Monday, June 29, 2020

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The Coronavirus Casts Doubt on the U.S.-Mexico Trade Deal

Jeffrey Kucik at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Jeffrey Kucik* *economy, Americas* [image: Reuters] The July 1 implementation date “couldn’t come at a worse time.” The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is set to enter into force on July 1—three years after President Donald Trump first demanded revisions to NAFTA. Reaching a new deal was not easy. Back in 2018, both Trump and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau threatened to abandon talks because of significant disagreements over market access and dispute resolution. Those disagreements were eventually resolved in a deal signed in December of 2019 and the stage was set for a ne... more »

Meet the Boeing X-40A—The Strange Looking Proto-Space Plane

Peter Suciu at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *History, Space* [image: By National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) - Main article: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/history/pastprojects/X40A/index.htmlHigh-resolution image: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/images/356782main_EC01-0148-12_full.jpg, Public] Here's what we know about Boeing and NASA's achievement. Last year a Chinese company announced it was working on a reusable space plane that could be launched from the wing of a larger “mothership” aircraft. After being jettisoned from the larger vehicle, a single rocket engine would boo... more »

The Black Lives Matter Movement Must Solve Its Violence Problem

Amitai Etzioni at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Amitai Etzioni* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] Violence even by a small minority within a movement “is food for the adversary.” The issue is an old one; however, current events require that we revisit the question of whether it is justified to resort to violence to gain social change in democratic societies (however flawed they are). The Black Lives Matter movement deserves great credit for mainly peaceful demonstrations, and for working hard to limit looting and violence. However, the use of force by some demonstrators has received support from a significant segment of ... more »

What Was ISIS’s Real Estate Market Like? GW University Releases “The ISIS Files”

Matthew Petti at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Matthew Petti* *Security, Middle East* Lot number 128. Previous owner: apostate. George Washington University has released the first batch of its “ISIS Files,” a trove of bureaucratic documents captured from the Islamic State during the Iraqi offensive in Mosul. The files paint a picture of a militant group that enmeshed itself into daily life even as it fought a war against the entire world with stunning brutality. Most of this first batch is related to real estate and finance, with only a few documents related to ideology and terrorism. “The picture that emerges from this rep... more »

DirecTV Is Losing Customers Fast (And Now They Raised Prices on New Customers)

Stephen Silver at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *Technology, * The price increase was not announced, but is reflected on the company's websites, the report said. AT&T absolutely bled subscribers in the first quarter of 2020, even by the standards of cord-cutting that have accelerated. According to one measure, the company lost over a million video subscribers in the quarter, with DirecTV losing nearly 900,000 and AT&T Now losing about 138,000. This makes up for around half of the 2 million subscribers lost in the first quarter by major pay-TV providers in the U.S. This followed news last December that, per Ar... more »

New Sonos Arc: The Expert Reviews Are In...(There Are Issues)

Stephen Silver at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *Technology, * So far, the reviews are mostly positive. However, there are a few challenges you might need to overcome Back in May, Sonos announced that it was selling a new soundbar, called the Arc. Retailing at $799, it represented Sonos' first product to be equipped with Dolby Atmos support. The first reviews of the new product arrived earlier this month, with The Verge, Gizmodo and other outlets praising the soundbar's quality, while noting that it would only work with newer TVs. Now, more reviews of the Arc have appeared. RTINGS.com, in a review published ... more »

This Year’s iPhones Won’t Come With Earbuds or a Charger, Analyst Says

Stephen Silver at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *Technology, * If one of the leading Apple analysts is to be believed, those purchasing this year’s iPhones won’t get a couple of the benefits that they’re used to getting when they buy one of the devices. If one of the leading Apple analysts is to be believed, those purchasing this year’s iPhones won’t get a couple of the benefits that they’re used to getting when they buy one of the devices. A research note published Sunday by Ming-Chi Kuo of TF Securities, and reported on by CNBC and elsewhere in the business press stated that Apple will not be including eith... more »

Is North Korea Really Prepared to End the Korean War?

Bruce W. Bennett, Soo Kim at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Bruce W. Bennett, Soo Kim* *Security, Asia* The end of the Korean War and peace on the peninsula are no more likely to occur as the result of a peace agreement than has North Korean denuclearization occurred as the result of multiple denuclearization agreements. Ultimately, North Korean objectives matter, and real peace does not appear to be part of those objectives. The end of the Korean War and peace on the peninsula are no more likely to occur as the result of a peace agreement than has North Korean denuclearization occurred as the result of multiple denuclearization agreeme... more »

Why Samsung’s 65-Inch Q70T QLED Falls Short

Ethen Kim Lieser at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Technology, * But still worth your hard-earned money? Samsung’s 65-Inch Q70T QLED Falls Short of Previous-Gen Models but Still Delivers the Goods By Ethen Kim Lieser If you feel uneasy about committing thousands of dollars on a QLED HDTV, perhaps a mid-range option with some nice added perks would be the way to go. Well, it appears that Samsung has you covered—the 65-inch Q70T Series QLED HDTV is now retailing for $1,100, $200 off the regular price. At this reasonable price range, know that the Q70T is much cheaper than its OLED TV rivals—which can easi... more »

No, the 'Any Three-Digit Number' Google Search Doesn't Show a Coronavirus Conspiracy

Stephen Silver at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *Technology, * It was an image macro that made its way around social media last week, making appearances on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and even Nextdoor: It implored users to go to Google, enter any three-digit number, and the phrase "new cases." The answer, supposedly, would show "proof" that Google, and/or news outlets, are conspiring to sew fear, or possibly even that coronavirus in its entirety was a hoax. It was an image macro that made its way around social media last week, making appearances on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and even Nextdoor: It implor... more »

Why the Korean War Is Truly the Ultimate 'Forever War' (And It Must End)

Michael D. Cohen at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Michael D. Cohen* *Security, Asia* Author: "I would argue that one way for the United States to end North Korea’s love affair with nuclear weapons—if that is indeed possible—would be for the United States to somehow credibly commit to living with North Korea. This now means credibly committing to living with a nuclear North Korea, which many Americans and others would not be willing to do. But if the alternative is war on the Korean Peninsula, then isn’t this at least worth further consideration?" *Editor's Note:* As the world commemorates the 70th anniversary of the start of t... more »

Mossberg 500: The Best Shotgun of All Time?

Richard Douglas at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Richard Douglas* *Security, World* Here's what you need to know about this fascinating weapon. The Mossberg 500 has been a staple in the shotgun game for over fifty years, and for a good reason: It’s manufactured to military specs, and the only pump-action shotgun to pass the MIL-Spec 3443 E test—requiring the gun to handle 3,000 rounds of 23-gauge buckshots, non-stop, without fail. Today, there are two types of Mossberg 500s made: the field model and the special purpose model. The field model is perfect for hunting, while the special purpose is optimal for self-defense and law... more »

Will the U.S. Pushback on Turkey For Bombing Iraqi Kurdistan?

Matthew Petti at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Matthew Petti* *Security, * Congress is furious, but the State Department is quiet. Congressional pressure is building to reprimand Turkey for its military campaign against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq. The Turkish military is carrying out two offensives—Operation Claw-Eagle and Operation Claw-Tiger—aimed at rooting out Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. The operation has struck rural PKK hideouts as well as populated areas, including the Makhmour Refugee Camp and the Yazidi community of Mount Sinjar. “I strongly condemn the Turkish ... more »

Was General “Mad Dog” Mattis Soft on Iran? John Bolton Thinks So.

Matthew Petti at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Matthew Petti* *Security, Middle East* “I also wanted to minimize any potential gains for Iran, something Mattis never seemed to prioritize.” Former Defense Secretary James Mattis wanted to “downplay” the threat posed by Iran, former National Security Advisor John Bolton claims in his upcoming book. Mattis was nicknamed “Mad Dog” and “Chaos,” but Bolton portrays the retired four-star Marine general as a voice of moderation in President Donald Trump’s early cabinet—especially as Bolton pushed for a self-described policy of “regime change” towards Iran. “[T]he ghost of Mattis’s ... more »

Aurora Police Violently Crackdown on Peaceful Vigil for Black Man Killed in Police Chokehold

Alan Macleod at MintPress News - 11 hours ago
Police in Aurora, Colorado violently cracked down on a group of peaceful protesters holding a vigil for a young black man killed by police late last year, bringing renewed attention to the push for police reform that has swept the nation. The post Aurora Police Violently Crackdown on Peaceful Vigil for Black Man Killed in Police Chokehold appeared first on MintPress News.

