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Saturday Morning Links
Unknown, Accidental Deliberations - 11 hours ago
Assorted content for your weekend reading. - Daisy Fancourt discusses how general non-compliance with public health orders and recommendations can be traced back to the perception that elites couldn't be bothered to do their part (and would never face consequences for their actions). Which leads of course to the latest on the conservative parade of pandemic vacations - with Ontario Finance Minister Rod Phillips resigning only after it was clear that would need to do so to save Doug Ford's hide, while multiple Sask Party and UCP MLAs and prominent staffers insist they're right to c...
Waiting For The Other Shoe To Drop
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 11 hours ago
The current rationale for Washington’s South China Sea policy continues to reference history and law as a justification for reinforcing U.S. military presence in the region. Further, Washington’s reliance on a decision by the Permanent Court of Arbitration, not only circumvents normative interpretations of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, but uses this ruling to build cooperation among partner States to overlook the details of both China’s claim and the U.S. policy that originally recognized China’s maritime boundary. This article refutes Washington’s version of history as...
Wuhan celebrates New Year. NBC News & WaPo excited about China 2020 “TRIUMPH”
Alex Christoforou, The Duran - 11 hours ago
Wuhan celebrates New Year. NBC News & WaPo excited about China 2020 “TRIUMPH” ****News Topic 231***** Wuhan rang in the new year with a massive party while Times Square and U.S. locales were empty and on lockdown Wuhan rang in the new year with a massive party while Times Square and U.S. locales were empty […]
The Revolutionary Promise Of New Year’s Day
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 11 hours ago
The celebration of New Year’s Day as a moment to contemplate renewal, usually personal renewal, follows the calendar adopted by Julius Caesar in 46BC. Designed by Greek mathematicians and astrologers, its sole purpose was to attain greater mathematical accuracy in the alignment of dates to the solar year. In recent years, Antonio Gramsci’s column that was published on 1 January 1916 in the Turin issue of Avanti! has been circulated in progressive circles on New Year’s Day. In the column, Gramsci rejected the idea that New Year’s Day should be an annual day of renewal and insisted ...
7 Things That Were “Crazy Conspiracy Theories” Until 2020 Happened
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 11 hours ago
Originally posted on Wake Up To The Truth: by Daisy Luther November 23, 2020 Remember back in the old days of, say, 2019, when anyone who talked about microchip implants, Americans being forced to show travel papers, and re-education camps was thought to be a crazy conspiracy theorist? And then 2020 rolled around and voila!…
YEAR IN REVIEW: 2020 Top Ten (Real) Conspiracies
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 11 hours ago
December 31, 2020 By NEWS WIRE 21st Century WireSPECIAL FEATURE It’s New Year’s Eve again, which means we’ll do that important dance once more, our time-honoured tradition of looking back at the most important, most unusual, and dare we say conspiratorial events of the previous year. It’s been said that 2020 wasn’t so much a … Continue reading YEAR IN REVIEW: 2020 Top Ten (Real) Conspiracies →
I WISH TRUMP WERE BURNING THE GOP TO THE GROUND, BUT HE ISN'T
Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog - 12 hours ago
Axios's Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen call Donald Trump "the GOP arsonist," which is conventional wisdom now: President Trump is torching his own party and its leaders on his way out of power — and tossing gas on the fire with a public call for mass protest next week and a vote to overturn his defeat. ... Trump is demanding Republicans fully and unequivocally embrace him — or face his wrath. This is self-inflicted, self-focused — and dangerous for a Republican Party clinging to waning Washington power. Republicans have "waning Washington power"? For now, maybe. But they control the ...
Russia Developing “Highly Efficient Antidote” To Fight COVID, Preclinical Tests Show 99% Effectiveness
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 12 hours ago
Tyler Durden Thursday, Dec 31, 2020 Russia is using its vaccine program for soft power diplomacy. On Tuesday, Argentina and Belarus became the first two countries to begin coronavirus vaccinations via the Sputnik V vaccine. Building on the Sputnik V vaccine’s momentum, Russia is now claiming it has successfully developed the world’s first “antidote” to … Continue reading Russia Developing “Highly Efficient Antidote” To Fight COVID, Preclinical Tests Show 99% Effectiveness →
Which is It?
Larry-Lambert, Virtual Mirage - 12 hours ago
Arizona Voter Fraud An update from Gateway Pundit A Word on the Ammo Shortage There are seven million new firearms owners since March 2020 – …more here. I was told recently that I should live every day as if it was my last. I replied that […] The post Which is It? appeared first on Virtual Mirage.
