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Thomas Paine

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Thursday, October 3, 2019

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10:17 pm MDT

GLOBALIST PRIVATE BANKERS COME TO TERMS WITH THE FACT THAT CHINA CAN DESTROY THEM IN 30 MINUTES

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 16 hours ago
*GLOBALIST ZEROHEDGE ADMITS CHINA'S HYPERSONIC MISSILES SPELL THE END* *CHINA'S MISSILES CAN REACH ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD IN 30 MINUTES* *CHINA HAS NO DOUBT TWIGGED THAT THE LEVERS OF POWER IN THE USA, UK, FRANCE, RUSSIA ARE PULLED BY PRIVATE BANKSTERS AND THE NWO* *TARGETTING THEM AND THEIR CENTRES OF POWER IS THE BEST METHOD TO DEFEAT ALL THE COUNTRIES UNDER THE GLOBALISTS CONTROL WHILE AVOIDING NUCLEAR WAR ETC* * GOLDMAN SACHS, MANHATTEN, BUCKINGHAM PALACE, DOWNING STREET, THE CITY OF LONDON ETC COULD BE INCLUDED IN A STRATEGIC STRIKE OF ABOUT 6000 TARGETS TO BE HIT SIMULTANEOUS... more »

Glaring Deficiencies In Berg Et Al. Paper Linking Pesticides To Heart Disease

Geoffrey Kabat at Science 2.0 blogs - 16 hours ago
Google News was awash in suggestive headlines last week following the publication of a new paper purporting to show a link between occupational pesticide exposure and increased cardiovascular disease risk. read more

Climate alarmists buy off CalTech, NASA with monstrous $750 million payoff

James Taylor at CFACT - 16 hours ago
When activists give massive amounts of money to public universities and government agencies for the primary purpose of advancing global warming alarmism, those universities and government agencies lose any hint of objectivity and credibility. The post Climate alarmists buy off CalTech, NASA with monstrous $750 million payoff appeared first on CFACT.

China’s Secret Weapon for Killing off the US Dollar’s Global Reserve Status

GeoPolitics101 at Covert Geopolitics - 16 hours ago
There is a strong current of change affecting the international political arena. It is the beginning of a revolution brought on by the transition from a unipolar to multipolar world order. In practice, we are faced with the combination of several factors, including the application of US tariffs on Chinese exports, Washington’s sanctions on Iran, … Continue reading China’s Secret Weapon for Killing off the US Dollar’s Global Reserve Status →

MEDIA REPORT SAUDI ARABIA COULD SOON AXE MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN AFTER HIS APPARENT FAILED COUP AGAINST THE KING

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 16 hours ago
*SAUDI ARABIA'S RULING FAMILY BEGIN TO TURN ON CROWN PRINCE MOST BEASTLY SAVAGE* *ARABIAN MEDIA SAY HE KILLED THE KING'S BODYGUARD TO STOP BEING OUSTED AND HIS PERSONAL GUARD OF MERCENARIES FROM BEING DISBANDED* *KILLING HAPPENED ON THE SAME DAY AS A FALSE FLAG FIRE AT JEDDAH STATION* *SAUDI ARABIA SHOULD FOCUS ON STABLIZING ITS FINANCES BY ENDING THE WAR IN YEMEN, DIVERSIFYING ITS ECONOMY AND FORMING FRIENDLY RELATIONS WITH CHINA* *COULD START NEW ERA OF PEACE IN MIDDLE EAST* *MBS ILLUSTRATES SHAKESPEARE'S RULE THAT A POWERFUL RULER WITH "TRAGIC FLAWS" (LIKE A LOW IQ AND A TEN... more »

"We Finally Understand How Destructive Negative Interest Rates Actually Are"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago
*"We Finally Understand How Destructive * *Negative Interest Rates Actually Are"* by Tuomas Malinen "We are in the midst of a strange economic experiment. Vast quantities of negative-yielding debt are currently sloshing around the global economy. While the amount of negative-yielding bonds has dropped recently from a mind-boggling number in excess of $17 trillion, reinvigorated central bank easing across the globe ensures that this reduction is only temporary. *Click image for larger size.* We are slowly starting to understand how destructive negative interest rates actually are. Cen... more »

Inquiry launched into 5G in Australia

TOTT News at News – TOTT News - 16 hours ago
The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Communications and the Arts has commenced a parliament-first inquiry into 5G mobile network technology.

