speaking. Yes, guilty as charged. Get over it!) One of the super-groups of that time was Renaissance, from Britain. They combined elements of the hippie culture, drugs, folk music, rock, and even... more »

Opinion: When is Enough, Enough?

Peter Rosenwald at The Rio Times - 17 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - For each of the hundreds of thousands of demonstrators marching in the streets of Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Hong Kong, the US and increasingly in other countries and cities large and small, the familiar parental cry, ‘enough is enough’ must be ringing in the demonstrator's ears. While the sparks that ignite […] The post Opinion: When is Enough, Enough? appeared first on The Rio Times.

Operation of VLT’s New Line 3 Started in Downtown Rio de Janeiro

Xiu Ying at The Rio Times - 17 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Line 3 of the VLT (Light Rail Vehicle) of Rio de Janeiro started operating yesterday, October 26th. It is now possible to use the mode to transit from Central Station train terminal to Santos Dumont airport, in a journey that lasts approximately 18 minutes with ten stops. Mayor Marcelo Crivella […] The post Operation of VLT’s New Line 3 Started in Downtown Rio de Janeiro appeared first on The Rio Times.

Vatican to Create Organ to Care for Amazonia, Announces Pope Francis

Xiu Ying at The Rio Times - 17 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - At the closing of the meeting of bishops on the Amazon this Saturday, October 26th, Pope Francis declared that he intends to create an organ within the Vatican dedicated exclusively to the care of the region. The department should be within the Department for Integral Human Development Service, commanded by […] The post Vatican to Create Organ to Care for Amazonia, Announces Pope Francis appeared first on The Rio Times.

ICYMI: Nearly Spooky Edition (10/26)

Peter Greene at CURMUDGUCATION - 17 hours ago
Here's the reading for the week. Remember to pass it on. *School Choice Has Not Cured Philadelphia's Ailing System * The Inquirer takes a look at choice in Philly and the various problems it hasn't fixed. *The History of Privatization* Talking Points Memo takes a look a privatization across a series of articles, including public education. *Teach For America Will Not Save Us * Larry Lee blogs about one of the "solutions" that will not help with Alabama's teacher shortage. *How To Reduce the Toxicity of Teen Girl Social Media Use * Some good ideas for blunting the impact of... more »

Syrian Army enters 2 new towns in northwest Al-Hasakah

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:30 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has entered two new towns in the Al-Hasakah Governorate this week following a string of attacks by the Turkish-backed militants near the Tal Tamr District. According to a report from the Al-Hasakah Governorate, the Syrian Army entered the towns of Al-Kasra and Abu Raseen in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

US Special Forces carried out Trump approved raid to kill Baghdadi

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
Earlier Saturday, US President Trump cryptically tweeted that “something very big has just happened.” Later that day, an undisclosed “major statement” by the president was announced for Sunday morning. The US military has conducted a special operations raid targeting Daesh* leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, a Newsweek report says. The raid, which took place Saturday, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

US claims Baghdadi killed in airstrike near Turkish border: video

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:30 A.M.) – The U.S. has alleged that they killed the leader of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) terrorist organization in the Idlib Governorate last night. According to reports, the U.S. carried out a strategic attack on Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi’s position in the town of Barisha near the Turkish border. Using helicopters, the U.S. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

US Tries to Reverse Syrian Fortunes with "Baghdadi Raid"

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 17 hours ago
*October 27, 2019* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - The Western media is reporting that US military forces have killed the supposed leader of the so-called "Islamic State in Iraq and Syria" (ISIS) in Syria's northern governorate of Idlib. Newsweek in its article, "Trump Approves Special Ops Raid Targeting ISIS Leader Baghdadi, Military Says He's Dead," claimed: *The United States military has conducted a special operations raid targeting one of its most high-value targets, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State militant group (ISIS), Newsweek has learned. President Donald ... more »

Feel The Calmness And Certainty - A Quotation by M.N. Hopkins

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 18 hours ago
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Survey: 700 Investigations Stalled in Brazil After Justice Toffoli’s COAF Decision

Lachlan Williams at The Rio Times - 18 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Federal Prosecutor's Office (MPF) has 700 investigations and criminal proceedings paralyzed as a result of the decision of the Presiding Justice of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), Justice Dias Toffoli, suspending cases where data was shared by inspection and monitoring bodies - such as the Federal Treasury, the Central […] The post Survey: 700 Investigations Stalled in Brazil After Justice Toffoli’s COAF Decision appeared first on The Rio Times.

Wind energy is an unsustainable energy technology (Money down the drain.)

drinkingwateradvisor at The Drinking Water Advisor - 18 hours ago
“Last week the lobbying arm of the wind energy industry made an unsurprising, though somewhat embarrassing, announcement. It wants a longer lifeline with federal subsidies. So much for wind being the low-cost energy source of the future. ” click here

Brazil Gets Ready for Two Mammoth Petroleum Auctions in November

Lise Alves at The Rio Times - 18 hours ago
[image: Brazil,Santos Basin is one of the areas that will be put on November 7th auction.] SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – In little over a week, Brazil’s government will hold two auctions for oil and gas exploration and production areas, most of them located in deepwater pre-salt areas. According to experts, the auctions on November 6th and 7th, should raise over R$130 billion for the federal government and state-owned oil giant, Petrobras. […] The post Brazil Gets Ready for Two Mammoth Petroleum Auctions in November appeared first on The Rio Times.

Brazil Celebrates Partnership with Chinese Science Foundation

Iolanda Fonseca at The Rio Times - 18 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - This is Brazil's first academic partnership with China. The agreement with the Chinese research and innovation promotion agency was signed during President Jair Bolsonaro's visit to China. The partnership will also benefit the 'Future-se' program, according to CAPES. "The NSFC and I signed [the agreement] in the presence of the […] The post Brazil Celebrates Partnership with Chinese Science Foundation appeared first on The Rio Times.

Brazil’s Leaders Project a Political Scenario With a Free Lula

Adele Cardin at The Rio Times - 18 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The likelihood of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) paving the way for the release of former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, overturning the conviction in the Guarujá triplex case and restoring the leftist's eligibility has stirred up politics. Behind the scenes, leaders of several parties assess that an eventual […] The post Brazil’s Leaders Project a Political Scenario With a Free Lula appeared first on The Rio Times.

What can Quantum Computers do – and When can They be Expected?

Richard Mann at The Rio Times - 18 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In the 1980s, physicist Richard Feynman thought about the advantages of simulating nature with a quantum computer instead of a conventional computer. He thus initiated a process that is beginning to yield results almost forty years later. This week Google announced that one of their quantum computers is far superior […] The post What can Quantum Computers do – and When can They be Expected? appeared first on The Rio Times.

After Welfare, Senate Wants to Focus on Brazil’s Federative Pact

Arkady Petrov at The Rio Times - 18 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Following the voting on the main proposal to reform the social welfare system, the Senate wants to focus its efforts on the agenda of the so-called New Federative Pact, which has been under discussion for months between the President of the Senate, Davi Alcolumbre, government leaders and the Minister of […] The post After Welfare, Senate Wants to Focus on Brazil’s Federative Pact appeared first on The Rio Times.

Rio State Government to Invest R$200 Million in Street Safety Program in 2020

Dorah Feliciano at The Rio Times - 18 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The State Secretary of Government and Institutional Relations, Cleiton Rodrigues, announced that R$200 million (US$50 million) is to be invested in the Segurança Presente ("Present Safety") Program in 2020. The statement was made on Thursday, October 24th, during the launch of the Parliamentary Front for the Defense of Present Safety […] The post Rio State Government to Invest R$200 Million in Street Safety Program in 2020 appeared first on The Rio Times.

India: How Some Hindu Nationalists are Rewriting Caste History in the Name of Decolonisation

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 18 hours ago
From “The Conversation“: “India: how some Hindu nationalists are rewriting caste history in the name of decolonisation By Shalini Sharma, … Continue reading →

Turkish Govt Files Complaint Against French Magazine for Accusing Erdogan of Ethnic Cleansing

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 18 hours ago
Le Point should put Trump on the cover with Erdogan. From VOA News: “Turkey Targets Foreign Journalists in Press Freedom … Continue reading →

Sunday Sermonette

LL at Virtual Mirage - 19 hours ago
*The Odds* I feel a bit sheepish about laying odds and gambling even as a metaphor on a *Sunday Sermonette*. However, DRJIM asked what Vegas odds makers had on Hillary running in 2020. Based on the best available information (link) Hillary is a long shot. She's behind Yang... (haha). If she runs. They feel that Donald Trump will win a second term. * Gabbard leads Harris in the Vegas book.* Gabbard: Bovada has her pegged at 70-1, while BetOnline pushed her ahead of Kamala Harris, at 40-1. Bookmakers at both outlets set Harris’ odds at 50-1, which means the California senat... more »

ISIS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is Dead… Again!

GeoPolitics101 at Covert Geopolitics - 19 hours ago
A few years ago, ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been reported as one of those who died via Russian airstrike against a meeting of ISIS commanders in Raqqa, Syria. The Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday it is checking on information indicating that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi was reportedly killed in a … Continue reading ISIS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is Dead… Again! →

Making The World A Better Place – Or Else

Fr. Stephen FREEMAN at OrientalReview.org - 19 hours ago
If you lurk around social media, particularly in conservative conversations, you will have undoubtedly seen something about recent statements on the part of a minor Democratic candidate for the Presidential nomination. I have no interest in the politics of the matter. However, the exchange goes to the heart of the […]

Perth mother charged with murdering her two daughters, aged six and 10

Andrea Mayes at Just In - 19 hours ago
A 38-year-old Madeley woman has been charged with two counts of murder after her six-year-old and 10-year-old daughters were found dead in their home on Friday.

Killer 'Bees': We Know Why the U.S. Navy Wants Deadly Drone Swarms

Joseph Walsh at The National Interest - 19 hours ago
*Joseph Walsh* *Technology, Americas* [image: Boeing] A powerful weapon. *Key point:* Drones are cheap and can be mass-produced, allowing the Pentagon to get more bang for taxpayers’ bucks. The Navy is in a position to create a concrete definition of what swarms of unmanned vehicles (UxVs) can do for the future of mine countermeasures (MCM). Some advantages are ready to be applied while others are still on the horizon. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Division has invested in the development of swarming-based technologies for MCM and has developed swarming algorithm... more »

How Does Sig Sauer's P365 Pistol Stand Up To Other Semi-Automatic Handguns?

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 19 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Americas* We compare. *Key point:* There is a reason why the Sig P365 may be the "Holy Grail of concealed carry pistols." The new Sig P365 pistol breaks the mold of current subcompact pistols, offering both concealability and features usually found in larger handguns. The result is a pistol with a greater magazine capacity and barrel length than any other handgun in its category and an excellent choice for shooters that carry handguns on a daily basis, with one authoritative magazine cautiously stating, “this pistol might just be the Holy Grail of con... more »

SAVED: How Drones Could Protect U.S. Navy Ships from Mines

U.H. Rowley, Craig Cates at The National Interest - 19 hours ago
*U.H. Rowley, Craig Cates* *Technology, Americas* The future is here. *Key point: *Drones could provide a cheaper and faster solution to countering enemy naval mines. For those with stewardship of the U.S. Navy’s mine warfare capabilities, the old saying about meteorological phenomena rings true: “Everyone talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it.” Over the past several decades, the U.S. Navy has articulated a commitment to delivering robust mine countermeasures assets to the Fleet. This “aspirational” vision has yet to be realized. That might have been enough ... more »

The Arab Spring Has Sprung in Lebanon

Bilal Y. Saab at The National Interest - 19 hours ago
*Bilal Y. Saab* *Security, Middle East* The size of Lebanese Shiite discontent remains unclear, but its geography and audacity are not. When more than one million people in Lebanon took to the streets on February 14, 2005 to call for the ouster of Syria’s forces from the country, very few expected them to accomplish their goal. After all, Syria had been ruling Lebanon with an iron fist since the end of the 1975-1990 civil war. Yet they did, and spectacularly so, displaying immense courage and solidarity in the face of violence and demonstrating to fellow Arabs that tyranny need... more »

Greg Hunter, "Coming Market Meltdown is Going to be Brutal"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago
*"Coming Market Meltdown is Going to be Brutal - * *Fed Panics & Starts Massive Money Printing"* by Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com "Economist and money manager Michael Pento says the recent Federal Reserve about face in policy with cutting rates and new QE (money printing) means only one thing. Pento explains, “So, the Fed changed their mind, panicked, the Fed panicked. They not only stopped raising rates, they now cut rates twice, and they are going to cut rates again at the end of this month. They are also fully back in a massive QE. They have a $130 billion revolving repo facility... more »

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Midnight Meme Of The Day!

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 21 hours ago
*by Noah* *Sunday Thoughts:* Dear Fake Christians, It's Halloween time! Deal with it, or should I say "Get over it!" I present this meme today just to piss off piety-pretending pseudo-Christians everywhere. Natas, natas! See the sharp knife carve the orange face. May the blackness darken your day! Your souls are already mine! In the Grand Barbecue Pit Of Hell, I toast them like marshmallows on stakes! And, buried deep, deep down under your rotting trash heap of hates and fears, you know it. That's why you are what you are and that's why you act the way you do. Burn, baby, Burn!!!... more »

Aussie Jack Miller enjoys a shoey after finishing third at Phillip Island MotoGP

Just In - 21 hours ago
In true Australian style a jubilant Jack Miller celebrates the first podium finish from a local rider on Phillip Island in seven years by performing a shoey.

Rescued divers say they were surrounded by sharks while spearfishing near Augusta

Just In - 21 hours ago
Three spearfishing teenage divers sought refuge on a reef for an hour waiting to be rescued after bronze whaler sharks began circling them.

US carries out military operation targeting Islamic State leader, US media reports

Just In - 21 hours ago
The US military conducts an operation in Syria against elusive Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, according to reports in the US media citing senior defence officials.

Melbourne City claims derby win over Western United, Glory down Phoenix

Just In - 21 hours ago
Melbourne City beats Western United 2-1 in the season's second Victorian derby, while Perth Glory enjoy a win over Phoenix by the same scoreline in Wellington.

Musical Interlude: Yanni, “To the One Who Knows”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
Yanni, “To the One Who Knows” Mykonos island, Greece

Islamic State Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Killed In U.S. Special Forces Raid In Syria

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 21 hours ago
*Daily Mail:* *Trump approves SPECIAL OPS raid targeting ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and military says he's dead, as President tweets outs 'Something big just happened' and promises 'major statement' at 9am Sunday* * Donald Trump plans to make a 'major statement' at the White House at 9am * ISIS target believed to be Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has reportedly been killed by U.S.-led forces in Idlib, Syria * Trump suggested something was afoot on Saturday night when he tweeted without explanation, 'Something very big has just happened!' * The CIA reportedly assisted in the locating of... more »

Australian Daily Wind Power Generation Data – Saturday 26th October 2019

TonyfromOz at PA Pundits – International - 21 hours ago
By Anton Lang ~ This Post details the daily wind power generation data for the AEMO coverage area in Australia. For the background information, refer to the Introductory Post at this link. Each image is shown here at a smaller size to fit on the page alongside the data for that day. If you click […]

The Idea of America … Forgotten.

PA Pundits - International at PA Pundits – International - 21 hours ago
Guest Commentary: seine rambling ~ when no one else is listening ~ We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men were created equal … that all men were created equal. Those immortal words, written by Thomas Jefferson are from the second paragraph of the American Declaration of Independence. […]

Speech Police And Safe Spaces

PA Pundits - International at PA Pundits – International - 21 hours ago
By Brent Bozell and Tim Graham ~ Freedom of speech is in the First Amendment for a reason. Freedom begins with the ability to speak your opinion without fear of censorship or violent reprisal or imprisonment. This is a precious human right, not something that most countries in the world revere like we have. But […]

The ‘Lynching’ Controversy And The Death Of Common Language

PA Pundits - International at PA Pundits – International - 21 hours ago
By Ben Shapiro ~ In the Bible, the people of Babel unite in fighting God; they decide to build a massive tower to challenge God’s supremacy. God, annoyed by their presumption, promptly causes them to speak a variety of tongues, dividing them and ending the foolhardy project. The story represents a simple truth: unity relies, […]

This year isn’t likely to top 2018’s record for food borne illness outbreak investigations

Dan Flynn at Food Safety News - 21 hours ago
Records kept by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show 2019 is winding down with fewer multistate outbreaks of foodborne disease than last year. Of course, two months remain before 2019 will be over. The food safety detectives in Atlanta have investigated 14 outbreaks in 2019, compared with 24 during 2018. And... Continue Reading

The Forgotten Story of How the F-15 Almost Joined the U.S. Navy

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, * A Sea Eagle? *Key point:* Jets that are used for multiple missions tend to sacrifice performance in some area. Back in the 1980s and 1990s, a Dynamic Duo symbolized U.S. military airpower. The Air Force had its powerful F-15 Eagle air superiority fighter. But the Navy had the sophisticated swing-wing F-14 Tomcat, glamorized by the movie *Top Gun*. Yet had events worked out differently, the aircraft that Tom Cruise flew could have been an… F-15 Eagle? For a time, the Navy actually considered a carrier version of the F-15. The F-15N, or "Sea Eagle" as... more »

“How to Be Brave in 8 Steps”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
*“How to Be Brave in 8 Steps”* by Jamie Lauren Zimmerman, MD "Jack Canfield said: "Everything we want is on the other side of our fear." In my life thus far, I've been fortunate enough to live many of my dreams... and survive a few hair-raising experiences (a lion attack, robbery at gunpoint, and more). Many people ask how I've gotten the chance to travel the world, act on national television, make a documentary film in Congolese refugee camps, blog on HuffPost, etc.- and honestly, a lot of it comes down to constantly making the choice to feel my fears and take action in spite of ... more »

"I Remember..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 hours ago
"I remember my youth and the feeling that will never come back any more – the feeling that I could last for ever, outlast the sea, the earth, and all men; the deceitful feeling that lures us on to joys, to perils, to love, to vain effort – to death; the triumphant conviction of strength, the heat of life in the handful of dust, the glow in the heart that with every year grows dim, grows cold, grows small, and expires – and expires, too soon, too soon – before life itself." - Joseph Conrad, 1857-1924, English writer, "Youth"

Does Russia's Anti-Drone Pantsir S1 System Even Work?

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 22 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Technology, Europe* [image: By Vitaly V. Kuzmin - vitalykuzmin.net, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20107357] Let's take a look. *Key point:* It is still unclear just how reliable the Pantsir S-1 is. In November 2018, Viktor Murakhovsky, a writer for the Russian publication *Arsenal of the Fatherland*, posted a comment regarding the performance of Russia’s Pantsir S-1 air-defense system. “In Syria, it turned out that the Pantsir was practically incapable of detecting low-speed and small-sized targets, which include military UAVs. ... more »

America Can Use Drones To Counter Iran's Grey Zone Warfare

Heiko Borchert at The National Interest - 22 hours ago
*Heiko Borchert* *Security, Americas* Innovation vs. asymmetric war. *Key point: *Drones could greatly enhance America's maritime protection missions. Current incidents in the Arabian Sea should be seized as an opportunity to advance naval conceptual thinking about unmanned maritime systems in gray zone operations. Gray zone activities are an astute object for concept development, as they “creep up on their goals gradually,” rather than involving decisive moves, as Michael Mazarr has argued. In response, Mazarr contends, gray zone operations will “call for a greater emphasis on ... more »

Neoliberal Globalization: Is There an Alternative to Plundering the Earth?

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 22 hours ago
Originally posted on Counter Information: Excerpt from “The Global Economic Crisis: The Great Depression of the XXI Century” By Prof. Claudia von Werlhof Global Research, October 26, 2019 Global Research 19 April 2011 The following is a preview of a chapter by Prof. Claudia von Werlhof in “The Global Economic Crisis: The Great Depression of the XXI Century.” …

History of World War II: America Was Providing Military Aid to the USSR, While Also Supporting Nazi Germany

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 22 hours ago
Originally posted on Counter Information: Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Lend Lease. Part II By Evgeniy Spitsyn Global Research, October 26, 2019 Oriental Review First published by the Oriental Review and Global Research on May 17, 2015 See Part I: Roosevelt’s World War II Lend-Lease Act: America’s War Economy, US “Military Aid” to the Soviet UnionBy Evgeniy Spitsyn, May…

College Education in America: “Learning to Be Stupid in the Culture of Cash”

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 22 hours ago
Originally posted on Counter Information: By Luciana Bohne Global Research, October 26, 2019 March for Justice and Global Research 1 August 2003 Incisive and provocative analysis first published by Global Research in August 2003. You might think that reading about a Podunk University’s English teacher’s attempt to connect the dots between the poverty of American education and…

5G Connecting the Dots

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 22 hours ago
Originally posted on New Human New Earth Communities: ? https://youtu.be/y4rHTlbecE4 ? https://youtu.be/F0NEaPTu9oI https://youtu.be/BwyDCHf5iCY ? https://youtu.be/h-qzqOhDc_0 ? https://youtu.be/jFqCdgHQJpU https://youtu.be/Dn8sfsOl3t4 Are You Ready To Learn How To Restore Lawful Government? “You Know Something Is Wrong When… An American Affidavit of Probable Cause” is the blockbuster you need to read. This book blows the lid off the corrupt…

5G Roll-out Facing $1 Trillion Class Action Lawsuit

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 22 hours ago
Originally posted on New Human New Earth Communities: “ONLY A SERIOUS LEGAL CHALLENGE CAN IMMEDIATELY SUSPEND THE CATASTROPHIC MILITARY DEPLOYMENT OF 5G!” — Longtime Personal Injury Attorney & Environmental Advocate “Let’s see them square off with a phalanx of personal injury attorneys and cadre of environmental lawyers who will be marshalling through a $1 Trillion…

$100 Billion Class Action Lawsuit To Be Filed Against Google

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 22 hours ago
Originally posted on New Human New Earth Communities: Alphabet’s Google Being Sued for Censoring Conservative Content as Corporate Policy State of the Nation As incredible as it may sound, Google actually disabled AdSense on the SOTN website for posting our own articles. This occurred on March 2, 2017 as seen in the email screen-capture posted…

Quote of the Day

vonMesser at 'Nox & Friends - 22 hours ago

Sunday song

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 22 hours ago

Breaking: Powerful air attack mysteriously launched on northern Idlib

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 22 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:00 A.M.) – A mysterious air attack was conducted over the northern countryside of the Idlib Governorate this evening, with some early reports claiming it was the U.S. Coalition targeting a jihadist base. According to the claims, several helicopters targeted the town of Barishah, where it was said that the attack choppers rained […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Argentine Voters Head To The Polls This Sunday To Elect A New Government

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
*Time:* *As Argentina Goes to the Polls, Voters Are Falling Back in Love With a Divisive Political Movement* As Argentina heads into its presidential election Sunday amid economic crisis, voters are mulling a dramatic change of course for their country. Four years ago, Argentina shocked the international community by turning its back on Peronism, the divisive political movement that had ruled the South American country of 44 million consistently since 2001, — most recently under former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. At the 2015 elections, voters shunned Kirchner’s proté... more »

October 27th – 2019 Presidential Politics – Trump Administration Day #1011

sundance at The Last Refuge - 23 hours ago
In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Donald Trump Administration and … Continue reading →

Sunday October 27th – Open Thread

sundance at The Last Refuge - 23 hours ago
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those … Continue reading →

President Trump Tweets: “Something Big” – White House Announcement Tomorrow 9:00am ET – Reports al-Baghdadi Killed…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 23 hours ago
President Trump tweeted tonight: “something big just happened”… Fox News is reporting: A “high value ISIS target” believed to be Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed by U.S.-led forces in Idlib, Syria, a well-placed military source told Fox News on Saturday … Continue reading →

Free Download: Paulo Coelho, “The Alchemist”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago
"The Alchemist is a gripping narrative about a young Andalusian shepherd named Santiago and his journey to find the greatest treasure in the world. This charming story follows Santiago on his journey to Egypt, after having a recurring dream of finding treasure there. Santiago travels across great distances and encounters crazy adventures in his quest for gold. Little does he know that the ultimate treasure is actually found deep within. This dream was so prophetic that Santiago genuinely believed this was his ultimate goal in life. After deciding to travel to a Romani fortune-teller... more »

Isn't it obvious?

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 23 hours ago

"21 Inspiring Paulo Coelho Quotes"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago
*"21 Inspiring Paulo Coelho Quotes"* by P. Charitha "Paulo Coelho, the Brazilian lyricist and novelist is best known for his widely translated novel "The Alchemist." A successful writer with the highest number of social media followers reaching over 29.5 million fans through his Facebook page and 12.2 million followers on Twitter, he uploaded his personal papers online to create a virtual Paulo Coelho Foundation. Check out these inspiring quotes from his Blog which will motivate and keep you going steady in your journey! We start with this quote. “Fortunate are those who take the f... more »

Diamonds beat Silver Ferns in decider to win Constellation Cup for seventh straight time

Just In - 23 hours ago
Australia wins the Constellation Cup for the seventh straight time, with a 53-46 win over the Silver Ferns squaring the series and allowing the Diamonds to retain the trophy.

Aiia Maasarwe's sister says she feels 'very unsafe' in Melbourne

Just In - 23 hours ago
The sister of murdered exchange student Aiia Maasarwe says she does not feel safe in Melbourne, as she returns to the city of her sister's death to help launch a fellowship in her honour.

Warner ton leads Australia to massive T20 win over Sri Lanka

Just In - 23 hours ago
David Warner belts a ton to power Australia to its fourth-highest Twenty20 score of 2-233, which proves to be more than enough as Sri Lanka falls 134 runs short in the first match of the men's team's international summer.

Pilot who died in plane crash near Darwin is identified

Kate Ashton And Kate Ashton at Just In - 23 hours ago
The 64-year-old man who died in a light plane crash south-east of the Northern Territory capital on Sunday morning is identified as John Gotts.

'Deep red colour': The story behind Australia's first red corn whiskey

Courtney Fowler, Richard Hudson And Michelle Stanley at Just In - 23 hours ago
Praised for its "sweat characters and nuttiness", a Perth-based distillery and second-generation farmer from Western Australia's far-north have teamed up to create Australia's first red corn whiskey.

Up to 10,000 low and middle income earners to get help buying first home

Nour Haydar at Just In - 23 hours ago
The Federal Government reveals details of its scheme to help thousands of first home buyers on low and middle incomes enter the housing market each year, with a deposit as little as 5 per cent.

The Kids Are Angry

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
Anti-government demonstrators protest in Hong Kong. Photograph: Ümit Bektaş/Reuters *Simon Tisdall, The Guardian*: *About 41% of the global population are under 24. And they’re angry… * From Hong Kong to Chile, young people are rising up to fight injustice and inequality. Their elders should be grateful. A spate of large-scale street protests around the world, from Chile and Hong Kong to Lebanon and Barcelona, is fuelling a search for common denominators and collective causes. Are we entering a new age of global revolution? Or is it foolish to try to link anger in India over the ... more »

"The Sound of Shoes Dropping in the Night"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"The Sound of Shoes Dropping in the Night"* by Jim Kunstler "It was interesting to watch the Cable News divas go incandescent under the glare of their own gaslight late yesterday when they received the unpleasant news that the Barr & Durham “review” of RussiaGate had been officially upgraded to a “criminal investigation.” Rachel Maddow’s trademark pouty-face got a workout as she strained to imagine “…what the thing is that Durham might be looking into.” Yes, that’s a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma, all right… with a sputtering fuse sticking out of it. Welcome to th... more »

How Old Was Trump When He Started Lying Incessantly?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
On CNN yesterday, Jake Tapper reminded CNN viewers that regardless of White House claims to the contrary, Trump doesn't have a "communications problem," he has "a facts problem and the facts are bad for the president, so he seems to be trying to change them by lying." The describes more than just the Ukraine scandal. And it describes more than just his presidency. It describes the man's entire life. He's been lying about everything-- big and small-- since the first time he appeared in the *New York Times*, October 16, 1973. Trump was 27 years old then and the headline was Major L... more »

In A Society Built On War, We Must Do More Than Just Prefer Peace

Caitlin Johnstone at Caitlin Johnstone - 1 day ago
American activist Angela Davis once said, “In a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.” Our responsibility to truth and justice isn’t fulfilled by merely witnessing the perverse tendency in western society toward white supremacy without participating in it, […]

meet GRU Unit 74455

Bob Dinn at balance10 - 1 day ago
This for Matonis was ominously familiar territory: for more than two years he and the rest of the security industry had watched Russia launch a series of destructive hacking operations against Ukraine, a relentless cyberwar that accompanied Russia's invasion of the country after its pro-Western 2014 revolution. Even as that physical war had killed 13,000 people in Ukraine and displaced millions more, a Russian hacker group known as Sandworm had waged a full-blown cyberwar against Ukraine as well: it had barraged Ukrainian companies, government agencies, railways, and airports w... more »

Russia's Plan To Take Over Finland? Robotic Tanks and Flamethrowers

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Europe* Not a great plan. *Key point: *These World War II drones were only effective in highly-specialized circumstances. On April 18, Moscow announced that it would feature its Uran-9 robot-tanks in its military parade celebrating the seventy-third anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany. The compact Uran-9 bristles with a 30mm cannon and anti-tank missiles—and it is of course, unmanned. The defense ministry also periodically insists that it will develop an unmanned version of its new T-14 Armata main battle tank. Curiously, Moscow has been deve... more »

Japan: A Future Nuclear Weapons Superpower?

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Asia* A geopolitical earthquake. *Key point:* Tokyo could get the bomb if it needed to and that would be scary for its neighbors. It is perhaps China’s greatest nightmare: a nuclear-armed Japan. Permanently anchored off the Asian mainland, bristling with nuclear weapons, a nuclear Japan would make China’s security situation much more complex than it is now, and force China to revise both its nuclear doctrine and increase its nuclear arsenal. To be perfectly clear, Japan has no intention of building nuclear weapons. In fact, it has a strong aversion to... more »

Will Russia Get What It Wants in Syria?

