Sunday, January 31, 2021

31 January - Blogs I'm Following - 4 of 5

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Globalist Klaus Schwab: ‘As Long As Not Everybody Is Vaccinated, Nobody Will Be Safe’
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 16 hours ago
Humans are Free – by Kelen McBreen Speaking at this year’s Davos Agenda, World Economic Forum (WEF) Founder and Chairman Klaus Schwab declared “nobody will... The post Globalist Klaus Schwab: ‘As Long As Not Everybody Is Vaccinated, Nobody Will Be Safe’ appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
‘100 Seconds To Midnight’
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 16 hours ago
One hundred seconds to midnight. That's how close humanity is to the apocalypse, and it's as close as the world has ever been, according to Wednesday's annual announcement from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a group that has been running its "Doomsday Clock" since the early years of the nuclear age in 1947. Although the scientists cite the Covid-19 pandemic, which has killed 1.7 million people around the world and has "revealed just how unprepared and unwilling countries and the international system are to handle global emergencies properly," they acknowledge that the cor...
Utility Will Pay $2.2B for California Wildfire
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 16 hours ago
Activist Post – by BN Frank California wildfires have been blamed on Climate Change, poor forest management, downed power lines, and increasing levels of Electromagnetic... The post Utility Will Pay $2.2B for California Wildfire appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
More Parking Puts More Cars On The Road
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 16 hours ago
Do cities create greener lifestyles? Or do they just enable them? It’s very, very, very clear that people who live closer to other people drive less. But how much of this is due to the fact that people who were already predisposed to driving less—those of us who don’t particularly enjoy driving, for example—are deliberately living where parking is scarce and buses are frequent? A forthcoming academic paper finally begins to answer this crucial question. Its “breakthrough” conclusion: Bigger parking lots make us drive more. Even if we ignore the breathtaking economic costs of dedi...
The Brazilian Livestreams Guide for Sunday, January 31, 2021
Beatriz Miranda, The Rio Times - 1 day ago
LIVESTREAM: Projeto Brasis (online) - This weekend, Projeto Brasis will host a top-notch online festival with the finest from Brazil's independent music scene. The festival's line-up will bring, this Sunday, Josyara (photo), Oneide Bastos, Keila, Conde Baltazar, and Uhuru Selector. Projeto Brasis - live on Projeto Brasis' Youtube channel. Check The post The Brazilian Livestreams Guide for Sunday, January 31, 2021 appeared first on The Rio Times.
U.S. Senator Joe Biden On The Falklands Conflict, 1982
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 15 hours ago
*WNU Editor: *Fascinating.
Picture Of The Day
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 15 hours ago
Schoolchildren swab and test themselves for COVID-19 in the classroom at South Boston Catholic Academy in Boston, Massachusetts, January 28, 2021. REUTERS/Allison Dinner *WNU Editor:* The above picture came from this photo-gallery .... *America's COVID deaths surge as vaccines roll out* (Reuters).
Some people might say...
Craig, Is the BBC biased? - 15 hours ago
David Buik, a man who knows a thing or two about the global economy, was watching BBC One a few minutes ago and then took to Twitter: *David Buik*: Really negative take by BBC News on the UK applying to join a free trade area made up of 11 Asia and Pacific nations, Sneering comparison to EU. From little acorns do great big oak trees grow! We've left the EU. Please get over it! Shoulder to the wheel - EVERYONE! This is what he saw and heard: *Ben Brown*: The Government has announced that Britain wants to join a trade partnership of 11 countries including Australia and Japan. The ...
Joe Biden's Coronavirus Nightmare
Margaret Riley, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Margaret Riley* *Coronavirus, The Americas* The vaccine rollout, begun in December while the Trump administration was still in office, has been frustrating. Vaccine supply falls far short of current demand, and there is also considerable confusion about how and when individuals will be able to be vaccinated. When President Joe Biden was sworn in on Jan. 20, he inherited the raging COVID-19 pandemic, one of the most difficult crises any incoming president has ever faced. More than 400,000 Americans have died from the coronavirus, and tens of thousands more will likely die before ...
