Monday, November 04, 2019

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No, Mayo Pete Is Not A Real Contender-- And Neither Are Wayne Messam, John Delaney Nor Michael Bennet

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
*Fake candidates Mayo Pete and John Delaney* Yesterday's poll from ABC News and the *Washington Post* by Langer shows once again that the establishment narrative that Mayo Pete is a contender is just false. With Status Quo Joe at the top with 27%, Elizabeth and Bernie follow with 21% and 19% respectively while Mayo-- "running some consultant-driven campaign with some vague ideas that are designed not to offend anyone"-- at 7%. The Fox News poll also shows Mayo at 7% and the NBC-*Wall Street Journal* poll has Mayo at 6%. Although the pollsters did their best to erase Bernie from thei... more »

Mississippi Race for Governor: Jim Hood for “Working Folks”; Fighting Corruption vs “Swamp” Dweller Tate Reeves

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 16 hours ago
If the Democratic party wants to have any hope of winning nationally, they need to hurry up and find someone … Continue reading →

Smugglers Cutting Through Trump’s “Virtually Impenetrable” Border Wall

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 16 hours ago
“Smugglers Cutting Through Trump’s ‘Virtually Impenetrable’ Border Wall By Ken Bredemeier November 3, 2019 12:46 PM WASHINGTON – Smuggling … Continue reading →

Military Contractor Deaths Raise Questions About Russia’s Security Presence in Africa

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 16 hours ago
From VOA News: “Military Contractor Deaths Raise Questions About Russia’s Security Presence in Africa By Salem Solomon November 4, 2019 … Continue reading →

Brazil Records Five Million Over-indebted Individuals

Xiu Ying at The Rio Times - 16 hours ago
[image: Despite the unfavorable situation, Secretary Luiz Claudio Rodrigues de Carvalho does not see debt renegotiation as a solution to the fiscal crisis.] RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - "In eight months my debt has increased more than fivefold. They even knocked on my door, causing embarrassment. There were nights when I couldn't sleep thinking they were going to foreclose and auction off my property." The account is from retired banker Lindaura Luz (a fictitious name) who, in recent […] The post Brazil Records Five Million Over-indebted Individuals appeared first on The Rio Times.

The F-22 Raptor Will Soon Share Its ‘God’s Eye View’ of the Battlespace

David Axe at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, * Thirteen years after entering service with the U.S. Air Force, the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor stealth fighter finally could gain the capability wordlessly to communicate with ships, ground forces and other planes. Thirteen years after entering service with the U.S. Air Force, the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor stealth fighter finally could gain the capability wordlessly to communicate with ships, ground forces and other planes. The Air Force and Lockheed in 2020 plan to begin installing on the roughly 180 F-22s the Link-16 datalink, which allows U.S. and al... more »

Like .45 ACP Pistols? These Are the Very Best on the Planet Today.

Gun News Daily at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Gun News Daily* *Technology, * We debate the best. Are you looking to add another .45 ACP pistol to your gun collection (or your first)? If so, you’ve come to the right place. As one of the most popular pistol cartridges in America, second only to the 9mm Parabellum, the .45 ACP is in wide abundance and there are a large variety of different pistols chambered for the round as well. Owning a .45 pistol will also be highly practical because the .45 ACP itself is a highly versatile round. The .45 is suitable for defense against both humans and dangerous big game, so it’s equally ... more »

The U.S. Military Didn't Chose These 3 Rifles, But They Are Still Great Weapons

Charlie Gao at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *Security, * Some of the best rifles never adopted. *Key point: *Many good weapons have not made it into the hands of the world's premier fighting force. The history of the U.S. military’s small arms adoption process is filled with “what ifs.” Plenty of great firearms have been turned down, from the FN FAL to the Savage Model 1907. Here are some of the best rifles that were trialed by the U.S. military but never adopted. *1. The Pedersen Rifle:* The semi-automatic infantry rifle was a concept that garnered intense interest during the interwar period. While semi-... more »

Hitlers' Nightmare: How Did Britain Sink the Nazis' Deadly Bismarck Battleship?

