War

Ukrainian president keeps lying about Russian involvement in war.

"There appears to be a problem, however. The 9,000 troops and heavy weapons and equipment that purportedly accompanies them have been seen by no one. There are no satellite photos of what would certainly be a plainly visible incursion. We know from incredibly detailed satellite photos of Boko Haram’s recent massacre in Nigeria that producing evidence of such large scale movement is entirely within the realm of US and NATO technological capabilities. Still there remains a lack of evidence."

Who needs evidence? All they need are headlines, and they got them.

Foreign Policy

Obama team threatens Netanyahu for bypassing him when coming to speak before Congress.

The reason Argentinian prosecutor was murdered.

"So what was Nisman's spectacular claim? That the attack was ordered by Iran after Argentina decided to cancel a nuclear technology transfer contract, that the attack was carried out by Hizbullah, and that the Argentine government had agreed to cover up this fact in exchange for oil. Nisman claimed that Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and Foreign Minister Hector Timerman had personally overseen the cover-up, and that he had wiretap recordings to prove it.
Nisman was found dead just hours before he was set to present his evidence to Argentina's Congress."

Sounds plausible.

Misc

Comet theory again falsified by comet 67P.

"Still far from the sun, 67P’s activity levels have been subdued. So far, most of the jetting has been seen around the neck."
"Nobody knows. Oddly, calculations show that the neck region receives the least sunlight (top) of any part of the comet. Even when reflections and reradiation of this heat is accounted for (bottom), the neck is still colder than the rest of the comet."

Electric universe theorists know.

Scientists slow down photons below the speed of light.

Misc

The Hubble Telescope didn't change the universe. It changed people's view of it, but it made no significant changes in theory.

Archaeologists aren't telling us the truth.

Why would anybody apologize for king Henry VIII by trying to lay his crimes at the feet of Cromwell?

On September 10, 2001, I was the smartest guy in the business. Everybody wanted to hire me. On September 12, 2001, I ceased to exist. Nobody wanted to hire me. I didn't change, but I lost everything.

War on Drugs

The impact of decriminalizing marijuana.

"Crime is down: Marijuana-related arrests, which made up almost 50% of all drug-related crimes as of 2012, plummeted in Colorado in the first six months of legalization in 2014. According to government data, serious crimes have declined in Denver: The murder rate has dropped 24.4%  from 2013 to 2014. Violent crime in general declined by more than 1%, and major property crimes are down 8.1% (without counting unresolved cases)."

The same will happen when all drugs are decriminalized.

Police State

The origin of states pertains today.

"The best historical explanation offered for the origins of political systems is found in ancient days of merchants traveling, in caravans, from one marketplace to another. These traders would be pursued by looters who would forcibly take some of the goods and money possessed by the merchants. The looters would never completely despoil the businessmen, lest they discourage such caravan practices altogether. To make the system more predictable – and less troublesome for the looters – the caravans would be required to pass through established checkpoints and pay a fee, doubtless rationalized as a way for the merchants to enjoy the “protection” offered by the looters. The practice is still with us, in the form of “asset forfeitures” by various police agencies. "

That's not the only way.

The Argentine president who butted head with the dead prosecutor, not admits his death was not a suicide.

We're all against terrorism, but what are we for? I'm for freedom, peace and prosperity.

Global Warming and Energy

Mitt Romney jumps on Al Gore's bandwagon.

Doomsday clock frauds advance clock two minutes citing unchecked climate change.

War

Despite waging all-out war, Ukrainian military retreats from airport.

Why Americans have become uncritical of a seemingly incompetent military.

The consequences of war.

"There’s one big problem with that mindset, however. The truth is that the troops, through what they’re doing over there, are indirectly destroying our country, our rights and freedoms, our safety and security, and our economic well-being." 

It's more accurate to blame our rulers than the troops though they share some responsibility.

US Navy fires chief of Gitmo for corruption.

US-backed Yemeni president resigns in not-a-coup.US war in Yemen: fail.

The Navy plans to trap enlisted women below seas in submarines for months at a time. I fear for them.

Washington's insidious love of war. This language is all wrong. Washington doesn't love war because collectives can't love. Groups don't love war because groups can't love. A group of individuals can profit from war, and they can dominate political power to incite more war in order to increase those profits.

Navy ship runs aground off Okinawa.

Federal Reserve

To hammer what's left of the European economy into the ground, the European central bank will cut interest rates to all-time lows.

Swiss and Chinese central banks agree to currency swap. That means trade without the dollar.

Politics

Somebody cut off internet access to blogger to reported KKK speech of Republican.

The Saudi king of torture and execution is dead. Long live the new king of Saudi torture and execution.

Regulation

Powerful engine noise in modern cars is fake because it's been regulated out of existence. The article doesn't mention regulation.

Government regulation has failed in the do not call list.

Local

The DDN publishes another article about Dayton's bad economy.

"A new report confirms what Daytonians have long known — that the recent recession was a body blow to the city — while also saying that Dayton has not recovered to pre-recession strength.
But local observers countered that the report from the Brookings Institution think tank does not take into account recent data and events — such as a Chinese auto glass manufacturer’s $360 million investment and the Proctor & Gamble distribution center that will bring a combined 2,300 new jobs."

