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China unveils elevated bus to tackle traffic jams
As the world's most populated country, China's gridlocked traffic is legendary, especially in major cities like Beijing and Shanghai. To help combat the problem of traffic jams and maximise limited road space, the country's top engineers have unveiled the Transit Elevated Bus (TEB) at the 19th China Beijing International High-Tech Expo on Sunday. The TEB is an electric-powered elevated bus th
Rooster Teeth's new series 'Camp Camp' has 'South Park' vibes
LOS ANGELES — Rooster Teeth is continuing its "summer of animation" line-up with its new series Camp Camp. The Austin-based production company, behind hits such as Red vs. Blue, gave Mashable a sneak peak at the show (above), which debuts June 10 on RoosterTeeth.com. Camp Camp follows 10-year-old cynical camper Max, who finds himself stuck at a dysfunctional summer camp run by a shady
New optical clock is most accurate ever built
Scientists have come up with a clock so accurate that it could even redefine the length of a second. Currently, time is measured on the idea of a pend...
Aristotle's lost tomb has finally been found
The long-sought final resting place of the Greek philosopher has been unearthed at a site in Macedonia. Considered by many to be the world's first tru...
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What the hell are you doing, Bernie? The Vermont senator inexplicably agrees to debate Donald Trump
Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump (Credit: AP/Elaine Thompson/Gene J. Puskar/Photo montage by Salon) Unless Hillary Clinton is indicted (which remains unlikely), Bernie Sanders will not be the Democratic nominee. It’s a tiresome task, having to make this point over and over again. But it’s necessary. Sanders continues to campaign as though the race isn’t over, and that’s understandable. There are stil
Wish You Were Here: Royal Mail stamps honour 50 years of Pink Floyd
Stamps mark half-century since group turned professional, with albums and live performances represented A new set of stamps is being issued to honour Pink Floyd, featuring some of the band’s best known album covers. The 10 stamps will mark 50 years since the group turned professional, and will include album covers such as The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, The Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were
US nuclear arsenal controlled by 1970s computers with 8in floppy disks
Government Accountability Office report details ‘museum-ready’ machines controlling nuclear force messaging system that are ‘obsolete’The US military’s nuclear arsenal is controlled by computers built in the 1970s that still use 8in floppy disks.A report into the state of the US government, released by congressional investigators, has revealed that the country is spending around $60bn (£40.8bn) to
Donald Trump Clinches GOP Nomination
Garnering support of 1,238 delegates out of 1,237 needed, Trump is now the Republican Party's presumptive nominee.
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Possible case for fifth force of nature
A team of physicists at the University of California has uploaded a paper to the arXiv preprint server in which they suggest that work done by a team in Hungary last year might have revealed the existence of a fifth force of nature. Their paper has, quite naturally, caused quite a stir in the physics community as several groups have set a goal of reproducing the experiments conducted by the team a
New calculations show Earth's core is much younger than thought
A trio of researchers in Denmark has calculated the relative ages of the surface of the Earth versus its core and has found that the core is 2.5 years younger than the crust. In a paper published in the European Journal of Physics, U I Uggerhøj and R E Mikkelsen with Aarhus University and J Faye with the University of Copenhagen, describe the math involved in their effort and their results.
Watch Edward Snowden Teach Vice How to Make a Phone ‘Go Black’
Shane Smith interviewed the whistleblower in Moscow and got the details on how to hack into smartphones so they can't be used for surveillance. The post Watch Edward Snowden Teach Vice How to Make a Phone 'Go Black' appeared first on WIRED.
A look beyond the horizon of events
Black holes are still very mysterious celestial bodies which, according to the majority of physicists, do not, however, escape the laws of thermodynamics. As a result, these physical systems possess an entropy though no real agreement has been reached about the microscopic origin of this propriety and how it should be calculated. Scientists have now achieved important results in this calculation b
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Pitch, Please with Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Jesse took a turn selling a mystery product in Ellen's hilarious game.From: TheEllenShow
It Shall Come To Us
Director: Machete Bang Bang Cinematography & Color: Rick Darge Concept: Machete, Toogiesauras, Smac Head Choreography: Toogiesauras Dancers: Smac, Toogiesauras, Machete Editor: Machete Special thanks to Brandon Hawkins Music: Plekete by Zap Mama & Work It by Missy ElliottCast: Machete Bang Bang
Animals Do the Darnedest Things
These videos of animals are sure to make you laugh. Check them out!From: TheEllenShow
Wi-Fi Brita vs. regular Brita comparison
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Interview 1174 – New World Next Week with James Evan Pilato
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2016-05-26%20James%20Evan%20Pilato.mp3"][/audio]This week on the New World Next Week: the FBI fails to keep the lid on its biometric database; Detroit adds educational insult to chemical injury; and the Saudis say 9/11 was a US job.
Interview 1173 – Tim Anderson Exposes the Dirty War on Syria
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2016-05-20%20Tim%20Anderson.mp3"][/audio]Today we talk to Dr. Tim Anderson of the University of Sydney about his new book, “The Dirty War on Syria: Washington, Regime Change and Resistance.” From the Houla hoax to the chemical weapons false flag, Dr. Anderson rips the mask from the lies that have clouded the mainstream narrative of the Syrian
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Environmentalists, First Nations Vow Summer of Action Against Trans Mountain Pipeline
Canadian regulators’ OK of the tar sands pipeline expansion draws flack from activists
Environmentalists, First Nations Vow Long Summer of Action Against Trans Mountain Pipeline
Canadian regulators’ OK of the tar sands pipeline expansion draws flack from activists
The Real Threat to Europe’s Last Primeval Forest: Bark Beetles or Undemocratic Politicians?
