New York City Marathon Canceled Because of Coronavirus
AP News, Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
The Boston and Berlin Marathons were also felled by the pandemic this year.
The Reveal: Q
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 11 hours ago
23 Jun 2020 theredpilldoctor What is Q? As the confusion intensifies and the deep state strives to infiltrate all that is good and more specifically, the “Q” movement; we need to clarify what “Q” represents. Many questions have been asked about the “Q” phenomenon. “Who is Q?”, “Where does Q come from?”, “Does Q have … Continue reading The Reveal: Q →
The Soviet Plan for ‘Ideological Subversion’ Describes Our Current Turmoil
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 11 hours ago
June 22, 2020 By Eileen F. Toplansky A good friend of mine who fled the Soviet Union many years ago recently sent me a most chilling interview on You Tube. Under ten minutes long, it needs to be seen by every American who wonders why the country is unraveling before our very eyes. The interview … Continue reading The Soviet Plan for ‘Ideological Subversion’ Describes Our Current Turmoil →
The Savages Among Us
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 11 hours ago
June 3, 2020 By Eileen F. Toplansky The savagery, rage and evil of the murderers, looters and haters of America these past few days should clarify to any sentient individual that the left and its allies will do anything to completely dismantle this country. Seeing the picture of a store owner being stomped upon, hearing … Continue reading The Savages Among Us →
What about Black Christian Lives?
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 11 hours ago
June 10, 2020 By Eileen F. Toplansky Where are the marches and the outrage regarding the deliberate and quite systematic murder by jihadist Muslims of Black Christians in Nigeria and other African countries? At Genocide Watch (graphic pictures), one learns that Nigeria is “a killing field of defenseless Christians.” Since June 2015, “over 11,500 Christians have … Continue reading What about Black Christian Lives? →
Black Lives Matter Does Not Care about Black Youth
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 11 hours ago
June 24, 2020 By Eileen F. Toplansky As a publicly avowed Marxist organization, Black Lives Matter (BLM) seeks to destroy the nuclear family. Its adherents aim to: … disrupt the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure requirement by supporting each other as extended families and ‘villages’ that collectively care for one another. [BLM] also seeks to build ‘a queer‐affirming … Continue reading Black Lives Matter Does Not Care about Black Youth →
Does This Photo Show a Full Crowd at Trump’s Tulsa Rally?
Dan Evon, Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
According to the Tulsa Fire Department, a little over 6,000 people showed up for Trump's recent rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Insults to Black History
Walter E. Williams, rss - 11 hours ago
[image: insults-to-black-history] After that, black people should be simply left alone as opposed to being smothered by the paternalism inspired by white guilt.
Protections for Police Removed From Georgia Hate Crimes Bill
AP News, Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
In addition to removing "first responders" from the bill, senators added “sex” as a protected factor.
How Fake Accounts Constantly Manipulate What You See on Social Media
David Mikkelson, Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
Platforms have been slow to act. Sadly, misinformation and disinformation drives usage and is good for business.
Did Tennis Star Serena Williams Write the Viral ‘I’m Sick of COVID-19’ Post?
Dan Evon, Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
A person by that name definitely posted the message.
How Long Will the Vandals Run Amok?
Patrick J. Buchanan, rss - 11 hours ago
[image: how-long-will-the-vandals-run-amok] But this cannot go on. The political and propaganda war on the cops, the vandalism of the statues and memorials, the disgracing and dishonoring of American heroes cannot go on indefinitely.
The Federal Reserve Is Getting Desperate
Ron Paul, rss - 11 hours ago
[image: the-federal-reserve-is-getting-desperate] In a sign that the Federal Reserve is growing increasingly desperate to jump-start the economy, the Fed’s Secondary Market Credit Facility has begun purchasing individual corporate bonds.
Meng Wanzhou Update - Sauce for the Goose....Or.....
greencrow, Greencrow As The Crow Flies - 2 hours ago
*Left to right: Ariana Botha, Bennett Kovrig and* *Michael Kovrig are seen in a handout photo*. *Families of "Two Michaels" have now been allowed* *to speak out on their behalf...Why?* Folks, at long last the M*Z*M in Canada which is totally owned and operated by the Perp*Z,* is calling for some kind of "deal" to be made with China regarding the arbitrary arrest and extradition proceedings of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou. The daughter of the founder of Huawei was arrested by the RCMP on December 1, 2018 at the Vancouver Airport. She has been held under house arrest in Vancouver ever sin...
Memories of Mosul Must Spark Action
Assyrian International News Agency - 10 hours ago
An Assyrian woman and her children attend an Easter ceremony in Saint John's Church (Mar Yohanna) in the nearly deserted predominantly Christian Iraqi town of Qaraqosh on April 16, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq.
Christians a Welcome Scapegoat in Turkey
Assyrian International News Agency - 10 hours ago
The persecution of Christians in Turkey continues. While the world is busy fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, dealing with mass unemployment and a global recession, the Turkish government is taking advantage of the situation to further pressure minorities.
This Day In Iraqi History - Jun 24
Joel Wing, MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 11 hours ago
1933 Interior Minister would not let Assyrian leader Mar Shimun leave Baghdad after being in capital for nearly a month (Musings On Iraq review of *The Tragedy of the Assyrian Minority in Iraq*) (Musings On Iraq review *State and Society in Iraq*) 1979 After army killed scores and arrested 3,000 protesting house arrest of Ayatollah Sadiq al-Sadr Iran’s Arabic radio service called Sadr the Khomeini of Iraq and called on Shiites to replace the tyrants in Baghdad 1981 UK signed trade pact with Baghdad that would expand trade to more than $2 bil/yr 1982 9th Regional Baath Party Cong...
