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Fellow blogger Recce Rifleman has had a heart attack
Peter, Bayou Renaissance Man - 11 hours ago
Please keep him in your prayers. He's written about his experience in three blog posts so far: Life Changes 1 Life Changes 2 Life Changes 3 That's almost exactly how I experienced my second heart attack, in November last year; and my treatment (stent inserted through the wrist) was almost identical to his. I'm very glad he's OK so far. Let's hope and pray that improvement continues - for both of us! Peter
Have They Got Jokes for Aaron Bastani?
Craig, Is the BBC biased? - 11 hours ago
Simon Evans, funny and sartorially sharp For fans of Twitter chats, here's an interesting one this afternoon featuring Simon Evans - one of the few right-leaning comedians (along with Geoff Norcott) to retain a toehold in BBC comedy. It was sparked by an impartiality-free non-joke from the HIGNFY Twitter feed . The thread also features arch-Corbynista Aaron Bastani telling it straight! And if you're wondering, Marcus is also a comedian: ******* *Have I Got News For You*: So that’s 30 years then, but if Paul Dacre and Charles Moore take those jobs we’re unlikely to see another ...
Hawaii gets two more medical marijuana dispensaries
Bart Schaneman, Marijuana Business Daily - 11 hours ago
Hawaii’s medical marijuana program is adding two new dispensaries, even though the coronavirus pandemic has slowed the amount of tourists visiting the islands and, thus, participating in the state’s MMJ reciprocity program. The state health department approved: Hawaiian Ethos on Hawaii Island. Noa Botanical on Oahu. The two additional dispensaries are Hawaii’s 14th and 15th. […] Hawaii gets two more medical marijuana dispensaries is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Hundreds of Vehicle Ramming Attacks Mark New Norm in America’s Civil Unrest
Alan Macleod, MintPress News - 11 hours ago
There were 104 separate incidents of drivers crashing into protests between May 27, the date of the George Floyd killing, and September 5, including 96 civilians and 8 police vehicles. The post Hundreds of Vehicle Ramming Attacks Mark New Norm in America’s Civil Unrest appeared first on MintPress News.
Left and Right on Climate (and so much else)
Ron Clutz, Science Matters - 12 hours ago
I just happened upon the video above, which explains so clearly the Left and Right orientations of people in society. Transcript below in italics with my bolds. Jordan Peterson Responds to Question about Social Issues like Climate Q: So what is your advice to young people, when you talk about you need to be individually […]
Ontario’s Failed Green Energy Act Serves as a Warning
IER, IER - 12 hours ago
In February 2009, Ontario, Canada passed its Green Energy Act. The act entailed: increased integration of wind and solar energy… The post Ontario’s Failed Green Energy Act Serves as a Warning appeared first on IER.
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/28/2020
Lambert Strether, naked capitalism - 10 hours ago
This is Naked Capitalism fundraising week. 1015 donors have already invested in our efforts to combat corruption and predatory conduct, particularly in the financial realm. Please join us and participate via our donation page, which shows how to give via check, credit card, debit card, or PayPal. Read about why we’re doing this fundraiser, what […]
We have two questions about the report!
bob somerby, the daily howler - 10 hours ago
*MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2020* *They take shape in its opening paragraphs:* We have two questions about the New York Times' bombshell report. The questions take shape in its opening paragraphs. Our first questions goes like this: *Question 1: *If Trump was losing tons of money, why *would* he pay income tax? This question takes shape in the first four paragraphs. The Times report starts like this: BUETTNER (9/28/20): Donald J. Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes the year he won the presidency. In his first year in the White House, he paid another $750. He had paid no income ...
World News Briefs -- September 28, 2020
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 10 hours ago
Coronavirus has claimed the lives of one million people worldwide since the outbreak emerged in China late last year Daily Mail: *Covid kills one million worldwide: Coronavirus has now spread to 210 countries infecting at least 32 million people across the globe as Europe is gripped by second wave* * Coronavirus has claimed the lives of one million people across the globe * Virus has been recorded in 210 countries and infected at least 32 million people * Europe is now battling a second wave as the continent enters its winter months * India is set to become the pandemic's worst-h...
British Radio Host Cuts Up His ‘Woke’ Mask Live on Air
NEWS WIRE, 21st Century Wire - 10 hours ago
*Talk Radio* | On masks: 'It’s state sponsored virtue signalling on a grand scale.
CDC Comes Clean: New Fatality Rate Is A Shocker!
Daniel McAdams, null - 10 hours ago
The Centers for Disease Control have come out with a new estimate of the Covid infection fatality ratio and the numbers will shock you. No wonder the Florida governor has said "enough is enough" and decided to open his state up completely. We are told to trust the CDC, so why is the mainstream media ignoring this very important news? Is this still about a disease...or is it politics? Today on the Liberty Report:
Pelosi prevarication on SCOTUS nomination–ACA coming up 11/10
Uriel, 'Nox & Friends - 10 hours ago
Jake Tapper Confronts Pelosi With Her Words On Voting For Merrick Garland Back in 2016 Conservative Brief Martin Walsh September 28, 2020 During an interview Sunday on “State of the Union,” host Jake Tapper called her out on being a total hypocrite. Pelosi claimed its impossible to argue that Barrett is “owed” a confirmation vote to the Supreme Court, just as Merrick Garland was owed back in 2016. [for clarity and transparency – because that is a Senate function she clearly stated] Tapper: “In 2016 you said that Republicans were showing ‘a disrespect for the Constitution,’” he said. ...
Don Trump Jr. Discusses Tax Returns, SCOTUS, Ballot Harvesting and Biden Debate Expectations…
sundance, The Last Refuge - 11 hours ago
If you have not watched Donald Trump Jr. respond to beltway narratives in a while, this is a good example of his ability to boil issues down to their essential elements. Don Jr. has refined his skills at pushing back … Continue reading →
How Will the Democrats Ever Bork Amy Coney Barrett?
C. B. Thorington, A Divided World - 11 hours ago
In 1987, President Ronald Reagan nominated Robert Bork to the Supreme Court of the United States. What followed in Bork’s Senate nomination hearings was the beginning of a Democratic method for … Read More The post How Will the Democrats Ever Bork Amy Coney Barrett? appeared first on A Divided World.
Spokes model for millennials
Norma, Collecting My Thoughts - 11 hours ago
Alyssa Ahlgren is a millennial who's made a name for herself by being blunt and unapologetically conservative, calling out her generation, including AOC, for being spoiled and naive. She wrote a nice piece in late May about standing up to fear. Now it's nearly October and I think maybe she was wrong about Americans and what they would put up with. "Americans were willing to take temporary hits to their liberties to flatten the curve. We followed the rules. We were compliant with the “15 days to slow the spread.” What we are not compliant with is the continued abuse of power backe...
Dinesh D'Souza: Left Now Accusing Amy Coney Barrett of Capturing Her Adopted Black Children?...
