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RAAF Extends C-27J Spartan SAR Capabilities By Adding Airdrop of Compact Rescue Systems
David Cenciotti, The Aviationist - 6 hours ago
The Royal Australian Air Force fleet of C-27Js can now drop small containers and deliver emergency supplies to people stranded at sea. The No. 35 Squadron, based at RAAF Base Amberly, operates a fleet of [...] The post RAAF Extends C-27J Spartan SAR Capabilities By Adding Airdrop of Compact Rescue Systems appeared first on The Aviationist.
Facebook Censor John Stossel
Hifast, Climate Collections - 6 hours ago
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: Well known US TV presenter John Stossel has problems with the new Facebook censors: https://youtu.be/punjBhQG__s You may recall a similar occurrence earlier in the year, when a group called Friends of Science were also awarded a “Misleading” tag by Facebook, again purely based on fake…
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jonjayray, EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 7 hours ago
*UK: Don’t ‘decolonise’ my English degree* *The student below is pretty on point but he misses out on the breadth of things that literary studies can contribute. Such studies are in fact one of the best time machines we have. The canon of English novels starts with Richardson and Fielding in the 1740s and has a wealth of contributions from then on. And as the decades roll by we see an ever-changing world described. The main interest in a novel is the story it tells. But to make the story as persuasive and engaging as possible, the novelist tends to make the setting of his novel as...
From the Land of No Diversity of Opinion
Robert, Small Dead Animals - 7 hours ago
… comes something sure to make Leftist minds explode~ More info from a Leftist Ignoramus (redundancy deliberate) who asserts that everyone who isn’t a Communist sympathizer must be a racist.
Media Finally Wakes Up To The Problems With Wind Power
Hifast, Climate Collections - 7 hours ago
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: Boris’ speech promising 40GW of offshore wind power by 2030 has predictably been widely misreported in the media. The pledge has not just been dreamt up by the PM, as has widely been implied, but was actually written into the Conservative Manifesto last year. 5dda924905da587992a064ba_Conservative…
Catastrophic fires in Syria not caused by nature, foul play suspected: researcher
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 9 hours ago
[image: Catastrophic fires in Syria not caused by nature, foul play suspected: researcher] BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:00 P.M.) – A Syrian researcher told RT Arabic on Saturday that the fires in Syria appear to be caused intentionally and not natural factors. “In climatology, it is difficult for a fire to happen at night with a natural cause, and there must be an active hand,” Riad Qara Falah, professor of climate science in the geography department at Tishreen University told RT. On what prompted him to come to this conclusion, Falah told RT that the fires occurred at night, and it is kno...
Glock 27: The Gun Police Can't Get Enough Of
Kyle Mizokami, The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * The adoption of the Glock 22 by law enforcement made the company’s release of a subcompact version all but inevitable. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The Glock 22 full size is not a small pistol. Originally designed for military and police use, it is designed to be openly carried by soldiers and police where the carrying of a pistol is as much a symbol of authority as it is a weapon. At eight inches long, five and a half inches tall and 34 ounces with a full magazine, it is difficult for an ordinary sized person to conceal a Glock 22. One of the...
The B-25 Empire State Building Crash: Tragedy on 34th Street
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Americas* [image: Reuters] New York City was rocked when a B-25 crashed into the Empire State Building. For being the height of summer, the day was unusually dreary and foggy. Despite the chilly blanket of gray that shrouded the tall buildings of Manhattan, New Yorkers had much to feel good about on that Saturday, July 28, 1945.The Yankees had shut out the Philadelphia Athletics, 2-0, the day before. The war in Europe had been over for two-and-a-half months. President Harry S. Truman was in Germany, reviewing the troops in Frankfurt-am-Main an...
Missiles and More: Why North Korea and Iran Like to Team up Against America
Peter Brookes, The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Peter Brookes* *Security, World* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC2LCJ941Z00&share=true] They are both shunned by the international community and so work together--for many clear reasons. On just about any list of international “bad actors,” North Korea and Iran certainly make the cut—and any news of them working together (and likely against the U.S. and our friends) is quickly put in the category of “trouble.” So you can imagine the concern recently when an unidentified U.S. official told the press that: “Iran and North Korea ...
