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Former Republican National Security Leaders condemn Trump, back BIden
Per an article in Reuters yesterday called “Former Republican CIA, FBI heads and national security officials to back Biden,” by Tim Reid: “Over 70 former Republican national security officials including ex-CIA and FBI chiefs will endorse Democratic presidential candidate Joe … Continue reading →
Mongolia to Restore Assyrian-based Traditional Alphabet
Assyrian International News Agency - 5 hours ago
Assyrian Christian stele from Southern China in 3 languages (Syriac, Uyghur and Chinese) and two scripts (Syriac and Chinese).The Mongolian government on March 18 announced plans to restore the use of its traditional alphabet by 2025, replacing the Cyrillic script adopted in the 1940s under the Soviets in a move away from Russian influence.
Shrinking The Footprint Of Police: Six Ideas For Enhancing Safety
Spurred by the brutal and senseless murder of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other Black Americans, people are demanding that we redirect money away from police budgets into sustainable community-driven solutions. Policymakers, communities, residents, and organizations are committing themselves to finding solutions that build safety, limit the use of police, and are rooted in anti-racist practice. The Center for Court Innovation has worked with communities to build public safety for decades. Based on lessons learned, we believe that this is not the work of a moment, but rather ... more »
Torturing Assange: An Interview With Andrew Fowler
Andrew Fowler is an Australian award-winning investigative journalist and a former reporter for the ABC’s Foreign Correspondent and Four Corners programs. and the author of The Most Dangerous Man in the World: Julian Assange and WikiLeaks’ Fight for Freedom. This is an updated edition of his 2011 account of the rise and political imprisonment of Assange. Much of that account explained how Assange seemingly inevitably moved toward an adversarial positioning against American imperialism abroad. He was a tonic for the indifference expressed by so many ordinary Americans in the trauma... more »
Scheer Intelligence: Something’s Rotten In The Corporate States Of America
Beginning with the slave trade and leading all the way up to the climate crisis, author Barbara Freese’s “Industrial Strength Denial” examines eight of private industries’ most egregious crimes against humanity. On this week’s installment of “Scheer Intelligence,” the author and former assistant attorney general of Minnesota joins Robert Scheer to discuss what the host calls “heinous behavior” on the part of the corporations involved in each case, and, most importantly, how the corporatization of the United States has allowed unfettered greed to cause irreversible harm and an asto... more »
The End Of The Hariri Trial
Judges at a U.N.-backed tribunal said Tuesday there was no evidence the leadership of the Hezbollah militant group and Syria were involved in the 2005 suicide truck bomb assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. ... The trial centered on the alleged roles of four Hezbollah members in the suicide truck bombing that killed Hariri and 21 others and wounded 226 people. Prosecutors based their case largely on data from mobile phones allegedly used by the plotters to plan and execute the bombing. Based on that 'almost entirely circumstantial' evidence the tribunal fou... more »
On Bombs And Bombings
For a full week now the Israeli army has been bombing Gaza, a population that is about to run out of fuel for its only power plant due to a years-long Israeli program of deliberate siege warfare. Yesterday the US ordered an airstrike on Syrian forces, killing one, when they refused to let the illegal occupying force past a checkpoint in northern Syria. In both cases, an arm of the US-centralized empire used wildly disproportionate force against people who stood against a hostile occupation of their own country. In both cases, the more powerful and violent occupiers claimed they w... more »
Chinese Peacekeepers Provide Aid After Explosion In Beirut
Chinese peacekeepers will provide medical aid to Beirut following the deadly explosion on Tuesday that killed at least 135 people and injured 5,000 others. Upon the request of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), the 18th batch of Chinese peacekeeping troops to Lebanon organised an emergency team of nine medical personnel from fields including surgery, internal medicine, burns and anaesthesiology, state news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday. The personnel and vehicles would head to Beirut, carrying medical supplies and protective equipment, the medical unit sai... more »
Wawona recalls peaches linked to multi-state Salmonella outbreak
Following recalls by major retailers, fresh fruit giant Wawona is recalling certain bagged peaches, including some organic peaches, because of links to an ongoing Salmonella outbreak. As of yesterday there were 68 confirmed cases of Salmonella infections in people spread across nine states. For those with information available, 14 have been admitted to hospitals, according... Continue Reading
Prosecutors Arrest ‘We Build the Wall’ Leaders for Convincing Donors They Weren’t Taking Cash
Brian Kolfage, Steve Bannon, and others are accused of scheming to defraud donors and fund their personal expenses and lifestyles.
