Sunday, August 08, 2021

8 August - AM - Blogs I'm Following - 4 of 6

 7:05 am MDT

The Rio Times16 hours ago
São Paulo decrees compulsory Covid-19 vaccination for city employees
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The mayor of São Paulo, Ricardo Nunes, decreed this Saturday (7) the compulsory vaccination against Covid-19 for all employees of the city, the most populous in Brazil and one of the hardest hit by the pandemic. The measure affects all public employees of the São Paulo capital's administration, including those […] The post São Paulo decrees compulsory Covid-19 vaccination for city employees appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
Glen Ford And The Black Radical Critical Tradition
It's easy to run with the herd, especially when it can bring possible career advancements and even significant monetary gain. That is why, for so many, making decisions to find a way into the mix, to play the game in order to advance one’s individual objectives, does not present any internal moral debate. It is just common sense. But for the oppressed and their radical intellectuals and activists, accommodationism is not an option without surrendering one’s soul. Glen Ford and many of our generation refused to do that. Glen made the decision to devote himself to being a truth tell... read more
The Rio Times16 hours ago
Forest fires in Bolivian region consumed 147,254 hectares this year
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Forest fires consumed 147,254 hectares this year in the Bolivian department of Santa Cruz, bordering Brazil, the governor's office of that region reported on Saturday. "At the departmental level, we already have 147,254 hectares affected by forest fires," Yovenka Rosado, coordinator of the Forest Fire Program of that governor's office, […] The post Forest fires in Bolivian region consumed 147,254 hectares this year appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
Garbage - Milk (Tricky Mix)
Seldom are remixes better than the original, but this is one of those occasions. read more
The Obsessive Pursuit Of Assange As UK Prepares Its Own Espionage Act
The single-minded U.S. pursuit of Julian Assange as Britain proposes changes to its official secrets law shows the fierce determination of both governments to conceal their secrets, writes Alexander Mercouris. The post The Obsessive Pursuit Of Assange As UK Prepares Its Own Espionage Act appeared first on PopularResistance.Org. read more
Preliminary Assange Appeal Hearing Scheduled For August 11
The United States government has been given limited permission to appeal the District Court’s decision to block the extradition of Julian Assange from the UK to the U.S. Britain’s High Court ruled that the U.S. government could appeal on some but not all of their requested points. Now a preliminary hearing has been scheduled for August 11th, at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, to argue the scope of that appeal, and whether the U.S. government will be allowed to appeal on its other two proposed lines of argument. Assange is expected to attend in person. The post Preliminary A... read more
Australian Army hits the streets to enforce the world’s strictest lockdown
Daily Mail Soldiers have been sent in to Sydney to enforce the world’s strictest lockdown in the city’s poor suburbs that are at the centre of... The post Australian Army hits the streets to enforce the world’s strictest lockdown appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
NY Lawmakers Grant ‘Protected Class’ Status to Cops, They Can Now Sue People for ‘Harassment’
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist Nassau County, NY — As if blue privilege in the form of qualified immunity, special treatment under the... The post NY Lawmakers Grant ‘Protected Class’ Status to Cops, They Can Now Sue People for ‘Harassment’ appeared first on From the Trenches World Report . read more
"Rain, Cleansing Nature"
*"Rain, Cleansing Nature"* by Madisyn Taylor "On the next rainy day, imagine the rain washing away and cleansing your emotional body. There are times when we might feel the need to wash away all of our troubles and call forth freshness into our lives. Since perhaps the most cleansing substance on this earth is water, we can think of the joy rain brings as an energetic bath, rejuvenating our minds, bodies and souls. Just being able to spend a few moments every time it rains to become aware of the healing powers water brings to us can renew us in so many ways. As we do this we will f... read more
The Daily "Near You?"
Wednesbury, Staffordshire, United Kingdom. Thanks for stopping by! read more
Free Download: Alfred, Lord Tennyson, "Poems"
"The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep Moans round with many voices. Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down: It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides and tho' We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are..." - Alfred, Lord Tenn... read more
"Children of Hope..."
"Children of Hope, to life we fondly cling, Though woe on woe bitter hour may bring; the spirit shrinks, and Nature dreads to brave, The doubt, the gloom, the stillness of the grave. But what is death? – a wing from earth to fee – a bridge o’er time into eternity." - Michelle, in “The Fear of Death Considered” read more
"You Continue..."