Some People-- Say 37% Of American Registered Voters-- Are Comforted By Fascism's Orderly Nature... And The F Scale

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
"Making the trains run on time" has long been a kind of excuse for supporting the neatness of authoritarian rule. There were-- until Pearl Harbor-- lots of Americans who enthusiastically and openly supported fascism. In 1933 a Nazi from organization, Friends of New Germany, was active in New York and Chicago, spreading fascist propaganda. Two years later it morphed into the German American Bund, led by Fritz Julius Kuhn, a nationalized American-- like Trump's grandfather. It was most active in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. It is most famous for a giant rally ... more »

National Autism Association offers FREE Halloween Calling Cards to Make Halloween all Treat No Trick

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 16 hours ago
Leave it to our friends at the National Autism Association to come out with such cute and useful calling cards for families who Trick or Treat with a person with autism. The card may come in handy as the blue... more »

CORVELVA: 'MRC-5 contained in Priorix Tetra - Complete genome sequencing'

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 16 hours ago
From Corvelva.it These latest analyses were made possible thanks to the active contribution of the French associations Association Liberté Informations Santé (ALIS), Ligue nationale pour la liberté des vaccinations (LNPLV) and the Australian Association Australian Vaccination-risks Network (AVN), that we... more »

Two Recent Papers by Vinu Arumugham

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 16 hours ago
Autoepitopes (22 of 27) in rheumatoid arthritis differ from vaccine antigens by a single amino acid residue, ideal for low affinity self reactive T cell mediated autoimmunity and aluminum adjuvant promotes citrullination of vaccine antigens thus the synthesis of ACPA... more »

Scottish court to to hear case for jailing Boris Johnson for breaking the law tomorrow

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 16 hours ago
*Scotland's high court is hear a case tomorrow to rule whether Boris Johnson can be jailed for ignoring a law requiring him to ask for a Brexit extension in another landmark case.* *https://leftfootforward.org/2019/10/breaking-boris-johnson-could-go-to-jail-if-he-forces-through-no-deal/* *My thinking is he should not only be jailed for launching a de facto military coup, he should face civil proceedings and be forced to pay damages to the many businesses who have had to bear heavy losses due to his threat of a no deal Brexit.* *In another act of bad faither, Johnson and the Queen pl... more »

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Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 16 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin The Delusion and Danger of Infinite Economic GrowthAngry Dutch farmers clog up 700 miles of highway during protest over emission rules Sea-level rise has claimed five whole islands in the Pacific: first scientific evidence Trump suggested shooting migrants in the legs, spoke of gator-filled border moat: report Here's how one whistleblower is connected to Deutsche Bank, the Sony Pictures hack, and an investigation of President Trump Another whistleblower has come forward, this time alleging ‘inappropriate steps’ were taken to influence Trump’s tax auditDead Deutsc... more »

Harry and Meghan Used Fleet of Vehicles Specially Shipped from UK to Africa

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 16 hours ago
By Paul Homewood From Breitbart: Prince Harry and the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle used a special fleet of Range Rovers shipped from the UK to carry them and their travelling Scotland Yard police escorts on their current 10-day trip to South Africa. The Times reports the special 4x4s were drafted […]

Chancellor’s Green Plans Met With Wall Of Silence

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 16 hours ago
By Paul Homewood In a speech at the Tory conference yesterday, Savid Javid received plenty of applause throughout his speech, until the fateful momomet when he announced plans to tackle climate change. watch for the look of horror!! It really does bear out what I have long argued, that millions of ordinary people […]

James M. Buchanan’s Centennial: A Student’s Personal Tribute

Richard McKenzie at Econlib - 16 hours ago
At a conference organized in the early 1990s to celebrate Professor James M. Buchanan’s Nobel Prize in Economics, the speakers were asked to tie their comments on economic education to Professor Buchanan’s prodigious works. My opening line crystalized the importance of my serendipitously coming within Professor Buchanan’s orbit of influence: “When I was in Professor […] The post James M. Buchanan’s Centennial: A Student’s Personal Tribute appeared first on Econlib.

