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Will White Americans Finally Support an End to Systemic Racism?
*Candis Watts Smith* *Society, Americas* There was little systemic change in response to demands by Black Lives Matter activists in 2014. The first wave of the Black Lives Matter movement, which crested after the 2014 police killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, had the support of less than half of white Americans. Given that Americans tend to have a very narrow definition of racism, many at that time were likely confused by the juxtaposition of Black-led protests, implying that racism was persistent, alongside the presence of a Black family in the White House. Barack Obama’s pr... more »
How Are China and Pakistan Increasing India’s Kashmir Woes?
*Syed Ali Zia Jaffery* *Security, Asia* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2019%3Anewsml_RC16A3F72240&share=true] China has continued to iterate the value Pakistan has in Chinese foreign policy. A year after India revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, a portion that Pakistan’s new political map describes as “Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & Kashmir,” tensions seem to be rising between the two countries, with both capitals exchanging fire on the Line of Control (LoC) and harsh words on the diplomatic front. In a speech marking the first ... more »
Midnight Meme Of The Day!
*by Noah* Now they need that money in order to have the post office work so it can take all of these millions and millions of ballots... Now, if we don't make a deal, that means they don't get the money. That means they can't have universal mail-in voting. They just can't have it. Your guess: Is the above quote from Joseph Stalin or Donald Trump? (Answer below) Sure, the Repugs will tell you that mail-in voting is bad, bad, evil. Even the ones that vote by mail themselves will tell you that. Especially them! They'll scream it from the rooftops. They're on TV 24 hours a day now, ... more »
Local News Station Investigation Found That Several Labs in Florida Reported Only Positive COVID-19 Tests
The coronavirus situation has led to many questions nationwide about the best approaches to public health, and many local, state and national officials have chosen to focus on coronavirus tests as the gold standard for keeping things under control. Testing stations can be found across the United States, from small towns to larger cities, as governments seek to find out the overall numbers of cases for several different purposes. While testing has become a key focus for political leaders and medical facilities everywhere, a series of events in Florida has called into question many... more »
Australian Daily Wind Power Generation Data – Friday 14th 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 […]
Mongo Wept: HBO Max Puts Race Disclaimer On ‘Blazing Saddles’
By Matt Philbin ~ “You’ve got to remember that these are just simple GenYs. These are people of the internet. The common clay of the new Woke. You know … morons.” Is that quote: a) A bastardization of one of the dozens (hundreds?) of funny lines in Blazing Saddles? b) An HBO Max executive arguing […]
Kamala Harris Bad Climate Cop
By Craig Rucker ~ As Attorney General of California, Kamala Harris misused her authority to attack the First Amendment rights of climate skeptics and other “deplorables.” In the waning days of the Obama Administration, radicals devised plans to launch a climate inquisition against nonprofit organizations, such as CFACT, that use facts to correct the the […]
Be As A Feather In The Wind - A Quotation by M.N. Hopkins
*Be as a feather in the wind and glide gently down to Earth from our Heavenly Realm from which we have come. We meet where Heaven and Earth meet to see the possibilities. Let not fear be your guide, for it is a way that has led Mankind and it's communities down a road of destruction and ruin.* *©** M.N. Hopkins* *To read more of my poems & quotations, please click on the link below:* *Poems & Quotations by M.N. Hopkins* *or visit:* *Pinterest*
Daisy Chain
Kevin Clinesmith, FBI Attorney Kevin Clinesmith, 38, plead guilty to altering an email from the CIA that investigators used to seek a wiretap on Carter Page. He falsified evidence. In and of itself, it means very little except that Clinesmith will need to find an occupation other than the law. He may do a little time. […] The post Daisy Chain appeared first on Virtual Mirage.
