Thursday, February 18, 2021

18 February - Blogs I'm Following - 5 of 5

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Bill Gates and Neo-Feudalism: A Closer Look at Farmer Bill
arclein, Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
There is nothing less convincing than Bill Gates getting into farming.. The stakeholdings quoted is more from the holdings of Warren Buffet though so we may be making a mountain out of a molehill. Thus the land positions may be a natural passive investment on land managed by industrial concerns. So yes it is possible to draw up a conspiratorial narritive here, but it is no sustainable agricultural plan as the problems arising in Africa here show us. *Bill Gates and Neo-Feudalism: A Closer Look at Farmer Bill* *Posted on: Friday, February 5th 2021 at 12:00 pm* ...
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arclein, Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
We are looking at the remnants of a young proto galaxy torn apart by our Milky Way. Al important concepts to contemplate. This also tells us that we can expect a flood of data from these young stars. I have watched search for exoplanets go from first beginnings to the present flood. It is amazing what we have accomplished without getting an eyeball too far from Earth. *NASA's TESS discovers new worlds in a river of young starsDate:February 12, 2021Source:NASA/Goddard Space Flight CenterSummary:Astronomers have discovered a trio of hot worlds l...
Japan news: Covid-19 deaths surpass 7,000 but infections continue to fall
Lee Jay, Modern Tokyo Times - 21 hours ago
Japan news: Covid-19 deaths surpass 7,000 but infections continue to fall Sawako Utsumi and Sawako Uchida Modern Tokyo Times The coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis in Japan began on January 16 last year. Yet deaths remained relatively low in the first nine months. Thus by the middle of September, below 1,500 people had died. However, in recent […]
Physical Metals Grab at Every Level | Andy Schectman
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
Liberty and Finance From world central banks repatriating their ​sovereign gold, to hedge funds, ETFs and “Others” standing for delivery in record-smashing volume, to COMEX warehouse/mints reporting they’re sold out until March, to REDDIT Wall Street traders swarming into a silver squeeze, to ordinary retail investors and stackers cleaning out major dealers and even local …
Silver Tightness Spreads to London, While ETFs Add “Short Squeeze” Language into Prospectuses
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
Arcadia Economics #Silver​ tightness spreads to London, while ETFs add “short squeeze” language into prospectuses While the mainstream media continues to report how the #silversqueeze​ was just a passing fad, anyone who looks for the truth finds a much different story. Which we dig into and explain in tonight’s show, so click to watch the …
Jim Forsythe: Stampede Coming Into Gold and Silver
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
Palisades Gold Radio Tom welcomes a new guest Jim Forsythe to the show. Jim discusses visiting Russia in the mid-80s and working in the Air Force as a KC 135 pilot and later an instructor. In part, these experiences led him to campaign for Ron Paul in 2008, and he became a New Hampshire State …
Is China Creating A New Master Race?
arclein, Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
I have little doubt that the Chinese are having a research free for all in terms of producing a better human being. Command and control remains with the CCP which means with hte stupid. So expect no end of nonsense. The good news is that it is none too practical anyway. Any progress must upgrade fully mature humans and doing that remains a tall order. And then it is all a terrible idea as Goliith showed us. .. *Is China Creating A New Master Race?* *SATURDAY, FEB 13, 2021 - 23:30* *Authored by Gordon Chang via The Gatestone Institute,* *https://www.zerohedge.com/geopoli...
This Is Why Hospitals Can Charge $6,000 Or $60,000 For The Exact Same Procedure
arclein, Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
This is the beginning of full disclosure.At least we will start a real debate as well. Perhaps the doctors will come to their senses and take it all back under their control. right now two profit centers fight to control and manipulate the process. more correctly, they surely collude and the doctors and patients are not invited. Again a state insurer resolves most of the overage and it is not socialism any more than motor vehicle. At least this is a potent beginning that eliminates seecrecy. *This Is Why Hospitals Can Charge $6,000 Or $60,000 For The Exact Same Procedu...
Biden Administration May Tap Amazon for COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *Technology, Americas* The idea is that Amazon and other tech companies may have abilities to assist in the effort that government agencies do not. The Biden administration is considering turning to an unlikely source when it comes to vaccine distribution: Silicon Valley, according to a new report this week. Politico reported Tuesday that the new president’s administration is considering “taking Silicon Valley up” on its offers to help out with the vaccine rollout. Amazon has reportedly offered “IT and operations,” with Airbnb offering “vaccine depots” at its re...
