Wednesday, September 02, 2020

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Trump Prepares To Kill 2.1 Million Americans With Another Quack Approach To The Pandemic

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 minute ago
*These 2 + Trump are why Florida is doing so poorly in terms of COVID* In Pittsburgh yesterday, Biden noted that Trump is a threat to the safety of all Americans-- a "toxic presence"-- who has encouraged violence in the nation’s streets while utterly failing to deal competently or even honestly with the pandemic. "I want a safe America," he said, "safe from COVID, safe from crime and looting, safe from racially motivated violence, safe from bad cops. Let me be crystal clear-- safe from four more years of Donald Trump." Sweden has 10,109,718 residents, 15th largest population in Euro... more »

Jack Cashill Discusses Flynn Targeting Contrast Against Obama’s Agenda and Current Challenge For DOJ and AG Bill Barr…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 9 minutes ago
Author Jack Cashill shares a great perspective on the current political dynamics as contrast against a history of DOJ, FBI and CIA operations. In the fist eight minutes of the interview Cashill outlines the challenge to AG Bill Barr considering … Continue reading →

The U.S. Air Force Wants A Supersonic Air Force One

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 22 minutes ago
The U.S. Air Force’s Presidential and Executive Airlift Directorate has awarded a $1 million small business innovation research (SBIR) phase II contract to Exosonic to develop a low-boom supersonic executive transport aircraft. (U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/Facebook) *Washington Times:* *Pentagon takes first step toward building supersonic Air Force One* Air Force One is already one of the fastest passenger planes in the world — but the Pentagon wants to make it a lot faster. The U.S. Air Force recently awarded a contract to the aviation firm Exosonic to begin devel... more »

Why the ‘Protocols of the Elders of Zion’ Is Still Pushed by Anti-Semites

David Mikkelson at Snopes.com - 25 minutes ago
An anti-Semitic hoax more than a century old reared its ugly head again as the Republican National Convention was underway.

Keep an Eye on China's Experimental Weapons

David Axe at The National Interest - 48 minutes ago
*David Axe* *Security, Asia* [image: Reuters] China isn’t alone in experimenting with strange, new weapons. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *"The QTS-11, dubbed a 'strategic rifle' by Chinese military observers despite being a tactical weapon, gained its nickname because it not only has multiple functions and provided the strongest individual firepower in the world, but is also highly digitalized with sensors, a positioning system and a data sharing system, making it a cut above other tactical weapons." The Chinese People's Liberation Army has showed off new infantry "super-... more »

German Intelligence: Iran Seeking Technology Potential Used For Nuclear Weapons

Peter Suciu at The National Interest - 48 minutes ago
*Peter Suciu* *Security, Middle East* [image: Reuters] Multiple German intelligence reports have also confirmed that Tehran sought to purchase components used in the development of nuclear and missile weapons in 2019. Multiple sources reported earlier this week that a German state intelligence agency has confirmed that the Iranian government was seeking to acquire weapons of mass destruction (WMD) technology and ballistic missile systems. Saarland’s Department for the Protection of the Constitution said the Islamic Republic was one of three foreign countries that sought to advan... more »

America's Pacific Bases Would Be The First To Go In A U.S.-China War

James Holmes at The National Interest - 48 minutes ago
*James Holmes* *Security, * China's missiles were made for just this purpose. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *PLA commanders have predicated their access-denial strategy on disheartening their U.S. counterparts or convincing the U.S. administration the military effort cannot succeed at a cost the country is prepared to pay. Allies and partners should devise strategies and operations that hold down the price of access for U.S. forces—and thus make it thinkable if not easy for an American president to order them into combat. Last week the University of Sydney’s United States S... more »

Salon Owner Now Targeted by Nancy Pelosi Hate Mob…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 1 hour ago
Salon Owner Erica Kious denies Nancy Pelosi’s claim that she was set up after video surfaces of the House speaker’s maskless visit. Additionally, Kious outlines the hatred now being directed toward her by the extreme leftists within the San Francisco … Continue reading →

India’s Defence Minister Arrived in Moscow for SCO Meeting; “India and Russia are Privileged Strategic Partners” he remarked

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 1 hour ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Cooperation_Organisation On September 2, 2020, Defence Minister of India, Rajnath Singh, tweeted: “Reached Moscow this evening…” https://archive.vn/HmcBB 15 hours earlier … Continue reading →

Putin Critic Poisoned by Soviet-Era Nerve Agent Novichok Germany Says

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 1 hour ago
“Putin Critic Poisoned by Soviet-Era Nerve Agent, Germany Says By VOA News Updated September 02, 2020 06:19 PM Germany said … Continue reading →

Watch Liberals Call for Violence Over and Over Again – Yet Left Blames Trump

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 1 hour ago
Christine Favocci Published September 1, 2020 In so many ways, responsibility forthe violent riots that still terrorize cities across the nation can belaid squarely at the feet of Democratic politicians and pundits. Not only have they allowed the chaos to continue unimpeded, but Democrats have continually encouraged the unrestwhile the sycophantic leftist media advances … Continue reading Watch Liberals Call for Violence Over and Over Again – Yet Left Blames Trump →

Trump Adds Insult to Injury After Nancy Pelosi Is Caught Breaking COVID Rules on Camera

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 1 hour ago
Johnathan Jones Published September 2, 2020 President Donald Trump piled on the insults after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reportedly visited a San Francisco salon for a blowout treatment for her hair, where salons are ordered to remain closed amid the coronavirus pandemic. Fox News obtained security footage that shows a wet-haired Pelosi walking through eSalon … Continue reading Trump Adds Insult to Injury After Nancy Pelosi Is Caught Breaking COVID Rules on Camera →

‘BLACK LIVES MATTER GOT TRAINING FROM MUSLIM TERRORISTS: Exclusive: Jim Breslo Talks To Robert Spencer About How 2 Movements Share The Same Strategy’ – THE RED-GREEN ALLIANCE/AXIS IN PLAIN VIEW! (VIDEO)

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 1 hour ago
09/01/2020 America’s Civil War Rising WND | By Jim Breslo | August 31, 2020 Upon the NBA’s return this weekend every player knelt during the national anthem while wearing a “Black Lives Matter” T-shirt. What is not clear is whether they intended to show their support for the idea that “black lives matter” (relatively uncontroversial) or the organization “Black … Continue reading ‘BLACK LIVES MATTER GOT TRAINING FROM MUSLIM TERRORISTS: Exclusive: Jim Breslo Talks To Robert Spencer About How 2 Movements Share The Same Strategy’ – THE RED-GREEN ALLIANCE/AXIS IN PLAIN VIEW! (VIDEO) →

‘JUST IN: ANTIFA HAVE RECEIVED LARGE CACHE OF WEAPONS IN PREPARATION FOR COORDINATED MULTI-CITY “TET OFFENSIVE” AGAINST AMERICA!’ – “DEATH TO AMERICA” CHANTED VIA VIDEO – THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL…

