Monday, November 06, 2017

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One Last Push to Hit the CrowdJustice Target – Lets Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole!

Dear Friends, Thank you so much to all who have been sharing and talking about the Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole CrowdJustice crowd funding campaign. There are 15 days to go on our crowd funding campaign. This aims to secure enough funds to look at a judicial review should Cumbria County Council […] via THANK…

President Trump Arrives In South Korea

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 12 minutes ago
*Reuters*: *Trump lands in South Korea, frontlines of North Korean nuclear standoff* CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea (Reuters) - President Donald Trump flew into South Korea and met with U.S. troops stationed there on Tuesday, the closest he has come to the frontlines of the nuclear standoff with North Korea, on a visit that could further aggravate tensions with Pyongyang. Landing at Osan Air Base outside Seoul, the president and First Lady Melania Trump stepped down from Air Force One onto a red carpet as he began his 24-hour visit with a military honor guard and 21-gun salute. He ... more »

Defeating ISIS Is Good For The Environment

News Staff at Science 2.0 - Earth Sciences - 23 minutes ago
Life in the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) is not exactly paradise. Children are indoctrinated, women are severely oppressed, and infidels are beheaded. Ancient cultural artifacts and historical treasures are destroyed. Liberating people conquered by ISIS, therefore, is good not only for humanitarian reasons but for archaeological ones, as well. Now, it appears there is yet another reason to defeat ISIS: It might be good for the planet. A new study published by Princeton University and the World Bank shows that oil production in ISIS-controlled areas has fallen by over 70%, from 5... more »

Magic Kingdom Commentary

LL at Virtual Mirage - 28 minutes ago
There is always a lot going on in Saudi Arabia. It's an oil rich nation, it's the center of the Muslim World, and there are a number of political factions, most notably, the Wahhabists, who are absolute enemies of the US (and anyone who reads this blog). One of this blog's readers has asked me to comment more about goings on in the Magic Kingdom. I picked one item of recent note. I'll ad more about comings and goings including the ongoing struggle with Qatar in future blog posts. In a televised address from Saudi Arabia on 4 November, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri announced... more »

Picture Of The Day

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 41 minutes ago
The flag of the Soviet Union flies over Vladimir Lenin's tomb during ceremonies in 2007, marking the 90th anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Ten years on, the Kremlin's campaigns to reconcile its Soviet and czarist periods reflect the underlying contradictions in Russia's history. Czar Nicholas II, now hailed as a martyr, was an unpopular and ineffectual ruler. The Soviet system, envisioned as a utopia, was forged through a bloody revolution. And today, Russia is a powerful global actor with an increasingly tenuous grasp on its domestic affairs. (NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP) *WNU ... more »

Russia may keep its bases in Syria after terrorists defeated – Foreign Ministry

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 48 minutes ago
The Russian military has said its military operation in Syria is coming to a conclusion as more than 90 percent of the territory of the war-torn country had been freed from terrorists. The scale of withdrawal of Russian troops from Syria after the defeat of Daesh terrorists will depend on the situation, but both Russian […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Saudi Arabia claims Lebanon has declared war against them

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 48 minutes ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:00 A.M.) – In a new twist to the Middle East crisis, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has accused Lebanon of declaring war against them. Citing Hezbollah’s alleged aggression, Saudi Arabia claimed that Lebanon has chosen the path of war after the abrupt resignation of former Prime Minister, Saad Hariri. Saudi Arabia’s Minister […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Syrian Army uncovers massive ISIS weapons stockpile in Deir ez-Zor following liberation – video

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 48 minutes ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:40 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) showcased a large quantity of weaponry and ammunition accumulated during the combing of Deir ez-Zor, Sunday, after it was previously seized from the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS; formerly ISIS/ISIL). “While combing the city and pursuing the remains of ISIS, we found a huge number of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Russians Show Very Little Interest In The 100th Anniversary Of The Bolshevik Revolution

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 hour ago
An image of Vladimir Lenin projected on a building as part of celebrations marking the centenary of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. Photograph: Peter Kovalev/TASS *Shaun Walker, The Guardian:* *Revolution, what revolution? Russians show little interest in 1917 centenary* Results of revolution led by Lenin are criticised as ‘ambiguous’ by Putin in what is seen as an effort to downplay revolution as political tool “Lenin lived! Lenin lives! Lenin will live on!” An excited orator cried out Mayakovsky’s line from the stage at St Petersburg’s vast October Concert Hall on Friday night, ... more »

What Could Aliens Really Look Like? Scientists Take a Guess

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 1 hour ago
What Could Aliens Really Look Like? Scientists Take a Guess https://interestingengineering.com/what-could-aliens-really-look-like-scientists-take-a-guess Advertisements

Beards keep you healthy and handsome, research indicates

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 1 hour ago
Beards keep you healthy and handsome, research indicates http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/beards-healthy-handsome-research-men-facial-hair-a7909731.html

Two historians claim the Ancient Egyptians did NOT build the Pyramids

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 1 hour ago
Two historians claim the Ancient Egyptians did NOT build the Pyramids http://ewao.com/2017/10/03/two-historians-claim-the-ancient-egyptians-did-not-build-the-pyramids/

Febrile Neutropenia. 

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 1 hour ago
Febrile Neutropenia | Oncology | JAMA Oncology | The JAMA Network https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/fullarticle/2645851?utm_source=TWITTER&utm_medium=social_jn&utm_term=1031562890&utm_content=content_engagement%7Carticle_engagement&utm_campaign=article_alert&linkId=41054907

Do You Think Mueller Will Have A Couple Of Flynns Arrested This Week Or Next Week?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 hour ago
Yesterday, NBC broke the news most of all have surmised, namely that Mueller has enough evidence on Flynn to bring charges against him and his crackpot son (the one who was pushing the story about Hillary running a child prostitution business from the basement of a popular DC pizzeria (that has no basement). Their team of reporters asserts flatly that Mueller's team has "gathered enough evidence to bring charges in their investigation of President Donald Trump's former national security adviser and his son as part of the probe into Russia's intervention in the 2016 election, accor... more »

17 mins

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 hour ago
Like he says: And, yes, they really *did* give over the first 17 mins to it.

One American woman's life in revolutionary Russia

Julia L. Mickenberg, Associate Professor of American Studies, University of Texas at Austin at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 1 hour ago
How a journalist from Nebraska chased the 'Soviet dream' all the way to Russia, only to be expelled on accusations of espionage.

Latino elites are paying the California dream forward

Jody Agius Vallejo, Associate Professor of Sociology and American Studies and Associate Director of the Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration at USC, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 1 hour ago
Scholars say elites are critical to helping ethnic communities thrive. So, who are the Latino elites and what work are they doing for their community?

Two big problems with American voting that have nothing to do with Russian hacking

Sascha Meinrath, Director of X-Lab; Palmer Chair in Telecommunications, Pennsylvania State University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 1 hour ago
With a year before Election Day 2018, election integrity depends on ensuring fairness and access for American voters. Foreign tampering is a real but less serious concern.

Afghan Commando Reflects On Fighting For 12 Years

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 2 hours ago
Afghan commandos from the Afghan National Army stand in attention during a graduation ceremony in Kabul, March 30, 2011. Reuters Task & Purpose*: ‘I Have Already Killed Many Taliban,’ Afghan Commando Reflects On Fighting For 12 Years* *Editor’s note: This is a dispatch by T&P correspondent Marty Skovlund Jr. who is reporting on the ground from Afghanistan.* “My first advice for the Taliban is to come back to the straight path,” said Ehsanullah Akr as he squinted into the bright afternoon sun, echoing the same “reintegrate or die” mantra I’ve heard many Afghan soldiers say when as... more »

"The Economy Is Okay? U.S. Retail Store Closings Hit A New Record High As West Coast Homelessness Soars"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
*"The Economy Is Okay? U.S. Retail Store Closings Hit A New * *Record High As West Coast Homelessness Soars"* by Michael Snyder "If the U.S. economy is doing just fine, why have we already shattered the all-time record for retail store closings in a single year? Whenever I write about our “retail apocalypse”, many try to counter my arguments by pointing out the growing dominance of Amazon. And I certainly can’t deny that online shopping is on the rise, but it still accounts for less than 10 percent of total U.S. retail sales. No, something bigger is happening in our economy, and it ... more »

The Science Behind Kundalini Yoga

WakingTimes at Waking Times - 2 hours ago
*GMI Reporter* - It is a system of conscious awakening and evolution. The post The Science Behind Kundalini Yoga appeared first on Waking Times.

