Full Broadcast 13Feb18 Real News with David Knight
What will a new budget, the first welfare reform in decades, and proposed DACA deals mean for America? Then, criminal charges are likely reason Dem Memo is being withheld, CFPB & Depart of Education are poster children for an out of control bureaucracy, and Lynn Ulbricht explains how her son’s life sentence for operating a website, Silk Road, threatens everyone’s liberties and right to due process.
[from Alex Jones and his merry band of batshit bullshitters]
FBI Director Christopher A. Wray will be one of six top intelligence agency heads to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee for its annual worldwide threats hearing.
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Open Hearing: Worldwide Threats Hearing Full Committee February 13, 2018 9:30am Hart 216 Witnesses: Director Daniel R. Coats Director of National Intelligence DNI • Opening Statement [ https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/os-dcoats-021318.PDF ] Director Michael Pompeo Director of the Central Intelligence Agency CIA Director Admiral Michael Rogers Director of the National Security Agency NSA Director Lieutenant General Robert Ashley Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency DIA Director Chris Wray Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI Director Robert Cardillo Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency NGA https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/hearings/open-hearing-worldwide-threats-hearing-1
Vincent Rhodes explains how he came to the conclusion that the Earth is flat using the bible.
In this video, we go through his and look at things such as what it would look like if the Earth stopped spinning, and why his biblical interpretation is nonsense.
I've resisted tackling flat Earth until now...but this is my debut. I hope you enjoy it.
Full Show - World Government Summit Declares Humanity Obsolete - 02/13/2018
Published on Feb 13, 2018 by The Alex Jones Channel
Tuesday, Feb. 13th 2018: New Era of News on Horizon - Alex Jones and Owen Shroyer host today's broadcast and are joined by Roger Stone and media commentator Gavin McInnes. NYT CEO says print journalism’s days are numbered, but in reality, it’s the MSM’s days that are finished. Also, the U.K. denies Julian Assange freedom to leave London’s Ecuadorian embassy! Paul Joseph Watson hosts the final hour with YouTube commentator Tarl Warwick, and they discuss the latest on YouTube's censorship campaign.
Did you know everything is the same as everything else? It’s true, and Johan can prove it by badly distorting one thing to badly fit a badly distorted version of another thing!
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Johan Oldenkamp "The Original Ten Commandments"
Published on Nov 16, 2015 by OpenmindconferenceDK [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRH1UBUyYleTgKgptlatksQ / https://www.youtube.com/user/OpenmindconferenceDK , https://www.youtube.com/user/OpenmindconferenceDK/videos ] Open Mind Conference 2015. Johan Oldenkamp graduated in cognitive psychology and knowledge engineering. He got a PhD for researching how to combine artificial intelligence with operations research. He became a professor of knowledge transfer, innovation and entrepreneurship at Stenden University. In 2008, he resigned from his job in order to devote all his time, energy and savings to the further development of Wholly Science. Since then, he lives (by his own choice) without income from a job or unemployment benefit. In 2012, Johan participated in the Dutch parliamentary elections as the leader of a new political party. Lecture: Title: "The Original Ten Commandments" Due to translation errors, ignorance, and even malevolence, not all wordings in the contemporary Bible are correct. However, based on his understanding of Wholly Science, Dr. Oldenkamp has, in several cases, been able to restore the original meaning of these ancient writings. In his lecture, he will reveal the original meaning of both The Creation and The Ten Commandments. Their genuine meaning has nothing to do with believing, as these ancient writings were meant to develop our scientific understanding of the True Nature of this reality. http://www.pateo.nl/ https://www.openmindconference.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvlv8OuKYhY [with comments]
Ut queant laxis videos:
Ut queant laxis
Published on Oct 1, 2013 by O Som da Palavra [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuug5_SOszYpYvYTRKh_5IA , https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuug5_SOszYpYvYTRKh_5IA/videos ] UT QUEANT LAXIS - NATIVITÀ DI SAN GIOVANNI BATTISTA - B Ut queant laxis resonare fibris Mira gestorum famuli tuorum, Solve polluti labiis reatum, Sancte Joannes. Nuntius celso veniens Olympo, te patri magnum fore nasciturum, nomen, et vitae seriem gerendae, ordine promit. Ille promissi dubius superni perdidit promptae modulos loquelae; sed reformasti genitus peremptae organa vocis. Ventris obstruso recubans cubili, senseras Regem thalamo manentem: hinc parens nati, meritis uterque, abdita pandit. Sit decus Patri, genitaeque Proli et tibi, compar utriusque virtus, Spiritus semper, Deus unus, omni temporis aevo. Amen Programa: Domenica com Benedetto XVI (TV 2000) Artista: Cantori Gregoriani Site: http://www.cantorigregoriani.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK0CE5dIxCc [with comments]
