Saturday, May 01, 2021

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148 new cases of COVID-19 announced in Nova Scotia on Saturday, May 1
Tim Bousquet, Halifax Examiner - 11 hours ago
Jump to sections in this article: Overview Gathering limit violation Demographics Testing Vaccination Schools Potential exposure advisories One-hundred-and-forty-eight new cases of COVID-19 are announced in Nova Scotia today (Saturday, May 1). Today’s large number likely reflects the health labs catching up on the backlog of tests (that is, the daily new case numbers would have […]
The Kings Fear The Pawns - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins
Stranger in a Strange Land, Stranger in a Strange Land - 11 hours ago
*A tyranny breeds* *A freedom loving people* *The Kings fear the pawns* *© ** 2021 M.N. Hopkins* *Note: I wrote this poem in the haiku form of poetry while watching one of those David versus Goliath theme American movies. I was quite entertaining and in a strange way, inspiring. These movies tend to be a reflection of the collective thoughts and fears of the population. As a two edged sword they can lead one to fear of the King or the deeeply ingrained love of freedom within the human psyche that from time to time throughout history lead populations to end tyrannical regim...
Pentagon will cancel all Trump border wall projects paid for by diverting military funds and return $14 billion to the Department of Defense as migrant crisis spirals
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 12 hours ago
Daily Mail Pentagon officials are canceling construction of Donald Trump’s border wall with funds the ex-president diverted form the military and diverting an unspent $14... The post Pentagon will cancel all Trump border wall projects paid for by diverting military funds and return $14 billion to the Department of Defense as migrant crisis spirals appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Cops Seize $40K from Man Going to Buy Truck
Mark Schumacher, From the Trenches World Report - 12 hours ago
Steve Lehto Apr 9, 2021 Another example of Civil Asset Forfeiture – and why it should be abolished. The post Cops Seize $40K from Man Going to Buy Truck appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Sea lice are decimating Atlantic salmon, and climate change is making the situation worse
Joan Baxter, Halifax Examiner - 13 hours ago
A Dalhousie University researcher is among a team of scientists tracking a big threat to Atlantic salmon: sea lice. Climate change can increase risks of disease in marine ecosystems and pose an additional threat to the health of Atlantic salmon, according to a recent paper published in Nature’s peer-reviewed journal, Scientific Reports, and authored by […]
LIST OF 5 ALTERNATIVE CANCER TREATMENTS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
SEO Admin, Healing Oracle - 5 days ago
Cancer is one of the scariest diseases to be diagnosed with. It can make a person feel like their life has no meaning and that they’re living in a nightmare that won’t end. Doctors tell... The post LIST OF 5 ALTERNATIVE CANCER TREATMENTS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT appeared first on Healing Oracle.
MUST-KNOW COLLECTION OF HOME REMEDIES TO PREVENT AND FIGHT CANCER
The Healing Oracle Team, Healing Oracle - 1 week ago
Different types of cancers claim millions of lives across the world every year. Cancer is a leading cause of death around the globe. Cancer is a complicated disease. It can be diagnosed in many different... The post MUST-KNOW COLLECTION OF HOME REMEDIES TO PREVENT AND FIGHT CANCER appeared first on Healing Oracle.
BE AWARE OF DANGEROUS VACCINE SIDE EFFECTS!
The Healing Oracle Team, Healing Oracle - 1 week ago
The AstraZenica vaccine which is being used to vaccinate a lot of the UK population has recently stumbled across some more terrifying side effects. Some even leading to death by blood clots. EMA is reminding... The post BE AWARE OF DANGEROUS VACCINE SIDE EFFECTS! appeared first on Healing Oracle.
Are Doctors Required to have the COVID-19 Vaccine?
The Healing Oracle Team, Healing Oracle - 1 week ago
Do doctors really have to get the COVID-19 vaccine? They have a duty to protect patients, however; Vageesh Jain, public health specialty registrar, University College London, says, “As it stands, legally, you don’t have to... The post Are Doctors Required to have the COVID-19 Vaccine? appeared first on Healing Oracle.
Musical Interlude: Josh Groban, "You Are Loved (Don't Give Up)"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 10 hours ago
*Full screen highly recommended.* *Josh Groban, * *"You Are Loved (Don't Give Up)"*
"At A Time Like This..."
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 11 hours ago
"At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed. O! had I the ability, and could reach the nation's ear, I would, today, pour out a fiery stream of biting ridicule, blasting reproach, withering sarcasm, and stern rebuke. For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. The feeling of the nation must be quickened; the conscience of the nation must be roused; the propriety of the nation must be startled; the hypocrisy of the nation must be exposed; and its crimes aga...
Vienna Shadow Play Hangs over Iran Nuke Deal
Geopolitics101, Covert Geopolitics - 11 hours ago
Few people, apart from specialists, may have heard of the JCPOA Joint Commission. That’s the group in charge of a Sisyphean task: the attempt to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal through a series of negotiations in Vienna. The Iranian negotiating team was back in Vienna yesterday, led by Deputy Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas … Continue reading Vienna Shadow Play Hangs over Iran Nuke Deal →
"Mental Laziness Is More Common Than Ever: How to Overcome It?"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 11 hours ago
*"Mental Laziness Is More Common Than Ever:* *How to Overcome It?"* by Becky Storey "We live in a modern society where information is available constantly. We’re able to instantly access what’s going on in faraway countries and we can immediately see how millions of other people feel about it. This is causing more and more of us to develop mental laziness. Instead of thinking for ourselves, we’re allowing others to tell us how to think. The more we do this, the worse our thinking abilities become. Like any muscle, if you don’t use it, it gets weaker. *What Is Mental Laziness?* Ment...
