Friday, December 17, 2021

17 December - Blogs I'm Following - 6 of 10

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"Prepare For A Brutal 2022; Cash Disappeared; Inflation Locomotive Off Tracks; FED In A Jam"
Jeremiah Babe, PM 12/16/21: *"Prepare For A Brutal 2022; Cash Disappeared;* * Inflation Locomotive Off Tracks; FED In A Jam"* read more
PBS : Ten Feet Of Sea Level Rise In The Next Ten Years
Melting of the Thwaites Glacier could rewrite the global coastline | PBS NewsHour Obama will be disappointed to learn that experts say his new $12 million home is about to drown. Barack & Michelle Obama Martha’s Vineyard Mansion, House Details, … Continue reading → read more
January 1967 Tornado In Wisconsin
“The tornado was given a F4 rating on the Fujita Tornado Ranking Scale. The F4 occurrence was likely small in aerial coverage with the majority of the severe damage being classified as either F2 or F3. Eight other tornadoes struck … Continue reading → read more
Snopes.com1 day ago
US Regulators Lift In-Person Restrictions on Abortion Pill
The Food and Drug Administration permanently loosened a key restriction on abortion pills, eliminating a long-standing requirement that the medication be picked up in person. read more
Amid Ever-Increasing Gas Prices Joe Biden Ramps Up Fear of Omicron Threat
The medical community has continued to say the Omicron variant, to the extent there is such a thing, is akin to a traditional head cold. Symptoms include sniffling, sneezing, coughing and a stuffy head. However, that said, the Omicron is also being used as a justification for shutting down human activity. One way to look […] The post Amid Ever-Increasing Gas Prices Joe Biden Ramps Up Fear of Omicron Threat appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
Twitter To Punish Users Who Correctly Claim That Vaccinated Individuals Can Still Spread COVID-19
Twitter To Punish Users Who Correctly Claim That Vaccinated Individuals Can Still Spread COVID-19 by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ Twitter, which dubs itself the arbiter of medical misinformation through its constellation of conflicted ‘fact-checkers,’ will start imposing penalties on users who claim that vaccinated people can spread Covid-19… – …a claim made by none other than the … read more
‘Stomach-Wrenching’ Report Reveals Secret US Strike Command’s High Civilian Death Toll
‘Stomach-Wrenching’ Report Reveals Secret US Strike Command’s High Civilian Death Toll by BRETT WILKINS, https://www.commondreams.org/ The unit, called Talon Anvil, is said to have killed Syrian civilians at 10 times the rate of similar airstrikes elsewhere in the so-called War on Terror. – Peace advocates on Monday responded to a report about a U.S. military unit that … read more
“Rocket Fuel” For Gold & Silver | Steve Penny
Liberty and Finance Gold and silver rallied amid the Fed’s double taper. Chartist Steve Penny says markets already priced in the seemingly hawkish decision by the Fed. He says it is impossible for the Fed to normalize rates. He sees negative real interest rates for a long while, which is “rocket fuel” for gold. If … read more
POLICE STATE: Australians Mass Protest After Churches Raided, Moms Arrested, Citizen Snitches
The 700 Club Police helicopters look for lockdown violators. Officers have fired rubber bullets and tear gas at anti-lockdown protesters, including children. Pregnant women arrested. Pastors thrown in jail. Australia has unleashed such control that many are calling it a police state. CBN’s Dale Hurd has the report. Read the full story here: https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/20… end read more
Congress Passes Massive $778 Billion NDAA
On Tuesday, the Senate passed the massive $778 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in a vote of 89 to 10. The legislation is a compromise version of the NDAA that was already passed by the House and now just needs President Biden’s signature to become law. Congress added $25 billion more to the spending bill than Biden requested. The bill authorizes $740.3 billion for the Pentagon, $27.8 billion for the Energy Department’s nuclear weapons program, and $9.9 billion for “Defense-related Activities Outside NDAA Jurisdiction.” In September, the House passed a different v... read more
About Vote Counting