Stratfor Worldview at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Stratfor Worldview* *Security, Middle East* [image: Reuters] Moscow still has a long road ahead of it. *Key point:* Moscow hopes to win big but could pay a high cost. Just over four years after the Russian military intervention in Syria began, Moscow continues to enjoy the diplomatic, commercial and military rewards of its operations in the Levant. By driving a wedge between its NATO foes, testing out new weaponry and more, Russia has notched up a number of strategic and tactical successes in Syria. These gains notwithstanding, it's not all clear sailing for Moscow ahead: From g... more »

How to Eat Paleo on a Budget

Ashley Swanson at TDW - 1 day ago
Eating quality food, the Paleo way, doesn’t have to cost you an arm and a leg. People think that eating Paleo is expensive, but it doesn’t have to be at all. In fact, when shopping thoughtfully for your primal foods it ends up being cheaper than you think. On top of that, investing in your … Continue reading "How to Eat Paleo on a Budget" The post How to Eat Paleo on a Budget appeared first on TDW.

On Conservatism’s Decline into Progressive Utopianism

Unknown at The Verma Report - 1 day ago
The fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, instead of leading to the end of socialism, led to the weakening of the conservative movement. The 1990s saw the rise of a new breed of conservative politicians and intellectuals who viewed traditional conservatism as an obstacle to electoral success. Under their leadership, conservatism’s links with ancient and medieval knowledge, which is essential for making it a coherent project, was severed. Conservatism ceased to be conservative in the traditional sense; it is now a modernist movement—a vehicle for progressive utopianism.

Driver rushes to rival's aid after ugly Supercars crash

Just In - 1 day ago
Shane van Gisbergen is desperate to make up ground on Scott McLaughlin in the race for the Supercars championship, but he forgot about that in the wake of his countryman's frightening crash on the Gold Coast.

Pedestrian killed, another man fighting for life after spate of crashes in Adelaide overnight

Just In - 1 day ago
A pedestrian dies after being hit by a motorcycle and another man is in a critical condition following a separate crash in Adelaide on Saturday night.

Mother charged with murder over deaths of her two daughters found dead in Madeley home

Andrea Mayes at Just In - 1 day ago
A 38-year-old Madeley woman has been charged with two counts of murder after her six-year-old and 10-year-old daughters were found dead in their home on Friday.

Irish luck brings farming couple on a working holiday 'gap year' to NSW winery

Michael Cavanagh at Just In - 1 day ago
Irish empty-nesters Derek and Jackie Edwards are living the dream on the other side of the world, working on farms for food and board in Australia.

Kurt Cobain's olive-green cardigan from Unplugged in New York sells for $500k

Just In - 1 day ago
The tattered, drab-olive-green button-up sweater with dark stains and a burn hole sets a new record for the most expensive jumper ever sold at auction.

Family of boat tragedy victim praises his mate for bravely staying with him 'until the end'

Just In - 1 day ago
The family of Peter Verrall, who died when the boat he was fishing in capsized in rough seas in South Australia, praises his close friend for staying with him "until the end".

Does this remote Pilbara property have what it takes to be a Dark Sky Sanctuary?

Just In - 1 day ago
A cattle station in outback Western Australia proves popular with stargazers and now hopes to become internationally recognised for its starry nights.

Are fines for not wearing a bicycle helmet too high?

Just In - 1 day ago
Fines for cyclists who do not wear helmets in New South Wales are more expensive than anywhere else in Australia, and should be drastically lowered, according to university researchers.

'End of the world': Kiwis get dramatic in aftermath of Rugby World Cup exit

Just In - 1 day ago
From the pre-game haka to the post-game guard of honour and everything in between, a lot of people had a lot to say about the All Blacks' early exit at the Rugby World Cup.

Battleships: How to Make the U.S. Navy Great Again?

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Americas* It's nice to dream--as it will never happen. *Key Point:* America needs a bigger navy. Battleships captivate the imagination. Before they were displaced by aircraft carriers, battleships were symbols of great-power status. Some of the most iconic were the American Iowa class, the last battleships ever built by the United States. Powerful in appearance, yet with sleek lines filled in with haze gray, the Iowa class served in World War II and were unretired three more times to serve as the U.S. Navy’s big guns. If we brought them back today, wh... more »

After This War, India Became A Powerhouse and Pakistan Was Ruined

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, Asia* The 1971 India-Pakistan War's legacy lives on. *Key point: *And Pakistan has never forgiven India. This is what happens when you chop a nation in half. Before December 3, 1971, Pakistan was a country suffering from a split personality disorder. When British India became independent in 1947, the country was divided into Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan. The problem was that East Pakistan and West Pakistan were almost a thousand miles apart, and wedged in between them was archenemy India. Imagine if the United States only consisted of the East Coast ... more »

Does Israel Have Something to Fear from Donald Trump?

Amitai Etzioni at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Amitai Etzioni* *Security, Middle East* [image: Reuters] The Israelis are concerned that Trump will change his mind about supporting them in the same cavalier way that he switched his position with regard to the Kurds. As a direct result of President Donald Trump’s precipitous withdrawal of American forces from Syria, Israel’s strategic situation deteriorated significantly overnight. In the preceding period, Israel was part of an informal anti-Iran coalition that includes Saudi Arabia as well as the United Arab Emirates and had the backing of the United States. There have been ... more »

The United States Has Supplicants, Not Allies

Salvatore Babones at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Salvatore Babones* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] Alliances are a holdover from nineteenth-century European geopolitics, kept alive by political pundits' juvenile obsessions with strategy games. A United States treaty ally is at war with a non-state actor based in the Middle East. But the Trump administration has disavowed America’s friends abroad, concerned only to make a quick exit before the 2020 election season starts in earnest. Congressional foreign-policy heavyweights on both sides of the aisle have lined up to condemn the president, while pundits scream “ betrayal... more »

Could Swarming Drones Counter Drone Swarms?

Military and Aerospace Electronics at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Military and Aerospace Electronics* *Security, Americas* The Pentagon wants to know. *Key point: *Drones can be used to counter drones and the military wants to have a lot of small, coordinated UAVs ready to fight. WASHINGTON – Future small armed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can form swarms of hundreds of mini, precision-guided explosives, overwhelm radar or simply blanket an area with targeting sensors. Kris Osborn at The National Interest reports. Continue reading original article The Military & Aerospace Electronics take: 22 Oct. 2019 -- They can paint or light up air, gr... more »

New Financial Crash or Global Renaissance: The Intention of the Future

David at LaRouchePAC Feed - 1 day ago
New International Economic Order Glass-Steagall Financial Warfare New Financial Crash or Global Renaissance: The Intention of the Future Video of New Financial Crash or Global Renaissance: The Intention of the Future As the blowout of the financial system that Lyndon LaRouche forecast years ago becomes apparent to more and more people, the question rests on the American people what they will do today. Diane Sare reports on the unprecedented meeting between Russia and the countries of Africa, while Bill Jones discusses the impressive potential in space exploration if the barriers pr... more »

Debunked: Myth Of Green Growth - Financial Times - Annotated

Robert Walker at Science 2.0 blogs - 1 day ago
Here I debunk an article in the Financial Times - although by the title it is supposedly about myths about green technology and renewables, it actually perfectly highlights most of the scientific and even financial myths about renewables propagated by some economists who claim that green growth is impossible. I am annotating this article with Hypothes.is - the academic online web commenting tool. You may be able to read my annotations online here: read more

Former U.S. Attorney Discusses “High Stakes” Within Flynn Legal Strategy….

sundance at The Last Refuge - 1 day ago
Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew McCarthy weighs in on the latest developments within the Michael Flynn case. As McCarthy points out, if Judge Sullivan doesn’t accept the defense position of gross misconduct by the prosecution; and if Sullivan does not … Continue reading →

The Good E-Mail Series: Robert Emmons, Jr.

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Robert Emmons is running for the South Side Chicago seat (IL-01) occupied by entrenched, corrupt careerist Bobby Rush. A grassroots activist without a rolodex that rains money, Emmons is doing his best to raise campaign cash the old-fashioned way, explaining why he has something to offer to the voters in his district. He sent this one out yesterday, under the subject line *The price of your zip code? 30 years of your life*: A recent *Economist* article revealed that a ride on the 23-mile, north-to-south “L” train Red Line in Chicago corresponds with a staggering statistic: life... more »

The Daily Brief 2019-10-25

This is a summary of 35 AMN articles on the following subjects: Latakia, Syria, Rusia, Siria, ISIS, Russia, Homs, Sukhnah, Maduro, Venezuela, Hezbollah, Libano, Hasakah, EE.UU., Kabani, Chita, Chechenia, Baltic, Crimea, Lebanon, Ansarallah, Houthi, Jemen, US, Kurdos, Turquía, Aleppo, Idlib, Yemen, Kurds, Turkey, Serbia. Categories covered in this brief: Syria, Espanol, Siria, Latin-America, Libano, Noticias-Del-Mundo, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Iran could attack Israel from nearly all sides: Israeli general

A former Israeli general said Iran would try to target the Jewish state from all sides, focusing on important and vital military targets. General Aharon Ze’evi Farkash, the former Israeli chief of staff, said that “Iran will try to attack us from all sides by striking military or strategic targets in Israel.” According to the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Russian air defense forces arrive in Egypt

A statement issued by the Spokesman of the Egyptian Armed Forces said that “elements of the Russian Air Defense Forces arrived in Egypt to participate in the joint Egyptian-Russian training activities of the Air Defense Forces (Arrow Friendship-1), which is hosted by Egypt for the first time between the two sides Over the course of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

US confirms troops returned to Syria from Iraq

US forces crossed into Syria on route to oil fields in Deir ez-Zor province, a US defence official confirmed to NBC News on Saturday. The deployment was said to be aimed at preventing Syrian oil fields from coming under the control of Daesh (ISIS)* or other ‘destabilisizing actors,’ according to the unnamed official. “We will […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Erdogan once again vows to expel Kurdish fighters from northeast Syria

Turkey will clear northwestern Syria from the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) if they fail to pull out their fighters in the set timeframe, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday. “In recent days, historic events have been taking place near our border. We are trying to establish a safety zone. We have agreed […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Late night footage from Syrian Army’s offensive in northeast Latakia

BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:00 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) launched a major attack on the strategic town of Kabani and its surroundings last night in a bid to finally take control of this key area. However, after several hours of fighting, the Syrian Arab Army was forced to retreat after suffering heavy losses at […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

How Fast Fashion Adds to the Global Waste Problem

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 1 day ago
Written by Joseph Mercola, D.O., Ph.D. Story at-a-glance – Fast fashion is a major contributor to the global waste problem, as clothing is the fastest growing category of waste. Canadians are now buying 400% more clothes, and Americans 500% more, than in the 1980s, and an estimated 85% of donated clothes end up in landfills […] The post How Fast Fashion Adds to the Global Waste Problem appeared first on Health Nut News.

Irrelevant Carter Page Sues DOJ to Preview IG Report on FISA – A Deeper Dive Into The “Bigger” Picture…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 1 day ago
An article today about Carter Page suing the DOJ in an effort to review the inspector general report on the FISA manipulation prior to publication provides an opportunity to review the insignificance of Carter Page. First the Carter Page perspective: … Continue reading →

50-Kilowatt Air Defense Lasers Are Headed to the Army

Military and Aerospace Electronics at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Military and Aerospace Electronics* *Security, Americas* [image: https://s3.amazonaws.com/cms.ipressroom.com/295/files/20197/5d446ecd2cfac219b00ad97c_Northrop+Grumman+Selected+for+US+Army+Stryker+Vehicle+High+Energy+Laser+Initiative/Northrop+Grumman+Selected+for+US+Army+Stryker+Vehicle+High+Energy+Laser+Initiative_7846] The highest tech there is. *Key point:* The Pentagon is eager to adopt the latest anti-air lasers into the Army’s vehicles. WASHINGTON – The U.S. military will incorporate the newest generation of solid-state fiber optic lasers as early as 2021, according to North... more »

Fighter Faceoff: Should The Air Force Buy More F-35s Or The F-15EX?

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, World* Which is right for the Air Force of the future? *Key point: *Both are capable jets, but are tailored to exceed at specific missions. The U.S. military’s over $738 billion dollar budget is unprecedented in human history—but that only makes the struggles for a piece of that monetary pie all the fiercer. One of the battles currently raging revolves over a seemingly simple question: should the Air Force devote a share of its funding to procuring a new version of its oldest fighter, the F-15 Eagle, or devote every available dollar to its newest, ... more »

A Single World War II Battle Stopped Nazi Germany's Conquest Of Russia

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* The Red Army's first victory against the Germans. *Key point: *Yelnya proved the Red Army's determination. The smell of victory was in the air as the forces of Field Marshal Fedor von Bock’s Army Group Center continued to drive deep into the Ukraine during the final week of June 1941. To most of the young soldiers of the army group it seemed that this would be another unstoppable blitzkrieg. Their commander, however, saw things differently. Von Bock was one of several higher commanders who were against the entire notion of invading the... more »

Ruby's 'inner voice' took most of her life. Then she turned 16, and things got a whole lot worse

Rhiannon Shine at Just In - 1 day ago
Since she was 11, an eating disorder has controlled much of Ruby Alarcon Gleeson's life. Then when she turned 16, she fell through the gaps into a "chasm of care" just when she needed help the most.

From a lady in the port to a sanctuary in the sand, these people are living in defiance of authorities

Gian De Poloni at Just In - 1 day ago
They are a select group of people who live in places that would never be possible today, and have refused every effort to get them to move on.

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FBI Releases Heavily Redacted Document About the “Finders” Child Abuse Network

Via: FBI:
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has requested the FBI conduct a preliminary inquiry into allegations made by [redacted] concerning child sexual abuse by a group known as the “Finders,” and what role, if any, was played by the United States Intelligence Community.

Los Angeles Fire: Southbound 405 Closed Between Sunset and the 101

CBS Live
Also, California state-wide emergency declared as wildfire forces 200,000 to flee and leaves millions without power.

Trump On Taking Syria’s Oil and, “You Know, the Airport Is Right Nearby”

October 27th, 2019

“A very big, very monstrous, very powerful airport, and very expensive airport that was built years ago.”
Ahh, Ye’ Olde Superbase? Is that you?
This is fromthe old and forgotten depths of Cryptogon’s archives:
What part of Superbase don’t you understand? That’s what people in the business of exploitation and death call a “geostrategic asset.” States don’t give up control of geostrategic assets because a lot of people wear Lick Bush t-shirts and write letters to the editor.
But who knows which superbase? Turns out, the U.S. built multiple superbases in Iraq.

Here’s a helpful search phrase to complete the setting for this Syrian oil heist:CIA created ISIS

Secretive Military Spaceplane Lands in Florida After Record-Long Orbital Flight

New Zealand Herald’s Mass Lobotomy Media Operation

October 27th, 2019
Presenting the most important news in New Zealand, according to this useless rag. Not Photoshopped. Not satire.
The top story, complete with breaking news alert crawler, which interrupted the endless deluge of sportsball top stories: “Outrage after woman seen driving in Auckland with toddler on lap.”

Primitive Technology: A Survivalist’s Guide to Building Tools, Shelters, and More in the Wild

October 27th, 2019

My children and I have been watchingJohn’s Primitive Technology channelfor years. Highly recommended.
Here’s his new book:Primitive Technology: A Survivalist’s Guide to Building Tools, Shelters, and More in the Wild Hardcover by John Plant.

Putting Federal Debt In Perspective Against Those Responsible In The Future

October 27th, 2019

Via: Economica:
Since 2007, US federal debt has risen 150% while annual US births (legal and otherwise) have fallen almost 14%. Said otherwise, over the dozen years since 2007, federal debt has increased by $13.8 trillion while 5.2 million fewer births have occurred over the same period than the Census projected. This is probably worth a little closer look.


The then present generation (baby boomers) made a deal with the past generation to sell out the future generation (Millennials). This can be seen in the chart below, showing the debt each child is born shackled with. From $100 thousand in 1970, to $300 thousand in 1980, to $800 thousand in 1990, $2.1 million in 2007…and as of 2019, every child born a citizen of the US (regardless their parents status) is liable for a ludicrous $6.2 million in federal debt. And this is just a fraction of the actual liability that is owed, if even faster rising unfunded liabilities were included.

Skylon’s SABRE Engine Precooler Passes a Big Test

October 27th, 2019

Via: Universe Today:
Recently, Reaction Engines passed a major milestone with the development of their SABRE engine. As the company announced earlier this week (on Tues. Oct. 22nd), their engineers conducted a successful test of a vital component – the engine’s heat exchange element (aka. precooler). What’s more, the test involved airflow temperatures equivalent to speeds of Mach 5, which is in the hypersonic range. 

Tesla Summon: “A Tragedy Waiting to Happen”

October 27th, 2019

The “Summon” feature is cringe inducing. Fully autonomous robotaxis in a year or two?
No way.
Via: ZeroHedge:
Seemingly undeterred by disturbing video on social media and a regulator inquiry into the company, Tesla continues to forge forward blindly and recklessly into the realm of autonomy. Most recently, Tesla said on its conference call Wednesday that it is planning a software update to improve its “Smart” Summon feature, according to Consumer Reports.

The update is supposed to go live next week, and it follows our story that the NHTSA was finally investigating the feature. As we noted earlier this month, the NHTSA can exercise its recall authority if it finds an “unreasonable safety risk”.

As Secret Pentagon Spending Rises, Defense Firms Cash in

October 27th, 2019

Via: Defense One:
The share of Pentagon spending hidden from public view is rising, as are defense contractors’ revenues from it.

The U.S. Defense Department’s overall budget request increased nearly 5 percent from 2019 to 2020, but classified spending rose 6 percent, according to the consulting firm Avascent. It accounts for about $76 billion, or almost 11%, of the $718 billion requested for the current fiscal year.

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A Musical Tribute to Dana Perino

From the Washington Post: Still looking for that last-minute Christmas gift for White House press secretary Dana Perino? May we recommend a gift certificate for the forthcoming book on the Cuban Missile Crisis by our colleague Michael Dobbs, “One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War,” due out next […]

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam Owes Eric Stamps An Endorsement Announcement

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 4 minutes ago
*Eric Stamps-- too progressive for the governor?* Ralph Northam was probably the most conservative, Republican-friendly Democrat in the Virginia state Senate when he served between 2007 and 2013, at which time he was elected lieutenant governor. He admits that before being elected to the Senate he had voted for George W. Bush twice. Almost immediately after he was elected to the Senate, he came within minutes-- literally-- of switching to the GOP and flipping control of the chamber. He stayed in the party after the Democrats assured them they wouldn't try to pass any progressive leg... more »

Journalist Max Blumenthal Arrested, Hit With Political Prosecution Related To Venezuela Reporting

Kevin Gosztola at Shadowproof - 25 minutes ago
Journalist Max Blumenthal was arrested on October 25 and charged with “assault” in a political case that he says is “completely false” and “manufactured” by Venezuela opposition supporters. The post Journalist Max Blumenthal Arrested, Hit With Political Prosecution Related To Venezuela Reporting appeared first on Shadowproof.

Firms Flee Hong Kong Riots for Strict-Ruled Singapore

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 44 minutes ago
RT Hong Kong has been gripped by a 21st consecutive weekend of violent ‘anti-Beijing’ rallies, with protesters and police clashing again in the financial hub. The unrest in Hong Kong could prove to be a boon for rival financial hub Singapore, with a new poll finding some companies are considering relocating there. According to the …

Chinese President Xi Jinping Calls for More Research, Investment into Blockchain Technology

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 44 minutes ago
China is ready to launch their Crypto Currency backed by gold. The schedule has not been set though. – Chinese President Xi Jinping Calls for More Research, Investment into Blockchain Technology by Liu Zhen, https://www.scmp.com/ * ‘Greater effort should be made to strengthen basic research and boost innovation capacity,’ leader tells Communist Party’s elite * …

Israel’s War Criminals In Their Own Words

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 44 minutes ago
Israel’s War Criminals In Their Own Words by PHILIP GIRALDI, https://www.unz.com/ Shooting unarmed Palestinian demonstrators “preserves Israeli values” Israel’s public face, sustained and propagated by a wealthy and powerful diaspora that has significant control over the media, insists that the country is the Middle East’s only true democracy, that is operates under a rule of …

The Reasons for Gold Price to Test the $3,000 Range; Rally Isn’t Over Yet

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 44 minutes ago
Kitco NEWS Gold prices are not due for a correction, and a further rally towards $2,000 could happen if certain triggers in the economy are pulled, said John Kaiser of Kaiser Research Online. “The reason for gold to reprice into the $2,000 to $3,000 range is linked to this uncertainty, just growing and growing, and …

Masked Mobs Set Fire to HK Metro Station on Sunday

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 44 minutes ago
I don’t have any major problems with the peaceful anti-government protesters. It’s all these violent anti-government rioters that are destroying Hong Kong, that needs to be incarcerated. Why is there a need to destroy public properties, MTR stations …? – CGTN Masked mobs set fire to Hong Kong MTR’s Mong Kok station, vandalized many stores, …

Harley Schlanger & Helga LaRouche: The Tables Have Turned on the Coup Plotters and Global Central Bankers

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 44 minutes ago
Schiller Institute Helga Zepp LaRouche provided a fascinating assessment of the changes sweeping the globe, and the opportunity these changes have made possible to realize cooperation to usher in a new era of peace and development. Among the processes she highlighted are: 1. The significance of the Barr-Durham investigation moving into a criminal inquiry, putting …

Breaking: Hong Kong Falls into Recession as Protests Carry On

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 44 minutes ago
RT America RT America’s Michele Greenstein, who recently returned from reporting in Hong Kong, shares her insights on the ongoing Hong Kong protests and how they will affect the US relationship with China. end

John Adams: Central Banks Panic – Australian Economy Falling Off A Cliff

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 44 minutes ago
As Good As Gold Australia In this interview, Darryl & Brian Panes call on John Adams to provide an update on both the Global and Australian deteriorating economic environment, with more rate cuts quickly heading towards zero. What can we expect to see leading into 2020? We look closely at the validity of a suggested …

Iran-Israel Flare-up Inches Closer Just as U.S. Turns Back on Mideast

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 44 minutes ago
More Zionist war mongering, war propaganda! Iran-Israel Flare-up Inches Closer Just as U.S. Turns Back on Mideast by Amos Harel, https://www.haaretz.com/ A military front may not be limited to Israel’s north Sooner or later, things will get messy. Iranian efforts to smuggle precision weapons to Hezbollah in Lebanon, to deploy military bases in Syria and …

Killing Al-Baghdadi Won’t Change US Role in Creation of ISIS-Daesh: Analyst

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 44 minutes ago
Press TV The US administration in Washington is to blame for the proliferation of Daesh and other terrorist groups in the Middle East and killing Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi doesn’t change this fact, say an American analyst. Keith Preston, chief editor of AttacktheSystem.com, said the US has been trying to “weaponize” such Takfiri outfits against countries …

‘What Is the Fed Not Telling Us?’: Fears of Economic Instability After Central Bank Intervention Spikes

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 44 minutes ago
‘What Is the Fed Not Telling Us?’: Fears of Economic Instability After Central Bank Intervention Spikes by Eoin Higgins, staff writer, https://www.commondreams.org/ “A financial system that requires over $100B of liquidity injections every day, temporary, permanent or otherwise, has major issues.” – A number of financial experts and investors are sounding the alarm over the …

New York Times Confirms: It’s Trump Versus the Deep State

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 44 minutes ago
New York Times Confirms: It’s Trump Versus the Deep State by ROBERT W. MERRY • October 28, 2019, https://www.theamericanconservative.com/ Even the Gray Lady admits the president is up against a powerful bureaucracy that wants him sunk. – The New York Times on Thursday published a remarkable piece that essentially acknowledged the existence of an American “deep state” and …

Is The Bond Market Primed For A Flash Crash? The Ratings Agencies Are Complicit

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 44 minutes ago
Silver Report Uncut Today we the a look at the market at most risk of a flash crash. Now we see several high profile companies have increased their debt many times over yet they hold on the their investment grade status. This is because the Ratings agencies look for all types are reasons to not …

James Rickards: The Next Financial Crash is Coming

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 44 minutes ago
Triggernometry James Rickards is a renowned lawyer, economist, and finance expert. Jim is also the author of Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis and five other books. end

The Daily Brief 2019-10-27

This is a summary of 21 AMN articles on the following subjects: Idlib, Syria, Russia, US, Kabani, Baghdadi, Iran, Siria, ISIS, Jarabulus, Latakia, Hasakah, SDF. Categories covered in this brief: Syria, Iran, Espanol, Siria Let us know how you like this brief in the comments below. — The AMN Live Team Table of Contents Russian […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

DNA on Baghdadi’s smuggled underwear proved his location: SDF

Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s underpants were obtained by an undercover source and DNA tested to prove his identity before an operation by U.S. forces to kill him, an advisor to the Syrian Democratic Forces said on Monday. Polat Can, a senior advisor to the Kurdish-led SDF, gave details on Twitter about how SDF […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Veteran journalist exposes OPCW’s Douma evidence suppression on BBC

On 23rd October, The Courage Foundation released the landmark findings of its investigation into the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons’ (OPCW) suppression of vital evidence in its investigation of the alleged 7th April 2018 chemical weapons attack in Douma, Syria. The Foundation’s expert panel met with a member of the OPCW’s Douma fact-finding […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Profiles in Sewage

From RawStory: According to a report in the Washington Post, GOP lawmakers in both the House and the Senate have grown weary of having to provide a daily defense for Donald Trump’s actions which may have an impact on whether he … Continue reading →

Payments to candidates for every vote they receive in Queensland elections will almost double

Josh Bavas at Just In - 1 hour ago
Payments to parties and candidates in Queensland elections will increase by $23 million as part of sweeping electoral reforms announced today.

Man and woman arrested following crime spree where police car was rammed

Just In - 1 hour ago
A man and a woman have been arrested following a crime spree which started when they allegedly stole a car from an elderly woman yesterday. An Adelaide man says his mother was left shaken by the ordeal.

George Christensen seeks meeting with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

Adam Stephen at Just In - 1 hour ago
North Queensland backbencher George Christensen will seek the British Government's permission to meet with the WikiLeaks founder ahead of his extradition hearing next year.

Free water from outback Queensland — just come and get it

Kelly Butterworth And Krystal Gordon at Just In - 1 hour ago
While battling its own drought, an outback Queensland town is offering free bore water to communities running out of the precious resource. There's just one catch.

Legalising cannabis in Canberra would breach international law, UN warns

Tom Maddocks at Just In - 1 hour ago
The ACT Government is hitting back at warnings from the United Nations that legalising cannabis will breach international law, telling the body to instead focus on the United States and Canada.

Bus stuck for hours after falling into city sinkhole in US

Just In - 1 hour ago
A bus carrying two people falls into a sinkhole which opened up on a city street during morning rush hour in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Can the way you walk predict your chance of getting dementia?

Rebecca Hewett at Just In - 1 hour ago
Betty Pilgrim is 71, but she's studying law online and just got back from two months of backpacking in Europe. She's hoping if she can stay active, it will help stave off dementia.

This is the dog that hunted Baghdadi. No we can’t tell you its name

Just In - 1 hour ago
The military working dog used in the raid that ended with the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is already back at work despite being injured in the operation, and thanks to Donald Trump we now know what it looks like.

Two men suffer serious lower limb injuries in shark attack near Airlie Beach

Just In - 1 hour ago
A rescue helicopter is in Airlie Beach in north Queensland to airlift two men who have sustained serious lower limb injuries after being bitten by a shark.

Grandmother with MS wanted to climb mountain as a girl, so 40 people carried her up

Sharnie Kim at Just In - 1 hour ago
An innocuous Facebook post has spurred about 40 people to carry a north Queensland grandmother with multiple sclerosis up a steep mountain so she could fulfil a childhood wish.

Auditors told to swallow some medicine in wake of bank scandals

Peter Ryan at Just In - 1 hour ago
Auditors may have dodged a bullet at the banking royal commission, but they are now scrambling to head off new laws banning them from lucrative consulting work with companies they audit.

A Perfect Society Cannot Be Conceived

Unknown at The Verma Report - 1 hour ago
All philosophies which describe a perfect society are utopian and bogus. A perfect society cannot be conceived by the human mind. This is because the structure of any society is based on two theories: legal theory and ethical theory. The arguments in both ethical theory and legal theory are interminable. People will never have a consensus on the best constitution and good moral behavior. Since it is not possible to conceive of the final form of legal theory and moral theory, a perfect society is beyond the reach of the human mind. Imagining a perfect society is like imagining the Ki... more »

Listen: How to Sell a Pretend Climate Movement: Reading Act IV of Cory Morningstar’s Series on the NGO Industrial Complex

Wrong Kind of Green at Wrong Kind of Green - 1 hour ago
"But a marketing campaign is about storytelling—and storytelling is, in large part, about the use of language. And the language used to sell us a movement is consciously connected by its salespeople to the language used to sell the movement’s solutions." The post Listen: How to Sell a Pretend Climate Movement: Reading Act IV of Cory Morningstar’s Series on the NGO Industrial Complex appeared first on Wrong Kind of Green.