Poland’s plans to increase logging in Białowieża may destroy this ancient forest
Land as Canvas
When farming and art intersect
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Lack of support endangers rangers and global wildlife
Battling a global poaching crisis, wildlife rangers believe they lack the necessary equipment, training and support from their governments to protect themselves and the world's threatened wildlife from poachers, according to a new WWF study released today at the World Ranger Congress in Colorado, USA. Ranger Perceptions: Africa surveyed 570 rangers across 12 African countries and found that 82 per
Migratory fish species suffering severe population loss
In the past three decades global catches of sturgeons and paddlefishes have dropped by over 99 per cent, documenting severe population losses, according to a new WWF report. Released on the eve of World Migration Day, the report, Saving Sturgeons, highlights the main threats that the species are facing around the world. Although they outlived the dinosaurs, today up to 23 of all 27 sturgeon and pa
Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna catches need cuts to prevent collapse
Gland, Switzerland. Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna stocks may collapse without better regulation, warned WWF in advance of the annual meeting1 of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC), the organisation responsible for the conservation and management of tuna and other marine resources in the Indian Ocean. The IOTC, which meets May 23-27 on the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, has yet to set
Small businesses in Asia can help forests and economies grow, new report shows
GLAND, Switzerland – Small and medium-sized Asian businesses specializing in forest and ecosystem services can play a key role in reducing deforestation in the region, according to a new study. The Impact in the Forests: The potential for business solutions to combat deforestation in large forest landscapes in Asia report, released today, explores ways to create business solutions for deforestatio
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The Ultimate Graduation Speech By Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone / Filmmaker Oliver Stone just gave the ultimate commencement address at the University of Connecticut and it was remarkable for both its candor and cold hard truth ~ for what the average college graduate of today will most likely be facing in our interconnected world is that the ultimate gift they are searching for may just be the act of finding themselves and making a difference: All
John Bradshaw / Father Of Inner Child Movement Passes On At 82
Click on Photo to enlargeJohn Bradshaw, a pioneer in the self-healing movement and author of Reclaiming and Healing your Inner child was an important and underrated compass in the field of humanistic psychology. Bradshaw correctly maintained that our ultimate home coming was reclaiming a lost and alone child within ourselves and set the stage for my work in reclaiming the soul of that lost child b
Obama Visits Japan / Three Gifts For An Important Opportunity
Fuji the magnificent empowers all in its spiritual glow President Obama will visit Japan in late May for a Group of Seven summit but will enjoy an incredible opportunity to earn his 2009 Nobel Peace Prize by visiting Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He must visit with some of the survivors and then offer sincere condolences with the promise to the world that we must never allow our national aims or differe
The Ultimate Reality Show / President Donald Trump
The Donald with AttitudeI used to think that America had achieved the pinnacle of H.L.Mencken’s famous quote about the eventual election of a moron with the disputed election of George W Bush but that was just a rung above the growing possibility of a President Trump. Donald Trump represents the last desperate hope of an American electorate who have been left out of the political process and have
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2 out of 3 potholes fixed
I recently wrote about some potholes. I notified the council, and lo and behold, they’ve had a go at fixing them: Two of the three appear to have been fixed. The third one is still there, unfixed: it has a depression where the buses’ offside front wheel stops, and with a corresponding hump as the tarmac has been moved nearer to the pavement. I see this a lot at Edinburgh bus stops, but I have nev
Trump and Clinton are both unpopular; Sanders should run
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are the two most unpopular mainstream candidates since records began, as this chart shows: If Clinton gets the Democratic nomination, as she may well do, Sanders should run as an independent, because he would have a very good chance of winning. If he does, Hillary supporters would no doubt cry foul, and accuse him of being a spoiler and not a real Democrat anyway.
Edinburgh Potholes Come In Threes
I was travelling down Pilton Street North today when I came across a trio of potholes. They were by a bus stop and from the pattern they made I presume the bus braking at the stop has abraided the road, causing them: Note that all three potholes show evidence of having botched repairs done to them, and then the potholes re-forming over the repairs. I have seen this many, many times with potholes,
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New UK Guardian interview with Albert Woodfox, two months after his release
In a UK Guardian article published today, Albert Woodfox reflects upon two months of life outside of prison walls and solitary confinement. The article concludes with the following excerpt: The most disturbing part of freedom, Woodfox says, has been the dawning realisation since his release that in America in 2016 there is very little sense of political or social struggle. When he entered prison i
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Admitting Non-NPT Members: Questions for the NSG
The Nuclear Suppliers Group in coming weeks may consider an application for membership from India, and perhaps also from Pakistan. Both states possess nuclear weapons and are outside the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT). Hence, they are states whose nuclear weapon activities the NSG has actively sought to inhibit. In its scope and activities, the NSG …
The Second Coming of MIRVs
Reminder! The book launch event takes place on Monday, May 16, at the Stimson Center in Washington, DC. If the Pentagon is to be believed, the second coming of MIRVs is upon us, this time in Asia, with China’s deployment of the DF-5B missile. The advent of MIRVs in the first nuclear age was ruinous to …
Nuclear Weapons and the Laws of War (cont.)
Note to readers: Dr. Justin Anderson continues the conversation about nuclear weapons and the laws of war with this contribution. Rejoinders are, of course, welcome. Justin is a Research Fellow at National Defense University’s Center for the Study of WMD. The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not reflect …
Producing Tritium in North Korea
Jeffrey has asked me to post a blog written by Hugh Chalmers, who works with me here in London. It covers possible ways in which North Korea could produce tritium for its nuclear weapons programme. It first appeared in Trust & Verify, which is our centre’s quarterly publication. I’m not going to plug Trust & …
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Sponsored Post: FT Pub Quiz Takes Look at Wacky 2016 Election Season
By MARC McDONALDAs many pundits have noted, this has been one of the most wacky and bizarre political campaign seasons in decades. And I sometimes wonder if we've ever faced an election where the voters were less informed on the issues, and the candidates, than they are today.I recall reading once about the early days of television. The great TV pioneer Philo Farnsworth, among others, had high hop
Progressive Music Classics. The Clash: "Something About England"
..By MARC McDONALDWelcome to another edition of Progressive Music Classics, a salute to left-leaning music that champions the cause of working-class people around the world.One of the highlights of The Clash's 1980 underrated masterpiece, Sandinista! is the haunting "Something About England," a song that gives a whirlwind tour of the disasters of the 20th century. Although the song was r
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Ted Cruz Drops Out Of Presidential Race The Same Day Trump Says Accuses Cruz' Father Associated With Lee Harvey Oswald
Remember when Ted Cruz said he was going to fight Donald Trump "ALL THE WAY TO THE END"? Yep, that was just yesterday. But TODAY, Donald Trump mentions that Ted Cruz' father was pictured with Lee Harvey Oswald around the time of the JFK assassination, and Ted Cruz IMMEDIATELY drops out of the race. You don't have to put two and two together here. THEN couple it with the fact of doing the
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Bullying Is NOT Leadership Mr. Trudeau.
