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Frank Furedi – Coronavirus Crisis: Pandemic of Fear
*With thanks to Greg at Legalise Freedom! Awesome Interview. I've listened twice already. Just under an hour of your time. Time well spent in my view.* *Frank Furedi discusses the 2020 Coronavirus Crisis and the real pandemic – fear.* *Author of the best-selling books How Fear Works, Politics of Fear, and many more * Download *(51.8MB)* *COVID-19 is a disaster without precedent. Not primarily in terms of the disease itself, but in how we have responded to it. The climate of fear is such that populations worldwide have willingly abandoned their way of life, given up rights an... more »
George Floyd Protests: Stunning Photos From the Epicenter of a Revolution
MintPress brings you a stunning collection of photos by photographer Emma Fiala from Minneapolis, the epicenter of the George Floyd protests. The post George Floyd Protests: Stunning Photos From the Epicenter of a Revolution appeared first on MintPress News.
Police Attacking Protestors, Journalists and Doctors While Defending Racist Attackers
Historically, it has been law enforcement that has escalated race riots rather than protestors, the latest unrest has been no exception. The post Police Attacking Protestors, Journalists and Doctors While Defending Racist Attackers appeared first on MintPress News.
From Superpredators to Black Lives Matter: Hillary Clinton’s Opportunistic Career Arc
An honest reckoning of Clinton’s past unearths a myriad of troubling incidents and positions that are difficult to square with her newfound radical antiracist stance. The post From Superpredators to Black Lives Matter: Hillary Clinton’s Opportunistic Career Arc appeared first on MintPress News.
Podcast: Pandemic Profiteering – How Billionaires Are Looting American Taxpayers
In this segment of Mintcast, journalist and author Alan MacLeod discusses how COVID-19 became a boon for the ultra-wealthy and allowed America’s billionaires to accrue more wealth in just three weeks of lockdown than they made in total prior to 1980. The post Podcast: Pandemic Profiteering – How Billionaires Are Looting American Taxpayers appeared first on MintPress News.
Iran Builds Fake U.S. Aircraft Carrier To Attack
The replica vessel resembles the Nimitz-class carriers that the US Navy routinely sails into the Persian Gulf. The vessel appears to be some 650ft long and 160ft wide, smaller than a real Nimitz which is 980ft and 245ft wide *Daily Mail:* *Iran builds fake aircraft carrier that closely resembles US navy vessels for use in live military drills as tensions remain high with America* * Satellite images show the fake aircraft carrier in the port city of Bandar Abbas * It resembles the Nimitz-class carriers that are routinely sailed by the US Navy * Its appearance suggests the Revolut... more »
Asymptomatic/Children Superspreaders: Not The Driving Force Behind Covid 1984- Despite SuperFear Spreading Media Claims
*Recall when "superspreaders" was something we were all supposed to terrified about?* *Oh dear, where were the "superspreaders"?! Who were the "superspreaders"?! * *How could we identify them, when they weren't even displaying symptoms?! * *Perhaps we could have put a tattoo or brand on them for the freak out crowd?!* *The superspreaders of fear in the alt and main stream media were all going viral with this idea.* *But was it real? Based in fact and knowledge? Was their science behind the claim?* *Link* *People with asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 are not the driving force behi... more »
Iran To Execute 'CIA Spy' Convicted Of Helping The US Kill Qassem Soleimani
*The Guardian:* *Iran to execute 'CIA agent' over Gen Suleimani intelligence* Tehran says Iranian citizen who passed on information was in jail at the time of the general’s assassination An Iranian responsible for leaking information about the powerful general Qassem Suleimani but without direct involvement in his assassination by the US in January has been sentenced to death and will be hung shortly, the Iranian judiciary has said. Speaking on Tuesday, at a regular judicial press conference, the alleged culprit was named as Seyed Mahmoud Mousavi Majd, an Iranian citizen. The sp... more »
Israel Rolls Out New Surveillance Tech And Ship-Killing Missiles
*Seth J. Frantzman* *Security, Middle East* Israel’s attempt to keep producing new weapon systems and precision technology, from UAVs to missiles is part of the country’s desire to remain one step ahead of enemies in the region. Israel continues to develop new defense technology amid the Covid-19 crisis. In late May and early June Israel showed off a new lightweight surveillance device called MicroLite and carried out a missile drill that saw a missile slam into a target at sea. The two technologies, surveillance and missiles, are those that Israel may use in future conflicts, in... more »
Meet the FB-22 Stealth Bomber that Never Was
*Caleb Larson* *History, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2019%3Anewsml_RC1476E20C30&share=true] You’ve heard of the F-22 Raptor—but what about the bomber that Lockheed designed using the same airframe? The venerable F-22 Raptor is easily recognizable as the world’s stealthiest fighter jet. Though it entered service with the United States Air Force 15 years ago, less than 190 airframes were built, partly due to post-Cold War budgetary restraints. Though extremely effective—that is stealthy—a lack of a near-peer rival meant that F-22 air... more »
Should Healthcare Workers Be Regularly Tested for Coronavirus?
