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...Capturing Belief...
Alfred Lehmberg, alienviews - 11 hours ago
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Spurred by Lockdown, Spain Gives 4-Day Week a Try
AP News, Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
Experimenting with cutting back one workday per week is about to go nationwide in Spain — the first country in Europe to do so.
Does a Video Show Sharks Swimming in a Truck on a Highway?
Bethania Palma, Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
Shark truck, doo doo doo doo doo doo...
Big Tech CEOs and Congress agree to more censorship
Alex Christoforou, The Duran - 11 hours ago
Big Tech CEOs and Congress agree to more censorship ****News Topic 344***** Big Tech CEOs defend their censorship practices at Capitol Hill ‘disinformation’ hearing Big Tech CEOs defend their censorship practices at Capitol Hill ‘disinformation’ hearing As lawmakers from both parties talk regulation, the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter headed to Capitol Hill for […]
Blinken visits NATO. Promotes “VALUES.” Russia bad & China acceptable
The Duran, The Duran - 11 hours ago
Blinken visits NATO. Promotes “VALUES.” Russia bad & China acceptable The Duran: Episode 923 Russia Using “Disinformation” To Erode Trust In Vaccines, Blinken Tells NATO Summit Russia Using “Disinformation” To Erode Trust In Vaccines, Blinken Tells NATO Summit During much-anticipated public remarks following meetings with NATO foreign ministers in Brussels on Wednesday, Secretary of State […]
5 new cases of COVID-19 announced in Nova Scotia on Saturday, March 27
Tim Bousquet, Halifax Examiner - 11 hours ago
Five new cases of COVID-19 are announced in Nova Scotia today (Saturday, March 27). All five cases are in Nova Scotia Health’s Central Zone, and all are close contacts of previously announced cases three. One of the cases is the case connected to Sackville Heights Junior High School that was announced yesterday. All five of the […]
Pat Whalen floated to lead NYDOT in Hochul administration
The Buffalo Chronicle, The Buffalo Chronicle - 11 hours ago
Buffalo businessman Patrick Whalen is being floated to lead the New York State Department of Transportation in the likely event that Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul will replace the increasingly embattled Governor Andrew Cuomo. Whalen is a longtime civic leader who The post Pat Whalen floated to lead NYDOT in Hochul administration first appeared on The Buffalo Chronicle.
Scrap VAT On EVs–Daily Express
Paul Homewood, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 11 hours ago
By Paul Homewood The Society of Motor Manufacturers wants tax cuts so they can sell more cars. Well they would wouldn’t they! https://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/1415228/electric-cars-vat-20-percent-cut-new-sales?utm_source=daily_express_newsletter&utm_campaign=express_green_britain&utm_medium=email&pure360.trackingid= So where will the money to pay for all of this come from, Daily Express? VAT on a typical car brings in around £6000. So with annual sales running […]
New York launches nation’s first ‘vaccine passports.’ Others are working on similar ideas, but many details must be worked out.
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 12 hours ago
USA Today Starting Friday, New Yorkers will be able to pull up a code on their cell phone or a printout to prove they’ve been... The post New York launches nation’s first ‘vaccine passports.’ Others are working on similar ideas, but many details must be worked out. appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
How Far Has Portland Fallen? Video Shows Blight And Misery Of Downtown Full Of Homeless Camps And Abandoned Buildings After a Year of Riots
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 12 hours ago
Gateway Pundit – by Brock Simmons Despite city leaders and their enablers in the leftist dominated media continually make excuses for Portland’s rapid descent into... The post How Far Has Portland Fallen? Video Shows Blight And Misery Of Downtown Full Of Homeless Camps And Abandoned Buildings After a Year of Riots appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
23 travelers being monitored for Ebola after trip to Africa, Washington officials say
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 12 hours ago
Sac Bee Washington was considered ground zero for COVID-19 in the U.S., and now 23 travelers from the state are being monitored for another deadly... The post 23 travelers being monitored for Ebola after trip to Africa, Washington officials say appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Senator Lankford Gives Firsthand Account of US-Mexico Border
A Reader, From the Trenches World Report - 12 hours ago
Senator James Lankford Mar 26, 2021 On Thursday, March 25, 2021, Senator James Lankford (R-OK) visited the US-Mexico border in Rio Grand Valley area in... The post Senator Lankford Gives Firsthand Account of US-Mexico Border appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
This Day In Iraqi History - Mar 27
Joel Wing, MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 12 hours ago
1918 British took Haditha 1922 General Haldane commander of UK forces compared Iraqis to children 1979 Saddam told Baath meeting that Iraq was going to get a nuclear weapon with help of Soviets so he could go to war with Israel 1979 Saddam believed having a nuclear bomb would allow a conventional war of attrition with Israel that could cost 50,000 Iraqi casualties 1979 Saddam discussed with advisers how to punish countries that backed Sadat’s peace treaty with Israel 1981 Start of second attempt by Islamic Conference to negotiate ceasefire in Iran-Iraq War 1982 3r...
We should learn what lessons from Fukushima?
Robert, Ice Age Now - 12 hours ago
“Lesson #1: People died from forced evacuations, not from radiation.” – Dr. Kelvin Kemm ________________ “It’s hard to believe the world just marked the tenth anniversary of the tragic Fukushima earthquake, tsunami and nuclear power plant meltdown,” says Paul Driessen. “The name ‘Fukushima’ is clearly etched in our collective memories, and we are frequently urged ... Read more The post We should learn what lessons from Fukushima? appeared first on Ice Age Now.
What Maddow said about Joe Manchin!
<b>bob somerby</b>, the daily howler - 12 hours ago
* SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 2021* *The parable of the French cuffs: *We the people love our "stories." We love our novelized tales. As a case in point, consider a letter in this morning's Washington Post. Robin Givhan had published this critique of Joe Biden's press event. This morning, a reader spills with praise for Givhan's attention to detail: *It's the little things* *All praise to Robin Givhan for once again turning her finely tuned fashion eye to small details that give us fresh insight* into the impact of presentation on political perception. In her March 12 news column, “Biden...
Fake News Hand-Wringing At NASA
tonyheller, Real Climate Science - 11 hours ago
In 2014, NASA announced that Alaska’s Taku glacier was retreating for the first time. “This is a big deal for me because I had this one glacier I could hold on to,” said Pelto, a glaciologist at Nichols College. “But … Continue reading →
Prosecutors Struggle with Consistent Story in Jan. 6 Cases
AP News, Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
The question at the heart of the criminal case against its members and associates in the attack on the U.S. Capitol is: What, exactly, did they intend to do?
