Monday, August 03, 2020

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10:05 pm MDT

Gregory Mannarino, "Must Watch! A Creature Freak Show And A New Record High For Stocks"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
Gregory Mannarino, *"Must Watch! A Creature Freak Show And A New Record High For Stocks"* - https://traderschoice.net/
ARE YOU LOVING YOUR SERVITUDE? – The Burning Platform
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 6 hours ago
“A really efficient totalitarian state would be one in which the all-powerful executive of political bosses and their army of managers control a population of slaves who do not have to be coerced, because they love their servitude.” ― Aldous Huxley, Brave New World “Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every … Continue reading ARE YOU LOVING YOUR SERVITUDE? – The Burning Platform →
As Mass Evictions Loom, Practical Advice For Housing Takeovers
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 6 hours ago
Federal protection against housing evictions has expired and local and state governments are not stepping up to fill in the gap leaving tens of millions of families vulnerable to homelessness during this growing pandemic and deep recession. In Philadelphia and across the country families, out of desperation, are taking over empty publicly-owned housing. It is estimated that there are up to ten vacant homes for every homeless person. We speak with Cheri Honkala of the Poor People's Economic and Human Rights campaign about the practicalities of housing takeovers from identifying emp...
Reclaiming Public Health: The Communalist Healthcare Model
Kevin Zeese, PopularResistance.Org - 6 hours ago
During the Spanish Influenza outbreak of 1918, Alfred W. Crosby, a Professor Emeritus of History, Geography, and American Studies wrote that nurses were more important than doctors during this period: “[N]either antibiotics nor medical techniques existed to cure influenza or pneumonia. Warm food, warm blankets, fresh air, and what nurses ironically call TLC — tender loving care — [kept] the patient alive until the disease passed away.” When Voltaire said that nature cures the disease, I like to think of him referring to care workers’ TLC. The post Reclaiming Public Health: The Com...
UK Government Refuses To Release Information About Assange Judge Who Has 96% Extradition Record
Kevin Zeese, PopularResistance.Org - 6 hours ago
Declassified has also discovered that the judge, Vanessa Baraitser, has ordered extradition in 96% of the cases she has presided over for which information is publicly available. Baraitser was appointed a district judge in October 2011 based at the Chief Magistrate’s Office in London, after being admitted as a solicitor in 1994. Next to no other information is available about her in the public domain. A request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was sent by Declassified to the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) on 28 February 2020 requesting a list of all the cases on which Baraits...
Settlers Move In On Palestinian World Heritage Site
Kevin Zeese, PopularResistance.Org - 6 hours ago
This is not the first time settlers have tried to take over this area. In December 2018, hundreds of settlers arrived overnight with bulldozers and tractors, dug an access road through the mountain, and tried to establish an outpost. They failed: it rained, the vehicles got stuck, and in the morning the Civil Administration — the arm of Israel’s military government that governs the 2.8 million Palestinians in the West Bank — evacuated them. “The effort in 2018 was well-funded,” Etkes adds. “Everything was done very professionally, with heavy vehicles. That’s an investment of hundre...
The Consequences Of Inequality Can Be Fatal
Kevin Zeese, PopularResistance.Org - 6 hours ago
The COVID-19 pandemic, inadequately contained by the U.S. system, savages Americans of middle and lower incomes and wealth markedly more than the rich. The rich buy better health care and diets, second homes away from crowded cities, better connections to get government bailouts, and so on. Many of the poor are homeless. Tasteless advice to “shelter at home” is, for them, absurd. Low-income people are often crowded into the kinds of dense housing and dense working conditions that facilitate infection. Poor residents of low-cost nursing homes die disproportionally, as do prison inm...
Nobody Accurately Tracks Health Care Workers Lost To COVID-19
Kevin Zeese, PopularResistance.Org - 6 hours ago
Anesthesiologist Claire Rezba, scrolling through the news on her phone, was dismayed. “I felt like her sacrifice was really great and her child’s sacrifice was really great, and she was just this anonymous woman, you know? It seemed very trivializing.” For days, Rezba would click through Google, searching for a name, until in late March, the news stories finally supplied one: Diedre Wilkes. And almost without realizing it, Rezba began to keep count. The next name on her list was world-famous, at least in medical circles: James Goodrich, a pediatric neurosurgeon in New York City an...
15 Lessons From 15 Years Of BDS
Kevin Zeese, PopularResistance.Org - 7 hours ago
July marked the 15th anniversary of the launch of the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement. Much has happened over those years. Here are 15 lessons I’ve learned on the journey to dismantle Israeli apartheid. It is incredible how many cities and cultural spaces have declared themselves “apartheid free zones,” how many companies have divested from Israeli apartheid, how many artists have decided not to play in Israel and how many academics have ended relationships with Israeli institutions as a result of BDS campaigns. Yet it is often difficult to keep our hopes up whil...
‘Playing the China Card’ (Differently)
Kevin Zeese, PopularResistance.Org - 7 hours ago
In a speech on Thursday, July 23 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared that the Nixon opening to China was a mistake. “We must admit a hard truth that should guide us in the years and decades to come: that if we want to have a free 21st century and not the Chinese century of which Xi Jinping dreams, the old paradigm of blind engagement with China simply won’t get it done. We must not continue it and we must not return to it.” (Edward Wong, Steven Lee Myers, “Officials Push U.S.-China Relations Toward Point of No Return,” The New York Times, July 25, 2020). If it is true that the ...
Welcome To Sectarian America: A People, Divided And Armed
Kevin Zeese, PopularResistance.Org - 7 hours ago
Feeling more than a little exhausted from a late night spent tracking yet another polarizing fatal shooting at a protest, this time in Austin, I am reminded of what has become a tired — but no less accurate — cliché, to speak of “Two Americas.” I’d add that the citizens of each rump republic increasingly see two different scenes — and certainly draw divergent conclusions — from the same video footage. Details of thiss particular incident were initially sketchy and contested. However, most reports agree that libertarian activist Garrett Foster, who was himself armed with a rifl...
