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Midnight Meme Of The Day!
*by Noah* *Sunday Thoughts:* Works on Ohio State wrestling coaches and other pervy friends of Ohio Rep. Gym Shower Jordon, too!
A Full Scale Attack on Medical Debt
An integrated proposal for ending medical debt.
First Statewide Town Hall Meeting with LaRouche Candidate Daniel Burke
Without the exoneration of Lyndon LaRouche, the aspirations of millions of Americans and people world-wide to make the next 50 years paradigmatically different than the past 50 years is impossible. Diane Sare and LaRouche Independent candidate for US Senate, NJ Daniel Burke take on the challenge to create a future based on Lyndon LaRouche's life's works that is characteristically different than the current intentionally self-destructive, reigning dynamic.
Emily M liked
Hmm: James Delingpole, for one, isn't impressed: "I stitched someone up. Got caught out. So now I believe passionately that all the people who criticised me should be censored."
Foreign Exchange Swaps: Hidden Debt, Lurking Vulnerability
How hidden foreign exchange swaps contribute to financial fragility.
Get Cummings
The* Mail on Sunday* has another dramatic headline today: *Man who claims Dominic Cummings assaulted him is set to be interviewed by Emily Maitlis in BBC documentary*. The paper reports that BBC producers are set to interview a man who alleges that Mr Cummings "grabbed him by the lapels and pinned him to a wall" two decades ago after "an explosive radio debate". (What a scoop!) It will be part of an Emily-led documentary profile (hatchet job?) on Dominic Cummings. I'm sure this news will be read with interest, if little surprise, in Downing Street. They'd surely have expected ... more »
House Ignores ERA Deadline So It Can Be Deemed Ratified. What Now?
[image: house-ignores-era-deadline-so-it-can-be-deemed-ratified-what-now] In a move that ignores both logic and basic reading comprehension skills, the House of Representatives passed a resolution Thursday to pretend that the 1982 deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment never existed. The 232 to 183 vote was almost completely along partisan lines. The only exceptions were five GOP House members who sided with Democrats on the vote.
A baker's dozen
This won't come as a surprise to us, but* The Mail on Sunday* has carried out an "analysis" of the BBC's coverage of the Democratic Party primaries in Iowa and New Hampshire and found that 13 BBC correspondents covered them. The paper's headline is: *What cuts? The BBC has THIRTEEN reporters covering the US election trail... while back home, it's axing up to 450 jobs in £80m savings drive*. The *MoS* points out that Emily Maitlis "jetted across the Atlantic at considerable expense" for a couple of* Newsnight*s*, *despite the programme already having a US correspondent (David Gros... more »
WHO situation report on COVID-19
Source: WHO
Campylobacter infections at record high in Denmark
Denmark recorded its highest number of Campylobacter infections ever in 2019, according to a report by the Statens Serum Institut. Campylobacter remains the bacterium that most frequently causes gastrointestinal infection in the Danish population. The Statens Serum Institut (SSI) report shows the number of patients is increasing. This past year, 5,389 patients were diagnosed in... Continue Reading
Remember When Iran Took Out Saddam Hussein's Navy In One Day—With American-Made Jets?
*Sebastien Roblin* *History, Middle East* [image: Iran Air Force Grumman F-14A Tomcat fighters armed with multiple missiles: the right-hand aircraft is carrying four AIM-54 Phoenix, two AIM-7 Sparrow and two AIM-9 Sidewinder.] One of the most intense air battles since World War II. *Key Point:* In Operation Morvarid (“Pearl”) not only did they hope to take the Iraqi radars out of the picture but also Baghdad’s vital oil infrastructure. They also hoped to destroy the Iraqi Navy in the process. On September 22, 1980 Saddam Hussein launched Iraq into a full-scale invasion of Iran—h... more »
Crazy Fact: The Secondhand Smoke You Are Breathing Could Come from Another State
*Sebastian Eastham, Steven Barrett* *Science, * [image: FILE PHOTO: Cigarettes are seen during the manufacturing process in the British American Tobacco Cigarette Factory (BAT) in Bayreuth, southern Germany, April 30, 2014. Picture taken April 30, 2014. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle/File Photo] How is that possible? Scientists estimate that each year in the U.S., outdoor air pollution shortens the lives of about 100,000 people by one to two decades. As it turns out, much of this pollution originates not in a person’s own neighborhood, but up to hundreds or even thousands of miles away i... more »
Could America's Old M60 Patton Tank Fight In a War Right Now?