Did a Husband Fly Drone To Catch Cheating Wife at CVS?
Jordan Liles, Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
Drone video showed a woman leaning down to kiss the driver of a car just seconds before she walked around and sat down in the passenger side.
Suez Crisis: How One Stuck Container Ship Could Damage the Global Economy
Michael Bell, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Michael Bell* *Suez Canal, Middle East* Dredgers, excavators and tug boats are working frantically to free the ship, but the operation may take weeks. In the early hours of March 23, the container ship Ever Given was blown off course by high winds on its way through the Suez Canal. At 400 metres long, the Ever Given is longer than the canal is wide, and the ship became wedged firmly in both banks, completely blocking traffic. Dredgers, excavators and tug boats are working frantically to free the ship, but the operation may take weeks, according to the head of one of the rescue ...
Why Are Russian Aircraft Playing a Dangerous Game of Chicken?
Ted Galen Carpenter, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Ted Galen Carpenter* *Russian Air Force, Europe* [image: Russian Air Force] Flying close to an enemy plane or warship may be intimidating but it is also reckless and could cause an accident or someone to shoot in defense. *Key point: *This kind of aggressive behavior was rountine in the Cold War but now it has made a return. Here is why such games of chicken are a very bad idea. Over the past few years, there has been a surge of alarming incidents between U.S. and Russian military aircraft. Most of the cases have entailed U.S. spy planes flying near the Russian coast adjacent t...
Pregnant Women Should Get Coronavirus Vaccine, Says New Study
Catherine Thornton, April Rees, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Catherine Thornton, April Rees* *Coronavirus, * While there remains a lot that we don’t yet know about the effects of COVID-19 on pregnant women and their babies, there are some things we do know. COVID-19 vaccines are proving highly effective in pregnancy, according to a newly published study in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. It has also found that mothers who have been vaccinated are passing on precious immunity to their newborns. A group of researchers in Massachusetts studied pregnant women’s response to two approved mRNA vaccines – Pfizer/BioNTech and M...
It’s Time to Talk About Karl Marx’s Racism
Jarrett Stepman, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Jarrett Stepman* *History, Americas* There are plenty of good reasons to abandon the teachings of Karl Marx. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *By the standards of modern “anti-racist” ideologies, Marx, Engels, and the whole body of their work should be canceled, not celebrated. There are plenty of good reasons to abandon the teachings of Karl Marx. Chief among them is how Marx’s noxious communist ideology has led to suffering and death on a mass scale and has been the ideology at the heart of some of the most brutal and inhumane dictatorships of the 20th and 21st centuries. U...
Fact of Fiction: Iran Could Use a Nuclear Tsunami to Destroy Israel
Matthew Gault, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Matthew Gault* *Iran Military, * That’s the latest conspiracy theory about Iran’s nuclear intentions. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *But conspiracy theories about tectonic super-weapons, tsunami bombs and nukes pushed out of the back of civilian airliners foul the air around the conversation. There’s enough to be afraid of without bs claims easily dismissed by a quick Google search. Back on March 3, 2015, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke before the United States Congress and warned the world of a nuclear armed Iran. The press has written a lot about the speec...
Did Biden Leave Press Conference Podium as Reporter Asked a Question?
Jessica Lee, Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
Social media chatter attempted to frame a few steps during Biden's first presidential news conference as a "senior moment."
Edward Snowden – the NSA Top Secret Program it’s Real – Code Traveler Tracking
A Reader, From the Trenches World Report - 12 hours ago
Deception is Not True Consent March 26, 2021 Snowden leaked highly classified information from the National Security Agency 2013 – NSA Top Secret program it’s... The post Edward Snowden – the NSA Top Secret Program it’s Real – Code Traveler Tracking appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
At Least 27 People Being “Monitored” in Washington State & Oregon for Ebola; Why were they in an Outbreak Zone? Are Ebola Vaccines Next?
miningawareness, Mining Awareness + - 12 hours ago
Washington State and Oregon apparently haven’t quarantined those who have been to zones with Ebola outbreaks but seem to be … Continue reading →
Kaufmann: Critique of Religion and Philosophy
Unknown, The Conservative Socrates - 12 hours ago
“Modern philosophy has not yielded any remotely acceptable picture of man. The thinkers of the Enlightenment showed too little understanding of religion and art, feeling, passion, and the imagination; and neither romanticism nor any modern philosophy has produced a conception of man that would even tempt us to assent.” ~ Walter Kaufmann in his book *Critique of Religion and Philosophy*. He notes that the inheritors of the legacy of the Enlightenment thinkers, the professors of philosophy in today’s universities, are mired in lifeless scholasticism. “Whatever professors of philosophy...
Number of injured in car bomb explosion in Colombia rises to 16
Latin America News, The Rio Times - 12 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - At least 16 people were injured in the explosion of a car bomb in front of the City Hall of the municipality of Corinto, located in the troubled department of Cauca in southwestern Colombia, local officials told Agencia Efe. "At the moment we have 11 injured officials, three of whom […] The post Number of injured in car bomb explosion in Colombia rises to 16 appeared first on The Rio Times.
"Sleepy Joe's Next $3 Trillion Boondoggle"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 12 hours ago
*"Sleepy Joe's Next $3 Trillion Boondoggle"* by David Stockman "Leave it to the New York Times to remind us why prosperity is not right around the corner. That’s regardless of whether or not the $6 trillion of Everything Bailouts that were fed into the US economy over the past year causes the 2021 GDP stats to make up for the 2020 plunge brought on by the Virus Patrol. We are referring to the recent "leak" to the NYT presaging Sleepy Joe’s upcoming $3 trillion infrastructure plan and the following bolded sub-heading that heralded it: "A pair of proposals would invest in infrastruct...
