Sunday, August 07, 2022

7August - Blogs I'm Following - 2 of 4

 11 pm MDT

Not PC7 hours ago
The Banality of Evil
*Image Credit: Ryohei Noda-Flickr } CC BY 2.0* *If Evil comes calling, do not expect it to be stupid enough to advertise itself as such. It’s far more likely that it will look like your favourite uncle, or your sweet grandmother. Or that nice man who rules Russia. Hannah Arendt’s eyewitness assessment of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann as “terribly and terrifyingly normal” took the world by surprise, but as Lawrence Reed explains in this Guest Post, her thesis delivers the ever-timely warning that evil is, above all, banal. * *Hannah Arendt’s Chilling Thesis on Evil* *by Lawrence... read more
PrairiePundit7 hours ago
Russia fires 3 more generals
USA Today: The poor performance of Russia’s armed forces during its invasion of Ukraine appears to have led to a shakeup in command, the British Defense Ministry said Sunday. Gen. Aleksandr Vladimirovich Dvornikov, who had been charged with overall command of the operation in Ukraine, was removed from his post last week, the ministry said. General-Colonel Aleksandr Zhuravlev, who had commanded Russia's Western Military District since 2018, was absent from Russia’s Navy Day in St Petersburg a week ago and has likely been replaced, the ministry said in its assessment of the war. A... read more
PrairiePundit7 hours ago
Islamic Jihad loses leaders after Israeli attacks
Washington Examiner: The Israel Defense Forces Operations Directorate announced Saturday that all the Palestinian Islamic Jihad leaders had been killed following the death of Khaled Mansour. "This organization tried to carry out a deadly attack against Israeli citizens and IDF soldiers by launching an anti-tank guided missile, to kill civilians and soldiers," Maj. Gen. Oded Basiuk said in a press conference Saturday. "We hit and foiled the chain [who sought to] execute this attack." The IDF's most recent strike came after 10 people, including Islamic Jihad leader Tayseer al Jaba... read more
PrairiePundit7 hours ago
Schumer claims to know more than experts about inflation
Ted Cruz @tedcruz As he pours gasoline on the inflation [image: 🔥][image: 🔥][image: 🔥] Quote Tweet RNC Research @RNCResearch · Aug 6 REPORTER: “230 economists wrote letters to Congress saying that [the Bidenflation Scam] would actually add to inflation. Penn Wharton’s Budget Model said the same thing.” CHUCK SCHUMER: “They’re wrong.” 1:02 PM · Aug 6, 2022·Twitter for iPhone 1,386 Retweets 137 Quote Tweets 7,326 Likes He is the same guy who passed a spending package that triggered the current inflation. read more
PrairiePundit7 hours ago
Were intel officials knowingly spinning misinformation to protect Biden?
PJ Media: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy says that the House Republicans will demand answers from intelligence officials on what they knew about Hunter Biden’s shady foreign business dealings while Joe Biden was vice president, according to a report from the *New York Post*. McCarthy says that if they don’t come in voluntarily, they will be subpoenaed. “They should come in and talk to us,” McCarthy told the* Post.* “You’d want to ask these individuals what did they know and when. After the *New York Post* published stories about Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings ba... read more
One Dead And 121 Injured In Fuel Storage Depot Fire In Matanzas, Cuba
At least one person has died, 17 firefighters are missing, and 121 people have been injured in a huge fire that broke out on Friday, August 5, in a fuel depot in Matanzas, in western Cuba, 60 miles east of Havana. The fire started on Friday evening after a lighting hit a fuel tank in Matanzas, and then in the early hours of Saturday it spread to a second tank, causing a big explosion around 5:00 A.M. while government officials and firefighter teams were trying to control the first explosion. All throughout Saturday Cuban authorities worked tirelessly to prevent the fire from reach... read more
Gaza Death Toll Climbs To 43 Amid Ceasefire Reports
An Egyptian-brokered ceasefire is expected to go into effect at 11:30pm local time (20:30 GMT). Palestinian Islamic Jihad announced the ceasefire in a statement, adding that they have a right to “respond to any Zionist aggression.” Mondoweiss correspondent in Gaza Tareq Hajjaj reported that Israeli airstrikes were ongoing in the last hour leading up to the ceasefire. The Times of Israel reported that Israel agreed to the ceasefire, and that Egypt was working to ensure two of PIJ’s principal demands, including the release of Palestinian hunger-striking prisoner Khalil Awawdeh and r... read more
Biden’s Assassination Of al-Qaeda Leader Ayman al-Zawahiri Was Illegal
President Joe Biden’s assassination of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan was illegal under both U.S. and international law. After the CIA drone strike killed Zawahiri on August 2, Biden declared, “People around the world no longer need to fear the vicious and determined killer.” What we should fear instead is the dangerous precedent set by Biden’s unlawful extrajudicial execution. In addition to being illegal, the killing of Zawahiri also occurred in a moment when the United Nations had already determined that people in the U.S. had little to fear from him. As a Uni... read more
Vox - All7 hours ago
The US and China might not get over the Taiwan crisis
[image: Demonstrators Protest Pelosi Visit To Taiwan] A Pro-China supporter tears a U.S. flag during a protest against Nancy Pelosi on Aug. 3, 2022. | Anthony Kwan/Getty Images The US-China relationship will continue to deteriorate. China took several aggressive actions this weekend after Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, including firing ballistic missiles in Taiwan’s vicinity and sanctioning Pelosi. While the incident may not lead to all-out war, it’s a further step in the dissolution of the relationship between the US and China — and it gives China’s military th... read more
Iceland Volcano August 2022
When most education establishments were shut in Spring 2021, I got a little bit obsessed with something: the Fagradalsfjall eruption in Iceland. I found it soothing watching the volcano build itself up from small spatter cones to a lava geyser to a meaty shield volcano. And then it died just at the end of the summer just as the new term started and we all headed back to the coalface. Almost a year on, and just a stone's throw from where the old monster sleeps the ground has opened and magma has gushed out again. This time, the new eruption is pumping out three to four times more cubi... read more
"What's in a Word?"