Adrienne, Adrienne's Corner - 11 hours ago
*but, of course.* *And this from Daily Mail:* A Boston University professor who said President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee was a racist ‘white colonizer’ for adopting two black children from Haiti and using them as ‘props’ while ‘cutting the biological parents out of the picture’ is being urged to resign. Ibram Xolani Kendi (real name, Henry Rogers), founder and director of Boston University's Center for Antiracist Research, is himself the worst kind of racist. Let me make sure I understand - this guy is scooping up a healthy salary at Boston Uni to sit on his lazy ass and r...
How To Murder A Quasiparticle
News Staff, Science 2.0 blogs - 12 hours ago
In large systems of interacting particles in quantum mechanics, groups of particles can begin to behave like single particles. Physicists refer to such groups of particles as quasiparticles and while they live, they are useful in helping us understand superconductivity and superfluidity. But many quasiparticles die after less than one second. What kills them? How do quasiparticles die? A new paper goes beyond the usual suspect - quasiparticle decay into lower energy states - and identifies a new culprit: many-body dephasing. read more
Caputo is not expected to return to the Trump administration
The Buffalo Chronicle, The Buffalo Chronicle - 12 hours ago
The storied political operative and part-time WBEN Newsradio 930 AM talk show host, Michael Caputo, is not expected to return to President Donald J. Trump‘s administration following a devastating diagnosis of metastatic throat cancer last week. Caputo is evaluating treatment
TX commissioner, others vote-harvesting scheme in 2018 election
Uriel, 'Nox & Friends - 12 hours ago
Gregg County Pct. 4 commissioner, others arrested in vote-harvesting scheme Shannon Brown, Marlena Jackson, Charlie Burns and DeWayne Ward were booked into the Gregg County Jail on a charge each of engaging in organized election fraud. CBS19 News Staff Update September 25, 2020 Gregg County Commissioner Shannon Brown, along with three others, were arrested for an alleged vote harvesting scheme during the 2018 Democratic Primary Election. According to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Brown, Marlena Jackson, Charlie Burns and DeWayne Ward targeted young, able-bodied voters to cast ...
Business vs. Government: A Few Contrarian Thoughts
Bryan Caplan, Econlib - 12 hours ago
A few months ago, Mike Huemer published a pithy defense of business in general, and big corporations in particular. Some highlights: Now, I have had personal experience with individuals, corporations, and government. All three are, of course, sometimes unsatisfactory. But my experience with large corporations is way better than my experience with either individuals or government […] The post Business vs. Government: A Few Contrarian Thoughts appeared first on Econlib.
Impoverishing Economic Illiteracy
Pierre Lemieux, Econlib - 12 hours ago
Last week, for the Nth time, the Wall Street Journal had a story about shortages of Covid-19 tests ( “Covid-19 Testing Is Hampered by Shortages of Critical Ingredient,” September 25). An important topic. The journalist notes: According to a survey last month by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry, which represents commercial, hospital and public-health laboratories, […] The post Impoverishing Economic Illiteracy appeared first on Econlib.
Unrest In Kenosha Didn’t Come Out Of Thin Air
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
Eddie: A study in 2013 shows that Wisconsin incarcerated more black men than any other state in the United States in spite of the fact that the black population is only 6.5%. Also, Wisconsin has a very high rate of incarceration for indigenous people. So in light of the recent events in Kenosha, the Department of Corrections building was burned to the ground. And I have with me today, two people that work with the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee to talk about Wisconsin, its prison population, and what’s going on inside the prison in terms of organizing the incarcerated w...
How The Far Right Took Over The Mainstream
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
In European politics, extensive statistical research has demonstrated that male working class voters tend to hold a much stronger propensity to vote for far-right political parties. While we need to be worried by disaffected white male voters in both modern far-right parties and in extremist political organisations, it is also important to note that the contemporary far-right in Europe (particularly the populist radical right) has sought to become more ‘diversified’ in attracting a wider section of voters in society, and in focusing on different issue areas. The post How The Far R...
‘Political Prisoner’ Freed Under US Pressure Caught Planning Terrorism
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
Managua, Nicaragua – A Nicaraguan right-wing extremist who was dubbed a “political prisoner” by a US government-funded NGO and subsequently freed under pressure by Washington has once again been arrested. The man was caught with explosives and illegal firearms, and was allegedly plotting terror attacks against his country’s elected, UN-recognized government. The disturbing incident is just the latest example of a growing series of former “political prisoners” who have unleashed violent chaos in Nicaragua, aimed at destabilizing the leftist Sandinista government. The post ‘Politica...
Mazzucato and “Climate Lockdowns”
Alberto Mingardi, Econlib - 14 hours ago
“In the near future, the world may need to resort to lockdowns again — this time to tackle a climate emergency.” Certainly, Mariana Mazzucato has a taste for striking words. In her latest column for Project Syndicate, Mazzucato argues that Shifting Arctic ice, raging wildfires in western US states and elsewhere, and methane leaks in […] The post Mazzucato and “Climate Lockdowns” appeared first on Econlib.
Election Administration Challenges in Florida
dcao, Lawfare - 14 hours ago
Florida's State Capitol (Michael Rivera, https://tinyurl.com/y4punz9r; CC BY-SA, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0). Lawfare is partnering with the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project to produce a series on election integrity in the midst of the coronavirus crisis. The Healthy Elections Project aims to assist election officials and the public as the nation confronts the challenges that the coronavirus pandemic poses for election administration. Through student-driven research, tool development, and direct services to jurisdictions, the project focuses on confrontin...
Strong cold front to push across the central U.S., bringing significant drop in temperatures
The Watchers » Latest articles - 11 hours ago
A strong cold front will push across the central U.S. through the first half of the week, bringing thunderstorms, a significant drop in temperatures, and a return to below normal readings in its wake. Showers and thunderstorms are expected to continue developing...... Read more »
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- September 28, 2020
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 11 hours ago
Photo taken on Dec. 18, 2019 shows the Shandong aircraft carrier at a naval port in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province. China's first domestically built aircraft carrier, the Shandong, was delivered to the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy and placed in active service on Dec. 17 at a naval port in Sanya. The new aircraft carrier, named after Shandong Province in east China, was given the hull number 17. (Xinhua/Li Gang) *Stars and Stripes:* *China’s two aircraft carriers complete drills in September* China’s two aircraft carriers, the Liaoning and the Shandong, recently comple...
U.S.-China Competition and Washington’s Case for ‘Quad Plus’
Jagannath Panda, Akriti Vasudeva, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Jagannath Panda, Akriti Vasudeva* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] A rethink of U.S.-China relations was already underway in Washington much before the outbreak of the coronavirus, but it has accelerated in the post-pandemic environment. The supremacy of the United States in world politics is increasingly being challenged by Xi Jinping’s China. Beijing’s confrontation with Washington in the economic domain, the Chinese Navy’s continued adventurism in the South and East China Sea even amidst the coronavirus pandemic, Chinese posturing against key U.S. allies and partners suc...
