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Polar Bear Pelt Product Review
Having sold our house, we have moved into an apartment. In the course of settling in, we came across these wonderful polar bear pelts to serve as throws upon our new recliner sofa. They are soft, warm and go along with our color scheme. And I can confirm that petroleum age polar bear pelts made […]
U.S. Defense Secretary Esper: U.S. "Preparing To Evacuate" Remaining Troops From Northern Syria
WATCH: .@EsperDoD on the planned evacuation of U.S. troopers in northern Syria. "I spoke with the president last night after discussions with the rest national security team and he directed that we begin a deliberate withdrawal of forces from northern Syria." pic.twitter.com/2Ma0XmypfP — Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) October 13, 2019 *CBS:** U.S. "preparing to evacuate" remaining troops from northern Syria, defense secretary says* The U.S. is "preparing to evacuate" about 1,000 U.S. troops from northern Syria "as safely and quickly as possible," Defense Secretary Mark Esper t... more »
'I can't see why you're laughing'-gate
Is Andrew laughing now? I see that '*I can't see why you're laughing*'*-*gate has gathered momentum throughout the day as more and more people react against Andrew Marr's unjust telling off of Priti Patel for "laughing". As I wrote this morning, she *wasn't *laughing. I watched and re-watched it before posting that, and she just wasn't doing what Andrew accused her of. So what *was *she doing that so irked Andrew Marr into verbally manslapping a woman of colour? Well, as I also wrote this morning, she was just doing that thing she often does with her face while not talking. Is ... more »
A poem about confusion and a quote by Confucius
*In the spirit of tracking facts and sleuthing truth, I offer the following:* *SCIENCE & PHILOSOPHY* * Mixing metrics with ethics, truth fuses science with philosophy. Science quantifies and classifies truth, while philosophy qualifies and clarifies truth. Without this crucial fusion, we wallow in confusion. * *Hugh Mann* *Only when things are investigated is knowledge extended; only when knowledge is extended are thoughts sincere; only when thoughts are sincere are minds rectified; only when minds are rectified are the characters of persons cultivated; only when character is cul... more »
Full Spirit Moon 2019: What You Need to Know About October's Full Moon
October's full moon, called the Hunter's Moon, will rise tonight (Oct. 13), reaching its peak fullness at 5:08 p.m. ET. The Hunter's Moon, which is the full moon following the Harvest Moon and the closest full moon to the fall equinox, is reportedly the best time for hunting deer and other animals, according to the Farmer's Almanac. In northern locations, leaves have fallen, deer have fattened and harvesters have cleared the fields, making it easier to see the animals under the light of the big bulb in the sky, according to NASA. But people of different cultures and regions gave the... more »
Here Is How America Can Increase the Pressure on China
*CIMSEC, Peter Kouretsos* *Security, Asia* [image: Reuters] A new maritime pressure strategy. *Key point:* Checking Beijing’s expansionist ambitions can be done without risking too many lives or breaking the bank. The following is adapted from a recent report by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, Tightening the Chain: Implementing a Strategy of Maritime Pressure in the Western Pacific. The U.S. military has a problem in the Western Pacific: the tyranny of distance and time. Delivering military force across the vast Pacific Ocean has never been easy, even for a c... more »
A Real Threat: Why Russia's Air Force Should Be Taken Seriously
*Evan Gottesman* *Security, Europe* And why countries love to buy them. *Key point: *Although behind America, Russia's air force is rapidly improving. When it comes to air power, it’s no secret that the United States and the West have often held an edge over Russia. This dates at least as far back to World War II, when the United States and Britain were allied with Russia. While Russia supplied much of the manpower that ultimately defeated Nazi Germany, it was the United States and UK that took the lead in the strategic bombing campaigns against Germany. These trends largely co... more »
The Navy's New Torpedo Will Send Russian and Chinese Subs Running
*Kris Osborn* *Security, * But can they outrun it? *Key point: *As more countries build submarines, anti-submarine warfare will become a bigger deal. The U.S. Navy is now engineering a new, longer range and more lethal submarine-launched heavyweight Mk 48 that can better destroy enemy ships, subs and incoming weapons at longer ranges, service officials said. Many details of the new weapon, which include newer propulsion mechanisms and multiple kinds of warheads, are secret and not publically available. However, senior Navy leaders have previously talked to Scout Warrior about t... more »
Russia's Navy Has a Deadly New Mach-8 Hypersonic Anti-Ship Missile
*Military and Aerospace Electronics* *Technology, Europe* [image: Reuters] Will they beat America in the hypersonics race? *Key point:* The Zircon missile will allow Russia’s ships to hit others quickly and from vast distances. MOSCOW – The Russian Navy will be the first to field a hypersonic weapon system, according to a prominent military analyst. Popular Mechanics reports. Continue reading original article The Military & Aerospace Electronics take: 9 Oct. 2019 -- The Russian navy will test its new Zircon missile sometime next year. The missile allegedly can fly at speeds in e... more »
In 1985, A U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Smashed Into a 13 Mile Long Solid Rock
*Steve Weintz* *Security, * And it almost sank. *Key point: *Sailors must look out for non-human threats that are lurking below the waves. Spend some time with Google Earth, an atlas or a globe and you will see that California, for peoples used to the Atlantic, was indeed the far side of the world well into the nineteenth century. What is now one of the most populated, navalized coastlines on Earth remained poorly known even to mariners. Somehow such mystery lingers, for once the world’s most powerful warship nearly wrecked herself upon a drowned island one hundred miles west o... more »
The Kel-Tec Rifle Forward-ejecting Bullpup: A Wonder Weapon or Worthless?
