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Thomas Paine

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

Saturday, March 3, 2018

2 March - Blogs I'm Following 1 of 2

11:54 pm MST

Breaking: Russian warplanes burn multiple rebel convoys in east Damascus staving off big counter-offensive

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 51 minutes ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:17 A.M.) – Russian warplanes have once again gone all-out over the skies of Damascus’ East Ghouta region, laying down a heavy bombardment onto a range of militant targets. In an attack carried out during the night hours of Friday to Saturday, Russian airpower started off by striking rebel tactical positions and gathering […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Tweets For Today

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 hour ago
#UPDATE "We will not sit idly when European industry and jobs are threatened," European Commission chief Juncker said https://t.co/TwkkZz2yzI — AFP news agency (@AFP) March 2, 2018 US official says North Korea making progress on missile guidance @CNNPolitics https://t.co/Jvhs7aamVL — DPRK Watch (@dprkwatch) March 3, 2018 U.S. has been secretly watching Russia's nuclear-powered cruise missiles crash and burn:https://t.co/NSDLoFQubv — The War Zone (@thewarzonewire) March 2, 2018 'Moving forward': #Pentagon wants more money to develop its own hypersonic nukes, just like Russia’s ht... more »

Picture Of The Day

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 hour ago
The Soyuz MS-06 capsule carrying the crew of Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei of the US and Alexander Misurkin of Russia, descends beneath a parachute just before landing in a remote area outside the town of Dzhezkazgan (Zhezkazgan), Kazakhstan. © Photo: NASA *WNU Editor:* The above picture comes from this photo-gallery .... This Week in Pictures (February 24 - March 2) (Sputnik)

Alex Jones Full Show: Will Donald Trump Betray The 2nd Amendment And Destroy The Republican Party?

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
The Alex Jones Channel Published on Mar 2, 2018 Infowars continues Operation Paul Revere 2018, a special 34-hour broadcast in defense of the First Amendment. Will you stand for free speech in face of growing censorship inside America? Guests include Larry Pratt of Gun Owners of America, Mike Cernovich, Jacob Engels, Dr. Steve Pieczenik, and Joel Gilbert hosts the final […]

CNN Panel Used As Witchhunt To Burn Conservatives At The Stake

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
The Alex Jones Channel Published on Mar 2, 2018 Jacob Engels joins Alex Jones live via Skype to give the inside scoop to a CNN pre-recorded television panel he opted to participate in where his conservative viewpoints were edited out of the final, aired segment. end

‘Stark Evidence of US-Israeli Influence Ignored’ – Author

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
RT America Published on Mar 2, 2018 The National Press Club is hosting the American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference in Washington, DC to discuss the strategy, tactics, and policies of Israel and its lobby in the United States. RT America’s Anya Parampil speaks with Ali Abunimah, author and founder of the Electronic Intifada, for more […]

US Approves Sale of Anti-Tank Missiles to Ukraine

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
RT America Published on Mar 2, 2018 On Thursday, the Trump administration approved the sale of 210 Javelin anti-tank missiles to Kiev, as Washington expressed alarm at President Putin’s State of the Nation speech talking up Russian weapons breakthroughs. To discuss the mounting strategic tension in Eastern Europe, RT America’s Anya Parampil is joined by Brian […]

IDF Could Avoid Killing Palestinians But is Taught to Treat Them as ‘Sub-Humans’ – Fatah Official

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
RT Published on Mar 2, 2018 WARNING: Disturbing images A video has emerged that shows the moments leading up to a Palestinian man’s death during an Israeli armed raid in the West Bank. Modern Ashkenazi Khazars (90+% of modern Jewry) are NOT the Jews of the Bible! Ashkenaz is not from the tribe of Shem ie. […]

America’s Illegal Sojourn in Syria

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
America’s Illegal Sojourn in Syria by philip giraldi, http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/ It should come as no surprise to anyone that the Donald Trump administration has recently affirmed that it has a perfect legal right to remain in Syria as long as it wishes because it is fighting terrorism. The argument goes something like this: Congress has approved a bill that permits […]

IDF Official: Next War with Lebanon will Include Assassination of Hezbollah’s Leader

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
IDF Official: Next War with Lebanon will Include Assassination of Hezbollah’s Leader by http://www.tv7israelnews.com/ Commander of Israel’s ground forces Ya’akov Barak revealed that the goal in a future war with Lebanon would be to “reach a decisive victory,” including the assassination of the leader of the Iranian-proxy Hezbollah, Sayed Hassan Nasrallah. In a briefing to Israeli […]

Identity Politics-- Poison

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 hour ago
*Democratic women-- but not good ones* A recent friend of mine, M.M., wrote this. I'm glad-- and relieved-- that I'm not the only one who thinks this way. The thermometer towards the bottom has both women and men, so their gender isn't what they have in common. What they have in common is that they are strong progressive candidates who will likely make excellent members of Congress. Please consider supporting them after you read this guest post. Last night I was invited to a recruitment gathering for something called "The Next Collective." It’s basically a branch off of the LA Women... more »

‘Naked Politics’ of Punishing Delta Could Haunt Georgia

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 2 hours ago
Georgia lawmakers' decision to punish Delta Air Lines for publicly distancing itself from the National Rifle Association was an extraordinary act of political revenge.

"This Is Completely Unprecedented"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
*"This Is Completely Unprecedented"* by James Rickards "Remember the “tea party” revolt in 2009–2010 against government bailouts and government spending? Remember the “fiscal cliff” drama of Dec. 31, 2012, when Congress raised taxes and cut spending to avoid a debt default and government shutdown? Remember the actual government shutdown in October 2013 as Republicans held the line against more government spending? Well, congratulations if you do, because everyone else seems to have forgotten. The days of caring about debt and deficits are over. In just the past two months, Republic... more »

We Now Know Why Russia Wants a 100-Megaton Nuclear Torpedo

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Europe* It can get around U.S. missile defenses. In a speech on March 1, 2018, Russian president Vladimir Putin detailed a half-dozen “invincible” new Russian weapons under development, which he assured would give his nation the ability to launch “unstoppable” nuclear attacks on the United States. The speech, which was met with cheers by the audience, was accompanied by a video presentation that included an animation of a separating nuclear warheads raining down on Florida, apparently in the vicinity of President Trump’s retreat in Mar-a-Lago. The ... more »

What It Was Like to Watch Japan Destroy America's Battleships at Pearl Harbor

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* Simply stated: It was terrifying. One of the defining images of the 20th century is the horrifying moment when the battleship USS *Arizona* exploded in a cataclysmic fireball at 8:10 am on Sunday, December 7, 1941. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor catapulted the United States into the most destructive war in human history. Nearly every American who is old enough can remember where they were and what they were doing on December 7. But there were thousands of young men whose lives and destinies were forever changed in those hours as the... more »

How 2 Colonels and a National Geographic Map Divided Korea

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *History, Asia* A tragic story of a people still divided and how it happened. On the evening of August 10, 1945 two colonels convened in an office in the Pentagon to consider an extraordinary assignment. Imperial Japan was then only days away from surrender, and the fate of its subjugated Korean colony was in question. If the State Department did not clarify who would administrate which parts of Korea, then the entire peninsula would fall under the control of advancing Soviet troops. But where should the dividing line be drawn? Chris “Tick” Bonesteel and Dean... more »

Winston Churchill Feared Hitler Would Capture France's Battleship Fleet. So He Sunk It.

