Friday, February 07, 2020

7 February - Blogs I'm Following - 3 of 5

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India to ban antibiotic pollution from pharma factories

Madlen Davies at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism - 11 hours ago
The Indian government will drastically limit the concentration of antibiotics allowed in wastewater from the manufacturing process

Cop Found Passed Out Drunk in Patrol Car On Duty in Traffic, 5X Over Legal Limit—No Charges

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 11 hours ago
[image: drunk]A Colorado District Attorney is crying foul this week after he watched a police department do everything they could to protect a cop who passed out drunk while driving on duty.

Argentina: Follow-Up On the Mechita UFO - Swimming Pools Affected.

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 11 hours ago
*Source: Bragado Informa (Argentina)Date: 7 February 2020* *Argentina: Follow-Up On the Mechita UFO - Swimming Pools Affected.* UFO specialist Luis Burgos visited the community last Sunday. The woman in charge of the Mechita swim club photographed something that researchers found striking. The sighting by several local residents has become that talk of the town, resulting in an investigation by the UFO specialist. Luis Burgos, a scholar of the subject, visited Mechita last week for a face-to-face interview with witnesses who claim having seen the triangular object on the dark n... more »

Iraq Says ISIS Did the Attack that Trump Killed Soleimani For.

Eric Zuesse at The Duran - 11 hours ago
Iraq Says ISIS Did the Attack that Trump Killed Soleimani For. Soleimani Was ISIS’s Main enemy. Did ISIS Fool Trump There? Scott Ritter on Why Soleimani Is a Hero to Almost All Iraqis Eric Zuesse On February 6th, the New York Times headlined “Was U.S. Wrong About Attack That Nearly Started a War With Iran? […] More The post Iraq Says ISIS Did the Attack that Trump Killed Soleimani For. appeared first on The Duran.

EXPLAINED: Trump & Kushner’s ‘Deal of the Century’ for Palestine-Israel

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 11 hours ago
*UKC News* | For the Palestinians and their supporters around the world, it's completely unacceptable.

Media, Democratic Establishment Panics as Sanders Predicted to Sweep All 50 States

Alan Macleod at MintPress News - 11 hours ago
No matter how much mainstream media and establishment Democratic pols attempt to spin the results, Iowa has many of those in the establishment very worried, to say the least. The post Media, Democratic Establishment Panics as Sanders Predicted to Sweep All 50 States appeared first on MintPress News.

Three And A Half Muons

Tommaso Dorigo at Science 2.0 blogs - 11 hours ago
Today I received from my esteemed colleague Massimo Passera, a theorist and an INFN director of research in the Padova section where I also work, a draft of a new article he produced with his colleagues Antonio Masiero and Paride Paradisi, which is relevant to my present interests. The paper discusses what new physics effects could be accessible by the precision measurement of elastic scattering of energetic muons off electrons, in a setup which is being considered at the CERN north area for the determination of the hadronic contribution to the effective electromagnetic coupling. ... more »

Wonder Why Your Comcast Xfinity Internet Is Slow? Your Rented Router Is a Wi-Fi Hotspot.

Harry J. Kazianis at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Harry J. Kazianis* *Technology, * And I am willing to wager they never even told you. I always wondered how Comcast has so many Wi-Fi connections for current customers or for purchase in my neighborhood just north of Washington, D.C. When I pull up the Wi-Fi connections available on my iPhone, I have an amazing signal as if those connections are right next to me. To be honest, it’s something I never thought about, but something in other parts of the country I have used and appreciated. As it turns out, that amazing signal was my own router. In fact, that Comcast Wi-Fi connecti... more »

Greece Is at the Nexus of the Geopolitical Crossroads

Eric Edelman at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Eric Edelman* *Security, Eurasia* [image: Reuters] Athens is becoming a crucial pro-American player at the center of important security issues in the Eastern Mediterranean. The United States must take advantage of this budding relationship, as part of a renewed strategic focus on the region. In his recent White House meeting with President Donald Trump, Greece’s prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, emphasized that the United States should view his country as a “reliable and predictable ally” in an unpredictable part of the world. Such a seemingly boilerplate statement actually ... more »

Containment is the Correct Strategy for the Bipolar Middle East

Rep. Mark Green at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Rep. Mark Green* *Security, Middle East* [image: Reuters] Trump has shown great restraint in the Middle East. He did not fire back after the September attacks on Saudi oil facilities. He has given measured, proportional responses, similar to Reagan’s restraint when Iran took out an American warship in 1988. And despite a publicly confrontational posture, he has minimized the risk of escalation. While many political scientists, Kenneth Waltz being perhaps the most prominent, believe that a bipolar world structure is the safest, the fact remains that alignment into bipolarity prec... more »

42 Million Americans Don’t Have Access to High-Speed Internet Claims Study

Harry J. Kazianis at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Harry J. Kazianis* *Technology, * Can the Trump Administration do anything about it? In his State of the Union, President Donald Trump made a big deal about trying to bring high-speed internet to rural America—a problem that might be much bigger than previously imagined. Much has been made of the so-called digital divide in America, or the idea that urban areas and their suburbs are cheaper to build broadband infrastructure and thus more profitable to service, leading to outlying thinly-populated areas and farming communities getting slower or no internet service at all—except... more »

Why Russia's Navy Just Can't Compete With America's Anymore

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, Europe* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2019%3Anewsml_RC1DAE6A4690&share=true] Falling behind. *Key point:* Moscow just can't afford the cost of keeping up with Washington. Moreover, Russia is predominantly a land power and does not have experience succesfully building supercarriers. Russia’s Navy is falling behind the U.S. Navy in combat power, according to Russian defense press. The Russian Navy’s combat capability was just 45 percent of the U.S. Navy’s according to an analysis by flot.com, a Russian defense Web site... more »

Yes the Navy's Cold War-Era Los Angeles Attack Submarine Is Still a Deadly Weapon

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Technology, Europe* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2001%3Anewsml_RP2DRIHHANAA&share=true] Rightly feared. *Key point:* These submarines are high-tech, long-range, and lethal. Perhaps more than any other sub, the vaunted Los Angeles class has been America's pride of the silent service. The Los Angeles–class nuclear attack submarines were the most successful American submarines of the Cold War. The United States built sixty-two Los Angeles–class subs, more than any class except for the Gato class of World War II. Fast, powerful ... more »

Coronavirus Could Delay Chinese Aircraft Carrier and Jet Fighter Production: Report