“How is one to live a moral and compassionate existence when one is fully aware of the blood, the horror inherent in life, when one finds darkness not only in one’s culture but within oneself? If there is a stage at which an individual life becomes truly adult, it must be when one grasps the irony in its unfolding and accepts responsibility for a life lived in the midst of such paradox. One must live in the middle of contradiction, because if all contradiction were eliminated at once life would collapse. There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions. You conti... read more
Old media forced to name Brittany Higgin’s alleged rapist Bruce Lehrmann after running a Liberal Party protection racket for months
Brittany Higgin’s alleged rapist Bruce Lehrmann was served by the ACT police on Friday (6/8/21) with a summons, via his lawyers, to attend court on the 16th of September 2021 where he […] The post Old media forced to name Brittany Higgin’s alleged rapist Bruce Lehrmann after running a Liberal Party protection racket for months appeared first on Kangaroo Court of Australia. read more
Stories Of Resistance From El Maizal Commune
El Maizal Commune lies in the fertile lands between the Lara and Portuguesa states in western Venezuela. Founded in 2009, this rural commune has since become an important political and economic force in both the region and the country. It not only produces huge amounts of corn every year, but also raises cattle and pigs, along with a growing number of additional side enterprises. Most importantly, El Maizal Commune forges new social relations and new human beings: people committed to the socialist project that Chávez promoted during his lifetime. The post Stories Of Resistance Fro... read more
Reverend William Barber Leads Moral Monday March For Voting Rights
On Monday August 2, 2021, Reverend William Barber II walked alongside Jesse Jackson leading several thousand on a revival of that same moral imperative. Their Moral Monday March was to demand that Congress restore the Voting Rights Act, signed by President Johnson on August 8, 1965, by passing the For The People Act, legislation which will strike down at the Federal level, all new voting restrictions passed in States like Georgia, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, and Arizona. The post Reverend William Barber Leads Moral Monday March For Voting Rights appeared first on PopularResistance.Org. read more
Debunk House17 hours ago
Hadley Rille
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/samples/ http://apollo.sese.asu.edu/LIW/20071114.html https://www.lroc.asu.edu/posts/362 https://www.lroc.asu.edu/posts/355 https://www.lroc.asu.edu/posts/362   https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/apollo/apollo_15/landing_site/ https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/samples/ http://apollo.sese.asu.edu/LIW/20071114.html https://www.lroc.asu.edu/posts/362 https://www.lroc.asu.edu/posts/355 https://www.lroc.asu.edu/posts/362 https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/apollo/apollo_15/landing_site/  http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/1147 https://planetarygeomo... read more
Media Paints Israel As ‘Victim’ As Hezbollah Responds To Airstrikes
Lebanese Hezbollah has claimed responsibility for the firing of the 19 rockets into northern Israel in response to a series of Israeli air and artillery strikes carried out earlier this week on southern Lebanon. The rocket fire reportedly shocked the Israeli military establishment and sparked further aggression against targets in Lebanon’s south; and, in defiance of all evidence, Western mainstream media quickly took to painting Israel as the victim. The post Media Paints Israel As ‘Victim’ As Hezbollah Responds To Airstrikes appeared first on PopularResistance.Org. read more
Rather Than Pay Fairer Wages, Businesses Look To Prisons
For months, business owners and corporate media pundits in the US have complained about a “labor shortage,” claiming that businesses are struggling to find new employees because “no one wants to work.” Rather than enticing applicants with more competitive wages and stronger benefits and protections, though, many businesses are opting to exploit prison slave labor. The post Rather Than Pay Fairer Wages, Businesses Look To Prisons appeared first on PopularResistance.Org. read more
Advocates Urge NYC To Be Nuclear Weapons Free
In commemoration of the August 6 and August 9, 1945 bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, New York City-based nuclear disarmament advocates assembled outside the Municipal Building on August 6, 2021 to deliver a letter to Council Speaker Corey Johnson urging him to bring NYC nuclear disarmament legislation, Resolution 976 & Introduction 1621, to the floor for a vote. The site of the gathering is rich with history, because the development of the atomic bombs began across the street from City Hall at the Manhattan Project headquarters, at 270 Broadway. The post Advocates Urge NYC To B... read more
2021 Is The Year Of Catastrophic Climate Change, But Capitalism Doesn’t Care
"The notion of the supremacy of self-gratification has been so powerfully engrained in us, the economically fortunate ones — particularly over the last 40 years or so — that our fellow citizens, in significant numbers, soon forgot the beauty of the clean air, the silence and the return of birdsong to our city centres in the first Covid lockdown, and felt stifled, longing to return to whatever their previous obsessions had been — tourism, spectacle, over-consumption." The post 2021 Is The Year Of Catastrophic Climate Change, But Capitalism Doesn’t Care appeared first on PopularResi... read more
Science Matters17 hours ago
World of Hurt from Climate Policies-Part 4
This is a fourth post toward infographics exposing the damaging effects of Climate Policies upon the lives of ordinary people. (See World of Hurt Part 1 , Part 2, and Part 3 ) And all of the pain is for naught in fighting against global warming/climate change, as shown clearly in the image above. This post […] read more