Iran says they have names of US figures ‘involved’ in Qassem Soleimani’s assassination

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 11 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:45 P.M.) – The Iranian Foreign Ministry announced that the intelligence services had identified 40 American figures involved in the assassination of the later commander of the Quds Force, Major General Qassem Soleimani, which took place on January 3rd. The announcement came from the Iranian Assistant Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Saudi-backed troops suffer major setback as Ansarallah forces score big advance

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 11 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:00 P.M.) – The Ansarallah forces scored a big advance in southern and northern Yemen on Monday, as their troops captured several sites in Al-Bayda (south) and Marib (north). According to the spokesperson for the Ansarallah-aligned Yemeni Armed Forces, Brigadier General Yahya Sare’a, their troops began the day by capturing several sites in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Russian jets intercept 2 US military aircraft over Black Sea

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 11 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:30 P.M.) – The Russian National Center for Defense Administration announced on Monday, that Russian Su-27 fighters have intercepted two American warplanes over the Black Sea waters. “On June 29th, the Defense Forces of the Southern Military Region monitored and escorted a P-8A Poseidon aircraft and an RS-135 strategic reconnaissance aircraft,” the center’s […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Lebanese FM meets with US Ambassador to discuss media ban

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 11 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:20 P.M.) – The Lebanese media reported on Monday, that Lebanese Foreign Minister Nassif Hitti met the American Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea at the Pine Palace in Beirut, where they touched on the judicial decision, which sparked widespread controversy in Lebanese circles. The Lebanese website, Al-Tayyar, conveyed the statements of the Foreign […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Iran reveals oil exports to several foreign clients

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 11 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:10 P.M.) – The Iranian authorities announced that their institutions export oil derivatives to several countries in Asia, Africa, and Europe, including Arab and Gulf countries. Amir Abbas Hamidi, the supervisor of the administration of the Iranian Customs Authority in the “Pars” economic zone for energy and oil derivatives located in southern Iran […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

NATO ‘concerned’ over Russian military success in Syria: media

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 11 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:40 P.M.) – In a new article from the Regnum News Agency, military analyst Alexander Zabolskis said that NATO experts are ‘concerned’ about the increasing successes of the Russian army in the Baltic states and Syria. Earlier, NATO announced that if the number of its forces in the Baltic countries increased seven times, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Turkey is pushing for Sirte offensive to seize Libyan oil: minister

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 11 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:20 P.M.) – Turkey is exerting great pressure on the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) “in order to head to the city of Sirte with the aim of controlling the oil-rich crescent region,” said the second deputy to the Speaker of the Libyan Parliament, Ahmida Homa. Homa said, in an interview with […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Illegals Causing Virus Spike in Southwest, Border Agents Quarantined, Hospitals Packed

R. Cort Kirkwood at rss - 11 hours ago
[image: cis-reports-illegals-causing-virus-spike-in-southwest-border-agents-quarantined-hospitals-packed] The surge in COVID-19 cases in Arizona and Texas is from illegal aliens who are spreading the potentially fatal Asiatic pathogen to U.S. border agents, and contrary to President Trump’s order immediate deportation in March, the agents are transferring the virus carriers to U.S. hospitals.

Chesapeake Energy Declares Bankruptcy; Should Emerge Leaner and Stronger

Bob Adelmann at rss - 11 hours ago
[image: chesapeake-energy-declares-bankruptcy-should-emerge-leaner-and-stronger] Chesapeake Energy Corporation, once the country’s second-largest natural-gas producer, has declared bankruptcy. After restructuring, it should emerge leaner and more profitable than before.

Navajo Epidemiology Center: More than half of Dine' coronavirus cases are 18 to 60 years old

Unknown at CENSORED NEWS - 11 hours ago
Photo: Bitahnii Wilson is one of the Dine' grassroots volunteers struggling to bring water to Dine' in isolated homes who are in desperate need of water, food and supplies. Photo courtesy Bitahnii Wilson. The Navajo Epidemiology Center reports that Dine' who live off the Navajo Nation and return home are a point of spread of coronavirus. More than half of the cases, 64 percent, are 18-

Court Rules Horrific Abuse Video Inadmissible, Overturns Cop’s Child Sex Assault Conviction

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 11 hours ago
[image: court]A judge ruled that video evidence of a cop torturing his own daughter cannot be submitted as evidence in his child sexual assault case, and overturned his conviction.

New York Times takes anti-Russian hysteria to new level with report on Russian ‘bounty’ for US troops in Afghanistan

Scott Ritter at 11 hours ago
[image: undefined] The New York Times published an article claiming that Russia was paying out monetary bounties to the Taliban to kill US troops in Afghanistan. There’s just one problem — none of what they reported was true. As news reporting goes, the New York Times article alleging that a top-secret unit within Russian military intelligence, or GRU, had offered a bounty to the Taliban for every US soldier killed in Afghanistan, was dynamite. The story was quickly “confirmed” by the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal and other newspapers, and went on to take social media by... more »

The Media is Lying About the ‘Second Wave’

Ron Paul at 11 hours ago
[image: undefined] For months, the Washington Post and the rest of the mainstream media kept a morbid Covid-19 “death count” on their front pages and at the top of their news broadcasts. The coronavirus outbreak was all about the number of dead. The narrative was intended to boost governors like Cuomo in New York and Whitmer in Michigan, who turned their states authoritarian under the false notion that destroying people’s jobs, freedom, and lives would somehow keep a virus from doing what viruses always do: spread through a population until eventually losing strength and dying out. ... more »

Book Review: “Apocalypse Never” by Michael Shellenberger

Peter Murphy at CFACT - 11 hours ago
Shellenberger’s background is a key reason Apocalypse Never is so devastating to extremist environmentalism. The post Book Review: “Apocalypse Never” by Michael Shellenberger appeared first on CFACT.

Forbes pulls Shellenberger apology for climate scare

CFACT Ed at CFACT - 11 hours ago
Prominent environmentalist writes book debunking the climate scare. Forbes pulls his apology. The post Forbes pulls Shellenberger apology for climate scare appeared first on CFACT.

A winning trifecta for climate science and rationality

Charles Battig at CFACT - 11 hours ago
From every part of the political spectrum global warming and renewable energy claims don't add up. The post A winning trifecta for climate science and rationality appeared first on CFACT.

UARB allows Halifax Water customer’s late appeal over ‘extraordinarily high’ bill

Zane Woodford at Halifax Examiner - 11 hours ago
Halifax Water’s regulator has sided with a customer, allowing her to appeal an “extraordinarily high” water bill that said she consumed nearly 10,000 litres of water daily for more than a month. According to a Utility and Review Board (UARB) decision, written by board member Stephen McGrath and released last week, Aline Fineberg has lived […]

How and why NSCAD president Aoife Mac Namara was fired

Tim Bousquet at Halifax Examiner - 11 hours ago
News 1. NSCAD board fires president Aoife Mac Namara Yesterday, I learned that the Board of Governors at NSCAD University had removed president Aoife Mac Namara. I’ve since spoken with people with knowledge of the situation, and here’s what I’ve pieced together. After a successful career as an arts educator in London, and then in British Columbia, […]

Justice Roberts hates women and wants them to die

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 11 hours ago
Justice Roberts, and the four other dishonest Supreme Court justices, just ruled that a woman's health takes second place to her right to kill her unborn daughter. They ruled that the State of Louisiana can't require the same health and safety requirements of abortion mills as it does for all other outpatient surgery centers. Note the law that they said was unconstitutional didn't ban abortion it only said that in order to protect a woman's health the rules for abortion mills should be the same as for all other outpatient surgery centers. While outpatient surgeries are generally sa... more »

‘Cannabis visionary’ Booth stepping down from board, Aurora says

Solomon Israel at Marijuana Business Daily - 11 hours ago
Aurora Cannabis co-founder Terry Booth has left the company’s board of directors, months after stepping down as chief executive. Aurora made the announcement in a brief press release issued Monday, describing Booth’s departure from the board as a “retirement.” “As one of the original cannabis visionaries, Terry leaves an enviable legacy in the form of […] ‘Cannabis visionary’ Booth stepping down from board, Aurora says is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

Hugh Hewitt makes a ludicrous claim!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 11 hours ago
*MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2020On Meet the Press, no one noticed:* What kinds of crazy "facts" can a person hear at the very top of our news chain? Consider the indignities visited on those who watched yesterday's Meet the Press. Hugh Hewitt was part of the pundit panel. Things quickly went sideways from there: TODD (6/28/20): *Hugh, how would you advise the president to turn this around? *I mean, it does look like at this point they've made the decision the federal government isn't going to own the response [to the pandemic]. I mean, Secretary Azar kept bringing it back to the states, bac... more »

Was Coronavirus Really in Europe in March 2019?

David Mikkelson at Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
The novel coronavirus – SARS-CoV-2 – may have been in Europe for longer than previously thought

Iran Issues Arrest Warrant for Trump that Interpol Rejects

AP News at Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
Tehran prosecutor Ali Alqasimehr stressed that Iran would continue to pursue his prosecution even after his presidency ends.

Massive landslide sweeps away mountain road in eastern Indonesia

A huge landslide swept away a mountain road in eastern Indonesia on June 26, 2020. One local captured the horrific collapse of the main road at Battang Barat, Wara Barat district, with several residents heard screaming in the background. A building was swept away as...... Read more »

Keir Starmer’s ‘antisemitism’ sacking is a signal that Israel is safe in his hands

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 11 hours ago
Crackdown by UK Labour leader on left-wing rival will subdue critics of Israel in his party ahead of Israel’s annexation move

Bill Making It Illegal to Forcefully Microchip Employees Passes in Michigan House

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 11 hours ago
Lawmakers in Michigan have passed a bill that would make it illegal for employers to force their workers to be tagged with microchips in a bid to preemptively thwart companies who seek to make it mandatory to wear the productivity-tracking devices.

