Tuesday, September 17, 2019

17 September - Blogs I'm Following - 4 of 5

10 pm MDT

Iran confirms detention of three Australian citizens

Adam Harvey at Just In - 16 hours ago
Authorities in Iran confirm the nation has detained three Australians, with one of them accused of spying for a third country.

Poor performances by AFL teams blamed for price rises at Adelaide Oval

Leah MacLennan at Just In - 16 hours ago
Sports fans in Adelaide are set to be slugged more for food and drink at football and cricket matches, with Adelaide Oval management saying costs have increase because of poor seasons by the Crows and Power.

Toby Greene cops AFL ban, ruled out of Giants' preliminary final

Just In - 16 hours ago
Toby Greene will miss Greater Western Sydney's AFL preliminary final against Collingwood after the tribunal upheld the one-match ban handed to the Giant.

Servicemen's headstones smashed by vandals at NSW cemetery

Kelly Fuller at Just In - 16 hours ago
The graves of five young WWII servicemen have been destroyed at a NSW cemetery in what has been described as a "disgraceful" act of vandalism.

Senate Endorsement: Betsy Sweet To Replace Susan Collins In Maine

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
Imagine electing Bernie or Elizabeth in November-- and a stronger Democratic major in the House with more outstanding progressives like Mike Siegel, Dana Balter, J.D. Scholten, Marie Newman, Morgan Harper, Kara Eastman and Kim Williams. And then waking up on Wednesday and realizing congressional terrorist Mitch McConnell is still running the U.S. Senate, eager and able to block every single piece of legislation proposed by the president and passed by the House. The road to dislodging McConnell next year runs through Maine. And that means nominating a candidate who will give a mass... more »

Chart: Maryland’s 2019 medical cannabis sales on pace to double 2018 sales

Maggie Cowee at Marijuana Business Daily - 16 hours ago
Maryland’s hot medical marijuana market continues to sizzle – and 2019 sales are on pace to double those from 2018. Data released by the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission show that through the end of July, MMJ sales through the state’s dispensaries were just under $130 million, with average monthly sales of $18.4 million. Sales between […] Chart: Maryland’s 2019 medical cannabis sales on pace to double 2018 sales is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

Horowitz FISA report ready. Will we finally see AG Barr indict Russiagate players? (Video)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 16 hours ago
The Duran Quick Take: Episode 305. The post Horowitz FISA report ready. Will we finally see AG Barr indict Russiagate players? (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

Mobile Provider TIM is Investigated For Alleged Leaks of Consumer Data

Xiu Ying at The Rio Times - 16 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The National Secretariat of Consumer (SENACON) and the Ministry of Justice and Public Security (MJSP) reported on Monday, September 16th, that an administrative proceeding against TIM has been filed to investigate alleged leaks of data and amounts of consumer debts. In a note, TIM said that "it was the victim […] The post Mobile Provider TIM is Investigated For Alleged Leaks of Consumer Data appeared first on The Rio Times.

Government Considers Removing Minimum Wage Adjustment From Constitution

Arkady Petrov at The Rio Times - 16 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Ministry of Economy is studying a means of authorizing the freezing of the minimum wage in situations of fiscal constraint. The aim is to remove from the Constitution the obligation for the figure to be adjusted by inflation variation. The measure would be included in the PEC (Proposed Amendment […] The post Government Considers Removing Minimum Wage Adjustment From Constitution appeared first on The Rio Times.

Brazilian Agency Believes Attack on Saudi Arabia Will Value Upcoming Pre-Salt Auction

Richard Mann at The Rio Times - 16 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Décio Oddone, general director of the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Biofuels (ANP), believes that the attack made by drones last Saturday, September 14th, on oil plants in Saudi Arabia will increase the interest of foreign companies in the sector in participating in . . . To read […] The post Brazilian Agency Believes Attack on Saudi Arabia Will Value Upcoming Pre-Salt Auction appeared first on The Rio Times.

After Criticizing Bolsonaro, Rio’s Governor Loses Support in Legislative Assembly

Xiu Ying at The Rio Times - 16 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The largest party in the Legislative Assembly of Rio (ALERJ) with 12 deputies, the PSL (President Bolsonaro's Party) announced on Monday, September 16th, the disconnection of Wilson Witzel's government base. The party ticket, commanded in Rio by Senator The post After Criticizing Bolsonaro, Rio’s Governor Loses Support in Legislative Assembly appeared first on The Rio Times.

