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Virginia Democrats Make Threats to 2nd Amendment Counties
From the Washington Examiner: Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill say local police who do not enforce gun control measures likely to pass in Virginia should face prosecution and even threats of the National Guard. After November’s Virginia Legislature elections that led to Democrats taking control of both chambers, the gun control legislation proposed by some Democrats moved forward, including universal background checks, an “assault weapons” ban, and a red flag law. Legal firearm owners in the state, however, joined with their sheriffs to form Second Amendment sanctuary counties, ... more »
Amazon aflame: What we've learnt in a year reporting on Brazilian beef and the rainforest
The Bureau's investigations into meatpackers in the legal Amazon have strengthened the evidence linking cattle ranching to deforestation
Sometimes It Is Lupus - And Here Is What Cancer Scientists Just Discovered
Blocking a key regulator of the immune system helps unleash the body's natural defenses against several forms of cancer, a discovery which opened up a new era of cancer immunotherapy. Now researchers have flipped this script and found that, when impaired, a molecularly similar regulator can cause the damaging immune system attacks on skin and organs that are the hallmark of the autoimmune disease lupus. Though still just in the exploratory stage, mice are not little people so this does not translate to humans, the work suggests a way to restore function of this inhibitor which coul... more »
Jeremy Corbyn faces Russiagate smear campaign before UK vote
Jeremy Corbyn, a real progressive, could win UK’s elections. Max Blumenthal joins Pushback to discuss how powerful forces are trying to stop Corbyn with a Russiagate-fueled smear campaign — and why Bernie Sanders could be their next target.
ABC’s Epstein Story Didn’t Kill Itself
Epstein’s crimes shocked the public, and his arrest, trial and mysterious death were major stories for much of 2019. But last month, leaked footage emerged showing that corporate media knew much about these crimes years previously. Discussing one of his accusers, ABC News anchor Amy Robach was caught on camera lambasting executives at her network for killing her investigations into the sex offender because of Epstein’s connections.
Jacobs is being encouraged to run against Higgins, as Langworthy fears worst in 27th district special election
Republican insiders have been prodding State Senator Chris Jacobs to challenge Rep. Brian Higgins in New York’s 26th congressional district. But the two-term Senator has already announced his intentions to seek the 27th congressional district, which was vacated with the
Ukranian Interference in the US Election Isn’t a Hoax; Here’s How You Know Why
Ukrainian efforts to sabotage Trump backfire (Source) Democrats are working overtime to Gaslight the fact that Ukraine interfered in the US election. Clearly, they are scared of something. Democrats during the Horowize testimony had a very odd focus on Gulliani and Durham, constantly asking Horowitz if he knew what they were up to. They basically … Continue reading "Ukranian Interference in the US Election Isn’t a Hoax; Here’s How You Know Why"
Kansas GOP Lawmaker Facing Residence Probe Changes Voter Registration
A Kansas congressman who is being investigated by local authorities for listing a UPS Inc. store as his residence in registering to vote has changed his registration to name a Topeka apartment complex as his home.
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- December 12, 2019
*Daily Mail: **House approves $738 billion defense bill recognizing Donald Trump's Space Force as the sixth branch of the military and approving paid family leave for federal workers* * The House of Representatives has approved the $738 billion bill, setting policy for the U.S. Department of Defense * It covers everything from family leave to the creation of a Space Force * The fiscal 2020 National Defense Authorization Act increases defense spending by about $20 billion * It increases pay for the troops by 3.1% and mandates 12 weeks' paid leave so federal workers can care for their ... more »
Economist Dean Baker: Systemic Change Needed to Fight Big Pharma Price Gouging
"We give companies patent monopolies that allow them to sell drugs at mark-ups of several thousand percent above their production costs. How can we be surprised when they lie or conceal information to push their drugs as widely as possible?" The post Economist Dean Baker: Systemic Change Needed to Fight Big Pharma Price Gouging appeared first on MintPress News.
‘I Know Nothing’: A Week After Death of UPS Driver and Police Refusing to Talk to the Family
[image: ups]It's been a week since two innocent civilians were gunned down in a police shootout in Florida and the family of the slain UPS driver says they haven't received any information.
5 People Who Deserved Time’s Person of the Year Besides Greta Thunberg
[image: thunberg]Greta Thunberg became the youngest person to ever be named Time's Person of the Year, a massive accomplishment.
South Korea's Air Force Releases Video Of A Simulated Pre-Emptive Strike Against North Korea
*UPI:* *South Korea releases pre-emptive strike video amid rising tensions* Dec. 12 (UPI) -- South Korea's air force released a video of a simulated pre-emptive strike against North Korean weapons systems on Thursday, amid concerns Pyongyang could be preparing to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile. The video from Seoul's military shows fictitious footage of the Global Hawk, a remotely piloted surveillance aircraft, detecting activity in North Korea, where the regime is seen setting up an ICBM on a mobile launch pad, South Korean television network JTBC reported Thursday.... more »
Report: Improving U.S. Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, And Targeting
The Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) (rear) conduct dual aircraft carrier strike group operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific in Philippine Sea on June 18, 2016. Courtesy Jake Greenberg/U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS *Seth Cropsey, Hudson Institute:** If You Can’t See ’Em, You Can’t Shoot ’Em: Improving U.S. Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Targeting* *Introduction* The United States today faces the greatest challenge to its internatio... more »
In the Shadow of Impeachment, Neoliberal Democrats Hand Trump a Victory
*Donald Trump discussing the new NAFTA trade deal (source)* *by Thomas Neuburger* *If Trump gets re-elected, if Big Tech continues to evade accountability, if imperial adventures continue abroad, if migrant farmworkers cannot feed their families, you can trace it back to this Tuesday, and the actions a House Speaker took while nobody was paying attention.* —David Dayen, The American Prospect (emphasis added) As the Impeachment Drama lumbers to a 2020 conclusion, morphing into its variant selves and sucking life from every other story the media most folks attend to are inclined to t... more »
A lot of climate scientists finding the truth quite inconvenient
Feds scrapped 100 years of data on climate change ___________ A lot of climate scientists finding the truth quite inconvenient Ian Campbell Al Gore told us about “An Inconvenient Truth”. It seems that a lot of climate scientists have been finding the truth quite inconvenient. The accompanying article (“Feds scrapped 100 years of data on ... Read moreA lot of climate scientists finding the truth quite inconvenient The post A lot of climate scientists finding the truth quite inconvenient appeared first on Ice Age Now.