Singapore’s Accidental COVID Experiment Resulted in Herd Immunity and Just 1 Death per 75,000 Infections
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 12 hours ago
An infection survival rate of 99.9987% blowing away the plague cult fantasies Ethan Yang 30 Dec 20 On December 14, 2020 Singapore’s Ministry of Health communicated a summary of the steps it took to contain a raging Covid-19 breakout in its migrant worker living facilities. The report itself claimed that the city-state had over 320,000 migrant workers … Continue reading Singapore’s Accidental COVID Experiment Resulted in Herd Immunity and Just 1 Death per 75,000 Infections →
No War Game Changer: The Limitations of Precision-Guided Munitions
Robert Farley, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] The growth of the PGM complex has spurred several types of resistance. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *There is no doubt that precision-guided munitions have been tremendously useful in America's foreign wars. But they can't do everything, as one evaluation shows, and sometimes have consequences. How has the growth of the Precision-Guided Munitions (PGM) complex changed the balance of international power? More specifically, how has the U.S. military’s embrace of this system of weapons affected its ability to accomplish U...
Did Pierce Brosnan’s Family Cry at His ‘Final Net Worth’?
Jordan Liles, Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
Pierce Brosnan is not dead, but these net worth advertisements may have left readers in tears after he didn't even show up in the resulting story.
NYET: Five Soviet and Russian Weapons That Were Duds
Michael Peck, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, Eurasia* [image: Wikimedia Commons] Communist or capitalist, Russian or American, there is an iron rule: there can be no innovation without experimentation, and experimentation inevitably results in failures. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *If Sputnik News is admitting that a weapon failed ... it *really *failed. It's not usual for Russia to admit that its weapons have failed. Especially Russian media, purveyor of glorious stories of space MiGs and interplanetary tanks. Yet Russia's Sputnik News recently published an article on Russian and Soviet w...
Montana: This Was the Super Battleship the U.S. Navy Never Built
Robert Farley, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, * The Montanas were designed to fight a different World War II than the one that happened. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The Montanas would have outclassed anything the British, French, or Italians had even conceived of building. *Even More from the National Interest: * *Can China Really Rise Peacefully? * *Where World War III Could Start This Year* *Russia and China Nearly Went to War in 1969* In the early 1940s, the U.S. Navy still expected to need huge, first rate battleships to fight the best that Japan and Germany had to offer. The North...
The BBC's Real Official New Year's Message
Craig, Is the BBC biased? - 11 hours ago
I didn't know this until Charlie mentioned it, but between *Doctor Who *(which I watched, and after which I immediately switched the TV off) and *Eastenders *on New Year's Day came an extra item - a New Year's message, not from the Queen, or the Prime Minister, or the Archbishop of Canterbury, but from Sir David Attenborough, the patron saint of the BBC. And it was a campaigning message too: Hello. I'm David Attenborough. I'm speaking to you from my home because, like many of you, I've spent much of the last year indoors, away from friends, family, and access to the natural world....
IRGC Air Force commander threatens to ‘level Haifa and Tel Aviv’ if Iran is attacked
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 11 hours ago
[image: IRGC Air Force commander threatens to ‘level Haifa and Tel Aviv’ if Iran is attacked] BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:20 P.M.) – The commander of the Air Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Ali Hajizadeh, said on Saturday that “all the missile capabilities of Gaza and Lebanon have been supported by Iran, and they are the front line for confrontation.” Hajizadeh said during an interview with Al-Manar TV: “We teach the Resistance Front to make fishing rods, instead of providing fish, and Lebanon and Gaza possess the technology to manufacture missiles,” noting that “the capabilities ...
Did Pilot ‘Draw’ Syringe in Sky to Celebrate COVID-19 Vaccine?
Dan Evon, Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
But the drawing wasn't exactly visible in the sky.
Turkish forces come under attack in rural Aleppo
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 11 hours ago
[image: Turkish forces come under attack in rural Aleppo] BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:00 P.M.) – The Turkish Armed Forces reportedly came under attack in the northeastern countryside of the Aleppo Governorate on Saturday, resulting in some casualties within their ranks. According to opposition reports, the Turkish Armed Forces’ positions came under attack in the Al-Bab District of Aleppo after snipers opened fire on their troops. The reports said at least two Turkish soldiers were wounded and taken to a nearby hospital for treatment; their current status is unknown. Continue reading Turkish...