Cannabis MSO Green Thumb seeks to raise $150M through stock sale
Chicago-based marijuana multistate operator Green Thumb Industries wants to raise about $150 million through the sale of 10 million shares of stock, according to a regulatory filing made with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday. Green Thumb said in its prospectus that it would use the proceeds to increase its capitalization and financial […] Cannabis MSO Green Thumb seeks to raise $150M through stock sale is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
John McDonnell: Be Nice to Keir
The ever awful *Daily Express* were crowing Friday morning about "Corbynistas at war" because ... John McDonnell had said nice things about Keir Starmer. Speaking on *Times Radio*, Big John said the Labour leader has got his approach to the government during the crisis "exactly right". Taking a constructive tone to opposition while pointing out Tory failure is helpful for getting "much wider leeway" in the media. "We’re on the same page. Sometimes I’ll want the party to be a bit more vociferous on some of these things, but that’s a matter of style. As long as we get the point acros... more »
Bill Gates Secretly Dictates Global Food Policy Too
*Dr. Mercola* - Gates is a perfect example of a philanthrocapitalist. He has “donated” tens of billions of dollars over the years, yet his net worth hasn’t dropped — it has doubled.
Jeffrey Epstein’s Harvard Connections Show How Money Can Distort Research
*Scientific American* *Letting the rich pay for science that interests them is a bad idea—even if they aren’t convicted sex offenders.* * Think About Billy boy Gates and his outsize monetary distortions as they apply to Covid 19(84), Vaccines, WHO and the pharma profiteering cartel. The headline could just as easily read: Bill Gates- How His Wealth Distorts Your Reality It would be equally applicable.* *My bad, we don't talk about Saint Bill in any realistic terms 😒 * *Back to the Scientific American article..* *This past May, Harvard University (where I teach) issued a report on... more »
Tropical Storm "Laura" forecast to move near or over portions of the Greater Antilles through Monday
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Tropical Storm "Laura" formed on August 21, 2020, as the 12th named storm of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. Laura is following the trend of record-early storm formations this season and is now the 12th earliest Atlantic named storm on record. The...... Read more »
A Collusion Reading Diary: What Did the Senate Intelligence Committee Find?
Central Hearing Facility in the Hart Senate Office Building, where the Senate Intelligence Committee is located. (Architect of the U.S. Capitol) *The fifth and final volume of the Select Intelligence Committee’s bipartisan report on Russian interference in the 2016 election is an incredibly long and detailed document. At a whopping 966 pages, volume 5 alone is more than twice the length of the Mueller report, and it covers a great deal more ground.* *It is important for another reason: Along with the shorter volumes 1-4, the Senate’s report is the only credible account of the even... more »
UN Water Rights Expert Questions Chile for Placing Economic Development Over Human Rights
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Chile on Thursday, Augst 20th, faced questioning by a United Nations water rights expert who suggested the government could be placing economic development over human rights through controversial agriculture and energy projects. Leo Heller, the UN special rapporteur on human rights to drinking water and sanitation, said he had asked […] The post UN Water Rights Expert Questions Chile for Placing Economic Development Over Human Rights appeared first on The Rio Times.
"Essential" My Aunt Fanny
At this point, the adjective "Orwellian" has been absolutely beaten to death (with "Kafkaesque" right behind it). But this latest Orwellian bullshit just pokes my last nerve with a sharp stick. You would think that an "essential" worker would be the one that you want to take the greatest steps to protect and preserve. That person guarding the door while a fire-laced sharknado rages outside? They're absolutely essential, and we'd better make sure they gets whatever they need. But under pandemic pretzel logic, that "essential" person is the first one who gets thrown out the door. Dur... more »
California Governor Newsom to follow the footsteps of Gray Davis?
