Wednesday, September 14, 2022

14 September - Blogs I'm Following - 3 of 4

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Turcopolier13 hours ago
The Presidential Records Act and classified information are two added issues in the FBI’s search of Trump’s Florida home
By Robert Willmann The civil lawsuit continues in a federal court about how items seized from Donald Trump’s Florida home by the FBI will be handled and used, and whether the order appointing a special master will remain in place. … Continue reading → read more
Science Matters13 hours ago
ESG Investing Results: Go Woke, Go Broke
This post has two parts. First, an update on how nations pursuing high ESG scores have destroyed their prosperity. Second, an interesting effort by a Canadian MP to empower shareholders against woke managers following the ESG pied piper. Gabriella Hoffman writes at Townhall ESG’s Toxic Brand Isn’t Salvageable. Excerpts in italics with my bolds and […] read more
Turcopolier14 hours ago
Ap Bu Nho – A Remembrance for Veteran’s Day
Garryowen in Glory, the 7th Cavalry Regiment at Ap Bu Nho By a quirk of fate, “D” 2/7 Cavalry, was given the chance to demonstrate the plausibility of Spinoza’s despair several weeks later. A Montagnard agent reported that the 141st … Continue reading → read more
Snopes.com10 years ago
Did Thomas Jefferson Warn About the Dangers of Governmental Interference In Medicine?
Abraham Lincoln and Albert Einstein didn't say it either. read more
Snopes.com18 years ago
Was the World’s Youngest Mother Only 5 Years Old?
Lina Medina, a Peruvian girl from the Andean village of Ticrapo who made medical history when she gave birth to a boy by caesarean section in May 1939. read more
SPEAK ENGLISH OR DIE* (*SOME EXCEPTIONS APPLY)
Ben Shapiro thinks assimilation is very important. Taking refugees is a fine notion. Settling them is great, too, unless those refugees have no plan to assimilate to your values. — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) September 3, 2015 @benpolitico @Goldberg3000 Israeli ad campaign points out a fundamental truth: American Jews assimilate. And I'm married to an Israeli. — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) December 2, 2011 Shapiro is pro-assimilation, except at times when defending the refusal to assimilate enables him to accuse his enemies of bigotry. Then lack of assimilation is just fine: The media'... read more
Durham: The FBI Had Danchenko on Payroll as An Informant During the Russian Collusion Investigation
[image: undefined] Yesterday, a filing by Special Counsel John Durham revealed that Igor Danchenko, who worked as a key contributor to the discredited Steele dossier funded by the Clinton campaign, was later put on the FBI payroll as an informant. The disclosure rocked Washington and raised additional questions of the FBI’s eagerness to pursue any allegations against Donald Trump despite being warned that the dossier appeared to be a vehicle for Russian disinformation. Danchenko is facing with five counts of lying to the bureau during that relationship. His trial is scheduled for n... read more
Halifax Examiner11 hours ago
East Preston church continues work of ancestors, while looking for the next generation of members
Ruby Williams first attended East Preston United Baptist Church when her mother took her to a service when she was about five or six years old. “And I’ve been here ever since,” Williams said. Williams is also a member of the planning committee for the church’s 180th anniversary celebrations, which took place last weekend. “We […] read more
MJBizDaily11 hours ago
Alabama gets 221 requests for cannabis business applications in only 2 weeks
Alabama has received 221 requests for medical cannabis business license applications since launching the process Sept. 1, according to the Alabama Daily News. Alabama gets 221 requests for cannabis business applications in only 2 weeks is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs read more
Vox - All12 hours ago
Rising rent prices are keeping inflation high
A “For Rent” sign is posted near a home in Houston, Texas, in February. Rents have started to grow more slowly after shooting up rapidly earlier this year. | Brandon Bell/Getty Images Shelter prices rose 0.7 percent in August, the biggest monthly jump since 1991. Housing keeps getting more expensive — and even though new data shows that price increases are slowing down, surging rent prices underscore how difficult it could be to bring overall inflation under control. Inflation was 8.3 percent higher in August compared to a year before, according to the Consumer Price Index repor... read more
21st Century Wire12 hours ago
Bongino: ‘The FBI is Out of Control’
*Dan Bongino* | Has the FBI become a political weapon for the Democratic Party establishment? read more
The New Dark Age12 hours ago
Chris Hedges: Monarchs Belong in the Dustbin of History
"Monarchs Belong in the Dustbin of History" writes Chris Hedges in the wake of the death of Queen Elizabeth II. This is an important moment to make this argument. As the U.K. moves to crown King Charles III while arresting anyone who dares to protest the monarchy it opens space for the question: Should people anywhere still suffer monarchy in the 21st Century? read more
Halifax Examiner12 hours ago
Halifax to try Spring Garden bus and bike only pilot again next year
After a quickly failed first attempt, Halifax plans to try its Spring Garden Road pilot again next year. In July, the municipality closed the busy street to vehicular traffic, except for buses, between 7am and 8pm and hoped to keep it that way for a year. But with signage and sporadic policing, it was unable […] read more
MJBizDaily12 hours ago
Dixie owner expands into Michigan marijuana market with acquisition
BellRock Brands, a Denver-based operator of a multistate marijuana portfolio, agreed to acquire JRM127, a producer of medical and recreational cannabis products in Michigan. Dixie owner expands into Michigan marijuana market with acquisition is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs read more
The New Dark Age12 hours ago
Europe, more than Putin, must shoulder the blame for the energy crisis
The same arrogant, self-righteous posturing from the West that fuelled the Ukraine war is now plunging Europe into recession Outraged western leaders are threatening a price cap on imports of Russian natural gas after Moscow cut supplies to Europe this month, deepening an already dire energy and cost-of-living crisis. In response, Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that Europe will “freeze” this winter unless there is a change of tack. read more
The Rio Times12 hours ago
Rains help put out forest fires in Bolivia
The rains that fell in Bolivia greatly helped the firefighters to put out the forest fires concentrated in the east of the country, according to the report issued by the Deputy Minister of Civil Defense, Juan Carlos Calvimontes. "The report we have from the monitoring of fires in Santa Cruz [this] is that rain fell […] read more
The Duran12 hours ago
Ursula reduced Russian gas to 9%. Zakharova, US diabolical plan for EU. Sanctions diet. Update 2
Ursula reduced Russian gas to 9%. Zakharova, US diabolical plan for EU. Sanctions diet. Update 2 Topic 698 read more
The Rio Times13 hours ago
Candidates for the presidency of Brazil criticize the behavior of a Bolsonarista deputy to a journalist
Most Brazilian presidential candidates, except President Jair Bolsonaro, criticized the behavior of Bolsonarist deputy Douglas Garcia during a televised debate with journalist Vera Magalhaes. On the night of September 13, state deputy Douglas Garcia, a supporter of Bolsonaro and the São Paulo governor candidate Tarcísio de Freitas, challenged the aforementioned journalist by recording her with […] read more
Snopes.com13 hours ago
MyPillow Exec Lindell Says FBI Agents Seized His Cellphone
Lindell was approached in the drive-thru of a Hardee’s fast-food restaurant in Mankato, Minnesota, by several FBI agents, he said on his podcast. read more
IER13 hours ago
Judge Confirms ‘Sue & Settle’ Agreement that Trump Era Oil and Gas Lease Sales Be Reviewed for Impact on Climate Change
Under a settlement agreement with environmentalists, Federal regulators will review oil and gas leases going back to 2019 to see… The post Judge Confirms ‘Sue & Settle’ Agreement that Trump Era Oil and Gas Lease Sales Be Reviewed for Impact on Climate Change appeared first on IER. read more
The Rio Times13 hours ago
Real estate purchases by Chileans in Uruguay increase by 2,400%
What started with dozens of inquiries has now become a fait accompli. Chileans have bought about 50 properties in Uruguay in the last six months. Before this boom, they bought no more than two per year, according to an analysis by the Charrúa-based consulting firm Moebius. This represents a growth of no less than 2,400% […] read more
The Rio Times13 hours ago
Chilean Air Force teaches Sentry capabilities to its Navy counterparts
The Chilean Air Force (FACh) received a delegation from the Chilean Navy who learned about the capabilities of the Boeing E-3D Sentry AEW.Mk1 early warning and airborne control aircraft of Aviation Group No. 10. According to the FACh, the delegation visited on September 7 the Pudahuel air base of the II Air Brigade to learn […] read more
The Rio Times13 hours ago
One dead and several injured in prison riot in Paraguay
Local press reports that one inmate died, and two prisoners and three guards were injured in the Paraguayan prison of Concepción (center). According to local radio station Monumental on Twitter, prison officials were taken hostage, and a group of inmates overran a guard post and stole cartridges from there. They also took the weapons from […] read more
The Rio Times13 hours ago
Chinese highway in Bolivia causes environmental damage
The construction company "China Railway Group Limited" (CREC) will be responsible for developing, designing, and constructing the Potosí-Cochabamba highway in Bolivia. However, the project could wipe out the ecological wealth of the department of Potosí, reports the independent investigative journalism platform "Diálogo Chino." "In the last decade, read more
Econlib14 hours ago
Student Loan Forgiveness: The Libertarian Response?
