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Antonio Banderas: I Cannot Imagine Life Without Art Or Music
Tate MCCLELLAN, OrientalReview.org - 21 hours ago
In times of crisis, arts in all forms become the lifeline that unites people, allows artistic expression and brings hope. Even when facing the inevitable demise on a sinking Titanic, the musicians did not stop playing their music making, in some way, the inevitable less tragic. There is no wonder that […]
The U.S. Navy Has a New Enemy: Rust
James Holmes, The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*James Holmes* *U.S. Navy, Americas* [image: U.S. Navy] Good impressions matter for soft power and how seriously allies and partners take America and its Navy. *Key point: *Spiffy warships are impressive and also reassuring. Poorly-kept warships instead signal carelessness or incompetence that invites alarm and contempt. The U.S. Navy has a diplomatic problem. It’s a problem that stems from the most mundane of failings: neglect of vessels’ outward appearance. The amphibious assault ships USS *Boxer* and *Fort McHenry* put into the seaport of Kiel, Germany not long ago in a disre...
Israel's Nuclear Weapons Arsenal is No Joke
Caleb Larson, The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*Caleb Larson* *Security, Middle East* Israel has never acknowledge the existence of its nuclear weapons program, but the power of these weapons is beyond any doubt. *Here's What You Need to Remember:* Although never officially acknowledged, Israel has widely considered a nuclear power. Though the Popeye Turbo and Jericho 3 are the likely nuclear delivery vehicles, Israel’s non-nuclear missile umbrella is also quite impressive. Enemies beware. Israel’s missile capabilities are perhaps among the most advanced in the Middle East. Through extensive aid from the United States and Eur...
Australian Daily Wind Power Generation Data – Saturday 27 March 2021
TonyfromOz, PA Pundits – International - 23 hours ago
By Anton Lang ~ This Post details the daily wind power generation data for the AEMO coverage area in Australia. For the background information, refer to the Introductory Post at this link. Each image is shown here at a smaller size to fit on the page alongside the data for that day. If you click […]
it is the moment when we can begin to weave anew that precious nucleus
Bob Dinn, balance10 - 1 day ago
1) A counterblow had to be struck, and El Morya has once again demonstrated that he has the ability to do just that. The sword Excalibur used by King Arthur in the days of the knights of the Round Table is once again swinging into action on behalf of the holy grail! How my soul rejoices and how Saint Germain must be stirred as he sees the forces of freedom rise. -Kuthumi: *Pearl**s of Wisdom* 5:9 ………………………………………………………………………................. 2) Precious ones, I remind you of the Grail mysteries. I remind you that your phys...
"Reality Avoidance"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 1 day ago
*"Reality Avoidance"* by Morris Berman "It’s quite amazing how the news is endlessly about race or gender. Filler, is what I call it. Very little of this has anything to do with reality, which the Mainstream Media and the American people avoid like the plague. What then is real? 1. The empire is in decline; every day, life here gets a little bit worse; all our institutions are corrupt to varying degrees; and there is no turning this situation around. 2. A crucial factor in this decline and irreversibility is the low level of intelligence of the American people. Americans are not o...
5 Cold War Super Weapons You Never Knew You Always Wanted
Robert Farley, The National Interest - 23 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, Americas* Bad defense systems can often survive the most inept management if they fill a particular niche well enough. *Here’s What You Need to Remember: *These new weapon systems might have been game-changers. But America built plenty of other good, long-lasting tools to ensure dominance. Weapons die for all kinds of different reasons. Sometimes they happen at the wrong time, either in the midst of defense austerity, or with the wrong constellation of personnel. Sometimes they fall victim to the byzantine bureaucracy of the Pentagon, or to turf fights...
Palm Sunday, Holy Week Begins
Menagerie, The Last Refuge - 23 hours ago
MK 11:1-10 “When Jesus and his disciples drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately on entering it, you will find a colt tethered on which no one has ever sat. Untie […] The post Palm Sunday, Holy Week Begins appeared first on The Last Refuge.
Smear Job: NY Times Joins Biden To Decry GOP’s ‘Un-American’ Limits On Voting
PA Pundits - International, PA Pundits – International - 23 hours ago
By Clay Waters ~ As President Biden demonstrated at his first press conference, it’s once again cool to call your political opponents “un-American” and, better yet, The New York Times won’t accuse you of questioning your opponent’s patriotism, but will boast of the smear in approving front-page headline. And speaking of headlines, The Times will do anything to […]
A tale of two states from Next News Network’s lead [Video]
Seraphim Hanisch, The Duran - 23 hours ago
Gary Franchi is the owner and operator of the YouTube Channel The Next News Network. This is a very pro-Trump, pro-conservative news source, and while under its leader, has reported substantially on events with the stolen Presidential election and the utter incompetence of the puppet in the White House at this time. Now, of course, the […]
How the Suez Canal Chaos Will Directly Impact You! Price Inflation Will HEAT UP!
