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The Last Refuge20 minutes ago
FBI Special Agent In Charge of Whitmer Kidnap Plot is Arrested For Domestic Violence, Assault With Intent to Do Great Bodily HarmThe curiously sketchy case against six accused people in the FBI organized plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer took another hit to the case credibility on Monday as the lead FBI Special Agent was arrested on domestic violence charges. This latest issue comes less than a week after court filings showed twelve embedded FBI […] The post FBI Special Agent In Charge of Whitmer Kidnap Plot is Arrested For Domestic Violence, Assault With Intent to Do Great Bodily Harm appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
War News Updates21 minutes ago
The MQ-9 Reaoer Drone Can Now Land And Take-Off From Locations Without The Need To Have Specialized Infrastructure In PlaceA Reaper undergoing a pre-flight check in Afghanistan in 2015. USAF *Warzone/The Drive:* *MQ-9 Reaper Tests Prove It Can Operate From Unprepared Locations On The Fly* *The Air Force recently tested a new landing and take-off capability that could allow the MQ-9 to self deploy to a much wider range of locales.* The U.S. Air Force just demonstrated a new capability for the MQ-9 Reaper that could pave the way for the unmanned aircraft to deploy to and operate from a wider array of locations and without the need to have specialized infrastructure in place. The service has also ... read more
New Mandala29 minutes ago
Kaum perempuan di garis depan: Peran kepemimpinan yang tak dihitung dalam penanganan COVID-19Pengakuan pentingnya peran ini bisa memperkuatkan strategi baru. The post Kaum perempuan di garis depan: Peran kepemimpinan yang tak dihitung dalam penanganan COVID-19 appeared first on New Mandala. read more
War News Updates33 minutes ago
OPEC+ Countries Approve New Production Quotas Until End Of 2022. Prices Drop Over Covid Variant Fears*Yahoo*:* Oil sinks as OPEC+ agrees production increase and Delta fears hit sentiment* Oil prices dropped sharply on Monday as investors digested news of more supply coming to the market and fretted about rising COVID-19 cases around the world. Brent futures (BZ=F) were down 1.5% to $72.46 a barrel on Monday morning in London. Crude (CL=F) was 1.6% lower at $70.66. The slump came after oil producing nations announced they would ramp up supply in light of the recent global economic rebound that has accompanies reopening. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countri... read more
War News Updates46 minutes ago
U.S. Will First House 2,500 Afghan Interpreters And Their Families At Fort Lee in Virginia When Evacuations Start*Daily Mail:* *Biden administration will house 2,500 Afghan interpreters at Fort Lee in Virginia when they start evacuations following months of delays and an increase in Taliban threats* * The initial group of evacuees include 700 interpreters and their families * The Afghans, who aided the US military at their own risk, will be allowed to finish their visa application processes from the base outside of Richmond, Virginia * They are just a small portion of the roughly 18,000 special immigrant visa applicants hoping to be airlifted out of Afghanistan as the Taliban gains gr... read more
PopularResistance.Org1 hour ago
Why We All Need To Fight To End The US’ War On CubaThe United States has waged war on Cuba since it dared to revolt and chart its own path more than 60 years ago. The US' illegal economic blockade is devastating Cuba's ability to meet the basic needs of its people right now, which is even more deadly during the pandemic. On top of that, the US is funding a small opposition within Cuba and is using the crisis it created to foment unrest. The corporate media is playing right along. Clearing the FOG speaks with Bill Hackwell of Resumen-English and the International Committee for Peace, Justice and Dignity to set the record straight ab... read more
The Rio Times1 hour ago
Latin America to defend beef production at UN food summit[image: Brazil,Finland has called upon the EU to boycott Brazilian beef due to Amazon fires.] RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Latin American and Caribbean countries, especially big food producers in South America, will join forces to defend the region’s livestock production at a United Nations’ food summit this month amid concerns over the sector’s environmental impact. Paraguay’s farming and livestock minister, Santiago Bertoni, said in a video-conference that the main […] The post Latin America to defend beef production at UN food summit appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
Science Matters1 hour ago
Covid Masks Make CO2 Toxic
It turns out CO2 is not a climate threat, but masking up for COVID makes it dangerous. At the Federalist Maggie Hroncich explains in an article AMA Journal: Masks Are Bad For Your Kids. Quit Forcing Them To Wear Them Excerpts in italics with my bolds. A new report published by an American Medical Association […] read more
The National Interest1 hour ago
Russia Is Going to Hate This: M1 Abrams Tanks Are Headed to Poland*Kris Osborn* *M1 Abrams Tanks Poland, Europe* Throughout Europe, the belief exists that there simply is not any real substitute for the survivability, firepower and protection provided by the Abrams tank. Poland’s move to acquire up to 250 U.S.-built, upgraded M1A2 Abrams SEPv3 tanks brings a substantial new amount of heavily armored firepower to Eastern Europe. It also sends a key message of deterrence to Russia and signifies the growing multi-national consensus that tanks and heavy armor are here to stay. Poland’s Minister of Defense Mariusz Blaszczak was clear in his count... read more
The National Interest1 hour ago
Chinese Q-5 Fighter: The Plane That Won't Quit*Michael Peck* *Security, Asia* Today, more than fifty years after its first flight, the Q-5 is still flying. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *Like most Communist bloc aircraft, its NATO code name was unflattering (“Fantan”). Had China gone to war with America or the Soviet Union during the Cold War and after, one of its premier weapons—and one that would have dropped nuclear weapons—would have been the Nanchang Q-5 bomber. Like most Communist bloc aircraft, its NATO code name was unflattering (“Fantan”). Its forebears were also less than auspicious: the Q-5 and its cousin, ... read more
