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On Tory Law Breaking
It's the most ambitious crossover event since Brownites and Blairites teamed up to do in the Corbyn project. Writing for the *Sunday Times*, John Major and Tony Blair have attacked the government for its stated intention to break the Withdrawal Agreement Boris Johnson signed last October, and was voted into UK law in January. They condemn the government's posturing as irresponsible and the damage it's causing the country's international reputation. And who can disagree? It's long been the contention of this blog that the Tories articulate the interests of the most backward sections... more »
Los Angeles Deputies Shot During Ambush Attack – Biden Supporters Cheer “We Hope They Die” Outside Hospital…
Political violence continues to escalate as two Los Angeles deputies were ambushed in their vehicle by a gunman. The shooter casually walked up to the police car and opened fire hitting both officers in the head. The critically wounded deputies … Continue reading →
HE WANTS TO BE ADORED
How obsessed is Trump with the Nobel Prize? Well, I haven't seen the clip yet, but here's one of his most committed flatterers saying just what the boss wants to hear: Peter Navarro on CNN stops in the middle of answering a question about wildfire response to congratulate @realDonaldTrump on getting nominated for a Nobel prize. — Garrett Haake (@GarrettHaake) September 13, 2020 “Before we begin, I would really like to congratulate President Trump for being nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize,” WH adviser Peter Navarro tells @jaketapper on @CNNSotu — Manu Raju (@mkraju) September 13... more »
Blowing of Shofar on Temple Mount, on The Feast of Trumpets 18-20 Sept, Call to Build 3rd Temple! UPDATE!!
Is the lockdown from 18 Sept to 1 Oct in Israel, cover for a meeting between the Synagogue of Satan and their FAKE “Messiah”, Man of Sin? Will they conduct their occult ceremony, blow the shofar during the Feast of Trumpets on the Temple Mount and officially lay the foundation stone for the 3rd temple …
Afghanistan peace talks begin – but will the Taliban hold up their end of the deal?
( The foreign tyrant worries that the victim of the boot to his neck will not continue submissive when he is released )
Sher Jan Ahmadzai, Director, Center for Afghanistan Studies, University of Nebraska Omaha at Politics/Election '20 – The Conversation - 11 hours ago
In February, the US signed an accord with the Taliban to end the Afghanistan War. Now Taliban insurgents are meeting with the Afghan government – but peace remains an uncertain outcome.
Milton Friedman, 50 Years Ago Today
Robert Reich - 11 hours ago
A half-century ago, the economist Milton Friedman wrote an article in the New York Times Magazine... more »
Void the police contracts
Police unions all over the US have negotiated contracts that protectofficers from discipline for misconduct. The result is that, so long as these deals are in force, cities are stuck with officers who are uncontrollably reckless and violent. But a body of forgotten law from the nineteenth century shows that states can free themselves from these fetters. I explain in a new column at The Hill, here.
The Entire Universe Might Be a Neural Network
https://futurism.com/physicist-entire-universe-neural-network
Matt Cartwright Is A Strong Progressive In A District Trump Won
In 2012, Matt Cartwright waged a strong primary campaign against reactionary Blue Dog Tim Holden (one of the "Democrats" who joined with the GOP to vote against ObamaCare). Hoyer and Pelosi warned that a progressive like Cartwright could not win that red a seat in northeast Pennsylvania. Matt was one of Blue America's top candidates that year and we were in the trenches with him, while Hoyer ran around the district with a pack of lobbyists begging "people" to vote for Holden, a pro-frack-maniac. Matt won-- by a lot: 57.1% to 42.9% and then went on to beat the Republican Hoyer an... more »
Middle Finger Symphony Sunday Matinee
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Seven Bad Options to Counter State Sponsorship of Proxies
U.S. troops on a joint patrol with Afghan security forces in Southeastern Afghanistan on Jan. 16, 2020. Photo credit: U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Nicholas Brown-Bell *Editor’s Note: Iran, Russia and other countries often use proxies as a way to fight the United States and its allies while advancing their own influence. Fighting proxy war, however, is often more complicated than confronting traditional aggression. Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sara Plana details a range of responses to proxy war and notes their many limitations.* *Daniel Byman* *** After news broke t... more »
Kevin Zeese: His Last Words For The Movement And Carrying On