*Angharad Davies* *Health, * There is a danger it could lead to a false sense of security. As we move into the next phase of the coronavirus pandemic, we urgently need to restart usual clinical activities such as cancer treatment and routine surgery. But to do this safely, we need to minimise the transmission of COVID-19 in healthcare settings. To this end, the UK Department of Health and Social Care said on April 4 that it would be testing critical key workers regularly once widespread testing became available. And in a letter dated April 29, NHS England confirmed that it woul... more »
For World War II Pilots, Aviation Accidents Were Almost As Deadly As Taking Enemy Fire
*Warfare History Network* *Security, Americas* Thousands died. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The U.S. Eighth Air Force in Europe suffered more than 26,000 men killed due to enemy action, mechanical problems, and accidents during the war. But training, as we have seen, was just as hazardous, with more than 15,500 losing their lives in service to their country before they were ever able to face the enemy. It was Christmas Day, 1944. A U.S. Navy C-47 Skytrain with five men aboard was en route from Naval Air Station, Olathe, Kansas, to Columbus, Ohio. It was a routine training... more »
Don't Stream Netflix or Zoom All Day: Tips to Sit Less During Coronavirus
*Wuyou Sui* *Health, * Since stay-at-home orders were issued, there has been an upsurge in Netflix and app use, indicating that people may be spending more time at sedentary actives. With the Canadian government continuing to recommend physical distancing measures, many people are finding themselves confined to their homes more than ever before. While some are citing the benefits of being able to work from home and having time for self-care, the closures of recreational facilities and commercial gyms make physical distancing a barrier to physical activity for many. In response,... more »
F-35s And Supersonic Missiles: This Is Japan's Strategy To Beat China's Navy
*Michael Peck* *Security, Asia* Japan is extending the range of its weapons. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *Japan already plans to deploy F-35B stealth fighters on carrier-like “helicopter-destroyers.” A new air warfare strategy would incorporate American-made standoff air-to-surface missiles. A long-range anti-ship missile would just be a continuation of that trend. Japan is developing a longer-range, air-launched anti-ship cruise missile. The reason? China’s navy is deploying longer-range anti-aircraft missiles, which means Japanese aircraft will have to launch their anti-... more »
Report: 80 Percent of U.S. Households Have at Least One Internet Connected TV
*Stephen Silver* *Technology, * New research from Leichtman Research Group, Inc. finds that connected TV device adoption has reached an unprecedented high. The study examined the responses of 2,000 TV households in the U.S., as part of Leichtman's annual study, "Connected and 4K TVs 2020." New research from Leichtman Research Group, Inc. finds that connected TV device adoption has reached an unprecedented high. The study examined the responses of 2,000 TV households in the U.S., as part of Leichtman's annual study, "Connected and 4K TVs 2020." According to the group, 80 percent ... more »
How America Became So Divided (Much of It Thanks to Donald Trump)
*Joseph Cirincione, Zack Brown* *Politics, * The state of the union today is a state of upheaval, said veteran journalist David Corn. We are in the midst of a perfect storm of interlocking crises - a pandemic that has killed one hundred and ten thousand Americans, an economic collapse that threatens tens of millions more, nationwide protests against police brutality and a militarized government response that threatens the legitimacy of our core institutions. The state of the union today is a state of upheaval, said veteran journalist David Corn. We are in the midst of a perfect ... more »
Comcast Just Committed $100 Million to "Advance Social Justice and Equality"
*Stephen Silver* *Technology, * Comcast has announced a new program that will spend $100 million over the next three years in order to "fight injustice and inequality against any race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation or ability." The $100 million will be split into $75 million in cash and $25 in media. Ever since the protests began nationwide over the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers, many major corporations have made statements expressing support for the protests, with some promising policy changes or donations as a result of them. Now, Comc... more »
Why Taking Down Confederate Memorials Can't Be Just Some Feel-Good Moment
*Joshua F.J. Inwood, Derek H. Alderman* *Society, Americas* Taking down Confederate symbols cannot just be a feel-good moment or a substitute for the hard work of racial reconciliation and understanding. Recently the city of New Orleans removed several Confederate monuments from a prominent, downtown location. The decision to remove these memorials has touched off a debate throughout several other major U.S. cities who have memorials dedicated to the Confederacy. While critics of the removal say the effort erases history, supporters argue that these memorials celebrate racism and ... more »
Twitter Adds Fact-Check Labels on Tweets Linking 5G to COVID-19
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Technology, * In recent weeks, Twitter has taken a more aggressive stance on fact-checking questionable tweets. Most notably, the company riled President Donald Trump when it added fact-check labels to two tweets that made false assertions about mail-in voting. Twitter is allowing some tweets containing false theories that link the coronavirus to 5G networks to remain on its site behind fact-checked labels. Instead of deleting such controversial tweets, Twitter is showing a message on them that reads: “Get the facts on COVID-19.” If clicked on, users are take... more »
Earth 2.0: Possibility of Finding Earth-Like Planets Easier Than Previously Thought
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Technology, * The chance of discovering Earth-like planets in their early stages of formation is higher than previously believed, new research from the University of Sheffield shows. The chance of discovering Earth-like planets in their early stages of formation is higher than previously believed, new research from the University of Sheffield shows. The team of scientists focused on groups of young stars in the Milky Way galaxy to see if they showcased similar characteristics as those in other star-forming regions in space. They also studied whether the popul... more »
This is What Black Lives Matter 'Looked' Like (100 Years Ago)
*Chad Williams* *History, Americas* New York City, and the nation, had never before witnessed such a remarkable scene. The only sounds were those of muffled drums, the shuffling of feet and the gentle sobs of some of the estimated 20,000 onlookers. The women and children wore all white. The men dressed in black. On the afternoon of Saturday, July 28, 1917, nearly 10,000 African-Americans marched down Fifth Avenue, in silence, to protest racial violence and white supremacy in the United States. New York City, and the nation, had never before witnessed such a remarkable scene. T... more »
Want Proof Racism Still Exists? Try Being Black In America's Education System.
*Kevin O'Neal Cokley* *Society, Americas* Black Americans experience subtle and overt discrimination from preschool all the way to college. Many people still think that racism is no longer a problem in America. After the election of President Obama, academic John McWhorter argued that racism in America is, for all intents and purposes, dead. The prominent conservative scholar and African-American economist Thomas Sowell has argued that “racism isn’t dead, but it is on life support.” Harvard professors William Julius Wilson and Roland Fryer too have argued about the declining sig... more »
Could A Giant Sea Creature Be the Key to Fighting Climate Change?
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Climate Change, * Giant larvaceans are squishy tadpole-like animals that have giant balloons of mucus about three feet wide surrounding them. They may not look like much, but researchers have discovered that they can play a huge role in helping the ocean remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Giant larvaceans are squishy tadpole-like animals that have giant balloons of mucus about three feet wide surrounding them. They may not look like much, but researchers have discovered that they can play a huge role in helping the ocean remove carbon dioxide from the ... more »
Time to Cut the Cord: No Major League Baseball, No Cable or Satellite TV?
*Stephen Silver* *Technology, * According to a recent survey by KillTheCableBill, in conjunction with Mindnet Analytics, nearly a quarter of baseball fans say they "could" cancel their cable subscriptions in the event of there not being a baseball season this year. The survey questioned 751 fans, with 555 of them current pay-TV subscribers. In a typical year, the Major League Baseball season begins around April 1, giving baseball fans the chance to watch their team nearly every day through October. However, 2020, needless to say, is not a typical year. With coronavirus hiring th... more »
A Coronavirus Must: How to Overcome Needle-Phobia
*Amy Baxter* *Health, * The widespread fear of needles is a public health problem, particularly in the time of COVID-19. As progress continues toward finding a vaccine that prevents COVID-19, millions of Americans are frightened at even the notion of getting a shot: Studies suggest 63% of young adults – those born in 2000 or later – fear needles. As a physician trained in pediatrics, I think we found the answer for the huge rise in needle phobia. Now – and even more critical: What might alleviate needle pain and fear? A landmark 1995 study on needle phobia reported that 10% of ... more »
The Revenge of Jeb Bush
*W. James Antle III* *Politics, * In 2016, the former Florida governor and Bush dynasty heir apparent famously dubbed Donald Trump the “chaos candidate.” Bush’s warning to the Republican primary electorate seems more prescient now. More than riots, the pandemic, or the economy, President Trump’s volatility poses the main threat to his reelection. Will this be the year that Jeb Bush gets his revenge? In 2016, the former Florida governor and Bush dynasty heir apparent famously dubbed Donald Trump the “chaos candidate.” The moniker had its merits, but this desperate swing packed le... more »
Watch Out: Russia's Black Sea Fleet to Hold Tank Gunnery Exercise
*Peter Suciu* *Security, Europe* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2019%3Anewsml_RC17495C7CC0&share=true] Here's what they are planning. The Russian Black Sea Fleet has conducted a number of exercises in recent months, including live-fire drills against simulated targets, anti-submarine maneuvers and even sole and joint artillery and missile firings against naval, coastal and air targets. Last week Russian state media announced that the Black Sea Fleet’s tank troops would begin a gunnery exercise on the Crimean Peninsula using upgraded T-72B3 tank... more »
Democrats Have Plan to Limit Trump's Ability to Use Insurrection Act
*Matthew Petti* *Security, * Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D–Conn.) and several Democrats in the House of Representatives had promised to curb the President's powers after President Donald Trump threatened to deploy the U.S. military in response to nationwide protests. Democrats have proposed a bill to limit the President's ability to deploy U.S. military forces at home under the Insurrection Act to a two week period. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D–Conn.) and several Democrats in the House of Representatives had promised to curb the President's powers after President Donald Trump threat... more »
This Day In Iraqi History - Jun 9
1920 British forces retook Tal Afar after bombing broke Iraqi rebels 1927 UK Colonial Secretary memo said after Iraq independence new Anglo-Iraq Treaty would assure British influence in country 1941 Another British brigade landed in Basra to help secure country after PM Gailani govt overthrown in Anglo-Iraq War (Musings On Iraq review of *Persian Gulf Command, A History of the Second World War In Iran and Iraq*) (Musings On Iraq review *Iraq 1941, The Battles for Basra, Habbaniya, Fallujah and Baghdad*) (Musings On Iraq review of *Rashid Ali al-Gailani, The National Mo... more »
WATCH: Armed Store Owner Stops Robbery, Calls 911, Cops Show Up, Break His Jaw, Arrest HIM
[image: store owner]A store owner successfully stopped a robbery, called 911 to report it, and when cops arrived, they beat and arrested HIM!
