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A Pleasantly Warm Day In March!
Paul Homewood, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 11 hours ago
By Paul Homewood We’re already three months into the year, and the BBC/Met Office look like they’ll be struggling to find much to fill their inevitable “Britain’s Wild Weather” programme at the end of the year. No doubt though, they’ll resort to the pleasantly warm day we had this week , […]
Syria War: Who Are The Real Anti-Imperialists?
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 11 hours ago
In the history of post-World War Two US imperialism, there have been various cases of aggression against countries and regimes that many anti-imperialist, socialist leftists around the world have considered reactionary, or at least not worthy of their support. In some cases, there was a consensus that while the regime in question was not to be defended, the imperialist aggression against it was not intended to save people from its dictatorial predations, but rather to secure imperialist hegemony and economic profits that would continue to oppress people. Even in cases when anti-im...
North Korea Can Put Nuclear Warheads on Its Missiles: Report
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *Nuclear Warheads North Korea, Asia* This warning is not necessarily new, but it highlights how North Korea has continued its program despite sanctions and the coronavirus. North Korea can probably put nuclear warheads on its missiles, U.N. panel says A panel associated with the United Nations Security Council has found that North Korea has maintained its nuclear weapons program and that it can probably put nuclear warheads on the ballistic missiles that it recently launched. Even more concerning, the panel found that North Korea likely upgraded its weapons capa...
Don't Tell China. Did North Korea Help Taiwan Build Submarines?
Charlie Gao, The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *Submarines, * There have been reports in various Taiwanese media outlets that North Korea and Taiwan discussed the transfer of North Korean submarine technology to Taiwan. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *North Korea provided materials and data on three of North Korea’s designs, the coastal *Sang-O*-class submarine and the midget *Yugo*-class and *Yono*-class submarines to their Taiwanese contact. North Korea even indicated that it was willing to license the production of these submarines to Taiwan. Submarines are a critical asset for Taiwan’s Navy, the Republi...
Be It Nuclear, Chemical or Biological Warfare, Russia is Ready For War
Charlie Gao, The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *Chemical Weapons, * They're not kidding. Stocks of gas masks, decontamination sets, and other chemical and biological defense equipment are placed in strategic locations around Russia. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *In NATO, CBRN training has lapsed. While Czechia retains one of the only live-agent chemical weapons training facilities in NATO, there is far less focus on the CBRN threat in NATO nations, in both civil defense and military settings. While Russia has upgraded its CBRN reconnaissance vehicles twice since the 2000s, the United States last procured ...
Trying to Re-Enter the Iran Deal Without Pressure Would Be a Mistake
Wang Xiyue, The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Wang Xiyue* *Iran Deal, Middle East* [image: Iran Deal] The true lesson from the original Iran Deal was not constructive engagement, but rather that maximum pressure is necessary to bring Tehran to the table with Washington. Despite being ignored or rebuffed, the Biden administration continues to yearn for “constructive engagement” with the Iranian regime. But as recently as a week ago, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was still announcing that Iran is “in no rush” to engage with the United States. History is being repeated, and it has echoes of President Barack Obama’s polic...
North Korean Official Purged Over Flouting of Coronavirus Quarantine
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *North Korea Coronavirus, Asia* [image: North Korea] A report out of Radio Free Asia claims that the official was executed, although this is not confirmed for certain. North Korea, while claiming for the last year that it has had no coronavirus cases within its borders, has over the same time period taken often draconian measures to stop the spread of the virus. These have concluded closing schools, cracking down on border trade and allegedly installing high-voltage wires on its Chinese border. Now, a report claims that the North Korean regime has executed a loca...
Iran’s Mischief in Morocco Is a Problem
Emanuele Ottolenghi, The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Emanuele Ottolenghi* *Security, Middle East* Iran has historically supported any militancy against pro-Western regimes, regardless of their religious or political orientation. Moroccan intelligence services arrested a fifty-seven-year-old Lebanese national upon his entry to the country on Jan. 6. Little is known of him, except that he is a Hezbollah member who was caught carrying multiple European passports and identity cards, some of which had been reported stolen. Officials speaking to the author on condition of anonymity indicated he entered Morocco under the name of Ibrahim...
CBD, marijuana and hemp: What is the difference among these cannabis products, and which are legal?
Trey Malone, Assistant Professor and Extension Economist, Michigan State University, Politics + Society – The Conversation - 9 hours ago
Hemp, CBD and marijuana are all forms of cannabis – but they are different in significant ways, from form and legality to their potential uses as treatment for various health conditions.
Is Lego Making ‘SmartBricks’ That Can’t Be Stepped On?
Dan Evon, Snopes.com - 10 hours ago
Unfortunately, self-clearing Legos are still a thing of the future.
KENYON BONNER
cmaadmin, Diverse - 10 hours ago
*KENYON BONNER* has been named vice provost for student affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, where he is currently dean of students and a professor of practice in the university’s School of Education. Bonner holds a bachelor’s in philosophy and psychology from Washington and Jefferson College, a master’s in rehabilitation counseling from Kent State University and a doctorate in higher education management from the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Debra J. Barksdale Will Be Next Dean of UNC Greensboro School of Nursing
Arrman Kyaw, Diverse - 10 hours ago
Dr. Debra J. Barksdale will be the next dean of University of North Carolina Greensboro’s School of Nursing and Professor in Family and Community Nursing. Barksdale is currently a professor of nursing and the associate dean of academic affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University, where she led the revision of a nursing leadership and organizational science […]
Xavier University of Louisiana and Lehigh University Business College Partner on 4+1 Agreement
Arrman Kyaw, Diverse - 10 hours ago
Lehigh University’s College of Business and Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA) are partnering for a new 4+1 agreement, a 5-year program of 4 years of undergrad at XULA plus 1 year of graduate management education at Lehigh. XULA students in liberal arts or STEM field majors can enter Lehigh’s MS in Management program, earning the […]
ILEEN UGALDE
cmaadmin, Diverse - 10 hours ago
*ILEEN UGALDE* has been named senior vice president in the Office of the General Counsel at the University of Miami. During her nearly 30 years of service at the university, Ugalde has held a number of positions, including vice president for government affairs, assistant to the president and secretary to the board of trustees and general counsel of the university. She holds a bachelor’s in Latin American studies and international relations from Harvard University and a juris doctorate from the University of Miami School of Law.
Mildred C. Joyner Appointed Inaugural John E. & Barbara S. Jacob Distinguished Endowed Professor at Howard University School of Social Work
Arrman Kyaw, Diverse - 10 hours ago
Mildred “Mit” C. Joyner has been appointed the inaugural John E. & Barbara S. Jacob Distinguished Endowed Professor at Howard University School of Social Work. In the role, Joyner, will “develop the first cohort of Howard University Social Work Social Justice (HUSWSJ) fellows. Ten students will be selected to participate in a six-month interactive learning […]
OMAIRA SALAS PUJOLS
cmaadmin, Diverse - 11 hours ago
*OMAIRA SALAS PUJOLS* has been appointed a faculty member in the sociology department at Bard College. Currently completing work on a doctorate in sociology at Rutgers University in New Jersey, Pujols was a first-generation colllege student who earned her bachelor’s degree in sociology from Bryn Mawr Colllege. She previously served on Bryn Mawr’s Board of Trustees as a Young Alumna Trustee and as a co-chair of the board’s equity and inclusion working group.
THIS ‘PANDEMIC’ SONG IS PEOPLE’S ANTHEM FOR 2020
SEO Admin, Healing Oracle - 11 hours ago
SaHara and Big Daddy, the contemporary pop song creators and composers have recently released their song W*T*F on YouTube. The song is as much about the unprecedented tragedy and common man’s frustration during the lockdown... The post THIS ‘PANDEMIC’ SONG IS PEOPLE’S ANTHEM FOR 2020 appeared first on Healing Oracle.
Devious or Stupid?
Francisco, Small Dead Animals - 11 hours ago
I’m thinking it’s both. From Armstrong Economics Food Crisis of 2021 in Europe We are staring in the face of a serious food crisis in Europe as food prices rise continuously, and with further draconian COVID measures within the EU, they are bringing the food supply chains to a standstill. All the indications that the… Continue reading →
Rewriting The Climate At NASA
tonyheller, Real Climate Science - 12 hours ago
NASA GISS v4 shows more than 2C warming over land since 1880. graph.png (1130×700) A different version of the same V4 graph also shows about 1.6C warming over land since 1880. This graph used to be linked to from their … Continue reading →
Making Higher Education A Possibility For All – An Interview with Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley
cmaadmin, Diverse - 13 hours ago
Growing up in Southeast Los Angeles, Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley never thought that the struggles he had faced and overcome in his youth would bring him on a path to leading the largest college system in the country. As the 2021 recipient of the Diverse Champions Award, Oakley joins us in this episode to talk […]
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/1/2021
Lambert Strether, naked capitalism - 10 hours ago
~ Today's Water Cooler ~
White House Orders The Removal Of Some Military Capabilities And Forces From The Gulf Region
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 10 hours ago
A Patriot missile battery is seen near Prince Sultan air base at al-Kharj on February 20, 2020. (File photo: AFP) *WSJ*:* Biden Trimming Forces Sent to Mideast to Help Saudi Arabia * *Move comes as part of recalibration with Riyadh, but U.S. also seeking ways to shield Saudi Arabia from airborne attacks * WASHINGTON—President Biden has directed the Pentagon to begin removing some military capabilities and forces from the Gulf region in the first steps of an effort to realign the U.S. global military footprint away from the Mideast, changes that come as Saudi Arabia endures rocket ...
Does Tucker Carlson’s Family Own Swanson?
Bethania Palma, Snopes.com - 10 hours ago
Misleading memes glossed over an important detail in a rush to boycott a brand of TV dinners.
Did Bill Belichick Shake His Head at Mac Jones’ Overthrow?
Jordan Liles, Snopes.com - 10 hours ago
It's quite imaginative to believe that Belichick and a number of other NFL coaches and general managers would show disappointment at a single throw.
Is the Age of Consent 16 and 17 in Majority of US States?
Nur Ibrahim, Snopes.com - 10 hours ago
As news broke about a federal investigation into whether U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old, questions about state laws swirled online.
Is Man Who Killed Cop in ’81 Helping NY Officials Reform Policing?
Jessica Lee, Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
Headlines mischaracterized the connection between Richard Rivera, who served a prison sentence for a police officer's death, and a 2020 initiative by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
DWP staff admit inflicting ‘psychological harm’ on claimants during coalition years
John Pring, Disability News Service - 11 hours ago
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) staff and managers deliberately inflicted psychological harm on benefit claimants, engaged in unofficial sanctioning targets, and pushed disabled people into work despite the risk to their health, shocking new testimony has revealed. The evidence comes from […]
Breaking Karmic Cycles And Negative Cycles
Ashley Walker, Enlightened Consciousness - 11 hours ago
Karma can be seen as the cosmic law of justice, where what goes around comes back around. It distinguishes right from wrong and moral from immoral behavior. According to spiritual traditions, karma is something that will affect you in this lifetime as well as in future lifetimes. Let us focus on this lifetime because we […] The post Breaking Karmic Cycles And Negative Cycles appeared first on Enlightened Consciousness.
