Is Moderna Tied to Fauci, Gates, Soros, and Epstein?
David Mikkelson, Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
A spoof omnibus conspiracy theory linked a company developing a potential COVID-19 vaccine to several prominent figures.
Crisis In Portland Did Not Start With Trump’s Shock Troops
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 11 hours ago
By now, you’ve very likely seen startling footage of armed federal officers storming through the streets of downtown Portland and abducting protesters with unmarked vehicles. Maybe you’ve watched the live streams of them indiscriminately lobbing tear gas into crowds of people calmly standing on the sidewalk. Perhaps you saw a gruesome photo of critically injured young man, struck in the face by a munition while holding a speaker over his head. Since then, several others have been hit in the face by impact munitions and flash bangs, and there exists extensive footage, photos, and fi...
Hold The Halos
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 11 hours ago
Last week I received an invitation to attend the annual whistleblowers luncheon hosted by the National Whistleblower Center (NWC). The luncheon is always a big deal. It’s held in Washington, D.C., in the Russell Senate Office Building’s Kennedy Caucus Room, the same room that hosted the Watergate hearings, the Army-McCarthy hearings, the Iran-Contra hearings and other momentous events in American political history. It’s attended by hundreds of whistleblowers from all over government and the private sector, as well as more than a few politicians. The post Hold The Halos appeared...
No To The New Cold War With China
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 11 hours ago
China’s Ambassador to the United States posed a very simple question: "Is the United States ready or willing to live with another country with a very different culture, a very different political and economic system ... in peace?” The answer to this question must be that despite the intentions of the U.S. rulers, the people must opt for peace. For the Black liberation and anti-imperialist movement in the U.S., we are clear: War is a class issue and we say not one drop of blood from the Black working class and poor to defend the capitalist oligarchy. The post No To The New C...
Yemen: A Torrent Of Suffering In A Time of Siege
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 11 hours ago
In war-torn Yemen, the crimes pile up. Children who bear no responsibility for governance or warfare endure the punishment. In 2018, UNICEF said the war made Yemen a living hell for children. By the year’s end, Save the Children reported 85,000 children under age five had already died from starvation since the war escalated in 2015. By the end of 2020, it is expected that 23,500 children with severe acute malnutrition will be at immediate risk of death. Cataclysmic conditions afflict Yemen as people try to cope with rampant diseases, the spread of COVID-19, flooding, literal swarm...
Child Care Workers Now Have A Huge New Union
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
A 17-year organizing campaign in California culminated this week in the successful unionization of 45,000 child care providers—the largest single union election America has seen in years. The campaign is a tangible achievement that brings together union power, political might, and social justice battles for racial and gender equality. Now, the hard part begins. Child Care Providers United (CCPU), the umbrella group now representing workers across the state, is a joint project of several powerful SEIU and AFSCME locals in California. The post Child Care Workers Now Have A Huge New ...
Trump’s Golden Era Of Energy Is Turning To Lead
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
It was just over a year ago that President Trump announced, “The golden era of American energy is now underway,” saying that his policies focused on exploiting oil, gas, and coal were “unleashing energy dominance.” What a difference a year makes. On July 10, the Financial Times ran an article with a headline that asked, “Is the party finally over for U.S. oil and gas?” And there is no doubt that it has been quite a party for the last decade. At least, for the fracking executives who have enriched themselves while losing hundreds of billions of dollars investors gave them to produc...
Mask, social distancing will be crucial even after Covid-19 vaccine: Scientist
zedie, SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 14 hours ago
https://m.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mask-social-distancing-will-be-crucial-even-after-covid-19-vaccine-scientist/story-RzEKADAQU4wNR4H10iWgUL.html
"A Long March Through The Night..."
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago
"The life of Man is a long march through the night, surrounded by invisible foes, tortured by weariness and pain, towards a goal that few can hope to reach, and where none may tarry long. One by one, as they march, our comrades vanish from our sight, seized by the silent orders of omnipotent Death. Very brief is the time in which we can help them, in which their happiness or misery is decided. Be it ours to shed sunshine on their path, to lighten their sorrows by the balm of sympathy, to give them the pure joy of a never-tiring affection, to strengthen failing courage, to instill f...
