Monday, May 25, 2020

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Navy Releases Video Of High Energy Laser Weapon Destroying A Drone
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 6 hours ago
2020/05/24 By John Vibes / Truth Theory The US Navy has been developing high energy laser weapons for the past several years, and just this week they announced the successful test of their most powerful iteration of this technology to date. On Friday, the Navy’s Pacific Fleet issued a statement announcing that a new laser weapon … Continue reading Navy Releases Video Of High Energy Laser Weapon Destroying A Drone →
Police fire tear gas and make 180 arrests as Hongkongers rally against national security law
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 6 hours ago
by Rachel Wong and Tom Grundy 24th May 2020 It was the largest protests since the Covid-19 outbreak, despite social distancing rules – limiting groups to eight people – remaining in place. Photo: Kero/United Social Press. Demonstrators chanted “Free Hong Kong,” and “Hong Kong independence is the only way out.” Photo: Kaiser/United Social Press. Such … Continue reading Police fire tear gas and make 180 arrests as Hongkongers rally against national security law →
Coronavirus update: 130 Australians to receive potential vaccine in southern hemisphere's first human trials
Just In - 10 hours ago
Australia is conducting the southern hemisphere's first human trials of a potential vaccine for the novel coronavirus, with about 130 healthy people between the ages of 18 and 59 taking part.
Two Sides of the Same Counterfeit Coin
jurassicpork, Welcome Back to Gotham City - 4 hours ago
(By *American Zen*'s Mike Flannigan, on loan from Ari.) *T*hese days, my mind keeps going back to that famous panel in Walt Kelly's Pogo in which the immortal punchline is, "Yep, son, we have met the enemy and he is us." And those of us who railed against the Bush administration and jeered his supporters for employing intellectual gymnastics in excusing everything that wet-brained idiot said and did are guilty, egregiously guilty, of using the same exact dismissive head-shaking tactics. Indeed. We have met the enemy and it is us. So-called liberal voters have become the new r...
RIGHT-WING DISINFORMATION NEVER TAKES A DAY OFF
Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog - 4 hours ago
I spotted this in my Twitter feed a little while ago: Tis a puzzlement -Virus Gestapo suspiciously absent https://t.co/N6TzAetOzI — GrrrGraphics Cartoons (@GrrrGraphics) May 25, 2020 In New York City, large religious gatherings are still banned, and dispersals of large groups of Jewish worshipers have featured prominently in the news. On April 28, Mr. de Blasio personally oversaw the dispersal of a crowd of 2,500 mourners who had gathered in Williamsburg for the funeral of a rabbi who died of the virus. Two days later, the police issued five fire code violations and six summonses a...
The WHO’s Coronavirus Inquiry Will Be More Diplomatic Than Decisive
Anthony Zwi, The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Anthony Zwi* *Health, * The WHO's resolution calls for a global investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 outbreak, albeit not in the strongest of terms. This week the World Health Assembly, the governing structure of the World Health Organization, endorsed a resolution that comprehensively addressed the global COVID-19 response. Buried almost at the end, in the penultimate clause of the seven-page document, was the outcome several nations (including Australia) have been clamouring for – or a version of it, at least. The resolution calls for a global investigation into the...
Michael Flynn: Everyone Is Getting Two Things Wrong
Clark Neily, The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Clark Neily* *Politics, Americas* [image: Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General Michael Flynn reacts at a campaign event for then Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S., September 6, 2016. Picture taken September 6, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar] So the bottom line is this: We don't know for sure whether Michael Flynn deliberately lied to the FBI agents who interviewed him at the White House on January 24, 2017. I've been reading, writing, and tweeting about the Michael Flynn prosecution quite a bit lately, and I've been getting significant feed...
Why Don't Millennials Care About Entrepreneurship Anymore?
Kenny Xu, The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Kenny Xu* *Politics, Americas* [image: Stacy Lentz, co-owner of the Stonewall Inn and CEO of the Stonewall Gives back, speaks during an interview behind the bar at the Stonewall Inn in New York, U.S., May 30, 2019. Picture taken May 30, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid] It used to be that starting a small business was seen as the way up to wealth, or at least middle-class respectability. It used to be that starting a small business was seen as the way up to wealth, or at least middle-class respectability. Nearly half (49.7%) of American World War II veterans started their own sma...
"Novel" Coronavirus and Climate Change: A Tale of Two Hysterias
Penny, Penny for your thoughts - 5 hours ago
*Playing catch up with a bunch of good articles I've stumbled across recently!* *From Forbes via WUWT* "Up to a few months ago, life was normal. Well, sort of. In that pre-coronavirus normalcy, the reigning narrative was that of mankind facing assured destruction if we did not amend our wasteful – read carbon-intensive — ways. Short of a drastic curtailment in our use of fossil fuels, we would all perish in the not too distant future. How distant depended on who one listened to. At the radical end of the spectrum — US Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, teenage icon Greta Thunb...
Kenya's Adolescent Women Left Behind As More Married Women Access Contraception
NAIROBI, May 25 (IPS) - Complications of pregnancy and child birth are a leading cause of preventable deaths and ill health among adolescent women in Kenya. But research shows a combination of modern contraceptives for all adolescents who need it, and adequate care for all pregnant adolescents and their newborns, would reduce adolescent maternal deaths by 76 percent. So what needs to be done to prevent this? Read the full story, “Kenya's Adolescent Women Left Behind As More Married Women Access Contraception”, on globalissues.org →
Allen Young : FEATURE | New Left leader continued idealistic path with worker-owned company
Thorne Dreyer, The Rag Blog - 5 hours ago
SDS veteran Paul Millman retires after decades leading Vermont cooperative. By Allen Young | The Rag Blog | May 25, 2020 BRATTLEBORO, Vt. — “So what are you going to do when you grow up?” That’s a question asked, in … finish reading Allen Young : * FEATURE* | New Left leader continued idealistic path with worker-owned company
More of that Hand Sanitizer Insanity- Harmful to Pregnant and Nursing Mothers (Ends Will Not Justify The Means)
Penny, Penny for your thoughts - 5 hours ago
* Already touched on the expected growth in superbugs due to excessive use of hand sanitizer. Everywhere. All the time.* - “Fighting” Covid-1984 Could Herald A Rise in Superbugs- The End Will Not Justify The MeansCBC *A Saskatoon mother is concerned the Saskatchewan Health Authority is using a hand sanitizing gel that may be harmful to individuals who are nursing or breastfeeding.* *A May 21 memo obtained by CBC sent to staff across the authority indicated a type of Health Care Plus Sanitizing Hand Gel "is unsafe for pregnant and nursing women"* as it uses "technical ...
