Thursday, December 26, 2019

26 December - Blogs I'm Following - 3 of 5

10 pm MST

"Sebastian Junger: Is Our Material Wealth Undermining Our Happiness & Health?"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
*"Sebastian Junger:* * Is Our Material Wealth Undermining Our Happiness & Health?"* by Adam Taggart "One the most personally meaningful podcast interviews we’ve done over the years was Our Evolutionary Need For Community, recorded with Peabody award-winning author Sebastian Junger. Junger is well-known for his NYT-bestselling books 'The Perfect Storm' and 'War', the latter of which was written after a 15-month tour of duty in the most dangerous outpost in Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley. Based on his observations while in Afghanistan, Junger noted how much troops in combat valued the... more »

Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (December 19-25, 2019)

Alison Weir at If Americans Knew Blog - 11 hours ago
While most American were celebrating Christmas, this is what Israel was doing. US politicians give Israel over $10 million per day. Read the detailed report... The post Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (December 19-25, 2019) appeared first on If Americans Knew Blog.

Iran Wants Its Submarines To Sink America's Navy In A War

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Middle East* But how effective could they be? *Key point: *Though the new Iranian boats may remain far from the cutting edge of submarine design, they could still prove dangerous adversaries in the confined and shallow waters of the Persian Gulf. The Iranian military has long planned for a defensive naval war in the Persian Gulf, in which it would leverage its large fleet of fast attack boats toting antiship missiles to launch swarming hit-and-run attacks on adversaries in along Persian Gulf, with the ultimate goal of shutting down passage through t... more »

German politician: “Ami go home!”

InfoBrics at The Duran - 11 hours ago
In Germany, discontent is growing over unequal relations with the United States More The post German politician: “Ami go home!” appeared first on The Duran.

Boris Johnson has changed his mind on ‘reset’ with Russia

InfoBrics at The Duran - 11 hours ago
The UK Prime Minister has changed his mind on thawing relations with Russia, but should we be surprised? More The post Boris Johnson has changed his mind on ‘reset’ with Russia appeared first on The Duran.

As Americans Distracted by Impeachment, Congress Silently Killed Cannabis Reform—Despite Support

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 11 hours ago
[image: cannabis]As Americans sat back and watched the impeachment, Congress just silently set back Cannabis reform to the stone ages.

Burning Man Organizers Sue Over Millions in U.S. Permit Fees

AP News at Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
The counter-culture celebration says the U.S. Bureau of Land Management has overcharged them fees.

Slave Cemetery Poses Questions for Florida Country Club

AP News at Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
A search indicates that there are at least 40 graves near the 7th hole tee.

Did Michael Bloomberg’s Presidential Campaign Use Prison Labor?

Dan MacGuill at Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
The former New York mayor landed in hot water over a vendor's reported use of prison workers to place calls to would-be voters.

The U.S. Continues To Spend Millions To Upgrade Its Bases In Turkey Even Though Relations Continue To Deteriorate Between Washington And Ankara

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 11 hours ago
The approximate locations of Air Force-managed facilities in Turkey as of September 2017. From left to right: Cigli Air Base, Izmir Air Station, the Ankara Administration Office, the Yumurtalik Petroleum Products Storage Annex, Batman Air Base, and Mus Air Base. Google Maps *Warzone/The Drive:* *USAF Is Spending Millions To Upgrade Turkey Bases Amid Turkish Threats To Kick Them Out* *Turkey says it could shut down American military facilities if the United States sanctions it over buying Russian arms and its intervention in Syria. * The U.S. Air Force has announced that it will pa... more »

Raising kids without religion...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 11 hours ago
*why?* Every year I wonder about the large number of children being raised without any acquaintance with God. I witness parents who spend untold amount of time, effort, and money to ensure their children have the best education and wonderful experiences, but deny them any knowledge of God. So when something like Christmas rolls around it's all about a family party and gifts and nothing to do with the birth of Jesus - our Lord and Savior. Some of these parents could even be considered conservative, but most are not. Parents who were raised in a faith tradition and abandon it raise ... more »

