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Thomas Paine

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

Saturday, May 2, 2020

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

10 pm MDT

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 21 hours ago
*by Noah* Truckloads of commandeered disinfectant products and syringes! Screams and chants heard coming from the Oval Office! Tsunamis of suds oozing out of the White House windows! The Trumpanzee has completely flipped his wig (or whatever that is) now as he screams "I alone can fix this! I alone can fix this!" Mike Pence, Kellyanne Conway, and Stephen Miller egg him on: "More Tide Pods, Mr. President! More Lysol! Much more Lysol! Add some Clorox Mr. President! Rudy called. He's sending over some spit and sweat. Newt is donating an eye! Try some Hamberder meat! Go, Mr. President... more »

Scuttling New START: Trump’s China Distraction

Binoy KAMPMARK at OrientalReview.org - 21 hours ago
“If we want to preserve strategic stability using arms control as a counterpart of that, as a tool in that toolkit, then China should be in as well.” US Defence Secretary Mark Esper, Defense News, Feb 26, 2020 For a person keen on throwing babies out with their bath water, […]

Harmoniously Denied: The Wider Implications of China’s Censorship on COVID-19

Yves Smith at naked capitalism - 21 hours ago
How China's Covid-19 censorship illustrates how Chinese citizens have internalized what were once top-down controls.

US Drinking water is safe from PFAS

drinkingwateradvisor at The Drinking Water Advisor - 21 hours ago
“U.S. drinking water is safe from the “forever chemicals” known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler told lawmakers Thursday.” click here

Malaysia rounds up undocumented migrants to contain coronavirus spread, police say

Just In - 21 hours ago
Many Malaysians accuse refugees, especially Rohingyas, of spreading coronavirus. Now the police are arresting the foreigners.

June restart plausible, says AFL boss McLachlan

Just In - 21 hours ago
AFL chief Gillon McLachlan is cautiously optimistic following yesterday's National Cabinet meeting — and he leaves open the possibility that the league's hubs model might not be needed to get through the season.

Coronavirus app tracing capability not yet operational, despite 4m downloads

Stephanie Borys at Just In - 21 hours ago
More than 4 million people have downloaded the COVIDSafe app, but the information it collects is not yet available to state and territory health officials.

White House blocks leading medical expert from testifying on coronavirus response

Just In - 21 hours ago
Dr Fauci has clashed several times with Donald Trump over the US response to COVID-19, now the White House has muzzled him.

'Don't mess this up': Queenslanders enjoy the sunshine as coronavirus restrictions ease

Emilie Gramenz, Jennifer Huxley And Johanna Marie at Just In - 21 hours ago
Queenslanders hit the waterways and public spaces on the first day of relaxed restrictions, with residents able to picnic or visit national parks for the first time in weeks.

Cluster of coronavirus cases discovered at Melbourne abattoir as paramedic tests positive

Just In - 21 hours ago
The number of coronavirus cases in Victoria continues to inch up as a paramedic tests positive to the virus and health authorities investigate a cluster at a meat processing plant.

Warming you to Big Brother – NZ ‘considers’ spending $100m on a contact tracing ‘CovidCard’

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 21 hours ago
Contact tracing, the new repackaged Big Brother, is (probably) coming to a place near you. Your corporation is just ‘considering’ it mind, that is ‘code’ for ‘done deal’. Remember this article on the microchip ID citing NZ author, the late Barry Smith? During the 1980s, three mysterious ads in the Sydney Herald foretold Australia’s current … Continue reading Warming you to Big Brother – NZ ‘considers’ spending $100m on a contact tracing ‘CovidCard’ →

Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist Who Discovered HIV Says Coronavirus Was Created In Laboratory

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 21 hours ago
From dr-rath-foundation.org In a highly significant development, Professor Luc Montagnier, the French scientist who shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), has added his voice to those who believe the new coronavirus was created in a laboratory. Interviewed on the CNews channel in France, Montagnier asserted that … Continue reading Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist Who Discovered HIV Says Coronavirus Was Created In Laboratory →

“As a concerned Kiwi and as a member of the not so silent majority, I wish to add a few thoughts to the COVID-19 debate …”

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 21 hours ago
Dear Parliamentarians & others, As a concerned Kiwi and as a member of the not so silent majority, I wish to add a few thoughts to the COVID-19 debate, in particular to see what further practical measures could be taken to hasten the return to normality. At this stage it is clear that the original … Continue reading “As a concerned Kiwi and as a member of the not so silent majority, I wish to add a few thoughts to the COVID-19 debate …” →

Guess who is growing your meat?

