Wednesday, October 05, 2022

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Michael West52 minutes ago
‘Mega project’ could drive electric future
Australia is on the brink of a “mega project” as trading partners seek reliable and ethical supplies of the critical minerals needed to build and run a clean economy. The vast Kalgoorlie Nickel Project (KNP) in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia is one of many needed to satisfy demand for the vital ingredient, Ardea […] read more
The Last Refuge59 minutes ago
October 6th – 2022 Presidential Politics – Resistance Day 625
In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the JoeBama Administration and Presidency. “This is no small thing, to restore a republic after it has fallen into corruption. […] The post October 6th – 2022 Presidential Politics – Resistance Day 625 appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
The Last Refuge1 hour ago
Thursday October 6th – Open Thread
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL. […] The post Thursday October 6th – Open Thread appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
The Coming Green Electricity Nightmare
By Paul Driessen ~ Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) wanted regulatory reform, in part to reverse some of the Biden Administration reversals of Trump era reforms intended to expedite permits for fossil fuel projects. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) needed Manchin’s vote in the 50-50 Senate to enact his latest spending extravaganza, the Inflation Reduction Act, […] read more
Media Falsely Links Hurricanes To Climate Change. Here Are The Facts.
By Jarrett Stepman ~ The weather is difficult to predict. Media narratives aren’t. The media bat signal is up to exploit the latest crisis for left-wing policy goals. As Florida deals with the cleanup from Hurricane Ian—which ravaged the state, killed hundreds, and displaced thousands more—media outlets have peddled the idea that this tragedy is […] read more
Michael West1 hour ago
Future tax cuts stalk pre-budget debate
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says his first budget will be defined by responsible economic management as speculation persists on whether the government will change scheduled tax cuts. Government ministers consistently deny any changes have been made to the legislated stage three cuts, but have also refused to deny the future of the tax cuts were under […] read more
Michael West2 hours ago
Treasurer rules out Medicare levy hike
The treasurer has ruled out boosting the Medicare levy to ease pressure on stretched state and territory health and hospital systems. Jim Chalmers said the government was not considering a permanent nor temporary boost to the levy but acknowledged the strain on the public health system. “That’s not something that we’re considering, but we do […] read more
If you chose ISIS, you are no longer Australian
Most Australians take their citizenship seriously. read more
Catholic Identity Conference Opens With Call to ‘Resist’ Pope Francis And the ‘New World Order’
Opening the CIC @Michael_J_Matt delivers powerful remarks pic.twitter.com/pTIMBHxAwY — Kennedy Hall (@kennedyhall) September 30, 2022 Catholic Identity Conference Opens With Call to ‘Resist’ Pope Francis And the ‘New World Order’ by Kennedy Hall, https://www.lifesitenews.com/ ‘We will not lose the faith, we will not engage in unjust and immoral compromise.’ PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (LifeSiteNews) – Day one … read more
‘Brilliant’ New Documentary Exposes How Big Pharma And Gov’t Teamed Up to Push the COVID Vaccines
‘Brilliant’ New Documentary Exposes How Big Pharma And Gov’t Teamed Up to Push the COVID Vaccines by Emily Mangiaracina, https://www.lifesitenews.com/ ‘Safe and Effective: A Second Opinion’ chronicles the ‘perfect storm” of safety trial problems, regulatory lapses, and government propaganda that led to mass ‘vaccination’ with a shot that has devastated lives. – (LifeSiteNews) — A … read more
DEVASTATION: Here’s How the Energy Crisis Will ACCELERATE the Food Crisis
DEVASTATION: Here’s How the Energy Crisis Will ACCELERATE the Food Crisis by Daisy Luther, https://www.theorganicprepper.com/ The cost of living is going nowhere but up. Everyone has been touched by skyrocketing inflation, high fuel prices, and the availability of certain supplies. And now, we’re facing a massive energy crisis. We’ve seen the signs for a while, as … read more
A Banking Crisis Looms
A Banking Crisis Looms by Tuomas Malinen, https://www.theepochtimes.com/ Commentary My columns have turned rather apocalyptic of late, but for a valid reason. Just this week, we got confirmation that our financial system is, again, on the brink of collapse, when the Bank of England (BOE) was forced to enact, de facto, a bailout of the … read more
Former Pentagon Advisor Says US Likely Attacked Nord Stream Pipelines to Isolate Germany