The struggle for our democracy is no longer just about who gets to vote. It’s about who counts the votes—and whether they should count at all. Jim Crow is alive and well in the 21st century.pic.twitter.com/ErmdUltVfa — Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 23, 2021 read more
Pension Pulse16 hours ago
IMCO Ramping Up its Private Equity Portfolio
IMCO announced it closed more than CAD$2-billion in private equity transactions in 2021: The Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (“IMCO”) has closed $2.3 billion in private equity transactions in 2021, *adding four strategic partners by making four new fund commitments totaling nearly $1.5 billion, and completing seven direct equity and co-investment deals with new and existing partners totaling nearly $800 million in a record year. * *“IMCO’s Private Equity program is differentiated by our ability to complement our long-term strategic partner relationships with the direc... read more
Communism vs fascism? Chile's misrepresented election
US Fake News is reporting that "Chile is set to vote for a new president on Sunday, with a young former student leader Gabriel Boric on the left battling far-right conservative Jose Antonio Kast, in the most polarized election since the country's return to democracy in 1990." "An at times heated campaign has seen Kast play up Boric's alliance with the Andean country's Communist Party, while Kast himself has come under fire for his defense of the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet that ended three decades ago. What we're seeing here is a debate stuck in the cold war trenches,... read more
"Covid: The Truth Behind The Lies, Dr. Peter McCullough"
Peak Prosperity, Chris Martenson, *"Covid: The Truth Behind The Lies, Dr. Peter McCullough"* - https://www.peakprosperity.com/ ○ Part 2 of this interview is here: - https://www.peakprosperity.com read more
Is Russia Planning to Invade Ukraine...Again?
*Mark Episkopos* *Russia-Ukraine Crisis, Europe* As tensions continue to simmer over the ongoing Donbass conflict, Russia’s Armed Forces are staging the largest military build-up on Ukraine’s borders since 2014. *Here's What You Need to Remember: * The full extent of Moscow’s intentions behind this massive buildup remains unclear. Still, there is currently no military or political indication that Russia’s border forces are preparing for an imminent westward offensive into the Donbass region As tensions continue to simmer over the ongoing Donbass conflict, Russia’s Armed Forces a... read more
Is Washington Encouraging an Anti-American Coalition?
*Jacob Heilbrunn* *Russia and China, * In seeking to unite the free world and isolate our great power rivals, is Washington inadvertently creating a countervailing coalition that is increasingly prepared to challenge U.S. interests around the world? The Biden administration’s recent virtual democracy summit was aimed at promoting democracy and unifying much of the world in opposition to authoritarianism in Russia and China. But in seeking to unite the free world and isolate our great power rivals, is Washington inadvertently creating a countervailing coalition that is increasingl... read more
Warriors Through the Ages: How the U.S. Army Differs from the Romans
*Frumentarius* *U.S. Army, United States* While some similarities would have created a bond between soldiers of the two eras, there were also big differences in how the Roman legionnaires lived, fought, and served, and how an American Soldier does so today. *Here's What You Need to Know: *While Roman soldiers marched hundreds of miles to the battlefield with their equipment, Americans are blessed to mostly arrive in their areas of operation via air travel. For millennia, soldiers on battlefields the world over have spilled each other’s blood in the name of God, tribe, clan, king,... read more
Indo-Pacific Problems: Could China Launch a Biological War Against America?
*Mark Episkopos* *U.S.-China War, Indo-Pacific* China’s growing military might in the Indo-Pacific region augurs a grim future for Washington’s ability to deter and, if need be, defeat a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *"The definitive answer if the U.S. military doesn’t change course is that we’re going to lose fast." As tensions continue to escalate between Washington and Beijing, the U.S. military has raised newfound concerns over the threat of growing Chinese military capabilities. Reports have emerged that the U.S. Air Force simulated a larg... read more
Biden's Cronkite Moment: Is He Losing the American Public?
