Open Letter to LAUSD Board Regarding the Implementation of AB 1505
Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene, Schools Matter - 6 hours ago
*A copy of this letter was sent to each individual member via email* August 1, 2020 Dear Members of the Board of Education: I am an educational rights attorney and law professor here in Los Angeles. I live within the boundaries of the Los Angeles Unified School District (“LAUSD”) and I am a registered voter. I am writing you regarding the implementation of *AB 1505*. I’m asking you to vote *YES* on said implementation this Tuesday, August 4, 2020. As you know, Assembly Bill No. 1505 went a long way towards reigning in the more egregious excesses of the charter school industry. Mo...
Would you trust the BBC with your children?
Craig, Is the BBC biased? - 7 hours ago
Following on from my earlier post about James Purnell's plans to place the BBC at the heart of British education where I wrote: Blogs hereabouts, including ours, have picked up on some shocking stuff being put out by the BBC's online resources. But are those just rare lapses picked up on and massively amplified by bloggers and the anti-BBC papers? Well, I don't know the answer to that. At the risk of creating work for myself and others, the BBC's online education resources - and children's output - are a massive field that blogs and websites such as this barely even touch, but ...
A Chilling Warning from Trump’s Former N.S.C. Dir. of Strategic Planning
Hadenoughalready, 'Nox & Friends - 7 hours ago
Headlines with a Voice July 23, 2020 ~How many will submit???
AFFH – Suburbs Targeted for Federalized Govt Control –
Uriel, 'Nox & Friends - 7 hours ago
Per HUD “After reviewing thousands of comments on the proposed changes to the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) regulation, we found it to be unworkable and ultimately a waste of time for localities to comply with, too often resulting in funds being steered away from communities that need them most,” said Secretary Carson. “Instead, the Trump Administration has established programs like Opportunity Zones that are driving billions of dollars of capital into underserved communities where affordable housing exists, but opportunity does not. Programs like this shift the burden...
Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin plus zinc are effective against Covid-19
drinkingwateradvisor, The Drinking Water Advisor - 8 hours ago
Philip M. Carlucci et al. Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin plus zinc vs hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin alone: outcomes in hospitalized COVID-19 patients doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.02.20080036 Background COVID-19 has rapidly emerged as a pandemic infection that has caused significant mortality and economic losses. Potential therapies … Continue reading →
Iran announces arrest of ‘US-based terrorist group leader’
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
[image: Iran announces arrest of ‘US-based terrorist group leader’] The intelligence operation is said to have targeted the head of Tondar – a little-known Iranian royalist group based in Los Angeles, California, whose plans include the overthrow of the Islamic Republic and the restoration of the Iranian monarchy. Iran has arrested Jamshid Sharmahd, alleged ringleader of the Tondar (‘Thunder’) terrorist group, the Ministry of Intelligence announced on Saturday. It was not clarified how or where the arrest took place. The Ministry of Intelligence has promised to provide further info...
Short story: Saints of the Scorched Earth
Ethical Technology - 6 hours ago
Decades of algorithmic CEO headhunting inevitably led to the evaluation of potential religious charisma at a very early age.
Would America's Aircraft Carriers Be in Danger During a War With Russia or China?
Harry J. Kazianis, The National Interest - 6 hours ago
*Harry J. Kazianis* *Security, World* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2016%3Anewsml_TM3EC6I16DJ01&share=true] They'd have to get close to the enemy and the enem would have very long-range anti-ship missiles. *Key Point: *Aircraft carriers are very powerful, but they are also vulnerable to attack and costly to lose. They might not be out of date yet, but America will need to be careful with them in the next major war. Aircraft Carriers, specifically American aircraft carriers, *seem to be taking quite a thrashing these days* in the press. Some cl...
The Death Of the Battleship Can Teach Us How to Save the Aircraft Carrier
James Holmes, The National Interest - 6 hours ago
*James Holmes* *Security, * We must act before it's too late. *Here's What You Need To Remember: * It is entirely possible that the technical challenges cataloged here are insoluble at any affordable cost, much as restoring the dreadnought's supremacy was impossible in World War II. Accordingly, it behooves the U.S. Navy and friendly services to experiment with new technologies and concepts now, in case the sunset of the aircraft carrier approaches. How can the U.S. Navy prolong the relevance of its big-deck aircraft carriers amid increasingly menacing surroundings? In part, thr...
A History of Masks From the Black Plague to Coronavirus
Catherine Carstairs, The National Interest - 6 hours ago
*Catherine Carstairs* *Public Health, North America* [image: Lufthansa employee wearing face a mask takes part in a protest against the reduction of the number of jobs due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, June 19, 2020. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski] In her study of the 1918 flu, historian Janice Dickin McGinnis argued that masks were “widely unpopular” in Canada and that even in places with mandatory masking orders in place, people often failed to wear them or just pulled them on when police appeared. However, today Canadians a...
