Saturday, February 08, 2020

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Robert Kennedy on RT America Discusses Merck HPV Vaccine Problems

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 16 hours ago
RT America interviews Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Chairman of Children’s Health Defense. RFK, Jr. discusses the problems with HPV vaccine clinical trials and the subsequent cervical cancers in the generation that first got the shot, Julie Gerberding, lack of CDC-FDA... more »

Score one for the GOOD Guys! Pizza Inn in South Carolina Defends Worker with Autism.

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 16 hours ago
Note: The media, social and anti-social is so full of anger, vitriol, friendship lost over politics,, over bodily autonomy that this story made my day. I'm 100% New Englander. A Yankee (from Red Sox Nation.) A NAWTHerner.... I was hoping... more »

The Republican Party Has Allowed Itself To Die And Be Reborn As The Trumpist Party

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
*Gangsta President by Nancy Ohanian* Two Republicans who don't know each other, diverged on their reactions to the end of the impeachment saga. Trump's top Florida butt-wipe Matt Gaetz (lately on thin ice with the Trumpists himself ) demanded Mitt Romney be thrown out of the GOP, implying strongly that the GOP is simply a vehicle for Trumpism and *nothing more*. Vermont's Republican governor, Phil Scott, a mainstream conservative doesn't agree and on Thursday, while Gaetz was sucking Trump's ass, he said Trump should have been removed from office by the Senate. Scott: "I believe he ... more »

Montaigne books ticket to Eurovision with winning performance at Australia Decides

Andrew McGarry at Just In - 16 hours ago
Singer-songwriter Montaigne will represent Australia at Eurovision with Don't Break Me after she won the Australia Decides national final.

Sixers are BBL champions after outplaying Stars in rain-shortened final

Just In - 16 hours ago
When the rain cleared and the cricket broke out, the Sydney Sixers proved their class to beat the Melbourne Stars in a 12-over game and claim their second ever BBL title at the SCG.

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 16 hours ago
*Exam school test administrator clashes with BPS over use of admissions test* *Bostonians are still chasing after the snark of black educational competence. Only by destroying all assessment will they ever find it. They are moving towards that. Ideology will have a hard job trumping reality but Leftists do it routinely in their own minds so maybe one day they will be able to force that upon everybody. Brave New World!* Boston Public Schools have for years misused the test results that help determine admissions to its coveted exam schools in a way that makes it harder for “unde... more »

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 16 hours ago
*Apocalypse now: Combined impacts of rising temperatures, dwindling food supplies and biodiversity loss could trigger 'global systemic collapse', scientists warn* *There is not an ounce of sense in this. A warmer planet would produce MORE food. A warmer planet would make vast new areas of Northern Canada and Siberia available to grow crops. And crops everywhere would grow better with more CO2 in the atmosphere* *And warm climates have MORE biodiversity. Life just leaps out at you in the tropics. Warmth is the last thing that would be bad for biodiversity* *And there would be ... more »

Wind turbine blades cannot be recycled

drinkingwateradvisor at The Drinking Water Advisor - 16 hours ago
“WA wind turbine’s blades can be longer than a Boeing 747 wing, so at the end of their lifespan they can’t just be hauled away. First, you need to saw through the lissome fiberglass using a diamond-encrusted industrial saw to … Continue reading →

Saturday Snippet: the 1929 stock market slams headlong into reality

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 16 hours ago
In their book "The Day the Bubble Burst", Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts examine the human side of the 1929 stock market crash that precipitated the Great Depression. There are many parallels between the behavior of markets and individuals prior to the Crash, and those we see today. The divide between the "haves" and the "have-nots" is at least as pronounced today, if not more so, and of course there are many more people in the country - and the world - to be affected by such divisions. Attitudes are also very materialistic, the focus entirely on worldly reward and materia... more »

"Fukushima Update 2/8/20: 21,052.8 Hiroshima Bombs Today, More Tomorrow"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago
*"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”* - Shiva ◆ *Updated 2/8/20: Fukushima Equals 21,052.8 Hiroshima Bombs Today, More Tomorrow; There is No Place On Earth to Escape the Rad: *The 3 melted-through cores of the destroyed reactors, now melted together into a single "corium" totaling over *600 tons*, at Fukushima *daily* release the radioactive equivalent of 6.45 Hiroshima bombs directly into the atmosphere and the Pacific Ocean. As of 2/8/20 - 3,264 days since the disaster began - this equals the detonation of *21,052.8 *Hiroshima atomic bombs and it is still going stron... more »

Did Harry Fly By Private Jet Yet Again?

