Tuesday, May 04, 2021

4 May - Blogs I'm Following - 4 of 5

 10 pm MDT

O corpo foi criado para ser auto-sustentável e auto-cura - Uma Citação por M.N. Hopkins
Stranger in a Strange Land, Stranger in a Strange Land - 16 hours ago
*O corpo foi criado para ser auto-sustentável e auto-cura, mas o Homem através do seu pensamento limitado pensou que sabia melhor do que o seu Criador e preparou-se para criar um sistema construído sobre a limitação ou auto-limitação que resultou em doenças e perturbações mentais e emocionais de todo o tipo imaginável. E foi a imaginação que alimentou este fogo da destruição de um sistema que já funcionava bem.* *© **M.N. Hopkins* *To read the original quotation in English, please click on the link below:* *https://mnhopkins.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-body-was-created-to-bea-quotat...
NSW Liberals and Qld Labor coming after your guns, your liberty and your way of life
Editor, cairnsnews, Cairns News - 17 hours ago
The Australian military, as a trial, will be patrolling with Queensland Police in Toowoomba until May 16 the day after Australian Freedom Rallies are staged around the nation. What a coincidence and for an alleged Christian PM Scott Morrison your actions have confirmed your intentions. As far as the Marxist Queensland Premier goes most people […]
James Bond 007 goes from Prague to Moscow
Luboš Motl, The Reference Frame - 14 hours ago
Today, Czechia is shocked or amused by a new scandal. As you must have heard, the Czech intelligence services have claimed that it was very likely that a 2014 ammo depot blast in Eastern Czechia (in Vrbětice) was caused by Russian agents – in fact, by the same Petrov and Bashirov who have also allegedly prepared novichok for Mr Skripal later, in 2018. The accusations have led to the expulsion of Russian diplomats from Prague and the reciprocal expulsion of Czech diplomats from Moscow, aside from related new hostilities between countries whose relationships were decent in recent year...
Strang to province: “We’re not anywhere close to being out of the woods”
Ethan Lycan-Lang, Halifax Examiner - 14 hours ago
I’m here a day early from my usual spot in the rotation, filling in for Philip Moscovitch while he takes a brief post-vaccination rest. Now, in other pandemic-related news… News 1. COVID-19 Update In case you missed the headline: “We’re not anywhere close to being out of the woods.” That’s what Dr. Robert Strang had […]
Open Letter From Retired Military: A Plot Against The Republic?
Thierry MEYSSAN, OrientalReview.org - 14 hours ago
In three years, France has gone through two major crises that have not been answered: the questioning of globalization by the Gilets jaunes and the disintegration of the State by the police unions. Neither of them has received a substantial response. If the observations of these whistleblowers are shared by all, it becomes impossible to share them publicly. Democracy does not die from the absence of contradictory debates but, worse, from the erection of taboos.
Courts Can No Longer Protect Companies Over Climate Flak
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 14 hours ago
United Kingdom - Last month, six people stood trial in Southwark Crown Court, charged with causing criminal damage to Shell’s London headquarters on April 15, 2019. The trial received little coverage at the time: although all six pleaded not guilty, it appeared to be an open and shut case. That the building was damaged was not in doubt; nor was the identity of the perpetrators. But then, surprisingly, all six Extinction Rebellion activists were acquitted. This verdict deserves attention as it raises big questions about how far the law can protect companies that do not take real ac...
Mexico City Train Overpass Collapses Onto Road; 23 Dead
AP News, Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
“A support beam gave way” just as the train passed over it, Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said.
Widespread flooding hits Afghanistan, leaving 22 people dead, 10 missing
At least 22 people have lost their lives as widespread flooding hit Afghanistan over the past couple of days, the country's disaster management authority (ANDMA) reported Tuesday, May 4, 2021. More than 200 homes have been damaged or destroyed, as well as wide...... Read more »
Another Stimulus Check? The Simple Thing You Can Do To Get Paid.
The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Stimulus Check, * Even if you would not normally file a tax return for the previous year because you would not get any money from it, the IRS is encouraging you to do so in 2020. President Joe Biden’s “American Rescue Plan,” his signature COVID-19 relief plan, has been paying out a third round of $1400 stimulus checks since early in March. Significantly, on April 28th, an additional two million payments, collectively worth around $4.3 billion, were sent out by the IRS. These payments mostly targeted people who were left off of the original third wave of checks, mostly due to gap...
Maxed Out: Can the Army’s Abrams Tank Get Any More Upgrades?
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *M1 Abrams Tank, * The Abrams tank has been so massively upgraded over the years that the 1980s-era war machine is now almost an entirely new vehicle. *Here's What You Need to Know*: The Army’s Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Joseph Martin talked about this with *The National Interest* more than a year ago, explaining that there would be a need for a new type of “tank” platform in the future but there is not yet consensus regarding what it should look like. The Abrams tank has been so massively upgraded over the years that the 1980s-era war machine is now almost an entir...
