Sunday, November 01, 2020

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Will Trump Be Indicted? Tried? Imprisoned? Erased From History?
DownWithTyranny, DownWithTyranny! - 3 minutes ago
Today someone on Twitter seemed to be advocating-- for history's sake-- that Trump be hanged. As you can see, my Twitter followers would *overwhelmingly* like to see him face Justice. I feel the same way-- and then some. If you agree he's been not just the worst president in history but also the most corrupt, the most venal and the one who has caused the most pain and suffering to the American people, then prison is the *least* he should be made to endure. Biden has already pledged not to pardon him. He may be reluctant to strat his presidency off with a lie but his natural incli...
Mexico Keeping Day of the Dead Alive amid Pandemic
Mexico is keeping the Day of the Dead celebration alive as a hybrid holiday amid the coronavirus pandemic, and although the churches are open in some states, for millions of families the traditional festivities are occurring at home, including uncounted numbers of people who are commemorating the event virtually.
FBI Investigating Ambush on Biden’s Campaign Caravan in Texas
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is probing an incident that occurred late last week in Texas when supporters of President Donald Trump violently ambushed a campaign bus for his Democratic challenger, former vice president Joe Biden.
Eta, Latest Atlantic Storm, Heading towards Nicaragua, Honduras
Tropical Depression 29, which formed in the Caribbean on the weekend, is already Tropical Storm Eta, is strengthening as it moves west and is expected to become a hurricane before it nears the Nicaraguan and Honduran coast.
At Least 7 Dead as Super Typhoon Goni Hits Philippines
At least seven people died on Sunday due to high winds and torrential rains caused by Typhoon Goni in northern Philippines.
Death Toll from Aegean Earthquake Climbs to 64, over 900 Injured
At least 62 people have been killed and over 900 injured in Turkey while two people died in Greece from the magnitude-6.8 earthquake that struck the Aegean coast at noon Friday.
Hamilton Nears World Title as Mercedes Wins Constructor’s Championship
Britain’s Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) won the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix on Sunday to move closer to his record-equaling seventh world championship title.
‘Donut Day’: Australia Records 0 Local COVID Cases in 5 Months
Australia has recorded zero community transmissions of COVID-19 for the first time since June 9, authorities announced on Sunday, days after a strict lockdown in the Melbourne metropolitan area was lifted.
Turkish Miners Pause Strike to Pitch in with Izmir Rescue Efforts
Wearing yellow vests and white helmets, miners from Soma, the heart of Turkey’s coal mining country, have interrupted a strike that has pitted them against industrialists and authorities to travel to Izmir to help with rescue efforts after the magnitude-6.8 earthquake on Friday that has left at least 58 deaths.
Dozens Arrested as Protests against COVID Restrictions Spread around Spain
Around 60 people have been detained during riots and violent clashes with police following protests on Saturday night against restrictions imposed to curb the spread of coronavirus in several Spanish cities, including the capital Madrid.
South Korean Exports Fall in October amid Worsening Pandemic
South Korean exports declined by 3.6 percent year-on-year in October following a rebound in the previous month, due to fewer business days and the worsening of the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide.
China Finds Coronavirus Again in Fish from Ecuador, Pork from Brazil
China again detected coronavirus in the packaging of frozen fish from Ecuador and frozen pork imported from Brazil, local media reported on Sunday.
Democrat's Top Pollster Is Hedging His Bets That Biden Will Win The US Presidential Election
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 42 minutes ago
Just days ahead of November 3, the @FiveThirtyEight presidential election forecast has Joe Biden with a 90 in 100 chance of winning the Electoral College.@NateSilver538 breaks down the forecast: https://t.co/5MmblAJP8o pic.twitter.com/wrDdKLFdA6 — This Week (@ThisWeekABC) November 1, 2020 *Zero Hedge: **Nate Silver Hedges On Biden Win After Trump Draws Megacrowds In Pennsylvania* Last week, pollster Nate Silver was so confident in a Biden win that he suggested the only way Trump is reelected would be through a 'major polling error' or cheating. This weekend, however, Silver shoe...
Rally #5 – President Trump Make America Great Again Rally – Miami, Florida – 11:30pm Livestream…
sundance, The Last Refuge - 46 minutes ago
For the fifth rally in five states President Trump finishes out the day in Miami, Florida. The venue is Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport in Miami and the anticipated start time is approximately 11:30pm ET. [Livestream Links Below] Trump Campaign Livestream … Continue reading →
Sword-Wielding Man Arrested After Halloween Deaths in Quebec
AP News, Snopes.com - 50 minutes ago
A man dressed in medieval clothing and armed with a Japanese sword was arrested on suspicion of killing two people and wounding five others on Halloween in Quebec City.
