Thursday, August 22, 2019

21 August - Blogs I'm Following - 3 of 4

10 pm MDT

Jeffrey Epstein Pitched His Own Narrative and Mainstream Media Published It

Activist Post at Activist Post - 13 hours ago
By Emma Fiala As independent media journalists and outlets reporting on all things Jeffrey Epstein continue to find themselves under the microscope, some important revelations... more »

Arctic Settled Science Update

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 13 hours ago
MASIE shows Arctic sea ice extent 9% less than the same date in 2012. DATASETS/NOAA/G02186/masie_4km_allyears_extent_sqkm.csv But NSIDC maps show 9% more ice than 2012. 2012 2019 Apparently an 18% discrepancy is close enough for government work, which will be used … Continue reading →

One Of The Largest “Too Big To Fail” Banks In America Boldly Declares That “The Wheels For A Slowdown Are In Motion”

Activist Post at Activist Post - 13 hours ago
By Michael Snyder Now even one of the biggest banks in the entire country is openly admitting that a “slowdown” is upon us. Over the... more »

TRIBAL DECLINE: Liar, racist, murder, slur?

bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago
*THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 2019What's in a handful of words?:* On page A2 of this morning's hard-copy New York Times, senior news assistant Hannah Wulkan describes a meeting which was held this past spring. A few years back, the New York Times' pages A2 and A3 were officially "reimagined." Page A2 became the page on which the Times attempts to persuade Times readers to be impressed with the Times. Despite her title as senior assistant, Wulkan's a bit of a youngster. She prepped at Deerfield, then graduated from Brandeis in 2016. On line, Wulkan's page A2 report appears at the Times In... more »

Getting Real With The US Foreign Policy Establishment Realists

Michael AVERKO at OrientalReview.org - 13 hours ago
On Russia-related matters, the more sane among us can perhaps be forgiven for becoming sedated by the kind of absurdities regularly spewed by some high profile individuals. The realist wing of the US foreign policy establishment has at times held back in rebuking this reality. We all have our biases, […]

Shocking: Lockheed Martin Will Have the T-50A Ready for the Air Force 2 Years Ahead of Schedule

Dario Leone at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Dario Leone* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.lockheedmartin.com/content/dam/lockheed-martin/aero/photo/t50a/t-50a_first-flight_1920x1125.jpg.pc-adaptive.1920.medium.jpeg] Goood, goood. *T-X is aimed to procure 350 new two-seat jet trainers to replace the service legacy T-38 Talon.* Lockheed Martin disclosed during the company’s annual media day that it can deliver its T-50A to meet the U.S. Air Force’s (USAF) T-X project two years ahead of schedule. As reported by Washingtonexaminer in fact, Rob Weiss, the executive vice president and general manager of aeronautics ad... more »

Why the Afghan Air Force Just Got 4 Additional A-29 Super Tucano Light-Attack Aircraft

Gabriele Barison at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Gabriele Barison* *Security, Middle East* [image: In fact the A-29s were a “game changer” in the 2016 fighting season and there are high expectations for the aircraft and crews in 2017. On Mar. 20, 2017 four A-29 Super Tucano light-attack aircraft arrived for duty at Kabul Air Wing, Kabul, Afghanistan,] Time to fight the terrorists. *In fact the A-29s were a “game changer” in the 2016 fighting season and there are high expectations for the aircraft and crews in 2017.* On Mar. 20, 2017 four A-29 Super Tucano light-attack aircraft arrived for duty at Kabul Air Wing, Kabul, Afghani... more »

The Air Force Has a Secret Robot System to Help the F-22 Stay Stealthy

Dario Leone at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Dario Leone* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.dvidshub.net/image/5601716/f-22-and-f-16-joint-pacific-alaska-range-complex-flight] How does it work? *To undertake these tasks, a complex multi-axis robot system with a long carbon fiber arm to reach deep into the engine inlet ducts has been developed by Aerobotix.* U.S. Air Force (USAF) Small Business Innovation Research program developed robotic technology that will soon make the process of restoring specialized coatings on F-22 Raptor engine inlets more efficient for aircraft maintenance personnel during depot maintenan... more »

The Air Force Has Given a Test F-16 a Powerful APG-83 AESA Radar

Dario Leone at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Dario Leone* *Technology, Americas* [image: https://www.dvidshub.net/image/5536384/shaw-airmen-conduct-mass-aircraft-dispersal-exercise] Nice. *The APG-83 is designed to be installed without making any major modifications to the jet.* The U.S. Air Force (USAF) has recently installed the Northrop Grumman APG-83 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar on its own F-16. Noteworthy as reported by Alert 5 Weblog, the first operational F-16 to have the radar is a jet belonging to the Republic of China Air Force. However photos published by Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) show #... more »

Romanticism and Hegel’s Philosophy of Spirit

Unknown at The Verma Report - 13 hours ago
Portrait of HegelHegel’s philosophy of spirit is connected to the evolutionary perspective on human society that became popular during the age of Romanticism, the counter-Enlightenment movement that swept Europe towards the end of the 18th century. Hegel and the Romanticist thinkers of his time realized that science, as perfected in the age of Newton, was giving a mechanistic explanation of the world that was one-sided and misleading. They were concerned that the belief in science was leading to the establishment of the belief that the world is the action of corpuscles, and can be... more »

Trump Signs Student Debt Forgiveness for Disabled Veterans

AP News at Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
Trump ordered the Education Department to "eliminate every penny of federal student loan debt" owed by American veterans who are completely and permanently disabled.

A Meme Illustrating Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity: Do Any Of These Symptoms Apply To You Or Your Family Members After An AMI Smart Meter Retrofit?

Activist Post at Activist Post - 13 hours ago
Op-Ed by Catherine J. Frompovich Very serendipitously the meme above showed up in my computer’s inbox the other day. Attribution needs to be given to...more »

Russell Crowe less than pleased about $1,500 folding chair at Boomers-USA exhibition game

Just In - 13 hours ago
Fans who forked out hundreds of dollars for tickets to see Team USA take on Australia's Boomers fire barbs at organisers over the seating arrangements at Docklands Stadium.

MPs cite the Bureau's research in report on council cuts

Gareth Davies at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism - 13 hours ago
The Housing, Communities and Local Government select committee has included our work on funding in their findings and recommendations

São Paulo Announces Founding of Center for 4th Industrial Revolution

Arkady Petrov at The Rio Times - 13 hours ago
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - There is a good reason why São Paulo is the largest city in the southern hemisphere, the most important economic, financial and industrial center of Latin America, and a world hub in art, culture, and gastronomy. This problem-ridden metropolis, unlike all other South American cities, is incredibly ambitious, has deep pockets, […] The post São Paulo Announces Founding of Center for 4th Industrial Revolution appeared first on The Rio Times.