*Charlie Gao* *Technology, * Let the debate begin. The Kel-Tec Rifle Forward-ejecting Bullpup (RFB) is one of the most interesting rifles released in current years. Designed to take common magazines, eject forwards, and be fully ambidextrous, the RDB mirrors the feature set of the earlier FN F2000 and the later Desert Tech MDR. However, unlike those two rifles, the RFB employs an entirely different mode of operation to lock up its chamber when firing. Is it better or worse? The defining feature of the Kel-Tec RFB is its tilting bolt and extractors. In order to feed empty casings... more »
A Big Threat to the Russian Military: Possible Exploding Guns?
*Charlie Gao* *Security, * Thanks to bad ammo? *Key point: *Russia has problems with the quality of their ammunition. Russian infantry weapons have a reputation for reliability. The AK and PKM are renowned for enduring through adverse conditions, powered by their powerful long-stroke piston actions. However, a recent report by warhead.su suggests that when these weapons do fail in Russian service, the problem is often not in their design, but rather in the Russian ammunition they fire. This is not a new phenomenon. Russian imported ammunition to the United States has always bee... more »
Losing Control Over Returnees?
Photo Credit: Rodi Said/Reuters via PBS *Editor’s Note: Perhaps the biggest counterterrorism challenge facing European states is how to handle their citizens who went to fight in Iraq and Syria and now seek to return. Europe's response has been muddled, with many states reluctant to take responsibility for their nationals yet not advancing an alternative policy. Thomas Renard and Rik Coolsaet of the Egmont Institute assess the problems European states face and outline ways to make the return of foreign fighters less risky and more sustainable.* *Daniel Byman* *** Donald Trump’s ... more »
Confronting New York Times Propaganda on Hong Kong
*October 13, 2019* - American expat Nathan Rich living in China confronts New York Times propaganda regarding Hong Kong. Nathan's other videos are also worth watching, including "The REAL Reason Facebook is Banned in China ."
Episode #298 – ‘The Turkish Twist’ with Patrick Henningsen, Basil Valentine and more
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We’re phasing out one of our email alerts. Here’s how to keep up with Retraction Watch.
As some Retraction Watch readers have known, we’ve had off-and-on technological issues with the site. At least in some cases, those problems seem to have been due to DDOS attacks. We’ve been taking steps to ensure the site’s reliability, and we’re taking another one. Since our inception in 2010, we’ve offered a way to receive … Continue reading We’re phasing out one of our email alerts. Here’s how to keep up with Retraction Watch.
MATT TAIBBI FIGHTS THE REAL ENEMY
Matt Taibbi has written a long post in which he argues that, oh, sure, President Trump is awful, but not nearly as awful as the U.S. intelligence community, which is the most malign force on the planet and which is attempting to remove Trump by means of a coup. I don't have the strength to rebut this point by point, but I would like to address this: Four intelligence chiefs in the FBI’s James Comey, the CIA’s John Brennan, the NSA’s Mike Rogers, and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, presented an incoming president with a politically disastrous piece of information, in... more »
CHINA THREATENS TO CRUSH GLOBALISTS, AS UK PROF WARNS THEY ARE SUFFERING FROM TERRIBLE DELUSIONS FOR AGGRAVATING CHINA
*Chinese President Xi Jinping warned on Sunday that any attempt to divide China "in any part of the country will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones" and the delusional Globalists may end up with crushed bodies and shattered bones sooner than later.* *With an array of missiles, including a Mach 25 hypersonic missile DF 41 which can reach anywhere in the world 30 minutes, China now has that power to crush the bodies and shatter the bones of Globalist private banker kingpins like George Soros, Donald Trump and Prince Philip and their declining, feudal states the USA, Canada, UK... more »
ECUADOR: Indigenous reject talks to end protest
The indigenous group leading mass protests in Ecuador on Friday rejected an offer of direct talks from President Lenin Moreno to end days of deadly protests against fuel price hikes. "The dialogue that he's seeking lacks credibility," the indigenous umbrella group CONAIE said in a statement, adding that it would negotiate with the government only when a decree to remove fuel subsidies has
Free Download: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, "Maxims and Reflections"
*"The Best of Goethe’s Aphorisms"* by Farnam Street "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s (1749–1832) "Maxims and Reflections" is a terrific source of philosophical wisdom. The German writer, statesman, lawyer, playwright, and polymath was brilliant at distilling complex questions and concepts into simple, reflective statements. His wisdom was derived from a life spent learning, thinking, and transmitting knowledge across a wide variety of fields. He crafted volumes of poetry, dramas, and thought pieces on botany, human anatomy, and even the science of color. From his 590 aphorisms, here a... more »
Is The DCCC Blacklist Backfiring?