Medical Kidnap17 hours ago
Former Pfizer VP Warns Childbearing-age Women: ‘Do not Accept These Vaccines’
Dr. Michael Yeadon discussed recent findings indicating that experimental COVID-19 vaccines concentrate in a woman’s ovaries and induce an ‘autoimmune attack’ on the placenta.  In his brief presentation at Wednesday’s online “Stop the Shot” conference, former Pfizer vice president Dr. Michael Yeadon highlighted three reasons why women of childbearing years and younger should entirely reject experimental COVID-19 gene-therapy vaccines. “You’re being lied to, I’m being lied to,” said the professional research scientist. “The authorities are not giving us full information about the... read more
Juan Guaidó Paid UK Legal Fees With Looted Venezuelan Money
Court documents show that Venezuelan opposition figure Juan Guaidó‘s UK legal costs were paid with money appropriated from the Central Bank of Venezuela. As part of a legal effort to access roughly US$2bn of Venezuelan gold held in the Bank of England, Guaidó’s legal team drew on hundreds of thousands of dollars – if not millions – originally seized from the Central Bank of Venezuela in the US. Guaidó’s attempt to seize Central Bank of Venezuela assets in the UK, in other words, has been financed by money previously seized from the Central Bank of Venezuela. The post Juan Guaidó P... read more
Health Impact News18 hours ago
Former Pfizer VP Warns Childbearing-age Women: ‘Do not Accept These Vaccines’
Dr. Michael Yeadon discussed recent findings indicating that experimental COVID-19 vaccines concentrate in a woman’s ovaries and induce an ‘autoimmune attack’ on the placenta.  In his brief presentation at Wednesday’s online “Stop the Shot” conference, former Pfizer vice president Dr. Michael Yeadon highlighted three reasons why women of childbearing years and younger should entirely reject experimental COVID-19 gene-therapy vaccines. “You’re being lied to, I’m being lied to,” said the professional research scientist. “The authorities are not giving us full information about the... read more
Medical Kidnap18 hours ago
Digital Health Passports: The Snare that will Lure Many into the One-World Cashless System
Several new technologies that appear separate and unrelated will soon converge, creating a giant digital trap that will easily entice the uninformed masses. The digital trap has already been set and globalist elites are using COVID to speed up the process of convergence. Most people will sleep-walk right into the trap, which will ultimately reduce them to a human QR code – trackable, traceable, and 100 percent dependent on Big Tech and big government for their existence. In a briefing Monday, Aug. 2, Biden’s Coronavirus Response Coordinator Jeffrey Zients announced “it’s time to ... read more
CONTRARY BRIN14 hours ago
Explaining what should be obvious about ‘transparency' yet again
FIRST a brief note for SF fans with e-readers! *Startide Rising, *my Hugo and Nebula award winning novel, is on discount *today.* Get hooked(!) *only today* with this ebook bargain at $2.99! Refreshed-updated with new cover & introduction and Uplift Universe timeline! *== The Transparency thing that gave us everything we value ==* I still give a lot of talks on this topic... though I suspect in some cases I'm invited in hope of using me as a strawman "foe of privacy," to be knocked down. Some find it disappointing to learn that I fear both Big Brother *and* loss of privacy... read more
Egypt at the end of #Tokyo2020 : Truly Historical Gold and Silver Medals in Karate Kumite and Modern Pantheon
Now, this is a finale for Tokyo 2020 Olympics that I love, all of us back in Egypt love to be precise. What I love in this finale is that we did not expect it all. Egypt got Golden and Silver medals... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] read more
How to Protect Your Social Security Benefits
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *economy, Americas* Any mistakes in the figures could have a sizeable impact on how much money one will eventually receive via the benefits. *Here’s What You Need to Remember: *Perhaps many retirees aren’t aware, but the Social Security Administration (SSA) indeed has an online portal that can help keep track and manage all Social Security-related benefits. For those people who haven’t set up an account yet, it would be wise to do so—since the information from one’s work history will be calculated to give a rough estimate on the amount of Social Security bene... read more
Boom! These U.S. Navy Battleships Helped Drive Back the Germans at Normandy
*Kris Osborn* *Battleships, * It was codenamed Operation Neptune. *Here's What You Need to Know*: While approaching closer to the shoreline, U.S. Navy ships fought off heavy German attacks from mortars, artillery and machine guns. Struggling to withstand dangerous Nazi attacks on U.S. supply boats, three famous U.S. Navy battleships faced heavy resistance as they closed-in on the German-held Cotentin Peninsula as part of the D-Day invasion of Omaha Beach. As entrenched Nazi forces mounted attacks, three U.S. battleships -- the USS Texas, the USS Nevada and the USS Arkansas -- ... read more
Could China's Best Tanks Roll Up On the Shores of Taiwan?
*Kris Osborn* *China Taiwan, * An ability to air-deploy Type T99 tanks could give attacking Chinese forces a rapid forcible entry option, and possibly be trail closely behind or accompany some kind of amphibious assault. *Here's What You Need to Know*: Tank-carrying aircraft transiting from mainland China to Taiwan could of course travel much more quickly and much less visible than tank-transporting ships. This could even, quite possibly, be part of why the U.S. has been moving to sell Abrams tanks to Taiwan, a clear way to enable massive armored defense against a possible Chines... read more
Didn’t Report Your Parent’s Death to Social Security? It's Not Too Late.
