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COVID-19 Strike Teams Shut Down Farms – FoodWars – ‘Who controls the food controls the people’ (Kissinger)
It is the NWO plan people. Control the food supply, control the people. EWR Ice Age Farmer 129K subscribers The global food supply is being destroyed, production dismantled, and farmers put out of business: California is sending in “COVID-19 Strike Teams” to shut down farms that are not “properly distanced.” China bans cellphones in granaries. … Continue reading COVID-19 Strike Teams Shut Down Farms – FoodWars – ‘Who controls the food controls the people’ (Kissinger) →
Bill Gates wants to censor your private conversations
From reclaimthenet.org Tech billionaire Bill Gates seems more present in the media these days than he has been for a long time, but he’s not talking about what he knows best: how to make a lot of money in tech, stifle competition, and get away with it. Gates is inserting himself in the debate around … Continue reading Bill Gates wants to censor your private conversations →
2020-2021 Public Schools: The Accelerated Indoctrination and Health Destroying System of Child Control Due to a ‘Virus’, by Gary D. Barnett
Originally posted on STRAIGHT LINE LOGIC: Coronavirus totalitarianism will help turn children into exactly the kind of citizens our commissars want them to be. From Gary D. Barnett at lewrockwell.com: Children learn what they live. Put kids in a class and they will live out their lives in an invisible cage, isolated from their chance…
Fact: An F-35 Stealth Fighter Once Took the Place of an A-10 Warthog
*David Axe* *Security, * Here's why. *Key Point*: It's the pilot that really matters. A U.S. Air Force A-10 Warthog squadron from Missouri *deployed* to Hawaii to train alongside the U.S. Marine Corps for one of the most dangerous missions in aerial warfare -- and one that's about to get a lot more dangerous. Slipping past enemy defenses to rescue a downed pilot. The A-10 soon might have company on such missions as other plane types, potentially including stealth fighters, join in. But a rescue pilot's experience level always will matter the most, regardless of the kind of pla... more »
The Union Army's Victory Parade Was Surely Historic
*Warfare History Network* *History, Americas* [image: Wikimedia Commons] After weeks of mourning the death of Abraham Lincoln, the nation’s capital hosted a two-day Grand Review of its victorious armies. Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, presaging the subsequent surrender of other Confederate forces in the West and the capture of Southern President Jefferson Davis a few weeks later, marked the triumphant end of the nation’s great sundering. It should have been a moment of great celebration. Instead, five days after Appomattox, the capital city of Washington, D.C., found i... more »
Not a Surprise Attack After All? Japan's Long Path to Pearl Harbor
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* Five decades of mutual antagonism spark war in the Pacific and East Asia. Japan’s road to World War II was a long one. Throughout the late 19th century, the island nation broke out of its feudal past on a path to modernity with a ruthlessness and singlemindedness that would have scared Western nations had they been paying attention. The modern Japanese Navy was modeled on Britain’s Royal Navy, its army was patterned on the Prussian army, and it imported its new modern industrial base from the best examples the world around. By 1894, Japan... more »
What Will Replace Confederate Statues?
*Christian K. Anderson* *Society, * The point is that erecting new statues to replace the ones that have fallen out of favor may not always be a quick and easy process, although perhaps it could become easier given the current momentum behind efforts to replace monuments to the Confederacy and others who sought to uphold white supremacy. Ever since the University of South Carolina put up a statue of Richard T. Greener – who in 1873 became the school’s first Black professor – one of my favorite things to do has been to eat lunch on a bench nearby to watch how people interact with... more »
Why India's Nuclear Weapons Program Should Be Feared (It Could Kill Millions)
*Michael Peck* *Security, Asia* Over 100 nukes and counting. *Key Point*: India’s nuclear missile force is relatively young, but it is advancing quickly. India has 130 to 140 nuclear warheads—and more are coming, according to a recent 2018 report. “India is estimated to have produced enough military plutonium for 150 to 200 nuclear warheads, but has likely produced only 130 to 140,” according to Hans Kristensen and Matt Korda of the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists back in 2018. “Nonetheless, additional plutonium will be required to produce w... more »
Klaus: a progressive victory in the US is a more serious worry than the Chinese politburo
A statement of the [Czech ex-president] Václav Klaus Institute, August 13th Which side do we stand on? Today, the Czech media have informed about the visit by Mike Pompeo with headlines such as "You have our backs". They were quoting the American secretary who expressed worries about our freedom and democracy which are, in his opinion, threatened by the activities of the competing superpowers, China and Russia. He was assuring us that the U.S. is ready to help us to defend the conditions of liberty. We must praise it, that is how it should look in between allies. (adsbygoogle = wind... more »
Trace amounts of COVID-19 virus found by Chinese cities on packages of frozen foods
City food inspectors from Shenzhen and Xian, China report finding traces of the COVID-19 virus on the packaging for imported chicken wings and shrimp. China in June stepped up its scrutiny of imported food, saying the possibility that it could spread infections could not be ruled out. Two months later, local testing claims to have... Continue Reading
EFSA assesses health risk of compound in potatoes
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has advised peeling, boiling, and frying to reduce a compound in potatoes that can cause poisoning. Glycoalkaloids are naturally occurring compounds found in plants including potatoes, tomatoes, and eggplant (aubergines), and contribute to resistance against pests and pathogens. Glycoalkaloid poisoning can cause acute gastrointestinal symptoms, such as nausea, vomiting,... Continue Reading
