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The National Interest21 hours ago
New Freedom Phone Isn’t What It Appears to Be*Stephen Silver* *Technology, * This faux phone risks running into the same problems faced by the conservative social networks of the past. Ever since the rise of Donald Trump, conservative dissatisfaction with the technology industry has skyrocketed, with Trump and other Republican politicians frequently accusing “big tech” of bias and censorship towards conservatives. This tension existed even before Trump was suspended from Twitter following the riot at the U.S. Capitol building on January 6. This has manifested itself as the launch of a series of social networks, including G... read more
UnderwaterTimes.com News of the Underwater World21 hours ago
Was an All-White Orca Recently Spotted Off The Russian Coast?UnderwaterTimes.com News of the Underwater World21 hours ago
Spray clay: Researchers testing new strategy to battle red tide in SarasotaUnderwaterTimes.com News of the Underwater World21 hours ago
They're here: Jaw-dropping East Lothian video shows majestic minke whales circling fishing boat in Firth of ForthUnderwaterTimes.com News of the Underwater World21 hours ago
Environmentalists: Mexico gives up on maintaining fishing-free zone to protect vaquita porpoiseUnderwaterTimes.com News of the Underwater World21 hours ago
The Glasgow shipwreck laden with beer that has divers sinking to new depths for a swallyUnderwaterTimes.com News of the Underwater World21 hours ago
Mumbai Court grants bail to three arrested with whale vomitUnderwaterTimes.com News of the Underwater World21 hours ago
Worry: 2 North Atlantic right whales entangled off New BrunswickPA Pundits – International22 hours ago
Australian Daily Wind Power Generation Data – Saturday 17 July 2021By 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 […] read more
balance1023 hours ago
Fear is the absence of well-being
1) Thus, beloved, you have seen how the Lords of Karma by direction from on high have allowed that karma to descend in Tiananmen Square that all might see and be awakened and begin [to understand what is that feeling of] uneasiness [they experience] just below the threshold of awareness that indeed World Communism may turn around and betray even the very budding of freedom. Blessed hearts, this was a karmic condition of those involved and there could be no intercession. This was an ancient scene replayed and all the players in their parts, thousands of them now, did come. Yet,... read more
Small Dead Animals23 hours ago
The Sound Of Settled ScienceHot enough for ya? read more
PA Pundits – International23 hours ago
The Black Tail That Wags The DogBy Burt Prelutsky ~ A climate in which a charge of “racist” can short circuit a career, especially that of a politician or a member of the media. If you merely went by how much attention is paid to 12% of the population, and then factored in their presence in movies, TV and, especially, commercials, […] read more
PA Pundits – International1 day ago
NY Times’s Ezra Klein Yawns At Murderous Eco-Terrorism: ‘A Wave Of Bombings…’By Clay Waters ~ Ezra Klein, founder of the left-leaning “news-explainer” site Vox and now a high-profile New York Times opinion columnist with his own Times podcast, was granted over 2,000 words to condone the bombing of oil pipelines by environmental radicals, “It Seems Odd That We Would Just Let the World Burn”. Klein’s new […] read more
Komando.com1 day ago
Want a change of scenery? 10 cities that will pay you to move there
These 10 cities will pay you to move there and start a new life. read more
The National Interest21 hours ago
Cuba’s Mass Protests Are Driven By Coronavirus and a Dead Economy*Emily Morris* *Cuba, The Americas* The Cuban people are taking to the streets in the largest anti-government protest in decades. Cuba has recently riven by what the BBC has referred to as “the biggest protests in decades”. What appear to be largely spontaneous outpourings of anger at the hardship faced by many people are being blamed on a severe downturn in the economy, which contracted by 11% last year and has continued to slump in 2021. The protests reflect popular frustration arising from worsening shortages, growing queues and recent power cuts. Like other tourism-dependent... read more
The National Interest21 hours ago
COVID: Should You Ditch Your Mask Once Restrictions Are Lifted?*Stephen John* *Coronavirus, * As coronavirus restrictions are rolled back, how should responsible citizens go about their lives? Most COVID-19 legal restrictions in England end on July 19. To celebrate, will you punch a stranger in the face? Probably not. And you certainly shouldn’t. Will you wear a mask on the bus after what the government has called “freedom day”? (If you live in London, where masks remain compulsory on public transport, the answer is clearly “yes”.) Not wearing a mask looks a lot like punching the stranger – you risk harming innocent people. But lots of peop... read more
