The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either. – Benjamin Franklin
FYI.
– World War 3: North Korea & Russia issued nuclear WARNING – ‘they’re reckless & aggressive’:
DEFENCE Secretary Michael Fallon has issued a stark warning to a “reckless” North Korea and an “increasingly aggressive” Russia as fears of another world war continue to brew.
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– The Stock Market Is Seriously Overvalued Based On This Benchmark:
As Americans place a record amount of bets into a stock market that continues to rise towards the heavens, few realize how much the Dow Jones Index is overvalued. While some metrics suggest that the Dow Jones Index is very expensive, there is another indicator that shows just how much of a bubble the market has become.
If we compare the Dow Jones Index to the price of oil, we can see how much the market has to fall to get back to a more realistic valuation. For example, if the Dow Jones Index were to decline to the same ratio to oil back to its low in early 2009, it would need to lose 14,500 points or 65% of its value.
Read moreThe Stock Market Is Seriously Overvalued Based On This Benchmark
– Henry Bolton: Who is Ukip’s new leader?:
HENRY Bolton has been elected as Ukip’s new leader – but who is he? Find out about his experience and views here.
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– New World Order: Muslims to be majority in Europe within two generations:
Within 40 years, given current demographic trends, the white population in France and the rest of old Europe will recede, creating a Muslim majority, a French researcher says.
Charles Gave, an economist, fund manager and political commentator, published his conclusions this month on the webpage of his think tank, Institute des Libertes. He writes of the “disappearance of the European populations” as native populations shrink and Muslims continue to exhibit a robust fertility rate.
Mr. Gave, president of Gavekal Research, acknowledges that his decidedly unpolitically correct view may bring him scorn and possibly censorship. The political left generally protects Islam from criticism. In the U.S., President Obama consistently defended Islam and mocked Christians for their criticism.
The paper, titled “The White Plague,” is dangerous, Mr. Gave said, “for my personal respectability and my chance to be heard in our beautiful democracy.”
– Former Google Employee Engineering His Own A.I. Religion:
Former Google engineer Anthony Levandowski is emerging from the shadow of a self-driving lawsuit to create a robot god.
The present continues to take inspiration from science-fiction author Isaac Asimov’s visions of the future. In “The Last Question,” Asimov conceived of an artificial intelligence project known as Multivac. Its purpose was to solve for the inevitable heat death of the universe, but in the end, it becomes that answer.
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– Teen left in coma after savage attack in Birchfield Road, Aston:
A teenager was left in a coma after he was beaten up and left for dead in a brutal street attack.
The 17-year-old was rushed to hospital with life-threatening head and neck injuries after he was found in Birchfield Road, Aston .
He is still in hospital more than a month after the attack and West Midlands Police said it was unclear whether he would ever fully recover.
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– Nonwhites Majority of UK School Population within 20 Years:
Nonwhites will make up the majority population in British schools within the next twenty years, the direct result of decades of mass Third World immigration and their natural reproduction rates, an analysis of new data issued by the UK’s Department of Education has revealed.
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– Yemen cholera outbreak now the world’s largest on record, approaching 1 million
– Saudi bombs are decimating Yemen. Yet May’s glad-handing goes on
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– The US Military Is Quietly Building SkyNet:
Maybe Elon Musk had a point…
The US’s military leaders have agreed on a strategy to guarantee the US military retains its global dominance during the twenty-first century: Connect everything with everything, as DefenseOne describes it. The result? An unimaginably large cephapoloidal nervous system armed with the world’s most advanced weaponry, and in control of all military equipment belonging to the world’s most powerful army.
Sound familiar? It should…
A networked military – an extreme take on the “internet of things” – would connect everything from F-35 jets to the Navy’s destroyers to the armor of the tanks crawling over the land to the devices carried by soldiers – every weapon would be connected. Every weapon, vehicle, and device connected, sharing data, constantly aware of the presence and state of every other node in a truly global network.
– “What Are We Going To Do?” Puerto Rico In Chaos As Cash Runs Out:
Most Puerto Ricans haven’t had access to electricity, cell service or financial services for nearly two weeks now. And as we reported yesterday, residents who didn’t stockpile enough cash have been struggling after Hurricane Maria essentially knocked the island’s economy into the 1950s, forcing some to forgo essential supplies – or worse – resort to looting. For those who do have access to working ATMs and banks, long lines have sapped cash reserves as the country has effectively reverted to a “cash only” economy.
Those whose access to cash has been limited – or cut off entirely – are becoming desperate as they start to wonder how they will begin the process of rebuilding their trashed homes – or even where their next meal will come from. As Reuters reports, cash has become just one of many scarce resources on the island (food, medical supplies and gas are also in incredibly short supply).
Read more“What Are We Going To Do?” Puerto Rico In Chaos As Cash Runs Out
– Beijing Orders All North Korean Businesses To Close:
In the latest sign that China is moving to dramatically limit its exposure to its restive neighbor and long-time economic dependent, Chinese authorities on Thursday ordered all North Korean firms to stop doing business in the world’s second-largest economy, fulfilling Beijing’s obligations according to the latest round of UN Security Council sanctions, which were passed two weeks ago.
The order comes just days after President Donald Trump revealed that the People’s Bank of China had asked the country’s banks to sever their business ties with North Korea.
Specifically, they were ordered to stop providing financial services to North Korean customers and to wind down existing loans, severing one of North Korea’s most reliable connections to the global financial system. It was reported that the banks were warned that continuing to transact with North Korean business could result in embarrassment and economic losses, according to Russia Today.
