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Rebel forces in east Qalamoun cut Damascus-Baghdad highway
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:00 A.M.) – Militant forces based in Syria’s east Qalamoun mountainous region have heavily shelled Syrian Army positions along the Damascus to Baghdad highway, temporarily cutting the road for a time according to their own account. The shelling took place on Saturday afternoon in conjunction with another artillery attack on the Syrian Air […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Iraqi forces start shelling ISIS inside Syria’s Hasakah province
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:00 A.M.) – Iraqi pro-government paramilitary forces of the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) have conducted cross-border artillery strikes against Islamic State militants in eastern Syria, so report Syrian opposition sources. Reports published over social media by the Euphrates Post opposition media group say that PMU artillery forces shelled ISIS positions at the village […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Syrian Army to launch offensive in northeast Damascus against Qalamoun militants
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:45 A.M.) -The Syrian Army and allied paramilitaries are to launch a major offensive operation against armed rebel groups in the Qalamoun region of northeast Damascus. According to Al-Masdar News journalist, the offensive by government forces on militant groups in eastern areas of Qalamoun mountain region will most likely come after the Syrian […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Picture Of The Day
Russian soldiers are seen at Wafideen camp in Damascus, March 1. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki *WNU Editor:* The above picture is from this photo-gallery .... *Russian forces in Syria* (Reuters).
China Testing Its Own Spaceplane
*South China Morning Post: **Lift-off in space plane race as China tests hypersonic drone model* Researchers confirm experimental military vehicle launched late last month, with work also under way in Beijing for civilian craft. China launched a scaled-down model of a multipurpose, reusable space plane from a test site in the Gobi Desert late last month, part of its race to develop space travel technology. The hypersonic space drone lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in Inner Mongolia, accelerated to more than five times the speed of sound and reached orbital al... more »
Kahlil Gibran, “The Farewell”
*“The Farewell”* “Farewell to you and the youth I have spent with you. It was but yesterday we met in a dream. You have sung to me in my aloneness, and I of your longings have built a tower in the sky. But now our sleep has fled and our dream is over, and it is no longer dawn. The noontide is upon us and our half waking has turned to fuller day, and we must part. If in the twilight of memory we should meet once more, we shall speak again together and you shall sing to me a deeper song. And if our hands should meet in another dream we shall build another tower in the sky.” - Kahlil Gib... more »
Free Download: Kahlil Gibran, "The Garden of the Prophet"
*"The Garden of the Prophet" * by Kahlil Gibran "Oftentimes we call Life bitter names, but only when we ourselves are bitter and dark. And we deem her empty and unprofitable, but only when the soul goes wandering in desolate places, and the heart is drunken with over-mindfulness of self. Life is deep and high and distant; and though only your vast vision can reach even her feet, yet she is near; and though only the breath of your breath reaches her heart, the shadow of your shadow crosses her face, and the echo of your faintest cry becomes a spring and an autumn in her breast. And... more »
Trump Seems To Think He Went Overboard On That Whole Chaotic Thing
Chris Whipple, author of *The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency*, spoke with Chris Riback about how Donald Trump’s White House compares to others. Short version: "the most dysfunctional White House in history." Maybe Señor Trumpanzee listened to it and took it to heart because Gabe Sherman reported Friday in *Vanity Fair* that Trump wants a clean reset and get a whole new White House staff, one that is 100% MAGA. He's going to fire everyone who isn't onboard with his crackpot agenda, including Ivanka and Kushner-in-law. He's tired of being r... more »
Cycling In and Out of Nutritional Ketosis Is Recommended
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Everything You Want To Know About The A-10
*We Are The Mighty*: *Everything you ever wanted to know about the A-10* The A-10 Thunderbolt II is a single-seat, twin turbofan-powered aircraft designed specifically for close air support and ground attack missions against armored vehicles. The aircraft’s sub-sonic speed and large, straight-wing design allows for extreme maneuverability at low altitudes and extended time on target or to loiter above the battlefield. The airframe was designed from the very start as a short takeoff and landing aerial platform for the 30mm GAU-8 Avenger rotary cannon, which can fire 3,900 depleted... more »
Middle Finger Symphony Theater
** No Tuxedos Required ** Brought To You By *BLUESJUNKY*: Chair of Music - Middle Finger Symphony Music Director
U.S. Special Forces Want A Vehicle That Can Blend In While Operating In Sensitive Locations
*War Zone/The Drive*: *US Special Operators Want a Super Vehicle They Can Disguise As Different Civilian Trucks* The trucks will have modular body kits that units can swap out to change their appearance to best blend in while operating in sensitive locations. To give special operators’ a better option when they need to move around discreetly in foreign locales, U.S. Special Operations Command has purchased hundreds of modified commercial pickups and sport utility vehicles over the years. But with multiple different types from different manufacturers in service, this fleet has bec... more »
What Happens When America's Enemies Attack with Their Own Drones?
