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WATCH: Congress members, US officials pledge allegiance to a foreign country
Alison Weir, Israel Palestine News - 11 hours ago
Video of members of both political parties pledging allegiance to Israel - thanks to the Israel lobby & its mega-donors – resulting in $10 million+ a day to Israel of US taxpayers' money...
Same Networks that Sold Us War Promote Pfizer’s Vaccines
Land Destroyer, Land Destroyer - 12 hours ago
*January 19, 2021* (Brian Berletic - LD) - The very same corporate media and so-called "Fact Checkers" that have helped sell decades of US war around the globe are now engaged in selling COVID-19 hysteria and promoting pharmaceutical giants like Pfizer and their apparently dangerous - even deadly COVID-19 vaccine. *Brian Berletic, formally known under the pen name "Tony Cartalucci" is a geopolitical researcher, writer, and video producer (YouTube here and BitChute here) based in Bangkok, Thailand. He is a regular contributor to New Eastern Outlook and more recently, 21st Century...
The endangerment of fossil fuels
Dr. Jay Lehr, CFACT - 12 hours ago
Replacing fossil fuel based electric generation with wind and solar power generation would require massive amounts of land and the destruction of natural habitats in return for less energy efficiency. The post The endangerment of fossil fuels appeared first on CFACT.
Single Payer: Which Way Forward?
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
To say that there’s a political disconnect in the fight for a national single payer health care delivery system is to state the obvious. The struggle for M4ALL has grown due to decades of grassroots organizing alongside the gradual worsening of Americans’ health insurance coverage, with support now reaching 70% in the general public as reported by FOX News after the November elections. Yet now in the middle of a pandemic, where the USA accounts for a quarter of the world’s infections, and a third of the deaths, the USA’s for-profit healthcare system has no national plan or coordin...
Canada Knew About The Plan To Assassinate Gen. Soleimani Before It Happened
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 14 hours ago
Canada’s former top military commander says that the U.S. gave Canada a heads-up on its plan to kill top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, according to his interview with the Globe and Mail this past week. General Jonathan Vance recently retired from his position as Canada’s Chief of Defence Staff, but left with some key information about Gen. Soleimani’s assassination. In his interview, the Globe and Mail reports him saying that the Pentagon alerted Ottawa on its plans to kill Gen. Soleimani so that it could put in “force protection measures” in case of Iranian counterstrikes. ...
50 Years Of Volunteer Spirit
Russ Curtis, International Bird Rescue - 10 hours ago
The year was 1971. A gallon of gas cost 40 cents. Nixon was president. The civil right’s movement from the previous decade galvanized as the spirit of activism was on the rise. Two years on from the summer of love, men’s and women’s hair was long. Bell bottom jeans were in vogue. And the Vietnam ... Read more The post 50 Years Of Volunteer Spirit appeared first on International Bird Rescue.
U.S. Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Says President Trump Provoked The Capital Hill Riot
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 10 hours ago
*Daily Mail*:* BREAKING NEWS: Mitch McConnell says Donald Trump 'PROVOKED' the MAGA riot and the 'mob was fed lies' in dramatic denunciation of president on the floor of the Senate * * Mitch McConnell said Tuesday Donald Trump 'provoked' the crowd who stormed the Capitol two weeks ago is his most outright denunciation of the president * 'The mob was fed lies. They were provoked by the president and other powerful people,' the majority leader said in Senate floor remarks * It is still unclear if there are enough Republican votes in the Senate to convict Trump on the articles o...
Why Is North Korea Showing the World So Many New Missiles?
Doug Bandow, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Doug Bandow* *North Korea Missiles, Asia* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC2KAK9ZR9O5&share=true] Can Biden keep relations steady and at least avoid an escalation? North Korea’s Kim Jong-un convened the Eighth Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) in early January. He took a tough, even confrontational stand toward the United States, and missile visuals were quite telling. However, militaristic bluster could not hide the grave economic and potential political challenges that he faces. The incoming Biden administration sho...
Can Russia Help Biden Get a Comprehensive Agreement with Iran?
Hanna Notte, Hamidreza Azizi, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Hanna Notte, Hamidreza Azizi* *Iran, Middle East* Though Moscow’s stance on Iran’s regional activities might be ambivalent, Russian competition with Iran in Syria, as well as their military-defense cooperation, will afford Washington limited opportunities to rely on Russian leverage-plays with Tehran. As Joe Biden embarks on his first weeks in office as U.S. president, an intensive debate is raging in Washington and global capitals on how to construct a Middle Eastern regional security process alongside the resumption of JCPOA, or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, related dip...
No, Tom Selleck Did Not ‘Finally Confirm the Rumors’
Jordan Liles, Snopes.com - 10 hours ago
We clicked "next page" more than 500 times in several slideshow articles to find the truth behind online advertisements featuring actor Tom Selleck.
Did Nostradamus Predict the World Will Fall After a ‘Feeble Man’ Rules?
Madison Dapcevich, Snopes.com - 10 hours ago
Nostradamus has been credited with accurately predicting dozens of historical events.
Maps and More
Larry-Lambert, Virtual Mirage - 11 hours ago
Then and Now This was the Washington DC “Green Zone” in 1865. It’s offered here to democrats who want to rebuild that place in 2021 – why reinvent the wheel, just rebuild the forts. Then, it was run by Republicans trying to get the Democrats to divest their slaves. Now it’s Democrats working to […] The post Maps and More appeared first on Virtual Mirage.
Don’t Let Your Potatoes Go Bad! Do These Simple Things to Keep Them From Sprouting.
Nick Meyer, AltHealthWorks.com - 11 hours ago
In just about any kitchen you’ll likely find a bag of potatoes sitting somewhere under the counter, just waiting to be peeled, boiled, and otherwise cooked. But if your potatoes end up sprouting and going bad you’ll end up having to throw them out like millions of people always do! Keeping your potatoes fresh is something that comes with a little practice but it’s well worth it to preserve one of the more nutritious foods in your pantry (especially if they’re sweet potatoes which are far more nutritious and have less anti-nutrients than the regular ones). Recently a meme has been ci...
Another FCC warning. Do not use the radio for criminal acts
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 11 hours ago
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Katie Couric says Trump supporters need to be ‘deprogrammed’
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 11 hours ago
The Post Millennial – by Mia Cathell Former co-anchor of NBC’s “Today” show Katie Couric ripped the Republicans in Congress who voted against impeaching President... The post Katie Couric says Trump supporters need to be ‘deprogrammed’ appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
"America’s Demise Is Near At Hand"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 11 hours ago
*"America’s Demise Is Near At Hand"* by Paul Craig Roberts "For years I have been cataloging America’s decline into collapse, not merely economic collapse from economic concentration and the offshoring of jobs and investment, but also the collapse of the belief system that created some unity among a diverse population. Today not only is the economy done for, but so is the belief system that sustained social and political stability. America no longer exists. A geographical entity exists of diverse peoples and interests, but not a country, much less a nation. The United States itsel...
