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Germany Declares A Covid ‘Third Wave’. Italy Going Into Another Lockdown. Eastern Europe Is Overwhelmed
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 11 hours ago
*CNBC:* *Germany declares a Covid ‘third wave’ has begun; Italy set for Easter lockdown * * “We have clear signs: The third wave in Germany has already begun,” Lothar Wieler, head of the Robert Koch Institute for Infectious Diseases, told reporters during a news conference Friday. * German Chancellor Angela Merkel had previously warned the country could be caught in a third wave of infections if restrictive public health measures were lifted too quickly. * Italy, meanwhile, is reportedly set to impose another near national lockdown over the Easter weekend in an effort to curb ...
History Lesson: Iran Beat America In War Game in 2002
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *Iran Wargame, Middle East* The simulated showed that hubris can lead to a terrible down fall even when facing minor hostile powers. The United States has had a contentious relationship with Iran going back many years, from what’s seen as a U.S.-backed coup in the 1950s to the hostage crisis in the 1970s. More recently, the difficult relationship involved a nuclear deal in the 2010s to prevent Iran from building a nuclear bomb—an agreement which Washington backed out of during the Donald Trump Administration. Throughout all of that, the United States and Iran ne...
$1,400 Stimulus Check: When Will It Hit My Bank Account?
Ethen Kim Lieser, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *$1, 400 Stimulus Check, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2021%3Anewsml_RC2D9M9L1WI9&share=true] Some of the checks could be hitting bank accounts as quickly as this weekend. With President Joe Biden on Thursday afternoon signing the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan into law—one day earlier than expected—it paved the way for his new administration to quickly deliver expanded unemployment, direct cash payments, and other coronavirus pandemic relief to millions of struggling Americans. “This historic legislation is ab...
Was Prince Harry Photographed in a Nazi Costume?
Nur Ibrahim, Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
An old story resurfaced after Oprah Winfrey's 2021 interview with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
Eight European nations pause AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccinations after reports of “serious” blood clot
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 11 hours ago
Natural News – by Ethan Huff At least eight countries in Europe have suspended all administration of Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccines from AstraZeneca and the... The post Eight European nations pause AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccinations after reports of “serious” blood clot appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Feinstein Promises Assault Weapons Ban Hours After House Passes Background Check Bill
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 11 hours ago
Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden Hours after the House passed a bill allowing for unlimited delays for FBI background checks, and Senate Majority Leader... The post Feinstein Promises Assault Weapons Ban Hours After House Passes Background Check Bill appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Dr. Judy Mikovtis was assaulted with excessive force and suffered injuries to her ribs and arm for NOT wearing the “proper” face mask on a flight
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 11 hours ago
Rumor Mills Forwarded from Ohio Advocates for Medical Freedom BREAKING… OAMF President Stephanie Stock received a text just 30 minutes ago from Dr. Judy Mikovits... The post Dr. Judy Mikovtis was assaulted with excessive force and suffered injuries to her ribs and arm for NOT wearing the “proper” face mask on a flight appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
New York Assembly approves impeachment investigation into Cuomo’s sexual harassment allegations and nursing home deaths cover-up: 59 Democrats called for his resignation
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 11 hours ago
Daily Mail The New York Assembly is launching an impeachment probe into Governor Andrew Cuomo days after a sixth woman came forward to accuse him... The post New York Assembly approves impeachment investigation into Cuomo’s sexual harassment allegations and nursing home deaths cover-up: 59 Democrats called for his resignation appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Return of the Leviathan: The Fascist Roots of the CIA and the True Origin of the Cold War
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 11 hours ago
In 1998, the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Interagency Working Group (IWG), at the behest of Congress, launched what became the largest congressionally mandated, single-subject declassification effort in history. As a result, more than 8.5 million pages of records have been opened to the public under the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act (P.L. 105-246) and the Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Act (P.L. 106-567). These records include operational files of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the CIA, the FBI and Army intelligence. IWG issued three re...
Biden Threatens More ‘Restrictions,’ Warns There Will Be Things You ‘Cannot Do Once Fully Vaccinated’
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 11 hours ago
Daily Wire – by Ryan Saavedra President Joe Biden was slammed online during his first primetime address where he spoke about the coronavirus pandemic. This... The post Biden Threatens More ‘Restrictions,’ Warns There Will Be Things You ‘Cannot Do Once Fully Vaccinated’ appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
UN Rebuke of US Sanctions on Venezuela Met With Stunning Silence
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 11 hours ago
Alena Douhan, the UN special rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, published her preliminary report on February 12 on the impact of US and European sanctions on Venezuela.
Israel Has Been Launching Clandestine Attacks On Iranian Shipping: Report
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 11 hours ago
The Drive – by Joseph Trevithick A new report says that Israel has been conducting a clandestine campaign of attacks on Iranian ships carrying oil,... The post Israel Has Been Launching Clandestine Attacks On Iranian Shipping: Report appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
The *REAL* Insurrection Effort in Portland Oregon, Rioters Set Fire to Federal Courthouse, Break Windows
Sundance, The Last Refuge - 11 hours ago
The irony over the deployment of the national guard, fencing and barbed wire around the DC capitol exists because there never has been a “right-wing extremist” insurrection effort in DC yet the Biden administration and Democrats use that false narrative as justification for Speaker Pelosi’s armed encampment. The U.S. media are currently pushing that false […] The post The *REAL* Insurrection Effort in Portland Oregon, Rioters Set Fire to Federal Courthouse, Break Windows appeared first on The Last Refuge.
Artificial Intelligence At The Accademia Dei Lincei
Tommaso Dorigo, Science 2.0 blogs - 12 hours ago
The Italian "Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei" is an old institution, founded in 1603 to promote and cultivate natural science studies. It counted Galileo Galilei as a member, and it has never ceased to pursue its goal. Nowadays, it is an excellence cultural centre and is among the advisors of the President of the Republic. read more
Tales From The Cockpit: Formation Aerobatics With The F-104 Starfighter
Fabio Consoli, The Aviationist - 12 hours ago
The thrills of formation aerobatics in the legendary F-104 Starfighter. Here I am, in the cockpit of an F-104G of the 28° Gruppo (Squadron) belonging to the 3° Stormo (Wing), of the Aeronautica Militare (Italian [...] The post Tales From The Cockpit: Formation Aerobatics With The F-104 Starfighter appeared first on The Aviationist.
Israeli Violence in Arab Cities Reaches Intolerable Levels
Geopolitics101, Covert Geopolitics - 13 hours ago
Much is said in the international media about the Palestinian issue, but the internal ethnic crisis in Israel is ignored. Levels of violence against Arabs in Israeli territory have increased exponentially and this has led to the revolt of several social leaders in these Arab communities. The Israeli authorities justify their violence on the basis … Continue reading Israeli Violence in Arab Cities Reaches Intolerable Levels →
Paranormal: First Person Account from Rural Argentina
Inexplicata (IHU), Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 13 hours ago
*Yo Fui Testigo ("I Was a Witness")* *A Series by ICOU (Investigadores de Campo OVNIS Unidos - United UFO Field Researchers)* *An experience shared by Juan Manuel Spalletti* I would like to share this story with all of you. One of many we've experienced in this location - Estancia Rincón in the city of La Plata - and this one occurred during a family supper, when my father...my mother told my siblings - I happened to be away with my uncles - to come back into the house as it was getting late. It was Sunday afternoon (clears throat), some of my father's friends were present. ...
Edwin's understanding of QM: Part II, uncertainty and the weirdness of classical physics
Luboš Motl, The Reference Frame - 10 hours ago
If you haven't watched the first part of Edwin Steiner's online lectures on quantum mechanics, you are encouraged to click and listen to that first part because (like in serious physics), your new knowledge depends on the familiarity with the previous one. At the beginning, Edwin returns to the very late 19th and early 20th century when the most important physics papers would be written in German. Sadly for Germany, around 1945, the European country lost its best Jewish physicists as well as the non-Jewish, i.e. Nazi physicists (I hope that this internal classification of the German...