“Douglas Macgregor, former advisor to US Defense Secretary in the administration of Donald Trump, argued the absurdness of the rhetoric that Russia was behind the Nord Stream attack, and said, ‘The Russians did not do this’." pic.twitter.com/zVKesXKVIN — Comrade Heather 🇮🇪☭🇵🇸☭🇮🇪 (@ComradeHeather) October 2, 2022 Former Pentagon Advisor Says US Likely Attacked Nord Stream Pipelines … read more
BWorld 562, Economic freedom, power reserves, and declining births
* My article in BusinessWorld last Monday, October 3. ----------------- The Asia Liberty Forum 2022 was successfully held last week Sept. 29-30 at Shangri-La The Fort, sponsored by the Atlas Network and Foundation for Economic Freedom (FEF). Among my old friends from the US who came were Simon Lee, formerly with the Lion Rock Institute-HK, Philip Thompson of the Tholos Foundation, Joe Lehman of the Mackinac Center, Kris Mauren of the Acton Institute, Fred McMahon of the Fraser Institute in Canada, and Basanta Adhikari of Bikalpa in Nepal. The day before, Sept. 28, there was an Eco... read more
Tax Cut 36, WTA's Asian Taxpayers regional forum 2022
This is my presentation last week. Thanks to WTA President John O'Connel (TaxPayers Alliance, TPA UK) and Cristina Berechet, WTA Sec. Gen. ---------------- See also: Tax Cut 33, WTA meeting and Asia tax competition, March 14, 2021 Tax Cut 34, Bidenomics and reversal of Trump tax cut, April 10, 2021 Tax Cut 35, Why oil taxes should be small or zero, November 18, 2021. read more
Macroecon 20, Strong US dollar and how to deal with it
* This is my guest article in Philippine Star last Sept. 22. https://www.philstar.com/business/2022/09/22/2211288/strong-us-dollar-and-how-deal-it *Strong US dollar and how to deal with it* Bienvenido Oplas Jr. September 22, 2022 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine peso has depreciated to 57.64:$1 last Sept. 20, an all-time low. The last time we have a similar level of depreciation was in October 2004, then July to August 2005 when the peso reached 56 to the dollar. The difference in today’s depreciation with those 17 to18 years ago is that current depreciation is rathe... read more
RTE Roundtable Talk #13: Dissident Speciation
With Dan Behrman, David Fite, and Stacia Wilson read more
Turcopolier2 hours ago
 Ukraine Stockpiling Discarded Russian Weaponry
” Ukrainians have seized control of tanks, ammunition, guns, and even howitzers left behind by the Russian forces, as the ongoing military conflict in Ukraine approaches eight months. Ukraine’s “breakthrough” during last month’s fighting in the Kharkiv region also brought an upgrade in weaponry, … Continue reading → read more
Turcopolier2 hours ago
The NorthEast Kherson Offensive – TTG
As I was gathering notes for this article, I found a damned fine writeup by Tom Cooper that describes the action and delves fairly deeply into why the fighting here is the way it is. Rather than reinventing the wheel, … Continue reading → read more
Michael West2 hours ago
Asia shares rise, oil extends gains
Asian shares were cautiously higher on Thursday, while the dollar eased ahead of US non-farm payrolls data, and oil prices gained for a fourth day after deep production cuts pledged by OPEC+ members. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.4 per cent in early Asia trade, as US futures gained. The index […] read more
Michael West2 hours ago
Welfare services provider makes ASX debut
A Sydney company that helps Australian welfare providers navigate the government bureaucracy has made its ASX debut. Bridge SaaS shares were changing hands for 16.5c at 12.57pm AEDT, down 17.5 per cent from their $4.5 million initial public offering. Founded in 2008, Bridge’s cloud platform links Australian government social programs and those that provide services […] read more
Michael West3 hours ago
Fitch upbeat on critical minerals demand
The global push for green energy and electric vehicles (EVs) is expected to spur demand for critical minerals that Australia has in abundance. The energy transition will require a “vast supply response in the next two decades” and investments that miners are well-positioned to make, Fitch Ratings says in a report released on Thursday. The energy transition […] read more
Michael West4 hours ago
Footage from night Higgins allegedly raped
A jury has been shown footage from inside Parliament House on the night Brittany Higgins was allegedly raped. Bruce Lehrmann has pleaded not guilty to sexual intercourse without consent and is facing trial in the ACT Supreme Court. Ms Higgins cried in the witness box as the CCTV footage was played on Thursday. The jury […] read more
More Bad News For Europe: Forecasters Predict Colder Winter, Less Renewable Power
More Bad News For Europe: Forecasters Predict Colder Winter, Less Renewable Power by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ Just days after we learned that Europe’s cell phone tower energy reserves will last 30 minutes during the upcoming mass blackouts, putting the entire European cellular system in jeopardy, the continent which will soon replace Russia with the US as … read more
TUCKER CARLSON: Nuclear War Means the End of the World — Secretary Blinken: “It’s a Tremendous Opportunity” (USA Blew Up Nord Stream Pipelines Wink Wink!!)