*The Republican wing of the Democratic Party* A reminder: As soon as Blue Dog/New Dem Cheri Bustos grabbed the DCCC chair for herself, she instituted an aggressive new policy aimed at progressives challenging Blue Dogs and New Dems (like herself). She officially declared that any campaign consultants, vendors, polling firms, strategists or operatives who worked for a campaign running against an incumbent would be blacklisted by the DCCC. (It's worth noting that several dozen current members of Congress, including some who demanded the action from Bustos-- like Henry Cuellar-- were o... more »
Islamic State Supporters Escape in Syria as US Pulls Back
Hundreds of Islamic State supporters escaped from a holding camp in northern Syria amid heavy clashes between invading Turkish-led forces and Kurdish fighters.
My speech at India space law conference
*Space Law must be respected, upheld and strengthened* By Bruce K. Gagnon Coordinator Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space This is a very important and timely conference and the Global Network is happy to be part of this historic event. I say historic because this is the first, that I am aware of, space law conference that has a purpose to promote the idea, as Dr. Aruna Kammila says, “Explore but don’t exploit”. In the 1997 US Space Command document entitled ‘Vision for 2020’ they wrote, “Historically military forces have evolved to protect national interests... more »
Vancouver – Coldest Oct 10 in 123 years – 2nd cold record in two days
Temperatures tumble across B.C. At least 41 records broken across province in 2 days. “That’s the coldest Oct. 10 in 123 years, so this is pretty significant,” said Environment Canada meteorologist Matt MacDonald. It was the second record in two days for Vancouver, which saw thermometers dip to 0.8 C Wednesday, wiping out the old ... Read moreVancouver – Coldest Oct 10 in 123 years – 2nd cold record in two days The post Vancouver – Coldest Oct 10 in 123 years – 2nd cold record in two days appeared first on Ice Age Now.
Record snowfall in North Dakota – Three times previous record
Beats previous record “by a long shot,” says meteorologist. “It’s historical, really.” A total of 17 inches is expected in Jamestown by Sunday morning, said Ken Simosko, meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Bismarck. This totally eclipses Jamestown’s previous record snowfall in a three-day period in the month of October of 5.2 inches ... Read moreRecord snowfall in North Dakota – Three times previous record The post Record snowfall in North Dakota – Three times previous record appeared first on Ice Age Now.
Trump threatens to impose ‘powerful sanctions’ on Turkey
Trump’s announcement comes as Turkey continues a military offensive against Kurdish militia groups in northern Syria, whom it considers terrorists. More The post Trump threatens to impose ‘powerful sanctions’ on Turkey appeared first on The Duran.
Hunter Biden Emerges; Quits Board Of Chinese Private-Equity Firm
Hunter will step down from the board on Oct. 31, according to a statement released by his lawyer, George Mesires. More The post Hunter Biden Emerges; Quits Board Of Chinese Private-Equity Firm appeared first on The Duran.
Nationalism Doesn’t Mean Isolationism: Why Bertrand Russell Is Wrong
The entire campaign to destroy Donald Trump going back to 2015 used every desperate lie imaginable in a vain effort to restore the dream of a post-nation state world order which its adherents refuse to believe has collapsed entirely. More The post Nationalism Doesn’t Mean Isolationism: Why Bertrand Russell Is Wrong appeared first on The Duran.
March on Enbridge to Protect the Sacred: Stop Line 3 Minnesota
Call to Action: March to Protect the Sacred! 1 March on Enbridge to Protect the Sacredby the Movement to Stop Line 3 (Minnesota, USA) 9 October 2019 Antidote Zine Next Monday, 14 October 2019, is Indigenous People’s Day, a national holiday in the United States formerly known as “Columbus Day.” The commemorative subject of the holiday was only recently changed (and still not
Blurring the boundaries
The boundaries between reporting and campaigning at the BBC are getting ever more blurred. Earlier today I cited the BBC's Quentin Somerville (a brave reporter) reporting the plight of orphaned children of dead IS parents caught up in dangerous camps in Syria and calling* our *failure to give them sanctuary "a disgrace". He's been doing his absolute best today to get three orphaned young children returned to London. Now, he himself says that it's been "particularly hard" reporting their "traumatic testimony". And that's perfectly understandable. They are very young, their situ... more »
Syria News Links 12-13 October 2019
13 October 2019 • 15:30 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Turkey-Syria offensive: ‘Hundreds’ of IS relatives escape camp https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-50029540 Erdogan War Crimes, SDF Atrocities, No Reconciliation https://www.globalresearch.ca/erdogan-war-crimes-sdf-atrocities-no-reconciliation/5691797 Turkey’s “Operation Peace Spring” Rages on Creating a Chaotic Battlefield … Continue reading Syria News Links 12-13 October 2019
THE MARCH OF THE FINANCIAL ALGORITHMS
The purpose of this article is to begin examining the role played by computer algorithms in assisting and even replacing financial and investment decision making. It was inspired by the lead article in the Economist Magazine (5th – 11th October 2019) titled Masters of the Universe. It poses the question, as to whether these algorithms are leading or misleading investors, and, whether they will be blamed for either delaying or precipitating the inevitable crash of financial markets.
