Sunday, May 22, 2022

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Are Mid-20C Temperatures In May Unusual
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? What an utterly absurd question! ? https://blog.metoffice.gov.uk/2022/05/17/are-mid-20c-temperatures-in-may-unusual/ ? Temperatures in the mid 20s in the South East may be common in May, but probably not in Cromarty. Trying to compare data from different stations is like comparing chalk and cheese. Despite… read more
UN False Alarms from Key Climate Indicators
Originally posted on Science Matters: The Climate Crisis du jour comes from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) public relations (PR) announcement Four key climate change indicators break records in 2021. As we shall see, each of them, along with other WMO claims, depends on first buying the story of global warming/climate change, and then looking… read more
Michael West7 hours ago
Let the crying games begin. Corporate media pundits wrong again
[image: Lobbyland] The Murdoch press suddenly discovered women, "An election win is a win. But ..." whimpered Nine's AFR. For Australia's corporate media, the "close race" had suddenly become "carnage". read more
London bus explosion: Five electric buses go up in a fireball – smoke seen for miles
Originally posted on Tallbloke's Talkshop: BYD electric bus, London [image credit: China Daily] Getting to be a monotonously regular thing. Insurers and fire brigades won’t need telling that. What about the travelling public? Hard to tell from the footage which type of e-bus it was, so may or may not be like the one… read more
We are never ever getting back…Blinken taps into Taylor Swift to take a dig at Putin
https://www.wionews.com/trending/we-are-never-ever-getting-backbinken-taps-into-taylor-swift-to-take-a-dig-at-putin-481277?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&utm_campaign=FB-M read more
Organizing Notes6 hours ago
Anti-NATO rally at U.S. airbase in Turkey
Hundreds of people gathered near Incirlik Air Base in the southern Turkish province of Adana last week to voice their opposition to the military presence of the U.S.-led North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). While Turkey claims it is their base (while true in a sense) it is the US-NATO that ultimately control the operation there. The US has had between 50-100 airplane launched tactical nuclear weapons at Incirlik for years. The US-NATO also have the same nukes stationed at bases in Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Italy. read more
Flogging the Hobby Horses
The Tory press have imbibed the results of the Australian election and it's sitting heavy in their stomachs. In the land down under, where Labor glows and Liberals chunder, observant Tories can hear the thunder ... of political pain ahead. Looking at the coverage following the Coalition's surprise heavy defeat, the headlines are all about how the Liberals are "in turmoil" and were in disarray even before polls opened. Adding to the pain, Scott Morrison's heir apparent, the (former) Treasurer Josh Frydenberg was among the Liberal cull. The leadership is now very likely to fall to rig... read more
War News Updates6 hours ago
Does America Need Its ‘Doomsday Plane’?
*Air Force Times:** Does America need its ‘Doomsday plane’?* *The role of the Air Force’s E-4B Nightwatch jet has expanded greatly since its Cold War origins * ABOARD AN E-4B NIGHTWATCH JET OVER THE GREAT PLAINS — Sixty years after the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war, one of the U.S. military’s most unique airplanes is still standing guard in case of catastrophe. The E-4B National Airborne Operations Center — also known as “Nightwatch” — is a flying office for the secretary of defense that uses 42 different communications systems that enabl... read more
War News Updates6 hours ago
U.S. 'Doomsday Plane' Following President Biden On His Asian Trip
*THE DONG-A ILBO:* *‘Doomsday Plane’ flies to Japan along with Biden’s trip to S. Korea* With U.S. President Joe Biden headed to South Korea, the E-4B, dubbed the Nuclear National Airborne Operations Center, was deployed to the Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan. When the U.S. president travels overseas, an E-4B aircraft is customarily deployed on standby in a visiting country or a nearby region. However, it is a rare occasion where its flight route and destination are openly released, which seemingly intends to issue a warning against North Korea as it has arguably prepared... read more
PrairiePundit6 hours ago
Chicoms ignore Russian sanctions
*Washington Examiner:* *China quietly ramps up low-cost Russian oil purchases: Report* China is aiding and abetting Russian aggression in Ukraine. See, also: *‘Like an ostrich’: Cotton slams Biden’s take on Chinese tariffs as inflation help* read more