David Axe at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, Asia* China may have big naval dreams. However, the coronavirus has other plans. The rapidly-spreading novel-coronavirus epidemic is slowing the production of key weapons systems in China, in particular, the Chinese navy’s third aircraft carrier. The slowdown is a reminder that even in China, a country that in recent decades greatly has expanded its development and acquisition of modern weaponry, reality has a way of tamping down the loftiest military-technology ambitions. The coronavirus possibly took root in a market that illegally sells protected wild... more »

Barr's right, the U.S. should buy 51% of Nokia and Ericsson

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 11 hours ago
The U.S. Attorney General William Barr gets it and has finally articulated the same proposal that I have been promoting for several months (e.g. in this tweet one month ago): U.S. Attorney General William Barr said the United States and its allies should consider taking a ‘controlling stake’ in Finland’s Nokia and Sweden’s Ericsson to counter China-based Huawei’s dominance. More here: https://t.co/a5AQ7tqEfK pic.twitter.com/yhAp8Q1L3I— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) February 7, 2020 The U.S. government, with or without a help of the U.S. private companies, should acquire a majority ... more »

The Crane Saga: Episode II

Katie Ingram at Halifax Examiner - 11 hours ago
News 1. Weather There’s weather today. 2. More crane woes If you thought you heard the last about cranes in Halifax, you were wrong. But, it’s not the one from September; this time it’s the replacement crane. (Crane II? Crane Jr.?) CBC’s Brett Ruskin reported a new crane was installed at the WM Fares construction […]

If ANY Democrat (Other Than Status Quo Joe) Can Beat Trump, Why Not Go For Someone Who Would Be The Best President Since FDR?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
I'm not a big fan of Beltway consultants or pundits or prognosticators. I am however, a big fan of Rachel Bitecofer. Last summer she wrote that "The Democratic leadership-- the way they’ve chosen to navigate the Trump impeachment stuff, and certainly the way they talk about their House victories and how to maintain their House majority, it tells me that they’re still living in a understanding of the data that is outdated. If you don't understand how you won, and what the concurrent political data environment is telling you, that is concerning. So I do see a lot of evidence that De... more »

Operation Barbarossa II: Setting The Stage For War

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 12 hours ago
I have written several times about the continuing NATO preparations for an attack on Russia, a second Operation Barbarossa, the code name for the Nazi invasion of the USSR in 1941. Circumstances prompt me to write about it again, for as of the last week in January the Americans and their gang of lieutenant nations in NATO have commenced the biggest military exercises in 25 years to take place in Europe. The code name for this operation is Defender-Europe 20 but we can interpret that as Attack-Russia 20; in effect a preparation for an attack on Russia comparable to the Nazi invasion i... more »

OPCW responds to Douma leaks… by arguing whistleblowers are not credible & calling for tighter internal security measures

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 12 hours ago
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has said in a report that whistleblowers who raised concerns about the group’s Douma probe are not credible, and called for new measures to prevent further leaks.

Johnson confirms US GMO food will be on our tables with trade deal

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 12 hours ago
Boris Johnson has opened a whole new can of worms by implicitly stating the door to genetically modified food from the US entering Britain after Brexit is wide open.

A fascist coup

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 12 hours ago
For the very first time, a state government—in Thuringia—was able to achieve rule with the support of the far, far right Alternative for Germany (AfD), a party whose leaders are in a continuous flirt with Nazi phrases, Nazi goals and Nazi methods. Every other party has sworn up and down never ever to have anything to do with AfD! Although there were suspiciously contrary murmurs in some circles of the Christian Democrats (CDU, Merkel’s party), this pledge had been kept. Until Wednesday, February 5, 2020.

Israeli airstrikes on Damascus suburbs put at risk civilian flight with 172 passengers on board – Russian MoD

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 12 hours ago
Surprise Israeli strikes on Damascus suburbs put a civilian aircraft in serious danger and forced it to divert to Russia’s Khmeimim airbase as the Syrian air defense was activated to repel the attack, the Russian military said.

Why Food Systems Are Breaking Down Across The World

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 12 hours ago
Daniel Maingi works with small farmers in Kenya and belongs to the organisation Growth Partners for Africa. He remembers a time when his family would grow and eat a diversity of crops, such as mung beans, green grams, pigeon peas and a variety of fruits now considered ‘wild’.

Kleptotors and the DWP

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 12 hours ago
By TruePublica Editor: You’ve just been unexpectedly transported to the alien nation of Kleptotors 186. The planet has substantial mineral wealth and food diversity and is populated with a sophisticated society arranged around the type of democratic principles we are used to back on Earth. Unfortunately, the wealth of the Kleptos has come about through corrupt leaders (see – dedicated Wikipedia page) that use their power to exploit the people and natural resources of their own territory in order to extend their personal wealth and political powers. Sadly, this system involves the mi... more »

The Limits of Capitalism By Laurie E. Adkin

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 12 hours ago
The political activism of my youth was largely in solidarity with anti-colonial movements in Africa and Palestine, anti-US imperialist movements and dictatorships in Latin America, and solidarity-building between the labour and other social movements around a broad program of democratic, anti-capitalist reforms. In those struggles, there was always an assumption that social transformation could draw upon the resources of a reasonably intact natural world. No more. Capitalism, patriarchy, and racism now threaten to destroy this world, along with its tenuous civilizational achievement... more »

Spycops update, February 2020

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 12 hours ago
Here's the monthly roundup of the campaign for truth and justice about the scandal of Britain's political secret police.

Scientist warns scrapping the EU’s strict GMO rules threatens health

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 12 hours ago
A scientist has warned that gene-edited foods could prove toxic or allergenic and that if the UK scraps or weakens EU rules after Brexit, public health could be put at risk.

RAY McGOVERN: German TV Exposes the Lies That Entrapped Julian Assange

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 12 hours ago
Truth has broken through for those confused about how a publisher ended up in a maximum security prison in London with a one-way extradition ticket to court in the U.S. and the rest of his life behind bars.

UK Facing Heightened Flood Risks, Claims New Report

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 12 hours ago
By Paul Homewood I thought extortion was illegal! From Business Green: The number of UK residents facing significant flood risk is larger than the population of Birmingham and Manchester combined, according to a major new report from a coalition of leading environmental campaign groups. The numbers at risk were highlighted in a […]

X-Zone Broadcast Network - Drones, Drones, Drones

KRandle at A Different Perspective - 12 hours ago
This week I tried something a little different. Although I have, in the past, had no guest for the show, it was to do a sort of retrospective on past shows or an analysis of the last year. This time, I thought that I would attempt, to some extent, do an Predator Drone at altitude.investigation, look at the evidence from various sources, and see if I couldn’t come up with some sort of solution. This came about because of the sightings of drones filling the skies in northeastern Colorado, southwestern Nebraska and to some extent the extreme southeastern parts of Wyoming. There were n... more »

New EU negotiating mandate for trade agreements with ACP countries turns EPAs into CETAs

bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
07-Feb-2020 The new mandate is much more far-reaching than the 2002 version as it incorporates everything that the EU has been pushing in its FTAs since CETA including ISDS, digital trade, far reaching IPR.