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * Upgrades can only go so far. *Key point: *Raytheon is offering an update to the Patton that makes it a killer (of tanks), but not a survivor. Just how far can you soup up a tank from the 1960s? The M60 Patton was the mainstay of the U.S tank fleet in the 1960s and 1970s, before being replaced by the M1 Abrams tank currently in service. However, more than five thousand Pattons remain in service in the armies of nineteen countries. Earlier this year, Raytheon unveiled its Service-Life Extension Package (SLEP) upgrade featuring a new engine, fire con... more »
How to Debunk All the Rumors and Lies About Coronavirus
*Claire Hooker* *Health, World* [image: Reuters] Here's how. The spread of misinformation about the novel coronavirus, now known as COVID-19, seems greater than the spread of the infection itself. The World Health Organisation (WHO), government health departments and others are trying to alert people to these myths. But what’s the best way to tackle these if they come up in everyday conversation, whether that’s face-to-face or online? Is it best to ignore them, jump in to correct them, or are there other strategies we could all use? Public health officials expect misinformatio... more »
Meet the USS Akron: The Disastrous 'Flying Aircraft Carrier' That Never War
*Kyle Mizokami* *History, Americas* [image: A Curtiss F9C-2 Sparrowhawk inside USS Akron (ZRS-4) hangar.] Could it make a comeback? *Key Point:* The loss of both airships effectively ended the flying aircraft carrier concept. It’s interesting to speculate what might have happened had the concept been further developed and survived until the Second World War. As scouts, airship carriers would not have lasted long had they accomplished their mission and located Japanese ships and bases. Nearly a hundred years ago the U.S. Navy asked a question: if airplanes can fly through the air... more »
Voter Suppression Is A Myth, But Liberals Can't Get Over It
*Hans von Spakovsky* *Politics, Americas* [image: A voter enters a voting booth to fill out a ballot to vote in New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation U.S. presidential primary election at the Stark volunteer fire dept. in Stark, New Hampshire, U.S., February 11, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid] It's a myth they need. I received a strong dose of the misinformation warping the minds of young people this past weekend when I spoke on a panel on the subject of election integrity at the Washington conference of Junior State of America. Conference attendees were high school students from t... more »
RLB and the BBC
Far-left Labour leadership contender Rebecca Long-Bailey will be 'platformed' and 'normalised' by* The Andrew Marr Show* today. Becky herself was tweeting last night: I’ll be talking to Andrew Marr in the morning about my proposals for a People’s BBC owned by staff & the public. In response to Tory attacks, the BBC must be freed from government control & guaranteed as a cornerstone of public knowledge in our democracy. Really? Is* that *what she's going on the BBC to talk about? I do hope it *is*, because it will be fascinating to see how Andrew Marr questions her about what... more »
"Mission: attack"
It looks as if Dominic Cummings is "not bluffing". Tim Shipman of* The Sunday Times* has been told by "senior aides" to the Prime Minister that Downing Street is determined that the licence fee will be scrapped and the BBC turned into a subscription service. The BBC will be "pruned" and forced to sell off most of its 61 radio stations, with Radio 3 and Radio 4 preserved and protected. The BBC website will be scaled back, the BBC's TV channels reduced in number from the present ten, more money invested in the World Service, and BBC stars banned from "cashing in with lucrative seco... more »
"Two more paid speeches for BBC boss Kamal Ahmed in pay row"
John Sweeney will doubtless be tucking into his Sunday sausages with extra relish this morning: *The Sunday Times *is in hot pursuit of the BBC's "Mr Bung". The paper is reporting that Kamal Ahmed, the corporation's editorial director, has "carried out two other paid engagements, at a property developer and a government-run bank" despite having a monthly salary of around £10,000 after tax. He's already apologised and offered to waive his fee from another such engagement after an "outcry". The paper says that, so far, Kamal has "declined to reveal how much he had been paid for... more »
"The BBC has overreached for too long. Now that must end"
I bet Rupert Murdoch's ears will be burning today. His name is going to get bandied about* a lot *on Twitter. *The Sunday Times* has an editorial today headlined *The BBC has overreached for too long. Now that must end*.
