Saturday, August 08, 2020

8 August- Blogs I'm Following - 5 of 5

10 pm MDT

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 21 hours ago
*by Noah* Mitch? Bitch? It's all the same, especially in the case of Trump and Putin's bitch. He's yet another psycho in a long line of Washington psychos and he's acting like that cat that holds down a mouse or a bug with one paw and pulls off his victim's legs one at a time with his teeth. The cat can't help it. It's a cat. Bitch McConnell can help it. He has a choice but he's made a conscious decision to mistreat the people he dismissively laughs at, the "ordinary Americans," the ones that "don't count" as he proudly calls himself "The Grim Reaper." To Mitch, tens and tens and ... more »

Beirut Explosion Was 2750 Tons of Ammonium Nitrate

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
Sounds good. Certainly makes a convincing cover story. Except that: 1 You must also mix it with diesel fuel. Somehow they forgot that part of the story. 2 Jets were heard and seen during it all. 3 Others claim that a large shipment of Iranian missles were in the warehouse. 4 Exactly who in this world remains stupid when it come to amonium nitrate and for seven years? I knew the drill long ago because i worked around the mining industry when everyone still thought that dynamite was the cats meow. That is no longer the case. This stuff no longer moves without someon... more »

Who profits from Militarizing the Police?

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
Curiously enough i am completely onside with the police acquiring all this military hardware but not because it may occasionaly be rolled out against a real military grade threat. Far from it. The police simply lack the appropriate training to begin with. They just have the hardware. A real threat is likely to take all these toys away and turn them on the police. A really bad day. What it all does do is move perfectly good hardware out of the miltary yards where they are rusting and completely idle onto police yards where they also get maintained. Thus available in case of n... more »

At least 10 dead, more than 3 300 homes destroyed or damaged after severe floods in Sudan

Severe flooding hit much of Sudan this week, affecting more than 50 000 people, causing at least 10 fatalities, and leaving more than 3 300 homes damaged or destroyed. As of August 6, tens of thousands have been affected in 14 out of the 18 states across the...... Read more »

Why Capitalism Is in Constant Conflict With Democracy

Yves Smith at naked capitalism - 21 hours ago
A high level, if flawed, critique of democracy American style.

WHO backtracks on coronavirus vaccines, admits they won’t work

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 21 hours ago
Originally posted on Wake Up To The Truth: August 06, 2020 by: Ethan Huff (Natural News) For all of the hype surrounding future vaccines for the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19), the World Health Organization’s (WHO) take on the situation is not at all promising. During his organization’s latest briefing in Geneva, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom…

COVID-19: Closer to the Truth: Tests and Immunity

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 21 hours ago
Originally posted on Counter Information: The RT-PCR “Test Detects Virus Particles, Not the Whole Virus” By Dr. Pascal Sacré Global Research, August 07, 2020 Mondialisation.ca The number of positive RT-PCR tests, which diagnose the presence of pieces [fragments] of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, is equated in the press and government reports with the number of new COVID-19…

ATOMIC BOMBINGS AT 75: From Hiroshima to Collateral Murder, by Nozomi Hayase

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 21 hours ago
Originally posted on STRAIGHT LINE LOGIC: Governments have been indiscriminately and wrongly killing people since governments began, and persecuting anyone brave enough to tell of their crimes. From Nozomi Hayase at consortiumnews.com: During this week’s commemoration of the attacks on Japan, Nozomi Hayase spotlights the courage of two journalists — Wilfred Burchett and Julian Assange —…

James Corbett: If Bill Gates Was President…

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 21 hours ago
Originally posted on Piotr Bein's blog = blog Piotra Beina: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX_jYEI6Z3Q

