Monday, October 18, 2021

18 October - Blogs I'm Following - 2 of 5

 10 pm MDT

Snopes.com6 hours ago
Biden Plans to Reinstate Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy
The Biden administration said it plans to reinstate a Trump-era border policy to make asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court, complying with a judge's order. read more
Snopes.com6 hours ago
Trump Files Lawsuit to Block Release of Jan. 6 Documents
Trump claims in the lawsuit that the request “is almost limitless in scope,” and seeks records with no reasonable connection to that day. read more
Snopes.com6 hours ago
Winter Heating Bills Rising by up to 54% This Year
Now that the economy is returning to life, demand has grown faster than production, meaning costs are much higher. read more
Lawfare9 hours ago
How the Jan. 6 Committee Can Make It Easy to Prosecute Bannon for Contempt
Stephen Bannon shaking hands with Reince Priebus at the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland. (Gage Skidmore, https://flic.kr/p/ReYQQg; CC BY-SA 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/) Stephen Bannon has defied the Jan. 6 Committee’s subpoena for documents and testimony. Yet his lawyer contends, in a letter to the committee, that “Mr. Bannon’s communications with President Trump on the matters at issue in the Subpoena are well within the scope of both the presidential communications and deliberative process executive privileges.”... read more
Graduate Student Supports Fellow Underrepresented Students
Schnaude Dorizan, a neuroscience doctoral student at Northwestern University, discusses her advocacy on campus to build a welcoming... read more
A Champion for Higher Education: Colin Powell, Dead at 84
General Colin Powell—who made history when he became the first Black Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and later U.S. Secretary... read more
Secretary of State Colin Powell and International Affairs and Education: Professional and Personal Reflections
The most remarkable memories of my interactions with the Secretary were his constant articulations to encompass diversity and... read more
Central African President Declares Ceasefire
*Trevor Filseth* *Central African Republic, Africa* The President explained his decision on television, claiming that an end to violence would allow Central Africans to access services and humanitarian aid, the delivery of which has been complicated by the ongoing violence. President Faustin-Archange Touadera of the Central African Republic (CAR) declared on Friday that the government would begin a ceasefire against armed rebel groups in the country, urging the rebels to reciprocate and enter into negotiations. While the exact conditions of the ceasefire were not made public, it ... read more
As a patriot and Black man, Colin Powell embodied the 'two-ness' of the African American experience
A scholar of African American studies explores how the former secretary of state, who died at 84, dealt with what WEB DuBois described as the ‘double-consciousness’ of being Black and American. read more
bilaterals.org5 hours ago
Dos compañías energéticas abren arbitraje contra Costa Rica en CIADI
18-Oct-2021 Las compañías ESSA2 SpA (chilena) y Enel Green Power Costa Rica (costarricense) han presentado un arbitraje de inversiones contra Costa Rica ante el Centro Internacional de Arreglo de Diferencias relativas a Inversiones (CIADI) por una disputa relacionada con un proyecto de energía renovable. read more
bilaterals.org5 hours ago
"Los TLC tienen amenazada de muerte a la meseta de Ibagué": alerta de Robledo a los arroceros
18-Oct-2021 Según Robledo, la capital del Tolima ha sufrido un retroceso económico en los últimos años, que se ha visto reflejado en varios sectores productivos. read more
bilaterals.org5 hours ago
¿Cómo impactaría la firma de un TLC entre Uruguay y China?
18-Oct-2021 Los tratados de libre comercio (TLC) son una práctica de política exterior que tuvo su auge en la década de 1990, y llegaron para quedarse. read more
bilaterals.org5 hours ago
Chile: Los Tratados Comerciales pueden (y deben) revisarse
18-Oct-2021 Hay gente molesta con revisar los Tratados de Libre Comercio (TLC), que se propone en el Programa de Gabriel Boric: los excancilleres de la Concertación/Nueva Mayoría; el actual canciller, Andrés Allamand; el exministro de Hacienda, Felipe Larraín. Es un intento transversal por evitar los cambios que se anuncian en el país. Y esos cambios no pueden eludir la política exterior y los acuerdos comerciales. read more
Why the Taigei-Class Submarine Eats Lithium-Powered Batteries for Breakfast
*Mark Episkopos* *Taigei-Class Submarine, Asia* The Taigei-class is not the first to employ this technology. The last two models in Japan’s twelve-strong class of Sōryū diesel-electric attack submarines, Ōryū and Tōryū, are powered by lithium-ion batteries. Japan has launched the second boat in a new class of diesel-electric submarines. The *Hakugei*, or “White Whale,” was launched at Kawasaki Heavy Industries shipyard in Japan’s city of Kobe. The* Hakugei *belongs to the new *Taigei*-class, introduced in 2018. The *Taigei*-class submarines are distinguished by their use of l... read more
Before China's Orbital Missile Test, the Soviets Had Their Own ‘Fractional’ Orbital Nukes
