Sunday, March 15, 2020

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I Knew My Dad Was a Sexual Predator

Lambert Strether at naked capitalism - 11 hours ago
A predator needs many enablers. We only need to turn one.

"Economic Market Snapshot 3/15/20"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
*AM 3/15/20, Updated as available.* ◆ *Perfect storm: "*A perfect storm is an event in which a rare combination of circumstances drastically aggravates the event. The term is used by analogy to an unusually severe storm that results from a rare combination of meteorological phenomena." Coronavirus consequences precipitate total global economic collapse... ◆ MAR 15, 2020 4:33 PM: "Dow Indicated 1,000 Lower Ahead Of Futures Open" 03/15/2020 - 13:54: "The World Is Hit With A $12 Trillion Dollar Margin Call" "The WORST Is Yet To Come! Prepare for MASS Defaults and Global Economic Coll... more »

Tucker Carlson RIPS Groper Joe Biden aka Captain Hairsniffer

GunnyG at 'Nox & Friends - 11 hours ago
Groper Joe should be working in the agricultural field as a manure spreader. And here the Gunny thought squids told some sea stories! “Dementia will not stop me from running for Prime Minister of the Planet Urethra!” – Groper Joe

Doctor Centeno Lays It Out on the Corona Virus

GunnyG at 'Nox & Friends - 11 hours ago
and the lies from the Democrats and their Presstitutes. WELL worth watching with two excellent articles by the Doc. Two popular articles debunking myths about Coronavirus authored by Dr. Centeno. Why I Am NOT Concerned About the Coronavirus Coronavirus Myths Debunked

Democrats Continue To Lie, Subvert, and Scare America and Americans (as usual).

GunnyG at 'Nox & Friends - 11 hours ago
Once again we are shown that the Democruds care more about Party than Country and will do ANYTHING, along with their whores in the Liberal Buttkissing Media, to lie and cheat their way back into power. “Never let a crisis go to waste.” Rham Emanuel EXCERPT: “While Democrats were diverting the attention and energy of the entire country into a pointless trial that could not possibly have ended in anything other than President Donald Trump’s acquittal, the coronavirus pandemic was beginning in China and arriving in the United States.” and the timeline exposes it all. EXCERPT: “The time... more »

Episode #318 – ‘Outbreak: The Reality TV Show’ with special guests

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 11 hours ago
*SUNDAY WIRE* | Strap yourselves in and lower the blast shield – this is your brave new world…

Shame of New York Times ‘Apartheid Reporting’ on Coronavirus in Israel and Palestine

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 11 hours ago
*James North* | Bias NYT coverage barely mentions threat to Palestinians in West Bank, while leaving out Gaza entirely.

Cermaq’s PR Fiasco

Linda Pannozzo at Halifax Examiner - 11 hours ago
The Halifax Examiner attended all three of Cermaq’s “open houses” on the South Shore, recorded nearly five hours of Q&A, and reports here on one of the recurring concerns raised at the meetings: How dangerous is the spread of piscine orthoreovirus (PRV) from farmed to wild fish? This is the second part of a two-part […]

Business takeaways from Illinois’ first day of legal adult-use cannabis sales

John Schroyer at Marijuana Business Daily - 11 hours ago
As more and more markets across the United States have legalized marijuana sales, experienced cannabis retailers have come to expect certain speed bumps on launch day. Business takeaways from Illinois’ first day of legal adult-use cannabis sales is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

"NEVER APOLOGIZE, NEVER EXPLAIN"

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 11 hours ago
There was one more significant way that [Roger] Ailes positioned Fox News in a manner unlike any other news organization. In just about every other place, journalistic mistakes and malpractice were dealt with openly.... Fox, by contrast, lived under the mantra: “never apologize, never explain.” --Jeff Greenfiled, "The Secret of Roger Ailes’ Billion-Dollar Bubble," Politico Magazine, May 18, 2017 That certainly seems to be the approach at Fox right now: Last week, Jeanine was arguing that the Coronavirus was no more deadlier than the flu. This week, her tone is noticeably differen... more »

Get TP here.....

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 11 hours ago
If you can't find any TP at Walmart or at your local grocery, you can always try your luck at Chuck E. Cheese. Hang on, it's going to be a wild ride......

Stephen Davies on Optimal Responses to the Coronavirus

David Henderson at Econlib - 11 hours ago
The biology of this particular virus means we have already passed the point where lockdowns and measures of that kind can resolve the situation. If that strategy is followed you will delay the evolution of the virus into a milder form and when it returns (as it will, because it is now established in a […] The post Stephen Davies on Optimal Responses to the Coronavirus appeared first on Econlib.

Cop Shoots FBI Agent Who Was Arresting Him for Conspiracy Against the Constitution

Jack Burns at The Free Thought Project - 11 hours ago
[image: fbi]When the FBI moved in to arrest a corrupt constable for violating people's constitutional rights, the cop opened fire on the FBI agent.