*"What's in a Word?"* *A ruse by any other name would still be deceit...* by Joel Bowman "Welcome to another installment of your Sunday Session, dear reader, that time of the week when we gather at the virtual saloon, cast a wary eye across the world before us... and quietly wonder, what the hell happened? When we last left you, one week ago, we were scrambling to catch a plane from Houston back to our home city, here in Argentina. From summer to winter, modern to classic, beltway to sidewalk, the two locales could hardly be more distinct from one and other. “It’s almost like going ... read more
"What a Privilege!"
"Whatever your fate is, whatever the hell happens, you say, 'This is what I need.' It may look like a wreck, but go at it as though it were an opportunity, a challenge. If you bring love to that moment - not discouragement - you will find the strength there. Any disaster you can survive is an improvement in your character, your stature, and your life. What a privilege! This is when the spontaneity of your own nature will have a chance to flow. Then, when looking back at your life, you will see that the moments which seemed to be great failures, followed by wreckage, were the incide... read more
balance108 hours ago
Revolution in Lower Consciousness
…to think that death20 is10 the15 portal28 to8 eternal30 life23 (=134=2 x 67). Nothing could be further from the truth….You must go back, go back, go back to those places where you16 initiated46 spirals31 of12 death20 (=125=5 x your25) in various ages where you allowed yourself to be cursed by black magicians and have not broken those curses. And your body elemental has to this day continued to outpicture those curses because you have not enlightened your body elemental to the fact that those curses have no power over him. -Shiva + Parvati, via Messenger of the Great White Brotherhoo... read more
balance108 hours ago
Revolution in Lower Consciousness
…to think that death20 is10 the15 portal28 to8 eternal30 life23 (=134=2 x 67). Nothing could be further from the truth….You must go back, go back, go back to those places where you16 initiated46 spirals31 of12 death20 (=125=5 x your25) in various ages where you allowed yourself to be cursed by black magicians and have not broken those curses. And your body elemental has to this day continued to outpicture those curses because you have not enlightened your body elemental to the fact that those curses have no power over him. -Shiva + Parvati, via Messenger of the Great White Brotherho... read more
REPUBLICANS REALLY THINK ISSUES CAN'T HURT THEM
Maybe I'm naive, but this seems like an ill-advised vote in an election year: Republican senators on Sunday voted down a cap on the price of insulin in the private market, removing it from Democrats' sweeping climate and economic package. Democrats had tried to preserve the provision to cap insulin costs at $35 for private insurers, but that vote failed 57-43, with seven Republicans voting with them to keep the insulin cost cap in the bill, three short of what was needed. You'd assume that the seven Republicans voting for the insulin price cap would include several who are runnin... read more
Admiral Byrd, the Ant People and the Hopi Tribe: How Credible Is the Hollow Earth Theory?
Admiral Byrd, the Ant People and the Hopi Tribe: How Credible Is the Hollow Earth Theory? video by Zohar StarGate Ancient Discoveries August 8, 2022 based on text by Marcus Lowth  Could the Earth really be hollow? As unlikely as it may sound, the are many compelling claims to support the idea The post Admiral Byrd, the Ant People and the Hopi Tribe: How Credible Is the Hollow Earth Theory? appeared first on Truth Comes to Light. read more
The Last Refuge8 hours ago
Sad Stephanopoulos Promotes Dick Cheney as Democrats Hope to Help Joe Biden
George Stephanopoulos has a new hero not named Obama. Skipping both the red and blue pills in favor of Xanax and whiskey, a visually verklempt Stephanopoulos uses Dick Cheney as the introduction to the 2022 midterm election victory map. The last 3 seconds of this clip are funny as heck. Pay no attention to the […] The post Sad Stephanopoulos Promotes Dick Cheney as Democrats Hope to Help Joe Biden appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
Brazil: Volunteer Brigades And Artists Fight Forest Fires And Deforestation
The frequency and extent of wildfires are increasing all over the world. In South America, Brazil has had the highest incidence of forest fires in recent years. In 2019, during the first year of Jair Bolsonaro’s government, fires in the Amazon made headlines around the world. For the first time on record, the smoke from the forest fires in the Amazon reached São Paulo, the largest city in South America, more than 1,600 miles to the southeast of the burned regions. And in 2020, one third of the Pantanal wetlands biome was burned (11 million acres), leaving an estimated wildlife dea... read more
The Last Refuge9 hours ago
Sunday Talks, SF Fed Chair Sees Half of Inflation Driven by Excess Demand of Some Unknown Something
The great pretending continues. During a Sunday talk show appearance, San Francisco Fed Chair Mary Daley states, “what I see is supply and demand are just unbalanced. About 50% by my own staff’s estimates of the excess inflation we see is related to demand. The other 50% to supply.” Note, she is not talking about […] The post Sunday Talks, SF Fed Chair Sees Half of Inflation Driven by Excess Demand of Some Unknown Something appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
School Discipline Issues Meet Unshakeable Progressive Dogma
by James C. Sherlock Moral panic has been defined as a: …widespread feeling of fear, often an irrational one, that some evil person or thing threatens the values, interests, or well-being of a community or society. Virginia’s progressive community is … Continue reading → read more
MFS Sunday Afternoon Blues Theater
