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Remember The Swamp? Trump Fished Louis DeJoy Out Of It To Run The Post Office (Into The Ground)
*Can this crooked, rich, ugly man with an obscene watch give Trump 4 more years via the USPS?* Louis DeJoy personally contributed over a million dollars to the NRC and to Trump's campaign, $32,300 to the North Carolina Republican Party, tens of thousands more to Republican congressional candidates and thousands to official Republican Party committees in Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Missouri, Arizona, Minnesota, Iowa, Maine, Arkansas and Washington. That's all perfectly legal and he was then hired by Trump to destroy the U.S. Postal Service, which he's been busy ... more »
“New Little ICE Age Instead of Global Warming?” by Dr Theodor Landscheidt
Unlike the IPCC, which tosses its thermageddon doomsday date back and forth like a hot potato, researchers who track the multimillennial plays of the cosmos (namely those of the Sun) routinely land on the year 2030 as being the date of 'climate deterioration': this in itself should serve as compelling evidence. The post “New Little ICE Age Instead of Global Warming?” by Dr Theodor Landscheidt appeared first on Electroverse.
How riots fit in with BLM sympathy and support
A police officer is 18 1/2 times more likely to be killed by a black male than an unarmed black male is to be killed by a police officer.” Heather MacDonald, via Larry Elder. With the media's assistance, the black men who have been shot by police--those in the news in 2020--have all had criminal records, have been resisting arrest, and had very serious records, including rape with robbery (several charges by the same woman) in the case of Jacob Blake, Jr. of Kenosha. Not a peep from the MeToo crowd who usually would ruin a man’s career based on a smack on the rear because the foun... more »
Covid-19: Brazil Counts 126,600 Deaths and 4.1 Million Cases (September 6th)
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Ministry of Health's daily update showed new totals regarding the novel coronavirus pandemic in Brazil. The number of deaths by Covid-19 rose to 126,650. In the past 24 hours, 447 new deaths were recorded by Covid-19. On Saturday, the Ministry's panel recorded 126,203 deaths. There are further 2,475 deaths […] The post Covid-19: Brazil Counts 126,600 Deaths and 4.1 Million Cases (September 6th) appeared first on The Rio Times.
Former Minister Moro Calls Lava Jato Threatened, Dependent on Prosecutor General
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Prosecutor Deltan Dallagnol announced his withdrawal from the Curitiba operation task force and seven other prosecutors of the São Paulo operation signed a collective resignation alleging "unsolvable incompatibilities" with the performance of prosecutor Viviane de Oliveira Martinzes, who is not part of the task force. In an interview with newspaper […] The post Former Minister Moro Calls Lava Jato Threatened, Dependent on Prosecutor General appeared first on The Rio Times.
Brazilian Holidaygoers Disregard Pandemic, Crowding Bars and Beaches
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Saturday, September 5th, Brazil reached the worrying mark of 4,123,000 infections by the novel coronavirus, with 126,203 deaths. Between Friday and the first day of the long weekend, 628 people died and over 30,000 were infected. However, it seems that part of the population has trivialized the disease. During […] The post Brazilian Holidaygoers Disregard Pandemic, Crowding Bars and Beaches appeared first on The Rio Times.
Exame/IDEIA Poll: Bolsonaro Wins Reelection in Hypothetical Electoral Scenarios
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - If the presidential elections were held today, President Jair Bolsonaro would be reelected. In a first-round dispute scenario between Bolsonaro, ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, ex-Minister of Justice Sérgio Moro and other candidates, the president would take the majority of the votes (31 percent), followed by ex-president Lula (17 […] The post Exame/IDEIA Poll: Bolsonaro Wins Reelection in Hypothetical Electoral Scenarios appeared first on The Rio Times.
Pandemic Drives Millions of Latin Americans Into Formal Financial Systems
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In some Latin American countries, the coronavirus pandemic did what campaigns and initiatives have for years failed to do: get millions of people to open their first bank account. In Brazil, Colombia, Chile, and Costa Rica, people who want to receive economic assistance from the government during the confinement need […] The post Pandemic Drives Millions of Latin Americans Into Formal Financial Systems appeared first on The Rio Times.
Cracked Venezuelan Opposition Deepens Guaidó’s Wear
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Henrique Capriles' return to the forefront of Venezuelan politics, with his gamble to contest the December 6th elections, not only added to chronic opposition divergences. It also further compromises Juan Guaidó's future, whom dozens of countries still recognize as Venezuela's interim president, a position without real power in the country, […] The post Cracked Venezuelan Opposition Deepens Guaidó’s Wear appeared first on The Rio Times.