Odds on a Fourth Stimulus Check? Here Is What Biden Has Planned.
Eli Fuhrman, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Eli Fuhrman* *Stimulus Checks, Americas* [image: Stimulus Checks] The economy is doing well enough that more checks are unlikely; but a wide variety of other benefits are certainly on the table. The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, passed in March, set in motion a third-round of federal stimulus payments of up to $1,400. So far, approximately 163 million payments totaling about $384 billion have been made to eligible Americans. These stimulus payments appear to be helping to drive an economic recovery, with recent jobless claims down and the U.S. gross domestic product on th...
New Global Hawk Drone Upgrades are Enhancing NATO’s Readiness
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Global Hawk, Drone, World* Allied interoperability, particularly as it pertains to rapid warfare decision-making, is something heavily emphasized. *Here's What You Need to Know*: AI-empowered systems can instantly identify targets and objects of relevance and compare potential response scenarios against what has worked previously to optimize combat operation effectiveness and present possibilities to humans performing command and control. High-speed, artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled computing can help multi-national coordinated air attacks reach new levels of ...
$10,200 'Stimulus' Check Is About to Drop (But Do You Qualify?)
Ethen Kim Lieser, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Stimulus Check Unemployment, * [image: Stimulus Money.] It now appears that $1,400 coronavirus stimulus checks and “plus-up” payments aren’t the only cash windfalls to look forward to. It now appears that $1,400 coronavirus stimulus checks and “plus-up” payments aren’t the only cash windfalls to look forward to. According to the Internal Revenue Service, tax refunds on 2020 unemployment benefits are slated to start hitting eligible bank accounts this month. The newest payments are part of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, which waived ...
Only one nursing home in Nova Scotia has residents who have COVID, and that nursing home has a troubling regulatory history
Jennifer Henderson, Halifax Examiner - 15 hours ago
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. The decision to prioritize vaccinations by age means nearly all residents of nursing homes and residential care facilities (aka group homes) have been vaccinated. In this third wave of the pandemic, it is rare to find a […]
The Big Lie has been Altered in Orwellian Fashion
Keith, musingsofanoldfart - 15 hours ago
This piece of news gave me a chuckle, but made me sad as it is an attempt to take advantage of the gullibility of followers. For those of who still pay attention to the machinations of the most recent former … Continue reading →
John Kerry and Climate Hypocrisy
A Political Junkie, Viable Opposition - 15 hours ago
With the World Economic Forum and Bill Gates attempting to push the world into a "carbon-free future" and with John Kerry being appointed by the Biden Administration as its Special Presidential Envoy for Climate under the Department of State, recent information released as part of the process of serving as a cabinet-level member of the White House staff is particularly pertinent. Let's start with this. This is what the New York Times had to say about Kerry's appointment: Now, let's look at Kerry's financial disclosure. Here are the pages that include oil and natural gas p...
Ron Paul: Will Special Interests Allow America’s ‘Longest War’ to Finally End?
Kristian Kahrs, The Duran - 15 hours ago
Original article on ronpaulinstitute.org. Even if “won,” endless wars like our 20-year assault on Afghanistan would not benefit our actual national interest in the slightest. So why do these wars continue endlessly? Because they are so profitable to powerful and well-connected special interests. In fact, the worst news possible for the Beltway military contractor/think tank […]
NATO-Russia confrontation has no benefits
KristupasGavelis, The Duran - 15 hours ago
Ukraine,Baltics, Poland leaders met in Warsaw on May 3 to commemorateconstitution anniversary. Thefive presidents signed a declaration stressing that solidarity amongnations is the basis for peace, stability and development in today’sworld. Atthe same time, this peace and stability they want to reach bydemonstration of their military unity and military capabilities.Though they accuseRussia of aggression and […]
It has nothing to do with freedom & democracy
Bruce K. Gagnon, Organizing Notes - 15 hours ago
Less than 100 days into his presidency Joe Biden is already angling for war with Russia… The excuse? Ukrainian sovereignty. But Russia has 200 years of experience when it comes to Western forces sending troops to its borders - and it's led to a series of devastating wars. And again today, we are seeing the highest number of troops by NATO and the US (Defender 21 war games) stationed against the Russian border. Host Ross Ashcroft is joined by analyst Alex Krainer and author Dmitry Orlov to discuss why the real reason behind this growing tension is rarely discussed in main...
Protests Grow In South Korea Over Japan’s Fukushima Water Plan
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 16 hours ago
Seoul, South Korea - Lee Dong-ho, 73, has been fishing waters off South Korea’s southern coast near Japan for 40 years and his eldest son is now taking over the family business, their lifeblood. Lee farms snapper and yellowtail, mackerel and anchovy, and runs a drying and processing plant. “We are surrounded on three sides by the sea,” Lee, who lives in Dadae village on Geoje Island, told Al Jazeera. South Korea has transformed its fishing industry over the past 30 years amid criticism of overfishing. Lee represents positive change as most of his business involves marine-fish far...