PrairiePundit6 hours ago
The trans movement appears to be regional specific
I suspect it comes from an abundance of groomers in more liberal jurisdictions. read more
PrairiePundit6 hours ago
The FBI purge of agents
American Defense News: Bureau whistleblowers are claiming that the FBI is using the January 6 riot at the Capitol as a pretext to perform a political purge of agents. This purge targets FBI agents and other employees who simply exercised their constitutionally protected rights and attended the January 6 rally – and committed no crimes. “The employees did not enter the United States Capitol and have not been charged with any crime” but are allegedly still being fired, said the House Judiciary GOP in a Twitter post on Friday, citing unnamed whistleblowers at the bureau. ... In res... read more
The Last Refuge6 hours ago
Sunday Talks, Harvard Kennedy School Economist Celebrates U.S. Inflation Because Consumer Spending is Higher
We often talk about the disconnect between Wall Street (globalists) and Main Street (nationalists), and their influence in economic policy. Today, Jason Furman, a former Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisors, appears on CBS News to discuss his Harvard-Kennedy School impression of the U.S. economy. There’s a particular point in the interview […] The post Sunday Talks, Harvard Kennedy School Economist Celebrates U.S. Inflation Because Consumer Spending is Higher appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
Komando.com7 hours ago
Easily annotate and read articles with this handy online editor
Online reader lets you easily edit and share articles. read more
PrairiePundit7 hours ago
Russian appointed mayor of occupied Ukraine town injured in explosion
Washington Examiner: A *Russian*-appointed leader of an occupied town in *Ukraine* is in the hospital following an *explosion* outside of his home. Andrei Shevchik, whom the Kremlin named the mayor of Enerhodar after Russian forces captured the city in early March, is *reportedly* in intensive care after an explosion injured him and his bodyguards. "We have accurate confirmation that during the explosion, the self-proclaimed head of the 'people's administration' Shevchik and his bodyguards were injured," Dmytro Orlov, the Ukrainian mayor of the town, wrote on Telegram. ... Ene... read more
The Ukraine War Has Not Stoked A Global Food Crisis
Above photo: The Mariupol Commercial Sea Port in the city of Mariupol. Vladimir Gerdo/TASS. Russia is falsely accused of blocking Ukraine’s sea ports and thereby increasing a global food shortage: The United Nations has warned that the war in Ukraine has helped to stoke a global food crisis that could last years if it goes unchecked, as […] The post The Ukraine War Has Not Stoked A Global Food Crisis appeared first on PopularResistance.Org. read more
"Ms. Jankowicz, We Hardly Knew Ye"
*"Ms. Jankowicz, We Hardly Knew Ye"* The Ministry of Truth is "on pause" as your trusty overlords manufacture a new narrative. by Joel Bowman "And just like that, your friendly neighborhood Ministry of Truth is no more. So sad. Barely a month old, the Department of Homeland Security’s Disinformation Governance Board was “put on pause” this week after its Truth Knower in Chief, Nina Jankowicz, resigned her post. You’ll recall Ms. Jankowicz as the totally hinged, 33-year old Mary Poppins of Disinformation. Here she is, completely sane and in firm command of her faculties, doing her th... read more
The Aviationist7 hours ago
I’ve Watched ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ And It Was Great! [No Spoilers]
[image: Top Gun: Maverick] Don’t worry, no spoilers here: just a personal comment on the much-awaited Top Gun sequel. It finally happened: 36 years after watching the first one, I’ve finally had the chance to watch “Top Gun: Maverick“. [...] The post I’ve Watched ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ And It Was Great! [No Spoilers] appeared first on The Aviationist. read more
Vox - All7 hours ago
Stronger public health systems and uniform messaging are critical to fight Covid-19
[image: Covid-19 testing sites in Times Square] Testing is crucial to addressing the pandemic’s many costs, as are more preventative measures. | Wang Ying/Xinhua via Getty Images Covid-19 isn’t going anywhere it seems, yet conflicting public health messaging and a lack of funds may only prolong the crisis. Covid-19 — and the resulting pandemic associated with the virus — continues to threaten the world. In the US, a majority of the population is experiencing low Covid-19 community levels, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Yet roughly a third of Ame... read more