IBGE: 26 Percent are Unattended in Health Care Facilities on First Try in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - One in four Brazilians failed to receive health care on their first attempt. This is shown in the new IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) National Health Survey (PNS), released on Friday morning, September 4th. According to the survey, of the 39 million people who sought health care in […] The post IBGE: 26 Percent are Unattended in Health Care Facilities on First Try in Brazil appeared first on The Rio Times.
The Belarus Uprising: A Repeat of Ukraine?
*Russell A. Berman, Kiron K. Skinner* *Security, Europe* The United States should be prepared to act if Putin tries to repeat in Belarus what he did in Ukraine. America’s great power competitors, China and Russia, are pushing back against the free world. China’s arc stretches from Hong Kong and the South China Sea through the Himalaya border with India and along the Belt and Road intrusions far into Europe. Its debt-trap strategy on the African continent is binding ever more governments to it. Meanwhile, Russia continues its expansionism from Syria, through Crimea and the Donbass... more »
Karpet merah investasi di tengah pandemi akibatkan krisis kedaulatan rakyat
bilaterals.org - 17 hours ago
07-Sep-2020 Koalisi Masyarakat Sipil Indonesia untuk Keadilan Ekonomi menilai strategi pemulihan ekonomi nasional dengan penguatan kebijakan liberalisasi ekonomi hanya akan semakin membuka ruang monopoli korporasi atas sumber daya ekonomi.
China to import agricultural products from Pakistan under FTA
bilaterals.org - 17 hours ago
07-Sep-2020 In meeting with the foreign minister, Chinese envoy says the country will collaborate with Pakistan in setting up Agriculture Technology Centers, Joint Research Centre for Plant Pest and Disease Control
Can’t Understand Anti-vaxxers??
As I read post after post about the paralyzing fear of Covid exposure on social media, and in news reports, I wonder about public perception of those of us genuinely wary, fearful of vaccination. You know what we’re called. A... more »
Memes that made me laugh 23
Noted last week around the Interwebs. Earth as a ravioli? No, that's too small. Earth is clearly a calzone. The ravioli is obviously an im-pasta! Peter
The Ugly Truth about China’s Crackdown on Its Uighur Population
*Sumantra Maitra* *Security, Asia* [image: Reuters] China faces no backlash from the Islamic world because the global spotlight is constantly on the West trying to order that ungovernable stretch of land for more than two hundred years. A curious puzzle in international relations that might one day launch a thousand PhDs is why the Islamic world is notoriously silent about the Chinese brutality of the Uighurs and, in general, about Chinese hegemony. Recently, a Turkish doctor examined around three hundred Uighur women refugees and found out that eighty of them have been sterilize... more »
The U.S. Navy's Most Powerful Weapon: The Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * But there is a problem: missile threats are pushing carriers further away from contested shorelines. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *There are concerns that the aircrafts’ five hundred and seven hundred miles combat radiuses will force carriers to come dangerously close to enemy shores. New long-range ground-based ballistic missiles, air and sea-launched supersonic cruise missiles, and very quiet yet inexpensive AIP-powered submarines pose major new challenges to the carrier’s survivability in littoral waters, and their role in a high-intensi... more »
Hoboken, New Jersey Sues Oil Industry for Climate Impacts From its ‘Deceptive Actions’
Jerri-Lynn here. I was tracking the progress of these state and municipal climate lawsuits earlier, long before I first started posting for Naked Capitalism. For some of my Naked Capitalism accounts, see here and here. But then the coronavirus crisis intervened and diverted my attention. Fortunately DeSmogBlog has stayed on the climate change liability beat. […]
Pandemic Pulls Millions of Students Out of Latin American Universities
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Her mother, a housekeeper, never made it past second grade. Her father, a policeman, never finished high school. Nevertheless, Lina Prieto had earned a place in the creative writing program at Colombia's most prestigious public university. Her goal, to write the next great Latin American novel, felt within reach. Over […] The post Pandemic Pulls Millions of Students Out of Latin American Universities appeared first on The Rio Times.
Companies Open 930 Home Office Jobs; Over 1,600 Opportunities Available
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Cognizant, C&A and Ambev are offering the option of permanent home office. Find more job openings all over Brazil. Cognizant is expanding its hires throughout Brazil and opening over 300 permanent home office positions. With the pandemic, the selection and admission process became entirely online and now the company is […] The post Companies Open 930 Home Office Jobs; Over 1,600 Opportunities Available appeared first on The Rio Times.