Campylobacter chicken connection still common in Sweden
Campylobacter types found in fresh chicken often matched those from ill people showing poultry is still a common source of infection in Sweden. Researchers studied the genetic similarity between Campylobacter from retail chicken meat and in infected people. It is the third year the Public Health Agency (Folkhälsomyndigheten) and Swedish Food Agency (Livsmedelsverket) have done... Continue Reading
Deli take-out in Seattle blamed for unidentified gastrointestinal illnesses
Public Health is investigating an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness with diarrhea, vomiting, body aches, headaches, and fevers associated with a takeout meal from Saigon Vietnam Deli on July 25, 2020. A specific food or drink item that might have caused the illnesses has not been identified. Saigon Vietnam Deli is located at1200 S Jackson Street in... Continue Reading
Imperialists Run The Same Tired Old Script Day After Fucking Day
Imperialist pundit and Obama administration cold warrior Michael McFaul recently tweeted the following: “Belarusians, inside and outside of the country, have reached out to me this week to ask why the West is so indifferent to their courageous fight for democracy. I can’t explain. Can […]
The Pandemic Has Revealed America’s Zip Code Map of Inequality
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on lower-income communities was decades in the making.
Dave Frame talks rot on climate poll
New Zealanders are more satisfied with the Government’s efforts to combat climate change than they were a year ago, but … Continue Reading →
August 14th – 2020 Presidential Politics – Trump Administration Day #1303
In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Donald Trump Administration and … Continue reading →
Friday August 14th – Open Thread
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those … Continue reading →
Picture Of The Day
A general view shows damages following the blast in Beirut's port area, Lebanon August 8. As the residents of Beirut try to pick up their lives after an explosion that shook the country to its core, they are doing so with their surroundings utterly transformed. REUTERS/Hannah McKay *WNU Editor:* The above picture is from this photo-gallery .... *Beirut's devastated cityscape in aftermath of blast* (Reuters).
Australian Daily Wind Power Generation Data – Thursday 13th August 2020
By Anton Lang ~ This Post details the daily wind power generation data for the AEMO coverage area in Australia. For the background information, refer to the Introductory Post at this link. Each image is shown here at a smaller size to fit on the page alongside the data for that day. If you click […]
Assemble An Apology Parade For Sarah Palin
By Tim Graham ~ An august group of feminists – including America’s most audacious abortion advocates – joined with former Obama senior adviser Valerie Jarrett to form a coalition called “We Have Her Back” to lobby the media for “anti-sexist” coverage of the Democratic vice-presidential selection. The establishment media received a list of Don’ts: don’t […]
Kamala’s Moment Arrives
By Peter Murphy ~ Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden, has made his vice presidential choice, and he chose wisely among a half dozen considerations who are women of color: U.S. Senator Kamala Harris of California. Congratulations to her. Sen. Harris is a “wise” choice from a Democratic political standpoint – she is presentable on the […]
What Will Organized Criminal Violence Bring Next To Our Streets?
By James Carafano ~ Organized riots. That sounds like an oxymoron, but it’s what we’re seeing in many cities in this season of COVID-19 and protests. I’m not talking about peaceful protests. Many of those have been conducted successfully since the death of George Floyd. Clearly, huge numbers of Americans have felt it important to […]
Burke, Gibbon, and the Jacobins
Edward Gibbon and Edmund Burke were contemporaries, but they didn’t see eye to eye on political matters. Gibbon, inspired by the atheistic thought of the French *philosophes*, was an enthusiastic supporter of the French Revolution and the Jacobin cause, whereas Burke stood for a conservative worldview and was a trenchant critic of the French Revolution and the Jacobins. After 1790, when it became clear that the French Revolution was a colossal failure, as Burke had predicted, Gibbon tried to dissociate himself from the French *philosophes *by claiming that his atheism was inspired... more »
The #WALKAWAY CAMPAIGN
People from “the Left” are now walking away from it. Sometimes the light of truth shines through From the Facebook Page of the Walkawaycampaign: www.walkawaycampaign.com – The #WalkAway Campaign is a true grassroots movement. It is a video campaign movement, dedicated to sharing the stories of people who can no longer accept the current ideology of liberalism and what the Democratic Party has become. Some left long ago. Many of us have recently been “red-pilled”. Some here have wanted to leave for some time, but have feared the consequences they might suffer from friends or family i... more »
"Political correctness has become quite literally, bad religion run amuck. Cancel culture’s refusal to engage with uncomfortable ideas has an asphyxiating effect on the creative soul of a society." #QotD
Nick Cave, pic from *The Grauniad* *"Cancel culture’s refusal to engage with uncomfortable ideas has an asphyxiating effect on the creative soul of a society [It has become quite literally, bad religion run amuck]... * * "Creativity is an act of love that can knock up against our most foundational beliefs, and in doing so brings forth fresh ways of seeing the world. This is both the function and glory of art and ideas. A force that finds its meaning in the cancellation of these difficult ideas hampers the creative spirit of a society and strikes at the complex and diverse natu... more »
==POTUS CALL TO MEME SUPPORT: #LawAndOrder==
==POTUS CALL TO MEME SUPPORT: #LawAndOrder== ==POTUS CALL TO MEME SUPPORT: #LawAndOrder== Anons I believe POTUS has given us a directive, to give meme support for 'Law and Order'. '''#LawAndOrder''' ARE (YOU) CALMING THE MASSES, OR SHITPOSTING THE BREAD? (YOU) CAN'T DO BOTH. POTUS LAW & ORDER!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 15, 2020 TREND … Continue reading ==POTUS CALL TO MEME SUPPORT: #LawAndOrder== →
Left Media Already Crying That Kamala Harris Memes Are Racist!