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 16 hours ago
By Paul Homewood Prince Harry revealed he has been in therapy for the last seven years to cope with the loss of his mother during his keynote speech at a JPMorgan summit in Miami on Thursday night after being introduced on-stage by Meghan. The Alternative Investment Summit is the first public appearance […]

Organizing to amplify ecosocialist voices around the world

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 16 hours ago
African journal interviews John Molyneux, a founder of the new Global Ecosocialist Network, on the challenges before ecosocialists today.

CANADA: Militarized police arrest four, detain reporter, damage vehicles in second attack on Wet'suwet'en camps

Unknown at CENSORED NEWS - 17 hours ago
Article by Brenda Norrell Censored News Four more Land Defenders were arrested on Friday, as Wet'su'weten protected their land from the Coastal GasLink pipeline construction at Gidimt'en checkpoint. Land Defenders placed their vehicles in the path of RCMP to prevent the police from leaving with those arrested and were holding a Ceremony for their protection. The vehicles were towed,

Links 2/8/2020

Yves Smith at naked capitalism - 17 hours ago

Rondônia Orders Withdrawal of “Inappropriate” Library Books, Later Retreats

Dorah Feliciano at The Rio Times - 17 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Rondônia State Department of Education had 43 books collected from state public schools and then retreated. The works of authors such as Machado de Assis, Ferreira Gullar, Caio Fernando Abreu, Carlos Heitor Cony, Rubem Fonseca, Nelson Rodrigues, Franz Kafka, and Edgar Allan Poe . . . To read the […] The post Rondônia Orders Withdrawal of “Inappropriate” Library Books, Later Retreats appeared first on The Rio Times.

Living in Downtown Rio Now Trending Among Younger Generation

Xiu Ying at The Rio Times - 17 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Living in the central areas of the world's major cities is very common. Although they are typically business centers, these areas also boast many residential units. In Rio de Janeiro it is no different. And each day, this trend (which is not new) is growing here - mainly among younger […] The post Living in Downtown Rio Now Trending Among Younger Generation appeared first on The Rio Times.

Brazil’s Workers’ Party Has Not Officially Started Negotiations for 2020 Elections

Arkady Petrov at The Rio Times - 17 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The potential for the Workers' Party (PT) to be left out of the São Paulo mayoralty dispute, is the argument now used by leftists and allies to try to persuade former Mayor Fernando Haddad to join the The post Brazil’s Workers’ Party Has Not Officially Started Negotiations for 2020 Elections appeared first on The Rio Times.

Number of Guiana Dolphins Living in Rio’s Guanabara Bay is Lowest in History

Xiu Ying at The Rio Times - 17 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The current number of Guiana Dolphins, endangered for decades in Rio de Janeiro, is the lowest ever recorded. In the 1980s the mammals' population totaled 400 cetaceans, but today there are 29 with only four calves. In the last five years alone, 16 have died, seven of them newly born. […] The post Number of Guiana Dolphins Living in Rio’s Guanabara Bay is Lowest in History appeared first on The Rio Times.

Is This Trump's Commerce Department's Biggest Power Grab Yet?

Daniel J. Ikenson at The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Daniel J. Ikenson* *Politics, Americas* [image: FILE PHOTO: Employees of a foreign exchange trading company in Tokyo, Japan, June 12, 2018. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo] 'Countervailing undervalued currencies' packs a bigger punch than you realize. In the days of old, before Donald Trump came to Washington and laid waste to what was once trade policy orthodoxy, a Commerce Department rule change set to take effect on April 6, which will treat undervalued foreign currencies as subsidies subject to duties under the U.S. countervailing duty law, would have been among the year’s mos... more »

Is JPMorgan’s CEO America’s ‘Biggest Corporate Socialist’?