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 1 hour ago
ANTIFA march down the streets of Oakland, CA chanting "Death to America" to the sound of smashing glass. #BidensAmerica pic.twitter.com/GbKBRoFtEV — Chomp (@ChompSkis) August 30, 2020 DAILY/HEADLINES | Belle | August 30, 2020 (READ HERE TOO) BREAKING late Sunday – We’ve just learned that Antifa terrorist groups in Austin, Texas and Portland, Oregon have received … Continue reading ‘JUST IN: ANTIFA HAVE RECEIVED LARGE CACHE OF WEAPONS IN PREPARATION FOR COORDINATED MULTI-CITY “TET OFFENSIVE” AGAINST AMERICA!’ – “DEATH TO AMERICA” CHANTED VIA VIDEO – THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL… →

Ceremony at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii marks 75th anniversary of the end of World War II | FULL

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 1 hour ago
Global News Streamed live 6 hours ago World War II veterans, US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and a number of other dignitaries and invited guests gathered Wednesday to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of the World War II with a ceremony aboard the USS Missouri. “It was on the Battleship Missouri — at … Continue reading Ceremony at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii marks 75th anniversary of the end of World War II | FULL →

VIDEO: Prominent Democrats OPENLY Call For Violence, Riots, And Uprisings + DE BLASIO’S INNER COMMIE OUT IN THE OPEN! (VIDEO EVIDENCE)

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 1 hour ago
09/02/2020 America’s Civil War Rising THE/BLAZE | By Phil Shiver | September 1, 2020 A video that splices together clips of prominent Democrats and progressives openly calling for political unrest is now trending online as the nation continues to be gripped by violence and riots in the streets. The video, produced by Caldron Pool, has … Continue reading VIDEO: Prominent Democrats OPENLY Call For Violence, Riots, And Uprisings + DE BLASIO’S INNER COMMIE OUT IN THE OPEN! (VIDEO EVIDENCE) →

‘More Than 36 Street Gangs In Chicago Reportedly Vow To SHOOT ON SIGHT ANY COP Who Has A Weapon Drawn In Public’ – WORSE THAN BAGHDAD! “MAYOR PUSSYFOOT”, WHAT SAY YOU?

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 1 hour ago
THE/BLAZE | By Sarah Taylor | August 1, 2020 09/02/2020 America’s Civil War Rising THE/BLAZE | By Sarah Taylor | August 1, 2020 WOW…… The FBI has reportedly told Chicago-area law enforcement to be on the lookout for dangerous gang members just looking for a reason to kill cops. According to a Monday night report … Continue reading ‘More Than 36 Street Gangs In Chicago Reportedly Vow To SHOOT ON SIGHT ANY COP Who Has A Weapon Drawn In Public’ – WORSE THAN BAGHDAD! “MAYOR PUSSYFOOT”, WHAT SAY YOU? →

School District To Force Parents To Sign Waiver Agreeing Not To Monitor Their Children’s Virtual Instruction + THE HORRORS FOUND IN OUR TEACHERS UNION: Rebecca Friedrichs with Sebastian Gorka on AMERICA FIRST – “CRITICAL RACE THEORY” PERMEATES ALL

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 1 hour ago
09/02/2020 America’s Civil War Rising THE/GATEWAY/PUNDIT | By Eric A. Blair | August 24, 2020 It’s all getting weirder and weirder. Rutherford County Schools (RCS), a school district in Tennessee is requiring parents to sign a consent form that says they agree not to monitor their children’s online classroom sessions, claiming concerns that “non-student observers” … Continue reading School District To Force Parents To Sign Waiver Agreeing Not To Monitor Their Children’s Virtual Instruction + THE HORRORS FOUND IN OUR TEACHERS UNION: Rebecca Friedrichs with Sebastian Gorka on AMERICA F... more »

Charlie Hebdo reprints offensive Prophet Muhammad caricatures

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 1 hour ago
Move comes a day before 13 men and one woman – accused of assisting the 2015 attackers of the newspaper – go on trial. 17 hours ago The artwork depicting members of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo [File: Francois Guillot/AFP] The French satirical newspaper whose Paris offices were attacked in 2015 is reprinting the controversial caricatures … Continue reading Charlie Hebdo reprints offensive Prophet Muhammad caricatures →

FINAL COUNTDOWN: CDC Tells Nation’s Governors To Be Ready To Open ‘Vaccine Distribution Sites’ That Will Be ‘Fully Operational’ By November 1

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 1 hour ago
The Aug. 27 letter, obtained by McClatchy, asked governors to fast-track permits and licenses for new distribution sites. “The normal time required to obtain these permits presents a significant barrier to the success of this urgent public health program,” Redfield wrote. “CDC urgently requests your assistance in expediting applications for these distribution facilities,” he continued, … Continue reading FINAL COUNTDOWN: CDC Tells Nation’s Governors To Be Ready To Open ‘Vaccine Distribution Sites’ That Will Be ‘Fully Operational’ By November 1 →

When you hear the word conspiracy…

Keith at musingsofanoldfart - 1 hour ago
When you hear the word conspiracy, do yourself a favor and dig further. When such a word is uttered by someone known for his lack of credibility, do not believe him and dig even further. It is amazing to say … Continue reading →

The William Binney AMA tour: Leave No Questions Unanswered — Part 2

Alicia at LaRouchePAC Feed - 1 hour ago
The William Binney AMA tour: Leave no questions unanswered: Part 2 Video of The William Binney AMA tour: Leave no questions unanswered: Part 2 William Binney, NSA whistleblower, returns for part 2 of an Ask Me Anything event, in collaboration with LaRouchePAC. This event aired live, Wednesday, September 2, 2020 on the LaRouchePAC Videos channel, with questions coming primarily via The Donald. Watch Part 1 here.

How CalPERS Staff Keeps the Board in the Dark About Compliance Problems

Yves Smith at naked capitalism - 1 hour ago
CalPERS has long covered up its dirty linen, including by making uninformative presentations to the board.

New Video Shows Fatal Police Shooting of Black Man in LA

AP News at Snopes.com - 1 hour ago
A grainy video shows the fatal shooting of a Black man by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies after he was stopped on a bicycle for a traffic violation.

Tom Seaver, Heart and Mighty Arm of Miracle Mets, Dies at 75

AP News at Snopes.com - 1 hour ago
Tom Seaver, the galvanizing leader of the Miracle Mets 1969 championship team and a pitcher who personified the rise of expansion teams during an era of radical change for baseball, has died. He was 75.

