MarkB SmithNews Putin says Trump not to blame for lack of improvement in...Reuters - Reuters EditorialRussian President Vladimir Putin attends an interview with Al Arabiya, Sky News Arabia and RT Arabic ahead of his visit to Saudi Arabia, in Sochi, Russia, in this undated picture released on October 13,
MarkB SmithScience A NASA Engineer Wants to Use a Particle Accelerator to Power RocketsPopular Mechanics - By Jennifer LemanImagine a world where we didn’t need fuel to propel rockets through space. Fuel is expensive, it's dangerous and it needs to be refilled. In other words, it's kind of a drag. Engineer David Burns of NASA’s
MarkB SmithTurkey US rethinking the 50-plus nuclear weapons it keeps in TurkeyQuartz - Tim FernholzTurkish forces are pushing into northern Syria, replacing and sometimes even firing on the US troops retreating at Donald Trump’s orders. The question of whether Turkey, a member of the North Atlantic
MarkB SmithRussia Why Russia Is the Big Winner From Trump's Syria Pullback and Ukraine Turmoilhaaretz.com - The Associated Press From Syria, where the U.S. pulled back in the face of a Turkish offensive, to Ukraine, where the newly elected president saw his image dented by a …
MarkB SmithRepublicans Republican wishes ‘Happy Birthday to the US Navy’ — with a picture of a Russian battlecruiserrawstory.com - Sarah K. Burris Adding to the GOP's Russia obsession was an awkward misfire in a simple happy birthday message. Sunday morning, Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) tweeted a …
MarkB SmithGeorge Smith Discovering Gilgamesh, the World’s First Action HeroNational Geographic - Francisco del Rio SanchezA self-taught scholar was responsible for finding the world’s first epic myth hidden among broken clay tablets in the British Museum. Recovered from Nineveh in the late 19th century, shattered clay tablets
MarkB SmithRecep Tayyip Erdoğan Behind the scenes of the Trump bluff that kicked off Turkey's invasionAxios - Jonathan Swan President Trump had been calling Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's bluff for more than 2 years, and some senior administration officials …
MarkB SmithMilitary U.S. Navy Submarines May Have Stealth Problems, But They’re Not AloneForbes - H I SuttonSubmarines rely on stealth to survive. An alarming problem with the U.S. Navy’s submarine stealth has come to the surface. A Sept. 26 whistleblower complaint accuses shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls of quality
MarkB SmithMark Esper US moves toward a rapid, complete withdrawal of its military forces from Syriatimesofisrael.com - By Robert Burns WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States appears to be heading toward a full military withdrawal from Syria amid growing chaos, cries of betrayal and …
MarkB SmithTurkey Kurds agree to Russian-brokered plan to allow Assad into their territoryThe Telegraph - By Raf Sanchez and Josie EnsorThe West’s Kurdish allies on Sunday night announced they had agreed to a Russian-brokered deal to allow the Assad regime into their territory in a a bid to spare their cities from a Turkish assault after
MarkB SmithRussia Kremlin relishes US pullback from Syria, turmoil in UkraineAssociated PressMOSCOW (AP) — From Syria to Ukraine, new fault lines and tensions are offering the Kremlin fresh opportunities to expand its clout and advance its interests. The U.S. military withdrawal from northern
MarkB SmithWomen's News 'You don't have to settle': the joy of living (and dying) aloneThe Guardian - Keli GoffMarriage, unless to an exceptional man, is often a 'bad bargain' for women Not long ago I had a discussion with a friend about why she married, and ultimately divorced, someone she knew wasn’t right for
MarkB SmithInnovation Steve Jobs Was Wrong About Computers (And We're Paying For It Right Now)Inc Magazine - Chris MatyszczykSometimes, entrepreneurs can be taken over by wishful thinking. Even the great ones. Absurdly Driven looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek. Several times
MarkB SmithOpinion Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal would make people worse off than Theresa May’sThe Guardian - Anand Menon and Jonathan PortesRelative to the status quo and May’s proposals, the economic impact of these proposals would be significant and negative Back to the (original) backstop? By conceding that any customs border will have