Trump Decries FBI Probe of Supporters Surrounding Biden Bus
AP News, Snopes.com - 55 minutes ago
President Donald Trump suggested the FBI should stop investigating an incident in which his supporters were seen surrounding a Biden campaign bus in Texas, which led Democrats to cancel an event there.
Chinese President Xi Tells China It's Time For Change: 'Can No Longer Rely on Old Model of Development'
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 1 hour ago
Xi Jinping said China will have to build reliable domestic production and supply chain *NDTV*: *Time For Change, China Can't Rely On Old Model Of Development: Xi Jinping* *"We shouldn't and couldn't simply repeat the previous model, but should strive to shape new industrial chain," Xi Jinping said * Beijing: President Xi Jinping said on Saturday that China can no longer rely on its previous economic development model of depending on global exports and must build self-controlled, safe and reliable domestic production and supply system to ensure industrial and national security. ...
There are myriad reasons why I am voting for Donald Trump
Charles R. Anderson, Ph.D., An Objectivist Individualist - 1 hour ago
The principal question politically is which candidate is likely to perform better as a protector of my many and broad individual rights to life, liberty, property, freedom of contract, freedom of association, freedom of conscience, freedom of speech, freedom to trade, freedom to defend myself from violence, and freedom to my privacy. I want to be allowed to choose my own values and to be allowed to manage my own life in accordance with my self-chosen values. I find that present governments are the main threat to my exercise of my rights and the main source of violence and the thr...
Violence After The Election Will Only Benefit The Powerful: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Caitlin Johnstone, Caitlin Johnstone - 2 hours ago
Any violence arising from the US election or its aftermath will only benefit the powerful, will be used to justify authoritarian agendas which serve the powerful, and will in all probability have been instigated by the powerful. There are plenty of arguments to be made […]
collusion between the world's financial leaders even in the event of an international conflict
Bob Dinn, balance10 - 2 hours ago
the site at 120 Broadway, NYC was sold to the Equitable Office Building Corporation, organized by General T. Coleman du Pont, president of du Pont de Nemours Powder Company.1 The building completed in 1915 at 120 Broadway was in 1917 known as the Equitable Life Building. A large building, although by no means the largest office building in New York City, it occupies a one-block area at Broadway and Pine, and has thirty-four floors. The Bankers Club was located on the thirty-fourth floor. The tenant list in 1917 in effect reflected American involvement in the Bolshevik Revolu...
What Do Trump and Trudeau Have in Common? The Escalator.
Peter Erickson, The National Interest - 1 hour ago
*Peter Erickson* *Politics, North America* The escalator has become such a powerful and pervasive symbol in both politics and speech perhaps precisely because it is a machine. In June 2015 Donald Trump rode an escalator into the lobby of Trump Tower in New York City to announce his candidacy for president – an escalator ride that quickly became famous. Politico called it “the escalator ride that changed America,” and The Guardian spoke of “the surreal day Trump kicked off his bid for president” with a “golden escalator ride.” The escalator has long been a symbol of social mobili...
This Marine Had a Problem with His Sniper Rifle. He Called Customer Service.
Jared Keller, The National Interest - 1 hour ago
*Jared Keller* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2019%3Anewsml_RC1541081B50&share=true] Who else might you call in the middle of a firefight? *Key point:* A rifle jammed, so a Marine called tech support during a battle. And guess what--it worked. The Barrett M107 .50-caliber long-range sniper rifle is a firearm made for the modern war on terrorism. Officially adopted by the U.S. Army in 2002 and boasting a 2,000-meter range, a suppressor-ready muzzle brake, and recoil-minimizing design, the semi-automatic offers “greater range...
Wild Free and Happy Sample 49
What Is Sustainable, What Is Sustainable - 1 hour ago
[Note: This is the forty-ninth sample from my rough draft of a far from finished new book, *Wild, Free, & Happy*. The Search field on the right side will find words in the full contents of all rants and reviews. These samples are not freestanding pieces. They will be easier to understand if you start with sample 01, and follow the sequence listed HERE — if you happen to have some free time. If you prefer audiobooks, Michael Dowd is in the process of reading and recording my book HERE. *LIMITS* “Limit” is a power word, a gateway that can open or close, and influence the cou...
Did Joe Biden Mistake Tampa for Minnesota?
David Mikkelson, Snopes.com - 2 hours ago
An altered video circulated widely on social media appeared to show Biden making an embarrassing mistake.
Why Trusting People Vote More
Cary Wu, The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Cary Wu* *Politics, Americas* [image: Reuters] Generalized trust — an expectation of good will and benign intent of others — is also a powerful predictor of voter turnout. Forecasting election results is hard. Predicting who will turn out to vote next week in the United States is not. The rich are more likely to vote than the poor. The better educated are more likely to vote than the less educated. White people are more likely to vote than racialized Americans. As a scholar who has studied trust and how it matters for years, I can say that generalized trust — an expectation of ...
