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Legal Challenge to COVID-19 Measures Filed In Ontario Superior Court - Read the Statement of Claim and Contribute to the Fight of our Lives!
The other day I posted about two critical *legal actions *that are taking place. One is in Ohio and the other in Germany. Both of these legal actions have been started by grass roots organizations and their lawyers who are trying, desperately before it's too late, to turn back the tide of Fascism, Communism and totalitarianism that's being shoved, at warp speed, down the collective throat of humanity via the *Covid-19 Plandemic/Scamdemic/HOAX.* Well, I totally forgot the *the challenge that is being made to the Canadian courts *by that old warhorse lawyer* Rocco Galati.* I w... more »
THE ROLE OF MISTAKEN BELIEF: You fight false belief with the press corps you have!
*THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2020* *ABC News does deaths:* As the American experiment slides toward the sea, the sheer stupidity of our discourse seems to know no limits. In large part, the onus falls on the commander in chief, who has introduced stupidity into the discourse at a level not previously known. Below you see parts of one exchange from Tuesday night's town hall forum, hosted by ABC News: TRUMP (9/15/20): But what we’re doing is, we’re going to be doing a healthcare plan...*We’re going to be doing a healthcare plan very strongly and protect people with preexisting conditio... more »
Why Arab Leaders Are Suddenly Groveling at the Chance to Normalize Ties with Israel
Arab leaders understand that relations with Israel provide access to US Empire and all that comes with it, including much desired US-made weapons and other perks such as security and economic cooperation. The post Why Arab Leaders Are Suddenly Groveling at the Chance to Normalize Ties with Israel appeared first on MintPress News.
How the Underground Press Will Thwart The Media And Re-Elect Donald Trump
*Jack Cashill, American Thinker:* *How the Underground Press Will Thwart the Media and Re-Elect Donald Trump* As the saying goes, the difference between the New York Times and the old Soviet Pravda is that Pravda readers knew they were being lied to. To circumvent the Soviet mainstream media, dissidents created what they called the "samizdat," their word for the clandestine copying and distribution of literature banned by the state. To circumvent our mainstream media, conservatives have created their own samizdat, an unorganized network of blogs, public forums, news-aggregators, ... more »
Cuba: A UFO Photographed Near Cuba
*Source: Planeta UFODate: 09/17/2020* *Cuba: A UFO Photographed Near Cuba* *By Orestes Girbau* On August 16, 2006, the late Australian UFO researcher Kathy Dickmann was flying to Havana. During the flight, with Cuba nearby and toward the left of the plane, among the clouds, was a strange object that she managed to photograph. Other passengers also witnessed the UFO for around 5 minutes - it vanished after producing an unexpected luminous effect. The noted ufologist made her experience known to the steering committee of the A.C.U. during a conference subsequently h... more »
Newt silenced. Fox News STOPS mention of SOROS
*****News Topic 27*****’ So it’s verboten?’: Fox News panelist STOPS Newt Gingrich from discussing ‘Soros-elected’ district attorneys https://www.rt.com/usa/500892-gingrich-soros-fox-news/
Democrats assemble MASSIVE army of attorneys, ready to execute RED MIRAGE
Via The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/16/biden-attorney-legal-fight-election)… Joe Biden’s presidential campaign says it is amassing an unprecedented army of attorneys for an expected legal brawl over whether ballots will count in the weeks after the election. The effort will involve several other top Democratic voting rights and election law attorneys as well as Eric Holder, the former attorney […]
Merkel offers $1B for US LNG in Nord Stream 2 – Navalny GRAND BARGAIN
Via National Review (https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/nord-stream-2-pipeline-german-government-fights-to-protect-deal/)… The United States is trying to block Nord Stream 2, the pipeline that would increase Europe’s dependence on Russian natural gas and undermine Ukraine’s position in the continent’s energy markets. But the Merkel government, which has fought strenuously to protect the project, thinks that U.S. opposition to Nord Stream 2 is […]
Merkel offers $1B for US LNG in Nord Stream 2 – Navalny GRAND BARGAIN
Merkel Offers $1B For US LNG In Nord Stream 2 – Navalny GRAND BARGAIN by The Duran Merkel offers $1B for US LNG in Nord Stream 2 – Navalny GRAND BARGAIN The Duran: Episode 673. Via National Review (https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/nord-stream-2-pipeline-german-government-fights-to-protect-deal/)… The United States is trying to block Nord Stream 2, the pipeline that would increase Europe’s […]
Barr Under Fire Over Comparison of Virus Lock-In to Slavery
In remarks at Hillsdale College in Michigan, Barr had called the lockdown orders the “greatest intrusion on civil liberties in American history” since slavery.
Infection Rates Soar in College Towns as Students Return
Among the 50 large U.S. counties with the highest percentages of student residents, 20 have consistently reported higher rates of new virus cases than their states have since Sept. 1.
Faked Videos Shore Up False Beliefs About Biden’s Mental Health
The Trump campaign and its surrogates have seized on Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s age and have been painting him as mentally unfit for the presidency.
Taiwan Calls For A Global Coalition Against China's Aggression
Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen (c) visits a missile base in the north amid tension with China. Her foreign minister has echoed her calls for a global coalition against China aggression. Photograph: Taiwan Presidential Office Handout/EPA *The Guardian:* *Taiwan calls for global coalition against China's aggression as US official flies in* Taipei speaks of ‘real possibility’ of war as US undersecretary for economic affairs pays visit that Beijing regards as provocative. Taiwan’s foreign minister has called for the international community to help defend his country against an intensi... more »
Disabled people ‘badly let down by government’ during pandemic, says TUC
Disabled union activists have backed TUC calls for the government to take action to help disabled workers disproportionately affected by the coronavirus crisis. The TUC warned this week that disabled people were set to face some of the highest rates of job […]
Mikovits/Heckenlively’s Three Books Outline THE COMPLETE FAILURE Of US Public Health…
Three Books – No Prisoners… Opinion by “Deplorable” Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen Kent Heckenlively and Judy Mikovits’s newest book “The Case Against Masks – Ten Reasons Why Mask Use Should Be Limited” is a third nail in US Public Health’s coffin. Before you read it, pick up a yellow highlighter. You are going to want … Continue reading Mikovits/Heckenlively’s Three Books Outline THE COMPLETE FAILURE Of US Public Health…
The Dark Side of 5G: Military Use
*The art of war* By Manlio Dinucci The September 12 demonstration “Stop 5G” in Rome rightly focuses on the possible electromagnetic consequences for health and environment, in particular on the decree that prevents mayors from regulating the installation of 5G antennas in the municipal area. However, the Italian public continues to ignore a fundamental aspect of this technology: its military use. We have already warned about it in the manifesto (10 December 2019) but with poor results. The subsequent programs launched by the Pentagon, officially documented, confirm what we wr... more »
Joe Biden's big lie about Trump's tax cuts: It turns out 9 out of 10 Americans got a tax cut not just the rich