Operation Moked: How Israel Won Air Superiority Against Egypt, Syria, And Jordan In 6 Hours
*Michael Peck* *Security, Middle East* Operation Moked stands out for its meticulous preparation and split-second timing. *Here's What You need To Remember: *Six hours or so after the first IAF aircraft had soared into the morning sky, Israel had won the Six-Day War. Not that the tank crews and paratroopers on the ground wouldn’t face some hard fighting in the Sinai, the Golan and Jerusalem. At 7:10 a.m. Israeli time, sixteen Israeli Air Force Fouga Magister training jets took off and pretended to be what they were not. Flying routine flight paths and using routine radio frequen... more »
Yes, American Do Want More Domestically-Produced PPE
*Lucas Knight, Andi Dahmer, Timothy S. Rich* *Public Health, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC2F6I9QL32L&share=true] Here's what the poll numbers say. The public health crisis presented by coronavirus has exacted a heavy toll globally in lives and economic damage. The United States alone accounts for over 5 million cases and 160,000 deaths, losses made more acute through the inability of medical equipment supply chains of personal protective equipment (PPE) to meet demand. While PPE stockpiles increased following the ini... more »
China Will Soon Have Its Own Z Machine to Test Mock Nuclear Explosions
*Michael Peck* *Technology, Asia* [image: https://www.sandia.gov/media/images/jpg/Z02.jpg] America already has one, but Beijing wants theirs to be even bigger. *Key Point: *These kind of machines allow research and susitanment of nuclear weapons without actually using a real one. This means each side can be safely assured their stockpiles will work if deterrence fails. Welcome to the newest U.S.-China arms race: giant machines that test nuclear weapons.China is building a device that’s equivalent to America’s Z Machine, a device that reproduces the conditions of a nuclear bomb – ... more »
Speedboats: The Backbone of Iran's Naval Strategy
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * [image: Reuters] Interest in GEV appears to be experiencing a renaissance, with both China and Russia also considering new GEV designs. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The little vehicles probably aren’t intended to strike the enemy directly, but instead would enable Iran’s asymmetric naval strategy to shut down the Strait of Hormuz in the event of a new conflict in the Persian Gulf. *In October 2016, an article by the Tasnim news agency reported that an Iranian company showcased the first-ever unmanned GEV vehicle ever in an exhibition, thoug... more »
FSA: Tech is useful but cannot replace physical inspection
Remote food safety assessments are useful but cannot replace a physical inspection, according to the Food Standards Agency. Virtual food hygiene inspections are being used in the United Kingdom but local authorities cannot give a business a food hygiene rating based only on a digital overview. Michael Jackson, head of the FSA’s Regulatory Compliance Division,... Continue Reading
Brazil responds to Coronavirus positive chicken claims
A government agency, industry association and the affected company in Brazil have responded to Chinese claims that a chicken wing sample has tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19. Health authorities in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, noted the detection of coronavirus nucleic acid on the surface of a frozen chicken wing sample from a batch... Continue Reading
A proof of string theory
For a few decades, competent researchers of fundamental physicists have "almost known" that any consistent theory of quantum gravity has to be string theory. For a long time, the evidence supporting this statement has been somewhat incomplete, somewhat circumstantial, somewhat built on fuzzy aesthetic criteria, and on the elimination of some imaginable, increasingly large classes of conceivable alternatives (which were never quite "all possible alternatives"). In recent years, however, a more systematic or more axiomatic analysis of the concepts and patterns has made many things cle... more »
Israeli Air Force launches heavyattack over Gaza
[image: Israeli Air Force launches heavyattack over Gaza] BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:00 A.M.) – On Friday evening, the Israeli Air Force launched raids over the Gaza Strip, claiming their strikes were in response to Hamas’ launching of incendiary balloons at Israel. The Israeli strikes targeted a number of sites overnight, including the Beit Lahiya area in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. The Israeli Air Force would also target the port west of Khan Younis, as they fired a number of missiles toward this coastal area. Continue reading Israeli Air Force launches heavyattack over Gaza at A... more »