War News Updates7 hours ago
President Biden Completes His Trip To South Korea
*USA Today:* *Biden ending South Korea visit with continued emphasis on economic, security cooperation* President Joe Biden on Sunday touted Hyundai’s recently announced decision to build a $5.5 billion electric vehicle plant in Georgia, a move he said shows how the U.S. and South Korea together can shape the direction of the world for the better while also creating more than 8,000 American jobs. “Electric vehicles are good for our climate goals,” Biden said at a public appearance in Seoul with the chairman of Hyundai Motor Group. “But they’re also good for jobs. And they’re... read more
"Ms. Jankowicz, We Hardly Knew Ye" The Ministry of Truth is "on pause" as your trusty overlords manufacture a new narrative. by Joel Bowman And just like that, your friendly neighborhood Ministry of Truth is no more. So sad. Barely a month old, the Department of Homeland Security’s Disinformation Governance Board was “put on pause” this week after its Truth Knower in Chief, Nina Jankowicz, resigned her post. You’ll recall Ms. Jankowicz as the totally hinged, 33-year old Mary Poppins of Disinformation. Here she is, completely sane and in firm command of her faculties, doing her thing on the Chinese Communist Party’s preferred social media network, TikTok... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNcEVYq2qUg Now just hold your horses there, we hear you saying... isn’t Ms. Jankowicz the very same person who assured us the Hunter Biden laptop story – now known to be true, but buried at the time by those “in the know” – was just more “Russian influence?” “We should view it as a Trump campaign product,” Jankowicz told the Associated Press at the time. When the New York Post first broke the “Laptop from Hell” story, the (then) 219 year old paper, founded by Alexander Hamilton, was censored by Twitter for its troubles. Users were forbidden from sharing any link to the story... until April of 2021, that is, when the election was already in the bag and Jill Biden was picking out drapes for her comfy new residence. But wait! How could 50 national security officials... and five CIA spooks... get something so material and so damning so wrong, and right before a presidential election, in which the guy’s dad was on the ticket!, no less? Never mind all that, says your trusty Truth Czar. When it comes to disinformation – concocting, spreading, proliferating – you can rest assured that your government is on the case! As for free speech “absolutists” (read: people who believe in it)... Here’s Ms. Poppins Jankowicz commenting on Elon Musk’s plan to purchase the little blue bird and to let people – trigger warning – say what they want, “I shudder to think about if free speech absolutists were taking over more platforms, what that would look like for the marginalized communities.” Ah yes, the “marginalized communities”... like government agencies with multi-billion dollar budgets (the DHS burns through a casual billion dollars per week according to its 2022 budget) staffed with platoons of omniscient “fact checkers” like Ms. Jankowicz, who stand poised to edit your posts the moment you dare stray from the Official Party Line. Whether it’s the origins of covid... the efficacy of novel “vaccines”... the scientific “consensus” regarding lockdowns... the “transitory” nature of inflation... “peaceful protests”... Joe Rogan’s “horse dewormer”... “two weeks to flatten the curve”... this person as “Woman of the Year”... capital “T” Truth sure is hard to come by these days. For we mere proles, far from the central nervous system of enlightened savants that is the Ministry of Truth, a lot of what we’re told to believe sounds awfully like... well... not the truth. One man who knew a thing or two about the importance of “messaging” was Mr. Joseph Goebbels, the fellow who had Jankowicz’s job back when Sieg Heils and toothbrush mustaches were all the rage in Germany. Here he is, pulling the curtain back for us... “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.” (NB: He was actually talking about the English at the time, but the point stands. Just remember what Abraham Lincoln said: don’t believe everything you read on the Internet.) And here we found a handy pictorial guide – not yet deleted from Twitter – to help you actualize, rationalize and even internalize their truth and make it your truth. All it takes is a little cerebral contortion, a broken moral compass and a healthy dollop of good ol’ fashioned credulity. We’ll start with an easy one: inflation is good for you... and sending more stimulus checks certainly won’t make it worse (if it were bad... which, remember, it’s not)... You can even hum Ms. Poppins’s catchy tune while repeating the mantra. Anything to help the disinformation go down the hatch." bonnerprivateresearch@substack.com