It Starts: Seattle Fire Will Go Door To Door To “Adult Family” Homes Administer COVID-19 Vaccines
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 11 hours ago
SHTF Plan – by Mac Slavo The government is about to bring the vaccine to your door. Seattle Fire Department paramedics will be going door... The post It Starts: Seattle Fire Will Go Door To Door To “Adult Family” Homes Administer COVID-19 Vaccines appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey on Fears of Insider Attack on Biden Inaugural: “I’d be Worried About Gun-Carrying Republican Congressmen Being Near the President”
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 11 hours ago
Gateway Pundit – by Kristinn Taylor Retired U.S. Army General Barry McCaffrey, a highly decorated war hero of the Vietnam and Gulf Wars who later... The post Retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey on Fears of Insider Attack on Biden Inaugural: “I’d be Worried About Gun-Carrying Republican Congressmen Being Near the President” appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
How do you begin to deprogram?
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 12 hours ago
CNN to @CultExpert Steven Hassan, PhD: “How do you begin to deprogram” the Capitol Hill rioters? pic.twitter.com/ACMqvqAK80 — Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) January 19, 2021 The post How do you begin to deprogram? appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Biden picks Pennsylvania’s Rachel Levine as assistant health secretary
People for Life and Freedom, From the Trenches World Report - 12 hours ago
WFMZ 69 WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine to be his assistant secretary of health, leaving her poised to... The post Biden picks Pennsylvania’s Rachel Levine as assistant health secretary appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
DC National Guard Chief Has Everyone Asking: Did He Just Say “Transition TO Military Power”?
Enemy of the State, From the Trenches World Report - 12 hours ago
Home Tricks We’ve got a wild one on our hands today! All credit for this story goes to my friends over on Telegram who were... The post DC National Guard Chief Has Everyone Asking: Did He Just Say “Transition TO Military Power”? appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
French Workers Angrily Reject Social Distancing ‘Collars’
A Reader, From the Trenches World Report - 12 hours ago
Summit News – by Steve Watson Factory workers in France have labeled social distancing ‘dog collars’ as an “attack on individual liberty” as employers are... The post French Workers Angrily Reject Social Distancing ‘Collars’ appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Germany Probes 10 Deaths Linked to Pfizer mRNA Vaccine
NEWS WIRE, 21st Century Wire - 12 hours ago
*21WIRE* | Have Western authorities rushed the vaccine issue to suit the 'pandemic' narrative?
Heavy snowfall and extreme cold sweeps across Europe
Robert, Ice Age Now - 12 hours ago
Freezing temperatures crack railroad tracks in Poland, snow blankets most of the Turkish city of Istanbul. _________ During the weekend and on Monday, January 18, most of Turkey was at the mercy of a cyclone that formed in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. On January 19, the temperature in Istanbul at night dropped to -5 ..- ... Read more The post Heavy snowfall and extreme cold sweeps across Europe appeared first on Ice Age Now.
Audie Murphy - To Hell and Back (1955)
cefrith@hotmail.com, Charles Frith - 1 day ago
Last year I listened to a story about the most decorated man in WWII, who went on to star in his own film about his life in the military. By coincidence the topic emerged again, and then last week I... Although no trees were harmed during the creation of this post, a large number of electrons were greatly inconvenienced
Why Iran Is Showing Off Its Missile Might
Seth J. Frantzman, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Seth J. Frantzman* *Security, Middle East* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC22NJ9JEZ14&share=true] Iran is clear it wants to keep its missiles and use them to deter America. Iran has been conducting long-range missile drills days before U.S. President-elect comes to office. The goal of Tehran is to present the new U.S. administration with a* fait accompli* by showing off its capabilities. The recent Iranian missile drill saw one fall within 100 miles of the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier in the Indian ocean, and just twenty miles fro...
This Is The Russian Media View Of The Final Days Of The Trump Presidency
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 11 hours ago
FILE PHOTO: US President Donald Trump on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, DC, December 12, 2020 © Reuters / Cheriss May *RT:* *Trump wants US government to restrict more goods & services from China* With just days left in office, US President Donald Trump, has taken another swipe at Beijing, ordering government agencies to look for ways to minimize procurement of Chinese goods and services. The action, announced by National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien on Friday, implies reviewing laws and regulations and potential “executive actions.” This comes in response ...
Qatar Calls On Gulf Nations To Begin Talks With Iran
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 11 hours ago
Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani as he attends a press conference in Moscow on 23 December (AFP) *Middle East Eye*: *Qatar minister calls on Gulf states to hold talks with Iran* *Shortly after Saudi Arabia and its allies lifted their blockade on Doha, Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani calls for dialogue with Tehran * Qatar has called for Gulf Arab countries to hold talks with Iran, the foreign minister said in an interview aired on Tuesday, after Doha reconciled with its neighbours after a three-year blockade. Foreign Minister Sheikh M...
HSBC iniciaría arbitraje: cuestionan al sistema de justicia de El Salvador
bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
19-Jan-2021 El banco informó al ejecutivo, fiscalía y corte suprema que de no obtener respuesta a una solicitud de Amparo en el caso que perdió ante José Salaverría, iniciará un proceso contra el país.
Turkey ratifies free trade deal with Azerbaijan
bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
19-Jan-2021 Turkey ratified the free trade agreement with Azerbaijan, according to a notice issued in the Official Gazette.
US attacks Australia's 'extraordinary' plan to make Google and Facebook pay for news
bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
19-Jan-2021 The US has said could run counter to the US-Australia free trade agreement.
Paris et Bruxelles au secours de l'accord d'investissement entre l'Union et la Chine
bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
19-Jan-2021 Le texte, qui devrait être rendu public dans les tout prochains jours, comprend, au final, trois volets sur les quatre envisagés.
RDC: l'adhésion à la ZLECAF "va tuer à coup sûr notre économie" (Mushobekwa)
bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
19-Jan-2021 La députée nationale Marie-Ange Mushobekwa pense que cet accord impacter négativement l'économie nationale.
Kenya gears for third round talks on US trade deal
bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
19-Jan-2021 Trade and Industrialization Cabinet Secretary Betty Maina says the country is ready to return to the negotiating table once the new administration in the US settles.