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* [image: By United Kingdom Government - http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h85000/h85716c.htm, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=258228] An impressive feat. *Key point: *The Bismarck was a technological wonder, but that didn't save it from destruction. In 1960 Twentieth Century Fox released the film Sink the Bismarck! Based on C.S. Forrester’s bestselling book The Last Nine Days of the Bismarck, the documentary-style film tells a gripping and reasonably factual account of the most famous sea chase in... more »

The collapse of America's cities into Third World conditions

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 16 hours ago
It's infuriating to be living in the leading nation in the First World, the largest or second-largest economy in the world (depending on who's measuring, and how), and the most powerful nation in the world, and yet see Third World levels of filth, infrastructural breakdown and dysfunctional government invade many of our cities. The headlines over the past few years tell a horrifying story to anyone who values the achievements of civilization. I won't bother linking to actual reports here; there are so many that simple Internet searches will find an abundance of them. Consider th... more »

Exclusive: King’s College London finds “poor research practices” but no misconduct in two recent cases

Ivan Oransky at Retraction Watch - 16 hours ago
King’s College London (KCL) found evidence of poor research practices by three of its faculty, but “no intention to deceive” and no misconduct, according to documents obtained by Retraction Watch. One case involves work by cancer biologists Farzin Farzaneh and Ghulam Mufti, while the other involves work by Mahvash Tavassoli, also a cancer researcher. Both … Continue reading Exclusive: King’s College London finds “poor research practices” but no misconduct in two recent cases

"The Eleventh Marble"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago
*"The Eleventh Marble"* by Michael Rivero "Any five-year old child knows that if you put ten marbles into a tin can, you can only take ten marbles back out. No amount of wishful thinking, dreaming, or praying, will yield that eleventh marble from inside that can. That eleventh marble does not exist. It never did, and it never will. All discussions about the eleventh marble are the product of imagination. The eleventh marble is a fantasy. Private central bankers issuing the public currency as interest-bearing loans operate on the belief that they can put ten marbles (dollars) into a... more »

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 16 hours ago
*The Totalitarian Impulse in the Title IX Racket* Until 2015, I believed that the Obama administration’s “Dear Colleague” letter, which called for universities to significantly broaden their interpretation of Title IX protections, was merely a way to address the so-called “rape crisis” on American campuses. I doubted the narrative that colleges had rates of sexual assaults that were comparable with warzones, but this didn’t seem to have any impact on my teaching and research as an English professor. Because of the biased media coverage of Title IX, most Americans still believe tha... more »

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 16 hours ago
*Oil shocks are history* On September 14, 2019 explosive drones took out one of Saudi Arabia’s major oil refineries which accounted for nearly 6% of the world’s oil supplies (5.7 million barrels a day). Standard media hysteria and public concern arose with the belief that Americans would soon see $4.00 a gallon gasoline all across the nation. Within days the reaction was muted. US oil supplies have increased 40% in the past three years (3.65 million barrels since the end of 2016) and supplies in reserve all over the world, will prove oil shocks like the Arab Oil Embargo of the 197... more »

Protests in Bolivia Persist, Calling for Morales’ Resignation

Juan Martinez at The Rio Times - 16 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The road blockades in several Bolivian cities continued throughout Sunday, against an alleged electoral fraud in favor of President Evo Morales, and after the ultimatum from civil society for him to resign from office within 48 hours. The blockades persist in cities . . . To read the full NEWS […] The post Protests in Bolivia Persist, Calling for Morales’ Resignation appeared first on The Rio Times.

Billions in Share Offerings, Low Interest Rates, Stimulate Brazil Real Estate Sector Growth

Richard Mann at The Rio Times - 16 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The housing market may be close to a vigorous upturn. Since July, six construction companies and developers have raised R$3.8 billion (US$950 million) in new share offerings to speed up their residential and commercial projects. With the drop in interest rates - the SELIC reached an annual rate of The post Billions in Share Offerings, Low Interest Rates, Stimulate Brazil Real Estate Sector Growth appeared first on The Rio Times.

Will Brazil Soon Join OPEC?

Newsfeed at The Rio Times - 16 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (ECNS China) Jair Bolsonaro said that he would "personally like Brazil to become a member of OPEC" and that the partnership between Brazil and OPEC could help stabilize global energy prices, says ECNS China in its latest report. "I think the potential is there. We have vast oil reserves," he […] The post Will Brazil Soon Join OPEC? appeared first on The Rio Times.

Drop in Interest Rates Creates Opportunity to Renegotiate Debts

Xiu Ying at The Rio Times - 16 hours ago
[image: Brazil,Without an improvement in the economy more and more Brazilians are getting into debt.] RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Bill No. 3.515/15, which provides tools to avoid over-indebtedness and promote financial education, is currently being considered by a special committee in the Chamber of Deputies. The proposal approved by the Senate was suggested by jurists specialized in Consumer Law. Experts interviewed by Agência Brasil are in favor of measures […] The post Drop in Interest Rates Creates Opportunity to Renegotiate Debts appeared first on The Rio Times.