The BBC's bread magnet comes unstuck
Craig, Is the BBC biased? - 11 hours ago
Two critics of Nish Kumar *The Independent* quotes Nish Kumar's reaction to the BBC's cancellation of his *The Mash Report*: Responding to the news on Twitter, Kumar wrote: “A lot of people are asking me for a comment and here it is” – accompanied with an image of himself on the show pointing to a screen that reads: “Boris Johnson is a liar and a racist.” Of course, Boris Johnson isn't a racist. *The Independent* also quotes James O'Brien, the ex-*Newsnight *presenter, complaining: *The Mash Report*, a comedy program critical of the government has been axed by the state broad...
How Many of America’s Coronavirus Deaths Were Unnecessary?
Graham Allison, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Graham Allison* *Coronavirus Deaths, * [image: Coronavirus Deaths] America’s death toll from COVID is now larger than the total US combatant deaths in World War I, World War II, and the Vietnam War combined. The question we should all be asking is how many of these deaths were unnecessary? This week marked the one-year anniversary of the WHO announcement that coronavirus had become a global pandemic. While the US makes up only 4% of the 7.7 billion individuals with whom we share this small globe, more than 20% of all those killed by this virus have been Americans. America’s deat...
The U.S. Army's Next Super Weapon: A Laser Machine Gun?
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *Laser Machine Gun, Americas* The U.S. Army is working on one of the most futuristic weapons that’s come along in quite some time. It’s called the Tactical Ultrashort Pulsed Laser for Army Platforms. According to Industry Tap, the laser is “more than a million times powerful than any used before. The U.S. Army is working on one of the most futuristic weapons that’s come along in quite some time. It’s called the Tactical Ultrashort Pulsed Laser for Army Platforms. According to Industry Tap, the laser is “more than a million times powerful than any used before.” “...
Forgotten Firearms: 5 Guns the U.S. Army Said No Way To
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *5 Guns the U.S. Army Passed On, * While we won't claim this is comprehensive, here are our top picks of some of the worst U.S. Army guns ever. Thankfully, most never saw wide service on the battlefield, or none at all. Firearms design isn't easy, and even trained engineers have had trouble turning a concept into a reliable weapon. And while countless small arms used by the United States Army became the stuff of legend, for every success like the Thompson submachine gun or M1 Garand there are those guns that are best forgotten. While we won't claim this is comprehen...
Meet the Top Guns of 2021 (For Self Defense and Much More)
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Top Guns 2021, * Here is a look at the top firearms from this year's SHOT Show, or rather, what might end up being some of the top guns of 2021. Normally it is right around the beginning of the year that representatives from the firearms industry, including manufacturers and retailers, travel to Las Vegas for the annual SHOT Show (Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade Show) to check out many of the top guns of 2021. While the Covid-19 pandemic required that the show, much like the recent International CES (formerly the Consumer Electronics Show), to go virtual, retailer...
Sturmtiger: The Really Strange Nazi Mega Tank with One Massive Gun
Caleb Larson, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Caleb Larson* *Sturmtiger, Europe* [image: Sturmtiger] Despite the Sturmtiger’s massive 380mm barrel, it had a few shortcomings that limited its battlefield effectiveness. German military planners envisioned the Sturmtiger an assault gun that would take on heavily fortified static targets, virtually impervious to most anti-tank fire except at very close ranges. The Sturmtiger drew its design from the Tiger I line of heavy tanks, with the fighting compartment enlarged to accommodate the much larger diameter ammunition it would fire, and had parts of its hull armor thickened for b...
The Pope-Sistani riddle
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 11 hours ago
By any historical measure, it was a game-changer: the first meeting since the 7th century between a Roman Catholic Pope and a Shiite spiritual leader regarded as a “source of emulation.”
"Despite My Firm Convictions..."
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 11 hours ago
"Despite my firm convictions, I have been always a man who tries to face facts, and to accept the reality of life as new experience and new knowledge unfolds it. I have always kept an open mind, which is necessary to the flexibility that must go hand in hand with every form of intelligent search for truth." - Malcolm X
"Previews of Coming Attractions"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 12 hours ago
*"Previews of Coming Attractions"* by Jim Kunstler "How reassured were you by Joe Biden’s speech to the nation Thursday night? The more his managers pretend that he’s in charge of anything, the more unlikely it actually seems. So, they wound him up - Adderall would be my guess, to fortify the attention span - and rolled him out like the mummy of Amenhotep III, and one could just imagine the leaders of this-and-that foreign nation cringing (or cackling) in their seats to see this embodiment of collapsing America go through his spiritless ritual motions. Mostly what did not fly is th...
Ecuador’s Pseudo-Left Candidate Yaku Pérez Echoes Call For Military Takeover
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
Ecuador’s third-place presidential candidate, Yaku Pérez Guartambel, has called for direct military intervention in his country’s political system, requesting a purge of electoral authorities and a nullification of the results of the February 7 election that he lost. Pérez has also demanded that Ecuador’s corrupt and undemocratic Lenín Moreno government immediately issue a legal judgment against the socialist-oriented candidate Andrés Arauz, who won the first round of the presidential election in a landslide, in an effort to disqualify him based on a debunked conspiracy alleging h...
Neoliberalism Was Born In Chile; Neoliberalism Will Die In Chile
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
Daniel Jadue is the mayor of Recoleta, a commune that is part of the expanding city of Santiago, Chile. His office is on the sixth floor of a municipal building in whose lower reaches one can find a pharmacy, an optical shop, and a bookstore run by the municipality that are dedicated to providing fairly priced goods. On the walls of his office are emblems of his commitment to the Palestinian people, including flags and an iconic cartoon of Handala created by Naji al-Ali, a Palestinian cartoonist who was assassinated in 1987. ‘I am Palestinian’, Jadue tells me with pride. ‘I was bo...
The Forest Occupation Movement In Germany
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
Since February 26, 2021, people have been occupying a forest near Ravensburg called Altdorfer Wald. A gravel pit is threatening the forest’s existence and some activists who had earlier built climate camps and tree houses in the inner city of Ravensburg decided to live in the forest to protect it. At the moment this occupation is not facing eviction. On the day of the occupation near Ravensburg, all the way at the other end of Germany, police began the eviction of an occupied inner-city forest. In Flensburg, in October 2020, people had begun building tree houses and platforms to s...
This Day In Iraqi History - Mar 12
Joel Wing, MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 12 hours ago
1914 UK sent ultimatum to Ottomans If Ottomans wanted to increase tariffs had to allow merger of Turkish Petroleum Company that was going to get oil concession in Mosul vilayet with the Anglo-Persian Oil Company 1st sign UK wanted to control Mespotamian oil 1921 Start of Cairo Conference where Britain decided on its future MidEast policy with Mesopotamia being a centerpiece Colonial Secretary Churchill’s main concern at Cairo Conference was cutting costs for London Said British troops would be withdrawn in Mesopotamia as quickly as possible Air power would be used instead for...
The Military’s Africa Gambit
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
When does neo-imperialist subtext tip over to overt imperialism? Well, when it comes to America’s Africa policy, apparently it’s when Foreign Affairs indulges the published fantasies of a multigenerational military trio of facsimile David Petraeuses peddling un-ironic Rudyard Kipling reprises. In the piece in question, retired Air Force Major General Marcus Hicks, and U.S. Army Majors Kyle Atwell and Dan Collini don’t pull punches – and are just a bit too on the neocolonial nose – off-handedly asserting: "Like it or not, a twenty-first century "scramble for Africa" is underway." A...
A Day In The Life Of Fighting Dictatorship And Neocolonialism
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
The day begins the night before. The cadre of hope dodge sleep and the police. Under the cover of night and the ancestors, they spray-paint the walls of Port-au-Prince to encourage communities to unite and rise up: “Aba enperyalis, Aba Jovenel!” (Down with imperialism! Down with Jovenel.) “PHTK, Bann volè.” (The PHTK – Haitian Bald Headed Party – is a bunch of thieves.) “Kote kòb PetroCaribe?” (Where is the PetroCaribe money?) The young writers of the People, Poetry, Revolution collective go deeper, emblazoning the walls of alleyways and main boulevards with short poems. “Powèt, e...