Stop the Madness
“These UN elites are phony, confidence tricksters, and liars pushing their ‘One World Order’ agenda.” – tomOmason ______________ Stop the Madness tomOmason So, people, while you freeze in your dark, intermittently powered homes and farmers go bankrupt as they struggle to feed the nations, the UN elites, their advocates and their Big Bank backers travel ... Read moreStop the Madness The post Stop the Madness appeared first on Ice Age Now.
Why Good Nutrition Will Remain a Distant Dream Unless We Stop the Chemical Onslaught on Our Food from Farm to Plate
Outlook India As humans, we have evolved with the natural environment over millennia. We have learned what to eat and what not to eat, what to grow and how to grow it. And our diets have developed accordingly. Our overall survival as a species has been based on gradual, emerging relationships with the seasons, insects, soil, animals, trees, plants and seeds. However, in just 60 years, as a result of Green Revolution ideology and practices, agriculture and food production have undergone dramatic transformations. We have (genetically) modified what we eat, how we grow our food and what... more »
absurd fascist fantasies
They for instance during the 2000 election had tee shirts with a picture of Ronald Reagan, John Wayne and George W Bush wearing cowboy clothes and the caption ‘my heroes have always been cowboys.’ But none of them were ever cowboys. Or real soldiers. OK Bush DID join the Air National Guard, weekend warrior… and... more »
STANDARD REPORTS ABOUT STANDARDIZED TESTS: American kids are the best in the world!
*THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2019The problem we choose to ignore:* It would be hard to do! It would be hard to overstate the amount of nonsense which appears when newspapers like the Post and the Times attempt to report, or pretend to report, on the state of our public schools. Consider a bit more of what happened in last Tuesday's Washington Post. Results from the 2018 Pisa had just been released. In reading, American kids had outperformed their counterparts from such major "peer nations" as these: *Major nations the U.S. outperformed:* The United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, Ita... more »
Trump-Russia Peace Offensive Requires Full-Scale Mobilization against War Party and Its Attempted Coup
[image: President Donald J. Trump listens as Senator Ted Cruz delivers remarks at a roundtable on empowering families with education choice Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in the Cabinet Room of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour)] In the midst of the berserkers in the U.S. Congress announcing articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Tuesday—an impeachment process in which the pathetic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says “All roads lead to Putin”—President Trump met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in the White House, a meeting which Trum... more »
BWorld 394, Water politics and power price control
* My article in BusinessWorld yesterday. *“Adam Smith said people who intend only to seek their own benefit are ‘led by an invisible hand to serve a public interest which was no part of their intention. I say that there is a reverse invisible hand: People who intend to serve only the public interest are led by an invisible hand to serve private interests which was no part of their intention.”* — Milton Friedman, “Why Government is the Problem”, Essays in Public Policy, no. 39. Stanford, California: Hoover Institution Press, 1993. Government populism is the trick of demonizing big c... more »
Review Iraq Under Siege, The Deadly Impact of Sanctions and War
*Review Edited by Arnove, Anthony, **Iraq Under Siege, The Deadly Impact of Sanctions and War**, Cambridge: South End Press, 2002* *Iraq Under Siege, The Deadly Impact of Sanctions and War*was written by western activists who were against the sanctions imposed on Iraq for the invasion of Kuwait. The economic isolation of Iraq was supposed to encourage it to exit its neighbor territory, but then became a means to punish and contain it. As Clinton administration officials said, the sanctions would remain until Saddam Hussein was out of office. While some of the chapters in this antho... more »
Midway (movie review)
41 Devastator (torpedo/bombing aircraft) launched during the battle produced no torpedo hits and only six survived to return to their carriers. The torpedo bombers were great decoys, for the dive bombers. The movie gets a lot of things right, a few things were omitted, such as F4F Wildcat fighters. The sacrifice and bravery of the aviators (Navy and Army Air Force) that led to the demise of four front line Japanese aircraft carriers can't be overstated and the film does a good job laying that out. The workmen at the docks that repaired the damaged *Yorktown* in 72 hours, and set sa... more »
This Day In Iraqi History - Dec 12
1922 Sir Herbert Samuel proposed UK create Arab state of Iraq Hijaz Palestine Trans-Jordan maybe Najd Samuel believed Arab state would contain pan-Arabism and contain fears of increased Jewish presence in Palestine 1932 Shiite leaders told Yasin Hashemi they would back him for PM if they got majority of cabinet posts 1973 Govt offered new autonomy plan for Kurds but rejected by Mustafa Barzani and KDP (Musings On Iraq book review of *The Kurds, A Modern History*) (Musings On Iraq book review *Kurds of Iraq, Tragedy and Hope*) 1981 Iranian Op Matla al-Fajar attacked Qasr e-Shirin ... more »
The Ignoble Fall of a Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Global Issues News Headlines - 12 hours ago
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 12 (IPS) - Appearing before 17 judges of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Aung San Suu Kyi, the de facto civilian leader of Myanmar, became a public apologist for the military government of Myanmar which has long been accused of genocide and forcing over 730,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to neighboring Bangladesh since a 2017 crackdown. Read the full story, “The Ignoble Fall of a Nobel Peace Prize Winner”, on globalissues.org →
Commonwealth: Commitment to Limit Global Warming or Face Irreversible Impacts
Global Issues News Headlines - 12 hours ago
MADRID, Dec 12 (IPS) - Commonwealth countries, including those in the Caribbean, continue to push for more ambition, following reports that a few very influential parties have stymied efforts to respond to the climate emergency. Read the full story, “Commonwealth: Commitment to Limit Global Warming or Face Irreversible Impacts”, on globalissues.org →
Sasakawa Vows to Continue Support for Fighting Leprosy in Bangladesh
Global Issues News Headlines - 12 hours ago
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Dec 12 (IPS) - Chairman of The Nippon Foundation and Sasakawa Health Foundation, Yohei Sasakawa, has assured Bangladesh of continuing support for the Zero Leprosy Initiative announced by the country's Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, aimed at eliminating leprosy by 2030. Read the full story, “Sasakawa Vows to Continue Support for Fighting Leprosy in Bangladesh”, on globalissues.org →
UN Speaker Seeks Radical Population Reduction--Especially of Whites
[image: un-speaker-seeks-radical-population-reduction-especially-of-whites] A leading United Nations speaker, Oscar-winning Woodstock Director Michael Wadleigh, called for radical reduction of the human population--especially among white people. The reason why it is so important to reduce the population of Europeans and their descendants is because their nations are more developed and they consume more resources. Even Scandinavia and Sweden are destroying the planet, he said, warning that average Swedes consume 40 times more than average Tanzanians. As for the solution: "Don't have ... more »
Will the Fed Edge Out the Competition With Real-Time Payments?