Vaping health scare takes toll on cannabis vape firms’ stock prices, but many see longer term opportunity beyond crisis

Nick Thomas at Marijuana Business Daily - 16 hours ago
State-legal cannabis vape products and the companies selling or distributing them may not be the principal cause of the recent outbreak of respiratory illnesses in the United States, but those firms are feeling the effects nonetheless. Vaping health scare takes toll on cannabis vape firms’ stock prices, but many see longer term opportunity beyond crisis is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

China's Robot Submarines Could Be the Ultimate Underwater Spy

David Axe at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, * How worried should Asia and America be? China as part of its Oct. 1, 2019 national anniversary celebration revealed a new class of large robotic submarine. The unmanned underwater vehicle apparently is in the same class as UUVs that the United States and the United Kingdom also are developing -- and could help the Chinese fleet to match the U.S. and U.K. fleets in undersea warfare. At least two copies or mockups of the Chinese UUV, reportedly designated HSU-001, appeared on flatbed trucks in the military parade through Beijing. "If it's real, and I ass... more »

Erasing the hottest month on record

drinkingwateradvisor at The Drinking Water Advisor - 16 hours ago
“In NASA’s 2001 version of global temperatures, March 1878 was the hottest month on record. They have since erased this data set from their web site, but I found the data on the web archive.” click here

Brexit/Bojo News Links 3 October 2019

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 17 hours ago
3 October 2019 • 10:50 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Brexit: Boris Johnson to set out deal to MPs https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49914326 Johnson’s cynical statecraft plan of failure https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/johnsons-cynical-statecraft-plan-of-failure/ News Daily: MPs to react to Brexit plan and Trump … Continue reading Brexit/Bojo News Links 3 October 2019

Information Clearing House Headlines 2-3 October 2019

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 17 hours ago
3 October 2019 — Information Clearing House China’s Anniversary Parade Reveals New Weapons That Will Influence U.S. Strategies By Moon Of AlabamaChina has, like Russia and Iran, used the decades the U.S. military wasted in Iraq and Afghanistan to build strength where the U.S. military has grown weaker. –Continue ====== The “Whistleblower Complaint” Is an Orchestration … Continue reading Information Clearing House Headlines 2-3 October 2019

Information Clearing House Headlines 1 October 2019

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 17 hours ago
1 October 2019 — Information Clearing House We Americans Enable Unspeakable Atrocities Every Day By Maj. Danny Sjursen These war crimes hardly crack mainstream media and the macabre photo evidence barely raises an American eyebrow. That’s apathy manifested as tragedy. –Continue ====== CIA Whistleblower Calls Out Trump’s Ukrainian “Whistleblower” Must Read – By John Kiriakou and Jimmy … Continue reading Information Clearing House Headlines 1 October 2019

Pentagon-funded researcher smears ‘The Management of Savagery’ in error-filled Times Literary Supplement screed

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 17 hours ago
Lydia Wilson, a researcher at a US Department of Defense-backed outfit, has taken to the Times Literary Supplement to publish a malicious attack on “The Management of Savagery.” The review is a hyper-ideological defense of US empire filled with distortions and bone-headed errors.

Links 10/3/19

Yves Smith at naked capitalism - 17 hours ago

River in São Paulo State is Depolluted as Fish Return After 30 Years

Xiu Ying at The Rio Times - 17 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Good news for nature and humankind. The Jundiaí River, in the interior of São Paulo State, has been depolluted and the fish are back. The river flows through Mariporã, Atibaia, Campo Limpo Paulista, Várzea Paulista, Jundiaí, Itupeva, Indaiatuba, and Salto, between São Paulo and Campinas. The The post River in São Paulo State is Depolluted as Fish Return After 30 Years appeared first on The Rio Times.