Will the Roland Freisler judges in the UK Supreme Court try to destroy law and democracy in the UK? Watch the 3 day hearing on the suspension of parliament live

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 16 hours ago
*Vital hearing which will determine whether the judges in the UK are utterly corrupt or prepared to uphold the most basic principle basic of the constitution, the sovereignty of parliament and its right to sit to make laws and scrutinize the executive.* *If the corrupt Roland Frieslers on the UK courts rule it is permissible for Boris Johnson and the Queen could suspend parliaments for five weeks, criminal charges should be filed against them for destroying justice and democracy in the UK.* *The Queen has the right and even obligation to advise and warn ministers. She should have ... more »

Social services and prisons: is there a cause-and-effect relationship?

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 16 hours ago
I was struck by two articles, written on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean, that I came across within the past few days. I think that in isolation, each is self-explanatory; but when read together, the synergy between them is clear. The first article is from the New York Post, and is titled "Social services used to build character — now they blame society". “Those who have much to do with plans of human improvement,” [Charles Loring Brace] wrote, “see how superficial and comparatively useless all assistance or organization is which does not touch . . . the inner forces which ... more »

Sticks And Stones May Break Your Bones But This Carbene/Carbocation Reaction Edits Molecular Skeletons

News Staff at Science 2.0 blogs - 16 hours ago
After Friedrich Wohler accidentally synthesized urea in 1828, chemical synthesis - and organic synthesis for that - has been a driving force in pharmaceutical innovation. We live longer and better than ever and we can thank the continuous advancement of synthetic chemistry, which allows scientists to design and build new molecules. read more

Houthis Have an Arsenal of Ballistic and Cruise Missiles (Some from North Korea)

David Axe at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, * Know this: The Houthis inherited from the defunct Yemeni military a large number of Soviet-exported Scuds as well as North Korean-made Scuds called “Hwasong-6s. It’s possible the missile strikes that badly damaged a key Saudi oil facility on Sept. 14, 2019 involved far-flying drones firing small, guided munitions. Yemen's Houthi rebels, who have been at war with a Saudi-Emirati coalition since 2015, claimed responsibility for the coordinated attacks on the Aramco sites, which lie around 800 miles from the Saudi Arabia-Yemen border. Iran’s hard-line Revo... more »

Did U.S. Missile Defenses Fail During Saudi Oil Attack?

David Axe at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, * One thing is clear: The attack revealed the limits of Saudi Arabia’s seemingly sophisticated air-defense system. Riyadh in recent years has spent billions of dollars building up six battalions of U.S.-made Patriot surface-to-air missiles and associated radars. The Patriots didn’t stop the recent attack. The missile strikes that badly damaged a key Saudi oil facility on Sept. 14, 2019 largely remain a mystery to the public. Yemen's Houthi rebels, who have been at war with a Saudi-Emirati coalition since 2015, claimed responsibility for the coordinated att... more »

Is the Army's Multicam Camouflage Good or a Just Trend?

Charlie Gao at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *Security, Americas* [image: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1884200] Let's find out. *Key point: *Camoflague needs to reflect the environments that soldiers are fighting in. Thirty years ago, if you looked at a picture of a multinational field exercise involving the United States and the UK, it would be fairly straightforward to tell apart the soldiers from America and the UK. U.S. soldiers would be clad in the M81 woodland pattern, and the British would be clad in their distinctive DPM pattern. Fast forward to today: Both the UK an... more »

France's Tried to Make Its Own 'Tomahawk' Missile (But It Isn't Going Well)

Charlie Gao at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *Technology, Europe* [image: By Rept0n1x - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10559236] Lots of problems. *Key point:* France's MdCN and SCALP missiles have performed poorly in Syria. The jury is still out on how effective Russian and Syrian air defenses were in the April 18, 2018, missile strikes against Syria. While the United States claims that all missiles hit the targets and the Russian MoD claims that over 65 percent of the missiles were intercepted, the truth may not be known for some time. What is known is that some mis... more »

Russia's Tanks Will Kill in a War (But They Have 2 Fatal Flaws)

Charlie Gao at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *Security, Europe* [image: Reuters] Key point: Russia's tanks don't have state-of-the-art communication and navigation systems. *Key point:* Russia's tanks don't have state-of-the-art communication and navigation systems. One of the U.S. military’s biggest advantages is the navigation system used by its mechanized forces. Generically, this capability is known as “blue force tracking.” It is characterized by the ability for vehicles to know the position of all friendly vehicles around them via a battlefield network. The advantages of this capability are numerous: Co... more »