For Some Japanese Soldiers, World War II Didn't End Until The 1970s
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 6 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *Security, * A fight that had long ended. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *In 1974, a young Japanese adventurer named Suzuki determined that he would go to Lubang Island and find Onoda after everyone else had failed. He camped out in an area that Onoda was known to frequent and waited. It was not long before the missing soldier came to investigate the intruder, rifle in hand. The Japanese empire was a fine place for young Hiro Onoda. In 1939, at age 17, he hired on with a lacquerware company that posted him to Hankow (Wuhan) in Japanese-occupied Chin...
To Survive America's World War II Air Assaults, Japan Sent Its Aircraft Carriers Underwater
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 6 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* A truly ingenius plan. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The sole reason for the planes’ existence: to attack mainland America. All that was needed now was a target. Various targets were considered: West Coast cities and even Washington, D.C., were discussed. The idea of attacking the Panama Canal was also considered. As soon as Colonel James Doolittle’s B-25 raid struck Japan in April 1942, Japan sought to wreak revenge on the United States, but by 1944 devastating aerial bombings on Japan by the Americans had become all too regular....
Faithless electors? Revisiting the Electoral College
David Brin, CONTRARY BRIN - 6 hours ago
Folks on both right & left rejoice over the near unanimous decision that states can force 'faithless" electors to vote as the state's voter majority declared, for president. Well, you'll not be surprised to learn that I have a more complicated opinion. This decision might - maybe - scotch scenarios where -say- Wisconsin GOP legislators try to steal the state's electoral votes from Biden. And yes, as-is the Electoral College is a travesty, not behaving like a "college" of sages, at all. OTOH, for Kagan to write that electors were never meant to be anything other than mathematical co...
"A Sizable Earthquake Just Hit Los Angeles, And The Clock Is Ticking For The West Coast Of The United States"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
*"A Sizable Earthquake Just Hit Los Angeles, * *And The Clock Is Ticking For The West Coast Of The United States"* by Michael Snyder "Every time the west coast shakes, it is another reminder that a day of reckoning is fast approaching. Someday time will run out and “the Big One” will finally strike, and the devastation will be far more immense than most people would dare to imagine. Over the last 7 days, there have been 1,957 earthquakes in California and Nevada, but the one that everyone is talking about is the magnitude 4.2 earthquake that just shook up Los Angeles. According to ...
ADRENOCHROME?? NEW INFO AND THEORIES! Pedophiles EXPOSED
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 6 hours ago
Psycosmos Jul 27, 2020 Sorry the video ends abruptly, via What is ADRENOCHROME?? NEW INFO AND THEORIES! Pedophiles EXPOSED – World’s Greatest #1 Issue – 18+ – YouTube
Ivermectin & Doxycycline 98% Cure
E.M.Smith, Musings from the Chiefio - 7 hours ago
An update on Ivermectin trials a a couple of other drugs. Continue reading →
Wait, You Mean That the Economic Damage From COVID Lockdowns DOES Matter?
admin, Coyote Blog - 7 hours ago
As I mentioned last week on twitter, I have retreated from that platform for a variety of reasons and will focus again on long-form blogging of the style this site has been pursuing for 16 years. For the last several months, I have been a lockdown skeptic, at least for the healthy population under 55 […]
The Same Ones Selling You The Virus Are The Same Ones Selling You The Vaccines! – YouTube
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 8 hours ago
The Sons of Liberty Media – Bradlee Dean Started streaming 76 minutes ago via The Same Ones Selling You The Virus Are The Same Ones Selling You The Vaccines! – YouTube
FAIL: ANTIFA Terrorist Attempts To Shoot Firework At Portland Courthouse, Shoots Back In His Face [VIDEO]
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 8 hours ago
Aug 1, 2020 A left-wing, ANTIFA terrorist tried to fire off what appeared to be a bottle rocket in the apparent direction of the federal courthouse in Portland on Friday night and it ignited in his face as he held onto it. Independent journalist Drew Hernandez captured the incident and posted a video of it … Continue reading FAIL: ANTIFA Terrorist Attempts To Shoot Firework At Portland Courthouse, Shoots Back In His Face [VIDEO] →
Biden Criticizes Trump’s Handling Of PPP Loans As His Son-In Law Benefits From The Program
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 8 hours ago
Aug 1, 2020 A medical investment firm staffed by presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s son-in-law, Dr. Howard Krein, and co-founded by Howard’s brother, Steven Krein, received a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan in April, just less than two weeks before Biden publicly criticized the Trump administration’s management of the program. Howard Krein, who is … Continue reading Biden Criticizes Trump’s Handling Of PPP Loans As His Son-In Law Benefits From The Program →
