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The Trump Administration at 6 months
The following is a guest post from Jeff Colgan , the Richard Holbrooke
Associate Professor at Brown Universit. Colgan is a Bridging the Gap
Policy Engagement Fellow. Follow him on Twitter at @JeffDColgan This
publication was made possible (in part) by a grant from Carnegie
Corporation of New York. The statements made and views expressed are
solely the responsibility of the author. July 20 marks s
In Memorium: Peter Berger (1929-2017)
In a 2014 interview , Nick Onuf argued that IR has lost coherence as a
field and should instead be considered “as a species of social relations
and [to] abandon IR theory for social theory.” Were that to be the
case, the work of Peter Berger would certainly contend for space at the
top of the list of required reading. Berger, who passed away late last
month , is well known to constructivist (and
#MH17
Three years ago, on this day, the Malaysian Airliner MH17 flight from
Amsterdam to Kuala-Lumpur was shot down over Ukraine. 298 people died.
In October 2015, the Dutch Safety Board (DSB) concluded that the
airliner was downed by a Buk surface-to-air missile launched from
pro-Russian separatist-controlled territory in Ukraine. These findings
were also confirmed in September 2016 by a Dutch-led Joi
Trump and the Russian Money Trail
This is a guest post from Seva Gunitsky, an associate professor at the
Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto. His book
Aftershocks: Great Powers and Domestic Reforms in the Twentieth Century
was recently published by Princeton University Press. To understand the
roots of the collusion, set aside Putin and follow the money. In the
endless pursuit of the Russia-Trump collusio
Motherland Calls
Y’all are probably sick and tired of hearing about Russia: hacking,
colluding, obstructing, peeing, meddling, trolling, spying… I’m waiting
in terror to see what Stephen Colbert has filmed in the Motherland. So
far, his mispronouncing of Sergey Kislyak’s name together with fur hat
clad ‘Russian hackers’ with vodka and thick accents have not been
particularly impressive. To quote Seth Meyers and A
Climate Change is remaking American Foreign Policy
We all know the traditional narrative in International Relations of the
state as a unitary act. Despite substantial volumes of work in the
foreign policy analysis subdiscipline as well as in IR theory, the
common shorthand in IR scholarship is to say ‘China’ did X or ‘Britain’
bombed Y. At least in the case of the United States, climate change is
going to force scholars and analysts to seriously
New in The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage
The Secret Reason for White-Hot Rhetoric Today
The fabiusmaximus site has a post on "The Secret Reason For Hot
Political Rhetoric", and the following was my response, which goes to
the heart of the problem--not just political--as enlightened by my
discovery of the re-formation and design of the Earth's surface by the
"gods" of ancient "myth": There is some truth in laying the problem on
"tribalism" (which is a clue that the past is the key to
The True Origin of Inalienable Rights
The American Thinker site has a post which brought up the subject of
"inalienable rights of the individual" (but only in terms of "property
rights"). This subject comes under the heading of the "philosophy of
science", particularly as newly enlightened by my discovery of the Great
Design of the "gods". My response, then: I think it is not about
"property" rights, more like "appropriate" rights. T
New in The Galloping Beaver
"Proud Boys" a national shame
Due
to employment related restrictions I'm not as free to post opinions on
the internet as I once was, but when I saw this I thought it was
something the ink strained wretches should know about and possibly look
into. Seem a bunch of Gavin McInnes' little brownshirts decided to
disrupt a First Nations and Metis event on Canada Day. Further, it seems
they are all serving members of the Royal
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What a Beautiful Orange Day....John Horgan Edition
Written by Grant G Worms, squirms and the usual suspects, aided and
abetted by you know who...PostMedia, oh boy, look at the neon, flashing
strobes, look at the not so shiny baubles Postmedia presents as news, my
gawd, how can Postmedia editors and editorial boards, living on a round
earth(?) publish such blatant politically infused
propaganda.....articles that appear to be written by either the
Blogtalk Radio..End of the Road for Christy Clark
The archive is up.....Blogtalk radio featuring Norm Farrell...Canadian
Glen and yours truly..topics covered... Site C.....BC Hydro..Run of
River....our never ending election, lazy agenda driven mainstream
media...Judith Guichon...Craig James....Mike De Jong..Christy
Clark.....we cover a myriad of BC centric topics....have a listen. Tune
in, Turn on, get angry.....become informed...2 hours of The
Will the Real British Columbia Government please stand up, or is that sit down
Tune in Wednesday June 28th 6:00 PM PST for an enlightened BlogTalk
radio broadcast featuring the illustrious Norman Farrell .....BC's
foremost critic of BC Hydro...Norm has revealed so many BC Hydro
inconsistencies...illusionary profits, forecast failures going out over a
decade, debt accumulation, and now of course...the impending Site C
boondoggle...no economic case, dire warnings from a myria
Judith Guichon and Craig James..Partisans?