Climate Change Threatens Not Just the Environment, But the U.S Financial System
Jeffrey Dukes, The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Jeffrey Dukes* *Climate, North America* Just as smoke from the fires in the West has blown across much of the United States, the impacts of those fires, and other disasters, can drift through the U.S. financial system with cascading consequences. Burnt orange daytime skies signal that the consequences of climate change are already here. But while we tend to focus on the death and destruction resulting from the growing frequency and severity of wildfires and other disasters, we often pay less heed to the ways their costs ricochet through the financial system, with the potential f...
"Strategic Bias:" Why Women and Candidates of Color Struggle
Regina Bateson, The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Regina Bateson* *Politics, Americas* [image: Reuters] “I’m not racist, but my neighbor is racist … so I don’t think you’d be a strong a candidate.” When Americans vote this fall, the candidates on their ballots will not reflect the diversity of the United States. Despite recent gains, women and people of color still do not run for office as frequently as white men. In part, this is because they face skepticism about their electability. When former Rep. Katie Hill launched her campaign for Congress in 2017, for example, Democrats told her a woman couldn’t win in her California d...
Cigarette Smoke Can Reprogram Cells in Your Lungs (and Cause Fatal Disease)
Bradley Richmond, The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Bradley Richmond* *Health, * Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are susceptible to lung infections, and anti-inflammatories run the risk of deactivating the body’s natural defenses against infection. Smoking is the most common cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, an often fatal respiratory condition that afflicts millions of Americans. But for many patients living with COPD, stopping smoking isn’t the end of the battle. Cigarette smoke is a complex mixture of gases, chemicals and even bacteria. When it enters the lungs, it generates an inflamm...
Even Before Trump, America's Work-Based Immigration Quota Was Tiny
David J. Bier, The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*David J. Bier* *Economics, Americas* [image: OECD/Cato] Figure 1 (above) shows the inflow of new employment‐​based permanent immigrants as a share of the country’s population for the 24 OECD members with available data as of 2016. The U.S. rate was 0.02 percent of its population in 2016. The United States allowed very few immigrants for work compared to other countries that are members of the Organisation for Economic Co‐​operation and Development (OECD) even before Trump took office. Of the 24 countries for which data are available from the OECD, the United States ranked 21st f...
Forecasts Predicting TRUMP LANDSLIDE Which Would DESTROY Media Credibility For Generations
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 2 hours ago
Originally posted on Nwo Report: Source: Tim Pool Forecasts Predicting TRUMP LANDSLIDE Which Would DESTROY Media Credibility For Generations. Though many top forecasters say Donald Trump is tracking to Lose next week, many other polls and forecasts say just the opposite. Democrats and Joe Biden know this and are in full panic mode desperately trying…
THE FIVE NEWS STORIES THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA REFUSED TO TELL YOU THIS WEEK – LIZ WHEELER
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 2 hours ago
Originally posted on Nwo Report: Source: Liz Wheeler Can you change your vote? Do draconian mandates have any impact on the transmission of COVID-19? How are the riots and lockdowns affecting the murder rate in America? Here’s what the mainstream media refused to report this week. https://youtu.be/zAtTieFSPjA
Honey, I Finished The Internet
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 2 hours ago
Early history of Oil (and more)
“National Mandate”
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 3 hours ago
Biden in Flint, Mich.: "On Day 1 of my presidency," I'm going to impose a "national mandate" on masks, social distancing pic.twitter.com/6gxyEv4Wzx — Tom Elliott... The post “National Mandate” appeared first on From the Trenches World Report .
In case any are still thinking of voting…
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 3 hours ago
“You know very well, and the stupid Americans know equally well that we control their government, irrespective of who sits in the White House. You... The post In case any are still thinking of voting… appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
30 GOOD THINGS PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS DONE FOR AMERICA
Norma, Collecting My Thoughts - 4 hours ago
August 21, 2020 Edited and condensed from Wayne Grudem http://www.waynegrudem.com/list-of-25-good-things-president-trump-has-done-for-america - More extensive arguments can be found in books by Wayne Grudem, *Christian Ethics*,1 *Politics According to the Bible*,2 and *The Poverty of Nations*.3 *1. Judges:* Trump has appointed two Supreme Court justices, 53 federal appellate judges,4 and 146 District Court judges 5 (as well as two judges for the Court of International Trade6) who have been confirmed by the Senate so far. In addition, 64 more have ...