Someone just sent me this over the transom letter (if you don’t know what that means, you young kid you, look it up; ok, ok, it means “offered or sent without prior agreement; unsolicited”): “I’d like to know your thoughts on this topic and my interpretation: If one voluntarily agreed to a student loan, the […] The post Student Loan Forgiveness: The Libertarian Response? appeared first on Econlib. read more
Joe Martin's Ghost12 hours ago
Ignoring History's Lessons
When there is a hostile group of people within a society who have openly declared that another group within that same society is their enemy and that their unilateral declaration gives them the authority to kill you and destroy your way of life and there is no agency of the government created by that society as a whole that they have not corrupted to their purposes that is willing to intervene, read more
A New Mexico official who joined the Capitol attacks is barred from politics – but the little-known law behind the removal has some potential pitfalls for democracy
Other countries disqualify political officials and prevent them from holding office more often than the US does. There are benefits and potential risks to using this kind of legal tactic. read more
Snopes.com13 hours ago
Are There UFOs Over Kyiv?
Ukrainian astronomers are studying the skies. read more
Bacon's Rebellion13 hours ago
Great Moments in the Annals of Virginia Transportation
by James A. Bacon Two recent news nuggets provide a juxtaposition that calls into question the sanity of Virginia’s transportation policy. Item #1: The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) will pay the lead contractor on the long-delayed Silver Line rail … Continue reading → read more
The Duran13 hours ago
Russia ‘Encircling’ Bakhmut, Putin Sticks with SMO, Rebuffs Scholz, Macron
Russia ‘Encircling’ Bakhmut, Putin Sticks with SMO, Rebuffs Scholz, Macron News Topic 613 Telephone conversation with Federal Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz The two leaders focused on developments around Ukraine in the context of Russia’s special military operation. In particular, Vladimir Putin directed the attention of the Federal Chancellor to Ukraine’s flagrant violations of international […] read more
MJBizDaily13 hours ago
Sources: Canada’s Cannabis Act review won’t launch until after Queen’s funeral
The Canadian government is delaying the launch of the mandatory review of the country’s 2018 recreational cannabis law because of the death of Queen Elizabeth II, sources told MJBizDaily. Sources: Canada’s Cannabis Act review won’t launch until after Queen’s funeral is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs read more
Virtual Mirage14 hours ago
Observations
Just a reminder as we head into colder weather…According to a new study by Consumer Reports, your EV might lose 25%. – 40% of its range during winter. Think of towing a battery trailer to insure that you have the range that you need. Bullet Points: * Bury the Witness: Realizing its own […] The post Observations appeared first on Virtual Mirage. read more
Snopes.com14 hours ago
Woman with Toy Gun Grabs Trapped Savings from Beirut Bank
A woman accompanied by activists and brandishing what she said was a toy pistol broke into a Beirut bank branch, taking $13,000 from her trapped savings. read more
AltHealthWorks.com14 hours ago
Update: She Refused Her Doctor’s Wishes (Drugs) for Her Son’s Autism. Eleven Years Later and the Results Spoke Speak for Themselves
This article is a follow-up to an earlier article published in April 2015, which details the experiences of Jennifer Giustra-Kozek, a Licensed Professional Counselor, holistic health advocate and author, and her son Evan, who was diagnosed on the autism spectrum and dealt with many developmental disorders before his mother fixed his diet. Evan’s story and eventual recovery captured the attention of hundreds of thousands of people who were previously clueless as to the incredible healing power of food, supplemental and lifestyle changes. The article you are about to read is an upda... read more
Modern Tokyo Times14 hours ago
Japan art and Keisai Eisen: Edo artist
Japan art and Keisai Eisen: Edo artist Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese artist, Keisai Eisen (1790-1848), is often portrayed negatively. However, this doesn’t apply to Eisen’s art… read more
Bacon's Rebellion14 hours ago
VCU Police Department Signals Its Wokeness
by James A. Bacon A new “resource” will be available to the LGBTQIA+ community in Richmond. Virginia Commonwealth University — yes, the same institution that recently lost $470,000 in a cyber scam — has assigned two campus patrol officers as … Continue reading → read more
MintPress News14 hours ago
Revealed: How the US and UK Stopped Peace Deal in Ukraine
That’s right. Way back in April, Russia and Ukraine had tentatively agreed to a peace deal. A deal that could’ve ended all this senseless killing. The post Revealed: How the US and UK Stopped Peace Deal in Ukraine appeared first on MintPress News. read more
Snopes.com14 hours ago
A New Study Explores How Devices May Shape Our Behavior When Bargaining With Strangers
People’s use of technology in decision-making can subtly, yet fundamentally, shift the way our brains work, according to this group of academics. read more
Technology That Makes Sense
The key to moving forward with new energy sources is to get government, the press and academica out of the way of competent technologists. read more
PrairiePundit15 hours ago
Border Hispanics increasingly moving to GOP
Texas Tribune: *Along the Texas-Mexico border, GOP enthusiasm mounts as Democrats defect over immigration concerns* Among voters near the Texas-Mexico border, immigration and border security are a leading cause for flipping from Democrat to Republican. Biden is not protecting them from the invasion of the illegals. Democrats had no interest in protecting border residents from the on slaught. read more
PrairiePundit15 hours ago
The border crisis
Breitbart: *Ron Johnson: Obama Said Border Had a ‘Crisis’ When Numbers Were Less than 1/3 of What They Are Now* Biden's immigration policy should be one of the counts in his impeachment. See, also: *EXCLUSIVE: CBP Drone Observes 1K Got-Aways During Flight over Texas Border Sector* read more
PrairiePundit15 hours ago
Economy in free fall
Newsmax: *Wall St Posts Biggest Plunge in 2 Years, Dow Down Nearly 1,300* We could use some Biden "I did that" stickers for wall street now. read more
PrairiePundit15 hours ago
Biden criminalizes opposition to his regime
Andrea Widburg: *Tucker Carlson warns that Biden is actively criminalizing political opposition* The Biden regime has been ignoring illegal activity at the border while criminalizing protestors who disagree with his policies. See, also: *Jesse Watters Accuses Biden Of Turning ‘War On Terror’ Into War On Republicans: ‘Am I Going To Gitmo?’* read more
PrairiePundit15 hours ago
Food prices continue to inflate
Politico: Gas prices are down, providing a boon for Democrats in November. But food prices remain sky-high, giving Republicans an opening to keep inflation a top-of-mind issue in the midterms. The price of food at the grocery store is expected to increase by up to 11 percent this year with the cost of beef, poultry, milk, eggs and fruit driving the surge. Prices could shoot even higher with droughts affecting crops and a potential rail workers strike halting shipments needed for both food and crop production. ... When Biden blocked drilling on US control sites it drove up the pr... read more
Snopes.com14 years ago
‘The Madden Curse’: Are NFL Cover Players Doomed to Injury or Obscurity?