"JFK's Executive Order 11100 Abolishing the Federal Reserve"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago
"JFK's Executive Order 11100 Abolishing the Federal Reserve" by John P. Curran “Article 1, Section 8 of the US Constitution specifically says that Congress is the only body that can "coin money and regulate the value thereof." The US Constitution has never been amended to allow anyone other than Congress to coin and regulate currency. So what’s the Federal Reserve? In 1910 Senator Nelson Aldrich, then Chairman of the National Monetary Commission, in collusion with representatives of the European central banks, devised a plan to pressure and deceive Congress into enacting legislation... more »

Imam Tawhidi: Ilhan Omar Supports Terrorism-Financing Company

Ragnar at 'Nox & Friends - 16 hours ago
From AlphaNews: Excerpts: Hormuud Telecommunications is a company identified as being one of the single largest financiers of al-Shabaab, which includes large lump sum payments to al-Shabaab in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. On the 26th of August, Rep. Ilhan Omar publicly declared her support for Hurmuud, a notorious organization known for its terrorist leadership and financing of terrorism. “On August 25, 2019, officials of the company(Hurmuud) enlisted the support of the United States Congress Representative for Minnesota, Ilhan Omar, in its campaign against African peace-k... more »

Green scold’s latest: End frequent flyer miles, drive-thrus and… toilet paper

Duggan Flanakin at CFACT - 16 hours ago
Our would-be Green overlords want to ban things we use every day. The post Green scold’s latest: End frequent flyer miles, drive-thrus and… toilet paper appeared first on CFACT.

Vast Swathes Of UK To Be Underwater In 80 Yrs Time–Daily Mirror

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 16 hours ago
By Paul Homewood The Daily Mirror goes to new lengths of absurdity: A chilling new map has revealed how parts of the UK will be left underwater in a matter of decades as climate change causes sea levels to rise. Major areas such as Liverpool, London and Humberside could be left completely […]

Links 11/4/19

Jerri-Lynn Scofield at naked capitalism - 17 hours ago

What’s Allowed in the US Media: Scrutiny of Baby Food Safety Versus Vaccine Safety

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 17 hours ago
Note: Senator Schumer might as be Amy Schumer when it comes to vaccine safety. If the juxtaposition of allowable media and political outrage weren't so infuriating, it would be laughable. By Anne Dachel Forbes…listen to yourself! On Oct 21st Forbes... more »

Vietnam arrests eight people in connection with UK truck deaths

Just In - 17 hours ago
Police in Vietnam have arrested eight people in relation to the discovery of 39 dead Vietnamese in a truck near London last month, state media said.

'Get your act together': Trump threatens to pull California fire aid in Twitter spat

Just In - 17 hours ago
US President Donald Trump threatens to cut federal funding for the wildfires raging across California, in a Twitter spat with the state's Governor.

Police issue apology after saying commissioner in Japan who rorted $540,000 would not be charged

Frances Bell at Just In - 17 hours ago
WA Police are forced to apologise after saying Craig Peacock, who double-dipped on his taxpayer-funded allowance to enrich himself and benefit friends including two MPs, would not face criminal charges.

Monsanto Wins $7.7 Billion Lawsuit in Brazil – but Farmers’ Fight to Stop its ‘Amoral’ Royalty System Will Continue

Jerri-Lynn Scofield at naked capitalism - 17 hours ago
Monsanto wins $7.7 billion Brazil lawsuit - thus preventing farmers from saving seeds for replanting if the seeds are harvested from Monsanto’s patented Roundup Ready soybeans,.

The Incredible Shrinking Overton Window by Caitlin Johnstone

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 17 hours ago
The plutocrat-owned narrative managers of the political/media class work constantly to shrink the Overton window, the spectrum of debate that is considered socially acceptable. They do this by framing more and more debates in terms of how the oligarchic empire should be sustained and supported, steering them away from debates about whether that empire should be permitted to exist at all.

Eric Ciaramella, Identified as the Trump-Ukraine Whistleblower by Real Clear Investigations, Suddenly Refused to Testify After Accusations that He Is a ‘John Brennan-Obama Plant’ and Was Kicked Out of the White House for Leaking

ZeroHedge and Red State at Need To Know - 18 hours ago
House Democrats are about to impeach Trump over a second-hand whistleblower complaint by a partisan CIA officer, and neither he nor his source will actually testify about it. If impeachment is pursued, the GOP-controlled Senate will be allowed to compel witnesses that include Ciaramella, the Bidens, Chalupa and others.

