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Thomas Paine

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Thursday, April 2, 2020

2 April - Blogs I'm Following - 5 of 5

10:07 pm MDT

The real story behind NZ’s use of 1080 is “a sinister tale of corruption and bureaucratic indifference” says a British film maker (2002)

From thegrafboys.blogspot “Poison use a sinister tale” – The Press 2002 The following article appeared in the Christchurch Press in January 2002. What’s intriguing is how the British team quickly identified indicators of an industry built on poison, and how their story echoes the voice of 1000’s of New Zealanders across the country – even after the ERMA […] Read more

Iranian ‘agents of terror’ assassinated dissident in Turkey: Pompeo

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 21 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:20 A.M.) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo continued his attacks against the Iranian government this morning, as he accused the Islamic Republic’s diplomats of assassinating a dissident in Turkey. “Reports that Iranian diplomats were involved in an assassination of a dissident in Turkey are disturbing but fully consistent with their assignments […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Russian jets conduct intensive flights along Syrian-Turkish border

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 21 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:45 A.M.) – The director of the Russian Reconciliation Center, Oleg Goralev, announced on Wednesday that Turkey and Russia conducted joint patrols in the Syrian governorate of Aleppo. “A coordinated patrol took place with the Turkish armed forces on the Bir Al-Sabah – Khirbet al-Sheikh Issa Road in the Aleppo Governorate,” Goralev said […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

The Daily Brief 2020-03-31

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 21 hours ago
This is a summary of 15 AMN articles on the following subjects: Homs, Israel, Syria, Ansarallah, Saudi, Yemen, Iran, Pompeo, LNA, Tripoli, Turkey, Ukraine, Iraq, US, China, EU, INSTEX, Khaddam, Mosul, Idlib, Ghuweiran, Hasakah, Libya. Categories covered in this brief: Middleeast, Syria, Yemen, Iran, North-Africa, Turkey, Iraq Let us know how you like this brief […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 21 hours ago
*by Noah* Funny how it works: Even more than ever, all the ultra-pig wealthy have to do to get some cash from the special 1% socialist welfare spigot is hold out their greedy hands to congress. Freshly printed or borrowed from China? Who cares? The rest of us have to start dying by the minute for us to even get a measly check for $1200 that won't even cover the cost of our burials. Nice folks those Washington assholes and their banker owners. Sure there are things in the Two Trillion Dollar bag for the non-Billionaire crowd. There's a reluctant temporary increase in unemployment ... more »

The Air Force is Cutting Tankers (That Seems Like a Big Mistake)

Peter Suciu at The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Security, * The United States Air Force is now considering private contractors to help refuel its bombers and fighters within the next two years as it faces a near-term shortage of refueler aircraft. This comes as the USAF's 2021 budget proposal calls for cutting sixteen active-duty KC-10s and thirteen KC-135s from the active and reserve fleets. The United States Air Force is now considering private contractors to help refuel its bombers and fighters within the next two years as it faces a near-term shortage of refueler aircraft. This comes as the USAF's 2021 budg... more »

How the Coronavirus Pandemic Could Lead to a Depression Epidemic

Jonathan Kanter, Katherine Manbeck at The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*Jonathan Kanter, Katherine Manbeck* *Public Health, World* The worrying toll of COVID-19 on mental health could be enormous. Isolation, social distancing and extreme changes in daily life are hard now, but the United States also needs to be prepared for what may be an epidemic of clinical depression because of COVID-19. We are clinical psychological scientists at the University of Washington’s Center for the Science of Social Connection. We study human relationships, how to improve them, and how to help people with clinical depression, emphasizing evidence-based approaches for t... more »

How Counterfeiters Can Thrive During the Coronavirus Outbreak

Jay Kennedy at The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*Jay Kennedy* *Society, Public Health, World* Buyers should beware. Rapid acceleration of coronavirus-related infections and fatalities in countries like Italy, Spain and the United States has led to widespread bans on communal activities, global restrictions on travel and an increasing reliance on virtual interactions. The push to keep people indoors has lead to a substantial increase in e-commerce and internet-based activities, including video streaming, grocery shopping, food delivery and education. People are becoming increasingly reliant upon these services to provide life’... more »