Scheer Intelligence: Israel Has Always Been A Contradiction
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
Just five years after the state of Israel was founded in 1948, the family of Larry Gross, the former director of the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School of Communication, moved there. Gross, who is also the founder and editor of the International Journal of Communication, joins Robert Scheer on this week’s installment of “Scheer Intelligence,” to give listeners his perspective on the nation he lived in as a boy and teenager. With Passover right around the corner, Scheer grounds the discussion on Israel in its biblical past as well as its present as Israel receive...
Amazon Workers In Italy To Go On First Strike
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
Amazon’s workforce in Italy will go on its first collective strike later this month, trade unions have confirmed. All 8,500 employees in the country are expected to hold a 24-hour walkout on 22 March after negotiations between their representatives and the online retailer broke down. The three national unions supporting them accused Amazon of showing an “unwillingness to positively address” issues including working hours and results-based bonuses. They also claimed that the online giant was “chronically unavailable” for meetings and was opposed to “a system of fairness”. A spoke...
DOGMA AND TOWN: The essay concerned an important topic!
<b>bob somerby</b>, the daily howler - 13 hours ago
*FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2021* *Must dogma prevail every time?:* A funny thing happened to DeVitta Briscoe's essay after it was published online by the Washington Post. (In print editions, the essay was given a prominent placement in last Friday's Post.) In theory, the essay concerned an extremely important topic—shooting deaths, justified and otherwise, at the hands of police officers. That's an important topic! That said, the essay also concerned a key matter of dogma—an area within which almost anything goes in the streets of Our Town, and in our major news orgs. Briscoe's essay c...
Connecticut Activists in Battle to Preserve Religious Exemption
Aerowenn Hunter, Children's Health Defense - 13 hours ago
State lawmakers have introduced two bills to remove the religious exemption for vaccines, but advocates are fighting back with petitions and a March 16 rally. The post Connecticut Activists in Battle to Preserve Religious Exemption appeared first on Children's Health Defense.
Has Special Forces Become A Major Player And Substitute For U.S. Strategic Thinking?
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 11 hours ago
A joint special forces team moves together out of an Air Force CV-22 Osprey aircraft, Feb. 26, 2018, at Melrose Training Range, N.M., during Emerald Warrior, the largest joint and combined special operations exercise. Wikimedia *Mark Bowden, The Atlantic*: *American Special Ops Forces Are Everywhere* *They’ve become a major military player—and maybe a substitute for strategic thinking.* Within the span of a few decades, the United States has utterly transformed its military, or at least the military that is actively fighting. This has taken place with little fanfare and little ...
Case of Sarah Everard Who Vanished on Way Home Stirs Grief, Anger
AP News, Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
The suspect arrested on suspicion of killing her is a U.K. police officer whose job was protecting top politicians and diplomats.
Will Clown World, 2021 Become Dystopian Nightmare, 2022?
Robert, Small Dead Animals - 12 hours ago
I deeply respect Sharyl Attkisson, so have to believe that this must be mostly tongue-in-cheek: What would be necessary if powerful interests wanted to construct a believable artificial reality surrounding the most powerful political position on the planet? First, of course, the technological capability. Beyond that, it seems to me, they would need to have… Continue reading →
Senior Military Leaders React To Tucker Carlson's Remarks That The U.S. Military Leadership Are More Concerned With Wokeness Than Winning The Next War
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 12 hours ago
*Tucker Carlson, FOX News:* *Tucker Carlson: Is the military more concerned with wokeness than winning the next war? * *Joe Biden would rather talk about maternity flight suits than the threat of China* Joe Biden was elected as a moderate who was going to stay the course and return this country to normalcy. As it turns out, Biden is changing this country faster than any president ever has. Our job is to pay attention to how exactly Joe Biden is changing it. The New York Times isn’t going to tell you, and we think you have a right to know. Now, not every change that Joe Biden ...
New marijuana group, including tobacco and alcohol firms, pushes for reform
John Schroyer, Marijuana Business Daily - 12 hours ago
The major stakeholders pushing Congress to enact sweeping federal marijuana reform just got bigger with the formation of a new band of businesses and industry experts who believe legalization is a foregone conclusion and that the real prize will be shaping a nationwide MJ regulatory framework. According to a news release, the Coalition for Cannabis […] New marijuana group, including tobacco and alcohol firms, pushes for reform is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Little Women and the Price of Gasoline
David Kreutzer, IER - 12 hours ago
As part of my continuing efforts to successfully celebrate my next wedding anniversary, I agreed (cheerfully, I think) to watch… The post Little Women and the Price of Gasoline appeared first on IER.
Hawaii Experiencing Fewer Extreme Rain Events, Despite Media Alarm
James Taylor, Climate Realism - 12 hours ago
The Associated Press, USA Today, The Guardian, and other media outlets delivered a coordinated – and false – message yesterday with a spate of stories claiming climate change is responsible for extremely heavy rains in Hawaii this past week. Instead, objective Hawaii rainfall data provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) prove exactly […] The post Hawaii Experiencing Fewer Extreme Rain Events, Despite Media Alarm appeared first on Climate Realism.
Did Queen Charlotte Have African Ancestry?
Nur Ibrahim, Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
The wife of Britain's King George III was rumored to be mixed race.
Multiple NY Congressional Members Call on Cuomo to Resign
AP News, Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
“The repeated accusations against the governor, and the manner in which he has responded to them, have made it impossible for him to continue to govern at this point,” Rep. Jerry Nadler said.
Is a Man in Joker Face Paint Running for Governor in Japan?
Madison Dapcevich, Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
His political party reportedly aimed to make his home district “a land of dreams and magic.”
No Jail for ‘Monster’ Cop Found Guilty for His Role in Child Sex Ring Run by Fellow Officers
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 12 hours ago
[image: child]Despite admitting to repeatedly sexually abusing a girl in a police officer-run child sex ring within the department's Explorer Program, a cop received no jail time.
On Shedding An Obsolete Past
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
You may have noticed: the Blob is back. Beneath a veneer of gender and racial diversity, the Biden national security team consists of seasoned operatives who earned their spurs in Washington long before Donald Trump showed up to spoil the party. So, if you’re looking for fresh faces at the departments of state or defense, the National Security Council or the various intelligence agencies, you’ll have to search pretty hard. Ditto, if you’re looking for fresh insights. In Washington, members of the foreign policy establishment recite stale bromides, even as they divert attention fro...
Media Wrong About Butterfly Science and Climate Fearmongering
Anthony Watts, Climate Realism - 13 hours ago
Guest essay by Jim Steele Last week the Guardian proclaimed Butterfly Numbers Plummeting in US West as Climate Crisis Takes Toll. Numerous media outlets flooded the internet with similar versions in response to the research article Fewer Butterflies Seen by Community Scientists Across the Warming and Drying Landscapes of The American West by lead author […] The post Media Wrong About Butterfly Science and Climate Fearmongering appeared first on Climate Realism.
Biden Administration Cynically Manipulates LGBTQ Rights Struggle To Advance Empire
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
Perhaps feeling wind in his sails after an executive order reversing Trump-era anti-LGBTQ policies, US President Joe Biden is now seeking to make defense of LGBTQ rights abroad a part of US imperialist foreign policy. The hypocrisy of his claim is all too apparent: LGBTQ people continue to lack basic rights here in the US, and many of Washington’s closest allies have abysmal records on the issue. “There will be no ambiguity,” a senior Biden administration official recently told the media. “This is not the word of one envoy or cabinet secretary. Biden wants this to be seen as the p...
Minneapolis Promised Change After George Floyd
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
The George Floyd uprising that began in Minneapolis introduced the demand of defunding the police to the general public, empowered Black-led anti-police violence movements across the planet, generated policy changes in cities across the US, and most importantly built new organizations which have the capacity to fight for systemic change for the long haul. The uprising brought a lot of reforms and positive developments to its birth city, too, including a move to actually defund the Minneapolis police department and redistribute funds to services with a larger potential for eradicat...
Booby-trapped Israeli drones killed 3 Gaza fishermen, probe finds
contact@ifamericansknew.org, Israel Palestine News - 13 hours ago
An explosive Israeli drone, caught in Gazan fishermen's net, proves it once again: "fishing while Palestinian" can be lethal.