Dead Dingoes Don’t Lie, But Climate Scientists Do

tonyheller at Real Climate Science - 11 hours ago
“There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact.” ― Mark Twain Like the US, Australia has a very hot past which is incompatible with climate crisis hysteria. … Continue reading →

Climate Chaos At Christmas

tonyheller at Real Climate Science - 11 hours ago

An Extremely Online Christmas Sampler

Lambert Strether at naked capitalism - 11 hours ago
A Boxing Day unwrap-up of bright shiny objects

Dierbergs Markets recalls egg salad, potato salad because of Listeria risk in eggs

News Desk at Food Safety News - 11 hours ago
St. Louis based — Dierbergs Markets has initiated a recall of certain egg salad and potato salad products in all 25 retail stores, located in eastern and central Missouri and western Illinois. The recall was initiated because its egg supplier notified the grocery chain that hard boiled egg whites used in some of the retailer’s products... Continue Reading

The Growing Russia-China-Iran Alliance

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 11 hours ago
Credit: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office *Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan, The Diplomat*: *What’s in the Growing Russia-China-Iran Trilateral Convergence?* *Potential security engagements among the three have spotlighted their increasing convergence.* While much of the focus in terms of minilateral alignments in the Asian region tends to be on those involving U.S. allies and partners, be it the Quad or U.S.-Japan-ROK trilateral dynamics, there are other arrangements beyond this as well. Of particular note are the arrangements that have been forged by China and Russia... more »

Forget Atomic Bombs and Tanks: How America's PT Boats Helped Win World War II

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* PT boats were active in several areas of the European and Mediterranean Theaters. *Key point: *These next-generation patrol boats, which improve on the design of the World War II-era PT boat and continue that tradition, are an important way to protect coastal waters. Late in the day on October 24, 1944, all of the available 39 patrol torpedo (PT) boats of the U.S. Seventh Fleet were traveling at high speed into the Mindanao Sea just south of Leyte Gulf. By dusk they had taken up position in a patrol line. The journey of the boats from Ne... more »

Why Japan Chose The F-3 Over America's F-35 Stealth Fighter

Charlie Gao at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *Security, Asia* The F-3 is going to be an important plane for the JSDF in the decades to come. *Key Point:* The F-3 is also a way for Japan to maintain its domestic aerospace design capability. In February 2019, Japan turned heads with its decision to proceed with the development of an indigenous stealth fighter jet. This came in the wake of the decision to purchase more than one hundred American F-35 jets, and the supposed cancellation of the Japanese X-2 stealth fighter prototype in 2018. The Japanese Ministry of Defense announced the move to develop the new fi... more »

China, Russia And Iran To Hold Joint Naval Drills This Friday In The Indian Ocean And Gulf of Oman

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 11 hours ago
Yuri Smityuk / TASS *Reuters:* *China, Russia and Iran to hold joint naval drills from Friday* BEIJING (Reuters) - China, Iran and Russia will hold joint naval drills starting on Friday in the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Oman, China’s defense ministry said on Thursday,amid heightened tension in the region between Iran and the United States. China will send the Xining, a guided missile destroyer, to the drills, which will last until Monday and are meant to deepen cooperation between the three countries’ navies, ministry spokesman Wu Qian told a monthly news briefing. The drill was a... more »

Universal Healthcare Is Nothing To Fear— A Guest Post By Julie Oliver

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
After her first run against corrupt Republican Roger Williams-- in a gerrymandered central Texas district where she did far better than anyone expected-- Julie Oliver was unsure if she would run again. But at that time-- back in February-- she wrote a post about universal healthcare. “Those who use ‘socialism’ as a pejorative term to fear-monger,” she wrote, “want you to think that America can’t afford to provide universal healthcare. But the fact is, we can’t afford *not* to.” [image: Goal Thermometer]On her campaign website, Julie is clear: she is “running a bold campaign for Me... more »

Did Immigration Enforcement Agents Arrest the Mayor of Los Angeles?

