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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.

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US House Members Introduce Articles of Impeachment: “Evident That Trump Is A Clear And Present Danger To Our Democracy”; “This Is The Start Of A Long Process And It Needs To Get Started Now

The majority of Americans do not approve of Trump and are worried about Russia: http://cdn.cnn.com/cnn/2017/images/11/06/rel11a.-.trump.and.russia.pdf If you have a sane or quasi-sane Congressman then get them to support this. If not, you can still annoy your Congressman, if you wish. The US is already way slower than Lithuania who removed their president through impeachment in … Continue reading US House Members Introduce Articles of Impeachment: “Evident That Trump Is A Clear And Present Danger To Our Democracy”; “This Is The Start Of A Long Process And It Needs To Get Started Now

US Congressman Nadler Grills AG Sessions on Information Related to George Papadopoulos and Possible Obstruction of Justice; What Does Mrs. Sessions’ Body Language Mean?

Mrs. Sessions is the lady to the left with her head tilted and eyes shut like she’s praying. One could write a southern novel, or at least a short-story, about this cast of characters. It may be more enlightening to evaluate Mrs. Sessions’ expressions and those of his apparent assistants sitting behind than Sessions himself. … Continue reading US Congressman Nadler Grills AG Sessions on Information Related to George Papadopoulos and Possible Obstruction of Justice; What Does Mrs. Sessions’ Body Language Mean?

Organic agriculture can help feed world, but only if we eat less meat and stop wasting food

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 43 minutes ago
Organic agriculture can help feed world, but only if we eat less meat and stop wasting food https://m.phys.org/news/2017-11-agriculture-world-meat-food.html Advertisements

Tim Berners-Lee on the future of the web: ‘The system is failing’ 

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 43 minutes ago
Tim Berners-Lee on the future of the web: ‘The system is failing’ | Technology | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/nov/15/tim-berners-lee-world-wide-web-net-neutrality?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=fb_a-technology_b-gdntech#link_time=1510800796

MS drug from Scripps Research completes advanced human testing. 

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 43 minutes ago
MS drug from Scripps Research completes advanced human testing – The San Diego Union-Tribune http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/biotech/sd-me-scripps-ozanimod-20171113-story.html

Women are ‘more controlling and aggressive than men’ in relationships. 

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 43 minutes ago
Women are ‘more controlling and aggressive than men’ in relationships – Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/relationships/10927507/Women-are-more-controlling-and-aggressive-than-men-in-relationships.html

Holistic Doctor and Entire Family Found Shot Dead in Arizona Home

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 43 minutes ago
Holistic Doctor and Entire Family Found Shot Dead in Arizona Home https://www.naturalblaze.com/2017/11/holistic-doctor-dead-arizona.html

Artificial Wombs Are Nearly Here and Feminists Are Already Freaking Out. 

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 43 minutes ago
Artificial Wombs Are Nearly Here and Feminists Are Already Freaking Out | Squawker https://squawker.org/technology/ectobabies/

To Burn Fat, You Could Exercise … or Shiver

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 43 minutes ago
To Burn Fat, You Could Exercise … or Shiver https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/02/140211-shivering-cold-exercise-brown-fat-white-fat-irisin-metabolism-weight-loss/?utm_content=buffer0c95a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Cold Showers for Weight Loss: Do They Work?

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 43 minutes ago
Cold Showers for Weight Loss: Do They Work? https://muscleevo.net/cold-showers-weight-loss/?utm_content=bufferc9acb&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Got a Craving? Here’s What Your Body Actually Wants You to Eat

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 43 minutes ago
Got a Craving? Here’s What Your Body Actually Wants You to Eat http://amp.health.com/nutrition/how-to-stop-cravings

University of Alabama Researchers: Could your brain be the next target of hackers? 

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 43 minutes ago
University of Alabama Researchers: Could your brain be the next target of hackers? | WKRG http://wkrg.com/2017/07/10/university-of-alabama-researchers-could-your-brain-be-the-next-target-of-hackers/

Alien Encounter Near Nageezi, NM

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 1 hour ago
This one is important. I had conjectured that the large black eyes of the greys were artificial. Here we receive an excellent report and they are certainly artificial. On the other hand we also get confirmation of the biological nature of these beings. One is younger while the other is clearly older. No sense of a ship here but he himself reports that his focus was on the seated individuals. The craft was likely stealthed and he just got lucky with the angle since they were themselves distracted by the oncoming vehicle. It is plausible that these are space modified humanity, ... more »

Flu vaccine found to be completely ineffective because of how it is made

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 1 hour ago
[image: Image: SCIENTIFIC PROOF: Flu vaccine found to be completely ineffective because of how it is made, new study finds] It is essentially impossible to prove flu vaccine helps at all. After all we have an annual flu season and it is impossible to prove any variance when the entire population has been vaccinated. You can claim success just as cheaply. The vaccine protocol has some historical success, but even that remains controversial in many cases. A better explanation is universal public hygiene. It has after all become impossible to eat each others waste. What has beco... more »

Are puppies the latest allergy treatment? Recent studies show protective effects against eczema, asthma

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 1 hour ago
[image: Image: Are puppies the latest allergy treatment? Recent studies show protective effects against eczema, asthma] I really think that close exposure to nature obviates allergies generally. thus a positive experience with dogs is no surprise. What we really need is a working protocol that assists all this. The ultimate solution will be the natural community built around a sustainable agro garden. In the meantime it is important to build dogs into our apartments somehow.. *Are puppies the latest allergy treatment? Recent studies show protective effects against eczema, asth... more »

3 spiritual concepts to endure

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 1 hour ago
A few thoughts. Have gratitude to your higher self for its advice and also listen carefully for spurious advice. all good Do work on your communion. . *3 SPIRITUAL CONCEPTS THAT WILL HELP YOU TO ENDURE TIMES OF CHAOS, UNREST AND FEAR* *October 30, 2017* *Dylan Charles, Editor* *Due to our technological connectedness, now more than ever before people are feeling the heavy weight of severe cataclysmic and tragic events, affecting millions of people around the world, with only the promise of greater turmoil to come.* *It’s easy in this environment to slip into overwhelm, despai... more »

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 hour ago
*-by Noah* I suppose that some may say that today's meme is, maybe, a bit harsh, or at least crass. So what. The other night, I was watching Bill Maher's show. He only had two panelists this time. Usually, there are three and at least one is of the Republican variety. Sometimes, that republican is able to pass as a somewhat sane or decent person, almost. Notice that I didn't use the word 'individual'. Republicans tend to not be individuals in my book. They march to their hateful, paranoid, greedy, holier-than-thou creed in lock step. Permutations in republicans are rare, very rare... more »

When You Vibrate With The Pulse Of Nature - An Insight by Magnus Ericsson

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 1 hour ago
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War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 hour ago
Zimbabwe awaits next steps after military takeover https://t.co/k8y0pEVANp — BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) November 16, 2017 Venezuela wins Russia and China backing as it says it is honoring debt https://t.co/TwaLCxsmFR pic.twitter.com/HU4nh0ysh3 — Reuters Top News (@Reuters) November 16, 2017 Tri-Carriers at work! #USSNimitz, #USSTheodoreRoosevelt & #USSRonaldReagan carried out operations in the @US7thFleet area of responsibility. pic.twitter.com/3Iuj3QE0BA — U.S. Dept of Defense (@DeptofDefense) November 15, 2017 Leonardo da Vinci artwork sells for record $450m https://t.co/jfbS... more »

Hariri’s political party lashes out at Syrian President over recent comments

BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:50 A.M.) – The Future Movement lashed out at Syrian President, Bashar Al-Assad, after his recent comments regarding former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri. “Remarks were attributed to the criminal terrorist regime of Bashar Assad accusing PM Hariri of not being the master of himself. Assad is the last creature on earth entitled […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Ahrar Al-Sham, FSA launch offensive to capture important base in east Damascus

BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:50 A.M.) – The Islamist rebels of Harakat Ahrar Al-Sham and Faylaq Al-Rahman launched a powerful offensive in the eastern suburbs of Damascus, yesterday, targeting the strategic Syrian Arab Army (SAA) base in Harasta. Harakat Ahrar Al-Sham and Faylaq Al-Rahman began the offensive by storming the Syrian Army’s positions around the base, seizing […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Saad Hariri to leave Saudi Arabia for France: Macron

BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:00 A.M.) – Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri will fly from Saudi Arabia to France, the French President’s office told the AFP News Agency on Wednesday. Hariri was invited to Paris by French President Emmanuel Macron during the latter’s brief visit to Saudi Arabia earlier this week. Macron’s office further added that […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Israel free to act in Syria to defend own security – Defense Minister

Israel maintains complete freedom of action in Syria and is guided only by the interests of its own security, Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Wednesday. On Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Israel was ready to act alone if necessary to prevent Iran from turning Syria into its military base. “We maintain […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Young people aren’t nearly as concerned about lying

James Coney at Blog Posts – Page Array – UnHerd - 2 hours ago
The post Young people aren’t nearly as concerned about lying appeared first on UnHerd.