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Kamala Harris Is Perfect – REEEeeeee Stream
Salty Cracker Aug 12, 2020 via Kamala Harris Is Perfect – REEEeeeee Stream – YouTube
Bill Clinton Is a Pizza Diddler Trending on Twitter!
Salty Cracker Aug 2, 2020 via Bill Clinton Is a Pizza Diddler Trending on Twitter! – YouTube
Ghislaine Maxwell Taken Off Suicide Watch Might go to General Population
Salty Cracker Aug 12, 2020 via Ghislaine Maxwell Taken Off Suicide Watch Might go to General Population – YouTube
PEDOGATE 2020 PT.2 – Tom Hanx (NEW INFO)
QANON RESEARCH CHANNEL Jul 19, 2020 New Documentary by @Mouthy Buddha Part 2 on #PedoGate. Working to bring the truth out to the world. Help us to spread it and share it. Dark to Light. They can’t get away with this. Make it a hell on earth for these demons. Justice is underway, in that … Continue reading PEDOGATE 2020 PT.2 – Tom Hanx (NEW INFO) →
Royals Hunting Children For Sport
QANON RESEARCH CHANNEL Aug 10, 2020 via Royals Hunting Children For Sport – YouTube
Let’s Watch A Few Patriots Deal W/Antifa The Right Way!
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Breathtaking: Case Closed, Infrared Video Reveals Details of Israeli Nuclear Missile (6 missile videos/3 of them new) – Veterans Today | Military Foreign Affairs Policy Journal for Clandestine Services
This infrared video makes much more sense than ammonium nitrate on its own. Yes NH4NO3 is an oxidising agent and explosive under the right conditions, it is also very stable. Judge for yourself. Doctored video? Different location? Or #Beirut attacked? The video and stills are far better than any evidence accepted by the 9/11 … Continue reading Breathtaking: Case Closed, Infrared Video Reveals Details of Israeli Nuclear Missile (6 missile videos/3 of them new) – Veterans Today | Military Foreign Affairs Policy Journal for Clandestine Services →
Has Jared Kushner Taken Over Kanye's Mind On Behalf Of The Trumpanzee Campaign?
There are always contrarians-- people who go against the grain just to... go against the grain. In the early 1930s, a Jew voting for Hitler as Germany's fragile democracy was collapsing-- and there were some-- would likely have been a severe contrarian. Those votes didn't prevent them from being rounded up and exterminated in gas chambers. According to Pew Research, 6% of 2016 Black voters cast their ballots for Trump. Contrarianism is one explanation. Can you think of a more clownish contrarian than deranged rap star Kanye West? We covered his presidential "campaign" late Monday ... more »
Poll Says Americans Are Fed Up With Violence in Major Cities. 62% Say It Will Affect Their Vote
BREAKING: 72% of all voters say they are concerned about the growing level of violent protest nationwide https://t.co/jlnKlZCgbd — Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) August 13, 2020 *Rasmussen:* *Voters Favor Crackdown on Violent Protests; Most Democrats Disagree* Voters are ready for the police to put an end to the continuing violent protests nationwide. Most also say the protests will be important to their vote in the upcoming elections. When asked which is closer to their own thinking, 50% of Likely U.S. Voters say the police should crack down on the protests to bring them to ... more »
Hillary Clinton Is Willing To Work In A Biden Administration
*WNU Editor*: I guess she is looking for work. She may want to work in a Biden administration, but my gut is telling me that the team around former Vice-President Biden do not want Hillary Clinton anywhere near the White House should they win.
Trump Admits He’s Blocking Postal Cash to Stop Mail-In Votes
President Donald Trump frankly acknowledged that he’s starving the U.S. Postal Service of money in order to make it harder to process an expected surge of mail-in ballots.