TUCKER CARLSON: Nuclear War Means the End of the World — Secretary Blinken: “It’s a Tremendous Opportunity” (USA Blew Up Nord Stream Pipelines Wink Wink!!) by Tucker Carlson | Fox News The question of who blew up Russia’s energy pipelines to Europe, which is not just a question in the news, it’s a historical question, we’ve … read more
Judicial Watch Releases Bombshell Documents Exposing Deep State’s Involvement with Media in the Biggest Propaganda Campaign in History
Judicial Watch Releases Bombshell Documents Exposing Deep State’s Involvement with Media in the Biggest Propaganda Campaign in History by https://leohohmann.com/ It seems as if the entire entertainment industry was an agent for the government’ If you felt pressure to “get vaccinated” and now regret it, don’t feel bad. If you never saw the need to … read more
Putin and Trump: Why Nations Rise and Ideologies Fall
The ideological system undergirding the British liberal world order is disintegrating. Green energy. Reckless Finance. War. Cultural Degradation. Drugs. The veil is removed, and it's all quickly crashing. Lyndon LaRouche stated on record, as early as 1952, that this ideological collapse was inevitable, and having done so, provided a conceptual roadmap for how to rescue civilization. The road map is more possible today than at anytime since 1952, and it's our responsibility to make it happen. read more
NYTimes ‘Right Wing Conspiracy Theory’ Comes True In Less Than 24 Hours
NYT ‘Right Wing Conspiracy Theory’ Comes True In Less Than 24 Hours by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ The latest salvo from the left in the ongoing ‘unpersoning’ of anyone (on the right) who questions election integrity fell flat on its face in less than a day. – On Tuesday, the New York Times framed a story … read more
Credit Suisse and the Fed’s Plunge Protection Team
Credit Suisse and the Fed’s Plunge Protection Team by Pam Martens and Russ Martens: October 4, 2022, http://wallstreetonparade.com/ At 6:53 a.m. this morning (ET), Dow futures were up 454 points. That followed the Dow Jones Industrial Average gaining 765 points yesterday. No one who has been a trader on Wall Street or a stock broker … read more
Komando.com5 hours ago
Crooks are jamming security cameras — Protect yours now!
Have a Wi-Fi security camera system? You're vulnerable to this easy and dangerous hack! Here's how to stay protected. read more
OPEC debates cutting oil production
Speaking of absurd headlines coming out of Global News, today's read OPEC debates cutting oil production in response to falling oil prices. They say that as though falling oil prices is a bad thing. Well it's not. Falling oil prices is good for consumers and helps offset inflation. Everything we buy in stores gets shipped there by truckers. Jacking up the price of gas jacks up the price of everything we buy in stores. Corporate monopolies are bad for consumers. Let's connect the dots and do the math. After creating a manufactures emergency in the Ukraine to justify a boycott of Ru... read more
balance102 hours ago
on the intercessor
And so, beloved, understand. You may have a Messenger at the human level (and that is an inadequate level) if you insist that she perform so many human tasks and get involved in so many human circumstances. Or you may have a divine intercessor who may make invocation for you, who may intercede for you before the altar of God, and you may know that that light shoots forth to you from the physical anchorpoint and the physical level of the anchoring [of light in] the chakras [of the Messenger]. It is a choice to be made, beloved [–whether the human or the divine intercessor–] and you m... read more
The Grayzone3 hours ago
‘Now, All of You Are Azov’: ‘openly neo-Nazi’ Ukrainian delegation meets Congress, tours US
After meeting with at least 50 members of Congress, soldiers of the neo-Nazi Azov Regiment toured the US to auction off swastika-inspired patches and lobby for an end to restrictions on US arms on training. This article was originally published by Moss Robeson’s Ukes, Kooks and Spooks blog and lightly edited by The Grayzone. Read part one of Robeson’s series on Azov’s US tour here. Over two weeks ago, a delegation of the Ukrainian neo-Nazi-led Azov movement arrived in the […] The post ‘Now, All of You Are Azov’: ‘openly neo-Nazi’ Ukrainian delegation meets Congress, tours US appea... read more
The Last Refuge3 hours ago
Transpacific Shipping Drops 75% During Peak Season as Joe Biden Energy Inflation Bites and Consumer Spending Collapses
The economic data coming in the past week is in alignment with prior forecasts. Bottom line, energy driven inflation has collapsed consumer spending, inventories climbing, vendors are cancelling orders, and this is peak season for transpacific shipping- which has now recorded the most rapid drop in history. A single transpacific container shipment cost $19,000 in […] The post Transpacific Shipping Drops 75% During Peak Season as Joe Biden Energy Inflation Bites and Consumer Spending Collapses appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
Symptoms Of Climate Change
YouTube seems to believe the burning of fossil fuels causes leaves to change color. read more
Michael West4 hours ago
New data laws announced after Optus breach