After the UN Security Council passed new sanctions two weeks ago, the Chinese Commerce Ministry said North Korean firms and joint ventures in China would be closed within 120 days.
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– Inconvenient? Record Arctic Sea Ice Growth In September:
According to data from The Danish Meteorological Institute, since hitting its earliest minimum extent since 1997, Arctic sea ice has been expanding at a phenomenal rate.
http://ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/icecover.uk.php
As notalotofpeopleknowthat blog details, it is already greater than at the same date in 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015.
Put another way, it is the fourth highest extent in the last ten years.
ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/DATASETS/NOAA/G02135/north/daily/data/
Even more remarkably, ice growth since the start of the month is actually the greatest on record, since daily figures started to be kept in 1987.
Read moreRecord Arctic Sea Ice Growth In September – #Global Cooling, #ClimateChange, #GlobalWarming
It’s official: Germany is doomed!
(Not that we didn’t know that already for a long time.)
The AFD, like CDU, SPD, FDP, Grüne, Linke, is Rothschild controlled.
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– German Populist Beatrix Von Storch Says ‘Israel Could Be a Role Model for Germany’:
The deputy chairwoman and one of the public faces of Germany’s populist, euro-skeptic AfD party says that despite pejorative labels of “far right” her party is staunchly pro-Israel and looks to it as a role model.
In an interview with the Jerusalem Post, Beatrix von Storch said that for “historical and cultural reasons, we will always look for good relations and close cooperation with Israel.”
“Israel could be a role model for Germany,” she said. “Israel is a democracy that has a free and pluralistic society. Israel also makes efforts to preserve its unique culture and traditions. The same should be possible for Germany and any other nation.”
Germany’s populist Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party made enormous gains in last Sunday’s federal elections, moving from no seats in the national parliament to as many as 94 seats. A growing disillusion with Prime Minister Angela Merkel’s handling of Germany’s migrant crisis as well as with the liberal Social Democratic Party (SPD) helped fuel a significant shift toward the AfD.
Read moreGerman Populist Beatrix Von Storch Says ‘Israel Could Be a Role Model for Germany’
– NATO Splinters: Germany Completes Withdrawal From Turkey’s Incirlik Airbase:
Several months after an unprecedented collapse in relations between two NATO member states, on Thursday Germany’s military announced it has finished its withdrawal from Turkey’s strategic airbase Incirlik, which as a reminder was prompted by Ankara’s refusal to allow visits by German parliamentarians. Going forward, Bundeswehr planes will instead be based in Jordan.
As we reported at the time, in June Germany’s parliament, which ultimately decides on deployments, voted overwhelmingly to leave Incirlik amid a multifaceted dispute with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over his post-coup crackdown. As a “parliamentary army,” the Bundeswehr requires a vote of approval from Bundestag lawmakers for each foreign deployment and a parliamentary committee regularly evaluates Germany missions abroad.
Read moreNATO Splinters: Germany Completes Withdrawal From Turkey’s Incirlik Airbase
– The FBI Just Stopped Publishing Data on America’s Ridiculous Marijuana Arrest Rates:
According to the latest FBI data, drug arrests in the United States increased from 2015 to 2016. Though the federal agency used to provide breakdowns on the details of these arrests in its annual “Crime in the United States” report — including which drugs were in question and whether the arrests were made over possession or sale — in its latest report, the FBI is withholding specifics.
On Monday, Tom Angell, a contributor at Forbes, wrote about the increase in drug arrests across the country, noting that while in 2015 there were 1,488,707 drug arrests (“the highest number of arrests” out of all offenses, according to the FBI), in 2016 the agency reported 1,572,579 arrests for drugs, a figure that again accounted for the highest number of arrests.
Angell notes that “That’s an average of one drug arrest every 20 seconds” and that “The total number is up roughly 5.6% from the 1,488,707 arrests for drug crimes in the country in 2015.”
Read moreThe FBI Just Stopped Publishing Data on America’s Ridiculous Marijuana Arrest Rates
– Tens Of Thousands Flee As Active Bali Volcano Set To Erupt:
In the latest example of a natural cataclysm displacing tens of thousands of people, and as reported earlier this week, the number of people taking shelter in makeshift evacuation centers on the Indonesian island of Bali has surged to around 104,000, officials said on Thursday, as residents fled the area around a rumbling, active volcano that is expected to erupt momentarily.
Mount Agung, the largest volcano on the island, located some 50 miles from the tourist hub of Kuta, has been shaking since August, and its tremors have increased in both intensity and strength, prompting the Balinese government to evacuate prisoners from local jails and evacuated tourists and residents away from the base of the volcano. The island’s government has declared a state of emergency, according to Reuters.
Thousands more people have been forced to flee in recent day as the government set up an exclusion zone around the volcano’s perimeter.
According to experts who spoke with the Guardian, an eruption is imminent.
Read moreIndonesia: Tens Of Thousands Flee As Active Bali Volcano Set To Erupt
Sumatra’s deadly Mount Sinabung exploded early this afternoon, spewing ash 1½ miles (2.5 km) into the sky.
Thousands of villagers were evacuated from around the mountain and warned to stay at least 4.2 miles (7 km) away, the Daily Mail reports.
Read moreIndonesia: Sumatra’s Deadly Mount Sinabung Volcano Erupts