New Zealand Declares Itself Free of COVID-19; Lifts Almost All Restrictions
[image: new-zealand-declares-itself-free-of-covid-19-lifts-almost-all-restrictions] All is apparently well concerning the COVID-19 virus in the land of kiwis as New Zealand has lifted nearly all lockdown measures.
Nigel Farage: Black Lives Matter Is a "New Taliban"
[image: nigel-farage-black-lives-matter-is-a-new-taliban] Brexit Leader Nigel Farage called out Black Lives Matter after they vandalized several statues in the U.K., including ones of Abraham Lincoln and Mahatma Gandhi.
FBI, Austin Cops Nail Antifa Members. Facebook Used in Target Raid
[image: fbi-austin-cops-nail-antifa-members-facebook-used-in-target-raid] Authorities in Austin, Texas, have arrested three members of a Maoist Antifa subsidiary for looting, burglary, and destruction of property at a Target store.
How Fake Polls Are Destroying Media Credibility
*Brad Parscale, Washington Examiner*:* Fake polls destroy media credibility* The purveyors of fake news at CNN are convinced, just as they were four years ago, that they have this presidential election in the bag. Donald Trump is done, and Joe Biden is headed for a landslide, just like Hillary Clinton was. At this point, they have zero credibility left. As before, CNN’s confidence is severely misplaced — and we’re going to prove it. The best evidence they can present are polls that suffer from exactly the same flaws as the ones that indicated a landslide victory for Clinton in 20... more »
A plea from a fifteen year old girl
In my newspaper today was the following letter to the editor. I felt it had pertinence and poignancy, so I repeat it here in its entirety: “As a 15-year-old upper middle class white girl, I am undeniably privileged. I’ve been … Continue reading →
Woke World Revives Maoist Struggle Sessions, Complete with Mandatory Self-Abasement, After Floyd Death
[image: undefined] In response to the killing of George Floyd by police officer Derek Chauvin and accomplices, woke culture has intensified cringy prostration and humiliation rituals that can be traced to the Maoist Cultural Revolution. In social media and physical encounters across the US and beyond, the Black Lives Matter movement, left-leaning political groups, and mainstream organizations have engaged in soft forms of struggle sessions and forced self-criticism routines, eerily resembling those the Red Guards oversaw at Mao’s behest during the Communist Chinese Cultural Revoluti... more »
Don’t Let Anyone Walk You Through Their Way of Thinking – Kneeling is NOT Healing!
Originally posted on THE MARSHALL REPORT: We are watching how easy it is to lead people in a cult like manner into their way of thinking. Riots that are reported as peaceful protests and led by organized deep state supported groups have pushed their agenda to the max leaving a trail of destruction. Many are…
Can Trump Be Toppled Without Bloodshed?
Melania avoids being seen anywhere near Trump as much as she can and I bet it isn't just because she loathes him. She's from Slovenia, separated from Romania by a stretch of southern Hungary. In 1989, she was just 19 years old, a model and prostitute in her hometown and in nearby Ljubljana and she remembers well when Romanian president Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Elena fled their palace and were arrested and summarily executed in Târgoviște, a small town in the southern part of the country. Elena shrieked, "You sons of bitches!" as she was being dragged to a wall to be shot. (12... more »
The Democrats Are Parodies of Themselves
House Minority Whip Jim Clyburn has actually had the chutzpah to complain that his party's attempted co-optation of one of the biggest public uprisings of all time is being "hijacked" by the protesters themselves. How dare these people who are getting killed and beaten up and terrorized by out-of-control police forces presume to demand that their oppressors be stripped of their money and their power out of some misguided wish to live in peace? Demands for divesting even small towns of their military hardware are a "distraction," added Rep Karen Bass of California. Plus, if the Dems... more »
Chicago Freedom School Offered Food, Water And Rest To Weary Protesters Trapped Downtown
Last weekend, as thousands of protesters gathered Downtown, the Chicago Freedom School sprung into action, working to feed and transport those stuck in the Loop — but a surprise inspection by the city has the nonprofit worried about its future. The Chicago Freedom School, 719 S. State St., provides training to primarily Black and Brown youth to learn the fundamentals of community organizing. School leaders knew their members were out on the front lines, confronted with pepper spray and potentially trapped Downtown as curfew approached, bridges were lifted and CTA service halted Ma... more »
From George Floyd To COVID-19, Two Pandemics Target Black Workers
Compounding the devastation of coronavirus, Black people in the US continue to face threats, brutality, and death for going to and from work. For being out jogging. For being poor. For sleeping in their own bed. For watching birds in a park. For being Black. The murders of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Tony McDade highlight this grim reality. Now millions of people all across the country are protesting. After experiencing two months of grief from COVID-19, there is now a righteous feeling of collective anger. According to the statement from UE national officers,... more »
A T-Shirt Sparks Claims That Another ‘Foreign Agitator’ Is Behind US Racial Unrest
We've seen various state and federal officials over the past two weeks of George Floyd protests point to a 'foreign hand' stirring the unrest for the purpose of creating deeper instability in American society, already unsettled by months of the coronavirus pandemic crisis. Of course, the 'nefarious Russians' were the first to be named — with CNN spending a lot of time amplifying this paranoid claim, for example in an interview with Susan Rice a week ago — but Trump administration officials have also named China, accusing Beijing of exploiting US racial tensions with targeted soci... more »
One Way To Deal With Cops Who Lie? Blacklist Them
Kim Gardner has dropped more than 100 cases that relied on statements from the 29 officers who got on the list for alleged lying, abuse or corruption. And she won’t accept new cases or search-warrant requests from them, either. From Philadelphia to Houston to Seattle, district attorneys recently elected on platforms of criminal justice reform are building similar databases of their own. Often known as “do not call” lists, they are also called “exclusion lists” or “Brady lists” after a famous Supreme Court decision requiring prosecutors to disclose to defense lawyers information ab... more »
Over 600 Groups And Families Of People Killed By Police Call For UN Investigation
The undersigned family members of victims of police killings and civil society organizations from around the world, call on member states of the UN Human Rights Council to urgently convene a Special Session on the situation of human rights in the United States in order to respond to the unfolding grave human rights crisis borne out of the repression of nationwide protests. The recent protests erupted on May 26 in response to the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which was only one of a recent string of unlawful killings of unarmed Black people by police and a... more »
Debt Strike Needed As Debt Collectors Keep Coming After Millions Of People
Over the past couple decades, Capital One, Lugo’s pursuer, helped lead the way in transforming the nation’s local courts into collection machines. As recently as the 1990s, these courts conformed to the picture most people have in their heads, primarily working as a venue where a judge resolved disputes between two sides represented by a lawyer. Now the most common type of case is debt collection, a recent Pew Charitable Trusts report found. Lining up against debtors who are almost never represented by an attorney, debt collection companies win millions of court judgments each yea... more »