Bullying is not leadership, whether it is invoking Closure on an important Bill or testosteronic rampaging on the floor of the House of Commons which injured a fellow Member of Parliament. Just sayin' :(
"Trudeau's Rampage"
Trudeau's Rampage it is :)
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Do you ever wonder why Paul Craig Roberts refers to Hillary Clinton as "Killary"? Well read this. This artical was composed by Michael Collins, a friend of mine who writes factual articals on places and people that most U.S. readers would not learn about from the so-called "mainstream media".
What about violence from the Clinton campaign?Posted on May 18, 2016 by Michael CollinsBy Michael Collins (Creative Commons 4.0)Some rough housing at a Democratic Party convention in Nevada over the weekend shocked party leaders and the mainstream media. The official custodians of propriety demand that Sanders control his followers and denounce their actions. The double standard on this issue is s
Michael Hudson has long believed to me and others as the top economist looking after the rights of the people of the US and Europe. However, my attention to this particular Hudson column was thanks to ace economist Paul Craig Roberts, who summerized it in this way: "In his May 9, 2016, speech to European medical professionals, Michael Hudson points out that the result of TTIP for Europe will be the privatization of health care systems with the associated much higher costs. Hudson’s accurate description of TTIP shows that politically powerful corporations have gained the power in Western “democracies” to sacrifice the welfare of all populations to corporate greed for profit regardless of the cost to peoples, countries, and societies."
MAY 11, 2016 The Dangers of Free Trade Agreements: TTIP's Threat to Europe's Elderly by Michael Hudson Buy his bookThe most obvious approach to look at how European care for the elderly will evolve is to project technological trends and the costs of people living longer as diagnostic equipment, drug trea
For once I am going to forgo composing a preamble, thus allowing you to read Paul Craig Roberts' latest super-important column exactly as he intended.
Somnolent Europe, Russia, and China — Paul Craig Roberts May 5, 2016 | Original Here | If you wish to receive his newsletter via email go to Original and sign up at bottom. Somnolent Europe, Russia, and China Can the world wake up?Paul Craig RobertsOn September 19, 2000, going on 16 years ago, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard of the London Telegraph reported:“Declassified American government documents sh
Dear friends, I came across this article last Thursday and the stock market continued its fall on Friday. What's going on? Well the market dropped greatly in January and only recovered in February because the big companies were buying back their own stocks. The only reason I can think of was to convince "mom and pop" that it is safe to invest again, whereupon the big companies could then buy back their stocks during a momentary drop and later sell them at higher prices thanks to "mom and pop's" investments. But the truth of the matter is that the U.S. government has been lying about the prosperity of the country. They claim that there is only 5% unemployment and that all who want jobs have found one. Big lie! Actually there is 23% unemployment. Moreover, about 50% of American "moms and pops" have no money to spare whatsoever. Playing the stock markets is out of the question for them. Ironically, the big corporations have bitten the government's lies hook, line, and sinker. So dear…
This Indicator Is Still Flashing A Bear Market Warning The NYSE just released the margin debt numbers for March and, considering the rally in stocks we’ve seen, it wasn’t much of an uptick. In fact, the nominal level of margin debt remains well below its 12-month average.The 12-month rate of change, which is pretty tightly correlated with stocks’ same rate of change, is also still negative.Now thi
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Pay to Play in BC with Spectra
Six years ago the BC government decided not to bother doing its own environmental assessments any more because it was so much more efficient to hand that responsibility over to the industry-captured federal National Energy Board for rubber-stamping. That deal was called the Environmental Assessment Equivalency Agreement. In January the BC Supreme Court ruled that the BC government did not have the
National Energy Board Ok's Trans Mountain Pipeline
You're shocked, I'm sure.National Energy Board presser in Calgary today, Robert Steedman : "The NEB recommends that the Government of Canada find the Trans Mountain expansion project to be in Canada's public interest. ... The project would not likely cause significant environmental effects."The Texas-based Kinder Morgan twinned pipeline will run from Alberta to Burnaby and Burrard Inlet
Marc Mayrand on Election Reform and Referendum
Elections Canada CEO Marc Mayrand at PROC (Procedures Committee), excerpted :"With a majority government in place, as well as a fixed election date of October 21, 2019, there is an opportunity now to bring the electoral process, currently anchored in the 19th century, in line with contemporary Canadian expectations."On holding an election reform referendum as advocated by the Cons :"
Liberal Majority Electoral Reform Committee
Electoral Reform Committee announced today: Liberal Chair. Six Liberals, three Cons, 1 NDP. Elizabeth May and one Bloc sit in but no voting rights. That's likely 9 to 1 against adopting any form of proportional representation.For a preview of how 9 to 1 committee dynamics work, take a look at last week's Finance Committee vote, same numerical party makeup as above, as they debated a motion to &qu
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SHOCKER! Fake Clinics Lie
The Abortion Rights Coalition has released a major study into the online presence of Canadian fake clincs, or crisis pregnancy centres (full PDF report).From the press release:Anti-abortion counselling agencies in Canada often present misinformation on their websites or fail to disclose their anti-choice or religious agenda to prospective clients, according to a new study published today by the Ab
March for Lies 2016, Part 2: UMPTY-GAZILLION ATTENDEES!