Mobile phone and internet customers will be better protected from fraud under new regulations to be introduced after the Optus data breach. Telcos will be able to better coordinate with financial institutions to fight potential malicious activity if customers’ details are compromised under plans announced by the federal government on Thursday. The proposed amendments would […] read more
Michael West4 hours ago
Aust trade surplus dropped in August
Australia’s trade surplus dipped by $643 million in August to $8.3 billion, statistics show. It’s the 56th consecutive monthly trade surplus but the second straight month of declines. The trade surplus fell more sharply in July, from $17.5b to $9b, as imports recovered. Both imports and exports were up in August, the Australian Bureau of […] read more
Snopes.com5 hours ago
Doctored Christmas Photo of Michelle Obama Circulates Online
A message to those users who shared this misleading picture with friends on Facebook: Reverse image search is your friend. read more
‘The Greatest Evil Is War’ Excerpt Details The Horrors Of Post-War Life
I flew to Kansas City to see Tomas Young. Tomas was paralyzed in Iraq in 2004. He was receiving hospice care at his home. I knew him by reputation and the movie documentary Body of War. He was one of the first veterans to publicly oppose the war in Iraq. He fought as long and as hard as he could against the war that crippled him, until his physical deterioration caught up with him. “I had been toying with the idea of suicide for a long time because I had become helpless,” he told me in his small house on the Kansas City outskirts where he intended to die. “I couldn’t dress myself.... read more
Media Hide Fascist Ideology Of Ukrainian Militia Who Visit Congress
How can anyone working at the New York Times not be ashamed of this whitewash of a deeply fascists organization. The NYT is far from the only 'western' media doing this. I was easy to find some 40 stories in main stream media which between 2014 and April 2022 which critically discussed the 'controversial' Nazi ideology of Azov and other Ukrainian militia. Then the coverage abruptly changed turning those fascist groups into harmless patriots. Others have done similar analyses: In order to get a better sense of how Canadian media’s approach to reporting on the Azov Regiment (former... read more
Wall Street Is Behind The Jackson, Mississippi, Water Crisis
Jackson, Mississippi - In August, clean water stopped flowing from residents’ taps in Jackson, Mississippi. The crisis lasted more than six weeks, leaving 150,000 people without a consistent source of safe water. The catastrophe can be traced back to a decision by a credit ratings agency four years ago that massively inflated the city’s borrowing costs for infrastructure improvements, most notably for its water and sewer system. In 2018, ratings analysts at Moody’s Investor Service — a credit rating agency with a legacy of misconduct — downgraded Jackson’s bond rating to a junk st... read more
We Need A Labor Movement That’s A Lot More Militant
Class struggle unionism is based on a very simple idea, which is that workers create all wealth. Through the employment process this wealth gets separated from the workers and flows to a handful of people in society. That is why and how we get billionaires. This view of employment is very different from business unionism, which was the main competing form of unionism to class struggle unionism. Business unionism sees itself as having a very narrow role of negotiating the sale of labor. The view can be summed up with the slogan “a fair days wage for a fair days work.” Business unio... read more
‘Our Health And Safety Is Not A Priority Here’
Nearly 240 factory workers at the world’s biggest independent bottler, Refresco, in Wharton, New Jersey, have been fighting for years to improve working conditions and win recognition of their union after voting twice to unionize their workplace. Now, after winning their second election, Refresco workers are finally starting negotiations with the company. Refresco filed numerous appeals and stalled the bargaining process for as long as possible by claiming the election had been improperly run. The National Labor Relations Board did, in fact, overturn workers’ first union victory i... read more
US Stocks up on Radiation Sickness Drug as New GAO Report States U.S. Nuclear Arsenal Lacks Cybersecurity Safeguards
Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said it’s throwing down $290 million to lock up an undisclosed amount of Amgen’s blood disorder med Nplate, which is approved to treat blood cell injuries linked to acute radiation syndrome (ARS) in kids and adults. ARS, also known as radiation sickness, occurs when a person’s body is exposed to a high dose of penetrating radiation, which is capable of “reaching internal organs in a matter of seconds,” HHS explained in a release. ARS injuries can lead to symptoms such as impaired blood clotting from low platelet cou... read more
Snopes.com6 hours ago
Snopes Exclusive: An Investigation Into One Tech Investor’s Deceptive Business Practices
For 18 months, we've been investigating the business practices of British-Ukrainian tech entrepreneur Max Polyakov via troves of financial documents, website data, and other evidence. We just published the findings. read more
Snopes.com6 hours ago
Are There No Women Signing Up for Conservative Dating App?
