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Midnight Meme Of The Day!
*by Noah Sunday Thoughts:* You had to know that Republicans would go there sooner or later. That had to be especially true of the Christian Mega Church crowd and their perverted version of Christianity. Yup. Impeachment? Blame the Jews! It's a damn Jew conspiracy I tell ya! What else would we expect from a party that embraces a Neo-Nazi president? And so it came to pass, that in the first week after the impeachment hearings, televangelist Rick Wiles begat his latest move in the defense of his friend President Donald Trump. Here be The Word! The Word as spoken by Pastor Rick Wil... more »
Hola, Madrid! African Development Bank takes the continent’s climate agenda to COP25 in Spain
Global Issues News Headlines - 21 hours ago
ABIDJAN, Cote d’Ivoire, Nov 30 (IPS) - The Bank is playing a leading role in guiding progress on climate change on the continent. The Bank has doubled its total climate change commitment to $25 billion between 2020 and 2025.The African Development Bank will on Monday kick off a campaign to plead the continent's case at the world's leading climate change conference. Read the full story, “Hola, Madrid! African Development Bank takes the continent’s climate agenda to COP25 in Spain”, on globalissues.org →
Russia Tried To Build a Super Tank To Actually Fight During a Nuclear War
*Robert Beckhusen* *Security, * Yep, not a very good idea. *Key Point:* In a war that never happened, formations of heavy and rather odd-looking Soviet tanks would have powered through atomic explosions in breakthrough attacks into West Germany. Enter the Object 279 tank, a curious oddity from the late 1950s which was obsolete — despite its design principles deliberately reflecting the fear of a nuclear battlefield — by the time it was produced. It was certainly not a success, as the Soviet Union only manufactured a handful of prototypes. But the fact that it appeared at all i... more »
Precious Indigenous artefacts 'woken up' after decades in overseas museums
After decades in museums overseas, precious Indigenous ceremonial artefacts have been returned to their rightful owners in the Pilbara and Kimberley.
5yo girl dies after being found unresponsive in car
Just In - 22 hours ago
The young girl was found unconscious in a parked car in the Port Stephens suburb of Tanilba Bay on Tuesday.
Storytelling without dots: Contemporary Indigenous artists find their voice for storytelling
Indigenous visual art is usually associated with dot paintings but a growing number of First Nations artists are breaking away from tradition and finding a modern means of storytelling in the process.
Facebook adds 'correction' to post under new Singapore fake news law
Just In - 22 hours ago
The social media giant adds a statement to a user's social media post that Singapore's Government said contained false information, raising fresh questions about how the company will adhere to requests to regulate content.
Man's body found in search for Queensland 'bush boy' Trent Grose
A man's body has been found outside Maxwelton in Queensland's north-west after a land and air search for 25-year-old Trent Grose, who was last seen two weeks ago when he borrowed a four-wheel drive from friends.
Non-Profit Organization Tests Three Major Pizza Chains for Gyphosate Residue, One Company Tested Far Worse Than the Others
The pizza industry is not exactly home to the best quality ingredients by a long shot, especially when it comes to chain restaurants. While smaller mom-and-pop pizza chains are generally more likely to use high quality non-GMO ingredients from small, local food producers, the big guys on the block are notorious for products containing GMO soybean oil, cheese from cows fed genetically engineered grains, preservatives, additives, and much more. The one pizza chain that claims, at least in its advertising, to have a higher standard ingredients is pretty well known among pizza afi... more »
The Carro Armato P26/40: Italy's Super World War II Tank You Never Heard Of
*Robert Beckhusen* *Security, * It could do some serious damage. Key Point: Italy was not renown in World War II for its tanks, which tended to be light and poorly used on the battlefield. But the Italian arms industry did produce interesting designs, some quite formidable. The Carro Armato P26/40 was a rare example of an Italian medium tank—the Italian army referred to it as a heavy tank, as it was heavy in comparison to Italy’s other vehicles, but it was roughly similar to America’s M4 Sherman, the Soviet T-34 and the German Panzer IV medium tanks. Manufacturer Fiat-Ansaldo b... more »
The First Sunday Of Advent
First Sunday of Advent Reading 1 Is 2:1-5 This is what Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. In days to come, the mountain of the LORD’s house shall be established as the highest mountain and raised above … Continue reading →
December 1st – 2019 Presidential Politics – Trump Administration Day #1046
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 December 1st – Open Thread
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
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends the 'Combat Flight Contest-2019' of Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force at Wonsan Kalma Airport. © REUTERS / KCNA *WNU Editor: *The above picture came from this photo-gallery .... *Tourism, Medicine and Defence in North Korea: Rare Photos of Kim Jong-un Inspecting His Country* (Sputnik).