The Global Deep State: A New World Order Brought to You by COVID-19
Geopolitics101, Covert Geopolitics - 11 hours ago
“A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power.”― Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle For good or bad, COVID-19 has changed the way we navigate the world. It is also redrawing the boundaries of our world (and our freedoms) and altering the playing field faster than we can keep … Continue reading The Global Deep State: A New World Order Brought to You by COVID-19 →
"Isochronic Tones Cognition Enhancer, Extended Version"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 11 hours ago
*Headphones are recommended.* *"Isochronic Tones Cognition Enhancer, Extended Version"* by Jason Lewis - Mind Amend "This music can be used for longer study sessions and will help you to maintain a good level of concentration and focus, while at the same time feeling quite relaxed. This track contains isochronic tones, which is the repetitive beats you hear behind the music. After around 5 or 6 minutes your brainwaves start to synchronize with the frequency of the tones. Then, as the tones change and cycle up and down through a specific frequency range, your brainwaves follow alon...
Marine Le Pen Has the Strongest Chance to Succeed,
Eric Zuesse, The Duran - 11 hours ago
Eric Zuesse Marine Le Pen has continued her gradual political rise in France so that in the French political polling she now stands as the likeliest to succeed the man who beat her in 2017, Emmanuel Macron. If she does that, then she will probably bring bigger changes to international relations than any national leader […]
Unseasonal snowfall in South Korea
Robert, Ice Age Now - 11 hours ago
Mount Seorak in the northeastern province of Gangwon is covered with snow on April 30, 2021. Photo credit Seoraksan National Park Office. SEOUL (Yonhap) — Unseasonal snowfall blanketed mountainous areas of Gangwon Province, east of Seoul, on Friday, the last day of April usually known in South Korea as a season of early summer-like warm ... Read more The post Unseasonal snowfall in South Korea appeared first on Ice Age Now.
Virus-Hit Russia Reports 25% Death Increase in January-March
AP News, Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
Russia’s state statistical service did not provide an explanation for the sharply higher death toll, but critics have suggested that Russian officials underplay the severity of the pandemic in the country.
Is ‘Entire State of Connecticut’ Offering Free Drink with Proof of COVID-19 Vaccine?
Nur Ibrahim, Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
If you were hesitant about getting vaccinated, perhaps a free beverage will change your mind?
Baseball’s Jim Gentile Received $5K ‘Bonus’ – 50 Years Late
David Mikkelson, Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
How would you feel if you had qualified for a performance bonus at your job, but nobody recognized you'd met your goal until half a century later? Ask Jim Gentile.
India Launches Effort to Inoculate All Adults Against COVID
AP News, Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
Concerns that pricing issues could deepen inequities are only the most recent hitch in India’s sluggish immunization efforts.
Guess who is supporting conservatives against Big Tech? Russia! [Video]
Seraphim Hanisch, The Duran - 12 hours ago
Dr. Steve Turley shows here how Russia, the world’s largest conservative power, is fighting big tech giant Google in behalf of a conservative channel known as “Tsargrad“, a conservative, Russian Orthodox Christian channel. This is a fascinating piece of news, showing an international component to the issue of free speech rights on the Internet. Tsargrad sued […]
"Arizona Opens Huge Can of Worms"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 12 hours ago
*"Arizona Opens Huge Can of Worms"* by Jim Rickards "While the hologram known as Joe Biden dazzled a sparsely-filled House chamber Wednesday night with a plan to turn the USA into the Big Rock Candy Mountain, events were spinning out of control so fast elsewhere that Rachel Maddow’s head was revolving like the demon-possessed little girl in "The Exorcist," spewing a pea soup stream of hysteria at her credulous audience. What’s got her noggin in a twist? “Conspiracy Theorists” are auditing the 2020 election ballots in Arizona, causing “grave concern,” she gushed. An army of DC-based...
Rudy Giuliani’s apartment raided by DOJ, as witch hunt to get Trump continues
The Duran, The Duran - 12 hours ago
Rudy Giuliani’s apartment raided by DOJ, as witch hunt to get Trump continues The Duran: Episode 958 Rudy Giuliani’s Manhattan Apartment Raided By DOJ; Electronic Devices Seized Rudy Giuliani’s Manhattan Apartment Raided By DOJ; Electronic Devices Seized Federal investigators in Manhattan executed a search warrant today on former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s Upper […]
Breakthrough In Afghan Peace Process!
M. K. BHADRAKUMAR, OrientalReview.org - 12 hours ago
The “extended Troika” on the Afghan problem comprising the United States, Russia, and China — and Pakistan — have announced in Doha on Friday a road map in consultation with the Ashraf Ghani government and Taliban as regards the way forward in immediate terms for reaching a peace settlement. The […]
Back To School, Things To Ask the Teacher
Harry Dale Huffman, The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage - 12 hours ago
This is another re-presentation of a now-gone newsblaze.com article I wrote back in 2009. It has special significance now, with school lockouts and other insanity, well demonstrating the universal crisis of incompetence I have tried to inform about, across all fields, especially science and religion. I wrote the newsblaze articles for a wide, lay audience, note: *If there is any segment of the population that is not worried about making ends meet or being suppressed in its search for sure knowledge, it should be students in school. College in particular is traditionally supposed to ...
John Kerry invested in oil companies prior to becoming Biden’s climate envoy, financial disclosures show
A Reader, From the Trenches World Report - 12 hours ago
New York Post – by Joe Schoffstall John Kerry, President Biden’s special presidential envoy for climate change, held investments in oil companies prior to divesting from the stocks as he... The post John Kerry invested in oil companies prior to becoming Biden’s climate envoy, financial disclosures show appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Two Simple Facts Prove Roswell UFO Is Real
Harry Dale Huffman, The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage - 12 hours ago
This is another re-presentation of a newsblaze.com article I wrote back in 2009, now disappeared after many years. I present it here both to keep it available, and to show how simply old (even ancient) mysteries can be solved. (This and all of my writings are the product of a mind freed, to a large extent, of all the dogmas of history, both ancient and modern. You know: "go thou and do likewise".): *It is time once again for the annual Roswell UFO Festival, July 2-5 [NB: this was originally written in June 2007; I wound up going to it ("go thou...") that year]. This is, in my opinio...