US Senator Cruz Leads 19 Republican Senators to Witness Border Crisis
miningawareness, Mining Awareness + - 13 hours ago
At the overcrowded facility that the US Senators visited, 10% are Covid positive. Illegal immigrants are paying $6,000, and even … Continue reading →
US Urged To Loan From AstraZeneca Hoard As Health Workers Die In Africa & Assist Technology Transfer To Stop Pandemic Fast
Robert Walker, Science 2.0 blogs - 13 hours ago
The US has enough doses to vaccinate its entire population twice over and have enough left to fully vaccinate 1.3 billion people outside the USA by the end of 2021. It's not going to run out of doses. As most of you will know, Biden has committed now to roll out 200 million doses to the USA in his first 100 days in office. The USA is making huge steps forward with its own population. read more
US Senators Grassley, Johnson Seek Information About Feds’ Alleged Involvement In Hunter Biden Firearm Incident
miningawareness, Mining Awareness + - 13 hours ago
“03.26.2021 Grassley, Johnson Seek Information About Feds’ Involvement In Hunter Biden Firearm Incident WASHINGTON — Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and … Continue reading →
Welcome to America, I hope you are packing heat – a reprise of a still relevant post
Keith, musingsofanoldfart - 16 hours ago
The following post was written almost eight years ago, but as you read it, the events seem to come right out of today’s headlines. This is one topic I am truly tired of writing about, as lobbyists have hobbled the … Continue reading →
Another 3 Sigma Fluke From LHCb
Tommaso Dorigo, Science 2.0 blogs - 17 hours ago
Ok, don't get me wrong here - the title of this post is not meant to mock my LHCb colleagues. I have friends there, and the experiment has been doing amazing physics in the past decade, with scores of new particles found, and tough questions posed to the data and to the Standard Model. read more
Senator Joe Biden vs. President Joe Biden: A Filibuster Problem?
Thomas L. Jipping, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Thomas L. Jipping* *Filibuster, United States* President Joe Biden apparently rejects Senator Biden’s position. When President Joe Biden addressed the filibuster during his first press conference on March 25, most of what he said was either factually wrong or seriously misleading. Both the Senate and House must end debate on a bill before it can vote on passage. In the House, the same number of votes—a simple majority—can do both. In the Senate, Rule 22 provides a two-step process for invoking cloture, or ending debate, if the two party leaders cannot agree informally. First, s...
The Bipartisan Path to Confirming Colin Kahl Runs Through Iraq
Michael Brill, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Michael Brill* *Politics, Middle East* Kahl’s experience and expertise working on Iraq and Afghanistan will benefit not only the Biden administration’s decision-making process, but also serve U.S. national security policy. President Ronald Reagan’s Director of Personnel Scott Faulker once said that “Personnel is policy.” This became a common refrain during the Reagan years, referring to the fact that enacting policy decisions was as connected to those appointed down the chain of command as it was to who led a given office. The same is true today in government as it was then. In ...
How Might Battlecruisers Have Changed World War II?
Robert Farley, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, Asia* America's naval capabilities in World War II would have been quite different had the U.S. Navy made different, better choices at the end of World War I. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *The USN prioritized slow, well-armored battleships that could operate together in a line-of-battle. Had the Navy paid more attention to European trends in shipbuilding, it might have gone ahead with the Lexington-class battlecruisers, which would have offered U.S. commanders in the Pacific better tools for fighting the war. The United States Navy (USN) entered ...
New Attempts Planned To Free Huge Vessel Stuck in Suez Canal
AP News, Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
A giant container ship remained stuck sideways in Egypt’s Suez Canal for a fifth day, as authorities prepared to make new attempts to free the vessel.
Myanmar Forces Kill Dozens in Deadliest Day Since Coup
AP News, Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
The killings quickly drew international condemnation, with multiple diplomatic missions to Myanmar releasing statements that mentioned the killing of civilians, including children.
Did Draining the Paris Canal for First Time in 200 Years Yield ‘Frightening Finds’?
Alex Kasprak, Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
A great headline does not always make for factual — or even interesting — reading.
Easter Recipes
Menagerie, The Last Refuge - 13 hours ago
Please share old favorites, new recipes you’ve found and plan to try, and your favorite ways you will be celebrating Easter Sunday. Do you have small children who will be dyeing and hunting eggs, or is a surprise filled candy egg your favorite way to go? When I was a child my mother made our […] The post Easter Recipes appeared first on The Last Refuge.
Is This The Missile That The U.S. Army Will Use To Counter China?
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 13 hours ago
Lockheed Martin's PrSM missile was tested for a third time at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, on April 30, 2020. (Lockheed Martin) *National Interest: **Could This Picture Show How the Army Could Sink China's Warships? * *The Precision Strike Missile will be able to network with a variety of sensors and will be able to hit targets out at sea. * The Army envisions its emerging and now-in-development 500km-ranged Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) as a unique and potentially breakthrough multi-domain weapon system able to destroy enemy air defenses and even surface ships at g...
Statewatch News 26 March 2021 (Issue 06/21)
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 13 hours ago
26 March 2021 — Statewatch (Issue 06/21, also available as a PDF) —————————————- Support the fight for civil liberties in Europe Our small team relies on your support to keep our work trustworthy, independent and free to access. With your support, we can maintain and expand our work. —————————————- Our reports Denmark: Reject discriminatory “Security for all Danes” Act … Continue reading Statewatch News 26 March 2021 (Issue 06/21)
China resents US presence in Afghanistan
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 13 hours ago
The “hidden agenda” of the war on terror in Afghanistan has been an open secret. The first inkling of its geopolitical character came when it transpired that even after installing a pro-US regime in Kabul in 2002-2003, Pentagon was in no mood to vacate its Central Asian bases. Finally, the bloody Islamist uprising in Andijan in Fergana Valley in May 2005 prompted Russia and China to orchestrate an SCO consensus seeking the expulsion of the US from those bases.
One Flu Out Of The Wuhan Nest
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 13 hours ago
Hot off the peer-reviewed press: Should we discount the laboratory origin of COVID-19?” There is a near-consensus view that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of COVID-19, has a natural zoonotic origin; however, several characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 taken together are not easily explained by a natural zoonotic origin hypothesis. These include a… Continue reading →
Canada’s Weekly Harm And Injury Covid Vaccine Report- 24 Dead With Vaccine
Penny, Penny for your thoughts - 14 hours ago
*As ALWAYS the Weekly Report, not the summary, stats are used here at PFYT’s.* *Before getting to the latest, let’s review the information from the week ending March 12/21 to understand the number of injections administered this past week. Knowing the number of weekly injections helps us better understand the rates of adverse events on a weekly basis.You can find the week prior update here:* - *Canada’s Weekly Covid Vaccine Harm and Injury Report- 22 Dead with Vaccine* *The deaths with vaccine cumulative total stood at 76 last week. Adding another 24 deaths with vacc...