The Dangers of Suppressing Religious Freedom
*Tisa Wenger* *Religion, Americas* [image: Reuters] This is how American anti-Semitism reflects the centuries-long struggle over the meaning of religious liberty. Americans recently observed the first anniversary of the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, in which 11 were killed and six wounded. A year earlier, white supremacist marchers in Charlottesville, Virginia, chanted the slogan, “Jews shall not replace us.” Synagogues around the country have also been defaced with anti-Semitic graffiti. Last month, during the Jewish High Holy Days, a swastika and the w... more »
Researchers help identify relevant genes in bacterial infections
Researchers have developed a database to make it easier to identify target proteins that can help fight infectious diseases. Scientists from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Centre of Genomic Regulation said it will also accelerate development of new antimicrobial agents. The BacFITBase database contains 90,000 entries... Continue Reading
Public Figure Jenna Jameson Says on Twitter She Will Not Vaccinate Her Children
Jenna Jameson just said on Twitter that she will not vaccinate her children. One of the best reasons to question vaccines is because the government is mandating them. — Jenna Jameson (@jennajameson) December 1, 2019 If your children are vaccinated, then why worry? https://t.co/QNxA0FGAfF pic.twitter.com/jh5YrUdfuW — Jenna Jameson (@jennajameson) December 1, 2019 The post Public Figure Jenna Jameson Says on Twitter She Will Not Vaccinate Her Children appeared first on Health Nut News.
North Korea Threatens Japan With 'Real Ballistic Missile' After Japan's PM Shinzo Abe Condemned The North For 'Repeated Launches Of Ballistic Missiles'
*BBC:* *North Korea threatens Japan with 'real ballistic missile'* North Korea has branded Japan's PM Shinzo Abe an "imbecile" and "political dwarf", accusing him of mislabelling its latest weapons test. Mr Abe condemned the North for "repeated launches of ballistic missiles" after two projectiles were fired on Thursday. But the North insisted it was testing a "super-large multiple-rocket launcher". On Saturday, state media said Japan "may see what a real ballistic missile is in the not distant future". North Korea is banned from firing ballistic missiles under UN Security Cou... more »
It Isn't Possible To Follow Jesus' Teachings And Support Trump
Personally, I'm not into churches or ritual or even the Bible. But Jesus had some great messages that I meditate on a lot. That said, there are a lot of fake Christians around who seem to think Jesus' message needs to be reversed. And those are Trump followers. My old pal Frank Schaeffer wrote about that on his blog and made the tape above that you might want to watch today instead of going to church. His point: Trumps' white evangelicals are the only Americans who disrespect Jesus. Based on their support for Trump, American white evangelicals are the only people in America who... more »
The IG Report Will Release December 9th, But What About The “Declassification List”?…
There has been a great deal of discussion about the pending release of the DOJ Inspector General report on potential FISA abuses on December 9th, but no word on the declassification material since AG Bill Barr was granted authority on … Continue reading →
The Progressive Globalist ?..