Love transcends all ... except politics, apparently. read more
Snopes.com7 hours ago
Snopes-tionary: What is ‘Scarelore’?
There are many names for urban legends on the internet. read more
Snopes.com12 hours ago
San Diego Zoo Welcomes 41 Endangered Turtle Hatchlings
It only took two decades, but a rare and endangered turtle species has finally bred at the San Diego Zoo. read more
Snopes.com12 years ago
Did Terrorists Purchase Large Quantities of Halloween Candy in 2001?
In the wake of 9/11, rumors spread that large quantities of candy were purchased just before Halloween by mysterious entities. read more
Snopes.com12 years ago
Halloween Gang Initiation
Were gang initiates really planning to kill 30 or more women on Halloween 2008? read more
Watch Stella Assange Slap The Mustache Off John Bolton’s War Criminal Face
Stella Assange just delivered a beatdown on one of her husband’s persecutors that was so scorched-earth demolishing I feel like I need a cigarette after watching it. In an appearance on Piers Morgan Uncensored, the wife of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange explained the threat her […] read more
OPEC cuts oil production: US conceit (EU and Japan)
OPEC cuts oil production: US conceit (EU and Japan) Kanako Mita, Sawako Utsumi, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The United States, under the Democratic Party and leadership of… read more
New WHO strategy aims to strengthen rapid response to health emergencies
Amid mounting health emergencies globally – such as the COVID-19 pandemic, climate-related crises, and the war in Ukraine – the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday announced an initiative to strengthen rapid response. Read the full story, “New WHO strategy aims to strengthen rapid response to health emergencies”, on globalissues.org → read more
New UN report urges Europe to step-up action over triple environmental crisis
A new UN report presented on Wednesday to the Organization’s highest pan-European environmental policy body, covering 54 countries, is calling for greater action to tackle the triple environmental crisis roiling the planet. Read the full story, “New UN report urges Europe to step-up action over triple environmental crisis”, on globalissues.org → read more
Michael West4 hours ago
Tax cut needed to ease mortgage pain: Libs
The opposition says any changes to legislated tax cuts hurt Australians facing interest rate hikes and would constitute Labor breaking its election promises. Deputy Liberal Leader Sussan Ley said Australians needed tax relief now more than ever with interest rates spiking. Reading out Labor media releases and comments from now-Prime Minister Anthony Albanese pledging support for […] read more
Michael West5 hours ago
Vic premier vows full term if re-elected
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has committed to serve a full four-year term in the event Labor is re-elected as he expands on his pet project. In Melton on Thursday, Mr Andrews announced the removal of four more level crossings by 2028 and a new station for the area as he made clear he had no […] read more
10 Ways You Can Stay Warm When The Power Goes Out
Wranglerstar 10 Tips to stay warm with no electricity in Texas. Check out SimpliSafe here: http://simplisafe.com/wranglerstar . SimpliSafe is award-winning home security that keeps your home safe around the clock. It’s really reliable, easy to use, and there are no contracts. Thanks to Wranglerstar YT channel, consider subbing for more ideas on survival tactics. Although … Continue reading 10 Ways You Can Stay Warm When The Power Goes Out → read more
Medical Kidnap5 hours ago
US Stocks up on Radiation Sickness Drug as New GAO Report States U.S. Nuclear Arsenal Lacks Cybersecurity Safeguards
Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said it’s throwing down $290 million to lock up an undisclosed amount of Amgen’s blood disorder med Nplate, which is approved to treat blood cell injuries linked to acute radiation syndrome (ARS) in kids and adults. ARS, also known as radiation sickness, occurs when a person’s body is exposed to a high dose of penetrating radiation, which is capable of “reaching internal organs in a matter of seconds,” HHS explained in a release. ARS injuries can lead to symptoms such as impaired blood clotting from low platelet cou... read more
The Duran5 hours ago
Simon Webb & David Olusoga — REAL HISTORY v PROPAGANDA
