MIT Technology Review drudge report Icon Archive The Hyper Report | Please prepare now for the escalating economic and social unrest! Good Day! Liberty Blitzkrieg | The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion. – Albert Camus Retired four-star admiral says the unsayable about Islam and President Obama’s foreign policy strategy Recently we reported on retired Lt. Gen. and former DIA Chief Mike Flynn’s devastating criticism of the terms of President Obama’s Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) against ISIS. Another prominent retired member of America’s armed forces who has emerged as an outspoken opponent of the Obama administration’s foreign policy is four-star admiral James “Ace” Lyons. During the Center for Security Policy’s recent Defeat Jihad Summit, the naval officer of 36 years, who served most recently as the Commander of the U.S. Lyons’ remarks followed a scathing critique of the bipartisan failure of U.S. leaders to deal with the threat of Islamic supremacism, dating back to President Carter. The Defeat Jihad Summit, held on February 11, was intended to serve as a corrective for the Obama administration’s forthcoming Countering Violent Extremism summit. The event included prominent counterjihadists such as Texas Sen. You can watch full video of the conference here. (H/T: Gates of Vienna)
Distraction as Pain Reliever: 10 ways to distract yourself from pain Show some love and Share! Whenever my TMJ doctor does trigger point injections on me, one of his nurses will gently tap on my shoulder or head on the opposite side from where the injection is going. It took me a couple of visits before I realized this was a distraction technique, and it works. I’ve often relied on distraction as a pain management tool, but even more so in the last couple of years. Blogging is just one way I distract myself from the pain. The real bottom line of the study was that placebos work, but that placebos combined with distraction work even better. Now that we know that distraction has been proven to reduce pain, here’s some great ways to distract yourself from pain. Focus on your breath – relax and take a deep breath. References: Buhle, J. Share this post! Comments comments
Claim: East coast ‘Monster hurricanes’ linked to previous warm periods, current data suggests otherwise A new press release from AGU, suggests past data shows this to be true, but Dr. Philip Klotzbach suggests this graph of current data and notes: “Florida Peninsula and East Coast has seen a downturn in major hurricanes. Only 40% as many impacts the past 50 yrs.” Monster hurricanes reached US Northeast during prehistoric periods of ocean warming Joint release: AGU, WHOI, NSF WASHINGTON, D.C. – Intense hurricanes possibly more powerful than any storms New England has experienced in recorded history frequently pounded the region during the first millennium, from the peak of the Roman Empire into the height of the Middle Ages, according to a new study. A new record of sediment deposits from Cape Cod, Mass., show evidence that 23 severe hurricanes hit New England between the years 250 and 1150, the equivalent of a severe storm about once every 40 years on average. “These records suggest that the pre-historical interval was unlike what we’ve seen in the last few hundred years,” said Donnelly.