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Why Did the PerpZ Allow the Stanley Cup Playoffs during the Scamdemic Hoax?
[image: The Vancouver Canucks have won Game 6 against the St. Louis Blues.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Codie McLachlan.] *The Vancouver Canucks have won Game 6 against the* *St. Louis Blues.THE CANADIAN PRESS/* *Codie McLachlan.* I'm enjoying watching my team, *The Vancouver Canucks*, advance to the quarter finals of the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs. They will play the *Las Vegas Golden Knights *in the first game of the quarter finals tonight. It's the first time the Canucks have been in the playoffs since 2015. They have assembled the best overall team in my long memory of watching this team. So... more »
IRS/DOJ Cyber net takes down boastful terrorist funding accounts
Coincidental or part of a mass Saudi/ USA cooperative effort to take down militant groups? Interesting how this did not make the news in the last ten days thanks to MSM. Is it perhaps because some out there are upset that their source of funds are drying up? DoJ announced in a press release August 13, that they had dismantled one of the largest ever largest ever terrorist organizations’ cryptocurrency accounts. Three terrorists groups have been hit hard since June 1 by international means to break down their funding and remove the leaders. Yet it barely made a ripple in … Continue r... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
"The southern Milky Way appears spectacular in this composite image taken from Mangaia, the most southerly of the Cook Islands. Few sources of light pollution exist here, home to only 500 people. *Click image for larger size.* The two bright stars at the Milky Way’s center are Alpha (left) and Beta Centauri. They point to Crux the Southern Cross. Near the horizon, two of the satellite galaxies of our Milky Way, the Small (left) and Large Magellanic Clouds are easy to spot." - http://www.astronomy.com/
Chet Raymo, “Try To Remember…”
*“Try To Remember…”* by Chet Raymo “In a sleepless hour of the night, I was trying to remember the last name of a person I have known well for more than forty years. When my spouse stirred in her sleep, I asked her. She couldn't remember either. One again I started mentally through the alphabet. "I think it starts with B," I said. Ten minutes later she rolled over and said, "The next letter is R." Bingo! The name popped into my head. Or I should say, "popped out of my head." Because it was in there somewhere, recorded in a tangle of neurons as materially as if it were written on a ... more »
"Still You Wait..."
“Time is swift, it races by; Opportunities are born and die... Still you wait and will not try - A bird with wings who dares not rise and fly.” - A. A. Milne
“Life After The Afterlife”
*“Life After The Afterlife”* by The Zman “Is it possible for humans to have a transcendent moral code if they no longer believe in an afterlife? Some Christians today argue that it is impossible to have any sort of morality without belief in Christ, but that’s largely a self-serving claim. God’s role in the affairs of man, in the Christian context, is primarily as the ruler of Heaven. Those, who live a moral life, a Christian life, will spend eternity in Heaven at the foot of Christ. The people who live wicked lives, will be condemned to an eternity out of the sight of God. All of... more »
by discernment of mind, discrimination at heart and determination at throat--the 3 d's of enlightened divinity
By 1985 Morya had advocated a 24-man Council of Elders to supplement the Board of Directors (which is generally 8-man) to more broadly represent the field rather than just headquarters. Two Elders (Ed Francis and Susan Krister) were chosen to coordinate between Messenger and Elders, but Krister failed her tests. By 1996 Gilbert Clairbaut with western European and eastern Canada background including corporate was chosen as Church President to help Mother in operations, but the fractious nature of conditions at hq led to his resignation, while Mother and Francis divorced. So Nerol... more »
Guess who's broken BBC rules again?
Young Lewis is at it again... Don't criticise your colleagues, Fran Unsworth warns with a massive wag of her finger. Does *Newsnight*'s out of control policy editor care? Of course not. Here he is 'liking' a tweet calling for support after the lady in question fell out with Andrew Neil last night. Lewis lent her his hand against his BBC colleague: He's playing the BBC like a fiddle and they don't seem to dare anything about him - especially as there are now plenty like him at the BBC who will doubtless be rooting for him. *P.S.* For the BBC's sake I've sent all the detail... more »
This Day In Iraqi History - Aug 23
1922 King Faisal struck by appendicitis with no PM or govt UK High Commissioner Cox ruled until king returned Cox deported and exiled opposition leaders banned opposition parties and papers Silenced opposition and Shiite leaders 1924 American Consul in Iraq said King Faisal had no popular support and many were openly opposed to him 1952 Communist led strike at Basra port over pay Broken up by police Started year of protests called the Intifada against Regent (Musings On Iraq review *The Modern History of Iraq*) (Musings On Iraq review *Red Star Over Iraq, Iraqi ... more »
VP Candidate Kamala Iyer Harris: Bad News for American Workers; Pleases Wall St. & Silicon Valley (& Wanna Be Immigrants from India)
From NumbersUSA: “VP Candidate Kamala Harris — Pleases Wall St. & Silicon Valley, which means Bad News for American Workers … Continue reading →
Russian Dissident Being Treated at Berlin Hospital
“Russian Dissident Being Treated at Berlin Hospital By Charles Maynes August 23, 2020 03:12 AM MOSCOW – Russian dissident Alexei … Continue reading →
Need to protect your cannabis grow? Here are some security measures to consider
Thieves are getting more brazen in their attacks on marijuana companies, especially cultivation operations. Need to protect your cannabis grow? Here are some security measures to consider is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
"Butterflies..."