Zendrive Can Turn Drivers Smartphones Into Insurance Surveillance Devices

Activist Post at Activist Post - 13 hours ago
By MassPrivateI Leave it to Zendrive to create a safe driving app that can turn your smartphone into an insurance surveillance device. Zendrive encourages people... more »

The World at a Crossroad: A New Dark Age, or a New Renaissance

adam at LaRouchePAC Feed - 13 hours ago
[image: Members of the National Space Council are seen under space shuttle Discovery during the council's sixth meeting, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019 at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va.] PDF: [image: PDF icon] 20190822-world-at-crossroads.pdf Signs of a pending crash of the trans-Atlantic financial system are escalating. The level of panic in the financial sector was demonstrated by the emergence of calls for “helicopter money” to paper over the collapse of the $1.5 quadrillion derivative and leveraged debt bubble. BlackRock, th... more »

Hong Kong’s Economy Is Still Important to the Mainland, at Least Financially

Yves Smith at naked capitalism - 14 hours ago
Correcting misinformation about Hong Kong's status sometimes bandied about by critics of its protestors.

The B-21 Is Taking Shape From Lessons Learned From The B-2

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
The B-2 plane, Spirit of Missouri on display is the first operational aircraft. The B-21 bomber is now taking shape in these same Palmdale facilities, 30 years after the B-2's first flight. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times) *L.A. Times:* *30 years after the B-2 took flight, Northrop is applying lessons to a new stealth bomber * PALMDALE, Calif. — At the dawn of the stealth age, the technology involved in making a plane nearly invisible to radar was mysterious and, to some critics, dubious. There were concerns that the special coating on the U.S. Air Force’s new stealth bomber would melt... more »

How BoJo Can Play Brexit

Steve Brown at The Duran - 14 hours ago
Crash out of the EU. Let the Irish border remain open. After all, since the Good Friday agreement Britain has never threatened to close the border... why should Britain do so now? The post How BoJo Can Play Brexit appeared first on The Duran.

No Need for Fluoride

Serban V.C. Enache at The Duran - 14 hours ago
Authored by Serban V.C. Enache via Hereticus Economicus: To the statement – Scientific studies demonstrate that the process of adding fluoride to public water reduces the IQ of the individuals in those areas – Snopes has a clear label: FALSE. But are the ‘gatekeepers’ of factual truth really honest with us? Some research argues the contrary on… The post No Need for Fluoride appeared first on The Duran.

Tlaib & Omar aren’t really helping the Palestinian cause

Serban V.C. Enache at The Duran - 14 hours ago
The Palestinian side has every right to regard the Kushner plan with disdain. The post Tlaib & Omar aren’t really helping the Palestinian cause appeared first on The Duran.

If Trump Declassifies These 10 Documents, Democrats Are Doomed

Zerohedge at The Duran - 14 hours ago
The documents that have the greatest chance of rocking Washington, if declassified. The post If Trump Declassifies These 10 Documents, Democrats Are Doomed appeared first on The Duran.

2040: The Unipolar World to Come

John Beasley at The Duran - 14 hours ago
The United Nations faces similar problems, where and how are they going to add additional “world taxation” that allows them to gain power and to be able to support an oligarchy? The post 2040: The Unipolar World to Come appeared first on The Duran.

"Oh Well..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
"In real life no argument has a really neat and conclusive ending, least of all a discussion ranging over vast and varied fields. The end of this one must be inconclusive for the deepest philosophical reasons, but it must also be so because human behavior and artistic truth demand it. The two men in a pub, or on a seat in a garden - it is no longer quite clear where they are - become aware of the time, and they have to end abruptly on the sort of note real people always come back to: 'Oh well, I dunno." - Denis Diderot Graphic: Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669) "Two Men in Discussion" ... more »

The Poet: William Stafford, "Starting With Little Things"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
*"Starting With Little Things" * "Love the earth like a mole, fur-near. Nearsighted, hold close the clods, their fine-print headlines. Pat them with soft hands- Like spades, but pink and loving; they break rock, nudge giants aside, affable plow. Fields are to touch; each day nuzzle your way. Tomorrow the world." - William Stafford

"If You Were Not Cast Into The Abyss..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
"If you were not cast into the abyss, you would have never groped, reached as far as you could reach, to grasp for anything that you could possibly touch, anything that you could possibly feel brushing against your fingertips! Funny how in the darkness, we come to find the things that we never saw before all the lights departed! It's like someone needed to turn the lights out, to make us find all the things that we never looked for when the lights were on! And it's in that blackness that we wake up to the true light! My friends, curse not the darkness! It has given you many things!... more »

"The Fate of Psychopathic Eskimos"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
"The Fate of Psychopathic Eskimos" by "An issue of the New Yorker Magazine featured a very interesting article about psychopathology. A psychopath (sometimes also called a sociopath) is a person without a conscience - one who lies, cheats, steals and in some cases rapes and murders without compunction. It is estimated that about 6% of the people are psychopaths, though degree of psychopathology is thought to vary among individuals. Being a psychopath is not a form of mental illness, since such people are in fact not delusional or cognitively impaired in the usual sense. Whether t... more »

"Here In Your Mind..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
"Here in your mind you have complete privacy. Here there's no difference between what is and what could be." - Chuck Palahniuk

"The Other Half..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
"In tragedy and despair, when an endless night seems to have fallen, hope can be found in the realization that the companion of night is not another night, that the companion of night is day, that darkness always gives way to light, and that death rules only half of creation, life the other half." - Dean Koontz

The U.S. Navy Is On A Firing Spree

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
*Task & Purpose:* *Navy goes on a firing spree: 5 senior leaders canned in past month* *The Navy has fired five senior leaders so far in August – and the month isn't even over.* While the sea service is famous for instilling in officers that they are responsible for any wrongdoing by their sailors – whether they are aware of the infractions or not – the recent rash of firings is a lot, even for the Navy. A Navy spokesman said there is no connection between any of the five officers relieved of command, adding that each relief is looked at separately. "Senior leaders in the U.S. N... more »

The US Navy Is Upgrading Its Radar Systems

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
AN/SPS-48 has been around a long, long time in various configurations. Now a new kid is in town that will finally replace it. *Warzone/The Drive:* *Behold The Navy's New Radar For Nimitz Class Carriers And Amphibious Assault Ships* A new generation of advanced and highly capable modular radar systems is going to be deployed across the Navy's fleet in many configurations. A staple feature on Nimitz class supercarriers and America's "Gator Navy" of amphibious assault ships may begin to disappear in the not so distant future and in its place will be a very different looking system. Th... more »