The UK Suffers its Coldest May Bank Holiday Monday on Record with a low of -5.9C (21F) + Spotless Sun: Day 2 (explainer)
Cap Allon, Electroverse - 16 hours ago
Spring is 'springing' later and later each year as the Grand Solar Minimum continues its intensification. Prepare. The post The UK Suffers its Coldest May Bank Holiday Monday on Record with a low of -5.9C (21F) + Spotless Sun: Day 2 (explainer) appeared first on Electroverse.
Para lo que el cuerpo fue creado... Una cita textual de M.N. Hopkins
Stranger in a Strange Land, Stranger in a Strange Land - 16 hours ago
*El cuerpo fue creado para ser auto-suficiente y auto-curativo, pero el Hombre a través de su pensamiento limitado, pensó que él sabía más que su Creador, y se dispuso a crear un sistema hecho a base de restricciones y auto-limitaciónes el cuál resultó en enfermedad, y en todo tipo de desórdenes mentales y emocionales que puedas llegar a imaginar. Y así entonces, fue su imaginación que alimentó el fuego de la destrucción de un sistema que ya de por sí funcionaba de forma correcta.* *©** M.N. Hopkins* *To read the original quotation in English, please click on the link below:* *...
Naval Aegis Radars are Giving US Allies a Networked Missile Shield
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Naval Warfare, Asia* One longstanding example of this is the growing cooperation between U.S. Navy ships tasked with ballistic missile defense and allied ships. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *This is of particular relevance in the Pacific, given how dispersed and vast the ocean areas are, a reality likely informing the extended Aegis modernization with Japan. The Japanese coastline is within reach of some Chinese ballistic missiles, a scenario highlighting the need for U.S. and Japanese ships to remain on alert in the region and, when necessary, share pertinen...
How cleaning up coolants can cool the climate – why HFCs are getting phased out from refrigerators and air conditioners
Scott Denning, Professor of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Politics + Society – The Conversation - 15 hours ago
HFCs keep refrigerators cool, but when these short-lived climate pollutants leak, they warm the planet. The US EPA has a plan to phase them out, but what will replace them?
How qualified immunity protects police officers accused of wrongdoing
Ronnie R. Gipson Jr., Assistant Professor of Law, University of Memphis, Politics + Society – The Conversation - 15 hours ago
Police officers who kill, injure or violate the rights of citizens are often not held accountable, even in civil court – because in most cases, they can't be sued for official acts.
U.S. urges Ortega to “make electoral system more credible” in Nicaragua
Ariel Alcantara, The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - U.S. State Department Acting Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Julie Chung on Monday, May 3rd, 2021, urged Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and Sandinista deputies to "make the electoral system more credible" when they discuss an announced electoral reform. "President Ortega and his supporters should take this opportunity to make […] The post U.S. urges Ortega to “make electoral system more credible” in Nicaragua appeared first on The Rio Times.
UK Schools Back Mass Vaccination – “Peer Pressure” Will Boost Uptake!
James Allard, OYE Alternative News - 16 hours ago
The post UK Schools Back Mass Vaccination – “Peer Pressure” Will Boost Uptake! appeared first on OYE Alternative News.
23 dead and 65 hospitalized after Mexico City subway collapse
Latin America News, The Rio Times - 16 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - At least 23 people were killed and 65 are hospitalized in a Mexico City subway accident that occurred on Monday night when a beam supporting a bridge of line 12 between Olivos and Tezonco stations collapsed. The structure over which the line 12 subway was running collapsed and two of […] The post 23 dead and 65 hospitalized after Mexico City subway collapse appeared first on The Rio Times.
Asteroid 2021 JV to flyby Earth at 0.36 LD on May 4
A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2021 JV will flyby Earth at a distance of 0.36 LD / 0.00094 AU (140 620 km / 87 400 miles) at 21:29 UTC on May 4, 2021. This is the 53rd known asteroid to fly by Earth within 1 lunar distance since the start of the year. 2021...... Read more »
São Paulo initiates contact for the purchase of vaccines from Cuba
Xiu Ying, The Rio Times - 16 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Secretary of International Relations of the City Hall of São Paulo, Marta Suplicy, had contact with representatives of the Cuban consulate and started conversations about a possible purchase of vaccines under development in Cuba. According to the municipality, the goal is to learn about vaccines. "The SMS [Municipal Health […] The post São Paulo initiates contact for the purchase of vaccines from Cuba appeared first on The Rio Times.
Stimulus Payment Facts: Did $1,400 Checks Help Save America?