*Sebastien Roblin* *Missile Test, Asia* China’s alleged test of an exotic orbital nuclear weapon system rang alarm bells, even if that initial test demonstrated poor accuracy. Such a system seems intended to literally circumnavigate existing U.S. missile defense radars and interceptors by attacking from an unexpected angle. Last weekend, the *Financial Times *reported that China had tested in August a weapon system that used a Long March 2 rocket to boost a nuclear-capable weapon into low-earth orbit, giving it effectively unlimited range. From this lofty vantage, the system de-... read more
ISIS-K Launches Kandahar Mosque Bombing, Escalating Conflict with Taliban
*Trevor Filseth* *Afghanistan, * The mosque bombing represents a setback to the Taliban’s government, which has assumed the responsibility of protecting Afghanistan’s forty million citizens. At least thirty Afghans were killed, and dozens more wounded, in a sophisticated suicide bomb attack on the Bibi Fatima mosque in Kandahar, the most prominent Shia mosque in southern Afghanistan. The Islamic State (ISIS) terror group claimed responsibility via its Amaq news agency on Friday afternoon. The statement outlined the method of the attack, claiming that two suicide bombers had ent... read more
Alex Saab To Appear Today Before A Judge In Miami
On the afternoon of Monday, October 18, Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab will appear before a judge in Miami, United States, after having been illegally extradited from Cape Verde. This action has been classified by the Venezuelan government as a kidnapping by the US with the complicity of Cape Verdean authorities. The post Alex Saab To Appear Today Before A Judge In Miami appeared first on PopularResistance.Org. read more
Afghanistan Tackles The Islamic State
On October 8, a terrible blast struck the worshippers attending Friday noon prayers at the Gozar-e-Sayed Abad Mosque in the Khan Abad district of Bandar, the capital of Kunduz, one of Afghanistan’s largest cities in its northern belt. This is a mosque frequented by Shia Muslims, who were referred to as “our compatriots” by Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid. Forty-six people died immediately in the blast, and local officials said that many more people were injured in the incident. The post Afghanistan Tackles The Islamic State appeared first on PopularResistance.Org. read more
Thousands Protest Vaccine Mandates, Call for Health Freedom at New York City Rally Featuring Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Thousands of people gathered in a peaceful protest of vaccine mandates in New York City’s Duffy Square for the Broadway Rally for Freedom Oct. 16. The post Thousands Protest Vaccine Mandates, Call for Health Freedom at New York City Rally Featuring Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. appeared first on Children's Health Defense. read more
The Strike Wave Is A Big Flashing Sign That We Need More New Union Organizing
Ten thousand John Deere workers went on strike today. Sixty thousand IATSE members may be on strike by Monday. They will join the thousands of nurses, miners, hospital workers, factory workers, and others already on strike across America. Here we are, in our long-awaited strike wave. What does this thrilling development tell the labor movement about what its future direction should be? The post The Strike Wave Is A Big Flashing Sign That We Need More New Union Organizing appeared first on PopularResistance.Org. read more
People Vs. Fossil Fuels Mobilization Concludes With Youth-Led Civil Disobedience At The Capitol
Under a banner declaring “We did not vote for fossil fuels,” Indigenous and youth climate activists led a march to the Capitol today for a mass civil disobedience action, demanding Congress and the Biden Administration take urgent action to stop all new fossil fuel projects and launch a just renewable energy revolution. 90 people were arrested on the fifth and final day of the “People vs. Fossil Fuels” mobilization, bringing the total arrested during the week of action to 655. The post People Vs. Fossil Fuels Mobilization Concludes With Youth-Led Civil Disobedience At The Capitol ... read more
Protests of Vaccine Mandates Everywhere But in U.S. … Are Americans Comfortable with Authoritarianism?
In a segment of The Hill’s “Rising,” journalist and political commentator Kim Iversen covered the worldwide protest movement against national vaccine mandates and vaccine passports, a story Iversen argued is getting “almost zero coverage in the American mainstream media.” The post Protests of Vaccine Mandates Everywhere But in U.S. … Are Americans Comfortable with Authoritarianism? appeared first on Children's Health Defense. read more
‘Days Of Shame’ Highlights Failure To Back TRIPS Waiver Proposal For COVID Vaccines
Health activists gathered at Geneva’s central train station on Wednesday, October 13, calling on the EU, the UK, Norway and Switzerland to endorse the TRIPS waiver proposal at the World Trade Organization (WTO). “As Europeans, we are ashamed that our political leaders are among the last opponents to a just solution to end the pandemic and save lives,” said the campaigners in a press release. The post ‘Days Of Shame’ Highlights Failure To Back TRIPS Waiver Proposal For COVID Vaccines appeared first on PopularResistance.Org. read more
Trauma & Transformation In An American Prison, Part 1
In part one of a two-part interview, journalist Hugh Hamilton discusses the saga of trauma and transformation in an American prison as chronicled in journalist Chris Hedges’ new book, ‘Our Class: Trauma and Transformation in an American Prison’. The US imprisons more of its people than any other country in the world. According to the non-profit Prison Policy Initiative, the American prison-industrial complex currently holds captive nearly 2.3 million people in more than 6,000 prisons, penitentiaries, jails, detention centers, and correctional facilities across the country. The pos... read more