Written by Grant G " What a tangled web we weave when first we practice
to deceive " There has been much blather by corporate newspapers and BC
Liberal pundits about Judith Guichon ordering a snap election rather
than letting John Horgan and Andrew Weaver attempt to govern.. What I am
about to say must be clearly heard by Judith Guichon and Craig James...
We just has a provincial election(May 9th
The Kindness of Strangers, ...Wildlife Edition
Written by Grant G Writing about politics, bitter pills, buttered words
and nuanced nausea....from the soul, I care too much, yell too silent
and remember everything.....including what's important, life, all life
and its intricate forms... Hummingbirds...last summer I put out a
humming bird feeder...North Burnaby, to my amazement within an hour I
had my first hummer filling up...red petals and su
The Kindness of Strangers and the advisors from Hell--B.C. Election 2017 and Demise of Christy Clark
Written by Grant G What an amazing B.C. political firestorm we just
endured...what happened, why it happened.... Sometimes the littlest
error can bring down Goliath.. A lot of things had to go right for John
Horgan to gain power..everything had to fall into place, including a
litany of errors by the BC Liberal machine, too clever by
half...personal Christy Clark advisors led Christy Clark headlon
New in thwap's schoolyard
We're Heading For a Crack-Up
The "Health Care" bill passed by the Repug troglodytes in Congress
didn't really phase me. The public outcry against this abomination was
so strong that i was certain that even a Repug-dominated Senate would
realize its toxicity and come up with something less obviously vile and
that in reconciliation, reality would produce something similar to the
status-quo. The status-quo was horrid by the way
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Thwap art:
"Party of One" - A Belated Review
Found a signed hardcover version of this at Value Village a month or
two ago. Just finished it. I hadn't forgotten how vile and loathsome
stephen harper was, but this book does an excellent job of clarifying
the details that demonstrated his banal evil, shallowness and stupidity.
Some random impressions: I never clearly understood just how
illegitimate and sleazy harper's attack on nuclear regula
New in Vagabond Scholar
Independence Day 2017
Happy
Independence Day! As usual, here's a mix of videos, with several
reruns. First up, here's a clip from the excellent John Adams
miniseries: Next, here's the full Declaration of Independence, read by
an interesting and somewhat odd collection of actors: Marvin Gaye
provides the sublime: The Muppets provide some silliness and enthusiasm:
Finally, Pete Seeger
New in Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!)
