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Robert Mundell, RIP
Scott Sumner, Econlib - 12 hours ago
Robert Mundell recently passed away at the age of 88. Mundell was one of the most important macroeconomists of the past 100 years, and his work greatly influenced my own research. While he made important contributions in many areas of international trade and macro theory, here I’ll focus on one aspect of his work. There […] The post Robert Mundell, RIP appeared first on Econlib.
Government considers forcing Australians to provide ID to use social media
TOTT News, News – TOTT News - 14 hours ago
Australian authorities will consider a radical measure to 'prevent online bullying and trolling', requiring all users of social media to provide 100 points of ID before use. Experts say the proposal would involve serious privacy risks for internet users, who would be giving away even more sensitive personal data to large corporations. [...Continued]
New York Joins Pot Party
Jerri-Lynn Scofield, naked capitalism - 14 hours ago
New York becomes the fifteenth state to legalise possession of marijuana for those over the age of twenty-one.
This Day In Iraqi History - Apr 5
Joel Wing, MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 9 hours ago
1916 British forces attacked Ottomans at Fallahiya to try to relieve surrounded British troops in Kut 1939 Abd al-Illah asked Nuri al-Said to become PM again (Musings On Iraq interview with Western Kentucky’s Prof Romero on the Qasim govt) (Musings On Iraq interview with Historian Phebe Marr comparing PM Said with PM Maliki) (Musings On Iraq review *The Chatham House Version and other Middle-Eastern Studies*) 1965 Arif govt launched military offensive against Kurds (Musings On Iraq review *The Kurds, A Modern History*) (Musings On Iraq review *Kurds of Iraq, Tragedy and...
What Would Hunter Biden's Laptop Reveal About The Coming Ukraine War?
Daniel McAdams, null - 10 hours ago
In a shock interview over the weekend, President Biden's son, Hunter, revealed that the laptop the media assured us was "Russian disinformation" could "absolutely" be his. He also revealed weeks-long benders on crack and vodka with no sleep...and that he doesn't remember taking his laptop to be repaired. Clearly the Biden Administration is goading Ukraine to provoke a war with Russia. How are these related? Watch today's Liberty Report:
With News of Hunter Biden's Criminal Probe, Recall the Media Outlets That Peddled the 'Russian Disinformation' Lie
Glenn Greenwald, null - 10 hours ago
[image: undefined] The now-validated facts about Hunter are precisely those the US media -- in tandem with Silicon Valley and the intelligence community -- suppressed based on lies. [image: undefined] (bigger) The revelation that Hunter Biden is being criminally investigated for his business activities in China came on Monday from the investigative target himself, and he predictably and self-servingly depicted it as just a narrow probe about his “tax affairs” by the US Attorney for Delaware. As I wrote last night, that by itself would be significant enough — the documents publishe...
Poll Finds Almost HALF Of Americans Want Vaccine Passports
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 10 hours ago
Summit News – by Steve Watson A Rasmussen poll has revealed that almost half of Americans support the introduction of vaccine passports in order to... The post Poll Finds Almost HALF Of Americans Want Vaccine Passports appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia maintain their electoral “super Sunday” despite pandemic
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 10 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia will hold next Sunday, April 11, an atypical mega electoral day, marked by the urgency of moving forward with political agendas that respond to the growing discontent of the population and the social and economic devastation caused by the pandemic. On this "super Sunday", Ecuador and […] The post Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia maintain their electoral “super Sunday” despite pandemic appeared first on The Rio Times.
Why China's J-20B Stealth Fighter Still Can't Beat the F-22 or F-35
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *J-20, Asia* There simply aren't enough J-20s. *Here's What You Need to Know*: Debates and uncertainties continue to swirl around how agile, lethal, stealthy and advanced China’s J-20 stealth fighter may be. China’s new fifth-generation J-20 stealth fighter has formally entered production, marking a new phase with the country’s efforts to rival the U.S.-built F-35 and position itself as a rival major power air force. Previous reports had speculated that China had possibly built as many as fifty in 2019, however, statements about engine problems may have caused so...
The Cold War de Havilland Vampire: A Super Fighter?
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *military, Americas* Developed during World War II to take advantage of jet propulsion, the Vampire proved to be a unique-looking aircraft featuring a twin-boom design with an “egg-shaped” wood/aluminum fuselage. The early Cold War saw a massive leap forward in aviation technology, and this resulted in revolutionary aircraft including the Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 fighter jet and United States’ Republic F-84 Thunderjet. Each of those fighter jets saw service in the Korean War and proved to be important stepping stones to even more advanced aircraft, but there w...
Should the Navy Fear China’s New 85,000-Ton Aircraft Carrier?
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Chinese Navy, Asia* The People's Liberation Army Navy will likely have 400 ships and three to four aircraft carriers by 2025. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *Interestingly, China has been planning a follow-on, nuclear-powered Type 003 carrier which, should it come to fruition, could rival the U.S. carrier 100,000-ton displacement size and power projection capability. The CRS report says Chinese media reports indicate that the Type 003 may be on hold for the moment. China is planning a massive 85,000 ton, 40-plus aircraft-strong high-tech carrier engineered wit...
How the U.S. Air Force Keeps Its Old Fighters and Bombers Flying
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *U.S. Air Force, Americas* Part of it relates to the strength, durability and continued viability of existing airframes. *Here's What You Need to Know*: The Air Force plans to fly the F-35 well into the 2070s and beyond. The Air Force B-52 is a historic Vietnam-era aircraft, the F-15 and F-16 are from the 1980s, the B-2 is now thirty years old and the C-150 Cargo aircraft took its first flight sixty-five years ago in 1954. Even the F-22 is now more than twenty years old and F-35 development goes back more than fifteen years. Also, while munitions, guidance techno...
Danger Ahead: Russia Is Increasing Its Military Presence in the Arctic
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *Russian Military, Eurasia* There are new satellite images of the weapons in Moscow’s northernmost reaches. Russia has been amassing a military buildup and undergoing weapons tests in the Arctic, CNN reported Monday. Satellite images of the weapons in Russia’s northernmost reaches accompanied the report. “Russia is seeing the Arctic ice melt fast, and filling the gap with a military buildup, some of it on Alaska’s doorstep, not seen since the Cold War,” the report said. The satellite images were provided to CNN by Maxar, a space technology company, and are from ...
Red Flag: How the U.S. Air Force Trains Its Stealth Fighters for War
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Red Flag, Americas* The Red Flag exercises are a massive annual service wargame. *Here's What You Need to Know*: War games help generate highly impactful results. U.S. Air Force F-35s and F-22s are getting ready to attack enemy aircraft, dogfight, strike air defenses and conduct surveillance exercises in a massive annual service wargame called Red Flag. During the combat simulation, friendly “blue” will engage mock-enemy “red” teams in all-out combat, intended to closely replicate the kinds of serious advanced, high-tech threats the Air Force might face in a majo...
White House And Pentagon "On Alert" Over Russian "Saber Rattling In Eastern Europe & Arctic"
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 10 hours ago
🇷🇺⚡️🇷🇺EPIC: For the first time in history, during an exercise in the Arctic, three Russian nuclear submarines performed a simultaneous ascent from under the ice at a distance of up to 300 m from each other, the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, reported to Putin. #Russia pic.twitter.com/4iQCzGbGy5 — RAGEX-WAR (@theragex) March 26, 2021 *The Hill:* *Pentagon on alert as Russia steps up saber rattling * Russia has upped its saber rattling in Eastern Europe and the Arctic, a move that has put the Biden administration on alert. In the past two weeks, Moscow has moved to tes...
