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This Day In Iraqi History - Feb 23
Joel Wing, MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 12 hours ago
1935 PM Ayubi gave resignation to King Ghazi King asked Yashin al-Hashemi to form new govt but exclude Rashid Ali al-Gaylani and Hikmat Sulaiman because they were agitating mid-Euphrates tribes Hashemi became disillusioned with Ghazi and proposed someone else from Hashemite family to take his place Hashemi dissolved political parties Spied on rivals Pushed authoritarianism 1922-58 were 59 cabinets (Musings On Iraq review *The Chatham House Version and other Middle-Eastern Studies*) 1946 Tawfiq Suwaidi became PM for 2nd time Was supposed to carry out Regent’s reform progra...
Security In Iraq Feb 15-21, 2021
Joel Wing, MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 12 hours ago
The winter lull in attacks by the Islamic State continued into the third week of February. Pro-Iran groups on the other hand looked to be increasing their attacks upon American targets in Iraq. There were a total of 20 security incidents reported in Iraq from February 15-21. 7 were by pro-Iran groups leaving 13 by the Islamic State. Pro-Iran groups carried out five IED hits upon convoys carrying supplies for the U.S. with one in Baghdad, one in Dhi Qar, one in Diwaniyaand two in Basra. As a sign they were increasing their attacks there was also a rocket attack upon the Irbil...
Yes We PeliCAN! Top 5 Pelican Stories
Angie Trumbo, International Bird Rescue - 12 hours ago
With the help of our amazing community and clinic staff, International Bird Rescue has given hundreds of pelicans a second chance to fly free. As we celebrate Pelican Love month, we want to share some of our most memorable pouched patients — ones that overcame all odds, required months of intensive care, made miraculous recoveries, ... Read more The post Yes We PeliCAN! Top 5 Pelican Stories appeared first on International Bird Rescue.
For Book Club, Monday March 1
Norma, Collecting My Thoughts - 10 hours ago
I am the hostess (on Zoom) for the March book club and we’re reading the book by Eric Metaxas,* Seven Men and Seven Women and the Secret of Their Greatness*. (2016). The main characters are presented in chronological order, and all are deceased. The men are George Washington, William Wilberforce, Eric Liddell, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Jackie Robinson, Saint John Paul II, and Charles W. Colson. The women are Saint Joan of Arc, Susanna Wesley, Hannah More, Saint Maria of Paris, Corrie ten Boom, Rosa Parks, and Saint Teresa of Calcutta (Mother Teresa). I’ve looked around the Internet ...
Facts Or Cover-Up? Congress To Hold Hearings On Capitol Riot
Daniel McAdams, null - 10 hours ago
Congressional leaders will convene a joint session to look into the events surrounding the January 6th Capitol melee. Will they ask the questions that really need to be answered, or will both sides continue political grandstanding? Also today, US Representatives try to cancel the First Amendment, demanding the end of Fox and other conservative media. Fauci backs off. DeSantis is the rising political star - why? Watch today's Liberty Report:
President Biden Says the Experimental Coronavirus Vaccines are Safe. The Vaccines’ Fact Sheets Say Something Very Different.
Adam Dick, null - 10 hours ago
[image: undefined] Via a Monday Twitter post, President Joe Biden made an unqualified assertion that the experimental coronavirus vaccines, which are not even vaccines under the normal meaning of vaccines, the United States government is encouraging Americans to take are “safe” for everyone. However, taking a look through the fact sheets for recipients and caregivers regarding the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna experimental coronavirus vaccines, available at the website of the US government’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, you find a very different representation. These f...
Russia’s Su-57E Stealth Fighter Has Some Serious Tire Kickers
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Security, Europe* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2019%3Anewsml_RC1601733010&share=true] Here are the potential customers lining up to check out the high-tech weapon system. The Russian-built Sukoi Su-57 could soon be operating over foreign skies as the latest reports suggest international customers have expressed interest in the fifth-generation combat aircraft. The Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation has reportedly received a number of requests from foreign customers for the Su-57E—the export version of th...
Biden Should Rethink the Navy’s South China Sea FONOPs
Mark J. Valencia, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Mark J. Valencia* *Security, Asia* The U.S. narrative justifying FONOPs is disingenuous. A recent piece in Foreign Policy advocated that the United States should not only continue its Freedom of Navigation Operations (FONOPs) in the South China Sea but enhance them and even declare them non-negotiable. Already two FONOPs have been undertaken under the Biden administration. But continuing them is a bad idea. U.S. FONOPs are arguably a violation of international law, a cover for freedom to spy, increase the risk of confrontation and conflict, are unwelcome by Southeast Asian state...
Former German military officer view on US-Ukraine & Russia relations
Bruce K. Gagnon, Organizing Notes - 10 hours ago
*I met Alina Lipp (from Germany) at a conference in Crimea last year. We both spoke at the event. She works on environmental issues with a key focus on climate crisis. Her parents are German and Russian so she has a much broader view of the so-called 'Russian problem'. She makes videos and I am happy to share this one. (Has English sub-titles) Bruce* Wolfgang Effenberger is a former officer of the German Bundeswehr and got insights into the General Defense Plan of NATO. In 2020 he published his insider information in his book "Schwarzbuch EU & NATO" and warns the public abo...
These Countries Have Yet To Start Covid-19 Vaccinations
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 10 hours ago
* Statista:* *These Countries Have Yet To Start Covid-19 Vaccinations* As the United States pledges $4 billion to support COVAX and the equitable distribution of Covid-19 vaccines worldwide, a long list of governments still have not been able to secure enough doses to start inoculating their populations. New Zealand, one of the most successful countries at keeping Covid-19 at bay, started vaccinations on Saturday while Australia is getting its rollout underway today. *Read more* .... *WNU Editor:* That is a lot of countries.
Cockpit Audio From American Airlines flight Captures Pilot's Frantic Reaction To "Fast-Moving Cylindrical Object" Over New Mexico
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 10 hours ago
American Airlines Flight 2292's flight path is seen above. The Airbus A320 was making its way from Cincinnati to Phoenix on Sunday *Daily Mail:* *'We just had something go right over the top of us': Cockpit audio from American Airlines flight reveals mystifying close encounter with 'fast-moving cylindrical object' over New Mexico at 36,000 feet * * The encounter happened on Sunday as AA Flight 2292 passed over a remote stretch of northeast New Mexico, west of Des Monies, en-route to Phoenix * The flight was travelling at around 460 miles per hour at 36,000 feet * Blogger Steve Do...