In case you hadn’t noticed, Black History Month has arrived again in the UK. Sadly, most of what passes for black history here and worldwide is largely fiction. The undoubted champion of this fantasy in Britain is David Olusoga, a man who has a particular obsession with slavery, but only one aspect of it, the […] read more
"15 Retailers That Face Bankruptcy As Deep Dark Winter Ahead"
*Full screen recommended.* *"15 Retailers That Face Bankruptcy * *As Deep Dark Winter Ahead"* by Epic Economist "Things just seem to keep getting worse for America's troubled retailers. One in ten retail companies is at risk of closure this winter as we enter another economic downturn and consumers roll back their spending on non-essential goods. New data shows that the number of businesses at potential risk of defaulting their debts, going bankrupt, or closing shop for good continues to grow. In fact, earlier this year, Toys 'R' Us CEO warned that a flood of bankruptcies would hit ... read more
Congressional Priorities
Hurricane-Ravaged Florida Town Raises Ukraine Flag So Congress Will Send Aid | Babylon Bee read more
NASA Just Allowed Russian Cosmonaut to Go into Space with Astronauts Doing BioTech Expts (Allowing BioTech Transfer); Putin Daughters in Defense & BioTech Sectors
Jeanette Epps, Josh Cassada, and Nicole Mann of NASA, Koichi Wakata of JAXA, and Anna Kikina of Roscosmos are pictured … Continue reading → read more
Senior NASA Scientist from India Pleaded Guilty To Making False Statements Related To Chinese Thousand Talents Program Participation And Professorship; Barely Punished
This man from India, who was given a fat-cat job with NASA, worked for China. He only got a wrist … Continue reading → read more
Support Philadelphia Museum Of Art strike
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Since Sept. 26, almost 200 workers have been on strike — not reporting for work in person or virtually — at one of the oldest and largest art museums in the U.S. with over 240,000 works of art from around the world. Members of the Philadelphia Museum of Art Union, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 397, affiliated with AFSCME District Council 47, voted for union representation in a landslide, 89% “yes” vote in August 2020. Since then, the PMA Board of Trustees and executive management have refused to come to an agreement... read more
Anti-War Activists Protest Harvard Kennedy School Professor With Ties To Defense Contractor
Over a dozen anti-war activists staged a protest against Harvard Kennedy School professor Meghan L. O’Sullivan Tuesday morning, disrupting a class she was teaching to first-year master’s of public policy students. The protesters denounced O’Sullivan’s affiliation with Raytheon Technologies, a weapons manufacturing firm, and her role in the Bush administration during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. O’Sullivan served as deputy national security advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan in the Bush administration prior to joining the Harvard Kennedy School. She currently sits on Raytheon’s ... read more
Land Change, Failures Of Omission, And The Renaturing Of Climate
Land change is a scientific term you’re not likely to hear in mainstream climate conversation, which is a shame, because what it refers to, the climatic effects of human damage to living landscapes, is a big part of the climate crisis. I talk in greater detail about land change and how it got left out of the climate narrative in an earlier Resilience piece, called Putting the Land Back in Climate. Here, I want to consider the effects of this omission, not only in the practical terms of climate policy, but in terms less definitive. What does it mean to our treatment of the land tha... read more
Thousands Protest Climate And Cost of Living Crises In The UK
Thousands of people across the UK took to the streets Saturday and Sunday to protest the climate and cost-of-living crises, which demonstrators linked to the country’s dependence on fossil fuels. Saturday’s protests were joined by thousands of people in major cities from London to Glasgow to Belfast, as the Press Association reported. On Sunday, 250 demonstrators from the group Just Stop Oil marched through London and blocked its Waterloo Bridge for the second day in a row, the group said. “I’m doing this for my son,” one demonstrator said as she was arrested Sunday. “The governme... read more
Medical Kidnap6 hours ago
A Brain-Damaged Nation: Neurological Diseases Explode in 2021 After COVID-19 Vaccines – 100,000%+ Increase in Strokes