Israel, UK to begin talks on establishing post-Brexit free trade zone, PM says

bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
07-Feb-2020 Prime Minister Netanyahu and his British counterpart Boris Johnson agreed to begin talks on establishing a post-Brexit free trade zone between Israel and the UK.

Wallonia votes against EU trade pact with Mercosur countries

bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
07-Feb-2020 The Walloon parliament has voted unanimously in favour of a motion critical of the trade pact agreed between the European Union and the Mercosur countries.

La Région wallonne peut-elle bloquer l'accord UE-Mercosur?

bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
07-Feb-2020 Se dirige-t-on vers un nouveau blocage, à l'instar de ce que l'on a connu en 2017 avec la signature du Ceta ?

L'Indonésie ratifie son accord de partenariat économique intégral avec l'Australie

bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
07-Feb-2020 La Chambre des représentants indonésienne a ratifié l'Accord de partenariat économique intégral Indonésie - Australie (IA - CEPA).

Pese al 'Brexit', comercio entre Colombia y Reino Unido se mantendrá igual

bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
07-Feb-2020 La viceministra recordó que el pasado mayo Colombia, Perú y Ecuador suscribieron un acuerdo con el gobierno británico que mantiene las mismas preferencias arancelarias contenidas en el TLC vigente.

Why Kenya-US trade talks will cause disquiet in EAC

bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
07-Feb-2020 Kenya surrendered its customs space to the bloc in 2005 when it signed its customs union protocol. The rulebook compels member states to negotiate all trade pacts jointly.

Moscow – Only 11 hours of sunshine during entire month of January

Robert at Ice Age Now - 12 hours ago
January in Moscow broke a record in the dark. (Meteonovosti) The shortest duration of sunshine in the middle zone of European Russia, as a rule, is observed in December. But this January was stingy in the sun. In Moscow, its duration was only 11 hours. Muscovites have never received such a “disfavor” by nature in ... Read more Moscow – Only 11 hours of sunshine during entire month of January The post Moscow – Only 11 hours of sunshine during entire month of January appeared first on Ice Age Now.

Hillary and Nancy’s talking points

Norma at Collecting My Thoughts - 12 hours ago
Hillary Clinton (still making the rounds of the sympathetic talk shows), Nancy Pelosi and all the rest of the Democrats trying to save Obama's legacy continue to repeat erroneously that Trump is just continuing Obama's successes. That's wrong. The recession ended in June 2009 about 5 months after Obama took office. He had nothing to do with it. However, because of imposing more regulations, and taking our tax money to float his ARRA for his supporters, he did slow down the recovery, which toddled along for 7 years before gaining momentum. He did have us in war his whole 8 years, m... more »

479 Eldridge, 43203

Norma at Collecting My Thoughts - 12 hours ago
When things get too crazy I just browse through the rental and sale prices for real estate on Marketplace. It's a super time waster, and mind relaxer since I'm not in the market to rent or buy. Just looked at a nice little ca. 1920 2 story with 2 baths with 1038 sf for $875/month.. Yard is small, but dogs OK. Backyard storage unit. Don't see a garage, but there's a drive-way slab behind it. That's good for our weather. I see an AC unit outside that looks new. Wiring updated based on the conduit I see. Wonderful front porch, a bit of a climb from the sidewalk, but the steps look l... more »

Writers Help-Academic Essay On Friendship

In accordance to the New York Moments, “The Oregon Shakespeare Pageant has resolved that Shakespeare’s language is too tricky for present day audiences to recognize. ” (Gonchar 1) This Assertion to an extent is legitimate solely simply because Shakespearean creating can possibly be exciting […]rnDuring the period of time of time known as Elizabethan England, the roles gentlemen and gals performed contrasted in several different means. Adult men ended up supposed to be emotionless and potent whilst ladies had been usually needed to be submissive. In the tragic intimate enjoy, The Tra... more »

"A Specific Flaw..."

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago
"In one of the earlier Sherlock Holmes mysteries, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle made an observation on logical deduction. When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. There is, however, a specific flaw in that maxim. It assumes people can recognize the difference between what is impossible and what they *believe* is impossible." - Peter Clines

"Slapstick Suicide"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago
*"Slapstick Suicide"* by Jim Kunstler "With Adam Schiff and Jerrold Nadler cast as Laurel and Hardy, the Democratic Party entered the slapstick phase of its self-destruction, moving from one botched scheme to the next amidst a chaos of falling pianos, splintered two-by-fours, and crashed bi-planes. The old 1930s screen comedies usually also featured a “grand dame” character making herself ridiculous, like Margaret Dumont in Duck Soup, and congressional central casting has fashioned just such a late-career role for Nancy Pelosi, all fluster and spleen, and well-supplied with comic... more »

Justice for President Donald Trump—and Now, Justice for Lyndon LaRouche and All Americans

adam at LaRouchePAC Feed - 12 hours ago
[image: President Donald J. Trump addresses his remarks Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020 in the East Room of the White House, in response to being acquitted of two Impeachment charges. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)] PDF: [image: PDF icon] 20200208-justice-for-trump-and-lyn.pdf A happy and very animated President Donald Trump yesterday celebrated his total acquittal in the three-year-long process by the corrupted Democratic Party, beginning before Trump was even elected, to remove the elected President of the United States from office—not for any crime, but on the basis of ... more »

Time to Turn the Tables on Impeachment Coup Plotters Then Get Back to Running the Country

Alicia at LaRouchePAC Feed - 12 hours ago
Time to Turn the Tables on Impeachment Coup Plotters Then Get Back to Running the Country Video of Time to Turn the Tables on Impeachment Coup Plotters Then Get Back to Running the Country How to we make this kind of coup to overthrow the President never happens again? Did Democrats learn their lesson? Do they even care what voters want in a President, or what's happening in the rest of the world? Our priorities must be staving off the next financial crisis, and gathering world leaders (not scandalizing them) in a summit to discuss long-term peace agreements and solving the plane... more »