Penn Jillette: "It's amazing to me how many people think that voting to have the government give poor people money is compassion..." #QotD
*"It's amazing to me how many people think that voting to have the government give poor people money is compassion. Helping poor and suffering people is compassion. Voting for our government to use guns to give money to help poor and suffering people is immoral self-righteous bullying laziness. "People need to be fed, medicated, educated, clothed, and sheltered, and if we're compassionate we'll help them, but you get no moral credit for forcing other people to do what you think is right. There is great joy in helping people, but no joy in doing it at gunpoint."* ~ ... more »
After Winning France, Hitler Had A Plan To Knockout Great Britain Once And For All
*Warfare History Network* *Security, Europe* A Nazi reign of terror would follow *Here's What You Need To Remember: *History records that the Battle of Britain was not fought on the ground, but in the air. Intrepid RAF pilots took a heavy toll in German planes and fliers. Hitler delayed Operation Sea Lion until September, then October. Ultimately, the invasion was scrapped for good. Göring’s Luftwaffe had failed the Führer a second time. Without doubt, the fall of France was an unmitigated disaster for the Allied cause. However, for all its failures in command, strategy, and tac... more »
Covering Fire! When Do Marines Decide To Go Full Auto With Their M27 Automatic Rifles?
*James Clark* *Security, * “Is that really necessary?” *Here's What You Need To Remember: *Automatic fire may be fun, hell it definitely is, there’s a time and place for it — close in, or when you need to send a lot of lead downrange to keep the bad guys’ heads down. And once that’s done, you can switch back to semi-automatic fire and finish the job. “America! Ahhhhh!” roars Chief Warrant Officer Christian Wade as he unloads with the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle — and not with any of that wimpy “pew, pew, pew” slow and steady squeeze stuff. The 2nd Marine Division gunner goes fu... more »
Why One Retired General Says Embrace the F-35 (And Forget the F-15X)
*William R. Looney* *Security, * The U.S. Air Force must prioritize the acquisition and modernization of the 5th generation F-35 fleet -- and leave behind Cold War era platforms. *Key Point*: Tactical air power investments must be prioritized to the programs that will survive and deliver lethality in any future conflict. The United States Air Force maintains the largest and most technologically advanced air force in the world. Attaining and maintaining air superiority has been a top priority of U.S. military leadership since World War II. This has resulted in a never-ending pursu... more »
How Are Joe Biden's Chances? Check the Prediction Markets (A.K.A. Betting)
*Christoph Siemroth* *Politics, Americas* [image: Reuters] Prediction markets, simple financial markets where the value of the traded assets depends on outcomes such as who wins an election, have been shown to be better longer-term predictors of election outcomes. Joe Biden, the Democratic challenger in November’s US presidential election, has finally picked his candidate for vice president: Kamala Harris . Has picking Harris, who is Black and Asian American, improved Biden’s chances of winning the election? Or has it actually improved the chances of Donald Trump to get re-elect... more »
US Presidential Candidate Joe Biden Wants A Three-Month Nationwide Mask Mandate
*CBS:* *Biden and Harris call for three-month nationwide mask mandate* Former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris are calling for a three-month nationwide mask mandate to limit the spread of coronavirus. During a briefing by public health experts in Wilmington, Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, told reporters that all the nation's governors should require this. "Every single American should be wearing a mask when they're outside for the next three months, at a minimum. Every governor should mandate mandatory mask-wearing," Biden said, suggesti... more »
Covid-19 Is An Opportunity To Disrupt Education
* Despite overwhelming evidence that opening schools for in-person education is both safe and beneficial for children, teachers unions across the U.S. continue to try to hold families hostage in pursuit of political gains. * As the unions overplay their hands, there is a great opportunity for market disruption of the dysfunctional union-controlled status quo. . . .
August 13: Yes. I am discouraged...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/kamala-harris-vice-president-economy-1.5683974 Biden's choice for VP is a long way from being a fresh breeze in American politics. Indeed, she is not all that far from being a (male) Trump Republican. The article says she attended Montreal's Westmount High. I know that school well. It was, like the suburb of Westmount, the home of the snootiest of Montreal. And that's not just the reaction of a working clas... more »
US Sends B-2 Stealth Bombers To ‘Warn’ China As PLA Expands Live-Fire Drills Off Taiwan
US Sends B-2 Stealth Bombers To ‘Warn’ China As PLA Expands Live-Fire Drills Off Taiwan by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ This week just as major Chinese live-firing naval drills were being conducted north of Taiwan, the US flew three of B-2 stealth bombers to its Diego Garcia base in the Indian Ocean. – British daily The Times describes that …
Fed’s “Direct Money Transfers” Are Coming: Brainard Says Fed Collaborating With MIT On “Hypothetical” Digital Currency
Fed’s “Direct Money Transfers” Are Coming: Brainard Says Fed Collaborating With MIT On “Hypothetical” Digital Currency by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ One week ago, we published a remarkable interview with two former Fed economists – Simon Potter (who was also the former head of the Fed’s Plunge Protection Team for many years) and Julia Coronado – who …
NASA Scrubs Data: Imagery, Shows Massive Retrograde Object Approaching Ecliptic Plane?