US Ambassador Grenell’s Threat to Germany Has Backfired, Driving Germany Closer to Russia

21st Century Wire at 14 hours ago
[image: undefined] Last week, German lawmakers sent a stark message to Washington. The argument escalated following a series of flippant comments made by US ambassador Richard Grenell who had demanded Germany increase its defense spending, claiming it was “really insulting to expect the US taxpayer to keep paying for over 50,000 Americans” stationed in Germany, and that the US would do well to move all of its military assets from Germany, and relocate eastward to Poland. Lawmakers in Berlin reacted by welcoming a US withdrawal from German soil – and proceeded to tell the US it can... more »

Trump Fine-Tunes Peace Deal With Taliban

Melkulangara Bhadrakumar at 14 hours ago
[image: undefined] The US President Donald Trump’s remarks at the Oval Office in the White House on August 20 regarding the Afghan peace talks and related issues exuded an overall sense of satisfaction that the “endless war” is finally ending —although issues still remain to be sorted out before the deal is closed. This was also Trump’s first public assessment of the meeting he took last week with top officials, including the secretaries of state and defence, CIA director and US special representative on Afghanistan Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad who leads the American team of negotia... more »

Lindsey Graham’s Blank Check. Why a Defense Agreement With Israel Would Be a Disaster for Americans

Philip Giraldi at 14 hours ago
[image: undefined] Two world wars began because of unconditional pledges made by one country to come to assistance of another. On July 5, 1914, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany pledged his country’s complete support for whatever response Austria-Hungary would choose to make against Serbia after the June 28th assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria by a Serbian nationalist during an official visit to Sarajevo, Bosnia. This fatal error went down in history as Germany’s carte blanche or “blank check,” assurance to Austria that led directly to WW I. In September 1939, World Wa... more »

White nationalists' extreme solution to the coming environmental apocalypse

Alexandra Minna Stern, Professor of American Culture, History, and Women's Studies, University of Michigan at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 14 hours ago
White nationalists in the US and Europe are appropriating the language of environmentalism.

Increasing numbers of Americans support gun background checks

Carol L. Goldsmith, Assistant Director and Senior Research Associate in the Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy, Texas A&M University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 14 hours ago
Evidence suggests that support for stricter background checks has increased and opposition has softened.

US Combat Deaths in Afghanistan Hit Highest Level in 5 Years

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
*Photo:* US Department of Defense *CNS:* *US Combat Deaths in Afghanistan Hit Highest Level in 5 Years; 2 More Casualties on Wednesday* The death of two more U.S. military personnel in Afghanistan on Wednesday brings to 14 the number of Americans killed in combat there this year – the highest annual combat death toll since 2014, and with more than four months of the year yet to run. The Pentagon has yet to release details of the deaths reported by the NATO-led coalition in Afghanistan, withholding that information until families of the fallen are notified. The 14 combat deaths th... more »

North Korea's Worst Fear: South Korea Is Getting an F-35 Armed Aircraft Carrier

David Axe at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, * The ROK joint chiefs of staff decided on July 12, 2019 to acquire an assault ship capable of operating fixed-wing aircraft, Defense News reported. The vessel presumably would embark vertical-landing F-35B stealth fighters. *South Korea’s carrier will sail into crowded seas. Japan's cabinet on Dec. 18, 2018 approved a plan to modify the Japanese navy's two, 27,000-ton-displacement Izumo-class helicopter carriers to embark F-35B stealth fighters.* South Korea is getting an aircraft carrier. The vessel could help Seoul’s navy to compete with its main rival... more »

U.S. Marine F-35s Could Soon Get Laser Weapons

Kris Osborn at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Security, * The future is now. Fighter Jet laser weapons are on the fast track, expected to bring new air attack options to “burn holes” through enemy targets at the speed of light. Not only are laser weapons fast, precise and low weight and drag, but they will bring a more stealthy, quiet attack advantage against air and ground targets, among other things. This is well known and ground testing of several programs are already underway with the Air Force Research Lab, the Office of Naval Research and numerous service entities involved in ground testing and ultimat... more »

Back in 2018, These (French) Fighter Jets Served on a U.S. Aircraft Carrier

Dario Leone at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Dario Leone* *Security, * Why? The French Navy is bringing 12 Rafale Ms and one E-2C to Hampton Roads, Virginia for a deployment that will eventually see them embarking aboard USS George H.W. Bush. Twenty-seven naval aviators will practice air–to–air and air–to–ground training missions from NAS Oceana and NS Norfolk – as well as Field Carrier Landing Practice (FCLP) at Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Fentress. *(This first appeared last year.)* According Wavy TV, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8 will host French aircraft during their stay in Hampton Roads. They will then proceed to spe... more »

U.S. Air Force Selects Boeing to Replace Remaining A-10 Warthog Wings

Dario Leone at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Dario Leone* *Security, * The contract could be worth nearly a billion dollars. Boeing will continue its legacy of A-10 Thunderbolt II sustainment work under an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract award from the U.S. Air Force (USAF), with a maximum ceiling value of $999 million. According to the company news release, under the contract, which was competitively awarded, Boeing will be responsible for managing the production of a maximum of 112 wing sets and spare kits. The USAF ordered 27 wing sets immediately at contract award. “Boeing is honored to be sel... more »

Sweden: Uzbek migrant celebrated as a model integrationist arrested on suspicion of terrorism

Ragnar at 'Nox & Friends - 14 hours ago
From the Voice of Europe: Excerpts: At one point, the Uzbek migrant was held up as a shining example of migrant integration by a local Swedish newspaper, according to Nyheter Idag. (Shining example, hmp) The man, who’s in his thirties, was reported to have been driving close to the Stortorget square in Östersund when he was pulled over by armed police. After investigators found items in his car which led them to believe he had been preparing for a potential murder, the man was arrested. Following the arrest, both the prosecutor’s office and the Swedish security police Sapo were able... more »

Chinese takeover of Hong Kong escalating and hardening

Uriel at 'Nox & Friends - 14 hours ago
China flaunts military muscle as it seeks to quell Hong Kong’s ‘colour revolution’ . Beijing’s rhetoric escalating alongside video of troop carriers at border, yet experts say deployment a last resort The Guardian Emma Graham-Harrison Aug. 14 2019 The messages from Beijing to protesters in Hong Kong are increasingly ominous. First there was propaganda footage of Chinese soldiers garrisoned in Hong Kong drilling for intense urban fighting that looked more like a civil war than search and rescue or crowd control. Now footage has emerged of armoured paramilitary vehicles massing across... more »

After Covering Notre Dame Fire Non-Stop, Media Silent as the Amazon Burns for Weeks

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: fire]The "lungs of our planet" in the Amazon are literally turning to ash by the square mile and the mainstream media seemingly couldn't care less about reporting on it.