In Zimbabwe there is Freedom of Speech, but no Freedom After the Speech
Global Issues News Headlines - 11 hours ago
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Jan 19 (IPS) - A long-running gag says “in Zimbabwe there is freedom of speech, but no freedom after the speech”. But for journalists and activists who have been forced to endure nights in the country’s overcrowded and filthy holding cells, this is no laughing matter as prison inmates have no personal protective equipment to guard against COVID-19. Read the full story, “In Zimbabwe there is Freedom of Speech, but no Freedom After the Speech”, on globalissues.org →
Imprisoned Saudi Activist and Other Rights Defenders Seek Justice in 2021
Global Issues News Headlines - 11 hours ago
NEW YORK, Jan 19 (IPS) - Two events generated significant interest and global solidarity in the final days of December 2020. A court in Saudi Arabia handed down a five years and eight months sentence to activist Loujain Al-Hathloul for publicly supporting women’s right to drive. Nicholas Opiyo, Ugandan human rights lawyer and defender of persecuted members of the LGBTQI community and political opponents of the president was arbitrarily detained on trumped up charges of ‘money laundering.’ Nicholas Opiyo was granted bail on 30 December following an outpouring of global support for ...
Maine recreational cannabis store faces fine over mermaid logo
Solomon Israel, Marijuana Business Daily - 11 hours ago
A South Portland, Maine, recreational cannabis retailer has run afoul of the state’s marijuana regulator over its logo, which depicts a mermaid holding a shell. SeaWeed Co. owner Scott Howard faces a $10,000 fine over the “willful use of a prohibited image,” the Portland Press Herald reported. Maine’s recreational cannabis rules prohibit labeling that depicts […] Maine recreational cannabis store faces fine over mermaid logo is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
What next for Jon Sopel?
Craig, Is the BBC biased? - 12 hours ago
As discussed on the open thread, Jon Sopel has a piece in the *Daily Telegraph* today which ends: But the real fragility of American democracy was properly on show in the weeks leading up to that day *["the storming of Congress by Trump supporters"]*. There was a coup attempt which was thwarted, thanks to a few heroes acting on principle. But it was a close run thing. Charlie has saved me the bother of critiquing this, writing: Is Sopel being impartial there? Was there a coup attempt? Was it thwarted by a few heroes acting on principle? That’s the way the liberals view it, th...
Senate Trial: Trump is Innocent and Should Defend Himself
Alexander Mercouris, The Duran - 12 hours ago
Senate Trial: Trump is Innocent and Should Defend Himself New Topic 22: The No-Show Option: Trump Could Sit Out The Senate Trial And Still Prevail The No-Show Option: Trump Could Sit Out The Senate Trial And Still Prevail Below is my column in the Hill on why President Donald Trump might want to consider skipping […]
26,000 National Guard troops are in Washington, D.C. Why? [Video]
Seraphim Hanisch, The Duran - 12 hours ago
The United States is now behaving like a totalitarian regime against her own people. God help us, what with such madmen in power. Further, in keeping with the liberal / elitist / globalist wave currently washing across the American government, there has been no effort to question or resist the massing of troops, flown in […]
The science of mRNA vacations
Mary, From the Trenches World Report - 12 hours ago
Dr. Tom Cowan Jan 15, 2021 The post The science of mRNA vacations appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Contact-Tracing Apps: What’s Needed to Be an Effective Public Health Tool
slandau, Lawfare - 12 hours ago
The main entrance to the Washington Hospital Center in D.C. (Medill DC, https://flic.kr/p/9RVT7L; CC BY 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/) Jane Bambauer and Brian Ray recently wrote how “Covid-19 Apps Are Terrible—They Didn’t Have to Be.” They argue that a false sense of priorities—most notably, a “fetishized notion of individual privacy”—kept the contact-tracing apps from working well and protecting us. But I’d argue the problem is not that simple. Bambauer and Ray have much of the big picture right. They’re correct that once the pandemic ends, policymakers aroun...
Tuesday Morning Links
Unknown, Accidental Deliberations - 12 hours ago
This and that for your Tuesday reading. - Jim Stanford discusses the reality that even from the standpoint of GDP and economic activity, we're better off implementing strong enough measures to control (or better yet, eradicate) the spread of COVID-19 rather than allowing the virus to run wild. But in the latest signal that far too many provinces are going backward in ensuring people can survive the coronavirus, Kelly Bennett reports on Doug Ford's decision to force nurses to go unpaid while they're in mandatory quarantine. - CBS News reports on doctors' observations that COVID-1...
Less 'Feminine' Looking? Your Sexual Harassment Claims May Be Seen As Less Credible
News Staff, Science 2.0 blogs - 12 hours ago
In 11 multi-method experiments involving more than 4,000 total participants designed to investigate the effect a victim's fit to the concept of a typical woman had on participants' view of sexual harassment and the consequences of that mental association, it was found that women who do not fit female stereotypes are less likely to be seen as victims of sexual harassment. If they claim they were harassed, they are less likely to be believed. read more
The Top Ten KeystoneCorona Moments of 2020: Part 8/10 – The Lockdown Blinders
RiskMonger, The Risk-Monger - 13 hours ago
People with blinders on fail to see their failures.
Somalia May Not Survive State Department’s Support for Rigged Elections
Michael Rubin, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Michael Rubin* *Security, Africa* In a region once known as the epicenter of piracy, it is a new era. GAROWE, SOMALIA—Garowe, the capital of Somalia’s Puntland state, defies the popular image of Somalia. Shiny glass office buildings arise from the arid Nugaal valley and stand above low-slung houses whose roofs are pink, blue, or other pastels. Men and women gather on outdoor decks in chic coffee shops to enjoy the cool evening breeze or walk down the street late at night to check out the latest products at malls selling everything from children’s toys to Italian shoes. Cellphon...
Can Biden Get Relations With Russia and North Korea Right?
William Jeynes, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*William Jeynes* *Security, Security* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2021%3Anewsml_RC228L9SFPUX&share=true] Biden has a lot of domestic tasks to urgently attend to, but he will still have to formulate a good foreign policy. We will soon find out what type of Commander-in-Chief President-elect Joe Biden will be, especially when it comes to North Korea, China, and Russia. During the second half of the twentieth-century, there was a common adage: “If you want a good economy vote Democrat; if you want to stay out of a war vote Republican.” With reg...
Game of Thrones Is the Most In-Demand TV Show in the World
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *Game of Thrones, Americas* According to Parrot’s 3rd Annual Global TV Demand Awards, HBO’s Game of Thrones was the Most In-Demand TV Show in the World. One unfortunate side effect of streaming becoming the primary method by which Americans consume entertainment is that there isn’t really any objective way to measure which shows and movies have the largest audience and popularity, in the way box office figures once did for theatrical releases. Nielsen now releases weekly figures of the most popular streaming shows, but not every service participates. Other firms...
Somali President Farmaajo Attempts a Silent Coup
Guled Ahmed, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Guled Ahmed* *Somalia, Africa* Farmaajo’s broken promises have set Somalia back by decades and his obsession with holding onto power has already torn the country apart. While the world was in shock over the storming of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump seeking to overturn the American election results, Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo was engaged in his own silent coup to ensure a return to power after his term ends in February 2021. In fact, the similarities between the Somali president and his American counterpart are startling: Both came to p...