The National Interest1 hour ago
One of the U.S. Navy's Mightiest Warships Was Also the Least Useful*Kyle Mizokami* *Battlecruiser, Americas* The Alaska-class battlecruisers were exceptional vessels. *Here's What You Need to Know*: In hindsight, it was an error to order the six battlecruisers. One of the mightiest warships of the U.S. Navy was also ironically the least useful. The USS *Alaska* and her sister ship USS Guam were the largest cruisers constructed by U.S. shipyards during World War II, ironically to counter a threat that never materialized. Although fast and powerful in their own right, the ships were rendered obsolete as offensive weapons by naval airpower and se... read more
New Mandala1 hour ago
Jawi: identity and controversyThe furore over a few seemingly innocuous pages in a textbook provide an indication of just how polarised Malaysian society has become. The post Jawi: identity and controversy appeared first on New Mandala. read more
No More Mister Nice Blog1 hour ago
Class War ComixClass War Comix 1, by Skip Williamson, ca. 1970 Eric Levitz at New York informs us: In a 2019 report, the consulting firm Cerulli Associates projected that, over the next quarter century, roughly 45 million U.S. households will collectively bequeath $68.4 trillion to their heirs. This transfer will constitute the largest redistribution of wealth in human history. Generation X stands to inherit 57 percent of that $68.4 trillion; millennials will collect the bulk of the rest. Millennials, in other words, are one day going to be a lot richer (or at least, *some *millennials are). In... read more
The Last Refuge1 hour ago
Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday, Wages Drop 1.2 Percent – Biden Administration on Monday, “Wages are Up”Consider this actual example of the White House fraud using the wage rate data. On Friday the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) said: “Median weekly earnings of the nation’s 113.6 million full-time wage and salary workers were $990 in the second quarter of 2021 (not seasonally adjusted), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. […] The post Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday, Wages Drop 1.2 Percent – Biden Administration on Monday, “Wages are Up” appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
Robert Reich2 hours ago
The Fake Heroism of Space BillionairesWithin hours, Jeff Bezos will blast off into space, a week after Richard Branson went up. Another... read more
HYSTERICAL RAISINS2 hours ago
Goodbye, Little MachoSaturday was a year since my mom died from COVID. My sister and I got Macho in the car, and we drove to the cemetery for the first time since her burial. We didn’t consider that she is in an … Continue reading → read more
Musings from the Chiefio2 hours ago
How The Turn (Or Re-Turn) StartsThe turn has begun. A quasi-anthem has come on stage and the publisher is defending it. Continue reading → read more
Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 22 hours ago
"Bank Meltdown Is Coming As Latest Data Reveals Something Is Terminally Broken In The US Bank System"*Full screen recommended.* *"Bank Meltdown Is Coming As Latest Data Reveals * *Something Is Terminally Broken In The US Bank System"* by Epic Economist "A remarkable and yet concerning development in the banking sector is signaling the financial system is in big trouble. Severe imbalances between the volume of loans and deposits in all four of the U.S. biggest banks are indicating that the overflow of liquidity issued and pumped into the system by the Federal Reserve over the past 12 months is triggering operational problems for banks and setting the economy up for failure. The loan... read more
Not PC3 hours ago
Politicians’ Biggest Anti-Marijuana-Legalisation Talking Point Just Got Thoroughly Debunked: New Study
Image Credit: PixaBay | CC via 2.0 *A new study of the results of American semi-legalisation of marijuana suggests the notion that marijuana is a 'gateway drug' is little more than political fiction. As Brad Polumbo concludes in this guest post, however, to oppose the right of adults to decide for themselves, politicians will still resort to base scare tactics no matter how many studies debunk their false doomsday narratives.* Politicians’ Biggest Anti-Marijuana-Legalisation Talking Point Just Got Thoroughly Debunked: New Study *by Brad Polumbo* Politicians who defend criminalisin... read more
Small Dead Animals3 hours ago
We’re not ArgentinaMedicine works different here. The “I” word. read more
The Rio Times1 hour ago
Brazil’s Vale increased its iron production by 13% in the first half of 2021RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil's Vale, one of the world's largest iron ore producers and exporters, produced 143.7 million tons of the mineral in the first half of the year, a volume 13% higher than in the same period of 2020 (127.2 million tons), the Rio de Janeiro-based company reported on Monday. The company […] The post Brazil’s Vale increased its iron production by 13% in the first half of 2021 appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
The Rio Times2 hours ago
Pedro Castillo is proclaimed president-elect of PeruRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The leftist Pedro Castillo was proclaimed this Monday (19) president-elect of Peru, a month and a half after the elections he won over the right-wing Keiko Fujimori, who delayed her nomination with more than a thousand challenges in which she denounces an alleged "fraud" without any reliable evidence. After declaring […] The post Pedro Castillo is proclaimed president-elect of Peru appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
Diogenes' Middle Finger2 hours ago
Weighed and Found Wanting
Continued exposure and very public incompetence's has not raised Kamala Harris in the public’s esteem. After *passing herself off *as a down with the struggle, former Hip-Hop diggin', reefer tokin' negro princess from Oakland trolling for the black vote as an embarrassingly bad presidential candidate, now is found lacking even her party's confidence as vice president. *Trafalgar* polled respondents within the last week, and found 58% not confident in her at all. Even 43% of Democrats are not confident that Harris is ready for the big time. Her pick as a running mate was a head s... read more
