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Thomas Paine

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

25 April - Blogs I'm Following 2 of 2

11:30 pm MDT

U.S. Slow and Toxic Genocide of Native Americans: Poisoning the Water, Poisoning the People

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 12 hours ago
U.S. Slow and Toxic Genocide of Native Americans: Poisoning the Water, Poisoning the People By Brenda Norrell With distorted, stolen and fake news dominating the news, the news from Native Americans continues to be censored and manipulated, as the United States carries out its slow and toxic genocide. The United States now says it is too dangerous to reveal the truth of potential oil

Delegación del Ejército sirio se reúne con los líderes de ISIS en Yarmouk para negociar su evacuación

Alvaro A. at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
BEIRUT, EL LIBANO. – Una delegación del Ejército sirio ha entrado en terreno controlado por ISIS en el campo de refugiados palestinos de Yarmouk, en el sur de Damasco, para mantener negociaciones con los comandantes del grupo terrorista. El propósito de esta reunión se espera alcanzar un acuerdo con ISIS de tal modo que el […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Syrian War Update – Northern Hama Combat Sector (April 25, 2017): Jihadist Collapse/ Taibat al-Imam Liberated.

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
THIS NARRATION SCRIPT IS THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OF OZ ANALYSIS The recapture of Soran and the ultimate restoration of the frontline in Northern Hama to November 2016 positions has proven not to be the only ambition of the Syrian high command with the initial pro-government counteroffensive now transforming into a new offensive in and […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Tunnel explosion kills dozens of rebels in northeast Damascus

Zen Adra at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (5:45 P.M.) – At least 17 jihadi rebels were literally buried under rubble as the Syrian Army detonated a tunnel in the northeastern neighborhood of al-Qaboun. According to a military source, Army units were capable of spotting a huge tunnel connecting the north and south of the insurgent-controlled neighborhood, used by the Islamist […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Syrian Army delegation to meet with ISIS leaders in Yarmouk to negotiate evacuation deal

Paul Antonopoulos at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:44 P.M.) – A Syrian Army delegation has entered the volatile ISIS controlled areas of the Palestinian Yarmouk camp in southern Damascus to hold discussions with the terrorist groups commanders. The purpose of this meeting is in the hope to reach a deal with ISIS so that the terrorist group can be evacuated […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

بالفيديو || الطيران التركي يقصف مواقعا لوحدات حماية الشعب الكردية شمال شرق سورية

Yusha Yuseef at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
شن الطيران التركي فجر اليوم غارات جوية استهدف مقرات لمقاتلي وحدات حماية الشعب الكردية وبعض الاعلاميين في منطقة المالكية بريف الحسكة شمال شرق سورية وقتل خلال الغارات مالا يقل عن 18على الاقل , فيما لم يصدر أي بيان من وحدات حماية الشعب حول اعداد القتلى . من جهته , أعلن الجيش التركي في بيان، أن سلاح […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Russian weapons exports growing rapidly because of Syrian War

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
(TASS) Russia’s weapons export contracts have been growing largely on the effective use of military hardware in the anti-terrorist operation in Syria, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting of the military-industrial commission on Tuesday. Interest towards Russia’s weapons has been growing around the world, which is seen in the volume of contracts, he stated. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

US-backed fighters kill 311 ISIS jihadists in northern Raqqa battles

Zen Adra at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (5:10 P.M.) – At least 311 jihadi fighters from the Islamic State have been killed since the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) launched the 4th phase of the Euphrates Wrath Operation on April 13th against the terror group in the northern countryside of Raqqa. Meanwhile, 30 SDF fighters have been killed during the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Houthi forces devastate Saudi-backed groups near strategic port

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:40 P.M.) – The Houthi forces inflicted heavy damage on the defenses of the Saudi-backed groups in southwest Yemen on Monday, destroying several vehicles near the strategic Mocha Port. Images released by Hezbollah’s official media wing showed the Houthi forces destroying at least three armored vehicles and two pick-up trucks that were fitted […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Syrian Army halts attack in Qaboun District to save lives of trapped enemy fighters: video

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:25 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army’s Ghiath Group (42nd Brigade) halted their attack in the Al-Qaboun District of east Damascus on Monday to save the lives of trapped enemy fighters. Video footage from the district on Monday shows the men of the Ghiath Group helping militants to safety after they were trapped […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

ISIL captures Kurdish base in northern Deir Ezzor

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:05 P.M.) – The Islamic State (ISIL) launched a new attack against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the northern countryside of Deir Ezzor on Tuesday, striking the latter’s positions at a base near the Al-Kubar area. ISIL’s attack in the Al-Kubar area would catch the Kurdish forces off-guard, forcing them to […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Jihadist rebels launch new offensive in Daraa to capture important district

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:55 P.M.) – The jihadist rebels of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham launched a new offensive in Dara’a City this week, targeting the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) last positions inside the Al-Manishiyah District. Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham began their offensive by storming the Syrian Arab Army’s positions in the northern sector of Al-Manishiyah; this resulted in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Syrian opposition returns corpses of 5 slain men from ancient Christian town in Damascus

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:35 P.M.) – The jihadist rebels of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham that are loyal to the Syrian opposition returned the corpses of five slain men from the ancient Christian town of Ma’aloula on Tuesday. The five men, who the opposition has called “Assad regime fighters,” were executed by Jabhat Al-Nusra (now Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham) […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Serbia wants to join demining efforts with Russia in Palmyra

Paul Antonopoulos at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:41 P.M.) – The Serbian armed forces want to take part in the mine clearance operations in Syria, including in Palmyra, Serbian Defense Minister Zoran Djordjevic said after a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoigu, according to TASS. “Serbia supports all Russia’s initiatives. We want to take part jointly in all international […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Russian-trained Syrian forces push to liberate strategic gas fields in northern Palmyra

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:10 P.M.) – The Russian-trained 5th Legion of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) resumed their large-scale offensive in the northern countryside of Palmyra, targeting the Islamic State’s (ISIL) final positions at the Al-Sha’er Mountains and its corresponding gas fields. Backed by heavy airstrikes from their Russian allies, the Syrian Arab Army struck the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Russian Air Force is protecting military personnel in Syria: Lavrov

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
(TASS) The Russian Aerospace Forces have been taking every measure to maintain the security of Russian military personnel in Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said after Russia resumed the operation of the memorandum with the US on the prevention of incidents in Syria. Lavrov advised the media to address such questions to the Defense Ministry, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

قاضي النصرة: اعتنقت المسيحية وأصلي من أجل الأسد وجميع السوريين

Shady Azar at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
أعلن للقاضي الشرعي لجبهة “النصرة” في سوريا حسان أبو حمزة اعتناقه المسيحية في أحد كنائس العاصمة الألمانية برلين مؤكدا أنه يصلي للسوريين والرئيس السوري كي يعود السلام لى البلاد. ووقال أبوحمزة في تصريح متلفز “خرجت من سجن صيدنايا وانضميت إلى تنظيم الجهاد في سوريا، أما اليوم أنا على حق بنعمة المسيح ولا أبالي بخروجي بالصوت […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Community-Based Foster Care

Content Multimedia - 13 hours ago
By Brandon J. Logan

Russia switches back on Syrian deconfliction hotline with US

Alexander Mercouris at The Duran - 13 hours ago
[image: hotline] Agreeing to US pleas Russia switches back on hotline between US and Russian militaries in Syria but steps up aid to Syria regardless. The post Russia switches back on Syrian deconfliction hotline with US appeared first on The Duran.

Ivanka Trump goes full globalist. Gets booed by hostile crowd in Berlin

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 13 hours ago
[image: Ivanka Trump goes full globalist. Gets booed by hostile crowd in Berlin] Ivanka Trump booed women’s economic W20 Summit in Berlin. The post Ivanka Trump goes full globalist. Gets booed by hostile crowd in Berlin appeared first on The Duran.

Wild boars attack ISIS base in Iraq, killing three jihadists

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 13 hours ago
[image: ISIS-KILLED-BY-WILD-BOAR] Now if only the US military would start fighting ISIS then we might make some progress. The post Wild boars attack ISIS base in Iraq, killing three jihadists appeared first on The Duran.

NATO is trying to draw Russia into a new Balkan war

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 13 hours ago
[image: russo turkish war] It is NATO and not Russia opening up historical wounds in Europe's most fraught region. The post NATO is trying to draw Russia into a new Balkan war appeared first on The Duran.

Ron Paul tells President Trump to back off of Assange, and stop being such a “hypocrite”

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 13 hours ago
[image: trumppaul] Ron Paul scolds President Trump on Wikileaks witch-hunt. The post Ron Paul tells President Trump to back off of Assange, and stop being such a “hypocrite” appeared first on The Duran.

This video shows “moderate rebels” (aka ISIS) surrender to the Syrian Army in Aleppo (Video)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 13 hours ago
[image: ISIS Aleppo surrender] Militant's surrender to the SAA in Aleppo. The post This video shows “moderate rebels” (aka ISIS) surrender to the Syrian Army in Aleppo (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

New liberal left Russia theory: Trump is a Kremlin double agent (Video)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 13 hours ago
[image: New liberal left Russia theory: Trump is a Kremlin double agent (Video)] Trump turned on Russia in favor of the US. The post New liberal left Russia theory: Trump is a Kremlin double agent (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

USS Michigan and North Korea: serious threat or empty bluff?

Alexander Mercouris at The Duran - 13 hours ago
[image: michigan] If USS Michigan - a strategic missile submarine - was the 'powerful submarine near Korea' President Trump was talking about, he was bluffing. The post USS Michigan and North Korea: serious threat or empty bluff? appeared first on The Duran.

Julian Assange Tweets video blasting fake mainstream media ‘news’

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 13 hours ago
[image: wiki 3] What the mainstream media said is far different from what western intelligence heads and a former US President said. The post Julian Assange Tweets video blasting fake mainstream media ‘news’ appeared first on The Duran.