Why Making Friends Is Hard Based On Your Zodiac Sign
Natalie Porter, Enlightened Consciousness - 11 hours ago
There’re 12 zodiac signs, and each sign has its strengths, weaknesses, traits, desires, and attitudes towards people and life. Here’s a list of zodiac signs and why making friends is hard for each sign. Aries – Fire signs You have a hard time making friends because people can’t keep up with you due to your […] The post Why Making Friends Is Hard Based On Your Zodiac Sign appeared first on Enlightened Consciousness.
Government ‘treats disabled people with contempt’ by handing £2.4 million to charities
John Pring, Disability News Service - 11 hours ago
The government has been accused of showing “contempt” and “indifference” towards disabled people, after announcing large grants to 13 disability charities but failing to offer a penny to organisations run and controlled by disabled people. The Department of Health and Social Care […]
Legal threat to PM over lack of BSL interpreter in £2.6 million briefing room
John Pring, Disability News Service - 11 hours ago
The government is facing the threat of fresh legal action after it failed to provide a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter at a televised pandemic briefing by the prime minister, despite spending £2.6 million on a new media room. Deaf campaigners are […]
Government faces legal action over ‘disrespectful’ strategy consultation
John Pring, Disability News Service - 11 hours ago
Four disabled people have launched a legal action against the government over its “disrespectful” and “unlawful” approach to seeking their views on the proposed national disability strategy. The four claimants say that a controversial survey, carried out by the Disability Unit, did […]
‘Vaccine passport’ scheme is ‘deeply troubling’, say disabled artists
John Pring, Disability News Service - 11 hours ago
Disability arts organisations fear that possible government plans to set up a “vaccine passport” scheme could undermine the rights of disabled artists, workers and audiences. Members of the #WeShallNotBeRemoved campaign warned this week that any such scheme could infringe disabled people’s rights […]
DWP decision to resume face-to-face assessments ‘is too soon and too dangerous’
John Pring, Disability News Service - 11 hours ago
Disabled campaigners have warned the government that it is too soon, and too dangerous, to resume face-to-face assessments for disability benefit claimants. They spoke out after the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) announced this week that face-to-face work capability assessments (WCAs) […]
DWP admits number of disability employment advisers plunged during pandemic
John Pring, Disability News Service - 11 hours ago
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is facing questions over its commitment to disability equality after new figures revealed the number of disability employment advisers fell sharply during the pandemic, while the number of mainstream work coaches soared. The figures were […]
The China-Iran pact is a game changer – III
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 11 hours ago
The China-Iran joint statement of last Saturday has made waves in the international media and among regional analysts from Israel to India. Israel is anxious that there is going to be security cooperation between China and Iran. Indians are brooding over the fate of their Chabahar port project in eastern Iran, integral to its “regional connectivity”.
USA: 6000% Increase in Reported Vaccine Deaths 1st Quarter 2021 Compared to 1st Quarter 2020
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 12 hours ago
As can be expected when new experimental “vaccines” that are not approved by the FDA are given emergency use authorization to fight a “pandemic” that is now over a year old, reported deaths following the injections of these shots have now skyrocketed in the U.S. population by over 6000% here at the end of the first quarter of 2021, as compared to recorded deaths following FDA-approved vaccines at the end of the first quarter of 2020.
And Just Like That, Kids In Cages Are Cool Again
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 12 hours ago
Related: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who has finally broken her silence about the border crisis, is now saying that using the word “surge” to describe the influx of illegal immigrants at the United States’ southern border pushes white supremacy.
How to Fix the Financial Gymnastics of Police Misconduct Settlements
rray, Lawfare - 13 hours ago
A police car parked in front of the Naperville Police Department. (Inventorchris, https://flic.kr/p/Ap6UDT; CC BY-NC 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/) On March 12, the city of Minneapolis agreed to pay George Floyd’s family $27 million for his wrongful death via the knee of a police officer. Despite being the largest pre-trial civil rights settlement, it is only a fraction of the taxpayer money spent on settling police brutality. From 2015 to 2019, over $2 billion, mostly taxpayer money, was used on civilian payouts for police misconduct in only the 20 largest ...
The ID2020 Alliance: The Global Totalitarian Project Hiding Behind The Vaccine Drive
greencrow, Greencrow As The Crow Flies - 6 hours ago
*The Truth about the HOAX is Hiding in Plain Sight* *Screenshot from Dollar Vigilante Video* *But the Sheeple Can Never Connect the DotZ* Good morning readers: Lots going on today. Mostly MZM driven panic to funnel the sheeple towards the vaccine slaughter-house ramp. Yesterday evening they cancelled the Canucks Hockey Game due to a "breech of the Cov *ID* Protocol". What?! one of the players didn't mask up properly? IMO, this is to force the players to get the vaccine. Watch that closely, particularly my Canadian readers...watch them bully, blackmail and bulldoze the Hockey...
Russia Deploys Troops And Armor Near The Ukraine Border
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 10 hours ago
Russia-backed separatists are seen at a frontline position near the contact line with Ukrainian forces in the village of Zholobok in the eastern Luhansk region on March 23. *CBS:* *U.S. watching "escalation of armed confrontation" near Ukraine's border with Russia* The U.S. military believes a buildup of Russian forces near the border with Ukraine, seen as "concerning" on Tuesday, is likely a training exercise. But the gathering of troops comes amid heightened tension in the region, and Ukraine's Commander-In-Chief Ruslan Khomchack told his country's parliament this week that R...
YouTube flirts with removing DISLIKE button, much to the liking of Biden White House
Alex Christoforou, The Duran - 10 hours ago
YouTube flirts with removing DISLIKE button, much to the liking of Biden White House ****News Topic 352***** YouTube Unveils Hide Feature After Americans Mass-‘Dislike’ Biden Videos YouTube Unveils Hide Feature After Americans Mass-‘Dislike’ Biden Videos Authored by Samuel Allegri via The Epoch Times, Youtube, the video hosting platform owned by Google, announced on March 29 […]
Gardasil HPV Vaccine Robbed Teen of ‘Happy’ Life, Lawsuit Alleges
Aerowenn Hunter, Children's Health Defense - 10 hours ago
This is the eighth Gardasil lawsuit Baum Hedlund and CHD Chairman Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. filed against Merck, challenging the company’s dangerous and defective HPV vaccine for causing severe and life-changing injuries. The post Gardasil HPV Vaccine Robbed Teen of ‘Happy’ Life, Lawsuit Alleges appeared first on Children's Health Defense.
Corporate Woke Culture (Delta Airlines, Coca Cola, Apple) Targets Georgia Politics and Voter ID Laws
Sundance, The Last Refuge - 10 hours ago
Let’s first get things in the correct perspective. The loud voices of the far-left (Media Matters, Act Blue, Share Blue, and all sub-groups therein) do an excellent job pressuring private industry to go along with their cultural wokeisms. They are a minority group, but they are loud and their Big Tech allies control the mechanisms […] The post Corporate Woke Culture (Delta Airlines, Coca Cola, Apple) Targets Georgia Politics and Voter ID Laws appeared first on The Last Refuge.
Books for the Future
Alberto Mingardi, Econlib - 10 hours ago
EconJournalWatch and Dan Klein asked its contributors “What 21st-century works will merit a close reading in 2050?”. You can find the responses, including mine, here and here. I particularly enjoyed Evan W. Osborne’s, Slaviša Tasić’s, Kurt Schuler’s and Scott Sumner’s picks. I have interpreted this “question from the future” as coming from somebody who “already […] The post Books for the Future appeared first on Econlib.
Africa Neglect Could Define Joe Biden’s Foreign Policy Legacy
Michael Rubin, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Michael Rubin* *Joe Biden Africa, Africa* [image: Joe Biden's $2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill] The true challenge to Biden’s foreign policy plan may come from a continent that his State Department largely ignores. What might define President Joe Biden’s foreign policy legacy? Biden entered office with greater foreign policy credentials than any president since George H. W. Bush. His team may believe they can be proactive in shaping his priorities although already their approach appears scattershot. Certainly, fast-tracking Iran talks is one top priority, and addressing growing...
North Korea-China Trade Starting this Month? One Report Says Yes.
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *North Korean Economy, Asia* [image: North Korean Economy] North Korea had shut down its borders over fear about the coronavirus, but the move has proved devastating for the heavily-sanctioned North Korean economy. The coronavirus pandemic has meant that North Korea has become even more closed off from the rest of the world than it traditionally has been, with the Kim regime taking all sorts of measures to keep up what it claims is its record of having zero positive coronavirus cases. This has also included a huge crackdown on the various smuggling trades that ha...
Detroit adult-use marijuana license applications now open to all
Solomon Israel, Marijuana Business Daily - 11 hours ago
Detroit opened its adult-use marijuana license application process to all comers on Thursday. That includes applicants with or without existing medical marijuana licenses, although applicants with existing MMJ permits have some advantages. Applicants without a medical cannabis license will have to wait until Aug. 1 for their applications to enter the review process. Application from […] Detroit adult-use marijuana license applications now open to all is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Tucker Carlson: COVID internment camps, coming soon to a country near you
Admin, From the Trenches World Report - 11 hours ago
Fox News What if your next-door neighbor suddenly went dangerously insane and started holding people hostage in his house? Would you consider that threatening? Would... The post Tucker Carlson: COVID internment camps, coming soon to a country near you appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Ask Congress to Investigate COVID Origins and Government Response to Pandemic
Nate Look, Children's Health Defense - 11 hours ago
On March 13, 2020, President Trump formally declared coronavirus a national health emergency. The declaration unleashed billions of dollars in federal aid to state and local governments to respond to the pandemic threat. Despite those efforts, the coronavirus pandemic led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people — mostly the elderly. It also […] The post Ask Congress to Investigate COVID Origins and Government Response to Pandemic appeared first on Children's Health Defense.
Four Women Of Color Make History As Commanders Of U.S. Navy Warships
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 11 hours ago
The Guardian: *US Navy: for first time in history four women of color command war ships * *Kimberly Jones, LaDonna Simpson, Kristel O’Cañas and Kathryn Wijnaldum break new ground in white and male-dominated field * Four US Navy officers have made history this week – and breaking new ground in a traditionally white and male-dominated field. For the first time in US Navy history, four women of color are now commanding war ships at the same time, NBC News has reported. The four officers, Kimberly Jones, LaDonna Simpson, Kristel O’Cañas, and Kathryn Wijnaldum, recently said that t...
Biden’s DHS Rewarding Border Crossers with One-Year Permits to Live in U.S.
Admin, From the Trenches World Report - 11 hours ago
Breitbart – by John Binder President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is rewarding border crossers with one-year permits to live in the United... The post Biden’s DHS Rewarding Border Crossers with One-Year Permits to Live in U.S. appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Climate Activists Step Up Attacks on Meat, Livestock, and Ranchers
James Taylor, Climate Realism - 11 hours ago
Climate activists often target ranchers with claims that global warming will harm livestock production. In reality, climate activists themselves are a much larger threat to cattle, ranching, and livestock production. This past week, as is often the case, climate activists aggressively vilified ranchers and livestock production in hopes of ruining ranchers and livestock. On March […] The post Climate Activists Step Up Attacks on Meat, Livestock, and Ranchers appeared first on Climate Realism.