Promising Future: Sub-Saharan Africa's Manufacturing Renaissance
Gaaitzen de Vries, Emmanuel B Mensah, Hagen Kruse, Kunal Sen, The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*Gaaitzen de Vries, Emmanuel B Mensah, Hagen Kruse, Kunal Sen* *Industry, Africa* Until the 2000s, sub-Saharan Africa was actually de-industrialising. Then they turned it around. The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on the global economy, with world output contracting at 3.5% in 2020, and no recovery likely before the fourth quarter of 2021. Similar to other developing regions, sub-Saharan Africa recorded a 2.6% decline, following strong growth of 3.2% in 2019. Unfortunately, this comes at a time when the region has been experiencing a surprising and very welcome manufacturin...
How the U.S. Military Freed Kuwait From Saddam in 100 Hours
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *History, Middle East* The U.S. Air Force-led destruction of Iraqi forces in the Gulf War pioneered what’s known as “effects based warfare.” *Here's What You Need to Remember: *The successful application of these kinds of tactics in the Gulf War, which first established air superiority before using precision-guided air dropped bombs to attack targets, provided the strategic foundation for the Operation Iraqi Freedom “shock and awe” campaign in Iraq in 2003. On the 30th Anniversary of the 1991 Gulf War, many are likely to reflect upon the specifics of the military c...
Modern Monetary Theory Revisited
steve_brown, The Duran - 21 hours ago
Steve Brown “The few who understand the system, will either be so interested in its profits, or so dependent upon its favours, that there will be no opposition from that class; while, on the other hand, the great body of the people, mentally incapable of comprehending the tremendous advantages, will bear its burden without complaint, […]
Maximum Monetary Inflation Is Coming! Billions Moving Into These Things, Price Increase!
Dewey Fernfield, The Duran - 21 hours ago
source / The Money GPS Follow the money. It’s an old, overused line. But it’s certainly true. If you take the time to dig into the money game, you’ll see that those who seem like they’re in control are really just pawns in the game. They all work together. All directions. All groups. All supposed […]
RACISM — Always A One-Way Street
TheDarkMan, The Duran - 21 hours ago
The image above is a screengrab from a camera in Oakland, California, the Chinatown district. If you aren’t quite sure of what it depicts, it is a man pushing another man over in the street. The victim is 91 years old, and he was so assaulted because…? The victim is also Chinese, or at least […]
Who Is Brainwashing Your Child?
TheDarkMan, The Duran - 21 hours ago
Remember that old saying give me a child for the first seven years of its life, and you can have the rest? That or similar has been attributed to the Jesuits. Regardless of who said it or the exact wording, it is true. In the first few years of our lives we learn more than […]
“Animals are Dirty & Dangerous” – Hungary to kill 101k Hens – Pets Next?
Dewey Fernfield, The Duran - 21 hours ago
source “Animals are Dirty & Dangerous” – Hungary to kill 101k Hens – Pets Next? Australia announces it will kill a pigeon that travelled 8,000 miles across the Pacific (because COVID!), reinforcing that animals and humans can no longer be allowed to travel freely in the “New Normal.” Hungary is set to cull 101,000 hens, […]
Australian Daily Wind Power Generation Data – Wednesday 17 February 2021
TonyfromOz, PA Pundits – International - 22 hours ago
By Anton Lang ~ This Post details the daily wind power generation data for the AEMO coverage area in Australia. For the background information, refer to the Introductory Post at this link. Each image is shown here at a smaller size to fit on the page alongside the data for that day. If you click […]
RUSSIA’S BIG PHARMA IS A PRIVATE BUSINESS FED BY THE STATE, AND THIS IS HOW THE FEEDING WORKS
Editor, Dances With Bears - 22 hours ago
by John Helmer, Moscow @bears_with Victor Kharitonin (lead image, left), Alexei Repik, Kirill Syrov, and Vikram Punia aren’t household names in Russia. What they do for a living is. This is because they control the largest pharmaceutical producers in the country. So profitable are their companies that each of them has become a dollar billionaire with […]