Ut queant laxis
Published on Feb 22, 2017 by Joan Anton Mateu [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoGfuPXTjq00M9FkLJmdshg / https://www.youtube.com/user/joanantonmusic , https://www.youtube.com/user/joanantonmusic/videos ] Free interpretation of the tetragram. Ut queant laxis is the first verse of the Hymn to Saint John the Baptist. From the first syllables of the verses of this hymn is taken the name musical notes of modern Latin notation, made by Guido de Arezzo in the eleventh century. Guido de Arezzo used the first syllable of each stanza, except the last one: ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la. Centuries later, Anselmo of Flanders introduced the name if for the missing note, combining the initials of Sancte Ioannes. Later, in the seventeenth century the Italian musicologist Giovanni Battista Doni replaced the note ut for do, because this syllable facilitated the solfeggio to finish in vocal: UT queant laxis (Ut = Do) REsonare fibris My manager FAmuli tuorum Solve polluti LAbi reatum Sancte Iohannes (SI) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ut_queant_laxis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fMppPLocmo [no comments yet]
The global economy is in crisis. The exponential exhaustion of natural resources, declining productivity, slow growth, rising unemployment, and steep inequality, forces us to rethink our economic models. Where do we go from here? In this feature-length documentary, social and economic theorist Jeremy Rifkin lays out a road map to usher in a new economic system.
A Third Industrial Revolution is unfolding with the convergence of three pivotal technologies: an ultra-fast 5G communication internet, a renewable energy internet, and a driverless mobility internet, all connected to the Internet of Things embedded across society and the environment.
This 21st century smart digital infrastructure is giving rise to a radical new sharing economy that is transforming the way we manage, power and move economic life. But with climate change now ravaging the planet, it needs to happen fast. Change of this magnitude requires political will and a profound ideological shift.
In a shocking progression of events, the liberal media and Hollywood are now tripling down on their choice to support the oppressive North Korean communist regime over America, in an event that could have never been predicted...or could it have? As mainstream media and liberals ally with North Korea, Democrats are still beating the dead horse known as Russian Collusion, only to ignore the very facts that tie any collusion to the Clinton Campaign, not Trump.
[from Alex Jones and his merry band of batshit bullshitters]
Activists Matt Dillahunty, Sarah Haider, Anthony Magnabosco and Kavin Senapathy join Seth Andrews for a conversation about how to best engage religious people in discussions about God, faith, facts, knowledge and atheism.
U.S. Intelligence leaders are sounding the alarm that Russia is planning “bolder” cyber attacks on the U.S. in 2018, beyond midterm elections – including targeting U.S. Nuclear systems and electrical grid, as F.B.I Director Christopher Wray reveals Trump has not given any specific directives to prevent further meddling. New reports also reveal the CIA paid a Russian $100,000 for stolen material.
Dem Rep: Nunes helped Trump obstruct Mueller probe
The Beat with Ari Melber 2/13/18
Democratic Rep. Mike Quigley tells Ari Melber he believes the House Intel Chair has helped the Trump administration obstruct Mueller’s Russia investigation.
Liz Plank: New book by Michael Cohen will be a love-letter to Trump
The Beat with Ari Melber 2/13/18
Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, confirms to The Beat that he is pitching a tell-all book to publishers that will take-on the Stormy Daniels controversy. Vox Senior Correspondent Liz Plank and Inside Edition Chief Correspondent Jim Moret who interviewed Stormy Daniels, join Ari Melber.
A Palestinian teen who has been touted as a hero for the resistance against Israel’s occupation of the West Bank is in court in Israel today, facing charges of aggravated assault and incitement.
Ahed Tamimi, who has been in the custody of the Israeli military for the last two months, rose to fame after a video was streamed live on Facebook in December, showing her kicking and slapping two Israeli soldiers.
Posters of the teen have been put up around the West Bank. To some, the videos paint Tamimi as a modern day "Joan of Arc". Others have nicknamed her "Shirley Temper", a child cast in a role in Palestinian propaganda.
Tamimi’s protests have drawn attention before. At age 11, she was photographed shaking her fist at Israeli troops. A year later, she was filmed biting a soldier who was trying to detain her brother for throwing rocks.