The Plugged In Podcast #72: Tom Pyle Speaks to the Colorado Oil and Gas Association
IER, IER - 13 hours ago
IER’s president Tom Pyle discussed IER’s work on the oil and gas industry’s contributions to the Coronavirus vaccine at a… The post The Plugged In Podcast #72: Tom Pyle Speaks to the Colorado Oil and Gas Association appeared first on IER.
Can Derek Chauvin get a fair trial in Minneapolis?
Peter, Bayou Renaissance Man - 14 hours ago
As most readers are aware, former police officer Derek Chauvin, along with three colleagues, is facing trial in Minneapolis for the death of George Floyd last year. However, the process of selecting a jury has proved to be fraught with difficulties, not least the reluctance of many jurors to get involved. George Parry, a former prosecutor whose analysis of the incident we discussed last year, describes the problem. Despite vigorous opposition by the prosecution, the court has granted the defense motion that Chauvin’s trial be televised. In other words, the defense wants the ...
The Avatar and His Cabinet Commence the Great Reset – How to Defeat Fascism with a Democratic Face
Barbara Boyd, LaRouchePAC.com - All Posts - 14 hours ago
The list of horrors from the Biden Administration accumulates daily, and will pick up dramatically in pace today, Friday, March 12, following the signing of the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill on Thursday. Next? A week-long Democratic PR campaign touting the amount of money with which they are showering the population as a prelude to a green infrastructure bill which will wipe out large sections of the U.S. economy. Ever get the feeling that you are being showered with money by the very same people who will kill you, if they can, in short order?
France, Cyber Operations and Sovereignty: The ‘Purist’ Approach to Sovereignty and Contradictory State Practice
jkenny, Lawfare - 16 hours ago
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks at an event in 2017. (Jaques Pacquier, https://flic.kr/p/2frCTie; CC BY 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/) In the context of cyber operations, there is a debate between those who consider sovereignty to be an underlying principle of international law from which other primary rules emanate, and those who consider it to be a primary rule of customary international law that can be violated by cyber operations resulting in an internationally wrongful act. The application of rights inherent in sovereignty are particularly importan...
How Economic Reforms of the 1980s Changed the Face of Vietnam
Rainer Zitelmann, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Rainer Zitelmann* *Vietnam Economy, Asia* [image: Vietnam Economy] No country of a comparable size has seen such an increase in economic freedom over the last twenty-five years. The Heritage Foundation has published the annual Index of Economic Freedom to assess the levels of economic freedom in 178 countries. Since the survey began in 1995, no other country of a comparable size has seen such rapid gains in economic freedom as Vietnam. The index uses twelve criteria to measure the economic freedom of each of the 178 countries. The countries that rank at the top of the Index inc...
Feast Your Eyes on the Biggest Gun Ever (Built to Strike Paris)
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Paris Gun, * Because the weapons were destroyed by the retreating Germans, exact details of the Paris Guns aren't exactly known. Even figures on its size, range, and performance vary widely depending on the source. In December of last year, the U.S. Army tested its Extended Range Cannon Artillery System, or ERCA, at the Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona. It achieved a significant milestone when the platform was able to hit a target 43.5 miles away using 155 mm M982A1 Excalibur guided artillery shell. It took three shots on the Dec. 19 test to hit the target, but it w...
Defiant X: The U.S. Army's New Stealth Helicopter?
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Defiant X, Americas* [image: https://news.lockheedmartin.com/2021-01-25-Sikorsky-Boeing-Team-Reveals-Advanced-Assault-Helicopter-Designed-to-Revolutionize-U-S-Army-Capabilities] The Army is looking for a new helicopter and there is much talk about making it smoother and with a lower heat signature. Most Army and industry weapons experts, engineers and innovators may not use the word “stealth” when describing the service’s emerging Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (helicopter) program, yet developers are clear to discuss the merits of thermal signature management ...
Movie Fact: Luke Skywalker Loves His World War II Guns
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Guns, * [image: Wikimedia Commons] It may have been set in a galaxy far, far away but the Star Wars films feature some rather familiar-looking firearms. It may have been set in a galaxy far, far away but the *Star Wars *films feature some rather familiar-looking firearms. Then again, the saga isn't exactly what one could call "original" – it borrowed heavily from American westerns, World War II films, movie serials notably *Flash Gordon,* and the original film's plot is borrowed so heavily from *The Hidden Fortress *that writer/director George Lucas should have pa...
Biden’s New Iran Deal Must Reign in Iran’s Proxies
Azeem Ibrahim, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Azeem Ibrahim* *Iran, Middle East* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2021%3Anewsml_RC2O8M9LUNLB&share=true] A failure to do so the first time set up the original deal for failure. Failure this time would mean war. There is no doubt that the Barack Obama Administration’s Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran, colloquially called the “Iran Deal,” was a great achievement of diplomacy. The Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979 was as much an uprising against the Shah, as it was against Washington and London. Yet thirty-five years later, t...
Showdown: 5 Greatest Tank Battles in Military History
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Tank Battles, * There are actually several armored showdowns that rightfully rank as being among the greatest tank battles. Here is a sample of what I would argue should be the top five. Certainly, anyone who has ever played the video game *World of Tanks* likely has debated what is the "best tank," and the fact remains that there will likely never be a consensus as opinion plays a factor. When it comes to what was the "greatest tank battle" in history, it comes down to the numbers as well as the type of tanks involved, but also how the tanks were employed. There...
M79 Grenade Launcher Had All the Makings of a Super Killer
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *M79 Grenade Launcher, * [image: M79 Grenade Launcher] Developed in the early 1960s, the M79 grenade launcher saw use in the Vietnam War – and for those who carried the weapon, it was either instant love or lasting hatred. Developed in the early 1960s, the M79 grenade launcher saw use in the Vietnam War – and for those who carried the weapon, it was either instant love or lasting hatred. The weapon was simple to use. Much like a shotgun, it was a break-open, shoulder-fire weapon that could fire a 40mm grenade. It utilized a "high-low propulsion" launching system th...
How Biden Can Overcome Iran’s Maximum Pressure
Dennis Ross, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Dennis Ross* *Iran, Middle East* Iran must see that America’s pursuit of nuclear negotiations will not inhibit what we do to counter their threatening, unacceptable actions in the region. Ali Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader, wants sanctions relief. To get the Biden administration off its compliance for compliance approach in which sanctions relief cannot come before the Iranians reverse their breaches of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the Iranians have adopted a Trump-like “maximum pressure” policy. Their leaders are acting as if coercion can work and carries little ri...
The Great Ammo Shortage of 2021 Is Now Impacting Police Depts.
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Ammo Shortage, * The shortage of ammunition has limited many police officers from taking part in state-mandated range training. Across the country there are shortages. Frozen pizza and toilet paper are again in limited supply, but it is ammunition for firearms that remains truly hard to come by. One example: According to a report from *The Longview News*-*Journal* in East Texas, the shelves at local gun shops are nearly empty, and the only remaining boxes are for far less common calibers. Sportsman's Outfitters was among the retailers where customers shouldn't ev...
Submarine Allies: Could Russia and China Build a Stealth Sub Together?
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *Russia China Submarine, Eurasia* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2019%3Anewsml_RC1669997160&share=true] There is little new information about this alarming collaboration, but that does not mean Moscow and Beijing are not proceeding. China, clearly, is a major topic on the mind of the Pentagon under the new administration. Military personnel testified before Congress earlier this week about the need for preparedness when it comes to potential attacks by China. There’s also the matter of China and Russia working together on a sub...
Biden's $1.9 Trillion Dollar Stimulus Package: Who Wins? Who Lost?
Rachel Bucchino, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Rachel Bucchino* *$1.9 Trillion Dollar Stimulus, Americas* [image: $1.9 Trillion Dollar Stimulus] The Biden administration and Democrats on Capitol Hill hope that the added funds being sent to families and middle-class Americans will encourage them to actively spend so that the economy can slowly bounce back to pre-pandemic behavior. President Joe Biden signed his sweeping $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill into law on Thursday, ushering the administration’s first major legislative win, despite the lack of bipartisan support. “This historic legislation is about rebuilding the...