Post-Trump Conservatism: A Marxist Approach. By David F. Brooks

Yastreblyansky at No More Mister Nice Blog - 22 hours ago
Pablo Picasso, *Girl With Mandolin* (1910), via PabloPicasso.org. David Brooks has a column predicting that the post-Trump GOP will be thoughtful and compassionate. Alongside that, there's an op-ed arguing that the GOP is getting serious about the climate. In other words, the Failed Biden Presidency has already begun at @nytopinion . — Steve M. (@nomoremister) August 7, 2020 Today's Brooks ("Where Do Republicans Go From Here?") is fooling everybody like that, because it starts out looking like a column he's written 15 or 16 times in the last couple of years and you think you kno... more »

Dire Warning: US-China War ‘Within 3 Months’ (Full Show)

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
RT America Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says a war between the US and China is no longer “inconceivable” unless cooler heads prevail in diplomacy. This comes at a time of growing friction between China and Australia. RT America’s John Huddy reports. Then John Sitilides of Trilogy Advisers and former UK MP George Galloway weigh …

Bullion Soars As Gold Breaks Records & Silver Climbs

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
McAlvany Financial Waiting on a pullback that may not come as gold enters uncharted waters and silver pushes above $28. Bullion has now entered a new phase of the bull market. This week we cover the prices of gold and silver as they continue to see strength across the board. We will also cover the …

Trump Pledges “Total Transparency” On UFOs To Fox News Host

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
Trump Pledges “Total Transparency” On UFOs To Fox News Host by SkyWatch Editor, https://www.skywatchtv.com/ Raw Story reports “President Donald Trump may have put a Fox Business personality in charge of aliens during a Tuesday interview. ‘A lot of my friends are very concerned about what the federal government is doing when it comes to UFOs,’ Lou …

State-Sponsored COVID TERRORISM: Los Angeles Threatens to Cut Off Electricity And Water of Private Homes that Refuse to Comply with Authoritarian Lockdown Rules

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
State-Sponsored COVID TERRORISM: Los Angeles Threatens to Cut Off Electricity And Water of Private Homes that Refuse to Comply with Authoritarian Lockdown Rules by Mike Adams, https://www.naturalnews.com/Index.html (Natural News) In the latest escalation of state-sponsored covid-19 terrorism against innocent citizens, Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti is now threatening to shut off the water and electricity to private …

Conservative Christian UPRISING as Churches REVOLT Against Far-Left Worship BAN!!!

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
Dr. Steve Turley Churches are RISING UP and REVOLTING Against their Far Left Governors BAN on Christian Worship! In this video, we’re going to look at the latest example of a mass populist uprising against our secular globalist elite, and how such an uprising signals nothing less than a return to a far more conservative …

‘External Interference Through Rocket, Bomb Or Other Act’ Possible Cause of Beirut Blast – Lebanon’s President

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
See also: – Israel Hits Beirut with Nuclear Missile, Trump and Lebanese Govt. Confirm(New Infrared Images from 2 cameras) – ‘External Interference Through Rocket, Bomb Or Other Act’ Possible Cause of Beirut Blast – Lebanon’s President by https://www.rt.com/ Lebanon’s president has not ruled out the possibility that a series of powerful explosions in the Port …

IDF Maintains Northern Alert; US Demands Iran’ Arms Embargo – TV7 Israel News 06.08.20

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
TV7 Israel News Today’s top stories 06.08.20; 1) Despite the devastating blast in Beirut; the Israeli maintains a heightened state of alert along Israel’s northern front with Lebanon for fear of an attack by Hezbollah. 2) The United States prepares to force the international community to extend a U.N. arms embargo on the Islamic Republic …

Joe Biden Struggles to Complete Sentence about His Mental Fitness

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
Sky News Australia Sky News host Paul Murray has highlighted an ironic video clip of presidential hopeful Joe Biden struggling to finish a sentence about his physical and mental fitness. end

President Trump Makes Cryptic Remark at Ohio Speech: “I Have a Lot of Enemies…This May Be the Last Time You’ll See Me for a While”