Two Army National Guard Members Removed From Mission To Secure Biden Inauguration Due To Ties To 'Fringe Right Group Militias'
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 11 hours ago
National Guard soldiers maintain a watch over the U.S. Capitol, January 14. The nation's capital continues to boost security by shutting down access to iconic landmarks and erecting vehicle checkpoints ahead of Biden's inauguration. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts *Army Times/AP*:* Two Army National Guard members tied to right wing groups removed from mission to secure Biden inauguration * Two Army National Guard members are being removed from the mission to secure Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration. A U.S. Army official and a senior U.S. intelligence official say the two National Gua...
What does the vice president do?
Joshua Holzer, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Westminster College, Politics/Election '20 – The Conversation - 11 hours ago
The vice president may be second in line for the most powerful job in the nation, but there isn't necessarily a lot to do besides wait – unless the president wants another adviser.
Why do presidential inaugurations matter?
Dimitris Xygalatas, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut, Politics/Election '20 – The Conversation - 11 hours ago
Formal ceremonies and rituals can trigger psychological signals that command people's attention and strengthen the perceived importance of those moments.
New Laser Weapon To Be Deployed On US Navy Destroyers
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 11 hours ago
Artist's impression of Lockheed Martin’s HELIOS system. (Image courtesy of Lockheed Martin) *FOX News/Warrior Maven*:* Navy to deploy destroyers with new laser attack weapon * The Lockheed-built weapon is now operational and has been delivered to the Navy Navy destroyers will soon be armed with high-powered, precision 60kw laser weapons that can track and incinerate attacking drone targets at sea, bringing new "at-the-speed-of-light" attack technology to maritime warfare in new ways. Lasers have been operational for years, as the Navy’s Laser Weapons System (LAWs) was deployed ...
Human Rights Watch And Metro Center For Journalists’ Rights Document Limits On Press Freedom In Iraq
Joel Wing, MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 12 hours ago
(IMS) Human Rights Watch recently released its annual global report. It’s section on Iraqhad the usual criticisms of the government for not following due process to prosecuting Islamic State members for association alone not any specific crime and relying upon confessions obtained through torture and abuse. It also singled out Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kazemi who said he stood with the nation’s protests but did nothing to protect or compensate them since he’s been in office. One interesting tidbit was the limits the central and regional Kurdish governments place upon the press. ...
This Day In Iraqi History - Jan 19
Joel Wing, MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 12 hours ago
1948 Kurds from Iraq and Iran met in Baku Soviet Union Mustafa Barzani led plans for Kurdish movement (Musings On Iraq review *The Kurds, A Modern History*) (Musings On Iraq review *Kurds of Iraq, Tragedy and Hope*) (Musings On Iraq review *The Kurdish Revolt 1961-1970*) 1987 Iran started phase II of Op Karbala 5 Reached Jasim River 6 miles from Basra City Caused 2000 Iraqi casualties Population of Basra started leaving (Musings On Iraq interview with author Anthony Tucker-Jones on Iran-Iraq War) (Musings On Iraq interview with author Tom Cooper on Iran-Iraq War) (Mu...
Can We Crack The Right’s White Bloc?
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
“I’m a Trump supporter,” the man told Danny Timpona, and went on to say that as much as he needed affordable health care, he absolutely was not in favor of any plan that included undocumented immigrants. “This country’s too damn free. We need to take care of our own people,” he said. That wasn’t the end of their conversation on a front porch in rural North Carolina. It was the beginning. Timpona shared a bit of his own story, said there were many people he knew and loved who’d moved here from other places. He asked the man what his experience with immigrants has been. Turns out a ...
Can You Now Download Thousands of CIA Files on UFOs?
Nur Ibrahim, Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
Freedom of Information Act requests opened up decades worth of materials on unexplained and unidentified phenomena.
DOJ Now Says There Was No Plot To Kill Elected Officials
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
The U.S. Justice Department has reversed an earlier assertion in court by prosecutors that protestors who broke into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 had plans to “capture and assassinate elected officials.” Instead, the head of the DOJ investigation into the Capitol siege admitted that federal prosecutors filed a misleading statement before a federal judge in Arizona that was intended to prevent Jacob Chansley, aka Jake Angeli, from being released on bail. The DOJ said that though there were calls to kill officials during the two-hour takeover of the Capitol, no evidence has been di...
Martin Luther King’s Vision Of An Interconnected World
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
We are facing converging global crises — a horrific pandemic, worsening economic inequality both in the United States and globally, climate change and the continuing scourge of systemic racism around the world. What would Martin Luther King Jr. think or advise if he were alive today? What might he say in these days after the Capitol Building was attacked by a primarily white mob that was seeking to usurp the results of a free and fair election and implement an America First agenda through violent force? To get to these answers, we need to consider one of King’s most important and ...
Biden Picks Transgender Woman As Assistant Health Secretary
AP News, Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
Dr. Rachel Levine is poised to become the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
The Rosenberg Orphans And The Power Of Radical History
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
The Left would go crazy over Jewish American dissidents Abel and Anne Meeropol if they were alive today. Their tale is a radical epic so poignant that one wonders where the 10-part miniseries is. It covers a range of contemporary themes: children separated from parents, the political persecution of dissidents, and social justice warriors doing battle against a racist, xenophobic, increasingly fascistic America. It’s a story so fantastical, and containing so many celebrated names, that it’s hard to believe it hasn’t stuck better into the mainstream. Then again, a tale involving ju...
Memorandum Delta Echo Foxtrot Yankee: Remember Your Oath and Honor Your Duty
Teodrose Fikremariam, null - 12 hours ago
This is an urgent bulletin to all active duty personnel in the US Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines as well as to all veterans The post Memorandum Delta Echo Foxtrot Yankee: Remember Your Oath and Honor Your Duty appeared first on .
Black And White Pro Gun Activists Marched Together in Virginia, Guess Who Police Detained
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: black]During a pro-gun rally, black and white people open carried to assert their right to bear arms. However, police only stopped black people.
Global Warming Ends
Ron Clutz, Science Matters - 13 hours ago
The animation is an update of a previous analysis from Dr. Murray Salby. These graphs use Hadcrut4 and include the 2016 El Nino warming event. The exhibit shows since 1947 GMT warmed by 0.8 C, from 13.9 to 14.7, as estimated by Hadcrut4. This resulted from three natural warming events involving ocean cycles. The most […]
"Economic Market Snapshot PM 1/19/21"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 6 hours ago
*"Economic Market Snapshot PM 1/19/21"* *○* *"Nothing to See Here, Folks. I Mean, Literally, NOTHING"* ○ "Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone." - John Maynard Keynes *○* "Down the rabbit hole of psychopathic greed and insanity... Only the consequences are real - to *you*! ○ Gregory Mannarino, PM 1/19/21: *"Epic! Today Yellen Calls For MASSIVE DEBT EXPANSION.* * Imagine My Shock! "* - https://traderschoice.net/ ○ "The more I see of the monied classes, the better I understand the guillotine...