China Delays Election For A Year…Blames It On China Virus Pandemic They Created
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 8 hours ago
Aug 1, 2020 China is continuing its attempt to crush Hong Kong, instituting harsh restrictions and blaming them on the coronavirus which China itself unleashed on the world. They are preventing certain elected politicians from participating in the legislature and now are moving elections back a year. Earlier this week, it was announced that a number … Continue reading China Delays Election For A Year…Blames It On China Virus Pandemic They Created →
WATCH: Pro-Life Students Arrested Outside DC Planned Parenthood For Writing ‘Black Pre-Born Lives Matter’ In Chalk [VIDEO]
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 8 hours ago
Aug 1, 2020 On Saturday morning, a group of Pro-Life students were arrested outside a DC Planned Parenthood building for writing ‘Black Pre-Born Lives Matter’ in chalk on the public sidewalk. The group of pro-lifers has been filling the sidewalk with chalk messages every Saturday and now they are being arrested for doing something totally … Continue reading WATCH: Pro-Life Students Arrested Outside DC Planned Parenthood For Writing ‘Black Pre-Born Lives Matter’ In Chalk [VIDEO] →
BREAKING: PA Man Gets 20 Years In Prison For Threatening To “Put A Bullet” In President Trump
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 8 hours ago
Aug 1, 2020 A Pennsylvania man who was convicted of threatening President Donald Trump and a district attorney has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Authorities charged 28-year-old Shawn Christy of McAdoo, Pennsylvania with threatening to “put a bullet” in Trump and then-Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli and threatening “lethal force” against police. He … Continue reading BREAKING: PA Man Gets 20 Years In Prison For Threatening To “Put A Bullet” In President Trump →
Antifa Terrorists Are Now Being Donated “Riot Gear” From Out of State Donors to Assist With Their Nightly Mob Violence
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 8 hours ago
Jim Hoft Published August 1, 2020 The Antifa terrorists in Portland are being donated riot gear from out of state donors. They’ve organized out of state donations for their nightly riots. Advertisement – story continues below The Antifa and Black Lives Matter mob have been rioting nightly for the past 60 nights in downtown Portland. … Continue reading Antifa Terrorists Are Now Being Donated “Riot Gear” From Out of State Donors to Assist With Their Nightly Mob Violence →
Ignored by Liberal Media: President Bill Clinton Thanks James Clyburn for Destroying the Bernie Sanders Campaign (VIDEO)
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 8 hours ago
Jim Hoft Published August 1, 2020 This didn’t make any headlines in the liberal mainstream media. Former President Bill Clinton thanked Rep. James Clyburn for destroying Socialist Bernie Sanders’ presidential hopes. Advertisement – story continues below Bill Clinton made the remarks at the politicized funeral of John Lewis on Thursday. Bill Clinton: Thank you President … Continue reading Ignored by Liberal Media: President Bill Clinton Thanks James Clyburn for Destroying the Bernie Sanders Campaign (VIDEO) →
Leftists Smear & Silence ‘FRONTLINE DOCTORS’ For Giving COVID-19 FACTS… Then PROMOTE Medical Advice From BILL GATES, SO HERE ARE THE FACTS & THEIR CREDENTIALS…
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 8 hours ago
Date: August 1, 2020Author: evansnewsreport.com 0 Comments By: Brian Evans In an irony of ironies, the now radicalized left has waged war not only on American ideological opponents, but on thoughts and voices that dare to go against their pro-socialist, pro-Marxist, anti-America, anti-Christian, and anti-freedom agenda! In fact, they have mounted an army of stormtroopers … Continue reading Leftists Smear & Silence ‘FRONTLINE DOCTORS’ For Giving COVID-19 FACTS… Then PROMOTE Medical Advice From BILL GATES, SO HERE ARE THE FACTS & THEIR CREDENTIALS… →
Democrats Subpoena Secretary of State Pompeo for Biden Records
Luis Miguel, rss - 6 hours ago
[image: democrats-subpoena-secretary-of-state-pompeo-for-biden-records] Like the impeachment itself, the subpoena of Pompeo is nothing more than an attempt by Democrats to deflect from their misdeeds, projecting their dirty laundry onto the Trump administration.
We just never want to connect the dots between the Constitution and the threats to our national survival
Sandy Levinson, Balkinization - 7 hours ago
Delaware Senator Chris Coons has an excellent column in the Washington Post warning us that the presidential election is not the only one we have to worry about in November. If current polls are trustworthy, we may well know on November 4 who the next president will be because Biden will in fact smash the sociopath. On the other hand, he points out, we might not know about the control of the Senate for weeks, given that a lot of the votes may turn out to be much closer (especially if, as I predict, the dreadful Susan Collins and her fellow "I'm not really a Trumpista" enablers wil...
