Monday, April 16, 2018

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Remembering World War II Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 8 minutes ago
*WNU Editor:* From AP .... *Researchers mark death of Pearl Harbor mastermind Yamamoto* (AP). Isoroku Yamamoto was killed on April 18, 1943, and Wikipedia has an extensive post on the man .... *Isoroku Yamamoto* (Wikipedia).

Police Use Fingerprints Pulled From WhatsApp Photo To Secure Convictions

Activist Post at Activist Post - 13 minutes ago
By Dawn Luger Police have used a photo sent through the app “WhatsApp” to get a fingerprint and used that fingerprint to secure drug convictions... more »

Hard-Won Homeschooling Freedoms Are Under Threat and Must Be Defended

Activist Post at Activist Post - 13 minutes ago
By Kerry McDonald Our modern homeschooling freedoms come with the responsibility to protect those freedoms. Homeschoolers today have it easy. Many of us were in... more »

Syrian Army captures six towns in southeast Hama – map

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 21 minutes ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:20 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) continued their offensive in the southeastern countryside of the Hama Governorate on Monday, seizing several localities from the jihadist rebels in this area. Led by their 4th and 11th divisions, the Syrian Arab Army was able to infiltrate the jihadist lines near the Jinn Mountains, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

"Winter Is Coming"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 31 minutes ago
*"Winter Is Coming"* by Jim Quinn “Summer will end soon enough, and childhood as well.” – George R.R. Martin, "Game of Thrones" “Reflect on what happens when a terrible winter blizzard strikes. You hear the weather warning but probably fail to act on it. The sky darkens. Then the storm hits with full fury, and the air is a howling whiteness. One by one, your links to the machine age break down. Electricity flickers out, cutting off the TV. Batteries fade, cutting off the radio. Phones go dead. Roads become impassible, and cars get stuck. Food supplies dwindle. Day to day vestiges ... more »

Picture Of The Day

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 38 minutes ago
A tourist looks into North Korea from a tower on the Chinese side of the border between Russia, left, China, center, and North Korea, right, near the Chinese town of Hunchun, November 24, 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj *WNU Editor:* The above picture is from this photo-gallery .... *Take a look at the remote and sparsely populated North Korea-China border — where the Chinese military may be up to something* (Business Insider).

How to write for climate change education

CFACT Ed at CFACT - 41 minutes ago
A lot of teachers want to question climate change alarmism and they need good material to help them do it.

Syrian air defense intercepts missile strike of unknown origin

Frank Sellers at The Duran - 56 minutes ago
Israel refuses to comment More The post Syrian air defense intercepts missile strike of unknown origin appeared first on The Duran.

Steve Amstrup is lying to the media about my critique of his 2007 model

Hifast at Climate Collections - 58 minutes ago
Originally posted on polarbearscience: Until now, my scientific paper post at PeerJ Preprints for review, about the failure of Steve Amstrup’s 2007 USGS polar bear survival model (Crockford 2017), has been formally ignored by Amstrup and his colleagues. But now Amstrup and his colleagues have taken to lying to the media about my analysis because…

70+ scientific papers say: Today’s Sea Level Change Indistinguishable From Noise

Hifast at Climate Collections - 58 minutes ago
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: Holocene Sea Levels were 2 Meters Higher 1. Are Modern ‘Anthropogenic’ Sea Levels Rising At An Unprecedented Rate? No. Despite the surge in CO2 concentrations since 1900, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has concluded that global sea levels only rose by an average of 1.7 mm/yr…

A conversation with Dr. Willie Soon – on polar bears, the sun, and Earth’s climate

Hifast at Climate Collections - 58 minutes ago
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: Science, Philosophy and Inquiry on a Galactic Scale Contributed by Grégoire Canlorbe © 2017 Publised at WUWT by request of Mr. Canlorbe. These are the opinions of the author and interviewee. Dr. Willie Soon is an independent solar physicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics who has been studying the…

Polar bear specialist Mitch Taylor on accountability in polar bear science

Hifast at Climate Collections - 58 minutes ago
Originally posted on polarbearscience: Polar bear specialist Mitch Taylor emailed me and others his response to the New York Times article that appeared Tuesday (10 April) about the Harvey et al. (2018) BioScience paper attacking my scientific integrity. Here it is in full, with his permission, and my comments. Don’t miss the footnote! Accountability in…

Why People Rely on Pipelines

Hifast at Climate Collections - 58 minutes ago
Originally posted on Science Matters: The Trans-Alaska Pipeline system’s 420 miles above ground segments are built in a zig-zag configuration to allow for expansion or contraction of the pipe. In their near-religious belief about demonic CO2, activists are obstructing construction or expansion of pipelines delivering the energy undergirding our civilization. The story is explained by…

NY Times Smears ‘Climate Denialists,’ Accuses Skeptical Blog Of ‘Falsehoods’

Hifast at Climate Collections - 58 minutes ago
Originally posted on PA Pundits - International: By Clay Waters ~ In Wednesday’s New York Times, Erica Goode latched on to a scientific smear job involving global warming and polar bears, under the online headline, “Climate Change Denialists Say Polar Bears Are Fine. Scientists Are Pushing Back.” The text box was bluntly biased even for…

CHALLENGING THE SCIENCE BASIS OF THE PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT

Hifast at Climate Collections - 58 minutes ago
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: Guest essay by Antera Ollila This rather long story is based on the research study be name “Challenging the scientific basis of the Paris climate agreement” published in International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management in April 2018. The Paris Agreement or COP21 (21st Conference of the…

Can Humans Melt the Antarctic Icecap?

Hifast at Climate Collections - 58 minutes ago
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: Can we puny humans produce enough energy to melt the huge icecap? Some math helps. Antarctic ice on October 6, 2015 Guest essay by Julius Sanks When discussing climate with people who do not have technical backgrounds, I have learned much of the climate discussion is a foreign language…

Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Office: 'Many' News Articles On The Trump-Russia Probe Have Been Wrong

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 hour ago
*Washington Times:* *Mueller’s warning: ‘Many’ news stories on Trump-Russia probe are wrong* Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office is warning that “many” news articles on the Trump-Russia probe have been wrong. The statement from a spokesperson did not single out particular stories. But the warning did come after media inquiries about a McClatchy News story on Friday that said Mr. Mueller has evidence that President Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, did in fact travel to Prague in 2016 as alleged by the Christopher Steele dossier. “What I have been telling all reporter...more »

Is It News To Anyone That Trump Is Unfit To Be President? Anyone??

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 hour ago
Here's the transcript of Sunday night's *20/20* interview by George Stephanopoulos of Jim Comey. As you know, Comey’s much-anticipated book, *A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies and Leadership*, came out today. Shall I break it down to one sentence? "A person who sees moral equivalence in Charlottesville, who talks about and treats women like they’re pieces of meat, who lies constantly about matters big and small and insists the American people believe it, that person’s not fit to be president of the United States, on moral grounds." When Stephanopoulos asked him if he thinks Trump is ... more »

BREAKING NEWS: Latest Israeli Missile Attack on Syria..."WE DEMAND WWIII!!!!!!!!"

greencrow at Greencrow As The Crow Flies - 1 hour ago
Israeli defense minister claims right of 'total freedom of action' in Syrian airspace *BREAKING NEWS*: Several news outlets, including PressTV and RT are reporting that Syria is again the victim of missile attacks by foreign military jets. So far* at least 10 missiles have been intercepted and destroyed prior to reaching their targets. * Please read the following and I will have more thoughts in comments to follow: ************************* A comment following PRESSTV report:*"Israel has a long history of lying and Robert Fisk related that while Tel Aviv was promising the US it wa... more »

Why Is This Blog (Still) Here?

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
*Why Is This Blog (Still) Here?* *September 18, 2008:* The wife asked me, “Why are you always reading this depressing stuff? And writing about it on that blog? There’s nothing you can do about it.” She, in common with 99% of the American sheeple, prefers not to know. The question did make me consider why I'm really doing this, though. Almost no one knows of this blog, and that’s by intent. I’ve shared it’s existence with several people whose opinions I respect, though others might find it by chance. There are, and will never be, any ads here; there’s never been any intent to commer... more »

Is Russia And China Corlobarating On Devaluating Their Currencies?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 2 hours ago
© Alexandr Demyanchuk / Sputnik *Reuters:* *Trump says Russia, China playing 'currency devaluation game'* WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump accused Russia and China on Monday of devaluing their currencies while the United States raises interest rates. “Russia and China are playing the Currency Devaluation game as the U.S. keeps raising interest rates. Not acceptable!” Trump said in a Twitter post. Trump’s tweet referred to what he sees as unfair trading advantages: if a country’s currency is artificially low, its exports are more competitive. Higher U.S. interes... more »

Vipassana – A Brutal but Enlightening 10 Days of Silence

WakingTimes at Waking Times - 2 hours ago
*Christina Sarich* - If this sounds like heaven or hell to you – you’re right. It’s both.