ASX jumps to 11-week high with investors hopeful about COVID-19 recovery
David Chau, Just In - 6 hours ago
The Australian share market trades at its highest level in almost three months as investors continue to be fairly optimistic about the economic recovery from COVID-19.
The mainstream media pushes for a permanent lockdown
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 6 hours ago
covid19 Opinion Podcasts stories Videos by Candice Malcolm May 22, 2020 Justin Trudeau is pretending to be tough on China. Meanwhile, the Trudeau government is partnering with China to develop a COVID-19 vaccine and is directing public sector employees to avoid mentioning China when talking about the coronavirus. Also, provinces begin reopening slowly but the … Continue reading The mainstream media pushes for a permanent lockdown →
For Your Review
Larry-Lambert, Virtual Mirage - 6 hours ago
Defense Against Missile Attacks… From back when Italy was cool. In Roman warfare, the testudo was a shield wall formation commonly used during battles, particularly sieges and was used to protect the soldiers from all types of missile attacks. The primary drawback to the formation was that because of its density, the men were […] The post For Your Review appeared first on Virtual Mirage.
NT proposes starting an 'army' to help fight the war on weeds
Matt Brann, Just In - 6 hours ago
The Northern Territory Government has flagged the creation of a 'gamba army' to help stimulate the economy and protect the Top End from the invasive weed.
Live: NSW Now: $300m drug haul found in sriracha hot sauce, $560,000 cash seized
Just In - 7 hours ago
*MORNING BRIEFING: *A 21-year-old man faces court today after $560,000 in cash was seized and an estimated $300 million worth of drugs was found, allegedly concealed in 800 bottles of imported hot sauce.
Hope of sleep comes to new regional and rural parents
Melissa Martin, Just In - 7 hours ago
The expert services of Tresillian, with its infant sleep and settling support, expands to bring relief to regional and rural parents in NSW.
Qld and the ACT will reveal budget outlooks before their elections but in the NT, voters will be ‘in the dark’
Jacqueline Breen, Just In - 7 hours ago
An independent economist says Labor will have an advantage over its opponents if it does not provide NT Treasury forecasts before the August election. It's now the only Australian government going to the polls this year without releasing an update.
Today is National Sorry Day. Here is what five Indigenous teens think about it
Kelly Butterworth, Just In - 7 hours ago
Descendants of the Stolen Generations tell us what National Sorry Day means to them and their families.
Father charged with murdering his 4yo daughter
Just In - 7 hours ago
The 43-year-old man was not in court this morning when his case was mentioned briefly after Brisbane detectives charged him with his daughter's murder late last night.
'Some children have thrived': Families weigh traditional education against 'flexible' alternatives post-pandemic
Emma Siossian, Just In - 7 hours ago
Amid the homeschooling horror stories, a "different" way of learning has had a positive impact on some families, encouraging them to consider taking a "step outside the system" when it comes to their kids' education.
Halifax Transit proposes electric buses in dedicated lanes, fast ferries with new Rapid Transit Strategy
Zane Woodford, Halifax Examiner - 7 hours ago
Halifax Transit has surprised advocates by tabling an uncharacteristically bold plan for regional council’s approval this week, proposing to electrify the city’s bus fleet and drastically improve the transit system over the next decade. The Rapid Transit Strategy (large PDF) outlines a plan to introduce a bus rapid transit (BRT) system consisting of four colour-coded […]
Top Funds' Activity in Q1 2020
Leo Kolivakis, Pension Pulse - 3 hours ago
Jason Orestes of The Street reports Amazon is clearly what hedge funds are betting on these days: Amazon has been a major beneficiary of the Covid-19 chaos, and hedge funds have taken notice. The fastest bear market in history saw a 30% plummet followed by a rapid 30% rebound. But there has been a large bifurcation in this rally. While many stocks remain significantly depressed on the year, tech has flourished. The Nasdaq is actually up year to date, and megacap tech, buoyed by stay-at-home orders and an inexorable trend of work-from-home (WFH) policy becoming the norm, has reaped...
Trump Tells Journalist: “I have a Chance to Break the Deep State”
Bob Adelmann, rss - 5 hours ago
[image: trump-tells-journalist-i-have-a-chance-to-break-the-deep-state] Given a second term, Trump might just complete the job he's barely started — breaking the Deep State.
new viruses being discovered/developed--here's how
Bob Dinn, balance10 - 5 hours ago
*5-24 * On* December 9, 2019, long before the world knew anything about it, a **video interview** took place with one of the key players in the COVID-19 drama, Dr. Peter Daszak, President of the EcoHealth Alliance…*Beginning at 27:49 Dr. Daszak explains *the basis of the naturally-occurring narrative *and the collection of over one hundred bat coronaviruses capable of infecting humans, *but untreatable with drugs or vaccines.* Those coronaviruses are presumed to be stored in Chinese laboratories. “So, we did a couple of things with it. So, one is around SARS. We focused on SA...
Why Didn't the 1958 &1918 Pandemics Destroy the Economy? Hint: It's the Lockdowns (The Means Will Not Justify The Ends)
Penny, Penny for your thoughts - 6 hours ago
*Scapegoating a virus is all the rage. You see/read/hear it all over the place.* *Deaths in long term care homes?- Scapegoat the virus- Ignore the systemic negligence* *Crashing the economy? - Scapegoat the virus- Ignore the role of government and banks* * Reality is altogether different then scapegoating. It is the lockdowns that have destroyed vast swathes of the global economy and thrown millions and millions into despair. * *It was not the virus, **because we deal with viruses every single second of every single minute of every single day of our lives- That's reality* * So we're...
Musical Interlude: Ray Charles, "Imagine"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
Ray Charles, "Imagine"
"A Look to the Heavens"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
“What makes this spiral galaxy so long? Measuring over 700,000 light years across from top to bottom, NGC 6872, also known as the Condor galaxy, is one of the most elongated barred spiral galaxies known. *Click image for larger size.* The galaxy's protracted shape likely results from its continuing collision with the smaller galaxy IC 4970, visible just above center. Of particular interest is NGC 6872's spiral arm on the upper left, as pictured here, which exhibits an unusually high amount of blue star forming regions. The light we see today left these colliding giants before the day...
Chet Raymo, "Life"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
*"Life"* by Chet Raymo "ACCTCCTCTAATGTCA ACCTCCCCTAATGTCA The first string of letters above represents an actual sequence of amino acids on human chromosome 10. The second string is the corresponding sequence for an elephant. I copy the strings from a New Yorker article on Neanderthals by Elizabeth Kolbert. She tosses them in more or less at random just to show what a DNA sequence looks like. Still, they jump off the page. Humans and elephants. A four-letter code. Four molecules called neucleotides, arranged in pairs along a spiraling ladder, the double-helix - adenine, thymine, g...