The Daily Brief 2020-08-14
[image: The Daily Brief 2020-08-14] This is a summary of *17* AMN articles on the following subjects: *Israel, Lebanon, Palestine, UAE, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Greece, Mediterranean, Turkey, Iran, US, Mossad, Netanyahu, Greatsyria, Iraq, Syria, Deir_Ezzor, Hasakah, Hezbollah, Lithuania, Erdogan, Assad, Pompeo, Trump, Daraa, Venezuela, France, Ansarallah, Saudi, Yemen*. Categories covered in this brief: Lebanon, Middleeast, World-News, Turkey, Iran, Gulf, Palestine, Iraq, Syria, Yemen Let us know how you like this brief in the comments below. Continue reading The Daily Brief 20... more »
Putin Sees US & Iran Headed Toward War – Proposes Urgent World Summit To Stop It
Putin Sees US & Iran Headed Toward War – Proposes Urgent World Summit To Stop It by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ Russia thinks war between the US and Iran is on the horizon, and is proposing steps to stop it: – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday proposed a video summit with the United States, Britain, …
Silver’s Wild Week Ends With $26.50 Silver Price
Arcadia Economics Silver’s Wild Week Ends With $26.50 #Silver Price In the past month, the #silverprice has gone from $18 to $29, then back down to $25, then up to $27, before closing slightly lower at $26.50. What to make of it all? Click to watch the video to find out! end
Sweden Hits COVID-19 “Triple Whammy”: No Lockdowns, Low Deaths & Minimal Economic Damage
Sweden Hits COVID-19 “Triple Whammy”: No Lockdowns, Low Deaths & Minimal Economic Damage by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ Perhaps the biggest example of the Western media’s inherent biases surrounding its coverage of Sweden’s approach to tackling COVID-19. Plenty of media outlets decried the country’s “massive” fatality rate compared to its lockdown-favoring neighbors, but failed to add …
640 European Doctors Gather to Discuss the Overreaction to COVID and How It’s Damaging Society
640 European Doctors Gather to Discuss the Overreaction to COVID and How It’s Damaging Society by Joe Hoft, https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/ Now European doctors gather to ask how did we get here with COVID. On July 27, 2020, a group of frontline doctors in the US held a gathering in Washington D.C. where they expressed their concerns …
Kushner Says Israel-Saudi Arabia Normalization is an ‘Inevitability’
Kushner Says Israel-Saudi Arabia Normalization is an ‘Inevitability’ by https://www.timesofisrael.com/ Following landmark deal with UAE, US president’s son-in-law and adviser says Jerusalem and Riyadh will ‘do great things together,’ despite silence from Saudis on accord – US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner said on Friday that normalized ties between Israel and …
United States And Britain Worried Russia’s Vaccine Will End Pandemic
For the record: I am Anti-Vaccine. United States And Britain Worried Russia’s Vaccine Will End Pandemic by http://www.battleforworld.com/ BATTLE FOR WORLD | August 12, 2020: It now appears that the United States, Britain and allies want to get the most out of surveillance and authoritarian transformation of countries as the coronavirus pandemic runs its course. This …
Massive Surge In U.S. Gold Imports Signals BIG TROUBLE Ahead For The Financial System
Massive Surge In U.S. Gold Imports Signals BIG TROUBLE Ahead For The Financial System by Steve St Angelo of SRSrocco Report The U.S. imported a record amount of gold bullion in April during the global contagion and shutdown of many economies. The United States imported more gold in April than it did during all of last year. …
Report: Israel Tried to Expel 60,000 Palestinians to Uruguay
Report: Israel Tried to Expel 60,000 Palestinians to Uruguay by https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/ Israel tried to expel 60,000 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Uruguay after reaching understandings with the government of the South American state in 1969, Israeli Public Broadcaster (Kan) has revealed. – According to Al-Hadath news website, Kan said that the late Israeli Prime Minister Levi …
Gold Prices Show There’s a “Big Short” Going on in Official Currencies
Gold Prices Show There’s a “Big Short” Going on in Official Currencies by Thorsten Polleit, https://mises.org/ On August 4, 2020, the price of gold surpassed $2,000 per ounce, currently trading around an all-time high of $2,050 per ounce. While one may say that the price of gold is on the rise, it would actually be …
WATCH: World’s Elite Discuss The Davos Plan To Capitalize On Coronavirus And Roll Out The NWO