General Strike Against the IMF Shuts Down Ecuador
Striking workers and activists vow that they will not call off the national strike that began this Wednesday until Moreno reinstates state oil subsidies and lowers the price of fuel and petrol. Moreno cut the oil subsidies last week as part of an agreement the government negotiated with the IMF for a loan of $4.2 billion in March 2019 in order to combat Ecuador’s worsening economic crisis. The protests are not just about fuel hikes, however. Ever since taking office, Moreno has instituted harsh austerity policies, cutting funding to social programs and wages in the public sector, ra... more »
Another conservative lawyer group says ‘impeachment is legitimate’
A group of sixteen prominent conservative and libertarian lawyers who formed a group called “Check and Balances” are adding their voice for the rule of law. In an article by William Cumming in USA Today called “Conservative lawyers: Impeachment is … Continue reading →
This Day In Iraqi History - Oct 13
1973 Continued fighting between Israeli and Iraqi forces in Syria 1996 PUK counterattacked Recaptured Sulaymaniya from KDP with Iranian support Baghdad made deal with Iran to allow PUK back into Kurdistan to counter KDP 1997 Heavy fighting restarted between KDP and PUK during civil war (Musings On Iraq book review of *The Kurds, A Modern History*) 2000 Iran’s Foreign Minister Kharrazi visited Iraq for 3 days Highest ranking Iranian official to visit Iraq since 1979 Revolution After Karrazi’s trip Iran announced Iran and Iraq would re-open discussion on border and POW issue largely en... more »
Yucca Mountain: Radioactive Racism Targets Western Shoshone in Congress
. Photo: Beyond Nuclear's Kevin Kamps, and Native Community Action Council's Ian Zabarte, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. in 2018 at the "Zero Hour" youth climate rally. By Beyond Nuclear Censored News Statement by Ian Zabarte Principal Man, Western Shoshone Radioactive racism is not progressive! Urge your Congress Members to oppose dangerously bad high-level nuke waste dumps!
Iran's Supreme Leader Wants More Advanced Weapons
*Reuters:* *Khamenei tells Iran's Guards to develop more advanced, modern weapons* DUBAI (Reuters) - Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards on Sunday to develop more advanced and modern weapons, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported, amid rising regional tensions. “The Guards should have advanced and modern weapons ... Your weapons should be modern and updated. It should be developed at home. You need to develop and produce your weapons,” Khamenei said in a speech at Imam Hussein Military University in Tehran. Tensions in the Gulf h... more »
The curtain falls on this year’s ferry follies… but there’s always next year
So it’s finally, Thanksgiving-ly, over. For now. We hope. But don’t hold your breath. And do hold on to your wallet. Tightly. “There will not be any commercial crossings in 2019,” Mark MacDonald, the CEO of Bay Ferries, emailed a CBC reporter Friday in response to his question about whether the Yarmouth-Bar Harbor ferry would […]
WATCH: Police Called to Help Mentally Ill Teen, Savagely Beat Him Instead
[image: mentally]After police investigated themselves and found they did nothing wrong after attacking a mentally ill teen boy, the taxpayers will be held liable.
Japan defeats Scotland, reaching Rugby World Cup quarter-final despite Typhoon Hagibis
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Japan emerges victorious over Scotland after being roared on by a delirious red-and-white-clad crowd as it becomes the first tier-two team to reach the last eight since Fiji in 2007.
