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Preserving the Past and Building the Future: Meet Historian Rhonda Gonzales
Jessica Ruf, Diverse - 6 hours ago
Dr. Rhonda Gonzales has one eye on the past and the other on the future. As a professor and chair of the Department of History at the University of Texas, San Antonio (UTSA), Gonzales is passionate about sharing the diverse histories and cultures of societies in pre-colonial Africa for future generations. Meanwhile, as an administrator, she is also passionate about how we envision the future for first-generation students.
Women Advancing in the Academy, Offers Hope for Gender Equity
Walter Hudson, Diverse - 6 hours ago
In recent weeks, a number of women have been elevated to top leadership posts at colleges and universities across the nation, signaling a dramatic shift across the higher education landscape that at one time, was exclusively dominated by men.
Energy subsidies put Argentina in a dilemma in times of the pandemic
The Rio Times, The Rio Times - 6 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The billions of resources that the Argentine State allocates to subsidize energy have put Alberto Fernandez's Government before a dilemma that generates a thorny debate, at a time when the South American country seeks to reduce the fiscal deficit but also to contain the very high inflation. The Argentine Minister […] The post Energy subsidies put Argentina in a dilemma in times of the pandemic appeared first on The Rio Times.
A Stimulus for Homeowners? Biden Says Yes, But Not Until Next Year.
Rachel Bucchino, The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Rachel Bucchino* *Mortgage Aid, * State housing agencies will send the money to homeowners, but the majority of the aid must be funneled to borrowers who earn less than the local median income or the national median income. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Nearly 70 percent of the mortgage population have been able to apply for forbearance since the onset of the pandemic. The 30 percent remaining don’t have federally held housing loans. More than ten million homeowners across the country are drowning in financial turmoil due to the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, as they...
America and ASEAN: Strong Economic Pressure Can Save Myanmar
Edmund Malesky, The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Edmund Malesky* *Myanmar, Asia* The United States must work with ASEAN to hasten the decline of the military’s economic fortunes, and should challenge those who abet the military’s connections to global markets. Last week, leaders of the Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) held an emergency summit on Myanmar. They charted a way forward while Gen. Min Aung Hlaing sat alongside their negotiating table. Hlaing is the same man who oversaw genocide against the Rohingya, attempted a coup to preserve his privileges as commander-in-chief, and is now presiding over a c...
Maximum Pressure Problem: Iran Isn’t Going to Change
Samuel Hickey, The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Samuel Hickey* *Iran, Middle East* For the United States, addressing Iran’s ballistic missile program is necessary to cap a potential long-term threat, and it should be coupled with a return to the 2015 nuclear deal—but maximum pressure tactics won't achieve that goal. Indirect contacts in Vienna between the United States and the members of the Iran nuclear deal (China, France, Germany, Iran, Russia and the United Kingdom) are progressing and the politically challenging issue of lifting sanctions and their sequencing is being addressed directly. President Joe Biden has made it...
The Economic Angle in the China Debate
Milton Ezrati, The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Milton Ezrati* *economy, Asia* The chief cause of these building economic pressures is China’s top-down, centrally directed approach to economic decisionmaking. The China challenge has prompted lots of analyses and a flood of articles. All this considerable work focuses on the growing tension between Washington and Beijing. Some of it foresees an escalation in Sino-U.S. tension, the unavoidable result of competition between a rising and established power. Some of these discussions are less inflammatory and argue that the United States can contain the China challenge. Still, othe...
Intelligence Agencies Should Not Be Propaganda Organs
Paul R. Pillar, The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Paul R. Pillar* *Intelligence Community, Americas* U.S. combatant commanders have been pushing for more declassified information on America’s adversaries—and that's a problem. Nine of the eleven four-star combatant commanders sent a memo to the director of national intelligence last year appealing for more declassified material to use publicly in information warfare against Russia and China, according to *Politico*. The memo itself has not been made public, but according to *Politico*’s description and selected quotes, the generals and admirals were asking for “ammunition in the...