Vulture Funds Plan to Use the Pandemic to Pillage the Global Economy
Geopolitics101, Covert Geopolitics - 22 hours ago
There’s a new app with a tagline that promises that you, too, can ‘profit like a landlord from just £1 with no effort’. Proptee, set to launch this year (subject to approval from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority) allows anyone with, say, five grand to buy shares in a buy-to-let flat in London worth half … Continue reading Vulture Funds Plan to Use the Pandemic to Pillage the Global Economy →
Christians defy COVID lions in Canada
Editor, cairnsnews, Cairns News - 22 hours ago
By TONY MOBILIFONITISTHE pastor of a church on the outskirts of Edmonton, Alberta, has been reluctantly arrested by Royal Canadian Mounted Police for not enforcing so-called “orders” by Alberta Health Services – one of those health departments that claim to have absolute power over everything because a mutated or genetically-engineered corona virus is floating around. […]
信仰や愛の火花が心の中で点火されると - 引用です M.N. Hopkins
Stranger in a Strange Land, Stranger in a Strange Land - 22 hours ago
信仰や愛の火花が心の中で点火されると、それは時代の恐怖や心の痛みを焼き尽くします。このハートが他のハートの火付け役となり、他のハートに愛の炎を灯し、それが続いていくのです。より多くのハートが愛の炎で燃えると、地球上の意識が変化していきます。少しずつ少しずつ、そしてこの領域に入ってくる光が増えていくにつれて、意識は高まっていくのです。 *© ** M.N. Hopkins* *To read the original quotation in English, please click on the link below:* *https://mnhopkins.blogspot.com/2021/02/when-spark-of-faith-or-love-is-ignited.html*
当心中的信仰或爱的火花被点燃时 - 语录 M.N. Hopkins
Stranger in a Strange Land, Stranger in a Strange Land - 22 hours ago
当心中的信仰或爱的火花被点燃时,它就会烧掉时代的恐惧和心痛。这颗心就会成为其他心的点火器,而其他心又会点燃其他心的爱之火,如此继续下去。当更多的心被爱之火燃烧时,地球上的意识就会发生变化。一点一点的,然后随着进入这个领域的光亮增加,它也会增加。 *© * *M.N. Hopkins* *To read the original quotation in English, please click on the link below:* *https://mnhopkins.blogspot.com/2021/02/when-spark-of-faith-or-love-is-ignited.html*
Когда в сердце зажигается искра веры или любви - Цитатата по M.N. Hopkins
Stranger in a Strange Land, Stranger in a Strange Land - 22 hours ago
Когда в сердце зажигается искра веры или любви, она сжигает страх и душевную боль веков. Затем это сердце становится зажигателем других сердец, которые, в свою очередь, зажигают пламя любви в других сердцах, и так оно продолжается. По мере того, как еще больше сердец сгорит пламенем любви, сознание на планете изменится. Мало-помалу, а затем оно увеличивается по мере того, как свет, входящий в это царство, увеличивается. *©** М.N. Hopkins* *To read the original quotation in English, please click on the link below:* *https://mnhopkins.blogspot.com/2021/02/when-spark-of-faith-or-lov...
Snap Decisions: Victoria’s Third Lockdown
Binoy KAMPMARK, OrientalReview.org - 22 hours ago
The Queen Victoria Market in Australia’s second largest city, Melbourne, is usually a thriving affair. Like any ancient agora, people travel to meet there, purchase fresh produce, and natter. The fruit and vegetable vendors are all colour, a profusion of smells and noise. The meat market heaves with patrons keen […]
Facebook bans Australians from sharing or viewing news content
TOTT News, News – TOTT News - 23 hours ago
Facebook is prohibiting publishers and people in Australia from sharing or viewing local and international news content, in a response to proposed media bargaining laws. The move inhibits news creators, including TOTT News, from reaching new audiences with quality news and information via organic reach from reader shares. [...Continued]
Can Australia survive its corporate structure?
Editor, cairnsnews, Cairns News - 1 day ago
by Anna Von Reitz Apparently, they did a process in Australia that is very similar to what they did here (US), except that what they did there started from the basis of a Constitutional Monarchy— which, as it has never been repealed, remains the basis for the land and soil jurisdiction of Australia, even though […]
“Almost Cartoonish Defender of the 1%, Kathryn Wylde” Rears Her Head to Attack Plans to Tax the Rich to Save New York City
Yves Smith, naked capitalism - 22 hours ago
The usual suspects, like Kathryn Wylde, try to defend why the top wealthy, who've made out like bandits under Covid, should not be made to share.