It is unclear what led Tamimi to strike the Israeli soldier. Some members of her family say that Tamimi hit the soldier she believed had shot her cousin point blank in the head last December with a rubber-coated bullet. But her father says she didn’t have to be provoked.
Tamimi turned 17-years-old while she awaited trial. Her family celebrated in her absence and invited VICE News into their home to talk about what she represents.
The U.S. is in the midst of a record breaking flu season this year that is reaching levels as high as the 2009 H1N1 pandemic.
On a call with reporters last week, the CDC Acting Director Dr. Anne Schuchat painted a grim picture of what the rest of the flu season has in store— and there's no sign this season is slowing down yet.
Predicting what flu strains will be circulating each year and what should be included in the annual vaccine is highly a choreographed decision that involves year round monitoring of influenza viruses across the globe.
Dr. Kathryn Edwards has spent over thirty years studying influenza and is the chair of the FDA committee that selects the strains. She says a particularly severe strain of influenza A called H3N2 may be why more people are getting so sick this year.
“We also know that the severity of an influenza season can depend not only on the virus but also on how well the vaccine that we are giving people matches the strain that's circulating,” Edwards says.
There’s also evidence that the way the majority of vaccines are made, by growing the virus in chicken eggs, can cause changes in the H3N2 strain that ultimately weaken the vaccines effectiveness.
There are two types of non egg-based vaccines on the market and studies are underway to try and understand which work best. The jackpot though would be the development of a successful universal vaccine.
Calling it a universal vaccine is somewhat of a misnomer because researchers are skeptical that one shot will ever give lifelong protection against the flu but the idea is that a shot could be given at any time and offer years worth of protection against all flu strains including potential influenza pandemics. More than 30 candidates are in various stages of testing with a few already in the early stages of human trials.
Pete Pin talks Migrations of Memory, his photo series that examines the lingering trauma of the Cambodian Genocide in the 1970’s - an event which killed nearly a third of the country, and continues to affect survivors and their families who live in the United States today.
Kelly on Porter situation: 'It was all done right'
All In with Chris Hayes 2/13/18
Chief of Staff John Kelly was asked by the Wall Street Journal if the White House should have handled the situation with Rob Porter and his alleged domestic abuse differently. 'No,' he said. 'It was all done right.'
FBI Director Christopher Wray's Congressional testimony raises all kinds of questions about the status of Jared Kushner and dozens of others who are reportedly still working in the White House with temporary security clearance.
GOP candidate's parents donate to his Dem. opponent
All In with Chris Hayes 2/13/18
Months after Kevin Nicholson announced he would be seeking the Republican Senate nomination in Wisconsin, his parents donated the maximum amount possible to his Democratic opponent, Tammy Baldwin.
Echoes of Mike Flynn in White House bungling of Porter scandal
The Rachel Maddow Show 2/13/18
Rachel Maddow looks at the slow response of the Trump White House in dealing with Mike Flynn despite his access to confidential material, to their inaction on Rob Porter who also continued to have classified access.
Trump administration giving Russia what it wants on sanctions
The Rachel Maddow Show 2/13/18
Rachel Maddow shows how Russia's chief goal seen throughout the Trump Russia scandal is to roll back Obama era sanctions and prevent any new sanctions, and the Trump administration has so far been obliging.
Justice Department pressures helped push Rachel Brand out
The Rachel Maddow Show 2/13/18
Julia Ainsley, NBC News national security and justice reporter, talks with Rachel Maddow about discouraging circumstances within the Department of Justice were as responsible for the departure of Rachel Brand as the offer from Walmart.
Trump lawyer says he paid Stormy Daniels from own money: NYT
The Rachel Maddow Show 2/13/18
Rachel Maddow reports breaking news that Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen, responding to an FEC complaint, insists he paid $130,000 to adult performer Stormy Daniels from his own money, not Trump Org or Trump campaign money.
Trump White House still struggling to get its act together
The Rachel Maddow Show 2/13/18
Andrea Mitchell, NBC News chief foreign affairs correspondent, talks with Rachel Maddow about the inability of the Trump White House to get security clearances properly taken care of and scandals still haunting Trump from all the way back to the campaign.
It appears Trump staffers are turning on each after FBI Director Christopher Wray contradicted the White House's story on Rob Porter. One staffer, who spoke on the condition anonymity to the Washington Post, described John Kelly as "a big fat liar."