Fourth
of July Fab Fireworks? (North Korea in Sights) Sarin Gas Attack
Attacked? (Trump's Staged TV Propaganda) White Helmets Follies (Won't
Read President Risk Taker) More Fake Attacks Planned? (What Justifies
Downing Syrian War Plane) Trump M-I-C Prisoner? (Neanderthals Sighted)
Sy Hersh Speaks Internationally
Gee
- if only it didn't look like this Fab Fireworks Fourth was planned to
be coincident with the start of the next world war (see North Korea
coverage on Fox News, etc.). And who paid for that million-dollar
fireworks display? And why? (Surely not the country already in trillions
of dollars of debt, which evokes almost instantaneous explosive anger
in every so-called conservative in
New in What Is Sustainable
Sea of Slaughter
Farley Mowat (1921–2014) was a famous Canadian nature writer, a
fire-breathing critic of modernity’s war on wildness. He spent much of
his life close to the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Atlantic, and was an
avid outdoorsman. By 1975, he and his wife were becoming acutely aware
of the sharp decline of wildlife during their own lifetimes. Mowat
chatted with 90-year olds who confirmed his suspicions
Great Leaps
It’s fascinating to explore the deeper roots of our family tree. They
reveal a lot about the path that led us to today. Homo sapiens emerged
in Africa, somewhere between 300,000 and 130,000 years ago, depending on
which expert you read. DNA mapping asserts that the oldest surviving
human group is the San people of South Africa and Namibia (also known as
Khoisan, Bushmen, or !Kung). Their genes ar
New in Wide Asleep in America
MSNBC's Joy Reid Fails History and Geography
MSNBC's
Joy Reid “The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon
them.” - Ida B. Wells Seemingly apropos of nothing but shameless
Red-baiting weirdness, MSNBC host Joy Reid tweeted today about two of
Donald Trump's three wives hailing from Eastern European countries.
"Donald Trump married one American (his second wife) and two women from
what used to be Soviet Yugoslavia:
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what i'm reading: pit bull: the battle over an american icon
If you have an opinion about pitbulls, chances are high it's based on
myth, misinformation, and even disinformation. I know a good deal about
dogs, and I thought I knew a lot about pitbulls, yet I was constantly
amazed and enlightened by Bronwen Dickey's Pit Bull: The Battle Over an
American Icon . Here are some of the things you will learn if you read
this book. There is no agreement on what a p
in which telehealth sends me to the emergency room and i wonder why. or, what's the deal with telehealth?
I used Telehealth for the first time this past week, Ontario's call
centre for health questions. I thought it was a great service, but now
that I've spoken to others about my experience, I'm confused. Is it true
Telehealth sends everyone to Urgent Care or the Emergency Room? USians,
you may marvel at the beauty of universal public health care. * * * *
It was the Monday after Canada Day, and I had
a must-read if you're responding to ignorance and bigotry about omar khadr's settlement
In
case everyone hasn't seen this yet. From someone named Ben Feral
Selinger. July 6 Okay, I'm fucking sick of the idiocy and done with
writing a diatribe every single time a friend posts about how they're
upset that Trudeau is giving a terrorist $10m. You people are....
wilfully ignorant and hypocritical. Here's why. (And I thoroughly
suggest reading the entire post. If you know me, you know I'm
adventures in streaming: tubi, dick cavett, and the manster
The
Roku streaming device gives you access to thousands of apps... most of
which are completely useless. That doesn't mean I don't love Roku. I do!
But we use it almost exclusively to watch Netflix and the Red Sox, and
to access downloaded files on the TV. We've also installed a few other
apps, most of which we rarely or never touch: PBS, Democracy Now!,
Google Play, National Film Board, a cooking
happy strike-iversary!
The City of Mississauga has a community recognition program , through
which community groups can have their banner fly at City Hall for a day.
When the program was announced, I said to a few of my union sisters, "I
know a flag I'd like to see there...". I was only joking -- but they
took me seriously! This morning, to the astonishment of many, the
beautiful pink CUPE 1989 banner is flying beside
the politics of the hardboiled detective novel
I love these old covers! Last year, I blogged about a wonderful essay
by Raymond Chandler called " The Simple Art of Murder ", written in
1950. Reading that, I realized that I knew the work of both Chandler and
Dashiell Hammett -- the originators of the hardboiled detective genre
-- only through film adaptations. I hadn't read any of their novels. To
remedy that, I borrowed several titles by each
New in WPB/NYC and Anything Else; A Green Rights Collection
New in WWF - Latest News
G20 summit shows ambition on climate and sustainability as need for action grows
Hamburg, GERMANY (17 July 2017) – As the G20 Leaders' Summit concludes,
WWF urges the world's leading industrialized and emerging economies to
deliver on their commitment toward ensuring sustainability and
resilience for all. The ambition shared in the Leaders' Communiqué
released today must be accompanied by concrete actions by G20 countries
and governments to bend the curve of accelerating clim
WWF campaign win: Spain must now commit to stop dredging inside outstanding wetland site
Krakow, Poland - The efforts of campaigners to inform experts on the
UNESCO World Heritage Committee of the threats faced by Doñana, a rare
and outstanding wetland in Europe, has ensured that requests on Spain to
protect the site were maintained. The Spanish government and other
committee members moved today to relax what is asked of them, which
would have created an uncertain future for Doñana.