"I think humans might be like butterflies; people die every day without many other people knowing about them, seeing their colors, hearing their stories... and when humans are broken, they're like broken butterfly wings; suddenly there are so many beauties that are seen in different ways, so many thoughts and visions and possibilities that form, which couldn't form when the person wasn't broken! So it is not a very sad thing to be broken, after all! It's during the times of being broken, that you have all the opportunities to become things unforgettable! Just like the broken butter... more »
"'Sometimes': Poet and Philosopher David Whyte’s Stunning Meditation on Walking into the Questions of Our Becoming"
*"'Sometimes': Poet and Philosopher David Whyte’s * *Stunning Meditation on Walking into the Questions of Our Becoming"* by Maria Popova "The role of the artist, James Baldwin believed, is “to make you realize the doom and glory of knowing who you are and what you are.” This, too, is the role of the forest, it occurs to me as I walk the ferned, mossed woods daily to lose my self and find myself between the trees; to “live the questions,” in Rilke’s lovely phrase - to let the rustling of the leaves beckon forth the stirrings and murmurings on the edge of the psyche, which we so often... more »
Paltry Flint Toxic Water Settlement: Let’s NOT Kill All the Lawyers (at Least Not Some of Them)
Michigan gets off easy with its $600 million settlement of allegations that lead-tainted water in Flint has caused permanent brain damage for its victims.
WHY Russia Saved the United States: The Forgotten History of a Brotherhood
Why did Russia’s Czar Alexander II deploy the Russian navy to the coasts of the USA during the height of the Civil War in 1863? Why dynamic shaped the rise of the great rail building traditions across Russia, the USA, Germany, Japan and France in the 19th century and how did this shape the sale […]
Adam Christensen Won His Primary Tuesday-- Can He Flip Ted Yoho's Seat Blue?
On Tuesday we had some significant victories in the Florida primaries, especially for Florida legislature candidate Angie Nixon and for FL-03 congressional candidate Adam Christensen. Angie's district is so blue that she doesn't even have a Republican opponent in November. Adam's district... well, it's pretty red and gave Trump a 16 point margin in 2016. The current crackpot, Ted Yoho, is stepping down and we think Adam has a good shot to flip it from red to blue. The DCCC isn't interested in the district or in Adam, a staunch progressive. Please consider helping him mount a subst... more »
Cop Opens Fire Into Group of Innocent Children, Shooting a Child in the Back — DA Rules it Justified
[image: children]After the officer who opened fire into a group of unarmed innocent children, shooting one of them, he was never held accountable.
Why I Protest for the P.O.
Video Link: https://www.newschannel5.com/news/national-politics/several-small-rallies-held-across-nashville-to-save-our-post-office Save Our USPS Rally By: Chris Davis Posted at 3:56 PM, Aug 22, 2020 and last updated 5:44 AM, Aug 23, 2020 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — About 30 protesters gathered in front of lawmaker's offices in Nashville Saturday morning to send a message about the post office. "People need their bills, their prescriptions," said longtime activist Venita Lewis. "We just want to preserve the Postal Service," said Joe Counts, who attended with his family. Co... more »
Calls for businesses to sack vaccine objectors
Small business groups are calling for workplaces to sack employees who refuse to get a COVID-19 vaccination when one becomes available in Australia. The Council of Small Business Organisations Australia has issued a proposal that includes a call to expand ‘No Jab, No Job’ restrictions beyond 'high-risk workplaces'. [...Continued]
Green California Faces Dark Future
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? ? The blackouts that hit California over the past few days exposed the fragility of one of the most-expensive and least-reliable electric grids in North America. They also show that California’s grid can’t handle the load it has now, much less…
Ross McKitrick: Save the economy, ditch the ‘green recovery’ plans
Originally posted on Tallbloke's Talkshop: Any ‘green’ ideas were never about economic sanity anyway, but that problem is now even more acute. H/T The GWPF – – – Green technologies that were known money-losers before the pandemic are still money-losers today. There’s a curious idea floating around that the COVID crisis undid the principles…
Episode #338 – ‘Basement Hawks’ with guest George Szamuely and more
*SUNDAY WIRE* | Strap yourselves in and lower the blast shield – this is your brave new world…
SUNDAY SCREENING: ‘AlphaGo’ (2017)
*SUNDAY SCREENING* | Will A.I. change the way we look at ourselves as a species?
The Red Heifer and Abraham Accord Both LINKED to Third Temple
Nelson Walters The Red Heifer and the Abraham Accord are both linked to the Coming Third Temple. The Abraham Accord was signed last week and NEXT WEEK the Red Heifer may be deemed kosher. (Also watch When Will The Third Temple Be Built In Israel || The Two Witnesses’ Role https://youtu.be/CGB4fbbnwBk) Why are these two …
Black Agenda Report 19 August 2020
19 August 2020 — Black Agenda Report Free All Political Prisoners – and Say Their Names! Glen Ford, BAR Executive Editor It is righteous and correct to say the names of victims of police violence, but we must also “Say the names!” of our living political prisoners. Freedom Rider: “Feet to the Fire” and Other … Continue reading Black Agenda Report 19 August 2020
Watch: How does China plan to counter US sanctions?