The National Interest2 hours ago
Could Moscow's Nuclear “Shield” Survive a Nuclear War?*Kyle Mizokami* *Russia, Eurasia* The future for Moscow’s ABM system is unclear. *Here's What You Need to Know*: Sooner or later, Moscow will have to decide whether to prop up such a limited system, or go all in on nuclear deterrence. The most heavily defended city in the world is not Washington, DC. It’s Moscow. While the District of Columbia has legions of Secret Service and Homeland Security police defending it, the Russian capital is the only one in the world—that we know of—defended with nuclear-tipped missiles. It’s all the result of an exception built into a forty-four-ye... read more
The Rio Times3 hours ago
Attendance at vaccination centers gains momentum in Haiti’s capital cityRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The pace of vaccination against covid-19 picked up momentum Monday at health centers in Port-au-Prince, after few people turned out to be injected with the compound last weekend, when immunization began in the country. The Saint Damien Hospital, in the Tabarre district, was much busier on Monday than last Saturday, […] The post Attendance at vaccination centers gains momentum in Haiti’s capital city appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch3 hours ago
Attorney Files Lawsuit Against CDC Based on “Sworn Declaration” from Whistleblower Claiming 45,000 Deaths are Reported to VAERS – All Within 3 Days of COVID-19 Shotsby Brian ShilhavyEditor, Health Impact News Ohio-based Attorney Thomas Renz was one of several speakers this past weekend at a conference in Anaheim, California, where he announced that with the help of America’s Frontline Doctors, he was filing a federal lawsuit in Alabama based on a “sworn declaration, under threat of perjury,” from an alleged … Continue reading Attorney Files Lawsuit Against CDC Based on “Sworn Declaration” from Whistleblower Claiming 45,000 Deaths are Reported to VAERS – All Within 3 Days of COVID-19 Shots → read more
Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch3 hours ago
HORRIFIC! – FIVE Jet Blue Airlines Pilots DEAD, Media Intentionally Hiding Vaxx FearsWATCH AT THE LINK HERE: (video info below) https://brandnewtube.com/watch/horrific-five-jet-blue-airlines-pilots-dead-media-intentionally-hiding-vaxx-fears_UiNqr6pOqDWkSbH.html Rogersings NWO News! 16 Jul 2021 Source —> https://rumble.com/vjxv7w-horr….ific-five-jet-blue-a 4 British Airways Pilots Dead5 Air India Pilots Dead5 Jet Blue Pilots Dead1 Canadian Cargo Pilot Dead BREAKING NOW! Five Jet Blue Airlines pilots are confirmed dead, current Jet Blue pilot whistleblower confirms push for jab continues. … Continue reading HORRIFIC! – FIVE Jet Blue Airlines Pilots DEAD, Media Inten... read more
Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch3 hours ago
The recent NZ Farmers’ protest & what it was aboutOn Friday (16th July 2021) NZ farmers and supporters turned out country wide to protest the government’s latest proposals for environmental / conservation changes (in accordance with the UN Agenda 2030 plans). Shelley Krieger has explained what exactly the protest was about …. Excerpt: “Once parts of land are classified as an SNA you lose … Continue reading The recent NZ Farmers’ protest & what it was about → read more
Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch3 hours ago
The truth about the Great Reset and Build Back BetterArticle from mercola.com EWR Note: NZ (as with all other nations under the ‘spell’ of the globalists) is fully in step with the BBB scam. ‘Government remains focused on building back better’ (Hon Grant Robertson, Feb 2021). BBB even has a special NZ website here About Build Back Better:“While there has been some debate on … Continue reading The truth about the Great Reset and Build Back Better → read more
Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch3 hours ago
Govts world wide are systematically destroying your food supplies: NZ is no exception – MUST WATCHA video from the Ice Age Farmer produced late last year. Blatant and deliberate swipes at destroying our food supplies. Remember this is a long and time-worn quote by Kissinger that I see debunked now (by those people that censor your info truth streams). Control the food, control the people. See the meme below. These … Continue reading Govts world wide are systematically destroying your food supplies: NZ is no exception – MUST WATCH → read more
The Rio Times3 hours ago
Brazil records lowest number of deaths and Covid cases since November 2020 (July 19)RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to the bulletin released by the Ministry of Health, Brazil recorded 15,271 new covid infections in the last 24 hours, the lowest number of cases for one day in more than eight months, since the 15,360 infections recorded on November 15 last year. The total number of fatalities from […] The post Brazil records lowest number of deaths and Covid cases since November 2020 (July 19) appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
Food Safety News3 hours ago
Attendees of international conference hear update on recent foodborne outbreaksPHOENIX — This morning presenters gave an update on various recent outbreaks, including this past year’s red onions with Salmonella, deli meats with Listeria and peaches with Salmonella. Salmonella in red onions Joyce Cheng with the Public Health Agency of Canada, walked session attendees through the Canadian side of the Salmonella Newport outbreak linked to... Continue Reading read more
Food Safety News4 hours ago
Yiannas and Eskin pipe their messages to IAFP 2021PHOENIX — FDA’s Frank Yiannas and USDA’s Sandra Eskin, two of the federal government’s top food safety officials, were brought together here online Monday for IAFP 2021. Eskin, who was online from her home, produced her opening remarks ahead of the event. And an interruption in wireless service at the Phoenix Convention Center cut off... Continue Reading read more
Komando.com4 hours ago
Apple just pulled down an app that helps you spot fake Amazon reviews – after Amazon asked
Amazon just had an iOS app removed that spots fake reviews. Is Apple complicit? read more
Pension Pulse4 hours ago
OMERS' Big Push In Asia?