The Iron Jaws of the Police State: Trump’s America Is a Constitution-Free Zone

John W. Whitehead at Peace and Prosperity - 13 hours ago
[image: undefined] Please. Somebody give Attorney General Jeff Sessions a copy of the Constitution. And while you’re at it, get a copy to President Trump, too. In fact, you might want to share a copy with the nation’s police officers, as well. I have my doubts that any of these individuals—all of whom swore to uphold and defend the Constitution—have ever read any of the nation’s founding documents. Had they actually read and* understood* the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights, there would be no militarized police, no mass surveillance, no police shooting... more »

The Bland Semantics of Capital Punishment

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 14 hours ago
Press accounts of the Monday night executions in Arkansas of two convicted murderers are almost universally anodyne. "Arkansas" ordered the lethal injections, which were then approved by the "courts," whose orders were finally obeyed by "Arkansas" in an utterly passive manner. No human beings, either as individuals or as groups, are made to bear any moral responsibility for the taking of two lives. The headlines seemingly come from the same corporate media echo chamber: *Arkansas Executes 2 Men In One Night* -- CNN. *Arkansas Executed Two Men on the Same Gurney -- *ThinkProgress. ... more »

BEHIND THE CURTAIN: Who the Sam Hill is Jim Holt?

bob somerby at the daily howler - 14 hours ago
*TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 2017Part 2—Stopped before reaching Kyoto:* Who the heck is best-selling author Jim Holt? By the norms of Internet information collection, it's remarkably hard to find out. In this essay for New York Magazine, Holt revealed that, in the summer of 68, he, unlike Jackson Browne, was 13. This would mean that he was born in 1954 or 1955. You can work out his current age from there. Meanwhile: Based upon a few passages in his 2012 book, Why Does the World Exist? An Existential Detective Story, it seems That Holt grew up in Lynchburg, Virginia, the city of seven hi... more »

NEWSWEEK: ONE MILLION DEAD IS BEST SCENARIO FOR NORTH KOREA WAR, AND THAT IF IT DOES NOT GO NUCLEAR OR TRIGGER WORLD WAR THREE (ESTIMATED AS HIGHLY PROBABLE)

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 14 hours ago
Newsweek, a neocon magazine, has a sobering analysis of the toll of a second Korean War if Trump manages to start one as a diversion from an FBI probe into his Russian ties and from his historically low approval ratings. Newsweek estimates there could be at least one million dead even if nuclear warheads are […]

Trump starts to use royal “we” as pushes world to bring of war. New persona resembles quixotic Tintin comic book character

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 14 hours ago
Trump has started using the royal “we”, fuelling confusion as to whether he plans to become a king or a dictator following the ongoing “deconstruction” of US institutions and administration. Trump’s royal ambitions became evident when he demanded a gold plated carriage to ride through humble London during his visit in autumn. http://nypost.com/2017/04/15/trumps-demand-for-carriage-ride-with-queen-roils-british-security/ The way […]

US MILITARY COULD RUN OUT OF MONEY IN MIDDLE OF NORTH KOREA MILITARY CAMPAIGN. TRUMP’S “FANTASY” FINANCES DON’T ADD UP

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 14 hours ago
Donald Trump is escalating tensions with North Korea even as the US government faces shut down on Saturday when it runs out of money to pay its bills unless Congress raises the debt ceiling. http://www.firstpost.com/world/us-government-shutdown-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-looming-threat-and-its-fallout-3401090.html Let’s think about what a government shut down could entail as Trump’s nuclear submarine and flotilla of aircraft carriers reach […]

A mystery artist has created the most honest Tory campaign picture yet, and it’s going viral [IMAGE]

John Shafthauer at The Canary - 14 hours ago
Theresa May has had very good relations with the UK’s tabloid media. This has led to some flattering front pages since the election was called. But one mystery doodler has managed to expose the truth behind these sickeningly flattering portrayals. Proving once and for all that the humble biro can be mightier than the tabloid […] The post A mystery artist has created the most honest Tory campaign picture yet, and it’s going viral [IMAGE] appeared first on The Canary.

It’s World Penguin Day!

Ella Gilbert at The Canary - 14 hours ago
If you’re already sick of election fever, then you’ll be pleased to know that 25 April is World Penguin Day. So you could be forgiven for watching penguin gifs like this all day: #WorldPenguinDay little cuties pic.twitter.com/EuTXGjMf8b — Cheryl Bridges (@CherylBridges05) April 25, 2017 Down South Penguins live exclusively in the Southern hemisphere. That means, […] The post It’s World Penguin Day! appeared first on The Canary.

In 9 minutes, Labour provides the Brexit answers that Theresa May has failed to deliver in 9 months

Emily Apple at The Canary - 14 hours ago
Labour has announced its vision of Brexit. In an interview on the BBC’s Today programme, Shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer has outlined the party’s plans. And it is both a clear and thoughtful approach that stands in direct contrast to Theresa May’s aggressive soundbites. A clear vision Starmer made clear in his interview and subsequent campaign speech that, while […] The post In 9 minutes, Labour provides the Brexit answers that Theresa May has failed to deliver in 9 months appeared first on The Canary.

Trump and Pence: Neoconservatives, Manifest Destiny, and the End of Days

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 14 hours ago
In 2008 I published a book on the form and evolution of liberal government in the west, titled, Governmentality, Biopower and Everyday Life (see here). In that book, I describe the rise of "neoconservative" government in the US. Neoconservativism adopts a utilitarian approach to religion but neoconservative leaders have made alliances with Christian conservatives. Many of President Trump's policies and value orientations exemplify the "neoconservative" government and his alliance with Pence illustrates the marriage of convenience between neoconservatives and Christian conservatives... more »

Japan Releases "What To Do If North Korea Nukes You" Guide

Ryan Pickrell at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Ryan Pickrell* *Security, Asia* Tokyo has also started practicing evacuations for a possible ballistic strike The Japanese government released a guide this week detailing how citizens should respond if North Korea drops a nuke on the country. The citizens guide details how to respond in case of a ballistic missile strike, reports The Washington Post. “Japan is facing urgent new threats to peace and security and diverse situations, including the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles,” the document explains. The North Korean military has had the abil... more »

Why Record Numbers of Americans Are Renouncing Their Citizenship

Adam Michel at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Adam Michel* *Politics, * Last year, 5,411 people renounced their U.S. citizenship, the largest number of published expatriates in one year, continuing a four-year streak of record-breaking numbers. Would you give up your citizenship in order to keep your bank account? That’s a question few Americans would ever want to confront, yet many Americans living abroad are now having to answer. A little-known tax law, known as the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, has resulted in some foreign banks no longer serving Americans. The law, signed in 2010 by President Barack Obama, was in... more »

The U.S. Navy Does Not Need an Air-Defense Frigate

Steven Wills at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Steven Wills* *Security, * A bad idea? Powerful interests opposed to the U.S. Navy’s current Frigate plan and continued production of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) are again compelling the Navy to undertake yet another study in hopes of somehow proving that a more powerful air-defense frigate; a 21st century version of the Navy’s now retired Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate is a better choice than the upgraded Frigate now being designed as the service’s future small surface combatant. Two recent naval force architecture studies from the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Ass... more »

How the U.S. Army Wants to Go Super High-Tech (And Wage Electronic Warfare)

Kris Osborn at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Security, * The C4ISR and electronic warfare integration, called the “VICTORY” initiative, is aimed at correcting problems created by a “bolt-on” approach to putting multiple pieces of equipment on combat vehicles. *The Army plans to have this new architecture implemented on a wide range of vehicles by next year. VICTORY will be engineered into Joint Light Tactical Vehicles, Strykers, Abrams tanks and Bradley Fighting Vehicles, among others.* *Aimed at improving what Army developers call “precision, navigation and timing (PNT),” VICTORY will also make combat vehic... more »

A China-Russia Alliance?

Lyle J. Goldstein at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Lyle J. Goldstein* *Security, Asia* The debate in Beijing continues to heat up. The scenario that must concern American defense planners above and beyond all others is that dark, yet still rarely discussed possibility that China and Russia could somehow become engaged in simultaneous armed conflict against the United States. While neither Moscow nor Beijing are strong enough by themselves to go toe-to-toe with Washington, DC in a high intensity long-duration war, a well-coordinated tandem effort could undoubtedly pose major problems to the long-time superpower. Such a scenario ... more »

Americans Are Not Ready to Go to War for Ukraine

Christopher A. Preble at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Christopher A. Preble* *Security, Europe* What should Americans be willing to risk, and to spend, to affirm Ukraine’s territorial integrity? Secretary of State Rex Tillerson committed what amounts to an unconscionable sin in the eyes of many foreign policy watchers when he wondered aloud two weeks ago during a meeting in Lucca, Italy, "Why should U.S. taxpayers be interested in Ukraine?" The *Washington Post*’s Anne Applebaum responded with an emphatic, “Yes, Rex Tillerson, U.S. Taxpayers Should Care,” but conceded, with an eye to Tillerson’s corporate roots: *There is no calc... more »

Did Michelle Obama File for Divorce Over Barack Obama’s Pregnant Mistress?

Kim LaCapria at Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
A hoax news site used an old British tabloid photograph to claim that the former First Lady of the United States filed for divorce because her husband impregnated his mistress.

Was a Search Warrant Just Executed at the Obama Residence?

Kim LaCapria at Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
A fake news site used an unrelated picture to claim a search warrant was executed at the home of former U.S. President Barack Obama.