Germany: Whistleblower says seven of 31 nursing home residents died immediately after FORCED Pfizer mRNA shots – must see interview
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 14 hours ago
This incident was posted here a while back & is now being investigated with view to legal action by Dr Reiner Fuellmich. Elderly patients in a care home visited by a team comprising Doctor, care workers/vaccinators and soldiers in uniform. Listen to the interview. Shocking. Clearly intimidating these elderly, according to witness/whistleblower. EWR From thecovidblog.com … Continue reading Germany: Whistleblower says seven of 31 nursing home residents died immediately after FORCED Pfizer mRNA shots – must see interview →
Other headlines
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 14 hours ago
The Covid Blog Jeanie Marie Evans: Kansas woman dead hours after experimental mRNA shot Ilaria Pappa: 31-year-old Italian professor dead three weeks after AstraZeneca viral vector shot Desirée Penrod: 25-year-old Connecticut educator dead one week after Johnson & Johnson viral vector shot Benjamin Goodman: 32-year-old New York stagehand dead 24 hours after Johnson & Johnson … Continue reading Other headlines →
Wiki Wonka and the Covid-19 Factory (Dr Sam Bailey)
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 14 hours ago
Dr. Sam Bailey 223K subscribers An analysis of Wikipedia and Covid-19. #covid19wikipedia References: 1. Simple Wikipedia – Coronavirus disease 2019: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cor… 2. WHO – https://www.who.int/emergencies/disea… 3. The continuing 2019-nCoV epidemic threat of novel coronaviruses to global health: https://www.ijidonline.com/article/S1… 4. Virus Mania (see online suppliers below) 5. WHO – Coronavirus disease Q&A: https://www.who.int/emergencies/disea… 6. Wikipedia – … Continue reading Wiki Wonka and the Covid-19 Factory (Dr Sam Bailey) →
‘Suspected side effects’ recorded on WHO database following the COVID-19 injection
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 14 hours ago
Follow the link below, then tick the ‘agree’ box at the bottom of the page which brings you to the search box. Type ‘Comirnaty ‘ which will take you to the page showing covid-19 info: click on ‘Adverse Drug Reactions’. If you then click on the arrow next to each class of info an itemized … Continue reading ‘Suspected side effects’ recorded on WHO database following the COVID-19 injection →
Tanzania President John Magufuli dead five weeks after The Guardian calls for “reining him in”
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 14 hours ago
From thecovidblog.com DAR ES SALAAM — Former Tanzania President John Magufuli was perhaps the biggest enemy of the global COVID-19 agenda. He made headlines in May of 2020 when he openly questioned the legitimacy not only of the virus, but the PCR tests used to diagnose it. READ MORE https://thecovidblog.com/2021/03/20/tanzania-president-john-magufuli-dead-five-weeks-after-the-guardian-calls-for-reining-him-in/ Photo: screen shot africanews video
Weekend reads: JAMA editor placed on leave pending investigation; Harvard prof sanctioned for Epstein ties; when bad science goes uncorrected
Ivan Oransky, Retraction Watch - 15 hours ago
Before we present this week’s Weekend Reads, a question: Do you enjoy our weekly roundup? If so, we could really use your help. Would you consider a tax-deductible donation to support Weekend Reads, and our daily work? Thanks in advance. The week at Retraction Watch featured: “Riddled with errors”: Study of cell phones and breast cancer … Continue reading Weekend reads: JAMA editor placed on leave pending investigation; Harvard prof sanctioned for Epstein ties; when bad science goes uncorrected
Russian strikes wear down ISIS movements in central Syria
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
[image: Russian strikes wear down ISIS movements in central Syria] BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:30 P.M.) – The Russian Aerospace Forces continued their air campaign over central and eastern Syria this weekend, as they heavily targeted the Islamic State’s (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) positions in the vast Badiya Al-Sham region. According to the latest reports from the Homs Governorate, the Islamic State’s activities, including their ambushes, have diminished over the last few weeks, following an influx of Russian strikes on the terrorist group’s forces. On Saturday, the Russian Aerospace Forces repor...
Serbia hands over remains of US stealth plane shot down in 1999: Zvezda
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
[image: Serbia hands over remains of US stealth plane shot down in 1999: Zvezda] BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:20 P.M.) – The Russian Zvezda channel reported on Saturday that the Serbian authorities handed over to a Russian military delegation, the wreckage of the American stealth plane, the F-117 Nighthawk, which was shot down during the war in Yugoslavia in 1999. The Russian Defense Ministry channel reported that the retired colonel in the Serbian air defense, Zoltan Danny, presented the parts of the plane, which were kept in the Belgrade Aviation Museum, to the Russian side on the occasion...
The real lessons of Fukushima
Kelvin Kemm, CFACT - 10 hours ago
Lesson #1: People died from forced evacuations, not radiation. The post The real lessons of Fukushima appeared first on CFACT.
QAnon and Mental Illness: Is There a Link?
Sophia Moskalenko, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Sophia Moskalenko* *Politics, United States* The solution to this aspect of the QAnon problem is to address the mental health needs of all Americans. QAnon is often viewed as a group associated with conspiracy, terrorism and radical action, such as the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. But radical extremism and terror may not be the real concern from this group. QAnon followers, who may number in the millions, appear to believe a baseless and debunked conspiracy theory claiming that a satanic cabal of pedophiles and cannibals controls world governments and the media. They also subsc...
Why the U.S. Air Force Would Crush Godzilla in a War
Matthew Gault, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Matthew Gault* *U.S. Air Force, World* [image: U.S. Air Force] Although this whole exercise is fictional, the military does routinely think about real-world threats and such scenarios are useful to think outside the box. *Key point: *There are a few different ways to deal with a giant monster. One would be to drop a couple of Massive Ordinance Penetrator bombs on it. Godzilla. Kings of the monsters. The original Kaiju. Born of humanity’s hubris, it comes from the depths of the Pacific ocean. It comes to wreak havoc. It comes to kill. Some of the more soft-hearted elements of the...
See This Warship? It Might Be the Last of the 'Battleships'
Robert Farley, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Russian Navy, Europe* [image: Russian Navy] These massive warships are powerful, can carry missiles, and a clear symbol of strength. *Key point: *These impressive capital ships are meant to showcase Russian might and be sent on power project missions. Here is how they do just that whenever they visit another country. In the 1970s, the Soviet Union embarked on a project to do what no navy had done for decades—build a surface warfare vessel comparable in size to the battleships of World War I and World War II. The U.S. Navy—and every other navy in the world—had gi...
Loving Your $1,400 Stimulus Check? They Might Be a Giant Waste of Money.
Robert H. Scott III, Kenneth Mitchell, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Robert H. Scott III, Kenneth Mitchell* *Stimulus Check, * [image: Stimulus Check] we also believe that these direct payments make little economic sense – even with the lower income threshold. And this is true whether you think the purpose of the checks is relief or stimulus. The US$1,400 direct checks to people are the most expensive and perhaps most popular part of the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. Moderate Senate Democrats, who had voiced concerns about how many people would receive direct payments in the original proposal endorsed by the House, managed to make...