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* When Paris surrendered, London was afaid Nazi Germany would take over the French fleet. When the armistice between France and Germany was put into force on June 25, 1940, the fate of the powerful French Navy—the fourth largest in the world—was of critical importance to the British. Prime Minister Winston Churchill and his government dreaded the prospect of the French Fleet falling into enemy hands while Britain stood alone against the Axis powers. The odds were already heavy against the island nation’s main line of defense, the Royal N... more »

Did Japan Have a Secret Plan to Arm It's Aircraft Carrier with F-35s?

Robert Farley at The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, Asia* If history is a guide, the answer is yes. Very nearly since the day Japan laid down JS *Izumo* (and her sister, *Kaga*) analysts have wondered whether the medium-sized aircraft carrier might eventually fly the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). At 27,000 tons and 814 feet long, the Izumos are clearly large enough to operate the F-35B, the short take-off and vertical landing aircraft (STOVL) variant of JSF family. Moreover, Japan has recently expressed interest in acquiring a number of F-35Bs, officially for the purpose of operating from landing st... more »

Why Climate Alarmist “Environmetalists” Are the Enemies of Human Civilization and Plants

Alan Carlin at Carlin Economics and Science - 2 hours ago
Humans can primarily thank two things for their current successful presence on Earth and the advanced civilization they live in in wealthy countries. One is the arrival of the current interglacial period (technically called the Holocene) a little more than about 10,000 years ago and the discovery and use of fossil fuels. The good and […]

The Basic Human Dilemma - and Some "Brin Classics"

David Brin at CONTRARY BRIN - 2 hours ago
*== What’s Fundamental? ==* An earlier me declared this manifesto of militant moderation -- in a 2012 interview in Wired. It’s not aimed at the average person, but at that smug dogmatist you know - left, right or libertarian - who, I guarantee, will stammer angrily, but will have no cogent answer. It is time for the Center to stand up for the only reasonable, pragmatic and effective revolution in history. Before we tumble into the other kind. *“One of the gods of the right, Friedrich Hayek, a founder of the Austrian School of Economics, who the conservatives deem the greatest econo... more »

Tonight's Movie Is 'Storm Over the Nile 1955'

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 2 hours ago
From *Wikipedia*: Storm Over the Nile is a 1955 film adaptation of the novel The Four Feathers, directed by Terence Young and Zoltan Korda. The film not only extensively used footage of the action scenes from the 1939 film version stretched into CinemaScope, but is a shot-for-shot, almost line-for-line remake of the earlier film, which was also directed by Korda. *Read more* .... more »

Islamic Militants Attack The Military HQ And French Embassy In Burkina Faso

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 3 hours ago
*Reuters: **Attack on French embassy, army in Burkina Faso kills eight* OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Attackers in Burkina Faso’s capital killed eight people and wounded dozens more in a coordinated assault on the army headquarters and French embassy that France’s foreign minister said was likely carried out by“terrorist groups”. West Africa’s arid Sahel region is suffering a spike in violence by militant groups, some with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State, that is drawing an increasingly aggressive response from countries including France and the United States. There was no immed... more »

China Delays A U.S. Request At The U.N. To Blacklist North Korean Companies And Ships

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 3 hours ago
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a grand military parade celebrating the 70th founding anniversary of the Korean People's Army at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) February 9 2018. KCNA/via REUTERS *Reuters:** At U.N., China delays U.S. bid to blacklist ships, companies over North Korea* UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - China delayed a U.S. request for a United Nations Security Council committee to blacklist 33 ships, 27 shipping companies, and a Taiwan man for violating international sanctions on North ... more »

Fukushima Daiichi's Ongoing Assault Against the Ocean

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 3 hours ago
The Asahi Shimbun has a very interesting article today about Fukushima Daiichi's very expensive ice wall that was designed as a barrier preventing contaminated ground water from flowing into the sea: Masanobu Higashiyama and Yusuke Ogawa (2018, March 2). TEPCO defends Fukushima ‘ice wall,’ but it is still too porous. THE ASAHI SHIMBUN, http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201803020042.html This is a very interesting article worth reading carefully. What it says is that the ice wall reduced the amount of contaminated water reaching the ocean by approximately 95 tons a day. That is ... more »

Japan May Deploy Anti-Ship Missiles On Okinawa

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 3 hours ago
*Franz-Stefan Gady, The Diplomat:* *Japan Mulls Deployment of Anti-Ship Missiles on Okinawa* *Amid a growing Chinese naval presence, Japan is considering additional steps to protect Miyako Strait.* The Japanese government is considering deploying surface-to-ship missile systems to the main island of Okinawa prefecture to strengthen Japan’s defense posture in response to China’s growing maritime assertiveness in the region, local media reported on February 27. By deploying anti-ship missiles on Okinawa’s main island, the Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD) thinks it can cover the en... more »

Climate Alarmist Admits Politicization of Science has Been an Epic Failure

co2islife at CO2 is Life - 3 hours ago
Sometimes I think the more degrees a person gets the dumber they are. This guy has a Ph.D in physics and doesn’t seem able to comprehend the basics physics of the CO2 molecule and its ability to affect climate change. Anyway, his point is well taken. If 95% of all slimate climatists agree than that means … Continue reading "Climate Alarmist Admits Politicization of Science has Been an Epic Failure"

Russians Targeted Climate Change to Divide America and Disrupt the Election

co2islife at CO2 is Life - 3 hours ago
Russians targeted the energy issue to divide America and disrupt the election. To me, they just look like point-counterpoint issue ads. They also made the environmentalists look totally clueless. h/t JoNova Please Like, Share, Subscribe and Comment

Free Download: Global Warming, A Case Study in Groupthink

co2islife at CO2 is Life - 3 hours ago
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Anthropogenic CO2 Has Slowed Rate of Sea Level Increase

co2islife at CO2 is Life - 3 hours ago
Believe it or not, sea level rate of change FELL after man started producing vast amounts of the airborne fertilizer called CO2. In 1885 CO2 was about 293 ppm and increased to about 312 in 1952, an increase of about 19 ppm. Between that time, sea levels increased from 0 to 125, or about 1.87 … Continue reading "Anthropogenic CO2 Has Slowed Rate of Sea Level Increase"

Is Turkish President Erdogan Making Turkey The Next 'Pakistan'

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 3 hours ago
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. © AFP *Eli Lake, Bloomberg*: Turkey Is Turning Into the Next Pakistan *The U.S. should make clear to ersatz allies that betrayal has consequences. * There isn't much that Turkey's president can do these days to further debase his reputation in the West. Recep Tayyip Erdogan has crushed peaceful protests at home and abroad, closed newspapers, threatened American soldiers, and collectively scapegoated Kurds. But over the weekend, Erdogan managed to go even lower. At a rally at Kahramanmaras, the Turkish leader brought a trembling 6-year-old ... more »