*"Ms. Jankowicz, We Hardly Knew Ye"* The Ministry of Truth is "on pause" as your trusty overlords manufacture a new narrative. by Joel Bowman "And just like that, your friendly neighborhood Ministry of Truth is no more. So sad. Barely a month old, the Department of Homeland Security’s Disinformation Governance Board was “put on pause” this week after its Truth Knower in Chief, Nina Jankowicz, resigned her post. You’ll recall Ms. Jankowicz as the totally hinged, 33-year old Mary Poppins of Disinformation. Here she is, completely sane and in firm command of her faculties, doing her t... read more
Breaking News: The EPA Has Been Sued For Allowing Over 150 Million Acres to Be Coated With Pesticide-Covered, Bee Killing Seeds
Activists, government officials, organic advocates and everyday people have expressed concern over neonicotinoids over the past decade, but bee deaths are still a serious problem with no end in sight. Neonicotinoids are pesticides that have been coated with a thick outer layer of toxic, synthetic pesticide chemicals, and are found on seeds dispersed throughout 150 million acres of United States farmland each year. Mostly produced by Bayer and Monsanto, three varieties of these seeds were banned by the European Union in 2013 because of their link to widespread bee deaths. According t... read more
The Last Refuge7 hours ago
Sunday Talks, Face the Nation Cannot Spin Away from Their CBS Poll Highlighting Major Disapproval for Biden Policy, 74 Percent Feel Things are Going Badly
CBS conducted an extensive YouGov poll [pdf DATA HERE] on wide ranging topics connected to the overall Joe Biden agenda. The first page of the poll gives a good idea of just how badly the broad spectrum of Americans view the current status: In addition to the Biden administration being upside down on every issue; […] The post Sunday Talks, Face the Nation Cannot Spin Away from Their CBS Poll Highlighting Major Disapproval for Biden Policy, 74 Percent Feel Things are Going Badly appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
Tammy Robinson
Tammy Robinson has been named president of Mesa Community College (MCC) in Arizona. read more
Gregory Mannarino, "Markets A Look Ahead: Where Does The Market Go From Here? This Is The Key"
Gregory Mannarino, 5/22/22: *"Markets A Look Ahead: Where Does The * *Market Go From Here? This Is The Key"* - https://traderschoice.net/ read more
Iraqi Assyrians: From One Genocide to Another
The exhumation of the remains of two priests murdered in hatred of the faith by the Turks of the Ottoman Empire in 1915 is shedding light on the two genocides suffered by Christians in the plain of Nineveh in barely a century. read more
War News Updates8 hours ago
Will President Biden Be Impeached In A Republican Controlled Congress?
President Biden. WhiteHouse.gov *Mediaite:* *SHOCK POLL: Almost 70 Percent of Republicans Say IMPEACH BIDEN After Midterm Win* Almost 70 percent of Republican voters say the House of Representatives should impeach President Joe Biden if their party takes over the chamber in the 2022 midterms — doubling the number of all other Americans who say the same. Former President Donald Trump was impeached twice, the second time for inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Overwhelming majorities of Americans believe the actions surrounding that event are a crime — over 71 percent in... read more
Balkinization8 hours ago
Akhil Amar and the Dobbs draft
Yale Law Professor Akhil Amar, in a prominent defense of the Supreme Court’s leaked draft opinion overruling Roe v. Wade, argues in the Wall Street Journal that it contains “nothing radical, illegitimate or improperly political.” Amar supports abortion access but doubts that it is protected by the Constitution. He emphasizes that Roe was poorly reasoned. He thinks that the “dire assessments” of many writers that Justice Samuel Alito’s draft in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health endangers same-sex marriage and some forms of contraception “don’t stand up to scrutiny.” He even suggests ... read more
“Crop Scouts” Scour Midwest Ahead Of Wheat Harvest Amid Menacing Megadrought
Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden Droughts, flooding, heatwaves, and even war threaten wheat production worldwide, pushing up the price of bread, pizza crust, pastries, and... The post “Crop Scouts” Scour Midwest Ahead Of Wheat Harvest Amid Menacing Megadrought appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
The Rio Times8 hours ago
Is monkeypox nothing more than “fear porn” unleashed on the world?