‘Millions of Gallons of Waste’ — One Community’s Fight to Regulate Factory Farms
Aerowenn Hunter, Children's Health Defense - 11 hours ago
Missouri lawmakers stripped towns and counties of the right to regulate factory farms in their own communities, now some are fighting back. The post ‘Millions of Gallons of Waste’ — One Community’s Fight to Regulate Factory Farms appeared first on Children's Health Defense.
DPOs call on minister to scrap ‘unfair’ SEN coronavirus measures
John Pring, Disability News Service - 11 hours ago
Three disabled people’s organisations have asked the education secretary why he is refusing to scrap controversial measures that handed him the power to restrict disabled children’s right to education. Ministers insist that the powers, which were introduced a year ago through the […]
Russia Acts on Ukraine War Threat: Moves Troops to Border
Alexander Mercouris, The Duran - 12 hours ago
Russia Acts on Ukraine War Threat: Moves Troops to Border News Topic 94: Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces Mark Milley had a telephone conversation Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery […]
FBI: Show of Force Needed, We are Outnumbered 5000 to 1
Henry Shivley, From the Trenches World Report - 12 hours ago
HenryShivley April 1, 2021 Clip taken from the 2018 Mini-Series, Waco The post FBI: Show of Force Needed, We are Outnumbered 5000 to 1 appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
New Mexico lawmakers approve potential $350 million recreational marijuana market
Jeff Smith, Marijuana Business Daily - 13 hours ago
New Mexico lawmakers on Wednesday night passed a recreational marijuana bill that provides licensing opportunities for small businesses and individuals from communities disproportionately harmed by the war on drugs. Retail sales are to start no later than April 1, 2022. Marijuana Business Daily projects that an adult-use market in New Mexico will generate $125 million […] New Mexico lawmakers approve potential $350 million recreational marijuana market is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Orange, California, shooting leaves 4 dead, 2 wounded at business complex; suspect in custody: report
Admin, From the Trenches World Report - 13 hours ago
Fox News A suspect shot by police and one of the suspect’s victims were both in critical condition early Thursday in Southern California after a... The post Orange, California, shooting leaves 4 dead, 2 wounded at business complex; suspect in custody: report appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Another $1,400 Stimulus Check Coming? It Would Be Historic for One Reason.
Ethen Kim Lieser, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Stimulus Check, * [image: Stimulus Checks] According to a new analysis conducted by the Tax Policy Center at the Urban Institute & Brookings Institution, another round of stimulus checks has the potential to lift more than seven million people out of poverty. The sending out of the current round of coronavirus relief checks hasn’t been completed, but that hasn’t stopped the increasing chatter of a possible fourth or even a fifth stimulus payment. And according to a new analysis conducted by the Tax Policy Center at the Urban Institute & Brookings Institution,...
Impending Doom, Indeed!
David Stockman, null - 11 hours ago
[image: undefined] We will not mince words. America is indeed suffering from a dangerous plague—a plague of misanthropic fear-mongering from the likes of Dr. Fauci, the Scarf Lady and the Biden’s new CDC director, among countless others of the self-designated Virus Patrol. All three took to the mainstream media in recent days, with new CDC director Rochelle Walensky getting positively teary-eyed as she allegedly veered off-script to sound yet another Covid Alarm: 'I’m going to reflect on the recurring feeling I have of *impending doom*,' Walensky said, appearing to hold back tear...
Did Racism Kill Jackie Robinson?
David Mikkelson, Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
Research has shown that enduring structural and everyday racism can have serious negative consequences for health.
Is Green Giant Making Cauliflower Peeps?
Dan Evon, Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
Who wouldn't love marshmallows and vegetables together?
Listen to George Harrison’s Remarkable Isolated Vocals on the Song ‘Something’
David Mikkelson, Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
An isolated vocal track from "Something" highlights the raw emotion in George Harrison's singing.
Day 4, Derek Chauvin Trial – Livestream Links – Open Discussion Thread
Sundance, The Last Refuge - 11 hours ago
Interestingly, the alphabet narrative engineers are focused on this trial as they were with George Zimmerman. Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is charged in the May 25, 2020, death of George Floyd. Chauvin has been charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter in the death of Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, who died […] The post Day 4, Derek Chauvin Trial – Livestream Links – Open Discussion Thread appeared first on The Last Refuge.
Former Commanding General Of The U.S. Army Europe Says No Russians Died In WW2, Only Ukrainians
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 11 hours ago
Then Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges speaks with a Ukrainian soldier assigned to 1st Battalion, 80th Airmobile Brigade, during a visit to the International Peacekeeping and Security Center, Lviv, Ukraine. During his visit, Hodges witnessed the opening of a new g... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) *RT: **Moscow expresses disgust after US general turned arms industry lobbyist Ben Hodges says no Russians died in WW2, only Ukrainians * Retired US Army Lieutenant General Ben Hodges has been accused of an “outright and primitive lie,” after casting doubt on the consensus that Russia lost millions of live...
Haitians March On Canadian Embassy
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 11 hours ago
People everywhere around the world love and respect Canadians, or so we’re told. So how do you explain what’s going on in Haiti? On Sunday protesters in Port-au-Prince marched on the Canadian Embassy. “Madame Boukman — Justice 4 Haiti” posted a video to Twitter showing police in front of Canada’s diplomatic representation in Haiti. Madame Boukman quoted two men waving a Russian flag saying, “Long live Russia. Canada go home.” (In an indirect criticism of US/Canadian backing for dictator Jovenel Moïse, Russia’s Foreign Affairs Minister recently said they were concerned about “polit...
Private jet “burial ground” reaching capacity as woke wealthy vow to fly coach
CFACT Ed, CFACT - 11 hours ago
Seeking to put their climate money where their mouths are, the secondary market for private jets hit new lows Thursday as woke billionaires continued to eschew private aviation, insisting instead on flying commercial. The post Private jet “burial ground” reaching capacity as woke wealthy vow to fly coach appeared first on CFACT.
Opposing All Governments Equally Is Supporting The Most Powerful Government
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
The US-centralized empire is waging nonstop wars that have killed millions of human beings just since the turn of this century, and people will still say things like "We've really got to do something about Cuba." The US-centralized empire is circling the planet with hundreds of military bases, working to destroy any nation which disobeys its dictates and brandishing armageddon weapons at its enemies like a drunken hillbilly with a shotgun, and people are still like "Something must be done about China's intellectual property theft!" Among the violent and destructive governments in ...
Is It Snowing?
Dan Evon, Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
It's smart to be skeptical on April Fools', but this got weird.
Government Offices Occupied Across Nova Scotia
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
Kjipuktuk (Halifax) – After 23 days Jacob Fillmore is ending his hunger strike in support of a temporary clearcutting moratorium on Nova Scotia Crown lands. He made the announcement during a well-attended rally at Province House, the third one in as many weeks. “I am feeling increasingly weaker, especially mentally things are getting harder and harder,” he told an appreciative and grateful crowd. This fight is far from over. As I take a step back folks across the province are stepping up,” he said. “If asking politely doesn’t work, we are not afraid to resort to peaceful nonviol...
John Tyndall, Atmospheric Researcher. Part 2: The Water Vapour Dispute with Gustav Magnus
GCD, ClimateCite - 12 hours ago
Picturing Meteorology | Dec. 31, 2017 This guest post is by Roland Jackson. Part 1 explained Tyndall’s work on carbon dioxide, and fog horns. Jackson’s biography, The Ascent of John Tyndall, will be published by Oxford University Press on March 22. You can follow him on Twitter @Roland_Jackson or @ProfTyndall. John Tyndall’s apparatus for measuring the heat absorption of gases. …
China-Iran Deal Aims To Expand ‘Common Interests In A Win-Win Manner’
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has presented "some points" of a landmark cooperation deal that was recently concluded between Beijing and Tehran. In a message posted on his Instagram account on Thursday, Zarif underscored that the Sino-Iranian Comprehensive Strategic Partnership focuses on a "practical promotion" of bilateral ties and provides "a roadmap and long-term horizon" toward such relations. According to him, the accord paves the way for full-blown collaboration between the two sides in the fields of politics, economy, trade, culture, defence, and security....
John Tyndall, Atmospheric Researcher. Part 1: Carbon Dioxide and Fog Horns
GCD, ClimateCite - 12 hours ago
Picturing Meteorology | Dec. 31, 2017 When you say “Tyndall” to an atmospheric scientist today, they are likely to think of the Tyndall Centre, Great Britain’s premier unit for climate change research. But the Centre is named for a man, whose adventurous career in 19th century science deserves an extensive biography. Roland Jackson has written that book, The Ascent of …
NATO Is Increasingly Positioning Itself In Opposition To China
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
During the March 23-24 meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) council, Anthony Blinken, the U.S. Secretary of State, encouraged NATO members to join the U.S. in viewing China as an economic and security threat to the U.S. as well as to NATO countries, thereby expanding NATO’s areas of focus to include the Pacific. This is a dangerous move that must be challenged. To gain insight into what transpired at the March NATO meeting, we can look to a roadmap for NATO’s future, which was released last fall. The report, entitled “NATO 2030: United for a New Era,” is intend...
Visibility Alone Will Not Keep Transgender Youth Safe
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
On March 3, Missouri father Brandon Boulware begged lawmakers not to pass a bill that would ban his transgender daughter from participation in her dance squad, volleyball, and tennis teams. To date, a video of his testimony shared by the American Civil Liberties Union has impressively drawn more than 7.5 million views. But visibility alone has been no match for the tide of anti-trans legislation introduced over the past three months. The Missouri bill that Boulware testified against is just one of the more than 100 bills introduced around the country targeting trans people’s abili...
Tens Of Millions In Florida Properties Linked To Ecuadorian Candidate
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
In March 2017, ahead of Ecuador’s second-round presidential election, CEPR reported that Florida-based shell companies linked to then-candidate Guillermo Lasso owned 144 properties in Broward and Miami-Dade counties valued at over $30 million. In that election, voters approved a referendum barring politicians and civil servants from holding assets in tax havens and giving them one year to divest or transfer their holdings. Though Florida is not included among the list of tax havens, it is considered a “low tax jurisdiction,” which authorities will handle on a case-by-case basis. ...
Gregory Mannarino, AM 4/1/21: "Updates: The US Economy Is CRATERING. Free-Fall Collapse WITH NO END IN SIGHT"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 13 hours ago
Gregory Mannarino, AM 4/1/21: *"Updates: The US Economy Is CRATERING.* * Free-Fall Collapse WITH NO END IN SIGHT"* - https://traderschoice.net/ ○ *Related:* APR 1, AT 7:13 AM: "Rabo: Is $2.25 Trillion Even Much Money Anymore?" APR 1, AT 1:44 AM: "The Moment America Won The Future" - Biden Unveils Multi-Trillion Dollar Infrastructure-Taxation Plan"
Amphibious Assault Ships: The Navy's USS Tripoli Is Almost Ready for Action
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *U.S. Navy, Americas* [image: U.S. Navy] The Navy wants to double the number of amphibious assault ships and the third vessel of the America-class is but one more step in that direction. The U.S. Navy’s second F-35 stealth jet fighter-armed America -class amphibious assault ship is taking massive new steps to prepare for war through a special combat readiness phase called a Fitting Out Availability, one of several key steps in a warship’s development just prior to deployment. Similar to the first-in-class *USS America*, the *USS Tripoli* has been engineered with a...