“The last California Governor blamed for rolling energy blackouts was recalled by voters and replaced. In 2003, Governor Gray Davis was recalled over leadership issues, high taxation, and inaction over a struggling California economy and rolling energy blackouts.” click here
President Trump Contrasts The Biden Message of Despair, With His American Message of Optimistic American Spirit…
This segment from President Trump’s speech today deserves some emphasis and contemplation. As we have shared for several months the sales pitch of the DNC and leftists, writ large, is full of despair, doom, anger, hate and darkness. This is … Continue reading →
Merkel expresa "serias dudas" sobre el futuro del acuerdo UE-Mercosur
bilaterals.org - 5 hours ago
21-Aug-2020 La canciller alemana, Angela Merkel, expresó por primera vez el viernes "serias dudas" sobre el futuro del acuerdo comercial entre la UE y los países del Mercosur , ante la amenaza ecológica que se cierne sobre la Amazonia en Brasil .
V-Net demanda a Costa Rica por US$45 M respaldada en convenio con Venezuela
bilaterals.org - 5 hours ago
21-Aug-2020 Se trata de un procedimiento interpuesto ante el Centro Internacional de Arreglo de Diferencias relativas a Inversiones (CIADI), con sede en Washington.
Ucrania desea concluir un TLC con Turquía
bilaterals.org - 5 hours ago
21-Aug-2020 Se celebró en línea la conferencia "Ucrania-Turquía: nuevas oportunidades para la cooperación".
Tyranny Comes Home: Abigail Hall and Chris Coyne
We recently wrapped up an #EconlibReads online reading group on Tyranny Comes Home: The Domestic Fate of U.S Militarism. Authors Abby Hall and Chris Coyne were kind enought to sit doen with me and answer some question about their work: Amy Willis (00:02): Hi, I’m Amy Willis with econ lib. Welcome to my conversation with the […] The post Tyranny Comes Home: Abigail Hall and Chris Coyne appeared first on Econlib.
Qurious About QAnon? Get the Facts About This Dangerous Conspiracy Theory
Take note, voters: A nebulous batch of ludicrous rumors that grew into a kind of stealth internet game is now playing a visible part in the 2020 U.S. elections.
Did a Netflix Film Poster Sexualize Young Girls?
"Cuties," an award-winning French film about a group of young dancers, gained attention for all the wrong reasons in 2020.
Loughlin, Giannulli Get Prison Time in College Bribery Plot
They are among nearly 30 prominent parents to plead guilty in the case, which federal prosecutors dubbed "Operation Varsity Blues."
California Military Veteran Warns that Armed Resistance is Coming: “There’s a Million People Like Me, and You Won’t Stop Us”
There are signs of resistance in California, a state which is still under lockdown as summer wanes on. In a video that is going viral on the Internet right now, a military veteran who has reportedly been identified as Carlos Zapata attended the Shasta County Board of Supervisors meeting last week, unmasked in defiance of Governor Newsom's dictate, and issued a strong warning to the Board: "I’m telling you guys I’m pretty appalled about what’s going on. I’m telling you right now that right now we’re being peaceful, and you’d better be happy that we’re good citizens, that we’re peace... more »
Witamina K - krótki komentarz
Kobiety w ciąży są często celowo zatruwane heparyną w ramach tzw. profilaktyki przeciwzakrzepowej. Heparyna jest trucizną usuwająca z organizmu witaminę K co prowadzi do zniszczenia układu krzepnięcia i krwotoków - zarówno u matek jak i u noworodków. Heparyna (i warfaryna) są znanymi i szeroko stosowanymi truciznami na szczury i są bardzo skuteczne, gdyż śmierć w wyniku krwotoków wewnętrznych następuje po wielu dniach od momentu ich podania. Heparyna to idealna trucizna zarówno dla szczurów, kobiet jak i noworodków! Dzieci nie otrute w życiu płodowym heparyną nie potrzebują dostaw... more »
Global Conflict Tracker
The Center for Preventive Action’s (CPA) Global Conflict Tracker is an interactive guide to ongoing conflicts around the world of concern to the United States. The interactive covers nearly thirty conflicts with background information and resources on each conflict. https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/?category=us
Facebook bans Antifa accounts, other groups promoting violence
By Pamela Geller – on August 20, 2020 Facebook Censorship 10 Facebook Twitter Google+ After banning QAnon groups – which are not violent – how could Facebook allow real terror groups like Antifa and BLM, who incite to violence and destruction, to remain on its platform? Facebook said on Wednesday that it had removed 790 QAnon … Continue reading Facebook bans Antifa accounts, other groups promoting violence →