MarkB SmithEuropean Union Brexit talks fail to yield breakthrough with timely deal feared ‘impossible’The Guardian - Daniel Boffey and Jennifer Rankin in Brussels, Heather StewartA breakthrough in the Brexit talks has failed to materialise after a weekend of intensive negotiations, with European Union capitals concluding that it may now be impossible for the UK to leave the EU
MarkB SmithEuropean Union If Boris does a Brexit deal, it will be because of the ‘Surrender Act’ | Coffee HouseThe Spectator - James KirkupWill he strike a deal with the EU allowing Britain to leave this month? Will he compromise on the Irish border? I don’t know what Boris Johnson will do. I’ve thought for some time that he and the Conservatives
MarkB SmithEuropean Union ‘How dare you!’ German MEP condemns Merkel for leading EU plan to devastate the UKexpress.co.uk - Oli Smith A LEADING German MEP has launched a scathing rant on Angela Merkel’s conduct during Brexit negotiations, claiming that the German leader has been …
MarkB SmithDonald Trump Pence is frantically running away from Trump on Ukraine: ‘Everyone is trying to get off the Titanic’rawstory.com - Juan Cole, Common Dreams In an interview clip shared by CNN's Frederika Whitfield, a tense and defensive Secretary of State Mike Pompeo refused multiple times to answer …
MarkB SmithDreamers How to become a lucid dreamerBBC FutureMost of us aren’t aware when we are dreaming. But some people are not only aware, but are able to control their dreams. This is what’s known as lucid dreaming. Lucid dreamers become aware that they are
MarkB SmithEarth There’s life on Mars, says a scientist who thinks he found the evidence 40 years agoSYFY WIRE - Elizabeth Rayne David Bowie asked it, and so has just about everyone else at some point: is there life on Mars? Was there life on Mars? Was there ever potential for …
MarkB SmithPhotos Space Photos of the Week: The Curiosity Rover is One Salty DogWIRED - Condé Nast NASA’s Curiosity rover touched down on Mars in August 2012, and it’s been cruising around, shooting lasers at rocks, drilling into the ground, and …
MarkB SmithScience That groundbreaking photo of a black hole has raised some mighty big questionsPopular Science - Neel V. PatelIt’s hard to sneak a peek of a black hole. Not even light—the fastest known thing in the universe—can escape its gargantuan gravitational pull. “You’ve got something that is just designed not to give
MarkB SmithHarry Reid Harry Reid warns Democrats: Trump is a 'very, very smart man' who won't be easily beaten in 2020CNN - By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNNWashington (CNN) — Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has a new assessment of President Donald Trump as "a very, very smart man" who won't be easy for Democrats to defeat in the 2020 election. "I
MarkB SmithSailing USS Ford Will Set Sail With Only 2 Out of 11 Weapon ElevatorsPopular Mechanics - By Kyle MizokamiAfter years of work, the ship still isn't 100 percent fixed. The USS Gerald R. Ford will sail from the shipyard this month where she was built to a Navy shipyard, marking a major milestone in her progression
MarkB SmithSyrian Democratic Forces Leader of Syrian Kurds tells US 'you are leaving us to be slaughtered' - CNNPoliticsCNN
MarkB SmithIslamic State (ISIS) Kurdish forces in Syria will no longer prioritise guarding Isis prisonsThe Guardian - Mark TownsendThe fate of thousands of Isis suspects held in Syrian camps is increasingly in the balance after Kurdish forces announced that guarding them would no longer be a priority. As Turkish forces continued battle
MarkB SmithOpinion Andrew McCarthy: Bad impeachment news for Trump – GOP senators enraged by Turkey’s invasion of SyriaFox News - Andrew McCarthyWhat is impeachment for? Seems like a simple question. Constitutionally speaking, it also appears to have a simple answer: to cite and remove from power a president guilty of wrongdoing. Aye, there’s rub.
MarkB SmithShepard Smith This Is Why Shepard Smith Ended His Career With Fox NewsForbes - Terina AllenWhen the breaking news across all major media outlets is about a leading news anchor, you know it’s not a regular day in media. He was there from the very beginning. Shepard Smith was there in 1996 when
MarkB SmithRecep Tayyip Erdoğan Erdoğan has managed the unthinkable: uniting all the other Middle East rivalsThe Guardian - Simon TisdallBy invading northern Syria last week, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan achieved what many thought impossible – uniting all the regional countries and rival powers with a stake in the country in furious opposition