WATCH: World’s Elite Discuss The Davos Plan To Capitalize On Coronavirus And Roll Out The NWO by Isaac Davis, Staff Writer, Waking Times People around the globe are waking up the realization that we will never be going back to what we used to think of as normal. Now that businesses have been closed and …
In China, Fears of Financial Iron Curtain as U.S. Tensions Rise
In China, Fears of Financial Iron Curtain as U.S. Tensions Rise by Samuel Shen, Winni Zhou, Kevin Yao, https://www.reuters.com/ SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – A sharp escalation in tensions with the United States has stoked fears in China of a deepening financial war that could result in it being shut out of the global dollar system – a devastating …
Oregon State Police Withdraw from Portland as DA Declines to Prosecute Rioters & Looters Arrested During Protests
Oregon State Police Withdraw from Portland as DA Declines to Prosecute Rioters & Looters Arrested During Protests by https://www.rt.com/ Oregon state troopers have pulled out of Portland, leaving local police to handle ongoing protests in the city soon after the county district attorney said he would not prosecute most of those apprehended amid the unrest. …
Defiance! 6,000 Attend ‘Illegal’ California Church Service
RonPaulLibertyReport A California mega-church has refused to buckle under the tyrannical governor’s orders to limit attendance to 100 people. On Sunday, between 6-7,000 worshipers showed up and attended services. Also today: Florida sheriff says ‘no masks!” A post-apocalyptic UK conference. Epidemic versus ‘case-demic.’ And a new MIT article suggests community immunity is preventing coronavirus spread …
Selling During Hyperinflation? Q&A With Lynette Zang And Eric Griffin
ITM TRADING, INC. Links to slides and sources: https://www.itmtrading.com/blog/cup-f… Viewer Submitted Questions: George W: In a hyper-inflation situation, how will you be able to see a cup formation in charts if everything is valued in dollars and appearing to go straight up? Would charts have to be converted into something stable such as value in …
Trump’s Treasury Secretary BEGS For Coins Amid Massive Shortage
DAHBOO77 Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin urged his Twitter followers on Tuesday to swap out their spare coins for cash at banks amid a continuing nationwide coin shortage that appears to be worsening. There’s currently a shortage of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters caused by the coronavirus pandemic, which led the Federal Reserve to start rationing …
Treasury Market Pointing Signs of Stress in the Financial System
maneco64 Today I will look a little close at the bond markets with a focus on U.S. Treasurys as they are the benchmark for all other bond markets. My conclusion for the day is that the Central Banks will probably accelerate they asset purchases or money printing as yields are starting to pick up again. …
Lock-ups and Shake-downs
*Opinion Piece* *Viv Forbes* *Pls feel free to publish and pass on* *Australian Climate Sceptics Blog* *14 August 2020* *Lock-ups and Shake-downs* *To download this article with cartoons click:* *https://saltbushclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/covid-sea.pdf* Politicians have given Australia an impossible task - fight a COVID Lock-up while also enduring a Green Energy Shake-down. A COVID Depression is already locked in. Recovery dictates that we must reverse the lockdown and also rid our weakened economy of the Green parasites forever sucking our energy. Australia seems t... more »
YOUR SATURDAY CARTOONS: JOE & KAMALA: AUGUST 15, 2020
Another week of 2020 gone by with no sign of improvement. They are already pushing the hysteria for the next lockdown planned most likely once the schools are taking in students. Watch this linked video to understand the significance of the children returning to school. This banned video has only served to verify my deepest fears. Watch this at another time but watch it. I am so very excited; found a pool 8 k away that is now open for classes. Classes are not really my thing but if that is the only way to get into the pool for a limited (!) time, I will take them. Very expensive ... more »
August 15th – 2020 Presidential Politics – Trump Administration Day #1304
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 →
Saturday August 15th – 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 →
How to Read History?
History is not meant to be read as a story of the past events; it is meant to be read philosophically, in the sense that it offers perspectives on the rise and fall of cultural and political institutions and on the religious and moral thought which once enabled large groups of people to identify with each other and cooperate for establishing and defending political communities (city-states or nations).