The Julian Assange Pardon Drive
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 11 hours ago
The odds are stacked against Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks publisher who faces the grimmest of prospects come January 4. On that day, the unsympathetic judicial head of District Judge Vanessa Baraitser will reveal her decision on the Old Bailey proceedings that took place between September and October this year. Despite Assange’s team being able to marshal an impressive, even astonishing array of sources and witnesses demolishing the prosecution’s case for extradition to the United States, power can be blindly vengeful. Such blindness is much in evidence in a co-authored contrib...
Margin Of Fraud
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 11 hours ago
Mark Levin’s list: 15 ways Democrats stole the election
The Future Will Only Contain What We Put Into It Now
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 11 hours ago
At Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, we take the UN Charter as the foundation of our work. To advance its goals is an essential step for the construction of humanity, which is a concept of aspiration rather than a concept of fact; we are not yet human beings, but we strive to become human. Imagine if we lived in a world without war and with respect for international law, if we lived in a world that honoured fundamental human rights and tried to promote the widest social progress? This would a be a world where the productive resources would no longer be used for militar...
When You Believe All The Propaganda
NEWS WIRE, 21st Century Wire - 12 hours ago
*JP Sears* | 'We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false.'
Syria slams US accusations of Damascus ‘bearing responsibility for humanitarian catastrophe’
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 12 hours ago
[image: Syria slams US accusations of Damascus ‘bearing responsibility for humanitarian catastrophe’] BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:45 P.M.) – The Syrian Foreign Ministry described what was published by the Facebook page of the US embassy in Damascus as ‘lies’, after the latter claimed Damascus was responsible for the humanitarian crisis in the Arab Republic. In response to what was published by the (closed) American embassy page in Damascus, in which it said that the blame should be placed on the “brutal regime’s” war and not on the sanctions imposed on it, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said t...
Top Mainstream Media’s Misses of 2020
NEWS WIRE, 21st Century Wire - 12 hours ago
*21WIRE* | The American mainstream media's worst coverage of 2020.
Three Resolutions for the Twitter Left
Phil, All That Is Solid ... - 12 hours ago
1. Kindness. It is a truth often acknowledged that Twitter is full of dickheads and trolls. As such, its 280 character compositions can bring out the worst, including those of us who walk with angels, politically speaking. To get the most out of it, striving to be kind to others, and above all, ourselves is a useful ethic. By kindness to others I mean thinking instead of shooting from the hip. If someone new to your mentions asks a daft question but they're not obviously mendacious, give a measured reply and avoid a snarky responses. Any comeback following the first interaction wil...
The Wave Genome: Quantum Holography of DNA
NEWS WIRE, 21st Century Wire - 12 hours ago
*The Solari Report* | Is the human biology being influenced by quantum fields and light?
Powerful explosion rocks city controlled by Turkish-backed militants in northeast Syria
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
[image: Powerful explosion rocks city controlled by Turkish-backed militants in northeast Syria] BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:30 P.M.) – On Saturday, the Syrian media reported that an explosion had occurred in a vegetable market in the city of Ras al-Ain (Al-Hasakah Governorate). The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) quoted private sources as saying that a car bomb exploded in the city of Ras al-Ain in northern Syria, where the Turkish forces are present. According to their sources, the explosion resulted in many dead and wounded. Continue reading Powerful explosion rocks city controlled by Tur...
Ex-Iraqi PM reveals phone call with Donald Trump 2 days before Qassem Soleimani’s assassination
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
[image: Ex-Iraqi PM reveals phone call with Donald Trump 2 days before Qassem Soleimani’s assassination] BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:40 P.M.) – The ex-Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi revealed the contents of the call he received from US President Donald Trump two days before the assassination of the late Quds Force commander, Major General Qassem Soleimani. In an interview he gave during a documentary, Abdul =Mahdi said, “Trump called me last New Year’s Eve at around nine o’clock Baghdad time, and thanked us for ending the attacks on the American embassy and asked me whether these wer...
Iran warns the UN Security Council of a “dangerous escalation” with US in the region
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
[image: Iran warns the UN Security Council of a “dangerous escalation” with US in the region] BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:00 P.M.) – The Iranian mission to the United Nations said on Friday that the United States has increased its movements in the Gulf and the Sea of Oman over the past few days, and that it is carrying out provocative military operations. The Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported that the mission said in its message that “American moves in the Gulf and the Sea of Oman have increased in recent days, and that Washington has sent advanced military equipment and is c...
Yemeni gov’t forces strike wedding call during ceremony: 5 killed
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 15 hours ago
[image: Yemeni gov’t forces strike wedding call during ceremony: 5 killed] BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:20 P.M.) – The Saba News Agency quoted the Acting Governor of Hodeidah in the Ansarallah Movement, Muhammad Qahim, as saying that the Saudi-backed government forces targeted the gate of the Al-Mansour wedding hall during a ceremony, killing five people and wounding five others. They pointed out that “the dead and wounded were citizens waiting in front of the hall gate for their families to leave the wedding.” Qahim condemned what he described as a “horrific crime”, stressing that “targetin...