Switzerland sees unusually fatal avalanche season
The Watchers » Latest articles - 10 hours ago
Switzerland's winter season this year has been 50 percent deadlier than the average season, resulting in around 27 fatalities as of March 31. Around 296 people have been affected, which is a 67 percent increase, as the number of people caught in avalanches over...... Read more »
FBI Promises To Hunt Down Anyone Who Lies About Taking COVID Vax As Vaccine Passports Loom
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 10 hours ago
National File – by Tom Pappert After it was confirmed that the Biden regime is working with major corporations to develop a country-wide vaccine passport,... The post FBI Promises To Hunt Down Anyone Who Lies About Taking COVID Vax As Vaccine Passports Loom appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Britain Underestimated the Cost of Making Homes Carbon Free
IER, IER - 11 hours ago
The U.K. government has vastly underestimated how much it will cost to decarbonize heating in British homes—a necessary step in becoming… The post Britain Underestimated the Cost of Making Homes Carbon Free appeared first on IER.
Zombie March of Compliance – Fairview Mall
Martin Hill, From the Trenches World Report - 11 hours ago
KiNG NiCO Dec 23, 2020 The post Zombie March of Compliance – Fairview Mall appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
UK: Political Judge Sentences Woman to Jail for Calling Holocaust A “Cash Cow”
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 11 hours ago
Unz Review – by Eric Striker ‘I’m not sentencing you on the basis that you are anti-Semitic, I’m not sentencing you on the basis that... The post UK: Political Judge Sentences Woman to Jail for Calling Holocaust A “Cash Cow” appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
The Wildest Home Buying Binge In U.S. History Has Pushed Home Prices To Hyperinflationary Levels
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 11 hours ago
End of the American Dream – by Michael Snyder All over America, we are witnessing crazy bidding wars for the limited number of homes that... The post The Wildest Home Buying Binge In U.S. History Has Pushed Home Prices To Hyperinflationary Levels appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
‘Imminent’ collapse of Florida reservoir wall will flood Tampa Bay with 20ft wall of polluted water, officials warn: Gov. DeSantis tells residents to evacuate NOW
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 11 hours ago
Daily Mail Officials in Florida on Sunday warned of a 20 foot wall of wastewater and ‘catastrophic flooding’ after a significant leak at a large pond... The post ‘Imminent’ collapse of Florida reservoir wall will flood Tampa Bay with 20ft wall of polluted water, officials warn: Gov. DeSantis tells residents to evacuate NOW appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Coup attempt in Jordan leaves a trail
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 11 hours ago
A coup attempt is an orphan unless it succeeds. Therefore, all we can say is that a coup was in the making in Jordan. In a televised news conference on Sunday in Amman, all that Deputy Prime Minister Ayman al-Safadi would admit was that “These were efforts that threatened Jordan’s security and stability, and these efforts were foiled.”
Report Says New Satellite Images Have Revealed A Possible New Ballistic Missile Base In Iran
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 10 hours ago
*Sputnik: **Satellite Images Reveal Possible New Ballistic Missile Base in Iran, Report Suggests * The report compiles satellite images through several years, showing construction activities at the site. Satellite images by Capella Space reveal concrete structures and what appear to be tunnel entries in what Israeli-based The Intel Lab says might be a new ballistic missile base. According to The Intel Lab, which describes itself as an intelligence consultancy, construction at the site began in around 2005, with two tunnels being excavated 400 metres below crest level. The si...
Concerning masks in Minneapolis!
<b>bob somerby</b>, the daily howler - 11 hours ago
*MONDAY, APRIL 5, 2021* *Concerning Charles Blow's column:* Our first observation this afternoon has no bearing on any question arising from the trial of Derek Chauvin. It's simply based on an observation concerning life in Minneapolis on the day of George Floyd's death. More specifically, it's based on a point of puzzlement. The question we'd ask was this: On May 25, 2020, was anyone in Minneapolis actually wearing a mask? We've watched the videotape from inside Cup Foods—the videotape played last week at the trial. No one, employees and customers both, seemed to be wearing a ma...
Russia’s Excess Death Toll Hits 422K Since the Start Of The Pandemic
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 11 hours ago
*Moscow Times:** Russia’s Excess Death Toll Hits 422K * The country was recording more than 1,000 extra fatalities a day during February, official statistics show. Russia recorded almost 30,000 excess deaths during February, the country’s statistics agency announced Friday — a figure which takes Russia’s total excess fatality count since the start of the coronavirus pandemic above 422,000. Excess deaths are calculated by comparing fatalities during the pandemic with mortality rates in the same months of previous years. It is seen by demographers as the most reliable indicator of...
Supreme Court Nixes Alex Jones’ Appeal in Sandy Hook Case
AP News, Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
The families and an FBI agent who responded to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting are suing Jones and his show over claims that the massacre was a hoax.
Russian President Vladimir Putin Signs Constitutional Changes That Allows Him To Potentially Remain In Power Until 2036
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 11 hours ago
If Putin remains in power until 2036, his tenure will surpass even that of Joseph Stalin. Photograph: Sputnik/Reuters *RFE:* *Putin Signs Constitutional Changes That Allow Him To Rule Until 2036* MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a controversial bill that opens the door for him to potentially remain in power until 2036. The bill, which was recently approved by the lower and upper chambers of parliament, aligns the election laws with constitutional changes approved by voters last year. One of the constitutional changes resets Putin's term-limit cloc...
Corporate climate “wokeness” reaps diminishing returns
Peter Murphy, CFACT - 12 hours ago
Businesses hope to find the courage to resist the “Say on Climate” initiative, which is an effort to make a corporation’s carbon emissions subject to annual vote by its shareholders. The post Corporate climate “wokeness” reaps diminishing returns appeared first on CFACT.
Are These the Sons of the Three Tenors?
Dan Evon, Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
You do not have to be related to Plácido Domingo, José Carreras, or Luciano Pavarotti to have a great singing voice.
High Court Sides with Google in Copyright Fight with Oracle
AP News, Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
To create Android, Google wrote millions of lines of new computer code. But it also used 11,330 lines of code and an organization that’s part of Oracle’s Java platform.
Jill Biden Spanish lesson, “Si se pwadueh”???
Alex Christoforou, The Duran - 12 hours ago
Jill Biden Spanish lesson, “Si se pwadueh”??? ****News Topic 358***** Jill Biden roasted for Spanish pronunciation and flag in the background resembling ‘giant Nazi eagle’ Jill Biden roasted for Spanish pronunciation and flag in the background resembling ‘giant Nazi eagle’ First lady Jill Biden was mocked for her unintelligible Spanish at an event marking Cesar […]
Paris-Berlin Oppose Ukrainian Offensive, Call on Kiev to De-Escalate
Alexander Mercouris, The Duran - 12 hours ago
Paris-Berlin Oppose Ukrainian Offensive, Call on Kiev to De-Escalate News Topic 98: Readout of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Call with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine Readout of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Call with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine | The White House President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. spoke today to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy […]
Italy expels Russian diplomats. NATO intercepts Russian jets
The Duran, The Duran - 12 hours ago
Italy expels Russian diplomats. NATO intercepts Russian jets. The Duran: Episode 931 NATO Says Its Jets Intercepted Russian Aircraft 10 Times In One Day NATO Says Its Jets Intercepted Russian Aircraft 10 Times In One Day NATO officials announced that the day prior its jets were scrambled 10 times in a mere six-hour time period […]
Was an Asian American Woman Attacked on NYC Street but No One Helped Her?
Jessica Lee, Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
The Internet likened a March 2021 assault near Times Square to the notorious death of Kitty Genovese 57 years earlier.