Polish Official Says Germany Owes Poland $850 Billion In War Reparations

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 3 hours ago
© Photo: Pixabay *Reuters*: *Polish lawmaker: due reparations from Germany could stand at $850 billion* WARSAW (Reuters) - Warsaw has the right to demand reparations from Germany potentially worth $850 billion for destroyed property and people killed during World War Two, the politician in charge of reparations said on Friday. The Polish ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) has revived the issue of war reparations at a time when Israeli politicians accuse it of attempting to whitewash the role of Poles in German war crimes against Jews during the conflict. German parliamentary leg... more »

U.S. Tech Giants Are Acquiescing To Chinese Demands For Internet Censorship Across The Globe

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 4 hours ago
YouTube New York Times: *China Presses Internet Censorship Across The Globe* SHANGHAI — Within its digital borders, China has long censored what its people read and say online. Now, it is increasingly going beyond its own online realms to police what people and companies are saying about it all over the world. For years, China has exerted digital control with a system of internet filters known as the Great Firewall, which allows authorities to limit what people see online. To broaden its censorship efforts, Beijing is venturing outside the Great Firewall and paying more attention ... more »

Class #3—Are You Human, or ‘Hume-an’? The Philosophy of Geopolitics

David at LaRouchePAC Feed - 4 hours ago
Classical Renaissance World Land-Bridge Classical Education Video of EwU02bmSq0Q *Broadcast LIVE at 7pm EST on Saturday, March 3.* Dennis Small, EIR Intelligence Director for Ibero-America, presents the deeper, underlying axiomatic philosophical views behind the policies of geopolitics . The entire school of British philosophical radicalism was created to try to destroy the ideas of Gottfried Leibniz and the American Revolution, and enthrone geopolitics forever. This class will address the empiricism and hedonism of David Hume and Jeremy Bentham, in particular, to get at the fundam... more »

Musical Interlude: Josh Groban, “Remember When It Rained”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
Josh Groban, “Remember When It Rained” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BixbjCDfH4

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
“Have you ever seen the Pleiades star cluster? Perhaps the most famous star cluster on the sky, the Pleiades can be seen without binoculars from even the depths of a light-polluted city. Also known as the Seven Sisters and M45, the Pleiades is one of the brightest and closest open clusters. Hurtling through a cosmic dust cloud a mere 400 light-years away, the Pleiades or Seven Sisters star cluster is well-known for its striking blue reflection nebulae. *Click image for larger size.* This remarkable wide-field (3 degree) image of the region shows the famous star cluster near the cen... more »

Secrets Of Russian Troll Farm Indicted By The Mueller Counsel Can Be Found Online

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 4 hours ago
Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announces the indictments of more than a dozen Russians charged with conspiring to interfere in the 2016 U.S. election campaign during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, U.S., February 16, 2018. David Shepardson/Reuters *Ben Collins, Gideon Resnick, and Spencer Ackerman, Daily Beast:* *Leaked: Secret Documents From Russia’s Election Trolls* An online auction gone awry reveals substantial new details on Kremlin-backed troll farm efforts to stir up real protests and target specific Americans to push their propaganda.... more »

GOP Senator Says Trump is Ready to Start War With North Korea, Which Would Be “One of The Worst Catastrophic Events in History”

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 4 hours ago
GOP Senator Says Trump is Ready to Start War With North Korea, Which Would Be “One of The Worst Catastrophic Events in History” by Jon Schwarz, https://theintercept.com/, 22 Feb 2018 IT DIDN’T GET much notice, but Sen. Jim Risch made extremely alarming remarks on Sunday at the Munich Security Conference, in which he said President Donald Trump is prepared to […]

Are You Prepared for World War in the Next 90 Days?

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 4 hours ago
TruNews Published on Feb 22, 2018 Are you prepared for nuclear war by April? Today we discuss the ominous timeline being floated by senior lawmakers, top intelligence officials and premier financial consultants, that the world’s superpowers are preparing for a conflict of Biblical proportion to break out within the next 90 days. – Idaho Sen. Risch […]

Pentagon Adjusting Missile Defense Policy To Include Threats From Russia And China

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 4 hours ago
This U.S. missile defense system is called Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD. LOCKHEED MARTIN *Stars and Stripes/Washington Post:* *Pentagon looks to adjust missile defense policy to include threats from Russia, China* WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is working on an expanded U.S. missile defense policy that would address certain threats from Russia and China, departing from a previous strategy that focused nearly exclusively on rogue nations such as North Korea and Iran. The new policy will still call for bolstered technology against rogue states, with a particu... more »

Has The U.S. Been Defeated In Syria?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 4 hours ago
President of the Syrian Arab Republic Bashar al-Assad (second from left), Russian President Vladimir Putin (center), Russian minister of defense General of the Army Sergei Shoigu (second from right), and chief of the general staff of the Russian Federation armed forces General of the Army Valery Gerasimov (right) meet 21 November 2017 in Sochi, Russia, to discuss the closing phases of Russian support for operations in Syria. (Photo courtesy of Administration of the President of Russia) *Tom Ricks, Task & Purpose:* *The Army’s ‘Military Review’ Just Declared The US Was Defeated In ... more »

Chet Raymo, "ICBW IDTS"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
*"ICBW IDTS"* by Chet Raymo "Which means, according to text messengers, "It could be worse (but) I don't think so." It seems a Finn has published a 332-page novel written entirely in text messaging abbreviations. Leave it to the Finns, who essentially invented mobile phone culture. Well, that's one novel I will never read. At my age, I might as well try to learn Finnish as the language of TXT MSG. I've had a mobile (as they call them in Europe) for three years now, and I've yet to have an incoming call. Not surprising, since no one has my number, and even if they did the phone is n... more »

“Hate Group” SPLC Helping YouTube Purge Conservatives

Alex Newman at rss - 4 hours ago
[image: hate-group-splc-helping-youtube-purge-conservatives] The far-left organization known as the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), often described as an “anti-Christian hate group,” is working with YouTube to purge conservatives, Christians, libertarians, and others from the video streaming platform, according to news reports. A number of prominent media figures have already been banned, with others facing demonetization and warnings. Some accounts were restored amid a national outcry. But the new revelations about YouTube partnering with radical leftists and anti-Christian big... more »

Now out of the White House Hope Hicks is being inundated with proposals to write a book.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 5 hours ago
Courtesy of The Hill: *Book publishers have already begun contacting White House communications director Hope Hicks to obtain the rights to her memoir upon her exit from the Trump administration, the British tabloid Daily Mail reported Thursday. * *The 29-year-old longtime Trump aide could be expected to make up to $10 million from an advance to a book deal and is actively being contacted by movie and TV producers as well, the Mail reported. * *"Next to Ivanka and Melania, Hope is the woman closest to the president," one publishing executive told the Mail. "[She] knows all the se... more »