2020 Democrat Candidate Elizabeth Warren Unveils Her $52 Trillion ‘Medicare for All Plan’ and Makes the Unbelievable Claim that Taxes Won’t Be Raised on the Middle Class

Fox News at Need To Know - 18 hours ago
Warren proposes to pay for the multitrillion-dollar program by increasing her “Ultra-Millionaire Tax,” slashing defense spending, providing a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants, and mandating an “Employer Medicare Contribution"

Dictatorships at UN: China’s Concentration Camps Bring a ‘Stronger Sense of Happiness’

Breitbart at Need To Know - 18 hours ago
A group of 54 United Nations members issued a statement defending China for building over 1,000 concentration camps to imprison, torture, indoctrinate, rape, and kill Muslims. The NGO Human Rights Watch claims that the Chinese regime is bullying developing nations into silence on the conditions in Xinjiang.

Wind turbine installations destroy critical habitat

drinkingwateradvisor at The Drinking Water Advisor - 18 hours ago
“And according top Rainer Hülsheger of the state association for natural landscape protection: “At least 12,000 square meters of forest needed to be cleared in order to build one wind turbine alone.” “ click here

Kel-Tec's PMR-30: Love it or Hate It?

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 18 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * In ammo capacity, that is. *Key point: *The PMR-30 offers a little something for everyone. The Kel-Tec PMR-30 is a rarity among handguns on the market today: a pistol with a magazine holding more than seventeen rounds. The PMR-30 actually holds thirty rounds and does so with some clever engineering that reduces it to a lightweight package attractive to casual shooters, backcountry shooters, or people interested in a firearm for home defense. High-capacity handguns have traditionally been a difficult engineering proposition. The first, if not one of t... more »

The Possibility of Nuclear War Between India and Pakistan Is Greater Than Experts Would Prefer

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 18 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Asia* How would China react? *Key point: *Billions of people live in the region. Sandwiched between Iran, China, India and Afghanistan, Pakistan lives in a complicated neighborhood with a variety of security issues. One of the nine known states known to have nuclear weapons, Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal and doctrine are continually evolving to match perceived threats. A nuclear power for decades, Pakistan is now attempting to construct a nuclear triad of its own, making its nuclear arsenal resilient and capable of devastating retaliatory strikes. Pakist... more »

These Five Weapons Made World War I An Absolute Bloodbath

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 18 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, Europe* Europe stumbled into one of history's bloodiest wars. *Key point: *Technological advances changed how war was fought. *Editor’s Note*: *Please also take a look at recent World War I TNI articles including: **How Germany Could Have Won World War I**, **World War I: Five Ways Germany Could Have Won the First Battle of the Atlantic**, and **World War I’s Empire of the “Living Dead”: Austria-Hungary**.* Today we take granted that warfare is mechanized, electronicized, a form of human activity where humans are the least important component. But it di... more »

The Greatest Threat To America Is Its Debt

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 18 hours ago
*National Interest: **Debt Bomb Ready to Blow: The Greatest Threat to America (All in One Chart)* *Are you ready? * There’s a constant whine throughout Washington D.C. that there’s nothing Republicans and Democrats can agree on. They’re so opposed on every issue, that there’s no more bipartisanship. However, going back at least forty years, there’s one policy that both parties are determined not to change: growing the U.S. national debt. The debt currently stands at a steadily increasing $22,925,000,000,000. A person could spend hours staring at the debt clock as tens of thousand... more »

New Urban Mobility App Will Include Buses, Subways, Trains and Bicycles in São Paulo

Lachlan Williams at The Rio Times - 18 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The App will be available for Android and iOS. In it, users may enter their destination to find the best transport alternative, car, bus, or even bicycle. To assess which is the best transport mode for a given route, the tool will take into account factors such as price and […] The post New Urban Mobility App Will Include Buses, Subways, Trains and Bicycles in São Paulo appeared first on The Rio Times.

Brazil’s Condor Group to Halt Advertisements on Globo Network

Iolanda Fonseca at The Rio Times - 18 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In the statement, Curitiba-based Condor said that it will no longer advertise in the Globo network's national journalism, in programs such as 'Jornal Nacional' (National News) and 'Bom dia Brasil' (Good Morning Brazil). The Condor Supermarket Network, whose leadership supports President Jair Bolsonaro, announced this week in a press release […] The post Brazil’s Condor Group to Halt Advertisements on Globo Network appeared first on The Rio Times.