D.C. Delegate Asks The Right Question After Bizarre Incident Near White House
Jonathan Turley, Peace and Prosperity - 11 hours ago
[image: undefined] NBC correspondent Andrea Mitchell and Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) had a bizarre encounter yesterday when a man dressed only in a bra and panties rushed then near Black Lives Matter Square and the area claimed earlier as the “Black House Autonomous Zone.” Mitchell immediately asked “where’s the police” and Norton added “where’s the police when you need them?” It is a question that many of us have been asking D.C. officials for weeks as police have stood by and watched statues destroyed and defaced around the city. This week, D.C. Chief of Police Peter N...
Damaging tornado touches down in southern Ontario, Canada
The Watchers » Latest articles - 11 hours ago
A tornado caused major damage in southern Ontario on Tuesday, June 23, 2020. According to Environment Canada, the twister was spawned by a low-pressure system that brought a prolonged period of heavy rain, with very high rainfall accumulations in many areas of the...... Read more »
Dutch Government Outright Lies about MH17, to Blame Russia
Eric Zuesse, The Duran - 11 hours ago
Eric Zuesse 1. The Dutch Government’s 279-page investigative findings on the “Crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17” were published in October 2015, and reported, on page 84, (under 2.13.2 “Crew autopsy”) that “First Officer Team A … During the body scan of the First Officer’s body, over 120 objects (mostly metal fragments) were detected. The […] More The post Dutch Government Outright Lies about MH17, to Blame Russia appeared first on The Duran.
5G Update: Belief In Harm Is Still Belief In Magic
Hank Campbell, Science 2.0 blogs - 11 hours ago
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. The NYU Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, Berkeley psychologist Joel Moskowitz, and other anti-science conspiracy theorists use the language of science against it to advance their beliefs that we're all being harmed by the modern world. So when they see a scientific statement like "very low risk" of harm from any cell phone service, including 5G, they have a ready retort to mobilize the coastal Karens and Darrens who make up their ranks; *that's not no risk* . read more
The Critical Role of Women in Avoiding a Covid-19 “Food Pandemic” in sub-Saharan Africa
Global Issues News Headlines - 11 hours ago
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar, Jun 24 (IPS) - As infections with Covid-19 appear to be intensifying in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), fears of severe food shortages have prompted experts to warn that the region may be "on the brink of a hunger pandemic." Efforts are intensifying to rally a major global response. Read the full story, “The Critical Role of Women in Avoiding a Covid-19 “Food Pandemic” in sub-Saharan Africa”, on globalissues.org →
Bill Gates: Philanthropist or Scoundrel?
Alex Newman, rss - 11 hours ago
[image: bill-gates-philanthropist-or-scoundrel] It is undeniable that Bill Gates gives lots of his own money to causes around the world, causing many to dub him a philanthropist. But his causes and motives are questionable.
RANKED: 5 Best Pistol Caliber Rifles on Planet Earth
Kyle Mizokami, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Technology, World* [image: https://www.keltecweapons.com/firearms/rifles/sub2000/] We've got the list. *Key Point: *These weapons offer less power, but better accuracy than a pistol. Here are the best ones you could buy. The explosion of interest in the modern sporting rifle, as well as the natural pace of industry innovation, has driven the firearms industry to field semi-automatic rifles in an increasingly broad number of configurations. One of the latest innovations is a new generation of pistol-caliber rifles, which combines smaller pistol calibers with a ri...
Exposed: Bill and Melinda Gates Agenda in Africa
21wire, 21st Century Wire - 12 hours ago
*Obianuju Ekeocha* | Clear evidence of a depopulation agenda being pushed by the Gates network.
‘Act with necessary force,’ says Greta
Robert, Ice Age Now - 12 hours ago
Chilling words from snarky teen activist turned climate change icon Greta Thunberg. The Black Lives Matter protests and success of the ‘corona crisis’ lockdown across the world provide a blueprint for the climate change fight, Greta believes. They show the ‘necessary force’ people need to use when fighting global warming, Admitting that a “green recovery ... Read more ‘Act with necessary force,’ says Greta The post ‘Act with necessary force,’ says Greta appeared first on Ice Age Now.
2020 Update: Fossil Fuels ≠ Global Warming
Ron Clutz, Science Matters - 12 hours ago
Previous posts addressed the claim that fossil fuels are driving global warming. This post updates that analysis with the latest (2019) numbers from BP Statistics and compares World Fossil Fuel Consumption (WFFC) with three estimates of Global Mean Temperature (GMT). More on both these variables below. WFFC 2017 statistics are now available from BP for […]
DOJ calls for Big Tech bias reform laws
David Wojick, CFACT - 12 hours ago
The US Department of Justice has issued a wish list of reform laws aimed directly at the big Internet media giants. The post DOJ calls for Big Tech bias reform laws appeared first on CFACT.
Worst-Performing Countries on Coronavirus: Chile & U.S.
Eric Zuesse, The Duran - 12 hours ago
Eric Zuesse As of the start of 24 June 2020: Chile has 13,120 cases per million inhabitants, and 236 deaths per million, but U.S. has 7,324 cases per million and 373 deaths per million. Strictly on deaths, Belgium and UK are the worst. Belgium has 838 per million, and UK has 632 per million. Belgium […] More The post Worst-Performing Countries on Coronavirus: Chile & U.S. appeared first on The Duran.
Coronavirus Panic and Lockdowns Causing PTSD in Children, Charity Warns
Michael Tennant, rss - 12 hours ago
[image: coronavirus-panic-and-lockdowns-causing-ptsd-in-children-charity-warns] The coronavirus panic and associated lockdowns are having “devastating” effects on children, including post-traumatic stress disorder, a British children’s charity warns.