The Latest Round Of Affirmative Action Initiatives Will Be No More Successful Than Prior Rounds
* The current indictment issued by the woke left is that America is “systemically racist.” * I understand the significance of the term to be that ongoing economic underperformance by African Americans must be attributed to fault of members of other races, even if no actual wrongful racist conduct by any individual or group of people can be identified. Instead, since individual wrongdoing can rarely be found, it follows that the racism must somehow have been built into the “system.” Therefore, we are all called upon to change the “system” by becoming “anti-racists.” * So if “anti-rac... more »
How The Media Drives Radical ‘Wokeness’
By Jarrett Stepman ~ “Fake news” isn’t the only media problem in 2020. An important analysis in media trends of the past decade shows how activist journalism is promoting radical racial “wokeness.” There was a time when the woke ideology was firmly ensconced in the ivory tower and limited to radical corners of our university […]
Russia's New S-350 Air Defense System Could See Combat in Crimea and Syria
*Mark Episkopos* *Security, Europe* [image: S-350E Vityaz. Wikimedia/Vitaly Kuzmin. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.] And South Korea helped develop it. Russia’s Ministry of Defense revealed in late December of 2018 that Russian Aerospace Forces would begin taking delivery of the S-350 Vityaz short-mid range surface-to-air missile defense system by 2019. The statement also announced the deployment of a dozen Pantsir-S and S-400 Triumf air defense complexes in the same year. The Russian military has long planned to replace their aging S-300 sho... more »
A News Reporter Almost Revealed That The U.S. Navy Broke Japan's World War II Secret Codes
*Warfare History Network* *Security, Asia* And America's decisive World War II advantage was almost lost. *Here's What You need To Remember: *The ability to continue to read Japanese messages since several enemy codes had been broken was crucial to victory, and Johnston almost gave that secret away. He filed a story on the victory at Midway with the Chicago Tribune. It was picked up by the San Francisco Chronicle and run on its front page. Stanley Johnston, a reporter for the Chicago Tribune accredited to the Navy as a correspondent, had made two forays into the South Pacific abo... more »
Fire! Western Tanks Are Evolving In 5 Novel Ways
*Charlie Gao* *Security, * The future of armored warfare is now. *Here's What You need To Remember: *Tanks could also gain the ability to see through anti-IR smoke with APS. Since almost all APS rely on radar to detect incoming projectiles, the latest APS use the most modern radars, including special AESA radars. Due to the flexibility of AESA, said radars could be used to search for and track other tanks. After a decade of relative stagnation, Western tanks are finally evolving again. A myriad of features, both new and revived from Cold War tank programs, are now being consider... more »
Could a President Joe Biden Face a 'Triple' North Korea Crisis?
*Peter Jennings* *Politics, * From the author: Joe Biden may well find himself dealing with a North Korean triple crisis of an unsure dynastic succession happening during a viral outbreak and escalating nuclear confrontation. There is no easy transition to government plan for that. North Korea presents a potential Biden administration with some deeply complicated problems and, quite likely, a crisis to manage soon after the presidential poll in November. No one would be surprised if Kim Jong-un attempted to generate a crisis during the presidential transition period as a way of... more »
This Racist Political Cartoon of Kamala Harris Appeared in Australia
*Janak Rogers* *Politics, * The Australian today, in which US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is depicted calling his vice-presidential running mate Kamala Harris a “little brown girl”, has drawn widespread condemnation. A Johannes Leak cartoon published in The Australian today, in which US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is depicted calling his vice-presidential running mate Kamala Harris a “little brown girl”, has drawn widespread condemnation. Several Australian politicians, including former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, have described the cartoon as rac... more »
Think You Know Who Trump Is? Michael Cohen Thinks There's A Lot More You Need To Know: Disloyal, The Book
After Michael Cohen announced people could read the foreward of his new, apparently self-published book, *Disloyal*, online, the website was so overwhelmed with requests for access that it crashed-- and stayed crashed. Maybe it's back up now. Give it a try. (All the bolded words and phrases are Cohen's. I picked the art and videos for your edification.) I finally got the page to open. If you didn't, please enjoy: *The President of the United States wanted me dead.* *Or, let me say it the way Donald Trump would:* He wouldn’t mind if I was dead. That was how Trump talked. Like a... more »
