Sunday, October 10, 2021

10 October - Blogs I'm Following - 2 of 5

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The Daily "Near You?"
Janesville, Wisconsin, USA. Thanks for stopping by! read more
The Poet: Maya Angelou, “When Great Trees Fall”
*“When Great Trees Fall”* “When great trees fall, rocks on distant hills shudder, lions hunker down in tall grasses, and even elephants lumber after safety. When great trees fall in forests, small things recoil into silence, their senses eroded beyond fear. When great souls die, the air around us becomes light, rare, sterile. We breathe, briefly. Our eyes, briefly, see with a hurtful clarity. Our memory, suddenly sharpened, examines, gnaws on kind words unsaid, promised walks never taken. Great souls die and our reality, bound to them, takes leave of us. Our souls, dependent upon thei... read more
Martin Solveig - The Night Out (Madeon Remix)
Back to work tomorrow, but there's no time like the present for a top party tune. And for those who want more, here's another 99 of them. read more
“8 Things to Remember When Everything Goes Wrong”
*“8 Things to Remember When Everything Goes Wrong”* by Marc Chernoff “Today, I’m sitting in my hospital bed waiting to have both my breasts removed. But in a strange way I feel like the lucky one. Up until now I have had no health problems. I’m a 69-year-old woman in the last room at the end of the hall before the pediatric division of the hospital begins. Over the past few hours I have watched dozens of cancer patients being wheeled by in wheelchairs and rolling beds. None of these patients could be a day older than 17.” That’s an entry from my grandmother’s journal, dated 9/16/19... read more
"The Mystery Of The Millions Of 'Missing Workers'”
*"The Mystery Of The Millions Of 'Missing Workers'”* by Michael Snyder "Something really strange is going on, and none of the “experts” can explain why it is happening. Right now, there are more jobs available than ever before. In fact, according to one recent measure there were nearly 11 million job openings in the United States during the month of July. There are literally “help wanted” signs all over the place, and so if you want a job you can go get a job. It may not be the job that you want, but the truth is that there are millions upon millions of jobs available. We are in th... read more
Liberal Party’s “Brothers” Demanding Reparations
The Taliban is demanding billions of dollars in reparations. I bet Mohammad Justin is already cutting a cheque. read more
Medical Kidnap7 hours ago
CDC: 16,310 DEAD 778,685 Injured Following COVID-19 Shots – 2.5X More Deaths than Following ALL Vaccines for Past 30 Years – 2,102 Fetal DEATHS
The CDC released more data into VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System) this past Friday which included cases through October 1, 2021. The U.S. Government is now reporting that in the past 10 months since the emergency use authorization for the COVID-19 shots, 16,310 people have died following those shots. By way of contrast, prior to December, 2020, the date when the first COVID-19 shots were given emergency use authorization, 6,214 people reportedly died following ALL FDA-approved vaccines for the past 30 years. So in the past 10 months, over 2.5X more people have died f... read more
Digital Dollars
Zerohedge-The ‘War On Cash’ Endgame Is Here Building on the bitcoin model, central banks are planning to produce their own “digital currencies”. Removing any and all remaining privacy, granting total control over every transaction, even limiting what ordinary people are allowed to spend their money on. From the moment bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies first emerged,… Continue reading → read more
The New Segregated Economy
CNBC-Southwest Airlines cancels 1,000 more flights as disruptions mount There’s a rumour floating around the internet that American Airlines might be next. read more
Your Islamophobia News For Today
While infidel settlers are having their Thanksgiving dinner today, they should remember not to do anything that would upset muslims. read more
No Moderna for You
Upon further review… Chief Epidemiologist Þórólfur Guðnason has decided that Iceland will halt the use of the Moderna vaccine in Iceland. RÚV reports that the decision was made after reviewing new data from the Nordic countries, which shows an increased incidence of myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle (or myocaridum), as well as pericarditis,… Continue reading → read more
Econlib11 hours ago
Further thoughts on Washington State
In a recent post, I pointed out that Washington State had much lower Covid fatality rates than California, which were in turn much lower than Arizona. I argued that the difference was probably cultural. An alternative hypothesis is that the difference is due to tighter regulations in Washington State. To get at this issue, consider […] The post Further thoughts on Washington State appeared first on Econlib. read more