Harmonizing Counterterrorism and Great-Power Competition
Matthew Levitt, The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Matthew Levitt* *Counterterrorism, Middle East, Africa* For all the talk of a shift away from counterterrorism and toward great power competition, the reality is that with a modicum of strategic planning the two are mutually reinforcing, not mutually exclusive, efforts. *Editor’s note:* This essay was drawn from the recent study *Rethinking U.S. Efforts on Counterterrorism: Toward a Sustainable Plan Two Decades After 9/11* The defining characteristic of America’s post-9/11 counterterrorism approach has been an aggressive, forward defense global posture. As former defense secret...
Michael Jordan Jersey from UNC Days Sold for an Insane $1.38 million
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *Michael Jordan Jersey, * [image: Michael Jordan Comeback] According to ESPN, a Jordan jersey that he wore during his time playing for the University of North Carolina sold over the weekend for $1.38 million through Heritage Auctions. Nearly 20 years after playing the final game of his NBA career, Michael Jordan remains a major cultural figure. The NBA superstar continues to sell huge amounts of shoes and apparel through his Jordan Brand, while his ten-part documentary “The Last Dance” was a huge cultural phenomenon in 2020. Now, there’s word that a piece of Jor...
$2,200 'Stimulus Checks' On the Way? Yes, 'Plus-Up' Payments Are Coming.
Trevor Filseth, The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Trevor Filseth* *Stimulus Check, * If you qualify, it is unclear when your benefits will arrive. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Most Americans probably don’t qualify for additional payments from the IRS. However, you might if your status changed during the pandemic – and you haven’t let the IRS know already. The IRS began sending its most recent round of $1400 stimulus checks – the third stimulus since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic – in March. By now, this process has mostly been concluded, with upwards of $380 billion in the hands of Americans. However, as a bonu...
More Details Emerge On The Trump Administration’s Plan To Kill Iranian General Qassem Soleimani
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 5 hours ago
Officials revealed new details about the logistics of the operation on the ground, with US Delta Force operatives posing as maintenance workers while Kurdish operatives dressed as baggage handlers at Baghdad Airport to positively ID the general (pictured February 2016) *Yahoo News:* *'Conspiracy is hard': Inside the Trump administration's secret plan to kill * Qassem Soleimani Three teams of Delta Force operators peered through their scopes from concealed locations at Baghdad International Airport last January, waiting for their target: Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s most powerful mi...
Sunday Afternoon Links
Unknown, Accidental Deliberations - 5 hours ago
This and that for your Sunday reading. - Zeynep Tufecki writes about the deadly delay in recognizing the reality that COVID-19 spreads largely through aerosol transmission. Elliot Hannon reports on new research suggesting that the U.S.' already-appalling official death toll from the coronavirus represents a severe undercount. notes that the third wave of COVID-19 was entirely preventable in Canada if we'd taken a responsible approach, while Birgit Umaigba discusses what it looks like from the perspective of the health care workers forced to deal with its most direct effects. Laure...
"Consumers Squeezed; Millions Depend On Credit Cards To Survive; Auto Debt Explodes; Cyberattacks"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 6 hours ago
Jeremiah Babe, *"Consumers Squeezed; Millions Depend On Credit Cards To Survive;* *Auto Debt Explodes; Cyberattacks"*
Musical Interlude: 2002, "Return to Freedom"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 6 hours ago
*Full screen!* *2002, "Return to Freedom"*
'The rich should pay their fair share' ?
Peter Cresswell, Not PC - 6 hours ago
* "'The rich should pay their fair share.' "This term, 'fair share,' is an anti-concept. It's rationally unusable term designed to replace and obliterate some legitimate concept. "One legitimate concept is: the purpose of government. "Another is actual fairness. Fairness is when you get what you deserve. But in this catch-phrase, fairness is when you're harmed by the right amount....* * "What does fair mean [in this statement]? It means more. More than they currently pay. Then more than that. Then more again. A blank check until the rich are drained of all blood."*...
Chinese bioweapon program described by Chinese
Bob Dinn, balance10 - 6 hours ago
2-13-21 Short introduction of PLA Maj-Gen. Xu Dezhong’s bio, which was retweeted by Dr. Li-Meng Yan: In short, Xu is one of the PLA authoritative SARS researchers who reported to the CCP’s high-ranking officials. *Born in 1941 in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, Xu Dezhong joined the PLA in 1965 and the Chinese Communist Party in 1987. He received his undergraduate degree from Beijing Medical University and his postgraduate degree in epidemiology from the Fourth Military Medical University. In 2003, he participated in the Chinese National and PLA SARS Prevention and Control program. * ...
