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Trump foreign policy enters lame duck period
[image: undefined] There was a time when President Trump’s personalised diplomacy seemed a hydra-headed phenomenon with tentacles reaching far and wide. He engaged such diverse politicians — from Shinzo Abe and Kim Jong-Un to Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi, from Mohammed bin Salman and Recep Erdogan to Vladimir Putin and Angela Merkel. But as time passed, the circle began shrinking and the scope for personalised diplomacy altogether diminished as coronavirus epidemic spread and countries turned inward, including the US. Today, Trump is left largely with Putin’s company – although the... more »
"Enters" ROFLMAO Let's ask China,Syria,Iran or the DPRK about that
Chicago Mayor Lightfoot Removes Columbus Statue in Chicago After Days Of Violent Protests
[image: undefined] Growing up in Chicago, the giant Christopher Columbus statue was a well-known feature in Grant Park. It is now gone. Mayor Lori Lightfoot moved to end the violent protests through an act of surrender. She unilaterally ordered the removal of statue. Problem solved? No, the problem was mob action to remove the statue and Mayor Lightfoot just yielded to violence which left many police officers injured in its wake as well as a number of protesters. Indeed, before the removal, Lightfoot’s own home was targeted after she spoke with President Donald Trump about the use... more »
A few thoughts from the 1st Homeland Security Director
Former Pennsylvania Republican Governor Tom Ridge was asked by President George W. Bush to be the first Director of Homeland Security. Witnessing the president’s sending in unrequested and unmarked federal agents to Portland and Chicago, Ridge had some comments worth … Continue reading →
Russia and China Have Put A Choke Hold on the Deep State Again
As you can observe in the past few weeks, the Deep State has launched all types of offensives against Russia and China in order to remain relevant. Fence sitting actors are also playing their part to project that they are actually for one side over another. But who’s going to win in the final battle … Continue reading Russia and China Have Put A Choke Hold on the Deep State Again →
How Smart Investments in Technology Can Beef up Africa’s Economy
Global Issues News Headlines - 11 hours ago
KAMPALA, Jul 24 (IPS) - There is no shortage of technological innovations designed to boost animal agriculture in Africa. These range from GPS tracking systems which identify and trace pastoralists' herds to livestock vaccine SMS services that alert farmers to disease outbreaks. Read the full story, “How Smart Investments in Technology Can Beef up Africa’s Economy”, on globalissues.org →
Three Steps for Leaders to Tackle Covid and Climate Emergency
Global Issues News Headlines - 11 hours ago
GENEVA, Jul 24 (IPS) - Dr David Nabarro is Special Envoy to the World Health Organisation on COVID-19 and Strategic Director of 4SD. He sets out his challenge to leaders to use COVID-19 as an opportunity for radical change that responds to the needs and the interests of all of humanity. 1. Countries must work together 2. Focus on equity 3. Effective local action Read the full story, “Three Steps for Leaders to Tackle Covid and Climate Emergency”, on globalissues.org →
Trump the Wannabe Dictator
Global Issues News Headlines - 11 hours ago
NEW YORK, Jul 24 (IPS) - I, like many of my fellow Americans, am extremely concerned about Trump's dictatorial tendencies. Given his behavior – what he said and did over the past four years – he may well act on some of these tendencies, especially if he loses the election by a narrow margin. Read the full story, “Trump the Wannabe Dictator”, on globalissues.org →
It was Meant to Be a Ground-breaking Year for Gender Equality but COVID-19 Widened Inequalities
Global Issues News Headlines - 11 hours ago
SYDNEY, Australia, Jul 24 (IPS) - Sixteen-year-old Suhana Khan had just completed her grade 10 exams in March, when India imposed a nationwide COVID-19 lockdown. Since then, she has been spending her mornings and evenings doing household chores, from cooking and cleaning to fetching drinking water from the tube well. Read the full story, “It was Meant to Be a Ground-breaking Year for Gender Equality but COVID-19 Widened Inequalities”, on globalissues.org →
Trump’s order to shut down Chinese consulate in Houston is for domestic consumption
Closure of consulates in the U.S. and China are unlikely to devolve into serious hostilities.
Why the Russia Report tells us more about Britain than anything else
Russia has once again become the scapegoat in a bid to explain an unwanted election result... more »
the proof of the teaching is the vibration
Shasta "What is the Spirit? The Spirit cannot be heard with the ear. The eye must be brilliantly perceptive and the heart must be open and attentive—and then the Spirit is suddenly revealed through one's own consciousness. -Huang Ti, the Yellow Emperor: Treatise on Internal Medicine, circa 2620 B.C. ………............................................... How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow and shall see no sorrow. Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, dea... more »
Tech Giants Eye Lucrative Rent Market as End to Eviction Moratorium Could Leave Millions Homeless
A "tsunami" of evictions is about to sweep across the United States when the 120-day moratorium ends today, threatening millions of Americans with homelessness or worse - a new set of landlords called Facebook, Google and Apple. The post Tech Giants Eye Lucrative Rent Market as End to Eviction Moratorium Could Leave Millions Homeless appeared first on MintPress News.
Drug Price Control 49, The FEF statement
The Foundation for Economic Freedom (FEF) issued a well-written position paper the other day, July 22, about drug price control. They wrote, *"... We would like to caution that the recently signed Executive Order No. 104 may do more harm than good in ensuring access to quality and affordable medicine for all Filipinos. * *We understand that more than half of the out-of-pocket health expenditures of Filipinos are spent on medicines. However, price capping is not the answer to making medicines affordable and accessible to the poor. It may work in the short run, but it could lead to... more »
Can Congress Do Anything about Trump’s Abuse of the Pardon Power?
President Trump delivers remarks on July 3, 2020. (Official White House Photo by Sheelah Craighead) President Trump continues to misuse the constitutional power to pardon. Most recently, he commuted the sentence of Roger Stone, seemingly as a reward for Stone’s refusal to tell prosecutors, Congress or the public what he knows about Trump’s involvement with Wikileaks and materials hacked by Russia during the 2016 campaign. And there is no reason to think that the country has seen the last of this behavior. Paul Manafort’s representatives are likely redoubling their efforts to get T... more »
Review of "The Problem With Lincoln"
[image: review-of-the-problem-with-lincoln] In his newest book *The Problem With Lincoln*, Thomas J. DiLorenzo shows how Lincoln “overturned our original constitutional order, violated the rights of Americans both North and South, massively inflated the federal government, and plunged the nation into a wholly unnecessary war.”
Panhandle Health Mandating Masks in Kootenai County...
I, and all of my patriot friends, will not comply. Yesterday was well represented by patriots in North Idaho. I was lucky enough to actually make it into the meeting room to speak, but public comments were cut off right before my turn. I then sat through two hours of the worse pontificating from doddering old fools as I have ever witnessed. I wanted to stand up and scream, "Get to the damn point, you fool!" The vote was 4/2 in favor of mandatory masks. I spoke to at least 10 sheriff deputies who told me they would not enforce the mandate. *Now the next phase begins.* *My new be... more »
Coronavirus update: Boris Johnson says UK could have handled pandemic 'differently'
Just In - 11 hours ago
The British Prime Minister, who has been criticised for being slow to react, admits his Government did not understand COVID-19 during its "first few weeks and months".