NASA Scrubs Data: Imagery, Shows Massive Retrograde Object Approaching Ecliptic Plane? by Shepard Ambellas – August 9, 2020, https://www.intellihub.com/ Massive coverup at the highest level exposed: NASA caught altering and hiding image data of a celestial object – In what can only be considered a coverup of the highest magnitude it appears that the National …
ALERT! Silver ROARS Back After Massive Manipulative 5Boz 3-Day DUMP!! (Bix Weir)
RoadtoRoota In the last 3 COMEX trading days over 5 Billion Ounces of silver contracts were dumped onto the market which in the past has caused massive, long term price dislocations…BUT NOW IT’S JUST A BLIP!! Get your physical silver NOW…while you can still FIND ANY!! end
Not Even 24 Hours Later And Already CNN Is Talking About How Cognitively Challenged Joe Biden Will ‘Step Aside’ to Make Kamala Harris President
Not Even 24 Hours Later And Already CNN Is Talking About How Cognitively Challenged Joe Biden Will ‘Step Aside’ to Make Kamala Harris President by Geoffrey Grider, https://www.nowtheendbegins.com/ CNN editor-at-large Chris Cilizza suggested Tuesday that former Vice President Joe Biden would “step aside” to elevate his new running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), all but conceding …
George Hunt: Rothschild Conservation Bank’s Plan To Swap Land For Fake Debt
The Bernician George Hunt: The New World Bank, Religion, and Rulers [1987]. George Hunt became aware of the environmental fraud after attending the Wilderness conference in Colorado in 1987. From then until his death Dec 23rd 2013 George dedicated himself to exposing the environmental fraud, masterminded by Maurice Strong and his boss, Baron Edmund de …
Gold and Silver Recovery a Positive Sign For the Bull Market
GoldSilver Pros We discuss the gold and silver markets by going over this weeks market data. We compare the short traders that came in the last few days and smashed down the price of both gold and silver . Metal deliveries are still strong enough to push both metals past the resistance and keep the …
Is $100 Silver Really A Realistic Possibility?
Arcadia Economics As the silver rally continues to heat up, more and more analysts are talking about the possibility of silver prices even reaching $100 per ounce or greater. But is this really realistic? Or just far-fetched dreaming? Fortunately, Florian Grummes of Midas Touch Consulting joined me on the show to answer the question, as …
Fed Lowers Rates on Emergency Loans Rates for Cities And States
Yahoo Finance Yahoo Finance’s Brian Sozzi, Alexis Christoforous, and Brian Cheung discuss the Federal Reserve’s latest move to reduce the price of emergency loans to states and cities. end
Rob Kirby: Exponential Money Printing Dooms the Dollar as Reserve Currency
GoldSilver Pros This *interview* was originally aired at the North American Monetary Metals Summit on Aug 6, 2020, as part of a panel discussion on this economy. Note: I am posting just the Rob Kirby interview here. Rob Kirby and I discuss the following topics: – * The wreckage of the current economy, and fundamentally …
The IMF’s Blueprint for the Globalists’ Economic Takeover.
maneco64 Today I will briefly look at the bigger picture of how the current crisis is being exploited by the Globalists in trying to literally take over the world through the instrument of debt. We will see how the Central Banks and governments are working together to try and engineer this. – “Euro Can Only …
What Has Happened To New York City?
Members of the NYPD walked along Sixth Avenue on Wednesday, but did not take any action about the chaos *Daily Mail*: *Manhattan or Skid Row? New York's homeless community use furniture and junk abandoned by wealthy people fleeing the city during the pandemic to build a sidewalk camp* * The camp on West 24th and Sixth Avenue sprung up early in the pandemic and has remained ever since * Now residents and business owners complain about the mess and chaos and say it harms their livelihoods * Around 15-20 people have taken up residence along the busy street and are camping out in doorw... more »
Thai PM Right to Question Protest Funding
The notorious US National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is funding virtually every aspect of Thailand's current "student protests" aimed at removing current government. *August 14, 2020 *(Tony Cartalucci - LD) - Only through repetitive propaganda across the Western media and their local partners in Thailand can current protests appear "student led," "leaderless," and "organic." An article published by the Bangkok Post titled, "PM: Who is financing student rallies?," would repeat Thailand's elected prime minister's questions, but Bangkok Post's reporters themselves have categorica... more »
“Lyft/Uber Drivers Doomed; Retail Stores Crushed; Jobless Americans; Real Estate Warnings”
Jeremiah Babe, *“Lyft/Uber Drivers Doomed; Retail Stores Crushed; * *Jobless Americans; Real Estate Warnings”*
Thai PM Right to Question Protest Funding
The notorious US National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is funding virtually every aspect of Thailand's current "student protests." *August 14, 2020 *(Tony Cartalucci - ATN) - Only through repetitive propaganda across the Western media and their local partners in Thailand can current protests appear "student led," "leaderless," and "organic." An article published by the Bangkok Post titled, "PM: Who is financing student rallies?," would repeat Thailand's elected prime minister's questions, but Bangkok Post's reporters themselves have categorically failed to either ask or answer t... more »
Thursday Evening Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. - David Macdonald discusses the opportunity to transition from the temporary CERB to a permanently-improved income support system for Canadians - along with the danger that people relying on modest relief now will be left to drown if the old EI rules are applied. Tammy Schirle and Mikal Skuterud note that contrary to the usual anti-social spin, there's no evidence at all that the availability of an improved safety net has led to less searching for work. And Kate Hayman and Jesse McLaren comment on the need for paid sick leave to ensure worker... more »