The Rest Of The World Sees Uprisings, Not Riots
U.S. officials, whether Democrat or Republican, pretend that only other countries violate human rights. Every year, the State Department issues a report on worldwide human rights with the heaviest criticism aimed at enemies du jour such as China, Russia, and Iran. Human rights, as defined by U.S. officials, include freedom of the press, maintaining an independent judiciary, and civil rights. But most of the world, the United Nations included, goes further, saying human rights include the right to a job, health care, and housing, among other things. Not surprisingly, U.S. leaders n... more »
Agents Provocateurs Are Still A Real Threat To Our Movements
As ridiculous as that might sound, there is some sketchy business going on at some of these protests. Mysterious, all-black-clad white window smashers with umbrellas in Minneapolis. Mysterious, all-black-clad white women tagging businesses with Black Lives Matter and being run off by an actual black woman protestor for their trouble in another city. Mysterious pallets of bricks, allegedly showing up on city streets. Is it Antifa? Is it white supremacists? Is it the police? Whoever is behind these curious actions, the issue of agent provocateurs is real and is an ever-present challe... more »
Healthcare Workers: From ‘Heroes’ To Targets Of Police Repression
We healthcare workers were arrested and prevented from assessing many protesters with serious injuries who were cuffed on the ground crying for help, some visibly bleeding. Police informed us they had their own medics but had only two FDNY EMTs to triage a crowd of more than a hundred people. Police also refused to allow us to help people whose hands were zip-tied and visibly purple, only loosening ties on one protester, borrowing our shears. After detainees – who were prevented from even shouting their names and identifying information to legal observers nearby – were packed into ... more »
From ‘I Have a Dream’ To ‘I Can’t Breathe’
The killing of George Floyd is just the tip of the iceberg of a system based on racism and class discrimination that allows 99% of deaths at the hands of the police to go unpunished, during the years 2013-2019, according to the website Mapping Police Violence. In 2019 alone, there were 1,042 people shot by the police. According to a Washington Post investigation, this represents a proportion, per million people, of 12 white persons, 23 Hispanic persons, and 32 African American people. That is to say, in the United States, you have a three times higher chance of dying by a police ... more »
Anomalously cold temperatures and summer snow hit Nevada, Montana, Idaho, Utah and Colorado
The Watchers » Latest articles - 12 hours ago
A cold front has started dumping unseasonal record snow in parts of the Western U.S. over the weekend, including in Nevada, Montana, Idaho, Utah, and Colorado. The National Weather Service (NWS) warned that an anomalously cold and vigorous upper trough for early...... Read more »
Climate campaigners want to make the shutdown permanent
The world is reopening and economic recovery is gathering steam. Global warming campaigners don't like this one bit. They view the COVID-19 shutdown as a model for the future they want. The post Climate campaigners want to make the shutdown permanent appeared first on CFACT.
World News Briefs -- June 9, 2020
*SCMP:* *WHO warns of ‘worsening’ virus situation worldwide* * WHO chief said more than 100,000 cases reported on nine of the past 10 days * University of Washington forecasts 145,000 US Covid-19 deaths by August The World Health Organisation said that the coronavirus pandemic situation was worsening around the globe, as it warned against complacency. The WHO said it had recorded its highest daily tally of new infections, with Covid-19 raging in the Americas. And as mass protests for racial justice sweep across the United States and beyond, the United Nations’ health agency urged ... more »
Are These New Zealanders Celebrating the End of COVID-19 Restrictions?
In June 2020, New Zealand lifted all social distancing restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic after going two weeks without a confirmed case.
George Floyd, Whose Death Energized a Movement, To Be Buried
His funeral will be private. Some 6,000 people attended a public memorial service in Houston, where he grew up.
North Korea Cuts Off All Communication With South Korea
In its announcement, North Korea said the move was a response to South Korea’s failure to stop activists from floating anti-Pyongyang leaflets across their border.
Questions and answers. The 'other' racism
The ‘other’ racism Dawn French’s comedic response to an “are you or are you not” question was an emphatic “Not!” which was very funny. If the BBC were to be asked, under oath, if it is an ‘ideologically’ anti-racist organisation or not, I’m afraid the answer would also have to be ‘not’. Can we take it that racism is generally considered to be bad’? That’s a very clumsy statement but it will do for now. If we can take it that anti-racism is ‘good’, do we believe that the BBC, as an institution, includes or excludes ‘hatred of Jews’ in its interpretation of racism? Jeremy Corbyn uses... more »
An Unoriginal Joke (Part II), or Why We are all Living Constitutionalists
Charles Barzun In Part I of this post, I sought to explain the point of a joke tweet I had made in which I offered a theory of living constitutionalism as a satire. The point was to pose a question to the new generation of originalists. It asked, given how potentially capacious an understanding of originalism they defend, what’s at stake for them in defending it? Why does it *matter* to them to prove originalism true if its substance has become so diluted? This Part puts the same question to the other side of the debate. The worry is that originalism has become so drained of ... more »
A Bright Future
LGBT graduates remain hopeful despite turbulent times.
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. - Yaryna Serkez highlights how COVID-19 has both exploited and exacerbated the U.S.' existing inequalities. And Alexander Panetta writes about the perpetuation of racial inequality in the U.S. for upwards of five decades after civil rights legislation was supposed to establish a nominally equal footing. - Cornel West discusses the militarized boot crushing the neck of U.S. democracy. And Poppy Noor examines how the U.S. has treated the media as a target in order to try to suppress reporting on both police violence and the strong public respon... more »
Taylor vs Fourier, smooth vs \(L^2\): battle of beauties and surprises
Simplicity of spectrum vs locality As a kid, I liked smooth functions early on. You may add, subtract, multiply, and divide numbers and there is also the exponentiation, \(x^y\). At some moment, I realized that all those regular functions may be obtained from the addition, \(\exp(x)\), and its inverse, \(\log(x)\); the infinitely many branches of the latter (as a function of a complex variable) are extremely interesting and subtle but won't be discussed here. Nice smooth (or "holomorphic", informed people could say) functions may be obtained by various compositions of these procedur... more »
Negligence with a gun produces yet another serious injury
I was sorry - and angry - to read this report from Utah. A man accidentally fired his gun while trying to dismantle it and struck a woman who was three bays over at the TNT Gun and Range on Saturday afternoon in Murray ... The bullet went through both of the woman's legs. Sgt. Paul Christiansen with Murray Police Department said the woman was in her 50s and is expected to make a full recovery. She was sent into surgery the same day to treat her dual wounds. There's more at the link. Friends, I've repeated Jeff Cooper's four rules of gun safety many times in these pages. To refre... more »
Winter in Wyoming – in June!