Democrats being unable to run on the Obama/Biden economic record have taken to saying that all the huge economic growth that happened since Trump took office was really due to Obama/Biden. This chart shows that's not true In 2016, before Trump took office, the CBO projected employment vs time. That projection assumed that the Obama/Biden policies would continue. But the actual data, based on what Trump did, is clearly far better than what the non-partisan CBO predicted if the Obama/Biden economic policies stayed in place. What did Trump do.? He fixed unfair trade agreements a... more »
Obama said he'd stop the rise of the oceans, Joe Biden is saying that he'll stop the California wild fires; both claims are false
When Obama won the Democrat nomination he said that history would see that that moment marked the end of the rising of the oceans. He was, of course, wrong. Joe Biden trying to deflect from his intent to destroy the suburbs by giving control of all local zoning to DC bureaucrats by pretending that Trump is God and hence responsible for natural disasters. Joe said: *"Donald Trump's climate denial may not have caused these fires and record floods and record hurricanes, but if he gets a second term, these hellish events will continue to become more common, more devastating and mo... more »
A vote for Joe Biden is a vote for a Harris presidency according to Kamala and Joe
This is scary https://t.co/piakpLU0uG — Kassy Dillon (@KassyDillon) September 15, 2020 It gets worse. Biden told reporters that a "Harris-Biden" administration would care for veterans. Of course during the Biden/Obama Administration vets were dying because the VA was not providing care and lying about it so it's clear that veterans don't have a friend in Joe Biden. Biden said: “It’s so much harder for military spouses to find good jobs and build their careers,” the Democrat nominee said. “We have to change that and we’re working on it… for example making it easier to carry your ... more »
Review Achieving Victory In Iraq, Countering An Insurgency
*Caraccilo, Col. Dominic and Thompson, Lt. Col Andrea, **Achieving Victory In Iraq, Countering An Insurgency**, Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books, 2008* I’ve never read an introduction and felt like it completely discredited everything the authors had to say until I opened *Achieving Victory In Iraq, Countering An Insurgency* by Colonel Dominic Caraccilo and Lieutenant Colonel Andrea Thompson, two Iraq war veterans. The book was aimed at members of the armed forces and military strategists and lays out the two colonels’ ideas on how the U.S. could win in Iraq using counterinsurgen... more »
This Day In Iraqi History - Sep 17
1953 Mohammed al-Jamali became PM Cabinet included 7 Shiites most ever Presented reform package which parliament rejected eventually bringing down his govt (Musings On Iraq review *The Chatham House Version and other Middle-Eastern Studies*) 1965 PM Razzaq attempted coup vs Col Arif discovered and had to flee Razzaq was mad at Arif for not uniting Iraq with Egypt 1975 Iran and Iraq ratified border treaty between two 1980 Saddam called emergency session of parliament Announced 1975 Algiers Treaty on border and Shatt al-Arab with Iran was voided Blamed Iran’s constant v... more »
Why the 1950s "Golden Age" Couldn't Survive
*James Pethokoukis* *economy, Americas* "These behemoths had become obstacles to transformative innovation, too concerned about the prospect of devaluing rent-yielding income streams from existing technologies." A currently unfashionable notion: A corporation should be run primarily for the benefit of its shareholder owners by maximizing its value. The most provocative distillation of the idea is Nobel laureate economist Milton Friedman’s famous 1970 essay in the Sunday magazine of The New York Times, “A Friedman doctrine– The Social Responsibility Of Business Is to Increase Its ... more »
Did Netflix CEO ‘Kim Martin Morrow’ Get Arrested for Child Pornography?
Another day, another step further away from reality.
Was CBS ‘Caught’ Passing Off ‘Latinos for Trump’ as Biden Supporters?
Beware of still images taken from television news reports.
Civil War? What Civil War?
*Boogaloo Boys. Are these people any match for the hegemonic state?* *by Thomas Neuburger* *"When the government watches you 24 hours a day, you can't use the word 'liberty.' That's the relationship between a master and a slave."* —Chris Hedges, speaking with Juliana Forlano There's more in Julianna Forlano's Act.tv interview with Chris Hedges than I can do justice to in a short piece, but I will say he has all the answers; he's figured it out. Forlano's questions are brilliant and she asks the right ones, from the meaning of the Assange extradition hearing to whether there will... more »
UK Court of Appeal to hear Venezuelan gold case
[image: UK Court of Appeal to hear Venezuelan gold case] The UK Court of Appeal will hear Venezuela’s Central Bank’s case against the Bank of England, which holds the country’s gold, from September 22-24, lawyers who represent Venezuela told Sputnik on Thursday. “Following the granting of a full appeal against the High Court’s Judgment in the Banco Central de Venezuela’s (“BCV”) claim against the Bank of England, it has been confirmed that the English Court of Appeal will hear the BCV’s Appeal from Tuesday, 22nd September to Thursday, 24th September,” Zaiwalla & Co, the London-based... more »
France is led by ‘ambitious but incapable’ Macron: Erdogan
[image: France is led by ‘ambitious but incapable’ Macron: Erdogan] BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:20 P.M.) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the policies of French President Emmanuel Macron were “flawed,” stressing that his country “would do the best for its interest in the eastern Mediterranean.” Erdogan said in a speech delivered his meeting with the heads of the AKP branches in the Turkish states, as quoted by the Anadolu Agency: “If we assume that Turkey has dispensed with everything, will France get rid of the confusion policy that this ambitious, but incapable (Macron) l... more »
Iraq evacuates 3 large containers of highly dangerous materials from port
[image: Iraq evacuates 3 large containers of highly dangerous materials from port] BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:00 P.M.) – The Iraqi Border Ports Authority evacuated 3 containers loaded with highly dangerous materials at the northern port of Umm Qasr. The Iraqi News Agency (INA) reported on Thursday that the containers that were evacuated at the northern port of Umm Qasr belong to the Ministry of Electricity. The Border Ports Authority confirmed in a statement that the containers were evacuated in the presence of the representative of the Ministry of Electricity, and a committee formed for ... more »
Israel announces arrest of citizen accused of communicating with Hezbollah, IRGC
[image: Israel announces arrest of citizen accused of communicating with Hezbollah, IRGC] BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:40 P.M.) – On Thursday, the Israeli Shin Bet security service announced the arrest of an Israeli citizen of Arab descent on charges of communicating with Iran’s Quds Force and Lebanon’s Hezbollah, in addition to the arrest of a number of other persons suspected of being involved in working within a cell headed by that citizen. A Shin Bet statement, published by the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office, stated that “within the framework of joint activity by the ... more »
Lukashenko facing exclusion and sanctions
[image: Lukashenko facing exclusion and sanctions] After Juan Guaido has been recognized as the “interim-president” of Venezuela by the United States and its allies, experts have made the claim that a similar scenario could be applied all over the world. The next in line is Belarusian President Lukashenko, as EU lawmakers have suggested to no longer recognize him as president of the country in November. Members of the European Parliament have also demanded to impose sanctions on Lukashenko. Continue reading Lukashenko facing exclusion and sanctions at AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر... more »
Watch: US Apache choppers circle Russian military convoy in northeastern Syria