6 Foods that Help the Body Detox Heavy Metals

WakingTimes at Waking Times - 2 hours ago
*Anna Hunt* - Heavy metals such as arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead, and mercury, can be very toxic. The post 6 Foods that Help the Body Detox Heavy Metals appeared first on Waking Times.

The Climate Empire is striking back!

Craig Rucker at CFACT - 2 hours ago
CFACT is right now sending a crack delegation of climate policy experts to the UN meeting in Bonn. Will you help CFACT break the Green-Left's monopoly on climate and energy policy and set America and the world free?

“Trump effect” in Bonn climate talks?

CFACT Ed at CFACT - 2 hours ago
The "Trump effect" which is scaring the heck out of the Bonn negotiators.

UN climate talks have a ‘toxic background’ of sexual harassment, says lawyer

CFACT Ed at CFACT - 2 hours ago
Lawyer Farhana Yamin wrote an essay on her experience with sexual harassment at UN climate summits, arguing “the trivialization of women continues.” UN delegates kicked off a major climate summit in Bonn, Germany on Monday.

Enviros freak as Trump officials push coal at UN climate talks

CFACT Ed at CFACT - 2 hours ago
“It is undeniable that fossil fuels will be used for the foreseeable future, and it is in everyone’s interest that they be efficient and clean,” a White House spokesman told reporters Monday, referring to Trump’s efforts to promote fossil fuels at the G20 meeting this year. Activists didn't like it.

U.S. government “climate report” timed for Bonn UN conference

CFACT Ed at CFACT - 2 hours ago
Friday's release of the wildly alarmist "Climate Science Special Report" or CSSP has brought forth the predictable green gush from the lefty press. The fact that this is an official federal report that contradicts the Trump Administration's climate skepticism is its big selling point. That the release is strategically timed with the beginning of the grand UN climate control festival in Bonn, Germany makes it more than timely. That the science is crap is irrelevant.

The U.S. Military's Mission Is 'Evolving' In Afghanistan

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 3 hours ago
Members of an Afghan commando unit arrive at the Qala-i-Zal, the district to the northwest of Kunduz, Afghanistan, May 16, 2017. REUTERS/Nasir Wakif *Task & Purpose:* *Most Recent American KIA In Afghanistan Reflects Military’s Evolving Mission * The Department of Defense has identified the Army Green Beret killed in Afghanistan on Nov. 4 as Sgt. 1st Class Stephen Cribben, a 33-year-old senior communications sergeant assigned to 2nd Battalion 10th Special Forces Group out of Fort Carson, Colorado. Cribben died of wounds sustained while conducting operations in Logar province, Arm... more »

President Trump On Saudi Arabia's Crackdown On Corruption: "Some Have Been Milking Their Country For Years"

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 3 hours ago
....Some of those they are harshly treating have been “milking” their country for years! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 6, 2017 *Bloomberg:* *Trump Backs Saudi Crackdown After Arrests of Princes, Executives* * ‘I have great confidence’ in king, crown prince, Trump says * Saudi attorney general says defendants to have open trials President Donald Trump vouched for Saudi Arabia’s king and crown prince after the weekend arrests of princes, businessmen and officials in an anti-corruption drive that has rattled the kingdom and shocked investors. “I have great confidence... more »

Is Snapchat Shutting Down by the End of 2017?

Brooke Binkowski at Snopes.com - 3 hours ago
A rumor that the popular messaging site was about to be taken off line originated on a prank news site.

Men Hailed as Heroes for Chasing Texas Church Shooter

Bethania Palma at Snopes.com - 3 hours ago
Two locals chased Devin Kelley as he tried to flee the scene of the Sutherland Springs church shooting.

The most expensive part of my home strength training setup . . .

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 3 hours ago
. . . is no longer the weights, bars and accessories that I bought (I wrote about them a few weeks ago). It's now the bench I'll use to support several of my exercises at home. As most of you know, I suffered a semi-crippling injury back in 2004, which (after two surgeries) left me with a fused spine and a damaged sciatic nerve on my left side. I'm permanently partially disabled, and I'm in some degree of pain 24/7/365. It's not fun, but I've learned to cope with most of it. Unfortunately, my metabolism was damaged by a serious prescription drug interaction problem some years l... more »

Schools Installing Cameras In High School Bathrooms; Parents Outraged Over Disgusting Privacy Violation

Aaron at Activist Post - 3 hours ago
By Aaron Kesel Windsor Charter Academy in Colorado is under fire by parents of students for its decision to install cameras in its high school... more »

A Totalitarian Europe Now on Our Doorstep

Activist Post at Activist Post - 3 hours ago
By Julian Rose Quietly, without most people noticing, the European Commission is moving ahead with a strategy that will arguably make the EU into the... more »

"The Hubris Of Central Bankers, Corporate Chieftains, Corrupt Politicians, And Feckless Media Oligarchs Has Reached Epic Proportions”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
*"The Hubris Of Central Bankers, Corporate Chieftains, Corrupt Politicians, * *And Feckless Media Oligarchs Has Reached Epic Proportions”* by Jim Quinn "Donald Trump tells me our best days are ahead. Once his tax cut plan is passed, the future will be so bright I’ll have to wear shades. Sometimes a single chart reveals the truth being obscured by the Deep State propaganda machine, working overtime selling their economic recovery narrative. The economy most certainly is booming for Wall Streeters and D.C. parasites sucking on the teet of Federal government largess. But for the averag... more »

In The World Of Trumpanzee, The Powerful Sit On High Perches And Stand Atop Long Winding Stairs And The Weak Lie In Their Chains Surrounded By Darkness

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 4 hours ago
Back in February, we were already talking about Wilbur Ross' amazingly shady connections with Putin's venal kleptocracy. Before that all anyone knew about Ross was that he was the vulture capitalist and primary villain in the Sago Mining disaster. It should surprise no one that this bag of excrement is on the verge of... well, resignation, but also imprisonment? fleeing to Russia? Read all about the latest freak from the Trump carnival and sideshow, the Secretary of Commerce, a key member of the Trump kakistocracy... in the failing *New York Times*. Fox may have missed it, but thi... more »

This is the Forgotten War That Made America a Global Superpower

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * The Spanish-American War. *The Spanish-American War made the United States a global power. The defeat of a continental European power, Spain, was a major military accomplishment. The handing over of Guam and Philippines would have greater repercussions down the road, as placed the United States on a collision course with another rising, expansionist country: Japan. Like many conventional state-on-state conflicts, the Spanish-American War upset the old order and set the stage for a new one.* The end of the Second World War is often considered the def... more »

North Korea’s 'Underground Empire' Could Give the U.S. Military Big Problems

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Asia* How Kim Jong-un plans to survive. *Pyongyang’s eventual defeat in any wartime scenario is a given, but its underground headquarters, fortifications and troop depots have the potential to not only enhance the Korean People’s Army’s ability to mount a surprise attack, but also to prolong the war, confounding the high-tech armed forces of its adversaries. Such underground shelters, wherever they are, will likely be the site of the endgame phase of the war, as the regime is driven underground by rapidly advancing allied forces. Only then will we dis... more »

Is a U.S. Recession Simply Inevitable?