Your Blog Editrix Favorite Blues Tunes Culled From Her Personal Record Collection From KWS's 1995 album he called a tribute to the rich local music history, named after music legend Huddie Ledbetter, better known to the world as 'Leadbelly'. Huddie made his name playing the saloons and pokin' the hoes down in the old Redlight district, a part of downtown now named Ledbetter Heights, after him. read more
While Trudeau is in Costa Rica
Recently elected Costa Rica president, Rodrigo Robles, rescinds the vaccine mandate. Makes it illegal to force anyone. pic.twitter.com/mFoEXh1PxD — Dan Whipple (@DanWhipple_) August 7, 2022 read more
Amazon bought iRobot to see inside your home
The Verge When I spoke to iRobot’s Colin Angle earlier this summer, he said iRobot OS — the latest software operating system for its robot... The post Amazon bought iRobot to see inside your home appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
Jennifer Marohasy10 hours ago
Teaching Weekend Fishing
It is good to know where your food comes from. Sushi is very popular, but not everyone knows how to catch tuna. My daughter landed a big one on Saturday. I was reminded of the proverb – Give me a fish and I eat for a day, teach me to fish and I eat for [...] The post Teaching Weekend Fishing appeared first on Jennifer Marohasy. read more
Science Matters10 hours ago
Sowell: Point of No Return
Dr. Thomas Sowell writes at Creators.com The Point of No Return. Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images. H\T Tyler Durden This is an election year. But the issues this year are not about Democrats and Republicans. The big issue is whether this nation has degenerated to a point of no return — […] read more
Fired Up Rail Workers Rally In Galesburg, Illinois
Last month, for The Real News, I reported on the egregious working conditions that rail workers on Class I freight railroads are facing, including punitive and inhumane attendance policies, chronic understaffing (after rail companies collectively laid off 30% of their workforce since 2015), stagnant wages, and dire safety threats as trains have gotten longer and heavier while rail carriers have simultaneously sought to reduce crew sizes down to one person. This long-simmering crisis recently came to a head when a coalition of negotiators representing more than 115,000 rail workers... read more
Everything Is Fake: Top 40 Pieces Of Fakery In Our World
From Wake Up New Zealand (Source: WakeUpWorld) Everything is fake in our society today – or at least a great many things are. Our world is filled with an extraordinary amount of lies, deception, disinformation, misinformation, fakery, fraud, facades, mirages, propaganda and brainwashing. The good thing though is that once you awaken to the deception, … Continue reading Everything Is Fake: Top 40 Pieces Of Fakery In Our World → read more
Father of Child with Myocarditis Records Pharmacist Admit Parents’ Aren’t Warned About Side Effects
HealthImpactNews August 6th, 2022. A recording of a phone call between an irate father and a pharmacist who injected his 7-year-old son with a COVID-19... The post Father of Child with Myocarditis Records Pharmacist Admit Parents’ Aren’t Warned About Side Effects appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
The U.S. made a breakthrough battery discovery — then gave the technology to China
NPR When a group of engineers and researchers gathered in a warehouse in Mukilteo, Wash., 10 years ago, they knew they were onto something big.... The post The U.S. made a breakthrough battery discovery — then gave the technology to China appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
The Benefits of Vitamin C in Cancer Treatment
Dr. Mercola In this interview, Dr. Nathan Goodyear discusses the benefits of vitamin C in cancer treatment. We are both scheduled speakers at the Vitamin C... The post The Benefits of Vitamin C in Cancer Treatment appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
As Recession Takes Hold Millions of Americans Are Accumulating Credit Card Debt to Get By
Gateway Pundit – by Joe Hoft Americans are amassing credit card debt to get by in Joe Biden’s economy. Biden and the mainstream news are... The post As Recession Takes Hold Millions of Americans Are Accumulating Credit Card Debt to Get By appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
Dane Wigington: 40 Million in US West Without Water in 2023
Dane Wigington: 40 Million in US West Without Water in 2023 by Greg Hunter, USA Watchdog July 16, 2022 Climate engineering researcher Dane Wigington says the extreme drought conditions in the U.S. are caused by man-made weather modification called geoengineering. It’s not some naturally occurring event, but an “engineered drought catastrophe.” Wigington says after The post Dane Wigington: 40 Million in US West Without Water in 2023 appeared first on Truth Comes to Light. read more
CURMUDGUCATION10 hours ago
Imagination Is Not Extra
Imagination is a neglected quality, an attribute virtually never included on the list of educational must-haves, and yet, I would (and now will) argue that it is a central quality, a trait that every classroom should actively foster. So many folks tend to file imagination with creativity and the arts and fairy dust and unicorn farts and the whole universe of touchy-feely artsy-fartsy stuff and while I (and often have) argued for the value of the whole artsy-fartsy universe of stuff, we don't have to go there for imagination, which is supremely and critically practical. Jack Londo... read more
The Last Refuge11 hours ago
Sunday Talks, After Losing His Primary, Pete Meijer Goes Full Kinzinger
After exhibiting a congressional perspective in line with democrats, and then voting to authorize the J6 committee along with President Trump’s impeachment, Michigan representative Pete Meijer lost his primary reelection bid to John Gibbs. The CBS crew quickly contacted Meijer to provide him the opportunity to belittle the base of the republican party that rejected […] The post Sunday Talks, After Losing His Primary, Pete Meijer Goes Full Kinzinger appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