Mosul Campaign Day 190, Apr 24, 2017

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 14 hours ago
Federal Police mortar position east Mosul (Reuters) The Joint Operations Command announcedthat only 30% of west Mosul remained under Islamic State control. Based upon daily reports and maps available that sounded roughly correct. In the last several weeks the Golden Division has seized much of the center of west Mosul greatly expanding the government’s control of the city. Several hundred people have died in the fighting to secure that area. London’s Al-Quds Arabi citedsources that 100 civilians had been killed in the Old City and 90 in Thawra that was just freed in the last week... more »

Officers Deprive Man Water in Solitary for 7 Days — Dehydrate Him to Death

Jack Burns at The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: solitary]A Milwaukee man is dead, two hours into his eighth day deprived of water while being locked up in the county jail's solitary confinement.

The Pollution In Toronto's Subways

News Staff at Science 2.0 blogs - 14 hours ago
Though subways reduce overall pollution emissions in cities, what is good for society may not be good for the poor people who ride mass transportation. A new study finds that Canadian subways personal exposure to certain pollutants, and that Toronto has the highest levels in Canada. Sounds awful for city dwellers, right? Breathe easy, the pollutant they measured has yet to be linked to any harm, and no acute deaths, outside government claims when they want to restrict businesses. read more

Harvard diabetes researcher retracts third paper

Victoria Stern at Retraction Watch - 14 hours ago
A prominent diabetes researcher based at Harvard Medical School has retracted a third paper, citing manipulation of multiple figures. Late last year, Carl Ronald Kahn—also chief academic officer at Joslin Diabetes Center—retracted two papers for similar reasons. In November, Kahn pulled a 2005 paper from The Journal of Clinical Investigation (JCI) and a month later, he retracted a 2003 paper from The […] The post Harvard diabetes researcher retracts third paper appeared first on Retraction Watch.

Conundrums In Cognitive Dissonance (Part I)

Alfred Lehmberg at alienviews - 15 hours ago
The wages of CD... *Conundrums In Cognitive Dissonance ... Part I of II* by Alfred Lehmberg *Apart* from new cyberspace? My old circle of close friends—6 or 8 guys and their lovely, if formidable, wives (one of these wives was a Chief Warrant Officer 5 aviation officer who fought competitively in a couple of female division cage-fights... think of a Kill Bill Lucy Liu, to get close)—were military rated day/night all-weather aviators of considerable experience and expertise. They were persons on and off active military duty. They were all Republicans in a red state Alabama. Now... more »

Apparently Ivanka Trump has inspired a cult of Chinese admirers. Update!

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 15 hours ago
Goddess Ivanka with her very first worshiper. Courtesy of the Daily Mail: *Her father's brand may be struggling for popularity in the US, but Ivanka Trump is cultivating a cult following in China. * *An online fan club on the website Weibo, which is similar to Twitter, even refers to the president's daughter as 'Goddess Ivanka'. * *NBC News reports the page with the same title has about 12,000 followers, many of whom are effusive in their praise for the 35-year-old. * *Hu Xingdou, a Beijing professor, told the network much of Ivanka Trump's popularity comes from people thinking sh... more »

Kremlin Advisor Reveals ‘Cure for US Aggression’: Kill the Dollar!

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 15 hours ago
Kremlin Advisor Reveals ‘Cure for US Aggression’: Kill the Dollar! by http://tass.com/ Putin’s advisor also believes that Donald Trump is just “doing what the ruling elite expects him to do” – YALTA, April 21. /TASS/. The only way to stop US aggression is to get rid of dollar addiction, a Kremlin advisor said on Friday. “The […]

IDF Fire Rubber Bullets & Tear Gas at Supporters of Palestinian Hunger-Striking Prisoners

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 15 hours ago
Published on Apr 24, 2017 Clashes broke out between Israeli forces and Palestinian youths after the Fatah movement organized a march in the city of Al-Bireh, in the center of the occupied West Bank and 15 kilometers north of Jerusalem. Marching from Yasser Arafat Square in central Ramallah towards the Israeli Beit El checkpoint, the […]

Is The U.S. Preparing For Nuclear Attack?

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 15 hours ago
Published on Apr 24, 2017 Rob Dew and Owen Shroyer discuss the meeting at the White House today, and the implications of an impending nuclear conflict. end

Japan Prepares For War As Trump Brings UN Security Council to White House

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 15 hours ago
Published on Apr 25, 2017 Japanese citizens are clamoring for bomb shelters and air filters that trap radiation as Trump brings the UN Security Council to the White House on Monday and schedules a meeting with all 100 Senators later this week. end

North Korea Conducts Largest-Ever Live Fire Drill As US Nuclear Sub Docks In South

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 15 hours ago
North Korea Conducts Largest-Ever Live Fire Drill As US Nuclear Sub Docks In South by Tyler Durden, http://www.zerohedge.com North Korea conducted what various media outlets have dubbed as its largest ever live-fire exercise on Tuesday to mark the 85th anniversary of the foundation of its military, as a U.S. submarine docked in South Korea in […]

‘Not the Onion’: Antiwar Activist Slams UN Vote Letting Saudi Arabia on Women’s Council

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 15 hours ago
Published on Apr 24, 2017 The ultraconservative Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been elected to UN Commission on the Status of Women. Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CODEPINK, joins RT America’s Alex Mihailovich to discuss. end

A Global Catastrophe Is Being Orchestrated By The Elites: “There Are Many Things The President Does Not Know”

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 15 hours ago
A Global Catastrophe Is Being Orchestrated By The Elites: “There Are Many Things The President Does Not Know” by Jeremiah Johnson, SHTFplan.com Following the money is always the key and crucial element to determining the “probable cause/modus operandi” regarding to globalist actions. Although there are many who believe that President Trump is the panacea to all our […]

UK Open to Use Nuclear Weapons as 1st Strike – Defense Secretary Fallon

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 15 hours ago
Published on Apr 24, 2017 Prime Minister Theresa May would be prepared to launch a preemptive nuclear strike against any enemies, even if Britain was not under attack, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has claimed. end

Washington D.C. To Hold Massive “Coordinated Terror Attack” Drill This Wednesday

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 15 hours ago
Washington D.C. To Hold Massive “Coordinated Terror Attack” Drill This Wednesday by Tyler Durden, http://www.zerohedge.com April 26th is shaping up to be a busy day. As we reported on Friday, that’s when Operation Gotham Shield, an exercise involving FEMA, Homeland Security and a myriad of law enforcement and military agencies and which simulates a nuclear […]

Trump Summons ALL 100 Senators for Rare Briefing on North Korea as Tensions Escalate

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 15 hours ago
Trump Summons ALL 100 Senators for Rare Briefing on North Korea as Tensions Escalate by REBECCA FLOOD, http://www.express.co.uk/ A RARE briefing on North Korea will be held at the White House for the entire US senate amid deteriorating relations between the West and Pyongyang. – Senior officials in President Donald Trump’s administration are calling all 100 senators […]

U.S. says: 'Too dangerous to reveal risks of DAPL oil spills in Lake Oahe'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 15 hours ago
Standing Rock water protectors screenshot by Censored News from film AWAKE U.S. Army Corps says it would endanger lives to reveal the truth of the risks of Dakota Access pipeline oil spills in Lake Oahe By Brenda Norrell Censored News The Army Corps of Engineers says it would endanger lives if it reveals the truth about potential oil spills of Dakota Access pipeline in Lake Oahe. The U.S.

Afghanistan Mazar-e Sharif Attack: US-Backed Regime Suffers Another Setback

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 15 hours ago
*April 25, 2017 *(Ulson Gunnar - NEO) - It was just recently that the United States deployed its GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) weapon against alleged tunnels belonging to the Islamic State terrorist organization in Afghanistan. The strike was meant to project US strength amid an increasingly challenged and contracting "international order." However, striking a terrorist organization's tunnel complex in a country the organization did not even exist in until after the US established a presence there over 16 years ago, does not seem to project "strength" at all, but rathe... more »

Delayed melting of glaciers

Scottish-Sceptic at Scottish Sceptic - 15 hours ago
For a while whenever someone mentions Arctic ice – and then I mention growing Greenland surface ice and they counter with the old chestnut “Bulk ice is melting” I then counter with the Haseler rebuke: “but surface ice tells us … Continue reading →

Beggers be Damned

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 15 hours ago

Italian Prosecutor: NGO's Collaborate With Human Traffickers

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 15 hours ago
*This is obvious. Human traffickers, organ traffickers and NGO's move in the same circles.* *War is big business. And business is good for the vile subhumans that profit from this heinous crime against humanity What better way to commit evil then in plain sight. Evil lurks, under cover of goodness.* *Here's an Italian prosecutor stating that fact:* *The Italian prosecutor in Sicily yesterday accused migrant rescue organisations of colluding with human traffickers in Libya.* *“We have evidence that there are direct contacts between certain NGOs and people traffickers in Libya,” *Carm... more »

America unilaterally sanctions Syria

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 15 hours ago
[image: A team of Libyan experts and military engineers dump away fuel from expired SA-2 missiles, under the supervision of the United Nations, in Tripoli November 11, 2012. Experts were assigned to dump the toxic chemicals found in the air defense missiles left over from the former Gaddafi's regime. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY ENVIRONMENT) - RTR3A9TI] It is a punitive move, although no Syrian crime has been demonstrated by any credible source. The post America unilaterally sanctions Syria appeared first on The Duran.

9/11 Destroyed America

Paul Craig Roberts at The Duran - 15 hours ago
[image: 911] America's Constitution and social normalcy has not recovered from 9/11 The post 9/11 Destroyed America appeared first on The Duran.

Emmanuel Macron: A Pyrrhic victory?

Jean-Michel Cosnuau at The Duran - 15 hours ago
[image: macron] Even if Macron wins, it will be Le Pen who has changed and may continue to change French politics. The post Emmanuel Macron: A Pyrrhic victory? appeared first on The Duran.