"A Look to the Heavens"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 6 hours ago
“Riding high in the constellation of Auriga, beautiful, blue vdB 31 is the 31st object in Sidney van den Bergh's 1966 catalog of reflection nebulae. It shares this well-composed celestial still life with dark, obscuring clouds recorded in Edward E. Barnard's 1919 catalog of dark markings in the sky. All are interstellar dust clouds, blocking the light from background stars in the case of Barnard's dark nebulae. For vdB 31, the dust preferentially reflects the bluish starlight from embedded, hot, variable star AB Aurigae. Exploring the environs of AB Aurigae with the Hubble Space Tele...
"Do You Want..."
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 6 hours ago
"Do you want to live life, or do you want to escape life?" - Macklemore
Let Them Eat Taser
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 6 hours ago
Two movies on one continent; “Nobody’s afraid of anybody down here,” he told me, with a renewed happiness in his voice that had been missing for months. “They’ve fully moved on.” They’ve moved on not because Americans are in denial, and not because they’re that dreadful term “covidiots,” but because the United States has embraced… Continue reading →
Chet Raymo, "On Saying 'I Don't Know'"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 6 hours ago
*"On Saying 'I Don't Know'"* by Chet Raymo “Johannes Kepler is best known for figuring out the laws of planetary motion. In 1610, he published a little book called “The Six-Cornered Snowflake” that asked an even more fundamental question: How do visible forms arise? He wrote: "There must be some definite reason why, whenever snow begins to fall, its initial formation is invariably in the shape of a six-pointed starlet. For if it happens by chance, why do they not fall just as well with five corners or with seven?" All around him Kepler saw beautiful shapes in nature: six-pointed s...
Aged Care fail – and now a Budget bonanza for Home Care freeloaders
Dr Sarah Russell, Michael West - 6 hours ago
[image: home care packages] The highest level of home care support costs $52,000. This $1000 a week buys, on average, less than nine hours of support. There's plenty of skimming going on by aged care providers, some of whom are the nation's biggest corporatised charities. With the budget expected to boost the number of home care packages without demanding any oversight, providers will be rubbing their hands with glee. Dr Sarah Russell reports.
Man Kills 6, Then Self, at Colorado Birthday Party Shooting
AP News, Snopes.com - 6 hours ago
A gunman opened fire at a birthday party in Colorado, slaying six adults before killing himself Sunday, police said.
Newt Gingrich is Exactly Right, Liz Cheney is Positioning to Support the Deep State With an Independent Run for Office…
Sundance, The Last Refuge - 6 hours ago
Newt Gingrich gave an interview to Maria Bartiromo this morning that is worth reviewing in total. However, for this moment I want to key-in on a specific conversation topic at the 09:30 point of the video below. The former Speaker is exactly correct. Cheney is pre-positioning herself to run against the potential for a 2024 […] The post Newt Gingrich is Exactly Right, Liz Cheney is Positioning to Support the Deep State With an Independent Run for Office… appeared first on The Last Refuge.
The Daily "Near You?"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 6 hours ago
Yerevan, Armenia. Thanks for stopping by!
“Some Things You Need To Know”
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 6 hours ago
*“Some Things You Need To Know”* by Marc Chernoff “I know you’re reading this. And I want you to know I’m writing this for you. Others will be confused. They will think I’m writing this for them. But I’m not. This one’s for you. I want you to know that life is not easy. Every day is an unpredictable challenge. Some days it can be difficult to simply get out of bed in the morning. To face reality and put on that smile. But I want you to know, your smile has kept me going on more days than I can count. Never forget that, even through the toughest times, you are incredible. You really...
The San Antonio UFO Crash
KRandle, A Different Perspective - 6 hours ago
There is now renewed interest in the crash of a UFO near San Antonio, New Mexico, on August 16, 1945. Notice that this is almost two years before the Roswell crash and less than a hundred miles from the debris field shown to me by Bill Brazel. This tale is told by Reme Baca and Jose Padilla, two boys, seven and nine at the time, who heard the crash and would have been the first humans on the scene. Bill Brazel The story, as originally told, was that the youngsters had been sent in search of a pregnant cow. The one boy’s father was afraid that if the calf was born out on the ra...