Snow suddenly fell in Croatia – Video
Robert, Ice Age Now - 12 hours ago
In the middle of summer! In the south of Croatia, including in coastal cities, unexpectedly snow fell in the middle of summer. It is reported by 24sata . Snowfall swept the Cetina region and spread to the coastal cities of Trogir and Kastela. Snow cover in places reached 10 centimeters. Local residents did not expect such a sharp ... Read more Snow suddenly fell in Croatia – Video The post Snow suddenly fell in Croatia – Video appeared first on Ice Age Now .
Coronavirus death rate drops dramatically
Robert, Ice Age Now - 12 hours ago
Even though the number of reported cases has been rising in many states, the coronavirus death rate has dropped significantly. According to The New York Times, “Overall deaths have dropped dramatically. The 14-day average was down 42 percent as of Saturday.” (emphasis added) Apparently, the increase in coronavirus cases is among younger people who simply ... Read more Coronavirus death rate drops dramatically The post Coronavirus death rate drops dramatically appeared first on Ice Age Now.
FBI: Rope Found in Wallace’s Garage at Talladega Not a Noose
R. Cort Kirkwood, rss - 13 hours ago
[image: fbi-rope-found-in-wallace-s-garage-at-talladega-not-a-noose] The FBI has exposed another noose hoax, the latest “noose” having been found in driver Bubba Wallace’s garage at Talladega Superspeedway.
We Have Met the Enemy....
Karen Garcia, Sardonicky - 7 hours ago
What will kill us first - Covid-19, or the cancer on crack known as capitalism? Judging from how the increasingly unpopular Donald Trump is so feverishly lumbering from virus hotspot to virus hotspot to hold his campaign rallies, you'd almost think that his main goal is not so much to win another term, but to be recognized as the bold Manspreader-in-Chief. He's a victor because he's a vector. Therefore, there is no need for masks - the ionized atmospheres in their dream palaces of worship and the fomentation of bilious hatred of The Other shall immunize them. So, apparently, wi...
Will The Climate Crisis Be A Factor In November?
DownWithTyranny, DownWithTyranny! - 10 hours ago
On Tuesday, Pew released a new poll on the climate crisis which shows that "a majority of Americans continue to say they see the effects of climate change in their own communities and believe that the federal government falls short in its efforts to reduce the impacts of climate change. At a time when partisanship colors most views of policy, broad majorities of the public-- including more than half of Republicans and overwhelming shares of Democrats-- say they would favor a range of initiatives to reduce the impacts of climate change, including large-scale tree planting efforts, t...
North Korea's Type 73 Rifles Is Waging War All Over the Middle East
Joseph Trevithick, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Joseph Trevithick* *Security, Asia* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2015%3Anewsml_GM1EB1R1NMV01&share=true] A look into the global arms trade. *Key Point: *Many countries and groups illegaly buy firearms from overseas. This is especially true for North Korean weapons. *More From The National Interest: * *How the F-35 Stealth Fighter Almost Never Happened * *Russia Has Missing Nuclear Weapons Sitting on the Ocean Floor * *Yes, America Has a ‘Ninja’ Missile * *How China Could Sink a U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier * Between February and March 201...
The Future of Iranian Natural Gas Exports to Turkey
Omid Shokri Kalehsar, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Omid Shokri Kalehsar* *Security, Middle East* [image: Reuters] Reducing dependence on Iranian gas will increase Turkey’s bargaining power in gas transactions. In practice, Iranian gas will not play a significant role in Turkey’s policies, which means that it can be easily removed from them and sanctioned. The diversification of energy resources is a fundamental principle of Turkey’s energy policy. As such, the country has implemented several important natural gas transit projects in recent years, with more planned for the near future. Turkey is positioning itself to become a reg...
India to Purchase 20 Russian MiG-29 Jets: A Good Move?
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Security, Asia* [image: Reuters] In addition, personnel from the Indian military will take part in the Victory Parade in Moscow’s Red Square on June 24. Even as New Delhi has eyed the American-designed Lockheed Martin F-35, the Indian military still uses a lot of Russian technology—a fact that is unlikely to change. The Indian Air Force (IAF) is now reportedly planning to order thirty-three additional fighters including twenty-one MiG-29 supersonic fighter jets from Russia. The news was first reported in the EconomicTimes of India, which noted that these aircraft w...
BLM and ANTIFA attack Democrat controlled cities
Norma, Collecting My Thoughts - 12 hours ago
It's a no brainer why the anarchists (BLM and ANTIFA) began their rages in Democrat controlled cities. They attacked the very people most likely to support their movement. Why? They knew they'd get the least resistance, the weakest mayors, and the highest crime rates where the people have the greatest encounters with police. With a victim rate 6x that of whites, the blacks in Minneapolis, Chicago, St. Louis, and other major cities it would be easy to encourage disaffected, recently unemployed youth to loot and riot, while virtue signaling white liberals would just stand around and w...
EL AMOR, ENCUENTRO CON UN IMPOSIBLE
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
24-Jun-2020 EL AMOR: ENCUENTRO CON UN IMPOSIBLE
China ‘interested' in Trans-Pacific trade deal but keen to gauge Japan's ‘attitude' ahead of potential talks, ex-minister says
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
24-Jun-2020 Doubts though remain over China's ability to meet the requirement of the Comprehensive Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (CPTPP).
When will the Free Trade Agreement between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Turkey signed?