[image: will-the-fed-edge-out-the-competition-with-real-time-payments] Despite concerns, it seems that the Federal Reserve will enter the real-time payments market with FedNow. It is essential that Congress or the administration ensures that the Fed plays by the rules.
FEC Hits Omar Campaign With Demand Letter. Another Campaign Finance Violation?
[image: fec-hits-omar-campaign-with-demand-letter-another-campaign-finance-violation] Representative Ilhan Omar’s troubles with the Federal Election Commission worsened last month.
Millenials and entitlement thinking
Aside from the reasons outlined in this CNBC article below, I think two other important factors why mental health for millenials seem to be deteriorating: (1) too many scare frankenstein stories (climate crisis, garbage/plastic crisis, inequality crisis, NCDs crisis, tobacco crisis, sugar/obesity crisis, water crisis, energy crisis,...), and (2) socialistic, entitlement thinking, many young people are surprised that they have to work? Aren't they supposed to get universal healthcare (UHC), universal education (until university), universal housing, universal basic income, other free... more »
Zombie ideas that won’t die
I’ve said this before, but when I first started writing for the Examiner, a friend asked how much Tim paid. After I’d replied, the person I was speaking with said, “Oh, so it takes [x] monthly subscriptions just to pay for you to do one Morning File.” I’d never thought of it in such bald […]
America’s Unreliable Friends: Today’s Allies Are Tomorrow’s Enemies
[image: undefined] One might postulate that the United States is regularly supporting so-called allies whose very nature will eventually generate blowback that will do terrible damage to actual American interests. The recent example of the mass shooting at the Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida by Saudi Second Lieutenant Mohammed Alshamrani is illustrative. Alshamrani killed three American sailors while three other Saudi students filmed what was taking place, presumably for posting on social media. Though the US and The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have no actual alliance, the Ameri... more »
The Remarkable Case of the Triple Agent and the Bombing in Khost, Afghanistan
Photo Credit: Ali Jareki/Reuters via Newsweek *Editor’s Note: The article originally appeared on *Order from Chaos*.* This month marks a very important anniversary in the struggle against terrorism. On December 30, 2009, al-Qaeda scored perhaps its greatest success ever against the Central Intelligence Agency and its Jordanian partner service. A triple agent blew himself up at Forward Operating Base Chapman—a U.S. military base in Khost, Afghanistan—killing seven CIA officers and one Jordanian officer. It was the second-worst day in terms of casualties in the agency’s history, exc... more »
Geoengineering Watch Global Alert News, December 7, 2019, #226
Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org The weather makers continue to push the climate system ever further into uncharted territory. How bad do conditions have to get before academia and official agencies acknowledge what is going on in our skies? More US troops are being sent to the Middle East. Is the US military about to be unleashed on yet […] The post Geoengineering Watch Global Alert News, December 7, 2019, #226 appeared first on Health Nut News.
The 5 Reasons Israel Wins Every War it Fights
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Middle East* Don't mess with the IDF. *Key Point:* Israel owes it all to technological advancement. Much like the Israeli Air Force, the Israeli Army came from humble—but more established—beginnings. Israel’s ground forces had their origins in the Haganah, a Zionist paramilitary force created in the early 1920s to protect Jewish interests. The Haganah cooperated with British authorities, but turned hostile in 1944 when the Axis neared defeat and the need for a Jewish state became increasingly clear. In 1947 the Haganah was reorganized into regular army... more »
'Chill Greta, Chill!': Trump Reacts to Person of the Year
*Chris White* *Politics, Americas* [image: Climate change activist Greta Thunberg attends the High-Level event on Climate Emergency during the U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP25) in Madrid, Spain December 11, 2019. REUTERS/Susana Vera] Thunberg is the youngest person to receive the honor since Time started naming people of the year in 1927. President Donald Trump gave Greta Thunberg some advice Thursday after the 16-year-old climate activist won Time’s “Person of the Year.” “So ridiculous. Greta must work on her Anger Management problem, then go to a good old fashioned movie ... more »
CNN Showdown: Former Rep. Sean Duffy Hits 'Bad For Democrats' Impeachment
*Shelby Talcott* *Politics, Americas* [image: Rep. Sean Duffy, R-WI, questions Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell during his testimony before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on the] He argued with CNN’s Alisyn Camerota. Former Republican Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy argued with CNN’s Alisyn Camerota over impeaching President Donald Trump on Thursday, calling the move “bad for Democrats.” Duffy spoke alongside Former Republican Pennsylvania Rep. Charlie Dent on “New Day.” The trio spoke as the House begins to debate two articles of impeachment against the president.... more »
Russia's Only Aircraft Carrier Is On Fire
*RT:* *Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov seen covered in smoke in FIRST VIDEO * Firefighters have rushed to tackle a blaze which is raging aboard Russia’s sole aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov. Fire started during repair work and rapidly spread along the deck. A short video, which has been circulating on social media, shows a team of firefighters with walkie-talkies on the snowy pier in the Barents Sea port city of Murmansk where the burning ship is docked. Greyish smoke is seen billowing from the vessel's deck. A fire truck and an ambulance van are also present a... more »
'NAFTA lite': Trump and Democrats' trade deal is similar to pact president mocked as 'worst ever'
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
12-Dec-2019 More than half of the new trade agreement simply modernizes provisions already contained in NAFTA.
We need a progressive alternative on trade — and NAFTA 2.0 isn't it
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
12-Dec-2019 Here's what a progressive trade agenda that actually protects people and planet would actually look like.
Greta Thunberg shows that the left is based on lies and feelings not facts
Greta Thunberg is a young kid with not the slightest knowledge about the science related to the whole climate change debate. She has no education in the science related to climate change. As such, and through no fault of her own, every word she says is just parroting something that someone else has told her and that she is accepting as true even though she has no way to verify that it is true. She's nothing more than a ventriloquist's dummy, not that she's stupid, repeating what adults who she trusts are telling her. In that she's the perfect role model for the left. On every issu... more »
Election Thread
In preparation for the results rolling in, here's a special election thread.
