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Israel detains, interrogates four Palestinian children, ages 9-10
contact@ifamericansknew.org, Israel Palestine News - 6 hours ago
Palestinian children are frequent targets of the Israeli military and court systems – contrary to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, to which Israel is a signatory. Since 2000, over 12,000 Palestinian children have experienced detention...
ContraPoints on JK Rowling
Phil, All That Is Solid ... - 6 hours ago
She's back with a 90 minute (90 minute!) video essay on JK Rowling. Enjoy!
CNA Nursing Home Whistleblower: Seniors Are DYING LIKE FLIES After COVID Injections! SPEAK OUT!!!
AdminM, Medical Kidnap - 7 hours ago
James (he gives his last name in the video) is a CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant), and he recorded this video as a whistleblower because he could not keep silent any longer. James reports that in 2020 very few residents in the nursing home where he works got sick with COVID, and none of them died during the entire year of 2020. However, shortly after administering the Pfizer experimental mRNA injections, 14 died within two weeks, and he reports that many others are near death. He makes it very clear that these were patients he knew and cared for (he is also a "lay pastor"), and tha...
Arizona State University Names Film School After Film Legend Sidney Poitier
Arrman Kyaw, Diverse - 8 hours ago
Arizona State University has named its film school after screen legend Sidney Poitier. Poitier, 93, was the first Black winner of a lead acting Oscar – in 1964 – for his role in “Lilies of the Field.” ASU President Dr. Michael M. Crow says the school was named The Sidney Poitier New American Film School […]
Implementation Research to Achieve Health Related #SDGs
Global Issues News Headlines - 5 hours ago
TORONTO, Canada, Jan 26 (IPS) - The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all ages. The main focus of the SDGs is to improve equity to meet the needs of women, children and disadvantaged populations in particular. Read the full story, “Implementation Research to Achieve Health Related #SDGs”, on globalissues.org →
"Too Often..."
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 6 hours ago
"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around." - Leo Buscaglia
World News Briefs -- January 26, 2021
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 6 hours ago
*Reuters:** Russia and U.S. extend New START arms pact, Putin and Biden chat* MOSCOW/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia and the United States have struck a deal to extend the New START nuclear arms control treaty, the Kremlin said on Tuesday, a move that preserves the last major pact of its kind between the world’s two biggest nuclear powers. The treaty, which was due to expire next month, limits the number of strategic nuclear warheads, missiles and bombers that Russia and the United States can deploy. The Kremlin declared the breakthrough, which was widely anticipated, in a state...
Economic Market Snapshot PM 1/26/21"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 6 hours ago
"*Economic Market Snapshot PM 1/26/21"* ○ "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*! *Your guide:* Gregory Mannarino, PM 1/26/21: *"It's A FReaKsHOw: * *Bank Of America WARNS 'Take Profits!'"* - https://traderschoice.net/ ○ "The more I see of the monied classes, the better I understand the guillotine." - George Bernard Shaw ○ *MarketWatch Market Summary, Live Update...
The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves
David Henderson, Econlib - 6 hours ago
How to slow the recovery. The Biden plan should provide enough relief to carry the economy through the worst of the pandemic. One concrete example is the supplemental unemployment benefit, which Mr. Biden proposes to increase from $300 a week to $400. More important, the extra benefits will last at least through September, then phase […] The post The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves appeared first on Econlib.
Did Trump Open an ‘Office of the Former President’ in Palm Beach?
Nur Ibrahim, Snopes.com - 6 hours ago
The former president may be looking for something to do with his free time.
Did Biden’s Rolex Belong to Late Son Beau?
Dan Evon, Snopes.com - 6 hours ago
Since 1953, several U.S. presidents have worn Rolex watches.
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- January 26, 2021
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 7 hours ago
This map shows China's territorial claim in the South China Sea (in red), which the US rejects. Marked in blue are US bases in Okinawa off Japan and in Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory, and Sembawang wharf in Singapore where Britain's Royal Navy maintains a small presence. Marked in red are three naval bases in South China belonging to the People's Liberation Army *Daily Mail:* *China’s chilling message to Biden: Beijing flies 15 fighter jets into Taiwan airspace for second time in two days after US dispatches aircraft carrier to disputed South China Sea* * China has fl...