Academic Heresy Protocols – Ignore The Heretic
Louis Hissink, Louis Hissink's Crazy World - 7 hours ago
Last century American quantum physicist David Bohm wrote a scientific paper on his understanding of Quantum physics and incurred the wrath of the American physics mafia led by J. Robert Oppenheimer. Put briefly the physics mafia could not fault Bohm’s … Continue reading →
Humanitarian Camp Raided By Border Patrol, 30+ People Arrested
Kevin Zeese, PopularResistance.Org - 7 hours ago
The government ramped up its efforts to stop humanitarian workers on the U.S.-Mexico border and raided the ‘No More Deaths’ aid station, Byrd Camp, arresting over 30 people. The Friday, July 31 raid featured the U.S. Border Patrol, an armored vehicle, two helicopters, three ATVs, a couple dozen vehicles and BORTAC, a type of tactical unit that was recently deployed in Portland against protesters for Black lives. Volunteers from No More Deaths/No Más Muertas, a humanitarian organization seeking to end death and suffering on the US-Mexico borderlands, have continually faced charges,...
How strong is the paternalist argument for drug regulations?
Scott Sumner, Econlib - 9 hours ago
We are often told that we cannot leave the pharmaceutical market unregulated, as uninformed consumers will make poor choices. I don’t doubt that there would be many examples of poor choices in a free market, but that’s not the same as claiming that the choices would be poor, on average. This article caught my eye: […] The post How strong is the paternalist argument for drug regulations? appeared first on Econlib.
BCI Gains 3% in Fiscal 2020
Leo Kolivakis, Pension Pulse - 4 hours ago
British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) announced an 8.5% annualized rate of return for the 10-year period for Fiscal 2020: British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) ended our fiscal year on March 31, 2020, with $171.3 billion of assets under management. The $17.8 billion increase in net assets reflects investment gains of $4.0 billion and $13.8 billion of client net contributions. Over the 10-year period, the annualized return for the combined pension plan [1] clients was 8.5 per cent compared to a benchmark of 7.2 per cent, representing $11.2 billi...
ARE YOU LOVING YOUR SERVITUDE? (PART TWO)
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 6 hours ago
In Part One of this article I laid out the argument Huxley’s dystopian vision of the future had played out over many decades, but now I observe Orwell’s darker vision in motion since the start of this century. All the “solutions” being imposed by those in power don’t solve anything, because they aren’t designed to … Continue reading ARE YOU LOVING YOUR SERVITUDE? (PART TWO) →
How the Billionaires Control American Elections
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 6 hours ago
Eric Zuesse July 31, 2020 The great investigative journalist Glenn Greenwald gave an hour-long lecture on how America’s billionaires control the U.S. Government, and here is an edited summary of its opening twenty minutes, with key quotations and assertions from its opening — and then its broader context will be discussed briefly: “How Congress Maintains … Continue reading How the Billionaires Control American Elections →
Los TLC con la U.E. y con EE. UU. son un golpe mortal para el Ecuador en esta pandemia
bilaterals.org - 6 hours ago
03-Aug-2020 Organizaciones sociales alertaron en una rueda de prensa virtual, sobre los impactos de los Tratados de Libre Comercio al Ecuador.
Seúl y Pekín buscan impulsar su comercio en medio de la pandemia
bilaterals.org - 6 hours ago
03-Aug-2020 Corea del Sur y China han celebrado, este lunes, una reunión para actualizar y ampliar el alcance de su tratado de libre comercio (TLC) que entró en vigor aproximadamente hace cinco años.
Mysterious Drone Swarm Breached Secure Airspace Over Largest Nuclear Power Plant In US
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 6 hours ago
Tyler Durden 08/02/2020 A mysterious incident related to a serious breach of secure airspace over America’s largest nuclear power plant has been unearthed through Freedom of Information Act documents gained from the government. It’s leading to new fears that America’s energy infrastructure is prone to attack and potentially being knocked offline, akin to the drone and … Continue reading Mysterious Drone Swarm Breached Secure Airspace Over Largest Nuclear Power Plant In US →
FULL SHOW: THE GREAT AWAKENING IS HERE — GLOBALIST FORCES PANIC AS TRUMP GOES ON OFFENSE
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 6 hours ago
The Alex Jones Show Aug 2, 2020 via FULL SHOW: THE GREAT AWAKENING IS HERE — GLOBALIST FORCES PANIC AS TRUMP GOES ON OFFENSE
Deadly flash floods hit Sudan, damaging or destroying more than 2 300 homes
Widespread flooding hit Sudan over the weekend, leaving more than 2 300 homes damaged or destroyed and at least five people dead. The worst affected province was the Blue Nile, where heavy rainfall lashed about 1 200 houses and caused the collapse of the Bout dam....... Read more »
Follow The Money
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 6 hours ago
Aug2 by disturbeddeputy Why are so many deaths Covid related? Simple: Because Covid deaths are more profitable. Even the CDC says so. I have brought this monetary incentive up before, but here is the head of the CDC plainly stating it. Can you say ‘Covid collusion?’ https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/cdc-director-acknowledges-hospitals-have-a-monetary-incentive-to-overcount-coronavirus-deaths On the flip side of this, I know … Continue reading Follow The Money →
Chet Raymo, "As Time Goes By"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
* "As Time Goes By"* by Chet Raymo "Is time something that is defined by the ticking of a cosmic clock, God's wristwatch say? Time doesn't exist except for the current tick. The past is irretrievably gone. The future does not yet exist. Consciousness is awareness of a moment. Or is time a dimension like space? We move through time as we move through space. The past is still there; we're just not there anymore. The future exists; we'll get there. We experience time as we experience space, say, by looking out the window of a moving train. Or is time… Physicists and philosophers have...
"'Singularity': Poet Marie Howe’s Beautiful Tribute to Stephen Hawking and Our Belonging to the Universe"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
*"'Singularity': Poet Marie Howe’s Beautiful Tribute to * *Stephen Hawking and Our Belonging to the Universe"* “Do you sometimes want to wake up to the singularity we once were?” by Maria Popova "When Stephen Hawking (January 8, 1942–March 14, 2018) was a young man, having already outlived the prognosis he had been given with ALS, he built on earlier theories about what happens to a dying star as it collapses to form a singularity - that tiny point of zero radius, infinite density, and infinite curvature of spacetime at the heart of a black hole. But then Hawking did something radica...