Physician Explains How to Get Off Big Pharma’s Toxic Treadmill + Mother Describes Son’s Severe Reactions to MiraLAX + More
The latest episode of CHD.TV’s “The Empower Hour,” host Zen Honeycutt interviewed Carole Grieve of Food Integrity Now, Anne Williams, R.N., of Parents Against MiraLAX and Dr. Eric Plasker, author of “100 Year Lifestyle,” who discussed how to get off Big Pharma's toxic treadmill of chemical medications. The post Physician Explains How to Get Off Big Pharma’s Toxic Treadmill + Mother Describes Son’s Severe Reactions to MiraLAX + More appeared first on Children's Health Defense. read more
Reno Transit Workers Holding Firm In Second Strike Since August
Workers for the Washoe County Regional Transit Commission (RTC) went out on strike against the RTC’s contractor, Keolis North America — a division of a notoriously anti-union company based in France that manages bus and rail operations in several U.S. cities, including Boston, Fort Lauderdale, and Los Angeles. The strikers — around 200 workers in all, including drivers, mechanics, and cleaners — were provoked by Keolis proposing a new health plan for the workers — one that would replace their existing coverage with what’s known as Health Plan of Nevada. The post Reno Transit Work... read more
Using Cell Lines And A Bioreactor, Finland Has Developed The Future Of Coffee
Coffee may be about to get its first significant upgrade in 600 years. That's not to say there haven't been efforts to modernize coffee production since its earliest days in Sufi shrines, but that has been mainly in technology. The pan, like you use in delicious Turkish coffee, gave way to a syphon, which used the awesome power of heat-created vacuum physics, then gave way to its opposite, using good old brute force for espresso, but since then it has been all refinement to make brewing easier. If you have ever used a syphon or a truly old espressso machine you know it can be an art... read more
Once You've Burned the NYT, Burning CNN on its Own Air is Priceless.
Bari Weiss tells Tater Stelter how 'the world has gone mad, then lists CNN as part of the cause. 🤣 read more
"When a Train Wreck Is No Accident"
*"When a Train Wreck Is No Accident"* by Jeff Thomas "In spite of all the rhetoric, we will go deeper in debt, the Fed will print more money, and the value of the dollar will continue to plummet." – Ron Paul "Never in history have the economic and political structures been so manipulated by those who are responsible for their safekeeping; never has so much been at stake, in so many countries, and facing collapse, all at the same time. The great majority of people in the First World recognize that the world is passing through an economic crisis. However, most are under the impressi... read more
War News Updates6 hours ago
Japan's New Prime Minister Calls For Greater Military Capability And Spending
FILE PHOTO: Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force's Asagiri-class destroyer Hamagiri arrives in the far eastern city of Vladivostok. © Reuters/YURI MALTSEV *Reuters: **Analysis-With an eye on China, Japan's ruling party makes unprecedented defence spending pledge* TOKYO (Reuters) - An unprecedented election pledge by Japan's ruling party to double defence spending underscores the nation's haste to acquire missiles, stealth fighters, drones and other weapons to deter China's military in the disputed East China Sea. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) included a goal of spending ... read more
Untitled
From Jenna Orkin #1 New Release in English as a Second Language Instruction on Amazon. China floods: Nearly 2 million displaced in Shanxi province Alabama school district warns of food shortages, asks for parent help after deliveries fail New York reports a record 15 cases of a rare disease linked to rat urine in 2021, as vermin complaints flood inChina removed one of the most popular Quran apps that had at least one million Chinese users, according to a reportThe human life span is theoretically limitless, a study suggests — adding fuel to a longstanding debate about our mortality... read more
Glenn Beck, Anarchist?
Michael Malice is working on a new convert. Audio only version. read more
War News Updates7 hours ago
U.S. Defense Secretary To Visit Black Sea Region To Reassure Allies, Partners
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (file photo) *RFE:* *U.S. Defense Secretary To Visit Black Sea Region To Reassure Allies, Partners * WASHINGTON -- U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will visit Black Sea littoral states this week to reassure allies and partners as Russia flexes its military might in the strategic region. Austin will visit Georgia, Ukraine, and Romania before attending the NATO Defense Ministerial meeting in Brussels on October 21-22. Romania is a member of the U.S.-led Western military alliance, while Georgia and Ukraine seek to join NATO, something the ... read more
Halifax Examiner7 hours ago
72 new cases of COVID-19 over 3 days announced in Nova Scotia
Jump to sections in this article: Overview of today’s cases Vaccination Demographics Testing Potential exposure advisories There were 72 new cases of COVID-19 over the last three days (Friday, Saturday, Sunday). By Nova Scotia Health’s Central Zone, the new cases break down as: • 58 Central Zone • 8 Northern Zone • 5 Western Zone […] read more
Snopes.com7 hours ago
DC Suspends Most of Its Metro Trains over Safety Issue