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Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 15 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin Trump: I said NATO was obsolete 'not knowing much about NATO' Afghanistan's defense minister and army chief of staff resign over Taliban attack that killed more than 140 soldiers Russia has boosted its military spending to record levels despite sanctions Labour printed thousands of leaflets urging people to vote on the wrong day Outrage After At Least 5 EU Nations Elect Saudi Arabia On UN Women's Rights Council North Korea Arrests US Citizen, Threatens To Sink US Aircraft Carrier As Japan Deploys Warships We’ve Hit Yet Another Frightening Carbon Dioxide Milestone... more »

LIBERATION OR SOCIAL JUSTICE:

Roberto Rodriguez at Dr Cintli - 16 hours ago
LIBERATION OR SOCIAL JUSTICE: Was the early Chicano Movement of the 1960s and 1970s involved with social justice issues? That is what one of my students excitedly wanted to know, after returning from a national conference in which the primary theme was social justice. http://diverseeducation.com/article/95703/

If Bannon Gets To Shut Down The Government Friday, How Badly Will Congressional Republicans Pay In 2018?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
Will the government be open in 5 days? We speculated the other day that Bannon would like to make sure it isn't. Congressional Republicans feel otherwise. In yesterday's *NY Times*, Matt Flegenheimer explained that the congressional leadership-- as a matter of electoral self-preservation for its members, is "eager to forge a deal before government funding expires Friday" while the Regime "wants to use the deadline as a point of leverage that Democrats-- and at least a few Republicans-- do not believe they have, raising the prospects of a shutdown that had seemed unlikely." Trump cl... more »

Inversely Proportional

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 16 hours ago
Donald Trump has us in his sights. Yesterday, he slapped a 20% tariff on Canadian lumber. Next, he'll take aim at Canadian dairy farmers. Tom Walkom writes: What he was signalling in his off-script remarks about Canada is that the NAFTA talks between Ottawa, Washington and Mexico City will be very, very tough. Canadian officials presumably knew this already. In a draft letter to Congress leaked late last month, some of Trump’s overarching goals in renegotiating NAFTA were laid out. These included elimination or diminution of Canada’s supply management system in dairy and poultry.... more »

Sen. Lindsey Graham: "I’m Willing" To Go To War If North Korea Attacks the U.S.

Juliegrace Brufke at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Juliegrace Brufke* *Security, Asia* “You better believe I’m willing to obliterate North Korea’s missile program before I would allow one to hit America.” GOP South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said he would be supportive of potentially going to war with North Korea if the country launched a missile attack on the U.S. Graham, a defense hawk and member of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, praised President Donald Trump’s foreign policy stance, saying it offers a sharp contrast to former President Barack Obama’s. He previously advised the president to tell the Chinese offic... more »

Is the Pentagon Hacking North Korea's Missiles?

Ryan Pickrell at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Ryan Pickrell* *Security, Asia* Is that possible? North Korea’s ballistic missile program has suffered several setbacks in recent weeks. Multiple North Korean missiles have blown up shortly after launch, leading some to suspect sabotage. The “new Washington bedtime story,” as one expert observer put it, is that the Pentagon is hacking North Korea’s missiles, causing them to fail. The evidence to support that claim is limited. The cyberwarfare narrative emerged in early March, when The New York Times reported the Obama administration instructed the Pentagon three years ago to ... more »

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 16 hours ago
*'Ladies First:' Men Are Suffering Campus Injustice* Sexual assault on campus is a real problem, but false accusations are also ruining some young men. The “Dear Colleague” letter, the brainchild of the ACLU and other far-left activist groups, states that, under Title IX, it is the responsibility of institutions of higher education “to take immediate and effective steps to end sexual harassment and sexual violence” on campuses. The letter makes clear that, should an institution fail to fulfill its newly contrived responsibilities under Title IX, the Department of Education can i... more »

"9/11 Destroyed America"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago
*"9/11 Destroyed America"* by Paul Craig Roberts The events on September 11, 2001, changed the world. It was the excuse for the US government to launch military attacks on seven Middle Eastern countries, causing civilian casualties in the millions and sending waves of Muslim refugees into the Western world. The US government wasted trillions of dollars destroying countries and murdering women and children, while public infrastructure in the US deteriorated, Americans’ homes were foreclosed, and American health needs went unattended. 9/11 was also the excuse for the destruction of t... more »

WHAT DID THE TRUMP WHISPERERS WHISPER?

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 16 hours ago
The president seems to be backing away from a wall-driven impasse that could lead to a government shutdown: President Donald Trump stepped back Monday from demanding a down payment for his border wall in must-past spending legislation, potentially removing a major obstacle to a bipartisan deal just days ahead of a government shutdown deadline. Trump told a gathering of around 20 conservative media reporters Monday evening that he would be willing to return to the wall funding issue in September, according to two people who were in the room. What happened here? I know that Trump is ... more »

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 16 hours ago
*Clean Energy’s Dirty Federal Cronyism* Earth Day started as a protest but has long been a mainstream institution. It’s therefore fitting that the cause it represents often reflects an even older American institution: politicization and cronyism in government spending. In recent testimony to Congress, Independent Institute Research Fellow Ryan M. Yonk explained how the Department of Energy’s loan guarantee program exemplifies those unhealthy by-products of government intervention as it creates additional unhealthy by-products. The loan guarantee program “has been used as a politic... more »

The government has gone to court to prevent a major scandal breaking before the election [VIDEO]

Kerry-anne Mendoza at The Canary - 17 hours ago
The Toxic Air Scandal should be front page news. It was responsible for an estimated 40,000 early deaths in the UK last year. But Environment Secretary Andrea Leadsom has applied to the High Court to prevent the scandal breaking before the election. The Toxic Air Scandal Politicians from all major parties have called upon the government […] The post The government has gone to court to prevent a major scandal breaking before the election [VIDEO] appeared first on The Canary.

The Tories are in such a mess one of their candidates has said ‘don’t vote for me!’

Steve Topple at The Canary - 17 hours ago
A Conservative candidate has caused a storm in the party, after saying that people shouldn’t vote for him in the upcoming local elections. You what? Thomas Williamson is a Tory candidate for Lerwick North in the local council election. But he has so far refused to release a manifesto. And has even said that he […] The post The Tories are in such a mess one of their candidates has said ‘don’t vote for me!’ appeared first on The Canary.

This Corbyn vs May parody of the election is possibly the best thing you’ll see all week [VIDEO]

Steve Topple at The Canary - 17 hours ago
The battle lines in this year’s general election are fast becoming clear. But the team that brought you the now-infamous Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump John Lewis Christmas Ad mash-up have taken things one step further. And the result is possibly the best thing you’ll see this week. Fortunately, I am mighty! The Marvel Comics inspired […] The post This Corbyn vs May parody of the election is possibly the best thing you’ll see all week [VIDEO] appeared first on The Canary.

A ghost from Conservative past has come back to haunt Theresa May. And it might cost her the election.

Kerry-anne Mendoza at The Canary - 17 hours ago
Edwina Currie is a former Conservative cabinet minister, and key figure of the Margaret Thatcher and John Major governments. But her return to political life in the run up to the general election is causing Theresa May considerable embarrassment. Currie’s public reaction to child poverty figures comes as an unwelcome reminder of what made the […] The post A ghost from Conservative past has come back to haunt Theresa May. And it might cost her the election. appeared first on The Canary.

Geopolitics - North Korea and China

LL at Virtual Mirage - 17 hours ago
Chilling relations between China and North Korea are becoming more evident. It's North Korea's game at this point and they can choose how it ends. The Korean People’s Army (KPA) celebrated its 85th anniversary today. *Reuters* reported that North Korean forces staged a massive live-fire artillery demonstration at a military base near Wonsan. The Party daily, Rodong Sinmun, reported, "There is no limit to the strike power of the People's Army, armed with our style of cutting-edge military equipment including various precision and miniaturized nuclear weapons and submarine-launched ... more »

Almost three quarters of Americans want an independent investigation into Russia's hacking of our election, and not some totally untrustworthy congressional investigation.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 17 hours ago
Courtesy of NBC News: *Nearly three-quarters of Americans say they want an independent, non-partisan commission instead of Congress to investigate Russia's involvement in the 2016 election, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. * *Seventy-three percent of respondents prefer the independent investigation, versus 16 percent who pick Congress. * That seems totally obvious and I am sure that most of you are on board with this as well. But then we have this: *Still, a majority of Americans — 54 percent — believe that Congress should investigate whether there was... more »

Tuesday Morning Links

Greg Fingas at Accidental Deliberations - 17 hours ago
This and that for your Tuesday reading. - Andre Picard talks to the Current about the need to start demanding more from our universal health care system, rather than being persuaded to put up with less. And Canadian Doctors for Medicare offers its support to the Ontario NDP's pharmacare plan, while Chris Selley writes that it looks to be a winner both in terms of policy and politics. - Richard Lewontin points out that inequality is far from natural or inevitable - no matter how much pseudoscience is assembled to pretend otherwise. - Meanwhile, Tara Garcia Mathewson reminds us that... more »

Mexico: Cameraman Records Unusual Object Over Morelia (2002)

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 17 hours ago
*Mexico: Cameraman Records Unusual Object Over Morelia (2002)* Our friend and colleague *Claudio Mora* of *La Esfera Azul* sends us the following: "In 2002, Guino Perez, a professional cameraman employed by Televisa Michoacán at the time, was able to capture a strange, unknown and static disc-shaped object as it engaged in nocturnal maneuvers over Cerro Punhuato in Morelia, Mexico. We learned of this material and researched it at the time thanks to the videographer himself, subjecting to the corresponding analyses and corroborating that the case was authentic, and given its chara... more »

ISIS se disculpó por atacar a soldados de Israel en el Golán– ex-ministro de defensa israelí

Alvaro A. at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
BEIRUT, LÍBANO. – Tel Aviv sigue siendo tan “neutral” en el conflicto sirio que incluso los terroristas de ISIS se han “disculpado” por lo menos una vez ante Israel por atacar sin querer a los soldados de las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (IDF por sus siglas en inglés) en los Altos de Golán ocupados, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units launch important offensive in southwest Mosul