Lockdown Lunacy: Your Government Ordered Depression Has Arrived
David Stockman, null - 10 hours ago
[image: undefined] Well, the Virus Patrol sure has done it. In a fit of reckless overkill they have managed to vaporize six years of economic growth during the last 90 days. And that’s just by the mechanical reckoning of the GDP accounts, where total output in Q2 weighed in at essentially the same level as Q4 2014. The real damage is far deeper, however, and is reflected in millions of small businesses permanently destroyed, tens of millions of households wiped-out financially and the vicious daisy chain of delinquencies, deferrals and defaults just beginning to rip through the $78...
US Takes Unprecedented Step Of Imposing Sanctions On Assad's Teenage Son
Tyler Durden, null - 10 hours ago
[image: undefined] This week the US imposed a new round of sanctions against the Syrian government, and while this is nothing new, what is gaining attention is the unprecedented step Washington has taken against Bashar al-Assad's teenage son. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cited that the continued sanctions under the 'Caesar Act' were geared toward ending Assad's "brutal war against the Syrian people." U.S. Blacklists Hafez Al-Assad, Bashar’s 18 year old son. The eldest of the Assads' 3 children, has made headlines mostly for his interest in mathematics. Joel Rayburn said it was...
On denialism
Unknown, Accidental Deliberations - 11 hours ago
To date, most of the response to Scott Moe's multi-billion-dollar irrigation scheme has focused on the immense cost for uncertain return, as well as the lack of consultation with people who stand to be severely affected. But there's another major problem worth noting with the Sask Party's plans to dust off a plan developed before the development of the science we now understand around climate change. It's generally well recognized that the effects of the present course of climate change include hotter temperatures and a drier climate for Saskatchewan. Which leads to these warnings f...
Historical Trivia and SADM
Larry-Lambert, Virtual Mirage - 11 hours ago
Man-Portable Nukes The SEALs demonstrated feasibility to deploy nuclear weapons {designated ‘Special Atomic Demolition Munitions‘ (SADM) -} designed to attack a harbor or other strategic location that could be accessed from the sea. (see below) The Navy version would be delivered into water by parachute along with a two-man team, then floated to […] The post Historical Trivia and SADM appeared first on Virtual Mirage.
Report: Trump to Order China's ByteDance to Sell TikTok's U.S. Operations
Luis Miguel, rss - 11 hours ago
[image: report-trump-to-order-china-s-bytedance-to-sell-tiktok-s-u-s-operations] The president is reportedly planning to order ByteDance Ltd. to “divest its ownership” of the popular video sharing app over user data concerns.
"The Dark Side Of The Cashless Society"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
*"The Dark Side Of The Cashless Society"* by Addison Wiggin "Real quick, grab a $100 bill from your wallet. OK, humor me, any bill will do. What do you see? I’d tell you what I see, but when I grab my Book Book, which serves as both a phone case and a wallet, there’s no cash in it. There rarely ever is. Please, keep that in mind for today’s foray into inductive reasoning. I saw this makeshift sign over the weekend: Seen at the Walgreens three miles from my house. “At the airport. Very sparse here, ghost town,” reads an email from a colleague’s mom, “No coins.” One of Agora Financi...
AMA: Evan Bernick asks about liberal originalism
JB, Balkinization - 11 hours ago
Now that I have gotten past a bunch of deadlines, I can return to the AMA from last month. Next up are some questions from Evan Bernick: *EB:* You’re a liberal. Most originalists are not. Most public officials who claim to be originalists are not. Some nonoriginalists claim that originalism-in-practice is indistinguishable from conservative living constitutionalism. What say you to the charge that you’re reinforcing conservative hegemony by making sophisticated arguments for originalism that don't reflect how judges, etc. are actually wielding power? *JB:* We shouldn't take the pres...
Fuq the Blues, They Don't Vote For Us
Yastreblyansky, No More Mister Nice Blog - 11 hours ago
Illumination ca, 1413-15 by the Boucicault Master, Paris, depicting the Roman emperor Galerius "on his deathbed, suffering from a horrendous malady that reportedly caused his entrails to decay inside his body and worms to come out of his mouth, ears, and nose... as two servants cover their mouths from the stench of his rotting flesh." J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. In March 1992, Ed Koch, the former New York City mayor, wrote that Baker had dismissed concern about Jewish anger [over G.H.W. Bush administration demands that Israel join Madrid peace process], saying “F*** the Jews...