Horowitz testifies that the FBI could be highly biased; they just didn't admit to it
While Democrats, including Comey, and the #FakeNews media are crowing that Horowitz found no evidence of bias Horowitz's testimony says something different: *QUESTION: “The former FBI Director James Comey said this week that your report vindicates him. Is that a fair assessment of your report?”HOROWITZ: “You know, I think the activities we found here don’t vindicate anybody who touched this FISA.”* *QUESTION: “Can you say it[how the FBI handled the FISA requests] wasn’t because of political bias?”HOROWITZ: “On, on decisions regarding those FISA matters, I do not know their stat... more »
Europe suffers from excessive care on the part of the U.S.
Europe became a bargaining chip in the confrontation between Russia and the U.S. More The post Europe suffers from excessive care on the part of the U.S. appeared first on The Duran.
HUGE QUEUES FORM FOR VOTING IN HISTORICAL UK ELECTION TODAY
*Nail biting! Will Labour, theLib Dems and SNP get enough MPs to form a majority in parliament? Or will Globalist Boris Johnson get back into power...* https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2019/dec/12/general-election-2019-uk-polling-day-live-news *Polling stations close at 10 pm local time with the first predictions expected shortly afterwards*.
Researchers say 44,000-year-old cave art is earliest known record of 'storytelling'
Just In - 13 hours ago
Australian and Indonesian researchers say a cave painting found on Indonesia's island of Sulawesi, depicting human-like figures hunting animals, appears to be the earliest known pictorial record of storytelling.
3000-Year-Old Trees Excavated Under Icelandic Glacier
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? Ancient tree stumps found under Breiðamerkurjökull glacier in Southeast Iceland are confirmed to be roughly 3,000 years old. RÚV reports. A specialist believes the remarkably well-preserved stumps were part of a massive forest that disappeared after a long period of a…
Carbon Dioxide Emissions on Steady Upward Trend
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ?? Carbon Tracker have calculated some provisional data for global carbon dioxide emissions this year. They show a rise of 0.6%, slightly slower than the last two years, but this is largely due to a slowdown in economic growth. From Voice of…
The IG report doesn't "exonerate" the FBI of bias
Contrary to what the #FakeNews media and the Democrats are saying the IG report didn't, to use a favorite Democrat word, exonerate the FBI of bias. What the report, and Horowitz, keep saying is that no one in the FBI told Horowitz that they were biased and that no one wrote down "I'm biased against Trump" in an email. Horowitz is not saying that there was no bias only that no one admitted to being biased. The IG report however lists 17 cases where the FBI egregiously violated its own rules. In one of them an FBI lawyer deliberately altered an email to conceal the fact that Carter P... more »
BWorld 393, Employment and e-cig ment
* My column in BusinessWorld, December 10, 2019. The good news in the country’s labor force survey reported by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) is that unemployment rate has significantly declined, from 6% in October 2014 to only 4.5% in October 2019. The underemployment rate has also declined to only 13%. The bad news is that the labor force participation rate (LFPR) is declining, from 64.3% in October 2014 to 61.5% in October 2019. Declining LFPR means people are less optimistic, less confident that they will be hired or they can hire themselves, so they postpone seeking... more »
PRINCE ANDREW'S SEX SLAVE WARNED BY FBI SHE COULD BE MURDERED. PRINCE ANDREW, QUEEN. GHISLAINE MAXWELL PRIME SUSPECTS?
*Virginia Roberts claims the FBI have warned her there is 'a credible death threat made against her' following Prince Andrew interview and Jeffrey Epstein's 'suicide'* *Roberts, 36, wrote: 'I have been informed from the FBI there has been a credible death threat against me'* *Follows a warning yesterday that 'too many evil people want to see me quieted'* *Earlier this this month she gave a high-profile interview recounting abuse she claims to have suffered at the hands of powerful men including Prince Andrew* *It also comes after alleged abuser Jeffrey Epstein died in custody in the ... more »
EU CITIZENS SHOULD REFUSE TO BE CONSCRIPTED AS THE UKRAINIANS DID IN 2014
*NATO has announced its biggest military exercise on European soil next year simulating readiness for invading the Crimea, a part of Russia, something which would provoke a war.* *Under the Lisbon Treaty, all EU citizens apart from the Irish can be conscripted into the army or service.* *EU citizens should refuse to be conscripted using the same approach as the Ukrainians in 2014 who refused conscription by the fascist regime established by George Soros in a colour revolution and to be sent as fodder to the front in a pointless war with ethnic Russians in the Crimea.* *In some part... more »
Twenty Iranian Navy Crafts Escort US Aircraft Carrier Out Of The Persian Gulf
The #US USS Abraham Lincoln nuclear aircraft carrier left the Strait of #Hormuz on December 4 with escort ships, the group was followed by Iranian navy ships. He will be replaced USS Harry Truman. #Iran pic.twitter.com/PLD5ihp37r — Strategic News (@StrategicNews1) December 10, 2019 *Middle East Monitor: **US aircraft carrier escorted out of Gulf by Iran* Satellite images have been released showing a US Navy aircraft carrier being escorted away by Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC) craft today, amid a year of heightened tensions in the Gulf waters. The group of 20 small craf... more »
Political Mob Families Call Christmas Truce
It's that most wonderful time of the year, when the racketeers in Congress put aside their petty partisan differences just long enough to have their big party and pay their annual mob dues before they all head off to the beaches, the ski slopes and the high-dollar fundraisers. It's an especially rewarding time for President Donald Trump, whom the House Democrats just honored for his cruel treatment of immigrants and his cruel cuts to the SNAP (food stamp) program by giving him his very own Space Force, a bona fide fourth branch of the military, along with enhanced killing powers by ... more »
Carter Page was never charged with anything
Democrats are saying that the massive spying campaign against the Trump campaign, using Carter Page as a pretext, was justified. Yet after having the powers of the FBI and the entire Intelligence Community(IC) focused on him for more than year the indictment crazy FBI, who indicted Flynn for lying when the agents who ambushed him said they didn't think he was lying, didn't charge him with anything. That's fairly strong evidence that whatever they were claiming was sufficient cause to spy on him wasn't in fact remotely credible. The FBI not only spied on Page but they lied to the FIS... more »
Can This New Anti-Ship Missile Sink America's Enemies?
