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*Allison Pearson*: So the LibDems will support a second referendum. But, as Jo Swinson said on live TV, she would not accept the result of a 2nd referendum if it was Leave again. Roll up, ladies and gentlemen, to have your vote disregarded a second time! Who could resist? *Paul Embery*: Rather than elect MPs at the next general election, why don't we just choose which activist lawyers we prefer? *Geoff Norcott*: Nothing unifies people more than hearing a wanker talk loudly on a phone. Maybe post Brexit we should employ them to sit on trains and start the healing. *Angelous Chrysso... more »
Something Happened Around 2012
From the weekend edition of The Wall Street Journal: McGinty, J. C. (2019, October 19-20). The Young are Having Less Sex, More STDs. The Wall Street Journal, A2. "young people, we're told, are having less sex than older generations did at the same age. But they're also contracting more sexually transmitted diseases than any other group, and the rates of infection are accelerating at an alarming pace." ...'Something changed starting around 2012,' said Gail Bolan, director of the CDC division of STD prevention. 'We're seen dramatic increases each year in both males and females'." ... more »
Did James Clapper ‘Out’ Barack Obama as the ‘Mastermind’ Behind the ‘Russia Hoax’?
A CNN interview video was miscaptioned to suggest the Obama administration's involvement in a Trumpian controversy.
Board of Trustees Appoints New Paine College President
Dr. Cheryl Evans Jones has been appointed president of Paine College. Jones previously served as provost and vice president of academic affairs of the historically Black Methodist liberal arts college in Augusta, Georgia. In July, she became the active president after Dr. Jerry L. Hardee retired. Jones is credited with helping the university’s accreditation initiatives. […]
The Unintentionally Foray into the Transformative Experience of Morgan State University
In October of 2018, my colleague, Dr. Janelle L. Williams and I were engaged in collecting data on Black students who were possibly influenced to apply and attend historically Black colleges and universities due to the current social and political climate triggered by the election of the 45th president of the United States.
You Know Cesar Chavez—How About Larry Itliong?
I call Larry Itliong a classic H.O., as in “historical omission.”If you talk about the farm labor movement in California and don’t mention Itliong, you have a hole in your soul.
Democrat double standard; finger waving edition
When dishonest Nancy Pelosi wagged her finger at Trump in a meeting the #FakeNews media said it was heroic and the fact that Trump responded was condemned. But back when a strong Republican woman wagged her finger at Obama it was labeled "rude" and "racist". The news media hails @SpeakerPelosi as a hero for pointing her finger at @POTUS @realDonaldTrump but when I stood up to @BarackObama I was vilified as rude and racist. Such Hypocrites! pic.twitter.com/banxxQp7F1 — Jan Brewer (@GovBrewer) October 17, 2019 Once again Democrats not only demand the right to live by completely diff... more »
"How It Really Is"
○ "It's 3:23 A.M. And I'm awake because my great great grandchildren won't let me sleep. They ask me in dreams, 'What did you do while the planet was plundered? What did you do when the earth was unraveling? Surely you did something when the seasons started flailing? As the mammals, reptiles and birds were all dying? Did you fill the streets with protest? When democracy was stolen, what did you do once you knew? Surely, you did something...'" - Drew Dellinger No, we didn't...
Capitalism ‘Good’ & ‘Bad’: A Reply to Stiglitz and Macron By Jack Rasmus
I was recently asked by a media source to answer the followning questions for an interview about the future of capitalism in general, and about recent comments on that theme by economist, Joseph Stiglitz, and France’s president, Macron. Here are my responses to the questions asked by the reporter:
Brexit News Links 21 October 2019
21 October 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Brexit: MPs’ vote on deal ruled out by Speaker John Bercow https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-50128740 Brexit: No 10 to push again for vote on Boris Johnson’s deal https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-50117284 One shocking Newsnight clip … Continue reading Brexit News Links 21 October 2019
Ecuador News Links 21 October 2019
21 October 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Peace Restored in Ecuador. But Is Trust Restored? https://www.globalresearch.ca/peace-restored-ecuador/5692594 Indigenous Rising in Ecuador and International Solidarity https://www.globalresearch.ca/indigenous-ecuador-international-solidarity/5692553 Ecuadorean General Strike Wins Concession on Fuel Subsidies https://www.globalresearch.ca/ecuadorean-general-strike-wins-concession-fuel-subsidies/5692583 Chile And Its … Continue reading Ecua... more »
Ceasefire ends, talks on Syria between Erdogan and Putin begin By Sarah Abed
Monday marks the thirteenth day since Turkey began its third cross border military operation in Syria ironically named “Operation Peace Spring”. In the past two weeks civilian and militant lives on both sides have been lost, a large exodus has taken place, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a resolution that opposes US troop withdrawal, a five-day ceasefire was brokered between Turkey and the United States, and Kurdish militias have withdrawn from the “safe-zone”.