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: War Crimes Being Committed In The Damascus Suburb Of Ghouta

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 5 hours ago
*DW*: *UN says Syrian actions in Eastern Ghouta may amount to crimes against humanity* The United Nations has warned that the perpetrators of war crimes in Syria will be held accountable. It said dossiers were being compiled to prosecute those responsible for attacks on Syrian civilians. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein warned Syria that potential war crimes were being comitted in Eastern Ghouta, speaking at an emergency session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Friday, "What we are seeing in Eastern Ghouta and elsewhere in Syria are like... more »

Liberal Trudeau government Canadian federal budget 2018

Denis Rancourt at Activist Teacher - 5 hours ago
Social justice is the absence of injustices against individuals in society. But social justice is also a Liberal brand that powerfully connects citizens to the Liberal government, via superficial and institutionally manufactured "good person" self-identity. The gravy train is back with the latest federal budget. Canned high-impact Liberal social justice programs have hit the jackpot. In

Burkina Faso attack: French embassy targeted in Ouagadougou per BBC News

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 5 hours ago
This BBC report http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-43257453 on the latest terrorist attack in Burkina Faso has to include this: 'Who was behind previous attacks? This is the third major attack Ouagadougou has seen in the past two years. Islamist militants said they had carried out the other two. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb said it was behind an attack on a restaurant and hotel in Ouagadougou in January 2016 that killed 30 people. What has happened to al-Qaeda? France intervened to stop that group taking control of neighbouring Mali in 2013. But there are numerous other Isl... more »

Nominee To Be NSA Director And Head Of Cyber Command: China, Russia Are Not Afraid Of U.S. Cyber Retaliation

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 5 hours ago
*Reuters: **Trump nominee: Russia, China don't expect 'much' U.S. response to cyber attacks* WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lieutenant General Paul Nakasone, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Cyber Command, said on Thursday he did not think Russia, China and other countries expected much of a response from the United States to cyber attacks. “They don’t think much will happen,” Nakasone said when questioned by Republican Senator Dan Sullivan at his confirmation hearing to be director of the National Security Agency and commander of the military’s U.S. Cyber Command. “We... more »

Could North Korean Hackers Shut Down The U.S. Power Grid

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 5 hours ago
Reuters *Kevin Poulsen, Daily Beast:* *North Korean Hackers May Be Developing Malware That Could Shut Down the U.S. Power Grid* *More than half of security vulnerabilities tested in U.S. industrial systems could lead to “severe operational impact.”* Inside the modern power plants, transmission facilities, and electrical substations that make up a power grid, nearly everything is controlled by computers, and those systems haven’t gotten more secure since Russian government hackers triggered an electrical outage in Ukraine over a year ago. Now there are indications that North Korea ... more »

Did Someone In Ukraine Help North Korea's Missile Program?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 5 hours ago
*NBC:* *North Korea’s new missile technology may have Soviet roots* When North Korea launched a series of increasingly potent missiles last year, analysts were left scratching their heads. How had the renegade regime's weapons program advanced so quickly? The answer may lie more than 4,000 miles away, in eastern Ukraine, according to one nuclear expert. Michael Elleman is convinced that North Korea’s recent missiles were powered by engines made at a once-buzzing factory in the former Soviet Union. Elleman, a senior fellow for missile defense at the International Institute for Str... more »

Ellen Lipton For Congress (MI-09)

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 5 hours ago
Last month we met Ellen Lipton a candidate for the open congressional seat in the Oakland and Macomb county suburbs north of Detroit. She founded and was named President of the Michigan Promise Zone Association, which supports free community college tuition, technical training and certification to Michigan students in selected communities across Michigan, a blueprint for free college tuition across America. Before that she was in the Michigan legislature, where she was the bane of Betsy DeVos' existence. If education policy is one of her fields of expertise, infrastructure was one ... more »

Guest Post By Reese Erlich: The Russians Aren’t The Only Election Hackers

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 5 hours ago
Welcome to the latest Washington crisis. The American people are supposed to be petrified at the threat posed by Russian spies who hack our emails, buy ads on Facebook and impersonate Americans in chat rooms. The evil Ruskies have the audacity to use phony websites to divide us over issues of racism and immigration-- as if we aren’t perfectly capable of doing that ourselves. And these no-goodnicks are getting ready to do it all over again for the 2018 elections! Of course, the United States has been meddling in other countries’ elections for decades, sometimes resulting in the o... more »

Greater Chaco Spared from Fracking Auction / Community Responds

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 6 hours ago
. March 2, 2018 Contact: Daniel Tso, Counselor Citizens HIA- Hózhóógó na'adá Committee, detso49@yahoo.com Samuel Sage, Counselor Chapter House - Community Services Coordinator, samuelsage@hotmail.com Rebecca Sobel, Senior Climate & Energy Campaigner, WildEarth Guardians, rsobel@wildearthguardians.org Miya King-Flaherty, Sierra Club - Rio Grande Chapter, Our Wild New Mexico

Russian President Putin Denies We Are In A New 'Cold War'

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 6 hours ago
*Euronews:* *Putin denies ‘new Cold War’ but says new nukes are on ‘combat duty’* In an exclusive interview with NBC News’ Megyn Kelly, Russian President Vladimir Putin denies a “new Cold War,” but claims new weapons system tests were “successful.” The new weapons announced by Russia are so advanced that the money U.S. taxpayers have spent on missile defenses "has been thrown out into the wind," President Vladimir Putin told NBC News on Thursday. The remarks came after Putin said in his annual state of the nation address that Russia had developed new nuclear-capable weapons, inc... more »

Nature Unbound VIII – Modern global warming

Hifast at Climate Collections - 6 hours ago
Originally posted on Climate Etc.: by Javier Summary: Modern Global Warming has been taking place for the past 300 years. It is the last of several multi-century warming periods that have happened during the Neoglacial cooling of the past 3000 years. Analysis of Holocene climate cycles shows that the period 1600-2100 AD should be a…

Was a Young Girl Decapitated By a Seat Belt in a Car Crash?

Dan MacGuill at Snopes.com - 6 hours ago
A web site that publishes viral content accurately recounts the terrible story of Katie Flynn's death in 2005.