*Stephen Silver* *Social Security, * Here's what to do if you never informed the government that your relative has died. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *One frequent occurrence is for people to continue to collect Social Security benefits of a deceased parent or other relative, after not informing the Social Security Administration that the relative has in fact passed away. There have been multiple reports in recent weeks about people arrested and indicted, or pleading guilty to, fraud crimes related to Social Security. One frequent occurrence is for people to continue to co... read more
As Revenge for Pearl Harbor, America Wanted to Nuke the Japanese Navy
*Steve Weintz* *Nuclear Weapons, Asia* For a time before the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the United States considered nuking the Japanese fleet at anchor — a kind of reverse, radioactive Pearl Harbor. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *However, just as the Japanese attack on Hawaii missed the U.S. carriers, so the American attack on Chuuk missed Japan’s capital ships — they’d withdrawn to Palau just days before. The attack cut the atoll off from its supply lines and its garrison eventually starved. The American campaign rolled west towards the Marianas and Chuuk became ... read more
Big Gun: Why You Should Keep an Eye Out for China’s New Howitzer
*Kris Osborn* *China, East Asia* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2019%3Anewsml_RC1C5B33A730&share=true] Both the United States and China have towed howitzers which, at least when it comes to the U.S. M777, can be sling-loaded beneath a Chinook helicopter and brought to otherwise completely unreachable areas such as high altitude or rocky terrain. *Here's What You Need To Remember:* A development of this kind does appear to be something the Pentagon is likely to take seriously as it does bring a new level of firepower to Chinese light-infantry m... read more
Debunk House17 hours ago
Hadley Rille
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/samples/ http://apollo.sese.asu.edu/LIW/20071114.html https://www.lroc.asu.edu/posts/362 https://www.lroc.asu.edu/posts/355 https://www.lroc.asu.edu/posts/362   https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/apollo/apollo_15/landing_site/ https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/samples/ http://apollo.sese.asu.edu/LIW/20071114.html https://www.lroc.asu.edu/posts/362 https://www.lroc.asu.edu/posts/355 https://www.lroc.asu.edu/posts/362 https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/apollo/apollo_15/landing_site/  http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/1147 https://planetarygeomo... read more
Debunk House17 hours ago
Hadley Rille
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/samples/ http://apollo.sese.asu.edu/LIW/20071114.html https://www.lroc.asu.edu/posts/362 https://www.lroc.asu.edu/posts/355 https://www.lroc.asu.edu/posts/362 https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/apollo/apollo_15/landing_site/ https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/samples/ http://apollo.sese.asu.edu/LIW/20071114.html https://www.lroc.asu.edu/posts/362 https://www.lroc.asu.edu/posts/355 https://www.lroc.asu.edu/posts/362 https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/apollo/apollo_15/landing_site/ http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/1147 read more
Snopes.com18 hours ago
Did Netflix Announce Official Release Date for ‘Stranger Things’ Season 4?
Fans of the hit science fiction series have already waited two years for the next installment. read more
Scientific Crusader Who Showed That No Biological Basis For Race Exists
Lewontin always harked back to what being radical means: going back to fundamentals in deriving a viewpoint. As a Marxist and activist, Lewontin believed that we need to fight at both levels: to expose class, race and gender stereotypes as a reflection of power within society, and also at the level of radical science, meaning from the fundamentals of scientific theory and data. The post Scientific Crusader Who Showed That No Biological Basis For Race Exists appeared first on PopularResistance.Org. read more
LPAC Shorts: Infrastructure Based on the Future
*by Bruce Director and Brian Lantz* Unlike the farcical so-called infrastructure package being bungled by Biden and both parties in Congress, real infrastructure, as understood by LaRouche, is rooted in the future. The U.S. has many experiences with such an approach, most notably the way the U.S. Space program sparked a reorganization of U.S. economy. That's real infrastructure. read more
The Rio Times18 hours ago
Worse than the disease? Reviewing some possible unintended consequences of mRNA vaccines against Covid-19
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – No, this article will not be an easy read for you. We apologize. Reviewing a scientific study is always a challenge. However, if you are interested and concerned about Covid-19 vaccination, we recommend that you try to read it anyway. It might be worth the effort. While the promises of […] The post Worse than the disease? Reviewing some possible unintended consequences of mRNA vaccines against Covid-19 appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
Dr. Stefan Lanka 2020 Article Busts the Virus Misconception
Freedom Articles – by Makia Freeman The virus misconception is at the heart of Operation Coronavirus, because without the concept of germ theory and without... The post Dr. Stefan Lanka 2020 Article Busts the Virus Misconception appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
Marine Corps Envisions New Sea-Land Attack Strategy
*Kris Osborn* *National Security, Americas* In the future, U.S. Marines will be able to detect and thwart anti-ship missiles more quickly and at greater ranges. The U.S. Marine Corps and Navy are looking to further synergize a land-sea integrated attack approach built upon a cross-domain information sharing strategy aimed at carving new space for maritime-, land- and amphibious-attack operations. “The Marine Corps must be able to fight at sea, from the sea, and from the land to the sea; operate and persist within range of adversary long-range fires; maneuver across the seaward a... read more
MUSINGS ON IRAQ19 hours ago
This Day In Iraqi History - Aug 7
1933 Kurds began attacking and killing Assyrians in Dohuk and Zakho (Musings On Iraq review *The Tragedy of the Assyrian Minority in Iraq*) (Musings On Iraq review *State and Society in Iraq*) 1945 Army attacked Barzani and pushed back (Musings On Iraq review *The Kurds, A Modern History*) (Musings On Iraq review *The Kurdish Revolt 1961-1970*) 1958 Gen Qasim supported march by Communists against federation of United Arab Republic of Syria and Egypt Qasim opposed United Arab Republic because rival of Egypt’s Nasser (Musings On Iraq review *The Making of Iraq 1900-1963,... read more
The Dasgupta Review Deconstructed: An Exposé of Biodiversity Economics
"Human health, education and population are also to be monetized and treated like man-made capital. Together three forms of capital – natural, human and produced – are taken to represent the ‘inclusive wealth’ of humanity." The post The Dasgupta Review Deconstructed: An Exposé of Biodiversity Economics appeared first on Wrong Kind of Green. read more