Iran vs. Israel: The War No One On Earth Wants to See Happen
Robert Farley, The National Interest - 6 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Iran Israel, Middle East* Israel might have a better military, but attacking Iran successfully would be very difficult. It would also raise the possibility of other conflicts elsewhere. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Israel has substantial advantages over Iran at every type of conventional weaponry, except possibly conventionally armed ballistic missiles. Worries over war in the Middle East have largely shifted away from the tense relationship between Iran and Israel. Turkey’s ongoing conflict with the Kurds and Iran’s own jousting with Saudi Arabia have ta...
Legendary: Meet the Unique (and Deadly) F-111 Aardvark
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 6 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *F-111 Aardvark, Americas* [image: F-111 Aardvark] The F-111 was a very unusual warplane that took on a variety of tasks during several major wars. *Key point: *The F-111 was born of a Cold War dispute between the Air Force and Navy. Here is how they came together to make this special jet. The General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark was a low-altitude strike plane born out of a shotgun wedding between competing Air Force and Navy requirements—with Defense Secretary McNamara as the minister. Despite its troubled adolescence, it grew into a capable high-tech night bomber...
"Lemons..."
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 6 hours ago
"When life hands you a lemon, say "Oh yeah, I like lemons. What else you got?" - Henry Rollins
Kelp, Trophic Cascades, and Climate
Lambert Strether, naked capitalism - 7 hours ago
Wandering through the kelp forests (which turn out to be a carbon sequestration option).
Oregon Police Officer Under Investigation For Extremist Views – Infraction, He Carried ‘Molon Labe’ Key Chain
Sundance, The Last Refuge - 7 hours ago
The attacks against police; and the attacks against patriotism that connects the social fabric to respecting law and order; are reaching new levels. The tools and techniques being deployed by Marxist BLM activists are increasingly infiltrating the police units. The leftists are creating new and ridiculous definitions of what constitutes “extremism” and/or “far right” extremist […] The post Oregon Police Officer Under Investigation For Extremist Views – Infraction, He Carried ‘Molon Labe’ Key Chain appeared first on The Last Refuge.
New 'Stimulus Check' Question: Get a Lump Some or a Monthly Check?
Ethen Kim Lieser, The National Interest - 7 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Child Tax Credit, Americas* [image: Child Tax Credit] The expanded child tax credit will help reduce family and childhood poverty, and there are two ways you can choose to receive it. *Key point: *Another big round of stimulus checks may not be coming. However, those with kids can expect to take advantage of the child tax credit. For those still-struggling Americans who think the current third round of coronavirus stimulus checks is the end of further financial assistance from the government, know that there is great news. The Internal Revenue Service has al...
Why NATO Takes Russia’s AU-50U Aircraft So Seriously
Mark Episkopos, The National Interest - 7 hours ago
*Mark Episkopos* *Russian Air Force, Europe* The A-50U is a modernization of the Soviet A-50, an Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) aircraft. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Given the Kremlin’s aggressive arms export strategy over the past decade, it seems exceedingly likely that India is being eyed as a prospective buyer for the A-50U as it moves along in its mass production. Russia’s Beriev A-50U reconnaissance aircraft is rapidly moving along in serial production, according to the Beriev Aircraft Company. "*On December 6, the Beriev Aircraft Company delivered anothe...
Interview with Pam Lecky
jurassicpork, Welcome Back to Pottersville - 7 hours ago
“*London October 1886: Trapped in a troubled marriage, Lucy Lawrence is ripe for an adventure. But when she meets the enigmatic Phineas Stone, over the body of her husband in the mortuary, her world begins to fall apart.* * When her late husband’s secrets spill from the grave, and her life is threatened by the leader of London’s most notorious gang, Lucy must find the strength to rise to the challenge. But who can she trust and how is she to stay out of the murderous clutches of London’s most dangerous criminal?”*–synopsis for *No Stone Unturned*. For May’s Author of t...