Tweets For Today
Coronavirus: China announces drop in new cases for third straight day https://t.co/C2Y3Us6TSW — BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) February 16, 2020 #UPDATE More than 68,000 people have now been infected in China from a virus that emerged in central Hubei province in December before spreading across the country and some two dozen countrieshttps://t.co/6NYpEWe5PC pic.twitter.com/UNMp41e3At — AFP news agency (@AFP) February 16, 2020 North Korea's Kim makes first public appearance in 22 days amid virus outbreak https://t.co/UI2TnCgFP4 pic.twitter.com/x4NMgg8FJW — Reuters (@Reuters) Febr... more »
Shock and anger as NBA dunk contest ends in controversy
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The 2020 NBA dunk contest features the usual array of spectacular slams — including a leap over the tallest player in the NBA — but ends in controversy as Derrick Jones Jr pips a furious Aaron Gordon.
Premier's dance steps the latest in long walk to Aboriginal reconciliation
At his first Indigenous cultural event since becoming Tasmanian Premier, Peter Gutwein says he was "taught little about the richness, even less about the sadness" of the state's Aboriginal history while at school — but that his children are being provided with a "more accurate account".
'We are all here for each other': Fire Fight Australia concert raises spirits — and nearly $10m
More than 20 acts perform for 10 hours to an enthusiastic audience at Sydney's Olympic Park, helping to raise close to $10 million to support a range of community organisations involved with fighting the bushfires.
70 more coronavirus cases confirmed on Diamond Princess cruise ship
Nearly 10 per cent of the people on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship are now known to have coronavirus, with the total now sitting at 355.
February 16th – 2020 Presidential Politics – Trump Administration Day #1123
In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Donald Trump Administration and … Continue reading →
Sunday February 16th – Open Thread
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those … Continue reading →
Judgment of the Kuala Lumpur Tribunal Re Israel War Crimes and Genocide
World public opinion is largely unaware of the fact that in November 2013, the State of Israel was the object of a historic judgment by the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal (KLWCT). The government of Israel headed by Benjamin Netanyahu has committed extensive crimes against humanity. President Trump in his “Deal of the Century” has endorsed … Continue reading Judgment of the Kuala Lumpur Tribunal Re Israel War Crimes and Genocide →
Stealth versus Brawn: Who Would Win a Brutal Showdown Between America's Zumwalt and Russia's Kirov?