The ruling promises to complicate daily travel and commutes for thousands of riders for an unspecified length of time. read more
The Last Refuge7 hours ago
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, 84, Dies From COVID Complications During Cancer Treatment – Powell Was Fully Vaccinated
Former Secretary of State Colin L Powell, 84, has died from COVID-19 complications while battling a blood cancer myeloma -which lowered his immune system- and was then complicated by a COVID-19 infection. Family FB Statement: It has been well reported that Colin Powell had multiple myeloma blood cancer, a cancer that forms in plasma cells […] The post Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, 84, Dies From COVID Complications During Cancer Treatment – Powell Was Fully Vaccinated appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
balance107 hours ago
the 2 counties most vaccinated in Ireland have most virus cases
(Natural News) The Irish enclave of Waterford, where 99.7 percent of all adults are now fully vaccinated for the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19), is seeing a huge outbreak of the disease. According to reports this latest surge in new cases of the Fauci Flu is igniting fears that Ireland might be on the verge of going through a fifth wave of the disease – even though people are obeying the government’s demand that they get jabbed. In the last seven days Waterford has seen 408 new cases of the Chinese Flu. This translates to an incidence rate of 351.2 infections per 100,000 people. ... read more
Mourning as Tawdry Self-Interest
I can't think of a Member of Parliament less suited to deliver a lecture on decency in public life than Mark Francois, but such is the state of politics in 2021. Speaking in the Commons this afternoon as MPs paid tribute to David Amess, he argued we - as in honourable members - *must* clampdown on social media thanks to their "toxic" character that sees public figures "systematically vilified". I think the MP for Rayleigh and Wickford forgot he might have an interest to declare. One thing has united both sides of the House since Amess's murder, and that's shameless opportunism. As ... read more
Econlib7 hours ago
The Gender Gap, Paid Leave Programs, and the Soviet Union
The Biden administration intends to nominate for Comptroller of the Currency a candidate who makes Senator Bernie Sanders looks like former Senator Barry Goldwater. The nominee’s name is Saule Omarova, a professor at the Cornell University Law School. Apart from wanting to regulate banks out of existence, Ms. Omarova tweets stuff like this: Until I […] The post The Gender Gap, Paid Leave Programs, and the Soviet Union appeared first on Econlib. read more
Snopes.com7 hours ago
Does STAN Stand for ‘Send The Authorities Now’?
This acronym's alleged meaning was created after Gabby Petito's disappearance. read more
Who Would Jesus Mock?
The Atlantic doesn’t understand the Bee. read more
Unvaccinated NHL Player Best Athlete on the Ice – Scores 4 Goals in First Game
The NHL Detroit Red Wings' Tyler Bertuzzi is only one of four NHL Hockey players who have refused to comply with a COVID-19 vaccine mandate. As such, he cannot travel with his team for games in Canada, where he is not allowed to play unvaccinated. But unlike the NBA's Kyrie Irving, who was willing to play in the NBA unvaccinated but his team and the league prevented him from doing so, the Detroit Red Wings and the NHL are allowing Bertuzzi to play in cities that allow it. At least for now. We speculated that the reason the NBA did not allow Kyrie Irving to play in cities where C... read more
Snopes.com8 hours ago
Are Container Ship Backups and Supply Chain Disruptions a Communist Plot?
Rumors abound that October 2021 supply chain interruptions across the U.S. were deliberate. read more
Justin Better Send In The Troops
In the socialist paradise of British Columbia, will water cannons and police dogs be needed to control the peasants? read more
Komando.com9 hours ago
Signs you’re being overcharged for your wireless bill
Does your wireless bill seem unusually high? Here are signs you're being overcharged. read more
Komando.com10 hours ago
Security alert: Devices most commonly used to spy on spouses and partners [List]
How to protect your tech devices from domestic abusers. read more
Planetary Composition: Enter the ‘Super-Mercuries’
[image: Story 493785723] The idea that the composition of a star and its rocky planets are connected is a natural one. Both classes of object accrete material within a surrounding gas and dust environment, and thus we would expect a link between the two. Testing the hypothesis, researchers from three institutions — the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (Portugal), the NCCR PlanetS project at the University of Bern, and the University of Zürich — have confirmed the concept while fine-tuning the details. After all, we still have to explain iron-rich Mercury as an outlier... read more
Free Download: Charles Mackay, "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds"
*"Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds"* "Every age has its peculiar folly: Some scheme, project, or fantasy into which it plunges, spurred on by the love of gain, the necessity of excitement, or the force of imitation. Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one." - Charles Mackay "'Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds" is an early study of crowd psychology by Scottish journalist Charles Mackay, first published in 1841. The book chronicle... read more
"Our Collective Fate..."