As I wrote last week, Kevin Zeese died unexpectedly in his sleep, likely from a heart attack, early in the morning on September 6. He had not shown signs of illness and was working until the end. Many of you know Kevin from Popular Resistance, from his writing and podcast Clearing the FOG. He had a deep knowledge of history and the issues. He often spoke of his time working for Ralph Nader in 2004 when he wrote policy briefs as a "PhD in public policy." Kevin understood how political power works. Kevin's work in activism spanned more than 40 years. The post Kevin Zeese: His Last ... more »
OSHA Fines Smithfield Foods For ‘Failing To Protect Employees’
The Smithfield Foods plant in Sioux Falls, which was the epicenter of one of the nation's largest coronavirus hotspots in April, has been fined by the U.S. Department of Labor. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Thursday that it was fining the Smithfield Packaged Meats Corporation for $13,494 for "failing to protect employees from exposure to the coronavirus," a news release states. The fine is the maximum amount allowed by law. At least 1,294 Smithfield employees contracted coronavirus, and four employees died from the virus, the release states. The post... more »
Multinational Companies Account For Nearly A Fifth Of Global CO2 Emissions
Rome - The global supply chains of multinational companies such as BP, Coca-Cola and Walmart are responsible for nearly a fifth of climate-changing carbon dioxide emissions, according to a new study. But the businesses outsource many of these emissions to poorer parts of the world by investing in production in developing countries, said researchers from University College London and China's Tianjin University. Dabo Guan, the study's co-author, called the work the "first quantitative evidence" on the investment flows and carbon footprints of multinational enterprises (MNEs). The p... more »
US Demands Hinder Spanish Probe Into Security Firm That Spied On Assange
There will be no judicial cooperation forthcoming from the United States unless a Spanish judge reveals his information sources in an investigation into alleged espionage against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange while he was living in the Ecuadorean embassy in London. Judge José de la Mata of Spain’s High Court (Audiencia Nacional) has sent a request for judicial cooperation to US authorities as part of his probe into a Spanish private security company named UC Global S.L. and its owner David Morales, on allegations that this firm secretly recorded Assange’s private meetings with ... more »
Remembering David Graeber
David Graeber, who died tragically last week at the age of 59, was, as everyone knows, an anarchist. He didn’t like to wear it as an identity, as should be very obvious from his Twitter bio (‘I see anarchism as something you do not an identity so don’t call me the anarchist anthropologist’), but anarchism was the foundation of his politics. He was also a friend of mine. When I was first introduced to him, I probably reacted like I was meeting Beyonce. I was a huge fan of his work – when I was doing my masters in African Studies I picked up a copy of Debt, and I credit reading it ... more »
China: US Is ‘Destroyer Of World Peace’
A spokesman for China’s defense ministry said on Sunday that the U.S. is the “destroyer of world peace” while criticizing a Pentagon report on Beijing’s military goals. The Associated Press reported that Col. Wu Qian called the Department of Defense report released earlier this month a “wanton distortion” of his nation’s intentions. “Many years of evidence shows that it is the U.S. that is the fomenter of regional unrest, the violator of the international order and the destroyer of world peace,” he said, noting U.S. actions in Iraq, Syria, Libya and other countries, according to ... more »
The US Is Borrowing Its Way To Fascism
Viewing the GOP convention seemed a little like binge-watching the last several years’ parade of none-too-subtle signs of incipient fascism. We saw extreme nationalism, scapegoating immigrants and foreigners in general, white supremacy, “strong (narcissistic)-man” government, aggressive foreign policies, and hysterical red-baiting. Those signs reflect how capitalism’s deepening crisis undermines both the centre-left (Democrat) and centre-right (GOP) and shifts politics further right and further left. Trump represents the anti-centre right, Bernie Sanders the anti-centre left. Th... more »
North Korea calls for prompt recovery after Typhoon "Maysak" leaves a trail of destruction
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un called for prompt efforts to rebuild thousands of houses and structures destroyed during Typhoon "Maysak," which struck the nation's eastern region last week. Almost 60 bridges were washed away, more than 2 000 houses...... Read more »
R&D, innovation are key for marijuana companies seeking to stay relevant with consumers