Paul Adler at The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Paul Adler* *Politics, Americas* [image: Reuters] JPMorgan’s Dimon, center, recently criticized socialism. Sen. Bernie Sanders called JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon the “biggest corporate socialist in America today” in a recent ad. He may have a point – beyond what he intended. With his Dimon ad, Sanders is referring specifically to the bailouts JPMorgan and other banks took from the government during the 2008 financial crisis. But accepting government bailouts and corporate welfare is not the only way I believe American companies behave like closet socialists despite their pro... more »

Democrats Intend to Raise Taxes on the Rich (Bigly)

Steven Pressman at The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Steven Pressman* *Politics, Americas* [image: Reuters] Warren and Sanders are the candidates with arguably the most aggressive plans to tax the rich. It’s hardly surprising that if a Democrat wins the White House, taxes on wealthy Americans and corporations will probably go up. How they’ll go up is the more interesting question. The 2020 Democratic presidential candidates generally agree the U.S. economy faces a variety of challenges: record-high income inequality, decaying infrastructure, failing public schools, climate change that is already leading to fires and floods and a ... more »

This Is the World's Cargo Jet (Russia Wasted Lots of Rubles On It)

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, * It was cancelled with the fall of the Soviet Union, with only 1 being built. *Key point: *The trend in aviation today is for fuel-efficient passenger and cargo jets that can operate cheaply. In mankind’s perpetual obsession with the idea that bigger is better, the Soviet Union was tops. Case in point: the AN-225 Mryia, the world’s biggest cargo jet. Only one Mriya (Ukrainian for “dream”) was ever built by the Soviet Union, while a second rests unfinished in a Ukrainian warehouse, possibly to be flown by China. The specifications of this load-bearin... more »

Meet the Navy's MQ-25 Stingray: A New Drone That Can Refuel Stealth Fighters

Kris Osborn at The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Technology, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2013%3Anewsml_GM1E95F091D01&share=true] Very advanced. *Key point:* What better way to help stealth fighters stay flying than with a stealth refueling drone? As drones become more common, the Air Force is rushing to see what jobs it can automate. The Navy will launch formal flight testing in 2021 for a new, first-of-its kind carrier-launched drone engineered to double the attack range of F-18 fighters, F-35Cs and other carrier aircraft. The emerging Navy MQ-25 Stingray program... more »

This U.S. Marine Helicopter Is More Expensive Than the F-35

Jared Keller at The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Jared Keller* *Technology, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2018%3Anewsml_RC1E6B089330&share=true] Not good at all. *Key point: *The CH-53K has too many problems and costs too much to make sense. Yet, American taxpayers are footing the bill at $144 million per helicopter. The Pentagon believes that the Marine Corps' new CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter — which at, $144 million apiece, costs more than the notoriously expensive F-35A Lightning II joint strike fighter, is "the most powerful helicopter the United States has ever... more »

Free Critical Essay On The Great Gatsby

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Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 18 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin Was U.S. Wrong About Attack That Nearly Started a War With Iran? Breaking: Guangzhou City (population: 14 M) locked down. All residential blocks be isolated from each other. So far around 400 million people locked down in #China to contain #coronavirus. #coronavirusOutbreak Original Chinese official report: m.xinhuanet.com/gd/2020-02/07/c_1125542462.htm … 5 Theories About Conspiracy TheoriesIraq Is On The Brink Of An Energy Crisis http://Thermal Drones in China Scan Citizens for Corona Virus Citizen Journalist Covering Virus Outbreak From Wuhan Goes Missing Oil comp... more »

Trump Ousts Two Officials Who Testified Against Him In Impeachment Inquiry

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 18 hours ago
From RFERL: https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-fire-vindman-sondland-after-impeachment-inquiry-testimony/30423541.html “Trump Ousts Two Officials Who Testified Against Him In Impeachment Inquiry February 08, 2020 03:11 GMT By … Continue reading →

Qanon Illegal funding of Ukrainan War under Obama

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
Among other things, it appears that the USA funded a war against Russia through the 1,800,000,000 transferred to the Ukraine and put under the control of an oligarch who then armed his soldiers. This was never sanctioned by congress and was thus illegal. That appears to be the bigger picture behind the whole Biden operation there. It also explains the desperate cover up and extralegal attempt to remove Trump. Do not forget the underlying intent to trigger a larger war as well and this must include Iran, Russia, and China whose financial system is separate as well. This is pa... more »