In the second part of the conversation on the US tech war on China, Charles Xu from Qiao Collective talks about the short and medium-term strategy of Huawei and China in general to deal with the US sanctions.
Could Helicopters Be the Next Super Stealth Weapon?
*Kris Osborn* *Security, * Bell Helicopter engineers have stopped short of calling the new project a “stealth” helicopter, they do acknowledge they are engineering “stealthy” characteristics. *Key Point*: Helicopters are the stealth vehicle America can't afford to overlook. Bell Helicopter engineers and weapons developers and looking at innovative ways to reduce the radar signature of their new, next-generation V-280 Valor tilt-rotor aircraft slated to be operational by the 2030s. While developers stop short of calling the new project a “stealth” helicopter, they do acknowledge... more »
Imagine a President Hillary Clinton Trying to Battle the Coronavirus
*Rachel Bucchino* *Politics, * Would she have done any better than Donald Trump? *Imagine this fictional scene--mixed in with some reality*: Walking into the White House press room -- wearing a black mask -- with Dr. Anthony Fauci, a top infectious disease expert, by her side, President Hillary Clinton slowly approached the podium before removing her mask and unveiling a stack of written remarks. Fauci stood behind her, with another heap of graphs and notes, waiting for his turn to get a chance at the microphone. “Thank you for being here. I wish more of the press could join us ... more »
F-16V Fighters For Taiwan: $8 Billion Well Spent? Yes and No.
*James Holmes* *Security, Asia* From the author: "It is incumbent on President Tsai and her advisers to mull the opportunity costs of the looming F-16V purchase. What Taipei spends on Vipers cannot be spent on something else, barring a major increase in the fraction of GDP allocated to defense. If $8 billion would buy platforms and weapons with greater operational and strategic heft, budgeteers should redirect funding to procure them." *Editor's Note:* Scholar Dean Cheng the Heritage Foundation has also written for us about this important topic. You can find his essay here. Las... more »
How Trump of Biden Should Handle North Korea: Partner with Moon Jae-in
*Doug Bandow* *Security, Asia* Much is at stake on November 3. And not just for Americans. The peoples on the Korean peninsula also are waiting and wondering who will take the oath of office as America’s president on January 20. Whichever candidate wins, he should make President Moon Jae-in his close partner in dealing with North Korea. Americans are waiting on the results of the November election. So are foreign governments. That should be expected given the fact that the U.S. possesses the world’s largest economy and most effective military. More important, though is the willi... more »
CDC: Coronavirus Can Be Under Control in 12 Weeks if People Wear Masks, Social Distance
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Health, * So why aren't people listening? If most Americans decided to fully adhere to current public-health guidelines—such as wearing face masks and coverings and practicing social distancing—the United States could get the coronavirus pandemic under control in just twelve weeks, according to the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “It’s in our hands, within our grasp,” CDC chief Robert Redfield told reporters Friday on a conference call. “But it is going to require all of us to embrace these mitigation steps. And we’re going to ne... more »
WHO Warns Viable Vaccine Alone Can’t End Coronavirus Pandemic
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Health, * Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, head of the WHO’s emerging diseases and zoonosis unit, contended that the public needs to learn “how to live with this virus.” The World Health Organization asserted on Friday that even if a safe and effective vaccine is developed, it won’t be able to end the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic on its own. During a news conference from the agency’s Geneva headquarters, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that the general public needs to make permanent adjustments to their daily lives to bring the contagion... more »
Voter Suppression Has Haunted The United States Since It Was Founded
In 1787, the Founding Fathers wrestled over how to address suffrage in the U.S. Constitution. At the time, voting was restricted to wealthy white landowners. The framers debated whether it should be extended to commoners who had joined arms with them in the American Revolution, but who might overrule their interests. Ultimately, the question was punted to the states in Article I, Section 4, of the Constitution, which declares: “The times, places and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof; but the C... more »
Today Is Earth Overshoot Day, Here’s What It Means
From today onwards, we have used every last bit of natural resources that Earth can provide within one calendar year and are now living on ecological credit. This year, Earth Overshoot Day occurs on August 22. It marks the imaginary point when humanity’s demand exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. The international research organization Global Footprint Network, which has been calculating this date since 1970, estimates 1.6 planets are required to support our population's way of life. The post Today Is Earth Overshoot Day, Here’s What It Means appeared first on Popular... more »
Erdogan commits ‘crime against humanity’ in Hasaka, Syria by cutting off water to one million civilians in the blazing summer heat
Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Turkish President Erdogan has sought to create an image for himself as the champion of religion. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) also tried to claim they were following a religion, yet both to used water as a weapon of war. Water in Islam Turkey is almost […]
25% of Hotels Can’t Pay Mortgage as Financial System Could Go Belly Up Worse Than 2008
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AZ Finally Comes Up With A Better Way to Show COVID-Related Hospital Capacity
Now that the COVID wave in Arizona is receding, the ADHS Data Dashboard finally has come up with a better way to show COVID-related hospital bed use. Had this been in use at the peak, I think the general panic about overwhelmed hospitals might have been reduced. I would consider this serious but not disastrous, […]
An absolutely extraordinary period for Newsnight
*Newsnight’s Kirsty Wark on cancel culture, equality and Paxman“Newsnight is now more about being a quiet assassin than a musketeer.” *Interview by Decca Aitkenhead (Sunday Times Magazine) Kirsty Wark? The Kirsty whose warks are even more indistinct than her bites? The Kirsty whose diction is so adenoidal that all her consonants are slurred together into one semi-intelligible whine? No! Stop it now! Tell me I’m not subscribing to the Guardian! “After watching her present Newsnight for 27 years, many of us probably feel like we’re old friends with Wark. The 65-year-old is the s... more »
Roll over, Jeff Randall!