All Power to the Oppressed Parents!
Yastreblyansky, No More Mister Nice Blog - 11 hours ago
Hi folks, relief crew here! And happy International Labor Day! Children in New York City's universal pre-K program, abandoned by their selfish millionaire moms who'd rather be at a power lunch with their law partners. David Brooks begs you, don't let this happen to the rest of America! Via Day Care Council of New York. *Shorter David F. Brooks ("Power to the Parents!", New York Times 30 April 2021)"* We must allow parents to make their own decisions on building their families! I mean unless they make the wrong decisions, obviously we need to keep an eye on that. This is such a ...
This Day In Iraqi History - May 1
Joel Wing, MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 11 hours ago
1919 War Min Churchill wrote PM George that British army was overstretched with new additions like Mesopotamia (Musings On Iraq Churchill In His Own Words On Mesopotamia/Iraq) (Musings On Iraq review *Churchill’s Folly, How Winston Churchill Created Modern Iraq*) (Musings On Iraq review *Inventing Iraq: The Failure of Nation Building and a History Denied*) (Musings On Iraq review *Supremacy And Oil, Iraq, Turkey, and the Anglo-American World Order, 1918-1930*) 1938 Iraqi constitution Article 89a criminalized communism (Musings On Iraq review *Red Star Over Iraq, Iraqi...
Auction of Latin America´s first skyscraper does not arouse interest in Brazil
Latin America News, The Rio Times - 11 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The public auction of the historic 'A Noite' building, located in the port area of Rio de Janeiro and considered the first skyscraper erected in Latin America, was held this Friday without any bids being submitted for the historic property, reported the Brazilian Ministry of Economy. Announced by the Brazilian […] The post Auction of Latin America´s first skyscraper does not arouse interest in Brazil appeared first on The Rio Times.
Dispute in Havana over artist on hunger strike leaves several arrested
Latin America News, The Rio Times - 12 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Dozens of people, police, and Cuban State Security agents staged a dispute this Friday in Havana when several activists tried to visit the house of artist and dissident Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, on hunger strike for six days. "We are all going to see Luis Manuel," exclaimed the activists concentrated […] The post Dispute in Havana over artist on hunger strike leaves several arrested appeared first on The Rio Times.
Doctors Shouldn’t Think
Francisco, Small Dead Animals - 12 hours ago
and no opinions either! The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario has been taken over by Facebook fact checkers. Is there a better way to undermine the public’s confidence in their health care professionals than making sure they can’t be honest with their patients?
78,800 Feet Fall: In 1966, a Pilot Fell Out of His SR-71 Blackbird
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *SR-71 Accident, * Lockheed test pilot Bill Weaver became the man who quite literally fell to earth from an altitude of 78,800 feet. In 1963, author Walter Tevis wrote the novel (later adapted into a film starring pop icon David Bowie) *The Man Who Fell to Earth*. It told the story of an extraterrestrial whose spaceship crash-landed in New Mexico. In less than three later years, on January 25, 1966, a very similar event actually occurred over the same region. It didn't involve an alien, however. Rather Lockheed test pilot Bill Weaver became the man who quite litera...
Five Ways Germany Could Have Come Out on Top in World War I
James Holmes, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*James Holmes* *World War I, * No single masterstroke would have changed the outcome of the war. *Here's What You Need to Remember*: What if Berlin had turned German naval architects and shipwrights loose mass-producing submarines and torpedo craft instead of sluicing vast resources into battleship and battlecruiser construction, in a bid to win a fleet engagement Germany had no reason to fight? Editor's Note: *Please see our other "Five Ways" articles including: **Five Ways D-Day Could Have Been a Disaster*, *Five Ways a Nuclear War Could Still Happen*, *Five Ways Japan Could ...
Colombia’s Cali is shaken for third day by protests against Duque’s tax reform
Latin America News, The Rio Times - 12 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A new day of protests against the government's tax reform took place this Friday in Cali, Colombia's third largest city, where clashes with police in some neighborhoods left at least one dead. Thousands of people gathered for the third consecutive day in the streets of this city in the southwest […] The post Colombia’s Cali is shaken for third day by protests against Duque’s tax reform appeared first on The Rio Times.
Liberty: The Collectivist Ideal
Unknown, The Conservative Socrates - 12 hours ago
Liberty is never individualistic—it is a collectivist ideal which is found in societies where people are united under the umbrella of a good culture. A people cannot make liberty their aim unless they make the liberty of others in their society their aim. But to make the liberty of others their aim, a people have to identify with a good culture—which entails a shared sense of religion, morality, tradition, history, economic and political principles, and nationhood. Since the individualists are obsessed with themselves, they are incapable of making liberty of all their aim. They dem...
India overtakes Brazil in number of deaths per day
The Rio Times, The Rio Times - 12 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - India surpassed Brazil in the number of deaths from covid-19 on the 29th, with the pandemic reaching new peaks with the largest outbreaks in India and South America, according to data from the World Health Organization (WHO). In cumulative terms, the United States continues to have the highest number of […] The post India overtakes Brazil in number of deaths per day appeared first on The Rio Times.
The Radioactive Underbelly Of The Oilfield
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
In towns and cities across northern Appalachia industrial and manufacturing jobs have emptied out and men and women hungry for work have been drawn by the beckoning call of the oil and gas industry. Over the past decade that industry has tapped vigorously into the Marcellus and Utica, two massively rich gas layers that underlie the region. But these workers don’t always end up drilling for oil and pulling pipe, wellhead jobs stamped with a certain gritty glamour upon the American imagination. They often end up at a far seedier and even less regulated end of the oilfield, working in...