France Pushes Suspension Of EU-US Trade Dispute
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 10 hours ago
French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian speaks during a news conference at a meeting to discuss how to push forward stalled Arab-Israeli peace talks, in Amman, Jordan, September 24, 2020. Khalil Mazraawi/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo *Reuters:* *France wants suspension of 'poisonous' U.S.-Europe trade spat * PARIS (Reuters) - The European Union and the incoming administration of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden should suspend a trade dispute to give themselves time to find common ground, France’s foreign minister said in remarks published on Sunday. “The issue that’s pois...
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Jenna Orkin, From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 12 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin California urges stop to 300,000 COVID-19 vaccines after some fall ill LOS ANGELES (AP) — California's state epidemiologist is urging a halt to more than 300,000 coronavirus vaccinations using a Moderna vaccine version ... How Practical Is It, Really, to Suck Carbon Dioxide Out of the Air? A surge of corporate money could transform carbon removal from science fiction to reality. But it could also offer an excuse for maintaining dangerous habits. Over 100 COVID-19 cases linked to ‘superspreader’ salesman in China Turning cameras off during Zoom meetings can help t...
Yakutia sees longest cold spell in 14 years as Siberia quivers through abnormally harsh temperatures
The Watchers » Latest articles - 12 hours ago
The Siberian region of Yakutia has shivered through its longest cold spell in 14 years, with temperatures plunging below -40 °C (-40 °F) during the middle of December 2020. The area is currently in the grip of an abnormally long period of harsh cold that is...... Read more »
Headlines from Palestine that Israel doesn’t want you to read
contact@ifamericansknew.org, Israel Palestine News - 12 hours ago
Israel and its military trample Palestinian human rights on a daily basis. Here are just a few headlines from the last week that U.S. media ignored.
Halifax councillors to consider $7 million for new Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Zane Woodford, Halifax Examiner - 13 hours ago
Councillors will consider spending $7 million on the new Art Gallery of Nova Scotia as part of their 2021-2022 budget deliberations. Halifax regional council’s Audit and Finance Standing Committee asked for a staff report on Tuesday on the request from the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS) — equal to a little more than 5% […]
California Calls to Halt Moderna’s mRNA Vaccine Due to Adverse Reactions
NEWS WIRE, 21st Century Wire - 13 hours ago
*Childrens Health Defense* | Alarm after 'higher-than-usual allergic reactions were reported.'
CHILDREN OF FLINT: "The mass poisoning of every kid in Flint!"
<b>bob somerby</b>, the daily howler - 13 hours ago
*MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 2021* *"It's something you don't grow out of:"* We'll start with something that doesn't matter, except to the extent that it does. It appears on page A1 of this morning's New York Times. Essentially, it serves as a headline atop a highly significant news report. This is what it says: * 2,048 deaths were reported on Jan. 4 alone.* In print editions, that slightly peculiar statement is cast in the role of a virtual headline atop a highly visible front-page news report. The report, by Amy Harmon and three others, concerns an extremely significant topic—t...
Veteran Celebrates Nuclear Ban Treaty
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
As a veteran concerned about issues of war and peace, I am happy to celebrate the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), the important new international peace initiative. The “Nuclear Ban Treaty,” as it is also known, was approved 122-1 by the UN General Assembly in July 2017, a clear expression of the will of the world’s people. On October 24, 2020, Honduras became the 50th nation to ratify the TPNW, triggering a 90-day period before it goes into force, on January 22. The International Campaign for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) was awarded the 2017 No...
Parting words: A view of the clown called Trump
Bruce K. Gagnon, Organizing Notes - 13 hours ago
*Someone asked "Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?" * Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England, wrote this magnificent response: "A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace - all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast ...
Billboards Inform That The Nuclear Ban Treaty Takes Effect
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
Beginning January 18th, four billboards around Puget Sound will display the following paid public service announcement (PSA): NUCLEAR WEAPONS BANNED BY NEW U.N. TREATY; Get them out of Puget Sound! Included in the advertisement is a U.S. Navy photo of the Trident submarine USS Henry M. Jackson returning to port following a routine strategic deterrent patrol. The ad seeks to inform citizens in the Puget Sound region of the pending entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), and also asks citizens to accept their role and responsibility – as taxpayer...
KERRI-ANN M. SMITH
cmaadmin, Diverse - 13 hours ago
*KERRI-ANN M. SMITH* has been named the Inaugural Faculty Fellow for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity at Queensborough Community College. Associate professor at the institution, Smith holds a bachelor’s degree in English and Africana studies from Binghamton University, a master’s degree in English education from Brooklyn College and a doctorate in education, also from Binghamton.
ROWENA ORTIZ-WALTERS
cmaadmin, Diverse - 13 hours ago
*ROWENA ORTIZ-WALTERS* has been named dean of the Greehey School of Business at St. Mary’s University. Previously dean of the School of Business and Economics at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh, Ortiz-Walters holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Connecticut (UCONN), an MBA from the University of New Haven and a Ph.D. in management, also from UCONN.
KATHLEEN CORNELY
cmaadmin, Diverse - 13 hours ago
*KATHLEEN CORNELY* has been appointed the Robert H. Walsh ’39 Endowed Professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry at Providence College. It is the college’s first endowed chair in the sciences. A professor of chemistry and biochemistry for more than 25 years at the school, Cornely holds a bachelor’s from Bowling Green State University, a master’s in biochemistry/endocrinology from Indiana University Bloomington and a Ph.D. in nutritional biochemistry from Cornell University.
Are gun rights up for grabs under the Biden Administration?
Gabriella Hoffman, CFACT - 13 hours ago
How will the firearms industry and gun rights be impacted by the incoming Biden Administration? Find out in today's District of Conservation podcast. The post Are gun rights up for grabs under the Biden Administration? appeared first on CFACT.
"How It Really Is"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 13 hours ago
Oh, stick around, the fun's just starting...
"A Few Notes on Deflation/Inflation"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 13 hours ago
*"A Few Notes on Deflation/Inflation"* by Charles Hugh Smith "Not unsurprisingly, people want a binary option: do we get deflation or inflation? Unfortunately, reality is messy. Broadly speaking, globalization is deflationary as capital seeks the lowest cost labor, parts and materials, the least stringent environmental standards and the most corrupt governance to maximize profits by any means available (in this case, exploitation and corruption). Wages lose purchasing power as every labor force competes with the cheapest available pool of global labor, and domestic companies must l...