Musical Interlude: Manuel Iman, “This Moment Called Now”
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
Manuel Iman, “This Moment Called Now” Filmed at Point Lobos, Monterey, California.
"A Look to the Heavens"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
“South of Antares, in the tail of the nebula-rich constellation Scorpius, lies emission nebula IC 4628. Nearby hot, massive stars, millions of years young, radiate the nebula with invisible ultraviolet light, stripping electrons from atoms. The electrons eventually recombine with the atoms to produce the visible nebular glow, dominated by the red emission of hydrogen. * Click image for larger size.* At an estimated distance of 6,000 light-years, the region shown is about 250 light-years across, spanning an area equivalent to four full moons on the sky. The nebula is also cataloged ...
"Peisistratos"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
*"Peisistratos"* by The Zman "In the late 7th and early 6th century BC, ancient Athens fell into crisis. As is often the case with the classical period, historians disagree about the particular causes. One issue upon which everyone agrees is that economics played a part. The wealthy families had become an oligarchy, owning the majority of the land. Debt-bondage was common in the classical period. The collateral for loans in that age was the person. This meant that if the Athenian tenant farmers did not pay their rents, they and their children could be seized as slaves. The way it...
"Why Do We Laugh?"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
"Why do we laugh at such terrible things? Because comedy is often the sarcastic realization of inescapable tragedy." - Bryant H. McGill
Science’s Underdiscussed Problem With Confirmation Bias
Penny, Penny for your thoughts - 7 hours ago
*Wilson Quarterly * We are all subject to confirmation bias — a cherry picked selection of the information we receive — in our choices of media, often without even realizing it. Sometimes, it’s not only realized, but embraced:* political liberals have MSNBC, and conservatives have Fox News.* The human being, as Warren Buffett once helpfully explained, is best at “interpreting all new information so that their prior conclusions remain intact.” This human tendency is not limited to the media*. Science, oft sold as the clear-headed, unbiased answer to confirmation bias, is open to the...
"Those Who Don’t Take Heed Die of Ingratitude"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
*"Those Who Don’t Take Heed Die of Ingratitude"* By Doug “Uncola” Lynn "One evening, while in college, I attended an extracurricular lecture held by my college adviser on nuclear proliferation. It was a concern that was close to his heart and I admired his “doing something about it” at the time. During his talk, he shared the parable of “the frog in boiling water” and it was the first time I had heard it told. Essentially, it boiled (pun intended) down to this: If you throw a frog into a pot of boiling water, it will immediately jump out to save its life. However, if you place the ...
Trump: New York Mail-in Voting Mess a Bad Omen for November
James Murphy, rss - 8 hours ago
[image: trump-new-york-mail-in-voting-mess-a-bad-omen-for-november] The primary race for New York's 12th District was held on June 23 and thanks to mail-in voting snafus, the results are still not known. President Trump considers that an ill omen for the General Election in November.
Free Download: Albert Camus,"The Myth of Sisyphus,"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
*"A Life Worth Living: Albert Camus on Our Search for * *Meaning and Why Happiness Is Our Moral Obligation”* by Maria Popova “To decide whether life is worth living is to answer the fundamental question of philosophy,” Albert Camus (November 7, 1913–January 4, 1960) wrote in his 119-page philosophical essay "The Myth of Sisyphus" in 1942. “There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy. All the rest - whether or not the world has three dimensions, wh...
What Is Trump Really Up To? It Sure Isn't Helping The GOP Suckers Who Enabled Him All This Time
DownWithTyranny, DownWithTyranny! - 8 hours ago
On Wednesday, Brookings published a report by Jon Valant, School reopening plans linked to politics rather than public health, which is bound to be more than concerning for millions of parents and teachers. "One of the most enduring-- and maddening-- aspects of Betsy DeVos’s legacy as secretary of education will be the way she has politically charged complicated issues in education. By reducing nuanced issues to a simple directive or judgment, she has attached her reputation-- and President Trump’s reputation in turn-- to those positions, making the issues as polarizing as the tw...
Ruger-57 Centerfire Pistol: What You Should Know
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Technology, * "The Ruger-57 is destined to become one of America's favorite handguns," said Ruger President and CEO Chris Killoy. Is that true? Sturm, Ruger & Company have come a long way since the days of the Ruger Standard Model, the rimfire .22 pistol the company introduced more than seventy years ago. This American firearms manufacturer has become the top-seller of handguns in the United States and with products such as the Ruger-57 it isn't hard to see why! Introduced at the end of 2019, this new cutting-edge platform is a full-featured handgun wrapped aroun...