How American F-15s Helped Save This Nation's Air Force

David Axe at The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, * In the summer of 2016, the cash-strapped Bulgarian air force nearly collapsed amid political squabbling in the capital Sofia. With a yawning air-defense gap forming on its southeastern frontier, NATO intervened — and assigned an F-15 squadron from the California Air National Guard to fill in for the Bulgarians’ own dysfunctional air arm. In the summer of 2016, the cash-strapped Bulgarian air force nearly collapsed amid political squabbling in the capital Sofia. With a yawning air-defense gap forming on its southeastern frontier, NATO intervened — and ass... more »

Left Behind By Lockdown: These People Will Need Society's Help To Survive Coronavirus

Chen Reis, Lynn Lieberman Lawry at The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*Chen Reis, Lynn Lieberman Lawry* *Politics, Americas* [image: An elderly women looks on as she queues for government grants despite coronavirus risks during a 21 day nationwide lockdown, aimed at limiting the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Soweto, South Africa, March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko] Pre-existing conditions aren't just physical. How is the COVID-19 crisis impacting the most vulnerable among us? Tens of millions of Americans fit that description – the poor , the homeless , immigrants , the detained and incarcerated , the precariously employed and t... more »

Did Mars Ever Have Oceans?

Ethen Kim Lieser at The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Security, * New research implies that Mars, unlike Earth and the moon, likely never had a global magma of ocean. In recent years, it has been often theorized that Mars was once a wet and lush planet, perhaps even a water world. Such views, though, contradict what we see today—a desolate, red-tinged planet that is likely devoid of any life. Those theories that suggested Mars once had an abundance of water—and the possibility of supporting life—gained more newfound support in a recent study published in Nature Geoscience, which says that there were indeed two ... more »

Why Health Workers Should Prepare, Not Panic, for Coronavirus

W. Graham Carlos at The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*W. Graham Carlos* *Public Health, United States* Here's why. Brown paper bags line the windowsill of the COVID-19 intensive care unit at Eskenazi Hospital in downtown Indianapolis. The bags are filled with the N95 masks we’re reusing, labeled with the handwritten names of my staff: Patrick, Angela, Brittany. They are mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters. As of this writing, we are caring for more than double our average number of ICU patients and using more than triple our average number of ventilators. We expect those numbers to keep climbing. To prevent exposure to coronavi... more »

Meet Iran’s Hormuz Destroyer — off the Drawing Board, but Not Into the Water

Caleb Larson at The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*Caleb Larson* *Technology, Middle East* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2012%3Anewsml_GM1E81F0KDV01&share=true] What can it do? In November of 2019, Iran showed off a small model of a new weapons project, the Hormuz destroyer. Some photos of which can be seen on Twitter. The hull is a trimaran design. A Trimaran design has one main hull, like a conventional ship, as well as two smaller outrigger hulls. The purpose of the Trimaran design is to allow for lower hydrodynamic drag on the hull. The Trimaran design is also used on the stealthy America... more »

Toxicologist, Prof Ian Shaw, discusses the mysterious mis-diagnosis in botulism/1080 poisoning case

Thanks to the GrafBoys once again for their brilliant research & tireless work in exposing the dangers of 1080 poison. Visit their TV Wild website for more of their work. Particularly, a must watch is their award winning doco called Poisoning Paradise. TheGrafBoys 22.4K subscribers Canterbury University toxicologist, Professor Ian Shaw, discusses the toxicity of … Continue reading Toxicologist, Prof Ian Shaw, discusses the mysterious mis-diagnosis in botulism/1080 poisoning case →

Three bodies in 48 hours found in public areas in NZ

Please do consider, people are already reporting health effects from the new 5G frequencies now operating in our main centers since late 2019. I have already noticed other unexplained deaths… some could easily be a consequence of 5G going by the evidence thus far from independent (& ignored) expert opinion, and whilst I am not … Continue reading Three bodies in 48 hours found in public areas in NZ →