WWF urgently appeals to World Heritage Committee to protect Europe's outstanding wetland, Doñana
Krakow, Poland - Today, Doñana, a rare and outstanding wetland in
Europe, is facing a huge threat to its future, as the UNESCO World
Heritage Committee comes under pressure to relax its requests on Spain
to protect the site. The Spanish government and other committee members
are expected to try to relax what is asked of them, creating an
uncertain future for Doñana. WWF experts are appealing to t
Host of World Heritage meeting failing to protect own forest
Krakow, Poland - A protest organised by a coalition of environmental
NGOs in Poland today outside the 41st session of the UNESCO World
Heritage Committee shed light on the plight of the host country's
ancient Białowieża Forest, which is under serious threat of large-scale
logging. WWF took part in the protest, and continues to urge the
Committee delegates to be vigilant to attempts to weaken the
WWF objection prompts review of Mexican tuna fishery's impact on dolphins in the Eastern Pacific
GLAND, Switzerland, 23 June 2017 – The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)
certification of an Eastern Pacific tuna fishery has been placed
temporarily on hold following strong concerns raised by WWF that impacts
of the fishery on depleted dolphin populations in the region have not
been fully examined and addressed. In October 2016, WWF filed an
objection to an MSC assessment conducted by an indepen
New in A Different Perspective
The Pteranodano and Billy Meier
Because it isn’t time for the premiere of Game of Thrones Season 7, and
I have nothing better to do, I thought I’d kick another sleeping dog
(sorry of that analogy offends). For laughs, I took a look at the
Pteranodano photograph that was allegedly taken by Billy Meier during a
July 1975 trip to a world some 9.38 billion light years away which is
about halfway across the known universe. It’s a ba
Alleged Roswell Witness Update
( Blogger’s Note : I’m sure that you all remember the stir caused by
the revelation of yet another eyewitness to the Roswell UFO crash. This
was Charles Forgus whose story was told in Dr. Irena Scott’s book, UFOs
TODAY, 70 Years of Lies, Misinformation and Government Cover-Up. Here,
is the update on that story, supplied by Philip Mantle who has
communicated with Forgus family members. This takes
X-Zone Broadcast Network - Alejandro Rojas
Alejandro Rojas This week I spoke with Alejandro Rojas, a UFO
researcher, writer and broadcaster with a wide range of interests and a
long history in the UFO field. I did have an agenda in mind, but as so
often happens, the direction of the discussion was dictated by the
answers to the questions. We didn’t make it to a couple of the things
that I thought would be interesting. You can listen to it
MUFON, Racism and Dodging the Questions
Although the MUFON Inner Circle is announced on MUFON’s website, and
there seems to be no attempt to keep the elite organization hidden, very
few of the MUFON members I queried had any idea that it existed. It
currently is made up of thirteen members, which seems to be more
coincidence than design, but that number does seem to have mysterious
connotations for some. I don’t believe it significant,
Are Some Tales Just too Wild to Believe: Corey Goode and Andrew Basiago
When I interviewed Jan Harzan recently, I expressed my concern about
the direction of MUFON and some of those invited to make presentations
at the Symposium. I thought that some of the speakers were less than
credible, thinking specifically about one man who seemed to claim to
some sort of time travel before I realized there were two. Harzan’s
response was that he wanted to give the membership a
MUFON, Billy Meier (and Michael Horn) and Me
In the course of discussing the problems faced by MUFON, I was
contacted by Michael Horn, who is the US representative of Billy Meier.