Former UN worker of 18 years speaks out – Crucial CV information, going forwards
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 5 hours ago
From Andy Lewis at Facebook 29th Oct 2020 THE TRUTH ABOUT COVID-19: THE SPEECH THAT BROKE THE CAMELS BACK As we enter the ‘Second Wave of Bullshit’ most of us know that something really terrible is happening throughout our societies, and it has nothing to do with a virus. In this video Claire Edwards, BA … Continue reading Former UN worker of 18 years speaks out – Crucial CV information, going forwards →
FDA Lets Pfizer Test Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine on U.S. Children
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 5 hours ago
Americans have been following COVID-19 vaccine trial developments for weeks, watching companies jockey for frontrunner status like contestants in a reality TV show. And though participants in some of the studies (by Moderna, Oxford, Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer) have surfaced with reactions serious enough to pause several of the trials, market analysts remain “bullish” about the near-term prospects for … Continue reading FDA Lets Pfizer Test Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine on U.S. Children →
Anti-lockdown demonstrations intensify around Europe
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 5 hours ago
Originally posted on Nwo Report: Protesters in Rome hurl Molotov cocktails, bottles and rocks at police amid rising tensions in Barcelona and Dresden Source: Daily Mail Anti-lockdown demonstrations intensified around Europe on Saturday night as protesters in Rome hurled Molotov cocktails, bottles and rocks at police and there were also rising tensions in Barcelona and…
speculation over Jacinda’s deal with the Greens
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 5 hours ago
Originally posted on Waikanae Watch: by Geoffrey Churchman It was something that many people who switched to voting for the Labour Party last month hoped wouldn’t happen, but it has. Despite Labour being able to govern alone with a small, but still manageable majority in Parliament, a Labour–Greens deal for the new government has been…
Victor Davis Hanson laments New Zealand’s COVID-19 quarantine ‘camps’ as end of personal freedom
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 5 hours ago
Originally posted on The Blogging Hounds: Pacific island nation has 25 coronavirus deaths out of population of nearly five million By Charles Creitz | Fox News Published 4 days ago Hoover Institution senior fellow Victor Davis Hanson condemned New Zealand‘s institution of coronavirus quarantine “camps” on “The Ingraham Angle” Tuesday. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, of the center-left New Zealand Labour Party,…
Chinese President Xi Unveils Plan To Make The PLA On Par With The US Military By 2027
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 2 hours ago
Year 2027 marks centennial of the founding of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) (Representational) *SCMP: **China vows to build ‘fully modern army’ by 2027 as Beijing policy meeting ends on defiant note * * The four-day plenum in Beijing wraps up with a statement that says it has entered a period of ‘strategic opportunity’ for development * Plans for next 15 years highlight key role for technological development and importance of boosting domestic markets A key policy meeting concluded on Thursday with a statement that China would not let external pressures sway it from beco...
Massive Trump Caravans Swarm Sunday Roadways Coast to Coast…
sundance, The Last Refuge - 3 hours ago
In just about every state of the union, including Alaska, there were massive car rallies in support of President Trump throughout this weekend. Today, the scale of the organically inspired car caravans surprised almost everyone. [Twitter Thread Here] Most of … Continue reading →
Retired Taiwanese Army General Says The Country Lacks Weapons To Fight A War Against China
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 3 hours ago
Soldiers drive their military vehicles past Taiwan flags during an army exercise in Hsinchu, central Taiwan January 27, 2010. REUTERS/Nicky Loh *Newsweek: **Taiwan Ex-General Says Soldiers Lack Weapons for China War: 'Are They Supposed to Fight With Brooms?' * A retired Taiwanese army general claims the country's military would be undermanned and ill-equipped for a war with China, questioning in a recent interview: "Are they supposed to fight with brooms?" Former Republic of China Army Major General Hsiao Tien-liu cast doubt on Taiwan's combat readiness just one week after Minis...
The Great Reset for Dummies
Geopolitics101, Covert Geopolitics - 3 hours ago
The peasants are getting fat, and they are breeding!Oh no. What is “the Great Reset”? by Tessa Fights Robots The Great Reset is a massively funded, desperately ambitious, internationally coordinated project led by some of the biggest multinational corporations and financial players on the planet and carried out by cooperating state bodies and NGOs. Its … Continue reading The Great Reset for Dummies →
Firmaría México TLC con Europa en 2021
bilaterals.org - 3 hours ago
01-Nov-2020 Se espera que la firma y ratificación del Tratado de Libre Comercio con la Unión Europea (TLCUEM) se concrete el próximo año, debido a que todavía está en proceso la revisión legal, de acuerdo con la subsecretaria de comercio exterior de la Secretaría de Economía (SE), Luz María de la Mora.