Why the Navy's New Ford-Class Aircraft Carriers Should be Feared

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.dvidshub.net/image/5864377/underway] Technological wonders. *Key point:* The new Ford-class is more powerful and survivable than the previous Nimitz-class carriers. In 2009, the U.S. Navy finally began construction of the first new type of aircraft carrier in nearly thirty-five years. Named after former president and naval aviator Gerald R. Ford, the USS *Ford* fully takes the nuclear supercarrier into the twenty-first century. The technological innovations built into the new ship, while causing the inevitable delays invol... more »

Debt Bomb Ready to Blow: The Greatest Threat to America (All in One Chart)

Hunter DeRensis at The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Hunter DeRensis* *Economics, * Are you ready? There’s a constant whine throughout Washington D.C. that there’s nothing Republicans and Democrats can agree on. They’re so opposed on every issue, that there’s no more bipartisanship. However, going back at least forty years, there’s one policy that both parties are determined not to change: growing the U.S. national debt. The debt currently stands at a steadily increasing $22,925,000,000,000. A person could spend hours staring at the debt clock as tens of thousands of dollars are added every second. But they’re more than just num... more »

Meet the LRASM: The U.S. Navy's Powerful New Missile

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Technology, Americas* [image: By DARPA photo - http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.PhotoGalleryDetail&key=59D89215-1194-4C93-8B42-C27FEDCDDBA6, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45060523] It's a killer. *Key point:* The Navy's new missiles is based on previous successful similar weapons. On October 11, 1967, the Israeli destroyer *Eilat *was sunk by three P15 cruise missiles fired by two dinky sixty-one-ton patrol boats of the Egyptian Navy firing from nearly twenty miles away. The realization dawned on navies ac... more »

Elected Arizona Official Accused of Selling Babies Suspended

AP News at Snopes.com - 2 hours ago
An elected official in Arizona was suspended after he was charged with running a human smuggling scheme that brought pregnant women from the Marshall Islands to the U.S. to give birth and then paid them to give up their children for adoption.

Facebook Employees Sign Letter Opposing Political Ads Policy

AP News at Snopes.com - 2 hours ago
Hundreds of Facebook employees have signed a letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other executives saying they oppose the social network's policy of letting politicians lie in advertisements.

'Rothbard and War' - Lew Rockwell, Jr

RPI Staff at 2 hours ago
Legendary founder of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, Lew Rockwell, delivers a fascinating and very important talk at the 2019 RPI Summer Washington Conference: Murray Rothbard's views on the centrality of the war and peace issue to the libertarian movement. You will not want to miss this essential speech!

authorities detaining as many Uyghurs as possible in camps/jails

Bob Dinn at balance10 - 2 hours ago
A facility believed to be an internment camp located north of Kashgar, in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, June 2, 2019. 10-23-19 *Nearly* half of the residents of a village in a Uyghur-majority of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have been sent to internment camps amid a policy of mass incarceration targeting minorities in the area, according to an official source. Reports suggest that authorities are detaining as many Uyghurs as possible in internment camps and jails regardless of their age, prior service to the ruling Communist Party, or ... more »

Goucher College Creates Project to Research History of Slavery on Campus Land

Sarah Wood at Diverse - 2 hours ago
To study the role and use of slavery and racism on the land in which Goucher College now resides on, the school launched the Hallowed Ground Project.

Trump Touts Relationship With HBCUs With Eye on 2020

Sara Weissman at Diverse - 2 hours ago
HBCUs seemingly have a role to play in Trump’s strategy for 2020, forcing them to navigate complicated relationships with his administration and their constituents.

Democrat Katie Hill blames others for her crimes

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 2 hours ago
Amazingly Democrat Katie Hill has resigned after it came out that she'd violated House rules and sexually harassed at least one staffer. Remember the big point of the #MeToo movement is that when someone who has power over someone else has sex with that person it's never really consensual. Currently Lockheed Martin's CEO is a woman. She's CEO now because the man who was supposed to be the next CEO was discovered to be having a consensual affair with a subordinate so he was fired. Now LM's current CEO would probably have become the next CEO in a few years since she's highly compete... more »

Climate Change–The Facts

Hifast at Climate Collections - 3 hours ago
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ?I have been asked by a couple of people to produce a simple climate change factsheet, and it might be worth bookmarking for future use. I have kept it simple, with no graphs or references. As those familiar with this blog, everything…

Pelosi Calls House Vote to Affirm Speaker Impeachment Inquiry The House Never Authorized…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 3 hours ago
Very nice trick here by the Lawfare advisory and rules committee that is handling the construct of the “Official House Inquiry” on impeachment. It is such a good trick it has everyone crossed-up and confused. Likely, that is by design. … Continue reading →

"Economic Market Snapshot PM 10/28/19"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
• Gregory Mannarino, "NEW ALL TIME RECORD HIGH FOR STOCKS. This Is What's NEXT!" - https://www.traderschoice.net/ • MarketWatch Market Summary, Live Updates - 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/ • Visit ZeroHedge for the very latest factual news and information: - https://www.zerohedge.com/ • "Could Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) Actually Save Us?""The Fed Fears an Explosion on Wall Street: Here’s How JPMorgan Lit the Fuse""As Secret Pentagon Spendin... more »

Did Obama ‘Order the CIA to Train Islamic State’?

Dan MacGuill at Snopes.com - 3 hours ago
Supporters of Donald Trump attacked his predecessor's counterterrorism record after the death of IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in October 2019.

A Palestinian father’s call for justice

contact@ifamericansknew.org at If Americans Knew Blog - 4 hours ago
A Palestinian father asks for justice for his son, imprisoned by Israel for 3 1/2 years, tortured, but never allowed to testify against the preposterous charges of which he is accused. The post A Palestinian father’s call for justice appeared first on If Americans Knew Blog.

Tale Of Two Crackpots: Surprised That A Rapper Is Hoping To Save Trump While A Far Right Hawk Is Working To Bring Him Down?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 4 hours ago
It shouldn't surprise anyone that Kanye West's new album is Trump-friendly. West, who has been diagnosed as bipolar, lost his mind long ago. Despite his disgusting Trumpist sentiments, West, according to *Rolling Stone* "is estimated to be the highest-paid hip-hop act of 2019 with $150 million in pre-tax earnings... The closer Kanye aligned himself with some of the most damaging, and profitable, forms of capitalism-- religion, the far-right, tech companies-- the more his business boomed." On Friday he released his new album, *Jesus is King*. Paris Hilton, a confirmed moron, loves... more »

Musical Interlude: Oxygene, “The Ocean”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
Oxygene, “The Ocean”

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
“Why is the sky near Antares and Rho Ophiuchi so colorful? The colors result from a mixture of objects and processes. Fine dust illuminated from the front by starlight produces blue reflection nebulae. Gaseous clouds whose atoms are excited by ultraviolet starlight produce reddish emission nebulae. Backlit dust clouds block starlight and so appear dark. *Click image for larger size.* Antares, a red supergiant and one of the brighter stars in the night sky, lights up the yellow-red clouds on the lower center. Rho Ophiuchi lies at the center of the blue nebula near the top. The distant... more »

Chet Raymo, “Being Human”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
*“Being Human”* by Chet Raymo “I've been thinking a lot about hands lately. Or, rather, a hand. Specifically my right hand, which has developed an annoying tremor. I never paid much attention to my hands before. Hands pretty much operate on automatic pilot. It doesn't take a lot of conscious decision-making to scratch your nose. Or button your shirt. Hands follow the brain rather like an obedient dog trots alongside its master. But now my right hand clamors for attention like an unruly pup. So I find myself looking at my hand with more awareness than before, and realizing more than ... more »

"Only One Basic Human Right..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - P. J. O'Rourke

Lebanon, Chile, Catalonia, Iraq: Why are people around the world protesting?

Just In - 4 hours ago
Protests are erupting around the world with hundreds of thousands of people taking to the streets calling for change. But, why are they protesting, and what similarities do they all share?

'I’m sorry': Father of girl charged over stabbing a teacher gives heartfelt apology

Just In - 4 hours ago
The father of an 11-year-old Townsville girl, who was tasered by police, after allegedly stabbing a teacher, apologises saying he has "no idea" what was going through his daughter's mind.

Baghdadi's identity 'confirmed by his underpants' before US forces hunted him down

Just In - 4 hours ago
Officials say the remains of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State terrorist group killed when he detonated a suicide vest as US forces pursued him in Syria, were afforded religious rites according to Islamic custom.

Rowenna works full-time, but has time for her family. This is how

Just In - 4 hours ago
Two-thirds of working mums and dads are struggling to look after themselves physically and mentally, according to a new report. The findings are pretty depressing. But what can parents actually do about it?

'Tearing out that last chapter': Redevelopment plan ignites row over historic Boggo Road jail

Talissa Siganto at Just In - 4 hours ago
The notorious Queensland prison that's seen riots, hangings and prisoner escapes is now facing a looming commercial development, heritage campaigners say.

'Race against time' to rescue toddler trapped in 26-metre-deep well

Just In - 4 hours ago
Indian rescue workers are unable to check on the condition of a two-year-old boy trapped for 72 hours down a pipe measuring 30 centimetres in diameter in the country's south.

Protesters arrested for blockading Melbourne mining conference, targeting police horses

Stephanie Ferrier at Just In - 4 hours ago
Police arrest more than 20 demonstrators who were blockading the entrance to an international mining conference in Melbourne, while an officer who was injured during an arrest is taken to hospital for treatment.

'A new archetype of woman': How Tahirih changed religion in Iran in the 1800s

Alice Moldovan at Just In - 4 hours ago
Two hundred years after the birth of their herald, Baha'is celebrate a powerful woman who lived their central belief — equality — at great danger to herself.

S&P 500 hits record high, spurred by Fed rate cut expectations

David Chau at Just In - 4 hours ago
Australian shares trade flat after Wall Street's tech stocks push the benchmark S&P 500 index to a record high, and Donald Trump hints at significant progress with a US-China trade deal.

Boris Johnson's Brexit timetable in chaos as MPs vote down election date

Just In - 4 hours ago
The British Government loses a vote in the House of Commons to hold a general election on December 12, attracting just 299 of the required 434 votes.

Three reasons Islamic State will survive the death of its leader

Philip Williams at Just In - 4 hours ago
With its caliphate obliterated, tens of thousands of fighters corralled in desert camps and no leader, is this the end of Islamic State? asks Philip Williams.

Get to know the movement storming Australian contemporary art right now

Dee Jefferson at Just In - 4 hours ago
The Tarnanthi Festival in Adelaide unpacks why a community on the north-eastern tip of the Northern Territory is causing such a buzz across Australia.

This Is How America Is Helping Its Allies Deter Russia

David Axe at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, Europe* [image: https://www.dvidshub.net/image/5583237/battle-group-poland-participates-epic-local-military-event-tank-battle] Lots of militias and counter-insurgency training. *Key point:* Washington needs its allies to be able to deter and defend themselves if America can't get there fast enough. U.S. Army soldiers have been training militia troops from the Baltic states in order to help them resist Russian occupation in the event Russia makes a land-grab west of its current border. Special Forces from the active Army as well as from the West Virginia N... more »

Cupertino, California To Host Two-Hour 'Poverty Simulation'

Mary Margaret Olohan at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Mary Margaret Olohan* *Politics, Americas* [image: Guests arrive for at the Steve Jobs Theater for an Apple event at their headquarters in Cupertino, California, U.S. September 10, 2019. REUTERS/Stephen Lam] The event aims to immerse participants in the “reality of a Silicon Valley that grows in disparity as much as prosperity,” according to its advertisement. The city of Cupertino, California, will host a “Poverty Simulation” with two organizations designed to help the residents of Silicon Valley understand the poverty that surrounds the wealthy community. The City of Cupertin... more »

Trump Admin Pulls Rug From Under Amazon, Rewards $10 Billion Contract Microsoft

Chris White at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Chris White* *Politics, Americas* [image: FILE PHOTO: Visitors stand in front of a display screen at Microsoft's new Oxford Circus store ahead of its opening in London, Britain July 9, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/File Photo] It is an embarassing loss for the tech giant. The Trump administration tossed a curveball Friday at Amazon and awarded a $10 billion cloud contract the company was expecting to land to one of the tech titan’s biggest competitors, Microsoft. Amazon had long been considered a front-runner for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure, or JEDI. The decision c... more »

Ratcliffe: New Criminal Probe into Mueller Report 'Not A Coincidence'

Chuck Ross at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Chuck Ross* *Politics, Americas* [image: Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX) speaks to reporters during a House Intelligence Committee closed-door hearing on a whistleblower complaint about President Donald Trump's dealings with Ukraine, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 4, 2019.] The Justice Department’s inspector general is set to release a report of FBI surveillance abuse against the Trump campaign. Texas Rep. John Ratcliffe said Sunday that it “is not a coincidence” the investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation morphed into a criminal matter just as... more »

Katie Hill Resigns After Rumors of Multiple Affairs

Audrey Conklin at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Audrey Conklin* *Politics, Americas* [image: U.S. Reps Susie Lee (D-NV) is followed by Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Rep. Katie Hill (D-CA) (L) and other freshmen House Democrats as they arrive at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-KY) office to deliver a letter] 'This is the hardest thing I have ever had to do,' she said. Democratic California Rep. Katie Hill resigned Sunday after allegations of inappropriate sexual relationships with staffers surfaced, as well as the announcement of a House Ethics investigation. “It is with a broken heart that today I announce my resignat... more »

ISIS Leader Death: Trump Didn't Notify Congress 'Because Washington Leaks like I’ve Never Seen Before'

Chris White at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Chris White* *Politics, Americas* [image: U.S. President Donald Trump, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence (2nd L), U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper (3rd R), along with members of the national security team, watch as U.S. Special Operations forces close in on ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi] Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a 'daring nighttime raid,' Trump said, President Donald Trump said Sunday morning that he did not notify members of Congress ahead of the raid on Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi out of fear of leaks that could put special forces in danger. The pr... more »

California Wildfires Cause Rolling Blackouts

Chris White at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Chris White* *Politics, Americas* [image: Firemen get dinner at the Cal Fire basecamp Mobile Kitchen Unit after a shift fighting the Kincaid Fire in Santa Rosa, California, U.S. October 26, 2019. Picture taken October 26, 2019. REUTERS/Kate Munsch] 'The next 72 hours will be challenging,' said Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat. California officials are working to beat back a massive wildfire that is charring the state and sending citizens sprawling for cover. The so-called Kincade Fire scorched over 54,000 acres as of Sunday evening. Nearly 94 buildings and other structures were... more »

Trump Considers Releasing Al-Baghdadi Death Video in Part

Shelby Talcott at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Shelby Talcott* *Politics, Middle East* [image: U.S. President Donald Trump makes a statement at the White House following reports that U.S. forces attacked Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in northern Syria, in Washington, U.S., October 27, 2019. REUTERS/Jim Bourg] “We may take certain parts of it and release it, yes,” he said. \President Donald Trump told reporters Monday that he might release part of the U.S. military raid video that resulted in Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s death Saturday evening. The two-hour-long raid took place in northern Syria an... more »

ISIS Leader al-Baghdadi Given Sea Burial

Shelby Talcott at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Shelby Talcott* *Politics, Middle East* [image: FILE PHOTO: Iraqi youth watch the news of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi death, in Najaf, Iraq October 27, 2019. REUTERS/Alaa al-Marjani/File Photo] Just like Osama bin Laden. Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi reportedly received a proper burial at sea following his suicide during a U.S. military raid in northern Syria Saturday evening, two U.S. defense officials said according to CNN. Al-Baghdadi died during a two-hour-long raid, and a DNA test confirmed the dead body is that of the ISIS leader, President Donald... more »

Chicago Teachers Reach Tentative Deal, Continue Strike

Mary Margaret Olohan at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Mary Margaret Olohan* *Politics, Americas* [image: Striking teachers on picket cheer Democratic presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren in Chicago, U.S. October 22, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Lott] 'This is a victory for working people in Chicago and shows what is possible when we unite and take action,' the union president said. The Chicago teacher’s strike entered its second week on Monday, marking the eighth day that 300,000 Chicago students have gone without classes. One of the unions participating in the strike, SEIU Local 73 which represents 7,500 school support staff cu... more »

Why Tactical Nukes Are a No Good, Very Bad Idea

David Axe at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, Americas* [image: By Photo courtesy of National Nuclear Security Administration / Nevada Site Office - This image is available from the National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Site Office Photo Library under number XX-34.This tag does not indicate the copyright sta] They could cause a nuclear war. *Key point:* "Small" nukes assume it is possible to cross the nuclear threshold without causing further escalation, but that is likely not the case. The Democratic lawmakers who control the U.S. House of Representatives are pushing back against Pres. Don... more »

ISIS Leader Killed on Turkey’s Doorstep

Matthew Petti at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Matthew Petti* *Security, Middle East* [image: Reuters] Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a U.S. operation three miles from Turkey. People are asking questions. President Donald Trump broke up three weeks of dismal news about Syria with cause for celebration in both America and the Middle East. ISIS (Islamic State) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was dead after Delta Force commandos cornered him at his northern Syrian lair. “I want to thank the nations of Russia, Turkey, Syria, and Iraq,” Trump said in an October 24 speech. “And I also want to thank the Syrian Kurds for certain su... more »

War Weary: U.S. Troops Are Ready to Leave Afghanistan

Charles V. Peña at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Charles V. Peña* *Security, Middle East* [image: Flickr / U.S. Department of Defense] If the United States were engaged in a war of national survival, then it would be willing to accept the costs posed by counterinsurgent war. But Afghanistan is not a war of national survival. Hopes that a peace settlement in Afghanistan would be reached were dashed when a Taliban attack in Kabul killed a U.S. soldier and eleven others on September 6. Less than two weeks later, two separate Taliban attacks killed forty-eight people on the same day, after which the Taliban killed twenty people w... more »

"It's As Though..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
"It seems to have had an order, to have been composed by someone, and those events that were merely accidental when they happened turn out to be the main elements in a consistent plot. Who composed this plot? Just as your dreams are composed, so your whole life has been composed by the will within you. Just as the people who you met by chance became effective agents in the structuring of your life, so you have been the agent in the structuring of other lives. And the whole thing gears together like one big symphony, everything influencing and structuring everything else. It's as th... more »

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- October 28, 2019

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 4 hours ago
*Reuters:* *Factbox: Islamic State still dangerous despite Baghdadi's death* (Reuters) - The killing of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a U.S. raid is a further blow to a jihadist group that once held a swathe of territory in Iraq and Syria, experts said, but the organization and its ideology remain dangerous. Where once they confronted armies, the extremist Islamist group’s adherents have in recent years staged hit-and-run and suicide attacks. In some cases, the group has claimed responsibility for atrocities such as bombings in Sri Lanka in April that killed more t... more »

The Poet: Rainer Maria Rilke, "And Yet"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
*"And Yet"* "And yet, though we strain against the deadening grip of daily necessity, I sense there is this mystery: All life is being lived. Who is living it then? Is it the things themselves, or something waiting inside them, like an unplayed melody in a flute? Is it the winds blowing over the waters? Is it the branches that signal to each other? Is it flowers interweaving their fragrances or streets, as they wind through time?" ~ Rainer Maria Rilke

Fun To Watch The Light Dawn On A Progressive

E.M.Smith at Musings from the Chiefio - 4 hours ago
A slightly Left Leaning video producer reading a Leftish author about this being a coup against Trump... it's so cute to see the light dawn after so long... Continue reading →

Climate Change–The Facts

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 4 hours ago
By Paul Homewood I have been asked by a couple of people to produce a simple climate change factsheet, and it might be worth bookmarking for future use. I have kept it simple, with no graphs or references. As those familiar with this blog, everything below has been fully covered a number of times. Anybody […]

"The Scarcity of Hope in a Damaged World"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
*"The Scarcity of Hope in a Damaged World"* by Michael Welton *"Sleep dear children until the food is ready... *In the early hours of morning the baby cries. Ear closely attuned, mother leaves her bed and hurries to the nursery. Picking up the frightened child, mother says softly: “Everything will be all right, sweetheart. Everything will be fine.” In Arabic, the stone soup story (one of its versions) tells of a poor woman who lives in a tent with her young children. She has little money to feed them, and often fills up a pot with water and stones. Lighting the fire underneath the ... more »

World News Briefs -- October 28, 2019 (Evening Edition)

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 4 hours ago
*Reuters:* *U.S. House to debate bill on next steps in Trump impeachment probe* WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives this week will debate legislation establishing procedures for the next phase of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday. In a letter to her fellow Democrats, Pelosi said the measure would lay the groundwork for public hearings, which Republicans have been clamoring for, along with ways to set “due process” for Trump and his lawyers. It also will outline steps for various investigating commit... more »

Israeli Study Links Autism to General Anesthesia in C-Sections

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 4 hours ago
An Israeli study released in May found that children born under general anesthesia during Cesarean section births may be at at higher risk of developing autism. Researchers at Soroka University Medical Center in Beersheba and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev said they have discovered a link between the use of general anesthesia and the development of […] The post Israeli Study Links Autism to General Anesthesia in C-Sections appeared first on Health Nut News.

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
Ft. Worth, Texas, USA. Thanks for stopping by!

UPDATE: Judge Sullivan Postpones Hearing on Flynn Brady Material…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 4 hours ago
Following an extensive 160-page filing by Flynn’s attorney Sidney Powell; including extensive exhibits to support her motion to compel Brady material; Judge Sullivan has now delayed the previously scheduled November 7th hearing on the motion(s). Generally this delay is good … Continue reading →

Are Young Adults Tiring of In-your-face LGBTQ Activism?

Selwyn Duke at rss - 4 hours ago
[image: are-young-adults-tiring-of-in-your-face-lgbtq-activism] Most people know what LGBTQ stands for, but might the movement now be “*L*eading *G*irls and *B*oys *T*o *Q*uestion” — not just their sexuality, but also the movement itself? There are indications that, due its activists’ aggressiveness, this is precisely the case.

Scary Global Warming Halloween

tonyheller at Real Climate Science - 4 hours ago
This rock is dressed up as a crocodile. A lot of CO2 went into making that costume. Lots more snow on the way tomorrow.

FDA Pesticide Report: 84% Fruits, 53% Vegetables, 42% Grains Contaminated in U.S.

Admin at Health Impact News - 4 hours ago
Last month the Food & Drug Administration published its latest annual analysis of the levels of pesticide residues that contaminate the fruits and veggies and other foods we Americans routinely put on our dinner plates. The fresh data adds to growing consumer concern and scientific debate over how pesticide residues in food may contribute – or not – to illness, disease and reproductive problems. Over 55 pages of data, charts and graphs, the FDA’s “Pesticide Residue Monitoring Program” report also provides a rather unappetizing example of the degree to which U.S. farmers have come t... more »

NY Bill to Require HPV Gardasil Vaccine for Children to Enter School, Daycare

AdminM at Health Impact News - 4 hours ago
A concerned mom is warning about a New York bill that would require children to get the HPV vaccine before they could attend school. Under S298/A2912, a child would have to get the vaccine to be able to attend public school or daycare. “There’s definitely a large concern among the moms I know about this.” Laura Greenaway is a mom of two girls. She learned of the bill from posts on her Facebook feed, and now she wants to alert other moms. “It created concern and anxiety for me that this is not a decision that I can make for my own child,” Greenaway said. She doesn't believe kids sho... more »

Marijuana Cannabinoids Don't Help With Depression, Anxiety, ADHS, Tourettes, Psychosis, Or PTSD

News Staff at Science 2.0 blogs - 4 hours ago
Though cannabinoids in marijuana are touted by salespeople and supplement marketing as therapies for almost anything, anecdotes are not evidence, and the evidence from a meta-analysis of 83 studies (3,000 people) for six mental health conditions shows cannabinoids do not work. Not for depression, anxiety disorders, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Tourette syndrome, post-traumatic stress disorder(PTSD), or psychosis. And since there are known risks of cannabinoids they may be doing harm. read more

Remainers at War

Phil at All That Is Solid ... - 4 hours ago
What to make of the major falling out at the top of continuity remain? Moves by Roland Rudd to sack Tom Baldwin and James McGory, the so-called People's Vote's chief spinner and campaigns guru respectively has produced the most unseemly of public spats. Alastair Campbell, having got over his recent tantrum, took to Twitter to defend Baldwin and McGory from the attempted coup. You can read his catty response for yourself. Indeed, the small number of staff variously employed by the principal organisations that make up the People's Vote walked out in support of the sacked pair, which m... more »

More Women in Latin America are Working, but Gender Gap Persists, New UN Figures Show

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 28 (IPS) - More women are entering the workforce across Latin America, with an increase in 11 per cent in the last 30 years, putting the region ahead of the curve when it comes to growth in female labour force participation, according to new data published by the United Nations on Monday. Read the full story, “More Women in Latin America are Working, but Gender Gap Persists, New UN Figures Show”, on globalissues.org →

"What Will They Stand?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
*"What Will They Stand?"* by Mr. Morphed "But if you want to continue to be slaves of the banks and pay the cost of your own slavery, then let bankers continue to create money and control credit." - Sir Josiah Stamp "The big question is, "what will they stand?" It goes both directions as we are us and they are them. They, as in them, as in the Big Group of self-appointed rulers, as in the policy makers, as in the owners of the world. We, as in us, as in serfs, as in tax payers, as in slaves, as in the poor down trodden, as in the miserable worthless eaters. The question screams ou... more »

Presdient Trump Booed And Greeted With 'Lock Him Up' Chants At The World Series

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 5 hours ago
*The Guardian:* *Donald Trump booed and greeted with 'lock him up' chants at World Series* * President attended Sunday’s baseball game in Washington DC * Crowd booed when Trump appeared on video screen Donald Trump once claimed he was courted by several major league baseball clubs in his youth but turned them down because they couldn’t offer him enough money. On Sunday, baseball got its revenge. The President attended Game 5 of the World Series between the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros at Nationals Park, a short journey from the White House. When Trump was shown on the v... more »

"Frankenstein’s Frankenstein"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
*"Frankenstein’s Frankenstein"* by David Stockman “Man,” I cried, “how ignorant art thou in thy pride of wisdom!” – Mary Shelley, "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus" (1818)* "They booed the President of the United States of America in public last night. And that’s fine, because he’s not a king. Context is important, though, so “batter up”… The Donald doesn’t entirely grasp the breadth and depth of the bile, bombast, braggadocio, and bullshit he unleashed Sunday morning as he announced the death of the most wanted terrorist in the world. Fitting, perhaps, that he leaned into th... more »

PG&E Says Power Lines May Have Started 2 California Fires

AP News at Snopes.com - 5 hours ago
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. power lines may have started two wildfires over the weekend in the San Francisco Bay Area, the utility said, even though widespread blackouts were in place to prevent downed lines from starting fires during dangerously windy weather.

Revolts Against The Neoliberal World Order

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 5 hours ago
Protests against the US and big finance-imposed neoliberal capitalism have exploded across the globe. Two weeks ago, in Pink Tide Against US Domination Rising Again In Latin America, we reviewed 12 Latin America nations that are rising up against privatization, the cutting of social programs, soaring prices and low wages. In the last week, mass protests in Chile and Bolivia have begun and Lebanon has widespread protests against debt and austerity measures.

Pink Tide Against US Domination Rising Again In Latin America

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 5 hours ago
Once again, the left is rising in Latin America as people revolt against authoritarian regimes, many of whom were put in place by US-supported coups. These regimes have taken International Monetary Fund (IMF) loans and are under the thumb of international finance, which is against the interests of people.

POTUS Murder Mystery Hour: Trump and The Illusive Al-Baghdadi

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 5 hours ago
*21WIRE* | Unfortunately, Trump's latest scalp raises many more questions than answers.

"Our Best Choice...:

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
"Good or bad, everything we do is our best choice at that moment." - William Glasser

President Trump Releases Picture Of The 'Wonderful' Dog Injured During The al-Baghdadi Mission

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 5 hours ago
We have declassified a picture of the wonderful dog (name not declassified) that did such a GREAT JOB in capturing and killing the Leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi! pic.twitter.com/PDMx9nZWvw — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 28, 2019 *Daily Mail:* *Trump releases a picture of the 'wonderful' dog injured during the al-Baghdadi mission that the president says did a 'GREAT JOB' in killing the ISIS leader - as sources claim his name is 'Conan'* * President Donald Trump released a photo on Monday of the military working dog that was wounded while tracking down ISIS lead... more »

Lawrence of Kurdistan Backstabs Turkey: NATO Allies? Not From Where I Sit.