Biden Administration to Boost Vaccine Supply Amid Shortages
AP News, Snopes.com - 7 hours ago
With existing purchases, the White House expects to be able to deliver enough of the two-dose regimens to states to vaccinate 300 million people.
Explained: Google, Verizon Outages Suspected Today on U.S. East Coast
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 7 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *Technology, Security* By the afternoon, the curve of reports by all of the major providers listed had begun to move back downward, indicating that the problem was beginning to abate. If you live in the Northeastern United States and your Internet seemed a bit slow on Tuesday morning and afternoon, you didn’t just imagine it. There was an outage Tuesday morning, and it appears a cut fiber somewhere in New York was the original cause. According to the website DownDetector, there were spikes Tuesday in reports of outages across several major Internet services, inc...
Twitter Launches Birdwatch in Effort to Fight Misinformation
Ethen Kim Lieser, The National Interest - 7 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Technology, Security* Birdwatch will at first only be available to a small set of users, largely on a first-come, first-served basis. They, however, will have to use an account that is associated with a real phone number and email address. Twitter has announced a new community-driven feature called Birdwatch that aims to combat misinformation and disinformation on its site. The pilot forum, in a fashion similar to Wikipedia, allows Twitter users to identify information in misleading or false tweets and add notes that provide helpful context. Birdwatch will at...
Duck Podcast: Philip Cunliffe
Jarrod Hayes, Duck of Minerva - 7 hours ago
In the latest edition of the Duck podcast I talk with Philip Cunliffe, Senior Lecturer at the University of Kent, about his new book The New Twenty Years Crisis. We agree to disagree on almost every point of discussion, but in the finest tradition of intellectual engagement…
War and Peace Prizes
Craig, Is the BBC biased? - 7 hours ago
A thought-provoking comment from David Collier today (though the massacre itself took place over a month ago rather than a few days ago): *David Collier*: Just a few days ago - 700+ innocent people sought sanctuary in a Church in Axum, Ethiopia. Reports say they were taken outside, shot, massacred, 700+! Not that you'd know. Go search. These people don't matter enough for headlines. If only the BBC could blame Israel for it! It got a response from an Israeli: *Eric Kahn (Tel Aviv)*: Nay: On today's BBC global podcast they followed a segment about the gross inequality of ri...
The Daily "Near You?"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 7 hours ago
Osmond, Nebraska, USA. Thanks for stopping by!
JimBob on 2021 Brave New World
Ron Clutz, Science Matters - 8 hours ago
A fresh set of snapshots Madebyjimbob exposing the strange year now unfolding.
History lesson: Who was Fred Hampton?
Bruce K. Gagnon, Organizing Notes - 8 hours ago
Fred Hampton was a leader in the Black Panther Party who was harassed and targeted by local law enforcement and the FBI, resulting in his murder during a police raid on his apartment on December 4, 1969. Fred Hampton joined the Black Panther Party in 1968. He quickly rose in its ranks, both in Chicago and on a national level. However, the Black Panther became a law enforcement target. In the early hours of December 4, 1969, police raided Hampton's apartment and shot the 21-year-old to death. A later investigation revealed that police had fired nearly 100 times, while only one bul...
Twitter's Birdwatch - Promoting and Controlling Its Narrative
A Political Junkie, Viable Opposition - 8 hours ago
Just in case you missed it, here is a recent announcement from Twitter, the self-appointed "Guardian of Truth" on the internet: ...and here: Here is Twitter's reasoning behind the need for Birdwatch: "*People come to Twitter to stay informed, and they want credible information to help them do so. We apply labels and add context to Tweets, but we don't want to limit efforts to circumstances where something breaks our rules or receives widespread public attention. We also want to broaden the range of voices that are part of tackling this problem, and we believe a community...
