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Attorneys want Ghislaine Maxwell moved to general population (Video)
The Duran Quick Take: Episode 633.
How Billionaires Took Over Liberalism and Destroyed It
Eric Zuesse, originally posted at Strategic Culture They’ve done it via the ‘news’-media — their propaganda-operations. So, this is about how billionaires do that; how they’ve done it. Ever since at least the time of Thucydides in the 5th century BC, the wealthiest have ruled, and did it by conquest and plunder. The acquisition of […]
The Mysterious Giant Mounds of Jerusalem
Assyrian International News Agency - 11 hours ago
Enigmatic mound of stones, Jerusalem. ( Yaniv Berman/IAA)For more than 2,500 years, giant human-made mounds of earth and stone, some as high as a six-story building, have stood in the southwestern suburbs of Jerusalem.
32 inches of snow forecast next ten days Alaska
(81 cm) – Screen shot from windy.com. https://www.windy.com/-New-snow-snowAccu?snowAccu,59.350,-139.373,6,m:fjuacl0 Thanks to Oly for this link The post 32 inches of snow forecast next ten days Alaska appeared first on Ice Age Now.
Please watch my left hand and not my right
“Cuz AOC is the great and powerful Oz.” _________ Please watch my left hand and not my right Benito Lorez The “global warming” farce didn’t work so they pulled the coronavirus routine out to keep the fear going. Anyone notice since 9/11 the leftist fearmongering has been constant? I strongly suspect that COVID-19 has been ... Read more Please watch my left hand and not my right The post Please watch my left hand and not my right appeared first on Ice Age Now.
Protesters Make Noise At Postmaster General’s Home Over Cuts
Protesters filled the streets outside the head of the U.S. Postal Service's home in Northwest Washington, D.C., on Saturday, some carrying signs that read "Don't mess with the USPS" and "Don't stamp out our democracy." The demonstrators blew airhorns and banged pots as a few of them walked to the front door of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's building and pinned fake ballots to his front door, as protesters accused him and the White House of working together to undermine main-in ballots and the election. "Hey hey, Louis DeJoy, the Postal Service is not your toy!" the protesters ch... more »
OMIGOD! MORE BIDEN SUPPORTERS ARE VOTING AGAINST TRUMP THAN ARE VOTING FOR BIDEN!
A new NBC/*Wall Street Journal* poll gives Joe Biden a 9-point lead over Donald Trump, and a 7-point lead in battleground states (Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin). Good news, right? But we're getting the usual warning: In another sign of potential softness in the Democrats’ support, 58% of those who back Mr. Biden say their vote is more in opposition to Mr. Trump than in favor of their chosen candidate. By contrast, those planning to cast a ballot for Mr. Trump are more enthusiastic about th... more »
Holding off
Discussing the BBC’s left-wing bias is mainstream now. It’s a given. I can’t be bothered to reenact the dead parrot sketch, but I’m starting to feel that this blog might cease to be. Its time is up. It needs to be an ex-blog. There’s no future in bringing up examples of bias that a hundred Twits have already Tweeted. However, here is one example of the BBC’s abject double standards. Not that the BBC made much of the news that the UAE is to normalise relations with Israel, but when they did report it, their primary concern was that the ‘holding off” was *only temporary* and the “... more »
Now, Our Real Life Begins - An Insight & Guest Post by KDJH
*Western wise men set their sites on having, and then along the road we stop being. Were hurriedly running around seeking, but know where are we finding. Forces have us cowering, when we see we should be flowering. The buildings are towering, but the water is souring. So stop me if you feel this devouring. I alone see, all our eyes shining. Tears wiped away, our hopes are thriving. Were not to seek and see, were here to love, and be. Glittering stars, reflecting sea. Our souls are back and their not leaving, and trumpets are blown and angels are singing. From above, were found ag... more »
Belarus: Imperialists Run the Same Tired Old Script Day After Day
Whether in Thailand or in Belarus the US uses the same tired template to push regime change and advance its foreign policy, while the Western media covers it up in a tidal wave of lies. Caitlin Johnstone explains. *August 16, 2020* (Caitlin Johnstone - RT) - The Western establishment narrative managers always follow the same patterns. Just like they fixated on Hong Kong protests, while ignoring those in US-aligned France or Israel, now they’re cheering on protests in Belarus. Imperialist pundit and Obama administration Cold Warrior Michael McFaul recently tweeted the following: ... more »
Struggling economy might signal time for cannabis businesses to seek out real estate deals
The COVID-19 crisis and ensuing economic downturn have created opportunities for cannabis companies to finagle deals on real estate belonging to mainstream businesses or marijuana firms that are scaling back or even closing their doors. Struggling economy might signal time for cannabis businesses to seek out real estate deals is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
39 dead or missing after major landslide hits Nepal