Editor's Note

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 11 hours ago
I have too many things to do today. Blogging will return later this evening. *Update 22:20 EST*: Just got back home. I will post what I can in the next 45 minutes.

Russia and Turkey Complete First Joint Patrol of the M-4 Highway- US Reinforces It's Occupation Capabilities

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 11 hours ago
*Al Jazeera citing the Turkish Ministry of Defence (which is a primary source for information)* Patrol Image *Turkey and Russia have completed their first joint military patrol along a strategic highway in Syria's northwestern region, the Turkish defence ministry said. "Within the framework of the Moscow agreement, the 1st joint Turkish-Russian land patrol on the M4 highway has been completed with the contribution of air and land assets," the ministry said in a statement on Sunday.* *Ministry of National Defense: Republic of Turkey * Patrol Image First Joint Turkish-Russian Land P... more »

Putin calls EU MPs “ignorant people”, grades relationship with Trump C MINUS (Video) 

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 11 hours ago
The Duran Quick Take: Episode 499. More The post Putin calls EU MPs “ignorant people”, grades relationship with Trump C MINUS (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

The Real Crisis Starts Now in Europe

Tom Luongo at The Duran - 11 hours ago
I think it’s safe to say the new crisis just killed the Schengen Treaty. That ridiculous document which guaranteed freedom of movement across the European Union finally hit something it couldn’t bully, COVID-19. More The post The Real Crisis Starts Now in Europe appeared first on The Duran.

‘Euroleaks’: Varoufakis LEAKS recordings of secretive Eurogroup talks on Greece in fight for ‘democratization of the EU’

RT at The Duran - 11 hours ago
The files –dubbed ‘Euroleaks’– were recorded between February and July 2015, when cash-strapped Athens was entangled in painful talks with its creditors. More The post ‘Euroleaks’: Varoufakis LEAKS recordings of secretive Eurogroup talks on Greece in fight for ‘democratization of the EU’ appeared first on The Duran.

Want To See The Last Of Susan Collins? Help Betsy Sweet Win Maine's Senate Primary June 9

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
Just as he's done in Colorado, North Carolina, Arizona, New Mexico, etc, Brooklyn's Chuck Schumer has decided to choose who Maine's U.S. Senate nominee for the Susan Collins seat will be. This is bad on enough the face, but Schumer almost always gets it wrong. He picks losers and Republicans win seats-- the way Marco Rubio did in Florida when he wrecked Alan Grayson's campaign. And when he does manage to come up with someone who can win, they always turn out to be the worst members of the Senate, like Kyrsten Sinema and Jackie Rosen. He's decided he wants establishment hack Sara ... more »

Sunday's Helpful Hints

LL at Virtual Mirage - 12 hours ago
*In the event of an apocalypse, if you aren't armed, you are just collecting supplies for somebody who is.* America's abundance was created not by public sacrifices to the common good, but by the productive genius of free men who pursued their own personal interests and the making of their own private fortunes. They did not starve the people to pay for America's industrialization. They gave the people better jobs, higher wages, and cheaper goods with every new machine they invented... *Things to do while you are practicing "social distance"* Practice makes perfect Eating and exe... more »

Do You See Any Correlation at all?

co2islife at CO2 is Life - 12 hours ago
Global Temperatures are volatile, CO2 is not. The 13 mo average was effectively 0.00 in 1980, and 0.00 in 2011. Temperatures spiked in 1997, CO2 didn’t change much. Temperatures accelerated in 2011, CO2 leveled out. Temperatures dramatically decreased from 1997 to 2008, CO2 increased. Temperatures were literally flat between 1980 and 1996. CO2 increased. While … Continue reading "Do You See Any Correlation at all?"

Right-Wing Extremists’ New Weapon

ewoods at Lawfare - 12 hours ago
3D-printer designs for lower receivers. Photo credit: Wikipedia https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charon_Line_of_3D_Printable_AR-15_Lower_Receivers_by_Shanrilivan.jpg *Editor’s Note: **When technology and terrorism intersect, the results are rarely good. As 3D printers and other do-it-yourself devices spread, terrorists are using them to make weapons. Eric Woods of Georgetown University explains how homemade weapons are giving terrorists new options and the resulting dangers they pose.* *Daniel Byman* *** The Oct. 9 attack on a synagogue in Halle, Germany, highlights terror... more »

Sunday Morning Links

Unknown at Accidental Deliberations - 12 hours ago
This and that for your Sunday reading. - Jim Stanford offers his take on how our governments should respond to the coronavirus epidemic - including an emphasis on health, income security and debt relief, along with a plan for reconstruction. And Armine Yalnizyan and Jennifer Robson provide some more specific details toward exactly those ends. - Meanwhile, Kelly Crowe and Charlie Warzel each discuss the importance of social distancing as the most important contribution individuals can make. And Mattia Ferraresi warns us not to make the same mistakes as Italy in continuing business ... more »

Everybody Is An Expert

Fr. Stephen FREEMAN at OrientalReview.org - 12 hours ago
The spirit of democracy runs deep in the modern world. I describe this as a “spirit” in that it is clearly a passion, a delusional state of mind in which we imagine something to be true when it is not. One simple example of this delusion is the level of […]

The elderly women who paved the way

El Jones at Halifax Examiner - 12 hours ago
“We don’t have to worry, it only affects the elderly.” *** November, 2010, outside the Westin hotel. We are protesting the Halifax International Security Forum. Betty Peterson, then 93 years old, delivers a blistering speech against Edward Cornwallis, against white supremacy, against militarism. She makes me long for my 90s, where I imagine denouncing the […]

Whatever happened to spring legislature sessions that lasted until spring?