Aurora says its Danish cannabis has reached German pharmacies
Matt Lamers, Marijuana Business Daily - 10 hours ago
A subsidiary of Canada’s Aurora Cannabis says its “made in Denmark” medical cannabis products have reached some Germany pharmacies for the first time – a milestone that was years in the making. The German distribution comes before the products have been cleared by authorities for sale in Denmark, where the medicine is produced. It’s the […] Aurora says its Danish cannabis has reached German pharmacies is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Fauci Says US May Soon Ease Rules… For The Vaccinated
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 10 hours ago
Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious diseases specialist (and highest-paid government employee), says that while we may still be... The post Fauci Says US May Soon Ease Rules… For The Vaccinated appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Biden Attempting ‘Administrative Abolishment’ Of ICE, Termination of Thousands of Jobs at Agency
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 10 hours ago
Gateway Pundit – by Cassandra Fairbanks The Biden administration is currently attempting to enact an “administrative abolishment” of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Along with essentially... The post Biden Attempting ‘Administrative Abolishment’ Of ICE, Termination of Thousands of Jobs at Agency appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Marijuana packaging firm KushCo raises $40 million in direct stock offering
Jeff Smith, Marijuana Business Daily - 10 hours ago
California-based marijuana company KushCo Holdings said it expects to net about $40 million from the sale of securities in a direct offering to investors. The provider of packaging and other ancillary products to the cannabis industry said it will use the proceeds to pay down its debt and for working capital, product development, acquisitions and […] Marijuana packaging firm KushCo raises $40 million in direct stock offering is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
“Extremely Dramatic Increase” – Ghost Gun Seizures Up 400% In Baltimore City
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 11 hours ago
Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden A homemade or improvised firearm that lacks commercial serial numbers is becoming a significant problem across Baltimore City. These... The post “Extremely Dramatic Increase” – Ghost Gun Seizures Up 400% In Baltimore City appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Whistleblower Video Footage of Forced COVID Vaccines in German Nursing Homes Goes Public – Attorney: “We’re Dealing with Homicide, Maybe Even Murder”
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 11 hours ago
Health Impact News – by Brian Shilhavy Earlier this week we published the English translation of a video in German that Attorney Reiner Fuellmich published... The post Whistleblower Video Footage of Forced COVID Vaccines in German Nursing Homes Goes Public – Attorney: “We’re Dealing with Homicide, Maybe Even Murder” appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
‘Please Don’t Kill Me!’: Veteran Dies After Cops Kneel on His Neck for 5 Minutes — Lawsuit
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 11 hours ago
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist Antioch, CA — The family of a 30-year-old US Naval veteran recently filed a lawsuit after police showed... The post ‘Please Don’t Kill Me!’: Veteran Dies After Cops Kneel on His Neck for 5 Minutes — Lawsuit appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Biden AG Pick Says Antifa/BLM Attacks on Courthouse May Not be Domestic Terrorism Because They Happened at Night
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 11 hours ago
Gateway Pundit – by Cassandra Fairbanks When questioned by Senator Josh Hawley about if he considers Antifa and Black Lives Matter attacks on the courthouse... The post Biden AG Pick Says Antifa/BLM Attacks on Courthouse May Not be Domestic Terrorism Because They Happened at Night appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Kansas Bill Would Make Gold and Silver Legal Tender in the State
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 11 hours ago
Schiff Gold – by Michael Maharrey A bill introduced in the Kansas House would recognize gold and silver specie as legal tender and repeal all... The post Kansas Bill Would Make Gold and Silver Legal Tender in the State appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Microsoft forms a coalition to “combat disinformation” online
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 11 hours ago
https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1364005149858029570 The post Microsoft forms a coalition to “combat disinformation” online appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Health Staff Injured By Covid Jab Are “Imagining It” – Telegraph
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 11 hours ago
Richie Allen Writing in the Telegraph today, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard claims that German health workers who reported feeling ill after receiving their Covid jab, were in... The post Health Staff Injured By Covid Jab Are “Imagining It” – Telegraph appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Cannabis MSO Green Thumb Industries raises $56 million in US share sale
Solomon Israel, Marijuana Business Daily - 12 hours ago
Chicago-based multistate cannabis operator Green Thumb Industries raised roughly $56 million from selling shares in the United States. Green Thumb (GTI) accepted offers to purchase 1.6 million subordinate voting shares for $35.50 per share. The sale is expected to close Feb. 23. The capital raise follows another funding earlier this month, when GTI sold $100 […] Cannabis MSO Green Thumb Industries raises $56 million in US share sale is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Afghan Peace Talks Resume In Doha
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 10 hours ago
Taliban spokesperson Mohammad Naeem said that the first item of business will be setting the agenda [Sorin Furcoi/Al Jazeera] *Al Jazeera:* *Afghan peace talks resume in Doha as US reviews Taliban deal * *Peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan gov’t resume in Doha after weeks of delays and change in US diplomatic leadership * Peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government have resumed in the Qatari capital Doha after weeks of delays, escalating violence and a change in US diplomatic leadership as the Biden administration began. Taliban spokesman Mohammad Naeem...
State of emergency declared in Madre de Dios as severe flooding leaves 15 000 people affected, Peru
The Watchers » Latest articles - 10 hours ago
Heavy rainfall since mid-February has triggered widespread, severe flooding in Madre de Dios, Peru, leaving at least 15 000 people affected and thousands of property damage. This has prompted the government to declare a state of emergency for the region for 60 days....... Read more »
How freedom helps rhinos
Craig Rucker, CFACT - 10 hours ago
Watch John Stossel now: South Africa legalized rhino horn sales shortly after this video first was posted, and since then, rhino poaching FELL. The post How freedom helps rhinos appeared first on CFACT.
Coronavirus Survivors May Need Only One Vaccine Dose
Ethen Kim Lieser, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Health, Americas* But vaccine companies, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and top health officials like White House coronavirus advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci have cautioned against going outside what has been scientifically tested. The latest estimates indicate that roughly thirty million people in the United States over the past year have contracted the novel coronavirus. And the trending question in recent weeks is: Do these individuals still need to be inoculated against a virus that they have already defeated? It appears that in many instances, according...
The Collapse of the USSR Helped Make China an Aircraft Carrier Superpower
Robert Farley, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, Asia* Without Liaoning, the PLAN would have had to either construct a new carrier from scratch, or take the Indian route and try to modernize one of the Kievs. *Here's What You Need to Know*: The acquisition undoubtedly accelerated the Chinese program. In 1998, a Chinese businessman bought the incomplete hulk of a Soviet aircraft carrier. Fourteen years later that hulk became Liaoning, the first fleet carrier of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). Thus did China’s navy become the blue water force it had long aspired to be. But much could have g...
Optionally-Manned: How the U.S. Army’s New Tank Could Also Be a Drone
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *U.S. Army, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2011%3Anewsml_GM1E79117P001&share=true] The high-tech platform will need to be able to take on enemy tanks while outnumbered. The Army’s new Optionally Manned Tank, is a nascent project intended to propel the U.S. Army into a new generation of Combined Arms warfare. It will likely fire lasers, control drones, move at high speeds, and be able to destroy enemy helicopters. This Abrams-replacement tank will also be able to penetrate hostile armored formations and perform highly-let...
Optionally Manned Tank: The U.S. Army's Future Tank Plan Is Here
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *U.S. Army Tanks, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2016%3Anewsml_S1BETETAEIAA&share=true] Expect longer range sensing, better defenses and weapons, and an optional drone capabilitiy. The Army plans to present senior service leaders with a series of specific “options” to pursue to engineer a new generation of main battle tanks to fight well into the coming decades, a move destined to incorporate key technical and tactical parameters including new paradigms for sensing, weapons attack and warfare maneuver. The Army is prepar...
Gottlieb: Achieving Herd Immunity for COVID-19 by April Might Be Too Optimistic
Ethen Kim Lieser, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Herd Immunity, Americas* White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci had previously noted that 75 percent to 85 percent of the overall population would need to develop some sort of immunity to create an “umbrella” of protection. Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the former commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, has predicted that declining coronavirus infection rates seen in the United States are “likely to continue,” but that achieving herd immunity by April might be too aggressive. “This has taken a tragic toll on the United States, but we should b...
Counterfactual: What If Hitler Never Declared War on the U.S.?
Robert Farley, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *History, Europe* Washington and Berlin agreed that war was inevitable; the only question was who would fire the first shot. What if Germany had never declared war on the United States during World War II? Scholars and analysts have long wondered whether this represented one of the great “what-ifs” of World War II; could the Germans have kept the United States out of the war, or at least undercut popular support for fighting in the European Theater, by declining to join the Japanese offensive? Was the decision to declare war on the United States, effectively r...