Jeremy Warner Hawks His Carbon Tax
By Paul Homewood Jeremy Warner had this article in yesterday’s Telegraph: Carbon taxes are coming Possibly more in hope than expectation, Sajid Javid, the Chancellor, plans to deliver a Budget on Nov 6, by which time we are meant to have left the European Union. It will be a faintly surreal affair […]
At most 6.4% of the Kurds in the Middle East are going to be impacted by Trump not getting us into a war with Turkey
While the #FakeNews media acts as though Trump not getting the US into a war with Turkey is going to lead to genocide against the Kurds the reality is far different. There are about 31 million Kurds in the Middle east. 18 million are in Turkey already and the region that the Turks are going to occupy as a "buffer" zone contains fewer than 2 million Kurds. The Turkish "buffer" zone contains significantly less than half of the area that the Kurds occupy in Syria and the Kurdish regions in Iraq and Iran aren't being touched. The question then is is it worth getting the US into a maj... more »
Homeschoolers are Educated, Not Indoctrinated
[image: undefined] Schoolchildren across the country recently skipped school or walked out of class to rally for new restrictions on our economic and personal liberties in the name of fighting “climate change.” Instead of punishing students for playing hooky to promote a political cause, many teachers and administrators allowed, or even encouraged, students to skip school to attend these events. Public schools have also given students the day off to attend pro-gun control rallies. The trend toward allowing students to miss school for political protests is an example of how indoctri... more »
Liberty City
DEKORNFELD: But nothing would prepare him [James Massey] for what he would find in Von Ormy because all those classes were about building city government. And in Von Ormy, the sole goal seemed to be the opposite. This is from “The Liberty City,” episode 945 of Planet Money, October 18, 2019. The whole thing […] The post Liberty City appeared first on Econlib.
A secret impeachment hearing; Does that sound American?
Democrats refuse to hold a vote to start an impeachment investigation. Probably because they know it wouldn't pass. Purple state Democrats know it would be suicide to vote for impeachment while they ignore the issues voters care about so Pelosi isn't making them go on record as supporting impeachment. The idea that a House speaker can just start an impeachment investigation because she feels that Hillary shouldn't have lost in 2016 is pretty scary. But that's small potatoes compared to the fact that a tiny group of radical hyper-partisan Democrats, led by the dishonest Schiff, are ... more »
Warren’s brainchild – CFPB – under SCOTUS microscope this term
Justices to review constitutionality of CFPB structure SCOTUS BLOG Amy Howe October 18, 2019 CFPB vs Seila Questions before the Court: U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Supreme Court to decide constitutional challenge to the statutory limitations on the removal of the Director of the CFPB If the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is found unconstitutional on the basis of the separation of powers, can 12 U.S.C. §5491(c)(3) be severed from the Dodd-Frank Act? The website of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau describes the CFPB as a “U.S. government agency that makes sure ... more »
Conservative Principles
The below comes from the Heritage Foundation. The Gunny has inserted a question under each principle that we should be asking of our Public Servants and of their various stances BEFORE they get a “Yea” vote. If Civics were still taught in schools, these principles would be well-known throughout the land, as it should be. The Heritage Foundation formulates policies that promote free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense. Heritage does not support policies that deviate from these principles, nor are our recommend... more »
"A Sublime Moral Spectacle"
*"A Sublime Moral Spectacle"* by Martin Zamyatin “Our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world.” James K. Polk, upon payment to Mexico of $15 million after seizing half its territory. Assuring the world in his 1845 inaugural address that it had “nothing to fear from military ambition in our government,” president James K. Polk confided privately only hours later his determination to acquire not only Texas but also the Oregon Territory and California. Polk’s saber-rattling convinced Britain to peaceably part with the Northwest, but Mexico warned the U.S. that... more »
Prof. Ian Plimer: Earth is ‘not in a period of extinction’
Originally posted on Tallbloke's Talkshop: ‘Belief is in politics and religion, not science…follow the money’, says Professor Plimer. Geologist and earth scientist Ian Plimer says the globe is not facing a climate emergency, telling Sky News Australia that “we are actually still living in an ice age.” Professor Plimer’s comments come after Extinction Rebellion…
Unanswered questions on my expulsion from UVic and its Speakers Bureau
Originally posted on polarbearscience: Last week I wrote about my loss of adjunct professor status at the University of Victoria (UVic), preceded by my expulsion from its volunteer Speakers Bureau. It provided background to an op-ed that appeared in the National Post on Wednesday (16 October) by journalist Donna Laframboise exposing this travesty of academic…
Bloody boring
Talking about impartial BBC journalists, here's Mr Impartiality himself - the BBC's World Affairs Editor John Simpson being all impartial (as ever) about Brexit: Our problem with Brexit isn’t that a group of sullen Remainers are blocking the will of the people; it’s that we are divided almost exactly 50-50 over it. Organisations tend to require a 2/3rds majority to change their rules. Surely our nation should have done the same? No, can't see anything biased about that. That said, I really do need to go to Specsavers, urgently.
As Trump Claims He’s ‘Bringing Soldiers Home’ DoD Chief Says Troops Shifting to Iraq
Acting Secretary of Defense Mark Esper undermined President Trump's claim that he is bringing US soldiers home from Syria.
WATCH: Cops Mistake Innocent Man for Thief, Taser, Kidnap and Falsely Charge Him
[image: tasered]Georgia police apprehended and tasered the wrong suspect, and later charged him with multiple felonies anyway to justify their behavior.
"And Indeed It Is..."