Pandemic exacerbates economic mismanagement in blue cities and states
The COVID-19 pandemic is disproportionately infecting the already chronically ailing fiscal health of Democrat-run states and cities that are least positioned to recover any time soon, if at all. The post Pandemic exacerbates economic mismanagement in blue cities and states appeared first on CFACT.
Fabricating a Pandemic – Who Could Organize It and Why
It is difficult not to notice something contrived in the currently announced “pandemic” of the Novel Covid-19 virus. Media coverage of this event has all the hallmarks of a coordinated hysterical campaign, namely:
An Interview With Barry Pollack, Julian Assange’s US Lawyer
Pollack outlines why the U.S. government's position in the case against Assange is a "very dangerous one."
Lowest Covid-19 daily infection numbers in Tokyo for 2 months
Lowest Covid-19 daily infection numbers in Tokyo for 2 months Kanako Mita and Noriko Watanabe Modern Tokyo Times The coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis in Tokyo began properly in March despite the first known case being the middle of January. Since then, it appeared that Tokyo – and Japan in general – had overcome the crisis by […]
Manic Monday
Housekeeping – Calling out a typo. Several of you call out typos in comments. That’s cool and I can and will fix them with edit functions. Sometimes when I create blog posts, I’m jet lagged. Sometimes it’s just late at night and sometimes I’m distracted while I type by phone calls or people. Keeping the […] The post Manic Monday appeared first on Virtual Mirage.
Meet the Panmunjom Axe Murder Incident That Nearly Caused a Second Korean War
*Michael Peck* *History, Asia* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2009%3Anewsml_GM1E5BA0YUN01&share=true] This is one of the more bizzare tales of clashes with North Korea. *Key point: *A clash on the DMZ over a tree literally resulted in murder. This incident would send America and South Korea into high alert, and could have spiraled into war. The American and South Korean soldiers went off to chop down a poplar tree. Instead, they were chopped into pieces by ax-wielding North Korean soldiers. And what should have been a case of routine landscapin... more »
The Top Antitrust Folklore Myths in America
*Mark Jamison* *economy, Americas* [image: Reuters] Unfortunately, conforming to the myths requires little thought, which means that the myths will persist. Sometimes antitrust seems like an evidence-free zone. As with any topic, some writers on antitrust are happy to announce their opinions without explanation or evidence. More troubling are those who support their opinions with arguments that are known to be flawed. These unsupported arguments take the forms of myths that, if repeated enough, become part of antitrust folklore. Here are three examples of such myths. Google CEO S... more »
New Black Hole Discovery Settles an Astronomer's Bet
*Ilya Mandel* *Science, * Astronomers have spotted a black hole so massive they weren’t sure it could exist. One of the greatest things about being an astrophysicist is that you keep discovering things you didn’t think were possible. Now the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) and Virgo Observatory have discovered their largest black hole yet. It’s important because scientists had in fact doubted whether black holes of this mass could even exist. After months of painstaking analysis, the team has just reported their discovery in papers in the Physical Rev... more »
Rwanda Imported 581 Tons of Machetes Leading Up to the Genocide. Does This Prove it was Planned?
*André Guichaoua* *Human Rights, * The narrative and infamous machete statistic has become accepted as part of history because of a report by Belgian economist Pierre Galand and Canadian Economy Professor Michel Chossudovsky. They were part of a 1996 mission to identify the role of international financial institutions, donors and creditors in relation to the genocide. Félicien Kabuga, a Rwandan businessman who was recently arrested for his involvement in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, is set to stand trial. His trial brings to the fore the argument that the Rwandan genocide was plan... more »
Why the Novichok Poisonings Aren't Working as the Kremlin Intended
*Robert Chilcott* *geopolitics, World* Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is likely to survive a suspected poisoning with the nerve agent Novichok, according to the hospital treating him. There have now been at least six known cases of serious Novichok poisoning in the past two years. But only one victim tragically died from it. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is likely to survive a suspected poisoning with the nerve agent Novichok, according to the hospital treating him. There have now been at least six known cases of serious Novichok poisoning in the past two ye... more »
MH17 SHOW TRIAL GOES FOR THE JACKPOT – DEFENCE LAWYERS DON’T OBJECT
by John Helmer, Moscow @bears_with The trial of the crime of the destruction of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 resumed on August 31 with the demand of Amsterdam and Rotterdam lawyers for the Russian Government to pay blood money to the relatives of the 298 passengers and crew killed when the aircraft was shot down on July […]
Trump moves to cancel racial sensitivity training because it is 'anti-American propaganda'
Let us not be apologetic. Marxists have worked to indocrinate target audiences for decades without been properly challenged. That must end as the result is now obvious. Just how do spoiled. children take it upon themselves to hit the bricks based on their scant education in so called progressivism? Unfortunately there are enough of them to threaten a long sought Marxist power grab. The simple answer is to arrest the lead cadres and to outright execute them. They are all too stupid to ever shake the disease. As happened in hte past, the rest will get quiet. This time it mu... more »
Scientists can’t explain puzzling lack of coronavirus outbreaks in Africa
Obviously the corona virus is racist or at least its propagators are remarkably selective. That is the best explanation suspected immediately in January. We may well never learn the truth but it does look like an act of war. Trust that the military knows. The question is by who? China has been clearly fingered but they are terribly sloppy. The other motivated suspect is the Deep State itself. This may not matter. . *Scientists can’t explain puzzling lack of coronavirus outbreaks in Africa* *By Chris Smith, BGR* *September 4, 2020 | 3:51pm* *People wait in line during a... more »
Three Gorges Dam Flood Control limitations.