Stephen Kimber at Halifax Examiner - 12 hours ago
The last time I covered the Nova Scotia legislature on a regular basis, Gerald Regan was the premier. It was a simpler time: before even now-museum vintage fax machines and VCRs but also before personal computers, the Internet, online newspapers, 24-hour cable news, streaming services, social media and… well, life as we now know it. […]

Stuck At Home Due to Coronavirus? Check Out the Top 10 Navy Movies Ever Made.

James Holmes at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*James Holmes* *Security, * The ten best Navy films--ever. Ranking movies about navies is tough. The trouble isn’t an overabundant field of candidates to choose from. The trouble is that few stinkers sully the handful of films recounting tales about high-seas warfare. Good on Hollywood. So while you’re stuck at home waiting out the coronavirus, here are my ten favorites so you can take a virtual voyage on the briny main. Selection criteria? Great works are about people in the end; special effects, choreographed fights, and the rest are just embroidery. These films are my favori... more »

Wargame Review: History’s Greatest Tank Battle Unfolds in Kursk ‘43

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, * Do you have what it takes to beat Hitler? Kursk was not just the largest tank battle in history. It was a titanic struggle that engulfed nearly 3 million Nazi and Soviet soldiers, 8,000 tanks, 35,000 artillery pieces, and 5,000 aircraft. What would it be like to play a wargame that includes nearly every battalion that fought in that massive battle? Would it be fun and stimulating? Or would it be like one of those all-you-can eat buffets where you stuff yourself until you feel sick? A computer wargame offers you the chance to find out. Kursk ’43, from ... more »

5 Pandemic Movies That You Might Not Want To Stream This Weekend

James Jay Carafano at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*James Jay Carafano* *Culture, * Expert: Every pandemic movie ever made has precisely zero educational value. Virtually every medical fact presented on the silver screen falls somewhere in the range from “ridiculous” to “irresponsible.” Netflix reports an uptick of interest in plague movies. You might find that odd. Amid rapidly rising concern about the health and economic fallout from COVID-19, who wants to turn to a flick about rampaging illness for their evening’s entertainment? And surely they’re not looking to Hollywood for guidance. Every pandemic movie ever made has preci... more »

Extended Range Paladin Cannon Can Smite Foes Over 40 Miles Away (And That’s Not Counting the Ramjets)

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * The next U.S. Military super weapon? On March 6, a hulking armored howitzer prototype stood motionless in the desert of the Yuma Proving Grounds of Arizona, its outsized cannon barrel angled steeply upward. Abruptly, the 29-foot-long gun kicked into action, rocking the over 31-ton vehicle back on its tracks as it spits out a 155-millimeter shell. Forty miles away—and likely well over a minute later—the 106-pound shell came plunging down just a few meters besides an inoffensive SUV, the erupting shrapnel and overpressure wave from its high explosiv... more »

Democrats Will Use Coronavirus To Get What They Wanted All Along

Matt Weidinger at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Matt Weidinger* *Politics, Americas* [image: U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks at a joint news conference with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on President Trump's full Budget Request for fiscal year 2021 at the Capitol in Washington, U.S., February 11, 2020. REUTERS/Yuri Gri] Pelosi has even admitted it. Rahm Emanuel, then chief of staff to President-elect Obama, famously said in late 2008 “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that [is] it’s an opportunity to do things that you think you could not do before.” Dubbed “Rahm’s... more »

5 Things I Love About Roku and Why it Crushes Cable

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Technology, * Why cord-cutters love this streaming device. Cable TV, a staple of American homes for nearly forty years, is under attack. A new generation of streaming services, and the devices that serve them, is here to offer viewers more choice for less money, as well as near-endless customization. One of the leaders in this field is Roku and their series of boxes. Roku is a small hardware box, or USB dongle, that attaches to a television to provide streaming TV services. Here’s five reasons why the Roku crushes cable. *Roku Does One Thing, and It Does It Well... more »

After The S-400: Will Turkey Continue Buying Russian Military Platforms?