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. - David Moscrop writes that the Libs' choice to break the promise of electoral reform to instead lock in an unfair and unrepresentative electoral system fits with their pattern of action: What of the strategic questions? Do the Liberals regret their decision to abandon electoral reform? Will they be able to live with themselves if they lose the popular vote, but form government? Well, have you met them? *They’ll be fine.* What if they end up hoisted on their own petard, ejected from government altogether, out of power and influence despite win... more »
Here Are Six Different Visions For A Space Force
Image: U.S. Air Force *Russell Rumbaugh, War On the Rocks:* *Six Competing Visions for a Space Force* The war of words over how to organize the prospective space force is heating up as the likelihood of major change grows. The manner in which a space force is organized will entrench certain visions of the future over others. As I discuss in a recent report, much of the current upheaval stems from the jousting of six different schools of thought capturing different visions of what future wars will look like and the role of space in those wars. While no single person falls entirely ... more »
On The Jacobin Religion Of Reason
Their atheism notwithstanding, the Jacobins were a barbaric cult. The human cost of their atheistic revolution runs into hundreds of thousands. In his 1794 speech, Robespierre declared the Jacobin principle: “Pity is treason.” Alexis de Tocqueville describes the religious passion of the Jacobins in his book *The Old Regime and the Revolution*. Here’s an excerpt: “The French Revolution acted, with regard to things of this world, precisely as religious revolutions have acted with regard to things of the other. It dealt with the citizen in the abstract, independent of particular social... more »
A Trollopian tale
Historic Jersey It wasn't just Cardinal Newman on *Sunday* today. There were also features on a new Muslim male voice choir and the return of far-right antisemitism in Germany, with the BBC's Damien McGuinness claiming that AfD have been misusing Muslim antisemitic attacks to mislead the public on where the greater threat comes from. And...a rather fascinating bit on the history of the Church in the Channel Islands - so fascinating that I'll quote you the start of it: I'm standing looking out across the sea to St Aubin's Bay. Ahead of me, alongside Elizabeth Castle, is the Hermit... more »
Ed reaches for his shoehorn
Cardinal Newman, Remain This morning's *Sunday *on Radio 4 was dominated by the canonisation of Cardinal Newman. During Edward Stourton's opening chat with his old chum at *The Tablet *Christopher Lamb, our Ed managed to shoehorn Brexit into the discussion: *Ed Stourton*: And I see that the British Ambassador to the Holy See has been quoted as suggesting he might also offer a model for post-Brexit Britain. *Christopher Lamb*: Well, yes, a case is being made that Newman is a Remainer. Father Ignatius Harrison, who is the Actor of the sainthood calls for Newman said that on Frida... more »
Is North Korea Hiding A Hog Apocalypse?
*Bloomberg/Japan Times:* *North Korea may be hiding hog apocalypse from the world* SEOUL – By official accounts, the pig contagion wreaking havoc across Eastern Asia has virtually skipped over North Korea, with a single outbreak reported there in May. But wayward feral pigs have stoked concern that Kim Jong Un’s reclusive state is hiding an African swine fever disaster. Three wild boars were found dead in border areas separating the two countries earlier this month before being tested positive for the viral hemorrhagic disease, officials in South Korea said. The finding reflects ... more »
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From Jenna Orkin Two-thirds of U.S. birds face extinction due to climate-linked 'emergency': Audubon We're in a permanent coup Flint schools receive water stations, filtration systems from billionaire Elon Musk In hunt for new drugs, Amazon and other tech giants are using AI to find protein structures Land O’Lakes CEO: Farmers Are in Crisis—and America Isn’t Paying Attention For the first time in history, U.S. billionaires paid a lower tax rate than the working class last year Dramatic Video Shows ISIS Prison Break Under Turkish Artillery Fire In SyriaMexico Mayor Dragged Through S... more »
PRESIDENT XI'S NUMBER ONE GLOBALIST ENEMY GEORGE SOROS OPENS PRIVATE UNI IN VIENNA
*GEORGE SOROS OPENS UNI IN VIENNA, MUST MAKE FAST DASH FOR HELP TO CHINESE EMBASSY IN ATHENS* *GLOBALIST KINGPIN AND AUSTRIAN CHANCELLOR SEBASTIAN KURZ WOULD NO DOUBT LIKE TO SEE ME DEAD RATHER THAN GET HELP FROM CHINA BECAUSE THEY AND MANY OTHER GLOBALISTS WOULD END UP BEING CONVICTED IN COURTS OF HUGE CRIMES, INCLUDING PLOTTING GLOBAL DEPOPULATION AND LOOTING THROUGH PRIVATE CENTRAL BANKS AND PLOTTING TO KILL THE SINGLE JOURNALIST, ME, REPORTING ON THEM* *MY CASE DETLA 14 218 CAN BE USED BY CHINA FOR YEARS IF I AM MURDERED BY THE GLOBALIST KINGPINS SOROS, KURZ, TSIPRAS, TRUMP, M... more »
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Over at Atomic Insights, Rod Adams points us to a newly-issued US patent for an alleged "fusion device". There are heaps of problems with it (gigawatt outputs? coming mostly as hot neutrons? holy neutron activation and radiation poisoning, Batman!) but a few examples will suffice. These jerks made the PDF as difficult as possible to process, starting with saving it as a series of page images
Is Russia Preparing For An Invasion of This Important Piece of the Arctic?
*Elizabeth Buchanan, Mathieu Boulegue* *Security, * Some rumors never die. Move then Greenland, Donald President Trump should know that the real Arctic prize is Svalbard (formerly known as Spitsbergen). At least that’s what renewed murmurs of Russia seeking to invade the Svalbard archipelago highlight. And these rumors die hard. A Russian-annexed Svalbard is a peripheral fear, which is anchored by historical precedent. The Nazi’s occupied Spitsbergen during World War Two, illustrating the strategic significance of the archipelago for U.S.-Europe replenishments. Whilst a Russian ... more »
Did Chinese Scientists Just Create a New Material to Build 'Super' Stealth Fighters?