President Trump Grows the Fastest Economic Recovery in U.S. History
By Pamela Geller – on August 20, 2020 Economic Despite the Democrat lockdowns, riots, looting, widespread crime and violence — the American people want what’s right, decent and good. The fastest economic recovery in U.S. history Under President Trump, America built the strongest economy the world has ever seen. The stock market broke records, the … Continue reading President Trump Grows the Fastest Economic Recovery in U.S. History →
New CDC Data On Suicide Shows Americans Can’t Handle Continued Lockdowns
By Pamela Geller – on August 20, 2020 How the Left Destroys the Nation The Democrats are the party of misery, suffering, hatred and authoritarianism. Take back our country — remember in November what they did to this country. New CDC Data On Suicide Shows Americans Can’t Handle Continued Lockdowns By Tristan Justice, Te Federalist, … Continue reading New CDC Data On Suicide Shows Americans Can’t Handle Continued Lockdowns →
American Ahmadi Man Accused of Blasphemy Under Islam Shot Dead in Court
By Pamela Geller – on August 19, 2020 Pakistan Perhaps this why the Democrats love Islam. Photo:Tahir Naseem was a member of the persecuted Ahmadi community | Image credit: Tahir Ahmad Naseem, 47, was shot dead in a courthouse in a high-security zone in Peshawar on Wednesday. He had been facing trial for blasphemy since … Continue reading American Ahmadi Man Accused of Blasphemy Under Islam Shot Dead in Court →
Brazil Posts Biggest Formal Job Gain for July Since 2012
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil posted its strongest July job growth in eight years, official figures showed on Friday, snapping four consecutive months of job losses as the country continued to relax the coronavirus-fighting lockdown measures from earlier in the year. The addition of a net 131,010 formal jobs in July was driven by […] The post Brazil Posts Biggest Formal Job Gain for July Since 2012 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Bayer Agrees to Pay $1.6B to Settle U.S. Birth Control Suits
Bayer has agreed to pay $1.6 billion to settle about 90 percent of the 39,000 legal claims in the U.S. over injuries women stated were related to their use of the company’s Essure birth control device. The U.S. settlements include all of the jurisdictions with significant volumes of Essure cases, including the state of California […] The post Bayer Agrees to Pay $1.6B to Settle U.S. Birth Control Suits appeared first on Health Nut News.
Autism—The Most Glaring Aspect of the Deterioration of Health Among Our Kids?
The increases are real. Children with autism will continue to flood our schools in ever-increasing numbers at the same time young adults aging out of school will need massive amounts of adult services. Why aren’t legislators asking about these constant increases? The post Autism—The Most Glaring Aspect of the Deterioration of Health Among Our Kids? appeared first on Children's Health Defense.
Taylor 2014: The International Fall-Back Position for Officials Challenged About Vaccine Safety and Autism
Sadly, while Autism Spectrum Disorders are heading for 5% in schools, and going up by 20-25% a year, the world’s health officials are still hiding behind poor data such as Taylor et al’s 2014 ‘Vaccines are not associated with autism: an evidence-based meta-analysis of case-control and cohort studies’. The post Taylor 2014: The International Fall-Back Position for Officials Challenged About Vaccine Safety and Autism appeared first on Children's Health Defense.
USTR Lighthizer Announces First U.S.-EU Tariff Removals in Two Decades…
In the world of trade and tariffs every move, in every sector, is connected to every policy shift within those sectors. You might remember on June 5th President Trump announced the reversal of seafood harvest limits within the fisheries connected … Continue reading →
US Smears Those Questioning Latest Claims vs. China
*August 22, 2020* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - The Coda Story - a media front funded and created by and for the US government, its "Atlanticist" partners, and the corporate interests driving the vast majority of Western foreign policy - recently ran a smear against alternative media figures questioning the US-led "Uyghur-Xinjiang" narrative. The smear is part of a wider campaign aimed at anyone questioning Washington's Uyghur-Xinjiang narrative and the US' attempt to use it to undermine China. These smears follow a very specific playbook. Step one - deny there is a terrorism problem ... more »
Could Chinese Missiles Really Wipe Out Taiwan's Air Force?