News, Analysis, And Commentaries On Russian President Putin's Speech On Russia's New Weapons

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 6 hours ago
*New York Times:* *Putin Flaunted Five Powerful Weapons. Are They a Threat? * The animated videos show Russian warheads speeding toward Florida and missiles outmaneuvering obstacles in the southern Atlantic. Russia has a new class of weapons, President Vladimir V. Putin said on Thursday, that could make American defenses obsolete. Mr. Putin could be bluffing. It’s unclear how many of the five weapons he described actually exist. But a close look at the videos he presented indicates some telling details about their state of readiness and how they work. Here is what we know: *Rea... more »

Reaction To Russian President Putin's Speech On Russia's New Weapons

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 6 hours ago
*DW*:* NATO joins Angela Merkel and Donald Trump to voice concern about Putin's 'invincible' weapons* A speech by President Vladimir Putin detailing new nuclear weapons in Russia's arsenal has raised fears of a new arms race. NATO has joined Merkel and Trump in voicing concern about the impact of Putin's words. NATO has joined Germany and the US in condemning recent claims by Russian President Vladimir Putin that his country has developed a new, "invincible" nuclear weapon. On Friday, NATO Spokeswoman Oana Lungescu said: "Russian statements threatening to target allies are unacce... more »

In NBC Interview Russian President Putin Reveals The Two Cases When Russia Will Use Nuclear Weapons

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 6 hours ago
*Sputnik:* *President Putin Reveals Two Cases When Russia Can Use Nuclear Weapons* Russia may potentially use nuclear weapons only in the event of an impending nuclear attack, or if there is a threat to the country's existence, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with the NBC broadcaster. *"There can be two reasons that can make us use nuclear weapons: an attack against us with nuclear weapons or an attack on Russia with conventional weapons. But the second case is only if it threatens the existence of the Russian state," Vladimir Putin said.* *Read more* .... ... more »

Syrian Army captures infamous Jaysh Al-Islam base in East Ghouta

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 6 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:15 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) scored another big advance in the East Ghouta region on Friday, seizing an imperative military base that was one hailed as Jaysh Al-Islam’s most important installation. Led by the Tiger Forces, the Syrian Arab Army managed to take control of the Battalion 274 base that […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Kurdish YPG destroys FSA vehicle in northwest Afrin (video)

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 6 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:55 A.M.) – The Kurdish-led YPG forces destroyed a technical vehicle belonging to the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) in the Afrin region on Friday. Based on the video footage released by the YPG, their forces managed to score a direct hit with an anti-tank missile on the FSA vehicle in northwestern Afrin […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Breaking: Syrian Army enters new town in East Ghouta

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 6 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:40 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) launched their fourth night assault this week in the East Ghouta region, tonight, targeting several areas under the control of the Islamist rebels. Led by the Tiger Forces, the Syrian Arab Army began tonight’s assault by storming the town of Hawsh Ash’ari in the eastern […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

‘Syria must be referred to the ICC’ – UN Human Rights Commissioner

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 6 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:20 A.M.) – “What we are seeing in eastern Ghouta and elsewhere in Syria are likely war crimes and potentially crimes against humanity,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and Jordanian Prince Zeid Raad Zeid al-Hussein said during the Human Rights Council’s thirty-seventh regular session in Geneva on Friday. Speaking of raging war […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

US will turn Ghouta into full-fledged terrorist stronghold – Syrian General

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 6 hours ago
The US is going to take advantage of the tensions over Eastern Ghouta to twist the hand of Moscow and Damascus, Syrian Brigadier General Hetham Hassun told Sputnik. He noted that while raising the alarm over the situation in the region, Western mainstream media remain mute about people suffering under the rebel siege in al-Fuah […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Putin - Not Threat Of Nuclear War - Updated Credible Nuclear Deterrent - Aims For Peace & Renewed START 2

Robert Walker at Science 2.0 blogs - 7 hours ago
I’ve had several PM’s and we’ve had comments by scared people in our Doomsday Debunked Facebook group who have read alarmist stories suggesting that Putin threatens to attack the US. If you have read these stories, it is worth listening to his actual speech to get the Russian perspective on it. It could hardly be more different. He presents it as, in his view, the only way to preserve peace. read more

‘You’re Going To Get F—ked Up Hardcore’ Cops Beat, Tase Man Repeatedly For Jaywalking 

Rachel Blevins at The Free Thought Project - 7 hours ago
[image: jaywalking] Police officers arrested a man for the heinous crime of jaywalking after they forced him to the ground and repeatedly punched his head and hit him with a Taser. The post ‘You’re Going To Get F—ked Up Hardcore’ Cops Beat, Tase Man Repeatedly For Jaywalking appeared first on The Free Thought Project.

Redesigning Reality #019 – Iboga, Magic & Mystery w/ Gary Cook

WakingTimes at Waking Times - 7 hours ago
*Dylan Charles* - The iboga experience is life changing.

X22 Report, “The Race To Bring Down The Economy Has Officially Begun”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
X22 Report, “The Race To Bring Down The Economy Has Officially Begun” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qFzNY21QRg

Musical interlude

Greg Fingas at Accidental Deliberations - 7 hours ago
The Revivalists - Wish I Knew You

Are We On The Brink Of A Trade War?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 7 hours ago
*BBC: **Trump steel tariffs: European Union gears up for trade war* European Union officials have said they will respond "firmly" if US President Donald Trump presses ahead with his plan for steep global duties on metals. EU trade chiefs are considering slapping 25% tariffs on around $3.5bn (£2.5bn) of imports from the US, Reuters news agency reports. World Trade Organization Director General Roberto Azevedo said: "A trade war is in no one's interests." The rhetoric ramped up as Mr Trump tweeted that "trade wars are good". International condemnation has greeted the US president's... more »

Mideast Prepares For An Israeli-Iran-Backed Hezbollah War

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 7 hours ago
Israeli soldiers are seen as they conduct a military drill [Nedal Eshtayah/Anadolu Agency] *Mona Alami, Al-Monitor:* *Mideast braces for war: Israel vs. Iran-backed Hezbollah* On Feb. 27, US Sen. Lindsey Graham warned after a trip to the Middle East that Israel was preparing for war. Hezbollah appears to be ready for the possibility. It is honing its skills and playing a multifaceted role in Syria, where it has also realized several important goals, according to one of its militants and sources close to the Lebanese group. Syria is facing a new turn in its civil war, and Hezbollah... more »

Got Some Good News and Some Bad News......

Diogenes Sarcastica™ at Diogenes' Middle Finger - 7 hours ago
The Good News is Michelle Obama is not gonna be your next president. The Bad News is she wants to create "thousands and thousands" more Michelle Obamas! Yeah, just what Amerika needs, more big ass angry black girls who think a skanky Beyonce is a good role model, and is bad at pretending money can buy class. You can take the girl outta the ghetto...... Mich *spoke at an event* Tuesday in New York where she explained that her work with the Obama Foundation (*their tax exempt, **Clinton like money laundry **using indoctrination and Alinsky tactic to infiltrate the public schools wi... more »

'Teacher' guilty of recruiting 'army of children' for London attacks

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 7 hours ago
This story https://news.sky.com/story/teacher-guilty-of-recruiting-army-of-children-for-london-attacks-11273094 on Sky News about the 'teacher' planning attacks is oddly not being reported by the BBC. "We are a death squad sent by Allah and his messengers to avenge my Arab brothers' blood," he said. Handwritten notes presented in court revealed a hit list of targets including Transport for London, Shia Muslims, Heathrow, City banks, the media, embassies and Britain First.' Obviously nothing to do with Islam.