Musical Interlude: Yanni, "Until the Last Moment"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
Yanni, "Until the Last Moment" - https://www.youtube.com/

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
“Hot, young stars and cosmic pillars of gas and dust seem to crowd into NGC 7822. At the edge of a giant molecular cloud toward the northern constellation Cepheus, the glowing star forming region lies about 3,000 light-years away. Within the nebula, bright edges and dark shapes are highlighted in this colorful skyscape. The image includes data from narrowband filters, mapping emission from atomic oxygen, hydrogen, and sulfur into blue, green, and red hues. *Click image for larger size.* The atomic emission is powered by energetic radiation from the hot stars, whose powerful winds an... more »

"I Wish You Enough"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
"I Wish You Enough" by Bob Perks "I never really thought that I'd spend as much time in airports as I do. I don't know why. I always wanted to be famous and that would mean lots of travel. But I'm not famous, yet I do see more than my share of airports. I love them and I hate them. I love them because of the people I get to watch. But they are also the same reason why I hate airports. It all comes down to "hello" and "goodbye." I must have mentioned this a few times while writing my stories for you. I have great difficulties with saying goodbye. Even as I write this I am experienc... more »

"How We Go Through Life..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
"It's extraordinary how we go through life with eyes half shut, with dull ears, with dormant thoughts. Perhaps it's just as well; and it may be that it is this very dullness that makes life to the incalculable majority so supportable and so welcome." - Joseph Conrad, "Lord Jim"

Gregory Mannarino, ”4/16/18: Post Market Wrap Up- L@@K At What The Bond Market Just Did!”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
Gregory Mannarino, ”4/16/18: Post Market Wrap Up- L@@K At What The Bond Market Just Did!” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeZaanY8o6Y

BREAKING: Syria Under Attack Again as Missiles Trigger Air Defenses Near Shayrat Airforce Base

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 2 hours ago
*21WIRE + RT* | SAA defense systems have been triggered by an incoming missile attack targeting Shayrat Airbase and other possible targets.

X22 Report, “Phase I To Destroy The Dollar Might Have Been Launched Today”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
X22 Report, “Phase I To Destroy The Dollar Might Have Been Launched Today” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2LYEo-eUzU *Related update:* X22 Report, “The Picture Is Becoming Clearer, Moves And Countermoves” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQQphenktOw

"Good Or Bad..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
"Good or bad, everything we do is our best choice at that moment." - William Glasser

Should The U.S. Senate Pass A New War Powers Resolution

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 2 hours ago
The U.S. Capitol Building is lit at sunset in Washington, U.S., December 20, 2016. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts *Kurt Couchman, The Hill:* *The War Powers Resolution doesn’t let the president start wars* Congress is split on the legality of President Trump’s strikes on Syria. On Friday, 88 bipartisan members of the House sent him a letter stating that congressional authorization is required. Others say he has authority for one-off strikes, but not prolonged engagements. Some even claim the president can make war for up to 60 days at his discretion. This argument is at best a misundersta...more »

CNN reports from 2007 on Taiwan

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 2 hours ago
*Breakfast* Lots of great stuff out there on Taiwan this weekend, but this CNN "analysis" appears to be reporting straight from 2007. Rather than mix the vile and the valuable, I'll post up the good stuff later. Onward and upward... Of course CNN begins with those causeless tensions... Prior to those elections, *relations between the two were at a high point* after Xi met with then-President Ma Ying-jeou, the first such meeting in history between leaders of the two governments. But since then,* tensions between China and the island it views as a breakaway province have become str... more »

TROLL ALERT: Thousands Panic Over Fake Voice Mail - Warning Alien Invasion On April 18 - Alleged From MH370 Black Box‽

Robert Walker at Science 2.0 blogs - 2 hours ago
This is going viral on Facebook and scaring thousands of people, many panic attacks, some suicidal. This is another of my Doomsday Debunked posts to help these vulnerable people, many of them young children, still at school, who read about this on their mobile devices. Ever since March 14th I've spent hours every day reassuring very scared and panicking people that the MH 370 flight recorder did not send a voice mail message to a random twitter user warning us of an alien invasion on 18th April. Honestly‽ This is a piling heap of stinking horse dung that attracts trolls like flies... more »

Escalating Aggression in Syria. Trump’s Punitive Strike Prelude to Broader War?

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
Escalating Aggression in Syria. Trump’s Punitive Strike Prelude to Broader War? by stephenlendman.org , via https://www.globalresearch.ca/ Was US-led terror-bombing of Syrian sites overnight Friday, based on a Big Lie, prelude to greater aggression coming – Israel involved along with Washington, Britain, France, and perhaps other rogue nations? – Mikhail Gorbachev fears this possibility, saying US-led bombing of Syrian targets […]

Alex Jones Full Show: Globalists (Illuminists/Satanists) Using Syria To Push US/Russian War

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
The Alex Jones Channel Published on Apr 16, 2018 President Trump made public the crimes committed by former FBI director James Comey, in addition to saying Comey will go down in history as the agency’s worst director. Specifically, Trump tweeted Comey gave up classified information and lied to Congress – each being enough to jail Comey. […]

The UN And Deep State’s Slippery Slope Into World War

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
The Alex Jones Channel Published on Apr 16, 2018 Eisenhower warned us. And here we are. Being lead like a lamb to slaughter by the global elite and its pawns towards WW3. Alex Jones examines UN Ambassador Nikki Haley rally of the gullible. Feeding a cursed lie in order to appease her fellow elite. end

“They Know What’s Going To Happen” Governments And Big Banks Are Stockpiling Gold Ahead Of Massive Economic Collapse

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
“They Know What’s Going To Happen” Governments And Big Banks Are Stockpiling Gold Ahead Of Massive Economic Collapse by Mac Slavo, April 15th, 2018, SHTFplan.com The writing is on the wall and major financial institutions across the world are warning about the economic disaster to come. Unabated money printing, tariff trade wars, rising interest rates and retail slowdowns […]

OPCW-Accredited Swiss Lab Can ‘Neither Confirm Nor Deny’ BZ Toxin was Used in Skripal Poisoning

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
Has the OPCW been compromised? OPCW-Accredited Swiss Lab Can ‘Neither Confirm Nor Deny’ BZ Toxin was Used in Skripal Poisoning by https://www.rt.com/ The Swiss state Spiez lab which has studied samples from Salisbury said it can “neither confirm nor deny” the Russian foreign minister’s statement that nerve agent BZ was used in Sergei Skripal’s poisoning. – […]

Israel Launches Airstrikes On Airbase Near Homs In Syria

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
Israel Launches Airstrikes On Airbase Near Homs In Syria by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ Update: The Syrian military announced at approximately 1:10 A.M. local time that the Israeli Air Force fired several missiles towards the Shayrat Airbase and its surrounding area in the Homs Governorate. According to the statement, the Syrian Air Defense managed to intercept several of the […]

Was Sean Hannity Outed as Michael Cohen’s Client by the Deep State?

Bethania Palma at Snopes.com - 3 hours ago
Shortly after revelations that the popular Fox News host was a client of President Trump's embattled attorney became public, "deep state" conspiracy theories spread.

Is a Hillary Clinton ‘Snuff Film’ Circulating on the Dark Web?

David Emery at Snopes.com - 3 hours ago
Conspiracy theory web sites reported in April 2018 that Clinton can be seen mutilating a child during a Satanic ritual in an online video code-named "Frazzledrip."

Police Charge Georgia Woman with Assaulting a Pregnant Military Service Member in Restaurant Fight

Dan MacGuill at Snopes.com - 3 hours ago
The Bibb County Sheriff's Office has charged 71-year-old Judy Tucker with simple battery in an incident that may have been sparked by racial and homophobic abuse.

‘Natural News’ Creator’s Newest Site Focuses Entirely on Teenaged Mass Shooting Survivor

Alex Kasprak at Snopes.com - 3 hours ago
Mike "Health Ranger" Adams is behind a web site dedicated to attacking David Hogg, who survived a February 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Florida that left seventeen people dead.

Starbucks to Train Workers on ‘Unconscious Bias,’ CEO Says

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 3 hours ago
Starbucks wants to add training for store managers on "unconscious bias" as activists held more protests at a Philadelphia store where two black men were arrested after employees said they were trespassing.

'Special Ed' Schultz Claims He Was Fired From NBC for Supporting That Nutty Socialist Guy

Diogenes Sarcastica™ at Diogenes' Middle Finger - 3 hours ago
*Former Prominent Inmate of the MSNBC Loony Bin* We all remember Ed Schultz, once known far and wide for his spitting, slobbering, blood vessel bursting left-wing tirades on MSNBC, now claims he was forced out at MSNBC in 2015 because of his support for his friend, Batshit Crazy Bernie Sanders. Schultz often interviewed Sanders before the Vermont senator's presidential campaign. Crazy Ed has since moved on to his present stint as a tool for the Kremlin propaganda network RT (Russia Today) long before the leftist American media turned on Vlad Putin for ruining their anticipated prog... more »

Roueche Made Profound Difference

Jamal Watson at Diverse - 3 hours ago
Dr. Suanne Davis Roueche, a prolific educator, administrator and researcher who passed away in December, maintained a rigorous and active research and writing agenda while making a profound impact on community college education.

McPhail Rallies Around College Access

Jamal Watson at Diverse - 3 hours ago
Dr. Christine Johnson McPhail, who became a pioneer in the community college world in 1998 and has gone on to blaze more trails in higher education, is the 2018 Diverse Champions winner.

U.S. And U.K. Accuse Russia Of Global Net Hack Attacks

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 3 hours ago
*Reuters:** U.S., Britain blame Russia for global cyber attack* (Reuters) - The United States and Britain on Monday accused Russia of launching cyber attacks on computer routers, firewalls and other networking equipment used by government agencies, businesses and critical infrastructure operators around the globe. A man poses inside a server room at an IT company in this June 19, 2017 illustration photo. Washington and London issued a joint alert saying the campaign by Russian government-backed hackers was intended to advance spying, intellectual property theft and other “malicio... more »

Social Media is Bad For Your Career? Maybe Not, a 2018 Ignite Talk

Steve Saideman at Duck of Minerva - 3 hours ago
Today, there was a twitter conversation about whether doing public engagement, especially blogging and twitter, are penalized or not. The timing is good since my Ignite talk at the Duckies was very much on this stuff. So, I thought I would share what I presented at the Online Media Caucus reception at the annual meeting […]

Poland's Plight

Arthur R. Thompson at rss - 3 hours ago
[image: title-to-come] Probably the most misused country in Western and Central Europe has been Poland. It is difficult to find another country in the region that has been as abused by not only the communists, but by its supposed allies, as that nation.