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A major landslide hit the district of Sindhupalchok in Nepal early Friday morning (LT), August 14, 2020, leaving at least 39 people dead or missing. Sindhupalchok is about 130 km (81 miles) east of Kathmandu. The district is among the worst-hit areas in the massive...... Read more »
Some Days You Feel Nostalgic and Sad
It was a honor to serve on the Board of the The NEA Foundation. I’m sad and disappointed to term out. We had our final meeting this week via Zoom and honestly I didn’t want to hang up as the board bantered at the end of the call— it was quite emotional for me after serving 7 years on the
Japan Marks The 75th World War II Surrender Anniversary In A Solemn Ceremony
*Japan Times: **Japan marks 75th surrender anniversary in solemn ceremony thinned by pandemic* Japan on Saturday marked the 75th anniversary of its surrender in World War II with a somber ceremony that was scaled back by the COVID-19 pandemic. At the annual government-sponsored event held in Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo, about 540 participants paid tribute to the war dead and prayed for peace. Efforts to reduce infections from the novel coronavirus loomed large over much of the ceremony: Less than a tenth of the total from last year attended, seating was arranged to maintain soci... more »
Rahm Emanuel-- Still Trying To Turn The Democratic Party Into A Vehicle For Big Finance And Neoliberalism
In an OpEd for the *Wall Street Journal* on Saturday, Rahm Emanuel celebrated the idea of "Biden Republicans," basically conservative GOP voters who have had enough of Trump and are eager to vote him out of office by electing Joe Biden who was long bragged about being the most conservative Democrat in the Senate. "This year," he wrote, "Democrats have an opportunity to chisel off a demographic that will come to be known as 'Biden Republicans.' The question is whether Democrats will let these voters migrate back to the GOP after November, or whether our party will become their perm... more »
Oregon State Police to no longer protect federal courthouse at the center of riots
Caitlin McFall Portland DA declines to prosecute riot-related offenses Reaction from Fox News contributor Leslie Marshall and ‘Defender in Chief’ author John Yoo. The Oregon State Police (OSP) will no longer be safeguarding the Mark O. Hatfield federal courthouse, located in downtown Portland, the site of frequent rioting, a police official announced Thursday. “At this … Continue reading Oregon State Police to no longer protect federal courthouse at the center of riots →
Surprising anti-Lukashenko warriors are mainly Covid cowards, the new wave of leftists
An amusing report from the May 9th celebrations of the 1945 victory against Germany. No restrictions were imposed on Belarus! The nation of 4 million still has just some 600 deaths with Covid so far. I am not able to reliably figure out whether Alexander Lukashenko has gotten way over 50% (he says 80%) of votes in the elections. This is the main unknown that makes it hard to make unambiguous conclusions about "absolutely everything". If he improved the results from below 50% to 80%, then it is a huge fraud and he should obviously be removed. I still think that it's wrong for other c... more »
As Thai Protest Grows, Questions about Their Sponsors Grow with Them
Passed off as "spontaneous," media ignores US-backed billionaire-led opposition's vows just months ago to bring mobs into the streets. *August 16, 2020* (Tony Cartalucci - ATN) - The Western media and their partners in Thailand have repeatedly claimed that anti-government protests in Thailand were "organic," "leaderless," and "spontaneous." Today's protest, whether we trust pictures showing less than 5,000, media reports claiming 10,000-12,000 or the "students'" claims of over "20,000" it is obvious the protests are not "organic," "leaderless," or "spontaneous." They never were.... more »
A Week of Good News on Coronavirus Vaccines
*Edmund Haislmaier* *Security, Americas* Here is what is needed next. July ended with three positive developments on the coronavirus vaccine front: -On the 20, the results from a Phase II trial of a vaccine candidate being developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University were published. Researchers found that the vaccine has significant positive effects and “no serious adverse events.” Phase II trials (first in humans) are limited to healthy adults (age eighteen to fifty-five). Based on these favorable findings, that vaccine candidate will next go into Phase III trials, which wil... more »
Trump on Russia’s Controversial Coronavirus Vaccine: “We Hope It Works”
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Health, * On Tuesday, Russia announced that its vaccine, named “Sputnik V,” had been green-lighted by its health regulators, making it the world’s first coronavirus vaccine to be approved. U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that he is hopeful that Russia’s recently approved coronavirus vaccine is effective. “We don’t know much about it. We hope it works, we do, we hope it works,” Trump said during a White House press conference. “They’ve cut off certain trials and we feel it’s just important to go through the process.” Trump was also asked whether he wo... more »
LG’s New BX OLED 4K HDTV: The Reviews Are In...