YouTube deletes 2.5M dislikes from White House channel
Alex Christoforou, The Duran - 12 hours ago
YouTube deletes 2.5M dislikes from White House channel ****News Topic 357***** YouTube deletes more than 2.5M dislikes from Joe Biden’s White House channel YouTube deletes more than 2.5M dislikes from Joe Biden’s White House channel YouTube says it’s due to “spam” but didn’t elaborate on how it’s determined.
St. Louis Justice Center Inmates Rise Up Again, Demand Hearings
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
St. Louis, MO - St. Louis police responded to the city's downtown jail Sunday night after inmates broke windows, set fires and threw debris onto the street below Sunday night. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department sent out an all-points bulletin across city police radios Sunday night after inmates on the third floor of the City Justice Center reportedly covered cameras. A short time later, inmates began breaking the windows and throwing things onto the street. At around 9:30 p.m., smoke was pouring out of the broken windows. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department's Ci...
Was Raiders’ Bruce Campbell Involved in a Walmart Fight?
Dan Evon, Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
A third-party's misidentification caused a false rumor to go viral.
Police Chief Arrested, Charged for Bashing Wife’s Head In with a Hammer
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 12 hours ago
[image: hammer]The city's police chief has been arrested and charged for attacking his wife and beating her in the face with a hammer and leaving her for dead.
Your Moral And Intellectual Superiors
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 12 hours ago
Still at it: The people who brought you Rathergate.
Israel, Saudi Arabia & the Gulf States: Global Child Sex Trafficking’s Belly of the Beast
Joachim Hagopian, American Empire Exposed - 13 hours ago
As an independent journalist a half decade ago, I wrote a widely distributed article titled “Israel is the Organ Harvesting and Human Trafficking Global Ringleader, with Complicit Help from US and Turkey.”[1]Since it still applies today and encapsulates Israel’s primary role and reach as both an organ harvester as well as global human trafficker, and remains highly relevant to *Pedophilia & *[Zionist] *Empire*, its full text is reprinted below: A couple years ago [April 2014], I wrote an article on the growing global problem of human trafficking and expanding sex slave trade.[2]A...
High Speed Rail: Going Nowhere Fast
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 13 hours ago
Via Ed Driscoll, who has more.
Save your pennies!
Robert, Ice Age Now - 13 hours ago
Remember they estimated that it would cost the USA about $100 Trillion for the “New Green Swindle”? Obviously, that estimate will grow quickly because copper is not the only metal or Rare Earth that will soon be in short supply! _________ Save your pennies! Marcus M. That’s right, save those pennies! Recently, Bloomburg News claimed ... Read more The post Save your pennies! appeared first on Ice Age Now.
Mexico Looks to the Heavens for a Solution to Its Water Crisis
Global Issues News Headlines - 11 hours ago
MEXICO CITY, Apr 05 (IPS) - In neighbourhoods like Tehuixtitla in southern Mexico City, rain brings joy, because it provides water for showering, washing dishes and clothes, and cooking, by means of rainwater harvesting systems (RHS). Read the full story, “Mexico Looks to the Heavens for a Solution to Its Water Crisis”, on globalissues.org →
The F-16 Fighter Jet Is Getting a New 'Shield'
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *F-16, Americas* More than four thousand F-16 jets are active across the globe. It has become the airplane of choice for numerous coalition partners of the United States. The F-16 multirole fighter aircraf, now made by Lockheed Martin, is getting a new shield system. L3Harris Technologies, a Florida-based firm, announced in late March that it had received a contract from Lockheed to develop “a new advanced electronic warfare system to protect the international F-16 jet against emerging radar and electronic threats.” The new shield will be a version of L3Harri...
The U.S. Navy Had a Secret Master Plan for a 'Super Battleship' (Like This)
Caleb Larson, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Caleb Larson* *Battleship, * The U.S. Navy planned for the Montana-class to be the successors to the powerful Iowa-class battleships, and as such would have been larger in nearly every respect: longer, wider, with greater displacement, and three more 16-inch guns. Oh, what could have been. The U.S. Navy planned for the Montana-class to be the successors to the powerful Iowa-class battleships, and as such would have been larger in nearly every respect: longer, wider, with greater displacement, and three more 16-inch guns. Such a design was made possible due to the United States...
The Red Flags of the Nuclear Stockpile
Fred Lucas, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Fred Lucas* *Nuclear Stockpile, Americas* [image: Nuclear Stockpile] This should also be one consideration for policymakers regarding the maintenance of the nation’s nuclear stockpile. With any luck, the United States won’t ever need to use its nuclear arsenal, but it would be nice to know it would work if it ever had to be used. In a recent example of why we need to keep a closer eye on this, the Department of Energy Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report stating it “partially substantiated” two allegations about the Kansa City National Security Campus that “cou...
Type 212CD: Germany's Stealth Submarine That Could Sink Anything?
Caleb Larson, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Caleb Larson* *Type 212CD, * In a press release, the German Ministry of Defense announced the conclusion of a contract agreement between Norway, Germany, and Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems for six new Type 212 submarines to be delivered to the German and Norwegian navies. Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems is a German shipbuilding company that also designs and builds some of the world’s most advanced non-nuclear submarines. In a press release, the German Ministry of Defense announced the conclusion of a contract agreement between Norway, Germany, and Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems for six n...
The U.S. Army's Future: Tanks with No Soldiers Required?
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *U.S. Army, Americas* [image: M1 Abrams Tank] A drone vehicle or tank platform could be lighter in weight and armor, allowing it to move faster and attack with less risk to the lives of American warfighters. Deliberations about how to somehow reconcile a specific paradox fundamental to future armored vehicles have continued for as long as several decades. The problem at hand involves vehicle weight, technology, and survivability. Futurists and weapons developers exploring how to engineer a light-weight, deployable and highly lethal armored platform with the levels o...
America's F-35: Soon Armed With Drone Swarms?
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *F-35, Americas* The idea is called "weapons forward." *Here's What You Need to Know*: Brining the drones to fruition will depend upon effective, secure command and control networking. It’s called “weapons forward,” the idea that an airborne fighter jet could control an advancing armed drone traveling into high-threat enemy territory. Many refer to it as the “loyal wingman” phenomenon wherein a fighter pilot operates nearby drones from the cockpit, increasing the pilot’s range, reducing latency and optimizing the entire sphere of attack possibilities. While drone...
We Have No Idea How the B-21 Stealth Bomber Will Evolve
Kyle Mizokami, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *B-21 Raider, Asia* The B-21 Raider is set to fly in the mid-2020s, and the Air Force plans to buy at least a hundred of the bombers to replace the B-52H Stratofortress and B-1B Lancer bombers. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Like many new weapons systems, the Air Force has instructed Northrop Grumman to build the bomber with a so-called “open architecture” hardware and software system. As a result, unlike previous bombers, the B-21 could become much more than just a heavy bomber. On October 27, 2015, nearly thirty-four years to the day after Northrop Grumman...
Oron: Israel Gets New Sophisticated Spy Plane
Seth J. Frantzman, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Seth J. Frantzman* *Oron Spy Plane, Middle East* The new plane will be equipped with cutting-edge sensors including an advanced radar system. Israel received its latest hi-tech aircraft that will improve its effectiveness in the sky. Called the Oron, the converted Gulfstream G550 is a platform Israel has used in the past. The latest aircraft, developed by Israel’s Directorate of Defense Research and Development and the Israel Ministry of Defense with the Israeli Air Force, navy and intelligence services is a significant leap for Israel’s intelligence superiority. Israel current...
Is China Testing President Biden With Its South China Sea Tactics?
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 12 hours ago
*Bloomberg:* *China Tests Biden With South China Sea Tactic That Misled Obama * * Philippines lashes out at China as fishing boats swarm reef * ‘Everything we have done is more rhetorical than substantive’ Based on the official view from Beijing, the Philippines has no reason to worry about Chinese fishing boats sitting along a disputed reef in the South China Sea. The vessels -- initially numbering in the hundreds -- were simply “taking shelter from the wind” and the Philippines should view the situation in a “rational light,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying...