Saturday Morning Links
Unknown, Accidental Deliberations - 11 hours ago
Assorted content for your weekend reading. - John Metta discusses how low-income workers have been barely treading water for decades even before the coronavirus collapse. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives points out how we can take the failure of EI during the pandemic as a signal that we need to build far stronger income replacements for the future. And Roberta Bell reports on how the pandemic - and the resulting strain on already-threadbare support systems - has exacerbated Regina's existing addictions crisis. - Avery Zingel talks to Michael Miltenberger about the dange...
Kodak Agfa presents : A very short drive through tour of El-Sayida Zeinab area’s Mosques in one street
egyptianchronicler@gmail.com (Zeinobia), Egyptian Chronicles - 11 hours ago
There are good reasons why UNESCO chose Historical Cairo as a World Heritage site. One of those reasons I believe personally is that Cairo is one of those cities where you can see a long history, a long tale of man since the dawn of history till our modern time manifested in architecture; even if those buildings are tombs and cemeteries. I can’t drag myself to write what is happening at Cairo’s City of the Dead because the whole thing depresses me and if I go deeper, I will be depressed more. “More about it from AP” Reading what happened to the cemetery of legendary Egyptian j...
James Purnell and the BBC plans to take over children's education
Craig, Is the BBC biased? - 11 hours ago
James Purnell (he/him?) I've never bought Peter Hitchens's counter-intuitive contention that the Blairites were the true Marxists in the Labour Party, but the behaviour of former Blairite minister James Purnell in his role as the BBC's head of radio and education occasionally gives me pause for thought. I think he's the main BBC figure behind all the pandering to the 'woke' brigade. Therefore, I felt a certain degree of disquiet on reading Anita Singh's piece in today's *Telegraph, *which reports James Purnell expressing his wish for the BBC to increase its "reach" by taking "a...
Are the Scottish Tories Doomed?
Phil, All That Is Solid ... - 11 hours ago
These days party discipline is something talked about in the breach rather than the observance, but hats off to the SNP. Their National Executive Committee who met Thursday evening to consider new rules on MPs wishing to switch to Holyrood and the outcome *didn't leak*. Impressive. Still, there wasn't any doubt. Nicola Sturgeon's steady-as-she-goes faction control the SNP machinery, and so the NEC were always going to make it harder for Joanna Cherry to butt heads with Angus Robertson in the selection for Edinburgh Central, and smooth the path for another take over of the party by ...
Mossberg Silver Reserve II Over/Under Shotgun: What Happened?
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Technology, * Why hasn't this firearm caught on? In the world of athletic competitions “silver” is traditionally awarded for second place, and few product manufacturers ever strive for anything but the “gold standard.” Both points are necessary to denote when discussing the Mossberg Silver Reserve II over/under shotgun*—*because simply put in its initial release it didn’t exactly take the hunting world by storm. This over/under shotgun line was first introduced in 2011, and while Mossberg delivered a quality firearm at a reasonable price*—*something the company ha...
BWorld 445, Virtue signaling in energy
Bienvenido Oplas Jr, Government and Taxes - 12 hours ago
* My column in BusinessWorld, July 23, 2020. Virtue signaling is the process and habit of taking a conspicuous but generally unproductive action supposedly to advance a good cause but actually to show off the “moral supremacy” of the person or group compared to the rest of the population. In the energy sector, it is the habit of some people and groups to tell others that they are anti-environment and anti-planet if they do not demonize fossil fuels, especially oil and coal, and embrace variable renewables like wind and solar. While this behavior may be understandable in industria...
Will a threatened Australian species check into the “Seahorse hotel”?
CFACT, CFACT - 12 hours ago
To help resuscitate White’s seahorse numbers, wildlife experts in Sydney Harbor are constructing special “seahorse hotels” to provide them a place to reside and multiply. The post Will a threatened Australian species check into the “Seahorse hotel”? appeared first on CFACT.
Papaya – yes, the fruit – tests “positive” for the virus
Robert, Ice Age Now - 13 hours ago
Tanzania seems to be having a problem with its animals, its fruit, its coronavirus testing or its leadership amid a bizarre scandal playing out in the African nation. In May, President John Magufuli suspended the head of testing at Tanzania’s national health laboratory after revealing that he (Magufuli) had flooded the lab with a variety ... Read more Papaya – yes, the fruit – tests “positive” for the virus The post Papaya – yes, the fruit – tests “positive” for the virus appeared first on Ice Age Now.