“Bad luck” happens to just about everyone sooner or later, but we only take especial note of it when it seems to fit a pattern. read more
MUSINGS ON IRAQ5 hours ago
This Day In Iraqi History - Sep 14 Iraq helped found OPEC
1929 Acting Iraq High Commissioner Air Vice Marshal Brooke-Popham told King Faisal that UK had not changed its position on new Anglo-Iraq Treaty or Iraqi independence 1960 Iraq Iran Kuwait Saudi Arabia Venezuela meeting in Baghdad created OPEC 1980 Iran’s Chief of Staff of military said it no longer abided by 1975 Algiers Agreement with Iraq over Shatt al-Arab border 1980 Iran’s Pres Bani Sadr and PM Rajai flying in helicopter along Iran-Iraq border were fired upon by an Iraqi MiG Iraq didn't know who was in the helicopter 1980 Iran sent military reinforcements to border o... read more
"How Will Inflation Madness Affect the Markets?"
*Full screen recommended.* Dan, iAllegedly 9/14/22: *"How Will Inflation Madness Affect the Markets?"* "Today I’m at the Waldorf Astoria in Laguna Niguel, California. I was lucky enough to run into Bob Kudla of Trade Genius Academy. We cover so much in regards to inflation, banking and Bob shares his expertise on the market." *Comments here:* - https://www.youtube.com/ read more
The Rio Times14 hours ago
Brazilian elections, parallel vote counting approved by Electoral High Court
The Superior Electoral Court (TSE) approved the Defense Ministry's proposal for an "integrity test" of electronic ballot boxes in the Oct. 2 presidential election. The TSE judges unanimously decided Wednesday night to conduct a kind of parallel voting after voters cast their ballots in the electronic ballot boxes. The proposal was made by the Minister […] read more
MUSINGS ON IRAQ14 hours ago
How Could The US Get Iraq’s WMD So Wrong?
There is a well known argument that the United States simply lied about the Iraq threat and its weapons programs to justify the war. The presidential and Senate investigations reject that line of thought and so does Charles Duelfer who was the deputy head of the United Nations inspectors in Iraq in the 1990s and then in charge of the Iraq Survey Group which searched for weapons of mass destruction after the 2003 invasion. In his book *Hide And Seek* he has an example of how U.S. intelligence made assumptions about Iraq which became the basis for all of its reports and assessments a... read more
"Reflect On What Happens..."
"Reflect on what happens when a terrible winter blizzard strikes. You hear the weather warning but probably fail to act on it. The sky darkens. Then the storm hits with full fury, and the air is a howling whiteness. One by one, your links to the machine age breakdown. Electricity flickers out, cutting off the TV. Batteries fade, cutting off the radio. Phones go dead. Roads become impassible, and cars get stuck. Food supplies dwindle. Day to day vestiges of modern civilization - bank machines, mutual funds, mass retailers, computers, satellites, airplanes, governments - all recede in... read more
Balkinization14 hours ago
Census Data Show the Pandemic Child Tax Credit Dramatically Cut Child Poverty
A common refrain about child poverty, hunger, homelessness and other severe hardships that seem incongruous with this country’s affluence is that the problems are “complicated” and “there are no simple solutions.” Dramatic data the Census Bureau released today shows that that is quite wrong. Giving low-income families with children money through an expanded Child Tax Credit slashedthe child poverty rate to the lowest level in the more than half a century for which data is available. The big news comes in the Supplemental Poverty Measure that the Census Bureau created... read more
bilaterals.org14 hours ago
The not-so-hidden cost to “mega” energy deals : the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) in East Africa (in conversation with Olivia Costa and Brenda Akankunda)
14-Sep-2022 The ECT Secretariat, whose survival depends on continuation of the treaty, continues to lobby these countries to take additional steps towards acceding to the Energy Charter Treaty. read more
Mining Awareness +14 hours ago
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy Visits Liberated Izyum in the Kharkiv Region of Ukraine
“President took part in the ceremony of raising the State Flag in de-occupied Izyum 14 September 2022 – 13:12 During … Continue reading → read more
Bad news for America's farmers
Australians are unhappy - to put it mildly - to learn that a third consecutive year of La Niña is likely, stretching into 2023. Much of Australia will face unusually heavy rains in coming months, the country's weather forecaster said on Tuesday, after confirming that a La Niña weather event is under way for the third year in a row and would likely last into next year. The Bureau of Meteorology firmed up its guidance for this year for the weather pattern known in Australia to produce wet, windy summers, saying it was now under way after it previously had forecast a high chance.... read more
Bacon's Rebellion15 hours ago
Watch Out, Nigerian Princes Are Using Bitcoin and VPNs Now
by James A. Bacon Nigerian scam artists are upping their game. Ten or twenty years ago, they bombarded the Internet with tales of African potentates and lost fortunes that only the favored email recipient could help recover… if he or … Continue reading → read more
Mining Awareness +15 hours ago
Republican US Senators Introduce Resolution Calling for Adoption of Biden Administration Rail Recommendations if Voluntary Agreements Not Reached to Avoid Railway Strike
“Eight of the 12 unions agreed to the recommendations; however, four remaining unions have not… Under the Railway Labor Act, … Continue reading → read more
Halifax Examiner15 hours ago
What’s in a name? Money, that’s what
News 1. Woodford Report: this week at Halifax council Halifax councillors spoke of many things at Tuesday’s meeting, and Zane Woodford brings you his usual roundup. Councillors voted to direct staff to develop amendments to legalize “market gardens” — where food is “grown or prepared to be sold or shared with neighbours and community members.” […] read more
Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 255 – 2023
Originally posted on sunshine hours: South / North read more
21st Century Wire15 hours ago
Vernon Coleman: ‘The New World Order is Already Here’
*Dr. Vernon Coleman* | Understand that all the bad things that have been happening in the last few years are connected. read more
Lawfare15 hours ago
A Retrospective Post-Quantum Policy Problem
Interior of an IBM Quantum computing system. (Graham Carlow, https://flic.kr/p/24VJTSD; CC BY-ND 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/) In May 2022, the White House issued a National Security Memorandum that stated: a quantum computer of sufficient size and sophistication—also known as a cryptanalytically relevant quantum computer (CRQC)—will be capable of breaking much of the public-key cryptography used on digital systems across the United States and around the world. When it becomes available, a CRQC could jeopardize civilian and military communications, undermi... read more
21st Century Wire15 hours ago
INTERVIEW: Joaquin Flores on Ukraine and NATO’s propaganda game
*TNT Radio* | Explaining how western propaganda operations are used to buttress the narrative in Ukraine. read more
21st Century Wire15 hours ago
Climate Hustle Fail: China’s Coal Power Boom
*21WIRE + WSJ* | Beijing is building more coal-fired capacity than the rest of the world combined, U.S. climate lectures notwithstanding. read more
The Aviationist15 hours ago
First F-16V Block 72 Fighters Delivered To Greece
[image: F-16V Greece] The first two aircraft have been handed back after the upgrade and a test campaign in the United States. The Hellenic Air Force took delivery of the first two fully upgraded F-16V Block 72 Viper [...] The post First F-16V Block 72 Fighters Delivered To Greece appeared first on The Aviationist. read more
OrientalReview.org15 hours ago