Musical Interlude: Jefferson Airplane, "White Rabbit”
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
Jefferson Airplane, "White Rabbit”
"A Look to the Heavens"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
"The constellation of Orion is much more than three stars in a row. It is a direction in space that is rich with impressive nebulas. To better appreciate this well-known swath of sky, an extremely long exposure was taken over many clear nights in 2013 and 2014. After 212 hours of camera time and an additional year of processing, the featured 1400-exposure collage spanning over 40 times the angular diameter of the Moon emerged. *Click image for larger size.* Of the many interesting details that have become visible, one that particularly draws the eye is Barnard's Loop, the bright red c...
“How to Slow Down Time”
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
*“How to Slow Down Time” * by David Cain “As I moved from my twenties to thirties I noticed a certain psychological miscalculation happening more often: a day that feels like it was three or four months ago was actually a year ago. Or I would think back to what I was doing this time last year, then realize that what I’m remembering happened two years ago. Almost everyone says this effect only gets stronger - time seems to speed up as you age, right until you die. Apparently, by the time you’re ninety, you make breakfast, and once you’ve tidied up the dishes it’s mid-afternoon. Then...
Did Obituary Blame Trump for Man’s COVID-19 Death?
Bethania Palma, Snopes.com - 6 hours ago
An emotional obituary for David W. Nagy condemned all who have failed to heed the advice of medical professionals during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.
New Climate Summary: Meat, Livestock Have Little Climate Impact
James Taylor, Climate Realism - 7 hours ago
American ranchers and U.S. meat consumption have virtually no impact on greenhouse gas emissions or climate, reports a compelling new climate summary. The new climate summary, “Climate at a Glance: Livestock and Methane,” documents that cattle and beef account for just 2% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. All livestock combined account for less than 4% […] The post New Climate Summary: Meat, Livestock Have Little Climate Impact appeared first on Climate Realism.
Fact Check: Progressive Hero Margaret Sanger Was a Racist Eugenicist
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 7 hours ago
corbettreport Jul 31, 2020 Planned Parenthood are erasing Margaret Sanger’s name from their Manhattan Health Center . . . but they won’t tell you why. On today’s fact check, James verifies the truth about Sanger and the real racist and eugenicist roots of Planned Parenthood that are not being explored in the establishment corporate PR. … Continue reading Fact Check: Progressive Hero Margaret Sanger Was a Racist Eugenicist →
Twitter suspends Arizona Republican Party head’s account week before primary
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 7 hours ago
Cole Lauterbach, The Center Square July 29, 2020 Social media platform Twitter notified Kelli Ward, chairwoman of Arizona’s Republican Party, that her account had been suspended for seven days because she shared a COVID-19-related video about the benefits of hydroxychloroquine as a prevention measure that’s been widely panned as misinformation. The suspension Tuesday means the … Continue reading Twitter suspends Arizona Republican Party head’s account week before primary →
NY Bar Says Liquor License Suspended Over “F*CK CUOMO” Menu
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 7 hours ago
Tyler Durden Sat, 08/01/2020 A bar in Western New York says the state suspended their liquor license over a satirical menu which spells out “FUCK CUOMO” – meant to mock the governor over his executive order requiring customers to purchase food with alcohol, according to Spectrum News. “He doesn’t have a right to selectively … Continue reading NY Bar Says Liquor License Suspended Over “F*CK CUOMO” Menu →
BlackListed News
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 7 hours ago
The Latest Targets Of DHS Surveillance Are Journalists Who Published Leaked Documents Is there anything the DHS can’t turn into a debacle while pretending to secure the homeland? It would appear it’s impossible for America’s least essential security agency to move forward without stepping in something. Share | 2 Comments Cultural Revolution: Illinois lawmaker proposes … Continue reading BlackListed News →
Gee.....Didn't See This One Coming.
Diogenes Sarcastica™, Diogenes' Middle Finger - 2 hours ago
The Washington Post joins in. Read Here Russia, Media fabricated stories, mail in ballots, abolish the electoral college, and now get rid of debates. They know Joe Biden couldn't win a debate against a potato. The media are scared that Joe Biden’s mind will melt into a puddle of sludge if he takes the stage against DJT, and it would be really unfair if such a spectacle were to change the direction of the election. Their candidate can’t remember his own name. You can sense it every time they make some weak new excuse for why Biden should be allowed to abscond from even the most ba...
Empire is the Root of US-China Hostilities
Jacob G. Hornberger, Peace and Prosperity - 6 hours ago
[image: undefined] The biggest factor that has led the US government to initiate a hostile relationship against China involves the concept of empire. An empire wants to be the only empire or at least the dominant empire. That is, it wants to control everyone and everybody within its realm, which ideally encompasses the entire world. That was the way it is with the US Empire, whose core is the US national-security state, which encompasses the Pentagon, the CIA, and the NSA. As the Soviet Union was dismantling with its unilateral decision to end the Cold War in 1989, the US empire f...
Democrats Use COVID-19 Unemployment to Buy Votes
Cheryl K. Chumley, Peace and Prosperity - 6 hours ago
[image: undefined] Democrats want the next round of coronavirus stimulus dollars to extend the $600 unemployment insurance enhancement for those who lost their jobs or who faced mandated furloughs because of economic shutdowns. Republicans say no. And that is the sticking point. And stick we will stay. Democrats want that money to buy votes for their subpar candidate, Joe Biden, this fall. It’s all politics. There’s little in the Democratic fight for $600 UI insurance that’s tied to genuine concern for the people. It’s about the lead-up to November, the race to the White House. The...
"Where Does One Go..."
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
"Where does one go from a world of insanity? Somewhere on the other side of despair." - T.S. Eliot
"The Fleeting Happiness of Life"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
*"The Fleeting Happiness of Life"* By Jocelyn Soriano "The truth is, there is no one place, however we may envy it, which would be indisputably good for us to occupy; much less for us to remain in. The zest of life, like the pleasure which we receive from a work of art, or from nature, comes from undulations – from inequalities; not from any monotony, even though it be the monotony of seeming perfection. The beauty of the landscape depends upon contrasts, and would be lost in one common surface of splendor. The grandeur of the waves is in the deep hollows, as well as the culminati...
The Poet: Mary Oliver, "Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches?"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
* "Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches?"* "Have you ever tried to enter the long black branches of other lives- tried to imagine what the crisp fringes, full of honey, hanging from the branches of the young locust trees, in early morning, feel like? Do you think this world was only an entertainment for you? Never to enter the sea and notice how the water divides with perfect courtesy, to let you in! Never to lie down on the grass, as though you were the grass! Never to leap to the air as you open your wings over the dark acorn of your heart! No wonder we hear, in your...