Hydrofoil: This Famous Warship Served in Vietnam and Beyond
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* Though hydrofoil boats were very effective in their initial combat tours, financial difficulties prevented further implementation after Vietnam. *Here's What You Need to Know*: Through evaluating over 1500 hours that hydrofoils logged in Vietnam, the jet-propelled model was deemed more reliable and would be the Navy’s propulsion system of choice going forward. Hydrofoil boat technology was first tested during Operation Market Time in the Vietnam War. This technology, invented in the early 1900s, had never been applied to combat vessels un...
And The Landlords Said ‘Fuck You’
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
Portland, OR - I know it is often hard to see, but significant elements of the folks in power at various levels of government are keenly aware that we're in a crisis, and they want to avoid a total meltdown of the social order. They often like to act blasé and in control of the situation, they like to pretend that we all believe we live in a society governed by law, where we all play by certain rules that are more or less sacred. But really they know they rule over a house of cards that sits on top of a powder keg, and there's a fire burning nearby, which they need to keep from ...
Vice News FAILS to humiliate Trump with BING video. Joe & Jill Biden FAIL at New Years event
Alex Christoforou, The Duran - 12 hours ago
Vice News FAILS to humiliate Trump with BING video. Joe & Jill Biden FAIL at New Years event ****News Topic 230***** VICE News compiles a video of things that go ‘bing’ with President Trump and it’s awesome VICE News compiles a video of things that go ‘bing’ with President Trump and it’s awesome VICE News […]
Leech Lake Homelands Returned
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
Nearly 12,000 acres taken from the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe in the 1940s and 1950s will be returned. Legislation that called for the Chippewa National Forest to transfer 11,760 acres to the Interior Department to be held in trust for the northern Minnesota tribe is now law. The House unanimously passed the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation Restoration Act in early December, and the Senate approved the bill in 2019. The measure was then presented to President Donald Trump, who had 10 days to sign or veto it. On Wednesday, the president signed the bill into law, the tribe anno...
Electoral Count Act, Pence, McConnell & the fight for America’s future
The Duran, The Duran - 12 hours ago
Electoral Count Act, Pence, McConnell & the fight for America’s future The Duran: Episode 842. Federal judge tosses Louie Gohmert ‘electoral lawsuit’ against Mike Pence… Breaking – Federal judge tosses Louie Gohmert ‘electoral lawsuit’ against Mike Pence… Gohmert’s lawsuit to undo Biden’s election has been tossed in Texas by a Trump-appointed judge A federal judge […]
Donald Trump, prophecy and the will of God [Video]
Seraphim Hanisch, The Duran - 12 hours ago
I found this very interesting. This is a fascinating video by a gentleman named Doug Tennapel, who also found this to be very interesting. It shows examples of the immense amount of prophecy and prayer surrounding Donald Trump as President, even pointing out the movement Mr. Trump appears to have made towards a deeper faith in, […]
U.S. loses key sanction weapon. Digital Currencies and SWIFT
Alexander Mercouris, The Duran - 12 hours ago
U.S. loses key sanction weapon. Digital Currencies and SWIFT News Topic 3 Digital currencies may challenge SWIFT global payment network, says Russian central bank Digital currencies may challenge SWIFT global payment network, says Russian central bank The development of digital currencies may challenge the SWIFT international banking payment system and could eventually make it redundant, […]
Just outside Amarillo, Texas, 41 degrees 9 a.m. – Beautiful, taking this trip nice and slow, Charlotte, North Carolina day after tomorrow, 4 drops
Mark Schumacher, From the Trenches World Report - 12 hours ago
The post Just outside Amarillo, Texas, 41 degrees 9 a.m. – Beautiful, taking this trip nice and slow, Charlotte, North Carolina day after tomorrow, 4 drops appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Alabama Prisons Are On Strike
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
Occupied Muscogee Creek / Cherokee / Yuchi / Choctaw / Shawnee / Chickasaw land - As of Jan. 1, 2021, incarcerated workers in Alabama’s odious prison system are on strike! Led by the Free Alabama Movement, incarcerated workers throughout the state of Alabama have put down their work tools and refused to go to work from now until Jan. 31. The inhumane conditions of Alabama Department of Corrections, their negligence around COVID-19, and their implementation of video visitation equipment in prisons that ADOC claims is “due to COVID,” but is really a front for eliminating in-person ...