How Palestine Advocates Can Support Black Struggle

Terrace at PopularResistance.Org - 11 hours ago
Black people are one of the first and largest victims of Western colonialism and racial capitalism. We have never received justice for 500 years of racist violence and exploitation. The US and most Western countries built their empires through profits from the Atlantic slave trade. As an illegitimate settler colony that was built on the ethnic cleansing of the indigenous population and enslavement of Africans, the US requires the continuous subjugation of Black and Indigenous people to maintain its imperial domination abroad. Accordingly, the greatest internal threat to the US em... more »

The Post-Covid Economy

Gaius Publius at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
*Pre-Covid GDP for the first quarter of 2020. Q2 loss will be five to seven times greater than the Q1 loss.* *Post-Covid Fed funds rates. For all practical purposes, Fed interest rates are now zero.* *Covid-19 confirmed infection rates **per million for selected countries. Y-axis shows the new-case rate. X-axis shows cumulative cases over time. Note that all nations shown have dropped their new-case rate to a tenth or less of their peak — except the United States.* *by Thomas Neuburger* *"The Fed can print money, but it can’t print jobs. It can buy bonds, but it can’t cure a viru... more »

Democrats out there — reality is about to bite with Prop 209 in CA …

Uriel at 'Nox & Friends - 12 hours ago
DO IDIOT STATE LEGISLATORS EVER READ THE BILLS THEY VOTE FOR? I GUESS NOT... SO WHO IS REALLY BIASED? — Hint it isn’t Republicans. . IN AN ABSOLUTELY STUNNING DISPLAY OF IGNORANCE Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, D-San Diego, calls on members of the Assembly to approve her measure to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot to let voters decide if the state should overturn its ban on affirmative action programs, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, June 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) California voters will be given the opportunity to repeal the California Civil ... more »

Chris Hedges: My Student Comes Home

Chris Hedges at MintPress News - 12 hours ago
In 1990, Lawrence Bell was 14, orphaned and living in an abandoned house when three Camden cops pressured him to sign a confession of murder. Sunday, thanks to the dogged work of his laywer, he was freed. The post Chris Hedges: My Student Comes Home appeared first on MintPress News.

Every American Should Watch Abby Martin’s New Afghanistan War Documentary

MintPress News Desk at MintPress News - 12 hours ago
Abby Martin's new documentary, "Afghanistan War Exposed: An Imperial Conspiracy," is a tour de force, a must watch for every American seeking a holistic understanding of American's longest-running war. The post Every American Should Watch Abby Martin’s New Afghanistan War Documentary appeared first on MintPress News.

The Economy Is Dying: LaRouchePAC’s Productive Jobs Program Cannot Wait

adam at LaRouchePAC Feed - 12 hours ago
[image: Gas tungsten arc welding by Prowelder87. Photo: Wikimedia Commons [Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International]] The IMF’s aggravated guess this month that the world economy will shrink by 4.9% this year, and the United States’ and all the European economies will each contract by 8-11%, doesn’t begin to describe the economic collapse which has now stretched on for four months with no action for growth taken by governments. In the United States, the situation in which more than one-quarter of the entire 170-million-person labor force is either unemployed (35 mi... more »

We've created our own worst enemies - and they've backed us into a corner

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 12 hours ago
I was listening to a conversation this past weekend. Two older men were discussing the current riots and unrest across America, and fulminating against the (largely) young people who seem to make up the majority of protesters. One complained, "Dammit, we brought *our* kids up to know right from wrong! Where did these ****heads we see in the streets come from?" I didn't say anything. It wouldn't have been productive. However, I sorely wanted to point out that "these ****heads" came from *our* schools and *our* social programs, which *we'd* put in place so that parents didn't ha... more »

Dershowitz exposes former Israeli PM Ehud Barak in Epstein court filings (Video)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 12 hours ago
The Duran Quick Take: Episode 581. More The post Dershowitz exposes former Israeli PM Ehud Barak in Epstein court filings (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

The Age of Chatham House and the British Roots of NATO

Matthew Ehret at The Duran - 12 hours ago
Originally published on the Strategic Culture Foundation NATO secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s recent announcement of a NATO 2030 anti-nation state vision to extend the spheres of NATO’s jurisdiction into the Pacific to contain China demonstrates a disturbing ideology which can lead nowhere but World War III if not nipped in the bud soon. In my […] More The post The Age of Chatham House and the British Roots of NATO appeared first on The Duran.

‘Herd Immunity’ Is a Failed Response to Coronavirus

Eric Zuesse at The Duran - 12 hours ago
Eric Zuesse Denmark and Sweden are often compared regarding their handling of coronavirus-19 because the two Scandinavian countries are similar to one-another in many ways but took very different approaches to dealing with the coronavirus challenge. Whereas Sweden took a libertarian approach (meaning minimal regulations) and aimed to develop a ‘herd immunity’ to the disease, […] More The post ‘Herd Immunity’ Is a Failed Response to Coronavirus appeared first on The Duran.

The Odd Life of a Minor Celebrity…

Kent Heckenlively at BolenReport - 12 hours ago
I’m always of two minds about political protests. By Kent Heckenlively, JD On one hand, I have an optimistic, red-blooded American view about civic participation and the importance of people showing their power. On the other I’m cynical because I’ve seen so many examples of Big Pharma rigging the game I wonder if it’s worth … Continue reading The Odd Life of a Minor Celebrity…

Declaration of Independence vs The Deep State | Behind the Deep State

TNA Video at rss - 12 hours ago
[image: alex-newman-declaration-of-independence-vs-the-deep-state] VIDEO - In this special July 4 Independence Day episode of Behind the Deep State, host Alex Newman goes through the U.S. Declaration of Independence and the critical biblical principles that underpin it. Alex explains how knowing who we are as Americans--especially including our history and our founding documents--will be critical in defeating the Deep State and its globalist agenda. Finally, Newman talks about how the principles in the Declaration such as "all men are created equal" and are "endowed by their Creator... more »

California Democrats: John Wayne’s Name Must Be Stripped From Airport

R. Cort Kirkwood at rss - 12 hours ago
[image: california-democrats-john-wayne-s-name-must-be-stripped-from-airport] The Democrat Party in Orange County, California, has passed a resolution to remove John Wayne’s name from the county’s airport because he said some things in 1971 that cannot be tolerated today.

Trump’s Letter to Pritzker, Lightfoot About Violence in Chicago Laughed Off as Political Stunt

Bob Adelmann at rss - 12 hours ago
[image: trump-s-letter-to-pritzker-lightfoot-about-violence-in-chicago-laughed-off-as-political-stunt] Following another weekend of extraordinary violence in Chicago, President Trump sent a letter on Friday accusing both Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker of “lack of leadership.”

Idaho bracing for record cold, record rainfall, and snow

Robert at Ice Age Now - 12 hours ago
“(Temperatures) should be a record low high temperature (for the day).”Jay Breidenbach, a meterologist with the National Weather Service in Boise. “That’s going to be 20 to 30 degrees below normal.” Rainfall could break the 79-year-old record for the entire month of June, and the Sawtooths will “feel like winter.” An unusual storm system will ... Read more Idaho bracing for record cold, record rainfall, and snow The post Idaho bracing for record cold, record rainfall, and snow appeared first on Ice Age Now.

Forbes Cancels Michael Shellenberger

Ron Clutz at Science Matters - 12 hours ago
Earlier this morning I read a great article by Schellenberger at Forbes. Above is his tweet. When I returned to Forbes to read and post on the article, here is what I saw: While I look for the text now gone missing, here are some overviews of the book, and why activists will want it […]

Iran wants Interpol's help to arrest Donald Trump over drone strike that killed general

Just In - 12 hours ago
Iran asks Interpol to issue a red notice for the US President and more than 30 other people it says are responsible for the killing of General Qassem Soleimani in a drone strike.

AAP sale finalised, saving 'vital' 85-year-old newswire from closure

Just In - 12 hours ago
The future of the AAP newswire is assured with the inking of a sale to new owners who say they are driven by a desire to retain Australian media diversity.

Put Climate at the Heart of COVID-19 Economic Recovery Plans

WASHINGTON DC, Jun 29 (IPS) - Cast your mind back. Six months ago—it seems like a lifetime—the world's attention was on Madrid. The United Nations was meeting to take stock of international progress in fighting climate change. Headlines were dominated by young people pointing out—rightly—that governments were still not doing enough. They demanded urgent and ambitious action to cut emissions and help the most vulnerable. Read the full story, “Put Climate at the Heart of COVID-19 Economic Recovery Plans”, on globalissues.org →

Africa’s Post-pandemic Future Needs to Embrace Youth in Agriculture

Jun 29 (IPS) - Warnings at the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic that Africa could be hit by a wave of up to 10 million cases within six months thankfully now seem unfounded, although it is still far too early to be over-confident. Read the full story, “Africa’s Post-pandemic Future Needs to Embrace Youth in Agriculture”, on globalissues.org →

COVID-19 Pandemic Could Widen Existing Inequalities for Kenya's Women in Business

NAIROBI, Jun 29 (IPS) - Pauline Akwacha's popular chain of eateries, famously known as Kakwacha Hangover Hotels and situated at the heart of Kisumu City's lakeside in Kenya, is facing its most daunting challenge yet. As Akwacha and other women in business across this East African nation brace themselves for the post-COVID-19 economy. Read the full story, “COVID-19 Pandemic Could Widen Existing Inequalities for Kenya's Women in Business”, on globalissues.org →

Indigenous Farmers Harvest Water with Small Dams in Peru's Andes Highlands

AYACUCHO, Peru, Jun 29 (IPS) - A communally built small dam at almost 3,500 meters above sea level supplies water to small-scale farmer Cristina Azpur and her two young daughters in Peru's Andes highlands, where they face water shortages exacerbated by climate change. Read the full story, “Indigenous Farmers Harvest Water with Small Dams in Peru's Andes Highlands”, on globalissues.org →

VFP member comments on the psyop 'Russia story'

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 12 hours ago
For the past several days I've been following the back-and-forth debate on a Veterans For Peace (VFP) list serve about the New York Times 'fake news' story alleging that Russia is paying the Taliban to attack US troops in Afghanistan. I left the names of the posters off in order to respect their privacy. Bruce My own comment was: The Russians don’t need to pay the Taliban to kill Americans. After 20 years of utter failure in Afghanistan the US is trying to shift responsibility and blame – it’s likely a signal of the new anti-Russian policies that will be followed by a Biden a... more »

Iran Issues Arrest Warrant For President Trump. Asks Interpol For Help

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 12 hours ago
*Daily Mail:* *Iran issues arrest warrant for Donald Trump over drone strike that killed top general Qassem Soleimani and asks Interpol for help detaining US president* * Trump faces no danger of arrest but the warrant indicates heightened tensions * Iran said Donald Trump carried out drone strike that killed a top Iranian general * Tehran prosecutor says Trump faces 'murder and terrorism charges' Iran has issued an arrest warrant and asked Interpol for help in detaining President Donald Trump and dozens of others it believes carried out the drone strike that killed a top Iranian... more »

Eiser Infrastructure Limited and Energia Solar Luxembourg S.à.r.l. v. Kingdom of Spain

bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
29-Jun-2020 On June 11, 2020, an ICSID ad hoc committee issued a unanimous decision to annul a €128 million award against Spain in its entirety.