Mass Murderer Dr. Deborah Birx Continues the False Hydroxychloroquine Scam that has Caused MILLIONS of Deaths
Admin, Health Impact News - 6 hours ago
Having failed to censor the Frontline Doctors' press conferences and Summit in Washington D.C. last week, where doctors went directly to the American people to explain that they were healing 100% of their patients diagnosed with COVID with hydroxychloroquine, a safe drug that has been approved by the FDA and has been in the marketplace for over 60 years, the Trump Administration sent Dr. Deborah Birx to appear on Fox News to continue promoting the scam, and encouraging people instead to use the new drug, Remdesivir, instead of hydroxychloroquine. Appearing from the White House, and...
The Daily "Near You?"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
Oak Park, California, USA. Thanks for stopping by!
Communist China Runs the UN | Behind the Deep State
TNA Video, rss - 6 hours ago
[image: alex-newman-communist-china-runs-the-un] VIDEO - In this episode of Behind The Deep State, host Alex Newman exposes the fact that the dictatorship in Communist China essentially runs the United Nations. It will also play a star role in the New World Order. Alex goes through a recent U.S. government report highlighting the many Communist Chinese agents running key UN agencies and programs including UNESCO, UNIDO, ICAO, FAO, and many more. And unlike people from other nations, Communist Chinese must obey the party's orders while serving in international organizations. The Deep...
"A Vaccine May Not Be the 'Magical Cure' Everyone Anticipates"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
*"A Vaccine May Not Be the 'Magical Cure' Everyone Anticipates"* by Charles Hugh Smith "Let's attempt the impossible and set aside all preconceptions we might have about a vaccine for Covid-19, and think it through somewhat dispassionately. Let's start by stipulating that dispassionate analysis is as rare as anti-matter, as everyone's barely-cloaked self-interest and ideological biases demand an indignant, rabid response to any challenges to the one true faith, i.e. whatever they believe. Speaking of self-interest, we would be blind not to notice the rapacious interest of Big Pharm...
"Mourn Not..."
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
“Mourn not the dead. But rather mourn the apathetic throng - the cowed and meek who see the world's great anguish and its wrong, and dare not speak.” - Ralph Chaplin
Stocks Rally Worldwide. Indices Are Near Record Levels
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 7 hours ago
The Wall Street sign is pictured at the New York Stock exchange (NYSE) in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 9, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri *Reuters:* *Nasdaq hits record high close as traders eye M&A and stimulus* The Nasdaq surged to a record high close on Monday as a rebound in multibillion-dollar deals, including Microsoft’s pursuit of TikTok’s U.S. operations, lifted sentiment, and efforts to hammer out a coronavirus relief bill resumed. Microsoft (MSFT.O) jumped 5.6% after it said it would push ahead with talks to buy the U.S. operations of Chines...
Trump Using Twitter as a Tool to Drive Media Conversation
Bob Adelmann, rss - 7 hours ago
[image: trump-using-twitter-as-a-tool-to-drive-media-conversation] Until Twitter pulls the plug on the president’s account, he will continue to focus and drive the conversation where he wants it to go, with the mainstream media following dutifully behind.
Hydroxychloroquine Scandal Spurs Hundreds of Thousands to Protest in Europe, While Americans Mostly Just Comply
AdminM, Medical Kidnap - 7 hours ago
Berlin, Germany, used to be the most famous city in the world representing tyrannical rule, as for decades after World War II the city was divided between "west" and "east" with a wall and guards preventing people from going from one side of the city to the other. During this "Cold War" period between Russia and the U.S., Americans were taught that the "west" side of Berlin stood for "freedom," while the "east" side represented tyrannical communist rule. This past weekend, (first weekend of August 2020), citizens of what was once Nazi Germany led the world by turning out in the tens...
Did Democrats Fail To Wear Masks at John Lewis’ Funeral?
Dan Evon, Snopes.com - 7 hours ago
This photograph actually predates the COVID-19 pandemic by about five years.
Cal State Scholars Call New Ethnic Studies or Social Justice Course Requirement a “Trojan Horse”
Sara Weissman, Diverse - 7 hours ago
The Cal State University system board of trustees voted in favor of requiring students to take an ethnic studies or social-justice-related course before they graduate. But ethnic studies scholars opposed the change, arguing that it doesn't actually require an ethnic studies class.
Hydroxychloroquine Scandal Spurs Hundreds of Thousands to Protest in Europe, While Americans Mostly Just Comply
Admin, Health Impact News - 8 hours ago
Berlin, Germany, used to be the most famous city in the world representing tyrannical rule, as for decades after World War II the city was divided between "west" and "east" with a wall and guards preventing people from going from one side of the city to the other. During this "Cold War" period between Russia and the U.S., Americans were taught that the "west" side of Berlin stood for "freedom," while the "east" side represented tyrannical communist rule. This past weekend, (first weekend of August 2020), citizens of what was once Nazi Germany led the world by turning out in the tens...
From Lockdowns To ‘The Great Reset’
WTStaff, Waking Times - 8 hours ago
*Tyler Durden* - The lockdown in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the implementation of long-held plans to establish a so-called new world order.
This is What Plastic Does to Ocean Live – It is Insane
WTStaff, Waking Times - 8 hours ago
*Anthony McLennan* - Plastic pollution is the modern plague of the sea.
Brazilian Amazon Drained of Millions of Wild Animals by Criminal Networks
WTStaff, Waking Times - 8 hours ago
*Sharon Guynup* - A new 140-page report is shining a bright light on illegal wildlife trafficking in the Brazilian Amazon. It is heart-breaking.
60% Of US Counties Are Seeing 'Uncontrollable Spread' Of COVID-19
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 7 hours ago
The data map, which was compiled by spatial analytics company Esri , shows that almost every state across the country has at least one county experiencing an 'epidemic trend', or uncontrollable spread, of coronavirus cases *Daily Mail: **Data map shows 60% of US counties are seeing an 'uncontrollable spread' of COVID-19 cases - as Dr Deborah Birx warns infections are 'extraordinarily widespread' in cities and rural areas* * The data map shows that almost every state across the country has at least one county experiencing an 'epidemic trend', or uncontrollable spread, of coronaviru...