Mighty Ike: The U.S. Navy’s Second Nimitz-class Aircraft Carrier Is a Beast
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *U.S. Navy, Americas* [image: U.S. Navy] This warship fought throughout the Cold War and has recently served on a record seven month deployment. Despite the rivalry between the United States Army and United States Navy, few sailors seem to complain that they’re deployed on a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier named for the former General of the Army and later President of the United States Dwight D. Eisenhower. Commissioned in 1977, the USS *Dwight D. Eisenhower *(CVN-69) is the second of the ten *Nimitz*-class aircraft carriers currently in service. Originally named...
USS Carl Vinson: The Navy's Super Aircraft Carrier Armed with F-35s
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *U.S. Navy, Americas* [image: U.S. Navy] From the Cold War to the present, this mighty aircraft carrier has served in many places and has been used with the newest F-35C stealth fighter jets today. The third *Nimitz*-class carrier in service with the United States Navy, the nuclear-powered USS *Carl Vinson* (CVN-70) was launched in 1980 and entered service in 1983. As with other carriers in her class, CVN-70 can carry more than 65 fixed and rotary-wing aircraft, while she can travel more than 5,000 nautical miles in less than 7 days in support of national tasking. ...
M103: Why Was the U.S. Army’s Last Heavy Tank a Dud?
Caleb Larson, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Caleb Larson* *Military History, Americas* [image: Military History] The M103 tank looked impressive and on paper is was one heck of a beast, but wars are not decided by what looks good in theory. Though it was a beast on paper, and mounted the largest main gun ever placed on an American tank, the M103 heavy tank had a number of issues that would have likely made it combat ineffective. The large M103 tank’s story begins in the early 1950s, when the first prototype rolled off a Chrysler assembly line in Detroit, though the rational for a heavy American tank emerged somewhat earl...
No Longer Sci-Fi: Laser Guns Are Coming to the U.S. Military
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Lasers, Americas* [image: Future Warfare] These weapons will help defend against fast drone swarms and could even eventually be used against missiles. Enemy drone attack threats are a key part of the inspiration for newer kinds of laser weapons because they can incinerate drones without generating large amounts of explosive fragmentation. Moreover, newer lasers can scale attacks to align with the target and desired combat effect and, perhaps most of all, travel at the speed of light to destroy drones quickly, ideally before they are able to strike. Attacking drone...
$1,400 Richer? How to Know If Your Stimulus Debit Card or Check Is Legit
Ethen Kim Lieser, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Stimulus Money, * Among the nearly one hundred thirty million $1,400 coronavirus relief checks sent out to financially struggling Americans, more recently, the payments are coming in the form of paper checks and prepaid debit cards. Among the nearly one hundred thirty million $1,400 coronavirus relief checks sent out to financially struggling Americans, more recently, the payments are coming in the form of paper checks and prepaid debit cards. “The IRS continues to send the third round of stimulus payments in record time,” IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig said in...
How corporate courts block climate action
bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
01-Apr-2021 Corporate courts are an unjust mechanism that can block climate action. The UK should reject them.
Sovereign states on a leash
bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
01-Apr-2021 The overreach on display in the aggressive use of ISDS lawsuits by multinational corporations is just one part of a broader trend in recent decades in which the ability of states to regulate their economies in their own interests.
French Supreme Court overturns lower court's Rusoro damages award
bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
01-Apr-2021 Rusoro Mining reports that the French Supreme Court has overturned the decision of the Paris Court of Appeal, which had annulled part of the damages portion of the arbitral award previously rendered in favour of the company.
Oschadbank to appeal against Paris court decision in Crimean case
bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
01-Apr-2021 Oschadbank plans to immediately appeal against the judgment of the Paris Court of Appeal, which rejected the award in the case against Russia over compensation for losses caused by the occupation of Crimea.
Should the 2021 Climate Summit in Glasgow Still Take Place?
Global Issues News Headlines - 11 hours ago
NEW YORK, Apr 01 (IPS) - Among the COVID-19 pandemic’s many damaging impacts, could a halt to international progress on environmental issues be added to the list? Read the full story, “Should the 2021 Climate Summit in Glasgow Still Take Place?”, on globalissues.org →
Large meteoritic event over Antarctica 430 000 years ago
The Watchers » Latest articles - 11 hours ago
An international team of scientists has found new evidence that a low-altitude meteoritic event occurred over Antarctica 430 000 years ago. Cosmic particles recovered on the summit of Walnumfjellet indicate that an unusual touchdown event reached the continent's...... Read more »
The Life Of A Lone Former Soldier Saving Animals From Poachers
White Wolf, White Wolf - 12 hours ago
Alexey Sedoy is a former officer in the Russian Special Forces. For the last two years, he has been living a solitary life in his very own private sanctuary in the middle of the woods, devoted to the care and saving of young moose. Although he does not wish to reminisce about the war of his past, he has found himself in the midst of a very different kind of war, a clear and present war that fills his life every single day. A war against poachers who have killed five out of every 11 baby moose. With the generous help of kind and caring people, Alexey has been able to raise funds fo...
Australia And The U.S. Discuss 'Contingency' Plans Over A Possible Taiwan Conflict
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 12 hours ago
USS Wasp (LHD-1) at the Port of Brisbane, Army Maj. Gen. Roger Noble, deputy chief of Joint Operations (left) and Rear Adm. Fred Kacher, commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7 (right) begin the closing ceremony for Exercise Talisman Sabre on July 27, 2019. US Army Photo *ABC News (Australia):* *Australia discussing 'contingency' plans with United States over possible Taiwan conflict * A senior American diplomat says Australia and the United States are discussing contingency plans in case a military conflict erupts over Taiwan. The US embassy's most senior diplomat currently poste...
Nicaragua And The Western Human Rights Industry
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
Every area of reporting has become increasingly shaped by corporate funding either directly or else indirectly, via government bodies strongly under corporate influence. The Western intellectual managerial classes have generally abandoned basic reporting standards. This is self-evident to anyone who has tried to challenge false received wisdom in relation to NATO country aggression against sovereign nations from Cuba and Venezuela to Libya and Syria. Western organizations and institutions claiming to be accountable and transparent are not – neither UN bodies nor regional instituti...
UK’s Vaccine Rollout Is A Reminder That We Need Universal Healthcare
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
London - Dr. John Lister watched in horror as the United Kingdom’s Covid-19 mortality rate climbed above 1 per 1,000, one of the highest death rates in the world since the start of the pandemic. So, when the 71-year-old Briton was informed he would receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in late January, he could hardly contain himself. “It was a great moment of excitement when I got the notification,” Lister tells In These Times. Lister, a health policy expert and associate professor at Coventry University, was one of 15 million people in the United Kingdom to receive a Covid-1...
Need some advice about a tattoo
Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig, Cloaking Inequity - 13 hours ago
I need some advice today. I made a bad decision to get a tattoo when I lived in Houston back in 1999. How much would it cost to get my large @walmart tattoo removed?
Covid 28, Dr. Marivic Villa, Ms. Ann Cuisia, on IVM and lockdown
Bienvenido Oplas Jr, Government and Taxes - 13 hours ago
Last Tuesday, *Dr. Marivic Villa*, a Filipina physician based in Florida shared this in the Concerned Doctors and Citizens of the PH (CDC PH) group, very informative. She gave permission to share it with other viber groups, I shared it, reposting here too. ----------- March 30, 2021 *This is the comment I posted on Dr. Salvana’s FB account. Somehow I landed on his FB posts. He’s ignoring my comment, LOL 😅...this is very amusing to me. He's responding to the rest of the comments even the ones after me.* *Hi Dr. Salvana, my name is Dr. Villa, I'm a practicing pulmonary Critical ca...
City Refuses to Prosecute Victimless Crimes Like Drugs, Sex Work—Crime Rate Plummets
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: victimless crime]Crime has fallen across the board after the city Baltimore stopped prosecuting people for drugs and other victimless crimes.
‘He Can’t Breathe!’: Citizens Call 911 to Report Cops Illegally Choking Man on Side of the Road
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: choke]Witnesses were so shocked by the chokehold they actually called 911 to report the officers, thinking they may kill the man.
In gun debate, both sides have evidence to back them up
Jennifer Selin, Kinder Institute Assistant Professor of Constitutional Democracy, University of Missouri-Columbia, Politics + Society – The Conversation - 12 hours ago
Stricter gun control laws may make mass shootings slightly less common, but other policies may work better to prevent mass shooting deaths.
Is the Teletubbies ‘TubbyCoin’ a Real Cryptocurrency?
Dan Evon, Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
Move over Dogecoin, TubbyCoin is here to deposit some hugs.
Did Office Depot Offer Free Lamination of COVID-19 Vaccination Cards?
Dan MacGuill, Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
In March 2021, several local news outlets reported that the office supplies chain was running the promotion.
This Day In Iraqi History - Apr 1
Joel Wing, MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 12 hours ago
1941 PM Hashemi deposed in Golden Square officers coup after he tried to remove them Regent escaped to Anbar with help of US Nuri al-Said and other pro-UK politicians fled Iraq Golden Square officers immediately thought UK ws plotting against them (Musings On Iraq interview with Prof Boich World War II In Iraq and Syria) (Musings On Iraq Iraq’s First Battle Of Fallujah 1941) (Musings On Iraq review *Persian Gulf Command, A History of the Second World War In Iran and Iraq*) (Musings On Iraq review *Rashid Ali al-Gailani, The National Movement in Iraq 1939-1941*) (Musings ...
Did YouTube Cooking Videos Lead To Capture of Mafia Fugitive?
Jordan Liles, Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
Italian police eighty-sixed the man's chances of becoming a famous TV chef.
Thursday Morning Links
Unknown, Accidental Deliberations - 12 hours ago
This and that for your Thursday reading. - Michael Atkinson and Haizhen Mou discuss their new polling showing that Canadians are particularly concerned with climate change and good jobs as part of our recovery from the pandemic - making a Green New Deal an obvious win-win. And Seth Klein writes about both the opportunity for the Alberta NDP and other parties to offer a clear path toward a just transition from fossil fuels to clean energy, and the risks in both political outcomes and policy results if they fail to do so. - Peter Hotez writes about the damage being done to people's ...
Knock Knock
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 12 hours ago
Who’s there? Xi! Xi who? Xi who’s behind this propaganda campaign.
Holy Thursday
Menagerie, The Last Refuge - 13 hours ago
On this day Catholics celebrate the institution of the Eucharist, as well as the establishment of the Sacrament of the priesthood. Jesus willingly offers himself up at the Last Supper. After sundown, the Holy Thursday Liturgy takes place, the beginning of the sacred Triduum, the three holiest days we observe as Christians. No Mass will […] The post Holy Thursday appeared first on The Last Refuge.
Is a Presidential Dog Trainer Job Available on Daybook?
Dan Evon, Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
Always read the fine print. Or, in this case, the big bold letters.