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:05 P.M.) – Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (Hashd Al-Sha’abi) launched an important offensive in the southwestern countryside of Mosul on Tuesday, targeting the Islamic State’s (ISIL) last positions around Al-Hadhir. According to Iraqi activist Haider Al-Sumeiri, the Popular Mobilization Units have already liberated the villages of Alwani, Musultan, ‘Ain Al-Sadid, Tal Halalah, Dubeysah, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

US imposes more sanctions on Syria

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
(TASS) The US sanctioned on Monday 271 employees of the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center in connection with the alleged use of chemical weapons in Khan Sheikhoun (Idlib province), the US Department of the Treasury said. “These 271 SSRC employees have expertise in chemistry and related disciplines and/or have worked in support of SSRC’s […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

ISIS apologized for attacking Israeli soldiers in the Golan – Former Defense Minister

Paul Antonopoulos at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:48 P.M.) – Tel Aviv remains so “neutral” in the Syrian conflict that even ISIS terrorists have on at least one occasion “apologized” to Israel for mistakenly attacking Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers in the occupied Golan Heights, according to RT report that quoted a former Israeli Defense Minister. Speaking about the wider Israeli […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Iraqi Army liberates key district in western Mosul

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:40 P.M.) – The Iraqi Army, alongside the Federal Police, liberated another important part of western Mosul, forcing the Islamic State (ISIL) forces to retreat to their last bastion inside the city. According to Iraqi activists, the army and their allies liberated the Tanak District of western Mosul today, killing and wounding several […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

ISIL’s offensive at Deir Ezzor Airport takes another nosedive

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:30 P.M.) – The Islamic State (ISIL) launched another offensive in the Deir Ezzor Governorate this week, targeting the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) defenses at the military airport. ISIL began their Deir Ezzor Airport offensive by storming both the provincial cemetery and Al-Jafra Farms; this resulted in a series of intense firefights with […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

ترتيب قوة الجيوش العربية , و الجيش السوري رابع أقواها

Yusha Yuseef at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
لم تعق الحرب التي دخلت عامها السادس وما خلفته من حالة إنهاك للقوات السورية، من أن يحصل الجيش السوري على المرتبة الرابعة عربيا، والـ36 دوليا بعدما كانت الـ42 دوليا في 2015. حيث أظهر تقرير لمؤسسة “غلوبال فاير باور” الجيوش، تربع الجيش المصري للعام الثاني على التوالي على المرتبة الأولى في ترتيب أقوى الجيوش العربية، فيما جاء […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Syrian Army gains ground in Damascus suburb as counter-offensive continues: video

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:10 P.M.) – Syrian Arab Army (SAA) forces have scored further gains in the east Damascus suburb of Qaboun, Monday, as troops continued targeting anti-government fighters. Soldiers from the SAA’s 42nd Brigade of the 4th Mechanised Division attacked positions reportedly held by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) anti-government coalition, seizing full control over the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Turkish Army attacks Kurdish forces in northern Syria, 18 killed

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:45 P.M.) – The Turkish Army carried out several attacks in northeastern Syria and northwestern Iraq on Tuesday, killing and wounding several people in the process. According to the Turkish regime, their military targeted the “PKK’s” (outlawed Kurdish group in Turkey) positions in these areas of Iraq and Syria. The Turkish Army carried […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Starving Yemenis march for bread from capital city to Hodeida Port

Naseh Shaker at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
SANA’A, YEMEN (12:30 P.M.) – Beginning last Wednesday, large crowds gathered around Yemen, from the capital city of Sana’a to the coastal province of Hodeida, began marching for bread to feed the starving population. According to Mundher Al-Asbahy, bread has finally reached the starving populous of Bajel after U.N. humanitarian aid groups made the arduous […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Líder rebelde del Ejército Libre Sirio afirma que lucharán contra el Ejército sirio y las YPG kurdas

Inna García at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
Un líder del Ejército Libre Sirio (ELS o FSA por sus siglas en inglés) ha afirmado que después de combatir a ISIS en el norte de Alepo, se concentrarán en luchar contra las fuerzas gubernamentales sirias e insinuando también que contra las fuerzas kurdas de las Unidades de Protección del Pueblo (YPG). Al-Baz, líder de la […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

ONU: En Yemen hay 1‘2 millones de menores malnutridos en riesgo de muerte

Alvaro A. at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
La Oficina de Coordinación de Asuntos Humanitarios de las Naciones Unidas (OCHA por sus siglas en inglés) publicó ayer un informe sobre la situación actual de los Derechos Humanos en Yemen. En el informe se señala que «Yemen sufre la peor crisis humanitaria del mundo». Apuntando que dos tercios de la población, hasta 19 millones […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Al-Qaeda captura túnel de ISIS en medio de luchas internas entre yihadistas en el sur de Damasco

Al-Masdar News at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
El Ejército Árabe Sirio (SAA) no interferirá por ahora en el campo de refugiados urbano de Yarmouk y Hajar al-Aswad ya que el Estado Islámico (ISIS) y Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (al-Qaeda en Siria) continúan su particular batalla en este sector sur de Damasco. El aparato mediático Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), llamado “Iba’a”, publicó ayer tres imágenes […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Free Syrian Army leader says they will fight Syrian Army, Kurdish YPG in rural Aleppo

Paul Antonopoulos at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:07 A.M.) – A Free Syrian Army (FSA) leader has claimed that after the fight with ISIS in northern Aleppo, they will focus on fighting Syrian government forces and insinuating the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) as well. Al-Baz, leader of the Turkmen-majority Sultan Murad Mahmoud Brigade of the FSA, stated that “after […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Hama | Actualización de los últimos avances del Ejército Árabe Sirio

Inna García at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
Disponible el mapa en alta resolución pinchando aquí El Ejército Árabe Sirio (EAS) sigue imparable en el norte de Hama con la liberación de otros pueblos después de un colapso masivo yihadista durante la semana pasada. Dirigidas por las tropas de asalto de élite de las Fuerzas Tigre, las fuerzas gubernamentales lograron imponer ayer el control total […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

PMU militia in Iraq launches new operation against ISIS south of Mosul

Paul Antonopoulos at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:42 A.M.) – The Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) media team announced on Tuesday that they intend to liberate from ISIS the Hilala Hill to the north of Hadar, as well as Ain Sadid and al-Olwani villages in the south. Booby trapped vehicles were exploded at al-Salal village, near al-Hajaniya village, in the south, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Emotional Feeding Leads To Emotional Eating

News Staff at Science 2.0 blogs - 17 hours ago
If you hand food to a child when they are sad, or angry, or anything else, they will begin to associate food with those feelings. As adults, this emotional eating will be a tough habit to break. In youth, it will be even more difficult because kids aren't always aware that good things can be bad for you in excess. read more

"Insanity Is Relative..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago
◆ “We work in the dark. We do what we can to battle the evil that would otherwise destroy us. But if a man's character is his fate, it's not a choice but a calling. Sometimes the weight of this burden causes us to falter, breaching the fragile fortress of our mind, allowing the monster without to turn within. We are left alone staring into the abyss, into the laughing face of madness.” - “Fox Mulder”

Mastercard and Russia’s Mir Card on the verge of historic agreement

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 17 hours ago
[image: putin money] The agreement would allow Russian's to use their Mir cards abroad at all Mastercard terminals. The post Mastercard and Russia’s Mir Card on the verge of historic agreement appeared first on The Duran.

Russian FM Lavrov has a wise analogy for EU officials moaning about Crimea

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 17 hours ago
[image: crimea] Lavorv has once again called out EU hypocrisy on an issue related to Brexit. The post Russian FM Lavrov has a wise analogy for EU officials moaning about Crimea appeared first on The Duran.

US accuses Russia of arming Taliban fighters in Afghanistan

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 17 hours ago
[image: Taliban] Russia has called the accusations 'utterly false'. The post US accuses Russia of arming Taliban fighters in Afghanistan appeared first on The Duran.

314 Revolving Door: Pharma "Scientists" Running for Office. "Wyeth Not?"

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 18 hours ago
By Anne Dachel Imagine more and more scientists and doctors elected to state and national office. Imagine lots more vaccine industry shills like Dr. Richard Pan in California promoting bills like SB277 that removed parental choice when it comes to...

WW3 PREPARATIONS: TRUMP ORDERS 230,000 US CITIZENS TO BE READY TO EVACUATE SOUTH KOREA

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 18 hours ago
From Time U.S. forces in South Korea are planning a drill to train soldiers in evacuating U.S. civilians to safety in the event of an incident the Korean Peninsula. The drill, due to take place in June, could see troops with the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) evacuate their family members and other civilians to places […]

TRUMP CREATES WAR CHAOS IN BID TO SUBSUME SENATE INTO MILITARY-DICTATORSHIP -STYLE, DECISION-MAKING STRUCTURE AS HE ESCALATES NORTH KOREA TENSIONS

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 18 hours ago
The entire Senate has been invited to the White House for a briefing Wednesday on the North Korea threat in a bizarre move that reinforces the notion that Donald Trump is determined to undermine the institutions of the USA and “deconstruct the adminstration”. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/04/24/entire-senate-being-called-to-white-house-for-north-korea-briefing.html Senate and Congress have procedures in place to provide a well […]

"Tony Frew: Sadiq Khan's 40,000 pollution deaths a year is a zombie statistic and isn't true"

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 18 hours ago
https://youtu.be/TI794N4ea2A Fake statistics from a Labour politician? I'm shocked... Fake statistics pushed by the Labour Party supporting BBC? I'm shocked...