*Peter Suciu* *Joe Biden, United States* It has seemed that Biden has been far more concerned with the timetable of the exit from Afghanistan instead of how it is being accomplished, which explains why for the first time his approval rating has sagged beneath the fifty percent mark. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *Last week President Joe Biden had his own Cronkite moment for his handling of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan . During the Tet Offensive in February 1968, then-President Lyndon B. Johnson seemed to realize that the Vietnam War was "mired in stalemate," and he r... read more
Snopes.com1 day ago
Is Kraft ‘Paying You’ To Skip Cheesecake Due to a Cream Cheese Shortage?
A limited-time offer in December 2021 promised to reimburse 18,000 people to replace their homemade cheesecake with a different dessert. read more
And How Was Your Day?
That's some quick thinking. Totally worth $5 a gallon. pic.twitter.com/Tr5Q6aGVGw — Marie Hurabiell (@MHurabiell) December 16, 2021 read more
No Life, No Liberty, No Pursuit of Happiness
If people won’t stand up now, then when? The bio-fascist state is clearly out of control: read more
The Real Disinformation Agents: MSNBC Caught Lying Repeatedly About Assange and WikiLeaks
*Glenn Greenwald* | More proof that the the biggest source of misinformation and fake news is the mainstream corporate media. read more
Virginia Judge Holds Hospital in Contempt for Denying Ivermectin to Sick COVID Patient
*21WIRE* | New US court order could be crucial going forward in re-establishing health freedom. read more
Snopes.com1 day ago
Does Video Show a Child Handing Biden a Vial of Blood?
This is doctored video spreading conspiratorial nonsense. However, the real video is still kind of weird. read more
The Duran1 day ago
The Dangerous Ignorance of Germany’s New Foreign Minister
Eric Zuesse Germany’s new Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock came into office on December 8th without her knowing that America’s stationing missiles in Ukraine on Russia’s border, and only a 7-minute flying distance away from Moscow, would be even more unacceptable to Moscow than, in 1962, would have been, to Washington, the Soviet Union’s stationing missiles […] read more
CDC Admits COVID-19 Shots Causing Heart Disease but Won’t Stop the Injections – Does Pfizer Now Control the CDC and FDA?
The United States CDC updated their "Adverse Events" page on COVID-19 shots today where they admit that there are now 1,908 reported cases of myocarditis and pericarditis following COVID-19 shots among young people below the age of 30. This compares to, on the same page, 57 cases of "Thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS)" and 278 cases of "Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)" for all age groups, not just those under the age of 30. As we have reported in the past, the CDC typically uses "selective bias" when reporting these "adverse events" to make the numbers look much lower ... read more
Snopes.com1 day ago
Top 8 Most Read Snopes News Stories in 2021
Our newsroom does fact-based, explanatory journalism via two methods: fact checks with truth ratings or analytical news stories. read more
CDC Admits COVID-19 Shots Causing Heart Disease but Won’t Stop the Injections – Does Pfizer Now Control the CDC and FDA?
The United States CDC updated their "Adverse Events" page on COVID-19 shots today where they admit that there are now 1,908 reported cases of myocarditis and pericarditis following COVID-19 shots among young people below the age of 30. This compares to, on the same page, 57 cases of "Thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS)" and 278 cases of "Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)" for all age groups, not just those under the age of 30. As we have reported in the past, the CDC typically uses "selective bias" when reporting these "adverse events" to make the numbers look much lower ... read more
Hockey Night in Covid Land
CTV- Montreal Canadiens game to be played tonight without fans in Bell Centre amid COVID-19 concerns Westphalian Times- The Montreal public health said of the 95 cases of the Omicron variant in the city of Montreal, 90% were fully vaccinated. Quebec’s covid passport system has been going since September 1st. Quebec’s vaccination status: 80% double,… Continue reading → read more
Boricua College: The Little Engine That Could
For almost fifty years, Boricua College has built a holistic system of support for roughly 1,200 full-time students... read more
Why Is She Bothering Us Again?