EFEO-IHP Workshop Hazards and Fortunes at Seas: Maritime Routes and Landscapes in the Mediterranean and the Taiwan Strait, Nov 21st, 22nd

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 2 hours ago
[image: bunung005.jpg] Just passing this around, abstracts below the READ MORE line... +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ EFEO-IHP Workshop Hazards and Fortunes at Seas: Maritime Routes and Landscapes in the Mediterranean and the Taiwan Strait Date: November 22, 2017 Venue: Room 703, Research Building, IHP, Academia Sinica, Taipei Program 1:00 pm-2:20 pm: What is a Maritime Route? The Case of the Ancient Mediterranean and Surrounding Oceans By Prof. Pascal Arnaud (Professor, University of Lyon 2) 2:20 pm-3:40 pm The Maritime Landscapes of the Mediterranean: Approaches and Sources By Prof.... more »

Labour's McDonnell demands 'emergency budget' per BBC News

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 2 hours ago
'To pay for the new policies, Mr McDonnell will say he is willing to borrow far more, arguing it is a good time to do so as interest rates are at historic lows.' A Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer proposing increased spending funded by extra borrowing, I am so surprised. BBC report here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41999993

When The Missionaries Of Neoliberal Economics Knock, Bar The Door

Fred Phillips at Science 2.0 blogs - 3 hours ago
The Foundation for Economic Education, with the inevitable acronym FEE, aims to “promote new content and distribution techniques for free-market ideas.” Fee has “distilled ‘economic thinking’ into 12 key concepts.” Let’s pray that the “distribution” fails and these concepts never reach America’s classrooms, because they’re all… well… wrong. FEE’s words in plaintext, with my rejoinders in italics: read more

The Sad State Of Entrepreneurship In America: What Educators Can Do About It

Fred Phillips at Science 2.0 blogs - 3 hours ago
While responsible people work to stave off humanity’s ecological suicide, many young nerds write unimportant apps to do “things their mothers used to do for them.” The Elon Musks of the world – those who prepare for the long game while financing it with innovative products for today’s market – are so rare as to be anomalies. Today’s entrepreneurial scene suffers from a sick venture capital industry, a number of imponderable illogics, and, maybe, misplaced adulation from students and the public. Symptoms include: read more

Israel Blows Up Palestinian Home in West Bank

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 3 hours ago
PressTV News Videos Published on Nov 15, 2017 Israeli forces have blown up the home of a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank. “In 2001, Dr. Ariella Oppenheim, of Hebrew University, a biologist, published the first extensive study of DNA and the origin of the Jews. Her research found that virtually all the Jews came […]

Saudi Arabia Continues Its Siege on Yemen. US Complicit in War Crimes in Yemen But Mainstream Media Won’t Report It ‒ Journalist

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 3 hours ago
PressTV News Videos Published on Nov 15, 2017 Ten days into Saudi Arabia’s total air, sea and land blockade on Yemen, experts warn of the devastating humanitarian impacts of the siege. Severe shortages of basic commodities, fuel and cooking gas has begun to be felt nationwide. end

Saudi Arabia and Israel Know They Cannot Defeat Iran, Want to Drag the US into an Uncontainable War

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 3 hours ago
Saudi Arabia and Israel Know They Cannot Defeat Iran, Want to Drag the US into an Uncontainable War by PHILIP GIRALDI, https://ahtribune.com/ There is considerable confusion about what is occurring in the Middle East, to include much discussion of whether Israel and Saudi Arabia have formally agreed to combine forces to increase both military and economic pressure […]

Israel, Saudi Arabia Setting Preconditions for War With Hezbollah

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 3 hours ago
Israel, Saudi Arabia Setting Preconditions for War With Hezbollah by https://southfront.org/ The crisis in the Middle East is developing further. In Saudi Arabia, the purge continued. According to Middle East Eye, senior Saudi figures were tortured and beaten in the purge under the banner of an anti-corruption movement, conducted by current Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. – He […]

Saudi Arabia Holding PM Hariri & Family in ‘Act of Aggression’ – Lebanese President

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 3 hours ago
RT Published on Nov 15, 2017 The Lebanese president has publicly acknowledged that Prime Minister Saad Hariri is being detained in Saudi Arabia along with his family, calling it “an act of aggression” against Lebanon. end

Hundreds of Terrorists Feared to Have Fled Raqqa on US Watch

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 3 hours ago
RT Published on Nov 15, 2017 It’s suspected that hundreds of Islamic State fighters may have been given free pass as they left the now-liberated Syrian city of Raqqa. It’s been reported that they were able to leave in convoys as part of a deal brokered to bring an end to the fighting in the area. […]

Breaking News! Russia Funded Russian Elections – BuzzFeed ‘Secret Finding’

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 3 hours ago
Breaking News! Russia Funded Russian Elections – BuzzFeed ‘Secret Finding’ by https://www.rt.com/ BuzzFeed’s latest “explosive” scoop on “secret” Russian financing of a 2016 election turned out to be an instant hit by burying a key detail: it was a Russian election. On Tuesday, the US media outlet ran a story headlined “Secret Finding: 60 Russian Payments […]

How the Developments in Saudi Arabia May Foretell Collapse of Petrodollar

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 3 hours ago
How the Developments in Saudi Arabia May Foretell Collapse of Petrodollar by https://sputniknews.com/ Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman has vowed to return his country to “moderate Islam”; the pledge was followed by the dismissal and detainment of many of the country’s high-profile princes and businessmen. Turkish energy analyst Dr Volkan Ozdemir commented that it […]

Lost in Reverie: Mattis Claims UN Let US Intervene in Syria, Although It Never Did

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 3 hours ago
Lost in Reverie: Mattis Claims UN Let US Intervene in Syria, Although It Never Did by https://www.rt.com/ US Defense Secretary James Mattis has recently claimed that Washington received a mandate to operate in Syria from no less than the UN itself. The problem is the UN never did any such thing as it does not even […]

Peter Schiff: Gold Will Explode & Dollar Wiped Out. Mother of All Bubbles Too Big to Pop

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 3 hours ago
Peter Schiff: Gold Will Explode & Dollar Wiped Out. Mother of All Bubbles Too Big to Pop by Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com Money manager Peter Schiff correctly predicted the financial meltdown in 2008. Now, 10 years later, what does Schiff see today? Schiff says, “I predicted a lot more than just the stock market going down back then. […]

Picture Of The Day

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 3 hours ago
Military vehicles and soldiers patrol the streets in Harare, Zimbabwe. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo *WNU Editor:* The above picture is from this photo-gallery .... *Army takes control in Zimbabwe* (Reuters).