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Dr. Robert Malone, inventor of mRNA technology and founder of the Malone Institute, writes in his substack blog that he keeps getting asked the same question again and again; is this outbreak of monkeypox a real threat, or is this another case of overstated and weaponized public health messaging? Watch […] The post Is monkeypox nothing more than “fear porn” unleashed on the world? appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
Bill Gates’ media control dream
The Counter Signal – by Keean Bexte The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has doled out over $319 million in grants, awards, and charity to... The post Bill Gates’ media control dream appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
Michael West8 hours ago
It’s time. Time for Labor and the Greens to say yes to love
To win an election on 32.84% is not a triumph, it’s a warning. An alliance with the Greens now, while the Liberals are flat on their backs, would seal government for three terms and more. Scare campaigns from the right about the Greens would have no traction. read more
Treasure hidden under the Salton Sea
The post Treasure hidden under the Salton Sea appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
Popular peanut butter is recalled nationwide. It’s been linked to a salmonella outbreak
Yahoo News The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, along with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and others have been investigating a multistate outbreak of... The post Popular peanut butter is recalled nationwide. It’s been linked to a salmonella outbreak appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
‘Disinformation’ Label Serves To Marginalize Crucial Ukraine Facts
Disinformation has become a central tool in the United States and Russia’s expanding information war. US officials have openly admitted to “using information as a weapon even when the confidence and accuracy of the information wasn’t high,” with corporate media eager to assist Washington in its strategy to “pre-empt and disrupt the Kremlin’s tactics, complicate its military campaign” (NBC, 4/6/22). In defense of the US narrative, corporate media have increasingly taken to branding realities inconvenient to US information goals as “disinformation” spread by Russia or its proxies. ... read more
The Ongoing Economic War
The current war is dividing the world into two parts. There’s going to be a US dollar area of the US, Europe and its satellites. And there’ll be a multipolarity; there’ll be a group of Russia, China together and basically they will be making their proposal of a different way of organising the world economic affairs to Africa, Latin America and other Asian countries. And other Asian countries, Latin America and the global south will see that it can get a better deal with Russia and China than it can get with the United States. PS: On the flip side of that coin, one could argue that... read more
The Last Refuge9 hours ago
Apparently, While Investigating Trump-Russia, Robert Mueller and Andrew Weissmann Never Interviewed Clinton Campaign Manager Robby Mook
One of the public revelations created by the trial of Clinton lawyer Michael Sussmann is that Hillary Clinton’s campaign, Hillary Clinton’s lawyers, and Hillary Clinton’s contracted opposition research firm, Fusion GPS, manufactured the Trump-Russia collusion hoax. How did Robert Muller not find this? The Clinton hoax is the key takeaway within the testimony of Clinton […] The post Apparently, While Investigating Trump-Russia, Robert Mueller and Andrew Weissmann Never Interviewed Clinton Campaign Manager Robby Mook appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
Palestine Action Return To Shut Down Israeli Arms Firm HQ In London
This morning, three activists have shut down the London headquarters of Israeli weapons company Elbit Systems. Activists have locked on at the site entrance, preventing access to the site – 77 Kingsway. The trio have left the site dripping in red paint, representing Palestinian blood spilt by Elbit’s trade – the company produces drones and ammunitions. Elbit supply the Israeli occupation military with 85% of its drone fleet. Elbit’s British sites are directly involved in the manufacturing of Hermes 450/900 and Watchkeeper drones. The post Palestine Action Return To Shut Down Israe... read more
Mining Awareness +10 hours ago
In Surprise Kyiv Visit, Polish President Duda Urges Ukraine To Resist Russia’s Demands
“In Surprise Kyiv Visit, Polish President Urges Ukraine To Resist Russia’s ‘Demands’ Last Updated: May 22, 2022 By RFE/RL’s Ukrainian … Continue reading → read more
The Amazon Labor Union Victory Shows That Jurisdiction Is Dead
When news spread April 1 that the independent Amazon Labor Union (ALU) had won its union election at an Amazon warehouse on Staten Island in New York, the initial response from anyone who supports the labor movement was exultation at this unprecedented — and unexpected — victory for the working class. The secondary response was a collective “In your face!” to mega-billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who was shown that all the money in the world can’t crush the will for a union. Now, we can all move on to what should be the next response: Forcing the union establishment to take... read more
Vaccine Patent Shock As Biden Demands China Exclusion
The Biden Administration says it will veto a global plan to allow countries to ignore patents and make their own Covid-19 vaccines unless the Chinese are specifically excluded, Bloomberg reported. The sudden move has jolted top health workers who were hoping that the long-promised patent waiver would enable them to make vaccines available to everyone, including in poor countries in Africa and Asia. But the US says it will scupper the whole deal unless China is explicitly excluded from the waiver. In response, China said that it did not wish to be excluded from the pact, but would ... read more
No To US Nukes In Britain: Peace Activists Rally At Lakenheath