[image: Watch: US Apache choppers circle Russian military convoy in northeastern Syria] BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:30 P.M.) – The U.S. Coalition forces are apparently changing their strategy when confronting Russian troops in Syria after a recent provocation resulted in American troops suffering injuries in the northeastern part of the country. In a new incident this week, U.S. military choppers were seen circling a Russian army convoy in the Al-Hasakah Governorate, following an apparent encounter with American ground troops. The video, which was shared by the RusVesna.SU YouTube channel, ... more »
Russia’s east military district to get S-400, Buk-M1-2 Missile Systems by 2020 end- Shoigu
[image: Russia’s east military district to get S-400, Buk-M1-2 Missile Systems by 2020 end- Shoigu] Two surface to air missile regiments of Russia’s Eastern Military District will receive S-400 missile systems, while two surface to air missile battalions will be equipped with Buk-M1-2 missile systems by the end of the year, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Thursday. “By the end of the year, the district will receive over 500 units of new and modernized equipment. This will enable us to re-equip 14 divisions. Two surface to air missile regiments will receive the S-400 systems, ... more »
Iranian security chief warns US forces seeking military adventurism will be ‘sent to the cemetery’
[image: Iranian security chief warns US forces seeking military adventurism will be ‘sent to the cemetery’] Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani has pushed back against US President Donald Trump’s recent threat that any response to an Iranian attack “will be 1,000 times greater in magnitude”. In a post on Twitter on Wednesday, the security chief pledged that forces mulling military adventurism against Iran will be “sent to the cemetery”, reminding Washington about the Islamic Republic’s effective defence against Iraq’s invasion of the country in the 1980s... more »
Russian Fighter intercepts two US Bombers over Bering Sea – Russian Defense Ministry
[image: Russian Fighter intercepts two US Bombers over Bering Sea – Russian Defense Ministry] A Russian fighter intercepted on Thursday two strategic bombers of the US Air Force over the Bering Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry said. “On September 17, Russia’s airspace control means detected, above the neutral waters of the Bering Sea, two aerial targets approaching the state border of the Russian Federation. A MiG-31 fighter from the Pacific Fleet’s air defense forces on duty was scrambled to identify the targets and prevent the border violation,” the Russian Defense Ministry said ... more »
Taliban attacks in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar Province leave 8 Officers Killed – Source
[image: Taliban attacks in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar Province leave 8 Officers Killed – Source] The Taliban Islamist movement has attacked three police posts in the eastern province of Nangarhar, leaving eight officers killed and four more injured, a source told Sputnik on Thursday. The incidents took place in Nangarhar’s Khogyani district last night, according to the source. The militants have also taken three police officers as their prisoners. The security posts collapsed as a result of the attacks. The attacks occurred amid the Saturday launch of the intra-Afghan peace talks in ... more »
The important role of Russia’s Military Police on the M4 highway – Syria
[image: The important role of Russia’s Military Police on the M4 highway – Syria] Russian military police stationed in Syria have escorted more than 50,000 civilians and 26,000 cars on the M4 highway since its opening to civilian transport on May 25, 2020, a Sputnik correspondent reported. “We have been here for two and a half months, accompanying these convoys. At this section of the route we did not have any major incidents. But there were suspicious cars, motorcycles,” Sergey Krivoshey, deputy battalion commander for military and political work, told reporters. Continue reading ... more »
Turkey refuses Russian proposal to withdraw from observation posts in Syria: report
[image: Turkey refuses Russian proposal to withdraw from observation posts in Syria: report] BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:00 P.M.) – Russia’s RIA Novosti agency reported that the ongoing consultations between Moscow and Ankara regarding the situation in the de-escalation zone in Idlib is discussing the level of the Turkish military presence there. The agency quoted a Turkish source as saying that during a meeting held at the Turkish Foreign Ministry, a Russian technical delegation presented proposals on reducing the number of observation points for the Turkish army in Idlib, but the two side... more »
Syria issues first response to Donald Trump’s claim about assassinating Bashar Al-Assad
[image: Syria issues first response to Donald Trump’s claim about assassinating Bashar Al-Assad] BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:45 P.M.) – Damascus described the political behavior of the American administration as “weak-hearted” and said that it is “nothing but a bandit system,” in the first official comment on the U.S. President’s statements about his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad. Regarding what Trump said earlier this week that he “discussed the assassination of President Bashar al-Assad with the former defense minister,” the Syrian Foreign Ministry said that the statements of the “he... more »
The Daily Brief 2020-09-16
[image: The Daily Brief 2020-09-16] This is a summary of *28* AMN articles on the following subjects: *Black Sea, Russia, SU-27, UK, USA, Black-Outs, Venezuela, B-52, Fighter-Jet, Haftar, Libya, Soviet, Baghdad, Iraq, Belarus, Lukashenko, Idlib, RAF, Syria, Turkey, Damascus, Iran, Palestine, Soleimani, US, China, India, Ansarallah, Yemen, Arctic, Drone, Nusrah, Spy Plane, F-35*. Categories covered in this brief: World-News, Middleeast, Iraq, Syria, Iran, Palestine, Yemen Let us know how you like this brief in the comments below. Continue reading The Daily Brief 2020-09-16 at AMN - ... more »
Democrat Whistleblower Confessions on Voter Fraud for 2020 Elections
This was undercover Project Veritas 2012 “EXCLUSIVE: DNC Staffer Assists Double Voting In Support of Obama”: This one reposted Aug. 4, 2020 as a reminder from 2016. “VOTER FRAUD FLASHBACK, 2016: James O’Keefe Offered Eminem’s Michigan Ballot!” This one was undercover in November 2018. “Non-Citizens Voting in Texas? “We got TONS of them” Says Election Official on Undercover Video” This one was released September 8, 2020. “NH AG Announces Major REFORM After PV Involvement In Fumbled “Double Voting” Case 8 Months In Making” –##– Those are all posted here as a reminder that the next art... more »
Tucker interviews virologist from China
"As it happens, February 6th, that day the paper went online, was also the date of the first coronavirus death in this country. The American media had every reason to pay attention to what the Chinese scientists found. But they didn’t. For nearly two months, the paper was all but ignored by news outlets. On March 31st, this show broadcast its contents. By then, more than 3,700 Americans had died from the coronavirus. Tens of thousands were hospitalized. We imagined there would be a serious national effort to find out where the virus came from, and how the pandemic started. But we w... more »
Assessing China and Russia’s Moves in the Middle East
U.S. Marines participate in a live-fire demonstration at al-Tanf Garrison in Syria on Sept. 7, 2018, several months after it was attacked by Russian proxies. Photo credit: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Carlos Lopez via DVIDS Recent news that China and Iran are close to finalizing an economic and security partnership, initially proposed by Beijing in January 2016, has renewed anxieties among some U.S. observers that Washington is gradually ceding the Middle East to its principal strategic competitor. Commenters raised similar concerns after the January 2020 assassination of Islam... more »
Pennsylvania Is the Key to Each of Trump’s Paths to the White House
[image: pennsylvania-is-the-key-to-each-of-trump-s-paths-to-the-white-house] Pennsylvania is key for Trump in November, and the tide is swinging toward him in the Keystone State.
