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American Secession—Easier Said than Done
For the Symposium on Timothy William Waters's Boxing Pandora: Rethinking Borders, States, and Secession in a Democratic World (Yale University Press, 2020) and F. H. Buckley's American Secession: The Looming Threat of a National Breakup (Encounter Books, 2020). In our recent book, Democracy and Dysfunction, Sandy Levinson (writing in 2015) proposed that if Donald Trump won the 2016 election, California and other western states might break away and form a nation of Pacifica. I explained that I thought the idea very unlikely: I think that there is very little evidence that any part of... more »
Is the Trump Administration Unduly Influencing the Intelligence Community?
The Central Intelligence Agency Headquarters in the George Bush Center for Intelligence (CIA Photograph/Wikimedia Commons/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nhb-exterior-020.jpg/Public Domain) To put it mildly, President Trump and the intelligence community don’t always see eye to eye. In the past, Trump has publicly disagreed with the intelligence community’s assessment of issues ranging from the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi to Russian interference in the 2016 presidential elections. Now there’s reportedly internal tension over the intelligence community’s skepticis... more »
Plant Respiration Implicated In Arctic Melting
A new paper has implicated a physiologic mechanism in vegetation as a cause for Arctic warming. The "greenhouse effect" is well-known by now, water vapor that plants emit during photosynthesis serves to lower land surface temperature, similar watering the yard on a hot day, but it can lead to a rise in air temperature. The new paper finds that the Arctic temperature rises when the moisture released by plants is reduced due to the increase of carbon dioxide (CO2 ) in the atmosphere. The increase in atmospheric CO2 concentration closes the pores (stomata) of plants in high-latitude ... more »
Judge Sullivan: Damned if you do and damned if you don't General Flynn
We now know that the FBI knew that Flynn hadn't lied to them. He said he didn't remember talking about sanctions with the Russian Ambassador but he could have. Flynn never categorically denied talking to the Russian about sanctions. But Flynn pled guilty after the government, with its unlimited funding, drove him to the verge of bankruptcy to pay his legal expenses and more importantly threaten to pursue bogus charges against his son. Essentially the FBI blackmailed Flynn into pleading guilty to something he didn't do. They got away with it because the DOJ conspired to deliberatel... more »
LA Times: Face Masks Now Required Whenever L.A. Residents Leave Homes, Garcetti Says
Angelenos, except for small children and some people with disabilities, must now wear face masks when they leave the house, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said Wednesday, May 13. Previously, Garcetti had only required people to wear masks at grocery stores, sitting in taxis and rideshare vehicles, on buses, and at the airport. Regarding the […] The post LA Times: Face Masks Now Required Whenever L.A. Residents Leave Homes, Garcetti Says appeared first on Health Nut News.
AP: President Set to Name Former Glaxo Exec as Vaccine Czar
President Donald Trump is set to name a former pharmaceutical executive to lead his administration’s all-out effort to produce and distribute a coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year. Former GlaxoSmithKline executive Moncef Slaoui will lead “Operation Warp Speed,” Trump’s drive to accelerate the vaccine development process for COVID-19, according to an administration official. […] The post AP: President Set to Name Former Glaxo Exec as Vaccine Czar appeared first on Health Nut News.
Protests Return To Iraq Can New Govt Respond To Their Demands?
May 10 protest in Baghdad (AFP) Just a few days after new Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kazemi had his government approved by parliament young people returned to the streets of Iraq demanding better governance. This is putting added pressure upon the premier to carry out reforms. Demonstrations began on May 10. That day there were protests in the capital’s Tahrir Square, Nasiriya in Dhi Qar, Kut in Wasit where the Badr offices were stormed and burned, Diwaniya in Qadisiya, Karbala city and the highway in Najaf was blocked. PM Kazemi made an announcement that the security forces had to... more »
Did Elon Musk Tweet a Dessert Picture from a Restaurant Amid COVID-19 Restrictions?
He posted the photo of an ice cream sundae from Buca di Beppo Italian Restaurant while stay-at-home orders were in effect.
Calls Grow for Probe of Shooting That Left Breonna Taylor Dead
Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old black woman from Louisville, Ky., was killed in her home during a police investigation. She was not the suspect the police were seeking.
This Day In Iraqi Histor - May 14
1935 Iraqi army and air force began campaign to bomb tribal areas destroy towns and burn crops to put down tribal revolt in Rumaitha 1941 PM Churchill authorized British air force in Iraq to attack German planes in Syria (Musings On Iraq interview with Prof Boich World War II In Iraq and Syria) 1941 2 British fighters flew out of Iraq and attacked 2 German bombers in Syria damaging them 1941 German war planes began landing in Mosul Were attacked by British planes 1941 Finance Min Suwaidi met German amb Told to take up Turkish mediation offer to stall for time until Axis aid could ... more »
Judge Sullivan endorses prosecutorial misconduct
Thanks to an investigation by an honest DOJ lawyer we now know that the dishonest men who prosecuted General Flynn deliberately hid evidence that showed that Flynn was innocent from him and from the court. Flynn was charged with lying to the FBI when the ambush interviewed him, lying to him about the nature of the interview and ensuring that he didn't have a lawyer present. Allegedly Flynn lied about whether or not he'd discussed sanctions with the Russian Ambassador. We've known for a long time that the agents who interviewed him didn't think Flynn was lying. But now we know that... more »
Michigan State Police Prep For Capitol Protest
*WEAR YOUR MASK SLAVE!*
Alternative Eurovision is this weekend and you're planning a Zoom party. Will Montaigne drop in?
Eurovision is still on (kind of). Here's what's happening, how you can get involved — and what surprises could lay in store for anyone planning a virtual viewing party.
The race is on for a COVID-19 vaccine, but there's no guarantee you'll be able to get it
At a critical virtual meeting next week the licensing of coronavirus vaccines is up for discussion, and prominent international leaders want a framework to ensure countries can make any drugs to fight COVID-19 cheaply.
Why have the world's biggest superpowers been badly hit by COVID-19?
In late March, Vladimir Putin declared the coronavirus epidemic was under control in Russia. Now, a surge in infections has it reporting the second-highest number of cases in the world after the US. What went wrong?
President Trump On China: '100 Trade Deals' Wouldn't Make Up For Coronavirus
As I have said for a long time, dealing with China is a very expensive thing to do. We just made a great Trade Deal, the ink was barely dry, and the World was hit by the Plague from China. 100 Trade Deals wouldn’t make up the difference - and all those innocent lives lost! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 13, 2020 *CNBC:* *Trump on China: ’100 Trade Deals’ wouldn’t make up for coronavirus* * Trump tweeted that any benefits from the U.S.-China trade deal pale in comparison to the damage caused by “the plague from China.” * The tweet comes as the Trump administration is ratc... more »
Twin Pillars of Russiagate Crumble
[image: undefined] House Intelligence Committee documents released Thursday reveal that the committee was told two and half years ago that the FBI had no concrete evidence that Russia hacked Democratic National Committee computers to filch the DNC emails published by WikiLeaks in July 2016. The until-now-buried, closed-door testimony came on Dec. 5, 2017 from Shawn Henry, a protege of former FBI Director Robert Mueller (from 2001 to 2012), for whom Henry served as head of the Bureau’s cyber crime investigations unit. Henry retired in 2012 and took a senior position at CrowdStrike,... more »
How Bad Is It?
[image: undefined] How bad is it? That is the question on everyone's mind as we come to grips with the economic carnage caused by global economic shutdowns, supply chain disruptions, and ongoing quarantines of million of people. Do we face another Great Depression, or simply a deep recession more like 2008? And equally important, are soft Americans prepared for either? Have we started to process all of this psychologically? Have we really come to terms with the enormity of the situation, with the unprecedented risk posed by business shutdowns? Are Americans so accustomed to a certa... more »
Does Trump know his own government indirectly bankrolls some key promoters of the ‘Russiagate’ hoax?