Honduras: TLC deja sin mercado a 400 mil sacos de maíz
bilaterals.org - 3 hours ago
01-Nov-2020 El temor al maíz importado de Estados Unidos a cero aranceles, empieza a convertirse en una realidad para miles de agricultores hondureños, que no encuentran quien les compre un excedente de 400 mil sacos de la cosecha de primera de este año.
México tiene 13 demandas millonarias del anterior TLCAN: Secretaría de Economía
bilaterals.org - 3 hours ago
01-Nov-2020 México tiene 13 demandas derivadas del anterior Tratado de Libre Comercio con Estados Unidos y Canadá (TLCAN) reveló la secretaría de Economía, Graciela Márquez, que además aseguró es un número inusual.
Minera canadiense Lupaka reclama 100M$ en arbitraje a Perú
bilaterals.org - 3 hours ago
01-Nov-2020 The dispute stems from the Community of Parán's actions, which invaded Lupaka's project held through Invicta Mining Corp.
Presidente de Ecuador anuncia entrada en vigor de acuerdo comercial con EFTA
bilaterals.org - 3 hours ago
01-Nov-2020 El presidente ecuatoriano, Lenín Moreno, informó hoy domingo sobre la entrada en vigor del Acuerdo de Asociación Económica Integral firmado en 2018 por Ecuador y los Estados miembros de la Asociación Europea de Libre Comercio (EFTA, siglas en inglés), conformada por Suiza, Noruega, Islandia y Liechtenstein.
China Threatens To Support Separatists In India's North-East States If New Dehli Pursues Closer Relations With Taiwan Card
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 3 hours ago
While Indian social powers play with the Taiwan question, they must know that we could support separatist forces in northeast India and restoration of Sikkim. These could be our potential retaliation cards. Indian nationalists should be self-conscious. Their country is fragile. pic.twitter.com/GuOR8bBs1T — Hu Xijin 胡锡进 (@HuXijin_GT) October 16, 2020 *Long Xingchun, Global Times*: *Warning to Indian elites: ‘Taiwan card’ wrong play * News emerged recently that India was considering trade talks with the island of Taiwan. This has triggered objections from China, with Chinese Foreig...
Top 5 To-Do List for Rebooting U.S.-Canadian Security Cooperation
James Jay Carafano, The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*James Jay Carafano* *Security, Americas* It is important to recognize that just because Canada isn’t a great power, doesn’t mean it does have a large role to play in great-power competition. North of the border there is much handwringing about the trajectory of Canadian-U.S. security cooperation in this era of great-power competition. That anxiety isn’t likely to decline anytime soon—regardless of the election outcome. Washington and Ottawa should get cracking on a constructive to-do list that protects their common interests against common competitors. Though Canada and the...
Rally #4 – President Trump Make America Great Again Rally – Rome, Georgia – 8:30pm ET Livestream…
sundance, The Last Refuge - 4 hours ago
Departing Hickory, North Carolina, President Trump is racing against the clock trying to get to Rome, Georgia, and then arrive in Miami-Dade ahead of a midnight curfew by local officials. The Georgia rally takes place at the Richard B. Russell … Continue reading →
This Is How Space Force's Operation Commands Are Organized (Garrison And Wings)
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 4 hours ago
Check out how SpOC is organized and stay tuned over the next few weeks as we showcase the Space Warfighters that make us lean and lethal. #BuildingtheSpaceForce #SpOC #USSF pic.twitter.com/gZ1yCdwLeS — ussfspoc (@ussfspoc) October 24, 2020 *WNU Editor*: Here is an easy prediction. This organizational chart is going to grow over the years.
Optimistic signs. And plans, in case I'm wrong. My final(?) electoral blog. Unless its a "winter of discontent."
David Brin, CONTRARY BRIN - 4 hours ago
Like millions, I expect to be drunken-comatose on Wednesday, either giddy with relief or else nervously watching Putin's end-game plan unfold, or even repelling the Holnist Uprising. (See below about that.) And yes, with two days left, there are very few Americans still on the fence, so why do I bother with a political posting? Because there are still edges to nibble at. *1- First a prediction*… The Roberts Court will only intervene for Trump if they think they can actually succeed without triggering revolution. If Trump appears toast, they and the criminal GOP secretaries of ...
Thailand’s protests and preventing a ‘second 6 October’
Ruji Auethavornpipat, New Mandala - 4 hours ago
The rising wave of peaceful protests in Thailand has reached a critical juncture where the state’s response will determine whether another event of mass bloodshed is written into Thai history. The post Thailand’s protests and preventing a ‘second 6 October’ appeared first on New Mandala.