Des Moines digs out after record snowfall – Video
Robert, Ice Age Now - 9 hours ago
Breaks record set more than 125 years ago. ____________ The more than 10 inches of snowfall in Des Moines, Iowa, on Monday, 25 Jan 2021, broke an accumulation record set in 1895. As of 6 p.m., the Des Moines metro had gotten between 4.9 inches and 7 inches, according to Cory Martin, a meteorologist with ... Read more The post Des Moines digs out after record snowfall – Video appeared first on Ice Age Now.
Azerbaijan summons Russian ambassador over lawmaker’s comments to Armenian media
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
[image: Azerbaijan summons Russian ambassador over lawmaker’s comments to Armenian media] BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:40 P.M.) – The Russian Charge d’Affaires in Baku was summoned to the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan over lawmaker Vitaly Milonov’s remarks towards the republic, the Foreign Ministry announced Tuesday. “During the meeting, the Charge d’Affaires was faced with the question regarding State Duma deputy from the United Russia faction Vitaly Milonov’s use of unacceptable expressions towards the Azerbaijani people and state in an interview to Armenian media. Such behavior of a Stat...
War on Humanity Sitrep: Watching an entire Circle Jerk session of the WHO Executive [Covidian Death Cult] discuss the HOAX - and other news
greencrow, Greencrow As The Crow Flies - 4 hours ago
*Humanity is Battling a Horrifically Divisive and Lethal HOAX* Good morning Readers! Last night I spent over an hour watching the tedious circle jerk that was the latest session of the WHO executive. It took place on January 22, 2021 to "celebrate"* the first anniversary* of the roll out of the* Covidian Death Cult HOAX* on humanity. I watched it specifically to determine whether the news about the *WHO Masking Policies*, which I originally found on *Gemma O'Doherty's website,* was true or not. If it had been true...it would have been a bombshell equal to the earlier bombshell ...
Death threats and intimidation of public officials signal Trump's autocratic legacy
Shelley Inglis, Executive Director, University of Dayton Human Rights Center, University of Dayton, Politics + Society – The Conversation - 7 hours ago
Death threats against Republicans who oppose Trump are not just the result of angry people. They are, instead, an attempt to intimidate people into sticking with his movement.
GOP Largely Votes Against Holding Trump Impeachment Trial
AP News, Snopes.com - 7 hours ago
In a 55-45 procedural vote, the Senate set aside an objection from Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul that would have declared the impeachment proceedings unconstitutional.
Did Kellyanne Conway Share a Nude Photo of Her Daughter on Twitter?
Alex Kasprak, Snopes.com - 7 hours ago
The Twitter account of the former adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump shared the image as a disappearing "fleet," but the circumstances surrounding the incident are unclear.
Teachers and the Toll of Disinterest
Peter Greene, CURMUDGUCATION - 7 hours ago
The closest I ever came to leaving public education was almost twenty years ago, when I was the president of our local union, and we were on strike. It was a challenging time. The contract negotiations started with stripping (a technique where the district proposes to gut the contract so that they can pretend to make concessions later by agreeing to only partly gut the contract, which of course involves them giving up nothing). The lead negotiator said publicly, "We have the money. We just don't want to give it to them." And my phone never stopped ringing. This is a small town, an...
Keystone XL legal risks highlight dangers of putting investors before climate change
bilaterals.org - 7 hours ago
26-Jan-2021 The owner of Keystone XL — TC Energy (previously TransCanada) — used NAFTA to launch a US$15 billion lawsuit in 2016 after President Barack Obama cancelled the project.
Against DCF valuation in ISDS: on the inflation of awards and the need to rethink the calculation of compensation for the loss of future profits
bilaterals.org - 7 hours ago
26-Jan-2021 One of the most noticeable facts in recent ISDS is the spectacular inflation of compensation awarded to investors. The most important factor is probably the widespread use by tribunals of the DCF (discounted cash flows) valuation method.
CNA Nursing Home Whistleblower: Seniors Are DYING LIKE FLIES After COVID Injections! SPEAK OUT!!!