The Strategic Hour on Rogue News with Matthew Ehret- The Geopolitics of Survival vs Self-Cannibalism
Matthew Ehret, The Duran - 13 hours ago
From the Canadian Patriot Review In this week’s edition of the Strategic Hour, CJ and I unpacked some of the recent ground breaking developments of the past two weeks leading up to the immanent financial meltdown and existential clash between NATO vs the Eurasian multipolar alliance led by Russia and China. We also discussed the […]
15 million J&J COVID Vaccines Thrown Away After Ingredient Mix-Up With AstraZeneca
Aerowenn Hunter, Children's Health Defense - 13 hours ago
The mix-up at a Baltimore manufacturing plant forced regulators to delay authorization of the plant’s production lines and prompted an FDA investigation. The post 15 million J&J COVID Vaccines Thrown Away After Ingredient Mix-Up With AstraZeneca appeared first on Children's Health Defense.
Did Duolingo Release Word-A-Day Toilet Paper?
Dan Evon, Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
"Language learning is hard... so we made it soft."
Ειλικρινής διαβίωση - Μια συζήτηση από M.N. Hopkins
Stranger in a Strange Land, Stranger in a Strange Land - 13 hours ago
Ειλικρινής διαβίωση: Φως και μόνο το Φως είναι αρκετό για να θεραπεύσει όλα τα δεινά και τις ασθένειες από τον μακρύ κατάλογο των ψευδαισθητικών παραπόνων της ανθρωπότητας. Γιατί το Φως μαζί του φέρνει μια ειλικρίνεια στη ζωή και με ειλικρινή τρόπο δεν μπορούν να υπάρξουν οι ψευδαισθήσεις της ασθένειας στον Άνθρωπο. Διότι ο Άνθρωπος διδάχθηκε να είναι άρρωστος καθώς διδάχθηκε να είναι ανέντιμος από εκείνους που παραπλανούν και παραπληροφορούν για τους δικούς τους εγωιστικούς σκοπούς. Διότι η επιστροφή στην έντιμη ζωή θα εξασφάλιζε την επιστροφή σε υγιή άτομα καθώς και σε ομάδ...
Corporations Tout Net-Zero Emission Pledges — But What Does That Mean?
Aerowenn Hunter, Children's Health Defense - 13 hours ago
Though pledges make great press releases, net-zero is more complicated and potentially problematic than it may seem. The post Corporations Tout Net-Zero Emission Pledges — But What Does That Mean? appeared first on Children's Health Defense.
Elections 2022, The iOptions survey result Q1 2021
Bienvenido Oplas Jr, Government and Taxes - 14 hours ago
The Presidential, Senatorial, local elections in the Philippines just 13 months away, May 2022, I will try to follow some trends. Let me start with the recent survey results by iOptions Ventures Corp. released yesterday. The survey covers other topics from vaccine awareness, willingness to be vaccinated, and the elections. Satisfaction of President Duterte's administration remains high at 62%, but Manila Mayor Isko Moreno's record is much higher at 80%, wow. Followed by Sen. Manny Pacquiao at 64%. Trust ratings also given. See the report here, https://www.ioptionsventures.com/post...
SpaceX crashes another Starship prototype
Bruce K. Gagnon, Organizing Notes - 14 hours ago
Space News reports: SpaceX launched its fourth Starship prototype in less than four months March 30, only to have the vehicle apparently crash once again. The flight was the fourth of a Starship prototype to an altitude of 10 kilometers or more since early December. All four of those vehicles were lost either on landing or shortly thereafter. On the previous test, of Starship SN10 March 3, the vehicle appeared to land intact, only to explode less than 10 minutes later.
False Reasons Of American Trade War
Ronny P. Sasmita, OrientalReview.org - 14 hours ago
The trade war between the US and China actually seemed to look like a cover, not purely economic matters such as the American trade deficit, intellectual property theft, investment barriers, and the like. But it is more about the clash of supremacy, America First versus China First, especially with the […]
The Courage to Protect the Future
cmaadmin, Diverse - 14 hours ago
On Jan. 6, 2021, we saw just how fragile our democratic republic is when an insurrection breached our country’s capitol, an event that astonished the world and was almost unthinkable for most Americans. In thirteen years, the nation had gone from celebrating the inauguration of our first Black president to the most serious racial, social, religious and political divides in our lifetimes.
Income Share Agreements Might Discriminate Against HBCU Students, Report Says
cmaadmin, Diverse - 15 hours ago
The Student Borrower Protection Center (SBPC) and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a joint demand letter to Stride Funding, a higher education lending company, expressing concern that their income share agreements are pricier for students who attend minority serving institutions like historically Black colleges and universities.
Lack of Medical Care Contributed to LTC Home Deaths in Canada (Including In Provinces That Were Largely Covid Unaffected)
Penny, Penny for your thoughts - 4 hours ago
*What one would, could and should take away from this latest news is that NEGLIGENCE AND MALFEASANCE, IN ABUNDANCE, was most probably the key factor in all the LTC deaths in Canada. During the "pandemic" Not the virus. Despite media spin and excessive fear mongering.* * After this latest from the Globe and Mail, my four part expose on the care home situation will be relinked. As well as reporting on an increase in anti psychotics being doled out in LTC homes occurred. Most probably resulting in an increased rate of deaths during the "pandemic"* * Globe and Mail * *Canadians li...
Is a South China Sea War Coming Soon?
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *South China Sea, Asia* The Philippines and China have been feuding over a fleet of more than two hundred Chinese ships parked in the South China Sea. The Philippines’ government has asked China to withdraw the ships, which it says are “encroaching upon its territorial waters in the South China Sea.” The Philippines government says the ships, while they appear to be fishing boats, are actually operated by China's maritime militia The Philippines and China have been feuding over a fleet of more than two hundred Chinese ships parked in the South China Sea. The Phil...
What Makes the the U.S. Army’s Mobile Laser Weapons So Deadly
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *U.S. Army Lasers, Americas* [image: U.S. Army] These powerful, but small, power sources are letting lasers be mounted on Stryker and MRZR vehicles as well as helicopters. Laser weapons have arrived as they are already arming ships and Army vehicles, while fast on their way to firing from drones and fighter jets. Progress has been fast with laser weapons, and a large portion of it has centered upon a clear, simple technology challenge: engineering small, transportable yet extremely efficient and powerful sources of streamlined electricity. Gen. John Murray, Command...
Russia's Icebreaker Fleet Is Getting Bigger. Should America Be Worried?
Charlie Gao, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *Icebreakers, arctic* Russia is speeding ahead of America when it comes to patrolling (and controlling) the thawing Arctic. *Here's What You Need to Know: *America is falling further behind in the Arctic. *(This article first appeared in August 2018.)* Recently, the state of the U.S. Coast Guard’s icebreaker fleet has been making waves in Washington, DC. Republicans have suggested diverting funding from the Coast Guard’s initiative to acquire a new heavy icebreaker to the border wall. This comes at a time where Russia and China are investing more and more money i...
This Soldier Fought Against the Axis in a Sherman Tank
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *World War II History, Europe* [image: World War II History] In a gripping first-hand account, this veteran tells what it was like to be inside the famous Sherman tank and to help win World War II. *Key point: *Some experiences were scary, some were mundane, others were heroic or depressing. Here is this veteran's story. Private First Class Irving Bromberg saw a huge puff of smoke erupt from the German tank’s cannon muzzle as it headed straight for his M4 Sherman tank. The round streaked past and missed. *This first appeared earlier and is being reposte...
How the Allies Tried to Crush Nazi German Supply Lines From the Air in Italy
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *World War II History, Europe* [image: World War II History] The attack did not suceed and proved how hard it was to keep up the pressure and stop an enemy from adapting. *Key Point*: This kind of intensive interdiction was new and it came with a lot of last-minute adjustment. Here is how the campaign was a decent learning tool, but that it failed to work as intended during the war. Following the spectacular success of the Allied air campaign against Iraq during Operation Desert Storm in 1991 and against the Serb forces in Kosovo in 1999, the value and e...
H.R. 1405--An Act to Enforce Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment
Gerard N. Magliocca, Balkinization - 13 hours ago
I want to take a moment to talk about H.R. 1405, the legislation introduced in the House to enforce Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment. The text of the bill is here. The bill is an excellent start as Congress reflects on how to respond to the events of January 6th. Here are some initial observations: 1. The bill states that "clear and convincing evidence" shall be the standard of proof in civil actions to oust an ineligible officeholder or declare someone ineligible as a candidate. This higher burden of proof should alleviate concerns about the unfair application of Sectio...
These Cold War Fighters Brought Out the Best of Their Aircraft Carriers
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *History, Americas* Since World War II, exceptional carrier-based fighters have repeatedly more than held their own against land-based adversaries. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *McDonnell Douglas manufactured AV-8 Harriers also performed well in combat over Afghanistan and Iraq and remains in service with the U.S. Marines and the navies of Spain and Italy. They will be replaced by F-35B jump jets, which despite significant teething and cost issues, promise a tremendous improvement thanks to supersonic flight capability, stealth characteristics, and advanc...
The U.S. Army Has a Master Plan to Zap Enemies with Lasers
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *U.S. Army Lasers, Americas* High-powered lasers are getting better and more compact, allowing them to be more easily used on the battlefield. What if an advancing mechanized U.S. Army unit is closing with an enemy force on the outside border of an urban area, when suddenly a small fleet of enemy drones emerge from behind tall buildings to attack with air-to-ground missiles? Perhaps American tanks and tactical vehicles in that armored column might suddenly be placed at risk, if the drones were not previously detected by any air asset? This kind of scenario is preci...
Moon Jae-in Should Push Back on North Korea's Insulting Comments
Doug Bandow, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Doug Bandow* *North Korea Moon Jae-in, Asia* Despite Moon’s best efforts, North Korea is likely to remain “the impossible state,” as christened by Victor Cha of CSIS. President Moon shouldn’t give up seeking to develop a better bilateral dialog, but he should stop turning his nation’s other cheek. Finally pushing back against the DPRK could, paradoxically, prove to be the start of a more serious bilateral relationship South Korean President Moon Jae-in wants to reduce tensions on the Korean peninsula. It’s a worthy goal. But the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea isn’t going...
What's Stopping Russia From Becoming an Aircraft Carrier Powerhouse?
Kyle Mizokami, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Aircraft Carriers, * As a land power, the Soviet Union could never allocate enough of the country’s resources to build a real fleet of aircraft carriers. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *The Soviet Union was one of the largest, most industrial proficient countries the world has ever seen. Yet for all of its engineering talent and manufacturing capacity, during the seventy-four years the USSR existed it never fielded a true real aircraft carrier. The Soviet Union was one of the largest, most industrial proficient countries the world has ever seen. Yet for all ...
How a 'Bombsight' Helped America Crush Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *World War II History, Americas* [image: World War II History] Better targetting meant using fewer bombs and fewer raids, saving lives and money. *Key Point*: The Norden Bombsight was not perfect, but at the time it was quite revolutionary. Here is how it made a big difference and influenced future bomb sights. In a 1921 bombing test, U.S. Army Air Corps General Billy Mitchell’s airmen sank the former German battleship *Ostfriesland.* Although it took 65 bombs aimed at the huge, motionless ship to accomplish the task, the test challenged the primacy of ...
5 Threats That Prevent the U.S. Navy From Becoming Invincible
Kyle Mizokami, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *U.S. Navy, * With great power comes great responsibility, and the U.S. Navy is responsible for oceanic security all across the globe. Here's What You Need to Remember: The U.S. Navy is a victim of America’s success. Thanks to America’s global network of interests and alliances, the Navy’s area of responsibility is for all intents and purposes the entire planet, with very few bodies of water off limits. From the Black Sea to the Yellow Sea, the Navy is expected to show the flag—or fight—around the world. Such a vast area of responsibility also means that the U.S...