What the W.H. doesn't want to be asked about Trump, Porter
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell 2/13/18
Lawrence O'Donnell asks the questions that were not asked today in the White House press briefing about President Donald Trump and former staffer Rob Porter, who is facing domestic abuse allegations.
In a special guest Rewrite, Boston Globe columnist Kevin Cullen, who has praised John Kelly, tells Lawrence O'Donnell why he thinks Trump's Chief of Staff should resign. Worst case, Cullen says, is that Kelly was always like this: racist and authoritarian.
FBI contradicts Trump White House on Rob Porter scandal
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams 2/14/18
The timeline over who knew what and when about the abuse allegations against Rob Porter plagues the Trump White House for the seventh straight day as the FBI contradicts White House officials over the issue of Porter's background check. Our panel reacts.
Report: WH official says the Kelly cover-up is unraveling
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams 2/14/18
Will the Rob Porter scandal inside the Trump White House ultimately cost Chief of Staff John Kelly his job? Jonathan Swan and Robert Costa share the latest reporting.
Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen says he paid porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000 out of his own pocket stressing that does not mean the claims of an affair between Daniels and Trump are true. Fmr. Watergate prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks reacts.
How White House officials could be susceptible to blackmail
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams 2/14/18
How could working in the Trump White House or any other administration make a government official susceptible to blackmail? Former Watergate prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks explains.
Scientists in a Guatemalan rainforest use X-rays to uncover an ancient Mayan civilization, and Great Britain's oldest modern man is revealed to have been black.
Jordan fears that Congress will never reach a deal on Trump's border wall, but Kobi Libii assures him that America's metaphorical wall of prejudice is far superior.
The incredible host of 'Talk Show the Game Show' helps us celebrate Black History Month with a look at one of the great fails in Black - Omarosa's role in the Trump White House.
Trump's Biggest Potential Conflict Of Interest Is Hiding In Plain Sight The largest American office of China's largest bank sits on the 20th floor of Trump Tower, six levels below the desk where Donald Trump built an empire and wrested a presidency. It's hard to get a glimpse inside. There do not appear to be any public photos of the office, the bank doesn't welcome visitors, and a man guards the elevators downstairs--one of the perks of forking over an estimated $2 million a year for the space. Trump Tower officially lists the tenant as the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, but make no mistake who's paying the rent: the Chinese government, which owns a majority of the company. And while the landlord is technically the Trump Organization, make no mistake who's cashing those millions: the president of the United States, who has placed day-to-day management with his sons but retains 100% ownership. This lease expires in October 2019, according to a debt prospectus obtained by Forbes. So if you assume that the Trumps want to keep this lucrative tenant, then Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. could well be negotiating right now over how many millions the Chinese government will pay the sitting president. Unless he has already taken care of it: In September 2015 then-candidate Trump boasted to Forbes that he had "just renewed" the lease, around the time he was gearing up his campaign. But that's all small potatoes. The real money in the Trump empire comes from commercial tenants like the Chinese bank. Forbes estimates these tenants pay a collective $175 million a year or so to the president. And they do so anonymously. Federal laws, drafted without envisioning a real estate billionaire as president, require Trump to publicly disclose the shell companies he owns--but not the hundreds of businesses pouring money into them or even the extent of the money involved. "The public reading the [disclosure] form doesn't know who is paying the president," says Walter Shaub, who resigned as the federal government's top ethics official in July. The president likes it that way. Neither the White House nor the Trump Organization would provide a list of the president's tenants, much less reveal what they pay. Instead, Trump Organization lawyer Alan Garten provided a statement: "Following the election, the Trump Organization implemented a rigorous vetting process for all transactions, including leases, which includes a detailed review and approval by our chief compliance officer and outside ethics advisor." In other words, government ethics officials, charged with detecting conflicts of interest, have never seen the president's rent roll. So we created one on our own, identifying 164 tenants, in virtually every industry, from all around the world, and then estimated payments, wherever possible, based on property records, debt prospectuses and conversations with real estate experts. (See chart, p. 91.) When tenants refused to say how much space they rented, we made in-person visits and took rough measurements. (There were obstacles: The day after we sent questions to the Trump Organization , two security guards kicked a Forbes reporter out of a shopping area