*Stephen Silver* *Technology, Americas* How does it rank? Is it worth the money? LG’s 55-inch BX OLED 4K TV was released earlier this summer, as an entry-level model of the company’s 2020 line. At launch, the BX line was priced at $1,499 and $2,199, for its 55- and 65-inch models. This month, some reviews have appeared of the LG BX, and they have been very positive. RTINGS gives the BX OLED TV review an 8.7 mixed-usage score, which makes it the fourth highest-rated TV in their overall rankings, and the second-highest among 2020 models, behind LG’s CX OLED TV. In fact, the top f... more »
Trump's Middle East Folly: Arms to the Saudis and How Inspector Generals Get Spun
*Paul R. Pillar* *Politics, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC2LMF9HT0GC&share=true] So much wrongdoing to inspect, so little support from above in inspecting it. So much wrongdoing to inspect, so little support from above in inspecting it. That seems to be the plight of inspectors general throughout the federal government during Donald Trump’s presidency. The most recent newsworthy plight is at the State Department, where Secretary Mike Pompeo has burned through two inspector generals (IGs) during the past three months a... more »
Donald Trump's Coronavirus Tax Relief Plan Could Tank the Economy
*Joseph Antos* *Politics, Americas* [image: U.S. President Donald Trump announces that Israel and the United Arab Emirates have reached a peace deal that will lead to the full normalization of diplomatic relations between the two Middle Eastern nations in an agreement that Trump helped broker, at W] If higher unemployment benefits discourage work, then making Social Security retirement benefits available without work requirements makes matters worse. At his Wednesday press briefing, President Trump said “At the end of the year, on the assumption that I win, I’m going to terminate... more »
How America Assassinated the Mastermind Who Dreamed Up Pearl Harbor
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* [image: By Unknown author - This image is available from the website of the National Diet Library, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2434599] With the Imperial Japanese codes cracked, America was able to shoot down Yamamoto's plane. *Key Point: *Yamamoto was one of Tokyo's finest officers. He may have planned the attack on America, but he actually warned against starting the war. Some sixty-eight years before U.S. special forces killed Osama bin Laden, America conducted an assassination of another kind. *Thi... more »
Here's How Democrats Should Undo Donald Trump's Anti-Trade Policy
*James Bacchus* *Politics, Americas* [image: Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden and vice presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris are seen at the stage during a campaign event, their first joint appearance since Biden named Harris as his running mate, at Alexis] Effective domestic actions to help all Americans make the most of the gains from trade by enhancing American competitiveness in the United States and in global markets are essential. Democrats hope to elect a Democratic president and a Democratic Congress in November. If they succee... more »
North Korea Policy after a Joe Biden Victory – Back to the Old Normal?
*Robert Kelly* *Security, Asia* [image: U.S. Vice President Joe Biden looks through binoculars to see North Korea from Observation Post Ouellette during a tour of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), the military border separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, December 7, 2013. REUTERS/Lee Jin-man/Poo] It is easy to imagine US policy simply snapping back to what it was pre-Trump. Here's why. The most obvious element of the inter-Korean stand-off is its durability. Our human predilection is to look for change, so we often over-hype inter-Korean meetings, skirmishes on the border, North K... more »
Kamala Harris is no moderate and she thinks the President is a king
- Harris supports AOC's Green New Deal which bans beef and plane travel for we the people - Harris said in the presidential debates that she'd ban "assault weapons", ie hunting rifles, by executive order; Biden said that that would be unconstitutional and she laughed at him. - Harris tried to make it a crime to disagree about Climate Science - Harris prosecuted an investigative journalist for going undercover to get a story - Harris wanted to put parents of truant childcare in jail - Harris says Catholics can't be judgesZ - Harris wants to abolish all ... more »
The new peace treaty between UAE and Israel was only possible after Joe Biden left office
Obama and Biden wanted to make Iran the cornerstone of the Middle East. They bribed the mad mullahs who run Iran with billions of dollars, some of it yours, a green light for Iran building a bomb, and by turning a blind eye to Iranian sponsored terrorism. The problem is that Iran has a long history of oppressing its neighbors and its flavor of Islam isn't that held by many of its neighbors. Lately Iran has been either directly attacking it's neighbors--like Iraq and Saudi Arabia--or sponsoring terrorism against Muslims who aren't under Iran's thumb. So pretty much every Arab countr... more »
All mail in voting is bad for elections even if the Democrats don't cheat
Republicans have good reason to suspect that Democrats will try and steal the 2020 election. In Democrat run states Democrats are doing everything they can to make it easy for illegal aliens to vote; in California illegal aliens can register to vote if they tell a computer that they're citizens--it's on the honor code their claim is never checked. Unlike Republicans Democrats have a long and continuous history of voting fraud. In the 1960 election fraud in Texas and Illinois won the presidency for JFK. For 90 years the Democrat machine in Chicago has turned out the dead to vote. ... more »
Gregory Mannarino, "Markets, A Look Ahead, And Into September"
Gregory Mannarino, "Markets, A Look Ahead, And Into September" - https://traderschoice.net/
"How It Really Is"
Inspired by The Statue of Liberty scene in "Planet of the Apes" (1968) "You really did it! You maniacs! You blew it up! God damn you, God damn you all to hell!" Looking around... yeah, we did, in every way possible... ○ “It would indeed be the ultimate tragedy if the history of the human race proved to be nothing more noble than the story of an ape playing with a box of matches on a petrol dump.” - David Ormsby-Gore
"Fukushima Update/Gamma Radiation In America 8/15/20"
*"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”* - Shiva ◆ *Updated 8/16/20: Fukushima Equals 22,278.3 Hiroshima Bombs Today, More Tomorrow; There is No Place On Earth to Escape the Rad: *The 3 melted-through cores of the destroyed reactors, now melted together into a single "corium" totaling over *600 tons*, at Fukushima *daily* release the radioactive equivalent of 6.45 Hiroshima bombs directly into the atmosphere and the Pacific Ocean. As of 8/16/20 - 3,454 days since the disaster began - this equals the detonation of *22,278.3 *Hiroshima atomic bombs and it is still going str... more »
"Raise Positive Vibration - 528Hz Positive Energy, Self-Healing, Healing Miracle Music."