Week in Review: Cannabis investors eye NJ, program delays in Illinois and Maine, House votes to protect adult-use markets & more
Jeff Smith, Marijuana Business Daily - 14 hours ago
Some of New Jersey’s medical marijuana operators already are investing heavily to expand cultivation facilities and other infrastructure to prepare for the expected rollout of an adult-use market. Voters will have their say in November. The recreational initiative is expected to pass. MJBizDaily takeaway: If voters do say yes, New Jersey could well develop into […] Week in Review: Cannabis investors eye NJ, program delays in Illinois and Maine, House votes to protect adult-use markets & more is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannab...
How Sperm ‘Swim’ May Be Nothing But an Optical Illusion
zedie, SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 14 hours ago
How Sperm ‘Swim’ May Be Nothing But an Optical Illusion https://gizmodo.com/how-sperm-swim-may-be-nothing-but-an-optical-illusion-1844571256?utm_campaign=Gizmodo&utm_content=&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_source=facebook
Imperial Japan Was Determined To Lose The Battle Of Midway
James Holmes, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*James Holmes* *Security, * Groupthink and more. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *In effect the IJN leadership wished away the U.S. Navy’s capacity to stage an active defense, luring the Kidō Butai deep into waters off Midway before pummeling it from its northeasterly flank with carrier dive bombers and torpedo planes. But that’s precisely the scheme Nimitz, Fletcher, and Spruance devised. Reducing a foe to a potted plant, it seems, comprises a blunder of the first order. A devil’s advocate is a precious commodity. That has to be one of the takeaways from revisiting the Batt...
Editorial board pretends to care!
<b>bob somerby</b>, the daily howler - 12 hours ago
*SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 2020Nobody cares about black kids:* During this latest press corps stampede, the posing, posturing, pretending and preening can get pretty silly at times. These upper-end news orgs today! Entities which have never given given a fig about race suddenly care about nothing else. For a clownish example, consider the decision to publish this hard-hitting opinion column in today's New York Times. The column appears in the hard-copy Times. Presumably, it was published to let us know how deeply this newspaper cares. The column discusses an utterly pointless "issue." ...
Bolivians Reject Postponement Of Elections With Massive Mobilizations
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
Organizations and trade unions from diverse sectors in Bolivia joined the call to mobilize today, on July 28, against the postponement of the general elections in Bolivia. The call for nationwide mobilizations was given by the Central Obrera Boliviana (COB), Bolivia’s trade union center, and the Pact of Unity, a national alliance of grassroots organizations in Bolivia. On July 23, the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE), which is under the direct control of the coup-installed government, postponed the elections scheduled for September 6 to October 18, citing the COVID-19 pandemic. The p...
When Will People Start Calling It What It Is-- Trump Genocide?
DownWithTyranny, DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
*Poof! into thin air- by Nancy Ohanian* There are a lot of ways to interpret the data Worldometers puts out on the pandemic. One that I find useful is to look at daily new cases, which generally track future mortality. Cases per million residents is also important since it's otherwise pointless to compare a state with very few people to a state with many millions of people. But however you look at it, when it comes to U.S. states, the ones that have followed Trump's denialism are generally the ones in the worst shape. Yesterday, for example, 16 states had more than a thousand new ca...
How Nazi Germany’s Navy Developed the First Successful Helicopters
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Security, Europe* That honor of the first true helicopter goes to the Germans. Even before the outbreak of the Second World War, aviation pioneers had been devising new types of aircraft and this included long-range heavy bombers and led to the night fighters, while both the Axis and Allies sought to develop the first jets. That led to the development of Nazi Germany's Me-163 Komet and Great Britain's Gloster Meteor. Yet there was another aviation race in the works, one involving rotary aircraft. While it is absolutely true that all modern military helicopters—f...
America's Summer of Cultural Suicide Has Arrived
Victor Davis Hanson, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Victor Davis Hanson* *Politics, Americas* [image: Jul 24, 2020; Arlington, Texas, USA; Texas Rangers designated hitter Shin-Soo Choo (17) and his teammates kneel before the game against the Colorado Rockies at Globe Life Field. Mandatory Credit: Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports] This country is having a political meltdown. Cultural suicide used to be a popular diagnosis of why things suddenly just quit.Historians such as Oswald Spengler and Arnold Toynbee cited social cannibalism to explain why once-successful states, institutions, and cultures simply died off. Their common explana...
Four Times in History Vaccines Failed (Lessons for a Coronavirus Vaccine?)
