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US economy 'on life support' as unemployment soars to nearly 15 per cent
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The US economy lost a staggering 20.5 million jobs in April, the steepest plunge in payrolls since the Great Depression, but President Donald Trump says "all those jobs will be back" very soon.
80 Million Chinese May Already Be Out Of Work
*CNN:* *80 million Chinese may already be out of work. 9 million more will soon be competing for jobs, too* Wang is used to job hunting in China. The 26-year old tech worker spent the last year jumping from one startup to another in what already felt like a precarious job market. But when he was laid off again in January, this time from a Beijing-based internet company, he never expected things to become as difficult as they are. Last year "already felt like living in a hell mode," Wang told CNN Business in a telephone interview. "But 2020 is even worse. The coronavirus is like a... more »
"Despite All Disillusionment..."
And don't YOU, either... no matter what.
Cronos books only $165,000 in overseas revenue for first quarter of 2020
Canadian cannabis producer Cronos Group reported $165,000 in net revenue from customers outside Canada and the United States in its latest quarter. Potential revenues of cannabis products overseas – especially in Europe – underpin valuations for many Canadian marijuana firms. So far, those sales have not materialized, with most marijuana companies reporting negligible global revenues. […] Cronos books only $165,000 in overseas revenue for first quarter of 2020 is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Nevada OKs resumption of in-store sales for some marijuana retailers
Approved recreational cannabis retailers in Nevada will be allowed to conduct in-store sales starting Saturday as part of the governor’s broader plan to open up the state amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevada regulators had softened rules for marijuana stores as the coronavirus outbreak developed, at first only allowing delivery and then permitting curbside sales. Now, effective May […] Nevada OKs resumption of in-store sales for some marijuana retailers is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Pulling the curtain off energy subsidies
We should end all energy subsidies.
Is This Poplar Fluff Burning in Spain?
The "fluff" is actually seeds from poplar trees.
Did ‘The Simpsons’ Predict Events of 2020 Back in 1993?
Coincidences that occur through the repetition of events are not necessarily the same thing as "predictions."
Israel Defense Forces Want Grenade Drones In Their Arsenal
The Spike Firefly loitering munition is a flying grenade with drone parts. (Rafael Advanced Defense Systems) *Forbes*:* Grenade Drone Promises An End To Cover, Forever* A loitering munition is a hybrid offspring of cruise missiles and drones. It is a grenade with rotors, a bomb with wings, and a bad day for somebody down the line. This week, the Israel Defense Forces announced a purchase of Spike Firefly Loitering Munitions, a six-and-a-half pound flying bomb built into a weird drone. In terms of size and function, the Firefly is essentially a longer-range, more accurate grenade.... more »
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. - Irfan Dhalla argues that we have a choice between merely containing COVID-19 and outright eradicating it - and that we'll be far better off pursuing the latter option. And Jim Pankratz writes that we should be entirely willing - and indeed happy - to deal with the amount we borrow collectively to avoid the worst of a pandemic, rather than accepting a massive death toll in a futile attempt to maintain a facade of economic activity. - Meanwhile, Donna Lu reports on the positive effects of Finland's basic income experiment even before it was overla... more »
Civilian Satellites Can Track Aircraft Carriers (But It Is Not Easy)
This satellite image shows the 105,000-ton aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln at sea. Even low-resolution imagery can prove adequate for finding a carrier at sea. (Location and date removed) Satellite image from Sentinel Hub, insert US Navy *Forbes:* *The Realities of Tracking Aircraft Carriers With Civilian Satellites* We recently showed how open-source intelligence analysts using freely available commercial satellite imagery can pinpoint a Chinese aircraft carrier hundred of miles out to sea. It wasn’t easy, but it worked. This applies to U.S. navy aircraft carriers also, but... more »
Trump Wants Answers on the Pandemic’s Origins. Politicizing Intelligence Won’t Help.
President Trump gives remarks to the press on April 24, 2020. (Source: Flickr/Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour) Where did the coronavirus come from? The Trump administration says it wants answers to this question—but conflicting statements from U.S. leaders are further undercutting the credibility of U.S. intelligence on the pandemic. Even more worrisome, reporting suggests that political pressure may be shaping U.S. intelligence analysis on the subject. This is dangerous for many reasons. But in this moment of crisis and uncertainty, these dynamics may also have strategic... more »
Justice is Indivisible: Placing Palestine Back at the Center of American Muslim Activism
In many mosques across the US, Palestine, Kashmir, Afghanistan, and other places of great and perpetual injustice are hardly mentioned. Perhaps, argues Ramzy Baroud, over fear that doing so would place them at the radar of the FBI or local enforcement agencies. The post Justice is Indivisible: Placing Palestine Back at the Center of American Muslim Activism appeared first on MintPress News.
UPDATED: COVID-19 - Rolling Out a “New Era” of High-Risk, Genetically Engineered Vaccines Patented by Psychopaths
The fabulous interview with* Dr. Judy Mikovits* ["Psychopaths Among Us"] has been expunged from *YouTube*. I have found another *LINK HERE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT WATCHED THIS MUST SEE VIDEO*. It turns out that Mikovits has *always been the one* with the hard evidence against* Tony Fauci and his cabal *of humanity killers and now they're going after her. It's now a duel to the *reputational* death...hopefully not more than that! *Robert F. Kennedy Jr's *blog, *Children's Health Defense*, posted a short bit about the dangers of rolling out,* in an expedited fashion,* genetically... more »
NY Attorney Slams Gov. Cuomo's Illegal Coronavirus Tyranny
[image: alex-newman-bob-unger-ny-attorney-slams-gov-cuomos-illegal-coronavirus-tyranny] VIDEO - In this interview with The New American magazine's Alex Newman, high-profile New York City attorney Bob Unger blasted New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio for outrageous (and illegal) tyranny under the guise of fighting coronavirus/Covid19. Unger also talks about the importance of education, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the John Birch Society, and so much more.
Divorce Document Backs Reade’s Harassment Claim. Accuser Says Biden Should Quit White House Bid
[image: divorce-document-backs-reade-s-harassment-claim-accuser-says-biden-should-quit-white-house-bid] A court document from Tara Reade’s divorce proves that she told her ex-husband that someone in Biden’s office sexually harassed her.