- https://www.youtube.com/ *Spirit Tribe Awakening, * *"Raise Positive Vibration - 528Hz Positive Energy, Self-Healing, Healing Miracle Music."* "Music is tuned to 528Hz and contains the 417Hz Solfeggio frequency. These frequencies have a specific healing effect on your subconscious mind. Peaceful, empowering and soothing music and nature to nurture your mind, body, and soul. Supporting and empowering you on your life journey." Simply beautiful, and effective...
Few bears on the ice off Western Hudson Bay at 14 August but will be onshore soon
Originally posted on polarbearscience: Polar bear biologist Andrew Derocher published a tracking map of his collared polar bear females that shows one bear (out of 11) still on the rapidly diminishing ice north of Churchill in Western Hudson Bay – and where there is a collared female, there is almost certainly other bears doing the…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. - Lori Fox writes that the COVID-19 pandemic reflects a fundamental break with what had been business as usual - making it essential that we both grieve what's behind us, and work on developing what comes next: Things aren’t going to go back to “normal.” There’s no “normal” to go back to. More importantly, this pandemic has kicked open the factory doors of our culture and allowed us to see how the sausage is made: on the backs of the people whose labour, time and bodies we deem to be worth at or around minimum wage, but without which we absolu... more »
The Virus strikes again: The A-Level results fiasco
This education disaster has not been visited on rich and poor alike. The data shows - and clearly - that it is hitting poorer kids above richer, and state school kids more than private. But then, somehow, it always seems to be like that, doesn't it?
The New Normal: “Covert Moral Enhancement” for “coronavirus defectors”
Wearing masks and social distancing are good for public health People who refuse to follow these rules are “defectors” who need to be “morally enhanced” This moral enhancement can be achieved with medication to make people more “empathetic” and “co-operative” This medication should be compulsory and/or administered secretly via the water supply.
Low vitamin D levels may be linked to a higher chance of dying from the coronavirus — here’s how to avoid a deficiency
Low vitamin D levels may be linked to a higher chance of dying from the coronavirus — here’s how to avoid a deficiency | Business Insider India https://www.businessinsider.in/science/news/low-vitamin-d-levels-may-be-linked-to-a-higher-chance-of-dying-from-the-coronavirus-heres-how-to-avoid-a-deficiency/articleshow/77513522.cms?utm_source=FB_paid&utm_medium=Paid_adv&utm_campaign=Monthly_FB
Gene Therapy Drug For Hemophilia May Be Priced As High As $3 Million Per Patient
Gene Therapy Drug For Hemophilia May Be Priced As High As $3 Million Per Patient : Shots – Health News : NPR https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/07/20/800556057/gene-therapy-shows-promise-for-hemophilia-but-could-be-most-expensive-u-s-drug-e
Shadowgate – Full Documentary
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WATCH: Body Cam Shows How Cops Turn Peaceful Protests into Riots by Attacking Them
[image: peaceful]A protest was entirely peaceful before cops doused an innocent woman in the face with pepper spray setting off chaos.
Federal Judge Makes Radical Move to End Qualified Immunity for Bad Cops, Nationally
[image: qualified immunity]A Federal Judge is now challenging the Supreme Court to finally bring Qualified Immunity to an end and stop protecting bad cops.