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
TRUMP: “So, I have a lot of enemies out there right now. This might be the last time you see me for awhile. A lot of very very rich enemies and they are not happy with what I am doing.” pic.twitter.com/Fvwko4Rac9 — Benny (@bennyjohnson) August 7, 2020 President Trump Makes Cryptic Remark at Ohio Speech: …

Melt-Up: Gold & Silver Supercycle Begins!! — Bill Holter

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
SGTreport The gold and silver supercycle has begun as the US Dollar reaches its breaking point amidst Trillions upon Trillions of printing, while the Comex vault is drained of PHYSICAL precious metals. Bill Holter joins me to discuss the latest. end

Gold & Silver Nails In The US Dollar Coffin

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
GoldSilver (w/ Mike Maloney) Download Mike’s best-selling book for free here: https://pages.goldsilver.com/freebook What do you get when you add up a massive exodus from the US dollar, insane monetary and fiscal policy, record COMEX deliveries, and a wave of institutional funds headed towards the precious metals? Join Mike Maloney in today’s video to find out. …

81% Of Black Americans DON’T Want Less Police!

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
Anthony Brian Logan A recent Gallup poll says that 81% of black Americans want either the same amount of or more police in their neighborhoods. The poll size was around 30,000 people broken up into four categories, Black, White, Hispanic, and Asian – in that order. The majority of all racial groups polled said… (CONTINUE …

Saddam Hussein Against the World: The Persian Gulf War, Revisited

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 22 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Middle East* [image: Reuters] A timeline of the major events. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *Operation Desert Storm began on January 16, 1991, and achieved its goal in less than two months. On August 2, 1990, the Iraqi army invaded Kuwait with the aim of annexing the country. Within a week, U.S. forces began arriving in Saudi Arabia. Having received the support of the United Nations, the United States formed a coalition of 34 nations to liberate Kuwait. Operation Desert Storm began on January 16, 1991, and achieved its goal in less than tw... more »

Iran's Promised Destroyer Is Still Nowhere to Be Found

Caleb Larson at The National Interest - 22 hours ago
*Caleb Larson* *Security, Middle East* [image: Reuters] Iran has made exaggerated claims about their weapons systems before *Here's What You Need To Remember: *If Iran would be able to manufacture a new stealthy trimaran ship, it would be a significant leap forward. But, for a country that struggles to domestically manufacture any weapons platforms, it is unlikely that the Hormuz will leave the mock-up stage. Like many of Iran’s weapons projects, be skeptical. Very skeptical. In November of 2019, Iran showed off a small model of a new weapons project, the Hormuz destroyer. Some ... more »

Australian Daily Wind Power Generation Data – Friday 7th August 2020

TonyfromOz at PA Pundits – International - 22 hours ago
By Anton Lang ~ This Post details the daily wind power generation data for the AEMO coverage area in Australia. For the background information, refer to the Introductory Post at this link. Each image is shown here at a smaller size to fit on the page alongside the data for that day. If you click […]

Tech War With China? Trump Issues Executive Order To Ban WeChat App

PA Pundits - International at PA Pundits – International - 22 hours ago
By Alexander Hall ~ President Donald Trump’s WeChat executive order shows the war on Chinese subterfuge is bigger than just TikTok. Trump issued two different executive orders on Thursday evening: The “Executive Order on Addressing the Threat Posed by TikTok” placed a ban on TikTok from being used in the U.S., and the “Executive Order […]

Mendacious Media Enables Climate Alarmism

PA Pundits - International at PA Pundits – International - 22 hours ago
By Peter Murphy ~ I have been a news junkie since high school. Media bias favoring left-of-center public policies and politicians is nothing new, yet this 40-year-plus reality never gets shopworn. The flagrancy of skewed news coverage to favor one political agenda and oppose another is worse than ever and still surprises. There is no […]