Must Watch! “Stock Market On Crack; Jobless Americans Unprepared; Mortgage Crisis Coming; Debt Unsustainable”

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
Jeremiah Babe, *“Stock Market On Crack; Jobless Americans Unprepared; * *Mortgage Crisis Coming; Debt Unsustainable”*

Andrew Maguire: Silver Is Being Raided On The COMEX

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
Arcadia Economics As the COMEX deliveries and ETF additions continue to pile up, the signs that all is not well beneath the surface of the precious metals markets continues to emerge Fortunately, Andrew Maguire of Kinesis Money joined me on the show again to share what he’s seeing, and what he expects to happen next. …

Alasdair Macleod: An Unexpected Systemic Crisis For Sure

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
Jay Taylor Media Alasdair Macleod talks about the impact on gold from a collapse of global banks and how Central Banks are preparing for a monetary reset that could adversely impact liberty. end

Deloitte United States Economic Survey Shows No Sign Of A V-shape And Warns Of Spending Collapse

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
Silver Report Uncut A new economic survey from Deloitte reviews if there’s no v-shaped recovery in sight. it also disturbing me shows a potential collapse in spending in the medium-term that is unless there is direct Federal payments sent out to American consumers in the near term. We are already beginning to see a noticeable …

BANKING FOR ALL ACT: What You Need To Know About S.3571, Digital Dollar, Digital Pass-Through Wallets and Tracking

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
DAHBOO77 In this video i go over some of the more important things that are tucked away inside this newer Bill that was introduced this year. This pertains to the allocating of digital wallets to all Americans.- Learn More: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-c… end

Controlled Demolition of Our Free State | Edwin Vieira PhD, JD

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
Liberty and Finance How did we come to this? Our leadership enabling lawless destruction, while prosecuting those who try to defend themselves and their communities. What is the design and goal of such unconstitutional leadership? What must we as a free people do to reclaim our sovereignty? Constitutional attorney, author, and advocate for the sovereign …

‘Logical’ for Israel to Eventually Have Ties With All 22 Arab States, Kushner Says

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
‘Logical’ for Israel to Eventually Have Ties With All 22 Arab States, Kushner Says by https://www.ynetnews.com/ At close of historic Israeli official visit to Abu Dhabi, White House advisor says ‘a lot of people are envious’ of UAE-Israel normalization, telling Emirati outlet he hopes another Arab country will announce agreement with Israel in coming months. …

“It’s Not Your Imagination. Something Is Very Wrong.”

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
“It’s Not Your Imagination. Something Is Very Wrong.” by Michael Snyder, http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/ Once in a while, someone says something that perfectly captures the moment that we are currently facing. Earlier today, I believe that I stumbled upon an example of this, and I will be sharing what I found in this article. So far this …

Gold Prices Going Up After Labor Day — Craig Hemke

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
Kerry Lutz’s Financial Survival Network Extensive discuss with Craig Hemke a/k/a Turd Ferguson. It’s all about negative real interest rates. The Fed can under no means allow interest rates to rise. This means that as inflation kicks up, real interest rates will turn decidedly negative, maybe by as much as 300 to 400 basis points. …

Rick Rule | Get Ready For Two Bull Markets!

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
MoneyShow Rick Rule believes that we are in the early stages of precious metals, and precious metals equities “bull market. Prior precious metals bull markets have been lengthy, and lucrative. The surprise, however, is that we are setting the stage for a later, and more dramatic commodities and natural resources bull market, that may be …

Former Central Banker: “The World Is Heading Towards A New Monetary System That Incorporates Gold”

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
Former Central Banker: “The World Is Heading Towards A New Monetary System That Incorporates Gold” by Jan Nieuwenhuijs of Voima Gold, https://www.zerohedge.com/ An interview with Pentti Pikkarainen—former Head of Banking Operations at the central bank of Finland—on the future of the international monetary system. – When it comes to the development of the price of gold, …

Prepare Now: The Dollar’s Crash Is Only Just Beginning

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
Prepare Now: The Dollar’s Crash Is Only Just Beginning by Mac Slavo, September 1st, 2020, SHTFplan.com It’s time to make preparations for a complete dollar collapse. It’s being destroyed by design, but we are experiencing now in the economy is only the beginning. The rest of this year will be chaotic at best. – The …

Paul Craig Roberts: Fed Will Have Problem When Gold Hits $3,000 — Anti-White Racism in America is Real

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
Paul Craig Roberts: Fed Will Have Problem When Gold Hits $3,000 — Anti-White Racism in America is Real by Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com Former Assistant Treasury Secretary in the Reagan Administration and award winning journalist Dr. Paul Craig Roberts says the ideology fueling riots in America is “dangerous and anti-white.” Dr. Roberts explains, “They are trying to …

Gold Standard … Q&A With Lynette Zang

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
ITM TRADING, INC. Links to Slides and Sources: https://www.itmtrading.com/blog/lever… Aaron F: I have around 4000 ounces silver and 170 ounces gold, as I prepare for the inevitable dollar collapse. I have 91 rental units that are leveraged on average at 65% of value. They are occupied and currently provide good cash flow. What do you …

What Would the World Look Like Under a Gold Standard?

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
maneco64 Today we will look at how the world might look like if we went back on a gold standard or a sound monetary footing. My conclusion is that the chances for the world going on a gold standard are not great but it does not mean we should not try to inform the public …

Assassination of Afro-Colombian Community Leader Linked to Fight against Aerial Glyphosate Spraying

Sustainable Pulse at Sustainable Pulse - 2 hours ago
One of the leaders of the Afro-Colombian communities in northwestern Colombia, Patrocinio Bonilla a.k.a Patrón, was assassinated on August 11, in a killing that has been linked to his support for agroecology and his struggle against the aerial spraying of glyphosate in the region, which is being pushed by the Trump Administration and the Colombian […] The post Assassination of Afro-Colombian Community Leader Linked to Fight against Aerial Glyphosate Spraying appeared on Sustainable Pulse.

The Great Reset: Davos, the plot to cancel Trump and destroy economies

Editor, cairnsnews at Cairns News - 2 hours ago
Best video of the year explaining the World Economic Forum’s plan to remove Trump and force a world reset, installing the New World Order, supported by Australian bankers’ man PM Morrison and the LNP/ALP/Greens triumvirate: by Alexandra Bruce I’ve been pleasantly surprised to discover that one of the most consistently hard-hitting and incisive sources of […]

CDC numbers reveal actual US Covid deaths at 9684 without hydroxychloroquine

Editor, cairnsnews at Cairns News - 2 hours ago
Countries using hydroxychloroquine had 79% lower mortality rate by Alexandra Bruce On August 26, the Centre for Disease Control published an update of its numbers regarding COVID. You have to look under the section entitled COMORBIDITIES to find this information, where the CDC reports that, “On average, there were 2.6 additional conditions or causes per […]

Gotham City Digest

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Gotham City - 2 hours ago
(Live Free and Die.) ------------------------------ When you've lost Drudge, you've lost Bullshit Mountain. ------------------------------ Yes, this is how stupid Republicans are as well as the rubes who elect them. ------------------------------ Another RNC Finance chair and Trump stooge bites the dust. ------------------------------ "(I)t’s difficult to muster up much sympathy for McSally..." ------------------------------ #Strokeahontas or the Soup Nazi? You decide. ------------------------------ Seven years-old but. it doesn't diminish this guy's amazing... more »

End the Cheating First! -- Chapter 4 of Polemical Judo

David Brin at CONTRARY BRIN - 2 hours ago
I've been running a series here, posting for free every chapter of my book Polemical Judo, that offers 100+ tactics that have been utterly ignored by our "generals" in this phase of the American Civil War. Last time we surveyed past heroes, admired by the Greatest Generation and by others, whose very names and stories can be used to sway those of our neighbors who have forgotten. *This one roams from electoral cheating* and gerrymandering (with a surprising solution), to rigged voting machines and voter ID laws. And yes, some cheats like sabotaging the US Postal Service weren't in... more »

Endure to the end and it is my hand that shall pull thee up.