Dewey Fernfield, The Duran - 23 hours ago
source / The Money GPS We have a very fragile system and on rare occasions that fragility becomes very clear. It is quickly forgotten as we move onto the next thing. Today we are seeing how fragile the shipping industry is as it relies on trade routes that are potentially at risk of failure for […]
America takes out 40 trucks loaded with stolen Syrian wheat to Iraq.
khalediskef, The Duran - 23 hours ago
The US forces continue to steal Syrian wealth, including oil and agricultural, in clear violations of international laws, and in the midst of a clear cover-up of these crimes by the UN, which doesn’t pay any attention to the suffering that the Syrians endure as a result of these thefts. The latest American theft crimes […]
2 Syrian women and 2 children died from the cold while trying to cross the Lebanese border.
khalediskef, The Duran - 23 hours ago
4 Syrian refugees died, as a result of the severe cold, while trying to cross into Syrian territory through the Lebanese border. The Lebanese civil defense explained that the dead were 2 women and 2 children, one of whom was 7 years old and the other was 8 years old. Their bodies were found in […]
A Little-Known Fact about Nazi Germany’s Battleships
Robert Farley, The National Interest - 23 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *History, Europe* The Treaty of Versailles drastically limited the size of the postwar Kriegsmarine, precluding Germany from owning any dreadnought battleships. *Here’s What You Need to Remember: *These ships were not too bad, but Berlin had limited resources. They weren't as powerful as other warships and Nazi Germany didn't build many of them. The Treaty of Versailles drastically limited the size of the postwar Kriegsmarine, precluding Germany from owning any dreadnought battleships. The Germans could keep (and replace) pre-dreadnought vessels of ten thousand t...
March 28th – 2021 Presidential Politics – Resistance Day 68
Sundance, The Last Refuge - 23 hours ago
In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the JoeBama Administration and Presidency. “This is no small thing, to restore a republic after it has fallen into corruption. […] The post March 28th – 2021 Presidential Politics – Resistance Day 68 appeared first on The Last Refuge.
Economically Destructive Cap And Trade For HFCs Is Here
PA Pundits - International, PA Pundits – International - 23 hours ago
By David Wojick, Ph.D. ~ This is a bit complicated so bear with me. To begin with, Biden’s avalanche of climate scare executive orders included one telling the State Department to prepare the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer for submission to the Senate, for ratification. The Kigali […]
Major victory over a corporate charter school chain and their trade association
Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene, Schools Matter - 23 hours ago
[image: Indeed, “corporate charter schools—which bear attributes of both public and private enterprises” (101 Ops.Cal.Atty.Gen. 92, at 6) have long resisted efforts to make them more transparent and accountable to the public from which they draw their funding. Corporate charters schools, and their aggressive trade association, the California Charter Schools Association (“CCSA”), vehemently opposed application of the Brown Act, CPRA, and conflicts of interest laws to charter school corporations. Likewise, as Respondent admits in their pleadings, they opposed AB 1505. Oppo. 12:20.] ...
Sunday March 28th – Open Thread
Sundance, The Last Refuge - 1 day ago
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL. […] The post Sunday March 28th – Open Thread appeared first on The Last Refuge.
NOAA Global Cooling 1974
tonyheller, Real Climate Science - 1 day ago
Most forecasts of worldwide food production have been based on the assumption that global weather will stay “Many climatologists have associated this drought and other recent weather anomalies with a global cooling trend and changes in atmospheric circulation which, if … Continue reading →
World Bank approves loan for China food safety project
News Desk, Food Safety News - 1 day ago
The World Bank has approved a $400 million loan to help China improve food safety management and reduce food safety risks. The cost of foodborne diseases in terms of human capital productivity loss in China is estimated at more than $30 billion per year, almost 50 percent of the total economic burden of foodborne infections in... Continue Reading
March 28, 2021: Reader Tips
Robert, Small Dead Animals - 1 day ago
This evening we go on a walk through Paris. Veuillez nous donner vos meilleurs conseils!