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 5 hours ago
*Before kicking this post off there are two points that should be stated:* *1- Baghdadi didn't exist as presented:* *At best he's a bad actor. A mascot for a team of terrorists called, known as or identified as ISIS/L. Every team needs a mascot. Baghdadi fulfilled that role. * *2- The US wants to control Syria's oil for a number of reasons:* *(a) the purpose of DENYING access to the oil from Damascus. Damascus needs the oil to support it's population and rebuild the nation. This FACT has been discussed repeatedly here. The US does NOT want this to occur. Therefore they are staying... more »

Russia opens floating bridge linking both sides of Euphrates

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 5 hours ago
A floating bridge linking the two banks of Euphrates River and al- Mre’eyeh and Mrat towns in Deir Ezzor was opened on Monday to convey people. It is the first bridge connecting the two banks of the Euphrates River in the governorate after the destruction of all the bridges over the previous years by the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Breaking: New special operation allegedly carried out in northeast Aleppo

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 5 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:20 P.M.) – A new special operation allegedly took place in northern Syria this evening, as local reports claim unknown warplanes transported troops to a site near the Turkish border. According to these reports, a number of helicopters transported unknown troops to an area near the city of Jarabulus. No gunfire was reported […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

US special forces dog wounded during Baghdadi raid

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 5 hours ago
Answering the call to duty, a wounded hero dog was one of the few casualties from the U.S. special forces raid on the Syria compound of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. But don’t ask the dog’s name, because the military won’t say – at least for now. The dog was described as slightly wounded […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

US military will strike anyone challenging their occupation of Syrian oil fields: SecDef

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 5 hours ago
American mechanized forces have begun deploying at Syrian oil fields, ostensibly to stop the remnants of Islamic State from seizing them, and will respond with “overwhelming force” to protect them. Following the withdrawal of US forces from northern Syria earlier this month, and the killing of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Major battle taking place for strategic mountaintop town in northeast Latakia

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 5 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:45 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) is making another push to capture the strategic town of Kabani in northeastern Latakia. Backed by Russian attack choppers, the Syrian Arab Army stormed the jihadist positions south of Kabani in a bid to crack the militant defenses and enter the town. While there has […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

US flew through non-controlled airspace for Baghdadi raid – Pompeo

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 5 hours ago
The US special operations troops flew through non-US controlled airspace to conduct the raid on the compound of former Daesh* terror group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said. “I think it’s been made pretty clear that we were travelling into airspace that wasn’t US-controlled, and so even that night I […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Large convoy of Syrian troops head to Hasakah-Turkish border to protect region: video

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 5 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:20 P.M.) – A large convoy of Syrian Arab Army (SAA) soldiers was filmed heading to the Al-Hasakah Governorate’s northern border with Turkey on Monday. According to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), the large army convoy will be reinforcing the armed forces that are already deployed to the border following a series […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Journalist accuses US military of deliberately targeting their media team in Syria: video

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 5 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:20 P.M.) – A photo journalist and his media team claim they were deliberately targeted by a U.S. armored vehicle while reporting from northeastern Syria on Monday. Photojournalist Baderkhan Ahmad released a video from the site showing a badly damaged vehicle that went offroad and a U.S. armored vehicle still on the road. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Netanyahu says Iran is producing cruise missile capable of hitting any target in Middle East

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 5 hours ago
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has alleged that Iran is currently working on developing cruise missiles capable of reaching any destination in the Middle East, the news outlet Kan News reported. He added that Tehran is reportedly seeking to deploy these missiles at “various locations” in the region, including Yemen, so that they can hit Israel, among other […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

ISIS Victims' Relatives On Baghdadi's Death

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 5 hours ago
*The Guardian:* *He died as he lived – a coward': Isis victims' relatives on Baghdadi's death* Survivors and bereaved families express relief and say fight for justice must go on Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi led a movement that prided itself on mass killings and indiscriminate violence. His Islamic State ended thousands of lives across Syria and Iraq and galvanised fighters and supporters worldwide to carry out deadly attacks that were intended to horrify. On Saturday night, Baghdadi killed himself and three of his children during a US special forces raid on his hideout in Syria. Around ... more »

Dozens may apply as Utah opens medical marijuana dispensary licensing round

Jeff Smith at Marijuana Business Daily - 5 hours ago
Utah officials expect “dozens” of individuals and businesses to apply to serve the state’s relatively small market with a total of 14 medical cannabis dispensaries. The application process remains open until Dec. 2, with state officials aiming to announce winners in time to launch the first phase of the program on March 1. Rich Oborn, […] Dozens may apply as Utah opens medical marijuana dispensary licensing round is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

Entrepreneur offers $250,000 in loans for Illinois social equity cannabis applications

John Schroyer at Marijuana Business Daily - 5 hours ago
An African-American entrepreneur is offering $250,000 in loans with either zero or a low interest rate to 100 social equity applicants for marijuana business licenses in Illinois in hopes of getting more minorities into the industry. Good Tree Capital founder Seke Ballard – who already is in the business of handing out loans to cannabis […] Entrepreneur offers $250,000 in loans for Illinois social equity cannabis applications is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

Mexico to miss deadline to legalize marijuana, including recreational use

Alfredo Pascual at Marijuana Business Daily - 5 hours ago
Citing “unprecedented” pressure from companies trying to influence Mexico’s cannabis legislation, voting on a bill to completely legalize marijuana – including its recreational use – will be delayed, according to media reports. Ricardo Monreal, president of the Senate’s Political Coordination Board (Jucopo) – a governing body of the chamber – told Milenio the bill “won’t be voted on this […] Mexico to miss deadline to legalize marijuana, including recreational use is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

CEO Berman leaves cannabis firm Harborside; board chair picked as interim

John Schroyer at Marijuana Business Daily - 5 hours ago
One of the most well-known and longest-operating cannabis dispensary owners in the nation, California-based Harborside, announced Monday that its CEO has stepped down and a new interim chief executive officer was appointed. Andrew Berman, who has served as CEO, president and board member since January 2018, relinquished the reins of the Oakland, California-based company, effective […] CEO Berman leaves cannabis firm Harborside; board chair picked as interim is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

Two Prisoners Were Captured Alive During al-Baghdadi Strike

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 5 hours ago
General Milley (right) and Defense Secretary Mark Esper (left) held a news conference about the strike on Monday at the Pentagon *Daily Mail/AFP:* *Two prisoners were captured ALIVE during al-Baghdadi strike, US military's top officer confirms* * Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley discussed the raid at Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's Syrian compound during a press briefing Monday * He said two men were taken prisoner and are being held at a secure location * Milley did not reveal any additional details about the prisoners or how they were connected to al-Baghdadi, bu... more »

"Unmasking the Deep State"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
*"Unmasking the Deep State"* by Brian Maher "Politics has us all in siege. Morning, noon, evening, night, we cower beneath a raining bombardment. Much of the barrage - unsurprisingly - addresses the ghastly villainies of President Donald Trump. He is a bull amok among the porcelain. In him we find the scoundrel *par excellence*, the nearly perfect rascal, the matchless menace - Nero himself, plucked out of hell and set down among us. He is guilty of every crime on the calendar, we are told. He has violated every decency. He has transgressed every rule, written and unwritten. Is th... more »

The crusade to curb ordinary life

CFACT at CFACT - 5 hours ago
The moral crusade to inconvenience and curb our consumer choices and lifestyles, is about power and control. The post The crusade to curb ordinary life appeared first on CFACT.

CLIMATE CHANGE – The Facts

Jamie Spry at Climatism - 5 hours ago
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ?I have been asked by a couple of people to produce a simple climate change factsheet, and it might be worth bookmarking for future use. I have kept it simple, with no graphs or references. As those familiar with this blog, everything…

Remains Of Islamic State Leader al-Baghdadi Have Already Been Buried At Sea

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 5 hours ago
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's remains have been disposed of at seat after blowing himself up in his Syrian compound on Saturday after being cornered by U.S. forces *Daily Mail*: *Remains of ISIS leader al-Baghdadi have already been buried at sea as it is revealed Delta Force took DNA samples from his used UNDERWEAR and blood to confirm his identity* * Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's remains were disposed of at sea after he blew himself up in his Syrian compound on Saturday in a U.S. raid * Osama bin Laden's remains were also disposed of at sea when he was killed in Pakistan in 2011 * Baghdadi's ... more »
Make that like  'Osama bin Ladens' alleged remains and we might have a credible pattern.

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A Visual Guide To The Raid That Killed Isis Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 6 hours ago
*The Guardian:* *Visual guide to the raid that killed Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi* Baghdadi died in a US raid on a compound near the village of Barisha in north-west Syria The US began to receive intelligence on the whereabouts of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi about a month ago, according to Donald Trump. Intelligence officials were able to scope out his exact location – near the village of Barisha in north-west Syria – two weeks ago, and Trump was made aware of the planned raid at the end of last week. Moments after a team including the US president gathered in the White House situ... more »

"Since only situations which have been created by human will can be called just or unjust, the particulars of a spontaneous order cannot be just or unjust: if it is not the intended or foreseen result of somebody’s action … this cannot be called just or unjust." #QotD

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 6 hours ago
*"If we apply the terms [just or unjust] to a state of affairs, they have meaning only in so far as we hold someone responsible for bringing it about or allowing it to come about ... "Since only situations which have been created by human will can be called just or unjust, the particulars of a spontaneous order cannot be just or unjust: if it is not the intended or foreseen result of somebody’s action … this cannot be called just or unjust."* ~ F.A. Hayek, from his book *The Mirage of Social Justice**.* Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish i... more »

“Name Redacted” – President Trump Tweets Picture of Hero From Baghdadi Raid…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 6 hours ago
Moments ago President Trump honored a very handsome hero from the raid on the ISIS compound of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi with a picture: The heroes name is redacted, but he sure is handsome. A key member of the Special Forces … Continue reading →

AG Bill Barr Defends John Durham Investigation, Praises FBI Director Chris Wray “Outstanding Support”…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 6 hours ago
Earlier today Bill Barr gave an interview to Fox News on the sidelines of a law enforcement event in Chicago. The U.S. Attorney General discussed the ongoing investigation by U.S. Attorney John Durham, and gave high praise to FBI Director … Continue reading →

ISIS Leader Al-Baghdadi Reported Dead – for at Least the 7th Time in 12 Years

WakingTimes at Waking Times - 6 hours ago
*S.M. Gibson* - Oddly, this is not the first instance in which al-Baghdadi was reportedly killed over the years.

Amazon Rainforest Could Reach “Irreversible Tipping Point” in Only Two Years

WTStaff at Waking Times - 6 hours ago
*Elias Marat* - By 2021, the rainforest could cease to produce its own rain and simply degrade into dry savannah and grasslands.

Over 1 Million People Take to the Streets in Chile to Protest Billionaire President

WTStaff at Waking Times - 6 hours ago
*Eoin Higgins* - "Chile is not the same as it was yesterday."

Chaldean Patriarch Visits Youth Hurt in Baghdad Protests

Baghdad -- Chaldean patriarch, Card Louis Raphael Sako, visited a hospital in Baghdad this morning to meet some of the hundreds of people wounded in anti-government protests.

Assyrian Confederation of Europe Elects New Leader

Marta Youeel Eshoo.The Assyrian Confederation of Europe has elected Marta Youeel Eshoo as the new head of the organisation. The election marks the beginning of a new three year mandate and the second since the establishment of the confederation.

Why Xi Jinping Can't Sell China's 'One Nation' Strategy

Denny Roy at The National Interest - 6 hours ago
*Denny Roy* *Security, Asia* [image: Reuters] The Xi Jinping era has been disastrous for Chinese society, for China’s foreign relations with much of the world, and particularly for cross-Strait relations. China’s ability to outspend Taiwan in the competition for diplomatic allies should not be mistaken for clever statecraft. The Xi Jinping era has been disastrous for Chinese society, for China’s foreign relations with much of the world, and particularly for cross-Strait relations. Despite the incomparable importance of the Taiwan issue in Chinese politics, the man lauded by Peop... more »

What Happens After India and Pakistan Clash Over Kashmir?

Syed Ali Zia Jaffery at The National Interest - 6 hours ago
*Syed Ali Zia Jaffery* *Security, Eurasia* [image: Reuters] A Military Confrontation over Kashmir will be deadlier than the Pulwama-Balakot Crisis. Tensions between nuclear-armed archrivals India and Pakistan are increasing after the former ended the special status of Jammu and Kashmir on August 5. Ties are further vitiating as reports of torture and brutality in what Pakistan describes as an “Indian Occupied Kashmir” are being reported by international media outlets. Pakistan’s response to India’s Kashmir gambit has been a diplomatic one with Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan ... more »

Is Russia Headed for Trouble In Syria?

Dimitri Alexander Simes at The National Interest - 6 hours ago
*Dimitri Alexander Simes* *Security, Eurasia* [image: Reuters] As it expands its role, Moscow may discover that Syria is anything but a cakewalk. In a rare show of unity, major Western media outlets and Russian state-media came together to proclaim the agreement reached earlier this week by Russian president Vladimir Putin and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Syria as a major triumph for Russia. But is it? Many in Moscow are offering a far more cautious appraisal of the deal, emphasizing that while Russia succeeded in averting a confrontation with Turkey over Syria, man... more »

Double Trouble: What If Russia and China Built Joint-Aircraft Carriers?

David Axe at The National Interest - 6 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, Eurasia* [image: By GG001213 - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=61884932] A real problem or a joke? *Key point:* Russia and China could work together to pool their resources and expertise, but they are also still wary of each other. China could partner with Russia in order to develop nuclear-powered icebreakers. While the vessels would be useful in their own right, the main benefit could be to help Beijing refine reactor technology for use in a future nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, *according to* the Hong Kong *South China... more »

Not Good: The Royal Navy Is so Small It Can't Patrol the Entire Persian Gulf

David Axe at The National Interest - 6 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, Europe* [image: https://pictures.reuters.com/archive/BRITAIN-WARSHIP--RC17C21A6F10.html] Not enough ships to do a good job of it. *Key point:* Years of budget cuts have hurt London's ability to credibly project force abroad. The Royal Navy plans briefly to double its number of warships in the Persian Gulf following an attempted attack by Iranian forces on a British oil tanker on July 20, 2019. But the temporary increase in British warships in the region, from one to two, underscores just how few ships the Royal Navy can deploy even in an emergency. Iran... more »

Does a Video Show an Armed Robot Turning on Humans?

Bethania Palma at Snopes.com - 6 hours ago
The dystopian video alarmed some on social media in fall 2019.

CDPQ Strengthens Ties With Piramal Enterprises

Leo Kolivakis at Pension Pulse - 6 hours ago
Late last week, the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) announced an investment in Piramal Enterprises Limited (Piramal Enterprises), a leading Indian financial and industrial group active in financial services, pharmaceutical development and manufacturing, and healthcare information management. CDPQ will acquire US$250 million in convertible debentures from Piramal Enterprises: “We are delighted to deepen our partnership with Piramal Enterprises, a company whose value creation approach aligns well with CDPQ’s long-term objectives and perspective as a global institutional... more »

House Democrats Plan 1st Formal Vote on Impeachment Inquiry

AP News at Snopes.com - 6 hours ago
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the step is being taken “to eliminate any doubt” about the process.

Did WaPo Headline Call IS Leader al-Baghdadi an ‘Austere Religious Scholar’?

Dan Evon at Snopes.com - 6 hours ago
The Washington Post was criticized for an online obituary headline about al-Baghdadi.

“Woke” Squad Decrying Sex Bias in Dead-Animal Studies

Diogenes Sarcastica™ at Diogenes' Middle Finger - 6 hours ago
I hereby proclaim, by no other authority but my own, that 'Wokeness' will be from this day forward officially deemed and refered to as a mental illness. I present the latest evidence for your consideration: According to researchers at the Natural History Museum in London, the world’s top natural history museums in New York, Chicago, Washington, D.C., London, and Paris, are misogynistic because their animal exhibits contain more males than females. They found a slight bias towards males in birds (40% females) and mammals (48% females),” according to a *research report*. The report ... more »

Gotham City Digest

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Gotham City - 6 hours ago
(Fuckin' A, get to work, ladies.) ------------------------------ Yeah, LET'S talk about corruption and nepotism, Donnie Oranges. ------------------------------ "Mr. Cornstein is open about his closeness to Mr. Orban. He tells how, on the flight back to Budapest after the White House meeting, the two men — exhausted from a long day — stripped to their underwear and napped and chatted on couches in the back of Mr. Orban’s plane." How this wasn't the lede in this *NY Times* article is a mystery to me. ------------------------------ All paid for by a podcast that has... more »

The Death Of Islamic State Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi -- News Updates October 28, 2019

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 6 hours ago
*The Guardian*: *Nowhere left to run: how the US finally caught up with Isis leader Baghdadi * *The hunt for the Islamic State leader had lasted years until Iraqi officials got a break last month* Cornered in a dead-end tunnel, with a robot creeping towards him, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had nowhere left to run. Dogs barked in the darkness, a US soldier called out … and then came the thundering explosion that killed the world’s most wanted man – together with three terrified children he was using as human shields. The US military finally caught up with the Islamic State leader in a re... more »

Deep State Destroyed Syria, Not Trump

TNA Video at rss - 6 hours ago
[image: alex-newman-deep-state-destroyed-syria-not-trump-behind-the-deep-state] VIDEO - In this episode of Behind The Deep State, host Alex Newman exposes how and why the Deep State destroyed Syria. You will learn how the Obama administration and other Deep State powers teamed up with Al Qaeda and other jihadists there, eventually unleashing the Islamic State or ISIS. Then, under the guise of fighting the Islamist threat the Deep State created, the Deep State started arming and training communist terrorist groups seeking to enslave Kurdish people. The audacity of criticizing Trump ... more »

Communist Fellow Traveler, Rep. Barbara Lee, Calls for UN to Monitor 2020 Election

Warren Mass at rss - 6 hours ago
[image: communist-fellow-traveler-rep-barbara-lee-calls-for-un-to-monitor-2020-election] Far-leftist Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) recently said that she is making a “personal” plea that the United States recruit foreign election monitors from the UN.

CBP: Border Wall Going Up

R. Cort Kirkwood at rss - 6 hours ago
[image: cbp-border-wall-going-up] Owing partly to new border walls, illegal immigration is going down, and so is crime on the American side of the border with Mexico, officials with Customs and Border Protection say.

Monday Maxims

Keith at musingsofanoldfart - 6 hours ago
Our philosopher friend Hugh spawned this post citing a maxim. While unattributed, it bears repeating: those who are the least tolerant require more tolerance from others. So, on this Monday in late October, let me mention a few maxims. Where … Continue reading →

Vladimir Bukovsky RIP

David Henderson at Econlib - 7 hours ago
Tom G. Palmer, at Cato @ Liberty, has written a moving tribute to Vladimir Bukovsky, who died yesterday at age 76. I had always wondered why the Soviet government didn’t outright murder him. I think I understand a little better after reading Tom’s tribute. While I respect Bukovsky for all the reasons that Tom […] The post Vladimir Bukovsky RIP appeared first on Econlib.

How Open Borders Measures Up

Bryan Caplan at Econlib - 7 hours ago
Ten years ago, I published “Seven Guidelines for Writing Worthy Non-Fiction.” Since my new Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration (co-authored with Zach Weinersmith) releases tomorrow, I decided to re-read my guidelines and do some soul-searching. Here are my guidelines – and my self-evaluation. 1. Pick an important topic. Immigration restrictions deprive billions of their […] The post How Open Borders Measures Up appeared first on Econlib.

BREXIT in 2 Days And Counting, 2 Months And Cringing, 2 Years And Crying, or???

E.M.Smith at Musings from the Chiefio - 7 hours ago
BREXIT in 2 more days, or 2 more months, or 2 more years, or... Nothing like waiting to the last minute... Continue reading →

EU Agrees Brexit Extension To 31 January. Boris Johnson Fails To Get Enough Votes To Trigger An Early Election

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 7 hours ago
*Daily Mail:* *Labour bottles election AGAIN: Boris Johnson's latest bid to force ballot is blocked as he fails to win two-thirds support from MPs - but vows to try again TOMORROW amid signs SNP and Lib Dems could back new law* * EU said this morning it has agreed to push Brexit date back to January 31, 2020 * Delay came as MPs prepared to vote on PM's bid to hold pre-Christmas election * Boris Johnson said Jeremy Corbyn has 'run out of excuses' for blocking election * Mr Corbyn ordered his Labour MPs to abstain on motion to stage a snap poll * PM failed to win support in crunch ... more »

100+year cold records broken in Australia

Robert at Ice Age Now - 7 hours ago
Parts of southern Australia see their lowest back-to-back minimums this late in the year in more than a century. Monday morning was the coldest morning this late in the year in more than 25 years in Kingscote (0C), more than 15 years at Robe (0.8C) and 14 years at Stenhouse Bay (8.3C). Further east, Victoria’s ... Read more100+year cold records broken in Australia The post 100+year cold records broken in Australia appeared first on Ice Age Now.

Temperatures 10 to 40 degrees below average

Robert at Ice Age Now - 7 hours ago
Flirting with or breaking all-time record lows. Low temperatures much of this week will plunge 10 to 40 degrees below late October averages from Billings, Montaa to Salt Lake City to Denver to Amarillo, TX. Lows could hover above and below zero Fahrenheit (- 18C) in parts of the Rockies Wednesday and Thursday morning, while ... Read moreTemperatures 10 to 40 degrees below average The post Temperatures 10 to 40 degrees below average appeared first on Ice Age Now.

Global Protests Round-Up, Proposed Causes: Global Slump, Income Inequality, Social Media (and More)

Lambert Strether at naked capitalism - 7 hours ago
Today's global protests are an enormous story, bigger than Occupy. Here are some of the frames that journalists are using to cover them.

Tributes flow following death of baby falcon on top of Melbourne skyscraper

Kristian Silva at Just In - 7 hours ago
One of three peregrine falcon chicks that hatched, in front of thousands of online fans, has died in a nest perched high on a Melbourne skyscraper, marking the third year in a row the nest has suffered such a loss.

Russian attack helicopters buried at Darwin waste dump, Defence confirms

Jano Gibson And Jano Gibson at Just In - 7 hours ago
It's an unlikely setting for the final chapter of an international diplomatic scandal, but Darwin's waste dump holds an extraordinary secret beneath the surface.

Why this dying man keeps his coffin in his loungeroom

Jacqui Street at Just In - 7 hours ago
Bertrand Cadart says facing death makes him feel positive, which is why he keeps his Ferrari-red coffin in his loungeroom.

Knickers the giant steer throws pulling power behind worthiest of causes

Anthony Pancia at Just In - 7 hours ago
One year on, 2018's most unlikely internet sensation, Knickers the giant steer, has put his big hoof forward for a good cause, raising more than $14,000 in the process.

'They brush past you and grab you': This is the harassment retail workers face

Alison Branley at Just In - 7 hours ago
Cassie Marra's first taste of the work was also her introduction to workplace sexual harassment and the retail union says it is time employers protected some of the country's most vulnerable workers.

Backpacker was in the middle of the road with his pants down before fatal stabbing, court told

Melanie Vujkovic at Just In - 7 hours ago
A man accused of murdering a German backpacker in a road rage argument in Brisbane in 2017 told Queensland police he "felt nothing" when he stabbed the tourist multiple times with a fishing knife, a court hears.

Clean, green and rich: Wealthy donors bankrolling politicians who support climate action

Stephen Long at Just In - 7 hours ago
When the AEC releases its latest political donation figures this week, it will show sizeable contributions from a little-known group called Climate 200, backed by prominent businessmen Simon Holmes a Court and Mike Cannon-Brookes.

Whale-watching company faces investigation over reports it operated vessel without a licence

Johanna Marie at Just In - 7 hours ago
Tourists are warned to check the credentials of whale-watching companies as the Maritime Safety Authority investigates reports a boat operated without a licence.

The south Asian generation changing Australian cricket

David Mark at Just In - 7 hours ago
Yuvraj Sharma and Tanveer Sangha are balancing study and cricket with the support of their parents, and they are part of a new wave of players who may soon be shaking up Australian cricket at the top level.

Edwin and his wife swapped corporate jobs for bus driving — and they love it

Alan Weedon at Just In - 7 hours ago
There's a lot of pressure on new migrants to get into prestigious jobs when they move overseas — but what happens when the work does not meet expectations and the traveller is more than happy?

Samira was raped by her ex-partner, so she wrote a show about the incident to help her heal

Helen Frost at Just In - 7 hours ago
It has been six years since Samira Elagoz was raped by her ex-boyfriend. So she decided to own the narrative and write a performance about what had happened to her.

Unsealed mine shafts and cyanide-laced sandhills: The legacy of a town's gold rush

Donal Sheil at Just In - 7 hours ago
Cave-ins, bottomless pits filled with car bodies and cyanide-laced sandhills are just some of the remnants left behind from Parkes' long gold-rush history.

Barossa Valley rare bird species fading away as environment fragments

Gary-Jon Lysaght at Just In - 7 hours ago
The Barossa Valley is recognised for its wine and tourism, but some bird species are beginning to disappear because of habitat fragmentation and noisy miners.

NSW Now: Firefighters battle factory blaze, buses restored in Hills district

Just In - 7 hours ago
*MORNING BRIEFING: *More than 90 fire fighters work to stop a factory blaze from spreading in Sydney's inner city, while 700 weekly buses are being added to the Hills District.

'It has been heartbreaking': NDIS wearing down parents and carers, inquiry hears

Erin Cooper at Just In - 7 hours ago
Harry Copeland has a condition experienced by only a handful of other people globally and his parents used to have NDIS help. But then the family fell through the cracks.

'It's heartbreaking. It's fearful': Erin Brockovich announces largest class action in Australian history

Anna Kelsey-Sugg at Just In - 7 hours ago
Up to 40,000 people are suing the Federal Government over PFAS chemical contamination, arguing their property values have plummeted. It's the largest class action in Australian history — and it's backed by Erin Brockovich.

British MPs vote against early election after EU approves latest Brexit delay

Just In - 7 hours ago
The British Government loses a vote in the House of Commons to hold a general election on December 12, attracting just 299 of the required 434 votes.

'Once-in-a-generation' concept designs for $5.3bn Western Sydney Airport terminal unveiled

Jonathan Hair at Just In - 7 hours ago
Artist's impressions reveal an indoor garden and towering ceilings but residents living near the multi-billion-dollar project may have to wait years before finding out the exact location of flight paths.

For the sake of motorists, it's time to take a look at private schools

Just In - 7 hours ago
In weighing up the pros and cons of private schooling, and in calculating their economic costs versus benefits, we've all missed something rather important, write Matthew Burke and Yiping Yan.

Three reasons Islamic State will survive the death of its leader

Philip Williams at Just In - 7 hours ago
With its caliphate obliterated, tens of thousands of fighters corralled in desert camps and no leader, is this the end of Islamic State? asks Philip Williams.

Diversity Champion

cmaadmin at Diverse - 7 hours ago
Dr. Katrice Albert pushing inclusive excellence agenda among NCAA member institutions.

Bring Your Authentic Self to Work

cmaadmin at Diverse - 7 hours ago
As the first Black female professor in the Communication Department at my university, I consider myself to be a blessed imposter. I’ve been fortunate in my career. I’ve taught a variety of communications courses, incorporated social justice into the curriculum, created professional formation programs for students, and established the Dream. Plan. Do.™ departmental scholarship for students of color. I’ve played the “game” well enough to accomplish these tasks. What game? The game of code-switching and being inauthentic.

Blogging a few quick thoughts from @MichaelEDyson

Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig at Cloaking Inequity - 7 hours ago
I am in Phoenix Arizona today for the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) presidents’ conference which is themed this year “Stewards of Place Reimagined.” ]I was honored to be invited by my new mentor Millie Garcia, AASCU president, to experience the professional learning that the presidents of our nation’s state colleges and universities receive. I look forward

Did LeBron James Tell NBA ‘Dump the Anthem or I’ll Quit’?

Snopes Staff at Snopes.com - 7 hours ago
A routine review of content labeled satire.

Caliph closure: ‘He died like a dog’

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 7 hours ago
Trump’s victory-lap movie version buries the embarrassing story of deploying tanks to ‘protect’ Syrian oilfields

Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 300 – 2019

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

BUT IT'S DEMOCRATS WHO ARE UNCIVIL

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 7 hours ago
A terrible story: Former Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan, who had been ill for years due to a tick-borne illness that caused brain inflammation, died Monday at 66. Hagan, a moderate Democrat who represented North Carolina, beat powerful incumbent Republican Elizabeth Dole to win her seat in 2008, before losing to Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., in 2014.... Hagan was hospitalized in 2016 with encephalitis, or swelling of the brain. A family spokeswoman described the cause as a virus that's spread by ticks from animals to humans, citing a doctor who had been treating her. Test results indicated ... more »

Spanish Flu Pandemic Mass Graves 100 Years Ago Led To Our Zombie Fixation Today

The Conversation at Science 2.0 blogs - 7 hours ago
Zombies have lurched to the center of Halloween culture, with costumes proliferating as fast as the monsters themselves. This year, you can dress as a zombie prom queen, a zombie doctor – even a zombie rabbit or banana. The rise of the living dead, though, has a surprising link to another recurring October visitor: the influenza virus. read more

Unlike Movies, In Evolution The Best Screamers Often Survived

The Conversation at Science 2.0 blogs - 7 hours ago
Of all the sounds humans produce, nothing captures our attention quite like a good scream. They’re a regular feature of horror films, whether it’s Marion Crane’s infamous shower scream in “Psycho” or Chrissie Watkins’ blood-curdling scream at the beginning of “Jaws.” read more

Parents Say Their Immuno Compromised Son was Forced to Get Flu Shot. It Nearly Took His Life.

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 7 hours ago
Our heart goes out to Nathan and his parents. Please read below regarding their GoFundMe page, which we share here. As many of you know our 5 yr old, Nathan, was diagnosed with Leukemia on February 12th 2019. We spent over three months out of state for his treatment. He is in the continuation phase […] The post Parents Say Their Immuno Compromised Son was Forced to Get Flu Shot. It Nearly Took His Life. appeared first on Health Nut News.

I am no longer a Republican

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 8 hours ago
I just came back from city hall, where I switched my voter registration from Republican to unenrolled (aka independent). Two reasons: First, the Republican Party has largely become the Party of Trump. Too many Republicans in Congress are willing, in the interest of protecting their jobs, to overlook Trump's misdeeds (just as too many Democrats were for Clinton during his impeachment). I have no interest in associating myself with that behavior. Maybe someday, the party will return to having honorable leaders like Bush, McCain, and Romney. Until then, count me out. Second, in Massach... more »

China can become the world's leading soft power by creating a new media, analysis by Zerohedge shows private banksters behind US propaganda machine

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 8 hours ago
*Globalist insider Zerohedge has posted a report on how the Globalists turned USA's relatively free media into a propaganda machine at the same time as they got control of the country's banking system in 1913, enabling them to transfer the entire wealth of the country into their pockets using money printed as debt and interest.* *https://www.zerohedge.com/political/forgotten-media-purges-great-depression* *Key figures in China's international media like Hu Xijin still seems to be promoting the myth that the West has a free media and a real democracy, parrotting the Globalist propaga... more »

Are There Any Districts With Democratic Incumbents Where Trump Will Have Coattails?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 8 hours ago
There are 22 congressional districts that Trump won in 2016 that turned around and elected a non-incumbent Democrat two years later. None of the 7 California freshmen are included: *•* CA-10- Josh Harder (F)-- Hillary beat Trump 48.5% to 45.5% *•* CA-21- TJ Cox (F)-- Hillary beat Trump 55.2% to 39.7% *•* CA-25- Katie Hill (F)-- Hillary beat Trump 50.3% to 43.6% [see below] *•* CA-39- Gil Cisneros (F)-- Hillary beat Trump 51.5% to 42.9% *•* CA-45- Katie Porter (F)-- Hillary beat Trump 49.8% to 44.4% *•* CA-48- Harley Rouda (F)-- Hillary beat Trump 47.9% to 46.2% *•* CA-49- Mike Levin (... more »

Rock and a Hard Place

reitanotsuka at Asian Straight Shooter - 8 hours ago
The Capital is full of gorgeous carriages and gowns, But you are… Continue reading “Rock and a Hard Place”… The post Rock and a Hard Place appeared first on Asian Straight Shooter.

