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Parsing Exoplanet Weather
Paul Gilster, Centauri Dreams - 11 hours ago
Although it seems so long ago as to have been in another century (which it actually almost was), the first detection of an exoplanet atmosphere came in the discovery of sodium during a transit of the hot Jupiter HD 209458b in 2002. To achieve it, researchers led by David Charbonneau used the method called transmission […]
Remembering Tim Severin, one of the greatest modern adventurers
Peter, Bayou Renaissance Man - 11 hours ago
We've met Tim Severin in these pages several times before, most recently last November when I excerpted his book "Crusader", describing how he rode a descendant of medieval war horses across Europe to Jerusalem. He came to widespread attention in the 1970's with his book "The Brendan Voyage", describing how he and his crew sewed together a large Irish *currach* made of leather and sailed it across the Atlantic Ocean to Newfoundland, thereby proving that the legendary voyage of St. Brendan the Abbott might, indeed, have had some foundation in reality. He followed that succes...
War for Humanity SITREP: CDC Treason in One Graphic - PLUS - Odessa on Liberty Talks -Theresa Tam covering up Vaccine Adverse Reactions under "Variant" blanket? and MORE!
greencrow, Greencrow As The Crow Flies - 11 hours ago
CDC Treason in One Graphic *H/T James Fetzger* In my final [of three] post of today I present a potpourri of links about the* CovID-19 HOAX *and some activists who are fighting the War for Humanity. Above is one of those many graphs that surface that make the sentients shake their heads in amazement. How could the sheeple not see this? But, sadly, they never do. *Odessa on YouTube Liberty Talks* *talks about the PCR Rally last Weekend* *and other stuff including the upcoming* *major Rally on February 20, 2021* *H/T FreakedOut* Below we have that gargoyle, Cdn "*HELL*th" Officer...
Twitter Loves Porn...Truth? Not so much. Also: Did "Twitter" take over the Role that the Catholic Church used to play in "gatekeeping" and "managing" the public?
greencrow, Greencrow As The Crow Flies - 12 hours ago
*Twitter is a Politicized, Pro-Porn GateKeeper* Here are a couple of articles I took from RT about "Twitter". "Twitter" is one of those platforms that the Technocrats are using to gatekeep reality. The first article shows that Twitter prefers porn to politics. Porn is "essential" to imposing tyranny...gum up the minds of the men of "fighting age" and use that gumming addiction for blackmail. Twitter is quicker to ban sitting presidents and conservative commentators than alleged pedophiles. Sort your priorities, Jack — RT Op-ed Russia seems to be on to "Twitter" and how it is use...
FOIA Shows Weak Enforcement of Endangered Species Act, Biden Issues First National Security Directive, CDC Report on the “Havana Syndrome”, and More: FRINFORMSUM 2/4/2021
Lauren Harper, UNREDACTED - 14 hours ago
FOIA Spotlights Existential Trouble Posed to Florida Panther by Weak Enforcement of the Endangered Species Act The Fish and Wildlife Service – a component of the Department of the Interior – is sanctioning development plans in Collier County, Florida that seemingly contradict its most recent guidance (issued in 2008) on preserving the endangered Florida panther. […]
Fauci: 'No Super Bowl Parties!'
Daniel McAdams, null - 10 hours ago
Top Biden Administration Covid advisor Tony Fauci is back to warn Americans that "now is not the time" to get together with friends to watch the Super Bowl this Sunday. He said the same about Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Eve. He warned of a "dark winter" if people didn't do as he told them. They did not, but meanwhile new Covid cases in the US continue to plummet. Also today: new CDC director says teachers do not need to be forced to take the vaccine for schools to open. Congress votes to strip Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of her committee assignments. And AOC feels the he...
Seven Times 'Superspreader' Events Were Overblown
null - 10 hours ago
[image: undefined] If Woodstock occurred today, it would be derided as a “superspreader” event. Superspreader events are events or gatherings (such as a sporting match, religious service, birthday or wedding) at which an infected individual(s) infects a disproportionate number of other individuals, thereby accelerating community spread of a disease. According to the Cleveland Clinic, a superspreader event is one in which the rate of reproduction of the virus is above the basic reproduction number, R0, which is estimated to be 2.2 to 3.6 for exponential growth models. Attention-gra...
The Brits are Testing Out a Radical 'Grenade' Drone
Caleb Larson, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Caleb Larson* *Security, Europe* [image: https://www.defendtex.com/wp-content/uploads/D40_Product_Datasheet_scaled.jpg] It looks like a grenade, and can explode like a grenade—but it can also take pictures and fly. The British Army is testing a drone that can be fired from a standard low-velocity 40mm grenade launcher. It’s not just any drone however: it can conduct surveillance/reconnaissance, pack an explosive payload, pop smoke, or fly in a swarm with other drones. The little drone, manufactured by DefendTex, an Australian company, is essentially a low-velocity 40mm grenade...
The Air Force’s Two New B-21 Stealth Bombers Are Almost Ready
Mark Episkopos, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Mark Episkopos* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC2MPI9I9FW1&share=true] The two planes will need to be tested and flown before more are built. The U.S. Air Force (USAF) is moving rapidly along with the construction of its first two B-21 Raiders, as the next-generation stealth bomber inches ever closer to full-scale serial production. According to senior Air Force officials, the first B-21 Raider will be completed in early 2022 and undertake its maiden flight later that year. The USAF initially stated that the...
Apple Car, with Hyundai and Kia, Is Looking More Like a Reality
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *Apple Car, Americas* Apple will reportedly be investing four trillion won in Kia Motors “as part of a collaboration with the South Korean carmaker on making electric vehicles.” Earlier this week, a report by the Korean newspaper Dong-A Ilbo stated that Apple was in talks with South Korean car company Kia to build the long-speculated-on Apple Car. The report, as translated by Bloomberg News, stated that Apple would be investing four trillion won (the equivalent of $3.6 billion) in Kia Motors, “as part of a collaboration with the South Korean carmaker on making e...
North Korea Is Getting Nearly 2 Million Coronavirus Vaccines
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *North Korea Vaccine, Asia* The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not buy that North Korea has really managed to remain coronavirus-free. The North Korean regime has claimed since last year, rather implausibly, that the country has had no cases of the coronavirus. But soon, North Korea will receive some coronavirus vaccine. According to a report Thursday by the Yonhap News Agency, which cited the vaccination organization COVAX Facility, COVAX will distribute 1.992 million doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine in the first half of 2021. North Kore...
Hezbollah and Other Non-State Actors Acquire Asymmetric Tools in Cyberspace
Annie Fixler, Mark Montgomery, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Annie Fixler, Mark Montgomery* *Security, Middle East* The cyber domain is again forcing the United States and its allies to reevaluate assumptions about deterrence. But instead of rethinking the credibility of deterrence, the United States should focus on deterrence by denial. Hezbollah’s cyber operatives are back in the game, according to a new report by Israeli firm ClearSky Cyber Security. After years of apparent inactivity, the group’s reappearance is part of a larger trend in which non-state actors increasingly acquire sophisticated cyber tools that exploit insufficient i...
Experts Warn Against Super Bowl Parties to Avoid Coronavirus Spread
Ethen Kim Lieser, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Public Health, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2021%3Anewsml_RC2NLL9EJ5JT&share=true] Medical professionals are also worried about how easily the new mutant variants of the coronavirus have spread. The nation’s top health experts are cautioning that Americans should not gather indoors with people outside their households to watch the Super Bowl this weekend. White House coronavirus advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said that people should “just lay low and cool it” if they are thinking about hosting a Super Bowl party that...
As COVID-19 Spreads In Virginia Civil Commitment Center, Incarcerated Can’t Get Medical Care
Daniel Moritz-Rabson, Shadowproof - 10 hours ago
People incarcerated at a civil commitment center in VA say they're not receiving proper medical attention as COVID-19 spreads in the facility. The post As COVID-19 Spreads In Virginia Civil Commitment Center, Incarcerated Can’t Get Medical Care appeared first on Shadowproof.
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/4/2021
Lambert Strether, naked capitalism - 10 hours ago
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day * * * Readers, feel free to contact me at lambert [UNDERSCORE] strether [DOT] corrente [AT] yahoo [DOT] com, with (a) links, and even better (b) sources I should curate regularly, (c) how to send me a check if you are allergic to PayPal, and […]
Are Scientists ‘Literally Creating Glow-in-the-Dark Trees’ With Firefly DNA?
Alex Kasprak, Snopes.com - 10 hours ago
A TikTok video made an impressive number of false statements in 15 seconds.