"We live in radical times surrounded by tasks that seem impossible. It has become our collective fate to be alive in a time of great tragedies, to live in a period of overwhelming disasters and to stand at the edge of sweeping changes. The river of life is flooding before us, and a tide of poisons affect the air we breathe and the waters we drink and even tarnish the dreams of those who are young and as yet innocent. The snake-bitten condition has already spread throughout the collective body. However, it is in troubled times that it becomes most important to remember that the wond... read more
balance107 hours ago
that Twelfth Planet is the headquarters of Armageddon for the forces of the dark side
Lightbearers of the World, I come and I am here and I would speak to you from my heart! Keepers of the Flame who hear me now, attend my word and my coming in the name of the Lord. … This is an age of a technological war in the physical octave. Beloved, those who win this battle cannot win it without reinforcement of spiritual fire, night and day, by those who understand the science of the spoken Word. Beloved ones, the victory may be projected by the Lord God. But the outcome is not known until the victors fight the good fight and win. You have seen what it has taken in decr... read more
"American Farmers Are Having Trouble Finding Replacement Tractor Tires Amid Escalating Supply Chain Woes"
*"American Farmers Are Having Trouble Finding * *Replacement Tractor Tires Amid Escalating Supply Chain Woes"* by Ethan Huff (Natural News) "A new and unexpected problem has emerged in America’s collapsing supply chain that is making it close to impossible for some farmers to continue growing food. Spare tires for tractors are now in dangerously short supply thanks to the government’s never-ending Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) fascism. For whatever reason, critical farming equipment and parts are either not getting produced anymore or not getting delivered to where they need to be, ... read more
Medical Kidnap7 hours ago
Unvaccinated NHL Player Best Athlete on the Ice – Scores 4 Goals in First Game
The NHL Detroit Red Wings' Tyler Bertuzzi is only one of four NHL Hockey players who have refused to comply with a COVID-19 vaccine mandate. As such, he cannot travel with his team for games in Canada, where he is not allowed to play unvaccinated. But unlike the NBA's Kyrie Irving, who was willing to play in the NBA unvaccinated but his team and the league prevented him from doing so, the Detroit Red Wings and the NHL are allowing Bertuzzi to play in cities that allow it. At least for now. We speculated that the reason the NBA did not allow Kyrie Irving to play in cities where C... read more
War News Updates7 hours ago
Russia Scrambles Fighter Jet to Intercept US B-1 Bomber Over Sea of Japan
MiG-31 fighter © Lev Fedoseev/TASS *TASS:* *Russian Mikoyan MiG-31 scrambled to escort US B-1B Lancer bomber over Sea of Japan* *No violations of the Russian state border were allowed* MOSCOW, October 17. / TASS /. The Russian Mikoyan MiG-31 was scrambled to escort the US B-1B Lancer bomber over the Sea of Japan, Russia’s National Defense Management Center reported on Sunday. According to the Center, Russian airspace control system detected an aerial target over the neutral waters of the Sea of Japan approaching the state border. The Russian Mikoyan MiG-31 from the Eastern... read more
Pentagon Hit With Massive Class Action Lawsuit Over Vaccine Mandates + More
The Defender’s Big Brother NewsWatch brings you the latest headlines related to governments’ abuse of power, including attacks on democracy, civil liberties and use of mass surveillance. The post Pentagon Hit With Massive Class Action Lawsuit Over Vaccine Mandates + More appeared first on Children's Health Defense. read more
Biafra, Communists in Indonesia, and East Timor: Shameful legacy of millions of deaths under Harold Wilson
Biafra, Communists in Indonesia, and East Timor: Shameful legacy of millions of deaths under Harold Wilson Sawako Utsumi and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The horrendous legacy of Harold Wilson is now being released concerning the massacres of communists in Indonesia (1965-1966). Henceforth, Harold Wilson, the leader of the Labour Party and the Prime […] The post Biafra, Communists in Indonesia, and East Timor: Shameful legacy of millions of deaths under Harold Wilson first appeared on Modern Tokyo Times. read more
Consumers Will Throw Away 63.3 Million Tons of Electronic Waste This Year. Where Will It Go?
Old phones, laptops, toasters and other discarded electronics and appliances can end up in massive digital dumps in the Global South, exposing children who pick out valuable metals from the trash to more than 1,000 toxic substances. The post Consumers Will Throw Away 63.3 Million Tons of Electronic Waste This Year. Where Will It Go? appeared first on Children's Health Defense. read more
FDA Delays Moderna Vaccine for Teens Until Heart Condition Studied + More
The Defender’s COVID NewsWatch provides a roundup of the latest headlines related to the SARS CoV-2 virus, including its origins and COVID vaccines. The post FDA Delays Moderna Vaccine for Teens Until Heart Condition Studied + More appeared first on Children's Health Defense. read more
Tentative Deal Reached To Avert IATSE Strike
The tentative agreement, which still must be ratified by IATSE members, features as deal points a living wage for the lowest-paid earners; improved wages and working conditions for streaming; retroactive wage increases of 3% annually; increased meal period penalties; daily rest periods of 10 hours without exclusions; weekend rest periods of 54 hours; the addition of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday added to the schedule as a holiday; and adoption of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. The post Tentative Deal Reached To Avert IATSE Strike appeared first on PopularResistan... read more
Why Activism Needs To Be Part Of Any Meaningful Climate Education
Last month, crowds of young people and supporters gathered in 1,500 locations around the world for one of the largest youth-led climate protests since countries began emerging from the most restrictive phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many students skipped school or staged class walkouts to participate in the Sept. 24 day of action, the latest surge of activity from the school strike movement that launched in late 2018. The post Why Activism Needs To Be Part Of Any Meaningful Climate Education appeared first on PopularResistance.Org. read more
Exxon Tells Texas Refinery Workers Lockout Will End If Contract Approved Or Union Removed
Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) on Sunday told workers at its Beaumont, Texas, refinery their six-month lockout will end if they ratify the company's contract offer or remove the United Steelworkers union (USW) as their representative. "As we have told the Union, the conditions which would end the lockout remain the same: the company will end the lockout when we have a signed, ratified agreement," Exxon said in a message posted on-line. The post Exxon Tells Texas Refinery Workers Lockout Will End If Contract Approved Or Union Removed appeared first on PopularResistance.Org. read more
No Broadcast Today
There will be no broadcast of the Word From the Trenches today. I have personal business to take care of. Be back up tomorrow. The post No Broadcast Today appeared first on From the Trenches World Report . read more
DHS Insider Who Exposed ‘Reasonable Fear’ Migrant Asylum Loophole GOES PUBLIC!