How the Legendary F-14 Tomcat Transformed into the F-14 "Bombcat"

Charlie Gao at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *History, Americas* [image: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/de/88/38/de88382fd45b8158c100b2dde75d9bbd.jpg] A big step forward. *Key point:* The F-14 Bobcat was an improvement that allowed for different capabilities. The F-14 Tomcat was designed to defend the U.S. Navy’s fleets from practically every airborne threat. While it packed long range AIM-54 Phoenix missiles for defense against bombers carrying standoff missiles, it was no slouch in a dogfight either, although early versions were held back by its TF30 engines in that arena. But for a brief period in the 19... more »

Why North Korea Wants to Keep Using China's Old Type 59 Tank

Charlie Gao at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *Security, Asia* [image: By Alf van Beem - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20252869] Old, but useful? *Key point: *The Type 59 was an important step for China's domestic tank industry and became a mainstay for its ally North Korea. While the United States, Germany, and the Soviet Union all maintained robust tank development programs during the Cold War, China lagged behind significantly until the very end. For the majority of the Cold War, China’s primary front line tank was the Type 59, a variant of the T-54 first built on license fr... more »

Battleship Slug-fest: Japan's Monster Yamato vs. Americas Iowa-Class Battleship

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, * Key Point: It would have been the ultimate duel of dreadnoughts. In one corner, Japan’s Yamato, weighing in at 65,000 tons, the biggest battleship in history. In the other corner, Iowa, at 45,000 tons the pride of America's World War II battleship fleet. *Key Point:* It would have been the ultimate duel of dreadnoughts. In one corner, Japan’s *Yamato*, weighing in at 65,000 tons, the biggest battleship in history. In the other corner, *Iowa*, at 45,000 tons the pride of America's World War II battleship fleet. In reality, the two ships never met in ba... more »

When Autism Gene Research Hurts

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 16 hours ago
By Teresa Conrick I wrote about SPARK a few years back , and this is the description from their site -- the “Simons Foundation Powering Autism Research for Knowledge,’ and the mission is simple: we want to speed up research... more »

Study Links Popular OTC Painkiller During Pregnancy to Serious Risks to Infant

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 16 hours ago
Note: I had to check the date on this article from the UK to make sure it wasn't a decade old. It's not. Hmm. The comment thread is, as always, interesting. And our old friend, "Correlation does not equal correlation"... more »

Columbia historian stepping down after plagiarism finding

Adam Marcus at Retraction Watch - 17 hours ago
A tenured professor of history at Columbia University will be stepping down at the end of next year after an investigating committee at the school found “incontrovertible evidence of research misconduct” in his controversial 2013 book. Charles King Armstrong, the Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies in the Social Sciences, was found to have “cited … Continue reading Columbia historian stepping down after plagiarism finding

Links 9/17/19

Lambert Strether at naked capitalism - 17 hours ago

Penniless and vulnerable disabled – ‘most now waiting a year’ as lives disintegrate and thousands die

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 17 hours ago
By TruePublica: The vulnerable, penniless and disabled are the very people any civilised country would ensure had at least the basics to survive and be comfortable. But while MP’s are looking the other way, these very same people are denied a benefit called Personal Independence Payment (PIP). It’s designed to keep them afloat, but now wait an average of 69 days just for an internal review by the Department for Work and Pensions and then a further seven months while they fight a system designed to deny them any assistance. Three-quarters then win tribunals while their lives disinteg... more »

Boris Johnson gets short shrift from European Union leaders in Brexit talks By Richard Tyler

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 17 hours ago
Boris Johnson’s first visit to meet senior European Union (EU) figures since he took power in July ended with the UK prime minister sent packing without receiving any concessions on Brexit.

US Attorney General Barr invokes “state secrets” to cover up Saudi involvement in 9/11 By Barry Grey

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 17 hours ago
Last week, it was revealed that the Trump administration has taken extraordinary steps to continue the 18-year cover-up of Saudi government involvement in the September 11, 2001 terror attacks.