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
24-Jun-2020 The document is currently in the procedure in the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Wednesday Morning Links
Unknown, Accidental Deliberations - 12 hours ago
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. - Richard Shearmur discusses the risk that employers will use an increase in remote work to extract even more value from workers. And Tara Deschamps reports that the plan may extend beyond offloading costs to outright cutting pay. - Meanwhile, Inayat Singh reports on the systemic failure of employers and regulators to recognize COVID-19 as a safety issue meriting protection for workers. And PressProgress exposes Ontario's explicit position that employees need to wait for known cases of the coronavirus in their workplace before bein...
County with .6% black citizens
Norma, Collecting My Thoughts - 12 hours ago
This may be the strangest virus regulation I've ever seen. Whites must wear masks, but not blacks, to prevent racial profiling? Doesn't this mean you can spot the blacks easier and thus profile? https://nypost.com/2020/06/23/oregon-county-issues-face-mask-order-exempting-non-white-people/ Like millions of other people, I then googled Lincoln County, Oregon, and see it has a population under 50,000 and is about .6% black. Well, some counties need more publicity than others, and other than being a laughing stock, I suppose this did it. So then I looked at crime rates in Oregon and ...
2 Republicans Opposed by Trump Win in N. Carolina, Kentucky
AP News, Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
The results of other high-profile primary races in Kentucky and New York faced delays after a deluge of mail-in ballots swamped election officials.
FDA Warns Against Sanitizer Gel Containing Methanol
AP News, Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
The Food and Drug Administration recommends that several brands of gels made by a Mexican manufacturer should be disposed of.
US sends powerful message to Iran, Venezuela as warship sails near Caracas
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 12 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:00 P.M.) – The U.S. Naval Command in the southern region announced on Wednesday, that a warship belonging to it sailed near the Venezuelan coast, hours after an Iranian tanker was docked in the port of Caracas. According to the Southern Command’s official website, the U.S.S. Nitze sailed in an area outside Venezuelan […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
House Judiciary Hearing on Political Interference at the Department of Justice
esetzer, Lawfare - 12 hours ago
On Wednesday, June 24, at 12:00p.m., the House Committee on the Judiciary will hold a hearing on the oversight of the Department of Justice, focusing on political interference and threats to prosecutorial independence. The committee will hear testimony from: Aaron Zelinsky, Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland; Donald Ayer, Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown; John Elias, Trial Attorney in the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice; and Michael Mukasey, former Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice. You can read the written statements from Ay...
In Privacy Legislation, a Private Right of Action Is Not an All-or-Nothing Proposition
ckerryguest, Lawfare - 13 hours ago
U.S. Capitol Building at night. (Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_Capitol_Building_at_night.jpg) *Editor’s Note: **This article is part of a three-part *Lawfare* series on how to address federal privacy legislation in the United States. The recommendations in this article, along with a recently published section on preemption, are adapted from a June 2020 Brookings Institution report, “**Bridging the Gaps: A Path Forward to Federal Privacy Legislation*.”* Cameron F. Kerry and John B. Morris Jr. lead **The Privacy Debate** initiative at the Brookings In...
BLM Protester Charged with Attempted Murder After Shooting Driver in the Head
CBS and KROC, Need To Know - 13 hours ago
The victim, Danny Pruitt, is a single father and a disabled veteran. He is on life support with a bullet lodged in his brain. The suspect is out of jail on a $60,000 bond, thanks to criminal justice reform and bail reform.
FBI Debunks Bubba Wallace NASCAR ‘Noose’ Claim
Guardian, Need To Know - 14 hours ago
NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace was assigned a new garage last week and claimed that a 'noose' was found hanging inside. But the rope, which turned out to be a loop on a garage door pull, had been there since October 2019
Professional wrestling’s Me Too moment hits Halifax
Philip Moscovitch, Halifax Examiner - 14 hours ago
News 1. Saltwire makes 109 layoffs permanent Three months ago, Saltwire, the publishing company that owns most of the newspapers in Atlantic Canada, temporarily laid off 40 percent of its workforce. Yesterday, the company made those layoffs permanent, Yvette d’Entremont reports. Sixty-one of those who have lost their jobs are in Nova Scotia. d’Entremont writes: […]
First scenes from Israeli attack over Hama last night
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 15 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:20 P.M.) – The semi-official Syrian newspaper, Al-Watan, published the first scenes of the destruction left by the Israeli strikes in the Hama countryside this morning. The photos published by the Syrian newspaper on its official Facebook page show the great destruction caused by the raids on some installations, buildings and structures in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Is the PKM Machine Gun Really Superior to the AK-47?
Charlie Gao, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *Security, World* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2019%3Anewsml_RC190CC4B280&share=true] Let's see how these bad boys rank. *Key Point: *Both of these weapons were made by the same Russian designer. Yet, the AK-47 was not his finest creation. Mikhail Kalashnikov is known for creating the AK rifle, but his contributions to Soviet firearms design didn’t end there. In 1961 he designed the PK machine gun, which was modernized into the PKM in 1969. Like the AK, this machine gun serves on to the current day. However, in many ways, it ca...
Symposium: The Korean War Began 70 Years Ago This Week. We Asked the World’s Top Experts Whether It’ll End Before Turning 75
Harry J. Kazianis, John Dale Grover, Steph Umbert, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Harry J. Kazianis, John Dale Grover, Steph Umbert* *History, Asia* Over 50 top analysts and thinkers with a wide range of perspectives as the Korean War—a war that has never formally ended—turns 70. *Editor's Note:* Please also check out the Center for the National Interest 's two-part profile Kim Jong-un's sister Kim Yo-jong as well as a recent report on how North Korea perceives U.S.-South Korea joint military exercises as well as analysis concerning the recent rise in tensions between Japan and South Korea. Though the 1953 Armistice Agreement halted actual combat operations ...