Zombie Flu: How the 1919 Influenza Pandemic Fueled the Rise of the Living Dead

David Mikkelson at Snopes.com - 8 hours ago
Did mass graves in the influenza pandemic help give rise to the living dead?

Was IS Leader al-Baghdadi Released from US Prison in Obama Era?

Dan Evon at Snopes.com - 8 hours ago
IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was once held at a U.S. detention facility.

"Three Things You Didn’t Know About The Crash Of 1929"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
*"Three Things You Didn’t Know About The Crash Of 1929"* by Simon Black "October 28, 1929 – 90 years ago today – is known as ‘Black Monday’ in financial circles. The US stock market had peaked the previous month, on September 3, 1929, with the Dow Jones stock index reaching a record high of 381. But throughout September and October, nervous investors began pulling their money out of the market. And over a three day period in late October (including Black Monday), the market lost more than 30% of its value. Ninety years later, I thought it would be prudent to look at three key insi... more »

100 Years Flying: Meet the Air Force's Plans for the B-52J

David Axe at The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.dvidshub.net/image/5846713/btf-europe-20-01-maintenance] An impressive upgrade. *Key point:* The Pentagon wants to keep its B-52s operational for the foreseeable future. The U.S. Air Force could get a new version of the iconic B-52 bomber. The “B-52J” designation might supersede the current “B-52H” moniker that the flying branch has applied to the eight-engine bombers since they entered service in the early 1960s. *Air Force* magazine reporter John Tirpak *has the story*. “The Air Force is likely to redesignate the B-52H as t... more »

These Are the 5 Best Gun Manufacturers on the Planet

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Americas* [image: By Mikehelms - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26980450] The finest. *Key point: *These companies have been around for a while and know what they are doing when it comes to firearms. America’s prolific firearms industry means that choosing the top five manufacturers is no easy task. While boutique handgun builders may produce some very fine pieces, quantity has a quality all its own, and several companies ship hundreds of thousands of handguns a year. Like the auto industry, some of the best han... more »

President Trump Delivers Impromptu Remarks From Joint Base Andrews – Video and Transcript…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 8 hours ago
President Trump delivers remarks to the traveling press pool from Joint Base Andrews. [Video and Transcript Below] . [Transcript] – THE PRESIDENT: So, we had a great weekend for our country. We captured a man that should’ve been caught a … Continue reading →

National Security Adviser: Will O’Brien be an Improvement Over Bolton?

John F. McManus at rss - 8 hours ago
[image: national-security-adviser-will-o-brien-be-an-improvement-over-bolton] Any U.S. national security adviser holds a very important post. He advises the president about such key matters as using America’s military, supporting or rejecting appointments dealing with foreign policy, backing or steering clear of foreign leaders, and more.

Tacoma to Tax Gun Stores, Pawn Shops Out of Existence

Bob Adelmann at rss - 8 hours ago
[image: tacoma-to-tax-gun-stores-pawnshops-out-of-existence] The process of "coercive gradualism" is being initiated in Tacoma, Washington, whereby taxes are added to products to get rid of them — in this case, guns.

Rand Paul Attacks American Socialists AOC, Bernie Sanders, Others — in New Book

Steve Byas at rss - 8 hours ago
[image: rand-paul-attacks-american-socialists-aoc-bernie-sanders-others-in-new-book] Rand Paul's new book demonstrates that socialism is bad, whatever name it goes by.

Ahab and Jezebel. Who’s the better comparison?

Norma at Collecting My Thoughts - 8 hours ago
Hillary Clinton at the Cummings memorial on Friday compared our president and FLOTUS to Jezebel and Ahab, another power couple of the ancient Jewish scriptures. They've been used in the past to describe Bill and Hillary Clinton--perhaps she was aware of that book. "Throughout his 2017 best-seller “The Paradigm: The Ancient Blueprint That Holds the Mystery of Our Times,” Jonathan Cahn explains how ancient paradigms have predicted political outcomes like Donald Trump’s presidential victory and Hillary Clinton’s defeat years before they happened. Clinton said, "Like the prophet, ou... more »

Albatross Dying Out Because Of Climate Change–Latest Attenborough Fake News

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 9 hours ago
By Paul Homewood h/t Robin Guenier/Me Grim Nasty It looks like David Attenborough has been making it up as he goes along again: On Sunday evening, the legendary BBC presenter took viewers to the southernmost continent for the first episode of “Seven Wolds, One Planet.” Now 93, Sir David emphasised the shocking effects […]

ARE GLOBALIST NETWORKS IN CHINESE MEDIA AND BANKS BEHIND THE PORK CRISIS?

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 9 hours ago
*REPORT IN GLOBALIST CONTROLLED FT HINTS AT PLAN TO OUST PRESIDENT XI* *USING PORK CRISIS * *ODDITIES ABOUT THE CRISIS REPORTED IN THE FT SUGGEST THE GLOBALISTS MAY BE ABLE TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA IN CHINA TO MANIPULATE BEHAVE AND WORSEN THE CRISIS* *STEVE BANNON AND CAMRIDGE ANALYTICS MAY HAVE PENETRATED CHINA'S SOCIAL MEDIA TO CREATE CONFUSION* *CHINA NEEDS URGENTLY TO INVESTIGATE PIG RESTOCKING* *CONFUSION UNDERLINES THE NEED FOR A NEW MEDIA IN CHINA* *NEW MEDIA NEEDED TO PROVIDE ACCURATE INFORMATION TO A DOMESTIC AUDIENCE AND ALSO INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCE TO BUILD A GLOBAL COMMUNITY... more »

Massachusetts marijuana firm settles Boise Cascade logo dispute

Bart Schaneman at Marijuana Business Daily - 9 hours ago
New England Treatment Access (NETA), a Massachusetts medical and recreational marijuana company, settled a lawsuit with Boise Cascade, an Idaho lumber business, over a logo trademark dispute. A spokesman for NETA, which owns two cannabis retail stores, said in a statement that the dispute with Boise Cascade “has been resolved amicably,” Masslive.com reported. The terms of the […] Massachusetts marijuana firm settles Boise Cascade logo dispute is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

Michigan adult-use cannabis market likely won’t launch until spring

Jeff Smith at Marijuana Business Daily - 9 hours ago
Michigan regulators will start taking recreational marijuana business applications on Nov. 1, but sales aren’t expected to begin until March or April at the earliest. There are a number of factors delaying the launch, according to the Detroit Free Press, including: The state is concerned about a medical cannabis shortage and hasn’t yet decided if […] Michigan adult-use cannabis market likely won’t launch until spring is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

Applying the CLOUD Act to the U.S.-U.K. Bilateral Data Access Agreement

nswire at Lawfare - 9 hours ago
Flags Flying, Plymouth Harbour, Devon (Source: Christine Matthews) On Oct. 3, the United States and the United Kingdom signed the first-ever executive agreement under the CLOUD Act, a 2018 law that authorizes the U.S. to enter into information-sharing agreements with other countries for the purpose of aiding criminal investigations. The text of the executive agreement, titled the U.S.-U.K. Bilateral Data Access Agreement, is located here. Congress will now have 90 days to consider the agreement, which will come into effect at the end of that period unless Congress enacts a resolut... more »

World News Briefs -- October 28, 2019

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 9 hours ago
*Al Jazeera: **World reacts to death of ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi* *Al-Baghdadi reportedly killed himself after running into a tunnel during a US military operation in northwest Syria.* Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a US military raid in northwest Syria, President Donald Trump confirmed. During a press conference on Sunday, Trump said al-Baghdadi had been "under surveillance for a couple of weeks". According to the US president, the ISIL chief died after running into a tunnel in the village of Barisha where he... more »

“Major Revelation” from OPCW whistleblower: Jonathan Steele speaking to the BBC

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 9 hours ago
The following is a transcription of an interview given by Jonathan Steele (former Senior Middle East Correspondent for the Guardian) to Paul Henley, on the BBC World Service programme, Weekend, on 27 October 2019

EU GIVES UK EXTENSION UNTIL JANUARY 31ST. IS A SECOND REFERENDUM NOW THE BEST OPTION?

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 9 hours ago
*The EU has given the UK an extension until January 31st, it has emerged.* *https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-deal-extension-boris-johnson-news-eu-2020-flextension-latest-a9173941.html* *My thinking is there should be a second referendum, not a snap election just before the new no deal Brexit disaster cliff date.* *Also, MPs should vote to make revoking Article 50 the default position in the event of a no deal Brexit and so remove the option of leaving without a deal once and for all.* *https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-deal-extension-boris-joh... more »

Lincoln University to be Honored With Historical Marker on Campus

Sarah Wood at Diverse - 9 hours ago
Lincoln University is set to receive a historical marker on campus Nov. 14 presented by the Toni Morrison Society’s Bench by the Road Project. As part of the ceremony, the school will be awarded with the organization’s 26th bench placement, becoming the second historically Black university in the nation to earn this honor. The Bench […]

Longest Serving Black Congressman Dies at Age 90

Sara Weissman at Diverse - 9 hours ago
Former U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr. – a Michigan Democrat and the longest-serving Black congressman – died on Sunday at the age 90. Conyers served in Congress from 1964 to 2017. A founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus in 1971, he also successfully pushed to make Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday a […]

Gonzaga Professor Receives Two Research Fellowships

Sarah Wood at Diverse - 9 hours ago
Dr. Laurie Arnold, associate professor and director of Native American Studies at Gonzaga University, was named an American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) 2019 Fellow. Her research project will focus on the comparison of influential Native American female writers including Sarah Winnemucca, Christine Quintasket and Gertrude Bonnin to investigate cultural activism. There were 81 ACLS […]

University of Texas Opens Center for Black Male Students

Sara Weissman at Diverse - 9 hours ago
University of Texas has announced its new Heman Sweatt Center for Black Males, named after the school’s first Black law student. Previously known as the African American Male Research Initiative, the center is a part of the school’s Division of Diversity and Community Engagement. The center offers programs like Black Male Orientation, hosts weekly power […]

No, Malia Obama Wasn’t Busted for Selling Priceless White House Trinkets

Snopes Staff at Snopes.com - 9 hours ago
A routine review of content labeled satire.

2:00PM Water Cooler 10/28/2019

Lambert Strether at naked capitalism - 9 hours ago
Today's Water Cooler: Biden, Sanders, Warren, impeachment and the so-called "deep state," William Gibson and RussiaGate, voting machines, trade, national activity, inventories, manufacturing, AirBnB, Tesla, Apple, PG&E, fracking and earthquakes, Amílcar Lopes de costa Cabral, Bob Dylan, the fabulous Sixties

Is a former Hong Kong bishop a part of Steve Bannon's propaganda op ?

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 9 hours ago
*A Globalist neo fascist Catholic set led by Steve Bannon and billionaires like Gloria Thun und Taxis includes Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, a former Bishop of Hong Kong, who sat on the board of Bannon's monastery academy for neo fascist political operatives.* *https://zerohedge.whotrades.com/blog/43079365730* *China should send a new team of investigative journalists to Hong Kong to research the role of the Catholic church there in the ongoing protests as well as the funding of the protestors and their links to Globalist NGOs.* *Are any of the key figures linked to Steve Bannon? * *As far... more »

Robert Evans, Iconic Producer of ‘Chinatown,’ Dies at 89

AP News at Snopes.com - 9 hours ago
During Evans’ tenure running Paramount, he resurrected the studio with films including “Rosemary’s Baby,” ″Serpico” and “The Godfather,” parts one and two.

Connecting trade and climate chaos

bilaterals.org - 10 hours ago
28-Oct-2019 We must call for an end to the deregulatory ‘free trade' and tax policies that make practices like re-importation and redundant trade profitable.

Carlos Slim y Telefónica llevan a Colombia a un arbitraje por 1,200 millones de euros

bilaterals.org - 10 hours ago
28-Oct-2019 Telefónica ha formalizado su demanda en el Ciadi, al igual que ya había hecho América Móvil. Entre ambas compañías reclaman más de 1,200 millones de euros al país.

La Asamblea Nacional ratifica el TLC Corea del Sur-Reino Unido

bilaterals.org - 10 hours ago
28-Oct-2019 La Asamblea Nacional de Corea del Sur ha ratificado el tratado de libre comercio entre Corea del Sur y el Reino Unido, a fin de prepararse para la salida de este último de la Unión Europea.

Iran-EAEU PTA comes into effect Sunday

bilaterals.org - 10 hours ago
28-Oct-2019 This agreement includes 862 products, with 360 related to Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and 502 to Iran.

Comienza el acuerdo de libre comercio entre la Unión Euroasiática e Irán en medio de las sanciones de EE.UU.

bilaterals.org - 10 hours ago
28-Oct-2019 Irán ha destacado la importancia de este acuerdo de libre comercio firmado en mayo de 2018, especialmente para impulsar sus exportaciones no petroleras en la actual época de sanciones.

EUA y China se encuentran "cerca de concluir" secciones de acuerdo comercial

bilaterals.org - 10 hours ago
28-Oct-2019 Estados Unidos y China se encuentran cerca de concluir la "primera fase" del acuerdo.

Trade in services in the AfCFTA

bilaterals.org - 10 hours ago
28-Oct-2019 Member states are currently engaged in negotiations on issues that are essential for trade in services under the AfCFTA to begin.

Arbitration tribunal delays award in ₹10,247-cr Cairn retro tax case to mid-2020

bilaterals.org - 10 hours ago
28-Oct-2019 The tax department had sought ₹10,247 crore in taxes on alleged capital gains made by the company in the internal reorganisation

Reclaman 293 mdd en caso Oceanografía

bilaterals.org - 10 hours ago
28-Oct-2019 Las acciones del Gobierno de Enrique Peña Nieto contra Oceanografía podrían costarle alrededor de 300 millones de dólares a la actual Administración.

Eurasian Union, Serbia sign free-trade agreement

bilaterals.org - 10 hours ago
28-Oct-2019 The trade agreement not only fully harmonizes the terms of trade of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia with Serbia, but also creates a similar regime for Armenian and Kyrgyz goods.

EU Member States agree on a plurilateral treaty to terminate bilateral investment treaties

bilaterals.org - 10 hours ago
28-Oct-2019 EU Member States committed to terminate their intra-EU bilateral investment treaties in a coordinated manner by means of a plurilateral treaty.

Morocco, UK sign post-Brexit association agreement

bilaterals.org - 10 hours ago
28-Oct-2019 Morocco and the UK have signed an “Association Agreement” to ensure that the two countries maintain their relationships unscathed when the UK leaves the EU.

Neo fascist far right makes big win in Germany as Globalists use1930s game plan

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 10 hours ago
*Globalist Annegret Kramp Karrenbauer has come under attack after her party, the CDU, suffered another massive defeat in Thuringia. It is the CDU's fourth major election loss since AKK won a rigged election to become the new CDU party leader. * *https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/ausland/europa/krampkarrenbauers-gegner-gehen-in-die-offensive/story/23234383* *The CDU defeat has increased pressure for Friedrich Merz to become the CDU leader. He appears to be interested in trying to stop an economic and financial meltdown in Germany, and therefore, a promising partner for China. * *But AK... more »

California and New York Having Problems Delivering Energy

IER at IER - 10 hours ago
Repeatedly this month in California, Pacific Gas & Electric has cut off electricity to more than a million subscribers due… The post California and New York Having Problems Delivering Energy appeared first on IER.

Crowds boo Donald Trump, Globalist media propaganda bubble burst by reality

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 10 hours ago
*Donald Trump was booed at the World Series game in Washington DC today. Incredible scene! * *And a sign of just how loathed Trump is in the real world and undercutting the Globalist mainstream and alternative media propaganda showing him at rallies with steady support.* *Crowds shouted "Lock him up" when Trump appeared on the flatscreen.* *When the camera panned to troops, the crowds cheers immediately turned to boos as soon as the troops shouted POTUS.* *Huge political opportunity for China to reach out to the disenfranchised, disaffected masses suffering under a NWO Globalist t... more »

Humanity’s birthplace found in southern Africa

Suzannah Lyons at Just In - 10 hours ago
The earliest ancestors of anatomically modern humans likely emerged in southern Africa, new Australian-led research suggests.

Man found dangling from 80m-tall chimney dies before he can be rescued

Just In - 10 hours ago
A man discovered trapped upside-down at the top of an historic chimney has died before he could be reached in an elaborate rescue mission involving a drone, helicopters and a cherrypicker, British police say.

OLD WOMAN IN DESPERATE STATE SLEEPING ROUGH IN THE CENTRE OF LARISA IS A DISGRACE TO THE CORRUPT LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND ORTHODOX CLERGY

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 10 hours ago
*I found an elderly woman sleeping on a bench in the centre of town, on the Frourio, the hill with ancient ruins and cafes this evening, at 7 pm local time.* *She covered herself with one blanket on a chilly night. When I gave her a little bit of money, she thanked me in Greek, suggesting she is Greek.* *This is the first time I have ever seen an elderly woman sleeping on a bench in Larisa and a sign things are getting very bad for some people.* *I have seen more and more men sleeping rough in the morning on the Frourio.* *This is a disgrace to the corrupt left wing politicians of... more »

Visiting the blown bridge that links the LPR & Ukraine

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 10 hours ago
*Olga Kobceva (4th on right) led our small group yesterday on a tour of the Stanitsa Luganskaya bridge that was blow up by the Ukrainian Army soon after the US sponsored coup in 2014. She is a member of the Peoples Council of Lugansk. She works with POW transfers and an investigation into missing people. She is a member of the Minsk agreement group.* We were taken from our hotel in Lugansk (the Donbass) early yesterday on a cold and foggy morning to the Stanitsa Luganskaya bridge that connects the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) and Ukraine. The center part of the bridge was blow... more »

Who is going to win the World Series?

bob somerby at the daily howler - 10 hours ago
*MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2019Anthropology all the way down:* "Math is hard," Talking Barbie famously said. According to major anthropologists, so is working with statistics! Consider what happened when a substantial number of human beings recently tried to do that. As of last Wednesday night, the Washington Nationals had won the first two games of the World Series, *and they'd done so as the visiting team!* The Nats had won the two games *in Houston!* Every sports pundit from here to Sochi got busy repeating a script: Very few teams who accomplished that feat have ever gone on to los... more »

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 28,2 019

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 10 hours ago
Boys wave towards a convoy of U.S. vehicles withdrawing from northern Syria, in Erbil, Iraq October 21, 2019. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari *Military.com:* *US Troops Staying Behind In Syria Could Face Threats From Assad Regime* U.S. troops tasked with guarding oil wells in Syria from Islamic State group terrorists could also face threats from President Bashar al-Assad's regime, which has long sought to retake the Al Omar oil fields in Deir al-Zour province. The announcement that U.S. troops would protect the oil fields came from Defense Secretary Mark Esper at a contentious Friday meetin... more »

The Justice Department Should Share More Information on the Durham Investigation

rlitt at Lawfare - 10 hours ago
Attorney General William Barr delivers remarks at the 2019 Attorney General's Awards. Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz and FBI Director Christopher Wray sit to his right. (Justice Department) The New York Times and other media outlets, citing anonymous sources, recently reported that the Department of Justice inquiry into the origins of the Russia investigation has “shifted” from an administrative review to a criminal investigation. The leakers—identified only as “people familiar with the matter”—were notably imprecise; they did not, apparently, say what is be... more »

Oh, my itchy trigger finger . . .

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 10 hours ago
Yesterday Miss D. and I went to the Guardians of Freedom Air Show at Sheppard Air Force Base near Wichita Falls. It was a lot of fun, with a surprisingly good range of aircraft for a training base, including the F-22 and F-35 fifth-generation combat aircraft. There was a decent-size crowd, too. While we were walking from the parking lot to the entrance to the display area, our attention was caught by a silver dart-like aircraft zooming low over the runway, quite close to us. I don't know what I looked like to my wife, but I could feel the tension right away as I recognized it. I ... more »

Lebanese Protesters Sing ‘Baby Shark’ to Toddler, Hilarity Ensues

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 10 hours ago
Isn’t it amazing that people can come together by the thousands, or hundreds of thousands, in other countries to protest their government, but it sure seems like most people here in America are ok with drinking the fluoride and the Kool-Aid. And what a cute little baby. The post Lebanese Protesters Sing ‘Baby Shark’ to Toddler, Hilarity Ensues appeared first on Health Nut News.

Iowa Woman Dies after Explosion at Gender Reveal Party

AP News at Snopes.com - 10 hours ago
An Iowa woman has died after an explosion at a gender reveal party created debris that hit her.

2 Women Who Flashed Breasts at World Series Banned by MLB

AP News at Snopes.com - 10 hours ago
Major League Baseball says the ban from big league stadiums is indefinite.

Did President Trump Get Booed at the 2019 World Series?

Bethania Palma at Snopes.com - 10 hours ago
The U.S. president appeared somewhat surprised by the crowd's reaction.

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Hill, Featured in Nude Bong Photo, Quits Congress, but Is Defended

R. Cort Kirkwood at rss - 11 hours ago
[image: hill-featured-in-nude-bong-photo-quits-congress-revenge-porn-blamed] Democrat Representative Katie Hill won’t have to worry about that probe by the House Ethics Committee for allegations that she was involved with a weaker subordinate in her office; she resigned.

Disturbing Poll Finds Most Americans Want to Scrap 1st Amendment, Jail People for Free Speech

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 11 hours ago
[image: speech]A disturbing new poll has found that the majority of Americans want to alter the First Amendment to limit the speech of their fellow Americans, up to and including jailing them.

Rohac on Brexit

Alberto Mingardi at Econlib - 11 hours ago
Dalibor Rohac’s columns on Brexit are a must-read. The new one is no exception. In the Washington Post, Dalibor argues that enough is enough, and both the EU and the UK share an interest, now, to go for a Brexit agreement as soon as possible. This is the gist of his argument: Both the E.U. […] The post Rohac on Brexit appeared first on Econlib.

Colorado – Summer was shorter this year

Robert at Ice Age Now - 11 hours ago
Trail Ridge Toad,which opened more than a week later than usual in June, has now closed one week early. ___________ 24 Oct 2019 – A string of snowstorms forced early closure of Trail Ridge Road, Rocky Mountain National Park’s most popular road. The road’s opening on June 5 of this year came more than a ... Read moreColorado – Summer was shorter this year The post Colorado – Summer was shorter this year appeared first on Ice Age Now.

Stealthy Switzerland: Why Berne May Get the F-35

David Axe at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, Europe* [image: https://www.dvidshub.net/image/5601061/f-35-demo-team-brings-airpower-duluth-airshow] A neutral powerhouse. *Key point:* Switzerland hasn't made up its mind, but it is eyeing the F-35 as one option. Four U.S. Air Force F-35A stealth fighters on May 31, 2019 *arrived* at Payerne air base in Switzerland. The F-35s are scheduled to remain at the base until June 14, 2019 in support of F-35-maker Lockheed Martin in its bid to win the Swiss air force’s $8-billion tender for up to 40 new fighters. The Swiss air force in April 2019 began evaluati... more »

Brace Yourself: The Army's New M-1A2C Is Coming

David Axe at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*David Axe* *Technology, Americas* [image: https://www.dvidshub.net/image/5848781/combat-team-tests-tanks-first-time-following-armor-conversion] And it is awesome. *Key point:* The Pentagon is constantly upgrading its main battle tank and the M-1A2C is just the latest version. The U.S. Army’s newest tank has made its apparent operational debut at a multi-national exercise in Romania. The M-1A2C, previously known at the M-1A2 System Enhancement Package Version 3, *appeared* in imagery that the U.S. Defense Department published to mark the May 29, 2019 commencement of Justice Eag... more »

'The blow is comprehensive': Hong Kong officially enters recession

Just In - 11 hours ago
Hong Kong's financial secretary has confirmed the Asian financial capital has fallen into recession, following five months of anti-Government protests.

Water researcher says government policies have made the drought worse

Liam Butterworth at Just In - 11 hours ago
Maryanne Slattery, a senior water researcher at the Australia Institute, tells a Q&A audience that the Murray-Darling Basin Plan is a "train wreck" and government water reforms have "exacerbated this drought".

Climate Change to Further Escalate Violence in Western Africa

Abu Dhabi, UAE, Oct 28 (IPS) - Rabiya Jaffery is a freelance journalist covering climate, conflicts, and culture-related stories from the Middle East and South Asia.Nearly 50 million people in west Africa rely on agriculture and livestock for their livelihood but the land available for pastoral use has been rapidly shrinking. Read the full story, “Climate Change to Further Escalate Violence in Western Africa”, on globalissues.org →

Beyond the Headlines: the Development Story Behind Irregular Migration

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 28 (IPS) - Achim Steiner is Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)Last week, a too-familiar human tragedy captured news headlines. 39 people were found dead inside a shipping container on an industrial estate in Essex in Southeast England; 31 men and 8 women from China whose individual identities, for now, remain anonymous, as authorities begin to investigate one of Europe's worst people-trafficking cases. Read the full story, “Beyond the Headlines: the Development Story Behind Irregular Migration”, on globalissues.org →

Obama headlined redistricting fundraiser at Alex Soros house

Uriel at 'Nox & Friends - 11 hours ago
For those citizens in the US that hoped Obama would go away — Not only has he not gone away but he is actively raising his viper’s head and aiming his fundraising fangs and bringing in shadow government backers influence and mega bucks to directly attack President Trump and at the same time threaten our country’s sovereignty and security while we taxpayers pay him a salary and provide security. Talk about “Kiss my Arse and like it…” . . Alexander Soros son and chip off the evil old block at 34 years old is set to inherit $24 billion, Daily … Continue reading →

Want to Understand Chinese History? These 5 Events are the Key.

Bryan W. Van Norden at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Bryan W. Van Norden* *History, Asia* [image: By Richard Simkin - Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=51541501] 5 major events that is. *Key point:* Modern China has been shaped by several large-scale upheavals and changes. As Shakespeare reminds us, “*what’s past is prologue*.” This is especially the case with China, a nation with a continuous written history spanning three millennia. In particular, knowledge of five major historical events is essential to fully understanding contemporary Chinese politics and fore... more »

These Are the 5 Finest 9mm Caliber Guns Ever

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Americas* [image: By US Air Force from USA - M11 Pistol, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=56362995] The best. *Key point:* These guns are among the best in terms of performance and ergonomics. The 9mm Luger, invented before the Great War, is one of the longest serving gun calibers in history. Introduced in 1901, it has served in virtually every conflict since then up until today. From World War I’s German army to the British army fighting ISIS in Syria, the Luger round has served militaries for over a century. Despite its ... more »

Meet the Army's Amazing 155mm Artillery (It Can Fire Without GPS)

Kris Osborn at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.dvidshub.net/image/5732977/alpha-battery-artillery-live-fire-exercise-eager-lion] Impressive and excellent. *Key point:* The 155mm gun is an important piece of weaponry. The US Army is developing precision-guided 155mm rounds that are longer range than existing shells and able to conduct combat missions in a GPS-denied war environment. The Precision Guidance Kit Modernization (PGK-M) is now being developed to replace the standard PGK rounds, which consist of a unguided 155 round with a GPS-fuze built into it; the concept wi... more »

Why the Navy Wants a Long-Range Electro-Magnetic Rail Gun

Kris Osborn at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Technology, Americas* [image: https://www.dvidshub.net/image/1443267/uss-millinocket-operations] Can America beat China to the punch? *Key point:* The Pentagon is working hard on building a working Rail Gun before anyone else can. The Navy is considering accelerating developmental testing of its high-tech, long-range Electro-Magnetic Rail Gun by expanding the platforms from which it might fire and potentially postponing an upcoming at-sea demonstration of the weapon, service officials told Scout Warrior. Such a strategy, service officials explain, might help spe... more »

What Trump's travel ban really looks like, almost two years in

Vahid Niayesh, Lecturer in Political Science, California State University, Long Beach at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 11 hours ago
Was the ban a Muslim ban -- or was that just an anti-Trump narrative? A political scientist combs through the data for answers.

Joe Biden confirms that the Democrat party is the party of the rich

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 12 hours ago
On "60 Minutes" rich corrupt Joe Biden said that the a tax cut of $2000 for a family of four earring the median US income was "negligible". Like all the Democrats Biden wants to repeal Trump's tax cuts; you know the ones that are powering unprecedented economic growth and driving unemployment to historic lows. While Biden said that he would make the wealthy pay their "fair share" he didn't explain why he endorses eliminating the tax cuts Trump provided for the middle class. If he didn't want to steal your money he'd be proposing a revision or a new tax for the uber wealthy but inst... more »

Delingpole interview on the success of polar bear conservation & failed survival models

Hifast at Climate Collections - 12 hours ago
Originally posted on polarbearscience: Tomorrow I will be giving a public lecture in Paris on polar bear conservation success and the spectacular failure of the polar bear survival models used to scare children senseless. However, while I was in London a few days ago I spoke with James Delingpole, author and columnist at Breitbart who…

The Sanders Plan to Legalize Marijuana Does More Than Legalize Marijuana

Gaius Publius at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
*Concerns about a marijuana monopoly are not unfounded (source).* *by Thomas Neuburger* *"Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did."* —John Ehrlichman, Chief Domestic Advisor for Richard Nixon In the welter of plans from the welter of Democratic primary candidates, this should not be missed. Bernie Sanders' plan to legalize marijuana does exactly that — he will take it off the Schedule I list of controlled substances by executive order and not add it to the Schedule II list (as Biden would do), leaving it completely unregulated nationally. But the Sanders plan a... more »

Can you imagine a crowd booing Obama the day he announced we'd killed Osama?

