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The possibility of a nuclear war between Pakistan and India grows every day. If the Pakistanis do not bring under control the terrorist groups in the country and resolve the conflicts with India, it is not a matter of if it will happen, but when.

There have been few achievements to celebrate in the sixty-five year history of Pakistan and that has made the success of the nuclear program central to the national identity. This is especially true for the military that receives a quarter of the budget and is the only strong national institution.

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This letter was sent to whitely@strieber.com by an Unknowncountry
reader, in reference to Whitley’s Journal "Crawling Toward Nirvana."
Whitley found it thoughtful and interesting, and asked that it be posted
here.

Letter from a Reader: the Pain Problem

You might also try opening yourself to divine healing energy (I don’t
mean visitors specifically–but certainly they are further along the
spiritual growth phase than we are). Odd, but I heard from 2 separate
places now, that the divine is always sending us healing energy as
soon as our physical cells request it, but with our free will we may
decline it, because it does not fit within our preconceptions or
belief systems.read more

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As rebels attempt to regroup in advance of a new strategy to overpower Assad, and Western powers try to start from scratch with a new rebel formation that is presumably devoid of Salafi Jihadists, the US is calling on third party, non-state actors to arm the rebels in order to avoid becoming embroiled in a geopolitically sensitive conflict just ahead of presidential elections. As attentions turn to the chaos breaking out across the Middle East and North Africa (and even further afield), what chance do the rebels have of pushing Assad to his limits?read more

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The arctic melt this summer is unprecedented. By mid-September, it will be worse even than 2007, which saw the Northwest Passage opened for the first time. On August 27, the US National Snow and Ice Data Center reported that the ice pack was a 4.1 million square kilometers, 70,000 square kilometers lower than 2007. There are still about four weeks to go before the ice pack stabilizes and starts to grow, as the days get shorter and the arctic winter sets in.
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