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A Killer: Why Pakistan Loves Its American-Made F-16 Fighters So Much
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *F-16, Asia* The fighting falcons continue to provide important capabilities to Pakistan’s military. *Here's What You Need to Know*: Today, Pakistan operates around sixty-six F-16A/Bs and nineteen F-16C/Ds in four active squadrons. During an aerial skirmish on February 27, 2019, an Indian Air Force MiG-21 Bison was shot down by a radar-guided missile. The Pakistani Air Force (PAF) claims the kill was scored by a JF-17 Thunder, a domestically-built fighter built with Chinese assistance. However, India subsequently revealed fragments of an AIM-120C-5 missile—a ...
How Did North Korea Get Its Hands on U.S.-Made Attack Helicopters?
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *North Korea, Asia* The hermit kingdom has historically found creative ways to circumvent sanctions and arms sale bans. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *North Korea likely acquired the MD 500s so it could use them to infiltrate across the demilitarized zone with South Korean markings, conducting surprise raids and inserting spies and saboteurs. North Korea maintains more than two hundred thousand commandos in its Special Operations Forces, more than any other country in the world. In the event of a conflict with its southern neighbor, Pyongyang would deplo...
Investment in Mexico’s wind energy plummets 61% in 2021
Latin America News, The Rio Times - 21 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The wind energy sector warned that the lack of long-term legal certainty, clear rules, permits and planning have kept investors away. As a result of president Andrés Manuel López Obrador's government's efforts to favor state-owned company Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) over renewable energies, Mexico has registered a 61% drop in […] The post Investment in Mexico’s wind energy plummets 61% in 2021 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Understand Your Depth - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins
Stranger in a Strange Land, Stranger in a Strange Land - 21 hours ago
*Understand your depth* *Humanity is ancient* *Knowledge, Wisdom, Love* *© **2021 M.N. Hopkins* *Note: This was inspired and written yesterday in the haiku style of poetry and published for the first time today, the 19th of May, 2021.* *To read more of my poems & quotations, please click on the link below:* *Poems & Quotations by M.N. Hopkins* *or visit:* *Pinterest*
Armed Forces have the power to dictate the path to follow – Bolsonaro
The Rio Times, The Rio Times - 21 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - During a ceremony on Tuesday, May 18, at the Planalto Palace, president Jair Bolsonaro said that the Armed Forces are the institution that can ultimately decide which path the country may take according to the people's will. "The Armed Forces are not mine, they belong to each one of us. […] The post Armed Forces have the power to dictate the path to follow – Bolsonaro appeared first on The Rio Times.
Israel’s Pyrrhic Victory In Gaza, Netanyahu Is Real Winner
M. K. BHADRAKUMAR, OrientalReview.org - 22 hours ago
Egypt has once again been thrust onto the forefront of brokering a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi remarked on Monday that a ceasefire might still be within reach. As he put it, “Egypt is going to great lengths to reach a ceasefire between the Israelis and […]
China reduces volume of Coronavac API to be shipped to Brazil – Butantan
The Rio Times, The Rio Times - 22 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - China has reduced the volume of active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) for CoronaVac production to be shipped to Brazil from 4,000 to 3,000 liters, said the Butantan Institute on May 18. With the reduction in the API shipment, the Butantan Institute will be capable of producing 5 million vaccine doses, said […] The post China reduces volume of Coronavac API to be shipped to Brazil – Butantan appeared first on The Rio Times.
The Big Short Michael Burry Reveals MASSIVE TESLA SHORT and Huge Inflationary Bet!
