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Will Lebanon be the next US-NATO humanitarian war?
Steven Sahiounie, The Duran - 21 hours ago
Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The waters off Lebanon are the scene of a gathering Armada of French and American naval ships. What appeared at first to be a humanitarian response to the devastating Beirut Port explosion on August 4, is now feared to be the prelude of the next US-NATO humanitarian war. French President […]
Specialization is sometimes wildly underestimated, often wildly overestimated
Luboš Motl, The Reference Frame - 21 hours ago
In the media, real experts are sometimes diluted by tons of non-experts; in other cases, most of the relevant experts are being censored and replaced by a tiny, politically convenient subgroup I have wanted to make this simple yet important point for a long time. The media and the public err in both ways and hugely so. In some cases, especially in fields like theoretical physics, the media (and the part of the public that is brainwashed by the media) seem to think that the expertise doesn't matter and the opinions of a much broader spectrum of "pundits" are equally credible, to say ...
aloe vera and Vitimin C
arclein, Terra Forming Terra - 22 hours ago
nine grams of vitimin C in a cup completely explains all therapeutic value. That is 90000 milligrams or mega doses of C. We obviously need to generate a steady supply of the juice. The vitimin C aspect could make this a huge seller by the quart alongside milk. It will last two weeks easily in the fridge which compares directly with milk. The vitimin C should act as a natural presertvative. *Top 10 reasons to add organic Aloe vera to your regular diet.October 2, 2020 Ana Shttps://www.healthrangerstore.com/blogs/natural-health/top-10-...
Sasquatch contact
arclein, Terra Forming Terra - 22 hours ago
This is a big one. The writer as a child found himself playing in the woods with a hairy child. He ultimately caught on to the fact that they communicated mind to mind. The Hairy child's parents kept tabs as well but allpowed this to carry on. Then they left the district. Years later he returned and reconnected with the now adult Sasquatch. Turns out that Bigfoot does not linger to avoid human hunters. It is a real danger to them. The writer maintains full contact and trade as well through gifting. All this fully confirms my conjecture regarding the possibility of working relati...
World Shudders, Assassination Plot, White House Lockdown
arclein, Terra Forming Terra - 22 hours ago
As usual never believe the first narritive rolled out. This seriously looks likes a full on assasination plan using Ukarainian Snipers ordered by Rear Admiral Green. This appears part of the same clique attempting last fall to support an attempted impeachment. Are there really people this stupid? The take down was brutal obviously. Full protection for the administration kicks in of course. This may not have been the onlyb arrow in the quiver here. At the same time we have entered RED OCTOBER phase of the WAR. The two dozen big names are likely to be publically arrested a...
Five Other Arab Countries Are Negotiating Normalization With Israel
arclein, Terra Forming Terra - 22 hours ago
Of course they are. Their complete public silence says as much. Saudi Arabia has had defacto relations for a long time. They can also afford to be last on the train. This really informs us that additional agreements will come quickly. Syria is still dealing with its intetrnal problems but settlement there will ultimately be quick as well ans the only reason they remained in play was solidarity wih the Arab States. Now they could use the indemnity for the Golan Heights. What is ultimately left are the Palestinians who are been left behind by history. There is a deal there fo...
Lebanon And Israel Agree to Talks to End Sea Border Dispute
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 23 hours ago
Lebanon And Israel Agree to Talks to End Sea Border Dispute by Ellen Francis and Rami Ayyub, https://mobile.reuters.com/ BEIRUT/TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Lebanon and Israel have agreed to a framework for U.S.-mediated talks aimed at ending a long-running dispute along the border between the two nations that have fought several conflicts. – Still in …
ECB Trademarks “Digital Euro” As It Begins Experiments On Digital Currency Launch
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 23 hours ago
ECB Trademarks “Digital Euro” As It Begins Experiments On Digital Currency Launch by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ As the world obsesses over Trump’s taxes or whether or not he is using oxygen during his covid hospitalization, the biggest overhaul in monetary and currency history is quietly taking place just behind the scenes. Just two weeks ago, …
The Vatican, The Third Temple, And The Burdensome Stone
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 23 hours ago
The Vatican, The Third Temple, And The Burdensome Stone by SkyWatch Editor, https://www.skywatchtv.com/ As investigated by myself and Cris Putnam in our bestselling book Petrus Romanus, there is ample evidence to suggest that the Vatican has had a long-running interest in controlling Jerusalem and, by extension, the Temple Mount—with possibly the objective of a Third …
Demonic Hillary And Her Deep State Cronies’ Satanic Nature Revealed
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 23 hours ago
The Satanic Left Wants Our President To Die
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 23 hours ago
The Satanic Left Wants Our President To Die by Jon Bowne, https://www.infowars.com/ Democrats increasingly believe Trump’s death only way to regain power In the wee wee hours just 32 days before the election, President Trump announced on Twitter that he and the First Lady had tested positive for the Chinese plague known as Coronavirus. …
REVELATION 18: Pope Francis Demands That Supranational Bodies Like The United Nations Be Given More Authority To Control The World
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 23 hours ago
REVELATION 18: Pope Francis Demands That Supranational Bodies Like The United Nations Be Given More Authority To Control The World by Geoffrey Grider, https://www.nowtheendbegins.com/ The work of the United Nations, the pope insists, “can be seen as the development and promotion of the rule of law, based on the realization that justice is an essential condition …
The Daily Brief 2020-10-04
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
[image: The Daily Brief 2020-10-04] This is a summary of *15* AMN articles on the following subjects: *Damascus, Syria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Karabakh, Saudi, Turkey, Iran, Erdogan, US, Golan, Quneitra*. Categories covered in this brief: Syria, World-News, Gulf, Turkey, Iran, Yemen Let us know how you like this brief in the comments below. — The AMN Live Team Table of Contents - Syrian Army’s special forces hold 2020 military exercises: video - Moment Azerbaijan strikes bridge connecting Armenia to Karabakh: video - Turkish companies accuse Saudi Arabia of blocking exports...
Your life under the Green New Deal
Paul Driessen, CFACT - 21 hours ago
Your life, living standards and world would suffer dramatically. The post Your life under the Green New Deal appeared first on CFACT.
Evidence Mounts that Subglacial Lakes Exist on Mars, but Could They Really Host Life?
David Rothery, The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*David Rothery* *Science, * Lake Vostok is touted as a possible habitat for life that has been isolated from the Earth’s surface for millions of years, and as an analogue for proposed environments habitable by microbes (and possibly more complex organisms) in the internal oceans of icy moons such as Jupiter’s Europa and Saturn’s Enceladus. Venus may harbour life some 50km above its surface, we learned a couple of weeks ago. Now a new paper, published in Nature Astronomy, reveals that the best place for life on Mars might be more than a kilometre *below* its surface, where an ent...
What Can Johnson and Bolsonaro’s Coronavirus Cases Tell Us About Trump?