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *Stimulus Money, Americas* [image: Stimulus Money] Here are what the experts have to say about the pros and cons of deficit spending to provide checks to Americans during the coronavirus lockdown. *Key point: *The economy is no doubt starting to recover finally. But is that due to the stimulus or due to vaccines and lockdowns being partially lifted? When the Biden Administration passed the American Rescue Plan in March, the idea was to give Americans a break, in the latter days of the pandemic. But the idea was also to stimulate and improve the economy, by givin...
India Just Became Latest Country to Approve Use of Ivermectin to Treat Covid-19
Nick Corbishley, naked capitalism - 17 hours ago
There are now more than 20 countries on the planet that are using the off-patent anti-parasite drug against Covid-19.
Banks in Brazil granted R$5.4 trillion in loans in the first 12 months of pandemic
The Rio Times, The Rio Times - 17 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The escalating novel coronavirus pandemic has well-known economic consequences: a drop in economic activity and unemployment. To avert major shocks, the demand for credit has been high. According to the Brazilian Federation of Banks (FEBRABAN), R$4.5 trillion (US$830 billion) in credit was granted by banks between March last year and […] The post Banks in Brazil granted R$5.4 trillion in loans in the first 12 months of pandemic appeared first on The Rio Times.
Heh
Peter, Bayou Renaissance Man - 17 hours ago
Found on Gab yesterday. Click the screenshot for a larger view. Don't ask kids things like that. You never know what they'll demand! Peter
Untitled
Jenna Orkin, From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 17 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin Colorado extends COVID-19 mask mandate But for 15 years, Elkohen was apparently living a lie. The father of five with the black hat, beard and side curls was fluent in Judaic texts and traditions but living a double life: Born Michael Elk in Salem County, he was actually a Christian missionary sent to the Holy Land to convert Jews, according to two anti-missionary groups whose accusations have captivated Israelis in recent days. Elk's tale has grabbed headlines across the Jewish state, where religious leaders see a growing trend of covert missionary work by evange...
A very important Spanish election
Alberto Mingardi, Econlib - 17 hours ago
Today the Madrid region in Spain is going to the ballot to elect a new regional government. The incumbent president is Isabel Díaz Ayuso, who represents the Partido Popular. The PP is the Spanish “traditional” right of center party, whose roots are in the tradition of so-called Christian democracy and that elected many a Spanish […] The post A very important Spanish election appeared first on Econlib.
Recreational cannabis states see population growth but loss of US House seat
Andrew Long, MJBizDaily - 17 hours ago
The population in the 17 states where recreational cannabis is legal, as well as Washington DC, continued to grow over the past decade, a good sign for those markets in terms of potential marijuana consumers. But overall U.S. population growth has slowed to Depression-era levels, according to an analysis of the 2020 population data released […] Recreational cannabis states see population growth but loss of US House seat is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Biden Cancels Inconvenient Historical Wildfire Data
Paul Homewood, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 17 hours ago
By Paul Homewood For many years, the National Interagency Fire Center, a US Federal Agency, has published statistics on wildfires, including data on the number and acreage of fires each year since 1926 (highlighted): http://web.archive.org/web/20200402193451/https://www.nifc.gov/fireInfo/fireInfo_statistics.html http://web.archive.org/web/20200408053855/https://www.nifc.gov/fireInfo/fireInfo_stats_totalFires.html Inconveniently the data showed that wildfires used to be much worse in the past. […]
An Exoplanet Model for the Carbon Cycle
Paul Gilster, Centauri Dreams - 17 hours ago
Earth’s long-term carbon cycle is significant for life because it keeps carbon in transition, rather than allowing it to accumulate in its entirety in the atmosphere, or become completely absorbed in carbonate rocks. The feedback mechanism works over geological timescales to allow stable temperatures as CO2 cycles between Earth’s mantle and the surface. As a […]
The Criminalization of Dissent
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 18 hours ago
One of the hallmarks of totalitarian systems is the criminalization of dissent. Not just the stigmatization of dissent or the demonization of dissent, but the formal criminalization of dissent, and any other type of opposition to the official ideology of the totalitarian system. Global capitalism has been inching its way toward this step for quite some time, and now, apparently, it is ready to take it.
A Vaxxing Question
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 18 hours ago
3 May 2021 — Off Guardian Suzie Halewood Dr Frances Kelsey receiving the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service from President Kennedy in 1962, for successfully preventing Thalidomide being approved for use in the USA. In 1956 German pharmaceutical company Chemie Grünenthal GmbH, licensed a new experimental drug designed to treat colds, flu, nausea … Continue reading A Vaxxing Question
In Cold Blood: how privatisation of CSL abandoned the victims of Australia’s public health tragedy
Elizabeth Minter, Michael West - 19 hours ago
[image: infected blood scandal] Pharmaceutical giant CSL is one of Australia's greatest corporate success stories, although its profits were forged on the sacrifice of the many thousands of Australians who gave their blood for free. Elizabeth Minter investigates the deals which left victims of the infected blood scandal stranded without compensation.