Small Dead Animals11 hours ago
Magic Juice+Magic Pills
Robert Malone- Paxlovid Escape Mutations? President Biden’s two and a half-week Covid-19 marathon President Biden continues to harbor the COVID-19 virus (SARS-CoV-2) in his body. He first contracted COVID-19 on July 21, two and a half weeks before the present. Is this because of immunosuppression – due to his heavily boosted status, or for some… Continue reading → read more
"How It Really Is"
• "Democrats’ $80 Billion Wager: A Bigger IRS Will Be A Better IRS" • "Treasury Confirms: Biden Plans to Hire 87,000 New IRS Agents" read more
Michael West11 hours ago
Fuel efficiency rules ‘would save drivers’
Australia could help drivers save billions of dollars by matching fuel efficiency rules imposed by other countries on cars and light trucks, a report says. Stronger standards for new vehicles would cut greenhouse gas emissions and reduce the cost at the bowser, according to the Australia Institute report released on Monday. It found $5.9 billion in fuel […] read more
Strikes Spread Across Amazon UK Warehouses
On August 3, over 700 workers at the Amazon facility in Tilbury, Essex downed tools and launched a protest in the warehouse cafeteria against a pay offer of a mere 0.35 ($0.42) increase per hour. The offer would amount to an increase of 3%, at a time when inflation in the UK is projected to rise to 13%, amounting to a real-terms pay cut for workers. The strike action soon spread to another Amazon warehouse in Rugeley, Staffordshire. Over a 100 workers walked out to protest a 0.50 pay increase offer, with one worker telling Birmingham Mail that it was an “embarrassment of [an] anno... read more
Turcopolier11 hours ago
“California is no Garden of Eden. It is now a woke basketcase whose rich and poor are fleeing alike”
” … basketcase Britain seems to be preferable to California. It’s not just Clegg: Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, owned by Facebook parent group Meta, and the firm’s chief marketing officer Alex Schultz, have also chosen to relocate to Britain. Clegg, … Continue reading → read more
Father Whose 7 Year Old Son’s Heart Was Destroyed by Myocarditis After Covid Shot Calls Up Pharmacist in Apoplectic Anger: “What Is Wrong With You?”
Father Whose 7 Year Old Son’s Heart Was Destroyed by Myocarditis After Covid Shot Calls Up Pharmacist in Apoplectic Anger: “What Is Wrong With You?” “Are you braindead?..You know what the prognosis is? 20% of people with myocarditis die!” by Celia Farber, The Truth Barrier August 7, 2022 On these recordings, the raw, agonized The post Father Whose 7 Year Old Son’s Heart Was Destroyed by Myocarditis After Covid Shot Calls Up Pharmacist in Apoplectic Anger: “What Is Wrong With You?” appeared first on Truth Comes to Light. read more
NYPD Violently Arrest Five Abortion Rights Activists At A Clinic Defense
New York City, New York - On every first Saturday of every month, anti-abortion protesters gather to harass patients at the SoHo Planned Parenthood in the heart of New York City, supposedly a “safe city” for abortion rights. In response, local activist group NYC for Abortion Rights organizes a monthly clinic defense and counter-protest. The NYPD always go out of their way to protect the anti-choice crowd, enabling them to harass patients trying to enter the clinic, as well as physically assault abortion rights activists. In that regard, today was no different. But today, the end... read more
PrairiePundit12 hours ago
Democrats learn open borders are a problem
NY Post: Republican border-state governors are sending busloads of illegal entrants — released in their states by the Department of Homeland Security — to DC and New York City, prompting recriminations and pleas for federal cash from the Democratic mayors of those erstwhile immigrant-friendly cities. Those mayors, seemingly unwittingly, are making the governors’ point — that the administration has created a disaster at the US-Mexico line, requiring an immediate policy shift to protect lives and state and local finances. It started in April. Fed up with federal releases of large n... read more
PrairiePundit12 hours ago
Dem poser
Blaze: *Dem congressional staffer poses as FBI agent at Trump rally, leads Secret Service on chase in DC, steals $80,000, gets arrested in Georgia after T-shirt tips off law enforcement* This is a long story but it is interesting to see how the guy gave himself a raise and was not discovered for a year while also posing as an FBI agent. read more
Econlib13 hours ago
What Would You Do For a Klondike Bar?
On July 25th, the ice cream company Klondike discontinued the Choco Taco, one of their popular novelty ice cream treats. Fans were disappointed. The Choco Taco has been a staple of Klondike’s offerings for almost 40 years now. By all accounts, the product was popular and profitable. So why the decision from Klondike to discontinue […] The post What Would You Do For a Klondike Bar? appeared first on Econlib. read more
PrairiePundit13 hours ago
Leftist terrorist
Daily Wire: The FBI has sounded the alarm about white supremacists and far-right extremists, but the bureau’s own Top 10 “most wanted domestic terrorists” list includes at least two Communists, three black nationalists, one anti-war activist, and a vegan eco-terrorist. While the diverse roster doesn’t purport to capture the breadth of domestic terror, it seems at odds with federal law enforcement’s claims that white supremacists pose the biggest threat facing the nation. Some skeptics are accusing the bureau of exaggerating the threat by adopting a misleading definition of such ... read more
Current Economic Legislation—Criminal or Lunatic? Or Both?