Why Nothing Can Stop U.S. Navy’s Stealth Zumwalt Destroyer
Ethen Kim Lieser, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *U.S. Navy, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2013%3Anewsml_GM1E9BM0D2U01&share=true] The troubled high-tech warship has proven it can survive terrible weather conditions in the ocean. The U.S. Navy’s new Zumwalt stealth destroyer put to rest any doubts about its capabilities by passing an intense round of sea trials in which it sailed through two storms off the states of California and Alaska. According to the Naval Sea Systems Command, the destroyer was able to stave off mammoth waves that were twenty feet high, whic...
The US Navy Submarine USS Connecticut Has A Bedbug Infestation
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 12 hours ago
The USS Connecticut *Daily Mail: **'People were getting eaten alive in their racks': US Navy officers reveal the USS Connecticut attack submarine has been infested with BED BUGS since last year - forcing sailors to sleep in chairs or on the floor of the mess hall * * US Navy officers claimed USS Connecticut has been infested with bed bugs * Sailors claim infestation started in March 2020 during ICEX naval exercises * Military spokeswoman disputed charge, saying infestation started in December * Sailors claimed problem got so bad they had to sleep in chairs, on floor of mess...
Massive landslide cuts off access to Kauai north shore, Hawaii
The Watchers » Latest articles - 12 hours ago
Heavy rains caused a major landslide on the Kuhio Highway in Kauai, Hawaii, on Thursday, March 11, 2021. The severe weather also led to flooding that prompted the closure of three state parks, along the said highway. A huge landslide occurred at the Kuhio Highway...... Read more »
Pharma Giant Sanofi Launches Human Trial Of mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine
zedie, SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 13 hours ago
Pharma Giant Sanofi Launches Human Trial Of mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2021/03/12/pharma-giant-sanofi-launches-human-trial-of-mrna-covid-19-vaccine/?sh=3677eba17c91&utm_campaign=socialflowForbesMainFB&utm_source=ForbesMainFacebook&utm_medium=social
UKC News: Doctors Push Back Against Vaccine Dogma, Homeless Targeted by Health Authorities
NEWS WIRE, 21st Century Wire - 13 hours ago
*UKC News* | Co-hosts Mike Robinson and Patrick Henningsen with the end of week news round-up.
Cumbria Mine To Face New Public Inquiry
Paul Homewood, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 14 hours ago
By Paul Homewood We have been closely following the saga of the proposed Cumbria coal mine, which Roger Harrabin and his green cronies have been fighting hard to stop. Unfortunately it now seems likely that they will succeed in their efforts: Robert Jenrick has bowed to pressure in long-running row over […]
COVID Denialism Now Enshrined in Case Law
People for Life and Freedom, From the Trenches World Report - 14 hours ago
The Freedom Articles – by Makia Freeman COVID denialism – a broad term leveled at those who have seen through lies regarding the COVID scamdemic... The post COVID Denialism Now Enshrined in Case Law appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Biden eyes July 4 declaration of ‘independence from this virus’
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 14 hours ago
Yahoo News WASHINGTON — “We all lost something,” President Biden said in his remarks to the nation on Thursday evening marking the one-year anniversary of... The post Biden eyes July 4 declaration of ‘independence from this virus’ appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Record Breaking Rain Claims Don’t Stand Up To Scrutiny
Paul Homewood, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 14 hours ago
By Paul Homewood Yet another attempt to “prove” that rainfall is becoming more extreme in the UK: https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/asl.1033 This is the key graph: United Kingdom’s wettest day of the year. (a) Timeseries of UK mean Rx01 anomalies relative to 1961–1990 from observational data. The observed anomalies in 2020 […]
Federal Look into Breonna Taylor’s Death Casts a Wider Net
AP News, Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
Despite disappointment with the grand jury outcome, there is “cautious and guarded hope” that the federal investigation could bring some measure of justice, community activist Christopher 2X said.
VW Car Collides With A Ukrainian Mig-29 Fighter Jet At Ukraine Air Base. Volkswagen Wins
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 13 hours ago
*Defence Blog: **Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jet and car collide at Vasylkiv Air Base * On late Wednesday, a Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 fighter jet from the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade sustained damage when a Volkswagen Touran collided with it at Vasylkiv Air Base. Photos circulating on the internet show one of the burned engines of a fighter jet and a damaged car. Ukrainian military officials said that the fighter plane has been transporting using a tractor to the place of his parking when the car collided with the tail of the fighter. *Read more* .... *WNU Editor:* Apparen...
Kenya faces revenue, job losses as House ratifies UK trade deal
bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
12-Mar-2021 The National Assembly ratified the EPA on Tuesday, opening the local market to about 1,934 products from the UK, whose import tariff will either be lowered or zero-rated.
UK and Cameroon sign trade agreement
bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
12-Mar-2021 The United Kingdom has signed an Economic Partnership Agreement with Cameroon.
MPs ratify UK-Kenya trade deal
bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
12-Mar-2021 Trade Committee chairman fears that the Kenya-UK Economic Partnership Agreement ratified on tuesday night by Kenyan MPs will open floodgates for the dumping of agricultural goods.
UK MPs endorse Kenya trade deal
bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
12-Mar-2021 United Kingdom legislators have endorsed the trade deal with Kenya after completing scrutiny of the document, paving the way for its enforcement once the Kenyan counterparts approve it.
AfAA launches African arbitration tool
bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
12-Mar-2021 The African Arbitration Association (AfAA) has launched an online tool that provides an overview of arbitration legislation and international arbitrators in Africa.
Peru’s anti-corruption prosecutor seeks 30-year prison term for candidate Keiko Fujimori
Latin America News, The Rio Times - 13 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Peru's anti-corruption prosecutor Jose Domingo Perez said, on Thursday, March 11th, that he had requested a minimum 30-year prison sentence for presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori, leader of the Popular Force (FP) party, who stands accused of accepting illicit campaign funds in the past. Another 41 members of the conservative FP […] The post Peru’s anti-corruption prosecutor seeks 30-year prison term for candidate Keiko Fujimori appeared first on The Rio Times.
U.S. considers sending surplus AstraZeneca vaccine to Brazil and other countries – Newspaper
Lachlan Williams, The Rio Times - 13 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to a report published by The New York Times, the destination of millions of vaccine doses, which have not yet been authorized by the US regulatory agency, is being discussed by White House and Health Department officials. US government officials are considering sending millions of covid-19 vaccine doses produced […] The post U.S. considers sending surplus AstraZeneca vaccine to Brazil and other countries – Newspaper appeared first on The Rio Times.
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, the Global Fund and American Taxpayers
A Political Junkie, Viable Opposition - 13 hours ago
Tucked away in the deepest darkness of the $1.9 trillion Senate-amended version of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, the Democrats' response to the pandemic, under Section 10003 Global Response, we find this budgeted expenditure: " *$3,750,000,000 to be made available to the Department of State to support programs for the prevention, treatment, and control of HIV/AIDS in order to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, including to mitigate the impact on such programs from coronavirus and support recovery from the impacts of the coronavirus, of which not less than...
Brazil no longer has fiscal room for public investment, says Frischtak
Latin America News, The Rio Times - 13 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (CNN Brasil) Economist Cláudio Frischtak is considered one of the biggest names in Brazil when it comes to infrastructure. Founder of the international business consulting firm Inter.B and one of the people in charge of the World Bank's industry and energy area for seven years, he does not see room […] The post Brazil no longer has fiscal room for public investment, says Frischtak appeared first on The Rio Times.
New Zealand Doctor Explains the Non-Science Behind Covid-19 and the €225,000 Reward for Anyone Who Can Prove it Exists
Dr. Samantha Bailey, Need To Know - 13 hours ago
Dr. Bailey says that Covid-19, known as SARS-CoV-2, has never been isolated, and is confirmed by Dr. Michael Laue of the The Robert Koch Institute, who says: "I am not aware of a paper which purified isolated SARS-CoV-2". There is cash award of €225,000 for proof of actual isolation of SARS-CoV-2.