White House Discloses How It Assesses And Declassifies Info About Cybersecurity Threats

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 4 hours ago
*Washington Times:** White House explains how it assesses, declassifies info about cybersecurity threats* *Unclassified version of ‘Vulnerable Equities Process’ report is available at White House website* The White House has opened up about the so-called Vulnerabilities Equities Process (VEP) established during the Obama administration, providing its first public explanation of how the government goes about determining whether to disclose cybersecurity flaws or keep them secret. The Trump administration released the unclassified charter for the equities process Wednesday in the fa... more »

You Think All Those Republicans Who Are Just Fine With Pedophile Roy Moore Are Going To Care What Mueller Finds About Putin-Gate?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 4 hours ago
This Putin-Gate scandal is getting really complicated and harder to follow. Thank Heavens for Team Maddow! Last night's biggest piece of the puzzle wire transfers amounting to at least $380,000 from a Putin-controlled bank to Putin spymasters in DC (Sergei Kislyak at the Russian embassy) and other embassies earmarked for the "election campaign of 2016." Investigative journalist Jason Leopold, writing for *BuzzFeed*, reported that the FBI is scrutinizing more than 60 money transfers. In fact, almost all of them contained a memo line referencing the financing of the 2016 election. Bu... more »

U.S. Is Still The World Leader When It Comes To Military R&D

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 5 hours ago
*Defense News:** US defense companies outspend international rivals in R&D* WASHINGTON — Amid Pentagon cuts for research and development, the top U.S. aerospace and defense firms have increased their own R&D spending by almost $12 billion in 2017. According to the Global Innovation 1000 study by PriceWaterhouseCoopers, 30 of the top 1,000 companies in R&D spend count defense and aerospace as a primary industry. Among those, the top American companies spent $11.79 billion on R&D, $2.31 billion more than their foreign rivals. Of the PwC’s top 1,000 list, Boeing topped U.S. defense an...more »

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi: Oil Revenues Are Not High Enough To Rebuild The Country

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 5 hours ago
Photo: A general view shows an Iraqi national flag flown in front of excess gas as its being burnt off, at a pipeline in the newly opened section of the oil refinery of Zubair, southwest of Basra in southern Iraq, on 3 March, 2016 (AFP). *Zainab Calcuttawala, OilPrice.com*: *Iraq Oil Revenue Not Enough For Sustainable Development* Oil revenues still are not high enough to allow the Iraqi government to fund the reconstruction of the country, according to Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi. “Oil prices are not at the required level to be used for sustainable development,” state T... more »

Mexico, as It Is and Wasn’t:: Some Stuff Wroth Knowing

Fred Reed at 5 hours ago
For Americans concerned about Mexico and Mexicans, and what sort of wights they be, a little history may help. We seem to know almost nothing about a bordering nation of 130 million. It is not what most of us think it … Continue reading →

After coup, will Zimbabwe see democracy or dictatorship?

Steven Feldstein, Frank and Bethine Church Chair of Public Affairs & Associate Professor, School of Public Service, Boise State University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 5 hours ago
Mugabe and his powerful wife have been overthrown in an apparent coup orchestrated by Zimbabwe's vice president. Will the country transition into democracy or get strapped with yet another dictator?

Summary of Articles of Impeachment Against Trump

Hurry up already! The US can’t afford to be slow like Spain where Prime Minister Rajoy’s party has been under … Continue reading →

The Republicans are trying it yet again!

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 6 hours ago
RED ALERT: Senate GOP just added provision to their tax plan that would gut ACA & kick 13M ppl off insurance. Yes, it's same tax plan that would add $1 trillion+ to deficit while giving majority of benefits to corporations & the rich. We need you to make your voices heard again. — Sen. Al Franken (@SenFranken) November 14, 2017 Courtesy of WaPo: *Senate Republican leaders moved Tuesday to include a repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate in their tax bill, a major change of strategy as they try to accomplish two of their top domestic priorities in a single piece of... more »

Syrian Army, IRGC awaits green light to storm Albukamal after surrounding city – video

BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:40 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has surrounded the strategic city of Albukamal after making several advances in the southeastern countryside of the Deir Ezzor Governorate. Backed by Hezbollah and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the Syrian Arab Army’s Tiger Forces has surrounded Albukamal from three different flanks, leaving the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Pentagon rebuffs Russia’s proposal of joint actions against Daesh in Syria

Pentagon rejected Russia’s proposal to conduct joint actions against Daesh in Syria saying that the targeting process of the US-led coalition against the terrorist group is independent of third party input. The targeting process of the US-led coalition against Daesh terrorist group is independent of third party input, a spokesperson for the Operation Inherent Resolve […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Here’s The Inconvenient Truth Behind MIT’s Study Linking Hurricane Harvey To Global Warming

Hifast at Climate Collections - 6 hours ago
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? It was only a matter of time before some junk scientist blamed Hurricane Harvey on global warming. It is probably no surprise either that it comes from Kerry Emmanuel. Fortunately Michael Bastach has been quick to tear it to pieces: A…

Avalanches of global warming alarmism by Dr. Tim Ball and Tom Harris

Charles R. Anderson, Ph.D. at An Objectivist Individualist - 6 hours ago
*UN climate cataclysm predictions have no basis in fact and should not be taken seriously* Throughout the United Nations Climate Change Conference wrapping up in Bonn, Germany this week, the world has been inundated with the usual avalanche of manmade global warming alarmism. The UN expects us to believe that extreme weather, shrinking sea ice, and sea level rise will soon become much worse if we do not quickly phase out our use of fossil fuels that provide over 80% of the world’s energy. There is essentially nothing to support these alarms, of course. We simply do not have adequate... more »

Fact: Some of Russia and America's Best Tanks Might Be Going to War (On the Same Side)

Dave Majumdar at The National Interest - 6 hours ago
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * An interesting combo. Russia’s Uralvagonzavod has started to “implement” a contract to deliver 73 T-90S and T-90SK main battle tanks to Iraq. The Russian tanks would augment Iraq’s existing fleet of about 150 U.S.-built M1A1M Abrams main battle tanks and roughly 400 older model Soviet-built T-72s. "The contract is being implemented in accordance with the schedule approved by the parties," Russia’s Federal Service for Military and Technical Cooperation told the TASS news agency at the Dubai Airshow 2017. *Recommended: Russia's Armata Tank vs. America... more »

This Russian Company Built Some of the World's Most Lethal Jets (And Has Big Plans)

Dave Majumdar at The National Interest - 6 hours ago
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * Think UAVs Russia’s RSK-MiG is developing a host of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) including strike and reconnaissance models, some of which could be fighter-sized aircraft. If the project goes as planned, the company hopes to build and fly prototypes over the next several years. “These are reconnaissance and strike targets, different classes for different tasks,” MiG spokesperson Anastasia Kravchenko told the Russian TASS news agency in Dubai. MiG hopes to develop three classes of unmanned aircraft. Those would range from the one-ton to five-ton cl... more »

Qatar Is at the Center of Today's Arab Tangle

David B. Rivkin Jr, Nawaf Obaid at The National Interest - 6 hours ago
*David B. Rivkin Jr, Nawaf Obaid* *Security, Middle East* [image: An aerial view shows Doha's diplomatic area March 21, 2013. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad] A speedy but proper resolution of the standoff with Qatar is clearly in American interests. In early November, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s defense forces intercepted a Burkan-2 ballistic missile targeted at Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport. Yemen’s Houthi-controlled defense ministry has taken the credit for the launch—but given the extent of the Iranian sway over the Houthi military, the real responsibility for the attac... more »

Saudi Arabia Wants to Fight Iran to the Last American

Trita Parsi at The National Interest - 6 hours ago
*Trita Parsi* *Security, Middle East* [image: Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud walks with his son and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, before King Salman leaves for Medina, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 8, 2017. Picture taken November 8, 2017.] Riyadh’s aim is to drag the United States back into the Middle East, tilting the balance back to Israel and Saudi Arabia. Many observers have connected the dots and concluded that Saudi Arabia’s crown prince is seeking to drag the United States into a war with Iran and Hezbollah. But that’s only half the story. Looking... more »

Scoring Trump's Big Adventure in the Indo-Pacific

Dean Cheng at The National Interest - 6 hours ago
*Dean Cheng* *Security, Asia* [image: U.S. President Donald Trump takes part in a welcoming ceremony with China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing, China, November 9, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo] In Tokyo, Seoul, Da Nang, and Manila, President Trump reiterated that the network of American alliances remains in place, and that he is not stepping away from them. As President Donald Trump began his twelve-day visit to Asia, it was clear that this would be a major event in his presidency. This trip, the first by President Trump to the region since taking office, would be th... more »