Prosecutors Warn that Los Angeles District Attorney Gascon’s Decision to Downsize the Hardcore Gangs Prosecution Unit Is a Disaster
Fox News, Need To Know - 13 hours ago
County Sheriff's Department issued a statement following the news: "...This can only serve to add gasoline to a raging fire of gang violence that threatens the safety of all. This is not reform, it’s beginning to look more and more like a suicide pact."
40-Year-Old Wisconsin Music Teacher DEAD Following Experimental COVID Injection
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 13 hours ago
Medical Kidnap – by Brian Shilhavy As we reported last week, the mass vaccination campaign in the U.S. with experimental COVID-19 shots is now targeting... The post 40-Year-Old Wisconsin Music Teacher DEAD Following Experimental COVID Injection appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
A Flower Does Not Compare Itself To....A Quotation from Oxherd Boy
Stranger in a Strange Land, Stranger in a Strange Land - 13 hours ago
New York City Council Passes Police Reforms That Includes Ending Qualified Immunity For NYPD Officers
A Reader, From the Trenches World Report - 13 hours ago
Tech Dirt – by Tim Cushing Qualified immunity is pure judicial cancer. This fact cannot be ignored. What began as a limited defense for decisions... The post New York City Council Passes Police Reforms That Includes Ending Qualified Immunity For NYPD Officers appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Sidney Powell says ‘no reasonable person’ would take her election fraud claims as fact as she seeks to toss $1.3bn Dominion suit
A Reader, From the Trenches World Report - 13 hours ago
RT Former Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell has asked a judge to scrap a $1.3 billion defamation suit filed over her claims of election fraud,... The post Sidney Powell says ‘no reasonable person’ would take her election fraud claims as fact as she seeks to toss $1.3bn Dominion suit appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
‘I spent $15,000’: Man arrested at Disney resort in Florida after refusing temperature check
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 13 hours ago
NBC News A man who was arrested after refusing a temperature screening at Disney Springs in Florida told authorities that he couldn’t be told to... The post ‘I spent $15,000’: Man arrested at Disney resort in Florida after refusing temperature check appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Atlanta Mayor to Hire 250 Police Officers After Homicides Surge 58%
Breitbart, Need To Know - 13 hours ago
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, a progressive Democrat linked to George Soros, plans to hire 250 new police officers amid a reelection campaign after homicides surged 58% in 2020.
We’re talkin’ window busting
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 13 hours ago
https://twitter.com/italia_patriot/status/1377294448539877383 The post We’re talkin’ window busting appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Mask Recall in Canadian Schools and Daycares Due to Lung Damage Potential; Wearers “felt like they were swallowing cat hair”
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 13 hours ago
Activist Post – by BN Frank COVID-19 concerns have led to recommendations and mandates that many believe have been and continue to be unsafe, invasive,... The post Mask Recall in Canadian Schools and Daycares Due to Lung Damage Potential; Wearers “felt like they were swallowing cat hair” appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
U.S. Marine Corps Practices Heavy Lifts With CH-53 Super Stallion Helicopters (Video)
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 12 hours ago
*Defence Blog:* *U.S. Marines releases fascinating video of heavy lifts with CH-53 helicopters * The U.S. Marine Corps has released fascinating video footage shows CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters execute an air-to-air refuel, during a heavy lift exercise. Two U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallions, assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), execute a heavy lift exercise, in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 2-21, near Yuma, Ariz., March 31, 2021, according to a recent service news release. During the training, they lifted tw...
Thousands Take To The Streets Saying ‘Kill The Bill’
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
Thousands took part in a weekend of action against the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. The size and passion of the demos shows that people are willing to fight to stop this bill, which the Conservative government tried to sneak through under the cover of the coronavirus (Covid-19) health crisis. 50 demonstrations were called across the UK. The proposed Police Bill is arguably the biggest attack on our freedoms since the Public Order Acts of the ‘80s and ‘90s. The controversial bill passed its second reading in parliament during March. The bill will give the police unpr...
Federal cabinet defers BIT strategy
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
05-Apr-2021 The federal cabinet said to have deferred bilateral investment treaty (BIT) strategy for Pakistan proposed by the Board of Investment (BOI) to draw a roadmap for the future bilateral investment treaties.
Philippines explores joining TPP to expand free trade network
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
05-Apr-2021 The Philippines has formally expressed interest in joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership, with the goal of building new relationships with countries outside its existing bilateral free trade agreements.
“Comprehensive Strategic Partnership” Agreement and the future of Sino-Iranian relations
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
05-Apr-2021 As a result, although Sino-Iranian relations have developed over the past 10 years in terms of economic, energy, and security relations, and the two countries have similar views on the international system, the security interests of the two countries, especially China, outweigh its economic interests with Iran.
The COVID Response Disaster
Peter Van Buren, null - 12 hours ago
[image: undefined] If only we’d been able to see sooner that the disease wasn’t the hoax, the response was. How do we even know now? Pigs are flying everywhere. The media are fessing up. After fanning COVID panic for a year, Democratic newsletter Salon admits it was all for partisan purposes: “Americans have been sucked into an all-or-nothing approach, with your choice of all or nothing depending largely on your partisan identity.” Salon continues: Trump’s rejection of sensible precautions caused many of his political opponents to run hard in the opposite direction, embracing the ...
Why is the Biden Administration Pushing Ukraine to Attack Russia?
Ron Paul, null - 12 hours ago
[image: undefined] On March 24th, Ukraine's President Vladimir Zelensky signed what was essentially a declaration of war on Russia. In the document, titled Presidential Decree No. 117/2021, the US-backed Ukrainian leader declared that it is the official policy of Ukraine to take back Crimea from Russia. The declaration that Ukraine would take back Crimea from Russia also followed, and was perhaps instigated by, President Biden’s inflammatory and foolish statement that “Crimea is Ukraine.” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who was a chief architect of the US-backed coup against ...
Jared Ball: Black Liberation And Socialism With Frank Chapman
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
Frank Chapman is a community organizer, Executive Director of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, Field Organizer of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, and a member of the Central Committee of Freedom Road Socialist Organization. He is also a published writer, with articles on Truthout and Freedomways. In 2019, Frank published his first book, a memoir entitled The Damned Don't Cry: Pages from the Life of a Black Prisoner and Organizer. The post Jared Ball: Black Liberation And Socialism With Frank Chapman appeared first on Popu...
Massive Protests In Beirut Over Rapidly Declining Living Conditions
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
Scores of ordinary Lebanese citizens participated in a massive protest demonstration in the Lebanese capital, Beirut on Sunday, March 28, 2021 to express their disapproval and anger over the worsening socio-economic situation in the country. The situation has resulted in severe uncertainty about the future and extreme hardships in the lives of the common Lebanese people, a report by the Middle East Monitor stated yesterday. The demonstrations organized by the Lebanese Communist party also railed against the administrative vacuum existing in the country because of the dominant poli...
Covid-19 and the flu: 6 answers about the simultaneous vaccination about to start in Brazil
Latin America News, The Rio Times - 13 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to the Ministry of Health, the immunization against the flu starts on April 12. This happens every year from the beginning of autumn when the temperature starts to drop. The circulation of viruses that affect the respiratory system (such as influenza, which causes the disease) increases considerably. The campaigns […] The post Covid-19 and the flu: 6 answers about the simultaneous vaccination about to start in Brazil appeared first on The Rio Times.