4 Points In Understanding China’s Goal For Meddling In US Elections

PA Pundits - International at PA Pundits – International - 22 hours ago
By Fred Lucas ~ FBI Director Christopher Wray reportedly provided a detailed classified briefing to the Senate Intelligence Committee last week on election meddling by China. Also, on Friday, William Evanina, director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, issued a public statement with details of how China, Russia and Iran were targeting the U.S. elections. […]

Russia's KV-1 Tank Had Impressive Armor, But It Was A "Death Trap" For One Simple Reason

Robert Beckhusen at The National Interest - 22 hours ago
*Robert Beckhusen* *History, Europe* The tank boasted formidable armor — 90-millimeters thick in the front and around 70-millimeters on the side and rear, far outclassing the German Panzers of the time. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The KV-1’s transmission, which Kotin borrowed from a U.S.-made tractor, simply sucked. But one of the tank’s biggest problems was the fact the crew could barely see out of damn thing. A day after the German blitzkrieg into the Soviet Union in June 1941, more than 200 Nazi tanks were powering through Lithuania on a race northward to Leningrad. ... more »

President Trump: “This May Be The Last Time You’ll See Me For A While”

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 22 hours ago
Trump: "I have a lot of rich enemies. You won't see me for awhile." pic.twitter.com/8AmaiENezf — Mike ░▒▓█ マイケル (@northexpedition) August 6, 2020 *Summit News:* *Trump: “This May be the Last Time You’ll See Me for a While”* *“I have a lot of enemies out there.”* Remarks made by President Trump during a speech have prompted speculation after he referred to having a lot of rich enemies and told the audience, “This may be the last time you’ll see me for a while.” The comments were made during an address Trump gave at the Whirlpool Corporation Manufacturing Plant in Clyde, Ohio. Th... more »

VoxDay - Darkstream 637: Tolkien's Forge - A Mythology for England

cefrith@hotmail.com at Charles Frith - 23 hours ago
Most of the intellectuals I would like to meet in real life would probably be too pompous to make it enjoyable. That is not the case with VoxDay Although no trees were harmed during the creation of this post, a large number of electrons were greatly inconvenienced

Patriotic Sheriff Forms “Citizens Posse” Allowing Citizens To Be Deputized To Fight Civil Unrest

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 23 hours ago
Dino Porrazzo August 5, 2020 OPINION by DINO PORRAZZO at Right Wing Tribune- Ahhhhhh, Arizona, one of the last frontiers. Yeah, like many other great states they are being invaded by filthy liberals, just like Texas. But the good news is that there are still patriotic American law enforcement officers that are dedicated to fighting crime as opposed … Continue reading Patriotic Sheriff Forms “Citizens Posse” Allowing Citizens To Be Deputized To Fight Civil Unrest →

Shady Mueller Lawyer Tells DOJ Officials NOT To Cooperate With Barr Investigation

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 23 hours ago
Wes Walker August 7, 2020 What’s the matter Weissmann, do you have something to hide? And isn’t that normally called ‘Obstruction Of Justice’? We want the criminal investigation into any and all malfeasance surrounding the illicit spying on, harassment of, and unjustified criminal prosecution of people in the Trump orbit over accusations that were KNOWN … Continue reading Shady Mueller Lawyer Tells DOJ Officials NOT To Cooperate With Barr Investigation →

Trump Says What Many Americans Have Been Thinking: Epstein Might Not Have Killed Himself

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 23 hours ago
Johnathan Jones Published August 7, 2020 President Donald Trump has never been afraid to wade into the waters of public controversies and conversations. That includes commenting on the high-profile death of convicted sex offender and alleged child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein died last year in a New York jail. Authorities concluded the 66-year-old financier hanged … Continue reading Trump Says What Many Americans Have Been Thinking: Epstein Might Not Have Killed Himself →

Sarah Sanders: This Is What It Will Take To Defeat Biden in November

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 23 hours ago
C. Douglas Golden Published August 6, 2020 The media’s focus in the 2020 presidential election isn’t on Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden. It’s on Donald Trump vs. anybody else. It doesn’t matter that it’s Joe Biden, because that’s not who anyone is talking about. The Democrats certainly aren’t. The media certainly isn’t. Most days, Donald … Continue reading Sarah Sanders: This Is What It Will Take To Defeat Biden in November →

Bill Gates Makes SHOCKING Admission!