Wednesday's morning *BBC Breakfast* featured Nina Warhurst talking about possible recovery shapes. She avoided any charge of dumbing down. An appreciative viewer posted a video, including his own reaction. Watch and learn! Be warned though, you may have to click on the embedded tweet twice to get it to work. Nina will send you instructions, with pop-out pictures, to explain further... BBC getting a little highbrow and elitist here https://t.co/9aBJP6MrbX — Dominic Frisby (@DominicFrisby) August 23, 2020
ICYMI: My Wife's Summer Vacation Ends Edition (8/23)
Teachers get back to it this week, with students returning in a week. We're holding our breaths here-- my county has a 2020 total of 69 cases and 1 death (yes, that's for the whole year so far), so local folks have not been feeling the whole pandemic as much as they've been feeling the various shutdowns. So we'll see what happens. In the meantime, here's some stuff to read from the week. *Biden, Harris, and Dr. Biden Will Send DeVos Yachting!* Come for Nancy bailey's headline, and stay for the comprehensive list of DeVosian misbehavior. *Pod Save Us: How Learning Pods are Going to... more »
Maryanne's Tale
CNN and *The Washington Post *have obtained copies of conversations Mary Trump had with her aunt, retired judge Maryanne Trump Barry. The judge appears to know her brother well: Maryanne Trump Barry bitterly criticized her brother, President Donald Trump, saying, "Donald's out for Donald," and appeared to confirm her niece Mary Trump's previous allegations that he had a friend take his SATs to get into college, according to audio excerpts obtained by CNN. The Washington Post first obtained the previously unreleased transcripts and audio from Mary Trump, author of a recent bomb... more »
Will the new McNeil be like the old one? Let’s hope not
If there is just one trait I will hope for in a new Liberal leader — a person who will automatically become our premier without benefit of even any public laying on of electoral hands — it is simply be that she or he not be as unreflectively, reflexively anti-union as the incumbent. From the […]
Five Ways Telecommunications Companies Can Fight Internet Shutdowns
Protesters rally in Minsk, Belarus, on Aug. 16, 2020. Photo credit: Максим Шикунец via Wikipedia https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Protest_actions_in_Minsk_(Belarus),_August_16_6.jpg, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed *Editor’s Note: Governments often ask telecommunications companies to shut down the internet in their country or otherwise limit their citizens' access and activities. Companies are in a bind, balancing their legal obligations to the government and human rights that depend on free communications. David Sullivan of the Global Netwo... more »
First ever video of modernized Tu-95 ‘Bear’ strategic bomber
[image: First ever video of modernized Tu-95 ‘Bear’ strategic bomber] The Tupolev Tu-95 has been part of the air-based component of Russia’s strategic deterrent for decades, and has proven to be a tried-and-true workhorse for the military since its introduction all the way back in 1956. Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has released footage of the maiden flight of a heavily upgraded Tupolev Tu-95MSM (NATO reporting name ‘Bear’) bomber. The video shows the plane preparing for takeoff, its massive turboprop engines hearkening back to a tried and tested aviation engine technol... more »
Hezbollah publishes first photos of downed Israeli drone
[image: Hezbollah publishes first photos of downed Israeli drone] BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:00 P.M.) – On Sunday, Hezbollah’s military media published pictures of the Israeli drone that was shot down on Saturday afternoon. The drone was reportedly shot down while it was flying near the Lebanese town of Aita Al-Shaab. Hezbollah said the drone had entered Lebanese airspace was capturing images of the area before it was shot down by their forces. The Israeli army later confirmed that a drone belonging to its forces had fallen over Lebanese territory. Continue reading Hezbollah publishes fir... more »
Ansarallah forces score major victory as they close in on key Yemeni city
[image: Ansarallah forces score major victory as they close in on key Yemeni city] BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:20 P.M.) – The Ansarallah forces scored a major victory on Saturday, when their troops took control of several areas in the western countryside of the Marib Governorate. According to Ansarallah-affiliated media, their forces captured the Mas Camp near the Al-Jawf Governorate’s border, following an intense battle with the Islah militia and Hadi loyalists. Furthermore, the Ansarallah forces managed to capture several hilltops and points northwest of Marib city, giving them control of... more »
Russian Air Force launches heavy strikes against ISIS in central Syria