Tweets Of The Day
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 22 hours ago
The United States announced talks for Thursday with Australia, India and Japan, with President Joe Biden renewing the alliance of the so-called "Quad" in defiance of warnings from China https://t.co/JYtlHiW0ox — AFP News Agency (@AFP) February 17, 2021 ‘We’re on day three of no power' Millions in Texas still without power and water after winter storm https://t.co/slDy3keK7d — BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) February 18, 2021 Mexico presses U.S. on natural gas after Texas bans exports https://t.co/o8NC70ghF5 pic.twitter.com/dOUwgWybSN — Reuters (@Reuters) February 18, 2021 President ...
We Don’t Need No Stinking Giant Fans
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 22 hours ago
“They started lying within hours.”
Declassified 1983 CIA Report Outlines Hot To Escape The Confines Of Time And Space
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 23 hours ago
The report presents an abstract explanation of how consciousness is created through the brain's processing of energy in the physical world and transforming it into what McDonnell compares to a hologram, as seen in the graphic above *Daily Mail: **TikTok goes wild over declassified 1983 CIA report claiming people could travel through time using technique dubbed the 'Gateway Experience' * * The CIA commissioned an Army study of the Gateway Experience in 1983 * The technique uses sounds tapes to manipulate brainwaves with a goal of creating an altered state of consciousness * Pr...
The Country’s In The Very Best Of Hands
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 23 hours ago
On a scale from 7 to 10, how high do you think Trudeau is right now?pic.twitter.com/AXSkxh9ROS — Keean Bexte (@TheRealKeean) February 18, 2021
Picture Of The Day
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 23 hours ago
Mount Etna, Europe’s most active volcano, spews ash and lava, as seen from Catania. Photograph: Davide Anastasi/AP *WNU Editor:* The above picture comes from this photo-gallery .... *Mount Etna erupts in spectacular fashion – in pictures* (The Guardian).
Trump’s Frivolous First Amendment Defense Won’t Shield Him in a Criminal Case
Marjorie Cohn, Marjorie Cohn - 23 hours ago
At his impeachment trial for inciting insurrection, Donald Trump’s lawyers claimed that Trump’s exhortations to his followers before the attack on the Capitol were protected free speech under the First Amendment. But as 143 other constitutional law scholars from across the political spectrum and I collectively noted, that claim was “legally frivolous.” Moreover, the First... Read more »
FSIS reports strong start to fiscal year 2021
Dan Flynn, Food Safety News - 23 hours ago
Inspection personnel from USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) had a busy first quarter of the fiscal year 2021. Livestock inspections totaled 43.3 million with 66, 875 carcasses condemned. And there were more than 2.3 billion poultry inspections with more than 2.6 million carcasses condemned. The inspection levels for the first quarter were significantly... Continue Reading
Food risk survey shows low awareness of Campylobacter
Joe Whitworth, Food Safety News - 23 hours ago
There is low awareness of Campylobacter and its impact despite it being the main cause of food poisoning in the UK, according to a project on how people perceive food-related risks. Results come from a survey by Kantar Public and analysis at the Food Standards Agency (FSA). The study was online and had 1,194 participants... Continue Reading
Don’t put food out in the snow to preserve it during rolling blackouts
News Desk, Food Safety News - 1 day ago
Right now, millions of Americans across the country are experiencing power outages and sub-freezing to sub-zero temperatures. For many in Southern states this is a new experience and the blackouts only make coping more difficult and more dangerous. Karen Blakeslee at Kansas State University has given some advice on how to properly prepare and keep... Continue Reading
February 18, 2021: Reader Tips
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 1 day ago
If you don’t identify with this, be thankful. Sober — Tom MacDonald Thread’s open.
Researchers push for more country-level foodborne disease studies
News Desk, Food Safety News - 1 day ago
National studies on foodborne diseases are needed to help a country set its food safety priorities, according to researchers. An international team said precise national estimates are essential to rank diseases and hazards in a country, as well as foods contributing the most and the interventions needed for effective prevention. Only when countries know what... Continue Reading
Texas: Time To Get Rid Of This Ridiculous Wind Power
Francis Menton, Manhattan Contrarian - 1 day ago
* Texas. It is the number one energy producing state in the United States. It is both the largest producer of oil, and the largest producer of natural gas, and has been for decades. Texas also has abundant coal reserves. It has been ground zero of the fracking revolution, which has revolutionized oil and gas production, vastly increased supplies, driven prices down by around two-thirds since 2014, and turned the U.S. into a net energy exporter for the first time in decades. * By all rights, Texas should be the shining beacon of fossil fuel energy abundance for everyone else to envy....