Does low atmospheric carbon dioxide cause drought and extreme weather?

drinkingwateradvisor at The Drinking Water Advisor - 17 hours ago
“From 1900 to 1970, the Northeast US was in drought most of the time, and was plagued with large forest fires. But since 1970, the Northeast has been wet and has had very little drought.” click here

The Story of Harvey Washington Wiley is coming out in paperback

Phyllis Entis at Food Safety News - 18 hours ago
Don’t wait — Add ‘The Poison Squad’ by Deborah Blum to your reading list BOOK REVIEW “Regulation is bad for business.” It’s an all-too-common refrain, but not exclusively a modern one. Most people, when asked what they know about the origin of the U.S. Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act, are likely to respond with either... Continue Reading

Three dead and 200 ill in Spanish Listeria outbreak

Joe Whitworth at Food Safety News - 18 hours ago
More than 220 people are sick and three have died as part of a listeriosis outbreak in Spain, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). From July 7 to September 13, 222 confirmed cases have been reported in five regions of Spain: 214 patients in Andalusia, four in Aragon, two in Extremadura and one each... Continue Reading

French child dies 8 years after E. coli infection

News Desk at Food Safety News - 18 hours ago
A French child who developed severe complications after being infected by E. coli in 2011 has died. Nolan Moittie was two years old when he was one of a number of people infected by an E. coli outbreak from frozen minced beef steaks of the Steaks Country brand bought at supermarket chain Lidl in May... Continue Reading

The STEC O121 outbreak caused by ground bison is over

Dan Flynn at Food Safety News - 18 hours ago
The E. coli outbreak caused by ground Bison is over. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) called the outbreak over on Sept.13, 2019. It ended after reports of 33 confirmed E. coli infections in eight states. Those illnesses, including 18 hospitalizations, The ground Bison came from Northfork Bison Distributions Inc., located in... Continue Reading

General Mills recalls Gold Medal Unbleached All Purpose Flour over E. coli fears

Kelsey M. Mackin at Food Safety News - 18 hours ago
Today, General Mills announced a nation wide recall for 5 lb. bags of its Gold Medal “Unbleached All Purpose Flour” marked with a “better-if-used-by” date of Sept. 6, 2020 for the potential presence of E. coli O26, which FDA officials said was discovered during sampling of the 5 lb. bag product. According to the recall, “This recall only affects... Continue Reading

An expert in weapons systems Mark Steele speaks on 5G

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 18 hours ago
From https://lotusfeet22.blogspot.com Mark Steele from Gateshead in Newcastle, Mark’s background is an expert in weapon systems, an inventor of weapon systems. Mark shares that 5G in the UK leads back to China, Chinese war weapon technology being installed in the UK. He says that Lloyd Brokers won’t even insure 5G or “Smart Meters”. WiFi is … Continue reading An expert in weapons systems Mark Steele speaks on 5G →

Cabalist Bankers Funded Hitler Via Wehrmacht

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 18 hours ago
Originally posted on Justice4Poland.com: September 16, 2019 Hitler was a puppet put in power by the bankers he pretended to oppose to lead Germany to destruction. Wars are Cabalist central banker pogroms against the goyim. In the Controversy of Zion, Douglas Reed writes that Hitler was taken prisoner in 1919 as a Communist serving as an emissary from Moscow. “In…

Climate Hysteria: Rising Number Of Children Treated For ‘Eco-Anxiety’

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 18 hours ago
Originally posted on Iowa Climate Science Education: By Paul Homewood From GWPF: Protests by groups such as Extinction Rebellion, the recent fires in the Amazon and apocalyptic warnings by the teenage activist Greta Thunberg have prompted a “tsunami” of young people seeking help. A group of psychologists working with the University of…

Most people in the West are still skeptics of climate change and the IPCC position

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 18 hours ago
Originally posted on Iowa Climate Science Education: A large Yougov Climate Change survey has questioned about 1,000 people in 30 different countries. Despite being loaded and biased towards the IPCC religious position, and despite 30 years of non-stop propaganda, most of the population in major western countries are not obedient believers in the IPCC message.…

“Withheld” – Access To Prison Documents About Jeffrey Epstein Formally Denied

The Duran at The Duran - 18 hours ago
The public information request about Epstein's death has been formally denied. The post “Withheld” – Access To Prison Documents About Jeffrey Epstein Formally Denied appeared first on The Duran.