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 23 hours ago
WeAreChange Aug 7, 2020 In this video, we cover a shocking admission by Bill Gates and insane draconian measures taking place in Australia. The tests don’t work. Bill Gates just let the cat out of the bag. And because the tests aren’t accurate we don’t have reliable data and don’t really know what exactly’s going … Continue reading Bill Gates Makes SHOCKING Admission! →

US Intelligence: If Trump Wins Russia Did It, If Biden Wins It Was China And Iran

Caitlin Johnstone at Caitlin Johnstone - 23 hours ago
Back in April I said “China’s gonna be so surprised when it finds out it interfered in the November election.” Now three months ahead of schedule China is already getting its surprise, alongside fellow unabsorbed governments Iran and Russia. U.S. intelligence agencies say China and […]

EU plans to include food safety culture in regulation

Joe Whitworth at Food Safety News - 23 hours ago
The European Commission has published draft legislation that includes food safety culture. A revision of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 on food hygiene also covers allergen management, and redistribution of food. The Codex Alimentarius Commission is expected to adopt a revision of its standard on General Principles of Food Hygiene in the next few months. This... Continue Reading

Italy records nearly 80 HUS cases in 12 months

News Desk at Food Safety News - 23 hours ago
Almost 80 hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) cases were registered between July 2019 and June 2020 in Italy. The 77 patients came from 17 regions in the country while one person contracted HUS while abroad. Notification rates varied by region but were highest in Aosta Valley and higher than 1 case per 100,000 in Basilicata, Calabria,... Continue Reading

U.S. And China's Defense Chiefs Discuss Taiwan And South China Sea

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
*SCMP*: *China, US militaries in crunch talks to avoid conflicts in Taiwan and South China Sea* * US Defence Secretary Mark Esper expresses concern over ‘destabilising activity in the vicinity of Taiwan and the South China Sea’, says Pentagon spokesman * Esper also called on Beijing to share more of its data on Covid-19, adds the spokesman China’s Defence Minister Wei Fenghe and his US counterpart Mark Esper warned each other in a phone call about escalating risks over Taiwan and the South China Sea, in the highest-level US-China talks since state leader Yang Jiechi met US Secret... more »

What Makes The Great Novelist

Unknown at The Conservative Socrates - 23 hours ago
In his review of Sartre's novel *Nausea*, Camus describes what makes the great novelist: “A novel is never anything but a philosophy put into images. And in a good novel, the whole of the philosophy has passed into the images. But if once the philosophy overflows the characters and action, and therefore looks like a label stuck on the work, the plot loses its authenticity and the novel its life. Nevertheless, a work that is to last cannot dispense with profound ideas. And this secret fusion between experiences and ideas, between life and reflection on the meaning of life, is what ... more »

The Opium of Political Movements

Unknown at The Conservative Socrates - 23 hours ago
Racism is the opium of the liberals. The idea of ‘good old days’ is the opium of the conservatives. Stateless society is the opium of the libertarians.

Trump Appoints Disgraced Iran-Contra Criminal Elliott Abrams as Iran Envoy

Geopolitics101 at Covert Geopolitics - 23 hours ago
Activists, the UN, and even mainstream news outlets expressed dismay at the Trump administration’s decision to appoint regime-change champion Elliot Abrahams to the role of Special Representative for Iran. by Alan Macleod @AlanRMacLeod The Trump administration has appointed disgraced neoconservative hawk Elliott Abrams to the new position of chief advisor on Iran after former insider … Continue reading Trump Appoints Disgraced Iran-Contra Criminal Elliott Abrams as Iran Envoy →