"Will picked a single blossom from a gorse bush beside him; it shone bright yellow on his grubby hand. "People are very complicated," he said sadly."So they are," John Rowlands said. His voice deepened a little, louder and clearer than it had been. "But when the battles between you and your adversaries are done, in the end the fate of all the world will depend on just those people, and on how many of them are good or bad, stupid or wise. And indeed it is all so complicated that I would not dare foretell what they will do with their world. Our world." - Susan Cooper
Having lots of internet problems since Saturday. just as Globalists open new media front against China, exploit its key vulnerability, lack of good global media
*The Globalist private banker cartel seem to have opened a new pysch op, propaganda front against their number one enemy China with its state central bank and booming economy by linking China and Hong Kong with fascist Globalsit regimes in Spain and Chile.* *They have identified China's lack of media as a vulnerability which they may well focus on exploiting to stoke hostility against China and pressure it to surrender its state central bank, called "state industrial subsidies".* *Globalist controlled Zerohedge has correctly identified China's weakeness as its lack of internatio... more »
Ordure, ordure
As soon as I heard, yesterday, that John Bercow had it within his powers to rule against a new Meaningful Vote today I knew tit was all over for MV3. There was no way on earth Speaker Bercow would ever do anything to help Brexit, so rule against it he inevitably would. And, lo and behold, this afternoon he has. A similar thought must have crossed Nick Robinson's mind because* this *is what he tweeted an hour or so ago: Breaking news - The Speaker rules that it would be “repetitive & disorderly” for the government to put Johnson’s Brexit Deal to a Meaningful Vote today. In other n... more »
HK leader and police apologize for mosque spraying, launch effective PR campaign distancing them from fascist Spain's PM and police
*From media* *HONG KONG: Hong Kong's pro-Beijing leader and the city's police chief visited a mosque on Monday (Oct 21) that was struck with blue dye from a water cannon during the latest bout of violent protests.* *The entrance to the Kowloon Mosque, the international hub's largest, was sprayed by a water cannon truck on Sunday, causing anger among both local Muslims and protesters.* *Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/hong-kong-mosque-blue-water-cannon-protests-carrie-lam-12020282* *...* *"Mrs Lam extended an apology for the inadvertent spraying of the mosq... more »
Americans Say They Want Fundamental Change To The Healthcare System-- But Do They Really?
*Obamacare Repeal by Nancy Ohanian* If you don't want any fundamental changes to the healthcare system, you have a choice of candidates to choose from. You can stick with Trump and pray he keeps failing to make it much worse. Or you can choose one of the timid corporate Democrats running on timid corporate platforms... Status Quo Joe, being the most prominent and the most inert, but don't forget the two big wet-finger-to-the-wind contenders, Mayo Pete and Kamala Harris. No sense in bringing up the also rans at this point. Only the DNC and TV ad selling networks pretend to take them ... more »
Here’s Why 97% Of Congress Get Re-Elected Each Year When the Overwhelming Majority of Americans Think They Are Doing a Bad Job
Auditors at OpenTheBooks.com found that powerful congressmen received large campaign donations from federally subsidized contractors based in their districts. The congressmen directed billions in federal money to the contractors.
US Public Land Workers Getting Assaulted, Threatened on Job
Federal employees overseeing U.S. public lands were assaulted or threatened at least 360 times over a five-year period marked by heightened tensions with anti-government groups.
Tornado Rips Through Dallas; 1 Dead in Arkansas Amid Storms
Crews searched through the rubble of homes and businesses torn apart by a tornado that ripped through the Dallas area, and one person was killed by a falling tree in Arkansas as the storms moved to the northeast.
"Economic Market Snapshot 10/21/19"
• Gregory Mannarino, “mportant Updates: Stocks, Crude, Gold, Silver, Crypto, More'" • - https://www.traderschoice.net/ • MarketWatch Market Summary, Live Updates - https://www.marketwatch.com/tools/marketsummary CNN Market Data: - http://money.cnn.com/data/markets/ CNN Fear And Greed Index: - http://money.cnn.com/data/fear-and-greed/ • Visit ZeroHedge for the very latest factual news and information: - https://www.zerohedge.com/ • "How Wall Street Destroyed Capitalism" - Part 1 "How Wall Street Destroyed Capitalism" - Part 2 "How Wall Street Destroyed Capitalism" - Part 3
SHOULD CHINA CALL FOR MEDIATION BETWEEN SPAIN AND CATALONIA? GLOBALISTS NEXT MOVE COULD BE USING MILITARY TO SHOOT PROTESTORS
*Xu Hijin went off message and began his series of tweets comparing the Hong Kong protestors with the Catalan and Chile protestors just before Spanish police were filmed brutally beating up unarmed protestors, at random, ramming them with vehicles, generating huge coverage on the internet, reinforcing the notion that Hong Kong's police and China use similar violence when they do not.* *China should call for mediation between Spain and Catalonia to distance itself from Spain.* *The next move might be a military invasion of Catalonia and the mass shooting of protestors to push the n... more »
Private Finance and Agenda 2030: Way Off-Track
Global Issues News Headlines - 12 hours ago
NEW YORK, Oct 21 (IPS) - Manuel F. Montes is the former Permanent Observer to the UN for and Senior Advisor on Financing and Development of the South CentreFour years ago, UN member states proclaimed their ambitions for development in a document named "Transforming Our World", also known as Agenda 2030. Today, according to several assessments including of the UN's inter-agency task force on financing for development (FfD) transformation has fallen off-track. It has received too little money, political commitment and action to change the workings of the global economy. Agenda 2030... more »
Q&A: How Europe has Moved Away from Being a Sanctuary for Journalists
Global Issues News Headlines - 12 hours ago
VIENNA, Oct 21 (IPS) - IPS Correspondent Ed Holt speaks to PAULINE ADES-MEVEL, Head of European Union & Balkan desk at RS. Rising populism, anti-media rhetoric from politicians, cyber-harassment of journalists and physical attacks are among the reasons why press freedom in Europe is on the decline, according to the global media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Read the full story, “Q&A: How Europe has Moved Away from Being a Sanctuary for Journalists”, on globalissues.org →
More than 90 per cent of Africa Migrants Would Make Perilous Europe Journey Again, Despite the Risks
Global Issues News Headlines - 12 hours ago
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 21 (IPS) - A landmark UN migration study published on Monday shows that 93 per cent of Africans making the journey to European countries along irregular routes, would do it again, despite facing often life-threatening danger. Read the full story, “More than 90 per cent of Africa Migrants Would Make Perilous Europe Journey Again, Despite the Risks”, on globalissues.org →
Billion-dollar correction in Future Submarine budget blamed on 'typo'
A figure "described inaccurately" is being blamed for an apparent dramatic cost increase on Australia's most expensive defence project in history, the $50 billion Future Submarine program.