AsianInvestor reports that OMERS will invest up to C$12bn more into Asia by 2025: Top Canadian pension fund The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (Omers) is expecting to add up to C$12 billion ($9.5 billion) in additional investments in Asia by 2025, and intends to supplement its regional investment team by five more people to facilitate the growth. Omers currently has 10% of its total C$105 billion assets under management (AUM), or C$10.5 billion, allocated to Asia, with C$3.6 billion invested in equities and fixed income, and the remainder spread across infrastructur... read more
CENSORED NEWS4 hours ago
Stop Line 3: Horse Nation Defending Land and WaterBreaking News by Honor the EarthMore than 40 Water Protectors with tribal members of the 1855 including Winona LaDuke and Horse Nations youths are risking arrest and protecting the Shell River where Minnesota suspended water surface construction. Meanwhile, Enbridge continues taking water while drilling. Enbridge doesn't follow the rules, no agency is regulating their destruction and neither read more
Health Impact News4 hours ago
South Africa Descends to Chaos, as People Try to Find Food – Is This What Awaits the United States (and Rest of the World)?
If you have not yet seen these reports out of South Africa, the country descended into chaos last week, with massive rioting and looting all across the country. The South African president stated that this massive social unrest was "planned," and he deployed 25,000 troops from the military to restore order. Here are a couple of videos that show the devastation from the aftermath, and how many now face starvation as they try to find food. This is not the Congo, or Sudan, but SOUTH AFRICA. They have not seen anything close to this kind of unrest in South Africa since the 1990s. C... read more
Modern Tokyo Times4 hours ago
President Moon cancels planned visit to Tokyo Olympics because of undiplomatic languagePresident Moon of South Korea cancels planned visit to Tokyo Olympics because of undiplomatic language Kanako Mita and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The rude comment by Hirohisa Soma, the Deputy Ambassador of the Japanese Embassy in South Korea, aimed at President Moon Jae-in of South Korea scuppered his planned visit to the Tokyo […] The post President Moon cancels planned visit to Tokyo Olympics because of undiplomatic language first appeared on Modern Tokyo Times. read more
Modern Tokyo Times4 hours ago
Russia, Turkey Compete to Entice Azerbaijan Into Their Geopolitical PlaysRussia, Turkey Compete to Entice Azerbaijan into their Geopolitical Plays Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Rahim Rahimov The Jamestown Foundation During the latest session of the Council of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), on July 1, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, the participants effectively introduced the category of a CSTO “partner state” by […] The post Russia, Turkey Compete to Entice Azerbaijan Into Their Geopolitical Plays first appeared on Modern Tokyo Times. read more
Komando.com6 hours ago
Smartphone security: Do you need a VPN on your phone?
We’re constantly connecting to Wi-Fi networks we don’t control, and an added layer of protection is important. Here's your best option. read more
CFACT3 hours ago
Watch Live: Jeff Bezos Blue Origin spaceflight 7/20/21 9:00 AM EDTThe billionaire conga line to space continues as Jeff Bezos launches on Blue Origin along with his brother and the oldest and youngest ever to fly to space. Broadcast begins T-90. The post Watch Live: Jeff Bezos Blue Origin spaceflight 7/20/21 9:00 AM EDT appeared first on CFACT. read more
The National Interest3 hours ago
Deterrence Is Key: Are U.S. Troops Headed to the Senkaku Islands?*James Holmes* *Senkaku Islands, Asia* The strategic logic for emplacing troops on the Senkakus is blurrier than the physical feasibility of doing so. *Here's What You Need to Know: *Seapower would be critical to such a venture. If Japanese and U.S. maritime forces could reimpose command of the air and sea around an occupied island, they would confront the PLA with an uncomfortable case of role reversal. Chinese occupiers could find themselves playing the part of beleaguered Philippine marines at Second Thomas Shoal. U.S. troops landing on the Senkaku Islands? Could be. Last we... read more
The National Interest3 hours ago
Why North Korea Really Really Wants This Israeli Missile*Michael Peck* *North Korean Army, Asia* The real (and better) Spike missile has been sold to South Korea. *Key point: *North Korea has unveiled what looks like a long-range anti-tank missile. This comes two years after North Korea revealed another missile that it claimed could turn enemy tanks into "boiled pumpkins." *This first appeared earlier and is being reposted due to reader interest.* Photos of the latest weapon show eight box-like missile launchers on an M-2010, a six-wheeled North Korean armored personnel carrier. "As one can judge, this system is a kind of analogue of... read more
The National Interest3 hours ago
In the Pacific, America Can Use China’s Great Wall Against Beijing*James Holmes* *South China Sea, Asia-Pacific* Message to Beijing: you can try to deny U.S. and allied forces access to the Western Pacific or the freedom to move around within the theater, but you will see your access and freedom of movement curtailed if you do. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *“Inside-Out” is nothing more than a cutesy way of indicating that forces will deploy along the island chain to encumber PLA movement from the China seas eastward or southward through the narrow seas that pierce the island chain. That’s the forward barrier, the scheme’s interior compone... read more
Global Issues News Headlines3 hours ago