“Lebanon Blast is a Gift from God” – Israeli Legislator

Geopolitics101 at Covert Geopolitics - 23 hours ago
Former Israeli Member of the Knesset Moshe Feiglin gleefully hailed yesterday’s devastating explosion in Beirut as a “gift” from God in time for the Jewish festival Tu B’Av. Feiglin posted on Facebook that he thanked God that the deadly blast took place in Beirut, and claimed it was just in time for Tu B’Av, which … Continue reading “Lebanon Blast is a Gift from God” – Israeli Legislator →

August 8th – 2020 Presidential Politics – Trump Administration Day #1297

sundance at The Last Refuge - 23 hours ago
In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Donald Trump Administration and … Continue reading →

Saturday August 8th – Open Thread

sundance at The Last Refuge - 23 hours ago
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those … Continue reading →

Australia’s corporate-political elite are overseeing the destruction of Victoria

Editor, cairnsnews at Cairns News - 23 hours ago
By Editor, Cairns News CAIRNS News believes Australian super bureaucrat Jane Halton, who is a key player in the Gates-Rockefeller so-called “global health” network, could help us better understand Victoria’s draconian and insane shutdown and police state imposition. Halton tops the list of commissioners on the advisory board of the National COVID-19 Coordination Commission, set […]

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vonMesser at 'Nox & Friends - 23 hours ago

There Is Hope: America Can Defend Itself Against China's Hypersonic Weapons

David Axe at The National Interest - 23 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, * Hypersonic weapons steadily are getting better and more numerous and, in the future, could pose a serious threat to U.S. forces. But it’s not impossible to defend against them. *Key point: *“There are a small number of weapons, they are really expensive, so you are not going to hit a bunch of targets with them. So even one weapon that’s a hypersonic weapon could still get shot down. You may not be able to generate a bunch of effects with them because they cost so much that you aren’t going to do the thing where you overwhelm the air-defenses and come in ... more »

The World War II Allies Learned To Fear Germany's Panzerfaust "Tank Fist"

Robert Beckhusen at The National Interest - 23 hours ago
*Robert Beckhusen* *History, Europe* They learned the hard way. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *Due to the Panzerfaust’s inherent range limitations, German anti-tank teams were most effective in dense or obscured environments such as cities and woodlands. A lone soldier armed with a Panzerfaust could — depending on the angle and shot placement — penetrate an Allied tank, ignite its fuel or ammunition and kill everyone inside. To Allied tank crews during World War II, the Panzerfaust was one of the German army’s deadliest weapons behind the static 88-millimeter cannon, the r... more »

Yes, the 1956 Suez Crisis Almost Caused Nuclear War

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 23 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *History, Middle East* [image: By Royal Navy official photographer - This is photograph A 33609 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9091072] It was just one of many close calls. *Key point: *Washington had to reign in London and Paris which wanted another imperial adventure. There was a real danger those allies wouldn't back down and neither would Moscow. The war began with an imperialist invasion to seize the Suez Canal. It ended with the Soviet Union threatening to nuke Britain, France... more »

Iran's New Drone Is Bad News For Israel

David Axe at The National Interest - 23 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, * Iran around a decade ago began arming some of its drone types with missiles and bombs. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *With its simple shape and apparent fiberglass fuselage, the new UAV probably is unsophisticated. But even an unsophisticated drone can pose a danger to enemy forces if its user employs it the right way and in sufficient numbers. Iran has revealed a new attack drone. The Kian jet-powered unmanned aerial vehicle appears to be around 10 feet in length. With its simple shape and apparent fiberglass fuselage, the new UAV probably is unso... more »

case for lab-made sars-cov-2 spelled out by scientists

Bob Dinn at balance10 - 23 hours ago
3-23-20 If leading up to 1977, the fact that increased research into strains of the (swine) flu were seen to increase the odds that an accidental leak would occur, why isn’t the same logic being applied to our pandemic today? Why is almost everyone today assuming that the increased pace of research means scientists in fact anticipated this outbreak instead of causing it? Wouldn’t an increased pace of research also increase the odds that a leak of a lab-modified coronavirus would occur just like an increased pace of research precipitated the leak of the H1N1 Swine Flu back then?…... more »