Don’t Forgive Bastards: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
“Forgiveness” is a concept that is constantly exploited by manipulative abusers. If anything our world suffers from an overabundance of forgiveness: toward murderous power structures, toward lying news media, toward rapacious oligarchs and cronyistic politicians. Don’t forgive them. I’m distrustful of anyone who prattles on […]
New York City Cancels This Year's 9/11 Tribute
*Summit News:* *911 NYC Tribute Canceled Over COVID Concerns Despite De Blasio Allowing BLM Mural Without a Permit* One rule for them… The iconic memorial display in NYC that features two beams of light to honor the victims of 9/11 has been canceled over coronavirus concerns just weeks after Mayor Bill de Blasio allowed a Black Lives Matter mural to be painted outside Trump Tower. The “Tribute in Light beam won’t shine for the first time in 18 years because health risks posed to the large crew required to oversee it “were far too great,” according to the 9/11 Memorial and Museum.... more »
“Warren Buffet Buys Gold; Consumer On Verge Of Collapse; Brace For Financial Impact; Stimulus”
Jeremiah Babe, *“Warren Buffet Buys Gold; Consumer On Verge Of Collapse; * *Brace For Financial Impact; Stimulus”* *○* *Related:* *"The Unraveling of America"* "Anthropologist Wade Davis on how COVID-19 signals the end of the American era."
The Reason We Publish
It’s a warm, Summer Friday night. My two adult daughters just had a rare argument. Over a young man? No. Over the latest outfit? No. Over who will use the car tomorrow? No. Over a Kindle Fire tablet for Kids,... more »
Russian President Putin Sees The U.S. & Iran Headed Toward War
*Zero Hedge:* *Putin Sees US & Iran Headed Toward War - Proposes Urgent World Summit To Stop It* Russia thinks war between the US and Iran is on the horizon, and is proposing steps to stop it: * Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday proposed a video summit with the United States, Britain, France, China, Germany and Iran in a bid to avoid “confrontation and escalation” at the United Nations, where Washington is trying to extend an arms embargo on Tehran, reports Reuters.* But it's hard to know what could be done at this point. Not only did the Trump administration void the 201... more »
Deadly rainbow: Will 5G precipitate the extinction of all life on Earth?
Originally posted on Smart Meter News: Deadly rainbow: Will 5G precipitate the extinction of all life on Earth? ‘You cannot contaminate the global electrical circuit with millions of pulsed, modulated electronic signals without destroying all of life.’ By Robert J. Burrowes – July 7, 2020 995 SOURCENationofChange Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter Become a…
What Are the Truly Verifiable Facts Surrounding COVID-19?
Originally posted on Counter Information: By David Skripac Global Research, August 14, 2020 “Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” Those words, uttered by two-time Nobel Prize-winning chemist and physicist Marie Curie, are as relevant today as they…
The Beirut Explosion Highlights Hezbollah’s Malevolence
*Lawrence J. Haas* *Economics, Middle East* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC2Z6I98VQWE&share=true] That Hezbollah wields so much power in Beirut is partly a function of Lebanon’s governing structure and partly of its own designs. We may never know exactly why a huge stockpile of ammonium nitrate sat dangerously at Beirut’s port for years, but the explosion that killed nearly 200, injured thousands, and left 300,000 homeless highlights the malignant influence of Hezbollah within a dysfunctional government and across Lebanese socie... more »
Israel Might Just Have the Best F-35s Ever to Fly
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Middle East* [image: An Israeli Air Force F-35 fighter jet flies during an aerial demonstration at a graduation ceremony for Israeli Air Force pilots at the Hatzerim air base in southern Israel, December 27, 2017. REUTERS/Amir Cohen] A sustained air campaign traversing foreign airspace would be more difficult to execute than a one-time raid. However, the F-35 has a greater combat radius than most fourth-generation jets. *Here's What You Need To Remember:* The F-35 wasn't the first foreign fighter Israel modified for its purposes. The country used sp... more »
Musical Interlude: Two Steps From Hell, “Evergreen Extended”
Two Steps From Hell, “Evergreen Extended” Play with the music... relax, take a few deep breaths and close your eyes. Let the music conjure whatever images and emotions it does, and enjoy...