Aiming for lateral accountability: Cameras will either help... or thwart... Big Brother
David Brin, CONTRARY BRIN - 7 hours ago
More and more we are seeing that the enemies of the Enlightenment Experiment Are not just opposing 'western decadence' or even the Rule of Law - though RoL hampers terribly the power and whim that topmost males have always deemed their birthright. No, the most fundamental thing that all tyrants, kings, owner-lords and priestly hierarchs have always dreader was the possibility of *accountability,* applied upon them by those they rule. Pericles spoke of this, at the onset of the age when the Athenian Democracy dazzled the world. Thomas Paine crystalized the notion, far more revolu...
Does a Snapple Lid Say ‘Trump Lost’?
Madison Dapcevich, Snopes.com - 7 hours ago
The underside of the cap reportedly read, “Trump lost and the election was not stolen.”
Did Cirsten Weldon Say Hillary Clinton Died of Disease Associated with Cannibalism?
Madison Dapcevich, Snopes.com - 8 hours ago
Kuru is an incurable disease that is usually fatal within a year of developing symptoms.
Winter Storm Watch for Parts of Colorado and Wyoming
Robert, Ice Age Now - 8 hours ago
That’s winter, as in WINTER, on May 9 – 8 to 14 inches of snow possible – Also, May snow on the Great Plains of the Dakotas and New Hampshire’s Mount Washington. URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Denver CO Sun May 9 2021 …WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING… ... Read more The post Winter Storm Watch for Parts of Colorado and Wyoming appeared first on Ice Age Now.
When will these “COVID-Vaccines” become APPROVED ?
Robert, Ice Age Now - 9 hours ago
Label states “For use under Emergency Use Authorization,” but it does not say “approved.” “You may wonder ‘What gives?’,” says Dr. Klaus L.E. Kaiser. “Yes, that’s exactly what I’m asking, too.” ____________ When will these “COVID-Vaccines” become APPROVED ? Dr. Klaus L.E. Kaiser The mainstream media (radio, TV, newspapers) are full of reports of the successes ... Read more The post When will these “COVID-Vaccines” become APPROVED ? appeared first on Ice Age Now.
"Courage..."
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 8 hours ago
“Courage is a heart word. The root of the word courage is cor – the Latin word for heart. In one of its earliest forms, the word courage meant “To speak one’s mind by telling all one’s heart.” Over time, this definition has changed, and today, we typically associate courage with heroic and brave deeds. But in my opinion, this definition fails to recognize the inner strength and level of commitment required for us to actually speak honestly and openly about who we are and about our experiences – good and bad. Speaking from our hearts is what I think of as “ordinary courage.” - Brené ...
Greg Hunter, "Confronted with a Nightmare Scenario"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 8 hours ago
*"Confronted with a Nightmare Scenario"* by Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com "Financial writer John Rubino says there is no easy way out for the financial and political mess the United States has created for itself. Rubino starts with the economic problems and explains, “Now, inflation is starting to spread. Look at lumber. If you are trying to build a house, it’s $35,000 more now than it was two years ago just because of lumber. Iron ore, house prices, grains, food and you name it, we’ve got inflation going on. At the same time, we have an apparent labor shortage. All these companie...
A Conspiracy of Satanic Morons: Biden and the World Economic Forum
Barbara Boyd, LaRouchePAC.com - All Posts - 8 hours ago
The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) COVID manifesto, “COVID-19: The Great Reset,” written urgently by Klaus Schwab and Thierry Malleret in June 2020, explains much about the political weaponization of the virus in the United States, a weaponization which was used to remove a sitting U.S. President and now is being used, through the Biden Administration, to institutionalize what the Council of Foreign Relations’ (CFR) “Project 1980s” originally named “controlled disintegration of the world economy.”
$3,600 Stimulus Checks Are Coming (Well, If You Have Children)
Ethen Kim Lieser, The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Stimulus Check, * [image: Joe Biden Stimulus] The survey further revealed that 86 percent of Democrats, 54 percent of Independents, and 25 percent of Republicans are backing the American Families Plan. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *If the American Families Plan is eventually green-lighted, those recurring monthly payments will last through the year 2025. About six in ten Americans support President Joe Biden’s proposed $1.8 trillion American Families Plan, according to a new Morning Consult/Politico poll released on Wednesday. The survey further reveal...