Links 5/4/2021
Lambert Strether, naked capitalism - 17 hours ago
Plaintiffs in Kentucky Retirement System Pension Case Expose Flagrant Corruption in Hiring of Tainted Attorney Regina Calcaterra, Best Known for Sabotaging New York Anti-Corruption Commission
Yves Smith, naked capitalism - 17 hours ago
Kentucky Retirement Systems stooped low in cooking its hiring process to pick coverup artist Regina Calceterra to run an "investigation".
Why China’s Z-10 Helicopter Could Be Taiwan’s Worst Nightmare
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Chinese Air Force, Asia* China has plans to attack Taiwan using new air-assault raid tactics and high-speed attack helicopters. *Here's What You Need to Remember:* The Chinese People’s Liberation Army is preparing for air and amphibious attacks upon the island of Taiwan and strategically crucial areas of the South China Sea, using new air-assault raid tactics and high-speed attack helicopters. The preparations, which included a number of Chinese Z-10 attack helicopters and Mi-171 transport helicopters, involved over-the-sea transport and landing exercises in the ...
Why China Is Growing Its Nuclear Weapons Stockpile
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Nuclear Weapons, Asia* How big will it get? What are China’s intentions? *Here's What You Need to Know*: Ray cited a hope that China might be willing to consider joining various ongoing arms treaty discussions, but did not appear extremely optimistic about the possibility given China’s approach to nuclear weapons modernization. China's military seems like it is growing in every direction possible. For example, Chinese shipbuilders are adding new aircraft carriers, amphibs and destroyers at an alarming pace. Chinese armored vehicle engineers are fast-adding new i...
Drone Reliant: The Pentagon’s Pacific Plans Require Lots of Drones
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Drones, Asia-Pacific* There is an insatiable demand for more intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance in the Indo-Pacific region. *Here's What You Need to Know*: Engineered with technologies specific to a maritime operational environment, the Triton operates with de-icing systems enabled by a heated engine inlet, an ability to change altitude and operate beneath the weather and cover an operational range of 8,200 nautical miles. The drone can hit altitudes up to 60,000 feet. The Navy only operates two Triton drones in the Pacific, yet there is an insatiable ...
My Vax Is Better Than Your Vax! Mine is Better Than Yours!!!
Age of Autism, AGE OF AUTISM - 17 hours ago
Check out my guns, ladies and gentlemen, aaaalllll of them. (Thank you to PJ for the heads up!) My stars and garters, could we be on someone's radar? Little old us? Pshaw... Is Russia’s Covid vaccine anything more than a...
Large landslide partially blocks Medellin River in NW Colombia
A large landslide occurred at the La Granja landfill site in La Primavera, Antioquia in Colombia on May 3, 2021, partially blocking the Medellin River. The general director of the Administrative Department of Risk Management of Antioquia (DAGRAN) said a team visited...... Read more »
EU to Study Relaxing Travel Restrictions for Fully Vaccinated People
The European Commission proposed on Monday that member states relax COVID-19 restrictions on non-essential travel to allow people from countries with a “good” epidemiological situation and those who are fully vaccinated to enter the bloc.
Prominent Chinese scientist failed to disclose company ties in COVID-19 clinical trial paper
Niko McCarty, Retraction Watch - 18 hours ago
One of China’s leading scientists in the fight against COVID-19 failed to disclose ties to a pharmaceutical company in a paper stemming from a clinical trial, Retraction Watch has learned. A co-author on the paper is married to the daughter of that pharmaceutical company’s founder, who herself sits on the firm’s board of directors. Nanshan … Continue reading Prominent Chinese scientist failed to disclose company ties in COVID-19 clinical trial paper
Investissement entre la Grande-Bretagne et l'Inde de 1,4 milliard de dollars, un pas de plus vers un accord commercial
bilaterals.org - 18 hours ago
04-May-2021 La Grande-Bretagne et l'Inde ont annoncé un investissement du secteur privé de 1,39 milliard de dollars et se sont engagés à chercher à conclure un accord de libre-échange.
UK and India announce $1.4 billion investment boost, step closer to trade deal
bilaterals.org - 18 hours ago
04-May-2021 Britain and India announced 1 billion pounds ($1.39 billion) of private-sector investment and committed to seek a free trade deal ahead of a virtual meeting between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Indian leader Narendra Modi on Tuesday.
The poverty of economics and trade
bilaterals.org - 18 hours ago
04-May-2021 Recent articles published in The Post – Cambodia's trade deficit to worsen to $2.3B per year with RCEP, says UNCTAD expert and Cambodia, ASEAN likely to teeter off balance with RCEP – raise a number of concerns about Cambodia's possible membership of the free trade agreement.