New Simón Bolívar Institute For Peace And Solidarity Among Peoples
The founding of the Simón Bolívar Institute for Peace and Solidarity Among Peoples on September 6, 2020 marks a new political milestone. In the most difficult of circumstances, having to cope with not only the U.S. and Canadian sanctions but the pandemic as well, the Bolivarian Revolution has made this effort for the benefit of all who believe in its liberatory ideals across the planet. The goal of the Institute is to coordinate global solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution and the Venezuelan people, and the solidarity of the South American nation toward struggles for social and... more »
Assange Court Report September 16: Afternoon
A famous Vietnam era whistleblower, 89-year-old Daniel Ellsberg, has told a court that he feels “a great identification,” with both Julian Assange and his source Chelsea Manning, who, he said, “were willing to suffer the risk of imprisonment or even death to get information to the American public.” Ellsberg, a former US Marine officer who served with the US State Department in Vietnam during the war years, is best known for leaking a huge tranche of US government documents on the war to the New York Times in 1970, documents that showed that the government had been lying to the Ame... more »
Tribute To Kevin Zeese: Life And Loss In The Struggle For Liberation
The pain of loss is immeasurable yet comrades across the globe have come to view it as an inevitable aspect of the fight for liberation. For the revolutionary, death is neither a secret nor a prophecy. The loss of life is as common as life itself for the oppressed and those who fight on the side of the oppressed. I didn't know Kevin Zeese as well as I would have liked beyond a podcast interview and the honor of sharing a room with him at anti-war conferences. However, what I do know is that his legacy is, and will continue to be, a profound contribution to the world we are trying t... more »
Occupation Of UK Factory Involved In Israeli Drone Manufacture
Direct action protests against Israel’s largest weapons company have escalated in the UK, with an occupation of a factory building engines for drones used by Israel’s army entering its third day on Wednesday. Protests were also held outside Elbit System UK’s London headquarters and at its landlord’s main offices, as new solidarity group Palestine Action escalated its campaign to shut down the company's operation in the UK. Elbit Systems UK is part of the high-tech weapons group that supplies more than 80 percent of the Israeli army’s military drones, including the Hermes 900 and ... more »
Climate Change Will Force A New American Migration
August besieged California with a heat unseen in generations. A surge in air conditioning broke the state’s electrical grid, leaving a population already ravaged by the coronavirus to work remotely by the dim light of their cellphones. By midmonth, the state had recorded possibly the hottest temperature ever measured on earth — 130 degrees in Death Valley — and an otherworldly storm of lightning had cracked open the sky. From Santa Cruz to Lake Tahoe, thousands of bolts of electricity exploded down onto withered grasslands and forests, some of them already hollowed out by climate-... more »
Legal Care For All
We understand that needing doctors and medical care is just a part of life. We are happy to distinguish ourselves from our southern neighbours on the grounds that we are a society that ensures a health crisis does not result in financial ruin. In the course of our lifetime, most of us will also find ourselves in a situation where we need a lawyer. Whether it’s a divorce, a car accident, a business dispute, an eviction, or a criminal matter, one time or another, we will require a lawyer to advocate and advise us as we navigate the complex judicial system. The post Legal Care For Al... more »
Nurse Alleges Forced Sterilizations, Medical Malpractice At Immigrant Detention Center
A whistleblower complaint filed on behalf of a nurse who worked at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in southern Georgia until July alleges that a number of immigrant women detained there were subjected to sterilization through hysterectomies without their consent. In the complaint, filed by the legal advocacy group Project South, the former nurse describes conditions at the center as akin to an “experimental concentration camp.” The complaint also details the refusal of the center’s administrators to carry out COVID-19 testing or implement protective ... more »
A protest in Milwaukee leads to a very dangerous situation
A very disturbing incident took place in Milwaukee earlier this week. It offers several important lessons for the rest of us. It also reinforces what I've been saying for weeks and months on this blog. Initial reports of the incident were similar to this one. A Milwaukee man has reportedly been arrested after pulling a gun on a mob of Black Lives Matter supporters who were surrounding his home for several hours. * . . .* Members of the mob claimed on social media that their actions were justified because he is a “racist” and has a confederate flag. The flag was not seen in the ... more »
Face Masks as Rudimentary Vaccines?- Variolation, Mask Wearing Increases Rate of Asymptomatic Covid Infection
*Theoretically, it seems masks can and do allow for variolation. Because masks simply can’t and don’t block all the viruses that are surrounding us. You’d have to be a fool to believe otherwise. And yes, I know there are lots of fools around. * *It does also appear there is an observational correlation between mask mandates and increased Covid positive tests. Including here in Canada. I've certainly noticed it! And mentioned the correlation on more then one occasion here at the blog.* *Most recently: * - *Break the Mask Psychosis: Germany, In Spite of Mandatory Mask Policy... more »
The U.S. Navy Is Going All in on Aircraft Carriers Armed with Drones
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2013%3Anewsml_GM1E95F07GG01&share=true] The U.S. Navy will be flying more and more aircraft carrier-launched attack drones in the future, operating more autonomous vehicles and building larger numbers of smaller boats. All of this is part of the service’s refined modernization strategy prioritizing unmanned undersea and surface vessels, fleet-wide networking, increased weapons integration and a larger submarine force. The U.S. Navy will be flying more and more aircraft carrier-l... more »
Air Force's New Drone "Loyal Wingman" Has Arrived (Controlled by F-22s and F-35s)
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Americas* [image: By 88 Air Base Wing Public Affairs - https://www.wpafb.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1777743/xq-58a-valkyrie-demonstrator-completes-inaugural-flight/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=77151944] The XQ-58A Valkyrie stealth drone is getting better and closer to full operations. It’s called the “Loyal Wingman” concept, wherein an aerial drone flies missions in support of manned fighter jets, all while being operated by pilots in an F-22 or F-35 jet fighter cockpit. This tactical possibility is no longer ... more »
It’s Complicated: Grasping the Syllogism
A few weeks ago, I presented the following syllogism: Issue X is complicated. Perspective Y’s position on X is not complicated. Therefore, Perspective Y is wrong about X. Almost all of the comments were critical. Some notable examples: Dan: As someone who used to live in San Francisco and was involved in YIMBY […] The post It’s Complicated: Grasping the Syllogism appeared first on Econlib.
USS Parche: This Submarine Spied on the Soviet Union in Their Own Backyard
*Caleb Larson* *History, Europe* [image: By U.S. Navy photo by Brian Nokell - This Image was released by the United States Navy with the ID 040920-N-6497N-014 (next).This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licens] It also carried a deadly secret that many have forgotten. The USS Parche—pronounced Par-chee—remains the U.S. Navy’s most decorated vessel ever in American service. The USS *Parche*, commissioned in 1974, originally began life as a Sturgeon-class nuclear-powered fast attack submarine. ... more »
Some U.S Cities Could Subsist On Locally Grown Food - If The Local Area Is Large Enough
A new estimate says that of 378 metropolitan areas, many could actually exist on locally grown food - if the local area is up to 200 miles away, which means New York City could claim farms in Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut are local to New York. Even then, diets would have to change, because progress has meant having diversity and choice, and if locally-grown were really necessary, the population would starve along the Eastern Seaboard and the Southwest of the U.S. And meat would only be for the rich. read more
Cop Fired for Cowering in Fear as Gunman Slaughtered Children Gets Rehired, with Full Back Pay
[image: fired]A cop fired for cowering in fear instead of doing his job and saving the children under attack was just reinstated with full back pay.
Wise People Know That Winning a War Is No Better Than Losing One: The Thirty-Eighth Newsletter (2020)
17 September 2020 — Tricontinental Liu Bolin (China), Guernica, 2016 Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Dedicated to Soni Prashad, 1929-2020, who spent her life looking for a better world. US President Donald Trump and his ‘war council’ – led by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo – have amplified their aggression … Continue reading Wise People Know That Winning a War Is No Better Than Losing One: The Thirty-Eighth Newsletter (2020)
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*What High School Players Suspended Over Support for Police, Firefighters Can Teach the NFL* The story is at first aggravating to hear but the more we learn about it the better the outlook for this country becomes. A pair of high school football players in Morrow, Ohio, ran out on the field before a game holding a Blue Lives Matter and Red Lives Matter flag. They were later suspended over the display, for introducing a political message to the game. It was a sign of pregame social signaling, and as we have come to learn there is a glaring set of double standards on such issues. ... more »
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From Jenna Orkin Satellites show smoke from US wildfires reaches Europe World fails to meet a single target to stop destruction of nature – UN report Hundreds of Americans Planted 'Chinese Mystery Seeds' GWU Enrollment Down 17% Manhattan rental market plunges, leaving 15,000 empty apartments in August Anne Hidalgo le confirme : la rue de Rivoli ne rouvrira pas aux voitures Nearly two-thirds of US young adults unaware 6m Jews killed in the Holocaust‘This is f---ing crazy’: Florida Latinos swamped by wild conspiracy theories American chains are turning to Mexican toilet paper as they st... more »
What does the mayor do?