Why the U.S. Army’s M1 Abrams Tank Still Reigns Supreme (So Far)
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Abrams Tank, World* [image: Abrams Tank] There are many advanced and well-balanced tanks throughout the world, but none have yet to dethrone the king. *Key point: *America's Abrams tank might have trouble with modern German, Russian, Korea, or Chinese tanks. However, the Abrams is still, overall, the finest. Back in the 1990s I recall reading Tom Clancy’s loving paean to the M1 Abrams, *Armored Cav*, in which he related that the unkillable tank had never been knocked out by hostile fire. The Abrams’ 120mm cannon effortlessly peeled the turrets off of T-72 tan...
The Anti-Education Economy
Peter Greene, CURMUDGUCATION - 9 hours ago
A recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education asks "Our blind faith in the transformative power of higher ed is slipping. What now?" The article looks at the long-time US love affair with higher education, an affair that is one part long-standing respect (of some folks) for more and more education and one part the relentless drumbeat of articles pointing out that college graduates make more money. The favored government fantasy is that more education will result in a better economy, the dream of Smarten Up economics that seems as potent for some folks as the dream of a Tr...
Chinese State Media Say Australia Will Be Bombed If They Support US Military Action Defending Taiwan
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 9 hours ago
Two Su-35 fighter jets and a H-6K bomber fly in formation on May 11, 2018. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) air force conducted patrol training over China's island of Taiwan on Friday. Su-35 fighter jets flew over the Bashi Channel in formation with the H-6Ks for the first time, which marks a new breakthrough in island patrol patterns, said Shen Jinke, spokesperson for the PLA air force.Photo:China Military *Daily Mail:* *Chilling warning from Beijing to BOMB Australia with long-range missiles should Canberra support US military action in Taiwan* * A China propaganda newspape...
Pierre ‘Pete’ Du Pont IV Dies; Ran for US President in 1988
AP News, Snopes.com - 9 hours ago
Du Pont broke with family tradition by leaving the family business for a career in law and politics.
No Stimulus Check For You (Because the IRS Thinks Your Dead)
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *IRS Stimulus Check, Americas* It turns out 12,000 Americans are incorrectly marked as deceased by the IRS, which can cause those who are still among the living no end of legal and tax headaches. *Key point: *Accidents happen, but they should be easy to fix. Here is how one man has struggled to get the benefits he is entitled to due to a clerical error. Last month, the local media in Indiana wrote about a man who was unable to get his stimulus check for a unique reason: The IRS believes that he is dead . The misunderstanding came as a result of some mix-up a few...
9mm Guns Remain the Most Reliable for Personal Self-Defense
Kyle Mizokami, The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Weapons, * These guns are good for concealed carry or for close-in situations. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *Despite its age, the 9mm is more dangerous than ever before, due to innovations in ammunition lethality that squeeze greater performance out of the bullet. The 9mm Luger, invented before the Great War, is one of the longest-serving gun calibers in history. Introduced in 1901, it has served in virtually every conflict since then up until today. From World War I’s German army to the British army fighting ISIS in Syria, the Luger round has served milit...
First China, then America: How Japan Waged War Across the Pacific
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Imperial Japan, Asia* Why exactly did Japan elect to attack a country with twice the population, five times the steel production and seventeen times the gross national income? *Here's What You Need To Remember: *Undeniably, the U.S. oil embargo had backed Imperial Japan into a corner. The Japanese military’s instincts, supported by a succession of victorious conflicts against numerically superior foes, was to strike out. Tokyo trusted in the valor and prowess of its soldiers and the incompetence of its enemies rather than deciding to back down before a superi...
Russia Has Discovered Some Problems With its Robotic Tanks
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Uran-9, Europe* The Uran-9 robotic tank is a semi-autonomous vehicle that can be controlled remotely from distances of up to 1.8 miles away *Here's What You Need to Remember: *"Shortcomings were identified during the tests in Syria. In particular, the issues of control, reduced mobility, and unsatisfactory military intelligence and surveillance functions had been considered by engineers and were rectified," said Vladimir Dmitriev, head of the Kalashnikov Concern. Somewhere Putin is smiling: The first robot tanks are about to report for duty. The Russian Ministry ...