[image: undefined] US President Donald Trump was elected on a promise to “drain the swamp.” Almost four years later, the Washington think-tank racket is as murky as ever, and the gravy train keeps rolling. The false "Trump/Russia collusion" narrative has been dead for so long now that it’s hard to remember what killed it, whether it was the Mueller Report or simply death by a thousand cuts. Here is what we know: "Russiagate" was a giant scam, and many of those who promoted it knowingly lied for a considerable length of time. Their aim was either to undermine Trump’s presidency or p... more »
Wisconsin’s Coronavirus Lockdown Order Struck Down by State Supreme Court – ‘Unelected Officials Creating Law’
*21WIRE* | After weeks of public skepticism and frustration over the lockdown, the people of Wisconsin begin to see some light after their high court's ruling.
President Trump Interview With Maria Bartiromo….
President Trump sits down for a lengthy hour-long interview with Fox Business’ Maria Bartiromo. The President discusses coronavirus, the economy, China, trade, Flynn, the election, and much more. 55 minute interview taped yesterday, aired today.
Canada Covid Spread in Decline May 13 Update
As the image above shows, supported by more detailed graphs below, Canada has now tested 1.17 million people with 6% positive for SARS-CoV-2 infection. 7% of those cases are reported deaths, or 0.45% of those tested. Kung Flu in Canada is reported at Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Outbreak update The image presents coronavirus data as of […]
Unmasking Flynn: Why it's a very big deal
Because America is a democracy and not a tyranny, despite the best efforts of Democrat politicians to change that, it's not legal for the US Intelligence Community(IC) to spy on Americans without a court order. But sometimes the IC collects information on US citizens because it's spying on foreigners. For example the IC vacuumed up the conversation between General Flynn, Trump's national security advisor, and the Russian Ambassador which occurred during the transition phase. The first thing to note is that transition teams talk to foreigners as they get ready to hit the ground runn... more »
Stop the insanity
At the beginning (the end of January when the President was called a racist for sounding the alarm about a mysterious virus originating in China), most of us went along with the need to be prudent, which soon moved to the need to avoid our usual places we congregated, then closing the schools, then seeing our businesses close for a few weeks (they originally said until Easter), then the churches, then the orders to wear masks/don't wear masks; then we began to see the light. This wasn't going to stop unless we objected. The cure was becoming worse than the disease. Then we notice... more »
Roll Call Caught Telling Farmers Lies About Drought, Floods, Crop Yields
At the top of Google News searches this morning for “climate change” is a Roll Call article titled, “Farmers are coming around on climate change.” The article’s subtitle is “Flooded fields, persistent droughts or ravaging wildfires are giving many a change of heart.” Factual data, as well as the findings of the United Nations Intergovernmental […] The post Roll Call Caught Telling Farmers Lies About Drought, Floods, Crop Yields appeared first on Climate Realism.
Reminder: When the Very Very Rich Are Done With Us, They Plan to Leave Us Behind
*The spa in the Europa One compound in Germany. Europa One spans 76 acres and has 228,000 square feet of living area — one of the many "**safe spaces with amenities" being built for the rich, tailored to these Coronavirus times, according to the LA Times * *by Thomas Neuburger* *For them, the future of technology is really about just one thing: escape.* This is your periodic reminder that: • After the predatory rich have extracted all the wealth they can from those of us who work to sustain their luxuries; • After they've raped and despoiled the fruits of earth, turned most of it ... more »
Featherweight Western Intellectuals – China Bad, We Good!
Kids Pool or Deep Diving So what inspired this post, was a… Continue reading “Featherweight Western Intellectuals – China Bad, We Good!” … The post Featherweight Western Intellectuals – China Bad, We Good! appeared first on Asian Straight Shooter .
Surge in Navajo cases and deaths from coronavirus, 16 deaths in 24 hours
. Navajo President's Office relief efforts. Photo Navajo President's Office Navajo Nation: 147 new cases of COVID-19 and 16 more deaths reported, President Nez meets with health care workers and federal officials By Brenda Norrell Censored News May 13, 2020 WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation reported a dramatic increase in cases and deaths from the coronavirus on Wednesday, with
Stay Home? Wash Hands? But 1.8 Billion Remain Homeless & 3.0 Billion Have No Access to Water
Global Issues News Headlines - 12 hours ago
UNITED NATIONS, May 14 (IPS) - The relentless battle against the devastating coronavirus pandemic has been underlined by several widespread advisories from health experts – STAY HOME. WASH YOUR HANDS. WEAR MASK. KEEP SOCIAL DISTANCE. Read the full story, “Stay Home? Wash Hands? But 1.8 Billion Remain Homeless & 3.0 Billion Have No Access to Water”, on globalissues.org →
Without Universal Health Coverage We Are Sitting Ducks When the next Pandemic Strikes
Global Issues News Headlines - 12 hours ago
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 14 (IPS) - We live in a different world to the one we inhabited six short months ago. With more than 4 million people infected and over 280,000 dead globally by mid May 2020, Covid-19 has ruthlessly exposed the vulnerability of a globalised world to pandemic disease. People are slowly coming to terms with the frightening and heartbreaking death toll, and we are still not out of the danger. Read the full story, “Without Universal Health Coverage We Are Sitting Ducks When the next Pandemic Strikes”, on globalissues.org →
Could BCG, a 100-year-old Vaccine for Tuberculosis, Protect Against Coronavirus?
Global Issues News Headlines - 12 hours ago
May 14 (IPS) - This week, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced it will donate A$10 million to help fund an Australian trial testing whether a very old vaccine, BCG, can be used against a new threat, COVID-19. So what is the BCG vaccine and what might its place be in the fight against coronavirus? Read the full story, “Could BCG, a 100-year-old Vaccine for Tuberculosis, Protect Against Coronavirus?”, on globalissues.org →
WATCH: Cops Brutally Attack Mom in Front of Her Child for Improperly Wearing Mask
[image: mask]The NYPD are going to great lengths to enforce social distancing, including attacking innocent mothers in front of their young children for improperly wearing a mask.
In The Time Of COVID-19: Alaska Oil Spill Response
Sunday, April 12th was just like any other “normal” day adjusting to our new “normal” of “flattening the curve” during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the preceding weeks, states on the west coast of the United States had instituted #StayHome policies to slow the transmission of the deadly novel virus spreading across the globe since late […]
German Chancellor Merkel Accuses Russia Of Hacking The German Parliament And Stealing Her Emails
Merkel speaks to German lawmakers © REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke *Euronews/AP:* *Merkel says Germany has ‘hard evidence’ of Russian hacking* German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said there is "hard evidence" that she was targeted by Russian hackers in what she called "outrageous" spying attempts. The comments follow reports in German news outlet Der Spiegel that Russian military intelligence had obtained emails from her parliamentary office in 2015. Germany's intelligence service has repeatedly accused Russian hackers of spying on lawmakers or leading politicians. The Bundestag, Germ... more »
Erasing Hate: Advocates Combat Anti-Asian Bias Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Since the coronavirus crisis began in Wuhan, China, Asian and Asian American students have faced an increase in discrimination on U.S. campuses, as their classmates misplace blame for the pandemic. Months ago, students reported xenophobic remarks, pointed looks and avoidance from their peers. But even with classes moved online, they continue to deal with harassment.