*David Axe* *Technology, Americas* [image: Reuters] The Navy thinks so. *Key point:* This missile is an important upgrade that will add to the Navy's capabilities. The U.S. Navy in late January 2019 confirmed the designation of its newest cruise missile, in the process clarifying its long-term plan for arming its growing fleet of warships. The plan heavily leans on one missile, in particular. It's the SM-6, an anti-aircraft weapon that quickly is evolving to perform almost every role the Navy assigns to a missile. The Navy dubbed the newest version of the venerable Tomahawk cru... more »
Russia Wanted Its Very Own SR-71 Blackbird (Here's Where It Went Wrong)
*Sebastien Roblin* *History, Europe* Russia and America have long copied each other's military developments. *Key point:* The Soviet Union was never convinced such technically impressive penetrating strategic reconnaissance planes were a great idea. It’s a cliché of the Cold War that no sooner did one superpower pioneer a new weapons technology that its rival swiftly sought its own copy, canceling out any advantage long-term. Though this frequently did occur, the Soviet Union and the West had diverging theories about precisely which platforms would most reinforce their security p... more »
Upgrading The Triad: The Air Force Has Plans To Build 400 Modern ICBMs
*Kris Osborn* *Security, * Meet the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent. *Key point: *This billion-dollar program is long overdue. The commander of *U.S. Strategic Command*, *Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten*, said the United States has about the right numbers of nuclear weapons, but they need to be modernized. A Pentagon statement said the General asked reporters to imagine what the world was like in the six years preceding the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. “In those six years, the world in conflict killed somewhere between 60 million and 80 million people,” he said. “Tha... more »
Meet the Navy's Small Warships That Help to Deter Iran
*David Axe* *Security, Middle East* [image: Reuters] Spunky and important little boats. *Key point: * Washington may need more of such warships to patrol contested waters. The U.S. Navy should acquire small, heavily-armed missile corvettes and deploy them like modern versions of World War II torpedo boats. And the service also should buy carrier ships to transport and support the short-range corvettes in combat zones. That’s the advice of U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant colonel Colin Smith, *writing* in *Proceedings*, the professional journal of the U.S. Naval Institute. “The U.S... more »
NWO BOWS TO WORLD'S NEW SUPERPOWER CHINA, TRUMP FOLDS IN TRADE TALKS
*China seems to have sidelined the NWO Globalists embedded in its systems like Xi Jinping and is successfully stabilizing its broader economy despite the pork crisis caused by illegal vaccines causing Ebola style sickness to pigs.* *Perhaps in recognition of the fact, China now really is outside their control, and they really could use hyersonic missiles, Donald Trump has folded in the trade war and will not** impose the new tariffs set to come into effect on Dec 15, but will cut existing tariffs by up to 50%.* *The NWO should start to think things through in advance. Then, they mig... more »
Exposed: Bellingcat fabricate evidence, deliberately hide documents in new ‘Russian spy plot’
Bellingcat, an online investigation organization headed by Eliot Higgins, has deliberately and with malicious intent manipulated evidence by hiding crucially important documents in order to slander me as a journalist and misrepresent my investigation, 350 flights carry weapons for terrorists, as “intentionally incorrect”.
The Most Significant Afghanistan Papers Revelation Is How Difficult They Were To Make Public
The Washington Post has published clear, undeniable evidence that US government officials have been lying to the public about the war in Afghanistan, a shocking revelation for anyone who has done no research whatsoever into the history of US interventionism.
The U.S. Has 7 Aircrafts Carriers At Sea Right Now
The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) and ships assigned to the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG) transit the Atlantic Ocean while conducting composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX) on February 16, 2018. US Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Scott Swofford *Business Insider:* *The US Navy brags it has 7 carriers at sea — half the fleet was stuck pier-side over a month ago* * The US Navy tweeted Tuesday morning that it had seven of its 11 aircraft carriers out to sea. * Less than two months ago, the service had around that many flattops stuck pi... more »
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From Jenna Orkin Greenland Is Now Losing Ice Seven Times Faster Than It Was in The 1990sExxon prevails in climate-change lawsuit Arctic May Have Crossed Key Threshold, Emitting Billions of Tons of Carbon, in Long Dreaded Climate Feedback FBI warned six months ago about loophole Pensacola shooter used to obtain a gunMost Programs to Stop Radicalization Are Failing CBP’s Baltimore Field Office Crashes Record for Recovered Outbound Stolen Vehicles Brazilians’ Precious Barbecues Under Threat as Meat Prices Spike Apple just got dethroned as the world's most valuable public company after ... more »
Who Does the Kremlin Want to Win in 2020?
In a recent news story on RT, one of Russia's official media outlets, I found this: According to RT, Clint Watts, a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) and Non-Resident Fellow at the Alliance for Securing Democracy, has developed a new approach to determining who Russia wants as American president in 2020. Before we delve into FPRI's new instrument, let's look at FPRI first, followed by an analysis that looks at a novel way of measuring the Kremlin's chosen candidate for 2020. Here is FPRI's mission: "*The Foreign Policy Research Institu... more »
“Before his death, legendary Fed chief Paul Volcker issued one last warning to the US”
The following reprint of an article is worth the quick read. It is from a very reputable source, retired Federal Reserve chair Paul Volcker, who passed away this week. An article with the above title was written bu Joseph Zeballos-Roig … Continue reading →
Jerry Nadler shows he's desperate to hide the truth
Every single Republican called for a minority hearing in the impeachment case where they could call and question witnesses. But Jerry Nadler, and his Democrat cronies, said no. The only possible reason is that Nadler is desperate to hide the truth so that he can maximize the chances that he can fool you into thinking Trump did something wrong. If Nadler actually had a case, if there wasn't compelling evidence that his claims are wrong, he would be eager to have the Republican's call as many witnesses as they could because he could then shoot them down and in the process show how s... more »
China And The U.K. Commision Aircraft Carriers At The Same Time
China's aircraft carriers are based on a Russian Design, with the distinctive sweeping 'ski-jump' bow. Chinese Ministry Of Defense *Forbes:* *Britain And China’s New Aircraft Carriers To Enter Service At Same Time * Britain’s second 72,000-ton aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales, is being commissioned into the Royal Navy in Portsmouth on December 10. Meanwhile, China’s second carrier, the 55,000-ton Shandong, will likely be commissioned the same day, or soon after. The timing may be coincidental. Yet it highlights the similarities and differences between the two naval power’s ca... more »
COULD JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS IN GREECE AND ITALY BE AT THE EPICENTRE OF AN EBOLA OUTBREAK?