Company B: A Fierce Fighting Force in the Tunisian Campaign of World War II
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Africa* In the early days of the American advance into Tunisia, a tank destroyer company went on a risky but successful offensive—virtually alone. *Here's What You Need to Know*: Company B’s success was also a tribute to the courage and spirit of its soldiers. For the United States Army, the long road to Germany began in the mountainous deserts of Tunisia in mid-November 1942. Earlier in the month thousands of GIs had come ashore in the Vichy French territories of Morocco and Algeria. After the brief fighting with French troops ended and a pol...
Why the US Will Continue to Meddle in Thailand...
Land Destroyer, Land Destroyer - 16 hours ago
*January 31, 2021* (Brian Berletic - LD) - I explain why US foreign policy never changes regardless of who is in the White House - how corporate-funded think tanks actually produce US foreign policy and how Washington merely rubber-stamps it. I also explain steps nations like Thailand can take to protect themselves from constant US interference in their internal political affairs. References: Council on Foreign Relations - Revisiting U.S. Grand Strategy Toward China: https://carnegieendowment.org/files/Tellis_Blackwill.pdf Council on Foreign Relations - Corporate Members: ...
General Atomics Reveals Self-Protection Pod For The MQ-9 Reaper
Stefano D'Urso, The Aviationist - 16 hours ago
The self-protection pod was successfully tested in October 2020 and is one of many new capabilities for the MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft tested last year. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems recently announced some of the [...] The post General Atomics Reveals Self-Protection Pod For The MQ-9 Reaper appeared first on The Aviationist.
Shades of 2009....
Craig, Is the BBC biased? - 17 hours ago
According to *The Mail on Sunday, *Labour's shadow business secretary Lucy Powell claimed her BBC TV licence on parliamentary expenses, thus charging it to us taxpayers. I think the very words Ms Powell began a tweet with yesterday might be appropriate here: This will, rightly, anger many.
Big Country, Bigger Guns: Russian Artillery Outguns the United States
Michael Peck, The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, Europe* The Army’s field artillery is outgunned by Russian weapons. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Fortunately, American troops would not rely on Army artillery alone. The Air Force and Navy would be there to provide air- and ship-launched missiles and naval gunfire. Still, with the proliferation of anti-aircraft and anti-ship weapons, that support cannot be guaranteed. The U.S. Army’s big guns have problems. The Army’s field artillery is outgunned by Russian weapons. And, it would face difficulties in knocking out entrenched North Korean artillery...
The Navy Just Filed Patents for New Unbelievable Superweapons
Alex Hollings, The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Alex Hollings* *military, * If you think this story is crazy, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. In 2019, the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) filed a number of seemingly out of this world patents that could, in theory, revolutionize not only military aviation, but just about *everything*. Chief among these strange new inventions is a High Energy Electromagnetic Field Generator, which if functional, could produce massive amounts of power with far reaching military and commercial implications. Interestingly, the patent also *closely resembles* longstanding...
Links 1/31/2021
Lambert Strether, naked capitalism - 17 hours ago
ThreatCon Charlie: SITREP for All Active Duty Military Personnel and Veterans
Teodrose Fikremariam, null - 18 hours ago
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an urgent communique titled “Memo Delta Echo Foxtrot Yankee” in which I reached out to National Guard reservists The post ThreatCon Charlie: SITREP for All Active Duty Military Personnel and Veterans appeared first on .
EP #5 – 21WIRE LIVE: ‘Biden Foreign Policy Breakdown’ with guest Brian Berletic
NEWS WIRE, 21st Century Wire - 18 hours ago
*21WIRE LIVE* | a comprehensive review of US foreign policy under the new Presidency - with a few surprises.
New Covid Cases Plunge 25% or More as Behavior Changes
Lambert Strether, naked capitalism - 18 hours ago
A dozen states are reporting drops of 25% or more in new covid-19 cases and more than 1,200 counties have seen the same, federal data released Wednesday shows. Experts say the plunge may relate to growing fear of the virus after it reached record-high levels, as well as soaring hopes of getting vaccinated soon.