U.S. mulls using law designed to prosecute Mafia against Capitol rioters
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 10 hours ago
Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department is considering whether to charge members of far-right groups involved in the deadly Jan. 6 storming of... The post U.S. mulls using law designed to prosecute Mafia against Capitol rioters appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
ACLU declares ‘transgender myths DEBUNKED,’ says trans girls don’t have any ‘unfair advantage’ in women’s sports
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 10 hours ago
RT The American Civil Liberties Union, which has been AWOL from the fight over free speech on social media, has apparently kept itself busy studying... The post ACLU declares ‘transgender myths DEBUNKED,’ says trans girls don’t have any ‘unfair advantage’ in women’s sports appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Liberal Party MP David Coleman ineligible to sit in parliament?
Jommy Tee, Michael West - 11 hours ago
A company part-owned by Liberal MP David Coleman was given a government grant that put him in breach of section 44 of the Constitution. Jommy Tee investigates the trail of the Defence Department grant, which also involved Coleman making false declarations to the Australian Electoral Commission and breaching ministerial standards.
How Dare You!
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 11 hours ago
And all this time she seemed so genuine. The 18-year-old left-wing eco-activist shared — and then quickly deleted — a message that detailed a list of “suggested posts” about the ongoing civil disorder, according to a report in the NY Post, which her critics say reveals she is being coached on what position to take… Continue reading →
Biden's Rescue: Mean, Meandering, Moronic
Karen Garcia, Sardonicky - 11 hours ago
Joe Biden's idea of bigness and boldness is inexorably and neoliberally shrinking. Those $2,000 checks going out to every American on Day One? Once Donald Trump had belatedly approved a second round of checks after Christmas, bringing the total amount of the two rounds issued during his administration to $1800, the amount of the third round was quietly reduced by Team Biden, lest people start getting too greedy and expecting more than their share. And now, lest people expect even more of their reduced share, Team Biden has agreed that this third reduced round of checks should be...
Violence Continues To Decline In Iraq Winter 2020-21
Joel Wing, MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 12 hours ago
Violence in Iraq continues to decline since November 2020. That month there was a five month high of 86 incidents by the Islamic State. After that it went down to 71 incidents in December to 64 in January 2021. At the same time the number of attacks by pro-Iran groups remained the same from December to January with 13 each month. This appears to simply be the result of the ebb and flow of the low level insurgency over the last year in the country. Offshoots of Hashd factions aligned with Iran carried out 11 IEDs on convoys carrying supplies for the U.S. with one being dismant...
This Day In Iraqi History - Feb 4
Joel Wing, MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 13 hours ago
1917 British defeated Ottoman forces at Hai River 1925 League of Nations Mosul commission final report said Mosul should go to British Iraq Mandate with Kurds getting concessions Said British Mandate in Iraq should continue to ensure stability (Musings On Iraq How The Ottoman Province Of Mosul Became Part Of Iraq) (Musings On Iraq review *The Creation of Iraq 1914-1921*) (Musings On Iraq review *Supremacy And Oil, Iraq, Turkey, and the Anglo-American World Order, 1918-1930*) (Musings On Iraq review *Kurds of Iraq, Tragedy and Hope*) (Musings On Iraq review *The Kurdish...
Biden Rescinds Trump Order Banning Chinese Involvement in the U.S. Power Grid
IER, IER - 14 hours ago
In President Biden’s executive order revoking the international permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, several climate and energy-focused executive orders… The post Biden Rescinds Trump Order Banning Chinese Involvement in the U.S. Power Grid appeared first on IER.
This Is Why You Absolutely Need To Stop Wearing Shoes In Your House
Nick Meyer, AltHealthWorks.com - 14 hours ago
Have you ever been to someone’s home and they have all the shoes by the front door outside of the house? I have had several friends mostly from eastern and/or Asian families who do this. I always found it interesting personally considering growing up not many of my friends and family kept all the shoes outside. Most people I know take their shoes off at the door but some people choose to wear shoes in their home. Why would you wear shoes in your home? it’s beyond me! it’s more comfortable to be barefoot and it’s better to develop foot and angle strength also. Some new informatio...
Greene Regrets ‘Words of the Past,’ Without Specific Apology
AP News, Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
Embattled Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said that she regrets some “words of the past,” but she did not specifically apologize for racist and violent rhetoric.
Elections Voting Company Sues Fox, Giuliani Over Election Fraud Claims
AP News, Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
Smartmatic is suing Fox News, three of its hosts and two former lawyers for former President Donald Trump — Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell — for $2.7 billion.
Brazil’s Vale Agrees to US$7 Billion Brumadinho Disaster Settlement
Latin America News, The Rio Times - 11 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilian miner Vale said on Thursday it reached a R$37.7 billion (US$7 billion) agreement with prosecutors and the state of Minas Gerais to settle claims stemming from the collapse of a mining dam in 2019 which killed 270 people. In a securities filing, Vale said it will book an additional […] The post Brazil’s Vale Agrees to US$7 Billion Brumadinho Disaster Settlement appeared first on The Rio Times.
House Dems Ask Trump to Testify Under Oath in Senate Trial
AP News, Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
House Democrats have asked former President Donald Trump to testify under oath for his Senate impeachment trial.
Does the Roku Player Have a ‘Secret Screen’?
Dan MacGuill, Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
We tested those TikTok videos about the Roku screen for ourselves.
Jewish Organization Behind Tech Censorship Funded Study Saying It’s A Figment of Your Imagination
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 11 hours ago
Unz Review – by Eric Striker A New York University study released this week claiming that Twitter and Facebook do not censor the “political right”... The post Jewish Organization Behind Tech Censorship Funded Study Saying It’s A Figment of Your Imagination appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Chicken heist: Armed man demands food from Roscoe’s after he’s denied service for not wearing mask
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 11 hours ago
ABC 7 PASADENA, Calif. (KABC) — A maskless man was denied service at a Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles – so he returned with... The post Chicken heist: Armed man demands food from Roscoe’s after he’s denied service for not wearing mask appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Harrabin Complaint
Paul Homewood, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 11 hours ago
By Paul Homewood I have just sent the BBC this complaint about Harrabin’s latest report on the Cumbria coal mine: It would help if we could get a number of complaints made, as I believe this tends to get noticed more at the BBC. If you want to complain, you can […]
"The Only Cure..."
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 11 hours ago
"We're all susceptible to it, the dread and anxiety of not knowing what's coming. It's pointless in the end, because all the worrying and the making of plans for things that could or could not happen, it only makes things worse. So walk your dog or take a nap. Just whatever you do, stop worrying. Because the only cure for paranoia is to be here, just as you are." - Dr. Meredith Grey, "Grey's Anatomy"
Parler CEO fired. Matze vs. Bongino (owners) had "different visions"
Alex Christoforou, The Duran - 11 hours ago
Parler CEO fired. Matze vs. Bongino (owners) had “different visions” ****News Topic 275***** Parler CEO John Matze has been fired Parler CEO John Matze has been fired Matze said he’d been met with “constant resistance” over his vision for Parler. Parler CEO John Matze has been fired… UPDATE – Dan Bongino gives the real story […]
Jail Pumps Heat into Mentally Ill Man’s Cell Until His Body Temp Reached 109 and He Died
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 11 hours ago
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist Montgomery, AL — Tommy Lee Rutledge, 44, spent the last moments of his life shoving his face as... The post Jail Pumps Heat into Mentally Ill Man’s Cell Until His Body Temp Reached 109 and He Died appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Transgender Military Veterans to Receive Chest Binders and Prosthetic “Private Parts”
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 11 hours ago
Todd Starnes Transgender military veterans will soon have access to fake breasts and male sex organs along with other prosthetic devices, according to a VA... The post Transgender Military Veterans to Receive Chest Binders and Prosthetic “Private Parts” appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Italian Democracy Cancelled: “Mr. Euro” Draghi Appointed Italy’s PM
Alexander Mercouris, The Duran - 11 hours ago
Italian Democracy Cancelled: “Mr. Euro” Draghi Appointed Italy’s PM News Topic 39
How to prepare for your Covid-19 vaccination — advice from Dr. Wen
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 11 hours ago
CNN As more people around the world get access to the coronavirus vaccines, many questions remain. Will it work? Will there be side effects? Do... The post How to prepare for your Covid-19 vaccination — advice from Dr. Wen appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Prosecutors push to rearrest Kyle Rittenhouse. Here’s how the case has unfolded since he posted bail
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 11 hours ago
CNN Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager accused of fatally shooting two men and wounding a third during the Jacob Blake protests in August, is under further... The post Prosecutors push to rearrest Kyle Rittenhouse. Here’s how the case has unfolded since he posted bail appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Forbes Attacks Mercola — Gives One Hour to Respond
Mary, From the Trenches World Report - 11 hours ago
Dr. Joseph Mercola As censorship and cancel culture gets revved up another notch, it was perhaps inevitable that I would get targeted yet again, this... The post Forbes Attacks Mercola — Gives One Hour to Respond appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
"Why Are So Many Americans Stockpiling Guns, Silver And Food Right Now?"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 12 hours ago
*"Why Are So Many Americans Stockpiling Guns, * *Silver And Food Right Now?* by Michael Snyder "We were told that 2021 would be the year when everything starts to get back to normal. But that hasn’t exactly been the case, has it? It has been just over a month, and there is still chaos everywhere. We have seen a wild riot at the U.S. Capitol, civil unrest has been erupting in major cities from coast to coast, millions of people have filed for unemployment benefits, a president was impeached, and a crazy ride on Wall Street made “GameStop” a national phenomenon. That would normally be...