“It Is Ours!” Indian Minister Says Islamabad About To “Lose Pakistani-occupied Kashmir”

Zerohedge at The Duran - 18 hours ago
Since the 1947 partition of British India, both countries — now bitter nuclear-armed rivals — have laid claim to Kashmir in full, though a tense status quo has left each with its side of the LoC. The post “It Is Ours!” Indian Minister Says Islamabad About To “Lose Pakistani-occupied Kashmir” appeared first on The Duran.

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Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 18 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin Democracy Requires Discomfort - Michael Bloomberg ANTI-ICE ACTIVISTS ARE MARCHING ON JEFF BEZOS' HOME TO PROTEST AMAZON'S ROLE IN 'FUELING TRUMP'S DEPORTATION FORCE' GENE-HACKING MOSQUITOES TO BE INFERTILE BACKFIRED SPECTACULARLY What If We Stopped Pretending?Suddenly, the world’s biggest trade agreement won’t allow corporations to sue governmentsThe climate apocalypse is coming. To prepare for it, we need to admit that we can’t prevent it. By Jonathan Franzen [image: Saudi Arabia oil attack aramco] The world's oil producers keep a massive amount of capacity in reser... more »

Ministry of Health Launches Border Vaccination Campaign

Juan Martinez at The Rio Times - 18 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Minister of Health, Luiz Henrique Mandetta, launched on Monday, September 16th, in Ponta Porã (Mato Grosso do Sul), the 'Movimento Vacina Brasil' ("Brazil Vaccine Movement") in the Borders, with surveillance enhancement actions in five Brazilian cities bordering the Mercosur countries (Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay). "One of the main actions […] The post Ministry of Health Launches Border Vaccination Campaign appeared first on The Rio Times.

Father says 5yo son's life 'worth only four years' as career criminal jailed for fatal car crash

Joanna Menagh at Just In - 18 hours ago
A career criminal who was banned for life from driving is jailed for crashing a stolen car into a family's van, ploughing it into a Woolworths truck and claiming the life of a five-year-old boy and injuring six of his relatives.

'I taught him how to hold the ball': Students school Prince Edward on art of Aussie Rules

Emilie Gramenz at Just In - 18 hours ago
Despite the Earl of Wessex's decades of royal training, nothing could prepare him for a crash course in Aussie Rules football in the sizzling Top End sun.

Teenager was driving at 80kph when she ran a red light and smashed into 91-year-old Dorothy Smith

David Weber at Just In - 18 hours ago
A teenage driver is jailed for running a red light and fatally crashing her car at high speed into an elderly woman in the Perth suburb of Floreat.

'It's offensive': Performance at Exxon Mobil celebration in PNG labelled 'blackface'

Anthony Stewart at Just In - 18 hours ago
A performance at the Port Moresby headquarters of oil giant Exxon Mobil sparks controversy in Papua New Guinea, with locals claiming the show disrespected their culture.

Has China just given the world a sneak look at its new supersonic spy drone?

Christina Zhou at Just In - 18 hours ago
The DR-8 drone, never before seen in public, is expected to play a major role in any future conflict with US carrier groups in the South China Sea.

Where have all the bogong moths gone?

Erin Somerville at Just In - 18 hours ago
Billions of bogong moths that migrate to alpine reaches each year have all but disappeared, but there are hopes that citizen scientists will fill knowledge gaps and save an endangered possum in the process.

How effective is your fertility-tracker app? The numbers don't look good

Anna Salleh And Tegan Taylor at Just In - 18 hours ago
An Australian study of the most downloaded fertility apps has found over half didn't perform well at predicting ovulation — which is exactly what many users are using these apps for.

Explosive devices found after man suffers facial burns at home, police say

Just In - 18 hours ago
Police are analysing a black powder that caused an explosion at a home in Adelaide's south this morning, which left a man with serious burns to his face and upper body.

Class action to be launched over Centrelink's automated debt recovery system

Just In - 18 hours ago
A class action will be launched against the Federal Government over the so-called robodebt scandal, arguing the automated debt system is unlawful.