How the banks and big end of town own the LNP/ALP duopoly
Editor, cairnsnews, Cairns News - 18 hours ago
*When are you going to reinstate Christine Holgate PM Scott Morrison? And you tout your alleged Christianity?*
US Launching Five Digital Dollar Pilot Programs
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 21 hours ago
US Launching Five Digital Dollar Pilot Programs by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ By now it’s common knowledge that China is leaps and bounds ahead of all other central banks in launching a CBDC, or Central Bank Digital Currency (which Beijing vows is not a challenge to the reserve status of the US Dollar, but is precisely that), however …
US Navy ‘has discussed possibility UFOs are coming from underwater base’
arclein, Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
I have understood that the whole ufo phenom is driven by traffic passing from space to Terran bases for several years. That immediately begged the question of ufo bases on earth. subsea was an obvious option and that also includes deep lakes as well. This led to the discovery of a prime site of north East Nova scotia in particular after a personal informant who was lobster fishing observed a huge craft descend and enter the sea. Could hardly be more obvious. Of course usable sites exist all over, but still demand natural rock integrity and you need to know a bit regarding wh...
Regulators to take steps against short selling
arclein, Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
Well maybe. First off most professionals in the securtity industry lack a valid understanding of the whole process. Yet they all know something is wrong and a few exploit the loopholes creating great damage. In fact this damage has been a tax on the industry forever and has been used to provide a few players an unearned advantage. Fixing it has been thus almost impossible. Yet the recent drama happening at the highest levels in Wall Street is throwing the problem back into the hands of regulators. So now we have a serious review taking place in Ontario and this can matter.. ...
This speech therapist taught her dog to speak — here’s how you can, too
arclein, Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
This is a good beginning. Turns out our pets lack a working protocol to communicate with. Thus we need some form of augmentationb. They certainly have been observed getting with it over and over again. In fact we understand that dogs seem to have the mental capacity of our typical toddler up to age three even. Thus it makes some sense that some level of communication is possible. *This speech therapist taught her dog to speak — here’s how you can, too* *By Reed Tucker* *May 1, 2021 | 11:33am | Updated* *Stella and her owner Christina HungerNY Post photo composite* *https:...
Size of hazard area in Fagradalsfjall under re-evaluation after change in volcanic activity, Iceland
Authorities in Iceland are re-evaluating the size of the hazard area at the eruption site in Fagradalsfjall after a significant change in activity detected on May 2. The eruption in Fagradalsfjall continues through one main crater -- the fifth fissure that opened in...... Read more »
Think ISIS Is Gone for Good? Think Again
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 18 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Terrorism, Middle East* We don’t hear about the remnants of ISIS much anymore. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *The current rump of ISIS, while still considered relevant and worthy of the correct measure of attention and vigilance, has been successfully reduced in large measure due to the successful military campaign to destroy ISIS. ISIS once threatened all of Iraq and Syria while also raising the concerning and serious prospect of terrorism against America. But what about now? Is ISIS gone? We don’t hear about the remnants of ISIS much anymore. Today, those p...
Can the Navy Stop Its Global Dominance From Slipping?
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 18 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *U.S. Navy, Americas* The Navy has very serious concerns about emerging Chinese weapons, capabilities and plans to expand Beijing’s massive global power. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *The U.S. Navy plans to build thousands of surface, undersea and aerial drones, a scenario which may raise the number of attack and surveillance platforms available to commanders by hundreds, or even thousands. The concept of larger mother-ships performing command and control operations while controlling large fleets of dispersed, multi-mission drones is already coming to fruition...
Michael Hudson Q&A in Webinar on 4000 Years of Money and Debt
Yves Smith, naked capitalism - 19 hours ago
The Q&A from a Michael Hudson talk on money, debt, and economic orthodoxy.
Multiple lahars observed at St. Vincent, public advised to be vigilant and exercise caution
The National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) of St. Vincent and the Grenadines is advising the public to be vigilant and exercise caution in areas close to valleys, rivers, streams, low-lying areas, and areas prone to flooding and landslides. Multiple...... Read more »
Lavrov Calls Out “Perfidious Albion”. London Aiming For Dialogue With Moscow Behind Germany’s Back
Alexander Mercouris, The Duran - 19 hours ago
Lavrov Calls Out “Perfidious Albion”. London Aiming For Dialogue With Moscow Behind Germany’s Back News Topic 140 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with Director General of Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency Dmitry Kiselev Moscow, April 28, 2021 Интервью Министра иностранных дел Российской Федерации С.В.Лаврова Генеральному директору МИА “Россия сегодня” Д.К.Киселеву, Москва, 28 апреля 2021 года […]
IS CANNABIS A POSSIBLE RELIEF FROM COVID19?