Why Neither China Nor India are Over Their 1962 Border War
Robert Farley, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *History, Asia* The immediate cause of the war was a territorial dispute between India and China along two sections of the border. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *In an important sense, the issues now surrounding the confrontation on the Doklam Plateau are essentially the same as those that the two countries left unresolved in 1962. The balance of power may have changed, however, as has the geopolitical situation. Hopefully good sense will prevail, and Beijing and Delhi will avoid a repeat of the events of October 1962. In 1962, the world’s two most populous ...
Can Russia’s S-400 Sale To India Trigger The Quad’s Collapse?
Andrew KORYBKO, OrientalReview.org - 13 hours ago
The US-led anti-Chinese Quad alliance of itself, Australia, India, and Japan might be on the brink of collapse according to influential BJP ideologue Subramanian Swamy, who warned that Washington might expel New Delhi from this bloc if it goes through with its planned purchase of Russia’s S-400 air defense systems. […]
Podcast — Exposing Media Patterns, Domestic Terrorism and Gun Control
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: podcast]The mainstream media is now so brazen with their propaganda they don't even try to hide it anymore.
Battlefield Killers: Meet the U.S. Army’s Upgraded Hellfire Missiles
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Hellfire Missile, Americas* [image: U.S. Army] The newer Hellfire missiles have a larger arc, can course correct, and can also be fired from both Apache helicopters and Stryker vehicles. An Apache helicopter-fired Hellfire missile can typically hit ranges as far as eight kilometers, a targeting scenario which opens up significant opportunities for stand-off air attack. For instance, as was the case in the Gulf War in the early 1990s, Apache helicopters can hover for great periods of time, rely upon its advanced infrared targeting cameras and fire precision-guided ...
Russia Wants to Send Its Stealth Su-57 Abroad, But Is Anyone Buying?
Charlie Gao, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *Security, * In the Asian region, the biggest possible customer is China. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Currently, the Algerian Air Force operates Su-30MKAs and Su-35s. Algeria has long been a buyer of the latest Soviet and Russian military aircraft, they are notable for being one of the only foreign users of the original Mi-24A “Hind” attack helicopters. Fifth-generation fighter aircraft are incredibly expensive to develop. While the United States and China have proven that they can foot the cost of developing fifth-generation fighters alone, Russia appears...
Could $1,400 Stimulus Checks and Big Spending Overheat the Economy?
Laurent Ferrara, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Laurent Ferrara* *Stimulus Check, * In conclusion, the balance of risks linked to the size of the Biden plan remains difficult to assess accurately and it is right that there should be a debate. But in the face of an unprecedented health crisis, it is perhaps best to take the risk of doing too much rather than not enough. American GDP figures published on January 28 show that the country’s economy continued to grow in Q4 2020 at an annualised rate of 4% compared to the previous quarter. This figure follows on from Q3 2020’s mechanically highly elevated growth figure of 33.4%, wh...
Biden's $1,400 Stimulus Checks and Massive Spending: Is It Enough?
Michael Kitson, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Michael Kitson* *Stimulus Check, * [image: Stimulus Check] The impact of this fiscal stimulus on the US economy will depend on how consumers and producers respond. Simply, will consumers spend more and not save their extra income, and will producers invest more and not scrap capacity? The economic orthodoxy has long been that governments should try to balance their books and leave all the heavy lifting in managing their economies to central banks. We saw this writ large in the years after the financial crisis of 2007-09, as most major powers pursued austerity while their centra...
Video: Watch the U.S. Military's Apache Helicopter in Action
Task and Purpose, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Task and Purpose* *Security, * Curious about what makes the Apache so special? Watch this video to find out. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Nothing spices up an end-of-year presentation like video footage from the cockpit of an Apache helicopter and clips of training exercises, flying just feet off the ground. If you had asked me a month ago if I was a particular *fan* of helicopters, I would have rolled my eyes. But that was before I saw this cool send-off video for the 4-6 Heavy Attack Reconnaissance Squadron Apache unit. The 4th Attack Reconnaissance Squadron, 6th Cava...
Dementia Sadly Has No Cure (But Avoiding This Could Help)
Richard Hoffman, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Richard Hoffman* *Health, World* [image: Public Health] Processed meats and a poor diet are big problems, but there is still some debate about the link between such foods and dementia. The evidence of a link between processed meat and cancer is now strong enough for some organisations to recommend not eating any. There’s also increasing evidence of a link between processed meat and type 2 diabetes. And now, a new study has added to the list of woes for lovers of processed meat by linking it to an increased risk of dementia. But this latest association may not be quite so convin...
Utah Passes Law Requiring Porn to Be Blocked on All Cellphones, Tablets in the State
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: porn]Utah Gov. Spencer Cox just signed a law requiring all devices sold in the state to have a built in pornography filter to block access to porn sites.
CDC Foundation is not a government entity, has many conflicts of interest
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 14 hours ago
ATLANTA — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) is an advertising agency for pharmaceutical companies. That may come off as some grandiose pronouncement meant to gather clicks and attention. But the agency does what it is supposed to do – promote and advance the interests of its stakeholders. READ MORE https://thecovidblog.com/2021/03/23/cdc-foundation-is-not-a-government-entity-has-many-conflicts-of-interest? Photo: Wikipedia: … Continue reading CDC Foundation is not a government entity, has many conflicts of interest →
How blocking the Suez Canal has served to further maul the world economy, and decimate the global food supply (MUST-SEE)
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 14 hours ago
The Ice Age Farmer via Mark Crispin Miller Ice Age Farmer 208K subscribers The Suez Canal’s blockage by a ship run aground is emblematic of the cascading failures in the global economy: a controlled demolition of all human activity is leading us into The Great Reset. FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.iceagefarmer.com/2021/03/… SUBSCRIBE on bitchute: https://bitchute.com/iceagefarmer On … Continue reading How blocking the Suez Canal has served to further maul the world economy, and decimate the global food supply (MUST-SEE) →
“Banned from the Internet”: Judges impose new kind of censorship on “terrorists” who took part in the 1/6 “insurrection” at the Capitol
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 14 hours ago
VIA Mark Crispin Miller (News from Underground) Judges Impose New Type Of Censorship: ‘Banned From The Internet’https://www.technocracy.news/judges-impose-new-type-of-censorship-banned-from-the-internetGina Bisignano, owner of a Beverly Hills eyelash and skin care salon, was charged with taking part in the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, where police used tear gas. Under a court ban, if Bisignano goes online while … Continue reading “Banned from the Internet”: Judges impose new kind of censorship on “terrorists” who took part in the 1/6 “insurrection” at the Capitol →
China's Growing Military Firepower Casts Doubts On The U.S. being Able To Defend Taiwan
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 14 hours ago
China reveals its most advanced nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missile, the DF-41, at the National Day parade in Beijing on October 1, 2019. Photo: Fan Lingzhi/GT *NBC: **China's growing firepower casts doubt on whether U.S. could defend Taiwan * *In war games, China often wins, and U.S. warships and aircraft are kept at bay. * WASHINGTON — China's massive arms buildup has raised doubts about America's ability to defend Taiwan if a war broke out, reflecting a shifting balance of power in the Pacific where American forces once dominated, U.S. officials and experts say. ...