CET 2020
Paul Homewood, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 12 hours ago
By Paul Homewood https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadcet/index.html The annual data for 2020 has now been published for the CET, with the mean temperature ending up at 10.76C. No doubt we will get the usual hysteria from the Met Office about the “third warmest year on record”, “nine of the ten warmest years since 1990”, blah, blah! However […]
Hospitals In Britain Stretched to Capacity
tonyheller, Real Climate Science - 12 hours ago
2012 Hospitals ‘full to bursting’ as bed shortage hits danger level | Public services policy | The Guardian 2013 Hospitals scramble to prevent crisis in NHS’s ‘toughest ever’ winter | NHS | The Guardian 2014 More patients, overstretched doctors – is the … Continue reading →
How & Why the $2,000 Covid-19 Stimulus Checks Were Defeated
Eric Zuesse, The Duran - 13 hours ago
Eric Zuesse On December 30th, U.S. Senators voted 80 to 12 not to increase the Covid-19 relief one-time payments from $600 per qualifying person, to $2,000. The same bill had already passed, December 28th, in the U.S. House, by a vote of 322 to 87. Here is how the great investigative-reporting team of David Sirota […]
Police Use Armed Antifa Against Patriots In Oregon
A Reader, From the Trenches World Report - 13 hours ago
Benmcconnell 3311 4TH Estate Jan 1, 2021 Police Use Armed Antifa Against Patriots In Oregon then Police Attack And Arrested Patriots January 1 The post Police Use Armed Antifa Against Patriots In Oregon appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Police Keep Secret List of Kids with Bad Grades Labeling Them “Potential Criminals”
Larry, From the Trenches World Report - 13 hours ago
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist Pasco County, FL — In the ostensible land of the free, we are told that all people are... The post Police Keep Secret List of Kids with Bad Grades Labeling Them “Potential Criminals” appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
A&E doctor films crowd ‘chanting “Covid is a hoax”‘ outside St Thomas’s Hospital.
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 13 hours ago
WORLDWIDE NEWS Jan 2, 2021 The post A&E doctor films crowd ‘chanting “Covid is a hoax”‘ outside St Thomas’s Hospital. appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco house vandalized with a pig’s head, spray-painted anarchist symbol and graffiti about $2,000 stimulus checks
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 13 hours ago
Business Insider – by Joshua Zitser Early Friday morning, police were called to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home after vandals defaced the garage... The post Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco house vandalized with a pig’s head, spray-painted anarchist symbol and graffiti about $2,000 stimulus checks appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
In October Judge Recognized Problems with Dominion Voting Systems, Including that QR Barcodes are Scanned & Not Candidate Names So Not Voter-Verifiable
miningawareness, Mining Awareness + - 13 hours ago
Concerns were raised and lawsuits filed before November, but the Judge apparently didn’t act. The insanely complex. and expensive, Dominion … Continue reading →
Paris police chief faces backlash for including Trotsky quote in New Year greetings card
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 13 hours ago
RT Paris police chief, Didier Lallement, has caused a stir after quoting Marxist revolutionary Leon Trotsky in his official New Year greetings cards, sent out... The post Paris police chief faces backlash for including Trotsky quote in New Year greetings card appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Primary Viral Defensive Care in the New Year
Ron Clutz, Science Matters - 14 hours ago
The medical story and advice comes from Swiss Policy Research article On the Treatment of Covid-19. This is what primary care physicians are recommending in many parts of the world, and what should be the generally accepted practice everywhere. Excerpts in italics with my bolds. Based on the available scientific evidence and current clinical experience, […]
Why Has the Iranian Navy Never Been Able to Win a Battle
David Axe, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, Middle East* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2012%3Anewsml_GM1E8AV1IYU01&share=true] How does the rag-tag fleet intend to fight its future wars? *Key point: *Tehran does not have a very advanced or big navy. However it does have the ability to harrass its enemies. Tensions have escalated in the Persian Gulf region in the aftermath of U.S. president Donald Trump’s decision unilaterally to withdraw the United States from the agreement limiting Iran’s nuclear program. The U.S. military has implicated Iranian agents in several...
What Do You Do When a Nuclear Weapon Goes Missing?
Steve Weintz, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Steve Weintz* *Security, Europe* The search and cleanup required 1,400 American and Spanish personnel, a dozen aircraft, 27 U.S. Navy ships and five submarines. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *With no witnesses, no debris and a search area in the least understood part of the world’s ocean, there’s little even mathematical wizards can do. But even then, few thought 50 years ago that the lost bomb of Palomares would ever turn up. When a routine Cold War operation went terribly wrong, two planes and seven men died, a village got contaminated and a hydrogen bomb disappeared. Th...