“Digital” workers don’t delete Marx on May Day
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 13 hours ago
“Digital” economy and work, like the imagined and claimed “4th industrial revolution”, are mesmerizing many scholars that lead them to chorus: “Blue-collars are gone, gone are smoke spewing chimneys, so is Marx”. But, do facts support those scholars’ choir “Cancel Marx” even if data related to blue-collar employees are ignored?
For Monty Python Fans, A Special Request
Harry Dale Huffman, The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage - 13 hours ago
This is a re-presentation of yet another 2009 newsblaze.com article I wrote, now not to be found there anymore: *Let's see, how do I approach this? Everybody knows John Cleese, of Monty Python fame, right? Well, Monty Python fans, perhaps you will remember this episode, and let other readers know it really exists, because otherwise many may not believe what they are about to read:* *The scene is a bare military room, with a low table and a very large map of Africa--maybe six feet high--on the wall behind. John Cleese walks in dressed as an army officer of stern bearing, to address th...
Corporate media repeating CIA lies
Bruce K. Gagnon, Organizing Notes - 13 hours ago
*Pushback with Aaron Maté* On the same day that the claim of "Russian bounties" in Afghanistan collapsed, another US intelligence-sourced, evidence-free claim was treated as vindication for conspiracy theories about Trump-Russia collusion. Glenn Greenwald and Aaron Maté discuss the predictable demise of the "Russian bounties"; the Biden administration's new evidence-free assertion that Paul Manafort associate Konstantin Kilimnik passed Trump campaign polling data to Russia; and why major US media outlets continue to parrot Russiagate disinformation no matter how many times the "b...
And The Vaccines Will Manufacture Themselves
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 13 hours ago
COVID-19 vaccine maker Providence says it’s leaving Canada after calls for more federal support go unanswered Brad Sorenson, the CEO of Calgary-based Providence Therapeutics, told CBC News he’s had enough of the “runaround” from federal and provincial governments and he’s working with the company’s board of directors to move its operations overseas to focus on… Continue reading →
Atlantis At Last, Parts 2 and 3
Harry Dale Huffman, The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage - 13 hours ago
Part 1 of this former series of newsblaze.com articles, no longer available on the internet, is my 2009 blog post, "Atlantis At Last". Below is a re-presentation of the two newsblaze sequels, now remade as one: *In the first article [linked above], I identified the legendary Atlantis as primarily Greenland, but including also the islands of the United Kingdom and Iceland. In this article, I will show detailed matchups between Atlantis and these lands that spectacularly confirm those identifications. This of course causes immediate problems with the best modern geological theories.* ...
Illinois Law Review: Biden's First 100 Days
Jason Mazzone, Balkinization - 13 hours ago
The Illinois Law Review has just published an online symposium on President Biden's First 100 Days in office. Forty contributors offer their assessments of the administration's activities so far and their views of what lies ahead. Lots of good insights across a wide range of issues.
Our Business is Business
Francisco, Small Dead Animals - 13 hours ago
More of this please. Basecamp is following in the footsteps of cryptocurrency firm Coinbase. Last September, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong told employees to stop bringing their politics and causes to work and announced that the company would not take political stances unrelated to its core mission. Looks like it works.
Novel Coronavirus REALLY is SEASONAL- Lockdowns Kill and Prolong so called Pandemics
Penny, Penny for your thoughts - 14 hours ago
*It really is seasonal- * *Well that's a 'no shit sherlock' concept. Because respiratory viruses are usually seasonal. Only the criminal lock downs dragged this out, worsening the entirety of the situation and increasing the death count. So, yes Lockdowns Kill- Lockdowns Prolong the Pandemic- * *Lockdowns aided in the creation of the multiple variants that are now circulating- * - Perspectives On Pandemic #14: Knut Wittkowski- DO NOT MISS THIS EPISODE *Thank You Big Brother Government. WHO. Mass Lying Media (Alt and MSM) Big Tech. Multinational Corporations. Mascots for the ...
Twitter hides former President Uribe’s tweet for inciting violence in Colombia
The Rio Times, The Rio Times - 16 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Twitter hid a tweet by former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe for violating the rules of the social network by "glorifying violence", as it incited to use weapons against protesters, despite the complaints that were repeated on the day of protests on Wednesday for police brutality. "Taking into account the context […] The post Twitter hides former President Uribe’s tweet for inciting violence in Colombia appeared first on The Rio Times.
Tucker: Biden admin using force of law to crush political dissent
A Reader, From the Trenches World Report - 12 hours ago
The post Tucker: Biden admin using force of law to crush political dissent appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Did Jill Biden Agree to Marry Joe Biden After Five Proposals?
Nur Ibrahim, Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
Jill Biden reportedly took her time in deciding whether or not she wanted to marry the then-senator from Delaware.
Do Birds Have Funerals for Their Dead?
Nur Ibrahim, Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
Fowl news of a fallen comrade has resulted in unique rituals when it comes to the dead.
India's Daily Covid-19 Case Count Passes 400,000 For The First Time As The Situation On The Ground Worsens
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 13 hours ago
*CNBC/Reuters:* *India’s daily Covid-19 cases pass 400,000 for first time as second wave worsens* * India posted a record daily rise of 401,993 new coronavirus cases on Saturday. * It was the first time India’s daily case count had topped 400,000 after 10 consecutive days over 300,000. Deaths from Covid-19 jumped by 3,523 over the past 24 hours. * Some experts blame mass religious gatherings and political rallies for the severity of India’s second wave, which caught the government unprepared. India posted a record daily rise of 401,993 new coronavirus cases on Saturday as t...