Pegasus: Human rights-compliant laws needed to regulate spywareThe UN human rights chief on Monday said the apparent widespread use of Pegasus spy software to illegally undermine the rights of those under surveillance, including journalists and politicians, was “extremely alarming” and confirmed “some of the worst fears” surrounding the potential misuse of such technology. Read the full story, “Pegasus: Human rights-compliant laws needed to regulate spyware”, on globalissues.org → read more
Global Issues News Headlines3 hours ago
Domestic violence, forced marriage, have risen in Sudan: UN-backed studyDeteriorating economic conditions since 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic have fuelled an increase in domestic violence and forced marriage in Sudan, a UN-backed study has revealed. Read the full story, “Domestic violence, forced marriage, have risen in Sudan: UN-backed study”, on globalissues.org → read more
Global Issues News Headlines3 hours ago
Fewer women than men will regain work during COVID-19 recovery: ILOFewer women will regain jobs lost to the COVID-19 pandemic during the recovery period, than men, according to a new study released on Monday by the UN’s labour agency. Read the full story, “Fewer women than men will regain work during COVID-19 recovery: ILO”, on globalissues.org → read more
Medical Kidnap3 hours ago
South Africa Descends to Chaos, as People Try to Find Food – Is This What Awaits the United States (and Rest of the World)?If you have not yet seen these reports out of South Africa, the country descended into chaos last week, with massive rioting and looting all across the country. The South African president stated that this massive social unrest was "planned," and he deployed 25,000 troops from the military to restore order. Here are a couple of videos that show the devastation from the aftermath, and how many now face starvation as they try to find food. This is not the Congo, or Sudan, but SOUTH AFRICA. They have not seen anything close to this kind of unrest in South Africa since the 1990s. C... read more
The Last Refuge3 hours ago
Kimberly Gardner’s St Louis Prosecutors Don’t Show Up To Court, Known Felon Accused of First Degree Murder ReleasedThis is just incredible…. jaw dropping. Circuit Attorney Kimberly M Gardner is the same prosecutor filing charges against the McCloskeys for defending their home in Saint Louis. Incredibly her office was charging a previously convicted felon with first-degree murder, and the prosecutor assigned to the case took maternity leave leaving no-one to show up in […] The post Kimberly Gardner’s St Louis Prosecutors Don’t Show Up To Court, Known Felon Accused of First Degree Murder Released appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
Snopes.com3 hours ago
Mississippi Seeing ‘4th Wave’ of Infections, Official Warns"The 4th wave is here." read more
Snopes.com4 hours ago
Biden Wants Spending to Boost Economy, GOP to Block VotePresident Joe Biden said that his infrastructure and families agenda must be passed to sustain the economic momentum of his first six months in office, aiming to set the tone for a crucial week of congressional negotiations on the two bills. read more
Snopes.com4 hours ago
Is This Glass Octopus Real?The deep-sea cephalopod is completely transparent except for is optic nerve eyeballs and digestive tract. read more
21st Century Wire4 hours ago
UKC News: ‘UK Freedom Day – A Bait Switch’
*UKC News* | Co-hosts Brian Gerrish, Mike Robinson and David Scott with the early week news round-up. read more
21st Century Wire4 hours ago
Canada: ‘Only Fully Vaccinated U.S. Citizens Can Enter Without Quarantine’
*21WIRE* | This new vaccine apartheid and borders regime appears to have been well-planned. read more
Not PC4 hours ago
Q: Is there a role for government in protecting individuals from the threat of dangerous infectious disease?Is there a role for government in protecting individuals from the threat of dangerous infectious disease? If so, does it give them a legitimate power to enforce a quarantine? Or to mandate a vaccine? Ayn Rand argued that although there *is *a legitimate role for government in protecting individuals from the threat of dangerous infectious disease, she still opposed government-mandated vaccinations. Asked about it at a lecture*, she gave her reasons ... *Now, requiring inoculation against disease: should this be a job for the government? Most definitely not and there is a very simpl... read more
Small Dead Animals4 hours ago
You Can Feel The Reconciliation HappeningWinnipeg Sun “Who in their right mind can say we found 1,505 babies murdered, murdered in these schools, hidden and buried in the ground, and in the same breathe say the residential schools were a good thing?” read more
Small Dead Animals4 hours ago
Coulda Had MaxSwiss CO2 law defeated at the ballot box. read more
21st Century Wire4 hours ago
‘Delta Variant Fears’ Send Dow Dropping 700 Points in Worst Crash of 2021
*21WIRE + Washington Post* | Don't blame government, just blame the virus. read more
Climate Collections7 hours ago
Systemic Election Malpractice in Maricopa CountyOriginally posted on Science Matters: On the technical operations of election processing, the audit in Maricopa County, AZ, has provided this overview published at Gateway Pundit Cyber Ninjas Found So Many Issues with the Voting Machines and Processes in Maricopa County It’s a Wonder the Previous Auditors Didn’t Find These Issues Too. Excerpts in italics… read more
Huge Comet Found to be Active
[image: Story 455847638] An interstellar freebie like ‘Oumuamua or 2I/Borisov is priceless. We don’t need to travel light years to see it because it comes to us. Although we’re expecting to find a lot more such objects as instruments like the Vera Rubin Observatory come online, right now only two are known to have passed through our system. But only slightly less inaccessible places like the Oort Cloud also bring gifts in the form of long-period comets, and I don’t want the advent of C/2014 UN271 Bernardinelli-Bernstein to go unnoticed in these pages, given its startling size and a... read more
The Rio Times3 hours ago