Danger: China Could Build Ships More Quickly in a War Than America
James Holmes, The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*James Holmes* *Security, Asia* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2018%3Anewsml_RC1113F4A490&share=true] In a conflict of attrition, Beijing might have the industrial upperhand. *Key Point: *China has more shipyards and is already building more ships during peacetime than America. The United States could lose a Western Pacific naval war because Communist China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) can regenerate combat power more readily than the U.S. sea services can. Or, more precisely, China’s sprawling industrial base could replace hardware lost i...
Jim Jordan Confronts Dr. Anthony Fauci on Disparate COVID Concerns….
sundance, The Last Refuge - 9 hours ago
Ohio representative Jim Jordan does a good job in this testimonial segment contrasting the political hypocrisy within the COVID shutdowns and decrees. The political elite can assemble without issue at the funeral of John Lewis, but don’t you dare try … Continue reading →
Rupert Murdoch’s son James quits News Corp in climate change row
Hifast, Climate Collections - 9 hours ago
Originally posted on Tallbloke's Talkshop: Someone else who can’t believe the climate can change naturally. But it always has done so. – – – He resigns from the influential media company’s board, citing “disagreements over editorial content”, reports BBC News. In a filing to US regulators, he said he also disagreed with some “strategic…
SCOTUS won’t stop reallocated Pentagon funds
Uriel, 'Nox & Friends - 9 hours ago
Supreme Court declines to halt Trump border wall The Hill John Kruzel July 31, 2020 The Supreme Court on Friday declined to block the Trump administration from using $2.5 billion in reallocated Pentagon funds to build a U.S.-Mexico border wall. In a 5-4 ruling that broke along ideological lines, the court’s conservative majority denied a bid by interest groups to halt construction after a federal appeals court last month said the use of defense funding for the project is illegal. The court’s four more liberal justices dissented from the ruling. The Sierra Club, American Civil Libert...
Sarah Smith forgets her mum
Craig, Is the BBC biased? - 10 hours ago
A brilliantly amusing spot from Charlie, posted on the Open Thread... BBCs Sarah Smith tweeted this at 10am this morning: Four hours later she tweeted a clarification: As Charlie says, she is ex-Labour leader John Smith's daughter and her mum was made a Dame. Even worse for her, The Lordly Adonis (who has just written a book about the great Ernest Bevin) then chipped in, adding that "Florence Bevin was given a damehood after the death of Ernie Bevin in 1951", adding that "There is a long list of wives of top politicians being honoured - wives of Disraeli, Churchill, Gaitskell & ...
Reps in House demand fiscal responsibility – Dems set sail on the Monte Carlo cruise
Uriel, 'Nox & Friends - 10 hours ago
Time after time since Pelosi grabbed that hammer, we have seen how the Democrats have been recklessly spending as if there is never going to be a tomorrow or a need to actually pay for what is being spent — a cosmic unlimited credit card. We know that is not true. We know that we the citizens will in the end pay and pay dearly for all of the spending currently rampant in both the budget and the supplementary spending to prop up our economy until the Democrats chose to restart the engine. At least one if not many more … Continue reading →
CNBC: Bill Gates Suggests Calling Out Non-Mask Wearers and Using Peer Pressure, Experts Say Bad Advice
Erin Elizabeth, Health Nut News - 10 hours ago
As health experts continue to plead with Americans to wear masks to help slow the spread of Covid-19, billionaire Bill Gates suggested using peer pressure as a way to get non-mask-wearers to change. Rather than force people to wear a mask, ”[w]hat you need is that if you’re walking around without a mask, people go, ‘Hey, […] The post CNBC: Bill Gates Suggests Calling Out Non-Mask Wearers and Using Peer Pressure, Experts Say Bad Advice appeared first on Health Nut News.
“I will not fear”
drinkingwateradvisor, The Drinking Water Advisor - 11 hours ago
This personal account of real-life experiences of discrimination is very well written. Her story completely changed my perspective. The courage she demonstrates is what is needed today. From Amazon (here): In 1957, Melba Beals was one of the nine … Continue reading →
Japanese Flags Over Honolulu? Here's How Imperial Japan Could Have Won World War II
James Holmes, The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*James Holmes* *History, Asia* Bottom line, no likely masterstroke -- no single stratagem or killing blow -- would have defeated the United States. Rather, Japanese commanders should have thought and acted less tactically and more strategically. *Here's What You Need To Remember:* Japan needed to make the cost of surrender less than the cost of total war for America. Let's face it. Imperial Japan stood next to no chance of winning a fight to the finish against the United States. Resolve and resources explain why. So long as Americans kept their dander up, demanding that their lea...