Councillors won’t consider quicker sidewalk snow clearing for next year
Zane Woodford, Halifax Examiner - 15 hours ago
The price tag for quicker sidewalk snow clearing was too steep for a majority of councillors to even consider. On Friday, Halifax regional council’s budget committee continued its debate on the 2021-2022 Transportation and Public Works operating budget. On Wednesday, the committee heard a presentation from Transportation and Public Works director Brad Anguish and voted […]
Bang, zoom to the Moon
Bruce K. Gagnon, Organizing Notes - 6 hours ago
NASA reports: NASA has selected 14 American companies as partners to develop a range of technologies that will help forge a path to sustainable Artemis operations on the Moon by the end of the decade. U.S. industry submitted the proposals to NASA’s fifth competitive Tipping Point solicitation, and the selections have an expected combined award value of more than $370 million. NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate will negotiate with the companies to issue milestone-based firm fixed-price contracts lasting for up to five years. “NASA's significant investment in innovativ...
Unexpected strike-slip earthquake uncovers hidden mechanism
The Watchers » Latest articles - 14 hours ago
Researchers uncovered the reason for unexpected strike-slip earthquakes, where two pieces of crust slide past each other on a fault, in areas where subduction zone tremors are common. From July to October 2020, a series of earthquakes occurred in Shumagin Islands,...... Read more »
Pentagon To Conduct War Game Simulations This Summer As Concerns About Threats Posed By China And Russia Increase
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 14 hours ago
*CNN:* *Classified US military war game set to take place as concerns about threats posed by China and Russia increase * (CNN)The "enemies" will have fictional names, but when hundreds of US military personnel around the globe log on to their computers later this summer for a highly classified war game, it will be clear what a major focus of the scenarios will be -- how the US should respond to aggressive action and unexpected moves by China and Russia. Several defense officials tell CNN that the war game is a top priority for the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley...
ARI FLEISCHER ISN'T TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT THE GEORGIA VOTER LAW
Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog - 14 hours ago
Ari Fleischer -- the former George W. Bush spokesman who went on to become a Trumpist hack -- defended Georgia's new voting law this morning by posting this on Twitter: He's lying. You can download the text of the law here. The revelevant portion is as follows: No person shall solicit votes in any manner or by any means or method, nor shall any person distribute or display any campaign material, *nor shall any person give, offer to give, or participate in the giving of any money or gifts, including, but not limited to, food and drink, to an elector*, nor shall any person solicit ...
Will The Biden Administration Tax Drivers By The Mile To Fund Their $3 Trillion Green Infrastructure Plan?
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 14 hours ago
The nation has traditionally paid for road improvements with its gas tax, but Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said that may no longer be enough as more and more people use electric cars *Daily Mail:** 'It's taxing working Americans - not millionaires in their Teslas': Furious voters slam Peter Buttigieg after he said the Biden administration is considering taxing motorists by the MILE to fund $3T climate-friendly infrastructure plans * * Biden's Transportation Secretary said the idea of taxing miles driven 'shows a lot of promise' * Furious voters have slammed the Biden ...
New Global Alliance Defends UN Charter
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 14 hours ago
A new alliance called the “Groups of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations” has formed in a clear act of resistance to the unilateral and aggressive policies of the United States and its junior partners. Representatives of the alliance reside fully in the Global South. Nations spearheading the initiative include the DPRK, Iran, Algeria, Angola, Belarus, Bolivia, Cambodia, Cuba, Eritrea, Laos, Nicaragua, Saint Vincent, and the Grenadines, Syria, Venezuela, and Palestine in addition to the largest of the developing countries, Russia and China. The post New Global ...
WATCH: Cop Beats Handcuffed Man in Hospital Bed, Strangles Him for Over 1 Minute
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: hospital cop]A young man in need of mental help was handcuffed to a hospital bed, beaten and strangled by a cop who has since been charged over it.
Bellingcaught
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 14 hours ago
The website Bellingcat promotes itself as a collective of digital sleuths who “pledge allegiance to truth and evidence and abide by the principles of transparency and accountability.” Its self-described “groundbreaking investigations,” especially those aimed at Russia and Syria, have led to fawning Western media endorsements of its claim to be an “intelligence agency for the people.” But Bellingcat’s carefully crafted public image as an “open source” outlet is belied by its extensive NATO government ties and a conspicuous pattern of conduct in line with its state sponsors’ intere...
US, Lobbyists And Arm Dealers Rush To Reposition Amid Impending Saudi Defeat
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 15 hours ago
Washington - In his last months in office, former President Donald Trump gave American defense contractors like Lockheed Martin and Reaper drone manufacturer General Atomics Aeronautical Systems billions in projected earnings through a controversial $23 billion arms deal with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a deal now “under review” by the Biden administration. President Joe Biden’s temporary halt to the U.S. arms deal and his decision to remove the Yemeni Houthi rebels from the state department’s list of global terrorist organizations have been touted as a harbinger of peace in Y...
The War Of Hunger Is Taking Over From The War Of Guns
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 15 hours ago
Great dollops of hypocrisy invariably accompany expressions of concern by outside powers for the wellbeing of the Syrian people. But even by these low standards, a new record for self-serving dishonesty is being set by the Caesar Civilian Protection Act, the new US law imposing the harshest sanctions in the world on Syria and bringing millions of Syrians to the brink of famine. Supposedly aimed at safeguarding ordinary Syrians from violent repression by President Bashar al-Assad, the law is given a humanitarian garnish by naming it after the Syrian military photographer who filmed...
Argentina Withdraws From Lima Group
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 15 hours ago
Argentina has withdrawn from the Lima Group of countries established in 2017 to push for regime change in Venezuela. Buenos Aires withdrew symbolically on March 24 — the Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice, which commemorates victims of Argentina’s “dirty war” on the anniversary of the 1976 coup d’etat. It condemned the group’s support for sanctions on Venezuela in the midst of a global pandemic and its treatment of the self-proclaimed Juan Guaido administration, a US-backed body with no territory, as Venezuela’s representative within it. The post Argentina Withdraws From Li...