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Asia* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2017%3Anewsml_RC1DDD747000&share=true] This long-standing claim needs a closer look. *Key Point: *Taiwan's air force relies on bases that could possibly be hit by a surprise attack. Could Taiwan find a way to counter this threat? After dithering for weeks, on August 15 the Trump administration informed Congress it would authorize the sale of sixty-six newly-manufactured F-16V fighters to Taiwan for $8 billion—a move which is certain to infuriate Beijing, which considers Taiwan a... more »
Joe Biden’s Shot at Iran Diplomacy
*Trevor Filseth* *Politics, Americas* [image: Reuters] When (and if) Biden re-enters the White House, one of his priorities must be to improve stability in the Middle East. To do so, he is likely to pursue diplomacy with Iran, re-establishing a basic working relationship and some level of mutual trust. Joe Biden is having a good few weeks. Less than ninety days before the November election, as President Donald Trump continues to flounder over the pandemic, the former vice president’s poll numbers remain steadily high. His recent pick for running mate, Senator Kamala Harris, was p... more »
Was Invading Crete With Paratroopers Hitler's Worst Military Mistake?
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* [image: British soldiers surrender in Crete. May 1941. German Federal Archive/Franz Peter Weixler.] Emboldened by previous successes, the Germans launched Operation Mercury, dropping thousands of paratroopers onto the defended island of Crete. It didn't go well. By May 1941, the German Luftwaffe’s fortunes had risen to great heights and plummeted to equally startling depths in the course of a single year of blitzkrieg warfare in Western Europe. Led by the narcissistic Hermann Göring, a former World War I flying ace, the Luftwaffe had be... more »
US Smears Those Questioning Latest Claims vs. China
*August 22, 2020* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - The Coda Story - a media front funded and created by and for the US government, its "Atlanticist" partners, and the corporate interests driving the vast majority of Western foreign policy - recently ran a smear against alternative media figures questioning the US-led "Uyghur-Xinjiang" narrative. The smear is part of a wider campaign aimed at anyone questioning Washington's Uyghur-Xinjiang narrative and the US' attempt to use it to undermine China. These smears follow a very specific playbook. Step one - deny there is a terrorism problem ... more »
MSM Attacks John Birch Society With QAnon Comparison
[image: msm-attacks-john-birch-society-with-qanon-comparison] A recent *USA Today* op-ed piece attacks the this magazine's parent orgnaization by comparing it to QAnon. Smears such as this are nothing new. And — as per usual — this one fails to stand up to scrutiny.
Netflix Faces Backlash Over Soon-to-be-Released Film Sexualizing 11-year-old Girls
[image: netflix-faces-backlash-over-soon-to-be-released-film-sexualizing-11-year-old-girls] Netflix is facing backlash from users angered by the company’s willingness to sexualize young children, streaming the controversial French film *Cuties*, which focuses on an 11-year-old girl who joins a “twerking” dance group.
California Military Veteran Warns that Armed Resistance is Coming: “There’s a Million People Like Me, and You Won’t Stop Us”
There are signs of resistance in California, a state which is still under lockdown as summer wanes on. In a video that is going viral on the Internet right now, a military veteran who has reportedly been identified as Carlos Zapata attended the Shasta County Board of Supervisors meeting last week, unmasked in defiance of Governor Newsom's dictate, and issued a strong warning to the Board: "I’m telling you guys I’m pretty appalled about what’s going on. I’m telling you right now that right now we’re being peaceful, and you’d better be happy that we’re good citizens, that we’re peace... more »
Australian charities are struggling with demand: the Coalition will rue turning its back on them
[image: Charities, ACNC] The charity sector is struggling in the face of unprecedented demand from those the Coalition refuses to help. Fears are growing that many charities won't survive. But if they go down, so will Australia’s social safety net and thousands of jobs. Julie Macken reports.
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- August 21, 2020
*DW: **Germany, France, Britain to keep troops in Mali despite coup* German Defense Minister Kramp-Karrenbauer said Sahel terrorism remained a "great threat." Her French coounterpart called Mali part of a "security challenge" across Sahel Africa, impinging to 'the whole of Europe." French, British and German defense ministers on Friday insisted their troops would stay assigned to UN and French-led missions in Mali — despite a military coup last Tuesday. Europe's "engagement" in the UN's MINUSMA mission and France's Operation Barkane since 2012-2013 was "still necessary," said the... more »
"2020 Is An Economic Nightmare – And Things Just Got Even Worse"
*"2020 Is An Economic Nightmare – * *And Things Just Got Even Worse"* by Michael Snyder "More than a million Americans were not supposed to be losing their jobs every week by the time we got to the middle of August. By now, vast hordes of unemployed Americans were supposed to be returning to their old jobs and economic activity was supposed to be returning to normal levels. But it hasn’t happened that way. Instead, the U.S. economy continues to unravel at a steady pace. Every week more businesses go under, more layoffs are announced and more people get behind on their bills. What w... more »
Iran 'snapback' sanctions is a pantomime. Spectacle to watch is Trump-Putin summit.