America's National Debt Is Exploding
Chris Edwards, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Chris Edwards* *Economics, Americas* These days, the leaders of both parties are ignoring the fiscal hurricane heading for landfall on our economy, while reporters rarely probe the politicians about the coming storm. Spending and deficits used to be a battleground in federal elections as each party suggested reforms and blamed the other for fiscal irresponsibility. Candidates proposed tax and spending plans, and reporters examined whether the figures added up and what the impact might be. These days, the leaders of both parties are ignoring the fiscal hurricane heading for land...
Fire! Watch Israel’s Latest Sea-to-Sea Missile Test
Seth J. Frantzman, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Seth J. Frantzman* *Security, Middle East* [image: IDF YouTube Video Screen Shot https://youtu.be/rlSld1s0cqU] These weapons will arm their updated missile boats. Israel’s navy conducted a new trial of a sea-to-sea missile system that it says will ensure naval superiority in the future. Israel is in the midst of modernizing its navy as it acquires new Sa’ar 6 class corvettes that will form the backbone of the country’s missile boat flotilla. The trial was announced on September 25 by Israel’s Navy in cooperation with the Israeli Ministry of Defense’s Directorate of Defense Resea...
Japan Is Facing a Demographics Disaster. What Will PM Suga Do About It?
Milton Ezrati, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Milton Ezrati* *Security, Asia* [image: Reuters] It is particularly disappointing that Suga, in describing his policy plans, has missed the opportunity to introduce policy “arrows” to deal with the country’s aging demographics. Japan has a new prime minister: Yoshihide Suga. He is now the leader of the world’s third-largest economy and has pledged to carry on the policies of his popular predecessor, Shinzo Abe, most immediately efforts to help the country’s economy claw its way back from the ravages of the pandemic and the lockdowns and quarantines that it seemed to require. Th...
U.S. to Assange: All Journalists Are Now Liable to Prosecution Under the 1917 Espionage Act
Gaius Publius, DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
*Lady Emma Arbuthnot, the supervising judge in the Julian Assange extradition hearing. Her husband is Lord James Arbuthnot, whose "activities ... at the defense contractor Thales and British intelligence were the subject of thousands of WikiLeaks exposures."* *by Thomas Neuburger* In a breathtaking reversal, the U.S. position in the extradition hearing of Julian Assange has changed. Its previous position had been that they can extradite Assange because Assange is not a journalist and therefore his acts aren't protected the way journalists' acts are protected. That position was fai...
Pro-Iran Factions Warned If Keep Up Attacks On Western Targets In Iraq Will Face US Retaliation
Joel Wing, MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 12 hours ago
US Sec of State Pompeo with Iraq President Salah (AFP) Pro-Iran groups launched their latest and largest wave of attacks upon western targets in Iraq in June. This was prompted by Washington and Baghdad entering into talks over a new security agreement, and then hit a new level when Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kazemi visited President Trump. By September there was an attack nearly every day. That led the U.S. to issue a warning that it would retaliate if these incidents continued. In September PM Kazemi and President Barham Salah delivered a messageto Shiite parties and Hashd fac...
Smith & Wesson Is Famous For More Than Dirty Harry's .44 Magnum
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *History, Americas* Founded in 1852 by Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson, the company has developed some of the most widely used cartridges in the firearms world. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *Even beyond the Magnum handguns, S&W has remained a force in the firearms industry. In the 1990s it introduced the Sigma line, the company’s first venture into synthetic materials including a high-strength polymer for the frame. In 2005 the company introduced another poly-framed pistol under the M&P line for “military and police.” Even those who haven’t seen the movie k...
TikTok's "Hashbank" Warning Plan Could Protect Free Speech
John Samples, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*John Samples* *Culture, World* [image: Reuters] Perhaps no one should be forced to see disturbing valuable images, but they should be available somewhere for those strong enough to care. The interim leader of TikTok, Vanessa Pappas, has just proposed that social media companies agree to warn one another about violent, graphic content on their platforms. Specifically, TikTok proposes a “hashbank for violent and graphic content” with a special concern about suicide videos. The company believes the hashbank and subsequent cross‐platform suppression of the objectionable content wo...
This Day In Iraqi History - Sep 28
Joel Wing, MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 12 hours ago
1915 British defeated Ottomans at Battle of Es Sinn driving them back to Kut Wasit 1917 2nd Battle of Ramadi started between Ottomans and British 1980 UN Resolution 479 called for cease-fire in Iran-Iraq War Rejected by Iran 1980 Saddam offered ceasefire in Iran-Iraq War Said he wanted Iran to recognize its rights to Shatt al- Arab and the territory it seized in war Non-aggression and non interference in internal affairs (Musings On Iraq review *The Longest War, The Iran-Iraq Military Conflict*) 1980 Saddam realized invasion was going slower than planned Iraqi forces had...
Trump’s Handling of Census Proves He’s the Anti-Diversity President; Plus, Univ. of California’s White Affirmative Action
Emil Guillermo, Diverse - 12 hours ago
The presidential debate is coming up on Tuesday, but there’s no question about this: Donald Trump heads the most hostile administration when it comes to diversity.
Did Jared Kushner Delete Tweets After News Surfaced About Trump’s Taxes?
Dan Evon, Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
It's decidedly difficult to remove something that never existed.
Wealthy Developer Employs Accountants To Reduce Federal Tax
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 12 hours ago
Film at 11.
The antithesis of care
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 12 hours ago
For an NHS psychiatrist working with schizophrenic patients, it’s not unusual to witness people suffering from severe paranoia. Fear of being watched by the state and persecuted by the police may well feature in such patients’ delusions. What is rarer is for someone receiving mental health care to see their fears come to life because their psychiatry team has reported them to Prevent, leading police to question them as a suspected potential terrorist.
Now available for all iPhone or iPad users: our latest iOS app!
Stefan van Dierendonck, start.me - 12 hours ago
[image: iPhone app for free]Yes, it’s been a while since we promised you a brand new start.me app for iPhone and iPad. Today, we proudly present this long overdue update. Now you can save and access your bookmarks even faster. Here’s what you’ll want to learn first. All the start.me familiars Once you’re logged in, the first thing you’ll… Read More Read More
Video: Dr. Heiko Schöning Arrested for Speaking The Truth on Covid-19. Trafalgar Square London Protests
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 12 hours ago
Dr. Heiko Schöning, one of the founders of Doctors for the Truth which is an association of thousands of medical doctors around the world, said that the measures of the governments regarding COVID-19 are absolutely inappropriate.
How AOC Challenged the Myth of Yitzhak Rabin the Peacemaker
Miko Peled, MintPress News - 12 hours ago
When it was publicized that AOC was pulling out of a Yitzhak Rabin memorial, Peace Now’s Israel PR man called him was “a warrior with skeletons turned peacemaker, a description that betrays his bloody past. The post How AOC Challenged the Myth of Yitzhak Rabin the Peacemaker appeared first on MintPress News.
