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HERE’s our top ten list of national and international news briefs.

OPINION: STRONG future earnings prospects from less capital-intensive businesses is what Wesfarmers seeks, so Coles has to go.

Everyone agrees that America is not the same place that it once was.  Our society is undergoing a fundamental transformation that is absolutely breathtaking, and some of the changes...

Now that Brett Kavanaugh has officially been confirmed, it is a good time to reflect upon where we are at as a nation.  And where we are at is a nation that is rapidly moving toward a state...

So you finally picked up a PS4? Here are the games you need to pick up!

Just picked up an Xbox One and wondering what games to pick up alongside it? We've got you covered.

by Shawn S. Grandstaff Writer, Dandelion Salad October 9, 2018 This is me on my soap box to people who want to Christianize government. I’m all about calling down the darkness and...

by Finian Cunningham Writer, Dandelion Salad East Africa Crossposted from Strategic Culture Foundation October 8, 2018 The reported gruesome murder of a well-known, respected...

We have repeatedly been told that the U.S. economy is “booming”, but meanwhile the middle class in the United States continues to be hollowed out.  The financial bubbles that...

The mood of the mainstream media is really starting to shift dramatically.  At one time they seemed determined to convince all of us that happy days were here again for the U.S. economy...

Bill Clinton had gotten a lot of things right, here is what he got wrong. By Akshobh Giridharadas The Clinton

By T. Norman Van Cott* In discussions of international trade, the pervasive mind-set is that exports are a positive entry

Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org Record wildfires continue to sweep the globe, incinerating what yet remains of Earth’s formerly vast thriving forests. Why? Politically...

Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org History has made clear that all empires eventually spiral out of control and collapse. Will populations take pause and examine the wider...

Russia’s minister of foreign affairs has downplayed the arrest and expulsion of four Russian military intelligence officers in Holland last week, saying that the incident was...

Turkish government sources have said that a former trusted aide of the Saudi royal family, who was shunned by Riyadh after criticizing Saudi policies, was murdered inside the Saudi...

          Am I lucky or what? Not only did St. Bob send me to Scandinavia with Nicole for my birthday (I told you he was a Saint), but my long-time Swedish friend, Marianne Carlsson...

         We’re baaack. Two glorious weeks in Scandinavia and enough material to last a lifetime. Not that this will become a travel blog. But indulge me a bit.         ...

Russia Sends Troops, Military Bases, S-300 Systems, Kalibr Missiles To Libya South Front, Oct 9 2018 British media hysteria over the “Russian threat and aggression” reached...

Second Russian blamed for Skripal poisoning named as GRU doctor David Milliken, Reuters, Oct 9 2018 LONDON – The second of two Russians who Britain blames for the poisoning of former...

Following the fanfare of the countries’ leaders and the relief of the export and investment sectors, experts are analysing the renewed trilateral agreement with Canada and the...

From 1 July through 5 October IOM, the UN Migration Agency, provided safe accommodation to 2,272 vulnerable migrants and refugees who were transferred from the North-eastern Aegean...

How did the GOP put all of our defense spending on the credit card this year? And why does no one notice? The post Putting the entire military budget on the credit card appeared first on...

I wasn’t alone in feeling sick to my stomach Saturday with the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. There’s just something especially nauseating about an entitled...

Album Review Joe Strummer Joe Strummer 001 Ignition Joe Strummer will always be known first as the fire-breathing frontman of the British punk quartet The Clash, but he also led a richly...

Yesterday I wrote about a Washington Post poll of battleground districts which found that women favored Democratic candidates by 14 points. This was notable but not a world record...

Instead of finding out whether Kavanaugh believes in the unitary executive theory that the president has powers unaccountable to Congress and the Judiciary and agrees that a Justice...

American news services have been consolidated into just 6 owners, and each of these has deep ties to corporate and government interests. They don't have the will or the resources to...

Richard Branson's fledgling space tourism firm could be heading in to space for the first time very soon. It's been a bumpy few years for Virgin Galac...

A British filmmaker is hoping to solve the mysterious disappearance of Father Maurus Deegan in 2005. Father Deegan had been a resident at Pluscarden A...

Residents described the expanding nebula, containing two active rocket stages and multiple shock waves as "exciting,""heart-stopping,""riveting," and "like an alien invasion!"...

A bright fireball was recorded over Florida at 02:20 UTC on October 7, 2018 (22:20 EDT, October 6). The event lasted 3 - 4 seconds. Over the next 8 hours, the American Meteor Society (AMS)...

Even though diabetes patients often store insulin in refrigerators at home for months before they use it, little is known about how temperature variations affect insulin quality...

Privacy curtains in hospital rooms became more contaminated the longer they stayed in place, and by the 14th day, 88 percent tested positive for MRSA bacteria, a serious threat to...

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