10 Herb Gardening Mistakes And How To Avoid Them
https://plantcaretoday.com/10-herb-gardening-mistakes.html
Scientists Dug 12 km Into Our Planet—What They Found Left Me Speechless [VIDEO]
https://simplecapacity.com/2017/02/discovery-science-kola-superdeep-borehole/
Fukushima’s Meltdown Gave Every Human on Earth 1,000 Bananas’ Worth of Radiation
https://www.sciencealert.com/fukushima-s-meltdown-gave-you-about-100-bananas-worth-of-radiation
30 Houseplants That Can Survive Low Light – Best Indoor Low Light Plants
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6 Things You Need to Know Before Using Pore Strips
https://brightside.me/inspiration-health/6-things-you-need-to-know-before-using-pore-strips-797056/?utm_source=fb_brightside&utm_medium=fb_organic&utm_campaign=fb_gr_brightside_mini
Coronavirus found in patients’ semen in small Chinese study
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-coronavirus-semen-infected-men-chinese.html
'The Fate Of The Good Ship 'World Economy' - And Ours With it"
*"Beware Of The Bear – He Is Soon Back"* by Egon von Greyerz "As the world economy is about to implode, very few realize what will hit them. The dip buyers of stocks don’t understand that *it really is different this time* as the world is now facing the biggest destruction of wealth in history. Stocks, bonds, and property are likely to decline by at least *95% *in real terms in the next few years. With both sovereign and private defaults, many bonds will go to zero and interest rates to infinity. We are not just talking about the US and Europe but the whole world, including China, ... more »
Worst Jobs Report In History: 20.5 Million Jobs Lost As Unemployment Rate Hits Record 14.7%
Worst Jobs Report In History: 20.5 Million Jobs Lost As Unemployment Rate Hits Record 14.7% by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ While economic fundamentals ceased to matter about a month ago when the Fed went nuclear and not only injected trillions in the bond and repo market, but also directly backstopped the corporate bond market (with many …
Democrats target Trump again
While I'm sort of enjoying not listening to the House (Democrat controlled) Daily Drool over investigations of Trump to beef up their campaign funds and pay the investors of the MSM, they are working on the next one. *It was all Trump's fault.* Apparently, they haven't looked at CDC national death statistics for all causes, especially flu and pneumonia taking out the elderly, or the number from coronavirus (not published, but it won't make the top 10 unless it's changed to "with" and not "of"). Why not take advantage of a crisis to 1) kill the Trump 2020 campaign and 2) destroy sm... more »
Just As Trump's Great Corona Cover-Up Kicks Into High Gear, It Appears To Be Backfiring On Him
On Thursday, *Politico* interviewed Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and she set the Trump Regime on fire for their incompetent, dysfunctional and bungled response to the pandemic. Their over-all grade wasn't an "F"-- presumably because Trump hasn't fired Fauci yet-- but a D minus. One thing she cited was "a lack of a coordinated, national response," noting that governors were stepping up with '50 different homegrown state solutions,' instead of a national response coming from the top... You know, if we were doing the things that the exemplar countr... more »
ACCUSATION MEETS INCOMPETENCE: Is Tara Reade a credible person?
*FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2020The Professor Mannes don't know:* Who the Sam Hill is Matt Stieb? We ask for an obvious reason. Yesterday, Tara Reade did an online interview with Megyn Kelly, late of Fox News and NBC. Excerpts have been posted on Twitter! In a short post, Stieb reported the session for New York magazine. His short post carries this headline: *Everything We’ve Learned From Tara Reade’s Megyn Kelly Interview* The headline sounds promising. Unfortunately, here's the first thing Stieb chose to report: STIEB (5/7/20): On her online show, *Kelly asked Reade about a Biden stateme... more »
US Senator Kaine Statement on Vote To Override Trump Veto of Bipartisan War Powers Resolution (Which Failed to Get 2/3rds Vote Needed)
So, Trump wants to go to war with Iran and China? Or he will go to war with Iran while … Continue reading →
This Day In Iraqi History - May 8
1927 Iraqi cabinet resolution said Assyrians would be settled in the country (Musings On Iraq review of *The Tragedy of the Assyrian Minority in Iraq*) (Musings On Iraq review *State and Society in Iraq*) 1941 British Arab Legion left Palestine to take back Fort Rutba, Anbar from Iraqi police (Musings On Iraq interview with Prof Boich World War II In Iraq and Syria) 1941 Arab Legion attacked by German aircraft and one regiment refused to cross Transjordan border into Iraq 1941 British Royal Air Force reported Iraqi air force combat ineffective Lost 25 planes Another 20-30 heavily ... more »
Confusing: Roku Added 3 Million Accounts, but Posted a $54 Million Loss.
*Stephen Silver* *Technology, * With shelter-in-place orders in place around the country and streaming viewing soaring, Roku saw a huge gain in usage in the first quarter of the year. With shelter-in-place orders in place around the country and streaming viewing soaring, Roku saw a huge gain in usage in the first quarter of the year. According to quarterly earnings released Thursday, Roku gained nearly 3 million active accounts, while streaming hours on Roku devices increased by 1.6 billion hours, to a total of 39.8 billion, the most ever. And streaming hours jumped 80 percent ... more »
Tom Cotton Is Trying to Block F-35 Deployment to the UK (Due to Huawei Worries)
*Peter Suciu* *Security, * The "Special Relationship" that exists between the United States and the United Kingdom has been tested over the years, but this month it was strained even further as Republican Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) has led efforts to stop the deployment of 48 F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters to the UK. The news, which was first reported by The Telegraph newspaper, noted that this is due to Chinese telecom giant Huawei's involvement in the building of the UK's 5G mobile network. The "Special Relationship" that exists between the United States and the ... more »
Where Are Geopolitics Headed In The Era of the Coronavirus?
*Jacob Heilbrunn* *Security, World* In this video, Joseph Nye, emeritus professor at Harvard and author of the new book Do Morals Matter? Presidents and Foreign Policy from FDR to Trump, and Dimitri K. Simes, President and CEO of the Center for the National Interest and author of a new cover story in the National Interest, The Perfect Storm, discuss the future of geopolitics in the era of the coronavirus. They examine the relations between America, Russia and China as well as the significance of international institutions. The discussion is moderated by Jacob Heilbrunn, editor of ... more »
Nazi Germany’s Long-Range V-3 Gun: Terror Weapon or Paper Tiger?
