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Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 59 – 2020
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NOAA’s Hottest January Relies On Dodgy Russian Data
By Paul Homewood WUWT uncovers some very dodgy looking Russian temperature data: Other data shows the USA wasn’t even close to a record. By Anthony Watts In a report generating substantial media attention this month, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) claimed January 2020 was the hottest January on record. In reality, […]
Will Afghanistan Peace Deal Really Extract America from “Endless Wars”?
[image: will-afghanistan-peace-deal-really-extract-america-from-endless-wars] One lesson that we should learn upon hearing that an agreement has been signed to end the 18-year-old Afghan War — it is much easier to get into a war than to get out.
Finland's Taistelukenttä Is The Best War Movie You've Never Seen
*Charlie Gao* *Security, Europe* It captures the ferocity of hybrid warfare. *Key point:* Modern war is far more multidomain, faster, and kinetic than war in the 1990s, and the trailer reflects that. The pedagogical value of short films for military recruits is well known to the Finnish Defence Forces (FDF). In some units, every class sees some short films that are meant to prepare them in some way for their jobs as soldiers. One of the most prolific of these films is Taistelukenttä, or Battlefield, which has achieved near legendary status among those who served. But the origina... more »
These 5 Submarines Can Destroy The World, But You'd Never See Them Coming
*TNI Staff* *Security, * Until it's too late. *Key point: * While they have thankfully never been used during a shooting war, nuclear-powered submarines carrying nuclear-tipped missiles are the most deadly weapons mankind has ever devised. In some cases—as in the case of the Ohio-class submarine during the height of the Cold War—even a single vessel could reduce as many as 288 city-sized targets into radioactive ash in less than 30 minutes. Indeed, these vessel and their payloads could end human civilization in less time than it takes to order a pizza if a third world war were ... more »
Why Is This Texas Company Building Its Own Air Force?
*David Axe* *Security, * Wargaming. *Key point:* ATAC with its huge private air force is a strong contender for the lucrative contract. But it's got plenty of competition as the red-air industry quickly expands to meet rising military demand for realistic aerial war games. A private company in Texas has acquired scores of old French fighter jets. With its 63 former French air force Dassault Mirage F.1s, Fort Worth-based Airborne Tactical Advantage Company possesses an air force that, in size, rivals that of many countries. ATAC in 2017 announced it would buy the single-engine M... more »
He Won't Be Smiling: How Federal Judges Could Be Donald Trump's Worst Nightmare
*Amy Steigerwalt* *Politics, Americas* [image: Reuters] And they have lifetime appointments. *Editor’s note: President Donald Trump has mounted attacks on the Justice Department and its various branches, on prosecutions he’s interested in and the judges presiding over those cases. He’s complained that his political adversaries – Hillary Clinton and James Comey – should have been prosecuted and that his friends and associates, like Roger Stone and Paul Manafort, shouldn’t have been.* *The president’s complaints extended to a recent harangue against a juror in the Stone case, pro... more »
Tweeter In Chief: How Donald Trump Tweeted His Way into the White House
*Shontavia Johnson* *Politics, Americas* [image: Reuters] Trumpisms at your fingertips. Donald Trump’s presidential election victory has been described as stunning , shocking and having elicited a “primal scream” from the media. Trump connected with his supporters both in person and on social media, particularly via Twitter. He was back tweeting mere hours after delivering his victory speech. Trump’s affinity for Twitter is well-documented. One political operative characterized the candidate’s presence on the social networking site as “a continuous Trump rally that happens on Twi... more »
Gotham City Digest: Leap Day edition
(We don't dump our Corona beer down the sink.) ------------------------------ Oh, cripes, I hope he didn't get it. ------------------------------ Here's an idea- Considering this is a pandemic of a potentially deadly virus that could be worse than the Spanish Flu pandemic that killed millions in 1917, how about we loosen the criteria for testing instead of making it more stringent? ------------------------------ Great. Now we can add ecological terrorism to the list of other acts of terrorism carried out by Israel. ------------------------------ This came out nearly t... more »
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"It Is Our Fate..."
"Well, it is our fate to live in a time of crisis. To live in a time when all forms and values are being challenged. In other and more easy times, it was not, perhaps, necessary for the individual to confront himself with a clear question: What is it that you really believe? What is it that you really cherish? What is it for which you might, actually, in a showdown, be willing to die? I say, with all the reticence which such large, pathetic words evoke, that one cannot exist today as a person - one cannot exist in full consciousness - without having to have a showdown with one’s sel... more »
Washington Governor Declares State of Emergency Over Virus
The governor of Washington state declared a state of emergency Saturday after a man died there of COVID-19, marking the first such reported death in the United States.