Dewey Fernfield, The Duran - 22 hours ago
The New YouTube Terms Of Service For Content Creators
TheDarkMan, The Duran - 22 hours ago
On June 1, YouTube is introducing new terms of service for its content creators. Most of these terms aren’t new, many are common sense, and as you might expect from a legal document, this one is extremely lengthy. And, one might add, sufficiently ambiguous to enable any content creator to be “cancelled” on a whim. […]
Republican Representative Paul Gosar Asks Former AG Rosen to Identify Who Executed Ashli Babbitt at the Capitol
Representative Paul Gosar and Information Liberation, Need To Know - 23 hours ago
Gosar read the facts into the record: zero firearms were found on suspects charged with breaching the Capitol; Officer Sicknick died from natural causes; not a single person has been charged with a crime of insurrection; Ashli Babbitt was not armed and her death certificate listed homicide as the cause of death.
Supreme Court Rules That “Community Caretaking” Exception for Warrantless Searches, Seizures Does Not Apply to Homes
Firearms Policy Coalition, Need To Know - 23 hours ago
Scotus unanimously ruled that police are prohibited from entering people's homes and seizing their guns without a warrant under "community caretaking" exceptions to the Fourth Amendment, which allows certain warrantless searches of vehicles, but does not extend to the home.
Israeli Airstrikes Fuel Growing Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza | DW News
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 23 hours ago
DW News Tensions over Israel’s bombardment of Gaza are boiling over into the other Palestinian territories — the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem, as well as in Israeli towns with mixed populations. In many places, Palestinian demonstrators have clashed with Israeli police.It’s the largest show of Palestinian anger since the onset of hostilities between Israel …
‘No Place is Safe for Children in Gaza Right Now,’ UNICEF Tells RT
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 23 hours ago
Modern Ashkenazi Khazars (90+% of modern Jewry) are NOT the Jews of the Bible! Ashkenaz is not from the tribe of Shem ie. not semitic! They cannot be the descendents of Jacob/Israel who are from Shem! – Genesis 10:1-3 (New King James Version) Nations Descended from Noah 1 Now this is the genealogy of the …
Australian Daily Wind Power Generation Data – Tuesday 18 May 2021
TonyfromOz, Australian Daily Wind Power Generation Data – Wednesday 19 May 2021 – PA Pundits – International - 1 day ago
By Anton Lang ~ This Post details the daily wind power generation data for the AEMO coverage area in Australia. For the background information, refer to the Introductory Post at this link. Each image is shown here at a smaller size to fit on the page alongside the data for that day. If you click […]
Enforcement stepped up in past year to protect USDA’s organic label
Dan Flynn, Food Safety News - 1 day ago
The USDA’s organic label is likely the most trusted mark of its kind. The organic label has seen steady growth ever since 1990 when Congress passed the Organic Food Production Act (OFPA). The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that this year began with 45,578 organic businesses globally, with 62 percent, or 28,454 of those establishments,... Continue Reading
Pentagon To Spy On Military For ‘Concerning Behaviors’ Online: Report
PA Pundits - International, Australian Daily Wind Power Generation Data – Wednesday 19 May 2021 – PA Pundits – International - 1 day ago
By Alexander Hall ~ Apparently, America’s real war is within, according to Defense Department official and race hustler Bishop Garrison. He was tagged to lead a new program to spy on soldiers for “concerning behaviors” online. “The [m]ilitary plans to surveil troops’ personal social media accounts for extremist keywords, per internal briefing I obtained,” The […]
Swiss outbreaks fall but 10 die from listeriosis; survey shows public interest in food safety
Joe Whitworth, Food Safety News - 1 day ago
The number of foodborne outbreaks in Switzerland almost halved in 2020 compared to the year before. Only 13 outbreaks were reported following the consumption of food this past year versus 23 in 2019. Overall, more than 161 people became ill and at least 36 were hospitalized. Ten deaths were recorded in one outbreak. In 2019,... Continue Reading
Famed “Darwin’s Arch” Collapses In Galapagos
PA Pundits - International, Australian Daily Wind Power Generation Data – Wednesday 19 May 2021 – PA Pundits – International - 1 day ago
From the team at CFACT ~ An iconic natural rock formation in the Galapagos Islands collapsed on May 17th. The Ecuadoran Ministry of Environment and Water reported that the collapse was due to “natural erosion,” and posted a picture of the collapsed formation credited to Hector Barrera. Nature gives and nature takes away. From the […]
Loophole lets soya farmers tear down the Amazon
Andrew Wasley, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism - 22 hours ago
An investigation has uncovered how three of the world’s biggest food businesses have purchased soya from companies whose supply chains have been the subject of concerns over links to illegal deforestation and forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon
This French Fighter Could Soon Be Russia's Next Big Military Problem
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 22 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Dassault Rafale, Europe* France is willing to provide the financial backing to make it happen. *Here's What You Need to Know*: Kiev must consider more expensive Western combat aircraft. The Ukrainian Air Force is in a tough spot. It has not had a single new aircraft delivered since the dissolution of the Soviet Union thirty years ago. But a recent Russian troop buildup in the Crimean Peninsula highlights the distinct possibility (but fortunately not inevitability) of intensified military conflict with Ukraine’s more powerful neighbor. And in 2014 combat opera...
