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  Race to Extinction -- Climate Projections: A World on Borrowed Time posted by Dr. Andrew Glikson via james, 2018-09-24 18:01:34
Current temperature trajectories are on par with or exceed the IPCC’s dangerous projections (Figure 1). Acting as the lungs of the biosphere, over tens of millions of years the atmosphere developed an oxygen-rich carbon-low composition, allowing the flourishing of mammals. The anthropogenic release to the atmosphere to date of more than 600 Gigaton of carbon (GtC) is reversing this trend, threatening to return the Earth to conditions which preceded the emergence of modern life forms, including humans. (full story)
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 The Great Aversion Plague posted by stacey, 2018-09-24 00:00:43
TRUTH today is largely rejected in favour of warm fuzzy lies that speak to one’s own delusions of ‘identity,’ which is created by culture, if one cares to trace the source within mind of all personal pronouns, I, me, mine, etc. This dichotomous relationship, identity-culture, is therefore easily exploited by those aware of the great aversion to uncomfortable REAL truths; entire populations subscribe to fictions and the false realities they engender, notwithstanding that the lead and reins of control emanate from the mass and digital media. (full story)
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Hegel: The only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history posted by Martin Sieff via claire, 2018-09-22 07:36:44
American leaders, politicians, policymakers and pundits are fond of talking about the “Unipolar Moment” and “Hyper Power” position that they imagine the United States enjoys in the world. Totally lacking from this fantasy are any inconvenient historical facts. (full story)
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 The Decade of a Rising China: 10 Years After the Financial Crisis posted by Jenny Clegg via james, 2018-09-22 06:57:35
It is 10 years in September since Lehman Brothers went bankrupt bringing global capitalism to the point of collapse. Although the crash did not finally lead to a total meltdown, it triggered a slump of 1930s proportions and for most economies the last decade has been a lost decade of low growth, low investment, low productivity, marked by debt and deficit, with virtually no improvement in real incomes for the 90 per cent. (full story)
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Astounding Revelation from NYT Regarding the Gross Incompetence of US Intel Agencies posted by lex, 2018-09-22 00:25:44
Indeed, the New York Times -- a megaphone of the deep state -- has done it again, that is, unintentionally reveal how the world’s largest funded regulatory and intelligence agencies have failed to perform even up to basic expectations, yet they continue to be lavishly supported for their failures by enormous tax-payer funds for no good reason. A complete clean-out of these dysfunctional agencies is now clearly warranted. (full story)
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 Yet Another Staggering US Hypocrisy -- Pompeo Dismisses Holocaust in Yemen Favouring Arms Sales posted by Adam K. Raymond via shirl, 2018-09-20 21:45:25
The International Criminal Court has nowhere to hide today. Mike Pompeo recently overruled his own administration regarding 'humanitarian' concerns in Syria if the legitimate Syrian government proceeded with its duty to rid the nation of extremist terrorist groups in Idlib, which are supported by Saudi Arabia, Israel, Turkey, Jordan and the CIA; however, Pompeo clearly supports the ongoing HUMANITARIAN CRISIS in Yemen. We have just heard from US administrative official, James Jeffrey, who stated that the USA would attack the Syrian government and its Russian ally if it, "creates refugee flows or attacks innocent civilians." Which means that it's OK if the USA does it but no-one else. The Yemen holocaust being the current case in point. (full story)
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 Idlib: Lull Before the Hurricane [IF Putin Finds his Missing Spine] posted by Tim Hayward via jane, 2018-09-20 19:59:52
It appears that Putin has pressed the pause button on plans for an offensive alongside the Syrian government to retake Idlib. By the time Russia returns to play mode the martial music may have changed. (full story)
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 Washington Pushes Putin's Cowardice Yet Again -- The US has NO LEGAL RIGHT to Interfere in Syria posted by Paul Craig Roberts via gus, 2018-09-20 18:50:27