[image: undefined] As expected, the Trump Administration delivered letters on Thursday to both the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and to the president of the Security Council Dian Triansyah Djani notifying them that the United States is initiating the restoration of virtually all UN sanctions on Iran lifted under UN Security Council Resolution 2231. This process, if successful, could lead to those sanctions coming back into effect 30 days from August 20. Explaining the move, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated at the UN Headquarters in New York at a press conference th... more »
Should Snowden and Assange Pardon the US Government?
[image: undefined] President Trump is saying that he might issue a pardon to Edward Snowden. For some reason, he hasn’t said the same thing about Julian Assange. But a pardon suggests that the person being pardoned has done something wrong. Neither Snowden and Assange has done anything wrong — at least not in a moral sense. It is the US government — and specifically the national-security state branch of the federal government — that has engaged in terrible wrongdoing — wrongdoing that Snowden and Assange revealed to the American people and the people of the world. Therefore, the re... more »
Mail Sorting Machines Across America Dismantled Ahead of November Election
Some 671 mail sorting machines have already been decommissioned ahead of the upcoming presidential election, where record numbers of Americans are expected to vote by mail. The post Mail Sorting Machines Across America Dismantled Ahead of November Election appeared first on MintPress News.
A UN Vote Exposed Canada’s Blind and Unconditional Support for Israel
While Canada’s support for Israel is, to a certain extent, consistent with Canada’s own colonial past and present interventionist foreign policy, the Canadian people and the international community remain major obstacles, challenging the toxic affinity between Ottawa and Tel Aviv. The post A UN Vote Exposed Canada’s Blind and Unconditional Support for Israel appeared first on MintPress News.
Musical Interlude: Metallica, “Nothing Else Matters”
Metallica, “Nothing Else Matters” "Never cared..." "Forever trust in who we are, And nothing else matters..."
Musical Interlude: 2002, "Free To Fly"
2002, "Free To Fly"
"A Look to the Heavens"
"A familiar sight to sky enthusiasts with even a small telescope, the Ring Nebula (M57) is some 2,000 light-years away in the musical constellation Lyra. The central ring is about one light-year across, but this remarkably deep exposure - a collaborative effort combining data from three different telescopes - explores the looping filaments of glowing gas extending much farther from the nebula's central star. *Click image for larger size.* Of course, in this well-studied example of a planetary nebula, the glowing material does not come from planets. Instead, the gaseous shroud repres... more »
"You Were Saying?"
"You were saying? Right, that's what I thought..."
Contrary to Media Claims, Data Show Climate Change Not Making Natural Disasters Worse
By H. Sterling Burnett Another day, another search of Google for articles on “Climate Change”. It’s just more media misleading bait-and-switch claims that climate change is causing more severe, more frequent natural disasters. This time the offender is CNET which published a story, “Deadlier fires, hurricanes, floods: Climate change could make natural disasters even […] The post Contrary to Media Claims, Data Show Climate Change Not Making Natural Disasters Worse appeared first on Climate Realism.
Covid-19 Recovery?
Tenforde MW, Kim SS, Lindsell CJ, et al. Symptom Duration and Risk Factors for Delayed Return to Usual Health Among Outpatients with COVID-19 in a Multistate Health Care Systems Network — United States, March–June 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2020;69:993-998. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6930e1external icon. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/pdfs/mm6930e1-H.pdf Return to Usual State of Health - Among the 270 of 274 interviewees with available data on return to usual health,† 175 (65%) reported that they had returned to their usual state of health a med... more »
$48 NSF Fee Centre costs Halifax an extra $500,000
Halifax will have to pay more than $500,000 for last year’s deficit at the building formerly known as the Metro Centre — but like the convention centre, we still don’t know what COVID-19 means for the current fiscal year. On Friday morning, Events East, the Crown corporation that also runs the convention centre, posted fiscal […]
North Carolina Republican Party Mails Out Absentee/Mail-in Ballot Request Forms With Trump's Picture And Plea.