*Johnson & Johnson s Ebola vaccine is being developed by its Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies, which has two outlets in Greece, one in Italy, Belgium and the USA.* *Johnson & Johnson has started the process of applying for a European license for its risky unproven Ebola vaccine.* *https://www.jnj.com/johnson-johnson-announces-donation-of-up-to-500-000-regimens-of-janssens-investigational-ebola-vaccine-to-support-outbreak-response-in-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-drc* *https://www.reuters.com/article/us-johnson-johnson-ebola/johnson-johnson-files-for-european-approval-of-ebola-v... more »
F35B Set To Take Off From £3.1bn Aircraft Carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth In UK For The First Time
The F35B Lightning jet is expected to take off from the HMS Queen Elizabeth for the first time in the UK *Daily Mail: **State-of-the-art supersonic F35B jet fighter is set to take off from £3.1bn aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth in UK for first time* * F35B Lightning jet had previously completed flight trials in the east of the USA * It returned last week to Portsmouth Naval base for repair and maintenance work * However, the jet is expected to be flown back to RAF Marham in the near feature A supersonic jet fighter is expected to take off from the Royal Navy's aircraft carr... more »
WATCH: Cop Shoots Innocent Unarmed Woman, Forces Her to Crawl to Him as She Bleeds Out
[image: unarmed]A frightened cop ran past on open door to a hotel room and opened fire on an innocent unarmed woman inside, shooting her in the abdomen.
Petrobras to Launch IPO for Gaspetro; Notre Dame Raises R$5 Billion in Stock Offerings
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The highlights of Thursday's corporate news are Petrobras, MRV Engineering, Banco do Brasil ("Bank of Brazil") and Hering. MRV announced that it had raised R$90 million (US$22.5 million) with the first offering of shares in its Luggo real estate fund. Banco do Brasil announced that it will reorganize its command […] The post Petrobras to Launch IPO for Gaspetro; Notre Dame Raises R$5 Billion in Stock Offerings appeared first on The Rio Times.
EXPERTS REPORT MORE POLIO CASES NOW CAUSED BY VACCINE THAN BY WILD VIRUS
*More polio cases now caused by vaccine than by wild virus* *November 25, 2019* *The Independent Monitoring Board, a group set up by WHO to assess polio eradication, warned in a report this month that vaccine-derived polio virus is “spreading uncontrolled in West Africa, bursting geographical boundaries and raising fundamental questions and challenges for the whole eradication process.”* *The group said officials were already “failing badly” to meet a recently approved polio goal of stopping all vaccine-derived outbreaks within 120 days of detection. It described the initial atti... more »
UN Chief: Failure on Climate Will Mean Economic Disaster
Scientists say countries need to stop burning fossil fuels by 2050 at the latest to ensure global temperatures don’t rise more than 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit this century.
'Complete capitulation' by Democrats as they support Trumps NDAA
*Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) (pointing finger) led the fight in the House to pass the NDAA. He was a leading proponent of Trump's Space Force proposal that was included in the NDAA.* The House voted yesterday to approve the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2020 with the Senate expected to soon follow. The final tally was 377-48 with 188 Democrats voting in favor of the massive military authorization. See the final voting list *here* *What didn’t make it into the bill:* Major Democratic provisions to block money for a border wall, require congressional approval for war ... more »
Fordham: Teachers Are Downloading Junk
Fordham Institute, the right-tilted thinky tank and tireless ed reform advocacy group, just released a new study that actually raises some interesting questions. "The Supplemental Curriculum Bazaar" takes a look at the materials teachers are downloading, and it finds them, well, not delightful. While I'm only going to argue with their findings a little, there are aspects of their methods that I find, well, not delightful. *The Playing Field* The study looked specifically at materials for high school English (ELA for the core-trained), which is right in my wheelhouse (39 years of sec... more »
CFACT mixing it up at COP 25
While international bureaucrats and celebrities gathered at UN COP 25 in Madrid, CFACT engaged them every step of the way. The post CFACT mixing it up at COP 25 appeared first on CFACT.
Bloomberg goes PC on climate, etc.
Mr. Bloomberg is in full embrace of climate change fanaticism – without coming across like a fanatic, which makes him effective and dangerous. The post Bloomberg goes PC on climate, etc. appeared first on CFACT.
‘Hurricane Truthers’: Bonkers Conspiracies Are Putting Lives in Danger
First ant-vaxxers, now hurricane skeptics......
Trump Criticizes Thunberg After Magazine Honor
President Donald Trump lashed out at 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg a day after she was named by Time as its Person of the Year.
Wealthy German Family Gives Millions to Holocaust Survivors
The family established the Alfred Landecker Foundation in Berlin to oversee the efforts, named after a German Jew who was killed by the Nazis and whose grandchildren have a combined 45% stake in JAB.
5G AND HEALTH – IS IT SAFE? WHAT THE SCIENCE TELLS US
Originally posted on Smart Meter News: 5G AND HEALTH – IS IT SAFE? WHAT THE SCIENCE TELLS US Dariusz Leszczynski, PhD, DSc Adjunct Professor of Biochemistry, University of Helsinki, Finland Chief Editor of Radiation and Health specialty of the Frontiers in Public Health, Lausanne, Switzerland Science Blogger at BRHP – Between a Rock and a…
Walmart, Lowe's, Hotels, Restaurants, and Grocery Stores Now Have Robot Employees
Originally posted on Reality Decoded: There are a number of stores that have started the first rollout of robots to do jobs assigned to human workers. Big boost to the bottom line for the rich: Zero wasted money on Yearly Salary Zero wasted money on Health and Dental Insurance Zero wasted money on Retirement Packages…
Big Pharma Bought Access to Your DNA From Genealogy Company and What They’re Using It for Should Concern Everyone
Originally posted on The New Dark Age: 12 December 2019 — Real Farmacy By Joshua Greenberg, REALfarmacy.com Have you paid for an ancestry report? Perhaps someone gave it to you as a gift. Either way, pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline now owns your genetic fingerprint. In a paradigm shift that is making some people uneasy, human DNA has…
Tweets For Today
The House Judiciary Committee is debating amendments to the articles of impeachment against President Trump. They're expected to approve the articles later today. Watch on CNN: https://t.co/UYpqI3w42L Live updates: https://t.co/LR5qZkGiBA pic.twitter.com/2HSdJU63tH — CNN (@CNN) December 12, 2019 New from @Breakingviews - Breakdown: What happens after the #Brexit election? https://t.co/K0QEY8oNyj by @peter_tl and Neil Unmack #GE2019 pic.twitter.com/OOAsGLGcbY — Reuters (@Reuters) December 12, 2019 Follow the UK general election result from 21:55 GMT across the BBC We’re live f... more »
How the Chinese Air Force Lost a War Game To This Fighter Jet
*David Axe* *Security, Asia* And it was no F-35 or F-22. A 2015 war game in Thailand underscored the enduring flaws in Chinese aerial-warfare tactics. Despite flying a modern fighter type, Chinese fighter pilots in Thailand were vulnerable to long-range attacks and slow to react to aggressive tactics. Exercise Falcon Strike 2015, which ran at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base for two weeks in mid-November 2015, was the first-ever joint exercise between the Chinese and Thai air forces. The Chinese brought J-11 fighters to the war game. The Thai air force operates F-16s from Korat... more »
Alternative History: What If There Was No B-52 Boimber?