*Eugene K. Chow* *Security, North America* The Pentagon is set to spend $332 Million on drone defense. Cheap drones are a deadly problem with an expensive solution for the U.S. military. With devastating effect, ISIS has rigged store-bought drones to drop grenades and serve as kamikaze bombers strapped with RPG warheads. In Iraq, more than a dozen have been killed and over fifty injured by these makeshift weapons. To defend against this lethal miniature air force, the U.S. military is investing heavily in technology, exploring everything from high-powered lasers to ray guns to... more »
Trump's New 'Low-Yield' Nuclear Weapon: Two Bad Ideas Rolled into One
*Tom Z. Collina* *Security, North America* Congress has already rejected them both. President Donald Trump wants a new nuclear weapon. Just a “small” one, no bigger than the ones that leveled Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Why? The president’s advisors think Russia “apparently” believes Trump might be reluctant to use some of the 4,000 nukes he already has because they are massively destructive. *That* would be crazy. But this new one, with a lower yield, would be more “usable” against Russia because it would cause less damage. This is not a new idea. Nor is it a good idea. It’... more »
How the Military Plans to Win the next War: 1,000s of Tiny Drones Taking Over Your Cell Phone
*Michael Peck* *Security, North America* That seems to be the dream of U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM). Imagine you’re a politician in a nation hostile to the United States. As you sit down to eat dinner, the phone rings. Is is a spammer with a great credit card deal or an offer to rid your computer of fake viruses? No, it’s the voice of an American soldier, speaking your language fluently, advising you not to resist the U.S. troops headed your way. The call came not from a cell phone but from a little drone. And not just one drone, but hundreds or thousands of them swarm... more »
Winston Churchill's Escape during This Battle Made Him a Legend Forever
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* And it was way before World War II. Few historical figures have brooked imprisonment worse than Winston Spencer Churchill. Marched off to the States Model School in Pretoria, he saw great events passing him by. He asked for help from anyone—his mother, the Prince of Wales, an American senator friend. “I am 25 today,” he lamented. “It is terrible to think how little time remains.” Even the comparatively beneficent Boer prison regime was suffocating, exacerbating his always pronounced depressive tendencies. When two fellow captives began... more »
China's Torpedoes Are Built to Kill (but Just How Good Are They?)
*Charlie Gao* *Security, Asia* We break it all down. The current fleet of Chinese sub-launched torpedoes represents an interesting blend of Soviet, American and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technology. From the Yu-4, a domestic completion of an incomplete Soviet design, to the Yu-6, which uses an Intel microprocessor to power its guidance components, the torpedoes of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) show significant traces of reverse engineering. But how capable are they? Do they really improve on the designs on which they are based, and effectively integrate COTS te... more »
The USS Lexington Was America's First Supercarrier
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Asia* A ship with a history like no other. On March 4, 2018 an expedition funded by philanthropist Paul Allen discovered the shattered remnants of the carrier USS* Lexington* two miles below the ocean’s surface in the Coral Sea. The first full-sized fleet carrier to serve in the U.S. Navy, the Lady Lex had sunk to its watery grave nearly seventy-six years earlier, fighting the first, frenetic carrier-on-carrier battle in history. The *Lexington* was the fifth U.S. Navy ship to be named after the opening battle of the American Revolution. It and its... more »
Trump May Be Rude, but That Doesn't Make Him a Tyrant
*Ted Galen Carpenter* *Politics, North America* Equating the president’s behavior toward the media with outright repression is inappropriate. Donald Trump’s critics, both here and abroad, increasingly compare his treatment of journalistic critics with that of Turkey’s autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdogan or even Joseph Stalin. Writing in the *Financial Times*, Gideon Rachman contends that “it is the similarities in the Trump and Erdogan approaches to the media and the courts that should be most chilling for Americans.” A Der Spiegel editorial likewise asserts that “Donald T... more »
The North Korea Crisis Could Help Trump Achieve 'Kennedy' Status
*Joseph A. Bosco* *Politics, North America* [image: Trump arrives in West Palm Beach, Florida] Trump must grapple with a crisis that has developed and deepened under prior administrations. The Kennedys are back, in all their personal and political glamor. CNN’s buildup to this month’s mini-series evokes the Hollywood-style aura of America’s first entertainment presidency. The mythology that was created before our eyes then has remained part of the tragic Camelot mystique ever since. Syndicated cartoonist Mike Luckovich recently made a small contribution to the Kennedy zeitgeist ... more »
“The History of the Middle Finger”
*“The History of the Middle Finger”* by pappy “Well, now... here's something I never knew before, and now that I know it, I feel compelled to send it on to my more intelligent friends in the hope that they, too, will feel edified. Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of all captured English soldiers. Without the middle finger it would be impossible to draw the renowned English longbow and therefore they would be incapable of fighting in the future. This famous English longbow was made of the... more »
The Poet: Maya Angelou, "When Great Trees Fall"
*"When Great Trees Fall"* "When great trees fall, rocks on distant hills shudder, lions hunker down in tall grasses, and even elephants lumber after safety. When great trees fall in forests, small things recoil into silence, their senses eroded beyond fear. When great souls die, the air around us becomes light, rare, sterile. We breathe, briefly. Our eyes, briefly, see with a hurtful clarity. Our memory, suddenly sharpened, examines, gnaws on kind words unsaid, promised walks never taken. Great souls die and our reality, bound to them, takes leave of us. Our souls, dependent upon their... more »