"Peak Woke"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 13 hours ago
*"Peak Woke"* by Jim Kunstler "What were the execs of these mighty companies thinking - these knights of the boardroom, these capitalist geniuses, these moral nonpareils - when they cancelled Atlanta’s turn to host the midsummer All-star Game to “protest” Georgia’s passage of a law that requires voter ID? Surely that they were striking a righteous blow against systemic racism. And then, the rest of the world realized - almost immediately - that Major League Baseball requires online ticket buyers to show ID when they pick up their tickets at any stadium… and that Delta Airlines requ...
Epidemiologist Warns That A Fourth COVID-19 Surge Is Under Way
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
Leading US epidemiologist Dr. Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy in Minneapolis, gave a stark warning of a devastating new stage of the COVID-19 pandemic in interviews Sunday on two national television networks. Dr. Osterholm explained the context and real dangers hinted at in the statement by Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, when she declared last Monday that she was afraid and felt a sense of “impending doom” about the pandemic. On Sunday, speaking with host Chuck Todd on “Meet th...
"Don't Wonder..."
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 13 hours ago
"Don't wonder why people go crazy. Wonder why they don't. In the face of what we can lose in a day, in an instant, wonder what the hell it is that makes us hold it together." - "Grey's Anatomy"
Europe: A Backlash Is Growing Over Incinerating Garbage
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
For decades, Europe has poured millions of tons of its trash into incinerators each year, often under the green-sounding label “waste to energy.” Now, concerns about incineration’s outsized carbon footprint and fears it may undermine recycling are prompting European Union officials to ease their long-standing embrace of a technology that once seemed like an appealing way to make waste disappear. The EU is in the process of cutting off funding for new incinerators, but there’s little sign most existing ones —currently consuming 27 percent of the bloc’s municipal waste — will close ...
Major Victory In Denver
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
Denver, Colorado. On March 25, 2021, after over nine hours of testimony at a preliminary hearing, Adams County Court Judge Leroy Kirby dismissed the First Degree Attempted Kidnapping charge against Lillian House, Joel Northam, and Eliza Lucero of the Party for Socialism and Liberation (“PSL”). This represents a major step forward in the defense against the political prosecution levied by Aurora police and prosecutors against the leaders of peaceful demonstrations in Aurora this past summer demanding justice for Elijah McClain. The defendants could have faced 12-24 years in prison...
Report: Plastic Pollution Is A Social Justice Issue
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
Plastic pollution isn't just a threat to non-human life like turtles and whales. It's also a major environmental justice problem. That's the conclusion of a new report released Tuesday from the UN Environment Program and ocean justice non-profit Azul, titled Neglected: Environmental Justice Impacts of Plastic Pollution. "Plastic pollution is a social justice issue," report coauthor and Azul founder and executive director Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš said in a press release. "Current efforts, limited to managing and decreasing plastic pollution, are inadequate to address the whole scop...
"What's Changed and What Hasn't in a Tumultuous Year"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 13 hours ago
*"What's Changed and What Hasn't in a Tumultuous Year"* by Charles Hugh Smith "What's changed and what hasn't in the past year? What hasn't changed is easy: *1.* Wealth/income inequality is still increasing. *2.* Wages/labor's share of the economy is still plummeting as financial speculation's share has soared. What's changed is also obvious: *1.* Money velocity has cratered. *2.* Federal borrowing/spending has skyrocketed, pushing federal debt to unprecedented levels. *3.* Speculation has reached the society-wide mania level. This is evidenced by record margin debt levels, record...
The US Military Around The World
Leonid SAVIN, OrientalReview.org - 14 hours ago
It is the Pentagon’s mission to move from physical presence to sophisticated online operations in the near future. And, for America’s military and political communities, March proved rather fruitful when it came to various doctrines and strategies. At the start of March, the Interim National Security Strategic Guidance was released […]
Was Albert Einstein an anti-Semite?
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 14 hours ago
Was Albert Einstein an anti-Semite? Was Hannah Arendt? These questions may sound ludicrous. Yet, according to the definition of anti-Semitism that more than 30 countries — including the United States through the Biden Administration — recently adopted, these two leading intellectuals could very well be labeled as such. This is due to an open letter they sent on December 4, 1948 to the New York Times, claiming that the right-wing Herut Party in the newly formed State of Israel was “closely akin in its organization, methods, political philosophy and social appeal to the Nazi and Fas...
Starting tomorrow: TRIAL AND TOWN!
<b>bob somerby</b>, the daily howler - 14 hours ago
*MONDAY, APRIL 5, 2021* *The role of American values: *Yesterday morning, on CNN's Reliable Sources, national correspondent Sara Sidner engaged in some unusual conduct. Sidner was asked to describe what it's like to cover the Derek Chauvin trial. In the course of giving her answer, Sidner actually cited some basic principles of the American legal system—of "Americanism" itself. Surprisingly, Sidney said this: SIDNER (4/4/21): *Inside of that courtroom, it is about the rule of law*, and it is about the prosecution trying to prove their case. And we have to remember, they must prov...
Supreme Court Dismisses Case over Trump and Twitter Critics
AP News, Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
The case concerned the @realdonaldtrump account with more than 88 million followers and Trump's argument that it is his personal property.
Satellite Images Show A Huge Russian Military Buildup In The Arctic
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 13 hours ago
*Daily Mail:* *Satellite images show Putin is amassing and testing a huge military arsenal in the Arctic* * Satellite images show Russia beefing up its military presence in the Arctic * The images show the military has been rebuilding and expanding facilities * They reveal Moscow has been revamping runways, deploying additional surveillance and air defence assets * It comes as three of Russia's nuclear ballistic missile submarines smashed through the Arctic in a show of strength Satellite images appearing to show Russia beefing up its military presence in the Arctic have e...
State Defies Feds, Passes Law Letting Residents Buy & Carry Guns With NO Permit
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: guns]As the federal government continues its crackdown on the rights of citizens to own guns, states across the country are fighting back.
Would you like an AR-15 pistol?
Peter, Bayou Renaissance Man - 13 hours ago
Medical bills and other needs call for drastic measures . . . so I'm going to take a leave out of Kim du Toit's book. I'm offering to my readers a chance to win an AR-15 pistol, in *either* 5.56x45mm *or* 7.62x39mm (winner's choice). I'll accept just 100 entries at $25 apiece, so the chances of success are rather better than winning the Powerball! (Any entries above that figure will be returned to sender.) You can send more than one entry, if you so wish - that's up to you. The weapon is an AR-15 pistol I've owned for some time. It'll be completely rebuilt for this purpose...
The Nuclear Military-Industrial Complex
Guest Blogger, Balkinization - 14 hours ago
For the Symposium on Martin J. Sherwin, Gambling with Armageddon: Nuclear Roulette from Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis (Knopf, 2020). Jeremi Suri If nuclear weapons were the most threatening disease of the Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest near-death experience. Martin Sherwin’s new book, *Gambling with Armageddon*, offers an alarming autopsy: “Crisis management was in the mix, but the indispensable ingredient was luck. Very good luck” (5). Sherwin elucidates the many pressures pointing toward war in October 1962: the U.S. military’s preparati...
This Is Why US Troops Are Not Going To Pull Out Of Syria Anytime Soon
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 14 hours ago
*Zero Hedge**:* *Why US Troops Will Never Be Pulled Out Of Syria * *Authored by "Ehsani" - a Middle East expert, Syrian-American banker and financial analyst who visits the region frequently and writes for the influential geopolitical analysis blog, Syria Comment.* A friend recently asked: "Surely, the American Army is not staying in Syria forever and sooner or later they will leave, no?" To his surprise, my answer was: "No, I don’t think they would leave. Why would they? It costs very little and they incur hardly any casualties." Moreover of all past military interventions in th...
STOP THE (NCAA) COUNT!