Matthew Flinders, Anthony Pereira, The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*Matthew Flinders, Anthony Pereira* *Politics, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC2JIF9O286W&share=true] Here are what two professors have to say. *Donald Trump and his wife Melania have tested positive for COVID-19 and are now in quarantine, throwing the US 2020 election campaign into disarray. The American president’s infection with coronavirus follows those of the UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, and Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro. While Johnson was seriously ill and spent two weeks in hospital in April, Bolsonaro...
The Rise and Fall of Hungarian Admiral Nicholas Horthy
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* [image: Wikimedia Commons] He rubbed shoulders with kings, sultans, and the emperor of Germany, and later would hobnob with Victor Emmanuel III of the House of Savoy, Pope Pius XII, and the Führer of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler. The career of Admiral Nicholas Horthy spanned not only two world wars, but also stretched across the decades from the age of sail to atomic-powered submarines. He witnessed the fall of Europe’s oldest dynasties during 1917-1919, the rise of dictatorships to replace them, and the advent and then collapse of fa...
Trump pays surprise visit to supporters outside Walter Reed Army hospital
The Duran, The Duran - 21 hours ago
United States President Donald Trump has left the Walter Reed Army hospital to greet supporters lining the streets outside from a motorcade. Shortly prior to the surprise visit Mr Trump tweeted a video updating the public on his progress and flagging his decision to greet his supporters outside. In the video the President said he […]
USA: Caravan of Trump supporters show support for president outside Trump Tower
The Duran, The Duran - 21 hours ago
A massive Trump caravan made up of over 100 vehicles drove from Long Island all the way to 5th Avenue in front of Trump Tower on Sunday to rally in support of the President. The supporters stopped to chant, cheer, beep horns and wave pro-Trump flags in support of the President. After the rally the […]
Nepal Moves Against Acid Attacks on Women
Global Issues News Headlines - 21 hours ago
KATHMANDU. Nepal, Oct 05 (IPS) - After a prolonged lobbying campaign, the Government of Nepal recently took some important actions against perpetrators of acid attacks while offering better provisions to support the process of rehabilitation of their victims. Read the full story, “Nepal Moves Against Acid Attacks on Women”, on globalissues.org →
Bashar Al-Assad comments for first time about Donald Trump’s wanting to assassinate him
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 21 hours ago
[image: Bashar Al-Assad comments for first time about Donald Trump’s wanting to assassinate him] BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:20 A.M.) – Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad commented on the previous claim by U.S. President Donald Trump about wanting to assassinate him in 2017, saying that such statements by the American leader “do not mean or bother him.” In an interview with Russia’s Zvezda TV channel, Assad responded to a question about excerpts from the book “Fear: Trump in the White House.” Assad told the interviewer that “all the statements that were issued do not concern us at all, and d...
Green Sabbath: Sunday Lockdowns for ‘Gaia’ and Jubilee for the Earth
Ice Age Farmer, Need To Know - 21 hours ago
People are now used to hyper surveillance and enforced lockdowns, setting the stage for worship of the creation (nature), instead of the Creator
Azerbaijan announces capture of new city in Karabakh, Armenia denies advance
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 21 hours ago
[image: Azerbaijan announces capture of new city in Karabakh, Armenia denies advance] BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:10 A.M.) – The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, announced on Sunday, that his country’s forces have captured the city of Gabriel and a number of neighboring villages from the Armenian troops. “Today the Azerbaijani army liberated the city of Gabriel and several villages in its province from occupation. Glory to the Azerbaijani army! Karabakh is part of Azerbaijan!” Aliyev said in a tweet that he posted a short while ago on his Twitter account. Continue reading Azerbaijan ...
Be Around Light Bringers - Author Unknown
Stranger in a Strange Land, Stranger in a Strange Land - 22 hours ago
President Trump benefitting from his bout with COVID-19 [Video]
Seraphim Hanisch, The Duran - 22 hours ago
When we published yesterday the news that President Donald Trump and his wife Melania have contracted the novel coronavirus, some responses I saw were vile. I saw Twitter responses that were inappropriate to repeat around children (and decent adults, too!) and I saw snark in the other socials from supposed Orthodox Christians! no less, that […]
Is THIS the End of the Financial System? THESE Are the Stages of Collapse.
Dewey Fernfield, The Duran - 22 hours ago
source We have entered a new territory. The financial system is rotten to the core. It cannot be salvaged. Governments and empires have always done this. They debase the coinage. They devalue the currency. They ruin your savings. Those who own real assets, and have generational wealth, are able to persist and thrive. The majority […]
URGENT UPDATE: Societal Damage from Bad Science, not the Virus? Why are they doing this?
JayTe, The Duran - 22 hours ago
By Ivor Cummins It’s all in the title. Our political leadership seem to have left science way behind – perhaps buried it in a shallow grave. UK is featured here, but these questions apply to Ireland and most of Western Europe, among other regions.Why are they doing this? What is driving the apparent psychosis? Shouldn’t […]
Wisconsin: Race Hoax? Prosecutors Say There Is No Evidence that White Men Lit Biracial Teen on Fire
AP News, Need To Know - 23 hours ago
Detectives found video indicating Bernstein was not in Madison, as she claimed, at the time of the incident. Traffic videos show Bernstein’s vehicle stopped only once and that no one was around the car. The footage also shows that her window was closed. It wasn't until hours later that she sought medical treatment.
Five Ways That An Azerbaijani Victory Over Armenia Would Advance Russian Interests
Andrew KORYBKO, OrientalReview.org - 23 hours ago
Russian interests are arguably best served by an Azerbaijani victory over Armenia since that would teach the Soros Color Revolution government in Yerevan a lesson about the futility of trying to “decouple” from Moscow, secure crucial trans-Azerbaijani trade corridors such as its North-South Transport Corridor (NSTC) and the Chinese-Turkish Middle […]
Don’t Ever Let Them Take Your Guns
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 23 hours ago
Dan Andrews is threatening an extension to the five-kilometre rule if people continue to “misbehave”. Do you think he’s just drunk on power now???? pic.twitter.com/ehHnezbvX4 — Evelyn Rae (@_evelynrae) October 5, 2020
Researchers create artificial lung to support newborns in respiratory distress.
zedie, SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 1 day ago
https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/researchers-create-artificial-lung-to-support-newborns-in-respiratory-distress/
Timing is important to COVID-19 treatment: When to initiate Antiviral, Steroid and Anticoagulant?
zedie, SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 1 day ago
Timing is important to COVID-19 treatment: When to initiate Antiviral, Steroid and Anticoagulant? – CME INDIA https://cmeindia.in/timing-is-important-to-covid-19-treatment-when-to-initiate-antiviral-steroid-and-anticoagulant/
Pentagon Says Nothing Has Changed With President Trump's Covis-19 Coronavirus Diagnosis
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 16 hours ago
*Military Times:* *Military leaders: We’re not freaking out over Trump coronavirus news * Military officials downplayed worries Friday after President Donald Trump announced overnight that he had tested positive for coronavirus and will be forced into medical quarantine for an undetermined period of time. In a statement, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said they have not made any adjustments to force posture or operations as a result of the president’s diagnosis. Trump tweeted just after midnight on Friday that both he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive and would begin the...