The Growing Risk of Inadvertent Escalation Between Washington and Beijing
The USS Blue Ridge follows PLA Navy ship CNS Yancheng during a search-and-rescue exercise on Aug. 8, 2014. Photo credit: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kelby Sanders/Released via DVIDS. *Editor’s Note: China is becoming more aggressive in Asia, and the potential for a confrontation with the United States is growing. Kurt Campbell of the Asia Group and Ali Wyne of the Atlantic Council explain the possible logics behind China's behavior and lay out the risk of unwanted escalation.* *Daniel Byman* *** The U.S.-China relationship has reached its lowest po... more »
A Life Well Lived
Richard Gwyn has died. I began reading his reporting as a kid, moved to his biographies of Pierre Trudeau and John A. Macdonald and tuned in regularly when he was on television. He represented the best in Canadian journalism. He gave up a life of privilege in Britain, Francine Kopun writes, to become an ink-stained wretch in Canada: Gwyn was born in Bury St. Edmunds, a town northeast of London, on May 26, 1934. His father was Brigadier Philip Jermy-Gwyn, an Indian army officer, according to Robert Lewis’s book “Power, Prime Ministers and the Press.” Gwyn attended Stonyhurst Colle... more »
Dr Fauci Says Coronavirus Has A Weakness You Can Exploit- And He Stopped You From Exploiting It!
*Ya know what it is? Come on readers? It's something that was written here some time back.* *On March 21/20 * *‘Sunlight will cut the virus’ ability to grow in half, so the half-life will be two-and-a-half minutes and in the dark it’s about 13–20 minutes. Sunlight is really good at killing viruses,’ he said.* *DON'T STAY IN THE HOUSE!* *And here's Dr Fauci talking about being outside in the glory of fresh air & sunshine and it's effectiveness in killing the virus* McConaughey asked Fauci whether it’s true that* sunlight kills the virus* (which has sickened more than 5.2 million pe... more »
As Protest Grows, Questions about Their Sponsors Grow with Them
*August 16, 2020* (Tony Cartalucci - ATN) - The Western media and their partners in Thailand have repeatedly claimed that anti-government protests in Thailand were "organic," "leaderless," and "spontaneous." Today's protest, whether we trust pictures showing less than 5,000, media reports claiming "10,000-12,000" or the "students'" claims of over "20,000" it is obvious the protests are not "organic," "leaderless," or "spontaneous." They never were. It was just months ago that the protests' billionaire sponsors - whose parties were disbanded after blatant election law violations -... more »
A recent immigration stance history
Our friend Jill wrote that Nebraska GOP State Senator John McCollister noted the majority of Republicans used to support Roe v Wade, but the party leadership decided in the late 1970s, it was an issue the party could use to … Continue reading →
Symposium on Mark Tushnet, Taking Back the Constitution - Collected Posts
Here are the collected posts for our Balkinization symposium on Mark Tushnet's new book, Taking Back the Constitution: Activist Judges and the Next Age of American Law (Yale University Press 2020). 1. Jack Balkin, Introduction to the Symposium. 2. Leah Litman, Courts, The Academy, and Politics. 3. Jack Balkin, Taking back the Constitution in an era of high polarization. 4. Aaron Belkin, Conservative Judges Doing Law All the Way down are Politicians in Robes. 5. D. A. Jeremy Telman, There Are No Balls and Strikes in Constitutional Hardball. 6. Sandy Levinson, Mark Tushnet and the ... more »
ICYMI: Bloggaversary Edition (9/16)
Back on this date in 2014, I put up my first post on this blog. I took me a month or two to figure out what I was doing, but here we are, a few years, about 3750 posts, and over 9 million hits later, still plugging away. Traditional anniversary gifts are either candy or iron, so I will eat some chocolate today in honor of the occasion. In the meantime, here are some items to read. I'll repeat my standard request-- if it speaks to yu, share it. I have an audience not because I'm some blazing light of wisdom, but because people have over the years boosted my signal, shared my stuff, p... more »
Tara Thorne and the tweet that trumped 20 years of exemplary arts coverage
I will confess off the top I don’t know the specifics of what freelance arts journalist Tara Thorne tweeted about the premier’s son, but — based on what I read about the now-deleted tweet — I don’t have any interest in seeking it out. What I do know is that Thorne apologized for the tweet […]
Conservative Plato; Revolutionary Aristotle
Plato is the conservative; Aristotle is the revolutionary. In his dialogues the *Gorgias *and the *Republic*, Plato tries to identify and judge the existing ethical and political systems, but in both dialogues, Socrates and his interlocutors are unable to judge which system of ethics and politics is the best. Aristotle’s focus in the *Nicomachean Ethics* and the *Politics *is not on identifying and judging but on creating a society in which people experience *eudaimonia *(happiness). Plato does not draw a clear connection between ethics and politics, but Aristotle insists that pol... more »
With Some Luck, North Korea Could Sink The Prize Of The U.S. Navy (Aircraft Carriers)
*James Holmes* *Security, * Could North Korea’s armed forces sink an American aircraft carrier? *Here's What You Need To Remember: *American overseers will certainly exploit the rudimentary state of North Korean reconnaissance technology. Oceans and seas are big places, the biggest carrier group tiny by contrast. It is no simple task to detect, target and engage maritime forces riding the high seas. Could North Korea’s armed forces sink an American aircraft carrier? Yes—depending on what type of carrier they confront, how skillfully U.S. Navy commanders employ the flattop and it... more »
Fox News Host Tucker Carlson vs. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in 2024?