Stimulus Checks Are Out: Who Is in the New Batch of 1 Million Payments?
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *IRS Stimulus, Americas* [image: IRS Stimulus] As more stimulus checks go out, more Americans are finally covered and can breathe a little easier. *Key point: *Aside from checking your bank account or mailbox, there are a few ways to see if you qualify and have a check in transit. Here are the tools you can use to get your stimmy. According to the latest weekly report from the IRS and other government agencies, the government’s most recent round of stimulus checks from the American Rescue Plan totaled 1.1 million checks, with a total dollar amount of more than ...
Record Setter: America’s Old F-15 Fighter Keeps Surprising
Mark Episkopos, The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Mark Episkopos* *F-15 Fighter, Americas* Almost fifty years since its introduction, the F-15 platform has set yet another record. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *The Air Force is reviewing plans to retire the F-15C/D fleet around the mid-2020s, though a final decision has yet to be made. The proposal’s supporters argue that the F-16 Fighting Falcon can reproduce much of the capabilities of an F-15C jet at a lower cost. Almost fifty years since its introduction, the F-15 platform has set yet another record. An F-15C Eagle executed the longest known air-to-air missile shot ...
Sunday Talks, House Leader Kevin McCarthy Discusses The Removal of Liz Cheney From Conference Leadership
Sundance, The Last Refuge - 9 hours ago
Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy appears with Maria Bartiromo to discuss next weeks vote to remove Liz Cheney (Wednesday). In the interview McCarthy notes Liz Cheney is dividing the GOP conference with her attacks against President Donald Trump. A point missing from these discussions is the fact that President Trump received more votes than any president […] The post Sunday Talks, House Leader Kevin McCarthy Discusses The Removal of Liz Cheney From Conference Leadership appeared first on The Last Refuge.
Still uncertain about how many positive cases are backlogged, Nova Scotia announced 165 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, May 9
Tim Bousquet, Halifax Examiner - 9 hours ago
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. Jump to sections in this article: Overview Demographics Testing Vaccination Schools Potential exposure advisories One-hundred-and-sixty-five new cases of COVID-19 are newly announced today (Sunday, May 9), but, as I wrote yesterday, we don’t know what portion of […]
Colombia explores conditions to reactivate peace talks with ELN
Latin America News, The Rio Times - 9 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Colombia continues to seek conditions to reactivate peace dialogues with the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas. Without the armed group having so far made progress in complying with the conditions imposed by President Iván Duque, the local government announced this Sunday. With the endorsement of the Holy See, through the […] The post Colombia explores conditions to reactivate peace talks with ELN appeared first on The Rio Times.
Sewage Set To Become Car Fuel Of Tomorrow!
Paul Homewood, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 10 hours ago
By Paul Homewood h/t Ian Magness Olivia’s latest pile of ……! I would like to crowdsource this. There seem to be some pretty obvious issues, for instance: How much energy does a gram of hydrogen contain, in petrol equivalent? Converting ammonia to hydrogen involves cracking at high temperatures; how much […]
Our Biggest Jails Are Frontline Environmental Justice Communities
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 15 hours ago
For more than half a century, 441 Bauchet Street has been the address where Los Angeles’ most stark social and environmental inequalities converge. It’s the location of L.A.’s Men’s Central Jail, the largest facility in the most populated county jail system in the country. On any given day, about 5,000 people are incarcerated there. A block south from the jail is the 101 freeway, one of the most traveled highways in America, which generates dangerous levels of air pollution linked to a slew of birth defects. A block east is the L.A. River, home to at least 20 different pollutants,...
Toward An Abolitionist Approach To Anti-Asian Violence
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 15 hours ago
Atrocities targeting people and bodies we identify as our own tend to incite powerful feelings of exception. A shared sense of singular vulnerability and violation circulates virally, and the epidemiology of toxic intimacy with violence is simultaneously social and personal. The sheer quantity of casualties matters less than the bare fact of unexpected cruelty. Singularity and exception yield to righteous outrage, communal mobilization, and militant demand on surrounding authorities. Something must be done now. A famous few may issue bounties for individual culprits, with no rega...