The provocations that Putin invites are now escalating. Peter Ford, former British ambassador to Syria, points out that Washington has quickly taken advantage of Putin’s hesitancy in Syria to escalate the pretexts on which Washington will launch a military attack on the Syrian forces. Formerly Washington’s pretext was to be a false flag “chemical attack” that would be blamed on Syria. Washington’s new pretext precludes the liberation of Idlib as Washington has declared that any attempted liberation of the province from Washington’s terrorist allies will result in a US military attack on Syria. Indeed, even a refugee flow whether or not caused by a Syrian attack is deemed to be a “humanitarian issue” that justifies a US military attack on Syria. President Trump’s Special Envoy for Syria, James Jeffrey, just announced that the United States will not tolerate an attack, period. (full story)
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WWIII -- Here it Comes! posted by drake, 2018-09-20 02:04:23
To be sure, a nuclear WWIII would not be provoked by any sane nuclear nation intentionally, however, a very REAL possibility of an uncontrolled escalation now presents itself in Syria, with western forces, including NATO nations, UK, France, Israel and the US moving numerous nuclear armed naval vessels and submarines into the Eastern Mediterranean to confront Assad and Putin, notwithstanding planned air assaults launched from nearby allied airfields. (full story)
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Commentary on the Saker’s Latest Piece posted by gayle, 2018-09-19 23:16:45
The Saker, a pro-Putin Russian, has made every attempt to trivialise the outrageous tactics, an illegal bombing of Syria by Israel, which resulted in the loss of a Russian military aircraft and 14 Russian lives. (full story)
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US-Indian Relations: Trump Gets a Unique Partner for America First posted by M. Bhadrakumar via janice, 2018-09-19 01:38:28
The inaugural meeting of the foreign and defence ministers of India and the United States in a new “2+2” format on September 6 in New Delhi assumed added significance as an attempt by the Trump administration to translate its Indo-Pacific vision outlined in the National Security Strategy (NSS) of last December. (full story)
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 America's Reckless Hostility Unites China and Russia to Form an Unbeatable Alliance posted by Eric Margolis via cyd, 2018-09-17 19:04:51
Good work Mr. Trump! You have now managed to lay the groundwork for a grand Chinese-Russian alliance. The objective of intelligent diplomacy is to divide one’s foes, not to unite them. (full story)
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Super Computers in Warfare -- A Million Mistakes a Second posted by Paul Scharre via lynx, 2018-09-17 08:13:52
Ultrafast computing is critical to modern warfare. But it also ensures a lot could go very wrong, very quickly. (full story)
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 Azov Sea Flashpoint: Russia, Ukraine Teetering on the Brink of War posted by Peter Korzun via james, 2018-09-17 01:01:38
Prior to reading this article readers should consider the broader picture/strategy of the US to contain both Russia and China using proxy forces and vassal states to do their dirty work. Readers would note that China recently offered military support to Syria should Assad require it to oust the remnants of imported terrorists in Idlib, which include Uighur forces. The USA has been fomenting trouble in China's Muslim Uighur region in order to block a vital transit route of China's BRI, the so-called new Silk Road Initiative, which when completed would clearly make China the number one world economic and trading State. Read the following not as a single unrelated flashpoint but as part of an overall strategy by the USA to contain major competitors. Indeed, the unipolar American world is coming to an end and America may deploy every dirty trick in the book, but it's a LOST cause as progress and a wide range of benefits for numerous European and Asian nations cannot be thwarted or stopped. (full story)
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Australia and the Woes of Climate Change States posted by Binoy Kampmark via jane, 2018-09-16 23:02:04
Australia’s tattered, incumbent government with new PM, the increasingly oafish and amateurish Scott Morrison, trundled into its post-climate phase. States which see their existence as dependent on the cutting of carbon emissions have been more than a touch concerned. Reality for the States remains divorced from the paper clip conspiracies of Canberra and the energy cliques distraction policy of cutting prices rather than dealing with climate change impact. (full story)
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