‘There are no reliable tests for corona virus’ – from a health professional

Insider reveals that there are no reliable Covid-19 tests and no reliable media outlets to report the facts as they are. Image by Michal Jarmoluk from Pixabay

Eugenicist And Population Control Advocate Bill Gates Says United States Must Shut Down For A Minimum Of 10 Weeks Right Now To Beat Coronavirus

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 22 hours ago
Bill Gates laid out a 3-step process the U.S. government must take to help curb the COVID-19 outbreak that could kill between 100,000 and 240,000 Americans, based on government estimates shared Tuesday. The Microsoft co-founder and global health expert published his proposed plan in a Washington Post column Tuesday afternoon. Gates has been increasingly outspoken … Continue reading Eugenicist And Population Control Advocate Bill Gates Says United States Must Shut Down For A Minimum Of 10 Weeks Right Now To Beat Coronavirus →

In 2015 The Empire State Building Projected Hindu ‘Goddess Of Death’ Kali, In 2020 It’s Flashing A Red Distress Signal From Coronavirus Fatalities

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 22 hours ago
My heart breaks for the dead and dying in New York City right now, it truly does. But let me ask you this. Do you really think it’s a coincidence that after making such a grand ‘spectacle’ of honoring the Hindu ‘goddess of death’ Kali that now the streets of New York are awash with … Continue reading In 2015 The Empire State Building Projected Hindu ‘Goddess Of Death’ Kali, In 2020 It’s Flashing A Red Distress Signal From Coronavirus Fatalities →

Whois.com – Domain Names & Identity for Everyone

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 22 hours ago
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The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : Coronavirus: Ten Things to Think About

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 22 hours ago
Well, I’m so sorry bloggers that you can’t spew the truth the way you do with the heresay and sensationalism. Too bad, so sad, and you call yourselves “truthers” ? i’m getting littered with pingbacks containing “buy now” buttons for snake oil. You know who you are, or should I reblog that crap with full … Continue reading The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : Coronavirus: Ten Things to Think About →

Co-optation in Thailand’s 2019 election

Viengrat Nethipo and Cat Yen at New Mandala - 22 hours ago
In the 2019 election, a sizeable portion of the military proxy party’s electoral candidates were “pulled” (phalang dud) from other parties. The post Co-optation in Thailand’s 2019 election appeared first on New Mandala.

If you're working from home, you've probably used Zoom. The FBI says you should be careful

Just In - 22 hours ago
It has been a harmless joke for Australian comedian Hamish Blake, but the FBI is warning users there are serious security concerns with popular videoconferencing app Zoom.

In the sky in April: A 'super pink Moon' and beautiful cosmic ladder of planets

Genelle Weule at Just In - 22 hours ago
Spending time outside is much harder now, but if you have a backyard or a balcony you still may be able to catch this month's Moon and planet show.

NSW Minister stepped in to stop fishing ban amid COVID-19 lockdown

Kevin Nguyen at Just In - 22 hours ago
While many outdoor activities have been restricted amid the coronavirus lockdown in NSW, the personal intervention of NSW Police Minister David Elliott ensured people could still catch a fish without fear of fine or jailtime.

SA Government's coronavirus response shows homelessness is 'solvable', advocates say

Bension Siebert at Just In - 22 hours ago
Care providers say SA's move to accommodate rough sleepers in hotels during the pandemic shows homelessness is not the intractable social problem many believe it to be.

Race meets, sex work, garage sales banned under latest COVID-19 measures

Carla Howarth at Just In - 22 hours ago
Sex work, food vans at farmers' markets and race meetings are some of the latest activities banned by Tasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein, as part of the ongoing effort to slow the spread of coronavirus in the state.

More than 260,000 coronavirus tests carried out across Australia

Just In - 22 hours ago
The Prime Minister says Australia is a world leader for coronavirus testing, with more than 1 per cent of the population undergoing a test for COVID-19.

'People forget very quickly': Shocking remains of deadly disaster set to be preserved

Claire Wheaton And Adriane Reardon at Just In - 22 hours ago
Debris from the recent summer bushfires will feature in an art exhibition at the National Museum of Australia entitled Black Summer.