When Lockheed Tried to Put the F-117 on Aircraft Carriers
*Alex Hollings* *F-117 Nighthawk, * Lockheed approached the U.S. Navy with a proposal for a carrier-based iteration of the famed “stealth fighter.” *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Despite first taking to the skies in 1981, the U.S. Air Force didn’t acknowledge the existence of the world’s first operational stealth plane until 1988–five years after the F-117 fully entered service. The world, however, was already vaguely aware that Uncle Sam was keeping some exotic-looking secrets in the hangars of Area 51. The introduction of the F-117 Nighthawk was a watershed moment in milit... read more
The Last Refuge7 hours ago
National Political Propagandist Anthony Fauci Expresses His Sadness as COVID Cases Drop Rapidly
Positive COVID-19 cases have plummeted nationally. Symptomatic cases as well severe illness, hospitalizations and death have also collapsed. Given the scientific discussion surrounding variant strength and transmissibility, my own belief is that the number of non-vaccinated Americans has stabilized; and the hardcore unvaxxed group, with strong natural antibody immunity – or strong immune systems writ […] The post National Political Propagandist Anthony Fauci Expresses His Sadness as COVID Cases Drop Rapidly appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
CDC: 16,310 DEAD 778,685 Injured Following COVID-19 Shots – 2.5X More Deaths than Following ALL Vaccines for Past 30 Years – 2,102 Fetal DEATHS
The CDC released more data into VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System) this past Friday which included cases through October 1, 2021. The U.S. Government is now reporting that in the past 10 months since the emergency use authorization for the COVID-19 shots, 16,310 people have died following those shots. By way of contrast, prior to December, 2020, the date when the first COVID-19 shots were given emergency use authorization, 6,214 people reportedly died following ALL FDA-approved vaccines for the past 30 years. So in the past 10 months, over 2.5X more people have died f... read more
A reader has annoyed me.
In my last post, a reader was deeply offended when I said nice things about China. Naughty me. It's possible I overstated the Chinese car market. I'm not sure. But China remains the world leader in sales of electricity powered cars - and the Chinese are going all the way on this. Their cars are also very cheap, mostly in the $4,000 range.(Most Chinese driving is on crowded streets. So I would guess these cars are not speedy. But what the hell, I could use a 4,000 dollar car.) The reader was also contemptious about Chinese housing. So let's look at that. Remember that China was for a ... read more
Not PC8 hours ago
"...to trust, and to be trustworthy..."
*"To recognise that it is to your own advantage to trust, and to be trustworthy in turn, is the key to living together in a market economy." * ~ Michael Munger, from his op-ed 'The Good, The Wise and The Just ' Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is granted, with link and attribution. read more
The Duran8 hours ago
Furious Putin Slams EU Policies for Creating Gas Crisis, Signals End of Ukraine Gas Transit
Furious Putin Slams EU Policies for Creating Gas Crisis, Signals End of Ukraine Gas Transit News Topic 308 Meeting on development of the energy industry Meeting on development of the energy industry The meeting was attended by Deputy Prime Minister , presidential aides and , Minister of Natural Resources and Environment , Minister of Industry […] read more
The Rio Times8 hours ago
New scientific study shows lack of correlation between percentage of fully vaccinated population and new Covid-19 cases
[image: Covid vaccines fail] RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Vaccines currently are the primary strategy to combat Covid-19 around the world. For instance, the narrative related to the ongoing surge of new cases in the United States (US) is argued to be driven by areas with low vaccination rates. A similar narrative has also been observed in Germany and […] The post New scientific study shows lack of correlation between percentage of fully vaccinated population and new Covid-19 cases appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
The Hypersonic Arms Race Is Ramping Up and That's Dangerous
*Deseri Tsepetis* *Hypersonic Weapons, * Hypersonic weapons are labeled as “game-changers,” but are they necessary? North Korea’s recent announcement that it test-launched a hypersonic missile brought hypersonic weapons back into the news. On the latest episode of *Press the Button*, Shannon Bugos, Research Associate at Arms Control Association, sats down with Michelle Dover to discuss the report “*Understanding Hypersonic Weapons: Managing the Allure and the Risks*,” which she co-authored with Kingston Reif. They review the state of development for hypersonic missiles around th... read more