Detroit Bans People from Chaining Dogs

White Wolf at White Wolf - 19 hours ago
They can no longer be chained, they must not be tethered outside for more than three hours, and they must have protection from the elements. In a city that sees far too many abused dogs, a new ordinance has been passed to provide much greater protection to Detroit dogs who are being neglected outside: they can no longer be chained, they must not be tethered outside for more than three hours, and they must have protection from the elements. “This is a great move for the city of Detroit,” said Wendy Stroup, east side coordinator of C.H.A.I.N.E.D. told Fox 2. “Our city council and our ... more »

"How Leftist Media Works"

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 19 hours ago
https://youtu.be/EMnESsD5i-c How the leftist media works is as applicable to the BBC as MSNBC

In case you were still wondering how the polls could have been so wrong about the outcome of the election.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 19 hours ago
The case that the Comey letter—or the media's handling of the letter—cost Clinton the election is painfully obvious. https://t.co/xDGspbTQLu — Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) April 22, 2017 Clinton experienced a sharp, 3-point drop in her polls after the Comey letter came out. Then on 11/8, she lost FL, WI, PA & MI by <=1 point. — Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) April 22, 2017 It's a fairly open-and-shut case. But the media's election post-mortems have mostly ignored it because it implicates the media's judgement. pic.twitter.com/cBLifP9WLu — Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) April 22, 2017 T... more »

Open letter to Shaughnessy Naughton, Founder of 314 Action and Congressional Candidate Molly Sheehan:

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 19 hours ago
By Anne Dachel Dear Shaughnessy and Molly, I’ve been reading about 314 Action and your goal of putting more scientists into political office. The coverage 314 Action has reached from the mainstream media has been extremely supportive. Two issues repeatedly...

Saving Zero: Hiring Misty Horse Play

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 19 hours ago
By Dan Burns (read the full Saving Zero series as we are running it here.) With two percent of our kids on the autism spectrum, a million down and more to come, we are challenged to answer two questions: How...

What The IPCC Said About Glaciers In 1990

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 19 hours ago
By Paul Homewood When we talk about glaciers retreating, it is worth recalling what the first IPCC Report in 1990 had to say about the matter: http://www.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/far/wg_I/ipcc_far_wg_I_full_report.pdf In other words, glaciers began receding in the second half of the 19thC, and the fastest rate of retreat was 1920-60, before CO2 emissions […]

Female Genital Mutilation in Islam - for the education of LBC's Iain Dale

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 20 hours ago
https://youtu.be/qle_4qiH4tU Yesterday Iain Dale had a Muslim on his LBC show who stated that FGM was not part of Islam but was African. Maybe if he had seen this video he'd have had a better comeback.

Trump’s Bluff or The Madness of The Apprentice: 100 Senators prepare for North Korea briefing

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 20 hours ago
[image: made for tv] Trump is likely using a scare tactic by holding a meeting of the entire Senate at the White House to discuss North Korea. The problem for Trump is that North Korea is not and never will be scared. The post Trump’s Bluff or The Madness of The Apprentice: 100 Senators prepare for North Korea briefing appeared first on The Duran.

Musical Interlude: Live,”Overcome”; "For This Is What We Do..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago
*Live,”Overcome”* - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQrN4Ehu0EU “For this is what we do. Put one foot forward and then the other. Lift our eyes to the snarl and smile of the world once more. Think. Act. Feel. Add our little consequence to the tides of good and evil that flood and drain the world. Drag our shadowed crosses into the hope of another night. Push our brave hearts into the promise of a new day. With love: the passionate search for truth other than our own. With longing: the pure, ineffable yearning to be saved. For so long as fate keeps waiting, we live on. God help us. ... more »

“'Defense' - The U.S. Military Outspends These Countries Combined”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago
*“'Defense' - The U.S. Military Outspends These Countries Combined”* by Martin Armstrong "Not long into Trump’s presidency, he announced his plans to increase the country's defense budget in 2018 by 54 billion dollars. The extra money is seen as necessary in order to "rebuild the depleted military of the United States of America at a time we most need it". Whether justified or not, this extra outlay will take the U.S. even further ahead of the rest of the world in terms of outright military spending. The infographic below shows how the current budget compares to the world's other t... more »

X22 Report, “The Election Economic Surge Has Faded, Data Shows Something Horrific Is Headed Our Way”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago
*X22 Report, “The Election Economic Surge Has Faded, * *Data Shows Something Horrific Is Headed Our Way”* - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCU8lrUliRU "So whatever you think now about the French election, or the fate of the EU, is liable to change as the great debt crack-up our time finally gets underway and suddenly every nation has to scramble desperately to keep itself together. That magic moment may be at hand this week as the US congress returns from Easter recess to face its budget and debt ceiling dilemmas. If the credit-worthiness of this country takes a wrong turn, it will... more »

Fake News Practiced by All the Media

Charles R. Anderson, Ph.D. at An Objectivist Individualist - 21 hours ago
Is a reduction of federal government spending for a few days by 13% really a government shutdown? Of course not, though that was all that happened the last time Congress did not agree on a new budget authorization in time. Especially not when government spending is at least four times that of a legitimate government abiding by the principle that its proper function is only to protect every American individual's right to life, liberty, self-ownership, property, freedom of conscience, freedom of association, freedom of speech and press, the freedom of self-defense, the right to the o... more »

"Leftism: Then vs Now"

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 21 hours ago
https://youtu.be/70czT6tPvcs Because the left controls the narrative...

US Defense Secretary vows to “confront” Russia after Taliban weapon supply allegation

Paul Antonopoulos at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 22 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:55 A.M.) – US Defense Secretary James Mattis has vowed to “confront” Russia, after the top US general in Afghanistan accused Moscow of arming the Taliban militants, PressTV reported. “We continue to get reports of this assistance,” Nicholson said. “We support anyone who wants to help us advance the reconciliation process, but anyone […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Iraqi commander: Remaining ISIS fighters in Mosul are mostly foreigners

Paul Antonopoulos at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 22 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:34 A.M.) – Foreign militants fighting for ISIS in Mosul’s Old City include Uzbek, Uighur and members from French-speaking countries, IraqiNews quoted an Iraqi army officer as saying. Lieutenant Colonel Abdul-Salam al-Jubouri said that the majority of the remaining ISIS fighters come from “the Uzbek battalion”, the “Uighur battalion” and the “Tarek ibn […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

US nuclear submarine heading towards Korean peninsula

Paul Antonopoulos at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 22 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:34 A.M.) – The United States has announced that it is sending a nuclear submarine towards the Korean peninsula where the US are making aggressive moves towards North Korea. The movement came after North Korea threatened to sink the US aircraft carrier, USS Carl Vinson. “Our revolutionary forces are combat-ready to sink a […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Et si nos technologies devenaient organiques ? Un transhumanisme biologique est possible

Ethical Technology - 22 hours ago
Pourquoi la nature demeure le plus grand ingénieur présent sur Terre, et permet d’imaginer un transhumanisme biologique. Initialement publiй sur le site de l’Association Franзaise Transhumaniste - Technoprog

3 Ancient Texts That Completely SHATTER History As We Know It

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 22 hours ago
This is important work. My own efforts has pieced together a 45,000 year window for modern humanity. This includes the deliberate shift of the Earth's crust around 12,900 BP in order to finally end the Northern Ice Age. When the earth had settled down, the Earth was then deliberately populated with what i call agricultural man. This meant establishing starter colonies of which I estimate at least a dozen at the minimum but could be much larger. Yet what took place long before all that? Here we have indications from cultural sources as well that need careful reading. There a... more »

Ford puts babies to sleep with car-simulating cradle

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 22 hours ago
*[image: The pulsating lights simulate the passing streetlights]* T urns out that most fathers have been out driving in the middle of the night in order to get the baby to sleep. This must have been going on for decades. I certainly did and my son gets to do it now. Ford has woken up after sleeping on it for a century or so and has now given us this. Great move that will be wonderfully welcome. It obviously replaces the labor intensive crib. *Ford puts babies to sleep with car-simulating cradle* *C.C. Weiss April 7, 2017 * *The pulsating lights simulate the passing streetligh... more »

Scientists convert spinach leaves into human heart tissue — that beats

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 22 hours ago
Well yes. Why try to make artificial circulatory systems when you have perfectly good plant material to work with? Even beter, it is possible to shape things in three dimensions as well. You are not limited to a fragile leaf. This could easily jump start partial organ transplants. It is a great start and well worth follow up. I would like to see work on more robust plant material as well although natural cellulose replacement may be possible. . *Scientists convert spinach leaves into human heart tissue — that beats* *Ben Guarino, The Washington Post, Washington Post* *M... more »

Scientists Have Discovered the Real Reason Why Whales Jump

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 22 hours ago
Really no different than drumming and has the same effect. Whales are prey to no one so it works well to produce noise heard at a distance. In this manner distant pods will pick up on the sounds and generally know where each other are even if no meeting is planned at all. Like drumming. information transfer will be tricky unless prearranged. In human terms we do have drumming which has a short range that is 360 but is heard at three to several miles. It appears to work best in forests. Similarly we have the alphorn typically used on a hill top beacon and i suspect used hea... more »

Holocaust Teaching Ban in the UK?

David Mikkelson at Snopes.com - 22 hours ago
It is not true that schools in the UK no longer teach about the Holocaust for fear of offending Muslim students.