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Andromeda is the nearest major galaxy to our own Milky Way Galaxy. Our Galaxy is thought to look much like Andromeda. Together these two galaxies dominate the Local Group of galaxies. The diffuse light from Andromeda is caused by the hundreds of billions of stars that compose it. The several distinct stars that surround Andromeda's image are actually stars in our Galaxy that are well in front of the background object. *Click for larger, desktop sized, image.* Andromeda is frequently referred to as M31 since it is the 31st object on Messier's list of diffuse sky objects. M31 is so di... more »
Gutless Wonders: when will politicians demonstrate the accountability they foist on the rest of us?
[image: Politician accountability] From Robodebt to Ruby Princess, politicians are past masters at ducking responsibility, though busy prosecuting their perceived foes. Will they stop at nothing to avoid being accountable, asks Elizabeth Minter. Taxpayers are on the hook for $3 million in court costs fighting whistleblowers, and threatened High Court action to stop a federal employee giving evidence to the Ruby Princess Inquiry. All the while, in the absence of a federal anti-corruption commission, the political scandals unfold, and pass without consequence.
First-of-its-Kind Study Finds Glyphosate Levels in the Body Plummet After Just One Week of Eating Organic
The chemical glyphosate has been hotly debated for decades as to whether it is actually as safe as governmental organizations say it is, especially considering it’s the most widely-used herbicide in the world. Despite its popularity and government safety approvals across the world, glyphosate was deemed a “probable human carcinogen” by the top cancer research body of the World Health Organization, the IARC, in spring 2015. The chemical was also said by over 100,000 people to have caused their cancer in a lawsuit that was settled out of court by Bayer (formerly Monsanto) for near... more »
Friday Evening Links
Assorted content to end your week. - Sara Mojtehedzadeh reports on the severe uncertainty facing far too many as the CERB is set to wind down with nothing but vaporware to replace it. - John Paul Tasker reports on the Libs' slow response to the obvious lack of personal protective equipment at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. And Rachel Treisman reports on the recognition by CDC director Robert Redfield that this could easily be the U.S.' worst fall ever for public health. - Andre Picard discusses the need for clear guidelines to ensure both that children are as safe as possible ... more »
Rise Of The M-60 Machine Gun: Vietnam Taught The U.S. Military That Rate Of Fire Matters
*Robert Beckhusen* *Security, * Perhaps no other firearm is so closely associated with the Vietnam War — or pop culture spin-offs — as the M-60 general purpose machine gun. *Here's What You need To Remember: *Prior to World War II, U.S. military training emphasized marksmanship over rate of fire. But experiences during the war proved that most combat takes place at relatively short ranges — where throwing out a lot of bullets matters more. Perhaps no other firearm is so closely associated with the Vietnam War — or pop culture spin-offs — as the M-60 general purpose machine gun. ... more »
Are Greece and Turkey on a Path To War?
*Peter Suciu* *Security, * It has been nearly a century since the last time Greece and Turkey took part in a full-scale war with one another. It was forty-six years ago this summer that the two nations came to blows during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus that resulted in the partition of the island country in the Eastern Mediterranean. And tensions are building all over again. It has been nearly a century since the last time Greece and Turkey took part in a full-scale war with one another. It was forty-six years ago this summer that the two nations came to blows during the Turkish... more »
The Next U.S. Administration Should Start Rebuilding the Transatlantic Alliance With the UK
*Azeem Ibrahim* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2019%3Anewsml_RC1E25653180&share=true] The American-led Western alliance is in a perilous state after four years of President Donald Trump’s inattention. The American-led Western alliance is in a perilous state after four years of President Donald Trump’s inattention. Throughout this period, and for the foreseeable future as things stand on the geopolitical chess board, the UK remains America’s most steadfast and most natural ally. It is only logical that efforts to rebuild the... more »
Could U.S. B-2 Stealth Bombers Take on Chinese Air Defenses?