Ethen Kim Lieser, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Health, * According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, since 2011, vaccines have averted 23.3 million deaths from disease worldwide. Such numbers surely deserve praise, but there certainly have been several hiccups along the way—mistakes that scientists have surely used as a learning experience. From biotech and pharmaceutical companies like Moderna to Pfizer, the race is indeed heating up for a COVID-19 vaccine. But while many would love to have access to it right now, scientists across the world are making sure that a potential vaccine is b...
Here's Why We Need To Cut the $600 Coronavirus Unemployment Benefit
James Pethokoukis, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*James Pethokoukis* *Politics, * We should be trying to figure out how we can reduce disincentives to employment while also supporting vulnerable households, strengthening the safety net, and making sure that consumer spending is supported. One of the most contentious parts of the “phase four” economic support and stimulus package floundering in Congress right now: What to do about that $600 weekly federal payment to supplement standard state-provided unemployment benefits? The Senate has already adjourned until next Monday after Congress failed to reach an agreement on extending...
“It was information warfare every day.”: How the U.S. Military Operated Side by Side with Russia in Syria
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Syria, Middle East* That is how the Commander of Operation Inherent Resolve against ISIS described his force’s communication with Russians during ongoing operations over Syria and Iraq. “It was information warfare every day.” That is how the Commander of Operation Inherent Resolve against ISIS described his force’s communication with Russians during ongoing operations over Syria and Iraq. “When they were saying things, they were unhindered by the truth,” Gen Jeffery Harrigian, Commander, U.S. Air Forces in Europe; Commander, U.S. Air Forces Africa; Commander, All...
Trump Threatened To Delay Elections. It Isn't the First Time He's Acted Like a Dictator.
Gene Healy, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Gene Healy* *Politics, Americas* [image: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he departs for a trip to Florida from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., July 31, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria] Trump can't follow through with his tweet, but that doesn't make it harmless. As if America 2020 didn’t already have *enough* of a banana‐republic feel to it, lately President Trump has seemed unusually focused on adding to the lingering pall of dysfunctional authoritarianism. First there was his attempt in Portland to use federal law enforcement as a sort of...
One Letter Makes All the Difference: The F-35A and F-35B Are Worlds Apart
Charlie Gao, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *Security, Americas* [image: A Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike fighter jet touches down on the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp, marking the first time the aircraft has deployed aboard a U.S. Navy ship and with a Marine Expeditionary Unit in the Indo-Asian-Pacific reg] The F-35B is far closer in capability to the F-35A than the AV-8B was to the F-16C. *Here's What You Need To Remember:* The vertical/short takeoff and landing capabilities of the F-35B require major changes. Often times, the F-35 has been colloquially referred to as one aircraft in th...
Once more unto the breach of the BBC's editorial guidelines, dear friends
Craig, Is the BBC biased? - 12 hours ago
Fiona Lamdin Just over a year ago the BBC director of news Fran Unsworth sent out a strongly-worded email telling staff they could face disciplinary action if they publicly criticised colleagues. With the rise of the new breed of opinionated, campaigning journalists at the Corporation that warning stands even less chance of being heeded now. Maybe she needs to carry through with her threat and set a few examples? The *Telegraph* today has a report about a white BBC reporter - social affairs correspondent Fiona Lamdin - using the 'n-word' in a piece broadcast on the BBC News C...
The Kurdish Freedom Movement, Rojava And The Left
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
The revolution in the Kurdish region of Syria called Rojava has generated significant enthusiasm among broad segments of the left in Europe and North America. The heroic resistance by Kurdish forces in Kobane, Syria during the siege by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in late 2014 and into early 2015 proved to be a pivotal moment. Images of revolutionary fighters, and particularly of armed women, engaged in a life-and-death struggle, bravely resisting the vicious onslaught by Islamist thugs, caught the attention and imagination of many on the so-called international left....
India and Brazil Are Now the Global Worst Coronavirus Nations
Eric Zuesse, The Duran - 13 hours ago
Eric Zuesse India and Brazil have now overtaken the United States as the world’s worst performers at controlling the cononavirus-19 plague. The chart of the numbers of daily new cases in India shows the daily count soaring more than in any other country except Brazil, whereas in the United States, the daily number of new […]
Humanity Protests Against The Crimes Of Death
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
On 23 July, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced that the world now has 15 million people infected by COVID-19. ‘The pandemic has disrupted the lives of billions of people. Many have been at home for months’, he said. The trauma of the Great Lockdown is taking a serious psycho-social toll. ‘It’s completely understandable that people want to get on with their lives’, Dr. Ghebreyesus said. ‘But we will not go back to the “old normal”. The pandemic has already changed the way we live our lives. The post Humanity Protests Against Th...