Russia's Tu-160M2 and Tu-22M3M Bombers to Get Su-57 Fighter Tech
*Peter Suciu* *Security, Eurasia* The first of the four new Tu-160M2 strategic bombers will be built by 2023. While the Russian Aerospace Force’s Tu-160 bomber has been flying since the days when President Ronald Reagan occupied the White House and the Berlin Wall was still an imposing barrier, the Cold War-era bomber is getting new modern upgrades. The same improvements will be provided to the Tu-22M3M strategic missile-carrying bomber, which is an upgraded version of the even older airframes dating back to the 1970s. The aircraft will soon receive new communications systems bas... more »
Coronavirus Has Exposed the Limits of Philanthropy
*Adam Saifer* *Society, * Charitable tax incentives enable the super-wealthy to redirect billions in tax dollars away from government programs toward their private philanthropic foundations and the causes they choose to support. Against the backdrop of the WE Charity scandal — and revelations of political nepotism and charitable shell corporations — Canadian philanthropic foundations have quietly distributed more than $100 million in emergency funds to support communities most impacted by COVID-19. In the process, however, philanthropy has revealed its limits as a mechanism for ... more »
These 5 Rifles Are So Bad That The Besieged Afghan Police Didn't Even Want Them
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * The relative decline of the infantry on the battlefield means that none of these weapons were bad enough to lose a war, but they were often bad enough to cause the side using them to lose engagements and lower morale. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *In 2005 and 2006 the U.S. government purchased a large number of AMD-65s for arming Afghan police units. In 2010, a report in the *New York Times* stated the Afghan National Police were unhappy with the weapon, which in addition to the other problems mentioned they considered very unreliable. Military... more »
Why Legal Immunity for the CIA?
Amidst the controversy over the doctrine of qualified immunity for cops, no one is talking about the full immunity accorded to the Central Intelligence Agency, an agency within the national-security establishment that wields omnipotent power. Among the most interesting lines in the new Amazon Prime series The Last Narc is what a CIA official says to DEA investigator Hector Berrellez, who was charged with leading the investigation into the kidnapping, torture, and murder of DEA agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena. The official tells Berrellez that the CIA is not a law-enforcement agency an... more »
COVID Vaccine Manufacturers Given Legal Immunity for Injuries or Deaths Caused by Fast-tracked Vaccines
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States and other countries around the globe have opened the door for accelerated development, testing and fast track licensure of experimental COVID-19 vaccines. The question many people have is: who will assume product liability when COVID-19 vaccines cause harm to an individual who has been vaccinated? AstraZeneca plc, a multinational pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Cambridge, England, has been granted product liability protection for the COVID-19 vaccine the company is developing by most countries with w... more »
George Soros: Hungary and Poland have been occupied by the enemies of Europe
From the REMIX: Excerpts: Soros levels some of his most incendiary accusations against Poland and Hungary yet, claiming that Orbán and Kaczyński are ‘enemies of Europe’ Internal enemies opposed to the founding values of the European Union have effectively taken over the state in the two countries of Hungary and Poland, billionaire speculator George Soros told opposition daily Népszava in an interview. During the interview, Soros referred to Hungary and Poland as “internal enemies”. “The European Union is in a much more vulnerable position because it is not a ready-made formation. Fu... more »
UN-Linked Biotech Expert Claims COVID-19 is Man-Made Bioweapon From Chinese Military Lab
From the NationalPulse: Excerpts: World Academy of Biomedical Sciences president and renowned biotech expert Giuseppe Tritto has alleged that COVID-19 was man-made, hailing from a Chinese military-led experiment, and that it’s “extremely unlikely” that a successful vaccine will be invented. The explosive charges come from Tritto’s new book, China COVID 19: The Chimera That Changed The World. Published in Italian, the nearly 300-page book contends that China conducted bioengineering experiments with financial and personnel assistance from France and the U.S. While the collaboration ... more »
Is Kamala Harris eligible to be Joe Biden’s VP?
From American Thinker and From the Gateway Pundit: Legal Expert Claims Kamala Harris Doesn’t Qualify for Vice Presidency – She’ll Have To Be Replaced American Thinker Excerpts: Is Kamala Harris a natural born citizen? Harris is constitutionally ineligible to be VPOTUS (12th Amendment) or POTUS (Article 2). She is not — nor can she ever be — a natural born citizen, the highest standard of citizenship mandated by the Constitution for the president and commander-in-chief. The Founding Fathers wanted a higher standard of citizenship for the POTUS because they did not want any competin... more »
Middle East Peace Agreement
President Trump announced that Israel and the United Arab Emirates would establish “full normalization of relations” and that in exchange Israel would forgo for now “declaring sovereignty” over occupied West Bank territory. While I realize that most of you will appreciate the announcement yesterday for its historic nature, there are people who read this blog […] The post Middle East Peace Agreement appeared first on Virtual Mirage.