Castillo awaits his imminent proclamation as president-elect of PeruRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The official proclamation of Pedro Castillo as president-elect of Peru is imminent after the electoral juries have taken a month and a half to process and reject more than a thousand appeals and challenges from the right-wing Keiko Fujimori, who persists in denouncing without evidence an alleged “fraud”. With only […] The post Castillo awaits his imminent proclamation as president-elect of Peru appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
War News Updates4 hours ago
Chinese Officials Repeat Their Threat To Launch A Nuclear Attack Against Japan Should They Intervene In A Chinese Invasion Of Taiwan*Daily Mail:* *Chinese officials repost threat to NUKE Japan if 'even one troop' is sent to Taiwan amid high-stakes stand-off with Beijing over the island* * China and Japan have been exchanging barbs over Taiwan in recent weeks * Japan has warned that any move by China to take control of the self-governing island would trigger a military response, a move Beijing called 'dangerous' * Amid standoff, Chinese officials reposted a video calling for Japan to be nuked * Video, created by unofficial military commentators, said Japan should be nuked into submission if it sends 'e... read more
The National Interest4 hours ago
This Aircraft Carrier Encapsulates the Fighting Spirit of De Gaulle*Robert Farley* *Aircraft Carriers, Europe* Charles de Gaulle has served effectively in keeping France a viable, even necessary presence in the Western multilateral intervention scene. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Notwithstanding changes in technology that make the environment more dangerous for carriers, it is very likely that France will construct at least one replacement carrier, thus maintaining her naval aviation tradition for another half-century. France’s first carrier entered service in the interwar period, but for a very long time the French navy trailed behind in... read more
The National Interest4 hours ago
Why the U.S. Navy Said No to Medium Aircraft Carriers*Kyle Mizokami* *Aircraft Carriers, Americas* The service's ten nuclear supercarriers are the largest warships on the high seas. So why not something smaller? *Here's What You Need to Know*: Despite the proposed advantages of the Medium Aircraft Carrier the disadvantages of the smaller platform ultimately made it unattractive. The United States Navy’s ten nuclear supercarriers are the largest warships on the high seas. Home to more than five thousand sailors and Marines, the Nimitz-class carriers are nuclear-powered and can carry nearly ninety combat aircraft. Still, it didn’t h... read more
The National Interest4 hours ago
Bad News: U.S. Naval Convoys are Not Ready for Great Power War*James Holmes* *U.S. Navy, * The threadbare U.S. sealift fleet must shift for itself in a far more lethal strategic environment than merchant mariners faced during the world wars. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *If there’s one lesson high-seas warfare teaches, then, it’s that lesser powers go after merchantmen. Revolutionary America did it; Napoleonic France did it; Imperial and Nazi Germany did it; Imperial Japan did it. Weaker antagonists strive to interrupt shipments of manpower, ordnance and stores of all sorts needed to support expeditionary operations on distant battle... read more
The National Interest4 hours ago
Undersea Kings: Why Submarines Might Soon Be Dethroned*James Holmes* *Submarines, Asia* How can the silent service stay in tune with the times? *Here's What You Need to Remember: *The situation isn’t *entirely *bleak for submariners, thankfully. While a leap in underwater detection technology may be in the offing, Clark points out that the U.S. Navy enjoys a *first-mover advantage* in other technologies that may help offset the loss of stealth or otherwise augment subs’ efficacy. UUVs capable of extending the submarine’s reach and lethality figure prominently among the new hardware. S’pose Bryan Clark has it right. The Center for S... read more
The National Interest4 hours ago
Half Of Outstanding Student Debt Is Held By This One Group*Rachel Bucchino* *Student Loan Debt, * A new report points to graduate students as the holders of almost fifty percent of student loan debt. Roughly one in four student loan borrowers attended graduate school, according to a new report, and these students account for nearly fifty percent of all outstanding student debt. The Brookings Institution estimated that the rest of the outstanding student debt is consumed by student loan borrowers who took out loans to go to two- or four-year institutions. It is common for student loan experts to argue that graduate students tend to ta... read more
The National Interest4 hours ago
Stimulus When Will the Next ‘Stimulus’ Payment Be Sent? Asking for 36 Million Families.*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Child Tax Credit, * As millions of families now can spend this newest government-issued cash windfall as they please, many are now wondering when the next payments will arrive. The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department last week announced that $15 billion worth of expanded Child Tax Credits that were approved under President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan were issued to approximately thirty-five million American families. Of those highly anticipated payments, eighty-six percent were delivered via direct deposit, while the rest headed out as p... read more
The National Interest4 hours ago
The Recent OPEC Agreement Hasn't Stopped Gas Prices From Rising*Stephen Silver* *Gas Prices, * Gas prices in some places have topped $3.00 a gallon, and they keep rising. The average gas price in the United States has been rising throughout the year, and this past week, it rose yet again, to $3.16 a gallon, a few months after breaking $3. That’s according to the gas price discover website GasBuddy. In a blog post published Monday, GasBuddy said that the average prices have risen 10.2 cents in the last month, and nearly a dollar since a year ago. The rise has been a slow one, attributed to a variety of factors. Demand for gasoline rose 1.8 ... read more