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 12 hours ago
But the beltway leftists at the world series game booed Trump the day that we learned that the head of ISIS was no more. To the left and the big government swamp dwellers all that matters is getting power over we the people and they will condemn anyone who stands in their way. Clearly they don't care that the economy is great, that Black unemployment is amazingly low, that we're winning the trade war that China started; all that matters to them is that they're losing power. That's what we're up against. An entrenched set of would be tyrants who feel that they are better than we the... more »

New York Times tries to deny Trump credit for getting al-Baghdadi

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 12 hours ago
The NYT is saying that Trump almost kept us from getting the head of ISIS because he decided to withdraw troops from Northern Syria to avoid a war. When Obama got Bin Laden the #FakeNews media praised him and ignored the fact that it was Bush's policies, policies that Obama condemned, that helped make that happen. Now they're desperately trying to deny Trump credit for eliminating the head of ISIS. As usual for the #FakeNews media it's all about protecting Democrats and vilifying Republicans. Their "rationale" is that because Trump decided it was time for Americans to stop dying i... more »

Virgin Airlines’ Richard Branson – a force for justice for Palestinians?

contact@ifamericansknew.org at If Americans Knew Blog - 12 hours ago
Sir Richard Branson, billionaire, activist, and philanthropist, understands the Palestinian plight. As his airline begins operation in Israel, will he be true to his own philosophy, "social justice is good for business"? The post Virgin Airlines’ Richard Branson – a force for justice for Palestinians? appeared first on If Americans Knew Blog.

China forcibly harvests organs from political prisoners

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 12 hours ago
Every Communist country in the history of the world has been a moral abomination; the mass murders, the Gulags, the secret police etc. Now an international charitable organization, International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse in China, has declared that they are certain that China has been forcing prisoners of conscience to donate organs fo ra substantial period of time. The investigation was led by Sir Geoffry Nice QC who also led the prosecution of Slobodan Milosevic. Among the evidence presented was the results of the China Organ Harvest Research Center which has spent years ... more »

WATCH: Cops Tell Man to Put His Hands Up, He Does and They Kill Him Anyway

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 12 hours ago
[image: hands]Police told a man to drop the gun, he did. Then they told him to put his hands up, he did. Then they put five rounds in him anyway.

More Confrontations Between Protesters And Govt 3rd Day Of Renewed Demonstrations

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 12 hours ago
Student strike in support of protests in Baghdad (Baghdad Today) October 27 saw people come out across Baghdad and southern Iraq again demanding that the government resign. There were some peaceful gatherings as well as confrontations, while the authorities continued their crackdown. Baghdad saw a new twist. In the morning studentsconducted a strike and marched to Tahrir Square. There protesters set up barricades to block one end of the bridge to the Green Zone, which they have repeatedly tried to cross. As usual, the police fired tear gas into the crowd. At night, they cut off the... more »

Did Neil Patrick Harris Claim He Had Affair With Bernie Sanders in 1989?

Snopes Staff at Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
A routine review of content labeled satire.

Schiff: WH Building ‘Powerful’ Impeachment Case

AP News at Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff says the Trump administration is “building a powerful case” for impeachment as a former White House national security adviser defied a subpoena.

California Wildfires Erupt in LA, Burn in Wine Country

AP News at Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
Forecasters warned that another round of strong wind gusts could be on the way.

Sinkhole Opens, Swallows Part of City Bus During Rush Hour

AP News at Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
A photo shows the front of the bus pitched into the air and the front wheels of a car that was behind it dangling over the sinkhole’s edge.

This Day in Iraqi History - Oct 28

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 12 hours ago
1913 Secret Ahd Association of Ottoman officers formed Included many Iraqis that would become leaders and prime ministers under monarchy such as Nuri al-Said Yasin Hashemi Jamil Midfai and others Called for Arab autonomy 1980 Major fighting ended in Khorrmahshahr with Iraqis in control Iraq lost 2,000 dead 6,000 wounded Iran lost 1,500 dead Heavy losses meant Iraq gave up assault on Abadan to secure eastern shore of Shatt al-Arab and decided to surround city instead (Musings On Iraq book review *Iran-Iraq War Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts*) 1980 Iranian navy made raids on Fao oil... more »

Trump speaks truth to power; says that Schiff might have leaked the news

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 12 hours ago
It's likely Democrat Adam Schiff is currently selectively leaking information about his witch hunt against Trump. His hatred of Trump and his willingness to go outside the law in his vendetta makes it credible that he'd leak information about the raid in order to deny Trump the credit for eliminating the head of ISIS. Trump explained why he didn't tell Schiff in advance: "The only thing is they were talking about why didn't I give the information to Adam Schiff and his committee, and the answer is because I think Adam Schiff is the biggest leaker in Washington," Trump said. "You k... more »

Did this happen in the home of Magna Carta? By John Pilger

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 12 hours ago
In a special comment written for Consortium News, John Pilger describes the disturbing scene inside a London courtroom last week when the WikiLeaks publisher, Julian Assange, appeared at the start of a landmark extradition case that will define the future of free journalism.

5G News Links 27-28 October 2019

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 12 hours ago
28 October 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Indiana City Council Passes Resolution Asking Lawmakers and The FCC to Limit 5G Installation Based on Health Concerns http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ActivistPost/~3/JevYTCT0L2E/indiana-city-council-passes-resolution-asking-lawmakers-and-the-fcc-to-limit-5g-installation-based-on-health-concerns.html The Assassins https://hendersonlefthook.wordpress.com/2019/10/27/the-assassins/ Rense: The Crown, 5G & Total Control … Continue reading 5G News ... more »

Bolivia News Links 28 October 2019

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 12 hours ago
28 October 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back While Chile Burns, The OAS Targets Bolivia Latin America. Support the Revolutionary Movement against Neoliberalism https://www.globalresearch.ca/latin-america-risks-worth-taking-help-revolutionary-movement/5693200 Jeremy Corbyn stands with ordinary people bravely fighting for change in Latin America … Continue reading Bolivia News Links 28 October 2019

Joe Biden has been corrupt for a long time

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 12 hours ago
The Washington Examiner has shown how real reporting works. They did a deep dive into government records to find out how Joe Biden interacted with various government agencies. They found that in at least 2 occasions Joe used his position as a Senator to push very obscure issues that just happened to benefit the law firm his son, Hunter, was a partner in. On 2/28/2007 Biden expressed concern to DHS about its proposed safety regulations for chemical plants. Presumably DHS was concerned because if bad actors, terrorists, were employed at chemical plants they could access chemicals wh... more »

The Umpire Analogy Does Not Work for Impeachment

Gerard N. Magliocca at Balkinization - 12 hours ago
I want to make a couple of additional points about the Chief Justice's role in the upcoming trial. One is that, as I read Article I, the Chief Justice is required to preside. He cannot recuse, as one article that I read today suggested. More important, some are suggesting that a Chief Justice plays a limited role in an impeachment trial, more akin to an umpire. Let's be clear here. The Chief Justice could *choose *to exercise his broad discretion with restraint. He would then be following the model of his old boss Chief Justice Rehnquist during the Clinton trial. But Roberts could i... more »

Kashmir: Bipartisan Consensus In US Is In Meltdown

M. K. BHADRAKUMAR at OrientalReview.org - 12 hours ago
For an Indian who ever had anything to do with the making or implementation of India’s Kashmir policy, listening to the 2-hour long Congressional hearing in Washington, DC, on October 22 would have been a scandalous experience. There has never been such scathing criticism of our Kashmir policies in the […]

Another Biden Lie — About His Education

Bob Adelmann at rss - 13 hours ago
[image: another-biden-lie-i-got-started-out-of-delaware-state-but-he-actually-graduated-from-university-of-delaware] Joe Biden wants to be president of the United States, but he can't stop telling lies to bolster his image.

What About the Wagner Group? …it’s all about the OIL

Steve Brown at The Duran - 13 hours ago
The presence of the United States military and its contractors in Syria is illegal. It is illegal according to Article 25 of the UN Charter; illegal according to the Syrian government and international law; and illegal according to the historically established principles of Westphalian sovereignty. More The post What About the Wagner Group? …it’s all about the OIL appeared first on The Duran.

Is the ‘Greater Albania’ Project Aimed Against Russia in the Balkans?

InfoBrics at The Duran - 13 hours ago
Serbia Is The Last Pro-Russia State in the Balkans More The post Is the ‘Greater Albania’ Project Aimed Against Russia in the Balkans? appeared first on The Duran.

Who really defends the Baltic States?

Viktors Domburs at The Duran - 13 hours ago
It’s a very complicated question if foreign criminals are worthy of being called defenders of the Baltic States. More The post Who really defends the Baltic States? appeared first on The Duran.

Globalist elite mourn the death of al-Baghdadi (Video)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 13 hours ago
The Duran Quick Take: Episode 352. More The post Globalist elite mourn the death of al-Baghdadi (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

Halifax in two acts: The Hotel Barmecide

Tim Bousquet at Halifax Examiner - 13 hours ago
News 1. Crowns Writes Stephen Kimber: After a crazy week of blind-siding legislation, insults, distortions, bluster, meaningless committee hearings and more fact-free moments than you’d find in a Trumpian White House, the province and its Crown attorneys are right back where they began — at the bargaining table. Well, not exactly as illustrated… Click here […]

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago

Accused of Treason and Imprisoned Without Trial: Journalist Kirill Vyshinsky Recounts His Harrowing Time in a Ukrainian Prison

Eva Bartlett at MintPress News - 13 hours ago
Eva Bartlett sat down with recently released Ukranian journalist Kirill Vyshinsky. Vyshinsky endured 15 months of appalling conditions in a Ukranian prison after being falsely accused of treason. The post Accused of Treason and Imprisoned Without Trial: Journalist Kirill Vyshinsky Recounts His Harrowing Time in a Ukrainian Prison appeared first on MintPress News.

Trump Builds Ties to Russia and China

adam at LaRouchePAC Feed - 13 hours ago
[image: President Trump Watches as U.S. Special Operations Forces Close in on ISIS Leader, Oct. 26, 2019, in the Situation Room of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)] PDF: [image: PDF icon] 20191028-trump-ties-russia-china.pdf President Donald Trump, living up to his self-description as “an island of one,” is breaking through the British imperial mentality which dominates the U.S. political parties, the media, and Wall Street, and forging friendly ties with Russia and China. In his Sunday announcement that a U.S. Special Forces raid had killed ISIS le... more »

Well, what did they expect?

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 13 hours ago
Australian reader Snoggeramus brings us another example of bureaucrats living in a dream world - that backfires on them. Two social workers at Melbourne's controversial safe injecting room are facing drug trafficking charges. A 49-year-old man and 36-year-old woman were arrested on Thursday, along with six others, following raids at North Richmond Community Health and several homes. The centre has been the site of Victoria's first safe injecting room since 2018, as part of a two-year trial. The pair, who work as counsellors, are accused of supplying drugs to addicts who use the s... more »

THE AGE OF THE NOVEL: New York Times readers get misled!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago
*MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2019Two numbers disappear:* Chanel Miller's well-received book, Know My Name: A Memoir, was officially published on September 24. At the New York Times, Jennifer Weiner's review of the book appeared on line that same day. In print editions, publication of Weiner's review was somewhat delayed. Eventually, the piece appeared on Sunday, October 13, in the high-profile Book Review section. Weiner's highly favorable review was somewhat oddly delayed. That said, one day before Miller's book appeared, the Times published a lengthy profile of the author and her book.... more »

Legal Dispute with Neighbor Closes “The Maze,” a Uniquely Carioca Destination

Scott Salmon at The Rio Times - 13 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Simultaneously operating as a Jazz bar, a Bed and Breakfast and a cultural center, The Maze, located in the Tavares Bastos favela community above Catete, is one of Rio’s most unconventional and iconic attractions. Described by National Geographic as “unique and original,” The Maze was designed and built over ten […] The post Legal Dispute with Neighbor Closes “The Maze,” a Uniquely Carioca Destination appeared first on The Rio Times.

October 29th to November 3rd Program at Federal Justice Cultural Center in Rio

Contributing Reporter at The Rio Times - 13 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Check out the events currently scheduled at the CCJF — Centro Cultural Justiça Federal (Federal Justice Cultural Center) in downtown Rio de Janeiro for the week of October 29th until November 3rd. CINEMA Classics and Successes of the Cinema / Film Club The CCJF film club chooses to show films […] The post October 29th to November 3rd Program at Federal Justice Cultural Center in Rio appeared first on The Rio Times.

Exclusive Interview: President Bolsonaro Says Brazil Can Be Considered an “Arab Country”

Newsfeed at The Rio Times - 13 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Emirate News Agency) Brazil can be "considered an Arab country" thanks to a vast number of people of Arab descent in its population of more than 200 million, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro told the Emirates News Agency, WAM, in an exclusive interview on Sunday evening. "We always welcome everyone from […] The post Exclusive Interview: President Bolsonaro Says Brazil Can Be Considered an “Arab Country” appeared first on The Rio Times.

Convicted Businessman Tried to Ship 760 kg of Cocaine Hidden in Cornmeal Cargo

Arkady Petrov at The Rio Times - 13 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Thursday, October 24th, Federal Judge Roberto Lemos dos Santos Filho, of the 5th Federal Court of Santos, sentenced businessman Bruno Lamego Alves to five years and ten months' imprisonment for drug trafficking, involving 760 kilograms of cocaine seized amid . . . To read the full NEWS and much […] The post Convicted Businessman Tried to Ship 760 kg of Cocaine Hidden in Cornmeal Cargo appeared first on The Rio Times.

"The Fumes of Fanaticism"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
*"The Fumes of Fanaticism"* by Jim Kunstler "Judging by the volume of intemperate emails and angry social media blasts that come my way, the party of impeachment seems to be inhaling way too much gas from the smoking guns it keeps finding in the various star chambers of its inquisition against you-know-who. You’d think that the failure of Mr. Mueller’s extravaganza might have chastened them just a little - a $32 million-dollar effort starring the most vicious partisan lawyers inside-the-Beltway, 2,800 subpoenas issued over two years, 500 search warrants exercised, and finally nothi... more »

Aircraft Carriers Are Powerful Naval Assets, But These Should Not Have Been Built

David Axe at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, * A true waste. *Key Point: *Sometimes there is success in failure, but sometimes there isn't, Imposing, flexible, able to sail fast and launch devastating air strikes at long range, aircraft carriers are the ultimate expression of national power. And many of the world’s best-armed countries are acquiring them. China, Russia, India, Brazil, the U.K., France, America. But just getting your hands on a flattop is hardly enough. For every example of a country that succeeds in deploying a functional carrier and matching air wing, there’s a counter-example: a f... more »

Battleships Are A Risky Investment, And These Five Were A Complete Waste

Robert Farley at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, * We asked the expert. *Key Point: *Building these warships placed difficult financial demands on various governments. Battleships were tools in service of providing national security, and like any tools their success in service varied. The engineering and financial demands of building a modern battleship often exceeded the reach of the governments that ordered the ships. When that happened, substandard ships that were sometimes more dangerous to their crews than to the enemy resulted. *France Class* France was not initially sold on the idea of the d... more »

These 5 Brilliant Military Strategists Have Survived The Test Of Time

James Holmes at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*James Holmes* *History, * An expert weighs in. *Key point: *These men were products of the times they lived in, but their words remain relevant today. Ranking military strategists against one another is a slippery chore. Apart from the obvious differences among strategists—the historical epochs when they lived, the state of martial technology in their lifetimes, warmaking methods then in vogue—there's a more basic difference. Some strategists are mainly practitioners; others are mainly theorists. So how do you judge, say, a field soldier like General Ulysses S. Grant—a victor ... more »

Iran Would Love To Get Its Hands On These American Weapons Of War

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * But it's more likely that America ends up using them against Tehran. *Key point: *America used to support and supply Iran under the Shah, but no longer. During the 1970s the ruler of Iran, the shah, was an ardent supporter of the United States. His coffers overflowing with petrodollars, the shah requested—and often got—the latest American weapons. Such examples included the AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter, Harpoon missile and even the F-14 Tomcat fighter. (His request for the SR-71 Blackbird was turned down.) Now an entirely different theocratic, largel... more »

Monday Morning Links

Unknown at Accidental Deliberations - 13 hours ago
Miscellaneous material to start your week. - Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee discuss the utter failure of corporate-driven "market" incentives to produce fair outcomes: If it is not financial incentives, what else might people care about? The answer is something we know in our guts: status, dignity, social connections. Chief executives and top athletes are driven by the desire to win and be the best. The poor will walk away from social benefits if they come with being treated like a criminal. And among the middle class, the fear of losing their sense of who they are and their stat... more »

Air Force X-37B Spaceplane Returns To Earth After A Record 780-Day Mystery Mission

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
An Air Force X-37B spaceplane made a surprise landing at Kennedy Space Center early Sunday morning following a record 780-day mission conducting classified research *Daily Mail*: *Secretive Air Force X-37B spaceplane lands back on Earth after a record-breaking 780-day mystery mission* * The pilotless spaceplane made a surprise landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida early Sunday morning, according to US Air Force officials * It has been conducting research in the secretive Orbital Test Vehicle program * The spacecraft is one of two reusable, unmanned X-37B models that are ca... more »

U.S. Air Force Wants Low-Cost, Disposable Warplanes

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
*Popular Mechanics*: *The U.S. Air Force Will Invest in Low-Cost, Disposable Warplanes* Unmanned aircraft are set to become a big part of the Air Force’s future. * The U.S. Air Force plans to field a mix of manned and unmanned tactical aircraft--think fighters--in the near future. * Unmanned aircraft are cheap and can also take risks manned aircraft cannot. * A mix of manned and unmanned warplanes could help the Air Force field the numbers and lethality it wants to win future wars. The U.S. Air Force is planning to field low-cost, unmanned “disposable” warplanes in the near future... more »

The Unique Helmet For The F-35 Is Ready For Production

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
*National Interest:* *Thought the F-35 Was Powerful? You Don't Know What Is Coming Next.* *More than just another weapon.* *Key point:* More than just a helmet. PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md. – U.S. Navy avionics experts will acquire three production lots of the third-generation helmet-mounted displays for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter under terms of a $352.7 million order announced this week. Officials of the Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., are asking the Lockheed Martin Corp. Aeronautics segment in Fort Worth, Texas, fo... more »

Minnesota Somali Gangs are Claiming Territory & Killing to Defend It

Ragnar at 'Nox & Friends - 14 hours ago
Minneapolis has become Little Mogadishu. From DC Dirty Laundry: This article has several associated news links. Excerpts: We’ve brought you several stories of the Muslim colonization of America from Florida to Maine to Michigan and Minnesota. Many of those settling into Islamic communities in America have anything in mind but assimilation. The latest evidence of this comes from Minneapolis, Minnesota where Somali gangs are now claiming territory and a young Somali has now gunned down another young man. Just so you understand, this area is your favorite congresscritters district, Il... more »

Critics say that Dyster’s record in Niagara Falls has been a titanic failure

The Buffalo Chronicle at The Buffalo Chronicle - 14 hours ago
Mayor Paul Dyster decided not to seek reelection in Niagara Falls this year. Three terms of fiscal management finally caught up with him — and a structural deficit somewhere between $15 and $20 million threatens to bankrupt a crushingly poor

Trump Flip-Flops on Syria Withdrawal. Again.

Ron Paul at 14 hours ago
[image: undefined] President Trump is reversing his foreign policy decisions so quickly these days that it almost seems like he overturns himself before making the decision in the first place. Last week he was very clear that the US was pulling its troops out of Syria. “Bringing soldiers home,” he said. “Let someone else fight over this long-bloodstained sand.” But then he overturned himself later in the same speech. He said: “We’ve secured the oil and therefore a small number of US troops will remain in the area where they have the oil. And we’re going to be protecting it and we’l... more »

"Economic Market Snapshot AM 10/28/19"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
• Gregory Mannarino, "IMPORTANT UPDATES: Market, Stocks, Gold, Silver, Crypto. MORE." - https://www.traderschoice.net/ • MarketWatch Market Summary, Live Updates - 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/ • Visit ZeroHedge for the very latest factual news and information: - https://www.zerohedge.com/

Only New Knowledge Can Correct False Dogmas in Today's Religions and Sciences

Harry Dale Huffman at The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage - 14 hours ago
I have submitted the following comment to the Conservative Treehouse site, in response to another comment averring that we need to start separating true religions from violent ideologies (Islam): *It will take new knowledge of ancient history -- more correctly, pre-history -- to clean out the false dogmas in every religion. Islam was created when Christianity was seen to be the inheritor of the Roman Empire, exercising its "worldwide" power (as it has ever after tried to do, from the walled "city" of the Vatican). Islam was an Arabic jealous reaction to that exercised power, mimicki... more »

Australian Hells Angels member wanted in WA arrested in Thailand

Just In - 14 hours ago
Thai police say an Australian Hells Angels gang member, who is wanted on drug charges in Western Australia, has been arrested.

'We need to find my sister': More than 100 join search for British backpacker missing on Cambodian island

Claire Knox at Just In - 14 hours ago
About 150 police and volunteer divers are searching for a 21-year-old British woman who has been missing for five days on an island popular with backpackers.

Alleged driver of truck carrying 39 bodies remanded in custody

Jack Hawke at Just In - 14 hours ago
The alleged driver of the truck found near Essex, in south-eastern England, with 39 bodies inside is remanded in custody after appearing in court.

Southwest Airlines pilots allegedly caught live-streaming plane's toilet

Just In - 14 hours ago
A Southwest Airlines flight attendant alleges that pilots on a 2017 flight had an iPad streaming video from a hidden camera in a toilet in one of the airline's jets.

A l'instar de la Tunisie, le Maroc signe avec Londres un accord sur l'après Brexit

bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
28-Oct-2019 Le Maroc et le Royaume-Uni ont signé un accord de commerce et de continuité politique qui garantira que les entreprises et les consommateurs britanniques bénéficieront de la poursuite des échanges commerciaux avec le Maroc après avoir quitté l'UE.

EAEU-China trade and economic cooperation agreement takes effect

bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
28-Oct-2019 The agreement on trade and economic cooperation between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and China came into force on 25 October.

Bad bilateral trade deals haunting Africa

bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
28-Oct-2019 The growing number of legal suits that multinational companies are bringing against Tanzania and other African countries is a major concern.

Arizona Senator David Farnsworth Says Fellow Republican Lawmaker, Kate Brophy McGee, Threatened Him for Investigating Child Sex Trafficking

KTAR and AZ Mirror at Need To Know - 14 hours ago
Farnsworth says that Arizona state agencies "lost" 550 children last year. About half of those are categorized as runaways and the other half are attributed to errors in record keeping. He says he fears the children may have been abducted and sold to a global sex-trafficking ring.

Jury in Planned Parenthood Trial Allowed to Watch ABC News 20/20 Undercover Video that Shows Abortionist Discussing Sale of Fetal Tissue

Lifesite news at Need To Know - 14 hours ago
An ABC News 20/20 undercover investigative report that first exposed criminal profiteering in the fetal tissue procurement and abortion industries was aired back in 2000. Daleiden testified that he knew about the video, which inspired him to do his own investigation and sting videos.

Chile: One-Million Angry Protesters March, Ignoring a Military Curfew. 18 Have Been Killed and Hundreds More Wounded in Protests

DailyMail at Need To Know - 14 hours ago
Chile's military has taken over security in Santiago, a city of six-million people now under a state of emergency with night-time curfews. The principal causes of the protests were low salaries, high utility prices, poor pensions, and economic inequality.

President Trump Says His Purpose for Keeping Troops in Syria Is to Control the Oil

ZeroHedge at Need To Know - 14 hours ago
In a recent press conference, Trump said, “We’ve secured the oil, and therefore a small number of US troops will remain in the area where they have the oil. ...And we’ll be deciding what we’re going to do with it in the future.”

Soros-Linked Group Targets Local Sheriffs and District Attorneys to Adopt Soft-on-Crime Policies and Thwart Immigration Enforcement

Conservative Review at Need To Know - 14 hours ago
The plan is to install leftist local officials who will be soft on crime and refuse to cooperate with US immigration enforcement. Curiously, The Trump Administration has shown no interest in interfering the activities of Mr. Soros.

On Fukuyama’s Idea of End of History

Unknown at The Verma Report - 14 hours ago
In his 1992 book *The End of History and the Last Man*, Francis Fukuyama presents his end of history thesis. He says that in future there will not be any conflict about the most legitimate type of government because it is now established that the liberal type of government is the final form. Later he denied that he believed in the end of history. But in his book he has written these lines: “What we may be witnessing in not just the end of the Cold War, or the passing of a particular period of post-war history, but the end of history as such: that is, the end point of mankind's ideol... more »

Terrorism Prosecution Updates: Spring to Late Summer, 2019

ebroches at Lawfare - 14 hours ago
John F. Kennedy Airport, the site of multiple arrests (Source: Wikimedia/Eheik) The U.S. withdrawal from northern Syria and the subsequent Turkish invasion of the region has brought new urgency to the question of how to handle the foreign fighters who are now detained in Syria and Iraq. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has said that, so far, “more than a hundred” Islamic State foreign fighters have escaped from prisons guarded by Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) troops after the Kurds abandoned the prisons in order to try to fend off Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s f... more »

Another Texas Cop Shot Another Innocent Person, This Time It was His Own Son

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: son]A cop in Dallas allegedly mistook his own son for an intruder, in broad daylight, and shot him. No arrests have been made.

Sales of marijuana edibles up in at least four states in wake of vape health scare

Margaret Jackson at Marijuana Business Daily - 14 hours ago
The vaping health crisis apparently has been good for the marijuana edibles sector, a sign that consumers are funneling more money into infused products instead of vaporizers. Since the first vape-related death was reported in August, retail sales of edibles have climbed steadily in four states while those of vaping products have declined, though the […] Sales of marijuana edibles up in at least four states in wake of vape health scare is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

Winter Is Coming, Get Your Ineffective Flu-jab Now!

OYE NEWS at OYE Alternative News - 14 hours ago
This article was originally published in Nov, 2016 – But with Winter on it’s way and the Flu propaganda full steam ahead this year we have updated and republished. Winter is just on the doorstep and the Influenza Virus is standing by the garden gate ready to pounce, so as you’d expect the campaign for … The post Winter Is Coming, Get Your Ineffective Flu-jab Now! appeared first on OYE Alternative News.

Statewatch News Online, 28 October 2019 (19/19)

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 15 hours ago
28 October 2019 — Statewatch e-mail: office@statewatch.org Also available as a pdf file: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2019/oct/email-28-10-19.pdf Please to support our work STATEWATCH NEWS 1. EU migration agenda highlights its shortcomings 2. EU: PNR: Council to “explore” surveillance and profiling of all forms of mass transport 3. Refugee crisis: latest news from across Europe (15-21.10.19) 4. Refugee crisis: latest news from across … Continue reading Statewatch News Online, 28 October 2019 (19/19)

AUTHORITARIANISM WITHOUT AN AUTHORITARIAN

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 15 hours ago
I'm sure you know this happened last night: President Donald Trump was greeted with a thunderous chorus of boos from the sold-out crowd attendance at Game 5 of the World Series between the Nationals and Astros. Trump, who showed up shortly after the first inning, was introduced to the crowd after the third inning during the Nationals' salute to veterans, a regular feature at Nats’ games. As the next inning began, fans chanted "lock him up," a nod to the motto that Trump supporters directed at Hillary Clinton in 2016. Let the handwringing begin! Publicly calling for your political ... more »

Our Undoing

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 15 hours ago
The EU has granted Boris Johnson another extension on Brexit. But, however long Brexit takes, Neal Ascherson writes that the ugliness of it all has destroyed the United Kingdom and the bonds between Britons: It’s commonly said that the Brexit years have made the English more xenophobic, less tolerant, more angrily divided among themselves. The first is clearly true. Non-British Europeans confirm a new nastiness, even just a new coldness. So, even more emphatically, will migrants from Somalia, Nigeria, India, Bangladesh. But the deepest change since 2016 is the weakening of the Uni... more »

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 15 hours ago
*Trump Admin Calls Out Pro-Islam Bias, Corruption in Middle East Studies Programs* *Where analysts and “experts” are created* Raymond Ibrahim The Trump administration recently called out and threatened to cut federal funding for the Consortium for Middle East Studies (CMES), a program run by Duke University and the University of North Carolina. It was accused by the U.S. Education Department of misusing a federal grant to advance “ideological priorities” and unfairly promote “the positive aspects of Islam,” particularly in comparison to Judaism and Christianity. The Education D... more »

Government Meeting with Airlines to Promote Brazilian Market

Richard Mann at The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Brazilian government is using the Latin American and Caribbean Air Sector Leadership Forum (the "Forum"), held in Brasília between October 27th and October 29th, to meet with airlines from the region to promote and encourage action in the Brazilian market, currently under the domination of three players: Latam, Gol […] The post Government Meeting with Airlines to Promote Brazilian Market appeared first on The Rio Times.

Apps Try to Encourage Adoption of Older Children in Brazil

Lise Alves at The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
[image: Brazil,The APP A.DOT hopes to facilitate the adoption of older kids by prospective parents in Parana State.] SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - Sometimes, those who want to adopt in Brazil have onlys a name, a number and scarce information data. This is how children and teenagers today are identified in the National Adoption Registry (CNA) in Brazil. This, say experts, makes the adoption process very difficult in the country. Now several Brazilian states […] The post Apps Try to Encourage Adoption of Older Children in Brazil appeared first on The Rio Times.

Inequality Drives Millions of Latin-Americans Back to Street Protests

Juan Martinez at The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Thwarted prospects have burst the bubble for millions of Latin Americans. The protests in the most unequal region of the world are recurring at a dizzying pace, from Haiti to Chile; from Central America to the Andes. To seek a straightforward rationale behind a region with two . . . […] The post Inequality Drives Millions of Latin-Americans Back to Street Protests appeared first on The Rio Times.