Book Update
Phil, All That Is Solid ... - 18 hours ago
It's rare for the blog to go a couple of days without passing comment. And so I feel duty bound to explain myself. As readers may or may not know I've been writing a book about your friends and mine, the Conservative Party. This time last year it existed as a series of fragmentary notes, a plan, and a badly written and unstructured couple of chapters reviewing literature on the Tories and setting out the thesis. I.e. The Tories are in long-term decline and the recent uptick in the party's electoral fortunes, counterintuitively, are symptomatic of this process. A year on the book h...
Sunday morning music
Peter, Bayou Renaissance Man - 18 hours ago
My parents introduced their children to classical music from an early age. All of us had our favorite pieces. In my pre-teen years, mine was unquestionably Camille Saint-Saƫns' whimsical work "The Carnival of the Animals", composed in 1886. It comprised 14 short movements, each describing in musical terms a particular animal. The music may have been whimsically inspired, but it's actually very well written, and has stood the test of time. It remains immensely popular worldwide. In 1949 the American poet and satirist Ogden Nash wrote a series of tongue-in-cheek amusing poem...
Injured SOCOM Doctor Awarded Medal for Saving Wounded Ranger
Stavros Atlamazoglou, The National Interest - 18 hours ago
*Stavros Atlamazoglou* *military, * Wyatt’s actions earned him the Soldier’s Medal, the highest award for non-combat related bravery. Almost two years ago, a Special Forces doctor saved the life of a retired Ranger. Now he has been recognized with the highest non-combat award for bravery. On April 7, 2019, Lieutenant Colonel Larry Wyatt, a clinic director at the US Special Operations Command, and retired Colonel Thomas Wells, a former Ranger and trauma surgeon, were cycling on a bike trail near Tampa, Florida. As they neared a bridge, the pair saw two motorcycles approaching th...
#STANDWITHISSA: Issa Amro Stood Against Israel’s Settler State & is About to Pay a Heavy Price
Geopolitics101, Covert Geopolitics - 19 hours ago
Anyone familiar with the Israeli occupation and the violence of the settlers would find the following story impossible and unthinkable, however, Issa Amro was able to pull it off. by Miko Peled Occupied Hebron — “Israel wants to steal our history. They want to focus only on one small part of the history and ignore … Continue reading #STANDWITHISSA: Issa Amro Stood Against Israel’s Settler State & is About to Pay a Heavy Price →
What Biden Wars Will Actually Look Like
Geopolitics101, Covert Geopolitics - 19 hours ago
Once you get beyond the partisan puppet show, you see a single oligarchic empire continuing the same murderous agenda. by Caitlin Johnstone There’s a news story about a U.S. military convoy entering Syria being shared around social media with captions claiming that President Joe Biden is already “invading” Syria which is getting tons of shares in both … Continue reading What Biden Wars Will Actually Look Like →
Is there Anybody Out There Payin’ Attention?
Age of Autism, AGE OF AUTISM - 18 hours ago
By Cathy Jameson Extra appointments and errands had me out of the house a little bit longer than usual last week. I didn’t mind the driving around, especially since I could listen to the radio uninterrupted while I was out....
What’s Driving California’s Mass Exodus?
NEWS WIRE, 21st Century Wire - 18 hours ago
*CNBC* | Why is the Golden State hemorrhaging so much talent and business?
Fresh Data Show Effect of South African Virus Variant on Vaccine Efficacy
Latin America News, The Rio Times - 18 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Clinical trial data on two COVID-19 vaccines show that a coronavirus variant first identified in South Africa is lessening their ability to protect against the illness, underscoring the need to vaccinate vast numbers of people as quickly as possible, scientists said. The vaccines from Novavax Inc and Johnson & Johnson […] The post Fresh Data Show Effect of South African Virus Variant on Vaccine Efficacy appeared first on The Rio Times.
ICYMI: Worse Week Than I Thought Edition (1/31)
Peter Greene, CURMUDGUCATION - 18 hours ago
You know, I thought last week was pretty okay until I looked at the pieces I had collected. So maybe you don't want to read every single item on the list this week. But do stick around for the palate cleanser at the end. *Jeff Bezos wants to go to the moon. Then, public education.* From Dominik Dresel at EdSurge, a piece that will not warm your heart or lift your spirits. *2nd Grader expelled for telling another girl she had a crush on her* While we're not lifting your spirits--from CNN. Just in case you need one more example of how that nice Christian private school doesn't have...