Pentagon's Bio-warfare labs
By Dilyana Gaytandzhieva The US Army regularly produces deadly viruses, bacteria and toxins in direct violation of the UN Convention on the prohibition of Biological Weapons. Hundreds of thousands of unwitting people are systematically exposed to dangerous pathogens and other incurable diseases. Bio warfare scientists using diplomatic cover test man-made viruses at Pentagon bio laboratories in 25 countries across the world. These US bio-laboratories are funded by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) under a $ 2.1 billion military program– Cooperative Biological Engagement ... more »
Some people favor extremely unlikely, contrived hypotheses
Under the article about Witten's spaceships, we had exchanges with Jakub Scholtz, a postdoc at Durham. Of course, I remember him as a brilliant Harvard undergrad whom I was officially supervising as a coach of a sort – which means about one or two meetings per year. We should have done more than this bare minimum! ;-) But there was something Czech about our staying near the minimum. At any rate, in Fall 2019, he and James Unwin submitted a paper that Witten has built upon, one proposing that some anomalies in the Solar System are explained by something better than the ninth planet, ... more »
Some Synthetic Biology May Not be Covered by the Biological Weapons Convention
Synthetic Biology Experiment (Source: U.S. Dept. of Defense, https://tinyurl.com/ydg3ab56; U.S. Government Photo) The study of viruses once challenged the world’s notion of what is “biological,” and for a time it was unclear whether viruses were regulated by the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC). Lying “at the edge of life,” viruses likely were not banned as a biological weapon until they were defined as a biological agent in 1969, more than 40 years after the first multilateral treaty prohibited biological warfare. Viruses infect their hosts by multiplying through living cells,... more »
England’s medical cannabis market shows little growth as of early 2020
England’s medical cannabis market has barely gotten off the ground since launching about 19 months ago, with a two-tier system in which few patients access products through legal channels while most resort to illicit suppliers. Looking ahead, however, some industry insiders are hopeful that recently implemented import rules could boost the number of legal medical cannabis prescriptions […] England’s medical cannabis market shows little growth as of early 2020 is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Rep. Mike Gallagher Pushes for More Frigates in the U.S. Navy
*Peter Suciu* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2007%3Anewsml_GM1DUONESNAA&share=true] About time? More than 1,000 defense industry jobs will be headed to northeast Wisconsin as the U.S. Navy has announced that Fincantieri Marinette Marine was awarded contracts worth up to $5.5 billion to design and build the service’s new class of frigates. The company, which was founded in 1942 along the Menominee River in Marinette, Wisconsin, has become a world-class shipbuilder, having designed and built more than 1,500 vessels. The U.S.... more »
Time to Put the Broken and Bloated F-35 Program to Rest?
*Ross Marchand* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2018%3Anewsml_RC13882E0240&share=true] The debate continues over how to spend America's defense dollars. Every day, the federal debt grows to new heights previously thought unimaginable. In 2008, fiscal hawks such as the late, great Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) were apoplectic that the national debt was at $10 trillion. Just 12 short years later, taxpayers are being asked to foot an astounding $25 trillion bill for federal debt. And the spending palooza shows no signs of letting ... more »
Krikorian-Caplan Debate Results: A Little Analysis
Last week’s debate had before-and-after voting. Here are the results for the resolution, “The current pandemic makes it all the more necessary for the federal government to tighten restrictions on immigration.” Though I won, my general view is that the standard debate voting mechanism is deeply flawed. Notice: If you defend a position no one […] The post Krikorian-Caplan Debate Results: A Little Analysis appeared first on Econlib.
Turning 50 in a Time of Pandemic
[image: turning-50-in-a-time-of-pandemic] While I’ll always have slight regret about not having my party as planned, my birthday weekend was way better than it would have been without this pandemic.
Exploiting COVID19, Big Tech Censors Become Big Brother
[image: exploiting-covid19-big-tech-censors-become-big-brother] Citing concerns about “misinformation” surrounding the coronavirus, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Google, and more are cracking down on free speech like never before.
Consumer, Producer Prices Plunge in April
[image: consumer-producer-prices-plunge-in-april] The average American household is holding its breath, financially speaking, not spending money until they feel it's safe to do so.
New Report Reveals Big Oil’s COVID Lobby Bonanza
Big Oil is wasting no time exploiting the coronavirus for profit. Polluters fought hard for kickbacks in the first coronavirus stimulus package and they are undoubtedly up to it again. As Trump and the GOP continue their crusade to prop up Big Oil, we must stop the fossil fuel industry from snatching more taxpayer money. Highlights of the report include: At least 11 oil and gas companies and trade associations reported lobbying on tax issues in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the $2.2 trillion stimulus package passed in March. The filings indicate ... more »
First Somali Congressperson Legitimizes AFRICOM And US Drone War
United States representatives, no matter their racial or ethnic backgrounds, appear unable to perceive the inherent white supremacy in the notion that the US has some altruistic responsibility to police the continent of Africa with military troops and supervisors. As a result, "people of color," such as the Somali-"American" Congresswoman IIhan Omar provide political and moral cover to the presence of the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) and the dubious claims about “US interests” on the continent. Only an erasure of brutal European colonization from history and its “Scramble for Af... more »
To Re-Open Safely We Need A ‘Health Force’ Of Disease Detectives
Conservative governors are now openly at odds with epidemiologists as plans move ahead for more than half the states to loosen social distancing and permit many businesses to re-open this month despite none of them meeting White House Coronavirus Taskforce guidelines. Unlike re-openings in China, Hong Kong and South Korea where new cases fell rapidly after aggressive containment efforts, the United States, with nearly 1.4 million cases and over 81,000 COVID-19 deaths (as of May 11), must follow a different model. Many critics blame the Trump Administration’s laggard scale-u... more »
Never the Aggressor: Israel Is Convinced of Its Own Benevolence
The violence perpetrated by Israel is always glorious and the soldiers who are killed in the process are always symbols of patriotism and sacrifice. The post Never the Aggressor: Israel Is Convinced of Its Own Benevolence appeared first on MintPress News.
Loving Sullivan, loathing Barr!
*THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2020Life in these tribalized times:* Friend, do you suffer a famous misfortune? Do you "live in interesting times?" Let's put that a different way. Is it possible that you live in highly *tribalized* times? If you do, you will likely be propagandized every day of the week. Consider Michael Crowley's report in this morning's New York Times, a report about Judge Emmet Sullivan, the federal judge who is handling the Michael Flynn case. Are you being propagandized when you read Crowley's report? We're going to say that a case could be made. Below, you see paragr... more »
Depressing, but probably accurate - and very important
Charles Hugh Smith, whom we've met many times in these pages, has a gloomy forecast for the economy in the short to medium term. It's depressing reading, but it's *vitally* important to understand what's probably heading towards us. Too many people are only looking at superficial details, not examining the "big picture" and planning (or failing to plan) accordingly. Mr. Smith doesn't make that mistake. Here's an excerpt. Bold, underlined text is my emphasis. While the stock market euphorically front-runs the Fed and a V-shaped recovery, the reality is *the crash has only just b... more »
What Happens If President Trump Tests Positive For The Virus?
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak press briefing in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 11, 2020. Kevin Lamarque/REUTERS *Bloomberg: **If the President Tests Positive for the Virus, What Happens? * (Bloomberg Businessweek) -- The news last week that President Trump’s valet and Vice President Pence’s press secretary had both contracted the coronavirus sent a scare through the White House. While officials said both leaders subsequently tested negative, the episode raised a worrisome possibility: What happens if Tru... more »
Legalise Freedom Interview: Colin E. Davis and Melissa Mari – V is for Virus: Part One
* Legalise Freedom is always linked in the sidebar* *Much thanks to Greg Moffitt for providing this freely to us all* Colin E. Davis and Melissa Mari – V is for Virus: Part One *"In this two-part show, we examine some of the inconsistencies surrounding the official story about so-called COVID-19 and the heavy-handed government response to it. Was crashing the global economy and bankrupting millions of people really an appropriate response to a disease that has thus far killed the equivalent of the population of a large town? We also consider the acquiescent and apathetic public react... more »
Sophie Gregoire has separated from Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Sophie Gregoire have separated. While Trudeau continues to reside at Rideau Cottage, Gregoire is now residing with the couple’s children at Harrington Lake, the Prime Minister’s wooded retreat outside of Ottawa. Sources tell The Chronicle
(A Much Needed) Musical Interlude: Moody Blues, "The Voice"
Moody Blues, "The Voice"
The Dangers of Pandemic Compensation
Smug assertions of liability in history are often incautious things. They constitute a fruit salad mix: assertions of the wishful thinkers; hopes of the crazed; the quest of genuinely aggrieved generations who feel that wrongs need to be rectified (the Elgin Marbles and transatlantic slavery come to mind). Before you […]
"Covid-19 Pandemic Updates 5/14/20"
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Delaying primaries helps protect incumbents as well as voters
Robert Boatright, Professor of Political Science, Clark University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 13 hours ago
To many, the idea that states might cancel or postpone their primary elections as a response to the COVID-19 epidemic sounds undemocratic. What's the political effect of these postponements?