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * [image: PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (Apr. 4, 2019) Guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) is pierside in Pearl Harbor during a port visit. Zumwalt is conducting the port visit as part of its routine operations in the eastern Pacific.] You don't want to get in the way. *Key Point:* Given the atrophying of the Navy’s anti-surface capability and the land wars of the early twenty-first century, it’s no surprise Zumwalt is deficient in is the anti-ship mission. The recent decline in relations between Russia and the West has put ship-vs.-ship warfare bac... more »
Video Proof: Watch These Crazy Drones Attack Israeli Tanks
*Michael Peck* *Security, * [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2019%3Anewsml_RC139284AFB0&share=true] Believe your eyes. *Key Point:* Asymmetrical warfare just got more equalized. Did an Islamic Jihad drone drop a bomb an Israeli tank outside Gaza last year? Islamic Jihad, a violent group based in Hamas-controlled Gaza, claims it does. Others aren’t so sure. The Youtube video shows what appears to be an aerial – or drone’s eye – view of an Israeli Merkava tank in arid terrain characteristic of southern Israel. As red crosshairs (which appear to ... more »
Germany's Battle Cruiser Sharnhorst: A Cursed Vessel Even By Nazi Standards
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* The German battle cruiser Scharnhorst was plagued by hard luck throughout her career. Because the victorious Allies had destroyed Imperial Germany’s fleet after World War I, Adolf Hitler had no choice but to construct a new navy after he came to power. This worked to his partial advantage since, although Britain’s massive fleet vastly outnumbered Nazi Germany’s, its ships were generally older, slower, and more thinly armored than the sleek, state-of-the-art vessels of the New German Navy, or Kriegsmarine. New battleships, battlecruiser... more »
Why Generation Z Is Giving Up On Dating
*Treena Orchard* *Security, * [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC2B0F9ZF247&share=true] What does Valentine's Day even mean anymore? As we lick our Valentine card envelopes and slip into something more comfortable, it’s a good time to ponder our sexual relationships. As the first entirely digital generation and the largest demographic in western history, Generation Z, those born in the late 1990s and early 2000s, is the subject of extensive research. Often considered to be entitled, dependent and lacking real-life skills, these yout... more »
A Partnership at Risk
*Simon Serfaty* *Security, Asia* [image: Reuters] As Europe struggles to be Europe, it must also learn how to let Trump be Trump, and America be America. A limited liability partnership can do—still intent on U.S.-EU cooperation and EU-NATO complementarity. IT IS no secret that the transatlantic partnership is at risk. Admittedly, this condition may seem neither new nor unusual. Ever since the United States assumed, on behalf of the West, a leadership it had earned the old-fashioned way—one war at a time—its main European partners have questioned its goals, methods, and even its... more »
'Powered' Out: Samantha Power Misunderstood Her Role
*David Rieff * *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] Samantha Power is well aware of the dangers of imperial overreach, but she writes as though she remains insensible to the dangers of imperialism itself. IN THE closing paragraph of her forward to her memoir, *The Education of an Idealist*, Samantha Power warns that “Some may interpret this book’s title as suggesting that I began with lofty dreams about how one person could make a difference, only to be ‘educated’ by the brutish forces that I encountered.” However, she writes, “that is not the story that follows.” Of that, ther... more »
Hey, Andrew Yang: What Will You Do with Your Left Over Campaign Cash?
*Richard Briffault* *Politics, Americas* [image: Entrepreneur Andrew Yang speaks during the eighth Democratic 2020 presidential debate at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S., February 7, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder] What do candidates do with all of that loot? Andrew Yang and Michael Bennet have ended their campaigns for president. What happens to the money they have raised, but not yet spent? The amounts could be substantial. Financial reports submitted to the Federal Election Commission indicate that as of Dec. 31, 2019, candidates who had already dropped ou... more »
The Real Coronavirus Problem: The Racism It Creates Is Real
*Korey Pasch* *Security, * [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC2B0F9J8TED&share=true] And it must be confronted. With the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Wuhan, China, stories of courage and strength have captured our collective attention as the disease spreads. We have also seen large-scale efforts in China to combat coronavirus, including the construction of new hospitals and facilities in provincial areas as well as the massive quarantine of millions of people. While efforts to address the disease move forward, t... more »
This Battleship Terrorized Imperial Japan (And Help Win World War II)