Cop Arrested for Filming Himself Urinate on 12yo Girl at Bus Stop, Attempting to Kidnap Her

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: bus]In one of the most disturbing cases we've ever seen, a Cleveland cop was arrested after he attempted to kidnap a girl at a bus stop and filmed himself urinating on her.

Record Number of Fires Burning in Amazon Rainforest

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 14 hours ago
There are a record number of wildfires burning in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil‘s space agency has said. Their smoke is visible from space and shrouded the city of São Paulo in darkness for about an hour Monday afternoon, CBS news reported. “It was as if the day had turned into night,” São Paulo resident Gianvitor Dias told BBC News of the […] The post Record Number of Fires Burning in Amazon Rainforest appeared first on Health Nut News.

A Tree Walk will make us all rich!

Tim Bousquet at Halifax Examiner - 14 hours ago
News 1. Cod “DFO has issued a stark warning linking the demise of codfish in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence to an exploding seal population,” reports Paul Withers for the CBC: It’s contained in the most recent stock assessment of Atlantic cod in the southern gulf, which was released earlier this month. “At the current abundance […]

The Ban on Cash - The Journey Continues

A Political Junkie at Viable Opposition - 14 hours ago
This blog has, in the past, posted my thoughts on the looming cashless society. While I have been distracted by the political theatre that has taken over the news cycle since the 2016 U.S. presidential election and the accompanying anti-Russia narrative, as you will see in this posting, those who we elect to put in charge of us are making significant moves to change the monetary system Thanks to a friend, I was provided a link to this media release from the Citizens Electoral Council, an independent political party in Australia: Australia's Morrison government is led by Scott Morr... more »

China To Impose Sanctions On U.S. Companies Involved In Taiwan's Arms Sales

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
*Forbes: **China Threatens Sanctions Over U.S. Sale of Fighter Jets To Taiwan* Topline: A new front in the trade war between the United States and China has opened after the Trump administration approved the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan. China warned it would impose sanctions on U.S firms like Lockheed Martin if the deal went ahead. * China urged the U.S. to cancel the sale of 66 F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan “at once” and to cut its military ties with the self-governing island. * “China will take all necessary measures to safeguard our interests including imposing sanctions... more »

FBI scrutiny of corruption in US cannabis industry welcomed by some, scorned by others

Jeff Smith at Marijuana Business Daily - 15 hours ago
The FBI’s announcement that it is probing public corruption in the legal marijuana industry has stirred up strong reactions among cannabis insiders. While some complain the FBI’s scrutiny is another example of how the legal MJ industry is being unfairly targeted as if it’s a bottomless gold mine, others welcome the feds’ attention to illicit […] FBI scrutiny of corruption in US cannabis industry welcomed by some, scorned by others is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

Solving Uruguay’s adult-use cannabis supply shortfall and anticipating first medical exports: Q&A with attorney Daniel Podestá

Alfredo Pascual at Marijuana Business Daily - 15 hours ago
Uruguay's persistent recreational cannabis supply shortage boils down to a cautious regulator that preferred to start slowly, said Daniel Podestá, a partner at the Montevideo law firm Estudio Podestá. Solving Uruguay’s adult-use cannabis supply shortfall and anticipating first medical exports: Q&A with attorney Daniel Podestá is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

MAYBE TRUMP IS JUST BORED

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 15 hours ago
The president seems more unstable than usual these days -- but maybe he's just restless and bored. It's hard to imagine how a president of the United States can experience sustained boredom, but consider what Annie Karni and Maggie Haberman wrote in June in *The New York Times*: Unlike nearly every recent modern president who sought re-election, Mr. Trump rarely if ever speaks to aides about what he hopes to accomplish with what would be a hard-won second term; his interest is entirely in the present, and mostly on the crisis of the moment. ... with a limited policy agenda and littl... more »

Cowardice

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 15 hours ago
Two days ago, Donald Trump backed down on his pledge to legislate background checks for gun owners. Max Boot writes: What the hell is wrong with us? After every mass murder, Republicans offer lame excuses and tawdry evasions in lieu of badly needed action. They claim that it’s too soon to talk about political solutions right after a shooting — and then it’s too late. They blame video games and mental illness, even though every other Western country has video games and mental illness and none has the same problem with shootings. The rate of violent gun deaths in the United States i... more »

Bloody 60s: the Decade that Aborted Leadership in America

Lij Teodrose Fikremariam at The Ghion Journal - 15 hours ago
The only way to understand the age of virtual insanity we live is to revisit the bloody decade that was the 1960s. We were not always led by a bipartisan coterie of demagogues and narcissists; a half-century ago, America was blessed with an abundance of moral giants and principled leaders. Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and Fred Hampton, these were but a few names that are remembered to this… The post Bloody 60s: the Decade that Aborted Leadership in America appeared first on The Ghion Journal.

French Lawyers Deem Bolsonaro’s Actions in the Amazon Crimes Against Humanity

Xiu Ying at The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Lawyer Jessica Finelle and François Zimeray, also lawyer and the former French ambassador in charge of human rights, report that environmental issues are being taken increasingly more seriously by the International Criminal Court (ICC). Besides, the Hague-based institution in the Netherlands has already warned that environmental offenders may be prosecuted […] The post French Lawyers Deem Bolsonaro’s Actions in the Amazon Crimes Against Humanity appeared first on The Rio Times.

South Korea Terminates Intelligence - Military Pact With Japan

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
*NBC/Reuters:* *South Korea scraps intelligence-sharing pact with Japan amid bitter feud between U.S. allies* The decision is likely to be met with dismay in the United States, which fears weakened security cooperation on North Korea. SEOUL — South Korea said on Thursday it will scrap an intelligence-sharing pact with Japan, a decision that could further escalate a dispute over history and trade and undercut security cooperation on North Korea. The decision is likely to be met with dismay in the United States, which fears weakened security cooperation. The accord is important for ... more »

Greta vs Chantal: will a Navy save a carbon-neutral activist?