Meier is, of course, the Billy Meier man who claims contact with alien
creatures going back to 1975, or maybe even earlier depending on whether
you count his alleged childhood contacts in that number. I told Horn in
the initial conversation that I was not a fan of
New in A Very Public Sociologist
Jeremy Corbyn and the Working Class
Does Corbynism have a working class problem? No. And yes. Key to
understanding how Labour beat expectations is the changing character of
class politics. For a moment let's frame the issue with the deeply
flawed official dominant conception of class used by the ONS. This
divides people into six classifications that are typically grouped
together as the ABC1s (managerial, professional, supervisory
Corbynism and Scottish Labour
This ridiculous piece of nonsense published by Labour Uncut during the
election campaign made me very angry. Suggesting Labour were on course
to lose 90 plus seats "based on the views of dozens of Labour
candidates, party officials and activists following the past three weeks
of intensive canvassing", it was a demoralising piece designed to
demoralise and demobilise. Yet it was scrolling down and
Who's Heard of UnHerd?
Unless you're totally plugged into the circuits of the Westminster
world and its media bubble, you may have missed the soft launch of Tim
Montgomerie's latest venture: UnHerd . Befitting a super serious outfit
with offices in The Shard no less, it's pitched at "readers who choose
the important to the new". This is reinforced by the pun-tastic monicker
hung on the blog. In the bedazzling mediascap
All That Is Solid Blog Appeal
All That Is Solid The left loves a good appeal. From the whip around
for room costs to grandiose annual fundraisers, it's part of the labour
movement's DNA. And it should never be otherwise. Loads of small
donations from all over the place help maintain political or editorial
independence. It's a sign that a lot of people like what you're doing on
the basis of what you're doing already. If you re
Yvette Cooper's "Alternative Vision"
That's a bit embarrassing. There you are, the personnel are appointed
and your team is ready to go. And then the Labour leader spoils it by
defying expectations, winning extra seats, throwing the Tories into
their most wretched state for 20 years and surges ahead with poll leads
last seen since before the Iraq War. What can you do? If you are Chuka
Umunna, you can stir the pot to remind the world
The Politics of Re-Selecting Labour MPs
With contrived outrage howling about my ears, that can only mean one
thing: someone has gone and suggested the Labour Party is in need of
added democracy. Specifically, how the party selects and reselects its
candidates at election time. As you have no doubt seen, the touchpaper
was the election of a Corbyn-supporting majority to officer posts in
Liverpool Wavetree, the constituency party of the
New in Adrienne's Corner
Minneapolis: Somali Muslim Police Officer Shoots White Woman in Cold Blood...
and the libtards are silent. I don't have the will or the time for an
extended rant, but I can't help noticing that my libtard bellwethers in
Minnesota, who proudly proclaim their sadness over the Philando Castile
shooting by a police officer, have not one damn thing to say about a
Somali blasting away a white woman who called the police for help. They
call the police shooting of Castile a traves
Some random stuff after wasting the morning slithering around the interwebs...
is interwebs a word? What makes us do this? Why do we feel the need to
"know" everything that is going on? It's a question for the techie world
we inhabit now. I have no answer. Then again - I sort of do have an
answer. Every morning at the close of my morning pages I ask myself:
What do I need to know? What do I need to try? What do I need to accept?
What do I need to do? This morning's insight
A Saturday Pep Talk: Alex Jones interviews Stefan Molyneux...
there's a lot packed into this 16 minutes. Do not let the name "Alex
Jones" deter you from watching this. It's very powerful. My veggies are
calling out to me and they're saying, "Water me." Deals in Amazon Video
in case it's hot where you live and you need to stay inside. Kindle
Deals And some great deals in Patio, Lawn, and Garden
Donald Trump: Made in America Week...
lovely and inspiring. The White House revealed a three-week campaign
starting with a “Made in America” themed week, which will promote U.S.
jobs and products beginning Monday. "But we must also fight the unfair
trade practices that have gutted our industry, and that includes
cracking down on the predatory online sales of foreign goods." Ya think?