*Robert Farley* *Technology, Americas* [image: Reuters] Could another bomber have taken its place? *Key point:* The B-52 would serve in many conflicts and the Air Force would certainly have needed another type of bomber if it didn't exist. Since 1955, the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress has flown at the front lines of America’s national defense. Initially intended to deliver strategic nuclear weapons against the Soviet Union, the B-52 has kept that mission long after the USSR itself ceased to exist. Over the years, it has been assigned to other missions, including conventional strat... more »
New column day
Here, on how the Libs' throne speech continues their pattern of paying lip service to climate action while using public resources to make matters worse. For those interested in the calculations as to the climate impact of new pipelines, the numbers I've used are as follows. Brian Jean called here for pipelines and port facilities to export an additional two million barrels per day of oil, representing 730,000,000 barrels per year. The EPA calculates the effect of oil consumption at .43 metric tonnes per barrel - or an additional 314 MT of CO2 per year just from the consumption of ... more »
"Economic Market Snapshot AM 12/12/19"
*Updated frequently as available.* ◆ AM 12/12/19: Gregory Mannerino, "Dollar Slammed As the Fed. Promises Massive Debt Expansion" - https://www.traderschoice.net/ ◆ *MarketWatch Market Summary, Live Updates* - https://www.marketwatch.com/tools/marketsummary *Alert: Watch the % change!* A study, long lost, determined that a 3% drop in the daily % change would be the trigger for an irrecoverable free fall for not only the American economy but the entire global economy as well. The resulting mega-hurricane of margin calls, derivative claims, defaults and bankruptcies would finally and ab... more »
CHD Will Not Be Silenced. The Truth About Harlem.
From Children's Health Defense: Every hardship we’ve encountered on this journey has been a gift. It’s when we face adversity that we truly find out what we’re made of. Everything we claim to be boils down to the question of... more »
How Donald Really Feels
Donald Trump has finally let it be known how he really feels about Justin Trudeau. Erin Banco and Asawin Suebsaeng report in *The Daily Beast *that: The famously sensitive American president lashed out during a closed-door meeting at the White House with more than a dozen ambassadors to the United Nations present, according to three sources with knowledge of the gathering. In doing so, he made a number of foreign officials noticeably on-edge and also upended a portion of the meeting meant to focus on world powers’ security cooperation, not personal gripes. During this private air... more »
Picture Of The Day
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures during a final general election campaign event in London. REUTERS/Hannah McKay *WNU Editor:* The above picture came from this photo-gallery .... *Editor's Choice Pictures* (Reuters).
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. - Laurie Macfarlane writes about the interconnected economic, democratic and environmental crises facing the UK - and the opportunity voters have to address all three in today's election. And a group of political and thought leaders from around the globe lends its support to Jeremy Corbyn and UK Labour as offering needed hope for the many. - Isabel Sawhill reviews Binyamin Appelbaum's *The Economists' Hour*, and points out how the dogma of laissez-faire economics has produced intolerable human costs for no apparent economic benefit. And Jim H... more »
‘The policy of Creativity Research Journal is to consider only original material.’ Prominent Cornell professor has another paper retracted for duplication.
Robert Sternberg, a Cornell psychology professor whose work has earned three retractions for duplication, has had another paper retracted for the same reason. Here’s the notice: We, the Publisher of Creativity Research Journal, have retracted the following article: — Robert J. Sternberg, The Nature of Creativity, Creativity Research Journal, Volume 18 (1), 2006. DOI https://doi.org/10.1207/s15326934crj1801_10 The policy of Creativity … Continue reading ‘The policy of Creativity Research Journal is to consider only original material.’ Prominent Cornell professor has another paper retr... more »
NIKKI HALEY'S UNPROVABLE LIBERAL-BASHING HYPOTHETICAL
In a *Washington Post* op-ed, Nikki Haley gives herself another round of applause for getting the Confederate battle flag removed from South Carolina's state house grounds while attempting to transform her controversial recent remarks on the flag into an attack on everyone's favorite scapegoats: the media and liberals. Haley starts by previewing the first minute of her 2024 presidential campaign announcement video. Four years ago, the removal of the Confederate battle flag from the South Carolina statehouse grounds was a seminal moment for our state and a watershed for our country.... more »
Marijuana legislation
Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin for the first time introduced a bill that would legalize medical cannabs in the state. Marijuana legislation is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Immanuel Kant: On The Proof of God’s Existence
In the *Critique of Pure Reason*, in the chapter entitled, “The Idealism of Pure Reason,” (Chapter 3), Immanuel Kant presents his analysis of the traditional arguments for the existence of god. He divides the traditional arguments into three categories: the cosmological, the ontological, and the physico-theological. The arguments that precede from some contingent fact of the world and from a question about the nature of a thing or process are seen by Kant as a cosmological argument. This type of argument entails that a continent fact can be true only if a series of causes commences ... more »
U.S. drones 'like a hunter hunting prey'
Are most of the people we kill with armed drones innocent? This former U.S. Air Force tech says yes. pic.twitter.com/Dpov14CmhR — AJ+ (@ajplus) April 26, 2017
With Éxito, Pão de Açúcar Group’s Revenue Exceeds R$70 Billion This Year
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Colombian Almacenes Éxito incorporation into the Pão de Açúcar Group (GPA) provides positive results on all fronts: cash generation, EBITDA (Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) and net income, guaranteed company president, Peter Estermann, to journalists on Wednesday, December 11th. According to him, considering the operations added, the […] The post With Éxito, Pão de Açúcar Group’s Revenue Exceeds R$70 Billion This Year appeared first on The Rio Times.