Untitled
Jenna Orkin, From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 15 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin South China Sea: alarm in Philippines as 200 Chinese vessels gather at disputed reef Russia promotes Arctic sea route as viable alternative to blocked Suez Canal Indigenous peoples by far the best guardians of forests – UN report False Memories Can Be Planted and Then Reversed, Researchers Find Sources: Secret Service inserted itself into case of Hunter Biden’s gun Exclusive: Goldman sends Indian employees back home as local COVID-19 cases rise Iran Looks To Expand Oil Influence In Africa Through New Pipeline Documentary reveals the false hope of so-called ‘green tech’ ...
The Fairy Creek Blockaders
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 15 hours ago
Simon Frankson emerged from his sleeping bag at 4 a.m., just in time to join the fray. The day before, a balmy afternoon in early August, he and about a dozen campers had studied a satellite photo of the area: a mountainside sheathed in deep green cedars and Douglas fir trees, many of them hundreds or thousands of years old, in a watershed known as Fairy Creek in the southwest corner of Vancouver Island. The telling grey stripe of a logging road was creeping up from the left side of the image. It was the same kind of road that has, over the past century, made way for logging compa...
Activists Block Rail Line Near General Dynamics Over Arms Sales
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 15 hours ago
London, Ontario - A small group of activists blocked a rail line in east London Friday, demanding the federal government cancel a contract to provide military vehicles to Saudi Arabia. About 15 people from various anti-war groups demonstrated on the railroad tracks at Clarke Road and Oxford Street East in London, just west of the General Dynamics Land Systems plant, which manufactures light armoured vehicles (LAVs). The protest was meant to stop any shipments of military vehicles bound for the middle eastern kingdom. No trains came through during the protest. The post Activists B...
The Gen Z Emergency: The Best Climate Book You Will Ever Read
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 15 hours ago
Generation Z is the newest generation, born between 1997 and 2012/15. They are currently 6 to 24 years old. In the US alone, they number 68 million. Gen Z is in the crosshairs of the coming climate catastrophe. They have the most to lose – and the most to win if we can allay their climate grief:
Venezuela Sues The US At The WTO
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 15 hours ago
Venezuela's Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Arreaza on Friday informed that his country sued the U.S. before the World Trade Organization (WTO) for imposing unilateral coercive measures contrary to international norms and principles. "Sooner rather than later, Venezuela will defeat through law what the U.S. intends to impose through force," he said, recalling that the U.S. blockade seeks to destabilize President Nicolas Maduro's administration. In an attempt to avoid criticism from a multilateral institution, the United States prevented Venezuela from requesting the formation of a ...
Next Indo-Pacific US Commander Warns Of China’s Threat To Taiwan
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 15 hours ago
During his confirmation hearing to head the command that covers 51 percent of the globe, U.S. Pacific Fleet commander Admiral John Aquilino told the Senate Armed Services Committee that “the most dangerous concern is that of a military force against Taiwan.” Aquilino told the committee that the “annexation of Taiwan is the number one priority of China” and asked the Senate committee to fund the $27.3 billion Pacific Deterrence Initiative. Aquilino’s comment echoed the March 2, 2021 assessment of retired Lt. General H.R. McMaster, one of the Trump administration’s national securit...
End US Support For The Brutal Moïse Regime In Haiti!
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 15 hours ago
March 29 is the anniversary of the 1987 Haitian Constitution written after the 1986 overthrow of the brutal Duvalier dictatorship. The 1987 Constitution was designed to create "a socially just, economically free, and politically independent Haitian nation." Those ideals are again in crisis. The US-backed de facto president of Haiti, Jovenel Moïse, is refusing to leave office even though his term ended on February 7. Moïse and his Western allies - the US, Canada, Brazil, France, Spain and the European Union - are trying to push through a new constitution. The post End US Support F...
The Historical Challenges Facing the Socialist Movement
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 17 hours ago
On February 16, 2015, István Mészáros sent me a letter addressing the history of the Latin American Spanish edition of Beyond Capital and its reception by President Hugo Chávez in Venezuela, along with a narrative of the origins of his close friendship with Chávez. In that letter, he explained that Vadell Hermanos, the publisher of the Spanish edition, had “asked me to write a special Introduction for the Latin American edition in Spanish, and I completed this special introduction—nearly 10,000 words, not published in English—in January 2000.” The entire book incorporating this spec...
Joe Biden lied at press conference
Norma, Collecting My Thoughts - 15 hours ago
For the first time in anyone's memory, household income and wages of the low income made REAL advances during the Trump years as a result of the tax cuts. 82% of us got the cut, and 90% of working people got a raise. But what did Biden spout at the presser? The same old lie--only the richest benefitted. That's been disproven so many times, you wonder where the speech writer was the last 4 years (we know where he was). Growth was greater for the lowest quarter than the upper quarter, plus there were REAL wage gains. Now he wants to chase American companies to foreign soils as higher ...
Dominance: Meet the 5 Weapons That Helps the Army Win Any War
Michael Peck, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *U.S. Army, Americas* [image: U.S. Army] High-tech, powerful weapons are how the military was able to leave the draft behind and transition to an all-volunteer force. *Key point: *Each American soldier is worth several of an enemy's soldiers due to the technology he or she has. Meet the weapons that act as amazing force multipliers. When it comes to lethal weapons, the U.S. Army has no shortage. Some may be too expensive, some too complex and others may be desired by politicians and defense contractors, but not the troops on the field. Nonetheless, today's U.S. Ar...
China’s Monopoly on Rare Earth Metals is a Critical National Security Risk
John Rossomando, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*John Rossomando* *China, Asia* The sooner that the United States and its allies free themselves from dependence on China, the sooner they will free themselves from the CCP’s ability to hold defense production hostage. If the Biden administration wants to recover from its disastrous performance in Anchorage last week, it should send a message to the Chinese by accelerating the pace of weaning U.S. defense contractors from their reliance on the export of rare earth minerals from China. Eighty percent of all U.S. rare earth supplies come from China. That would send the message tha...
Stimulus Check Disgrace: Prisoners Are Getting $1,400 Payments
Ethen Kim Lieser, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Stimulus Check, * [image: Stimulus Checks] What the majority of the general public might not know is that individuals who are incarcerated are also eligible, as the first two rounds of the stimulus checks, for the $1,400 stimulus payments. The Internal Revenue Service promised earlier this week to boost efforts to quickly provide much-needed cash to millions of financially struggling Americans—and it appears that great progress already has been made. As of Friday, the agency has confirmed that one hundred twenty-seven million coronavirus relief checks—totaling...