Meet The World's Best .22 Caliber Guns
Kyle Mizokami, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * Would you agree? *Here's What You Need To Remember: *A single shot, manually fed weapon, the Little Badger is not a good choice for a personal defense weapon. It is, however, an excellent gun to take into the backcountry. The rifle has a sixteen-inch barrel with an overall length of thirty-one inches. Folded in half, the rifle is just seventeen inches long. The .22 Long Rifle (also known as 5.7×17mmR) cartridge is the oldest firearm cartridge still in common use. The “.22 LR” is so old that the cartridge’s date of invention is nearer to the Declarat...
First F-35C Stealth Fighter Pilots Have Graduated Top Gun
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] This is the first time that TOPGUN students graduated from the program using a syllabus that was developed from the ground up specifically for the F-35C integrated operations. Move over Maverick. While the coronavirus pandemic may have delayed the upcoming Tom Cruise movie Top Gun Maverick, in real life the United States Navy’s training course has gone forward. This week the Navy announced that two pilots, one from Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 125 “Rough Raiders” and another from VFA-147 “Argonauts” have become the first F-35C...
Why the Korean War Armistice and U.S. Alliance Is Here to Stay
Evans J.R. Revere, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Evans J.R. Revere* *Security, Asia* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2017%3Anewsml_RC16A9990A00&share=true] Pyonyang wants conessions Seoul cannot give, but the alliance will keep the peace. *Editor's Note:* As the world commemorates the 70th anniversary of the start of the Korean War, the Center for the National Interest’s Korean Studies team decided to ask dozens of the world’s top experts a simple question: Do you believe that the Korean War will finally come to an end before its next major anniversary in 2025? The below piece is an answer to ...
"And Maybe..."
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago
"I don't want to pass through life like a smooth plane ride. All you do is get to breathe and copulate and finally die. I don't want to go with the smooth skin and the calm brow. I hope I end up a blithering idiot cursing the sun- hallucinating, screaming, giving obscene and inane lectures on street corners and public parks. People will walk by and say, "Look at that drooling idiot. What a basket case." I will turn and say to them, "It is you who are the basket case! For every moment you hated your job, cursed your wife and sold yourself to a dream that you didn't even conceive. For...
Mapping Police Violence Across The USA
Kevin Zeese, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
Police forces across the United States have committed widespread and egregious human rights violations in response to largely peaceful assemblies protesting systemic racism and police violence, including the killing of Black people. Amnesty International has documented 125 separate incidents of police violence against protesters in 40 states and the District of Columbia between 26 May and 5 June 2020. These acts of excessive force were committed by members of state and local police departments, as well as by National Guard troops and security force personnel from several federal a...
Privatization And The Pandemic
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
Unlike other epidemics or pandemics – such as tuberculosis, SARS, MERS or HIV/AIDS – COVID-19 has hit hardest at the world’s wealthiest countries. As of early June 2020, the 37 industrialized countries of the OECD accounted for 59% of all cases and 78% of deaths, even though they constitute less than 18% of the total population affected. Looking at the pandemic’s effects in another way – using cases and deaths per million population – paints an even starker picture. OECD countries have a prevalence ratio of 2,890 cases per million and a mortality rate of 225 per million, compared ...
What Elinor Ostrom’s Work Tells Us About Defunding The Police
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
In the past weeks, I’ve watched the news about the explosion of protests against police brutality and racism in the United States and around the world, and the resulting conversations on police defunding, reform or abolition. As I scrolled through social media and obsessively scanned and rescanned the headlines, a small thought tugged at me. It was the story of how one of my heroes, Elinor Ostrom, who won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2009, had arrived at the research that made her famous. Ostrom has become celebrated as the person who introduced the world to “...
‘He’s Gonna Kill My Child’: Crazed Cop Points Taser at Child, Terrorizes Family Who Called 911 for Help
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: 911]A family called 911 for help but got a dangerously raging deputy who showed up and terrorized them, pointing a taser at their child.
Police Lessons From Cuba
Kevin Zeese, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
Contrary to the image of brutal and repressive communists, police in Cuba offer an instructive example for activists in the United States. Police live in the cities they patrol. They generally treat citizens with respect. As I documented in my book Dateline Havana, police beatings of criminals are rare and police murders are nonexistent. Cuba has one of the lowest crime rates in Latin America. The ongoing protests for Black lives in the United States have forced an unprecedented national debate about the role of policing. Should police departments be defunded and that money be div...
Class And Racial Inequalities In Police Killings
Kevin Zeese, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
“Police Killings in the US: Inequalities by Race/Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Position" examines the databases of police killings contain important demographic information like race, gender, and age. But they do not contain socioeconomic information like education and income. This analysis shows that socioeconomic position plays a big role in police killings. The highest-poverty areas have a police killing rate of 6.4 per million while the lowest-poverty areas have a police killing rate of 1.8 per million, a 3.5-fold difference. A similar class skew exists within each racial group ...
Report: White Supremacy Is A Pre-Existing Condition
Kevin Zeese, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
For months now, a deadly pandemic and deep recession have pummeled the U.S. economy. Yet even as tens of millions of Americans lost their jobs, U.S. billionaires saw their collective wealth increase by leaps and bounds. At the same time, the Movement for Black Lives has drawn attention not just to police brutality against Black Americans, but to systemic racism more broadly. A huge cause and consequence of that systemic injustice is the underlying racial wealth divide — the financial legacy of centuries of white supremacy. Even before the pandemic, we found that median white fami...