"A Universal Law..."
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
"Here is a universal law: that when it comes to negative and positive, you will always thrive more powerfully in the positive if you have first been immersed in, and have heroically overcome, the polar opposite negative of that thing. To abide in the positive existence of something, without having known and overcome it's polar opposite - that is to be only a frame of the real structure. Easily toppled down and taken apart. True power is in the hands of the one who thrives in the positive, after having known and conquered the negative. Because when the demons come along, she will say...
The Poet: Mary Oliver, "I Happened to Be Standing"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
*"I Happened to Be Standing"* "I don't know where prayers go, or what they do. Do cats pray, while they sleep half-asleep in the sun? Does the opossum pray as it crosses the street? The sunflowers? The old black oak growing older every year? I know I can walk through the world, along the shore or under the trees, with my mind filled with things of little importance, in full self-attendance. A condition I can't really call being alive Is a prayer a gift, or a petition, or does it matter? The sunflowers blaze, maybe that's their way. Maybe the cats ar...
#COVID19: New Practical Results on Airborne Transmission Indoors
Lambert Strether, naked capitalism - 6 hours ago
To avoid airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2, don't be like a bat!
"Do You Believe..."
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
"Do you believe,' said Candide, 'that men have always massacred each other as they do today, that they have always been liars, cheats, traitors, ingrates, brigands, idiots, thieves, scoundrels, gluttons, drunkards, misers, envious, ambitious, bloody-minded, calumniators, debauchees, fanatics, hypocrites, and fools?" "Do you believe," said Martin, "that hawks have always eaten pigeons when they have found them?" - Voltaire
The “New Normal” will be a COVI-PASS Digital Health Passport for Global Dictators
AdminM, Health Impact News - 6 hours ago
In March, I reported about an invasive microchip tattoo that was designed specifically to facilitate enforcement of children’s vaccination. The microchip technology was developed at the personal request of Bill Gates. I noted that “ultimately, such tattoos will facilitate enforcement of vaccination dictates.” The Covid-19 pandemic sped up the date of Bill Gates’ planned launching of vaccination dictatorship. Introducing: COVI-PASS: Digital Health Passport, by British Cyber Security VST Enterprises. According to VST, it is being used by the European Commission and United Nations pro...
"Conversion is more powerful than compulsion." ~ David French
Peter Cresswell, Not PC - 6 hours ago
*"Of course, people can be compelled to do a great deal that is against their interest by threatening them with guns and grenades. But no great society will ever be built with such coercion. It is far better and more lasting to persuade people to your point of view. And if you cannot do so, then what basis do you have for believing that your point of view is worthwhile?"* ~ Donald Boudreaux, explaining David French's point, made on Juliette Selgren's "new and excellent podcast" . Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is granted, with link and attribution.
"Economic Market Snapshot 5/25/20"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
* 5/25/20* ○ *"The more I see of the moneyed classes, * *the more I understand the guillotine."* - George Bernard Shaw ○ ○ *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/ ○ *A comprehensive, essential daily read.* - http://www.shadowstats.com/ *"Daily Update (May 21st to May 26th)* ○ *Daily Job Cuts* - https://www.dailyjobcuts.com/ ○ - https://www.zerohedge.com/ *MAY 25, 2020 4:30 PM:* "'Worse Than The Great Depressi...
Dragon Move – Chairman Xi Imposing Mainland National Security Laws Upon Hong Kong…
sundance, The Last Refuge - 6 hours ago
China is signaling they will drop the panda illusion and take a full frontal dragon approach toward Hong Kong. Chairman Xi Jinping is deploying, some say he has already deployed, the Ministry of State Security – China’s leading intelligence agency … Continue reading →
Dr. Judy Mikovits and Dr. Sherri Tenpenny: A New COVID Vaccine Could Kill 50 Million People in the U.S.
AdminM, Health Impact News - 7 hours ago
Dr. Sherri Tenpenny and Dr. Judy Mikovits have both been recent guests on LondonReal.tv, and interviewed by Brian Rose. LondonReal.tv recently had to develop their own video platform to beat the Facebook and Google YouTube censorship, as Brian Rose frequently interviews doctors and scientists the corporate media and Big Tech desperately want to censor. Dr. Mikovits was the first one interviewed, and during the course of that interview, Brian Rose asked her about the COVID-19 vaccine that is being fast-tracked, with some pharmaceutical companies saying they will have a vaccine by thi...
When helping hurts—The Ross Rant, May 23
Norma, Collecting My Thoughts - 7 hours ago
*. . . A new study shows 68% of laid off workers now earn more, 134% of regular wages, not working than on the job*. 20% make twice as much and the bottom 10% three times as much. *The Dems, of course, are demanding that the $600 and unemployment pay be extended through year end.* The study showed the average worker is no making 42% more sitting home than working. Reality of business never interferes with their ideology, and political pitch to lure workers to think the Dems will pay them more to not work while the greedy Republicans deny it to them. Welcome to the Dem policies o...
News Corp and Packer aged care “win” is tip of corporate welfare iceberg
Michael West, Michael West - 8 hours ago
[image: Mable, Newscorp] The Murdochs and Packers have got their fingers in the taxpayer honeypot again, this time nabbing nearly $6 million from the Government without a tender for their website Mable. Michael West reports on the latest in corporate welfare.
Wayback Machine Latest Victim Of Big Tech Consolidation And Censorship
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 8 hours ago
Originally posted on Kindly Wake The Hell Up: https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/wayback-machine-latest-victim-big-tech-consolidation-and-censorship
"Covid-19 Pandemic Updates 5/25/20"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 47 minutes ago
*"Covid-19 Pandemic **Updates 5/25/20" * *- Frequently **Updated* Please visit these sites often for the very latest Covid-19 Pandemic and Economic news and information. ○ *- https://www.zerohedge.com/* *MAY 25, 2020 10:30 PM: *“CDC Confirms Remarkably Low Death Rate - Media Chooses To Ignore COVID-19 Realities” *MAY 25, 2020 3:04 PM: *"Virginia Reports Record Jump In New Cases Two Weeks After Reopening: Live Updates" ○ - *https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/* ○ *Click image for larger size.* *5/25/20, 12:33:49 PM. **For updates click here:* *- https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html* ○ -...