Fires in Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest Jump 28 Percent in July
Newsfeed, The Rio Times - 13 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Reuters) The number of fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest jumped 28% in July from a year ago, official data showed on Saturday, as some environmentalists warned a jump this week could signal a repeat of last year’s surging destruction of the world’s largest rainforest. Brazil’s space research agency Inpe recorded […] The post Fires in Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest Jump 28 Percent in July appeared first on The Rio Times.
Without Agreement with Union, LATAM Decides to Fire at Least 2,700 Employees
Xiu Ying, The Rio Times - 13 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Latin America’s largest airline, the Brazilian-Chilean group LATAM, announced on Friday the firing of at least 2,700 crew members to cope with the devastating effects of the coronavirus pandemic in the aviation sector. The company said it had failed to reach an agreement with the aviation workers union to cut […] The post Without Agreement with Union, LATAM Decides to Fire at Least 2,700 Employees appeared first on The Rio Times.
Honestly, People In The US Couldn’t Care Less About Hong Kong
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
I just spent two weeks in the United States, investigating, analyzing the situation there. I worked in Washington D.C., Minneapolis, where Mr. George Floyd was murdered by deranged cops, in New York City and Boston. COVID-19 was at my tail, as the states kept opening and closing, frantically. Demonstrations were shaking the country, protests against endemic racism and discrimination have been erupting in hundreds of cities and towns. In several of my reports, I described confusion and deep contradictions, which have been devastating this, still the most powerful nation in the Wes...
Trump pulls thousands of US troops out of Germany (Video)
Alex Christoforou, The Duran - 14 hours ago
The Duran Quick Take: Episode 616.
Weekend reads: ‘Self-promotion journals;’ co-authorship for money, flattening the COVID-19 publication curve
Ivan Oransky, Retraction Watch - 14 hours ago
Before we present this week’s Weekend Reads, a question: Do you enjoy our weekly roundup? If so, we could really use your help. Would you consider a tax-deductible donation to support Weekend Reads, and our daily work? Thanks in advance. We turn 10 years old on Monday. Can you help us celebrate? The week at Retraction … Continue reading Weekend reads: ‘Self-promotion journals;’ co-authorship for money, flattening the COVID-19 publication curve
"Covid-19 Pandemic Updates 8/1/20"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
*"Covid-19 Pandemic **Updates 8/1/20" * *- Frequently **Updated* Please visit these sites often for the very latest information. ○ *"Americans Will Be Living With The Coronavirus For Decades"* ○ *Updated Aug 1, 2020, 9:13 AM E.T.* *Coronavirus Map: Tracking the Global Outbreak* More than 17,586,600 million people around the world have been infected with Covid-19; 4,570,295 of them are Americans. Here is the latest map/case count. The number of daily tests conducted in the U.S. is only 41 percent of the level considered necessary to mitigate the spread of the virus. See how your state...
Hurricane "Isaias" over the Bahamas, forecast to move dangerously close to East Coast, U.S.
The Watchers » Latest articles - 13 hours ago
Hurricane "Isaias" is moving over the Bahamas on August 1, 2020, and is expected to approach the southeast coast of Florida later today and Sunday, August 2. On the forecast track, the center of Isaias will move near or over Andros Island in the...... Read more »
Democrat Diane Feinstein says China is a great place; clearly she's not a Muslim
trinko, Conversations about the obvious - 13 hours ago
Diane Feinstein defends China. Not too surprising given that her husband has made a fortune from China and that she had a Chinese spy on her staff for decades. But of course she says her husbands business dealings have no impact on her and she was completely unaware that her personal driver was a spy. She recently said: “We hold China as a potential trading partner, as a country that has pulled tens of millions of people out of poverty in a short period of time, and as a country growing into a respectable nation amongst other nations, I deeply believe that.” Given that China is h...
Trump's putting us ahead of Europeans: Democrats furious
trinko, Conversations about the obvious - 13 hours ago
Germany is a wealthy nation with a GDP of nearly $4 trillion. Yet it refuses to put aside 2% of that to fund its own self defense. Further it is trying hard to give Putin billions of dollars by making Germany dependent on Russian natural gas--which is really strange since everyone tells me Germany is getting rid of fossil fuels. Clearly Germany doesn't care about defending itself so Donald Trump has decided to reduce the number of American soldiers in Germany by about 1/3. Germany pays Russia billions of dollars a year for Energy, and we are supposed to protect Germany from Russia....