Adam Cabot at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Adam Cabot* *Security, * Turkey has been removed from the F-35 program. *Key point:* NATO must hold together to effectively counter aggression from authoritarian revisionist states. The Russian S-400 long-range surface-to-air missile system has generated much media interest since its deployment within Russian borders and abroad. It boasts of an impressive capability against a range of aerial targets including aircraft, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles and has generated controversial international sales. Reputation notwithstanding, the S-400 has not yet been tested in... more »

America's States Must Take The Lead On The Coronavirus Response

Angela Rachidi at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Angela Rachidi* *Security, * They have already taken important steps. While necessary, the coronavirus mitigation strategies being used will disrupt the daily lives of millions of Americans and make low-income families economically vulnerable. School closings mean that low-income students will be without free school meals and employment disruptions could jeopardize government benefit receipt for families. The federal government must give states the ability to address the needs of low-income populations by allowing them to relax work requirements in TANF and SNAP, and increase b... more »

What Happens When You Legalize Marijana? Ask Canada

Jeffrey Miron at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Jeffrey Miron* *Politics, Americas* [image: Chemdawg marijuana plants grow at a facility in Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada October 29, 2019. REUTERS/Blair Gable] No, it won't lead to massive addiction. Opponents of marijuana legalization frequently argue that increased legal access will result in soaring rates of use and addiction, especially among adolescents. A recent report from Statistics Canada, however, provides new evidence that such fears are unfounded. Overall marijuana use did increase slightly in Canada following nationwide legalization: past 3‑month use rose from 14.... more »

New Wave Of Protests Sweeping Across Chile

Terrace at PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
Chile has witnessed a week of renewed protests demanding the resignation of billionaire President Sebastián Piñera and calling for a Peoples’ Convention to scrap former dictator Augusto Pinochet’s 1980 neoliberal laws, replacing them with a new Constitution. On March 8 — International Working Women’s Day — more than a million people demonstrated in Santiago and elsewhere. Reporter Alisha Lubben in the March 8 Chile Today News described the massive event in Santiago: “The streets were electric with the voices of over one million women. Along the metro ride to Santa Lucia, cheers and... more »

Four Whistleblowers Claim OPCW Is Silencing The Truth

Terrace at PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
A new Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) whistleblower has surfaced in response to a malicious and factually flawed attack by OPCW leadership on two veteran inspectors who challenged the official story of an alleged chemical attack by the Syrian government in Douma. In a statement provided to The Grayzone, the new OPCW whistleblower described being “horrified” by the “abhorrent … mistreatment” of the inspectors. The new whistleblower also warned of a climate of intimidation designed to keep other staffers “frightened into silence.” The official is now the f... more »

BigPharma’s Role: U.S. Sanctions Lead To Global Rise In Coronavirus

Terrace at PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
The responsibility of U.S. corporate power, especially the medical-industrial complex, in the calculated destruction of basic health care capacity in the U.S. and worldwide must be challenged. On a global scale, the connection of the largest U.S. pharmaceutical corporations to U.S. sanctions policies — whether signed by executive order, voted for in the U.S. Congress or pushed by U.S. ambassadors through the United Nations Security Council — demands careful scrutiny by investigative journalists, human rights organizations and working-class organizations. Consider the role of Josh B... more »

Coronavirus, Economic Networks, And Social Fabric

Terrace at PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
The COVID-19 pandemic offers intriguing insights into how networked our modern world has become, and how we’ve traded resilience for economic efficiency. Case in point: someone gets sick in China in December of 2019, and by March of 2020 the US shale oil industry is teetering on the brink. What set off this unraveling? It was China’s deliberate—and arguably necessary—pull-back from economic connectivity. This tells us something useful about networked systems: unless there is a lot of redundancy built into them, any one node in the network can affect others. If it’s an important node... more »

Team Trump Failed To Bully ICC Into Dropping War Crimes Probe

Terrace at PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
fter the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) found a reasonable basis to believe that U.S. military and CIA leaders committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in Afghanistan, Team Trump threatened to ban ICC judges and prosecutors from the U.S. and warned it would impose economic sanctions on the Court if it launched an investigation. Apparently succumbing to the U.S. threats, in April 2019, the ICC’s Pretrial Chamber refused to authorize the investigation that prosecutor Fatou Bensouda had requested. But in an unprecedented decision, the Appeals Chamber unani... more »

A Case Study Of Corporate Media Disinformation

Terrace at PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
Some alternative media have exposed the US government and its corporate media fake news reporting on Russian “election interference,” on Venezuela, the war on Syria, China’s Xinjiang and Hong Kong, Nicaragua, Palestine, among others. One of the longest running media disinformation campaigns has been directed at Cuba, well covered in Keith Bolender’s Manufacturing the Enemy: The Media War Against Cuba.1 This thoroughly documented work is a good antidote to the constant anti-Cuba disinformation we are subjected to, which inevitably influences all of us. According to well-known Goebbels... more »