The National Interest21 hours ago
Forget Stalingrad: The Battle of Moscow Was World War II's First Major Turning Point*Warfare History Network, Jeff Chrisman* *World War II, Europe* When German armies invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, Hitler thought victory would be quick and easy. It was neither. *Here's What You Need to Know*: After 1941, the Germans would never again threaten Moscow. Many consider the Battle of Moscow in late 1941 to be the first turning point of World War II on the Eastern Front. Some even consider the battle for Moscow as the only opportunity for the Germans to prevail in the East. By the middle of 1942, the Soviets had organized enough troops under arms that the Germans c... read more
The National Interest21 hours ago
An Iranian Navy Ship Burst Into Flames: Is Israel to Blame?*Mark Episkopos* *Iran, Middle East* The fire comes amid a flurry of reciprocal accusations between Tehran and Jerusalem, with the former accusing Israel of targeting a ship belonging to Iran’s paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in April. *Here's What You Need to Remember:* The Iranian Navy announced on Wednesday that the IS *Kharg *caught on fire near the port of Jask in South Iran. The military tried for twenty hours to extinguish the fire, which reportedly began in the engine room and proliferated to other parts of the ship. The blaze started in the early m... read more
The National Interest21 hours ago
Congress Help America Outcompete China in Latin America*Connor Pfeiffer* *China, Americas* U.S. policy in the region should focus on preventing strategic adversaries from having the ability to threaten U.S. influence and security interests, not attempting to decouple the region from China. The lessons of the Cold War loom large as China continues to escalate its influence efforts in Latin America. The region has always been an attractive target for adversaries seeking to increase pressure on the United States close to home, at times with near-disastrous consequences, which makes Washington’s regional interests almost synonymous with ... read more
The Conservative Socrates22 hours ago
The Coup and the Revolution Away from CommunismIn October 1958, General Ayub Khan seized the presidency of Pakistan in a military coup which he described as “a revolution away from communism.” The American political establishment was convinced that Ayub Khan was a staunch anti-communist and a valuable ally against the Soviet Union. They saw the coup as a pro-capitalism political action. Ayub Khan was allowed to impose martial law in Pakistan without any criticism from the American and European establishments. Ayub Khan shrewdly explained that the martial law was a temporary measure and that it was “harsh only to those who have b... read more
The National Interest23 hours ago
This Army Division Handed America Victory After Victory*Warfare History Network* *History, * “Full victory—nothing else.” *Key Point: *Up to 80 percent of the airborne troops, men whom Eisenhower took a special interest in visiting on the eve of the invasion, might be lost to enemy action over the coming days. In one of the most recognized photographs taken by U.S. Army cameramen during World War II, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe, is addressing men of E Company, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 101st Airborne Division, in England on June 5, 1944, just hours before their jump into ... read more
The Last Refuge23 hours ago
July 18th – 2021 Presidential Politics – Resistance Day 180In 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 July 18th – 2021 Presidential Politics – Resistance Day 180 appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
The Last Refuge23 hours ago
Sunday July 18th – Open ThreadOur Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL. […] The post Sunday July 18th – Open Thread appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
War News Updates23 hours ago
Only 6 Of 58 Top Positions In The Pentagon Have Been filled
*Politico*: *Top Pentagon weapons office faces vacancies as the military rushes to focus on China* *The Biden administration has been slow to announce nominees for the 58 Senate-confirmed positions at the Pentagon.* The Pentagon is facing a leadership vacuum in the office tasked with buying and modernizing its weapons and developing new technologies, even as the Biden administration pushes through its first budget and launches sweeping reviews on strategy and nuclear policy. Stacy Cummings, who has been performing the duties of undersecretary of defense for acquisition and su... read more
Food Safety News1 day ago