President Trump Announces Normalization of Relations Between Israel and the United Arab Emirates….
Earlier today President Trump announced a significant development toward long-lasting peace in the middle-east. [Video and Transcript} [Transcript] – THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you very much. This is very important. This is a big event. And I want to just … Continue reading →
What A Difference A Day Makes
Attacks by @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris yesterday look so small and petty in comparison to Trump Announcing Historic Peace Deal Between Israel and United Arab Emirites https://t.co/1TDeBQodMh — Legal Insurrection (@LegInsurrection) August 13, 2020 *WNU Editor:* Observation/analysis is true. Hat tip *Instapundit.*
Canadians Do Not Want American Tourists Right Now
The Canadian border is pictured at the Peace Arch Canada/USA border crossing in Surrey, B.C. Friday, March 20, 2020. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press) *SFGate:* *Canada Is Sick of Americans Crossing Over During the Pandemic* In order to enter Canada as an American right now, you have to either A) be an immediate family member of a Canadian citizen, or B) be traveling for an essential purpose (which is approved as non-discretionary/non-optional by the Canadian government). Even if you qualify, there’s little guarantee that everyday Canadians will care about the reason for your v... more »
After Schrems II: A Proposal to Meet the Individual Redress Challenge
The Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. (Source: Transparency International EU Office, https://flic.kr/p/ifv9A2; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/) In the aftermath of the July 16 *Schrems II* judgment by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) invalidating a principal legal method for transferring personal data from EU territory to the United States, the future of data flows for transatlantic commerce is dangerously uncertain. The more than 5,300 companies that relied on the U.S.-EU Privacy Shield are ... more »
Cold Comfort
By Viv Forbes, 30 July 2020 Before sunrise yesterday, the grass temperature in Washpool, “Sunny Queensland” was minus 1.7 deg. There was no wind or sunshine. Wind turbines were becalmed and not even moonbeams energised our solar panels. In that still, frosty darkness, green energy failed again. Not a watt came from becalmed wind “farms” […]
The nonpartisan Concord Coalition on the absent relief package
The Concord Coalition is a nonpartisan group that researches and educates on the US deficit and debt problems. The following was in my inbox from that group and it speaks for itself. “The following is written from the perspective of … Continue reading →
"Face The Facts"
*"Face The Facts"* by Southern Sage “If you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.” – Attributed to Sir Winston Churchill "November 3, 2020, will decide the fate of this country. if Trump wins we will still have a ch... more »
The wheel of ideology revisited
I plan to argue that libertarianism is likely to shift from being a right wing ideology to a centrist ideology. To do so, I’d like to revisit a post I did back in 2011, which proposed a three part ideological framework. The post was a bit half-baked, so I hope to improve it here by […] The post The wheel of ideology revisited appeared first on Econlib.
It's official; If Trump said the sky was blue Democrats would condemn him for being racist
Trump has pulled off what Obama couldn't; a peace deal between Israel and an Arab state, the UAE. That's good because peace is good right? And one less country trying to renew Hitler's genocide against Jews is good to right? It must be good because Joe Biden is trying to say Trump was only building on what Obama did. That's not true but clearly he thinks that it's good otherwise he wouldn't be trying to get credit for it. But the #FakeNews media and Democrats in general are either ignoring the deal or dumping on Trump. So it's clear no matter what Trump does or what he says the ... more »
Protesters call for removal of NSCAD board, reinstatement of fired president
Dozens of people gathered in Granville Mall on Thursday to call for the removal of NSCAD’s board of governors and the reinstatement of its former president. Former NSCAD president Dr. Aoife Mac Namara was fired without a publicly-stated reason (“personnel matters”) in late June after less than a year in the role. In that short […]
Coronavirus: Why Health Care Should Shift Focus From Treatment to Prevention
*Kaitlyn Kuryk* *Health, Canada* Instead of returning to “normal” after the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada should adopt a health-care system that focuses on prevention and the social determinants of health. COVID-19 has placed a spotlight on the inequities of Canada’s current “curative” health-care system and the problems associated with viewing health policy in isolation from social factors. Post-COVID, we should not “go back to normal.” Instead, we should push for a health-care system that values prevention and acknowledges that all policy is health policy. We need to ensure that ... more »
Why America's YB-49 'Stealth' Bomber Shouldn't Be Forgotten
*Robert Farley* *Security, Americas* Advocates of the YB-49 long nursed the belief that the Air Force had deliberately sabotaged the program in preference for the B-36 and other, later bombers. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The B-2 Spirit, while utilizing radically different technology, bears a strong visual resemblance to its distant cousin. Indeed, the two aircraft share exactly the same wingspan. Northrop adopted the flying wing shape for the B-2 because it offers the advantage of a low radar cross-section. As the United States approached World War II, it enjoyed the l... more »
What Will Happen if the Coronavirus Vaccine Fails?