Brian-Admin, Health Impact News - 7 hours ago
James (he gives his last name in the video) is a CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant), and he recorded this video as a whistleblower because he could not keep silent any longer. James reports that in 2020 very few residents in the nursing home where he works got sick with COVID, and none of them died during the entire year of 2020. However, shortly after administering the Pfizer experimental mRNA injections, 14 died within two weeks, and he reports that many others are near death. He makes it very clear that these were patients he knew and cared for (he is also a "lay pastor"), and tha...
Covid Vaccine Supply Fears Grow Amid EU Threats To Ban Exports
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 8 hours ago
Europe's vaccine roll-out was already among the slowest in the world, but has been hit by further problems as France's Pasteur Institute mothballed its jab on Monday and AstraZeneca cut supplies to the bloc by 60 per cent due to 'supply issues' *Daily Mail:** The EU vows to force firms to declare what vaccines are being exported to the UK as Ursula von der Leyen says she 'means business' about getting bloc's 'fair share' - despite warnings a blockade to help shambolic rollout could 'poison' relations * * EU health chiefs have demanded pharmaceutical firms give 'early warning' w...
Judge reaffirms that marijuana firm MedMen must pay ex-CFO’s legal fees
John Schroyer, Marijuana Business Daily - 8 hours ago
A California judge again ordered marijuana multistate operator MedMen to pay the company’s former chief financial officer at least $500,000 to cover his legal fees in an ongoing lawsuit over whether the executive was wrongly terminated. According to Law360.com, Judge Mark Young of the Los Angeles County Superior Court issued the order after reaffirming that […] Judge reaffirms that marijuana firm MedMen must pay ex-CFO’s legal fees is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
J-20 Stealth Fighter: Built Thanks to Stolen U.S. Tech?
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *J-20 Stealth Fighter, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2019%3Anewsml_RC196FE16D00&share=true] Beijing is known to stealth from both America and Russia to build some of its more advanced weapons. There is an old saying, “good artists borrow, great artists steal” and while it isn’t actually a Chinese proverb, there is no denying that Beijing has taken it to heart especially where military hardware is involved. In the spring of 2019, the Pentagon accused China of using “cyber theft” and other methods to bolster its military....
Anthony Fauci: The Highest-Paid Employee of the Federal Government
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *Health, Americas* It’s likely that Fauci, at some point in the last forty years, has had opportunities to decamp for the private sector and earn a much higher salary than even the $417,608 he’s making now. Ever since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci has been one of the government’s most public faces. The longtime head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has at times been a controversial figure, especially when he clashed with former President Trump. Fauci has remained in his position in the Biden administr...
Get Your QCard Ready: QVC Has Launched on YouTube TV
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *Technology, Americas* The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed by the companies. YouTube TV, like many offerings in the vMVPD (virtual multichannel video programming distributors.) category like Hulu + Live TV and Sling TV, has emerged as something of a happy medium for those not ready to completely cut the cord from cable, but don’t want to pay the full freight for a cable subscription anymore. And while the category has continued to grow, some downsides have emerged for those who subscribe to such services, from rising prices to carriage dispu...
Will Joe Biden Fail the 'Pakistan Test'?
Michael Rubin, The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Michael Rubin* *Pakistan, Americas* The United States continues to consider Pakistan a “major non-NATO ally,” a status bestowed upon only seventeen countries that facilitates military trade and cooperation. In reality, however, Pakistan has acted as anything but. On the first day of his administration, President Joe Biden signed executive orders to return the United States to the Paris Climate Accord and to rejoin the World Health Organization. Whereas President Donald Trump believed the key to achieving his “Make America Great Again” goals was to set America in opposition to i...
Did Tom Selleck Leave ‘Blue Bloods’ and Offer Some ‘Final Words’?
Jordan Liles, Snopes.com - 8 hours ago
The eleventh season of the Tom Selleck-led CBS television drama "Blue Bloods" premiered later than usual due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Good News – Impeachment Will Fail, Bad News – Five Republican Senators Voted to Impeach President Trump, Murkowski, Collins, Romney, Sasse and Toomey
Sundance, The Last Refuge - 8 hours ago
During senate impeachment rules processes and parliamentary proceedings today, Senator Rand Paul proposed a smart point of order requiring a senate vote on dismissing the impeachment case against President Trump. Essentially this dismissal vote will reflect the baseline, worst case, … Continue reading → The post Good News – Impeachment Will Fail, Bad News – Five Republican Senators Voted to Impeach President Trump, Murkowski, Collins, Romney, Sasse and Toomey appeared first on The Last Refuge.