of one Trump property.) When we could not get more detailed information, we assumed tenants paid rates comparable to those for similar properties in their respective markets. We believe we've tracked the sources for 75% of the rent flowing into the president's coffers. The numbers are significant: $21 million here, $12 million there. The names even more so: At least 36 of Trump's tenants have meaningful relationships with the federal government, from contractors to lobbying firms to regulatory targets. How tangled is it all? Forbes discovered one deal, previously unreported, in which Trump partially serves as his own landlord: The U.S. government is paying some rent to the person who runs it. [...] https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2018/02/13/trump-conflicts-of-interest-tenants-donald-business-organization-real-estate-assets-pay/
Trump's budget proposes making part of the food-stamp program a meal-delivery service with boxed grocery deliveries President Donald Trump released his fiscal year 2019 budget proposal on Monday. Included in the budget is a proposed overhaul to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), typically referred to as food stamps. Under the proposal, SNAP recipients would begin to receive some of their benefits in the form of a package with groceries inside. http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-budget-changes-snap-food-stamps-2018-2
Who were the corrupt Baltimore police officers? A jury has found two former Baltimore police detectives guilty for their role in a sprawling police corruption scandal, bringing the total number of convicted officers to eight. Who were the members of the Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF)? http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43035628
Ahed Tamimi: Palestinian viral slap video teen goes on trial A Palestinian teenage girl filmed slapping an Israeli soldier has gone on trial in an Israeli military court in a case which has split public opinion. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-43032411
'Colossal' American oil boom could spoil OPEC's plans This is the kind of stuff that keeps OPEC up at night. The oil cartel and key ally Russia have spent more than a year trying to drain the world of excess supply. But the International Energy Agency warned Tuesday that a "colossal" oil boom in the United States could ruin their efforts. The Paris-based agency said that a massive increase in output means the U.S. will soon be producing more oil than Saudi Arabia. It could soon challenge Russia for the global crown. [...] http://money.cnn.com/2018/02/13/investing/oil-glut-us-production-iea/index.html
Trump’s Longtime Lawyer Says He Paid Stormy Daniels Out of His Own Pocket Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s longtime personal lawyer, said on Tuesday that he paid $130,000 out of his own pocket to a pornographic-film actress who had once claimed to have had an affair with Mr. Trump. In the most detailed explanation of the 2016 payment made to the actress, Stephanie Clifford, Mr. Cohen, who worked as a counsel to the Trump Organization for more than a decade, said he was not reimbursed for the payment. “Neither the Trump Organization nor the Trump campaign was a party to the transaction with Ms. Clifford, and neither reimbursed me for the payment, either directly or indirectly,” Mr. Cohen said in a statement to The New York Times. “The payment to Ms. Clifford was lawful, and was not a campaign contribution or a campaign expenditure by anyone.” He declined to answer several follow-up questions, including whether Mr. Trump had been aware that he made the payment, why he made the payment or whether he had made similar payments to other people over the years. Mr. Cohen has previously said that Mr. Trump has denied an affair with Ms. Clifford, whose stage name is Stormy Daniels. [...] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/us/politics/stormy-daniels-michael-cohen-trump.html
Trump Lawyer Pitches Book about Stormy Daniels, Russia and Other ‘Big,’ ‘Sticky,’ ‘Oddball’ Issues Move over, Michael Wolff? Partially as a counter to Wolff’s wildly popular, highly critical book Fire and Fury, Donald Trump’s longtime personal attorney Michael Cohen is reportedly shopping his own book, which offers an “understanding” of the president and his controversies, including Stormy Daniels and Russia ties. According to a proposal to several publishers obtained by The Daily Beast, Cohen’s book will likely be named Trump Revolution: From the Tower to the White House, Understanding Donald J. Trump. It will focus on Cohen's relationship with Trump as well as his work on his presidential campaign and businesses. [...] http://www.newsweek.com/trump-lawyer-pitching-book-about-stormy-daniels-russia-and-big-sticky-oddball-805245
Top intelligence chiefs issue a dire warning about the Kremlin's ongoing efforts to influence the US, defend against Trump's attacks on the FBI, and explain what happened with a shady Russian offering dirt on Trump The leaders of six top US intelligence agencies testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday for its annual "Worldwide Threats" hearing. China and North Korea were big topics of discussion, but lawmakers and officials focused most on Russia's election interference and ongoing influence operations. http://www.businessinsider.com/intelligence-chiefs-testify-russia-north-korea-china-senate-intel-committee-2018-2