*Caleb Larson* *History, Europe* [image: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1557265] The Allies bombed it before it could be used on London. The V-3 was originally a French idea. In response to the incredibly large Paris Gun of World War I infamy which bombed the city from nearly 80 miles away, the French drew up plans for their own very long-range gun. After the French surrender during World War II, a German weapon engineer named August Cönders noticed the French design and immediately took a liking to it. The design was highly unusual. Most long-r... more »
What VE Day Can Teach Us About Confronting the Coronavirus
*James Holmes* *History, * "There will be no tickertape parades. Photographers will record no scenes of jubilation. The return to normalcy will take place by increments, without the pleasures and rewards of martial triumph. The outcome will bear less resemblance to World War II than to the Vietnam War, when U.S. forces trudged home without victory. Now as then, the denouement may deflate—rather than enliven—American public spirit." Today marks the seventy-fifth anniversary of VE Day, when Nazi Germany capitulated to Soviet armies crashing into Berlin from the east and Western a... more »
How Putin Is Manipulating the Coronavirus Debate in Russia
*Diana Kadi* *Politics, Europe* Is any confrontation with the government on liberal media platforms just a controlled spectacle to create the appearance of such freedom? The number of people infected with the coronavirus and killed by COVID-19 in Russia is growing. While the whole world is trying to survive the pandemic, the progressive internet community in our country is arguing about why the official spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, and the main opposition leader, Alexey Navalny, have not held a debate. This debate over the non-debate was trigge... more »
The Coronavirus Crisis and the Chimera of Authoritarian Competence
*George Yin, Ted S. Yoho* *Security, Asia* [image: Reuters] The ability of China to eventually control the outbreak in Hubei Province may lend superficial credibility to the claim that autocracies are better than democracies at managing public health crises. However, democracies across the world have demonstrated their own ability to flatten the curve, with several democratic countries around the world starting to ease lockdown restrictions. As of May 4, 2020, the coronavirus has spread to more than 3 million people worldwide. As the coronavirus crisis continues to ravage the U.S... more »
Why the Matilda II Tank Was the British Queen of the Desert During World War II
*Caleb Larson* *Technology, Europe* [image: By Keating G (Capt) No 1 Army Film & Photographic Unit - This is photograph E 1416 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-32), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=741958] It was an all-around solid tank. The Matilda tank was one of the few tanks respected by German tankers. Here’s why. *Infantry Support* The Matilda II, or just Matilda as it was later called, was what the British called an infantry tank. As opposed to bigger cruiser-style tanks with heavier guns, infantry tan... more »
The Royal Navy Used This Weird Device to Hunt Hitler's U-Boats
*Warfare History Network* *Technology, Europe* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2004%3Anewsml_RP4DRIHIKUAA&share=true] A unique, but effective weapon system. This World War II-era anti-submarine mortar system was so successful, the Russian Navy still uses it. *Dive, Dive!* Though depth charges are now obsolete thanks to modern torpedo technology, during the Second World War, they were one of the only means of hitting submarines from the surface. Depth charges varied somewhat between navies, but were, in essence, an explosive-packed barrel that ... more »
WATCH: Citizens Swarm Cops Arresting Woman for Being On Beach — Force Them to Stand Down
[image: beach]As police moved in to arrest a woman for walking on the beach, dozens of citizens swarmed the officers, forcing them to stand down and let her go.
"We Are Witnessing Economic Carnage Like We Have Never Seen Before, And The Economy Is Going To Continue To Bleed Jobs"
*"We Are Witnessing Economic Carnage Like We Have Never Seen Before,* * And The Economy Is Going To Continue To Bleed Jobs"* by Michael Snyder "Now we are up to 33.5 million jobs lost. In just 7 weeks, the U.S. economy has been completely turned upside down, and the numbers are unlike anything that we have ever seen before. On Thursday, the Labor Department announced that 3.17 million Americans filed initial claims for unemployment benefits last week. That brings the grand total for this crisis up to 33.5 million, and that figure absolutely dwarfs what we witnessed during the last r... more »
Apart, Together: The separate worlds of Covid-19 beliefs
The following is a guest post by Dr. Leah Windsor. Dr. Windsor is a Research Assistant Professor in the Institute for Intelligent Systems at The University of Memphis where she directs the Languages Across Cultures and Languages Across Modalities labs. From 2014-2019 served as PI for a Department of Defense Minerva Initiative grant, using computational […]
What We Know About Political Leadership and Pandemics
This is a guest post from Robert L. Ostergard, Jr., an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Nevada, Reno – follow him on twitter @RobertOstergard History sometimes has a way of rearing its ugly head repeatedly. The COVID-19 pandemic is something few people have ever seen, but it is not new in […]
Commonwealth Constitution forbids any form of compulsory vaccination
Here is the weapon to use against the medical mafia Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act (The Constitution) 51 Legislative powers of the Parliament (xxiiiA) the provision of maternity allowances, widows’ pensions, child endowment, unemployment, pharmaceutical, sickness and hospital benefits, medical and dental services (but not so as to authorize any form of civil conscription), benefits […]
Many Europeans stockpiled illicit cannabis as COVID-19 set in, report suggests
Regular cannabis users in Europe might have stocked up on illegal products as the COVID-19 pandemic started to sweep over the continent earlier this year, according to a new analysis of darknet transactions. “This is observed to some extent in the data, where an increase in online trade via darknet markets, driven largely by cannabis products, […] Many Europeans stockpiled illicit cannabis as COVID-19 set in, report suggests is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Wet’suwet’en Clans Endorse Governance Agreement With Canada And BC
Wet’suwet’en clans in British Columbia have ratified a memorandum of understanding that will see them take back management of their traditional territories, although one clan says the deal doesn’t go far enough in response to the controversial Coastal GasLink fracked gas pipeline now being built across their lands. The communities’ deliberation over the draft agreement between the Wet’suwet’en, Canada, and British Columbia took two months, and the result “could change the future of Indigenous rights and title negotiations in B.C.,” The Narwhal reports. It has yet to be ratified by... more »
Post-Pandemic America: Prelude To Socialism Or Fascism?
May 8 marks the 75th anniversary of the defeat of fascism in Europe, a historic victory over modern despotism that catapulted American capitalism to world domination by default. As the only combatant country with its cities and infrastructure left intact, the United States emerged from this colossal bloodbath as the single most potent economy on earth. Europe, especially Germany, lay in utter ruins and tens of millions, half of them civilians, lay in early graves. By contrast, the US economy flourished adding some 11 million jobs within the seven years following the war; the minim... more »
Video Emerges Showing North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un Talking With ‘Body Doubles’ During Missile Test In 2017
*The U.S. SUN:* *KIM JONG-UN, DEUX, TROIS Kim Jong-un body doubles revealed to the world as dictator natters to TWO lookalikes before missile test* The two lookalikes accompanied the dictator to last night's ballistic missile test launch KIM Jong-un was snapped chin-wagging with what appears to be his body doubles in bizarre footage which has resurfaced amid rumours he had died. The dictator was filmed chatting away with the two suspected lookalikes - dressed identically in his trademark black pinstripe suit and Cuban heels. Resurfaced video shows both of the apparent doubles spor... more »
Two new publications
The Northeastern University Law Review has just published my 2019 Constitution Day talk, “Celebrating the Founders or Celebrating the Constitution: Reflections on Constitution Day, 2019.” It is accompanied by two interesting responses by Michael Talley and Claudia Haupt. In it, I explain my willingness to celebrate many aspects of the Founders, who were doing the best they could in very difficult political circumstances, while I continue to be more and more critical of their handiwork itself. But, of course, as I have argued many times, that is not to reject the wisdom of the Fou... more »
Premier Dougie Yahoo Ford- Hit the Cottage Easter Week end! No Lockdown for yet another Covid Hypocrite
*Yup, these are the people that we allow to lead us. * *As they dictate behaviour while bringing society to the brink of destruction.* *Read the story from the Star's Bruce Campion-Smith.* *9:05 a.m.: Days after urging Ontarians not to go to their cottages, Premier Doug Ford made a quick Easter visit to his Muskoka seasonal residence.* *On Friday, Ford's office said that "on the morning of Easter Sunday, the premier drove alone to his family property up north to check on the plumbing as the property is under construction and has been over the past two years."* *"He spent less t... more »
Official: Strict US Border Policy May Remain as Virus Eases
President Trump's opponents have accused him of using the pandemic as a pretext to adopt hard-line immigration policies.
