1/31/2018
The ecological disaster that is Trump’s border wall: a visual guide
The ecological disaster that is Trump’s border wall: a visual guide - Vox:
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But what is undeniable is that the 654 miles of walls and fences already on the US-Mexico border have made a mess out of the environment there. They’ve cut off, isolated, and reduced populations of some of the rarest and most amazing animals in North America, like the jaguar and ocelot (also known as the dwarf jaguar). They’ve led to the creation of miles of roads through pristine wilderness areas. They’ve even exacerbated flooding, becoming dams when rivers have overflowed.
But what is undeniable is that the 654 miles of walls and fences already on the US-Mexico border have made a mess out of the environment there. They’ve cut off, isolated, and reduced populations of some of the rarest and most amazing animals in North America, like the jaguar and ocelot (also known as the dwarf jaguar). They’ve led to the creation of miles of roads through pristine wilderness areas. They’ve even exacerbated flooding, becoming dams when rivers have overflowed.
1/30/2018
May's nightmare Brexit scenario starting to materialise
Sky Views: May's nightmare Brexit scenario starting to materialise:
Her Brexiteer battallions have sniffed betrayal and have reactivated themselves under the command of Colonel Jacob Rees-Mogg.
Their perception is that the treasury and the civil service, with backing from business, is guiding Number 10 to a not very full-blooded Brexit compromise.
And yet at the same time her single market wing, having already inflicted defeat on the "meaningful vote" amendment last month, is no less unhappy about the perceived acceptance of policies that it calculates will damage the country, the economy and their constituencies.
Her Brexiteer battallions have sniffed betrayal and have reactivated themselves under the command of Colonel Jacob Rees-Mogg.
Their perception is that the treasury and the civil service, with backing from business, is guiding Number 10 to a not very full-blooded Brexit compromise.
And yet at the same time her single market wing, having already inflicted defeat on the "meaningful vote" amendment last month, is no less unhappy about the perceived acceptance of policies that it calculates will damage the country, the economy and their constituencies.
1/29/2018
Ce petit poisson est le plus grand artiste du monde sous-marin
Incroyable. Ce petit poisson est le plus grand artiste du monde sous-marin ! #GrandeursNature— France 2 (@France2tv) January 28, 2018
Replay : https://t.co/8gYSE0zESB pic.twitter.com/wmCJ7wvIZ7
1/28/2018
1/27/2018
Iraqi Police Killed by US Friendly Fire
20 policías iraquíes, asesinados trágicamente por «fuego amigo» de USA.https://t.co/VUau5dwcry pic.twitter.com/dEyRdUzzrC— Esperanza (@pechosboys) January 27, 2018
1/26/2018
Robert Fisk in Syria
On the front line it seems as if Syria’s war against Islamists is far from over | The Independent:
Syrian military trucks, ankle deep in mud, some of them new Russian models, are grinding through the murk with thousands of boxes of new artillery ammunition, green oblong boxes and bright wooden crates of mortar rounds. Some arrive packed in container lorries, and drenched Syrian troops heave them to pick-up trucks and jeeps. The Independent is the first foreign media to visit the front line in Idlib province. The air pressure changes and a big gun starts banging off shells from two streets away.
Syrian military trucks, ankle deep in mud, some of them new Russian models, are grinding through the murk with thousands of boxes of new artillery ammunition, green oblong boxes and bright wooden crates of mortar rounds. Some arrive packed in container lorries, and drenched Syrian troops heave them to pick-up trucks and jeeps. The Independent is the first foreign media to visit the front line in Idlib province. The air pressure changes and a big gun starts banging off shells from two streets away.
1/25/2018
1/24/2018
Fuelling Terrorism - Drone Carnage
In this first episode of a six-part Blowback series, @mehdirhasan explains how U.S. drone strikes abroad produce blowback and “unintended consequences” at home. pic.twitter.com/IzMPA3XFfg— The Intercept (@theintercept) January 22, 2018
1/23/2018
Trump and Mueller
Nearly 8 in 10 Americans say President Trump should testify under oath if asked to do so by special counsel Robert Mueller, a CNN Poll finds https://t.co/z8z89ykVPE pic.twitter.com/pyZWAL5bbt— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 23, 2018
1/22/2018
U.N. vehicle attacked in Kabul, one killed, two missing
U.N. vehicle attacked in Kabul, one killed, two missing:
The attack happened in Police District 17, north of the city.
The abducted people were a woman and her child, while the dead was possibly driver of the vehicle, according to the source.
The attack happened in Police District 17, north of the city.
The abducted people were a woman and her child, while the dead was possibly driver of the vehicle, according to the source.