Study: Britain Must Vaccinate 2 Million a Week to Prevent Third Coronavirus Wave
Ethen Kim Lieser, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Health, Europe* On Tuesday, there were 53,135 new lab-confirmed coronavirus cases—the highest figure yet on a single day. In order to avoid a third wave of the months-long coronavirus pandemic, the United Kingdom must vaccinate two million people a week, a new study by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) has concluded. The research comes as Britain has now recorded more than 2.4 million coronavirus cases and 71,000 related deaths, according to the latest data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. “The most stringent intervention scenari...
Wonder Weapons: 5 Killer Weapons the U.S. Military Could Bring Back
Task and Purpose, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Task and Purpose* *Security, Americas* These old weapons would be a strange and perhaps even funny sight to behold. *Key point: *Not every weapon of worth is worth using. Here are some that actually might be better off left in the history books. No one can say the U.S military doesn’t rise to a challenge. When President Donald Trump said we need our Navy to increase to 350 ships and submarines, and then slashed the shipbuilding and procurement budget, the Department of the Navy didn’t just roll over and call it impossible. They looked at the Vietnam-era ships we still had fallin...
The Bren Gun Literally Waged War During World War I and II
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* [image: Wikimedia Commons] While never completely replacing the Vickers, the Bren did serve as the primary support arm for British and Commonwealth troops through World War II and Korea. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The Bren gun wasn't the best submachine gun of the war - but it was cheap to make, easy to use, and reliable to a fault. While all the combatant nations engaged in World War I fielded machine guns during the conflict, the British Army’s Vickers was arguably the best medium machine gun of the war, while their Lewis gu...
Trump Was Right to Question the Carter Doctrine, Biden Should Too
Nikolas K. Gvosdev, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Nikolas K. Gvosdev* *Energy, Middle East* The new Biden defense team will need to take a long, hard look at U.S. priorities and posture within the region. Assuming General Lloyd Austin receives his waiver and is confirmed as Secretary of Defense, and that Kathleen Hicks and Colin Kahl assume the next two spots within the Pentagon, the new Biden defense team—especially given the Middle East experience of both Austin and Kahl—will need to take a long, hard look at U.S. priorities and posture within the region. Given the outsized importance that “Central Command” (CENTCOM)—the geo...
Trump's Failure? Coronavirus Vaccinations are Dangerously Behind
Rachel Bucchino, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Rachel Bucchino* *Coronavirus, Americas* The most damning indictment of the Trump administration is that it can’t even distribute the vaccine effectively, despite its promises of twenty million Americans vaccinated by the end of December. Even as the coronavirus continues to spread—Colorado has reported the first known case of a variant in America—states are starting to ignore the federal guidelines for distributing a vaccine. Texas, Florida, and others are focusing on the elderly rather than so-called front-line workers, a decision that is based on morality rather than mere uti...
This Photo Shows How a Submarine Can Slam Into a 'Mountain'
Kyle Mizokami, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *History, Americas* [image: By U.S. Navy photo (RELEASED) - http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/050508-N-0000X-002.jpg from http://www.navy.mil/view_image.asp?id=24176, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3021242] Yes, there are mountains underwater and yes sometimes a submarine might accidentally strike into one. *Key point: *Submarines are made to take a beating and survive war. In fact, good engineering and training is how this submarine survived after hitting an underwater mountain in 2005. In 2005, a U.S. Navy attack sub...
France is Finally Building Another Aircraft Carrier
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Security, Europe* [image: Reuters] The first steel cut is now set for 2025 and construction will follow, with sea trials slated to begin in 2026. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The Charles de Gaulle is the only nuclear-powered carrier outside the United States - but it's approaching the age of twenty, and is no longer as cutting-edge as it was. The new carrier is scheduled to come out in 2038. It won’t be taking to the seas for nearly twenty years, but the future flagship of the French Navy was officially given the green-light this month. French President Emm...
Here Are The Five Best Stealth Weapons in America's Arsenal
Kyle Mizokami, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Americas* [image: Wikimedia Commons] Stealth doesn’t just apply to aircraft—submarines have been incorporating stealthy features for decades. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *Ironically, much of the work on these stealth planes originated from a Soviet mathematical paper that the Kremlin, not understanding its importance, had released - and translated into English! Stealth, or the idea of reducing the ability of the enemy to detect a weapon, has been around since the first caveman sewed a pocket into his clothing and hid a rock in it. Thousands of ...