The Daily Brief 2020-08-02
[image: The Daily Brief 2020-08-02] This is a summary of *13* AMN articles on the following subjects: *Iran, Egypt, Turkey, Deir_Ezzor, ISIS, Syria, Hezbollah, Lebanon, Ansarallah, Yemen, China, Israel, Assad, Libya, Iraq, Kazemi*. Categories covered in this brief: Iran, North-Africa, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, World-News, Middleeast, Iraq Let us know how you like this brief in the comments below. — The AMN Live Team Table of Contents - Iran unveils first aircraft used for first response operations - Egypt slams Turkey’s attack on their territorial rights in eastern Mediterra...
Suspected Israeli strikestarget Syrian Army troops in Quneitra
[image: Suspected Israeli strikestarget Syrian Army troops in Quneitra] BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:20 P.M.) – A Syrian Arab Army (SAA) sources reported this evening that their troops attempted to intercept a number of hostile missiles over the Al-Quneitra Governorate. According to the source, the enemy projectiles were fired from Tal Fares in the occupied Golan Heights towards Tal Al-Ahmar in Syria’s Al-Quneitra Governorate. The source said the projectiles targeted the Syrian Arab Army’s positions along the large hilltop, with some of them managing to hit their intended target. Continue ...
Typhoon "Hagupit" slams into China's Zhejiang
Typhoon "Hagupit" -- the fourth named storm of the 2020 Pacific typhoon season -- made landfall in China's Zhejiang Province at around 19:30 UTC on August 4, 2020. The storm had maximum sustained winds of 130 km/h (80 mph) and gusts to 187 km/h (115...... Read more »
Dominica ‘forging ahead’ with marijuana industry, prime minister says
Matt Lamers, Marijuana Business Daily - 7 hours ago
Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said a draft bill paving the way for a regulated marijuana industry will be presented to parliament in the coming weeks. “The Government will forge ahead on the matter of developing a revenue stream, and foreign exchange earnings from a marijuana industry,” Skerrit said when delivering the country’s latest national […] Dominica ‘forging ahead’ with marijuana industry, prime minister says is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Oleske on Koppelman
Andrew Koppelman, Balkinization - 7 hours ago
Should religious people who conscientiously object to facilitating same-sex weddings, and who therefore decline to provide cakes, photography, or other services, be exempted from antidiscrimination laws? Last September, in the Annual Law and Religion Lecture at Brigham Young University School of Law, I analyzed a common response: the claim that conservative condemnation of gay sex and marriage is as evil as racism, and those who hold that view should likewise be disqualified from religious accommodations. My talk, forthcoming in the BYU Law Review and just posted on SSRN, disambigu...
FDA approves GW Pharmaceuticals’ cannabis drug for new indication
Solomon Israel, Marijuana Business Daily - 7 hours ago
CBD drug Epidiolex received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat seizures associated with a third medical condition, expanding the range of indications for the cannabis-derived medication. The orally administered drug from Britain’s GW Pharmaceuticals previously was approved by the FDA to treat seizures associated with two forms of severe epilepsy, Lennox-Gastaut […] FDA approves GW Pharmaceuticals’ cannabis drug for new indication is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
The end of a disastrous month!
<b>bob somerby</b>, the daily howler - 7 hours ago
*MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 2020The virus won big in July:* Here in the United States, the virus did extremely well in the month of July. We just went back over the Washington Post's numbers from the last week in June (June 24 through June 30). According to the numbers the Post is currently showing, the average number of daily deaths, nationwide, was 518.7 during that week. Presumably, no reporting anomalies from the July 4 weekend were yet affecting the data. As of that last week in June, daily deaths had come down a long way from their high point, in mid-April, of over 2000 deaths per ...
Conspiracy Fantasists! Felons! FOX "News" Goons! Freaks Of All Kinds! Get Ready For The 2020 Republican Con-Vention!
DownWithTyranny, DownWithTyranny! - 8 hours ago
*-by Noah* It's almost convention time! Now that Donnie Psycho's COVID-19 indifference has spread the virus so bigly, tremendously, and powerfully, that he has been bigly, tremendously, and powerfully forced to bigly, tremendously, and, powerfully alter his 2020 Republican Death Cult Freakfest, his bigly, tremendously, and powerfully organized campaign loon staff are bigly, tremendously, and powerfully putting together a bigly, tremendously, and powerfully not so exciting con-vention that will blend virtual and in person speeches, workshops, and events. We at *DWT* feel bigly, tr...
On ongoing failings
Unknown, Accidental Deliberations - 8 hours ago
Andrew Leach has pointed out how Alberta's economy has been the worst in the country since Jason Kenney took power. But it's also worth noting which provinces have seen similar results: In other words, leaving aside the problems with Moe's non-response to the COVID crisis, Saskatchewan's GDP and employment situations already ranked among the worst in Canada for the previous two years. And it already projected to be third-worst in both categories for 2020, in each case as one of only three provinces set to face negative economic development across the board. Of course, it can hardl...
Report: “Woke” Corporations Supporting Black Lives Matter Quietly Funding Police
Alan Macleod, MintPress News - 8 hours ago
Corporations like JPMorgan Chase, Chevron and Marathon claim to support the movement for black lives, but their donations to police help “tyrannize the very communities” they claim to stand with. The post Report: “Woke” Corporations Supporting Black Lives Matter Quietly Funding Police appeared first on MintPress News.
Saint Vincent medical cannabis industry resilient despite COVID-19 delays
Matt Lamers, Marijuana Business Daily - 9 hours ago
The coronavirus pandemic has caused delays for some medical cannabis businesses in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, but the chief operating officer of the industry’s regulatory body says the sector remains strong. Terral Mapp, COO of the Medicinal Cannabis Authority (MCA), said the marijuana industry has been resilient during the COVID-19 pandemic. The MCA regulates […] Saint Vincent medical cannabis industry resilient despite COVID-19 delays is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Iraq’s Oil Prices Rise For Third Month But Still Too Low
Joel Wing, MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 9 hours ago
The world oil market is slowly recovering due a combination of OPEC+ production cuts and countries opening up their economies during the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, prices for Iraqi crude rose for the third month. They are still too low for the most oil dependent country in the world however. In July Iraq exported an average of 2.763 million barrels a day. That was down from 2.816 million barrels in June. The drop was due to Iraq slowly complying with OPEC production quotas. Iraq agreed to produce 3.592 million barrels a day starting in May, and then promised to make even d...