TV show inspired Adelaide man to allegedly make weapons from hardware store supplies, court told

Meagan Dillon at Just In - 22 hours ago
A South Australian man became inspired to try and make his own weapons — including explosive devices and a deadly toxin — after watching a television show, a court hears.

Fears food prices could prompt illegal border crossings amid coronavirus pandemic

Henry Zwartz at Just In - 22 hours ago
High food prices in remote communities are sparking fears people will be pushed in to bigger supermarkets, and risk spreading the coronavirus into their vulnerable communities.

ACT Government to delay rates bills, give rebates to landlords who ease rents due to coronavirus

Just In - 22 hours ago
The ACT Government announces more than $200 million in additional measures to keep businesses and households afloat in Canberra during the coronavirus pandemic.

Child care to become free under radical overhaul of 'pre-pandemic' sector

Conor Duffy, Lucy Kent And Brad Ryan at Just In - 22 hours ago
The Federal Government commits to providing financial support to 13,000 childcare centres around the country following the sector's pleas for help to remain viable — but only if those centres offer fee-free care for kids.

Another Ruby Princess death recorded in Queensland, as cases rise to more than 800

Josh Bavas at Just In - 22 hours ago
An 85-year-old man who was on board the Ruby Princess cruise ship dies from COVID-19 in Toowoomba, the third person to die from the virus in the state as another 57 cases bring the total to 835.

Spain's death tolls hits 10,000 as the country records more than 100,000 COVID-19 cases

Just In - 22 hours ago
More than 10,000 COVID-19 deaths are recorded in Spain, Scott Morrison announces free child care for anyone who needs it and the CSIRO starts trials for two potential vaccines.

Tweets For Today

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 22 hours ago
Coronavirus: US sees record 884 deaths in one day https://t.co/SqiLQj2wKS — BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 2, 2020 Masks are everywhere in Asia, but have they helped?https://t.co/6QrroSdhzO pic.twitter.com/dl3pp2hhoc — AFP news agency (@AFP) April 2, 2020 U.S. President Donald Trump said he expected Saudi Arabia and Russia to reach a deal in the next few days on oil production, to end a price war that has ‘ravaged’ the oil industry worldwide https://t.co/nWOdGxvoLR pic.twitter.com/5kesKht4Bb — Reuters (@Reuters) April 2, 2020 Beijing 'will not stand by and watch Huawei be... more »

Picture Of The Day

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
President Donald Trump arrives behind Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, for the start of the daily coronavirus response briefing press briefing room of the White House in Washington, March 31. REUTERS/Tom Brenner *WNU Editor:* The above picture came from this photo-gallery .... *Top Photos of the Day* (Reuters).

From the INDIAN DEFENSE JOURNAL

vonMesser at 'Nox & Friends - 23 hours ago
COVID-19 Outbreak in China –An Intent Gone Wrong? Hat tip to my friend Sasha, who is a multi-lingual translator and speaks far too many languages: By Dr Sundaram Rajasimman “A catastrophe waiting to happen has now happened “said Dr. Francis Boyle[1], drafter of the US Bio-weapons Act [Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989] and author of Bio warfare and Terrorism (2015). He further claims that – coronavirus (2019-nCoV)[2] was certainly an offensive biological warfare weapon[3]. A study by Indian scientists based at the Indian Institute of Technology and University of Delhi con... more »

Quote of the Day

vonMesser at 'Nox & Friends - 23 hours ago
Freedom can’t be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.” —Roman philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Lockdowns are man-made, not how Nature heals Herself

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 23 hours ago
Srikanth Hegde told us that the coronavirus hysteria isn't avoiding India. On the contrary. India – whose population is about 1.35 billion – has 1998 cases and 58 deaths now. So the virus is still basically non-existent there. The number of deaths per million people is 0.04. Compare it with Lombardy at 700. The ratio is about 18,000! The practical non-existence of the virus in the country hasn't prevented hundreds of millions of Indians from getting hysterical – in a similar enough way that we know in the West. Almost two weeks ago, PM Modi told the whole nation to clap their hands. ... more »

Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic Medical News And Information -- April 1 - 2, 2020