Rare tornado rips through Geelong, damaging more than 100 homes, Australia
A rare tornado ripped through Geelong, Victoria on May 20, 2020, damaging more than 100 houses, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) confirmed. An investigation was launched by the BOM after intense storms caused havoc near Geelong on Wednesday, May 20....... Read more »
Who's the biggest liar?
sue, Is the BBC biased? - 6 hours ago
We’re supposed to be talking about the BBC but I think Sky surpassed the BBC (and itself) on today's bias Olympics. After Dominic Cummings’s press briefing/ debriefing Alastair Campbell was given free rein (uninterrupted) to spout utter bile. "Campbell described Cummings’ statement as a “car crash” and said that it is “beyond belief” they are focused more on media reaction to Cummings than the coronavirus pandemic. Hang on. Surely it’s the *media* that’s focused more on Cummings than on the coronavirus pandemic! He explained: “Whether he was in breach of the lockdown rules, I don’t...
"We Can't Go Back"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
*"We Can't Go Back"* by Tim Knight "It seems to me people are being unbelievably optimistic (to the point of naivete) about what things are going to be like as they "re-open." It isn't going to be like it was before. Not even close. As an example from just one sector, just take a look at these highlights from the restrictions related to eating establishments: • Restaurants must “provide disposable menus to guests and make menus available digitally so that customers can view on a personal electronic device, if possible. If disposable menus cannot be provided, properly disinfect men...
New And Improved U.S. Tomahawk Missiles Can Now Run On Corn And Other Feedstocks
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 7 hours ago
Photo credit: PO1 Carmichael Yepez/DVIDS *Popular Mechanics: **The New and Improved Tomahawk Missile Now Runs on Corn* * Modern cruise missiles are powered by turbine engines running off JP-10. * Scientists at Los Alamos National Labs have created a new formulation of JP-10 that uses feedstocks instead of petroleum. * The result is a domestic, renewable fuel source that the lab believes will be significantly cheaper to use. One of the nation’s most prestigious national labs has developed a new fuel substitute for the same jet fuel that powers cruise missiles. Los Alamos National La...
Schools come back to life in Victoria as students return
Elise Kinsella, Just In - 7 hours ago
After weeks of learning from home, Victorian schools will follow other states and start welcoming some students back today. Parents, students and teachers have told the ABC they are excited to see classrooms open again and students back learning together.
Brazilian President Says Lockdown Is Communist Plot To Enslave The People
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 7 hours ago
President Trump Has Ordered The Opening Of All Houses Of Worship! If Governors Do Not Comply, He Will Override Them! Social Distancing Is A Damn Hoax, No Basis In Science, It Is A Science Project From A 14 Old High School Girl! Masks Are Dangerous, They Restrict The Proper Flow Of Oxygen And Allows The … Continue reading Brazilian President Says Lockdown Is Communist Plot To Enslave The People →
WATCH: Dr. Drew Defends President Trump’s Decision To Take Hydroxychloroquine!
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 7 hours ago
Originally posted on Nwo Report: Source: The Scoop World-famous medical doctor Dr. Drew Pinsky appeared on Fox 11 Los Angeles to react to President Trump revealing he is taking the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to lessen the symptoms of coronavirus. Advertisement – story continues below Trump said he requested it from the White House physician. “I…
“10 Yrs Change In 10 Weeks”: Liberal Marxist “Utopia” Achieved
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 8 hours ago
Originally posted on Truth To Power: How are you liking your free trial of centrally planned austerity? Some do. Andrew Yang brags “10 years of change in 10 weeks” as the world becomes government dependents in the new Globalist Luciferian Cabal Of Venezuela.
Trump Warns of Democrats Using COVID-19 to Push Mail-in Voting “Scam”
James Murphy, rss - 8 hours ago
[image: trump-warns-of-democrats-using-covid-19-to-push-mail-in-voting-scam] Trump warned that the expansion of mail-in voting by Democrats could lead to the “greatest Rigged Election in history.”
Who Really Owns and Runs America
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 8 hours ago
conspiracy, Jesuits, mind control May 25, 2020 Who really runs America? “The Jesuits are a MILITARY organization, not a religious order. Their chief is a general of an army, not the mere father abbot of a monastery. And the aim of this organization is power – power in its most despotic exercise – absolute power, universal … Continue reading Who Really Owns and Runs America →
Islamic Call to Prayer Blaring 5 Times a Day During Coronavirus Lockdown Sparks Noise Complaints in Los Angeles (VIDEO)
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 8 hours ago
Originally posted on Nwo Report: Source: Cristina Laila Socialism, Sharia law and Islam are creeping in while we are all distracted with authoritarian Coronavirus lockdown orders. Advertisement – story continues below The Muslim community has been flexing its muscle since government officials have ordered unconstitutional lockdown orders across the country. Culver City is the latest…
Unvaccinated Children are Healthier than Vaccinated Children – Most Censored Topic in the U.S.?
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 8 hours ago
Originally posted on AGR Daily News: Perhaps the most convincing evidence that unvaccinated children are healthier than vaccinated children, is from parents who observe both in their homes on a daily basis. These are mostly former pro-vaccine parents who never doubted vaccinations until they saw the effects of vaccines in their own children, and then…
Biden Makes 1st In-Person Appearance in More Than 2 Months
AP News, Snopes.com - 8 hours ago
Joe Biden made his first in-person appearance in more than two months as he marked Memorial Day by laying a wreath at a veterans park near his Delaware home.
Putin appoints Russian ambassador as new presidential envoy to Syria
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:30 P.M.) – Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Moscow’s ambassador to Damascus, Alexander Yevimov, as the special presidential representative to develop ties with Syria. On Monday, Putin issued a decree appointing Yevimov, the Russian ambassador and commissioner to Syria, as “a special representative of the Russian President to develop relations with the Syrian […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Opposition leader accuses Netanyahu of dragging Israel into civil war
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:20 P.M.) – The leader of the Israeli opposition, Yair Lapid, described the statements of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before he entered the court on Sunday as an attempted coup, accusing him of seeking to drag Israel into a civil war. “Netanyahu is trying to drag Israel into a civil war, so it […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Libyan Army captures ‘one of the most dangerous’ Syrian ISIS operatives: video
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:00 P.M.) – The Libyan National Army (LNA) announced the arrest of a Syrian national, Mohammad al-Ruwaidani, who was said to be “one of the most dangerous ISIS operatives from Syria.” According to the LNA’s spokesperson, Ahmad Al-Mismari, the Libyan Army captured Al-Ruwaidani while they were clashing with the Turkish-backed Government of National […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
China vows to retaliate if US continues meddling in Hong Kong
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:45 P.M.) – The Chinese Foreign Ministry condemned the U.S.’ current meddling in Hong Kong, as Beijing demanded that Washington end their hostile policies and refrain from stirring tensions. In the statement released on Monday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said they would take “every necessary measure” to stop the U.S. from meddling in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
North Korean strongman Kim Jong-Un sets sights on nuclear deterrence policies
zedie, SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 10 hours ago
http://www.rfi.fr/en/international/20200524-asia-north-korea-kim-jong-un-nuclear-missiles-tests-military-state-media
New Human Genome Found Reveals “Ghost Population” of Ancient People
zedie, SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 12 hours ago
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2020/02/10/new-human-genome/
Watch Out: Why Volcanoes Are No Joke
Brittany Brand, The National Interest - 7 hours ago
*Brittany Brand* *Environment, World* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC23CF9CR7I6&share=true] A real threat. Volcanoes are beautiful and awe-inspiring, but the ongoing eruption of Kilauea on Hawaii’s Big Island is showing how dangerous these events can be. So far this event has destroyed dozens of homes and displaced hundreds of people, but no deaths or serious injuries have been reported. Other volcanic eruptions have had deadlier impacts. As a volcano scientist, I’m very aware of deadly volcanic eruptions can be, even the “none...