Corona Virus And The Digital Divide

Terrace at PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
It is not lost on some that, all of a sudden, paid sick leave is obviously socially important; understaffed hospitals are an outrage; and, really, shouldn’t the government be paying for this…? I mean, it’s community health we’re talking about! And all it took was a little pandemic—an outbreak that, as it just happens, doesn’t confine itself to low-income or non-white people. The New York Times‘ Farhad Manjoo (3/11/20) tried wistfully to imagine US companies and politicians taking seriously the coronavirus lesson of the need for a real social safety net and worker protections. Journ... more »

Racial Inequities In New York Parole Supervision

Terrace at PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
The scope and conditions of parole supervision in New York have profound impacts for people serving supervision sentences. New York sends more people back to prison for non-criminal, technical parole violations than any state except Illinois, and people detained for alleged non-criminal parole rule violations comprise the only population growing in New York City jails, threatening plans to close the notorious Rikers Island jails complex. This report highlights ways in which these harmful impacts disproportionately fall on Black and brown communities. The authors find that Black and ... more »

Like Polar Bears, Coral Reefs Are Doing Fine

Hifast at Climate Collections - 12 hours ago
Originally posted on Tallbloke's Talkshop: Posted on PAPunditsBy Dr. Jay Lehr ~ Corals are animals, actually closely related to jelly fish but of course differing in that they have a limestone skeleton made up of calcium carbonate. Their growth rates can be studied to give us knowledge of the ocean and its sea level over thousands…

Covid-19 Coronavirus Is Now Spreading Across Africa

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
*Daily Mail:* *Coronavirus spreads across Africa with six new countries confirming cases as nations race to try and contain outbreak* * Six new countries in Africa confirmed cases of coronavirus on Saturday * It means that 25 of the continent's 54 countries have COVID-19 patients * All cases were brought to the continent by travelers from overseas Africa is seeing a steady spread of the coronavirus across the continent, with six new countries confirming cases on Saturday. It means 25 of the continent's 54 countries have COVID-19 patients, with the Republic of Congo being the latest... more »

Remember Your Churches Too

Menagerie at The Last Refuge - 13 hours ago
I have been grateful and cheered to see lots of business owners, community leaders, city and county governments, and just individuals like you and me step up during this time to help those in need, by feeding the children who … Continue reading →

Wellington Phoenix commit to Australian stay but call for A-League to be postponed

Just In - 13 hours ago
A-League championship contenders Wellington Phoenix believe the competition should be suspended because of coronavirus as they prepare to go into self-isolation in Australia.

People in quarantine to face random police checks, Woolworths suspends Victorian home deliveries

Just In - 13 hours ago
Queenslanders who have been told to self-isolate for coronavirus-related reasons face fines if they do not comply and Woolworths suspends its delivery service due to high levels of demand. As it happened.

Chaos At 13 American Funnel Airports That Are Still Open To Europe

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
Welcome home! Arriving passengers from Europe have faced lines lasting up to six hours as travelers are forced to enter through 13 designated 'funnel' airports. This was the scene arriving at Chicago O'Hare airport *Daily Mail*: *Chaos at 13 American funnel airports that are still open to Europe as huge immigration lines of up to six hours form filled with returning citizens being put through 'enhanced screening'* * Arriving passengers from Europe have faced lines lasting up to six hours as travelers are forced to enter through 13 designated 'funnel' airports * Lines are taking fa... more »

Is Iran’s 'Worst Nightmare' Coming True?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meets with people of Qom, in Teheran, Iran, January 9, 2019. Official Khamenei website/Handout via REUTERS *PJ Media*: *Iran’s 'Worst Nightmare' Coming True: Middle Eastern Shiites Rise Up Against It* The regime in Tehran is in lots of trouble these days. As U.S. sanctions tighten, at least a quarter of Iran’s oil rigs are now out of action, “dealing a potentially long-term blow to its oil industry.” The coronavirus “has now spread to every province in the country and people are fearful that the true scale of the outbreak is even worse... more »

Coronavirus: New Restrictions in Spain; France; US; Denmark; Poland; Russia; Europe Now Epicenter; Spreading in Africa

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 13 hours ago
“Coronavirus Outbreak Spain Plans Two-week Lockdown to Fight COVID-19 By VOA News Updated March 14, 2020 08:49 PM Spain announced … Continue reading →

What Happens If There Is A Major Terror Attack In The U.S. During The Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard M. Burr says he hopes there are no attacks while the intelligence authorities are expired. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo) *Roll Call*: *‘I hope we don’t have an attack this weekend’ — FISA tools to expire before Senate takes up renewal* Senate gets ready to leave for the weekend without passing a re-authorization. Three intelligence surveillance tools are set to expire on Sunday with the Senate leaving for the weekend without acting on a stopgap extension. The House on Wednesday passed an overhaul measure that would reauthorize through... more »

Al-Aqsa Mosque to Remain Closed Over Coronavirus Safety Concerns

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 13 hours ago
*21WIRE* | Israel and the Palestinian authority admit they have no plan in place to deal with a pandemic level event.