Snopes Staff at Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
A routine review of content labeled satire.

State Officials Are at the Core of 2020 Election Security

AP News at Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
These government officials are on the front lines of a different kind of high-stakes battlefield, one in which they are helping to defend American democracy by ensuring free and fair elections.

Good Public-school Teachers Under Siege

Alex Newman at rss - 12 hours ago
[image: good-public-school-teachers-under-siege] Public schools do hold good teachers who want to follow the best education practices and who object to the indoctrination of the LBGTQ agenda, but they are being penalized.

Red China More Dangerous than the Soviet Union

TNA Video at rss - 12 hours ago
[image: red-china-more-dangerous-than-the-soviet-union] VIDEO - The New American’s Christian Gomez interviews Chapman Chen, founder and CEO of Hong Kong Bilingual News, about the Trump Administration and Xi Jinping reaching “Phase One” of a prospective U.S.-China Trade Agreement and how the Chinese Communist Party regime is likely to break its word and the terms of any agreement it reaches with the U.S.

The Fundamentals of Christmas

TNA Video at rss - 12 hours ago
[image: duke-pesta-the-fundamentals-of-christmas] VIDEO - Duke Pesta asks his viewers, what is the great incarnation message of Christmas? Why was Christ born so poor? Christmas is about suffering. Christmas offers hope. Christmas is about transcending the material world. "Only a God who has suffered what we have suffered has the moral authority to tell us to endure suffering, and to teach us how to overcome it."

Russia Collusion: Kremlin Funds Anti-American Activism at UN

TNA Video at rss - 12 hours ago
[image: alex-newman-russia-collusion-kremlin-funds-anti-american-activism-at-united-nations] MADRID -- In an apparent effort to hamper American energy and boost Russian fossil fuels, the Kremlin has been pouring money into "green" groups and "climate change" activists. At the United Nations "COP25" summit in Spain this week, The New American magazine's foreign correspondent Alex Newman went looking for answers. One of the powerful forces at the UNFCCC climate conference was the Climate Action Network (CAN), a powerful alliance of "Green" organizations. This group spent most of the c... more »

Have You Put Your Faith? - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 12 hours ago
*Have you put your faith?* *In other people and things* *Instead of yourSelf* *© ** 2019 M.N. Hopkins* *Note: I wrote this a few days ago and published it for the first time on my blog today, the 26th of December, 2019 in the haiku style of poetry. The inspiration came after watch a drama, documentary on the life of Jesus Christ.* *If you liked this poem and would like to read more of my poetry, please click upon the link provided below:* *Poetry by M.N. Hopkins*

You are being manipulated about gender dysphoria and transitions

Norma at Collecting My Thoughts - 12 hours ago
Don't believe the misinterpretation of the data. Compared with the general population, the researchers explain that gender dysphoric individuals after "treatment" have extremely high levels of mental health problems: six times the rate of visits for mood or anxiety disorders; more than three times the rate of prescriptions for depression or anxiety; and more than six times the rate of hospitalization after a suicide attempt. This is not how normal medical research is done--so what is the agenda? Yet when normal, rational people object to men on women's athletic teams or being force... more »

Pro War "Left" and Usrael's Kurds in Syria

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 12 hours ago
And yes there is a pro war "left" out there.. they are the writers who gloss over the FACT that Syria's being chopped up and push the idea that north eastern Syria belongs to some group of alleged 'egalitarian' democratic persons... Who stand for nothing but peace, love and understanding making all this death and destruction 'a good thing'. They are the sites/authors that advance the cause of "greater Kurdistan" or write about Rojova as if it exists, while never asking if it actually does? Or should? Or, what was the cost for it's creation? Who really desired this creation? Was it ... more »

This Is the Gun That Changed History

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *Security, Americas* Meet the awkward-to-load long rifle. *Key Point:* Not a Glock or a Sig Sauer, that's for sure. The battle at Kings Mountain in October 1780 was the only clash of the American Revolution in which the entire colonial force was armed with American long rifles. Thus this decisive engagement provided a distinct and undisputed test of 18th-century European close-order, volley-fire tactics against the precision-fire, open-order techniques favored by colonial frontier riflemen. Terrain and tactics were factors in the battle’s outcome, of c... more »