Timely Assertion Of India’s Strategic Autonomy
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address at the plenary sessions of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) at Vladivostok has been a regular feature of the annual event since 2019. But this year’s address on Wednesday was invested with added significance as the PM was speaking for the first time on India-Russia […] read more
Lawfare16 hours ago
Missouri Decision Foreshadows Outcomes of Remaining Coronavirus-Related Suits Against China
COVID-19 pandemic in Chernivtsi, Ukraine. (Source: Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons) Americans seem to think that virtually every problem can be solved with a lawsuit. This certainly proved true when it came to assigning blame for the international coronavirus outbreak. Shortly after the first wave of coronavirus infections hit the shores of the United States, over a dozen civil lawsuits were filed accusing the People’s Republic of China and related entities of causing the pandemic. Two of us have previously wri... read more
Organizing Notes9 hours ago
Latest interview now available
I was interviewed by Regis Tremblay yesterday about the US-NATO war on Russia. Usually I'd post the video right here on the blog but Regis has been kicked off *YouTube* and his entire catalog of many years of video production have been wiped out. All past videos gone in a flash. He also lost his several thousand subscribers so now has to start all over again rebuilding his audience. Such is the state of 'freedom of speech' across the west these days. This blog only allows videos from *YouTube* to be posted here. Because he did this video on *BitChute* I can't post it. S... read more
John Wilder, "Energy: We Need Everything. Now."
*"Energy: We Need Everything. Now."* by John Wilder "I remember way back in high school gym class when I was a freshman. One day we showed up in the gym and saw a roughly six-foot diameter ball in the middle of the gym floor, as if a majestic bird the size of Alec Baldwin had left an egg for us. That was new. Coach said, “Welcome to Push Ball. Wilder and Jones, you two are captains. Pick your teams.” Jones and I were on the football team together, so we divvied up the rest of the boys. I think the girls were doing something like advanced couch-sitting that day. Coach followed up: “... read more
The New Dark Age14 hours ago
The Kharkov Counterattack – No Big Success – No Large Defeat
A recurring feature of the Cold War was that the United States almost always placed great store on the optics of a Soviet-American affair while Moscow chose to concentrate on the end result. The Cuban Missile Crisis is the best known example where the denouement was about the publicised abandonment of the planned Soviet deployment of missiles in Cuba and a US public declaration and agreement not to invade Cuba again. But it later came to be known that there was also an unpublicised part, namely, the dismantling of all of the Jupiter ballistic missiles that had been deployed to Turkey. read more
The New Dark Age14 hours ago
Ukraine sliding into a real war
A recurring feature of the Cold War was that the United States almost always placed great store on the optics of a Soviet-American affair while Moscow chose to concentrate on the end result. The Cuban Missile Crisis is the best known example where the denouement was about the publicised abandonment of the planned Soviet deployment of missiles in Cuba and a US public declaration and agreement not to invade Cuba again. But it later came to be known that there was also an unpublicised part, namely, the dismantling of all of the Jupiter ballistic missiles that had been deployed to Turkey. read more
Need To Know14 hours ago
It’s Official: 18 Counties in Texas Declare Southern Border Crisis an ‘Invasion’
Since January 2021, more than 3.2 million illegal aliens have been apprehended, and more than 800,000 illegal aliens have entered the US. Texas DPS has also seized over 335 million lethal doses of fentanyl, enough to kill nearly all adults and children in the US. These numbers exclude those of federal agencies. read more
Gregory Mannarino, "It's Not Over! More Proof That The Economy Is Crashing Faster!"
Gregory Mannarino, AM 9/14/22: *"It's Not Over!* * More Proof That The Economy Is Crashing Faster!"* - https://traderschoice.net/ *Comments here:* - https://www.youtube.com/ read more
Vox - All14 hours ago
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Vox - All14 hours ago
Child poverty in the US was stagnant — and then something changed
A young child watches as people pick up food items during Food Bank for New York City’s 5 Borough Pop-up in Brooklyn, New York, on September 2, 2021. | Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Food Bank For New York City The economic calamity of the pandemic could have forced more families into poverty. It didn’t. From President Lyndon B. Johnson’s declaration of a “war on poverty” in 1964 until the end of the 20th century, child poverty declined significantly, falling by nearly 40 percent between 1967 and 2000. But over most of the 21st century, the country’s progress against child pov... read more
The Rio Times14 hours ago
GringoView: about time to discover Brazil’s rich folk art heritage
(Opinion) It's about time the artificial quality barrier that appears to exist between things foreign and Brazilian should be broken down. What is foreign and therefore considered valuable, exciting, and accepted, and what is indigenously Brazilian, often dismissed as of peripheral importance, makes no sense. When this gringo first came to Brazil and chanced upon […] read more
the daily howler14 hours ago
OTHERS AND US: Commenters quickly savage the Others!
*WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2022* *Does this say something bad about Us?* Can it possibly be true, this gloomy thing Kevin Drum said? Drum was reacting a column by Pamela Paul in Monday's New York Times. Quoting the published views of debate champion Bo Seo, Paul made some rather fuzzy suggestions about the way we could improve the quality of our failing public discourse. Should we attempt to conform to the standards of formal debate? In his reaction to that suggestion, Drum offered this gloomy assessment: DRUM (9/12/22): *Formal debate is all about introducing facts*—as many as p... read more
The New Dark Age14 hours ago
Covid Vaccine Destroys Natural Immunity, NEJM Study Shows
A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) shows not only that the effectiveness of the Pfizer Covid vaccine becomes negative (meaning the vaccinated are more likely to be infected than the unvaccinated) within five months but that the vaccine destroys any protection a person has from natural immunity. read more
Need To Know14 hours ago
‘This is a Full-Blown Political Purge’: Tucker Carlson Obtains DOJ Subpoenas Targeting Trump Allies
Attorney General Merrick Garland’s wide-reaching subpoenas demand dozens of allies of former president Donald Trump hand over all their communications related to “any claim that the vice president and/or president of the Senate had the authority to reject or choose not to count presidential electors.” read more
US Life Expectancy Falls Again in ‘Historic’ Decline
Dr. Joseph Mercola According to the latest statistics reported by The New York Times1 August 31, 2022, life expectancy in the United States dropped precipitously... The post US Life Expectancy Falls Again in ‘Historic’ Decline appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
The Rio Times14 hours ago
Brazil: São Paulo state has 287,000 Italian-Brazilians able to vote in the Italian elections
The state of São Paulo has about 287,000 Italian-Brazilian voters who will be able to participate in this year's elections for the renewal of the Italian Parliament, according to a survey conducted by the Union of Italians in the World (UIM) association. The voting, which had to be brought forward to September, will define new […] read more
When You Pick the WRONG Day to Celebrate….