Could You Pass the U.S. Army's New Hardcore Fitness Test?
Jeff Schogol, The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Jeff Schogol* *Security, Americas* This new exam is tougher and designed to ensure America's enduring military edge. *Key Point: *This test is no joke. If you think you're fit enought to join the Army and fight, then check out what it would take. By October 2020, all soldiers will be required to take and pass the Army’s new gender- and age-neutral Combat Fitness Test, which has more events and less time for rest than the service’s current PT test, officials said on Monday. The Army has not yet decided what the standards will be that soldiers have to meet on each of the test’s ...
Do Coronavirus Face Mask Rules Really Violate Personal Liberty?
Gwilym David Blunt, The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Gwilym David Blunt* *Coronavirus, World* [image: Reuters] You are free when you are protected not against simple interference, but against arbitrary interference. Several hundred people assembled in London’s Hyde Park in July 2020 to protest rules making face masks mandatory in shops and supermarkets to help control the spread of COVID-19. This was not an isolated event. Similar protests have occurred in many places around the world in reaction to the prospect of “mask mandates” – especially in the United States. These protesters are not without allies. “Anti-maskers” have elici...
Covid-19 in Japan is increasing in many prefectures: Folly of encouraging tourism
Lee Jay, Modern Tokyo Times - 9 hours ago
Covid-19 in Japan is increasing in many prefectures: Folly of encouraging tourism Sawako Utsumi and Chika Mori Modern Tokyo Times Since coronavirus (Covid-19) entered Japan in the middle of January, the majority of the country escaped the crisis. Hence, 34 out of the 47 prefectures escaped the worst of events. Indeed, some prefectures recorded no […]
"Tell Yourself..."
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won’t either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes near, let yourself sit by an apple tree and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps, wasting their sweetness. Tell yourself you tasted as many as you could.” - Louise Erdrich
The Daily "Near You?"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Thanks for stopping by!
"Love Does Not Imply Pacifism"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
*"Love Does Not Imply Pacifism”* by Derrick Jensen “Many years ago I wrote that this book was originally going to be an exploration of when counter-violence is an appropriate response to the violence of the system. In fact what has become this book was supposed to be nothing more than a pamphlet in which I took the main arguments normally presented by pacifists and examined them to see if they make any sense. Here now is that pamphlet. Here are some standard lines thrown out by pacifists. I’m sure you, too, have heard them enough that if we had a bouncing red ball we could all sing...
The Poet: Rainer Maria Rilke, "The Apple Orchard"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
*"The Apple Orchard"* "Come let us watch the sun go down and walk in twilight through the orchard's green. Does it not seem as if we had for long collected, saved and harbored within us old memories? To find releases and seek new hopes, remembering half-forgotten joys, mingled with darkness coming from within, as we randomly voice our thoughts aloud wandering beneath these harvest-laden trees reminiscent of Durer woodcuts, branches which, bent under the fully ripened fruit, wait patiently, trying to outlast, to serve another season's hundred days of toil, straining, uncomplaining, by not ...
"Straitjackets..."
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
"If people behaved in the same way nations do they would all be put in straitjackets." - Tennessee Williams Look around...
Supreme Court Shoots Down Request to Halt Border Wall Construction
Luis Miguel, rss - 9 hours ago
[image: supreme-court-shoots-down-request-to-halt-border-wall-construction] In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled against the Sierra Club's citing of environmental concerns to place an injunction on the border wall.
On disproportional representation
Unknown, Accidental Deliberations - 9 hours ago
Yes, it's bad enough that fully 10% of the election candidates for the Saskatchewan Party have impaired driving convictions - including the Premier, and one individual who was convicted based on actions while he was in Cabinet. But it's even worse when those numbers are compared to the Saskatchewan Party's inclusion levels for other identifiable types of people: The Saskatchewan Party has named 55 candidates for the 2020 election. [Note: Per the party's own news feed, this has been updated by two candidates who make no mention of being a visible minority.] Of those, 10 are women, f...
Deep M6.4 earthquake hits Mindanao, Philippines
The Watchers » Latest articles - 9 hours ago
A deep earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.4 hit Mindanao, Philippines at 17:09 UTC on August 1, 2020 (01:09 LT, August 2). The agency is reporting a depth of 479 km (297 miles). PHIVOLCS registered it as M6.1 at a depth of 489 km (303 miles); EMSC as M6.4 at...... Read more »
The Universe
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago
"A main "Criterion of Consciousness" for the human experience is never having all you want. For as one dream comes true, another swiftly takes its place. Not having all you want is one of life's constants. And learning to be happy while not yet having all you want is the first "Criterion of Joy." Nail it, and for the rest of your life people will be asking what it is about you. Yeah, as if they weren't already asking." "Desire is a beautiful thing." The Universe "Thoughts become things... choose the good ones!" www.tut.com
"A Better Friend Than We Deserve..."