Faster, Better, Stronger: Meet the U.S. Army’s Optionally Manned Tank
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2017%3Anewsml_RC1CA48F1520&share=true] This drone tank may replace the mighty Abrams, but will it still require a human commander to decide when to use lethal force? When confronted with a large group of fast-approaching, unidentified enemy armored vehicles on attack, future Army tanks will need an ability to receive and organize incoming surveillance data, identify an enemy target and take the necessary defensive measures. Perhaps a forward-operating drone captures surveillance ...
Brazilian steel production grew 11% in January
Lachlan Williams, The Rio Times - 11 hours ago
[image: Brazil is the second largest exporter of steel to the US.] RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilian steel production increased 11% in January, compared to January last year, representing the highest growth since January 2019. Similarly, domestic sales grew 26% and apparent consumption rose 25%, the highest percentage since March 2015. The figures were presented yesterday, February 22nd, by Marco Polo de Mello Lopes, CEO of […] The post Brazilian steel production grew 11% in January appeared first on The Rio Times.
Part II – Western Capital’s Long Chinese Mission: From Opium to COVID Vaccine Credentials
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 11 hours ago
We examine the virtually unbroken history between American power-brokers and the highest echelons of power in China — a history that harkens back to the earliest days of capitalism, slavery, and the opium trade.
Senator Blackburn chats Teddy Roosevelt and her mom receiving Keep America Beautiful’s Lifetime Award
Gabriella Hoffman, CFACT - 11 hours ago
Senator Marsha Blackburn joined the podcast today to talk Teddy Roosevelt, highway cleanups, and what conservation means to her. Tune in today! The post Senator Blackburn chats Teddy Roosevelt and her mom receiving Keep America Beautiful’s Lifetime Award appeared first on CFACT.
Lavrov’s Scathing Assessment of the EU: A “Party Committee” Run by Buffoons
Alexander Mercouris, The Duran - 11 hours ago
Lavrov’s Scathing Assessment of the EU: A “Party Committee” Run by Buffoons News Topc 56: Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with the RBC Media Holding, Moscow, February 19, 2021 https://www.mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/-/asset_publisher/cKNonkJE02Bw/content/id/4589817
Commentary
Larry-Lambert, Virtual Mirage - 11 hours ago
I wonder how the CEO will feel when everybody refers to him as “bitch”? Will all manuals be written in ebonics? It would be very progressive. P-61 as a taxi? The P-61A used as the personal transport of Maj. Gen. Barnes of the 13th Fighter Command, Java, 1944 The ho is […] The post Commentary appeared first on Virtual Mirage.
War for Water: foreign investor firepower over Australian farmers in water deals
Callum Foote, Michael West - 11 hours ago
[image: Water rights, Watergate] The "corporatisation" of Australian farming continues apace. Almost 14% of agricultural land is now owned by foreign investors who, according to a ruling by the ATO, do not have to pay capital gains tax on water rights. Callum Foote reports.
Is It Over Now? Looks Like It.
E.M.Smith, Musings from the Chiefio - 13 hours ago
Is the Chinese Wuhan Covid Virus reaching the end of the available population? Continue reading →
Tuesday Morning Links
Unknown, Accidental Deliberations - 13 hours ago
This and that for your Tuesday reading. - Andrea Reimer examines the power dynamics at play in government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the limits of formal political power where it isn't paired with knowledge and networks. And the Globe and Mail's editorial board rightly questions the dubious math behind the choice of Doug Ford (like many other conservative premiers) to accept widespread disease and death rather than taking meaningful steps to rein in the coronavirus. - Shaun Lintern reports on new research showing that long COVID results in substantial numbers...
What the Success Sequence Means
Bryan Caplan, Econlib - 14 hours ago
[continued from yesterday] …This is a strange state of affairs. Everyone – even the original researchers – insists that the success sequence sheds little or no light on who to blame for poverty. And since I’m writing a book called Poverty: Who To Blame, I beg to differ. Consider this hypothetical. Suppose the success sequence […] The post What the Success Sequence Means appeared first on Econlib.
How Russia Became Africa’s Dominant Arms Dealer
Mark Episkopos, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Mark Episkopos* *Russia Military, Africa* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2012%3Anewsml_GM1E8591C9801&share=true] Moscow has managed to push aside longstanding sellers from France and the United States. Russia’s state arms export agency, Rosoboronexport, announced earlier this week that it signed export contracts with African states worth as much as $1.5 billion in 2020. “The price tag is more than $1.5 billion,” Rosoboronexport Director General Alexander Mikheyev told reporters at the International Defense Exhibition (IDEX) 2021 on Sunday. “W...
Trump Reportedly Offered Kim Jong Un a Ride on Air Force One
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *Kim Air Force One, Americas* The offer, per the report, came during the second summit between the two leaders, which took place in Hanoi in February of 2019. One of the most surprising moments of Donald Trump’s presidency was the diplomatic opening he made to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The opening resulted in a pair of summits in 2018 and 2019, although it did not result in any type of diplomatic agreement. Even years later, we’re still learning surprising things about the meetings between Trump and Kim. The BBC reported over the weekend, in a documentary...
How Hitler Buried His Assault on Europe Under Russian Snow
Michael Peck, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *History, Europe* Nazi Germany never recovered. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *The Russo-German War was no ordinary conflict fought over territory or resources. For Nazi Germany, it was a war of extermination and subjugation that would have killed the Russian people or reduced them to slavery. For the Soviet Union, it was a war of survival. In October 1941, the Second World War teetered on a knife edge. There was war in China and war in North Africa, and soon there would be war between America and Japan. But in the autumn of 1941, the only war that really see...
RIP, Cable: More Than 5 Million People Cut the Cord in 2020
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *Technology, Americas* One new measurement says that there were actually fewer cord-cutters in 2020 than there were the year before. That figure includes the five largest pay TV companies. Everyone knows that there was a great deal of cord-cutting in 2020, as the pandemic and the accompanying economic disruption encouraged more and more Americans to drop their traditional pay TV service. But one new measurement says that there were actually fewer cord-cutters in 2020 than there were the year before. That figure includes the five largest pay TV companies. Accor...
Stream It: The Best of What’s Coming to Netflix in March 2021
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *Netflix, Americas* Netflix will have many new shows in March. Take a look. Netflix hit 200 million subscribers worldwide as of the end of 2020. And when March begins, subscribers to the service will have a wide variety of new shows and movies to enjoy. Some highlights of Netflix’s March offerings: *Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell* (3/1). There have already been quite a few documentaries made about the late rapper known as the Notorious B.I.G., many of them also featuring his friend-turned-rival, Tupac Shakur. This one, executive-produced by Biggie’s mother Vole...
YF-23: Could This Failed Prototype Be Reborn as a Sixth Generation Stealth Fighter
Robert Farley, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, * Had the YF-23 enjoyed a smoother development path (a huge “if”), the fighter might not have faced such a hostile environment as it entered service. *Here's What You Need to Know*: The F-23 included some characteristics that may eventually find themselves in a sixth generation fighter. The Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) competition, staged at the end of the Cold War, yielded a pair of remarkable fighter designs. The United States would eventually select the F-22 Raptor, widely acknowledged as the most capable air superiority aircraft of the early twe...
Take action to end the climate-killing Energy Charter Treaty
bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
23-Feb-2021 Sign the petition to pull out of the Energy Charter Treaty and stop its expansion to other countries!
Accord de libre-échange avec l'Indonésie: pourquoi nous conseillons le non
bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
23-Feb-2021 L'accord de libre-échange avec l'Indonésie va augmenter notre empreinte carbone sans améliorer les conditions sociales et environnementales dans le pays, écrivent les Grands-parents pour le climat.
How Energy Treaty 'shadow' courts prolong EU's fossil age
bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
23-Feb-2021 The treaty enables companies to claim billions in compensation from states in front of international arbitration tribunals, if they feel unfairly treated by the states' energy or climate policies.