*David Axe* *Security, * Doesn't seem like it. *Key Point:* This new material is supposed to make aircraft less detectable by radar. But the development probably is not the breakthrough that some observers claim it is. Prof. Luo Xiangang and colleagues at the Institute of Optics and Electronics, part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Chengdu, said they had created the first-ever mathematical model to precisely describe the behavior of electromagnetic waves when they “strike a piece of metal engraved with microscopic patterns,” according to *South China Morning Post* . The ... more »
Following Multiple Naval Collisions, The U.S. Navy Is Changing How It Operates
*Military and Aerospace Electronics* *Security, Americas* We will see if it is enough. *Key point:* Change is needed to protect our sailors. WASHINGTON – A fatal at-sea collision that claimed the lives of some and injured many urged the Navy to drop use of the touchscreen interface and go back to the traditional ship control. International Business Times reports. Continue reading original article The Military & Aerospace Electronics take: 12 Aug. 2019 -- The result of the investigation conducted and released recently by the National Transportation Safety Board revealed that the ... more »
China's Army Is Getting a New Assault Rifle (And It Could Be a Really Big Deal)
*Sebastien Roblin* *Technology, Asia* [image: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EFxi8pUU4AASJUb.jpg] China unveiled a considerable amount of new military hardware. It seems this one was missed by many experts. The grandiose military parade that rolled past Tiananmen Square to celebrate the Seventieth Anniversary was an embarrassment of riches for observers of the People’s Liberation Army. Amidst a procession featuring dozens of city-destroying intercontinental ballistic missiles, supersonic stealth fighters, robot submarines, stealth drones and hypersonic cruise missiles, the PLA’s fl... more »
The Rich Do, in Fact, Pay Higher Tax Rates
*Chris Edwards* *Economics, Americas* [image: Reuters] Here's why. *Key point:* Claims that the rich pay less are based on faulty data. An article in the New York Times the other day was titled “The Rich Really Do Pay Lower Taxes Than You,” and one in Bloomberg was subtitled “The Wealthiest 400 Americans Have the Lowest Rates.” It is not true. Both articles were prompted by the release of figures from economists Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman, which in turn builds on work with their colleague Thomas Piketty. Despite garnering vast media coverage for their estimates of income,... more »
The Next Space Race: Is America Ready For Chinese Space Drones?
*Eugene K. Chow* *Security, Asia* China is America's most serious competitor for technological supremacy. *Key point: *China is making impressive strides in a domain once dominated by America. In a major breakthrough, China has unveiled a formidable new high-altitude drone that could give its military a significant advantage. Designed to operate in “near space,” 12.5 miles above sea level or higher, China’s new drones can break through air defenses, avoid radar detection, and collect valuable intelligence while staying well beyond the range of anti-aircraft fire. Operating at t... more »
School to Prison Pipeline Exposed as 30,000 Kids Under Age 10 Arrested Since 2013
[image: kids]Shocking statistics reveal police have no problem arresting hundreds of thousands of kids 12 and younger across the land of the free.
Common sense musings on the climate debate
Global warming campaigners spread a narrative of fear that doesn't hold up to scrutiny. The post Common sense musings on the climate debate appeared first on CFACT.
Environmentalists Applaud No Bids for Oil Fields Near Coral Reefs
[image: Brazil,Environmentalists protest outside hotel where ANP held its auction last week.] SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Despite the apparent success of last week’s auction, organized by Brazil’s National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP), of the concession of 36 blocks for petroleum and gas exploration along the Brazilian coastline, environmental groups are celebrating that four of these blocs, along the Abrolhos coral reef area, did […] The post Environmentalists Applaud No Bids for Oil Fields Near Coral Reefs appeared first on The Rio Times.
Rio’s Banco do Brasil Cultural Center Exposition is Sojourn Among the Lights of Ancient Egypt
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - With 140 pieces brought from the Egyptian Museum of Turin (Museo Egizio), in Italy, and 89 from other collections, the Banco do Brasil Cultural Center (CCBB) in Rio de Janeiro inaugurated, on Saturday, October 12th, "Ancient Egypt: from everyday life to eternity". The exposition, in addition to beautiful art works, […] The post Rio’s Banco do Brasil Cultural Center Exposition is Sojourn Among the Lights of Ancient Egypt appeared first on The Rio Times.
First Brazilian-Born Saint, Sister Dulce is Canonized by Pope Francis in the Vatican
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Thousands of worshippers and clergy fill St. Peter's Square, where Pope Francis has just canonized Maria Dulce Lopes (1914-1992), called Sister Dulce, who is now Saint Dulce of the Poor. John Henry Newman, Giuseppina Vannini, Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan, and Margherite Bays . . . To read the full NEWS […] The post First Brazilian-Born Saint, Sister Dulce is Canonized by Pope Francis in the Vatican appeared first on The Rio Times.