Musical Interlude: Liquid Mind, “Balance (Galaxies)”
Liquid Mind, “Balance (Galaxies)” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKKzFk-FiZM
"A Look to the Heavens"
“South of Antares, in the tail of the nebula-rich constellation Scorpius, lies emission nebula IC 4628. Nearby hot, massive stars, millions of years young, radiate the nebula with invisible ultraviolet light, stripping electrons from atoms. The electrons eventually recombine with the atoms to produce the visible nebular glow, dominated by the red emission of hydrogen. * Click image for larger size.* At an estimated distance of 6,000 light-years, the region shown is about 250 light-years across, spanning an area equivalent to four full moons on the sky. The nebula is also cataloged ... more »
Afghanistan War News Updates -- March 10, 2018
*BBC:* *Taliban attacks Afghan soldiers in Farah, killing at least 24* At least 24 members of the Afghan security forces have been killed in a Taliban attack in the western province of Farah, officials said. Militants reportedly attacked soldiers who had assembled in preparation for an attack in Bala Buluk district. The attack triggered a deadly skirmish between fighters from the hardline Islamic movement and security forces. Afghanistan has seen a surge in attacks in recent months, with militants often targeting state security forces. Much of Afghanistan's opium harvest comes fr... more »
Amazon Smart Device Owners Can Now Become Spies For UK Police
By Nicholas West The use of information obtained by smart devices is already threatening to rewrite the criminal justice system in America. I’ve covered various... more »
Fake News Storm Clouds Gather Over Southeast Asia
By Joseph Thomas From Cambodia to Thailand American and European media companies have launched a campaign of disinformation aimed at reversing Washington’s waning influence in... more »
Newly Released Florida School Shooting Police Scanner Audio Raises Serious Questions
By Carey Wedler Former Broward County sheriff’s deputy Scot Peterson was widely condemned for his failure to enter Stoneman Douglas high school as Nikolas Cruz... more »
Brave SWAT Cops Suspended For Refusing to Stand Down and Trying to Stop Parkland Shooter
By John Vibes In the aftermath of the recent Parkland school shooting, the cowardice of many of the police who responded to the shooting has... more »
Are the Inmates Running the Asylum Now?
Op-Ed by Scott Lazarowitz This whole situation with the young people being brainwashed with leftist-authoritarian claptrap is really quite a thing now. I have no... more »
YouTube Purge: The End Of Freedom Of Expression Or The Great Awakening For Alternatives?
By Aaron Kesel The censorship is ramping up as YouTube has begun deleting channels at a rapid rate including more recently a friend of Activist... more »
New Orleans And Detroit Are Models For The Urban Police State
By Derrick Broze Detroit and New Orleans are quickly becoming examples of a city under total surveillance. How can you prevent your hometown from becoming... more »
Well it looks like Trump will finally get his military parade and it will only cost taxpayers around 30 million dollars.
Courtesy of The Guardian: *Donald Trump looks set to get the military parade he wants in Washington, on Veterans Day in November. * *But a Pentagon planning memo issued on Thursday and released on Friday said the parade being planned for 11 November will “include wheeled vehicles only, no tanks consideration must be given to minimize damage to local infrastructure”. * *In other words, heavy tanks could tear up the streets of DC and will thus not be allowed to rumble past the president on his reviewing stand. * *The event will “include a heavy air component at the end of the parad... more »
The U.S. Military And Intelligence Community Have Expressed Caution On The Upcoming Talks With North Korea
U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis briefs the media at the Pentagon in Washington, U.S., April 11, 2017. Yuri Gripas, Reuters *VOA:* *US Military, Intel Officials Cautious About N. Korean Overtures* PENTAGON — U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to sit down for talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un came as no surprise to top U.S. military officials, though they are wary of setting any expectations. The Pentagon said Friday that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis was in contact with the White House and involved in the decision to accept the North Korean leader's offer. But mili... more »
"O Brave New World..."
"How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in't." - William Shakespeare, "The Tempest"
Breaking: Russian and Syrian forces retreat from strategic area in Afrin amid Turkish Army offensive – reports
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:54 A.M.) – Russian and Syrian forces have retreated from their positions in the strategic Tal Riffat area of northern Aleppo province according to some sources. The reports amid an ongoing and so far highly successful offensive operation by the Turkish Army and allied militias across the governorate’s Afrin region. If true the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Turkish Army, allies snatch 19 towns from Kurdish forces in Afrin as assault to seize regional capital looms – Map update
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:35 A.M.) – On Saturday, the Turkish Army and Syrian proxy militias under its command seized some nineteen villages and towns from Kurdish forces in Afrin as part of their ongoing ‘Olive Branch’ operation across the region. The advance has brought Turkey-led forces to within one kilometer of Afrin’s regional capital – the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Breaking: Syrian warplanes unleash powerful retaliation operation in northeast Damascus for rebel rocket attack on airbase
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:19 A.M.) – Several hours ago, militant groups operating out of the Qalamoun mountains in northeast Damascus province attacked the Syrian Air Force’s Ad-Dumayr military airport with rocket artillery. Since then government warplanes have launched a powerful retaliation operation against armed rebel factions in the region. According to military-affiliated sources, Syrian jets targeted […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Breaking: Militant Grad rockets smash into key Syrian airbase in east Damascus with deadly accuracy