Two senior Australian Government ministers will fly to COVID-ravaged US next week
Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Defence Minister Linda Reynolds will fly to Washington for talks with their US counterparts next week, forcing both frontbenchers into quarantine on their return to Australia.
Un avenir proche et lumineux d’un remède contre le covid-19 à un remède contre le vieillissement
Ethical Technology - 11 hours ago
*Ce texte est un récit d’anticipation positive. Il a été écrit en avril 2020, au début de la crise du Covid-19.*
IEET Managing Director Steven Umbrello Publishes Paper on Meaningful Human Control of Smart Home Systems
Ethical Technology - 11 hours ago
The last decade has witnessed the mass distribution and adoption of smart home systems and devices powered by artificial intelligence systems ranging from household appliances like fridges and toasters to more background systems such as air and water quality controllers. The pervasiveness of these sociotechnical systems makes analyzing their ethical implications necessary during the design phases of these devices to ensure not only sociotechnical resilience, but to design them for human values in mind and thus preserve meaningful human control over them. This paper engages in a co... more »
This Day In Iraqi History - Jul 24
1915 British forces captured Nasiriya Ottomans had 2000 casualties British 500 casualties 1920 British regiment driven from Kifl during 1920 Revolt after losing 180 men killed and 160 captured (Musings On Iraq review *Reclaiming Iraq, The 1920 Revolution and the Founding of the Modern State*) 1923 Turkey signed Treaty of Lausanne agreeing to League of Nations deciding future of Mosul (Musings On Iraq How The Ottoman Province Of Mosul Became Part Of Iraq) (Musings On Iraq review *The Creation of Iraq 1914-1921*) (Musings On Iraq review *Supremacy And Oil, Iraq, Turkey, and the ... more »
Racism In Chile
Recently, when a retired Chilean U.N. employee tried to enter ECLAC (United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, based in Santiago de Chile) to claim her pension in a bank inside the compound, her car was stopped by a U.N. security officer. She was asked to complete formalities. To her taste, the process was taking too much time, and she began honking. The head of security approached her, trying to explain the procedure, which had recently toughened up, due to the outbreak of COVID-19. The security head happened to be an African-Brazilian. The post Raci... more »
The Fight For Black Power Requires The Immediate Release Of All Political Prisoners!
The month of August is recognized as “Black August” by many militants associated with the prison movement. This is due in part to the impact of George Jackson, imprisoned revolutionary and Field Marshal of the Black Panther Party, who was killed in San Quentin prison on August 21, 1971. Jackson was murdered by prison guards one year after his 17-year-old brother, Jonathan, was killed escaping from a Marin County courthouse siege after taking three people hostage and demanding the liberation of black political prisoners known as the Soledad Brothers. The 2020 Annual Conference of t... more »
Virginia’s Energy Kingpin Could Finally Face A Reckoning Over Race
Anti-poverty activist Rev. William Barber II denounced the compressor station as environmental racism in 2019, Dominion started running Facebook ads featuring video from a high school essay contest on civil rights that it had sponsored. Farrell’s role should “certainly be questioned” in the wake of the pipeline project, said Barber, a towering figure of the current civil rights movement. “A company that would attempt to do all this to communities and put its customers through this kind of fight should be challenged in so many ways,” he said. “Racism is not just about symbolism, i... more »
Editor's Note
For the past few weeks I have been completing a project that has been taking most of the time (it should have ended two weeks ago). Fortunately. I should be finished this Sunday. In the meantime blogging will be light from now until then.
SKILL V. STORYLINE: Allan George was shot in the back and killed!
*FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2020Why do you think you weren't told?:* In August of last year—we're talking about August 2019—a man who was fleeing from police was shot several times in the back. He was shot in the back and killed. If memory serves (plus a Google search), we'd never heard about this shooting death until this very day. This very morning, eleven months later, the New York Times has published a full-length report about this Colorado shooting death. The paper did so because a federal lawsuit has been filed, a lawsuit which could affect future conduct by police officers nationwide... more »
MCT oil is better at extracting and preserving terpenes
Medical cannabis producers need to ensure consistent and stable quantities of cannabinoids and terpenes in their extracted oil products. Yet cannabis extracts are manufactured in many different ways, begging the question of which medium is ideal for extraction and storage. Italian researchers, in a study published in the journal Molecules, compared the relative merits of […] MCT oil is better at extracting and preserving terpenes is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Clinical trial will test the science of medical cannabis
It’s being called the first real-world study of medical cannabis, and researchers at Toronto’s University Health Network (UHN) predict that it will provide much-needed insight into the link between cannabis genetics and patient outcomes. Led by Dr. Hance Clarke, director of pain services at Toronto General Hospital, the Medical Cannabis Real-World Evidence (MC-RWE) study will […] Clinical trial will test the science of medical cannabis is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Green Thumb sues Arkansas over medical cannabis licensing
Multistate marijuana company Green Thumb Industries’ division in Arkansas is suing the state for allowing a medical cannabis business there to receive a second MMJ dispensary license. According to Law360.com, GTI Arkansas contends the language of Amendment 98 – which legalized MMJ sales in the state – stipulates that “no individual can own an interest […] Green Thumb sues Arkansas over medical cannabis licensing is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Three years in, Uruguay’s recreational cannabis market ‘tangible’ success
Three years after Uruguay became the first country in the world to start sales of legal, commercially produced adult-use cannabis, the former head of the country’s national drug agency has deemed the move a “tangible” success. Diego Olivera, until recently the head of the Uruguayan national drug agency, wrote a column for digital news site […] Three years in, Uruguay’s recreational cannabis market ‘tangible’ success is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Marijuana-infused drinks create stir in Oklahoma
THC-infused slushies have emerged at some Oklahoma medical cannabis dispensaries as a popular summer drink, despite guidance suggesting the beverages run afoul of the state’s regulations and statutes. “It’s definitely been a go-to right after work just to cool down,” one customer told Tulsa TV station KOTV. The slushies were prevalent enough that the Oklahoma […] Marijuana-infused drinks create stir in Oklahoma is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Analysis Inflates Clean Energy Job Losses Due to Pandemic
According to an analysis by BW Research, the clean energy industry added 106,000 jobs in June, but employment in the… The post Analysis Inflates Clean Energy Job Losses Due to Pandemic appeared first on IER.