Armenia & Azerbaijan in state of war, "total military mobilization." Lavrov calls for ceasefire
Alex Christoforou, The Duran - 12 hours ago
*****News Topic 49***** Armenia Orders ‘Full Troop Mobilization’ Against Azerbaijan As Tanks Clash, Martial Law Declared. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/armenia-declares-war-martial-law-effect-tank-warfare-azerbaijan-erupts-disputed
Discredited Russian Bounty Story Exposes Media’s Role In Status Quo
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
It is an old journalistic trope: no one reads the correction … or the retraction. No matter how serious the error or profound the implications of the misreporting. Like, let’s say the entire range of mainstream media took the word of unnamed intelligence sources as gospel and reported that the only other nuclear superpower – which supposedly rigged our last election, and runs our current president as an “asset” – had been offering Afghan militants bounties for the scalps of dead American soldiers. The post Discredited Russian Bounty Story Exposes Media’s Role In Status Quo appear...
Federal Court Nixes Pennsylvania's Shutdown Rules
Cully Stimson, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Cully Stimson* *Politics, Americas* [image: Reuters] Even in emergencies—or, to our minds, especially in emergencies—the Constitution still applies, and government officials must follow it. A federal district court judge ruled last week that several of Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 restrictions were unconstitutional—and for good reason. Judge William Stickman IV’s development of the factual record, and his journeyman approach to the opinion, is a model for other judges to follow. Stickman’s opinion is a must-read, as he exposed the arbitrary and capricious nature of Pennsylvania Go...
How the U.S. Military Could Build a 500-Ship Navy
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Security, * [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2017%3Anewsml_RC175EA9F850&share=true] It seemed unlikely the Navy would meet its previous, smaller goal of 355 ships. But perhaps they are thinking it is better to go big rather than 'go home'? It appears to be a major development: The U.S. Navy is seeking a 500 ship Navy in what represents a massive and ambitious expansion to out-match fast-growing rival forces, according to a breaking report from Defense News . Citing documents obtained by the paper, the Defense News report states th...
One Nation in Central Europe Loves Israeli Weapons Systems
Seth J. Frantzman, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Seth J. Frantzman* *Security, Europe* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2017%3Anewsml_RC19E97A6210&share=true] The Czech Republic is excited for its new, cutting-edge Israeli air defense systems. The Czech Republic is emerging as one of Israel’s closest allies in Europe and a key defense connection for Jerusalem. On September 25, the Czech government and Israel’s Ministry of Defense announced that Prague is looking to acquire Israel’s Spyder air defense. Spyder batteries are made by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, the maker of Iron Dome and one ...
Joe Biden’s Foreign Policy Perspective Could Impact the Saudi Peace Plan
Daniel R. DePetris, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Daniel R. DePetris* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] Biden has made no bones out of the fact that he doesn’t have any respect or admiration for Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, whose short tenure as the country’s de facto leader has built a mountain of mistakes for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia—including Riyadh’s worst diplomatic kerfuffle with Washington since 9/11. “I would suggest to you that our Middle East policy under both Democrat and Republican presidents has been riddled with some absurdities. One of the absurdities is the mythical notion that the Saudis, even if th...
Fiscal Federalism and the COVID-19 Shock in the US
Lambert Strether, naked capitalism - 12 hours ago
The COVID-19 shock has significant negative consequences for the finances of US state and local governments, especially since they are bound by balanced-budget requirements
Congolese 'Kings' of Art on Exhibition in Paris
Global Issues News Headlines - 12 hours ago
PARIS, Sep 28 (IPS) - Chéri Samba has a sly sense of humour, both in person and in his work. Standing in front of his 2018 painting "J'aime le jeu de relais" (I Love the Relays) - which criticizes politicians who cling to power instead of passing the baton - Samba is asked about the resemblance of one of his subjects to a famous statesman. Read the full story, “Congolese 'Kings' of Art on Exhibition in Paris”, on globalissues.org →
How to Make Nutritious Food Affordable for the 1 Billion Africans
Global Issues News Headlines - 12 hours ago
ADDIS ABABA, Sep 28 (IPS) - Dr. Lawrence Haddad is the Executive Director, GAIN and H.E. Ambassador Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko is Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture of the African Union CommissionOne of the biggest revelations of the COVID-19 pandemic has been that people with pre-existing, diet-related conditions such as obesity, heart disease, and diabetes, are more at risk of suffering severe forms of the disease leading to a need for intensive hospitalization. Read the full story, “How to Make Nutritious Food Affordable for the 1 Billion Africans”, on globalissue...
Q&A: How Fast Fashion Sits at the Crucial Intersection of Environmental & Gender Justice
Global Issues News Headlines - 12 hours ago
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 28 (IPS) - Racism "keeps the global north oblivious to the effect of fast fashion addiction on the global south" say environmental and gender justice experts. Read the full story, “Q&A: How Fast Fashion Sits at the Crucial Intersection of Environmental & Gender Justice”, on globalissues.org →
US seeks to stop Kenya's digital taxation plans in FTA deal
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
28-Sep-2020 Kenya's plans to tax digital services could hit a brick wall following its negotiations for a free trade deal with the US.
KURUM company sues Albanian state, seeks EUR 100 mln
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
28-Sep-2020 KURUM company sued Albania at the International Court of Arbitration asking EUR 100 mln for termination of the contract of the container terminal in Durresi Harbor.
Tehran, Kuala Lumpur getting closer to sign PTA
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
28-Sep-2020 After nearly four years of negotiations, Iran and Malaysia are getting closer to the signing of a long-awaited preferential trade agreement.
Brexit trade deal: So near and yet so far
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
28-Sep-2020 The key sticking points in trade talks remain stubbornly the same: fishing rights, competition regulations and the governance of any eventual agreement.
On telling tests
Unknown, Accidental Deliberations - 12 hours ago
I've previously posted about the Moe government's painful delay in addressing the limitations in Saskatchewan's COVID testing capacity, even as it promised to more than double that capacity over the month of August. But as others have pointed out, in the absence of any accountability from the Saskatchewan Party, we can go to the federal government's data to see whether those promises (coupled with a massive influx of federal funding) have led to any improvement. And the answer tells us all we need to know about the Moe government's competence to turn dedicated funding into any re...
Art and poetry: The last throes before the ghost of time
Lee Jay, Modern Tokyo Times - 12 hours ago
Art and poetry: The last throes before the ghost of time Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times A lifetime of friendship becomes distant. Moments of confusion grow from minutes to days. Loved ones often erased. The river once flowed and reached my heart. Now the flow is lost. Art hangs on many walls, like eyes […]
Can’t Get Enough Sunlight? Here Are the Five Best Food Sources of Vitamin D
Nick Meyer, AltHealthWorks.com - 13 hours ago
Vitamin D, aka the “sunshine vitamin,” is required in a multitude of bodily processes, making it one of if not the most important vitamins for your body to produce. The crucial vitamin is produced within the body after we’ve exposed our skin to the sun’s rays, particularly of the ultraviolet B variety. Despite the importance of this vitamin for key functions such as regulating blood sugar, supporting healthy bones, cardiovascular and immune system health, many of us don’t get enough of it because we spend less time in the sunlight than at any point in human history, leading over 1 bi...