Turkish-backed militants opened fire on US troops in northern Syria: Russia

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
Fighters of the Free Syrian Army, allies of the Turkish Armed Forces, opened fire on Sunday against a convoy of US troops heading to Iraq, Major General Yuri Borenkov, chief of the Russian center for reconciliation of conflicting sides in Syria, told reporters at a briefing. “It was reported via the de-conflicting line with the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Rare front-line footage of the Syrian Army advancing in strategic Kabani hills: video

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:00 A.M.) – Over the last few days, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has been involved in a fierce battle for the strategic mountaintop town of Kabani in northeastern Latakia. Led by the 42nd Brigade of the 4th Armored Division, the Syrian Arab Army has been involved in a back-and-forth battle at the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Russian Air Force unleashes big overnight attack in northwest Syria

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:50 A.M.) – The Russian Air Force resumed their aerial campaign over northwestern Syria last night, as their warplanes conducted several strikes in the Aleppo. Idlib, Latakia, and Hama governorates. According to a military source in the Latakia Governorate, Russian attack choppers swarmed the jihadist stronghold of Kabani, where they launched several strikes […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

SDF troops stop Turkish-backed militants from advancing in Al-Raqqa

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:35 A.M.) – The Turkish-backed militants attempted to score a new advance in the Al-Raqqa countryside on Sunday, despite the alleged ceasefire that was brokered by the U.S. administration in northern Syria. Led by the so-called “Syrian National Army”, the Turkish-backed militants stormed the positions of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in a […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

US confirms they came under attack in northeast Syria

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
A US military convoy in northeastern Syria has come under fire from local Turkey-backed radicals but was not hit, a representative of the Central Command (CENTCOM) of the United States said on Monday. “On 3 November, a US patrol in northeast Syria witnessed several artillery attacks, shells landed a kilometer or more from the road […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Russia mulling lease of Qamishli Airport to challenge US influence in eastern Syria: report

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:50 A.M.) – The Russian military is currently negotiating the lease of the Qamishli Airport in northeastern Syria, the Russian aviation publication Avia.Pro reported, citing the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). According to the publication, the Russian military is interested in leasing the Qamishli Airport for a duration of 49 years. “The […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

New details emerge about Baghdadi’s last moments: report

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:20 A.M.) – The commander of the U.S. Central Command, General Kenneth McKenzie, revealed new details regarding Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi’s last moments, including his eventual suicide via an explosive belt. According to the Shafaaq Agency, General McKenzie revealed that Al-Baghdadi detonated his suicide belt among his children, who were not more than 12 […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

US military convoy comes under attack en route from Syria to Iraq: Russian MoD

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
The United States informed Russia that a convoy of US servicemen had been attacked on Sunday by pro-Turkish militants near the city of Tell Tamer in northeastern Syria, the Russian Ministry of Defence stated on Sunday. “Via de-confliction line [we received an] information that a column of American troops moving on M4 road toward the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

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Diogenes Sarcastica™ at Diogenes' Middle Finger - 19 hours ago

Syria is Lost…Lebanon’s Gold is Next

Steve Brown at The Duran - 19 hours ago
The Bullion Banks not only guarantee and lease their own gold reserves, but require adjustments to physical gold holdings based on Geopolitical events particularly during times of war. For example, Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Egypt and the Ukraine have all turned over their physical gold holdings to the IMF. More The post Syria is Lost…Lebanon’s Gold is Next appeared first on The Duran.

Meet the Halibut: America's Secret Cold War Spy Submarine (It Made History)

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 19 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *History, Europe* [image: By U.S. Navy - http://www.navsource.org, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=52768116] A fascinating legend. *Key point:* The USS *Halibut* was specially made for some of the most secret missions ever conducted against America's rivals. One of the most unusual submarines of the Cold War was named after one of the most unusual fish in the sea. Halibut are flatfish, bottom-dwelling predators that, unlike conventional fish, lie sideways with two eyes on the same side of the head and ambush passing prey. Like the ... more »

These Five Next-Generation Weapons Are How The U.S. Army Plans To Beat Russia and China

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 19 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, World* Time for a warfare revolution. *Key point: *The 21st-century technological revolution is here. The U.S. Army already fields an impressive array of weapons. But as the U.S. Army prepares itself for potential conflicts against high-tech Russian and Chinese armies, the Army is working on a slew of new systems ranging from tanks to missiles. The result will be the gradual disappearance of the familiar weapons born during the Cold War -- the Abrams tanks and Apache helicopters -- that symbolize America's arsenal. In their place will be a new generatio... more »