Lava Jato Links Five Major Brazilian Banks to R$1.3 Billion Money Laundering Scheme

Arkady Petrov at The Rio Times - 17 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to findings based on two operational stages carried out this year, funds used for the payment of bribes were transferred through Banco do Brasil, Bradesco, Caixa, Itaú, and Santander. In all, the accounts opened in the name of front companies operated by moneylenders investigated by The post Lava Jato Links Five Major Brazilian Banks to R$1.3 Billion Money Laundering Scheme appeared first on The Rio Times.

Bolsonaro Claims Critics of Brazilian Torturer Ustra Are Imprisoned Due to Moro’s Courage

Iolanda Fonseca at The Rio Times - 17 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In a speech at the Palácio do Planalto on Wednesday, October 2nd, President Jair Bolsonaro once again referred to Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra, the first military officer convicted of kidnapping and torture during the military dictatorship. Without mentioning him, Bolsonaro said he rescued the "honor of a great Army colonel" […] The post Bolsonaro Claims Critics of Brazilian Torturer Ustra Are Imprisoned Due to Moro’s Courage appeared first on The Rio Times.

The U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ship Just Fired a Naval Strike Missile

David Axe at The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, * The missile-shot signals an important, if greatly delayed, expansion of the LCS’s weapons capability. The two-variant class for years has come under fire for being lightly-built and under-armed for major warfare. The U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship USS *Gabrielle Giffords *fired an anti-ship missile at a target vessel during an Oct. 1, 2019 exercise off the coast of Guam. The missile-shot signals an important, if greatly delayed, expansion of the LCS’s weapons capability. The two-variant class for years has come under fire for being lightly-built and unde... more »

This World War II Aircraft Carrier Cage Match Ended Imperial Japan

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* The end of Imperial Japan. *Key point:* The battle ended in an important American victory. The Philippine Sea encompasses two million square miles of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. It is bounded by the Philippine Islands on the west, the Mariana Islands on the east, the Caroline Islands to the south, and the Japanese Islands to the north. In the summer of 1944 it was the battleground of two great carrier strike forces. One of these belonged to Japanese Vice Adm. Jisaburo Ozawa. The other belonged to U.S. Adm. Raymond Spruance, a... more »

They've Done It: China's Mad Scientists Have Created Their Own "Mother of All Bombs"

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Technology, Asia* Oh my. *Key point:* Beijing now has a powerful non-nuclear weapon similar to the one Washington has. China has joined the “Mother of All Bombs” club. A Chinese arms maker has unveiled a weapon similar to America’s GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb, or MOAB (hence the nickname “Mother of All Bombs”). The Chinese version was dropped from an H-6K bomber, the Chinese version of the 1950s Soviet Tu-16 aircraft. Photographs on China’s state-owned *Global Times* news site showed what appeared to be a large bomb falling from a bomb bay, and then... more »

The World Trembled: When Russia and Nazi Germany Were Allies

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* An evil alliance. *Key point:* Moscow and Berlin worked together to destroy Poland. On August 23, 1939, Soviet Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, V.P. Potemkin, waited at the Moscow Airport for Joachim von Ribbentrop, Foreign Minister of Nazi Germany. He warmly greeted the former champagne salesman and then whisked him away for a clandestine meeting at the Kremlin. Waiting to receive the emissary were Soviet strongman Josef Stalin and his granite-faced foreign minister, Vyacheslav Molotov. They concluded what became known as the Nazi-... more »

Tank Killer: How Good Is Israel's Spike Missile Really?