Zapatistas 'Prelude: Timepieces, The Apocalypse, and the Hour of the Small'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 22 hours ago
Prelude: Timepieces, The Apocalypse, and the Hour of the SmallSubcomandante Insurgente GaleanoApril 12, 2017http://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/2017/04/24/prelude-timepieces-the-apocalypse-and-the-hour-of-the-smallsubcomandante-insurgente-galeano/ Good afternoon, evening, day, morning.We want to thank the compañeras and compañeros of CIDECI-UniTierra for having offered, with compañero

Free Planet - Diversity locations - Diversity languages

Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's free planet blog - 22 hours ago
it's a question of diplomatic importance in a Free Planet - politeness. Politeness is the basis of Language. In a Free Planet, there'll be no such thing as global-speak and global-think, it will be a world of however many billions of re-wilded people living in tribelike roaming Diversities. The only thing that will stop wars between these groups is Politeness, as conveyed via Language. In a Free Planet everyone should know how to say *Hello, Goodbye, Yes, No, Please, Thank you* in as many languages as it takes to retain the Peace. There's nothing wrong with 'seeing how the other... more »

Berkeley pop scientist denies the orbital cause of ice ages

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 23 hours ago
Thankfully, the March For Science was a dud. A couple of extremists showed their childish banners such as this one by computer scientist Scott Aaronson. Indeed, the two claims on the banner are as unrelated as two sentences in a typical leftist demagogic rant. Moreover, I think it is strategically misguided for a Jewish scholar to claim that a non-Jewish man "stinks", or vice versa. It can backfire easily because the numbers aren't on your side, Mr Aaronson. On the same day, "the Earth Day", someone attempted to assassinate climate skeptic John Christy in his office (Roy, WUWT). Sev... more »

Editor's Note

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
I have to take care of a lot of personal stuff today .... with the need to file my income tax at the top of the list (in Canada it has to be done before the end of April). I should be back to blogging around 15:00 EST Tuesday. *Update 16:15 EST*: Finally finished everything. Blogging will resume within the hour. World News Briefs and Military and Intelligence News Briefs will return tomorrow.

Is Russia-Backed ‘Fake News’ Now Being Used in French Elections?

Bethania Palma at Snopes.com - 1 day ago
Experts caution that a Kremlin-backed disinformation campaign thought to have been carried out during the 2016 United States election may now be plaguing France.

NYT: International Team of Specialists Finds No End in Sight to 30‐Year Cooling Trend in Northern Hemisphere

Hifast at Climate Collections - 1 day ago
By WALTER SULLIVANJAN. 5, 1978 An international team of specialists has concluded from eight indexes of climate that there is no end in sight to the cooling trend of the last 30 years, at least in the Northern Hemisphere. In some, but not all cases, the data extend through last winter. They include sea surface […]

1970s Global Cooling Alarmism

Hifast at Climate Collections - 1 day ago
Here’s a link to an excellent list of articles from the 1970s regarding the Global Cooling scare: http://www.populartechnology.net/2013/02/the-1970s-global-cooling-alarmism.html References: 1970 – Colder Winters Held Dawn of New Ice Age – Scientists See Ice Age In the Future (The Washington Post, January 11, 1970) 1970 – Is Mankind Manufacturing a New Ice Age for Itself? […]

Newsweek April 28, 1975 – Global Cooling Scare

Hifast at Climate Collections - 1 day ago
http://phillytalk.com/global-warming/295-newsweek-april-28-1975-global-cooling-scare

Climate marchers all wet

David Rothbard at CFACT - 1 day ago
The "March for Science" was a “March for Silence” on real climate facts, and a rain-soaked but well-publicized call to keep the federal dollars rolling, as long as they keep going in the wrong direction.

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“To some, the outline of the open cluster of stars M6 resembles a butterfly. M6, also known as NGC 6405, spans about 20 light-years and lies about 2,000 light years distant. M6 can best be seen in a dark sky with binoculars towards the constellation of Scorpius, coving about as much of the sky as the full moon. * Click image for larger size.* Like other open clusters, M6 is composed predominantly of young blue stars, although the brightest star is nearly orange. M6 is estimated to be about 100 million years old. Determining the distance to clusters like M6 helps astronomers calibrat... more »

The Apple Does Not Fall Far From The Orange-- Ivanka's and Jared's Fabulous Adventure

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
John Oliver's segment this weekend on Ivanka and Kushner-in-law was classic. You've got to watch it. This morning his analysis was examined by *Newsweek*, *Rolling Stone*, *Entertainment Weekly* and the New York *Daily News*. You don't need them; just watch it. Stephen Walt's Jared Kushner Will Be Eaten By The Blob in *Foreign Policy* is not a prediction of how Chris Christie will eventually get his revenge on Kushner for getting his revenge on Christie (due to Kushner's father Charlie getting his revenge on someone else). "Kushner," he wrote, "may be unusually inexperienced, but... more »

Water Protector Red Fawn Seeks Recusal of Judge in Federal Case

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
WATER PROTECTOR RED FAWN FALLIS SEEKS RECUSAL OF JUDGE IN FEDERAL CASE Water Protectors' Rights to Due Process Violated by Judicial Bias By Water Protector Legal Collective Censored News April 24, 2017 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA: Lakota Water Protector Red Fawn Fallis through her attorney Bruce Ellison has filed a Motion for an Order of Recusal requesting that Federal Judge Daniel

Rodriguez: Liberation or Social Justice?

cmaadmin at Diverse - 1 day ago
The Chicano Movement did not use the term “social justice,” though it was very much a part of its agenda.

Education Advocates Uneasily Awaiting Trump Budget

cmaadmin at Diverse - 1 day ago
“I’ve been in higher education for a long time, but I’ve not seen this level of uncertainty and unpredictability,” Dr. Judith Eaton, president of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, said Monday.

Return of the Teach-In: Lessons Learned from Opening up Communication

cmaadmin at Diverse - 1 day ago
At Keene State College, as well around the country, there was a sense that people on all sides of the political spectrum felt concerns that needed to be expressed.

Ex-Education Secretary: Policy Rollback an ‘Assault on American Dream’

cmaadmin at Diverse - 1 day ago
Former U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. said it is “distressing” to see the Trump administration roll back policy initiatives put in place under President Barack Obama to protect college students.

Ann Coulter’s Backers at UC Berkeley File Lawsuit

cmaadmin at Diverse - 1 day ago
BERKELEY, Calif. — University of California, Berkeley students who invited Ann Coulter to speak on campus have filed a lawsuit against the university, saying it is discriminating against conservative speakers and violating students’ rights to free speech. Harmeet Dhillon, a San Francisco attorney who represents the Berkeley College Republicans, filed the lawsuit Monday in U.S. […]

FAMU’s Potential Freshman Class Up by a Third

cmaadmin at Diverse - 1 day ago
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Officials at Florida A&M University credit an intensive recruitment drive with increasing by more than a third the number of potential freshmen in next fall’s incoming class. University officials at the historically Black school said Monday that more than 2,000 potential freshmen have been admitted for next fall’s class, an increase of […]

Engineer Set to Take Over New York State University System

cmaadmin at Diverse - 1 day ago
ALBANY, N.Y. — An entrepreneur and engineer who has worked in government and is in the National Inventors Hall of Fame was confirmed Monday as leader of one of the nation’s largest public university systems. The State University of New York Board of Trustees unanimously approved Kristina M. Johnson’s appointment as chancellor of the 64-campus […]

Athletic Director: Complaints, Not Bias, Led to Iowa Coach’s Firing

cmaadmin at Diverse - 1 day ago
DES MOINES, Iowa — University of Iowa athletic director Gary Barta said Monday that three rounds of complaints from parents and field hockey players prompted an investigation into the program that ultimately led to the firing of coach Tracey Griesbaum in 2014. Griesbaum’s termination is a central piece of a lawsuit filed by former top […]

Russian Foreign Ministry says more chemical false flags a possibility in Syria

Paul Antonopoulos at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:03 A.M.) – Moscow is not ruling out the possibility that more false flag attacks involving chemical weapons in Syria might be staged by militants near Damascus soon, a senior Russian foreign ministry official said on Monday, according to TASS. “The major threat now is that Syrian militants have made certain they can […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Six Israeli men charged with attacking Arab men who date Jewish women

Paul Antonopoulos at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:19 A.M.) – Six young Israeli men in the city of Be’er Sheva have been charged with severely assaulting Arab men over their romantic relationships with Jewish women, RT reported. It was reported by Haaretz that the Israeli men are aged between 17 and 20, and two of them are soldiers, and that […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

In pictures: Al-Qaeda seizes tunnel from ISIS amid jihadist infighting in south Damascus

Chris Tomson at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (4:30 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) will not interfere anytime soon as ISIS and Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) continue to slaughter one another in the Yarmouk Camp and Hajar Al-Aswad pocket in the southern sector of the capital. The media wing of HTS, called “Iba’a”, published three images on Monday claiming […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

+18 graphic content: Massive ISIS attack on Deir Ezzor airbase repelled

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (3:00 A.M) – The Syrian Army troops foiled a full-scale offensive launched by the Islamic State to storm the longtime government-held airbase in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor. For the past 3 days, fierce clashes ripped through the eastern parameters of the airbase with the jihadists’ daring assault posed a threat to […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

US airstrike kills civilians in northern Syria

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (2:45 A.M) – Up to 11 civilians, including children, were killed today as a US fighter jet hit their vehicle outside the northern city of Tabqa. Local activists said that a vehicle carrying civilians who fled the battles in the ISIS-held Tabqa was hit by a US fighter, immediately killing all of them. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Making robots that can work with their hands

Taskin Padir, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northeastern University at Science + Technology – The Conversation - 1 day ago
A NASA Valkyrie robot picks up an item with its hand. Northeastern University, CC BY-NC It’s quite common for humans – especially those who work in manufacturing – to tie a knot, strip the casing off a cable, insert a pin in a hole or use a hand tool such as a drill. They may seem like simple tasks, but are really very complex and involve extremely fine finger and hand motions. Though robots are getting more and more involved in factory work and in a wide range of other types of jobs – including in the service industry and health care – their dexterity is not nearly as impressive. ... more »

How statistical thinking should shape the courtroom

Daniel J. Denis, Associate Professor of Quantitative Psychology, The University of Montana at Science + Technology – The Conversation - 1 day ago
Courtroom decisions are more like a game of chance than you may think. Cropped from aerust/flickr, CC BY The probabilistic revolution first kicked off in the 1600s, when gamblers realized that estimating the likelihood of an event could give them an edge in games of chance. Today, statistics has become the dominant way to communicate scientific findings. But courts can be hesitant to incorporate statistical evidence into decisions. Indeed, they have historically been antagonistic toward probabilities and are loath to be swindled by slippery statistics. However, as an educator of s... more »