How to Get the Most Out of Your Social Security Benefits
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *economy, Americas* There are also some states that impose their own taxes on money received from Social Security—important information that should come into play if a recent retiree is thinking about a potential move. *Here’s What You Need to Remember: *The ultimate goal of any American nearing retirement age should be to attain the maximum amount of Social Security benefits. In many cases, however, that is easier said than done. More often than not, recent retirees are shaken to the core when they eventually learn that Social Security benefits, much like oth... read more
That Time the U.S. Military Lost a Hydrogen Bomb
*Steve Weintz* *Nuclear Weapons, Europe* When a routine Cold War operation went terribly wrong, two planes went down, seven men died, a village got contaminated, and a hydrogen bomb disappeared. *H**ere's What You Need to Remember: *The search teams found the three H-bombs within a day. One landed on a soft slope, its casing relatively intact. The high explosives within the other two bombs detonated on impact, blowing 100-foot-wide craters in the dry soil and scattering plutonium, uranium and tritium across the landscape. When a routine Cold War operation went terribly wrong, tw... read more
You May Never Receive a Social Security Check
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Social Security, Americas* With the constant reminders that the funds-depleting benefits program might not be around in the coming decades, what can Americans really count on? *Here's What You Need to Remember: * Whether someone is a Gen Z, millennial, Gen X, or a baby boomer, there will come a time when millions of individuals from these respective generations will start receiving benefits via the Social Security program. But with the constant reminders that the funds-depleting benefits program might not be around in the coming decades, what can Americans... read more
Small Dead Animals18 hours ago
Rex Is Such A Party Pooper.
Rex is so old fashioned. He doesn’t think federal civil servants should be partying during the China virus pandemic.Another day on Turtle Island read more
Health Impact News19 hours ago
Digital Health Passports: The Snare that will Lure Many into the One-World Cashless System
Several new technologies that appear separate and unrelated will soon converge, creating a giant digital trap that will easily entice the uninformed masses. The digital trap has already been set and globalist elites are using COVID to speed up the process of convergence. Most people will sleep-walk right into the trap, which will ultimately reduce them to a human QR code – trackable, traceable, and 100 percent dependent on Big Tech and big government for their existence. In a briefing Monday, Aug. 2, Biden’s Coronavirus Response Coordinator Jeffrey Zients announced “it’s time to ... read more
Patrick Buchanan: A Tonkin Gulf incident in the Gulf of Oman?
Israel has long targeted Iran as an enemy to be taken down. Author/analyst Patrick Buchanan is not alone in suspecting that the recent strike on the Israel-linked MT Mercer Street tanker could be a false flag incident intended to cause the U.S. to attack Iran... read more
The Last Refuge19 hours ago
Pathologist Dr Ryan Cole Delivers Concerning Message About COVID Vaccine and Long Term Impacts
Before getting to the sketchy part; first, let’s talk…. There has been a great deal of discussion about the vitriolic, almost rabid disposition of people who are pushing the vaccination. This should not be a surprise, although it might be disconcerting to find formerly reasonable people in your network, perhaps even in your family, now […] The post Pathologist Dr Ryan Cole Delivers Concerning Message About COVID Vaccine and Long Term Impacts appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
Turcopolier19 hours ago
“Leave Kabul now!”
“The U.S. embassy in Kabul told Americans in Afghanistan to leave the country immediately in response to an increase in violence, and to not “rely on U.S. government flights” in the process. “The U.S. Embassy urges U.S. citizens to leave Afghanistan immediately … Continue reading → read more
Snopes.com19 hours ago
Did Bill Gates Say Meeting Jeffrey Epstein Was a ‘Huge Mistake’?
The Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist has faced difficult questions over the nature of his relationship with the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender. read more
Snopes.com19 hours ago
Some in US Getting COVID-19 Boosters Without FDA Approval
While Pfizer has said it plans to seek U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for booster shots, health authorities say that for now, the fully vaccinated seem well protected. read more
The Simple Way to Max Out Your Social Security Check
*Trevor Filseth* *Social Security, * A person’s monthly Social Security payment can go up and down depending on a number of choices. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *For most people the objective of Social Security is not to maximize the dollar value extracted before their deaths but to generally ensure a comfortable retirement. To assist with this, one should also consider saving through retirement funds such as a 401(k) or a Roth IRA, which are tax-free and can help to supplement monthly Social Security payments. Social Security payments are intended to replace about forty ... read more
Japan Wants Its Helicopter Carriers to Be Compatible With U.S. Fighter Jets
*David Axe* *F-35, * And who could blame them? *Here's What You Need to Remember:* As Tokyo begins preparing the *Izumo*s for F-35s, the Japanese fleet, in theory, could send pilots, staff and crew to train alongside their American counterparts who are already operating F-35s from ships. The British company that built the Royal Navy’s two new *Queen Elizabeth*-class aircraft carriers wants to help Japan modify some of its own ships into carriers. The Japanese government in November 2018 announced that it plans to enhance its two *Izumo*-class helicopter carriers in order to sup... read more
The Duran20 hours ago
Taliban Advances; ex UK Defence Ministers Make Absurd Call for Britain to Intervene
Taliban Advances; ex UK Defence Ministers Make Absurd Call for Britain to Intervene News Topic 245 Resurgent Taliban take provincial capital, kill Afghan gov’t spokesman Resurgent Taliban take provincial capital, kill Afghan gov’t spokesman KABUL, Aug 6 (Reuters) – The Taliban captured an Afghan provincial capital and assassinated the government’s top media officer in Kabul […] read more
Podcast—Adam Kokesh—The Path Forward For Social Media Activism & The Future Of The Liberty Movement
[image: podcast]Will decentralized, block chain social media platforms bring a golden age for the internet? Is the goal to still plant seeds and "wake up as many people as we can?" read more
Snopes.com20 hours ago
Did Apple Say It Would Scan iPhones for Child Sexual Abuse Imagery?