Cet obscur traité qui menace les objectifs climatiques européens et pourrait rapporter gros aux pétroliers
bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
23-Feb-2021 Un accord international méconnu, le Traité sur la charte de l'énergie, pourrait détruire les efforts des pays européens pour atteindre leurs objectifs climatiques. Face aux industries de l'énergie, ONG et parlementaires tentent d'alerter sur cette menace.
Signez la pétition : l'UE et la France doivent sortir du Traité sur la charte de l'énergie, ce Traité qui protège les pollueurs
bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
23-Feb-2021 Le Traité sur la charte de l'énergie (TCE) est un traité peu connu, mais aux effets nocifs considérables.
The Near-Shoring Trend: Will China’s Loss Be Mexico’s Gain?
Contributing Reporter, The Rio Times - 11 hours ago
By Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - As a favored source of low-cost manufacturing for U.S. markets, Mexico seems to come and go. The formation of maquiladoras, factories mostly located in areas close to the U.S. border, kicked off an era of vibrant manufacturing activity in Mexico in the 1960s. For years […] The post The Near-Shoring Trend: Will China’s Loss Be Mexico’s Gain? appeared first on The Rio Times.
Why Janet Woodcock Is Wrong Person to Lead FDA
Aerowenn Hunter, Children's Health Defense - 11 hours ago
Dr. Janet Woodcock, acting FDA commissioner, is one of two leading contenders for the role of FDA commissioner, but some argue her past and current conflicts of interest and her inadequate oversight of the opioid crisis should disqualify her. The post Why Janet Woodcock Is Wrong Person to Lead FDA appeared first on Children's Health Defense.
Mt Etna’s Latest Eruptions Awe Even Those Who Study Volcanos
AP News, Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
Mount Etna, Europe’s most active volcano, has awed even seasoned volcanologists in recent days with spectacular spurts of lava lighting up the Sicilian sky each night.
US Army Is Developing The Most Powerful Laser Weapon In The World
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 11 hours ago
Pictured: A beam director element of the Army's Tactical High Energy Laser (THEL) *Daily Mail:* *US Army is developing a the 'most powerful' laser in history which will vaporize targets using short pulses and produce powerful signals to disrupt enemy electronics * * The Tactical Ultrashort Pulsed Laser for Army Platforms will emit short pulses * For a scant 200 femtoseconds, the burst would be a million times stronger than current lasers * The result would evaporate the surface of a drone and cause a blast wave * Its also though the USPL could cause an electromagnetic pulse (...
Uruguay starts inoculation campaign March 1st with Sinovac and Pfizer vaccines
Latin America News, The Rio Times - 11 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Uruguay will be receiving the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines next Thursday evening, February 25th, and the official inoculation campaign will begin on Monday March first. Over the weekend those in charge of vaccination will be the first to receive the shots, according to president Luis Lacalle Pou. Following a […] The post Uruguay starts inoculation campaign March 1st with Sinovac and Pfizer vaccines appeared first on The Rio Times.
"Bunked off early"
Craig, Is the BBC biased? - 12 hours ago
Here's the BBC's diplomatic correspondent James Landale this afternoon marking a moment of history for his country: A slice of diplomatic history at lunchtime when Boris Johnson chairs UN security council. Last UK PM to do so was John Major in 1992. That was the first time the UNSC had sat at head of state level. Also round the table were Presidents Bush, Mitterrand & Yeltsin. And here he is again, a little later, trying to shame his own country's PM: So, after all that, Boris Johnson *bunked off early*, having chaired the council for less than an hour & listened to only 5 speaker...
10 Examples of Kickbacks & Waste in New ‘COVID’ Bill Showing It’s Not About COVID at All
The Free Thought Project, The Free Thought Project - 12 hours ago
[image: government]The only real solution to this corruption is to shrink the government itself—and leave fewer of our resources for unscrupulous politicians to pilfer away.
Children’s Health Defense Mourns Passing of Dr. Ramon Ramos
Aerowenn Hunter, Children's Health Defense - 13 hours ago
Dr. Ramos dedicated his life to the health and well-being of children. In the process, he became a legend not only in his hometown, but across the world. The post Children’s Health Defense Mourns Passing of Dr. Ramon Ramos appeared first on Children's Health Defense.
Guardian : Failure Of Wind And Solar Proves We Need More Wind And Solar
tonyheller, Real Climate Science - 14 hours ago
Australia was the first casualty of the big blackout lie blaming wind power – the US could be next | Ketan Joshi | Environment | The Guardian
Senate Homeland Security Committee Hearing on January 6 Capitol Hill Riot
Sundance, The Last Refuge - 11 hours ago
Today the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs and Rules & Administration Committees are holding a joint hearing “Examining the January 6 Attack on the US Capitol.” The witnesses: Metropolitan Police Dept. acting chief Robert Contee III, former US Capitol … Continue reading → The post Senate Homeland Security Committee Hearing on January 6 Capitol Hill Riot appeared first on The Last Refuge.
What NY Prosecutors Could Learn from Trump’s Tax Records
AP News, Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
Former prosecutors say the trove of records could give investigators new tools to determine whether Trump lied to lenders or tax officials, before or after he took office.
Brazil’s Industry Confederation says 82% of large companies intend to invest in 2021
Richard Mann, The Rio Times - 12 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A survey conducted by the National Confederation of Industry (CNI) shows that 82% of large companies intend to invest this year. It is expected that 35% of these investments will be directed to improvements in the production process and 33% to increase production capacity, through the purchase of new machinery […] The post Brazil’s Industry Confederation says 82% of large companies intend to invest in 2021 appeared first on The Rio Times.
What Planet Is NATO Living On?
Medea Benjamin, MintPress News - 12 hours ago
Despite its recent failures in Afghanistan and Libya, NATO is turning its military madness toward two more formidable, nuclear-armed enemies: Russia and China. The post What Planet Is NATO Living On? appeared first on MintPress News.
Covid-19: Brazil ranks 7th in the world in terms of administered doses
Xiu Ying, The Rio Times - 12 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil ranks 7th in the world in terms of the number of Covid-19 vaccines administered. According to a Bloomberg survey with data collected up to 3 PM this Monday, February 22nd, the United States leads with 64,177,474 doses administered. Next comes China (40,500,000), the European Union (26,528,586), the United Kingdom […] The post Covid-19: Brazil ranks 7th in the world in terms of administered doses appeared first on The Rio Times.
New RAND Paper Argues Government Control Of Health Care Pricing Will Reduce Costs Better Than Competition
Hank Campbell, Science 2.0 blogs - 12 hours ago
Rather than making affordable health care reality, the Affordable Care Act sent costs for many privately-insured people up as much as 700 percent. The federal government allowed insurers to pass through their new losses to everyone else and even with that, many insurers fled states due to the program being insoluble. Perhaps the solution is not to have people pay 700 percent more, but to force hospitals to be transparent about costs. And that would mean more realistic pricing without a reduction in quality. read more
ZUCK & Morrison reach deal. Facebook news returns to Australia
Alex Christoforou, The Duran - 12 hours ago
ZUCK & Morrison reach deal. Facebook news returns to Australia ****News Topic 299***** Facebook ‘refriends’ Australia after changes to media laws Facebook ‘refriends’ Australia after changes to media laws CANBERRA (Reuters) – Facebook said on Tuesday it will restore Australian news pages after negotiating changes with the government to a proposed law that forces tech […]
Norwegian F-35A Jets (With Their Peculiar Upper Fuselage Drag Chute Pod) Deploy To Iceland For NATO’s Air Policing
David Cenciotti, The Aviationist - 12 hours ago
For the second time, the Royal Norwegian Air Force F-35A Lightning II jets have deployed to Keflavik, Iceland, to support NATO’s Icelandic Air Policing. Four RNoAF F-35A Lightning II jets have deployed to Iceland to [...] The post Norwegian F-35A Jets (With Their Peculiar Upper Fuselage Drag Chute Pod) Deploy To Iceland For NATO’s Air Policing appeared first on The Aviationist.