Do I Need Permission to Breathe? - A Migrant Woman's Story

NEW YORK, Feb 07 (IPS) - "I soiled my pants, I could feel the wetness seeping into my waistband, my eyes started to become blurry. Only the sound of the blaring television assured me that I was still alive. I tried to stop thinking and make my mind go completely blank. Over the years I have adapted and now I can make my mind go numb. But the only nagging question ringing on my mind during the last 45 seconds was: will this stain the carpet? Should I clean myself first or should I clean the carpet first? Which one is safer? Did he notice the stain? Read the full story, “Do I Need P... more »

Strengthening Caribbean Regional Integration

WASHINGTON DC, Feb 07 (IPS) - Ding Ding is Deputy Division Chief, Caribbean 1 Division, Western Hemisphere Department (WHD) at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), & Inci Otker currently works at the Western Hemisphere Department, IMF and is mission chief for St. Kitts and Nevis & Trinidad and Tobago and Division Chief of Caribbean III.The Caribbean economies have long recognized the value of working together. Improving regional integration—for instance, through more intraregional trade and policy coordination—can help the region's small-size economies build greater resilience a... more »

UNFPA Highlights Need to Address Sexual and Reproductive Health of Women in Crisis Areas

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 07 (IPS) - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is appealing for $683million in their mission to address sexual and reproductive health services for women and girls in conflict areas in the world. Read the full story, “UNFPA Highlights Need to Address Sexual and Reproductive Health of Women in Crisis Areas”, on globalissues.org →

UN Health Agency Predicts 80 Percent Rise in Cancer Burden Among Poorest Countries

LONDON, Feb 07 (IPS) - Low- and middle-income countries could see an 80 per cent rise in cancer over the next 20 years if treatment and prevention services are not stepped up, according to the latest World Cancer Report. Read the full story, “UN Health Agency Predicts 80 Percent Rise in Cancer Burden Among Poorest Countries”, on globalissues.org →

Organization of Educational Cooperation Established to Meet SDG4

ROME, Feb 06 (IPS) - The Education Relief Foundation (ERF), jointly with the Republic of Djibouti, convened the III ForumBIE 2030 on Balanced and Inclusive Education On January 27-29 2020. This third ForumBIE 2030, with the overall aim to develop strategies for achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) on inclusive and equitable quality education, concluded with the signing of the Universal Declaration on Balanced and Inclusive Education, which established a new international organization : 'Organization for Educational Cooperation'. Read the full story, ... more »

Switzerland’s recreational cannabis pilot program will only allow organic products

Alfredo Pascual at Marijuana Business Daily - 12 hours ago
Switzerland’s lower house health commission cleared the way for a limited pilot program to allow the legal production and distribution of recreational marijuana. The move is not intended to be a first step toward full legalization. The general recreational cannabis prohibition will continue. The results of the experiment will be used for future evidence-based cannabis policy, although […] Switzerland’s recreational cannabis pilot program will only allow organic products is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

Quietly Trump’s military executes more terrorists

Uriel at 'Nox & Friends - 12 hours ago
White House Confirms Trump Has Killed Two More Top Terrorists Daily Wire Ryan Saavedra February 6, 2020 The Trump administration confirmed that a mission directed by President Donald Trump last month was successful in killing a top Al-Qaeda terrorist in the Middle East. “At the direction of President Donald J. Trump, the United States conducted a counterterrorism operation in Yemen that successfully eliminated Qasim al-Rimi, a founder and the leader of al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and a deputy to al-Qa’ida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. Rimi joined al-Qa’ida in the 1990s, wo... more »

Tucker Carlson: Criminals would be protected from deportation under bill AOC and other House Democrats back

Hadenoughalready at 'Nox & Friends - 12 hours ago
By Tucker Carlson | Fox News SEE VIDEO IN THIS LINK: At this moment there is a bill pending in Congress called the New Way Forward Act. It’s received almost no publicity, which is unfortunate as well as revealing. The legislation is sponsored by 44 House Democrats, including Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York. At roughly 4,400 words, it’s almost exactly as long as the U.S. Constitution. Like the Constitution, this legislation is designed to create a whole new country. The bill would entirely remake our immigration system, with the explicit purpose... more »

Arab Money Influencing US Schools Now Uncovered

Hadenoughalready at 'Nox & Friends - 12 hours ago
By Micha Gefen – February 6, 2020 It has long been known that Qatar, sitting on 10 trillion dollars worth of gas and oil reserves has been busy distributing Jew hatred to the Muslim world. What is not known is that Qatar is also behind trying to influence the US media and populace to hate Israel. Furthermore, they are funding K-12 education that promotes Islam, Jew-hatred, and anti-US educational curriculum. In 2019, California attempted to introduce a curriculum that was antisemitic. This proposition was funded by Qatar. Protests by the Jewish community halted the proposition. Qata... more »

Funny Friday ( update )

Terry at 'Nox & Friends - 12 hours ago
Good Morning Everybody ! Due to a technical glitch ( not ours) you may not have received notification of today’s Funny Friday posting. If not, you can find that masterpiece HERE Thanks for stopping by. ~Terry

O.C., Calif., Ignored More Than 1,000 Detainers in 2019, Other Sanctuaries Continue the Subversion

R. Cort Kirkwood at rss - 12 hours ago
[image: o-c-calif-ignored-more-than-1-000-detainers-in-2019-other-sanctuaries-continue-the-subversion] Immigration and Customs Enforcement reported this week that state law forced a reluctant sheriff in Orange County, California, once a hard-line conservative area that sent Republicans to Congress, to ignore more than 1,000 detainers for illegal immigrants and release a veritable army of violent illegal-alien thugs in 2019.

Are the Bells Tolling for Amy, Liz & Joe?

Patrick J. Buchanan at rss - 12 hours ago
[image: are-the-bells-tolling-for-amy-liz-joe] By the end of February, the race for the Democratic nomination may have come down to a choice of one of three white men.

Trump Nominates Gold Advocate to Federal Reserve

Alex Newman at rss - 12 hours ago
[image: trump-nominates-gold-advocate-to-federal-reserve] President Donald Trump has formally nominated Judy Shelton, a liberty-minded advocate of sound money, to one of the open spots on the Federal Reserve Board.

"How It Really Is"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago

WATCH: Terrorist Cops Point Guns at Kids’ Heads, Interrogate Them in Raid on Wrong Home

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 12 hours ago
[image: raid home]After fighting to keep this video secret for nearly a year, cops in Chicago are exposed as terrorists as they wrongly raid an innocent family THREE times in four months.