The Age of Entitlement: The Legacy of Anti-Discrimination Laws

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
*[image: The Age of Entitlement]* The real shock for whites were the riots in Detroit and curiously the problem was never about racism but the appearance of racial poverty. I will go much further than that. Northern whites and increasingly european whites have chosen to educate their children away from any form of racial MEME. It is just that alone did not bring about social and economic assimilation right away and we still had the abhorrent institutional problems of the South to grate. The sixties and the civil rights laws eliminated the institutional problem and made assim... more »

Fired Ukrainian Prosecutor Viktor Shokin FILES FEDERAL COMPLAINT Against Joe Biden

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
In their wildest dreams, they never thought that this would ever come home to the USA. Yet here it is. These two have to be about the stupidest criminals ever encountered. Or at least the most arrogant. Every other criminal happily stuffs his bribes into an account in the Bahamas or some other friendly offshore bank. Is it possible that this was all an honest day's work? Had they simply done that we would still be sitting with a wall of compelling suspicion but zero evidence we can use. Exactly like HRC. Yet this fool had to brag about his performance on camera. No wonde... more »

'Piracy Has Been The Most Successful Form of Distribution Worldwide' with Werner Herzog

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
Rather interesting commentary. I am ambivalent regarding content licensing at best. For most knowledge workers, establishing title is useful in allowing that knowledge to become a thing subject to contract by itself. Yet distribution is a terribly costly process and the best way is to provide at least a free looksee. In fact, the more sophisticated the more certain that is true. After all, i am not going to buy software that i do not understand and want to master. Yet I will still test it and check it out. That allows me to represent that product to a potential user. This... more »

Welfare Weekly 8 February 2020

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 19 hours ago
8 February 2020 — Welfare Weekly Landmark High Court ruling could see thousands of unmarried parents given higher bereavement benefits Landmark High Court judgement that denying new-style bereavement benefits to unmarried, cohabiting partners with children is incompatible with human rights. Read more Poverty rates continue to climb as report welcomes progress made in Scotland and … Continue reading Welfare Weekly 8 February 2020

Bout of Assholes…

reitanotsuka at Asian Straight Shooter - 19 hours ago
From the recent spate of unpleasantness crossing my path, it would take… Continue reading “Bout of Assholes…”… The post Bout of Assholes… appeared first on Asian Straight Shooter.

Why Both Republicans and Democrats Want Russia to Become the Enemy of Choice

Philip Giraldi at The Duran - 19 hours ago
To hate Russia has become dogma on both sides of the political aisle, in part because no politician has really wanted to confront the lesson of the 2016 election. More The post Why Both Republicans and Democrats Want Russia to Become the Enemy of Choice appeared first on The Duran.

China Epidemic May Lead To Global Economic Crash

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 19 hours ago
China Epidemic May Lead To Global Economic Crash by The Alex Jones Show, https://www.infowars.com/ Matt Bracken guest hosts The Alex Jones Show to expose the fallout of the coronavirus outbreak in China, and how it will affect the global economy. end

A Stunning 400 Million People Are on Lockdown in China as GuangZhou Joins Quarantine

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 19 hours ago
A Stunning 400 Million People Are On Lockdown In China As Guangzhou Joins Quarantine

Chinese Orders of Brazilian Meat Stall after Coronavirus Outbreak

Dorah Feliciano at The Rio Times - 19 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Chinese importers had been renegotiating beef contracts with South American exporters. But those talks came to a halt on January 25th and have not resumed, according to reliable anonymous sources, as talks are private. Shipments of Brazilian beef purchased previously have not been . . . To read the full […] The post Chinese Orders of Brazilian Meat Stall after Coronavirus Outbreak appeared first on The Rio Times.

Coronavirus Shuts Down Foxconn Factory That Produces Parts for iPhones

Adele Cardin at The Rio Times - 19 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In January, Foxconn had declared that the coronavirus outbreak in China, which is spreading to other countries, would not affect iPhone manufacturing. However, the severity of the issue has forced the company to review its position, at least in part: production at its most important factory should have resumed next […] The post Coronavirus Shuts Down Foxconn Factory That Produces Parts for iPhones appeared first on The Rio Times.