Eastern Europe's Dark past Could Hinder Its Future

Izabella Tabarovsky at The National Interest - 6 hours ago
*Izabella Tabarovsky* *Politics, Europe* [image: Protesters carry Polish flags and National Radical Camp flags during a rally, organised by far-right, nationalist groups, to mark 99th anniversary of Polish independence in Warsaw, Poland November 11, 2017.] A lack of acceptance of the dark histories of the past leave troubling questions about what may happen to those who are viewed as “others” today. Ruta Vanagaite, the *enfant terrible* of Lithuania’s historical memory politics, has done it again: she has gone and cast doubt on yet another national hero in Lithuania by bringing u... more »

All the Bombs in the World Won't Solve the North Korea Crisis (It Will Only Make It Worse)

Nicholas Blanchette, Benjamin Rimland at The National Interest - 6 hours ago
*Nicholas Blanchette, Benjamin Rimland* *Security, Asia* [image: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un provides guidance with Ri Hong Sop (3rd L) and Hong Sung Mu (L) on a nuclear weapons program in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang September 3, 2017. KCNA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS​ Recommended:] There is no good military option for dealing with North Korea. In comments recently delivered at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, President Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser Herbert Raymond “H.R.” McMaster reaffirm... more »

The 'Alligator': This Russian Helicopter Is Coming to the Middle East

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 6 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Middle East* And it is very lethal. Russia’s lethal-looking Ka-52 attack helicopters have reappeared in video footage blasting targets in Syria—catching some journalists in Europe by surprise. Even if Russia withdraws the agile attack helicopters, the type will remain active in the Middle East in Egyptian service. The lean, two-seat Ka-52 is visually distinguished by its pronounced nose, and is fittingly dubbed the “Alligator.” The nimble, ultra-maneuverable scout/attack helicopter uses two three-bladed contra-rotating rotors for stability so that i... more »

U.S. Congress Declares U.S. Military Aid For Saudi-Led Coalition In Yemen 'Unauthorized'

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 6 hours ago
*Politico*:* House declares U.S. military role in Yemen's civil war unauthorized* In a rare exercise of its war-making role, the House of Representatives on Monday overwhelmingly passed a resolution explicitly stating that U.S. military assistance to Saudi Arabia in its war in Yemen is not authorized under legislation passed by Congress to fight terrorism or invade Iraq. The nonbinding resolution adopted 366-30, does not call for a halt to the American support but publicly acknowledges the Pentagon has been sharing targeting information and refueling warplanes that Saudi Arabia an... more »

Doofus Of The Day #983

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 6 hours ago
Today's award goes jointly and severally to everyone at the University of Maryland who's behind, or endorses, this proposal. The SGA *[Student Government Association]* voted to endorse a proposal that would implement two napping stations in the University of Maryland's McKeldin Library for students in need of a midday snooze. The vote passed 28-2 with four abstentions. MetroNaps EnergyPods, which have a "futuristic appeal," include a 20-minute timer, a privacy visor, storage space, a light mimicking sunrise at the end of the nap and a music feature, said Anthony Escalante, who crea... more »

The World Seems To Be Collapsing Around Paul Ryan's Ears

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
The Ryan/Trump tax plan (short version): over the long run, it raises taxes on the entire middle class while repealing health coverage for around 13 million people, all to give corporations and the 1% gargantuan tax cuts. No one should have expected anything else from these two serial liars. Keep in mind that an NBC/*WSJ* poll in September found that 55% of Americans said they that taxes on corporations should be *increased* and only 16% favored decreasing them. It's a shame Democrats can't promote that as a motivation for getting people to go to the polls and voting. Oh, right... ... more »

El-Adly of Arabia

noreply@blogger.com (Zeinobia) at Egyptian Chronicles - 7 hours ago
Do you remember how Egyptians wondered and asked where the hell their former long-time notorious Mubarak’s interior minister Habib El-Adly had gone? Do you remember how his lawyer Fareed El-Deeb insisted that he would appear in court in time of court all those months? Do you remember who his wife, the veteran journalist Elham Sharshar claiming how she did not know his whereabouts in front of prosecution? All those months many Egyptians included myself thought that the infamous ex-interior minister Habib El-Adly escaped abroad. Some websites claimed that he went to UAE just like oth... more »

Nearly Half Of Americans Favor Mandatory Military Service

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 7 hours ago
*Zero Hedge: **49% Favor Mandatory Military Service For US Youth* Nearly half of Americans favor mandatory military service for the country’s youth, according to a recent poll from Gallup. As TheAntiMedia's Carey Wedler details, the polling organization surveyed 1,006 Americans over the age of 18 between November 3 and November 4, and 49% of those questioned expressed support for compulsory service. Further, “a majority of Republicans, including independents who lean Republican, favor it (57%), as do men (57%) and those 65 or older (66%),” Gallup summarized. *Read more *.... *W... more »

Fund Set Up To Preserve African American Historical Sites

cmaadmin at Diverse - 7 hours ago
WASHINGTON— A new $25 million fund is being set up through the National Trust for Historic Preservation to help ensure that historical sites important to African-American history are no longer endangered. The African-American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, announced Wednesday, will be financed through partnerships with groups like the Ford Foundation and the JPB Foundation, and […]

Texas State University Suspends Frats, Sororities after Pledge Dies

cmaadmin at Diverse - 7 hours ago
SAN MARCOS, Texas – Texas State University has suspended all fraternity and sorority chapter activities following the death of a fraternity pledge after an initiation ritual. In a statement Tuesday, university officials say Matt Ellis was found unresponsive Monday morning at an off-campus apartment. The 20-year-old sophomore from Humble, Texas, had attended a party that […]

Bear River Rohnerville Rancheria 'Walking for the Salmon' Photos by Bad Bear

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 7 hours ago
. The Walk for Salmon, Seattle to San Francisco, today is walking, joined by Bear River Rohnerville Rancheria. Photos by Carl Bad Bear Sampson, Western Shoshone photojournalist. Censored News. Thank you! Western Shoshone Photojournalist Carl Bad Bear Sampson

Retired FBI Agent Accuses 9/11 Commission of Lying About Saudi Connections

Derrick Broze at Activist Post - 8 hours ago
By Derrick Broze Sworn testimony from a former FBI investigator claims the 9/11 Commission lied to the American public regarding the relationship between the hijackers... more »

EFF’s Street-Level Surveillance Project Dissects Police Technology

Activist Post at Activist Post - 8 hours ago
By Dave Maass Step onto any city street and you may find yourself subject to numerous forms of police surveillance—many imperceptible to the human eye.... more »

10 Compelling Reasons Why the Vegas Shooting Has Disappeared from Headlines

Activist Post at Activist Post - 8 hours ago
By Jay Syrmopoulos With the 24/7 news cycle constantly in full swing, important stories at times get lost in the constant onslaught of non-stop information.... more »

Is This Why Productivity Has Tanked and Wealth Inequality Has Soared?

Activist Post at Activist Post - 8 hours ago
By Charles Hugh Smith Needless but highly profitable forced-upgrades are the bread and butter of the tech industry. One of the enduring mysteries in conventional... more »

New Artificial Intelligence Designed to Be Mentally Unstable: What Could Go Wrong?