Cost/Benefit Analysis or Rock, Paper, Scissors
David Henderson, Econlib - 12 hours ago
President Reagan began regulatory reform with Executive Order 12291, titled simply “Federal Regulation”; President Clinton watered it down with EO 12866; and President Trump beefed it up with EO 13771 (“Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs”) and EO 13777 (“Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda.”) The executive orders required a cost/benefit analysis to assure that the […] The post Cost/Benefit Analysis or Rock, Paper, Scissors appeared first on Econlib.
February 4 Orwellian Update
tonyheller, Real Climate Science - 13 hours ago
“We will know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false.” William Casey CIA Director 1981
The Lingering Effects of Vaccine Misinformation
David Mikkelson, Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
Vaccine resistance could ultimately be the biggest hurdle to reaching herd immunity.
SBA nominee indicates openness to examining marijuana restrictions
Jeff Smith, Marijuana Business Daily - 11 hours ago
President Joe Biden’s nominee to run the U.S. Small Business Administration said during a Senate confirmation hearing that she will examine SBA rules regarding state-legal marijuana businesses and overall is committed to serving small businesses “in need.” Isabel Guzman stopped short of making any commitments to changing rules, but industry experts are hopeful of cannabis-related […] SBA nominee indicates openness to examining marijuana restrictions is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Partner of ‘distraught’ ESA claimant says DWP drove him to his death
John Pring, Disability News Service - 11 hours ago
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been blamed for causing the death of a disabled man whose partner had warned he was too ill to undergo an upcoming benefit assessment that had left him “distraught” and “devastated”. It is just […]
Did School Apologize for ‘All Lives Matter’ Theme for Black History Month?
Nur Ibrahim, Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
A Tennessee principal was the center of a controversy after deciding a theme for her school’s Black History Month.
Urgent action needed on pandemic harm caused to disabled people, say researchers
John Pring, Disability News Service - 11 hours ago
Urgent action is needed to “rectify the harm caused to disabled people” during the COVID-19 crisis and to learn lessons for subsequent waves of the virus, and other future pandemics, researchers have warned. Researchers at the University of Glasgow and the London […]
Pressure mounts on Tomlinson as second DPO letter raises disability strategy concerns
John Pring, Disability News Service - 11 hours ago
The minister for disabled people has been told by 10 user-led organisations of their “serious concerns and disappointment” about his efforts to engage with disabled people on the government’s proposed national disability strategy. The letter from 10 members of the Our Voices* […]
Company implicated in benefit death of disabled mum secures ‘gold standard’ DWP award
John Pring, Disability News Service - 12 hours ago
A private sector contractor has been announced by the government as a “gold standard” employer of disabled people, just as a coroner was implicating the company in the decision of a young disabled mum to take her own life. The Department for […]
Revoke Patents, Defeat the Pandemic & Deliver Global Justice
Global Issues News Headlines - 12 hours ago
NEW DELHI, India, Feb 04 (IPS) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wrote on Twitter: “We must get to work to make sure the vaccine is available to everyone, everywhere. With this pandemic, none of us are safe until all of us are safe.” As the pandemic spills into its second year, the WHO tracker lists eight Covid-19 vaccines already in public use. Several others are awaiting regulatory approval. This is unprecedented in vaccine history and with effective international coordination, it presents the global community with a real chance for both pandemic and economic recovery in 2...
Hospital facing court action after banning assistance dog
John Pring, Disability News Service - 12 hours ago
A hospital trust is facing legal action after it refused permission to a disabled nurse to bring her assistance dog with her to an outpatient appointment during the pandemic. Wheelchair-user Bethann Siviter was visiting Birmingham City Hospital last August, but she was […]
Three Coronavirus Variants Detected in the Americas – PAHO
Latin America News, The Rio Times - 12 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Three new coronavirus strains have been detected in 20 countries in the Americas, raising concerns about possible heightened transmission, said Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Carissa Etienne on Wednesday, February 3rd. Though the frequency of the new variants is still limited, health experts warned they may lead […] The post Three Coronavirus Variants Detected in the Americas – PAHO appeared first on The Rio Times.
Companies warned over ‘price fixing’ of goods and services for disabled students
John Pring, Disability News Service - 12 hours ago
A government department has sent warning letters to companies that provide goods and services to disabled students, after receiving allegations of price-fixing. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has sent “advisory letters” to “a number of firms” reminding them of their legal […]
Did Trump Defense Secretary ‘Disarm’ DC National Guard Before Insurrection?
Jessica Lee, Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
The claim stemmed from a viral memo apparently authored by former acting Defense Security Christopher Miller.
Coffey dodges MP’s questions over death of Philippa Day
John Pring, Disability News Service - 12 hours ago
The work and pensions secretary has refused to answer questions from an MP about the death of a young disabled mother which was blamed by a coroner on flaws in the disability benefits system. MPs on the work and pensions committee yesterday […]
Hancock faces court action over accessible shielding information
John Pring, Disability News Service - 12 hours ago
The high court is set to hear a disabled woman’s claim that the government breached equality and human rights laws by failing to provide her with accessible shielding information during the pandemic. Sarah Leadbetter, from Narborough, Leicestershire, who is blind and also […]
Going “Back to the Future” to jumpstart fusion power
Craig Rucker, CFACT - 12 hours ago
What makes Magnetized Target Fusion different than “tokamak” fusion technologies, such as the famous ITER project in France, is that it does not need extraordinary outside power to kick it into operation. The post Going “Back to the Future” to jumpstart fusion power appeared first on CFACT.
X-Zone Broadcast Network - Don Schmitt (Roswell Revelations and the Jesse Marcel Journal)
KRandle, A Different Perspective - 13 hours ago
In the first of two parts, I spoke with Don Schmitt and although I had planned to devote very little of the show to Roswell, we ended up examining some aspects of the case in depth. You can listen to it here: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/43273308 We began discussing the Not Jess Marcel’s Journal. For a couple of years, we had heard that the family had found a Journal in Marcel’s personal papers that covered the period of the Roswell crash. Though we were told that the family was attempting to verify the validity of the Journal and forensically checking the paper and the ink...
RACE AND TOWN: What happened to Dr. Susan Moore?
<b>bob somerby</b>, the daily howler - 13 hours ago
*THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2021* *Race and Storyline:* The analysts came right out of their chairs and cheered when Joia Crear-Perry said it. Dr. Crear-Perry was speaking to Amy Goodman, a PBS cable host we quit long ago. She seemed to be reviving a key belief—a key belief which had seemed to lose favor here in the streets of Our Town. Crear-Perry seemed to be restating that important belief. The analysts leaped to their feet and cheered when they heard her do so: CREAR-PERRY (12/30/20): If I was taught in medical school, as I was—*I was taught that there were three biological races—...
Three (More) Big Diversity Questions Resulting From COVID-19
cmaadmin, Diverse - 13 hours ago
As we began to delve into adjustments made to online higher education amid COVID-19, a second session was added to continue this important conversation. Join CoopLew and Diverse: Issues In Higher Education, for part two of this webcast replay as we dive into three more big diversity-related questions with our panelists. In this episode, […]
Filling Gaps in International Law
JBellinger, Lawfare - 14 hours ago
Row of flags in front of the U.N. General Assembly building in New York. (Yerpo, tinyurl.com/1bdxkh9e; CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en) The 2020 “Strategic Survey” recently published by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) includes an essay, to which we contributed, entitled “Key International Legal Gaps: What Are They, and How Can They Be Closed?” The essay discusses gaps in five areas relating to international security—use of force by states, operations against non-state actors, refugee protection, cybersecurity, and compe...