Marijuana extraction companies are among the industry leaders in innovation because the sector is continuously evolving. R&D, innovation are key for marijuana companies seeking to stay relevant with consumers is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
The Tree of Civilization Thrives in Militaristic Cultures
A tree grows tall and strong if the soil in which it has germinated is suitable. The trees of “liberty,” “free markets,” “republicanism,” and “scientific approach to the world” have grown tall and strong in the West because the soil of the western civilization is suitable for such trees. The ancient religious and philosophical movements in Hinduism—the Vedic age, the Sankhya system, the Nyaya system, the Buddhist system, and others—had immense potential but after 900 AD, there was a decline in their ability to enthuse the people. The Hindus got lulled by a peaceful approach to lif... more »
Democrats dishonest fundraising: Joe Biden and ActBlue edition
In 2019 with unemployment at 4% nearly half of the donors to left wing Democrat supporting ActBlue were from people who said they were unemployed. Somehow those unemployed people scrapped up an average of $74, for a total of $346 million, to give to left wing Democrat causes. Foreigners who want to inject money into the Democrat candidates that they favor, since Democrats care more about other countries than about America, wold not list where they were employed. Of course the leftists at ActBlue say there's nothing to see there but that's just them lying. There is a Republican e... more »
Late term abortions aren't about women's health: Dr. Shannon Carr edition
Dr. Carr's incompetence led to the death of Keisha Atkins during Carr's execution of Keisha's baby. Keisha's abortion was at 6 months when her unborn child would have had a good chance of living if they'd been delivered. According to pro-choice advocates late term abortions like that can only be done to protect women's health. What they never mention is that according to the Supreme Court a woman's health includes her being sad if she can't kill her baby. The health exception isn't limited to cases where the mother's life is at risk or even when not killing her baby might leave ... more »
Democrat politicians hate Blacks: Black police chief edition
A key trend this summer that the #FakeNews media and Democrat politicians have studiously avoided is that Black police chiefs are being tossed out of their jobs by Democrat party supporters. The first Black woman to head the Dallas police force was forced out last week as was the Black head of the Rochester police force. The three decade veteran cop Carmen Best quit over white leftists call to defund the police. At no point have Kamala Harris, Joe Biden or any other Democrat politician come to the defense of these successful Black people. Apparently Joe and Kamala think it makes ... more »
Majority of Americans Said They Won’t Get a Coronavirus Vaccine Before the Election
*Rachel Bucchino* *Health, Americas* [image: Reuters] Political influence and partisanship could have a major impact on the public’s ability to trust health officials and experts. Americans have grown skeptical towards public health experts and officials, as a majority said they would not get a coronavirus vaccine if it was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) before election day, a new poll reported. Fifty-four percent of respondents said they wouldn’t want to take it, with only 42 percent saying they would want to get vaccinated, according to a poll conducted by ... more »
Americans are Being Terrorized By a Far Left-Wing Regime
*Sumantra Maitra* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] Are Americans ready for a color revolution like the ones which took part in Georgia and Ukraine, or the type that took place in the early days of Arab Spring? Are Americans ready for an attempted “color revolution,” if Democrats lose? Regardless of the potential success or failure of such an attempt, and it is about time, one considers that possibility. Tucker Carlson recently noted on his right-wing show that, historically, when state power retreats, vigilantism, warlordism, and militias take its place, as a power vacuum b... more »
Russia blasts US’ Indo-Pacific strategy
The meeting between the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Moscow on September 11 took place at a particularly delicate juncture in regional politics. Russia is carefully ploughing a neutral line in the India-China standoff while also drawing closer to China to push back at US pressure.
Narcissism and pandemic misleading
The following is a brief letter I sent to my newspaper. Please feel free to adapt and use. Note I softened the last line from the word that I think best defines the actions – sociopathic. The revelation the president … Continue reading →
Trump Does It Again: Mediates Peace Between Bahrain And Israel UPDATED