The Marine Corps’ Fleet of F/A-18s Are Getting Laser-Guided Rockets

Dave Majumdar at The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * A big deal? The United States Marine Corps’ fleet of Boeing F/A-18C/D model legacy Hornets has added a new weapon to their arsenal. The venerable Hornet is now capable of employing BAE Systems’ Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS)—a laser-guided 2.75-inch rocket—for the close air support role. The weapon is already operational onboard the Marines’ Boeing AV-8B Harrier II jump-jet and a host of rotary-wing platforms including the UH-1Y, AH-1Z and MH-60S/R. The weapon enables the Hornet to strike at more moving targets per aircraft than it co... more »

The Inside Story of How America, France and Great Britain Attacked Syria

Dave Majumdar at The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, Middle East* What did Russia or Assad do about it? The Pentagon has provided a detailed breakdown of exactly how the United States and its allies, France and Britain, struck at Syrian regime targets on April 13. As expected, the allied powers used cruise missiles to strike at the regime, both to minimize the danger to aircrews and as a precaution in case Russian air defenses attempted to intercept the attack. “The United States, the United Kingdom and France, three of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, conducted a proportional, p... more »

What Iran Really Wants

Paul R. Pillar at The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Paul R. Pillar* *Security, Middle East* [image: Students wave Iranian national flags during a ceremony to mark the anniversary of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution in Tehran's Azadi (Freedom) Square February 10, 2009. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi (IRAN)] A primary rationale for much U.S. policy in the Middle East has been to curb Iranian “influence.” But that is too generic a concept to be a basis for sound policy. THE ADVENT of the Trump administration has put U.S.-Iranian relations into a deep freeze. President Trump has repeatedly indicated his displeasure with the Joint Comprehensi... more »

The Roots of Hitler's Hate

Jeffrey Herf at The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Jeffrey Herf* *Society, Europe* [image: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem April 24, 2006. Israel marks the annual memorial day commemorating the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust of World War II on Monday. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen] From the beginning to the end of the war that he and his government had launched, Hitler and his associates concluded that their paranoid fantasy of an international Jewish conspiracy was the key to contemporary history. IN 1978, in *Toward the Final Solution: A History of European Racism*, the histori... more »

Here Are All the Reasons Striking Syria Was a Bad Idea

Ted Galen Carpenter at The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Ted Galen Carpenter* *Security, Middle East* For one, it is a flagrant violation of the U.S. Constitution. The air and missile strikes that the United States and its British and French allies launched against Syrian government targets are reprehensible for so many reasons. First, Washington’s action is a flagrant violation of the U.S. Constitution. Except in cases of responding to an attack on the United States, that document gives Congress, not the president, the authority to decide whether to involve the republic in combat. Punishing a foreign regime for an alleged outrage aga... more »

Trump Touts a Red Line Win in Syria While Protecting His Long War Fears

Daniel Serwer at The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Daniel Serwer* *Security, Middle East* [image: A Syrian soldier waves a flag during a protest against air strikes in Damascus,Syria April 14,2018.REUTERS/ Omar Sanadiki] Trump is just as wary as Obama of a slippery slope toward greater involvement in the Syria conflict. The joint United States, British and French attack on Syria focused exclusively on Damascus’ chemical weapons capability. It hit research, development and production facilities in three discrete locations. According to the Pentagon, it was a heavier hit than last year’s cruise missile attack on a base from which... more »

Syria: The Largest (and Most Important) Conflict of the 21st Century

Seth J. Frantzman at The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Seth J. Frantzman* *Security, Middle East* [image: Three F/A-18 Hornets rest on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) in the Arabian Gulf on Dec. 22, 2017. Theodore Roosevelt and its carrier strike group are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of maritime security operations to reassure allies and partners and preserve the freedom of navigation and the free flow of commerce in the region.] The Syrian conflict, which appears that it will drag on for a decade, has been a source of regional instability and chaos. Justifyin... more »

Strikes without Strategy in Syria, Years in the Making

Brian Katulis, Peter Juul at The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Brian Katulis, Peter Juul* *Security, Middle East* [image: A U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 213 prepares to land on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), not shown, in the Persian Gulf Oct. 3, 2014, as the ship supports operations in Iraq and Syria. President Barack Obama authorized humanitarian aid deliveries to Iraq as well as targeted airstrikes to protect U.S. personnel from extremists known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. U.S. Central Command directed the operation] One night of ... more »

The Army's Armored Weapons Will Soon Have 'Shields' from Small Arms Fire

Kris Osborn at The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Security, North America* The Army is engineering new Hostile Fire Detection sensors for its fleet of armored combat vehicles *The advantages of this kind of interoperability are multi-faceted. Given that RPGs and ATGMs are often fired from the same location as enemy small arms fire, an ability to track one, the other, or both in real time greatly improves situational awareness and targeting possibilities.* The Army is engineering new Hostile Fire Detection sensors for its fleet of armored combat vehicles to identify, track and target enemy small arms fire. Even if... more »

Dangers of Bushfires-Wildfires & Nuclear Business

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 4 hours ago
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + : From “Bushfire Safety and Survival for Businesses and Organisations“, p. 19: http://www.cfs.sa.gov.au/public/download.jsp?id=30936 “Bushfires in Australia are…

BPA, found in plastic water bottles, linked to abnormal brain development in fetuses … Mothers BEWARE.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 4 hours ago
BPA, found in plastic water bottles, linked to abnormal brain development in fetuses … Mothers BEWARE – NaturalNews.com https://www.naturalnews.com/2018-04-16-bpa-found-in-plastic-water-bottles-linked-to-abnormal-brain-development-in-fetuses-mothers-beware.html Advertisements

Unlocking the secrets to dark matter

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 4 hours ago
Unlocking the secrets to dark matter https://m.phys.org/news/2018-04-secrets-dark.html

Federal Judge’s Ruling Could Lead to ‘Special Master’ Being Added to Michael Cohen Probe

Arturo Garcia at Snopes.com - 4 hours ago
Attorneys for Michael Cohen have called for a third party to be allowed to review evidence of an April 2018 law enforcement raid.

UK Academic Says Data Firm Helped Trump Campaign Spread Fear

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 4 hours ago
A propaganda expert who has studied Cambridge Analytica says the company helped Donald Trump's presidential campaign use false statements and anti-Muslim messages to spread fear and resentment in swing states he needed to win.

The Poet: Mary Oliver, "Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches?"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
* "Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches?"* "Have you ever tried to enter the long black branches of other lives- tried to imagine what the crisp fringes, full of honey, hanging from the branches of the young locust trees, in early morning, feel like? Do you think this world was only an entertainment for you? Never to enter the sea and notice how the water divides with perfect courtesy, to let you in! Never to lie down on the grass, as though you were the grass! Never to leap to the air as you open your wings over the dark acorn of your heart! No wonder we hear, in your... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
Magdalena, New Mexico, USA. Thanks for stopping by!

"After All..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
"A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain." - William James

"Here’s Where the Next Great Crisis Originates"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
*"Here’s Where the Next Great Crisis Originates"* by Jim Rickards "All financial crises are the same and different at the same time. They are the same when it comes to the dynamics of contagion, illiquidity, bank failures and the high-panic state in which everyone in the world wants his money back at the same time. Yet each crisis is different in its specific causes. The 1994 Tequila Crisis was caused by Mexico’s inability to roll over short-term unsecured debts. The 1998 Russia-LTCM crisis started in 1997 with Thailand devaluing its currency. That panic spread around the world th... more »

Unauthorized Disclosure—Episode 12: U.S. Media Loves War More Than They Hate Trump

Kevin Gosztola at Shadowproof - 4 hours ago
President Donald Trump and the Pentagon once again launched strikes against Syria to send a “message” to President Bashar al-Assad after an alleged chemical attack. This is all the Trump administration planned, and a review of media coverage of the strikes reveals a press hungry for more war. In this The post Unauthorized Disclosure—Episode 12: U.S. Media Loves War More Than They Hate Trump appeared first on Shadowproof.

CIA's first regime change in Syria - 1949

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 4 hours ago
US-led attempts to overthrow governments in Syria has a long, sordid history. In fact, Syria was the first country in the post-war period to be targeted by US planners for regime change. Miles Copeland, then CIA agent (and father of The Police's drummer Stuart), documented these efforts in his 1968 autobiography, The Game of Nations. The reason for the 1949 coup is not much different from the current Washington-London-Paris attempt for regime change in Syria. Bashar Al-Assad, President of Syria, supported the “wrong” pipeline (from the US-Saudi-Israeli perspective). Julian Assa... more »

Moon Dust and the 4602nd AISS

KRandle at A Different Perspective - 4 hours ago
For years, decades really, there has been this idea that Project Moon Dust began with the creation of the 4602nd Air Intelligence Squadron (AISS) in early 1953. Ed Ruppelt, one time chief of Project Blue Book, had complained to his superiors after the massive UFO sighting wave of the summer 1952, that he needed help in the investigations. He was surprised when it was suggested, and later put into an Air Force regulation, that the investigation of UFO sightings would be accomplished by the 4602nd. If you go back and read what Ruppelt wrote, and if you look at the unit history of the ... more »

"What's Your Point?" BBC Russophobic Propaganda Balloon Pricked by Lavrov

greencrow at Greencrow As The Crow Flies - 4 hours ago
*Lavrov Interviewed by BBC* *Link courtesy The Saker* LOL...the laff a minute take down of the BBC "Hardtalk" Interviewer Steven Sackur is a must watch. Lavrov, speaking the English Language (not his native Russian) handles the Eton-accented M-15 asset like a young Mohammed Ali in a "rope a dope" fight. What was Ali's line? * "Float like a butterfly...sting like a bee."* Showing his frustration, Sackur keeps blurting out his lines, interrupting Lavrov...knowing that in the end all the BBC has to do (and no doubt has already done) is carefully edit out all the "knock out" punches ... more »

Israeli missiles target military base allegedly filled with Russian soldiers: unconfirmed