The Navy SEAL's MK-23 Pistol Is A Truly Bizarre Weapon

Matthew Moss at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Matthew Moss* *Technology, Americas* And only the SEALs have it. *Key point: *SOCOM asked private companies to come up with what it called an “Offensive Handgun Weapon System.” The weapon would shoot ammo that was “hotter”—loaded with extra or more powerful gunpowder—than traditional military rounds. The MK-3 “becomes less effective after firing 24 rounds,” an official naval manual notes. “The suppressor insert refurbishes the suppressor.” The Navy’s SEALs are well-known for their exotic guns—everything from machines gun to grenade launchers … and several iconic, quiet handguns... more »

Trump's Partisan Problems Will Save His Presidency

W. James Antle III at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*W. James Antle III* *Politics, Americas* [image: Reuters] The more impeachment looks like an exercise in partisan futility, the less likely it is to command the public’s attention and garner the support of independents. There is a certain dark humor in impeaching President Donald Trump over delaying the transmission of aid to Ukraine pending an investigation that could influence the 2020 presidential election and then delaying the transmission of the articles of impeachment pending a trial better suited to influence the 2020 presidential election. At least the Ukranian governme... more »

Japan Had a Crazy Idea for a 'Second Pearl Harbor'

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * An idea for another kamikaze weapon--but this one never panned out. Why? Imperial Japan faced a vexing dilemma in World War II: it had military bases sprawling across far-flung Pacific islands from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea to the Attu and Kiska islands near Alaska. But the merchant ships necessary to supply, reinforce and especially *feed* those garrisons were being sunk left and right by the U.S. Navy’s highly effective submarines and bombers. The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) increasingly had to rely on its own submarines to deliver supplies t... more »

Is Russia's New Stealth Fighter Doomed?

Mark Episkopos at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Mark Episkopos* *Security, * What appears to be the first serially-produced Su-57 has crashed and exploded during a training session in Russia’s Far East, putting into question the Kremlin’s ambitious production plans for its fifth-generation fighter program. What appears to be the first serially-produced Su-57 has crashed and exploded during a training session in Russia’s Far East, putting into question the Kremlin’s ambitious production plans for its fifth-generation fighter program. “The [Su-57] fighter crashed during testing in Taiga, far from Komsomolsk-on-Amur. The pilot... more »

Is the U.S. Navy's Dream of a 355 Ship Fleet Dead?

David Axe at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, * It’s all but official. The U.S. Navy is giving up on its plan to grow its front-line fleet to 350 or 355 manned ships. Budget pressures have rendered the existing fleet plan unaffordable. It’s all but official. The U.S. Navy is giving up on its plan to grow its front-line fleet to 350 or 355 *manned* ships. Budget pressures have rendered the existing fleet plan unaffordable. There’s just one realistic way forward for advocates of a much bigger fleet. Robots. The Navy signaled its intention to abandon the current fleet expansion in a December 2019 memo t... more »

These Are The Aircraft Expected On Board China’s Second Aircraft Carrier, The Shandong

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 12 hours ago
China Navy Type 002 Aircraft Carrier Standard Configuration: 24 J-15 Fighter 3 J-15D EW Fighter 6 Z-18F ASW Helicopter 4 Z-18Y AEW&C Helicopter 2 Z-18A VIP Transport Helicopter 1 Z-8JH Medical Helicopter 2 Z-9S Rescue Helicopter pic.twitter.com/vsb0Rg4JMY — 龙龑之 (@Loongnaval) August 27, 2019 *SCMP:* *What planes will be on board China’s second aircraft carrier, the Shandong?* * The first home-built Chinese carrier will deploy a range of aircraft from J-15 ‘Flying Shark’ fighter planes to anti-submarine ‘Sea Eagle’ helicopters China’s first home-grown aircraft carrier, the Shandong,... more »