Christmas Miracle at Hungnam: The Epic Evacuation that Changed Korea Forever 
*Sebastien Roblin* *Korean War, * Until the U.S. evacuation from Afghanistan this summer, this was estimated to be the largest wartime evacuation of civilians undertaken by the U.S. military, and it dramatically affected the lives of at least a million Koreans today. On June 27, 2017, South Korean president Moon Jae-in laid a wreath at a memorial in Quantico, Virginia commemorating the frozen Battle of Changjin Lake. The visit by the newly elected leader was of more than just diplomatic significance: Moon’s own mother, owed her life to a huge but little remembered evacuation of... read more
With America Gone, Will China Move into Afghanistan?
*Micah D. Petersen, Addison McLamb* *Afghanistan, Middle East* To Beijing, Afghanistan likely reflects a ripe investment opportunity, credible hedge against criticism of anti-Islamic bias, and tantalizing opportunity to display international leadership. As the final boardwalk shop on Kandahar Airfield closed its doors for the last time, reality hit home: this time the United States was actually leaving Afghanistan. A decade ago, thousands dined at TGI Friday’s on the boardwalk and joined in for Salsa Night; but now the desert dust of Kandahar blew trash across the empty basketbal... read more
Bellingcat Funded By Contractors That Aided Extremists In Syria
Since its launch in July 2014, the self-styled open-source investigations website Bellingcat has cemented itself as a darling of mainstream Western media, with its dives into alleged Syrian government chemical weapon attacks and Russian intelligence operations showered with praise, puff pieces, and glitzy awards. While vehemently insisting that it is independent of government influence, Bellingcat is funded by both the US government’s National Endowment for Democracy and the European Union. CIA officials have declared their “love” for Bellingcat, and there are unambiguous signs th... read more
Biden Tells Supreme Court Publicly Documented Torture Is A State Secret
When Abu Zubaydah was apprehended in Pakistan in 2002, the George W. Bush administration falsely characterized him as chief of operations for al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden’s number three man. For the next four years, the CIA sent Zubaydah to its “black sites” in Thailand and Poland where he was viciously tortured. In 2006, Zubaydah was taken to Guantánamo, where he remains to this day. He has never been charged with a crime. The torture of Abu Zubaydah is thoroughly documented in the 2014 report of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. In fact, several of the justices at the... read more
Journalists Who Mocked Assange Say Nothing About CIA Plans To Kill Him
Yahoo! News (9/26/21) published a bombshell report detailing the US Central Intelligence Agency’s “secret war plans against WikiLeaks,” including clandestine plots to kill or kidnap publisher Julian Assange while he took refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Following WikiLeaks‘ publication of the Vault 7 files in 2017—the largest leak in CIA history, which exposed how US and UK intelligence agencies could hack into household devices—the US government designated WikiLeaks as a “non-state hostile intelligence service” (The Hill, 4/13/17), providing legal cover to target the o... read more
On Contact: The Anonymous Executioners Of The Corporate State
On the show, Chris Hedges discusses the ongoing persecution of human rights lawyer Steven Donziger. Judge Loretta Preska, an adviser to the conservative Federalist Society, to which Chevron is a major donor, sentenced the human rights attorney and Chevron nemesis Stephen Donziger to six months in prison on October 1 for misdemeanor contempt of court after he had spent 787 days under house arrest in New York. Preska’s caustic outbursts – she said at the sentencing, “It seems that only the proverbial two-by-four between the eyes will instill in him any respect for the law” – capped... read more
Decolonization Or Extinction – Indigenous People’s Day 2021
In 2015, The Red Nation and a coalition of Native and non-Native organizations led a successful campaign to rename the second Monday of October Indigenous Peoples’ Day (IPD) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Albuquerque City Council issued a proclamation abolishing Columbus Day that was signed by Rey Garduño, Ken Sanchez, Klarissa Peña, Isaac Benton, Brad Winter, and Diane Gibson, with three council members abstaining. The proclamation declared that the day “shall be used to reflect upon the ongoing struggles of Indigenous peoples on this land.” For the first time this year, the c... read more