The Legal Aspects of Banning Chinese Drone Technology
garycorn, Lawfare - 16 hours ago
A DJI drone flying over the Moroccan coastline. (Wikimedia/Elmekkaoui abdelghani, https://bit.ly/3aybIfG; CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en) In 2020, Chinese drone manufacturer and market-dominant Dajiang Innovations (DJI) donated at least 100 of its small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to more than 40 U.S. law enforcement and public safety departments and agencies across 22 states. DJI made the donations as part of what it calls its Disaster Relief Program, established in late 2019 to enhance the emergency response capabilities of public safety...
Gates Video Re-surfaces - The more this guy opens his mouth the more he sticks his foot into it.
greencrow, Greencrow As The Crow Flies - 11 hours ago
*OurTube video documentary on Bill Gates* *Watch as Bill Gates Pretends to Inject himself While bragging about "Shooting" GMO substances into "little children's arms"* A DELETED BILL GATES DOCUMENTARY HAS BEEN REVIVED (ourtube.co.uk) Good morning Readers. I have a load of material to post as usual but due to family matters I will be taking today and tomorrow off. What I will do is post some links that have been piling up and Readers can browse through them. Above is a short video about B*aa*l Gate*Z* that surfaced no doubt in response to his recent "Tweet" video where he sugge...
UN Calls for an 'Ocean Science Revolution'
Global Issues News Headlines - 12 hours ago
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 04 (IPS) - The 2021-2030 initiative hopes to raise funding for ocean science and focus on the sustainable use of marine resources The United Nations Secretary-General has urged nations to rise to the ‘defining challenge’ of restoring the ocean’s power to support humanity and regulate the climate. António Guterres addressed the “Brave New Ocean” high level event on Feb. 3. The virtual gathering of world leaders, scientists, philanthropists and ocean advocates marked the start of the UN Decade on Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. Read the full story, “U...
Beijing Wants Its Young Chinese Men To Be More 'Manly'
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 12 hours ago
Soldiers of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) take part in a winter training in temperatures below minus 10 degrees Celsius at China's border with Russia in Heihe, Heilongjiang province, February 26, 2015. REUTERS/China Daily *BBC:* *China promotes education drive to make boys more 'manly' * A notice from China's education ministry has caused a stir after it suggested young Chinese men had become too "feminine". The message has been criticised as sexist by many online users - but some say China's male celebrities are partly to blame. For a while China's government has signa...
Boeing F-15EX: Why the Air Force Needs This Fighter Jet
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *F-15EX, Americas* [image: https://www.boeing.com/defense/f-15ex/] The upgrades will keep the reliable, if old, F-15 airframe flying for decades to come. Earlier this week the new Boeing F-15EX fighter jet completed its first flight, paving the way for the early delivery of the first two jets to the United States Air Force later this quarter. The ninety-minute test flight was conducted from St. Louis Lambert International Airport with Boeing F-15 Chief Test Pilot Matt Giese at the controls. During the flight Giese tested the multirole jet fighter’s avionics, advanc...
Why Joe Biden Should Keep U.S. Troops in Afghanistan
Rafi Batekh, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Rafi Batekh* *U.S. Troops in Afghanistan, Asia* A premature withdrawal will trigger a chain of events that will ultimately expose the U.S. homeland to major terrorist attacks. There are five national security reasons why the United States should keep a strong residual force in Afghanistan. There is also an important moral argument for why America should not abandon the Afghan people and leave them in the clutches of the world’s most savage terrorists. In a highly controversial withdrawal deal signed in February 2020 between the Trump administration and the Taliban in Doha, Qatar...
Ilhan Omar Is Trying to Use the GOP’s Tactics Against It
Rachel Bucchino, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Rachel Bucchino* *Politics, Americas* There’s a big push right now among corporate media, Democrats, and NeverTrumpers to establish a narrative that the Republican Party is being torn apart in a bitter civil war between its establishment wing and its supposed QAnon wing. It’s about as true as your garden-variety QAnon conspiracy theory, but it’s politically useful, which is why you’re seeing it crop up all over the media right now. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-Minn.) reelection campaign launched a fundraising blitz Wednesday in hopes to raise $150,000 after Republican efforts to strip ...
The Never Ending COVID Crisis
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
It was in early 2020 that the word COVID-19 entered the lexicon. In the past year more than 440,000 people in the United States have died from this disease. The impact of shutdowns meant to end the spread of disease have cost millions of people their jobs, and businesses large and small no longer exist at all. COVID-19 has proven that the political system is devoted to the interests of the billionaire class and is therefore incapable of acting in the interests of the people. The vaccines which hold some promise are distributed by the same for-profit entities that run what passes f...
Groups In The South Are Working To Fix A Broken Farm Labor System
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
For years, legal organizations and farmworker advocacy groups have sounded the alarm about the H-2A visa program — the most common legal route to hiring foreign agricultural workers. Faced with massive worker shortages, farmers in the South have increasingly turned to foreign laborers, who come to work on temporary employer-sponsored visas. The program, which ties employees and their visas to the employer, is rife with abuse. Wage theft is rampant, forced labor is common, and the contracts employers sign, which guarantee certain hours and living conditions, are rarely honored. On ...
Mississippi sets July 1 timetable for finalizing medical cannabis rules
Bart Schaneman, Marijuana Business Daily - 13 hours ago
Regulations for Mississippi’s medical cannabis program likely will be in place by July 1, according to members of the state Board of Health, but it’s still unknown when sales will begin. The state is set to begin issuing licenses for dispensaries and cards to patients by Aug. 15, the Associated Press reported. But growing marijuana […] Mississippi sets July 1 timetable for finalizing medical cannabis rules is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
How ExxonMobil Uses Divide And Rule To Get Its Way
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
Tensions rise between neighboring Guyana and Venezuela over a piece of land that has been disputed since at least 1835. Both Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali and Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro have exchanged sharp words about the status of the Essequibo region, which both countries claim. Since 1990, the two countries have pursued their claims through a United Nations “good offices” process; as recently as 2013, President Maduro and Guyana’s then-President Donald Ramotar said that the discussions over Essequibo were “going well” under this UN framework. Everything changed in 20...
Jail Pumps Heat into Mentally Ill Man’s Cell Until His Body Temp Reached 109 and He Died
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: heat]The jail turned up the heat in a mentally ill man's cell until his internal body temperature reached 109 and he died gasping for air.
WATCH: COVID Detainment Facilities Go From ‘Conspiracy Theory’ to Official Govt Policy in 3 Months
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: quarantine]After claiming in October that travel quarantine at government facilities is voluntary, and mandatory quarantine was a "conspiracy," mandatory is now policy.
The Failings Of Unemployment Insurance Are By Design
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
Our unemployment insurance system has failed the country at a moment of great need. With tens of millions of workers struggling just to pay rent and buy food, Congress was forced to pass two emergency spending bills, providing one-time stimulus payments, special weekly unemployment insurance payments, and temporary unemployment benefits to those not covered by the system. And, because of their limited short-term nature, President Biden must now advocate for a third. The system’s shortcomings have been obvious for some time, but little effort has been made to improve it. In fact...
In A Six-Day Strike, Bronx Produce Workers Inspired New York
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
New York City - Drivers and warehouse workers who feed New York City have won their strike. After six days off the job, the strikers at Hunts Point Produce Market in the Bronx ratified a contract that doubled management’s wage offer and defeated a health care cost increase. The 1,400 workers at the world’s largest wholesale produce market, members of Teamsters Local 202, are responsible for packing and delivering 60 percent of the fruits and vegetables that go to restaurants and grocery stores in New York City. The unit is comprised of 14 different companies that bargain a contrac...
‘What I Want For Me, I Want For You’
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
The 1,400 workers at Hunts Point Market, the largest produce distribution market in the country, went on strike the night of Sunday, January 17. They walked out of the warehouse to win a better contract after risking their lives as essential workers since the beginning of the pandemic. Management offered them a minimal $0.32 per hour raise. Their demands? Bring members who are making $18.75 an hour up to $20 an hour, give everyone else a $1 an hour raise, and maintain their healthcare coverage at no additional costs to the workers. This was the first time the union, Teamsters Loc...
More Absurd Learning Loss Data
Peter Greene, CURMUDGUCATION - 13 hours ago
Pandemic education has featured a great deal of chicken littling about "learning loss" that is largely ridiculous. Test manufacturers and folks in test-adjacent edu-biz endeavors are selling the picture of students as buckets and education as water, and now the education is just leaking out at a rate so alarming that it's kind of amazing that people have not turned into drooling couch potatoes once they've been out of school for a decade. NWEA's report from last April is oft-cited, along with its sexily simply assertion that students will learn days and months of learning. That's ...