China Made an F-35 Copycat (But It Has a Lot of Problems)
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Asia* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2014%3Anewsml_GM1EA3Q0K0H01&share=true] Theft can get you far, but any good plane needs a lot of work. *Key point: *The F-35 is a powerful plane and Beijing stole many plans to build their own version. However, the J-31 has some engine trouble and is not nearly at the same level. A new, yet unverified social-media picture of China’s J-31 5th-Gen stealth fighter, sometimes referred to as the FC-31, may indicate that the airplane has been upgraded with new avionics, according to a repo...
Rarely Used Holistic Device Causes “PHENOMENAL” Pain Reduction in Chemo Patients, NASA Study Finds
Nick Meyer, AltHealthWorks.com - 6 hours ago
Chemotherapy patients oftentimes suffer a tremendous amount from the procedure, which can lead to difficult side effects including oral mucositis, an extrordinarily painful and common side effect of chemotherapy and radiation. But one relatively new treatment may hold a world of promise for chemotherapy patients — red light therapy, which is becoming popular among holistic health practitioners and avant garde holistic health nuts worldwide. According to a two-year clinical trial the technology, which NASA originally developed for plant growth experiments on space shuttle missions,...
Is a Black woman’s voice and presence threatening? Santina Rao responds to the SIRT report
Santina Rao, Halifax Examiner - 6 hours ago
Let’s open the discussion about what life is like for a Black woman. Let’s open it up even further, by talking about what it’s like to be a queer Black woman. To open it up completely, let’s talk about what it’s like to be a Black queer woman who has been abused for all of […]
Facebook Censor John Stossel
Paul Homewood, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 7 hours ago
Well known US TV presenter John Stossel has problems with the new Facebook censors: You may recall a similar occurrence earlier in the year, when a group called Friends of Science were also awarded a “Misleading” tag by Facebook, again purely based on fake advice from the same Climate Feedback group who have attempted to […]
So Close: How Imperial Germany Could Have Won World War I
James Holmes, The National Interest - 7 hours ago
*James Holmes* *History, Europe* [image: By Bundesarchiv, DVM 10 Bild-23-61-23 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5371985] There are five others paths the empire could have chosen. *Key Point*: Berlin could have won had it played its cards better. Alernatively, it could have avoided a complete loss. Editor's Note: *Please see our other "Five Ways" articles including: **Five Ways D-Day Could Have Been a Disaster*, *Five Ways a Nuclear War Could Still Happen*, *Five Ways Japan Could Have Won World War II** and **Five Ways The Soviet U...
Bad News: America Has No Good Response To China’s DF-100 Anti-Ship Missiles
James Holmes, The National Interest - 7 hours ago
*James Holmes* *Security, Asia* Beijing may ease into its new standing as a globe-spanning sea power rather than undergo a wrenching transition. *Here's What You Need To Remember:* So China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) unveiled new weaponry during its October 1, 2019 military parade? Color me gobsmacked. If China’s rise to martial eminence has shown one thing, it’s that PLA commanders and their political overseers delight in surprising and trolling Western observers. They excel at developing new hardware in secret, then springing it on the world and watching the ensuing gab...
Study: Neck Gaiters Can Reduce Coronavirus Droplet Spread
Ethen Kim Lieser, The National Interest - 7 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Health, * It is important to have some protection during the pandemic (and also to help others in case you are sick). New research out of the University of Georgia has revealed that neck gaiters—tubes of performance fabric generally used for running and exercising outdoors—do, in fact, provide a level of protection against the novel coronavirus that is equivalent to regular masks when used as a face covering. For the study, which has not yet been published, the researchers used a 3D-printed box that was designed to reduce air particles, a Class 1000 clean ro...
Why the U.S. Navy's Iowa-Class Battleships Ruled the Waves
James Holmes, The National Interest - 7 hours ago
*James Holmes* *History, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2012%3Anewsml_GM2E86A0UF901&share=true] These mighty warships served though multiple conflicts around the world. *Key point: *The Iowa-Class battleships were among the finest ever built. This is how they made their fame known. Over three decades ago the battleship USS *Wisconsin* steamed out of Hampton Roads bound for the Persian Gulf. The battlewagon performed a variety of tasks once on station that September, from querying passing merchant ships about contraband goods to refuel...
