Category: Aggregated

Egypt opens Rafah border crossing for 48-hours

I was struck by a tweet from libertarian Republican congressman Justin Amash, who has become the “new Ron Paul” now that the three-time presidential candidate and libertarian icon has taken a well-deserved rest from politics. The other day he tweeted: “Patriotism & nationalism are profoundly different. Patriotism is love of country. FA Hayek called nationalism ‘a twin brother of socialism.’” Amash, who has vowed to never support GOP frontrunner and likely presidential nominee Donald Trump, undoubtedly had the New York real estate mogul in mind, but no matter what one thinks of The Donald, Amash is quite wrong about the … Continue reading →

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On a sunny day, there is nothing as delicious as a cool, crisp beer. And drinking a pint a day is good for the heart, a study has found. While binge drinking is known to harm our health, moderate consumption reduces the risk of heart and blood vessel diseases by a quarter, researchers discovered. The team, from the IRCCS Mediterranean Neurological Institute, Pozzilli, said the alcohol and other chemicals in the drink reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke and artery disease. They reviewed 150 studies and concluded drinking 1.4 pints or two 330ml cans protect the heart without increasing … Continue reading →

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Chancellor Angela Merkel has been invited to attend the 2016 Bilderberg conference in Dresden, Germany, the annual meeting of elitists which some accuse of being a secret cabal that manipulates world events. According to a German-language Huffington Post report, which cites the Die Tageszeitung newspaper, Angela Merkel herself is on this year’s guest list and will meet with over 100 globalists from business, banking, media and academia. Germany’s Federal Minister of Defence Ursula von der Leyen will also attend the confab alongside Federal Minister for Special Affairs Peter Altmaie and Sigmar Gabriel, the Vice-Chancellor of Germany. They will be joined … Continue reading →

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Blood pressure woes are a growing problem, affecting more and more Americans every day. Worse yet, because it’s symptomless, you often become aware of your high blood sugar only once you begin experiencing the associated health issues. If you have been diagnosed with hypertension or even prehypertension, you want to do anything you can to keep those numbers within a healthy range before complications arise. Even if you’ve spoken to your doctor about blood pressure, there may be some facts that you’re unaware of. You can integrate these tips into your health regime as you aim to obtain healthy blood … Continue reading →

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Originally published by AmmoLand.com. Buy yourself a Henry Big Boy Silver Rifle your great, great, great, grand-children will love it. Henry Big Boy Silver Rifle The United States – We will start off with the obvious fact that the new Henry Repeating Arms, Big Boy Silver rifle, is gorgeous. I can probably state with some accuracy that John Wayne never used any gorgeous rifles to win the west and save the world. He used rifles that were practical, that were functionally reliable, service ready, and he used rifles that could endure the hardships of lots of field wear. Sadly Mr. Wayne one … Continue reading →

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The bad legal news for Hillary Clinton continued to cascade upon her presidential hopes during the past week in what has amounted to a perfect storm of legal misery. Here is what happened. Last week, Mrs. Clinton’s five closest advisors when she was Secretary of State, four of whom remain close to her and have significant positions in her presidential campaign, were interrogated by the FBI. These interrogations were voluntary, not under oath, and done in the presence of the same legal team which represented all five aides. The atmosphere was confrontational, as the purpose of the interrogations is to … Continue reading →

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The Globalization of NATO, Author:  Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, Clarity Press (2012), Pages: 411 with complete index. The world is enveloped in a blanket of perpetual conflict. Invasions, occupation, illicit sanctions, and regime change have become currencies and orders of the day. One organization – the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) – is repeatedly, and very controversially, involved in some form or another in many of these conflicts led by the US and its allies. NATO spawned from the Cold War. Its existence was justified by Washington and Western Bloc politicians as a guarantor against any Soviet and Eastern Bloc invasion of Western … Continue reading →

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Those who got Donald Trump totally wrong in the nomination process, still have not figured out why. Thus, it’s no surprise they are still wrong now. I propose,  that instead of being the demise of the Republican party, Donald Trump will be its savior. Still Not Getting It Let’s kick the discussion off with Nate Silver’s analysis Why Republican Voters Decided On Trump. Donald Trump is going to win the Republican nomination. If you’d told me a year ago that Trump would be the nominee, I’d have thought you were nuts. For a candidate like Trump to win the nomination, … Continue reading →

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The future always changes. From heroic space adventures in the 1960s to paranoid cyberpunk in the 1980s, you can learn a lot about the zeitgeist of an era by looking at how people imagined the future. This is also true of most early science fiction from the 18th and 19th centuries. Like today, writers back then projected their fears, ambitions, and prejudices onto a future society that we, as residents of a far-off epoch, can now appreciate with gimlet-eyed hindsight. 10 Memoirs Of The Twentieth Century One of the first English-language texts to deal with the future was Memoirs of the … Continue reading →

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If you know even a small amount of any Romance language, many English words have relatively obvious etymological backgrounds. But the paths to their origins aren’t always so clear when words are eponyms—coined from people’s names—and scientists are very often the culprits in these cases. Here are some words you might not know were eponyms, and whose scientific namesakes have been hiding in plain sight. 1. VOLT The unit that measures electric potential is named after Count Alessandro Volta, an Italian physicist (pictured above) who invented the electrical battery, known as the voltaic pile, in 1800. The volt unit of measurement … Continue reading →

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[Debating War: Why Arguments Opposing American Wars and Interventions Fail. By David J. Lorenzo. Routledge, 2016. viii + 233 pages.] David Lorenzo, a professor of international affairs at the National Chengchi University in Taiwan, has undertaken an ambitious task. America has engaged in many wars throughout its history, and all of them have encountered opposition. Lorenzo in this excellent book endeavors to classify the principal types of argument that have been raised by those who challenged the path of war. Readers will come away from Lorenzo’s extensive survey with an indelible impression. The same debates recur again and again. If … Continue reading →

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India air pollution kills half a million per year, costs hundreds of billions – study

US unable to solve issue of terrorism in Middle East: Clapper

Moscow and Kiev agree on Ukraine demilitarized zone