FBI AGENTS MAY BE LYING ABOUT ARRESTING MS-13 MEMBERS JUST TO GET TRUMP OFF THEIR BACKS

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 7 hours ago
*The New York Times* has a good story about MS-13 -- the gang and the myth: Few dispute the violent menace that MS-13 is to pockets across the United States. Its members wield machetes, kill with abandon and terrorize — for the most part in immigrant communities. But law enforcement officials at local, state and federal levels describe the Trump administration’s hard-charging campaign against MS-13 as out of proportion with the threat. President Trump and Attorney General Sessions have tried to make MS-13 stand for all undocumented immigrants. As a result, online right-wingers regu... more »

A New U.S.National Security Adviser?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 7 hours ago
*NBC*: *White House preparing for McMaster exit as early as next month* WASHINGTON — The White House is preparing to replace H.R. McMaster as national security adviser as early as next month in a move orchestrated by chief of staff John Kelly and Defense Secretary James Mattis, according to five people familiar with the discussions. The move would be the latest in a long string of staff shake-ups at the White House over the past year and comes after months of strained relations between the president and McMaster. A leading candidate to become President Donald Trump’s third nationa... more »

Theresa May's Waffle and Fudge

Phil at All That Is Solid ... - 8 hours ago
Just as she reached the podium earlier today to give her long-awaited Brexit speech, Theresa May paused to look at her watch and spent the next hour declaring fudge o'clock. While a convoluted word salad arranged to look appealing to the increasingly demented *and unrepresentative* Brexit hard right and editorial leader writers, the content proved to be just as light weight and, in some instances, contradictory. Ireland, for example. Before Christmas, May signed the UK up to remaining in some kind of customs union with the EU to avoid a hard border between the north and the republi... more »

In attempt to make connection to real celebrity Bristol Palin claims to have read a book.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 8 hours ago
OMGD you guys! I just tried to read a book. Courtesy of the Daily Mail: *As she copes with her recent split from her estranged husband Dakota Meyer, Bristol Palin is leaning on her Christian faith and reading the inspirational book Chris Pratt relied on during his breakup with his wife Anna Faris. * *The 27-year-old mother-of-three took to Instagram Stories on Wednesday to share a photo of Pastor Chad Veach's book 'Faith Forward Future: Moving Past Your Disappointments, Delays, and Destructive Thinking.' * *'I saw this on @prattprattpratt ig awhile ago, it is such a great read if ... more »

Friday Afternoon Links

Greg Fingas at Accidental Deliberations - 8 hours ago
Assorted content to end your week. -Tom Parkin laments the timidity of the Libs' budget, while recognizing the opportunities it creates for the NDP: Over $7 billion in infrastructure investment, the cornerstone of the Liberals 2015 election appeal, was cut and pushed past the next election — despite the sorry state of our social housing, transit, roads and schools. And just two days after the Liberals implied they would support a national pharmacare plan, Finance Minister Bill Morneau ruled it out, saying the Liberals would only create a piecemeal drug scheme. The U-turn probably p... more »

The Mask Falls Away: We Need A "Culture of Creativity" To Replace the "Culture of Death"

Alicia at LaRouchePAC Feed - 8 hours ago
Video of HMpQ4AFeGTI Tune in for our weekly Friday webcast, with your host, Matthew Ogden.

"Now, a Trade War - Is a Shooting War Next?"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
*“Trump Proposes Tax Hike for Millions of Americans.* * Markets Plunge.”* by Brian Maher "Did you catch this headline this morning? You did not, of course. We spun it from the whole cloth. But it may as well be authentic. Details to follow. First the news… The Trump administration proposed a weighty 25% tariff on steel imports yesterday. Aluminum imports must pay a 10% entry fee. The tariff could potentially apply to all nations that supply America’s steel and aluminum - not just China. Among these are Canada, South Korea, Mexico, Germany, Japan and Brazil. All of which export more ... more »

What America Must Learn from Israeli Gun Laws

drinkingwateradvisor at The Drinking Water Advisor - 8 hours ago
“When mass shootings take plan in the U.S., commentators routinely raise Israel as a case study to prove that guns in the hands of citizens save lives.” click here

Trump Said to Favor Former GM CEO for Ambassador to Mexico

Warren Mass at rss - 9 hours ago
[image: trump-said-to-favor-former-gm-ceo-for-ambassador-to-mexico] Ambassador to Mexico Roberta Jacobson will leave her post on May 5, and President Trump’s choice to succeed her reportedly is the former CEO of GM, Edward Whitacre.

What to Do When the FBI Breaks the Laws to Obtain a FISA Warrant?

Steve Byas at rss - 9 hours ago
[image: what-to-do-when-the-fbi-breaks-the-laws-obtain-fisa-warrant] The Constitution protects our rights — but what is to be done when the government ignores the Constitution?

Facebook Tracks Internet Users, Builds Secret Files

C. Mitchell Shaw at rss - 9 hours ago
[image: facebook-tracks-internet-users-builds-secret-files] Facebook tracks the activity of Internet users, even those who have no Facebook account, and is building secret files on the Internet activity of literally billions of Internet users.

This Was Europe's Last World War II Battle (16 Days after the War Ended)

Elliot Short at The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Elliot Short* *History, Europe* However, in the spring of 1945, the last battle of World War II in Europe took place in and around Odžak. The small town of Odžak is nestled between the Bosna and Sava rivers, in the north of present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina. To the north and east, a handful of villages spread over the plains, while to the south and west a few shallow inclines lead into the foothills of Vučjak Mountain. Today the town is a quiet place, only worthy of note due to a large Bosnian flag — allegedly one of the biggest ever — that the town’s inhabitants made a few ye... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA. Thanks for stopping by!

"The Gates Made Of Light..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
“The way the soul is with the senses and the intellect is like a creek. When desire weeds grow thick, intelligence can’t flow, and the soul creatures stay hidden. But sometimes the reasonable clarity runs so strong it sweeps the clogged stream open. No longer weeping and frustrated, your being grows as powerful as your wantings were before, more so. Laughing and satisfied, the masterful flow lets creations of the soul appear. You look down, and it’s lucid dreaming. The gates made of light swing open. You see in.” - Rumi

"Happiness Is A Journey..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
"Happiness is a journey, not a destination. For a long time it seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles *were* my life. This perspective has helped me to see there is no way to happiness. Happiness *is* the way. So treasure every moment you have and remember that time waits for no one." ~ Souza

Full length feature film documentary, Injecting Aluminum, FREE to watch now!

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 9 hours ago
We are so happy to be able to share the screening of Injecting Aluminum with you. Until March 8th at noon PST, the full feature film documentary will be FREE TO WATCH. And I know I say this a lot but trust me, you don’t want to miss this. Also, during the event, the documentary will

10 things to do daily to help your brain

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 9 hours ago
By Dr. Mercola Even though your brain affects everything you do, you probably don’t give it — literally — much thought. Clever pun aside, how often do you actually consider what your brain may need to stay healthy? Given the fact your brain impacts all aspects of your life — from happiness and health to

"The Green Frog Skin"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
"The Green Frog Skin" by John (Fire) Lame Deer "The Green Frog Skin – that’s what I call the dollar bill. In our attitude towards it lies the biggest difference between the Indians and the whites. My grandparents grew up in an Indian world without money. Just before the Custer battle the white soldiers had received their pay. Their pockets were full of green paper and they had no place to spend it. What were their last thoughts as an Indian bullet or arrow hit them? I guess they were thinking of all that money going to waste, of not having had a chance to enjoy it, of a bunch of du... more »

Kevin Gosztola Discusses Reality Winner’s Case On ‘Democracy Now!’