Mark Graber, Balkinization - 14 hours ago
Dear [Names withheld to protect the guilty]: I demand to be paid as the real winner of your NCAA pool. If the scores had been fairly tabulated and various frauds exposed, my predictions would have proven the most accurate. Please do not let a combination of radical socialists, disloyal immigrants, and the cancel culture silence the correct count of the points scored during the 2021 national college basketball championship. The evidence of my victory is irrefutable, particularly under evidentiary standards established by the former president, by which fantastical claims need ...
Biden’s $2-Trillion “American Jobs Plan” Will Kill Jobs, Raise Taxes, and Enforce Green New Deal Policies
HK Law, Just the News, Information Liberation and Gateway Pundit, Need To Know - 14 hours ago
Congressman Steve Scalise said that the bill raises taxes, increases debt, bans right to work laws, kills energy jobs, and mandates Green New Deal provisions. To fund the plan, Biden is proposing a corporate tax-rate of 28%, which will cause more businesses to leave the US and ship jobs overseas.
Israeli Officials Say they Are Troubled By The US Position Ahead Of Iran Talks
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 14 hours ago
US SECRETARY OF STATE Antony Blinken testifies before the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs in Washington earlier this month. (photo credit: KEN CEDENO/REUTERS) *Jerusalem Post: **Israel, in first comment, says troubled by US position ahead of Iran talks * US envoy to Iran Malley says goal is to return to nuclear deal, without calling to strengthen it. Mixed messages from the Biden administration on the Iran nuclear deal days before indirect talks commence in Vienna between the sides are “very troubling,” senior Israel officials said Sunday. They expressed their concerns aft...
A Closer Look At The Royal Navy's Dreadnought Class Submarine Being Built By BAE
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 14 hours ago
*National Interest:* *The Royal Navy’s Dreadnought Submarine Is a Real Doomsday Machine * Once the new submarine class comes fully online, they’ll replace London’s current ballistic missile submarines. The Dreadnought-class of submarines will replace the United Kingdom’s Vanguard-class submarines which currently provide the Royal Navy’s silent underwater nuclear deterrent. Though certainly among the world’s most capable nuclear submarines, the Vanguards have been in service with the Royal Navy since the 1990s, making the oldest of the submarines nearly thirty years old. Former ...
Who should attend a Global Democracy Summit?
Guest Blogger, Balkinization - 14 hours ago
Tarunabh Khaitan For the first time since 2001, there are more autocracies in the world than democracies. In 2019, 54% of the world’s population lived in a full-blown autocracy; 35% lived in democracies that were moving in the autocratic direction. This latter category included countries like Brazil, India, Poland, Ukraine, the Philippines, Turkey, and the United States. In just another year, by 2000, 68% of the world was living under authoritarianism, with V-Dem downgrading India—the world’s second most populous country—to an ‘electoral *auto*cracy’. Arresting the domestic as we...
Plan Revealed to Use Covid Vaccines as the “Ticket Back to Pre-Pandemic Life”
CNN, Need To Know - 14 hours ago
CNN medical analyst Dr Leana Wen was concerned that millions of Americans would reject the experimental Covid-19 vaccines, especially as businesses are reopening. She said " ... if everything is reopened, what's the carrot going to be? How are we going to incentivize people to actually get the vaccine?"
Man Accused of Anti-Asian Attack in NYC Was on Parole for Killing His Mother
Breitbart, The Sun and Oswego County Today, Need To Know - 14 hours ago
Elliot was on lifetime parole after fatally stabbing his mother to death in front of his five-year old sister in 2002 when he was 19-years-old. NY has implemented drastic changes to its parole and bail policies. Local governments were threatened to change their policing policies or risk losing their state funding.
Hsieh-Moretti on Housing Regulation: A Gracious Admission of Error
Bryan Caplan, Econlib - 15 hours ago
Chang-Tai Hsieh and Enrico Moretti‘s “Housing Constraints and Spatial Misallocation” (American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics) is arguably the single most influential article ever published on housing regulation. It also contains a few large miscalculations. I noticed them a couple weeks ago, and Hsieh and Moretti have graciously confirmed the mistakes via email. Since the gracious admission […] The post Hsieh-Moretti on Housing Regulation: A Gracious Admission of Error appeared first on Econlib.
Proof that the World Health Organization Relabeled Flu Cases as Covid-19 to Invent the Pandemic
High Impact Flix and World Health Organization, Need To Know - 15 hours ago
Brian from High Impact Flix shows how to use a chart from the World Health Organization to prove to your friends that there are ZERO cases of the flu reported for the year 2020. Obviously, influenza has been re-designated as Covid-19, which was admitted by Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike.
Letter to the editor: Building commuter rail could really move Maine
Bruce K. Gagnon, Organizing Notes - 15 hours ago
*Wow, got lucky and got one in the paper after a string of rejections.....* *Portland Press Herald* *This is an opportunity to convert Bath Iron Works to peaceful production, creating more jobs and mitigating the climate crisis at the same time.* Thanks for your excellent March 28 editorial, headlined “Our View: Transit plan lays out route for Maine’s future.” The time is long past for us to be making changes in the way people get around Maine. For those who say it can’t be done in our state, just check out the history of railroads reaching far and wide in Maine during the ...
Opposing US Imperialism Shouldn’t Depend On Ideology: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Caitlin Johnstone, Caitlin Johnstone - 15 hours ago
The empire doesn’t get enough credit for propagandizing us into arguing with each other about whether our expensive new multifront cold war should prioritize escalations against Russia or China, instead of whether that cold war should occur at all. Truly a masterful manipulation. ❖ Opposing […]
Should Karl Marx Be Canceled?
Pierre Lemieux, Econlib - 17 hours ago
There are good arguments to the effect that nobody should be “canceled”; but if somebody should, it would be Karl Marx. For all we know, he was a bigot and a racist who even used the N-word, something worse for the current dominant culture than what many did who were canceled or will soon be. […] The post Should Karl Marx Be Canceled? appeared first on Econlib.
How the U.S. Army Will Fight and Win Future Wars (Against China?)
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *military, Americas* [image: Future Warfare] The military is exploring how to take the Cold War-era idea of AirLand Battle and apply it to a modern battlefield with better, faster, weapons and connectivity. The Cold War AirLand battle doctrinal framework shaped military thinking for decades, as it sought to draw upon the kinds of combat dynamics and maneuvers anticipated to inform any kind of major mechanized engagement with Soviet forces on the European continent. It was both clear and significant in several respects as it was built upon a way to apply Combined Ar...
Trophy: The Tank Shield from Israel the U.S. Military Loves
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *U.S. Army, Americas* [image: U.S. Army] This powerful system detects where an attack is coming from while also launching a counter-strike at any incoming projectiles to blow them up. U.S. Army tanks have in recent months been deployed to Europe armed with the evolving Trophy Active Protection System (Trophy APS) engineered to protect armored vehicles by instantly detecting, tracking and destroying incoming enemy rounds such as rocket-propelled grenades or Anti-Tank-Guided Missiles. Using what developers say is a 360-degree radar with a processor and on-board comp...
Next-Generation Air Dominance: The Navy's New Fighter Jet Is Coming
Caleb Larson, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Caleb Larson* *Next-Generation Air Dominance, * As the U.S. Navy’s fleet of Super Hornets continues to age, their replacement continues to mature — and it might be an optionally manned platform, though whatever the Navy ultimately sends to the skies will be a mix of both manned and unmanned system. As the U.S. Navy’s fleet of Super Hornets continues to age, their replacement continues to mature — and it might be an optionally manned platform, though whatever the Navy ultimately sends to the skies will be a mix of both manned and unmanned system. Naval Rear Adm. Gregory Harris e...