Munich Conference & G7 joke. Biden declares via ZOOM, “America is back”
The Duran, The Duran - 12 hours ago
Munich Conference & G7 joke. Biden declares via ZOOM, “America is back” The Duran: Episode 893 US Not Issuing Any Invitations for Russia to Join G7, White House Says US Not Issuing Any Invitations for Russia to Join G7, White House Says WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The Biden administration is not issuing invitations for Russia to […]
Part II – Western Capital’s Long Chinese Mission: From Opium to COVID Vaccine Credentials
Raul Diego, MintPress News - 12 hours ago
We examine the virtually unbroken history between American power-brokers and the highest echelons of power in China -- a history that harkens back to the earliest days of capitalism, slavery, and the opium trade. The post Part II – Western Capital’s Long Chinese Mission: From Opium to COVID Vaccine Credentials appeared first on MintPress News.
Oklahoma alligators frozen in the ice
Robert, Ice Age Now - 12 hours ago
Oklahoma, like some other southern states, has suffered from abnormal, extreme cold. Thermometers in the center of the region fell below -20°C (-4°F). In southeastern Oklahoma, in McCurten County, the swamps are frozen. The alligators that live there try to adapt to the cold. Even though they’re frozen in the ice, they leave their nose ... Read more The post Oklahoma alligators frozen in the ice appeared first on Ice Age Now .
Haiti: Danny Shaw Reports On The Serious Political And Social Crisis
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
COHA’s Senior Research Fellow, professor Danny Shaw, opens a window to the mass movement in Haiti which is demanding President Jovenel Moïse step down and cease rule by decree. Demonstrators are also calling for the release of political prisoners, the restoration of the Supreme Court justices, Police Inspector General and other opposition figures who have been fired, and an end to U.S., United Nations and the Organization of American States (OAS) intervention on behalf of foreign interests in their country. A broad convergence of opposition parties and social movements maintain t...
Red Lines: Vijay Prashad Explains Myanmar Coup
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
Red Lines host Anya Parampil speaks with Vijay Prashad, historian and Chief Correspondent for Globetrotter, about the military's recent takeover in Myanmar. "The first thing that people should know is that Aung San was the state councilor based on an agreement made between the military in Myanmar, the opposition movements that had been built after the Great Saffron Revolution, the protest movement of people who were young at that time - now 13, 14 years ago. It was an agreement also which included western capitals, including the United States of America, the Obama administration ...
Federal Laws and Grants Are Insufficient to Combat Against Cyber Threats
mgarcia, Lawfare - 13 hours ago
The National Mall in Washington, D.C. at night. (Thomas Hawk, https://tinyurl.com/r8nj7u85; CC BY-NC 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/) The coronavirus pandemic has been a boon for malicious cyber actors who engage in criminal activity. In 2020, at least 2,500 U.S. government entities, health care facilities and schools were victimized by ransomware. Nation-states, too, engage in these types of malicious activities. Last summer, the Justice Department indicted two Chinese hackers for trying to steal coronavirus vaccine research on behalf of the Chinese governmen...
Coalition Pushes For 50% Carbon Cut By 2030
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
The United States officially rejoined the Paris Agreement Friday, with climate envoy John Kerry warning that high-stakes negotiations at COP 26 in Glasgow this fall represent the “last, best hope” to avert catastrophic climate change. “This is a significant day, a day that never had to happen,” Kerry said. “It’s so sad that our previous president, without any scientific basis or any legitimate economic rationale, decided to pull America out. It hurt us and it hurt the world.” Now, he added, the U.S. is re-entering the landmark 2015 accord “with a lot of humility, for the agony of...
The Trump Impeachment as Precedent for Future Late Impeachments
bkalt, Lawfare - 13 hours ago
The U.S. Capitol Dome in Washington, D.C. (David Maiolo, https://tinyurl.com/3obomj79; CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en) During former President Trump’s second impeachment episode, precedents—especially the impeachment trials of former Sen. William Blount in 1798 and former Secretary of War William Belknap in 1876—featured prominently in the discussion. The question now becomes what sort of precedent Trump’s case will represent the next time “late impeachment” is on the table. The short answer is that the precedential landscape is pretty much ...
CULTURE AND TOWN: "Muskie wept," the journalists said!
<b>bob somerby</b>, the daily howler - 14 hours ago
*TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2021* *Also, let's hide in the bushes:* To tell you the truth, we don't exactly know what we're doing today. Here's the reason for our uncertainty: Somewhat amazingly, Donald J. Trump has left town! After he left, we kept him around long enough for us to conduct his Senate "trial." But he himself is no longer around. He's been gone for more than a month! It feels to us like the end of an era—the end of a very* long* era. We'd be inclined to date the start of the era to the night when major journalists hid in the bushes, hoping to see if Candidate Hart actu...
Pink Shirt Day is a performance and won’t stop bullying
Suzanne Rent, Halifax Examiner - 14 hours ago
News 1. Ferry management fee This item is written by Tim Bousquet. $1.17 million per year. That’s the amount of the management fee the province of Nova Scotia pays Bay Ferries for operating the Yarmouth ferry — and for three years running, for not operating the ferry. That $1.17 million is over and above all […]
Was the V-Gasm Good for You?
Kent Heckenlively, BolenReport - 14 hours ago
By Kent Heckenlively, JD It’s really been tough holding my tongue at work this past week as my fellow science teachers have been driven into a state of ecstasy at the prospect of getting their COVID-19 vaccine. This is how our teacher’s union is getting it done. Apparently, there’s a “code” that teachers in my … Continue reading Was the V-Gasm Good for You?
Was the V-Gasm Good for You?
Kent Heckenlively, BolenReport - 14 hours ago
By Kent Heckenlively, JD It’s really been tough holding my tongue at work this past week as my fellow science teachers have been driven into a state of ecstasy at the prospect of getting their COVID-19 vaccine. This is how our teacher’s union is getting it done. Apparently, there’s a “code” that teachers in my … Continue reading Was the V-Gasm Good for You?
Racism In The American Psyche
Owen Gray, Northern Reflections - 7 hours ago
Yesterday, Merrick Garland appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The contrast between Garland and William Barr -- his immediate predecessor -- was profound. Jennifer Rubin writes: President Biden’s nominee for attorney general, Merrick Garland, sailed through his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday, providing Republicans nary a reason to oppose him (although some will). Along the way, he provided a seminar on race while implicitly revealing the utter cluelessness and intellectual shallowness of Republicans. The Republican Senator from L...
Prague's municipal court endorses a freshman, orders in-person learning to be restarted
Luboš Motl, The Reference Frame - 11 hours ago
Every court must have its opinions about what is legal and constitutional As "citizen" has pointed out, the Municipal Court in Prague decided against a high school where teachers were getting a salary while not fulfilling their duty to teach a student in person (which is what teachers do at most schools not only in Czechia now, as you know). The freshman T.N. has sued the school and won. The essence of the verdict is the judges' opinion that the state of emergency that was started on February 15th (last Monday) is the same as the previous one and whose extension was vetoed by the low...
‘Please Don’t Kill Me!’: Veteran Dies After Cops Kneel on His Neck for 5 Minutes — Lawsuit
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 12 hours ago
[image: neck]"Police jumped on him and literally put a George Floyd-tight hold on the back of his neck,” the family's attorney John Burris said.