Midnight Meme Of The Day!
DownWithTyranny, DownWithTyranny! - 22 hours ago
*by Noah* I laugh and shake my head ruefully everytime I hear people say that the way to avoid another "presidential" shitshow debate is to simply cut Mr. Howling Monkey's mic when he goes over his allotted time. As if that would stop him! A childish mental case like Trump would just take cutting his mic as a challenge. He would immediately just raise the decibel level of his screaming gibberish and I have no doubt that he'd come prepared with the pockets of his baggy, oversized suit full of things to start throwing at the moderator and Joe Biden. If there was a table, he'd try...
Why a Global Coronavirus Vaccine for All Countries Is Needed
Nicole Hassoun, The National Interest - 22 hours ago
*Nicole Hassoun* *Public Health, World* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC25AJ92OTZN&share=true] The great powers need to support such an effort. There is a global effort to distribute vaccines to poorer countries, but some of the world’s largest countries, including the U.S., Russia and China, do not intend to support the effort. That lack of backing could have devastating consequences for accessing a COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S. and many poor countries around the world. That is because the U.S. will not have access to vaccines se...
Failure: Why Russia Is Not Happy With Its New Okhotnik Drone
Caleb Larson, The National Interest - 22 hours ago
*Caleb Larson* *Security, Europe* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC23LI9WZT5K&share=true] It seems that the vaunted stealth drone project has a long way to go. *Key point: *The Russians want to have the same advanced technology as America. The Okhotnik was an attempt to do just that. In a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the head of Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation, Yury Slyusar said that UAC will begin deliveries of the Okhotnik unmanned aerial vehicle to the Russian armed forces as early as 2024. In keeping th...
The Weather War: How Both Sides Scrambled for Weather Data During WWII
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 22 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, World* [image: Wikimedia Commons] Meteorologists of the 1940s lacked such modern devices as satellite imagery, depending instead on barometers and other traditional, time-honored tools. Weather has long played a vital role in human history. Kublai Khan’s attempted conquest of Japan was foiled when his invasion fleet was destroyed by a typhoon. Napoleon’s Grand Armee perished during his ill-fated Russian campaign, laid low by the sweltering heat of summer and the frigid cold of winter. Even at Waterloo, torrential rains turned the battlefield i...
Jersey Offshore: Fallout of a family fraud
Franz Wild, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism - 22 hours ago
A leak of 350,000 pages of a Jersey trust company’s internal records – which detail decades of financial malfeasance and the Crown Dependency’s unwillingness to take action – appeared from an unusual source
Lost trust: leaked files expose Jersey’s inaction on fraud scandal
Isobel Koshiw, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism - 22 hours ago
The Bureau’s investigation raises serious questions over Jersey’s ability to adequately police its finance industry
HSBC ignored Jersey fraud warnings
Ben Stockton, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism - 22 hours ago
HSBC failed to investigate warnings of a major fraud after an heiress accused her businessman father of draining millions from trust funds
U.S. National Security Adviser Says Trump Transfer Of Power "Not Something That's On The Table"
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 23 hours ago
ICYMI: @robertcobrien tells @FaceTheNation a transfer of power from @realDonaldTrump to @VP @Mike_Pence is not "on the table right now" as Trump continues to receive treatment for #COVID19 at Walter Reed Medical Center. "He's firmly in command of the government of the country" pic.twitter.com/XIpnuO3Ae4 — Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) October 4, 2020 *CBS:* *O'Brien says Trump transfer of power "not something that's on the table" * Washington — White House national security adviser Robert O'Brien said Sunday that a transfer of power from President Trump to Vice President Mike ...
New England Journal of Medicine Publishes Paper Calling for Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccine
Summit News, Need To Know - 23 hours ago
The paper suggests that “employment suspension or stay-at-home orders,” should be issued, but that fines should be discouraged because they can be legally challenged. The paper also recommends that government health authorities should avoid making public their close relationship with vaccine manufacturers
Tweets For Today
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 23 hours ago
President Trump has taken two doses of a five-day course of the intravenous antiviral drug remdesivir for COVID-19, his doctors said, as well as the steroid dexamethasone, which is used in severe cases https://t.co/43VWTADh7l pic.twitter.com/rPwb5jIIPN — Reuters (@Reuters) October 5, 2020 Civilians are killed and injured as major cities are shelled in growing conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia https://t.co/E6lX6UkGSq — Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) October 5, 2020 Just released footage of the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, Stepanakert, under Azerbaijani bombardment on the 4th ...
Michigan Supreme Court Strikes Down Democrat Governor Whitmer’s Emergency Powers
Detroit News, Need To Know - 1 day ago
The Michigan Supreme Court decided that Governor Gretchen Whitmer violated her constitutional authority by continuing to issue orders to combat COVID-19 without the approval of elected state lawmakers. The order ends Whitmer's ability to use emergency powers without legislative approval.
WWII: An American Scout's War in Europe
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* [image: Wikimedia Commons] The 90th raced across France, helped close the Falaise Pocket, assaulted the Moselle River, and took part in turning back the German tide in the Battle of the Bulge. As a novice infantryman with no combat experience, Bernie Sevel was in good company. The Messerschmitt Bf-109 fighter plane dove out of the sky with machine guns firing. The pilot’s target—a pontoon bridge being stretched across Germany’s Werra River by American engineers. He closed in on his stationary prey and dropped a bomb, scoring a direct hi...
Australian Daily Wind Power Generation Data – Sunday 4th October 2020 – Plus Weekly Update
TonyfromOz, PA Pundits – International - 1 day ago
By Anton Lang ~ This Post details the daily wind power generation data for the AEMO coverage area in Australia. For the background information, refer to the Introductory Post at this link. Each image is shown here at a smaller size to fit on the page alongside the data for that day. If you click […]
APHIS is making changes to national poultry plan
News Desk, Food Safety News - 1 day ago
The National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) is getting an update to align with changes in the poultry industry and to incorporate new scientific information and technologies into the plan, according to USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). These updates, published in the Federal Register, are consistent with the recommendations approved by representatives from... Continue Reading
Study finds E. coli, Listeria and Vibrio in seafood
News Desk, Food Safety News - 1 day ago
Researchers have looked at the presence of certain foodborne pathogens in seafood collected in Turkey. The study examined levels of coliform bacteria, E. coli, Listeria monocytogenes, Vibrio vulnificus, and Vibrio cholerae in 700 samples of raw sea fish, raw mussels, raw shrimp, and raw squid. Nearly half of seafood products analyzed were contaminated with coliform bacteria. Almost one in... Continue Reading
Companies in LA and Illinois warned over foreign supplier violations
News Desk, Food Safety News - 1 day ago
Editor’s note: As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Warning letters often are not issued until a... Continue Reading
How we fool ourselves
Hifast, Climate Collections - 1 day ago
Originally posted on Climate Etc.: by Judith Curry Crowd sourcing examples of fallacious thinking from climate science. While I have been very busy, I have kept the Denizen’s entertained with threads on politics and cancel culture. Lets face it, that stuff has been on all of our minds lately, not to mention Covid-19. The few…
R.I.P. American Science
Hifast, Climate Collections - 1 day ago
Originally posted on Science Matters: Alex Berezow describes the demise in his ACHS article The Slow Suicide Of American Science. Excerpts in italics with my bolds. Science in the U.S. is under assault by postmodernism, political partisanship, and trial lawyers. Without a change in the direction of our culture, American technological supremacy is facing an…
As Political Instability Distracts America, Japan Is Charting A New Future
James L Schoff, The National Interest - 1 day ago
*James L Schoff* *Security, Asia* Japanese foreign policy was already turning away from a central focus on alignment with the United States to a more proactive, nimble and often quiet approach. Bitter and deepening political division in the United States is a serious challenge for Japanese foreign policy — a challenge that is likely to grow in the coming year amid political dysfunction and the impact of COVID-19. US political decline is not a new phenomenon but it is becoming more acute under President Donald Trump, who has taken an already politicised US electorate and amplifie...