Project Veritas Oct 18, 2021 The post DHS Insider Who Exposed ‘Reasonable Fear’ Migrant Asylum Loophole GOES PUBLIC! appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
Komando.com10 hours ago
Get pictures of your USPS mail before it’s delivered
As part of a 10-year plan to cut costs, the USPS will deliver mail more slowly from now on. Don't lose track of your packages due to the change. Try this trick to stay on top of your mailbox. read more
Science Matters11 hours ago
Climatist Insurrection Enters New Phase
Previously the insurrection by climate anti-fossil fuel acitvists took the form of sabotaging oil and gas infrastructure, led notably by the “valve turners”, who were arrested and mostly let off the hook in a series of high profile trials. This phase broke down after numerous states enacted serious penalties for attacks on energy projects and […] read more
Mining Awareness +12 hours ago
Fully Vaccinated Former US Sec. of State General Colin Powell Died Due to Complications from Covid 19
“US Army General Colin Powell, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, waves from his motorcade during the Persian Gulf War, Welcome … Continue reading → read more
Komando.com12 hours ago
Apple just made it easy to report App Store scams – Here’s how
Help keep Apple's App Store scam free. Here's a simple tool to report problems in the App store. read more
War News Updates8 hours ago
Iran Wants Closer Military Ties With Russia
Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Major General Mohammad Baqeri, speaks upon his arrival in Moscow, Russia, on October 17, 2021. (Photo by IRNA) *Press TV:* *Top commander says Iran firm to boost military cooperation with Russia* Iran’s top commander says the Islamic Republic is resolute on the improvement of military cooperation with Russia in line with the administration of President Ebrahim Raeisi’s “Look to the East” policy. Speaking upon his arrival in Moscow on Sunday, chairman of the Chiefs of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Major General ... read more
The Rio Times8 hours ago
Two-thirds of citizens support Chile’s Piñera’s impeachment over Pandora Papers – poll
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Slightly more than 2 out of every 3 Chileans support the impeachment action filed by the opposition in Parliament to remove the president, conservative Sebastián Piñera, for alleged irregularities in a mine sale that were unveiled in the Pandora Papers leak, according to a poll published this Sunday (17). The […] The post Two-thirds of citizens support Chile’s Piñera’s impeachment over Pandora Papers – poll appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
INGV monitoring the fumaroles at Vulcano, Italy
Due to the recent upgrade of alert level for Vulcano volcano in Sicily, Italy from Green to Yellow, researchers of the Palermo Section of the INGV have increased their monitoring of the volcano. On October 12, they sampled gases at four high-temperature fumaroles on...... Read more » read more
The Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft Competition is Heating Up
*Caleb Larson* *Army, Americas* Bell re-engined their V-280 tiltrotor prototype, significantly increasing its power output. Bell, one of two companies behind the V-280 Valor prototype tiltrotor, announced a partnership with Rolls Royce, selecting a new engine that the company builds for their vehicle. The new engine is a variant of that used by the V-22 Osprey, a tiltrotor in service with the United States also made by Bell. Rolls Royce’s engine offers several benefits to the Valor program, including an additional 2,000-horsepower per engine. In addition, it is an off-the-sh... read more
The Daily "Near You?"
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Thanks for stopping by! read more
The Rio Times8 hours ago
Harvard scientist says it is possible that our universe was created in a laboratory
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A Harvard scientist has an interesting theory about how our universe was formed: in a laboratory, by a "superior class of life forms." Best-selling author and former chair of the astronomy department at Harvard University, Abraham (Avi) Loeb recently published an article in Scientific American in which he credits the […] The post Harvard scientist says it is possible that our universe was created in a laboratory appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
"Let Us Count the Ways"
*"Let Us Count the Ways"* by Jim Kunstler "What America really wants to know is: after those months of “family leave,” did Pete Buttigieg get the hang of lactating? Hey, if sexuality is just a “social construct,” then the functions of sexuality must be teachable. So now Pete can move on to ovulation lessons and become the “birthing person” of his dreams. Pete’s dreams are America’s dreams, you see. In the meantime, though, America has a little transportation problem that a Secretary of Transportation might look into if he wasn’t so busy performing a gender reeducation parable for ... read more
"A Danger To Ourselves..."