A question and comment on the Global Populist Revolt andthe Globalist reaction to it. Continue reading →
Russia's Nuke-Train System Is 30 Years Old Now
© Sputnik / Alexey Daniche *Sputnik: **Nuke Express: Russian Railway-Based Missile That Was Headache for Western Countries Turns 30* Nuclear missiles based on the frame of a regular railway car were an ideological extension of ground-based mobile missile systems, making strategic weaponry more mobile, while also less detectable. Thirty years ago Soviet Strategic Missile Troops added a new type of weapon to their arsenal, causing serious concern among western states in the last years of the Cold War. The weapon's appearance was deceptive; externally it looked just as any other civi... more »
Corn Pop Slayer Has a New Campaign Slogan…
Former Vice President and historic slayer of the ‘Corn Pop’ gang, Joe Biden, is hoping to kick start his Iowa campaign with a fresh new slogan. This is not a spoof. (Campaign Tweet Link) Looking at this branding decision is … Continue reading →
'Ok Boomer': Joe Biden ridiculed for outdated campaign slogan
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oe Biden is promising 'No Malarkey' as he crisscrosses a key battleground state in the hunt for votes. But the old-timey slogan is raising eyebrows as he tries to convince voters he isn't too old for the top job.
She doesn't know it, but baby Maya is cause for a special celebration
Australia's largest provider of continuity of midwifery care, My Midwives, has celebrated the birth of the 1,000th baby born through its Toowoomba practice.
Australia still in the box seat despite frustrating third day against Pakistan
Victory is well within Australia's sights despite Pakistan's impressive batting and its own general sloppiness on the third day in Adelaide, with the tourists still 248 runs away from making the hosts bat again.
'I want him alive': Mother's anguish amid outback search for 'bush boy' after car found
A distraught mother appeals for help to find her 25-year-old son who has been missing in remote country in north-west Queensland for several days.
Owner found three years after boat waterproofed with tar drifts from Canada to Ireland
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A Canadian journalist says he had no idea he would be solving an "international marine mystery" when he interviewed Rick Small about his solar-powered vehicle.
Waste not, want not: Buffel-busting duo turn controversial grass into beautiful ceramics
Two outback ceramicists experiment with a glaze from an introduced grass that conservationists hate and pastoralists love.
Canberra turned green for the Raiders, but they're (fittingly) not the city's team of the year
The CBR Sport Awards made the right choice in who it awarded Team of the Year, and it was a choice that reflected the dominance of women's sport in the Territory, writes sports reporter Brett McKay.
Go trainspotting inside one of Australia's largest private model railways
See how one woman turned a lifelong passion for railways into a tourist attraction that brings throngs of visitors each year.
Perth set to swelter in what is forecast to be its hottest start to summer in years
Perth is set to swelter in its hottest start to summer in nearly a decade, and it comes hot on the heels of what may have been WA's hottest November on record.
"There Are Times..."
"Pursuing happiness, and I did, and I still do, is not at all the same as being happy - which I think is fleeting, dependent on circumstances. If the sun is shining, stand in it - yes, yes, yes. Happy times are great, but happy times pass - they have to because time passes. The pursuit of happiness is more elusive; it is life-long, and it is not goal-centered. What you are pursuing is meaning - a meaningful life. There's the hap - the fate, the draw that is yours, and it isn't fixed, but changing the course of the stream, or dealing new cards, whatever metaphor you want to use - th... more »
Securing the High Ground in Outer Space
*Patrick M. Cronin, Ryan Neuhard* *Security, Americas* Our economies, our security, and our day-to-day experience on Earth will change as space becomes increasingly accessible and developed. “Everything we know about space is changing,” according to former NASA physicist John Mankins. Within a decade, the cost of launching into space will have dropped more than three orders of magnitude from the year 2000. Coupled with new systems and technologies, both states and private companies can turn the unthinkable into reality, even into the routine. The economic opportunity of space d... more »
Russia Tests Hypersonic Missile In The Arctic
FILE PHOTO: A MiG-31 Foxhound fighter-interceptor with the Kinzhal high-precision hypersonic aero-ballistic missile. © Sputnik / Iliya Pitalev *RT:** Cold steel: Russia’s Kinzhal hypersonic missile ‘completes its first ARCTIC test’* Russia’s new Kinzhal (‘Dagger’) air-launched hypersonic missile has been tested in freezing Arctic conditions. It successfully struck a land-based target in what was the maiden test of its kind, defense industry sources said. The top-secret trials took place in mid-November at the Pemboi range in the north-western Komi Republic, one of the sources to... more »
Another reason why income is misleading
I often argue that income is a very misleading measure of economic well being. In many cases, I am pushing back against claims made by progressives regarding economic inequality. But I don’t have any ax to grind on the inequality issue, and today I’ll use the same argument in support of a “progressive” argument. Bloomberg […] The post Another reason why income is misleading appeared first on Econlib.