*Robert Farley* *History, Asia* It served in both theaters of war. *Key Point:* The question of speed spurred bitter disagreements between designers, officers, and strategists; eventually, intelligence about the battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy helped carry the day for advocates of high speed. The U.S. Navy began construction of its first fast battleships in 1937, with the two ships of the North Carolina class. The restrictions of the Washington and London Naval Treaties had imposed a battleship “holiday,” and mandated limits on the size of new warships. Treaty requirem... more »
Why Israel Has Designed A Very Special F-35 Stealth Fighter
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Middle East* Israel has the Middle East's best air force. *Key point: *Israel is well-practiced at improving on American military technology. For fifty years, the United States has provided top-of-the-line fighter aircraft to help defend Israel from attack. Israel’s fielding of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, known locally as Adir, continues that tradition even as the country puts its own technological touch on the fifth-generation fighter. Unlike other F-35 customers, Israel is modifying its fighters from the outset to address unique security challenge... more »
America's Transgenders Are More Likely To Be Jobless And Live In Poverty
*Christopher Carpenter, Gilbert Gonzales* *Security, * [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC2QRE9HTM98&share=true] Why is that? The United States Supreme Court will issue a ruling this year in a landmark case that will determine whether transgender people – individuals whose sex assigned at birth does not match their current innate sense of being male, female, both or neither – are protected by federal law from employment discrimination. At stake is whether transgender individuals can reasonably earn a living without fear of losing t... more »
Australian Daily Wind Power Generation Data – Saturday 15th February 2020
By Anton Lang ~ This Post details the daily wind power generation data for the AEMO coverage area in Australia. For the background information, refer to the Introductory Post at this link. Each image is shown here at a smaller size to fit on the page alongside the data for that day. If you click […]
Are The Liberal Media Finally Fed Up With Woke Hollywood?
By Christian Toto ~ Quick question: name the outlet that wrote the following about Sunday’s Oscars telecast: What I did mind was a sinking feeling that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, for all its inclusiveness, had wound up excluding more viewers than ever. Couldn’t they have promoted that dual appearance by Steve […]
Pennsylvania Faces RGGI (Carbon Tax) Reality
From the team at CFACT ~ By Mark Mathis of The Clear Energy Alliance ~ Pennsylvania is in a tug of war over electricity production. Governor Wolf is trying to unilaterally force the state into joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI, without any legislative authority. The Governor doesn’t have that power. If PA […]
Granddaughter Of Slaying Victim, 92, Backs Trump’s Fight Against Illegal-Immigrant ‘Sanctuaries’
By Fred Lucas ~ Daria Ortiz’s voice cracked when speaking at a White House event Friday, as she described how New York City’s “sanctuary city” status let her family—and the rest of the city’s residents—down. Her 92-year-old grandmother, Maria Fuertes, a legal immigrant from the Dominican Republic, was sexually assaulted and killed last month, and […]
Coronavirus and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics: 8 new cases in Tokyo and more nationally
Coronavirus and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics: 8 new cases in Tokyo and more nationally Sawako Utsumi and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The clocking is ticking to the start of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Japan. However, with eight new cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) in Tokyo, then the concern is increasing. At the same […]
Quote of the Day
So, fall asleep love, loved by me… for I know love, I am loved by thee. Robert Browning
Foreign Correspondent: Reaction to Coronavirus Is Overblown
*Let’s insert a little rationality into the debate; it’s serious but hardly cause for panic.* *-by Reese Erlich@ReeseErlich* A new and deadly virus from China is coming to get you. Cancel your travel plans, quarantine your grandparents, and don’t let a Chinese person sneeze on you! Social media is all atwitter. Some Uber and Lyft drivers are even refusing to pick up passengers with Chinese-sounding names. The mainstream media has produced reams of articles, many criticizing China for its mishandling of the crisis. Let’s calm down for a moment. The new virus produces flu-like sy... more »
Untitled
2-15-20 In late 2013, more than 50 of the world’s most eminent scientists severely criticised the research Ron Fouchier and colleagues at the Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam, who have been developing mutant varieties of the H5N1 bird-flu virus that are far more dangerous to humans. The scientists wrote that the research was designed to make the virus fully transmissible between humans, and clearly had a dual civil-military function. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/geopolitics-biological-weapons-part-2-efficiency-deployment
Picture Of The Day
The skeletal remains of the city center after the bombing. A 9-year-old German boy described being in the street during the second raid and seeing "Fire, only fire everywhere we looked.... It was beyond belief, worse than the most fearful nightmare." *WNU Editor:* The above picture came from this photo-gallery .... *'The Most-Fearful Nightmare': 75 Years After The Bombing Of Dresden* (RFE).
Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau Criticized For Shaking The Hand And Bowing His Head To The Iranian Foreign Minister
I know that @JustinTrudeau and the whole Canadian government needs to cooperate with Iran for the sake of the families still dealing with the murder of everyone aboard flight 752 but this is wrong. The smiling, the bowing of the head, the subservience. pic.twitter.com/Aneq7f2fpc — Brian Lilley (@brianlilley) February 14, 2020 The National: *Canadian PM Justin Trudeau under fire for warm greeting of Iran's Mohammad Javad Zarif* *Iran refuses to co-operate fully after shooting down plane carrying dozens of Canadian citizens* Canada’s Justin Trudeau was under fire on Saturday for h... more »
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How Did Architecture Get To Be A Left/Right Political Issue?
* You’ve got to hand it to President Trump for his talent to capitalize on issues that force the political left to show its worst totalitarian tendencies and contempt for ordinary people. For a recent Exhibit A, see the State of the Union address. * We now have an excellent Exhibit B, a draft Executive Order on the subject of the architectural style of federal buildings. The document is titled “Making Federal Buildings Beautiful Again.” Let’s call it the MFBBA. * The draft MFBBA was first reported by Architectural Digest on February 4, and comes with a legend declaring it to be “DEL... more »
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif: ‘We Were Very Close To A War’
*Jerusalem Post:* *Iran's Zarif: We were close to war with US after Soleimani assassination* Mohammad Javad Zarif said that the US and Iran were "very close to a war" and that, at the moment, the black box of the crashed Ukrainian airliner is not being touched. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that the US and Iran “were very close to a war” in an interview with NBC on Friday on the sidelines of the 2020 Munich Security Conference. He explained that he thinks US President Donald Trump “was misled to believe that the United States would get away” with assassinatin... more »
Syrian Army captures several areas to begin encirclement of last jihadists around Aleppo city
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has scored a new advance in the western countryside of the Aleppo Governorate this morning after a successful day on Saturday. According to the latest field report from this front, the Syrian Arab Army has begun pushing north to close off the last jihadist pocket […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Turkish military attacks Syrian Army and YPG forces in northern Aleppo
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:15 P.M.) – The Turkish Army has carried out a series of strikes this evening that have targeted the positions of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and People’s Protection Units (YPG) in the northern countryside of the Aleppo Governorate. READ ALSO: Syrian Army Makes First Push Towards Strategic Airbase in Northern Idlib According […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Up close footage of the Syrian Army advancing in western Aleppo
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:45 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army ended the day on Saturday by seizing two towns in southwestern Aleppo, inching them closer to the northern axis of Taftanaz in the Idlib Governorate. READ ALSO: Syrian Army Captures Long-Time Jihadist Stronghold in West Aleppo In what proved to be the Syrian Army’s most successful […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
The Daily Brief 2020-02-14
This is a summary of 24 AMN articles on the following subjects: Ansarallah, Jawf, Yemen, Aleppo, Syria, Idlib, US, Russia, Turkey, Hasakah, Qamishli, Damascus, Belgium, Israel, Netanyahu, Iran, IRGC, Soleimani, Iraq, NATO, Algeria. Categories covered in this brief: Yemen, Syria, Turkey, Middleeast, Iran, Iraq, North-Africa Let us know how you like this brief in the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Ancient Antarctica Pyramids?