China Exacerbates Chaos by Claiming Force Majeure in Commodity Deals

Arkady Petrov at The Rio Times - 19 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Chinese companies are now failing to comply with purchase contracts as a result of the spread of the coronavirus, thus exacerbating the chaos in global commodity trading. A Chinese liquefied natural gas (LNG) customer and a copper importer have invoked force majeure clauses to justify their suspending deals, claiming the […] The post China Exacerbates Chaos by Claiming Force Majeure in Commodity Deals appeared first on The Rio Times.

Brazil Environment Agents Battle Stronger Deforestation at Start of 2020

Newsfeed at The Rio Times - 19 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Reuters) Aggressive deforestation is starting earlier this year in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, environmental enforcement agents say, with government data on Friday showing destruction doubling in January compared with a year ago. More than 280 square kilometers (108 square miles) of rainforest wer Aggressive deforestation is starting earlier this year in […] The post Brazil Environment Agents Battle Stronger Deforestation at Start of 2020 appeared first on The Rio Times.

Commercial Dollar Rises, Reaches R$4.32 for First Time

Richard Mann at The Rio Times - 19 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The commercial dollar opened higher on Friday, February 7th, and reached an unprecedented high of R$4.32. Around 12:05 PM, the currency rose 0.8 percent to a record R$4.322. The tourism dollar stood at R$4.49, up 0.9 percent. The trend reflects the combination of the interest rate cut in Brazil and […] The post Commercial Dollar Rises, Reaches R$4.32 for First Time appeared first on The Rio Times.

Economy Minister, Pushing Administrative Reform, Likens Civil Servants to ‘Parasites’

Iolanda Fonseca at The Rio Times - 19 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Friday, February 7th, the Minister of Economy, Paulo Guedes, compared civil servants to "parasites" when commenting on the administrative reforms championed by the federal government. According to him, proposals on the topic will be submitted to Congress next week. Guedes criticized the yearly salary readjustment of civil servants who, […] The post Economy Minister, Pushing Administrative Reform, Likens Civil Servants to ‘Parasites’ appeared first on The Rio Times.

Greenpeace abandons science and attacks Golden Rice

Dr. Jay Lehr at CFACT - 19 hours ago
Golden Rice presents blindness, but Greenpeace has fought it for 20 years. The post Greenpeace abandons science and attacks Golden Rice appeared first on CFACT.

Tomb Raiding

LL at Virtual Mirage - 20 hours ago
There are a lot of instances of Egyptians cursing anyone who loots their tomb or disturbs their mummified remains, but they were never able to close the deal. Tomb robbing was a cottage industry in Egypt for centuries, because the dead pharaohs and their families really couldn't take it with them, not to say that they didn't try. In more modern times, tomb raiding has been popularized again by Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones) and Angelina Jolie (Laura Croft), and the curses of the ancients were ignored (successfully). However history brings us one instance where the curse may have wor... more »

No Tingles – Chris Matthews is Very Worried About The “Socialism” of Bernie Sanders….

sundance at The Last Refuge - 20 hours ago
During the post-debate discussion on MSNBC Chris Matthews starts to worry about the brand of ‘socialism’ now overtaking the Democrat party. The sound quality is not great, but the perspective of Matthews explains the apoplexy within the DNC. WATCH: . … Continue reading →

Forget the F-35: The Navy Must Have A 6th Generation Fighter

David Axe at The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, * [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2012%3Anewsml_GM1E8AO10HS01&share=true] The F-35 just won't cut it. *Key point: *It will take another decade before the F-35 is capable of flight. The U.S. Navy will need a new “sixth-generation” warplane eventually to follow the F-35C stealth fighter that’s just beginning to enter service. But no one has any idea what that new plane might look like. Not even the Navy. The Navy in February 2019 declared its first front-line F-35C squadron “ready for flight.” Strike-Fighter Squadron 147, ... more »

The F-111 Aardvark Is A Jet Fighter Assassin

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2010%3Anewsml_GM1E622173B01&share=true] This is its story. *Key Point:* The F-111 Aardvark has been retired, but its legend lives on. The General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark was a low-altitude strike plane born out of a shotgun wedding between competing Air Force and Navy requirements—with Defense Secretary McNamara as the minister. Despite its troubled adolescence, it grew into a capable high-tech night bomber that lasted decades in service, noted for its sleekly elegant profile. *Tro... more »

Back in 2010 the U.S. Navy Freaked China Out. How? Surfacing 3 Nuclear Submarines.