Migrant Deportations Continue Despite Biden’s Policies
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continues to deport migrants despite president Joe Biden's 100-day moratorium on deporting most people in the U.S. without authorization. This decision was barred by a federal judge in Texas last week. During the first days of Biden's administration, ICE has deported hundreds of immigrants, including 269 people, to Guatemala and Honduras last Friday. The agency has been accused of violating human rights as a coalition of immigrant groups denounced that Cameroonian asylum seekers were tortured to be forced to approve their deportat...
OTD in 1969, The Iconic XB-70 Valkyrie Mach 3 Super Bomber Made Its Last Flight
David Cenciotti, The Aviationist - 13 hours ago
The massive XB-70 Valkyrie is the largest and heaviest airplane ever to fly at Mach 3. The North American XB-70 Valkyrie was the most ambitious super-bomber project of the Cold War. The massive six-engine bomber was [...] The post OTD in 1969, The Iconic XB-70 Valkyrie Mach 3 Super Bomber Made Its Last Flight appeared first on The Aviationist.
Anne Feeney, Folk Singer And Political Activist, Dies At 69
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 14 hours ago
Anne Feeney, the legendary Pittsburgh folk singer-songwriter and self-described rabble-rouser, has died of COVID at age 69. Her daughter, Amy Sue Berlin, shared the news in a Facebook post on Wednesday night, writing, in part, “It is with a very heavy heart that we must announce the passing of our courageous, brilliant, beautiful mother, Anne Feeney. We were very lucky that she fought hard enough to open up her eyes, and give us a couple days to be with her before she finally decided it was time to let go.” "It is with a very heavy heart that we must announce the passing of our c...
Rose Fortune: a treasure in Nova Scotia’s Black history
Suzanne Rent, Halifax Examiner - 15 hours ago
News 1. New development proposed for former Penhorn Mall location Zane Woodford reports that Clayton Developments Ltd. and Crombie REIT are looking for a development agreement for the lands in Dartmouth where the old Penhorn Mall was located. Woodford writes: It’s the first half of the planned redevelopment of the area, with the existing commercial space — a Sobeys […]
Suspending U.S.-ROK Military Exercises Will Not Facilitate Peace Negotiations
Matthew Ha, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Matthew Ha* *U.S.-ROK Military Exercises, Asia* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2021%3Anewsml_RC2I3L92RFBN&share=true] Seoul may have its hopes up, but history shows Pyongyang will not change course if military exercises are altered. In his new year’s press conference on January 27, Suh Wook, the Republic of Korea’s (ROK) defense minister, provided an ambiguous statement on plans for the combined ROK-U.S. military exercises scheduled for this spring. While he stated the exercises will continue as planned, Minister Suh also hinted that Seoul cou...
Sony Raises Profit Forecast After Selling 4.5 Million PS5 Consoles
Ethen Kim Lieser, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *PS5, Americas* Both Sony and Microsoft are also placing their bets on software and services, which could be the next drivers of revenues. Sony lifted its profit and sales forecasts as the Japanese tech giant announced that its sales of the new PlayStation 5 gaming consoles reached 4.5 million units in the past quarter. As expected, demand for the PlayStation 4 consoles dropped dramatically year-on-year, with only 1.4 million units shipped in the October to December quarter. The company reported an operating profit of 359.2 billion yen ($3.4 billion), which...
Is The Biden Administration Canceling Elon Musk's Space Project?
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 13 hours ago
*Brandon J. Weichert, Washington Times*: *Biden cancels Elon Musk's adventures in space * *New president is making his space policy increasingly clear: America will remain grounded for the time being* The United States is in a titanic struggle with the People’s Republic of China for the dominance of space. Although the Americans have been to the moon and sent multiple, advanced probes to the surface of Mars, since the end of the Cold War, U.S. space policy has languished in neutral. Due to this, new competitors, namely China, have arisen to challenge the dominance of the Ameri...
Will the U.S. Military Let AI Automate Defensive Weapons?
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *U.S. Military AI, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC2F0I90TY37&share=true] The faster an attack, the harder it is for a human commander to respond quickly enough to counter it. Should something like a swarm of mini-drone explosives close in for an attack or a salvo of incoming hypersonic missiles approach at speeds five times the speed of sound, human decision makers simply might not be able to respond quickly enough. In fact, military commanders may not get the chance to counterattack or determine the best...
Taiwan’s KMT Is at an Ideological Crossroads
J. Michael Cole, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*J. Michael Cole* *Taiwan KMT, Asia* Will Taiwan’s largest opposition party move towards making itself more viable electorally or become a pro-Beijing wrecking ball? Following its defeat in the January 2020 presidential elections, the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) picked Johnny Chiang as its new chairman. Forty-seven years old at the time, Chiang was, by party standards, a member of the party’s youth, inheriting a KMT that, since its initial defeat in 2016, appeared to have lost its footing, if not a defining ideology. By the time of its defeat to the Democratic Progressive Party’s...
The Death of Open Skies Means a More Dangerous World
Andrey Baklitskiy, Sergey Radchenko, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Andrey Baklitskiy, Sergey Radchenko* *Arms Control, Europe* The treaty, for all its flaws in design and in implementation, symbolized the new post-Cold War world. Russia’s decision to begin its withdrawal from the Open Skies Treaty (after the U.S. exit, completed on November 20, 2020) has dealt another blow to the global arms control regime, heralding the return of a more dangerous world. The treaty—which opens member states’ airspace to aerial observation by other members—is symbolic of a now largely defunct era of post-Cold War optimism with its brazen spirit of transparency a...
Does the U.S. Air Force Really Need the F-15EX Fighter Jet?
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2018%3Anewsml_RC196D66B580&share=true] The ugpraded plane is impressive, but the F-35 is available and more near-peer competitors have stealth fighters of their own now. Having never lost in combat to another airplane, Air Force F-15s have an impressive combat track record, yet does its performance truly merit giving the newly-built, upgraded F-15EX variant a prominent place in the air fleet for years into the future? There are many who make this case despite the fact that even a...
Should College Application Be Required for a High School Diploma?
Richard K. Vedder, null - 13 hours ago
[image: undefined] The Wall Street Journal last week reported legislators in a growing number of states are trying to pass new laws requiring high school seniors to complete applications for college financial aid (mainly the federal FAFSA—Free Application for Student Aid—but also sometimes state forms) before receiving a high school diploma. It is already law in Louisiana. Nebraska legislation was vetoed by Governor Pete Ricketts. The argument for such legislation is: a college degree will be needed for most jobs created in coming years, and college graduates are more productive ci...
Litigious OSU professor loses appeal in federal defamation case
Ivan Oransky, Retraction Watch - 13 hours ago
Carlo Croce, a cancer researcher at The Ohio State University who has had 10 papers retracted and at least as many subject to corrections or expressions of concern, has lost another court appeal. Croce brought the case against Purdue University professor David Sanders in 2017 for statements that Sanders had made in stories in The … Continue reading Litigious OSU professor loses appeal in federal defamation case
Fake Accounts Gain Traction As They Praise China, Mock US
AP News, Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
Messages posted by the network, which also praised China, reached the social media feeds of government officials, including some in China and Venezuela who retweeted posts from the fake accounts to millions of their followers.
World Faces Around 4,000 COVID-19 Variants
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 13 hours ago
*Reuters:* *World faces around 4,000 COVID-19 variants as Britain explores mixed vaccine shots * * World faces around 4,000 variants of novel coronavirus * UK trials combining Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines * UK says vaccines likely to work on different variants * All drugmakers looking to improve vaccines for new variants (Adds quotes from researcher, background on trial) LONDON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - The world faces around 4,000 variants of the virus that causes COVID-19, prompting a race to improve vaccines, Britain said on Thursday, as researchers began to explore mixing d...