This Day In Iraqi History - Aug 3
Joel Wing, MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 9 hours ago
1954 Nuri al-Said became Iraq’s PM 7th time Went after opposition parties (Musings On Iraq review *The Chatham House Version and other Middle-Eastern Studies*) 1982 Iran called off Op Ramadan invasion of Basra At its peak Iran seized 300 sq km of Iraqi territory By end only held 80 sq km US est Iran lost 14,000 casualties Iraq lost 8700 casualties and 1700 prisoners (Musings On Iraq interview with author Anthony Tucker-Jones on Iran-Iraq War) (Musings On Iraq interview with author Tom Cooper on Iran-Iraq War) (Musings On Iraq review *Iran-Iraq War Volume 2: Iran Strikes back, ...
Nevada OKs partial settlement in marijuana licensing lawsuit
Solomon Israel, Marijuana Business Daily - 9 hours ago
Nevada’s Tax Commission endorsed a partial settlement to resolve a consolidated lawsuit from a group of cannabis companies that claimed the state’s first round of recreational marijuana licensing was unfair. The state issued 61 permits in its adult-use licensing round in late 2018, but critics said the process favored certain well-capitalized businesses over other, smaller players. […] Nevada OKs partial settlement in marijuana licensing lawsuit is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Trump thumbs nose at Pelosi and Schiff with the release of his current financial disclosure report
Uriel, 'Nox & Friends - 9 hours ago
According to the Washington Examiner, President Trump just released his 2019 Financial Disclosure Report. These are the same reports that all Congressional members are supposed to release as well. Here is what the Examiner noted after reviewing his report: “President Trump’s private properties brought in a mixed revenue record last year, according to his financial disclosure form for 2019 released on Friday. The Trump Organization reported slightly higher revenue than in 2018, bringing in $446.3 million in 2019 compared to $434.9 million the year before. From 2017, revenue declined ...
A Tale Of Two Virus Strategies
News Staff, Science 2.0 blogs - 9 hours ago
Viruses have strategies. They may not be dominated by politics or people who have desire to work in government but they are strategies just the same. Unable to reproduce on their own, viruses replicate by infecting a living organism's cells and getting the cells to make copies of them. Two main options exist for copies of a virus's genetic structure made in the cell: stay in the cell as a template for making even more copies or get packaged as a new virus and leave in an attempt to infect other cells. The stay strategy initially produces copies of the genetic code faster, while the ...
28 Million Years: Hengduan Mountains Flora Has Existed Longer Than Any Other Alpine Flora On Earth
News Staff, Science 2.0 blogs - 9 hours ago
The world's most species-rich temperate alpine biota occurs in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Himalaya, and the Hengduan Mountains. It has continuously existed far longer than any other alpine flora on Earth, which can infer how modern biotas have been shaped by past geological and climatic events. read more
Wind Energy Subsidies vs. Oil and Gas Tax Deductions
IER, IER - 11 hours ago
The wind and solar industries have been lobbying Congress to extend the production tax credit and the investment tax credit… The post Wind Energy Subsidies vs. Oil and Gas Tax Deductions appeared first on IER.
US Conflict With China Policy Will Isolate The US, Not China
Kevin Zeese, PopularResistance.Org - 8 hours ago
Tensions between the United States and China are rising as the U.S. election nears, with tit-for-tat consulate closures, new U.S. sanctions and no less than three U.S. aircraft carrier strike groups prowling the seas around China. But it is the United States that has initiated each new escalation in U.S.-China relations. China’s responses have been careful and proportionate, with Chinese officials such as Foreign Minister Wang Yi publicly asking the U.S. to step back from its brinkmanship to find common ground for diplomacy. Most of the U.S. complaints about China are long-standi...
Coronavirus Vaccine: Which Americans Will Get It First?
Ethen Kim Lieser, The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Health, * According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s opening suggestion, 12 million of the most critical health, national security and other essential workers should be vaccinated first. Scientists in both the U.S. and across the world are in a heated race to develop a viable vaccine to combat the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. There already reportedly have been great advancements made in this endeavor, and medical experts have said that a vaccine that’s at least 50% effective could be given the clear by early 2021. Merely months away from a po...
The Marine Corps’ Assault Amphibious Vehicle Should Have Been Replaced Years Ago
Caleb Larson, The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Caleb Larson* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2019%3Anewsml_RC1E3CDB7A00&share=true] The Assault Amphibious Vehicle is ancient. Why has it survived this long? As America’s force-in-readiness, the Marine Corps is expected to do it all. They thrive in austere environments and can leave at a moment’s notice. The Corps has always operated in close coordination with the Navy and the two branches enjoy a very close relationship. Despite their long history working together, the today the Corp is perhaps best known for their blood...
“We’ve lost a generation.” Will Anyone Protect the Yezidi Survivors of ISIS Genocide?
Matthew Petti, The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Matthew Petti* *Security, Middle East* The Yezidi community of Iraq is still in danger of genocide, community members and a U.S. official warned on the sixth anniversary of the violent campaign to exterminate the ethnoreligious group. The Yezidi community of Iraq is still in danger of genocide, community members and a U.S. official warned on the sixth anniversary of the violent campaign to exterminate the ethnoreligious group. Yezidis were among the worst-hit victims of the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, which descended on the Yezidi homeland of Mount Sinjar in August 2014....
China's Assault Carrier is Starting Sea Trials
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Security, Asia* On one side of the Pacific, the U.S. Navy's Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) is in ruins in San Diego and will not be able to return to duty anytime soon if ever. Across the Pacific, the similarly-sized Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy's first Type-075 assault carrier is about to start sea trials. On one side of the Pacific, the U.S. Navy's *Wasp*-class amphibious assault ship* USS Bonhomme Richard* (LHD-6) is in ruins in San Diego and will not be able to return to duty anytime soon if ever. Across the Pacific, th...
Texas School Officials Caught Promoting Marxism & Terrorism
Alex Newman, rss - 8 hours ago
[image: texas-school-officials-caught-promoting-marxism-terrorism] Education authorities are under fire after a school counselor in Plano, Texas, was exposed sending around propaganda to colleagues promoting Marxism, terrorism, communism, defunding the police, and hyper-racialism.