6 Deadliest Rifles in the United States Military
Caleb Larson, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Caleb Larson* *Guns, * Assault rifles, battle rifles, they’re all here. Though some of the rifle platforms originally entered service during the Cold War, some have been updated and upgraded for the 21st century — and they’re part of the reason why the United States military is so lethal. Assault rifles, battle rifles, they’re all here. Though some of the rifle platforms originally entered service during the Cold War, some have been updated and upgraded for the 21st century — and they’re part of the reason why the United States military is so lethal. *M4A1* No conversation ...
How the United States Spied on the Soviet Union during the Cold War
Richard Douglas, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Richard Douglas* *Espionage, Europe* The drive to spy on each other led the U.S. and the USSR to develop some very interesting and unorthodox new technologies. The Cold War is widely regarded as the “golden age” of spycraft and espionage, and for good reason too. As tensions rose between the United States and the Soviet Union, there was a race to highly advanced technology for the time period. As a result, new technological heights were being reached at an astounding rate. Massive nuclear devices and space travel come to mind but there were new methods of gathering intel and tak...
Why America Desperately Needs the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
Douglas Birkey, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Douglas Birkey* *F-35, * [image: F-35] The reality is that the nation needs the F-35 and backing off the program now would present an exceedingly dangerous risk. The United States Air Force faces a crucial juncture regarding the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Anyone watching the news over recent months could not miss the high-velocity onslaught against the program. Whether it was House Armed Services Chairman Adam Smith referring to the 5th generation fighter as a “rathole” or news headlines saying the aircraft “has failed,” the message was incredibly aggressive and caustic. The pro...
Big Stick: The U.S. Navy Has One Aircraft Carrier That Has Seen It All
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *USS Theodore Roosevelt, * Named for Theodore Roosevelt, the twenty-sixth president of the United States, CVN-71 was launched in October 1984 and commissioned two years later in October 1986. She is 317 meters in length and 99 meters wide. A year ago, the USS *Theodore Roosevelt* (CVN-71), nicknamed "The Big Stick," was in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. The ship, the fourth *Nimitz*-class, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was sidelined for more than a month and a half when more than half the crew became infected with the novel coronavirus. She was the fir...
How the U.S. Navy's First Aircraft Was Sunk by the...U.S. Navy
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Navy Aircraft Carrier, * While not the first aircraft carrier in the world, the USS Langley (CV-1/AV-3) has the distinction of being the United States Navy's first aircraft carrier. While not the *first* aircraft carrier in the world, the USS *Langley *(CV-1/AV-3) has the distinction of being the United States Navy's first aircraft carrier. Converted in 1920 from the collier (coal transport ship) USS *Jupiter* (Navy Fleet Collier No. 3), she was also the Navy's first turbo-electric-powered vessel. *History of the Langley* Following tests in the Atlantic, *Langle...
Abraham Lincoln: The U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Every Nation Fears
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Navy Aircraft Carrier, * Over the past 30 years, the carrier has carried out multiple humanitarian missions in the Persian Gulf and Pacific regions, as well as combat operations. Warships often receive colorful nicknames, and it isn't entirely clear why the fifth *Nimitz*-class aircraft carrier to enter service in the United States Navy was dubbed "Black Pearl," but given the ship's record there clearly was no curse tied to the USS *Abraham Lincoln* (CVN-72). The second Navy ship to be named after the former president, she has served as the flagship for Carrier St...
Is the Crazy Dangerous FK BRNO 7.5 Field Pistol Worth the $7,500 Pricetag?
Charlie Gao, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *Firearms, * A mantlepiece pistol for the super rich? Or a practical gun for combat and hunting? *Here's What You Need to Remember: *The “Field Pistol” is not a pistol for most people, but it’s not meant to be. While not a mantlepiece, the practical use it’s designed for is incredibly niche. The FK BRNO 7.5 Field Pistol made quite a splash when it landed in the United States. A $7,500 pistol that fired a proprietary 7.5mm round, most derided it as a mantlepiece pistol for the extremely rich. But marketing for the pistol suggests a variety of practical uses for the ...
Harpoon Missile: The Old Navy-Killer That Won't Go Away
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Harpoon Missile, * In March, the Royal Thai Navy conducted a historic firing of a Harpoon Block 1C missile at a target some fifty-five nautical miles away. Introduced in 1985, the Block 1C differs from previous iterations in its flight path, guidance and target technology. In March, the Royal Thai Navy conducted a historic firing of a Harpoon Block 1C missile at a target some fifty-five nautical miles away. Introduced in 1985, the Block 1C differs from previous iterations in its flight path, guidance and target technology. According to Navy Recognition, while the ...
When Neville Chamberlain Tried to ‘No-Platform’ the Yorkshire Post
Tim Luckhurst, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Tim Luckhurst* *History, UK* Our current moment in history is not the first time that the "de-platforming" phenomenon has occurred. Few in academia will profess ignorance of “no-platforming”. This expression of ideological zealotry seeks to restrict debate to orthodoxies with which its supporters sympathize. It restricts freedom of speech upon which, since the Enlightenment, democrats have relied to test ideas and challenge assumptions. It is a new way of describing the old sin of censorship which, in the UK, has more often been deployed in the interests of reaction than progre...
Blackbird: The SR-71 Is World's Fastest Plane (And Is Retired?)
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *SR-71 Blackbird, * During its twenty-four-year career, the SR-71 remained the world's fastest and highest-flying operational aircraft in the world. And while she might be retired, she lives on in the movies and on TV. The Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird" was never really much of a secret during its time in service with the United States Air Force. It had been first mentioned in a speech by then-President Lyndon Johnson in July 1964, then described as the RS-71. However, USAF Chief Of Staff General Curtis Lemay preferred the SR (Strategic Reconnaissance) designation, aft...
Russia's Tu-160 Bomber: Just a Giant 'Missile Truck' in the Sky?
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Russian Air Force, * While the B-1 is a smaller bomber in the classical sense – meaning it flies to targets to deploy its bomb load – the Tu-160 can operate as a stand-off weapons platform, where missiles are launched from bomb bay doors. After which, the "White Swan" would speed off at Mach 2+. A pair of Russian Tu-160 strategic missile-carrying bombers conducted a patrol flight over the northern waters of the Barents and Norwegian Seas on a little over a week ago. In the past year, Russia has increased its presence in the region with regular aerial sorties. The...
Brazil has 30 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine secured for April, says minister
Adele Cardin, The Rio Times - 14 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga said on Saturday, April 4, that Brazil has 30 million doses of vaccines against Covid-19 assured for April that will be provided by the Butantan Institute and the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), which will allow the country to meet the target of vaccinating 1 million people […] The post Brazil has 30 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine secured for April, says minister appeared first on The Rio Times.
Utah Dads to Be Required to Pay Half of Pregnancy Costs
AP News, Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican, recently signed the proposal, which received widespread support in the GOP-controlled Legislature.
Pinterest launches advertising platform in Brazil
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 14 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The images-based social network Pinterest announced on Monday the launch of its digital advertising platform, Pinterest Ads, in the country. Brazil is the first country in Latin America to have the platform's advertising model, already offered in 28 countries, including Canada, Australia, and countries in Europe. "Our mission is to […] The post Pinterest launches advertising platform in Brazil appeared first on The Rio Times.
Why We Failed
Owen Gray, Northern Reflections - 15 hours ago
We have been dealing with COVID for over a year now. It's clear that in North America and Europe we've failed on several fronts. Andrew Nikiforuk writes: Canada’s failures mirror what many critics call a “total system failure” in public health throughout North America and Europe. In contrast, many East Asian countries — applying the lessons learned from SARS — acted quickly and were prepared. Some of those failures go back a long way: Established after the 2003-2004 SARS outbreak in Ontario, the Public Health Agency was originally staffed and run by scientists. It’s National Mi...