Bringing Australians home from Syria will deliver 'regrettable' outcomes: Home Affairs boss
In a bleak and candid assessment of the possibility of removing Australian women and children trapped in Syria, the head of the Home Affairs department tells Senate Estimates it would have been better if they had never gone in the first place.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange denied delay to extradition hearing
Just In - 12 hours ago
The full extradition hearing of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will go ahead in February 2020 after a London judge declines a request by his lawyers to delay proceedings by three months.
Sadr Joins Protests While Govt Continues With Promises And Crackdown
(Reuters) October 25 is supposed to be the start of a new round of protests in Iraq. In the meantime, Moqtada al-Sadr has thrown in his hat with the demonstrations. On the other hand, the government continues to arrest activists and journalists, while promising reforms. It looks like the country is heading for another confrontation as no one is happy with the status quo. Moqtada al-Sadr told his followers to join the protests. On October 15, he announced that he would turn the annual Arbaeen pilgrimage to Karbala into an anti-corruption event. On October 19, people shouted anti-gr... more »
Xu Hijin stirs up hostility to China all around the world by implying it is the same as Spain's fascist regime run by royals, military and banksters
*Hu Xijin's tweets comparing Hong Kong protetors to protestors in Catalonia and Chile and claim that Western tolerance of Hong Kong protests have encouraged these protestos has stirred hostility to him, and by extension China, on social media * *This, at a crucial time in the US China trade talks.* *His biased, irrational comments were widely criticized by twitter users, more than ever aware of "deceitful" influencers.* https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/bubble-starting-burst-online-social-media-influencers *Some tweets even asked he has been bribed by the banksters for un... more »
This Day In Iraqi History - Oct 21
1980 Iraqi forces reached city center in Khorramshahr, Iran (Musings On Iraq book review *Iran-Iraq War Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts*) 1980 Taha Yassin Ramadan head of Baath Popular Army said Khuzistan oil was Iraq’s until Iran opened negotiations to end war (Musings On Iraq interview with author Anthony Tucker-Jones on Iran-Iraq War) (Musings On Iraq book review *The Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988*) (Musings On Iraq book review *Iran-Iraq War, The Lion of Babylon, 1980-1988*) (Musings On Iraq book review *The Iran-Iraq War*) 1991 Iraq told UN weapons inspectors it had program to buil... more »
An amazing find in naval and military history
I was amazed to read about a recent discovery in England. A sketch hand-drawn by Admiral Lord Nelson showing his plan for victory at Trafalgar has been discovered tucked inside the pages of a scrapbook after nearly 200 years. The map was found by Martyn Downer, a historian who is an expert on Nelson, in a book dating from the 1830s which was recently sold at auction. It shows his plan for splitting the Royal Navy fleet into three divisions to break and destroy the enemy French and Spanish lines coming out of Cadiz harbour. Lines representing wind direction also appear on the attac... more »
Hu Xijin offers CNN easy propaganda victory
*Globalist media CNN have dissected the arguments of Xu Hijin claim that protest **n Europe and Chile are the direct result of Western tolerance of Hong Kong unrest and shown how ririduclous they are.* *https://edition-m.cnn.com/2019/10/21/asia/china-hong-kong-chile-spain-protests-intl-hnk/index.html?r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F* *Xu Hijin has handed the Globalists an easy propaganda victory to frame China's media, and by extension China, as ignorant, prejudiced and paranoid.* *In fact, as is well known, protests have been occuring all around the world , for example, in the ... more »
Greencrow Update #3 - Canadian Election Finale
*Photos of all Leaders from Leaders Debate* *Note the only one with his mouth open* The above photo taken from a story in local News1130 is a good example of the subliminal and not so subliminal brain washing that has been going on during the Canadian Federal Election that is now going to the polls today. Note how the only leader with his mouth open to speak is Trudeau. Ridiculous but very emblematic of the nonsensical, farcical, choreographed, dogs' breakfast of a campaign that Canadians have been forced to endure. National Post columnist Andrew Coyne sums it up nicely in his rec... more »
Lebanon seeks to quell mass discontent by approving economic reforms
Lebanon seeks to quell mass discontent by approving economic reforms Boutros Hussein and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Enormous demonstrations in Lebanon seem to be shaking up the political elites because this isn’t based on sectarianism; it is based on enormous discontent in all quarters of society. Hence, the coalition government that desires to […]
German appetite for beef eats into Brazilian rainforest
The Bureau shared data on imports of Brazilian beef across the EU with Die Welt, the German newspaper, who found major household names were buying from meat companies linked to deforestation
VICTORY! JOHN BERCOW REFUSES TO ALLOW VOTE TODAY ON BORIS JOHNSON'S DEAL WITH JUST TEN DAYS TO A NO DEAL BREXIT TO GO
John Bercow has refused to allow another vote on Boris Johnson's Brexit deal to day which could have been used to crash the UK out of the EU, pointing out that the deal had been voted on just 48 hours before. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-news-live-brexit-vote-deal-second-referendum-amendment-result-a9164341.html
Climate : Never, Ever Do Any Actual Research
This is a fairly typical climate study from academia. They definitively determined the motivations of people fighting the climate crisis scam, apparently without actually talking to any of the people they claimed to be studying. Had they done that, they … Continue reading →
Michael Moore Exposes The Green Energy Scam
New Michael Moore-backed doc tackles alternative energy
Warren Releases Solid New Education Plan
Spoiler Alert: Unlike in 2016, DFER is not happy! We shall see what the Dem platform eventually looks like, but if Warren is the candidate, it will look nothing like 2016. I am going to do several posts on Warren's new education plan, which kicks in the ass anything released so far by the other candidates. The first thing I checked out in the new plan was the charter school section. Among the best news is the promise to eliminate the half-billion federal dollars a year being handed out to corporate charter operators under the Charter Schools Program (CSP). From The Intercept: War... more »
Small Plane Crashes in Belo Horizonte, Kills Three People
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A small plane with four people on board crashed this morning in Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais. According to the Fire Department, the accident hit vehicles and has left, so far, three people dead and three others injured. Colonel Erlon Dias do Nascimento Botelho . . . To […] The post Small Plane Crashes in Belo Horizonte, Kills Three People appeared first on The Rio Times.