News 1. Mayoral candidates face off for the first time Halifax’s three mayoral candidates debated each other yesterday, at an event hosted by the Downtown Halifax Business Commission. Zane Woodford attended, and reports on the candidates’ replies to questions from moderator Norma Lee MacLeod. While Taylor reiterated his stance that he doesn’t care who you […]
Political Malpractice
There's been lots of speculation about a fall election. Susan Delacourt states definitely that there will be no election: Trudeau surely hasn’t missed the fact that New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs turned his minority government into a majority in this week’s provincial election — something that Trudeau would certainly like to do, too. But if “figuring it out” goes anything like the constantly evolving calculations on reopening Parliament next week, the process would be long, complicated and uncertain. Pandemics tend to take the snap out of a snap election, or even the much les... more »
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*Large gaps in climate data* NOAA’s global and US temperature estimates have become highly controversial. The core issue is accuracy. These estimates are made by very complex statistical models which are sensitive to a large number of factors, but the magnitude of sensitivity for each factor is unknown. NOAA’s present practice of stating temperatures with precision is clearly untenable, because it ignores these significant uncertainties. Thus NOAA needs a focused research program to try to determine the accuracy range of these controversial temperature estimates. Below is a brief ... more »
Cop Arrested After Shooting at a ‘Puppy’, Killing Innocent Sleeping Woman Instead
[image: puppy]“It’s a puppy. This is a grown man afraid of a puppy. Who is the paid professional in this encounter?" the victim's father, a Texas Fire Captain, said.
EMALS: How U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers Will Sail Into the Future (And Dominate)
*Peter Suciu* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] The integration of EMALS marked a substantial milestone for the U.S. Navy. In an op-ed for Defense News this week, Vic Adm. Lewis W. Crenshaw Jr. (retired) suggested that among the U.S. Navy's *Ford*-class “game-changing advancements” is the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System, or EMALS. This new system to launch aircraft was developed to replace the steam-powered catapults used on the Navy’s Nimitz-class carriers. The technology made its debut on the *USS Gerald R. Ford* (CVN-78) and is expected to be integrated on the n... more »
U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford: Ready for Action?
*Peter Suciu* *Security, * The ship has been plagued with ongoing technical problems ranging from the Advanced Weapons Elevators to its toilet system. It was just eleven months ago that warnings were issued that the *USS Gerald R. Ford* (CVN-78) may not be ready to deploy until 2024, six years after the planned 2018 first deployment. The timeline slipped due largely to developmental delays in the new technologies that were included aboard the first-in-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Other delays came about due to the Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) decision to undergo fu... more »
New Study Warns That the Coronavirus Could Become Seasonal Virus
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Health, Americas* [image: Reuters] There is an ongoing debate within the general scientific community about why some respiratory viruses are seasonal, especially in temperate regions. For example, influenza and several types of coronaviruses that cause the common cold are known to peak in winter in temperate regions but circulate year-round in tropical areas. Each year, many countries around the world prepare for the seasonal patterns of respiratory viruses, with some people even taking the extra precaution to get an annual flu shot. Given how billions of p... more »
America's New 6th-Generation Fighter Jet: Stealthier Than B-2 Bomber?
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Americas* It woudl be a huge deal if the newest fighters could incorpate new designs and technologies to be stealther than bobmers. Now that the Air Force has officially announced that it has built and flown a new sixth-generation fighter jet, many might wonder the following question: Could it be the stealthiest, fastest and most lethal aircraft ever to exist? What if it were built to be as stealthy as a B-21 bomber? Granted, very little is known about what the actual design may look like, or which vendor built it, yet both Northrop Grumman and Lockheed ... more »
Why Donald Trump Has No Problem Selling F-35s to UAE
*Peter Suciu* *Security, * [image: Reuters] The president says that he would be willing to sell other Middle Eastern nations the same weapons that are currently offered to Israel. While the debate over whether the United States will allow United Arab Emirates to purchase the Lockheed Martin-built F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter continues, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) remains the sole operator of the fifth-generation stealth aircraft in the Middle East. Earlier this month it was reported that the IAF was considering buying even more of the aircraft—bringing the number close... more »
Does Wearing Glasses Protect You From Coronavirus?
*Simon Kolstoe* *Health, * A new study says "yes." But there is cause for suspicion. Researchers in China have found that people who wear glasses appear to be at lower risk of catching COVID-19. The authors of the study, published in JAMA Ophthalmology, noticed that since the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan in December 2019, few patients with spectacles were admitted to hospital suffering from COVID-19. To investigate further, they collected data on the wearing of glasses from all patients with COVID-19 as part of their medical history. Their small study found that only 16 (5.8%) ... more »
COVID-19 Vaccine Development Should Be a More Open Process
*Duncan Matthews* *Coronavirus, * Lack of transparency about clinical trials might fuel vaccine skepticism. AstraZeneca is resuming clinical trials for the COVID-19 vaccine, ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, following confirmation that is safe to do so. The trials were paused when one of the participants developed an “unexplained illness”. The pause is over, but the concerns that it raises about transparency are not. When AstraZeneca announced the pause on September 8, it was reported initially as a sign of biopharma companies taking a prudent approach to safety protocols. This was underlined by... more »
We Can Learn a Lot About the Coronavirus by Taking Race Into Account
*David R. Buys* *Society, Americas* [image: Reuters] If we don’t disaggregate the data, we would have an incorrect picture of what’s happening with COVID-19. Physicians and public health experts know that older adults are more susceptible to the flu than those in other age groups. We also know the health of Black Americans is worse than that of almost all other groups for not only flu, but for chronic conditions and cancer. These are two examples of health disparities, or health gaps – when demographic groups show differences in disease severity. As we analyze the latest data fr... more »
The Good Hearts Deliver: Lakota, Navajo and Hopi compassionate relief in times of pandemic
Navajo and Hopi Families COVID-19 Relief"One of our amazing team leaders, Hector Ray, transporting a food distribution kit from Chinle, Az to Jeddito." -- Cassandra BegayThe Good Hearts Deliver: Compassionate relief is inspiring as Lakota, Navajo and Hopi grow crops, cook gourmet meals, fill water tanks, and deliver to elderly, families in need and fellow Natives in quarantine. Good heart
The "War Game" to Install Hapless Joe in the White House
The "War Game" to Install Hapless Joe in the White House Video of The "War Game" to Install Hapless Joe in the White House The same anti-Trump War Hawks who are desperately engaged in military provocations against Russia and China, are simultaneously working with Soros-funded institutions, to prepare the population for a military coup in January 2021. But according to Hillary Clinton, if you say this, you should be subjected to censorship, for promoting a "conspiracy theory"! Join with LaRouchePAC NOW to expose this assault on our republic and our Constitution, and to pr... more »
True story of a community health care provider 100 years ago
I have shared before stories about my maternal grandmother’s family. She grew up in southwest Georgia in a small community along with her thirteen siblings, with one passing at birth and another dying as a young adult. My grandmother shared … Continue reading →
Barbados to Become Republic in November 2021
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Caribbean island of Barbados wants to remove Britain’s Queen Elizabeth as its head of state and become a republic, the government has said, reviving a plan mooted several times in the past. A former colony that gained independence in 1966, Barbados has maintained a formal link with the The post Barbados to Become Republic in November 2021 appeared first on The Rio Times.