UK MPS SHOULD LISTEN TO DUP CONCERNS AND REJECT BORIS JOHNSON AND QUEEN'S NEW BREXIT DEAL
*With the Queen set to give a de facto election manifesto on behalf of Globalists showcasing Brexit during her speech on Monday, the DUP has said it will not support the Boris Johnson's deal on the backstop.* *https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/boris-johnson-to-focus-on-brexit-in-queens-speech-as-negotiations-continue-with-brussels-a4260231.html* *As someone whose grandparents came from Donegal and Sligo, I urge UK MPs to take the fears of DUP and other groups in NI about being trapped in a customs and economics union with Eire seriously. * *NI paramilitary groups are already t... more »
Poll: Joe Biden Is Still The Frontrunner To Be The Democrat Presidential Candidate
*FOX News:* *Fox News Poll: Biden and Warren gain ground in Democratic race* Together Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren capture the support of more than half of Democratic primary voters, according to the latest Fox News national poll on the 2020 election. Biden stays on top in the race with 32 percent support among primary voters, up 3 points since September. He’s followed by Elizabeth Warren at 22 percent -- that’s up 6 points and a new high for her. Bernie Sanders is at 17 percent, down 1 point since last month. *Read more* .... *WNU Editor:* I am surprised that he is still in th... more »
Congressional Democrats Discussing Jailing White House Officials Who Don't Testify
The U.S. Capitol Building is pictured in Washington, February 27, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Reed *The Hill:* *Tlaib says Democrats have discussed detaining White House officials who don't testify* Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) revealed in a new interview that House Democrats have discussed jailing allies of the president who do not comply with congressional subpoenas, an escalation of the House's efforts to force White House compliance with an impeachment inquiry. Tlaib told Deadline Detroit that such an action, known as inherent contempt, would be "uncharted territory" for Congress but ... more »
CDU YOUTH WING REVOLTS AGAINST GLOBALIST LEADERSHIP
*The youth wing of Angela Merkel's party, the CDU, has launched a revolt at its party conference calling for anti Globalists candidate Friedrich Merz to be elected Chancellor through a vote of CDU grassroots party members.* *Merz, who was invited to give the key note speech, indicated he would be prepared to stand to unseat Globalist Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, who was elected the successor of Merkel by CDU delegates in a process mired by apparent secret bribery and corruption.* *Germany also faces a financial and economic meltdown similar to the Weimar Republic like the USA, UK a... more »
War's First Casualty: Truth. Turkish Fighters Kill Kurdish Politician? Or Rival Kurds Kill Politician?
*Truth is always the first casualty of war. So let's talk about this latest truth casualty of Operation Peace Spring. The earlier casualty was covered here: Operation Peace Spring: Explosion Near US Soldiers Occupying Alongside Kurdish Proxies- Source Unclear* *The source for the bombing was totally unclear, but, point a finger and the media follows* *Now the latest: * *Heyrin Khalaf was killed, along with her driver and others. This story broke early yesterday. Below you will read a report I'd found at that time. Initial reports claimed it was an airstrike. The PKK media affiliat... more »
The Platforms
I enjoy reading the analysis of Scott Clark and Peter Devries. From the standpoint of economics, they're not happy with any of the party platforms. They've given the Liberals a "bare pass." The NDP also got a bare pass; and the Green Party got an F. They give the Conservatives a C. But it's a shaky C -- because it recycles so many failed Conservative policies: Mr. Scheer finally released the Conservative platform on Friday afternoon. On the front cover, there should have been pictures of Stephen Harper, Doug Ford, and Jason Kenney. What Mr. Sheer and these three gentlemen have in ... more »
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*What student debt is doing to a generation of Americans* *I inherited nothing but because I was a good saver and invested from early on, I was able to pay for all my son's education fees without difficulty. He entered the workforce with zero debt. But had I been poorer I would have advised him to learn deeply whatever he was interested in and get a diploma mill degree for documentation purposes. If you know a field well and can demonstrate it, employers will have little interest in your documentation. He spent 8 years learning stuff that he enjoyed but which was n... more »
Saudi Arabia's Bid For Middle Eastern Supremacy Isn't Going Quite As Planned
*Mohammed Ayoob* *Security, Middle East* And Riyadh only has itself to blame. *Key point: *A series of missteps has undermined the Kingdom when it can least afford it. In 680 CE, less than fifty years after the death of Prophet Muhammad, an army of over thirty thousand men was deployed by thirty-three-year-old Umayyad Caliph Yazid to confront a tiny group of seventy-two people led by the prophet’s grandson, Hussein ibn Ali, who had challenged the legitimacy of the Umayyad hereditary rule as un-Islamic. In the resulting battle that took place in Karbala on the banks of the Euphra... more »
Taurus' Striker-Fired TX-22 .22 Pistol Is Here And Ready To Rock
*Gun News Daily* *Security, * This could be the .22 you are looking for. *Key point: *This pistol holds 16 rounds. If there’s one thing that all *.22 semi-automatic pistols* seem to share in common, it’s that they all hold ten rounds of ammunition in the magazine. That’s by no means a bad thing, but there’s a lot of people who have strongly desired to own a .22 pistol with an ammunition capacity equivalent to a full size, duty *9mm pistol* (which commonly hold fifteen to eighteen rounds in the magazine). Taurus filled this void in the market by recently releasing the Taurus TX-... more »
A Sad History: All of the Times the West Abandon the Kurds
*Sebastien Roblin* *History, Middle East* [image: Reuters] Trump is not the first. On October 6, 2019 President Trump announced with little forewarning that he was withdrawing a handful of U.S. special forces operators assisting Kurdish militias in northeastern Syria. The presence of the special forces amongst Kurdish YPG fighters had formerly served as an effective barrier against Turkish attack. Their abrupt withdrawal, following a phone conversation between Trump and Turkish President Erdogan, gave Ankara an unambiguous green light to initiate military operations against the... more »
If The NBA Won't Stand Up To Chinese Bullying, What Should We Expect From Other American Companies?