Even Without Nuclear Weapons, Iran is a Middle East Power Player
Robert Farley, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, Middle East* Iran retains a set of lethal tools for pursuing its interests in the Middle East. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *The Iran deal may (or may not) have created a new, more tenable status quo with respect to Iran’s nuclear program. It has not, however, eliminated the strategic tensions that remain central to the region. Iran, the Gulf states, and Israel (*not to mention the United States*) disagree on key questions of how to organize politics in the Middle East, and all will likely continue to use force to press their cases. The recent...
ASSA 2021
Greg Mankiw, Greg Mankiw's Blog - 13 hours ago
If you want to see me at the upcoming virtual ASSA meeting, you can do so at this session: Sunday, January 3, 12:15 PM to 2:15 PM (EST)What Does Critical Thinking Mean in Economics, the Big and Little of It? Hosted By: American Economic Association & Committee on Economic Education - Chair: Gail Hoyt, University of Kentucky What Does Critical Thinking Mean in Economics, the Big and Little of It? David Colander , Middlebury College John Siegfried , Vanderbilt University Discussant(s) Daron Acemoglu , Massachusetts Institute of Technology Melissa S. Kearney , University of ...
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Jenna Orkin, From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 14 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin The Head of Obama’s USDA Just Took a Cushy Big Dairy Job Suspicions grow that nanoparticles in Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine trigger rare allergic reactions ARCHIVE - Worms Frozen for 42,000 Years in Siberian Permafrost Wriggle to Life The Mysterious Link Between COVID-19 and Sleep US to move aircraft carrier out of Mideast amid Iran tension It Wasn't Just The Pandemic: Oil's Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Year Fake pastors and false prophets rock churches in South Africa - BBC AfricaOver half of Chinese adults are now overweight. That's more people than the entire US po...
Bam! The Fight for America’s Republic is On! US Congressional Effort to Block Untrustworthy Electoral College Votes!
miningawareness, Mining Awareness + - 14 hours ago
Washington Crossing the Delaware on December 26, 1776, Painting by Emanuel Leutze 1851 This means that there will be a … Continue reading →
A Dumb Dumb Mistake
Owen Gray, Northern Reflections - 14 hours ago
This week, Rod Phillips returned from his Caribbean Christmas vacation and was dumped from Doug Ford's cabinet. Steve Paikin writes: When, a few years ago, Rod Phillips announced his intention to run for a seat at Queen’s Park, conservatives everywhere were pretty pleased. Phillips was exactly the kind of candidate the Progressive Conservative party had hoped to attract. At that time in his early 50s, he had the perfect blend of experience in both the political back rooms and the private sector of the province. He’d been chief of staff to both a respected former Tory cabinet minis...
It’s Probably Nothing
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 14 hours ago
Michael Lebowitz (via Zerohedge); Fiscal policy shifted into turbo-charged, warp speed, overdrive early into the COVID related recession. To facilitate the borrowing binge, the Federal Reserve took unprecedented monetary actions. In 2020, the fiscal deficit (November 2019- October 2020) rose $3.1 trillion and was matched one for one with a $3.2 trillion increase in the… Continue reading →
Pressure grows
Craig, Is the BBC biased? - 15 hours ago
Today on the BBC: *Today*, *7am*: The headlines this morning: A teaching union is calling on the government to close all schools in England for two weeks after ministers reversed a decision to open some primaries in London. *Breakfast*, *7am*: Good morning. Welcome to Breakfast with Nina Warhurst and Charlie Stayt. Our headlines today: Pressure grows to shut more schools. A teaching union demands a two week closures of all primaries and secondaries in England. *The World at One*, *1pm*: Teaching unions are calling for all schools in England to close because of the surge in co...
Russia Respects International Law, But Won’t Let It Be Exploited For Lawfare
Andrew KORYBKO, OrientalReview.org - 15 hours ago
The recent amendments to the Russian Constitution confirm that domestic document’s precedence over international law, and while Russia still respects the latter, it won’t ever let it be exploited for “lawfare” like in the Yukos case. The Russian people overwhelmingly voted over the summer for a series of amendments to […]
Police Keep Secret List of Kids with Bad Grades Labelling Them ‘Potential Criminals’
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 15 hours ago
[image: criminals]Police are secretly gathering confidential data on children, like school grades, and using that data to label them as potential criminals.
Immortal Blessings: And Another One About Khaled’s Name and Its Gravity
Teodrose Fikremariam, null - 14 hours ago
There is no decision more important and more vital in determining the trajectory of our lives more than the name our parents gave us. As The post Immortal Blessings: And Another One About Khaled’s Name and Its Gravity appeared first on .