What a Biden-Harris Fracking Ban Would Mean
Hydraulic fracturing has made the United States the top oil and natural gas producer in the world and it has… The post What a Biden-Harris Fracking Ban Would Mean appeared first on IER.
Is Betsy DeVos Flip-Flopping?
Betsy DeVos visited a private school in Grand Rapids that is currently open for face-to-face school, and she observed that not re-opening school buildings is a "tragedy." This seems like a radical shift of direction for the secretary of education. For one thing, one of her mantras has been that we should fund students, not institutions or, presumably, the buildings in which those institutions are housed. DeVos has also been a huge advocate of computer-run education, insisting that the modern miracles of technology should set students free from traditional school-in-a-building. But ... more »
Call me 3380
Here is a website that uses some sort of computer algorithm to measure academic influence. Here is a ranking of most influential academics of all time. Aristotle, Darwin, Plato, Einstein, Marx, and Newton top the list. (I am number 3380.) Here is an article about recently influential economists.
China Says Its Military Drills Near Taiwan Are A 'Necessary Action'
China's recent military exercises near Taiwan are a 'necessary action' to protect the country's sovereignty, particularly against 'the interference of foreign forces', a government spokesperson has said. This file photo shows a Chinese Air Force Su-30 fighter being refuelled during a routine combat simulation drill over the West Pacific on September 12, 2016 *Daily Mail: **China says ramping up military drills near self-ruled Taiwan is a 'necessary action' as Beijing vows to ‘defend its territory from foreign forces'* * China has stepped up its threat to bring the island under cont... more »
Japan backs ISDS in fierce debate at Energy Charter Treaty review
bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
17-Sep-2020 A written submission from Japan published by the ECT secretariat rejected language on the “right to regulate” and changes to the investor-state dispute resolution mechanism.
Insurance-covered medical cannabis falls for the first time in Germany
Insurance reimbursements for cannabis in Germany dropped for the first time – on a quarterly basis – since the current medical program started in early 2017, according to new data for the quarter ended June 30, 2020. The reason: Prices fell while the number of prescriptions barely grew. This is consistent with Marijuana Business Daily’s […] Insurance-covered medical cannabis falls for the first time in Germany is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Trulieve forks out $66 million for two Pennsylvania medical cannabis firms
Trulieve, the preeminent medical cannabis operator in Florida, plans to expand to Pennsylvania by acquiring two MMJ companies in a $66 million deal. Pennsylvania will be the fifth state in which Trulieve does business. According to a news release, the Tallahassee-based company agreed to acquire McKeesport cultivator and producer PurePenn as well as dispensary operator […] Trulieve forks out $66 million for two Pennsylvania medical cannabis firms is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
How NAFTA Lost Democrats the South
How the New Democrats' trade deals fractured the multi-racial coalition that Martin Luther King had helped forge in the South.
BAME BBC (except Newsnight)
Today's *Woman's Hour *discussed diversity in the media. The discussion wasn't, of course, remotely diverse in terms of viewpoint. The guests were Yasmin Alibhai Brown, the *Guardian*'s Jane Martinson and Amal Warsame of Women in Journalism, of which organisation both YAB and JM are also committee members. (Small world!). They all sang the same tune about how bad it is that the media isn't diverse enough, and the phrase 'male, pale and posh' was bandied about a lot. The figures in the Women in Journalism report being discussed (which analysed certain programmes over one week... more »
U.S. Secretary Of Defense Esper Says Russia Will Not Be A Challenge In The Future
U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper (file photo) *US News and World Report*: *Esper Downplays Russia’s Threat: Not a Challenge in the Future* Esper’s derriding comments – akin to those that have infuriated Vladimir Putin the past – come amid a new Pentagon shift to focus primarily on China. The secretary of defense on Wednesday dismissed Russia as unable to present persistent dangers to the U.S., marking a notable shift in the Pentagon's view of the global threats for which it must prepare. "China has a vast population, its resources, its vast dynamism of its economy," Defense ... more »
I trust vaccines, but not Trump says Biden
Joe Biden says he trusts vaccines, he trusts science, but he doesn't trust Trump! Is Trump in the lab? Is he lining up the diverse group for the clinical trials? Of course not. He's promoting and pushing money to the firms doing the science. This vaccine has moved faster than any in history and multiple firms are working on it. All because of Trump's leadership. Biden is instilling hate, anger and distrust. How’s that for keeping people calm. How’s that for hope? Who in the world would ever trust a vaccine with Biden's leadership? He has politicized science (although that had alr... more »
Common Sense Case Against Mandatory Experimental COVID Vaccine
*21WIRE* | US doctor: 'COVID-19 is not nearly as virulent or deadly as it was made out to be originally.'
Lord Sumption: Boris Johnson’s ‘Rule of Six is Pointless, Arbitrary and Unnecessary’
*TalkRadio* | “This one size fits all approach is deeply destructive."
How serious is the 2020 Election — Are we being set up for Civil War?
BEFORE YOU START THIS VIDEO — Know that I don’t ever prescribe to conspiracy and that for many years, I have watched Glenn Beck as he spiraled out of control. In the last few years, he has changed and with his new group managed to come into his own once again. That said, in this particular case, Glenn Beck has done a great job in a 48 minute video of making sense out of and pulling together the entire overview of what is going on in our country leading up to and into the new presidential cycle. HEED HIS WARNING. … Continue reading →
Mail-In Ballots Encourage Chaos for 2020 General Election
Expect Chaos for the November Election The Heritage Foundation Hans A. von Spakovsky Senior Fellow September 7, 2020 Key Takeaways States and countries have held elections with in-person voting in this and prior pandemics—and have done so successfully, using all the health safety protocols. More than half a million absentee ballots were ultimately rejected in recent primaries, including over 80,000—one out of every five ballots—in New York City. It could be weeks before we know who won the presidential election if the race is close. It could be even longer if litigation contesting t... more »
First Volume of Barack Obama’s Memoir Coming Nov. 17
Even with a substantial list price of $45, "A Promised Land" is virtually guaranteed to sell millions of copies, and has an announced first printing of 3 million.
Finding a way out of constitutional rot
For the Symposium on Jack M. Balkin, The Cycles of Constitutional Time (Oxford University Press, 2020). Julie C. Suk Jack Balkin’s *Cycles of Constitutional Time* is the bearer of bad news: we are living through a period of severe constitutional rot, characterized by peak polarization and conservative dominance. The federal judiciary is deepening the rot, instead of providing an antidote. Balkin’s account of constitutional history, particularly the dynamics between presidential regimes and the federal judiciary, leads him to cast polarization and constitutional rot as stages of ... more »
City Puts 89-Year-Old Grandmother’s Home Up For Auction Over $0.06 in Unpaid Taxes
[image: tax]An 89-year-old grandmother's home was put up for auction by the state because she underpaid her property tax bill by $0.06, a nickel and a penny.