Monday Morning Links
Unknown, Accidental Deliberations - 13 hours ago
Miscellaneous material to start your week. - Lauren Pelley discusses the importance of making it a habit to weak a mask to protect against the spread of COVID-19. And David Rider points out the giant loophole for private workplaces as sites of community spread, while Jason Warick highlights the futility of Brandt's policy requiring masks only after an outbreak hit its workers. - PressProgress calls out Doug Ford for valuing profits over health in seeing nothing wrong with $400 private COVID tests. - Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood argues that the recovery from COVID-19 represents a pe...
THE ERA WHICH WAS: This has been An Era Which Was!
bob somerby, the daily howler - 13 hours ago
*MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2020* *A remarkable learning experience:* Last evening, we thought of The Plague (La Peste)—of the way Camus' denizens of Oran struggle to comprehend the change taking place around them. That part of Camus' novel is a discerning, though affectionate, portrait of human discernment. We also been thinking of the old TV show, That Was The Week That Was. We recall it as a breakthrough show during our late high school years. Oddly, we can't say that we specifically recall ever having watched it, although we assume we did. What was That Was The Week That Was? T...
That’s Dedication to Liberty! After a Stroke on Friday, Ron Paul Back on Air Monday
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: paul]Showing his inspirational dedication to the cause of liberty, after suffering a stroke on Friday, Dr. Ron Paul is going back on air Monday.
Child Reports Rape to Police and Is Assigned an Officer Who Sexually Assaults Her
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: assault]Instead of helping a child who was a sex assault victim, a New Orleans cop allegedly began grooming her and eventually sexually assaulted her.
Thousands of sheep, and their shepherds, trapped by early snow – Snowdrifts almost 7 feet deep
Robert, Ice Age Now - 14 hours ago
Six thousand sheep became trapped in the French Alps at 2,000m altitude after heavy snowfalls on Friday night took shepherds by surprise. Some 6,000 sheep and 100 cattle got stuck in the Col du Gandon mountain pass in the Savoie in the south-east France along with their shepherds on Friday the night 25 September after ... Read more Thousands of sheep, and their shepherds, trapped by early snow – Snowdrifts almost 7 feet deep The post Thousands of sheep, and their shepherds, trapped by early snow – Snowdrifts almost 7 feet deep appeared first on Ice Age Now.
Why America’s Aircraft Carriers and Marines Must Work Together
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2017%3Anewsml_RC16C5C48630&share=true] Their combined firepower and amphibious assault capabilities are a lethal combination. Joint military exercises and planning between a Carrier Strike Group and Marine Corps Expeditionary Unit provide America with a unique and lethal threat consisting of air-attack possibilities, long-range ship fires and ship-to-shore amphibious attacks. War exercises of this kind are happening at the moment, as the Navy’s Ronald Reagan Aircraft Carrier St...
Australia Needs to Resist Beijing's Attempt to Twist the Narrative About Journalist Detentions
Michael Shoebridge, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Michael Shoebridge* *Security, * Equating the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s search of the homes and devices of Chinese state media employees in Australia with what the Chinese security apparatus does in the name of state security, including the threats it made against Australian journalists Bill Birtles and Mike Smith, is a new theme in Beijing's storytelling. Beijing’s party-controlled legal system and two-million-person Ministry of Public Security are key tools for clamping down on internal dissent and ensuring that the information available to China’s citize...
Hamas Admits It Receives Arms And Missile Sipplies From Iran
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 12 hours ago
*Adnan Abu Amer, Al-Monitor*: *Hamas opens up on arms, missile supplies from Iran* Hamas surprisingly revealed the secrets of weapons smuggling through Sudan, Syria, Iran and Sinai, which led to questions about the reasons behind such disclosure at this time. While Hamas had for years been keen on hiding how it was receiving its weapons and combat equipment from outside the Palestinian territories, it decided to unveil, for the first time ever, some of these security and military secrets. The program “What is Hidden is Greater” broadcast by the Qatari Al Jazeera channel on Sept....
Day before debate, Trump AGAIN calls on Biden to take drug test
Alex Christoforou, The Duran - 13 hours ago
*****News Topic 48***** Trump Again Calls For Pre-Debate ‘Drug Test’ Of “Sleepy Joe” https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-again-calls-pre-debate-drug-test-sleepy-joe-ensure-no-cheating
225 000 affected as third wave of flooding hits Assam, India
The Watchers » Latest articles - 13 hours ago
At least 225 000 people have been affected in nine districts of Assam, India, as the ongoing third wave of flooding worsens, officials of Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) reported Sunday, September 27, 2020. Around 10 000 ha (25 000 acres) of...... Read more »
Colombia: ‘The Number One Demand On The Streets Is For Justice’
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
On Wednesday, September 9, a video went viral in Colombia. It depicted a man repeatedly being beaten and tased by the police while he kept pleading “please, no more”. In a few hours, the man, Javier Ordóñez, would be dead and thousands would be on the streets of Bogotá and across the country demanding justice for him. Ordóñez, a lawyer and father of two, had stepped out with his friends when he was accosted by a group of police officers. As Ordóñez was being tortured, his friends begged the officers to lay off even while capturing their cruelty. The post Colombia: ‘The Number On...
US Sanctions Opposition Parties In Venezuela Ahead Of Elections
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
Elections for Venezuela’s National Assembly are fast approaching. But the United States does not want them to go ahead at all. Sanctions on Venezuela are nothing new. But yesterday Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took the unusual step of sanctioning leaders of local opposition parties in an attempt to pressure them to pull out of the contest in December. Remarkably, considering the well-documented flaws with the same problems in the U.S., Pompeo’s statement dubiously claimed that Venezuelan voting machines are unreliable, that millions of voters remain unregistered, and that the co...
Saving Local Newspapers Squeezed By Hedge Funds
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 14 hours ago
The conversation about the crisis in local news has tended to focus on two solutions: helping create local news startups and supporting local newspapers still in existence. Each approach has limitations and promise. Birthing nonprofit news organizations is critically important and valuable, but so far there are far too few (around 300), and their scale is small. Congress, on the other hand, has so far focused on helping existing newspapers as they often are the only source of information in a community. But as a long-term strategy that is misguided. The post Saving Local Newspape...
Give rioters an inch, and they'll take a yard - and the law may let them
Peter, Bayou Renaissance Man - 14 hours ago
A shocking video emerged over the weekend, showing a vehicle trying to get through a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Los Angeles, only to be chased down by BLM vehicles and attacked. The victim (the driver of that vehicle) was then arrested - but the BLM attackers apparently got off scot-free. First, look at the video. Notice the blatant, in-your-face aggression of the BLM rioters. *They weren't afraid of police intervention at all, because they knew there wouldn't be any.* They knew that local law enforcement had basically been told to let them get away with it. Matt ...