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
Redfield warned that the virus will be 'with us' for the next 24 months, and agrees with Dr Anthony Fauci of the NIH that a second wave is coming in the fall. Pictured: Redfield (right) speaks with Fauci (left) on Capitol Hill, March 12 *Daily Mail:* *One in four coronavirus patients have NO symptoms, CDC director says as he warns the virus will be 'with us' for the next TWO YEARS* * As many as 25% of people with coronavirus are asymptomatic, according to CDC director Dr Robert Redfield * He warned that the virus will be 'with us' for the next 24 months, particularly as a second ... more »

Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic In Africa -- News Updates April 1 - 2, 2020

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
*CBS:* *Fight against coronavirus in Africa is an "existential war for the continent"* The head of the main public health body for the African Union, Africa CDC, has told CBS News that the coronavirus epidemic is an "existential war for the continent." "What's keeping me up at night is two things," Dr. John Nkengasong told CBS News' Debora Patta: "That Africa will be hit in a significant way, just as we see is happening in Europe, and we don't have the capacity to respond." There have been 5,954 reported cases of the COVID-19 disease across Africa thus far, according to CBS News... more »

Franklin Graham’s Charity Treats Virus Patients, Lefties Mock His Faith

PA Pundits - International at PA Pundits – International - 23 hours ago
By Gabriel Hays ~ In a time when many Christians are going out of their way to ease the suffering of those who have contracted Chinese Virus, lefties are going out of their way to trash them because of their beliefs. On Wednesday radical progressives smeared Rev. Franklin Graham and his charity’s makeshift coronavirus clinics because […]

Liberal Media’s Double Standard: Censor Trump’s Briefings, Air China’s Propaganda

PA Pundits - International at PA Pundits – International - 23 hours ago
By Jarrett Stepman ~ The lack of regular White House press briefings used to be decried as the end of democracy. Now it’s daily White House briefings that represent the end of democracy. Actress Jane Lynch demanded on Twitter on Monday that President Donald Trump end his daily press briefings and that the media stop […]

Plague In 2020

PA Pundits - International at PA Pundits – International - 23 hours ago
A Dry Bones Cartoon ~ Feeling lonely and shut-in? Uncle Shuldig wants to keep you company. Read more by Yaakov Kirschen at Dry Bones . http://drybonesblog.blogspot.com/

Germans think risk of coronavirus transmission by food is low

News Desk at Food Safety News - 23 hours ago
The probability of coronavirus being transmitted via food is perceived by the public as being low, according to a survey in Germany. Two thirds said the probability of being infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) via food was low. More than one in five rated the chance as medium and 12 percent said it was... Continue Reading

New list of reportable animal diseases proposed by APHIS

News Desk at Food Safety News - 23 hours ago
A new National List of Reportable Animal Diseases (NLRAD) to further strengthen the country’s ability to detect, respond to and control animal diseases, is being proposed by USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) The new list will provide a consolidated, comprehensive set of guidelines to ensure federal and state animal health officials quickly receive... Continue Reading

Over 1000 Dead USA Today, 26,000 New Cases

E.M.Smith at Musings from the Chiefio - 23 hours ago
Give us this day our daily dead... Continue reading →

Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic In The Middle East -- News Updates April 1 - 2, 2020

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
*Arab News:* *Middle East continues containment measures as coronavirus red zone shifts to the West* DUBAI: Middle East countries continue to implement containment measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus as cases topped 850,000 and over 42,000 deaths globally. The pandemic red zone has shifted west from China, with the United States now harder hit than any other country, with almost 200,000 cases. The coronavirus scourge in Europe is also being felt in Italy, Spain, Germany and the United Kingdom, with more than a quarter-of-a-million cases and rising, as people slowly star... more »

Virgin Australia: buy the business, don’t bail out the shareholders

Michael West at Michael West - 23 hours ago
[image: Virgin Australia]

Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic In Asia -- News Updates April 1, 2020