UN Assesses if Antarctica Temperature Reading is Record High

AP News at Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
The U.N. weather agency said that an Argentine research base on the northern tip of Antarctica is reporting a temperature that, if confirmed, could be a record high for the icy continent.

DNC and Iowa Democrats can't get their stories straight

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 13 hours ago
Due to a huge number of irregularities in the Iowa caucus votes the DNC has called for a recount. Iowa Democrats say no way. That the DNC would call for a recount when it looks like Bernie lost, albeit by a tiny margin, is odd given that the DNC is doing everything it can to keep Bernie from winning the nomination. The results are so messed up that the AP could not declare who the winner was due to the closeness of the race and the irregularities.

Mayor Pete Buttigieg won't condemn infanticide; follows Elizabeth Warren Amy Klobuchar Bernie Sanders Northam lead

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 13 hours ago
On The View Meghan McCain asked Mayor Pete: *"What if a woman wanted to invoke infanticide after a baby was born -- you'd be comfortable with that?"* A non-monster would have responded by saying "No of course not". But that's not what Buttigieg did. He said: *"We're talking about families that may have picked out a name -- may be assembling a crib -- and they learn something excruciating and are faced with this terrible choice -- and I don't know what to tell them morally about what they should do," he said. "I just know that I trust her and her decision medically or morally isn't... more »

"'Bubble Finance' and Other In-Motion Catastrophes: How to Spot Impending Disaster"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
*"'Bubble Finance' and Other In-Motion Catastrophes:* *How to Spot Impending Disaster"* By Michael Coolbaugh "It was like when you make a move in chess and just as you take your finger off the piece, you see the mistake you've made, and there's this panic because you don't know yet the scale of disaster you've left yourself open to." – Kazuo Ishiguro, "Never Let Me Go" (2005) "Have you ever seen a train wreck up close in person? OK, I don’t mean literally because, thankfully, they are quite rare. But let’s talk figuratively for a moment. When tech stocks went parabolic in 1999, most... more »

Sitrep: Remaking the Middle East- Israeli Airstrikes, Idlib: Russia and Turkey to Meet, Assassinations and UN Calls

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 13 hours ago
*We've long moved passed the idea that destabilizing Syria is about Syria, alone. Hence the remaking of the middle east and it's birth pangs are and have been covered for years here at the blog. Including the plan to create a Greater Kurdistan. * *The information below pertains to the remake the region agenda being pushed by the Usrael empire * *hattip two commenters for leaving this information:* *1- Israeli Paper: With Soleimani gone it’s time to target Turkey’s Intelligence Chief* Hakan Fidan *"In an article entitled “The Sultan and Soleimani”, Makor Rishon claimed that Iranian... more »

NeverTrumper Joe Walsh doesn't know what a Dictator is

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 13 hours ago
"I would rather have John Berman, a socialist in the White House than a dictator, than a king, than Donald Trump," former GOP lawmaker Joe Walsh said. https://t.co/KbhSTf5oKL — The Hill (@thehill) February 7, 2020 By definition dictators can't be voted out of office. Is there any term that leftists and Trump haters won't apply to him no matter how inapplicable that term is? The people who hate Trump have been calling him a dictator these days without actually even citing anything he's done that is dictatorial. Meanwhile back when Obama was President he instituted DACA after havi... more »

The United States vs. China - Dominating Global Trade

A Political Junkie at Viable Opposition - 13 hours ago
While the Trump administration has spent considerable energy trying to "fix" its long-term problem with a massive trade deficit as shown on this graphic: ...trade data shows that China is rapidly becoming the world's most important trade partner. Thanks to Visual Capitalist, we have a graphic representation of China's growing importance to global trade and how it is replacing the United States as the nation to trade with. Let's start by looking at some background data. Thanks to Trading Economics, we have this graphic showing China's balance of trade going back to 1981: In the... more »

About that "open container law" for Airbus aircraft . . .

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 13 hours ago
. . . it looks like I wasn't far wrong! Last week I wrote about electrical issues with three different Airbus aircraft after liquids were spilled on control panels in the cockpit, including uncommanded engine shutdowns. I asked whether an "open container law" might be needed for Airbus cockpits. What's the old saying about "There's many a true word spoken in jest"? Flight Global reports: Airbus A350 operators have been ordered to define a “liquid prohibited” zone in the cockpit, after two incidents in which beverage spillages on the centre pedestal led to in-flight shutdown of a... more »

UKC News: Trump Acquitted, Bernie Takes Iowa (Finally), Dem’s Dodgy App, Phony Iraq Intel

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 13 hours ago
*UKC News* | Co-hosts Mike Robinson and Patrick Henningsen cover this week's top stories internationally.

An Ugly And Mean Party

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 13 hours ago
Frank Graves and Michael Valpy have the numbers that tell what has happened to the Conservative Party. They write: EKOS Research found that four years ago, there was a 10-percentage-point gap between Liberals and Conservatives who selected climate change as the top issue of political concern. That gap is now 46 percentage points. More than 90 per cent of Canadians who identify with the political centre-left, which is 65 per cent of adult citizens, think that Canada now has a climate emergency (they don’t believe that it’s coming, but that it’s here now.) For people who identify as... more »

The Quarantine Power: A Primer in Light of the Coronavirus Situation

RChesney at Lawfare - 13 hours ago
CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield visited the NIH on June 12, 2018. (National Institutes of Health/https://flic.kr/p/28d54Wi/Public Domain/https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) From time to time, the realm of public health crosses over into precincts that are familiar ground for national security law. This is certainly true for quarantines. Given the anxieties surrounding “2019-nCoV” (i.e., the novel coronavirus that emerged in Wuhan, China), and the fact that the U.S. government already has begun invoking quarantine authority as a result, now is probably a good time ... more »

Pompeo Visited Ukraine. Good. What Next?

StevenPiferGuest at Lawfare - 13 hours ago
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speak to the press in Kyiv on Jan. 31, 2020. Photo credit: State Department Photo by Ron Przysucha via Flickr *Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on *Order from Chaos*.* Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spent January 31 in Kyiv underscoring American support for Ukraine, including in its struggle against Russian aggression. While Pompeo brought no major deliverables, just showing up proved enough for the Ukrainians. The U.S. government should now follow up with steps to strengthen the U.S.-U... more »

Historic Climate Cycles (glaciers added)

Hifast at Climate Collections - 13 hours ago
Originally posted on Science Matters: Update: February 7, 2020 This is an update to a post The Ever Changing Climate with a new slide showing fluctuating Alpine glaciers over several thousand years. Context below is from the previous post along with the new content. Raymond of RiC-Communications studio commented on a recent post and made…

Can China's Internet Censors Block The Coronavirus?