Trump's Visa Ban: Why Block Immigrants From Jobs Americans Have Rejected?
David J. Bier, The National Interest - 7 hours ago
*David J. Bier* *Politics, Americas* [image: U.S. President Donald Trump pauses in front of a diagram while touring the Ford Rawsonville Components Plant, which is making ventilators and medical supplies, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Ypsilanti, Michigan, U.S., May 21, 2020.] H-2B regulations require that employers recruit U.S. workers before they can hire any foreign workers. President Trump is reportedly considering a ban on H-2B temporary workers that a few Republican senators proposed this month. Companies hire H-2B workers in seasonal jobs outside of ...
Why Turkey's Ruling AKP Party's Coronavirus Plan Could Be a Disaster
Stratfor Worldview, The National Interest - 7 hours ago
*Stratfor Worldview* *Politics, Middle East* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC2MHG9935H5&share=true] Is Erdoğan making a big mistake? Amid the escalating domestic and global fallout from the COVID-19 crisis, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) faces an unprecedented political and economic challenge with few viable ways out. To bolster what remains of its legitimacy ahead of 2023 elections, the ruling party will likely double down on nationalist and protectionist policies. But by failing to ...
What Might Greater Scientific and Technological Progress Bring Us?
James Pethokoukis, The National Interest - 7 hours ago
*James Pethokoukis* *Technology, * [image: An employee works at the R&D laboratory of the Beijing Applied Biological Technologies Co. during a government organised tour of the facility following the outbreak of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Beijing, China, May 14, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas] One might hope that years of so-so economic growth followed by a historically awful pandemic would be incentive enough to renew our focus on scientific and technological advancement. Back in 1899, Charles Duell, commissioner of the US Patent Office, supposedly said, “Everything that c...
This family has no income and no savings, but they still need to pay the rent
Emily Stewart, Just In - 8 hours ago
This mum lives in a one-bedroom unit in outer Melbourne. She's just lost her job but she still needs to pay the rent. What's her next move?
International Conference Let Us Free Ourselves from the Virus of War
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 8 hours ago
International Conference; Let Us Free Ourselves from the Virus of War VIDEO: https://youtu.be/VMi9pHdir7c 3 hours plus International Conference Let Us Free Ourselves from the Virus of War – YouTube International Conference on the 75th anniversary of the Liberation of Italy and the End of World War II. In the Panel 4 and in the Conclusions, … Continue reading International Conference Let Us Free Ourselves from the Virus of War →
UPDATE: 20-Yr-Old Boxer Was Moved to Michigan Nursing Home BECAUSE HE HAD CORONAVIRUS! — Beat 77 Yr-Old Veteran And WAS STILL THERE A WEEK LATER
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 8 hours ago
Originally posted on Nwo Report: Source: Jim Hoft Numerous?disturbing videos circulated social media?on Thursday showing a black Michigan man beating an elderly white man and an elderly white woman in a nursing home. Jaydon Hayden, reportedly from Westland, Michigan filmed himself beating elderly white nursing home patients for sport. There were three videos on Bitchute…
UKC News: The State’s Coronavirus Social Engineering Strategy Emerges
21wire, 21st Century Wire - 8 hours ago
*UKC News* | Co-hosts Brian Gerrish, Mike Robinson and David Scott bringing you the latest Coronavirus updates.
FIFO workers are making big sacrifices to keep WA's mines open while its borders stay shut
Rachel Pupazzoni, Just In - 8 hours ago
Thousands of FIFO workers are spending months away from home to keep Western Australia's iron ore juggernaut running during the coronavirus crisis.
NSW minister accused of funding 'rort' says 'arty types' don't always know best
Michaela Boland And Greg Miskelly, Just In - 8 hours ago
A Bega gallery applied for $3 million to fund its renovations as part of the NSW Government's $47 million Regional Cultural Fund. But the project was overlooked in favour of an $8 million investment to help build a nearby aquatic and cultural centre.
Donated to Celeste Barber's bushfire fundraiser? This is where your money will be spent
Jamie McKinnell, Just In - 8 hours ago
The extraordinary donation can't be used exactly how comedian Celeste Barber had hoped, but NSW RFS Commissioner Rob Rogers says donors should be assured the money will make firefighters better equipped to perform their duties.
Has the coronavirus pandemic brought us closer to a world without cash?
Nassim Khadem, Just In - 9 hours ago
As many of us stockpiled toilet paper and baked beans amid the coronavirus pandemic, wealthier Australians withdrew their cash. This fondness for cash isn't abating even as we move to a more digital world, writes Nassim Khadem.
'Rugba league' relaunch will be mission accomplished for NRL's Space Captain Peter V'landys
Richard Hinds, Just In - 9 hours ago
The NRL was ridiculed when it targeted May 28 for its season restart, but Peter V'landys's bullish leadership has meant the league is now on the cusp of fulfilling its promise, writes Richard Hinds.
This city turned around its eateries after a recession, could it be a lesson for Tasmania's foodies and festivals?
Alison Branley, Just In - 9 hours ago
Wellington can be a bit "cold and dark" like Hobart but in the New Zealand capital, making burgers king of the food scene helped revive a struggling industry, and may prove a guide to foodies feeling the absence of the Taste of Tasmania.
These common slang words have racist, sexist origins. Here's why you should think twice about using them
Gary Nunn, Just In - 9 hours ago
Miriam Margolyes is not the only one in the dark about the offensive origins of popular slang words. Here are some common culprits you should think twice about using, writes Gary Nunn.
Despite $60b JobKeeper error, we're still racking up record debt. Here's why
David Taylor, Just In - 9 hours ago
Despite a $60 billion miscalculation, government bonds are still flying out the door at $5 billion a week. And there's little sign this is going to stop, writes David Taylor.
Danny's mother 'cried and cried' when the truth came out, but now more families want the past uncovered
Isabella Higgins And Sarah Collard, Just In - 9 hours ago
A growing number of Australians are trying to discover their own family's history, and many want to know the truth about their Indigenous ancestry.