Frederick Funston: The General Who Almost Led American Forces in World War I
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Americas* The General that President Wilson had originally Selected to lead America in World War I was not Pershing—it was General Frederick Funston. *Key Point*: Heavy responsibility exacted its toll on General Funston. Looking at a 1917 newspaper photo of Frederick Funston, barely 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighing just a biscuit over a hundred pounds, today’s reader would wonder whatever made U.S. President Woodrow Wilson select such a tiny fellow as leader of the American Expeditionary Force into France—when and if the United States was to i...
Bernt Balchen and the Secret WWII Allied Arctic Air Force
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* [image: Wikimedia Commons] On January 27, 1944, General Spaatz gave Balchen his marching orders: operate a fleet of unarmed planes to and from a neutral nation without fighter protection, evacuate Norwegian resistance fighters and interned Allied airmen, carry secret cargo as required by the OSS, and accomplish all this without being caught by the Germans. In his heavily accented English, Balchen responded: “Ve do it!” The Bug was in deep trouble. On a top-secret flight over occupied Norway, this ancient, war-weary C-47 Skytrain transpo...
The Modoc War of 1872: A True David vs. Goliath Conflict
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Americas* Most Indian battles were small affairs, but not this one. *Key Point*: The war was truly one of "unequals." Most Indian battles were small affairs, often company-sized engagements. Many were fought between equally numbered forces, or if disproportional, the U.S. Army often fought against a larger force using superior fire power and coordinated tactics to overcome the disadvantage of its smaller number. But one war was notable not only for the extreme size difference in the two opposing combatants, but also for the fact that the less n...
Another Sunday, Another Massive Demonstration Against Belarus President Lukashenko
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 1 day ago
*Euronews:* *Belarus: 100,000 take to the streets to protest against Lukashenko * More than 100,000 people marched in Belarus' capital for the ninth straight Sunday to protest against the country's authoritarian leader, who won his sixth term in office in an election widely seen as rigged. The demonstrators demanded the resignation of President Alexander Lukashenko, and freedom for political prisoners. Police used water cannons in an attempt to disperse the crowds, but the protesters remained undeterred. One video from the rally showed a group of protesters approaching a water...
Picture Of The Day
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 1 day ago
President Donald Trump participates in a phone call with Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley October 4, in his conference room at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Not shown in the photo also in the room on the call is Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. Tia Dufour/The White House/Handout via REUTERS *WNU Editor:* The above picture came from this photo-gallery ....* Trump hospitalized for COVID treatment* (Reuters).
October 5, 2020 – Reader Tips
Robert, Small Dead Animals - 1 day ago
Tonight we offer you a 1972 concert featuring Three Dog Night. Please do share your best tips of the past day!
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JR, GREENIE WATCH - 1 day ago
*Antarctic Penguin Remains Show Present Temperatures Are Normal* Scientists report they have discovered perfectly preserved, 800-year-old penguin remains exposed by a patch of melting ice along the Antarctic coast. The news media and climate activists are touting this as proof of an unprecedented climate crisis. In reality, the discovery reveals that temperatures in the not-too-distant past were as warm or warmer than present temperatures. Reporting in the peer-reviewed journal Geology, scientists encountered what appeared to be the fresh remains of Adelie penguins in a region whe...
Former Pfizer Executive Refutes Fauci & Lying Media On COVID Propaganda: “It’s Over,” “Curve Flattened Months Ago,” “No Second Wave”
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Former Pfizer Executive Refutes Fauci & Lying Media On COVID Propaganda: “It’s Over,” “Curve Flattened Months Ago,” “No Second Wave” by Tim Brown / October 4, 2020, https://thewashingtonstandard.com/ This is coming from a former executive with a Big Pharma company! If that isn’t telling, I don’t know what is. Still, we know the propaganda will …
Will The Ark of The Covenant Be Revealed for The Coming Third Temple?
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Will The Ark of The Covenant Be Revealed for The Coming Third Temple? by SkyWatch Editor, https://www.skywatchtv.com/ Many who study the Third Temple believe its planning and construction must be begun well in advance of the Tribulation era. Its completion, they believe, will take quite some time. Others hold that the Jews are even now …
The World Is Becoming Ripe for a One World Currency, One World Government, One World Religion ….. “666” !