Bob Dinn at balance10 - 2 hours ago
- ‘Tis the season of the harvest. Observe: leaves are falling from the trees. The ripe fruit of the apple is gathered and kept for a year’s worth of eating. Thus every tree brings forth fruit in its time. Is it possible to roll back the harvest, to change the poisonous fruit into the golden pear of divine consciousness? This is indeed the question that ignorant mankind must face. Yet they will not face it. Therefore let the sons and daughters of God face it. - Let them understand, beloved hearts, that in this hour truly there is a harvest of ... more »

Stealth for Sale: Russia Offering Su-57 to Foreign Customers

Peter Suciu at The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Security, Eurasia* [image: Reuters] Russian state media is reporting that Moscow will offer the Su-57 jet for export and that foreign demand is likely to increase after the Russian Armed Force’s order is fulfilled. It hasn’t been an entirely smooth ride for Russia’s fifth-generation Su-57 fighter jet. One of the first serially-produced Su-57s crashed during a training session in Russia’s Far East in late December last year, while even a few years ago it was clear the aircraft might cost more than Russia can afford. Given the latter factor, Moscow is taking a simi... more »

Could the United States Station Troops on Taiwan?

Stratfor Worldview at The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Stratfor Worldview* *Security, Asia* [image: Reuters] A U.S. military presence on Taiping Island or on Taiwan itself would be a serious provocation for China. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *Access to Taiping would give the United States greater mobility in the South China Sea, as well as provide ammunition for rivals such as Vietnam or the Philippines to undermine Beijing's territorial claims. Enhanced security cooperation between Taiwan and the United States could easily expand as the pair work to balance against China's increased military presence in the Taiwan Strait an... more »

The Hidden Alliance Has Merged – U.S. Chamber of Commerce Merge Policy With Big Labor Unions To Support $15/Hr Minimum Wage…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 2 hours ago
Now that Wall Street’s U.S. Chamber of Commerce has dropped their mask, we see decepticon Tom Donohue align with corrupt labor union leader Richard Trumka. The dark-forces now align to retain personal power, increase their own wealth, diminish Main Street, … Continue reading →

The Seven Reasons We Obey Authority

WTStaff at Waking Times - 2 hours ago
*Phillip Schneider* - Rebels are a very important part of society, but they rarely get the recognition they deserve.

Questions Of Our Time – An Opportunity To Find Our Quiet Awareness?

WTStaff at Waking Times - 2 hours ago
*Kingsley L. Dennis* - Modern life already provides enough stimulation for the average person.

Music Collective 'Megative' Dubs Out the Negative

PARIS, Sep 02 (IPS) - Even as their income dries up and their touring opportunities disappear because of the Covid-19 pandemic, some artists are using their work to call out injustice, criticize inept leaders and spark social change. Read the full story, “Music Collective 'Megative' Dubs Out the Negative”, on globalissues.org →

Largest US Retailers Refusing to Sell FDA-Approved GMO Salmon

AdminM at Health Impact News - 3 hours ago
Walmart, Costco, Albertsons, Kroger, Ahold, Aldi, Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, H-E-B, Hy-Vee, Sprouts, Giant Eagle, Meijer and Target have affirmed their commitment to not sell genetically engineered AquAdvantage® salmon ahead of AquaBounty Technologies planned first-ever harvest and commercial sales in the U.S., planned for this fall. The news comes following the court hearing last week, in which a federal judge in California looked poised to rule in favor of environmental groups afraid of GMO salmon’s potential to blunt wild salmon populations, thus blocking the FDA’s approval of t... more »

AG Bill Barr Warns The National Mail-In Ballot Effort Will De-legitimize The U.S. Government…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 3 hours ago
…and he is correct. That is exactly why the leftists within the Democrat party are pushing for it. The extreme left know they can destroy the republican form of government by forcing a fraudulent election result on the American people. … Continue reading →

CPP Investments Expands Brazilian Multifamily JV

Leo Kolivakis at Pension Pulse - 3 hours ago
IPE Real Assets reports Greystar joins CPP Investments, Cyrela’s Brazilian multifamily property JV: Greystar Real Estate Partners has marked its entry into the Brazilian rental housing market by joining Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) and Cyrela Brazil Realty’s existing partnership. *Greystar said it joined the duo to develop a portfolio of rental housing assets across São Paulo.* In November last year, CPP Investments and Cyrela teamed up to invest R$1bn (€154m) to develop a portfolio of residential properties in the southeast region of Brazil. *At the t... more »

The People's Liberation Army is Getting Smaller - But Deadlier

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, Asia* [image: Reuters] China’s military is becoming a more professional organization relying less on ideology and numbers, and more on high-tech weapons and joint air-land-sea-space operations. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *China’s leaders have not declared conventional forces to be obsolete. But they have taken to heart the lessons of conflicts such as the First Iraq War, where smarts bombs and other high-tech weapons proved devastating against forces using Cold War technology and tactics. Mao Zedong must be turning in his grave. In his day, the... more »

The Chinese Military Can't Beat America (Yet)

Kris Osborn at The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Asia* Recent Chinese military advances should be a cause for concern. *Key Point*: Beijing is modernizing. But America is still the best. The two-million-strong Chinese Army recently conducted massive attack drills, tested warfare scenarios and practiced combat maneuvers in a large wargame in Northwestern China, raising questions about the extent of the countries’ current preparation for a land war. The mock-combat operations included day and nighttime “rapid assaults, live-fire strike tests, tactical training and weapons’ tests,” according to a June 9 ... more »

From Nukes To "Carrier-Killers": Meet China's Secretive Missile Program

Caleb Larson at The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Caleb Larson* *Technology, Asia* China’s intercontinental strike ability is somewhat limited when compared to heavyweights like the United States or Russia, but its capabilities are growing. *Key Point*: What China lacks in international reach is made up for big time in regional capabilities. China’s missile arsenal can threaten regional adversaries like Taiwan and Japan, or global competitors like the United States—on their own territory. *Marching Forward* China’s missile program is very secretive. This is partly because China has not entered arms control agreements as will... more »

Quiet No More: China's Military Is Now a Force To Be Reckoned With

Mark Episkopos at The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Mark Episkopos* *Security, Asia* Beijing boasts out loud and carries a big stick. *Key Point*: China continues to close the gap with the West. First published in 1995, China’s biannual White Paper has long been regarded as one of the foremost sources of Chinese strategic messaging. What does its 2019 edition, “China’s National Defence in the New Era,” tell us about the PRC’s security orientation? Popular news coverage has focused on the report’s repeated insistence that Chinese “national sovereignty” is irreconcilable with Taiwanese independence, and rightly so; the White Paper... more »

Chapter 39 Epstein-Maxwell Zionist Blackmail Operation: Lucifer’s NWO Control Matrix Dissected Part 2

Joachim Hagopian at American Empire Exposed - 3 hours ago
In 1997 the take charge impresario Epstein even helps design and manage the construction of Les Wexner’s 316-foot super luxury yacht called Limitless. What can’t this limitless secret agent from hell not do? In 2003 after a full dozen years holding power of attorney over all of Les Wexner’s wealth and assets, conservatively estimated today at $4.7 billion, the L brands mogul had only these glowing words for *Vanity Fair* about his opportunistic social climbing, girl-raping pal: [Epstein is] *very smart with a combination of excellent judgment and unusually high standards. Also,... more »

Will Property Rights be Permanently Diminished?