Christopher Whalen at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Christopher Whalen* *Politics, North America* [image: U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as Jerome Powell, his nominee to become chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve moves to the podium at the White House in Washington] With the leadership of the Federal Reserve about to change, it is worth thinking about how the economy is likely to perform and when the next downturn in growth and employment is likely to occur. With the leadership of the U.S. central bank, the Federal Reserve, about to change, it is worth thinking about how the economy is likely to perform and when the next d... more »

What America Can Do to Stop the Practice of Child Soldiers

Rachel Stohl, Shannon Dick at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Rachel Stohl, Shannon Dick* *Security, Middle East* [image: A boy holding a rifle stands next to a member of Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) in the border town of Jarablus, Syria] The Trump administration appears poised to carry on the Obama administration’s unfortunate legacy as it pertains to preventing the recruitment and use of child soldiers. In February, President Donald Trump identified human trafficking as a key issue of concern for U.S. domestic and foreign policies, and stated that his administration would make it a priority to stop the epidemic. Yet on Septembe... more »

This Piece of Chinese Military Hardware Could Change the Balance of Power in Asia

David Barr at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*David Barr* *Security, Asia* [image: A Y-20 transport plane of People's Liberation Army Air Force is seen on the tarmac after its arrival for the upcoming China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition, in Zhuhai, Guangdong province] The Y-20 aerial refueling aircraft represents a significant evolutionary step for the Chinese military. On October 7 2001, the U.S. military initiated air operations against Taliban and Al Qaeda strongholds in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Fifteen bombers and twenty-five strike aircraft launched fifty cruise missiles ag... more »

Wanted: A U.S.-Russia Relationship That Isn't Dysfunctional

Nikolas K. Gvosdev at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Nikolas K. Gvosdev* *Politics, Europe* [image: U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their bilateral meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany] The principal agenda item during the Putin-Trump summit is going to be the situation around North Korea—with Trump asking for additional Russian help in containing the crisis. Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have decided to meet on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Vietnam, and there is only one question that each Chief Executive needs the other to an... more »

UN climate summit = Bonn COP massiveness

CFACT Ed at CFACT - 5 hours ago
How many climate alarmists does it take to write the rules of world domination? In the case of the upcoming Bonn meeting the answer is well over 20,000. I am not making this up.

VIDEO: Russian Army meets with Islamist commanders in northern Homs

Chris Tomson at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 5 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (12:00 P.M.) – In an unexpected turn of events, a Russian delegation arrived in rebel-held northern Homs on Monday to negotiate with local Islamist groups over the possibility of reopening the M5 Highway which runs vertically through the rebel pocket. As reported earlier by Al-Masdar News, the meeting took place at the crossing […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Here Are 15 Things We Learned Last Week From The Congressional Testimony Of Facebook, Twitter, And Google Executives

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 5 hours ago
*Alexis Madrigal Alexis Madrigal, The Atlantic: **15 Things We Learned from the Internet Giants* The key takeaways from three days of testimony about Russia’s electoral mischief during the 2016 election. During three Congressional hearings spread over two days, we heard a lot of bluster from senators and pat answers from tech-company lawyers about the role their firms played in the 2016 election. Scattered among all the questions, some new facts entered the public record. Here we attempt to catalog the important new information we learned. Some of the biggest disclosures came in ... more »

Twenty reasons not to worry about polar bears, the 2017 update

Hifast at Climate Collections - 5 hours ago
Originally posted on polarbearscience: Just in time for Polar Bears International’s self-proclaimed fall Polar Bear Week (5-11 November 2017), here’s a new resource for cooling the polar bear spin. I’ve updated my 2015 summary of reasons not to worry about polar bears, which is now more than two years old. In this new version, you…

Former DNC Chairman, Howard Dean, pretty confident that Jared Kushner will soon also be indicted.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 5 hours ago
Howard Dean: ‘Jared Kushner will be indicted for money laundering’ and ‘the next step will be Trump family’#TrumpRussia pic.twitter.com/qGIc7SO61r — PoliticsVideoChannel (@politvidchannel) November 5, 2017 Courtesy of The Hill: *Former Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairman Howard Dean said he thinks there's a good chance President Trump's son-in-law, White House adviser Jared Kushner, will be indicted. * *“I expect there’s a good likelihood Jared Kushner will be indicted for money laundering,” Dean said Sunday on MSNBC. * *“And then we’re going to have to see how far the R... more »

Higher Education Groups Take Aim at GOP Reform Bill

Jamaal Abdul-Alim at Diverse - 5 hours ago
Higher education lobbying groups on Monday told Congress that the Republican tax reform bill “heads in the wrong direction."

FALSE: How to Tell the Difference Between Organic and GMO Eggs

David Mikkelson at Snopes.com - 5 hours ago
A photograph that shows how to distinguish between GMO eggs and regular organic eggs is a joke.

FALSE: Einstein Plays Electric Guitar

David Mikkelson at Snopes.com - 5 hours ago
Rumor: Photograph shows Albert Einstein playing an electric guitar.

Umpqua Community College Is a Gun-Free Zone?

David Mikkelson at Snopes.com - 5 hours ago
Rumor: Umpqua Community College was a gun-free zone when nine people were fatally shot there in October 2015.

Rescuing Hug

David Mikkelson at Snopes.com - 5 hours ago
Rumor: A struggling newborn improved dramatically after being placed in an incubator with her healthy twin sister.

FALSE: Steven Seagal Dead at 63

David Mikkelson at Snopes.com - 5 hours ago
Rumor: Steven Seagal has died of a heart attack at age 63.

Amazing Behind-the-Back Tennis Return

David Mikkelson at Snopes.com - 5 hours ago
Video shows an amazing behind-the-back return by Japanese tennis player Yoshihito Nishioka.

FALSE: Snopes Staff Arrested in Law Enforcement Raid

David Mikkelson at Snopes.com - 5 hours ago
Rumor: The staff of snopes.com were arrested after a law enforcement raid.

TRUE: Ball Girl Makes Outstanding Catch

David Mikkelson at Snopes.com - 5 hours ago
Rumor: Video shows a ball girl making an outstanding catch at a major league baseball game.

FALSE: Facebook Appeal for Boy with Massive Tumor

David Mikkelson at Snopes.com - 5 hours ago
Rumor: CNN and Facebook are donating $1 per share to fund surgery for a boy with a massive tumor.

Free Publix $100 Coupons Scam

David Mikkelson at Snopes.com - 5 hours ago
Rumor: Publix is giving away free $100 grocery coupons to Facebook users.

Musical Interlude: Neil H, “The Remembering”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
Neil H, “The Remembering” - https://www.youtube.com/

Oil prices surge in response to Saudi purge

Alexander Mercouris at The Duran - 6 hours ago
Oil prices rise above $60 a barrel on fears of instability in Saudi Arabia More The post Oil prices surge in response to Saudi purge appeared first on The Duran.

Crisis in Saudi Arabia: first shots in a civil war?

Alexander Mercouris at The Duran - 6 hours ago
By eliminating Saudi Princes Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman could provoke a backlash that might sweep the whole Saudi monarchy away More The post Crisis in Saudi Arabia: first shots in a civil war? appeared first on The Duran.

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
“Similar in size to large, bright spiral galaxies in our neighborhood, IC 342 is a mere 10 million light-years distant in the long-necked, northern constellation Camelopardalis. A sprawling island universe, IC 342 would otherwise be a prominent galaxy in our night sky, but it is hidden from clear view and only glimpsed through the veil of stars, gas and dust clouds along the plane of our own Milky Way galaxy. *Click image for larger size.* Even though IC 342's light is dimmed by intervening cosmic clouds, this deep telescopic image traces the galaxy's obscuring dust, blue star cluste... more »

Chet Raymo, “Singing Beside Me In The Wilderness”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
*“Singing Beside Me In The Wilderness”* by Chet Raymo “In one of those infuriating lapses that go with being a certain age, we could not remember the other evening the name of the poet who wrote "A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou..." After scraping the tip of my tongue for a few minutes, I turned to the computer (Google is my browser's home page) and by typing "jug thou" brought Omar Khayyam back into consciousness. (Another click and I could have had the entire Rubaiyat.) And so it is that the Googlized internet arrives just in time to compensate for our withering brain ce... more »

"All Of The Available Data..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
“All of the available data show that the typical American citizen has about as much interest in the life of the mind as does your average armadillo.” - Morris Berman ◆ Apologies to armadillos for the comparison, but if it's true... and it is.