Christians are being purged in the Middle East except in Israel

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 12 hours ago
The story of how Muslims treat Christians better than Israel does is not supported by the facts. The only country in the Middle East where the Christian population is growing is Israel. Since the Palestinians assumed control of Bethlehem in 1995 the Christian population has decreased by 64%. Meanwhile in Israel in 2018 the Christian population grew by 1.5%. A study done by the UK showed the pervasive persecution of Christians: "Pervasive persecution of Christians, sometimes amounting to genocide, is ongoing in parts of the Middle East, and has prompted an exodus in the past two de... more »

If Pelosi really believes that Trump is a security risk why is she stalling impeachment?

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 13 hours ago
Jerry Nadler said that Trump "will remain a threat to national security and the Constitution" if the 2016 election isn't nullified and we the people retain the right to decide who we have as President. Pelosi hasn't said that she thinks Nadler is wrong but she's suddenly slow rolling the whole impeachment effort. Clearly none of the Democrats who told us why they had to rush the impeachment process believed what they were saying. But that's nothing new. The entire impeachment process has been Democrats switching from one baseless claim to another hoping to find something, anything,... more »

Will China Eventually Invade Taiwan?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
Reuters *Ian Easton, National Interest: **Is It Only A Matter Of Time Before China Invades Taiwan?* *What can America do?* *Key Point:* Making sure Taiwan has the strong self-defense capabilities it needs will help keep the globe's greatest powder keg from ever igniting. Various sources from within the People's Republic of China have allegedly suggested that time is running out for Taiwan's democracy. In their narrative, China's iron-fisted leader, Xi Jinping, is "losing patience" and could order the invasion of Taiwan in the early 2020s. The world's most dangerous flashpoint mig... more »

"How It Really Is"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago

The Human Cost Of This Is Too Much

Belit Onay at The Duran - 13 hours ago
As they prepared for last year’s holiday rush, managers at Amazon unveiled a plan to make the company’s sprawling delivery network the safest in the world. Amazon, which ships millions of packages a day to homes and businesses across the US, had seen a string of fatal crashes involving vans making those deliveries over the […] More The post The Human Cost Of This Is Too Much appeared first on The Duran.

The Guardian admits spreading fake news about Russia smuggling Assange out of Ecuador Embassy (Video)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 13 hours ago
The Duran Quick Take: Episode 414. More The post The Guardian admits spreading fake news about Russia smuggling Assange out of Ecuador Embassy (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

“Too Much Rain Will Kill Ya”

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
*“Too Much Rain Will Kill Ya”* by Bruce Krasting "My first week on Wall Street was in August of 1973. I was newbie to NYC. My office was on the south side of 100 Wall, on the second floor, looking out over Front Street. There was a tremendous thunderstorm one afternoon. I looked out the window as the street filled with water. The flood poured into a street gutter and overwhelmed it. With the gutter flooded, the rats were drowning. They came out of every hole. In twenty minutes, 500 came out of the one gutter I was watching. The rain stopped and the flooding abated. The rats on the ... more »

Christmas Revolutions: The Fall Of Ceauşescu

Binoy KAMPMARK at OrientalReview.org - 13 hours ago
Christmas might be associated with nativities, but in the context of Romania’s Nicolae Ceauşescu and his wife, Elena, it came with a butchering. As a couple, they ruled Romania with heavy doses of megalomania (“A man like me comes along only once every five hundred years”), deception and plunder in […]

Innocent Teen Shot Defending Her Home from Cops Searching for Man Already in Jail

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: home]A 19-year-old girl was reportedly asleep in a recliner when police officers raiding the wrong home, broke in and shot her three times.

Police Say 911 Dispatcher Did Nothing Wrong When She Mocked and Scolded Dying Woman

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: 911]Instead of elevating her case and getting a drowning woman the help she needed a 911 operator told her to shut up and mocked her for driving into flood waters.