New 2021 rankings for the strongest military forces in the Middle East
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
[image: New 2021 rankings for the strongest military forces in the Middle East] BEIRUT, LEBANON 4:10 P.M.) – The annual rankings of military strength of the countries of the world, issued by the Global Fire Power website, were released recently, along with the regional rankings. In the Middle East region, Turkey was considered the strongest military, followed by Egypt at number two and Iran at number three. Saudi Arabia ranked fourth in the military power in the Middle East, followed by Israel in fifth place, the Emirates sixth, Iraq in seventh place, Syria in eighth, Kuwait ranked...
Russian forces blow up militant cave in northwestern Syria: video
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 15 hours ago
[image: Russian forces blow up militant cave in northwestern Syria: video] BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:30 P.M.) – The Russian Armed Forces were filmed recently carrying out an operation in the Hama Governorate to destroy a militant cave near the administrative border of Idlib. In the video shared by Russia’s Channel 5 News, the Russian Armed Forces can be seen combing through the militant cave inside the northwestern countryside of the Hama Governorate. Just before they blew up the cave, the Russian forces can be seen coming across weapons left behind by the militant forces that once occupie...
Real estate agents gone bad: from storming the Capitol to violating COVID regulations to stealing dogs
Tim Bousquet, Halifax Examiner - 15 hours ago
News 1. COVID-19 No new cases of COVID-19 were announced in Nova Scotia yesterday (Monday, Jan. 18). There are 25 known active cases in the province. No one is in hospital with the disease. Nova Scotia Health labs conducted 1,079 tests Sunday. Here are the new daily cases and seven-day rolling average since the start […]
Joe Biden’s Coronavirus Relief Spending Plan: What To Make Of It
Milton Ezrati, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Milton Ezrati* *Politics, Americas* Joe Biden has put together a $1.9 trillion plan to relieve the pandemic’s economic stains. But will it work? Incoming President Joe Biden has announced a $1.9 trillion plan to relieve the pandemic’s economic stains. Parts of the plan might help ease some of the suffering caused by the anti-virus lockdowns and quarantines. Other parts of it, however, have nothing to do with the pandemic. At this point, much of it is probably unnecessary. Half the spending plan concerns aid to households. It would offer $1,400 direct payments to most household...
First Blood in the Crimea: The Battle of Alma
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* Following an amphibious landing on the Crimean Peninsula, the allied army of France and Great Britain marched on Sevastopol. *Here's What You Need to Know*: The Russian withdrawal would become a rout. On the morning of September 14, 1854, an Anglo-French fleet arrived off the coast of the Crimean Peninsula in the Black Sea. There were hundreds of vessels, including towering, three-decked warships, sleek frigates, and lumbering transports ready to disgorge their cargoes of men, horses, and equipment. The objective of the campaign was to ...
Above Politics: The U.S. Military Will Always Defend the Constitution
Matthew R. Crouch, Ron C. Fairbanks, Christopher P. Mulder, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Matthew R. Crouch, Ron C. Fairbanks, Christopher P. Mulder* *Politics, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_MT1USATODAY14183033&share=true] The American people can have confidence that their servicemen and women will continue to serve regardless of who is president, as has been the case since Washington relinquished the presidency to Adams, with a total and unflagging commitment to the Constitution of the United States. Over the past six months a disturbing trend emerged in our awareness, we noticed people, some of whom we kno...
Bell OH-58 Kiowa Flew With the U.S. Army For Nearly 50 Years
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *History, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2006%3Anewsml_GM1DSOLHZQAA&share=true] That is one impressive life of service for this spunky, little helicopter. As a small observation, utility and direct fire support helicopter, the Bell OH-58 Kiowa may not be as well-known as the UH-60 Blackhawk or AH-64 Apache, but the Kiowa was the U.S. Army’s workhorse for nearly fifty years. It was only in last July that the Kiowa made its final flight with the U.S. military. On July 9, 2020, eight pilots with the 1st Battalion, Aviation ...
Wadi El-Rayan's Magic Lake in Egypt's Fayoum [Flickr]
Kodak Agfa, Egyptian Chronicles - 13 hours ago
Kodak Agfa posted a photo: [image: Wadi El-Rayan's Magic Lake in Egypt's Fayoum] The Magic lake at Egypt's Wadi El Rayan Protectorate in Fayoum
Russian Snipers Train In Minus 35 Degrees
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 13 hours ago
© Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation *RT:** Russian snipers train for frosty fights in minus 35 degrees amid wider plans to increase Arctic warfare capabilities * Setting their sights on a conflict at the very end of the world, Russia's marksmen have staged a series of training exercises in freezing temperatures, hitting targets at long range and concealing themselves in snow drifts. The press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Monday that the grueling drills had been carried out by army snipers based in the Far East region of Transbaikal, almost ...
冷たい頭と温かい心 - による引用です M.N. Hopkins
Stranger in a Strange Land, Stranger in a Strange Land - 14 hours ago
冷たい頭と温かい心。 先祖を敬い、誇りに思いましょう。 覚えておいてください。彼らは、私たちが今まで享受してきた自由を私たちに与えるために、想像をはるかに超える犠牲を払い、苦しんできました。 これらのデマを終わらせ、邪悪なカルト教団による国家操作に終止符を打つことで、私たちは子孫のためにより良い明日を作り、そうすることで、彼らはいつの日か私たちの苦しみと犠牲を称え、より良い未来だけでなく、奴隷から自由になり、人間性が損なわれないことを保証するために、彼らのために私たちがしたことに敬意を表するでしょう。 © 2021 M.N.ホプキンス *To read the original in English, please click on the link below:* *https://mnhopkins.blogspot.com/2021/01/cool-heads-and-warm-hearts-quotation-by.html*
Blue states vs red states - the economic difference is striking
Peter, Bayou Renaissance Man - 14 hours ago
Brandon Smith, whom we've met in these pages several times, points out the real impact of politics on the people in an economic comparison of blue versus red states. Blue state economies are dying because they are oppressive and this stifles trade and business. *. . .* According to the U.S. Postal Service, New York City alone saw over 300,000 residents pick up everything and leave from March to October. This is an unprecedented spike, an exodus the likes of which New York has not seen in a long time. On the other side of the country, California is witnessing its own exodus, ...
No Profile In Courage
Owen Gray, Northern Reflections - 14 hours ago
Donald Trump has almost left the building. But Mitch McConnell has survived. Jennifer Senior writes that history's judgment of McConnell will be damning: McConnell may think that the speech he gave on the Senate floor on Jan. 6, objecting to the election deniers, will spare him history’s judgment. It will not. It did not make him a hero. It simply made him a responsible citizen. If McConnell ultimately votes to convict Donald Trump in his second Senate impeachment trial — he has suggested he’s open to the idea — that won’t make him a hero, either. He will simply have done the rig...
From Pirates to Parrot Heads – a tribute to Jimmy Buffett (a reprise)
Keith, musingsofanoldfart - 14 hours ago
Some of the most loyal fans in music are lovingly referred to as “Parrot Heads,” given the name by the focus of their attention, the wannabe pirate, Jimmy Buffett. The singer, songwriter and pied-piper romanticizes the rebel deep within all of us by envying the pirate … Continue reading →
We Don’t Need No Stinking Giant Fans
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 14 hours ago
Powering the planet with Unobtainium.