How the Soviet Union Could Have Beat America in the Cold War (Or At Least Survived)

Tom Nichols at The National Interest - 19 hours ago
*Tom Nichols* *History, Eurasia* [image: https://cdni.rbth.com/rbthmedia/images/2019.03/original/5c94d48415e9f9365303706c.jpg] Thankfully it never happened. *Key point:* Moscow could have played its hand much better. In 1969, a Soviet dissident named Andrei Amalrik wrote an essay called “Will the Soviet Union Survive Until 1984?” It predicted the demise of the Soviet system, most likely in a conflict with China. Amalrik, as it turned out, was wrong about a war with China, but he was only off about the end of the USSR by a few years. No one took Amalrik very seriously at the time... more »

If India and Pakistan Went To War, These 10 Weapons Would Reshape the World

TNI Staff at The National Interest - 19 hours ago
*TNI Staff* *Security, Asia* The end of a region. *Key point: *More than nuclear weapons could be used. While the world continues to focus on the U.S. presidential election, a massive hurricane off the coast of America, the showdown in Syria and tensions in the South China Sea, another crisis is fast developing between India and Pakistan. And if bullets start flying, considering the stakes on both sides, and the atomic arsenals involved, it could very well eclipse what is going on in the news cycle at a moments notice. Both sides are heavily armed with some of the world's most ... more »

How Trump Could Strike Iran: 5 U.S. Weapons That Would Do Some Serious Damage

Zachary Keck at The National Interest - 19 hours ago
*Zachary Keck* *Security, Middle East* The U.S. military is reluctantly ready for a fight. *Key point: *Fighting Iran would be far worse than Iraq--but America has the tools to do some major damage. The Islamic State of Iran was born in enmity toward the United States. Led by the fiery cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, revolutionary leaders animated crows in Iran by lambasting “Great Satan” for any number of crimes, both real and imagined. It didn’t take long for this animosity to turn kinetic. As the Iran-Iraq War intensified throughout 1984, the two combatants began ... more »

The World’s Most Politically Charged Pipeline Is Going To Be Built

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 19 hours ago
*OilPrice.com:* *There’s No Stopping The World’s Most Politically Charged Pipeline* This week, Denmark granted Gazprom approval for its Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project, a project that is set to bring 55 billion cubic meters of Russian gas into Europe annually. It is one of the most controversial pipeline projects in the world and is now moving ahead despite strong opposition from multiple EU members and the United States. The geopolitical tensions surrounding the development of Nord Stream 2 are unprecedented. To begin with, Russia has very poor relations with the Baltic state... more »

Election 2019 – The key indicators that may determine the result

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 19 hours ago
There is no possibility of predicting what will be the outcome of election 2019. The pollsters will do everything they can to attempt to regain the confidence of … well, anyone after disastrous prediction results and their criminality at the EU referendum. At the 2015 election, 2016 referendum and 2017 snap election, they were either way off the mark or lying and their reputation in political circles lies in tatters. Forget what the pollsters say until it’s we know the actual results.

Twitter Censorship Continues

tonyheller at Real Climate Science - 19 hours ago
Alarmists are getting increasingly desperate to silence me ahead of their next climate scam conference. Please let everyone on Twitter know what is going on. The standard English term “get burned” has been used on Twitter at least 781,000 times. … Continue reading →

How Mold Can Cause Hypertension

Dr. Jack Wolfson at TDW - 19 hours ago
The doctor told you that your blood pressure is high. They told you that you need to go on a pharmaceutical to lower your numbers down. But did they tell you WHY your blood pressure is high? Well, I will tell you as I am always looking for the CAUSE of health problems and not … Continue reading "How Mold Can Cause Hypertension" The post How Mold Can Cause Hypertension appeared first on TDW.

Entrepreneurial Space Revolution - Dyson Sphere Space Station

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 20 hours ago
When this all started, i was at least optimistic. What i underestimated was the actual scale of pent up investment dollars available once it showed any sign of working. Now we have the Space-X heavy and it magically uses stainless steel as its structural material. Of course! All those half a magnitude gains provided by exotics are irrelevant when you increase your operating scale by a magnitude or two. What matters then is buildability. The Heavy can now loft a rail car worth of goods into orbit. It is now completely possible to quickly build a orbiting Dyson sphere in Earth... more »