How Black cartographers put racism on the map of America
Joshua F.J. Inwood, Associate Professor of Geography and Senior Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute, Penn State, Politics + Society – The Conversation - 12 hours ago
Mapping is one way African Americans fight for equality and help each other navigate a racially hostile landscape.
Myanmar: Heroes and Villains
Global Issues News Headlines - 12 hours ago
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Feb 23 (IPS) - Myanmar’s *State Counsellor *was recently deposed and arrested along with other leaders of her ruling party – *National League for Democracy* (NLD). The Leader of *Tatmadaw*, the Military, Min Aung Hlaing, announced that elections in November last year had been fraudulent and in an “effort to save democracy” the military would now rule the nation for at least one year, until new elections could be organised. Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi is accused of “importing ten or more walkie-talkies” and of violating the nation’s “Natural Disaster Law”. Some mi...
China and the Rare Earth Supply Chain Policy Brief
IER, IER - 12 hours ago
Summary Rare earth elements are used in the production of high tech devices such as defense equipment (e.g. radar systems… The post China and the Rare Earth Supply Chain Policy Brief appeared first on IER.
Security Officials Cast Blame for Jan. 6 Failures at Capitol
AP News, Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
In prepared remarks before two Senate committees on Feb. 23, 2021, former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund will describe a scene that was “like nothing” he had seen in his 30 years of policing.
Massive Explosion Rocks Cameron, Texas After Train Collides With 18-Wheeler
Admin, From the Trenches World Report - 13 hours ago
Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden Bloomberg reports a train carrying coal collided with an 18-wheeler in Cameron, Texas, Tuesday morning. Local television station KVUE... The post Massive Explosion Rocks Cameron, Texas After Train Collides With 18-Wheeler appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
"How It Really Is"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 13 hours ago
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Courts in Spain Order Forced COVID-19 Vaccination of Incapacitated Nursing Home Residents
Mary, From the Trenches World Report - 13 hours ago
Health Impact News – by Carolyn Hendler, JD In what appears to be the first case of a court ordered forced COVID-19 vaccination, a court... The post Courts in Spain Order Forced COVID-19 Vaccination of Incapacitated Nursing Home Residents appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
“Colombia produces more cocaine now than in Pablo Escobar’s time” – Financial Times
Juan Martinez, The Rio Times - 13 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On February 22nd, a special Financial Times report disclosed figures on the increase in the number of hectares of coca leaf planted in Colombia and its production. The investigation states that the work of manual crop eradicators was in vain, as they are the "first to lose the war" because […] The post “Colombia produces more cocaine now than in Pablo Escobar’s time” – Financial Times appeared first on The Rio Times.
"Economic Market Snapshot AM 2/23/21"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 13 hours ago
*"Economic Market Snapshot AM 2/23/21"* ○ "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, AM 2/23/21 *“Important Updates: , * *Stock Market, Bitcoin, Crypto Drops**”* - https://traderschoice.net/ ○ "The more I see of the monied classes, the better I understand the guillotine." - George Bernard Shaw ○ *MarketWatch Market Summary, Live Up...
Welfare Warfare: LBJ’s Racist Legacy of Destroying “Black” Families
Teodrose Fikremariam, null - 13 hours ago
The more time passes, the more I understand the wisdom of my father and the source of his determination to make it on his own The post Welfare Warfare: LBJ’s Racist Legacy of Destroying “Black” Families appeared first on .
Barack Obama, Bruce Springsteen Team Up for Podcast
AP News, Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
“Renegades: Born in the USA,” a conversation recorded in Springsteen's guitar-filled home studio in New Jersey, will be eight episodes long.
State Locks Up 10yo Child Sex Trafficking Victim, Lets Her Multiple Abusers Walk Free
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: girl]Instead of locking up the multiple men who have been trafficking a little girl, Chicago officials put the victim in a facility where she's been for months.
Merritt Garland, unprepared and no thoughts about illegal immigration
Norma, Collecting My Thoughts - 13 hours ago
Merritt Garland seems to be the only American who hasn't thought about whether or not entering the country illegally should remain a crime. And he's applying for the job as Attorney General--the chief cop! I'm just a retired librarian, and I've thought about it. I'll bet you have too. “I haven’t thought about that question… uh… uh… I just haven’t thought about that question,” Garland replied cautiously. “I think the uh, the uh, president has, uh, made clear that we are a country of uh with borders and uh a concern about national security. Um, I don’t know of proposal to uh decrimina...
Corporate leaders cozy up to costly Biden climate agenda
Craig Rucker, CFACT - 13 hours ago
Shortly after President Biden was elected, more than 150 world leaders signed an open letter to Biden, pledging their support to his administration’s goals to combat climate change. The post Corporate leaders cozy up to costly Biden climate agenda appeared first on CFACT.
No more business as usual
Norma, Collecting My Thoughts - 14 hours ago
I've been reading my husband's professional (architecture) literature for so many years, I think I could write the articles--at least the opinion pieces of the last 3 decades (social, cultural and green). But finally, a paragraph I support for its truth, yet question its suppositions. "What's next? A year ago, the answer that no one foresaw would be "a pandemic." Though the COVID-19 pandemic will end, architecture cannot--and will not--simply return to its old habits and forms. The global health emergency has changed how we live, travel, and work. It has altered how we use and navig...
Untitled
Jenna Orkin, From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 14 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin Sanofi, GlaxoSmithKline start new COVID-19 vaccine study after failed trial South African COVID-19 variant found on Long Island Supreme Court Paves Way For N.Y. Grand Jury To Get Trump Financial Records 'The Muppet Show' is now deemed 'offensive content' by Disney Japan Finds New COVID-19 Strain, While Immigration Centre Reports Infections United Airlines announces investigation into leak of Cruz's Cancun flight information Bolsonaro appoints Army reserve general to head Petrobras Donald Trump Jr. uses a wall of guns as backdrop to launch video attack against teaching ...
One Week After Jews Cry Out For Antichrist, Pope Francis Will Hold A Chrislam One World Religion Prayer Meeting In Ur Where Abraham Was Born
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 14 hours ago
One Week After Jews Cry Out For Antichrist, Pope Francis Will Hold A Chrislam One World Religion Prayer Meeting In Ur Where Abraham Was Born by Geoffrey Grider, https://www.nowtheendbegins.com/ The father of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, Abraham is described in the biblical book of Genesis as living in the city before God called upon him to …
Researchers develop better forecasting of extreme rainfall events in Mediterranean countries
The Watchers » Latest articles - 13 hours ago
Researchers at the European Center for Medium-range Weather Forecasts and TU Freiberg developed a new framework to improve forecasting of extreme rainfall events in Mediterranean countries. The scientists noted that it was challenging to predict how many days in...... Read more »
Investors prepare class action to challenge losses with Petrobras intervention
Richard Mann, The Rio Times - 13 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Attorney André Almeida, one of the parties behind the class action lawsuit for investor losses resulting from the corruption scheme investigated by Operation Lava Jato, says he is now preparing a similar lawsuit in relation to the company's loss of market value after intervention by President Jair Bolsonaro. He claims […] The post Investors prepare class action to challenge losses with Petrobras intervention appeared first on The Rio Times.
1969: The Year the Soviet Union and China Nearly Triggered World War III
The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*History, Asia* What if the brief 1969 conflict between China and the Soviet Union had escalated? *Here's What You Need to Remember: *China’s manpower advantage didn’t mean that the PLA could sustain an offensive into the USSR. The Chinese lacked the logistics and airpower necessary to seize substantial amounts of Soviet territory. Moreover, the extremely long Sino-Soviet border gave the Soviets ample opportunity for response. With a NATO attack unlikely, the Soviets could have transferred substantial forces from Europe, attacking into Xinjiang and points west. Americans tend to...