1/21/2018
Kabul Hotel Attack
Video footage shows guests at the Intercontinental Hotel in #Kabul using bed sheets to climb down from a balcony during the hours-long siege that ended on Sunday pic.twitter.com/jPrWCjrb4M— CGTN (@CGTNOfficial) January 21, 2018
On this day
#OnThisDay in 1924, Soviet founding father Vladimir Lenin, who led the socialist Bolshevik movement that toppled the czarist regime in 1917, died pic.twitter.com/sG1CHZy6rL— AFP news agency (@AFP) January 21, 2018
1/20/2018
1/19/2018
Changement Climatique
Les trois dernières années sont les plus chaudes jamais enregistrées, selon l'ONU https://t.co/S3zftT6IUD pic.twitter.com/yY5x4F42E8— FRANCE 24 Français (@France24_fr) January 18, 2018
1/18/2018
Terrorism in America
White supremacist terrorists killed more people in the US last year than any other extremist group: report https://t.co/YPjnFbK8Qc— Raw Story (@RawStory) January 17, 2018
1/17/2018
1/15/2018
Twin suicide bombings at Baghdad street market kill at least 38
Twin suicide bombings at Baghdad street market kill at least 38:
Officials at the country's Interior Ministry said two bombers blew themselves up at Tayran Square - a busy street market - during rush hour on Monday.
Emergency services rushed to the market, which is usually crowded with labourers seeking work, before security forces sealed off the area.
Officials at the country's Interior Ministry said two bombers blew themselves up at Tayran Square - a busy street market - during rush hour on Monday.
Emergency services rushed to the market, which is usually crowded with labourers seeking work, before security forces sealed off the area.
1/14/2018
New Delhi Protestors Burn Netanyahu in Effigy Before Controversial Visit
Protesters burn #Netanyahu effigy in #NewDelhi ahead of ‘historic’ visit https://t.co/hMwH7rKE0T pic.twitter.com/JlLrGIn5YQ— RT (@RT_com) January 14, 2018
1/13/2018
American Immigrants
How America’s source of immigrants has changed over a century https://t.co/n3X345jVkk pic.twitter.com/AKXHWMd6nT— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) January 13, 2018
Kenya's Thirsty Animals
The man looking after Kenya's thirsty animals. pic.twitter.com/TBzz8HZe54— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) January 13, 2018
1/12/2018
1/11/2018
'Serious gap' in cosmic expansion rate hints at new physics
'Serious gap' in cosmic expansion rate hints at new physics - BBC News:
Prof Adam Riess told BBC News that an unknown phenomenon, such as a new particle, might explain the deviation.
The difference is found when comparing precise measurements of the rate obtained in different ways.
However, the statistics are not yet at the threshold for claiming a discovery.
Prof Adam Riess told BBC News that an unknown phenomenon, such as a new particle, might explain the deviation.
The difference is found when comparing precise measurements of the rate obtained in different ways.
However, the statistics are not yet at the threshold for claiming a discovery.
'Serious gap' in cosmic expansion rate hints at new physics
'Serious gap' in cosmic expansion rate hints at new physics - BBC News:
Prof Adam Riess told BBC News that an unknown phenomenon, such as a new particle, might explain the deviation.
The difference is found when comparing precise measurements of the rate obtained in different ways.
However, the statistics are not yet at the threshold for claiming a discovery.
Prof Adam Riess told BBC News that an unknown phenomenon, such as a new particle, might explain the deviation.
The difference is found when comparing precise measurements of the rate obtained in different ways.
However, the statistics are not yet at the threshold for claiming a discovery.
1/10/2018
Refugee Crisis
We are in the middle of the most serious refugee crisis since the Second World War, with millions of people risking everything to flee terrifying conflict, disaster and poverty. #WithRefugees #StandAsOne pic.twitter.com/j47EEbqJps— Oxfam International (@Oxfam) January 9, 2018
Trump’s National Security Strategy: Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid
In any event, the annual NSS is a bastard document. Congress mandated its preparation and public issuance in the 1986 Goldwater-Nichols Act as a means for Capitol Hill to try getting a handle on the administration’s foreign and national security policy. But over the years, few if any of these documents have measured up to the task. Most important, the NSS is not operational: that is, it contains no decisions about foreign policy, defense, and the all-important appropriations to make them work. The Office of Management and Budget plays that role in its annual budget submissions to Congress. At the Pentagon, that role is played by the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), from which cascade progressively more granular documents that culminate in spending requests. The NSS itself has no practical effect.