Salvatore Babones at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Salvatore Babones* *Coronavirus, * " China's twenty-first-century propagandists can't easily write the news the way their twentieth-century forebears could, but they can more effectively shape it. Criticism of the government's handling of the coronavirus outbreak can be muted, while criticism of foreign governments' travel bans is amplified." China's Great Firewall -- the website restrictions that turn the Chinese internet into more of a national intranet -- prevents Chinese browsers from accessing Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat, you name it. Most Weste... more »

Russia Wants to 'Jam' F-22 and F-35s in the Middle East: Report

David Axe at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, Middle East* How serious is their alliance? *Key Point:* Russia has a lot of equipment to test. Russian forces have been jamming GPS systems in the Middle East. The electronic-warfare campaign could affect U.S. forces gathering in the region in advance of potential strikes on Iran. “Since last spring, pilots flying through the Middle East, specifically around Syria, have noted that their GPS systems have displayed the wrong location or stopped working entirely,” *The Times of Israel* *reported* in late June 2019. The signal that has been disrupting satell... more »

See This F-35? Israel Took America's Most Lethal Stealth Fighter and Made It Better

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Middle East* In novel ways. *Key point: *Israel has also been a proponent of a two-seat variant of the F-35. On May 22, Israeli Air Force commander Amikam Norkin announced that its F-35I stealth fighters had flown on two combat missions on “different fronts,” showing as proof a photograph of an F-35 overflying Beirut. While details on those missions have not been released—apparently, they were not deployed in a massive Israeli air attack on Iranian forces in Syria that took place on May 9—this nonetheless apparently confirmed the first combat opera... more »

China Could Soon Be Flying Russia's Su-57 Stealth Fighter

Mark Episkopos at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Mark Episkopos* *Security, * Bad news for Japan and Taiwan. *Key point: *The Chinese are interested in the Su-57 for training and R&D purposes. Having formally cleared the Su-57 for export earlier this month, Russia is poised to pitch their fifth-generation fighter to China. Speaking at the LIMA-2019 Aerospace and Maritime exhibition, Rostec official *Viktor Kladov *looked to the future of the Sino-Russian arms trade: "China has recently taken delivery of 24 Su-35 aircraft, and in the next two years [China] will make a decision to either procure additional Su-35s, build the Su... more »

Send In The Marines: Mexico Has A Plan To Win Its Long Drug War

Caleb Larson at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Caleb Larson* *Security, Americas* Not the American Marines. *Key point: *The Navy enjoys a high degree of trust from the Mexican people. Compared to their counterparts in the United States, the United States Navy and Marine Corps, the Mexican Navy is small— around sixty-six thousand. The Mexican Naval Infantry, their Marine Corps, is even smaller— numbering only about eighteen thousand. In contrast to the United States Marine Corps and the United States Navy, the Mexican Navy’s main missions have typically been coastal protection, which in the United States would fall to the... more »

Russian Commandos Are Getting Their Very Own AIP Submarines

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, Europe* The biggest drawback of AIP-powered subs: they don’t have much power. *Key Point:* Should the U.S. military be worried. Or, is this just more hype from Moscow? The Russian Navy may be getting small, hard to detect submarines for landing frogmen. Two Russian design bureaus have proposed submarines that run on air-independent propulsion, or AIP, a non-nuclear power system that is so quiet that anti-submarine forces have trouble detecting them. “Ministry of Defense representatives do not hide the fact that they would like to have new types of non... more »

The Navy Wanted Nuclear-Armed Battleships In the 1950s

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Politics, Americas* Why didn't they build them? *Key Point:* Under the proposal, 2,000 sailors would have had to sail into hostile waters in an expensive, 900-foot vessel to attack just four targets with nuclear weapons. In the early 1980s, four *Iowa**-class fast battleships* originally built during World War II—*Iowa*, *Missouri*, *New Jersey* and *Wisconsin—*were taken out of mothballs and returned to active duty. Nearly 900 feet long and displacing close to 60,000 tons, the battlewagons could fire a nine-gun broadside sending 18 tons of steel and explosives ... more »

2020 Is Going To Get Much Crazier. Prioritize Your Mental Health.

Caitlin Johnstone at Caitlin Johnstone - 13 hours ago
The outrage over the Iowa caucus scandal has continued to burn white hot as more and more establishment manipulations against the Bernie Sanders campaign come into view. At the beginning of a CNN town hall with Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg last night, immediately following […]

Climate Change Needs To Be on the Balance Sheet

Yves Smith at naked capitalism - 14 hours ago
Serious people are finally calling for serious climate change accounting.

Court Says Boss Asking Questions About Oral Sex, Other Sexual Comments Not Sexual Harassment, Employee Can Be Fired For Reporting #MeToo

Unknown at Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home - 14 hours ago
We had a brief respite from ridiculous rulings on sexual harassment during the past several years, but with Trump appointees now constituting 25% of the federal bench it was certain to change. The 11th Circuit had been pretty good on sexual harassment for awhile, but this new case tells me things are changing back to the bad old "four gropes rule" days. In Allen v. Ambu-Stat, LLC, the 11th Circuit found that the boss/owner doing all of this over the course of 3 months wasn't either severe or pervasive enough to be sexual harassment: - "[A] song came on the radio containing the ... more »

The U.S. Army Wants Technology That Can Help Soldiers 'See' Through Walls

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
The US Army wants its soldiers to be able to 'see' through walls using a system that can sense objects and humans to help avoid IEDs and enemy combatants (stock image) *NextGov:* *The Army Wants Technology that Can See Through Walls—and Identify People on the Other Side* This sounds like science fiction—but for soldiers, it could soon be a reality. People can’t see through walls but the Army wants to pioneer next-level technology that will help soldiers do exactly that—with the added bonus of instantaneously offering advanced, penetrating insights that go far beyond what meets th... more »

Why Social Media Is A Gold Mine For Food Fads

News Staff at Science 2.0 blogs - 14 hours ago
Do you listen to experts when it comes to food? If so, you are in the rarity. Most mimic what their friends do, according to recent survey results. Study participants ate an extra fifth of a portion of fruit and vegetables for every portion they thought their social media peers ate - and they consumed an extra portion of snack foods and sugary drinks for every three portions they believed their online social circles did. So our friends determine our eating behavior? Or do we tend to be friends with people who have our lifestyles? And what might that mean for government panels that... more »

New Law to Decriminalize Prostitution Allowing Cops to Focus on Actual Crime

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: prostitution]A forward-thinking bill was proposed in Vermont that will stop arresting people from prostitution and this is a good thing.