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
*ABC News Online:* *Wuhan's coronavirus lockdown is being lifted but doubts remain it will ever return to normal* As Wuhan, ground zero of the coronavirus pandemic, came to a standstill following the lockdown of its 11 million residents, the massive task ahead of Xiao Jinsong was just beginning. Mr Xiao was among the first psychologists dispatched to the intensive care unit (ICU) at the Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University. He has since been counselling both patients and medical staff on the front line around the clock. *Read more* .... *Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic In China -... more »

China Concealed Extent of Virus Outbreak, U.S. Intelligence Says

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 23 hours ago
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/china-concealed-extent-of-virus-outbreak-us-intelligence-says/ar-BB121BXX?li=AAggNb9&ocid=mailsignout

No, the #coronavirus wasn’t made in a lab, a genetic analysis shows

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 23 hours ago
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/coronavirus-covid-19-not-human-made-lab-genetic-analysis-nature

How Good Is Vizio's P-Series Quantum 7” Class 4K HDR Smart TV?

Stephen Silver at The National Interest - 23 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *Technology, * This is everything you need to know. The P759-G1, also known as the Vizio P-Series Quantum 7” Class 4K HDR Smart TV, is a large 4K TV released by Vizio in 2019, which uses LED backlighting. The product was released in 2019. The model is seventy-five inches, featuring Ultra HD (3840 x 2160) resolution, Full Array LED backlight, and Dolby Vision, HDR10, and HLG high-dynamic range. It has five HDMI ports, and component, ethernet and USB ports. Vizio's website lists a price point of $1,699.99. A review of the overall P series on 4K.com in December... more »

This 86-Inch Monster LG HDTV Might Just Be Your Dream TV

Stephen Silver at The National Interest - 23 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *Technology, * Sporting an IPS 4K display, Dolby Vision and booth Google Assistant and Alexa, the TV offers four HDMI ports, three USB inputs, the LG Smart TV platform (which incorporates webOS), and even web browsing. Apple AirPlay is incorporated as well. Is it worth your cash? The LG 86UM8070PUA is a large Ultra HD TV, which the South Korean company introduced at International CES in early 2019, and reaching the market later that year. The eighty-six-inch model is formally called the LG eighty-six inch Class 4K Smart UHD TV w/AI ThinQ. Its listed price on the... more »

‘The Sandbaggers’ Is the Best Spy Show Ever Made

David Axe at The National Interest - 23 hours ago
*David Axe* *Society, * The Sandbaggers, a British spy drama that aired just 20 episodes between 1978 and 1980, is hands-down the best T.V. show ever about espionage. *The Sandbaggers*, a British spy drama that aired just 20 episodes between 1978 and 1980, is hands-down the best T.V. show *ever* about espionage. It’s set mostly in a London office. There are a mere handful of gunfights. There is no sex, little alcohol, no harsh language. When they do venture outside their offices, two of the most important characters prefer to hang out in a McDonald’s sipping coffee and munching h... more »

Laying the Blame for Coronavirus: Why We Should Stop Using the Term 'Patient Zero'

Richard McKay at The National Interest - 23 hours ago
*Richard McKay* *Public Health, World* [image: Reuters] Heightened fears have brought the term into public consciousness. Heightened fears surrounding COVID-19 have once again brought the idea of “patient zero” into public consciousness. Ever since it was coined by accident in the 1980s, this popular yet slippery term has regularly – and misguidedly – been applied to infectious disease outbreaks and public health efforts to control them. Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, tweeted earlier this month that he and his wife might be “patient zero” for the epidemic of COVID-19 in th... more »

Why Nazi Germany's Small Hetzer Tank Destroyer Was Pretty Good

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 23 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* [image: By Adamicz - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11822462] A robust chassis with a bigger gun. *Key point: *These tanks were an attempt to rapidly build badly-needed tank destroyers. The Hetzer was the most successful variant. By 1943 it was obvious to the Germans that their tank production could not keep pace with battlefield losses. One of their efforts to expedite weapons production was the conversion of old, outdated tank chassis into tank destroyers, or Jagdpanzers. Early efforts demonst... more »