*-by Noah* I always love pointing out the fact that Republicans have no sense of irony. It's just so easy and it points up the limitations of the Republican mind. But, they've really gone and maximized the irony this time. They can't apply so much as an ounce of critical thinking to anything that enters their fawlty minds, not even to the blatant appearance of their own dubious actions. This time, in the middle of trying to badmouth the very idea of absentee or mail-in voting (Same thing), as led by their Orange Fascist Messiah, the North Carolina Repug Party sent out mail-in ball... more »
"Joe Miller’s Jests, With Copious Additions"
*"Joe Miller’s Jests, With Copious Additions"* "Joe Miller’s Jests; or, the Wit’s Vade-Mecum: being a collection of the most brilliant Jests; the politest Repartees; the most elegant Bon mots, and most pleasant short Stories in the English language. First carefully collected in the company, and many of them transcribed from the mouth of the Facetious Gentleman, whose name they bear; and now set forth and published by his lamentable friend and former companion, Elijah Jenkins, Esq. Most humbly inscribed to those Choice Spirits of the Age, Captain Bodens, Mr. Alexander Pope, Mr. Prof... more »
Sec. Pompeo officially announces “Snapback” against Iran
Secretary Pompeo Delivers Remarks to the Press at the United Nations Department of State August 20, 2020 SECRETARY POMPEO: I delivered letters to both the UN Secretary-General Guterres and to the president of the Security Council. I notified them that the United States is initiating the restoration of virtually all UN sanctions on Iran lifted under UN Security Council Resolution 2231. This process will lead to those sanctions coming back into effect 30 days from today. Our message is very, very simple: the United States will never allow the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism... more »
Top Funds' Activity in Q2 2020
Naeem Aslam of Forbes reports that Warren Buffett dumps US bank stocks and buys a gold mining stock and that hedge funds dump tech shares: On August 14th, we had a 13F filing update in the U.S., which gives more insight about the smart money and how it is deploying its capital. Investors are always keen to know and relate this information to their trading strategy. For retail traders, this information can be seen as confirmation of whether their investment strategy is correct and how they can fine-tune it. Buffett Buys Barrick Gold The most significant headline of the 13F filing ... more »
The Poet: J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Road"
*"The Road" * "The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, And I must follow, if I can, Pursuing it with eager feet, Until it joins some larger way Where many paths and errands meet. And whither then? I cannot say. The Road goes ever on and on Out from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, Let others follow it who can! Let them a journey new begin, But I at last with weary feet Will turn towards the lighted inn, My evening-rest and sleep to meet." - J.R.R. Tolkien
Free Download: R.D. Laing, "The Divided Self: (An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness)"
*"The Divided Self: (An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness)"* by R.D. Laing "Insanity - a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world." - R.D. Laing "Ronald David Laing (7 October 1927 – 23 August 1989), usually cited as R. D. Laing, was a Scottish psychiatrist who wrote extensively on mental illness – in particular, the experience of psychosis. Laing's views on the causes and treatment of serious mental dysfunction, greatly influenced by existential philosophy, ran counter to the psychiatric orthodoxy of the day by taking the expressed feelings of the individual patient o... more »
"Who Is Delusional? The Answer Is: We All Are"
*"Who Is Delusional? The Answer Is: We All Are"* by Noel Hunter "Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you" - Carl Jung "Within the mental health profession, clinicians and researchers who value a system of categorical illnesses and individual defects too often proclaim that the major feature delineating "real psychosis" from other "disorders" is the presence of delusions. Two articles in the New York Times exemplified for me how skewed this assertion is. It also led to a greater awareness, more specifically, of how problematic it is to view so-called delusions as meaningles... more »
Kansas City Mayor Who Just Extended Mask Mandate Conducts “Do Your Job” Tours
*21WIRE* | Quentin Lucas could be considered among the ‘wokest’ of mayors in the U.S.