Neither Washington Nor Beijing?
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
A newcomer to politics would likely assume that members of the global left support the People’s Republic of China. It is after all led by a communist party, with Marxism as its guiding ideology. During the period since the Communist Party of China (CPC) came to power in 1949, the Chinese people have experienced an unprecedented improvement in their living standards and human development. Life expectancy has increased from 361 to 772 years. Literacy has increased from an estimated 20 percent3 to 97 percent.4 The social and economic position of women has improved beyond recognition (...
Researchers Sound Alarm About Harmful Chemicals in Common Disinfectants
Aerowenn Hunter, Children's Health Defense - 13 hours ago
The pandemic triggered a surge in the use of disinfectants, many of which contain a family of compounds that researchers say could cause fertility issues, endocrine disruption, occupational asthma, marine toxicity and could also cause bacteria to become antibiotic-resistant. The post Researchers Sound Alarm About Harmful Chemicals in Common Disinfectants appeared first on Children's Health Defense.
Flight with 2 million Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine doses lands in Brazil
Adele Cardin, The Rio Times - 13 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The aircraft carrying the vaccine departed the Indian city of Mumbai at around 10:30 AM (local time) on Monday, February 22nd. The plane made a stopover in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, then took off to São Paulo at 10:40 PM (local time) - 3:40 PM on Monday (Brasília time). The […] The post Flight with 2 million Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine doses lands in Brazil appeared first on The Rio Times.
A tragedy in Indiana: the reality of thug life behind bars
Peter, Bayou Renaissance Man - 13 hours ago
One prison guard is dead and another seriously injured after an assault in an Indiana correctional facility. The attack occurred at Indiana State Prison in Michigan City around 2:40 p.m., the agency said in a news release. Tymetri Campbell, 38, faces several preliminary charges including murder, the state police said. Officials said the officers were attacked in a common area. The officers were transported to St. Anthony's Hospital in Michigan City, where one was pronounced dead and the second was listed in serious condition. They were not immediately identified. There's mo...
An Ancient Greek Approach to Risk and the Lessons It Can Offer the Modern World
Yves Smith, naked capitalism - 14 hours ago
We aren't all that good at risk assessment.
Snippet: Martian rover sends back breathtaking video from the Red Planet
Jim Horn, Schools Matter - 14 hours ago
Reuters, BBC, and Bellingcat participated in covert UK Foreign Office-funded programs to “weaken Russia,” leaked docs reveal
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 14 hours ago
New leaked documents show Reuters’ and the BBC’s involvement in covert UK FCO programs to effect “attitudinal change” and “weaken the Russian state’s influence,” alongside intel contractors and Bellingcat.
Tweets Of The Day
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 14 hours ago
AP Morning Wire: •US passes 500,000 virus deaths, matching terrible toll of 3 wars. •UK to lift lockdown slowly. •Supreme Court won't halt turnover of Trump's tax records. •A year on, Muslim victims of riots still look for justice in Modi's India. https://t.co/Y0EkLP4uog pic.twitter.com/FEFhXw02fM — The Associated Press (@AP) February 23, 2021 Virus update: • U.S. COV-19 death toll tops 500,000. • Biden mourns American dead, balancing nation's grief and hope. • Doctors trying to treat patients who lose sense of smell. • Mexico gets doses of Russian vaccine. Follow all @AP coverage: h...
Will the MiG-21 Live To Be a Hundred-Year-Old Fighter?
Robert Farley, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, * Since 1959, Russia has built over 10,000 MiG-21 fighters. *Here's What You Need to Know*: The MiG-21 remains one of the iconic fighters of the supersonic age. Military aircraft can have notoriously short lifespans, especially during periods of technological ferment. The most elite aircraft of World War I could become obsolete in a matter of months. Things weren’t much different in World War II. And at the dawn of the jet age, entire fleets of aircraft became passé as technologies matured. The advanced fighters that fought in the skies over Korea beca...
IFI: Brazil likely to see 10 more years of primary deficit and breaches of spending cap
Oliver Mason, The Rio Times - 14 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil is not expected to register a primary surplus over the next decade and may see its gross debt exceed 100% of GDP until 2030 - much higher than other emerging countries. The assessment comes from the Independent Fiscal Institution (IFI), linked to the Federal Senate, which in its base […] The post IFI: Brazil likely to see 10 more years of primary deficit and breaches of spending cap appeared first on The Rio Times.
Laguna del Maule Volcanic Complex, technical alert raised to Yellow, Chile
The Watchers » Latest articles - 14 hours ago
SERNAGEOMIN has raised the technical alert for Laguna del Maule Volcanic Complex from Green to Yellow on February 22, 2021, after an increased number of earthquakes detected over the past two weeks. The Southern Andes Volcanological Observatory (OVDAS) detected 533...... Read more »
How 5G Changes Everything: Astronomy, Human & Insect Impacts, and Crowded Orbits
Bruce K. Gagnon, Organizing Notes - 14 hours ago
Watch the latest video from the Global Network which focuses on the impacts of the 5G network, it's satellites, earth-based stations, antennas and military applications. The video is produced by Will Griffin who is a GN board member and Iraq & Afghanistan war veteran. 80,000 satellites have been approved by the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) to be launched in the next 5-10 years, contributing to many already-existing concerns: space debris, ozone depletion, toxic launch pollution, radiation, environmental impacts to birds, bees, insects, humans and more. Lear...
STF Justice Toffoli alleges international funding for antidemocratic attacks in Brazil
Arkady Petrov, The Rio Times - 14 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Through the lifting of bank secrecy, the inquiries into antidemocratic acts and fake news in Brazil have uncovered international funding of individuals who use social networks to attack Brazilian institutions such as the Federal Supreme Court (STF), which is in charge of these investigations. The information was announced by Justice […] The post STF Justice Toffoli alleges international funding for antidemocratic attacks in Brazil appeared first on The Rio Times.
USA Today Changes Their Story
tonyheller, Real Climate Science - 15 hours ago
Eleven days ago, USA Today was bragging about the success of Texas and Wyoming wind power, and said it was good news for Joe Biden’s “climate plan.” Wind energy: Texas, Wyoming and Joe Biden’s climate plan Yesterday, USA Today said … Continue reading →
The Art of Being A Spectacularly Misguided Oracle
Geopolitics101, Covert Geopolitics - 16 hours ago
The late Dr. Zbig “Grand Chessboard” Brzezinski for some time dispensed wisdom as an oracle of US foreign policy, side by side with the perennial Henry Kissinger – who, in vast swathes of the Global South, is regarded as nothing but a war criminal. By Pepe Escobar Brzezinski never achieved the same notoriety. At best … Continue reading The Art of Being A Spectacularly Misguided Oracle →
Examining the Impact of COVID-19 on Prospective College and University Student-Athletes
Marcus Bright, Diverse - 16 hours ago
There may not be a group of student-athletes in the country who have been more significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic than current high school seniors who were and are aspiring to garner athletic scholarships to compete at higher educational institutions.
Picture Of The Day
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 10 hours ago
Samantha Emanuel reacts while viewing the body of her father, Samuel Emanuel Jr., 55, who died from complications from COVID-19, during a private viewing held for the family at Pryority Funeral Experience, in Houston, Texas, February 11, 2021. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare *WNU Editor:* The above picture came from this photo-gallery ....* U.S. crosses 500,000th COVID death* (Reuters).
What if the Korean War Had Gone Nuclear?
Robert Farley, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *History, Asia* The U.S. military still possessed a nuclear advantage over the Soviet Union in 1950, thanks to its large arsenal of atomic weapons and fleet of strategic bombers. *Here's What You Need to Know*: Nuclear escalation on the Korean Peninsula would have gone terribly for everyone involved. In 1950, as U.S. forces retreated from China’s onslaught across the Yalu River, General Douglas MacArthur called for strategic air attacks against China. Many believed that this would necessarily include the atomic bomb, America’s “asymmetric advantage” of the time. ...