Hundreds gathered at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk yesterday to reject the presence of US nuclear weapons in Britain after a report detailed Washington’s plans to deploy warheads across Europe. Protesters arrived from Bradford, Sheffield, Nottingham, Manchester and Merseyside with banners opposing Nato, raising them at the airbase’s perimeter fences. Veterans from previous struggles including Greenham Common stood alongside those attending an anti-nuclear demonstration for the first time. Malcolm Wallace of transport union TSSA made the journey from his Essex home to stress the impor... read more
New Documentary Trailer: Gaza Fights Back
Filmed during the attack and in the days following the ceasefire, the documentary tells the story of how Gaza’s armed resistance groups outwitted the vastly superior Israeli military and established their ability to intervene against Israeli ethnic cleansing of neighborhoods like Sheikh Jarrah and provocations at the al-Aqsa compound in occupied East Jerusalem. “The Palestinian military capabilities are not highly sophisticated and destructive, but it becomes so effective when it’s used by Palestinian smart youths who believe in their rights and freedom,” a masked al-Qassam comman... read more
Grim 2022 Drought Outlook For Western US
Much of the western U.S. has been in the grip of an unrelenting drought since early 2020. The dryness has coincided with record-breaking wildfires, intense and long-lasting heat waves, low stream flows and dwindling water supplies in reservoirs that millions of people across the region rely on. Heading into summer, the outlook is pretty grim. The National Weather Service’s latest seasonal outlook, issued May 19, 2022, described drought persisting across most of the West and parts of the Great Plains. The post Grim 2022 Drought Outlook For Western US appeared first on PopularResis... read more
War News Updates8 hours ago
More Than Two-Thirds In New U.S. Poll Say The Economy Is ‘Bad’
*The Hill:* *More than two-thirds in new poll say economy is ‘bad’* A new poll shows 69 percent of Americans refer to the economy as “bad,” up from about 46 percent in the spring. The CBS/YouGov survey, conducted May 18-20, also shows more than 60 percent of Americans agree that the state of the nation is “uneasy,” as well as “worrying” and “frustrating.” Inflation hit a 40-year high in March and has remained near those levels. Meanwhile, gas prices continue to climb across the country. The Biden administration has been slammed for the economic woes, expected to be a major iss... read more
Sunday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your Sunday reading. - Irelyne Lavery reports on the increasing number of Canadians needing medical attention for the flu as COVID-related protections have been scrapped. And Wallace Immen reports on some of the possibilities to try to improve a health care system which has been put under intolerable strain by the pandemic - though it's worth noting the distinction between the people working on improving the system, and those looking to enable the extraction of wealth from it. - Meanwhile, Ian Tucker interviews Peter Kalmus about the dangers of trying to sta... read more
MUSINGS ON IRAQ10 hours ago
This Day In Iraqi History - May 22 Sheikh Barzanji led revolt against British
(Wikipedia) 1919 Sheikh Mahmoud Barzanji started rebellion against British in Sulaymaniya (Musings On Iraq review *The Kurds, A Modern History*) (Musings On Iraq review *The Kurdish Revolt 1961-1970*) 1941 Iraq attempt to recapture Fallujah failed (Musings On Iraq Iraq’s First Battle Of Fallujah 1941) (Musings On Iraq interview with Prof Boich World War II In Iraq and Syria) 1941 Regent of Iraq along with Nuri al-Said arrived at British base at Habaniya, Anbar Said sent letter to Iraqi commander in Ramadi who agreed to switch sides (Musings On Iraq review *Persian Gulf ... read more
War News Updates10 hours ago
U.S. Navy Experiencing A Surge In Desertions
*NBC News*: *Navy desertions have more than doubled amid suicide concerns, as sailors feel trapped by contracts* *The number of sailors who deserted the Navy more than doubled from 2019 to 2021, highlighting the lack of options contract-bound sailors face when they’re desperate to leave. * The number of sailors who deserted the Navy more than doubled from 2019 to 2021, while desertions in other military branches dropped or stayed flat, pointing to a potential Navy-wide mental health crisis amid a spate of recent suicides, according to experts and federal statistics obtained b... read more
Small Dead Animals10 hours ago
Safe and Effective®
el gato malo- comparing covid maps of the US if vaccines stop covid spread, then why is all the covid spread in the highest vaxxed counties? and why are serve cases rising most in the most vaccinated? i keep saying i am really hoping to be wrong about this, but the evidence is really piling… Continue reading → read more
Small Dead Animals11 hours ago
Missing information
Judging by the what is unmentioned in this story, you would think that Morrison’s defeat in the Australian election had absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with implementing the second most draconian pandemic policies in the world. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison conceded defeat and the opposition Labor Party was set to end almost a decade… Continue reading → read more
The Duran11 hours ago
The U.S. Government’s Evilness
Eric Zuesse On May 19th, U.S. President Joe Biden signed into law an additional $40.1 billion to Ukraine in order to continue its war against Russia, which Biden and his boss Barack Obama, and Obama’s organizer of the 2014 U.S. coup in Ukraine Victoria Nuland had begun by means of that coup, which had transformed […] read more
May 1972 Heatwave In India
On May 23, 1972, 135 degree temperatures were reported in India and three hundred deaths were blamed on the heat. 23 May 1972 – INDIA Heatwave kills 300 – Trove Climate experts sent a letter to President Nixon warning of … Continue reading → read more
SOMEONE SOMEWHERE11 hours ago
Spying on Thousands of Neurons in the Brain’s Vision Center Simultaneously
Summary: A novel, custom-built microscope allowed researchers to track the activity of a single neuron across the entire visual cortex. Source: HHMI Using a custom-built microscope to peer into the mouse brain, scientists have tracked the activity of single neurons across the … Continue reading → read more
Econlib11 hours ago
Is money getting tighter?