David Henderson at Econlib - 3 hours ago
On Saturday, the federal government’s Center for Disease Control will issue a new regulation barring eviction of millions of residential tenants around the country. If it survives likely legal challenges, the new policy would set a dangerous precedent undermining federalism, the separation of powers, and property rights. Conservatives, in particular, will have reason to regret […] The post Will Property Rights be Permanently Diminished? appeared first on Econlib.

little elementals are really quite expert at whispering in the ear of individuals

Bob Dinn at balance10 - 3 hours ago
In the name of the living Witness I have come. In the name of the living Witness I now ascend to higher octaves for the concerns of the planetary problem of Evil and these fallen ones marching. So therefore I summon you, Oromasis and Diana, Aries and Thor, Neptune and Luara, Virgo and Pelleur, Elohim of God from the Great Central Sun. Come forth now in the victory of the God-flame! Come forth now and overturn the fallen ones and set back their timetables of war and attack on the economy! Let them be set back! Let their Darkness be reduced! I decree it in the name of the livin... more »

Hypernormalisation: A Documentary Of A Fake World

WTStaff at Waking Times - 3 hours ago
*Dr. Mercola* - This must-see documentary film tells the story of how politicians, financiers and technological utopians have constructed a fake world over the last four decades.

Conservation of Timor-Leste’s world-class marine ecology is not being taken seriously

Jake Lasi at New Mandala - 4 hours ago
Teeming with the greatest fish species biodiversity on the planet, these seas are under threat from large and small scale illegal fishing compounded by lax law enforcement. The post Conservation of Timor-Leste’s world-class marine ecology is not being taken seriously appeared first on New Mandala.

The Trump Swamp Rears Its Ugly Head Again-- Elliott Broidy

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 4 hours ago
I believe the first time I heard of Elliott Broidy was when the *NY Times* revealed him to be working with a very right-wing shady Mercer family SuperPAC, Secure America Now (SAN), which Broidy was using to leverage the Trump regime into filling key positions with individuals favorable to-- meaning, like Broidy himself, bought off by-- the Saudi and UAE governments. Mercer was one of just 4 uber-wealthy far-right and very crooked contributors providing SAN with the millions of dollars it needed for its entirely nefarious projects. The 3 other scumbags besides Mercer funding SAN ... more »

New lawsuit filed over Los Angeles’ marijuana social equity licensing

John Schroyer at Marijuana Business Daily - 4 hours ago
The city of Los Angeles and its cannabis regulators are facing yet another lawsuit over the city’s controversial and much-delayed social equity program and the marijuana business licenses connected to it. Three companies that lost out in their bids to win social equity marijuana retail permits filed suit against the city and its cannabis regulators […] New lawsuit filed over Los Angeles’ marijuana social equity licensing is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

Top 10 Breast Cancer Fighting Foods

AltHealth Admin at AltHealthWorks.com - 4 hours ago
Breast cancer is the number one cancer affecting women worldwide, and despite the massive amounts of money being thrown at the problem, it continues to persist. In the U.S. alone about 1 in 8 women will develop invasive breast cancer in their lifetime, and every year there are about 250,000 new cases. Mainstream medicine treats these women by performing surgeries, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, and targeted therapy — all of which may come with severe side effects and risks of developing other cancers, other life-threatening illnesses, and even death. While the... more »

Video: Police Put Hood on Black Man Killed by Asphyxiation

AP News at Snopes.com - 4 hours ago
A Black man who had run naked through the streets of a western New York city died of asphyxiation after a group of police officers put a hood over his head, then pressed his face into the pavement for two minutes.

Record heatstroke deaths last month in Tokyo

Lee Jay at Modern Tokyo Times - 4 hours ago
Record heatstroke deaths last month in Tokyo Sawako Utsumi and Sawako Uchida Modern Tokyo Times August in Tokyo culminated with 187 deaths from heatstroke. This is a record number since figures began to be collated in 2007. Therefore, adding to the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis, the deadly heatstroke also took many lives. In Japan, the rainy […]

Potent weather systems to hit parts of Japan

Lee Jay at Modern Tokyo Times - 4 hours ago
Potent weather systems to hit parts of Japan Kanako Mita and Chika Mori Modern Tokyo Times The government of Japan is warning people that two potent weather systems are threatening parts of the country. This applies to Southwest and West Japan. Therefore, local governments have been put on high alert and to monitor the situation. […]

We are The People We Have Been Waiting For…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 4 hours ago
From the heart…. recent events have highlighted the great conflict within this election year. On one hand we can exhaust ourselves revealing every granular detail from years of institutional corruption – and to what end? On the other hand we … Continue reading →

Report: College Students Care About Interfaith Dialogue, But Most Don’t Engage In It

Sara Weissman at Diverse - 4 hours ago
According to a recent study – the Interfaith Diversity Experiences & Attitudes Longitudinal Survey, or IDEALS – college students are enthusiastic about religious pluralism and interfaith dialogue, but most aren’t engaging in it.

AU’s School of Education Implements Initiatives to Foster Antiracist Environment

Sarah Wood at Diverse - 4 hours ago
After students expressed their concerns to administration following the death of George Floyd and other recent acts of police violence, American University’s School of Education (AU SOE) pledged to do their part to create an antiracist campus.

Practicing What You Teach: Making Space for Social Justice Conversations Among Faculty

cmaadmin at Diverse - 4 hours ago
As we kick off the academic year, we offer five suggestions for modeling a practical approach to social justice education.

More Counts Filed Against Two Coaches Previously Charged in College Admissions Scam

Jessica Ruf at Diverse - 4 hours ago
Two coaches previously charged in the college admissions scam have been charged with more counts in a third indictment filed in the District of Massachusetts on Tuesday, reports CNN. Former Georgetown University tennis coach Gordon Ernst is charged with three new counts of federal programs bribery and three counts of filing false tax returns. According […]

Judge: ‘UC System Must Stop Using SAT/ACT Scores For Admissions, Scholarship Decisions

Jessica Ruf at Diverse - 4 hours ago
The University of California system must stop using SAT or ACT scores when making admissions and scholarship decisions, ruled Alameda Superior Court Judge Brad Seligman on Tuesday, reports The Hill. The verdict arrives after a lawsuit earlier this year alleged that, by using SAT or ACT scores in admissions and scholarship decisions, the UC system […]

Northwestern Abruptly Changes Re-Opening Plans, Prompting Apology From President

Jessica Ruf at Diverse - 4 hours ago
As Northwestern University’s president Morton Schapiro watched COVID-19 cases rising in Chicago’s Cook County, he made the last-minute decision on Friday to allow only third- and fourth-year students back on campus for in-person classes and residence living. That way, the school “could increase its capacity to quarantine students based on estimates from the state,” reports […]