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 15 hours ago
*Update Thursday afternoon: stuck in the middle of the ocean, windless conditions are clearly their biggest worry* Sailing from Europe to America on a yacht isn't quite a trivial deal – although the $4 million solar yacht, Malizia II (the name means "Malice" in Italian, it's appropriate – and Malice was a Czech 10th century village where I spent my 20th century childhood), with some competent users makes it easier. As observed in Soph vs Greta, Greta has shown that it only takes one strongly opinionated... girl... to completely destabilize democracy. Her success is literally encour... more »

Musical Interlude: Ludovico Einaudi, “Primavera”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago
Ludovico Einaudi, “Primavera”

"How Systems Collapse"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago
*"How Systems Collapse"* by Charles Hugh Smith "I often discuss systems and systemic collapse, and I've drawn up a little diagram to illustrate a key dynamic in systemic collapse. The key concepts here are stability and buffers. Though complex systems are never static, but they can be stable: that is, they ebb and flow within relatively stable boundaries supported by reserves, i.e. buffers. In ecosystems, this ebb and flow is expressed in feedback loops between the weather, environment and plant/animal species which inhabit the ecosystem. Ideal weather/food conditions may spark a ris... more »

US & Turkey Still Actively Protecting Al Qaeda, ISIS: Battle Map Update for Syria – August 22, 2019

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 15 hours ago
*21WIRE* | It's been a difficult week for NATO and Gulf state-backed terrorist militants in Syria.

US Ambassador Grenell’s Threat to Germany Has Backfired, Driving Germany Closer to Russia

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 15 hours ago
*21WIRE* | In the end, these type of mindless antics by Washington will only result in pushing Europe and Russia closer together.

Measles Fear Campaign Not Working? Time For Computer Simulations!

Ceribalius at OYE Alternative News - 15 hours ago
The ongoing measles fear campaign has been going on for the best part of this year, with vaccination uptake in decline across many Countries in the West and the so-called anti-vax movement growing by the day, health authorities and their Big Pharma overlords have been working overtime to ensure the population is in a permanent … The post Measles Fear Campaign Not Working? Time For Computer Simulations! appeared first on OYE Alternative News.

Four Horsemen – Full Documentary

Ceribalius at OYE Alternative News - 15 hours ago
Four Horsemen is a 2012 British documentary film directed by Ross Ashcroft. The film criticises the system of fractional reserve banking, debt-based economy and political lobbying by banks, which it regards as a serious threat to Western civilisation. It criticises the War on Terror, which it maintains is not fought to eliminate al-Qaeda and other militant organizations, but to create larger … The post Four Horsemen – Full Documentary appeared first on OYE Alternative News.

The Century of the Self – Full Documentary

Ceribalius at OYE Alternative News - 15 hours ago
Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, changed our perception of the mind and its workings. The ‘Century of Self’ documentary explores the various ways that governments and corporations have used Freud’s theories. Freud and his nephew Edward Bernays, who was the first to use psychological techniques in public relations, are discussed in part one. His daughter Anna Freud, a … The post The Century of the Self – Full Documentary appeared first on OYE Alternative News.

Biosludged – Full Documentary

Ceribalius at OYE Alternative News - 15 hours ago
“Biosludged” documents the astonishing science fraud being carried out by the EPA to legalize the mass pollution of America’s farm lands, school playgrounds and city parks with heavily contaminated industrial waste and human sewage. [source] As reported by The Intercept in June 2019, sewage sludge appears to be a major source of PFAS. Documents obtained by … The post Biosludged – Full Documentary appeared first on OYE Alternative News.

Saudi Arabia and the Civil War Within Yemen’s Civil War

BruceRiedelGuest at Lawfare - 15 hours ago
Photo Credit: Fawaz Salman/Reuters via Al Jazeera *Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on *Order from Chaos*.* The takeover of Aden by South Yemeni separatists that began on Aug. 7 is a major defeat for the Saudi campaign to restore President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi to power. The Hadi government has lost its capital and the south’s largest port. His already weak hold on legitimacy was shattered. The Saudis’ defeat is also a window into the kingdom’s complex history with southern separatists and the independence movement in Aden. Aden was a critical British colony in th... more »

400 Years Ago: First African Americans Arrive in Jamestown Virginia – August 1619

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 15 hours ago
From the NPS: “African Americans at Jamestown Painting of the arrival of the first Africans arriving in Virginia By Sydney … Continue reading →

US Senators Markey & Warren, & Rep. Keating Demand NRC Incorporate Community Concerns on Pilgrim Nuclear License Transfer to Holtec

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 15 hours ago
“Senators Markey and Warren, and Rep. Keating Demand NRC Incorporate Community Concerns on Pilgrim License Transfer Wednesday, August 21, 2019 … Continue reading →

US ‘Green Cards for Cash’ Business Owner Charged in $110 Million Scheme

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 15 hours ago
From VOA News: “US ‘Green Cards for Cash’ Business Owner Charged in $110 Million Scheme By Masood Farivar August 20, … Continue reading →

University of Kansas Researcher Indicted for Fraud for Failing to Disclose Conflict of Interest with Chinese University

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 15 hours ago
From what we’ve found online, Dr. Franklin (Feng) Tao attended the National University of Singapore from 1999 to 2002, prior … Continue reading →

Self-interest and Capitalism Are Not Synonymous

Pierre Lemieux at Econlib - 15 hours ago
“I am in favor of self-interest and thus of capitalism. It follows that I may legitimately judge any public policy according to whether or not it furthers my personal interest.” This is a paraphrase of what an intelligent Twitter correspondent of mine seems to believe. Although he does know something about business and economics, he […] The post Self-interest and Capitalism Are Not Synonymous appeared first on Econlib.

Will Russia's Opposition Protests Succeed?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
*Vitali Shkliarov, Foreign Policy Research Institute*: *Russia's Opposition Protests: On the Road from Nowhere to Nowhere* The recent Moscow protests have been seen as yet another turning point in anti-Putin oppositional politics. Nearly every individual who lives in the post-Soviet space can’t help but feel a personal connection to this story. Every new issue, every argument or disagreement in the Russian capital catches the attention of almost everyone in the former Soviet bloc countries who still feel deeply connected to Mother Russia. This has a lot to do with the “postcolonia... more »

Quote of the day - gun control edition

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 15 hours ago
The usual suspects are coming up with the same tired old ideas to implement gun control, usually incrementally, so we don't see confiscation creeping up on us. It's a game as old as the hills, and it'll go on as long as the hills are there. One idea being advanced (again) as part of a "Green New Deal for Guns" is a gun buyback program, this time mandatory rather than voluntary. Of course, it's logically nonsensical; how can the government (or anyone else) buy *back* a gun that was never theirs in the first place? However, logic has never stopped a gun-grabber. I think Clint Ea... more »

NSW blaze fanned by strong winds comes within 200m of homes

Just In - 15 hours ago
Firefighters are protecting properties in Belmont, south of Newcastle, as a bushfire fanned by strong winds continues to burn near homes.

Bulldogs stun Eels to make it four straight and move within touching distance of finals

Just In - 15 hours ago
Giant-killers Canterbury deal the Eels' NRL top-four hopes a massive blow with a 12-6 boilover in a spiteful thriller at Parramatta Stadium.