X22 Report, “The FED Falls Apart As The System Deteriorates Further”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
X22 Report, “The FED Falls Apart As The System Deteriorates Further” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRkcfSpQVIE *Related followup report:* X22 Report, “The Cabal Makes Their Move For A New Middle East Event” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT4nJDlOR5o

"A Perfectly Rational Adjustment..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- November 6, 2017

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 6 hours ago
*Martin Chulov, The Guardian*:* Royal purge sends shockwaves through Saudi Arabia's elites* *Move consolidates power of Prince Mohammed bin Salman as he attempts to reform kingdom’s economy and society* Saudi Arabia’s leadership has pulled off its boldest move yet to consolidate power around its young crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, arresting 11 senior princes, one of the country’s richest men and scores of former ministers in what it billed as a corruption purge. The move sidelined at least 20 senior figures, among them outspoken billionaire, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, sendin... more »

And Khaled Ali is running for President in 2018

noreply@blogger.com (Zeinobia) at Egyptian Chronicles - 6 hours ago
Famous Egyptian human rights lawyer Khaled Ali announced earlier Monday that he would run for the presidential office in elections 2018. Ali announced that he would run in the upcoming elections from Egypt’s Doustor party headquarter in Giza in a very crowded press conference. We will start in preparing our presidential campaign as well the drafts for our platform to discuss it with the public in order to present alternative solutions to save Egypt from that grim destiny waiting it Khaled Ali said in a speech that focused in the first half about Egypt’s current problems or disasters ... more »

Mohawk Nation News 'Survival Full Speed Ahead'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 6 hours ago
Read article at Mohawk Nation News http://mohawknationnews.com/blog/2017/11/06/survival-full-speed-ahead/

Socialist Neighbor Assaults Sen. Rand Paul; Fractures Five of His Ribs

Bob Adelmann at rss - 6 hours ago
[image: socialist-neighbor-assaults-sen-rand-paul-fractures-five-of-his-ribs] Rene Boucher, Paul's attacker, is a retired anesthesiologist. If charges against him are upgraded, he's going to be needing some of his own medicine.

Was Planned Antifa Revolution Just a "Conspiracy Theory"?

C. Mitchell Shaw at rss - 6 hours ago
[image: was-planned-antifa-revolution-just-a-conspiracy-theory] With November 4 having passed without the Antifa “revolution” promised (read: threatened) by the Revolutionary Communist Party front group calling itself “Refuse Fascism,” some in the the liberal media are busily accusing those who reported on this of crying wolf. Of course, those reports were based in fact even if the planned/promised/threatened revolution failed to materialize. With November 4 having passed without the “revolution” promised by “Refuse Fascism,” some in the the liberal media are busily accusing thos... more »

"America Breaks Down: The Anatomy of a National Nervous Breakdown"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
*"America Breaks Down: * *The Anatomy of a National Nervous Breakdown"* By John W. Whitehead “This country has been having a nationwide nervous breakdown since 9/11. A nation of people suddenly broke, the market economy goes to sh*t, and they’re threatened on every side by an unknown, sinister enemy. But I don't think fear is a very effective way of dealing with things - of responding to reality. Fear is just another word for ignorance.” - Hunter S. Thompson, gonzo journalist. Another shooting, another day in America. Or so it seems. With alarming regularity, the nation is being su... more »

Devastating Snowfall Predicted For NW Montana In Early 2018?

Kim LaCapria at Snopes.com - 6 hours ago
Claims about a "devastating snowfall" predicted for Montana in 2018 originated with a prank generator site and had no basis in fact.

Trump In Asia: Diplomacy Or Sabre-Rattling?

Daniel McAdams at 7 hours ago
Will President Trump's lengthy visit to Asia signal the beginning of a more diplomatic approach to Washington's disputes in the region? Will President Trump have a face-to-face with Russian President Putin? Trump has signaled a willingness to sit down with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un. Any chance that will take place? Our hopes and concerns so far in today's Liberty Report:

Intel Committee Demands Fusion GPS Bank Records; Suspects Journalists Paid To Spread 'Russian Collusion' Claims

Tyler Durden at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 7 hours ago
[image: undefined] For nearly a year now we've all been inundated with 24x7 media coverage of the "Russian Collusion" narrative which suggests, among other things, that various members of the Trump campaign colluded with Russian operatives to obtain damaging information on Hillary Clinton and then used social media to spread that damaging information far and wide, thus causing Hillary's inevitable second failed bid for the White House. That said, what if it wasn't the Trump administration, but rather the Hillary campaign and Democrats who were guilty of all the "Russian Collusion" ... more »

How Ron Paul Hopes People Will One Day Honor His Legacy

Adam Dick at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 7 hours ago
[image: undefined] Libertarian communicator Ron Paul answered a peculiar and interesting concluding question in a recent interview on the Outer Limits of Inner Truth show: How would Paul like people to honor him after his death? Paul’s answer to host Ryan McCormick’s question focuses on the importance of people doing what Paul has sought to do over the last few decades, including in the United States House of Representatives, presidential runs, and educational efforts such as the Ron Paul Institute — learn about and promote liberty. Paul answered that people should study and promot... more »

Intel Committee Demands Fusion GPS Bank Records; Suspects Journalists Paid To Spread 'Russian Collusion' Claims

Tyler Durden at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 7 hours ago
[image: undefined] For nearly a year now we've all been inundated with 24x7 media coverage of the "Russian Collusion" narrative which suggests, among other things, that various members of the Trump campaign colluded with Russian operatives to obtain damaging information on Hillary Clinton and then used social media to spread that damaging information far and wide, thus causing Hillary's inevitable second failed bid for the White House. That said, what if it wasn't the Trump administration, but rather the Hillary campaign and Democrats who were guilty of all the "Russian Collusion" ... more »

How Ron Paul Hopes People Will One Day Honor His Legacy

Adam Dick at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 7 hours ago
[image: undefined] Libertarian communicator Ron Paul answered a peculiar and interesting concluding question in a recent interview on the Outer Limits of Inner Truth show: How would Paul like people to honor him after his death? Paul’s answer to host Ryan McCormick’s question focuses on the importance of people doing what Paul has sought to do over the last few decades, including in the United States House of Representatives, presidential runs, and educational efforts such as the Ron Paul Institute — learn about and promote liberty. Paul answered that people should study and promot... more »

Intel Committee Demands Fusion GPS Bank Records; Suspects Journalists Paid To Spread 'Russian Collusion' Claims

Tyler Durden at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 7 hours ago
[image: undefined] For nearly a year now we've all been inundated with 24x7 media coverage of the "Russian Collusion" narrative which suggests, among other things, that various members of the Trump campaign colluded with Russian operatives to obtain damaging information on Hillary Clinton and then used social media to spread that damaging information far and wide, thus causing Hillary's inevitable second failed bid for the White House. That said, what if it wasn't the Trump administration, but rather the Hillary campaign and Democrats who were guilty of all the "Russian Collusion" ... more »

How Ron Paul Hopes People Will One Day Honor His Legacy

Adam Dick at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 7 hours ago
[image: undefined] Libertarian communicator Ron Paul answered a peculiar and interesting concluding question in a recent interview on the Outer Limits of Inner Truth show: How would Paul like people to honor him after his death? Paul’s answer to host Ryan McCormick’s question focuses on the importance of people doing what Paul has sought to do over the last few decades, including in the United States House of Representatives, presidential runs, and educational efforts such as the Ron Paul Institute — learn about and promote liberty. Paul answered that people should study and promot... more »

Intel Committee Demands Fusion GPS Bank Records; Suspects Journalists Paid To Spread 'Russian Collusion' Claims

Tyler Durden at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 7 hours ago
[image: undefined] For nearly a year now we've all been inundated with 24x7 media coverage of the "Russian Collusion" narrative which suggests, among other things, that various members of the Trump campaign colluded with Russian operatives to obtain damaging information on Hillary Clinton and then used social media to spread that damaging information far and wide, thus causing Hillary's inevitable second failed bid for the White House. That said, what if it wasn't the Trump administration, but rather the Hillary campaign and Democrats who were guilty of all the "Russian Collusion" ... more »

How Ron Paul Hopes People Will One Day Honor His Legacy

Adam Dick at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 7 hours ago
[image: undefined] Libertarian communicator Ron Paul answered a peculiar and interesting concluding question in a recent interview on the Outer Limits of Inner Truth show: How would Paul like people to honor him after his death? Paul’s answer to host Ryan McCormick’s question focuses on the importance of people doing what Paul has sought to do over the last few decades, including in the United States House of Representatives, presidential runs, and educational efforts such as the Ron Paul Institute — learn about and promote liberty. Paul answered that people should study and promot... more »