John Talks The post When You Pick the WRONG Day to Celebrate…. appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
Post-injection genital necrosis is latest adverse reaction plaguing women, including the most horrifying case to date
The Covid Blog The depopulation agenda is multifaceted. Famine, mRNA and viral vector DNA injections will account for most of The Great Reset genocide from... The post Post-injection genital necrosis is latest adverse reaction plaguing women, including the most horrifying case to date appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
ClimateRealism14 hours ago
Idaho Statesman Hypes Climate Alarm Over Facts Concerning Temperatures and Precipitation in Idaho
A recent article in the Idaho Statesman claims climate change has led to a dramatic increase in temperatures and a decline in precipitation. Neither claim is accurate. Data show Idaho was as hot or hotter in the 1930s, nearly 100 years of global warming ago, as it is at present. In addition, although Idaho has […] The post Idaho Statesman Hypes Climate Alarm Over Facts Concerning Temperatures and Precipitation in Idaho appeared first on ClimateRealism. read more
Joe Biden says he has been in the United States Senate for 720 years.
Joe Biden says he has been in the United States Senate for 720 years. pic.twitter.com/tghKtYW402 — Raheem J. Kassam (@RaheemKassam) September 13, 2022 The post Joe Biden says he has been in the United States Senate for 720 years. appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
Biden signs executive order designed to unleash transhumanist hell on America and the world
Leo Hohmann If anyone needed proof that the powers pushing the levers behind the mindless moron who sits in the Oval Office are fully on... The post Biden signs executive order designed to unleash transhumanist hell on America and the world appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
The Duran14 hours ago
Calm in the Kremlin, SMO plan for now. ATO remains on the table
Calm in the Kremlin, SMO plan for now. ATO remains on the table The Duran: Episode 1382 read more
The Rio Times15 hours ago
Guangdong-Macao Chinese Medicine Scientific, Industrial Park registers products in Brazil, Mozambique
The Traditional Chinese Medicine Scientific and Industrial Park for Guangdong-Macao Cooperation has completed the registration process for nine traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) products in Mozambique and seven in Brazil, expanding the market for TCM companies. Aiming to promote TCM in Portuguese-speaking countries, the Park presented its public services and results in Beijing at the “Health […] read more
Snopes.com15 hours ago
Iowa Teen Who Killed Rapist Sentenced, Ordered to Pay $150K
Pieper Lewis, 17, pleaded guilty last year to involuntary manslaughter and willful injury in the June 2020 killing of 37-year-old Zachary Brooks of Des Moines. read more
Vox - All15 hours ago
What the film Women Talking loses (and preserves) from the 2018 novel
[image: A group of women in Mennonite garb sits on hay bales.] *Women Talking* takes aim at the patriarchy — but differs in some key aspects from its source material. | Courtesy of TIFF The plot is based on a horrifying true story from 2011, but the resistance philosophy goes back to St. Augustine. At the start of *Women Talking* — both the film and the novel from which it’s adapted — we’re told this is a work of “female imagination.” The question then is: What story is being imagined? Maybe it’s obvious. The story springs out of a horrifying true story from 2011, in which seven ... read more
Vox - All15 hours ago
How to (actually) stay friends with an ex
[image: Cartoon illustration of two people fist bumping.] If you’re trying to be friends with your ex, have a plan, and stick to it. | Getty Images/iStockphoto It’s possible to have a platonic friendship with someone you used to date. Here’s how — and whether you should try in the first place. Sometimes, romantic relationships end with explosions. Sometimes, ties need to be severed completely. But sometimes, your ex-partner was once your best friend, someone whose influence on you is undeniable. After years of growing together and taking joy in their joy, it can feel impossible to... read more
The Duran15 hours ago
Collective west wants Russian mobilisation. Finnish PM, sanctions for ordinary Russians. Update 1
Collective west wants Russian mobilisation. Finnish PM, sanctions for ordinary Russians. Update 1 Topic 697 read more
The Rio Times15 hours ago
Brazil continues diesel negotiation with Russia, says President Bolsonaro
President and re-election candidate Jair Bolsonaro (Liberal Party - PL) said on Tuesday, September 13, that talks with Russia continue to supply Brazil with Russian diesel as part of the government's efforts to reduce fuel prices in the country. In July, the president had stated that an agreement on the subject was "almost certain" and, […] read more
United States At Last Announces Commitment To Build 6 New Nuclear Plants — In Poland!
The U.S. State Department, the British House organ, Reuters, and even the dimwit U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm were all gaga on September 12 th about building new nuclear plants. In case you thought you awoke from a dream in which you had been transported to a more technologically advanced time, say that of Dwight Eisenhower’s Atoms for Peace, or that the insane people presently occupying Washington had been doused with an agent inducing sanity, the kicker was in the location. *Yes, folks, those new nuclear plants are being offered up to Poland, not the people of the Unit... read more
The Rio Times15 hours ago
Swedish newspaper published leaked U.S. secret plan to destroy German economy
As the first newspaper in Europe, Swedish Nya Dagbladet published what appeared to be the U.S. classified plans to crush the European economy with a war in Ukraine and an induced energy crisis. In what appears to be an exceptional internal leak from the close-to-government think tank RAND Corporation, known among other things to have […] read more
MAGA without Trump? Think again!
*To download a .pdf of this article, click here.* As the 2022 national election approaches, the attacks on President Trump and his allies have dramatically escalated. The raid on Trump’s home, the sitting grand juries, the subpoenas to his close supporters, and the secretive efforts to bring in an indictment against Trump are the most obvious of the actions now being taken. read more
The Duran15 hours ago
Conflict between Armenia & Azerbaijan tests CSTO security alliance
Conflict between Armenia & Azerbaijan tests CSTO security alliance The Duran: Episode 1381 read more
Balkinization15 hours ago
LevinsonFest on Can this Constitution be Saved-- Collected Posts
Ashley Moran Below are the collected posts on the LevinsonFest 2022 roundtable assessing the need and prospects for constitutional reform in the United States: 1. Ashley Moran, LevinsonFest on Can this Constitution be Saved 2. Wilfred Codrington III, The Political Process, The Court, and Constitutional Amendment 3. Caroline Fredrickson, Can this Constitution be Saved? The Need and Prospects of Constitutional Amendment in the United States 4. Bill Galston, Can this Constitution be Saved? 5. Mark Graber, Constitutional Reform Transformed 6. Stephen Griffin, Can this Constit... read more
Organizing Notes15 hours ago
Water, life and bondage
*Jackson, Mississippi has a 2022 population of 149,739* Teachers are striking in some communities across the nation. School budgets are being defunded in many places. The federal government (which is waging an expensive war on Russia right now) has been dumping many social and infrastructure responsibilities onto local municipalities for years. They are overwhelmed. Case in point is Jackson, Mississippi where citizens can't drink the water after a big flood overran their already challenged local water system. The Mississippi state legislature and governor have done little to ... read more
Snopes.com15 hours ago
GOP’s Graham Unveils Nationwide Abortion Ban After 15 Weeks
Upending the political debate, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham introduced a nationwide abortion ban, sending shockwaves through both parties and igniting fresh debate. read more
Our syllabi should be full of surprises
It's no surprise that current events regularly lead us to update our syllabi. That doesn't mean we can't make "surprise" an important feature of our courses. read more
Snopes.com16 hours ago
Package Explodes on Boston Campus; 1 Injured, FBI Involved
A package exploded on the campus of Northeastern University in Boston, and the college said a staff member suffered minor injuries. read more
Viable Opposition17 hours ago
The Trudeau Government's Fear of Pierre Poilievre's Populism and How the Canadian Media is Propagating That Message
With Pierre Poilievre's recent win as the populist/libertarian leader of Canada's Conservative opposition party, the Canadian mainstream media has ramped up the fear factor. Let's look at some of the recent headlines that are being used to convince Canadians that this Conservative party of Canada leader is dangerous to Canada's future. As you will see in this posting, Canada's bought and paid for mainstream media seems to be doing its very best to convince Canadians that Pierre Poilievre is Canada's very own Donald Trump. *A.) Pre-selection as leader:* 1.) Saltwire Februar... read more
PrairiePundit15 hours ago
BIG MISTAKE! Ukrainian Forces Captured 3 Russian Generals and Hundreds o...