Is It Illegal to Peel an Orange in a California Hotel Room?
David Mikkelson, Snopes.com - 8 hours ago
Nevermind the meth labs. The real menace plaguing hotel operators is in-room citrus peelers.
"Freedom..."
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 10 hours ago
"Freedom is not empowerment. Empowerment is what the Serbs have in Bosnia. Anybody can grab a gun and be empowered. It's not entitlement. An entitlement is what people on welfare get, and how free are they? It's not an endlessly expanding list of rights - the "right" to education, the "right" to food and housing. That's not freedom, that's dependency. Those aren't rights, those are the rations of slavery - hay and a barn for human cattle. There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the c...
New app aims to put a stop to illegal logging
Adam Houser, CFACT - 10 hours ago
Turns out there really is an app for just about everything. The post New app aims to put a stop to illegal logging appeared first on CFACT.
Is the SolarWinds Cyberattack an Act of War? It Is, If the United States Says It Is.
yvindman, Lawfare - 10 hours ago
A bundle of wires. (Simeon Berg, https://tinyurl.com/yxokdsvg; CC BY 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/) Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle have posed the question of whether the recent SolarWinds cyberattack was an act of war. Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin and Republican Sen. Mitt Romney shared these concerns. An act of war—in Latin, casus belli—has historically been unsubtle; therefore, it’s traditionally been pretty obvious when one has occurred. Not so in the digital age, in which a surreptitious cyberattack delivers latent but potentially catastrophic...
The BBC "retires" the 100+ genders BBC Teach film
Craig, Is the BBC biased? - 7 hours ago
Well, well, well, here's a little breaking news... (I think we may have scooped the mainstream media here). The BBC has taken down the infamous 100+ genders BBC Teach video. I went there yesterday, and there is was. But today it's gone, melted into thin air, leaving not a rack behind: Checking social media, I see there's already a BBC explication out there - a deliciously passive-aggressive one (with a massive tilt towards the aggressive)! The BBC says it has "made the decision to retire the film", but spends the rest of its self-justifying complaint response denying it did *...
Widespread Internet Outages Hit Northeast U.S.
AP News, Snopes.com - 8 hours ago
Verizon said it was working on the problem hurting Fios service “throughout the Northeast corridor” and that some service had already been restored.
Russia's Sixth-Generation Pak-DP Stealth Fighter Is Real
Mark Episkopos, The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Mark Episkopos* *Security, Europe* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2018%3Anewsml_RC139224B170&share=true] The existence of this new warplane, which will replace the MiG-31, is now official. After over five years, Russia’s sixth-generation PAK-DP stealth interceptor is finally official. Russian defense giant Rostec announced earlier this week that the PAK-DP, the planned successor to the prolific Soviet MiG-31 “Foxhound” interceptor, is in development. “Development of the next generation of fighter-interceptors has already begun,” read a statem...
Should U.S. Missile Defenses Be a Part of Arms Control Negotiations With Russia?
Steven Pifer, The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Steven Pifer* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2016%3Anewsml_TM3EC1T1C1W01&share=true] The Biden administration should consider whether the benefits to United States and allied security of limiting all nuclear weapons, including non-strategic nuclear arms, would justify accepting some constraints on missile defense. A consensus has grown in Washington that the next nuclear arms negotiation with Moscow should aim to limit *all* U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons, not just deployed strategic ones. That would raise challenging is...
Anthony Fauci: Double-Masking Makes ‘Common Sense’
Ethen Kim Lieser, The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Health, Americas* The idea of “double-masking” is gaining more traction within the medical community. White House coronavirus advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci has given his stamp of approval for wearing two face masks at once, which may offer even more protection against spreading and contracting the novel coronavirus. “If you have a physical covering with one layer, you put another layer on it—just makes common sense that it likely would be more effective,” President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser on COVID-19 said in a Monday interview on NBC’s “Today.” Prev...