World News Briefs -- November 6, 2017 (Evening Edition)

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 7 hours ago
*New York Times:* *Saudi Arabia Charges Iran With ‘Act of War,’ Raising Threat of Military Clash* LONDON — Saudi Arabia charged Monday that Iran had committed “a blatant act of military aggression” by providing its Yemeni allies with a missile fired at the Saudi capital over the weekend, raising the threat of a direct military clash between the two regional heavyweights. The accusations represent a new peak in tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran at a time when they are already fighting proxy wars in Yemen and Syria, as well as battles for political power in Iraq and Lebanon. T... more »

Instagram joins the growing list of social media platforms that the Russians used to manipulate the American people.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 7 hours ago
Courtesy of Business Insider: *It's been a couple months since Facebook confirmed that fake accounts likely originating in Russia bought ads on the platform to sow discord during the 2016 presidential campaign. * *On Friday, the company revealed that its subsidiary Instagram was also used in an attempt to influence the election. And on Wednesday, as officials from Facebook, Google, and Twitter testified before Congress, House Democrats released examples of the Instagram posts in question.* *The ads are similar in many ways to those posted on Facebook and Twitter, which also target... more »

A YEAR WITHOUT A PRESIDENTIt seems like forever, but it was just...

Robert Reich - 7 hours ago
*A YEAR WITHOUT A PRESIDENT* It seems like forever, but it was just one year ago that Donald Trump was elected president. So what have we learned about the presidency and who is running the country? *1. The first big thing we’ve learned is that Trump is not really the president of the United States – because he’s not governing.* A president who’s governing doesn’t blast his Attorney General for doing his duty and recusing himself from an FBI investigation of the president. A president who’s governing doesn’t leave the top echelons of departments and agencies empty for almost a y... more »

Oh, That Explains it

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Gotham City - 7 hours ago
Just since the Charleston AME shooting in 2015, more people have died in church at the hands of white Christian terrorists than those at the hands of Muslim terrorists in airports, sports stadiums, courthouses, high schools and where ever else we've bunched up our security apparatus. In fact, it could be plausibly argued toddlers had killed more people in 2015 than Muslim terrorists. It seems we have our priorities ass backwards. Since the Port Arthur mass shooting in Australia in 1996 that killed 35, their ultra conservative government led by John Howard imposed a ban on all ... more »

Pledge

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 8 hours ago
Though being (fairly) characterised by BBC types as being 'critics' of the BBC, we are a blog that's called 'Is the BBC biased?', and that leads me, from time to time, to highlight and criticise charges of BBC bias which I find to be wrong or silly or downright perverse. I've already posted one such piece tonight, and all of my 'Rob Burley Fan Club' pieces derive from the same impulse. Raising my eyes nobly to the stars and placing my hand on my blogging medals, I do think that it's my blogging duty to do so because there's wheat and there's chaff out there when it comes to alle... more »

Interview: Man Granted Clemency By Obama Over Drug Charges Rebuilds Life

Roqayah Chamseddine at Shadowproof - 8 hours ago
In 1997, when Romaine "Chip" Dukes was 24-years-old, he was convicted on three federal drug charges and was given a mandatory life sentence, plus ten years. The post Interview: Man Granted Clemency By Obama Over Drug Charges Rebuilds Life appeared first on Shadowproof.

This Is How Japan Will Sink China's Aircraft Carriers

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 8 hours ago
Image: The Kokuryu submarine of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) bursts to the surface during a fleet review at Sagami Bay, off Yokosuka, south of Tokyo October 15, 2015. REUTERS/Thomas Peter​ Zachary Keck, National Interest: *Here Is How Japan Plans on Killing China's Aircraft Carriers* As we approach the day when China will have multiple aircraft carriers, Beijing’s neighbors and the United States are likely beginning to prepare for this eventuality. This is especially true of Japan, China’s traditional rival in the region. While it will be tempting to try to imit... more »

Three U.S. Aircraft Carriers Will Be Conducting Sea Drills Near North Korea In The Coming Days

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 8 hours ago
This is how the Vinson deploys: In May the supercarrier was photographed from the air as it and the whole strike group got an escort from two South Korean destroyers, the Sejong the Great and the Yang Manchun. The Carl Vinson's U.S. Navy escorts were the USS Lake Champlain, a Ticonderoga-class cruiser, and the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers the USS Michael Murphy and the USS Stethem *Reuters:* *U.S. to soon stage drill with three carriers as Trump visits Asia* WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three U.S. aircraft carrier strike groups will exercise together in the Western Pacific in the comi... more »

Mohammed Bin Salman: The Unlikely Anti-Oligarchic Bolshevik?

Andrew Korybko at The Duran - 8 hours ago
In the heart of petro-capitalism, a revolution is not being televised. More The post Mohammed Bin Salman: The Unlikely Anti-Oligarchic Bolshevik? appeared first on The Duran.

Chief Diversity Officers Transitioning to the Presidency

Jamaal Abdul-Alim at Diverse - 8 hours ago
By the time Dr. Jamel Santa Cruze Wright became the first chief diversity officer at Eureka College in 2014 — and eventually vice president for strategic and diversity initiatives — she had already had her sights set on becoming a college president for several years.

An Open Letter to NFL Owners, Coaches, Commissioners, Front Office People, Papa John’s et. al

cmaadmin at Diverse - 8 hours ago
While protesting in the NFL may be new to you, protesting in general is not. Black college students and college students in general have engaged in protests for decades.

All Eyes on Virginia, New Jersey in Political Races

Joseph Hong at Diverse - 8 hours ago
Several states across the country are in the spotlight this week as local elections are expected to measure the national political climate ahead of the 2018 elections.

Michigan State’s College of Music Receives $1 Million Gift

cmaadmin at Diverse - 8 hours ago
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State University has received a $1 million gift commitment to support a space for vocal music and student recitals. The university says that the gift by alum and former College of Arts and Letters instructor Selma Hollander is part of expansion and renovation plans for the College of Music. The […]

Brazile Strains Dem Unity Ahead of Key Gov Race in Virginia

cmaadmin at Diverse - 8 hours ago
WASHINGTON — Democrats are having trouble surmounting differences over the bitter 2016 election amid revelations of a contemplated effort to replace Hillary Clinton as the presidential nominee, deepening party strife just before Tuesday’s closely watched Virginia governor’s race. The fate of that bellwether election will likely make a weighty statement about Democratic prospects in 2018 […]

Not All Trump's Malfeasance And Bungling Is Reversible: Korea

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 8 hours ago
Sunday, Nick Kristof, wrote that Korea experts estimate that the chance of a war between the U.S. and North Korea are between 20 and 50%. "Yet," he wrote, "we’re complacent: Neither the public nor the financial markets appreciate how high the risk is of a war, and how devastating one could be. The Congressional Research Service last month estimated that as many as 300,000 people could die in the first few days of war-- and that’s if it remains nonnuclear. If there is a nuclear exchange, 'there easily could be a million deaths on the first day,' says Scott Sagan, an international s... more »

Did Sessions Really Commit Perjury?