U.S. and Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Sign Joint Peace Agreement – U.S. Military Will Reduce Military Forces…
The United States and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (Taliban) have signed a peace agreement to end the nineteen-year war in Afghanistan. [Details Here] During the signing ceremony Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered the following remarks. [Video and Transcript] … Continue reading →
Coronavirus – Its Time To Press Your Government To React Faster
The New York Times abuses the coronavirus pandemic to push more of its anti-China propaganda:
Black America, Endless War and the Evil Genius of Russiagate
The Democrats — who are now the most aggressive war party – have succeeded in linking Donald Trump to Russia, and then lumping all critics of U.S. war-making with Russia and, thereby, with Trump.
Turkish-backed militants capture large chunk of territory in southern Idlib
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:10 P.M.) – The Turkish-backed militants have retaken several areas in the Jabal Al-Zawiya region this evening after the Turkish military carried out heavy strikes on the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) defenses. According to the latest field report from this front, the Turkish-backed National Liberation Front (NLF), alongside Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) and […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
The Numbers Are In: Trump Has Been Bad For The Economy-- Even Before His Stock Market Collapse-- And There Will Be Electoral Consequences
Trump's economy is coming apart-- and it's not just the coronavirus' impact on Wall Street. *Newsweek* reported that since Señor Trumpanzee took office, income growth has slowed significantly compared to the growth rate under Obama. Jessica Good heart wrote that "All but two states saw a decline in growth of real median household income under Trump-- including Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Florida, four states widely regarded as the key electoral battlegrounds that will likely determine the 2020 presidential election. Middle-class incomes grew at a rate of 2.7 percent fro... more »
Turkey's Endangered Languages
Assyrian International News Agency - 8 hours ago
Eighteen languages in Turkey are currently listed as endangered, vulnerable, or have become extinct, according to UNESCO. This is a result of decades of government policies that have not put other languages on an equal footing with Turkish, the first language of around 80 percent of the population.
Musical Interlude: Chuck Wild, Liquid Mind, “Dream Ten”
Chuck Wild, Liquid Mind, “Dream Ten” ○ “For I have learned To look on nature, not as in the hour Of thoughtless youth; but hearing oftentimes The still, sad music of humanity...” “Composed A Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey, On Revisiting The Banks Of the Wye During A Tour. July 13, 1798” by William Wordsworth Complete poem is here: - https://www.bartleby.com/41/376.html
"A Look to the Heavens"
“A jewel of the southern sky, the Great Carina Nebula, also known as NGC 3372, spans over 300 light-years, one of our galaxy's largest star forming regions. Like the smaller, more northerly Great Orion Nebula, the Carina Nebula is easily visible to the unaided eye, though at a distance of 7,500 light-years it is some 5 times farther away. This gorgeous telescopic close-up reveals remarkable details of the region's central glowing filaments of interstellar gas and obscuring cosmic dust clouds. The field of view is over 50 light-years across. *Click image for larger size.* The Carina ... more »
"Heaven And Hell"
"A belligerent samurai, an old Japanese tale goes, once challenged a Zen master to explain the concept of heaven and hell. The monk replied with scorn, "You're nothing but a lout - I can't waste my time with the likes of you!" His very honor attacked, the samurai flew into a rage and, pulling his sword from its scabbard, yelled "I could kill you for your impertinence." "That,"the monk calmly replied, "is hell." Startled at seeing the truth in what the master pointed out about the fury that had him in its grip, the samurai calmed down, sheathed his sword, and bowed, thanking the mon... more »
"It's What It Is"; "Because"
"Life is not what it's supposed to be. It's what it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference." - Virginia Satir ○ *And why is it what it is?* "There is much asked and only so much I think I can or should answer, and so, in this post I would like to give a few thoughts on what seemed to be the overwhelming question: "WHY?" And here is the best answer I can give: Because. Because sometimes, life is damned unfair. Because sometimes, we lose people we love and it hurts deeply. Because sometimes there aren't really answers to our questions except for what we discover, the... more »
"The 12 Rules of Survival" From "Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why"
"The 12 Rules of Survival" *From "Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why"* by Laurence Gonzales "As a journalist, I've been writing about accidents for more than thirty years. In the last 15 or so years, I've concentrated on accidents in outdoor recreation, in an effort to understand who lives, who dies, and why. To my surprise, I found an eerie uniformity in the way people survive seemingly impossible circumstances. Decades and sometimes centuries apart, separated by culture, geography, race, language, and tradition, the most successful survivors–those who practice what I call... more »
President Trump Speech to CPAC 2020 – 3:15pm Livestream….