by Jeff Dunetz | Sep 11, 2020 President Trump just announced he has moderated a Bahrain Israel peace. His second peace deal between Israel and one of her Arab neighbors in less than a month. And just like the UAE deal, it does not involve “land for peace,” only “peace for peace” The following is … Continue reading Trump Does It Again: Mediates Peace Between Bahrain And Israel UPDATED →
WOW: Pompeo Gives Good News In Afghanistan That You Won’t See On CNN
Written by Wes Walker on September 11, 2020 Young Americans who were not yet born when those Twin Towers fell have signed up to risk their lives serving in Afghanistan. But that’s about to change. It may not be making headlines on CNN, but peace is breaking out all over the Middle East during the … Continue reading WOW: Pompeo Gives Good News In Afghanistan That You Won’t See On CNN →
DESPERATE HACKS: Leftist Rag Throws Shade At Nobel Peace Prize After Trump Gets ANOTHER Nomination
Wes Walker on September 12, 2020 Their TDS kicked in. Here’s why: Days ago, Trump was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for drawing down troops and progress with Israel. Now, Trump was nominated a second time for Kosovo-Syria. The cheap sleazebags at the Atlantic that ran those slanderous ‘anonymous sources’ pumping the widely-disproven story … Continue reading DESPERATE HACKS: Leftist Rag Throws Shade At Nobel Peace Prize After Trump Gets ANOTHER Nomination →
BREAKING: President Trump Nominated for SECOND Nobel Peace Prize- Media SILENT
Dino Porrazzo September 11, 2020 OPINION by Leisa Audette at 100 Percent FED Up – President Trump was nominated earlier this week for a Nobel Peace Prize and has just been nominated for another one. The second one is for brokering a historic peace deal between Serbia and Kosovo. A member of the Swedish Parliament, … Continue reading BREAKING: President Trump Nominated for SECOND Nobel Peace Prize- Media SILENT →
Those “Palestinian Textbooks”: A Comedy of Errors, Or Deliberate Deception? (Part 2)
By Hugh Fitzgerald – on September 12, 2020 “Palestinian”: Jihad against Jews The E.U.-commissioned study of Palestinian schoolbooks, conducted by the German Georg Eckert Institute, in its Interim Report did not find any evidence of incitement of hatred or violence, not a whiff of antisemitism. Of course it didn’t, for the schoolbooks its researchers studied were … Continue reading Those “Palestinian Textbooks”: A Comedy of Errors, Or Deliberate Deception? (Part 2) →
Remembering the 2012 Benghazi attack that killed 4 Americans: ‘The US will never forget this outrage’
By Geller Report Staff – on September 12, 2020 September 11th On every September 11th we remember the horrific terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, and on the Pentagon in Washington DC. However, we must also never forget about the four Americans who were brutally killed in another terrorist attack … Continue reading Remembering the 2012 Benghazi attack that killed 4 Americans: ‘The US will never forget this outrage’ →
Leftist ‘News’ Sites Claim That 19 Years After 9/11, Biggest Terror Threat is Trump Supporters
By Robert Spencer – on September 12, 2020 Enemedia The far-Left hate site Raw Story took the opportunity of the 19th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 jihad terror attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people to advance the claim that nowadays, the foremost threat the nation faces is not from jihadis, but from – you … Continue reading Leftist ‘News’ Sites Claim That 19 Years After 9/11, Biggest Terror Threat is Trump Supporters →
Lyin’ Joe Biden: Trump Has ‘Put Israel in Danger,’ Despite Peace with Arab States
By Geller Report Staff – on September 12, 2020 Democrats: New Nazi Party President Trump is the greatest friend Israel has ever had in the White House. He is a miracle. While addressing the anti-Semitic hate group J-Street, Joe Biden once again lied about Israel. He stated that President Trump has “put Israel in danger” … Continue reading Lyin’ Joe Biden: Trump Has ‘Put Israel in Danger,’ Despite Peace with Arab States →
Escobar: From 9/11 To ‘The Great Reset’
September 12, 2020 Pepe Escobar via The Asia Times Davos types issue a new “with us or against us” ultimatum eerily reminiscent of the old 9/11 world… 9/11 was the foundation stone of the new millennium – ever as much indecipherable as the Mysteries of Eleusis. A year ago, on Asia Times, once again I … Continue reading Escobar: From 9/11 To ‘The Great Reset’ →
Qatar-Based Jihadi Commander Anas Haqqani Pays Tribute To His Father: ‘My Late Father Said That I Am Crying That I Killed The Soviets With My Hands, But I Haven’t The Chance To Kill The Americans’
September 4, 2020 Anas Haqqani, one of the key jihadi commanders freed at the request of the U.S. government from an Afghan prison and now based in the Qatari capital of Doha, recently paid tribute to his late father Jalaluddin Haqqani, who was founder of the Haqqani Network, which is one of the key terror … Continue reading Qatar-Based Jihadi Commander Anas Haqqani Pays Tribute To His Father: ‘My Late Father Said That I Am Crying That I Killed The Soviets With My Hands, But I Haven’t The Chance To Kill The Americans’ →