Daniel McCarthy at The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Daniel McCarthy* *Politics, North America* The investigation itself could drag on for years, though Mueller does appear to be moving expeditiously. Every week brings a new “gotcha!” moment from President Donald Trump’s critics in the media and Congress. Right now much of the buzz is all about what Trump and Jeff Sessions knew about campaign underlings’ contacts with Russia in 2016. Has the attorney general been caught lying, even perjuring himself? On Friday, CNN’s Chris Cillizza gave a rundown of Session’s supposed memory lapses or misrepresentations. Asked, “if there is any e... more »

U.S. Senator Rand Paul Faces A Prolonged Absence From The U.S. Senate

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 8 hours ago
*Wall Street Journal*:* Rand Paul Faces Prolonged Absence From the Senate* *Kentucky Republican is recovering from injuries after alleged attack by neighbor.* WASHINGTON—Sen. Rand Paul faces an extended absence from the Senate as he recovers from serious injuries he suffered on Friday after police said he was attacked at his Kentucky home by his longtime neighbor. The altercation between the two men was sparked by what an attorney for the alleged assailant described as a “trivial” dispute between the neighbors of 17 years. A protracted convalescence away from Washington, D.C., fo... more »

Will The War Of Words Between Iran And Saudi Arabia Escalate Into War?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 8 hours ago
*Cristina Maza, Newsweek*:* Are Saudi Arabia And Iran About To Go To War?* Saudi Arabia and Iran's battle for control over the Middle East reached a fever pitch this weekend with threats of warfare, prompting the world to wonder whether the two regional powers will wage an all-out war. Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen launched a ballistic missile towards the Saudi capital, prompting Saudi Arabia to ratchet up the rhetoric against its real enemy in the proxy war. "Iran's role ... in this matter constitutes a clear act of aggression that targets neighboring countries and threat... more »

America’s Gun Crisis and the Politics of Securitization

Dillon Tatum at Duck of Minerva - 8 hours ago
It is not easy waking up in America these days. Sunday morning I woke up from a lazy weekend morning to see that a shooter had committed mass murder at a church in Sutherland Springs, TX. The shooter killed 26 people, including several children; the youngest victim was just fourteen months old (for latest updates, […]

Did Trump Impatiently Dump Fish Food in Japanese Koi Pond?

Dan Evon at Snopes.com - 9 hours ago
An image showing President Trump dumping fish food into a koi pond was shared with misleading statements about his behavior.

Puerto Rico is a Colony

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 9 hours ago

BREAKING: Five Russian soldiers injured by Islamic State mine in Deir Ezzor

Chris Tomson at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 9 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (11:25 P.M.) – According to a statement released by the Ministry of Defense on Monday evening, five Russian soldiers and four Russian reporters were injured as a mine left behind by ISIS exploded in eastern Syria. The incident took place near the provincial capital of Deir Ezzor, far behind the current frontline, and […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

In pictures: Al-Qaeda, Free Syrian Army join forces in huge Hama counter-offensive

Chris Tomson at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 9 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (10:40 P.M.) – On Monday, the Syrian Al-Qaeda branch and a couple Free Syrian Army (FSA) factions gathered all available fighters for a major joint counter-offensive in the northeastern countryside of Hama. Targeting a rural area just north of the M42 Highway that was captured by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in recent […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Houthi forces develop torpedo missile to take out Saudi warships

Chris Tomson at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 9 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (9:35 P.M.) – On Monday, the Sanaa-based Yemeni Government unveiled a brand new type of underwater missile which was manufactured by Houthi engineers and will be deployed to combat Saudi vessels that are spotted traveling through the Red Sea. The torpedo, nicknamed Al-Manbab, is reportedly capable of hitting enemy ships from far away […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

ISIS appoints new leader in southeast Asia following defeat in Marawi City

Chris Tomson at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 9 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (7:50 P.M.) – According to the national police chief, ISIS has appointed Amin Baco as the new Islamic State emir in southeast Asia following the death of Isnilon Hapilon and Omar Maute, leaders of two local ISIS-inspired branches, on October 16. Amin Baco is of Malaysian nationality and pledged allegiance to ISIS in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Anthony Stocks Up on Soap-on-a-Rope And Heads For Federal Prison Today

Diogenes Sarcastica™ at Diogenes' Middle Finger - 9 hours ago
Anthony Weiner reports to federal prison today. He will start serving about two years for what some dems say he deserves for his stupidity in helping elect Donald Trump, but that’s not the crime he was charged with. Six weeks ago U.S. District Judge Denise Louise Cote sentenced the disgraced 53-year-old shrill, partisan and divisive former congressman to federal prison for 21 to 27 months. Facing a draconian ten-year sentence if convicted, the once protege of Sen. Chuck Schumer and glib poster boy for progressive Democrats, plea-bargained guilty to one count of stupendous pervin... more »

Corruption

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 9 hours ago
Huge new developments concerning the activities of the Clinton crime gang, including the revelation that former Democratic National Chairwoman Donna Brazile believed that staffer Seth Richard was killed, and she also feared she would be killed because of what she knew about the DNC server hacking and leaks. She also said Hillary stole the primary […]

This Is What a Nuclear War Between North Korea and America Would Look Like

Dave Majumdar at The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, Asia* Just all sorts of bad. *But what are the military options available to the United States should it come to war? Arms control advocates note that a preventative nuclear first strike would be a gross violation of international law. “Talk of targeting North Korea with nuclear weapons is delusional and should be off the table,” Kelsey Davenport, director for nonproliferation policy at the Arms Control Association, told The National Interest. “In addition to the gross illegality of a preventative nuclear strike, the humanitarian, economic and environ...more »

Worth every penny of the licence fee

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 9 hours ago
Ladies and gentlemen, may I present for you this very night the BBC, that mighty pinnacle of British and world broadcasting, in all its Reithian glory :

Life Expectancy Is Declining – Here’s Why

thedrswolfson at The Drs. Wolfson - 9 hours ago
The stats are out and they show a decline in life expectancy. At a time when government, Big Pharma, healthcare and the media are extolling the virtues of medicine in America, mortality rates are increasing. According to the Society of Actuaries (SOA), mortality rates increased 1.2% from 2014 to 2015, the last years for which […] The post Life Expectancy Is Declining – Here’s Why appeared first on The Drs. Wolfson.

The 21-year-old intern returns!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 9 hours ago
*MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2017They just can't give her up:* Some of the pundits still can't quit their favorite object of desire. We refer to the "21-year-old intern," the much loved object of desire who in fact never existed. Just last Friday, we told you that the nation's pundits had given half of her up. They had quit her age, we foolishly said, while retaining her designation. Just like that, at the Washington Post, Kathleen Parker has broken our heart. Her column appeared over the weekend, though not in the hard-copy Post: PARKER (11/4/17): Bill Clinton wasn't the first preside...more »

Commentaries And Analysis On The Purges In Saudi Arabia

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 9 hours ago
*Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Politico*: *What the Hell Just Happened in Saudi Arabia?* Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman just executed a sweeping—and risky—purge of his potential political adversaries. Here’s why. Even by the torrid pace of change Saudis have become used to under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, developments over the past two days have been as frenetic as they are momentous. The removal of Prince Miteb bin Abdullah as commander of the Saudi Arabian National Guard and one of the few remaining autonomous sources of authority in the kingdom, was followed swiftly by t... more »

A Look At The Impact That Saudi Arabia's Purges Are Having On The Price Of Oil

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 9 hours ago
*The Guardian*: *Oil price rises to two-year high after Saudi Arabia purge* Markets push price up to $62 a barrel after anti-corruption purge by billionaire crown prince who backs prolonging oil production curbs The oil price has hit its highest level since July 2015 after Saudi Arabia’s crown prince increased his power in the kingdom by launching an anti-corruption purge. Billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal was among the princes, ministers and officials detained by Mohammed bin Salman, who said recently that he backed an extension to production curbs by the world’s biggest oil-... more »

Saudi Arabia's Purges And Arrests Continues

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 9 hours ago
*Reuters:* *Round-up of Saudi princes, businessmen widens, travel curbs imposed* RIYADH (Reuters) - An anti-corruption probe that has purged Saudi Arabian royals, ministers and businessmen appeared to be widening on Monday after the founder of one of the kingdom’s biggest travel companies was reportedly detained. The Saudi stock index was down 1.1 percent in early trade, and Al Tayyar Travel 1810.SE plunged 10 percent in the opening minutes after the company quoted media reports as saying board member Nasser bin Aqeel al-Tayyar had been held by authorities. The company gave no ... more »

BREAKING: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to make urgent visit to Saudi Arabia

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 9 hours ago
He will met with the Saudi King as well as powerful Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman. More The post BREAKING: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to make urgent visit to Saudi Arabia appeared first on The Duran.