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 4 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 A.M.) – The Syrian Air Defense has downed three Israeli missiles over the strategic Dumayr Airbase in eastern Damascus, Al-Mayadeen News reported tonight. According to a field source in Damascus, the targeted Dumayr Airport is allegedly filled with Russian military personnel that recently held reconciliation talks with the rebel forces in the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Update: Syrian state media reports 9 Israeli missiles intercepted

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 4 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:40 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported tonight that the Syrian Air Defense managed to shoot down at least nine Israeli missiles in the eastern countryside of Homs. According to the SANA report, the Israeli missiles targeted the Syrian military’s positions Shay’rat Airbase, which was the target for the U.S. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Breaking: Syrian military confirms Israeli missiles targeted airbase in eastern Homs

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 4 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:15 A.M.) – The Syrian military announced at approximately 1:10 A.M. (Damascus Time), the Israeli Air Force fired several missiles towards the Shay’rat Airbase and its surrounding area in the Homs Governorate. According to the statement, the Syrian Air Defense managed to intercept several of the missiles, but there was no mention as […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syrian Air Defense fires more missiles at suspected warplanes after reports of Israeli jets entering from Lebanon

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 4 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:00 A.M.) – The Syrian Air Defense has fired several missiles at suspected Israel warplanes that reportedly entered from eastern Lebanon . According to Al-Masdar’s Ibrahim Joudeh in Damascus, the Syrian Air Defense continues to target these suspected warplanes, despite the fact no airstrikes have been reported. As shown below, the Syrian Air […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Breaking: Syrian air defense fires missiles at suspected Israel warplanes in eastern Damascus

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 4 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:45 A.M.) – Minutes ago, unknown warplanes entered Syrian airspace from Lebanon, raising the Syrian Air Defense’s alert levels, a military source told Al-Masdar News. According to the source, the Syrian Air Defense fired several missiles at these suspected warplanes in the eastern part of Damascus. The source added that the Syrian military […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Abandoned tanks and ruined buildings haunt Douma (video)

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 4 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:00 A.M.) – Footage emerged on Monday of military vehicles and tanks reportedly left by militants in the Syrian city of Douma following the city’s liberation from militant control. Ravaged buildings and abandoned tanks littered the city following the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) announcement that it had “fully liberated” the eastern suburbs of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Moscow has ‘irrefutable’ evidence chem attack in Syria’s Douma was staged – Russia’s envoy to OPCW

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 4 hours ago
Moscow has “irrefutable proof” that the alleged chemical incident in Syria’s Douma was a “false-flag attack,” orchestrated by UK security services with support from the United States, the Russian envoy to the OPCW said. “We have not just a ‘high level of confidence,’ as our Western partners uniformly put it; we have irrefutable proof that […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Breaking: Houthi forces fire ballistic missile into Saudi Arabia

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 4 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:40 P.M.) – At approximately 10:45 P.M. (Sana’a Time), the Houthi forces fired a ballistic missile towards Saudi Arabia’s Najran region in the southern part of this Gulf kingdom. According to official media wing of the Houthi forces, their rocket battalion fired a Badr-1 ballistic missile towards the Najran electrical station near the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Trump says Syrian air defence failed to shoot down US missiles (video)

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 4 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:25 P.M.) – US President Donald Trump commented on the recent US-led missile strikes into Syria during a roundtable meeting with local business owners in the US city of Hialeah, Florida on Monday. During his opening statements Donald Trump mentioned that National Security Advisor John Bolton was in attendance, to which the crowd […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Donald Trump hits the brakes on implementing those new Russia sanctions.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 5 hours ago
Courtesy of WaPo: *President Trump on Monday put the brakes on a preliminary plan to impose additional economic sanctions on Russia, walking back a Sunday announcement by U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley that the Kremlin had swiftly denounced as “international economic raiding.” * *Preparations to punish Russia anew for its support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government over the alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria caused consternation at the White House. Haley had said on CBS News’s “Face the Nation” that sanctions on Russian companies behind the eq... more »

Cold War II: America vs. Russia and China

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 5 hours ago
*Michael Lind, National Interest: **America vs. Russia and China: Welcome to Cold War II* *The Second Cold War is a rematch among the same teams.* FOR THE first time since the Cold War ended, air-raid sirens sounded in Hawaii on November 28, 2017. The exercise was part of the revival of the state’s emergency warning system in response to the possible threat of North Korean nuclear missile attack. But the wail of the siren could also symbolize the coming of Cold War II. Historians have never agreed about when the first Cold War began: in 1946, when the United States and Britain cla... more »

"Herding Hamsters And Other Cosmic Reflections"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
*"Herding Hamsters And Other Cosmic Reflections"* Disordered thoughts on the National Cockatoo’s latest antics" by Fred Reed *"One:* The aghastment and horrilation about the terrible, appalling, shocking etc nature of gas warfare is nonsense.There is nothing unusually hideous about the use of toxic chemicals. Hideous, yes, but not unusually hideous. Boring old workaday artillery, that nobody criticizes, leaves children watching as mommy frantically clutches at intestines spilling from her opened belly, leaves men without legs trying to drag themselves along until gushing femoral art... more »

The Toxicity Of Donald Trump: One Of The GOP's Biggest Contributors Is Now Giving To Democrats

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 5 hours ago
Joe Ricketts' Ending Spending Fund was founded to help candidates with the primitive idea that federal budgets need to be "balanced," basically so that government could not engage in doing any good for citizens or for society at large. Spending *creates* national wealth, something conservative nincompoops like the Ricketts family refuses to understand. His PAC spent $804,319 attacking Bernie Sanders as well as millions in ads supporting reactionary losers Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Joe Heck (R-NV), Josh Mandel (R-OH), Richard Moudock (R-IN), Art Robinson (R-OR)-- the Mercer urine guru--...more »

Clearing the Fog of War: Lies, Damn Lies, Damn British Lies

Alicia at LaRouchePAC Feed - 5 hours ago
PDF: [image: PDF icon] 20180416-damn-lies.pdf The Washington Post of Monday, April 16, portrays President Trump as surrounded by a traitorous foreign policy team which is lying to him constantly and persistently about Russia and actions this team has taken in the President’s name, in your name, against Russia and China. The Post attempts to claim that Trump’s national security staff staged a palace coup against him concerning Russia and Syria and that Trump lost the battle. But the President responded immediately by acting against the traitors around him. He scuttled the appointme... more »

A little Bread goes a long way

Keith at musingsofanoldfart - 5 hours ago
Those who follow my post know that I do like my rock-n-roll. Yet, what I find most fulfilling is good music paired with great lyrics. While I love Eric Clapton, Styx, Heart, Stevie Ray Vaughan, et al, I am equally … Continue reading →

Beyonce Gives $100,000 to Four Historically Black Schools

cmaadmin at Diverse - 5 hours ago
NEW YORK — Beyonce paid tribute to historically Black colleges during her groundbreaking Coachella performance, and now the singer is donating $100,000 to four Black universities. The superstar singer announced Monday the Homecoming Scholars Award Program for the 2018-2019 academic year through her BeyGOOD initiative. She plans to give $25,000 each to Tuskegee University, Bethune-Cookman […]

Marshall, WVU Law School Launch Consumer Rights Project

cmaadmin at Diverse - 5 hours ago
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Marshall University is launching a joint project with West Virginia University College of Law to provide consumer-related information for people in West Virginia. Each school received $1 million to implement the programs. The Joint Consumer Assistance Project was established by lawyers involved in a consumer class-action case from funds not claimed by […]

Women Share Career Ups, Downs at APAHE Conference

cmaadmin at Diverse - 5 hours ago
Since its 1987 inception, AHAPE has developed programs and addressed issues impacting Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs). It has evolved from a group of almost exclusively Californians into one with national reach.

Toyota, Alabama A&M Partner on Mobility Initiative

cmaadmin at Diverse - 5 hours ago
Alabama A&M University students will be teaming up with Toyota Motor North America on an initiative to help solve mobility issues. David Fernandes, president of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama, announced at a Friday event on the university’s campus an initial grant of $300,000 to fund the initiative, which includes scholarships for students accepted into the […]

Want a Diverse Faculty? Learn from Minority Serving Institutions

cmaadmin at Diverse - 5 hours ago
Minority Serving Institutions successfully recruit diverse faculties because their institutional missions and cultures align with the values that scholars of color often care about.

Was a Vermont State Trooper Attacked by ‘Hooligans’?

Dan Evon at Snopes.com - 5 hours ago
A clip from the movie "Super Troopers" was shared as if it showed a genuine incident of a Vermont State Trooper being attacked by a group of children on a school bus.

‘Night Court’ Actor Harry Anderson Reported Dead at 65

David Mikkelson at Snopes.com - 5 hours ago
Anderson was a three-time Emmy nominee for his role as Judge Harry Stone in 'Night Court.'

What’s in Those Seized Records? Trump’s Biggest New Worry

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 5 hours ago
President Donald Trump and his allies have hit a new level of anxiety after the raid on his personal attorney's office.

John Stossel: The left’s war on science

co2islife at CO2 is Life - 5 hours ago
John Stossel: The left’s war on science Please Like, Share, Subscribe and Comment Advertisements

We Need More Climate Discussions Like This One

co2islife at CO2 is Life - 5 hours ago
It’s ‘not possible’ to have cheap, reliable energy and reduce emissions Please Like, Share, Subscribe and Comment h/t WUWT

How the US Occupied the 30 Percent of Syria Containing Most of its Oil, Water and Gas

Whitney Webb at 5 hours ago
[image: undefined] DAMASCUS, SYRIA – After the U.S. launched “limited” airstrikes on Friday against Syria, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announced that the U.S. will maintain its illegal presence in Syria until U.S. goals in the area are fulfilled, opening the door for the U.S. occupation to continue indefinitely. While the U.S. military presence in Syria has been ongoing since 2015 – justified as a means of countering Daesh (ISIS) — U.S. troops have since turned into an occupying force with their failure to pull out following Daesh’s defeat in northeastern S... more »

Cardiologist Explains How to Reduce Your Risk of Heart Disease

thedrswolfson at The Drs. Wolfson - 5 hours ago
You can do a lot to lower your risk of heart disease. In fact, heart attacks are easily prevented. Please don’t think that heart disease is in your “genes”. A large population of U.S. adults have coronary disease or hypertension. Do they all have bad genetics? We are built in a very special way. Why […] The post Cardiologist Explains How to Reduce Your Risk of Heart Disease appeared first on The Drs. Wolfson.