Why is India Trying to Break Up Hindu-Muslim Marriages?
Sumit Ganguly, The National Interest - 19 hours ago
*Sumit Ganguly* *Politics, Asia* One of India’s most populous states has assumed the right to intervene in matters of marriage – particularly between a Hindu woman and a Muslim man. Other states are planning to follow suit. Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, the Bharatiya Janata Party government has put forward several anti-Muslim policies. The latest is a clampdown on what it sees as “love jihad,” the belief that Muslims are seeking to deceive Hindu women through marriage and convert them to Islam. Over the course of the past year or so several BJP politicians have...
SolarWinds Hack: Why We Need Defense, Not Retaliation
William Akoto, The National Interest - 19 hours ago
*William Akoto* *Politics, The Americas* Beyond punishing hacker countries with sanctions, the U.S. has undertaken operations to directly attack the digital capabilities of those nations. None of this has dissuaded hackers from repeatedly targeting American firms and government agencies. In the wake of the major espionage operation in which people alleged to be Russian government agents infiltrated the digital networks of the U.S. Defense, Treasury and Homeland Security departments – as well as other government agencies and private companies – President Joe Biden is considering ...
Where Is Zwally’s New Study?
Paul Homewood, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 19 hours ago
By Paul Homewood https://www.thegwpf.com/antarctica-ice-stable-not-losing-ice-nasa-researcher-finds/ You might recall Jay Zwally’s inconvenient study published in 2015, showing that the Antarctic ice sheet was actually growing. Zwally has since continued this research, and was confident in 2018 that his new updated study would confirm this. Curiously though this new study is still awaiting publication. Knowing […]
Carbon Tax Update, January 2021
Jordan McGillis, IER - 19 hours ago
The 117th Congress is underway. Inauguration Day has come and gone. The carbon tax debate is again in full swing.… The post Carbon Tax Update, January 2021 appeared first on IER.
Biden’s Paris climate agreement blunder
Larry Bell, CFACT - 19 hours ago
The Biden climate agenda will hamstring American energy independence while having no meaningful impact on the climate. The post Biden’s Paris climate agreement blunder appeared first on CFACT.
‘Infections’ Decline By 50% in Just 2 Weeks, But Have They Really?
James Allard, OYE Alternative News - 20 hours ago
The post ‘Infections’ Decline By 50% in Just 2 Weeks, But Have They Really? appeared first on OYE Alternative News.
2021 Store Closures Expected To Hit 10,000! Job Losses 4 Times Worse Than 2008 Crisis!
Dewey Fernfield, The Duran - 20 hours ago
source / The Money GPS Alternative Data Show Growth Stumble on Fresh Virus Fear: Chart – Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-22/alternative-data-show-growth-stumble-on-fresh-virus-fear-chart?sref=RJ2RlMrh Pandemic aftershocks overwhelm global supply lines Pandemic aftershocks overwhelm global supply lines One year after the coronavirus pandemic first disrupted global supply chains by closing Chinese factories, fresh shipping headaches are delaying U.S. farm exports, crimping domestic […]
Who Is Missing Donald Trump?
TheDarkMan, The Duran - 20 hours ago
It’s difficult to believe Donald Trump is no longer American President in much the same way it is impossible to believe he lost the election, but no sooner had Joe Biden moved into the White House than he and the so-called progressives who are pulling his strings set about erasing the Trump legacy, starting with […]
You Would Have TRIPLED Your Money If You Listened To Me 3 Days Ago
Dewey Fernfield, The Duran - 20 hours ago
source / The Money GPS Let’s face it, the market is broken. But to clarify, it was broken a long time ago. What we are seeing today in some ways has escalated beyond what we saw in 2000. Beyond the subprime nonsense. This is simply speculation to the highest degree possible. Even the remnants of […]
The Strange Tale of the SS Mayaguez
G2mil, The Duran - 20 hours ago
Twelve days after the American evacuation from Saigon was complete in April 1975, the American merchant ship SS Mayaguez was carrying classified cargo from the abandoned American embassy in Saigon to an American airbase in Thailand. For unknown reasons, it foolishly sailed within two miles of a Cambodian island and was confronted by Cambodian patrol […]
Spiritual Warrior Quotes Video
Stranger in a Strange Land, Stranger in a Strange Land - 20 hours ago
*Youtube link.* *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1nmYDF19ZY* *Performed by Peter Revel Walsh A collection of powerful quotes from great warriors throughout history. Music: * *Joachim Heinrich - Horizon * *Joachim Heinrich - The Masks Fall *
There Is Nothing Outside Yourself That Can - The Wisdom of Miyamoto Musashi
Stranger in a Strange Land, Stranger in a Strange Land - 20 hours ago
*Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645) was Japan's Greatest Swordsman and Samurai.*
Task Number One
Fr. Andrey TKACHEV, OrientalReview.org - 21 hours ago
Human beings tend to seek out other human beings. But, if they look deep into their souls, they will realize that they are in search of God even more so. At all times and on every continent our common task is to encounter Him and to respond to His love. […]
We are not alone. Five incredible facts about our microbiome and its vital role for our health.
