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Sort of like taking away one's driver's license in the US for offense like reckless driving, accumulating too many citations in a period, or driving while intoxicated. It's unclear in the US why persons are put the no-fly list since the government does not have to divulge the reason. The two statements published on NDRC's website elaborate on cases which would garner a bad rating. One statement says that restrictions on train travel apply to people who've engaged in wrongdoing, as defined...

US empire is in decline. Reports of the end of the US being the unitary power in world affairs are common, as are predictions of the end of US empire. China surpassed the United States as the world economic leader, according to Purchasing Power Parity Gross National Product, and Russia announced new weapons that can overcome the US’ defense systems. What is happening in the United States, in response, is to do more of what has been causing the decline.... Too many wars on the periphery of...

More example of "Putin derangement syndrome." Textbook cases in the use of propaganda — all form Canada. Canadian views seem to be firmly in the grip of Ukrainian nationalists.IrrussianalityThree doses of drivel Paul Robinson | Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of OttawaAlso Putative cyberattacks were already debunked in late 2016. Recycling propaganda, on the principle that a lie told often enough becomes "truth"? AntiWarUS Revives...

On the basis of scientific method.Lars P. Syll’s BlogScientific realism and inference​ to the best explanationThe poverty of deductivismLars P. Syll | Professor, Malmo UniversitySee alsoStumbling and MumblingThe illusion of knowledge Chris Dillow | Investors Chronicle

I read the Guardian for years and I loved the paper. When I was teenager I used to read the Daily Mirror but one day I found a Guardian discarded on a train and when I read it I could't believe what I was reading because I always thought that those big posh broadsheets were Tory papers. Anyway, after that I bought the guardian everyday and it was a badge of honour for me. When George Monbiot turned up I really looked forward to his articles but a colleague at work, the only person interested...

Disney Version, High School Version, College Version.Zero HedgeSyrian War For Dummies - Three Versions Tyler Durden

Outline of China's goals.Ecns — China DailyChina's march towards a moderately well-off society Mitchell Omoruyi | Executive Director of the Center for Nigerian Studies at the Institute of African Studies, Zhejiang Normal University

US running scared? Who provoked this arms race? A group of US lawmakers led by Senator Bob Menendez told the State Department in a letter that any sale of Russian S-400 air defense system should lead to new punitive measures as stipulated in the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA). Free PR for the Russian arms industry. Sputnik InternationalUS Senate Warns Russia of Sanctions if S-400 Sold to Any Foreign Nations

Recently discovered text messages - that were deliberately hidden from Congress - reveal that disgraced FBI employees Peter Strzok and Lisa Page conspired to meet with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) judge, Rudolph Contreras, who as we reported last December, "mysteriously recused" himself from handling the case against Michael Flynn, reports The Federalist, which has seen the text messages.... Zero HedgeNew Texts Reveal FBI's Peter Strzok Had Relationship With Recused...

The claims were retracted by ProPublica in an embarrassing correction. On Feb. 22, 2017, ProPublica published a story that inaccurately described Gina Haspel’s role in the treatment of Abu Zubaydah, a suspected al-Qaida leader who was imprisoned by the CIA at a secret “black site” in Thailand in 2002. The story said that Haspel, a career CIA officer who President Trump has nominated to be the next director of central intelligence, oversaw the clandestine base where Zubaydah was subjected...