COVID-19 spending to cost taxpayers more than WW II
Craig Rucker, CFACT - 14 hours ago
Sadly, combating the virus and its economic impact is merely the tip of this latest $1.9 trillion fiscal iceberg. The post COVID-19 spending to cost taxpayers more than WW II appeared first on CFACT.
Leaked Video: Mark Zuckerberg Cautions Against Side Effects of Covid-19 Vaccines that Modify DNA and RNA
Project Veritas and the Right Scoop, Need To Know - 14 hours ago
Zuckerberg, apparently warning against Covid-19 RNA vaccines, said, "But I do just want to make sure that I share some caution on this because we just don't know the long-term side effects of basically modifying people's DNA and RNA."
Minneapolis: Man Killed in Militant Autonomous ‘George Floyd Square’ as City Prepares for Cop’s Trial
Post Millennial, Law Officer and local Fox News, Need To Know - 14 hours ago
A BLM activist 'medic' for the 'autonomous zone' said that she heard what sounded like "500 gunshots" Saturday night during her shift. Residents blame gang violence, BLM activists, many of whom are from out of state, and protests as the primary cause of the crime. The National Guard has been deployed to the city.
Winter Storm Xylia, a Potentially Historic Blizzard in the Rockies and High Plains, Hits This Weekend
Mary, From the Trenches World Report - 14 hours ago
The Weather Channel A potentially crippling, historic snowstorm will pummel parts of the Rockies and High Plains this weekend with multiple feet of snow that... The post Winter Storm Xylia, a Potentially Historic Blizzard in the Rockies and High Plains, Hits This Weekend appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Ebola: the new fake outbreak
Mary, From the Trenches World Report - 14 hours ago
Jon Rappoport We’re being warned that a new Ebola outbreak is spreading. Yahoo News (February 26, 2021): “On Feb. 17, the World Health Organization reported... The post Ebola: the new fake outbreak appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Emails Reveal FBI Excavation For Civil War-Era Gold In Lawsuit Over “Hundreds Of Millions” In Disputed Booty
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 14 hours ago
Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden Did the FBI make off with ‘seven to nine tons’ of Civil War-era gold in a Pennsylvania forest after... The post Emails Reveal FBI Excavation For Civil War-Era Gold In Lawsuit Over “Hundreds Of Millions” In Disputed Booty appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Tucker Carlson Examines the George Floyd Case as Trial Approaches
Fox News, Need To Know - 14 hours ago
Floyd's autopsy showed that he had 3 times the lethal dose of fentanyl in his system. Fentanyl overdose causes slowed breathing and Floyd was complaining that he could not breathe long before he was held on the ground by officer Chauvin. The autopsy revealed no evidence that he died from asphyxiation.
The Farce of the Conference on the Future of Europe
RiskMonger, The Risk-Monger - 15 hours ago
Europe is embarking on a futile process to legitimise bad ideas
"The Vaccines Aren’t Actually Vaccines"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 2 hours ago
*"The Vaccines Aren’t Actually Vaccines"* by Jim Rickards "Is the world on the brink of a fourth wave of increasing coronavirus infections and deaths? Based on the latest data, that’s a possibility that cannot be ruled out right now. Here’s why... After the virus broke out in Wuhan, China, it spread rapidly to Milan, Italy, where a new strain called the Italian Strain became much more contagious. The Italian Strain spread through Europe and then to New York and surrounding states. This was the first wave that lasted through March and April 2020. There was a reduction of new caseloa...
FL: Let's Assess Four Year Olds
Peter Greene, CURMUDGUCATION - 12 hours ago
We have been down this road before, but I will beat this drum till my knuckles bleed (and the older my children and my grandchildren get, the harder I'll drum). Florida is once again reporting that 40% of Florida kindergartners are "not ready for kindergarten." Rep. Erin Grall (R) told a House early learning subcommittee "That's on us," as part of her pitch for HB 419, a bill intended to restructure Florida's early learning "system." Florida has been spent a few years giving five year olds their own version of the Big Standardized Test to measure kindergarten readiness, and it ha...
What Indonesia's palm oil is losing in Swiss trade deal
bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
12-Mar-2021 If Indonesia only focuses on the formal process in palm oil international trade, it may still lose the battle of public opinion that may risk its markets and consumers worldwide.
Here's how EU could take brexit legal action against the UK
bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
12-Mar-2021 The European Commission is preparing to take legal action against the British government in coming days over its failure to keep promises it made in the Brexit deal to keep the island of Ireland free of border checkpoints.
Four key points from the ratification of the Indonesia-Singapore bilateral investment treaty
bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
12-Mar-2021 Besides protection and dispute settlement, the BIT also includes several key changes in terms of application and restriction.
In Extremely Rare Move, Cop Charged With Murder for Killing Unarmed Man Who Put His Hands Up
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: charged]Video of a police officer killing an unarmed man was apparently so disturbing the officer was charged with first-degree murder in an extremely rare move.
The U.S. Air Force Has Accepted Its First F-15EX Fighter From Boeing
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 13 hours ago
Photo by Boeing Co. *Defense News:* *The Air Force has its first F-15EX* WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force took delivery March 10 of the first F-15EX from Boeing and will soon begin testing the new jet, the service said Thursday. The Air Force signed off on the acceptance of the first F-15EX at the company’s St. Louis facility, the service said in a news release. A photo from Boeing shows the aircraft en route to Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. “This is a big moment for the Air Force,” said Col. Sean Dorey, the Air Force’s F-15EX program manager. “With its large weapons capacit...
Chris Hedges: Bandaging the Corpse
Chris Hedges, MintPress News - 13 hours ago
Biden's bailout will not alter the structural inequities and other fundamental underpinnings of America's death spiral. The post Chris Hedges: Bandaging the Corpse appeared first on MintPress News .
Robert Jackson and the Non-Delegation Doctrine
Gerard N. Magliocca, Balkinization - 14 hours ago
I am working on a draft paper called "Robert Jackson's Non-Delegation Doctrine." The paper argues that Jackson thought that there was a non-delegation doctrine that applied to only congressional delegations to the President himself (as opposed to executive agencies and independent boards). I based this conclusion on two sources. First, a brief that Jackson wrote as Solicitor General in *Currin v. Wallace *(a 1939 case) in which he made this argument in a comprehensive fashion. Second, Jackson's concurrence in *Youngstown*, in which he said that Category One cases were subject to n...
Joe Biden's War on the Second Amendment Is Here
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Joe Biden Guns, * Rahm Emanuel, former White House chief of staff to President Barack Obama, famously said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that [is] it is an opportunity to do things that you think you could not before." Rahm Emanuel, former White House chief of staff to President Barack Obama, famously said in an interview with *The Wall Street Journal*, "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that [is] it is an opportunity to do things that you think you ...
Please Stop Calling the AR-15 a 'Weapon of War'
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *AR-15 Weapon of War, * The AR-15 platform has been singled out by opponents of the Second Amendment, using the worrying phrase "assault weapon," a term embraced all too often by the mainstream media. The firearms industry has countered by more accurately describing those firearms as "modern assault rifles." With President Joe Biden in the White House and Democrat control of the House of Representatives and the United States Senate, owners of AR-15 and similar firearms have a valid reason for concern. Such guns have been targeted for legislation including registrati...
America's Master Plan to Take Out Russia in a War: Kill the Satellites
David Axe, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*David Axe* *Cold War Weaponry, * With nukes no less. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Wear and tear and funding cuts took their toll on the Thor missiles, and in 1975 the Pentagon shut down Program 437. In 1962, U.S. president John F. Kennedy was in a bind. He was eager to negotiate a nuclear test ban with the Soviet Union. But the Soviets had recently shattered a three-year test moratorium and now Kennedy was under pressure to respond with a display of strength. One eventual result was America’s Cold War nuclear satellite-killer — a missile that could lob an atomic warhea...
These ‘Inactive’ Ingredients in COVID Vaccines Could Trigger Allergic Reactions
Aerowenn Hunter, Children's Health Defense - 14 hours ago
COVID vaccine makers have not only introduced new primary ingredients to the U.S. vaccine stage, but they’ve bundled these new ingredients with “inactive” ingredients in unprecedented ways that raise the risk for dangerous allergic reactions. The post These ‘Inactive’ Ingredients in COVID Vaccines Could Trigger Allergic Reactions appeared first on Children's Health Defense.