It’s the 9th of June, and still snowing heavily. (More than half a foot [more than 15cm] in some areas.) Here’s a direct quote from the National Weather Service: “June 9th 2020 Morning Update: No, this isn’t an old graphic from February nor is it December 2020 yet. It really is June. Heavy snow continues ... Read more Winter in Wyoming – in June! The post Winter in Wyoming – in June! appeared first on Ice Age Now.
This is the Problem: Police Chief Fired for Supporting Rights of Armed Citizens to Protect Property
[image: rights]For supporting the Second Amendment rights of citizens to protect their property, a police chief was told he must resign or be fired.
What – or who – is antifa?
Stanislav Vysotsky, Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminology, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 13 hours ago
The anti-fascist movement is a decentralized collection of individual activists who mostly use nonviolent methods to achieve their ends.
Supreme Court phoning it in means better arguments, more public engagement
Morgan Marietta, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 13 hours ago
The Supreme Court's pandemic-related move to oral argument over the telephone has improved those arguments and allowed the public to engage with these discussions of the meaning of our Constitution.
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- June 9, 2020
USS Gerald R. Ford in the Atlantic Ocean, May 13, 2020. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Angel Thuy Jaskuloski *Business Insider*:* A power problem aboard the Navy's $13 billion supercarrier left it unable to launch planes for days* * US Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford experienced a power problem during recent testing at sea that left it unable to launch aircraft, the Navy says. * An unexpected fault in the power-handling elements of the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) affected flight operations for days. * The failure is a sign that t... more »
Williams warns of "political Valentine!"
*TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2020Bender "dismantles police:"* Last night, Brian Williams began his initial panel segment with these remarks: WILLIAMS (6/8/20): *I heard Democrats today call this a straight-up "Valentine," politically, to Republicans.* We've seen the fruits of that already, today and tonight. *I have heard Democrats reassure people that this isn't what it says.* And I've seen a lot of complaints on social media what when you use the phrase, explain the phrase. To what formulation did Williams refer? What phrase is now functioning as a political Valentine to Republicans? Nee... more »
Coal Free? But We Still Rely Heavily On Fossil Fuels, Justin!
By Paul Homewood h/ts All Round!! Harrabin’s sidekick Justin Rowlatt has been busy cutting and pasting today’s article from Carbon Brief. (Question – why does the BBC need both an Energy & Environment Analyst – Harrabin, and a Chief Environment Correspondent – Rowlatt, particularly when all they do is cut and paste?) […]
Hypocrisy in Protesters Riots
[image: duke-pesta-hypocrisy-in-protesters-riots] VIDEO - Dr. Duke explains how this anarchy approach that these protests are displaying isn’t working and also dives into the hypocrisy involved in these riots.
Information Clearing House Headlines 7 June 2020
7 June 2020 — Information Clearing House Ugly States of America By Finian Cunningham The nation is heading for implosion under the weight of its own endemic political and economic corruption. – Continue ==== Warrior-Cops Are the Law — and Above the Law — as Violence Grips America By William J. Astore An impoverished empire, in … Continue reading Information Clearing House Headlines 7 June 2020
Dr. Wolfgang Streeck: “We Are Being Governed by An Oligarchy”
8 June 2020 — American Herald Tribune Mohsen Abdelmoumen: Can Europe survive the Covid-19 crisis? Dr. Wolfgang Streeck: It depends on what you mean by “survive“. Complex societies don‘t “die“; something always remains—the question is: what? If you mean the European Union or the European Monetary Union, will they still exist when the virus has … Continue reading Dr. Wolfgang Streeck: “We Are Being Governed by An Oligarchy”
Israel lobby sees Black Lives Matter as major strategic threat
Israel lobby groups have long seen the Black Lives Matter movement as a threat and have tried both to disrupt and co-opt it.
REPORT: Over 95% of UK “Covid19” deaths had “pre-existing condition”
Over 95% of “COVID Deaths” recorded in England and Wales had potentially serious comorbidities, according to statistics released by NHS England.
"A Deep Attentiveness...
"When the pain of leaving behind what we know outweighs the pain of embracing it, or when the power we face is overwhelming and neither flight nor fight will save us, there may be salvation in sitting still. And if salvation is impossible, then at least before perishing we may gain a clearer vision of where we are. By sitting still I do not mean the paralysis of dread, like that of a rabbit frozen beneath the dive of a hawk. I mean something like reverence, a respectful waiting, a deep attentiveness to forces much greater than our own." - Scott Russell Sanders
What The US Protests Reveal
Anti-racism protests in the United States have rapidly evolved into a promotion of the ideas championed by the Democratic Party. It was no longer a question of fighting for equality in law for all or challenging the prejudices of certain police officers, but of reopening a cultural conflict at the risk of a new Civil War.
As America protested, vigilantes armed themselves against a fake 'Antifa' invasion
As America protested the death of George Floyd, residents in small towns and cities grabbed their weapons and tactical gear to stand guard against an invasion of left-wing anti-fascist looters. But the vans filled with Antifa agitators never arrived.
Credit card with the biggest rate increase in Australia since April 2016 has 'low rate' in title
Just In - 13 hours ago
Australian banks are $6.3 billion richer after failing to pass on interest rate cuts to credit card customers over the last decade, new analysis shows.
Free to Move: An Interview with Ilya Somin, Part Two
This is part two of a two-part interview with Ilya Somin (George Mason Law School) about his new book, Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom (Oxford University Press, 2020). Part One appears here. *JB:*How might you apply the thesis of your book to the internet? I have argued that we need many different kinds of social media companies with many different kinds of content moderation rules in order to protect freedom of expression. But the central objection to what I've called "social media federalism" is the concern that Facebook and Instagram create network e... more »
Chloroquine and the Coronavirus Solution
While many people are anxiously awaiting a vaccine solution for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, research from back in the early 2000s shows that there may well be another solution that has already been mentioned but has not received widespread approval since it doesn't fall into the Bill Gates - WHO narrative. I just wanted to open this posting with a personal note; I took hydroxychloroquine, a drug that is related to chloroquine, for 4 months straight while working in Africa, as an antimalarial prophylaxis and several other times for shorter periods while travelling in malaria-prone areas. ... more »
Asteroid 2020 LD flew past us at 0.8 LD - the largest within 1 lunar distance since 2011
The Watchers » Latest articles - 13 hours ago
A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2020 LD flew past Earth at a distance of 0.80 LD / 0.00205 AU (306 675 km / 190 559 miles) at 08:25 UTC on June 5, 2020. This is the 45th known and the largest asteroid to flyby Earth within 1 lunar distance since the start of...... Read more »
Supreme Court Justice Orders Government to Resume Full Disclosure of Covid-19 Data
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Bolsonaro government suffered another setback at the hands of the Supreme Court. On Monday night, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes granted an injunction to the opposition parties Rede and PCdoB that forces the Ministry of Health to restore the format of full disclosure . . . To read […] The post Supreme Court Justice Orders Government to Resume Full Disclosure of Covid-19 Data appeared first on The Rio Times.