Poll: 85% of Thais Aware of Foreign Interests Backing Anti-Government Protests
Most are aware of US government meddling. 92.2% fear mobs will destroy Thailand's economy. *September 13, 2020* (Tony Cartalucci - ATN) - Thailand's largest newspaper, Thai Rath, published the results of a SUPER POLL survey (Thai language) indicating that the vast majority of Thais - at 85% - are aware of foreign support of ongoing anti-government mobs. With a sample size of 1,575 people, the poll also indicated that 92.2% feared the continued unrest would impact the Thai economy hard, particularly as the nation - and the world - is still struggling to recover from the COVID-19... more »
Climate Assembly Parrots Green Party Demands
By Paul Homewood h/t Robin Guenier A frequent flyer tax, phasing out polluting SUVs and restricting cars in city centres are among climate change solutions suggested by members of the public. A citizens’ assembly of 108 people from all walks of life published its report after weeks of debate. They proposed curbing […]
Poll: 85% of Thais Aware of Foreign Interests Backing Anti-Government Protests
Most are aware of US government meddling. 92.2% fear mobs will destroy Thailand's economy. *September 13, 2020* (Tony Cartalucci - ATN) - Thailand's largest newspaper, Thai Rath, published the results of a SUPER POLL survey (Thai language) indicating that the vast majority of Thais - at 85% - are aware of foreign support of ongoing anti-government mobs. With a sample size of 1,575 people, the poll also indicated that 92.2% feared the continued unrest would impact the Thai economy hard, particularly as the nation - and the world - is still struggling to recover from the COVID-19... more »
Polarisation in Covid-19 lockdown debate a dangerous prospect
[image: Covid 19 - political debate in Victoria is polarising.] Michael Tanner weighs the evidence as Victorian Premier Dan Andrews charts a way out of the state’s lockdown.
WATCH: Retired Cop Gets a Dose of the Police State As Cops Raid Wrong Home Hold His Family at Gunpoint
[image: home]A retired police officer and his family were held at gunpoint and assaulted by cops who kicked in his door in a raid on the wrong home.
Why the Left Coast is Still Burning
Update September 13, 2020: This reprint of a post two years ago shows nothing has changed, except for the worse. It is often said that truth is the first casualty in the fog of war. That is especially true of the war against fossil fuels and smoke from wildfires. The forests are burning in California, […]
Australia Goes Full Fascist: State Issues First Ankle Tracker for Quarantine Violator
*21WIRE* | Latest draconian move by Australian officials raises new fears that the country is drifting towards a full-blown police state.
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From Jenna Orkin “There’s an input on the computer that you tested positive for COVID?” “Yes,” the student answers. He goes on to disclose that he tested positive a week before and that every single person at the party has COVID-19, including two people from the house across the street. Latest: 500,000 people in Oregon forced to flee wildfires How Big Oil Misled The Public Into Believing Plastic Would Be Recycled Oregon's Firefighting Helicopters Are Deployed in Afghanistan as the State Burns Between 2007 and 2018, the national suicide rate among persons aged 10–24 increased 57.4%... more »
School Choice Is Not For Those People
Choice fans promote the idea as one the provides each family with the school of their dreams. Everyone, declares Betsy DeVos, should have a school that provides the right fit. Well, almost everybody. Two recent stories underline that what families can choose is what the folks in charge of the marketplace decide they can choose. In Indiana, a lawsuit has emerged from one of several incidents of private Catholic schools firing gay teachers for being gay. In September, the feds entered the lawsuit on the side of the schools. Their argument, which has percolated up in several diffe... more »
War Crimes: How Berlin Stole Polish Kids to "Make Them German"
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* [image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanisation#/media/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_121-0723,_Marburg-Drau,_Adolf_Hitler.jpg] Germanization was yet another aspect of Hitler's many genocidal acts. *Key Point: *The Nazis saw kids who looked like their racist ideals and so took them as their own. Here is the story of that evil legacy. In the summer of 1943, Malgorzata Twardecki, a single mother living in Nazi-occupied Poland, received an ominous order to bring her five-year-old son to the local town council office by 6 the following morning. H... more »
Why Even Father Time Can't Kill the B-52 Bomber