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:45 A.M.) – Militant groups operating out of the Qalamoun mountains in eastern Rif Dimashq (Damascus) province have shelled the Syrian Air Force’s Ad-Dumayr military airport (near the city of Ad-Dumayr) with rockets. According to sources, more than ten Grad and or Grad-like rockets were unleashed in the artillery attack against the airbase […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
New satellite images reveal Russian military arsenal at Hmaymim Airport
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:00 A.M.) – Recent satellite images that was taken on February 19th revealed the Russian Aerospace Forces’ large arsenal of warplanes at the Hmaymim Airport in southwest Latakia. The satellite images were released by the Colonel Cassad Live Journal and they detail the large arsenal of Russian warplanes currently deployed at the Hmaymim Airport in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
23 year old Palestinian murdered by illegal Israeli settler
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (11:00 P.M)- A Palestinian man was shot dead by an illegally occupying Israeli settler tonight. 23 year old, Umair Shehada, was gunned down in the village of Uref, near Nablus. Umair was reportedly declared dead, at roughly 8:30 tonight. The Israeli settlers identification is yet to be confirmed. Israeli settlers live in settlements, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Climate Change Science Fair Project; CO2 and Global Warming
To understand CO2’s contribution to climate change, one has to understand a few basics. The first is that CO2 is evenly distributed throughout the atmosphere up to 80 km. CO2 is 400 ppm at the surface, and CO2 is 400 ppm up 80 km, CO2 is 400 ppm at the equator and the poles. Water vapor, by far … Continue reading "Climate Change Science Fair Project; CO2 and Global Warming"
Corrupting Science is nothing to a Progressive; The Ends Justifies the Means
If Progressives are willing to round up and exterminate 50 million Americans, they are certainly morally bankrupt enough to corrupt science and manufacture the climate crisis for political gain. Please Like, Share, Subscribe and Comment
"Shocking Experiment Shows People Will Murder Others Just to Conform to Society"
*"Shocking Experiment Shows People Will * *Murder Others Just to Conform to Society"* by Gov't Slaves Dylan Charles – In his 1974 book, "Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View," Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram discusses in detail the findings of his now famous experiment. Milgram demonstrated just how easy it is to convince an ordinary person to commit torture and murder under the instruction of an authority figure. Intrigued by the role of Nazi military personnel in concentration camps during WWII, Milgram wanted to know how much coercion people needed in order ... more »
One Way To Prevent Another Trump: Creating A Culture In Which People With Emotional Problems Receive Help
We've often looked at stats that show the shocking relationship between the counties that voted most heavily for trip and the counties that are most heavily addicted to prescription drugs. i keep wishing there was a way to measure the average IQs of Trump counties as compared to anti-Trump counties. I know that isn't possible but... this week Tom Jacobs did fascinating post for *Pacific Standard* you may have missed: Regions With More Neurotic People Supported Trump And Brexit. The factors that drove support Donald Trump in the United States and Brexit in the United Kingdom have ... more »
"Inhuman: What The Establishment’s Bot Hysteria Reveals About Their View Of The Masses"
*"Inhuman: What The Establishment’s Bot Hysteria * *Reveals About Their View Of The Masses"* by Elizabeth Lea Vos "The only apparatus that could hope to match the soullessness of the psychopaths that run our planet is manifested in the rise of artificial intelligence, paired with robots, which press reports indicate will replace vast sections of the beleaguered human workforce within decades. It is particularly ironic, then, that the plutocratic class has developed an intense phobia of Twitter bots. In this author’s view, their intense abhorrence can be read in Jungian terms as the ... more »
The Wisdom of Crowds. Blockchain "coins" .... but first, those nukes...
Before getting into blockchain and BitCoin and all that, a brief aside regarding the inescapable news cycle. *Rule of thumb.* If you ever find yourself envisioning that any Donald Trump action might actually benefit America and the West, look closer. Take the latest news from North Korea that DT is crowing about. Kim is offering talks right now because it is l*ogically exactly the right time for him.* His aim, in seeking nukes, was always to replace an expensive deterrent - a gigantic, standing army - with a much cheaper one, H Bombs. The trick? Get the US and SK to agree to "limit... more »
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China Is Taking Credit For The Easing Of Tensions Between The U.S. And North Korea
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets members of the special delegation of South Korea's President in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 6, 2018. KCNA/via Reuters *Reuters*: *In state media, China presents itself as crucial to U.S.-North Korea talks* BEIJING (Reuters) - China helped bring about a dramatic easing of tensions between the United States and North Korea, according state media outlets, adding evidence that the government sees itself as a central player in any agreement despite largely sitting on the sidelines so far. The co... more »
New Study Links Glyphosate to Shortened Pregnancy Lengths in American Women
A new peer-reviewed study published in Environmental Health on Friday has linked glyphosate levels with shortened pregnancy lengths, in the first ever study of glyphosate exposure in pregnant women in the U.S.. This study adds to the pressure on regulatory authorities to take action on the world’s most used herbicide. This unique study was performed […] The post New Study Links Glyphosate to Shortened Pregnancy Lengths in American Women appeared first on Sustainable Pulse.