The Rio Times4 hours ago
Chile reports lowest number of daily Covid infections since NovemberRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Chile reported this Monday 1,015 new cases of covid-19, the lowest figure since last November, while the number of patients admitted to intensive care units fell below 2,000 for the first time in four months. "The incidence of confirmed cases at 7 days reached 81 cases per 100,000 inhabitants," said […] The post Chile reports lowest number of daily Covid infections since November appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
The Rio Times4 hours ago
Ecuador adds 247 new cases of Covid-19 and accumulates 476,312 positive casesRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Ecuador added this Monday 247 new records of covid-19 infection and accumulated 476,312 positive cases during the pandemic, according to the Ministry of Public Health in its daily epidemiological report. The number of confirmed deaths from covid-19 rose to 16,237, which is 6 deaths more than on Sunday, in addition […] The post Ecuador adds 247 new cases of Covid-19 and accumulates 476,312 positive cases appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
The Buffalo Chronicle4 hours ago
Zellner shifts focus beyond local races in anticipation of Hochul’s gubernatorial bidErie County Democratic Party Chairman Jeremy Zellner is said to have shifted his focus beyond local races — just weeks after his endorsed candidates for Erie County Sheriff and Mayor of Buffalo were both soundly rejected at the primary ballot The post Zellner shifts focus beyond local races in anticipation of Hochul’s gubernatorial bid first appeared on The Buffalo Chronicle. read more
The Rio Times4 hours ago
Paraguay assures that there will be enough vaccines despite age reductionRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The director of the Expanded Program of Immunization (EPI) of Paraguay, Héctor Castro, assured this Monday that there would be enough vaccines and second applications guaranteed for the population, despite the planned start of the immunization of people between 20 and 34 years of age with 500,000 doses reserved to […] The post Paraguay assures that there will be enough vaccines despite age reduction appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
The Rio Times4 hours ago
Latam Brazil airline resumes flights to Paris after 15 months of suspensionRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The airline Latam decided to resume the route São Paulo-Paris with three weekly flights from this month, taking off from Guarulhos airport. The company had not operated the route since April 2020 due to the impacts of the covid-19 pandemic. Before the pandemic, the route was operated daily by Latam. […] The post Latam Brazil airline resumes flights to Paris after 15 months of suspension appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
The Rio Times5 hours ago
Glaxo asks Brazil’s Health Regulator for emergency use of Sotrovimab Covid-19 drugRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The National Health Regulator (Anvisa) received, on Monday (19), a request for emergency use of the drug Sotrovimab, a monoclonal antibody developed for the treatment of covid-19. The request was submitted by the laboratory Glaxo Smith Kline. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz8VgVlkZQs&ab_channel=KhaleejTimes The deadline for analyzing the request is 30 days, counting from the […] The post Glaxo asks Brazil’s Health Regulator for emergency use of Sotrovimab Covid-19 drug appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
Welcome Back to Pottersville5 hours ago
Pottersville Digest
(Like Isaac Asimov said, "My ignorance is as good as your knowledge.") ------------------------------ Evangelicals abandoned Christianity, and Jesus is grateful. ------------------------------ You can always count on right wing executives to choose their brand over their customer base. ------------------------------ Meanwhile, in our nation's Capitol. during our national pastime... ------------------------------ My, my, they DO learn young, don't they? ------------------------------ Well, so much for *that* conspiracy theory. ------------------------------ ... read more
Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 25 hours ago
Musical Interlude: Deuter, "Resonance Blue"*Deuter, "Resonance Blue"* read more
Penny for your thoughts6 hours ago
The Trump Administration's Assassination of Qassem Soleimani*After you read this report.. Power struggle in Kurdish region of Iraq raises questions - Analysis you would or should be aware of the conspiracy to kill Qassem Soleimani as was touched upon there.* *"In an incredibly bizarre, an likely inaccurate account earlier this year, the CTG was even said to have been “involved in the US assassination of top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani in the first days of 2020 in Baghdad, according to a new piece of investigative journalism.” * *As stated at that time* *I wouldn't suggest that the report is inaccurate. In fact the involvement ... read more
balance108 hours ago
High-level coordination to weaken/destroy US military
1-28-2016 Vice Adm. Ted Branch has been barred from reading, seeing or hearing classified information since November 2013, when the Navy learned from the Justice Department that his name had surfaced in a giant corruption investigation involving a foreign defense contractor and scores of Navy personnel…. In addition to serving as chief of Navy intelligence, Branch holds the title of the Navy’s chief information officer, oversees the Navy’s 55,000-member Information Dominance Corps and is in charge of many cybersecurity programs. Worried that Branch was on the verge of being... read more