CIRDI. Le Maroc perd une manche contre l'allemand Scholz: les précisions du ministère de l'Industrie et du commerce

bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
29-Jun-2020 Le 5 juin dernier, le président du tribunal du CIRDI a finalement reconnu la compétence de celui-ci pour juger l'affaire.

Kenya eyes e-commerce investments in US pact

bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
29-Jun-2020 Kenya plans to gradually relax its regulations of the digital market to ease entry of US firms and products.

Kenya seeks to shield key state firms in US deal

bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
29-Jun-2020 Kenya is keen on protecting key economic sectors and several strategic state-owned enterprises from the Free Trade Agreement ahead of trade talks with the US slated for July.

Kenya races to safeguard EU market with post-Brexit pact

bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
29-Jun-2020 Kenya has initiated talks with the European Union and the United Kingdom on a post-Brexit trade agreement as the country moves to safeguard its horticultural produce market.

Second round of US-UK talks wrap up today

bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
29-Jun-2020 US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told members of Congress he hoped “at least a couple of chapters” could be closed out.

Sieren's China: EU-China summit doesn't resolve issues

bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
29-Jun-2020 As Brussels and Beijing struggle to agree on climate protection and trade, the coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated their differences. The longer the two sides talk, the more China benefits.

Potential ISDS problems post Covid-19

bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
29-Jun-2020 The Transpacific Partnership Agreement involves investor - state dispute settlement clauses, which large companies may use ISDS to sue governments for actions they took to stop the spread of the virus.

Kenya-US trade talks to start next month, President Kenyatta says

bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
29-Jun-2020 President Uhuru Kenyatta has said the much-anticipated trade talks between Kenya and the United States of America will start on 7th July 2020.

Accord de libre échange USA-Kenya: les pourparlers commerciaux débuteront le 07 juillet

bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
29-Jun-2020 Les pourparlers commerciaux sur l'accord global de libre échange entre le Kenya et les Etats-Unis devront débuter comme convenu, le 07 juillet prochain, a annoncé le Président kényan.

Severe hailstorm destroys cars, homes and 4 855 ha (12 000 acres) of crops in Baoding, China

A severe hailstorm lashed the city of Baoding in north China's Hebei Province on June 25, 2020, destroying up to 4 855 ha (12 000 acres) of crops and leaving more than 30 000 people affected. According to the China Global Television Network (CGTN), the...... Read more »

Facebook Senior HR manager Leslie Brown says it's easier to fire white guys

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 13 hours ago
Here's Leslie Brown on hidden camera: *“They were able to fire him without having to worry about discrimination…” says an undercover reporter.“Right, right. Because he’s a white man. Yeah, white man. So no problem.” – Leslie Brown, Senior HR manager, Facebook.“Oh, it’s easier when they’re..” continues the reporter.“..White men,” says Brown, completing the reporter’s sentence. “No one has the white man’s back anymore [laughs].”* This is a stunning admission of racism. It should never be harder to fire anyone just because of their race. Well if a company has a history of racia... more »

Feminists praise Betsy DeVos's new campus sex assault rules

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 13 hours ago
Proving that pigs do fly the New York Times has published an article that admits that Trump isn't actually Satan. Trump's education secretary, Betsy DeVois, recently created new rules for how colleges have to handle sexual assault claims. Colleges can no longer simply declare that a man is guilty based on the uncorroborated testimony of a woman. Previously many colleges simply didn't "waste" time on hearing or allow the defendant to defend themselves they just declared if a woman said she was assaulted she was assaulted. Oddly Democrats don't support that policy when it comes to wo... more »

VFP member comments on the psyop 'Russia story'

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 13 hours ago
For the past several days I've been following the back-and-forth debate on a Veterans For Peace (VFP) list serve about the 'fake news' New York Times story alleging that Russia is paying the Taliban to attack US troops in Afghanistan. My own comment was: The Russians don’t need to pay the Taliban to kill Americans. After 20 years of utter failure in Afghanistan the US is trying to shift responsibility and blame – it’s likely a signal of the new anti-Russian policies that will be followed by a Biden administration. Here are some others: - NY TIMES reports to CNN ... more »

Mail-In Vote Fraud Discovered in Oregon and New Jersey

Gateway Pundit and Click2Houston at Need To Know - 13 hours ago
In New Jersey, 700 Republicans who received mail-in ballots for the primary found that all of the candidate options were Democrats. In addition, about 3,200 ballots out of 17,000 were not counted in Patterson, leading the local NAACP to call for a redo of the election.

Pepsi, HP, Doritos, PayPal, Adobe and BMW, Pull Ads From Facebook to Silence Trump

Fox News at Need To Know - 13 hours ago
Regarding Facebook, they say that Mark Zuckerberg is promoting hate and violence by carrying Trump's posts. The groups that are behind banning conservative voices online include Anti-Defamation League, the NAACP, Sleeping Giants, and Color of Change.

The Origins of Black Neo-Marxism

American Thinker at Need To Know - 13 hours ago
“White” in radical parlance means anyone of any race, creed, nationality, color or sex, who embraces capitalism, free markets, limited government, and American traditional culture and values. “The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.”

Journalist Lays Absolute Waste to California Officials for Excessive Lockdowns

The Liberty Hound at Need To Know - 13 hours ago
Journalist John Ziegler lashed out at Ventura County Supervisors last week over their face-mask mandate and lockdown. He said there were only 51 total hospitalizations in the county with eight hospitals, and that is not a crisis. Period!

Bayer/ Monsanto to Settle 125,000 Claims for $10.9 Billion

DailyMail at Need To Know - 13 hours ago
Incredible as it may seem, the EPA continues to claim that glyphosate does not cause cancer. Therefore, the company will continue to sell the weedkiller and will not add a cancer warning to the product label. In summary: This settlement will put a stop to all future claims no matter how many deaths are involved.

Minneapolis City Council Votes to Defund the Police, But 3 Members Hire Personal Security

NPR and ZeroHedge at Need To Know - 13 hours ago
Under their plan, the police department will be replaced with a department of community safety and violence prevention that will be staffed with people who lack law enforcement experience but will include approaches that will implement the demands of the communist-led rioters and destroyers.

CALLED IT LAST OCTOBER

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 13 hours ago
Breaking news: The Supreme Court on Monday struck down a Louisiana law that could have left the state with a single abortion clinic. The vote was 5 to 4, with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. voting with the court’s four-member liberal wing but not adopting its reasoning. The chief justice said respect for precedent compelled him to vote with the majority. I predicted this last October, when the Court agreed to take the case: ... ... does John Roberts really want GOP-appointed Supreme Court justices blamed for a sudden massive decrease in abortion availability a few months before ... more »

South Korea's Top Export: How K-Pop Rose to Conquer the World

Mark Episkopos at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Mark Episkopos* *Culture, Asia* Korea's special music has a truly global following. Breaking out of the East Asian market in the mid-2000s, K-Pop has surged in popularity to become one of the world’s fastest growing music genres. It is also the spear tip of South Korea’s thriving cultural export industry, boasting a net worth of approximately $5 billion and projected to generate tens of billions of dollars for South Korea’s economy in the coming years. But what exactly is K-pop, and how did this upstart genre outgrow its humble roots to become a global cultural phenomenon with a... more »

Want to End the Korean War? Talk to a Veteran Who Fought In It.