Pretty much everything coming out of Washington these days highlights the stark contrast between the actual functioning of a physical economy and the lunatic world of money and political spin. Brian has written several posts, showing the destructive nature of what passes for economic policy inside the Beltway (see below). In contrast to that lunacy, Brian will look at our economy the way Lyndon LaRouche did—from the standpoint of a metric which is grounded in the necessity of constantly increasing the technological and scientific advance of our nation. The rest of our August cla... read more
PrairiePundit13 hours ago
Taxes are for the little people
Jazz Shaw: *Pro-tax hike Dem continues to fail to pay his own taxes* The very wealthy Leona Helmsley was once famously quoted as allegedly saying, ‘*We don’t pay taxes; only the little people pay taxes*.’ Now we have a repeat offender in Congress who may have studied Helmsley’s philosophy at some point. The Free Beacon has discovered that Pennsylvania Democratic Congressman Matthew Cartwright is once again in trouble for being delinquent on his property taxes. Cartwright and his wife share a condo in Washington and tax records indicate that they owed penalties and interest fr... read more
The New Dark Age10 hours ago
Gaza News Links 6-7 August 2022
Sunday, 7 August 2022 • 20:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back. If it gets updated, I usually insert the time on the line above. A lot of cross-posting usually indicates that the article is popular and … Continue reading Gaza News Links 6-7 August 2022 read more
The New Dark Age11 hours ago
Ukraine News Links 6-7 August 2022
Sunday, 7 August 2022 • 19:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back. If it gets updated, I usually insert the time on the line above. A lot of cross-posting usually indicates that the article is popular and … Continue reading Ukraine News Links 6-7 August 2022 read more
US Military Activity Near Taiwan
U.S. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby condemned Chinese military drills in the area and said the Pentagon had ordered the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan and her escorts to remain near Taiwan to “monitor the situation.” The USS Reagan and her accompanying ships are based in Japan and were deployed to the East China Sea in recent days, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi paid a visit to Taipei against Chinese objections. China has responded to Pelosi’s visit by launching extensive drills around Taiwan and firing a dozen missiles across the island. According to Kirby, am... read more
Nancy Pelosi, Taiwan And Baltimore
Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the U.S House of Representatives, landed in Taiwan Province on August 2. Her trip is a dangerous provocation against the People’s Republic of China. Pelosi arrived on the 58th anniversary of the Gulf of Tonkin incident. In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson claimed Vietnamese torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin had attacked a U.S. Navy destroyer. The Pentagon Papers later admitted this was a lie, a complete fabrication. That it was a lie didn’t stop LBJ, who used the lie to start bombing Vietnam. Even the United States government concedes that there’s onl... read more
"How America’s Economy Was Destroyed"
*"How America’s Economy Was Destroyed"* by Paul Craig Roberts "In 1945 the United States emerged from a world war with the only intact industrial economy in the world. The British, European, Soviet, and Japanese economies were in ruins. China and the rest of Asia, Africa, and South America had undeveloped economies, later renamed third world economies. Additionally, the US held most of the world’s gold reserves. President Franklin D. Roosevelt had used WW II to destroy Britain’s control of international trade and the British pound as the world reserve currency. The US forced breaku... read more
Kodak Agfa Presents : A glimpse into El-Sayeda Zeinab’s shipping trucks world in Cairo
Cairo has many small-worlds inside it from local businesses and some of those businesses people do not usually pay attention to. They play a role and became a part of this old great city with its chaotic beauty. In 2021 , I was doing my usual Ramadan lanterns market photoshoot in Cairo’s El-Sayida Zeinab district when I saw those so-many trucks being loaded with goods and furniture. They were huge trucks. They are on the other side of the Islamic Museum of Cairo. I could not ignore them so I began to capture their photos on-the-go while I was in the car. *“I was not driving and... read more
MUSINGS ON IRAQ12 hours ago
This Day In Iraqi History - Aug 7 US sent troops to Saudi Arabia after Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait
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 Mulla Mustafa Barzani forces and pushed back (Musings On Iraq review *The Kurds, A Modern History*) (Musings On Iraq review *The Kurdish Revolt 1961-1970*) (Musings On Iraq Explaining Kurdish Nationalism Interview With Teen Tech Univ Prof Michael Gunter) 1958 Gen Qasim supported march by Communists against federation of United Arab Republic of Syria and Egypt... read more
"Is Target Flatlining? Prices Are Crazy, And Empty Shelves Everywhere!"
*Full screen recommended.* Adventures with Danno, 8/7/22: *"Is Target Flatlining? Prices Are Crazy, * *And Empty Shelves Everywhere!"* "In today's vlog we are at Target, and are noticing massive price increases! We are here to check out skyrocketing prices, and a lot of empty shelves! It's getting rough out here as stores seem to be struggling with getting products!" *Comments here:* - https://www.youtube.com/ read more
Gregory Mannarino, "Markets, A Look Ahead: Rigged!"
Gregory Mannarino, AM 8/7/22: *"Markets, A Look Ahead: Rigged!"* - https://traderschoice.net/ *Comments here:* - youtube.com/watch?v=iZxvY2GFpao read more

7 August - Blogs I'm Following - 1 of 4

 11 pm MDT

Yes, NIH Funded Gain-Of-Function
By Thomas Gallatin ~ Three experts testify the NIH was indeed engaged in funding gain-of-function research, calling Fauci’s claim “untruthful.” The nature of a lie is that it never ends with just one. It has a tendency to snowball, getting bigger and bigger. But also like that snowball, it quickly starts to fall apart as […] read more
After Marathon ‘Vote-a-Rama,’ Senate Democrats Ram Through ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ Tax And Spending Bill
By Fred Lucas ~ Pulling an all-night “vote-a-rama” Saturday that extended through the middle of the afternoon on Sunday, Senate Democrats defeated a slew of Republican amendments en route to passing a massive spending and taxing bill. In her role as president of the Senate, Vice President Kamala Harris cast the tie-breaking vote on the […] read more
Food Safety News59 minutes ago
Import companies in California and New York warned by FDA over violations
As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Warning letters often are not issued until a company... Continue Reading read more
When Will Foreign Leaders Start Asking To Speak To America’s REAL Government?
Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ During the furor over Nancy Pelosi’s incendiary Taiwan visit last week, I was watching an appearance by Antiwar’s Dave DeCamp on the show Rising which brought up the under-discussed point that US officials going to Taipei is […] read more
Gaza Update: death toll in Israeli aggression reaches 43 Palestinians – many children
Israel's attack on Gaza continued into Sunday afternoon, bring the Palestinian death toll to 43 – including 15 children and 4 women. Over 300 have been injured. read more
Massachusetts Becomes Latest State to Ban Hair-Based Discrimination
Massachusetts has become the latest state to enact bans against hair-based discrimination after Gov. Charlie Baker signed The... read more
Michael West2 hours ago
COVID-19 nation’s third biggest killer
More Australians are expected to have died from COVID-19 so far this year than some of the country’s largest killers, such as cardiovascular disease and lung cancer. New analysis by the Actuaries Institute has shown the COVID-19 death toll up to the end of July to be 7100, making it the third largest cause of […] read more
Hungarians Want ‘More Chuck Norris’ – Orban — The Country Wants More Rangers, Not Genders
 by https://www.rt.com/ Hungarians have decided they do not need any more genders, but would like to see “more Chuck Norris,” the country’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban told an American crowd on Thursday. – Addressing this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference … read more
What Putin And China Just Did to the WEF is a Game Changer | Redacted with Clayton Morris
Both China & Russia are also under the control of the Synagogue of Satan. The idea that we will have a better New World Order under Russia & China is incorrect. It is just the left and right arms of the Devil. The Luciferian New World Order is being implemented either way via the West … read more
Fourteen Young Canadian Docs Die After Getting the Shot. Normally Would Be ~0 Over 30 Years.
Sheeple: naive, gullible, easily deceived/manipulated, useful idiots complicit in their own destruction and the destruction of others. People with an amazing ability to accept any amount of BULLSHIT. Last to know/understand what is going on. First to fall. Fourteen Young Canadian Docs Die After Getting the Shot. Normally Would Be ~0 Over 30 Years. by … read more
U.S. Life Insurance Companies See 40% Death Increase in All Causes… 300% Increase in Cancer Patients Over the Past Year
 by https://citizenfreepress.com/ They saw 300% increase in cancer patients over the past year. From around 36,000 new cancer patients to over 120,000 in America. — Anna Khait (@Annakhait) August 6, 2022 The @CDCgov needs to look into why there is such an increase in deaths over the … read more
CxV-1×9 Vwax Nothing Short of Horrific Experiment – Karen Kingston
by Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com (Saturday Night Post) Karen Kingston is a biotech analyst and former Pfizer employee who has researched and written about many aspects of Covid 19 and the so-called vaccines. Kinston has long said both covid and the vax were nothing more than bioweapons, and … read more
Israel-Palestine Latest Updates: 3 Children Killed in Gaza Blast
 by Linah Alsaafin and Dalia Hatuqa, https://www.aljazeera.com/ * A blast in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip has killed five Palestinians, including three children. Palestinians and Israelis exchanged blame for the incident. * Israeli forces continue to target the Gaza Strip with air attacks for a second day. … read more
15 Dead As Israel Pounds Gaza, Military Prepares For “Week Of Fighting”
 by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ Since the start of Friday’s fresh Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, ostensibly toward decapitating the leadership of the Islamic Jihad following the Monday night arrest of its senior commander Bassem Saadi, the death toll has continued to rise, with Gaza’s … read more
Medical Study Shows Unvaccinated Have Stronger Immunity Than Vaccinated After Eight Months
Medical Study Shows Unvaccinated Have Stronger Immunity Than Vaccinated After Eight Months by Patrick Delaney, https://www.lifesitenews.com/ ‘As a safety measure, further booster vaccinations should be discontinued,’ a NIH published analysis reads. – (LifeSiteNews) – According to an analysis published by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a recent study available in the prestigious Lancet peer-reviewed journal reveals COVID-19 vaccine … read more
Doctors Criticize Fauci For Saying COVID Vaccines Induce ‘Only Temporary’ Menstrual Irregularities
 by Enrico Trigoso The Epoch Times, via https://www.zerohedge.com/ Dr. Anthony Fauci’s recent comments on menstrual irregularities met with serious rebuttal from gynecologists, who say COVID-19 vaccines should not have been injected into pregnant women without adequate safety testing. – “Well, the menstrual thing … read more
Former Army Major General And Senator Jim Molan: China Could Attack United States — ‘We Won’t Have a Clue It’s Coming’!