Brazil to Honor R$1.8 Billion in UN and BRICS Bank Debts in 2019
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The federal government will pay debts of R$1.815 billion (US$465 million) to the United Nations (UN) and the BRICS bank (a group comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) by the end of the year. On the other hand, it will no longer honor commitments to the Latin American Development […] The post Brazil to Honor R$1.8 Billion in UN and BRICS Bank Debts in 2019 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Eduardo Bolsonaro Defends Separate School Classes for Boys and Girls
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Federal deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro (PSL / SP) defended, on Wednesday, December 11th, a model of school with gender separation. The movement was born in the 1960s in Europe under the name of Single-Sex Education and, in Brazil, is present in some private schools in Rio de Janeiro and Curitiba. "There […] The post Eduardo Bolsonaro Defends Separate School Classes for Boys and Girls appeared first on The Rio Times.
Central Bank Cuts SELIC Interest Rate to Historical Low of 4.5 Percent per Year
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Monetary Policy Committee (COPOM) decided on Wednesday to cut the SELIC by 0.5 percentage point for the fourth consecutive time, bringing interest rates down to 4.5 percent, the lowest basic interest rate in history. In recent days, the general . . . To read the full NEWS and much […] The post Central Bank Cuts SELIC Interest Rate to Historical Low of 4.5 Percent per Year appeared first on The Rio Times.
“The PSL Is Liberal, Not Nationalist,” Says Joice Hasselmann, New Party Leader
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In her first interview as the new PSL leader in the Chamber, Deputy Joice Hasselmann (SP) said that the party, through which President Jair Bolsonaro was elected, will be independent when it comes to the issues "that could jeopardize Brazil". "Some of our deputies suffered attrition by voting for government […] The post “The PSL Is Liberal, Not Nationalist,” Says Joice Hasselmann, New Party Leader appeared first on The Rio Times.
State of Rio de Janeiro Records Country’s Most Expensive Gasoline in November
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Fuel in Brazil is expensive, everyone knows. Recently, Petrobras even demanded that the price of gasoline The post State of Rio de Janeiro Records Country’s Most Expensive Gasoline in November appeared first on The Rio Times.
XP Launches Marijuana Fund with Minimum Application of R$500
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Aiming to be part of a market that should move over US$160 billion per year until 2025, XP has launched a Brazilian stock fund focused on the international cannabis market. The legalization of the plant in several countries, whether for medicinal or recreational use, the search for investors for substances […] The post XP Launches Marijuana Fund with Minimum Application of R$500 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Thirty Percent of Brazilians Believe Unemployment Will Drop Next Year, Survey Says
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In an event to honor the President of the Republic, Jair Bolsonaro, the National Confederation of Industry (CNI) released a survey in partnership with Ibope showing that 30 percent of the Brazilian population is confident about the drop in The post Thirty Percent of Brazilians Believe Unemployment Will Drop Next Year, Survey Says appeared first on The Rio Times.
Why Juan Guaidó Is on the Verge of Failure in Venezuela
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A corruption scandal is shaking the right-wing opposition in Venezuela. As the research platform armando.info has disclosed, nine deputies from several opposition parties have aided businessmen close to the government in bypassing US sanctions. This involves the Maduro government's Local Production and Supply Committees (CLAP), which have been distributing food […] The post Why Juan Guaidó Is on the Verge of Failure in Venezuela appeared first on The Rio Times.
Doomsday
I’m sick of seeing Jeremy Corbyn brandishing sheaves of paper to ‘prove’ the nastiness of the Tories. A bundle from Russia-with-love to *prove* that Boris Johnson is about to sell off *our NHS* to “Trump”. The evidence appeared to consist of a wad of thick black lines, the content redacted, obliterated and unreadable. But no matter. When today is over we might not have to see it again. A few days ago BBC News featured a Corbyn rally (in Bristol, perhaps?) Corbyn, again waving papers before an adoring mob. This time, the front page of the Mirror featuring four-year-old Jack being *“... more »
The End of the Road for Trump’s North Korea Strategy
*Francis Grice* *Security, * Trump’s strategy has represented nothing more than an elaborate stalling for time and this approach is now reaching the end of its utility. Whether unintentionally or by design, Trump landed on a seemingly practical strategy towards North Korea in early 2018. By emphasizing the growing personal relationship between himself and Kim Jong-un, he was able to de-escalate the sky-rocketing tensions that had characterized American-North Korean relations throughout 2017 (which, to be fair, he had helped to fuel). Yet, by simultaneously downplaying the need fo... more »
The 1 Thing the U.S. Marine Corps Must Do To Win the Wars of the Future
*David Axe* *Security, * If the U.S. Marine Corps is going to be effective in future wars with major powers, it needs to ditch the heavy equipment and get lighter. Forget transport planes, trucks and tank-killing armored vehicles. If the U.S. Marine Corps is going to be effective in future wars with major powers, it needs to ditch the heavy equipment and get lighter. That’s the message from Marine Corps commandant David Berger. “We have to get rid of legacy things in the Marine Corps,” Berger said at the Reagan National Defense Forum in California on Dec. 7, 2019. “We’ve got to b... more »
Wild: This Imperial Japanese Soldier Didn't Surrender Until 1974
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* [image: https://pictures.reuters.com/archive/WW2-ANNIVERSARY-JAPAN-RC122B95CE10.html] A true story. *Key point:* There were a handful of soldiers who kept fighting or hiding decades after the war ended. The Japanese empire was a fine place for young Hiro Onoda. In 1939, at age 17, he hired on with a lacquerware company that posted him to Hankow (Wuhan) in Japanese-occupied China. There, he visited suppliers by day and danced the night away with obliging Chinese women. His idyllic world, along with that of countless others, came to an ab... more »
Why India's Arihant-Class Missile Submarine Is a Serious Problem for China
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Asia* [image: Reuters] They're "boomers." *Key point:* New Dehli's submarines can fire powerful nuclear missiles. A new submarine promises to give the world’s most populous democratic nation a powerful second-strike nuclear capability. The INS *Arihant*, India’s first nuclear ballistic-missile submarine, will finally give the country nuclear weapons that could survive a surprise first strike and go on to deal a crushing retaliatory blow to the enemy. The new sub will complete India’s triad of air, land and sea nuclear forces. India tested its first wea... more »
Stealth Drones: Iran Has More Than The U.S. Navy To Worry About
*David Axe* *Security, Middle East* Tehran is in a tough spot. *Key point:* The need for stealth grew only more urgent in 2019. U.S. forces on deployment to the Middle East include F-15E fighter-bombers, F-22 and F-35 stealth fighters and B-52 bombers, among others. But as tensions escalate between the United States and its allies including Saudi Arabia on one hand, and Iran and Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels on the other hand, it’s worth considering what other American aircraft might be in the region. The Pentagon maintains an extensive surveillance system in the Persian Gul... more »
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