What the coronavirus crisis reveals about vulnerable populations behind bars and on the streets
Sheryl Kubiak, Dean and Professor of Social Work, Wayne State University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 13 hours ago
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, missteps in transitioning the incarcerated back to their communities places this already vulnerable populace at greater risk of getting and transmitting the virus.
FBI Accidentally Reveals Name Of Saudi Official Suspected Of Directing Support For 9/11 Hijackers
*Yahoo News:* *EXCLUSIVE: In court filing, FBI accidentally reveals name of Saudi official suspected of directing support for 9/11 hijackers* WASHINGTON — The FBI inadvertently revealed one of the U.S. government’s most sensitive secrets about the Sept. 11 terror attacks: the identity of a mysterious Saudi Embassy official in Washington who agents suspected had directed crucial support to two of the al-Qaida hijackers. The disclosure came in a new declaration filed in federal court by a senior FBI official in response to a lawsuit brought by families of 9/11 victims that accuses ... more »
Ag issues central in US-UK trade talks
bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
14-May-2020 US farm groups are looking for big wins as U.S. negotiators push the U.K. to abandon European barriers to agricultural trade in the countries' first round of trade talks, according to officials aware of the proceedings.
Pompeo presses Israel to distance from China
bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
14-May-2020 A China-Israel agreement could strengthen the Chinese influence in the management of the new port at Haifa. This is a scenario that keeps the Americans awake at night.
Ortiz Construcciones y Proyectos S.A. v. Algeria's arbitration
bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
14-May-2020 Spanish contractor Ortiz Construcciones y Proyectos S.A. lost an investment treaty arbitration against Algeria brought before ICSID.
Obama signals to Judge Sullivan, not to free Michael Flynn (Video)
The Duran Quick Take: Episode 550. More The post Obama signals to Judge Sullivan, not to free Michael Flynn (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
Russia’s S-400 causes first casualties for F-35 as Lockheed Martin runs out of parts once made in Turkey
The timely production of key components for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fifth-generation multirole combat aircraft has been put out of whack thanks to US lawmakers’ decision to kick senior development partner Turkey out of the programme, Breaking Defense has reported, citing a fresh report by the Government Accountability Office. According to the spending […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Roscoe's Rascals
*“Politics: the art of using euphemisms, lies, emotionalism and fear-mongering to dupe average people into accepting--or even demanding--their own enslavement.” ― Larken Rose*
Japan lifts the state of emergency in 39 out of 47 prefectures on decreasing Covid-19
Japan lifts the state of emergency in 39 out of 47 prefectures on decreasing Covid-19 Sawako Utsumi and Chika Mori Modern Tokyo Times Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan announced the lifting of the state of emergency to the majority of the country. Hence, 39 out of 47 prefectures were lifted from the state of […]
US Immunologist Warns of ‘Darkest Winter’ If Coronavirus Rebounds
Immunologist Dr. Rick Bright made his prediction in testimony prepared for his appearance before the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Armed Militia Successfully Blocking Cops from Arresting Barber for Defying Lockdown
[image: militia]An armed militia has rallied around an elderly barber in Michigan to block police who try to arrest him for cutting hair during the lockdown.
After Police Ignored Her Complaints, Cop Beat Wife So Badly Her Eye Came Out of Her Head
[image: woman]A woman reported her police officer husband multiple times for beating her, but police did nothing until he allegedly beat her so badly, her eye came out of her head.
"Covid-19 Pandemic Updates 5/14/20"
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These Submarines Have Made Iran's Navy The World's Fourth-Strongest
*Mark Episkopos* *Security, * Iran’s submarine force is by far the most numerous and technically capable arm of its navy and slated to remain so for the foreseeable future given Tehran's geopolitical investment in the Gulf region. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *Iran has no need to project power sea power around the world, or even across the Middle East. Instead, the Iranian navy is constituted and organized around the specific goal of securing the Persian Gulf and specifically the Hormuz Strait. Tensions *continue to mount* between Washington and Iran, with every week bring... more »
Iran’s Khorramshahr Missile Is a Copy... of a Copy (Thanks, North Korea)
*Caleb Larson* *Technology, Middle East* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2011%3Anewsml_GM1E79M1H9Q01&share=true] Copy-ception? The Khorramshahr missile is classic Iran—vintage Soviet technology adapted by another country, and then again upgraded and tweaked by Iran. This makes the Khorramshahr a copy… of a copy. North Korea has been a steadfast exporter of weapons to Iran and that is where Tehran first got its hands on the adapted Soviet missile. *Far Reach—and Far-reaching Consequences* Iran’s missile arsenal is massive and represents perhaps ... more »
Former Iraq War Official: Trump Should Pursue Iran ‘Regime Collapse’ Strategy
*Matthew Petti* *Security, * But he was careful to emphasize that he doesn’t want another Iraq War. A former official in the U.S.-led provisional government in Iraq called for President Donald Trump to pursue a “regime collapse” strategy towards Iran in order to prevent an “almost inevitable war” in the Middle East. Trump is entering what could be the last few months of his term, and a United Nations arms embargo on Iran is expiring just before November’s presidential election. Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA) chief executive Michael Makovsky offered Trum... more »
The Navy Wants Dispersible Robotic Warships To Push Back On Chinese Missiles
*David Axe* *Security, * And quickly strike back. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The Navy is putting serious money behind its new fleet architecture, O’Rourke explained. The Navy is requesting $629 million in 2020 for research and development for three major unmanned ship programs and their enabling technologies. The service wants to spend a total of $4.5 billion on the efforts though 2024. While the American fleet throughout its history has shifted back and forth between naval concepts favoring fewer large ships or more smaller ones, the fleet architecture currently under ... more »
Nukes Couldn't Kill Her: Wreck of Battleship USS Nevada Discovered on Ocean Floor
*Peter Suciu* *History, * "Nevada is an iconic ship that speaks to American resilience and stubbornness," said Dr. James Delgado, senior vice president, and lead maritime archeologist for SEARCH. "Rising from its watery grave after being sunk at Pearl Harbor, it survived torpedoes, bombs, shells, and two atomic blasts," To say that the USS Nevada (BB-36) was "tough" would be a colossal understatement. The warship was rushed into service during the First World War, survived Pearl Harbor, and during the Second World War supported the D-Day landings in Normandy and then the invasi... more »
Why Women Are Leading the Fight Against Coronavirus
*Louise Champoux-Paillé, Anne-Marie Croteau* *Public Health, World* [image: Reuters] It would be easy to conclude outright that women make better leaders than men. Our academic education and experience as certified corporate directors, however, tell us that would be an overly simplistic verdict, and it’s actually more complicated than that. Since the beginning of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, there’s been a lot of media attention paid to the relationship between female leaders at the helm of various nations and the effectiveness of their handling of the COVID-19 crisis. The ... more »
F-35 Program Still Has Problems: U.S. Government Report
*Peter Suciu* *Security, * Stealth can't hide these issues. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has warned that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, despite producing more aircraft and at negotiated lower prices in 2019, is not meeting the standards that the aircraft's customers might expect. The GAO said that the standards "aimed at ensuring consistent, high-quality products, and fielded aircraft do not meet reliability goals." This was the fifth GAO report to Congress on the Lockheed-Martin F-35 and was prepared under the provision that Congress included in stat... more »
Paradox of Social Distancing: How Coronavirus Helps Us Grow Closer to Our Co-Workers
*Andrew Gaudes* *Public Health, World* [image: Reuters] Working from home means people see their co-workers in a different and more personal context. While driving to work in the first week of 2020, I came upon the aftermath of a horrific vehicle collision involving a pedestrian. An hour later, I was in a meeting with colleagues at Brock University. Although still disturbed by what I saw, I didn’t share the experience with anyone. A few days later, Ukrainian Airline Flight 752 was shot down by Iranian missiles, killing everyone on board — including dozens of Canadians who were c... more »
Hexo received NYSE warning in early April over low stock price
Hexo is the latest Canadian cannabis producer to run afoul of the New York Stock Exchange’s continued listing standards due to a low stock price. The Ontario-based company was warned by the NYSE last month that its shares, which have fallen below $1, do not meet the exchange’s listing standards. Hexo said it receiving the notification April 7 before notifying […] Hexo received NYSE warning in early April over low stock price is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
The Future of Travel in the Covid Age Promises Major Changes
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The shock caused by the stagnation of the travel industry, which represents ten percent of the global economy, could spread to the most remote corners of the world. Every time someone travels, a domino effect is triggered that drives dollars into airlines, hotels, restaurants, taxi drivers, artisans, tour guides, and […] The post The Future of Travel in the Covid Age Promises Major Changes appeared first on The Rio Times.