Stimulus Checks Every Month Until You Die? Some Democrats Say Yes.
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *Stimulus Check, * The coronavirus stimulus checks have opened the door for policymakers to serious consider making Universal Basic Income a reality. *Here's What You Need To Remember:* The idea was pushed by Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang in the 2020 presidential campaign, although it’s a much older idea than that. The American Rescue Plan is currently distributing stimulus checks of around $1,400 to most eligible Americans, and along with the two other stimulus packages that passed in 2020, the direct payments have proven very popular. There is...
How the SR-71 Blackbird Outran Over 4,000 Incoming Missiles
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *SR-71 Spy Plane, Americas* The SR-71 Blackbird was never once shot down through more than three decades of reconnaissance missions. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *According to a 2017 report by Airman magazine, “the Blackbird evaded all 4,000 missiles fired at it and, to this day, remains the only Air Force aircraft to never lose a crewmember associated with it; whether in the air or on the ground.” The SR-71 Blackbird is widely known as the highest-performance military jet in U.S. history. In its life, which extended from the 1960s all the way through the ...
What Role Will the Air Force F-15EX Eagle II Play in the Air?
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *F-15EX, * Part of the rationale for F-35 superiority is based upon the notion that defeat the enemy before it is itself even seen. Could this be possible for a non-stealthy F-15EX Eagle II? While the now operational and newly arrived Air Force F-15EX Eagle II may not, by most estimations, rival its fifth-generation counterparts, in large measure due to a broad consensus that there is indeed an imperative for stealth given the sophistication of enemy air defenses, there are a handful of what could be considered highly impactful, if not groundbreaking elements of th...
Call the Bank: A New Batch of Coronavirus Stimulus Checks Are Here
Ethen Kim Lieser, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Stimulus Check, * [image: Joe Biden Stimulus] Be aware that many of these extra payments should already have landed in bank accounts, but if not, the IRS has assured Americans that these funds will continue to be sent out on a weekly basis going forward. *Here's What You Need To Know:* Also, keep in mind that since Tax Day now has been extended to May 17, the deliveries of “plus-up” payments could stretch on for weeks. The highly anticipated sixth batch of coronavirus stimulus checks under President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan included two ...
Meet the One Jet That Almost Shot Down the SR-71 Blackbird
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *SR-71 Blackbird, Americas* The Swedes’ Saab Viggen fighter once became the closest to ever shooting down the famed Blackbird, even achieving missile lock and visual contact. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Then, in 1987, an SR-71 veered off-course into Swedish airspace and descended dramatically. Flying alongside it, the Swedish planes realized one of the jet engines on the Blackbird had exploded, so the Viggens protected the Blackbird, escorting it out of Swedish airspace. The SR-71 Blackbird is a legendary plane, which had a long life that began in the 19...
Biden Delivered $1,400 Stimulus Checks. Coming Soon: $3,600 'Checks'?
Ethen Kim Lieser, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Stimulus Check, * It appears that former President Donald Trump was onto something last year. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Take note that if the $1.8 trillion American Families Plan eventually gets green-lighted, the child tax credit will be expanded even more—potentially giving parents and legal guardians a total of up to $16,200 of cash per child. It appears that former President Donald Trump was onto something last year. Much like his predecessor, President Joe Biden is tapping into direct mail and similar letter formatting to boast about his role in...
How the Gaetz Probe Grew from Sex Trafficking to Medical Pot
AP News, Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
What began as an inquiry into sex trafficking and whether Gaetz paid women and an underage girl in exchange for sex has grown into a larger review of public corruption, according to people familiar with the investigation.
GOP Seeks to Convince Vaccine Skeptics Within Its Own Ranks
AP News, Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
With vaccination rates lagging in red states, Republican leaders have stepped up efforts to persuade their supporters to get the shot, at times combating misinformation spread by some of their own.
Pipeline Protesters Charged With ‘Felony Kidnapping,’ Held Without Bond
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
Maybrook, VA — On Friday 4/30/21 at 10:30 AM, Mountain Valley Pipeline protester Thomas Adams blocked a pipe truck just before it crossed a bridge over Sinking Creek in Giles County, and locked himself to the underside of the truck. The bridge is less than two miles away from the site where the pipeline is slated to cross the creek (although MVP currently lacks the permits to do so). A rally of over a dozen people gathered to support Thomas at the scene. Signs and banners on site read, “Save the Planet, Stop the MVP,” “MVP Just Give Up,” “Not Here, Not Anywhere,” and “Doom to the ...
Former US Secretary Of State Kissinger Warns China And The US To Guard Against An All-Out Artificial Intelligence Conflict
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 14 hours ago
Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger meets China’s President Xi Jinping in Beijing in 2018. In an interview with a German newspaper this week, Kissinger said public opinion had become convinced that China was “an inherent enemy”. Photo: AFP *SCMP: * *Kissinger warns China and US to guard against all-out artificial intelligence conflict* * Former US secretary of state says the US must maintain high performance in artificial intelligence * Kissinger tells German newspaper those believing China’s foreign policy must be confronted at all levels will generate ‘a maximum ...
Anti-War Group Releases Activist Guide to End Militarized Policing in US
The Free Thought Project, The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: militarized]"We must end state violence and knee-jerk militarism, wherever it occurs. Ending the 1033 program is a small but necessary step toward that."
As Feds Frantically Push Gun Control, 9th Circuit Overturns Ban on 3D-Printed Guns
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: 3d-printed]As the Biden administration clamps down on gun rights, a federal appeals court just lifted the ban on 3D-Printed Gun Blueprints.
WATCH: K-9 Cries in Pain As Cop Repeatedly Punches Him in the Face—Cop Still on the Job
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: k-9]A cop was caught beating the hell out of his K-9 partner, repeatedly punching him in the face and he was not fired or even suspended.