Probably, but not tight enough. In recent months, I’ve expressed skepticism about the claim that the Fed has been tightening monetary policy since last fall, via forward guidance. In my view, most of the increase in interest rates over the past year is due to the Fisher (expected inflation) effect, not the liquidity effect of […] The post Is money getting tighter? appeared first on Econlib. read more
SOMEONE SOMEWHERE11 hours ago
Childhood Circumstances and Personality Traits Are Associated With Loneliness in Older Age
Summary: A combination of personality traits and childhood circumstances account for why some older people experience loneliness more than others. Lonely adults over 50 were 1.24 times more likely to have rarely, or never, had comfortable friendships during childhood, and 1.34 … Continue reading → read more
SOMEONE SOMEWHERE11 hours ago
Female youths who attempt suicide at increased risk for substance use disorders
Female adolescents and teens who attempted suicide were at an increased risk for substance use disorders, researchers reported in JAMA Psychiatry. Nathalie Auger, MD, MSc, a principal scientist at the at the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre, and colleagues assessed … Continue reading → read more
SOMEONE SOMEWHERE11 hours ago
ICD sleep apnea algorithm may also detect AF burden
Patients with HF who received an implantable cardioverter defibrillator that detected severe sleep apnea may be two- to threefold more likely to experience an atrial fibrillation episode, according to a new analysis of DASAP-HF data. “Diagnosing and treating apnea is … Continue reading → read more
Small Dead Animals11 hours ago
Live Out West? No Electricity For You!
It seems western provinces will have to sacrifice, so Dear Leader can implement his global warming scams. read more
SOMEONE SOMEWHERE11 hours ago
Lebrikizumab shows promise in adolescents with uncontrolled asthma
Lebrikizumab reduced exacerbations in adolescents with uncontrolled asthma and had a favorable safety profile, according to results of the ACOUSTICS study. The study, which was stopped early by the sponsor, showed a greater treatment effect with the higher dose of … Continue reading → read more
SOMEONE SOMEWHERE12 hours ago
Prepregnancy obesity associated with increased risk for wheeze in offspring
Prepregnancy obesity increased risk for wheeze in offspring, although excessive gestational weight gain generally was not associated with atopy, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. “Our research group is interested in how early life exposures … Continue reading → read more
Ohio County Veto Of Wind Project Shows It’s Time To End Federal Wind Subsidies
Originally posted on PA Pundits - International: From the team at CFACT ~ By Robert Bryce: Rural Americans keep rejecting wind projects. On May 5, commissioners in Crawford County, Ohio voted 2-1 in favor of a measure that prohibits the construction of wind projects in the county. The move halts a 300-megawatt project being promoted… read more
Go Organic, And Starve!