Sky News Australia Former army major general and Liberal Senator Jim Molan has warned China could attack United States resources in the western Pacific in a similar way to the 1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Mr Molan said it’s another possible way China could achieve its twofold objective of removing America from the western … read more
“Situation Is Really Precarious”: World’s Largest Rice Exporter Faces Output Decline Amid Heatwave
“Situation Is Really Precarious”: World’s Largest Rice Exporter Faces Output Decline Amid Heatwave by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ The effects of elevated food prices have rippled worldwide and forced governments to impose price controls and trade restrictions. Price increases are due to supply constraints driven by several variables, including high energy prices, geopolitics, and weather. Ukraine … read more
"A Matter Of Life And Death: Americans Will Be Without Medicine Once Trade With China Stops'
*Full screen recommended.* *"A Matter Of Life And Death: Americans Will Be* * Without Medicine Once Trade With China Stops'* by Epic Economist "A serious conflict between the U.S. and China is brewing, and if you're against it, you must make your voice heard while you still can because once it starts, it will be too late. Geopolitical strategists are already alerting that if tensions between the U.S. and China continue to rise, the standard of living of millions upon millions of Americans will be seriously impacted as the overwhelming majority of products we consume every day that c... read more
"Urgent Warning: Prepare For Inflation Tidal Wave; Everything Bubble Just Got Bigger"
Jeremiah Babe, 8/7/22: *"Urgent Warning: Prepare For Inflation Tidal Wave; * *Everything Bubble Just Got Bigger"* Comments here: - https://www.youtube.com/ read more
Jadunath Sarkar’s History and the Truth About the Mughals
Jadunath Sarkar In 1915, during his Presidential speech at a historical conference in Bengal, Jadunath Sarkar talked about his approach to writing history: “I would not care whether truth is pleasant or unpleasant, and in consonance with or opposed to current views. I would not mind in the least whether truth is, or is not, a blow to the glory of my country. If necessary, I shall bear in patience the ridicule and slander of friends and society for the sake of preaching truth. But still I shall seek truth, understand truth, and accept truth. This should be the firm resolve of a hi... read more
The Last Refuge1 hour ago
Worse Than Monkeypox, Nikki Haley Says She Will Run in 2024 for President “If There is a Place” For Her, Watch to Watch For
Reminder, Nikki Haley in February 2021: …”“I don’t think [Trump’s] going to be in the picture,” she said, matter-of-factly. “I don’t think he can. He’s fallen so far.” […] “We need to acknowledge he let us down,” she said. “He went down a path he shouldn’t have, and we shouldn’t have followed him, and we shouldn’t […] The post Worse Than Monkeypox, Nikki Haley Says She Will Run in 2024 for President “If There is a Place” For Her, Watch to Watch For appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
Turcopolier3 hours ago
“A Guatemalan town remakes itself in Indiana” – TTG
SEYMOUR, INDIANA On a balmy day last September, hundreds of people gathered for a raucous, all-day basketball tournament in Gaiser Park, one of the sprawling, well-kept green spaces in this small midwestern town. All the players and participants were members … Continue reading → read more
Cairns News3 hours ago
Ukraine update: war crimes, weapons trade, hypersonic missiles, BRICS
From Cossack Colonel YURI KOMONYISKI military correspondentYOU may have heard of Russia’s Wagner fighting force, an elite Russian fighting force equipped with Russia’s top of the line space age technologies, much of which is still experimental. This elite force is used in difficult combatant environments to take down enemy forces, they have been extremely effective […] read more
The Last Refuge3 hours ago
New York Governor Kathy Hochul Enters Inauthenticity Contest Determined to Dethrone Elizabeth Warren
The glove has been thrown down, as New York Governor Kathy Hochul enters the national contest for political inauthenticity. Prior to today, California Governor Gavin Newsom was the closest competitor within striking distance of Elizabeth Warren’s “I’m a git me a beer” moment. However, the assembly of advisors that guide team Hochul have now entered […] The post New York Governor Kathy Hochul Enters Inauthenticity Contest Determined to Dethrone Elizabeth Warren appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
balance103 hours ago
decisions: first silly
(numerology) firstfruits, hypnotize57. imaginings, Duffy clique, Great Whore, masquerading, unmitigated (each one) 57. maniacal27 methods30 =57. bad7 surrender50 =57. /////////////// black11 magic24 picnics37=72.=self-justification= "By9 their33 fruits30"=72. /////////////////// cute13+ clever29+ seduce21 =63. Communist37 Party26=63. Ignatius37 Loyola26=63. =63. Jefferson44 Davis19=63. A House24 Divided39=63/////////// in14 + disguises40 =54. //////////////// decisions43: first27+ silly23+ then20+ hasty19=89. +then20 nasty16=36. 43+89+36 =168=6 x 28. Deluded28. ........................ read more
Michael West3 hours ago
Aussie lithium miners top benchmark report
Australian lithium producers have topped the global rankings in a new assessment that ranks companies based on sustainability and fairness. Miners’ response to climate change, land management and gender balance in the board room are part of the complex assessment by London-based research agency Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. Australia is forecast to mine nearly half of the […] read more
The Last Refuge3 hours ago
Caption This New Bernie Sanders Album
Senator Bernie Sanders needs some help assembling a play list and album cover title: Suggestions for genre, song titles and of course, titles for the album cover, are appreciated. Posted in Agitprop, Bernie Sanders, Election 2022, Humor & Quizzes The post Caption This New Bernie Sanders Album appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
The Duran4 hours ago
Public Policy And The Law Of Unintended Consequences
While politicians of a certain type exploit especially tragedies to hijack public policy – never let a good crisis go to waste, in the words of Rahm Emanuel – often they make laws or other policies without thinking things through. This can apply to the private sector as much as to government. Four years ago, […] read more
Jim Banks Details the 50 Most Radical Policies in ‘Inflation Reduction’ Act
Breitbart – by Sean Moran Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) detailed the 50 most radical policies in the Inflation Reduction Act. Banks, the chairman of the... The post Jim Banks Details the 50 Most Radical Policies in ‘Inflation Reduction’ Act appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
John Pilger: Another Hiroshima Is Coming — Unless We Stop It Now
When I first went to Hiroshima in 1967, the shadow on the steps was still there. It was an almost perfect impression of a human being at ease: legs splayed, back bent, one hand by her side as she sat waiting for a bank to open. At a quarter past eight on the morning of August 6, 1945, she and her silhouette were burned into the granite. I stared at the shadow for an hour or more, then I walked down to the river where the survivors still lived in shanties. I met a man called Yukio, whose chest was etched with the pattern of the shirt he was wearing when the atomic bomb was dropped... read more
Ambassador Zalkaliani Statement on the 14th Anniversary of Russia’s Invasion of Georgia
Blog comment-background (Ambassador statement follows maps and tweet): This is the country of Georgia, not the US state. Georgia was … Continue reading → read more
Michael West5 hours ago
KPMG, EY revenues surge. What’s the Scam?