Parler wants back into Apple app store. Apple wants Parler to change
Alex Christoforou, The Duran - 14 hours ago
Parler wants back into Apple app store. Apple wants Parler to change ****News Topic 326***** Apple refuses to let Parler back on its App Store ‘until it complies with the guidelines’ https://www.theblaze.com/news/apple-refuses-to-let-parler-back-on-their-app-store-after-review-of-their-content
Haitians leave Brazil amid economic crisis and fake news about open border in U.S.
Latin America News, The Rio Times - 14 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - At 33 years of age, Haitian Manite "Carol" Dorlean had always hated the cold. But, eight months pregnant with twins, she saw in the few meters river breadth the shortest distance she had ever been from realizing a dream. "She crossed because she always thought that America is the land […] The post Haitians leave Brazil amid economic crisis and fake news about open border in U.S. appeared first on The Rio Times.
Rep. Katie Porter Rips Into Oil Exec: ‘Yes, Your Industry Does Get Special Tax Breaks’
Aerowenn Hunter, Children's Health Defense - 14 hours ago
Porter told an oil and gas company executive who contradicted her, “please don't patronize me by telling me that the oil and gas industry doesn't have any special tax provisions. Because if you would like that to be the rule, I would be happy to have Congress deliver." The post Rep. Katie Porter Rips Into Oil Exec: ‘Yes, Your Industry Does Get Special Tax Breaks’ appeared first on Children's Health Defense.
Its German financing uncertain, the company behind the proposed Goldboro LNG plant is looking at the Canadian government for support
Tim Bousquet, Halifax Examiner - 14 hours ago
News 1. Province House This item is written by Jennifer Henderson. Health care took up most of the oxygen in yesterday’s first Question Period during the first sitting of the Legislature in 2021. Progressive Conservative leader Tim Houston questioned Premier Iain Rankin about whether the vaccine rollout is moving as fast as possible in Nova […]
“For The People Act” is NOT What it Seems, It Destroys 3rd Parties, Solidifies 2-Party Dictatorship
Don Via Jr., The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: act]The "For The People Act" is not at all for the people, and should be more aptly named the "Last Attempt To Save A Dying Empire Act."
Scientists Vs. Skeptics
tonyheller, Real Climate Science - 16 hours ago
Ten years ago this week, Jay Inslee brought a “three-foot stack of scientific books” to a congressional global warming hearing and Democrats pitted “recognised climate scientists” vs. “three well-known climate sceptics” Democrats roll out climate change big guns, Republicans remain immune … Continue reading →
Over a Barrel
Owen Gray, Northern Reflections - 14 hours ago
The election of Joe Biden has put the relationship between Canada and the United States on a better footing. David Carment and Richard Memijean write: Biden has already returned the relationship to normal by making his virtual meeting with Trudeau his first as leader, reflecting his plan to stabilize American foreign policy. Despite disagreement on a few key issues, Canadians were pleased. Biden and Trudeau have an obvious personal chemistry, reinforced by their centrist ideological outlooks and their recognition that politically they need to tack left. Both want their countries t...
The facts: Israel and Saudi Arabia are not U.S. allies
contact@ifamericansknew.org, Israel Palestine News - 14 hours ago
What these claimed “allies” want from the U.S. is greater than what the U.S. wants, needs, or gets from them. Whenever a relationship seems to be falling back into a pattern of false alliance, they should ask what Bill Clinton asked rhetorically of his aides after a meeting with Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu: “Who’s the fucking superpower here?” Then they should ask of the other government, “What have you done for the United States lately?”
Portugal maintains travel restrictions to Brazil; Foreign Ministry confirms 3rd return flight
Iolanda Fonseca, The Rio Times - 14 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Portugal will maintain travel restrictions to and from Brazil until at least Easter, Prime Minister António Costa said on Thursday, March 11th. The Portuguese government suspended direct flights to Brazil in late January because of new variants of the coronavirus. This week, the Portuguese government extended restrictions also to flights […] The post Portugal maintains travel restrictions to Brazil; Foreign Ministry confirms 3rd return flight appeared first on The Rio Times.
Tape That: Dutch Inventor of Audio Cassette Dies at Age 94
AP News, Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
Lou Ottens' goal was simple: Make tapes and their players far more portable and easier to use.
Aurora Cannabis puts mammoth 1.7 million-square-foot greenhouse on the sales block
Matt Lamers, Marijuana Business Daily - 14 hours ago
Aurora Cannabis is looking to unload one of the largest and most expensive greenhouses ever built to grow marijuana, but any potential buyer could be on the hook for additional expenditures to get the project across the finish line. The company hasn’t set a price but is instead entertaining offers. Aurora has put 260 million […] Aurora Cannabis puts mammoth 1.7 million-square-foot greenhouse on the sales block is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Wildfires ravage Argentine Patagonia, leaving 250 homes destroyed and 15 people missing
The Watchers » Latest articles - 14 hours ago
Wildfires are burning through Argentine Patagonia since Tuesday, March 9, 2021, leaving some 250 homes destroyed, dozens injured, and around 15 people missing. As of March 12, the flames have scorched about 2 000 ha (4 900 acres). The fires may have started in a Las...... Read more »
Ecuador reaches pre-agreement with Thailand’s PTT to renegotiate oil-for-loan deal
Latin America News, The Rio Times - 14 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Ecuador has reached a preliminary agreement with a unit of Thailand’s state-run PTT PCL to extend to 2024 the payment period of an oil-for-loan agreement that was originally planned to be fully paid through 2022, the country’s energy minister said on Thursday, March 11th. State-run oil company Petroecuador was expected […] The post Ecuador reaches pre-agreement with Thailand’s PTT to renegotiate oil-for-loan deal appeared first on The Rio Times.
India To Buy 30 MQ-9 Reaper Drones To Boost Defenses Against China And Pakistan
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 14 hours ago
A US Air Force MQ-9 Reaper armed with bombs and air-to-ground missiles | General Atomics *The Print:* *Navy, Army and IAF finally agree to procure armed drones from US in $3 bn deal * The Navy, Army, and IAF's decision comes just days before US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin's visit to India later this month. *New Delhi:* Impressed with the performance of the two leased Sea Guardian drones, the Navy, Army and the Air Force will finally jointly procure 30 armed versions of the American unmanned aerial system in what could be a $3 billion deal, ThePrint has learnt. The decisi...
Man Arrested For Ramming A Pickup Truck Into Joint Base Andrews Date And Fence
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 15 hours ago
*Air Force Times:* *Man arrested after repeatedly ramming pickup into security gate at Joint Base Andrews * A 29-year-old man was arrested March 6 after repeatedly ramming a swing arm barrier at the main entry control point of Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, Air Force officials say. The incident, first reported by the Air Force amn/nco/snco Facebook page, took place at about 1:25 p.m., according to a base spokesperson. It comes almost exactly a month after a man gained unauthorized access to the base and boarded a military transport jet. *Read more* .... *Update:* Man arres...
New Rhode Island governor pitches adult-use cannabis legalization plan
Jeff Smith, Marijuana Business Daily - 15 hours ago
Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee wants to legalize adult-use cannabis, proposing a program that would issue 25 retail licenses a year with a market launch in April 2022. McKee, a Democrat who included the proposal as part of his fiscal-year 2022 budget, is following the lead of his predecessor, Gina Raimondo, who also advocated for […] New Rhode Island governor pitches adult-use cannabis legalization plan is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
GIVE TRUMP MORE CREDIT FOR THE VACCINES? WHY?
Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog - 15 hours ago
I don't agree with this reaction to President Biden's speech: This. Need a path to make this a win for Rs so they will help tout the vaccines and encourage people to get vaccines https://t.co/M7ct6a5ubc — Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) March 12, 2021 What's the point? Trump doesn't do magnanimity himself, and he doesn't respond to magnanimity in a normal human way. If you want to know how Trump would react, you shouldn't try to imagine how it would go if it involved two psychologically healthy presidents who've been at odds: "Hey, I've been pretty tough on you, but you did a really ...