Jonathan Corrado at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Jonathan Corrado* *History, Asia* Listening to veterans is the best way to learn the lessons of the Korean War and to honor those who served. They remind us both what we lost and what we have gained through the conflict. Time is running out to gain the benefits of their experience and wisdom directly. *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 ... more »

Nearly 90% of South Koreans Think North Korea Will Never Give up Its Nuclear Weapons

Daniel R. DePetris at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Daniel R. DePetris* *Security, Asia* And that can only mean one thing: dialogue and negotiation are needed, now more than ever. Marking the anniversary of the 1950-1953 Korean War is always a heavy emotional affair. You can see the strain and grief in the eyes of the men (the youngest now in their late-80’s) who fought on the frontlines and continue to carry the memories of that horrible three-year ordeal with them. Nobody is anticipating an official conclusion of the war anytime soon, which means the vast majority of these veterans will die without seeing a peace treaty signe... more »

Why The Korean War Was Never Formally Ended

Kate Kizer at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Kate Kizer* *Security, Asia* Author: "Despite pessimism and brinkmanship in Washington and Pyongyang, the Korean War—the United States’ longest-running war—will officially end by 2025. With the war, which was merely paused by the armistice agreement of July 1953, having reached its 70th anniversary, it’s important to reflect on what it will take to conclude it and to work toward lasting peace. While there are many roadblocks, the most important is the lack of political will in the United States and the international community." *Editor's Note:* As the world commemorates the 70th... more »

Meet the DP-28: The Red Army's "Record Player" (Or Killer Machine Gun)

Peter Suciu at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Security, Europe* A very robust, high-capacity weapon. With its top-mounted pan magazine the Pulemyot Degtyaryova Pekhotny (Degtyaryov’s infantry machine gun)—better known as the DP-28—looked archaic but it proved to be a very efficient design. The light machine gun was reliable, accurate and most importantly durable. As with other Soviet small arms it could be manhandled, used in foul conditions and still work like it was new. It could, and did, endure freezing temperatures and continue to lay down fire on enemy positions when other weapons wouldn’t function. On... more »

How Did the Chicago Tribune Nearly Sink America's Pacific War Effort During World War II?

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Americas* It was one simple headline... *Key Point:* The one saving grace was that Japan wasn't reading American newspapers. Stanley Johnston, a reporter for the Chicago Tribune accredited to the Navy as a correspondent, had made two forays into the South Pacific aboard the aircraft carrier Lexington. He was rescued when the ship was sunk in the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942. He and other survivors returned to San Diego via Noumea. En route, Johnston’s roommate aboard the cruiser Chester was Commander Morton Seligman, executive officer o... more »

Ruger's P94 Pistol: One of the Most Underrated Guns Ever?

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * The P94 represented a maturation of the P-series design that benefited from seven years of being on the market. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The Ruger P94 was a historically underrated handgun. Although eventually outdated by more modern designs, it was accurate, rugged and reliable. It is still well regarded by Ruger aficionados and was an important stepping stone to the company’s contemporary line of pistols. During the 1980s, an invasion of European nine-millimeter handguns washed over the United States, achieving swift victories in the Ame... more »

These 5 Weapons Made Nazi Germany a Military Superpower

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *History, Europe* Hitler's most fearsome weapons. *Key Point*: German war technology nearly ended Western civilization as we know it. The forces of Nazi Germany in World War II were some of the most formidable fielded in any war. Backed by German science, engineering and modern mass-production techniques, it was a new type of highly mechanized warfare. Faster paced and deadlier than the armed forces that fought in the Great War just twenty years before, it overwhelmed slower-moving enemies and helped Germany subjugate an entire continent. Here are five examples o... more »

How AI Could Help Soldiers Make Better Choices During a Battle

Kris Osborn at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Technology, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2019%3Anewsml_RC1B2802C8A0&share=true] A fascinating new possibility for the U.S. Army. A forward-operating Army unit is under heavy fire and poised to attack. The soldiers are armed with small arms weapons, shoulder-fired missiles, drones and even helicopter support, yet commanders need to know which among many targets to hit. Which targets should be hit first? Are any target points about to fire incoming weapons? Do any of the target vehicles contain innocents or non-combatan... more »

Major indexing service sounds alarm on self-citations by nearly 50 journals

Ivan Oransky at Retraction Watch - 13 hours ago
More than 70% of the citations in one journal were to other papers in that journal. Another published a single paper that cited nearly 200 other articles in the journal. Now, Clarivate, the company behind the Impact Factor, is taking steps to fight such behavior, suppressing 33 journals from their indexing service and subjecting 15 … Continue reading Major indexing service sounds alarm on self-citations by nearly 50 journals

Biofields – Our Ability to Thrive & Prosper is Under Attack

James Allard at OYE Alternative News - 13 hours ago
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Biofields – The Science of Auras

James Allard at OYE Alternative News - 13 hours ago
The post Biofields – The Science of Auras appeared first on OYE Alternative News.

Supreme Court Strikes Down Louisiana Abortion Clinic Law

AP News at Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
The ruling reasserts a commitment to abortion rights in the first big abortion case of the Trump era.

Twitter Cheating Update

tonyheller at Real Climate Science - 13 hours ago
Twitter made a big blunder today. They “temporarily restricted” General Flynn’s attorney for “Unusual activity.” When Twitter does this, they empty to account’s “Following” list. Everyone whom she was following has now lost a follower. Twitter has been systematically removing … Continue reading →

Hawaii Tourist Economy Destroyed

tonyheller at Real Climate Science - 13 hours ago
Hawaii survived Pearl Harbor, but not Neil Ferguson’s virus model. Link

Nancy Pelosi Not Satisfied With 40 Million Unemployed

tonyheller at Real Climate Science - 13 hours ago
Nancy Pelosi spent January impeaching President Trump and criticized him when he shut down travel from China. Now that death rates are plummeting towards zero, she wants lots more unemployed people. Coronavirus Bell Curve | Daily COVID-19 Statistics for the … Continue reading →

BREAKING : Benghazi Was Not A Spontaneous YouTube Protest

tonyheller at Real Climate Science - 13 hours ago
Judicial Watch: DOJ Records Reveal Obama White House Effort to ‘Evolve’ Explanation of Benghazi Terrorist Attack | Judicial Watch

How Dare You Use Me?

tonyheller at Real Climate Science - 13 hours ago
The ‘teenage God of global warming’ feeling sudden lack of relevance | Sky News Australia

"Beware of What You Wish For"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
"*Beware of What You Wish For*" by Jim Kunstler "Apart from the 150 people shot (25 killed) in Chicago, the week after Father’s Day had the quality of a time-out from widespread anarchic violence that the Democratic Party has unleashed upon the nation to distract the public from the party’s lack of a viable election candidate or any credible platform of ideas for managing epic economic contraction. The contraction was already underway before Covid-19 greatly accelerated the damage. Whipping up a moral frenzy over alleged “systemic racism” adds a nice overlay of psychological damag... more »

Syrian, Russian Intel Dismantle CIA Linked Espionage Ring Linked to Assassination of Soleimani & Usrael Kurds Escalate

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 13 hours ago
* Going long on the latest from Syria:* * 1-Syria, aided by Russian Intel, dismantle CIA linked espionage ring connected to the assassination of Soleimani. It seems the tip off for the US for the assassination came from within Syria.** Link and Link* *Flashback: *The US Assassinates An Iranian General *"Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, backed by Russian Intelligence reports, has dismantled an espionage network, including top security and army officers, a well-informed source told Zaman Al-Wasl Saturday. Maj. General Ma'an Hussein, one of Assad's top aides and the head of the ... more »

Private Pilot Takes Amazing Images Over America's Premier Spy Plane Base

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
Gabriel Zeifman Warzone/The Drive: *Private Pilot Flew Over America's Premier Spy Plane Base And Snapped These Images* The images show Global Hawks and U-2 spy planes scattered around the ramp, and an interesting upgrade that may point to a new shadowy resident. Private pilot Gabriel Zeifman is up to his usual aviation adventures once again, which sometimes includes traversing unusual airspace that is often off-limits to commercial and private air traffic. He has buzzed around the perimeter of Area 51 and through restricted ranges throughout the region, all legally with air traffi... more »

Distractions From Diversions From Deflections

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 13 hours ago
The global pandemic death toll has officially passed half a million, with a quarter of the fatalities occurring in the United States. Meanwhile, the population of the United States is waking up from its long, two and a half-century nap and suddenly realizing that our exceptional country got rich off the enslavement and extermination of dark-skinned human beings. More and more US citizens believe, rightly, that neoliberalism is harmful to our health, that it props up racialized capitalism, and that socialism is looking more attractive by the day. To that end, the movers and shakers ... more »

The Role of Federal Courts in Coronavirus-Related Immigration Detention Litigation

adshah at Lawfare - 13 hours ago
Protest signs taped to the window of a car at a socially-distanced protest in New York City for release of ICE detainees during the pandemic. (Flickr, Andrew Ratto, https://flic.kr/p/2iVqGJT; CC BY 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/) From the outset, the coronavirus pandemic posed a unique and immediate threat to incarcerated people—including noncitizens in civil immigration detention. As the pandemic goes on, lawsuits have proliferated across the country challenging the inadequate response of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to the spread of the coronaviru... more »

Cascading Security Through the Internet of Things Supply Chain

therr at Lawfare - 13 hours ago
A Nest Learning Thermostat connected to the internet sits on a TV cabinet. (Source: George Lane, https://flic.kr/p/2bH2dSc; CC BY 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/) The “internet of things” (IoT) has been insecure since the first connected refrigerator woke up and asked for more milk. But while having your fridge hacked seems at best amusing and at worst inconvenient, the nightmare scenario is a matter of national security. Imagine hundreds of thousands of smart refrigerators, all with the same default password, hacked to direct a flood of web traffic against key i... more »

Boycotting Facebook And The Stop Hate For Profit Campaign

Binoy KAMPMARK at OrientalReview.org - 13 hours ago
Rage can be that most trendy of things, and social media rage has become modish. If you dislike something, scream it in a certain number of characters and post it on every network you subscribe to. You might even feel good about it. When the pot is taken off the […]

Black Lives Matter Are Making Plans For More Rallies And Marches As Coronavirus Cases Spike Nationally

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
*Just The News:* *As coronavirus cases spike nationally, Black Lives Matter plans more rallies, marches* Some public officials have halted reopening their states as cases have gone up. Though coronavirus cases are surging in some parts of the United States, many Black Lives Matter activists are nonetheless planning sizable rallies in the near future, defying public health concerns in favor of continuing what has become a month-long streak of aggressive public activism. The surge in coronavirus cases in some parts of the country — especially Texas, Arizona and Florida — has broug... more »

JOURNALISM OF THE SAINTS: Wesley Lowery's plea in the Times!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago
*MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2020Plus, unarmed man shot and killed:* We'll run through the history quickly: Long ago and far away, Nestor, the seasoned charioteer, once again gave the best advice. Homer was there to record the whole thing. In Book 9 of his famous best-seller, The Iliad, he records the way it went down: The tide of battle had very much turned against the Argives (the Achaeans) in their attempt to sack Troy. "Godsent Panic seized them," Homer reports, "comrade of bloodcurdling Rout." That evening, Lord Marshal Agamemnon rose in counsel. Tears streaming down his cheeks, he s... more »

Gilead’s $2,340 Price for Coronavirus Drug Draws Criticism

AP News at Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
Remdesivir, a drug that is shown to shorten recovery time for severely ill COVID-19 patients, will cost $2,340 with insurance after a donated supply runs out at the beginning of July.