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
The World Is Becoming Ripe for a One World Currency, One World Government, One World Religion ….. “666” ! by StevieRay Hansen, https://hnewswire.com/ … Are we living in perilous times? There is no doubt about that. Let’s just take one example of what is happening today. There are uprisings all around the world, with people …
Covid-19: The Lies And The Reality – Covid-19 Is A False Flag Pandemic Designed For Political Purposes – The Creation Of A Global Dictatorship With A Sanitary Excuse
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Covid-19: The Lies And The Reality – Covid-19 Is A False Flag Pandemic Designed For Political Purposes – The Creation Of A Global Dictatorship With A Sanitary Excuse by R.X. Kendrick for All News Pipeline, https://allnewspipeline.com/Home.php – ‘Without the Mainstream Media running cover 24-7 for them, this criminal conspiracy attack would have ended by now’ …
SILVER ALERT! CFTC’s Top “Silver Cop” is FIRED!! (Bix Weir)
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
RoadtoRoota Wow! The day after JP Morgan is let off the hook on RICO Charges…the Top Cop at the CFTC resigns? …or was he FIRED?! I expect the “World of Silver” to be turned on it’s head between now and the end of the year. Hang on tight! end
Deep Cover Sources Reveal Intelligence Information That Indicate Four Assassination Teams Have Been Dispatched to Take the Life of the President
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Deep Cover Sources Reveal Intelligence Information That Indicate Four Assassination Teams Have Been Dispatched to Take the Life of the President by Dave Hodges, https://thecommonsenseshow.com/home Following a discovered plot against JFK, obtained by undercover Miami PD detectives nine days before the assassination, JFK was kept on the move, until the fateful day, 10 days later, …
Andy Schectman, Bill Holter, Dave Kranzler Talk Silver and Take Questions at SilverFest
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Arcadia Economics At this year’s #SilverFest, #silver legends #BillHolter, #AndySchectman, and #DaveKranzler joined me for a roundtable where they answered questions from the crowd, and shared a silver conversation you simply won’t be able to find anywhere else. So to hear this incredible silver roundtable for the ages, click to watch the video now! end
$1 Billion JP Morgan Gold Rigging Fine Cost Of Doing Business – Robert Kientz
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Kerry Lutz’s Financial Survival Network First-time guest Robert Kientz gives a close-up view of the latest market rigging scheme by JP Morgan. Like so many other settlements, they neither admitted or denied the truth of the charges that they rigged precious metals markets through a variety of manipulation schemes, such as bid spoofing and other …
Keiser Report | Losing Big to Make it Big | E1601
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
RT In this doubleheader episode of the Keiser Report, Max and Stacy look at the Trump tax returns which have already disappeared from the front pages. What they see is the corrupt tax code whereby the only way to become a billionaire is through exploiting the tax code written by elite law firms and then …
Gold and Silver Market Manipulation Goes far Beyond Spoofing
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
maneco64 Today we will look into the recent news about the $1 billion fine JP Morgan was given for using a strategy called spoofing in the precious metals market. We will look at the evolution of spoofing in the futures market and how electronic markets make spoofing easier. The conclusion though is that precious metals …
October 5th – 2020 Presidential Politics – Trump Administration Day #1355
sundance, The Last Refuge - 1 day ago
In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Donald Trump Administration and … Continue reading →
Subtracting Fossil Fuels Plus Adding Electric Cars Equals Disaster
PA Pundits - International, PA Pundits – International - 1 day ago
By Larry Bell ~ If California’s struggle to keep the lights on isn’t already dim enough, Golden State residents should brace themselves for even darker prospects with a planned ban on the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035. Recall that utility company responses to the state’s mandate that 60% of electricity come from renewables […]
Monday October 5th – Open Thread
sundance, The Last Refuge - 1 day ago
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those … Continue reading →
Armenia - Azerbaijan War News Updates -- October 4-5, 2020
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 1 day ago
*Daily Mail/AFP: **Civilians are killed and injured as major cities are shelled in growing conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia * * Azerbaijan's second-largest city, Ganja, has been hit by heavy shelling today * Fighting intensified between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh * More than 220 people are thought to have died in the conflict in the last week Azerbaijan's second-largest city, Ganja, has been hit by heavy shelling today as the country's forces exchanged heavy rocket and artillery fire with Armenia over disputed territory. Fighting over Nagorno-Karab...
Trump ‘Doing Really Well,’ Could Be Released From Hospital Soon, His Doctor Says
PA Pundits - International, PA Pundits – International - 1 day ago
By Rachel del Guidice ~ President Donald Trump could be released from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where he’s being treated for COVID-19, as early as Monday if his condition continues to improve. “The fact of the matter is, is that he is doing really well, that he is — he is responding,” Trump’s […]
Trump Fights Covid19
PA Pundits - International, PA Pundits – International - 1 day ago
A Dry Bones Cartoon ~ It just got personal! Trump Fights Covid19!! Read more by Yaakov Kirschen at Dry Bones . http://drybonesblog.blogspot.com/
More Capital Per Worker Makes Workers More Productive
David Henderson, Econlib - 1 day ago
In a recent blog post, I wrote: Aside for non-economists: Why would reductions in income tax rates on corporations and on high-income individuals even be expected, at a theoretical level, to increase real wages? By increasing the incentive to invest in capital. The greater the capital to labor ratio, the higher are real wages. […] The post More Capital Per Worker Makes Workers More Productive appeared first on Econlib.
Is the POTUS Covid-Based Quarantine a Cover Story for the Enacting of Continuity of Government Protocols?
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Is the POTUS Covid-Based Quarantine a Cover Story for the Enacting of Continuity of Government Protocols? by Dave Hodges, https://thecommonsenseshow.com/home POTUS and FLOTUS have reportedly tested positive for the Coronavirus. Here is the President’s statement announcing his supposed contraction of CV-19. – “Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine …
ATR's International Coalition Meetings
Bienvenido Oplas Jr, Government and Taxes - 22 hours ago
The Americans for Tax Reforms (ATR, Washington DC) holds a monthly International Coalition Meeting (ICM) for decades now. ATR was formed in 1985 and headed by the ever-energetic Grover Norquist. The monthly ICM is hosted by my good friend Lorenzo Montanari of ATR (also the Exec. Director of the Property Rights Alliance PRA) and Mr. Alex Chafuen, President of Acton Institute and former President of the Atlas Network. I have met Alex in 2004 when I Atlas gave me an International Fellowship and travel to the US for a training and meet free market think tanks in the US and other coun...
Voter Rejection Of The Republican Party Will Be Massive-- But How Massive?
DownWithTyranny, DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
I've been writing a lot about Trump's electoral toxicity and how his defeat is going to crash the Republican Party-- losing them the Senate, dozens more House seats and even more dozens of state legislative seats, including flipped chambers. But how do we know? I mean it makes sense that what we see coming is an anti-red tsunami not just an anti-Trump tsunami and that voters are going to take out his enablers as well as him. You see it among the Lincoln Project GOP elites for example, where they are churning out anti-Trump ads *and* ads aimed at vulnerable Republican senators wh...
How China’s foreign policy shapes prejudice against Chinese Indonesians
Nathanael Gratias Sumaktoyo and Burhanuddin Muhtadi, New Mandala - 1 day ago
China’s domestic and foreign policy actions indirectly affect prejudice against Chinese Indonesians The post How China’s foreign policy shapes prejudice against Chinese Indonesians appeared first on New Mandala.
BWorld 455, No climate emergency
Bienvenido Oplas Jr, Government and Taxes - 1 day ago
* My article in BusinessWorld, October 01, 2020. Among the big headlines this week is the report that President Rodrigo Duterte is considering the environmentalists’ lobby to declare a “climate emergency.” Greenpeace in particular lobbies to phase out or kill coal and other fossil fuel power, mining. They want to plunge the country in blackout-friendly intermittent, variable renewable energies (VREs) like wind, solar and biomass. The endless lobby to demonize fossil fuels, mining, conventional vehicles running on oil, related measures are based on a very opportunistic, corrupt, ...
Sky and Earth: The Parents of the Sun
Unknown, The Conservative Socrates - 1 day ago
Three thousand years ago, the composers of the *Rigveda *imagined the morning sun as a child born from the union of sky, the father, and earth, the mother. The hundred-sixtieth hymn in the *Rigveda’s *first mandala depicts the sky and earth as the two divinities who are the sun’s parents. The sky is the abode of eternality where the sun resides, while the earth is the abode of mortality where the humans and other creatures reside. This hymn is credited to Rishi Dīrghatamas, who belongs to the Angirasa clan, one of the oldest Rishi families in the Vedic tradition, and known for his ...