China Might Love This: Is the U.S. Navy's Cruiser Fleet Doomed?
Mark Episkopos, The National Interest - 22 hours ago
*Mark Episkopos* *military, Americas* But it may not be able to escape the difficult acquisition choices still looming over it. As the U.S. Navy forges ahead with ambitious modernization plans, the fate of its aging cruiser fleet hangs in the balance. The Navy is under growing pressure to divest from legacy hardware to free up funds for ongoing projects like the hypersonic Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) missile system and directed energy weapons for surface ships. However, key lawmakers say that the Navy’s investments into future-oriented platforms should not come at the exp...
Tweets Of the Day
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 23 hours ago
The COVID-19 variant first identified in India has been found in the U.S. https://t.co/no28uciv2Z pic.twitter.com/fA2J877KtH — The Hill (@thehill) May 18, 2021 Pfizer, Moderna vaccines effective against Indian Covid variants: Study https://t.co/Fx3Kb1yzj6 pic.twitter.com/f2MRRsnOX1 — The Times Of India (@timesofindia) May 18, 2021 Latest on the Israeli-Hamas War: • 1 Palestinian protester killed, more than 70 wounded in West Bank clashes with Israeli troops, officials say. Israeli army says 2 soldiers wounded. • Netanyahu: Airstrikes have set militants back many years. https://t.co/...
World War III Hell: Here's How A U.S.-China War Might Play Out
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 23 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *U.S.-China War, * What would happen if arguably the two most powerful countries in the world squared off in a war against one another? Mass destruction. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *China and the United States will likely remain fixated on each other as potential military competitors for decades to come—but if relations are prudently managed, they won’t have to become *actual* adversaries in a war. Two superpowers eye each other uneasily across the Pacific—one well established after decades of Cold War conflict, the other a rising power eager to recla...
Iran's So-Called 'Stealth Fighter' Is Just a BS Bad Dream. Sorry.
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 23 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Iran, Middle East* It likely can't even fly. *Here's What You Need to Know*: Tehran has a predilection for fabricating easily disproven evidence of its military capabilities. There can be such a thing as posturing too hard. Iran’s aviation industry has accomplishments to boast about despite operating under heavy sanctions for nearly forty years. It has managed to keep once state-of-the-art U.S.-built F-4 Phantom and F-14 Tomcat fighters in operational condition for decades, including nine years of high-intensity aerial warfare with Iraq, despite being cut off...
Shallow M6.7 earthquake hits southern East Pacific Rise
The Watchers » Latest articles - 23 hours ago
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.7 hit southern East Pacific Rise at 00:42 UTC on May 19, 2021. The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). EMSC is reporting M6.6 at a depth of 15 km (9.3 miles). The epicenter was located 660 km...... Read more »
Can We Have Both Industrial Civilization and a Habitable Planet?
Yves Smith, naked capitalism - 23 hours ago
Continuing the debate about what needs to be done if there is any hope of saving the planet...for something resembling modern society.