Just An Idea
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 13 hours ago
Olympia mayor calls forcible occupation of hotel ‘domestic terrorism’ City officials in Olympia, Wash., on Tuesday condemned the actions of activists aligned with the group Oly Housing Now, after the forcible occupation of a hotel over the weekend to demand pandemic housing for the homeless, according to a report. “I’m calling this crime an… Continue reading →
Xi and Putin Stand Up for Humanity at Davos: Closed vs Open System Ideologies Clash Again
Matthew Ehret, The Duran - 13 hours ago
Originally Published on the Strategic Culture Foundation Between January 25-29, 2021, world leaders were corralled into a digital conference titled “The Davos Agenda” in order to discuss the foundations of the emerging new world economic architecture which has come to be called “The Great Reset”. For those who have not yet made this disturbing discovery, […]
They Hate You
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 14 hours ago
Just accept it and act accordingly; It’s easy to understand why DeSantis would be so popular with conservative Republicans who aren’t in the mood for the GOP to backslide and start capitulating to the Democrats all the time. He doesn’t do much of that. OK, any of that. […] That’s precisely what the… Continue reading →
60 Minutes: US Intelligence Officials Say Chinese Govt Is Collecting Americans’ DNA
People for Life and Freedom, From the Trenches World Report - 14 hours ago
James Morris United States intelligence officials have revealed that mass testing for the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) has nothing to do with saving lives, and everything to do with allowing... The post 60 Minutes: US Intelligence Officials Say Chinese Govt Is Collecting Americans’ DNA appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Computer Consultant Identified in Sunrise, Florida, Slaying of FBI Agents
Admin, From the Trenches World Report - 14 hours ago
Heavy David Lee Huber was a 55-year-old computer consultant who was named by the FBI as the suspect accused of shooting and killing two veteran... The post Computer Consultant Identified in Sunrise, Florida, Slaying of FBI Agents appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Austin Orders Military Stand Down to Address Challenge of Extremism in the Ranks
Admin, From the Trenches World Report - 14 hours ago
Defense.gov by Jim Garamore Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III has ordered a DOD-wide stand down to discuss the problem of extremism in the... The post Austin Orders Military Stand Down to Address Challenge of Extremism in the Ranks appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Sea lions having fun
Peter, Bayou Renaissance Man - 14 hours ago
I greatly enjoyed these two short videos of sea lions having fun in the surf off Santa Barbara Island in California last month. They were filmed by a documentary crew from Pacific Offshore Expeditions. The first video has a music soundtrack (which fits it very well), while the second (with more close-ups and slow-motion photography) is silent. I can never understand those who try to deny that animals play, and have a sense of humor. If any critter was ever enjoying itself, those sea lions were! Peter
Untitled
Jenna Orkin, From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 14 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin Feds working to set up nationwide network of COVID-19 vaccination sites Chilling trend: A longer, deadlier pandemic The Biden Administration’s Landmark Day in the Fight for the Climate Biden Issues Dozens of Oil Drilling Permits in First Few Days 2020 was deadliest year for migrants crossing unlawfully into US via Arizona Nuclear has another friend in Biden, but changes at the NRC could mean more scrutiny ahead Slain FBI Agents Worked in ‘A Dark Place’ Milwaukee Cops Left 4-Year-Old in Freezing Car OvernightThe Second COVID-19 Shot Is a Rude Reawakening for Immune Cells...
John Kerry’s private jet “Only choice for somebody like me”
Craig Rucker, CFACT - 15 hours ago
John Kerry leads an out of touch, fantastically high carbon lifestyle, far beyond the dreams of most anyone. The post John Kerry’s private jet “Only choice for somebody like me” appeared first on CFACT.
President Biden’s Pick For Deputy Secretary Of Defense Raises The Prospect Of Defense Cuts
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 13 hours ago
*Politico:* *Hicks raises prospect of defense cuts * * Joe Biden’s pick for the Pentagon’s No. 2 position telegraphs looming budget fights over ships, nukes and more. *‘WE CONTINUE TO OVERINVEST’*: Kathleen Hicks, the nominee for deputy secretary of Defense, sailed through her confirmation hearing on Tuesday, expounding on a series of thorny debates that are likely to animate her tenure if she is the first woman to be confirmed as the Pentagon’s No. 2, our colleagues Connor O’Brien and Lara Seligman report. She also threw cold water on the eleventh-hour Navy shipbuilding plan ...
This Week In Climate History
tonyheller, Real Climate Science - 13 hours ago
History is overflowing with evidence that climate alarmism is a cult, not a science.
France puts EU withdrawal from Energy Charter Treaty on the table
bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
04-Feb-2021 The European Union and its member states should draw the consequences of the current stalemate in multilateral talks aimed at reforming the Energy Charter Treaty and consider a coordinated withdrawal, Paris has said
German energy giant RWE uses the Energy Charter Treaty to attack Dutch climate action
bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
04-Feb-2021 RWE has filed an arbitration claim against the Netherlands, seeking compensation for the Dutch decision to phase-out electricity production from coal by 2030.
L'Union suisse des paysans: La durabilité réduite à l'absurdité
bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
04-Feb-2021 L'ALE avec l'Indonésie met en vitrine une prétendue durabilité, mais ce n'est qu'une escroquerie à large échelle.
Pentagon Will Order Troops To Stand Down In The Next 60 Days To 'Address White Nationalism And Extremism In The Ranks'
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 14 hours ago
President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for Secretary of Defense Retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin answers questions during his confirmation before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, January 19, 2021. Reuters/Pool *Daily Mail:* *Biden's defense secretary Lloyd Austin will order troops to STAND DOWN in the next 60 days to 'address white nationalism and extremism in the ranks'* * Austin said there will be a pause in regular activities in the next 60 days * He underscored the need to rid the military of 'racists and extremists' * Austin made history when he was confirmed a...
Landslide causes collapse of 21 m (70 feet) wall, forcing evacuations in Nottingham, England
The Watchers » Latest articles - 14 hours ago
Five families were forced to evacuate their homes in Nottingham, England, after heavy rain caused a landslide that triggered the collapse of a 21 m (70 feet) wall in the early hours of Wednesday, February 3, 2021. The residents were awakened by a loud bang as bricks...... Read more »
3 ANCIENT MEDICINE & HEALING TECHNIQUES GOVERNMENT WON’T TELL YOU
The Healing Oracle Team, Healing Oracle - 14 hours ago
The quest for living a prolonged and healthy life has been an old one, as old as mankind itself. Ancient philosophers, yogis and medicine practitioners made some fascinating discoveries for treating ailments, diseases and unexplored... The post 3 ANCIENT MEDICINE & HEALING TECHNIQUES GOVERNMENT WON’T TELL YOU appeared first on Healing Oracle.
A Breach of Trust
cmaadmin, Diverse - 14 hours ago
Some African Americans wary of COVID-19 vaccines given Tuskegee experiment abuses.
Ship-Launched Version Of The Israeli Harop Suicide Drone Will Soon Be Deployed To A Navy In Asia
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 14 hours ago
*Warzone/The Drive:* *Ship-Launched Version Of The Israeli Harop Suicide Drone Will Be Sailing With An Asian Navy * *The Harop loitering munition was a star of Azerbaijan's victory over Armenia on land last year, but it can pose an equally wily threat at sea. * Israel Aerospace Industries, or IAI, has secured what appears to be the first sale ever of the maritime version of its Harop loitering munition, or "suicide drone." The company did not name the customer, but said that they were "the navy of a country in Asia." Loitering munitions, in general, became a topic of major intern...
"A Conspiracy So Monstrous..."
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 14 hours ago
"The individual comes face-to-face with a conspiracy so monstrous he cannot believe it exists. The American mind has not come to a realization of the evil which has been introduced into our midst. It rejects even the assumption that human creatures could espouse a philosophy which must ultimately destroy all that is good and decent." - J. Edgar Hoover
Super Bowl Sunday: B-2, B-1, And A B-52 Will Fly-Over The Stadium During The National Anthem
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 14 hours ago
*FOX News*: *Air Force captain ready to lead first-of-its-kind trifecta of bombers over Super Bowl * Three planes will originate from three bases to rejoin over the stadium during the national anthem Air Force Capt. Sarah Kociuba is ready to be Super Bowl flyover flight lead on Sunday, sailing her B-2 Spirit from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri over Raymond James Stadium in Florida during the national anthem. "It is very exciting, I am very humbled," Kociuba, call sign "Gucci," told FOX 13. "We are certainly doing our prep for it." This year’s formation is the first-of-...
Thursday Morning Links
Unknown, Accidental Deliberations - 14 hours ago
This and that for your Thursday reading. - Damien Cave writes about the lessons Australia's successful containment of COVID-19 offer to any other jurisdiction willing to listen and learn rather than recklessly endangering public health, while the Globe and Mail's editorial board questions why Canada doesn't fit that bill. And Tristin Hopper notes that mandatory quarantine has been one of the important factors in New Zealand's similar control over the coronavirus. - Alex Nguyen highlights how the recognition of the risks workers face in coffee shops may be leading to a pattern of ...
UK Daily Rainfall Extremes
Paul Homewood, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 14 hours ago
By Paul Homewood https://www.ecad.eu/indicesextremes/customquerytimeseriesplots.php I looked at some of the rainfall graphs available from the European Climate Assessment & Dataset a month or two ago, and have now got the up to date data for 2019 and 2020. Also I have managed to fill in the gaps in the EAC&D dataset. I […]
"Redefining Death"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 15 hours ago
*"Redefining Death"* by Eric Peters "The biggest lies go down easiest – because most psychologically normal people have trouble believing anyone could lie on a scale like that. This is why psychopaths get away with lying on an epic scale. It is literally unbelievable. It is why people working 60 hours a week for $15 an hour believe in TV evangelists who live in multimillion dollar homes and travel in private jets. And it is why people believe that “400,000” have died Because Corona. They hear the sermons – which like those of the TV evangelist are full of fire and brimstone, death ...