"I am praying God every minute"

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 15 hours ago
More from the Donbass in eastern Ukraine, near the Russian border. "I can't handle it any more. My whole body is worn out. It's worn out so much, that if I hear any sound, my body is all shaking. It's the fear. We are living in fear and we don't know when will it end." - tells through tears Vera Vasilievna. She can't even hide from shelling any more: her husband is paralysed and her lungs already turned black after months she spent in the basement. Kirova Street is the most dangerous spot in Kominternove settlement. Bullets are flying here day and night, most of the houses are no... more »

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago
"We're so freakin' doomed!" - The Mogambo Guru

It Makes Sense To Replace Trump With Bernie-- And More Democrats Are Realizing That

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
G. Elliott Morris, a data journalist for *The Economist* who covers their polls, wrote that the new national polling of the Democrats' primary elections in 2020 from YouGov shows some significant movement in the last month-- primarily away from Biden and towards Bernie. In parentheses are the changes among Democratic primary voters from last month: *•* Status Quo Joe: 22% (-3) *•* Bernie: 19 (+6) *•* Elizabeth Warren: 17 (-1) *•* Kamala: 8 (-1) *•* Mayo Pete: 7 (+1) *•* Beto: 3 (+1) Wednesday morning, Chuck Todd and team wrote something for NBC News that we have mostly all figure... more »

Brazil Signs Trade Memorandum of Understanding with United Kingdom

Richard Mann at The Rio Times - 16 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil and the United Kingdom signed on Wednesday, August 21st, a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to encourage trade between the two countries. The Prosperity Fund, a UK inter-ministerial fund, intends to invest up to 20 million pounds sterling (close to R$100 million) to support the inclusion of Brazilian companies abroad. […] The post Brazil Signs Trade Memorandum of Understanding with United Kingdom appeared first on The Rio Times.

Bolsonaro Revives Plan to Build Large-Scale Hydroelectric Dams in the Amazon

Iolanda Fonseca at The Rio Times - 16 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - After a six-year auction hiatus for the supply of large hydroelectric power plants in the Amazon region, president Jair Bolsonaro has decided that it is time to restart building power plants in the area. The plan surfaced on Wednesday, August 21st, during the announcement of a package of new privatizations, […] The post Bolsonaro Revives Plan to Build Large-Scale Hydroelectric Dams in the Amazon appeared first on The Rio Times.

Eating Out in São Paulo: Instagram Accounts That Will Make Your Mouth Water

Beatriz Miranda at The Rio Times - 16 hours ago
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - It is no news that São Paulo is among the top capitals for a world-class cuisine experience. Like everything else in the city, the culinary scene here is enormous, capable of pleasing all tastes and fitting into all budgets possible. The wide range of bars, bistros, restaurants, cafés, and food trucks […] The post Eating Out in São Paulo: Instagram Accounts That Will Make Your Mouth Water appeared first on The Rio Times.

"Visualizing The US Debt Ceiling (In $100 Bills)"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago
*"Visualizing The US Debt Ceiling (In $100 Bills)"* by Tyler Durden, Demonocracy "The United States owes a lot of money. And now, there is no debt ceiling- it has been suspended until 2021. *US Debt on August 21, 2019:* *$22,396,345,008,911.25* *Click image for larger size.* *$122.1 Trillion dollar unfunded liabilities? Au contraire!** *Click image for larger size.* We have not upgraded the graphics for 2019 because it simply is pointless. The US government has no plan for fixing unfunded liabilities. This number is so far out there that it is incomprehensible to most readers but a... more »

"The Ruler of the World"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago
*"The Ruler of the World"* *The Emperor will make a mockery of the future.* by Robert Gore "There is a Supreme Ruler of the world. During the early years of his reign he won accolades and devotion, showering his subjects with goods and services that were beyond their means. As he consolidated his rule, a few malcontents warned that there was less to his cornucopia than met the eye. However, his grip on power tightened and they were shunned. Once he had an iron chokehold, their warnings were forgotten or ignored. Meet Emperor Debt. The first true globalist ruler, his dominion spans t... more »

"I Have Occasionally Heard It Stated..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago
"Perhaps some of my hearers this evening may have occasionally heard it stated of me that I am rather apt to contradict myself. I hope I am exceedingly apt to do so. I never met with a question yet, of any importance, which did not need, for the right solution of it, at least one positive and one negative answer, like an equation of the second degree. Mostly, matters of any consequence are three-sided, or four-sided, or polygonal; and the trotting round a polygon is severe work for people any way stiff in their opinions. For myself, I am never satisfied that I have handled a subjec... more »

Hepatitis expert up to five retractions and one expression of concern denies reusing images

Adam Marcus at Retraction Watch - 16 hours ago
A microbiology journal has issued an expression of concern over image reuse in a 2010 paper whose senior author has already racked up five retractions for duplicating figures. The article, “Activation of transcription factor Nrf2 by hepatitis C virus induces the cell-survival pathway,” appeared in the Journal of General Virology, a publication of the Microbiology … Continue reading Hepatitis expert up to five retractions and one expression of concern denies reusing images

"The Real Reasons Why The Media Is Suddenly Admitting To The Recession Threat"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago
*"The Real Reasons Why The Media Is Suddenly* * Admitting To The Recession Threat"* by Brandon Smith "One thing that is important to understand about the mainstream media is that they do tell the truth on occasion. However, the truths they admit to are almost always wrapped in lies or told to the public far too late to make the information useful. Dissecting mainstream media information and sifting out the truth from the propaganda is really the bulk of what the alternative media does (or should be doing). In the past couple of weeks I have received a rush of emails asking about the... more »

2019 may become the coolest year on record

drinkingwateradvisor at The Drinking Water Advisor - 16 hours ago
Source: Reposted from “The Deplorable Climate Science Blog” by Tony Heller (who does excellent analysis of climate data).

Russia's Navy Is Getting Stronger (But Where are the Aircraft Carriers?)