Historic Climate Cycles (glaciers added)

Ron Clutz at Science Matters - 14 hours ago
Update: February 7, 2020 This is an update to a post The Ever Changing Climate with a new slide showing fluctuating Alpine glaciers over several thousand years. Context below is from the previous post along with the new content. Raymond of RiC-Communications studio commented on a recent post and made an offer to share here […]

Russian-Belarusian Relations: ‘The Moment Of Truth’ Has Arrived

Andrew KORYBKO at OrientalReview.org - 14 hours ago
Belarusian President Lukashenko’s dramatic declaration that “the moment of truth has come” for bilateral relations ahead of his meeting with his Russian counterpart on Friday raises all sorts of questions about the future of their ties, though nobody should be surprised by this if they were objectively observing relevant developments […]

U.S. Army Creates A Fabric That Can Destroy Nerve Agents

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
Sgt. Logan Hall, a U.S. Army Reserve soldier with the 200th Military Police Command, inspects the seal of a protective mask during formation during a field training exercise at Fort Meade, Md., Jan. 13, 2019. (Master Sgt. Michel Sauret/Army Reserve) *Army Times:* *Army’s new fabric works to destroy nerve agents* Nerve agents are some of deadliest substances on the planet. From Sarin gas, which turns the human nervous system against itself, to mustard gas, which burns on contact and disrupts respiratory function, these often unseen chemicals are ones the Army sees as not only worth... more »

Boris vs. Barnier. Both sides dig in as trade negotiations loom (Video)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 14 hours ago
The Duran Quick Take: Episode 459. More The post Boris vs. Barnier. Both sides dig in as trade negotiations loom (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

Assange’s case represents ‘failure of western law’ – says UN’s Nils Melzer

InfoBrics at The Duran - 14 hours ago
Julian Assange’s case demonstrates a breathtaking absence of justice and truth in countries claiming to be ‘democracies’... More The post Assange’s case represents ‘failure of western law’ – says UN’s Nils Melzer appeared first on The Duran.

Disney Apologizes to School Charged for Showing ‘Lion King’

AP News at Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
The Walt Disney Co. has apologized to a California school that was charged a $250 licensing fee after showing the company's 2019 remake of “The Lion King” during a fundraiser.

Doctor’s Death Unleashes Mourning, Fury at Chinese Officials

AP News at Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
The death of a young doctor who was reprimanded for warning about China’s new virus triggered an outpouring of praise for him and fury that communist authorities put politics above public safety.

A fable about a mistreated woman

Keith at musingsofanoldfart - 14 hours ago
Once upon a time, there was a woman who represented her employer in client relations. She had been doing her job well for about thirty years and was now working to assist a growing, but fragile client. Unbeknownst to her, … Continue reading →

How Trump's proposed benefits changes will create hardship for rural people with disabilities

Catherine Ipsen, RTC:Rural Director and Director of Employment Research, The University of Montana at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 14 hours ago
The Trump administration has proposed a new category that they say will save US$200 million in terminated benefits.

Note to Dems: The Economy is Doing Great

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 14 hours ago
As the Democratic candidates get ready for tonight's debate, let me offer some advice: They should refrain from their tendency to disparage the current state of the economy. As the graphs below show, the employment-population ratio for prime-age workers is at its highest level in about 20 years. Real wages for production and nonsupervisory workers (that is, excluding the more highly paid bosses) are at an all-time high. There are plenty of good reasons to remove Donald Trump from office, but a poor economy is not one of them. Click on graphic to enlarge.

Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship With Quarantined Passengers Docks In New Jersey

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
#breaking Royal Carribean cruiseship docking now in Bayonne, NJ with roughly a dozen sick Chinese nationals on board. They will be tested for coronavirus. #abc7NY pic.twitter.com/RrupnawWo1 — Derick Waller (@wallerABC7) February 7, 2020 *Daily Mail: **Royal Caribbean cruise ship docks in New Jersey and 'at least a dozen Chinese passengers' are taken for coronavirus testing by medics NOT wearing any masks or protective clothing* * Royal Caribbean cruise ship with 12 quarantined passengers docked in New York Harbor at 6am on Friday * Suspected coronavirus cases were rushed off the ... more »

Obama’s Commie Green Czar Van Jones: “WAKE UP, Folks,” Trump Is Winning Over Blacks

Selwyn Duke at rss - 14 hours ago
[image: obama-s-commie-green-czar-van-jones-wake-up-folks-trump-is-winning-over-blacks] “I’ll have those n*****s voting Democratic for 200 years,” author Ronald Kessler quoted President Lyndon B. Johnson as saying. But this prediction may fall flat, according to CNN analyst, ex-Obama Green Jobs “Czar,” and self-proclaimed communist Van Jones.

Glenn Beck Presents: Ukraine: The Final Piece (The Billion-Dollar Question)

Hadenoughalready at 'Nox & Friends - 14 hours ago
Here’s some “light viewing” for those interested in tying together the Biden Crime family and the Ukraine… ~Apparently, YouTube has released the video. Thanks go to Uriel for enlightening me to it. Enjoy…

Guangzhou City Now Under Quarantine. 400 Hundred Million Chinese Are Now Under Coronavirus Lock-down

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
(*Click on Image to Enlarge*) *Zero Hedge*:* A Stunning 400 Million People Are On Lockdown In China As Guangzhou Joins Quarantine* Guangzhou, the capital of China's southwestern Guangdong Province and the country's fifth largest city with nearly 15 million residents, has just joined the ranks of cities imposing a mandatory lockdown on all citizens, effectively trapping residents inside their homes, with only limited permission to venture into the outside world to buy essential supplies. The decision means 3 provinces, 60 cities and 400 million people are now facing China's most-st... more »

"A Stunning 400 Million People Are On Lockdown In China As Guangzhou Joins Quarantine"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago
*"A Stunning 400 Million People Are On Lockdown * *In China As Guangzhou Joins Quarantine"* by Tyler Durden Fri, 02/07/2020 - 07:59: "Guangzhou, the capital of China's southwestern Guangdong Province and the country's fifth largest city with nearly 15 million residents, has just joined the ranks of cities imposing a mandatory lockdown on all citizens, effectively trapping residents inside their homes, with only limited permission to venture into the outside world to buy essential supplies. The decision means 3 provinces, 60 cities and 400 million people are now facing China's most... more »

Why NATO war games along Russian border?