Russia's catastrophic failure in Ukraine is hard to miss. See, also: *What are Vladimir Putin's options after Russian military setback in Ukraine?* And: *Ukrainian troops keep up pressure on fleeing Russian forces* read more
PrairiePundit15 hours ago
The self induced energy crisis in Europe and US
Power Line: The *Washington Post* reported yesterday that someone woke up Slow Joe: White House alarm rises over Europe as Putin threatens energy supply White House officials are growing increasingly alarmed about Europe’s energy crisis and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threats to force a bleak winter on the continent. Seeking to punish Russia for the invasion of Ukraine and force a retreat, Western allies have moved to set a cap on what buyers pay for Russian oil. Putin last week said Russia would retaliate by cutting off gas and oil shipments, which could devastate Europe... read more
The Rio Times15 hours ago
Who is José Williams Zapata, the ex-military elected president of the Peruvian Congress?
The congressman of Avanza País (right), José Williams Zapata, was elected as president of the Peruvian Congress for the period 2022-2023. He is remembered as the head of the military operation that freed 72 hostages held captive at the Japanese Embassy in Lima in 1997. "Today, I was elected president of the read more
"Strange Prices At Walmart! This Is Ridiculous!"
*Full screen recommended.* Adventures with Danno, 9/14/22: *"Strange Prices At Walmart! This Is Ridiculous!"* "In today's vlog we are at Walmart and are noticing massive price increases! We are here to check out skyrocketing prices, and a lot of empty shelves! It's getting rough out here as stores seem to be struggling with getting products!" *Comments here:* - https://www.youtube.com/ read more
PrairiePundit16 hours ago
See what Russians left behind after being run out of city
The rout of the Russians in Ukraine is hard to ignore. read more
PrairiePundit16 hours ago
Biden's irresponsible energy policy a threat to national security
Katie Pavlich: *Biden's Depletion of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Is Reaching Crisis Levels* ... "Today’s announcement reflects the President’s commitment to do everything in his power to bring down costs for the American people and continue our strong economic recovery. At the same time, the Administration remains committed to the President’s ambitious clean energy goals," the White House released in a statement at the time. ... This is idiocy on stilts. If he were interested in bringing down the cost, he would not be blocking drilling. The "clean energy" agenda is neve... read more
PrairiePundit16 hours ago
Dems try to deceive voters about their support for Biden
Fox News: An increasing trend among top Democrats running for re-election in November's midterms has them pitting themselves against their own party, as well as President Biden, despite their past statements and voting records telling a different story. This group of vulnerable Democrats at risk of losing their seats to Republican challengers has progressively sought to paint themselves as moderates, as well as independent-minded members of Congress, and touted what some of them have referred to as their record of standing up to Biden and Democratic Party leadership in order to ... read more
The Rio Times16 hours ago
Authorities extend state of emergency in Ecuador’s Guayaquil
Authorities in Ecuador have extended the state of emergency in Guayaquil and the surrounding cantons of Duran and Samborondon until at least Oct. 12. The state of emergency provides security forces with more flexibility to combat organized crime. It was initially declared in response to an Aug. 14 car bombing in Guayaquil that killed five […] read more
PrairiePundit16 hours ago
The Russian retreat
Financial Times: *Russians ‘fled like Olympic sprinters’ as Ukraine retook north-east* Offensive was months in the making and relied on western military equipment Ukraine used a combined arms operation to overwhelm the "Russians who remained in the area under attack. The retreat by the Russians was not an organized retrograde operation. but a sprint to the rear. See, also: Rapid loss of territory in Ukraine reveals spent Russian military Morale problems, logistics issues and equipment losses could limit Russian forces to defending the territory they already hold while leaving t... read more
The Rio Times16 hours ago
Brazilian fintech unicorn Ebanx is expanding to Africa’s most dynamic markets
Brazilian fintech company Ebanx has expanded to Africa. In doing so, Curitiba-based Ebanx hopes to replicate its rapid growth in Latin America by placing a greater emphasis on digital payments. Ebanx began operations in Kenya, South Africa, and Nigeria at the end of August, as demand for mobile payments has surged in recent years. Read […] read more
The Rio Times16 hours ago
Brazil: Industrial sector shows optimism with economy in the coming months
Brazil's Industrial Business Confidence Index (Icei) rose three points and reached the highest level since August 2021. It is the second consecutive month of improved confidence in the sector, according to the National Confederation of Industry (CNI). In September, the Icei stood at 62.8 points. "By remaining above the 50-point dividing line, the indicator shows […] read more
The Rio Times16 hours ago
Brazil elections 2022: Presidential candidates’ government programs
Jair Bolsonaro, Lula da Silva, and Ciro Gomes have already presented their plans for Brazil. One prioritizes transforming Brazil into an economic powerhouse; the other focuses on restoring the population's living conditions, and the third highlights economic and educational aspects. This year's elections are being marked by a flurry of accusations from all sides, but […] read more
The Rio Times16 hours ago
Xi Jinping aiming for “deep development of the China-Brazil Global Strategic Partnership”
Chinese President Xi Jinping aims for a “deep development of the China-Brazil Global Strategic Partnership” as the South American country celebrates its bicentennial of Independence. “Xi Jinping believes that, as the largest developing country in the Western Hemisphere, Brazil has followed the path of peaceful development of independence and autonomy and has an important projection […] read more
PrairiePundit16 hours ago
Biden's fraudulent inflation scam
Bongino Report @BonginoReport This is Joe Biden's entire presidency summed up perfectly. Wow. rumble.com The DOW TANKS in real-time as Biden brags about "Inflation Reduction Act" This is Joe Biden's presidency in a nutshell. 6:20 PM · Sep 13, 2022·Twitter Web App 539 Retweets 27 Quote Tweets 2,140 Likes Tip This is a tax and spend Democrat scam with a fraudulent label attached to it. It is exposed by new inflation numbers on the day Biden touted the legislation. Biden's policies have been feeding inflation since the first days of his administration. read more
The Rio Times17 hours ago
El Salvador launches debt buyback program amid uncertainty over its bitcoin bond
The government of El Salvador announced Monday (12) that it has offered to buy back a portion of its government bonds maturing in 2023 and 2025. The country has set a purchase price of US$910 for the bonds maturing in 2023 and US$540 for the bonds maturing in 2025. Each bond represents a total amount […] read more
PrairiePundit17 hours ago
Biden's secret plan to rig elections