The End Of The NRA?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Last night *Washington Post* reporters Carol Leonnig and Tom Hamburger explained NY Attorney General Leticia James' decision to sue the NRA out of existence or, at least, out of New York, where they have been a chartered charity for over a century. James' case revolves around the $64 million top NRA officials drained out of the non-profit to enrich themselves, "a decades-long pattern of fraud to raid the coffers of the powerful gun rights group for personal gain," wrote Leonnig and Hamburger. "In her lawsuit, Attorney General Letitia James called for the dissolution of the NRA an... more »

CNN: President Trump's Advisers Hesitated To Give Military Options Over Fears He Might Start A War

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*CNN:* *Trump advisers hesitated to give military options and warned adversaries over fears he might start a war * Washington (CNN)Amid escalating tensions with both North Korea and Iran, President Donald Trump's advisers hesitated to give him military options fearing the President might accidentally take the US to war and deliberately informed their counterparts in both countries that they did not know what the President would do next, multiple former administration officials tell me. These accounts are contained in my upcoming book, "The Madman Theory: Trump Takes on the World,... more »

YOUR SATURDAY CARTOONS: SUMMER MADNESS: LEBANON: AUGUST 8, 2020

Noor al Haqiqa at SNIPPITS AND SNAPPITS - 1 day ago
666. Nothing to see here. Dear Readers, I am still blocked from Twitter. Please, if you are one of my Twitter friends, share this link with your friends and followers. I am going into my second week of being shut out resulting in a significant drop of page visits which bothers me. Thank you so very much for your support. Can you feel the sun beating on your skin, the clear cold water softly lapping on your float, teasing you to roll off for a cooling swim? I usually found it was a persistent horse- or deer-fly that got me to put down my book and ro... more »

"40 Million Americans Unemployed; Consumer Credit Rises; Homebuyers Disappear; US Workers Suffer"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Jeremiah Babe, *"40 Million Americans Unemployed; Consumer Credit Rises; * *Homebuyers Disappear; US Workers Suffer"*

Top U.S. Intelligence Official: China And Iran Don't Want Trump To Win Reelection, Russia Wants Trump

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
Chinese President Xi and Russian President Putin. Kremlin.ru *ABC News:* *Russia working to boost Trump's reelection and 'denigrate' Biden, as China undermines Trump: US intelligence* A top U.S. official released a statement Friday on foreign election meddling. Three of America's top adversaries are actively meddling in U.S. presidential politics ahead of the November election, including efforts by Russia to advance President Donald Trump's reelection efforts, according to a public statement issued Friday by the U.S. intelligence community. "We assess that Russia is using a range ... more »

The COVID HEART: More Mysterious/Unpredictable Effects

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 1 day ago
https://wp.me/p6flfR-M1

COVID-19: Russia to launch world’s first potential vaccine on August 12

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 1 day ago
https://m.republicworld.com/world-news/rest-of-the-world-news/russia-to-launch-worlds-first-covid-19-vaccine-on-august-12.html

Developments in the SDNY Cases Challenging Trump's "I Won't Count Undocumented Immigrants as Inhabitants" Plan

Marty Lederman at Balkinization - 1 day ago
A couple of weeks ago I published a long post about President Trump’s announcement that he plans to exclude undocumented immigrants from his calculation of State populations for purposes of reapportionment of House seats on the ground that such persons who live in the various States … aren’t inhabitants of those States. (Seriously—that’s the theory.) I thought I’d try to keep Balkinization readers up to speed from time to time on the many lawsuits that have already been filed challenging the President’s plan. The two cases in the Southern District of New York—*New York v. Tru... more »

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