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Americas* More upgrades seem to mean this old-school weapon just won't go away. The classic, Vietnam-era B-52 bomber is getting new weapons, engines, intelligence systems, and communications equipment intended to sustain the life of the bomber for decades to come. “We will fly the B-52 beyond 2040. Despite being our oldest bomber, it has the most life remaining,” Gen. Mark E. Weatherington, Commander, Eighth Air Force, and Commander, Joint-Global Strike Operations Center, told The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies in a video interview. Despite the... more »
Biden Should Undo Trump's Support for the Saudi Blockade of Qatar
*Christopher Hunter* *Security, Middle East* The blockage could have, and should have, been avoided as it targeted a major U.S. ally. Three years ago this summer, Saudi Arabia, emboldened by Donald Trump, tried with all its non-military might to coerce Qatar, its next-door neighbor, to submit to Saudi’s will by imposing a blockade on Qatar. Qatar resisted, and in a case study of resilience, not merely survived Saudi’s attempted suffocation but thrived thanks to a whole-of-nation effort to adapt in the face of existential adversity. Saudi Arabia’s animus toward Qatar is traceable... more »
Bose Debuts New Quietcomfort Wireless Earbuds
*Stephen Silver* *Technology, Americas* Can they compete with products by Apple and Samsung? The leading audio brand Bose has announced the arrival of its new QuietComfort Earbuds, which join Bose’s existing line of QuietComfort headphones. Also announced were new Sport Earbuds, which promise to stay in place, “without pain, pressure, or ear hooks.” They’re the latest competitor to Apple’s AirPods and other, lower-cost earbud brands, while also promising a “gorgeous in-ear design.” The QC Earbuds will retail for $279, while the Sport Earbuds will go for $179, with both arriving ... more »
Even After Years Of Brutal War, The Allies Were Not Prepared For Buchenwald's Horrors
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* The hilltop compound near Weimar was one of the Nazis' most notorious WWII concentration camps until its liberation on April 11, 1945. When Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933, the world changed forever. Not only was Hitler determined to pay back Germany’s enemies for his country’s defeat during the Great War, but he was also determined to rid Germany and the rest of Europe of persons whom his twisted Aryan ideology believed were “inferior” or “subhuman.” Almost immediately upon assuming power, Hitler and his ... more »
Boundless Mendacity
Andrew Rawnsley asks, "What kind of Tory government jeopardises the union and tears up the rules of law?" For people who present themselves as super-patriots, Boris Johnson and his coterie at Number 10 have a craze for despoiling everything that the world once regarded as the best of British. The independence of the judiciary, the success of the BBC, the impartiality of the civil service and the authority of parliament - all have been bricked and bottled by the blue anarchists. When the Tory leader tried his prorogation stunt last autumn, he was even prepared to taint the position... more »
SUNDAY SCREENING: Paradise or Robocalypse? (2019)
*SUNDAY SCREENING* | We're in a race against time to establish ethical guidelines before technology overtakes us.
Episode #340 – ‘COVID Gravy Train’ with host Patrick Henningsen, guest Basil Valentine
*SUNDAY WIRE* | Strap yourselves in and lower the blast shield – this is your brave new world…
Report Claims Cops Acted Within Policy When Surrounding Man, Executing Him in Firing Squad Fashion
[image: execution]A years-long report has found that the police officers who surrounded Mario Wood and executed him in firing squad fashion, did not violate policy.
Japan art and Sakai Hōitsu: Snow, the Moon, and Cherry Blossoms
Japan art and Sakai Hōitsu: Snow, the Moon, and Cherry Blossoms Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese artist Sakai Hōitsu (1761-1829) created a delightful triptych that is referred by the title Snow, the Moon, and Cherry Blossoms. Interestingly, Hōitsu completed the three motifs when he was 60 years old. The reason why this […]
F-35 Stealth Fighter Now Costs Less than Boeing's F-15EX
*Peter Suciu* *Security, * Moreover, the aircraft’s maker, Lockheed Martin, has also done its part to bring the sustainability cost per flying hour down by some 40 percent—meaning that the F-35 costs less to fly per hour, which is notable as the hours flown each year are set to increase. On the one hand, the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter is the arguably the most lethal and versatile aircraft of the modern era. Three unique variants have been produced so that the aircraft can fit the needs of the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy and United States Marine Corps. It is an agile ai... more »
Would Russia Or China Unleash AI Weapons Without Human Control in a War?