UPDATED: The Head of the Snake: Epstein, Wexner, Maxwell’s, Mossad & Mega Group Exposed
*UPDATED: July 24, 2020* Just found out that *Maria Farmer is suffering from brain cancer. * "Fast-acting cancer" [and particularly brain cancer] is one of the favourite methods of assassination by the perp*Z*. Too many to list here but some include *Ted Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis, Aaron Russo.* *Must Watch Video about "The Swamp"* *That Trump was Always going to Drain* *A Whitney Webb Video* Perhaps, Just perhaps, this is the *"plug" *that has, at long last, been finally pulled to drain the Swamp. Watch this video and see if you don't agree. From cryptogon.com *Head o... more »
Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
From the State of the Nation: I have mentioned this several times, but never followed up on it. This program is real and has awarded over $4.2 billion in damages. It’s also more or less a “Secret”! It does have it’s very own website! Vaccine Injury Compensation Program In 1988, the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) went into effect to compensate individuals and families of individuals who have been injured by specified childhood vaccines.[21] The VICP was adopted in response to an earlier scare over the pertussis portion of the DPT vaccine. These claims were later ... more »
FUNNY FRIDAY PART II
I figured I had too many for the comments section, so on to the MEME’S…. Hope this “Makes Your Day!” ~Ragnar (RFXtFR)
Gates Pushes Experimental Technology on Seven Billion Humans, Gates and Fauci Back Down on Vaccine Promises
From the Children’s Health Defense: 2 articles. And a third below. I’ve combined these articles because of their relationships. (Bold and Italics mine) Excerpts: Moderna has never bought a product to market, proceeded through clinical trials, or had a vaccine approved by FDA. The company received an astonishing $483 million in federal funds from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), a sister agency to Fauci’s NIAID, to accelerate development. Dr. Joseph Bolen, Moderna’s former Research and Development Chief, expressed shock at Fauci’s “bet” in supportin... more »
On The Road To Winning Back The Florida State Legislature-- Lake County, Anthony Sabatini And Ryan Morales
Lake County is in central Florida, north of Orlando, or, as Ryan Morales explained it to me on the phone yesterday, it's a "hidden gem, just north west of Disney World, sitting on top of the Green Swamp which feeds the Florida Aquifer... better known as our drinking water... Lake County is in danger and it needs saving." [image: Goal Thermometer]Ryan, a former Bernie organizer is running for the state House against one of the most odious Republicans in Florida, annoying gadfly Anthony Sabatini, a violent racist and homophobe who recently tweeted, after the murder of George Floyd, ... more »
Chicken Kiev: Why Is Zelensky Afraid Of Reform In Ukraine?
*Melinda Haring, Doug Klain* *Politics, Europe* Ukraine’s biggest problem isn’t Russia. It’s internal corruption. Ukrainians’ once bright dreams of reform are going up in smoke—literally. Early on the morning of July 23, one of the top anti-corruption activists in Ukraine, Vitaliy Shabunin, had his house burned down in what his watchdog organization, the Anti-Corruption Action Center, is calling an “assassination attempt.” State investigators are treating the fire as potential arson, and Shabunin, speaking to the press in front of his destroyed ranch house in the suburbs of Kyiv... more »
Could Be Big: Amazon Acquires Tom Clancy's “Without Remorse”
*Stephen Silver* *Technology, * Per Variety, and other trade press sites, Paramount Pictures has agreed to sell “Without Remorse,” a film based on Tom Clancy’s novel from 1993, to Amazon, and it will likely debut on Amazon Prime Video. While some Hollywood movies that were scheduled to arrive on screens in 2020 have been delayed, and others still have migrated to VOD releases, a growing list of films have been sold by studios to streaming services. This happened with “Greyhound,” the Tom Hanks movie that Sony was to release this spring, which debuted instead on Apple TV+. Now, t... more »
The Sad Story of Superpower America’s Foreign Policy Failures
*Nikolas K. Gvosdev* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] Revisionist powers are not only not on the verge of displacing the United States, but they have also managed to create what years of U.S. hectoring has not: regional partners prepared to step up and meet the challenges. For four years much of the foreign policy establishment has lamented America’s loss of influence on the global stage. Like an aging athlete looking at faded trophies, it mourns a time when the United States was always comfortably ahead of all its competitors. It believes the disruptions of the Trump presi... more »
Why Did China Get More Aggressive Along the Border With India?
*Stratfor Worldview* *Security, Asia* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2015%3Anewsml_GF10000191011&share=true] Beijing has stopped playing nice. After many years of infrastructure development and gradual encroachment, China is accelerating efforts to secure its military presence and access to water rights along the Indian border near Ladakh. But while it appears Beijing has largely achieved this objective for now, the harsh Himalayan winter could again escalate its standoff with India by challenging China's ability to maintain a presence througho... more »
The U.S. Navy's New Class of Aircraft Carriers Can Drop More Bombs On Target
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2017%3Anewsml_RC144E51ED80&share=true] That's right: better elevators mean faster reload and refuel times for the aircraft carrier's fighters and bombers. The U.S. Navy’s USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier is now ready to arm its Carrier Air Wing with more bombs on a much faster op-tempo by moving weapons from the ship’s magazine up to the flight deck with their sixth Advanced Weapons Elevator. Electronic elevators were specifically engineered and built for the Ford Class and a... more »
Coronavirus Vaccine and Seniors: Could There Be a Problem?
*Byram W. Bridle, Shayan Sharif* *Public Health, World* The fact that elderly people do not respond well to immunizations has largely been ignored in most discussions of COVID-19 vaccines, despite this being the group in greatest need. Most of the scientific community’s experience with vaccine development for any disease has been focused on vaccinating the relatively young. As the global spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) — the cause of COVID-19 — continues, we learn more about the effects of this new virus. For many respiratory pathogens, incl... more »
How B-2 Stealth Bomber Pilots Are Always Ready for 40-Hour Bombing Missions
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2001%3Anewsml_RP2DRIFLRVAA&share=true] An impressive state of readiness and skill. Although B-2 stealth bombers may quietly linger in climate-controlled hangars in the middle of rural Missouri farmland, these lethal planes are ready to attack at any time. Sustained readiness, in spite of coronavirus complexities, remains a focus for the Air Force, and Defense Secretary Mark Esper, who recently visited the B-2s home at Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB), Missouri. “We prepare and tra... more »
War Between Greece and Turkey Is Now a Real Possibility
*Michael Rubin* *Security, * There has never been any love lost between Turkey and Greece, but the danger of war between the two NATO members has not been this high since the Cyprus conflict more than forty-five years ago. In the past, Turkey and Greece have gone to the brink, but policies initiated by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan may very much push the two neighbors over the edge. Greek and Turkish fighter jets engaged in mock dogfights this week over the Greek island of Kastellorizo, just a mile and a half from the Turkish coast, causing tourists to flee. Meanwhile, t... more »
The Escalating Deterioration of Relations with the PRC
On Wednesday the FBI indicated their belief that the Chinese consulate in San Francisco, California was harboring a fugitive Chinese military researcher charged with entering the U.S. under false pretenses. Chinese military researcher Tang Juan, a researcher with China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Tang fled to the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco after the […] The post The Escalating Deterioration of Relations with the PRC appeared first on Virtual Mirage.
Examining Higher Education Approaches to Advancing Teacher Diversity
I’m looking forward to the conversation today entitled “Examining Higher Education Approaches to Advancing Teacher Diversity” on zoom sponsored by Education Deans for Justice. Education Deans for Justice and Equity (EDJE) is a nationwide alliance of education deans that advances equity and justice in education. The panelists have promised to not to prepare a lot of slides – though there might
Chaos in the Blue Cities
The debate over police and policing is over and the public has lost
Brazil-Ukraine relations are on the rise
This could generate some tensions between Russia and Brazil.