"The Mystery of the 'Golden Ratio' Explained"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"The Mystery of the 'Golden Ratio' Explained"* by Richard Merritt "DURHAM, N.C. - The Egyptians supposedly used it to guide the construction the Pyramids. The architecture of ancient Athens is thought to have been based on it. Fictional Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon tried to unravel its mysteries in the novel "The Da Vinci Code." "It" is the golden ratio, a geometric proportion that has been theorized to be the most aesthetically pleasing to the eye and has been the root of countless mysteries over the centuries. Now, a Duke University engineer has found it to be a compelling... more »

Chet Raymo, “On Saying ‘I Don't Know’"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“On Saying ‘I Don't Know’"* by Chet Raymo "When Charles and Emma Darwin bought the house that would be their family home for forty years, at Downe, sixteen miles south of London, one of Charles' first improvements was to have the flints removed from the property's chalky meadow. The glassy stones were more than an agricultural nuisance; they were a puzzle to be solved. The countryside about Downe is pretty much pure chalk, and Darwin was confident he knew where the chalk came from: the calcerous deposits of the myriad planktonic organisms that lived in a sea that was once superinc... more »

"A Truth Deeper Than Experience..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"There's a truth deeper than experience. It's beyond what we see, or even what we feel. It's an order of truth that separates the profound from the merely clever, and the reality from the perception. We're helpless, usually, in the face of it; and the cost of knowing it, like the cost of knowing love, is sometimes greater than any heart would willingly pay. It doesn't always help us to love the world, but it does prevent us from hating the world. And the only way to know that truth is to share it, from heart to heart, just as Prabhakar told it to me, just as I'm telling it to you n... more »

"The REAL New World Order"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"The REAL New World Order"* by Jeff Nielson "Regular readers are familiar with the Old World Order: the cabal of Western oligarchs who control not only our own puppet governments, but generally dictate events to most nations around the world. The vehicle used by these oligarchs to maintain their (economic) control over Western governments to keep them meek and submissive is the One Bank. Regular readers are also familiar with this entity. The One Bank is a banking crime syndicate. Its dimensions have been previously defined in the computer modeling of a trio of Swiss researchers... more »

Former Army General & President of DynCorp Faces 6 Counts of Rape of a Minor

WakingTimes at Waking Times - 1 day ago
*Christina Sarich* - He faces life imprisonment if even one of the allegations is proven to be true. The post Former Army General & President of DynCorp Faces 6 Counts of Rape of a Minor appeared first on Waking Times.

The Art of Ruthless Non-Violence

WakingTimes at Waking Times - 1 day ago
*Gary ‘Z’ McGee* - The only person we can control is ourselves anyway, otherwise tyranny prevails. The post The Art of Ruthless Non-Violence appeared first on Waking Times.

The Senate comes to the White House. Is war with North Korea coming?

Alexander Mercouris at The Duran - 1 day ago
[image: Trump_GOP_Leaders_John] Briefing of the entire Senate in the White House on Wednesday increases prospect of US military action against North Korea. The post The Senate comes to the White House. Is war with North Korea coming? appeared first on The Duran.

Is North Korea About to Test a Nuclear Weapon or ICBM?

Ryan Pickrell at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Ryan Pickrell* *Security, Asia* What will happen? The U.S. and its allies are bracing themselves for possible provocations as North Korea gears up for a major national holiday. North Korea will celebrate the 85th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People’s Army Tuesday. North Korea marked its most recent holiday, the 105th anniversary of the birth of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung, on April 15 with a massive military parade, a video featuring a simulated nuclear strike on an American city, and a missile test. Balloons and carnival games apparently just aren’t good eno... more »

France and the Rise of the Outsider

Scott B. MacDonald at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Scott B. MacDonald* *Politics, Europe* A Le Pen victory would be a further blow to the great European experiment. Round one of the French presidential election has come and gone, with centrist Emmanuel Macron (with 23.9 percent of the vote) and far-right Marine Le Pen (at 21.7 percent) coming in first and second. As neither candidate gained an outright majority, they will proceed to the second-round vote, which will be on May 7. The two remaining candidates offer starkly different platforms to the French people, one based on the nation-state and the other on the broader concept ... more »

Has Paul Wolfowitz Learned Nothing?

Daniel R. DePetris at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Daniel R. DePetris* *Security, Middle East* He still refuses to admit that the Iraq War was a mistake. Over a decade after he left the Bush administration as the Defense Department’s number-two official, Paul Wolfowitz has mostly avoided the limelight. Rather than sign #NeverTrump letters or spout off every week on cable television, he’s tended to quietly influence the foreign-policy debate from his perch as a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute—a think tank full of former Bush officials, which often served as a loyal opposition to the Obama administration. For... more »

MEDIAFAIL: Taiwanese are not "ethnic Chinese"

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 1 day ago
[image: Namaxia_63] *Housing for aboriginal people.* One of the ways the foreign media serves Beijing is by recapitulating its propaganda frameworks -- in this case, that the Taiwanese are "Chinese" and there is no such thing as "Taiwanese". This claim is a standard claim of those who would annex Taiwan to China. Indeed, China's claim on Arunachal Pradesh in India is supported by official claims that the area's Tibetan people are "Chinese" and thus the region is "China". Local media worker Ralph Jennings is one of the chief purveyors of this nonsense. See for example, this transcend... more »

NYT: International Team of Specialists Finds No End in Sight to 30‐Year Cooling Trend in Northern Hemisphere

Hifast at Climate Collections - 1 day ago
By WALTER SULLIVANJAN. 5, 1978 An international team of specialists has concluded from eight indexes of climate that there is no end in sight to the cooling trend of the last 30 years, at least in the Northern Hemisphere. In some, but not all cases, the data extend through last winter. They include sea surface […]

1970s Global Cooling Alarmism

Hifast at Climate Collections - 1 day ago
Here’s a link to an excellent list of articles from the 1970s regarding the Global Cooling scare: http://www.populartechnology.net/2013/02/the-1970s-global-cooling-alarmism.html References: 1970 – Colder Winters Held Dawn of New Ice Age – Scientists See Ice Age In the Future (The Washington Post, January 11, 1970) 1970 – Is Mankind Manufacturing a New Ice Age for Itself? […]

Does cooperating with ICE harm local police? What the research says

Jennifer C. Gibbs, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Harrisburg campus, Pennsylvania State University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 1 day ago
An ICE operation in Los Angeles, Feb. 7, 2017. Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP Police need public cooperation. The police rely on the public to report and help solve crimes. This is especially true now that police departments face budget cuts and increasing demands on their time – an environment that pressures police to get things done through innovative partnerships with citizens. But cooperation and partnerships rely on trust, something that’s in short supply between citizens and police. Public perception of the police and public engagement with imm... more »

Newsweek April 28, 1975 – Global Cooling Scare

Hifast at Climate Collections - 1 day ago
http://phillytalk.com/global-warming/295-newsweek-april-28-1975-global-cooling-scare

Why is US Media Ignoring Prof. Postol's Study on Syria Chemical Weapons Attack?

RPI Staff at Peace and Prosperity - 1 day ago
The Trump Administration announced today that it was placing 271 Syrian scientists under sanctions for what it claimed was their work on producing chemical weapons for the Assad government. As with the chemical attack in Idlib earlier this month, for which the US blamed Assad, there was no proof provided. RPI Director Daniel McAdams joined RT today to discuss the current state of US policy toward Syria and the double standards when it comes to reporting and investigating civilian deaths in Syria and Iraq:

Democratic Unity-- By Backing Anti-Choice Assholes For Elected Office? No Way

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Nancy Pelosi was one of Chuck Todd's guests on *Meet the Press* yesterday and he asked her "what should unify the Democratic Party? What should make somebody a Democrat?... Can you be a Democrat and win the support of the Democratic Party if you're [an anti-Choice asshole]?" He wanted to know if it was OK for the party to support an anti-Choice candidate, in this case Heath Mello, who's running for mayor of Omaha. Bernie is backing Mello and many progressive women's groups are furious. Pelosi, said "Of course. I have served many years in Congress with members who have not shared my... more »

The French Elite Is Snubbed

C. B. Thorington at A Divided World - 1 day ago
Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, winners of the April 23, 2017 first round of the French presidential election, will face off in the second round on May 7, 2017. Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons / Ecole polytechnique Université Paris for Emmanuel Macron on the Left, Wikimedia Commons / Foto-AG Gymnasium Melle for Marine Le Pen […]

In Runoff, French Voters to Choose Globalism or Self-Government

Alex Newman at rss - 1 day ago
[image: in-runoff-french-voters-to-choose-globalism-or-self-government] Multiple establishment-backed globalist candidates were defeated in the French election this weekend, paving the way for a rare runoff next month between anti-globalist Marine Le Pen and establishment globalist Emmanuel Macron. The stakes are extremely high for France and the West. And while pollsters are already predicting that the remaining establishment globalist will win, more than a few analysts noted that they said the same thing about Hillary Clinton and the pro-European Union camp in Britain's historic B... more »

Sarah Palin uses soldier suffering from PTSD to shame college students.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 1 day ago
You guys might recognize that meme as it was fairly popular with the Right Wing several years ago. However as Raw Story points out using it today demonstrates a complete lack of empathy toward that soldier, James Blake Miller, who suffers from PTSD: *Miller, now 32, received a medical discharge from the Marine Corps in 2005 after blacking out while assisting in Hurricane Katrina recovery due to post-traumatic stress issues related to his combat experience in Iraq.* So is Palin suggesting that college students should earn their chance at free college by first getting Post Traumatic ... more »

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