More kids are dying from schools being closed than from COVID19
trinko, Conversations about the obvious - 13 hours ago
This is extremely concerning info from the head of CDC.I think way too many people are overlooking the mental/societal costs of school closures and arent considering whether or not they outweigh the risks. I dont think this is sustainable for another year https://t.co/T3WmHKctfW — Alicia Smith (@Alicia_Smith19) July 30, 2020 That's the head of the CDC. It's important to understand that Democrat politicians could care less if you die. In fact the more of we the people who do die the happier Democrats are. That's because they think that if they can blame Trump for the deaths caus...
PNG police try to cover up $80m drug plane crash – hold fishermen at gunpoint to prevent assistance
Editor, cairnsnews, Cairns News - 14 hours ago
Federal Police omitted to mention this part of the drug operation: Letter to the Editor from Susan Merrell, PNG, 30 July 2020 Strong allegations: What and who is behind the July 26 plane crash at Papa LeaLea? Are government agencies in PNG progressing from mere corruption into the drug trade and international crime? Implicated is […]
State’s Highest Court Says Cops Can No Longer Use Smell of Weed to Search or Arrest People
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: smell]Maryland cops have just lost a major tool in violating people's rights by being able to arrest them based on the smell of a plant the government says is bad.
Man Was Once The Ruler Of Ego - A Quotation by M.N. Hopkins
Stranger in a Strange Land, Stranger in a Strange Land - 14 hours ago
*Man was once the ruler of ego and lived amongst all creatures both seen and unseen. Then a separation occurred and Man forgot what he truly was and why he had come into this existence known as being human.* *©** M.N. Hopkins* *To read more of my poems & quotations, please click on the link below:* *Poems & Quotations by M.N. Hopkins* *or visit:* *Pinterest*
Cop Who Killed Man with Down Syndrome Over Movie Ticket, Quietly Hired at Neighboring Dept.
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 15 hours ago
[image: syndrome]A cop who crushed the larynx of a man with Down syndrome, killing him over a movie ticket dispute was quietly hired at a neighboring department.
How Billionaires Rupert Murdoch and Kerry Stokes will profit off the poor during the Coronavirus Crisis
Shane Dowling, Kangaroo Court of Australia - 15 hours ago
Billionaires with links to the Liberal Party are already starting to get substantial financial relief during the Coronavirus Crisis which is at the expense of the poor. Why should the public be […] The post How Billionaires Rupert Murdoch and Kerry Stokes will profit off the poor during the Coronavirus Crisis appeared first on Kangaroo Court of Australia.
TikTok, Epstein, And Other Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Caitlin Johnstone, Caitlin Johnstone - 15 hours ago
I’m just going to keep saying this: the fact that powerful intelligence agencies have been using minors as sex slaves to manipulate our society via blackmail is vastly more significant than the details of who they blackmailed and who facilitated that blackmailing. I will say […]
Revised Japan-ASEAN trade deal takes effect
bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
01-Aug-2020 A revised free trade pact between Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations facilitating the cross-border flow of services and investment entered into force on Saturday.
Brazil optimistic about a Mercosur free trade accord with Canada
bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
01-Aug-2020 An estimate by Brazil´s Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock (CNA) points out that the conclusion of a free trade agreement between Mercosur and Canada has the potential to increase Brazilian export revenues of agricultural products by US$7.8 billion.
CZ: How This Firearms Maker Shook the Gun Industry Up
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Guns, * Great products at reasonable prices, for one. While names such as Browning, Colt and even Walther or Benelli roll off the tongue, the same can’t be said for Českázbrojovka Uherský Brod, which is why it is commonly just known as CZUB or simply CZ. Founded 101 years ago in the then newly independent Czechoslovakia, the company has become one of Central Europe’s largest producers of firearms for the military, law enforcement and civilian users. “Českázbrojovka” translates to “Czech armory,” and when it was founded. The company is one of several armories locat...
Was Beethoven Black?
Alexander Carpenter, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Alexander Carpenter* *Society, * The notion of the great composer’s secret ethnicity has circulated at the fringes of the media and scholarship for more than a century. The year 2020 marks the 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s birth, and in mid-June this year, he started trending on Twitter. Perhaps it wasn’t so strange that Beethoven was popping up on social media platforms, but what was unusual and certainly unforeseen: the claim that “Beethoven was Black.” Where did this idea come from? The circulation of this trope has no doubt been catalyzed by recent events — na...