Uruguay to Have Second Round Presidential Election

Juan Martinez at The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - This Sunday's election in Uruguay confirmed that there will be a second round on Sunday, November 24th, between frontrunners Daniel Martínez and Luis Lacalle Pou, who led the balloting. Candidate Daniel Martínez of the Frente Ampla left-wing coalition lead the polls with 39.9 percent of votes. The . . . […] The post Uruguay to Have Second Round Presidential Election appeared first on The Rio Times.

"The Super Rich Elite Have More Money Than They Know What To Do With"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago
*"The Super Rich Elite Have More Money * *Than They Know What To Do With"* by Rex Nutting "For every dollar of capital owned by a typical family in the poorer half, a family in the top 1% has $730. Forget all those phony fairy tales about whether a couple who makes $350,000 is rich or poor (they are neither), and focus on the big picture: Half of Americans have almost nothing while a small fraction have almost all the capital. And the gap between the many and the few is growing every year. Forget about $350,000, and start thinking about trillions. A society that allows a few to cap... more »

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 15 hours ago
*Schumer Announces Plan To Nix Virtually Every Gas Powered Vehicle In The Country* Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer is preparing to spend hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars on a plan that would fast-track the elimination of nearly every gas-powered vehicle in the country. The Senate’s top Democrat wants to spend a massive amount of money enticing Americans to exchange their gas-guzzling vehicles for an electric car. Schumer’s proposal, which he announced in a New York Times editorial Thursday, shows Democrats are lurching leftward on the issue. “That’s why I am announcing a new... more »

The Greatest Crisis Facing America - Fiscal Irresponsibility

A Political Junkie at Viable Opposition - 15 hours ago
While Congress is focussing what passes for an important issue, that of the impeachment proceedings againt Donald Trump, they are failing completely when it comes to an issue that is of lasting importance and one that will have an even more significant detrimental effect on the United States over the medium- and long-term. Let's open with this screen capture from the Debt-to-the-Penny website: Remember when Donald Trump said that beating the federal debt and deficit were no big problem? Here is a graphic showing the total federal debt up to the second quarter of 2019 and how its ... more »

Britain's 5 Largest Losses in Military History

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *History, Europe* [image: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c8/27/41/c82741ef59f555a143c8fcd660e888ae.jpg] Every country makes mistakes. *Key point:* No matter how good, no military is perfect. For centuries, the sun never set on the British Empire. But eclipses there were, and more than a few that stained British arms. Like the Romans, the British fought a variety of enemies. They also had the distinction of being defeated by a variety of enemies, including Americans, Russians, French, Native Americans, Africans, Afghans, Japanese and Germans. Even in defeat, there... more »

These 5 Stealth Weapons Explain Why The U.S. Military Is So Powerful

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * What makes the list? *Key Point*: Stealth redefined warfare. Stealth, or the idea of reducing the ability of the enemy to detect a weapon, has been around since the first caveman sewed a pocket into his clothing and hid a rock in it. Thousands of years later, with the ability to detect objects on the ground, in the air and at sea using electromagnetic radiation, hiding weapons in plain sight has become much harder. The idea of making an aircraft invisible to radar waves was not pursued as the properties of radar with regards to object shape were not... more »

There Is Success In Failure, And These U.S. Military Weapons Failed Big Time

Robert Farley at The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, Americas* They contributed to future systems. *Key point: *Technology matters. Weapons die for all kinds of different reasons. Sometimes they happen at the wrong time, either in the midst of defense austerity, or with the wrong constellation of personnel. Sometimes they fall victim to the byzantine bureaucracy of the Pentagon, or to turf fights between the services. And sometimes they die because they were a bad idea in the first place. For the same reasons, bad defense systems can often survive the most inept management if they fill a particular niche... more »

This Means War: Iran Has A Huge Wishlist Of Fighter Jets

David Axe at The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, Middle East* That all could be changing. *Key Point*: Iran has sought alternative methods to deter and fight its enemies. The Iranian air force on paper is one of the biggest air arms in the world. Its order of battle includes around 350 fighters, more than twice as many as the Royal Air Force possesses. But most of Iran’s fighters are old and outdated. The ones that aren’t old are just new copies of old designs. The air force’s squadrons fly American-made F-14s, F-5s and F-4s dating from the 1970s, some 1980s-vintage MiG-29s and Sukhoi fighter-bombers an... more »

Britain's World War II Experience Inspired The U.S. Military's "Mother Of All Bombs"

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, Europe* The biggest, non-nuclear weapon in the U.S. arsenal. *Key point: *America took the idea from Britain...and made it even bigger. Here’s a name that the head-chopping terrorists of ISIS should remember: Barnes Wallis. He’s the British chap who inspired that twenty-one-thousand-pound U.S. Air Force GBU 43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB)—also called “the mother of all bombs”—dropped on an ISIS tunnel complex in Afghanistan April 13. However, the MOAB is but the prodigal son of weapons developed during World War II. MOAB’s grandparents were Brita... more »

ISIS allegedly names new commander after Baghdadi’s death

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 15 hours ago
Daesh has named a successor to Baghdadi following the US operation in Syria, Newsweek reported. Abdullah Qardash (a.k.a. Hajji Abdullah al-Afari), who was earlier nominated by Baghdadi to run the group’s ‘Muslim affairs’, is set to take over Baghdadi’s position, according to the report. Little is known about Qardash other than that he is a […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Newly shipped military vehicles to be used by Russian Army in northern Syria

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 15 hours ago
Il-76 military aircrafts have delivered several armored vehicles to the Khmeimim base in Syria in order to assist the units of the Russian military police tasked with patrolling the Syrian-Turkish border, the Russian Defense Ministry informed. “In the near future, the military equipment will head to the northern part of the country, where Russian military […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syrian Army foils militant attempted advance in northeast Syria

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 15 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:20 A.M.) – The Turkish-backed militants attempted to advance their positions in the northeastern region of Syria last night, despite an ongoing ceasefire that was brokered by Russia and Turkey. Led by the so-called “Syrian National Army”, the Turkish-backed militants stormed the Syrian Arab Army’s positions at two towns between Tal Tamr and […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Top Baghdadi aide gave US key information to eliminate ISIS leader

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 15 hours ago
On Sunday, US President Donald Trump confirmed that the long hunt for Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was over, saying the world’s number one terrorist leader had been killed in a US operation in Syria’s Idlib Province. The Russian Defence Ministry said that it possessed no reliable data about this statement and had reasons to question its […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Why Czechs "still" celebrate Czechoslovakia after 101 years

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 15 hours ago
Czechia celebrates the most important national holiday today and Barefoot Backpacker posted a question that surely looks silly to Czechs but I have seen it many times, especially when asked by Americans: Slightly surprised they still acknowledge Czechoslovakia. I know it ended peacefully but it still ended.— Barefoot 👣 Backpacker (@RTWBarefoot) October 28, 2019 Why the hell do Czechs celebrate the birth of Czechoslovakia if that country, albeit peacefully, ceased to exist at the end of 1992? You know, after 10 years in the U.S., I sort of acquired some empathy for the "completely d... more »

The United States Gave India its First Computer Science Program at IIT Kanpur (1962-72)

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 15 hours ago
The United States foolishly gave India its first computer science program. No good deed goes unpunished. Americans Call Congress! https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials … Continue reading →

British India Born Reuben Brothers are Second Richest Family in the UK; Interesting Russiagate Connections

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 15 hours ago
The Reuben brothers were born in India, into a Baghdadi Jewish family, and moved to the UK. The Reuben brothers … Continue reading →

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Status Quo Joe Biden-- The Perfect Candidate, At Least From Trump's Perspective

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
A new poll from NBC News released late last week, had some bad news for Trump. In July 32% of registered voters strongly approved of the way Trump was handling his job and the new poll shows that has sunk to 29%. Meanwhile, in the July sample, 41% strongly disapproved of how Trump was handling his job and that has increased to 44%. Much of Trump's support is coming from the former slave states that made up the Confederacy, although even those states disapproval has gone from 45% to 47%. Fucked up states, right? Well, that's also where much of Joe Biden's support comes from-- the c... more »

Australian legislator uncovers that country’s Bureau of Meteorology fiddling with temperature records to hype warming

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 16 hours ago
By Paul Homewood The Australian BOM have been caught red handed again, fiddling with temperature records: If global warming is real and a threat to the world, why do people keeping temperature records keep "adjusting" or "rectifying" the data to make it look like warming is increasing? From Down Under, a member of […]

Renewable Energy’s Inconvenient Truth

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 16 hours ago
By Paul Homewood h/t Ian.mpp A detailed critique of renewable energy in OilPrice.com: The energy needs of the world’s economy seem to be easy to model. Energy consumption is measured in a variety of different ways including kilowatt-hours, barrels of oil equivalent, British thermal units, kilocalories and joules. Two types […]

Seiche East Side Lake Erie, ON, Canada: October 27/19

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 16 hours ago
*Yesterday was a crazy windy day. On crazy windy days one heads to Lake Erie. With the hopes that a seiche is occurring. Image below is included with wiki article explaining difference in Lake Erie levels during a 2003 seiche. * * We weren't disappointed. Below are two of a couple dozen images we took yesterday. Look at those clouds- what an ominous sky. I LOVED IT!* *Fence usually dividing the beach is immersed in water* *Swim at your own risk, indeed.- * *The seiche increased water levels on the eastern side of Lake Erie by 2.3 metres or about 7.5 feet. The canal level was way ... more »

Prohibition 100 Years Later: Why The US Is An Outlier On Vaping And What We Can Learn From Alcohol

Hank Campbell at Science 2.0 blogs - 16 hours ago
It's no secret to anyone who even modest command of history that America has long meant freedom. Every oppressed religion moved here, to the one country that did not have a national religion, separating it from the Anglican Church (imagine if the President got to approve the Bishop of Pittsburgh!) or any of the countries in the Holy Roman Empire. read more

Truth is hard in a special-snowflake world

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 16 hours ago
Film screenwriter, director and producer Christopher McQuarrie sent a string of tweets a few days ago that encapsulate how he sees the industry, and how to achieve success in it. He's blunt (almost brutally so) about how nobody's going to do the work if you don't, and how you can't expect the Success Fairy to alight on your shoulders and sprinkle you with magic dust, or something like that. Here's an excerpt. 1. I‘m receiving a lot of questions from writers asking where to submit scripts or how to sell them. Others ask how to sign an agent, attach directors or producers, etc. Y... more »

Two Ohio Counties Receive $260-Million in Opioid Lawsuit Settlements from Drug Manufacturer and Distributors

Activist Post at Need To Know - 16 hours ago
A $260-million settlement has been reached between 2 counties in Ohio and Israeli drug manufacturer, Teva Pharmaceutical, plus three drug distributors. As usual, the money will go to the county governments, not to the drug victims.

Commentary: As predicted, animal protein containing biologics induce de novo autoimmune disorders

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 17 hours ago
By Vinu Arumugham AoA is grateful to Vinu Arumugham who has written an analysis of an article in MedPageToday by Diana Swift ("expert critique" Melinda Engevik): "Biologics Tied to New-Onset IBD and Other Autoimmune Events - Though mechanism is unclear... more »

Facebook Censorship Means Sites Like Age of Autism Are More Important Than Ever

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 17 hours ago
Below is Del Bigtree's report on the questioning of Mark Zuckerberg by Rep. Bill Posey (R) of Florida. Zuckerberg is clear that the goal is to stop conversation, debate, education and opinion on vaccination. There will be a default position... more »

Making Fun of the Unvaccinated

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 17 hours ago
My reponse to this Tweet sums up my feelings of disgust. The hatred and bullying and praise by others means we are sanctioned targets. Be careful.

Former Northwestern psychology prof has paper subjected to an expression of concern

Ivan Oransky at Retraction Watch - 17 hours ago
A paper by Ping Dong, a former researcher at Northwestern who left her post less than a year after having a paper retracted from Psychological Science, has been subjected to an expression of concern. The 2017 paper, in the Journal of Consumer Research, claimed to show that “Witnessing Moral Violations Increases Conformity in Consumption.” It … Continue reading Former Northwestern psychology prof has paper subjected to an expression of concern

Links 10/28/19

Lambert Strether at naked capitalism - 17 hours ago

The Boss on Board: Mafia Infiltrations, Firm Performance, and Local Economic Growth

Lambert Strether at naked capitalism - 17 hours ago
Italian firms infiltrated by the Mafia are disproportionately in the utilities and financial services sectors and that infiltration has a strong negative effect on local long-term employment growth.

Practical Equality and Rotten Compromises

Mark Graber at Balkinization - 17 hours ago
Robert Tsai’s *Practical Equality: Forging Justice in a Divided Nation* offers practical advice for progressives living in temporary hard times. Progressives when they cannot achieve a full loaf should eschew compromises that lock-in inequalitarian commitments and find strategies that move the law forward while leaving open the possibility of further progress. *Brown v. Mississippi *(1936) is an excellent illustration of that strategy. The Supreme Court in that case took a stick away from segregationists by ruling out certain brutal modes of seeking confessions, almost exclusivel... more »

Julian Assange News Links 27-28 October 2019

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 17 hours ago
28 October 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Assange extradition – Evidence of a CIA kidnap plot emerges, denial of legal privilege and now a closed court without scrutiny https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/assange-extradition-evidence-of-a-cia-kidnap-plot-emerges-denial-of-legal-privilege-and-now-a-closed-court-without-scrutiny/ Stop the US extradition of WikiLeaks publisher … Continue reading Julian Assange News Links 27-28 October 2019

Syria News Links 27-28 October 2019

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 17 hours ago
28 October 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Interview with Andre Vltchek for Iran’s Farhikhtegan Newspaper https://dissidentvoice.org/2019/10/interview-with-andre-vltchek-for-irans-farhikhtegan-newspaper/ Syrian troops expand presence along Turkish border — media https://tass.com/defense/1085563 US magazine reveals name of likely successor to dead Islamic … Continue reading Syria News Links 27-28 October 2019

Chile News Links 27-28 October 2019

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 17 hours ago
28 October 2019 • 16:45 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Hillary Versus Tulsi https://journal-neo.org/2019/10/28/hillary-versus-tulsi/ Whitewashing Neoliberal Repression In Chile And Ecuador https://popularresistance.org/whitewashing-neoliberal-repression-in-chile-and-ecuador/ Bolivia News Links 28 October 2019 https://williambowles.info/2019/10/28/bolivia-news-links-28-october-2019/ While Chile Burns, The OAS Targets Bolivia … Continue reading Chile News Links 27-28 October 2019

Brexit News Links 27-28 October 2019

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 17 hours ago
28 October 2019 • 14:15 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Brexit: European leaders agree extension to 31 January https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-50205603 Tories keep lying about the NHS, but a new poll shows the truth http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/6gI7RsJ5HhA/ Brexit, Workers’ Rights … Continue reading Brexit News Links 27-28 October 2019

Al-Baghdadi Raid is the US Empire “Creating Reality” The latest attack on Syria, whatever the truth of it, is an exercise in narrative control

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 17 hours ago
Apparently the United States killed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi yesterday. US Special Forces allegedly killed the ISIS leader during a raid on a stronghold in Idlib.

Maldives Climate Terror Update

tonyheller at Real Climate Science - 17 hours ago
Looks like a beautiful day in the Maldives. Live Cam Kuredu Island Resort In 1988, authorities said the Maldives would be underwater by 2018, and they would run out of fresh water by 1992. 26 Sep 1988 – Threat to … Continue reading →

US coercion fosters Multilateralism

Serban V.C. Enache at The Duran - 17 hours ago
With more countries, big and small, seeking to do business in other currencies, this shrinks the US dollar economic zone and ultimately US influence along with it. More The post US coercion fosters Multilateralism appeared first on The Duran.

Roger Stone warns Trump

Serban V.C. Enache at The Duran - 17 hours ago
My own two cents for Trump is this... keep out of foreign wars, seek to de-escalate conflicts everywhere, by they more or less kinetic or trade-based [special emphasis on Venezuela], and stop surrounding yourself with the swamp dwellers on the right. More The post Roger Stone warns Trump appeared first on The Duran.

Warnings of “Financial Armageddon” from the City of London

Matthew Ehret at The Duran - 17 hours ago
Calls for a One World Green Currency to Stop the New Silk Road More The post Warnings of “Financial Armageddon” from the City of London appeared first on The Duran.

Western Progressives and the Imperialist Inquisition

The Duran at The Duran - 17 hours ago
From Iraq to Venezuela via Libya and Syria, Western progressives have ratified their governments’ economic warfare against practically defenseless people. More The post Western Progressives and the Imperialist Inquisition appeared first on The Duran.

Bernie Sanders Warns Democrats He Might Run as an Independent?

Eric Zuesse at The Duran - 17 hours ago
Sanders, unlike either Nader or Perot, does have an actual record — and a lengthy one — of votes and actions as a U.S. public official; i.e., real-world public office, instead of just campaign promises and asserted positions. More The post Bernie Sanders Warns Democrats He Might Run as an Independent? appeared first on The Duran.

European Union agrees to grant United Kingdom three-month Brexit extension

Just In - 17 hours ago
European Union chief Donald Tusk says the bloc agrees to delay Brexit until January 31, 2020.

'That's nothing': Family furious at church's fine for boy's death

Anna Hartley at Just In - 17 hours ago
The family of a teenage boy who died while tree lopping for a Queensland church say they are furious it has only been fined $450,000 over his death.

Woman accused of causing horror crash 'lived by the rules', court told

Sarah Jane Bell And Sian Johnson at Just In - 17 hours ago
A jury hears of the moment the woman accused of causing a crash that killed four people in western Victoria realised the deceased were "probably grandmothers" as well.

Horrible Halloween weather forecast to scare off Perth's early spell of summer heat

Irena Ceranic at Just In - 17 hours ago
Trick-or-treaters might want to pack a brolly — some gloomy Halloween weather is forecast for Perth, following the city's warmest October day for six years.

Southwest Airlines pilots allegedly caught live-streaming plane's bathroom

Just In - 17 hours ago
A Southwest Airlines flight attendant alleges that pilots on a 2017 flight had an iPad streaming video from a hidden camera in a bathroom in one of the airline's jets.

Drugs used to treat Parkinson’s disease causes high sex drive and addiction, study finds

George Roberts at Just In - 17 hours ago
Doctors now know why medication used to treat Parkinson's disease gives some people a high sex drive and makes others gambling addicts. And researchers hope they can now warn people if they are susceptible to such side effects.

'It is definitely of concern': Newborn babies in Adelaide hospital contract the flu

Casey Briggs at Just In - 17 hours ago
An influenza outbreak among newborn babies at Adelaide's Women's and Children's Hospital results in dozens being given antiviral medication and isolated in closed cots.

'I've got to get help': Man attempted to take life in hospital toilet while waiting for treatment, inquest hears

Phoebe Hosier at Just In - 17 hours ago
A man who died days after attempting to take his life in a hospital toilet was unable to get immediate care despite experiencing thought of self harm, a Hobart inquest hears.

Adelaide's Rainbow Walk vandalised

Ben Nielsen at Just In - 17 hours ago
White text saying "Jesus Loves You" is sprayed across a colourful path celebrating Adelaide's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.

11yo student tasered after stabbing teacher at Townsville primary school

Just In - 17 hours ago
A female teacher is in hospital with a shoulder injury after being stabbed at a Townsville primary school by an 11-year-old female student, Queensland police say. The student was tasered by police and detained.

These 5 Air Battles Are the Greatest of All Time

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *History, Europe* [image: https://live.staticflickr.com/2822/9028175155_4226a76a9a_b.jpg] Huge conflicts. *Key point:* These battles changed history and highlighted the shifting nature of modern war. Short, frantic and bloody has been the history of aerial warfare. While human beings have killed each other on land and sea for millennia, air combat is but little more than a century old. Yet it quickly caught up with its older siblings. In 1903, the Wright brothers made their historic flight; by 1911, the Italians were bombing Libyan tribesmen; by 1914, the first d... more »

A fine Irish overview of skeptical climate science

David Wojick at CFACT - 18 hours ago
If I had the resources I would send a copy to every journalist that writes about climate change and every politician that pontificates about it. The post A fine Irish overview of skeptical climate science appeared first on CFACT.

These Four Bombers Are The Crown Jewels of Russia's Air Force

Caleb Larson at The National Interest - 18 hours ago
*Caleb Larson* *Security, Europe* You never want to see these above you. Key point: Russia is transitioning away from Soviet legacy systems, but much of its arsenal remains from the Cold War. Most military equipment in Russian arsenals today is legacy Soviet hardware. Russian bombers are no exception. Although some airframes in Russian inventories are quite old, they remain potent thanks to airframe, electronics and radar upgrades, along with improvements in standoff missiles and precision-guided munitions. Here are Russia’s most dangerous bombers. *Tu-95 “Bear”* In 1950, And... more »

Free Trade Agreements are fueling and shaping the oppression and injustice against women

bilaterals.org - 18 hours ago
28-Oct-2019 Women gathering resulted in several demands from the grassroots women, urging the new elected government of Indonesia to stop negotiating FTAs. Women demand “no more FTAs"

S. Korea's parliament ratifies free trade deal with Britain

bilaterals.org - 18 hours ago
28-Oct-2019 South Korea's National Assembly ratified the free trade agreement between Seoul and London in a move to brace for Britain's exit from the European Union.

Tidak mengatur mekanisme ISDS dalam RCEP sudah tepat

bilaterals.org - 18 hours ago
28-Oct-2019 Indonesia for Global Justice (IGJ) menilai tidak diaturnya mekanisme ISDS di dalam Perjanjian RCEP adalah langkah tepat yang dilakukan oleh Pemerintah Indonesia.

Farmers'nation-wide protests against RCEP go unnoticed

bilaterals.org - 18 hours ago
28-Oct-2019 The widespread protests by hundreds of farmers across the country against the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) went unnoticed by and large.

Why the rice trade wants India in the RCEP

bilaterals.org - 18 hours ago
28-Oct-2019 The Indian rice trade is keen that the cereal is included as part of the agreement as it could help boost exports.

Netflix Tests Playback Speed Control in App for Android

Iolanda Fonseca at The Rio Times - 18 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Android Police believes that this test is activated directly on the server, i.e. there is no way to force it into the app itself. There are few reports of users with this feature, some of them in Brazil. The operation is simple: after starting a movie or series, a Speed […] The post Netflix Tests Playback Speed Control in App for Android appeared first on The Rio Times.

North Korea Says It's Running Out Of Patience With US

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 18 hours ago
*FOX News:* *North Korea growing impatient with US, warns of 'exchange of fire at any moment' amid stalled talks* North Korea is growing impatient with the U.S. over stalled nuclear talks and what it says are contentious policies and one-sided disarmament demands, a senior Hermit Kingdom official said Sunday local time. Kim Yong Chol said in a statement there has been no progress in U.S.-North Korea relations. He warned that the cordial relationship between dictator Kim Jong Un and President Trump wouldn't be enough to prevent nuclear diplomacy from failing, threatening that "ther... more »

A Good Monday Morning

Diogenes Sarcastica™ at Diogenes' Middle Finger - 18 hours ago

3D Printing with Copper

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 19 hours ago
[image: Additive_Manufacturing_copper] It appears we are well on the way to printer copper components which is good news. The application pathways are also potentially available for all other metals as well. I would like to see titanium printing as that has been problematic in terms of other forms of fabrication. When 3D printing first happened, i was not that optimistic about its future impact. Now i know how we can produce a multilayered active skin for a UFO able to use super conducting fields to produce massive magnetic fields for space navigation. That problem only took ... more »

Gutsy wrangler, huge horse save boy from charging grizzly

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 19 hours ago
This is a wow story and we learn something huge. We need those old war horses back out in the woods to confront charging grizzlies. Riding stables particuloarly need thenm f0r their guidees. This event could easily have ended with a savage attack on both the runaway horse and the boy. Recall a grizzly has terrible eyesight and barely knows what it is chasing ever once that sent is lost. Thus an indiscriminate killing machine falls upon its victim. If i were a stable owner i would get those large horses for my guides and even learn to practice charging technique. A whip would a... more »

Jeffrey Epstein Again Disappears From View, but What About Mossad?

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 19 hours ago
Knowing Epstein's whole show was a Mossad funded operation merely tells us that it will not go away. We may merely have seen the last of Epstein who had almost aged out anyway. The harder question is just how much is the DEEP STATE allied with the Mossad? We are certainly in the midst of a significant DEEP STATE take down and that must overlap somehow. Throw in the NAZI and possible CHINESE sponsorship of the NWO MEME and one cannot be sure of anything. I do not think that the Israelis have made peace with the NAZIS or the CCP either. Yet do we know? So many of these plaus... more »

Ebola Progress

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 19 hours ago
It appears we are well along on having this disease mastered. A successful vaccine will work best to eliminate losses amount medical workers in particular. That whole process has still taken decades. We may never completely control these Monsters, but we can catch them and preven them from taking off to produce an out of control epidemic. This is an example of proper vaccine research. Proper application includes a halo of vaccination around those exposed to a victim. That can stop it cold. . *A modern plague* ------------------------------ *Ebola. The very word evokes ... more »

Then They Came For Your Mind – The Untold Story of Psychosurgery

OYE NEWS at OYE Alternative News - 19 hours ago
Complimenting yesterday’s post – a guest article written by Dr. Peter & Ginger Breggin – is the raw, and as yet unreleased full interview with Dr. Breggin that was used in our film The Minds of Men. Dr. Breggin gives an account of his activism and struggle against psychosurgery more than 50 years ago – … The post Then They Came For Your Mind – The Untold Story of Psychosurgery appeared first on OYE Alternative News.

Greta Thunberg slams Facebook for Not Curbing ‘Constant Lies and Conspiracy Theories’

OYE NEWS at OYE Alternative News - 19 hours ago
Everyone’s favourite teenage activist Greta Thunberg has stormed social media once again with her latest post criticizing Facebook for not clamping down harder on ‘Constant lies’ and ‘Conspiracy theories’. Apparently it would seem Thunberg would like to see an end to free speech and free thinking and prefer to see just the narrative she believes. … The post Greta Thunberg slams Facebook for Not Curbing ‘Constant Lies and Conspiracy Theories’ appeared first on OYE Alternative News.

The I In The Storm - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 19 hours ago
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Western progressives and the imperialist Inquisition

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 19 hours ago
Most people who think of themselves as progressive in the imperialist countries of North America and Western Europe, continue to believe the right wing opposition version of events in Nicaragua in 2018. A great many also accept some version of the right wing opposition account of the crisis in Venezuela. One obvious reason they do so is because they foolishly trust demonstrably false reports from undeservedly prestigious Western NGOs and incessant phony coverage in liberal and progressive news media.

It Need Not Be So - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 19 hours ago
*I have made a meme out of many of my poems. If you wish to view more of these poem memes, please click on the link provided below:* *Pinterest*

Putin Derangement Syndrome: Craziester And More Craziester

Patrick Armstrong at The Duran - 19 hours ago
Putin wants Trump to buy Greenland, Russians want to get Americans arguing about pizza, Russians have no moral sense and all the rest. More The post Putin Derangement Syndrome: Craziester And More Craziester appeared first on The Duran.

President Bolsonaro, Prince Al Nahyan Announce Brazil/UAE Trade Agreement

Arkady Petrov at The Rio Times - 19 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - President Jair Bolsonaro and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Prince of Abu Dhabi, have agreed to increase trade between Brazil and the United Arab Emirates and expand partnerships involving investment funds in sectors such as agribusiness, infrastructure, energy, and defense, according to a joint statement released on Sunday. The […] The post President Bolsonaro, Prince Al Nahyan Announce Brazil/UAE Trade Agreement appeared first on The Rio Times.

Rio’s Sugar Loaf Cable Car Celebrates 107th Anniversary

Iolanda Fonseca at The Rio Times - 19 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Regarded as one of the most beautiful tourist spots in Rio de Janeiro, the cable car is an attraction for residents and visitors from other states and countries. In addition, it is set in a natural landmark for sailors who cross in front of Guanabara Bay, as well as a […] The post Rio’s Sugar Loaf Cable Car Celebrates 107th Anniversary appeared first on The Rio Times.

Turkey, Russia Close To Reaching Agreement On Su-35 Fighter Jet Sale

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 19 hours ago
Sukhoi Su-35 jet fighters of the "Sokoly Rossii" (Falcons of Russia) aerobatic team fly in formation during a rehearsal for the airshow in Krasnoyarsk, Russia August 1, 2019. (REUTERS Photo) *Daily Sabbah: **Turkey, Russia close to reaching agreement on Su-35 fighter jet sale* Turkey is close to reaching a deal with Moscow over the purchase of Su-35 fighter jets as well as co-manufacturing some components of the Russian-made jets, Turkish sources said Friday. Turkish and Russian officials are discussing the details of the sale of a total of 36 Su-35 fighter jets to Turkey, two mo... more »

25 Million Dead: How the Black Death Nearly Destroyed Europe

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *History, Europe* A disaster that transformed Europe. *Key point:* The Plague was a tragedy, but one that also helped make the Renaissance possible. More than six centuries ago, disaster struck the people of Europe. A deadly plague, traveling west along trade routes from Central Asia, struck the continent with such force it wiped out entire villages and killed as many as twenty-five million people. The “Black Death,” as it was called, not only depopulated Europe but set the stage for profound societal change. The disease that was later called the “Black Death” is... more »

Why the Navy Needs a Better Plan to Share Information During War

Colin Barnard at The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*Colin Barnard* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.dvidshub.net/image/5829045/nato-allied-forces-conduct-photo-exercise] An important protocol. *Key point: *NATO allies need to be able to warn each other, and civilians, about dangers at sea. Earlier this year, General Scapparotti, former Commander of U.S. European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO forces, sounded the call for a greater U.S. Navy presence in the Euro-Atlantic region to counter Russian aggression. The U.S. Navy has been increasing its presence in the region since Russia’s illegal annexatio... more »

World War III in Asia: What a Russia vs. America War in the 1980s Would Have Looked Like

Robert Farley at The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, Asia* How would China have reacted? *Key point: *There was far more geopolitical flexibility in Asia than Europe. Nearly every analyst during the Cold War agreed that, if Moscow and Washington could keep the nukes from flying, the Central Front in Europe would prove decisive in war between the United States and the Soviet Union. The NATO alliance protected the Western European allies of the United States from Soviet aggression, while the Warsaw Pact provided the USSR with its own buffer against Germany. But when the Cold War really went hot, the fight... more »

Short Story: War Drone

Ethical Technology - 20 hours ago
There’s nothing so primitive as a point of view in a swarm.