As UK Reports Hundreds of COVID-19 Cases, Officials Await More Data Before Making Major Decisions

Jessica Ruf at Diverse - 4 hours ago
The University of Kentucky (UK) has reported hundreds of positive coronavirus cases three weeks into in-person fall classes, but school officials say they are waiting on “further data” before deciding whether to transition to online learning, reports the Courier Journal. According to the Courier Journal, UK’s COVID-19 reporting dashboard reported 254 positive test results as of […]

Met Office Caught Cheating Over Wind Speed “Records”

Hifast at Climate Collections - 4 hours ago
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood . https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2020/08/25/storm-francis/ . You will recall my astonishment regarding Met Office claims that Storm Francis brought the highest ever gusts for August to parts of Britain this week. The claim was, of course, widely reported in the media, such as this grossly…

CDC Tells States: Be Ready to Distribute Vaccines on Nov. 1

AP News at Snopes.com - 5 hours ago
The federal government has told states to prepare for a coronavirus vaccine to be ready to distribute by Nov. 1.

Did Sen. Collins Say This About Trump?

Bethania Palma at Snopes.com - 5 hours ago
We found no evidence that anyone made the statement, let alone U.S. Sen. Susan Collins.

Honored to be appointed by Governor to EPSB

Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig at Cloaking Inequity - 5 hours ago
It’s an honor to be selected by @GovAndyBeshear to serve on the Kentucky Education Professional Standards Board (EPSB) I was sworn in today and do affirm that I have not participated in a duel. Every child in KY deserves a well-qualified educator.

Documentary – The War On Journalism: The Case Of Julian Assange

Terrace at PopularResistance.Org - 5 hours ago
Journalists are under attack globally for doing their jobs. Julian Assange is facing a 175 year sentence for publishing if extradited to the United States. The Trump administration has gone from denigrating journalists as ‘enemies of the people’ to now criminalizing common practices in journalism that have long served the public interest. Imprisoned WikiLeaks founder and editor Assange’s extradition is being sought by the Trump administration, in a hearing to begin Sept. 7, for publishing U.S. government documents, which exposed war crimes and human rights abuses. The post Docum... more »

Federal Judge Tackles Police Immunity Law

Terrace at PopularResistance.Org - 5 hours ago
As the Massachusetts legislature debates whether to water down its qualified immunity defense, a federal judge in Mississippi filed a stunning 72-page opinion blasting the doctrine. Qualified immunity has entered the national discourse with the massive uprisings in the wake of the public lynching of George Floyd. It allows police and other government officials to escape liability for their law breaking. In Jamison v. McClendon, U.S. District Court Judge Carlton Reeves recently concluded that Officer Nick McClendon violated Clarence Jamison’s Fourth Amendment rights when he subject... more »

US’ Anti-China Call To Arms Has Not Won Over All Of Europe

Kevin Zeese at PopularResistance.Org - 5 hours ago
There has also been a notable shift in German views about China. On August 17, Der Tagesspiegel published a column titled, “The West has to prove that it offers the better life”, which emphasized the role positive competition plays in Sino-European relations. It pointed out that if Europe can take effective action against internal social divides, then the West does not have to fear China’s rise. On August 2, the directors of 10 Confucius Institutes in Germany issued a joint statement to decry the politicisation of these institutes. The statement notes that the institutes, which ar... more »

NYPD Account In Killing Of Bronx Man ‘Not True,’ Mom Says

Kevin Zeese at PopularResistance.Org - 5 hours ago
Trawick’s entire interaction with police in The Bronx on April 14, 2019, lasted only a few minutes before an officer fired four shots, killing him. Trawick had himself called 911 after getting locked out of his Morris Heights apartment with food on the stove, according to the FDNY. Firefighters came and helped break his door open, in an otherwise uneventful interchange, fire officials have said. But only minutes later, police arrived, responding to calls from the superintendent and a security guard saying Trawick had been harassing neighbors at the city-funded supportive housing b... more »

US Political Scientists Argue Evo Morales Should Be President Of Bolivia

Kevin Zeese at PopularResistance.Org - 5 hours ago
Three political scientists from the United States closely studied allegations of fraud in the Bolivian election of 2019 and found that there was no fraud. These scholars—from the University of Pennsylvania and Tulane University—looked at raw evidence from the Bolivian election authorities that had been handed over to the New York Times. They suggest late-counted votes came from rural regions where the candidacy of incumbent President Evo Morales Ayma was popular; the character of these votes, and not fraud, accounts for the margin of victory announced by the Supreme Electoral Trib... more »

Is The US Deliberately Trying To Provoke A Military Crisis With Russia?

Kevin Zeese at PopularResistance.Org - 5 hours ago
There has been a long string of U.S. provocations toward Russia. The first one came in the late 1990s and the initial years of the twenty-first century when Washington violated tacit promises given to Mikhail Gorbachev and other Soviet leaders that if Moscow accepted a united Germany within NATO, the Alliance would not seek to move farther east. Instead of abiding by that bargain, the Clinton and Bush administrations successfully pushed NATO to admit multiple new members from Central and Eastern Europe, bringing that powerful military association directly to Russia’s western borde... more »

Hundreds Of Lawyers File Complaint Against Judge Over Targeting Steven Donziger

Kevin Zeese at PopularResistance.Org - 5 hours ago
Dozens of legal organizations around the world representing more than 500,000 lawyers along with over 200 individual lawyers today submitted a judicial complaint documenting a series of shocking violations of the judicial code of conduct by United States Judge Lewis A. Kaplan targeting human rights lawyer Steven Donziger after he helped Indigenous peoples win a historic judgment against Chevron in Ecuador to clean up the pollution caused by decades of oil drilling with no environmental controls. The complaint was formally filed by the National Lawyers Guild in conjunction with the... more »

Second Wave Of COVID-19 Infections In Europe Have Reached The Levels Seen In March When The Outbreak Began Its Peak Phase

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 5 hours ago
Pupils wearing protective masks sit in the courtyard at a middle school in Vincennes, France, Sept. 1, 2020. (AFP Photo) *Reuters:* *COVID-19 cases in Europe back to March level, EU health body says* BRUSSELS, Sept 2 (Reuters) - COVID-19 infections in Europe are back to levels seen in March when the outbreak began its peak phase there, the head of the European Union's public health agency said on Wednesday, noting however school reopenings did not necessarily pose new risks. "The virus has not been sleeping over the summer. It did not take vacation," Andrea Ammon, head of the Eur... more »

California D.A. to cops: Don’t arrest looters because they might “need” stuff

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 5 hours ago
M. M. Dillon Sep 1st, 2020 In a unique play on resisting arrest, CA’s Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton actually wants cops to resist arresting any looters who might be in “need” of the items they are looting. Gotta be honest — didn’t see many looters running off with milk and bread for their … Continue reading California D.A. to cops: Don’t arrest looters because they might “need” stuff →

Ilhan "Some People Did Something" Omar Praises Joe Biden’s Arab and Muslim Agenda as "Epic"