Healthy Utah High School Athlete Develops Blood Clots in His Brain Following COVID Injection
Brian-Admin, Health Impact News - 9 hours ago
The local corporate media in Draper, Utah, is reporting that a 17-year-old student from Corner Canyon High School ended up in the ICU with blood clots in his brain just after receiving an experimental COVID injection. However, as with ALL stories of COVID "vaccine" injuries or deaths that make it into the corporate media, they continue to state that there is no link between the injuries and the injections. In fact, the reporter in the video of this story tells us that they are not even going to name which "vaccine" he received, showing just how much control Big Pharma has on the m...
Did Elon Musk Reveal on ‘SNL’ He Had Asperger’s?
Madison Dapcevich, Snopes.com - 10 hours ago
The tech entrepreneur and billionaire hosted the show on May 8, 2021.
U.S. 5th Fleet Seizes Thousands Of Weapons Aboard A Stateless Dhow In The Arabian Sea Likely Headed For Yemen
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 10 hours ago
*Daily Mail:* *Navy seizes thousands of assault weapons, machines guns and sniper rifles hidden on ship 'sailing from Iran to Yemen' in the Arabian Sea* * The U.S. Fifth Fleet discovered the weapons aboard a ship in the northern reaches of the Arabian Sea off Oman and Pakistan * The Navy found nearly 3,000 Chinese Type 56 assault rifles, a variant of the Kalashnikov, hundreds of other heavy machine guns and sniper rifles * Dozens of advanced, Russian-made anti-tank guided missiles were also found * The weapons appeared to be bound for Yemen to support the country's Houthi...
Ky. Derby Winner Could Be Disqualified; Track Bans Baffert
AP News, Snopes.com - 10 hours ago
Trainer Bob Baffert denied all wrongdoing and promised to be fully transparent with the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission during its investigation.
The Way Out of the Impasse Between Iran & U.S.
Eric Zuesse, The Duran - 10 hours ago
Eric Zuesse, originally posted at Strategic Culture On June 18th, Iran will hold its Presidential election. The current Government is led by Iran’s moderates, who are the people that aren’t closed-minded to the possibility of America’s being less than 100% determined to take back Iran as America had grabbed that country in the 1953 U.S. […]
Yet another Cowardly Criminal hides behind the Government/Media-mandated "Masking" policy--to commit a heinous crime - Mother now in mourning on Mother's Day
greencrow, Greencrow As The Crow Flies - 10 hours ago
*Suspect hides behind Mask* *to murder young man at bus stop* Good Sunday Morning readers and Happy Mothers Day! to all you mothers out there. I hope to hear from my three children today and look forward to having a barbecue dinner with my youngest son. Sadly, however, there is one mother out there in the Vancouver Lower Mainland who will have the most horrifically painful Mothers day of her Life. That would be the mother of the young man who perished yesterday at a Burnaby bus stop...shot by a villain [shown above] who was able to sneak up to fire a gun at him...*aided and abet...
WARNING: New World Health Organization Group to Plan Health and the Economy of the Entire World
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 10 hours ago
EPJ The World Health Organization is convening eleven “leading” figures in economics, health and development from around the world as the first members of the... The post WARNING: New World Health Organization Group to Plan Health and the Economy of the Entire World appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
‘I would do it again’: Portland man horribly injured for standing up to heavily armed leftist militants
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 10 hours ago
The Post Millennial Joe Hall, a Portland man, stood up to protestors on Thursday, and wound up with severe injuries for his trouble. He is... The post ‘I would do it again’: Portland man horribly injured for standing up to heavily armed leftist militants appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Is Montana Canceling Federal COVID-19 Unemployment?
Madison Dapcevich, Snopes.com - 10 hours ago
In May 2021, Montana’s unemployment rate was 3.8%.
No Vaccine Passports in Texas! Medical Doctors Testify Before State Senate to Oppose Mandatory COVID Shots
Mary, From the Trenches World Report - 10 hours ago
Health Impact News – by Brian Shilhavy This past week the Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs took testimony from Texas physicians regarding SB 1669:... The post No Vaccine Passports in Texas! Medical Doctors Testify Before State Senate to Oppose Mandatory COVID Shots appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
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