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- April 16, 2018

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 5 hours ago
*Tom Rogan, Washington Examiner*: *Why another chemical attack is coming soon from Putin and Assad * According to Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, the U.S., British and French air strikes which targeted Syria on Saturday are a "one time thing." That is, unless Syrian President Bashar Assad decides to employ chemical weapons once again. I believe Assad will do so. At that point, the Trump administration will have a tough decision to make. First off, while it's unsurprising that Russia has avoided retaliating in response to Saturday's attack, President Vladimir Putin will want to test... more »

Oneway Social Media CEO Responds to Conservatives Calling for Internet Regulations

C. Mitchell Shaw at rss - 5 hours ago
[image: 2018-04-16-22-21-40] Some of those voices making the loudest calls for government intervention are coming from a few alt-tech sites that are very small in comparison to the “Big Tech” giants. One new social media platform, though, is taking the opposite position: Keep the government out of it and let the free market handle this. That CEO is Derek Peterson of Oneway.

Haley: U.S. Troops Will Not Leave Syria Until We’ve Accomplished Three Goals

Warren Mass at rss - 5 hours ago
[image: haley-u-s-troops-will-not-leave-syria-until-we-ve-accomplished-three-goals] Last Month, President Trump said American soldiers would leave Syria “very soon.” But based on what U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley just said, American soldiers could be in Syria indefinitely.

Judge Roy Moore Counter-Sues Leigh Corfman for Defamation

Steve Byas at rss - 5 hours ago
[image: judge-roy-moore-counter-sues-leigh-corfman-for-defamation] Judge Moore and accuser Leigh Corfman had exchanged competing defamation lawsuits over her accusations, which probably cost Moore a seat in the U.S. Senate from Alabama.

IN TRUMP WORLD, IS THERE ANYONE LEFT UNCORRUPTED?

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 6 hours ago
James Comey compares President Trump to a mobster, and Brian Beutler thinks it's an apt comparison. “I sat there thinking, Holy crap, they are trying to make each of us ‘amica nostra’—friend of ours. To draw us in,” Comey writes. “As crazy as it sounds, I suddenly had the feeling that, in the blink of an eye, the president-elect was trying to make us all part of the same family and that Team Trump had made it a ‘thing of ours.’” ... Comey’s epiphany is timely. Trump’s political method mixes mass tribalism with the kind of mob-like conscription of notionally ethical elite individual... more »

World News Briefs -- April 16, 2018 (Evening Edition)

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 6 hours ago
*DW:** US, UK accuse Russia of interfering in OPCW Douma investigation* *Russia has been accused of obstructing an investigation into alleged chemical weapons use in Syria. Moscow fired back, saying a team from the OPCW were expected to arrive in Douma on Wednesday. * The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) held a closed-door session on Monday morning in the Hague, which it had called after the alleged chemical gas attack in Douma, Syria, on April 7. The meeting is also the OPCW's first since the retaliatory airstrikes by the UK, France and US on Saturday t... more »

UK COLUMN: US-UK-France’s Nonexistent Case on Syrian WMDs and More Murdoch Fake News

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 6 hours ago
*UK Column News* | Mike Robinson and Patrick Henningsen breakdown the Syrian situation and more.

‘Locked and Loaded’ – As Nikki Haley Festoons at UN, the Rest of World Remains Unimpressed

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 6 hours ago
*21WIRE + RT* | Despite more US threats and UK slander against Syria and Russia, life goes on as usual on the streets of Damascus.

Nuevo informe sobre los impactos del acuerdo UE-Mercosur

bilaterals.org - 6 hours ago
16-Apr-2018 El Mercosur está ofreciendo su reino por un plato de lentejas, o mejor dicho en este caso, está cambiando su soberanía por un plato de carne.

Centrales del Cono Sur propusieron suspender acuerdo con Europa

bilaterals.org - 6 hours ago
16-Apr-2018 Basado en las asimetrías existentes entre el Mercosur y la Unión Europea, Fernando Gambera propuso este martes en Bruselas suspender las conversaciones entre ambos bloques.

Seen in Giza : Egypt's Renaissance statue

noreply@blogger.com (Zeinobia) at Egyptian Chronicles - 6 hours ago
Seen in Giza: Egypt’s Renaissance statue stands high in the square named after it in Giza. The statue was made by sculptor Mahmoud Mokhtar in 1928. This is the most famous statue in Modern Egypt. The father of modern sculpture in Egypt, Mahmoud Mokhtar wanted to symbolize Egypt after its independence from the UK in 1922. The Sphinx representing the past and besides a young Egyptian peasant lifting up her veil. The statue was originally placed at Ramsis square but it was moved later to be beside Cairo University and Giza Zoo.

Plutocracy III: Class War

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 6 hours ago
The early struggles of the working class are placed under a microscope in *Plutocracy III: Class War*, the 3rd chapter in an exceptionally well produced series which explores the origins of America's growing economic divide. Without a doubt, the clashes between worker rights and corporate interests are prominent in today's political and economic landscape, but they're not a modern phenomenon by any means. These imbalances, and the wealth inequalities that have resulted in their wake, have existed for generations. The filmmakers provide a searing portrait of the brave workers who f... more »

French President Macron Walks Back Remarks That He Persuaded President Trump To Keep Troops In Syria

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 7 hours ago
*Washington Post: **France’s Macron tries to walk back remarks that he persuaded Trump to keep troops in Syria* PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron attempted Monday to walk back surprising comments that suggested he had convinced President Trump to keep U.S. forces in Syria “long term.” The original remarks — during a TV debate Sunday after Western missile strikes on Syria — hinted at a major policy shift by Trump and brought a sharp response from the White House less than a week before Macron is scheduled to visit Washington. It left Macron scrambling to clarify his stateme... more »

Inspector General Charles McCulloch was 'threatened and silenced' when he investigated Hillary

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 7 hours ago
https://youtu.be/aG1HlTtrarc Shocking testimony but not what you'll ever see reported on the pro Hillary Clinton media, including the BBC.

David Shukman’s Imaginary “Historic” Climate Deal

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 7 hours ago
By Paul Homewood h/t Robin Guenier & Philip Bratby David Shukman gets excited about the latest piece of climate wishful thinking: The global shipping industry has for the first time agreed to cut its emissions of greenhouse gases. The move comes after talks all week at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) […]

This is why "connected" appliances are a bad idea

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 7 hours ago
I've spoken out before against the so-called "Internet of things" in our homes. They hold hidden dangers. - Frankly, I don't see any need for a "smart thermostat" that can be adjusted from my smartphone, when that means someone else can hack into it and potentially invade my privacy. - I think "smart security cameras" that I can operate from my smartphone, anywhere in the country, are an ideal tool for would-be burglars or home invaders, who can monitor them to select the best time to commit their crimes. - "Smart door locks" are an invitation to hackers to ... more »

“You Can’t Do It Just Because of Money:”40,000 Acre Farm Silences the Doubters By Going Organic

Nick Meyer at AltHealthWorks.com - 7 hours ago
The world of organic farming is a complicated one in large part because many of the traditional ways have been lost. While traditional soil-focused natural farming has been the way the world has fed itself for generations, the post-World War II era of pesticides and GMOs has led to an era of farming where many are afraid to take risks. That gap has been filled by companies like Monsanto and Bayer, who have taken things way too far by polluting the soil, killing bees and butterflies en masse, and even changing the very genetic structure of our food with new genetically engineered... more »

A ton of the money that Trump is raising for his reelection bid is going to legal fees.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 7 hours ago
I'm like a reverse Robin Hood. I take from the stupid and give to me. Courtesy of CNN: *More than one-fifth of the $3.9 million that President Donald Trump's 2020 re-election campaign has spent this year has gone to legal fees, the campaign's latest quarterly Federal Election Commission filing shows. * *About $835,000 in payments for "legal consulting" were made to eight firms and the Trump Corporation, with the most -- $347,000 -- going to Jones Day. Another $185,000 went to the firm Larocca Hornik Rosen Greenberg & Blaha. About $24,000 went to the Trump Corporation. * *The stee... more »

Israel's Ties To The Kremlin Still Remain Strong Even With Tensions Over Syria And Iran

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 7 hours ago
Russian President Vladimir Putin with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Moscow, Russia, March 9, 2017\ POOL/ REUTERS *Noa Landau, Haaretz:* *Analysis Despite Tensions Over Syria Attack, Israel’s Line to the Kremlin Remains Open* Individuals familiar with Israel-Russia ties characterized recent relations as 'sensitive' and 'tense', but by no means is this a diplomatic crisis "Chicks are counted in autumn," goes the more cautious, Russian version of "don't count your chickens before they're hatched." It's a proverb apt for just about any long-running event, and particular... more »

Did Hillary Clinton Say ‘We Must Destroy Syria for Israel’ in a Leaked E-Mail?

Kim LaCapria at Snopes.com - 7 hours ago
Controversy around military action in Syria led to the recirculation of an inaccurate claim about Hillary Clinton.