Rare case of illness in Brazil from fish prompts warningOfficials in Brazil have issued a warning after a woman became sick from a rare disease after eating fish. The municipality of Goianésia, which is in the state of Goiás, said it is monitoring the case of a patient infected with Haff disease, also known as black urine disease. She is hospitalized in the intensive... Continue Reading read more
Small Dead Animals1 day ago
July 18, 2021: Reader TipsThis evening we learn all about the insanity that are British phone numbers. Your most fascinating tips of the past day would be appreciated! read more
Manhattan Contrarian1 day ago
Another Manhattanite Mugged By Reality: The Case Of Maud Maron* Further to Jane’s post a couple of days ago about the political conversion of her friend Jackie (“Interview With Jackie,” July 14), I thought that readers might be interested in a similar story involving a somewhat more public resident of Manhattan named Maud Maron. Maron was the subject of a post by Bari Weiss at her Substack site on July 12, with the title “A Witch Trial at the Legal Aid Society.” * Maron’s story gives a good indication of just how difficult it is to think independently and break free of the Manhattan groupthink, particularly if you want to have any kind of publ... read more
The National Interest1 day ago
Most COVID Deaths in England Now Are in The Vaccinated*Christian Yates* *Coronavirus, United Kingdom* The explanation is simple. More vaccinated people are dying of COVID than unvaccinated people, according to a recent report from Public Health England (PHE). The report shows that 163 of the 257 people (63.4%) who died of the delta variant within 28 days of a positive COVID test between February 1 and June 21, had received at least one dose of the vaccine. At first glance, this may seem alarming, but it is exactly as would be expected. Here’s a simple thought experiment: imagine everyone is now fully vaccinated with COVID vaccines... read more
The National Interest1 day ago
How American Tanks Helped the British Beat Back Hitler in Africa*Michael Peck* *Tanks, Africa* The M-3 Grant was a decent weapon that came just in the nick of time. *Here's What You Need to Know*: The genesis of the Grant sprang less from inspiration and more from desperation. Why were Rommel's tanks blowing up? As the Desert Fox's panzers churned through the Libyan desert in May 1942, they were confident of victory. For more than a year, despite being outnumbered by the British Eighth Army, the German armor had time and again emerged victorious. Now the Afrika Korps was on the offensive against the British fortified line at Gazala, aiming ... read more
War News Updates1 day ago
Fans And Players Flee Nationals Park After Gunshots Outside DC Stadium*Daily Mail:* *BREAKING: Fans at a Washington Nationals baseball game RAN to take cover SATURDAY NIGHT after four people WERE shot outside the stadium's third base gate.* * There were four people shot outside of the Washington Nationals stadium * Two victims were found outside the stadium along the third base side and two more victims were found in area hospitals * DC Police said there's no ongoing threat at this time * There are no details about the shooting or the victims' conditions * The Nationals and Padres were in the sixth inning when the gunshots rang out Fans a... read more
Covert Geopolitics1 day ago
Britain Plans Covert Special Forces Operations Against Russia & ChinaThe UK Special Forces are about to concentrate on some new covert counter-state tasks with a focus on Russia and China, Royal Marines Brigadier Mark Totten revealed to the Times. The British Royal Marines are to take over some of the “traditional” roles of the nation’s special forces units – the Special Air Service (SAS) … Continue reading Britain Plans Covert Special Forces Operations Against Russia & China → read more
Climate Collections1 day ago
Old-school data suggests hurricanes in the Atlantic are not more frequent than in the pastOriginally posted on Tallbloke's Talkshop: Image credit: sanibelrealestateguide.com Quote: ‘No evidence’. Not more intense either. Reports claiming otherwise were greatly exaggerated or at least ill-informed, it seems (as well as being frequent, and intensely irritating). Climate alarmists will not be amused. – – – Researchers affiliated with several institutions in the United States have… read more
Covert Geopolitics1 day ago
Forced Vaccination and the Road to “Digital Tyranny”: Agenda ID2020 RevisitedA group of “citizens” of the Andromeda Galaxy, the closest to our Milky Way, but still about 2.5 million light years away from planet Earth – People of Peace – wanted to visit Mother Earth, the beautiful blue planet. They must have heard lots of good things about our planet, many light years back. The Andromeda people’s … Continue reading Forced Vaccination and the Road to “Digital Tyranny”: Agenda ID2020 Revisited → read more
Welcome Back to Pottersville5 hours ago
Insurrection, My Fat Ass!