Local Woman Reported Washing Stranger's Cars Without Permission We have certainly been getting a faceful of Ma Clinton in recent weeks. This has been a pattern of hers since being sent packing back to Chappaqua by DJT: she spends long periods out of the public eye, buried deep in her box of breakfast Franzia. Suddenly, like a bad combination of creepy stalker and unfortunate body odor, she’s everywhere and you can’t seem to make her go away. I’m beginning to worry about what her endgame may be.....that Granny Maojackets just might make another run at the White House in 2024. While ... read more
PrairiePundit1 day ago
Destroying the left's 'white supremacy' BS
Mike Miller: Glenn Loury is an American economist, academic, and author. In 1982, at the age of 33, he became the first African American tenured professor of economics in the history of Harvard University. In a short promo clip for his show, Mr. Loury destroyed the illogic of systemic racism in America — all by brilliantly asking simple, logical questions. All Columbia University linguist John McWhorter could offer in response was resting his face on his hand and grudgingly nodding in seeming agreement. If “structural racism” is so bad in America, why do nonwhites from all over ... read more
“Responsible Governing”
*“Responsible Governing”* by Brian Maher "Responsible governing has won on this exceedingly important issue." These are the words of Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, Democrat, New York State. Sen. Schumer refers to the elevation of the country’s debt roof. On Tuesday the United States Senate voted to raise the ceiling $2.5 trillion above existing heights. This morning the president blessed the bill with his official signature. And so a federal government “shutdown” is skirted. Reports CNBC: "President Joe Biden signed a debt ceiling increase into law Thursday, ensuring the ... read more
Canada aims to plant up to 320 million trees a year
The Globe and Mail is reporting that "The government is planning to plant up to 320 million trees a year to meet the prime minister’s target to put an extra two billion trees in the ground by 2030. Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson on Thursday launched a recruitment drive to find tree planters – including farmers, Indigenous communities and non-profit organizations – to plant millions of extra trees a year." That's a great idea. Planting trees is always a good thing. We don't have to give up our democratic system to do it either. When forestry does a clear cut I believ... read more
2021 Revealed the Fragility of Food Systems
ROME, Dec 16 (IPS) - Mario Lubetkin is Assistant Director General at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)The end of this year has revealed the fragility of food systems when faced with sudden disruptions such as those observed during the COVID-19 pandemic. These disruptions have increased the number of people with limited or no access to food in the world. Today, more than 811 million people suffer from hunger, according to recent studies. Read the full story, “2021 Revealed the Fragility of Food Systems”, on globalissues.org → read more
Women leaders examine how to end ‘invisible emergency’ of gender-based violence
Whether at home, at work, in the streets or even online, women and girls across the world remain highly vulnerable to gender-based violence, something which the COVID-19 pandemic has only magnified, six senior UN women leaders said on Thursday. Read the full story, “Women leaders examine how to end ‘invisible emergency’ of gender-based violence”, on globalissues.org → read more
Morocco’s extradition of Uyghur asylum seeker to China could lead to serious rights violations, argue UN experts
Four UN independent human rights experts called on Thursday for Morocco to reverse its decision to extradite a Uyghur Muslim to China as his return would place him under threat of serious human rights violations. Read the full story, “Morocco’s extradition of Uyghur asylum seeker to China could lead to serious rights violations, argue UN experts”, on globalissues.org → read more
UN rights forum’s action on climate and COVID-19 vaccines shows its relevance, says President
After one of the busiest years in the history of the Human Rights Council, President Nashat Shameem Khan insisted on Thursday that the UN forum remains more relevant than ever, citing action on COVID-19 vaccine inequity, climate change and no less than five Special Sessions in Geneva. Read the full story, “UN rights forum’s action on climate and COVID-19 vaccines shows its relevance, says President”, on globalissues.org → read more
UN chief: ‘We cannot defeat a pandemic in an uncoordinated way’