In China, Every Place You Go You Are Being Watched
Monitor cameras work in front of the giant portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong on Beijing's Tiananmen Square, September 28, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo *The Guardian*: *'Every place you go, you are being watched': reporting from Xi's China* *The Guardian’s outgoing Beijing correspondent reflects on six years of increasing repression* “You don’t work out, do you?” inquired one of the officers who had summoned me to my hotel lobby in China’s pre-eminent police state. We had only checked in 10 minutes earlier and, after an exhausting week reporting along Xinjiang’s spectacular h... more »
Remembering Lee Ann Fujii, a Friend and a Fighter
This is a guest post from Erin Tolley an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto. Professor Lee Ann Fujii passed away unexpectedly in Seattle on March 2, 2018. This loss is personal because it has robbed me of a brilliant friend and colleague, but it is also public because […]
International Organizations and the Trump Administration’s New Budget Proposal
This is a guest post from Tana Johnson, an Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Political Science at Duke University. She is the author of Organizational Progeny: Why Governments Are Losing Control over the Proliferating Structures of Global Governance (now available in paperback, Oxford University Press). Van Nguyen is an undergraduate at Duke University, majoring in […]
Remembrance of Email Exchanges Past
Charles Tannock MEP Continuing tonight's 'beyond satire' theme, here's a little more Twitter madness that could have been crafted by a master satirist: *Peston on Sunday*: Jacob_Rees_Mogg will be in lively conversation with @Peston this Sunday. Don’t forget to tune in at 10am on @ITV. #Peston *Jim Cornelius 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 #FBPE #WATON*: For God's sake, why don't you get someone on who actually knows how the EU functions. Like @CharlesTannock for instance? If you have JRM on, please please, don't let him get away with false claims about how much we'll save on tariff reductions. His numbe... more »
BELGIUM IN UFO PHOTOGRAPHS. Volume 1 (1950-1988) By Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos and Wim van Utrecht.
In the course of a day or so, I receive a number of requests that I provide information about various UFO related books. Rarely do I publish the information on this blog, unless, of course, I believe that important information is included in the book, and that the writer is someone who has an interest in the truth. Given that, and the fact that I know there is interest in the Belgium UFO photographs (I know this because I receive inquiries about my opinion on the sightings and pictures), I thought this might be the best way to answer those questions. I freely admit that this is take... more »
Probably the best news of the week was that this guy is going to prison.
Courtesy of the Chicago Tribune: *The smirk wiped from his face, a crying Martin Shkreli was sentenced to seven years in prison for securities fraud Friday in a hard fall for the pharmaceutical-industry bad boy vilified for jacking up the price of a lifesaving drug. * *Shkreli, the boyish-looking, 34-year-old entrepreneur dubbed the "Pharma Bro" for his loutish behavior, was handed his punishment after a hearing in which he and his attorney struggled with limited success to make him a sympathetic figure. His own lawyer confessed to wanting to punch him in the face sometimes. * ... more »
Turkish Forces Have Reached The Outskirts Of The Syrian Town Of Afrin
*Reuters*: *Turkish forces reach outskirts of Afrin town: monitor* BEIRUT (Reuters) - Turkish forces have reached the outskirts of the town of Afrin after a weeks-long campaign against a Kurdish militia in northwest Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitoring group said on Saturday. Turkey and allied Syrian rebel groups it supports are advancing on the town from the east under intense bombardment, the Britain-based Observatory said. Ankara launched its offensive in the Afrin region on its border in January, aiming to drive out the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, whi... more »
I'm Beginning to Believe Every Damn One of Them are Nuts!
It’s really never been a secret to anyone with an IQ above room temperature that the American print media have long had a bias they really haven't tried to hide. And here is a creepy little story that shows just how deep the leftist rot is in some of the most influential media circles. The first female editor of the New York Times and author of “*Obama: The Historic Journey*,” published in 2009, Jill Abramson, was the paper’s executive editor from 2011-2014 until she was unceremoniously booted out of the NYT's Ivory Tower, and as was the 'woke' thing of those days, replaced with ... more »
Loyal dog refuses to leave hospital where owner died four months ago
Pet reportedly chased after ambulance when 59-year-old owner was stabbed. A pet dog whose owner was fatally stabbed has made a home for himself in front of the hospital where the man died. The animal, who has no name, has been waiting in front of the Santa Casa de Novo Horizonte hospital in Brazil for four months, according to local media reports. The dog first arrived at the unit after chasing after the ambulance that was transporting his owner, a 59-year-old homeless man, to hospital in October. The man, who had been involved in a street fight, died from his injuries but two ... more »
Trump Pardons Sailor Convicted of Doing "Nothing" Compared to Clinton's Crimes
[image: trump-pardons-sailor-convicted-of-doing-nothing-compared-to-clinton-s-crimes] President Trump sent a clear message Friday by pardoning a former Navy sailor who was convicted in 2016 and sentenced to a year in prison for taking pictures in a classified area of a Navy submarine. That message: People should not have their lives "destroyed" for crimes that are "nothing by comparison" to Hillary Clinton's crimes.
Former Russian Spy Poisoned in Britain: Is the Kremlin at it Again?
[image: former-russian-spy-poisoned-in-britain-is-the-kremlin-at-it-again] The nerve agent poisoning of a former Russian spy in Britain earlier this week is reminiscent of previous murders thought to have been carried out at the direction of the Kremlin. It the Russian Bear up to its old tricks?