Meet the Elefant: A Nazi Tank Destroyer Built by Porsche

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 23 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* [image: By Koch - https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/obraz/1772/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=79565834] Too little, too late? *Key point: *The tank destroyer was impressive but was not always used correctly. Even then, it was not enough to change the tide of war. World War II tanks usually had aggressive- or ferocious-sounding names, such as Hellcat, Panther, or Tiger. Yet the tendency was not universal, as with British Cruisers or the American M-3 Honey. But perhaps there was never a more unfortunately name... more »

Why Electricity Demand Has Declined in the UK Due to Coronavirus

Grant Wilson, Noah Godfrey, Shivangi Sharma, Tom Bassett at The National Interest - 23 hours ago
*Grant Wilson, Noah Godfrey, Shivangi Sharma, Tom Bassett* *Energy, United Kingdom* Fossil fuel consumption has signficantly dropped. The measures to control the spread of COVID-19 are unparalleled, and this is already having an effect on Britain’s energy system. There have been massive short-term changes in the past: for instance the temporary imposition of a three-day week in the 1970s may have had an even greater overall effect, but this was due to industrial action in the coal sector affecting the supply of energy. This time, the disruption is on the demand side – the energy ... more »

April 2nd – 2020 Presidential Politics – Trump Administration Day #1169

sundance at The Last Refuge - 23 hours ago
In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Donald Trump Administration and … Continue reading →

Thursday April 2nd – Open Thread

sundance at The Last Refuge - 23 hours ago
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those … Continue reading →

Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic In The Europe -- News Updates April 1 - 2, 2020

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
A graph showing Italy's daily death figures going up until April 1 *Daily Mail:* *Italy sees number of deaths rise by its lowest in almost a week - 727 - but number of new infections sees sharp spike with 4,782 new cases* * The country's total death toll now sits at 13,155, with total infections at 110,574 * Italy's death toll rise is its lowest since March 26, though its infections are rising * In the Lombardy region, the daily tallies of deaths and cases were both up today Italy's coronavirus death toll has risen by 727 today, the lowest daily rise since March 26. The country's... more »

Musical Interlude: Rudi en Corlea, “Hoor Jy My Stem”

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago
"93-year-old man eats lunch next to a picture of his late wife every day." Rudi en Corlea, “Hoor Jy My Stem” A haunting song sung in Afrikaans by South Africans Rudi Claas and Corlea Botha.

Covid-19 Report 4/1/20: "Coronavirus: A Dangerous Geo-Political Blame Game Erupts"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago
Chris Martenson, * "Coronavirus: A Dangerous Geo-Political Blame Game Erupts"* - https://www.peakprosperity.com/

Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic In The U.S. -- News Updates April 1 - 2, 2020

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*Daily Mail*: *Coronavirus kills 908 Americans in 24hrs to take US death toll to 4,391, with more than 200,000 people testing positive - as Michigan emerges as the third deadliest hotspot behind NYC and New Jersey with 259 fatalities* * Number of coronavirus cases in the US surpassed 200,000 on Wednesday as the death toll increased to more than 4,300 * New infections across the country increased by 25,676 and new deaths rose by 908 * The US death toll has now surpassed the number of deaths reported in China (3,309) where the outbreak first emerged back in December * The death to... more »

COVID-19 Takes A Heroic Fighter Against Fascism, Rafael Gómez Nieto, The Last Member Of La Nueve

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
YouTube has lots of videos about La Nueve-- but none of them are in English. The one above is a trailer for the film *La Nueve*, also in Spanish, its plot described in English tritely: "Manuel loses most of his family during Hitler's bombing in Spain and sends his daughter to Paris to save her. After defeat and exile, Manuel joins the Ninth Company, 'La Nueve,' in a desperate struggle to free Europe from Nazism and reunite with his daughter." There is however a book, *La Nueve-- The Spanish Republicans Who Liberated Paris*-- by Evelyn Mesquida and translated into English by Paul... more »

Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic -- Live Updates April 1 - 2, 2020

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic -- Live Updates April 1 - 2, 2020* Live: World close to a million virus infections - WHO -- BBC Factbox: Latest on the spread of the coronavirus around the world -- Reuters Coronavirus live news: Global cases near million mark as US federal stockpiles of medical gear dwindle -- The Guardian Coronavirus latest: Nearly a million cases worldwide as US prepares for 'horrific' two weeks -- DW Coronavirus update: Australia passes 5,000 confirmed cases, New York says the worst is yet to come, CSIRO starts vaccine trials -- ABC News Online Grim one-day virus dea... more »

SARS-CoV-2, recombinant in nature or by man, or what?