Preliminary Results in Bolivia Indicate Second Round Between Morales and Mesa
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Bolivian President Evo Morales is leading the preliminary results of Sunday's first round of presidential elections but is expected to . . . To read the full NEWS and much more, Subscribe to our Premium Membership Plan. Already Subscribed? Login Here Subscribe Login Here The post Preliminary Results in Bolivia Indicate Second Round Between Morales and Mesa appeared first on The Rio Times.
Sérgio Moro not Contemplating Running for Ellective Office in 2022
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Justice Minister Sérgio Moro said he believes it is unlikely that he will run for any public elective office in future, but stressed that he "would never run against President Jair Bolsonaro". In an interview with SBT's program Poder em Foco (Power in Focus), shown this morning, The post Sérgio Moro not Contemplating Running for Ellective Office in 2022 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Chile Decrees New Curfew After More Protests in Santiago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Chilean authorities declared on Sunday, October 20th, a curfew in Chile for the second consecutive day due to the violent demonstrations and looting that took place for three days in the capital, Santiago. The measure became effective at 7 PM and was suspended at 6 AM on Monday, October 21st, […] The post Chile Decrees New Curfew After More Protests in Santiago appeared first on The Rio Times.
'$1.2b penalty in Karkey case likely to be waived'
bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
21-Oct-2019 International institutions, through high-level backdoor contacts, have agreed to waive off the $1.2 billion penalty Pakistan has to pay to Turkey's Karkey, senior lawyer Babar Awan said.
FTA being prioritised for trade expansion: minister
bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
21-Oct-2019 Bangladesh gives the highest priority to free trade agreement for expansion of the country's trade and export, Commerce minister said
Japan's farms face up to $1bn hit from US trade deal
bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
21-Oct-2019 Japanese agricultural production will decline 60 billion to 110 billion yen ($552 million to $1.01 billion) under the bilateral trade deal with the US, the government said.
Global climate laws threatened by rise in investor-state disputes
bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
21-Oct-2019 A global rise in investor lawsuits against nation-sates is putting climate protection laws under threat, activists warn.
Pres. Weah signs 15 bills into law
bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
21-Oct-2019 The 15 bills include the act to ratify the Bilateral Investment Treaty with the United Arab Emirates, the investment agreement with Morocco and the ECOWAS custom code.
China inks several new deals with Samoa ahead of Pacific Island economic forum in Apia
bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
21-Oct-2019 The new agreements cover a range of areas, including education, e-commerce, investment, infrastructure and agriculture.
Researchers Find Second Warship from WWII Battle of Midway
A crew of deep-sea explorers and historians looking for lost World War II warships have found a second Japanese aircraft carrier that went down in the historic Battle of Midway.
US Takes Step to Require DNA Samples from Asylum-Seekers
The Trump administration is planning to collect DNA samples from asylum-seekers and other migrants detained by immigration officials and will add the information to a massive FBI database used by law enforcement hunting for criminals.
US Stokes The Fires Of Turkish Revanchism
The extraordinary US overture to Turkey regarding northern Syria resulted in a joint statement on Thursday, whose ramifications can be rated only in the fulness of time, as several intersecting tracks are running. The US objectives range from Trump’s compulsions in domestic politics to the future trajectory of the US […]
Lebanon News Links 19-21 October 2019
21 October 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Mass revolt in Lebanon: General strike begins as marchers call for revolution Revolution erupts in Lebanon: down with the corrupt regime! http://www.marxist.com/revolution-erupts-in-lebanon-down-with-the-corrupt-regime.htm Hungary Shows the Way to Help Threatened … Continue reading Lebanon News Links 19-21 October 2019
Macron shocks Globalist order, blocks EU accession of Albania and North Macedonia (Video)
The Duran Quick Take: Episode 341. More The post Macron shocks Globalist order, blocks EU accession of Albania and North Macedonia (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
ABCC Bringing Together Wide Spectrum of Culture Centers
Since its founding 30 years ago, the Association for Black Culture Centers (ABCC) has grown from the 50 institutions represented at its inaugural conference at Knox College in 1989 and redefined its mission to include Latin(x), Asian American and Native American Culture Centers.
Cop Who Headed Up the Police Youth Football Program, Arrested for Raping Little Boys
[image: cop]A career NJ cop has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting pre-teen boys. It is believed he has further victims and anyone with information is encouraged to come forward.