The arrest of 73 year old Karen Garner
A Reader, From the Trenches World Report - 1 day ago
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If you thought COVID-19 was bad…watch this!
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 1 day ago
The David Vance Channel – AltNewsMedia.net 29 Apr 2021 The post If you thought COVID-19 was bad…watch this! appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Wisconsin to require Holocaust education starting in 5th grade
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 1 day ago
Arutz Sheva 7 Students in Wisconsin will now be required to study the Holocaust at least twice between fifth and 12th grade. A bill signed... The post Wisconsin to require Holocaust education starting in 5th grade appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
#Coronavirus on the Nile : May’s Coronavirus “Live Coverage”
egyptianchronicler@gmail.com (Zeinobia), Egyptian Chronicles - 14 hours ago
A new month under the coronavirus pandemic. It is May and in its first half of it, We got Labor Day, Orthodox Easter, 10 days of Ramadan and Eid during a scary surge of coronavirus cases across the country right now. I do not know if we are in the middle of the third wave’s peak or the peak will be reached after those two weeks of national holidays and social gatherings. [image: A Health Ministry worker giving medicine to coronavirus patient at home in Sohag governorate "Egyptian health ministry"] A Health Ministry worker giving medicine to coronavirus patient at home in Sohag ...
In 2018 the US Was at War With Uyghur Terrorists. Now It Claims They Don’t Even Exist
Alan Macleod, MintPress News - 14 hours ago
With China now in the U.S. crosshairs, the ETIM has moved from being an adversary to being a potential asset. The post In 2018 the US Was at War With Uyghur Terrorists. Now It Claims They Don’t Even Exist appeared first on MintPress News.
U.S. Defense Secretary Austin: The Next Major War Will Be 'Very Different'
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 14 hours ago
*Reuters*:* Next major war will be 'very different,' U.S. defense secretary says* The United States needs to prepare for a potential future conflict bearing little resemblance to "the old wars" that have long consumed the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Friday in his first significant policy speech. Austin called for harnessing technological advances and better integrating military operations globally to "understand faster, decide faster and act faster." "The way we fight the next major war is going to look very different from the way we fought the last ones,...
Odds & Ends
Bruce K. Gagnon, Organizing Notes - 14 hours ago
- Sputnik reports: United States Secretary of War Lloyd Austin said in his first major speech that the US and its allies should prepare for a new type of military conflict. “The way we fight the next major war is going to look very different from the way we fought the last ones,” Austin said on Friday at the change of command for US Indo-Pacific Command at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. - Ed Mays from Seattle liked my recent presentation called 'Is Russia Truly our Enemy?'. He asked me to record it again for his show on national Free Speech T...
Space Force Scientist Says It Is 'Imperative' That The US Military Experiment With Human Augmentation And AI
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 14 hours ago
*Daily Mail: **Space Force scientist warns it's 'imperative' the US military experiment with human augmentation and AI to stay ahead of Russia and China* * Dr. Joel Mozer believes combining humans and machines to work as a team * He suggests using AI's abilities to create 'unimaginable' strategies, coupled with a human's ability to resolve ambiguity, apply judgment, morality and ethics * Mozer says the result would be superhuman intelligence that should be employed by the US military to compete with its adversaries Combining humans with machines to create superhuman intel...
Untitled
Jenna Orkin, From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 14 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin Flu Has Disappeared During Covid So Long, Indian Point Nuclear Plant. Hello, More Fossil Fuels. Lightning may be an important source of air-cleaning chemicals Wild donkeys and horses engineer water holes that help other species Archive - Here’s the Real Problem With Almonds Top advisor to Iran’s president resigns over FM Zarif’s leaked audio China: No-Pig Zones 1. TSA extends mask guidelines for planes, trains until September 13 2. 100+ million Americans now fully vaccinated against COVID-19 The COVID-19 death toll in India could be up to 10 times higher than ...
Ancient Mysteries No Longer Mysteries: The Great Sphinx at Giza
Harry Dale Huffman, The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage - 14 hours ago
This is another re-presentation, of the answer to the ancient mystery of the Sphinx. I wrote a short article ("The Riddle of the Sphinx -- Solved") at newsblaze.com many years ago, and cited it in a 2009 blog post here. That article has since disappeared, so here it is again: *Egyptologists say the Great Sphinx at Giza in Egypt is 4500 years old, or about as old as the Great Pyramid. Many alternative researchers believe its rain-eroded enclosure and deeply weathered platform makes it older, between 7500 and 9000 years.* *Now revolutionary new knowledge has come to light: Authoritativ...
This Is How The U.S. Navy Will Fight The Chinese Navy
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 14 hours ago
USS John Finn fires an SM-6 missile on Sunday. U.S. Navy *Forbes: **Robots Hunted A Mock Chinese Ship—Then a U.S. Navy Destroyer Lobbed A $5 Million Missile At It* The U.S. Navy just showed us how it could fight the Chinese fleet. With stealthy robots, sophisticated communications systems and powerful warships firing high-tech missiles over long distances. The Navy last week sortied, from San Diego, a flotilla of manned and unmanned surface vessels and submarines. Crews positioned unmanned aerial vehicles to support the ships. The stealth cruiser USS Michael Monsoor, sporting...