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Asia* U.S. Air Force B-2 stealth bombers may soon be conducting fly-over missions, combat preparation drills and interoperability exercises near the Indian-Chinese border in coming days, raising interesting questions about the extent to which current variants of the 30-year old bomber could elude Chinese air defenses. U.S. Air Force B-2 stealth bombers may soon be conducting fly-over missions, combat preparation drills and interoperability exercises near the Indian-Chinese border in coming days, raising interesting questions about the extent to which cur... more »
China's H-6K Bomber Can Now Drop The "Mother Of All Bombs"
*David Axe* *Security, Asia* It seems China now possesses some kind of very-large, non-nuclear weapon to arm its growing fleet of modern H-6K bombers. *Here's What You need To Remember: *Taiwan's military plans to hide troops, vehicles and warplanes inside caves and tunnels during the opening phases of any Chinese assault on the island country. H-6Ks dropping powerful thermobaric or fuel-air explosives could threaten those underground hideouts. The Chinese air force reportedly tested last year a huge new bomb similar to the U.S. Air Force's own Massive Ordnance Air Blast munitio... more »
The 2009 Swine Flu Scam: Murderous Anthony Fauci Betrays Public Trust Again
I take you back to the summer of 2009, when the CDC and the World Health Organization were hyping the “deadly H1N1 Swine Flu pandemic.” They were, of course, also urging people to take the new Swine Flu vaccine. On that subject, here is an excerpt from Robert Kennedy Jr.’s Children’s Health Defense (3/27/20): "For example, [Dr. Anthony] Fauci once shilled for the fast-tracked H1N1 influenza (‘swine flu’) vaccine on YouTube, reassuring viewers in 2009 that serious adverse events were ‘very, very, very rare.’ Shortly thereafter, the vaccine went on to wreak havoc in multiple countrie... more »
It was a DEBATE !
Short video – Does this mean it’s acceptable to lie during debates and lie to journalists? ____________ Dem VP pick implies she was lying during the debate, and that it is OK for her to lie during debates. It also implies that you can’t trust anything she tells journalists You may not think this post ... Read more It was a DEBATE ! The post It was a DEBATE ! appeared first on Ice Age Now.
Cyclospora cases from bagged salad mix continue on the upswing
The outbreak of parasitic infections linked to Fresh Express bagged salad mix has grown by 49 new laboratory-confirmed cases of Cyclospora, upping the total to 690 people, up from 641. The latest report is current as of Aug. 12, 2020, and it updates the previous report of July 24, 2020. Laboratory-confirmed Cyclospora infections associated with this outbreak... Continue Reading
BLM Is Going After White Gentrifiers Now
From Breitbart. Do note that about half of the mostly peaceful protestors are persons of whiteness, especially those hurling complete sentences at residents, and actually using adjectives besides the Left’s four letter word of choice. Karma … Beating on progressives in the tech industry. This would be delicious if it stayed limited to Seattle. But we all know it won’t, especially if Joe and Kamalama Ding Dong win. BLM Activists Storm Neighborhood in Seattle, Demand Residents ‘Get the F*** Out!’ ‘Open Your Purse!’ Black Lives Matter activists stormed a Seattle neighborhood on Thursda... more »
Say It With Me : ‘ Comma-lah’
Slow Joes’ handlers have made his VP pick. In case you weren’t sure how to pronounce it’s her 1st name, I found an instructional video for you…. We must all strive to get this correct people. Tucker Carlson faced a brutal backlash after his mispronunciation this week, with charges of racism and disrespect being lodged at him…. Meanwhile, Biden welcomes their his VP pick on board…. C’mon Man! Be nice. It is Joementia Biden, after all. ~Terry
Medical Doctors Across the U.S. Continue to Expose Murderous Anthony Fauci for Withholding Live-Saving HCQ for COVID
More medical doctors have come forward to expose the continued withholding of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) from COVID patients and Dr. Anthony Fauci's continued propaganda against it, which has led to tens of thousands of deaths in the U.S., and millions worldwide. Two California doctors and a Florida medical doctor who also has a master's degree in public health, have published maybe the most comprehensive response to Dr. Fauci to date, in their "Open Letter" to him. They join thousands of other doctors in the U.S. and around the world who are all saying the same thing: HCQ saves the ... more »
Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 226 – 2020
Originally posted on sunshine hours: South / North ? ?
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