"Humanity today is like a waking dreamer, caught between the fantasies of sleep and the chaos of the real world. The mind seeks but cannot find the precise place and hour. We have created a Star Wars civilization, with Stone Age emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology. We thrash about. We are terribly confused by the mere fact of our existence, and a danger to ourselves and to the rest of life." - Edward O. Wilson read more
War News Updates9 hours ago
Iran, Venezuela Agree To A 20-Year Cooperation Accord
Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi (C) *Al Jazeera:* *Iran, Venezuela to sign 20-year cooperation accord* *Venezuelan President Maduro will meet his Iranian counterpart on visit to Tehran ‘in the next few months’.* Tehran, Iran – Iran will sign a 20-year cooperation accord with Venezuela when President Nicolas Maduro visits Tehran “in the next few months”. In a joint press conference with his Venezuelan counterpart Felix Plasencia in Tehran on Monday, Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian announced the news and added that a joint economic cooperation commission, whi... read more
MJBizDaily9 hours ago
Marijuana real estate firm inks $60M sale-leaseback with Gold Flora
Innovative Industrial Properties (IIP) said it closed on the purchase of an industrial property in Southern California and sealed a long-term lease with cannabis company Gold Flora in a sale-leaseback deal valued at $60 million. Marijuana real estate firm inks $60M sale-leaseback with Gold Flora is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs read more
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Arizona tightens social equity rules in advance of cannabis licensing
Arizona regulators finalized rules for the 26 social equity licenses to be issued as part of the state’s adult-use cannabis program, adding language that prevents an applicant from entering into a prior agreement to sell or transfer the license to a nonqualifying operator. Arizona tightens social equity rules in advance of cannabis licensing is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs read more
The Rio Times9 hours ago
GOL to resume its flights between Brazil and Argentina in December
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - GOL Linhas Aéreas announced that it would once again operate regular flights between Brazil and Argentina as of December 19 with a "gradual and conscious" recovery scheme supported by the advancement of vaccination against Covid-19 in Brazil and the reopening of the Argentine borders to foreign tourists. The Brazilian airline […] The post GOL to resume its flights between Brazil and Argentina in December appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
The Rio Times9 hours ago
Foreign ministers from Uruguay and Brazil meet with economic agenda in the background
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The foreign ministers of Uruguay, Francisco Bustillo, and Brazil, Carlos França, will meet this Monday (18) in Montevideo, as confirmed to Efe by sources of the Uruguayan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Although the agenda has not been revealed, the heads of diplomacy of Uruguay and Brazil will inevitably analyze several […] The post Foreign ministers from Uruguay and Brazil meet with economic agenda in the background appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
The Rio Times9 hours ago
Duque announces historic figures for new investment from Brazil in Colombia
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The President of Colombia, Iván Duque, highlighted on Monday (18) in São Paulo the "very active diplomacy" that unites his country with Brazil and anticipated a significant increase in Brazilian investments in Colombia, up to "a historic figure". "The relationship between Colombia and Brazil has been a fruitful relationship, one […] The post Duque announces historic figures for new investment from Brazil in Colombia appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
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Argentina among the 30 key countries to recover the planet’s biodiversity
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Every October 18, World Wildlife Day is celebrated to promote environmental responsibility and the preservation of natural spaces. Research has identified 50 ecoregions to be preserved and 30 countries, including Argentina, that contribute critically to the goals proposed to recover 50% of the planet's biodiversity. A "Global Safety Net" to […] The post Argentina among the 30 key countries to recover the planet’s biodiversity appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
The Rio Times10 hours ago
Dancing to save coca in Bolivia
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Tia Tomasa is a woman of an explosive nature but of absolute candor, says journalist Carlos Quisbert, who recently interviewed her. The "Yungueños," who grow 18,000 of the 22,000 permitted coca hectares, have just regained control of the Adepcoca market in La Paz, which had been dominated for 2 weeks […] The post Dancing to save coca in Bolivia appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
MJBizDaily10 hours ago
Marijuana SPAC Achari Ventures goes public in $100 million IPO
Achari Ventures Holdings Corp. I, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) formed to acquire non-plant-touching marijuana companies, went public on the Nasdaq Global Market. Marijuana SPAC Achari Ventures goes public in $100 million IPO is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs read more
The Rio Times10 hours ago
Strategic relations between Paraguay and Chile and trade agreement negotiations highlighted
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - "The agreement reached represents an institutional mark that reaffirms the strategic relationship between Paraguay and Chile. The commercial exchange between the parties in 2020 reached US$879 million," the Paraguayan Foreign Ministry stressed. In addition, it stated that this type of negotiation rounds allows strengthening and boosting economic, trade and investment […] The post Strategic relations between Paraguay and Chile and trade agreement negotiations highlighted appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
naked capitalism11 hours ago
New Report Highlights Corporate Funding of Police Foundations, Which Encourage Police Militarization and Thwart Reform
Corporations funnel significant funds to anti-reform police foundations, while publicly supporting PR campaigns for police reform. read more
The Rio Times11 hours ago
Brazil interest in investing in Paraguay grows