Bob Dinn at balance10 - 1 day ago
2-26-20 * It* is more likely that SARS-CoV-2 is a recombinant CoV generated in nature between a bat CoV and another coronavirus in an intermediate animal host. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22221751.2020.1733440 ……………………………………………………..…..… 1-29-19 * Frequent* interspecies recombination may result in another human infectious coronavirus from these SARSr-CoVs. Furthermore, there are still unanswered questions about SARS, e.g., ‘Why did the first SARS case occur in Guangdong Province, but all the human-ACE2-using SARSr-CoVs were found in Yunnan Province?’ and ’Why does *R... more »

World News Briefs -- April 1, 2020 (Evening Edition)

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*France 24:* *WHO troubled by 'near exponential' growth of coronavirus pandemic* The World Health Organization said Wednesday it was deeply concerned about the near-exponential escalation of the new coronavirus pandemic, with the number of deaths doubling in a week. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged citizens around the globe to stand together to fight COVID-19, as he braced for the millionth confirmed case. "As we enter the fourth month since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, I am deeply concerned about the rapid escalation and global spread of infection," he told a ... more »

President Trump Announces Major Drug Interdiction Effort Targeting Central American Cartels…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 1 day ago
Earlier today President Trump and Defense Secretary Esper announced a major deployment of U.S. military to interdict narcotics trafficking from Central America. On the surface the effort to deploy naval assets to the Caribbean and southern pacific is justified based … Continue reading →

Judge Blasts Wisconsin Governor, Republican-Controlled Legislature For Holding Primary During Pandemic

Kevin Gosztola at Shadowproof - 1 day ago
A federal judge in Wisconsin declined to order the postponement of a primary that is scheduled for April 7 but blasted Democratic Governor Tony Evers and the Republican-controlled state legislature for seeking to hold an election during a coronavirus pandemic. The post Judge Blasts Wisconsin Governor, Republican-Controlled Legislature For Holding Primary During Pandemic appeared first on Shadowproof.

Graham Greene The Quiet American Essays

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Amazing broad discussion scientific basis coronavirus - physicists Jim and Denis

Denis Rancourt at Activist Teacher - 1 day ago
Jim Larsen McLean and Denis Rancourt decided to openly discuss COVID-19 and the coronavirus. Both have physics academic backgrounds, and both are avid critical readers of medical research. Both are polymaths. On this topic, Denis did most of the talking.First question: How do you know this is hysteria?2:38How do they know the cause of death?9:30Would they have died from a simple flu...?10:

Frank Sinatra – “It Was A Very Good Year”

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 1 day ago
via Frank Sinatra – “It Was A Very Good Year” – YouTube

Childcare to become free as coronavirus pandemic threatens sector

Conor Duffy at Just In - 1 day ago
Prime Minister Scott Morrison announces childcare will become free for parents who still need it, after the sector pleads for help to keep centres open as the coronavirus pandemic threatens their viability.

Latest results on coronavirus - Lancet March-30th - Everybody calm down

Denis Rancourt at Activist Teacher - 1 day ago
Latest research findings, Lancet, 30 March 2020, 33 authors>>>> https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/laninf/PIIS1473-3099(20)30243-7.pdfIn plain words:1. Everybody calm down. 2. The infection-fatality-ratio is small (as also reported by several other researchers), typical of seasonal-flu values.3. The kids and youth are safe. This pathogen virtually kills only old people, having

US Escalates Warmongering Against Venezuela Because Of… Drug Trafficking?

Caitlin Johnstone at Caitlin Johnstone - 1 day ago
The Trump administration is sending Navy ships to patrol Venezuela, the latest escalation against the government targeted by an aggressive hybrid US regime change intervention. “President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that Navy ships are being moved toward Venezuela as his administration beefs up counter-narcotics operations […]

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