There were great expectations for this year's March for Lies. First, its traditional organizer, Catholic Campaign Lies, graciously invited all anti-choice groups to participate. And second, Parliament is debating and will pass the tragically flawed medical assistance in dying act, which one would have thought would rev up the "womb to tomb" gang.So the turn-out was going to be MASSIVE, y
March for Lies 2016, Part 1
Clever me. I saved screen shots of the 4/20 marijuana rally from the Hill Cam to compare with March for Lies, Futility on the Hill Bunfest.Top image today at 1:26, just before the marching, at max attendance.Bottom image 4/20 at 4:20.Compare.Speakers at today's bunfest claimed there were 20,000 people there. David Akin, veteran reporter of these events, estimated 4,500, adding that that might be g
Kill C14: Trust Patients and Doctors on Assisted Dying
DAMMIT JANET! has a not-so-radical proposal. Treat medical assistance in dying (MAID) like abortion. In other words, adapt no new law on it and let patients and medical professionals figure it out. In both Carter and Morgentaler, the Supreme Court called on Parliament to craft new laws.In declining to create a Charter exemption, SCC said in the "remedy" section of Carter:Complex regulato
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Burning an Empire
Long, long ago, around 1910, writer Stewart Holbrook met John Cameron, an old logger who had many stories to tell. Cameron had witnessed the great fire at Peshtigo, Wisconsin (map) which began on October 8, 1871. The town was a booming metropolis of 2,000 souls on the banks of the mighty Peshtigo River, and a hub for enterprises related to forest mining and wood products.There had been little s
A Plague of Sheep
Elinor Melville’s book, A Plague of Sheep, is a scary story about the Valle del Mezquital, a valley north of Mexico City. Spanish colonists arrived there in 1521. Melville describes the tragedy that occurred between then and 1600. The valley is located at high elevation in a tropical region. It has a cool and arid climate. Valle del Mezquital means “a valley where mesquite grows.” It got thi
The Natural West
Dan Flores is an environmental historian. His book, The Natural West, focuses on the region of the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains. This ecosystem has been radically changed in the last 300 years, and a number of these changes have resulted in irreversible degradation. Flores has a misty vision of restoring the West, and his work explores issues that contributed to ecological imbalances.
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PRESS RELEASE: SUNDAY MAY 1, 2016 EVENTWHAT: 3RD ANNUAL CINCO DE MAYO 5K SOBRIETY RUN/WALK & HEALTHY FOOD FESTIVALWH...
PRESS RELEASE: SUNDAY MAY 1, 2016 EVENTWHAT: 3RD ANNUAL CINCO DE MAYO 5K SOBRIETY RUN/WALK & HEALTHY FOOD FESTIVALWHERE: John Valenzuela Youth Center 1550 S 6th Ave, Tucson, AZ 85713WHEN: MAY 1, 2016 Run/Walk: 8amHealthy B-fast : 9:amWHO: UA-Mexican American Studies, UA-MEChA & Calpolli Teoxicalli.WHY: To promote healthy living as opposed to alcoholism and the desecration of a historic da
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Fort McMurray Fire Photos
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about my ordeal with being caught up in the evacuation from Fort McMurray. It wasn't until this evening however that I was finally able to get some of the photos I managed to take posted to the blog. By now, I'm sure you've seen tons of video and stills in the media. At the risk of simply adding more to the mix, here are a few photos from one person's experience.Th
Re-entry Plan
When I saw a seagull flying by yesterday with a giant stick lodged in its tail feathers I had a feeling it could be a rather surreal day. And indeed that is how it turned out as we learned about the re-entry plan for Fort McMurray. After the fire's recent spread and a few set backs I wasn't expecting to hear any good news any time soon. Needless to say, news of this plan gave me a welcome boost. T
Safe From Fort McMurray Wildfire
The past 3 days have been incredibly challenging and difficult in many ways. I'm writing this post tonight from Lac La Biche after been forced to flee Fort McMurray Tuesday evening due to the current forest fire situation. There is much to say and will no doubt be commenting more in the coming weeks. For now, I can assure everyone I am safe. I left work early Tuesday afternoon after learning t
Smoke in Thickwood
While there wasn't much visible smoke in my neighbourhood this morning, there certainly was by the time I got home from work this evening. We are experiencing a bit of heat wave here with the mercury in the upper 20's but fortunately, there wasn't much wind. I've seen some pretty dramatic photos of the fire online but it does appear that things are improving from what I've seen.Wolverine Drive n
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Argentina: Former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner was Instrumental in Creating CEFAE
Source: PLANETA UFO and www.perfil.comDate: 5/24/2016Argentina: Former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner was Instrumental in Creating CEFAEArgentina has its own national UFO research agency, the Comisión para el Estudio de Fenómenos Espaciales (CEFAE - Commission for the Study of Aerospatial Phenomena), created in 2011 during the presidency of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.Its creation was
Mexico: Mexican Musician Records "UFO Fleet"
Source: PLANETA UFO and www.peru.comDate: 05.23.2016Mexico: Mexican Musician Records "UFO fleet"What this video uploaded to YouTube clearly depicts are unidentified flying objects. Therefore, the term "UFO fleet" fits perfectly. It was recorded in the skies over Tijuana, Mexico - an area that has drawn the attention of many experts of the UFO phenomenon, since in recent years,
Argentina: Locals Allegedly Witness UFO and Alien in El Dorado
Source: EJU! and Red UNO (Santa Cruz, Argentina)Date: 05/20/2016Argentina: Locals Allegedly Witness UFO and Alien in El DoradoIn the city of Santa Cruz, residents of the El Dorado District, El Bastión sector, claim having seen a UFO, alleging that an extraterrestrial creature. They believe the entity descended from its "craft" and that it made an effort to get back on board when detected
Peru: Alleged UFO Causes Astonishment in Huamachuco
Source: Peru La Libertad (http://rpp.pe)Date: May 20, 2016Peru: Alleged UFO Causes Astonishment in HuamachucoPhotographer: Alberto MendozaResidents of the southern section of Huamachuco are astonished by the sighting of an unidentified flying object (UFO) in the province of Sanchez Carrion, La Libertad region.According to witnesses, the UFO ahs been over Cerro Tucupina since early hours this morni
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Taking it to the max: The life of a serial obsessionist
I’ve always been mad for the rush of falling head-first into new things. It’s a habit that made my love life a bit challenging for many years, but I’m much better at channeling that intensity into more constructive pursuits now that I’m older. Whatever it is that I’m falling into, it’s got all my attention. If it's romance, you're going to feel profoundly treasured, at least for a