*Rachel Bucchino* *Politics, Americas* The two political leaders have polarized views—one is seen as a progressive socialist, whose beliefs, at least to some, are “really diet-Communism” and the other is an echo of “Trumpism,” who champions anti-immigration, anti-free trade and populism. Could they meet up in the 2024 U.S. presidential election? What would that look like? “Good evening, Tucker,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) smiles and greets her opponent. “Nice to see you, Alexandria,” *Fox News* host Tucker Carlson responds. The two meet center stage—without a handsh... more »
During The Korean War, America's F-82 Twin Mustang Came To Control Korea's Skies
*Brad Howard* *History, Asia* The F-82 was an aircraft born in the wrong era. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The F-82 continued to fight on in the conflict until 1952, when the final Twin Mustang was sent out for rear-guard duty in Alaska. The introduction of advanced jet fighters like the MiG-15 signaled the end of the prop fighter era, and the skies over Korea were soon filled with F-86 Sabers and MiG-15s engaged in a deadly ballet of atomic age acrobatics. At some point during the tail end of World War II, a creative engineer at North American Aviation looked at the P-51... more »
Tornado in Santa Catarina State Leaves 16 Injured, Over 800 Evacuated
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A tornado hit the state of Santa Catarina on Friday, August 14th, and left a trail of destruction in at least six municipalities. According to preliminary information from the Civil Defense, there are 16 injured, 830 people displaced and 115 homeless. According to the Civil Defense, 4,245 housing units were […] The post Tornado in Santa Catarina State Leaves 16 Injured, Over 800 Evacuated appeared first on The Rio Times.
Rare Deadly Syndrome Affects Children with Covid-19, Claims Victims in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Data from the Rio de Janeiro State Health Secretariat (SES) reported this week that at least seven children who contracted the novel coronavirus were diagnosed with Pediatric Multi-Systemic Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS-C), a medical condition considered rare and severe. Three of the recorded cases have led to death. In all, 22 […] The post Rare Deadly Syndrome Affects Children with Covid-19, Claims Victims in Brazil appeared first on The Rio Times.
Angolan Prosecutor’s Office Closes Brazilian Universal Church Temples in Three Cities
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Angolan Prosecutor General's Office (PGR) launched an operation on Friday, August 14th, to close temples of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG) in the cities of Luanda, Viana and Cazenga. The measures are the result of an investigation launched in late 2019 to determine whether the […] The post Angolan Prosecutor’s Office Closes Brazilian Universal Church Temples in Three Cities appeared first on The Rio Times.
New Study Discloses 11 Most Common Covid-19 Symptoms Among Brazilians
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A study published on Wednesday, August 12th, by the Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), in Rio Grande do Sul, lists the eleven most common Covid-19 symptoms among Brazilians. Headache, change in the sense of smell, and fever are among the first-ranked. The data were collected from homes in 133 cities […] The post New Study Discloses 11 Most Common Covid-19 Symptoms Among Brazilians appeared first on The Rio Times.
Lack of Funding Is Main Obstacle for Black Political Candidates in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - With no funding or party support, black candidates are being left behind. Nurse Rita Manuela ran for federal deputy under the Patriota party in 2018, but although the party approved her name for the elections, her candidacy was not included in the electoral fund . . . To read the […] The post Lack of Funding Is Main Obstacle for Black Political Candidates in Brazil appeared first on The Rio Times.
Covid-19: Rio de Janeiro’s Tourist Attractions Reopen with New Rules
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Some of Rio de Janeiro's main tourist attractions reopened on Saturday, August 15th, after being closed for approximately five months as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. With ticket discounts and new rules, the Sugar Loaf cable car, AquaRio aquarium, Rio Star Ferris wheel, and . . . To read […] The post Covid-19: Rio de Janeiro’s Tourist Attractions Reopen with New Rules appeared first on The Rio Times.
Brazil Accumulates 3.3 Million Cases and 107,232 Deaths by Covid-19 (August 15th)
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil has reached 107,232 deaths by Covid-19, according to the Ministry of Health's update released on Saturday, August 15th. In the past 24 hours, 709 new deaths were recorded by the state Health Secretariats. On Friday, August 14th, the portfolio's system recorded 106,523 deaths from The post Brazil Accumulates 3.3 Million Cases and 107,232 Deaths by Covid-19 (August 15th) appeared first on The Rio Times.
Government to Reduce Energy Bill for Brazil’s North and Northeast Regions
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The government is expected to issue a new Provisional Measure (MP) for the energy sector in the next few days, broader than MP 950, which exempted low-income families from paying their electricity bills during the Covid-19 pandemic and which expired last week. The proposal aims to direct . . . […] The post Government to Reduce Energy Bill for Brazil’s North and Northeast Regions appeared first on The Rio Times.