Vatican Will Hold Easter Celebrations Without Congregation Due to Coronavirus

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 13 hours ago
*21WIRE* | Easter services will be live streamed via video link due to concerns over spread on COVID-19.

Sad Sunday? Or, Reality Bites

Infinity at 'Nox & Friends - 13 hours ago
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Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 13 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin 'Don't believe the numbers you see': Johns Hopkins professor says up to 500,000 Americans have coronavirus Response to COVID-19 in TaiwanBig Data Analytics, New Technology, and Proactive Testing Ecology of Disease Coronavirus: South Korea’s infection rate falls without citywide lockdowns like China, ItalyUS Military Scientists Hope To Have Coronavirus Therapeutic By Summer “Flattening the Curve” is a deadly delusionAnti-inflammatories may aggravate Covid-19, France advises Former Judge Resigns From the Supreme Court Bar Coronavirus and the Sun: a Lesson from the 1918 I... more »

ICYMI: I'm a Grandfather Again Edition (3/15)

Peter Greene at CURMUDGUCATION - 13 hours ago
Beware the Ides of March, indeed. It's been a busy week and I've been a little behind on my own reading, so the list might be a little short today (and late, too). But my new grandson is beautiful. *Texas Takeover in Shepherd * A school takeover in Texas turns into a big fat mess, and the courts aren't much help. *Adios, John White* The indispensable Mercedes Schneider bids adieu to John White, who is now officially finally not in charge of education in Louisiana. *Please do a bad job of putting your courses online* Rebecca Barrett-Fox offers a perspective on the virus-induced m... more »

Musical Interlude: Gov't Mule, "Soulshine"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
Gov't Mule, "Soulshine"

"How It Really Is"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago

The Politics Of Crisis

Unknown at The Verma Report - 14 hours ago
When people become convinced that the crisis they face is massive, their collective intelligence vanishes and they become conditioned to act according to blind instincts and reflexes. This is the seventh heaven for those who control the government, because, with the people transformed into unintelligent creatures, they are free to use the crisis as an excuse for advancing their own political agenda. They can redesign any political process or institution, pass new laws, impose new restrictions. The crisis has turned them into the god of the political system, the savior of the people,... more »

Mexico Is Considering Closing Its Border With The U.S. To Slow The Spread Of The Covid-19 Coronavirus

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
*Daily Mail*: *Mexico is considering closing its border to stop Americans bringing coronavirus into its country as US case count passes 2,000* * There are more than 2,000 cases of coronavirus in the US now with 43 dead * In Mexico, there have only been 16 confirmed cases and no reported deaths * Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell said: 'Mexico wouldn't bring the virus to the United States, rather the United States would bring it here' * Trump has boasted that the situation in the US would be worse if it weren't for his tough stance on the border * From midnight on Friday, flights fro... more »

Musical Interlude: Gov't Mule, "Soulshine"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
Gov't Mule, "Soulshine"

Finally the Truth: Rhode Island Official Admits State’s Climate Lawsuit Is Meant To Wring Money Out Of Big Oil: Court Docs

co2islife at CO2 is Life - 14 hours ago
Here at CO2isLife we have always maintained that this climate change fearmongering was nothing more than setting the foundation for another tobacco type settlement. (Source) Climate Change isn’t and never was about saving the planet, it was all about the money. Climate Change was going to be the next tobacco settlement. Socialism needs to loot … Continue reading "Finally the Truth: Rhode Island Official Admits State’s Climate Lawsuit Is Meant To Wring Money Out Of Big Oil: Court Docs"

WATCH: Viral Video Explains How To Easily Escape Regulation Police Handcuffs

Jack Burns at The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: handcuffs]A viral video shows viewers how to get out of handcuffs using only a bobby pin.

The Economic Consequences Of COVID 19

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 14 hours ago
The economic consequences of the COVID 19 pandemic will be far-reaching. Jim Stanford writes: It is increasingly clear that the economic fallout from the pandemic is also going to constitute an emergency. And it requires government to respond as urgently and powerfully in the economic sphere, as they are attempting for public health. What needs to be done? Stanford suggests several interventions: 1. Immediate Mobilization of Resources to Protect Health: Obviously governments and health authorities must now throw every possible real resource into protecting health, as much as they... more »

Japan Is Already Making Strides Towards Its 6th Generation Mitsubishi F-3 FIghter

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Asia* And it's unlike anything you've ever seen. *Key point:* Japan has also been researching high-speed datalinks that could network sensors and exchange targeting data with friendly forces to counter numerically superior enemy adversaries. Japan’s 2019 Mid-Term Defense review quietly revealed that after years of hesitation, Tokyo has decided to press ahead with development of its own domestically designed sixth-generation Mitsubishi F-3 air-superiority stealth fighter, rather than purchasing an additional foreign stealth design to supplement its g... more »

Tokyo Doomed: Japan's World War II Navy Was Too Expensive To Beat America

Robert Farley at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *History, * America's industrial capacity and economy were too large. *Key point: *Had the war not come, Japan would have bankrupted itself spending on these massive ships. In January 1936 Japan announced its intention to withdraw from the London Naval Treaty, accusing both the United States and the United Kingdom of negotiating in bad faith. The Japanese sought formal equality in naval construction limits, something that the Western powers would not give. In the wake of this withdrawal, Japanese battleship architects threw themselves into the design of new vesse... more »

How Much Did Albert Speer Know About Hitler's Evil Policies?