There are said to be pyramids on Antarctica. But they could also just be mountains (how disappointing if true?). The theory is up there with the hollow Earth, flat Earth, and a lot of Ancient Alien theories. Some also say that it's not a pyramid at all, but a snow covered mountain on Antarctica. But what fun would that be? Enter the Piri Reis Map, made in 1513 by the Ottoman admiral/cartographer Piri Reis. Some of the map has been destroyed but the portion that remains clearly shows the Western coast of Europe and North America in addition to Brazil with impressive (for the time) ... more »
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Fact: Disobeying Gun Laws Is An American Tradition
*Amy Swearer* *Politics, Americas* [image: Gun rights advocates hold signs during a rally inside the no-gun zone in front of the Virginia State Capitol building in Richmond, Virginia, U.S. January 20, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake] It goes back to before 1776. On Jan. 20, as Americans remembered civil rights hero Martin Luther King Jr., an estimated 10,000 people peacefully rallied in Richmond, Virginia, to protest the recent introduction of highly contentious gun control bills into the state Legislature. Motivated in part by the “Second Amendment Sanctuary” movement that has see... more »
Move Over, Vietnam: Was Sherman's March To the Sea Our First Counterinsurgency?
*Warfare History Network* *History, Americas* [image: Ruins seen from the capitol, Columbia, South Carolina, 1865. George N. Barnard (1819-1902), U.S. Army] Some experts think so. It isn’t how most would characterize William T. Sherman’s famous march across Georgia in 1864, but Thomas Ricks of Stars and Stripes begs to differ. “The more I read Sherman’s memoirs and letters, the more I came to believe that in that campaign he consciously was practicing what should be called counterinsurgency,” Ricks said in a recent article. However, he was also quick to point out that it takes a... more »
A War In The Middle East Could Go Nuclear (And That Can Only Mean 1 Thing)
*Robert Farley* *Security, * Billions of people could lose their lives. History and humanity would be changed forever. *Key point:* Israel keeps them as a weapon of last resort. Israel’s nuclear arsenal is the worst-kept secret in international relations. Since the 1970s, Israel has maintained a nuclear deterrent in order to maintain a favorable balance of power with its neighbors. Apart from some worrying moments during the Yom Kippur War, the Israeli government has never seriously considered using those weapons. The most obvious scenario for Israel to use nuclear weapons woul... more »
Rockets Strike Near US Embassy In Iraq
The US embassy is located in the Green Zone, the Iraqi capital's high-security enclave (AFP Photo/Sgt. Kyle C. Talbot) *The Guardian/AFP:* *Baghdad explosions: rockets strike near US embassy in Iraq* *Multiple blasts and circling aircraft heard near enclave where US mission is located* Multiple rockets hit near the US embassy in Iraq’s capital early on Sunday, an American military source said, the latest in a flurry of attacks against US assets in the country. The assault sent warning sirens blaring across the diplomatic compound but it was unclear exactly what was hit and how ma... more »
Denouncing The U.S., Venezuela Holds Military And Militia Exercises
Members of the Venezuelan army and the Bolivarian Militia take part in a military exercise in Caracas, Venezuela February 15, 2020. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero *Reuters*: *Venezuela holds military exercises as Maduro attempts to show force* CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela’s military on Saturday held exercises that deployed civilian militia and armored vehicles in the capital Caracas and around the country, an effort by President Nicolas Maduro to show strength as Washington prepares to escalate sanctions. Maduro accuses the United States of preparing an invasion of the OPEC nation, w... more »
On Nietzsche
Nietzsche exhorts his readers to cultivate a taste for cruelty, but the irony is that his breakdown was triggered at the sight of an animal being cruelly treated.
Trump Supporters Are George W Bush Supporters LARPing As Ron Paul Supporters
The Trump administration has released its official statement to Congress justifying its drone assassination of Iran’s top military official Qassem Soleimani last month. Surprising exactly zero people, the formal notification makes no mention whatsoever of any imminent threat posed by Soleimani, a direct contradiction of […]
Dem State Rep. Rolanda Hollis Doubles Down on Mandatory Vasectomy Bill
State Rep. Rolanda Hollis (D-Birmingham) is doubling down after she made international headlines on Thursday. Hollis introduced a bill that would require every Alabama man to undergo a vasectomy within one month of his 50th birthday, or the birth of his third biological child, whichever comes first. According to Yellowhammer News, HB 238 laments in […] The post Dem State Rep. Rolanda Hollis Doubles Down on Mandatory Vasectomy Bill appeared first on Health Nut News.