Australia heading into new 'fire age', warns global fire historian
Gregg Borschmann, Just In - 9 hours ago
Stephen J. Pyne wrote the definitive history of fires in Australia and says we are at the forefront of a new age of fire that he calls the Pyrocene.
The New Normal: Dispensary Operations Post-Pandemic
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 9 hours ago
Originally posted on Anonymous Hemp Sector - CA: LIVE event with Maureen McNamara, Founder and Chief Facilitator of Cannabis Trainers™. Maureen shared some incredible insights about what cannabis retail is going to look like as our world moves out of quarantine. incredible insights about what cannabis retail is going to look like as our world…
THEY WON’T LET YOU SEE THIS ONE…
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 9 hours ago
SGTreport May 24, 2020 So the full interview with Dr. Judy is going on my iTunes Podcast, my Bitchute channel and on my Patreon page. Thanks for tuning in: SGT Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast… SGT Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/search?q=sgtr… SGT Bitchute https://www.bitchute.com/channel/nLPc… Buy Silver & Gold from my source: https://sdbullion.com/products?utm_so… Nick’s GoFundMe for his Lawsuits in N. Carolina: … Continue reading THEY WON’T LET YOU SEE THIS ONE… →
Guest Post By Mike Siegel: Second Time's the Charm-- From "No Chance" To The Brink Of Legendary Success
DownWithTyranny, DownWithTyranny! - 8 hours ago
*Mike and his team are on track to mail out 25,000 postcards* Three years ago I was getting ready to sue the Texas Governor on behalf of the City of Austin. I had never run for political office before. I knew I was "represented" by one of the worst Republicans in Congress, Michael McCaul, and I knew that we had to do everything we could to resist the Trump regime. But I was more focused on stopping Texas Senate Bill 4, a horrible anti-immigrant law that was causing terror in my community. Today, I'm the favorite to win the Democratic nomination in the Texas 10th, a national battlegr...
In the Rose Garden
Phil, All That Is Solid ... - 8 hours ago
After keeping the TV schedules waiting for half an hour, did Dominic Cummings do enough to save his bacon? It's doubtful his presentation in the Downing Street rose garden changed anyone's mind. If you're prepared to defend the government and Cummings after the weekend's revelations you're going to carry on doing so. After all, for the likes of Dan Hodges and Guidelet-at-large Tom Haywood the truth is a firm second to media profile - even if it means eating shit on the government's behalf. And if you're angry because Cummings flouted lockdown rules, you're still going to be angry. ...
Quarter Of Americans Have No Interest In Taking COVID Vaccine
WTStaff, Waking Times - 8 hours ago
*Tyler Durden* - President Trump's "Operation Warp Speed" has generated concerns among some Americans.
Navy Releases Video Of High Energy Laser Weapon Destroying A Drone
WTStaff, Waking Times - 8 hours ago
*John Vibes* - Just this week, the US Navy announced a successful test of their most powerful iteration of laser technology to date.
Latest DMT Study Addresses Eerie Prevalence of Hallucinations of ‘Interdimensional Entities’
WTStaff, Waking Times - 8 hours ago
*Jake Anderson* - The majority of the participants claimed to have had positive encounters with beings they felt were advanced and benevolent.
Incredibly rare, massive hail strikes Texas, damaging cars and leaving craters in the ground, U.S.
Severe thunderstorms dropped hailstones as much as 13.5 cm (5.33 inches) in diameter on Burkburnett, Texas, on May 22, 2020, the National Weather Service (NWS) confirmed. It caused extensive damage to roofs and cars, and left craters in the ground. Residents took to...... Read more »
Reforestation Drones Will Plant 40,000 Trees This Month With 1 Billion Goal Set for 2028
WTStaff, Waking Times - 8 hours ago
*Elias Marat* - A Canadian startup has set the lofty goal of using drones to plant a billion trees by 2028, hoping to revolutionize reforestation.
Mercenaries Are Playing A Huge Role In The Libyan War
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 8 hours ago
*New York Times:* *By Air and Sea, Mercenaries Landed in Libya. Then the Plan Went South.* A short-lived mission uncovered by U.N. investigators offers a glimpse into the world of those who have thrived off Libya’s chaos. CAIRO — Two former British marines piloted their boats, a pair of military-grade inflatables, across the Mediterranean from Malta. Six helicopters were flown in from Botswana using falsified papers. The rest of the team — soldiers of fortune from South Africa, Britain, Australia and the United States — arrived from a staging area in Jordan. To anyone who asked, ...
Trump Honors Fallen Soldiers on Memorial Day in Twin Events
AP News, Snopes.com - 8 hours ago
President Donald Trump honored America’s fallen service members as he commemorated Memorial Day in back-to-back appearances in the midst of the pandemic.
President Trump Speech, Memorial Day Ceremony, Fort McHenry – Video and Transcript…
sundance, The Last Refuge - 8 hours ago
Following the solemn ceremony at Arlington the President and First Lady traveled to Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine in Maryland where President Trump delivered remarks honoring Memorial Day 2020. [Video and Transcript Below] . [Transcript] – THE PRESIDENT: … Continue reading →
Musical Interlude: Kevin Kern, “Above The Clouds”
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
Kevin Kern, “Above The Clouds”
President Trump and First Lady Melania Memorial Day, Arlington Ceremony – Video and Pictures
sundance, The Last Refuge - 8 hours ago
President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, Vice-President Mike Pence and Second Lady Karen Pence, together with Defense Secretary Mark Esper, lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington to honor Memorial Day. Wearing a white … Continue reading →
The Daily "Near You?"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv, Israel. Thanks for stopping by!
Why Barnard Castle?
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 9 hours ago
Now it may be entirely a coincidence that the place to which he chose to drive for his eyesight test happened to be the site of the major factory of GlaxoSmithKline. It may be an entire coincidence that two days later, on the very day Cummings actually started work back in Downing Street he has stated was “to get vaccine deals through”, GlaxoSmithKline announced an agreement to develop the vaccine.
Halifax police chief lays out options for smaller budget cuts
Zane Woodford, Halifax Examiner - 9 hours ago
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Halifax’s chief of police laid out two more options for a trimmed-back budget for the force at a virtual meeting of the city’s board of police commissioners on Monday. Chief Dan Kinsella originally presented the board with a cut of $5.5 million to his […]
US State Department (not spies) penned 'non-paper' timeline of China's alleged COVID cover-up
Dylan Welch, Just In - 9 hours ago
The "Western governments dossier" quoted by Australian newspapers as proving the link between a Wuhan Laboratory and the coronavirus pandemic was a dot-pointed background document produced by the US State Department with no new evidence.