A Year Later, COVID-19 Continues to Show the Fragility of Food Security
ROME, May 01 (IPS) - More than a year after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, food and nutrition security continues to show its fragility. Read the full story, “A Year Later, COVID-19 Continues to Show the Fragility of Food Security”, on globalissues.org →
Inside Russia’s Robot Army
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 14 hours ago
Russian Uran-9 armed unmanned ground vehicle *Breaking Defense:* *Breaking Defense:* *Inside Russia’s Robot Army: Rhetoric vs. Reality* *Russia has big ambitions for unmanned systems, said CNA scholar Sam Bendett, but it faces the same technical hurdles as the US — and shares the same concerns about human control. * WASHINGTON: Russia has created a new robotic combat unit of Uran-9 unmanned ground vehicles, which have been battle-tested in Syria, though with mixed results. It’s also developing an experimental unmanned version of its T-14 Armata tank, unmanned derivatives of the...
The Holy Grail and the Great Design
Harry Dale Huffman, The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage - 14 hours ago
This is a re-presentation of my 2009 newsblaze.com article: *A popular theory about the Holy Grail today [2009-HDH] is that it referred to the biblical Mary Magdalene, who unbeknownst to history was the wife of Jesus Christ and gave birth to a son by him, thus continuing his direct line. This is, however, merely a poor sequel to what was meant to be a transcendent story of the Christ, or divinely perfected man, reducing it to the hope of any man that his line should continue.* *In reality, the Holy Grail, or "cup of the Son (of God)" is but one example of a recurring motif in ancient...
Derby Day
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 14 hours ago
With your Saturday morning coffee, a livestream tour of Godolphin at Jonabell Farm, home of the Darley Stallions.
Expert: ‘The best vaccine is the one that’s in your arm’
Yvette d'Entremont, Halifax Examiner - 15 hours ago
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. When the province announced the AstraZeneca vaccine was being made available to people 40 to 54 years old this week, one pregnant Halifax woman found herself both excited and anxious. We’ve agreed not to name the 41-year-old […]
Controlling COVID At Our Borders
Owen Gray, Northern Reflections - 15 hours ago
To get to Net Zero, Andrew Nikiforuk writes, we have to tightly control our borders -- something we have not done: On CBC’s The Current, Kelley Lee, Canada Research Chair in global health governance at Simon Fraser University, called the government’s response “reactive,” because the Indian variant had already arrived in Canada weeks ago. “If there’s a gold standard of how a country can manage its borders to curb the spread of COVID-19, Ottawa hasn’t met it yet,” said Lee. “I’d say maybe Canada is like a bronze medal standard, possibly.” Countries that shut down their borders earl...
May Day solidarity message to the Donbass
Bruce K. Gagnon, Organizing Notes - 15 hours ago
I was asked by a labor leader in Lugansk (Donbass) to send a solidarity message via video that would be posted on their union web site. This labor leader is the person who invited to me come to Lugansk and Donetsk in 2019. He organized my tour and took good care of the three international activists visiting at that time. While in Lugansk (his home town) he made sure that we met and spoke with many different people ensuring that we got a deep understanding of the situation. My report from that trip is *here* Since 2014 I've been checking on the situation in the Donbass virtua...
The Harmony Project – Sing, Serve, Share – an encore
Keith, musingsofanoldfart - 15 hours ago
The following brief post was written five years ago, but deserves an encore performance given its theme. It is a quick read, so please indulge a few minutes of your time. What do you get when you have a choir … Continue reading →
The sex scandal that is engulfing Scott Morrison’s office and the government and the details the media aren’t talking about
Shane Dowling, Kangaroo Court of Australia - 15 hours ago
More details of the parliament house masturbation scandal have been posted online by whistleblower Gavin Cuddy and it is more perverted than previously reported by any media. The details also point to […]
CDC-Biden Admin Allow Double Mutant Covid from India to Spread Around the USA for a Month (or More) Before Cutting Off Travel From India
miningawareness, Mining Awareness + - 15 hours ago
San Francisco is 34.4% Asian and 34.3% foreign born. https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/sanfranciscocitycalifornia,US/RHI425219 We need to call this the upper caste Covid-19 variant. … Continue reading →
The Brazilian Livestreams Guide for Saturday, May 1st, 2021
Beatriz Miranda, The Rio Times - 1 day ago
LIVESTREAM: Gusttavo Lima (online) – Tonight, the sertanejo star Gusttavo Lima will be livestreaming on Youtube. The show will start at 6 PM. Gusttavo Lima – live on Gusttavo Lima's Youtube channel. Check the event for further details. The post The Brazilian Livestreams Guide for Saturday, May 1st, 2021 appeared first on The Rio Times.
US Air Force Intercepting Record Number Of Russian Aircraft Near The U.S. Border
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 14 hours ago
A North American Aerospace Defense Command F-22 Raptor flies next to a Russian Tu-95 bomber during an intercept in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone June 16, 2020. *FOX News*: *Air Force intercepting record number of Russian aircraft, Alaska-based lieutenant general says* US intercepted over 60 aircraft in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone last year The U.S. Air Force has been under "strain" by an increasing number of Russian aircraft that it's having to intercept off the coast of North America. Lt. Gen. David Krumm spoke candidly Wednesday during an online...
Turkish media accuses US of mass murder of 84 million people amid recognition of Armenian Genocide
[image: Turkish media accuses US of mass murder of 84 million people amid recognition of Armenian Genocide] Clash Report, a Twitter and Telegram security-related news account allegedly linked to the Turkish military, has posted a chart accusing the United States of a litany of horrific crimes throughout its 240+ year history. In tweets posted in both Turkish and English, the account points to nearly two dozen grisly events going back to the 1800s, starting with the “US genocide against Native Americans,” saying that “70 million Native Americans were slaughtered in their own land.” ...
US Fighter Jets intercept Two Russian Bombers With The USS Ronald Reagan Aircraft Carrier Seen In The Background
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 15 hours ago
*The SUN:** Dramatic moment US fighter jets intercept Russian bombers as they buzz USS Ronald Reagan carrier amid Ukraine war fears* DRAMATIC video catches the cat-and-mouse moment US warplanes intercept two Russian anti-submarine bombers as they snoops on the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier. It came amid high tension between Moscow and Washington over Vladimir Putin’s massing of troops near Ukraine, along with allegations of cyber-hacking and election interference. Two US Air Navy F-18 fighters were scrambled to intercept a pair of long range Tupolev Tu-142 Bears as the...