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 21 hours ago
corbettreport 403K subscribers Welcome to the 406th episode of New World Next Week — the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Story #1: Bill Gates Worked To End Livestock Production, Pushed Lab Grown Meat https://bit.ly/2YguWlq President Trump Readies … Continue reading Guess who is growing your meat? →

Gerald Celente, "Economic Crash: No V Shape, No U Shape Recovery"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 hours ago
Gerald Celente, *"Economic Crash: No V Shape, No U Shape Recovery"*

Have I had a Covid finger?

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 22 hours ago
I believe that a large portion of the citizens of the Western civilization have been exposed to the virus (and that's the true main reason why the disease is disappearing in many countries). This opinion is confirmed by numerous immunity surveys that have found Covid-19 antibodies in "dozens of percent" of people in many suburbs, districts, or small nations (Santa Clara, Heinsberg, Iran, and many others). Czechia has been spared but I believe that the percentage of immune people is also between 5 and 25 percent here and the fatalities are tiny mainly because the masks guarantee the ... more »

Can Russia Act On Its Threats Against The F-35?

Mark Episkopos at The National Interest - 22 hours ago
*Mark Episkopos* *Security, * "It will never be alone." *Here's What You Need To Remember: * In a move that would raise eyebrows even by Cold War standards of political saber-rattling, the Russian Embassy in Washington seemed to threaten America’s F-35 fighter with Vietnam-era propaganda footage. Last month, the official handle of the Russian Embassy in the US tweeted the following update: *'If a Russia... ever was to see an F-35 inside its airspace', we would love to send Chief of Staff of the @usairforce Gen. David L. Goldfein 'message with two words' — ‘remember Vietnam'* *'... more »

Trump Has Two Options: Leave the Middle East Or War With Iran

Trita Parsi at The National Interest - 22 hours ago
*Trita Parsi* *Security, Middle East* [image: Iranian people carry pictures of the late Iran's Quds Force top commander Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who were killed in a U.S. airstrike at Baghdad airport, during the forty days memorial at the] Rather than securing Iran’s capitulation, maximum pressure has drawn the U.S. closer to yet another war in a region Trump had promised to leave. X“Everybody who has touched the Middle East has gotten bogged down.” Candidate Donald Trump rightly pointed this out in October 2015 as he laid out his vision... more »

Elizabeth Warren Scrubs Joe Biden From Online Ads After Tara Reade Allegations Heated Up

Chris White at The National Interest - 22 hours ago
*Chris White* *Politics, Americas* [image: Democratic U.S. presidential candidates Senator Elizabeth Warren and former Vice President Joe Biden talk onstage before the start of the sixth Democratic presidential candidates campaign debate at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California, U] Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s Facebook machine is ramping back up as she seeks to raise cash for many of the political candidates she supported during her presidential run. - *Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s Facebook machine is ramping back up as she seeks to raise cash for many of ... more »

Chinese Foreign Ministry Points to Risks Posed by US Labs in Former Soviet Union

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
Chinese Foreign Ministry Points to Risks Posed by US Labs in Former Soviet Union by https://tass.com/ The diplomat said Washington must pay special attention to issues that have a direct bearing on the health and well-being of the people in the countries where the US laboratories are located. – BEIJING, April 29. /TASS/. The Chinese …

U.S.-China Virus Feud Undercuts UN Bid for Global Cease-Fire Resolution

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
The global ceasefire talk/meme is spreading. It is setting the stage for the endtimes Covenant of 7 years of Daniel 9:27. The most likely scenario is: after Albert Pike’s Satanic WW3, Greater Middle East War. It will last only a couple of weeks (3-5 weeks?) and will be a limited nuclear war. Expect it to …

Israel Strikes Syria Twice in 24 Hours, Says War Monitor

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
Israel Strikes Syria Twice in 24 Hours, Says War Monitor by Reuters, Jack Khoury and The Associated Press, via https://www.haaretz.com/ Missiles fired from over the Golan Heights reportedly hit military installations in the Quneitra border area. Later Friday, Israel attacked a Hezbollah weapon depot in Homs, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says. – Explosions at …

As 30 Million Lose Jobs, Robert Redford Sees Environmental Salvation In Lockdown

PA Pundits - International at PA Pundits – International - 22 hours ago
By Gabriel Hays ~ Actor Robert Redford is a Trump-hater and climate change nut. And the coronavirus pandemic allows him to indulge in both passions, writing NBC op-eds about how bad the virus makes the president look and how it also presents us with an opportunity to make our post-quarantine lives part of a new […]