President Trump is scheduled to deliver remarks to the audience at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC 2020) this afternoon. The speech was initially scheduled at 3:00pm ET; however, there is a delay due to earlier press briefing. White House … Continue reading →
Controversial Theories Suggest Coronavirus Was Created In A Lab
John Vibes - Researchers have still not been able to identify the original source of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
Pope Francis is Too Sick to Conduct Church Service as Coronavirus Sweeps Across Italy
*John Vibes* - His announcement comes as officials in Italy are scrambling to contain the coronavirus outbreak.
China beefs up wildlife trade ban as COVID-19 outbreak intensifies
*Malavika Vyawahare* - China has banned the trade and consumption of wild animals in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
New Study Shows Drinking Dairy Milk Could Increase Risk of Breast Cancer
*Aaron Kesel* - For women who drink two to three cups of diary milk per day, the associated risk of developing breast cancer rose by more than 70%.
Beehive, 8-Feet Long, Discovered in Apartment Ceiling
The hive produced about 80 to 100 pounds of honey, although only about 15 to 20 pounds was able to be salvaged.
No One To Vote? Nevada Democrats Puzzle Over Empty Precinct
Democrats in one county were left scratching their heads about the possibility they had stumbled onto a phantom precinct during the party’s third-in-the-nation presidential contest.
Confused Fans Rip Garth Brooks for Wearing ‘Sanders’ Jersey
Leave it to the internet to interpret Garth Brooks wearing a Barry Sanders jersey during a concert in Detroit as a political endorsement of a certain liberal presidential candidate.
Virus’ Effect on World Economy Grows More Alarming
The list of countries touched by the virus has climbed to nearly 60, with new cases reported Saturday in Lebanon, Croatia, the Netherlands and Ecuador.
One thing links 'almost every time capsule' of the early 1900s — eugenics
Just In - 8 hours ago
There's more to time capsules than fond childhood memories of burying hand-written notes. In their earlier days, they were used in the promotion of eugenics.
Teeth from 50-tonne prehistoric sharks found in abundance in WA
An ancient seabed in Western Australia's north-west is proving to be one of the richest sites to find fossils of giant creatures that roamed the ocean until 3.5 million years ago.
'I am not easily offended but this outraged me': Sarah Ferguson on why Revelation is her toughest investigation yet
"Throughout the scandal of clerical abuse in Australia, there's one voice we haven't heard — the perpetrators. I wanted to ask them how they led their double lives and how the Church enabled them but how do you interview men whose crimes are so vile and disturbing, and committed against vulnerable children?" says Sarah Ferguson.
'I was a shocking coach': Hardwick says Richmond had no choice but to change
Richmond coach Damien Hardwick admits he was a "shocking" coach in Tigers' darkest days before embarking on a new strategy that led to Marlion Pickett's selection.
'We're still allowed to be sexy': The women over 50 with thousands of Instagram followers
Melbourne mother Lou Forbes used to make fun of her kids for the time they spent on Instagram. Now, she's among a growing number of 50-plus women who are embracing the platform — and amassing followings of thousands.
Raising kids with two dads and no mum can be freeing — and frustrating
Just In - 8 hours ago
It started well before the birth, as I crossed out "mother's name" on hospital forms and gift registries. Every legal letter, financial statement, and parenting article was a casual reminder of just how new this all was, writes Sean Szeps.
Solange started working at 11, was a sex slave at 15 and had two kids by 17: The brutal truth about your smartphone
Just In - 8 hours ago
Seven-day working weeks, sexual abuse and child labour — this is how tech companies are struggling to clean up supply of the magic metal that makes your smartphone work.
Coronavirus and climate change both pose challenges. But watch how Morrison's language changes
The coronavirus and global warming pose very different threats over very different timeframes. Still, it's worth comparing the Prime Minister's language from this week as he explained the Government's response to these two global problems, writes David Speers.
CCTV is being used to study suicide. Is that OK?
We shed data everyday that offers insight into our wellbeing and state of mind. Now a study of CCTV footage at a known suicide hotspot raises ethical questions.
Boris Johnson engaged, with fiancée Carrie Symonds expecting baby
Just In - 8 hours ago
The engagement of Boris Johnson and his girlfriend Carrie Symonds means he will be the first British Prime Minister to marry in office for 250 years.