Why “Anything But Trump” Should Not Be Biden’s Foreign Policy Mantra
John Hannah, David Adesnik, The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*John Hannah, David Adesnik* *Joe Biden Foreign Policy, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2021%3Anewsml_HP1EH1K1CH17D&share=true] Trump made many errors, but there are some policies that are worth building upon. Getting the incoming administration of President Joe Biden to acknowledge Donald Trump’s foreign policy accomplishments was always going to be an uphill battle. In part, that’s just par for the course. Especially since the end of the Cold War, a pattern has developed by which presidents of the opposing party tend to look askance a...
Why Linda Thomas-Greenfield Is A Great Pick for the UN
Gordon Gray, The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Gordon Gray* *Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Americas* Linda Thomas-Greenfield is the right woman to work at the United Nations. The Senate should confirm her without delay. If my thirty-three years as a U.S. diplomat have taught me anything, it’s that diplomacy is a force-multiplier for America’s influence around the world. While our military, economic, and cultural tools are powerful, diplomacy is the way that we channel these advantages into positive outcomes. And there is no bigger stage for diplomacy than the United Nations. Having worked directly on UN issues during my State Dep...
One Born – Every Minute
Larry-Lambert, Virtual Mirage - 8 hours ago
Where is the Nigerian Prince? Offer I received a pitch second hand from a friend who received it from a guy who got it from a guy who presented him with an opportunity. There is a large sum of money and all one need to do unlock it is to place a large […] The post One Born – Every Minute appeared first on Virtual Mirage.
1 new case of COVID-19 announced in Nova Scotia on Tuesday, Jan. 26
Tim Bousquet, Halifax Examiner - 9 hours ago
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. One new case of COVID-19 is announced in Nova Scotia today (Tuesday, Jan. 26). There are now just 11 known active cases in the province. The last time the province saw as few as 11 active cases […]
The Word From the Trenches – January 26, 2021
Henry Shivley, From the Trenches World Report - 9 hours ago
Join in on the conversation. Call (712) 770-5597 then enter 220029#, press *6 to mute and unmute. (If you are unable to get through call... The post The Word From the Trenches – January 26, 2021 appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Officials Investigate Cause Of Death Of Person Who Died Hours After Vaccination
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 9 hours ago
CBS Sacramento Jan 23, 2021 Multiple agencies are investigating the cause of death of an individual who died Thursday hours after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine,... The post Officials Investigate Cause Of Death Of Person Who Died Hours After Vaccination appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Holocaust Remembrance Sheds Light on Growing Anti-Semitism
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 9 hours ago
Zionist Report Jan 26, 2021 The post Holocaust Remembrance Sheds Light on Growing Anti-Semitism appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Veterans
Craig, Is the BBC biased? - 9 hours ago
In the UK and the USA (and Russia and most of the world), army veterans are overwhelmingly regarded with huge warmth by the public. *This* BBC Twitter headline today, therefore, raised a lot of few hackles for using 'veteran' as a noun and tying it to an IRA terrorist: "Murderer, terrorist, criminal. Not veteran" sums up the general reaction. The opening paragraph of the BBC News website's report does the same: ******* Here's a further flavour of the reaction: - Veteran, BBC? Sealing your fate methinks. - "IRA Veteran". A headline to make you sick from our supposedly...
Dr. Anthony Fauci Fails to Rule Out Double Masking for Those Who Are Vaccinated
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 9 hours ago
Breitbart – by Hannah Bleau Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser for President Biden on the novel coronavirus, failed to rule out double masking — even... The post Dr. Anthony Fauci Fails to Rule Out Double Masking for Those Who Are Vaccinated appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Feeding America – 2020 Cities And Places – Just One Truck Out Of Millions
Mark Schumacher, From the Trenches World Report - 9 hours ago
The post Feeding America – 2020 Cities And Places – Just One Truck Out Of Millions appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Incoming CDC director to use the military and medical students to increase vaccinations across the country
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 9 hours ago
Natural News – by Ramon Tomey The new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) plans to bring in the military and... The post Incoming CDC director to use the military and medical students to increase vaccinations across the country appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Seed Companies Warn of Shortages, Delays – So Find Them Locally!