Is Ukraine Still Corrupt?
*CNN:* *Zelensky rejects Trump's claim that Ukraine is corrupt in interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour* In a CNN interview, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday strongly rejected US President Donald Trump's claim that Ukraine is corrupt. He also said he is ready for another phone call with Trump and open to visiting the White House. Zelensky spoke wtih CNN's Christiane Amanpour at the Munich Security Conference in his first one-on-one interview since the end of Trump's impeachment trial. A July 25 telephone call between the two men, which Trump repeatedly called... more »
Small rockets strike US coalition military base in Baghdad
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Small rockets strike the Iraqi base hosting American troops and other coalition forces in Baghdad's Green Zone but cause no casualties and only minor damage.
Leaking dam still at risk of failing, with residents spending second night away from homes
Engineers continue to monitor a leaking dam wall on Queensland's Southern Downs that is at risk of failing, with up to a dozen properties still off limits as an emergency declaration remains in place.
Shots fired at man in Melbourne's south-east
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Police are appealing for information from the public after a man was shot at and hit by a car before the driver fled the scene in Melbourne's south-east.
'I was really sick': Duchess of Cambridge tells of how she overcame severe morning sickness
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The Duchess of Cambridge reveals in her first-ever podcast interview that she used hypnobirthing techniques to overcome symptoms of hyperemesis gravidarum during her three pregnancies.
Duplantis soars again to set second pole vault WR in a week
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The men's pole vault world record had only been beaten once in the last quarter-century, until 20-year-old Swede Armand Duplantis set new marks twice in a week.
More than 6,000 bodies found in Burundi's mass graves
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Burundi's Truth and Reconciliation Commission finds more than 6,000 bodies in six mass graves in Karusi Province, the largest finding since the government launched a nationwide excavation in January.
Rundle Mall fire that cleared Adelaide Fringe crowds 'not suspicious'
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SA Police now say a building fire in Adelaide's Rundle Mall last night was most likely caused by an electrical fault.
Bushfire debris is washing up on NSW South Coast beaches but local businesses are optimistic
While the closure of beaches along the NSW South Coast has been a setback for those wishing to get back to the sand and surf, it hasn't stopped tourists rallying behind local businesses.
The Sentencing of Michael Flynn Represents a Very Big Problem for AG Bill Barr…
For the past week CTH has been outlining some lengthy research, highlighting key issues to help understand the background of what is evident. If you’ve followed along, in this outline the individual pieces will all come together. Bill Barr has … Continue reading →
U.S. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy Likes To See Things Fly And Explode When It Comes To Buying Military Hardware
Ryan D. McCarthy pledged to be the Army secretary that soldiers deserve as he took the oath to be the 24th person in the job. US Department of Defense *Washington Examiner*: *'Things are flying and exploding': How Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy shops for military hardware* When Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy shops for equipment that will help fight the next war, he likes to smell the gasoline before he decides. “Ten years ago, we were buying billions of dollars over PowerPoint,” he said during an appearance at the National Press Club on Friday. “Why do I think we’re getting better now?... more »
Bayer On The Edge as Jury Awards $265 M to US Peach Farmer over Illegal Dicamba Drift
A jury on Saturday awarded US$ 250 million in punitive damages to a southeastern Missouri peach farmer who argued that weedkiller dicamba that had drifted onto his orchards from other farms had severely damaged his trees — an award that could bode well for over 140 other farmers suing the chemical’s makers – Bayer (Monsanto) […] The post Bayer On The Edge as Jury Awards $265 M to US Peach Farmer over Illegal Dicamba Drift appeared on Sustainable Pulse.
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