Charlie Gao at The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *Technology, Middle East* Let's find out. *Key point:* The U.S. Army is considering buying the Spike missile, but wants to conduct a lot of tests first. Although Israel’s Spike missile has achieved great success in both its domestic and export markets, some media outlets question how effective the missile really is. There are a variety of claims made in this article, so it’s worth dissecting into individual points. The first criticism of the Spike missile is of the LR variant. The article claims that during German tests, the LR missile suffers target confusion if ... more »

'Widespread dissatisfaction': AFL women's league dispute over number of games played per season

Catherine Murphy at Just In - 17 hours ago
The future of the AFL women's league is hanging in the balance, with some players threatening to reject a deal "final offer" deal from the AFL because it does not offer enough games per season.

Toddler may lose part of finger after allegedly being burned by carer with lighter and boiling water

Joanna Menagh at Just In - 17 hours ago
A 22-year-old Perth man accused of using a cigarette lighter and boiling water to deliberately inflict serious burns on a two-year-old girl he was looking after claims she pulled a pot of boiling noodles onto herself.

Business is the Most Common US Masters Degree Field; The MBA from India Whining to Durbin that He Wants a Green Card Should Be Sent Home

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 18 hours ago
As can be seen in the chart at the bottom of this post, Business has dominated US Masters degrees for … Continue reading →

Schiff And NYT Do Damage Control Over Sneak Peek At CIA Whistleblower Complaint; Trump Says Schiff Wrote It

Zerohedge at The Duran - 19 hours ago
According to the Times, Schiff kinda sorta knew what the whistleblower said, and a House Intel Committee aide told him (or her) to get an attorney - Andrew Bakaj - who "interned for Schumer in the spring of 2001 and for Clinton in the fall of the same year." The post Schiff And NYT Do Damage Control Over Sneak Peek At CIA Whistleblower Complaint; Trump Says Schiff Wrote It appeared first on The Duran.

Chinese Strategic Options.

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 19 hours ago
After thirty years, the CCP is continuing its assault on all aspects of Western power. That is the real and present treat to the whole globe and it all envisages true fascist control of every nation on earth and all paying homage to the CCP. It continues a brook no version of democracy anywhere. CCP is dovetailed into the global socialist sedition enterprise which is operating everywhere at some level or the other and has been presenting a public face under the name of NWO. The potential for direct sedition in the USA government is very real and has been funded by the CCP as ... more »

Liquidity Scramble: Fed Announces Overnight Repos Every Day Next Week, Introduces Term Repos

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 19 hours ago
What this predicts is a forth round of Quantitative Easing around year end. This should be presaged by a market crash. I think we need to pay attention. I do think that a fast rolling crash in the market can happen in the next two months would cleanse the market of excess speculation. It would be over quickly to be followed by a steady rise in the markets all through the election year.. . *Liquidity Scramble: Fed Announces Overnight Repos Every Day Next Week, Introduces Term Repos * *by Tyler Durden* *Fri, 09/20/2019 - 11:48* * https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/liquidit... more »

Tripping on virtual reality: The artists trying to replicate psychedelic experiences in VR

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 19 hours ago
This is actually an interesting problem. We already know that when we enter meditation that this initially means dropping the brain to the theta state and this is observed by the appearance of pastel colors in particular. Is it possible to resonate with these colors with our eyes open while watching a ultraviolet display that it also resonating? What i am saying is that our virtual reality experience needs to take it up a notch. In fact resonance patterns in conjunction with ayahuasca is a truly interesting option here. This will be known as media assisted shamanism and it ... more »

“The Goal” First Track From ‘Thanks For The Dance’ from Leonard Cohen

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 19 hours ago
A pleasant surprise here. A last album has been cobbled together by his colleagues and will be released this November. We have a snippet here in his voice Leonard was first and foremost a great poet in the English language who brought the aesthetic of the great Spanish Poet Garcia Lorca into .English letters and we can for that be eternally grateful His work was shaped to the form of the song and this made his output accessible to a huge appreciative audience. He should be a clear inspiration to all other true poets. Sophisticated poetry is never meant to bore. *ANNOUNCE... more »

Beware The Right-Wing Media Machine?