Untitled

Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 20 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin Pondering the Collapse of the Entire Shadow Banking SystemStopping Crimes "Before They Happen" Sidney Powell Drops Bombshell Showing How The FBI Trapped Michael Flynn Bees Building Homes From Plastic Scientists want to limit climate change by releasing more CO2 India, US Officially Suspend Defense Cooperation ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is believed to have been killed in a US military strike We easily ran blatantly misleading ads about hot-button political topics like immigration and gun control, and Facebook failed to catch them By 2030 the world will require 50% ... more »

Bolsonaro Mentions 5G Auction in Brazil, Is Non-committal on USA-China Dispute

Iolanda Fonseca at The Rio Times - 20 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - President Jair Bolsonaro is on an official visit to China, and stated on Friday, October 25th, that he will not position himself at the moment on the trade dispute involving China and the USA. He had previously held private talks with US President Donald Trump about Huawei and said that […] The post Bolsonaro Mentions 5G Auction in Brazil, Is Non-committal on USA-China Dispute appeared first on The Rio Times.

Flamengo Wins Final Match, Crowned World Beach Soccer League Champion

Xiu Ying at The Rio Times - 20 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - After eliminating Spain's Levante on penalties in the semi-final, the team in red and black beat China's Meizhou Hakka in the final 5-3 to win the title. With two goals scored, striker Eudin was the highlight of the Final, held in Turkey. Despite the victory, the Gávea team did not […] The post Flamengo Wins Final Match, Crowned World Beach Soccer League Champion appeared first on The Rio Times.

Brazil’s Government Seeks Clarification from 11 Countries on Oil Spill Source

Iolanda Fonseca at The Rio Times - 20 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A briefing on progress was provided by the Navy's naval operations coordinator, Squadron Admiral Leonardo Puntel, in an interview with journalists on Saturday, October 26th. The investigation conducted by the Navy works on the theory that the culprit was probably a tanker. The initial investigation analyzed 1,500 vessels and narrowed […] The post Brazil’s Government Seeks Clarification from 11 Countries on Oil Spill Source appeared first on The Rio Times.

Only 25 Percent of Brazilian 18-30 Year-olds Control Their Finances

Iolanda Fonseca at The Rio Times - 20 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A survey by SPC Brazil shows that 47 percent of people in the so-called Generation Z, who are now between the ages of 18 and 25, have no control over their spending. SPC Brasil is a technology company linked to the National Confederation of Store Managers (CNDL) that processes and […] The post Only 25 Percent of Brazilian 18-30 Year-olds Control Their Finances appeared first on The Rio Times.

Three-year deal between players, AFL ensures future of AFLW

Just In - 20 hours ago
Players give a near-unanimous endorsement to a compromise collective bargaining deal for longer seasons and more pay, securing the AFLW competition for three years.

Real estate agent featured on Today Tonight fined for abusive behaviour

Eugene Boisvert at Just In - 20 hours ago
A South Australian real estate agent made notorious by Today Tonight is banned from practising and fined $7,500 for labelling a tenant a "Centrelink dweller" and tribunal members "incompetent".

Who is the woman whose name was given to the military operation that took down Baghdadi?

Erin Handley at Just In - 20 hours ago
Kayla Mueller travelled to Syria to perform humanitarian work before kidnapped by Islamic State in 2013. Years later, her name was given to the military operation to kill the man her father says was responsible for her torture, rape and death.

'Much-loved' actor Anne Phelan dies aged 71

Just In - 20 hours ago
Much-loved actor Anne Phelan, who featured in Australian TV programs including Bellbird and Prisoner, dies at the age of 71. The acclaimed actor was described as "simply one of the best humans".

Early Renaissance painting found hanging above a hot plate fetches $39 million

Just In - 20 hours ago
A rare masterpiece by Italian early Renaissance master Cimabue that was discovered in a French kitchen sells for 24 million euros, about five times the initial estimate.

'It's very grim': Macquarie Marshes wetland on fire and massive flush the only way to save it

Jessie Davies at Just In - 20 hours ago
Firefighters are battling to stop a large bushfire from destroying the tinder-dry Ramsar-protected Macquarie Marshes in western New South Wales.

'Australia is trying its guts out to heal': NSW city's first public corroboree since 1870s

Moyra Shields And Mollie Gorman at Just In - 20 hours ago
The first corroboree at a New South Wales city in more than 150 years has united generations while acknowledging deep concerns about climate change and drought.

Man jailed for attack on off-duty paramedic who was out getting fish and chips with her kids

Karen Percy at Just In - 20 hours ago
A judge criticises the "failure" of Victoria's community corrections system as he sentences Adam Bardic for an "atrocious attack" on an off-duty paramedic.

Business lobby groups accused of 'undermining' climate change policy

Andrew Robertson at Just In - 20 hours ago
One of the nation's most respected business leaders is highly critical of lobby groups such as the Business Council and Minerals Council of Australia over their stance on climate change.

Elon Musk's 'pedo guy' slur not common insult in South Africa, academic says

Liam Cochrane at Just In - 20 hours ago
Ahead of a court deciding whether to go ahead with a defamation against Elon Musk, an academic in South Africa casts doubt on the Tesla founder's statement the term "pedo guy" is a common insult in Pretoria and therefore not defamatory.

China's Communist Party To Hold Four Day Private Meeting In Beijing

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 20 hours ago
*NHK:* *China's Communist Party to hold key meeting* China's ruling Communist Party will hold a meeting of its senior leadership this week to set key policies. The 4-day plenary session of the Central Committee starts on Monday in Beijing. More than 300 party members, including President Xi Jinping, will attend the first plenum in about 20 months. The committee members were chosen at the 2017 National Congress. The Communist Party says the main agenda item will be perfecting China's socialist system and improving governance. *Read more *.... *WNU Editor:* This plenary session i... more »

Elizabeth Warren’s Plan-itis: Excessive Lobbying Case Study

Yves Smith at naked capitalism - 20 hours ago
A hard look at a Warren plan reveals a lot not to like.

Johnson’s Brexit Is Inspired by Blair, Eden and Chamberlain – Not Churchill

Yves Smith at naked capitalism - 20 hours ago
Describing how the political roots of Brexit run deep.

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Musical Interlude: Dire Straits, “Private Investigations”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
Dire Straits, “Private Investigations”

Girl: feminists in social services enabled the suicide+murder of my younger sisters by our mother

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 21 hours ago
One week ago, James Younger's reproductive organs and his dignity were threatened when a Dallas jury voted 11-to-1 to allow the non-biological mother of the 7-year-old boy (who has an identical twin brother, Judy) to eliminate the biological father Jeffrey Younger from the boy's life and continue with the "transition" of James into "Luna", a girl. The woman's plan was that aside from the "social transition" that was already ongoing, the hormonal castration would start at age of 11.5. A video showing a 3-year-old James makes it clear that the idea that "he was a girl" was imposed on ... more »

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 21 hours ago
*by Noah* Here's the President Of The United States Of America, "the leader of the 'free' world," the "dear leader" and cherished icon of the Republican Party, the servant of Putin and the traitor to his country. The picture for tonight's meme was taken at a recent get together with other world leaders and as you can see, Trump did a fine job of representing the intelligence of the American voter. While doing so, he very ably indicated how he would fare if he was to take an IQ test. Not to worry, he says he's very smart. Not only that, his supporters believe him. He even actually ... more »

"What Is The Point?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
"What is the point? We assume that every time we do anything we know what the consequences will be, i.e., more or less what we intend them to be. This is not only not always correct. It is wildly, crazily, stupidly, cross-eyed-blithering-insectly wrong!" - Douglas Adams, “The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide”

“5 Things Nobody Tells You About Being Poor”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
*“5 Things Nobody Tells You About Being Poor”* by John Cheese “Being poor is like a game of poker where if you lose, the other players get to screw you. And if you win, the dealer screws you. A bunch of you reading this are among the 45 million “working poor” in America, and if you’re not, you know somebody who is. Like me. I’m not blaming anybody but myself for getting into this situation (I was drunk for two straight decades) and I’m not asking for anybody’s sympathy. What I am saying is that people are quick to tell you to pick yourself up by your bootstraps and just stop being ... more »

Maria Butina Talks About Her Arrest And Imprisonment In The U.S.

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 21 hours ago
*RT:* *‘My hair color was proof of guilt’: Maria Butina talks her arrest, the NRA, and Senate testimony (FULL INTERVIEW) * Accused of spying and jailed in the US, Russian student and gun rights activist Maria Butina has told RT about her ordeal, from staring down a dozen armed FBI agents at her door to how Hollywood cliches served as proof of guilt. Arrested in July 2018, Butina spent eight months in custody, most of it in solitary confinement, before eventually pleading guilty in December. Meanwhile US media telling juicy stories about her that later proved false. “They just to... more »

Unlevelled Fields: Brexit, Workers’ Rights And The Environment

Binoy KAMPMARK at OrientalReview.org - 21 hours ago
The smorgasbord of Brexit terms has been further plated up with the latest acronym: the WAB or Withdrawal Agreement Bill. It comes in at 115 pages, with an added bonus of 126 pages of explanatory notes. For something seemingly so significant, not much time was on offer for those in […]

The Babysitters’ Club

From The Washington Post: John Kelly, former chief of staff to President Trump, said Saturday he warned the president before he left the White House not to replace him with a “yes man” because it would lead to Trump’s impeachment. … Continue reading →

Washington's 'democracy promotion mega-tour' hits Hong Kong

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 22 hours ago
Violent fanatics are assaulting people in the streets of Hong Kong while corporate media cheers them on as “pro-democracy” and oligarchs cash in. I explain how the US meddling machine is ramping up the Cold War with China: pic.twitter.com/hi3kKNlIAt — Dan Cohen (@dancohen3000) October 17, 2019 So many disasters have unfolded in the wake of Washington's "democracy promotion" such as in Iraq, Libya, Ukraine, Syria, Venezuela, Brazil, Yemen and more. Now Washington wants to take down Beijing and Moscow. As the Native Americans used to say, "Put your ear to the railroad tracks and h... more »

In 1968, the USS Pueblo Incident Almost Caused a Second Korean War

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 22 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *History, Asia* [image: Reuters] A close call. *Key point:* North Korean aggression and horrible treatment of American POWs could have led to a massive retaliation. A U.S. Army light freighter launched during World War II, the fifty-four-meter-long *Pueblo *had been recommissioned by the Navy in 1966s to serve as an “environmental research ship,” with two civilian oceanographers on board. This was a flimsy cover for the truth: the *Pueblo* was a spy ship, charged with intercepting and recording wireless transmissions and monitoring electronic emissions. Period... more »

Worse than Pearl Harbor? How America Lost the Philippines to Imperial Japan

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 22 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, Asia* But all was not lost--and this picture is proof. *Key point: *And thousands would die. “Tell Joe, wherever he is, to give ’em hell for us,” said the radio signal. “My love to you all. God bless you and keep you. Sign my name, and tell mother how you heard from me. Stand by.” And then there was silence. On the morning of May 6, 1942, U.S. Army Sgt. Irving Strobing sent the last message—to America, his family and his brother Joe—from the fortress of Corregidor, an island at the mouth of Manila Bay. A few hours later, under the cameras of Japanese ... more »

Tweets For Today

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 22 hours ago
The tip, the raid, the reveal: The takedown of al-Baghdadi https://t.co/D2YLBKBihA — Elizabeth Dent (@LizyDent) October 27, 2019 #UPDATE Peronist candidate Alberto Fernandez has won Argentina's presidential election https://t.co/ZrKE6lovmG pic.twitter.com/B7hhyn5R74 — AFP news agency (@AFP) October 28, 2019 Thousands of Spanish demonstrators march through Barcelona in protest against Catalan separatist movement that has sparked the country's worst political crisis in decades https://t.co/kJiOYXofB7 — Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) October 28, 2019 California declares state-w... more »

"Simple Minds"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 hours ago
*"Simple Minds"* by Tim Knight "We live in a very complex word, and it grows more complex by the day. But let's set aside all the uncertainties, possibilities, relationships, and exogenous outliers. Let's strip it away and focus on the basics. It's quite evident that being simple-minded in 2009 was the way to go. The President said to go out and buy stocks. The Federal Reserve made it absolutely clear they were going to pour everything they had into "saving" the economy. Any member of John Q. Public who naively took them at their word has made out fabulously well to this day. We si... more »

Quote of the Day

vonMesser at 'Nox & Friends - 22 hours ago

SDSU checking out state’s ring-necked pheasants for neonicotinoid pesticides

Dan Flynn at Food Safety News - 22 hours ago
Truth be told, nobody in the upper midwest cares much about white-tailed deer. There are just too many of them. They munch on gardens during the summer and become road carnage during the winter. Okay, deer have their fans too. But thousands of deer kills are scrapped off country roads and state highways with seemingly... Continue Reading

RFID guidance document disappears after R-CALF sued USDA

Dan Flynn at Food Safety News - 22 hours ago
A funny thing happened to R-CALF, the scrappy organization of mostly western cattlemen. It sued USDA on Oct. 4 over a factsheet about the electronic identification of cattle and bison found on the department’s website. Then USDA just removed it. The “Animal Disease Traceability” factsheet just disappeared from USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service... Continue Reading

FDA says bakery hasn’t resolved live bugs on food; undeclared allergens also violate law

News Desk at Food Safety News - 22 hours ago
As part of its enforcements, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Warning letters often are not issued until a company has... Continue Reading

How Saudi Arabia’s Propaganda War on Iran has reached a New Level of the Absurd

Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – Saudi Arabia’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir has recently called out Iran for its alleged “support of terrorist groups, its ballistic missile program and its destabilizing effect” in the Middle East even though Iran has not attacked a country in more than 200 years. The... (read more)

Missing Tortoise Found 7 Days Later, 5 Miles Away At Family’s Old House

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 22 hours ago
A pet tortoise who was missing for seven days has been reunited with her family in Roseville. She traveled more than five miles away from her home, and it is truly remarkable where she ended up. The tortoise is named Sweety, and her owner, Sara Coggeshall, thought she’d never see her again, saying: “You’re like, […] The post Missing Tortoise Found 7 Days Later, 5 Miles Away At Family’s Old House appeared first on Health Nut News.

Videos Show Aftermath Of U.S. Raid Against ISIS Leader al-Baghdadi

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 22 hours ago
Aftermath of reported #US operation targeting #alBaghdadi pic.twitter.com/vw2Ag2a5gn — RT (@RT_com) October 27, 2019 *RT:* *Scorched earth: VIDEO shows aftermath of claimed US raid against ISIS leader al-Baghdadi* A building completely reduced to rubble and burnt soil were captured in footage from the site of a claimed US attack on the compound of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria. Earlier on Sunday, Donald Trump made a rare weekend address from the White House, saying that “Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead” and thus confirming numerous media re... more »

Russia: US Move to Control Syrian Oil Fields ‘Banditry’

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
Russia: US Move to Control Syrian Oil Fields ‘Banditry’ by https://www.presstv.com/ Russia has slammed as “banditry” plans by the United States to deploy more forces in Syria, accusing the administration of President Donald Trump of seeking to seize the Arab country’s oil resources under false pretexts. – Trump and Pentagon chief Mark Esper confirmed Thursday …

Russia Cast Doubts on Baghdadi’s ‘Umpteenth Death’

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
The numerous times Baghdadi has been reported dead: – ISIS Leader Al Baghdadi Dies in Israeli Hospital – 2015 ISIS ‘finally admits its leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi is dead’ – May 2017 ISIS confirms leader Baghdadi is dead – June 2017 ISIS confirms: Baghdadi is dead – reports United States confirms Russia killed Isis …

Russian MoD Doubts Trump’s Announcement of Killing ISIS Chief Al-Baghdadi, Rejects Claims It Assisted US Forces in Op

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi (CIA special agent) has been reported killed multiple times in the past. Let’s hope he remains dead. Hee Hee Hee! Entire Trump announcement smells like BS. It appears to be psyop to distract from his BIG BOO BOO: “The Oil in Syria is secured!” – Al-Baghdadi led IS for the last …

How Israel Blackmailed Bill Clinton with Sex Tapes

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
Blackstone Intelligence Network In the late 1990s, the Israeli Mossad was operating a high level spy ring inside Washington. To shut down the US counterintelligence operation trying to find the spies, Netanyahu threatened President Bill Clinton with sex tapes. We will discuss how Donald Trump may be in a similar position. end

If Israel Continues Attacking, There’ll Be Conflict with Iran

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
More Zionist war mongering and propaganda! See also: – What Happens to Iran if Israel Attacked with Nuclear Weapons? – If Israel Continues Attacking, There’ll Be Conflict with Iran by http://www.israelnationalnews.com/ ‘Iran decided not to keep quiet about Israel’s attacks anymore,’ News 13 analyst Zvi Yehezkeli says. – Journalist Zvi Yehezkeli, News 13‘s Arab affairs …

Israel Benefits from Double Standard on Gaza – Galloway

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
RT America Months of ongoing protests in Gaza against Israel have largely been ignored by the mainstream press. Former UK MP George Galloway provides context. end

‘Mission Unchanged’? US to Send Troops And Machines to Guard Syrian Oil Interests, After Having Vowed to ‘Withdraw’

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
‘Mission Unchanged’? US to Send Troops And Machines to Guard Syrian Oil Interests, After Having Vowed to ‘Withdraw’ by https://www.rt.com/ US Defense Secretary Mark Esper has confirmed that US troops are being relocated to Syria’s oil regions and more “mechanized forces” are coming, despite previous pledges to pull out. – Just weeks ago, President Donald …

Task Force Smoking Gun: America’s Secret Operation to Arm Global Terrorists

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
TruNews Today on TruNews, the team provides an investigative report on the pathway that arms and munitions take from their production at facilities in the United States, all the way into the hands of terrorists around the world. Edward Szall speaks with investigative journalist Dilyana Gaytandzhieva, and together they map out the diabolical network that …

Picture Of The Day

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
A satellite view of the reported residence of ISIS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, near the village of Barisha, Syria *WNU Editor:* The above picture came from this post .... *Operation Obliteration: How US gunships cornered ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi before he 'dragged three children with him into a dead-end tunnel and detonated a suicide belt' - as Donald Trump said he watched live on TV link 'like a movie'* (Daily Mail).

'Lock him up': Donald Trump booed by baseball fans

Just In - 23 hours ago
US President Donald Trump was met with loud boos and chants of "lock him up" from baseball fans in Washington, DC when he was shown on the in-stadium video screen just hours after he announced the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

'Old, unfit, overweight' officer convicted of running down teen with police car

Joanna Menagh And Evan Morgan Grahame at Just In - 23 hours ago
A police officer who was filmed on mobile phones driving into an 18-year-old man in Perth's south-east last year, knocking him down and sending him to hospital, is found guilty of dangerous driving.

Get heartburn? It could be time to rethink the cause

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11yo student tasered after stabbing teacher at Townsville primary school

Just In - 23 hours ago
A female teacher is in hospital with a shoulder injury after being stabbed at a Townsville primary school by an 11-year-old female student, Queensland police say. The student was tasered by police and detained.

Mother accused of killing two daughters in Perth home faces court from hospital bed

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A woman accused of killing her two young daughters faces a bedside court hearing in hospital, several days after the girls' bodies were discovered in their home in Perth's northern suburbs.

'He was like a son': Young couple killed in fatal crash are remembered by loved ones

Marian Faa at Just In - 23 hours ago
The deaths of Evan Fielder, 19, and his girlfriend Lauren Quabba, 16, in a head-on crash sends shockwaves through a Far North Queensland community.

Study: Children with Court-Appointed Special Advocates do WORSE Than Children Without Them

Admin at Medical Kidnap - 23 hours ago
A new study has just been published in the journal Child Maltreatment: The Effect of CASA on Child Welfare Permanency Outcomes. "The present study is the largest and most rigorous study to date on the effects of being appointed a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) on permanency outcomes of children in foster care. Overall, children appointed a CASA have significantly lower odds than children without a CASA of achieving permanency. They have lower odds of being reunified, greater odds of being adopted (if not reunified), and lower odds of being placed in permanent kin guardians... more »

October 28th – 2019 Presidential Politics – Trump Administration Day #1012

sundance at The Last Refuge - 23 hours ago
In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Donald Trump Administration and … Continue reading →

Monday October 28th – Open Thread

sundance at The Last Refuge - 23 hours ago
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those … Continue reading →

Study: Children with Court-Appointed Special Advocates do WORSE Than Children Without Them

AdminM at Health Impact News - 23 hours ago
A new study has just been published in the journal Child Maltreatment: The Effect of CASA on Child Welfare Permanency Outcomes. "The present study is the largest and most rigorous study to date on the effects of being appointed a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) on permanency outcomes of children in foster care. Overall, children appointed a CASA have significantly lower odds than children without a CASA of achieving permanency. They have lower odds of being reunified, greater odds of being adopted (if not reunified), and lower odds of being placed in permanent kin guardians... more »

Germans Flock to Frankenstein Castle for Spooky Halloween Today

AP News at Snopes.com - 23 hours ago
Medieval Frankenstein Castle has become a favorite haunt for Germans celebrating Halloween.

Australian Daily Wind Power Generation Data – Sunday 27th October 2019 – Plus Weekly Update

TonyfromOz at PA Pundits – International - 23 hours ago
By Anton Lang ~ This Post details the daily wind power generation data for the AEMO coverage area in Australia. For the background information, refer to the Introductory Post at this link. Each image is shown here at a smaller size to fit on the page alongside the data for that day. If you click […]

Pseudo Scientists Wreak Havoc On Society’s Mental Stability With Fake Data

PA Pundits - International at PA Pundits – International - 23 hours ago
By Ronald Stein ~ Using tactics once reserved for reducing opponents in battle to psychotic imbeciles, pseudo scientists like the 175+ organizations active on climate change and their public out-criers who lead the Far-Left (Antifa, etc.) and the New Progressives (Democrats in Congress, etc.) use fake environmental data sound bites extracted from lengthy studies to upset society’s mental […]

Why Are The Legacy Media Afraid Of Free Speech On Social Media?

PA Pundits - International at PA Pundits – International - 23 hours ago
By Jarrett Stepman ~ Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg came to Capitol Hill last week for a House Financial Services Committee hearing where the primary focus was supposed to be to examine Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency, Libra. But the hearing quickly went far afield. Many of the representatives were eager to push the Facebook founder into […]

Baghdadi Is Dead

PA Pundits - International at PA Pundits – International - 23 hours ago
A Dry Bones Cartoon ~ Baghdadi is Dead! According to the BBC: The fugitive leader of the Islamic State (IS) group has been killed in a US military operation in northwest Syria, President Donald Trump has said.Speaking from the White House, Mr Trump said Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi detonated his suicide vest after fleeing into a […]

Could Baghdadi’s Death Trigger A Wave Of ISIS Revenge Attacks In US And Europe?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
ISIS supporters shared posters threatening attacks in New York and Washington on the same day as the raid *The SUN*: *BAYING FOR BLOOD Baghdadi’s death could trigger wave of revenge attacks in US and Europe and spark ISIS 2.0, experts warn* THE death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi may trigger a wave of bloody revenge attacks in the US and Europe, experts warned. Terror experts have told how security services will be braced for the type of revenge plots that were seen after Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011. Fears are mounting that Baghdadi’s death during a US raid on his comp... more »

GOP Human Scum Seeks To Unmask The Whistleblower To Please Señor Trumpanzee

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*From Disorganized Crime by Nancy Ohanian* You've heard Trump whining and moaning about the Ukraine scandal whistleblower for what seems like months already. He's always on Twitter thundering about unmasking him. That's illegal. There's a whistleblower law and a whistleblower procedure for a reason-- to catch criminals like Trump without the whistleblower imperiling his or her job (or life). But when in Trump's miserable life has he ever cared about norms or laws or even what anyone thinks of him? (He's such, to use a phrase of his wn, usually reserved for his fellow Republicans, hu... more »

Is This The New Leader Of ISIS?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
Abdullah Qardash, a former officer in Saddam Hussein's military, is reportedly the new leader of ISISCredit: Twitter *SUN: **ISIS Already Has a New Leader, But Baghdadi May Not Have Been Running the Group Anyway* A FORMER officer in Saddam Hussein’s army has taken over as the leader of ISIS after the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, it has been reported. Abdullah Qardash – known as the Professor – is already believed to have assumed control of the day-to-day running of the jihadi group. Baghdadi was killed when US forces swooped on his compound in northwestern Syria and he blew up s... more »

Backfire: LaNada War Jack's new book on Native Resistance chronicles Alcatraz to Standing Rock

Unknown at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
Backfire: LaNada War Jack's new book on Native Resistance chronicles Alcatraz to Standing Rock By Brenda Norrell Censored News In the beginning, there were the students at the University of California Berkeley and the Third World Liberation Front Strike. The 50-day protest resulted in the creation of Interdisciplinary Ethnic Studies for Black, Chicano, Asian and Native Americans. Then,

Winter Weather Advisories in 6 states

Robert at Ice Age Now - 1 day ago
Here’s a map showing forecast locations: https://www.weather.gov/ The post Winter Weather Advisories in 6 states appeared first on Ice Age Now .

Cheap, Stealth and Insanely Dangerous: 'AIP' Submarines are Real Killers

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * A cheaper alternative to nuclear propulsion. *Key point: *Diesel-electric submarines have become cheaper, efficient killers One of the most crucial improvements in submarines of the postwar era is the air independent propulsion (AIP) system. First fielded in the 1990s, the development of AIP changed the ways non-nuclear submarines operated, allowing them to fight—and hide—underwater longer. Combined with their extreme quietness, the use of AIP has made modern diesel-electric subs efficient killers, capable of stalking and sinking their prey even in a... more »

The Bidens: "Stone Cold Crooked" (3) -- Any Remaining Doubt Should Be Investigated!

Francis Menton at Manhattan Contrarian - 1 day ago
* On October 6 I put up two posts calling the two Bidens, Joe and Hunter, “stone cold crooked.” The basis for the label was a series of factual assertions listed in the first of the posts, none of which had received any meaningful refutation in any source I could find. * Since the October 6 posts, facts keep coming out that, as far as I can see, only make the Bidens’ position more and more indefensible. * Simultaneously, organs of the progressive press keep doubling down on the narrative that there is “no evidence” of wrongdoing of the Bidens in Ukraine, and any assertion to the con... more »

John Ratcliffe and Doug Collins Discuss U.S. Attorney John Durham Investigation…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 1 day ago
Earlier today representatives John Ratcliffe and Doug Collins react to the successful operation to capture/kill Baghdadi along with recent events surrounding the John Durham investigation shifting into a criminal probe. First, John Ratcliffe discusses the killing of Baghdadi and the … Continue reading →

Traditionalism and Anti-Novelty as Modes of Constitutional Interpretation: The Case of Tax-Exemption for Churches

Mark Tushnet at Balkinization - 1 day ago
Marc DeGirolami has posted an interesting extension of his argument for traditionalism as a mode of constitutional interpretation. He knows that one key issue associated with traditionalism is the characterization of the tradition: "How narrowly or broadly can a court draw any given practice to construct a tradition?" Referring to the Bladensburg cross case, DeGirolami criticizes Justice Breyer for "drawing" the practice with reference solely to the very cross at issue -- properly so, in some sense, because you can't use was I think philosophers would call a "token" as the more gener... more »

Michael Mann Announces That Official US Government Graphs Are Fake

tonyheller at Real Climate Science - 1 day ago
#FakeGraphs #DenierBots Michael E. Mann on Twitter: The graph Mann is calling fake, is the official US Forest Service graph. 2010-sustainability-report.pdf In 1936, fire was considered the greatest threat to prosperity. 05 Dec 1936, Page 7 – Santa Cruz Evening … Continue reading →

Protesters In Lebanon Formed A Human Chain Across The Entire Country

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*CNN:* *Protesters in Lebanon formed a human chain across the entire country* Protesters across Lebanon joined hands on Sunday to form a human chain that connected the country's north and south, a symbolic display of national unity during a period of political turmoil. Nearly 170,000 people joined the chain, which ran from Akkar to Sidon, said Dr. Sally Hammoud, an event organizer. "It was a symbol to show the world that we all are united and nothing can break us, and most importantly, we are peaceful," she told CNN. The chain spanned 105 miles (170 km), cutting through Beirut, T... more »

Peronist Candidate Alberto Fernandez Wins Argentine Presidential Election

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*The Guardian:* *Argentina election: Macri out as Cristina Fernández de Kirchner returns to office as VP* Victory of Alberto Fernández’s presidential campaign puts an end to the pro-business economic policies of Macri’s administration In a dramatic comeback, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, one of Argentina’s most popular presidents during her two terms in 2007-2015, has been voted back into office as vice president. A large crowd of supporters burst into a roar outside the Frente de Todos (Everybody’s Front) party bunker in the Chacarita neighbourhood of the capital city of Bueno... more »

Life in prison for killer who left relative's skeletal remains in fireplace

Meagan Dillon And Rebecca Opie at Just In - 1 day ago
A man who was a teenager when he murdered his relative — whose bones were later found in rural SA — receives a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment, but his non-parole period has not yet been set.

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