Singapore's Military May Be Small, But It's Ready To Kill
Charlie Gao, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *Singapore, Asia* As a small, but rich, city surrounded by bigger powers, Singapore takes its defense seriously. *Here's What You Need to Know: *This city-state is ready to fight. Despite its small geographical size, Singapore fields one of the most advanced and well-equipped militaries in South East Asia. It spends more on its military than any of its neighbors. Being a tiny city-state, one of the strongest arms of the Singaporean military is the Republic of Singapore Air Force. But how does it stack up against its neighbors, from the small to the big? Does Wester...
This Plane Helped Crush Nazi Germany For Good
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *World War II History, Europe* [image: World War II History] This formation was very powerful, very experienced, and was the tip of the spear of Allied airpower. *Key Point*: This unit actually served the longest and was instrumental in bringing Nazi Germany to its knees. Here is how it fought and won the war. When World War II in Europe came to an end, the Eighth Air Force was the most famous unit in the U.S. Army Air Forces and, until the massive Boeing B-29 Superfortress raids against Japan in the spring of 1945, it was the most powerful. *This first...
Did Paddington Bear Stop Loving Marmalade?
Dan Evon, Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
Be wary of everyone on the internet, even the lovable Paddington, on April Fools'.
New GOP-Led Voting Restrictions Move Forward in Texas
AP News, Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
The bill is one of two major voting packages in Texas that mirrors a nationwide campaign by Republicans after former President Donald Trump made false claims about election fraud.
Did Velveeta Release a Skincare Line?
Dan Evon, Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
Don't spend your cheddar on this cheesy joke.
SAME OR DIFFERENT? What does it mean to belong to a "race?"
<b>bob somerby</b>, the daily howler - 14 hours ago
*THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 2021* *Are such groups fundamentally different?:* Just like that, Professor Gates piped up with The Best Question Ever Asked. When he did, Ava DuVernay offered a thoroughly human response. All in all, it added up to one of the most interesting exchanges we've ever seen on TV. As we noted yesterday, their exchange started like this: GATES: Can you read those percentages? DUVERNAY: 57.3 percent African—thank you! 41.5 percent European. This makes me so happy. GATES (chuckling): I can tell. DUVERNAY: *This makes me sooo happy.* GATES: *Wait a minute. What diffe...
Biden Passes Alzheimer’s Test With Flying Colors, Silencing Doubters
Caitlin Johnstone, Caitlin Johnstone - 16 hours ago
In a surprise move, President Biden live-streamed himself taking a cognitive test with a White House physician today in order to silence speculation that he is suffering from any type of degenerative neurological disease. During the test the president was asked to remember a […]
China, Russia, or America? Which Great Power Fields the Best Tank?
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, World* All three nations have invested heavily into having large and proficient tank forces. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *However, one should keep in mind the actual performance of the Type 99’s armor, gun and electronic systems is not certain, particularly as the vehicle has not been exported, whereas both the M1 and T-90 have been used in action by multiple operators. Beijing likes to keep the details of its technology close, and also has an incentive to talk up the capabilities of its hardware. China has a *lot* of tanks. Like, eight to ni...
Expansion in Brazil’s manufacturing sector slowed to 9-month low in March -IHS Markit
Latin America News, The Rio Times - 13 hours ago
[image: Brazil,The automobile manufacturing industry was one of the sectors which registered the highest decline in industrial production in August,] RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The pace of expansion in Brazil’s manufacturing sector slowed sharply in March, to its slowest since June last year, a survey of purchasing managers’ activity showed on Thursday, due to the COVID-19 pandemic resurgence and new lockdown restrictions. The rampant second wave of the virus and its record numbers of […] The post Expansion in Brazil’s manufacturing sector slowed to 9-month low in March -IHS Markit ap...
Will Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence Run for The Presidency In 2024?
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 13 hours ago
Former Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen are living in Northern Virginia before returning to Indiana this summer, the Pences are seen in Columbus, Ind., on January 20th *WNU Editor:* I am sure he wants to be President .... *Trump’s heir? Pence reemerges, lays groundwork for 2024 run* (AP). But if he wins the Republican nomination but cannot make "peace" with former President Trump. His prospects are going to be dim.
Large landslide hits important transit route at Düzce Zonguldak, Turkey
The Watchers » Latest articles - 13 hours ago
A large landslide due to a retaining slope failure occurred on a highway at Düzce Zonguldak, Turkey on March 26, 2021. The Düzce Zonguldak highway, which is one of the important transit routes connecting Düzce to the Black Sea, collapsed following a...... Read more »
One of the scariest financial graphs I've ever seen
Peter, Bayou Renaissance Man - 13 hours ago
This graph comes to us courtesy of Zen Second Life. Click the image for a larger view. Note the red, indicating "quantitative easing" (i.e. the Federal Reserve "printing" money, creating it out of thin air, to ease liquidity crises and boost the economy). Note that there is *no real economic value or activity* underlying those red bars: it's "imaginary money", existing *only because the Fed says it does*. In an orderly economic system, under classic Keynesian theory, that "imaginary money" would be siphoned out of the system as soon as it had recovered, so as to "balance ...
Twitter and YouTube Manipulation in Trial of Derek Chauvin for the Death of George Floyd?
Yves Smith, naked capitalism - 14 hours ago
Are our tech overlords trying to put their fingers on the coverage of the Derek Chauvin trial?
Businesspeople Deserve Every Penny: A Businessman Reacts
Bryan Caplan, Econlib - 14 hours ago
Yesterday self-described “mid-level manager” Ben White sent me this reaction to “Businesspeople Deserve Every Penny.” Reprinted with his permission. Bryan, I read your post about the 12 Labors you’ve been subjected to shortly after I wrapped up a call with the VP in Supply Chain at the company where I work. We spent most of […] The post Businesspeople Deserve Every Penny: A Businessman Reacts appeared first on Econlib.
Not Alone
Owen Gray, Northern Reflections - 14 hours ago
On Saturday, Ontario will go back into lockdown -- because Bruce Arthur writes, the Ford government can't do what is required: Half-measures are how we got here. Ontario has taken the approach of poorly explained restrictions that exhaust the finite patience and trust of the public, but which only slow the pace of growth rather than actually stop the spread. This government has not understood that the best route to a healthy economy is public health, and that the longer you wait for decisive, sweeping action, the bigger the mess at the end. And now the bill is coming due. Wednesda...
Macron blames ‘British variant’ as he shuts French schools and shops for FOUR WEEKS and imposes 7pm curfew amid surging Covid third wave in Europe
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 14 hours ago
Daily Mail France will enter a third national lockdown for four weeks, French president Emmanuel Macron announced in an address to the nation on Wednesday night.... The post Macron blames ‘British variant’ as he shuts French schools and shops for FOUR WEEKS and imposes 7pm curfew amid surging Covid third wave in Europe appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
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Norma, Collecting My Thoughts - 14 hours ago
Every time I see CDC director Walensky's emotional news clip about Covid I am reminded of Biden's lies during the campaign about how he had a plan. (Deja vu. Obama had a secret plan in 2008 to get us out of a war, and kept us there 8 more years.) I remember how Biden and Pelosi criticized Trump for closing air traffic from China as racist and xenophobic. He and other Democrats ridiculed the idea of fast tracking a vaccine without years of red tape. *He had no plan*, and for the most part he is doing nothing except instilling more fear and asking for more of what we've been doing for...
Natural gas: A bridge to nowhere
Philip Moscovitch, Halifax Examiner - 14 hours ago
News 1. Councillors OK more money for rec centres Zane Woodford reports on yesterday’s municipal budget committee meeting, where Parks and Recreation was on the agenda. In addition to approving an increase to the department’s budget of 4.8%, to $32.8 million, the councillors also recommended an additional $3 million in funding, much of it to […]
LONDON GONE FULL 1984
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 14 hours ago
https://twitter.com/mariusknulst/status/1376951222326943745 The post LONDON GONE FULL 1984 appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Watch Bill Gates dance
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 14 hours ago
1/100: It's time to examine the biggest snake oil seller of the planet – @BillGates: his detached worldview, his alleged philanthropic motives, the monopolisation of... The post Watch Bill Gates dance appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
One lockdown we do need is to ‘lockdown government’: Alan Jones
Enemy of the State, From the Trenches World Report - 14 hours ago
Sky News Australia Apr 1, 2021 Sky News host Alan Jones says he is fast coming to the conclusion that the one lockdown we do... The post One lockdown we do need is to ‘lockdown government’: Alan Jones appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
The Army is buying thousands of the ‘awesome’ new rifle that is fast becoming the sniper weapon of choice for the US military
Hal Apeeno, From the Trenches World Report - 14 hours ago
Business Insider – by Ryan Pickrell The US Army is buying thousands of a new rifle that Marine and special-operations snipers also want — the... The post The Army is buying thousands of the ‘awesome’ new rifle that is fast becoming the sniper weapon of choice for the US military appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Cause of Tiger Woods Crash Found, Officials Won’t Reveal It
AP News, Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
Tiger Woods suffered serious injuries in the Feb. 23 crash when he struck a raised median just outside Los Angeles.
Shooting in LA Swat
Norm, From the Trenches World Report - 14 hours ago
Los Angeles Police Department Mar 29, 2021 **The following information is based on a preliminary and ongoing investigation, which continues to evolve as investigators interview... The post Shooting in LA Swat appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Analysis: Is Brazil’s Bolsonaro seeking police support before elections with cabinet reshuffle?
Latin America News, The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Reuters) President Jair Bolsonaro rattled Brazilian politics and irked military commanders with a major cabinet reshuffle this week but one powerful constituency is thrilled: the police have one of their own running the Justice Ministry. By picking a cop, rather than a lawyer or civil servant, Bolsonaro sent a clear […] The post Analysis: Is Brazil’s Bolsonaro seeking police support before elections with cabinet reshuffle? appeared first on The Rio Times.
Venezuela lives its worst day of the pandemic with 1,348 contagions and 13 deaths
Juan Martinez, The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In the last 24 hours, 1,348 people were infected with the new coronavirus in Venezuela, and 13 died from Covid-19, advised this Wednesday, March 31, the executive vice president, Delcy Rodriguez, which means the highest figures in both sections since the beginning of the pandemic. "The presidential commission for the […] The post Venezuela lives its worst day of the pandemic with 1,348 contagions and 13 deaths appeared first on The Rio Times.
Pottersville Digest
jurassicpork, Welcome Back to Pottersville - 16 hours ago
("Uncanceled" will age about as well as Matt Gaetz.) ------------------------------ You'd think the tear gas in itself would've been an unmistakable enough sign to not enter the Capitol. ------------------------------ "What changed?" Losing the majority. That's what changed. ------------------------------ There's a huge difference between knocking on a door and breaking out windows, attacking, wounding and killing cops to disrupt Congressional business... except if you're an African American in Georgia. ------------------------------ I'm not a huge fan of Kurt Eich...