The Kremlin Is Betting That Belarusian President Lukashenko Will Stay In Power 'For Now'
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko take a break during a match of the Night Hockey League teams in Rosa Khutor in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, February 7, 2020. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo *Reuters*: *Putin bets on Lukashenko keeping power in Belarus for now: sources* MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko will probably cling to power for now despite protests against him and is content to let him sweat it out, two sources close to the Kre... more »
How Alexei Navalny revolutionized opposition politics in Russia, before his apparent poisoning
Regina Smyth, Professor, Indiana University at Politics/Election '20 – The Conversation - 8 hours ago
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, gravely ill from a suspected poisoning, brought a new type of opposition to Russia in tune with popular concerns and aimed at finding common ground.
The Social Justice Movement has Degenerated into a Bizarre Coalition of the Aggrieved & Weird
*Fat Phobia Is Rooted in Racism Against Blacks* The whole point of the political movement and religious cult of "intersectionality" is simply to construct a Coalition of the Aggrieved, and create a religious architecture that binds them completely so that they will not defect from the coalition. This requires claiming that wealthy white women's travails are similar to those of impoverished black street kids. Muslims' oppression in AmeriKKKa is just the same as a transgender's. Note that some of the biggest fights in the Coalition of the Aggrieved come when this proposition -- that... more »
The U.S. Army Conducted Not One But Two Missile Defense Tests in a Week
*Peter Suciu* *Security, * In the deserts of White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico on August 20 the U.S. Army Future Command conducted a major test of its missile defense technology that was able to successfully destroy two threat targets simultaneously. This was actually the final exercise for Northrop Grumman Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS), and it followed another test that was conducted a week earlier. In the deserts of White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico on August 20 the U.S. Army Future Command conducted a major test of its missile defense technology that was abl... more »
Movie Review: "Desert One" Revisits a Carter-Era Military Debacle
*Stephen Silver* *History, Americas* [image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Eagle_Claw#/media/File:RH-53Ds_on_elevator_of_USS_Nimitz_(CVN-68)_off_Iran_1980.JPEG] Operation Eagle Claw was a complete disaster. There’s a new documentary about Jimmy Carter, called “Jimmy Carter: Rock ‘n’ Roll President,” that showed at film festivals throughout the last year and will air on CNN this fall. The film took a wistful look at the 39th president’s unlikely friendship with rock and country artists, such as Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson. Another new documentary, “Desert One,” takes a ... more »
Russia Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny Will Be Flown To Germany For Treatment
*Daily Mail:** 'Poisoned' Alexei Navalny WILL be flown out of Russia after his wife begged Putin to release her comatose husband amid claims of a cover up by Russian doctors claiming he has 'heart disease'* * Alexei Navalny, Putin's arch-rival, is in a coma at Russia hospital after allies say he drank a poisoned cup of tea * He was due to be taken to Germany for treatment today, but doctors denied permission at the last moment * Medics said no poison has been found in his system instead blaming a heart condition and 'low blood sugar' * Wife Yulia has begged Vladimir Putin to relea... more »
Kahlil Gibran, "On Talking"
*"On Talking"* "You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts; And when you can no longer dwell in the solitude of your heart you live in your lips, and sound is a diversion and a pastime. And in much of your talking, thinking is half murdered. For thought is a bird of space, that in a cage of words may indeed unfold its wings but cannot fly. There are those among you who seek the talkative through fear of being alone. The silence of aloneness reveals to their eyes their naked selves and they would escape. And there are those who talk, and without knowledge or forethought ... more »
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"The Paradox of Our Time"
Dr. Bob Moorehead, "The Paradox of Our Time"
"Doubt..."
"If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things." - Rene Descartes
Congressional Research Service: No Cong. investigation of USS Liberty
Over 20 years ago the the Congressional Research Service said that the US had never conducted an investigation of the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty (despite claims to the opposite by Israel partisans). Now the CRS conclusion is official... more »
Life is a Novel That Always Ends Poorly
In my fiction, to get the maximum effect out of a dramatic spike, I usually preface it with the main character (MC) on an emotional high, the part just before the more aware of us begin to listen for the other shoe dropping. It's formulaic, I know, but it's a literary formula that works. In spite of all the problems facing me and all of us in this pandemic, I was feeling pretty good yesterday. I'd just launched a new novel a week or two ago, Steve Bannon and three or four of his cohorts got arrested yesterday and Trump was losing big on every legal front. I had fun writing ... more »
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