Greek Youth Reiterate Resolve To Fight Fascism
On the occasion of the first anniversary of the banning of Greek fascist party Golden Dawn, progressive sections organized massive mobilizations across the country on Thursday, October 7, resolving to strengthen the fight against fascism and the system that gives birth to it. The demonstrations, mainly called by student and youth organizations, included concerts and other cultural activities. Trade unionists from the All Workers Militant Front (PAME) and cadre of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) also participated in the mobilization in addition to people from all walks of life.... read more
Street Response Effective At Resolving Non-Violent 911 Calls
Portland, Oregon - The first six months of the Portland Street Response pilot project is meeting its lofty expectations, according to a Portland State University (PSU) study released Tuesday. "Based on the findings... we feel very optimistic about the future of Portland Street Response and believe it is well on its way to becoming a citywide solution to responding to 911 and non-emergency calls involving unhoused people and people experiencing mental health crisis," reads the report, conducted by PSU's Homelessness Research and Action Collaborative. The Portland Street Response (P... read more
Three Ways To Cut $1 Trillion From The Pentagon
Today the Congressional Budget Office released a new report, “Illustrative Options for National Defense Under a Smaller Defense Budget,” that outlines three different options for cutting funding for the Department of Defense by $1 trillion, or 14 percent, over the next ten years. The report makes clear that the United States has options for reducing spending on the Pentagon – without sacrificing security. It outlines three different options for how the United States could reallocate Pentagon resources to meet the current military strategy for less. “The U.S. military budget is no... read more
160,000 Metalworkers In South Africa Are On Strike
On October 5, the South African National Union of Metalworkers (NUMSA) called for an indefinite strike (a strike without a set end date) to demand an 8-percent increase in wages — and 160,000 workers in the steel and engineering sector answered the call. The union, South Africa’s largest, represents 400,000 workers in total. The massive strike continues the tense social crisis that has rocked the country since riots broke out in July in two provinces over the jailing of former president Jacob Zuma. “We’re suffering,” Sapelo, a metallurgy technician, told Radio France Internationa... read more
20 State AGs File Suit Over Plan To Sabotage Postal Service
Twenty state Attorneys General on Friday filed a joint complaint in an effort to block changes to the U.S. Postal Service enacted last week by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and which critics warn are an overt effort to cripple the mail service from within by slowing delivery times while also increasing the cost to consumers. The official complaint filed by the 20 AGs is directed at the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), which is charged with providing independent oversight of the USPS, but which the suit alleges betrayed its mandate by allowing the controversial plan put forth b... read more
Exclusive RAH UPDATE: New "Quarantine/transport facilities" in the Lower Vancouver Mainland? Plus: UPDATE/Thanksgiving Greetings to Canadian Readers
*RAH BC Patriot* Good Morning Readers: Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian Readers. More about that later but first an Exclusive Update from regular contributor and *GATCF BC Bureau Chief RAH*. RAH sent me this more than a week ago but I was so backlogged with essential news about the vaxZines and their horrific impact on Humanity that I was unable to post this possible peek into the future here in BC. *Quarantine forced internment camps* are the next item on the agenda after the mandatory vaxZine Passports and the soon to be imposed *"Medical Martial Law".* They have to bring... read more
MUSINGS ON IRAQ9 hours ago
This Day In Iraqi History - Oct 10
1914 Gen Delamain cmdr UK 6th Div in India told to sail to Persia Said Turks had small inferior force in Basra Sir Percy Cox appointed his political officer (Musings On Iraq review *Iraq In World War I, From Ottoman Rule to British Conquest*) (Musings On Iraq review *When God Made Hell, The British Invasion of Mesopotamia and the Creation of Iraq, 1914-1921*) 1920 Sayid Abu Tabikh made head of Iraqi provisional govt during 1920 Revolt 1920 UK Gen Leslie wrote British troops setting up blockhouses along railway in south and destroying all the villages they could and kill... read more
naked capitalism9 hours ago
Did Labor Action Over Vaccine Mandates Compel Southwest to Cancel Thousands of Flights?