Sharing the Love at Rocky Ridge and Big Mountain: Photos by Dine' Elder Andy Dann
Unknown, CENSORED NEWS - 1 hour ago
Photos by Andy Dann, Dine', Navajo NationUncle Andy Dann, Dine' elder said, "We continue to give and deliver food, water and firewood here in the community of Rocky Ridge and Big Mountain. As of today here in our community of Rocky Ridge, all is slowly coming out of the pandemic, COVID19. As a community, we were devastated by the pandemic. So, please let us keep doing the masks,
Fired or Laid Off? Your Employer Now Has to Pay Your Insurance Costs Through September
Unknown, Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home - 6 hours ago
The American Rescue Plan has a lot to unpack. One of the provisions that has gotten the least amount of press attention is the fact that employers now have to pay your COBRA costs if you've been let go. This benefit starts April 1, 2021 and ends September 30, 2021. That's a heck of a lot of savings for unemployed workers. *Who is entitled*: Anyone who loses their health insurance because they lost their job or had hours reduced, except those who voluntarily ended their employment. What is "voluntary" will probably be the subject of litigation. If you were forced to resign due to,...
NEW RIGHT-WING TALKING POINT: EVIL LIBS WANT YOU TO THINK BUILDINGS ARE INFRASTRUCTURE!
Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog - 13 hours ago
It's easy to mock this assertion from full-time 2024 presidential candidate and part-time South Carolina Dakota governor Kristi Noem: Noem: I was shocked by how much doesn’t go into infrastructure... It goes into housing and pipes... pic.twitter.com/eQFej2gzkE — Acyn (@Acyn) April 1, 2021 NOEM: I was on a call with the White House today with all the governors talking about the specifics of this package, and I was shocked by how much doesn't go into infrastructure. It goes into research and development, it goes into housing and pipes and different initiatives, green energy, and it r...
Facebook And Instagram Ban Former President Trump's Interview With His Daughter-In Law Where He Signals He Will Run For President In 2024
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 14 hours ago
*Daily Mail:* *Now Facebook and Instagram 'non-person' Trump: Platforms ban ex-President's interview with daughter-in-law Lara where he signals he will run for President in 2024 * * Facebook and Instagram pulled the clip because it 'featured Trump speaking' and the 'voice of Donald Trump' * Other network's phone interviews with Trump remain on the social media site * It is the first interview Trump has given on camera since he left the White House in January * He has been banned from Twitter, Facebook and Instagram since the January 6 riot at the Capitol * Now, Facebook says i...
JFK and the President as the “Decider”
Sandy Levinson, Balkinization - 14 hours ago
For the Symposium on Martin J. Sherwin, Gambling with Armageddon: Nuclear Roulette from Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis (Knopf, 2020). I begin with an anecdote of sorts: In October 1962, I was a first-year graduate student at Harvard, in the department of government. My aspiration at the time was to become a “defense intellectual”; I had written my senior thesis at Duke on aspects of nuclear deterrence theory, and one of my heroes, from afar, was Morton Halperin, who at the age of 21 or 22, had become a recognized figure in the esoteric world of “nuclear theor...
I Want A New Country
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 14 hours ago
I’d just prefer it not be Afghanistan. On Brian Mulroney’s watch, Canada almost tripled the number of immigrants coming to Canada each year, from fewer than 90,000 people to more than 250,000. Now Canada’s 18th prime minister is calling on Canadians to embrace what he calls “a new national policy” that would commit this… Continue reading →
India, Mauritius FTA to come into effect from Apr 1
bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
01-Apr-2021 Several Indian products will enjoy the benefit of greater market access at concessional duties in Mauritius as the FTA signed between the two countries will come into effect from April 1
WATCH: Female Bartender Attacked, Beaten for Filming Police Arrest Man for ‘Talking Sh*t’
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: filming]A bartender was attacked and injured by police while filming them arrest a man for allegedly "talking sh*t to the police."
Prince Harry’s Critics Have a Point: Woke Capitalism Is A Bad Idea
Carl Rhodes, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Carl Rhodes* *Culture, United States* Will the prince really do "public good" as a the "chief impact officer" of a Silicon Valley startup? Prince Harry has copped a pasting in the British media for his new job as “chief impact officer” with Silicon Valley startup BetterUp. His role, and the company’s business model, has been called the “latest expression of woke capitalism” in venerable conservative magazine *The Spectator*. Other critics have chimed in, derideing the “Prince of Woke Capital” for “surfing a wave of wokery towards an economic abyss”. Ridiculing people and corpor...
Joe Biden’s $2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Is Nothing Short of a Disaster
Conrad Black, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Conrad Black* *Joe Biden Infrastructure, * [image: Joe Biden's $2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill] Know this: If this ramshackle, misnamed, blunderbuss of a bill is adopted, inflationary pressures will build, and if federal debt interest rates start to rise, anyone capable of passing out of a grade one arithmetic class will run for what the left used to call the “commanding heights” of the economy-but if this bill passes, the heights will be laid low. President Biden’s infrastructure bill is a shopping cart full of left-wing causes, most of which have nothing to do with infrastruct...
Syria for Syrians? How Iran, Russia, and Israel Overtook the Country
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Middle East* Iranian and Hezbollah troops are busily establishing a long-term presence and transferring advanced weapons into Syria and Hezbollah, including drones, surface-to-air missile systems and rocket artillery. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *Now that Assad’s hold on power is secure, it’s becoming clear that growing infrastructure of Iranian bases in Syria is likely there to stay—and that Iran intends to use them to funnel drones, artillery, anti-aircraft and anti-tank weapons to Hezbollah to challenge Israeli military dominance. This has ...
17th paroxysmal eruptive episode at Etna forces closure of Catania International Airport, Italy
The Watchers » Latest articles - 15 hours ago
The 17th paroxysmal eruptive episode since February 16 started at Etna volcano, Italy at 23:00 UTC on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. The Aviation Color Code was raised to Red at 19:11 UTC on March 31 and remains at this level as of 09:32 UTC when the last VONA was...... Read more »
Russian Spy Ring Busted In Italy
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 15 hours ago
*Daily Mail:** Italy expels Russian officials after Italian navy captain is 'caught red-handed selling secrets to Moscow military officer' * * Two Russian officials have been expelled from Italy after state secrets were sold * Italian navy captain and Russian officer were caught after 'clandestine meeting' * The navy captain was arrested but the Russian claimed diplomatic immunity * Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio told ambassador Sergey Razov of the expulsions Italy has expelled two Russian officials after an Italian navy captain was caught red-handed by police selling secr...
You're Toast: These Old Rocket Launchers Still Pack a Nasty Punch
Charlie Gao, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *Missiles, Europe* The Carl Gustav and the AT4 may be old, but they remain some of the most popular anti-tank systems in the world. *Here's What You Need to Know: *Both launchers have received updates for the modern era. The Carl Gustav and the AT4 are some of the most popular anti-tank systems in the world. While the “dumb” rockets both launchers fire may seem outdated in a world full of anti-tank guided missiles, often times the additional weight and complexity a guided missile brings is unnecessary for a task. This has been proven by the effective use of the So...
Uzi: The Submachine Gun That Put Israel on the Map
Kyle Mizokami, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Firearms, * This famous gun was a commercial superstar, and its export contributed widely to Israel's global image. *Here's What You Need to Remember:* Contrary to popular belief, the Uzi was not the standard weapon of Israeli infantry. The weapon’s short range—its sights maxed out at just two hundred yards—made it useful in built-up, urban areas, but much less useful in open, rolling terrain, where a full-sized battle rifle would be much more useful. One of the most recognizable weapons of the postwar era came from one of the newest nation-states. The Uzi subm...
Ecuador: Lenin Moreno and the CIA against Andres Arauz
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 15 hours ago
The second round of the Ecuadorian election between the candidate of the pro-Correa citizen revolution Arauz and the banker Lasso is approaching, and things are accelerating in the axis formed by Lenin Moreno and the United States, with its intelligence services at the forefront.
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Jenna Orkin, From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 15 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin US military raises Europe threat level to ‘potential imminent crisis:’ report MTA’s Broad Surveillance Camera Expansion Did Little To Reduce Crime Meet The New Yorkers Hunting Down The Coronavirus Variants Global forest losses accelerated despite the pandemic, threatening world’s climate goals Noam Chomsky: Biden’s Foreign Policy Is Largely Indistinguishable From Trump’sPrime Minister Boris Johnson “announced a 40 per cent increase in UK’s stockpile of nuclear warheads. Baby Gets Cancer From Mother During Birth: First Report Wokeness has been achieved at the expense o...
Revealed: The new lobbying effort to deregulate GMOs
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 15 hours ago
A new investigation by the NGO Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), published on Monday (29 March), has uncovered how fresh lobbying strategies aimed at deregulating modern genetic techniques are driven by various academic and biotech research institutes with corporate interests - using 'climate-friendly' narratives.
Covid Class Warfare- Pandemic Stripped 54 Million of Their Middle Class Status- Billionaires Gain
Penny, Penny for your thoughts - 15 hours ago
* Recall this previous report?* The Great Covid Class War- Pandemic as Pretext *That said the piece below was definitely worth reading aligning very well with my thoughts on why the "lockdowns" were and still are being enacted. The reasoning was NOT to save a single life. It was done to worsen the human condition. In every way possible. Only the most foolish and ignorant would claim otherwise. Sorry if that offends. But at this point in time, I'm unconcerned with that type of offense and am a great deal more concerned with the mass hysteria and blindness that has caused the realit...
The New Global Health Order
A Political Junkie, Viable Opposition - 16 hours ago
In the wake of the overreach by governments, government leaders have made it quite apparent that they want to go even further in the future as part of a global response to a pandemic. A letter signed by 24 world leaders from Europe, Africa and Asia as well as the World Health Organization appeared in newspapers around the world on March 30, 2021. Thanks to the Telegraph, here is the text of the letter in its entirety with all bolds being mine: "*The Covid-19 pandemic is the biggest challenge to the global community since the 1940s. * *At that time, following the devastatio...
$1,400 Stimulus Check Update: When Will It Land in Your Mailbox?
Ethen Kim Lieser, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Stimulus Check Mail, * [image: Stimulus Checks] There are still millions of cash-strapped Americans who are sitting empty-handed, wondering daily if they will ever get their hands on the potentially lifesaving stimulus funds. To date, nearly one hundred thirty million $1,400 coronavirus relief checks have already been sent out to bank accounts or mailboxes of financially struggling Americans. However, there are still millions of cash-strapped Americans who are sitting empty-handed, wondering daily if they will ever get their hands on the potentially lifesavin...
China vs. Russia: Who Has the Superior Airborne Fighting Vehicle?
Charlie Gao, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *Infantry Fighting Vehicles, Eurasia* China's vehicles are getting better but are still not as updated. *Here's What You Need to Know: *China arrived late into the airborne fighting vehicle scene. As China modernizes and develops its airborne corps, it appears to be basing it off the Russian or Soviet model. Chinese airborne troops are not part of the ground forces, but rather part of the air force (PLAAF). They are also considered to be a strategic asset, capable of rapidly deploying to crisis areas to protect Chinese interests. The armored spine of these forces i...
Covid Vaccine Clinic Today at Age of Autism Headquarters!