The major take home is that the reservoir has only an 8 % margin and cannot be used to actually store flood waters. It is a power dam that operates inside a narrow range. In comparison the Aswan has a 160% margin. To really do its job as imagined it needed to 250 meters high. Instead it came in at 175 Meters. Worse the operations have been privatized and flood control is a last priority at best. If we are lucky, this may make the dam far more survivable. Yet we do have a known record of rushed schedules leading to poor curing profiles as well. This year the dam got stress... more »
US vows to restore balance as China pressures Taiwan
Without question, the first and best point of engagement with China is through support of Taiwan. Thus we now see activation. The Chinese have only themselves to blame. As I have posted, India can counter Chinese nonsense by the transfer of million man army to Taiwan to directly threaten the coast of China forcing China to maintain a matching force. .. *US vows to restore balance as China pressures Taiwan* *Kyodo News* *Pohttps://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/09/01/20/us-vows-to-restore-balance-as-china-pressures-taiwansted at Sep 01 2020 01:52 PM* *https://news.abs-cbn.com/over... more »
Labor Day 2020
Happy Labor Day! Sarah Lee Guthrie performed her grandfather Woody Guthrie's song, "Union Maid," for a rally this weekend. Here's a 2007 performance of the song by her and her father, Arlo, with the bonus song, "The Ladies' Auxiliary." My most in-depth post for Labor Day was this 2011 post.
Oxford University Says PCR Swab Tests for COVID-19 Return False Positive Results
The swab-based technique used for most COVID-19 testing is at risk of returning "false positives" since copies of the virus's RNA detected by the tests might simply be dead, inactive material from a weeks-old infection.
University to Keep Over $400K in Tuition After Dismissing Students for Not Social Distancing
The students were found without face masks and flouting social distancing protocols. Northeastern University will keep the $401,500 tuition money. Before leaving, the students are being required to undergo COVID-19 testing at Northeastern and quarantined if positive.
Vancouver: Militant Leftist Runs Over Conservative Activist Following Funeral
Robbie Smith, a BLM activist, had been harassing the mourners and was filming them, presumably to dox them, and was thrown out of the bar. Smith is alleged to have struck Moon with his truck. Moon is reportedly suffering from serious injuries including bleeding from his brain, damage to his left temporal lobe, a concussion and amnesia.
Tennessee: Woman Dead for 6 Months Receives Letter She Tested Positive For COVID-19!
Sandra Whittington died in February, before COVID-19 had ever been detected in Tennessee. Her son said the notice from the local health department said his mother was tested on June 20, which was months after her death.
Another shallow M6.2 earthquake hits Vanuatu
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A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.2 hit Vanuatu at 06:12 UTC (17:12 LT) on September 7, 2020, at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). EMSC is reporting M6.2 at a depth of 17 km (10.5 miles). The epicenter was located 74 km (46 miles) NNE of...... Read more »
BRAIN POISONING BY RUSSIAN NERVE AGENT – ALEXEI NAVALNY INFECTS GERMAN CHANCELLERY
by John Helmer, Moscow @bears_with There is only one certainty (zweifelsfreie Nachweis) in the case of Alexei Navalny and the traces (Spuren) which have been found in his skin, urine and blood, and in a water bottle, by the German Army’s chemical warfare laboratory in Munich. This certainty is that, in order to believe the German […]
Vaccine Nationalism, Big Promises And Warped Speed
From sneering dismissiveness of the coronavirus as nothing more than a common cold to a grand promise to find a vaccine, President Donald Trump is all promises. “We remain on track to deliver a vaccine before the end of the year and maybe even before November 1st,” he told a […]
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