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 5 hours ago
HarrisRigby Aug 31st, 2020 In a move that Squad member Ilhan “Some People Did Something” Omar praised as “epic,” the Biden campaign has released an agenda for Arab Americans. This is epic, first of its kind in a Presidential agenda. Biden has a well rounded *Muslim agenda, and an *Arab agenda- this is historic because … Continue reading Ilhan "Some People Did Something" Omar Praises Joe Biden’s Arab and Muslim Agenda as "Epic" →

The FATAL Covid-19 CYTOKINE STORM: What Is It and How the Coming Vaccine Could Actually CAUSE This

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 5 hours ago
Originally posted on Absolute Truth from the Word of God: I have read much about Cytokine Storms in my research on Covid-19. This horrific “overdrive” of the Immune system is responsible for most deaths from the Virus. If that is not scary enough, many health care professionals have said that a fast-tracked vaccine will most…

German Chancellor Merkel Says Russian Opposition Leader Navalny Was Poisoned With A ‘Chemical Nerve Agent'

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 5 hours ago
*Daily Mail:* *Alexei Navalny was poisoned with NOVICHOK: German scientists have 'unequivocal proof' he was given nerve agent used by GRU in Salisbury attack* * Navalny collapsed on a plane in Siberia last week and is in a coma in Germany * German government announced today that traces of Novichok had been found * Angela Merkel's government will discuss a 'joint response' with EU and Nato * The Kremlin has played down poison findings and denied any involvement Germany said today it has 'unequivocal proof' that Russian dissident Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the nerve agent... more »

A School In Spain Teachers Boys Household Chores In A Powerful Initiative Against Gender Inequality

Natalie Porter at Enlightened Consciousness - 5 hours ago
Times have changed towards gender behavior; the battle for equality has been on the rise. However, many consider that a lot of progress is still to be made in breaking away from the old fashion belief that men should be the breadwinners and women the homemakers. In modern times, many men still think of the woman as the homemaker, yet both genders may go out daily to work. A school in Spain, Colegia Montecastelo, teaches its students under the slogan, “Equality is learned with actions.” The school introduced Home Economics, which includes ironing, cleaning, sewing, cooking, bedmakin... more »

Colossal Statue of Ramses II at Egypt's Luxor temple [Flickr]

Kodak Agfa at Egyptian Chronicles - 5 hours ago
Kodak Agfa posted a photo: [image: Colossal Statue of Ramses II at Egypt's Luxor temple] The Colossal Statue of Ramses II Before Luxor Pylon inside Egypt's Luxor temple.

Engravings at Ramses II colossal statue in Egypt's Luxor temple [Flickr]

Kodak Agfa at Egyptian Chronicles - 5 hours ago
Kodak Agfa posted a photo: [image: Engravings at Ramses II colossal statue in Egypt's Luxor temple] Ancient Egyptian engravings at the base of the Colossal Statue of Ramses II Before Luxor Pylon inside Egypt's Luxor temple.

DSC02961e [Flickr]

Kodak Agfa at Egyptian Chronicles - 5 hours ago
Kodak Agfa posted a photo: [image: DSC02961e] Luxor Temple renovation's inaugration plate from Mubarak's era , Egypt's temple of Luxor in Luxor governorate

Processional colonnade of Amenhotep III at Egypt's Luxor temple [Flickr]

Kodak Agfa at Egyptian Chronicles - 5 hours ago
Kodak Agfa posted a photo: [image: Processional colonnade of Amenhotep III at Egypt's Luxor temple] Processional colonnade of Amenhotep III inside Egypt's Luxor temple in Luxor governorate

Processional colonnade of Amenhotep III at Egypt's Luxor temple [Flickr]

Kodak Agfa at Egyptian Chronicles - 5 hours ago
Kodak Agfa posted a photo: [image: Processional colonnade of Amenhotep III at Egypt's Luxor temple] Processional colonnade of Amenhotep III at Egypt's Luxor Temple in Luxor governorate

‘BLM’ and ‘Defund the Police’ Spray Painted at Graceland

AP News at Snopes.com - 5 hours ago
Messages of Black Lives Matter and “Defund the Police” were spray painted on several tourist attractions in Tennessee, including Graceland, the Elvis Presley estate.

AOC — clueless or ad hinting at her boss

Uriel at 'Nox & Friends - 5 hours ago
I really thought the following post was a made up story from a weird site and considered it a hoax. I still do but then I had to blink twice … –##– Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez To Pay $6,666.66 Per Month For New ‘Team AOC 2020’ Staff Positions… Clover Chronicle August 24, 2020 Earlier this month, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) advertised on social media that her team was hiring a number of people to help her win in the upcoming November election: [I guess they blinked as well and decided they needed to save the post for posterity since they archived it … Continue reading →

CDC admits only 6% of COVID-19 patients died from virus alone

Hardnox at 'Nox & Friends - 5 hours ago
The Centers for Disease Control “quietly” updated their website and revealed a shockingly low number of COVID-19 patients actually died from the virus itself. The vast majority of coronavirus victims died from preexisting health conditions. So we shut down everything, killed an economy, killed tens of thousands of small businesses, wiped out people’s life savings, destroyed families and livelihoods, and countless other tragedies all for a bullshit hoax that killed just over 9,000 people when the flu kills over 30,000 in a typical year? If anyone thinks this is about anything other t... more »

Mexico’s Environment Minister Resigns, President Defends Government’s Green Record

Newsfeed at The Rio Times - 5 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Mexico’s environment minister has resigned after clashing with colleagues over policy priorities, prompting President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to defend the government’s green credentials on Wednesday, September 2nd. Environment Minister Victor Manuel Toledo, an academic known for his views on sustainable agriculture and the environmental practices of Mexico’s indigenous people, […] The post Mexico’s Environment Minister Resigns, President Defends Government’s Green Record appeared first on The Rio Times.

Brazil Amazon Fires Likely Worst in 10 Years, August Data Incomplete, Government Researcher Says

Newsfeed at The Rio Times - 5 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Reuters) The official August data on the number of fires in Brazil’s Amazon needs to be corrected and will likely show an increase over last year, meaning that blazes surged to a decade high, a scientist responsible for the figures told Reuters on Wednesday, September 2nd. Brazilian media has reported […] The post Brazil Amazon Fires Likely Worst in 10 Years, August Data Incomplete, Government Researcher Says appeared first on The Rio Times.