To the extent permitted by law
Shalev Roisman There has been much uproar over a Presidential Memorandum issued this week titled “Memorandum on Excluding Illegal Aliens from the Apportionment Base Following the 2020 Census.” This memorandum has largely been understood to be a directive to exclude undocumented people from the apportionment base calculated from the census. In particular, the memorandum states that it is now “the policy of the United States to exclude from the apportionment base aliens who are not in a lawful immigration status.” As many have pointed out, this seems to conflict with the text of the... more »
Aha! “Renewable Energy” Is Only (Kind Of) Renewable ELECTRICITY
Originally posted on PA Pundits - International: By Ronald Stein ~ The rage these days from the Green New Deal, the Paris Accord, and the recent Democrats Clean Energy Climate Policy are all focused on renewable energy to replace our demands from fossil fuels. But wait – renewable energy from wind and solar is only…
UKC News: Masks, COVID Culture are Dividing Society in UK, US
*UKC News* | Co-hosts Mike Robinson and Patrick Henningsen with the end of week news round-up.
Large-scale volcano-tectonic reactivation event in the Reykjanes peninsula, satellites map surface deformation, Iceland
The Watchers » Latest articles - 12 hours ago
Intense earthquake swarm that started in Fagradalsfjall, Iceland's Reykjavik peninsula on July 18, 2020, is slowly decreasing over time, the Icelandic Met Office (IMO) reports. The current earthquake activity is interpreted to be part of a larger scale...... Read more »
False-positive coronavirus tests discovered in Connecticut
“Connecticut’s Department of Public Health (DPH) announced on Monday the discovery of dozens of false-positive coronavirus tests, attributing the error to a “flaw” in a testing system.” click here
Second COVID-19 Infection Claims Life of Bolivian Leader in Fight Against Pandemic
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The man who designed the strategy to fight the coronavirus pandemic in Bolivia’s most populous region of Santa Cruz, Dr. Óscar Javier Urenda Aguilera, died this morning, July 24th, of a second COVID infection after recovering from a first bout with the disease and returning to lead efforts to contain […] The post Second COVID-19 Infection Claims Life of Bolivian Leader in Fight Against Pandemic appeared first on The Rio Times.
"The COVID Coup"
Angelo Codevilla, whom we've met in these pages several times before, is one of the most astute observers of US and world events. He's taken a stand and called the way in which the COVID-19 pandemic has been (mis)managed "a *coup d’état*". Here's what I think are the key points from his very long (and very illuminating) article that he titles, "The COVID Coup". Bold, underlined text is my emphasis. In sum, the lockdowns have been perpetuated and prolonged by people who care more about your compliance than your health. * They are about increasing the Democratic Party’s chances in... more »
The European Union, Italy writ large
It has been called Europe’s “Hamiltonian moment.” It’s true that for the first time the EU has seen a common issuance of debt. As the Wall Street Journal summarizes: On Tuesday European Union leaders agreed to a recovery plan funded by the bloc’s first major issuance of common debt, and some are calling it a […] The post The European Union, Italy writ large appeared first on Econlib.
“The Myth of Human Progress”
*“The Myth of Human Progress”* By Chris Hedges “Clive Hamilton in his “Requiem for a Species: Why We Resist the Truth About Climate Change” describes a dark relief that comes from accepting that “catastrophic climate change is virtually certain.” This obliteration of “false hopes,” he says, requires an intellectual knowledge and an emotional knowledge. The first is attainable. The second, because it means that those we love, including our children, are almost certainly doomed to insecurity, misery and suffering within a few decades, if not a few years, is much harder to acquire. To... more »
UK: Two-Thirds of Coronavirus Deaths Are of People With Disabilities
“When the figures first came out from the Office of National Statistics (ONS), I shared it on my Instagram and thought, ‘Oh this is definitely going to pick up and make all the major news outlets,’” says Nina Tame, a disability rights activist with 17,000 followers on Instagram.
New UK laws could criminalise journalism
The British government is pushing ahead with “espionage legislation” that could criminalise the release of public information and impose even stricter controls on the UK media as part of an “epidemic of secrecy”.
What Will Lula Do?
What is now described as the Banestado leaks and CC5gate is straight out of vintage WikiLeaks: a list, published for the first time in full, naming names and detailing what is one of the biggest corruption and money laundering cases in the world for the past three decades.
The Poet: W. H. Auden, “The More Loving One”
*“The More Loving One”* “Looking up at the stars, I know quite well That, for all they care, I can go to hell, But on earth indifference is the least We have to dread from man or beast. How should we like it were stars to burn With a passion for us we could not return? If equal affection cannot be, Let the more loving one be me. Admirer as I think I am Of stars that do not give a damn, I cannot, now I see them, say I missed one terribly all day. Were all stars to disappear or die, I should learn to look at an empty sky And feel its total dark sublime, Though this might take me a little... more »
Israeli Rabbi Reveals Date of Messiah’s Arrival According to Kabbalah
Their Messiah is Not Jesus but the Man of Sin, Anti-Christ. Israeli Rabbi Reveals Date of Messiah’s Arrival According to Kabbalah by David Sidman, https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/ … In a recent interview, renowned Israeli Rabbi Daniel Asor warned of a globalist takeover happening as we speak. “If Hitler is the Third Reich, then the New World Order is …
At UN, Saudi Arabia calls for “final solutions” to stamp out “Islamophobia,” including prison and fines
Jul 22, 2020 5:00 pm By Robert Spencer Note that Meshaal Bin Ali Al Balawi is not talking about “Islamophobia” as vigilante attacks on innocent Muslims, which are never justified. He is talking about speech that he considers to be promoting “racism, racial discrimination, and xenophobia,” and above all, “Islamophobia.” For years now, the … Continue reading At UN, Saudi Arabia calls for “final solutions” to stamp out “Islamophobia,” including prison and fines →
French Jews leaving for Israel: “Anti-Semitism is increasing and France is surrendering to jihad”
Jul 22, 2020 2:00 pm By Christine Douglass-Williams The World Zionist Organization (WZO) is “working on a plan to bring hundreds of thousands of French Jews to Israel.” The population of Jews in France is roughly 453,000. Here’s why, according to WZO Vice-Chair Yaakov Hagoel: “Anti-Semitism is increasing and France is surrendering to jihad.” … Continue reading French Jews leaving for Israel: “Anti-Semitism is increasing and France is surrendering to jihad” →
Yemen: Shi’ite Houthis round up the country’s remaining Jews, force them to turn over property and leave country
Jul 15, 2020 12:00 pm By Robert Spencer “Yemen’s Information Minister Moammer al-Iryani stated in 2017 that the state of the 50 or so remaining Jews in the country was ‘unknown.’” The Qur’an depicts the Jews as inveterately evil and bent on destroying the well-being of the Muslims. The Jews in the Qur’an are … Continue reading Yemen: Shi’ite Houthis round up the country’s remaining Jews, force them to turn over property and leave country →
UK: 200 more illegal Muslim migrants cross English Channel on “worst-ever day”
Jul 22, 2020 1:00 pm By Christine Douglass-Williams Muslims illegally entering Britain has become commonplace, and there is little resistance. Lip service, however, is being paid in abundance. Jihad Watch reported this just days ago: Boris Johnson has been rather quiet as Muslim migrants, many with coronavirus, continue to invade his country illegally, some with … Continue reading UK: 200 more illegal Muslim migrants cross English Channel on “worst-ever day” →
UK: More Muslim rape gang arrests in child sexual exploitation epicenter of Rochdale
Jul 22, 2020 12:00 pm By Christine Douglass-Williams Jihad Watch reported at the end of March: One of Britain’s most notorious Muslim rape gangs operated in Rochdale. A detective who exposed this gang’s activity was “threatened and bullied” by other cops for doing so. And now these fond and foolish Rochdale leaders are celebrating … Continue reading UK: More Muslim rape gang arrests in child sexual exploitation epicenter of Rochdale →
Mali: Muslims murder twelve villagers “to prevent people from farming”
Jul 22, 2020 9:00 am By Robert Spencer Fulani Muslims are herdsmen who don’t like farming or farmers. They are also jihadis. If any other group were the perpetrators here, this would be international news. Instead, you’re likely only to hear about it here. “Armed Men Killed 12 Villagers in Central Mali,” International Christian … Continue reading Mali: Muslims murder twelve villagers “to prevent people from farming” →
Turkey: “Banning Early Marriages is Fighting Against Allah”
Jul 22, 2020 8:00 am By Uzay Bulut A Muslim group in Turkey has set up a platform called “Turkey’s Platform of Family Assembly for Young Marriages” to defend child marriages and expressed their opposition to women’s rights advocates and international conventions, accusing them of “increasing prostitution and violence.” In a written statement, the … Continue reading Turkey: “Banning Early Marriages is Fighting Against Allah” →
We’ve had a flu vaccine for 78 years. We STILL have the flu..Are you awake yet? | Vaccines found laced with entire genetic code for abnormal human loaded with Cancer genes – Listen to everyone. Trust no one.