Margin Of Fraud
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 15 hours ago
Court Report: The one thing many voters seem to have learned through the legal chaos is that it’s easier to commit election violations than to stop them. So the electorate remains divided—even after “86 election cases.”
U.S. Air Force Inspector General: Multiple Security Failures Permitted A Man With 'Mouse Ears' To Enter Joint Base Andrews Where Air Force One Is Based On February 4
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 15 hours ago
Multiple security failures, a 'distracted' guard and a gate malfunction together led to a massive breach at Joint Base Andrews (pictured) last month *Daily Mail*: *Plane spotter wearing MOUSE EARS roamed Joint Base Andrews for five hours and boarded government aircraft after slipping past 'distracted' guard and through broken security gate * * Multiple security failures, a 'distracted' guard and a gate malfunction together led to a massive breach at Joint Base Andrews on February 4 * An unauthorized man was able to enter the base, roam freely for five hours and then board a C-4...
The Completely Forgotten Event That Made America a Superpower
James Holmes, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*James Holmes* *American History, The Americas* The U.S. drove them from the hemisphere. *Here's What We Need to Remember: *America pushed Britain out of the Western Hemisphere, more or less, by the turn of the twentieth century. It did so by making itself the strongest contender in the New World, harnessing its burgeoning industrial might to build a navy able to command the waters Washington cared about most. Westerners make much of China’s obsession with “winning without fighting.” As though any sane statesman, Eastern or Western, relishes losing or longs to take up arms with...
Tank Brawl: Russia’s T-90 Faces off Against America’s M1A1 Abrams
Charlie Gao, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *M1A1 Abrams Tank, Europe* Russia continues to modernize its current “top-tier” tanks. *Here's What You Need to Know*: The victorious tank would likely be that with the more skilled crew. While the T-14 Armata might be Russia’s latest and greatest tank, it still is not ready for service. In order to bolster the capabilities of their more conventional tank fleet while the Armata is being prepared, Russia continues to modernize its current “top-tier” tanks, such as the T-90. Recently forty T-90Ms, the latest variant of the T-90, were reported to be ready for delivery...
The F-111 Aardvark Had This One Advantage Over the F-15 Eagle
Charlie Gao, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *F-111, * The F-111 Aardvark was the U.S. Air Force’s premier strike aircraft for the majority of the Cold War. *Here's What You Need to Know*: The F-111 struck a weird medium between the tactical strike aircraft and the strategic bomber. The F-111 Aardvark was the U.S. Air Force’s premier strike aircraft for the majority of the Cold War. It served in practically every conflict from Vietnam forwards, until it was replaced by the F-15E Strike Eagle. It also served Strategic Air Command in a limited role as a strategic bomber. But what made the F-111 great? Did the U...
The story few ever heard....
Bruce K. Gagnon, Organizing Notes - 15 hours ago
By S Brian Willson In 1866, one year after the 13th Amendment was ratified (the amendment that ended slavery), Alabama, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, Tennessee, and South Carolina began to lease out convicts for labor (peonage). This made the business of arresting Blacks very lucrative, which is why hundreds of White men were hired by these states as police officers. Their primary responsibility was to search out and arrest Blacks who were in violation of Black Codes. Once arrested, these men, women and children would be leased to plantations where...
Is Biden Administration Playing A Dangerous Game In The Middle East?
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 15 hours ago
A transformative reassessment of the US-Saudi bilateral ties is unlikely under Joe Biden, analysts say (Reuters) *Cyril Widdershoven, OilPrice.com:* *Biden Is Playing A Dangerous Game In The Middle East * Washington’s new Middle East policies looks like sandcastle. Targeting MBS means putting region at peril The new media frenzy about a possible full-out confrontation between the US Biden Administration and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is a sign that Western political leaders are out of touch with reality. Last week’s revelations published in a declassified report by U...
Return Of ‘Pink Tide’ In Brazil. Viva BRICS!
M. K. BHADRAKUMAR, OrientalReview.org - 15 hours ago
Brazil’s former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has hit the political turf running. He was catapulted back on to the frontline of Brazilian politics only on Monday by the surprise decision of the country’s Supreme Court to declare that the anti-corruption operation that scuppered Lula’s bid to reclaim presidency […]
Need Armor? China Wants To Sell This Tank Around the Globe
Charlie Gao, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *VT-4, Asia* The VT-4 is China’s premier export tank. *Here's What You Need to Know*: While the capabilities of the VT-4 are not revolutionary in any way, it is a solid tank for its price. While China’s primary tank is the ZTZ-99, its military industry (in the Western tradition) has also developed completely original designs for export. One of the designs that’s achieved considerable success is the VT-4, which has been recently adopted in significant numbers by the Royal Thai Army. The VT-4 is China’s premier export tank, built on technology and designs behind the ...
Holding on to hope is hard, even with the pandemic's end in sight – wisdom from poets through the ages
Rachel Hadas, Professor of English, Rutgers University - Newark, Politics + Society – The Conversation - 15 hours ago
Hope does not ride alone. It has a companion: anxiety. A classics scholar who is a poet notes that, at what may be the end of a long and dark pandemic year, both are in evidence.
Debunking the myth of legislative gridlock as laws and policy are made in the nation's capital
Jeb Barnes, Professor of Political Science, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Politics + Society – The Conversation - 15 hours ago
The idea that Washington, D.C., is paralyzed by gridlock rests on half-truths about the legislative process and a basic misunderstanding of how contemporary policymaking works.
Argentine soy, corn crop estimates cut due to dry conditions, exchange says
Latin America News, The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Argentina is expected to harvest 44 million tonnes of soy and 45 million tonnes of corn this season, below the previously forecast 46 million tonnes for each crop, due to dry conditions, the Buenos Aires Grains Exchange said on Thursday, March 11th. The country’s Pampas farm belt has suffered unusually […] The post Argentine soy, corn crop estimates cut due to dry conditions, exchange says appeared first on The Rio Times.
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Jenna Orkin, From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 15 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin In Hunt for Covid-19 Origin, Patient Zero Points to Second Wuhan Market Fossil Fuels Are Wildly More Expensive Than Previously Thought, Study Says Yellen backs new allocation of IMF’s currency to aid in recovery The use of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) electronic parts in nuclear weapons systems may reduce the reliability of the US nuclear arsenal over time as the electronics age in ways that are hard to predict, according to a newly disclosed report from the JASON science advisory panel. Record Drought Strains the Southwest Chaos Under Heaven: Trump, Xi, and the Bat...
Iran-Backed Militia Publishes Video Of A New Attack On A US Convoy In Iraq
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 15 hours ago
Video: The "International Resistance Faction" has now released footage which allegedly documents its IED attack earlier today targeting a convoy supplying the U.S. military as it passed near the city of Fallujah in Iraq's Anbar Province. pic.twitter.com/IK6ApATyRZ — Evan Kohlmann (@IntelTweet) March 11, 2021 *Zero Hedge:* *Iran-Backed Militia Publishes Video Of New Attack On US Convoy In Iraq* On Thursday pro-Iranian media in Iraq uploaded rare video showing an IED attack on an American convoy in Anbar province at a moment of continuing tit-for-tat between the US coalition and Ir...
Brazil’s alarmingly slow planting pace raises flags for second corn crop
Latin America News, The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Yield risks arise whenever Brazil’s heavily exported second corn crop is planted late, but this year the delays are the worst in a decade, and the pressure for favorable weather through the next several months is substantially higher than usual. Historically dry conditions in Brazil last year led to a […] The post Brazil’s alarmingly slow planting pace raises flags for second corn crop appeared first on The Rio Times.
The Consequence of Totalitarian Social Hypocrisy
Unknown, The Conservative Socrates - 15 hours ago
We live in the age of totalitarian social hypocrisy. The masses are coerced to practice certain virtues, but those who preach these virtues do not practice them, although they venerate these virtues in their speech. This totalitarian social hypocrisy has an unexpected consequence: the rise of nihilism. When the masses have absorbed the virtues, which they do not understand and find absurd, they lose faith in the possibility of having a virtuous life—and then there is a decline in their moral and intellectual standards and they become nihilistic. There is only one way of countering ...
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