Space Delta 9 Is The Unit Dedicated To U.S. Orbital Warfare
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 4 hours ago
Now is the time for a military branch with a clear and singular focus on space. Space Force protects this frontier. The Sky is not the limit.#SemperSupra pic.twitter.com/TX3em84O0a — United States Space Force (@SpaceForceDoD) October 28, 2020 *Warzone/The Drive:* *Space Force Has A Unit Dedicated To Orbital Warfare That Now Operates The X-37B Spaceplane * Space Delta 9 is charged with not only keeping watch for potential threats in space, but being ready to defeat them, if necessary. The fledgling U.S. Space Force's Space Delta 9 is tasked with performing a mission set that the s...
Say it Isn’t So, Joe!
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 5 hours ago
The other guy is having no fun at all: “America is dead because of COVID-19.” Oh, and his running mate is promising straight up Marxism.
The Democrats Plan to Steal Election—by Roger Stone
Alicia, LaRouchePAC Feed - 5 hours ago
*by Roger Stone · This piece originally appeared in the Gateway Pundit under Joe Hoft's byline on October 31, 2020. * It is now just a few days until America finally renders its fateful choice for President on on Election Day 2020. But Democrat manipulations to buy time to conduct as much voter fraud as possible have made it more like Election MONTH 2020. As President Donald Trump tirelessly barnstorms the country, firing up voters from all walks of life at increasingly massive rallies that epitomize political Americana, Democrat Joe Biden is staggering around the political stage...
Science Uprising: Take Off the Mask
AdminM, Medical Kidnap - 5 hours ago
In our culture, the old have failed the young. Hate-driven shootings in schools and houses of worship, rising suicide and addiction rates — these are the most dramatic indications. But a quieter sense of numbness and despair, concealed in mindless social media and the omnipresent screens, is far more widespread. What Lies Behind It All? Questions about biological origins are NOT of merely scientific importance. These questions go to the heart of how we think about the value of individual human beings. Increasingly evident is the relationship between noxious racial theories, devalui...
New Video : One Hundred Authors Against Einstein
tonyheller, Real Climate Science - 6 hours ago
https://newtube.app/user/TonyHeller/1ivnRHQ
Georgia’s Role Amid the Chaos in the Caucuses
Joseph Adam Ereli, The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Joseph Adam Ereli* *Security, Eurasia* Courageous statesmanship and political dexterity will be in high demand as Georgia navigates the multiple challenges of an assertive Russia, a distracted Europe, and a turbulent global economy. One of the bright spots in the Caucuses might be going unnoticed. That bright spot is the country of Georgia. On October 31, the citizens of the small yet strategically significant nation of Georgia will elect a parliament for the first time under a new system of greater proportional representation. These elections represent the culmination of a mult...
The Death of Exceptionalism and the Birth of a New Foreign Policy
Christopher Mott, The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Christopher Mott* *Security, Americas* Currently ravaged by rioting, acrimonious domestic debates about the future of the country, and possibly the least effective coronavirus response on the world stage, the myth of American exceptionalism has never carried less cachet in policy discussions than now. General trends regarding the U.S. position in world order have been moving downwards for some time. In July, Iran and China ramped up rhetoric related to the signing of a trade and security pact that would extend workarounds to the economic blockade placed on Tehran by U.S. sanctio...
Can the United States Leave Behind the Partisan Politics of ‘America First’ in Foreign Relations?
Patrick Mendis, Joey Wang, The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Patrick Mendis, Joey Wang* *Security, Americas* The last four years of the Trump administration have cast a long shadow over America’s political and diplomatic history. During that time, the State Department has substantially altered the credibility and generally positive perceptions of the United States around the world. In a calculated appeal to the Indian and Indian-American Diaspora for support in his re-election campaign, President Donald Trump has dispatched two of his highest national security officials to New Delhi just days before the election. The timing of this trip, ...
Trump’s Foreign Policy Legacy Is His Ability to Balance Chaos in Asia
Sumantra Maitra, The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Sumantra Maitra* *Security, Americas* Trump’s facilitating an alliance with India and arming Taiwan as a frontier state against a rising China will be his defining legacy, a strategy that will likely continue even if Joe Biden wins the presidency. In the dying days of British naval hegemony, Britain had a choice to make. In the United States, there was a growing desire to act independent of the greater Anglospheric power. Across the globe, the rise of Japan and Imperial Germany threatened the British eastern empire as well as homeland, as the balance of power altered beyond the ...
Who Was the Enemy Sniper America Never Caught?
Robert Beckhusen, The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Robert Beckhusen* *Security, Middle East* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2007%3Anewsml_GM1DWKFZXJAA&share=true] This enemy insurgent caused a lot of harm but whoever it was got away. *Key point: *The war in Iraq lasted a long time and is still ongoing today. Here is how one enemy soldier caused big headaches for U.S. and coalition troops. Gunfire and rockets erupted on both sides of the American patrol. It was the night of March 28, 2010, in Kunar province, along the Pakistani border in eastern Afghanistan. The ambush was one of at least two a...