The Healing Oracle Team, Healing Oracle - 19 hours ago
2020 was a rough year for the world. COVID19 has taken many lives and caused much suffering. As the infection continues to spread, medical professionals are scrambling to find ways to treat this disease that... The post IS CANNABIS A POSSIBLE RELIEF FROM COVID19? appeared first on Healing Oracle.
Slow Mail, Slow Stimulus Checks: Seniors Are Still Waiting For Their Checks?
Ethen Kim Lieser, The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Stimulus Checks, Americas* [image: Stimulus Checks] Incorrect information, overwhelmed systems, and the poor performance of the post office are all reasons some payments have been late. *Key point: *The system has worked well for the vast major of Americans who qualified for the stimulus. But what about those who have not received the payment? For individuals who receive Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits, there is a high likelihood that most already have gotten their hands on the coronavirus stimulus checks sent out under the $1.9 tril...
Kroppen skapades för att vara självförsörjande och självläkande - Ett Citat av M.N. Hopkins
Stranger in a Strange Land, Stranger in a Strange Land - 20 hours ago
*Kroppen skapades för att vara självförsörjande och självläkande, men människan genom sitt begränsade tänkande trodde att hon visste bättre än sin skapare och började skapa ett system byggt på begränsning eller självbegränsning som resulterade i sjukdom och mentala och emotionella störningar av alla tänkbara slag. Och det var fantasin som gav bränsle till denna eld som förstörde ett redan väl fungerande system.* *©** M.N. Hopkins* *To read the original quotation in English, please click on the link below:* *https://mnhopkins.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-body-was-created-to-bea-quotat...
Keho luotiin itsestään ylläpitäväksi ja itsestään paranevaksi - Sitaatti M.N. Hopkins
Stranger in a Strange Land, Stranger in a Strange Land - 20 hours ago
*Keho luotiin itsestään ylläpitäväksi ja itsestään paranevaksi, mutta ihminen ajatteli rajallisen ajattelunsa kautta tietävänsä paremmin kuin Luojansa ja ryhtyi luomaan rajoituksille tai itsensä rajoittamiselle rakentuvaa järjestelmää, joka johti sairauksiin ja kaikenlaisiin mielenterveys- ja tunne-elämän häiriöihin, joita voi kuvitella. Ja mielikuvitus oli se, joka lietsoi tätä jo hyvin toimivan järjestelmän tuhoamisen tulta.* *©** M.N. Hopkins* *To read the original quotation in English, please click on the link below:* *https://mnhopkins.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-body-was-creat...
Kroppen blev skabt til at være selvbærende og selvhelbredend - Et citat af M.N. Hopkins
Stranger in a Strange Land, Stranger in a Strange Land - 20 hours ago
*Kroppen blev skabt til at være selvbærende og selvhelbredende, men mennesket troede gennem sin begrænsede tankegang, at det vidste bedre end sin Skaber og gik i gang med at skabe et system bygget på begrænsning eller selvbegrænsning, hvilket resulterede i sygdom og mentale og følelsesmæssige forstyrrelser af enhver tænkelig art. Og det var fantasien, der gav næring til denne ild til ødelæggelse af et allerede velfungerende system.* *© **M.N. Hopkins* *To read the original quotation in English, please click on the link below:* *https://mnhopkins.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-body-was-...
Analysis: intervention in Ukraine could be suicide for US [Video]
Seraphim Hanisch, The Duran - 20 hours ago
The following is a translation of Alexander Belov’s piece that appears on Regnum, a Russian site. We have made every effort to ensure the translation is accurate, and have added no emphases to it. —————- Historian and philosopher Arnold J. Toynbee argued that great empires die by suicide, not murder. If the United States is […]
“Syria has been a victim of the terrorists’ use of chemical weapons”: Dr. Al Hakam Dandy, a Syrian Counselor UN
Steven Sahiounie, The Duran - 20 hours ago
Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator On April 16, the journalist Andre Mate, spoke to the UN Security Council concerning the Organization for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) report about Syria which has been exposed as a cover-up scandal. His address challenges the US and UK on their role in the OPCW’s lies and […]
2021 in Europe: “The Year Without a Spring”
Cap Allon, Electroverse - 20 hours ago
Low solar activity is prolonging winter, which is having an impact on harvests across the N. Hemisphere. Global cooling is establishing itself. Prepare for the Grand Solar Minimum. The post 2021 in Europe: “The Year Without a Spring” appeared first on Electroverse.