Occupation Of New York City Hall To Defund The Police
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
New York City - More than 170 local & national organizations, brought together by Communities United for Police Reform (CPR), released a follow-up to their April letter calling on New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Corey Johnson to cut at least $1 billion directly from the NYPD expense budget by the June 30th deadline and redirect resources for FY21 to core social programs that are essential for Black, Latinx and other communities hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the letter released today, CPR and the #NYCBudgetJustice coalition make it clear that...
Djokovic's parents defend their son, blame Grigor Dimitrov for spreading coronavirus at tournament
Just In - 13 hours ago
Novak Djokovic's parents have defended their son and blame three-time major semi-finalist Grigor Dimitrov for spreading coronavirus at a series of exhibition tennis matches hosted by the Serbian star.
Cop Charged With Stalking for Stealing Crash Victim’s Phone, Sending Himself Her Nude Photos
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: victim phone]After responding to a single car crash, a state trooper stole the victim's phone, illegally searched her photos and sent himself her nude photos.
Juneteenth #BlueLeaks: Millions Of Police And FBI Documents Made Public
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
It's been the better part of a decade since the hacktivist group Anonymous rampaged across the internet, stealing and leaking millions of secret files from dozens of US organizations. Now, amid the global protests following the killing of George Floyd, Anonymous is back—and it's returned with a dump of hundreds of gigabytes of law enforcement files and internal communications. On Friday of last week, the Juneteenth holiday, a leak-focused activist group known as Distributed Denial of Secrets published a 269-gigabyte collection of police data that includes emails, audio, video, and...
Arts rescue package unveiled as sector calls for coronavirus lifeline
Jade Macmillan, Just In - 14 hours ago
Australia's arts sector will get access to $250 million worth of grants and loans under a COVID-19 recovery package unveiled by the Federal Government.
BP Energy Review For 2019
Paul Homewood, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 14 hours ago
By Paul Homewood https://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/energy-economics/statistical-review-of-world-energy.html The latest BP energy review is now out. As usual, there is talk of record increases in renewable energy, which are powering the increase in demand. And as also is usual, they are trying to turn molehills into mountains! Before we look at what the data actually says, a quick […]
'Beyond comprehension': Pakistan crash pilots distracted by coronavirus, raised wheels again, minister says
Just In - 14 hours ago
Pakistan's Aviation Minister says the pilots of an airliner that crashed last month, killing 97, were distracted and preoccupied as they talked about the coronavirus pandemic while preparing for an initial failed landing bid.
Why No One Sleeps on the Israeli-Made Uzi Submachine
Kyle Mizokami, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Technology, Middle East* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C1995%3Anewsml_PBEAHUNBVBI&share=true] This gun is no joke. *Key Point: *These small, but powerful weapons have been used in many conflicts. Here is how this weapon become iconic and used all over the world. One of the most recognizable weapons of the postwar era came from one of the newest nation-states. The Uzi submachine gun was designed to be a simple, inexpensive weapon that would overcome the logistical problems of a ragtag army turning professional. In doing so it b...
Editor's Note
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 12 hours ago
I live in the Canadian province of Quebec, and today is a national holiday. It is also the day that one of my business partners is getting married. I am invited to the wedding, and that is where I am going to be for most of the day. Blogging will return later this evening.
What Is Next For Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 12 hours ago
*Reuters: No sweet victory for Assad as economy collapses and U.S. sanctions hit* BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - Just last year, President Bashar al-Assad seemed on the brink of crowning military victories by easing his diplomatic isolation and recovering more of Syria without a bullet being fired. Not only had U.S.-allied Kurds invited government forces back to the northeast, but businessmen from the once hostile United Arab Emirates visited Damascus to scout out investment opportunities and regional trade had started to pick up. Thanks to intervention from Russia and Iran on his beh...
Russia Stages Massive 'Victory Day' Parade Amid Pandemic
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 12 hours ago
*Daily Mail*: *Tanks and troops parade through Red Square as Putin whips up patriotic fervour ahead of a vote on extending his rule* * President Vladimir Putin is today overseeing grand World War II Victory Day celebrations in Red Square * The Kremlin was forced to reschedule the 75th anniversary May 9 ceremony due to the coronavirus pandemic * The bombastic display of troops, tanks and missiles comes ahead of July 1 plebiscite on constitutional reforms * Despite falling rates of new infections, critics have lashed the Russian president for proceeding with event Columns of tank...
"On Your Own Terms..."
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
"If the sun is shining, stand in it- yes, yes, yes. Happy times are great, but happy times pass- they have to- because time passes. The pursuit of happiness is more elusive; it is life-long, and it is not goal-centered. What you are pursuing is meaning- a meaningful life... There are times when it will go so wrong that you will be barely alive, and times when you realize that being barely alive, on your own terms, is better than living a bloated half-life on someone else's terms." - Jeanette Winterson
"Covid-19 Pandemic Updates 6/24/20"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
*"Covid-19 Pandemic **Updates 6/24/20" * *- Frequently **Updated* Please visit these sites often for the very latest Covid-19 Pandemic and Economic news and information. ○ *June 24, 2020 7:59 AM ET:* "Scientists estimate the speed and distance of coronavirus transmission when people cough, sneeze, speak — and run." ○ *- https://www.zerohedge.com/* *JUNE 24, 2020 9:58 AM: *"California Smashes Record For Daily New Cases, Florida Sees Biggest Jump In Hospitalizations Since May: Live Updates" ○ - *https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/* ○ *Click image for larger size.* *6/24/20, 6:33:36 AM. *...
"Truth Is Always Stranger..."