In Rare Move, Cop Charged With Murder for Executing Innocent Man for Holding a Cellphone
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 15 hours ago
Since 2005, just 126 police officers have been charged with on-duty murder, of them, only 7 cops have been convicted for it.
The Chaos of Philosophy and Politics
Unknown, The Conservative Socrates - 15 hours ago
Philosophy and politics are not the cosmos; they are the chaos. It is impossible to derive for philosophy and politics the kind of scientific and mathematical rules that apply to the cosmos— the chaos has been the final end of mankind’s every philosophical and political project. No paradigm, as Thomas Kuhn shows in his classic *The Structure of Scientific Revolutions*, is good forever. Every paradigm descends into chaos, and when that happens, the only solution is to replace the old paradigm with a new one which might offer a more satisfactory outcome. The philosophical systems dev...
Thank you and goodbye
Robyn Vinter, The Overtake [beta] - 15 hours ago
[image: Thank you and goodbye] It's been a blast Read full article →
Representative Adam Kinzinger: GOP colleagues have thanked me for speaking out against Trump
Keith, musingsofanoldfart - 16 hours ago
In an article by Jordan Williams of The Hill called “Kinzinger: GOP colleagues have thanked me for speaking out against Trump,” it is revealed that, silently, Representative Adam Kinzinger has more support for his speaking out against the seditious acts … Continue reading →
What happens when care workers are sexually assaulted by those they are looking after
Ella Glover, The Overtake [beta] - 16 hours ago
[image: What happens when care workers are sexually assaulted by those they are looking after] Care staff are dealing with attacks and have little support Read full article →
Russia Has Big Plans to Sell Stealth Fighters to India
Mark Episkopos, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Mark Episkopos* *Security, Asia* At this year’s Aero India exhibition, Russian defense companies have pulled out all the stops to court their prospective Indian client At this year’s Aero India exhibition, Russian defense companies have pulled out all the stops to court their prospective Indian client. The thirteenth edition of Aero India, a biennial air show and aviation exhibition held in Bengaluru, India, has kicked off today and will run through February 5. Russia’s Ambassador to India Nikolay Kudashev lauded the event: “[I am] highly appreciate efforts of the Indian organi...
Russia’s Spookovik AC-130 is Ready to Take on the World’s Insurgents
Michael Peck, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, * Moscow’s embrace of “gray zone” warfare suggests special operations and support for insurgents will be a norm. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The AC-130 has proven invaluable in small wars against lightly defended targets in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as supporting special operations. Which suggests that the Spookovik may be intended for small conflicts, such as Russia’s intervention in Syria, the annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, the Russo-Georgian conflict or operations in Chechnya. Call it the “Spookovik.” Russia wants to make its own ver...
How the Space Force Thinks About Competition With Russia and China
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC2V9G92IRYL&share=true] Washington is taking competitor efforts to militarize space very seriously. There are many advanced space weapons that are either already here or which are just around the corner. These include lasers, hypersonic missiles, intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), surveillance and attack drones flying above the atmosphere, anti-satellite weapons and even satellite-fired weapons themselves. “The space domain is competitive, congested and c...
Attention Cord Cutters: Is YouTube TV Worth the Cost?
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *Technology, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2021%3Anewsml_RC2V6L9N5EAA&share=true] Here are the upsides, and downsides, to paying for this subscription instead of traditional cable. YouTube TV is the vMVPD (virtual multichannel video programming distributor), owned by Google and with YouTube branding, that launched nearly four years ago, in February of 2017. However, the service was only available in a handful of markets at first, and it didn’t launch nationally until January of 2019. Like its vMVPD competitors, whic...
The F-35’s Block 4 Upgrade Includes America’s New Tactical Nuke
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * Block 4 is also expected to include integration of country-specific weapons requested by foreign F-35 operators. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The forthcoming ability of a frontline F-35s to penetrate hostile airspace with little warning, and potentially deliver a tactical nuclear weapon will surely become a factor in any adversary’s military calculations, for better or worse. After years of expensive development, the first fully combat-capable Block IIIF F-35 stealth fighter are due to enter service in 2019. However, the Pentagon is already...
How America Financed the Defeat of Nazi Germany and Japan
Warfare History Network, Herb Kugel, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Warfare History Network, Herb Kugel* *History, Americas* The war bond drives of World War II helped finance the effort to defeat the Axis. *Here's What You Need to Know*: Every type of ballyhoo and hype was used to sell bonds. One of the most unusual baseball games ever played was a three- way game in New York City between the New York Yankees, the New York Giants, and the Brooklyn Dodgers. Each team went to bat six times in the same nine-inning game against rotating opponents. The final score was Dodgers 5, Yankees 1, and Giants 0, and the U.S. government was $56,500,000 riche...
Amazon Is Using AI-Equipped Cameras In Delivery Vans
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 14 hours ago
Amazon drivers at some U.S. facilities will soon have an extra set of eyes watching them when they hit the road to make their daily deliveries. The company recently began testing AI-equipped cameras in vehicles to monitor contracted delivery drivers while they’re on the job, with the aim of improving safety. Amazon has deployed the cameras in Amazon-branded cargo vans used by a handful of companies that are part of its delivery service partner program, which are largely responsible for last-mile deliveries. The cameras could be rolled out to additional DSPs over time, and Amazon h...
Consulting Firm McKinsey to Pay $573M for Role in Opioid Crisis
AP News, Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
Most of the money in the national settlement, which was first reported by The New York Times, would be used to abate the national overdose crisis.
Diplomatic Exclusion and Terror Designations Won’t Stop the PKK
Michael Rubin, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Michael Rubin* *Security, Middle East* It is not beyond the realm of possibility that the PKK could eventually take over Erbil. The Iraqi government in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government in Erbil signed a joint security agreement on Oct. 9, 2020, “to restore stability and normalize the situation in Sinjar,” the disputed mountainous district in northwestern Iraq largely populated by Iraq’s minority Yezidi population. The urgency of the deal—and the reason why the State Department and the United Nations both supported the talks—had less to do with Sinjar’s status as di...
Why The Luftwaffe Came to Hate America’s P-47 Thunderbolt
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *History, Europe* Pilots nicknamed early-model P-47 Thunderbolts the “Razorback,” a reference to the chunky fighter plane’s angular canopy. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *In recognition of the Wolfpack’s achievements, a P-47M was displayed under the Eiffel Tower for a victory celebration that July. Meanwhile, Republic developed the P-47M into to the ultimate P-47N model, 1,800 of which were built. *More From The National Interest: * *Where World War III Could Start This Year* *How the F-35 Stealth Fighter Almost Never Happened * *Russia Has Missing Nucle...
Ice jam pushes St. Clair River to record levels, triggers devastating floods in Michigan, U.S.
The Watchers » Latest articles - 14 hours ago
Houses and main roads in southeastern St. Clair County, Michigan, were flooded on Wednesday, February 3, 2021, after ice jams pushed the St. Clair River to a record high of 176.3 m (578.5 feet). U.S. and Canadian coast guards have sent icebreaking ships to the St....... Read more »
Iraq's Dire Economic Situation Is Raising Fears Of More Instability
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 14 hours ago
"Now, because of the rise of the dollar and the pensions people aren't receiving, there are two classes of people," says Saad Salman, the owner of a Baghdad sweet shop. "A poor class and a rich class." Alice Fordham/NPR *NPR: **In Iraq's 'Dire' Economy, Poverty Is Rising — And So Are Fears Of Instability * With the gold domes of the famed Kadhimiya shrine as a backdrop, nearby streets full of shops, markets and tea-sellers in Baghdad look bustling and vibrant, even at night. Tempting windows display sparkly clothes and cascades of candy in rainbow colors. But shopkeepers say no ...
The Decline And Fall Of The American Empire
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 14 hours ago
In 2004, journalist Ron Susskind quoted a Bush White House advisor, reportedly Karl Rove, as boasting, “We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality.” He dismissed Susskind’s assumption that public policy must be rooted in “the reality-based community.” “We’re history’s actors,” the advisor told him, “…and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.” Sixteen years later, the American wars and war crimes launched by the Bush administration have only spread chaos and violence far and wide, and this historic conjunction of criminality and failure has pr...
Citizen Scientists Are Filling Research Gaps Created by the Pandemic
Yves Smith, naked capitalism - 14 hours ago
Citizen data gatherers and community science can be important elements of long term research programs.