Has the FBI institutionalized malfeasance of office?
I'm glad that the Attorney General has withdrawn the charges against General Flynn: but I'm sickened that they were ever brought at all. The entire affair demonstrates that a major US government agency deliberately disregarded both the law and the facts in going after an individual for partisan political purposes. Something has *got* to be done about this. It's simply intolerable to think that those responsible can continue their lives and careers, getting away with their crimes - because they *were* crimes. Be in no doubt about that. If we allow them to pass now, then future ... more »
Justice Department Moves To Dismiss Case Against General Flynn
[image: justice-department-moves-to-dismiss-case-against-general-flynn] The Justice Department moved on Thursday to dismiss its case against former Trump administration official General Michael Flynn, claiming that based on new evidence, the government no longer had a case against him.
Behind Trump’s Strategic Pivot
[image: behind-trump-s-strategic-pivot] Where the medical crisis had been the central front, pulling the U.S. economy out of its coma is now President Trump’s principal objective in the war against the coronavirus.
Chinese Virus No Deterrent for Human Smugglers at Border. Illegals Packed Into Trailers.
[image: chinese-virus-no-deterrent-for-human-smugglers-at-border-illegals-packed-into-trailers] Border agents have caught the smugglers and hundreds of men, women, and children packed into trailers and trucks, and even lying atop one another in small compartments of trucks, in the last two months, Customs and Border Patrol has reported in multiple releases.
More corroboration for Tara Reade from a man who divorced her
When two people get divorced they're unlikely to lie in order to defend the other. So now that we know from a court filing in 1996 that Reade's soon to be ex-husband said that she told him that she'd been sexually harassed while working for Joe Biden. Further the on the way out husband said that she'd reached a deal with Biden's chief of staff and left her position. Now this new evidence dating from 1996, long before Tara Reade could have been plotting a false attack on Biden, doesn't say who sexually harassed her nor does it talk about sexual assault. But it does show that someth... more »
Historic power struggle between Trump and Congress to be reviewed by Supreme Court
Stanley M. Brand, Distinguished Fellow in Law and Government, Pennsylvania State University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 12 hours ago
Three cases coming up for argument in the Supreme Court have the potential to redefine the power of Congress to hold the president accountable.
Being tall can be hazardous
A trait I normally take pride in, my height, can also be a hazard. As my 6’5″ frame sits here typing, I have a bruised forehead. Why, you ask? As I filled a bucket with water and gingerly watched my … Continue reading →
"Economic Market Snapshot AM 5/8/20"
*PM 5/8/20* ○ *"The more I see of the moneyed classes, * *the more I understand the guillotine."* - George Bernard Shaw ○ ○ Gregory Mannarino, *AM* *5/8/2020: * *"**Great Depression Unemployment Level**"* - https://traderschoice.net/ ○ *MarketWatch Market Summary, Live Updates* - https://www.marketwatch.com/tools/marketsummary *CNN Market Data:* - http://money.cnn.com/data/markets/ *CNN Fear And Greed Index:* - http://money.cnn.com/data/fear-and-greed/ ○ *A comprehensive, essential daily read.* - http://www.shadowstats.com/ *"Daily Update (May 6th to May 8th)* ○ *Daily Job Cuts* - https... more »
The Justice Department Drops Flynn Case
[image: undefined] Over a week ago, I wrote a column calling for the Justice Department to drop its case against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. I have long been a critic of the case but the new evidence undermined not just the legitimacy of the prosecution but of the Justice Department itself. The Justice Department just moved to dismiss the case, a belated but commendable decision. The Flynn case represents one of the most ignoble chapters of the Special Counsel investigation. Notably, the motion itself could lay the foundation for suing on the basis of malicious p... more »
The Closest Black Hole to Earth
Black holes are such exotic objects that they somehow suggest great distance. We’re learning about the black holes at the center of many galaxies even as we’re just beginning to catalog the location of smaller ones elsewhere. But we’re also learning through gravitational wave studies about their interactions and have begun to find black holes […]
Worst Jobs Report In U.S. History
The Labor Department's closely watched monthly employment report released on Friday showed the unemployment rate spiked to 14.7 percent last month *Daily Mail:* *BREAKING NEWS: US unemployment rate hits 14.7% - the highest rate since the Great Depression - as more than 20.5 million people across the country suffer job losses amid COVID-19* * The US economy lost a staggering 20.5 million jobs in April with the unemployment rate spiking to 14.7 percent amid the COVID-19 pandemic * Figures released Friday in Labor Department's employment report show the steepest plunge since the 1930s... more »
Terrible things are happening, but there’s a cat in the sky
News 1. Loosening restrictions “Nova Scotia hopes to start loosening up restrictions in place around COVID-19 at the end of May, including allowing ‘non-essential businesses’ and ‘daycare and education settings’ to open and ‘non-urgent health care services to resume,’ according to a private presentation given by the province’s chief medical officer of health this week,” […]
After resisting, Nova Scotia comes through with “pandemic premium” for frontline health care workers
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Nova Scotians who work in nursing homes, publicly-funded home-care, hospitals, and ambulances will receive a one-time lump sum of $2,000 this July in recognition of their efforts during the pandemic. The news was announced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau yesterday. A news release from the […]
Trigger Warning
Ross Faulkner, owner of The Gun Dealer, “Atlantic Canada’s largest firearms dealer,” gets more and more strident the longer the phone interview goes on. He makes his points over and over again, as if not convinced I can understand, and sometimes he speaks as if there were a full stop after each word, which gives […]
It's Snowing. Fa la la la la.? As the Frigid Spring Continues On.