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 9 hours ago
Ice Age Farmer January 25, 2021 Large seed companies are warning of shortages and shipping delays, and in some cases not taking orders. Your best... The post Seed Companies Warn of Shortages, Delays – So Find Them Locally! appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
2021 Emerging Scholars: Dr. Stephanie H. Cook
cmaadmin, Diverse - 10 hours ago
Utilizing a multidisciplinary approach, Dr. Stephanie H. Cook integrates the study of attachment theory, minority stress and health risk behaviors among young sexual minority men of color.
"Sic Transit Gloria Trumpi"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 10 hours ago
*"Sic Transit Gloria Trumpi"* by Bill Bonner "He that did ride so high Doth lie so low..." – As William Shakespeare should have put it. WEST RIVER, MARYLAND – "Poor Donald J. Trump. Is he dead? Or alive? Has anyone heard from him? Has anyone checked on him? Heroes and rascals often get a grim reward. The Moabite leader, King Eglon, was murdered on his throne in about 1200 B.C. Julius Caesar, hero of the Gallic wars, was stabbed to death in the Senate in 44 B.C. Marshall Ney, hero of the Napoleonic Wars, was shot by a firing squad. Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr., John F. Ke...
2021 Emerging Scholars: Dr. Cynthia Wang
Sara Weissman, Diverse - 10 hours ago
Dr. Cynthia Wang was in Hong Kong looking for a gay bar in 2009. It wasn’t easy. She found herself scouring old Yahoo groups from the 1990s, going to places listed only to find they were gone.
Joe Biden: A Wartime Leader in the Coronavirus Era?
Amitai Etzioni, The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Amitai Etzioni* *Security, Americas* An unrelenting pandemic calls for a wartime-like mobilization of all sectors, public and private, as well as the third sector, which includes places of worship, voluntary associations, and foundations. Some people may argue that President Joe Biden is a major improvement over Donald Trump, that Biden deserves a honeymoon period, and that it is churlish to suggest that he should have started his presidency differently than he did. However, the new president stresses the importance of facts, of truth. Americans must take into account that the e...
U.S. Navy's Future: Stealth Destroyers Armed with Hypersonic Missiles
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Asia* [image: https://news.usni.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/160421-N-YE579-005-1-945x630.jpg] Here is how the service plans to bring this high-tech weapon to the Zumwalt-class. The U.S. Navy is beginning work on how to fire long-range hypersonic missiles from its stealthy DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class destroyer, a move which would bring new tactical opportunities for maritime warfare commanders looking to launch long-range precision attacks from the sea. “We are in the throws of finishing up the development of motors, and we have had two very successful tes...
"The answer to hate speech is *more* speech"
Peter Cresswell, Not PC - 8 hours ago
*"The most effective way to counter the potential negative effects of hate speech — which conveys discriminatory or hateful views on the basis of race, religion, gender, and so forth — is not through censorship, but rather through more speech. And that censorship of hate speech, no matter how well-intended, has been shown around the world and throughout history to do more harm than good in actually promoting equality, dignity, inclusivity, diversity, and societal harmony."* ~ Nadine Strossen, former head of the ACLU, from an interview at NPR Hat tip Amy Peikoff LINK to...
Was Boris Johnson’s Great-Grandfather a Well-Known Turkish Muslim?
Nur Ibrahim, Snopes.com - 9 hours ago
The conservative U.K. prime minister is rumored to have an unusual family history.
Latest Covid-19 Model Predicts 569,000 Americans Will Die By May 1
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 9 hours ago
A COVID-19 model (pictured) predicts that nearly 569,000 people will die by May 1 despite the decrease in COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths *Daily Mail:* *COVID cases, hospitalizations and deaths continue to drop - but experts warn that mutant strains will increase death toll to more than 569,000 by May 1 * * Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation has predicted that nearly 569,000 people will die from COVID-19 by May 1 despite decline in cases and deaths * Model shows a significant decrease in cases and deaths beginning in March and April, but it doesn't ac...