No Fourth Stimulus Check, No Problem. Biden Has Way Bigger Ideas.
Rachel Bucchino, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Rachel Bucchino* *Stimulus Check, Americas* His plan is the second component of a two-part, multi-trillion-dollar initiative to rebuild the economy. President Joe Biden delivered his first address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday that outlined his ambitious legislative proposals, including a $1.8 trillion American Families Plan that would provide millions of Americans with free preschool instruction and free community college. The proposal invests $200 billion to make preschool instruction free for all three- and four-year-old children, which would help five million ...
Sweden’s Project 1300 Was a Secret Nuclear Bomber
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *military, Europe* Sweden feared the Soviet Union and so considered building an entire nuclear weapons program and bomber fleet to protect itself. *Key point: *Even thought Sweden did not go nuclear, it has always kept a powerful military to guard its neutrality. Here is how it seriously looking into an atomic bomber. During the 1950s Sweden may have maintained a policy of neutrality, yet it still sought to develop a rather well-stocked arsenal of domestically-produced military hardware. From 1952-57 the Scandinavian nation even conducted a feasibility study to de...
Forget Stimulus Payments: Democrats Have Big Ideas To Help Americans
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *U.S. Economy, Americas* [image: U.S. Economy] If he can get Congressional and Senate approval, Biden wants to spend a few more trillion. *Key point: *Although the government already passed $1,400 stimulus checks, progressives are looking to do more. Here are some of the big ways the Biden administration could try and provide other services or relief. Following the American Rescue Plan earlier this year, which mandated $1,400 stimulus checks for most Americans, the Biden administration has unveiled its latest big pieces of legislation aimed at helping Americans d...
How the F-15 Jet Is Adjusting to the 21st Century
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *F-15, Americas* Next-generation warfare equipment, such as advanced electronic warfare, active electronically scanned array radar, ultra-high-speed computer processing, and more, are being introduced. The Air Force’s first F-15EX Eagle II aircraft will take to the sky as part of a fast-tracked effort to integrate the new jet into the force and bring its new technologies into the service’s fast-emerging mesh networking of combat nodes in multi-domain warfare. The newly upgraded jet, first delivered to the Air Force earlier this year, will introduce a sphere of next...
Yes, The Air Force Wants to Drop Sea Mines From A B-52 Bomber
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Sea Mines, * [image: Sea Mines] This idea would let the Air Force mine a particular area from the air in order to deny passage to an enemy force. *Key point: *The B-52 can do all kinds of things. Here is how it could drop deadly sea mines. The U.S. Navy issued a Request For Information (RFI) recently to determine which government contractors might be capable of designing, manufacturing and testing maritime mines that could be deployed at long ranges from the air. While the Navy may not even move forward with such a project, it suggests that there is interest from ...
$1,400 Richer? 2 Million Americans Just Got Stimulus Checks
Ethen Kim Lieser, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Stimulus Check, * [image: Stimulus Check] The federal government had been pressing Americans who do not receive federal benefits or typically file tax returns to submit one as soon as possible. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Despite the success of already disbursing one hundred sixty-three million stimulus checks, there appears to be millions still who are left on the sidelines, often wondering if and when their stimulus funds will ever arrive. Earlier this week, the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department announced in their latest press rel...
America’s F-35 Fighter Kicked Asia’s Stealth Race Into High Gear
Charlie Gao, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *F-35, Asia* Singapore’s decision to buy F-35 puts it in what China derisively calls the “U.S. F-35 friends circle,” a group of nations that border China that have bought F-35s to counter China’s increasingly powerful air force. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *Singapore’s decision to announce the F-35 purchase during *a series of sea and airspace disputes* with Malaysia suggest that the F-35s capability could become a “big stick” that it might wield in the future in regional affairs. In January 2019, Singapore *announced* that it planned to buy a limited number...
Stimulus Checks? Millions of Americans Are Still Waiting.
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *Stimulus Check, * [image: Joe Biden Stimulus] Before we talk about a fourth round, maybe we can finish the third round first? *Here's What You Need To Remember:* There are several possible reasons for a delay, from lost mail to incorrect banking information. The $1,400 stimulus checks are presently going out as part of the American Rescue Plan, which was signed by President Biden in March. Those who haven’t yet received their payment are encouraged to go to the IRS’ Get My Payment tool, for information on where your payment is. But how will you recognize your c...
Will The U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan Be Like The 'Fall Of Saigon'?
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 15 hours ago
President Joe Biden said he will withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, on the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that prompted America’s longest war, officials said. ABC News *Military.com:* *Afghanistan Withdrawal Won't Be Like 'Fall of Saigon,' Deputy SecDef Says* The Pentagon does not expect the U.S. military's withdrawal from Afghanistan to result in a chaotic "fall of Saigon"-type evacuation from Kabul, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks said Friday. While answering questions during a virtual forum on the Biden administration's first 100 d...
US TV News And Online Readership Collapse 100 Days Into Biden's Presidency
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 15 hours ago
*The Hill: **TV news ratings, online readership plunge during Biden's first 100 days* Broadcast and cable news ratings, along with website traffic, are all taking a hit in the post-Trump era. During President Biden’s first 100 days in office, weekly full-day cable ratings for CNN and MSNBC have been trending down, according to statistics from ratings company Nielsen. On average, 1.3 million household viewers were watching MSNBC in the last week of January, shortly after Biden took office. For the week ending April 25, that number was 868,000. At CNN, those figures went from 1....

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