Just astonishing how fever pitched the desire by some to receive a vaccine for CV-19 is. Date: July 24, 2020Author: Jerry Derecha @adrenogate 0 Comments I am beside myself as I witness certain family & friends, as well as the general population, clamor for & outright DEMAND that an untested, gene altering vaccine be injected … Continue reading We’ve had a flu vaccine for 78 years. We STILL have the flu..Are you awake yet? | Vaccines found laced with entire genetic code for abnormal human loaded with Cancer genes – Listen to everyone. Trust no one. →
Better be prepared… | Eatgrueldog
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Four Governors Under Criminal Investigation for Covid-19 Nursing Home Deaths
The Alex Jones Show May 27, 2020 Alex Jones breaks down the list of governors who sent Covid-19 patients to nursing homes, then tried to blame the horrible decision on Trump. via Four Governors Under Criminal Investigation for Covid-19 Nursing Home Deaths
NYPD Says Cops Justified in Beating of Innocent Man for Taking Up 2 Seats on Empty Train
[image: nypd]Despite graphic video of NYPD cops savagely beating a man for setting his bag in an empty seat on a train, top brass says cops did nothing wrong.
Cop Admits to Running Sophisticated Child Porn Network Using Mobile Apps
[image: child]Using spoof IP addresses and mobile apps, a police officer used multiple accounts while running a horrifying child pornography network.
WATCH: Cop Goes onto Man’s Property, Kills Dog as it Walks Up to Him, Tail Wagging
[image: dog]A police officer in Nebraska walked on to a man's property and then shot and killed his dog as it walked up to him wagging its tail.
The Importance Of Love And Marriage In Happiness
A recent survey results analysis sought to quantify the happiness of married, formerly married and single people at the end of their lives - to find out just how much love and marriage played into overall well-being. The 7,532 participants were surveyed periodically from ages 18 to 60 and the psychologists sought to determine who reported to be happiest at the end of their lives. read more
Stress Test of a Straining Superpower
[image: stress-test-of-a-straining-superpower] How great a burden can even an unrivaled superpower carry before it buckles and breaks? We may be about to find out.
On Shareholders and Stakeholders
Click here to read my column in Sunday's *New York Times*.
The Gods Got Even
Yesterday, Donald Trump sent out a tweet that showed the world in which he lives. Accompanied by a picture of a rambling suburban house, the tweet read, "The Suburban Housewives of America must read this article. Biden will destroy your neighborhood and your American Dream. I will preserve it, and make it even better!" The word "housewife" became a term of derision back in the late 1950's. Jennifer Rubin writes: "Housewife” may have been a popular term in the 1950s (which, it seems, is approximately when Trump imagines America was at its greatest — pre-civil rights, pre-women’s r... more »
Friday: Harley Takes Your Questions
Friday: Harley Takes Your Questions Video of Friday: Harley Takes Your Questions Who Wants War with China? What is the History of the "Black Nobility"? And What Can the Forgotten Individual Do to Reverse the Present Systemic Crash? Send Harley your questions at *harleysch@gmail.com* Every weekday morning Harley briefs you on what you need to know to start your day. If you haven't already, sign up for Harley's weekly articles. Subscribe to the LaRouchePAC YouTube channel, and hit the notifications button to be notified when Harley's briefings are posted. And, follow us on Soundclo... more »
Tweets For Today
Virus Update: • The global march of face masks: A mirror on humanity; • AP-NORC poll: 3 in 4 Americans back requiring wearing masks; • Pepcid as a virus remedy? Trump admin’s $21M gamble fizzled. https://t.co/UppQ0jleAT — The Associated Press (@AP) July 24, 2020 When will a vaccine for the new coronavirus be available? Who would need to get one? Here’s a look at where the race for a Covid-19 vaccine stands https://t.co/qJeBmBUNt8 — The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) July 24, 2020 AP covers what's covering the world's faces: • AP-NORC poll: 3 in 4 in U.S. back requiring wearing masks... more »
Moment US F-15 intercepts Iranian civilian airliner over Syria
[image: Moment US F-15 intercepts Iranian civilian airliner over Syria] BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:00 P.M.) – At approximately 8:30 P.M. (local time), two U.S. F-15 jets approached an Iranian civilian airliner over southeastern Syria. According to reports, the U.S. F-15 jets approached the Iranian Mahar Air aircraft from a distance, as the Pentagon claimed the airliner was approaching the Al-Tanf region, which is currently under American control near the Iraqi and Jordanian borders. The incident was caught on film by all parties involved, including passengers on the Mahan Air flight, who ... more »
Toby Greene stars as GWS Giants beat Richmond in AFL grand final re-match
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A five-goal haul to the mercurial Giant propels last year's beaten grand finalists to a 12-point victory and a small measure of revenge over the reigning premiers in Sydney.
Sydney woman who attended multiple church and funeral events tests positive for COVID-19
NSW health authorities are conducting contact tracing and urging attendees of a number of funeral and church services to watch for COVID-19 symptoms after a woman who attended five events in a four-day period tests positive to the virus.
UN gives US police official warning against excessive force as clashes with protesters continue
Just In - 13 hours ago
The Black Lives Matter movement revival in the past two months has seen shocking acts of violence across the US, so much so that the UN has weighed in.
Hagia Sophia hosts first Friday prayers in 86 years after being converted into mosque
Just In - 13 hours ago
Turkey's President joins thousands of worshippers for the first prayers at Hagia Sophia since he declared the monument a mosque once again.
Brisbane Broncos thumped again as Melbourne Storm run riot in 46-8 NRL victory
Just In - 13 hours ago
The Broncos are humiliated by the Storm on their own turf as they slump to their eighth loss from nine matches, while the Sea Eagles enjoy a 24-12 triumph over the Cowboys.