*Kris Osborn* *Security, * The Pentagon is expressing concern about China and Russia’s use of artificial intelligence to control autonomous attack systems, potentially using new technology to remove humans from the kill-chain decision-making process. The Pentagon is expressing concern about China and Russia’s use of artificial intelligence to control autonomous attack systems, potentially using new technology to remove human’s from the kill-chain decision-making process. There has been a longstanding concern among Pentagon leaders that, despite the current U.S. ethical guidelin... more »
Wake Island Avengers (Armed with F-35s) Head to the UK
*Peter Suciu* *Security, Europe* [image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/marine_corps/20516463898/in/photolist-xfYeWb-2iSeL1S-asRMj2-Q98vcz-28tt3Pb-ciCM41-ayELW3-dgEd6f-99JX9S-99FPD8-dgVDXj-QFyKNb-9pj2B2-9nhW44-a5buMD-fEkPVw-sQ5vQR-eckD9E-tuG7WQ-e5dqZS-fCj5uv-bcbbjv-9pn4WQ-7gygY8] Members of the United States Marine Corps’ “Wake Island Avengers” recently headed not to the coral atoll in the western Pacific, but rather to the British Isles to take part in joint exercises with the Royal Air Force using the new F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. Members of the United Sta... more »
Anatomy of a Crisis: Why the China-India Border Standoff Is Cause for Concern
*Stuti Bhatnagar, Zahid Shahab Ahmed* *Security, Asia* Rising nationalism in both nations is creating problems. In June 2020, reports of a serious military clash involving India and China, one that led to the death of at least twenty Indian soldiers came as a shock to the international community. While journalists raised concerns over incursions from the Chinese side into the unmarked border in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir (the Line of Actual Control, or LAC), New Delhi and Beijing engaged in efforts to de-escalate the tensions. The incident acquired a more sinister ton... more »
Why China's Army Can't Beat America (Yet)
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Asia* Joint attack capabilities such as stealth air attack, aircraft carrier power projection, advanced fighters, naval weapons and a fast-modernizing Army all favor the U.S. in any type of major mechanized warfare scenario. *Key Point*: China might be behind, but it is fast developing. The two-million-strong Chinese Army recently conducted massive attack drills, tested warfare scenarios and practiced combat maneuvers in a large wargame in Northwestern China, raising questions about the extent of the countries’ current preparation for a land war. The m... more »
Yes Hollywood Has Created Diversity Quotas for the Oscars
*Jarrett Stepman* *Politics, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2007%3Anewsml_GM1DUQXGJLAA&share=true] This is one more example of good intentions going much too far. Hollywood will now be enforcing a woke moral code. Since Hollywood apparently isn’t woke enough already, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Tuesday that it will add hard diversity requirements for movies to qualify for Best Picture at the Oscars. Best Picture is considered the highest-level award a film can receive. As Kyle Smith wrote in the New Yo... more »
The Black Prisoners of the Third Reich
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* [image: Wikimedia Commons] While estimates of French military deaths during World War II range from 40,000 to 120,000, the number of French Colonial soldiers killed or executed by the German military is unknown. Some estimates run as high as 10,000, while thousands of others succumbed in POW camps. On May 13, 1940, the German army invaded France, crossing the River Meuse at Sedan. Upon France’s capitulation, the Franco-German armistice was signed on June 22, and a portion of France was placed under German occupation, with the remaining... more »
China Says The U.S. Military Is The 'Destroyer Of World Peace'
*DW:* *China slams US military as 'destroyer of world peace'* China has condemned the US military, describing the army as a "violator of the international order." Earlier in the month the US published a report warning of the "serious implications" of China's military growth. China's defense ministry on Sunday slammed a US report on the country's military ambitions — and instead said the US posed the biggest threat to international order and world peace. The statement described the US report as a "wanton distortion" and "slander" of China's military policy. "Many years of evidence... more »
GERMANS NOW CLAIM GOD POISONED NAVALNY – THAT’S THE GOD OUT OF THE MACHINE
by John Helmer, Moscow @bears_with When it comes to fabrications in warfare, it was the ancient Greeks who invented the Trojan Horse. They also invented ἀπὸ μηχανῆς θεός – he has come down to us from the Latin, deus ex machina, meaning the god out of the machine. He’s the culprit or the cause which resolves the inexplicable […]
Oxford Vaccine Trials Resumed After Analyzing Test Subject’s Health Issue
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Saturday, September 12th, Oxford University announced the resumption of clinical trials of its experimental vaccine against Covid-19 after a brief interruption due to the detection of a suspected spinal cord inflammation in a woman vaccinated with the formula in the United Kingdom. The institution explained that in a trial […] The post Oxford Vaccine Trials Resumed After Analyzing Test Subject’s Health Issue appeared first on The Rio Times.
Fiocruz Reasserts Partnership With AstraZeneca To Research Covid-19 Vaccine
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - After the University of Oxford announced on Saturday that it will resume trials of its Covid-19 vaccine, Fiocruz reasserted its partnership with The post Fiocruz Reasserts Partnership With AstraZeneca To Research Covid-19 Vaccine appeared first on The Rio Times.