(By Cyril Blubberpuss, Conservative-American.) *I*f there were Republican dictionaries," I said to a homeless man on 5th Avenue just before I tore off his surgical mask, "I'd make owning and reading them mandatory!" You know, if I was a dictator like Hitler or Stalin. Which I *don't* want to be, so you liberal pinheads reading this septic tank of a left wing blog better not try to make hay out of that. The point I'm trying to make is that we'd better reacquaint ourselves with the English language that we invented and was stolen by the English. That includes relearning the *real* d... read more
War News Updates1 day ago
Why Is the U.S. Media Silent On The Guardian's Report That Putin Approved A Plot To Have 'Mentally Unstable' Trump Win In 2016?
The Guardian on Thursday published an explosive report (above) based on the supposed Kremlin documents, but nearly all US outlets have refrained from covering the story *Daily Mail: **Why have the left-wing US media stayed so strangely silent about sensational UK newspaper story claiming Putin approved plot to have 'mentally unstable' Trump win in 2016?* * Guardian on Thursday published story based on purported Kremlin document * Document claims to show Putin ordered campaign to support Trump in 2016 * A day later, the New York Times, CNN, NBC and ABC remain silent on the stor... read more
The Rio Times1 day ago
Brazil’s President Bolsonaro should be released from hospital this Sunday – medical teamRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Surgeon Antonio Luiz Macedo, responsible for operations on the abdomen of the president, said today that President Jair Bolsonaro should be released this Sunday (18). According to him, there is still no way to predict the exact time when the president will be released. "The digestive system is already working," […] The post Brazil’s President Bolsonaro should be released from hospital this Sunday – medical team appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 21 day ago
Musical Interlude: Sarah Mclachlan, "In The Arms Of An Angel"Sarah Mclachlan, "In The Arms Of An Angel" read more
The National Interest1 day ago
Dead in the Water: Has Russia’s Nuclear-Powered Battlecruiser Met Its End?*Mark Episkopos* *Russian Navy, Europe* Kirov-class battlecruisers were intended to operate alongside a class of dedicated modern aircraft carriers, heralding a new era of Soviet global power projection. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *The grand strategic visions driving the *Kirov*-class project collapsed alongside the Soviet Union. The ill-fated *Admiral Kuznetsov* became the only carrier of its line, and is now undergoing major repairs following a series of catastrophic incidents including an onboard fire and collapsed drydock. The post-refit handover of Russia’s *Admiral... read more
The National Interest1 day ago
Army Engineers Digital Fibers for Soldier Wearable Computers*Kris Osborn* *U.S. Army, * This technology can store information in memory, sense and analyze data in real time. Army scientists are engineering mobile, lightweight digital fibers into soldier uniforms to generate power, gather crucial time-sensitive sensor data, and take new breakthrough steps toward deploying a wearable computer. The digital fibers, which are sewn into clothing, can store information in memory, sense and analyze data in real time. The first fibers with digital capabilities were developed by researchers at the Army’s Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies at t... read more
Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 21 day ago
"A Look to the Heavens"
"What's happening to this spiral galaxy? Although details remain uncertain, it surely has to do with an ongoing battle with its smaller galactic neighbor. The featured galaxy is labelled UGC 1810 by itself, but together with its collisional partner is known as Arp 273. The overall shape of the UGC 1810 - in particular its blue outer ring - is likely a result of wild and violent gravitational interactions. This ring's blue color is caused by massive stars that are blue hot and have formed only in the past few million years. The inner galaxy appears older, redder, and threaded with co... read more
The Rio Times1 day ago
Foreign powers and UN withdraw their support for Haiti’s prime minister Claude JosephRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Foreign powers and the UN have withdrawn their support for Haiti's interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph, who has been at the helm of the country since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse ten days ago, by announcing on Saturday (17) their explicit support for one of his rivals for power. […] The post Foreign powers and UN withdraw their support for Haiti’s prime minister Claude Joseph appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 21 day ago
Kahlil Gibran, “The Farewell”
*“The Farewell”* “Farewell to you and the youth I have spent with you. It was but yesterday we met in a dream. You have sung to me in my aloneness, and I of your longings have built a tower in the sky. But now our sleep has fled and our dream is over, and it is no longer dawn. The noontide is upon us and our half waking has turned to fuller day, and we must part. If in the twilight of memory we should meet once more, we shall speak again together and you shall sing to me a deeper song. And if our hands should meet in another dream we shall build another tower in the sky.” - Kahlil Gibran... read more
Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 21 day ago
The Poet: Mary Oliver, “October”
*“October”* "There’s this shape, black as the entrance to a cave. A longing wells up in its throat like a blossom as it breathes slowly. What does the world mean to you if you can’t trust it to go on shining when you’re not there? and there’s a tree, long-fallen; once the bees flew to it, like a procession of messengers, and filled it with honey. I said to the chickadee, singing his heart out in the green pine tree: little dazzler little song, little mouthful. The shape climbs up out of the curled grass. It grunts into view. There is no measure for the confidence at the bottom of its e... read more
Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 21 day ago
"How To See Things As They Are"
*"How To See Things As They Are"* by David Cain "I’m in the back room of a coffee shop right now, switching between writing and another mental exercise: pretending I’m not here. I don’t mean I’m wearing a disguise, or hiding behind a potted plant. I’m doing a perspective-shifting practice that I’d recommend to anyone: now and then, wherever you are, look at the scene in front of you as though it’s happening without you. From any seat, or standing spot, anywhere - in an office, a breakfast diner, a public square, a waiting room - see your surroundings just as they’d be if you weren... read more
Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 21 day ago
"We Are Never Deceived..."