The Australian Parliament needs your help to ban or restrict the use of cancer-causing poison like herbicide glyphosate which is in Roundup
There is a petition on the Federal government’s website to ban or at least restrict the use of the herbicide glyphosate which is best known for being a key ingredient in the […]
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your election day reading. - Jagmeet Singh makes his case for Canadians to vote for what we believe in. Don Martin discusses how Justin Trudeau and Andrew Scheer have hurt their own causes as well as each others' by focusing on negative messages. And Nora Loreto discusses the need for traditional political parties to reinvent themselves to speak to and for people rather than merely reciting focus-tested talking points at them. - Herman Rosenfeld discusses how free public transit is an essential element of any effective Green New Deal. And Angela Carter, T... more »
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
In his short story, “The Dream of a Ridiculous Man,” Fyodor Dostoyevsky looks at the issues related to human perfectibility and the possibility of a utopia. The story’s unnamed narrator thinks of himself as a ridiculous man and he is convinced that others see him in the same way. He decides to commit suicide and buys a gun with the intention of shooting himself in the head. But the chance encounter with a troubled girl makes him postpone his suicide. That day when he falls asleep, he dreams that he has shot himself in the heart and has died. However, he continues to be aware of his ... more »
500,000 Protesters Marched in Barcelona Against Spain’s Imprisonment Catalonia Separatist Leaders
Spain's supreme court has sentenced nine Catalan leaders up to 13 years in prison on charges of sedition. A general strike brought the city to a standstill and there has been violent unrest for a week.
Hong Kong Protesters Trash Stores, Target Banks and Firebomb Metro Stations in Latest Protest Following Hammer Attack on Protest Leader, Jimmy Sham
Earlier this week, pro-democracy leader Jimmy Sham was attacked with hammers by unknown assailants, which left him in critical condition in the hospital. After Hong Kong Police denied protesters a the right to march through an upscale shopping district, tens of thousands of protestors took to the streets.
Lebanon: Hundreds of Thousands Protested Against Corruption Leading to Government Reforms, as the Economy Is on Brink of Collapse
Protesters blamed the ruling elite for driving their children out of Lebanon because they failed to build a country that could provide jobs, as unemployment for under-35s is at 37%.
STARTING TOMORROW: The Age of the Novel!
*MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2019The start of a two-week report:* Tomorrow morning, we'll be starting an award-winning, two-week series, The Age of the Novel. The report will describe the headlong retreat of our own liberal tribe to the comforting realm of the novelized narrative. At various times, this novelized thinking has also dominated the mainstream journalism of the past twenty-plus years. (Among mainstream journalists, E. R. Shipp best described this novelized journalistic culture in this brief column in the Washington Post in March 2000. The column appeared during Shipp's tenure ... more »
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From Jenna Orkin The US has backed 21 of the 28 ‘crazy’ militias leading Turkey’s brutal invasion of northern Syria Bernie Sanders Proposes Wealth Tax That Would Cut Billionaires’ Net Worth in HalfEgypt building secret tunnels to take water out of country, says Mohamed Ali Moderna will give Harvard researchers access to its RNA technology Official: Palm Beach exempt from 5G wireless law Trump says he'll no longer host the G7 at his Doral resort due to 'Media & Democrat Crazed and Irrational Hostility' Boris Johnson's own official government figures shows his Brexit deal will make B... more »
Inside Trump's First Pentagon Briefing
Photo by US Army Sergeant Amber I. Smith *Politico*: *Inside Trump's First Pentagon Briefing* And what I saw there that foretold the coming rift between Mattis and the president. *Guy Snodgrass is former chief speechwriter for Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. He is the author of Holding the Line: Inside Trump's Pentagon With Secretary Mattis, from which this article is adapted.* Long before real planning for it began, and long before the first news stories about it, those of us in the top levels of the Pentagon heard President Donald Trump demand the military parade he would eventual... more »
Shawn Cleary wants to ban bull riding in Halifax
News 1. Street checks “On Friday, Justice Minister Mark Furey announced that street checks would be permanently banned following a legal opinion written by former Nova Scotia Chief Justice Michael MacDonald and researcher Jennifer Taylor that concluded street checks are illegal,” writes El Jones: We should, of course, not have needed this opinion to ban […]
Green Nazis effectively fired Dr Crockford (polar bears)
This is just a short linker-not-thinker story. We may be approaching the "Lidice 1942" moment of this conflict. Nazi Germany was growing in self-confidence and area up to mid 1942 or so – and suddenly the trend got reversed. It's impossible to completely attribute the peak to an event but I choose the Lidice massacre in June 1942 – the first act of genocide that the Nazis bragged about (village eradicated and flattened because of untrue rumors about its responsibility for the assassination of Heydrich) – to be the event that has reversed the sign of the trend. Soon afterwards, the U... more »
Hu Xijin has created a PR disaster for China and Hong Kong with his Chile and Catalonia tweets. Coincidence?