*Sarah Pitt* *Coronavirus, World* [image: Reuters] A vaccine could provide a way to end the pandemic, but with no prospect of natural herd immunity we could well be facing the threat of COVID-19 for a long time to come. There are over 175 COVID-19 vaccines in development. Almost all government strategies for dealing with the coronavirus pandemic are based on the idea that one of these vaccine candidates will eventually provide widespread protection against the virus and enable us all to return to our normal lives. But there’s no guarantee that this will happen. Even in the most ... more »
The Forgotten Story of How Nazi Germany (Once) Went to War With Japan
*Kevin Knodell* *History, World* German soldiers found themselves at war in Asia in the 1930s. *Key Point*: To Hitler, the Japanese would prove themselves superior to the Chinese. Most people who stayed awake for at least half of their high school history class knows that the Axis Powers in World War II consisted of Germany, Italy and Japan. But few know that German tactics and weapons—not to mention some actual Germans—helped the Chinese Nationalists stall Imperial Japan’s conquest of China. For about a decade, German soldiers advised Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek in his camp... more »
Could This Be Russia's New PAK DA Stealth Bomber?
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Eurasia* Russia has reportedly begun construction of its next-generation PAK DA stealth bomber as part of an apparent strategic effort to usher in a new era of stealth bombing technology. Moscow hopes to get ahead of the U.S. Air Force’s emerging B-21 stealth bomber and China’s H-20 strategic bomber. *Key Point*: Much of the bomber's actual technical sophistication remains a mystery. Russia has reportedly begun construction of its next-generation PAK DA stealth bomber as part of an apparent strategic effort to usher in a new era of stealth bombing techno... more »
Pearl Harbor Went Badly For America, But The USS West Virginia's Crew Had It Worst Of All
*Warfare History Network* *Security, Americas* In the aftermath of the attack frantic efforts were made to save survivors trapped below decks on the sunken and damaged ships. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *Sentry duty aboard the half-sunken wreck of their former home was a sad time for them. During the quiets times some sailors reported hearing tapping noises coming from below decks. They believed the noise came from trapped crew members signaling desperately for help. There were some 70 men missing from the ship’s complement. Their officers told them it was only the sound o... more »
Environment Minister Lies About Climate Change’s Impact on Cambodia
By H. Sterling Burnett An article in the Khmer Times, “Climate change is seriously impacting Cambodia, says ministry,” found with my daily Google search of the term ‘climate change,’ quotes a spokesman for the country’s Environment Ministry, Neth Pheaktra, saying, “Between 1996 and 2020, Cambodia witnessed 3,681 floods, 1,375 droughts and 1,917 hurricanes, all of […] The post Environment Minister Lies About Climate Change’s Impact on Cambodia appeared first on Climate Realism.
Land Banking: red tape and a dearth of housing supply are a myth
[image: Land banking - high house prices] Developers limit construction in all sorts of ways to maximise profits – from building in stages to reducing the number of properties for sale to letting planning approvals lapse and then reapplying at a higher density. We need to stop buying into the myth that red tape causes high house prices.
Fred Meyer Stores recall cheese dips over possible Salmonella contamination
Fred Meyer Stores is recalling cheese dips sold in our delis because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. On July 31, the company was notified by supplier Onions 52... Continue Reading
Economics 101
There is a popular view that giving people cash handouts, which is supposed to be spent on buying stuff, will kick-start an economy. Sort of right but the Keynesians and Marxists have it quite back to front. It’s when the … Continue reading →
Electric Trees
The following very short video of a lightning bolt from blue sky short-circuiting a mature tree was posted on FB. In electric earth theory the Earth is continuously emitting energy to the solar plasma and lightning bolts are visible transient … Continue reading →
Gotham City Digest
(Fore... tee six.) ------------------------------ Your Brad o' the day. ------------------------------ Thank God Alyssa Milano made this video about the toll coronavirus has taken on her body. Hopefully, this will reach plenty of people who have deluded themselves into thinking this pandemic is a hoax. ------------------------------ With 2020 shaping up the way it is, we need more laughs like this DJ dunking on right wing nutter Ben Shapiro. ------------------------------ "C'mon, Dad. Time for you to go down for a time out." ------------------------------ This... more »
Badly Handled School Reopenings Are Absolutely Deadly-- Wave II Starting Overseas?
Leana Wen, who formerly served as Baltimore’s health commissioner and is now teaching emergency medicine at George Washington University, wrote an OpEd for the *Washington Post* Tuesday, Stop justifying school reopening based on false statements. Wen is furious that "people"-- meaning Trump and his sycophantic supporters like governors Brian Kemp (GA), Ron DeSantis (FL), Kevin Stitt (OK), Greg Abbott (TX), Doug Ducey (AZ), Mike Parson (MO), Bill Lee (TN), Chris Sununu (NH), Kristi Noem (SD), Kay Ivey (AL), Pete Ricketts (NE), Henry McMaster (SC) and Kim Reynolds (IA)-- keep saying ... more »
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