North Korea's New Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Will Be Shown To The Public On October 10
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 1 day ago
Intercontinental ballistic missiles, Hwasong-15, are seen at a military parade marking the 70th founding anniversary of the Korean People's Army at Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang in February 2018. (KCNA-Yonhap) *The Korea Herald:* *N. Korea seen moving intercontinental ballistic missile: report* South Korean and US intelligence have spotted North Korea moving an intercontinental ballistic missile, along with four mobile launchers, at an auto plant on the outskirts of Pyongyang, a Seoul official told a local media outlet on Saturday. “The missile is larger than the one they fi...
This WWI Army Captain Fought To End Racial Segregation in the Military
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* New York blue-blood Hamilton Fish III helped lead the “Harlem Hell Fighters” throughout World War I. *Key Point*: Fish lived long enough to see the entire U.S. Armed Forces fully integrated with both blacks and women. In July 1918, 30-year-old U.S. Army Captain Hamilton Fish, Jr., was in war-torn France with the 15th New York National Guard Regiment—also known as the (U.S.) 369th Infantry. This would not have been unusual, except that the regiment was an all-black unit led by white officers. Furthermore, the regiment was under French c...
RED ALERT: Are the President’s Enemies Preparing a COUP?
Hadenoughalready, 'Nox & Friends - 1 day ago
Who Wants President Trump Dead?
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 1 day ago
10/4/2020 By Cliff Kincaid – October 4, 2020 Cleveland Clinic, the sponsor of the presidential debate, admits that at least 11 positive coronavirus tests can be traced to members of the media or organizers of the event. This is either gross incompetence or malfeasance for a federally-funded organization supposedly specializing in health and welfare. These … Continue reading Who Wants President Trump Dead? →
Failed SCB/Shopee/Mulan Boycotts Reveal Unpopularity of Thai Protests
Land Destroyer, Alt Thai News Network ATNN - 1 day ago
How foreign funding and dishonest media made the protests look "popular" and how the reality of lost elections, failed rallies, and ignored boycotts have exposed just how unpopular they really are. *October 5, 2020* (Tony Cartalucci - ATN) - Thailand's so-called "pro-democracy" protests - led by the billionaire-led opposition and backed by the US government - claim to represent the majority of Thais. Yet in the 2019 general elections, several local elections since, and now through a series of failed boycotts and even flopped rallies - it is becoming clear that the "pro-democracy"...
U.S. Has the Shortest Life-Expectancy of All Rich Nations.
Eric Zuesse, The Duran - 1 day ago
Eric Zuesse, originally posted at Strategic Culture According to the U.N.’s “Human Development Report 2019”, which is the latest available global information (published on 9 December 2019), the United States is the only country that ranks in the top 15 on “Human Development” in which the life expectancy at birth is now below 80.0 years. […]
Will The Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic Trigger Massive Societal Shifts?
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 1 day ago
© CC BY 2.0 / Bryan Ledgard / Goth weekends *Andrew Latham, The Conversation*: *How 3 prior pandemics triggered massive societal shifts * Before March of this year, few probably thought disease could be a significant driver of human history. Not so anymore. People are beginning to understand that the little changes COVID-19 has already ushered in or accelerated – telemedicine, remote work, social distancing, the death of the handshake, online shopping, the virtual disappearance of cash and so on – have begun to change their way of life. They may not be sure whether these chan...
Tales From The Eastern Front: A Luftwaffe Soldier Remembers War, Desertion, And Freedom
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* During World War II, Joachim Benz served on the Eastern Front in a Luftwaffe ground unit known as a field division. *Following service as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery during the early 1970s, Ward Carr decided to remain in Germany, residing in Frankfurt. He has worked as a language trainer, freelance journalist, and translator. In 2001, Carr and a German colleague began writing a book featuring the crew of the famous battleship *Bismarck.* While searching for survivors and family members of *Bismarck* sailors, Carr...
WWII Super Summit: When Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin Met in Tehran
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, World* [image: Wikimedia Commons] The Tehran Conference was the most important of the Allies’ top-level wartime meetings, including Yalta and Potsdam. By agreeing to the Overlord plan, with Soviet forces advancing from the east, the Big Three shaped future Europe. World War II made a disparate trio of allies —British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Soviet Marshal Joseph Stalin, and American President Franklin D. Roosevelt—military as well as political leaders in turn. They were guilty of monumental strategic mistakes in 1941, showed consider...
Russia's Stealth Fighter Force Is Far Inferior To NATO's Air Fleet
Michael Peck, The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, Europe* The Russian Air Force has ordered a dozen Su-57s, enough to form a squadron that will become operational in 2019. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *“As of the beginning of 2018, only 194 Su-30 units of various modifications and 70 Su-35 units are in the Russian Air Force. In addition, it is unknown how many of these machines are really combat ready. Therefore, in general, taking into account the fourth-generation fleet of vehicles, the Russian Air Force is significantly inferior to the United States Air Force and, all the more, the combined av...
How the B-21 Stealth Bomber Is America's Key to Winning Future Wars
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2011%3Anewsml_GM1E73L0SSP01&share=true] We keep getting one step closer to having the B-21 fully armed and operational. *Key point: *The B-21 will be even stealthier and more powerful than the B-2. Here is how it will change how war is waged. The first flight of the new U.S. Air Force B-21 stealth bomber is now less than two years away, a milestone expected to usher in a new era in stealth technology, avionics, targeting, data management and AI for bomber aircraft . “The B-21 is...
WaPo Publishes Paranoid Screed Cautioning Readers Not To Let Russia Make Them Paranoid
Caitlin Johnstone, Caitlin Johnstone - 1 day ago
“Russia and other adversaries may not need to hack the election if they can hack something else: our minds.” So begins a crazy, paranoid Washington Post editorial titled “The U.S. may be safe from foreign interference in this election. But what about perception hacking?”, cautioning readers not […]
ON SECOND THOUGHT ...
Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog - 1 day ago
I thought there was a slim chance Trump might spin this experience as a Road to Damascus moment, and try to convince people now he was going to take the pandemic seriously. The ride in the Suburban blew that idea to hell. — James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) October 4, 2020 So maybe you should completely disregard my last post. I lulled myself into imagining that Trump might stumble on the fact that there was an advantage to be gained from arousing people's sympathies under these circumstances. You'd think a guy who wants to take advantage of anything and everything that will h...
Trump On The Mend, CNN Hardest Hit
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 1 day ago
pic.twitter.com/0Bm9W2u1x7 — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 4, 2020 @JackPosobiec – All of the anonymous sources just died I have relatives in the hospitality/hotel industry. President Trump is the Ultimate Host. He enjoys making sure people are taken care of and having a good time. He just sent the people who there to support him… Continue reading →
Alarm sounded on possible Queensland vote fraud as enrolment numbers surge
Editor, cairnsnews, Cairns News - 3 days ago
By EDITOR, CAIRNS NEWS QUEENSLAND MPs have been warned of likely voting fraud in this month’s state election following reports that some 300,000 additional young voters had enrolled for the October 31st poll. The Labor Party across Australia has a sordid record of foul play in elections at party branch, state, federal and council elections, […]
Have Americans Given Up Watching Sports?