Australian Daily Electrical Power Generation Data – Monday 16th September 2019

TonyfromOz at PA Pundits – International - 18 hours ago
By Anton Lang ~ This Post details the daily power consumption data for the AEMO coverage area in Australia. For the background information, refer to the Introductory Post at this link. Each image is shown here at a smaller size to fit on the page alongside the data for that day. If you click on […]

Obama Ordered FBI and CIA to Spy on Trump with Kevin Shipp

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
The sheer scale of this operation informs us of something else. We know that Obama was at best an asset of the DEEP STATE. All the people he involved were equally assets of the DEEP STATE. They all took orders even when they knew that it was illegal and a real risk. The money and power using these guys is insane. More critically, this does go back to Dulles. With the elimination of JFK, they essentially played the presidential system until the shock of Reagan. They managed to neutralize him by having HW bush as minder and after him, they have put their assets aboard. T... more »

This Football League Was Built For Girls Who Love To Hit

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
This is great. Plenty of girls want to play a much more physical sport and this here is a great start. A little encouragement and the necessary equipment will be made up. Truly robust women are coming up, in the same way it seems almost all boys are typically bigger than their fathers. So yes, football has to be re-imagined for both men and women. The rest will follow. We have recently see the emergence of female Soccer in both Canada and the USA. They dominate the world were no one else took it all seriously. Yet the play is spectacular. It still took years, but this is i... more »

Chinese Currency on Edge.

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
Fundamentally, Chinese capital reserves have been contracting steadily for the past three years. The knock on is that this forces a contraction of Chinese trade. After all, you have to have a working capital float. We have seen this over and over again. The worst case of fiscal insanity is Venezuela where a positive trade balance still generated a currency collapse. It does appear that China is walking this road since its internal RMB market is actually sealed off from the external market. Of course, they are now trying to borrow cash and all that. The item to focus on is the... more »

Politcal positioning and Q

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
Most folks really never see nonsense like this. That is just as well as it is meant to be disturbing. Claims are tossed out with zero accreditation and in the case of strongly followed writers, we see a handful of these jump on the comments list immediately. All this detracts from a readers enjoyment and it is meant to do so. All this noise is meant to drill down of a particular and to open a narrative of trash talk to discourage the reader. What is more amazing is that the so called deplorables absorbed all this trash talk, woke up and turned out to vote. This is a massive... more »

Court Dismisses Criminal Charges Against Lula and his Brother

Dorah Feliciano at The Rio Times - 18 hours ago
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - The São Paulo 7th District Federal Criminal Court yesterday, September 16th, rejected the denunciation lodged by the Federal Prosecutor's Office (MPF) against former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and his brother José Ferreira da Silva, known as Frei Chico. The MPF had charged both with passive corruption. According to the […] The post Court Dismisses Criminal Charges Against Lula and his Brother appeared first on The Rio Times.

Rio Governor Witzel Sanctions Law Honoring Marielle Franco and Human Rights

Arkady Petrov at The Rio Times - 18 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Governor Wilson Witzel sanctioned the Marielle Franco Law, which officially institutes March 14 as the date of the councilwoman's execution and as the State Day of Human Rights Defenders. Marielle Franco was murdered in March 2018 and a year and a half later, the investigations continue without a definitive conclusion […] The post Rio Governor Witzel Sanctions Law Honoring Marielle Franco and Human Rights appeared first on The Rio Times.

Federal Government Pays R$633.71 Million in August to Cover Defaulted State Debts

Iolanda Fonseca at The Rio Times - 18 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The data are in the Report of Enforceable Guarantees by the Federal Government in Loan Operations, released yesterday, September 16th, by the National Treasury Secretariat. Coverage of defaults incurred by the state of Minas Gerais totaled R$198.69 million (US$49.672 million) and R$190.79 million for the state of Rio de Janeiro. […] The post Federal Government Pays R$633.71 Million in August to Cover Defaulted State Debts appeared first on The Rio Times.

Santa Catarina Honey Voted Best in the World for the Fifth Time

Iolanda Fonseca at The Rio Times - 18 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - This is the fifth time that Prodapys, a company from Santa Catarina, has won the award. The honey from Santa Catarina had already received awards in Australia (2007), Ukraine (2013), South Korea (2015) and Turkey (2017). Prodapys, from Araranguá, operates the largest organic honey production project in the world and […] The post Santa Catarina Honey Voted Best in the World for the Fifth Time appeared first on The Rio Times.

ANCINE Cuts off Support to two LGBT Movies – Producers say it’s Censorship

Iolanda Fonseca at The Rio Times - 18 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The National Film Agency (ANCINE) has suspended the permission granted to the producers of the films "Greta" and "Negrum3" a daily allowance of R$4.6 thousand (US$1.150), for each film, meant to enable the films to be screened at the Queer International Film Festival, in Lisbon. Three weeks ago, the ANCINE […] The post ANCINE Cuts off Support to two LGBT Movies – Producers say it’s Censorship appeared first on The Rio Times.