This was Joe Biden's victory moment. And he used it to take shots at Bernie Sanders
Joe Biden claims victory in South Carolina, telling voters "all those who've been counted out, knocked down, this is for you," before going on to take a few swipes at Bernie Sanders.
Tokyo Olympics on the line as coronavirus looms as biggest challenge in Games history
The IOC is trying to hose down Tokyo Olympics fears, but the coronavirus is raising a host of questions from infection to supply chains, athletes' prep and the effect on locals.
Who is vulnerable to coronavirus? So far children appear safe from COVID-19
One of Australia's leading influenza researchers says 50 per cent of the population is likely to get COVID-19, but so far research shows children are not at risk of serious symptoms.
"It’s a Bloodbath, and There’s a Toaster in the Bathwater"
*"It’s a Bloodbath, and There’s a Toaster in the Bathwater"* by Knave Dave "It just can’t get bad enough, and I can ‘t write fast enough. The headlines at the end of the week are now stunning, so I’m going to share several of them along with some quotations from the bawling and dying market bulls. In just one week, this has become the fastest stock market plunge since the Great Depression! So, if you have a bull you love, save his bullish butt by nailing upper-story windows shut. Over six-trillion dollars in market value has been shredded, and safe-haven US-treasuries have sailed o... more »
Ukraine Announces Criminal Investigations into Actions of the Biden Crime Family
Hat tip to Uriel for pointing us to this story: Ukraine opens criminal investigation … of Joe Biden! Targets quid pro quo in firing of prosecutor probing son Hunter’s firm by WND staff, 27 Feb 2020 Ukraine has launched a criminal case against former Vice President Joe Biden alleging he pressured authorities to force the resignation of Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin. The Interfax-Ukraine news agency, quoting Shokin’s lawyer, reported the country’s State Bureau of Investigations opened the case under an appeal by Shokin. Shokin’s lawyer, Oleksandr Teleshetsky, said at a press confere... more »
Dr. Peter Lin: Common Sense Advice on Containing COVID 19
Dr. Peter Lin has an established family practice in Toronto, Canada. He’s also the Director of Primary Care Initiatives for Diabetes Canada. Lin posts sensible videos on YouTube. He finds it unnecessary to blame a Republican President for the spread of this virus, nor to politicize it into an offensive weapon in the Democrat Socialist Party’s quiver. Lin’s calm demeanor is a model worthy of emulation in the studios of CNN and MSNBC, or the halls of the US House of Representatives (but that ain’t gonna happen). Hat tip to Jeanne Foguth for spotting this one: https://expertfile.com/ex... more »
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"Narratives Are Not Truths"
*"Narratives Are Not Truths"* by James Howard Kunstler "The polity is a social organism, of course, meaning that it adds up to more than the sum of its parts, a body of politics, if you will, just as each of us adds up to more than just our bodies. It’s alive as we are alive. We have needs. We have intentions in the service of those needs. Those intentions animate us and turn us in one direction or another to stay alive, and even more than that, to thrive. The American polity is not thriving. It has been incrementally failing to meet its needs for quite a while now, playing games w... more »
"Belief vs Truth..."
"Why do human beings have the peculiar impression that belief is the same as truth?" "Because sometimes the truth hurts. Sometimes we need to believe in a better truth." "What better truth can there be than truth?" - Gene Brewer
President Trump Press Briefing – Coronavirus Taskforce – 1:30pm ET
President Trump will be delivering remarks from the briefing room at the White House. Anticipated start time 1:30pm ET. Livestreams Below WH Livestream Link – NBC Livestream Link – Alternate Livestream Link . .
World News Briefs -- February 29, 2020
*Daily Mail:* *First coronavirus death in the US is confirmed in Washington state as health officials say there are new cases in the county where they died* Health officials have confirmed the first fatality inside the U.S. attributed to the coronavirus. Officials in King County, Washington, which includes the city of Seattle, said in a statement on Saturday that new cases had been identified, including one patient who died. No other details were immediately available about the two new cases in Washington, including the ages of the patients and any other potential health issues.... more »
A Moment in History
*Sometimes Things Don't go to Plan* October 22th 1895, Accident de la Gare de l’Ouest At 4pm exactly, being five minutes late, the train n°56 from Granville arrived in the Montparnasse train station in Paris at a speed surpassing 40km/h - 25mph, in part due to the pilot and mechanic trying to make up lost time and also maybe from a faulty air brake, causing panic in the station. The locomotive pulverized the three wooden buffers -ejecting the pilot (engineer) from the cabin, ran through the 30m long platform’s end, going through a newspaper kiosk before piercing the 60cm thick ston... more »
US, Taliban Sign Peace Deal To End 18 Year War, Set Conditions for Troop Withdrawal
The US and the Taliban have finalized a peace deal to end the bloody 18 year old war and set conditions for troop withdrawals.