Investigation Finds Cops ‘Had No Legal Basis’ to Stop Elijah McClain, Much Less Choke & Kill Him
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: investigation]Outside consultants hired by the city of Aurora found police had no reason to stop McClain that night. It also found the internal investigation aided exoneration of cops.
Wife of Drug Kingpin El Chapo Arrested on US Drug Charges
AP News, Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
Emma Coronel Aispuro, a 31-year-old former beauty queen, was arrested at Dulles International Airport in Virginia.
"The Behavioral Sink: A Fable For Our Times"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 15 hours ago
*"The Behavioral Sink: A Fable For Our Times"* by Hardscrabble Farmer "Not long after the last of the last American soldiers returned home at the close of WWII, a little-known ethologist named John B. Calhoun set up a quarter acre pen somewhere on the outskirts of Rockville, Maryland and populated it with several dozen Norwegian rats. His experiment was meant to see just how large the population density would become if they were provided with adequate food, water, shelter and protection from predators so that all of their needs were met. Fellow researchers dubbed his experiment rat...
If the U.S. Military Can’t Solve Afghanistan, Biden Should Withdraw
Garrett Wood, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Garrett Wood* *Afghanistan, Asia* The Biden team should consider completing the withdrawal of U.S. troops and resources from Afghanistan and helping U.S. diplomatic and military institutions learn the limitations of their abilities as revealed by this and similar wars. The Biden team is considering putting a pause on Trump’s withdrawal of U.S. forces from America’s longest war in response to Taliban failures to meet the terms of their agreement with the former president. Whether or not the Taliban has met its end of the bargain, a new administration gives the United States the ...
Delta-Class Nuclear Submarines: The Soviet Union's Best Submarine Class?
Robert Farley, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, * Six Delta IVs remain in service today. *Here's What You Need to Know*: As the modern Borei class boats come online, the Delta IVs will presumably cycle out of service. Between 1972 and 1992, the Soviet Union built forty-three submarines to a series of designs that NATO collectively described as the Delta class. These boats would form the backbone of the USSR’s first real seaborne nuclear deterrent, and would change how both the Soviets and the Americans thought about war at sea. Several of the boats remain in service today, carrying their deadly payl...
India, Mauritius sign economic partnership deal
bilaterals.org - 15 hours ago
23-Feb-2021 The trade deal would provide a gateway to the markets of the African continent as Mauritius has several pacts with them
WE WON'T GET WHAT WE NEED FROM TRUMP'S FINANCIAL RECORDS
Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog - 15 hours ago
If you're hoping we'll soon see the downfall of Donald Trump in a Manhattan courtroom, you might need to temper your expectations. Terabytes of data. Dozens of prosecutors, investigators and forensic accountants sifting through millions of pages of financial documents. An outside consulting firm drilling down on the arcana of commercial real estate and tax strategies. That is the monumental task that lies ahead in the Manhattan district attorney’s criminal investigation into former President Donald J. Trump and his family business after a United States Supreme Court order on Monday...
Futures Tumble As Tech Stocks, Cryptocurrencies Crash
Admin, From the Trenches World Report - 15 hours ago
Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden Global stocks, US equity futures and cryptocurrencies all tumbled on Tuesday as the recent surge in inflation, bond yields... The post Futures Tumble As Tech Stocks, Cryptocurrencies Crash appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Terence Kealey on the British ARPA
Alberto Mingardi, Econlib - 15 hours ago
Terence Kealey has an excellent piece in CapX on the influence of Mariana Mazzucato’s work on the British “conservative” government. Boris Johnson has announced a new Advanced Research & Invention Agency (ARIA), a brainchild of his controversial advisor Dominic Cummings. It is an ambitious effort, as the government itself describes it as a “new research […] The post Terence Kealey on the British ARPA appeared first on Econlib.
Petitioning Government or Courts Will Never Result in Gaining Freedom: Only Mass Disobedience Can Prevail
A Reader, From the Trenches World Report - 16 hours ago
Patriot Rising “Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state has become lawless or corrupt. And a citizen who barters with such a state... The post Petitioning Government or Courts Will Never Result in Gaining Freedom: Only Mass Disobedience Can Prevail appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
What is really going on in the American mind?
Paul Kindlon, The Duran - 16 hours ago
Short answer - group think and collective guilt.
Placing blame
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 16 hours ago
The deadly assault of an elderly Asian American man in San Francisco is being blamed on white nationalism by left-wing activists. Antoine Watson, the suspect... The post Placing blame appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Not in Canada Either
Francisco, Small Dead Animals - 16 hours ago
One more transmission chain cutoff… potentially hundreds of downstream cases averted. In Europe. Not in the US. https://t.co/yVT9gAze3O — Michael Mina (@michaelmina_lab) February 23, 2021 How many of us who’ve had the sniffles have wondered the same thing but had no way of knowing.
U.S. Air Force F-16s Integrate With Italian Air Force F-35s During Agile Combat Employment Exercise
David Cenciotti, The Aviationist - 16 hours ago
Agile Combat Employment exercise at Amendola Air Base, saw U.S. Air Force F-16s operate alongside the Italian Air Force F-35s. U.S. Air Force F-16s belonging to the 555th and 510th Fighter Squadrons of the 31st [...] The post U.S. Air Force F-16s Integrate With Italian Air Force F-35s During Agile Combat Employment Exercise appeared first on The Aviationist.
Biden Launches Campaign to Silence Critics of Killer Vaccine
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 16 hours ago
Imagine if an ordinary working man went on a rampage and killed 929 people and maimed 316 others. The media would naturally call such a man a serial killer or a homicidal maniac. Now imagine if a big pharmaceutical company did the same thing by releasing a vaccine that killed and maimed a similar number people. Would the drug company be treated the same as the working guy? Would their product be denounced as a “killer vaccine” and shunned by the public, or would they be praised on the cable news channels, provided lavish funding by the government, granted full immunity from liability...
Ro Khanna, Small Business Destroyer
Robert, Small Dead Animals - 17 hours ago
If you thought Leftists hadn’t already done enough to destroy small businesses in 2020, now realize that they’ve barely started!
Africa: Will Africa ever get the COVID vaccine?
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
[image: Africa: Will Africa ever get the COVID vaccine?] FPA – Monrovia — With a reported death toll of more than one hundred thousand and more than three million reported cases, the African continent appears to be at the bottom of the pile of countries likely to receive vaccines for the deadly Coronavirus. Such disparity is driving concerns among regional stakeholders fearing the lack of vaccines at the disposal of the continent. In a statement last week, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation (MIF) said it is deeply concerned about the lack of vaccines available for African countries. Continu...
Violence against civilians surges in Afghanistan after peace talks
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
[image: Violence against civilians surges in Afghanistan after peace talks] Civilian casualties in Afghanistan escalated sharply after peace talks began last year, the United Nations said in a report released on Tuesday, calling for a ceasefire as negotiators met for the first time after weeks of inaction. US-brokered peace talks began in September but progress has since slowed and violence has risen with uncertainty over whether international forces will pull out troops by May as originally planned. Civilian casualties were 8,820 in 2020, according to the United Nations’ mission t...
Bright fireball streaks across Alberta, Canada
The Watchers » Latest articles - 15 hours ago
A brilliant fireball streaked across the skies of Alberta, Canada, at 13:23 UTC (06:23 LT) on Monday, February 22, 2021. The American Meteor Society (AMS) received more than 400 reports and 100+ videos from witnesses as far north as Pink Mountain in British...... Read more »
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