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? h/t Dennis Ambler ? Unintended consequences (or maybe they were intended?) ? From Foreign Policy News: ? ? ? Faced with a deepening economic and humanitarian crisis, Sri Lanka called off an ill-conceived national experiment in organic agriculture this winter. Sri… read more
"How It Really Is"
“My own view is that this planet is used as a penal colony, lunatic asylum and dumping ground by a superior civilization, to get rid of the undesirable and unfit. I can't prove it, but you can’t disprove it either. ” - Christopher Hitchens read more
War News Updates11 hours ago
Gen. Milley Warns West Point Graduates Of 'Increasing' Risk Of Global War And On How Technology Will Transfor War
*FOX News:* *Gen. Milley warns West Point graduates of 'increasing' risk of global war, 'robotic tanks'* *Milley said the West Point cadets will 'be fighting with robotic tanks and ships and airplanes'* Gen. Mark Milley told cadets graduating from U.S. Military Academy West Point Saturday to be prepared for increasing risk of global conflict and a host of new weapons technologies in their careers. "The world you are being commissioned into has the potential for a significant international conflict between great powers. And that potential is increasing, not decreasing," Mi... read more
"Ten Commandments For Living From Philosopher Bertrand Russell"
*"Ten Commandments For Living From * *Philosopher Bertrand Russell"* "The Ten Commandments that, as a teacher, I should wish to promulgate, might be set forth as follows: *1.* Do not feel absolutely certain of anything. *2.* Do not think it worthwhile to proceed by concealing evidence, for the evidence is sure to come to light. *3.* Never try to discourage thinking for you are sure to succeed. *4*. When you meet with opposition, even if it should be from your husband or your children, endeavor to overcome it by argument and not by authority, for a victory dependent upon authority ... read more
War News Updates11 hours ago
Tweets On The Russia - Ukraine War
Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 22 May 2022 Find out more about the UK government's response: https://t.co/GGC8C7MQ1u 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/Ntuj5gasql — Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 (@DefenceHQ) May 22, 2022 Russia-Ukraine war: Zelenskiy says only diplomacy can end war; Polish president to address Ukraine parliament in Kyiv – live https://t.co/V64cKSElVB — Guardian World (@guardianworld) May 22, 2022 LIVE: The Polish president has criticized those calling on Ukraine to give in to the demands of Russia's Putin for the sake of ending... read more
War News Updates11 hours ago
Tweets Of The Day
#UPDATE President Joe Biden arrived in Japan on Sunday for the second leg of an Asia trip underlining US commitment to the region, but overshadowed by concern that North Korea will test a nuclear weapon after ignoring Washington's attempt at outreach ▶️ https://t.co/fLjXPLrlRv pic.twitter.com/WSkQkrUcWK — AFP News Agency (@AFP) May 22, 2022 When asked if he had a message for the North Korean dictator, the US president said his message was "Hello. Period." Biden is on the second day of his visit to South Korea. https://t.co/am7AN89DTN — DW News (@dwnews) May 22, 2022 Afghanistan’s ... read more
SOMEONE SOMEWHERE12 hours ago
Are vaccines a potential treatment for long covid?
During the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS–CoV-2), there has been an unprecedented level of global collaboration that has led to a rapid characterization of SARS–CoV-2 (1). Its sequence shares 79.6% … Continue reading → read more
SOMEONE SOMEWHERE12 hours ago
Are vaccines a potential treatment for long covid?
Benefits are possible, but we need more evidence and a mechanism of action Vaccines in the covid-19 pandemic have been a game changer in reducing rates of SARS-CoV-2 infection and hospital admission for, and death with, covid-19. They also reduce … Continue reading → read more
War News Updates12 hours ago
Ukrainian Medic Is Captured After Documenting War
*WNU Editor*: From AP .... *Captive medic’s bodycam shows firsthand horror of Mariupol*. Being a medic in the middle of a war-zone is incredibly dangerous. But I am not surprised that she was detained. She is wearing a military uniform, body armor, and the white armband signifying she is on the Ukrainian side. One can now only hope that she is safe. read more
SOMEONE SOMEWHERE12 hours ago
World’s First Focused Ultrasound Cancer Immunotherapy Center
UVA Health, in partnership with the Charlottesville-based Focused Ultrasound Center, are launching the Focused Ultrasound Cancer Immunotherapy Center, the world’s first center dedicated specifically to advancing a focused ultrasound and cancer immunotherapy treatment approach. Immunotherapy, which harnesses the immune system … Continue reading → read more
SOMEONE SOMEWHERE12 hours ago
Proton Beam Therapy Use and Racial Disparity Increase
In two large studies published in JAMA Open Network, researchers at the American Cancer Society show an increase in the use of proton beam therapy (PBT) for patients with cancer in the US during the past decade. However, Black patients were … Continue reading → read more
The Duran12 hours ago
Boris Johnson loses interest in UK as economy craters, war with Russia top priority
Boris Johnson loses interest in UK as economy craters, war with Russia top priority The Duran: Episode 1286 read more

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