Person in Washington State First in US to Die from New Virus
Officials in Washington state say a person has died of COVID-19, the first such death in the United States.
Two Years After ISIS, Mosul Tallies Up the Cost, Looks to Reconstruction
Assyrian International News Agency - 10 hours ago
The Mosul Museum once held hand-chiseled reliefs and statues from three civilizations across three millennia. It exhibited two 13th-century coffins inscribed with verses from the Qur'an, statues depicting Hercules, and a series of ninth-century-BC bronze bands that wrapped a series of enormous doors known as the Balawat Gates.
Iran's Jailed Christians
Assyrian International News Agency - 10 hours ago
In 2009 Victor Bet Tamraz received a call at his home from an officer with Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security summoning him to the church he pastored.
Tom Bateman not keen on "right-wing nationalism"
Presumably attracted by this story, “Vandalism in Jish” Tom Bateman channels the message that “Israel is a racist endeavour” on the Today Programme. "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a rare denunciation of the attack, saying he “strongly condemns the graffiti and property damage in the village of Jish. We will find the lawbreakers and bring them to justice. We will not accept any attacks on our citizens.” I'm going to wait for BBCWatch to clarify some of the ambiguous material in this report, ( I’m sure they will) so I ought to leave this (mainly) as a transcription. (Som... more »
Climate Hustle 2 Kevin Sorbo on Huckabee 8 PM Saturday on TBN
Watch Mike Huckabee discuss CFACT's new feature film Climate Hustle 2: Rise of the Monarchy with the movies' host Kevin Sorbo. 8 PM Saturday night on Huckabee on TBN. The post Climate Hustle 2 Kevin Sorbo on Huckabee 8 PM Saturday on TBN appeared first on CFACT.
Coronavirus – 1,835 new cases, 64 new deaths
29 Feb 2020 – Total reported coronavirus cases: 85,744 – I say reported, because I don’t believe the reports coming out of China’s communist government. (See China Hundreds of thousands infected but not reported.) 7,820 reported in serious or critical condition (This number has declined from yesterday). Total reported deaths: 2,933 Total reported recovered: 39,797 813 new cases ... Read more Coronavirus – 1,835 new cases, 64 new deaths The post Coronavirus – 1,835 new cases, 64 new deaths appeared first on Ice Age Now.
Record cold in Brazil
End of February and frost formation in southern Brazil. The fourth summer frost in 2020. The city of São Joaquim-SC, at the top of ‘Serra Catarinense’, registered a new frost record in the middle of February, and the fourth summer frost in 2020. The measurement was made in ‘Vale do Caminhos da Neve,’ 3 km from ... Read more Record cold in Brazil The post Record cold in Brazil appeared first on Ice Age Now.
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- February 29, 2020
A B-52 bomber carrying the ARRW. *Breaking Defense:* *Lockheed Martin, Air Force Press Ahead On Air-Launched Hypersonic Missile* Lockheed Martin is designing what it calls a new Hypersonic Strike Weapon-Air Breathing (which goes by the awful acronym HSW-ab) for DARPA. John Varley, Lockheed's VP for hypersonic weapons, wouldn't provide details due to the program's high level of classification. AFA 2020: Lockheed Martin’s air-launched hypersonic missile will complete its critical design review (CDR) today, as the company and the Air Force press ahead on development, John Varley, vi... more »
Don’t Equate Russia’s Purely Speculative Preference For President With Meddling
Democrats and Republicans alike are weaponizing purely speculative reports about Russia’s supposed preference for President by deceptively equating them with imagined so-called “meddling” in support of their opponent, which amounts to nothing more than the American elite waging a sophisticated form of Hybrid War on voters’ minds as the country’s […]
The World Economy Is Getting Smashed Thanks to Coronavirus
*John Weeks* *economy, Americas* [image: Reuters] But we need to look to history to understand the impact. As the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to unfold, travel restrictions are being imposed around the world. China is the main target, with various countries including Australia, Canada and the US placing different restrictions on people who have travelled through the country where the outbreak started. Beijing has attacked the US restrictions on Chinese citizens as “excessive”, advising them not to travel to the country as a result. It brings to mind the Yellow Peril hy... more »
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