Diane Abbott criticised after using fake image of Israeli jet over Tehran in Syria bombing row

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 7 hours ago
The always politically correct Diane Abbott has shown either her ignorance or venality again. - Diane Abbott has shared a fake image of an Israeli fighter jet carrying out a bombing mission over Iranian capital Tehran while attempting to make a point about Theresa May's decision to involve Britain in airstrikes in Syria. The Shadow Home Secretary tweeted the digitally altered image this morning after listening to a BBC Today programme interview with Penny Mordaunt, the International Development Secretary, who argued it was correct the Prime Minis... more »

Major Media Ignores Nationwide, Student-Led Pro-Life Walkout

Dave Bohon at rss - 7 hours ago
[image: major-media-ignores-nationwide-student-led-pro-life-walkout] The media fell over themselves to cover “student-led” gun-control walkout rallies while ignoring a recent nationwide student pro-life walkout against abortion.

Tax Foundation: Average American Works 109 Days to Pay All of His Taxes

Bob Adelmann at rss - 7 hours ago
[image: tax-foundation-average-american-works-109-days-to-pay-all-of-his-taxes] This year’s Tax Freedom Day, which “represents how long Americans as a whole have to work in order to pay the nation’s tax burden,” falls on April 19 according to the Tax Foundation.

April 19 in American History

Steve Byas at rss - 7 hours ago
[image: april-19-in-american-history] Three major events have etched forever in Americans' collective memory the date of April 19.

Did Donald Trump Tweet Warnings About Obama Ordering Syrian Airstrikes?

David Mikkelson at Snopes.com - 7 hours ago
In 2013, Donald Trump issued multiple warnings to his predecessor about attacking Syria without congressional approval.

Chemical Weapons Team in Syria Kept from Alleged Attack Site

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 7 hours ago
Syrian and Russian authorities prevented independent investigators from going to the scene of a suspected chemical attack, the head of the chemical watchdog group said.

New York Times: Israel Conducted April 9 Military Strike On Syrian Airbase

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 8 hours ago
T-4 Airbase in syria after Israeli raid *Reuters*: *Israel conducted April 9 strike on Syrian airbase: NYT quotes Israeli military source* JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel maintained its official silence on Monday over its possible involvement in an April 9 air strike on a Syrian airbase after the New York Times quoted an unnamed Israeli military source as saying Israel had carried out the raid. Syria and its main ally Russia blamed Israel for the attack, near the city of Homs, which followed reports of a poison gas attack by President Bashar al-Assad’s forces on the rebel-held town o... more »

Did Albert Einstein Say World War IV Will be Fought ‘With Sticks and Stones’?

Dan Evon at Snopes.com - 8 hours ago
A quote appears to paraphrase remarks made by the famed physicist — but he wasn't the first to warn about the dangers of nuclear weapons.

Superpower: China Claims This Is Biggest Naval Parade in 600 Years

Frank Chen at The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Frank Chen* *Security, Asia* The PLAN is flexing its muscles. More than 10,000 People’s Liberation Army airmen, marines and sailors boarded 48 naval vessels and 76 aircraft for a major show of force with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the South China Sea on Thursday. During his rallying cry for loyalty and devotion, the Communist Party leader was greeted by a resounding chorus of platitudes from soldiers in front of the TV cameras. Xi has displayed a strong penchant for military fanfare. So, when rumors of a giant sea parade started to swirl on the sidelines of the Boao Forum ... more »

Did China Just Admit Its Aircraft Carrier Is a Paper Tiger?

Asia Times at The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Asia Times* *Security, Asia* Beijing has become more honest about the Liaoning's shortcomings, saying it is anxious to upgrade its carrier-borne fighters. It requires “a little bit luck plus a strong body and mind” to land a plane safely on the deck of China’s sole aircraft carrier *Liaoning*, China Central Television has revealed. A report on the state broadcaster cited a 17-year veteran pilot surnamed Xu who said that the ski-jump take-off from the carrier, which has a curled-up bow, is “much easier than landing” due to the refurbished Soviet vessel’s short take-off and the t... more »

America is Developing Its Own 'Invincible' Hypersonic Weapons

Asia Times at The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Asia Times* *Security, North America* American efforts are said to lag behind Russia and China. The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, is developing ‘invincible’ hypersonic weapons similar to the Russian ones alluded to by President Vladimir Putin in a speech in Moscow on Thursday. Putin said in parliament that Russia has developed an “unstoppable” hypersonic missile that can’t be downed by Western air defenses. “DARPA and the US Air Force are working on two hypersonic weapon concepts. One is the Tactical Boost Glide weapon,” military website Defense One sai... more »

Social Media Alternatives: Yours.org with Ryan X. Charles

Activist Post at Activist Post - 8 hours ago
By corbettreport Continuing our series exploring Social Media Alternatives, this week we talk to Ryan X. Charles about Yours.org. SHOW NOTES AND MP3: https://www.corbettreport.com/?p=26678 Subscribe

Aggressive Moths More Resilient To Climate Change

News Staff at Science 2.0 blogs - 8 hours ago
More competitive animal species, with males that compete intensively for mates, might be more resilient to the effects of climate change, according to a paper in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Sexual selection can provide a buffer against climate change and increase adaptation rates within a changing environment, the authors believe. Moths exposed to increasing temperatures were produced more eggs and had better offspring survival when the population had more males competing for mating opportunities, three males for every female. read more

Did a Shadowy Conspiracy Involve ‘Purging’ the Internet of Records Relating to Lisa Barsoomian?

Dan MacGuill at Snopes.com - 8 hours ago
A conspiracy theory fomented by Roger Stone gets even basic facts wrong.

Why this "war" is different. Plus the dark "Z" vision. And our path out of all this.

David Brin at CONTRARY BRIN - 8 hours ago
*== On the International Front ==* Vladimir Putin recently showed the world what he claimed was footage of a new, nuclear-fueled missile, purportedly capable of evading anti-aircraft defenses and traveling “indefinitely.” Let’s put aside the “nuclear-fueled missile” aspect for now. (That concept was abandoned by the U.S. in 1964, as stunningly dangerous and filthy.) What we need to remember is that it has historically been the role of *underdogs* to *innovate*, while the smug, central kingdom ("chung-kuo") wallows dangerously in assumptions centered on the past. That has *not b... more »

Michael Savage: ‘Trump Just Bombed His Base’

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 8 hours ago
*Dr. Michael Savage* | "Good Morning America. Everything we have voted for just went up in smoke."

Trump Lawyer Forced to Reveal Another Client: Sean Hannity

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 8 hours ago
Michael Cohen was forced to reveal in court that he had also secretly done legal work for Fox News host Sean Hannity.

Syria Strikes: Legitimacy and Lawfulness

lblank at Lawfare - 8 hours ago
“Justified, legitimate and proportionate.” These are the words that U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley at an emergency United Nations Security Council session and the director of the Joint Staff, Lt. Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, in a Pentagon briefing used to describe the U.S. and allied strikes on Syrian chemical weapons facilities last Friday evening. Note, however, the absence of the word “lawful” or “legal.” Indeed, the word “legitimate” is used in the context of one common definition: “able to be defended with logic or justification.” In contrast, law figured prominently in a separate bri... more »

Prosecutors Invoke Union Membership To Criminalize Inauguration Day Protesters

Elizabeth King & Siobhan O'Leary at Shadowproof - 9 hours ago
In prosecutions against Inauguration Day protesters, the government contends union memberships qualifies as evidence of a conspiracy to commit a crime. The post Prosecutors Invoke Union Membership To Criminalize Inauguration Day Protesters appeared first on Shadowproof.

Ryan Can't Save The GOP-- Can He Save His Own Political Future?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 9 hours ago
Truth-telling counts for nothing at all in DC; it's all about working within a narrative, positioning, marketing. When he announced he was bailing, Paul Ryan looked into the camera and, as he so often does, lied. He said he's certain the Republicans would hold the House majority. Quite the contrary-- like most Republicans who have lost their facility for political thought, Ryan knows there is virtually no chance the Republicans won't be a shriveled minority in 2019. And only Inside the Beltway are people still talking about a close election-- like 25 lost seats. one being in south... more »

Burning green pellets is ‘filthier than using coal’

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 9 hours ago
By Paul Homewood The Mail picks up on the Channel 4 documentary about biomass, due for broadcast tonight: The race to adopt green energy has led to the use of materials that are dirtier, costlier and require the felling of hardwood forests in America, it is claimed. Acres of trees have been […]

Experience the World's Largest Powwow: Gathering of Nations

White Wolf at White Wolf - 9 hours ago
Every year, the Gathering of Nations brings more than 700 Native American tribes to Albuquerque for a cultural heritage celebration. Stepping in a clockwise spiral, dancers fill the arena in a colorful swirl of traditional dress. Drum groups sing as they play thunderous rhythms that dancers instinctively anticipate. The ringing of thousands of bells and rattles affixed to dancers accentuate every step. More than 3,000 participants, representing all 565 U.S. and 220 Canada indigenous tribes, enter the Tingley Coliseum at the New Mexico State Fairgrounds. Billed as the largest such... more »

Social justice, a definition ...

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 9 hours ago
*"Let me offer you my definition of social justice: I keep what I earn and you keep what you earn. Do you disagree? Well then tell me how much of what I earn belongs to you - and why?"* ~ Walter Williams > . Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is granted, with link and attribution.

Is the KKK Tax-Exempt as a Religious Organization?

Bethania Palma at Snopes.com - 9 hours ago
Although the Ku Klux Klan is not a tax-exempt organization, there are other hate groups that are.