I used to have a fairly thriving business on eBay
Outrageous! Wild Bill for America ARRESTED in Canada...
for "hate speech." Here's what we know so far: From my friend Don
Bradway on Facebook: My good friend, Bill (Wild Bill for America) Finlay
has been arrested at the airport in Calgary, Canada because he had
"smuggled" so-called "hate speech" on his iPad! Bill went to speak at
the WCAI ( Worldwide Coalition Against Islam) anti-Islam event, by
invitation. Bill is asking for our prayers and that we "
Wild Bill speaks out about his "arrest" in Canada...
if you don't know the story see: Outrageous! Wild Bill for America
ARRESTED in Canada... Please link and spread the word. Your freedom
depend on it. I don't think any of us really understand how important
this is. God bless Wild Bill!
New in ArmsControlWonk
Deterrence Stability is a Hoax. The Delicate Balance of Terror is, Too.
Quote
of the week: “It has in fact become abundantly clear… since the dawn of
the nuclear age, that the balance of terror is decidedly not delicate.”
—Bernard Brodie, War & Politics Can we hold two contrary notions in
our heads at the same time? Can we acknowledge that the delicate
balance of terror and …
Choosing a new OPCW head
On
Thursday this week, seven candidates hoping to replace Director-General
Ahmet Üzümcü will present their candidacies to the Organisation for the
Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). They have been asked by
Ambassador Sheikh Mohammed Belal, the chair of the Executive Council, to
focus on two pertinent questions: the priorities and future challenges
of the OPCW …
Australia and Nuclear Submarines
Australia
for many reasons is an exceptional country, including in the nuclear
policy area: Nuclear weapons were tested on Australian territory,
Australia owns intellectual property for enriching uranium, and uranium
mined in the outback today fuels the world’s peaceful nuclear
applications, but Australia has no nuclear weapons and it produces no
nuclear electricity. And so far, …
Anheung Proving Ground
Pssssst!
Want to see South Korea’s missile test site? South Korea’s recent
launch of a Hyunmoo-2C ballistic missile was notable for many reasons.
The missile was launched from a truck on a jack-up barge that Dave
Schmerler identified as the SIRIUS. Planet has images of the barge at
the dock at the Anheung Proving Ground (on June …
Trump Puts Sudan (And the World) “On Notice” over DPRK
Yesterday,
the US State Department issued a really interesting announcement that
President Trump was extending the review period for Executive Order
13761, which outlines steps for lifting certain US sanctions on Sudan.
In explaining its rationale, State brought up concerns over Sudan’s
implementation of DPRK sanctions. (You can be forgiven for having failed
to notice. Trump …
Safeguards Challenges in the Nuclear Weapons Ban
There
are a large number of us who are deeply uncomfortable with the final
text of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, particularly
as it relates to safeguards. Some supporters of the agreement have noted
that it seems unreasonable for states that did not participate in the
negotiation to complain about the outcome. …
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Economic
News , Data & Views... July 22 , 2017.....Quick Hits For Saturday -
1) Libya - Current Developments. 2) Syria State Of Play. 3) Qatar -
Gulf Rift Updates. 4) Global Markets Overview - Doug Noland Essay &
Overview For The Week That Just Passed. 5) US Politics Round Up - Russia
, Russia Related Probes & 'Replace & Repeal" Dominating News
Cycle. 6) Europe - Ten Noteworthy Items For Saturday. 7) Odds & Ends
- Iran & North Korea In Focus , Additional Items To Be Added As
Warranted !