Superior Court Orders Release of Black College Student Who Claims He Was Framed
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Almost two months ago, young Gabriel Apolinário, 18, was forced to change his address. After being arrested by state police officers in Jardim São Luís, in São Paulo's southern zone, he left the apartment where he lived with his parents, a few kilometers from where he was approached, towards the […] The post Superior Court Orders Release of Black College Student Who Claims He Was Framed appeared first on The Rio Times.
Supreme Court to Decide Whether States Can Force Parents to Vaccinate Their Children
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil's Federal Supreme Court (STF) will decide whether parents may refrain from vaccinating their underage children on the basis of philosophical, religious, moral, and existential convictions. Unanimously, the Court recognized the existence of a general interest case, and the decision will become binding precedent in all future cases involving the […] The post Supreme Court to Decide Whether States Can Force Parents to Vaccinate Their Children appeared first on The Rio Times.
Looking - An Apache Prayer
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*Chitchatting in the age of Zoom* I value, and miss, nondirected conversations. A lot of good ideas can come from them. But how do you replicate them in a videoconference? It was 9:27 a.m., three minutes until the Monitor-wide, daily Zoom meeting. I’d been trying to log in early to these, hoping to promote the kind of nondirected conversation (read: “chitchat”) that can be so valuable and yet is so lacking in this work-from-home era. The first few people to come online for a teleconference feel free to greet and talk with one another. As more people join, the conversation slows. B... more »
Lockheed Martin Is Making It easier To Build And Sell F-16s
*Warzone/The Drive:* *New F-16s Will All Be Sold In A Single Base Model Configuration With A Standardized Price* *Lockheed Martin says the new sales concept will save time and money, both in the contracting process and when it comes to actually producing the jets.* Lockheed Martin says that it plans to "commoditize" its F-16 Viper fighter jet line by offering jets in a single standardized configuration, based on the latest Block 70/72 variant, with a standard base price tag. The goal here is to streamline things for both the manufacturer and potential customers, especially foreig... more »
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*Global temperatures are on track to reach a level the planet has not seen in 50 MILLION years by 2300, analysis of seabed rocks reveals* *"On track to reach" -- just another prophecy. Certain to be just as good as all their previous failed prophecies. The fact that we actually live in an era of exceptional temperature stability makes it really hard for the climate alarmistsTo this day, we have very little temperature data for large parts of the earth's surface -- the Southern ocean, Siberia, Northern Canada, for instance. So the whole idea that we can say with any accuracy ... more »
ICYMI: Rainy Sunday Edition (9/13)
A quiet rainy morning here in PA. And can't we all use a little peace and quiet. I've got a few things for you to read this week. *FLVS Frustrations * A lot of money has ben pumped into the Florida Virtual School, but nobody seems to be in charge. How's that working out? Accountabaloney takes a look (and you should pay attention, because FLVS has contracted itself out to a few other states). *POLITICO charter article misses the point * Jan Resseger takes a look at a recent Politico article chiding Joe Biden for his charter position, or lack thereof. As always, a thoughtful, ... more »
US Federal Spending Tops $6 Trillion for First Time; US Deficit Tops $3 Trillion for First Time
*CNS:* *Federal Spending Tops $6 Trillion for First Time; Deficit Tops $3 Trillion for First Time* Federal spending has topped $6 trillion for the first time in any fiscal year in the nation’s history and the federal deficit has topped $3 trillion for the first time, according to the Monthly Treasury Statement for August that was released today. There is still another month left in fiscal 2020, which runs through the end of September. As of the end of August according to the Treasury, the federal government had spent a record $6,054,175,000,000. At the same time, total federal ... more »
Speaker Hoyle Wants Lockdowns For Climate Change
By Paul Homewood Speaker sets the alarm bells ringing: THE TYPE of restrictions on daily life introduced to fight coronavirus could command public support if brought in to tackle the threat of climate change, the Speak of the House of Commons has suggested. Sir Lindsay Hoyle told a gathering of counterparts from some […]
Nova Scotia is safe for school children and would-be municipal politicians… but not for Liberal MLAs
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. It was just another week in our paradoxical parallel-universe paradise. On Tuesday, September 8, 2020, more than 120,000 public school students and their 10,000 teachers, along with thousands of more bus drivers, janitors, support staff — all of them interconnected in some infectious, no-degrees-of-separation way […]
Hide and Peek
By Cathy Jameson We’ve been told that a severe adverse event has occurred during AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine trial. Not much has been shared yet about what the transverse-myelitis injury entails except that the trial has been halted and that an... more »
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