*Documenting May 08/20. And it's snowing. It's pretty to look at, but, it's May for goodness sake! Global warming? LOL. Carbon causing heat? ROFLMAO!* * It's freezing. We had all our garden plants in the house last night. In pots big and small.* *May 05/20: 'Polar vortex' about to hit Ontario will bring arctic air to province* *On the heels of a colder-than-normal April, early May might not be shaping up the way Ontarians had hoped it would.* * On Tuesday morning, Toronto started the day with a low temperature of -0.4 C at Pearson International Airport – not a record-setting lo... more »
Understanding the Flynn situation
We now know that the FBI deliberately and maliciously concealed from both Flynn and the court evidence that would have shown that Flynn was innocent. We now know that the FBI deliberately tried to induce Flynn to lie in order to get him convicted and/or fired. We now know that the FBI deliberately altered the evidence related to Flynn. We now know that the FBI had cleared Flynn but that Peter Strzok intervened to keep the case open. We now know that the government threatened to prosecute Flynn's son on bogus charges unless Flynn pled guilty and that the government hid that informat... more »
Slow Escalation: How North Korea Will Challenge America for the Rest of 2020
*Bruce W. Bennett* *Security, Asia* Kim has learned that he can use provocations to induce other countries to make concessions, concessions he needs. Thus, the North Korean pattern of provocations will likely continue in 2020 through a slow escalation designed to put pressure on the United States and its allies. But Kim has also learned to stay below potential U.S. escalation redlines. How can America break this pattern? Kim Jong-un’s reappearance on May 2 (Korea time) raises questions about the course of U.S./North Korea relationships in the coming year. What should we expect?... more »
Michael Flynn Seems to Finally Be Getting the Justice He Deserves
*John G. Malcolm, Zack Smith, Hans von Spakovsky* *Politics, Americas* [image: Reuters] One thing is certain, Michael Flynn—and the American people—expect and deserve more from their country's system of justice. According to the U.S. Justice Department, continuing to prosecute Michael Flynn “would not serve the interests of justice.” The way he was treated by FBI agents and Justice Department prosecutors—and even his own lawyers—should scare every American. Fortunately, the Department of Justice under the leadership of Attorney General Bill Barr took a first step in righting this... more »
How Much Did World War II Soldiers Sleep?
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* [image: Photograph of two soldiers, 1st Lt. Elmer Bright and 1st Lt. David Fairbairn, taking a nap in a vehicle at the end of Tennessee maneuvers. 1944. 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum.] Not dead, just dead tired. One of the most precious resources in war, and the one most often in short supply, is sleep. Physical exhaustion, combined with the strain of combat, wears even the most young, physically fit men down. Advancing or retreating, bivouacked on the front lines or a bit to the rear, sleep, with all its recuperative qualities... more »
Snow and record cold headed for Northeast
An “out of season Arctic blast” will make for a chilly & blustery Mother’s Day Weekend for much of the eastern U.S. where dozens of record low temperatures may be tied or broken, warns the National Weather Service. Temperatures will approach record cold readings on Saturday morning from the Great Lakes to the Northeast, including ... Read more Snow and record cold headed for Northeast The post Snow and record cold headed for Northeast appeared first on Ice Age Now.
Lockdown-inspired suicides on course to DWARF coronavirus deaths in Australia & in time, even in US – studies
*Isolation in the Home is Unhealthy at Any Time* Nobody in the Main$tream media wants to talk about this. Even the* "megaphony"* alternate media is trying desperately to distract from it. More about that later in this post. Of course, if you're a lifelong eugenicist like Bill Gates...this is a "good news" story. From RT: ******************** *"The global suicide rate is accelerating as coronavirus-triggered lockdowns supercharge depression and mass job losses push people over the edge. Australian and US researchers have highlighted the threat to their countries. * A spike in... more »
Testimony shows that the people who talked about Russian collusion admitted, in secret, that they had no evidence
James Clapper, former Director of National Intelligence, has been a profound critic of Trump yet when questioned in secret by Adam Schiff Clapper said: *“I never saw any direct empirical evidence that the Trump campaign or someone in it was plotting/conspiring with the Russians to meddle with the election,”* Samantha Power, former Ambassador to the UN, when asked about collusion between Trump or anyone in his campaign and Russia said: *“I am not in possession of anything—I am not in possession and didn’t read or absorb information that came from out of the intelligence community.”*... more »
Taiwan Baseball Fans Allowed Inside Stadium But Sit Apart
After a fanless start to Taiwan's baseball season, up to 1,000 spectators are now allowed in the stands — albeit spaced apart.
Social Distancing, Blood, and Hair
North Carolina economist Roy Cordato, whom, with his wife Karen, my wife and I became friends with when he was a graduate student at George Mason University and my wife was the editor at the Center for the Study of Market Processes, writes: Yesterday I gave blood at a local blood drive. The room where […] The post Social Distancing, Blood, and Hair appeared first on Econlib.
Good Housekeeping: Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Vol 3
A three-part #ReadWithMe series. Read Part 1 and Part 2. I was brought up to believe that we shouldn’t put too much weight on the kinds of cars people drive, the clothes that they wear, and the houses that they own. It is the character of the person that matters, not the external […] The post Good Housekeeping: Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Vol 3 appeared first on Econlib.
WATCH: Good Cop Says ‘There’ll Be Blood in the Streets” If Bad Cops Keep Enforcing Lockdown
[image: cop]In an epic rant, a law enforcement officer went off on his fellow cops for their "tyrannical" behavior that could lead to civil war.
China Says That If It Has To Pay For The Coronavirus Pandemic, The U.S. Has To Pay For AIDS, 1918 Spanish Flu
An NPR reporter recently was allowed to watch legal proceedings at Hongkou District Court — a rare opportunity for a foreign correspondent in Shanghai. Courtesy of Hongkou District Court *Summit News:* *China Says That If It Has To Pay For Coronavirus, US Has To Pay For AIDS, 1918 Spanish Flu* “The US is the one to be held accountable and it should compensate the international society, for the Spanish Flu, AIDS and other epidemics.” In its latest tirade against America, Chinese state media argued Thursday that if lawsuits are filed against the communist state by the US, then inte... more »
SCOTUS unanimous decision eviscerates 9th Circuit over handling of immigration case
Judges can’t be judge and lawyer when deciding a case! “A person can’t act in a manner encouraging or inducing illegal immigration for commercial advantage or private financial gain.“ Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals exceeded their limits on the United States v. Sineneng-Smith decision. The Circuit Court sentenced Sineneng-Smith for her activities but the Court of Appeals decided to change the scope of the case. The decision was remarkable for several reasons: First: The lawyers for Sineneng-Smith were trying to use the First Amendment to excuse illegal acts by their client and attemp... more »
The Art of War in the 21st Century
Russia, China and India are much stronger in every way than they were in 1946, despite all efforts to prevent this, and have become veritable leaders in the world. More The post The Art of War in the 21st Century appeared first on The Duran.
Civic-Military Union: The Chavista Paradigm that Defined the Latest Events in the War Against Venezuela
What happened last Monday, May 4, on the coast of the town of Chuao, municipality of Santiago Mariño in the state of Aragua, has left a mark on the history of the Bolivarian process due to the combined action of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces and the citizenry, in particular a group of fishermen, police and members of the Bolivarian National Militia.