How the Coronavirus Pandemic Finally United Venezuela’s Government and Opposition
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Venezuelan Minister of Communications, Jorge Rodríguez, announced that the Ministry of Health and the "hard" opposition parties, the so-called G-4 alliance, have signed an agreement to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. The agreement commits to a coordinated approach to contain the spread of the disease in the country. In addition, […] The post How the Coronavirus Pandemic Finally United Venezuela’s Government and Opposition appeared first on The Rio Times.
"We Hardly Need To Be Reminded..."
“We hardly need to be reminded that we are living in an age of confusion - a lot of us have traded in our beliefs for bitterness and cynicism or for a heavy package of despair, or even a quivering portion of hysteria. Opinions can be picked up cheap in the market place while such commodities as courage and fortitude and faith are in alarmingly short supply.” - Edward R. Murrow, 1951
"Covid-19 Pandemic Updates 6/9/20"
*"Covid-19 Pandemic **Updates 6/9/20" * *- Frequently **Updated* Please visit these sites often for the very latest Covid-19 Pandemic and Economic news and information. ○ *- https://www.zerohedge.com/* *JUN 9, 2020 4:59 PM: *"Texas Hospitalizations Surge To Record High As Dr. Fauci Warns Pandemic "Far From Over": Live Updates" *JUN 9, 2020 1:16 PM: *"New Jersey Lifts Coronavirus Lockdown After More Than 10 Weeks: Live Updates" *JUN 9, 2020 8:38 AM: *"Nearly Half US States Report Record Rise In COVID-19 Cases As Global Total Tops 7 Million: Live Updates" ○ - *https://www.investmentwat... more »
Update: Stories vs. Facts
This post revisits a previous discussion of how public discourse is increasingly governed by stories at the expense of facts. The recent street violence provides another example. NYT columnist Bari Weiss provides an insider’s look at how the media produces stories instead of reports. Bari Weiss Twitter Thread The civil war inside The New York […]
NFIB: Small Business Optimism Jumped in May
[image: nfib-small-business-optimism-jumped-in-may] A new report shows that small business owners are itching to get back to work.
Minneapolis City Councilor: Calling 911 for Break-in Is White Privilege
[image: minneapolis-city-councilor-calling-911-for-break-in-is-white-privilege] The president of the Minneapolis City Council asserted that calling the police on a home intruder “comes from a place of privilege.”
ALL LIVES MATTER
*Black lives matter is raciest by its very nature. Of course black live matter but so do ALL lives. By the way I drop to my knee for no man, only God.*
The Dalai Lama to Release First Album in July
The Associated Press reports that the album, featuring teachings and mantras by the Dalai Lama set to music, will be released on July 6, his 85th birthday.
Les Etats pourraient être assaillis de plaintes à cause du Covid-19
bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
09-Jun-2020 Une vague de plaintes de propriétaires et d'investisseurs étrangers menace de s'abattre sur les Etats, en raison de la fermeture de nombreux sites, commerces ou filiales, s'inquiètent des représentants des Nations unies.
Steamed-up Parker slams 'derisory' leaked EU trade offer
bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
09-Jun-2020 The EU exported the equivalent of just under a kilogram of cheese to New Zealand per New Zealander in 2019 and, under the leaked offer, the EU proposes letting in just over 3 grams of New Zealand cheese per EU citizen
US trade deal could cripple agriculture, manufacturing in Kenya
bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
09-Jun-2020 The agreement portends the danger of crippling sectors such as agriculture and manufacturing and disintegration of its economy in Kenya.
"Economic Fantasy Snapshot AM 6/9/20"
*"Economic Fantasy Snapshot AM 6/9/20"* Chronicling the most enormous fraud and theft in human history, down the rabbit hole of psychopathic greed and insanity... No resemblance to reality is intended or claimed. Read at your own risk. Only the consequences are real, to YOU, never *them*. *"The more I see of the moneyed classes, * *the more I understand the guillotine."* - George Bernard Shaw ○ *AM 6/920* *○* Gregory Mannarino,* AM 6/9/20* *"**Markets: This Is How We Play It. * *Stocks, Gold, Silver, Bitcoin, More!**"* - https://traderschoice.net/ ○ ○ *MarketWatch Market Su**mmary, Live Up... more »
WATCH: Cops Caught Slashing the Tires of Journalists’ Parked Cars—For ‘Safety’
[image: tires]Cops were seen in multiple videos slashing the tires of parked vehicles, many of which belonged to journalists covering the protests.
California Democrats push voter fraud on a huge scale
California Democrats are constantly doing all they can to make illegal aliens feel at home. Even as Governor Newsom is pondering massive pay cuts for California teachers he's handing out checks to illegal aliens to help them deal with the China virus crisis. One of things Democrats did was give illegal aliens drivers licenses. While that's bad enough on its own what's really appalling is that everyone, including illegal aliens, who apply for a drivers license are asked by the computer, not a person, if they want to register to vote. While it's true they're asked to swear that they ... more »
Democrats looking forward to a police free future
On CNN Minneapolis Democrat City Council member Lisa Bender said the following: *Host Alisyn Camerota asked, “But to be clear, you’re not talking about reform. The word dismantle is intentionally different than reform. This is more than reform. This is dismantling. I mean, activists who support this are calling this a police-free future.”Bender said, “Yeah, and you know, a lot of us were asked if we could manage a future without police back in 2017 when we were running for office, and I answered yes to that question. To me, that future is a long way away, and it would take an enor... more »
If America is systemically racist why do Democrats have to keep making up hate crimes
When George Zimmerman was assaulted by Trayvon Martin and shot him in self defense the Democrats kept calling George white even though he was Hispanic--and far more Hispanic than Elizabeth Warren was Native American. When Michael Brown was shot by a police officer in self defense the media went with the "hands up don't shoot story". But as even Eric Holder was eventually forced to admit that story was a lie. The only witness who told that was the guy who'd helped Brown rob a store minutes before. The other witnesses and the forensic evidence showed that Brown was not shot while ho... more »
Rare Late-Spring Snowstorm Blankets Lake Tahoe
NWS historical data reveals June snow in this part of the world usually only occurs once every ten years. Yet from 2011 to 2020, June snow has settled at Tahoe on 4 separate occasions (that I can find)... The post Rare Late-Spring Snowstorm Blankets Lake Tahoe appeared first on Electroverse.