SAS Soldier Critically Wounded In A Parachuting Accident With A US Serviceman On An ISIS Mission In Iraq
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 15 hours ago
*Daily Mail*: *SAS skydive terror: Scramble to save critically injured UK soldier who crashed to ground in enemy territory in Iraq after mid-air tangle with US serviceman * * EXCLUSIVE SAS soldier critically wounded in a parachuting accident in Iraq * The trooper crashed to the ground at high speed following a mid-air collision * Horrific accident triggered major rescue operation as stranded men lay in agony An SAS soldier has been critically wounded in a dramatic parachuting accident during a secret night-time operation against Islamic State in Iraq. The trooper crashed to ...
Xi And Putin’s Davos Speeches Emphasized A Sustainable, Win-Win Economic Development Plan
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 15 hours ago
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping both spoke at the virtual World Economic Forum. Photo: AFP/Sergey Mamontov/Sputnik *Pepe Escobar, Zero Hedge/Asia Times: **Xi, Putin make the case for win-win vs zero-sum * Xi and Putin’s Davos speeches were de facto complementary emphasizing sustainable, win-win economic development That was the virtual Great Reset preview, hosted by Kissinger acolyte cum World Economic Forum (WEF) oracle Herr Klaus Schwab. Still, corporate and political so-called “leaders” will continue to wax lyrical about the Fourth In...
Modi’s Farm Produce Act Was Authored Thirty Years Ago, in Washington D.C.
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 15 hours ago
The kisan agitation at the gates of Fortress Delhi has forced even the corporate media to take note of the corporate drive to capture control of the remaining non-corporate sectors of the country’s economy, including its agriculture; the phrase “Ambani-Adani” is now a popular term for this process.
GOVERNOR PIZZAGATE?
Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog - 15 hours ago
Politico believes we should be taking the effort to recall California governor Gavin Newsom seriously. The campaign to oust Newsom went from unlikely to unavoidable this week as pervasive frustration with Newsom’s pandemic management cut sharply into his approval numbers.... The nation's biggest Democratic vulnerability after a score of blue victories has become an irresistible nightly feature on Fox News.... The deadline to certify is March 17, and the campaign is still operating on a shoestring budget by statewide campaign standards, relying on volunteers and some paid mail to c...
Are We Not All in Search of Tomorrow: The Fifth Newsletter (2021)
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 15 hours ago
4 February 2021 — Tricontinental Oswaldo Terreros (Ecuador), Mural para la Universidad Superior de las Artes (‘Mural for the University of the Arts’), 2012. Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. In 2019, 613 million Indians voted to appoint their representatives to the Indian parliament (Lok Sabha). During the election … Continue reading Are We Not All in Search of Tomorrow: The Fifth Newsletter (2021)
The Impact of COVID-19 Responses on Opioid Overdose Deaths in the United States
A Political Junkie, Viable Opposition - 16 hours ago
While everyone is distracted with "the only health issue that really matters", the United States and other nations are going through another health problem that has grown far worse over the past year. As source material for this posting, I want to look at a recent health advisory that was released from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, better known as the CDC. Here is the lead page of the CDC health advisory: According to the CDC, there has been a "concerning acceleration" of the increase in drug overdose deaths, particularly over the period from March 2020 ...
"Economic Market Snapshot AM 2/4/21"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 12 hours ago
*"Economic Market Snapshot AM 2/4/21"* ○ "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:* *"The Economic Meltdown Is Accelerating"* Gregory Mannarino, AM 2/4/21 - https://traderschoice.net/ ○ "The more I see of the monied classes, the better I understand the guillotine." - George Bernard Shaw ○ *MarketWatch Market Summary, Live Updates* - https://www.marketw...
America’s F-15 is No Match for the Russian Su-35 Fighter
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * The F-15 wasn’t designed to be stealthy—and it isn’t, with an average radar cross section of five meters squared. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Current models of the F-15, however, remain capable air superiority fighters with advanced radar, while the F-15E can still carry greater weapons loads for ground attack. Upgraded F-15s would boast extraordinary air-to-air loads, and unparalleled data fusion with supporting ships, satellites and aircraft. The Silent Eagle might also bring an intriguing, though limited, frontal stealth capability to t...
Most Russian Tanks Can’t Shoot Moscow’s New Killer Tank Round
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Europe* The Soviet Union’s huge tank fleet was a cornerstone of its power during the Cold War. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *Thus, while Russia may finally have a 125-millimeter sabot round that can threaten Western main battle tanks at range, only its handful of new T-14s tank are capable of actually using it. Optimistic claims that the 2A82 gun could be retrofitted to numerous older T-90s and T-72s so far appear not to have materialized. The Soviet Union’s huge tank fleet was a cornerstone of its power during the Cold War. However, events ...
Russia’s Super Maneuverable Su-47 Berkut Lives Again in the Su-57
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * The Berkut ended up pioneering several technologies which eventually found their way into the Su-57. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *In the end, the Su-47 was never more than a privately-developed tech demonstrator—one that ended up demonstrating that forward-swept wings were an idea whose time had not yet come. Instead, Russian fighters like the Su-35S multi-role fighter and Su-57 stealth jet rely upon thrust-vector control turbofans, which can tilt exhaust nozzles, to achieve super-maneuverability. In 1996, the March/April issue of Russian m...
The F-35’s Touchscreen Isn’t Perfect
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 15 hours ago
Reddit *National Interest*: *The F-35’s Touchscreen Isn’t Perfect—Can It Ever Be?* *It looks like the expensive stealth fighter has yet another problem. * It has been over a decade since the original iPad was released and soon after the debate began on whether a tablet device could replace a laptop or even PCs in general. Even as recently as late 2018, the question was asked whether a touchscreen would be the new normal—but there are simply times where a touchscreen isn’t as intuitive as having buttons and keys. *Read more* .... *WNU Editor:* What caught my eye in the above pos...
Myanmar Blocks Facebook As Resistance Grows to Coup
AP News, Snopes.com - 15 hours ago
The military seized power shortly before a new session of Parliament was to convene and detained Suu Kyi and other top politicians.
A Burkean Beautiful Bubble
Bryan Caplan, Econlib - 15 hours ago
From my co-author‘s brother Greg Weiner: [I]n addition to being treacherous and menacing, the insurrectionists are also, strictly speaking, pathetic. These are grown men and women whose lives are apparently so devoid of other sources of meaning that their self-worth depends on who occupies the White House. No one should care about presidential elections so […] The post A Burkean Beautiful Bubble appeared first on Econlib.
Who May/Should Preside at Trump's Second Impeachment Trial?
Jason Mazzone, Balkinization - 15 hours ago
Vik Amar and I have a new essay on who may/should preside at the second impeachment trial of (former) President Trump. Senator Patrick Leahy? Or Vice President Kamala Harris? Or Senator Mazie Hirono? Or Chief Justice John Roberts after all? Read here.
We Haven't Yet Learned
Owen Gray, Northern Reflections - 15 hours ago
Forty years ago, we were told that global capitalism would produce a better world. It hasn't exactly worked out as planned. Glen Pearson writes: Not all that long ago, we learned that successful capitalism was about the effective balance between supply and demand. The pandemic experience of these past 12 months has added one more classification to that formula that we have frequently overlooked: distribution. In a globalized world, where free trade agreements connected nations across a vast spectrum, the wheels were greased for the rapid movement of goods, unencumbered by overbea...
Legal recreational cannabis sales in Canada outstrip illicit spending for first time
Matt Lamers, Marijuana Business Daily - 15 hours ago
Sales of regulated adult-use cannabis in Canada overtook illegal transactions for the first time in the third quarter of 2020, according to new Statistics Canada data. That development demonstrates the success of legalization in these early years, experts say, though more needs to be done regarding taxes and promotions rules to put the regulated industry […] Legal recreational cannabis sales in Canada outstrip illicit spending for first time is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Constitutional Trench Warfare over Abortion
Mark Graber, Balkinization - 15 hours ago
For the Symposium on Mary Ziegler, Abortion and the Law in America: Roe v. Wade to the Present (Cambridge University Press, 2020). Americans have engaged in constitutional trench warfare since the demise of the Warren Court. For almost fifty years, progressives and conservatives have fought pitched battles over a wide range of constitutional issues with each side on most fronts gaining only a few feet of constitutional turf. The exclusionary rule and *Miranda *warnings remain the law of the land, but they are now chocked with enough exceptions so that sophisticated police office...
3 Pennsylvania neighbors dead after fight over snow shoveling, authorities say
Admin, From the Trenches World Report - 15 hours ago
ABC News A fight that erupted over snow shoveling allegedly led to a Pennsylvania man shooting two of his neighbors to death, authorities said. The... The post 3 Pennsylvania neighbors dead after fight over snow shoveling, authorities say appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
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