Honduran President Hernández Under Pressure After US Indictment of Ex-Police Chief
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - An indictment by the New York District Attorney's Office against the former Honduran police chief, Juan Carlos "El Tigre" Bonilla Valladares, on charges of conspiracy to commit drug trafficking, murder and illegal possession of firearms could further place the Honduran President, Juan Orlando Hernández, in a difficult position. In October […] The post Honduran President Hernández Under Pressure After US Indictment of Ex-Police Chief appeared first on The Rio Times.
Vale and Eletrobras Excluded from World’s Largest Sovereign Investment Fund
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Norwegian Central Bank announced on Wednesday the decision to exclude mining company Vale and state-owned energy company Eletrobras from investments made by the world's largest sovereign fund, which manages a reserve of more than US$1 trillion (R$6 trillion) from oil-generated profits in Norway. The sanction imposed on seven companies, […] The post Vale and Eletrobras Excluded from World’s Largest Sovereign Investment Fund appeared first on The Rio Times.
Mexico: Construction Work for Mayan Train Starts Despite Pandemic
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The state organization for tourism promotion (FONATUR) has announced the start of the construction work on the first section of the Mayan Train (Tren Maya) megaproject. Critics fear that, in addition to the negative ecological and social impacts caused by the construction work, the local population will be exposed to […] The post Mexico: Construction Work for Mayan Train Starts Despite Pandemic appeared first on The Rio Times.
Defense Reports 73,200 Brazilian Military Officers Improperly Received R$600 Aid
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Ministry of Defense reported that 73,242 military officers of the Armed Forces, including active, inactive, career and temporary, pensioners, dependents, and amnestied personnel, have improperly received the R$600 (US$100) emergency aid. In a statement, the portfolio stated that the commands of the three Forces ( Air Force, Navy, and […] The post Defense Reports 73,200 Brazilian Military Officers Improperly Received R$600 Aid appeared first on The Rio Times.
Hunger Gnaws at the Edges of the World: The Twentieth Newsletter (2020)
14 May 2020 — Tricontinental Kanat Bukezhanov, Coronavirus, 2020 Dear Friends, Greetings from the desk of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. On 21 April, the head of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) David Beasley said that the world was experiencing a ‘hunger pandemic’. That day, the Global Network Against Food Crises and the … Continue reading Hunger Gnaws at the Edges of the World: The Twentieth Newsletter (2020)
"How It Really Is, And Should Be"
Network, "Mad as Hell Scene" *"Well, I'm not gonna leave you alone. I want you to get mad!"* - Howard Beale
Massachusetts Contact Tracing Program Handed to Clinton-Linked NGO with Questionable Past
A new contact tracing program was recently unveiled in Massachusetts in partnership with Partners in Health, an NGO with links to US regime change operations, big pharma and the Clinton Foundation. The post Massachusetts Contact Tracing Program Handed to Clinton-Linked NGO with Questionable Past appeared first on MintPress News.
"The Fed Hasn’t Spent a Dime Yet for Main Street Versus $735 Billion for Wall Street"
*"The Fed Hasn’t Spent a Dime Yet for * *Main Street Versus $735 Billion for Wall Street"* By Pam Martens and Russ Martens "The stimulus bill known as the CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act) was signed into law by President Donald Trump on March 27. Among its many features (such as direct checks to struggling Americans and enhancing unemployment compensation by $600 per week for four months to unemployed workers so they could pay their rent and buy food) the bill also carved out a dubious $454 billion (or 25 percent of the total $1.8 trillion spending pack... more »
Mundane and extraordinary mysteries
News 1. Don’t start stressing out over who will be part of your “bubble family” yet Jennifer Henderson covered yesterday’s COVID-19 briefing for the Halifax Examiner, and reports that we shouldn’t expect the province to adopt the bubble family concept anytime soon. (The idea behind bubble families is that you choose one or two other […]
New Stanford Study on COVID-19 and the Dilemma of ‘Lockdown’ Policy
*Uncommon Knowledge* | Mixed results on new serology study, and a warning of very real health risks resulting from a prolonged 'lockdown.'
"States Are Now Wrestling With The Biggest Budget Crisis They Have Faced In All Of U.S. History"
*"States Are Now Wrestling With The Biggest Budget * *Crisis They Have Faced In All Of U.S. History"* by Michael Snyder "Most U.S. states are seeing tax revenues completely and utterly collapse during this COVID-19 pandemic, and some are already begging the federal government for bailout money. Because if dramatic intervention does not happen, many states are going to have to start savagely slashing their expenditures, and that could mean unprecedented job losses on the state government level. Typically, state government bureaucrats make above average salaries and those jobs often ... more »
National Coronavirus insanity and World Government
Coronavirus observations; Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ~Plato “None are so hopelessly enslaved, as those who falsely believe they are free. The truth has been kept from the depth of their minds by masters who rule them with lies. They feed […]
Taiwan says the WHO has purposely conspired with China by locking it out of meetings
Just In - 14 hours ago
Taiwan's Vice-President says China and the WHO have conspired for political purposes to keep it out of key meetings and the body has "forgotten" its professionalism and neutrality by locking Taiwan out.
Reopening Isn’t Reopening—It’s Cutting Off Unemployment
In case you wondered why conservative states are all gung ho about reopening....
Russia’s Aerospace Forces Prepare Training for Kinzhal Hypersonic Missiles
Russia’s Aerospace Forces Prepare Training for Kinzhal Hypersonic Missiles Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor By: Roger McDermott The Jamestown Foundation Russia’s Aerospace Forces (Vozdushno Kosmicheskikh Sil—VKS) are preparing to create a MiG-31K regiment in the Siberian city of Kansk, in the Central Military District (MD), fully equipped with Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic missiles. The training of flight crews […]
Wisconsin High Court Tosses Out Governor’s Stay-Home Order
While the decision lifts caps on the size of gatherings, allowing people to travel and allowing shuttered businesses to reopen, the court let stand language that had closed schools. Local governments can still impose their own health restrictions.
36 Million Have Sought US Unemployment Aid Since Coronavirus Hit
While nearly 3 million additional people applied for job aid, the number of first-time applications has now declined for six straight weeks.
NHS To Tackle Climate Emergency!