Age of Autism, AGE OF AUTISM - 15 hours ago
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-03-10/hungarian-chocolatiers-vaccine-bunnies-offer-hope-for-easter Come one! Come all! Age of Autism is proudly sponsoring a Covid vaccination clinic at our swanky headquarters here in Connecticut! Not local? No worries. We will send our corporate jet to your closest airfield, rush a limo to...
revitaPOP B12 Lollipops Closing Their Business
Age of Autism, AGE OF AUTISM - 15 hours ago
My goodness, how time flies. How many AofA readers remember the launch of the B12 revitaPOP at Autism One? They have announced the end of their road, and are closing out their remaining inventory. The pops gave a terrific "ping"...
Mexico Moves to Legalize Marijuana: A Good Or Bad idea?
Luis Gómez Romero, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Luis Gómez Romero* *Marijuana, Mexico* [image: Reuters] The criminalization of cannabis keeps Mexico’s penitentiary system bloated. Legalizing it will help free up space. Mexico’s lower house of Congress in March handily approved a bill to legalize the recreational use of cannabis. The bill is now with the Senate, where it is likely to pass, as Mexican senators have previously voted to legalize cannabis. If that happens, Mexico will join Uruguay and Canada in allowing people to use cannabis recreationally, albeit in more limited fashion. Mexico’s bill would not outright legaliz...
Congress Should Know There Are No Quick Fixes in the Middle East
Paul Gadalla, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Paul Gadalla* *Iran ISIS Yemen, Middle East* Americans on both sides of the political spectrum must realize that the United States, one way or another, will continue to be involved in the Middle East for the foreseeable future. Since the February 25 airstrikes on Iranian-backed militias in Syria, lawmakers on both sides of the political spectrum are looking to curb the president’s authorizations of such attacks. But President Joe Biden was right in showing that he would not give Iran carte blanche in hopes of trying to lure them back to the negotiating table. Democrats and Repu...
How Battleship USS Pennsylvania Got Revenge on Japan for Pearl Harbor
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *Battleship, Americas* This battleship was the first to respond and ended up expending an enormous amount of rounds during the fight. *Key point: *As the terrible attack aged, the men of the USS Pennsylvania jumped into action. Here is how they took out six Imperial Japanese warplanes. On Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, Gunner’s Mate Russell Winsett, 19, awoke at 5 am as he did most mornings. As he went topside he could see that the weather was like almost every December day in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, sunny blue skies with a few white puffy clouds. Thi...
Iran’s Bavar-2 ‘Flying Boats’ Could Be a Nightmare for the U.S. Navy
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Middle East* Iran has maintained robust capabilities to close down the Strait of Hormuz. *Here's What You Need To Remember: * Iran’s development of unmanned GEV drones seems a logical progression for a system that would likely prove vulnerable to air-defense weapons. In any case, while Bavar and its ilk may not be the super stealthy missile-toting terrors boasted about by Tehran, they still could serve as useful force multipliers for its fast boat fleet, and are another example of the unconventional approaches adopted by Tehran to facilitate its asym...
COVID-19 and Schizophrenia: A Potentially Deadly Combination
Kaleigh Alkenbrack, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Kaleigh Alkenbrack* *Coronavirus, * Did you know that people diagnosed with schizophrenia are almost three times more likely to die from COVID-19? People living with schizophrenia are uniquely vulnerable to COVID-19 and completely missing from Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization’s recommendations for vaccine distribution, which prioritizes seniors, front-line health-care workers, and Indigenous communities in the first stage. Those with schizophrenia are almost three times more likely to die from COVID-19 than those without the serious mental illness, making it...
Russia’s PAK-DA Stealth Bomber Prototype Will Be Ready This Year
Mark Episkopos, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Mark Episkopos* *PAK-DA Stealth Bomber, Europe* [image: Russian Air Force] The long-anticipated advanced stealth bomber is a new, fully post-Soviet design that will feature hypersonic and nuclear weapons. Russia’s defense industry is forging ahead with the PAK-DA, a new stealth bomber that offers a glimpse into the next generation of Russian military aviation technology. The Tupolev PAK-DA is a sixth-generation strategic bomber that is being produced as a long-term replacement for the Tu-160M and Tu-22M3. Whereas the latter two bombers—and for that matter, much of Russia’s air ...
Launchpad: How Cuba Became a Hangar for Large Russian Bombers
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *History, Americas* Though Moscow agreed to withdraw nuclear-armed forces from Cuba, the island remained an important Soviet sally on the doorstep of its chief international adversary. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *In November 1981, Moscow decided to permanently base up to twelve Tu-95RTs at San Antonio and even began building facilities to repair the bomber’s fan blades. Predictably, the Bear’s “Oriental Express” deployment to the Caribbean was popular with Bear crews and mechanics, who could enjoy a break from deployment in the Arctic circle residing i...
Could the F-16 Fighting Falcon Be the Next Drone Destroyer?
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * As air battles have historically been won by the side that detects and engages its opponent first, the radars will significantly improve an F-16’s lethality and survivability versus cutting-edge 4.5-generation fighters. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *Even benefiting from the AN/APG-83 radar, an F-16 may still only be able to pick up a small, low-flying cruise missile when it’s dozens of miles away, not hundreds. That means that for air defense missions guarding large swathes of airspace, some other platform needs to detect the missile—or at le...
How Do Russia and China's Air Defense Systems Stack Up?
Charlie Gao, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *Air Defense, Eurasia* China still buys Russian anti-air defenses but is also working on its own version for export. *Here's What You Need to Know: *Russia’s seeming lack of worry may suggest that the HQ-9 is less capable enough relative to original S-400s or S-300PMUs. The HQ-9 is China’s primary long-range domestic surface-to-air missile. Outwardly, it seems similar to the S-300, using large flat face radars and a large missile that vertically launches out of a canister. But since the Sino-Soviet split in the 1950s, China didn’t receive that much assistance in s...
Tweets Of The Day
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 15 hours ago
Virus Update: • Medics despair as France’s ‘third way’ virus strategy flails; • Company at heart of J&J vaccine woes has series of citations; • India fights virus surge, steps up jabs amid export row. https://t.co/NvI9qFTbVJ — The Associated Press (@AP) April 1, 2021 #UPDATE WHO Europe says only 10% of the region's total population have received one vaccine dose, and 4% have completed a full vaccine series https://t.co/ibMyZAyI0y pic.twitter.com/UNjPpwnzi7 — AFP News Agency (@AFP) April 1, 2021 The European Commission secured its first vaccine contract 105 days after former EU membe...
Argentine Foreign Ministry denies report regarding termination of agreements with UK
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 16 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Argentina's Foreign Ministry Wednesday denied allegations published by the Buenos Aires daily Infobae, according to which the administration of President Alberto Fernández was eyeing the termination of the bilateral agreements with the United Kingdom regarding the issue of the Falkland Islands. The news article, signed by Laureano Pérez Izquierdo, said […] The post Argentine Foreign Ministry denies report regarding termination of agreements with UK appeared first on The Rio Times.
Tourist season in Brazil 2021: All you need to know – sponsored
Contributing Reporter, The Rio Times - 16 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Only people who lived under a rock for this whole past year won’t know the struggle of traveling these days. Just a few countries around the globe manage to take the spread of the virus under control. If you want to research what those countries are and how they have […] The post Tourist season in Brazil 2021: All you need to know – sponsored appeared first on The Rio Times.
How education has changed in the universities of Rio de Janeiro due to the pandemic – sponsored
Contributing Reporter, The Rio Times - 16 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Access to education is one thing that many students definitely take for granted. However, as the pandemic has shown us, life without open universities is very different from the one we knew. The transitions to remote education The country was long-struggling to find the right approach towards the pandemic. The […] The post How education has changed in the universities of Rio de Janeiro due to the pandemic – sponsored appeared first on The Rio Times.
“Argentina on the verge of an unprecedented health catastrophe,” warns intensive care physician
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 17 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - For Arnaldo Dubin, the situation of the healthcare system, added to the epidemiological reality, suggests that "a worse disaster than the one experienced last year is in the offing." The statements of intensivist Arnaldo Dubin never go unnoticed. It must be because, as he himself acknowledges, intensive care specialists learn […] The post “Argentina on the verge of an unprecedented health catastrophe,” warns intensive care physician appeared first on The Rio Times.
Paraguay opens military barracks for patients due to overwhelmed hospitals
Latin America News, The Rio Times - 17 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - "What we enabled this morning is already a third line of action in the catastrophic scenario that we are now facing," Roque Silva, director of the XI Health Region, told the media during the enabling of 25 beds at the headquarters of the Army's Military Teaching Institutes Command, in the […] The post Paraguay opens military barracks for patients due to overwhelmed hospitals appeared first on The Rio Times.
Six presidential candidates sign a manifesto in defense of democracy in Brazil
Lachlan Williams, The Rio Times - 17 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Six political leaders who may be candidates for the Presidency of the Republic in 2022 signed a joint manifesto on Wednesday, March 31st, defending democracy and criticizing authoritarian initiatives that could endanger the country's achievements such as freedom of expression, equal access to justice and other individual rights. The document […] The post Six presidential candidates sign a manifesto in defense of democracy in Brazil appeared first on The Rio Times.
"As Russian Tanks Move Toward Ukraine, The Globe Braces For The Possibility That World War 3 Could Soon Erupt"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 11 hours ago
*"As Russian Tanks Move Toward Ukraine, The Globe* *Braces For The Possibility That World War 3 Could Soon Erupt"* by Michael Snyder "At this hour, more Russian military forces are massed near Ukraine’s borders than we have ever seen before. Western military leaders say that they are concerned that the troop movements that we have witnessed in recent days may be leading up to an invasion, and if an invasion does happen it will greatly test the resolve of the Biden administration, EU leaders and NATO brass. In particular, the hawks in the Biden administration would almost certainly n...
Israel's Very Own 'AK-47' Can Fire 650 Bullets Per Minute
Kyle Mizokami, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Firearms, Middle East* In the wake of the 1967 war, Israel decided it needed a new assault rifle. The resulting rifle soldiered on for nearly three decades. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *The Israeli Galil was adopted in 1972 and soldiered on for nearly three decades, through the Yom Kippur War, the 1982 invasion of Lebanon and anti-terrorism actions through the 1990s. The Galil experienced limited export success, with the most visible (and controversial) sale to Apartheid-era South Africa. The 1967 Six Day War provided many military lessons for the young s...
Bad News: Ebola Might Be a Chronic Infection. Here’s Why We Shouldn’t Panic.
Connor Bamford, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Connor Bamford* *Health, Africa* While Ebola is thought to be a short-term infection, this latest outbreak highlights the grave potential of longer-term infections. Ebola is back in Guinea in West Africa, five years after the largest Ebola epidemic ever known ended – but it has not come back the way we expected it to. Eighteen people are reported to have been infected, of which nine have died. Although vaccines against Ebola exist and have been rolled out, there is the fear that these small clusters of infection could ignite into something much, much larger. What’s unusual abo...
White mobs rioted in Washington in 1848 to defend slaveholders' rights after 76 Black enslaved people staged an unsuccessful mass escape on a boat
Michael David Cohen, Research Professor of Government, American University, Politics + Society – The Conversation - 15 hours ago
Riots by proslavery forces raged for three days in the nation's capital after the capture of a ship bearing fugitive enslaved people. The president, a slaveowner himself, tried to calm the city.
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