*James Pethokoukis* *Politics, * Some companies will not put values above profits. One way to pitch a Hollywood screenplay is by combining two existing works. “Think of it as ‘Wolverine’ meets ‘Lincoln.’” Apparently this actually happens. Anyway, the descriptive technique also pops up elsewhere. The geopolitical tangle — economic, military, ideological — that is China can be expressed as “the Soviet Union meets 1980s Japan.” Dealing with such a multidimensional challenge is difficult, as the NBA just found out. Its apologetic stance toward China over a Houston Rocket official’s ... more »
A War Between Pakistan And India Could Kill Billions (If It Went Nuclear)
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * There are multiple nuclear powers in the Asia-Pacific region. *Key point: *Even a small skirmish could escalate into a doomsday scenario. It’s distinctly possible that any future war between India and Pakistan would involve limited action on the ground and full-scale fighting at sea and in the air. India has the upper hand in both, particularly at sea where it would have the ability to blockade Pakistani ports. Pakistan imports 83% of its gasoline consumption, and without sizable reserves the economy would feel the effects of war very quickly. An econ... more »
BOOM: China Is Showing off Their New, Shiny Weapons of War
*Stratfor Worldview* *Technology, Asia* Check them out. Missiles and planes and more! *Key point:* During major holidays, Beijing likes to show off its latest weaponry (and Western intelligence takes notice). A military parade through Tiananmen Square, part of the Oct. 1 celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, showcased some of the People's Liberation Army's never-before-seen weapons systems. With the display, China sent a clear message about how far along the development path its yearslong military modernization drive had taken it.... more »
Terrorism: Making a Comeback or on the Decline? A New Report Has Answers.
*Daniel R. DePetris* *Security, World* How does one even measure terrorism? One report provides some important perspective. A day doesn’t go by when a story about a deadly terrorist attack somewhere around the world doesn’t make a headline. Holidays are unfortunately not excluded from the grime and gore: this past April, during Easter festivities, Sri Lankans witnessed one of their worst terrorist attacks in the country’s history when a group of suicide bombers radicalized by Islamic State ideology attacked churches and hotels, killing over 250 people. Studying the underlying ... more »
The Complete Guide to Home Self Defense Guns: Our Top 5
*Richard Douglas* *Security, * Would a standard shotgun do? What about a basic revolver? We break down the types of firearms you should consider. This is the complete guide to home defense guns. In this in-depth guide, you’ll learn: -What to look for in a home defense gun -The pros/cons with each firearm type -What’s the best home defense gun for you - And much more So if you’re trying to look for the best home defense weapon that’ll protect you and your family, this guide is for you. Let’s dive right in. There’s no such thing as a one size fits all for home defense. It depe... more »
This New Submarine Could Be a Real Killer (And No, Its Not American)
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Europe* Their first new submarine in a decade from France. *Key point: *Submarines are very useful for power projection and deterrence. On July 12, 2019, French president Emmanuel Macron celebrated the imminent launch of France’s first new nuclear-powered submarine in over a decade—the *Barracuda*-class vessel *Suffren*. A few weeks later on August 1, the *Suffren *finally took to the water as its drydock in Cherbourg, France, was flooded. Its newly trained crew is set to commence sea trials early in 2020. The *Suffren* is launching years behind sch... more »
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*On Cape Cod, climate change is terrifyingly real* *The illogicality of Warmists knows no bounds. They admit that some climate episode they want to exploit is local and then talk as if it was a global effect. They say that in the Cape Cod climate "warming is faster than nearly any in the world". So it is local data about a local effect and has no evidentiary value about global anything, including global warming. So the attributions below are mere opinion.So what is warming Cape Cod? Nobody knows but local eddies in the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation -- known to... more »
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