By Paul Homewood h/t Dave Ward Money to burn!! https://findajob.dwp.gov.uk/details/4192649 Worried about catching coronavirus? Never mind, at least the NHS is going to save the planet! Better still, we’ll all be equal, diverse and included in Middlesex! https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/xi/vacancy/916048348
Gates Digital Certificate - Altering the Narrative
Back on April 7, 2020, I posted this missive on Bill Gates and his vision for a post-COVID-19 utopia. In that posting, I linked to a recent TED discussion that Bill Gates used to propagate his viewpoint. As background, TED is a: "*...nonpartisan nonprofit devoted to spreading **ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks. TED began in 1984 as as conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today, covers almost all topics - from science to business to global issues...**TED is a global community, welcoming people from every discipline and culture wh... more »
"The Collapse of Main Street and Local Tax Revenues Cannot Be Reversed"
*"The Collapse of Main Street and * *Local Tax Revenues Cannot Be Reversed"* by Charles Hugh-Smith "To understand the long-term consequences of the pandemic on Main Street and local tax revenues, we need to consider first and second order effects. The immediate consequences of lockdowns and changes in consumer behavior are first-order effects: closures of Main Street, job losses, massive Federal Reserve bailouts of the top 0.1%, loan programs for small businesses, stimulus checks to households that earned less than $200,000 last year, and so on. The second-order effects cannot be b... more »
Tweets For Today
For the latest developments around the coronavirus outbreak, follow @Reuters Liveblog https://t.co/cEBwkoEQ5P pic.twitter.com/IeFl4BCYGo — Reuters (@Reuters) May 14, 2020 #UPDATE The European Union's medicines agency suggested on Thursday that a #vaccine for the #coronavirus could be ready in year, even as the World Health Organization warned that the disease may never go away https://t.co/VNEjVLD0WQ #EMA — AFP news agency (@AFP) May 14, 2020 Russia's coronavirus cases pass 250,000, lowest daily rise in almost two weeks https://t.co/ZI8UtOU9Bf pic.twitter.com/ngYkhG7NM2 — Reute... more »
Shall We Break Up?
For the Symposium on Timothy William Waters's Boxing Pandora: Rethinking Borders, States, and Secession in a Democratic World (Yale University Press, 2020) and F. H. Buckley's American Secession: The Looming Threat of a National Breakup (Encounter Books, 2020). Robert Tsai In *American Secession*, F.H. Buckley has written a slim and breezy volume that pleads for recognition of the right to secede based on the compact theory of the U.S. Constitution and, bowing to the low prospects of that happening anytime soon, presents a menu of second-best solutions that might captur... more »
"Economic Market Snapshot AM 5/14/20"
*AM 5/14/20* ○ *"The more I see of the moneyed classes, * *the more I understand the guillotine."* - George Bernard Shaw ○ ○ Gregory Mannarino, *AM* *5/14/2020: * *"This 'Coffin Economy' Will Get Negative Rates"* - https://traderschoice.net/ ○ *MarketWatch Market Summary, Live Updates* - https://www.marketwatch.com/tools/marketsummary *CNN Market Data:* - http://money.cnn.com/data/markets/ *CNN Fear And Greed Index:* - http://money.cnn.com/data/fear-and-greed/ ○ *A comprehensive, essential daily read.* - http://www.shadowstats.com/ *"Daily Update (May 13th to May 15th)* ○ *Daily Job Cut... more »
What’s in a New Bill to “Warn” Americans Downloading Foreign Apps?
Rep. Jim Banks speaks at the 2014 Conservative Political Action Conference. (By: Gage Skidmore, https://flic.kr/p/kSZzNQ; CC BY-SA 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/) On April 21, Rep. Jim Banks introduced a bill into Congress, the Online Consumer Protection Act of 2020. Its purpose? “To require software marketplace operators and developers of covered foreign software to provide to consumers a warning prior to the download of such software.” The press release accompanying the bill noted, “Some phone apps are fun and useful, others are counterintelligence threats... more »
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From Jenna Orkin Half of Illinois’ COVID-19 deaths linked to retirement homes. Five key facts you should know. – Wirepoints World's Largest Sovereign Wealth Fund Faces Record Withdrawal Deleted tweet by Saudi Arabia's prison authority said Prince Mohammed bin Naif was being treated after heart attack. Fauci warns there’s a risk rushing a coronavirus vaccine. Here’s why Price of Groceries Jumped in April Amid Coronavirus Pandemic THE UNRAVELING OF THE DEEP STATE'S COUP AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP | OPINION FACEBOOK WILL STOP LABELING FAKE NEWS BECAUSE IT BACKFIRED, MADE MORE USERS BELIEVE HO... more »
Are Things Getting Better?
Good numbers coming out of States that are opening. America is getting its life back! Vaccine work is looking VERY promising, before end of year. Likewise, other solutions! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 14, 2020 *WNU Editor*: I understand that every leader in the world is trying to project a positive image. President Trump is not the only one. But among the people I trust and know, they are all telling me that a vaccine is at least a year away if not longer (not before the end of the year). They are also warning me that it will probably not be 100% effective. They are n... more »
Wikipedia : A Disinformation Operation? [UPDATE: Virgil Griffith, Aaron Swartz & Lockerbie]
Originally posted on Intel Today: “Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.” Francis Bacon “This story is demented and broken on so many levels, it is quite difficult to know where to begin, even. Here we have an excellent Wikipedia administrator who has been victimized by lunatic conspiracy theorists, a private person who…
Horrific Side-Effect Of Covid-19 Revealed – It Has Ability To Mutate Us Into Something Unimaginable!
Lisa Haven | May 13, 2020 By Lisa Haven While nobody really knows what the world will look like on the other side of of the coronavirus pandemic, everyone has an opinion from economists, financiers, executives, all the way to policymakers? In the video, below I reveal what these “powerful people” have in store … Continue reading Horrific Side-Effect Of Covid-19 Revealed – It Has Ability To Mutate Us Into Something Unimaginable! →
Bill Gates’ Plan to Use Invisible Ink to Tattoo Vaccination Status into Children’s Skin
Originally posted on Decoded-Information: Karen Weintraub, writing for the Scientific American, a pro-Pharma and pro-vaccine publication, has just reported that a group of Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have just developed Source: Bill Gates’ Plan to Use Invisible Ink to Tattoo Vaccination Status into Children’s Skin
“This is a joke, right?”: CNN Coronavirus Town Hall to Feature Climate Activist Greta Thunberg
Originally posted on Decoded-Information: ‘Cuz a teenager best known for skipping school is who CNN considers an expert virologist’ Source: “This is a joke, right?”: CNN Coronavirus Town Hall to Feature Climate Activist Greta Thunberg
Canada Sends $790 Million to Bill Gates Organization to Push Global Vaccination
Group also works with World Health Organization Tom Pappert | National File – May 13, 2020 Image Credits: Drew Angerer / Staff / Getty. Canada is sending $790 million to an organization founded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that works with the World Health Organization to make vaccines available across the world. As … Continue reading Canada Sends $790 Million to Bill Gates Organization to Push Global Vaccination →
Horrific Side-Effect Of Covid-19 Revealed – It Has Ability To Mutate Us Into Something Unimaginable! | Lisa Haven News
Originally posted on Decoded-Information: By Lisa Haven While nobody really knows what the world will look like on the other side of of the coronavirus pandemic, everyone has an opinion from economists, financiers, executives, all the way … Source: Horrific Side-Effect Of Covid-19 Revealed – It Has Ability To Mutate Us Into Something Unimaginable! |…
Contact Tracing: Wash. Gov. to Use Mass Surveillance to Quarantine Anyone Crossing Paths With Covid Carrier
Originally posted on Decoded-Information: The day-to-day activities of Washington residents to be watched & tracked Source: Contact Tracing: Wash. Gov. to Use Mass Surveillance to Quarantine Anyone Crossing Paths With Covid Carrier
Air Force Colonel Who Commanded 21st Space Wing Found Dead at Home | Military.com
Originally posted on Decoded-Information: Col. Thomas Falzarano was found unresponsive at his home and pronounced dead at the scene, the 21st said in a news release. Source: Air Force Colonel Who Commanded 21st Space Wing Found Dead at Home | Military.com
The Biggest and Longest False Flag Ever — Rinus Verhagen Tuesday, May 12, 2020 – CORONA VIRUS and BILL GATES CRIMINAL activities | saintandrewstwinflame