The Poet: David Whyte, "In the Beginning"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
*"In the Beginning"* "Sometimes simplicity rises like a blossom of fire from the white silk of your own skin. You were there in the beginning you heard the story, you heard the merciless and tender words telling you where you had to go. Exile is never easy and the journey itself leaves a bitter taste. But then, when you heard that voice, you had to go. You couldn't sit by the fire, you couldn't live so close to the live flame of that compassion you had to go out in the world and make it your own so you could come back with that flame in your voice, saying listen... this warmth, this unbea... more »

BREAKING: Police Reveal Shooter’s Mother-in-law Was a Victim, Cite ‘Domestic’ Issue As Possible Motive

The Free Thought Project at The Free Thought Project - 9 hours ago
[image: domestic]Contrary to both sides of the political spectrum's claims, it appears the attack was most likely motivated by domestic trouble, not religion or race.

Cop Belligerently Threatening Man During Traffic Stop Shows Why People Don’t Trust Police

Jack Burns at The Free Thought Project - 9 hours ago
[image: stop]A man's secretly recorded traffic stop exposed a State Trooper's ridiculous escalation to threats which could've resulted in deadly force for no reason.

Why are US mass shootings getting deadlier?

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 10 hours ago
Why are US mass shootings getting deadlier? | Raw Story https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/why-are-us-mass-shootings-getting-deadlier/amp/ Advertisements

Theoretical quark fusion found to be more powerful than hydrogen fusion

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 10 hours ago
Theoretical quark fusion found to be more powerful than hydrogen fusion https://phys.org/news/2017-11-theoretical-quark-fusion-powerful-hydrogen.amp

In ‘Stoned Ape’ Theory, Consciousness Has Roots in Psilocybin. 

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 10 hours ago
In ‘Stoned Ape’ Theory, Consciousness Has Roots in Psilocybin | Inverse https://www.inverse.com/article/34186-stoned-ape-hypothesis?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=on_site&utm_campaign=mobile_article-footer

The return of Radio 4 Comedians Bingo

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 10 hours ago
Ah, tonight's *The Unbelievable Truth *on Radio 4 took me back nostalgically to the merry days of this very blog's much-loved ' *Radio 4 Comedians Bingo*' feature. The rules, based on the utter predictability of BBC comedians, could hardly have been simpler: The game still goes on though in many parts of the country, particularly in high-class seaside resorts like Morecambe (the home of sunshine), though the words and phrases that players are required to mark off have naturally been updated to include 'Brexit', 'Trump', 'Boris Johnson' and 'Katie Hopkins' (and 'Osborne' and 'Came... more »

Sutherland Springs Shooting Rumors, Hoaxes, and Conspiracy Theories

Brooke Binkowski at Snopes.com - 10 hours ago
A mass shooting at a Texas church on 5 November 2017 led to an avalanche of false information.

Lebanon In Turmoil -- News Updates November, 2017

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 10 hours ago
*BBC:* *Lebanon PM forced by Saudis to resign, says Hezbollah* The leader of Lebanon-based Shia group Hezbollah has said that Saudi Arabia forced the Lebanese prime minister to resign. Saad Hariri stepped down in a televised broadcast from Saudi Arabia on Saturday, denouncing Hezbollah and its Iranian backers, and saying he feared for his life. But the chief of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, said it was a Saudi decision "imposed" on him. Saudi officials have denied this. "It was not his intention, not his wish and not his decision to quit," Sheikh Nasrallah said in a televised add... more »

So now that Russian lawyer is saying that Donald Trump Jr. offered her a quid pro quo for information on Hillary Clinton.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 10 hours ago
Courtesy of Bloomberg: *A Russian lawyer who met with President Donald Trump’s oldest son last year says he indicated that a law targeting Russia could be re-examined if his father won the election and asked her for written evidence that illegal proceeds went to Hillary Clinton’s campaign. * *The lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya, said in a two-and-a-half-hour interview in Moscow that she would tell these and other things to the Senate Judiciary Committee on condition that her answers be made public, something it hasn’t agreed to. She has received scores of questions from the commit... more »

Did the Trump campaign collude with the Russkies?

bob somerby at the daily howler - 10 hours ago
*MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2017As stated above, this familiar question doesn't exactly make sense:* Last Friday morning, Professor Goodman tackled a nagging problem. In an op-ed piece in the New York Times, he criticized the widespread use of the term "collusion" in our recent discussions and debates. "Can We Please Stop Talking About ‘Collusion’?" That's what the professor asked in his headline. Early on, he started trying to define the problem surrounding the ongoing use of that term: GOODMAN (11/3/17): *For one reason or another, “collusion” has become the term of choice for discuss... more »

Did Amazon Choose San Diego For Its ‘HQ2’?

Arturo Garcia at Snopes.com - 10 hours ago
A short-lived fake story about the giant tech company illustrated the dangers of sharing posts blindly.

Was Malia Obama Arrested in an ‘Antifa Attack’ on an Elderly Woman?

Kim LaCapria at Snopes.com - 10 hours ago
Members of anti-fascist groups (popularly called "antifa") did not attack an elderly woman, and Malia Obama was not arrested in connection with the imaginary altercation.

Was the Texas Church Shooter a Muslim Convert Named ‘Samir Al-Hajeed’?

Dan MacGuill at Snopes.com - 10 hours ago
False reports revive a long-running hoax about the comedian Sam Hyde.

Declassified FBI Paper Reveals Martin Luther King’s “Sexual Aberrations”

Warren Mass at rss - 10 hours ago
[image: declassified-fbi-paper-reveals-martin-luther-king-s-sexual-aberrations] An FBI paper, “Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Current Analysis,” said King had “continued to carry on his sexual aberrations secretly” while posturing as a moral leader.

GOP Tax Plan Increases the Most Insidious Tax

Ron Paul at rss - 10 hours ago
[image: gop-tax-plan-increases-the-most-insidious-tax] Politicians love the inflation tax because it allows them to increase taxes without having to vote for higher rates. Instead, the Fed does the dirty work.

Declassified FBI Paper Reveals Communist Associates of Martin Luther King

Warren Mass at rss - 10 hours ago
[image: declassified-fbi-paper-reveals-communist-associates-of-martin-luther-king] An FBI paper just released, “Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Current Analysis,” expressed concern about “the degree of communist influence on King.”

Crazed Atheist Shoots Up Texas Church; Dems Call for Gun Control

Bob Adelmann at rss - 10 hours ago
[image: mental-case-shoots-up-texas-church-dems-call-for-gun-control] Democrats turning Sunday's tragedy — the mass murder in a Texas church — into a soap box against gun ownership perfectly illustrate the dangers of giving them too much power.

Allegations levelled against US military over airstrikes in Afghanistan

Jessica Purkiss at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism - 10 hours ago
Sources suggest that many civilians may have been killed

More fun (?) with tractors

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 11 hours ago
Following Saturday's video clip of an antique steam traction engine outpulling a 110hp. modern tractor, I found this collection of tractor pull errors, mishaps and disasters. Boys and their agricultural toys, I guess! Peter

Holy Moly

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 11 hours ago
On the old 'complaints from both sides' theme, this is a genuinely serious tweet from someone today following some 24 hours or so of heavy BBC focus on the tax affairs of HM the Queen and Lord Ashcroft:

IT'S SIMPLE: TURN OUT MORE DAMN DEMOCRATIC VOTERS

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 11 hours ago
This is good news for Democrats, but... Voters say they prefer Democratic candidates for the House of Representatives over Republicans by the widest margin in over a decade, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.... ... 51 percent ... of registered voters say that if the election were held today, they would vote for or lean toward the Democratic candidate in their congressional district, while 40 percent say they would choose the Republican. That’s the biggest spread in a Post-ABC survey since October 2006, just weeks before a midterm in which Democrats won back control ... more »

Looking Through a Telescope Into The Future: Trump's Trip Could Shape Next 50 Years

Alicia at LaRouchePAC Feed - 11 hours ago
Video of KdjpGyYJo2s As German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in a speech he gave in Singapore last week: "We should look through a telescope into the future..." In an open letter by Helga Zepp-LaRouche in response, she highlighted the significance of Lyndon LaRouche's book, "Earth's Next Fifty Years," in which she stated "LaRouche anticipated the entire, currently visible shift of the strategic dynamic to Eurasia and defined the higher level of thinking, on which the peaceful cooperation of mankind can take place." It is with this perspective that we look forward to the u... more »

Renewable energy – by royal decree!