Activist Post at Activist Post - 8 hours ago
By Jake Anderson We tend to think of artificial intelligence entities as flawless intellects, early prototypes of the powerful ‘artilects’ futurists imagine will one day... more »

US Cuts Funds for Disarming Explosives It Dropped on Cambodia

Activist Post at Activist Post - 8 hours ago
By Tony Cartalucci In an article by Thai PBS titled, “US cuts 2018 funding for demining operations in Cambodia,” it’s revealed that next year’s meager... more »

Video and Photo Evidence Now Even More Easily Faked and Fabricated

Activist Post at Activist Post - 8 hours ago
By Makia Freeman Photo evidence and video evidence has been relied on in academia, science, courts of law and elsewhere to prove or refute facts... more »

49% of Americans Favor Mandatory Military Service for US Youth

Activist Post at Activist Post - 8 hours ago
By Carey Wedler Nearly half of Americans favor mandatory military service for the country’s youth, according to a recent poll from Gallup. The polling organization surveyed 1,006... more »

Saudi Coup Signals War And The New World Order Reset

Activist Post at Activist Post - 8 hours ago
By Brandon Smith For years now, I have been warning about the relationship of interdependency between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia and how this relationship,... more »

FDA Approves New Digital Sensor To Ensure “Patients With Mental Health Issues” Take Their Meds

Activist Post at Activist Post - 8 hours ago
By Mac Slavo The Food and Drug Administration has just approved a new pill with a digital sensor in it. It will “ensure” that patients... more »

BBC Reveals Operation To Save ISIS In Raqqa By U.S. And Its Kurdish Proxies

Brandon Turbeville at Activist Post - 8 hours ago
By Brandon Turbeville After years of obvious collusion between the United States and ISIS, the U.S. continues to deny that America created and/or supports the... more »

Climate Alarmists are Blinded by Ideology and Ignorance

co2islife at CO2 is Life - 8 hours ago
I’m not a slimate climatist, never have been, never will be, but I know a whole lot about science, the scientific method, statistics, mathematics, computer modeling, quantum physics, chemistry and have a Ph.D. in common sense. Today NBC is reporting about a huge 30,000 sq/mi Polynya the size of Maine opening up in the Weddell Sea. The implication, … Continue reading "Climate Alarmists are Blinded by Ideology and Ignorance"

Musical Interlude: Deuter, "Marfa Lights 1"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
Deuter, "Marfa Lights 1" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMUUOddETfk

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
“Far beyond the local group of galaxies lies NGC 3621, some 22 million light-years away. Found in the multi-headed southern constellation Hydra, the winding spiral arms of this gorgeous island universe are loaded with luminous young star clusters and dark dust lanes. *Click image for larger size.* Still, for earthbound astronomers NGC 3621 is not just another pretty face-on spiral galaxy. Some of its brighter stars have been used as standard candles to establish important estimates of extragalactic distances and the scale of the Universe. This beautiful image of NGC 3621 traces the ... more »

The Poet: John Keats, "The Human Seasons"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
*"The Human Seasons"* "Four Seasons fill the measure of the year; There are four seasons in the mind of man: He has his lusty Spring, when fancy clear Takes in all beauty with an easy span: He has his Summer, when luxuriously Spring's honied cud of youthful thought he loves To ruminate, and by such dreaming high Is nearest unto heaven: quiet coves His soul has in its Autumn, when his wings He furleth close; contented so to look On mists in idleness - to let fair things Pass by unheeded as a threshold brook. He has his Winter too of pale misfeature, Or else he would forego his mortal nat... more »

"Just Look At Us..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago

Do ‘Illegal’ Refugees in Canada Receive $3,874 Per Month From the Government?

Dan MacGuill at Snopes.com - 8 hours ago
A viral Facebook post of an apparently authentic document showing refugee benefits grossly misrepresents the document's contents.

Steve Russell : Donald Trump and the great transgender menace

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 8 hours ago
This president picks on the least powerful because all that matters for him is winning. By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | November 15, 2017 Why attack the powerless, beyond the exhilaration of winning? I don’t even get the … finish reading Steve Russell : Donald Trump and the great transgender menace

X22 Report, "The Global Economic System Is On Verge Of Imploding On Itself"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
X22 Report, "The Global Economic System Is On Verge Of Imploding On Itself"

October SSTs Warm Slightly

Ron Clutz at Science Matters - 8 hours ago
October Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) are now available, and we see a slight upward response after a steep drop in September. The rise was led by anomaly increases of about 0.06 in both the Tropics and SH, compared to drops of about 0.2 the previous month. NH was virtually the same as September. Global average […]

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- November 15, 2017

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 9 hours ago
*Eli Lake, Bloomberg*:* A Half-Hearted Coup, Extending Zimbabwe's Reign of Terror* *Leadership is likely to fall to the corrupt first lady or the president's vicious deputy. * If there were justice in Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe would be removed from power by a free and fair election. The promise of the independence struggle Mugabe led 40 years ago could finally be fulfilled. The country he ruined could begin the long process of recovery. Zimbabwe is a basket case of a nation, but its ruling regime does have an opposition, and it has had elections. In 2009, Zimbabweans came close to ... more »

World News Briefs -- November 15, 2017 (Evening Edition)

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 9 hours ago
*The Guardian:* *Robert Mugabe's grip on Zimbabwe ebbing away after military takes control* *Head of state, who sacked his vice president last week in apparent attempt to give power to his wife, meets senior military officers after a day of house arrest* Robert Mugabe’s 37-year grip on power in Zimbabwe was fast ebbing away on Wednesday evening as he met senior military officers to discuss his future following a day confined to house arrest in Harare. It seems likely that the ruthless rule of the world’s oldest leader will be over within days, after the military declared on natio... more »

Head of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Resigns, Giving Trump Chance to Abolish It

Bob Adelmann at rss - 9 hours ago
[image: head-of-consumer-financial-protection-bureau-resigns-giving-trump-chance-to-abolish-it] Unconstitutional on its face, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, created in 2011, deserves nothing less than official obliteration.

Calif. Christian Univ. Under Pressure to Adopt “LGTB-Inclusive” Policies

Dave Bohon at rss - 9 hours ago
[image: ca-christian-univ-under-pressure-to-adopt-lgtb-inclusive-policies] An employee at one of California's largest Christian universities is suing the school to adopt more “LGTB-inclusive” policies.

Forfended! Did China Influence the Military Take over in Zimbabwe?

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 9 hours ago
*Forfended: To fend, ward off or avert* *Instead of using preemptive. * *There was information that I’d come across that made me ponder the influence of China in Zimbabwe... Was there a concern that this influence might be challenged?* ZIMBABWE’S military chief behind the coup may have sought China’s approval during a trip to Beiing last week, it has been revealed. China’s Foreign Ministry tried to dismiss the visit as a “normal military exchange” on Wednesday, after the army seized power in the African country. Zimbabwe's military took control targeting "criminals" around president... more »

Tribal College Presidents Share a Common Bond

cmaadmin at Diverse - 9 hours ago
In early August, more than three dozen Tribal College and University (TCU) presidents arrived at the woodland headquarters of Educational Testing Service for a first-of-its-kind presidential convening in Princeton, New Jersey.

College Counselors Share Best Practices for Treating Mental Health of Diverse Students

cmaadmin at Diverse - 9 hours ago
More than ever, American college and university students are seeking counseling and other mental health services to deal with issues like depression and anxiety. At the same time, students of color face additional stress and are less likely to access mental care. Several hundred individuals gathered at the University of Pennsylvania this week to address the issue.

The Quad Internship Program Prepares HBCU Students for Careers in TV Production

Tiffany Pennamon at Diverse - 9 hours ago
Eight students from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have been selected to participate in an inaugural production internship program for a BET collegiate drama series.

How Unprecedented Is President Trump’s Politicization of Science?

Alex Kasprak at Snopes.com - 10 hours ago
Political interference in science is nothing new, but experts agree that what is happening to scientific integrity under Trump is unusual.

The Basic Income and the Cult of Work

Phil at All That Is Solid ... - 10 hours ago
If you have the kind of job like, say Chuka Umunna, you might not want to see the end of work. You get a hefty salary, you are the boss of your own office, you're respected by your peers and considered to be someone who matters, and nice long breaks help punctuate life at Westminster. If, on the other hand, your experience of work is a life of drudge, humiliation and insecurity there's a very good chance your views might differ. The majority of people who work might like the routine and structure a work day gives them. It might confer a sense of purpose and provide a social life, b... more »

Chicago’s Attack On The Homeless: After Tent City Evictions, People Are In Hiding

Kevin Gosztola at Shadowproof - 10 hours ago
As temperatures drop, Chicago officials remain committed to ensuring homeless people are unable to erect "Tent Cities" in the Uptown area. The post Chicago’s Attack On The Homeless: After Tent City Evictions, People Are In Hiding appeared first on Shadowproof.