In the Wake of the Riots: The Blowback from Defeating Trump was Criminalizing Dissent
Roger D. Harris, MintPress News - 9 hours ago
As the neoliberal state’s crisis of legitimacy matures, anti-terrorism laws and the institutional apparatus of fascist repression are being perfected to use against future insurgencies. The post In the Wake of the Riots: The Blowback from Defeating Trump was Criminalizing Dissent appeared first on MintPress News.
Slate on the logic of impeachment!
<b>bob somerby</b>, the daily howler - 9 hours ago
*TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2021* *Best attempt we've seen: *In its modern incarnation, Slate is perhaps best known for its examination of nagging life-style issues. In just the past two days, the site has responded to "Help! I’ve Been Bitten by a Bat and Charged With Soliciting a Prostitute," but also to "Help! My Wife Spent Our Entire Life Savings in the Last Three Months." And that wasn't all! There's been more! Readers are invited to guess if the inquiries come from actual people. Sometimes, the people who *write* these Slate advice columns allege that *they* aren't sure. Today, S...
President Trump Sets Up Office Outside Government
Sundance, The Last Refuge - 9 hours ago
According to information from Jenn Ellis President Trump has established office outside government to advance the interests of ‘America First’ policy. Hopefully this approach will be the leverage forcing the Republican establishment to protect the interests of 74+ million Americans, … Continue reading → The post President Trump Sets Up Office Outside Government appeared first on The Last Refuge.
Moderna Confirms It Is On Track To Deliver 100 Million Covid-19 Vaccine Doses To America By March And 200 Million By June
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 10 hours ago
The firm says it has so far supplied the federal government with 30.4 million doses to date and hopes to produce one billion by the end of the year. Pictured: Vials of Moderna's vaccine *Daily Mail:* *Moderna confirms it is on track to deliver 100 million vaccine doses to America by March and 200 million by June as Biden promises that anyone who wants a shot will have it in spring * * Moderna Inc says it is on track to deliver 100 million coronavirus vaccine doses by March and 200 million in June per its deal with the U.S. * The firm says it has so far supplied the federal gover...
Markets are good at allocating resources
Scott Sumner, Econlib - 10 hours ago
By now, this idea is pretty widely accepted. But there’s somewhat more skepticism when dealing with shortages of important goods during an emergency. Consider these tweets: I’m not qualified to opine on the specifics of this issue. But after all the missed opportunities of 2020, I’m skeptical of claims that society could not possibly be […] The post Markets are good at allocating resources appeared first on Econlib.
Biden’s Faux Revolution: “Green Energy” Slated to Become World’s New Oil Industry
Raul Diego, MintPress News - 10 hours ago
Visions of a clean energy future are being ascribed to the dirtiest companies on the planet as President Biden inaugurates the "green economy" by following in Trump's footsteps. The post Biden’s Faux Revolution: “Green Energy” Slated to Become World’s New Oil Industry appeared first on MintPress News.
Colombia Defense Minister Dies From Viral Pneumonia Linked to COVID-19 -Government
Latin America News, The Rio Times - 10 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Colombia’s Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo has died from viral pneumonia related to COVID-19, the government said on Tuesday, January 26th. Trujillo was reported infected with coronavirus earlier this month and was later transferred to an intensive care unit. The Andean country has reported more than 2 million coronavirus infections, […] The post Colombia Defense Minister Dies From Viral Pneumonia Linked to COVID-19 -Government appeared first on The Rio Times.
Massachusetts city drops onerous ‘impact fee’ on cannabis businesses
Jeff Smith, Marijuana Business Daily - 10 hours ago
A Massachusetts municipality became the first in the state to stop assessing a controversial 3% “community impact fee” on licensed cannabis businesses. The move, if adopted by other Massachusetts communities, could ease some of the financial burden marijuana businesses face in the state and, in particular, could benefit capital-constrained small businesses and social equity applicants. […] Massachusetts city drops onerous ‘impact fee’ on cannabis businesses is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
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