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 1 day ago
All players, coaches and refs take a knee and lock arms during the national anthem before the Lakers-Clippers game. pic.twitter.com/eZ9RHE3eh7 — Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) July 31, 2020 *Breitbart:* *NBA Finals Game 2 Ratings Crash by 68%, Least Watched Finals Game in History * Both Game 1 and Game 2 of the NBA Finals between the L.A. Lakers and the Miami Heat have suffered the worst ratings crash in the league’s entire TV broadcast history. Despite the matchup including two of the league’s biggest stars (LeBron James and Anthony Davis), Game 1 of the Finals on Wednesday w...
Jim Willie: How High Will The Silver Price Go
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Arcadia Economics We’ve talked plenty about the reasons why #silver is almost going to have to move higher at some point. But when silver moves, how high will the price actually go? Dr. #JimWillie, editor of #TheHatTrick letter, joined us at #SilverFest to share what he thinks. end
Cold and snow in Spain
Robert, Ice Age Now - 1 day ago
3 Oct 2020 – The effects of storm Álex are felt at low elevations with snow thicknesses up to 25 cm. The mercury dropped to 5C below zero in Cerler, the coldest temperature in Spain on Saturday, followed by Torla with minus 2.1C, and Panticosa with minus 1.8C, according the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet). Along ... Read more Cold and snow in Spain The post Cold and snow in Spain appeared first on Ice Age Now.
We Are Being Lied To! Here Is How…
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Spiro Skouras As we approach the one year anniversary of the novel coronavirus outbreak, we find ourselves facing many unanswered questions. We find ourselves worse off in many ways, in comparison to when the outbreak just began, as we receive signals from public health officials and the media to prepare for another lockdown. It appears …
WWI Question: Was the "Western Betrayal" of Eastern Europe Really a Betrayal?
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* [image: Wikimedia Commons] Great Britain’s position in Europe had been compromised by the war between Russia and Germany. The winner would control Europe’s heartland, and short of a war with the Soviet Union there was very little the Western democracies could do about it. British historian Alan Clark wrote in his book *Barbarossa*, “Roosevelt’s betrayal of Eastern Europe, whether out of calculation or gullibility, is so notorious as to need no further recapitulation.” National pride is a bitter pill to swallow. Some of the bitterness go...
South Korea's Social Safety Net Wasn't Prepared For Coronavirus
Jae-jin Yang, The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Jae-jin Yang* *Security, Asia* The pandemic has managed to reveal flaws in South Korea’s social safety net, especially for those who are self-employed, as social distancing has generated an unexpected ongoing de facto lockdown effect on small businesses. South Korea has experienced three economic crises since its democratisation in 1987: the Asian financial crisis (1997–1999), the global financial crisis (2008–2009) and the current COVID-19 economic crisis. Like the two crises before it, the COVID-19 economic crisis has given renewed impetus for expanding social welfare support...
Why the Supersonic Concorde Passenger Jet Failed
Caleb Larson, The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Caleb Larson* *History, Europe* Concorde was done in by a combination of market forces that negatively impacted the aviation industry, a terror attack, and a freak accident. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *Despite Concorde’s many achievements, it didn’t live long. For comparison, the iconic Boeing 747 was introduced into service in 1970 and went on to become one of the world’s most successful jet airliners—and it still flies today, easily surpassing the Concorde in usefulness. Still, flying aboard a Concorde was an unforgettable experience—despite the hefty price tag. The C...
Greater U.S. Investment in the Western Balkans Could Spur Regional Reconciliation
Paul McCarthy, Paul Prososki, The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Paul McCarthy, Paul Prososki* *Security, Americas* This is how Washington could contribute to greater U.S. engagement in the Western Balkans after years of retrenchment and help pushback against Russian and Chinese influence in a strategic and chronically unstable part of Europe. The Balkans often seem to be stuck in the past . . . or sometimes, just plain stuck. One of the most intractable problems in the region is the Serbia-Kosovo stalemate. The aftermath of the 1998–99 war and the NATO bombing of Serbia led to Kosovo’s declaration of independence a decade later. To Serbia,...
What the #FinCENFiles Reveal About Latin America’s Money Laundering Threats
Andrés Martínez-Fernández, The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Andrés Martínez-Fernández* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] This investigative reporting should serve as a reminder of the severity of the illicit finance challenge and the need for increased political and financial support for the entities charged with protecting the global financial system, particularly in vulnerable regions like Latin America. Illicit finance and money laundering have long been significant yet underappreciated challenges for Latin America. Corrupt officials, unscrupulous elites, and sophisticated criminal groups expertly exploit weak and underfunded ins...
More Democracy Means More Populism and Crassness
Sumantra Maitra, The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Sumantra Maitra* *Politics, Americas* [image: Reuters] Democrats should remember this when the next time they want to abolish the electoral college. It would only lead to more uncouth populist leaders from both left and right, trying to appeal to more hyperemotional masses. As someone who resides in the United Kingdom and works for American publications and think-tanks, watching one of the most toxic debates in the history of televised debates was a rough experience. It was utterly debasing and humiliating for a constitutional republic that this spectacle from the world’s predo...
The Tactics Of WWII Tank Destroying: Say Hello To The Nazi's Marder III
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* Cobbled together from existing weapons, the motorized Marder plugged a dangerous gap in German antitank capability. On the second day of Adolf Hitler’s bold invasion of Russia in June 1941, the Germans were confronted with one of their most glaring shortcomings in weapons and armament. It occurred when General Mikhail Kirponos unleashed the formidable Russian T-34 medium tank as part of a determined counterattack in the Ukraine against a portion of General Gerd von Rundstedt’s Army Group South. When the pack of T-34s bore down on eleme...
Upgrade Time: How the Army Wants to Improve the M72 LAW Anti-Tank Bazooka
Caleb Larson, The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Caleb Larson* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC21RI9C3M12&share=true] The weapon is very portable, but lacks the right stopping power. *Key point: *The LAW is an older, but useful weapon since it is lighter than the new Javelin. However, it needs a few adjustments for the modern battlefield. The M72 LAW has been used by the Marine Corps since the days of jungle fighting in Vietnam. In that conflict, the LAW was prized for its compactness and portability, giving grunts a portable and potent anti-armor capabil...
Before World War II, Jozef Tiso's Slovakia Fell In Love With Nazi Germany
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* Monsignor Josef Tiso led Slovakia into an alliance with Hitler and the Nazis. According to the 1960 memoirs of Henriette Hoffmann von Schirach, Adolf Hitler called Father Josef Tiso, a monsignor in the Roman Catholic Church and premier of Fascist Slovakia, “The little parson.” CBS radio broadcaster William L. Shirer described Tiso as being “almost as broad as he was tall” in his book The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. Dr. Paul Schmidt of the German Foreign Office recalled, “It was strange to see Hitler greeting this Catholic priest ...