History Lesson: The Falklands War Warns What Could Happen to Taiwan
James Holmes, The National Interest - 7 hours ago
*James Holmes* *History, World* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2017%3Anewsml_RC13F8F7F220&share=true] It also explains why submarines are needed. *Key point: *Taiwan can't defeat China, but it can deter it. Here's how Taipei could make an invasion too difficult to succeed. New submarines for Taiwan? Yes, please! Submarine construction is poised to become a reality now that Washington has lifted restrictions that once prohibited exports of equipment to outfit or arm Taiwanese boats. It appears indigenous builders will construct the hulls—eight ...
How soon we forget
Scott Sumner, Econlib - 8 hours ago
This Bloomberg headline caught my eye: The Most Dovish Fed in History Is on a Mission to Spur Inflation Have people already forgotten the 1970s? From 1973 to 1981, inflation fluctuated between 6% and 13%. Even if you (wrongly) believe that inflation was caused by supply-side factors, the ultra-dovish Fed was not even trying to […] The post How soon we forget appeared first on Econlib.
Lincoln Project Co-Founder Steve Schmidt Fires Back At Trump And Reduces Him To Charred Cinders
DownWithTyranny, DownWithTyranny! - 8 hours ago
*-by Noah* For those of you who may still not know, Steve Schmidt is a conservative who worked on several Republican campaigns including those of Arnold Schwarenegger, George Dubya Bush, and John McCain. President Donald J. Biohazard, however, was a bigly bridge too far for a conservative with the smarts of Schmidt. So, patriotic American that he is, he just had to respond when our nutcase Beavis & Butt-head President attacked him as a "Loser" and a "Failure" for forming the Lincoln Project to run advertisements against him that speak truth to such corrupted power as that of T...
Public alert warns of glass pieces in Taylor Farms bowl meals
News Desk, Food Safety News - 8 hours ago
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has issued a public alert about ready-to-eat meals from Taylor Farms because glass pieces have been found in the product. A recall was not requested because it is believed that the products are no longer available for consumers to purchase. “The problem was discovered when a Taylor Farms... Continue Reading
Dear Secretary DeVos: Either Help Or Hush
Peter Greene, CURMUDGUCATION - 9 hours ago
Dear Secretary Devos: Teachers in the US are facing unprecedented challenges this fall, trying to make the best out of whatever bad solution their local districts have chosen. It's a tough time, the kind of time in which we look for help and leadership from folks at the top. You have not been helpful. Last Wednesday, you took a conference call with the Phyllis Schlafly Eagles, a collection of your very conservative friends (You and I are old enough to when she was a big name in politics, opposing the ERA, homosexuality, arms control agreements, and guys like Nelson Rockefeller). ...
Turkey will ‘only support’ Azerbaijan’s decisions on Karabakh issue
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
[image: Turkey will ‘only support’ Azerbaijan’s decisions on Karabakh issue] BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:50 P.M.) – In a statement on Saturday, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu affirmed his country’s support for the decisions that Azerbaijan would accept in the negotiations related to the humanitarian truce between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the conflict over Karabakh. In a telephone conversation with his Azerbaijani counterpart, Ceyhun Permov, the Turkish Foreign Minister stressed that the truce talks between Azerbaijan and Armenia are important and Ankara will support Baku’s decis...
Saturday Morning Links
Unknown, Accidental Deliberations - 10 hours ago
Assorted content for your weekend reading. - Alisha Haridasani Gupta discusses why so many women have been excluded from the workforce during the course of the coronavirus pandemic. And Kathryn Marshall comments on the epidemic of violence against women - as well as the need to intervene before abuse reaches that point. - Max Fawcett points out that the threat of Alberta separatism is laughable even as a bluff. And Graham Thomson discusses how Jason Kenney is taking Alberta backward while the rest of the world moves ahead without it. - Janice Dickson reports that Canadians are r...
North Korea unveils massive bomb during military parade: video
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
[image: North Korea unveils massive bomb during military parade: video] BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:20 P.M.) – During a military parade on Saturday, North Korea unveiled its largest ICBM that is carried by a mobile launch pad. Korean Central Television has broadcast footage of what appears to be a new, never-before-seen intercontinental ballistic missile at a pre-dawn military parade dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the founding of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party. Four of the missiles were shown being carried aboard transporter-erector vehicles equipped with 11 axles, which is two ax...