Planet Of The Humans Review: Exposing The Fallacy Of “Renewable” Energy

PA Pundits - International at PA Pundits – International - 22 hours ago
By Peter Murphy ~ Renewable energy from wind, solar and woodchips may one day make financial, practical and earthly sense, and enable the world to rely less on fossil fuels. But not today, and likely not ever, according to Michael Moore’s new documentary film, Planet of the Humans, which flays renewable energy as doing more […]

Why Eco-Warriors’ Bid To Ban Natural Gas Appliances Is Wrongheaded

PA Pundits - International at PA Pundits – International - 22 hours ago
By Nicolas Loris ~ Could the 80-year-old phrase “Now we’re cooking with gas” soon become a relic of the past? Several cities are studying proposals to restrict the use of natural gas in commercial and residential buildings as a way to combat climate change. In the latest push to ban natural gas appliances in homes, a […]

Could America Face Another Gulf Of Tonkin Incident With Iran?

Lawrence J. Korb at The National Interest - 22 hours ago
*Lawrence J. Korb* *Security, Middle East* History doesn't repeat, but it sure rhymes. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *One can only hope that an isolated incident or an alleged attack does not spark a retaliation that could lead to a Vietnam-style conflict with Iran, one that could necessitate sending hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops to the Middle East. While President Trump has said he does not want to go to war with Iran, President Johnson likewise did not want to start a war with North Vietnam. Many analysts have argued that the rising tensions between the United Stat... more »

How a North Korean Attack in 1969 Nearly Caused a Huge War

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 22 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *History, Asia* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2012%3Anewsml_GM1E82H1CFE01&share=true] It was an outrage. *Key point: *Pyongyang shot down an American plane for no apparent reason. They were lucky that Washington didn't respond in full force. April 15, 1969 marked one of the deadliest days for the United States in postwar Asia. The shootdown of a U.S. Air Force reconnaissance aircraft off the coast of North Korea was unprovoked, and cost the lives of thirty-one Americans. Despite stern calls from Congress to avenge the deaths of... more »

This Is How George Marshall Built The U.S. Army To Win World War II

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 22 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, * General George C. Marshall, U.S. Army chief of staff, prepared his nation’s land forces to go to war. On July 17, 1941, United States Army Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall sat before the Senate Military Affairs Committee. As with previous appearances by this career soldier, the senators were impressed by the blue-eyed, sandy-haired, 58-year-old general who had served as the Army’s head man for almost two years. General Marshall projected strength and a gravitas that demanded the respect of all who knew him. In France during World Wa... more »

How Did the Tsar Ivan Become 'Ivan the Terrible'?

Louis Ciotola at The National Interest - 22 hours ago
*Louis Ciotola* *History, Europe* [image: Ivan IV of Russia (] Wanting to lead his people to prosperity, Ivan’s determined eyes gazed westward toward the Baltic, where he could open his realm to European trade and forge an empire worthy of his crown. Ivan IV Vasilyevich, first czar of all the Russians, has gone down as one of history’s most notorious despots, infamous for the terrors he carried out among his subjects. Less well known are the numerous and bloody wars he fought to expand his realm. Isolation on the bleak steppes of Eurasia was a fact of life for the state of Musco... more »

A Russian Navy Aircraft Carrier Killer Submarine Went Down in 2000. Here's Why.

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 22 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * Why attack the Kursk? *Here's What You Need To Remember: *In the end, the sinking of the *Kursk* appears to have been caused by a simple, freak accident of chemistry. The tragedy only reinforces how dangerous life aboard a submarine really is, and how important safety is in the underwater realm. In 2000, a Russian submarine designed to sink aircraft carriers became a victim of its own arsenal. The cruise-missile submarine *Kursk* suffered a massive explosion and sank after an onboard torpedo accidentally detonated. The accident was the worst naval di... more »

Why Is the Immigration System Picking Up Legal Immigrants?

Alex Nowrasteh at The National Interest - 22 hours ago
*Alex Nowrasteh* *Politics, Americas* [image: ICE Field Office Director, Enforcement and Removal Operations, David Marin and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Fugitive Operations team arrive to arrest a Mexican national at a home in Paramount, California, U.S., March 1, 2020. REUTERS/L] This is further evidence that E‐​Verify is a dangerously flawed system that should be repealed. We’ve long complained about E-Verify’s failures. It fails miserably as a system designed to exclude illegal immigrant workers from employment. It is also error‐​prone, affecting some nati... more »