Libya..... Mohamed Eljarh Verified account @Eljarh 1h 1 hour ago
Mohamed Eljarh Retweeted Faraj El Faydi For 1st time in more 3 yrs,
passengers can travel by bus from #Tripoli to #Benghazi . Ticket cost is
35 LYD https:// twitter.com/farajelfaydi/s tatus/888693930275074048 …
#Libya Mohamed Eljarh added, Faraj El Faydi @farajelfaydi لأول مرة منذ 3
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Economic
News , Data & Views......July 20 , 2017.....Quick Hits For Thursday
-1) Markets : Asia - Economic Calendar For Friday , Market Moving Data
& News As Available ; US - US Stock Indexes Mixed Today - Nasdaq
Extends Winning Streak But Dow & S&P Off Moderately , Gold Down
Modestly , Crude Oil Down Modestly , Treasuries Catch A Bit Of A Bid ;
Europe Stock Indexes Also Mixed - No Big Draghi Bounce Today. 2) US
Politics - Domestic & International News De Jour. 3) Greece -
Economic Developments & Privatization Updates. 4) UK - EU Exit Talks
Items. 5) Gulf Rift Updates For Thursday. 6) Saudi Royale Decrees
Impacting State Security - Separated From Interior Ministry. 7) Odds
& Ends !
Markets.... Asia.... ForexLive @ForexLive 2h 2 hours ago Economic
data due from Asia today ForexLive @ForexLive 37m 37 minutes ago HSBC
on the Australian jobs report - what it means for the RBA (spoiler -
rate hike!) ForexLive @ForexLive 46m 46 minutes ago BOJ says goodbye
to two persistent dissenters ForexLive @ForexLive 2h 2 hours ago More
China comments on steel - US/China had in-depth
Economic
News , Data & Views.....July 19 , 2017.....Quick Hits For Wednesday
-1) Markets : Asia - Economic Calendar For Thursday , Market Moving
News & Data ; US : US Stock Indexes All End Green Today , Spot Gold
Down A Tad , US Crude Continues On Its Recent Run , US Treasury Yields
Edge Higher ; Europe Major Stock Indexes Rebound , News Of Note To
Consider. 2) US Politics : Russia Probes & Russia News In General ;
Foreign Policy Items ; Immigration Updates ; Replace & Repeal Items :
Additional Political News Of Note. 3) Europe : Ten Items To Consider
From Europe , That You May Have Missed Today. 4) Odds & Ends -
Global Edition
Markets.... ForexLive @ForexLive 3m 3 minutes ago Japan - Trade
balance for June: Y 439.9BN (expected Y 488.0bn) ForexLive @ForexLive
46m 46 minutes ago Bloomberg on the BOJ - "questions about the
sustainability of its easing program" ForexLive @ForexLive 52m 52
minutes ago Japan's Cabinet Office statement - Japan still in 'moderate'
economic recovery ForexLive @ForexLive 1h 1 hour ago US
Economic
News , Data & Views....July 18 , 2017 ....Quick Hits For Tuesday
-1) Markets : Asia - Economic Calendar , Market Moving Data & News ;
US - Another Day Of Record Closes For S&P & Nasdaq , TIC Flow
Data , USD Still "Punkish" Looking , Oil Up 38 Cents Amid Saudis Trying
To Calm Concerns Over OPEC & Global Inventories , Additional Items
Of Note. 2) US Politics : Replace & Repeal D.O.A But Also Straight
Repeal D.O.A - Back To The Drawing Board It Appears ; Russia Probes
Updates ; US Sanctions Imminent For Top Venezuelan Officials , Perhaps
As Soon As Today ; US Imposes News Sanctions ( Iran) On 18 Individuals
& Groups & Additional Items Of Note. 3) Europe - Political &
Economic News Touching On Greece , Italy , UK & Germany. 4) Syria
Battlefront News For Tuesday. 5) Venezuela - State Of Play Post
Opposition Referendum , Post Trump Threat Of Sanctions And Maduro
Rejection Of Same And Ahead Of Thursday's 24 Hour Strike - Tensions
thick Enough To Cut With A Machete. 6) Odds &
Markets..... Asia.... ForexLive @ForexLive 15m 15 minutes ago
Economic data due from Asia today (& some late RBA speak!) US.....