Mississippi Removes Confederate Symbol From State Flag

AP News at Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
Cheers rang out in the Mississippi Capitol after the vote to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag. Some spectators wept.

10 Proven Products to Reduce Pores on Face

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 13 hours ago
10 Proven Products to Reduce Pores on Face | Makeupandbeauty.com https://makeupandbeauty.com/proven-products-reduce-pores-face/

Which Burns More Calories: Walking or Biking?

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 13 hours ago
Which Burns More Calories: Walking or Biking? | Livestrong.com https://www.livestrong.com/article/292096-which-burns-more-calories-walking-or-biking/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=lsfb

13 Situations Where Parents Hurt Their Children and Don’t Even Realize It

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 13 hours ago
13 Situations Where Parents Hurt Their Children and Don’t Even Realize It https://brightside.me/inspiration-family-and-kids/13-situations-where-parents-hurt-their-children-and-dont-even-realize-it-795198/?utm_source=tsp_pages&utm_medium=fb_organic&utm_campaign=fb_gr_bright_side_mini

State of Solar Power Plants – What Is Concentrating Solar Power?

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 13 hours ago
State of Solar Power Plants – What Is Concentrating Solar Power? https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a32945164/concentrating-solar-power-plants/?utm_campaign=socialflowFBPOP&utm_medium=social-media&utm_source=facebook

4 Exercises To Reduce Belly Fat Fast

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 13 hours ago
4 Exercises To Reduce Belly Fat Fast https://www.forhealthylifestyle.com/4-exercises-reduce-belly-fat-fast/

New York City: From Being One Of The Safest Cities In The World A Few Months Ago To Now One Of The Worse

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
*1010Wins Radio:* *112 injured or killed in 83 shootings over 9 days in NYC: 'I haven't seen anything like this in my entire life'* NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – A spike in gun violence has left over 100 people wounded or killed in dozens of shootings across New York City over the past nine days, police said Sunday. There have been 112 victims in 83 shootings over a nine-day period ending Saturday, according to police. Most of those shot were expected to survive, but at least six people have died in the past week and others suffered serious or critical injuries. *Read more* .... *WNU ... more »

Empire Files: Afghanistan War Exposed

Terrace at PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
The perpetual occupation of Afghanistan has become so normalized and mostly serves as background noise to Americans. It's even jokingly referred to as the "Forever War," accepted as just a constant reality. A soldier dies now and again. A couple of dozen civilians get killed in another bombing. It's never enough to stir the population to pressure Washington to stop it. The endless war drags on. Since 2001, almost one million US troops have been deployed to Afghanistan. Many repeatedly. Of those, 2,300 have died and the new revelation that nearly 4,000 mercenaries have also died fi... more »

Capitalism – The Cause Of COVID-19 Deaths

Terrace at PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
Does the COVID-19 virus operate differently in capitalist countries than in socialist countries? Based on a comparison of global numbers of fatalities, COVID-19 seems to appear in a more virulent form in capitalist countries. But is this even possible? The impact of COVID-19 in capitalist countries is more than 20 to 50 times worse than in socialist countries or in countries with high levels of social mobilization. The longer and wider this virus spreads, the clearer this political difference becomes. By every possible measure of COVID and of deaths due to a host of many other n... more »

Exposed: States Relying On ‘House Of Cards’ To Pay For Coal Mine Cleanup

Terrace at PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
For more than a century-and-a-half, the forests, streams, and hollows of the Appalachian Mountains have been scraped and gashed to unearth their heart of rich black coal. These lumps of hydrocarbons historically played a vital role in America’s electricity mix, accounting for a third of the country’s energy production as recently as 2008. But over the past decade, a devastating combination of forces has pummeled the industry, from cheap natural gas and the falling cost of renewables to growing public pressure to respond to the climate crisis. U.S. coal production has dropped 40 pe... more »

Untitled

jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 13 hours ago
*Why Do American Universities Lead the World in Scientific Research?* Miguel Urquiola is professor and chair of the department of economics at Columbia University. His special field is education and his book Markets, Minds, and Money: Why America Leads the World in University Research is about American higher education—its history, its relationship to higher education in Europe, and the trajectory it has followed from the first green shoots of the Ivy League. Urquiola describes how the history of American universities put them on a path different from European universities, a path ... more »

WATCH: Dangerously Frightened Cop Holds Innocent Man at Gunpoint for Driving Home from Work

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: driving]An innocent man had broken no laws, harmed no one, and was driving home from work when a raging cop blocked his path and held him at gunpoint.

Widespread Frost Engulfs Eastern Australia

Cap Allon at Electroverse - 14 hours ago
Furthermore, Victoria's recent cold weather has been partly blamed for its so-called “concerning” 75 new cases of COVID -- talk about killing two birds with one stone: #COVIDFraud #ClimateFraud The post Widespread Frost Engulfs Eastern Australia appeared first on Electroverse.

Children's Health Defense Interview with Dr. Theresa Deisher

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 14 hours ago
On June 15th, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. interviewed the founder and president of Sound Choice Pharmaceutical Institute, Dr. Theresa Deisher, on the use of aborted fetal cells in medical research. Mr. Kennedy and Dr. Deisher covered a wide range of... more »

WSJ Says Banks Can’t Determine Who Is Credit-Worthy: More COVID-19 Fallout

Jerri-Lynn Scofield at naked capitalism - 14 hours ago
WSJ says banks can no longer determine who is credit-worthy using existing models - more COVID-19 fallout, this of uncertain magnitude.

Has The U.S. Lost Control In Containing The Covid-19 Pandemic?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
*CNN:* *'Window is closing' for US to get coronavirus under control, Trump's HHS secretary warns* (CNN)Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar warned Sunday that the "window is closing" for the United States to get the coronavirus pandemic under control, as confirmed cases are surging in a majority of the country and some states are dealing with record numbers of hospitalizations. "Things are very different from two months ago... So it is a very different situation, but this is a very, very serious situation and the window is closing for us to take action and get this under ... more »

Is Anger Now Driving The 2020 US Presidential Election?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
A couple draws their firearms on protesters as they enter their neighborhood during a protest against St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson, in St. Louis, Missouri. REUTERS/Lawrence Bryant *Victor Davis Hanson, FOX News:* *Anger, not Trump vs. Biden, now driving 2020 election* Much of the country believes that America is racist, cruel and incapable of self-correction. The old 2020 election was supposed to be about many familiar issues. It is not anymore. Up until now, the candidates themselves would supposedly be the story in November. The left had cited President Trump’s tweets and errat... more »

Wall Street Prepares For A President Biden

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
Former U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden makes a statement during an event in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., September 24, 2019. REUTERS/Bastiaan Slabbers *Forbes:* *Wall Street Quietly Begins Warning About A Biden Presidency* With Joe Biden surging in the polls, Wall Street executives are preparing for a potential scenario where he becomes president—with some firms warning clients the stock market could take a hit. The former vice president has a 10-point advantage over the president, according to a RealClearPolitics’ average of national polls and open... more »

"How It Really Is"

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

"The Truth Is..."