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Union of Brazilian Entrepreneurs in Paraguay (UEBP) and the Paraguay-Brazil Chamber of Commerce (CCPB) are presented as an umbrella of business groups which have already invested capital or have firm intentions to do so in several areas. UEBP head Rodrigo Maia said that as a union it has secured […] The post Brazil interest in investing in Paraguay grows appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
Coming Back From Near Death: A True Survival Tale
A number of readers have kindly written to ask how my recovery is coming along. The answer is that I am immensely better than I was back in May and June. I came very near to death, and I knew it. I got so weak that I realized one day that if I simply ate and drank nothing more, that I would peacefully die within 48 hours. But when I awoke the next morning I noticed that I felt a tiny little increment better. To the present time, I continue incrementally improving, day by day. It has been a real slog. I have exhibited a long list of symptoms, which I will not bother to exhaustiv... read more
"Living In A Potemkin World" (Excerpt)
*"Living In A Potemkin World" (Excerpt)* by Jim Quinn “Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” - George Orwell, "1984" “Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no... read more
Expect A Call From The Government
Here in the Peoples Socialist Republic of Ontario, you could soon get a phone call from the government if you are unvaccinated. No word yet on whether the police will show up at your door if you don’t answer the phone. read more
How the Neocons Outfoxed Colin Powell
*Jacob Heilbrunn* *Colin Powell, * Powell became as inculpated in the Iraq imbroglio as the neocons who had outflanked him to promote it. When I met Colin Powell, who has died at age 84, at the State Department as part of a *Los Angeles Times* editorial board visit with various George W. Bush administration officials during the run-up to the Iraq War, he exuded confidence about his ability to get the United Nations to sign off on a resolution backing a prospective attack. He was, of course, wrong. After he appeared at the UN in February 2003 earnestly touting bogus information a... read more
PLA’s New Assault Rifle Unveiled to Public at Air Show China
*Peter Suciu* *QBZ-191, Asia* The QBZ-191 rifle is expected to replace the QBZ-95 series in use by many members of the Chinese army and the Chinese Armed Police Force. Most eyes at an air show are trained on the sky above. But at the recent Airshow China 2021, China North Industries Group Corporation (NORINCO) instead unveiled something that will be used on the ground: the new-generation service rifle for the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). The QBZ-191 5.8mm rifle and two other firearms in the 191 series were introduced to the public last week. However, China South Industries Gr... read more
Why the U.S. Military is Required to Buy American-Made Firearms
*Peter Suciu* *U.S. Military, United States* The "Buy America Act" of 1933 still requires small arms for the military to be produced within the United States. Both the Union and Confederate armies utilized large numbers of the British-made Enfield Pattern 1853 rifle-musket during the Civil War. In fact, it was the second most common infantry weapon in the war, surpassed only by the Springfield Model 1861 rifled-musket. It marked the only time in U.S. military history that a large number of American soldiers had to rely on a foreign-made weapon. Just three decades later there was... read more
War News Updates9 hours ago
This Chart Reveals The Distribution Of Global Wealth
*Zero Hedge*:* This Simple Chart Reveals The Distribution Of Global Wealth* The pandemic resulted in global wealth taking a significant dip in the first part of 2020. By the end of March, global household wealth had already declined by around 4.4%. However, as Visual Capitalist's Anshool Deshmukh details below, after much monetary and fiscal stimulus from governments around the world, global household wealth was more than able to recover, finishing up the year at $418.3 trillion, a 7.4% gain from the previous year. Using data from Credit Suisse, this graphic looks at how global... read more
Room for Improvement, Deena Hinshaw
“Doctor” Deena Hinshaw is the Chief Medical Officer of Health in Alberta. Given that a medical doctor’s first principle is to do no harm, she has clearly violated this oath: Alberta health officials found themselves in something of a controversy last week when it came to how they report COVID-19 deaths. The province is now… Continue reading → read more
"Forward, Into the Past"
*"Forward, Into the Past"* By Bill Bonner BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – "We have been stepping back… back… back… trying to take it all in. The Big Picture, that is. How come… after more than 2,000 years of learning to make progress… all of a sudden, progress seems to be slowing down… or actually going into reverse? And how come our democracy – the crown of political creation – seems incapable of meeting the challenge? Last week, we were looking at the headlines from Argentina to see where we were headed. After all, what the gauchos don’t know about backing up is probably not worth knowing;... read more
Snopes.com9 hours ago
New ‘Superman’ Announces New Super Motto
The announcement came a week after the DC hero's son came out as bisexual. read more
Small Dead Animals10 hours ago
Pretend You’re Not Vaxxed
CBC- One in five N.B. COVID-19 deaths were people who were fully vaccinated A COVID-19 antibodies researcher expects to see more deaths among fully vaccinated people as vaccine effectiveness begins to wane. “The vulnerable are becoming vulnerable again,” said Rodney Russell, a professor of immunology and infectious diseases at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Anyone over… Continue reading → read more
Snopes.com10 hours ago
British Museum to Display the World’s Oldest Map of Stars
The 3,600-year-old “Nebra Sky Disc,” first discovered in Germany in 1999, is one of the oldest surviving representations of the cosmos in the world. read more
The Duran10 hours ago
Following Chinese Hypersonic Test. With US facing Strategic Crisis, China Offers a Deal
Following Chinese Hypersonic Test. With US facing Strategic Crisis, China Offers a Deal News Topic 315 US should stop eyeing too much on China’s hypersonic missiles and broaden its horizons: Global Times editorial US should stop eyeing too much on China’s hypersonic missiles and broaden its horizons: Global Times editorial The US is very concerned […] read more

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