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 15 hours ago
NATO Chief, Jens Stoltenberg, says a massive and destabilizing deployment of troops to Eastern Europe will not be aimed at Russia. About 37,000 soldiers from 18 countries are to participate in the US-run war exercises dubbed 'Defender Europe 2020' in the coming months. This is “the largest deployment of US troops to Europe in more than 25 years,” NATO’s Secretary-General, Stoltenberg tells us. Jan Oberg, director of Transnational Foundation for Peace & Future Research in Lund, Sweden critically responds in the video. Germany will be the logistics center for the Defender Europe 20... more »

Fairness in a Florist's in Kirkby

sue at Is the BBC biased? - 15 hours ago
11 mins to 8. Today Programme. *Justin Webb *“And welcome back to Nottingham Trent University” What do ‘they’ want, the working class oiks who voted Conservative, wondered Justin as he ventured out to talk about fairness in a florist’s in Kirkby. What do you want, oh working-class voters? Never mind your petty little worries about t’high street - do you *care *about inequality perchance? Do you think money should be redistributed from the people at the top to the people at the bottom? *Working-class voter 1:* “Some of these fat cats, as we call them, I think their salaries are ... more »

CT Representative Josh Elliott Was On TV!!!

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 15 hours ago
Meet Connecticut State Representative Joshua Elliott*! the architect of removing your right to decide on your child's health in Connecticut. The man who told Robert Kennedy Jr the debate with Yale on vaccination safety and policy had been cancelled. He... more »

"Economic Market Snapshot AM 2/7/20"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago
*2/7/20, Updated frequently as available.* ◆ Gregory Mannarino, AM 2/7/20 “And Another $42.75B Fed. Market Pump Plus! Important Updates” - https://www.traderschoice.net/ ◆ *MarketWatch Market Summary, Live Updates* - https://www.marketwatch.com/tools/marketsummary *CNN Market Data:* - http://money.cnn.com/data/markets/ *CNN Fear And Greed Index:* - http://money.cnn.com/data/fear-and-greed/ ◆ *Buffett Indicator: Where Are We With Market Valuations?* "*As of 2/7/20* (updates daily): The Stock Market is Significantly Overvalued. Based on historical ratio of total market cap over GDP (cu... more »

WARNING: THIS ONE IS ABOUT DAVID BROOKS

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 15 hours ago
David Brooks writes: As several people have noticed, this was the most politically successful week of the Trump presidency. First, President Trump’s job approval numbers are rising. When the impeachment inquiry got rolling in October his Gallup approval rating was 39. Now it’s 49. If he can hold this level, he’ll probably be re-elected. Let's stop there. Is Trump's approval rating at near-parity now? Jacob Long of The Monkey Cage has serious doubts: ... is Trump really getting more popular? His recent polling gains have the hallmarks of a specific kind of polling error called *diff... more »

FBI Director Wray: China Is Biggest Espionage Threat US Faces

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
*The Guardian/Reuters:* *China theft of technology is biggest law enforcement threat to US, FBI says* * Christopher Wray says China using ‘any means necessary’ * Chinese theft of US trade secrets costing ‘$300bn-$600bn a year’ The FBI on Thursday identified China as the biggest law enforcement threat to the United States, and its director said Beijing was seeking to steal American technology by “any means necessary”. The FBI director, Christopher Wray, told a conference the bureau currently had about 1,000 investigations open into Chinese technology theft across its 56 regional of... more »

The Intriguing Question: What Is Reason?

Unknown at The Verma Report - 15 hours ago
The intriguing question for which man’s reason searches for an answer is: What is reason? Indeed, the 2500 year old history of reason is a prolonged search for the definition of reason. The 18th century was called the *Age of Reason*, but it’s not clear even in our times, the 21st century, how reason operates in man’s mind, what its limitations are, and what its relationship is to instinct. The philosophies are incapable of investigating reason because a focus on reason has the paradoxical effect of driving a philosophy towards rationalization and dogmatism. In the last 300 years, t... more »

Carlton launches AFLW season with thumping win over newcomers Richmond

Just In - 15 hours ago
Carlton spoils Richmond's big night, dismantling the Tigers in a 34-point smashing at Princes Park as Maddy Prespakis and Tayla Harris star in the Blues' perfect start.

Matildas off to electric, 7-0 start in Olympic qualifying

Just In - 15 hours ago
A hat-trick to Caitlin Foord and a complete performance sees the Matildas open their Olympic qualifying campaign with a crushing 7-0 win over Chinese Taipei in Sydney.

Wuhan evacuation flight delay hits hundreds of Australians in coronavirus epicentre

Bang Xiao And Bill Birtles at Just In - 15 hours ago
An Australian family split up in China's virus-hit Hubei province will have to wait to be reunited, after a second Qantas evacuation flight is scheduled to bring people home from Wuhan only to be delayed by at least a day.

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Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 15 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin Wuhan hospital announces death of whistleblower doctor after confusion in state mediaPentagon Racks Up $35 Trillion in Accounting Changes in One Year New ‘Solar Panels’ Harness The Energy Of Deep SpaceScientist Warns Of Mini Ice Age As Sun Hibernates During Solar Minimum This Cloth Destroys Deadly Nerve Agents in Minutes JPMorgan’s Metals Desk Was a Criminal Enterprise, U.S. Says Epstein's Bank Came Alive After His Death Jeffrey Epstein told police a ninja in the mafia with ties to Gambino crime family was stalking him during house arrest Wind Turbine Blades Can’t ... more »

To Counter Huawei's Dominance In 5G Technology U.S. Attorney General Barr Says U.S. And Allies Should Invest In Nokia And Ericsson

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
*Reuters:* *U.S., allies should consider Nokia, Ericsson investments to counter Huawei: Barr* WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Thursday stressed the threat posed by Huawei Technologies and said the United States and its allies should consider investing in Finland’s Nokia and Sweden’s Ericsson to counter the Chinese company’s dominance in next generation 5G telecoms technology. Barr said there had been some proposals that concerns about Huawei “could be met by the United States aligning itself with Nokia and/or Ericsson, through American ownership of a... more »

"Trump Says American Decline Is Over"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago
*"Trump Says American Decline Is Over"* By Bill Bonner BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – Great American comeback? As you know, our hypothesis is that the U.S. peaked out in the late ’90s. It’s been sliding ever since, with demographic, political and financial trends making it almost impossible to stop. More people are getting old; they want free pills and medical care. The Deep State now controls the government; it has no intention of slowing spending, curbing debt, or reducing regulations. And the fake-money regime – now entering its 50th year – is queering the whole economy while allowing t... more »

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