Shadowproof at Shadowproof - 9 hours ago
Shadowproof co-founder Kevin Gosztola appeared on "Democracy Now!" to talk about his most recent coverage of NSA contractor Reality Winner's case. The post Kevin Gosztola Discusses Reality Winner’s Case On ‘Democracy Now!’ appeared first on Shadowproof.

Cuba: A UFO Over Matanzas?

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 9 hours ago
Cuban UFO researcher *Orestes Girbau* shared this photograph with Planeta UFO along with an accompanying message: *"A photo of an alleged UFO seen to the NNE over the Cuban city of Matanzas by my son Lester Girbau on 14 August 2011. He was using a Kodak Easyshare C813 digital camera. The possible UFO was not visible in plain sight neither before nor after the photo was taken."* Our thanks to Mr. Girbau and *Guillermo Giménez* for sharing this image. Inexplicata Podcasts covering items from UFO / paranormal history in Spain, Latin America and the Caribbean

"The True Dream..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
“Maybe we accept the dream has become a nightmare. We tell ourselves that reality is better. We convince ourselves it’s better that we never dream at all. But, the strongest of us, the most determined of us, holds on to the dream or we find ourselves faced with a fresh dream we never considered. We wake to find ourselves, against all odds, feeling hopeful. And, if we’re lucky, we realize in the face of everything, in the face of life, the true dream is being able to dream at all.” - Dr. Meredith Grey, "Grey's Anatomy"

Leaving The Trump Regime And Heading To Prison Are Two Different Balls Of Wax

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 9 hours ago
*Nancy Ohanian sees Kushner-in-law* It's like a Kinks song from the '60s, but who *will* the next be to leave the crumbling Trumpanzee Regime? Everyone was saying it was going to be McMaster-- and before April Fools Day. Then this morning Ben White reported for *Politico* that Gary Cohn-- still fuming he didn't get the Fed Chair-- would quit over the tariffs. Cohn, he wrote, "has been rumored to be on the brink of leaving the White House for months but stayed for one main reason: to stop the president from imposing steep tariffs. By Thursday afternoon, Cohn had lost the fight. In a ... more »

Day 19: How things really work in Augusta - it's "the lobby"

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 10 hours ago
As we move closer to the actual voting in the Maine legislature on the $60 million corporate welfare bill for General Dynamics (GD) there are many people sending me information about the thinking of various members of the House and Senate in Augusta. (I'm not going to use any names in this below just to protect the 'innocent'.) Today I was talking with one person who informed me that he had just spoken with a long-time BIW worker who lives in a nearby town. This worker told my friend that he/she was opposed to the GD corporate subsidy bill and was going to write his/her state r... more »

Russia claims East Ghouta rebels are preparing chemical attack to blame Damascus

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
Syrian militants carried out 11 bombardments of residential areas in Damascus in past 24 hours, firing a total of 28 mortar rounds, the head of the Russian Center for Syrian reconciliation said. “Illegal armed groups continue firing at residential areas of Damascus and its suburbs. They carried out 11 bombardments throughout the day, firing a […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

VIDEO: US-backed forces mobilize entire brigade in northeast Syria

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:20 P.M.) – Recently, over three thousand Pentagon-backed Syrian fighters of the Self-Defense Forces (HXP) – an extension of the better known Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) – graduated as fully commissioned troops after completing their training. The sheer number of graduates – some 3,500 in total (the equivalent of an infantry brigade) – […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Armen Sargsyan elected President of Armenia

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:15 P.M.) – Armen Sargsyan was elected the President of Armenia, Friday, through a vote which took place in Yerevan, Friday. The deputies elected him with 90 votes in favour and 10 against, without abstaining. To elect Sargsyan to the presidency, it was necessary to get 79 votes from the 105 deputies. Together, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Russian Air Force heavily pounds East Ghouta amid latest gains by Syrian Army

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:00 P.M.) – The Russian Aerospace Forces heavily bombarded the East Ghouta region these last 24 hours, striking several areas controlled by the jihadist rebels. According to a military report from Damascus, the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out 30 sorties over the East Ghouta in the last 24 hours, targeting the towns of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Disagreement at UN Forces Postponment of British Syrian "Humanitarian" Vote

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 10 hours ago
*Talked about this earlier in the week:* *US messaging on Syria’s chemical weapons use indicates increasing likelihood of airstrikes to degrade government military capabilities* *UPDATE # 1:* * " Britain formally asked the United Nations Human Rights Council on Thursday to hold an “urgent debate” this week on the deteriorating situation in Syria’s enclave of eastern Ghouta. * *Clearly the 5 eyes, some say 6 eyes is more accurate including Israel, are looking for anything that will stick to get their desired attack going. (For the time being I'll use 5 eyes because it's a better u... more »

Alec Baldwin - the new voice for ethics, morality, intellectualism, and spirituality...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 10 hours ago
*yeah - I'm being sarcastic.* When asked how he felt about doing his crappy unfunny impersonation of our president on Saturday Night Live, Baldwin had this to say: "Every time I do it now, it's like agony. Agony. I can't. If things don't go in the right direction for the midterms. … I could go out on the street, stand on any corner and tap 10 people on the shoulder. And all 10 of them, in all likelihood, would be more qualified — ethically, morally, intellectually and spiritually — than Trump. I'll vote for Mitt Romney. I don't care. Anybody over this guy. It doesn't matter. We have... more »

Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee is apparently behind attempts to sabotage investigation by the Senate Intelligence Committee. Has this ever happened before?

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 10 hours ago
Burr and WarnerCourtesy of the New York Times: *The Senate Intelligence Committee has concluded that Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee were behind the leak of private text messages between the Senate panel’s top Democrat and a Russian-connected lawyer, according to two congressional officials briefed on the matter. * *Senator Richard M. Burr of North Carolina, the committee’s Republican chairman, and Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, the top Democrat, were so perturbed by the leak that they demanded a rare meeting with Speaker Paul D. Ryan last month to inform him of...more »

BREAKING: President Trump extends Russian sanctions for another year

Seraphim Hanisch at The Duran - 11 hours ago
No change in direction in the United States' Russia policy, though no change was expected either given the current political climate within the United States itself. More The post BREAKING: President Trump extends Russian sanctions for another year appeared first on The Duran.