May 13, 2020 by fromthefirstorder The Biggest and Longest False Flag Ever — Rinus Verhagen Tuesday, May 12, 2020 Operation Disclosure | By Rinus Verhagen, Contributor May 12, 2020 How does the Elite intend to carry out the Genocide on the world&#… Bill Gates, HR 6666, Remdesivir, Deaths in Italy — Jon Rappoport How the … Continue reading The Biggest and Longest False Flag Ever — Rinus Verhagen Tuesday, May 12, 2020 – CORONA VIRUS and BILL GATES CRIMINAL activities | saintandrewstwinflame →
The latest Home Office response about Julian #Assange the #WikiLeaks publisher — WISE Up Action – A Solidarity Network for Manning and Assange
Originally posted on New Human New Earth Communities: Hundreds of letters are being sent to the Home Office in support of Julian Assange. Keep writing them, keep posting them and share their replies so all of us get the latest government position on the matter and further letters … Continue reading → via The latest Home…
CFP: Special Issue on: Engineering Ethics: Bridging the Theory-Practice Gap
Ethical Technology - 14 hours ago
*Details* *Invited Contributions* Steve Fuller - University of Warwick, UK Dylan Cawthorne – University of Southern Denmark *Submission Due Date* Initial paper submission deadline: December 1, 2020 Initial round of review to be completed by: February 1, 2021 Revised paper submission deadline: March 1, 2021 Second round of review to be completed by: April 1, 2021 Submission of accepted papers for journal copyediting processes: May 1, 2021 Publication of special section papers: July 2021
Lame Street Media - Four Variations Of The Same Theme - Four Poems by M.N. Hopkins
*Version # 1* *Lame Street Media* *Bypassing reality* *Presenting non-truths* *©** 2020 M.N. Hopkins* *Version # 2* *Lame Street Media* *Keep folks scared and misinformed * *Leading folks off cliffs* *©** 2020 M.N. Hopkins* *Version # 3* *Lame Street Media* *Liars behind the curtain* *Pushing agendas* *©** 2020 M.N. Hopkins* *Version # 4* *Lame Street Media* *Ushering in a death march* *Quoting statistics* *©** 2020 M.N. Hopkins* *Note: I wrote these poems a few days ago inspired by current events that are leading more and more people to look behind the c... more »
Missing component of innate immune signaling identified
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-component-innate-immune.html
#SpaceX #Falcon 9 booster set for record-breaking landing after lessons learned from engine failure
https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-falcon-9-record-landing-engine-failure/
South Africa steps up to help #Madagascar test herbal cure for #Covid-19
http://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20200508-south-africa-steps-up-to-help-madagascar-test-herbal-cure-for-covid-19?fbclid=IwAR0inoiodadsBkKnyjEqNgeUrLrxfRPgtED8O2y5ETXg-fGifu8dqMzifKI
Secrets Of Mysterious Numbers 3-6-9 Are Revealed By Famous Nikola #Tesla
https://trueblog.net/secrets-of-mysterious-numbers-3-6-9-are-revealed-by-famous-nikola-tesla-3048/
Another Inner Sun And a Human Civilization May Exist Inside The Earth (New Theory)
https://trueblog.net/another-inner-sun-and-a-human-civilization-may-exist-inside-the-earth-new-theory-3861/
17 Anti-Aging Foods to Boost Glowing Skin
https://brightside.me/creativity-cooking/17-anti-aging-foods-to-boost-glowing-skin-534010/?utm_source=fb_brightside&utm_medium=fb_organic&utm_campaign=fb_gr_brightside_mini
Scientists achieve teleportation breakthrough
https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/scientists-achieve-teleportation-breakthrough?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1589398866
Art Auction to help Savage campaign
*The Lisa for Maine Art Auction will be LIVE on May 21, at 5:30 p.m. Bidding on pieces featured on this page starts May 18!*Support Lisa Savage’s campaign for U.S. Senate and local Maine artists by bidding on their work in a silent auction or by Zooming in for the live event. Even if you aren’t planning to bid, feel free to join us for the virtual event for a fun and uplifting time with Auctioneer Richard Roberts!Pieces linked below are ready for bidding via our Google Form. High bids will begin to be announced on May 18 for certain items below at 6 p.m. The leading bid will the... more »
Picture Of The Day
A member exercises at the McFIT Studio fitness centre in Cologne, western Germany, early on 11 May 2020, as the place reopened at midnight after the lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. - The 62 McFIT Studios in North Rhine-Westphalia reopened its doors at midnight for all its members and was one of the first fitness centres to reopen in Germany. © AFP 2020 / Ina Fassbender *WNU Editor:* The above picture came from this photo-gallery .... *Back to Normal? Scenes of Daily Life in Europe as Countries Start Lifting Coronavirus Restrictions* (Sputnik).
Harper On The COVID Crisis
Stephen Harper has finally chimed in on our present crisis. Susan Delacourt writes: True to his convictions, born in the time of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, Harper makes the case that government will have to shrink when this spending splurge is over. Or, in Thatcher’s immortal words, there is no such thing as society when the bills start coming in. That’s when we’ll need the markets again. “Right now, as in wartime, we face extreme needs for physical and financial security,” Harper writes. “But as needs shift to jobs, growth and wealth creation — and those needs will be ... more »
Biden Can’t Return Things To Normal, Because Trump Is A Normal US President. That’s The Problem.
“I am with Joe Biden all the way- let’s get this country back to where it was before the orange man started destroying it!!!”, reads a viral tweet by tennis legend Martina Navratilova that was going around recently. This idea that Obama’s vice president will restore normality […]
On Design
I have posted the following comment to the American Thinker site, in response to an article about the failure of modern science, or scientism: *I am a scientist, now 72 years old. I am an INDEPENDENT scientist -- a physicist -- with no connections (for the past 25 years) to academia or any institution. Twenty-three years ago, I made the greatest discovery in history, of what can only be called "The Great Design of the 'gods' ". Yes, 'gods' means the all-powerful, and fictional, characters in early world's myths. Only they were based upon a past reality, real beings, who in fact rema... more »
Judge In Flynn Cases Goes Full Resist Wacko As Pressure Builds On Barack Hussein Obama
[image: meme: original source, unknown] by Barbara Boyd, barbara@lpac-organizers.com *Be the first to get our updates on this fast moving political situation, we're leading the charge to put the traitors in jail. Text VICTORY to (833)722-3622 - standard message rates apply, and we NEVER spam. You can always reply STOP to leave.* May 13th. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan has gone full RESIST as the result of the United States Department of Justice moving to dismiss the case before him concerning former Lt. General Michael Flynn. The clown show now being proposed by Judge Sullivan... more »
Obama's Name Surfaces in Russiagate Fraud, Former DOJ Officials Attack Barr
Obama's Name Surfaces in Russiagate Fraud, Former DOJ Officials Attack Barr Video of Obama's Name Surfaces in Russiagate Fraud, Former DOJ Officials Attack Barr As more evidence emerges of the role played by former President Obama in instigating and directing the "Russia Meddling and Collusion" probe against President Trump, nearly 2,000 retired DOJ officials—a core grouping of the "permanent bureaucracy"—signed a letter calling for the resignation of Attorney General Barr, for his decision to dismiss the case against General Michael Flynn. WHO ARE THEY PROTECTING? Every wee... more »
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*Demanding a Refund: Duke is Latest University to Be Sued Amid Pandemic Lockdown* Following in the footsteps of students in several class action lawsuits against top colleges, students of the elite Duke University in North Carolina are demanding a refund for their expensive education destroyed by the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic. Law firm Hagens Berman, which has taken the reins on several legal actions against expensive colleges not returning money to jilted students, said that the plaintiff in the most recent filing against Duke is simply not getting what he paid for. Hagens B... more »
Parts of UK and US suffer their Lowest May Temperatures on Record
This record spring cold, added to the crippling disaster that is the handling of COVID-19, will no doubt bring on skyrocketing food prices and devastating shortages in the near future. The post Parts of UK and US suffer their Lowest May Temperatures on Record appeared first on Electroverse.
Rumors of War
Will future historians recount how World War III was started by an unknown and rather eccentric American economist obsessed with China and by a president desperate to stay in power by stirring nationalism after a disastrous and unpopular first term? Let’s hope not but consider some troubling trends. In response to a tweet of mine […] The post Rumors of War appeared first on Econlib.