“At the Core”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago
*“At the Core”* By Francis Marion "Last week I got a call from one of the few close, personal friends I have. He tells me he has kidney cancer. It’s a tumor the size of a baseball he says and they are slotting him in for surgery this week. They are removing his kidney; right lickety split now. I sat with him the day before last and talked about the ordeal. Intellectually he knows he can live just fine with one kidney and it doesn’t appear the cancer has spread beyond the single tumour that has been found so he expresses confidence. But under the veneer of stalwart acceptance linge... more »

Another white man with a history of domestic violence went on a shooting spree yesterday. Update!

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 10 hours ago
Courtesy of the LA Times: *A gunman's deadly rampage through rural Rancho Tehama on Tuesday was stopped when police rammed his vehicle and exchanged shots in a fierce gun battle, authorities said. * *"The suspect was actually shooting at the police vehicle, back at them, the officer rammed the vehicle, forced it off the road, an exchange of gunfire — resulting in the shooter's death," said Tehama County Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston. * *The shooting ended what authorities described as a 45-minute attack through Rancho Tehama, a quiet reserve about 120 miles northwest of downto... more »

Gregory Mannarino, “SITUATION CRITICAL: Bond Market Is Now Flashing RED”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago
Gregory Mannarino, “SITUATION CRITICAL: Bond Market Is Now Flashing RED” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnZfsv1m-L0

Do Trump's Liberal Critics Seem Increasingly Unhinged?

James Bovard at 10 hours ago
[image: undefined] Last week’s anniversary of Trump’s election sparked widespread teeth-gnashing by the nation’s pundits. Trump is supposedly the gravest threat to American democracy since the secession of the Confederacy. His presidency, probably, continues to be a boon for antidepressant sales across the land. New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg, in a column last week headlined “Anniversary of the Apocalypse,” lamented the “terror-struck and vertiginous days” after Trump’s win and the ongoing “metaphysical whiplash” and “hideous interregnum,” which leaves her “poleaxed by ... more »

America’s Righteous Russia-gate Censorship

Robert Parry at 10 hours ago
[image: undefined] A stark difference between today’s Washington and when I was here as a young Associated Press correspondent in the late 1970s and the early 1980s is that then – even as the old Cold War was heating up around the election of Ronald Reagan – there were prominent mainstream journalists who looked askance at the excessive demonization of the Soviet Union and doubted wild claims about the dire threats to U.S. national security from Nicaragua and Grenada. Perhaps the Vietnam War was still fresh enough in people’s minds that senior editors and national reporters underst... more »

War on ISIS - Whose Side Are We Really On?

Daniel McAdams at 10 hours ago
On Sunday, Defense Secretary James Mattis said in a press conference that the US military would remain in Syria for the long haul, "as long as there are ISIS who want to fight" he said. He falsely claimed that the US operates in Syria with UN permission. According to a blockbuster BBC report, however, the US government was part of a secret deal to allow thousands of ISIS fighters and their families safe passage from Raqqa -- with their weapons! What's going on here? Join us for today's Liberty Report:

In pictures: ISIS establishes secret training camp in the countryside of Kirkuk

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (12:30 P.M.) – At least one group of jihadist insurgents is on the loose in Kirkuk Province, ready to conduct hit-and-run attacks on the Iraqi Armed Forces. Despite the predominately Sunni province being entirely under Iraqi Army control, runaway ISIS members have created a secret training camp somewhere in its countryside, photos released […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Financial Tyranny: ‘We the People’ Are the New Permanent Underclass in America

WakingTimes at Waking Times - 10 hours ago
*John W. Whitehead* - We’re living a financial nightmare. The post Financial Tyranny: ‘We the People’ Are the New Permanent Underclass in America appeared first on Waking Times.

VIDEO: Syrian Army recovers ancient artifacts stolen by ISIS in Palmyra

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (11:45 P.M.) – In a secret hideout in eastern Homs, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has discovered a large amount of artifacts that were removed from Palmyra Museum as ISIS overran the city back in 2015. Footage released by Syrian state television shows the SAA retaking the lost artifacts after they were discovered […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Battle footage: ISIS sets up strong anti-tank defensive line around Albukamal City

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (11:05 P.M.) – Amaq Agency has published a string of videos in recent days showing off a large guided missile arsenal being used to lethal effect against the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and Hezbollah (Lebanese paramilitary) in and around the besieged city of Albukamal (Abu Kamal), located on the southeastern border with Iraq. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Zimbabwe president Mugabe under house arrest, First Lady left country

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (10:30 PM) – Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has reportedly been detained in his home by troops of the Zimbabwean National Army (ZNA), as the army has apparently seized control of much of the capital city of Harare. In an official announcement made by top ZNA officers, the armed forces claimed that they were […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Zimbabwe: Armoured vehicles remain on Harare’s streets amid apparent calm – video

BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:15 P.M.) – Harare’s streets appeared peaceful, Wednesday, amid the presence of military vehicles. President Robert Mugabe has been placed under house arrest in the capital, according to South African President Jacob Zuma. His detention comes after Zimbabwe’s military seized control of state TV, announcing it had taken temporary control of the country […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Russian, Iranian, Turkish top diplomats to discuss Syria soon — Lavrov

Contacts between the Russian, Iranian and Turkish foreign ministers on the Syrian settlement will take place soon, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday. “Soon, we will continue these contacts, including at the level of foreign ministers with Turkish and Iranian colleagues,” Lavrov said. Lavrov recalled that Russian and Turkish Presidents, Vladimir Putin and […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Syrian Army, popular committees storm jihadist pocket in the Golan Heights

BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:20 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA), alongside the National Defense Forces (NDF), launched a big counter-offensive in the Golan Heights, today, targeting the areas they recently lost to the jihadist rebels of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham. Led by the 4th Mechanized Division and Al-Quneitra Hawks Brigade, the Syrian Armed Forces attacked the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Iran’s General Suleimani reportedly leading battle in southeast Deir Ezzor

BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:45 P.M.) – Iran’s prominent commander of the Al-Quds Force, Major General Qassem Suleimani, is leading the battle to liberate the strategic border-city of Albukamal, Iraqi members of Hashd Al-Sha’abi posted on social media, Wednesday. The Hashd Al-Sha’abi fighters posted pictures of General Suleimani, showing him meeting with several fighters in an undisclosed […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Intense battle breaks out in east Damascus as Islamist rebels attempt to advance again

BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:30 P.M.) – A fierce battle broke-out in the East Ghouta region of Damascus, today, after a group of Islamist rebels attempted to advance near the Harasta axis. The Islamist rebels attempted to retake the points they lost to the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) last night; however, they have failed to make any […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Iran calls out Saudi Arabia for their ‘childish mistake’ in Lebanon

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araqchi called out Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, for the “childish mistake” they made by having former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri resign from his post. “The numerous miscalculations by actors, specially Saudi Arabia in Yemen, Syria and recently in Lebanon and its support for the terrorist groups, are among the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

The Growing Israeli - Saudi Alliance

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 10 hours ago
*NBC: **‘An open secret’: Saudi Arabia and Israel get cozy* WASHINGTON — In the Middle East, your enemy's enemy is your friend. For Israel, Saudi Arabia's growing willingness to confront Iranian influence in the Middle East presents an opening for an awkward alliance. As the kingdom's dynamic new crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, tries to rally an anti-Iran coalition, Israel — with the blessing of the Trump administration — is presenting itself as a willing and able partner. The appetite for cooperation between two of America's closest allies in the Middle East has grown in recent... more »

Avalanches of global warming alarmism

CFACT at CFACT - 11 hours ago
Canadians Dr. Tim Ball and Tom Harris report from Bonn that the IPCC is now resorting to even more spurious "science" than ever in support of its wildly alarmist claims of climate catastrophe around the corner. They cite a vast lack of real-world data to support these claims, noting that there are no weather stations representing about 85% of the Earth's surface area.