Verizon Fios Cable-TV Keeps Losing Subscribers
*Stephen Silver* *Technology, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2016%3Anewsml_TM3ECAD0OKI01&share=true] Yet they posted higher earnings per share than expected. When Verizon announced its second quarter earnings Friday, the company revealed that it lost another 81,000 Fios Video subscribers, after losing 84,000 in the first quarter. Verizon had lost around 52,000 Fios subscribers in the second quarter of 2019. The losses, Verizon said, were “reflecting the ongoing shift from traditional linear video to over-the-top offerings.” The compa... more »
The Pentagon Is Worried China and Russia's Drones Can Attack Without Human Approval
*Kris Osborn* *Security, World* [image: Russia and China are not paying attention to ethical limits or considerations regarding the widespread application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) across the spectrum of civilian and military operations, according to Pentagon leaders in charge of America’] AI has advanced to where robots can use lethal force on their own, but it is unclear if Beijing and Moscow require a human decision maker as a part of that loop. Russia and China are not paying attention to ethical limits or considerations regarding the widespread application of Artificia... more »
Christopher Nolan’s ‘Tenet’ Won’t be Heading to HBO Max or VOD First, AT&T Says
*Stephen Silver* *Technology, * Sorry, but you will have to wait to see this blockbuster in the movies, someday. In all of the uncertainty about the coronavirus pandemic and what it means for movies, no movie has faced more uncertainty than “Tenet,” the newest film from Christopher Nolan, the acclaimed director “Batman Begins,” “The Dark Knight,” “Inception” and “Interstellar.” “Tenet,” a spy film with a mysterious plot and a cast that includes Robert Pattinson, John David Washington, Elizabeth Debicki and Michael Caine, had originally been set to debut in theaters on July 17. ... more »
Libya’s Proxy War And The Changing Geopolitical Balance Of North Africa
On 20 July 2020, the Egyptian parliament unilaterally voted in favour of the possible use of the country’s armed forces abroad. It is clear that these armed forces will be used in one place only – Libya. In early July, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi promised to send troops to […]
Picture Of The Day
German Chancellor Angela Merkel greets Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte with an elbow bump during a meeting on the sidelines of the first face-to-face EU summit since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Brussels, Belgium 18 July 2020. © REUTERS / Francisco Seco *WNU Editor:* The above picture came from this photo-gallery .... *Elbow Bump or 'Chicken Dance'? Politicians Defy Coronavirus By Opting For Alternative Salute Option* (Sputnik). *WNU Editor:* No one in Europe is shaking hands anymore, something that US Secretary of State Pompeo has recently learned .... *'A... more »
Free Download: Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, “On Death and Dying: The 5 Stages Of Grief"
“Grief may be a thing we all have in common but it looks different on everyone. It isn’t just death we have to grieve. It’s life, it’s loss, it’s change. And then we wonder why it has to suck so much sometimes, it has to hurt so bad. The thing we gotta try to remember is that it can turn on a dime. That’s how you stay alive when it hurts so much you can’t breathe. That’s how you survive. By remembering that one day somehow, impossibly, it won’t feel this way. It wont hurt this much. Grief comes in its own time for everyone in its own way. So the best we can do, the best anyone can d... more »
Musical Interlude: Walter Murphy, “A Fifth of Beethoven”
Walter Murphy, “A Fifth of Beethoven”
"Covid-19 Pandemic Updates 7/24/20"
*"Covid-19 Pandemic **Updates 7/24/20" * *- Frequently **Updated* Please visit these sites often for the very latest ○ *July 24, 2020 at 12:26 PM ET:* "Coronavirus Update: Global Case Tally Tops 15.5 Million and U.S. Hits 4.05 Million as Virus Spreads Fast in Florida, California and Texas" ○ Covid-19 Pandemic and Economic news and information. *7/24/20* by David Leonhardt *"Another virus milestone:* The United States passed four million known coronavirus cases yesterday. Over the past two weeks, case counts have risen in 37 states. President Trump announced that he was canceling the... more »
Essential – and Expendable – Labor, in Mexico, for the US
How workers in Mexico are now essential—to U.S. corporations.
As Evidence of ‘Hormone Disruptor’ Chemical Threats Grows, Experts Call for Stricter Regulation
A growing number of chemicals in pesticides, flame retardants, and certain plastics have been linked to widespread health problems including infertility in women and men, diabetes, and impaired brain development, a set of reviews of hundreds of studies concludes. Led by NYU Grossman School of Medicine, a team of environmental health experts analyzed research published in the past […] The post As Evidence of ‘Hormone Disruptor’ Chemical Threats Grows, Experts Call for Stricter Regulation appeared on Sustainable Pulse.
Chinese Media Is Noting The Increase In Activity Off The Coast Of China By US Spy Planes
A naval formation consisting of aircraft carrier Liaoning has conducted take-off and landing drills in the South China Sea on Jan. 1, 2017. The formation, which is on a "cross-sea area" training exercise, involved J-15 fighter jets, as well as several ship-borne helicopters. (Photo source: Navy.81.cn) *Global Times: **US sends spy planes to S.China, Yellow seas for info on PLA submarine, aircraft carrier moves: experts* On the same day news came out that the US asked China to close its Consulate General in Houston, the US military sent reconnaissance aircraft to the South China Se... more »
"The Numbers Tell Us That The ‘Economic Recovery’ Is Dead And Businesses Are Failing At A Staggering Pace"
*"The Numbers Tell Us That The ‘Economic Recovery’ * *Is Dead And Businesses Are Failing At A Staggering Pace"* by Michael Snyder "In June the mainstream media kept insisting that the U.S. economy was “recovering” and the stock market kept surging on every hint of good news. But now the “economic recovery” narrative is completely dead, because the numbers clearly show that the U.S. economy is rapidly moving in the wrong direction. On Thursday, the Labor Department announced that another 1.416 million Americans filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week. Prior to this year,... more »
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China's next-generation Type-076 Assault Carrier may be equipped with an EMALS aircraft catapult. This would allow jet-powered UAVs to be carried as well as helicopters. H I Sutton *Forbes:* *Stealth UAVs Could Give China’s Type-076 Assault Carrier More Firepower* The Chinese Navy is building assault carriers to support amphibious operations, like a possible invasion of Taiwan or landings on disputed islands in the South China Sea. The first two ships, called LHDs (landing helicopter docks) in naval terminology, are still being outfitted. But information is already emerging sugge... more »
GAVI, WHO and American Taxpayers
While Washington's funding withdrawal from the World Health Organization (also known as the Bill Gates Health Organization) brought cheers from some quarters as shown here: ....and here: ...in fact, Washington is still heavily involved in Bill Gates vision of vaccinating everyone for just about every health issue and is still financially connected to the World Health Organization, for better or worse. Let's start this posting with some background material by looking at who funds the World Health Organization. WHO is funded from two main sources; Member States who pa... more »
Pandemic Problem: Trump’s Historical Mistake Dooms His Reelection Prospects
*Amitai Etzioni* *Politics, Americas* The president prioritized the economy over his people—and he will pay for that at the polls. Social scientists like myself tend to play down the role of personalities in history, instead paying more mind to social forces. They scoff at the media’s penchant for according headline treatment to every small move and utterance by the head of state. President Donald Trump is forcing me, and maybe quite a few of my colleagues, to reconsider that position. His unique personality has surprisingly great effects on the nation’s course and even its inst... more »
Could China's Type 005 Stealth Destroyer Beat America's Zumwalt Class Stealth Destoyer?