Here’s what the RCMP doesn’t want you to know about the mass murder investigation
Tim Bousquet, Halifax Examiner - 9 hours ago
Documents newly obtained by the Halifax Examiner related to the April 18/19 mass murder in Nova Scotia are so redacted by the Crown that they provide no new information. But they do provide some insight into the police investigation. The Examiner joined with eight other media organizations to ask a judge to unseal search warrants […]
Halifax widening 900 metres of sidewalk on Spring Garden, Quinpool roads
Zane Woodford, Halifax Examiner - 10 hours ago
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Halifax has announced it’s widening sidewalks for social distancing on Spring Garden and Quinpool roads as part of the first phase of transportation changes due to COVID-19. Mayor Mike Savage and chief administrative officer Jacques Dubé made the announcement in a live-streamed update on […]
We’re all in the big numbers now
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 10 hours ago
It is the end of the affair. We are no longer at epidemic levels of covid-19 prevalence in the UK (0.27% of the population infected, where 0.4% is the low end required to be “epidemic”), and all-cause deaths have slipped back below average.
Bayer Reaches Verbal Deal to Settle Up to 85,000 Roundup Cancer Lawsuits
Sustainable Pulse, Sustainable Pulse - 10 hours ago
Bayer AG has reached verbal agreements to resolve a substantial portion of an estimated 125,000 U.S. cancer lawsuits over use of its Roundup weedkiller, according to people familiar with the negotiations, Fortune reported Monday. The deals, which have yet to be signed and cover an estimated 50,000 to 85,000 suits, are part of a $10 billion Bayer plan to […] The post Bayer Reaches Verbal Deal to Settle Up to 85,000 Roundup Cancer Lawsuits appeared on Sustainable Pulse.
Free Download: Jiddu Krishnamurti, “The Book of Life”
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
"You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing and dance, and write poems and suffer and understand, for all that is life." - Jiddu Krishnamurti Freely download “The Book of Life”, by Jiddu Krishnamurti, here: - https://selfdefinition.org/krishnamurti/
"Be Wise Enough..."
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
"There is beauty laced within this day… be courageous enough to find it, be kind enough to share it, and at the end of the day, be wise enough to let it go." - Steve Maraboli
Free Download: Eckhart Tolle, “The Power of Now”
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
*“The Power of Now” (Excerpt)* by Eckhart Tolle • "Is there a difference between happiness and inner peace? Happiness depends on conditions being perceived as positive; inner peace does not. • Is it not possible to attract only positive conditions into our life? If our attitude and our thinking are always positive, we would manifest only positive events and situations, wouldn't we? Do you truly know what is positive and what is negative? Do you have the total picture? There have been many people for whom limitation, failure, loss, illness, or pain in whatever form turned out to b...
"In This Life..."
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
"Many people don't fear a hell after this life and that's because hell is on this earth, in this life. In this life there are many forms of hell that people walk through, sometimes for a day, sometimes for years, sometimes it doesn't end. The kind of hell that doesn't burn your skin; but burns your soul. The kind of hell that people can't see; but the flames lap at your spirit. Heaven is a place on earth, too! It's where you feel freedom, where you're not afraid. No more chains. And you hear your soul laughing." - C. JoyBell C.
"Playing The Game"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
*"Playing The Game"* by Tobe, Think Or Be Eaten "Playing the game called "America" is a long standing, popular phenomenon. Most everyone chooses to play. You can play "America" or you can play other games, or you can choose not to play any games in particular. Playing the game is optional and you are free to leave the game at any time; though relatively few do leave the game once they begin playing, regardless of lack of personal reward and in spite of great personal losses, up to and including their own lives. For those who play "America", nothing else matters. To them, non-player...
"How It Really Is"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
Monday Afternoon Links
Unknown, Accidental Deliberations - 9 hours ago
Miscellaneous material to start your week. - Ethan Cox writes that a large majority of Canadians favours massive public investments funded by more fair taxes on the wealthy as our road to recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. And Aaron Wherry points out the folly of fixating on deficits and public-sector debts when there are far more important and urgent problems demanding our attention. - Dakshana Bascaramurty, Carly Weeks and Eric Andrew-Gee discuss how vulnerable populations are facing a disproportionate share of the harm caused by COVID-19, while Elizabeth Leier highlights that ...
Separating Home And School For Teachers
Peter Greene, CURMUDGUCATION - 9 hours ago
Watching my wife deal with the challenges of doing crisis pandemic distance learning, I've been having flashbacks to my first job. I taught in Lorain High School (not the current LHS but the one that stood where there is now a vacant lot), and I rented an apartment right across the street from the school. When I found the place, I was delighted-- the ultimate in convenience. I wouldn't even have to start my car, let alone navigate a strange city. Heck, it was even across the street from the same side of the building in which I worked. My old neighborhoodAt the end of the day, I'd st...
"And For The Rest..."
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
"It is always what I have already said: always the wish that you may find patience enough in yourself to endure, and simplicity enough to believe; that you may acquire more and more confidence in that which is difficult, and in your solitude among others. And for the rest, let life happen to you. Believe me: life is right, in any case." - Rainer Maria Rilke
"Requiesce in Pace"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago
*"Requiesce in Pace"* by Brian Maher "It is Memorial Day… when we pause to honor the nation’s war dead. Most Americans will not, of course. It merely represents a chance to lie flat on a beach… to munch frankfurters… to dream the tall dreams of approaching summer. We will be joining them of course. We will not be planting tiny American flags atop forgotten graves this weekend. We will not be bugling taps. It is unlikely we will thank a veteran for his service - not out of disrespect - but because we scarcely know any. We nonetheless recall strolling the American military cemetery a...
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/25/2020
Lambert Strether, naked capitalism - 10 hours ago
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. #COVID19 At reader request, I’ve added this daily chart: The data is the John Hopkins CSSE data. Here is the site. I have changed to a linear scale as a default for US States and territories (see below). At some point, the enormous discrepancy between the course of the pandemic […]
"We Are Mortals Are..."
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago
"We are mortals all, human and nonhuman, bound in one fellowship of love and travail. No one escapes the fate of death. But we can, with caring, make our good-byes less tormented. If we broaden the circle of our compassion, life can be less cruel." - Gary Kowalski
Russian Prosecutors Seek A Long Jail Term For Ex-US Marine Accused Of Spying
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 10 hours ago
Paul Whelan, who holds citizenship in three countries including Canada, is escorted inside a court building in Moscow for a pretrial appearance on Oct. 24, 2019. Whelan's trial began in March and has proceeded in secrecy. (Tatyana Makeyeva/Reuters) *VOA:* *Russian Prosecutors Seek Long Jail Term for Ex-US Marine on Spying Charges* Russian prosecutors have asked a Moscow court to find former Marine Paul Whelan guilty of espionage -- a charge Whelan and U.S. officials vehemently deny -- and sentence him to 18 years in prison. Whelan's lawyer, Vladimir Zherebenkov, said on May 25 tha...