zedie, SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 1 day ago
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How Many Gravitational Waves Have Been Detected?
zedie, SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 1 day ago
How Many Gravitational Waves Have Been Detected? – The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/05/gravitational-waves-black-holes-neutron-stars/588730/
Nudge, nudge
Craig, Is the BBC biased? - 17 hours ago
Gillian Reynolds, the doyenne of radio critics (as I seem to *always* call her), reviewing a Radio 4 programme called *The Disrupters*, which "tells stories of business success and failure", also in today's *Sunday Times,* said something in passing that struck me as being quite interesting. She was saying that Editorial Director of BBC News Kamal Ahmed's reorganisation of BBC radio news showed that he was no good at either teamwork or admitting mistakes (well, he is BBC after all) but at least he has nerve: "I will admit it certainly required nerve to nudge quite so many outstanding...
Biden Faces the World: 5 Foreign Policy Priorities for the New Administration
Muqtedar Khan, Garret Martin, Jennifer M. Piscopo, Joyce Mao, Julius A. Amin, The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*Muqtedar Khan, Garret Martin, Jennifer M. Piscopo, Joyce Mao, Julius A. Amin* *Politics, * Dire domestic crises will keep Biden’s attention focused on home, at least early in his administration, but he says the U.S. is “ready to lead the world.” Here, experts assess the state of American relations with a world left skeptical of American leadership. *Editor’s note: President Joe Biden inherits from Donald Trump a United States that was simultaneously isolated from the rest of the world and openly hostile toward parts of it. Biden – an internationally minded leader who has longst...
Is the Future of the Navy In Air-Independent Propulsion Submarines?
Robert Farley, The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, Asia* They're stealthy and cheap. *Key point:* Air-Independent Propulsion is a good alternative to the currently in-use nuclear submarines. Over the past decade, air-independent propulsion (AIP) for submarines has spread rapidly around the world. The technology, which allows conventionally powered submarines to operate without access to outside air, has the potential the shift the balance away from the big nuclear attack submarines (SSNs) that have dominated undersea warfare since the 1950s, and back towards small conventional boats. In global terms, t...
Samsung’s Profits Rise on Display Panel, Chip Demand despite Pandemic
Ethen Kim Lieser, The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Technology, Americas* The company’s display panel business enjoyed its highest-ever quarterly earnings on the back of robust demand for HDTVs and smartphones. Samsung Electronics has registered a 26 percent rise in operating profit in the October-December quarter, driven largely by strong demand for display panels and memory chips. The Korean tech giant’s operating profit in the fourth quarter surged to 9.05 trillion won ($8.17 billion), compared to 7.2 trillion won a year earlier. Net profit came in at 6.6 trillion won. The figure was in line with the compan...
How Julius Streicher Fueled the Nazi Propaganda Machine
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* Julius Streicher, who hanged himself with his pen, may well have been the most despised man of World War II on either side. *Here's What You Need to Know*: Streicher proudly accepted full responsibility for everything that appeared within *Der Sturmer*’s pages. It was May 23, 1945, roughly a year before the execution of Julius Streicher, founder and publisher of the vilest anti-Semitic Nazi propaganda of the war. A jeepload of American GIs of the 101st Airborne Division, commanded by Major Henry Blitt, pulled up in front of a Bavarian f...