China Sails A Carrier Group Through The Taiwan Strait

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
China's aircraft carrier Liaoning takes part in a military drill of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy in the western Pacific Ocean, April 18, 2018. *DW:* *China sails new aircraft carrier through Taiwan Strait* Beijing has sent its first Chinese-built aircraft carrier through the Taiwan Strait. With presidential elections in Taiwan weeks away, officials there have criticized the maneuvers as an intimidation tactic. Beijing's first Chinese-built aircraft carrier sailed into the Taiwan Strait on Thursday, according to Taiwan's Defense Ministry. The maneuver raises tension... more »

West Coast Fishery Rebounds in Rare Conservation ‘Home Run’

AP News at Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
A rare environmental success story is unfolding in waters off the U.S. West Coast.

Worse Than Scrooge

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 14 hours ago
Over the holidays, Paul Krugman wrote that some people are comparing Donald Trump to Scrooge. But they're wrong. By Trump era standards, Scrooge was a nice guy: While Dickens portrays Scrooge as a miser, he’s notably lacking in malice. True, he’s heartless until he’s visited by various ghosts. But his heartlessness consists merely of unwillingness to help those in need. He’s never shown taking pleasure in others’ suffering, or spending money to make the lives of the poor worse. These are things you can’t say about the modern American right. In fact, many conservative politicians... more »

Thursday Morning Links

Unknown at Accidental Deliberations - 14 hours ago
This and that for your Thursday reading. - Bernie Sanders and Rashida Tlaib discuss Donald Trump's holiday menu of serving the rich and feasting on the poor, while Paul Krugman comments on the cruelty of a Trump Christmas. And Nick Purdon and Leonardo Palleja tell the stories of people facing the increasing depth and breadth of homelessness in Toronto. - Margaret McGregor and Larry Barzelai write about the amount of fracking taking place in British Columbia - and the risk it poses both locally and globally - with relatively little public attention. Michael Barnard notes the likel... more »

Kwanzaa Is a Phony Holiday Created by a Controlled Opposition Stooge for the FBI

WND and Daily Caller at Need To Know - 14 hours ago
During the madness of the '60s, the FBI created controlled opposition by supporting the most extreme black nationalist organizations in order to discredit and split the left. The FBI fueled the rivalry between the United Slaves and the Black Panthers

Poor Diet, with Too Much Red Meat and Processed Food, Linked to Macular Degeneration Loss of Eyesight

Study Finds at Need To Know - 14 hours ago
Study shows individuals who regularly eat a diet with large amounts of red and processed meat, fried foods, refined grains, and high-fat dairy were about three times more likely to develop the eye condition macular degeneration in old age.

Rector Says Notre Dame Cathedral So Fragile It Has Only 50% Chance of Being Saved After Devastating Fire

NY Post at Need To Know - 14 hours ago
Notre Dame, the 855-year old iconic symbol of Christianity, is so fragile following the fire last April that destroyed its roof and collapsed its spire, that there is only a 50% chance it can be saved because without a roof to keep it stable.

One Of The Greatest Crimes Is.....A Quotation by M.N Hopkins

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 14 hours ago
*One of the greatest crimes in our current societies is the misguided emphasis put upon youth. Youth is nothing more than a stage of growth toward a mature adulthood, that will further lead to a wise and knowledgeable population of Elders.* *© ** M.N. Hopkins*

New column day

Unknown at Accidental Deliberations - 14 hours ago
Here, on how the criticisms which were used to push Andrew Scheer out of the Cons' leadership role in fact reflect the fundamental problems with a party built around selfishness as the sole ideal to be pursued. For further reading... - David Akin reported on Scheer's prolific spending when he was running for the Cons' leadership. - David Pugliese listed some of Peter MacKay's most prominent scandals, including his use of a military helicopter for a personal fishing trip. Global News reported on the donor-funded (and publicly-subsidized) top-ups paid to Christy Clark and Brad Wall. An... more »