Yemen: Residents of Sana’a stand in solidarity with Syria

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 9 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON Scores of protesters gathered in front of the Syrian embassy in Sana’a on Monday, to demonstrate in solidarity with the people of Syria following the US-led airstrikes that targeted Syria on Saturday. Protesters who carried banners and flags gathered in front of the Syrian embassy and chanted slogans for Syria and Bashar al-Assad. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Pantsir-S1 repelling US strikes on Syria showed 100% effectiveness – Russian MoD

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 9 hours ago
Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry had said that Syrian air defenses intercepted 71 of more than 100 missiles that the United States, the United Kingdom, France launched on Friday in response to the alleged chemical attack in Syria’s Douma. According to Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov, Russian-made Pantsir-S1 air defense system deployed by the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Helpful tips from a real estate investor in The Hague

Stefan van Dierendonck at start.me - 9 hours ago
Among all our start.me users, we’ve found one real estate investor, who swears by using our product to stay ahead of the competition. His primary area of interest is The Hague (The Netherlands), the seat of government and home to most foreign embassies in the country. It also boasts around 150 international organizations, including the International… Read More Read More The post Helpful tips from a real estate investor in The Hague appeared first on start.me.

Michael Cohen killed a US Weekly article about Donald Trump Jr's affair back in 2013. Update!

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 9 hours ago
Courtesy of Mediaite: *Another day, another story Trump lawyer Michael Cohen had to kill about a Trump family member having a scandalous affair. * *This time, the Wall Street Journal reports that Cohen killed an Us Weekly story being prepared in 2013 on Donald Trump Jr.’s alleged affair with pop singer Aubrey O’Day.* *Don Jr., President Donald Trump’s adult son, was a year earlier a judge on Celebrity Apprentice while O’Day was a contestant.* Here is how the US Weekly staff characterized their interactions with Cohen: *“We were all on speakerphone and huddled around the phone... more »

Arctic Sea Ice Volume April 10 2018

Hifast at Climate Collections - 9 hours ago
Originally posted on sunshine hours: ? ?

Delingpole: Climate Alarmists Maul Inconvenient Polar Bear Expert

Hifast at Climate Collections - 9 hours ago
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? ? Dellers weighs in the latest episode of the polar bear saga: ? Susan Crockford is a polar bear expert with a message that climate alarmists don’t want to hear: polar bear populations are thriving and are certainly in no danger…

Are El Ninos Fueled By Deep-Sea Geological Heat Flow?

Hifast at Climate Collections - 9 hours ago
Originally posted on The Next Grand Minimum: El Niño and La Niña weather patterns have a significant impact on California climate. This illustration shows the drought impacts. Long-term La Niña periods have been associated with long-term droughts in the southwest lasting 200, 90 and 55 years. More specifically severe droughts from AD1021 to 1051, AD1130…

CLAIM: Melting of Arctic mountain glaciers unprecedented in the past 400 years

Hifast at Climate Collections - 9 hours ago
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: From AGU and the “one mountain is not the planet” department. I wonder if they considered natural ocean cycles as a driver here? I wonder if they considered soot deposition on snow. Probably not. They go straight to the industrial revolution. What’s ironic is that without the industrial…

Climate mauling, polar bears, and the self-inflicted wounds of the self-righteous

Hifast at Climate Collections - 9 hours ago
Originally posted on polarbearscience: The BioScience paper “Internet blogs, polar bears, and climate-change denial by proxy” (Harvey et al. 2018) is a smack-talk response to my pointing out that polar bear numbers did not plummet as predicted when mid-century-like sea ice conditions arrived unexpectedly in 2007 (Crockford 2017). Here is why this shoddy piece of…

More CO2 is Producing Larger trees and Faster-Growing Forests

Hifast at Climate Collections - 9 hours ago
Originally posted on sunshine hours: The original quote was “global warming is producing larger trees and faster-growing forests.” But by “global warming” they really mean CO2. https://bc.ctvnews.ca/forests-healing-from-devastation-of-pine-beetles-b-c-study-1.2854655

Big increase is Antarctic Snowfall helps to prevent sea level rise

Hifast at Climate Collections - 9 hours ago
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: From The EGU via the BBC: Mt. Erebus rising above the ice-covered Antarctic continent. Credit: Ted Scambos & Rob Bauer, NSIDC When scientists looked at Antarctic snowfall over the past 200 years they found a “significant” increase, up to 10%. In the decade 2001-2010, some 272 billion tons more…

A surprising finding about Nitrogen in our atmosphere

Hifast at Climate Collections - 9 hours ago
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: From the NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, a surprising finding. New source of global nitrogen discovered: Earth’s bedrock Nitrogen from bedrock can result in side-by-side productive forests and barren acidic areas For centuries, the thinking has been that all the nitrogen available for plant growth worldwide comes from the atmosphere.…

This Persistent Winter

Hifast at Climate Collections - 9 hours ago
Originally posted on Science Matters: As many have experienced, Springtime has been slow to arrive in the Northern Hemisphere this year. The data on snow and ice confirm what people are seeing for themselves. The image above shows how Spring snow cover has been increasing lately on day 98 (April 7-8) 2008 to 2018. At…

CO2 ppm Effect Is Tuckered Out

Hifast at Climate Collections - 9 hours ago
Originally posted on sunshine hours: “Carbon dioxide’s logarithmic heating effect is weak at 100 ppm, tuckered out well and truly at 200 ppm and beyond 300 ppm – well never mind. We are now above 400 ppm from which it is a monotonic 0.1°C for each 100 ppm increase. That doesn’t explain anything and in…

Thorne Dreyer : RAG RADIO PODCASTS | Interviews with Lamar W. Hankins & Alan Pogue; Christopher Brown & Roddey Reid; Thorne Dreyer & Glenn Smith; Carl Davidson; Alice Embree, Kim Varela-Broxson & Lindsay Rodriguez; Roaul Hernandez; Steve Russell; and Philip Russell

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 10 hours ago
Our guests include authors & activists, political analysts, a music critic and a leftist icon; we talk about guns and feminism; and we bid Mexico’s president bye-bye. Interviews by Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | April 16, 2018 The … finish reading Thorne Dreyer : *RAG RADIO PODCASTS* | Interviews with Lamar W. Hankins & Alan Pogue; Christopher Brown & Roddey Reid; Thorne Dreyer & Glenn Smith; Carl Davidson; Alice Embree, Kim Varela-Broxson & Lindsay Rodriguez; Roaul Hernandez; Steve Russell; and Philip Russell

Trump’s Disastrous Syria Attack

Ron Paul at rss - 10 hours ago
[image: trump-s-disastrous-syria-attack] Over the weekend, President Trump celebrated firing more than 100 missiles into Syria by Tweeting, “Mission Accomplished!” They say if you cannot learn from history you are condemned to repeat it. So I guess we are repeating it.

Scientist Debunks US Claims—Releases Video Evidence US Bombed Syrian Cancer Research Facility

Rachel Blevins at The Free Thought Project - 10 hours ago
[image: weapons] While the U.S. brags that it attacked a chemical weapons facility in Syria, witnesses claim that it actually destroyed a cancer research center. The post Scientist Debunks US Claims—Releases Video Evidence US Bombed Syrian Cancer Research Facility appeared first on The Free Thought Project.

Former New Jersey Cop Busted in FBI Sting, Charged with Child Sex Trafficking

Jack Burns at The Free Thought Project - 10 hours ago
[image: trafficking] A former New Jersey cop who was considered a fugitive from justice has been captured and arrested following an FBI sting on multiple counts related to child sex trafficking. The post Former New Jersey Cop Busted in FBI Sting, Charged with Child Sex Trafficking appeared first on The Free Thought Project.

Syria | Business as Usual for the Deep State

Ceribalius at OYE Alternative News - 10 hours ago
It’s been a relatively dull couple years for War Mongers and the Military Industrial Complex, well on the surface at least. With most of the World focused on which puppet will be the new face of the United States and the ongoing Brexit shenanigans there has been little focus on the the West’s actions in … The post Syria | Business as Usual for the Deep State appeared first on OYE Alternative News.

Can the UK lead the way on AI ethics?

Nigel Cameron at Blog Posts – Page Array – UnHerd - 10 hours ago
The UK’s House of Lords has just issued its long-awaited report on Artificial Intelligence entitled AI in the UK: ready, willing and able? And it leads with ethics as the core idea. As the Select Committee for Artificial Intelligence said on its release: “The UK is in a strong position to be a world leader in the development […] The post Can the UK lead the way on AI ethics? appeared first on UnHerd.

The trials of flat hunting in London

Charlotte Pickles at Blog Posts – Page Array – UnHerd - 10 hours ago
“Generation rent” is now a staple phrase in the housing lexicon – barely a week goes by without a news story about the plight of hard-pressed millennials priced-out of home ownership. Just over a decade ago, around a quarter of 25-34 year olds lived in private rental accommodation, by 2015-16 that had increased to 46%. […] The post The trials of flat hunting in London appeared first on UnHerd.