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
"The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers." - M. Scott Peck

"It’s Only a Matter of Time Before There Is Blood on the Streets"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
*"It’s Only a Matter of Time Before There Is Blood on the Streets"* by Charlie Daniels "160 years ago the United States of America began a divisive and bloody Civil War that separated the people of this nation bone from marrow. It split friends, families and eventually the nation itself as a line was drawn dividing the Union States of the North from the newly formed Confederacy of the Southern States. Ostensibly, the war that followed was fought over the abolition of slavery, a devilish practice that never should have been allowed in the first place, and although it was the basic is... more »

12 million people affected, 78 killed as severe floods continue across south and east China

Heavy rains and floods left at least 12 people dead and 10 others missing in south China's Sichuan province as of Sunday afternoon, June 28, 2020. Since late May, severe weather has left 78 people dead or missing, 12 million affected, more than 8 000 homes...... Read more »

The Lost Court Decision that Could Have Resolved Texas v. California

Guest Blogger at Balkinization - 14 hours ago
Timothy Jost As Texas v. California, the lawsuit seeking to invalidate the entire Affordable Care Act, continues its steady march toward a Supreme Court decision, the issue that has emerged as the most important in the case is that of severability—if the Court finds the individual mandate unconstitutional, as both the district court and Fifth Circuit did, how much of the rest of the ACA must be jettisoned with it? Of course, there are other issues before the Court: Do the plaintiffs have standing? Is the now unenforceable mandate in fact unconstitutional? But the most significan... more »

Untitled

JR at GREENIE WATCH - 14 hours ago
*Green wave batters Emmanuel Macron in local elections as his centrist party suffers humiliating loss to socialist alliance with eco warriors* A Green wave proved disastrous for French president Emmanuel Macron tonight as his party suffered significant loses in municipal elections. An alliance between ecological candidates and traditional Left-wing ones saw Mr Macron’s candidates swept away. Among the biggest winners was Anne Hidalgo, who was re-elected Socialist Mayor of Paris for a second term of six years. Exit polls on Sunday night suggested she has won with 50.2 per cent of v... more »

Iran comments on reports of a military chopper crashing near Shiraz

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:00 P.M.) – On Monday, the Iranian Air Force revealed the news of a helicopter crashing near the southern city of Shiraz. The commander of the Iranian Air Force, in statements with the Tasnim agency, denied the news, saying: “Fortunately, none of our helicopters crashed today at Shiraz.” Furthermore, they said the fires […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Iran announces identity of 36 people involved in Qassem Soleimani’s assassination

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:30 P.M.) – The Tehran public prosecutor announced on Monday, the identity of 36 people involved in the assassination of the late commander of the Quds Force, Major-General Qassem Soleimani, on January 3rd in Baghdad, Iraq. “Thirty-six people were involved in the assassination of Hajj Qassem Soleimani, including political and military officials from […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Libyan Army launches powerful air attack on Turkish-backed forces

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:00 A.M.) – The Military Information Division of the Libyan National Army (LNA) announced that the Libyan Air Force targeted groups belonging to the Turkish-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) forces east of Misrata city. The Military Information Division said in a press statement that “the fighter jets of the armed forces targeted […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Reclaiming And Redefining

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 14 hours ago
In the wake of COVID 19, Glen Pearson writes, we are reconsidering the notion of social capital: What is social capital? It is actually something quite real, practiced, and built upon. It is about reciprocity between people and groups. It is about a trust learned in hardship, a network of practical needs and ideals, and a rediscovery of civil society as something more powerful than government, more enriching than finances, and more social than anything social media can attempt. It is only actualized by doing, not by preaching, or soapboxing, or manufacturing press releases. ... more »

Hospital Profitability in America - An Unanticipated Consequence of the COVID-19 Pandemic

A Political Junkie at Viable Opposition - 14 hours ago
While those of us who live in advanced economies were told about the necessity of locking down during the COVID era to flatten the curve, thereby spreading out the disease and allowing the health care system to handle the massive influx of critically ill patients. One might have thought that the influx of patients would lead to a financial windfall for the American hospital and for-profit health care system, however, a recent analysis by the American Hospital Association (AHA) would suggest otherwise. AHA's analysis opens with this: "*America’s hospitals and health systems ... more »

REPORTS: India Deploys Air Defense and Fighter Jets to Border with China

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 14 hours ago
*AMN* | India has deployed a quick-reaction air defense system to the Ladakh region to try and rebalance border dispute.

Shweta Singh Kirti posts pic from prayer meet of Sushant Singh Rajput

Susmita at Entertainment – TNBCLive - 14 hours ago
Sushant Singh Rajput’s sister Shweta Singh Kirti took to social media sharing a picture from the prayer meet organised for the actor. Sharing a photo on her Facebook page, she shows how her family gave a “final send-off” to the late actor. The small event was organised at their home in Patna Shweta Singh captioned […] The post Shweta Singh Kirti posts pic from prayer meet of Sushant Singh Rajput appeared first on TNBCLive.

Natural Immunity - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 14 hours ago
*Our tapering with* *Natural immunity* *Is our undoing* *©* * 2020 M.N. Hopkins* *Note: This poem was inspired after listening to an interview with Dr. Wakefield. It is clear to me that interventions by bad science and bad medicine has caused many serious illnesses that would have naturally and were naturally mutating into less serious bugs to instead reemerge as lethal and debilitating diseases. Remember, the old saying, when man plays God.* *I wrote this poem yesterday and published it for the first time on my blog today, the 19th of June, 2020 in the haiku style o... more »

Dem message to progressives: 'Piss off'

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 14 hours ago
Krystal Ball explains what the Democratic party would look like under a potential Biden administration. Make sure to watch the Sen. Joe Biden bit at 4:34 into the video - surprise, surprise!

"Boiling Point"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
*"Boiling Point"* by Jim Quinn “Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.” - H.L. Mencken "After writing a particularly depressing article where I come to a logical conclusion, based upon the factual evidence of all previous Fourth Turnings, I always wonder whether I’m being too pessimistic and peddling doom, like many of the clickbait websites. The conclusions I reached at the end of my last two articles were particularly gloomy and made me wonder whether I was going too far. I thought maybe I was too pessi... more »

Lester Grinspoon RIP

David Henderson at Econlib - 14 hours ago
On Thursday, June 25, Lester Grinspoon, M.D. died, one day after his 92nd birthday. This afternoon, I looked at my markups of two of his books, Marihuana Reconsidered, 2nd ed. 1977 and Cocaine: A Drug and Its Social Evolution, co-authored with James B. Bakalar. Shortly after I got my green card, in October 1977, I […] The post Lester Grinspoon RIP appeared first on Econlib.

Human Nature and Morality

Unknown at The Conservative Socrates - 14 hours ago
Morality should never entail a rebellion against human nature. Nothing that is impossible to human beings can be moral; it can, on the other hand, be immoral. All moral exhortations, which are against human nature, should be outrightly rejected.

Systemic racism charges

Norma at Collecting My Thoughts - 15 hours ago
If your pastor or priest or rabbi solemnly intones the myth of "systemic racism" from the safe and sanitary virtual pulpit, please write or call him immediately and offer to be his/her confessor for all the racist acts and thoughts he/she personally has made in the last week, or month or year as part of the system. The system which is their community, their congregation, their church, their theological school, their alumni association, their PTA, their pension plan, their fair housing group, their gated community, their social clubs, their children and parents, whe... more »

Militants Attack Karachi Stock Exchange, Killing At Least 3

AP News at Snopes.com - 15 hours ago
Heavily armed special forces quickly surrounded the building located in the heart of Karachi's financial district.

Minneapolis Spends $63,000 on Own City Council Members’ Private Security

Ragnar at 'Nox & Friends - 15 hours ago
As They Move To Disband Police From the Western Journal: Typical Leftard Tyrants…Only they can have protection…. Excerpts: I wonder if the members of the Minneapolis City Council realize the irony of the fact that their private security details are costing taxpayers a reported $4,500 per day. According to WCCO-TV, a resolution authored by five of the council members seeks to change the city charter to make disbanding the police department possible. Passage of the resolution, which was unanimously approved Friday, represents the start of a process that, if successful, will result in a... more »

Now More Than Ever – Protect Yourself From What Happens AFTER A Gun Incident

Ragnar at 'Nox & Friends - 15 hours ago
From the Gateway Pundit: Public Service Announcement…USCCA -> US Concealed Carry Excerpts: In the last several months, there has been a huge spike in gun purchases. As a Gateway Pundit reader, you probably have a gun already. In fact, you probably have lots of guns. But what happens after you need to use your weapon? Do you have a lawyer ready to represent you? After all, you’re vulnerable to criminal charges and financial ruin from a justice system biased against responsible gun owners. Even if you do everything right, you can be arrested and charged for defending yourself and your ... more »

Anyone doubting what is coming has only to consider this…

Uriel at 'Nox & Friends - 15 hours ago
Black Lives Matter Leader: ‘If This Country Doesn’t Give Us What We Want, Then We Will Burn Down The System’ . Daily Wire June 25, 2020 A Black Lives Matter leader told Fox News on Wednesday evening that if they are not given what they want then they will “burn down” the system. Hawk Newsome, head of Black Lives Matter for Greater New York, part of the neo-Marxist Black Lives Matter movement, made the remarks in a combative interview with Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum. MacCallum began the interview by noting Newsome’s apparent support for using violence to achieve political goals... more »

Federal Reserve to Buy Corporate Bonds from 750 Major Companies

Ragnar at 'Nox & Friends - 15 hours ago
From the LibertyHeadlines: Excerpts: (Liberty Headlines) The Federal Reserve on Sunday released a list of roughly 750 companies, including Apple, Walmart and ExxonMobil, whose corporate bonds it will purchase in the coming months in an effort to keep borrowing costs low and smooth the flow of credit. The central bank also said it has, so far, purchased nearly $429 million in corporate bonds from 86 of those companies, including AT&T, Walgreen’s, Microsoft, Pfizer and Marathon Petroleum. The Fed announced in March that it would, for the first time in its history, (My bold and Italics... more »

EO issued, now in force — Millies ‘n Willies about to discover the hard cold facts of life and history

Uriel at 'Nox & Friends - 15 hours ago
Executive Order on Protecting American Monuments, Memorials, and Statues and Combating Recent Criminal Violence White House June 26, 2020 Section 1. Purpose. The first duty of government is to ensure domestic tranquility and defend the life, property, and rights of its citizens. Many of the rioters, arsonists, and left-wing extremists who have carried out and supported these acts have explicitly identified themselves with ideologies — such as Marxism — that call for the destruction of the United States system of government. They have led riots in the streets, burned police vehicles... more »

Italy: Sold to Big Pharma

Ragnar at 'Nox & Friends - 15 hours ago
From the Children’s Health Defense: A letter to Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. by Dr. Antonietta M. Gatti Dear Robert, I don’t know if you are completely aware of the Italian situation. Summarizing everything in a few words, Italy was sold to Big Pharma and has become a huge laboratory where experiments are carried out on the population: adults, children, old, healthy, sick people … it makes no difference, we are all guinea pigs. Now the business, and not just an economic one, is to force 60 million Italians to get vaccinated against COVID, so much so that tens of millions … Continue readin... more »

Rise of the King Cobra

Unknown at The Conservative Socrates - 15 hours ago
Between 2008 and 2016, the liberals became drunk with hubris and started feeling that they were invincible—they were convinced by their cronies in the mainstream media that the conservatives and nationalists were a spent force, and that the liberal political agenda would be unstoppable in the next fifty years. But in late 2016, politics took an unexpected turn, and since then the liberals have been watching with outrage and horror the spectacle of a new kind of conservatism and nationalism rearing itself up, like a King Cobra spreading its hood and hissing.