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago
"You'd help if you could, wouldn't you, boy?" I said. "It's no wonder they call you man's best friend. Faithful and loyal and true, you share in our sorrows and rejoice with us in our triumphs, the truest friend we ever have known, a better friend than we deserve. You have thrown in your lot with us, through thick and thin, on battlefield and hearthrug, refusing to leave your master even when death and destruction lie all around. Ah, noble dog, you are the furry mirror in which we see our better selves reflected, man as he could be, unstained by war or ambition, unspoilt by..." - Co...
The Coronavirus Response Is Pure State Terrorism Based on Propaganda
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 10 hours ago
By Gary D. Barnett August 1, 2020 “The true terrorists of our world do not meet at the docks at midnight, or scream “Allahu Akbar” before some violent action. The true terrorists of our world wear 5000 dollar suits and work in the highest positions of finance, government and business.” ~ Peter Joseph, “Zeitgeist: Addendum”. … Continue reading The Coronavirus Response Is Pure State Terrorism Based on Propaganda →
Face Mask Tyranny is Here
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 10 hours ago
By Jake Macaulay|August 1st, 2020 This past weekend theblaze.com reported, “A woman has gone viral after reportedly pepper-spraying a couple having a picnic in a San Diego, California, dog park — allegedly because they weren’t wearing face masks while eating their lunch.” The masked woman called the couple “idiots” and stuck up her middle finger at the … Continue reading Face Mask Tyranny is Here →
The Push To Discredit HCQ
tonyheller, Real Climate Science - 10 hours ago
I have no position on the effectiveness of any drug. But the censorship surrounding HCQ is very disturbing. Seven years ago, Dr. Fauci supported experimental medicines to fight a deadly novel coronavirus. Scientists fight deadly new coronavirus Fifteen years ago, … Continue reading →
FedCoin: A New Digital Dollar Scheme For Tyranny Coming Soon?
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 10 hours ago
By Ron Paul/Ron Paul Institute July 30, 2020 Share this article: If some Congress members get their way, the Federal Reserve may soon be able to track many of your purchases in real time and share that information with government agencies. This is just one of the problems with the proposed “digital dollar” or “FedCoin.” FedCoin … Continue reading FedCoin: A New Digital Dollar Scheme For Tyranny Coming Soon? →
New Poll: Americans See The Hand Of God At Work In Current Events
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 10 hours ago
By Michael Snyder/End of the American Dream July 28, 2020 Share this article: 2020 has been an incredibly bizarre year up to this point, and this has many people wondering if the hand of God is at work. And the worse things get, the more this sort of speculation will heat up. When things get crazy, … Continue reading New Poll: Americans See The Hand Of God At Work In Current Events →
RIP Joan Feynman (1927-2020). Media supporting "women in science" are 100% silent
Luboš Motl, The Reference Frame - 8 hours ago
I had a pleasant and refined German guest-scientist in Pilsen today. We chatted about lots of things and – because of some related work by my guest – we also mentioned Joan Feynman. With some uncertainty, I said that she recently died – because it followed from a tweet by John Preskill that I read in the last week: Joan Feynman 1927-2020. You can get a sense of how remarkable Joan was from her presentation in 2018 at the Feynman 100 celebration.https://t.co/b0E3xcLXaT— John Preskill (@preskill) July 23, 2020 I didn't quite internalize the information about her death because "-2020" ...
Houthi Brinkmanship in Yemen May Cause a Region Wide Environmental Disaster
Michael Horton, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Michael Horton* *Security, Middle East* [image: Reuters] Preventing an environmental disaster that would have regional ramifications and further devastate the already suffering population is a rare occasion when all sides in Yemen’s war can win. Yemen and the broader region face an unparalleled environmental disaster in the Red Sea. The FSO Safer, an oil tanker with over a million barrels of degraded crude onboard, is moored four miles off Yemen’s coast. It is steadily deteriorating. A spill or explosion will have profound and lasting implications for Yemen and the other nations...
How Stalingrad Became One Of World War II's Bloodiest Battles
Daniel L. Davis, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Daniel L. Davis* *History, Europe* Nearly two million casualties. *Here's What You Need To Remember: * Since July 2012, the world has watched in horror as the once-beautiful and vibrant Syrian city of Aleppo has been transformed into a perpetual battlefield. Those killed in Aleppo, as well as throughout the rest of Syria during the civil war, are reported to be approximately three hundred thousand. During the U.S.-led war in Iraq from 2003–11, one study reported that 405,000 Iraqis were killed as a direct result of combat, and from 2001–15, an additional 91,991 people were kill...