Why High Score is Rubbish

Phil at All That Is Solid ... - 5 hours ago
Writing about video games is a difficult business, so compiling a six-part documentary for Netflix must have been a nightmare. Yet a critical piece could be done on the restrictive practices of hardware manufacturers, the toxic work cultures of programming, the questionable tropes recycled endlessly into games, and how games have contributed to the gamification of life and work with its metrics and endless apps for quantifying the self. Sadly, *High Score*, which began streaming in late August, did none of these things. If the problem with the bulk of writing about games is its ref... more »

Biden Holds Double-Digit National Lead Over Trump in New Poll

Rachel Bucchino at The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Rachel Bucchino* *Politics, Americas* [image: Reuters] The poll results come as media outlets and other polls report that the race for the White House bid is tightening. Democratic nominee Joe Biden holds a double-digit national lead over President Donald Trump, according to a new poll released Wednesday. Biden has an eleven-point advantage over the president, with Biden at 51 percent compared to Trump’s 40 percent among registered voters, according to a new Economist/YouGov poll. In a similar poll conducted just last week by Economist/YouGov, Biden had a 9-point advantage, a ... more »

Picture This: China Decides To Invade North Korea

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Asia* While North Korea has traditionally been a Chinese client state, ties between the two countries have deteriorated in recent years. *Key Point*: The PLA lacks the institutional skill of the battle-tested U.S. Army, but it is certainly better than the Korean People’s Army. Amid the near-constant threat of a crisis breaking out on the Korean Peninsula, one major power is often left out of the discussion: China. The People’s Republic of China shares an 880 mile long border with its notoriously unpredictable neighbor, has a large army and values stable... more »

Are China's South China Sea Islands More Trouble Than They're Worth?

Robert Farley at The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, Asia* The value of the islands would dwindle quickly in an actual conflict. *Key Point*: The islands of the South China Sea have some military relevance, but are more important as a political claim to waterways and undersea resources. China has built some islands in the South China Sea. Can it protect them? During World War II Japan found that control of islands offered some strategic advantages, but not enough to force the United States to reduce each island individually. Moreover, over time the islands became a strategic liability, as Japan struggled... more »

Exclusive: White House and U.S. Intelligence Officials Warn North Korea Could Unveil New ICBM Next Month

Harry J. Kazianis at The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Harry J. Kazianis* *Security, Asia* Pyongyang may soon reveal a new long-range ballistic missile that could threaten the U.S. homeland. That can only mean one thing: solid-fueled ICBMs. U.S. government officials are increasingly concerned that North Korea could unveil a new type of long-range ballistic missile capable of striking the U.S. homeland with a nuclear weapon, raising tensions just weeks before the presidential election in November. A senior White House official, as well as multiple U.S. intelligence officials I have spoken with over the last few days, strongly suspec... more »

Steroids Shown to Cut Deaths of Hospitalized Coronavirus Patients by Over 30 Percent

Ethen Kim Lieser at The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Health, Americas* [image: Reuters] There are now more than 25.8 million confirmed cases of coronavirus worldwide, including at least 858,000 deaths, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University. Using cheap and widely available steroid drugs can help seriously ill patients survive coronavirus infections, according to an analysis encompassing seven different clinical trials conducted by the World Health Organization. The meta-analysis, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, confirms a similar survival benefit reported i... more »

The Taliban is Like the Khmer Rouge. Diplomacy Simply Won’t Cut It.

Michael Rubin at The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Michael Rubin* *Security, * If diplomacy cannot succeed, then it is time to step back and ask what the United States and other regional states can offer the Afghan government to ensure the Taliban cannot win. There is a certain smugness to American diplomacy. Policymakers often treat diplomacy as a panacea capable of resolving any problem, if only it was better-funded or more earnestly applied. “You don’t make peace with your friends,” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton added. “You have to be willing to engage with your enemies if you expect to create a situation that ends an ... more »

Poll: Joe Biden’s Lead in Pennsylvania Shrinks by 9 Points

Rachel Bucchino at The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Rachel Bucchino* *Politics, * [image: Reuters] Biden has made it a priority to campaign in the swing state because it helped Trump win the 2016 election. Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s lead over President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania has been shaved by nine points after a similar poll was taken in July that found the former vice president at a double-digit advantage. A Monmouth University poll conducted after the Republican National Convention found Biden at 49 percent and Trump at 45 percent among all registered voters in the state — a statistical tie as the results are within... more »

Number of Streaming Devices Worldwide Crosses 1 Billion (Samsung Has the Most)

Stephen Silver at The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *Technology, Americas* [image: Reuters] The new Strategy Analytics report found that streaming entertainment consumption around the world is beginning to migrate more towards smart TVs than mobile devices, a phenomenon that has accelerated due to the pandemic. There are now over 1.1 billion streaming devices on the planet, and while Samsung is the leading brand for them, the market is spread across many different brands. That’s according to research firm Strategy Analytics’s latest analysis, which found that TV manufacturers lead the streaming device race. Sams... more »

Sales of PCs and Tablets and Surging—but They’re Not Seen Lasting

Stephen Silver at The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *Technology, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2016%3Anewsml_S1BETGGDJCAA&share=true] PC sales are still set to decline somewhat in the coming years. The coronavirus pandemic, the sudden need for many people to work from home and the need for distance learning, have led to a surge in the purchases of PCs and tablets. However, that surge is expected to be temporary, with such products resuming their decline next year. That’s according to numbers released this week by research firm International Data Corporation (IDC.) The... more »

No More "Peaceful Protests"

TNA Video at rss - 5 hours ago
[image: steve-turley-no-more-peaceful-protests] VIDEO - Dr. Duke Pesta is joined by Dr. Steve Turley of TurleyTalks.com to discuss a few of the recent riots. Dr. Turley tells us a new left is rising, and it resembles the old reich. A civil war is igniting between the new radical left and the patriotic, police backed left. The conflict is being seen as riots such as the incidents in Portland, Kenosha, and Seattle. Nobody is seeing the riots as "peaceful protests" anymore. He reminds us that we shouldn't be trying to fight racism, but demonic ideas behind racism. We wouldn't have to w... more »

Blaming Trump for the Riots, Democrats Have Gone Full Goebbels

Selwyn Duke at rss - 5 hours ago
[image: blaming-trump-for-the-riots-democrats-have-gone-full-goebbels] With BLM’s support fading and polls showing that the violence is boosting Trump’s fortunes, the Democrats have, on cue, done a 180° about-face: The riots are as violent as Hell, they now say — *and they’re Trump’s fault*.

BLM Activists Target Jewish Private School

Steve Byas at rss - 5 hours ago
[image: blm-activists-target-jewish-private-school] BLM is an organization founded by self-proclaimed Marxists who oppose the idea of America, private property, and the nuclear family, and the group is now making statements that appear strongly anti-Semitic.

Airline Crews Report Jetpack Flier near Los Angeles Airport

AP News at Snopes.com - 5 hours ago
The Federal Aviation Administration and the FBI said they are investigating reports from airline pilots that someone was flying in a jetpack as they approached Los Angeles International Airport to land.

Social workers say the Abdis’ story underscores need for a child and youth advocate

Yvette d'Entremont at Halifax Examiner - 5 hours ago
The head of the organization representing Nova Scotia’s social workers says the distressing stories of abuse shared by Fatouma and Abdoul Adbi further highlight why the province needs an independent child and youth advocate. “It is well past due. Abdoul and Fatouma, while their story represents the really terrible elements of our child welfare system, […]

Province breaks commitment to publish results of schools’ lead testing, union raises concerns about availability of drinking water

Zane Woodford at Halifax Examiner - 5 hours ago
When classes resume in Nova Scotia public schools next week, the provincial government says students and staff will have to continue drinking bottled water because — despite a commitment made last year — the government has yet to prove their drinking water isn’t contaminated with lead. And while the government says every school will have […]