Short Tempered Joe Biden Says “Voters Don’t Deserve To Know” His Position on Supreme Court…
sundance, The Last Refuge - 9 hours ago
In a remarkable exchange between candidate Joe Biden and KTNV Las Vegas journalist Matt Dimattei, the intemperate democrat candidate says that voters are not allowed to know his position on packing the U.S. Supreme Court. Dimattei: “Don’t the voters deserve … Continue reading →
WWII: How Imperial Japan Made 10 Million Arisaka Rifles
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2018%3Anewsml_RC1161BD33A0&share=true] Tokyo had dreams of an even bigger empire. *Key point:* The weapon was a good one and impressive for being home-made. Here is how Tokyo concieved of, and used, the rifle. As militarism grew in Japan in the early 1930s, conscription began at the age of 19, and the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) cadet entered military service. After harsh and rigorous training with other cadets from his geographical district in the home islands, the new s...
Secrets and Lies: The Role of Truth in Great Power Information Warfare
TNI Staff, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*TNI Staff* *Security, World* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2017%3Anewsml_UP1ED5918ZODW&share=true] The Center for the National Interest invited John Mearsheimer, Konstantin Remchukov, and Ambassador Thomas Pickering to discuss these questions and more in a panel moderated by Dimitri K. Simes. It is said that truth is the first casualty of war. In an age of intensifying information warfare, should we expect truth to be among its chief victims? How should the United States regard lying in great power competition with Russia and China? And how i...
Don’t show this to any Premier or the PM | Cairns News
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 10 hours ago
Oct 10 Editor, cairnsnews If Dangerous Dan gets this post Victorians should be fearful. Likewise if Queensland’s new leader Dr Jeanette Young reads this she will have Covid cops under your bed with a box full of useless masks! Canada’s Chief Medical Officers Says You Should Wear a Mask While Having Sex Watch out for … Continue reading Don’t show this to any Premier or the PM | Cairns News →
This Day In Iraqi History - Oct 10
Joel Wing, MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 10 hours ago
1920 Sayid Abu Tabikh made head of Iraqi provisional govt during 1920 Revolt (Musings On Iraq review *Reclaiming Iraq, The 1920 Revolution and the Founding of the Modern State*) 1922 Anglo-Iraq Treaty signed Opposed by opposition who were anti-British Treaty gave British control of Iraq’s govt King Faisal military finances foreign relations Basra port railroad Was to last 20 years 1922 British promised to push for Iraq independence in return for Anglo-Iraq Treaty being passed (Musings On Iraq review *Supremacy And Oil, Iraq, Turkey, and the Anglo-American World Order, 1...
Lawrence O'Donnell spots a lie!
<b>bob somerby</b>, the daily howler - 10 hours ago
*SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2020* *Jackson keeps interrupting: *Sunday morning has long belonged to Wallace Stevens' famous character, who sits in a sunny chair. "She dreams a little, and she feels the dark encroachment of that old catastrophe." Or at least, so we're told. For ourselves, we look forward to *Saturday *mornings. On Saturday mornings, we have time to peruse the work in the Washington Post and the New York Times. Below, we'll consider a problem which arose on Friday night. Quickly, though, consider what readers find in this morning's print editions: *It's time to cancel...
Did the FBI just stage the ‘foiled’ false flag kidnapping hoax to cover up for the lawbreaking Michigan Governor? – AIM Truth Bits
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 10 hours ago
U. S. Politics October 9, 2020 Did the FBI just stage the ‘foiled’ false flag kidnapping hoax to cover up for the lawbreaking Michigan Governor? And what would they ever do with Whitmer once she was kidnapped? You gotta admit it: the FBI runs circles around the Keystone Cops. Here they create a fake terrorist cell of … Continue reading Did the FBI just stage the ‘foiled’ false flag kidnapping hoax to cover up for the lawbreaking Michigan Governor? – AIM Truth Bits →
Syrian jihadist battle ends in dramatic fashion
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
[image: Syrian jihadist battle ends in dramatic fashion] BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:00 P.M.) – A heavy battle broke out between rival jihadist groups on Saturday, when Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) and the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) clashed inside the Idlib Governorate. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), the Islamic State and Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham clashed along the Idlib-Aleppo administrative border after HTS encircled a house with ISIS operatives inside. The SOHR report said the two parties were involved in a fierce firefight that resulted in three Hay’at T...
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