Eurofighter Typhoon: a Test Pilot’s Tale
Fabio Consoli, The Aviationist - 14 hours ago
First hand account of a test pilot’s first flight in a Eurofighter Typhoon prototype, 25 years ago. Editor’s note: Fabio Consoli is a former Italian Air Force test pilot and USAF Test Pilot School distinguished [...] The post Eurofighter Typhoon: a Test Pilot’s Tale appeared first on The Aviationist.
Poland clamps down on Big Tech. Russia compares Trump ban to cyberspace “nuclear blast”
Alex Christoforou, The Duran - 15 hours ago
Poland clamps down on Big Tech. Russia compares Trump ban to cyberspace “nuclear blast” ****News Topic 256***** ‘NUCLEAR BLAST in cyberspace’: Russia warns of dire consequences for ‘democratic values’ over Trump’s social media ban ‘NUCLEAR BLAST in cyberspace’: Russia warns of dire consequences for ‘democratic values’ over Trump’s social media ban A decision by US […]
Two lies I’m sick of hearing
Norma, Collecting My Thoughts - 15 hours ago
There are two lies circulating these last few years that I am sick of reading/hearing. Whatever truth or impact the writer could have is lost on me because of their own bias. Like this one in today's WSJ "As the Trump Presidency ends in the disgrace of the Capitol riot, an effort is already underway to erase everything in the last four years as disgraceful too. That’s a lie—a Big Lie, to borrow the cliché of the moment. Donald Trump’s profound character flaws need to be separated from what so many people in his Administration accomplished for the country." The riot and character ...
Professor Dolores Cahill: Why People Will Start Dying a Few Months After the First MRNA Vaccination
Mary, From the Trenches World Report - 15 hours ago
Before It’s News – by Zeropointenergy New Year message from Prof Dolores Cahill from an armed Police Checkpoint at Brandenburg Gate Berlin! Source Dolores Cahill... The post Professor Dolores Cahill: Why People Will Start Dying a Few Months After the First MRNA Vaccination appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Ugandan President Museveni wins re-election after blocking Twitter & Facebook
Alex Christoforou, The Duran - 15 hours ago
Ugandan President Museveni wins re-election after blocking Twitter and Facebook ****News Topic 255***** Ugandan President Museveni Blasts U.S. Deep State And Fake News Media Ugandan President Museveni Blasts U.S. Deep State And Fake News Media – National File Museveni is running as socially conservative law-and-order candidate in Uganda presidential election Uganda’s Ruler Museveni Defends Violent […]
HARLEY SCHLANGER: When LACK OF KNOWLEDGE Becomes A WEAPON!
A Reader, From the Trenches World Report - 15 hours ago
Portfolio Wealth Global Jan 18, 2021 The post HARLEY SCHLANGER: When LACK OF KNOWLEDGE Becomes A WEAPON! appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Woman who suffered convulsions after taking Pfizer Covid jab being screened for permanent neurological damage, son tells RT
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 15 hours ago
RT After a video of his mother’s condition went viral, the son of a woman who was hospitalized after receiving Pfizer’s Covid jab told RT... The post Woman who suffered convulsions after taking Pfizer Covid jab being screened for permanent neurological damage, son tells RT appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Iran threatens to dismantle surveillance cameras at nuclear facilities if sanctions are not lifted
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 15 hours ago
[image: Iran threatens to dismantle surveillance cameras at nuclear facilities if sanctions are not lifted] BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:10 P.M.) – Mojtaba Dhul-Nur, head of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee in the Iranian parliament, threatened to dismantle the IAEA’s surveillance cameras in nuclear facilities if sanctions continued. The Iranian official pointed out that the additional protocol will also be suspended on February 21 in the event that sanctions against Iran are not lifted. Dhul-Nur stressed that Tehran’s cooperation with international inspectors will be limi...
NSW venues could require COVID vaccine proof for entry
TOTT News, News – TOTT News - 15 hours ago
New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian won't rule out NSW pubs and restaurants being able to ban patrons who haven't been vaccinated for COVID-19.
Censored by Facebook and Twitter? New Bill Allows Users to Sue Big Tech for Being Silenced
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: big tech]Have you been censored by big tech for your peaceful political speech? A new bill would allow you to sue Facebook and Twitter for damages.
Wanted: A Coherent Global Health Strategy for Canada
Erica Di Ruggiero, Garry Aslanyan, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Erica Di Ruggiero, Garry Aslanyan* *Global Health, The Americas* Too often Canada’s foreign policy engagement in health has focused on advancing global security, minimizing security threats from pandemics or climate change that spill across borders. Canada’s foreign policy efforts are fragmented, a jumble of trade and aid deals that fail to adequately consider that our security is deeply tied to the health of the rest of the world. The current pandemic has shone a spotlight on this weakness. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has erased any doubts that health is a global phenomenon,...
Iran Somehow Filmed a Submerged Ohio-Class Missile Submarine
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Iran Ohio-class, Middle East* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2014%3Anewsml_TM3EAAK0WCJ01&share=true] Tensions remain between America and Iran as both countries watch each other warily. Last week, Iranian media reportedly released footage of a U.S. submarine that was apparently taken near an Iranian Navy training exercise near the Strait of Hormuz. The footage, which was posted on the social media platform Twitter by a user known as Aurora Intel, was reported to have been taken from an Iranian Navy SH-3 Sea King helicopter. Writin...
One Year Since COVID-19 Emerged: Here's What We've Learned
Connor Bamford, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Connor Bamford* *Coronavirus, * we continue to learn so much about SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, finding new ways to control the pandemic and undoubtedly keep us safer in the decades that will follow. Here is what we have learned since last January and what we still need to learn. A year ago, I wrote an article for The Conversation about a mysterious outbreak of pneumonia in the Chinese city of Wuhan, which transpired to be the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time of writing, very little was known about the disease and the virus causing it, but I warned of the concern around ...
Nazism on Trial: An Interview With a Nuremberg Prosecutor
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* A disillusioned prosecutor looks back at court proceedings that gained world attention. *Here's What You Need to Know*: Nuremberg prosecutor Alvin Landis gave two interviews about his experiences at the infamous trials. Following the occupation of a defeated Nazi Germany, the victorious Allies initiated a prearranged plan for prosecuting captured Axis officials for war crimes. Throughout Europe, British, French, Soviet, and American military courts, along with various civilian courts and high-level Allied tribunals, tried hundreds of A...