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
"Truth is always stranger than fiction. We craft fiction to match our sense of how things ought to be, but truth cannot be crafted. Truth is, and truth has a way of astonishing us to our knees. Reminding us, that the universe does not exist to fulfill our expectations. Because we are imperfect beings who are self-blinded to the truth of the world's stunning complexity, we shave reality to paper thin theories and ideologies that we can easily grasp – and we call them truths. But the truth of a sea in all its immensity cannot be embodied in one tidewashed pebble." - Dean Koontz
Israel Launches Airstrikes Against Iranian Targets In Syria
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 13 hours ago
Israeli Air Force F-15 planes. Photo: Reuters / Amir Cohen. *Al Jazeera:* *Syrian army says Israel hit several bases across country* *Two soldiers killed in attacks with targeted bases believed to have a strong presence of Iranian-backed militias.* The Syrian army says it has responded to Israeli attacks on southern, central and eastern Syria in which two soldiers were killed in what military defectors and intelligence sources said was a wave of raids that targeted Iranian bases. The army said late on Tuesday that Israeli jets hit an army outpost in Salamiya and another in Sabura ...
Democrats Are Moving to the Right Again and Towards Another Defeat
Margaret Kimberley, MintPress News - 13 hours ago
"We can disagree in the margins but the truth of the matter is it’s all within our wheelhouse and nobody has to be punished. No one’s standard of living will change, nothing would fundamentally change.” - Joe Biden The post Democrats Are Moving to the Right Again and Towards Another Defeat appeared first on MintPress News.
Why Imperial Japan's 20-Inch Gun Battleships Never Happened
Robert Farley, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *History, Asia* [image: By Unknown author - https://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=1593, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7591987] Like Hitler's wonder weapons, they were too big, too costly, and too late to matter. *Key Point: *These huge ships were supposed to help win the war despite being fewer in number. But they did not make sense for the age of air power and Tokyo's industrial capacity was limited. *More From The National Interest: * *How the F-35 Stealth Fighter Almost Never Happened * *Russia Has Missing Nuclear Weapons Sitti...
Royal Navy Frigate Shadowed Russian Warship in the English Channel
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Security, Europe* [image: Reuters] Russian warships have been monitored in the English Channel in recent months. The Royal Navy’s Portsmouth-based Type 23 frigate HMS *Westminster *and patrol ship HMS *Tyne* shadowed a Russian destroyer in the English Channel. The two British warships monitored the passage of the Russian *Vice-Admiral Kulakov*, a Udaloy-class destroyer that was named for Soviet naval officer Nikolai Kulakov, as it passed through the channel. “The Royal Navy routinely monitors the passage of warships through the UK’s area of interest as part of its...
Ross McKitrick: The flaw in relying on worst-case climate modelling
Hifast, Climate Collections - 13 hours ago
Originally posted on Tallbloke's Talkshop: Credit: Wikipedia H/T The Global Warming Policy Forum (GWPF). Or relying on any climate modelling, some might say given its current tendency toward overheated predictive mediocrity. – – – The purpose of global climate policy is to get us from the dangerous upper end of the forecast range down…
US Inmates Got Coronavirus Relief Checks, IRS Wants Them Back
AP News, Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
The IRS has refused to say exactly what legal authority it has to retrieve the money.
Boys and their toys - jet fighter and sled edition
Peter, Bayou Renaissance Man - 14 hours ago
The Aviationist brings us this video clip, probably from the 1970's or 1980's, showing a Norwegian Air Force Northrop F-5A fighter towing someone around a frozen hardstand on a sled. Why, precisely, this was thought to be a good idea I can't say . . . but from the perspective of my own military service, I can confirm that "the devil soon finds work for idle hands to do" - particularly if they're military hands! If that happened in America, I'd say the miscreant E-4 Mafia came up with the idea. I wonder if there's a Norwegian equivalent - with lutefisk, perhaps? Peter
Twitter Labels Trump Tweet Against Autonomous Zones “Abusive”
Luis Miguel, rss - 14 hours ago
[image: twitter-labels-trump-tweet-against-autonomous-zones-abusive] The president was flagged for “abusive behavior” on Twitter after promising to meet insurrectionists with “serious force.”
Which Madness Is Worse—the Streets or the Halls of Diplomacy? We Need Real Deliberation, Instead
adam, LaRouchePAC Feed - 14 hours ago
[image: President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks in the Rose Garden of the White House Tuesday, June 16, 2020, prior to signing an executive order on safe policing for safe communities. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)] There is so much madness right now, it is hard to tell which is worse—in the streets or in the halls of diplomacy. It is all the more important to reach out to those everywhere, who can morally recognize we are human, and we can make policies to bring about a new order of economy, justice and truth. This is the needed response to the pandemic, econ...
Biden Campaign Refuses Trump’s Demand for Fourth Debate
Bob Adelmann, rss - 15 hours ago
[image: biden-campaign-refuses-trump-s-demand-for-fourth-debate] After the Commission on Presidential Debates announced three debates between President Trump and Joe Biden, the Trump campaign requested a fourth debate that would not be rigged in Biden’s favor.
Are We Playing Right Into Their Plan?
Robert, Ice Age Now - 15 hours ago
OPERATION COVID-19 Following Alinsky’s Communist Takeover Plan “Rules for Radicals,” reads the title on State of the Nation. Originally posted on May 18, 2020 by State of the Nation http://stateofthenation.co/?p=14620 Thanks to Winston Smith for this link The post Are We Playing Right Into Their Plan? appeared first on Ice Age Now .
BET Founder Wants BLM Political Party. Good or Bad for Conservatives?