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Federal Prison Rehab Program Reduces Sentences
Federal Prison Rehab Program Reduces SentencesAccording to studies and statistics, a large portion of the federal prison population suffers from alcohol and drug dependency. Many offenders have major alcohol and drug problems before they are arrested and convicted for their crimes. To address these problems and help rehabilitate inmates, the Bureau of Prisons initiated a drug treatment program ove
Adolf Hitler and Donald Trump Similarities
And the similarities don't stop there. Hitler and Trump have a lot more in common.The context in which Adolf Hitler was elected is that he was first nominated and appointed as chancellor during a period in which multiple political parties were vying for power and there were successive minority governments and coalition governments.At the time Hitler couldn't secure a majority because of a lot of t
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Kansas City event analyzes the border war
As I noted last time, there is finally a real possibility that the $200+ million job piracy border war between Kansas and Missouri could have a real, legally binding truce. As we wait to find out if this materializes, American Public Square in Kansas City is sponsoring a public forum Wednesday, May 11, at the Plaza Branch of the Kansas City Public Library at 6:00pm."Cents and Sensibility"
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President El Sessi Economic Achiements
The election of a new head of state is always scrutinized and somewhat criticized by lay people.Less than two years ago (7/12/2014) president El Sessi was elected by more than 24 million Egyptians who constitute half of the eligible voters.Following the president’s election, negative campaigns by some journalists and politicians started to emerge. They maintained that the new regimes was author
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From Neurons to Neighborhoods
An expansive report on the impacts of trauma and poverty on early childhood development has been making the rounds in some of my circles this weekend. Although originally written in 2000, there have been some updates made to the conclusions and recommendations. This thing is massive and you can download it for free. The introduction is […]
Does schooling today promote a flat affect?
I was intrigued by this recent NYT article, To Help Students Learn, Engage the Emotions. It makes intuitive sense. Of learning in general: This rule holds true even across subjects and disciplines, Dr. Immordino-Yang writes in her book, “Emotions, Learning, and the Brain.” “Even in academic subjects that are traditionally considered unemotional, such as physics, engineering […]
Again I wonder if opting out is a dead end. #optout2016
This year’s testing season is drawing to a close. Folks on all sides will once again count their spoils and lick their wounds, prepping for minor flare-ups when test results are finally released, and for future battles to come. I have this feeling that while parents, teachers, and other activists squabble over testing, the system […]
Is this quote in Emdin’s book actually true? Maybe.
I read Paul Thomas’ take on Christopher Emdin’s new book, which is soon to be classic. I’m not sure how I feel about the book yet. Not all the way through it. However, as a white teacher in an urban Title I school, I was also struck, as was Mr. Thomas, by this quite: “The […]
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CDC Admits Flu Shots Fail Half the Time
Posted 4/26/2016 By Barbara Loe Fisher To activate and view hyperlinked references, please click here once and then click any superscripted number below to access a hyperlinked reference, or scroll down to the bottom of the article to view all hyperlinked referencesAmericans have never been big fans of flu shots. During the 2009 “swine flu” influen
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Politics: Don't Let The ...
Don't make the futile the enemy of the appalling.
On the Apparent Death of "EnMasse.Ca"
I think it was a couple of weeks ago that thread was started announcing EnMasse dot CA's tenth anniversary. I thought about contributing a few words but I had nothing celebratory to say. And very few people I wanted to interact with.Now it appears the site is kaput.Oh well.I did learn a lot from rabble.ca/babble and enmasse.ca and even from b n' r. About gay rights and feminism and about Canadian
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THE STRAIGHT GOODS1 unread article // actions
The Trans Pacific Partnership. Canada And Imperial Globalization. Part I
The Trans Pacific Partnership. Canada And Imperial Globalization. Part IWritten by Robin MathewsA characteristic of Imperial Globalization is criminal manipulation of people and events for the profit of a few. It includes massive ‘disinformation’ about equality, benefits, social development, law, improved standards of living, etc. The disinformation is spread by “authoritative” news sources.
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Who owns our food system?
Reports about possible mergers between pesticide/biotech corporations are all over the news. Will the "Big 6" become the "Big 4" or "Big 3" — or perhaps one corporation to rule us all? Learn more Slideshow Category: Flex Slider
Moms making it happen
On Mother's Day, while eating strawberries out of the garden with my daughter Elia, I was reflecting on all the mamas — fierce, passionate, powerful — who are working to create a healthy food system. As we know from a compelling body of science, pesticides are particularly bad for kids. Growing minds and bodies are more susceptible to chemical inputs and, relative to their size, kids eat, br
Justice delayed for Latino schoolchildren
The phrase “justice delayed is justice denied” has real meaning for children living near California farm fields. Since the first lawsuit was filed seventeen years ago, Latino schoolkids are still being disproportionately impacted by agricultural pesticides — many linked to cancer and neurodevelopmental harms. And now parents are taking on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to rem
It's true. Pesticides are harming our children.
The science is in. Our food system's continued reliance on pesticides is putting children's health at risk. Kids across the country are exposed in various ways, but those who grow up in agricultural areas often face a "double dose" of pesticides from nearby fields. Rural children are — quite literally — on the frontlines of pesticide exposure. These are the key findings of our Kids
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Is What's Going On in Brazil Politics A (Soft, Light, Paliamentary, Peaceful, Constitutional, Democratic) Coup?
Few, I assume, have missed the high level political developments in Brazil, where this night the Brazilian senate voted to impeach president Dilma Rousseff. Otherwise, some updates are here, here, here, here, to provide just a few. The process have been truly bizarre, as Dilma is ousted by and to the benefit of truly much more corrupt politicians than herself, for a sin which looks like a minor th
Is it a good idea for academics to keep track of their failures?