Great Power Conflict Has Arrived, But Asymmetric Warfare Isn’t Going Anywhere
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Security, * Future great-power war, the thinking maintains, will involve both major weapons platforms and large forces as well as countless unconventional or irregular dynamics. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *Army leaders currently developing next-generation tanks, infantry carriers and other armored vehicles explain that counterinsurgency remains a key part of their developmental emphasis, due in part to the reality the future war is expected to be non-linear, multi-domain and by no means clearly definable As the threat of major, mechanized, great-power warf...
What Do Those In The Senate Who Enabled The Monster Deserve?
DownWithTyranny, DownWithTyranny! - 4 hours ago
Yesterday *Washington Post* reporter Seung Min Kim poked around in the smoldering ashes of the the Senate Republican caucus as Trump drags down even more of them. At the start of this cycle only Cory Gardner (R-CO), Susan Collins (R-ME), Martha McSally (R-AZ), Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Doug Jones (D-AL) thought they were in any jeopardy at all. Now we find Joni Ernst (R-IA), Steve Daines (R-MT), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), David Purdue (R-GA), Kelly Loeffler (R-GA), John Cornyn (R-TX) and even Lindsey Graham (R-SC) fighting for their political lives. All eleven of these Republicans have ...
The Lingering and Long-Term Complications of COVID-19
AP News, Snopes.com - 4 hours ago
COVID-19 can affect nearly every organ, and lingering and long-term complications can include fatigue, coughing episodes, breathing difficulties, heart inflammation, decreased kidney function, fuzzy thinking, anxiety and depression.
COVID-19: A Global Survey Shows Worrying Signs of Vaccine Hesitancy
Nov 01 (IPS) - It has been nine months since the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the outbreak of COVID-19, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, a "public health emergency of international concern". Since then, more than 44 million cases have been recorded and over one million lives lost. Economic costs measure in trillions of dollars. Global recovery will take years. Read the full story, “COVID-19: A Global Survey Shows Worrying Signs of Vaccine Hesitancy”, on globalissues.org →
Winter is Coming: How to Prevent COVID-19 ‘Superspreader’ Events Indoors
Gabriel Wainer, The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Gabriel Wainer* *Coronavirus, World* The second wave might have been triggered by lockdown fatigue and feelings of invincibility of the young population. But coping mechanisms like denial and rationalism, combined with conflicting public health messages, can lead to population disobedience and trigger a large number of cases. The second wave of COVID-19 has arrived. Cases are spiking in most European countries, Canada is seeing the number of daily cases exceed the first peak in April/May and the United States is facing a potential third wave. Some countries like Brazil, India an...
A Recent War Game Proved That China’s Air Force Is No Superpower
David Axe, The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, Asia* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2019%3Anewsml_RC2V8D903C6S&share=true] No military is perfect and China certainly has less experience with modern war than say America does. *Key point: *Beijing's Air Force is pretty impressive with all of its modernization. However, its lack of practical experience in war shows during war games. A 2015 war game in Thailand underscored the enduring flaws in Chinese aerial-warfare tactics. Despite flying a modern fighter type, Chinese fighter pilots in Thailand were vulnerable to long...
Is It Time For America To Give Up Its Aircraft Carriers?
David W. Wise, The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*David W. Wise* *Security, * The U.S. Navy is unquestionably the most powerful in the world today in the aggregate. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *At present, the Navy is straining to build two attack submarines a year, while it could afford to build 10 at the cost of just one carrier and its air wing and, arguably, to much greater strategic effect. In addition, unlike most of the surface ship acquisition programs, attack submarine programs have had a generally good record for coming in on schedule and budget. “History,” it has been written, “does not repeat itself, but it ...
This Was Russia's Sad Space Shuttle. It Never Made It Into Space.
Kyle Mizokami, The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *History, Europe* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2011%3Anewsml_GM1E7BP1T3201&share=true] They managed to build them, but they never took cosmonauts into space. *Key Point:* The Buran program, which once involved the hard work of so many talented individuals and so much of the USSR’s treasure, is now a footnote in space history. The intense rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union pushed the two countries to compete, not only on Earth but throughout the solar system. Good ideas, or perhaps more accurately good ideas...
Election Clashes Erupt Across The U.S. This Weekend
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 4 hours ago
Antifa supporters marched to oppose the Trump rally, and violent clashes broke out between the groups as cops struggled to keep them separated and maintain the peace *Daily Mail:** Election clashes erupt across the US: Antifa attacks Trump supporter in Beverly Hills while North Carolina BLM march ends with police pepper spray and eight arrests with the vote two days away * * Antifa supporters were seen attacking Trump backer with fists and pipe in Beverly Hills on Saturday * Police declared an unlawful assembly after the black-clad attackers fled the scene * In North Carolina...