Mark Episkopos at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Mark Episkopos* *Security, Europe* [image: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2909926] And the Battlecruisers. *It is this kind of pragmatic focus on small, cost-efficient vessels that has sustained the Russian Navy’s sweeping modernization program.* A coterie of new ships at Russia’s annual Navy Day Parade in Saint Petersburg reflects the rapidly changing face of the Russian Navy as it forges ahead with a far-reaching modernization program. First established in 1939 as an annual Soviet holiday to “mobilize the working masses around the construction... more »

Forget About the F-35: This Is America's Deadliest Plane of All (It Can Kill Billions)

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Americas* [image: By Tim Felce (Airwolfhound) - E6B Mercury - RAF Mildenhall Feb 2010, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27815335] Think nukes. *Of course, the U.S. military has a ground-based strategic Global Operations Center in Nebraska, and land-based transmitters for communicating with the nuclear triad. However, the E-6’s sinister purpose is to maintain the communication link between the national command authority.* In a military that operates Raptor stealth fighters, A-10 tank busters, B-52 bombers and Harrier jum... more »

Huge Wildfires in the Arctic and Far North send a Planetary Warning

Nancy Fresco at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Nancy Fresco* *Security, Global Governance* [image: Reuters] Smoke from wildfires in Siberia will impact Canada and the United States. The planet’s far North is burning. This summer, over 600 wildfires have consumed more than 2.4 million acres of forest across Alaska. Fires are also raging in northern Canada. In Siberia, choking smoke from 13 million acres – an area nearly the size of West Virginia – is blanketing towns and cities. Fires in these places are normal. But, as studies here at the University of Alaska’s International Arctic Research Center show, they are also abnorm... more »

Why U.S. Marines Rifles Are About to Get Even Deadlier

Jared Keller at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Jared Keller* *Technology, Americas* [image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/marine_corps/4037374461/sizes/o/] Simple reason. *The Corps has been on the lookout for a RACU system for years.* The Marine Corps has picked up a grab bag of battlefield gadgets in recent years as part of the Pentagon's never-ending quest for sweet, sweet lethality, from advanced weapon sights and optics to laser rangefinders. Now, after nearly a decade in development, the Corps is finally testing a new gadget designed to unify control over a Marine's many rifle-mounted accessories into a single, easy-t... more »

Stealth Does Not Mean Unstoppable: Back in 1999, a U.S. Stealth Fighter Was Shot Down

Dario Leone at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Dario Leone* *History, Europe* [image: https://archive.defense.gov/dodcmsshare/newsphoto/1998-02/980214-F-2378D-005.jpg] It can be killed. *The truth is that the F-117A was shot down by a Soviet-made S-125M Neva-M SAM (NATO codename SA-3 Goa).* The MiG-29 (NATO reporting name: Fulcrum) created a sensation when it became the first Soviet combat aircraft to be displayed at a western air show. By the end of the 1980s it became both one of the Soviet Air Force’s main fighter types and one of the Soviet export bestsellers; nearly one-third of the 1,500 or so ‘first-generation’ Fulc... more »

How to Invest If You’re Worried a Recession Is Coming

Richard Drew at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Richard Drew* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] Even the pros don’t know what’s up. Although the U.S. economy continues to grow and add jobs, talk of a recession is increasingly in the air due to a number of worrying signs. Business investment and consumer confidence are taking a hit due to the growing economic jitters and uncertainty over the ongoing trade war with China. An important bond market recession warning – known as an inverted yield curve – is spooking investors. And policymakers are actively taking steps to bolster the economy, such as the Federal Reserve’s recen... more »

Gone Cycling!

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 16 hours ago
By Paul Homewood I’m away cycling for a couple of days, so apologies is moderation is slow!

Links 8/22/19

Yves Smith at naked capitalism - 17 hours ago

UK's Boris Johnson expected to press Trudeau on trade pact at G7

bilaterals.org - 17 hours ago
22-Aug-2019 As it hurtles toward what could be a messy exit from the European Union, Britain is hoping to hear some fresh trade reassurances from Canada at the upcoming G7 Summit.

Talking to a potential wall

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 17 hours ago
These dialogues look like scenes from Václav Havel's absurd theater plays. Many years ago, however, I experienced one in reality. For a while, I thought that the person was joking and pretending to be an extraordinary moron. Or at least, it was an extremely unlikely anomaly that appears once in a century. But then I was sucked into the second discussion, third discussion of the same format. I haven't counted them but I believe there have been dozens of almost identical exchanges with different people who feel uncomfortable with quantum mechanics – and, incidentally, they seem totall... more »

Man found not guilty of endangering Tinder ex-girlfriend's life

Rebecca Opie at Just In - 17 hours ago
An Adelaide man accused of cutting the brake line on his ex-girlfriend's car more than a year after they broke up is found not guilty of endangering her life.

Basketball promoter offers refunds over Boomers v Team USA advertising

Just In - 17 hours ago
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says it is aware of refunds being paid to fans for the games after complaints about the use in promotional material of players not involved in the matches.

Vaccine Safety Paramount... for Pigs and Profit

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 17 hours ago
Note: Thanks to Nancy Hokkanen for sharing this article about problem of a serious virus that is attacking pigs in china. She took note of a particular line, on which we have expanded below. Urgency for vaccine grows as virus... more »

HPV Vaccination and Risk of Miscarriage: An Assessment

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 17 hours ago
Note: Last week, we featured an article that says study summaries, like the one below, often sugar coat the results so that the reader thinks there is a better outcome than was actually reported in the full study. The abstract... more »

MSM Levels Bizarre ‘Anti-Semitism’ Charge at Trump While Conveniently Ignoring US Middle East Policy Train Wreck

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 17 hours ago
*Igor Ogorodnev* | The mainstream media have really tied themselves in a knot over this one.

'Burnt leaves falling all over our yard': Emergency warning issued for NSW fire

Just In - 18 hours ago
A blaze has come within 200 metres of homes at Belmont, south of Newcastle, and is moving quickly pushed by strong southerly winds, the NSW Rural Fire Service says.

'Many Australians are alive today because of Tim Fischer'

Stephanie Dalzell at Just In - 18 hours ago
Within days of the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, the Nationals leader and then-prime minister John Howard had started building a case to introduce some of the toughest gun control laws in the world.

Live: Eels take on the Bulldogs to kick off round 23

Just In - 18 hours ago
The Eels are set in the top six, but they need a win over the Bulldogs to stay in touch with their rivals for the top four. Can the Dogs spoil the party? Follow all the live scores, stats and commentary from Parramatta.

Victoria to decriminalise public drunkenness two years after Aboriginal woman's death

Freya Michie And Mary Gearin at Just In - 18 hours ago
Victoria moves to decriminalise public drunkenness on the eve of a coronial inquest into the death of Aboriginal woman Tanya Day, who suffered head injuries in a police cell in 2017.

Live: David Warner back among the runs to start third Test at Headingley

Jon Healy And Dean Bilton at Just In - 18 hours ago
Out-of-sorts opener David Warner gets his first half-century of the Ashes as rain wreaks havoc on day one of the third Test at Headingley. Follow all the action in our live blog.