In the recent weeks there has been some buzz over the academic corner of the internet and social media about the "CV of failures", made public by Johannes Haushofer, assistant economics professor at Princeton. He writes: Most of what I try fails, but these failures are often invisible, while the successes are visible. I have noticed that this sometimes gives others the impression that m
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THE HIGH-FAT HEP C DIET3 unread articles // actions
Dietary fat type - saturated or unsaturated - does it make a difference to glycaemic control?
This is a section from a paper I'm writing about hepatic glycogen control, this part concerns the effect of dietary fat type on the insulin response.Carbohydrate feeding stimulates the release of glucagon from delta cells in the gut and pancreatic alpha cells.[1] Glucagon is the hormone that elevates blood glucose by stimulating gluconeogenesis, but this is a delayed response; the most immediate
A brief reading of the report of the new Kevin Hall study
Is the insulin theory of obesity over? Well I'd say it's over when people with diabetes using exogenous insulin to cover high-carb diets no longer have to worry about weight gain, and not before. But this is interesting research, and it proves if nothing else that Gary Taube's NuSci research initiative wasn't just set up to confirm his every thought.Kevin Hall discusses his new study here, with Yo
Mediterranean diet score in stable heart disease, and, more thoughts on Ramsden et al.
This news article that made the rounds yesterday demonstrates how confirmation bias keeps the diet-heart hypothesis afloat. Healthy eating key to heart disease After 3.7 years' follow-up, a heart attack, stroke or death - termed a major adverse cardiac event - had occurred in 10.1 per cent of the participants. Such events occurred in 7.3 per cent of the people in the highest Mediterranean-diet
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Dear Millenials: I feel your pain. You will feel joy, too!
Dear Millenials: Here's what I learned on my first political campaign, whose campaign I joined in 1991 because he said money in politics IS the problem, and to make his point, he refused to accept more than $100 from any one person. He had an 800-number, the equivalent of the fund-raising machine of Bernie Sanders nowadays: 1. The Democratic Establishment HATES populists. (So do the Republicans,
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Rex Murphy and the #ymmfire
Rex Murphy is talking the Fort McMurray fire. Despite a virtually universal outpouring of support and sympathy from across the land for the victims of the fire, he with his exhausting logorrhoea is doing his best to sow division. Referring to anyone of an environmentalist or activist strand who has criticised the Tar Sands, he utters: And just to blow pepper into the sad eyes of those
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Hey, Frontier: Suspending Women For Breastfeeding Is Illegal
The story about Frontier Airline's treatment of female pilots who are breastfeeding and need to pump while at work wasn't very surprising to me, because employers still get the whole pumping-at-work thing wrong. Here's what the four pilots who just filed with EEOC say happened:"Rather than support me, company management questioned my parenting choices as well as my commitment to my career. Th
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“India and the Syrian Conflict,” by Niraj Srivastava
India and the Syrian Conflict by Amb. Niraj Srivastava For Syria Comment, May 26, 2016 It was reported in the Indian media that on May 20 the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) released a new 22-minute Arabic language documentary online featuring purported Indian Jihadi fighters in its ranks. The video included interviews with five Indian Jihadis known to have joined the ISIS since 2014. In on
The Local Defence Forces: Regime Auxiliary Forces in Aleppo
By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi Emblem of the Local Defence Forces. On top: “Homeland, Honour, Sincerity.” Below: “Syrian Arabic Republic. The army and armed forces- Local Defence Forces.” Besides the well-known National Defence Forces (NDF) that were set up in 2012 with oversight from Iran to act as a counter-insurgency force and auxiliary militia network for the Syrian army, there exists a similarly
A Day in The Life of The Jungle: Syrians Camped out in Calais
A Day in The Life of The Jungle: Syrians Camped out in Calais by Tam Hussein – @tamhussein For Syria Comment, May Apart from the odd father attending to the needs of their families, most Syrians sleep in late in the Jungle in Calais. They are wrapped up inside their tarpaulin and plywood hovels resembling one of those Hoovervilles from Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath. Sometimes new arrivals, exhausted
Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) and the War in Syria
By Jesse J. McDonald The larger and more influential groups fighting in Syria have garnered much media attention for all the obvious reasons. However, one organization is sparsely mentioned considering it has existed since 1932[1]. This party is the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP). Members do not come from one religious background (although often portrayed as a Christian organization).
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Watts Bar Unit 2 has gone critical
Local article: Licensed reactor operators at Tennessee Valley Authority's Watts Bar Unit 2 project reached a major milestone at 2:16 a.m. EDT, Monday when the unit's reactor achieved its first sustained nuclear fission reaction. Also known as achieving "initial criticality," TVA says Unit 2 is now generating heat under its own power....
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... in our modern world it does not take too much time to learn enough about almost any topic to be able to recognize propaganda and sift interest group messaging from more accurate information. You don’t need fancy degrees or position titles. You don’t even more than very moderate resources. All you need is honest curiosity and the ability to pay attention to the world around you. — Rod Adams
The Energy Collective keeps going downhill
The site administration for The Energy Collective is not doing its job. Perhaps it is not competent to do its job. Regardless, a simple matter like users unable to log in should be responded to and fixed quickly, right? Not really. I'm logged into Wordpress, but on TEC I get this: So, it claims I'm NOT logged in, but when I click the login link I get this: Two complaints to support@
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THE EARTH AND MAN: SETTING THE STAGE1 unread article // actions
Science Is A Single Mind, Learning
The Notrickszone has a post on the trouble with peer review, and the following is my (by now habitual) response: Ordinary people need to understand that there are basically two kinds of scientist when it comes to the peer-review process: 1) Principal Investigators, and 2) Everyone else, including a) Research Associates, who are simply employees, without tenure, who can be "terminated"--f
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A US Potty Panic Roundup
Anyone who's been watching the US political scene recently must be wondering if they've all suddenly gone crayzeee.The State of North Carolina was first cab off the rank. You see, the city of Charlotte, after years of debate and study, passed an ordinance that added 9 words to existing legislation.Sec. 12-58. - Prohibited acts.(a) It shall be unlawful to deny any person the full and equal enjoymen
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Chain of Title
David Dayen, an excellent blogger based in Los Angeles, has a book out, Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street’s Great Foreclosure Fraud. His Tumblr blog links his articles and appearances (Salon, The Intercept, The Fiscal Times, The New Republic), but if you've read his work over the years, you're aware of the time and effort he's spent covering this subject. A
National Poetry Month 2016
April is National Poetry Month. I'll link the wonderful Favorite Poem Project, as usual. This year, I thought I'd post one of my favorites: Poetry By Marianne Moore I, too, dislike it: there are things that are important beyond all this fiddle. Reading it, however, with a perfect contempt for it, one discovers in it after all, a place for the genuine. Hands that can grasp,
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Donald Trump interview with Jimmy Kimmel...