1/09/2018
Cuban Revolution
On this day, 8 January 1959, Camilo Cienfuegos & Fidel Castro arrive into Havana after their Caravan of Liberty journey from Santiago to the capital following the triumph of the Revolution on New Year's Day pic.twitter.com/WXG7vO5821— CubaSolidarity (@CubaSolidarity) January 8, 2018
1/08/2018
NASA Images of Jupiter
NASA just released these 8 images of Jupiter taken by the Juno spacecraft, the highest resolution, most color detailed to date. pic.twitter.com/PwdoxpsNLv— Hugh Ross (@RTB_HRoss) January 7, 2018
Israel's African Migrants
Israel is giving African migrants 90 days to get of the country or they’ll be thrown in jail pic.twitter.com/608B3gAX1G— Palestine Observer (@PalObserver) January 8, 2018
1/07/2018
3 killed, 8 injured in ISIS attack on ALP checkpoint
3 killed, 8 injured in Daesh attack on ALP checkpoint | Pajhwok Afghan News:
The casualties resulting from the Islamic State attacks in Sawakai district included Afghan Local Police (ALP) personnel and public uprising members.
Abdul Ghani Musamam, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the militants conducted a coordinated attack on ALP check-posts in Dewa Gul area at around 6am.
He said reinforcements had been dispatched to the site, where a clash was still ongoing. However, the gubernatorial spokesman had no information about casualties.
The casualties resulting from the Islamic State attacks in Sawakai district included Afghan Local Police (ALP) personnel and public uprising members.
Abdul Ghani Musamam, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the militants conducted a coordinated attack on ALP check-posts in Dewa Gul area at around 6am.
He said reinforcements had been dispatched to the site, where a clash was still ongoing. However, the gubernatorial spokesman had no information about casualties.
Climate Change - Starbucks' Part
Starbucks cups are not recyclable, which means 4 billion go to landfill each year. That needs to change: https://t.co/1kx41cTAqP#EndOceanPlastics #useless #wasteless pic.twitter.com/APQyKh2xNj— Mike Hudema (@MikeHudema) January 6, 2018
1/05/2018
'Yemen's War'
These @BBCNews reports on #Yemen repeatedly go on about 'Yemen's War', 'civil war', a 'proxy war' between #SaudiArabia and #Iran. But rarely any mention of the US and UK who are arming, advising and supporting the Saudi 'coalition'. #LyingByOmission pic.twitter.com/e7UbE9EHlz— Media Lens (@medialens) January 5, 2018
1/04/2018
1/03/2018
Global Warming, 1959
On its 100th birthday in 1959, Edward Teller warned the oil industry about global warming | Environment | The Guardian:
Over 300 government officials, economists, historians, scientists, and industry executives were present for the Energy and Man symposium – organized by the American Petroleum Institute and the Columbia Graduate School of Business – and Dunlop was to address the entire congregation on the “prime mover” of the last century – energy – and its major source: oil. As President of the Sun Oil Company, he knew the business well, and as a director of the American Petroleum Institute – the industry’s largest and oldest trade association in the land of Uncle Sam – he was responsible for representing the interests of all those many oilmen gathered around him.
Over 300 government officials, economists, historians, scientists, and industry executives were present for the Energy and Man symposium – organized by the American Petroleum Institute and the Columbia Graduate School of Business – and Dunlop was to address the entire congregation on the “prime mover” of the last century – energy – and its major source: oil. As President of the Sun Oil Company, he knew the business well, and as a director of the American Petroleum Institute – the industry’s largest and oldest trade association in the land of Uncle Sam – he was responsible for representing the interests of all those many oilmen gathered around him.
1/02/2018
Human Rights in Iran
"Human rights is not actually something the U.S. government believes in," says @ggreenwald. "They use denunciations of human rights abuses to undermine and weaken governments that are contrary to their agenda, like in Iran" #DNlive pic.twitter.com/nx3OXBEerd— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) January 2, 2018
1/01/2018
81 journalists killed across the globe in 2017: IFJ
81 journalists killed across the globe in 2017: IFJ | Pajhwok Afghan News:
In a statement on Monday, the US-based watchdog detailed journalist casualties, issues and threats over the past one year. The IFJ welcomed the fall from last year’s tally of 93 to 81 in 2017.
However, it cautioned unprecedented numbers of journalists were jailed, forced to flee, that self-censorship was widespread and impunity for the killings, harassment, attacks and threats against journalism was running at epidemic levels.
The annual report from IFJ said 81 journalists and media staff were killed in targeted killings, car bomb attacks, group attacks, explosions and cross fire incidents around the world during 2017.
In a statement on Monday, the US-based watchdog detailed journalist casualties, issues and threats over the past one year. The IFJ welcomed the fall from last year’s tally of 93 to 81 in 2017.
However, it cautioned unprecedented numbers of journalists were jailed, forced to flee, that self-censorship was widespread and impunity for the killings, harassment, attacks and threats against journalism was running at epidemic levels.
The annual report from IFJ said 81 journalists and media staff were killed in targeted killings, car bomb attacks, group attacks, explosions and cross fire incidents around the world during 2017.
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