Monday Afternoon Links
Unknown, Accidental Deliberations - 8 hours ago
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. - Christopher Cheung examines the privilege involved in being able to stay home during the course of the coronavirus pandemic. And Kate Allen, Jennifer Yang, Rachel Mendleson and Andrew Bailey report on the stark gap between wealthier Toronto families who were able to avoid COVID-19 during a lockdown, and poorer ones who saw their exposure continue to increase. - Sara Mojtehedzadeh reports on one migrant worker who was threatened with deportation for daring to report that his roommate died of COVID-19 - and the reality that many more ...
US Launches Brazen Interventionist Plan to Overthrow The FSLN
Kevin Zeese, PopularResistance.Org - 8 hours ago
An orchestrated plan financed by the United States to overthrow the democratically elected Nicaragua government during the next two years was leaked in a document from the US embassy and presented July 31, 2020, by Nicaraguan journalist William Grigsby on his political analysis program "Sin Fronteras", and as an article on Radio La Primerísima website. Grigsby says the new destabilization plan is in response to the fact that the US realizes President Daniel Ortega will win the November 2021 elections. The 18-page document is RFTOP No: 72052420R00004, with the title RAIN or Respons...
Covid-19 Significantly and Adversely Impacts Blood Cells
Majia's Blog, Majia's Blog - 8 hours ago
Covid-19 is a SYSTEMIC INFECTION that compromises our red and white blood cells. Efforts to reassure us all that we won't contract Covid-19 over and over again as antibodies fade have invoked the mighty T cell as our salvation. I am cheering them on! However, consider this: Covid-19 produces lymphopenia, that is it compromises B lymphocytes, T lymphocytes, and NK (natural killer) cells: Terpos E, Ntanasis-Stathopoulos I, Elalamy I, et al. Hematological findings and complications of COVID-19. Am J Hematol. 2020;95(7):834-847. doi:10.1002/ajh.25829 Abstract COVID-19 is a systemic...
"America, Move Over… There’s a New #1"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
*"America, Move Over… There’s a New #1"* By Bill Bonner SAN MARTIN, ARGENTINA – “The U.S. Empire Is Ending?” asks Global Research, citing German resistance to U.S. sanctions against Russian gas. Meanwhile, China is trying to avoid U.S. sanctions too – by moving away from the U.S.-controlled banking system. Reuters: "Chinese banks urged to switch away from SWIFT as U.S. sanctions loom." So, who’s #1 now? The Gallup Blog: "Since 2017, Germany's leadership style under longtime Chancellor Angela Merkel has earned it higher approval ratings around the world than those for the U.S., Chin...
29 Killed In Islamic State Raid On Prison In Afghanistan
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 8 hours ago
*Reuters:* *Hundreds of prisoners flee before Afghan forces end Islamic State jail siege* JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan security forces on Monday killed at least 10 Islamic State fighters who had taken control of a prison in the eastern city of Jalalabad, ending a siege in which hundreds of prisoners escaped. At least 29 people were killed in the militants’ assault on the prison on Sunday evening and subsequent clashes with security forces, a spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar province said before the final shootout. “The attack is now over,” Sohrab Qaderi, a me...
Langila spews ash to 2.4 km (8 000 feet) in its first explosive eruption since 2018, Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea's Langila volcano emitted ash that rose to an altitude of about 2 400 m (8 000 feet) on August 2 and 3, 2020. The last explosive eruption at this volcano took place in 2018. According to the Darwin VAAC, the plume of ash rose to 2 400 m (8 000...... Read more »
Prosecutor Seeking Trump’s Taxes Cites Probe of His Business
AP News, Snopes.com - 9 hours ago
Manhattan District Attorney District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. seeks eight years of President Trump’s personal and corporate tax records.
The U.S. Is Right to Worry About TikTok
jordanschneider, Lawfare - 9 hours ago
The popular Chinese-owned dancing app TikTok has been shrouded by controversy in the United States. (https://flic.kr/p/2jsaTsp; CC BY-SA 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/) The U.S. is panicking over TikTok. After President Trump announced that he was considering “banning” the popular video-sharing app, Reuters reported that the administration has given Microsoft a 45-day deadline to finalize an acquisition of TikTok’s U.S. operations from the app’s parent company, ByteDance. In doing so, the president is responding to legislators’s and policymakers’s worries abo...
New U.S. Election Poll Shows President Trump With A Growing Lead Over Democrat Rival Biden
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 9 hours ago
Director of the Democracy Institute Patrick Basham suggested that the Biden campaign may have 'reached its high water mark *Express:* *Donald Trump in US election polls surge as voters trust him to revive COVID-19 hit economy* A BELIEF that Donald Trump can revive the US economy after the coronavirus crisis could see him returned to the White House, a shock new poll has revealed. The third in a series of monthly Democracy Institute/ Sunday Express polls has given President Trump a surprise lead over his Democrat rival of 48 percent to 46 percent, his clearest lead yet. Crucially,...
Chicago: Murders Up 139 Percent From July 2019
Warren Mass, rss - 9 hours ago
[image: chicago-murders-up-139-percent-from-july-2019] Chicago saw a 139-percent increase in its murder rate during July 2020 over the murder rate for July 2019 — with 105 murders reported during July 2020 compared to 44 reported in July 2019.
Spain’s Former King Leaving Country Amid Financial Scandal
AP News, Snopes.com - 9 hours ago
Spain’s former monarch, Juan Carlos I, is leaving Spain to live in another, unspecified, country amid a financial scandal.
Europeans Are Waking Up to Government Covid Tyranny. Why Are We Still Asleep?
Ron Paul, rss - 9 hours ago
[image: europeans-are-waking-up-to-government-covid-tyranny-why-are-we-still-asleep] Three cheers for the Europeans! Let’s hope America wakes up soon!
War Zone in Portland, Feds to Begin Withdrawal as New Violence Engulfs City
C. Mitchell Shaw, rss - 10 hours ago
[image: war-zone-in-portland-feds-to-begin-withdrawal-as-new-violence-ungulfs-city] Portland saw a weekend awash in violence with more 150 shots fired, glass bottles thrown at police officers, and lasers shined at officers’ eyes.
Democrats Continue Push to Cancel Presidential Debates
Bob Adelmann, rss - 11 hours ago
[image: democrats-continue-push-to-cancel-presidential-debates] Democrats are frightened by the prospect of “Sleepy Joe” Biden mixing it up in nationally televised presidential debates with President Trump.
Vaccine Tyranny - Will You Take Bill Gates' Shot?