Enemies Beware: This Video Proves the F-35 Has a "Beast Mode"
Mark Episkopos, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Mark Episkopos* *Security, * This impressive video shows an F-35 simultaneously firing five air-to-surface missiles against five test targets. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *The F-35's beast mode boasts a whopping maximum of fourteen AIM-120 missiles and two smaller AIM-9X missiles for air missions, or six GBU-31’s along with four AIM-120’s/9X’s for ground missions. A recently leaked video sheds light on one of the F-35’s possible weapons configurations, previously dubbed as “beast mode” in a Lockheed Martin infographic. The video, dating back to November of 2018, depicts...
The Coronavirus Comeback Plan: How Italy Will Rise Again
Valbona Zeneli, Federica Santoro, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Valbona Zeneli, Federica Santoro* *Coronavirus, Europe* As Italy prepares to hold the rotating presidency of the G20, it has a perfect opportunity to exercise a leadership role in developing international reforms needed to lead the global economic recovery through the post-pandemic era. Italy has suffered worse than any other European country from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The health and economic catastrophe was only made worse by a weak response from European Union institutions. This created an opportunity that invited a massive Chinese campaign to over-promote ...
Why DC Statehood Would Be a Tragic Mistake
Jarrett Stepman, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Jarrett Stepman* *DC Statehood, Americas* [image: DC Statehood] Transforming the federal district into a state would come with far more drawbacks than positives for the country. Should Washington, DC become a state? This issue has been put back on the table as the Washington, DC Admission Act has been debated in the House of Representatives. District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser has argued that transforming it into a state is a civil rights issue for a city that has a plurality of Black citizens. However, transforming the federal district into a state would come with far mor...
Would North Korea Ever Really Sell One of Its Atomic Bombs?
June Park, J. Berkshire Miller, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*June Park, J. Berkshire Miller* *North Korea, Asia* [image: North Korea] There is a chance Pyongyang might go further in being a rogue regime. *Key point: *North Korea has one way to generate hard cash if it had too--by selling its weapons of mass destruction. But doing so would carry great risks. *This first appeared earlier and is being reposted due to reader interest and breaking North Korea events.* As North Korea’s economic position worsens, the risk that it sells its nuclear weapons technology grows. Pyongyang conducted its fifth nuclear test on 9 September, accompanied ...
Stimulus Checks Forever? One Lawmaker Wants $2,000 Checks Every Month.
Ethen Kim Lieser, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Stimulus Check, * [image: Stimulus Check] In a January press release, Rep. Ilhan Omar said: “A one-time payment of $2,000 is simply not enough. The American people are counting on us to deliver transformative change, and we need to meet the moment by delivering monthly payments of $2,000.” To say that the Internal Revenue Service has been busy this month would be a huge understatement. In an unrelenting effort to provide much-needed cash to millions of financially struggling Americans, the agency has confirmed that a total of one hundred twenty-seven million ...
Merkava: Is This the Best Tank on the Planet?
Kyle Mizokami, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Merkava, Middle East* Israel’s frequent wars have resulted in a consistent flow of combat experience, resulting in new and progressively improved Merkava tanks. *Key Point*: While not the tank for every army, it is the perfect main battle tank for the Israeli Defense Forces. In the past forty years, just a handful of countries have proved themselves capable of building their own main battle tanks. One of these tank powers is actually one of the smallest countries in the world: Israel. Israel’s main battle tank, the Merkava series, is one of the best-designed tank...
Why China’s Old J-10 Fighter Is Avoiding the Scrapyard
Charlie Gao, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *J-10, Asia* As with most Chinese projects, the development of the J-10 was not just an exercise in making an aircraft, but the program also aimed to develop several key technologies. *Here's What You Need To Remember:* The future of the J-10 remains doubtful. The J-11 is far more capable in most aspects than the J-10 and has more potential for development, and China appears to be continuing R&D and developing that fighter. The J-10C is currently more capable in the air-to-ground realm as a result of its usage of NATO standard pylons, but this may change in future ...
Joe Biden’s Gun Control Plan Is Really Class Warfare
Pedro Gonzalez, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Pedro Gonzalez* *Gun Control, United States* There is nothing compassionate about the Democratic Party’s gun control agenda. The realities of these policies mean depriving millions of Americans of the tools they use for self-defense and hunting. While touring a Michigan assembly plant and meeting with members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers last March, then-candidate Joe Biden did not react kindly when pressed on whether he would take guns away from Americans. “You’re full of shit,” he snapped at a construction worker who accused Biden of “actively trying...
Big Mistake: Was the Nazi Invasion of the Soviet Union Always Doomed?
Robert Farley, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *World War II History, Europe* [image: World War II History] Attacking and trying to hold Russian territory was nearly always a huge blunder, but could Berlin have pulled it off? *Key point: *Imperial Germany won in World War I and a long time before the Mongols had victory too. But those are exceptions to the rule that Russia can usually outlast and eventually defeat any invader. Even by the standards of World War II, the Eastern Front stands out as a cauldron of horror. Over four years of war, millions of soldiers and civilians died as Nazi Germany and the Sov...
Why Is Japan Not Sailing Aircraft Carriers Against China?
Robert Farley, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, Asia* It’s thanks to the legacy of World War II. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *To repeat: the only serious obstacles to Japan’s construction of fleet carriers are political. But political obstacles are still obstacles, and the appearance of Shokaku and Zuikaku would have significant repercussions at home and abroad. Japan has decided to refit its Izumo-class light carriers to operate the F-35B stealth fighter. So modified, the Izumos will carry about a dozen F-35Bs each, giving the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force a small but significant avia...
Racist Politics At Its Worst
Owen Gray, Northern Reflections - 15 hours ago
For decades, Republicans talked in code. They claimed they wanted to ensure "voter security." Now they've dropped the code. They're saying the ugly stuff out loud. Exhibit A, Ruth Marcus writes, is Georgia's new voting law: Alice O’Lenick, chairwoman of the Gwinnett County election board, didn’t mince words about the need to tighten up voting rules in Georgia. After the “terrible elections cycle” in 2020, when Republicans lost both Georgia Senate seats and Biden won the state’s electoral votes, “I’m like a dog with a bone,” she told fellow Republicans in January. “I will not let th...
Uruguay: 100,000 more people fell below the poverty line in 2020
Juan Martinez, The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A study released on Friday (26) by Uruguay's National Institute of Statistics (INE) indicated that about 100,000 people have moved below the poverty line in 2020, placing 11.9 percent of the population in that situation. The increase in the rate of people below the poverty line is almost three percentage […] The post Uruguay: 100,000 more people fell below the poverty line in 2020 appeared first on The Rio Times.
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