another side of Trump.I gleefully stole this from Hardnox, frequent commenter, friend, and fellow blogger over at Nox and Friends. Here's something I just found out about him. He's a master woodworker. No, really. Just take a gander at his website Westphalia Wood Works and be amazed.
Does studying history put things into perspective?...
yes it does.I've been reading a delightful biography on Louisa Catherine Adams, wife of John Quincy Adams, who was the sixth president of the U.S. His father, John Adams, was the second president of the U.S. and served only one term when he was defeated by Thomas Jefferson.It would be impossible to write about John Quincy Adams' wife without delving into the politics of the day, which in many way
Is Facebook helping to kill free speech?...
of course it is.Why would anyone even ask such a question?Last week, a bunch of conservatives, who live large in their own minds, met with Mark Zuckerberg to discuss the possibility that Facebook censors conservative postings on their website.Zuckerberg invited the group after the tech blog Gizmodo claimed that Facebook downplays conservative news subjects on its trending feature. Facebook denied
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My Presentation for the Governance of Emerging Technologies Conference
This week I'll be attending the 4th annual Governance of Emerging Technologies Conference in AZ. It is my third time attending this excellent conference. Here is my presentation:New Technologies and Catastrophic Risk: Hubris in the Anthropocene:https://www.dropbox.com/s/4pr8162epwy6h6i/New%20Technologies%20and%20Catastrophic%20Risks%20Hubris%20in%20the%20Anthropocene%20Emerge%202016%20FINAL.pdf?dl
Fukushima Decommissioning Chief Admits 600 Tonnes of Melted Fuel "Missing"
Mark Willacy. Fukushima clean-up chief still hunting for 600 tonnes of melted radioactive fuel. ABC, May 24, 2016, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-24/fukushima-operator-reveals-600-tonnes-melted-during-the-disaster/7396362In an exclusive interview with Foreign Correspondent, the Tokyo Electric Power Company's chief of decommissioning at Fukushima, Naohiro Masuda, said the company hoped to pinpo
Fukushima Looking Steamy
Fukushima has looked rather steamy for the last few days.Yesterday, the common spent fuel pool building seemed rather steamy (5/22 at 4:09 AM): Today Unit 1 looks very steamy, although the Futaba cam shows dry streets at the intersection Dry streets and police parked at Futaba intersectionEmissions uptick may have been energized by the recent earthquake near Tokai:https://majiasblog.blogspot.com/2
GMO Safety and GMO Chemical Safety Confounded
CLARIFYING ISSUESIt is important to separate out two issues when it comes to GMOs:1. Safety of genetic modified products2. Safety of chemicals used widely on the majority of GMO products.Most GMOs on the market are Round-Up ready. While there are considerable uncertainties associated with studying the safety of genetic modification techniques, there are fewer uncertainties in applying classical la
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I, Daniel Blake
More space has been devoted by the mainstream media in the last week to the terrible effects of “austerity” on the vulnerable, than in total since the Westminster election. That is entirely in the context of Ken Loach’s Cannes Palme d’Or winning film I, Daniel Blake. The film itself will now get a much greater cinema distribution than it might otherwise have anticipated. I think it is worth highli
The Embarrassing Referendum
I declared this blog an EU referendum free zone a few months ago. In the last couple of days I chanced to be in Edinburgh, Perth, Dundee, Banchory and Edzell on quite other business, and can report the remarkable fact that I did not see a single house or flat exhibiting a Leave or Remain poster. It is not just this blog, the entire country is an EU referendum free zone. Personally I remain an EU e
Time to End Religious Apartheid in Scotland – and England
In all the wringing of hands about the violence at the end of the Hibs/Rangers Scottish cup final, there is a reluctance to tackle the root of the question. The debate has in recent weeks been reinvigorated over the Scottish law banning sectarian songs and displays at football matches, with speculation that the Scottish Parliament will now have a majority for lifting it. Public mass displays of ha
The Joys of Accountancy and Tents
I fear I am pretty rubbish at giving my writing commercial appeal. Not only have I just completed a biography of somebody most people have never heard of, but I find myself writing about aspects of his life which are as non-commercial as imaginable. In a story of spies, disguises, sex, assassinations, battles, heroism, Knights Templar(!), exploration and more sex, I often find myself writing about
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Secret Life of the Human Pups
Ah, the rich tapestry of human existence. Channel 4 has previously leered at dogging, and taken a voyeuristic peek behind the doors of exclusive sex parties. Polyamory, elderly sex workers, German brothels are also recent topics of late night tabloid telly. Who and what next? The commissioning editors must have thought long and hard before before coming up with ... human dogs.No, I'm not talking a
Paul Mason Vs Peter Taaffe
I missed this when it appeared on The Daily Politics back in April. What's interesting (or not) about the discussion between Paul and the eternal general secretary is how they talk past one another. Peter puts forward the arguments he's repeated for the last 52 years, and Paul trots out (forgive the useless pun) his networky/counterpower/Negri stuff and neither engages with the position of the oth
Jeremy Corbyn's Speech to Progress
In yet another example of the lion laying down with the lamb, last Saturday say Jeremy Corbyn deliver a keynote speech at Progress conference. Yes, read that again. Jeremy Corbyn. Keynote. Progress conference. Debate rages whether it's broken, but everyone can agree that politics has definitely got weird. That speech then, yes. Not a great deal was said, and all was pretty cordial. The questions a
What is Leanne Wood Playing At?