McDonnell Has IRA Plaque Given to Him By Terrorist on His Office Wall per Guido Fawkes

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 11 hours ago
Guido Fawkes has more https://order-order.com/2018/03/02/mcdonnell-ira-plaque-given-terrorist-office-wall/ on the sickness at the top of the Labour Party. This time it's about John 'kneecaping' McDonnell: 'The Plaque (on John McDonnell's wall) honours IRA murderer Francis Hughes, who killed two RUC officers in 1977 and a Para the following year. McDonnell was given the plaque by Gerry Kelly. (Kelly is) An IRA terrorist who received two life sentences for an attack on the Old Bailey which killed one person and injured 100…' Not a word from the BBC about the sort of person who alo... more »

Fatal Delusions of Western Man

Patrick J. Buchanan at rss - 11 hours ago
[image: fatal-delusions-of-western-man] "We got China wrong. Now what?" ran the headline over the column in *The Washington Post*.

Economy’s Performance Continues to Beat Forecasts

Bob Adelmann at rss - 11 hours ago
[image: economys-performance-continues-to-beat-forecasts] The economy is steaming along, continuing to confound forecasters.

Federal Funding and Local Corruption, Not Guns, Responsible for Parkland School Shooting

C. Mitchell Shaw at rss - 11 hours ago
[image: federal-funding-and-local-corruption-not-guns-responsible-for-parkland-school-shooting] In the wake of the deadly school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the Miami suburb of Parkland, Florida, on February 14, calls for greater gun control have dominated headlines and social media posts. The shooting has been held up as an example of the failure of allowing private citizens to own certain weapons. In reality, the shooting — which left 17 dead — is actually an example of how police and school corruption fueled by federal funding endangers the lives of studen... more »

“Viscerally Visceral”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
*“Viscerally Visceral”* *Reality doesn’t give a damn how you feel.* by Robert Gore "A long time ago, I was talking with a woman and the discussion turned to abortion. I don’t remember our exact words, but she said something to the effect that she was viscerally opposed to anything that curtailed women’s right to abortions. I do remember her use of the words “visceral” and “viscerally” because she used them repeatedly, emphasizing her stance. I asked if the right to control one’s body implied a right to control one’s mind, and the right to control the products of one’s body and mind.... more »

Musical Interlude: Andrea Bocelli, “Con Te Partiro”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
Andrea Bocelli, “Con Te Partiro” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAiIQ91UPeo

Lithium, Cobalt, and Why They Are No Problem

E.M.Smith at Musings from the Chiefio - 11 hours ago
Cobalt is NOT essential to Lithium batteries. For that matter, even Lithium is not essential for ion-type batteries as Sodium-ion and Potassium-ion batteries exist. Continue reading →

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago

"A Message From The Ministry Of Homeland Security"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
"Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk." - Margaret Chase Smith

In his reascent speech Putin revealed the existence of new Russian nuclear weapons that make it indisputably clear that Russia has vast nuclear superiority over the United States and its pathetic NATO vassal states. However, he declared that Russia has no territorial ambitions, no hegemonic ambitions, and no intention to attack any other country. Putin described the weapons as the necessary response to the West’s firm refusal year after year to accept peace and cooperation with Russia, instead surrounding Russia with military bases and ABM systems. But he Putin stressed that Russia’s nuclear weapons are reserved for retaliation, not for offense, but that any attack on Russia or Russia’s allies will receive an immediate response “with all that it implies.”

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 11 hours ago
------------------------------ *Putin’s State of the Union* ------------------------------ By: 3|01 March, 2018| Putin’s State of the Union Paul Craig Roberts Putin has given a remarkable address to the Federal Assembly, the Russian People, and the peoples of the world. In his speech Putin revealed the existence of new Russian nuclear weapons that make it indisputably clear that Russia has vast nuclear superiority over the United States and its pathetic NATO vassal states. In view of the Russian capabilities, it is not clear that the US any longer qualifies as a superpower. ... more »

#1 best seller!

Craig Rucker at CFACT - 11 hours ago
Marc Morano's The Politically Incorrect Guide to Climate Change is the #1 best-selling environment book on Amazon!

President Trump unites the country

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 11 hours ago
How often do Jeffrey Sachs and the Wall Street Journal editoral writers agree?

"Just Look At Us..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
"Just look at us. Everything is backwards; everything is upside down. Doctors destroy health, lawyers destroy justice, universities destroy knowledge, governments destroy freedom, the major media destroy information and religions destroy spirituality." - Michael Ellner

Lawmakers Guarantee Old Men Can Marry Little Girls, Reject Bill to Ban “Legalized Rape of Children”

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 11 hours ago
[image: children] For the second time in two weeks, Kentucky lawmakers have rejected a bill that would make it illegal for adults to marry young children. Currently, it is legal to do so. The post Lawmakers Guarantee Old Men Can Marry Little Girls, Reject Bill to Ban “Legalized Rape of Children” appeared first on The Free Thought Project.

"Why? Go Look In The Mirror"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago
*"Why? Go Look In The Mirror"* by Karl Denninger *"Why did Parkland happen? *Because the law is not enforced; the shooter had been reported multiple times for acts that were plenty to arrest him, have him declared mentally incompetent or both. He could not have shot up anything if in prison or a mental institution. *Why does medical care cost ten times what it does in other nations? *Because the law is not enforced; it is a felony to attempt to restrain trade, create or maintain monopolies, and price-fix. The health care industry does all three on a daily basis. You would not need... more »

"Enjoy The Last Few Weeks Of Relative Normality"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago
*"Enjoy The Last Few Weeks Of Relative Normality"* by James Howard Kunstler "Personally, I believe that the plodding, implacable Robert Mueller, white knight of the Deep State, will flush the Golden Golem of Greatness out of office, probably on some sort of money-laundering rap having nothing to do with “Russian meddling.” Anderson Cooper will have a multiple orgasm. Rachel Maddow will don a yellow hard-hat and chain-saw a scale model of Mar-a-Lago to the glee of her worshippers. The #Resistance will dance in the streets. And then what? I doubt that Mr. Trump will go gracefully. Ra... more »

The FBI is looking closely at one of Ivanka Trump's business deals.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 12 hours ago
Uh oh.Courtesy of CNN: *US counterintelligence officials are scrutinizing one of Ivanka Trump's international business deals, according to two sources familiar with the matter. * *The FBI has been looking into the negotiations and financing surrounding Trump International Hotel and Tower in Vancouver, according to a US official and a former US official. The scrutiny could be a hurdle for the first daughter as she tries to obtain a full security clearance in her role as adviser to President Donald Trump. * *It's standard procedure to probe foreign contacts and international busin... more »

TRUMP IS SUCH A WUSS HE CAN'T EVEN ASK IVANKA AND JARED TO RESIGN

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 12 hours ago
A *New York Times* story titled "Trump’s Chaos Theory for the Oval Office Is Taking Its Toll" tells us the following about the president's relationship with his son-in-law and favorite daughter: ... Mr. Trump is also frustrated with Mr. Kushner, whom he now views as a liability because of his legal entanglements, the investigations of the Kushner family’s real estate company and the publicity over having his security clearance downgraded, according to two people familiar with his views. In private conversations, the president vacillates between sounding regretful that Mr. Kushner is... more »

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