Nick Arama: *DOJ Refusing to Turn Over Docs About Biden 'Plan' to Intervene in Elections* Back last year, the Democrats were doing all they could to grab federal control of elections. As you may recall, they were lying their heads off about Republicans wanting to suppress voters with laws like the law that passed in Georgia. But the Democrats’ efforts failed. Instead, Joe Biden tried to go around Congress by signing Executive Order 14019. ... Anytime you see “combat misinformation,” alarm bells should be going off that there’s a problem. These two parts also make my hackles ris... read more
musingsofanoldfart17 hours ago
Sonic Highways – a terrific Foo Fighters Journey across America (an encore)
The following is an encore post of an earlier one I wrote in 2015. Since that time, the Foo Fighters have released an album called “Sonic Highways.” It is a hard rock album, but the songs have purpose, especially if … Continue reading → read more
The Rio Times17 hours ago
Several police killed in Haiti during tense day of protests
At least three Haitian police officers were killed in the capital by the Ti-Makak gang, which subsequently circulated the images on social media. The anti-gang unit police officers conducted an operation in the area where the armed group operates, and then gang members kidnapped at least one of the dead and took the weapons. In […] read more
The Rio Times17 hours ago
Under U.S. leadership, Ecuador brings together regional militaries to discuss defense and cybersecurity
Ecuador is hosting the 2022 South American Defense Conference, an event that will bring together the continent's armed forces to address "global, transnational threats." The plan for the U.S.-sponsored event includes an agreement on "cyberspace and the information domain. The head of U.S. Southern Command (Southcom), Laura Richardson, is visiting South America in 2021 for […] read more
The Rio Times17 hours ago
Chilean Senate extends state of emergency in country’s conflict-ridden south for 7th time
Santiago is not getting a grip on the situation with the Mapuche in the country’s south. That is why the Chilean Senate on Tuesday approved the extension of the state of emergency that has been partially in effect since May. The epicenter of the so-called “Mapuche conflict” pits indigenous communities, forestry companies, and the state […] read more
War News Updates11 hours ago
Editor's Note
Dentist this morning. Blogging will return later in the day. read more
PrairiePundit15 hours ago
FBI accused of paying for Russian disinformation about Trump
John Soloman: In a bombshell revelation, Special Prosecutor John Durham revealed Tuesday in court filings that the FBI paid a Russian businessman as a confidential human source in the investigation of Donald Trump's 2016 campaign even though it had prior concerns that businessman was tied to Moscow's intelligence services. Durham persuaded the federal judge in the upcoming trial of Igor Danchenko to unseal a motion revealing that Danchenko, the primary source of the now-discredited Steele dossier, was paid by the FBI as a confidential human source for more than three years until... read more
A Very Dark Place
Jen Gerson writes that Pierre Poilievre's victory means that the Conservative Party is now actually the Reform Party: If this Conservative leadership race was a fight for the soul of the party, as former Progressive Conservative activist and senator Marjory LeBreton recently posited, well, the results are in. Reform is back, baby. Moderate conservatism is dead, and the harder-right, angrier, rougher edge will live the life everlasting. In the end, it wasn’t even close. Self-described centrists in the party have certainly been angered by Mr. Poilievre’s online rhetoric and pro-cryp... read more
PrairiePundit16 hours ago
Russian defeat hard for Kremlin to ignore
ISW: The Kremlin acknowledged its defeat in Kharkiv Oblast, the first time Moscow has openly recognized a defeat since the start of the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Kremlin officials and state media propagandists are extensively discussing the reasons for the Russian defeat in Kharkiv Oblast, a marked change from their previous pattern of reporting on exaggerated or fabricated Russian successes with limited detail.[1] The Kremlin never admitted that Russia was defeated around Kyiv or, later, at Snake Island, framing the retreat from Kyiv as a decision to prioritize the “li... read more
War News Updates17 hours ago
B-1 Bomber And A KC-135 Tanker Made Emergency Landings On Guam And In Japan After Refueling Accident
KC-135 Boom-Down Emergency Landing Was Result Of Incident With B-1 © Air Force Staff Sgt. Kelly O'Connor *Warzone/The Drive:* *KC-135 Boom-Down Emergency Landing Was Result Of Incident With B-1* A B-1 bomber and a KC-135 tanker made emergency landings on Guam and in Japan after a refueling incident high over the Pacific. The U.S. Air Force has confirmed that an incident on Saturday that left a KC-135 aerial refueling tanker with its boom broken and prompted an emergency landing at Yokota Air Base in Japan, also forced a B-1B bomber to divert to Andersen Air Force Base on Guam... read more
Econlib17 hours ago
U.S. Demand Drives the Drug Market
Except in rare cases, pharmaceutical companies develop drugs for the U.S. market. For drugs that make it in America, potential sales in Europe, Japan, Canada, China and elsewhere are gravy. Drugs that can’t make it in the U.S. are scuttled. Probable success in America is a necessary and sufficient condition for the development of new […] The post U.S. Demand Drives the Drug Market appeared first on Econlib. read more
War News Updates17 hours ago
Was The Mysterious U.S. Spy Plane Known As The "Aurora" Spotted Off The Coast Of England?
Could the aircraft seen over Britain by the top secret US spy plane the Aurora?Credit: Tin Samedov *The SUN:* *Mystery as ‘top secret hypersonic 5,000mph US spy plane’ spotted flanked by two fighter jets flying near Britain* FLYING high over the North Sea, a mysterious "black triangle" shape flanked by two US fighter jets was spotted by an oil rig worker. The sighting came as there was a flurry of reports of unusual aircraft, unexplained sonic booms, ear-splitting high-pitched shrieks and fast-moving radar dots around Britain. For years during the late 80s and early 90s the ... read more
War News Updates17 hours ago
Here Is A Look At The U.S. Army Preparing For A 40 Drone Swarm Attack
At sunrise this morning a swarm of 40 quadcopters all equipped with cameras, MILES, and lethal munition capable launched in advance of 11th ACR’s attack on a prepared defense by 1AD. Drones will be as important in the first battle of the next war as artillery is today. pic.twitter.com/zPQ2I8SoqN — NTC Lead 6 (@NTCLead6) September 11, 2022 *VICE: **Watch the U.S. Army Prepare for a 40 Drone Swarm Attack* *The U.S. Army is training its troops to fight against a modern threat: swarms of coordinated commercial drones.* On the morning of September 11, 2022, the U.S. Army launched a ... read more
War News Updates17 hours ago
Picture Of The Day
Britain's King Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward follow the hearse carrying the coffin of Britain's Queen Elizabeth in Edinburgh, Scotland, September 12. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach *WNU Editor: *The above picture came from this photo-gallery .... *In pictures: Britain mourns Queen Elizabeth* (Reuters). read more
The New Dark Age17 hours ago
1.5°C warming may trigger multiple tipping points
Multiple climate tipping points could be triggered if global temperature rises beyond 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, according to a major new analysis published in the journal Science. Even at current levels of global heating the world is already at risk of passing five dangerous climate tipping points, and risks increase with each tenth of a degree of further warming. read more
PrairiePundit17 hours ago
Doesn't the FBI have better things to do?