Chinese Media Urges An Expansion It's Nuclear Arsenal
China reveals its most advanced nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missile, the DF-41, at the National Day parade in Beijing on October 1, 2019. Photo: Fan Lingzhi/GT *Global Times:* *China urged to expand nuclear arsenal to deter US warmongers* *Nuke-equipped bomber and missile development important to safeguard national security: experts * Facing rising strategic threats from the US, China needs to increase its number of nuclear warheads and complete a technologically advanced nuclear triad by developing the H-20 strategic stealth bomber and JL-3 submarine-launched ballis... more »
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From Jenna Orkin Millions predicted to develop tuberculosis as result of Covid-19 lockdownFauci Tells All States It’s Time to Issue Extremely Strict Stay-at-Home Orders China suspected of bio-espionage in 'heart of EU' 'More than 18million entered UK with no screening' as coronavirus pandemic raged ‘We Are Not Essential. We Are Sacrificial.’ I’m a New York City subway conductor who had Covid-19. Now I’m going back to work. Turkey recruited 11,000 mercenaries to fight in Libya: report President Vladimir Putin’s’s approval rating has hit a historic low of 59% as the country grapples with ... more »
US accuses Syria and Russia of sending fighters to Libya
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:00 P.M.) – Washington launched a new media and diplomatic campaign against Moscow and Damascus, accusing them of transporting fighters and equipment to Libya to support the forces of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar in his conflict with the Turkish-backed Government of National Accord (GNA). “We know for sure that the Russians are working […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
NATO member Turkey activates S-400 system despite US threats
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:30 P.M.) – Turkey activated its Russian-supplied S-400 air defense system, despite objections from fellow NATO member, the United States, Head of Turkey’s Defense Industry Ismail Demir said on Friday, as reported by the TASS News Agency. “The process of deploying S-400s continues and certain systems have been put into operation,” TASS reported, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Libyan Army shoots down 2nd Turkish aircraft west of Tripoli
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:10 P.M.) – The Libyan National Army (LNA) has shot down a second Turkish aircraft near the Al-Watiyah Airbase in the western region of the country. According to a field report, the Libyan National Army’s air defense forces spotted and shot down a Turkish unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that was attempting to bomb […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
US won’t provide support to Lebanon’s Health Ministry because it’s ‘run by Hezbollah’
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 P.M.) – The U.S. will not provide medical assistance to Lebanon because the country’s health ministry is “run by Hezbollah”, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of Near Eastern Affairs, David Schenker, told LBCI TV on Thursday. “Hezbollah is an enormous factor in this government and it is a Hezbollah-backed government,” Schenker said. “We […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syria reopens historical Umayyad Mosque: video
People are flocking to Damascus’ Umayyad Mosque on Friday, 8 May, as Syria is among the first countries in the region to allow the reopening of mosques. This year the Islamic holy month of Ramadan kicked off without Taraweeh prayers for the first time in history due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis. As of Friday, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syrian Army confronts several ISIS attacks in eastern Homs
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:45 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has addressed several attacks in eastern Homs this week amid a new campaign by the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) to wreak havoc in the eastern part of the country. ISIS began their attacks against the Syrian Armed Forces earlier this week, targeting their positions around the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Heavy overnight clashes in Daraa as major military operation approaches
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:00 P.M.) – The Daraa Governorate witnessed heavy clashes last night when the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) 5th Armored Division engaged a group of militants belonging to an opposition sleeper cell. According to a field report from the Daraa Governorate, the Syrian Army’s 5th Armored Division attacked a group of militants around the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Transcripts from US House Intelligence Committee Russia Investigation Released After Being Delayed by Trump-White House for Almost One Year
“Press Releases After Being Delayed by White House for Almost a Year, Transcripts from House Intelligence Committee Russia Investigation Released … Continue reading →
Art of the Con: Shedding Light on Missing PPE-Critical Medical Supplies in the United States
This brilliant 9 minute video from April 19th sheds light on where the missing PPE-Critical Medical Supplies appear to have … Continue reading →
As Covid-19 Spreads in VA Facilities, VA Healthcare Sites Across Upstate NY Have Reported Weeks of Shortages or Total Lack of PPE; Senator Demands VA Immediately Send Supplies & PPE to Upstate NY; Fix Distribution Strategy
“05.07.20 SCHUMER REVEALS: AS COVID-19 SPREADS IN FACILITIES, VA HEALTHCARE SITES ACROSS UPSTATE NY HAVE REPORTED WEEKS OF SHORTAGES OR … Continue reading →
General Michael Flynn Fired From The DIA – Russia Connections: A Summary
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + : NB – Russia Annexed Crimea: February 20 – March 19 2014 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annexation_of_Crimea_by_the_Russian_Federation This article was published by…
Covid19 Linked to Affluence
Colby Cosh writes at National Post COVID-19 is showing us what a real First World problem looks like Excerpts in italics with my bolds. On Monday, a reader, Max Anderson of Vancouver, wrote in to observe that, at this point in the COVID-19 epic, Canada does not appear to be doing so well by the […]
Don’t Do It Again! The Swedish Experience With Negative Central Bank Rates in 2015-2019
Why negative interest rates were a bust.
Where Is Abel Your Brother?
There's a great danger in revising the history of the Second World War. Any such revision is a betrayal of the victory won in 1945 and a betrayal of those who won this victory. As epic and colossal as the struggle against Nazism was, a betrayal of this sacred struggle would be just as momentous.
Canada's Leads the 14 Nation Pack in Long Term Care Elder Deaths- 82% of Covid Deaths in Long Term Care System
*Oh, Canada. This is pathetic. What a black eye on this country. Systemic. Long known problems. Are now laid bare for all to see. Any communicable virus/bacteria would have resulted in the same type of outcome.* * As an example, in 2011 there was a C Difficile outbreak that spread through Niagara Hospitals and Long Term Care facilities- It killed 37 or 38 people at that time, before it was finally brought under control. Not eradicated. But under control. C Difficile as well as MRSA outbreaks still occur in hospitals and long term care homes. We've learned to live with them but not ... more »
Karma? Cop Tries to Kill Innocent Family’s Dog, Shoots Himself in the Foot Instead
[image: dog]A cop entered the fenced in yard of an innocent family and when their dog charged him, he tried to kill it, but he missing and shot himself instead.
What will be the cost$?
Welcome to Space Force.... The U.S. Space Force unveiled its first official recruiting commercial on May 6, featuring scenes from space, rockets launching, military troops in spacesuits and a glimpse of the secretive X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, an Air Force-owned, unmanned space craft that looks like a small version of a space shuttle and will launch this month. The military space plane will be launched by the Space Force in Florida from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base, which will transition at some point to Cape Canaveral Space Force Base. It will mark the sixth mission into spac... more »
Republican Cruelty
The devastation the coronavirus has wrought has come home today with the lastest unemployment statistics. The *New York Times* reports that, in April, Americans lost 20.5 million jobs. But Republicans refuse to help the unemployed. Senator Lindsey Graham says that extending unemployment benefits would "take over our dead bodies." Paul Krugman writes: They apparently want to return to a situation in which most unemployed workers get no benefits at all, and even those collecting unemployment insurance get only a small fraction of their previous income. Because most working-age Ameri... more »
GUNS ON THE LEFT?