Arguing that the world “cannot defeat a pandemic in an uncoordinated way”, the UN Secretary-General said on Thursday that countries “must take concrete action in the coming days” to vaccinate 40 per cent of the world’s population by the end of the year. Read the full story, “UN chief: ‘We cannot defeat a pandemic in an uncoordinated way’”, on globalissues.org → read more
COVID-19: WHO urges Europeans to be smart and safe this holiday season
The World Health Organization (WHO) is reminding Europeans to remain vigilant against COVID-19 spread as they round out the year with friends and family. Read the full story, “COVID-19: WHO urges Europeans to be smart and safe this holiday season”, on globalissues.org → read more
Migrant workers still at great risk despite key role in global economy
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the key role that migrant workers play in the global economy, as well as the “terrible risks” that they are forced to take, to find work. Read the full story, “Migrant workers still at great risk despite key role in global economy”, on globalissues.org → read more
SINEMA'S FAT-CAT DONORS DON'T WANT VOTING RIGHTS BILLS TO PASS, EITHER
This story was a gut punch to a lot of people: Kyrsten Sinema supports the elections reform bill that Democrats are considering a year-end push to pass. She doesn't support a shortcut around the filibuster to get it done. The Arizona moderate is making clear that she intends to keep protecting the Senate’s 60-vote requirement on most legislation and she isn’t ready to entertain changing rules to pass sweeping elections or voting legislation with a simple majority.... “Senator Sinema has asked those who want to weaken or eliminate the filibuster to pass voting rights legislation wh... read more
NATO Chief Says Russia Is ‘A Power In Decline’
*CNBC:* *Russia is ‘a power in decline’ but still poses a military threat, NATO chief says* * Ukrainian and Western officials fear a Russian land invasion of its western neighbor, whose Crimean peninsula Russia annexed in 2014. * Moscow has rejected the notion, pointing the finger instead at what it says is aggression from Ukraine. Russia may be in economic decline, but it still poses a formidable military threat — particularly in the realm of advanced weaponry and cyberwarfare, NATO’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday. “Russia is a power in decline, meaning... read more
Komando.com1 day ago
3G networks are shutting down – And your CAR might be impacted
3G networks are being shut down in 2022, and some of your car's features may be affected. Here's what you can do. read more
Baltic Countries Urging EU To Consider New Russian Sanctions
*France 24: **Baltic leaders urge EU to consider new Russia sanctions amid ‘series of attacks’* The European Union is under assault from Russia on multiple fronts and must unite behind new economic sanctions, Baltic and central European leaders said on Thursday, with Lithuania citing a risk of possible Russian military strikes from Belarus. The warnings at an EU summit were some of the most direct in recent weeks as the United States and its NATO allies seek to deter any possible Russian attack on Ukraine and reduce Moscow's margin for surprise. Many NATO allies are also EU... read more
Jacques Vallee and Ten Unexplained UFO Cases and Metallic Debris
Back in May of this year, I, along with several thousand of my friends, received a press release about a new book by Jacques Vallee about a reported UFO crash near San Antonio, New Mexico in 1945. It predated Roswell by nearly two years, though some of the elements seemed to foreshadow that case. I put up a preliminary analysis of the case which you can read here: http://kevinrandle.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-san-antonio-ufo-crash.html And, there was a story about fragments recovered in the crash that had been analyzed. That information can be found here: https://www.coasttocoasta... read more
Balkinization1 day ago
Build Back Better or Build Back Best?
It has been a long time since progressives have had the opportunity to advance a broad agenda of social reform with a serious chance of enactment. President Obama proposed and won adoption of the visionary Affordable Care Act and secured House passage of a climate change bill, but he spent his last six years in gridlock with a hostile Congress. President Clinton, too, had only two years enjoying a Democratic Congress before spending six years with a Republican Congress to which he capitulated on many important issues. Otherwise, the last four decades have featured Republi... read more
L.A. Schools Host LGBT Club For 4-Year-Olds, Promote ‘Two Spirit’ Sexuality And Child Mutilation
The Federalist – by Spencer Lindquist The Los Angeles Unified School District’s Office of Human Relations, Equity and Diversity hosted a 10-week online club for... The post L.A. Schools Host LGBT Club For 4-Year-Olds, Promote ‘Two Spirit’ Sexuality And Child Mutilation appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
“What’s the big deal?”