Mollie @MZHemingway Nobody can feel good about these Stalinist efforts from the politicized, corrupt FBI. NOBODY. Quote Tweet TheLastRefuge @TheLastRefuge2 · 9h Midterm Election Effort, Joe Biden FBI Surround Mike Lindell Vehicle, Seize Cell Phone https://zpr.io/Ds56nzzPNLvy 8:17 PM · Sep 13, 2022·Twitter for iPhone 1,224 Retweets 47 Quote Tweets 3,660 Likes They are really outdoing themselves with their anti-Trump mania. Meanwhile, the DOJ is offering a plea bargain to the 9-11 terrorists in Gitmo. read more
It Is Time EV Drivers Paid Their Share Of Tax
By Paul Homewood h/t Ian Magness The recently announced energy subsidies have had the inadvertent, knock on effect of increasing subsidies to EV drivers, as there is no obvious way of having a two-tier charging mechanism. Given that the energy bailout will be cripplingly expensive, the government clearly needs to make […] read more
Vox - All17 hours ago
What Republicans would do if they win back Congress
[image: A photo illustration of an elephant standing on a platform of rocks, in front of a collaged backdrop of landmarks in Washington, DC, such as the US Capitol Building and the Supreme Court.] Christina Animashaun/Vox The GOP’s bickering over midterm campaign strategy is a preview of larger fights ahead. With the midterm elections less than two months away, Republicans are strongly favored to win a majority of seats in the House. Democrats, for now, are expected to keep control of the Senate, though some of the contests — particularly Wisconsin, Georgia, and Nevada — could be ... read more
Grief in Those with Intellectual Disability
Just in case you didn't have enough to worry about, this report shared by Safeminds.org hammers home our fears. Fears that are very much founded in reality. We half joke that we can never die. If only we could find... Related Stories - Communication Means Freedom to Shine - The Elephant In The Classroom - Tomorrow's Child Today read more
MY EMAIL TO INDIAN FATHER TAKING BILL GATES TO COURT OVER DEATH OF HIS DAUGHTER FROM COVID JAB
Dear Dilip Lunawat, Dear officials of Bombay High Court, The Bombay High Court has sought a response from Bill Gates in response to a petition by you over the death of your daughter following covishield vaccine. https://www.livemint.com/news/india/bombay-hc-issues-notice-to-serum-institute-bill-gates-as-father-blames-covishield-killed-daughter-11662183380748.html Relevant is that the developer of AstraZeneca a covishield Sir John Bell said on UK TV in August 2020 that the AZ covid vaccine was designed to sterilize entire populations but would only sterilize 60 to 70% as I discuss... read more
MY EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE WITH J C JUNCKER PROVES EC KNEW OFA COVID PLOT FROM 2015, REQUEST FOR AN INVESTIGATION INTO PFIZER CONTRACT
Dear Klaus-Heiner Lehn, President of the European Court of Auditors, Dear Emily O Reilly, European Ombudsman, Dear Christopher Chope, MP, Following a report by the European Court of Auditor accusing the Commission of keeping secret Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's role in negotiating Pfizer s covid vaccine contract, I would like to draw your attention to a sinister aspect relevant to these contracts. https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-stonewalls-over-von-der-leyens-role-in-multi-billion-euro-pfizer-jab-deal/ Two emails I attach https://www.dropbox.com/s/fowewfsmhsr... read more
Cairns News18 hours ago
Far northern cane harvest facing devastation due to lack of truck drivers
Mossman Sugar Mill, one hour north of Cairns is just hanging on as cane harvesting contractors struggle to get cane from paddocks to the mill for crushing. A prolonged advertising campaign had failed to attract HC and MC semi-trailer drivers necessary to operate the fleet of trucks to get harvested cane to the mill from […] read more
GREENIE WATCH18 hours ago
Untitled
* Melting Swiss glaciers reveal ancient hiking path not seen for over 2,000 years* * So present-day warming is NOT unprecedented. Where were the SUVs and coal-fired power stations 2,000 years ago?* Following the hottest summer in Europe on record, a path usually covered by ice and snow has been uncovered for the first time in at least 2,000 years. The ski resort, Glacier 3000, in the Les Diablerets area of western Switzerland said this year's ice melt was around three times the 10-year average. "Ten years ago I measured about 15 metres of ice. So more than 15 metres of ice and s... read more
Vox - All18 hours ago
China is committing genocide. The world has no plan to stop it.
[image: A woman wearing a headscarf sits on a couch and shows the camera a snapshot of her family.] Uyghur rights activist Nursimangul Abdureshid —pictured here in Istanbul, Turkey, in March — left China to study in Turkey in 2013, and lost contact with her parents and brothers in 2018. She has been struggling to find the whereabouts of her family members ever since. | Yasin Akgul/AFP via Getty Images The missing plan to save the Uyghurs. Five years ago, human rights groups started sounding the alarm that China was building internment camps to hold Uyghurs, a mostly Muslim ethnic ... read more
The Rio Times18 hours ago
Opinion: is this the end of the big dream for Brazil’s Natura &Co?
By Graziella Valenti (Opinion) The reality is slowly becoming clear. Gradually the market is realizing, with hard work and unnecessary surprises, that the departure of Roberto Marques and the arrival of Fabio Barbosa as CEO of Natura &Co is a change of strategy and not just of CEO. The direction of the ship has changed. […] read more
MJBizDaily18 hours ago
Opinion: Lessons learned from 2021’s marijuana and hemp product recalls
The cannabis industry is not immune to the costly potential of a product recall, which is a necessary evil required for regulated markets to remain functional. Opinion: Lessons learned from 2021’s marijuana and hemp product recalls is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs read more
Komando.com18 hours ago
5 maintenance checks to do on your car every month
Keep your car running smoothly and safely with these basic maintenance tips. Plus, you'll reduce the chances of costly issues down the line. read more
Vox - All18 hours ago
3 winners and 1 loser from the last big 2022 primaries
[image: Senator Maggie Hassan Casts Here Vote On New Hampshire Primary Election Day] Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) greets supporters before voting in the New Hampshire primary Tuesday. | Scott Eisen/Getty Images New Hampshire, Delaware, and Rhode Island picked their candidates. The primary season, which began with the death rattle of the Bush political dynasty in Texas, ended with President Joe Biden jetting back to Wilmington on Air Force One to cast his ballot less than an hour before polls closed. Yet while Biden was voting in a relatively uneventful election in Delaware (the most... read more
Vox - All18 hours ago
The case for Democratic optimism — and pessimism — in the midterms
Amanda Northrop/Vox Did the Dobbs decision change everything? Or are polls still way off? The hopes have been building among Democrats. What if — maybe, just maybe — this year’s midterm elections won’t be so bad for their party after all? The weight of history, polling numbers, and last November’s election results all seemed to spell doom for Biden’s party in the midterms. But in recent months — particularly since the Supreme Court’s *Dobbs* decision eliminating federal abortion rights protections — there’s been a shift. Recent special elections have been encouraging for Democrats... read more
Retraction Watch18 hours ago
Journal sends cease-and-desist letter to a company marketing a homeopathic alternative to opioids
Stephen Barrett, a U.S. physician and founder of Quackwatch, makes a point of calling out homeopathy and other health products and practices that lack evidence. In that vein, earlier this year he emailed the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery to critique a 2019 article by Walter Tatch titled “Opioid Prescribing Can Be Reduced in … Continue reading Journal sends cease-and-desist letter to a company marketing a homeopathic alternative to opioids read more
The Rio Times18 hours ago
Bolsonaro says food prices will fall in Brazil
President Jair Bolsonaro said Tuesday (13) that food prices in Brazil will "fall." He explained that except for milk, prices for all products in the basic food basket are "going down." "Brazil is growing, food prices will go down, and no one will have to worry about a shortage of food," he said in an […] read more

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