President Trump Joins Sean Hannity to Pay Tribute to Rush Limbaugh
Sundance, The Last Refuge - 1 day ago
President Trump called-in to Sean Hannity television program to share his thoughts on Rush Limbaugh and his influence through talk radio. WATCH: The post President Trump Joins Sean Hannity to Pay Tribute to Rush Limbaugh appeared first on The Last Refuge.
In 2021, The Pentagon Wants to Buy More Long-Range Weapons
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 23 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *military, * New weapons could include missiles, attack platforms, guns and non-kinetic weapons such as EW and cyberwar assets. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Upon closer examination, there is little ambiguity as to why “range” would be at such a premium. The most effective weapons platforms in recent years are deemed successful in large measure by virtue of having the ability to out-range an enemy. The Navy wants higher numbers of longer-range, high-speed precision weapons to be ready for the next war, to include missiles, attack platforms, guns and non-kinet...
American Glider Troops at the Battle of the Bulge
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 23 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* U.S. glider troops fought tenaciously to hold the crossroads town of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge. *Here's What You Need to Know*: Marvie is a quiet town nestled in the Ardennes region of southern Belgium. A farming village with a population of several hundred people, history has almost forgotten the town, but on one day in December 1944, Marvie lay astride a road that led to another town—Bastogne. If the German panzergrenadiers and tanks had overrun the glider infantrymen who defended Marvie, they might have taken Bastogne, ...
Panama Performers Dance to Demand Recognition of Work
Dancers and artists performed on Wednesday on one of the main avenues of Panama City to demand formal recognition of the work of dance, the importance of which they say is historically relegated and even more so in the pandemic.
Draghi Pushes Europeanism, Reforms for Italy
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi pushed on Wednesday for strengthening Italy’s European connections and implementing reforms the country needs – but has been postponing for years – in his speech to the Senate, which gave him an overwhelming vote of confidence.
Manchester City Tightens Grip on Premier League
Manchester City leads the Premier League by 10 points after besting Everton 3-1 on Wednesday, a record-extending 17th straight win in all competitions for Pep Guardiola’s squad.
Porto Upends Juve; Sevilla Falls at Home to Dortmund
With goals at the start of each half, Porto surprised Juventus 2-1 on Wednesday in the first leg of their Champions League round-of-16 battle, while Sevilla saw a run of good form interrupted by Borussia Dortmund, who prevailed 3-2 to claim an advantage in the tie.
Venezuela’s Maduro: I Had Lots of Contacts with Trump Administration
Venezuela’s leftist incumbent Nicolás Maduro said on Wednesday that his regime had “heaps of contacts” with the Donald Trump administration, which imposed assorted sanctions against the Caribbean country and maintained a publicly confrontational stance vis-a-vis Caracas.
Argentine Kids Return to Class after Almost a Year of Remote Learning
In-person classes will once again be held in Buenos Aires and various Argentine provinces after almost a year with only virtual classes available due to the coronavirus pandemic at the start of a program being criticized by assorted groups and unions because of the danger of infection.
February 18th – 2021 Presidential Politics – Resistance Day #30
Sundance, The Last Refuge - 23 hours ago
In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the JoeBama Administration and Presidency. … Continue reading → The post February 18th – 2021 Presidential Politics – Resistance Day #30 appeared first on The Last Refuge.
Thursday February 18th – Open Thread
Sundance, The Last Refuge - 23 hours ago
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those … Continue reading → The post Thursday February 18th – Open Thread appeared first on The Last Refuge.
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jonjayray, EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 23 hours ago
* COVID-19 Budget Cuts Hit Students and Profs, Not Admins* It only took a global pandemic to force public and private universities to cut their spending. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated that about 650,000 jobs were cut in the higher ed sector—a 14 percent decline. An analysis from The Chronicle of Higher Education on the budgets of about 100 top colleges pegged their losses at $183 billion: * $85 billion in lost revenues * $24 billion for Covid-related expenses * $74 billion in anticipated future decreases in state funding That figure may be optimistic, as budgets for 202...
The most influential broadcaster in history
Peter Murphy, CFACT - 1 day ago
Rush Limbaugh (1951-2021) understood the climate change agenda as a threat to liberty The post The most influential broadcaster in history appeared first on CFACT .

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