Fmr Cop Sentenced to Life in Prison for Kidnapping, Torturing Woman Could Soon Be Free, Over a Loophole
[image: woman]Thanks to a ridiculous loophole, a former cop who was sentenced to life for kidnapping and horrifically torturing a woman, could be getting off with a wrist slap.
On The European Contributions to Ancient Hindu Philosophy
In the eighteenth century, when the East India Company arrived in India, the Hindus had no memory of their philosophical heritage and they had little awareness of their common culture—they had a plethora of festivals and rituals, but they didn’t have the philosophical sensibility and the historical knowledge to connect the festivals and rituals with the Hindu philosophies which were originally developed between two thousand and four thousand years ago. With a significant part of the country being under the Islamic kings, there was no incentive for anyone in the country to launch a... more »
Protests And Rockets As Gulf States Sign Deals With Israel
At a White House ceremony on Tuesday, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain officially established diplomatic relations with Israel. The signing of the US-brokered Abraham Accords formalizes decades of clandestine relations between Israel and the two Gulf states. US President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Emirati foreign minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and his Bahraini counterpart Abdullatif bin Rashid Alzayani all spoke before the signing. Al Nahyan and Alzayani also signed separate treaties with Trump and Netanyahu. The post Protests And Rockets ... more »
Good Ellsberg, Bad Assange
Opponents of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange often hold up Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg as an example of someone who was responsible for a good leak. They insist WikiLeaks is not like the Pentagon Papers because supposedly Assange was reckless with sensitive documents. On the seventh day of an extradition trial against Assange, Ellsberg dismantled this false narrative and outlined for a British magistrate court why Assange would not receive a fair trial in the United States. Assange is accused of 17 counts of violating the Espionage Act and one count of conspirac... more »
The Economy Of Sharing Is Alive during Nicaragua’s Independence Celebration
This week is very important in Central America, especially in Nicaragua. On September 15, the region celebrates the signing of its declaration of Independence from Spain in 1821. On September 14, another historic milestone is celebrated: The defeat of US filibuster William Walker and his troops by Nicaraguan forces in 1856. Walker had repealed laws prohibiting slavery in an attempt to get the support of US southern states. US President Franklin Pierce recognized Walker’s as the legitimate government of Nicaragua an endeavor to bring Nicaragua under US control that failed over and ... more »
Prosecutor Quits Trump’s Law Enforcement Commission
An elected prosecutor who took a role in Donald Trump’s presidential commission on law enforcement has resigned, telling Attorney General William Barr that he is concerned the commission was “intent on providing cover for a predetermined agenda that ignores the lessons of the past” and will issue a final report that “will only widen the divisions in our nation.” Trump formed the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice late last October, announcing its formation at the International Association of Chiefs of Police’s annual meeting. The post Pr... more »
EPA Postpones Environmental Justice Training
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will postpone training on environmental inequity faced by communities of color and low-income communities following a White House order calling for agencies to stop training involving what it described as "anti-American propaganda." Charles Lee, the EPA's senior policy adviser for environmental justice, told employees in an email that the department would postpone an event that was part of its speaker series on structural racism and environmental justice. The post EPA Postpones Environmental Justice Training appeared first on PopularResi... more »
Analysis Finds Solar Activity Controls Climate Change
Those charged with pushing the global warming narrative are spinning a yarn. Here is the scientifically-sound proof... The post Analysis Finds Solar Activity Controls Climate Change appeared first on Electroverse.
The USA On The Brink Of Civil War
The American people are experiencing a crisis of civilization. They are so deeply divided that the presidential election is not just about electing a leader, but about determining what the country (empire or nation?) should be. Neither side is capable of accepting to lose, so much so that each could resort to violence to impose its point of view.
6 ways mail-in ballots are protected from fraud
Jake Grumbach, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Washington at Politics/Election '20 – The Conversation - 14 hours ago
The mail-in voting process has several built-in safeguards that make it hard for one person to vote fraudulently, and even more difficult to commit large-scale voter fraud.
Pessimists have been saying America is going to hell for more than 200 years
Maurizio Valsania, Professor of American History, Università di Torino at Politics/Election '20 – The Conversation - 14 hours ago
Think American democracy is ending? You're not alone, writes a historian. American leaders have often yielded to despair – as far back as the founding of the republic.
Presidential campaigns take flight in the age of the coronavirus
Janet Bednarek, Professor of History, University of Dayton at Politics/Election '20 – The Conversation - 14 hours ago
Though air travel has boosted presidential campaigns for decades, the 2020 pandemic has underlined the importance of aircraft as the quickest and safest way to campaign.
Poll workers on Election Day will be younger – and probably more diverse – due to COVID-19
Thessalia Merivaki, Assistant Professor of American Politics, Mississippi State University at Politics/Election '20 – The Conversation - 14 hours ago
An army of mostly older, white volunteers run America's voting sites. They're reluctant to work during a pandemic. So new recruits are signing up to run the polls, for better and for worse.
American society teaches everyone to be racist – but you can rewrite subconscious stereotypes
R. Nathan Pipitone, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Florida Gulf Coast University at Politics/Election '20 – The Conversation - 14 hours ago
If you’re American – regardless of the color of your skin – racism structures how you think. Changing the system should change these implicit biases.
Black Agenda Report 17 September 2020
17 September 2020 — Black Agenda Report Freedom Rider: Democrats’ Climate Change Lies Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist The Republicans lie about the harm they do to the planet, and the Democrats lie and pretend they’re not doing the very same things. Tribute to Kevin Zeese: Life and Loss in the Struggle for Liberation Danny … Continue reading Black Agenda Report 17 September 2020
Julian Assange News Links 15-17 September 2020
17 September 2020 — The New Dark Age Assange’s Seventh Day at the Old Bailey: Diligent Redactions and Avoiding Harm https://dissidentvoice.org/2020/09/assanges-seventh-day-at-the-old-bailey-diligent-redactions-and-avoiding-harm/ Assange’s Sixth Day At The Old Bailey: US Prison Conditions And Politicised Prosecutions https://orientalreview.org/2020/09/17/assanges-sixth-day-at-the-old-bailey-us-prison-conditions-and-politicised-prosecutions/ Pentagon Papers Whistleblower Gives Powerful Defense of Assange https://williambowles.info/2020/09/16/pentagon-papers-whistleblower-gives-powerful... more »
Your Man in the Public Gallery: Assange Hearing Day 11
Yet another shocking example of abuse of court procedure unfolded on Wednesday. James Lewis QC for the prosecution had been permitted gratuitously to read to two previous witnesses with zero connection to this claim, an extract from a book by Luke Harding and David Leigh in which Harding claims that at a dinner at El Moro Restaurant Julian Assange had stated he did not care if US informants were killed, because they were traitors who deserved what was coming to them.
Good Ellsberg, Bad Assange: At Extradition Trial, Pentagon Papers Whistleblower Dismantles False Narrative
Opponents of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange often hold up Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg as an example of someone who was responsible for a good leak. They insist WikiLeaks is not like the Pentagon Papers because supposedly Assange was reckless with sensitive documents.
“A Disgrace”: Amnesty International Blocked From Monitoring Trial of Julian Assange
Amnesty International’s Europe Director described the hearings against Assange as an “assault on the right to freedom of expression” that would have a “chilling effect on media freedom.”