[image: Russian Air Force launches heavy strikes against ISIS in central Syria] BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:45 P.M.) – The Russian Air Force has been hammering the Islamic State’s (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) positions in central Syria, targeting a number of the terrorist group’s hideouts in the vast Badiya Al-Sham region. According to reports, Russian jets, backed by the Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF), targeted the Islamic State’s positions across the eastern countryside of Homs, resulting in the destruction of the terrorist group’s hideouts near the Deir Ezzor administrative border. Continue read... more »
‘They call on Hezbollah not intervene, but all of these countries interfere in Lebanon’: Nasrallah
[image: ‘They call on Hezbollah not intervene, but all of these countries interfere in Lebanon’: Nasrallah] BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 P.M.) – The Secretary-General of the Lebanese Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, conducted a speech this weekend to commemorate the first month of the Islamic calendar and its tenth day (Ashura), which will take place on August 29th. The Hezbollah leader began his speech by saying that “geographical borders do not waive responsibility,” stressing the existence of “bearing responsibility towards every human group whose problems and news we know, and it i... more »
Russia and Turkey reach agreement to supply second batch of S-400s
[image: Russia and Turkey reach agreement to supply second batch of S-400s] BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:10 P.M.) – Rosoboronexport announced on Sunday that Moscow and Ankara have signed a new contract to supply a second batch of the S-400 missile defense system to Turkey. “The contract has been signed, and we are currently discussing with our partners the method of financial payment for the implementation of this contract,” the general manager of Rosoboronexport, Alexander Mikheyev, said in a press statement during the “Army-2020” exhibition. In turn, the Chairman of the Turkish Defense Indu... more »
Satellite Images Reveal Three B-2 Stealth Bombers Deployed To The Island Of Diego Garcia
*Warzone/The Drive: **Trio Of B-2 Stealth Bombers Deployed To The Island Of Diego Garcia As Seen From Space* *The B-2s flew direct from the U.S. to the remote outpost in the Indian Ocean and have already executed missions over Asia.* On August 11th, 2020, U.S. Air Force sent a trio of B-2 Spirit stealth bombers halfway around the world from their home at Whiteman AFB in Missouri to the remote island outpost of Diego Garcia located deep in the Indian Ocean. The unannounced deployment is part of the Air Force's new unpredictable bomber deployment strategy and comes at a time where ... more »
Midnight Meme Of The Day!
*by Noah Sunday Thoughts:* Yeah, Rick Wiles, but what's YOUR excuse? What made you so inhuman? What altered your DNA? Or, were you just born that way? Did your god play a little trick on you? Is it just a lifestyle choice that you made? For decades, I've always noted that republicans always need someone or some group to hate or at least use for stoking fear to motivate their voters. It's the conservative M.O that they have taken in with full fervor; so Christian of them, but, that's their brand of Christianity. When I started out, the target was people whose name ended in a vow... more »
Could U.S. B-2 Stealth Bombers Penetrate Chinese Air Defenses?
Image: Creative Commons *Kris Osborn, National Interest*: *Could U.S. B-2 Stealth Bombers Take on 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 current variants of the 30-year old bomber could elude Chinese air defenses. The mission, as a routine deployment of the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Miss., is not a combat mission but rather a readiness and train... more »
Hilarious Reasons Why Soldiers Joined The U.S. Army
*Daily Mail: **'To buy a Camaro!' US soldiers go viral after sharing their hilarious reasons for joining the army - with one woman admitting she enlisted for a $20,000 bonus - that she NEVER got* * Daryl Tyrone Littles II, 24, from Augusta, Georgia, and his friend Pvt. Kicklighter caught their colleagues off guard when they asked them why they enlisted * Some admitted that they 'don't know' why they joined the army, while others cited money and not having anything else to do * Daryl, who is an E-4 in the United States National Guard, uploaded the video to his TikTok page @__lyrad... more »
GET READY FOR UPBEAT, INSPIRING TRUMP (NO, NOT REALLY)
I don't know if the Republicans are trying to gaslight us or themselves as they plan their convention: Convention organizers say the president and his surrogate speakers will showcase optimism and inspire hope in a time of worldwide despair, with programming planned around themes of “promise,” “opportunity” and “greatness” for the United States in a second Trump term. “The big contrast you’ll see between the Democrats’ doom-and-gloom, Donald Trump-obsessed convention will be a convention focused on real people, their stories, how the policies of the Trump administration have lifted ... more »
Not Just Brutality, Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Child Sex Crimes While On-Duty
America has a child predator problem and many of those problems are inside police departments across the country, carrying a badge and getting paid to exploit children.