The tech giant has previously resisted government and law enforcement calls for greater access to users' private data. read more

8 August - AM - Blogs I'm Following - 3 of 6

 7:05 am MDT

Gangsters Out Blog11 hours ago
Fatal shooting in Richmond
CTV is reporitng that "Police are on the scene of a shooting in Richmond that killed one man. The incident, which happened in an agricultural area of the city, one kilometre east of 17130 Cambie Road – near a cranberry farm – appears to be targeted, say Richmond RCMP." “(There was) a report of a deceased male located by the public,” says a statement from Sgt. Patrick Damgajian. Police were called to the scene around 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, and found the man in a ditch. “Officers located a deceased male who may have been killed during what appears to be a shooting incident,” the stat... read more
Gangsters Out Blog12 hours ago
COVID Is Over In Norway Declares National Health Chief
Great Game India is reporting that "The Covid-19 pandemic is over in Norway, according to one of the doctors leading the response against coronavirus in the rich Scandinavian country." Preben Aavitsland, chief physician in the infection control division at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, tweeted on Sunday a graph showing Norway with its lowest level of hospital admissions since the end of last summer and wrote: “That is the pandemic over with.” Bonnie Henry's lies are statistically impossible. Great Game India is also reporting that "Health Canada, the department of t... read more
Experts Once Wanted to Use Nuclear Weapons to Make Tunnels
*Steve Weintz* *Cold War History, * It's not the craziest idea to come out of the Cold War. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Nuclear weapons were a new weapon that many thought could have had industrial uses. However, nukes turned out to be too expensive and dangerous to use for mining or tunneling. Digging out deep underground complexes or undersea bases could be expedited the Atomic way, in an alternate universe where the wildest ideas of the 1950s, 60s and 70s came to pass. Although our own timeline relies on mega-engineering for transportation, energy and architectural in... read more
A Submarine Plus a Battleship: The Ultimate Weapon Never Built?
*Steve Weintz* *Submarines, * A century ago submarines presented as much of a challenge for naval war planners as drones do today. Like airborne and surface stealth decades later, underwater stealth was a game-changer—but how to use it? *Here's What You Need to Remember:* The British Admiralty appears to have kicked off the idea with its extraordinary response to reports of the Kaiser’s new *U139*-class subs, which packed 5.9-inch guns. In 1916, the Committee on Submarine Development chose to mount 12-inch guns—battleship guns—on submarines. A century ago submarines presented as... read more
A Ballistic Missile Submarine Shortage Could Spell Disaster for the U.S. Navy
*Kris Osborn* *Submarines, * What good are America's nuclear submarines if they have nothing to fire? *Here's What You Need to Remember:* The new Columbia class, which at the moment will likely consist of twelve boats, is expected to be fully delivered by 2042, arriving at a pace of one per year from 2033 through 2042. The U.S. Navy now has as many as fourteen Ohio-class nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarines and has already begun to build a new fleet of advanced, next-generation Columbia-class boats to replace them, yet the pace of their arrival raises the question as to wh... read more
The Last Refuge13 hours ago
President Trump Releases Statement on Insufferable Senate Spending Bill Falsely Disguised as Infrastructure
As customary, K-street wrote the legislation, that’s why the Senators had to vote cloture to continue debate before the bill was even written. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a host of Wall Street multinationals actually wrote the bill and the UniParty politicians are now tasked with selling it. That’s the way the process is […] The post President Trump Releases Statement on Insufferable Senate Spending Bill Falsely Disguised as Infrastructure appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
Halifax Examiner13 hours ago
Hundreds rally for Owls Head
Several hundred people filled Victoria Park on Saturday afternoon to protest the Liberal government’s handling of Owls Head and to call on their fellow Nova Scotians to make their discontent known at the ballot box. Sporting Save Owls Head shirts or hats and holding signs aloft, the ‘Save Owls Head’ rally was frequently acknowledged by […] read more
Russia's T-72 Tank is Old But Shows No Sign of Stopping
*Peter Suciu* *Russian Tanks, * Even as Russia has announced plans for the T-14 Armata to enter service later this year or possibly early next year, it will upgrade all of its operational T-72 tanks, which will allow them to remain in service. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *More than 20,000 of the tanks have been built—and it has seen use in numerous conflicts beginning with the Iran-Iraq War and remains in service today. The Soviet-designed T-72 main battle tank (MBT) first entered production in 1971, and it entered service two years later. More than 20,000 of the tanks ha... read more
‘Defund the Police’ Is a Problem. Not Prosecuting Criminals Is Worse.