CHARGE! This Battle Was One of the Last Big Cavalry Charges In the World

Alex Zakrzewski at The National Interest - 22 hours ago
*Alex Zakrzewski* *History, Middle East* [image: 90th anniversary of the WW1 Battle of Beersheba: Re-enactment of the Australian Lighthorse charge. 31 October 2007. Wikimedia/eman.] The British plan of attack on Beersheba looked simple enough on paper but would be extremely difficult to execute given the distances and time constraints involved. In late 1917, the most successful cavalry charge of World War I took place not on the muddy killing fields of the Western Front, but at the foot of the Judean Hills in southern Palestine. The sun had just begun to set over the desert town... more »

May 2nd – 2020 Presidential Politics – Trump Administration Day #1199

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 →

Saturday May 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 →

Quote of the Day

vonMesser at 'Nox & Friends - 23 hours ago

Bloomberg: Angry Undergrads Are Suing Colleges for Billions in Refunds

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 23 hours ago
Undergraduates in the United States have sued more than fifty schools, demanding partial tuition, room-and-board, and fee refunds after they shut down. The proliferating breach-of-contract suits, many of them filed over the last week, target some of the biggest names in higher education: state systems including the University of California and Arizona State, as well […] The post Bloomberg: Angry Undergrads Are Suing Colleges for Billions in Refunds appeared first on Health Nut News.

Possibly the Greatest, Most Soul-Stirring Piece of Music Ever Composed: Bach’s Chaconne

Rob Slane at 23 hours ago
With a great need to ensure our sanity and spiritual health remain intact during the biggest crisis any of us have ever experienced, I wanted to come up for breath, pause and invite you to listen to a piece of music that is — in my estimation — the greatest and most soul-stirring piece of music ever composed. The Chaconne (Ciaconna), by Johann Sebastian Bach, is the 5th movement in his Partita in D minor for solo violin, which he composed between […]

Picture Of The Day

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
Victory Day Parade rehearsal in Saint Petersburg. © Sputnik / Alexei Danichev *WNU Editor:* The above picture is from this photo-gallery .... *Beauties in Uniform: Stunning Russian Servicewomen During Victory Day Parade Rehearsals* (Sputnik).

US has 10th* worst COVID-19 death rate in the world: WTH is Trump thinking?

Kenneth Thomas at Middle Class Political Economist - 23 hours ago
In a press conference on Thursday, April 30, the head of the illegitimate Trump regime said, "Our death totals, our numbers, per million people, are really very, very strong. We're very proud of the job we've done." Okay, we know he lies all the time, but this is ridiculous. The United States has the 10th* worst COVID-19 death rate in the world! At 199 per million population as of 8:00pm EDT May 1, it is exceeded by only Belgium (665**), Spain (531), Italy (467), the United Kingdom (405), France (377), the Netherlands (286), Sweden (263), Ireland (256), and Switzerland (203). At rec... more »

Study finds chicken cooking advice ignored by vast majority of consumers

News Desk at Food Safety News - 23 hours ago
Consumer practices for monitoring doneness of cooked chicken are not always safe, according to a recent study. Researchers surveyed 3,969 households in France, Norway, Portugal, Romania, and the United Kingdom on their personal chicken cooking practices. They also interviewed and observed these practices in 75 additional households in the same countries to investigate how European... Continue Reading

A Member’s Interests: Angus Taylor’s other Cayman Islands company is wound up

Jommy Tee at Michael West - 1 day ago
[image: Angus Taylor] Parliamentary disclosure is a joke. The Register of Members' Interests is routinely gamed and ignored by politicians. This is where MPs are supposed to declare their financial interests.

Why Was The U.S. So Late To Recognize The Threat From China

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*Bradley A. Thayer & Lianchao Han, RCD:* *Why Was the U.S. So Late to Recognize the China Threat* The recent who-is-weak-on-China verbal war between Biden and Trump captures a fundamental issue in the 2020 race: how to confront China. The next administration’s China policy will be most critical for America’s future as well as the world’s because assumptions about China and the U.S. position in the world are in flux. Every state makes its foreign policy based on assumptions about its society and international politics. These assumptions are usually anchored in the past. While the... more »

Death rate in South Dakota lowest of any state

Robert at Ice Age Now - 1 day ago
Other states following politically biased scientists over a cliff. ____________ Death rate in South Dakota lowest of any state Michel Jenkins Am I the only one who has noticed that, as of May 1 statistics on Worldometer.com, Michigan, whose governor is ruling like a Central American dictator and who threatened doctors with jail if they ... Read more Death rate in South Dakota lowest of any state The post Death rate in South Dakota lowest of any state appeared first on Ice Age Now.

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