Democrats want to destroy Uber and Lyft: Republican Senate is stopping them
In California Uber and Lyft avoided going out of business by hours; only a last minute court order saved them. The Democrats who completely control California have declared that they, not workers, decide how people want to work. The law says that Uber and Lyft have to treat their drivers as employee's not as independent contractors. That means healthcare, vacation time, etc. Sounds good but it's an impossible burden. But the Democrats, few if any who have actually held a real job or run a business, say so what. Democrats don't care that a huge number of Californians who work inte... more »
Democrat politicians hate God and the law: They removed "God" from the pledge of allegiance
When the Democrats recited the pledge of allegiance at their convention in at least two of the Caucuses they left out the words "under God". That is they unilaterally changed something that was defined by Congress without going through the tiresome process of building support and getting a revised law passed. Back in 1954 Congress passed a law adding the phrase "under God" to the Pledge. But just as with the rest of their agenda--abortion, gay "marriage", coddling criminals, redefining sex as gender, etc--Democrats don't feel the need to actually get the people to support that chan... more »
Leftist teacher hating on the police: Cops are just like the KKK
8th grade teachers in a school outside of Dallas, TX (@WylieISD) gave students a home work assignment comparing police officers to slave owners and the KKK. This is abhorrent and disgusting, and only further widens the gap between police officers and the youth in our community. pic.twitter.com/ELfbjWQu9Z — Joe Gamaldi (@JoeGamaldi) August 20, 2020 It was distributed to 400 Junior High School students. What's interesting about this cartoon is that the person who made it is probably a Democrat as is the teacher that used it. The problem is that first the person who enslaved Blacks... more »
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From Jenna Orkin The [Gates] foundation even helped fund a 2016 report from the American Press Institute that was used to develop guidelineson how newsrooms can maintain editorial independence from philanthropic funders. Six waterspouts filmed swirling at once in Gulf of Mexico A rush is on to mine the deep seabed, with effects on ocean life that aren’t well understood Virginia Health Commissioner says he’ll mandate a COVID-19 vaccine Prison guards switch off security cameras to give Ghislaine Maxwell privacy during ‘difficult time’ Madrid Planning to Build Largest Urban Forest ... more »
Lee Smith Discusses “The Permanent Coup” Against President Trump…
Lee Smith is one of the most decent and genuine people I have ever had the good pleasure to meet. In this interview Smith discusses his latest book “The Permanent Coup”. The Trump-Russia collusion hoax, the Mueller investigation, the impeachment … Continue reading →
Could Donald Trump's So-Called 'Silent Majority' Mean a November Victory?
*Rachel Bucchino* *Politics, * Although Trump has pushed for law and order due to the political and social unrest dividing the country—like Nixon did in the late 1960s—he’s done so in ways that don’t necessarily appeal to the broad “silent majority.” “As president of the United States,” President Richard Nixon said, “I would be untrue to my oath of office if I allowed the policy of this nation to be dictated by the minority who holds that point of view and who try to impose it on the nation by mounting demonstrations on the street.” “And so tonight, to you, the great silent majo... more »
A Joke: Why Iran's "Stealth Fighter" Is Anything But
*David Axe* *Security, Americas* No the Qaher 313 won't be going toe-to-toe with the F-22 anytime soon. *Key point: *Tehran likes to parade around military equipment that is exaggerated or an outright fake. Their "stealth fighter" certainly falls in that category. Tensions have escalated in the Persian Gulf region in the aftermath of U.S. president Donald Trump’s decision unilaterally to withdraw the United States from the agreement limiting Iran’s nuclear program. The U.S. military has implicated Iranian agents in several summer 2019 attacks on civilian ships sailing near Iran.... more »
Dr Lee Merritt: Dismantling the Official Lies of the COVID Crisis
*21WIRE* | The evidence against the popular mainstream 'pandemic' narrative is now overwhelming.
New COVID Study Shows T-Cell, B-Cell Immunity Lasts longer Than Antibodies
*21WIRE + Telegraph* | More evidence emerges which destroys the Gates 'vaccine immunity' narrative.
On Spengler’s Decline of the West
*The Decline of the West* by Oswald Spengler is one of the greatest books on cultural analysis written in the twentieth century. It’s hard to summarize Spengler’s thesis in a single line, but here’s my attempt to do just that: the modern civilization which appears victorious and inescapable has developed a wound which will never heal because the wound is inflicted by a force that is far more powerful than the passions and capabilities of the people—the wound will hemorrhage all values and the West will be crushed by the inexorable hand of history. The book’s thesis agrees with the... more »
PPE: Why are they refusing to publish the contracts?
We know from Treasury documents that Government has approved a staggering and unprecedented £15 billion for PPE procurement to protect frontline staff. But what we see is implausible counterparties, staggering sums of money, political connections, vast waste on duff product - and most of all a lack of transparency.