Picture Of The Day
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 23 hours ago
A female Israeli security forces soldier grapples with a protester during a demonstration held by Palestinians to show their solidarity amid Israel-Gaza fighting, at Damascus Gate just outside Jerusalem's Old City *WNU Editor:* The above picture is from this photo-gallery .... *Riots break out at Jerusalem's holy sites: Israeli troops fire tear gas at Palestinians at the walls of the old city as two IDF soldiers are shot at protest on the West bank on 8th day of Gaza conflict* (Daily Mail).
War as the Enemy of Reform: Biden’s Dilemma or His Excuse?
Yves Smith, naked capitalism - 23 hours ago
How much is keeping the US on a war footing really constraining Biden on the domestic front?
May 19th – 2021 Presidential Politics – Resistance Day 120
Sundance, The Last Refuge - 23 hours ago
In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the JoeBama Administration and Presidency. “This is no small thing, to restore a republic after it has fallen into corruption. […] The post May 19th – 2021 Presidential Politics – Resistance Day 120 appeared first on The Last Refuge.
Israel Kills 58 Palestinian Children in 7 Days
Geopolitics101, Covert Geopolitics - 23 hours ago
The death toll in Gaza jumped today to 192, including 58 Palestinian children most of whom were killed when Israeli air strikes leveled four high-rise residential buildings. On May 15, Israel destroyed a 12-storey building where the Associated Press and the Al Jazeera TV network had offices, aiming to prevent the reporting of the atrocities … Continue reading Israel Kills 58 Palestinian Children in 7 Days →
Wednesday May 19th – Open Thread
Sundance, The Last Refuge - 23 hours ago
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL. […] The post Wednesday May 19th – Open Thread appeared first on The Last Refuge.
Australian Daily Wind Power Generation Data – Tuesday 18 May 2021
TonyfromOz, Australian Daily Wind Power Generation Data – Wednesday 19 May 2021 – PA Pundits – International - 1 day ago
By Anton Lang ~ This Post details the daily wind power generation data for the AEMO coverage area in Australia. For the background information, refer to the Introductory Post at this link. Each image is shown here at a smaller … Continue reading →
The Solution to Climate Change is Here
Martin Armstrong, Global Warming – Armstrong Economics - 1 day ago
The solution to climate change is here: We have to stop raising beef and switch to insects, as directed by the UN We have to reduce the population by 62% Do this, and we solve all our problems — at least for the survivors. Since they can order vaccines and are completely immune if they […] The post The Solution to Climate Change is Here first appeared on Armstrong Economics.
Biden Pushes $735 Million Weapons Sale to Israel Amid Gaza Slaughter
Geopolitics101, Covert Geopolitics - 1 day ago
Human rights advocates warned Monday that the Biden administration is deepening U.S. complicity in the Netanyahu regime’s ongoing massacre of civilians in Gaza by attempting to push through a $735 million sale of so-called “precision-guided weapons” to Israel. The Washington Post reported Monday that the Biden administration officially notified Congress of the sale on May 5, just days … Continue reading Biden Pushes $735 Million Weapons Sale to Israel Amid Gaza Slaughter →
American Families Plan Will Do More Harm Than Good
PA Pundits - International, Australian Daily Wind Power Generation Data – Wednesday 19 May 2021 – PA Pundits – International - 1 day ago
By Kay C. James (President of The Heritage Foundation) ~ President Ronald Reagan once said, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: ‘I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.’” Those words couldn’t ring truer today as President Joe Biden recently introduced the American Families Plan, a $1.8 trillion taxpayer-funded proposal […]
May 19, 2021: Reader Tips
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 1 day ago
What Really Happened at the Oroville Dam Spillway? Thread’s open for tips.
SonicWall Tale Of Woe – Approaching “Do NOT Buy”
E.M.Smith, Musings from the Chiefio - 1 day ago
A short Tale Of Woe about SonicWall firewall appliances. Continue reading →
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