Shootout: These Are The World's Best Gun Makers

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * Can you guess? *Key Point: *Truly impressive companies. America’s prolific firearms industry means that choosing the top five manufacturers is no easy task. While boutique handgun builders may produce some very fine pieces, quantity has a quality all its own, and several companies ship hundreds of thousands of handguns a year. Like the auto industry, some of the best handguns come from foreign manufacturers. Here are the five best handgun manufacturers. *Glock* Gaston Glock’s initial attempt to build a handgun for the Austrian military has exploded... more »

“This is Going to Be One for the Record Books”

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
*“This is Going to Be One for the Record Books”* by Doug Casey "Just because society experiences turmoil doesn’t mean your personal life has to. And a depression doesn’t have to be depressing. Most of the real wealth in the world will still exist - it will just change ownership. What is a depression? We’re now at the tail end of a very long, but in many ways a very weak and artificial, economic expansion. At the same time we’ve had one of the strongest securities bull markets in history. Both are the result of trillions of new dollars created over the last decade. Right now very f... more »

Transnational Organized Crime and National Security: Evil Corp, Hezbollah and Chinese Opioid Trafficking

ehalliday at Lawfare - 14 hours ago
Sen. Mark Warner (Source: Flickr/Mark Warner/Riki Parikh) *Introduction* Over the past few months American law enforcement officials have unveiled several initiatives targeting sophisticated criminal networks around the world. In Congress, two bills that would dramatically reshape the American anti-money laundering infrastructure are working their way through the House and the Senate. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) has also been particularly active, announcing financial sanctions against Lebanese money launderers, a Russian cybercrime collective,... more »

medical marijuana conditions

John Rebchook at Marijuana Business Daily - 15 hours ago
Ohio’s State Medical Board set a Dec. 31 deadline for petitions for new conditions and illnesses that would qualify for treatment by medical cannabis. medical marijuana conditions is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

Illinois marijuana retailers in potential $2B market expect long lines, possible supply shortages as adult-use sales kick off Jan. 1

John Schroyer at Marijuana Business Daily - 15 hours ago
Illinois cannabis retailers are thrilled at the prospect of large crowds of customers and high demand at 6 a.m. CT New Year’s Day, which is when state lawmakers said several stores can begin adult-use recreational sales. Anticipating long lines and cold temperatures, companies are going the extra mile to keep customers happy. One business, for […] Illinois marijuana retailers in potential $2B market expect long lines, possible supply shortages as adult-use sales kick off Jan. 1 is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

Watch The F-35 Do Aerial Maneuvers That You Have Never Seen

Mark Episkopos at The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Mark Episkopos* *Security, * We have the video. *Key point:* While air show exhibitions are seldom used to reveal new technology, Lockheed Martin has proven adept at exploiting this medium to pitch the F-35 to foreign clients. Recent commentary on the F-35 fifth-generation fighter has centered around its firepower and stealth capabilities, but a recently released demonstration video depicts the fighter jet in a pleasantly different light. A clip from Capt. Capt. Andrew "Dojo" Olson’s instagram page showcases the F-35A Lightning II in a series of dramatic aerial maneuvers, perfo... more »

The U.S. Soldiers Who Liberated Nazi Concentration Camps Could Never Forget What They Saw

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, * With only weeks left before the surrender, GIs were unexpectedly coming across the concentration camps. These centers of evil and depravity, scattered across Nazi-held territory for all the Allies to discover, explained the need for the war far better than mere words ever could. *Key Point:* History would never be the same. BACKSTORY: The final months of World War II in the European Theater were a harrowing and desperate time for the soldiers who fought there. No one wanted to die when the war was so close to its end. This called for cauti... more »

Analysis: The Left's lesson in the UK

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 15 hours ago
An ass against a good man...the ass wins. Why? If interested, read this 'top of the shelf' article by Jonathan Cook. One of the best I've read in a long time. What he describes happening in the UK is the same story in America - and many other places around the world where corporate feudalism has been ushered in. Below are a few choice paragraphs from the article. *Corbyn’s Defeat Has Slain the Left’s Last Illusion* This was an election of two illusions. The first helped persuade much of the British public to vote for the very epitome of an Eton toff, a man who not only has sh... more »

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