Steroid Injections: Bad Medicine

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 20 hours ago
It is completely possible that the ozone injections are really H3O3 injections rather than H2O2 which is a gas and difficult to work with, or should be. What is now key is that all forms of steroid injection therapies actually worsen the situation. Do not ever use the proffered steroid therapy because I am sure most practitioners will remain oblivious. Snake oil will be safer.. *Steroid Injections: Bad Medicine * *Dr B's Holistic Medicine* *Oct 26 2019 20 * *In medical school, I was trained to inject steroids into arthritic joints. The steroids did provide some relief from ar... more »

Trump Accuses Obama Of "Treason"

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 20 hours ago
Recall that Trump only puts something like this out because it is completely real and it means exactly what you think. Barack Obama will face a Marine firing Squad. What is still missing is the extended disclosure cum education for the benefit of the American people and the Global Audience. There also exists a rising body of evidence that Obama and a number of his fellow travelers have already paid the ultimate price to prevent escape and are all now been represented by body doubles. Their outright elimination would extract them from the ongoing take down of multiple additional ... more »

Bulls genetically engineered without horns to stop farmers and walkers being gored

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 20 hours ago
This is great news and will obviously be rolled out through the whole global cattle industry. I now want to be it applied to not just bison as well, but also to all forms of domesticated ruminants. That particularly applies to Moose and Red Deer and a restored population of Irish Elk as well. As I have posted extensively, all forms of deer ruminants are ideal for domestication in the Boreal forest and can be comfortably wintered using Cattail silage in particular while also mob pasturing on the forest itself. The only real problem has been those antlers and that has been a... more »

Native forest slated to become national park kept open for logging to save 500 jobs

Josh Bavas at Just In - 20 hours ago
Thousands of hectares of native forest north of Noosa, which was due to become national park, will now remain open to the timber industry in order to save hundreds of jobs.

Watch a detective accuse repairman Bill Spedding of 'grabbing' William Tyrrell

Sean Nicholls And Naomi Selvaratnam at Just In - 20 hours ago
Four Corners has obtained exclusive video of the police interrogation of washing machine repairman Bill Spedding, who was wrongly accused of abducting three-year-old William Tyrrell from outside a home on on the NSW mid-north coast.

Former Fraser Coast mayor Chris Loft jailed for misconduct

Nicole Hegarty And Jess Lodge at Just In - 20 hours ago
The former mayor of the Fraser Coast Regional Council has been found guilty of using his position to push for his former campaign manager to be appointed his chief-of-staff.

Adelaide bus patronage down 231,000 trips as critics blame Government policy

Just In - 20 hours ago
Public transport policies are discouraging patronage in Adelaide, lobbyists say, after Freedom of Information figures uncover a significant decline in bus patronage in the first six months of the year.

'We are two very different countries': Morrison downplays fears over China-Australia tensions

Matthew Doran at Just In - 20 hours ago
Australia and China dismiss concerns diplomatic tensions between Canberra and Beijing have strained the relationship between the two countries, arguing it is built on honesty about their differences.

Body of estranged husband found in missing woman's car

Luisa Rubbo And Rosie King at Just In - 20 hours ago
Police have confirmed the body of a man found in missing NSW woman Ruth Ridley's car in Victoria is that of her estranged husband.

Canberra brothel owner guilty of raping sex workers during job interview 'training sessions'

Elizabeth Byrne at Just In - 20 hours ago
The owner of Mitchell Mistresses, Bradley Lester Grey used job interviews with "young and naive" sex workers to sexually assault them. Today he was found guilty of 20 sexual offences against seven employees.

Travolta visits museum and soon to be home of his luxury Boeing 707

Justin Huntsdale at Just In - 20 hours ago
The Hollywood star and avid pilot visits the Albion Park aircraft museum where he will donate his Boeing 707.

Missing Strathewen boy, 11, returns home after day-long search

Just In - 20 hours ago
An 11-year-old boy who was missing since Sunday night on a 150-acre farm north-west of Melbourne returns home safe and well. Police say he was checked out by ambulance officers and was given the all clear.

'Horrific' child sex attacker sent back to jail for abusing boy after watching State of Origin match

Joanna Menagh at Just In - 20 hours ago
A former Perth rugby league coach who spent more than 14 years behind bars for "horrendous and abhorrent" child sex offences is jailed for another seven months for molesting a boy 25 years ago.

NZ-China FTA upgrade negotiations conclude

bilaterals.org - 20 hours ago
04-Nov-2019 Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Minister for Trade and Export Growth David Parker have announced the conclusion of negotiations to upgrade New Zealand's existing free trade agreement with China.