Anti-Orban US State Dept Repeatedly Interferes in Hungarian Affairs – Daniel McAdams

RPI Staff at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 11 hours ago
Why is the US government funding certain media outlets in the Hungarian countryside in advance of upcoming elections? Why did they launch the program without even informing the Hungarian government, a NATO partner? Does Trump know about such an operation that is hostile to Hungarian Prime Minister Orban with whom he has a good relationship? The Hungarian government has just formally demanded an explanation from the US Embassy in Budapest. RPI's Daniel McAdams is on RT to discuss this explosive story:

Anti-Orban US State Dept Repeatedly Interferes in Hungarian Affairs – Daniel McAdams

RPI Staff at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 11 hours ago
Why is the US government funding certain media outlets in the Hungarian countryside in advance of upcoming elections? Why did they launch the program without even informing the Hungarian government, a NATO partner? Does Trump know about such an operation that is hostile to Hungarian Prime Minister Orban with whom he has a good relationship? The Hungarian government has just formally demanded an explanation from the US Embassy in Budapest. RPI's Daniel McAdams is on RT to discuss this explosive story:

Anti-Orban US State Dept Repeatedly Interferes in Hungarian Affairs – Daniel McAdams

RPI Staff at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 11 hours ago
Why is the US government funding certain media outlets in the Hungarian countryside in advance of upcoming elections? Why did they launch the program without even informing the Hungarian government, a NATO partner? Does Trump know about such an operation that is hostile to Hungarian Prime Minister Orban with whom he has a good relationship? The Hungarian government has just formally demanded an explanation from the US Embassy in Budapest. RPI's Daniel McAdams is on RT to discuss this explosive story:

Anti-Orban US State Dept Repeatedly Interferes in Hungarian Affairs – Daniel McAdams

RPI Staff at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 11 hours ago
Why is the US government funding certain media outlets in the Hungarian countryside in advance of upcoming elections? Why did they launch the program without even informing the Hungarian government, a NATO partner? Does Trump know about such an operation that is hostile to Hungarian Prime Minister Orban with whom he has a good relationship? The Hungarian government has just formally demanded an explanation from the US Embassy in Budapest. RPI's Daniel McAdams is on RT to discuss this explosive story:

Who Is Hector Morales?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
Gene Green is one of the worst Democrats in Congress-- very conservative and very corrupt, a pairing that you often find together. And he's retiring early. No realistic explanation why since he's been raising money hand over first all year. He raised $474,164 so far this year and has a campaign war-chest with $1,272,398 as of the September 30 FEC filing deadline. TX-29 is a strongly blue district-- PVI was D+12 in 2015 and is D+19 this year-- and Obama won it in a walk both times. A 77% Hispanic district, it wraps around Houston (north, east and south) and includes much of the Ship... more »

Nimitz: The Aircraft Carriers Russia, China and North Korea Don't Want to Fight

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * Those big carriers. *The Nimitz-class carriers are a monumental achievement—an enormous, highly complex and yet highly successful ship design. The ships will carry on the Nimitz name through the 2050s, with the entire class serving a whopping eighty consecutive years. That sort of performance—and longevity—is only possible with a highly professional, competent Navy and shipbuilding team.* The most successful U.S. Navy carriers of the postwar era all belong to a class named in honor of World War II’s most successful admiral, Chester W. Nimitz. The cl... more »

The Strange Reason North Korea's Mighty Missile Forces are Angry (At Kim Jong-un)

Ryan Pickrell at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Ryan Pickrell* *Security, Asia* And its all over food. North Korean soldiers are reportedly a little disappointed with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un in the wake of a field inspection of the rogue regime’s missile forces. When Kim visited the Korean People’s Army (KPA) Strategic Forces in August, enlisted soldiers — the men and women who risk their lives launching experimental ballistic missile technology to advance the regime’s hostile ambitions — received a carton of Taedok Mountain Cigarettes, reports the Daily NK. These are decent cigarettes for foot soldiers, however,... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
Sayward, British Columbia, Canada. Thanks for stopping by!

Chet Raymo, "Life"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
*"Life"* by Chet Raymo "ACCTCCTCTAATGTCA ACCTCCCCTAATGTCA The first string of letters above represents an actual sequence of amino acids on human chromosome 10. The second string is the corresponding sequence for an elephant. I copy the strings from a New Yorker article on Neanderthals by Elizabeth Kolbert. She tosses them in more or less at random just to show what a DNA sequence looks like. Still, they jump off the page. Humans and elephants. A four-letter code. Four molecules called neucleotides, arranged in pairs along a spiraling ladder, the double-helix - adenine, thymine, ... more »

Lebanonese President Aoun Is Accusing Saudi Arabia Of Detaining Former PM Saad Hariri

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 11 hours ago
CNBC/Reuters: *Lebanon accuses Saudi Arabia of holding its PM hostage* * Hariri says he is fine, will return soon * French foreign minister aims to meet Hariri Thursday * Saudi, Iran tussle for sway in Lebanon Lebanon's president on Wednesday accused Saudi Arabia of holding hostage prime minister Saad al-Hariri along with his family - the first time he has explicitly said he was being held - and called this an act of aggression. "We will not accept him remaining a hostage whose reason for detention we do not know," President Michel Aoun said in a statement. Lebanese Foreign Ministe... more »

"Maybe..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
“Maybe we like the pain. Maybe we're wired that way. Because without it, I don't know; maybe we just wouldn't feel real. What's that saying? Why do I keep hitting myself with a hammer? Because it feels so good when I stop...” - "Grey's Anatomy"

"This Expert Has A Dire Warning About Not Getting Enough Sleep"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
*"This Expert Has A Dire Warning About Not Getting Enough Sleep"* Poor sleep is linked to Alzheimer’s disease, stroke, cancer and more, and it doesn’t take that much missed sleep. by Emma Court "Sleep expert Matthew Walker is not a fan of the expression “you can sleep when you’re dead.” In fact, he calls it “mortally unwise advice.” “Sleep is Mother Nature’s best effort yet to counter death,” Walker says. He would know. Walker, who is director of the University of California, Berkeley’s Center for Human Sleep Science, has been studying sleep for more than 20 years and is the author ... more »

More Liberal Hypocrisy: Biden Believed Anita Hill Over Clarence Thomas, but Defended Bill Clinton

Steve Byas at rss - 11 hours ago
[image: more-liberal-hypocrisy-biden-believed-anita-hill-over-clarence-thomas-defended-bill-clinton] Joe Biden continues the libelous assault upon the character of Judge Clarence Thomas, illustrating that liberals are willing to distort the past in order to win "victories" in the future.

Africa's Richest Woman Fired As A Head Of Angola's State Oil Company

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 11 hours ago
Isabel Dos Santos, the daughter of Angola's former President who led the country for 38 years, says while her family shaped her, it was her own business decisions which led to her becoming Africa's richest woman. *The Guardian*: *Angolan president sacks predecessor's daughter as state oil chief* João Lourenço ousts Isabel dos Santos as part of drive to assert his authority months after taking power Angola’s president, João Lourenço, has sacked his predecessor’s daughter as head of the state oil company as part of a drive to assert his authority. Lourenco swept to power as the ruli... more »

A Europe We Can Believe In

ORIENTAL REVIEW at OrientalReview.org - 11 hours ago
In early October a group of European intellectuals published the impressive and extremely important 36 theses of conservative Manifest we are republishing today in full:

BREAKING: French sources claim “former” Lebanese PM Saad Hariri will travel to Paris in coming days

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 12 hours ago
It would appear that French President Macron struck a deal with de-facto Saudi ruler Muhammad bin Salman during his recent visit to Riyadh. More The post BREAKING: French sources claim “former” Lebanese PM Saad Hariri will travel to Paris in coming days appeared first on The Duran.