Herding Hamsters And Other Cosmic Reflections

Fred Reed at 10 hours ago
Disordered thoughts on the National Cockatoo’s latest antics One: The aghastment and horrilation about the terrible, appalling, shocking etc nature of gas warfare is nonsense. There is nothing unusually hideous about the use of toxic chemicals. Hidous, yes, but not … Continue reading →

Dog 'cries tears of gratitude' after being saved from meat trade in China

White Wolf at White Wolf - 10 hours ago
This is the extraordinary moment a dog apparently started tearing up after being rescued from the dinner plate by a group of animal lovers. The female golden retriever, believed to be a stolen pet, had been spotted being sold by a vendor at a Chinese market known for its dog meat trade. Animal lovers raised money to pay the dog meat vendor on the spot. One of the animal lovers, known by her surname Xu, told MailOnline that the group comprised dozens of people. They raised 14,450 yuan (£1,612) to buy the golden retriever as well as around 20 other dogs from the vendor. The incident...more »

Russia Just Built a 'Terminator' (And It Could Go to War in Syria)

Dave Majumdar at The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * No, not like the one in the movies. The Russian Ground Forces have started accepting Uralvagonzavod’s new Terminator armored fighting vehicle. The Terminator—which is a tank support fighting vehicle—is a new Russian concept for a machine that can support main battle tanks in combat against infantry in build up areas and difficult terrain using a combination of rapid fire cannons and guided-missiles. The Russians are buying the vehicle in small numbers to refine the concept and secure export orders. "The tank support combat vehicle dubbed the Termina... more »

Former FBI Director James Comey Is On The Interview Circuit

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 10 hours ago
*WNU Editor: *There is now almost no coverage of the Syrian bombing in the U.S. mainstream media .... but a lot on James Comey. No surprises there .... the bombings completely undercut the argument that President Trump is colluding with Russia and/or that Putin has something over Trump. But that is not stopping James Comey, he is still stating that he believes that the *Russians have something over the President *even though he has yet to provide any evidence. ABC News complete coverage of its interview with the former FBI Director *is here*. USA Today also did an interview with... more »

Einstein's amateur popularizer in Florida sketched 10D (stringy) spacetime in 1928

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 10 hours ago
*Thanks to Willie Soon, Paul Halpern.* *St Petersburg Times, Sunday, November 11th, 1928* *Guest blog by John Nations, 3141 Twenty-sixth avenue South, City (St. Petersburg), Nov. 9, 1928* *Mr Nations played with glimpses of string theory in 1928 and in that year, Lonnie Johnson recorded "Playing with the strings" about that achievement.* Open forum (on the right side from the picture) *UNDERSTANDING EINSTEIN* Editor The Times: A lot of people believe that Einstein is as transparent as boiler iron, one able authority estimating roughly that at least eight people in the world under... more »

Pactan apurar el TLCAN sin plazos fatales; México, EU y Canadá

bilaterals.org - 10 hours ago
16-Apr-2018 México, EU y Canadá acelerarán la renegociación del Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte (TLCAN), sin que para concretarlo haya una fecha fatal, publicó Excelsior.

Frente a los TLC: Día Internacional de las Luchas Campesinas

bilaterals.org - 10 hours ago
16-Apr-2018 El movimiento internacional de organizaciones campesinas, trabajadores/as rurales migrantes y jornaleros/as sin tierra, hace un llamado a articular acciones para visibilizar las graves consecuencias sufridas por los Tratados de Libre Comercio (TLC).

French court upholds literal interpretation of investment treaty

bilaterals.org - 10 hours ago
16-Apr-2018 A recent decision under the Energy Charter Treaty by France's highest court appears to signal a return to a literal interpretation by the French courts of international treaties.

Before Trump was anti-Cuba, he wanted to open a hotel in Havana

William M. LeoGrande, Professor of Government, American University School of Public Affairs at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 10 hours ago
As president, Donald Trump has taken a harsh stance toward Cuba. But his real estate company has tried twice to open Trump properties on the Communist island, allegedly even skirting the law to do so.

Is the U.N. Charter Law?

jgoldsmith at Lawfare - 11 hours ago
I think the question of whether the U.N. Charter is law is misleading or meaningless or both, for reasons that I hope this post will make apparent. But now that I have your attention, I want to sketch a few thoughts about the varied reactions to the airstrikes in Syria by the United States, Great Britain, and France. As Oona Hathaway and I have argued, the U.N. Charter clearly prohibits the strikes, and none of the three recognized exceptions—consent, self-defense, Security Council authorization—are present here. But is that the end of the matter? International law is fluid, and ... more »

Pizza al Fresco: Domino’s Will Deliver to Beaches, Parks

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
Domino's, which has been bringing pizzas to doorsteps for more than half a century, will now deliver to the great outdoors.

New blood pressure guidelines could put lives at risk, say experts

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 11 hours ago
Medical Xpress: New blood pressure guidelines could put lives at risk, say experts https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2018-04-blood-pressure-guidelines-experts.html Advertisements

Physicists just broke a quantum record, taking entanglement to a spooky new level

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 11 hours ago
Physicists just broke a quantum record, taking entanglement to a spooky new level https://www.sciencealert.com/quantum-computing-broken-20-qubit-quantum-register

Addictive Behaviour Related to Low Levels of Oxytocin, the “Love and Bonding Hormone”

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 11 hours ago
Addictive Behaviour Related to Low Levels of Oxytocin, the “Love and Bonding Hormone” | Wake Up World https://wakeup-world.com/2016/04/09/addictive-behavior-related-to-low-levels-of-oxytocin-the-love-bonding-hormone/

Scientists watch the brain’s lining heal after a head injury

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 11 hours ago
Medical Xpress: Scientists watch the brain’s lining heal after a head injury https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2018-04-scientists-brain-lining-injury.html

How the sufferings of one generation are passed on to the next.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 11 hours ago
How the sufferings of one generation are passed on to the next | Aeon Essays https://aeon.co/essays/how-the-sufferings-of-one-generation-are-passed-on-to-the-next

Topical application of aminoglycoside antibiotics enhances host resistance to viral infections in a microbiota-independent manner.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 11 hours ago
Topical application of aminoglycoside antibiotics enhances host resistance to viral infections in a microbiota-independent manner | Nature Microbiology https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-018-0138-2?WT.mc_id=FBK_NMB_1804_aminoglycoside%20_Portfolio

Russia and China could use AI to TAKE OVER world warns former Google CEO.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 11 hours ago
Russia and China could use AI to TAKE OVER world warns former Google CEO | World | News | Express.co.uk https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/910634/russia-china-google-artificial-intelligence-eric-schmidt-vladimir-putin-donald-trump-china

BROKEN: The Atlantic discusses the new Naep scores!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 11 hours ago
*MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2018As always, a gloomy assertion:* No sooner had the new Naep scores appeared than The Atlantic published a hard-hitting essay by Natalie Wexler. Wikipedia describes Wexler as "an education journalist, novelist and historian." As has long required by Hard Pundit Law, she offered gloomy thoughts about the work of the public schools over the past twenty years. Below, you see the start of Wexler's essay, gloomy headline included: WEXLER (4/13/18): *Why American Students Haven't Gotten Better at Reading in 20 Years* Every two years, education-policy wonks gear u... more »

Observations at a recital

Norma at Collecting My Thoughts - 11 hours ago
Yesterday we attended a musical recital. Everyone there was a parent spouse or sibling of one of the pupils, except us. Afterwards, as we were on our way to our next event (an unusually busy Sunday), my husband asked if I enjoyed it. “Enjoy” is not exactly a word I’d choose for beginners’ and learners’ music, but I certainly enjoyed meeting the people, watching the pride in the students’ accomplishments, and. . . wondering about the ethnicities. Four of the five children were from families of mixed ethnicity; three were Asian and Caucasian, and one was African-American and Asia... more »

Monday Morning, Coming Down - More reflections on the "War on Rationality"

greencrow at Greencrow As The Crow Flies - 11 hours ago
*Saker presents Gone With The Wind* *Re-mastered* Looking over the headlinez in this morning's Newz it appears that the psychopathic press in the West is working overtime to cover up the public relations calamity that took place on Friday night. I read where* according to a very recent poll, only about 24% of Brits supported the attack on Syria. *No doubt those numbers also reflect public opinion in the US, Canada and the other vassal states. *A concerted effort, therefore, must be made to hide these numbers*. Ergo, we have headlines actually, I kid you NOT, claiming that Russi... more »

"Seven Nations in Five Years"

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 11 hours ago
As the coalition of the willing launches missiles against Syria, led by the US, I am reminded strongly of a famous whistle-blower's talk about the neoconservative plan to transform the Middle East through regime change. Former four-star US general Wesley Clark's 2007 memoir, A Time to Lead: For Duty, Honor and Country (Palgrave Macmillan) describes a long-term Defense Department policy for aggressive regime change in the Middle East. You can see a clip from an interview with Clark here: *Salon* has a good review that traces the origins of the aggressive regime change policy to neo... more »

Controlling for H2O and Urban Heat Island Effect; Greenland Validates CO2 Doesn’t Drive Warming

co2islife at CO2 is Life - 11 hours ago
A previous post on CO2isLife demonstrated that if you isolate the impact of CO2 on atmospheric temperatures by controlling for H2Oand the Urban Heat Island Effect, you discover that CO2 has had no measurable impact on atmospheric temperatures over the past 50+ years. (Click the Following Link) Isolating the Contribution of CO2 on Atmospheric Temperature … Continue reading "Controlling for H2O and Urban Heat Island Effect; Greenland Validates CO2 Doesn’t Drive Warming"

The March For Science Wasn’t About Science. It Was About Leftist Propaganda.

co2islife at CO2 is Life - 11 hours ago
Any real scientist would be horrified by the overt politicization of science. Once these leftist destroy the credibility of science, all will suffer, not just the left-wing hacks. On Saturday, a sparse population of self-appointed guardians of Science™ showed up in 200 cities around the world to march for it. As David Burge of Iowahawk … Continue reading "The March For Science Wasn’t About Science. It Was About Leftist Propaganda."

More Details Emerge On Last Week's F-22 Crash

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 11 hours ago
Social media photos showed the aircraft being lifted with a crane following the incident. (Photos: via Air Force amn/nco/snco Group on Facebook) *The Aviationist:* *F-22 Incident Alleged to be Engine Power Loss. Pilot Lands Gear-Up.* Unofficial Sources Say F-22 Acting as Adversary at NAS Fallon Had Flame-Out. A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor from the 3rd Air Force Wing at Elmendorf Air Force has been involved in an incident at NAS Fallon in western Nevada. The aircraft has been shown in photos posted to social media laying on the runway with the landing gear retracted. The aircraft app... more »

Fraudulence of the Democrats

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 11 hours ago
In the interests of my mental health, I've taken a break from the Nooze and the Internet and blogging for the past several days. So I have nothing to write about the media feud between Donald Trump and James Comey, because spats between plutocrats have no bearing on how the bottom 90 percent of the American population struggles to survive day to day. I also skipped the over-hyped interview on ABC Sunday night, and I don't plan to waste my time slogging through Comey's self-serving book, let alone perusing the morning-after annotated transcripts of the George Stephanopoulos gab-fest ... more »

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