Forget Stealth: These Dangerous Missiles Changed Warfare Forever

Charlie Gao at The National Interest - 19 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *Security, Americas* [image: By Boerjelundin - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2576386] Much more revolutionary. *Key point: *ARH missiles made air-to-air combat more deadly and accurate than ever before. At the end of the Cold War, there were major revolutions in the technology used for aerial combat. The most visible one was stealth, with the iconic diamond shaped F-117 and B-2 stealth bombers and the F-22 stealth fighter. But a second revolution was underway, with major implications for the USAF and other air forces. The... more »

What Ever Happened to the M1 Abrams Tank Super Bullet?

Charlie Gao at The National Interest - 19 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *Security, Americas* [image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Mounted_Soldier_System_%28MSS%29.jpg] Here's the story. *Key point:* The STAFF round may yet be produced, but they are costly and modern defenses may stop them. In the 1990s, the U.S. Army was developing a new series of tank ammunition for the Abrams main battle tanks. The new round, designated XM943 Smart Target Activated Fire and Forget (STAFF), was to have lethality far beyond what was possible with conventional ammunition: it would fly over enemy tanks and detonate above them, pro... more »

UN Chief Calls for Action, Not “Beautiful Speeches”

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 17 (IPS) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has offered an unsolicited piece of advice to the 190-plus speakers, including heads of state and heads of government, who will address an unprecedented six high level plenary meetings during the General Assembly sessions September 23-27. Read the full story, “UN Chief Calls for Action, Not “Beautiful Speeches””, on globalissues.org →

The 5G Electromagnetic “Mad Zone” Poised to Self-Destruct: The 5G “Dementors” Meet the 4G “Zombie Apocalypse”

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 19 hours ago
The entities rolling out 5G are tormenting humanity and sucking their humanity from them by taking their minds and their health, while on the other side, you have the zombie apocalypse of all the people with their 4G cell phones, blindly going about destroying the world.

Winners and losers from Saudi Aramco’s travails By M.K. Bhadrakumar

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 19 hours ago
Trump boasted that the US is “locked and loaded” to go to Saudi Arabia’s aid. Yet, only the previous day, when Trump telephoned Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the latter had “underscored the Kingdom’s willingness and strength to thwart such a terrorist aggression and deal with its consequences.”

Start Cleaning With Light - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 20 hours ago
*Not seeing clearly?* *Looking through a dim, dirty lens* *Start cleaning with Light* *© **2019 M.N. Hopkins* *Note: I wrote this poem yesterday in the haiku style of poetry and published it for the first time on my blog today, the 17th of September, 2019.*

GENNADY TIMCHENKO’S CRABS HAVE VLADIMIR PUTIN’S PERMISSION NOT TO WALK STRAIGHT

Editor at Dances With Bears - 20 hours ago
By John Helmer, Moscow @bears_with It was Aristophanes who said you can’t teach a crab to walk straight. Lenin wasn’t talking about crabs when he recommended taking one step forward, two steps back. This summer, when President Vladimir Putin last talked to Gennady Timchenko about his family’s crab business, he said he was revising the […]

War with Iran only likely in 2nd Presidential Term

Serban V.C. Enache at The Duran - 20 hours ago
Given the circumstances, I believe Trump will hold back from giving the order to attack Iran, at least until he secures a second term. The post War with Iran only likely in 2nd Presidential Term appeared first on The Duran.

Russia does not exclude nuclear war in Europe

Adomas Abromaitis at The Duran - 20 hours ago
Countries which are ready to deploy any kind of weapons suggested by the U.S. will turn themselves to real targets for Russia. The post Russia does not exclude nuclear war in Europe appeared first on The Duran.

Expect Oil Prices To Skyrocket If A Middle East War Starts

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 20 hours ago
USAF aircraft fly over burning Kuwaiti oil wells (1991) *The Economic Collapse Blog:* *If You Think The Price Of Oil Is Skyrocketing Now, Just Wait Until The War Starts…* In the aftermath of the most dramatic attack on Saudi oil facilities that we have ever seen, the price of oil has exploded higher. The Wall Street Journal is calling this attack “the Big One”, and President Trump appears to be indicating that some sort of military retaliation is coming. Needless to say, a direct military strike on Iran could spark a major war in the Middle East, and that would be absolutely devast... more »

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