*It would be no surprise if Global Times editor Hu Xijin is actually working for th Globalists and spearheaded a PR disaster for China on his twitter feed by going off message and linking the Hong Kong police to Spain's and Chile's fascist police at a crucial time in its trade talks with the USA and in the future of Hong Kong.* *More on why Hu Xijin's tweets seem to fit into a pre scripted narrative to cast China and Hong Kong police as villains around the world soon* *The Globalists put a lot of weight on controlling the media and the editor of China's international paper would be ... more »
The Naked Truth about the National Reading Panel Reading Panel Report
From 2012 Schools Matter: The Naked Truth about the National Reading Panel R...: Stephen Krashen's letter to Ed Week in the previous post has motivated me to post the following review here for all those young teachers who are reading the deceptive, revisionist crap by those who want to impose another generation of the mind-scrubbing literacy tactics based on ideology rather than pragmatic practice grounded within good research and sound principles. ... more »
JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S BLACK BOOK NAMES THE INNER CORE OF THE NWO
*EPSTEIN'S BLACK BOOK - NAMES LISTED:* *Edward de Rothschild* *Evelyn de Rothschild* *David Rockefeller-en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Roc…* *Henry Kissinger-en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Kis…* *Edgar Bronfman-en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Bro…. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Bro….* *Edward Koch-en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Koch * *Michael Bloomberg-en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_B…* *Rupert Murdoch-en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Mu…* *Ehud Barak-en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehud_Barak* *Saudi Arabia's Prince Salman-en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_…* *Elizabeth* *Prince Andrew-en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_An…* *C... more »
PRINCE ANDREW AND EPSTEIN HAD ORGY WITH NINE GIRLS, NAZI ROYALS AT THE HEART OF THE NWO IMPLICATED IN MONSTROUS CRIMES
*PRINCE ANDREW AND JEFFREY EPSTEIN HAD ORGY WITH NINE GIRLS SAYS VIRGINIA ROBERTS* *13 ADDRESSES FOR PRINCE ANDREW IN EPSTEIN'S BLACK BOOK* *BUCKINGHAM PALACE, WOOD FARM (PRINCE PHILIP'S PLACE OF RETIREMENT), BALMORAL (WHICH EPSTEIN VISITED)* *PRINCE PHILIP AND QUEEN MUST ALSO HAVE KNOWN* *THEN BRITISH CABINENT MINISTER PETER MANDSELSON PHONED HIS FRIEND EPSTEIN WHEN HE WAS IN JAIL* *EPSTEIN HAD CLOSE LINKS WITH BILL GATES, JAMIE DIMON, LAWRENCE SUMMERS* *EPSTEIN TARGETED VICTIMS IMPOVERISHED BY THE PRIVATE CENTRAL BANK* *YOUNG GIRLS WHO BARELY HAD ANYTHING TO EAT* *INSTEAD OF B... more »
Aboard The USS Ronald Regan In The Sout China Sea
*The Telegraph:* *Exclusive: Aboard a US aircraft carrier combating Beijing's growing aggression in the South China Sea * A few hundred miles off the western coast of the Philippines, the roar of American warplanes punctuates the air. The USS Ronald Reagan is carrying out drills above the South China Sea, a 1.4 million-square-mile expanse of deep blue at the heart of a slow-brewing dispute between the US and China. The action does not go unnoticed. Soon after entering these waters, satellite images show the ship is surrounded by Chinese vessels. The defence ministry in Beijing lod... more »
Television’s Weather Channel Wades into Climate Debate
The Weather Channel is moving beyond cold fronts and heat waves to wade into the politics of climate change, with a special planned for early next month that includes interviews with nine presidential candidates on the topic.
Public, Election Officials May Be Kept in the Dark on Hacks
If the FBI discovers that foreign hackers have infiltrated the networks of your county election office, you may not find out about it until after voting is over.
Turkey To Build Their Own Submarines
Turkish submarine TCG Preveze during NATO exercise Dynamic Manta 2018. Currently Turkey's submarines are imported German designs. NATO Maritime Command *Forbes*: *Turkey To Go Its Own Way With Submarines * Turkey operates the second-largest submarine fleet in NATO. Currently all of them are imported designs, but that is set to change. The program to build the first indigenous submarine has been formally launched. Known as MiLDEN (Milli Denizaltı), six of the new boats should join the fleet in the 2030s. The move comes at a time many defense deals with Turkey are under the spotli... more »
IS TRUMP A CLINICAL NARCISSIST?
In an October 12 column, Jennifer Senior of *The New York Times* argued that President Trump is a pathological narcissist. One letter-writer responds to Senior's assertion by quoting the man who defined narcissistic personality disorder for professionals: To the Editor: Jennifer Senior seeks to malign Donald Trump by claiming that the president suffers from narcissistic personality disorder. There’s only one problem with her assertion. The psychiatrist who wrote the defining clinical characteristics for narcissistic personality disorder, Dr. Allen Frances, said this in a letter to... more »
Making A Minority Work
It looks like it will be a minority government. And there are a couple of ominous signs in the wind. The first is the divide shaping up on the Ontario-Manitoba border -- Conservatives to the west, Progressives to the east. Perhaps the conservative dominance of the west will end at the B.C. border. The other troubling sign is the resurrection of Quebec nationalism, which -- let's be frank -- never goes away. But, Robin Sears looks to history to prove that minority governments can work: When Robert Stanfield and Pierre Trudeau went to bed on Oct. 30, 1972 neither knew who had a futu... more »
Cities with more black residents rely more on traffic tickets and fines for revenue
Akheil Singla, Assistant Professor at the School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 15 hours ago
A study looked at fines in 93 California cities. Cities with more black residents and more disproportionately white police forces tended to rely the most on fines.
Bolivia’s Evo Morales Faces Presidential Runoff After Failing To Win The First Round
*DW: **Bolivia: Evo Morales leads election, faces presidential runoff* President Evo Morales is leading in early returns from the presidential election first round, but appears headed for a runoff. Morales, South America's longest-serving president, is seeking a controversial fourth term. Bolivian President Evo Morales has taken the lead in Sunday's vote, but appears to be facing a second-round runoff. The three-term president was in the lead with just over 45% of the vote, compared to around 38% for his main challenger, Carlos Mesa, according to preliminary results after 83% of b... more »
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*Without Financial Transparency, Colleges Mislabel Research Spending as Instructional* Public colleges spend public money, but college officials are reluctant to make information about their budgets easy to understand. That aversion to transparency makes it easier to pass non-instructional expenses along to students. Many experts have discussed the problem. But without transparency, it can be hard to show just how much so-called instruction is actually some other activity. “The accounting habits of research universities obscure the fact that professors are hired to perform resear... more »
Brazil Holding Auction for First Investment Partnership Program (PPI) Mining Project
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Brazilian Geological Service (CPRM, formerly known as the Mineral Resources Research Company), linked to the Ministry of Mines and Energy, will offer for bids today, October 21st, the mining rights to the 'Polimetálico de Palmeirópolis' Complex, in the State of Tocantins. This is the first mining project carried out […] The post Brazil Holding Auction for First Investment Partnership Program (PPI) Mining Project appeared first on The Rio Times.