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* [image: By Bundesarchiv, Bild 146II-277 / Binder / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5484300] Meet the Nazis' architect. On October 6, 1943, Dr. Albert Speer, Reich minister of armaments and war production for the Third Reich, gave a 50-minute address to the assembled top officials of Nazi Germany at Posen Castle in occupied Poland’s Reich Gau (Region) of Wartheland on the critical state of World War II at that point. Nazi Propaganda Minister Dr. Josef Goebbels later noted in his diary entry... more »

Can South Korea's Economy Handle the Coronavirus Crisis?

Stratfor Worldview at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Stratfor Worldview* *Economics, Asia* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC2MHF90UNPI&share=true] Another strain on an aging market. South Korea's growing number of domestic COVID-19 cases puts the country's already beleaguered economy under further strain, risking the ruling progressive camp's position in upcoming legislative elections that could render President Moon Jae In a lame duck. This worsens a difficult situation given South Korea's deep links to the Chinese economy, also hit by COVID-19. As of March 2, South Korea's infec... more »

'Herd Immunity' Won't Help Prevent the Spread of Coronavirus

Jeremy Rossman at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Jeremy Rossman* *Public Health, Europe* We can do better than this. The UK government recently enacted its second phase of response to the COVID-19 pandemic: “delay”. According to ITV journalist Robert Peston, the government’s strategy to minimise the impact of COVID-19 “is to allow the virus to pass through the entire population so that we acquire herd immunity, but at a much delayed speed so that those who suffer the most acute symptoms are able to receive the medical support they need, and such that the health service is not overwhelmed and crushed by the sheer number of ca... more »

Contrary To Media Reports Google Is Developing A National Website To Track Coronavirus

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
“Google is partnering with the US Government in developing a nationwide website that includes information about COVID-19 symptoms, risk and testing information. (2/6) — Google Communications (@Google_Comms) March 15, 2020 *Daily Wire:** Google Debunks False Claims That It Is Not Developing A National Website To Track Coronavirus* Google pushed back against claims from left-wing media on Saturday after certain publications and journalists falsely claimed that President Donald Trump lied when he said that Google was building a national website to track cases of coronavirus. “I wan... more »

X-Zone Broadcast Network - David Halperin

KRandle at A Different Perspective - 14 hours ago
I had the opportunity to talk with David Halperin about his new book, *Intimate Alien: The Hidden Story of the UFO*. It is a somewhat skeptical treatise on the subject of UFOs, bringing it, you might David Halperinsay, down to Earth. It is a new way of looking at UFOs, suggesting the subject is deserving of serious research, but that the emphasis has been all wrong. You can listen to the show here: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/23845786 The discussion was somewhat wide ranging. I had been going to ask him about the Socorro UFO landing which he mentions in his book, but he brough... more »

Coronavirus has Brainwashed the Public Further into Stupidity

OYE NEWS at OYE Alternative News - 14 hours ago
We dont really know much about the COVID-19 virus, but one thing we can be sure of is the consequences we are seeing unfold underneath our very eyes. The general public has had their emotions guided at every stage of this event, from the minute it broke out in Wuhan, to present day. The media … The post Coronavirus has Brainwashed the Public Further into Stupidity appeared first on OYE Alternative News.

After the Dragon : When the Nile in Egypt turned in to Brown

egyptianchronicler@gmail.com (Zeinobia) at Egyptian Chronicles - 15 hours ago
Brownish River Nile in Cairo This is how the River Nile looks like in Cairo on Sunday two days after the Dragon storm. "It is like the Nescafe," an elderly Egyptian told me this Sunday morning. The ministry of irrigation issued a statement saying that this color was resulted due to the dust and sand the heavy rains brought in its trips from the hills of Upper Egypt to the heavy rains torrents which end up in the River Nile. This is creating a problem for Water companies in Egypt which had to cut water for nearly 12 hours across the country in order to purify water from dust lees. ... more »

"It Must Be Borne In Mind..."

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago
“It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. It isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream. It is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal, but it is a disaster to have no ideal to capture. It is not a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for. Not failure, but low aim is a sin.” - Benjamin E. Mayes ○ “We’re all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” - Oscar Wilde ○ "Yeah, we're scared, b... more »

The Poet: Charles Bukowski"Mind and Heart"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago
*"Mind and Heart"* "Unaccountably we are alone, forever alone, and it was meant to be that way, it was never meant to be any other way - and when the death struggle begins the last thing I wish to see is a ring of human faces hovering over me - better just my old friends, the walls of my self, let only them be there. I have been alone but seldom lonely. I have satisfied my thirst at the well of my self and that wine was good, the best I ever had, and tonight, sitting, staring into the dark I now finally understand the dark and the light and everything in between. Peace of mind and heart... more »

"Have Hope..."