The Case Of Three UCLA Basketball Players Held In China For Shoplifting

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 12 hours ago
*L.A. Times:* *Three UCLA basketball players held in China suspended indefinitely, offer apologies* UCLA basketball players LiAngelo Ball, Cody Riley and Jalen Hill, who have been suspended indefinitely by the Bruins, apologized at a news conference Wednesday morning about the incident in China that had them stay behind on a team trip after they were accused of shoplifting. At the end of the news conference, UCLA athletic director Dan Guerrero said that the players each admitted guilt and that charges had been withdrawn by Chinese authorities. They had paid $2,200 bail, surrendere... more »

Jason Momoa performs the New Zealand Haka war dance

White Wolf at White Wolf - 12 hours ago
"Our gods are water gods," Momoa says. "It felt right to be doing this because he's half-Atlantean and half-human. It just felt really spot on." And water, Momoa adds, on a personal note, has been one of the greatest teachers in his life. "It teaches me patience, it teaches me love, it teaches me courage and bravery and also it puts fear in me and lets me know where my place is," he says. "It grounds me." "When I jump in the Hawaiian water, it's the salt ... it feels like I get younger and just pulls out any negativity that I have," he adds. "So I have a huge, huge appreciation and... more »

The Cult of Liberalism in Action. You Must Conform!

Diogenes Sarcastica™ at Diogenes' Middle Finger - 12 hours ago
No sooner had men's magazine GQ disgraced itself with its choice of cover heroes *again* by naming the the left's prince of grievance Colon Kaepernick, “Citizen of the Year”, than women's magazine *Marie Claire* decided to say “Hold my beer” and offer up this tweet: Now, I do not follow Taylor Swift, listen to her music and couldn’t pick one of her tunes out of a police lineup. But I know that she is phenomenally successful, and as such the Cult of Liberalism is *demanding she throw in with the rest of the celebrity mob* on behalf of liberalism, or “explain” why she didn’t. I thin... more »

Russian Dossier Author Believes That His Russian Dossier On President Trump Is 70-90% Accurate

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 12 hours ago
Christopher Steele, CBS *Julian Borger, The Guardian*: *Christopher Steele believes his dossier on Trump-Russia is 70-90% accurate* The respected ex-MI6 officer told Guardian journalist and author Luke Harding that his FBI contacts greeted his intelligence report with ‘shock and horror’. Christopher Steele, the former British intelligence officer who compiled an explosive dossier of allegations of collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin, believes it to 70% to 90% accurate, according to a new book on the covert Russian intervention in the 2016 US election. The book, C... more »

Engineers create stable plasma ring in open air

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 13 hours ago
Engineers create stable plasma ring in open air https://m.phys.org/news/2017-11-stable-plasma-air.html Advertisements

This incredible footage shows CRISPR editing DNA in real time. 

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 13 hours ago
This incredible footage shows CRISPR editing DNA in real time – ScienceAlert http://www.sciencealert.com/incredible-video-crispr-cas9-editing-dna-real-time-atomic-force-microscopy?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Branded+Content&utm_campaign=ScienceNaturePage

Did California Legislators Vote to Exempt Themselves from State’s Gun Laws?

David Emery at Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
Hyperpartisan web sites persist in recycling false reports about California legislators' exempting themselves from the state's gun control regulations.

Shep Smith completely destroys the Republican's, and his cable network's, Uranium One conspiracy theory.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 13 hours ago
Courtesy of the Washington Post: *But Smith, in his broadcast, made many of the same points as the fact-checkers. “Now, here’s the accusation,” he said. * *Nine people involved in the deal made donations to the Clinton Foundation totaling more than $140 million. In exchange, Secretary of State [Hillary] Clinton approved the sale to the Russians, a quid pro quo. The [was] accusation first made by Peter Schweizer, the senior editor-at-large of the website Breitbart in his 2015 book “Clinton Cash.” The next year, candidate Donald Trump cited the accusation as an example of Clinton c... more »

How It REALLY Is Musical Interlude: Genesis, “Jesus He Knows Me”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
Genesis, “Jesus He Knows Me” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0QCHYWGjwQ “Religion is a system of wishful illusions together with a disavowal of reality, such as we find nowhere else but in a state of blissful hallucinatory confusion. Religion's eleventh commandment is "Thou shalt not question." - Sigmund Freud "Thou shalt not question", but thou had better send in that donation! - CP, heading for the bomb shelter...

Nov. 15: Thieving Billionaires.

Graeme Decarie at The Decarie Report - 13 hours ago
The strike of teachers at Ontario community colleges is attracting surprisingly little attention from most Canadian news media - and what attention there is is largely superficial. The basic stats are 12,000 teaching staff are on strike. That affects some 500,000 students. The basic problem is that 81% of that teaching staff is made up of part-timers. What that means is an education system based on part-time teachers at very, very low pay, and with few benefits, if any. It's a cheap system, bad for the students and bad for the teachers, but cheap. And those teachers, in practice, ... more »

Mind-boggling stunts behind the wheel

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 13 hours ago
This just makes me shake my head in disbelief. How he missed taking out some of those overhead wires, I'll never know! Peter

Actress With DNA Evidence of Her Rape at Golden Globes Mysteriously Fell Off a Cliff and Died

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: hollywood]After being brutally raped at the Golden Globe Awards, Hollywood actress Misty Upham went missing and found over a week later, having died from falling off a cliff.

Scarborough's former misstatement grows!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago
*WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2017He drags Kasie Hunt down with him:* After a richly-deserved four-day weekend, Joe and Mika returned to Morning Joe yesterday morning. In their opening segment, they mugged and clowned with one of the performance hooks Joe liberated from Imus. It's just as Imus-and-them used to entertain us! Mika pretends to be trying to read the news. Joe just keeps talking to the boys, usually about something trivial. Mika pretends to be annoyed. It's a silly hook stolen straight outta Imus. (Back in the day, Imus would disregard Charles when Charles was trying to ... more »

"How It Really Is"

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

Saudi Crown Prince Salman Is Making U.S. Officials Nervous

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman gestures during a military parade. (photo credit:SAUDI PRESS AGENCY/REUTERS) *Al Jazeera:* *US official: Crown Prince Salman 'behaving recklessly' * US officials have expressed "growing alarm" at the moves made recently by Saudi Arabia's crown prince saying they could "damage US interests", the New York Times reported. US diplomats along with officials from the Pentagon and Central Intelligence Agency say Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman "is behaving recklessly without sufficient consideration to the likely consequences of his behaviour", t... more »

Does an Image Depict the Texas Church Shooter at a Bernie Sanders Rally?

Kim LaCapria at Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
An image circulating on Facebook purporting to depict the Texas church shooter in Bernie Sanders regalia in fact does not.

Why Is the UN Protecting Child Rapists?

Alex Newman at rss - 13 hours ago
[image: why-is-the-un-protecting-child-rapists] The United Nations and its “peacekeeping” forces have long been known as a haven for pedophiles, child molesters, and rapists. After decades of horrors, somebody has finally decided to “do something.”

IEA: United States to Dominate World Energy Market Within Eight Years

Bob Adelmann at rss - 13 hours ago
[image: iea-united-states-to-dominate-world-energy-market-within-eight-years] According to the International Energy Agency, the growth of energy production in the United States is expected to double in the next eight years, making it the world's top energy producer.

THE ALT-RIGHT'S TROLL CANDIDATE FOR ELIZABETH WARREN'S SEAT WON'T LOSE IN THE PRIMARIES

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 13 hours ago
A new poll from Boston's WBUR suggests that Elizabeth Warren is in excellent shape as she approaches the 2018 midterms. Warren is viewed favorably by 55 percent of Massachusetts voters, according to the survey, and the Democrat has advantages of at least 23 percentage points when faced off individually against her four declared challengers.... And she certainly seems to have the right message. Most voters polled said a candidate who made addressing the cost of health care a major priority would make them *much more likely* to back the candidate, while 42 percent of voters said a can... more »

“One of the Funniest Shows in Modern Capitalism”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
*“One of the Funniest Shows in Modern Capitalism”* by Bill Bonner "On Monday, Caracas rolled out the red carpet - literally. In one of the funniest shows in modern capitalism, bondholders were invited to a special meeting in the Venezuelan capital. A few turned up. They wanted to know what to expect. The country is going broke - fast. Oil output is at a 28-year low…cash is disappearing…chaos is spreading. When would Venezuela default on its bonds? The meeting lasted 30 minutes. No questions were allowed. And then, less than 24 hours later, investors got their answer: today! *Rende... more »

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