The Strange Convulsion in Scottish Politics
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 15 hours ago
On 24 March, two of the SNP MP’s most closely aligned to Nicola Sturgeon, Stewart MacDonald and Alyn Smith, asked for a meeting with the British internal security service MI5 to discuss cooperation against Russia. MI5 is the agency charged with countering perceived internal threats to the UK state; Scottish nationalists, environmentalists and anti-nuclear campaigners are among MI5’s major targets. Until a few years ago, the vast majority of Scottish Independence supporters would have regarded MI5 as a particularly egregious manifestation of their traditional enemy, the British state...
How Russia has been ‘Weaponized’: 111 Times
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 15 hours ago
Even while the list below now includes 111 entries - like robotic cockroaches, postmodernism and 14.legged squids - it is likely far from being complete.
Susskind's de Sitter rant
Luboš Motl, The Reference Frame - 14 hours ago
First, Michio Kaku is releasing his new popular book, God Equation, tomorrow. It could be a similar book about the theory of everything as some books that were published years ago but I guess that God may place a more central role here. You may also read an interview in the Grauniad where he mentions string theory, colliders, and his view that it may be a stupid idea to obsessively contact the aliens. I can confirm the worries. Alza.cz, a Czech competitor of Amazon, allowed extraterrestrials to be hired. What happened? They have completely dominated the commercials from that moment ...
"Economic Market Snapshot AM 4/5/21"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 14 hours ago
*"Economic Market Snapshot AM 4/5/21"* ○ "Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone." - John Maynard Keynes *○* "Down the rabbit hole of psychopathic greed and insanity... Only the consequences are real - to *you*! *Your guide:* Gregory Mannarino, AM 4/5/21: *"Market Set For Gains At The Open As Economy Collapses"* - https://traderschoice.net/ ○ "The more I see of the monied classes, the better I understand the guillotine." - George Bernard Shaw ○ *MarketWatch Market Summary, Live Updates* - h...
WATCH: Teen Beaten So Violently, Cops Left a Boot Imprint on His Face—Over Speeding Ticket
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: wolves]“These vicious cops acted like a pack of wolves and Devin was their evening meal.”
Florida Works to Avoid ‘Catastrophic’ Pond Collapse
AP News, Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
“What we are looking at now is trying to prevent and respond to, if need be, a real catastrophic flood situation,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said
DEFEATING THE COVID BILL WASN'T AS IMPORTANT TO REPUBLICANS AS DISCREDITING IT
Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog - 14 hours ago
Earlier this year, commentators were surprised at the relative lack of Republican resistance to the Democrats' COVID relief bill. Jonathan Chait wrote: The Democratic Party is on the verge of passing an economic-rescue bill twice the size of the one they enacted under Barack Obama. And yet the Republican opposition, which could block any bill by turning just one senator, has invested shockingly little energy in its opposition. While no Republicans seem likely to vote in favor, they have responded with resignation, rather than the paroxysms of outrage they mustered against previous...
Cops disrupt UK, Canadian churches – loud pastor sends them packing
Editor, cairnsnews, Cairns News - 15 hours ago
By TONY MOBILIFONITISTHE global COVID dictatorship coup has taken a sinister new turn with UK and Canadian police invading Easter church services over lack of mask wearing and “social distancing”. Arrogant London cops shut down a Polish church service after invading the pulpit and announcing the gathering “unlawful”. Police stopped the Good Friday liturgy midstream […]
Those who have been vaxxed for Covid prepare for mad cow disease in 6 months
Editor, cairnsnews, Cairns News - 15 hours ago
by Alexandra Bruce Chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, Anthony Fauci is on video in 2017 predicting the current COVID outbreak. He would know, because he spent +$4 million at the Level 4 facility in Wuhan, China to bioengineer its so-called “gain of function”. And that was only one of similar bioweapons that he […]
Brazil’s Alcântara rocket launching center seeks new partners to enter commercial aerospace market
Arkady Petrov, The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The exploration plans for the Alcântara aerospace base enter a new phase with the launching, in the next few days, of a public call for bids from companies interested in revamping and expanding the structures that were being built in the past decade in partnership with Ukraine but were interrupted […] The post Brazil’s Alcântara rocket launching center seeks new partners to enter commercial aerospace market appeared first on The Rio Times.
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Jenna Orkin, From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 15 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin How The U.S. Trained Killer Cops Across The Hemisphere Researchers Develop Liquid That Absorbs And Stores Solar Energy For 18 Years Jordan accuses former crown prince and high-ranking officials of ‘promoting sedition,’ with foreign backing Congress' most effective lawmakers aren't generally its household names Race to the Vaccine (January) Convalescent Plasma 1. Johnson & Johnson takes over COVID-19 vaccine production at Baltimore plant after 15 million doses were ruinedHow to find out if your data was exposed in an online breach 2. Mark Zuckerberg's phone...
Why Germany’s Bombers Could Not Match the Destructive Power of a MOAB.
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *Technology, Americas* Compared to the MOAB, Hitler’s Wunderwaffe were even more outgunned than his Luftwaffe. *Here’s What You Need to Remember*: It’s called the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast, nicknamed the Mother of All Bombs, and it is the largest non-nuclear bomb currently in the U.S. Air Force’s arsenal. *Weekends Reads from TNI:* *The War On History Has Come for George Washington* *Meet America's Best and Worst Presidents Ever Ever* *Why Joe Biden Should Fear Donald Trump* For years, America’s MOABs have lain dormant: the high potential fo...
We Can’t Close Schools Every Time There’s a COVID Outbreak
Fiona Russell, Margie Danchin, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Fiona Russell, Margie Danchin* *Coronavirus, Australia* School closures should not be a reactionary measure but a last resort. Our kids depend on it. Brisbane has entered a snap lockdown to prevent SARS-CoV-2 transmission from a quarantine breach. Schools — including out-of-hours school care — across Greater Brisbane will be closed until the second term starts on April 19, except for vulnerable children and children of essential workers. Daycare centres will also only be open for vulnerable children and those of essential workers. Snap lockdowns are the new normal for managing ...
‘Godzilla vs. Kong’: The Myth You Might Have Missed in the Movie
The Conversation, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*The Conversation* *Culture, Asia* Hollywood movies have historically represented the tropics as lush green coasts but lurking underneath is disease and danger. For audiences stuck in their living rooms, the new monster film *Godzilla vs. Kong* offers an opportunity to do some armchair travelling. But before you imagine a tropical island getaway — perhaps a lounge-chair by a beach soaked in sunshine — this is a monster movie and so you must also make room for a scary lurking creature. The duality of these images are with us partly because Hollywood movies have long leaned into c...
Terrible: Why the Soviets Hated Their SKS Rifle
Matthew Moss, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Matthew Moss* *Soviet Army, Europe* [image: Soviet Army] The rifle was meant a stopgap and it was certainly not the most favored compared to the older Mosin-Nagant rifle. *Key point: *The AK-47 rifle would become the deadly mainstay of the Soviet Army. However, before that they had several other (not as good) weapons. The most iconic rifle of the 20th century is the AK-47. One of the most iconic rifles of World War II — granted, this is more debatable — is the Mosin-Nagant. Both were developed in Russia. The SKS, short for *Self-Loading Carbine of the Simonov System*, is the odd...
Roman Space Telescope: Planets in the Tens of Thousands
Paul Gilster, Centauri Dreams - 15 hours ago
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is the instrument until recently known as WFIRST (Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope), a fact I’ll mention here for the last time just because there are so many articles about WFIRST in the archives. From now on, I’ll just refer to the Roman Space Telescope, or RST. Given our focus […]
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