PA Pundits - International at PA Pundits – International - 19 hours ago
By Brent Bozell and Tim Graham ~ In the fall of 1998, the House Republicans took Kenneth Starr’s report on Bill Clinton’s impeachable conduct and launched an impeachment inquiry. The media elites roared in disgust. NBC’s Gwen Ifill quoted an unnamed (naturally) House Judiciary Committee member who compared the Starr Report to a terrorist’s truck […]

Forgiveness, Anger After ex-Dallas Cop Sentenced to 10 Years

AP News at Snopes.com - 19 hours ago
People outside of the courtroom reacted angrily to the sentence given to Amber Guyger in the death of Botham Jean, believing it was too lenient.

Democrats Answer Trump’s Ire, Name-Calling with Subpoenas

AP News at Snopes.com - 19 hours ago
Democratic leaders put the White House on notice that the wide-ranging subpoena would be coming for information about Trump’s actions in the Ukraine controversy.

Hospital 'had to find scrap of paper' to confirm disabled boy's surgery after cyber attack

Just In - 19 hours ago
The mother of a disabled boy says a recent cyber attack on hospitals in regional Victoria are just the latest problem for an under-resourced system.

Fears 'very dangerous' Perth measles outbreak will get worse as three more cases confirmed

Alisha O'Flaherty at Just In - 19 hours ago
Three more cases of measles are confirmed in Perth in what health authorities say is an "unprecedented" cluster of cases in the city's south, linked to a far bigger outbreak in New Zealand that has caused pregnant women to miscarry.

Police inspector denies deliberately misleading court to protect Lawyer X

Sarah Farnsworth at Just In - 19 hours ago
A Victorian police inspector has been grilled about whether he deliberately misled a court in a committal hearing for four associates of Tony Mokbel who were facing drug charges, saying he believed his answers were truthful at the time.

Teen shot by police in Hong Kong protests charged with rioting

Just In - 19 hours ago
A teenager who was shot by police during the protests in Hong Kong is charged with two counts of attacking officers with a metal rod.

'Dinks and donks': A symphony of sounds captured on Mars

Just In - 19 hours ago
NASA's InSight lander on Mars captures the low rumble of marsquakes and an assortment of otherworldly sounds.

'Don't give in to hate like I did': Murderer's apology to Aiia Maasarwe's family

Karen Percy at Just In - 19 hours ago
The man who raped and murdered international student Aiia Maasarwe in Melbourne earlier this year pens an apology to her family, saying he will never be able to forgive himself.

Man arrested for tampering with electric scooters in the US

Just In - 19 hours ago
A 59-year-old man in Florida has been arrested on suspicion of tampering with electric scooters in his local neighbourhood after he was captured on CCTV severing brake lines.

Minister's light rail admission poses more safety questions after cyclist's death

Giselle Wakatama, Dom Vukovic And Ben Millington at Just In - 19 hours ago
The NSW Government admits "safety risks" exist at a light rail intersection in Newcastle where a cyclist died earlier this year, while also raising questions about tram projects in Sydney's CBD and Parramatta.

Why no-one will say (yet) who hacked ANU

Ariel Bogle at Just In - 19 hours ago
The Australian National University has released a detailed account of how its servers were hacked in 2018, but failed to answer the most important question.

Mother claims she warned police about Sydney shooter two months ago

Sarah Thomas at Just In - 19 hours ago
Stacey Taylor, who is pregnant with the child of the man shot dead by police in Sydney last night, says she told officers in August he had threatened to hire someone to bash and stab her in the stomach so she would lose her baby — but no action was taken.

Public Safety Project Reduces Homicides and Robberies in Five Brazilian Cities

Xiu Ying at The Rio Times - 19 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The five municipalities to be subject to actions by "Em Frente, Brasil", Sérgio Moro's public safety project, have recorded a 53 percent homicide decrease in September, compared to the same month last year. Since August 30th, federal, state . . . To read the full NEWS and much more, Subscribe […] The post Public Safety Project Reduces Homicides and Robberies in Five Brazilian Cities appeared first on The Rio Times.