One paragraph of truth immediately followed by the standard cheerleading. This ranking is pretty bad and rightfully so.

Apparently we have the worst schools in the state.

"Dayton and Trotwood public schools will be the first districts in Ohio this year to undergo on-site reviews because of their risk of “academic distress.”
The Ohio Department of Education’s district review team will spend next week studying the leadership, teaching, student support and more in Dayton Public Schools, and then will do the same at Trotwood-Madison the week of Feb. 23. The only other Ohio school district getting a detailed on-site review this school year is Lima."

Lovely.

Health Care

Fitness tracking wristbands monitor sleep showing transitioning to daylight savings time causes the worst sleep of the year.

40 year spending on cancer research.

"More than 40 years after the war on cancer was declared, we have spent billions fighting the good fight. The National Cancer Institute has spent some $90 billion on research and treatment during that time. Some 260 nonprofit organizations in the United States have dedicated themselves to cancer — more than the number established for heart disease, AIDS, Alzheimer’s disease, and stroke combined. Together, these 260 organizations have budgets that top $2.2 billion."

But no vitamin D. National Cancer Institute budget.

"NCI’s budget for FY 2013 was approximately $4.8 billion. Overall, NCI’s budget has been relatively flat in recent years. During the period from 2005 through 2013, the NCI budget averaged $4.9 billion per year."

But no vitamin D.

The establishment is being forced to admit healthy fat is good for you and carbs are bad..

War on Drugs

Border patrol will have a hard time stopping drug-smuggling drones.

Immigration

Republican House immigration bill spend $10 billion, deports zero illegal aliens and removes border fence. No surprise.

Politics

Pat Buchanan considers race relations today.

"Race relations today seem in some ways more poisonous than in 1965, when there were vast deposits of goodwill and LBJ pushed through the Voting Rights Act easily, 77-19 in the Senate and 328-74 in the House. Only two Republican Senators voted against the VRA."

Democrats are the party of oppressing blacks.

"After 50 years of affirmative action and the greatest wealth transfers in human history, “equality as a fact” has not been achieved and will not be, absent a greater seizure of power by the U.S. government and larger and virtually endless transfers of wealth.
The reports of Karl Marx’s death have been greatly exaggerated."

Democrats get rich oppressing blacks and using claims of racism to promote communism.

Politicians didn't march with protesters in Paris as claimed. They staged their photo in a guarded side-street.

"Perhaps even more ironically, nine of those countries represented in the march are in the final third of the World Press Freedom Index, compiled annually by Reporters Without Borders."

So much for their concern for freedom of speech.

Drudge highlights Obama's hypocrisy: urges civility then taunts; criticizes constant fundraising then asks for donations.

Regulation

Government hates the poor, sharing and Uber.

Education

Illinois law forces students to give up social media passwords to school officials.

Just like Obamacare was the next logical step to fully socialized medicine, free community college is the next logical step to fully socialized higher education.

Tax and Spend

Vectren challenges its property values.

"The natural gas company has asked the state to reduce the taxable value of its pipelines, machinery, equipment and other personal property to $34.6 million from $87.2 million."

This the kind of problem you get into when the state determines values instead of the market.

War

Report claims US fighting shadow war with special forces in 150 countries.

"On December 6, 2014, approximately 36 of America’s top commandos, heavily armed, operating with intelligence from satellites, drones, and high-tech eavesdropping, outfitted with night vision goggles, and backed up by elite Yemeni troops, went toe-to-toe with about six militants from al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. When it was over, Somers was dead, along with Pierre Korkie, a South African teacher due to be set free the next day. Eight civilians were also killed by the commandos, according to local reports. Most of the militants escaped."

What a disaster. I bet they don't make a movie about it.

"During the fiscal year that ended on September 30, 2014, U.S. Special Operations forces (SOF) deployed to 133 countries – roughly 70% of the nations on the planet – according to Lieutenant Colonel Robert Bockholt, a public affairs officer with U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM). This capped a three-year span in which the country’s most elite forces were active in more than 150 different countries around the world, conducting missions ranging from kill/capture night raids to training exercises. "

That's crazy.

"In fact, aside from modest amounts of information disclosed through highly-selective coverage by military media, official White House leaks, SEALs with something to sell, and a few cherry-picked journalists reporting on cherry-picked opportunities, much of what America’s special operators do is never subjected to meaningful examination, which only increases the chances of unforeseen blowback and catastrophic consequences. "

It makes it easy for our rulers to lie about the causes of blowback events.

"“The command is at its absolute zenith. And it is indeed a golden age for special operations.” Those were the words of Army General Joseph Votel III, a West Point graduate and Army Ranger, as he assumed command of SOCOM last August. "

That shows how these people think. This is why standing armies are dangerous. They want to kill.

US general admitted in 2007 the head of ISIS was fake.

Yemen rebel actions might look like a coup from the outside, but not from the inside.

""I've heard it called a coup," said regional analyst and researcher Abdulwahab Alkebsi, "but I don't know what a coup looks like in Yemen.""
""Anyone who tells you they know where things in Yemen are heading is a liar or a fool," former Sana'a-based journalist Adam Baron posted on Twitter."

Sorry, central planners.

"The militia wasn't interested in total control, Yemen experts tell VOA. They wanted a voice in government. It was a show of power, but not a grab at the reins."

Politics.