Evangelicals Start Organizing Campaign to Choose Bolsonaro’s 2022 Running Mate
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The politicized evangelicals are beginning to mobilize to determine who should fill the vacancy of Vice-President in Jair Bolsonaro's party in 2022, certain that General Hamilton Mourão will not be running. However, the main issue in the milieu is the many denominations, which makes it more difficult to find one […] The post Evangelicals Start Organizing Campaign to Choose Bolsonaro’s 2022 Running Mate appeared first on The Rio Times.
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*So, Educating Your Child Is Now 'Oppression'* If white parents dare supplement their children's education, that is "white privilege" and perpetuates "oppression" of black people. In July, Patriot Post analyst Arnold Ahlert provided a good summary of how a growing number of parents are coping with “distance learning,” specifically forming “education pods” for their children. These are basically micro-school groups, “clusters of 3-6 families with similar aged (and sometimes same-school) children co-quarantined with each other, who hire one tutor for in-person support for their kids... more »
Belarus: Imperialists Run The Same Tired Old Script
The Western establishment narrative managers always follow the same patterns. Just like they fixated on Hong Kong protests, while ignoring those in US-aligned France or Israel, now they’re cheering on protests in Belarus. 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 you?” I am not highlighting this tweet because it is remarkable... The post B... more »
Popular Viral Video Firm Sues Facebook Over Russian Propaganda Label
An online media company is suing social media giant Facebook for falsely smearing it as a Russian state-controlled propaganda outlet. Maffick, the owner of In The Now, Soapbox and Waste-Ed, has filed a lawsuit against Facebook in a Northern California district court for defamation, intentional interference and violating section 43(a) of the Lanham Act, unjustly causing them economic and reputational harm, claiming that Facebook’s actions represent unfair competitive practices. Go to any of the Maffick-owned Facebook pages, including In The Now ... The post Popular Viral Video Firm... more »
Campus Workers Sue UNC System Over Unsafe Working Conditions
North Carolina university employees are suing the UNC System, saying working conditions are unsafe as tens of thousands of students return to campuses during the coronavirus pandemic. “Essential workers across UNC System campuses continue to report to work with inadequate protective equipment to ensure their safety,” the UE150, NC Public Service Workers Union said in a statement Monday. Some university employees, including housekeepers and other campus workers, are provided one or two masks per week and many don’t have access to face shields or gowns, according to the union. The ... more »
US Sanctions Are Strangling A Lebanon In Crisis
The Lebanese economy crashed into the equivalent of a brick wall sometime in the last few months of 2019. The Lebanese pound (or lira), which was pegged to the dollar and appeared to be stable for well over two decades, started to decline at a rate that threatened the complete collapse of the economy. In the meantime, the Trump administration had been busy building a “Great Wall” of sanctions around Lebanon, even as the country as a whole was drowning in a mountain of debt. The first to be impacted was the powerful financial sector — the crown jewel of... more »
Beirut Explosion: It Is Late, But It Is Early Morning If We Insist
Nothing happens in Beirut and Lebanon that is transparent; plots of all kinds unravel against the ordinary hopes of the population. After the deadly explosion, it was impossible to imagine that the most reasonable explanation would be accepted. Rumors flew around, except the rumors did not have their impact. It was clear to the people that this time — unlike so many times previously — it was their own political system that had to be held accountable for the enormous explosion, which came in the midst of a pandemic, a currency and economic crisis, and a long-standing and unresolved... more »
‘BlueLeaks’ Publishers Pursued As ‘Criminal Hacker Group’ By DHS
The dump of the damning "Blue Leaks" files in late June provided the public with over 250 gigabytes of video, audio, and other data from a broad range of law enforcement agencies across the US. Yet, the organisation behind it insists it is not responsible for the hacking itself. The US Department of Homeland Security is persecuting Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets), the group that was the first to publish the "BlueLeaks" trove of hacked police files in June, as a "criminal hacker group", similar to WikiLeaks, as follows from a bulletin circulated to fusion centres around ... more »
Why Hitler's Bismark Battleship Was Almost Unsinkable
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * On May 23, 1941, the Battleship Bismarck was on a roll. *Here's What You Need To Remember: **Bismarck*’s sinking was an excellent example of combined arms at sea working together to take down a more powerful opponent. No single element of the Royal Navy present at the battle was strong enough to defeat *Bismarck* singlehandedly, but together a force of aging aircraft carriers and torpedo bombers, twenty-to-thirty-year-old battleships, and more than a dozen scrappy cruisers and destroyers were able to ensure that the mighty German battleship would nev... more »
Why the Navy Relied So Much on the A-6 Intruder to Fight in Vietnam
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* [image: By PH3 Kris White, U.S. Navy - This media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 6526829., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10] The Marines used that plane to great impact as well. *Key Point: *The A-6 was very useful and served for over 30 years. Here is why it became such a classic jet plane. It was dark and difficult to see on the night of April 18, 1966, but the U.S. Navy was counting on that. The a... more »
Why Japanese Infantry Ran Away From Approaching Matilda Tanks
*Warfare History Network* *History, * Early in World War II, the infantry 'Matilda' tank added weight to the Commonwealth units in North Africa. The origins of the Matilda Tank or “I” Tank date back to 1934, when Maj. Gen. Percy C.S. Hobart, then the Inspector, Royal Tank Corps (RTC), itemized the features of a new infantry support weapon that would be “moderately well-armoured and equipped with a machine gun, available in large numbers to swamp the enemy defences; or a larger type, mounting a cannon and armoured sufficiently to be proof against field artillery.” Due to finances... more »
How Do Honeybees Stay Safe Without Social Distancing?