Wow. A black lawmaker came to Michigan’s capitol with an escort of armed black citizens on Wednesday, days after white protesters with guns staged a volatile protest inside the state house, comparing the Democratic governor’s public health orders to “tyranny”. The state representative Sarah Anthony, 36, said she wanted to highlight what she saw as the failure of the Michigan capitol police to provide legislators with adequate security during the protest, which saw demonstrators with rifles standing in the legislative chamber above lawmakers.... One of Anthony’s constituents, a b... more »
Comparing Two Recessions
Job losses during the Great Recession of 2008-2009 were largely permanent job losses. Job losses during the Great Shutdown of 2020 are largely temporary layoffs. The future course of the economy will, of course, depend on the microbiology. But the economy seems well situated for a rapid recovery if testing, treatment, and vaccine development allows it. (Click on image to enlarge.) An important caveat: The labor force participation rate has experienced a large drop. Perhaps there are many permanent job losers who are classified as not in the labor force because they cannot search dur... more »
Expanding the Cast of Constitutional Actors
For the Symposium on Gerald Leonard and Saul Cornell, The Partisan Republic: Democracy, Exclusion, and the Fall of the Founders' Constitution, 1780s-1830s (Cambridge University Press, 2019). Gregory Ablavsky In their new book *The Partisan Republic*, Gerry Leonard and Saul Cornell offer an impressive model for how to do large-scale synthetic constitutional history that speaks to both historians and lawyers. From my perspective, their most admirable commitment is methodological. Their book declines to interpret constitutional history solely as the product of an internally sealed ... more »
Second and unprecedented wave of locust invasion expected to hit Pakistan
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Another unprecedented wave of locust plague is expected to hit Pakistan by the end of May 2020, posing threats of food security crisis and livelihood losses. The invasion will start from the southwestern province of Balochistan, passing through the cropping area of...... Read more »
Sizewell To Halve Output To Prevent Blackouts
By Paul Homewood Little Emily updates us on grid balancing this weekend, after fears that there could be a surplus of power due to low demand, with news that Sizewell B will shut half of its capacity: https://twitter.com/emilygosden/status/1258472093462810632 She does not know how much the Grid has had to pay to Sizewell, […]
Nicaragua: Journalist Reports Seeing Black Triangular UFO.
*Source: Planeta UFO (Argentina) and La Teja.cr (Costa Rica)Date: 05.07.2020A report by Franklin Arroyo* *Nicaragua: Journalist Reports Seeing Black Triangular UFO.* Fabrice Le Lous, a journalist for the La Nación newspaper, had a fascinating UFO sighting in 2012. He saw the device at a relative's home in Jugigalpa, Chontales, in neighboring Nicaragua. The sighting occurred on the evening of Friday, 22 June and Saturday, 23 June of that year. According to Lous, he and a cousin witnessed a black triangular object for at least 20 seconds. It had lights on each of its three tips. ... more »
Jobless Rate Spikes to Highest Since Great Depression
The U.S. unemployment rate hit 14.7% in April. It was at a record low of 3.5% as recently as February.
Heidegger and the Countermovement to Nihilism
Heidegger never accepted that he had erred by supporting the Nazis—he was convinced that Nazism had failed to achieve its philosophical objectives because it went astray. In a 1930s lecture, he said that he saw Fascism (or Nazism) as a countermovement to the problem of European nihilism which Nietzsche has described. By endorsing Hitler, Heidegger thought that he was endorsing a countermovement to nihilism and bringing Germany closer to the metaphysical realm of Nietzsche. He aspired to have with Hitler the kind of relationship that Plato had with Dionysius (the king of Syracuse)—but... more »
Two more police suspended over leaked Dean Laidley photos, corruption watchdog to oversee probe
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Two more Victorian police officers are suspended over the leak of unauthorised photos of former AFL coach and player Dean Laidley in a police station, as the state's corruption watchdog says it will oversee the investigation into the leak.
Secretive X-37B Space Plane Is Heading Back Into Action. But Doing What?
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Technology, * The X-37B space plane has spent a total of 2,865 days in space, including 780 days in orbit for its most recent mission that was completed in October 2019. The U.S. military has confirmed that it will be sending its high-tech X-37B spacecraft back into orbit later this month. This will be the sixth trip for the reusable vehicle, which conducts secretive missions while circling the planet. While U.S. Air Force doesn’t usually say what the drone will be doing, a little more concrete information has been released to the public this time around. “T... more »
The PLAN: China's Navy Just Conducted Drills in the South China Sea
*Peter Suciu* *Security, Asia* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2017%3Anewsml_RC1F75C98B90&share=true] What is their plan? The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is ready to respond to potential "U.S. military provocation" in the South China Sea and according to China Central Television (CCTV), has been conducting drills in the region in preparation. China’s Liaoning aircraft carrier task force wrapped up its South China Sea exercises in late April—the longest conducted since the PLAN resumed all-large scale military drills in March—whi... more »
Qatar’s New F-15 Could Be Just What the U.S. Air Force Wants
*Peter Suciu* *Security, Middle East* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2012%3Anewsml_GM1E89I02AZ01&share=true] Let us explain. The United States Air Force is currently eyeing a fighter currently being developed by the Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF), but yet it is one that it already knows quite well—it is the F-15, a fourth-generation multi-role fighter that first entered service in 1976. Given that the Air Force has the F-22 and F-35; one might question why it would be interested in a fighter that was developed during the Vietnam War and which e... more »
Putting Israel's Armor 'Shield' On U.S. Army Tanks Is Easier Said Than Done
*Charlie Gao* *Security, * The program is facing major delays. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The issues with Iron Fist on the Bradley are illustrative of how retrofitting modern technology to older chassis can prove to be far more complicated than it would appear. APS’ need to be fully integrated into the design of a vehicle to function optimally. Active protection systems (APS) are rapidly becoming a must-have feature for heavy armored vehicles on the modern battlefield. Experiences from Syria and Ukraine have shown that anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) are lethal threa... more »
Why Russia's IT-1 Dragon Missile Tank Was Unpopular With Its Military
*Charlie Gao* *Security, Europe* It could fire ATGMs out to 3.3km, but it had a rather large minimum range of 300m. *Here's What You Need To Remember:* The IT-1 Dragon is an interesting dead end in the history of Soviet tank development. Developed at a time where the capabilities and limitations of anti-tank Guided Missiles (ATGMs) had not yet fully been fleshed out, the IT-1 was a tank designed to use ATGMs as its primary weapon. While relatively unsuccessful in service, the development of the IT-1 is interesting and provides a critical stepping stone into understanding why th... more »
Thanks To The War On Terror, Micro Missiles Are Here To Stay
*Charlie Gao* *Security, * The need for a better UAV munition drove the development of the first micro munitions. *Here's What You Need To Remember:* As Western militaries shift back into a conventional focus after spending more than a decade fighting insurgencies, they are bringing along some tech developed for counterinsurgency that has applications in a peer or near-peer conflict. One important innovation that is looking to change how air-to-ground support can occur is the development of a new class of “micro precision munitions”: guided rockets, bombs, and missiles that weig... more »
Patton and Montgomery in Sicily—Allied Generals Or Bitter Rivals?