"Economic Fantasy Snapshot AM 6/29/20"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago
*"Economic Fantasy Snapshot AM 6/29/20"* 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 ○ *6/29/20* ○ Gregory Mannarino, *AM 6/29/20* *"Markets, Creatures, And A Freak Show: Its Going To Be Interesting"* - https://traderschoice.net/ ○ ○ *MarketWatch Market Su**mmary, Live Updates* - ... more »

Cybersecurity spending boosted as Australia targeted by online attacks

Jade Macmillan at Just In - 15 hours ago
The Federal Government wants 500 new positions created in its highly secretive surveillance department as part of a push to fight cyber crime around the world.

A Gun Like No Other: Why the Sig Sauer P220 Was So Revolutionary

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.sigsauer.com/store/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/1800x/040ec09b1e35df139433887a97daa66f/p/2/p220_nitron_l_sm-f.jpg] The gun that kicked off a new era. *Key Point: *This weapon was very modern and would influence many other models. It was a classic and here is how it made its mark. One of the finest handguns today is based on a Swiss design that, were it not for a creative corporate partnership, could have never left the neutral, land-locked country. The Sig P220 became available for sale worldwide only after the Swis... more »

Bang!: These .40 Caliber Pistols Are Among the World's Best

Gun News Daily at The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Gun News Daily* *Security, * [image: GLOCK 23 .40S&W Pistol - 3rd Generation. Wikimedia/Michael Donnermeyer. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported.] There are a wide variety of good .40 pistols to choose from. *Key point:* The .40 was developed to give law enforcement a more powerful pistol than the 9mm to begin with. Times are always changing, and that certainly applies to the gun world. A current trend that we are seeing now is a resurgence of the 9mm at the expense of the .40 S&W. For instance, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently switched from... more »

Yes, the Navy SEALs Do Have Some of the Best 'Silent' Guns

Joseph Trevithick at The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Joseph Trevithick* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2000%3Anewsml_RP2DRIAZQRAA&share=true] Here's what they can do. *Key Point: *These clever weapons allow the SEALs to be stealthier. Here's how they make SEALs among the moth lethal forces out there. *More From The National Interest: * *Russia Has Missing Nuclear Weapons Sitting on the Ocean Floor * *How China Could Sink a U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier * *Where World War III Could Start This Year* *How the F-35 Stealth Fighter Almost Never Happened * The Navy’s SEALs are w... more »

China Is Buying Up Dozens of U.S. Commercial Airliners. We Should Be Worried.

Christian Whiton at The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Christian Whiton* *Security, Asia* After years of aggression, broken promises and falsehoods, most recently about the coronavirus outbreak, the Chinese government has finally begun to face the consequences of its misconduct. On behalf of industries that range from technology to pharmaceuticals, the United States is fighting back against the Chinese. Why then is it looking the other way as Chinese companies buy up the commercial aircraft that Americans fly? After years of aggression, broken promises and falsehoods, most recently about the coronavirus outbreak, the Chinese governm... more »

Why Ruger's SR1911 Handgun Is Legit

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Americas* [image: https://ruger.com/productImages/6700/detail/4.jpg] The design might be old, but... *Key Point: *These guns are very well-made and are pretty durable. Here is how they pulled it off. One of the most successful handgun designs of all time is the 1911 series semi-automatic pistol. Designed for war and to take advantage of the deadly .45 round, the 1911 and subsequent variants were the official handguns of the U.S. military from World War I well into the 1980s. The classic design, revered by many gun enthusiasts, is still sufficiently pop... more »

Fear This: Why Heckler & Koch's AG36 Is One Hell of an Impressive Weapon

Charlie Gao at The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *Security, Europe* [image: By Ministry of Defence - Defence Imagery (defenceimagery.mod.uk). Image #45156952, OGL v1.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34481446] Very impressive. *Key Point: *This weapon is versatile and is relied upon by NATO forces. Here is what makes it so good. The 40mm individual single-shot grenade launcher is one of modern infantry fireteam’s core pieces of firepower. They provide rapid explosive firepower at ranges greater than hand grenades but less than infantry mortars. During the Vietnam War, they were called the “squad ... more »

Meet the Soviet RPD—One Really Revolutionary Machine Gun

Peter Suciu at The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *History, Europe* [image: Peter Suciu] Here's how this firearm made history. The Soviet RPD was a weapon that was ahead of its time, yet soon after its widespread adoption was quickly superseded by superior firearms. Yet in many ways it was a portent of better firearms designs in the early Cold War era. Its history began with the development of a new cartridge for a new breed of weapons. *From Assault Rifle to Squad Assault Weapon* The German StG44 was the world’s first assault rifle—a new category of weapon denoted by the use of an “intermediate” caliber round th... more »

Judge’s Son Admits to 35 Counts of Trafficking Child Porn Involving Infants, Gets NO JAIL

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 15 hours ago
[image: judge]This son of a judge was originally facing 250 years behind bars for the 45 felony charges against him, however he received zero.

Severe storm brings damaging winds and hail to parts of New England, prompts rare flash flood emergency

Severe storms brought hail, lightning, strong winds, and damaging floods to parts of New England on Sunday, June 28, 2020. Among the worst affected states was Massachusetts, where a rare flash flood emergency warning was issued and patients from a hospital in...... Read more »

Money talks: Big business, political strategy and corporate involvement in US state politics

Michael Holmes, Jim Moran Associate Professor of Strategic Management, Florida State University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 15 hours ago
Millions of dollars are spent every election by corporations that want to influence state regulations and policies, and that's likely to continue in the upcoming election.

Senior Liberal has paid no land tax on Adelaide property, document shows

Patrick Martin And Nick Harmsen at Just In - 15 hours ago
The senior South Australian Liberal MP facing questions over parliamentary allowance and living arrangements has not been levied land tax on his Adelaide property, the ABC can reveal.

Bikies jailed after breaking Canberra man's leg with electric guitar

Michael Inman at Just In - 15 hours ago
Two men with links to outlaw motorcycle gangs are jailed over a violent attack last year that put a man in hospital.

S. Korea, Singapore begin talks on digital trade deal

bilaterals.org - 15 hours ago
29-Jun-2020 South Korea and Singapore kicked off negotiations toward a digital trade deal, includes provisions for non-discriminatory treatment for electronic transactions, easing of barriers on cross-border data flow and consumer protection.

Planting seeds of doubt

bilaterals.org - 15 hours ago
29-Jun-2020 As sporadic tensions flare over US-China trade, a fierce debate also continues at home, centred on whether Thailand should join a trade pact touted as creating the third-largest free trade area in the world.

US Loses Myanmar to China

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 15 hours ago
*June 29, 2020* (Joseph Thomas - NEO) - For the Southeast Asian state of Myanmar, the decision to expand ties with China despite Western pressure was a no-brainer. Significant economic ties have been expanded and the prospect for several large-scale infrastructure projects have been firmed up. Chinese President Xi Jinping's recent visit to Myanmar could be considered a victory lap of sorts; the cementing of long-standing and ever-expanding ties between Myanmar and China and the final displacement of significant US and British influence in the former British colony. An op-ed on C... more »

US Loses Myanmar to China

Land Destroyer at Alt Thai News Network ATNN - 15 hours ago
*June 29, 2020* (Joseph Thomas - NEO) - For the Southeast Asian state of Myanmar, the decision to expand ties with China despite Western pressure was a no-brainer. Significant economic ties have been expanded and the prospect for several large-scale infrastructure projects have been firmed up. Chinese President Xi Jinping's recent visit to Myanmar could be considered a victory lap of sorts; the cementing of long-standing and ever-expanding ties between Myanmar and China and the final displacement of significant US and British influence in the former British colony. An op-ed on Chi... more »

New York Times Pushes for War with Russia

Alicia at LaRouchePAC Feed - 15 hours ago
New York Times Pushes for War with Russia Video of New York Times Pushes for War with Russia The need for a Four Power summit to end the era of geopolitics is highlighted by an insane piece in the NY Times, which cites the usual anonymous—and lying—intelligence community sources, which claim Russia is paying a bounty to Taliban militants to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan. The Times motto ought to be "All the lies that fit", as they present a new fabricated narrative targeting Presidents Trump and Putin. Have you had enough of the lies designed to keep America in endless war... more »

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