The strange story of Southwest's operational collapse this weekend read more
MUSINGS ON IRAQ9 hours ago
Sadrists And Fatah Expected To Do Well In Iraq’s Oct Election
(AP) Sunday October 10 Iraqis will go to the polls once again to select a new parliament. Moqtada al-Sadr’s Sairoon and the Fatah list led by Badr’s Haid Amiri are likely to do the best. That’s the result of two factors. First, the new election districts favor parties that can bring out voters and have the money to run multiple candidates across the country, and turnout is expected to be low. The new election law favors parties that have a national following and lots of money. Before each province was its own district, but now there are 83. That means parties that can get out t... read more
The Last Refuge10 hours ago
Propaganda War – Southwest Airlines Cancels Thousands of Flights, Claims Bad Weather and ATC Issues But Timing is Very Suspicious – Pilots Filed Vaccine Lawsuit One Day Earlier
The communications teams at Southwest Airlines are struggling to hide the cause of thousands of cancelled flights this weekend and blaming Air Traffic Control and weather issues for the issues [Tweet Link]. However, customers are calling out Southwest for their nonsense, as everyone knows large numbers of Southwest pilots are not showing up to work […] The post Propaganda War – Southwest Airlines Cancels Thousands of Flights, Claims Bad Weather and ATC Issues But Timing is Very Suspicious – Pilots Filed Vaccine Lawsuit One Day Earlier appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
Southwest Airlines flight woes continue: 1,000 Sunday cancellations … and counting
Yahoo News – USA Today Kathleen Miller was sleeping when the text from Southwest Airlines arrived at 1:18 a.m. Sunday. Her 7:30 a.m. flight from... The post Southwest Airlines flight woes continue: 1,000 Sunday cancellations … and counting appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
Breakfast Inflation Strikes As Oat Prices Hit Record Highs
Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden Americans are accustomed to a bowl of cereal as their go-to breakfast meal is about to experience a price... The post Breakfast Inflation Strikes As Oat Prices Hit Record Highs appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
Israel Struck Syria Again, Injuring 6 – Deafening Silence From The UN Continues
The Last American Vagabond – by Robert Inlakesh Israeli fighter jets were said to have launched a series of airstrikes, ultimately targeting a Syrian airbase... The post Israel Struck Syria Again, Injuring 6 – Deafening Silence From The UN Continues appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
Seattle May Fire 40% of Police Force Over COVID Vaccine Mandate
Infowars The city of Seattle is considering firing 40% of its police officers for failing to take the COVID-19 injection by its October 18 deadline.... The post Seattle May Fire 40% of Police Force Over COVID Vaccine Mandate appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
Illegal Immigrant Trafficker Warns Americans: “We’re Leaving from Tapachula – We Are Ready for War”
Gateway Pundit – by Jim Hoft The Biden open border crisis continues along our southern border. Over 400,000 illegal migrants are expected to enter the... The post Illegal Immigrant Trafficker Warns Americans: “We’re Leaving from Tapachula – We Are Ready for War” appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
Turcopolier10 hours ago
So much a head …
“Taliban political spokesman Suhail Shaheen told The Associated Press there would be no cooperation with Washington on going after the increasingly active Islamic State group affiliate in Afghanistan. IS has taken responsibility for a number of attacks, including a suicide … Continue reading → read more