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*Wind Power: Subsidy after Subsidy As the Infant Never Grows Up* A group of bipartisan senators on Thursday asked the Department of Treasury to extend safe harbor deadlines to ensure renewable energy developers are able to secure the tax credits they need to finance their projects. In order to qualify for the production tax credit (PTC) or the investment tax credit (ITC), project developers have to meet certain construction deadlines, but many in the industry are seeing lengthy project delays as a result of supply chain disruptions, workforce shortages and other COVID-19-related se... more »
A whodunit: Journal retracts paper that copied from an unpublished manuscript
A journal has retracted a 2015 paper because it apparently plagiarized a manuscript submitted two years earlier — but we’re scratching our heads about how it all happened. The paper, “Chattering-free variable structure controller design via fractional calculus approach and its application,” was published in Nonlinear Dynamics and has been cited 15 times, according to … Continue reading A whodunit: Journal retracts paper that copied from an unpublished manuscript
The Air Force's F-35C Could Soon Be Carrying Hypersonic Weapons
*David Axe* *Security, * And a big payload. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *All the F-35 variants also come with underwing hardpoints. Crews can hang tons of missiles and bombs from the wings, albeit at the cost of the F-35’s radar stealth. The U.S. military even has a nickname for this configuration: “beast mode.” The U.S. military could hang more weapons under the wings of its F-35 stealth fighters. Lockheed Martin, which assembles the single-engine, radar-evading jets, in early May 2019 revealed a concept for a hypersonic surface-to-air missile that’s compatible with the... more »
The Future: How Campaigns Are Turning to the Internet During the Coronavirus Pandemic
*Jennifer Stromer-Galley* *Politics, Americas* [image: Reuters] Candidates now focus on three areas: social media, campaign-specific mobile apps, and paid advertising on social media. This feels like it could be the most revolutionary moment in U.S. campaign history: Candidates are robbed of the typical ways for connecting with supporters and changing the hearts and minds of the voting public. The coronavirus has ground the presidential campaigns of Joe Biden and Donald Trump to a near halt. Public rallies aren’t happening, and to follow social distancing guidelines, many of the ... more »
This Old U.S. Navy Nuclear Powered Attack Submarine Is Getting Overhauled
*Peter Suciu* *Security, * The Los Angeles-class contains more nuclear submarines than any other class in the world, and 62 of the class have been completed while 41 are still in active service including the USS Boise. This class has nearly unlimited range thanks to its1 SG6 nuclear reactor, which requires refueling after 30 years. The endurance of the boats is around 90 days. The U.S. Navy's Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Boise (SSN 764) will be out of service for the foreseeable future as the submarine undergoes a multi-year engineered overhaul (EOH). Th... more »
How New Technology Helps Maintain Our Mental Health During the Coronavirus Pandemic
*Stéphane Vial* *Public Health, World* [image: Reuters] There are thousands of mobile phone applications to aid in mental health, but very few have been validated scientifically. Over the past few weeks, there has been a considerable and unprecedented increase in awareness of the importance of mental health. In fact, no mental health awareness campaign has ever had as much impact as the one sparked by the COVID-19 crisis. Nearly four billion people are confined to their homes, voluntarily or compulsorily, and are more prone to stress, anxiety, fear, sadness, frustration, irritab... more »
Why The Estonian Military Nickname For America's M14 Rifle Means "Fully Terrible"
*Charlie Gao* *Security, * The worst rifle the U.S. military has ever had? *Here's What You Need To Remember: *Bad experiences with the M14 aren’t exclusive to Americans. The U.S. Army gave 40,000 M14s to the Estonian Defense Forces following their regaining of independence in the 1990s. The Estonians have fielded their own “accurized” version of the M14, the M-14TP2. From soldier accounts, this rifle is not popular at all and is known as “täitsa pask” or “fully terrible.” The M14 is the U.S. military’s worst service rifle. It served as the standard-issue rifle for just six year... more »
From Defeat To Victory: The Liberation of Guam Was a Hard-Fought Battle
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* [image: Marines plant the American flag on Guam, July 21, 1944. U.S. Marine Corps.] The island in the Marianas had been U.S. territory for nearly half a century when it was overrun by the Japanese in 1941. Above all, the island was defendable. From Ritidian Point in the north to the extreme southern coastline, Guam is 34 miles long, made in an irregular shape covering 228 square miles, the largest of all Pacific islands between Japan and New Guinea. It is surrounded by coral reefs, and the island’s mountains rise more than 500 feet. Pre... more »
China's Military Thinks Stealth Is The Future: Is It Right?
*David Axe* *Security, * Can China win the stealth contest? *Here's What You Need To Remember: *If there's one thing that might hold back the JH-XX's development, it's the new plane's engine, just as problems integrating a Chinese-built engine reportedly have slowed development of the J-20 and FC-31 fighters. The Chinese air force is expanding its fleet of J-20 radar-evading stealth fighters while also preparing to field FC-31 stealth fighters and H-20 long-range stealth bombers, the U.S. Defense Department warned in the 2019 edition of its *annual report on Chinese military dev... more »
Amazon’s Shipping Times Slowly Returning to Normal after Weeks of Delays
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Economics, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC2L9G9OGMG8&share=true] Very good news, but it is not over yet. Amazon has announced that it is inching closer to normal operations. This is indeed sweet music to the ears of millions of patience-tested Amazon shoppers, who for weeks were often in the dark about when they would be receiving their ordered products. Amazon didn’t provide exact details about its shipping times, but it appears that the popular one and two-day shipping service is still spotty thr... more »
MIT and Harvard Develop Mask That Lights Up When Detecting Covid-19
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Researchers at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are developing a protective mask that will be capable of detecting if the person is infected with the novel coronavirus. Whenever an individual coughs, sneezes or breathes, a fluorescent light will come on. Scientists believe that this can help […] The post MIT and Harvard Develop Mask That Lights Up When Detecting Covid-19 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Model Used by US Government Projects 88,000 Deaths in Brazil by August
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - One of the main models used by the White House to monitor the numbers on the coronavirus has projected a gloomy scenario for Brazilians in coming months. According to data released this week by the IHME (Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation) at the University of Washington, 88,305 people may […] The post Model Used by US Government Projects 88,000 Deaths in Brazil by August appeared first on The Rio Times.
Several Factors May Push US Dollar Above R$6; Why Analysts Do Not Expect a Drop
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Amid yet another sharp hike in the dollar against the real, the US currency is heading to exceed the R$6 mark, just two months after topping R$5 for the first time in history, in a crisis scenario as a result of both the coronavirus pandemic and heightened political tension. On […] The post Several Factors May Push US Dollar Above R$6; Why Analysts Do Not Expect a Drop appeared first on The Rio Times.
Mandetta Harshly Criticizes Bolsonaro, Projects Over 1,000 Daily Deaths in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Former Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta gave an interview to CNN in the United States on Wednesday, May 13th, in which he harshly criticized President Jair Bolsonaro and the way the government has been dealing with the coronavirus pandemic in Brazil. Mandetta told Christiane Amanpour, the main anchor of the […] The post Mandetta Harshly Criticizes Bolsonaro, Projects Over 1,000 Daily Deaths in Brazil appeared first on The Rio Times.
Bolsonaro’s Tests Delivered to Supreme Court Were Negative for Coronavirus
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The test reports delivered by the government to the Federal Supreme Court (STF) show that President Jair Bolsonaro tested negative for the novel coronavirus. The tests were released to the public on Wednesday, May 13th. The test reports were released only after the 'O Estado de S. Paulo' newspaper petitioned […] The post Bolsonaro’s Tests Delivered to Supreme Court Were Negative for Coronavirus appeared first on The Rio Times.
With Isolation Until end of June, GDP Drop Expected to Exceed six Percent in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to Teles, every two weeks of isolation, the GDP drops 0.70 percentage points, considering the direct loss of R$20 billion for each week. Vladimir Kuhl Teles, the undersecretary for Macroeconomic Policy for the Ministry of Economy, said that if social isolation is maintained until the end of June, this […] The post With Isolation Until end of June, GDP Drop Expected to Exceed six Percent in Brazil appeared first on The Rio Times.
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