"We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves." - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe read more
Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 21 day ago
The Daily "Near You?"
Valdez, Alaska, USA. Thanks for stopping by! read more
balance101 day ago
virus update; nations raped/pillaged by big pharmaSouth Africa 16/177= 9% increase/day https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/south-africa/ ……………………………………………… India 10% increase/day but infections went way down *https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/india/* ……………………………………………….. Brazil 53/760= 7% increase/day https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/brazil/ ……………………………………………… Russia 25/435= 5.7% increase/day https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/russia ………………………………………………………. UK 51.6/751= 6.9% increase/day https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/uk …………………………………… USA ... read more
The National Interest1 day ago
Can South Korea Build an ‘Iron Dome’ to Protect Against North Korean Artillery?*Sebastien Roblin* *South Korea, * If South Korean citizens expect an impenetrable artillery shield, then they risk being disappointed. South Korea’s Defense Minister Suh Wook announced on June 28, 2021, plans to spend 2.89 trillion won ($2.6 billion) developing an equivalent of the Iron Dome air defense system used by Israel. Just a month prior, Israeli Iron Dome batteries allegedly shot down 90 percent of the roughly 1,500 unguided rockets fired by Hamas that were bound for populated areas of Israel, out of a total of 4,300 that were launched. Yet a Korean Iron Dome system mi... read more
The National Interest1 day ago
Cruelty: Not Every American Effort in the Pacific Was Victorious*Michael Peck* *World War II History, * The fall of Corregidor forces us to ask a tough question: what went wrong? The answer is pretty much everything. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *And then there was silence. “Tell Joe, wherever he is, to give ’em hell for us,” said the radio signal. “My love to you all. God bless you and keep you. Sign my name, and tell mother how you heard from me. Stand by.” And then there was silence. On the morning of May 6, 1942, U.S. Army Sgt. Irving Strobing sent the last message—to America, his family and his brother Joe—from the fortress of Co... read more
Small Dead Animals1 day ago
It’s called JackassFor a reason. read more
Komando.com1 day ago
Delete this secret ID hiding on your phone that gives away your personal details
Worried about privacy? Make sure to delete this hidden ID on your mobile device. read more
Econlib1 day ago
Freedom is Regulation, Florida EditionA spokeswoman for the Florida governor’s office said Norwegian’s stance discriminated against children and individuals who can’t be vaccinated, and noted the state’s legal efforts against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s sailing restrictions and protocols. “Apparently Norwegian prefers the shackles of the CDC to the freedom offered by Florida,” the spokeswoman said in […] The post Freedom is Regulation, Florida Edition appeared first on Econlib. read more
The Rio Times1 day ago
Brazilian Central Bank buys 41.8 tons of gold to bolster reservesRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - After years without substantially changing the amount of gold in the international reserves, the Central Bank headed by Roberto Campos Neto bought 41.8 tons of the metal in June. With this, the volume of gold that is part of the reserves jumped 52.7% in just one month, to 121.1 tons […] The post Brazilian Central Bank buys 41.8 tons of gold to bolster reserves appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
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