Biden asks Americans “What’s the big deal” with giving up their Freedoms.. pic.twitter.com/bEM66G0pyb — Benny (@bennyjohnson) December 15, 2021 The post “What’s the big deal?” appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
ADL Demands Fox News Censor Comic Casting Soros As A ‘Puppet Master,’ Fox News Dutifully Complies
Information Liberation – by Chris Menahan Jonathan Greenblatt’s Anti-Defamation League on Wednesday demanded Fox News take down an “anti-Semitic” comic that portrays George Soros as... The post ADL Demands Fox News Censor Comic Casting Soros As A ‘Puppet Master,’ Fox News Dutifully Complies appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
Not PC1 day ago
"Forced"
*NZ HERALD: A Christchurch man claims he is being forced out of his flat due to unwillingness to get the Covid-19 vaccine.YAHOO NEWS: MAFS star Dean Wells has slammed new lockdown rules for vaccinated and unvaccinated people, saying it's 'segregated' society.BFD: If my employer makes it clear that if I don't sleep with him I will lose my job then that is no different to a vaccine mandate. In both cases I am being forced to put something into my body that I don't want to.* I could have picked the comments above from almost anywhere -- since this brand of pigheaded unreason is ... read more
Musical Interlude: Simon & Garfunkel, "The Boxer"; "The Sounds of Silence"; "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
*Simon & Garfunkel, "The Boxer"* *○* *Simon & Garfunkel, "The Sounds of Silence"○Simon & Garfunkel, "Bridge Over Troubled Water"* read more
U.S. Military Services Begin Discharges Of Soldiers Who Have Not Been Vaccinated
The Air Force on Monday said it has already discharged 27 airmen for refusing to obey a lawful order and get the COVID-19 vaccine. Pictured: an Airman gets a COVID-19 shot on June 8 on Dobbins Air Force Base, Georgia The US Navy has highest vaccination rate at more than 98 percent. Pictured: Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class John London is vaccinated against COVID in December 2020 The Marine Corps had until November 28 to get the shots and their Reserve members have until December 28. Pictured: Military medical personnel at Camp Lejeune, N.C., administer coronavirus vaccines to Marines... read more
PrairiePundit1 day ago
Abbot refuses to impose vaccine mandate on Texas National Guard
*Epoch Times:* *Texas Governor Tells Defense Secretary COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate on National Guard Won’t be Enforced* Gov. Abbott mad the move in his role as commander in chief of the Texas National Guard. The guard is very active right now in protectring the border with Mexico becasue Biden is derelict in his duty to enforce US immigration laws. read more
Gerald Celente, "Trends in The News Live"
*Full screen recommended.* *Strong language alert!* *Gerald Celente, "Trends in The News Live"* "The Trends Journal is a weekly magazine analyzing global current events forming future trends. Our mission is to present Facts and Truth over fear and propaganda to help subscribers prepare for What’s Next in these increasingly turbulent times." - https://trendsresearch.com/ read more
PrairiePundit1 day ago
DOJ no longer in settlement talks with illegals
National Review: The U.S. Department of Justice has pulled out of settlement talks with migrant families who were separated at the southern border under the Trump administration and instead plans to litigate hundreds of families’ claims, according to reports. Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the ACLU’s immigrant-rights project, served as a lead negotiator in the talks and reportedly told the Wall Street Journal the government ended settlement negotiations with families who have filed lawsuits claiming that the government subjected parents and children to lasting psychological tra... read more
PrairiePundit1 day ago
Biden, Democrats' try to institutionalize election theft
Strieff: ... Two days ago, Biden meandered his way into trying to make a case for overturning the US Constitution in favor of a monstrous and illegal Democrat bill that will centralize control of voting within the most Democrat-infested parts of the federal government. The full speech is below, and the full remarks are at the end of this post. ... If that line sounds familiar to you, it should. One of Joe Stalin’s personal secretaries, Boris Bazhanov (not to be confused with Boris Badenov), fled the USSR in 1928 and wrote a book about his experiences. He quoted Stalin as descri... read more