In third bellwether contest, Florida Democrats again carry the day and hope for a blue wave For the third Florida bellwether election in a row, the Republican candidate lost to the Democrat, giving activists and elites in both parties a sense that the GOP’s political grip is slipping in the nation’s largest swing state heading into President Donald Trump’s first midterm election. Aside from her big 7.4 percentage-point win, what made Margaret Good’s victory Tuesday night over Republican James Buchanan so significant was that it took place in Florida’s 72nd House District. It had been held by a Republican in Sarasota County, where registered Republicans outnumber Democrats by 12,000, or about 10 percentage points. Buchanan, the son of local Congressman Vern Buchanan, also had an advantage in name ID. And Trump had carried the district by 4.6 percentage points in a state that he won by just 1.2 points in November. [...] https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2018/02/13/in-third-bellwether-contest-florida-democrats-again-carry-the-day-and-hope-for-a-blue-wave-251975
Heartbroken family explains why 3-year-old who died from flu wasn't vaccinated An Indiana family that decided against vaccinating a 3-year-old is now haunted by that decision, wondering if a flu shot could have saved the girl's life. Alivia Viellieux, of Muncie, Indiana, died at home Monday morning, just days after being diagnosed. The girl's grandmother, Tameka Stettler, said the family is second-guessing its decision not to vaccinate her. Stettler said Alivia’s parents declined to give her the flu shot after hearing that the vaccination could be ineffective. "Alivia did not have it because they had told us once the flu is going around it's not going to matter if you got it or not," Stettler said in an interview with ABC affiliate WRTV on Monday. "We just decided not to put those chemicals and the girls body if it's not gonna help." "Nothing anybody says or does is going to bring that little girl back to us," she added. [...] http://abcnews.go.com/Health/family-haunted-decision-vaccinate-year-claimed-flu/story?id=53037673
The NASA Space Telescope Trump Wants to Cancel The president’s budget proposal has some troubling news for the space agency’s next big astronomy mission. The Trump administration has released its budget proposal for fiscal year 2019 and put dozens of federal programs on the chopping block, including a brand-new NASA space telescope that scientists say would provide the biggest picture of the universe yet, with the same sparkling clarity as the Hubble Space Telescope. The proposal, released Monday, recommends eliminating the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST), citing “higher priorities” at NASA and the cost of the new telescope. “Given competing priorities at NASA, and budget constraints, developing another large space telescope immediately after completing the $8.8 billion James Webb Space Telescope is not a priority for the administration,” the proposal states. “The budget proposes to terminate WFIRST and redirect existing funds to other priorities of the science community, including completed astrophysics missions and research.” The James Webb Space Telescope is a NASA telescope that’s almost ready to go after two decades of work. The Webb is expected to launch in 2019 to a point 1 million miles from Earth, where it will study the cosmos in infrared light and provide images and data using a mirror far bigger than the one on Hubble, which launched in 1990. WFIRST is in line after Webb as NASA’s next flagship astronomy mission, and is currently in early stages of design and development. The mission would launch sometime in the mid-2020s. [...] https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/02/trump-budget-nasa-wfirst-telescope/553082/
AI will be 'billions of times' smarter than humans and people must merge with it to survive, claims expert This is according to Ian Pearson, a 'futurist' at Ipswich-based Futurizon He was speaking on a panel at the World Government Summit in Dubai Pearson claims humans can protect against the rise of the machines by linking their brains with AI so that they have the same IQ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5386255/AI-billions-times-smarter-humans.html
The story behind Stand By Me: why Ben E King's anthem of commitment is no soppy royal wedding ballad
Ben E King Credit: Redferns
Neil McCormick, Music Critic 19 May 2018 • 12:33pm
Is there any more romantic song than Stand By Me? It is one of the imperishable anthems of pop culture, an absolutely perfect distillation of human need: direct, elegiac and deeply emotional. When The Kingdom Choir sing it for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in St George’s Chapel, with all those towering, resonant gospel harmonies teasing out every nuance of longing and carrying it up towards the heavens, I doubt there will be a dry eye in the house.
A black Episcopal priest will speak at the royal wedding. Here’s why that’s important.
Bishop Michael Curry will speak at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding.
By Tara Isabella Burton@NotoriousTIBtara.burton@vox.com May 17, 2018, 11:50am EDT
EpiscopalChurch.org
Royals watchers will be scouring every aspect of Prince Harry’s wedding to Meghan Markle for symbolic details. The bride’s dress, her hairstyle, and who walks her down the aisle will all be scanned for their significance. Analysts will be quick to jump to conclusions about what they say about the future of the monarchy.
I'd guess, Bishop Michael Curry's speech (just completed) has been one of the most deeply emotional and energetic ones ever delivered in St George's Chapel. Stand By Me is being sung now, by The Kingdom Choir.