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* [image: Gen. Bernard Law Montgomery is bid a jolly farewell by Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., at the Palermo, Sicily airport after a visit by Gen. Montgomery. 28 July 1943. U.S. Army Signal Corps/Lieutenant Brin.] The rivalry between Bernard Montgomery and George S. Patton became heated during Operation Husky. Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily, was the only operation in World War II in which generals Bernard Montgomery and George S. Patton, Jr., participated as equals. Monty was commanding the British Eighth Army and Patton the... more »
Leningrad Was Hell On Earth—But Stalin Punished the Survivors
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* [image: The exultant Leningrad. The siege is removed. Sign on the wall says: Citizens! This part of the street is most dangerous during the artillery barrage. 1944. Wikimedia.] Personal accounts detailing the hellish prison that had been Leningrad during the war were to disappear into a government orchestrated vacuum. Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin harbored a great suspicion of the people of Leningrad, even after the war. Stalin had always suspected that the non-conformist and spirited Leningraders might one day rise up against him as t... more »
Why Germany Is Betting Its Future On The F/A-18F Super Hornet
*Charlie Gao* *Security, Europe* And the Eurofighter too. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The split contract shows how weak of a product the Eurofighter is when competing with other fighter aircraft, due to disparate development and a general lack of funding. While electronic warfare variants of the Eurofighter have been floated as ideas and concepts, none have reached the stage of implementation and testing, which caused its loss to the dedicated electronic warfare variant of the Super Hornet. In a surprise decision with massive implications for both the European and Ameri... more »
Russia Continues To Lead On Chemical And Biological Warfare Military Prep
*Charlie Gao* *Security, * Much like the Soviet Union. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *In NATO, CBRN training has lapsed. While Czechia retains one of the only live-agent chemical weapons training facilities in NATO, there is far less focus on the CBRN threat in NATO nations, in both civil defense and military settings. The threat of chemical and nuclear warfare loomed large over most militaries during the Cold War. The development of new nerve agents during the 1940s, as well as advanced delivery systems later on meant that chemical weapons could be delivered with precision... more »
Coronavirus Has Taken A Toll On China's Military
*Charlie Gao* *Security, Asia* Whether the return to norms in the military industry will boost the rest of China’s economy has yet to be seen. *Here's What You Need To Remember: * It suggests that China’s military industry’s supply chain is relatively insulated from that used to supply the factories that produce goods for export. The disruption that COVID-2019 coronavirus has inflicted on China’s industry is well documented. Wuhan, a major industrial center, is still in lockdown as of early March 2020. Many factories have gone to a standstill, with major effects on the supply of... more »
Bad News: Russia's Navy Is Going Hypersonic
*Michael Peck* *Security, * A month before the Zircon test, in December 2019, the head of Russia’s top shipbuilder claimed that all new Russian warships will be capable of firing hypersonic missiles (missiles that travel faster than Mach 5). *Here's What You Need To Remember: *Operating in confined waters near the Russian coast, with plentiful support from land-based aircraft and radars, Zircon-armed Russian ships would be formidable. But Russian missile boats in the vast North Atlantic would be a different matter, Here’s a scenario the U.S. Navy would rather not contemplate: eve... more »
Protecting the Rules-Based Order at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
Subi Reef, South China Sea, May 2015 (Source: Wikimedia/U.S. Navy) “It is just a piece of waste paper. You may just chuck it in the bin, leave it on the shelf, or put it in archives.” Those words were spoken by Liu Zhenmin, then the vice foreign minister for the People’s Republic of China, at a July 2016 press conference in Beijing. One day prior to his remarks, a tribunal constituted under the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) had issued a comprehensive, 501-page ruling in the South China Sea arbitration case between the Republic of the Philippines and China. As a st... more »
After Flynn Reversal, Time to Free Roger Stone, Prosecute DOJ/FBI Coup Plotters
After Flynn Reversal, Time to Free Roger Stone, Prosecute DOJ/FBI Coup Plotters Video of After Flynn Reversal, Time to Free Roger Stone, Prosecute DOJ/FBI Coup Plotters We. Were. Right. From day one, there has been a coordinated strategy by the Obama Administration, FBI, and Justice Department to take down the Trump Presidency, beginning with framing and prosecuting General Michael Flynn, Trump's National Security Advisor. The dam is breaking, this is just the beginning. Every weekday morning Harley will brief you on what you need to know to start your day. If you haven't alread... more »
Funny Friday
~ From Terry ~ ~ From Whitetop ~ ” The Sound Of Sirens” Spring Has Sprung… The Weeds Haz Riz…Time For Dreaded… Lawn Care Biz…. Rare Pleistocene Era Homo Erectus Skeleton Museum Display ~ This Week’s Special ~ Is He Live…Or Is He Member-Ex ? Li’l Rocket Man really wants his people to understand the Un-Real him. Years ago he created this video to be played in the event of his UN-demise : ….and here we see the same crowd that mourned his fatally Il father in the past, practicing ( still under gunpoint) for the Un-likely event of the … Continue reading →
Materials scientist up to nine retractions
An itinerant materials scientist whose former lab head has accused publicly of misconduct is up to nine retractions for manipulating his data. We last wrote about Hossein Hosseinkhani in 2016, after he’d lost seven papers stemming from his time as a researcher in the lab of Yasuhiko Tabata, of the Institute for Frontier Life and … Continue reading Materials scientist up to nine retractions
The Consequences Can Be Very Dire When A President Loses His Mind
*Never Waste A Serious Crisis by Nancy Ohanian* Former Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) couldn't stand Trump-- and retired from the Senate because of him-- but was always a die-hard, full-bore conservative and never any kind of moderate. He'll do something many conservative Republicans plan to do: voted for a conservative Democrat for the first time in their lives. On core issues, he has no real problems with Biden. Besides, he told the *Washington Post*'s K.K. Otteson a few days ago, the best thing for the future of the Republican party would be "a sound defeat" for Señor Trumpanzee in No... more »
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