Meet the Submarines That Make Iran's Navy a Serious Threat
*Mark Episkopos* *Security, Middle East* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2006%3Anewsml_GM1DSKKATBAA&share=true] These boats help Tehran carry out a variety of operations. *Key Point: *Iran might not be able to strike far from its shores, but it can certainly defend itself. It could also cause more regional issues with its submarines if it wanted. Tensions *continue to mount* between Washington and Iran, with every week bringing forth a new round of diplomatic threats and accusations. Back in 2019, Revolutionary Guards commander Maj. Gen. Hossein... more »
How I Would Design the U.S. Navy's Next Attack Submarine
*James Holmes* *Security, World* That the scientific method should govern naval development is self-evident. *Key Point*: Naval designers have time to think. Let the experiments begin, submariners and shipbuilders. Even as shipyards lay keels for a bulked-up “block” of its *Virginia*-class nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN), the U.S. Navy espies an entirely new class of attack boat designated SSN(X). The SSN(X) program is slated to debut in 2031, a full twelve years from now. (The program gets underway in earnest in 2034, when the service expects to start buying two boats per... more »
How Iran Could Shoot Down An F-35 Fighter In a War
*David Axe* *Security, Middle East* Iran's F-5, despite its age, might still possesses the agility to gain the advantage over an F-35. *Key Point*: The F-35, while new, isn’t necessarily a stellar aerial performer. Amid escalating tensions between Iran and the United States, in part resulting from U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision unilaterally to withdraw the United States from the 2015 deal limiting Iran’s nuclear program, the U.S. armed forces have deployed a wide array of ships, planes and other weapons to the Middle East. The American arsenal in the region includes F-3... more »
Can the Navy's Submarines Still Hide From China?
*David Axe* *Security, Asia* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2009%3Anewsml_GM1E5A11E8C01&share=true] Beijing's deployed new sea floor sonars and space-based laser sensors. *Key Point: *America's submarines are stealthy, but China is finding new ways to locate them. How might the game of cat-and-mouse evolve? The U.S. Navy is rethinking the way it deploys its submarines, all in order to help the powerful vessels avoid detection by increasingly sophisticated Chinese sensors. “Get deeper,” is how Vice Adm. Chas Richard, commander of the 70-strong ... more »
55,000 Missiles: Why Didn't Iran Shoot to Kill When It Attacked Earlier in 2020?
*David Axe* *Security, Middle East* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC2LHI9UMSEW&share=true] Iran in all deploys around 55,000 surface-to-surface missiles. Most of them are shorter-range models such as the Shahab-1 and Fatah-110. The country also possesses Qiam rockets that can travel as far as 500 miles *Key Point: *Iran is no stranger to making threats. However, it also knows there are some lines is might be unwise to cross. Iranian forces on Jan. 7, 2020 fired over a dozen ballistic missiles at two Iraqi bases, inflicting some d... more »
How Worried Should America Be About China's Ballistic Missiles?
*Caleb Larson* *Security, Asia* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2015%3Anewsml_GF10000191505&share=true] Beijing's program is going full steam ahead. *Key Point: *China is still technologically behind America. However, Beijing is quickly catching up. China’s missile arsenal can threaten regional adversaries like Taiwan and Japan, or global competitors like the United States—on their own territory. *Marching Forward* China’s missile program is very secretive. This is partly because China has not entered arms control agreements as willingly as Am... more »
As Pantanal Fires Burn, Pressure Grows on Brazil’s Environmental Officials
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The odor of burning brush penetrated the home of Zulmira Maria Lucia, 67, a resident of Mata Cavalo, a community settlement located in the Pantanal in Mato Grosso, western Brazil. "The fire emerged very quickly and cleared the whole pasture. We lost everything, the banana fields, and other plantations", says […] The post As Pantanal Fires Burn, Pressure Grows on Brazil’s Environmental Officials appeared first on The Rio Times.
Epstein, Bill Clinton lawsuit name-drop. Obama & Rice silent on Netflix (Video)
The Duran Quick Take: Episode 642.
Palestinians Take Their Fight For Justice To The Mountains
Palestinians are not going anywhere. This is the gist of seven decades of Palestinian struggle against Zionist colonialism. The proof? The story of Ahmed Amarneh. Amarneh, a 30-year-old civil engineer from the northern West Bank village of Farasin, lives with his family in a cave. For many years, the Amarneh family has attempted to build a proper home, but their request has been denied by the Israeli military every time. In many ways, the struggle of the Amarnehs is a microcosm of the collective struggle of Farasin; in fact, of most Palestinians. The post Palestinians Take Their ... more »
Haudenosaunee Land Defenders Call For Peace And Safety
On August 20, the land defenders at 1492 Land Back Lane tweeted: “We call on our allies to continue to amplify our demand for peace and safety.” These Six Nations land defenders began a re-occupation of their territory on July 19 to uphold their right to free, prior and informed consent and in opposition to the construction of the McKenzie Meadows housing development on unceded lands near the city of Caledonia in the province of Ontario in central Canada. The 1492 Land Back Lane tweet further notes: “We fear that instead of engaging with us in good faith, [settler politicians incl... more »
Sanctuary Camp Residents Pressured To Move
Minneapolis, MN – Houseless Twin Cities residents have recently endured arrests, the trashing of their belongings, and violent actions at the hands of Park Police, whose participation in these sweeps has been documented by local photographers. Several hundred people living in dozens of camps across the Twin Cities wonder every day whether their only means of shelter against the elements will be destroyed by police officers. Last week Friday, the remaining sanctuary encampment at Minneapolis’ Powderhorn Park was cleared by armed police. The post Sanctuary Camp Residents Pressured ... more »
Congress: Postal Service Delays ‘Far Worse Than Previously Acknowledged’
House Democrats on the Oversight and Reform Committee released documents Saturday showing that Postal Service delays they say are “far worse than previously acknowledged.” The assessment from the lawmakers comes a day after Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testified before the Senate Homeland Security Committee, where he apologized for a “dip” in service but assured the panel that the "nation’s election mail" would be delivered "fully and on time.” Democrats in both chambers of Congress have been been concerned about the operational changes that DeJoy announced earlier this summer t... more »
The Sunday Times: "Rule Britannia faces axe in BBC’s ‘Black Lives Matter Proms'"
The wide-awake Dalia Stasevska From the huge tidal wave of extremely hostile criticism already sweeping over them for merely "agonising" over the question, the BBC would be very wise *not* to allow a 'woke' Finnish conductor to have her way and cancel *Rule, Britannia! *and *Land of Hope and Glory *from The Last Night of the Proms. As Sunder Katwala observed earlier today: - There is clear evidence this is generally unpopular. *[A YouGov poll last month found that 69% wanted the Last Night to continue to include these songs, 11% wanted it to no longer include these son... more »
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*UK: We should never have closed schools* The A-level by algorithm scandal rolls on, lurching from crisis to chaos. Government messaging shifts randomly between an insistence that nothing will change and suggesting that if students are disappointed with their allotted grades, they can simply pick others. Just this weekend, reassurances about appealing lower-than-expected results were swiftly followed by Ofqual (the exams regulator) removing from its website all details of how the appeals process would work. The devastating impact this has on the lives of all involved cannot be ov... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Makawao, Hawaii, USA. Thanks for stopping by!