Naked Capitalism: Integrity, Dedication – and Community

Yves Smith at naked capitalism - 19 hours ago
Naked Capitalism's community rocks, particularly in flyover!

Why America Hate Russia's MiG-29 and Su-27 Fighters (And Their Missiles)

Charlie Gao at The National Interest - 19 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *History, Europe* [image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/MiG-29K_at_MAKS-2007_airshow_%28altered%29.jpg] A real Cold War danger. *Key point:* Moscow's new fighters carried powerful missiles and were a scary surprise for America in the 1980s. When the Su-27 “Flanker” and MiG-29 “Fulcrum” came onto the scene in the 1980s, they represented a significant generational leap in technology compared to earlier Soviet fighters. The missiles they carried also represented a generational leap in their own way. Indeed, both the R-73 short-range air-to-air m... more »

How a 1905 Debate About ‘Tainted’ Rockefeller Money Is a Reminder of Ethical Dilemmas Today

David Mislin at The National Interest - 19 hours ago
*David Mislin* *History, Americas* [image: Reuters] Is taking such money acceptable? Many nonprofits, including top universities and museums are confronting serious ethical dilemmas regarding accepting tainted money. The MIT Media Lab, an interdisciplinary research lab, has been widely criticized for taking money from late billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, who was convicted in 2008 for sexual exploitation of minor girls. Harvard University has now promised to give away Epstein’s unused money to support groups for sexual assault victims. Similarly, prominent museums such as the Guggen... more »

Cannabidiol-based Medicine can be Ordered Online in Brazil

Iolanda Fonseca at The Rio Times - 19 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The new import guide by prescription of a legally qualified health professional must be completed at the gov.br Portal, by the patient or by a duly appointed legal representative. According to the National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA), the electronic form seeks to speed up the service of requests . . […] The post Cannabidiol-based Medicine can be Ordered Online in Brazil appeared first on The Rio Times.

Supreme Court Rules in Favor of a Theory That Could Nullify Lava Jato’s Convictions

Iolanda Fonseca at The Rio Times - 19 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The last to vote was the president of the court who, as he had already anticipated last week, was in favor of the position that defendants incriminated by whistleblowers should have the last word in the case (as six other justices last week). Before Toffoli, Justice Marco Aurélio voted against […] The post Supreme Court Rules in Favor of a Theory That Could Nullify Lava Jato’s Convictions appeared first on The Rio Times.

Ten Thousand m² Graffiti is Produced in Downtown São Paulo

Iolanda Fonseca at The Rio Times - 19 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The piece, which already covers six of the buildings' sidewalls, began to be painted on the façades of a plot of land on the corner of Rua Major Sertório and Rua Bento Freitas, in downtown São Paulo, near the Copan building. The intention is to break the Guinness record for the […] The post Ten Thousand m² Graffiti is Produced in Downtown São Paulo appeared first on The Rio Times.

New Prosecutor General Aras Wants ‘Real Truth’ About Bolsonaro’s Stabbing

Iolanda Fonseca at The Rio Times - 19 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Prosecutor General of the Republic, Augusto Aras, advocated on Tuesday, October 1st, the deepening of investigations into the attack suffered by President Jair Bolsonaro last year, for believing that Adélio Bispo de Oliveira did not act as a "lone wolf" when stabbing the then-candidate of the PSL The post New Prosecutor General Aras Wants ‘Real Truth’ About Bolsonaro’s Stabbing appeared first on The Rio Times.

Brexit: Whither Boris?

Yves Smith at naked capitalism - 20 hours ago
This is Naked Capitalism fundraising week. 735 donors have already invested in our efforts to combat corruption and predatory conduct, particularly in the financial realm. Please join us and participate via our donation page, which shows how to give via check, credit card, debit card, or PayPal. Read about why we’re doing this fundraiser and […]

Trade ministers of RCEP to hold key meet next week

bilaterals.org - 20 hours ago
03-Oct-2019 Trade ministers of the 16-nation RCEP grouping will meet in Bangkok on October 10-12, in what could be the last ministerial before a potential deal is sealed in November.