Business 'goes ballistic' as property prices surge in mining towns battered by the resources bust

Andrea Mayes at Just In - 18 hours ago
Mining town real estate is rebounding in WA and Queensland, according to new figures which show both house prices and rental yields are rising in resource-rich areas at a faster rate than city housing markets.

Queensland Premier's office accidentally reveals ASIO agent's name

Josh Bavas at Just In - 18 hours ago
The Queensland Premier's office apologises for publicly revealing the name of an ASIO agent in Annastacia Palaszczuk's ministerial diaries, with a spokesman saying it was due to an administrative error.

Brazil Criticized For Anti-Environmental Stance During Climate Change Conference

Lise Alves at The Rio Times - 18 hours ago
[image: Brazil,Data has shown that since January 1st thousands of kilometers of forest has been burned in the Amazon region.] SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s Environment Minister, Ricardo Salles, was booed on Wednesday (August 21st) at the opening of the third day of the Latin American and Caribbean Climate Change Week (LACCW), being held in Salvador, Bahia. Over the last few months, the Bolsonaro administration has been severely criticized for its anti-environmental stance, especially when […] The post Brazil Criticized For Anti-Environmental Stance During Climate Change Conference a... more »

Chamber of Deputies Approves Bill Regulating Rodeos and “Vaquejadas”

Iolanda Fonseca at The Rio Times - 18 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Tuesday night, August 20th, the plenary of the Chamber of Deputies closed the voting on the bill that rules rodeos, bull-catching and calf roping in Brazil (PL 8240/17), after rejecting three of the PT's prominences to the text. The bill now requires presidential assent to become . . . […] The post Chamber of Deputies Approves Bill Regulating Rodeos and “Vaquejadas” appeared first on The Rio Times.

Senate Enacts Provisional Measure for Economic Freedom

Iolanda Fonseca at The Rio Times - 18 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Senate approved last night, August 21st, the Provisional Measure (PM) on Economic Freedom. The senators, however, removed three articles from the text involving changes to the rules governing work on Sundays. With these changes, the PM becomes law and proceeds for presidential approval or veto. The Provisional Measure had […] The post Senate Enacts Provisional Measure for Economic Freedom appeared first on The Rio Times.

No more cardboard boxes? 3M invents an ingenious new way to ship products

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
Obviously not so good for irregular objects needing protection. Yet it is also true that we can design to these shipping specifics as well. Thus we will see a lot of this system. The real trick is that it does not lock onto the contents. This is an ideal solution for shipping books which always demand costly box protection which is never perfect. It is also not so hard to design protective forms as well from pressed fibers to apply before sealing. All this supports a superior packing protocol . *No more cardboard boxes? 3M invents an ingenious new way to ship products* * T... more »

Northrop Grumman scramjet sets new thrust record in testing

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
[image: New thrust records have been set in scramjet testing at Arnold Air Force Base in Tennessee] They are actually getting this work and that suggests that 24 Mach is in reach. That opens the door for eventual.larger craft that could could reach the scram jet threshold using one power plant before switching up to the scram jet to set up a jump into low orbit. In fact once lifting out of he atmosphere a simple rocket pack can take it up easily enough. There will be a decade more effort here but we will have this capacity soon enough. Why we are building this is an open quest... more »

Is Asperger's syndrome the next stage of human evolution?

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
I do think that Asperger's Syndrome has been conflated with a broadly developed autism spectrum of symptoms in quite the same way we can dig out a hundred reports conforming to the Giant Sloth Meme in thousands of Big Foot reports. Asperger's has famously been associated with clearly high performance individuals while Autism more generally conforms to a natural subset of the whole human population suffering from a form of physical damage that is subtle. That is why we have a rise in autism cases associated with negative reactions to the injection of foreign substances in our blood... more »

Has the Biblical Moses Been Identified in Secular Egyptian Records?

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
*[image: Moses crossing the Red Sea. Source: Davy Cheng / Adobe Stock.]* The unusual story of Moses does fit neatly into the deeply obscured story of Hatshepsut. Moses must have fled after the death of his protector and then he returned years later in order to extract his familie's tribe. This led to a serious upheaval in Egypt for which he was certainly blamed.. Yet he also was then an old man already. Regardless this sets the exodus at 1440 BC., This is an important date to have and any error should be small. I also have 1159 BC for the end of the Atlantean world as ... more »

Turkey's New 'Aircraft Carrier' (Loaded with F-35s) Could Be Doomed

David Axe at The National Interest - 18 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, Americas* [image: https://cdn2.picryl.com/photo/2019/06/14/lockheed-martin-f-35-lightning-ii-26a54e-1600.jpg] And this is why. *But the U.S. government in mid-July 2019 canceled Turkey’s participation in the fighter program.* Turkey’s insistence on buying Russian air-defense systems, despite warnings from NATO allies not to do so, could have serious consequences for the Turkish navy. A new assault ship the Turkish navy is building now likely will lack fixed-wing warplanes, at least in the short term. Ankara’s deal with Moscow to acquire the latest S-400 ... more »

Farmers Will Love This Plan To Fight Climate Change at Home

E.A. Crunden at The National Interest - 18 hours ago
*E.A. Crunden* *Environment, United States* Jay Inslee, governor of Washington, has a plan to help rural Americans help themselves. Democratic presidential contenders are increasingly singling out agriculture as the next great frontier for climate action, pushing plans that would empower rural and farming communities while addressing the sector’s contributions to greenhouse gas emissions. That trend represents a mounting scientific consensus that any effective efforts to counter global warming will need to involve overhauling land use, which accounts for almost a quarter of emis... more »

RIP, USS Lexington: How the Death of One U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Saved America

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 18 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* [image: By U.S. Navy - U.S. Navy National Naval Aviation Museum photo NNAM.1996.488.001.004, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6719314] We explain. * At her christening, Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, chief of the Navy’s new Bureau of Aeronautics, prophesied, “This great carrier represents a powerful instrument on the offensive. I am convinced that a bombing attack launched from such carriers, from an unknown point, at an unknown instant, with an unknown objective, cannot be warded off by defensive aircraft ... more »

MiG-29 vs. F-16 Fighting Falcon: Which Fighter Jet Wins in an Aerial 'Knife Fight'?

Dario Leone at The National Interest - 18 hours ago
*Dario Leone* *Technology, Europe* [image: By U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Siuta B. Ika - https://www.flickr.com/photos/usairforce/19961426211/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41841859] We can tell you. *McCoy and other two USAF pilots had the chance to fly in German Fulcrums and they explained some of the several limitations of the MiG-29.* Designed in response to a new generation of American fighters, which included the F-15 and F-16, the MiG-29 presented a formidable threat to Western pilots. Among the countries that purchased the Fulcrum th... more »

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