A Psychological Profile of Online Trolls Shows High Self Esteem and a Penchant for Sadism
*Evita March* *Society, Australia* Trolling can cause significant harm and distress. It is associated with serious physical and psychological effects, including disrupted sleep, lowered self-esteem, depression, self-harm, suicidal ideation, and in some cases, even suicide. In 2019, The Australia Institute estimated trolling and online abuse had cost the Australian economy up to $3.7 billion in health costs and lost income. There is an urgent need to understand why people troll. Recent Australian estimates show about one in three internet users have experienced online harassment.... more »
Comcast Working to Put X1 Platform on Smart TVs
*Stephen Silver* *Technology, * Comcast’s NBC Universal this summer with AMC Theaters to reduce the home release window for premium video on demand movies to as short as seventeen days. Back in late August, Protocol reported that Comcast was in talks with various TV manufacturers to put a version of its X1 cable technology on TVs. The technology, in the event of a deal, would “turn the software running on its set-top boxes into an operating system for smart TVs.” In remarks this week, the CEO of Comcast confirmed that such plans are taking place. Comcast chief Brian Roberts w... more »
Haenel’s MK556: Check Out Germany’s New Assault Rifle
*Caleb Larson* *Security, Europe* [image: https://www.cg-haenel.de/defence-en/products/full-automatic/mk-556/] Out with the old, in with the new. Berlin has been looking to upgrade for a while. In a press release, the Germany’s Federal Ministry of Defense announced that a replacement has been found for the country’s 1990s-era Heckler & Koch G36 rifle. The winner of the competition, C.G. Haenel, an east German-based firearms manufacturer, is a blow to H&K—though perhaps understandable considering the controversy surrounding H&K’s problematic G36. *Problems A-plenty* The G36’s pr... more »
Incirlik: Time for the U.S. Military to Leave
*Michael Rubin* *Security, Middle East* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2015%3Anewsml_GF20000020026&share=true] President Donald Trump seeks to reduce the U.S. military footprint around the world. Both the progressive camp within the Democratic Party and the libertarian wing of the Republican Party, meanwhile, want to reduce military expenditure. Many centrists want to re-invest in diplomacy: A complete end to the U.S. presence at Incirlik would check all boxes. It’s time to take American forces out of Incirlik, the sooner, the better Secretary ... more »
Hitler Was Building A Heavy Bomber That Could Have Hit New York City
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Europe* Its theoretical maximum speed of 528 miles per hour and service ceiling of 52,000 feet would have allowed it to fly higher and faster than the fastest piston-engine U.S. fighters of the time. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The fact that Berlin was making new plans to manufacture sophisticated intercontinental jet bombers even while columns of Allied tanks were advancing deep into Germany highlights how Nazism was not only an abhorrent ideology, but instilled a remarkable capacity for self-delusion. In 1942, German air force chief Herman... more »
Israel-UAE Deal is Geopolitical "Beta Testing" for Saudi Arabia
*Ben Rich* *Security, Middle East* It is rare in foreign relations to see “beta testing” of bold ideas, but the UAE and Bahrain have provided just such a test case for Riyadh in its own fraught push to normalise relations with the Jewish state. US President Donald Trump heralded nothing short of “the dawn of a new Middle East” as the leaders of the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed agreements normalising ties with Israel during a ceremony at the White House this week. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu echoed that sentiment, saying “this day is a pivot of history”. ... more »
What is Causing California's Apocalyptic Wildfires?
*Steven C. Beda* *Politics, Americas* [image: Reuters] Management policies have created tinderboxes in Western forests, and climate change has made it much more likely that those tinderboxes will erupt into destructive fires. What is driving the wildfires that are ravaging California, Oregon and Washington? President Trump and state officials have offered sharply different views. Trump asserts that Western states haven’t done enough logging and brush clearance, allowing fuels to build up in forests. “When trees fall down after a short period of time, about 18 months, they become... more »
New IDB President Pledges to Help Argentina with “Long Arduous” IMF Negotiations
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Mauricio Claver-Carone, the White House official elected to lead Latin America’s regional development bank, said he aims to play a constructive role in Argentina’s negotiations with the International Monetary Fund. Claver-Carone said in an interview he wanted to help . . . To read the full NEWS and much more, […] The post New IDB President Pledges to Help Argentina with “Long Arduous” IMF Negotiations appeared first on The Rio Times.
UN Report Slams Venezuela for Extrajudicial Executions, Forced Disappearances and Torture
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - After investigating 223 cases of alleged extrajudicial executions, enforced disappearances, arbitrary detentions and torture, and reviewing an additional 2,891 to corroborate patterns of violations and crimes, the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela found that the Venezuelan government, as well as other state agents and […] The post UN Report Slams Venezuela for Extrajudicial Executions, Forced Disappearances and Torture appeared first on The Rio Times.
French League Suspends Neymar for Two Matches for Assault on Álvaro González
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Neymar, the star of Paris Saint-Germain, expelled last Sunday during his team's defeat to Olympique de Marseille (0-1) for attacking Spanish defender Álvaro González, was suspended for two matches on Wednesday . . . To read the full NEWS and much more, Subscribe to our Premium Membership Plan. Already Subscribed? […] The post French League Suspends Neymar for Two Matches for Assault on Álvaro González appeared first on The Rio Times.
Trump Nominee Becomes First US Chair of Inter-American Development Bank
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The election of Mauricio Claver-Carone as the new president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) has sparked criticism in The post Trump Nominee Becomes First US Chair of Inter-American Development Bank appeared first on The Rio Times.
Brazil’s Minister of Health, General Pazuello Says Pandemic Has Reached Stability
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - After four months in charge of the Ministry of Health on an interim basis, General Eduardo Pazuello was made permanent in the portfolio by President The post Brazil’s Minister of Health, General Pazuello Says Pandemic Has Reached Stability appeared first on The Rio Times.
Brazil Prepares Reaction to Europe on Amazon Destruction
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Vice-President Hamilton Mourão said yesterday that the government will use diplomacy to address the dissatisfaction expressed by a number of European countries with the increasing deforestation in the Amazon. "We have to engage in diplomatic negotiations, but also on environmental . . . To read the full NEWS and much […] The post Brazil Prepares Reaction to Europe on Amazon Destruction appeared first on The Rio Times.
I, Phantom
By Rei Tanotsuka, 17 September 2020 “I dream with open eyes,” he… Continue reading “I, Phantom”… The post I, Phantom appeared first on Asian Straight Shooter .
REPUBLICAN LACK OF INTEREST IN A NEW STIMULUS BILL IS NO MYSTERY
*The Atlantic*'s Derek Thompson has a theory about why the president isn't trying harder to pass another coronavirus relief package: President Donald Trump faces an array of obstacles on his path to reelection. But he could do one thing, right away, that would, in all likelihood, immediately improve his odds with almost no downside risk: Call for Congress to open the cash spigot and buoy the lackluster economy on a wave of stimulus. All he has to do is announce his intention to sign a second major economic relief bill—a CARES Act II, essentially—and count on Senate Majority Leader ... more »
If the Storm Keeps Raging
“Though the storms keep on raging in my life; And sometimes it’s hard to tell the night from day ….” These opening lines to the powerful track “My Soul Is Anchored” by Douglas Miller are an apt description of the year that has been 2020. Some have suggested that this year has had way more […]
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