[image: What's the scam?] There's money in influence peddling and paper shuffling. KPMG just announced a 16% jump in revenue to $2bn in the wake of EY's recent 18% jump. Top brass at both Big 4 advisory houses are swimming in bonuses. What's the scam? read more
Couple arrested for producing sexually abusive videos on adopted children
CBS46 Atlanta Aug 6, 2022 A couple in Oxford was arrested after detectives uncovered they produced homemade child sexual abuse material with “at least one... The post Couple arrested for producing sexually abusive videos on adopted children appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
11 Year Old Girl Calls Out Klaus Schwab And His Globalist Goons
American Right TV In a video that is sure to give anyone hope, an 11-year-old girl calls out Klaus Schwab and the plans of the... The post 11 Year Old Girl Calls Out Klaus Schwab And His Globalist Goons appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
Michael West6 hours ago
All caretaker, no responsibility: how a dying government slipped freebies to its mates
[image: Angus Taylor and Scott Morrison] On its way to electoral oblivion, the Morrison government kept the dollars flowing to select beneficiaries, in defiance of the 70-year-old parliamentary "caretaker" convention, writes #Mate. read more
In Exhibit, Satterfield Tells Us: Take Time to Heal
Satterfield says he believes his work "could be helpful, useful, a missile of compassion, of empathy.” read more
Pottersville Digest
------------------------------ If you want to stop the earth and get off, it'll be a little harder than usual. ------------------------------ Only in MAGA World would losing 150 friends be a selling point. ------------------------------ The usual, "Nothing to see here, folks" spiel from Roger Stone. ------------------------------ The usual, "Nothing to see here, folks" spiel from Matt Schlapp. ------------------------------ Can these Neo-Nazi shitheads tell the truth about anything? Is that even a remote possibility? ------------------------------ Civics 10... read more
Vox - All5 hours ago
What could the Inflation Reduction Act mean for you?
[image: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer walks out of the Senate Chamber with his thumbs up on August 7, 2022.] Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) walks out of the Senate Chamber after passing the Inflation Reduction Act on August 7, 2022. | Kent Nishimura / Getty Images Yes, the Inflation Reduction Act might actually help you The Senate on Sunday passed the Inflation Reduction Act — a bill meant to provide key funding for clean energy investments and measures to reduce prescription drug costs, after an hours-long vote-a-rama. The marathon session that started Saturd... read more
Organizing Notes5 hours ago
Gaza Ceasefire in the offing? Let it be!
By Adam Keller (Gush Shalom, Israel) August 6 was going to be for me a private day of mourning. It was last year, on August 6, 2021, that I said goodbye forever to my dear wife Beate - the final end of 35 years of the most successful and happy marriage imaginable. But Yair Lapid, the "Center Left" Prime Minister of Israel's caretaker government, had other plans. The Prime Minister provided me with a spectacular diversion, to have much else on my mind except for sad memories. So yesterday afternoon I had no time to pine in sad memories, I was busy sending out action alerts ... read more
Things You Won’t See on CBC
Sky News- Zelensky ‘not all he’s portrayed as’ by Western media: Bernardi (Video) 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. ... read more
"Even With Good People..."
"Cause even with good people, even with people that you can kinda trust, if the truth is inconvenient, and if the truth doesn't, like, fit, they don't believe it. " - Marie Adler read more
The Poet: Mary Oliver, "The Journey "
*"The Journey "* "One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice - though the whole house began to tremble and you felt the old tug at your ankles. Mend my life! each voice cried. But you didn't stop. You knew what you had to do, though the wind pried with its stiff fingers at the very foundations, though their melancholy was terrible. It was already late enough, and a wild night, and the road full of fallen branches and stones. But little by little, as you left their voices behind, the stars began to burn through the ... read more
Balkinization6 hours ago
Democrats in Array: How the Climate Bill Finally Passed
As readers presumably know, the Senate today passed the Inflation Reduction Act, a budget reconciliation bill that has been in the works for a year and a half. Although far less ambitious than the Build Back Better agreement Democrats reached then abandoneda year ago, it still includes transformational changes in energy policy to combat climate change. It also reduces prescription drug prices for both Medicare beneficiaries and the federal government itself as well as extending enhanced premium tax credits that originated in the American Rescue Plan Act of early 2021. It a... read more
The Daily "Near You?"
Chicago, Illinois, USA. Thanks for stopping by! read more
"A Winter of Anger"
*"A Winter of Anger"* by Raúl Ilargi Meijer "It is very simple: if you’d ask most citizens of whichever EU country if they are willing to risk being unable to feed and heat their children in order to support Ukraine and Zelensky, they would say NO. Hell no! But that is what they’re all being pushed towards. Food prices look to at least double from here, after they’ve doubled once already, while energy prices are set to triple or worse. And there’s no logical reason for it. This is not due to some inevitable market mechanism, it’s because the west decided to halt all Russian imports... read more