Did Hunter Biden ‘Flip’ and Turn Himself in to the FBI?
Jordan Liles, Snopes.com - 4 hours ago
A viral image read: "If [Biden] withdraws from the race and forfeits all funds in the [Swiss bank] accounts, the Biden family and specifically Hunter will not face criminal charges."
A Halloween Tale: Jason and The Mirror
susanonthesoapbox, Susan on the Soapbox - 6 hours ago
For obvious reasons the usual batch of Halloween witches and vampires, pirates and princesses did not ring our doorbell this year. So to mark a different kind of Halloween Ms Soapbox would like to tell you a story. It’s … Continue reading →
Russian warships deliver supplies to naval base in Syria
[image: Russian warships deliver supplies to naval base in Syria] BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:30 P.M.) – A reporter in the press office of the Russian Northern Fleet said that the group of warships belonging to this fleet completed maintenance work, renewed its supplies, and left the port of Tartous in western Syria on Sunday. He added, “A group of ships of the Northern Fleet led by Colonel Stanislav Varik left the Russian Maritime Logistics Center in the Syrian port of Tartous, heading to the Mediterranean Sea.” The aforementioned Russian maritime group will spend some time in the waters ...
Major battle approaches as Azerbaijani forces attempt to reach key city in Karabakh
[image: Major battle approaches as Azerbaijani forces attempt to reach key city in Karabakh] BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:00 A.M.) – The vicinity of the strategic city of Shusha in Karabakh is witnessing violent battles between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces, amid reports of powerful explosions near the capital Stepanakert. According to local reports, Shusha was subjected to heavy bombardment, while fierce battles are taking place near the city. The reports have said that the Artsakh Defense Army (ADA) have resisted the Azerbaijani attempts to reach the city gates; however, the latter has ...
Turkish-backed forces lose important base after clashes with jihadist ally in western Aleppo
[image: Turkish-backed forces lose important base after clashes with jihadist ally in western Aleppo] BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:40 P.M.) – The Turkish-backed forces in northwestern Syria suffered a major loss this weekend, when they lost their headquarters to the jihadist rebels in western Aleppo. According to opposition reports from the western countryside of Aleppo, the jihadists of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) took control of the headquarters for the Turkish-backed 4th Brigade of the Syrian National Army (SNA). The reports said that Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham had temporarily besieged the he...
Armenian air defenses shoot down Azerbaijani drone over Karabakh capital: video
[image: Armenian air defenses shoot down Azerbaijani drone over Karabakh capital: video] BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:20 P.M.) – The air defense forces of the Artsakh Defense Army (ADA) shot down an Azerbaijani drone over the capital of Karabakh, Stepanakert, this past weekend, the Russian WarGonzo channel reported. According to WarGonzo, the air defense forces of the Artsakh Defense Army confronted the drone as it approached the capital of Karabakh this past weekend. In the video posted by the WarGonzo channel, the Artsakh Defense Army can be seen scoring a direct hit on the Azerbaijani d...
Jeremy Corbyn's Ridiculous Suspension
Phil, All That Is Solid ... - 5 hours ago
Talk about throwing paraffin on the fire. Jeremy Corbyn's suspension was wrong, unjustifiable and he should be reinstated immediately. And with seven general secretaries saying the same, kicking this into the long grass is going to be difficult. Without following due process, a point the party was criticised for in the EHRC report and with David Evans, the new general secretary, unable to explain his position to Friday's NEC meeting, there might be more trouble on the horizon. The statement put out by the party noting the removal of the whip says the suspension was because of comme...
At Least 25 Americans Have Been Killed During This Election Cycle
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 5 hours ago
A person, identified later as 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse, fires a gun during a protest over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, August 25, 2020. Photo by Brendan Gutenschwager/Reuters *The Guardian:* *At least 25 Americans were killed during protests and political unrest in 2020 * Findings from Armed Conflict Location and Event Data raise concerns about continued violence during and after election day. At least 11 Americans have been killed while participating in political demonstrations this year and another 14 have died in other incidents l...
Poll: Half Of Americans Believe Nov. 3 Will Be The Most Stressful Day Of Their Lives!
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 5 hours ago
*Study Finds:* *2020 Election Day: Over half of Americans believe Nov. 3 will be most stressful day of their lives! * NEW YORK — As if the coronavirus pandemic wasn’t giving Americans enough anxiety already, you may have heard there’s a presidential election this November. With political divisions reaching historical highs, a survey finds a majority of the country believe their most stressful day of 2020 hasn’t even arrived yet. The poll examining mental health reveals 55 percent of Americans think Election Day 2020 will be the most stress-filled day of their lives. The OnePoll s...