Time for Pelosi to be put in a padded cell…
Uriel, 'Nox & Friends - 14 hours ago
…but never doubt that she isn’t wily and determined in her madness. What makes a megalomaniac so dangerous is that they believe themselves to be so intelligent and always right that no one else can touch them. Their symptoms include delusions of grandeur and an obsession with power. Like many issues that Democrats choose to take up, they always forget conveniently to include ALL of the words. The Federalist Paper #68 is clear on use of the Electoral college and the placement of the next president in the hands of citizens themselves.. The 12th Amendment was adopted after the bitterly...
President Trump Lays Out Evidence of Mail-In Voting Fraud to Reporters
Hardnox, 'Nox & Friends - 14 hours ago
This is the plan. The Left wants to stall the results of the election. That’s why they don’t want Judge Amy Coney-Barrett confirmed. This election will be a shit-show of epic proportions. ~ Hardnox
Those Behind the "Big Con Job" of 2016 Target the 2020 Election
Alicia, LaRouchePAC Feed - 14 hours ago
Those Behind the "Big Con Job" of 2016 Target the 2020 Election Video of Those Behind the "Big Con Job" of 2016 Target the 2020 Election The latest revelations of the fraud and corruption behind Russiagate and the ongoing regime change coup against President Trump again raise the question: Where are the indictments and prosecutions against those from the Obama team and their British partners who continue to try to overturn the result of the 2016 election, and are now using the tactics of "Color Revolution" to defeat Trump in 2020? If they are not stopped, they will cont...
Ilhan Omar connected Ballot Harvester in cash-for-ballots scheme: “Car is full” of absentee ballots
Hardnox, 'Nox & Friends - 14 hours ago
James O’Keefe unveils a voter fraud scheme AGAIN. Democrat Motto: “if you cant beat ’em, cheat ’em”. Mind you, this is in one Congressional District. There are 435! I’m not suggesting that voter fraud will be in all of them BUT the left is bent on winning by cheating. That much is crystal clear. Voter fraud in 2020 will be off the charts. ~ Hardnox
Is It Any Wonder?
Owen Gray, Northern Reflections - 14 hours ago
*The New York Times* has published ten years of Donald Trump's tax returns up to 2018. The *Times* reports that: Together with related financial documents and legal filings, the records offer the most detailed look yet inside the president’s business empire. They reveal the hollowness, but also the wizardry, behind the self-made-billionaire image — honed through his star turn on “The Apprentice” — that helped propel him to the White House and that still undergirds the loyalty of many in his base. “The Apprentice,” along with the licensing and endorsement deals that flowed from hi...
Is There A Coup Brewing In The US?
Leonid SAVIN, OrientalReview.org - 15 hours ago
In August, a curious document emerged in the US entitled “Preventing a Disrupted Presidential Election and Transition“. It was prepared by a group called the Transition Integrity Project, which includes more than one hundred current and former senior US officials alongside experts from various fields. The group announced that they […]
Texas Reloaded: Greatest Campaign Ad Ever
SafeSpace, 'Nox & Friends - 15 hours ago
Hat tip to Colonel Len who spotted this gem. You go, Texas! — Safespace —
Tracking Your Health Data in the COVID-19 Era
A Political Junkie, Viable Opposition - 15 hours ago
As though the technoplutocracy doesn't already know enough about us, tracking our moves online and in the real world, one of the most pervasive technology companies is promoting a product that uses our health data "so that people can enjoy healthier lives". Here is the lead in page of Verily's website: Verily believes that... "...*change in healthcare must happen from the inside. So we're forging deep collaborations across the entire healthcare ecosystem, from academic research institutions to life sciences companies to hospitals and health systems.*" Verily has part...
Fantasizing about a Sydney container terminal
Tim Bousquet, Halifax Examiner - 15 hours ago
News 1. Polygraph tests “Among their concerns arising from a review of the Halifax Regional Police budget, the Nova Scotia Police Policy Working Group is highlighting the large amount spent by the force on polygraph tests,” writes El Jones: Polygraph tests, popularly known as lie detectors, are notoriously unreliable. In 1987, the Supreme Court of […]
NATO Poisons Fish In Germany
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 15 hours ago
Throughout much of Europe, NATO military bases have used and carelessly discarded hundreds of thousands of gallons of toxic fire-fighting foams containing a variety of PFAS chemicals during routine fire-fighting exercises. The aqueous film-forming foams (AFFF) have been in use since the early 1970’s and have been allowed to seep into the ground to contaminate groundwater, soil, and surface water. The resulting pollution is responsible for a serious European public health crisis, although few are paying attention. The post NATO Poisons Fish In Germany appeared first on PopularRes...
EP 107: South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem
Gabriella Hoffman, CFACT - 1 day ago
In Episode 107 of District of Conservation, Gabriella traveled to the Black Hills of South Dakota to exclusively chat with Governor Kristi Noem about the annual Buffalo Roundup, her love of hunting, why conservatives should be conservationists, and more. Here's the Gov's bio: Governor Kristi Noem is a wife, a mother, and a [...] The post EP 107: South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem appeared first on CFACT.
Will a Military Coup Undo the November Elections, Donald Trump and the Republic Itself?
Matthew Ehret, null - 13 hours ago
[image: undefined] On March 20, I published an article called Why Assume There will be a 2020 Election? where I laid out the existential threat of a new Wall Street military Coup which would not only render elections obsolete, but would impose a new fascist hell onto America and the world. In that article I discussed the importance of General Smedley Butler’s strategic decision to expose the Wall Street plot to overthrow the newly elected president Franklin Roosevelt who was in the midst of waging a war on both Wall Street, the City of London and the chaos these financiers engineer...
Emancipation From Lockdown in Florida
Jeffrey A. Tucker, null - 13 hours ago
[image: undefined] Governor Ron DeSantis has proven it: it is actually possible for a politician to wise up and do the right thing. In a sweeping order announced September 25, the governor has opened up the entire economy. He has even limited the ability of local governments to impose more restrictions and collect fines for mask violations. Inevitably, the announcement was decried by the lockdowners, even though, as the governor pointed out: - Covid+ hospitalizations have declined by 77% since the July peak. - Covid+ ICU hospitalizations have declined 72% since the July peak. ...
Question 'The Science'? Go To Gulag!
Ron Paul, null - 13 hours ago
[image: undefined] In the Soviet Union it was forbidden to dispute the wisdom of the “party line.” That’s because Marxian communism was viewed as the scientifically inevitable progression of mankind. For Marx and Lenin, the “science was settled.” Therefore anyone speaking out against “the science” of the Soviet system must be acting with malice; must actually want destruction; must want people to die. Anyone voicing opposition to the “settled science” of Marxism-Leninism soon found their voice silenced. Oftentimes permanently. Ironically, just 30 years after the “science” of Marxis...
Belarus Oppositon Groups Are Using Software That Identifies Police Officers Wearing Masks
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 13 hours ago
RIght now its getting serious: this is why you dont mess with #Belarus IT specialists they have developed software that allows them to recognise OMON officers even if they are wearing a balaclava video shows it in action pic.twitter.com/hkZJgvVbC4 — BenAris (@bneeditor) September 24, 2020 *BNE Intelligence: **Belarus IT specialists develop software to identify OMON officers wearing masks* IT specialists based in Los Angeles have developed software that allows them to identify police and OMON riot police officers even if they are wearing a mask. The information, including their ...