Trump Cannot Be Anti-Globalist While Working With Global Elites

GeoPolitics101 at Covert Geopolitics - 20 hours ago
In the summer of 2016 during the election campaign I examined the Trump phenomenon and how it relates to the globalist narrative. I concluded that Trump would be president based on the fact that having a (supposedly) hardcore nationalist and populist conservative in the White House over the next four years would in fact be highly beneficial … Continue reading Trump Cannot Be Anti-Globalist While Working With Global Elites →

Britain’s Unconvicted Prisoner: Keeping Assange on Lockdown for Neocons in Washington

Nina Cross at 21st Century Wire - 20 hours ago
*Nina Cross* | This second piece on Belmarsh focuses on how the narratives around security and healthcare are being used as pretexts for denying Julian Assange access to justice, while severely isolating him from other inmates

Massive $7.5 Billion U.S. Award From WTO in Airbus Subsidy Case – Sets Stage for Countervailing Duties Against EU…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 20 hours ago
Jumpin’ ju-ju bones – The Trump administration via U.S. Trade Rep Robert Lighthizer and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross won a massive $7.5 billion award as an outcome of the World Trade Organization agreeing with the U.S. against the EU and … Continue reading →

North Korea Could Attack the West Coast in a War (And Cause 1.2 Million Casualties)

Daniel R. DePetris at The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*Daniel R. DePetris* *Security, Asia* [image: https://pictures.reuters.com/archive/NORTHKOREA-MISSILES--RC132F246710.html] Horrific. *Key point:* North Korea's nuclear capabilities just keep improving and could cause real damage to the United States. What would an actual nuclear exchange between the United States and North Korea look like? How many civilians would be killed? How much of Pyongyang or Los Angeles would be pulverized in a nuclear ash cloud? And how devastating would the nuclear fallout be to the suburbs in neighborhoods five, ten, or twenty, twenty miles away? No... more »

South America’s Second-Largest Forest Is Also Burning – and ‘Environmentally Friendly’ Charcoal Is Subsidizing Its Destruction

Joel E. Correia at The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*Joel E. Correia* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] The Paraguayan Chaco, South America’s second largest forest, is rapidly disappearing as agriculture extends deeper into what was once forest. Here, isolated stands of trees remain amid the farms. The fires raging across the Brazilian Amazon have captured the world’s attention. Meanwhile, South America’s second-largest forest, the Gran Chaco, is disappearing in plain sight. The Gran Chaco, which spans from Bolivia and Brazil to Paraguay and Argentina, is extremely bio-diverse, with more than 3,400 plant and 900 animal specie... more »

A Very Nice Description Of The Government Debt Bomb

E.M.Smith at Musings from the Chiefio - 20 hours ago
A nice short video that presents the real state of affairs in Government Debt and why you can't fix it with any of the expected "solutions" such as raising tax rates. Continue reading →

Understanding Why the Green New Deal Won’t Really Work

Yves Smith at naked capitalism - 20 hours ago
A sanity check on the Green New Deal.

‘It Will Be Quick & Dirty’: Standoff with India May Spark NUCLEAR ARMAGEDDON, Pakistani Kashmir Chief Says

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 20 hours ago
‘It Will Be Quick & Dirty’: Standoff with India May Spark NUCLEAR ARMAGEDDON, Pakistani Kashmir Chief Says by https://www.rt.com/ A small-scale conflict between the two arch rivals could ignite a nuclear war that would kill hundreds of millions, the head of Pakistan’s Azad Kashmir said just days after PM Imran Khan addressed India with similar …

Peter Schiff: The Party Is Over. Don’t Be the Last to Leave

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 20 hours ago
Peter Schiff The Peter Schiff Show Podcast – Episode 505 Recorded October 1, 2019 First Day of Q4 2019 – Today was the first trading day of the 4th quarter of 2019. And if today’s action was a harbinger of things to come, it is going to be one difficult quarter for the bulls on …

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