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago
"To anyone reading this who has ever felt disheartened and confused, hurt or lost...you are not alone. You are surrounded by countless multitudes of people everywhere who are just like you. Just like us. But you don't have to stay confused or lost or in pain. We might forget this sometimes - or may not know it at all. But there is nothing in your life, no matter how difficult or painful, that cannot be turned into something very beautiful. So please, have hope." - Chad Eastham ◆ Barry Manilow and Cilla Black, "You'll Never Walk Alone"

Sunday song

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 15 hours ago

Brazenly lying to us to keep us in fear

Robert at Ice Age Now - 15 hours ago
And trying to keep us divided. _____________ Brazenly lying to us to keep us in fear And trying to keep us divided Jack Hydrazine 99% of the Americans (with underlying health problems) who have died from the coronavirus have an average age of 80. Why shut down America over a relatively very few, sick, elderly ... Read more Brazenly lying to us to keep us in fear The post Brazenly lying to us to keep us in fear appeared first on Ice Age Now.

The Future of Exxon and the Permian’s Flaring Crisis

Lambert Strether at naked capitalism - 15 hours ago
Exxon flares more gas than any other company in the Permian Basin, America’s most prolific oil field, emitting massive volumes of greenhouse gases as well as toxic pollution that fouls the air in West Texas.

"There Is An Unseen Life..."

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago
"It seems to have had an order, to have been composed by someone, and those events that were merely accidental when they happened turn out to be the main elements in a consistent plot. Who composed this plot? Just as your dreams are composed, so your whole life has been composed by the will within you. Just as the people who you met by chance became effective agents in the structuring of your life, so you have been the agent in the structuring of other lives. And the whole thing gears together like one big symphony, everything influencing and structuring everything else. It's as th... more »

"Medical Expert: 'There Are Probably 25 To 50 People Who Have The Virus For Every One Person Who Is Confirmed'” by Michael Snyder

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago
*"Medical Expert: 'There Are Probably 25 To 50 People * *Who Have The Virus For Every One Person Who Is Confirmed'”* by Michael Snyder “Hell is truth seen too late.” - Thomas Hobbes "The COVID-19 pandemic continues to explode all over the globe, and authorities are warning that it is going to continue to get worse. The number of confirmed cases outside of China roughly tripled once again this week, and if this outbreak continues to escalate at this pace there will be more than a million confirmed cases in less than a month. But as bad as the official numbers are, the truth is that t... more »

Perspective......

Rural at Democracy Under Fire - 15 hours ago
The common flu causes up to 5 million cases of severe illness worldwide and kills up to 650,000 people every year, according to the World Health Organization By comparison* thus far* there are approximately 125,000 cases of COVID19 reported and less than 5,000 deaths according to the WHO In the US The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that so far this season, there have been at least 15 million *flu illnesses *for the 2019-2020 season, 140,000 hospitalizations and 8,200 deaths *in the U.S.* https://www.globalresearch.ca/flu-bigger-concern-wuhan-virus-grabs-headline... more »

Projecting 460,000 Infected in São Paulo, Brazil Hardens Fight Against Coronavirus

Iolanda Fonseca at The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Although less forceful than other countries, the Brazilian government stepped up the fight against the coronavirus on Friday, March 13th, and began to recommend that mayors and governors take tougher social distancing actions to curb the incidence of the Covid-19. If no such actions are taken, health authorities project that […] The post Projecting 460,000 Infected in São Paulo, Brazil Hardens Fight Against Coronavirus appeared first on The Rio Times.

“I Hugged Half of Congress,” Says Coronavirus-Infected Brazilian Senator

Adele Cardin at The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The first Brazilian legislator diagnosed with the Covid-19 coronavirus, Senator Nelsinho Trad had a busy schedule in Congress before he learned he was infected. He took part in hearings with senators, in meetings with ministers and in the session that brought down the per capita family income threshold for access […] The post “I Hugged Half of Congress,” Says Coronavirus-Infected Brazilian Senator appeared first on The Rio Times.

Anti-Gov Mob Risks Spreading Covid-19 To Demand Gov Stop Spread of Covid-19

Land Destroyer at Alt Thai News Network ATNN - 15 hours ago
*March 19, 2020* (Tony Cartalucci - ATN) - In another example of the opposition in Thailand's true - and counterproductive nature - mobs assembled in Khon Kaen risking the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus. Their purpose? To complain about the current Thai government's inability to stop the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus. The Bangkok Post in an article titled, "Anti-govt rally at Khon Kaen University," would report: *Khon Khaen University students held a second round of demonstrations on Saturday night despite fears of the coronavirus spread, saying they have had enough of th... more »

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