The year 2021 will go down in history as the year of the COVID-19 vaccine, and the lives that were destroyed by an experimental gene-therapy shot that was rushed to market by the $BILLIONS of dollars that were given to Big Pharma in 2020 by Trump's Operation Warp Speed, and then unleashed on the public with no testing by using "emergency use authorizations" (EUAs). The U.S. Government funded VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System) database continues to give us the best data available to truly understand the scope of this massacre, because it is a database of reporting vacci... read more
Michael West7 hours ago
Tax cut shift a broken Labor promise: Libs
The opposition says any changes to legislated tax cuts would constitute Labor breaking its election promises. Opposition frontbencher Simon Birmingham said a shift in the government’s position on the stage-three tax cuts – scheduled to be introduced in 2024-25 – would undermine Labor pledges to maintain the changes. “Any erosion of that would be a […] read more
Science Matters9 hours ago
Briefing for Sharm El-Sheikh COP 2022
Presently the next climate Conference of Parties is scheduled for Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt this November. Post Covid pandemic, this gathering could well exceed the estimated record attendance of 40,000 at Glasgow last year. Some of the pitfalls this time are suggested by a Yahoo News article :‘Disappointed’ Egypt worried UK will renege on […] read more
Vox - All6 hours ago
Elon Musk can’t fix Twitter because no one can
[image: Elon Musk in a white tie tuxedo.] Elon Musk at the Met Gala, May 2022. | Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images A $44 billion mistake. We still have lots of questions and theories about Elon Musk’s on-off-on-again deal to buy Twitter. But there’s one thing that everyone opining about Twitter seems to agree on: Regardless of who owns it, Twitter is one of the world’s most important social networks — “the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated,” as Musk put it last April. Are we sure about that? Yes, Twitter can be informative, entertaini... read more
I Saw What Turning Masafer Yatta Into An Israeli Military ‘Firing Zone’ Means
Since a ruling of the Israeli Supreme Court on May 4, the Israeli military has been actively training in Masafer Yatta, in the middle of eight villages and hamlets where more than 1,100 Palestinians are living. More than half of the residents are children. Masafer Yatta covers more than 210 square miles, an area about the size of the Gaza Strip. It is located 16 miles south of Hebron down to the 1949 Armistice Line and consists of a collection of 33 villages and hamlets that go back to 6,500 years, with around 3,000 Palestinians living there as shepherds and farmers. The region h... read more
balance106 hours ago
Gracious ones,
Gracious ones, persevere! And you shall win! ... The thought of merger with the divine ought to be a blessed goal wherein all can shine. Competition 58 and10 vain19 spirit37 of12 egocentricity 72 have18 no11 place19 in14 our18 disciplines56 (=344= 8 x Egyptian43) for one must work unswervingly for a purpose and devote oneself to the fulfillment of that purpose. The power to see the Promised Land vouchsafed of old to Moses as he came out of Egyptian bondage..., to persevere in the present hour when the drabness of appearances and seeming slowness of pace does not temper the zeal of t... read more
A Brain-Damaged Nation: Neurological Diseases Explode in 2021 After COVID-19 Vaccines – 100,000%+ Increase in Strokes
The year 2021 will go down in history as the year of the COVID-19 vaccine, and the lives that were destroyed by an experimental gene-therapy shot that was rushed to market by the $BILLIONS of dollars that were given to Big Pharma in 2020 by Trump's Operation Warp Speed, and then unleashed on the public with no testing by using "emergency use authorizations" (EUAs). The U.S. Government funded VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System) database continues to give us the best data available to truly understand the scope of this massacre, because it is a database of reporting vacci... read more
New Mandala6 hours ago
NBSEAS on “The Road to Dien Bien Phu: A History of the First War for Vietnam”
How were the Vietnamese communists able to achieve their remarkable victory over powerful French colonial forces? The post NBSEAS on “The Road to Dien Bien Phu: A History of the First War for Vietnam” appeared first on New Mandala. read more
bilaterals.org6 hours ago
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