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See Video on Newsmax Also, in the interview, Holy Joe mentions: “I’ve been a Democrat all my life. I got rejected by the Democratic Party in 2006 and went on as an independent, and thank God and the people of Connecticut, I got re-elected. “So I’m up again in 2012. I probably will run again. I’ve got to make that decision by the end of this year, I would say. You know, it’s possible. I haven’t decided what banner I would like to run under. Probably independent is the one that suits me best, because that’s what I am. “In this very partisan time, it’s not my nature or my philosophy... more »
Syrian Army Intensifies Its Assault On The Damascus Suburb Of Eastern Ghouta
*Reuters:* *Syrian army gains ground in intensified Ghouta assault* The Syrian army intensified its onslaught in eastern Ghouta on Saturday with advances that a war monitor and state media said had splintered the enclave, though a rebel official denied this. Syrian state television broadcast from inside Mesraba, a town lying along the road connecting the northern and southern halves of the rebel-held stronghold. The capture of Mesraba and advances into nearby farmland brought important roads directly under fire by the army, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. That has... more »
Ancient Egypt - Moulded concrete - what if this is true?
okay, so it's a really irritating editorial style... but, what if the ancient egyptians knew how to make CONCRETE from crushed rose granite and other pummelled stone? This same 'concrete technology' has been witnessed all over the ancient world i.e. South America, also.
First World Problems (BBC Trending)
My old BBC chum Mike Wendling, who's promised to send me a free copy of his forthcoming book about the Alt-Right, provides an interesting case study as far as BBC bias is concerned. He's a Senior BBC journalist and editor of BBC Trending yet his Twitter feed reads like a sarcasm-filled personal struggle against the Alt-Right (BBC impartiality?), and his BBC Trending has long seemed very selective and geared towards pandering to the latest insanities from the no-platforming wing of the Left *and* other right-on - and definitely *not *right-wing - concerns (BBC impartiality?). I ... more »
A Unified San Diego Progressive Community Calls Out A Congressional Progressive Caucus That Seems To Be Merging With The New Dems These Days
*Skelton, Levin, Lechner-- California bad guys* Mike Levin represents all the worst of the Democratic Party. He was a Countrywide attorney who worked on cases to kick people out of their homes. Now he's running for Congress at the urging of sleazy plutocrat Ira Lechner and Parke Skelton, California's shadiest political consultant-- and his congressional puppets. Levin, a Hillary Clinton fundraiser in 2016, never did anything to help in the battle to oust Darrell Issa. But once Lechner explained how "easy" it would be to beat Issa after Doug Applegate had so grievously wounded him, h... more »
Recent Reforms in Saudi Arabia
Very important political and cultural changes were introduced in the past few months in Saudi Arabia, which is considered the most conservative Arab and Islamic state. The changes were introduced by prince Mohamed bin Salman. Such changes were considered as quite daring political reforms. The new political reforms are as important if not more than the Spring Revolution of 2010-2011, which took place in Arab World. Prince Salman issued a firm order to the Islamic Wahabi conservative leadership to accept the new reforms or to keep their mouth shut. Some of the first critical reforms w... more »
Syrian Army rescues 60 civilians inside recently captured East Ghouta town (video)
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:15 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) rescued nearly 60 civilians inside the recently captured town of Mesraba in the East Ghouta today. These civilians were previously hiding inside basements in order to evade the clashes that were taking place between the Syrian Arab Army and Islamist rebels. Once the fighting subsided, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Terrorist ideology should be eradicated after Daesh military defeat – Iraqi PM
The Daesh terrorist group was defeated in Iraq and it is now necessary to eradicate the terrorist ideology, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi said, according to the Al Sumaria broadcaster. “Terrorism has been defeated from a military point of view, now we must eradicate its ideas and methods,” Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi told the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Syrian Army busts large weapons depot belonging to ISIS in east Deir Ezzor (video)
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:50 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) busted a large weapons depot belonging to the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) in the Deir Ezzor Governorate this weekend. The weapons depot was hidden inside a house that was located between the cities of Al-Mayadeen and Albukamal in eastern Deir Ezzor. According to the military […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
East Ghouta region nearly split into three pockets – map
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:50 P.M.) – The Islamist rebels are in serious trouble inside the East Ghouta region, as they find their strongholds nearly split apart from one another. Led by their Tiger Forces and 4th Division, the Syrian Arab Army kicked off their operations on Saturday by capturing the key town of Mesraba. Mesraba is […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Russian military holds talk with East Ghouta militants, possible evacuation to take place
The Russian Center for Syrian reconciliation is holding talks with the leaders of the illegal armed units on the withdrawal of the second group of militants from the Damascus’ suburb of Eastern Ghouta, the center’s spokesman, Maj. Gen. Vladimir Zolotukhin, said. “The intensive negotiations between the representatives of the Center for Syrian reconciliation and the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Putin claims ‘govt.’ chemical attacks in Syria are fake news (video)
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:55 P.M.) – Answering Kelly’s question whether chemical weapon attacks in Syria were fake news or not, Putin said “of course.” “The Syrian Government destroyed [its] chemical weapons long ago,” Putin said, before criticising the United States for how Raqqa and Mosul were cleared. “Look how they liberated Raqqa: the dead have still […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Islamist rebels will not surrender East Ghouta, FSA will lead defense
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:15 P.M.) – The Islamist rebels in the East Ghouta will now surrender their last positions in this region, despite repeated demands by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and Russian military. According to a statement released by the Revolutionary Command of the Free Syrian Army (FSA), their Faylaq Al-Rahman faction will lead the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Sins of omission
The whole Jeremy Corbyn/antisemitic Facebook group story may be igniting large parts of my social media timeline - as it's done for days - but the BBC's timeline is remaining stubbornly indifferent to it. Sky (among many others), for instance, reported yesterday that former chief rabbi Lord Sacks - a high-profile public figure - said he wouldn't sit down with Jeremy Corbyn until Labour took "resolute action" to tackle antisemitism in the party. Now that, to me at least, is newsworthy and I'd expect the BBC to report it. But, as far as I can see, the BBC *hasn't* reported it.