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Asia* [image: ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 21, 2016) The future guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) transits the Atlantic Ocean during acceptance trials April 21, 2016 with the Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV). U.S. Navy.] These Chinese naval assets offer a series of mission scenarios through which the PLA Navy could use its new Nanching destroyer to fortify expansionist aims. *Here's What You Need To Remember:* The Type 005 could give China an unprecedented expeditionary capability. The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy is prepari... more »
Your Brain Is Really a Super Air Traffic Controller
*Jérémie Lefebvre* *Health, World* [image: Reuters] Every day, your brain faces the same situation as an air traffic controller but on a vastly larger scale. Here's how your brain pulls it off. Air traffic controllers monitor the movements of thousands of flights — taking into account the types of aircraft used and the cargo carried — to destinations in real time. As well, in order to properly co-ordinate arrivals and departures, aircraft speeds must be constantly adjusted. Without this constant control adhering to clear navigation rules, chaos would invade the airspace. My re... more »
Terrible: How the British 1st Airborne Courageously Made Their Last Stand
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* [image: By This image is a work of a U.S. Army soldier or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain. - www.archives.gov / https://www.archives.gov/research/militar] Operation Market Garden went terribly awry. *Key Point: *The Allies reached too far and had logistical problems. Unfortunately, the Nazis were able to secure a tactical victory from the battle. It was getting dark when they reached the bridge, but there it was, still intact.... more »
What Was It Like To Survive Pearl Harbor On Battleship Nevada? Ask This Veteran
*Warfare History Network* *History, Americas* [image: The U.S. Navy battleship USS Nevada (BB-36) beached and burning at 0925 hrs on 7 December 1941 after being hit forward by Japanese bombs and torpedoes. U.S. Navy.] Foremost among the many tragedies of war is that it is always the innocent youth to be called to fight, to bear the deepest wounds and scars, and even to die. When will mankind ever learn? *Here's What YOu Need To Remember:* Young Americans from all walks of life served in the U.S. Navy ships at Pearl Harbor—and were cut down in a surprise Japanese attack. I am of ... more »
China Refuses To Commit To Closing Its Houston Consulate
*Politico:* *Despite U.S. demand, China refuses to commit to closing Houston consulate* The top Communist Party official at the consulate said his office is operating normally today and will continue to do so "until further notice." The head of the Chinese Consulate in Houston won’t commit to closing the office — a direct threat of defiance to the State Department’s demand that it be shut down by Friday. In a wide-ranging interview with POLITICO, Cai Wei, the Chinese Consul General in Houston, said China is protesting the closure order and his office will remain open “until furth... more »
Why Halifax’s police board needs its own lawyers
A potential conflict of interest calling into question the independence of Halifax’s board of police commissioners has led one member of the board to seek an independent opinion on the issue — but he’s being told he’ll first need to ask the opinion of those who could be in conflict. Coun. Lindell Smith had a […]
Libya proxy war escalates as Egypt prepares ground troops. Erdogan furious (Video)
The Duran Quick Take: Episode 607.
1995: US Veteran Blows Up Oklahoma City Federal Building, Killing 168 People Including 19 Children
Timothy McVeigh was a veteran of the first Gulf War. He saw a lot of gruesome active combat. He later … Continue reading →
They Were There: The U.S. Marshals Role at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Washington, D.C. March
“We Were There: The U.S. Marshals Role at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Washington, D.C. March By Dave Turk, USMS … Continue reading →
The United States Marshals Service, Founded in 1789, is the Nation’s First Law Enforcement Agency
1789 was 231 years ago. They are not military. They are Federal law enforcement. It is their job to protect … Continue reading →
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From Jenna Orkin Battered U.S. dollar 'hanging by a thread' as coronavirus cases grow Homeland Security fears widespread mask-wearing will break facial recognition software Melbourne could be isolated from Australia for up to two years, epidemiologist warns Steering Towards a Cliff Edge – Chris Martenson Israeli Data Show School Openings Were a Disaster That Wiped Out Lockdown GainsMission Creep and Wasteful Spending Left the CDC ... Texas Suffers Record Jump In COVID-19 Deaths, Brazil Reports Record 67k New Cases: Live Updates Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wouldn't rule out the US tr... more »
Trump Calls Off Florida Segment of GOP National Convention
A small subset of GOP delegates will still formally renominate Trump on Aug. 24 in Charlotte, North Carolina, at an event scheduled to last just four hours.
Nepal records highest number of fatal landslides in 15 years
The Watchers » Latest articles - 14 hours ago
The number of this year's fatal landslides in Nepal has exceeded the average annual total over the last 15 years, according to data gathered by The Landslide Blog's Dr. Dave Petley. Since the monsoon season began in Nepal in June, there have been more than...... Read more »
Iraq's Broken Justice System for Islamic State Fighters
A car and a destroyed building in Mosul (Vera Mironova/https://i0.wp.com/vmironova.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_6662.jpg?w=1180&ssl=1) Thousands of prisoners accused of ISIS membership are in custody in Iraq, and this number is on the rise. More than two years after the fall of the Caliphate in Iraq, the Iraqi government continues to arrest new suspects. On top of that, ISIS members are also being moved from Syria to Iraq’s detention centers. It seems most foreign countries have at one point or another put the burden on Iraq to solve the international problem of prosecuting... more »
Utopian Philosophers Versus Normal Philosophers
Between the utopian philosophers and the normal philosophers there is a fundamental difference: the utopians almost never perceive ordinary human beings, they see only the idealized man who is fit to inhabit their utopia; the normal philosophers, on the other hand, see naturally and with a certain simplicity of heart into the lives of other human beings. The utopian philosopher’s vision is abstract and idealized, while the normal philosopher’s vision is historical and real.
TRUMP'S MENTAL IMPAIRMENT IS THAT HE DOESN'T KNOW WE KNOW WHAT A COGNITIVE TEST IS
The Trump campaign keeps trying to make an issue of Joe Biden's mental acuity. There's some reason to be concerned -- at times Biden struggles to remember words in a way that could suggest impairment (or could just suggest that he has a normal older person's difficulty with word memory, something I've experienced since I was about fifty, as have most people my age, with no other evidence of decline). President Trump rarely gropes for words -- as we've seen in his many recent interviews and off-the-cuff diatribes, he just talks and talks. The words flow. But sometimes they're *odd* ... more »
Why the Russia Report tells us more about Britain than anything else
The long-awaited UK ‘Russia Report’, whose publication was delayed by 10 months by Boris Johnson, was finally released this week by the Westminster Intelligence and Security Committee, much to the excitement of those keen to demonstrate alleged ‘Russian interference’ in the 2016 EU referendum. However Britain’s ‘Russiagate’ has been something of a damp squib compared to the detailed, long-drawn Muller report across the Atlantic. In fact, anyone who was expecting any detail regarding the allegations of Russian interference would be sorely disappointed.
UK: They think they are above the law
On 11 July, we issued judicial review proceedings against Michael Gove for awarding an £840,000 contract to long-time associates of his and Mr Cummings'. You can read the documents relating to that claim here.