Crazy: War Planners Wanted to Use Tactical Nukes to Beat Russia
Robert Farley, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, Europe* From the creation of NATO until the 1970s, Western military planners expected the Warsaw Pact to easily win a conventional war in Europe. *Here's What You Need to Remember*: Even the use of a "small" tactical nuclear weapon would mean crossing the nuclear threshold. Why wouldn't you assume that the other side would respond in kind? A RAND wargame several years ago on a potential Russian offensive into the Baltics brought talk of a “new Cold War” into sharp focus. The game made clear that NATO would struggle to prevent Russian forces from occupy...
Ready for the Drone Naval Wars of the Future?
David Axe, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, World* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC2HIK9J983Q&share=true] America is not the only country working on robotic warships. *Key point: *More drone ships will help America increase the size of its fleet. They also represent a cheaper option for winning future conflicts. The proliferation of robotic warships could make naval warfare safer for human beings. But it also could have the unintended effect of reducing the threshold for military action. Recent events in the Strait of Hormuz underscore that danger. I...
Counterfactual: Could Nazi Germany Have Beaten Soviet Russia?
Robert Farley, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *History, Europe* It would have been a miracle. *Here's What You Need to Remember:* Berlin made many bad assumptions and therefore had the wrong strategy. Hubris and bad planning would doom the Germans as they tried to seize the vast territories of Russia. Even by the standards of World War II, the Eastern Front stands out as a cauldron of horror. Over four years of war, millions of soldiers and civilians died as Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union pummeled each other relentlessly. Although the Germans inflicted serious damage in 1941 and 1942, the Red Army took ...
Dr Fauci, Covid, weather, and climate
Joe Bastardi, CFACT - 15 hours ago
Dr Fauci admits there were a lot of unknowns so for the greater good, he recommended actions that were not backed with proof, but instead were designed to create a response in the public. The post Dr Fauci, Covid, weather, and climate appeared first on CFACT.
Avianca Airbus A319 Hits Pyrotechnic Balloon on Landing at Bogotá Airport
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On New Year’s Eve, 31 December, an Avianca Airbus A319 (registered N557AV) operated flight AV29 between Orlando, United States and Bogota, Colombia. Just after landing at Bogota Airport, however, the aircraft got hit by some sort of pyrotechnic balloon. The pilots were able to continue roll-out. It was not immediately […] The post Avianca Airbus A319 Hits Pyrotechnic Balloon on Landing at Bogotá Airport appeared first on The Rio Times.
John Simpson's Official New Year Message
Craig, Is the BBC biased? - 15 hours ago
BBC World Affairs editor John Simpson's New Year message wasn't a very cheery one this year: We instinctively hope that the New Year will be an improvement on the Old. But bad though 2020 was, I’d be surprised if 2021 is much better. The landscape is changing, though: Trump, Dominic Cummings & a no-deal Brexit have gone away. Covid hasn’t. Isn't that lovely, how he links 'Trump, Dominic Cummings & a no-deal Brexit' together with 'Covid'? Charming!
Gudapada, Shankaracharya, And The Māṇḍūkya Upanishad
Unknown, The Conservative Socrates - 15 hours ago
Assigned to the *Atharvaveda*, the *Māṇḍūkya Upanishad* consists of twelve terse mantras which discuss the problem of ultimate reality. Since the ultimate reality transcends the categories of time, space, and causation, it is incomprehensible to the human mind; to make the subject of ultimate reality comprehensible, the *Māṇḍūkya Upanishad* uses the syllable “Aum” (the aksara OM) to examine the divine principle on which the cosmos has been created. The *Upanishad *begins with the declaration: “The syllable OM is all this [whole of cosmos]. To explain further: what is called past, pr...
"Helpless People"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 15 hours ago
“The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody had decided not to see." ~ Ayn Rand “Almost all Americans have had an intense school experience which occupied their entire youth, an experience during which they were drilled thoroughly in the culture and economy of the well-schooled greater society, in which individuals have been rendered helpless to do much of anything except watch television or punch buttons on a keypad. Before you begin to blame the childish for being that way and join the chorus of those defending the general imprisonment of adults and th...
Aftershocks related to the M6.4 earthquake that struck the city of Petrinja, Croatia at 11:19 UTC on Tuesday, December 29, 2020, are migrating north toward the capital Zagreb, Croatia. This is the strongest earthquake to hit Croatia since records began in 1880 --...... Read more »
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