*Pedro Gonzalez* *Defund the Police, United States* Example: In St. Louis, prosecutors in the office of Attorney Kim Gardner failed to appear at a series of pretrial hearings for accused murderer Brandon Campbell. Consequently, a judge dropped the murder charges against him. The Democratic Party has spent months retreating from its progressive incantations about defunding the police after discovering, to their surprise, that most Americans are yet fond of their unmolested person and property. Unfortunately for Democrats, Missouri Rep. Cori Bush has ruined their egress from a me... read more
The Plight of the Foreign Policy Realists
*Sumantra Maitra* *Foreign Policy, Americas* Ideas won’t matter if there is no America to preserve anyway. The International Institute for Strategic Studies recently published an article titled Misplaced Restraint: The Quincy Coalition Versus Liberal Internationalism in Survival, its house journal. The article’s authors, Daniel Deudney and G. John Ikenberry, fire broadsides at what they call a profoundly deficient “understanding of the wellsprings of American success in the twentieth century,” by a group of domestic libertarians, foreign policy realists, and anti-imperialist left... read more
Some Interesting Conservative Links
Ran into a Traditional & Conservative portal on the radio, that led to further links of interest. Continue reading → read more
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. - Holly Yan examines the growing medical recognition that children need to be protected from COVID-19 (and particularly the Delta variant). David Holtgrave et al. highlight why we need to be increasing our testing and monitoring - not abandoning the effort as the UCP has chosen as part of its "just give up" philosophy. Alessia Simona Maratta reports on Quebec's move to implement a vaccine passport - and the resulting increase in vaccination rates. Eleanor Murray and Ruby Barnard-Mayers discuss when it will be safe to remove mask mandates ... read more
"Is the U.S. Going Bankrupt? This Is All An Illusion"
*Full screen recommended.* Dan, iAllegedly, PM 8/7/21: *"Is the U.S. Going Bankrupt? This Is All An Illusion"* "The Economy is a very bad illusion that we are living through. We are told unemployment numbers that were supposed to believe a good one in fact everything is horrific in the economy." read more
The Rio Times15 hours ago
El Salvador confirms circulation of three Covid variants “of concern”
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Minister of Health of El Salvador, Francisco Alabí, confirmed this Saturday (7) that the "worrying" variants of Covid-19 - Alpha, Gamma and Delta - are circulating in the country. Alabí said that the Health Ministry sent 100 samples to a laboratory in Panama, whose study revealed the circulation of […] The post El Salvador confirms circulation of three Covid variants “of concern” appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
Musical Interlude: Prelude, "After the Goldrush"
Prelude, "After the Goldrush" (Studio version) Prelude, "After the Goldrush" (Live version) Prelude comprise Irene Hume, Brian Hume, Ian Vardy. read more
"A Look to the Heavens"
"A gorgeous spiral galaxy some 100 million light-years distant, NGC 1309 lies on the banks of the constellation of the River (Eridanus). NGC 1309 spans about 30,000 light-years, making it about one third the size of our larger Milky Way galaxy. Bluish clusters of young stars and dust lanes are seen to trace out NGC 1309's spiral arms as they wind around an older yellowish star population at its core. Not just another pretty face-on spiral galaxy, observations of NGC 1309's recent supernova and Cepheid variable stars contribute to the calibration of the expansion of the Universe. Stil... read more
The Rio Times15 hours ago
Peru’s traditional exports rise 25% above pre-pandemic levels in first half 2021
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Peru’s traditional exports accumulated a value of US$20.5 billion during the first six months of 2021, a figure 25.6% higher than the pre-pandemic level recorded in the same period of 2019, as reported this Saturday by the Central Reserve Bank (BCR). The issuing agency detailed that only last June this […] The post Peru’s traditional exports rise 25% above pre-pandemic levels in first half 2021 appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
Michael West16 hours ago
Energy to Waste: Australia moves on plastics yet falls short in world recycling race
[image: global waste, plastic] As petrochemical giants plan to double new plastics production and the bulk of Australian plastics are tipped into landfill, not recycled, Luke Stacey checks out how other countries are tackling the plastics crisis versus the Coalition Government's 2025 National Packaging Targets and waste export bans. read more
Great Power Clashes Will Reshape America
*Mark N. Katz* *National Security, Americas* The end of the U.S.-dominated unipolar world order is something that has been predicted—even advocated—for many years. At the end of the bipolar Cold War era that was dominated by the rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union, many people either hoped or feared that a new unipolar world dominated by the United States had come into being. From the beginning of the twenty-first century, though, the ability of the United States to act as a unipole was challenged by several factors. These included: *America’s inability* to p... read more
Guilty as Charged: Americans Facing Fines and Jail for Social Security Fraud
*Stephen Silver* *, Americas* A New York case is part of a rash of recent indictments and convictions of people who have improperly collected Social Security benefits or stolen them from others. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Sentencing has been scheduled for the end of November. The defendant faces “up to 10 years in prison, up to 3 years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $250,000 as a result of his conviction.” He has agreed to pay restitution. A New York man has pled guilty to federal charges that he improperly collected $33,812.00 in Social Security retiremen... read more
Listed: Russia’s 5 Current and Prospective Hypersonic Weapons
*Mark Episkopos* *Hypersonics, Europe* Russia has quietly become one of the world's foremost developers of hypersonic weapon technology. Russian president Vladimir Putin’s 2018 state-of-the-nation address unveiled a raft of new offensive hypersonic systems. In the years that followed, Russia became one of the world’s foremost developers of hypersonic weapons technology. But what exactly does the Kremlin have to show for its efforts? Here is a list of all current and prospective Russian hypersonic weapons. *3M22 Tsirkon* 3M22 Tsirkon, also known as Zircon (NATO reporting name SS-... read more
Would Nuking Vietnam Have Won the War for America?