Daniel McAdams, Peace and Prosperity - 9 hours ago
They are rushing through a Covid vaccine at a blistering pace, while granting immunity to big Pharma for any damage it might do to the American people. They are lowering the minimum effectiveness level to 50 percent - like tossing a coin. The propaganda machine is in high gear. Should we line up for the shot? Also in today's Liberty Report: Massive anti-lockdown protests in Europe! Today on the Liberty Report:
How the Loss of Two Lives Kicked off World War I (20 Million Dead)
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* The killing of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sofie would the final spark that would set Europe's fragile peace aflame. *Key point:* A pro-peace leader was killed and Austria-Hungary would issue an ultimatium to Serbia. Sadly, the major powers would not back down but rather would escalate the crisis. On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, visited the city of Sarajevo and were assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, a 20-year-old Yugoslav nationalist. The assassinations ...
The Layers and Limits of Diplomacy With Iran
Ross Harrison, Paul Salem, The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Ross Harrison, Paul Salem* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] While the relationship between Iran and Saudi Arabia is important for de-escalating some tensions in the region, is not the decisive conflict involving Iran in the region. There is nothing like a presidential election campaign to spark debate about the direction of U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle East, and this election season is certainly no exception. John Bolton in his newly released book is dismissive of diplomatic initiatives as a way to deal with Iran, including but not limited to the Joint Comprehens...
Walmart Pushes Vizio to Remove Prime Video Shortcut Button from Remotes
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *Technology, * And there could be a very interesting reason why. In the battles between streaming services, an underrated aspect is which buttons get included on TV remotes. TV manufacturers have been putting Netflix buttons on remotes going back to 2011, Business Insider reported during CES that year, allowing users to hit the button and immediately open Netflix on their TV. Roku was the first manufacturer to build the buttons in. In the years since, other streaming services have added similar buttons, often as a result of deals with the manufacturers. A Disne...
Did Mike Pompeo Mislead Congress About Syria's Oil?
Matthew Petti, The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Matthew Petti* *Security, * The Kurds are claiming they never signed a contract with an American company. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo testified to Congress last week that a deal for an American company to develop Syria’s oil fields is in “implementation,” but the Syrian Kurdish-led administration denies that any contract has been signed. President Donald Trump has long said that he wants to keep U.S. forces in Syria in order to “secure the oil” held by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. But the actual development of the oilfields has been mired in legal roadblocks an...
CDC Coronavirus Forecast: Nearly 20,000 More Americans Could Die in Next 20 Days
Ethen Kim Lieser, The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Health, * There are now about 4.6 million Americans who have been infected by the coronavirus and more than 154,000 have died from the disease, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University. That grim death toll, however, will likely tack on nearly 20,000 individuals by August 22, according to a new composite forecast from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There are now about 4.6 million Americans who have been infected by the coronavirus and more than 154,000 have died from the disease, according to the latest data from Johns Hopki...
Rasmussen's Daily Presidential Tracking Poll Says 50% of Likely U.S. Voters Approve Of President Trump’s Job Performance - 7% Higher Than President Obama At Same Point In His Presidency (Update)
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 9 hours ago
*WNU Editor:* President Trump is doing 7% better than President Obama did during the same time in his 2012 re-election bid .... *Daily Presidential Tracking Poll* (Rasmussen Reports).
Catholic Church Looks To Cash In On Espinoza
Peter Greene, CURMUDGUCATION - 9 hours ago
Well, this is not exactly a surprise. Now that SCOTUS has poked another huge hole in the wall between church and state, and now that the Catholic Church and the Trump administration have been forging closer ties over support for school choice (aka getting tax dollars to Catholic schools), and now that Betsy DeVos is insisting that financial aid intended for public schools should go to private schools-- now that all that is going on, it should come as no surprise that the Catholic Church is now arguing publicly to be given more taxpayer dollars. It surfaced here in the National Catho...
Don't Waste Time
Peter Greene, CURMUDGUCATION - 9 hours ago
This is personal. You may want to move on. But I need to write this out because one of the people I would ordinarily talk it out with is not here. Merrill and I taught together for just under thirty years. We were the same age, but she had gotten a late start on her career, having first worked in the world of newspaper advertising, just one of the many parts of her biography that hinted at the toughness that backed up her magnolia-sweet proper belle exterior. A love story (that is not mine to tell, but which has inspired me at many points in my own life) brought her here, far from S...
Top US Federal Reserve Official Calls For Shutting Down The U.S. Economy To Save It
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 9 hours ago
NEWS: @neelkashkari says if the U.S. were able to lockdown for a month or 6 weeks "we could get the case count down" so testing was adequate to control #covid19 or risk permanent economic scarring and dent the recovery. pic.twitter.com/MAUIisokGG — Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) August 2, 2020 *The Hill:* *Top Federal Reserve official says US needs another lockdown to save economy* The government should again impose strict coronavirus-related lockdowns for a month or longer across the U.S. in order to boost the economy, a top Federal Reserve official said Sunday. Neel Kashka...
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/3/2020
Lambert Strether, naked capitalism - 10 hours ago
~ Today's Water Cooler ~
Growing Calls Among Democrats To Cancel The Trump-Biden Presidential Debates
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 10 hours ago
*Elizabeth Drew, New York Times:* *Let’s Scrap the Presidential Debates* *They’ve become unrevealing quip contests.* Nervous managers of the scheduled 2020 presidential debates are shuffling the logistics and locations to deal with the threat of the coronavirus. But here’s a better idea: Scrap them altogether. And not for health reasons. The debates have never made sense as a test for presidential leadership. In fact, one could argue that they reward precisely the opposite of what we want in a president. When we were serious about the presidency, we wanted intelligence, thoughtful...
Problems with comments posting
stella, The Last Refuge - 10 hours ago
Most of you are aware that we have been having problems with the WordPress commenting and spam filtering system. There recently was a software update, and this may be a result of that update. We don’t know for sure. In … Continue reading →
Store Mask Bully Unleashes on Children, Tells Them ‘I Hope You All Die’
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 10 hours ago
Johnathan Jones Published July 29, 2020 Even young children are not being spared during a rash of recent incidents in which pro-mask bullies have attacked complete strangers during their patrols of stores, parks and other locations looking for mask violators amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. A disturbing video posted to social media is a perfect … Continue reading Store Mask Bully Unleashes on Children, Tells Them ‘I Hope You All Die’ →

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