Plaid Cymru. They're a nice party, aren't they? Leanne Wood's a good lefty sort who found a niche for herself in British politics as Labour's external leftwing conscience, especially in the days of Blair and Brown. More radical than either Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon, a lot of Labour folks had a soft spot for her even when the aforementioned would have many of the same spitting feathers. And
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Charter breach following discovery of evidence can lead to exclusion of evidence
In a remarkable decision - one some might question - the Court of Appeal for Ontario holds Charter breaches occurring AFTER the discovery of evidence can be such as to lead to that evidence being excluded. R. v. Pino, 2016 ONCA 389:[77] So, should it make a difference whether the s. 10(b) breaches occurred before or after the discovery of the evidence? I do not think so. In either case, the
Stay pending leave to appeal to SCC in a civil matter
Livent Inc. v. Deloitte & Touche, 2016 ONCA 395:[4] This court discussed considerations on this kind of motion in Yaiguaje v. Chevron Corporation, 2014 ONCA 40. They are those set out in RJR-MacDonald Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General), [1994] 1 S.C.R. 311 at 334: (1) whether there is a serious question to be determined on the proposed appeal; (2) whether the moving party will suffer
Sufficiency of reasons in a civil case
Dovbush v. Mouzitchka, 2016 ONCA 381:[20] Trial judges are called upon to make difficult decisions, often in difficult circumstances. They preside as the particular dynamics of the trial unfold. Inadequate reasons therefore pose a particular challenge for appellate review.[21] On the one hand, as Rothstein J. noted in F.H. v. McDougall, 2008 SCC 53, [2008] 3 S.C.R. 41, at para. 99, &q
Failure to consider Aboriginal heritage an error regardless of distance from heritage
R. v. Kreko, 2016 ONCA 367:[18] Section 718.2 of the Criminal Code requires consideration of the principles of sentencing, including the following principle:(e) all available sanctions, other than imprisonment, that are reasonable in the circumstances and consistent with the harm done to victims or to the community should be considered for all offenders, with particular attention to the cir
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The Bureaucratic Structure Of the Islamic State
For a period there was a debate over how the Islamic State and its predecessors Al Qaeda in Iraq and the Islamic State of Iraq were organized. The two main concepts were of a decentralized networked organization of cells or a centralized bureaucratic one. The RAND Corporation recently released a report on the Islamic State of Iraq, “Foundations of the Islamic State, Management, Money, and Terror
New Effort To Liberate Iraq’s Fallujah Underway
On May 23, 2016 Prime Minister Haidar Abadi announceda new operation to try to free Fallujah had begun. That would includea collection of 20,000 fighters from the Golden Division, the army, the Rapid Reaction Brigade, Sunni tribal fighters, and various Hashd elements. A government spokesman said that the U.S. was supporting the campaign as long as the Hashd stayed on the perimeter. The Hashd have
Short Explanation Of Islamic State’s Bombing Campaign In Iraq’s Baghdad
Baghdad is currently facing a wave of bombings by the Islamic State. That is due to two factors. 1st IS is losing on the battlefield and is turning towards more insurgent and terrorist attacks in response. The capital has been the main victim of this shift. At the same time, it is the time for the annual spring offensive, which has been going on since 2004. That has always been characterized by m
Violence In Iraq, April 2016
Violence has been slowly creeping back up in Iraq in 2016. The number of reported incidents was higher in the first four months of the year compared to the last quarter of 2015. This was in part due to new government offensives, which led to Islamic State counterattacks. At the same time the militants were carrying out more operations in places like Diyala, Baghdad, and the south. All together th
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Local Artists to Play Benefit for Leigh “Little Queenie” Harris ~Sam D'arcangelo, offBeat
Local Artists to Play Benefit for Leigh “Little Queenie” Harris ~Sam D'arcangelo, offBeat
New Orleans area sinking assisted by industry groundwater use ~Mark Schleifstein
New Orleans area sinking assisted by industry groundwater use ~Mark Schleifstein
Mosquito control officials say New Orleans actively fending off the Zika virus ~Bob Marshall, The Lens
Mosquito control officials say New Orleans actively fending off the Zika virus ~Bob Marshall, The Lens
Shell Oil Spill Response Is A Joke ~Skytruth
Shell Oil Spill Response Is A Joke ~Skytruth
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Climate Change Did Harper In
If there was one policy which doomed the Harperites in the last election, it was their steadfast refusal to do anything about climate change. Chantal Hebert writes:Last October, a mismanaged election campaign only compounded the decade-long mismanagement of some core policies. Few of those are more closely identified with Harper’s leadership than the party’s dismissive approach to climate change.
Just What The World Needs
Bob Fife reports in the Globe and Mail that Stephen Harper will resign his seat before Parliament resumes in September:“He is not going to be there when the House returns in September,” one close associate said. “He has had some good conversations about what is next for him. … He has some board discussions happening and he’s looking at some options about setting up his own institute.”Apparently, t
Kagan On Trump
Robert Kagan has been a consistent neo-conservative voice for the last twenty-five years. From his desk at the Brookings Institution, he has advocated for a tougher, more militaristic American foreign policy. Successive Republican administrations have adopted his suggestions. That is why his take on Donald Trump is so interesting. In a cent column, "This Is How Fascism Comes To America,"
Trump-Clinton Syndrome
Alan Freeman writes that, when he was the Globe and Mail correspondent in Washington, nobody paid attention to Canada. Suddenly, he writes, that has all changed:Over the past week, major U.S. news outlets like The New York Times, CNN and The Washington Post haven’t been able to get enough of Canada. And that was before Thursday’s meltdown on the Commons floor. In recent weeks, major American media
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