A Plethora Of Preponderance
The sky reflects a lot of *'time' *as measured presently. The *'space' *is... unimaginable, *beyond infinity*...! *These *are dwarfed by *'surfaces'*: places where we'd stand if we'd had *imagination*... were less *facile*—*in command*. The question's begged who's there *right now*... and peering back at Earth! Consider plans to visit same... There is, I'd bet, no dearth. See, Drake's equation says they "are", and Fermi says they "will"... ...the *evidence *of UFOs enjoys denial, still. Drake's equation says they *"are,"* in figures sans all lie. The numbers are conclusive, mi... more »
Syrian filmmaker caught in a hoax? Or is the MSM just trying to get readers?
Recirculated news piece of little importance shows that the Mainstream Media is apparently desperate for some sort of material to spin in political ways More The post Syrian filmmaker caught in a hoax? Or is the MSM just trying to get readers? appeared first on The Duran.
Trump tweet about China reveals a bit of backstory about North Korean progress
Twitter broadcast shows that Mr Trump is not an egomaniac, that he appreciates the cooperation of anyone who helps, even leaders of rival nations More The post Trump tweet about China reveals a bit of backstory about North Korean progress appeared first on The Duran.
A Trivial Post
Whether it's predictive text, Spellcheck or Google Translate, the suggestions our artificially intelligent friends give us can, from time to time, give us an inadvertent laugh. The tool I use to make transcribing easier, TV Eyes, came up with a belter tonight when it tried to catch the name 'Dominic Casciani'. (I was seeking a transcript of BBC One's evening news bulletin at the time, as you do). As regular BBC watchers will know, Dominic is one of the BBC's home affairs correspondents. He's featured in 14 of our posts so far (and counting), mostly for crimes against impartiali... more »
Robert Mueller has a fan letter that Donald Trump wrote to Vladimir Putin back in 2013.
Did you get my letter?Courtesy of WaPo: *Donald Trump was so eager to have Vladimir Putin attend the 2013 Miss Universe pageant in Moscow that he wrote a personal letter to the Russian president inviting him to the event, according to multiple people familiar with the document. * *At the bottom of the typed letter, Trump scrawled a postscript adding that he looked forward to seeing “beautiful” women during his trip. * *Trump’s letter to Putin, which was described by people with knowledge of its contents, shows how interested he was in attracting the personal attention of the Rus... more »
Iraq's Shi'ite Paramilitary Groups Have Been Inducted Into The Country's Security Forces
Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) march during a military parade in Daquq, nearby Kirkuk, Iraq August 5, 2017. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed *US News and World Report/Reuters:* *Iraq's Shi'ite Militias Formally Inducted Into Security Forces* BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi issued a decree on Thursday formalizing the inclusion of Shi'ite paramilitary groups in the country's security forces. According to the decree, members of the Shi'ite militias, an assortment of militia groups known collectively as the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), which are mostly backed and ... more »
The most important question: Why?...
*for ourselves and for others.* My quest to provoke and prod my feeble little brain into some understanding of *why *people believe and do stuff ("stuff" is a highly academic word, but I promise not to throw out too many more 10 dollar words) continues. Having already read about half of David Horowitz's book, *Radicals: Portraits of a Destructive Passion,* I am no closer to an answer. From Karl Marx to Barack Obama, Horowitz shows how the idealistic impulse to make the world “a better place” gives birth to the twin cultural pathologies of cynicism and nihilism, and is the chief sou... more »
Day 27: Democracy drowned by the corporate agenda
*Graphic by Suzanna Lasker* We’ve now had 107 letters, Op-Eds, radio and public access TV interviews on 28 Maine media outlets opposing the GD corporate welfare bill. Not bad for a one-man band....There were 17 of us folks at BIW this morning for the weekly Lenten vigil. These vigils will continue for the next three Saturdays. It was cold with cloudy skies and quite windy as it often is along the Kennebec River that runs through Bath. We had our usual BIW security man following us as we moved from the administration building to the South gate where workers stream out when the n... more »
Back in Time for Bias
Richard Littlejohn may not be everybody's cup of tea (though I'm partial to him, especially if served with milk) but about BBC Two's cookery-based historical 'reality' show *Back in Time for Tea* he's absolutely bang on the mark. His piece is headlined *It's always grim Oop North on t'BBC... RICHARD LITTLEJOHN says new TV show Back In Time For Tea never misses a chance to bash the Tories*, and his description of its latest episode is precise and correct. As RJ says, the series features a typical family from Bradford, who are transported back in time to experience life in differe... more »
March 10: Pennies from Heaven?