Your Entire Neighborhood Would Be Wiped Out By Sarin Gas
Joseph Trevithick, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Joseph Trevithick* *Security, * Just how much of sarin — a deadly nerve agent commonly mentioned in reports about Syria — would it take to kill everyone in your neighborhood? *Here's What You Need to Remember: *These are weapons which in the 21st century are primarily means for killing civilians — and their presence in parts of the world, such as North Korea, should be a continuing concern for us all. Syria’s brutal civil war has put the horrors of *chemical weapons* back on many people’s minds. But it’s still difficult to imagine the actual effects and scale of attacks with t...
Will This School Year Be The Death Knell For Mass Public Education?
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 10 hours ago
By Tyler Durden/Activist Post July 27, 2020 Share this article: School districts and counties across the US, including counties in COVID-resurgent Texas this week, have mandated that all public and private schools not start their school year until after Labor Day (Sept. 7). Even after that fall start date, some areas witnessing the current resurgence of … Continue reading Will This School Year Be The Death Knell For Mass Public Education? →
Turkey’s Pan-Islamist Vision: From The Hagia Sophia To Jerusalem
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 10 hours ago
By Tony Perkins/Family Research Council July 30, 2020 Share this article: On July 10, a Turkish court announced its decision to permit President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s regime to convert the ancient Christian church Hagia Sophia — the Church of the Holy Wisdom — into a mosque. An outcry from around the world greeted the news. But … Continue reading Turkey’s Pan-Islamist Vision: From The Hagia Sophia To Jerusalem →
This Day In Iraqi History - Aug 1
Joel Wing, MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 10 hours ago
1921 Gertrude Bell wrote US diplomat that England carried King Faisal on its shoulders into power (Musings On Iraq review *Gertrude Bell And Iraq*) (Musings On Iraq review *Gertrude Bell, Explorer of the Middle East*) (Musings On Iraq movie review *Letters from Baghdad*) 1979 22 coup plotters sentenced to death 33 others given prison time 1982 Iran made final attack in Basra as part of Op Ramadan Failed (Musings On Iraq interview with author Anthony Tucker-Jones on Iran-Iraq War) (Musings On Iraq interview with author Tom Cooper on Iran-Iraq War) (Musings On Iraq review *Iran...
MLK’s niece torches Barack Obama for politicizing John Lewis’ funeral and using it to bash Trump
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 10 hours ago
Earlier this week, Barack Obama hijacked the funeral of Congressman John Lewis, shamelessly using it to attack President Donald Trump. Now, the niece of Martin Luther King Jr. is firing back to blast Obama for what he did. By PoliZette Staff August 1, 2020 Earlier this week, Barack Obama hijacked the funeral of Congressman John … Continue reading MLK’s niece torches Barack Obama for politicizing John Lewis’ funeral and using it to bash Trump →
8 Stubborn Facts on Gun Violence in America | The Heritage Foundation
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 10 hours ago
Get your free copy of “8 Stubborn Facts on Gun Violence in America” today: The progressive left has a favorite play in their playbook that they have been using for years. In the wake of every tragic mass shooting or high-profile incident involving gun violence, we hear the same narrative: To stop these horrible atrocities … Continue reading 8 Stubborn Facts on Gun Violence in America | The Heritage Foundation →
Biden’s Lies for Black (and White-Privilege Guilt) Votes
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 10 hours ago
July 29th, 2020 Larry Elder Shutterstock/Matt Smith Photographer “Take a look at my record, man. … I have a record that is second to none. The NAACP has endorsed me every time I’ve run.” — Joe Biden, May 22, 2020, on “The Breakfast Club,” hosted by Charlamagne tha God. No, the NAACP has … Continue reading Biden’s Lies for Black (and White-Privilege Guilt) Votes →
How Many of These Diners Will Vote for Trump After Being Harassed by Unhinged BLM Agitators?
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 10 hours ago
C. Douglas Golden Published July 31, 2020 Imagine this: You’re sitting down to eat. You’re sitting outside, because that’s the responsible thing to do these days. All of a sudden, a roving group of protesters comes up to you with drums and bullhorns. They’re screaming at you. Why are you out on the streets when … Continue reading How Many of These Diners Will Vote for Trump After Being Harassed by Unhinged BLM Agitators? →
Prisons Caught Using Prison Labor to Make Blue Lives Matter Propaganda Merchandise
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 10 hours ago
[image: prison]The department of corrections has been using prison labor to create propaganda for the very system which ensnares people in it and ruins their lives over victimless crimes.
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