Paul Driessen at CFACT - 11 hours ago
CFACT Senior Policy Advisor Paul Driessen exposes the shame of the city leaders in St. Louis, Missouri, who have sought to deflect from the city's poor reputation for violent crime, high school graduation rates, and overall quality of life by declaring the city MUST transform its power base from 1.5% wind and solar today to 100% wind and solar within the next 18 years. The staggering cost of such a transformation, assuming it can even be done, will be borne by the very people who suffer from high crime, low-performance education, and a sense of hopelessness in the face of arrogant p... more »

Trump: Japan To ‘Shoot’ North Korean Missiles ‘Out Of The Sky’ With New Weapons

Ryan Pickrell at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Ryan Pickrell* *Security, Asia* Japan currently maintains a tiered missile defense system involving Aegis-equipped destroyers and Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) units. President Donald Trump is urging Japan to purchase more U.S. military equipment to better defend itself against the growing threat from North Korea. Japan will be able to “shoot them out of the sky when [Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe] completes the purchase of a lot of military equipment from the United States,” the president said in response to a question about why Japan did not attempt to intercept ... more »

North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons Test Site Appears Dangerously Contaminated

Ryan Pickrell at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Ryan Pickrell* *Security, Asia* If reports from in country are accurate, it appears that the North Korean people in the area are paying a high price for the regime’s nuclear ambitions. North Korea’s nuclear testing appears to have spread devastation for miles, according to testimony from former residents. The Punggye-ri nuclear test site in Kilju County, North Hamgyong Province, where North Korea has conducted a total of six nuclear tests, and the surrounding area have become a wasteland. The most recent test, during which the North detonated a suspected staged thermonuclear bo... more »

The Sum of Their Fears: The MQ-25 Stingray

Jerry Hendrix at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Jerry Hendrix* *Security, Asia* There is fear that the situation within U.S. Navy acquisitions is far from healthy. “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark,” sayeth the Bard in a line with ominous foreboding. Such potent can also be read into the decision that Northrop Grumman was dropping out of the competition for the navy’s MQ-25 unmanned tanker. Concerns have been rising since Naval Aviation’s issuance of a request for proposals (RFP) for the MQ-25 Stingray aircraft earlier this month. The description of what is to be the navy’s first unmanned aircraft to operate from ... more »

Quote of the Day: So perhaps social spending is not really about fixing poverty?

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 11 hours ago
*"An alien beamed down to Earth might be forgiven for thinking that we are in the midst of some sort of a catastrophe... It makes no sense that social spending [above] has been increasing alongside rising incomes [below]."* ~ Marian Tupy, in his article at the Human Progress website, 'What does it mean to be poor today?' Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is granted, with link and attribution.

New Vaccines Will Permanently alter Your DNA

WakingTimes at Waking Times - 12 hours ago
*Jon Rappoport* - This is genetic roulette with a loaded gun. The post New Vaccines Will Permanently alter Your DNA appeared first on Waking Times.

Lessons learned from the Sutherland Springs Baptist church shooting...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 12 hours ago
*and it's not the shooter's (name withheld on purpose) motive.* He was clearly nuts. That's motive enough. Lessons: 1. In the future Christians will be targeted in increasing numbers. Don't be a victim. 2. It was illegal for the shooter to have a gun so all the bleating from the libtards about gun laws is pointless noise and to be ignored. 3. A *civilian* *good guy with a gun *stopped the bad guy with a gun. 4. If you're not armed, get a firearm, learn how to use it, and carry it always. Lives depend on it. 5. Practice *situational awareness.* (From Wiki - l... more »

Sutherland Springs Church Massacre: 5 Critical Facts You Need to Know

Jay Syrmopoulos at The Free Thought Project - 12 hours ago
[image: church]Details are rapidly emerging from the massacre in Sutherland Springs church—a shooting being called the deadliest shooting in the history of Texas.

Cop Arrested for Racist Shooting Rampage at Texas Church Will NOT Go to Prison

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 12 hours ago
[image: shooting]A cop went on a drunken and racist rampage—shooting up a Texas church—he was indicted, yet he will avoid prison altogether because of blue privilege.

Scientific Study Shows Decades-Old Police Training ‘Responsible for Thousands of Unnecessary Deaths’

Rachel Blevins at The Free Thought Project - 12 hours ago
[image: study]The tactics used by police to deal with suspects who are armed with knives have been used for decades, but have never been scientifically tested.

Four Lies About Donna Brazile that Party-Protecting Reporters Made Viral

Gaius Publius at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
*A slogan you will never see from the national Democratic Party until its current leadership is cleaned out and gone (source)* *by Gaius Publius* *The larger story* — Those who control most of the Democratic Party, and those in the media who aid and abet them, are to their last breath fighting any attempt to turn the country and the Party in a more progressive direction. That resistance to change (the other #resistance, by the way) ended in Party failure during the electoral revolt of 2016, and it will continue to end in Party failure unless the Republican Party succeed in failing... more »

World News Briefs -- November 6, 2017

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 12 hours ago
*Reuters:* *Saudi-led forces close air, sea and land access to Yemen* DUBAI (Reuters) - The Saudi-led military coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen said on Monday it would close all air, land and sea ports to the Arabian Peninsula country to stem the flow of arms to the Houthis from Iran. The move, which follows the interception of a missile fired toward Riyadh on Saturday, is likely to worsen a humanitarian crisis in Yemen that according to the United Nations has pushed some seven million people to the brink of famine and left more than half a million infected with cholera.... more »

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- November 6, 2017

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 12 hours ago
China's President Xi Jinping claps after his speech as he and other new Politburo Standing Committee members meet with the press at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China October 25, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Lee Reuters Economic Times/AFP: *China's military ordered to pledge total loyalty to Xi Jinping* BEIJING: China's military has been ordered to pledge absolute loyalty to President Xi Jinping while a paramilitary police force now literally sings his praises, further cementing his place as the country's most powerful leader in decades. The world's largest armed forces should ... more »

What's in the GOP Tax Bill?

Bob Adelmann at rss - 12 hours ago
[image: whats-in-the-gop-tax-bill] The GOP tax reform bill presented last Thursday attempts to be “revenue neutral” within 10 years. But absent any attempt to cut spending, it is simply moving the chairs around on the deck of the Titanic.

Teacher Demands Children Call Her Gender-Neutral "Mix"

TNA Video at rss - 12 hours ago
[image: alex-newman-teacher-demands-students-call-her-mix]VIDEO - A Florida teacher sparked a firestorm of controversy after demanding that children as young as 9-years old refer to her by the "gender-neutral" term "Mix," abbreviated Mx., instead of the tradition Miss or Ms, reports The New American's Alex Newman. She also demanded that the young children use pronouns such as "they" and "their" instead of the traditional she and her. When outraged parents protested, the school initially defended the teacher. But when it became an international scandal, school officials backed down s... more »

Senior NOAA appointee calls for retraction of paper on illegal fishing

Andrew P. Han at Retraction Watch - 12 hours ago
A top US official at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, who was recently appointed by President Donald Trump, has called for the retraction of a paper that suggests the country exports a significant amount of illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing. The paper, published July 6 in Marine Policy, estimated that in 2015 approximately one-fifth […] The post Senior NOAA appointee calls for retraction of paper on illegal fishing appeared first on Retraction Watch.

Bicyclist who flipped Donald Trump's motorcade the bird has been fired.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 12 hours ago
Remember this woman? Remember how much we all admired her? Yeah, well she lost her damn job: *The woman’s name is Juli Briskman. Her employer, government contractor Akima LLC, wasn’t so happy about the photo. They fired her over it. * *In a Saturday interview with HuffPost, Briskman, a 50-year-old mother of two, said she was stunned that someone had taken a picture of her giving Trump the middle finger. * *As the photo circulated online, Briskman decided to tell Akima’s HR department what was happening when she went to work on Monday. By Tuesday, her bosses called her into a meet... more »

U.S. Economy and Stock Markets, November 2017

C. B. Thorington at A Divided World - 12 hours ago
US real GDP growth from Q1 2009 to Q3 2017. The green line is a linear fit to the GDP over the three years from Q1 2014 to Q1 2017. St. Louis Federal Reserve District Bank / FRED I have have just updated the leading and coincident economic indicators I am following, the first update […]

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