WWII: The M10 Tank Destroyer Smashed Hitler's Tanks
Caleb Larson, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Caleb Larson* *History, Americas* [image: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=489512] The United States’ M10 Tank Destroyer was one of the more potent anti-tank weapons of the war. At the outset of World War II, American anti-tank doctrine was built around countering Germany’s Blitzkrieg tactics. While tank units were to take out any German tanks they came across in combat, dedicated tank destroyer units were tasked with preventing German armor from punching through American lines. *Tank Killers* Tank destroyer design emphasized speed and gun size ove...
Expectation vs. Reality: The Sino-Russian Partnership in the Arctic
Elizabeth Buchanan, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Elizabeth Buchanan* *Security, * Moscow and Beijing have both learned that nations don’t have allies, or partners. *Australian specialist in Russian polar strategy Elizabeth Buchanan has urged lawmakers in the United States to reconsider key assumptions about the impact of the China–Russia relationship on strategic issues in the Arctic.* *The following is an edited summary of Dr Buchanan’s evidence to the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Congressional Energy and National Security Caucus in which she argued that three widely held assumptions about Russia, China an...
Donald Trump Has a Debt Problem (No, Not His Taxes)
Chris Edwards, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Chris Edwards* *Economics, Americas* More like U.S. debt and deficit spending. The Congressional Budget Office has released new estimates. Federal government spending jumped from $4.5 trillion in fiscal 2019 to $6.6 trillion in fiscal 2020, as shown in the chart below. That huge increase was financed by borrowing, the costs of which will land on taxpayers down the road. The federal government has grown from a weak shell that struggled to raise cash for the Revolutionary War to today’s powerful machine able to quickly summon an extra $2.1 trillion seemingly out of thin air. Of ...
Stop Calling the Donald Trump-Kim Jong-un Relationship a Bromance
Joshua Fitt, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Joshua Fitt* *Security, Asia* From the author: Becoming friendly with Kim Jong-un by opting for summits at the expense of sucking the air out of the U.S. negotiating team’s efforts is not a diplomatic achievement. *Editor's Note: The following is part of a new symposium here in Korea Watch that will analyze potential U.S. policy options towards North Korea should Donald Trump win reelection. Check back soon for more contributions in the coming days. * Whatever it was, it appears to be over. In late 2017, as President Donald Trump has himself admitted, the United States and N...
Mike Pompeo Needs to Understand: Iraq Is Not Lebanon
Michael Rubin, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Michael Rubin* *Security, Middle East* Closing the U.S. Embassy in Iraq would be a clear win for only one nation: Iran. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reportedly made a series of phone calls to Iraqi officials this past week threatening to close the U.S. Embassy if Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi did not take more decisive action against Iranian-backed militias like Kataib Hezbollah and Asaib ahl-e al-Haq which in recent months have been launching rocket attacks on the U.S. embassy compound in Baghdad. Such a threat, if carried out, would be an Iranian dream come true. It w...
Chinese J-20 Stealth Fighters are Flying Very Close to Taiwan
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Asia* And that's not all. Chinese fighter jets, submarine-hunting surveillance planes, and early warning aircraft have been on close-in patrols near Taiwan as part of what’s being called “real combat” preparations intended to set the stage for an invasion of the island. Would Beijing really consider such a move? Chinese stealth fighter jets, submarine-hunting surveillance planes, and early warning aircraft have been on close-in patrols near Taiwan as part of what’s being called “real combat” preparations intended to set the stage for an invasion of the ...
Canada Paid A Heavy Price To Defeat Nazi Germany's Elite Paratroopers At Ortona
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* In December 1943, the First Canadian Infantry Division was ordered to capture the Italian port town of Ortona. By the autumn of 1943, the Allied armies fighting in Italy had discovered that Winston Churchill’s description of Italy as the “soft underbelly of Europe” had been a falsehood of monumental proportions. Sicily had been invaded the previous July and had been taken in just over a month. Fascist Italy had been knocked out of the war, but the Germans had disarmed the Italian Army and, under the command of Field Marshal Albert Kesse...
China's Fear: U.S. Troops Deployed to Taiwan (But It Likely Won't Happen)
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Asia* Unless in a time of war--and that means a Chinese invasion. “The PLA would take resolute military action and realize reunification by force,” is the wording used in a *Global Times* article describing China’s response to a potential U.S. move to place troops on the island of Taiwan in a direct move to deter Chinese hostility. The Chinese-government backed newspaper calls the possibility “a move that would break the Three Joint Communiqués between China and the US that stipulated all US forces and military installations withdrawn from the Chinese ...
Flying Tanks: How Similar Is Russia's Su-25 to America's A-10 Warthog?
Charlie Gao, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *Security, Europe* Observers have often compared the Su-25 to the A-10, but that comparison misses some of the nuances of how they are employed. *Key Point*: The Su-25 continues to undergo modernization. The Su-25 is one of the most visible signs of the Russian Air Force’s might. Since its debut during the Soviet-Afghan War in the 1980s, the Su-25 has seen service in every conflict involving Soviet or Russian forces, from Chechnya to Georgia to Syria. Observers have often compared it to the A-10, but that comparison misses some of the nuances of how they are employ...
How Black Working-Class Youth are Criminalised and Excluded in the English School System
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 14 hours ago
Today, the Institute of Race Relations publishes a major report, How Black Working-Class Youth are Criminalised and Excluded in the English School System: A London Case Study.
Joe Biden says he won't tell us his position on packing the court because we wouldn't like it
trinko, Conversations about the obvious - 14 hours ago
When asked if he supports the Democrats fascist scheme to pack the Supreme Court in order to ensure that the Democrat agenda can be imposed on us by the Court Joe said he won't say because it would become "a big issue". Joe Biden refuses to say whether he’d pack the court because his answer would become “a big issue”https://t.co/lebpOnxDh1 pic.twitter.com/CFWGkm0U7I — RNC Research (@RNCResearch) September 27, 2020 When asked if he'd pack the Supreme Court he said: *“It’s a legitimate question. But let me tell you why I’m not going to answer that question: because it will shift all t...
Democrats in California say that men entering prison can choose to be in a woman's prison
trinko, Conversations about the obvious - 14 hours ago
The new California law says that men can choose to be incarcerated in a women's prison if they identify as a woman. Note no doctor needs to say that the man is in fact afflicted with gender identity confusion. The man merely has to say that he self identifies as a woman. In their wisdom the Democrats are saying that any biological man with male sex organs can, if he wants to, be incarcerated with women. Now that's amazingly sexist. Imagine the cell mate of that guy. She weighs 100lbs and he ways 240lb and benches 300lbs. No reason to think that that might be problematic. As ...