LiveSquawk @LiveSquawk 11m 11 minutes ago US Total Net TIC Flows (USD)
May: 57.3B (rev prev 74.4B) -Net Long-Term TIC Flows (USD) May: 91.9B
(rev prev 9.7B) Holger Zschaepitz @Schuldensuehner 18m 18 minutes ago
Nasdaq closed at fresh life-time high on a return of
Economic
News , Data & Views.....July 17 , 2017.....Quick Hits For Monday
-1) Markets : Asia - Economic Calendar For Tuesday , Market Moving Data
& News ; US - Quiet Monday For US Stock Indexes ( Basically
Flatline) , Spot Gold Up 0.46% , US Crude Down 1.16% , US Treasuries See
Yields Come Down A Tad ; Europe - Stock Indexes Show Red Today , Other
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Censored News Published with permission Yesterday I got to go to a place
of happiness and fun made me cry. I could still hear everyone laughing
and swimming. It was a hot day, it gets well over 100 this time year. I
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Peabody Coal among top polluters in world, Navajo government agrees to collusion
St
Louis April 2016 Activists on the steps of City Hall. Credit: Bret
Gustafson on Twitter. Peabody Coal number 16 on list of 100 most
polluting companies in the world By Brenda Norrell Censored News French
translation by Christine Prat:
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Mohawk Nation News 'Creation's Way'
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distribute. MNN. JULY 1, 2017. konon-hontsa-kwe-nio, the women will
always follow the ways of the earth, the life givers. Without women and
without the land, there is no life. If the land is good, it produces
life. When the sun shines, the grass grows and the water flows, meaning
when her water breaks, then life
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and support Palestine. Meanwhile, MuckRock reveals that unlicensed
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New in Centauri Dreams
Wrestling with METI
If we were to send a message to an extraterrestrial civilization and
make contact, should we assume it would be significantly more advanced
than us? The odds say yes, and the thinking goes like this: We are young
enough that we have only been using radio for a century or so. How
likely is it that we would reach a civilization that has been using such
technologies for an even shorter period of tim
Keeping an Eye on Ross 128
Frank Elmore Ross (1874-1960), an American astronomer and physicist,
became the successor to E. E. Barnard at Yerkes Observatory. Barnard, of
course, is the discoverer of the high proper motion of the star named
after him, alerting us to its proximity. And as his successor, Ross
would go on to catalog over 1000 stars with high proper motion, many of
them nearby. Ross 128, now making news for what
Detection Possibilities for Optical SETI
The Laser SETI campaign we looked at on Friday is one aspect of a
search for intelligent life in the universe that is being addressed in
many ways. In addition to optical methods, we look of course at radio
wavelengths, and as we begin to characterize the atmospheres of rocky
exoplanets, we’ll also look for signs of atmospheric modification that
could indicate industrial activity. But we have to
METI: A Response to Steven Johnson
Yesterday’s post dwelt on an article by Steven Johnson in the New York
Times Magazine that looked at the issue of broadcasting directed
messages to the stars. The article attempted a balanced look,
contrasting the goals of METI-oriented researchers like Douglas Vakoch
with the concerns of METI opponents like David Brin, and fleshing out
the issues through conversations with Frank Drake and anthro
Making Optical SETI Happen
Yesterday I made mention of the Schwartz and Townes paper “Interstellar
and Interplanetary Communication by Optical Masers,” which ran in
Nature in 1961 (Vol. 190, Issue 4772, pp. 205-208). Whereas the famous
Cocconi and Morrison paper that kicked off radio SETI quickly spawned an
active search in the form of Project Ozma, optical SETI was much slower
to develop. The first search I can find is a
Laser SETI: All Sky All the Time
The SETI Institute’s just announced Laser SETI funding campaign intends
to put into practice what SETI researchers have been anticipating for
decades, an all-sky, all-the-time observing campaign. The Institute’s
Eliot Gillum and Gerry Harp are behind the project, backed by an
impressive list of advisors, with the intention of using optical SETI
methods to look for signs of extraterrestrial civili
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