I have just remembered the topic I had written about in my March 8 blog – and lost. It was about tax avoidance by the wealthy We have the knowledge that the wealthy all over the world have for many, many years been hiding their money from taxes by putting it in secret bank accounts. I don’t know the cost of this for Canada except that it must run for many, many billions of dollars. And in the U.S. it runs to many, many trillions of dollars. That’s why we have to cut back on education spending, on health (and in the U.S. cut down to almost no health at all). That’s why we can’t get ... more »
These Are The 7 Best Marksmen In U.S. Military History
Carlos Hathcock, one of the most well-known snipers in U.S. military history. (Photo: U.S. Marine Corps) *Military.com:* *The 7 Best Marksmen in U.S. Military History* Who are the best marksmen in U.S. military history? It's a hotly-debated subject, and Military.com is throwing its hat in the ring with PeopleMaven, a startup that creates lists of amazing people, to provide an answer. Since the names and activities of current U.S. military marksmen are classified, we only considered unclassified service members and veterans for our list, and factored in these four criteria: * Comba... more »
McDonald’s Flips Arches for UN’s International Women’s Day
[image: mcdonald-s-flips-arches-for-un-s-international-women-s-day] Fast-food giant McDonald's flipped its globally recognizable arches logo around to make a giant yellow “W” March 8 in celebration of International Women's Day.
Memos, Indictments, and the Deep State Coup
[image: memos-indictments-and-the-deep-state-coup] Trump-Kremlin conspiracy theorists have continued their efforts to delegitimize and hamstring the Trump administration, aided by Deep State operatives who have corrupted and politicized our federal intelligence and law-enforcement communities.
Spy Poisoning Is Latest in String of Suspicious Cases in UK, United States
Sergei Skripal and his daughter were found in critical condition after being poisoned with what authorities called a rare nerve agent, but some lawmakers say that's part of a pattern.
Social Services Worker Fired, Escorted Out by Cops for Having a Gun Permit—NOT a GUN
A social services worker is claiming that she was fired from her job and escorted out of the building by police after her employer learned that she had a concealed handgun license—even though she had never brought a gun to work. The post Social Services Worker Fired, Escorted Out by Cops for Having a Gun Permit—NOT a GUN appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
Security In Iraq, Mar 1-7
There was an increase in attacks across central Iraq during the first week of March. While that did not translate to any real change in casualties, it did point to the Islamic State becoming bolder since it converted to an insurgency at the end of last year. There were 78 incidents reported during the start of March, the most since 79 from November 15-21, 2017. Those were spread across Babil (1), Dohuk (1), Kurdistan (1), Irbil (2), Salahaddin (6), Anbar (7), Diyala (12), Kirkuk (12), Ninewa (12), and Baghdad (24). During the first week of March, Baghdad was at its regular high num... more »
Kerry-Anne Up the Khyber
I'm all for broadening the range of voices on the BBC, so I've no objection whatsoever to Kerry-Anne Mendoza of the alt-left *The Canary *being invited onto *Any Questions. * And besides, it looks as if she might give us even better entertainment value than Diane Abbott. This, however, was embarrassing to listen to...which I why I felt the immediate need to re-listen to it and then transcribe it for you! It all began with a question about whether we should boycott the World Cup in Russia in response to the poisoning of Yulia and Sergei Skripal: *Jonathan Dimbleby*: Kerry-Anne Me... more »
This Day In Iraqi History - Mar 10
1917 British forces defeated Ottoman defenses outside Baghdad in Diyala River Led Ottomans to abandon Baghdad 1975 Iraq’s Revolutionary Command Council and Regional Command of Baath Party ratified Algiers Agreement with Iran 1975 Mustafa Barzani sent letter to Kissinger saying that Kurds were being destroyed by Iraqi govt and asked for U.S. help 1980 Iraq declared Iran’s ambassador persona non-grata as dispute built up leading to Iran-Iraq War 1986 Iraq’s 3rd attempt to re-capture Fao Peninsula failed Iraq lost 8,000-12,000 ...more »
The Changing Arctic–Nov 1922
By Paul Homewood In 1922, NOAA knew that the Arctic was undergoing a “radical change of climate”, and was “not recognizable” from the climate of 1868 to 1917. In November that year, NOAA published this chapter in their Monthly Weather Review: https://journals.ametsoc.org/toc/mwre/50/11 They must have had proper scientists in those days. Advertisements
God gave us methods of science, let’s use them properly to address changes in climate.
The global climate system is always changing and adjusting, always has, always will. Climates change. Climate is a major challenge, has been a major challenge, and will be a major challenge in the future. A UN committee was not necessary … Continue reading →
Nationwide drinking water sampling for exposure assessment, Denmark
Voutchkova DD, Hansen B, Ernstsen V, Kristiansen SM.Nationwide Drinking Water Sampling Campaign for Exposure Assessments in Denmark. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2018 Mar 7;15(3). pii: E467. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15030467. Nationwide sampling campaign of treated drinking water of groundwater origin was designed and implemented in Denmark … Continue reading →
President Trump's Proposed Military Parade Will Be Held On Veterans Day
*L.A. Times:* *Pentagon proposes scaled-down military parade, not one with tanks and firepower that Trump envisioned* Pressed by President Trump, the Pentagon is proposing to stage a military parade in November with veterans in historic uniforms and warplanes, but no tanks — a scaled-down version of the grand display of military might the president envisioned, according to a memo released by the Pentagon on Friday. Veterans in "period uniforms" from past wars would march from the White House to the Capitol on Nov. 11 — Veterans Day — joined by "wheeled vehicles only, no tanks," t... more »
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