By Democrat rules RBG was a racist
trinko, Conversations about the obvious - 14 hours ago
One of the ways that Democrats use to "prove" that society is systemically racist is by saying that anytime Black aren't proportionally represented in any field it has to be due to racism. Blacks make up about 13% of the population. If a college has less than 13% Black students Democrats say that's due to racism. If less than 13% of CEOs are Black it has to be racism. So let's apply that reasoning to the Notorious Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Over her 27 years on the Supreme Court she hired 150 clerks. Only 1, or 0.7%, of those clerks is Black. Cleary by the Democrat standard RBG is ...
Economics Teaching Conferences
Greg Mankiw, Greg Mankiw's Blog - 14 hours ago
Readers of this blog might be interested in the annual conference of NETA, the National Economics Teaching Association, sponsored by Cengage, the publisher of my principles text. This year, the conference is October 22-23, virtual, and free. I will be speaking at 11 am on the 23rd. You can get information about the event by clicking here. Also, a week earlier, I will be speaking at EconEd, a virtual conference organized by Macmillan, the publisher of my intermediate macro book.
Western Metrics No Longer Matter for Russians
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 15 hours ago
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was in meetings recently with the Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Workneh Gebeyehu. In a followup to the Russia-Africa summit held back in October 2019 in Sochi, the two discussed the decisions of the first Russia-Africa summit, with an added focus on expanded cooperation with African integration organizations.
Russia has key role to play in Iran issue
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 15 hours ago
In what must be one of his sharpest rhetorical outbursts against the Trump administration, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani accused the United States on Saturday of “savagery” for inflicting $150 billion of damage on Iran due to sanctions.
U.S. Warns Iraq That It Will Leave Its Embassy In Baghdad If Attacks Continue
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 13 hours ago
Militant protesters besiege the main gate of the US Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq December 31, 2019. © REUTERS/Wissm al-Okili *The Hill:* *US says it will leave Baghdad embassy if Iraq doesn't rein in attacks: report* The U.S. told Iraq that it will leave its embassy in Baghdad if Iraq doesn’t rein in the attacks on personnel connected to American troops, The Washington Post reported on Sunday. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi about the plan for a U.S. departure from the embassy, an official familiar with the matter told the Post. Two Western...
Is The Pentagon Ignoring President Trump's Executive Order That Bans Training Involving Race- And Sex-Based Discrimination?
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 14 hours ago
Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark A. Milley conduct a news conference at the Pentagon, Oct. 28, 2019. DOD *The Hill*:* Trump, Pentagon collide over anti-diversity training push* President Trump's efforts to appeal to his conservative base by banning certain diversity training is butting up against the Pentagon’s efforts to build a more inclusive military. The conflict has been prominent this week, as Trump signed an executive order that extended his administration's ban on training involving race- and sex-based discriminat...
PV Kane’s History of Dharmaśāstra
Unknown, The Conservative Socrates - 14 hours ago
The texts of *Dharmaśāstra *(treatises on Dharma, or moral and pious way of life) were composed in the second century B.C., on the basis of *Dharmasūtra *texts which emerged from the Kalpa (Vedanga) expositions of the four *Vedas *(*Rig*, *Yajur*, *Sāma*, and *Atharva*) during the Vedic age. It’s not clear how many *Dharmaśāstra *texts were composed in the second century B.C.—modern scholars estimate their number between eighteen and hundred, but only four texts, which include the sutras of Apastamba, Gautama, Baudhayana, and Vasistha, are extant. The *Dharmaśāstra *texts acquire...
Denmark Heads to Pre-COVID Normality: No Masks or Distancing in Schools, Just Common Sense
NEWS WIRE, 21st Century Wire - 14 hours ago
*Patrick Henningsen* | After six months we can see how COVID has revealed the steady drifting into fascism in the Five Eyes cartel.
When politicians use hate speech, political violence increases
James Piazza, Liberal Arts Professor of Political Science, Pennsylvania State University, Politics/Election '20 – The Conversation - 14 hours ago
My research shows that when politicians use hate speech, it's not just empty rhetoric or political theater: Domestic terrorism increases, in the US and in other countries.
Kids’ perceptions of police fall as they age – for Black children the decline starts earlier and is constant
Adam Fine, Assistant Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice, Arizona State University, Politics/Election '20 – The Conversation - 14 hours ago
At age 7, Black, white and Hispanic children have a similar opinion of the police. But this increasingly turns negative by the time they are teenagers, especially for nonwhite teens.
Belarus' embattled leader secretly inaugurated himself, sparking new protests and global backlash
Tatsiana Kulakevich, Lecturer and Research Fellow at USF Institute on Russia, University of South Florida, Politics/Election '20 – The Conversation - 14 hours ago
Has Europe's last dictator finally gone too far?
Constitution Day Lecture at Northeastern on The Cycles of Constitutional Time
JB, Balkinization - 14 hours ago
On Thursday, September 17, I gave a Constitution Day Lecture at Northeastern University on my new book, The Cycles of Constitutional Time. I was joined by three excellent commentators from Northeastern: Patricia Williams (Law and Humanities), William Mayer (Political Science), and Jeremy Paul (Law). Here is a video of the lecture and the discussion that followed.
I, For One, Welcome Our New Self-Driving Overlords
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 14 hours ago
Internet of Lazy: This Hacked Coffee Maker Demands Ransom and Demonstrates a Terrifying Implication About the IoT
Aurora Cannabis, billionaire Nelson Peltz ‘have concluded their relationship’
Matt Lamers, Marijuana Business Daily - 14 hours ago
Aurora Cannabis and billionaire investor Nelson Peltz “have concluded their relationship,” a spokeswoman for the Alberta, Canada-based company confirmed to Marijuana Business Daily. Peltz’s resignation was announced in a news release Monday along with information about the company’s annual general meeting scheduled for Nov. 12. Peltz signed on as a strategic adviser in March 2019 […] Aurora Cannabis, billionaire Nelson Peltz ‘have concluded their relationship’ is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
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jonjayray, EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 15 hours ago
*Public schools across the country promote Black Lives Matter, organize protests* Public schools across the country have endorsed the Black Lives Matter movement and encouraged teachers, students and parents to do the same, with some schools organizing their own BLM protests, a Daily Caller News Foundation review found. The Black Lives Matter movement has been linked to 91% of riots across the United States between May 24 and Sept. 12, according to the US Crisis Monitor, a joint project of the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project and the Bridging Divides Initiative at Pr...
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JR, GREENIE WATCH - 15 hours ago
*Gavin Newsom’s Brilliant Plan to Create More Energy Shortages* California Governor Gavin Newsom had a pretty bad summer. His state is still in the throes of a coronavirus pandemic, he’s had problems with riots and political unrest, and he can’t beg, borrow, or steal enough power to keep the lights on. Fortunately, he has a plan. Close the beaches to deal with the pandemic, make nice with rioters so they don’t totally burn down the cities, and promise the people that he has a plan to deal with the rolling blackouts. Will he throw open his state to offshore oil drilling? Will he al...
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