How A Family Of Tourists Came Across An Abandoned Israel Merkava Tank
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Peter Suciu* *Security, * It is arguably impossible not to find remnants of past conflicts in the Middle East. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *Originally developed to take on Soviet tanks that were in service by Israel's Arab rivals, the tank was laid out in a rather unorthodox manner compared to contemporary Western and Soviet tanks, featuring a design more akin to some infantry fighting vehicles. Instead of having the engine at the rear, the engine was moved in front of the crew compartment, with the turret placed further back on the chassis. It is arguably impossible not...
Media Outraged After President Trump Makes Surprise Visit To Supporters Outside Walter Reed Hospital
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 1 day ago
Statement from the president of the White House Correspondents Association, @ZekeJMiller: pic.twitter.com/1shmXrE8bJ — Alayna Treene (@alaynatreene) October 4, 2020 The Secret Service personnel put in an enclosed space with a contagious Trump for a photo op https://t.co/s0TLanB970 — Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) October 4, 2020 "President Trump took a short, last-minute motorcade ride to wave to his supporters outside and has now returned to the Presidential Suite inside Walter Reed," WH spokesman @JuddPDeere45 said How many staff/USSS agents were potentially exposed to pull ...
The Conservative Establishment Is Not Going To Save The Planet While They Are Squeezing Cash Out Of The Status Quo-- We Have To Take Matters Into Our Own Hands: Montana
DownWithTyranny, DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Blue America has never endorsed anyone for a state Public Service Commission position before, but progressive state Rep. Tom Woods has proven himself in the Montana state legislature and he's running in a district the size of West Virginia for a position that's more impactful than that of a state legisaltor. As you probbsaly already know if you've been reading *DWT*, Montana is one of the strangest political landscapes in the West. The state has a million people living in an area that is larger than Germany. That’s an awful lot of dirt between light bulbs. In huge swaths of the ...
Sunday Afternoon Links
Unknown, Accidental Deliberations - 1 day ago
This and that for your Sunday reading. - Chris Bauch, Dillon Thomas Browne, Madhur Anand and Brendon Phillips write about the multiple harms caused by large class sizes in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. - David Macdonald finds that nearly 2 million Canadians are better off as a result of the improvements to COVID supports won by the NDP. But Dean Herd, Yuna Kim and Christine Carrasco study how our system of social supports continues to leave out singles living in deep poverty - which remains a problem with coronavirus relief as well due to the Libs' arbitrary dividing li...
A quiet and competitive baseball star passed away
Keith, musingsofanoldfart - 1 day ago
As a boy, I had dreams of being a professional baseball player. I began playing organized baseball when I was 8 and did not stop until my senior year of high school. I was reminded of that yesterday, when one … Continue reading →
President Trump Greets Supporters Outside Of Walter Reed Hospital
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 1 day ago
BREAKING: President @realDonaldTrump greets supporters outside of Walter Reed: pic.twitter.com/2BSt2Xz2te — Benny (@bennyjohnson) October 4, 2020 Trump drives by the press and supporters outside Walter Reed hospital. pic.twitter.com/3phtKthqTH — Philip Crowther (@PhilipinDC) October 4, 2020 WATCH: President Trump's motorcade drives past supporters outside of Walter Reed medical center. pic.twitter.com/vxKWAFv83t — NBC News (@NBCNews) October 4, 2020 President Trump drives by supporters outside Walter Reed Medical Center. pic.twitter.com/V5UchepTRs — CSPAN (@cspan) October 4, 2020 ...
Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis: What lies ahead could include a constitutional crisis over succession
Stephanie Newbold, Associate Professor, Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers University Newark, Politics/Election '20 – The Conversation - 1 day ago
A president may transfer power to the vice president if they are no longer capable of carrying out their official role. But there are many unanswered questions about this rarely used process.
RSBN Hosts Livestream Broadcast With Trump Supporters From Walter Reed Medical Center…
sundance, The Last Refuge - 1 day ago
Right Side Broadcasting Network (RSBN) continues to cover the MAGA supporters outside Walter Reed Medical Center. Livestream below: MAGA: …We may not always have it all together; but together our fellowship has has it all. ~’Merica.
President Trump Posts A Message On His Medical Condition
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 1 day ago
pic.twitter.com/0Bm9W2u1x7 — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 4, 2020 *WNU Editor:* He looks good. If he is faking it he is doing a very good job.
Chris Wallace Has Meltdown on Television – Blood Coming Out of His Whatever…
sundance, The Last Refuge - 1 day ago
Yes, the insufferable, arrogant and condescending guardian of the DC swamp gates is once again pearl-clutching, after being exposed as the insufferable leftist hack he is by the sunlight that is our president. Chris Wallace has a finger-pointing meltdown after … Continue reading →
Covid-19: Controlling YOU with an injectable microchip . . .
Fuzzyone, 'Nox & Friends - 1 day ago
Tyler Durden at Zerohedge.com posted this piece yesterday. The microchip everyone thinks will tell whether you have had a vaccine for Covid-19, or not, is here, but it is much more than just a simple file storage chip. It can change your DNA . . . I will let you read this, and decide for yourself what you feel about this development . . . the link is here. From the Zerohedge article: The revolutionary breakthrough came to a Canadian scientist named Derek Rossi in 2010 purely by accident. The now-retired Harvard professor claimed in an interview with the National Post that he … Contin...
Canada Says It Will Keep Its Border Closed To American Visitors 'For Months To Come'
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 1 day ago
Blair says the ban, which was set to expire October 21, will likely last for several months until the coronavirus outbreak is 'much less serious' in both countries. Pictured: The US-Canada border crossing is seen amid coronavirus disease outbreak in Lacolle, Quebec, April 17 *Daily Mail: **Canada will keep its border closed to American visitors 'for months to come' until the coronavirus outbreak is 'much less serious' in both countries * * Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says Canada will continue to restrict all non-essential travel to and from the US * Blair says the ban,...
21 Sane Ontario Doctors Sign Joint Letter to Doug Ford- NO to another lockdown
Penny, Penny for your thoughts - 1 day ago
*Focus on ICU and Deaths Rather then questionable test results. Wish more doctors would have had the courage to do right by their patients. We need to get our healthcare back on track here in Ontario. In fact all across Canada! Big time!* *Doc urges province to focus on ICU numbers, deaths rather than daily cases* *Dr. Neil Rau is among 21 Ontario doctors who have signed a joint letter urging Premier Doug Ford not to put the province in another lockdown because of rising COVID-19 cases. (test results- not cases)On Friday, Ford said his government would be implementing stricter p...
Just When You Think It Is Over…
E.M.Smith, Musings from the Chiefio - 1 day ago
A "little" Abba reminder... Continue reading →
The All-Wood Mosquito Jet Became Britain's WWII Saving Grace
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* An unconventional wooden British warplane should not have been a success against Axis powers but it was. Precise timing was crucial. More than 700 prisoners were being held in the Amiens prison, many of whom were being tortured by the Gestapo and were soon to be executed, according to reports that reached London. The Allies needed to hit the prison at midday to catch the unsuspecting German guards having lunch in their separate dining area. The twin-engine Mosquitos left the airfield at Hunsdon, north of London, linked up with Hawker T...
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