*Steve Weintz* *Vietnam War, * In 1966, they investigated just that. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *Nuclear weapons still engender deep contradictions. The most powerful weapons ever devised serve no other purpose but to prevent their use by others. By February 1966, frustration with the U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam rose high enough to spur talk of going nuclear. Throughout the Vietnam War, such talk was mostly just that, but in 1966, it worried certain people enough to gin up a classified study of tactical nuclear weapons use in Southeast Asia. The study's ... read more
CURMUDGUCATION14 hours ago
FL: Bullying By Mask
Florida (state motto: Death to public education!) has been leaping to capitalize on the current COVID disaster, as witnessed by this extremely on-point headline: *Florida Will Pay for Parents to Move Kids Into New Schools if They Experience ‘COVID-19 Harassment’* That's a very apt way to characterize a voucher program--the state will pay you to pull your kid out of public schools. You may have been wondering how Florida made the leap to a voucher for covid harassment, but the fact is, they were already halfway there. Florida already has the Hope Scholarship, a voucher program t... read more
Small Dead Animals15 hours ago
So What About Aids?
With everyone all worked up about possibly getting the china virus from the great unwashed masses one wonders about another more lethal disease. The criminal law does not require disclosure of HIV in every case. The criminal law should not apply to persons living with HIV who have engaged in sexual activity without disclosing their… Continue reading → read more
Chet Raymo, “Caught In The Middle”
*“Caught In The Middle”* by Chet Raymo "It doesn't take a genius to recognize that human males have a propensity for intergroup violence, and that the killing is often accompanied by rape. One need only read the newspapers. The only question is to what extent these tendencies are innate or culturally inculcated. Nature or nurture? Or both? A new book, "Sex and War: How Biology Explains Warfare and Terrorism and Offers a Path to a Safer World," by population biologist Malcolm Potts and science writer Thomas Hayden, dishes up a bit of both. The violence is in our (male) genes, they m... read more
Greg Hunter, "Weekly News Wrap-Up for 8/7/21"
*"Weekly News Wrap-Up for 8/7/21"* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com "What ever happened to the door knocking campaign from the Biden Administration to get the unvaxed, vaxed? It appears to be replaced with a tyrannical panicked push to get everyone vaxed right now. Kids, pregnant women, military and anyone unvaxed. Get vaxed or get fired. Legal cases are forming every day, and will religious exemptions save the day? Pay no mind to science or constitutional rights. Never mind the silly Nuremberg Code of 1947 that came out of the forced science experiments by Nazis doctors, they han... read more
Small Dead Animals15 hours ago
Alberta vs Ontario
A couple of nice charts in here on all cause mortality. This decentalized mindset served Alberta well during the C19 response. Public health regulated lightly and despite a few significant missteps, none were fatal. Public health objectives were presumably met and that afforded a quiet glide path to exit a non-pandemic pandemic. Enter Ontario, the… Continue reading → read more
The Rio Times15 hours ago
Human Rights Commission asks to locate 95 missing migrants in Mexico’s Tamaulipas
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) recommended Mexican authorities locate approximately 95 migrants who disappeared while in transit in the northern state of Tamaulipas in 2019. In a statement, the body called on Tamaulipas authorities, the Attorney General's Office (FGR), and the National Migration Institute (INM) to improve protocols for […] The post Human Rights Commission asks to locate 95 missing migrants in Mexico’s Tamaulipas appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
Will Lawmakers Say Yes to the Stimulus Checks?
*Stephen Silver* *economy, Americas* The big question is whether such a measure would have the majority support or even filibuster-proof support in Congress, and it is very unlikely that it would. *Here’s What You Need to Remember:* In order to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, three rounds of stimulus checks were passed, which among other measures put money into the pockets of Americans. And while there have been both popular petitions and letters from members of Congress calling for the distribution of more checks, it has looked fairly certain for a while now that there isn’... read more
U.S. Fighter Jets are Facing a New Threat: Chinese Hackers
*Kris Osborn* *Cybersecurity, Americas* This possibility is increasingly realistic given the alarming pace at which enemy cyber attackers are leveraging new technologies to innovate previously unknown or impossible methods of intrusion. *Here's What You Need to Know*: Many networks, weapons systems and sensors increasingly rely upon data bus technology, which both massively improves functionality and simultaneously increases the need to fortify cyber defenses as attacks run the risk of having a larger impact. What if an armored combat vehicle was rapidly into battle through rigor... read more