The Battle of Okinawa: Revisiting World War II's Most Barbaric Battle
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Warfare History Network* *Security, Asia* This battle serves as proof that war truly is hell. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *"Men struggled and fought and bled in an environment so degrading I believed we had been flung into hell’s own cesspool.” On Easter morning, April 1, 1945, the Pacific island of Okinawa trembled beneath an earthshaking bombardment from American combat aircraft overhead and ships steaming offshore in preparation for an amphibious landing of unprecedented magnitude. The commander of Japan’s massive 32nd Imperial Army, Lt. Gen. Mitsuru Ushijima, stood ...
A Ramjet Renaissance: Why These Missiles Are Making a Small Comeback
Charlie Gao, The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Charlie Gao* *Great Power Competition, World* [image: Great Power Competition] These missiles were used in the Cold War and today they are once again being put in the field. *Key point: *These missiles are powerful and also a cause for concern to U.S. war planners. Here is what they can do. Ramjets have made somewhat of a comeback in military technology recently. While ramjets powered many anti-air missiles throughout the Cold War, more recent designs eschewed them in favor of multi-stage rocket boosters or simply more powerful rockets. However, a new crop of ramjet designs, mos...
Supersonic Low Altitude Missile: Russia's Insane Nuclear Doomsday Weapon
Joseph Trevithick, The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Joseph Trevithick* *Security, Eurasia* Were it ever completed, the missile likely would have worked. But the success of several experimental designs turned out to be the project’s ultimate doom. *Here’s What You Need to Remember: *It was the perfect airborne death machine—a supersonic drone of nearly unlimited range, loaded with hydrogen bombs zooming around Earth at more than 2,500 miles per hour. To the engineers who worked on its development, it was “technically sweet” and the high point of their careers. Developed between 1957 and 1964, the *Supersonic Low Altitude Missile*...
The ugly relaity
Graeme Decarie, The Decarie Report - 1 day ago
It was some 20 years ago that Canada obeyed a U.S. request (order) to destroy democracy in Haiti. Canada sent troops and police, to complete the destruction of Haitian freedom Funny thing. If you look at sites on the web, you get the impression that Canada was doing good by destroying democracy in Haiti, and by killing people who refused to obey. It never, in any serious and honest way, got into the Canadian news media what was going on. And that tells you a lot about the Canadian news media. Our Canadian troops and police placed thugs, gangsters, and American agents in power. ...
March 27, 1913 – “Greatest Cataclysm In American History”
tonyheller, Real Climate Science - 1 day ago
27 Mar 1913, Page 1 – The Washington Post at Newspapers.com 28 Mar 1913, 6 – The Baltimore Sun at Newspapers.com 27 Mar 1913, Page 1 – Harrisburg Telegraph at Newspapers.com 24 Mar 1913, 1 – Evening Times-Republican at Newspapers.com … Continue reading →
How America Gifted Russia a Mach 3 Spy Drone
Michael Peck, The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, * The American generosity was purely unintentional. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *But at least no one can accuse the Soviets of being ungenerous. In the mid-1980s, Ben Rich, a Lockheed engineer who worked on the D-21, recalled being given a metal panel by a CIA employee. It was a piece of the D-21 that had crashed in Siberia, and which had been recovered by a shepherd. The piece was returned by a KGB agent. In November 1969, the U.S. Air Force sent Russia an early Christmas gift. It was a sleek flying machine that bore an uncanny resemblance to th...
This Is Why the Future of the J-10 Fighter Remains Doubtful
Charlie Gao, The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Charlie Gao* *Security, Eurasia* 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. *Here’s What You Need to Remember:* The J-10 has lasted this long, but probably not much longer. In the 1990s, China introduced its answer to the MiG-29 and F-16. The J-10 was a light single-seat multirole aircraft meant to replace older J-7 and J-8 aircraft as the bulk of forces a possible adversary would meet. When China started to reopen itself to the world in the 1980s, the PLA...
How Israel Somehow Recycled Allied Tanks Left Over From World War II
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Warfare History Network* *Israeli Defense Forces, Middle East* [image: Israeli Defense Forces] Israel was happy to get its hands on any weaponry it could find during its War of Independence. *Key point: *These Allied tanks were left behind, seized, or just bought outright by Israeli militias and defense forces. Here is how Israel used and modified them during its many wars. Over the years, the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) acquired hundreds of U.S.-manufactured M4A1 and M4A3 medium Sherman tanks. A large number of these were acquired from the French Army just before the 1956 Sina...