Luis Miguel, rss - 15 hours ago
[image: bet-founder-wants-blm-political-party-good-or-bad-for-conservatives] Robert Johnson says having a black political party would mean Democrats and Repblicans would try harder to court black voters with BLM-supported causes.
Could The Decline Of The U.S. Dollar Happen At ‘Warp Speed’?
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 8 hours ago
*Market Watch:* The decline of the U.S. dollar could happen at ‘warp speed’ in the era of coronavirus, warns prominent economist Stephen Roach Stephen Roach, a Yale University senior fellow and former Morgan Stanley Asia chairman, tells MarketWatch that his forecast for a sharp deterioration of the U.S. dollar could be a very near-term phenomenon, not an event that looms off in the distance. “I do think it’s something that happens sooner rather than later,” the economist told MarketWatch during a Monday-afternoon interview. His comments come as the financial expert has been warning...
"Economic Fantasy Snapshot AM 6/24/20"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
*"Economic Fantasy Snapshot AM 6/24/20"* Chronicling the most enormous fraud and theft in human history, down the rabbit hole of psychopathic greed and insanity... No resemblance to reality is intended or claimed. Read at your own risk. Only the consequences are real, to YOU, never *them*. ○ *"The more I see of the moneyed classes, * *the more I understand the guillotine."* - George Bernard Shaw ○ *6/24/20* ○ Gregory Mannarino, *AM 6/24/20: * "Must Watch: Today Two Major Market Forces Will Collide" - https://traderschoice.net/ ○ ○ *MarketWatch Market Su**mmary, Live Updates* - https://www...
America Might Spend Big Time to Deter China in South China Sea and over Taiwan
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Americas* Proposed legislation would fund a “permanent and persistent land-based integrated air and missile defense and associated weapons delivery system on Guam.” What kind of impact would land-based air defenses, increased intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR) operations and more bomber patrols have upon U.S. deterrence efforts in the Pacific theater? Is this question taking on additional relevance and urgency in light of Chinese maneuvers near Taiwan and the South China Sea? The impact of adding these systems would be both substantial and ...
Teach police nonviolence, scholars say, and how to work with local residents
Kirssa Cline Ryckman, Assistant Professor of International Security Studies, University of Arizona, Politics + Society – The Conversation - 13 hours ago
Scholars who study policing explain what they have found that could help reduce police prejudice and violence.
President Trump revives J. Edgar Hoover's tyrannical playbook
Stephen M. Underhill, Associate Professor, Marshall Univeristy, Politics + Society – The Conversation - 13 hours ago
As the US faces historic challenges to its democracy, Trump is mirroring tactics used by the former FBI director to smear his critics and consolidate power.
To fight US racism, research prescribes a nationwide healing process
Cyanne E. Loyle, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, Pennsylvania State University, Politics + Society – The Conversation - 13 hours ago
Research into how war-torn and fractured nations find justice and societal reconciliation finds ways to establish sustainable and lasting peace in divided societies.
Wednesday Memes …
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 13 hours ago
June 24, 2020MaddMedic via Wednesday Memes … – Freedom Is Just Another Word…
U.S. Army Tests New Precision-Strike Missile
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 13 hours ago
An artist's impression shows the launching of a Precision Strike Missile. (Credit: Lockheed Martin) *FOX News/Warrior Maven:* *Army fires off test shot for new precision-strike missile* The U.S. Army has fired test shot number three for its fast-emerging Precision-Strike Missile, a new surface-to-surface weapon intended to destroy targets with precision accuracy from ranges as far as 500 km. (311 miles). The shot, which took place earlier this year at Yuma Proving Grounds, Ariz., moved the development of the weapon into a new phase as a next generation method of pinpointing targe...
Some Basic Lessons for the Governor of the Bank of England, Who Seems to be in Dire Need of Them
Yves Smith, naked capitalism - 14 hours ago
The Governor of the Bank of England had a major "put foot in mouth and chew" episode.
Chicago: 106 People Shot, 14 Dead, Including a 3-Year Old, Over Father’s Day Weekend
WGN News and Brietbart, Need To Know - 14 hours ago
This Father's Day weekend in Chicago was the most violent of 2020 with 106 people shot, and 14 dead. Mekhi James, a 3-yera old boy, was killed as he was riding in a car with his father, who was the intended target. There is a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the guilty party.
State of emergency declared after severe floods hit Serbia and Bosnia
The Watchers » Latest articles - 14 hours ago
Severe floods forced authorities to declare a state of emergency in Serbia on Tuesday, June 23, 2020. Approximately 700 houses were inundated, bridges were damaged, as well as roads and power lines. Residents were left in a "dramatic" situation,...... Read more »
US Coronavirus Cases Surge to Highest Level in 2 Months
AP News, Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
New cases in the U.S. have been surging for more than a week after trending down for more than six weeks.
Dangerous And Uncertain: Coronavirus And The Nuclear Industry
Binoy KAMPMARK, OrientalReview.org - 15 hours ago
Accountability has always been a problem in the nuclear industry, despite praises to the contrary. Constantly keeping its muddled head above water with government handouts to remain competitive; ostensibly keeping a hand in the energy sector despite a sketchy record, there has always been a sense that “going nuclear” is […]
Shaun King Calls for Removal of All Statues and Stained Glass Images of “White Jesus”
NY Post, Need To Know - 15 hours ago
BLM activist Shaun King called for the taking down of all statues, murals and stained glass windows of “white Jesus and his European mother” on Twitter to his 1.1M followers. He wrote, "If your religion requires Jesus to be a blonde haired blue eyed Jesus, then your religion is not Christianity, but white supremacy."
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