The Poet: Wendell Berry, “Leavings”
*“Leavings”* “In time a man disappears from his lifelong fields, from the streams he has walked beside, from the woods where he sat and waited. Thinking of this, he seems to miss himself in those places as if always he has been there. But first he must disappear, and this he foresees with hope, with thanks. Let others come.” - Wendell Berry ○ "Perhaps as he was lying awake then, his life may have passed before him - his early hopeful struggles, his manly successes and prosperity, his downfall in his declining years, and his present helpless condition - no chance of revenge against Fo... more »
"Grief..."
“The dictionary defines grief as: “Keen mental suffering or distress over affliction of loss; sharp sorrow, painful regret.” We’re taught to learn from and rely on books, on definitions, on definitives but in life, strict definitions rarely apply. In life, grief can look like a lot of things that bear little resemblance to sharp sorrow. Grief may be a thing we all have in common but it looks different on everyone. It isn’t just death we have to grieve. It’s life, it’s loss, it’s change. And when we wonder why it has to suck so much sometimes, it has to hurt so bad. The thing we go... more »
Musical Interlude: Moby, "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?"
Moby, "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?"
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*The First Undeniable Climate Change Deaths* *Undeniable? Then how come I am denying it?People in temperate climates regularly die in "heatwaves" -- temperatures that would be unremarkable in the tropics.So the only thing of interest here is whether the temperatures concerned were unusual. And it does appear that they were. But where do you go from there?"Attribution science" was enlisted to show a link to global warming. I won't dwell on the impossible task that is attribution science. It defies logic. But even if we accept its conclusions as correct, what was the cau... more »
Destructive floods hit Turkey's Giresun Province, leaving 15 people dead or missing
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Heavy rainfall caused destructive flooding in NE Turkey's Giresun Province, Black Sea Region on Saturday, August 22, 2020, leaving huge infrastructural damage, at least 4 people dead and 11 missing. Officials said heavy rains in the district of Dereli started...... Read more »
The Poet: Wendell Berry, “Leavings”
“In time a man disappears from his lifelong fields, from the streams he has walked beside, from the woods where he sat and waited. Thinking of this, he seems to miss himself in those places as if always he has been there. But first he must disappear, and this he foresees with hope, with thanks. Let others come.” - Wendell Berry, “Leavings” ○ "Perhaps as he was lying awake then, his life may have passed before him - his early hopeful struggles, his manly successes and prosperity, his downfall in his declining years, and his present helpless condition - no chance of revenge against Fort... more »
"Grief..."
“The dictionary defines grief as: “Keen mental suffering or distress over affliction of loss; sharp sorrow, painful regret.” We’re taught to learn from and rely on books, on definitions, on definitives but in life, strict definitions rarely apply. In life, grief can look like a lot of things that bear little resemblance to sharp sorrow. Grief may be a thing we all have in common but it looks different on everyone. It isn’t just death we have to grieve. It’s life, it’s loss, it’s change. And when we wonder why it has to suck so much sometimes, it has to hurt so bad. The thing we go... more »
"Perhaps It's Just As Welll"
"It's extraordinary how we go through life with eyes half shut, with dull ears, with dormant thoughts. Perhaps it's just as well; and it may be that it is this very dullness that makes life to the incalculable majority so supportable and so welcome." - Joseph Conrad, "Lord Jim"
The Obama legacy
Larry Elder writes, and I agree, that in 2008, Barack Obama "got a higher % of the white vote than did Kerry in '04. Obama won with 52%, but by the time he entered office Obama's ratings stood at 67%. To show his gratitude, Obama spent his presidency and post presidency telling whites how racist they are." And his legacy of bigotry, racism, division and turmoil lives on in all the major Democrat run cities experiencing rioting, in academe, in churches, in "woke" corporations," in entertainment, and the Democrats in Congress today.
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