Brazil Now Approaching 4,000 Covid-19 Deaths A Day
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 1 day ago
*Daily Mail:* *Brazil approaches 4,000 Covid deaths a DAY and is responsible for a quarter of the world's daily virus fatalities as fears grow over 'more infectious' P1 variant * * Brazil is approaching losing 4,000 people a day to coronavirus as Covid cases continue to rise unabated * The nation has recorded more than 300,000 deaths so far, which is expected to hit 500,000 by July 2021 * Virus's spread has been charged by the more contagious P1 variant which has also been found in the US * Experts have warned its health system is close to collapse with intensive care units a...
On The Importance Of Pessimism
Unknown, The Conservative Socrates - 1 day ago
A civilization that does not understand the critical need for negative thinking (pessimism) is a civilization that has lost its intellect, vigor, and sense of realism, and is in the phase of decline. Perpetual optimism (in the manner of a feeble-brained Pollyanna) is the trait of primitive societies (societies which have never succeeded or have declined after a brief period of success). Negative thinking is the trait of the people who are on the rise, who are full of wisdom, enterprise, vigor, and passion, who have already achieved greatness and are now itching to achieve even more ...
Senseless Violence Caught on Camera – Two Teenage Girls 13 and 15, Charged With Murder After Carjacking Uber Driver
Sundance, The Last Refuge - 1 day ago
A horrific crime as two black teenage girls in Washington DC are charged with murder following their attack on an Uber-eats driver. The event was caught on camera by a bystander. They assaulted 66-year old Mohammad Anwar with a stun gun and then proceeded to steal his car while he tried to stop them. (Via […] The post Senseless Violence Caught on Camera – Two Teenage Girls 13 and 15, Charged With Murder After Carjacking Uber Driver appeared first on The Last Refuge.
Suez Canal Blockage -- News Updates March 27, 2021
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 1 day ago
*Daily Mail*:* It moves! 220,000-ton Ever Given budges for the first time since getting stuck in Suez Canal... as officials admit 'human error' may have caused crash after first blaming 'wind' * * Two attempts to dislodge the container ship - and reopen the critical global trade route - will be made today * The Panama-flagged vessel, which is as long as the Empire State building, has been stuck since Tuesday * Osama Rabie, Egypt's Suez Canal Authority chief, today said that 'technical or human errors led to the crash' The Ever Given cargo carrier which ran aground on the ba...
New York Rolls Out ‘Excelsior Pass’ Becoming First State To Require A Vaccination Passport To Attend Event And Entertainment Venues
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
New York Rolls Out ‘Excelsior Pass’ Becoming First State To Require A Vaccination Passport To Attend Event And Entertainment Venues by Geoffrey Grider, https://www.nowtheendbegins.com/ The vaccine passport, called the Excelsior Pass, is what USA Today describes as a “first-in-the-nation certification,” which will be used at large-scale events and entertainment venues. It became available to New Yorkers …
At Least 114 People Killed By Security Forces In Myanmar As Violence Continues To Escalate
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 1 day ago
*Daily Mail: **Five-year-old boy is murdered in Myanmar military junta's massacre: One hundred and six pro-democracy protesters dead after troops open fire on march - after warning demonstrators 'we'll shoot you in the head' * * More than 106 protestors, including a boy, five, have been shot and killed by Myanmar security forces today * Took to streets in Yangon, Mandalay and other towns, defying warning they could be shot in 'head and back' * Has been branded 'day of shame' as the deaths marks on of the bloodiest days since the coup began * WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES Myanmar...
Islamic Insurgents Seize Mozambique Town In Gas-Rich Region Trapping Hundreds That Includes Foreigners
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 1 day ago
*DW:* *Mozambique: Militants seize town, Total halts LNG operations * Jihadis have seized a town and also allegedly attacked a convoy of fleeing civilians, including foreign workers, as fighting continued in the gas-rich region. Islamist militants have seized control of the town of Palma in Mozambique's northern province of Cabo Delgado, killing several people, including a foreign worker. They also allegedly attacked a convoy of fleeing civilians. At least one person was killed and a number wounded in the attack. *Read more *.... *WNU Editor:* Total has a $20 billion LNG pro...
Iran & China Sign Massive $400BN 25-Year Oil Infrastructure Deal
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 1 day ago
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani meets with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, in Tehran, Iran, March 27, 2021. © REUTERS *Reuters:* *Iran and China sign 25-year cooperation agreement * DUBAI (Reuters) -China and Iran, both subject to U.S. sanctions,* signed a 25-year cooperation agreement on Saturday to strengthen their long-standing economic and political alliance. “Relations between the two countries have now reached the level of strategic partnership and China seeks to comprehensively improve relations with Iran,” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi was quoted by Iran’s state med...
* I believe that is called Blowback - Karma to some
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