PrairiePundit1 day ago
Independents big swing toward GOP
Stephen Green: Democrat support from independent voters has fallen near the crucial 40% line, while almost half of all independent voters tell Gallup that they’re leaning Republican. “If you’re a Democrat and you’re not terrified,” says The Dispatch’s Avi Woolf, “you should be.” Well, I’m neither a Democrat nor terrified, but I am conservative and — at least for now — quite giddy. Gallup recently updated its long-term party affiliation poll, which asks American voters one or two simple questions: - In politics, as of today, do you consider yourself a Republican, a Democr... read more
"A Look to the Heavens"
"This popular group leaps into the early evening sky around the March equinox and the northern hemisphere spring. Famous as the Leo Triplet, the three magnificent galaxies found in the prominent constellation Leo gather here in one astronomical field of view. Crowd pleasers when imaged with even modest telescopes, they can be introduced individually as NGC 3628 (right), M66 (upper left), and M65 (bottom). All three are large spiral galaxies but tend to look dissimilar, because their galactic disks are tilted at different angles to our line of sight. NGC 3628, also known as the Hambu... read more
White House Hoping Kentucky Tornado Crisis Will Provide Biden Team the Platform to Rebrand Collapsing Image
First things first… If the governor responsible for organizing the state response to a massive crisis is still incapable of controlling his emotions, and cries in front of the media five days after the damage, I guarantee you he/she is a Democrat. I don’t mean to be brutal or insensitive about it, but the emotional […] The post White House Hoping Kentucky Tornado Crisis Will Provide Biden Team the Platform to Rebrand Collapsing Image appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
Chet Raymo, “Dewy-eyed”
*“Dewy-eyed”* by Chet Raymo “I believe I have mentioned before that many years ago, before I started writing for the Boston Globe, I had a column in the college newspaper called "Under a Skeptical Star." The phrase came from a line of the Scots poet/scholar William MacNeile Dixon: "If there be a skeptical star I was born under it, yet I have lived all my days in complete astonishment." That was nearly half-a-century ago. I'm still astonished. Easily astonished. I don't require magnificent vistas, frozen waterfalls, spectacular sunsets. I don't need the Red Sea parted or Lazarus rai... read more
The Rio Times1 day ago
Peru wins three awards at the World Travel Awards
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Pride! Peru received the title of best culinary destination in the world in 2021 at the World Travel Awards (World Travel Awards in Spanish). The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) and the Commission for the Promotion of Peru for Export and Tourism (Promperu) also reported that Machi Picchu […] The post Peru wins three awards at the World Travel Awards appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
The Rio Times1 day ago
Ecuador loses US$600 million due to suspension of crude oil transportation
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Ecuador registers some US$600 million in losses due to the suspension of oil transportation through two oil pipelines because of soil erosion caused by a river, informed today the Ministry of Energy. The state-owned Petroecuador, in charge of the Trans-Ecuadorian Oil Pipeline System (SOTE) and a polyduct, and the private […] The post Ecuador loses US$600 million due to suspension of crude oil transportation appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
The Rio Times1 day ago
Colombia to produce vaccines for first time in 20 years
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Colombia will produce vaccines for the first time in 20 years, President Iván Duque announced on Thursday after signing a memorandum of understanding with private companies VaxThera and Providence Therapeutics. With this alliance, the Colombian company VaxThera, owned by Grupo Sura, will start in February the construction of a vaccine […] The post Colombia to produce vaccines for first time in 20 years appeared first on The Rio Times. read more

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