you have shed your former skin
275. *Within* a small room upon a small rug you have shed your former skin. What cannot be laved in snows of the mountains and in the warmth of the Sun? The wisdom thus released will inhabit its new skin. We rejoice at your observation of man's ways, unmasked, denuded, as though curtains of windows were drawn aside and innermost recesses revealed. And it is easy to offer counsel when reading from an open book. You evolve under My eyes. Yes, yes, yes! Your steadfastness strengthens Us. It is easy to walk along a precipice when you know of the flying carpet. Observe everythi... more »
On Types Of Fundamentalism
Fundamentalism is broadly of two types: traditional fundamentalism and modernist fundamentalism. Traditional fundamentalism is based on certain conceptions of religious, racial, and historical prejudices and ideologies—not much needs to be said about this form of fundamentalism as their strategies and objectives are well known. Modernist fundamentalist is based on the utopian notions of human perfectionism developed during the Age of Enlightenment—for instance, communism and socialism. A fundamentalist force can have elements of both, the traditional and the modern—an example of thi... more »
"No Amount Of Glue..."
"Ten minutes ago, Frank though he was going to prison. Now he knows he's not, and part of him thinks he should just be glad he's getting out of this at all, but he's not. He's not glad. He's furious. He's known the world is broken for a long time, he's known that, but sometimes he's amazed at how broken; even now, at this point in his life, nearing fifty years old, he can stumble across something that makes him realize all over again that the world is not only broken, but beyond fixing. No amount of glue can ever make it right. And yet, you have to focus on your little part of it, d... more »
Cows on Russian Farm Get Fitted with VR Goggles to Increase Milk Production
If you stepped foot onto the RusMoloko dairy farm near Moscow, in Russia, you might think you’ve arrived onto an unusual futuristic film set, where cows run around wearing VR headsets. This is no film set, however. The VR glasses have been made explicitly for these dairy cows to improve their circumstances and enable them […] The post Cows on Russian Farm Get Fitted with VR Goggles to Increase Milk Production appeared first on Health Nut News.
Is Mexican President López Obrador The Country's Strongest President In Decades?
Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador attends a news conference, at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico, May 21, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Romero *Mary Beth Sheridan, The Washington Post: **Mexico has its strongest president in decades. Some say he's too strong.* SAN MIGUEL CANOA, Mexico - Elsewhere, Latin America is burning. *In other places - Chile, Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador - presidents are besieged by demonstrators.* But when Mexico's leader rolled into this mountain town one recent Friday, the crowds were adoring. Peasants walked for miles to greet him. Angel Rold... more »
"A Few Questions to Ask"
*"A Few Questions to Ask"* By Eric Peters "Why does truth carry such a dreadful face? Why does subjugation carry such a happy mask? It becomes sad when people understand that they can lead a better life as long as they bow their heads, ignoring the truth." - Lionel Suggs "Debating the merits of a particular government policy or proposal with authoritarian-minded political opponents is pointless – if you’re hoping to persuade, at any rate. Far better to ask them a few apparently simple questions – and force them to confront the disquieting answers about the authoritarian nature of t... more »