Using Both Oxford's and Pfizer's Vaccine is Australia's Best Strategy
Kylie Quinn, Holly Seale, Margie Danchin, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Kylie Quinn, Holly Seale, Margie Danchin* *Coronavirus, Oceania* Because Australia is essentially COVID-free at present, it means we’re in a unique situation that permits a “combination” vaccine strategy. On Sunday, federal Chief Medical Officer Professor Paul Kelly said most Australians will be offered a vaccine from Oxford-AstraZeneca. Australia currently has agreements in place to receive 53.8 million doses of the AstraZeneca shot, and 10 million doses from Pfizer-BioNTech. So how do these two vaccines compare, how will they be used in Australia, and what can we learn from...
Drug Prices Should be Based on Therapeutic Benefits, Not Market Value
Nicole Hassoun, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Nicole Hassoun* *Health, The Americas* Many pharmaceutical companies rely on the Orphan Drug Act, which President Ronald Reagan signed into law in 1983, to bring cutting-edge treatments to market quickly. Unfortunately, pharmaceutical companies are taking advantage of loopholes. The U.S. pharmaceutical industry has innovated in response to the pandemic, providing not only vaccines but also therapies to treat people with COVID-19. But an outdated law designed to spur development of lifesaving drugs risks making new treatments – for COVID-19 as well as other diseases – unafforda...
Group Helps Brazilians Have Abortions and Plans to Charter Buses to Argentina
Adele Cardin, The Rio Times - 14 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Since scriptwriter and audiovisual director Juliana Reis, 57, founded the 'Milhas Pela Vida das Mulheres' group in September 2019, some 1,700 women have died from complications resulting from illegal abortion in Brazil, according to estimates based on Ministry of Health data. On the group's website, a sort of score is […] The post Group Helps Brazilians Have Abortions and Plans to Charter Buses to Argentina appeared first on The Rio Times.
Heavy snowfall causes massive pileup of 130 vehicles in northeastern Japan
The Watchers » Latest articles - 14 hours ago
At least one person died while 10 others sustained injuries as heavy snowfall blanketed wide areas of northeastern Japan, resulting in a multiple-vehicular accident on Tuesday, January 19, 2021. More than 130 vehicles and some 200 people were involved in the pileup...... Read more »
“They Left Us Starving”: How the Fashion Industry Abandoned Its Workers
Yves Smith, naked capitalism - 14 hours ago
Yves here. Many associate sweatshops in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh with “fast fashion,” aka the close-to-disposable frocks made by the likes of H&M. As this article explains, the use of ultra-cheap labor extends much further up the fashion food food chain. And these poorly-paid workers get thrown to the curb when orders fall off. By […]
Brazil´s Largest Real Estate Platform ‘QuintoAndar’ Reaches Northeast, Accelerates Expansion Plans
Dorah Feliciano, The Rio Times - 14 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - QuintoAndar, the startup with the largest real estate sales and rental platform in the country, will hoist its flag in a new Brazilian region. As of Monday, January 18th, properties in Salvador and Recife can be registered for rental on the company's website. With its debut in the Northeast, QuintoAndar […] The post Brazil´s Largest Real Estate Platform ‘QuintoAndar’ Reaches Northeast, Accelerates Expansion Plans appeared first on The Rio Times.
Ivermectin Is No Longer Banned For Reducing Mild COVID-19 And A Small Pilot Study Gives It Some Hope For Approval
News Staff, Science 2.0 blogs - 14 hours ago
The NIH Treatment Guidelines Panel recently changed ivermectin from firmly “against” to the neutral “neither for nor against” when it comes to mild COVID-19 treatment. Ivermectin, developed in 1975, led to the eradication of numerous parasitic diseases and earned the 2015 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for its discoverers, Dr. William Campbell and Dr. Ōmura Satoshi. It is considered safe and cheap but like another famous drug, the malaria treatment hydroxychloroquine, its claims about COVID-19 are more anecdote than science. *In vitro* studies are fine exploratory efforts bu...
Is The U.S. Navy's Plan For Robot Ships 'Dead In The Water'
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 14 hours ago
One of two prototypes purchased by the Office of the Secretary of Defense's Strategic Capabilities Office for its Ghost Fleet Overlord program, aimed at fielding an autonomous surface ship capable of launching missiles. The Navy hopes the Ghost Fleet program will lead them to rapid advances in unmanned technology. (Photo: DoD) *Defense News: **Unclear on unmanned: The US Navy’s plans for robot ships are on the rocks* WASHINGTON – After a bruising, year-long fight with Congress, part of the Navy’s plan to field unmanned ships appears to be on life support, making 2021 a crucial yea...
A New COVID-19 Challenge: Mutations Rise Along with Cases
AP News, Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
Each new infection gives the virus a chance to mutate as it makes copies of itself, threatening to undo the progress made so far to control the pandemic.
Satellite Images Show Iran Has Positioned 'Suicide Drones' In Yemen
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 14 hours ago
An image shared with Newsweek by an expert who follows Iranian activity in the region purports to show a Shahed-136 unmanned aerial vehicle deployed to Yemen's northern Al-Jawf province, an area under the control the Ansar Allah, or Houthi, movement, on December 25, 2020. NEWSWEEK SOURCE *Newsweek:* *Exclusive: Iran Positions 'Suicide Drones' in Yemen As Red Sea Tensions Rise * Iran appears to have sent deadly drones to its allies in Yemen as Middle East tensions heat up across the Red Sea, another major flashpoint where rival forces operate, Newsweek has learned. Imagery seen b...
Artificial Intelligence Can Beat Many Of Us In Chess, Yet Strangely Not In Memory
News Staff, Science 2.0 blogs - 14 hours ago
Computers are well-known for being able to recover information quickly - a Google search will often give you the result you wanted as you type, even if you make spelling errors - but are not known for creativity. They are good for storage and retrieval. A new study finds those may be flipped. The distinction was never absolute anyway. Though it was only in 1996 that a computer beat a chess champion, computers beat lower quality players all of the time. And our memory may be better than we think, it is instead that the brain strategy for storing memories may lead to imperfect memorie...
Unarmed Off-Duty Police Officer Shot in Head, Killed By Fellow Cop During DUI Stop
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: cop]An on-duty police officer feared for her life when she saw a fellow unarmed and off-duty cop exit his vehicle, so she shot him in the head, killing him.
Project Veritas Pt 2 Twitter, Senior Exec, Global Time Outs
Uriel, 'Nox & Friends - 15 hours ago
Look Out World – the Global Time Out Nannies Are Listening and Censoring Now Plans to replicate censorship measures around the world . . Twitter Senior Executive Vijaya Gadde Details Plans for Political Censorship on a Global Scale Twitter Senior Executive Details Plans for Political Censorship on a Global Scale … ‘A Lot of the Work That We’ve Been Doing Over the Last Week is Work That We’ve Built on in Other Places…This is Our Global Approach’ Vijaya Gadde, Twitter Legal, Policy and Trust & Safety Lead: “One of the interesting things is a lot of the work that we’ve … Continue readi...
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