*Rachael Bonoan, Phil Starks* *Coronavirus, World* Bees have developed unique ways to deal with disease by collectively working to keep the colony healthy. As many states and cities across the U.S. struggle to control COVID-19 transmission, one challenge is curbing the spread among people living in close quarters. Social distancing can be difficult in places such as nursing homes, apartments, college dormitories and migrant worker housing. As behavioral ecologists who have studied social interactions in honey bees, we see parallels between life in the hive and efforts to manage C... more »
Covid-19 aged care guidelines: ‘They’re not a national plan. This is a plan!’
[image: Covid-19: Scott Morrison's apology for aged care] Dr Sarah Russell critically examines two documents that Scott Morrison asserts were the federal government’s pandemic plan for aged care. The first is a set of vague guidelines that places responsibility for protecting residents on individual providers. The second is a plan for the health sector, not aged care.
PETER HITCHENS: My suspicion is that the wrecking of the economy and the state-sponsored panic of these times has killed more people than Covid ever did
Actually, I have had enough. So should you have had enough. The time has come for real discontent, or there will be no end to our mistreatment and humiliation by this Government.
The Virus: Prof Robert Endres Imperial College London 31.5.20
Robert: I am a fundamental research scientist who uses his quantitative physics background to analyse biological data and to develop predictive models, mostly for processes at the cellular scale. In this interview I discuss the importance of a broad public debate of the Covid-19 health crisis, which should encompass the various scientific opinions, as well as their implications for our society and economy.
Lebanon should look East and abandon the West
As much as Covid-19 has been instrumentalized by the 0.001% to social engineer a Great Reset, the Beirut tragedy is already being instrumentalized by the usual suspects to keep Lebanon enslaved.
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*The last decade was the HOTTEST on record with greenhouse gasses reaching ultimate highs in 2019 and sea levels now 3.4 inches above what they were in the 1990s* *This is an amusing article. They pull out all stops to show that we are warming up. The data are "massaged" however. They actually have very few readings from places like Siberia and the Arctic so they just make up the temperatures that they record from there. Averaging based on nearby temperature stations is fair enough but often there is nothing nearby so they do "estimates" out of thin airThe other phenomena ... more »
Two rockets target Iraqi base hosting US troops
[image: Two rockets target Iraqi base hosting US troops] In March, dozens of rockets were fired at Taji camp, an Iraqi base located to the north of Baghdad where the US and coalition troops are stationed. Three coalition personnel, including two US citizens and one UK national, died as a result, and 14 others were injured. Two rockets fell inside Iraq’s Taji military base that hosts US-led coalition troops on Saturday, the state-run news agency reported, quoting a statement by the military. Continue reading Two rockets target Iraqi base hosting US troops at AMN - Al-Masdar News | ا... more »
Israeli warplanes strike Gaza for 2nd time in past 24 hours
[image: Israeli warplanes strike Gaza for 2nd time in past 24 hours] BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:45 A.M.) – On Saturday evening, Israeli warplanes bombed several sites inside the Gaza Strip, claiming they belonged to the Hamas Movement. According to reports, the Israeli army aircraft raided multiple targets belonging to Hamas in the heart of the Gaza Strip, claiming to respond to the launch of incendiary helium balloons towards the Israeli settlements. According to Palestinian activists, the Israeli strikes resulted in the hospitalization of six civilians in the Gaza Strip. Continue reading... more »
"Covid-19 Pandemic Updates 8/16/20"
*"Covid-19 Pandemic **Updates 8/16/20" * *- Frequently **Updated* Please visit these sites often for the very latest information. ○ *8/16/20* By Remy Tumin and Elijah Walker "Virus testing in the U.S. has fallen for the first time since the start of the pandemic, a sign the nation’s response has stalled. Some 733,000 people have been tested each day this month on average, down from nearly 750,000 in July, according to the COVID Tracking Project. By some estimates, several million people may need to be tested each day to rein in the virus, including many who don’t feel sick. “We’re c... more »
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