David Axe at The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, Asia* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2019%3Anewsml_RC16A9C96D90&share=true] Scary stuff. *Key point: *Beijing likes to use missile tests and threats to make a point. But Washington can do that too, and with its own powerful boomers. Nuclear powers rarely go to war with each other, but that doesn’t mean they don’t *threaten* to do so. Indeed, military posturing is an integral part of what Forrest Morgan, an analyst for the RAND Corporation, called “crisis stability.” In other words, “building and posturing forces in ways ... more »

Meet Taistelukenttä: The Greatest Realistic War Movie You've Never Heard Of

Charlie Gao at The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *Security, Europe* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2019%3Anewsml_RC156AAF8BE0&share=true] Worth checking out. *Key point:* The short movie was made for the Finnish military and shows what a fast-paced invasion would look like. Today, there is a newer version of the film in the works that will showcase hybrid warfare. The pedagogical value of short films for military recruits is well known to the Finnish Defence Forces (FDF). In some units, every class sees some short films that are meant to prepare them in some way for their jobs a... more »

A 2002 Simulation Shows That Yes, Iran Could Beat America in Battle

David Axe at The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, Middle East* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC2COE9K0073&share=true] Not good. *Key Question: *A Pentagon exercise in 2002 demonstrated that Tehran could sink an American carrier. The question then is whether the military and political leadership learned anything from this harsh lesson? As tensions escalate in the Persian Gulf region, it’s worth recalling a 2002 Pentagon war game in which a U.S. Marine Corps played the part of an enemy commander waging a bloody defensive campaign against a much more powerfu... more »

Will Vape Bans Drive Kids To Smoking?

Roger Bate at The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*Roger Bate* *Politics, Americas* [image: Revelers dressed as Santa Claus vape as they take part in the event called SantaCon at Times Square in New York City, U.S., December 14, 2019. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY] We'll see soon enough. For over six months US health agencies have warned of the dangers of vaping e-cigarettes. According to one leading expert, the CDC (and to a lesser extent the FDA) has misled the public into thinking vaping e-cigarettes was leading to deaths from lung disease when the real cause was cannabis vaping (one example here, but there are ... more »

Activist Norwegian makes more false claims that trophy hunting threatens polar bears

Hifast at Climate Collections - 20 hours ago
Originally posted on polarbearscience: An anti-hunting Norwegian activist-photographer has again made unsupported claims about legal polar bear trophy hunting in Canada and its impact on the survival of the species, promoted by two UK tabloid newspapers (The Sun and The Mirror) over the weekend. The reality is that polar bears are no more being driven…

What happens to all the old wind turbines?

Hifast at Climate Collections - 20 hours ago
Originally posted on Tallbloke's Talkshop: Recycled wind turbine tower [image credit: inhabitat.com] Apart from becoming school playground novelty items, what else is there? One process requires pyrolysis: ‘After first chopping up the blades, pyrolysis breaks up the composite fibres in ovens with an inert atmosphere, at about 450-700C.’ But: ‘The problem is significant amounts…

Climate Models: Good, Bad and Ugly

Hifast at Climate Collections - 20 hours ago
Originally posted on Science Matters: Several posts here discuss INM-CM4, the Good CMIP5 climate model since it alone closely replicates the Hadcrut temperature record, as well as approximating BEST and satellite datasets. This post is prompted by recent studies comparing various CMIP6 models, the new generation intending to hindcast history through 2014, and forecast to…

No Wind, No Sun, No Power!

Hifast at Climate Collections - 20 hours ago
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? ?? ? While the wind stopped blowing last week, solar power was even more useless, despite some sunny days: ? https://www.solar.sheffield.ac.uk/pvlive/# ? While on a couple of days, it peaked at over 4GW, unfortunately in winter it soon starts getting dark…

Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 37 – 2020

Hifast at Climate Collections - 20 hours ago
Originally posted on sunshine hours: South / North

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