Welfare Reform for Military Would Raise Their Salaries by 75 Percent
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - If approved in full, the reform of the Armed Forces Welfare plan may result in an increase of up to 75 percent in the military's remuneration. The reason behind this is that the proposal submitted by the government introduces new bonuses that . . . To read the full NEWS […] The post Welfare Reform for Military Would Raise Their Salaries by 75 Percent appeared first on The Rio Times.
Brazilian Government Considers Taxing App Workers and Changing MEI Rules
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Brazilian economic team is looking to collect taxes from self-employed workers who provide services to Internet App companies, such as Uber, 99, Cabify and other platforms connecting with consumers, such as GetNinjas. The focus is on drivers, web designers and professionals in the beauty, technical assistance, consulting . . […] The post Brazilian Government Considers Taxing App Workers and Changing MEI Rules appeared first on The Rio Times.
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*That wicked polystyrene is biodegradable after all* Sunlight Converts Polystyrene to Carbon Dioxide and Dissolved Organic Carbon Collin P. Ward et al. ABSTRACT: Numerous international governmental agencies that steer policy assume that polystyrene persists in the environment for millennia. Here, we show that polystyrene is completely photochemically oxidized to carbon dioxide and partially photochemically oxidized to dissolved organic carbon. Lifetimes of complete and partial photochemical oxidation are estimated to occur on centennial and decadal time scales, respectively. Thes... more »
BASIC Science For Climate Scientists
Originally posted on Green Jihad: This video is a 20 minute course Tony Heller has composed to teach climate scientists the basic science which many of them choose not to understand. Pay close attention to who Swedish professor Svend Arhenius is related to.
Australian man arrested over double murder in Philippines
Police believe a property dispute may be behind the shooting death of a 61-year-old Hobart businessman and his 41-year-old Filipina business partner in a city north-west of Manila.
Cheers in court as man convicted of 'brutal' murder after claiming killing was self-defence
A Perth man is found guilty of murder after claiming he was defending himself against a home invader when he tied up his victim and bashed and stabbed him before slashing his throat.
'It has taken its toll': Council yet to decide on Lake Malbena appeal
A Tasmanian council has not yet decided whether it will appeal a decision giving a green light to a luxury helicopter-accessed fishing camp at Lake Malbena, saying the process has "put the council under a lot of stress".
Russian Group 'Hijacked' Iran Spy Operation To Attack 35 Countries
UK intelligence has exposed a Russian-based hacking group that hijacked APT34 to carry out cyber attacks in 35 countries (file photo) *Reuters:* *Hacking the hackers: Russian group hijacked Iranian spying operation, officials say* LONDON (Reuters) - Russian hackers piggy-backed on an Iranian cyber-espionage operation to attack government and industry organizations in dozens of countries while masquerading as attackers from the Islamic Republic, British and U.S. officials said on Monday. The Russian group, known as “Turla” and accused by Estonian and Czech authorities of operatin... more »
Fake news - shooting sports edition
"Don't believe everything on the Internet" is an overworked statement, but remains as true as ever. It was proven again by a 2017 forum post, which is making the rounds in the shooting community at present (example). This guy and his co workers were discussing whether a steel toe boot would withstand a round from a .45, so what do do you think would be the best way to test this theory? YUP, you guessed it. Good thing he wasn't testing his hard hat. There's more at the link, including pictures of the perforated foot. The only thing is, it's not true. The same pictures of the sa... more »
How Russia is Changing the World's Oil Markets
With U.S. sanctions against Russia now well into their fifth year as shown here: ...Russia has learned that it must work around the United States dollar-denominated global economic dominance. Recent developments by Rosneft, the "...leader of the Russian oil sector and the largest global public oil and gas corporation..." show clearly that the global oil market is on the cusp of a very significant change. Let's put things into perspective. Rosneft is a major, world-class hydrocarbon producer with oil production hitting 4.7 million BOPD in 2018 and gas production of 1.12 millio... more »
RED ALERT! GLOBALISTS PUSHING FOR A NO DEAL BREXIT DISASTER THROUGH TRICKERY, CHINA SHOULD USE DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE
*THERE IS STILL A PATH TO A NO DEAL BREXIT DISASTER IF ANOTHER VOTE ON BORIS JOHNSON'S DEAL IS ALLOWED TODAY IN PARLIAMENT* *ALL EYES ON SPEAKER JOHN BERCOW, IF HE BLOCKS NEW VOTE, THEN AN EXTENSION IS INEVITABLE* *IF HE ALLOWS NEW VOTE, THEN NO DEAL DISASTER STILL POSSIBLE* *BORIS JOHNSON ACTING IN BAD FAITH BY SUBMITTING DEAL REJECTED ON SATURDAY TO NEW VOTE ON MONDAY WITH JUST TEN DAYS TO WITHDRAWAL DATE TO GO* *CHINA SHOULD USE DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE TO ENSURE AN EXTENSION* *A NO DEAL BREXIT DISASTER WILL TRIGGER GLOBAL ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL TURMOIL NEGATIVELY AFFECTING CHINA* *... more »
Britain's Intelligence Services Want To Recruit People With Dyslexia And Other Neurological Differences
Mr Fleming said hiring neurodiverse employees was integral for the intelligence agency ( Stefan Rousseau/PA ) *The Independent:* *GCHQ targeting dyslexic and neurodiverse people in recruitment drive, spy chief says* 'With the right mix of minds anything is possible, and dyslexics are definitely part of that mix.' The nation’s intelligence services are directly looking to recruit people with dyslexia and other neurological differences, the head of GCHQ has confirmed. Jeremy Fleming, the director of the wing of the intelligence service responsible for signals and digital intellige... more »
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