Remembering our “golden” past of the 1950s
It’s interesting that even liberals who see everything in the 21st century as dark, racist and the fault of the GOP, can think of the 50s-60s in Mt Morris, Illinois (or Oregon, or Polo, or Columbus, Ohio) as a time of a golden era. I read a lot of blogs, and that misty, foggy view is common among 70-80 year olds. My husband whose high school was larger in acres and people than Mt. Morris, thinks the same thing. Of course, it’s not true; go through your high school annuals and you’ll see people who were white, but were marginalized because they were fat, or ugly, or low intelligence o... more »
Greta Issues Latest Demands
By Paul Homewood h/t Robin Guenier Greta and her chums have issued their latest demands: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/16/pandemic-shows-climate-has-never-been-treated-as-crisis-say-scientists The letter to EU leaders comes from Greta and three other school strike leaders from Belgium and Germany, and contains the usual nonsense: https://climateemergencyeu.org/#letter But perhaps what is most is most significant is […]
The ADA isn't just about ramps -- over 30 years, it has profoundly changed the deaf community
Gerard Buckley, President of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester Institute of Technology at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 15 hours ago
The 30th anniversary of the American with Disabilities Act offers a chance to celebrate the greater inclusion of disabled Americans in mainstream society, but much work remains to be done.
Wrecked: How Churchill's Mini-Subs Destroyed Hitler's Battleship Tirpitz
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* [image: By Stewart Bale Ltd, Liverpool - This is photograph FL 19434 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2365871] The difficult operation paid off for London and caused much anguish in Berlin. *Key point: *The battleship was injured by mulitple mini-submarines. Shortly thereafter, the Royal Navy's carriers sent bombers in to finish the job. By mid-1942, the towering German battleship Tirpitz stood alone as the largest, most powerful wa... more »
95 Percent Casualties: Why It Was So Hard to Stop the Nazis From Laying Siege to Leningrad
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC23NE9NWF65&share=true] The battle lasted years and killed millions. *Key Point: *The Soviets would lose an entire army when trying to save the city. In fact, multiple offensives would fail, although eventually Moscow would suceed and end the siege. On February 23, 1942, Red Army Day, the People’s Commissar of Defense, Josef Stalin, issued Order No. 55. It read in part as follows: “But the enemy’s efforts have been in vain. The initiative now is in our han... more »
Random Sampling Suggests COVID-19 Is 6 Times Deadlier Than Flu
*Nir Menachemi* *Public Health, North America* From April 25 to May 1, our team randomly selected and tested thousands of Indiana residents, no matter if they’d been sick or not. From this testing we were able to get some of the first truly representative data on coronavirus infection rates at a state level. Since day one of the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. has not had enough tests. Faced with this shortage, medical professionals used what tests they had on people with the worst symptoms or whose occupations put them at high risk for infection. People who were less sick or asym... more »
America's XF-84H Thunderscreech Jet Was All Looks
*Peter Suciu* *History, Americas* It never became operational. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *Due to poor performance, high maintenance, and its other issues, the XF-84H never became operational. One of the two prototypes is now in the collection of the National Museum of the United States Air Force and is in the Research & Development Gallery. It remains one of those aircraft that was likely better in concept than in reality. There is no denying that the swept-wing F-84F Thunderstreak – which could attain speeds just shy of 700 mph – was an ideal aircraft when it entered ... more »
Conspiracy, plan or coincidence—the results are the same
This piece in quotes below is circulating the internet, or being reported in a variety of ways. I didn't write it--not sure if there is an author or just an editor/compiler. Is it a plan, or just a perfect storm? We’ve seen what the “stand down” orders have done to down town Columbus, Ohio. We know someone on the CPD and get the inside story. Those businesses will probably never return. We’ve seen the recent uptick in national unemployment and the drop in all the good signs and indicators as people were ready to reopen. You probably don’t believe in conspiracies, but does it matter... more »
Covid-19: Brazil Records 59,962 New Cases in 24 Hours (July 23rd)
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Data from the Ministry of Health show that of the 2.22 million Brazilians infected with the novel coronavirus, 68.6 percent recovered from the disease, 3.7 percent died and 27.7 percent are undergoing treatment. The data is included in the Ministry of Health's daily update, released yesterday, July 23rd. The accumulated […] The post Covid-19: Brazil Records 59,962 New Cases in 24 Hours (July 23rd) appeared first on The Rio Times.
UN Development Agency Proposes Temporary Basic Income to Halt Covid-19 Pandemic
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Hundreds of millions of people face the dilemma of confining themselves daily so as not to catch the novel coronavirus, thus halting the spread of the pandemic, or to go out to work and keep eating. The majority - the impoverished in poor countries, casual workers who live one day […] The post UN Development Agency Proposes Temporary Basic Income to Halt Covid-19 Pandemic appeared first on The Rio Times.
Half of Brazil’s Population Benefited From Government Emergency Aid in June
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The number of households receiving emergency aid grew in June. The aid, which ensures social protection during the period of tackling the Covid-19 pandemic crisis, reached 29.4 million Brazilian households last month (43 percent), where nearly half (49.5 percent) of the Brazilian population lives, according to data from the Brazilian […] The post Half of Brazil’s Population Benefited From Government Emergency Aid in June appeared first on The Rio Times.
“There’s Disillusionment with Brazil Abroad,” Says Goldman Sachs Economist
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The coronavirus pandemic is compounding Brazil's already complex economic scenario: after years of low growth, combined with political and social unrest, the country has also become a target of great distrust in the environmental area. According to Alberto Ramos, head of Goldman Sachs' Latin American economic research, there are a […] The post “There’s Disillusionment with Brazil Abroad,” Says Goldman Sachs Economist appeared first on The Rio Times.
Aligned With Bolsonaro, Rio Mayor Crivella Seeks Re-election Now, Senate Seat in 2022
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The deadlock in the return to classes in private schools in Rio de Janeiro is reflected in Mayor Marcelo Crivella's electoral agenda. While he authorized the return of students to school on August 3rd, Governor Wilson Witzel vetoed the measure by decree at least until August 5th, with the deadline […] The post Aligned With Bolsonaro, Rio Mayor Crivella Seeks Re-election Now, Senate Seat in 2022 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Former Health Minister Mandetta Says Brazil Could Reach 100,000 Deaths in Weeks
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Three months after being fired as Minister of Health, Luiz Henrique Mandetta's worst fear is coming true. On Tuesday, Brazil recorded almost 68,000 new Covid-19 cases, a record that eclipses the preceding one by over 20 percent and rivals figures seen in the United States, with a population 50 percent […] The post Former Health Minister Mandetta Says Brazil Could Reach 100,000 Deaths in Weeks appeared first on The Rio Times.
Florida Mayor to Discuss Mandatory Vaccination
The post Florida Mayor to Discuss Mandatory Vaccination appeared first on OYE Alternative News.
"Covid-19 Pandemic Updates 7/24/20"
*"Covid-19 Pandemic **Updates 7/24/20" * *- Frequently **Updated* Please visit these sites often for the very latest ○ Covid-19 Pandemic and Economic news and information. *7/24/20* by David Leonhardt *"Another virus milestone:* The United States passed four million known coronavirus cases yesterday. Over the past two weeks, case counts have risen in 37 states. President Trump announced that he was canceling the portion of the Republican National Convention that was going to be held in Jacksonville, Fla., because of the outbreak there. It’s not clear what will happen with the gathe... more »
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