Cairns News23 hours ago
Enough is Enough
A CarinsNews subscribers email to PM Scott Morrison. Subject: Nuremberg CodeDear Mr Morrison, I am writing in regards to the Nuremberg Code and how you, the Premier’s of each state and Territories are breaking the laws that have been made to protect the people from leaders like the ones we have in this Nation Australia. […] read more
The National Interest4 hours ago
Dish Network and AT&T Have a Deal—But It’s Not a DirecTV Deal*Stephen Silver* *Telecommunications, * Dish Network has announced a deal with AT&T which, for now, is DirecTV’s parent company. But it doesn’t have anything to do with pay-TV. For many years, it’s been rumored that Dish Network and DirecTV would one day merge, or at least form a tie-up of some sort. They have attempted to do just that, on multiple occasions, and it was frequently discussed in the tech press last year when it was first clear that AT&T was planning to sell a stake in DirecTV. Now, Dish Network has announced a deal with AT&T which, for now, is DirecTV’s parent com... read more
War News Updates5 hours ago
Economic Panel Says U.S. COVID-19 Recession Lasted Just Two Months. Ended April 2020
Residential single family homes construction by KB Home are shown under construction in the community of Valley Center, California, U.S. June 3, 2021. Mike Blake | Reuters *The Hill*: *Economic panel says COVID-19 recession ended April 2020, lasting just two months* The recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic was the shortest economic downturn in modern U.S. history, a panel of economic experts declared Monday. A panel of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), a private nonprofit, said that the coronavirus recession spanned late February through early April, r... read more
naked capitalism5 hours ago
PFAS “Forever Chemicals” Ban: As Maine Goes, So Goes the Nation?A PFAS survey: chemistry, products, harms, exposure, remediation, regulation, and Maine's pioneering PFAS legislation read more
Snopes.com5 hours ago
New COVID-19 Vaccine Warnings Don’t Mean It’s UnsafeAdverse event reports are a sign that the COVID-19 vaccine safety reporting system is working. read more
The Rio Times5 hours ago
The price of the dollar in Argentina’s informal market reaches its highest value in the yearRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The price of the dollar in Argentina’s informal market reached this Monday its highest value so far this year, while the values of the U.S. currency in the different formal markets also closed higher. The so-called “blue dollar” (informal retail market) rose this Monday by one peso and closed at […] The post The price of the dollar in Argentina’s informal market reaches its highest value in the year appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
The Rio Times5 hours ago
UK clarifies that it only recognizes Guaidó as president of VenezuelaRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The UK government clarified Monday that it “unequivocally” recognizes opposition leader Juan Guaidó as president of Venezuela, to the detriment of Nicolás Maduro, a precision that will be key in the ongoing litigation over access to Venezuelan assets deposited in England. In an intervention before the Supreme Court, the highest […] The post UK clarifies that it only recognizes Guaidó as president of Venezuela appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
All That Is Solid ...5 hours ago
Freedom for Some Day
Warning more people will get sick and more people will die. This was how Boris Johnson chose to mark his government's grossly irresponsible experiment in Covid governance. At least the occasion of Freedom Day was spared the pantomime Churchillisms. Indeed, watching the press conference the message hammered by the medical advisors were at cross purposes with their support for the government's opening up plan. Sir Patrick Vallance told the assembled that 60% of current hospitalisations are among the double-jabbed, but thankfully later corrected himself - he meant to say 60% were unva... read more
Snopes.com5 hours ago
The ‘I Am Your Father’ 1980 Audience Reaction Video Is Fake, But We Found a Real OneThe viral "Star Wars" video featured a fake cinema reaction to Darth Vader's infamous line from "The Empire Strikes Back." Here's how we know it's fake. read more
Snopes.com5 hours ago
Your Bed Probably Isn’t as Clean as You ThinkOur beds can play a host to a vast variety of bacterial species. read more
The Rio Times5 hours ago
Brazil’s Minas Gerais state expects final settlement of US$20 billion for Mariana dam breach -governorRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The total amount is about four times higher than an initial agreement reached for the disaster in 2016, allowing repair work to begin and temporarily suspending lawsuits in court. A final agreement to be reached this year between mining companies Samarco, Vale, BHP, and authorities to repair damage caused by […] The post Brazil’s Minas Gerais state expects final settlement of US$20 billion for Mariana dam breach -governor appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
Cairns News5 hours ago
Paramedics reveal COVID JAB factual adverse reactionFrom comments by Crisscross767 The muzzle’s gags are on our paramedics as terrified government scramble to coverup their COVID conspirisy from being exposed by the people on the ground focused to the real problem of community adverse reaction vaccine jab. read more
Diverse5 hours ago
College Students and Scholars Concerned with DACA in Limbo, Again
With a federal judge in Texas ruling on Friday against the Obama-initiated program protecting young undocumented immigrants from deportation, college students who receive the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) are concerned for what comes next. read more
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