Did Trump Tweet That He ‘Sacrificed a Lot To Be Your President’?
David Mikkelson, Snopes.com - 10 hours ago
Memorial Day is for honoring and mourning the military personnel who have died while serving in the U.S. armed forces.
Coronavirus update: Italy asks for 60,000 citizens to police social distancing
Just In - 10 hours ago
During Italy's coronavirus lockdown Italians were found to have washed their hands 12 times a day while hand sanitiser was used five times a day, now they are also being asked to volunteer to enforce social distancing rules.
Hong Kong Police Use Tear Gas to Quell Protests Against China’s New Security Law
Warren Mass, rss - 11 hours ago
[image: hong-kong-police-use-tear-gas-to-quell-protests-against-china-s-new-security-law] Hong Kong police fired tear gas at demonstrators who took to the streets to protest China’s order creating enforcement mechanisms to “safeguard national security.”
Memorial Day Even More Poignant as Veterans Die from Virus
AP News, Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
An untold number of veterans served and survived during times of war only to die in recent weeks from the coronavirus.
The Gates of Hell – Elias Alias of the Mental Militia
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 11 hours ago
Monday, May 25, 2020 The Gates of Hell – Elias Alias of the Mental Militia Holiday Viewing At The Gates Of Hell Three Videos Which Are Strongly Recommended For The Mental Militia Front Row Seating: Bring Your Own Popcorn. Elias here for The Mental Militia. Please indulge me as I muse for a moment and … Continue reading The Gates of Hell – Elias Alias of the Mental Militia →
VIDEO: USS Portland Fires Laser Weapon, Downs Drone in First At-Sea Test
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 11 hours ago
Megan Eckstein May 22, 2020 Amphibious ship USS Portland (LPD-27) shot down a drone with a laser weapon during a first-of-its-kind at-sea test of the Navy’s high-energy laser weapon system. The Navy is currently developing and testing a portfolio of laser weapons, some of which are more powerful but only suited for ships with … Continue reading VIDEO: USS Portland Fires Laser Weapon, Downs Drone in First At-Sea Test →
Pick Your A-Team: Arrhenius or Ångström
Hifast, Climate Collections - 13 hours ago
Originally posted on Science Matters: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”–George Santayana 1905 Interesting that Svante Arrhenius was elevated as the founder of AGW belief system. He was ignored for many decades after Knut Ångström and his assistant Herr Koch showed that reducing CO2 concentrations did not affect the amount…
Security In Iraq, May 15-21, 2020
Joel Wing, MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 10 hours ago
For the third week in a row the Islamic State picked up the number of attacks in Iraq. The insurgents are back to the same level of operations as 2018. They are also focusing upon the Iraqi security forces probably meant to establish military dominance over the rural areas they operate in. From May 15-21, 2020 there were a total of 66 incidents recorded in the media. One of those was a pro-Iran group firing rockets at the Green Zone in Baghdad. The 65 attacks by the Islamic State were the most since the 2nd week of June 2018 when there were 67 incidents recorded. There was 1 incid...
Secession – in America, and America: Part One
Guest Blogger, Balkinization - 10 hours ago
For the Symposium on Timothy William Waters's Boxing Pandora: Rethinking Borders, States, and Secession in a Democratic World (Yale University Press, 2020) and F. H. Buckley's American Secession: The Looming Threat of a National Breakup (Encounter Books, 2020). Timothy William Waters As Socrates said, “I only know general things.”[1]*Boxing Pandora*’s argument *is* general. But if it works, it should work for America too – at least for a world with America in it. If the world were America, my book would be very different; I might not even have bothered. But the world’s more, the...
When the personal becomes political
Scott Sumner, Econlib - 10 hours ago
When I was young, the Democratic Party included African Americans, factory workers, nerdy intellectuals, and many other diverse groups. Democrats and Republicans were roughly equally likely to be pro-choice or pro-life. In many ways, that was a healthy state of affairs. Recently, however, we have increasing sorted into blue and red tribes, in a number […] The post When the personal becomes political appeared first on Econlib.
This Day In Iraqi History - May 25
Joel Wing, MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 10 hours ago
1940 Iraq For Min Said said England and France should grant Syria and Palestine Independence to counter Axis propaganda 1941 British attacked Iraqis 6 miles up from Basra city 10thIndian Div ordered to head north (Musings On Iraq review of *Persian Gulf Command, A History of the Second World War In Iran and Iraq*) (Musings On Iraq review *Iraq 1941, The Battles for Basra, Habbaniya, Fallujah and Baghdad*) (Musings On Iraq review of *Rashid Ali al-Gailani, The National Movement in Iraq 1939-1941*) (Musings On Iraq review *Iraq And Syria 1941, The Politics and Strategy of the Secon...
Why Didn't the 1958 and 1918 Pandemics Destroy the Economy? Hint: It's the Lockdowns
Ryan McMaken, Peace and Prosperity - 10 hours ago
[image: undefined] Media pundits and politicians are now in the habit of claiming it was the pandemic itself that has caused unemployment to skyrocket and economic growth to plummet. The claim is that sick and dying workers, fearful consumers, and disrupted supply chains would cause economic chaos. Some have even claimed that economic shutdowns actually help the economy, because it is claimed allowing the spread of the disease will itself destroy employment and economic growth.1 Leaving aside the fact there's no evidence lockdowns actually work, we can nonetheless look to past pand...
The 'Science' Behind Social Distancing
Jeff Harris, Peace and Prosperity - 10 hours ago
[image: undefined] The world has been turned upside down with draconian government orders to “flatten the curve” with what is called Social Distancing. Schools have been closed for months, businesses have been involuntarily shut down and travel restrictions have idled 90 percent of the airlines. The net result is over 36 million American’s are unemployed and the number is rising. Now we learn the whole social distancing lockdown that has paralyzed the nation comes from a very surprising source. A May 2nd article in the Albuquerque Journal reveals social distancing hysteria is NOT b...
One Good Thing about the Lockdown
Ron Paul, Peace and Prosperity - 10 hours ago
[image: undefined] One of the few good things to come out of the government-mandated shutdown is that many parents have started homeschooling their children. Many of these parents are likely to continue homeschooling after the government schools reopen. Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) did its part to encourage homeschooling when it unveiled “guidelines” for schools to follow when they reopen. Among the CDC’s guidelines are that schools put tape on the hallways, directing children which direction to walk and how much distance to keep between themselve...

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