Are Housewives Turing Against Donald Trump?
Karlyn Bowman, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Karlyn Bowman* *Politics, Americas* [image: U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to participate in a roundtable on donating plasma during a visit to the American Red Cross National Headquarters in Washington, U.S., July 30, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria] The polls are not looking great for the President... Last week, one of President Trump’s tweets got him in trouble again, at least with a few writers at The Washington Post. The tweet was in response to Joe Biden’s housing plan, and here’s what Trump wrote, “The Suburban Housewives of America must read this article. Biden will dest...
The U.S. Presidential Election of 1876 Was Pure Chaos. Could 2020 Be the Same?
Rachel Bucchino, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Rachel Bucchino* *Politics, Americas* "The 1876 election results are still debated by historians. Tilden had won 184 of 185 needed electoral votes and also led the popular vote by more than 250,000. Four states -- Florida, Louisiana, Oregon, South Carolina -- claimed victory on both sides of the aisle, forcing Congress to dictate which candidate would receive the 20 electoral votes since the Constitution couldn’t determine the outcome." The 1876 presidential election*—*one of the most controversial elections that made Americans question the validity of the Electoral College voti...
Why It's Time To Cancel "Cancel Culture"
Angela Sailor, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Angela Sailor* *Politics, Americas* [image: A defaced statue is pictured across from a protest to defund the police in a place they are calling the] Seeing the rise of “cancel culture” can lead one to despair. But don’t believe the hype. Virtue is not being canceled. Most Americans, in fact, believe forgiveness is an essential part of a just society. Seeing the rise of “cancel culture” can lead one to despair. But don’t believe the hype. Virtue is not being canceled. Most Americans, in fact, believe forgiveness is an essential part of a just society. Consider a recent survey by...
Skyborg Drone: How The U.S. Air Force Wants to Merge Man and Machine
Caleb Larson, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Caleb Larson* *Security, * In an interview, the Air Force acquisitions chief, Will Roper, explained that Skyborg will bring “intelligent mass” to air battles by integrating artificial intelligence with piloted aircraft to maintain the United States’ competitive advantage in the air. Last week, the United States’ flying services announced they awarded indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contracts to four companies to build the future Skyborg drone. The four companies, Northrop Grumman, Boeing, Kratos, and General Atomics, represent some of the United States’ most experience...
It's Too Late To Stop China's Military Catch-Up With America
Robert Farley, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, Asia* China has developed a large, innovative technology economy in its own right. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The United States has become increasingly aggressive about slowing down or halting China’s industrial espionage efforts. This has included indictments of PLA officers, broad condemnations of Chinese spying, and targeted reprisals against some Chinese firms. But given the extensive commercial contacts between China and the United States, stopping the flow of technology is virtually impossible. As the People’s Republic of China (PRC) eme...
What the War Against ISIS Taught the U.S. Military
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Middle East* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2011%3Anewsml_GM1E73L1KYL01&share=true] Inter-Allied capabilities are very powerful, but they aren't easy to coordinate and put together. The Commander of Operation Inherent Resolve tasked with destroying ISIS says coalition members were able to achieve “effects” against the enemy which the U.S. was unable to perform. General Jeffrey Harrigian, who in effect ran the war from an Air Operations Center, explained the challenges and benefits of harnessing the collective power of...
Editor's Note
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 14 hours ago
Busy with household chores today. Blogging will return later this evening.
Apple App Store “rules apply to everyone” but these are flexible-rules?” “….rules get changed to benefit Apple at the expense of app developers”
drinkingwateradvisor, The Drinking Water Advisor - 14 hours ago
“Apple CEO Tim Cook was questioned today by Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) about the company’s monopoly on its App Store during a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel alongside the CEOs of Facebook, Google, and Amazon. Cook claims Apple … Continue reading →
Shutting the Door to China is Self-Defeating
M. K. BHADRAKUMAR, OrientalReview.org - 14 hours ago
The world economic news through last week must have sent shockwaves across North and South Block where India’s ministries of finance, defence and external affairs — and the Prime Minister’s Office — are located. The post-pandemic world order is knocking on the doors. On Friday, the European Union released the […]
BOOM! Ghislaine Maxwell, unsealed court records (Video)
Alex Christoforou, The Duran - 15 hours ago
The Duran Quick Take: Episode 615.
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