Pablo Vittar Supercedes Anitta and Wins MTV EMA Best Artist Award

Iolanda Fonseca at The Rio Times - 20 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Pabllo Vittar celebrated her 25th birthday last Friday, but it seems that the presents keep coming in. Nominated in the category of best Brazilian artist of the MTV Europe Music Awards, the EMA, the drag queen was announced the winner yesterday morning. She beat Emicida, Kevin O Chris, Ludmilla and […] The post Pablo Vittar Supercedes Anitta and Wins MTV EMA Best Artist Award appeared first on The Rio Times.

Bolsonaro Says Witzel Manipulated Marielle Franco’s Investigation to Frame him

Adele Cardin at The Rio Times - 20 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - President Jair Bolsonaro accused the governor of Rio, Wilson Witzel, on Saturday, November 2nd, of manipulating the investigations into the murder of city councilor Marielle Franco and her driver, Anderson Gomes, to implicate him in the crime. The president had already accused Witzel of leaking information from the case to […] The post Bolsonaro Says Witzel Manipulated Marielle Franco’s Investigation to Frame him appeared first on The Rio Times.

New Mato Grosso Law Permits Four-fold Increase in Logging without Tree Replacement

Arkady Petrov at The Rio Times - 20 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In the Amazon state of Mato Grosso, each enterprise using wood as raw material will be allowed to extract up to 297,000 trees per year in the next few months without the need for forest replacement. The amount is equivalent to 49,500 cubic meters of timber logs and concerns the […] The post New Mato Grosso Law Permits Four-fold Increase in Logging without Tree Replacement appeared first on The Rio Times.

BWorld 378, IPRI 2019 and banning brand

Bienvenido Oplas Jr at Government and Taxes - 20 hours ago
* My column in BusinessWorld on October 18, 2019. *“Man… had still in himself the great foundation of property… when invention and arts had improved the conveniences of life, was perfectly his own, and did not belong in common to others.”* — John Locke, Second Treatise on Government (1690) About two centuries before the concept of intellectual property rights (IPR) was formally articulated and legislated in many countries, the great British classical liberal thinker John Locke has already argued that such inventions and arts are private property and not societal, collective, or co... more »

5 years ago in Hong Kong with LRI and Cathy

Bienvenido Oplas Jr at Government and Taxes - 20 hours ago
These two photos popped up in my fb feeds today, Memories 5 years ago, November 4, 2014. That day, the Lion Rock Institute held its Reading Club Salon 2014 at a hotel (I forget its name now) in Hong Kong. Standing from left: Lawrence Pak, Nick Sallnow-Smith, Kellie Wong, Fred McMahon, Barun Mitra, Brett Smith, Peter Wong, Nic Koehl, Jadranco Brkik, Xingyuan Feng. Sitting from left: _____, Ken Schoolland, Bill Stacey, Shoulong Mao, me. Then that evening, we were treated to a welcoming dinner by Catherine Barr Windels, then President of The Policy Workshop (NYC). We have a full day ... more »

The Healer Only Shows One The Possibility - A Quotation by M.N. Hopkins

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 20 hours ago
*Saint Philomena* *For, the healer is only he or she who shows one the possibility that good health exists and is 100 % sure that the body, emotions, or mind can be again returned to a state of Grace, or good health.* *© ** M.N. Hopkins* *To read more of my quotations, please click on the link below:* *Quotations by M.N. Hopkins* *Note: **St. Philomena* Virgin, Martyr and Wonder Worker The very name of Philomena contains the words: filia luminis, daughter of light. She is the enlightener of a dark and corrupt age confounding the sneers of materialism. She is the Patroness... more »

Norway Keeps Watch On Russia's Military Buildup From This Arctic Post

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 20 hours ago
Norwegian Pvt. Ivan Sjoetun sits in the border post where Russian land can be seen out the window. The post is in the far northeast corner of Norway and offers a commanding view of this starkly beautiful area some 250 miles above the Arctic Circle. Claire Harbage/NPR *NPR:* *In A Remote Arctic Outpost, Norway Keeps Watch On Russia's Military Buildup* There are precisely 525 stairs from the icy waters of the Barents Sea to the top of the observation post in the far northeast corner of Norway, along the Russian border. It's a steep climb, but once you reach the apex, there's a good... more »

The Hillary Clinton Resentment Machine

Binoy KAMPMARK at OrientalReview.org - 20 hours ago
Only a sadomasochist would consider it a genuine prospect. A failed presidential candidate, the louse in the locks of the Democratic Party, keen to make yet another vain tilt at the White House. But in the rogues’ gallery of the defective and disturbed, Hillary Clinton can count herself as pre-eminent, […]

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