Blinken Again Calls For De-Escalation with Russia, Talks of US-Russia Summit Meeting As Pending
Alexander Mercouris, The Duran - 20 hours ago
Blinken Again Calls For De-Escalation with Russia, Talks of US-Russia Summit Meeting As Pending News Topic 139 Secretary Antony J. Blinken and UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab at a Joint Press Availability https://www.state.gov/secretary-antony-j-blinken-and-uk-foreign-secretary-dominic-raab-at-a-joint-press-availability/
China & Russia Jointly Challenge US in Space
Alexander Mercouris, The Duran - 20 hours ago
China & Russia Jointly Challenge US in Space News Topic 138
Meet Carroll Quigley — The Corbett Report
Dewey Fernfield, The Duran - 21 hours ago
source Meet Carroll Quigley From 2008: This week we hear from Carroll Quigley and G. Edward Griffin about a secret society created by Rhodes to spread the British Empire around the world…which is still at work, attempting to set up a world government administered by bankers. Watch on Archive / BitChute / Minds / Odysee / YouTube or Download the mp4 Download Podcast — […]
SCOTLAND COULD BECOME THE WORLD’S FIRST ‘REWILDING NATION’. HOW DID THEY GET HERE?
arclein, Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
Northern Scotland is ideal country for all forms of wild terrain. Think all the higlands. Now imagine not only restoring the biome of hte post ice gae forest, but also along the caost, transplanting the multi million years old evolutionary biome of the Pacific North west. Bring along a few grizzly bears to fish the rivers as well. All this is completely possible and it would rapidly colonize the whole of highland scotland. The wolves cwould chase the deer populations into cpover as well and allow the trees to fully recolonoize as well. My point is that we do not have to rets...
THE NEW NAVALNY INDICTMENT – WHY ARTICLE 239 PROSECUTION IS WORSE FOR THE ANGLO-AMERICAN REGIME-CHANGE OPERATION THAN ARTICLE 275 (TREASON)
Editor, Dances With Bears - 21 hours ago
By John Helmer, Moscow @bears_with When Alexei Navalny and his aides met in Germany in January with the US, British and German intelligence services, they agreed that Navalny would cease to be what he imagines himself to be, the front-running candidate for president of Russia, if he followed Boris Berezovsky and Mikhail Khodorkovsky into permanent exile […]
The Great American White Supremacy Hoax
TheDarkMan, The Duran - 22 hours ago
Since they stole the election, the Biden Administration have been pushing not only suicidal policies but ludicrous narratives, none more ludicrous than the idea that there is a white supremacist movement (led by Donald Trump) that is plotting behind the scenes to take over the country. Equally ludicrous are the race hustlers and assorted clowns […]
COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Kicks Off in Africas Most Populous Country
UNITED NATIONS, May 04 (IPS) - Since the COVID-19 vaccination began in the US in mid-December 2020, Africa had been looking forward to its turn. For Nigeria, that time came on 2nd March 2021 when the first batch of 3.9 million doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine arrived in the country from the Serum Institute of India. Read the full story, “COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Kicks Off in Africas Most Populous Country”, on globalissues.org →
Brazil’s iron ore exports up 7.5% in April; revenues double
The Rio Times, The Rio Times - 20 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil's iron ore exports totaled 25.8 million tons in April, up 7.5% from last year, while prices for the commodity also rose sharply amid strong demand from China, government data showed Monday. One of the world's largest iron ore exporters, Brazil sold the commodity in April for an average of […] The post Brazil’s iron ore exports up 7.5% in April; revenues double appeared first on The Rio Times.
Hypersonics and Autonomy: How Russian Tanks are Going Futuristic
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Russian Army, Europe* There are reports that a new tank will be armed with lasers, hypersonic weapons and “vertical take-off homing missiles with an operating range of up to 12 km.” *Here's What You Need To Remember: *This means lethality and weapons functionality can be managed by humans performing command and control at safe standoff distances while armored combat vehicles surge forward into combat. The concern with such a technical possibility, which is already possible, is that Russia’s military may not follow any ethical guidelines and enable the weapon to fi...
Thinking Forward: How the Navy Can Get Its 500-Ship Fleet
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *U.S. Navy, Americas* Many Congressional decision-makers now deliberating fleet size issues and budget variables. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *When large numbers of drone ships are factored into the equation, the possibility of building a 500-ship Navy seems somewhat more attainable, given that the drone ships will operate in many different shapes, sizes and form factors. Chinese Naval modernization, emerging high-tech weaponry and massive fleet expansion effort are putting growing amounts of pressure upon the U.S. Navy as senior leaders continue to work wit...
Brazil short of Coronavac vaccine needed for second shot
The Rio Times, The Rio Times - 20 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In cities of at least 18 states, doses to complement immunization with the Butantan vaccine are scarce, an issue that may have an impact on protection against Covid-19. By early Monday, May 3rd, the administration of the second dose of the Coronavac, a crucial vaccine in the Brazilian immunization program […] The post Brazil short of Coronavac vaccine needed for second shot appeared first on The Rio Times.
Church Priests Speak Out Against ‘Immoral’ Vaccine Passports
NEWS WIRE, 21st Century Wire - 20 hours ago
*UnHerd* | Vaccine passports raise serious ethical concerns and could bring about the end of liberal democracy as we know it.