Bad bosses and cranky customers
News 1. Report: Canadians plan to avoid restaurants ‘for the foreseeable future’ A recent survey shows 52% of its respondents will be avoiding dining in at restaurants for “the foreseeable future.” Yvette d’Entremont spoke with Sylvain Charlebois, a Dalhousie University professor and the lead author on the survey from Dalhousie University and Angus Reid. Says […]
Report: Canadians plan to avoid restaurants ‘for the foreseeable future’
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. We may have embraced ordering take-out and delivery food throughout the pandemic, but a majority of Canadians say dining in at restaurants is off the table for the foreseeable future. That’s one of the takeaways of a new survey released Tuesday. The COVID-19 restaurant survey […]
LaRouche Led the Real Revolt against the City of London and Wall Street
[image: Lyndon LaRouche delivers the keynote speech at a Schiller Institute conference: "A New Paradigm To Save Mankind: After 30 Years: The Need for the Principle for the SDI Today!" March 23, 2013 - Sterling, VA (EIRNS/Stuart Lewis)] Who stopped the progress of the American Civil Rights Movement 50 years ago, before it could aim at rights of black working people to freedom from want and fear? Why was Dr. Martin Luther King killed when he had put economic rights, and ending the Vietnam War where they were being sent to die, at the center of his work? Why today is the wealth gap bet... more »
How Violent Provocateurs Deployed into Protests Are Part of a "Misdirection" Campaign from London
How Violent Provocateurs Deployed into Protests Are Part of a "Misdirection" Campaign from London Video of How Violent Provocateurs Deployed into Protests Are Part of a "Misdirection" Campaign from London Have you ever wondered why the political and financial Establishment, which is defending a system which has broken down, remains in power, even as their policies are greatly increasing the misery and death rates of the vast majority of people? It is called misdirection, to get you focused on particular grievances, often based on racial, religious or national identities... more »
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From Jenna Orkin Top Editor of Philadelphia Inquirer Resigns After ‘Buildings Matter’ Headline Why Camden, N.J., the Murder Capital of the Country, Disbanded Its Police Force Corona Stimulus Bill Creates Digital Dollar Marin epidemiologist Larry Brilliant: Virus crisis just beginning Norway Scientist Claims Report Proves Virus Was Manmade For the record. Forbes has since taken the article down. 'More masks than jellyfish': coronavirus waste ends up in oceanFamily of young black man killed in Brampton, Ont., says he was shot by police after calling 911 himselfMinneapolis Mayor Loudly Bo... more »
Tucker Carlson: Defund the police simply a power grab [Video]
The Black Lives Matter movement is insane, AND it is now become a political party, perhaps the most powerful political party in the United States at this point. The ability this movement and its supporters have had on an already weakened and dispirited American populace is dangerous, despite the polled prevalence of common sense. The […] More The post Tucker Carlson: Defund the police simply a power grab [Video] appeared first on The Duran.
Corrupt Rosenstein throws corrupt Mueller under the bus (Video)
The Duran Quick Take: Episode 567 More The post Corrupt Rosenstein throws corrupt Mueller under the bus (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
Poland wants to become Washington’s Eastern European bulwark against Russia
Defender Europe 2020 to continue despite coronavirus pandemic More The post Poland wants to become Washington’s Eastern European bulwark against Russia appeared first on The Duran.
Police Abolition And Other Revolutionary Lessons From Rojava
In Rojava, Asayish (Internal Security Forces) and HPC (Civil Defense Forces) forces work together in a symbiotic relationship to provide safety and security to the community. The Asayish work as traffic controllers, arrest criminals, protect victims of domestic violence, serve as security guards at main governing buildings and control the movement of people and goods from one canton to another. The HPC in contrast, are people trained in basic security who only patrol their own neighborhood. The purpose of both forces is explicitly to protect the people from outside threats such as... more »
Haftar will be ‘out of the equation at any moment’ in Libya: Erdogan
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:10 P.M.) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the leader of the Libyan National Army, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, would be “out of the equation at any moment” in Libya. “According to my point of view and the latest developments, Haftar will be out of the equation in Libya at any […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Russian and Syrian warplanes target Idlib countryside as ceasefire detiorates
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:45 P.M.) – The Russian and Syrian air forces intensified their flights over the Idlib Governorate on Tuesday, as they respond to the latest attacks by the jihadist forces in the Al-Ghaab Plain. According to a field report from northwestern Syria, the Russian and Syrian air forces launched strikes inside the Hama and […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
North Korea cuts all ties with South amid heightened tensions
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:20 P.M.) – The Korean Central News Agency reported that North Korea cut all ties with its southern neighbor, because the latter’s authorities have brought the inter-Korean relations to an “end point.” “We have come to the conclusion that we no longer have anything to discuss at the negotiating table with the South […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
‘Who is Greece to interfere in Turkish affairs’: Erdogan
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 P.M.) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Greece “does not know Turkey’s energy” and should “bind its borders”, warning Athens against interfering in Turkish affairs. He said in an interview with the Turkish state-owned TRT on Monday: “I think that the Greek side does not know Turkey’s energy and potential, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Taiwanese Air Force intercepts Chinese warplanes in new show of force
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:30 P.M.) – On Tuesday, the Taiwan Air Force sent aircraft to intercept Chinese fighters who approached the island, which Beijing considers part of its territory, while the tensions between the two sides entered a possibly dangerous military dimension. The Taiwan Ministry of Defense said their air force had warned a number of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Video footage of first moments after US military aircraft crashes in Iraq
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:30 P.M.) – Media outlets released a video documenting the first moments of the crash of the U.S. S-130 along the runway of Al-Taji Military Airport, north of Baghdad. An Iraqi security source said, yesterday evening, that four U.S. military personnel were wounded during the crash of an S-130 plane while it was […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Libya’s Haftar made secret visit to Venezuela: Juan Guaido
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:00 P.M.) – The leader of the Venezuelan opposition, Juan Guaido, said that the leader of the Libyan National Army, Khalifa Haftar, made a secret visit to Venezuela. A statement issued from the embassy run by the Venezuelan opposition in Washington on Monday said that Guaido had “warned the international community” that Haftar […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Iran to execute Quds Force spy for aiding in Qassem Soleimani’s assassination
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:45 P.M.) – The spokesman for the Iranian judiciary, Ghulam Hussein Ismaili, announced the death sentence of Mahmoud Ismaili Majd, after he was convicted of espionage for the Mossad and the CIA, RT Arabic reported. The spokesman said that Mahmoud Ismaili Majd, who was sentenced to death, provided information regarding the whereabouts of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Jihadists suffered heavy losses in failed attack in northwest Hama: Syrian Army
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:30 P.M.) – A source from the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) revealed on Tuesday that the jihadist rebels suffered heavy losses during their failed attack in northwestern Hama yesterday. According to the source, the jihadist rebels suffered more than 20 casualties during the battle, including several foreign combatants near the town of Tanjara […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
U.S. Air Force C-130H Overruns Runway And Smacks Into Wall At Camp Taji, Iraq
🇺🇸 USAF C130 Hercules crash in Iraq - per @OIRSpox 'A USAF C-130 landing at Camp Taji Airbase, Iraq overshot the runway and crashed into a wall resulting in structural damage and a small fire.' Non-life threatening injuries sustained. Enemy activity not suspected. pic.twitter.com/gPAvAckOkG — CivMilAir ✈ (@CivMilAir) June 8, 2020 *Air Force Times:* *Four injured as C-130H overruns runway at Iraq base* Four service members were injured Monday when a C-130H Hercules overran the runway while landing at Camp Taji, Iraq, and crashed into a wall, sparking a fire. The service members... more »
The Rules of Engagement Are the Wrong Lexicon for Deterrence Signaling
Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy vessels cross the bows of U.S. military ships in international waters of the Arabian Gulf, April 15, 2020. (Source: U.S. Navy Photo) Eleven Iranian-flagged vessels executed “dangerous and harassing approaches” directed at U.S. ships in the Arabian Sea on April 15. According to U.S. Central Command, the repeated harassment of six U.S. ships continued for an hour, despite U.S. use of deescalatory measures including auditory warnings and attempts to establish bridge-to-bridge communications. After coming within 10 yards of collision with... more »
They Misread
It's now official. The American economy has been in recession since February. Jennifer Rubin writes: It should be noted that this happened before most business shutdowns occurred. While the pandemic indisputably plunged the economy further into recession, the Obama recovery — which President Trump conveniently ignored — ended on Trump’s watch. To make matters worse, as with the Great Depression, the world’s economies have crashed as well. “Economic carnage wrought by the coronavirus pandemic has forced the global economy into the worst recession since World War II, according to ... more »
Children Recruited in U.K. for COVID-19 Vaccine Trial
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HUMAN ASSESSMENTS: Five out of six New York Times letter-writers...
*TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2020...wish Bennet was still on the job:* In this morning's hard-copy New York Times, three letter-writers aren't happy. They weren't pleased to learn that editorial page editor James Bennet, having been forced to confess to his crimes, had been frogmarched away this past weekend. Stated as a general matter, they didn't seem to care for the Maoism—or, perhaps, for the mau-mauing. One letter-writer even complains about the newspaper's "ludicrous" judgment: "What The Times has done amounts to self-censorship, a dumbing-down of the contents of the paper and an ins... more »
It Looks Like The Mob Now Rules The City Of Seattle
Crowds gathered outside the Seattle Police Department's East Precinct Monday after police announced a "decreasing footprint." (Lucas Combos/Patch) *Patch*: *Seattle Police Leave East Precinct, Remove Barricades* SPD removed sensitive items and boarded up the East Precinct before opening up the surrounding streets to protesters Monday evening. SEATTLE, WA — Following more than a week of protests outside the East Precinct that often ended in tear gas, pepper spray and flashbangs, the Seattle Police Department boarded up its windows, took down the barricades and opened up the streets.... more »
The Legend’s Journey: From Hero to Monster
A man who becomes a legend might appear like a hero from one angle and a monster from another to the people who know him only from the outside. No view of him is incredible. The legend that I have in my mind is Bill Gates—whether you see him as a hero or a monster depends on your angle. Till about two decades ago, he was seen as a hero because of his contributions in popularizing digital technologies, but ever since he became a full-time philanthropist and healthcare activist, his reputation has taken a severe beating. His Twitter and Instagram accounts are full of hateful comments ... more »
PA: Charter Advocacy Chief Booted For Offensive Post
Ana Luiza Lannes Meyers is known to folks who follow the charter school debates in Pennsylvania as a vocal charter advocate as the executive director of the Pennsylvania Coalition of Public [sic] Charter Schools. But as of yesterday, she is out of a job, one more casualty of emotional blowback from the current Black Lives Matter demonstrations. Working on her resumeMeyers has previously worked as "Director of Legislative Affairs" for LeadingAge PA (an advocacy group for aging services providers) as well as PA Field Director for Libertarian advocacy group, FreedomWorks. Before that s... more »
The Legend Journey: From Hero to Monster
A man who becomes a legend might appear like a hero from one angle and a monster from another to the people who know him only from the outside. No view of him is incredible. The legend that I have in my mind is Bill Gates—whether you see him as a hero or a monster depends on your angle. Till about two decades ago, he was seen as a hero because of his contributions in popularizing digital technologies, but ever since he became a full-time philanthropist and healthcare activist, his reputation has taken a severe beating. His Twitter and Instagram accounts are full of hateful comments ... more »
Former Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell Says Politics In 2020 'Is A Fight Between Washington And The Rest Of America'
*FOX News:* *Ex-acting DNI Grenell calls politics in 2020 'a fight between Washington and the rest of America'* Former acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell told "Tucker Carlson Tonight" Monday that his time in the Trump administration has shown him that the great political struggle is no longer between Republicans and Democrats, but between the District of Columbia and the rest of the U.S. In his first TV interview since leaving the administration, Grenell explained a tweet he posted Saturday in response to criticism of Trump from former Defense Secretary Jame... more »
SO I GUESS WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THAT TRUMP RACE SPEECH AFTER ALL
Gabriel Sherman reports: In Donald Trump’s West Wing, being a member of the Trump family has historically been the ultimate job security. But that truism is being stress-tested after a run of polls consistently show Trump losing to Joe Biden at this stage of the race—a CNN poll ... has him down 14 points. According to a source close to the White House, Trump has mulled taking oversight of the campaign away from his son-in-law Jared Kushner. “Trump is malignantly crazy about the bad poll numbers,” a former West Wing official said. “He’s going to broom Kushner and [Brad] Parscale—the ... more »
Hope: a requirement for action
Dr. Cornel West at Harvard Divinity School to discuss James Baldwin's legacy.
Retired Generals Who Just Have To Play Politics
President Trump attends a briefing from his senior military leaders, including then-Defense Secretary James Mattis (left), in the Cabinet Room at the White House, October 23, 2018. (Leah Millis/Reuters) *Victor Davis Hanson, National Review:* *Not-So-Retiring Retired Military Leaders * *In a time of crisis, their synchronized chorus of complaints, falsehoods, and partisan appeals to resistance threaten the very constitutional order they claim to revere.* Sometimes retired generals are deified. Ulysses S. Grant and Dwight D. Eisenhower won two presidential terms in landslide electi... more »
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*The Case for Reopening College Campuses * Higher education media has gone “all in” for keeping college campuses closed this fall, with articles like “The Case Against Reopening” in The Chronicle of Higher Education and “Colleges Are Deluding Themselves” in The Atlantic, just to mention a few. Their basic premise: Reopening would be irresponsible because many students, faculty, and staff will get sick, some will die, and it will be our fault. The author of “The Case Against Reopening,” Stan Yoshinobu, asserts that there can be “only one right decision,” which of course is the one ... more »
Russian Northern Fleet Reports Tracking French Frigate in Barents Sea
*Peter Suciu* *Security, * The French guided-missile frigate Aquitaine entered the Barents Sea last week and its movements were being tracked by the Russian Northern Fleet. It is the second time in a month that NATO naval forces visited Russia's Arctic border. The French guided-missile frigate *Aquitaine* entered the Barents Sea last week and its movements were being tracked by the Russian Northern Fleet. It is the second time in a month that NATO naval forces visited Russia's Arctic border. "The Northern Fleet's forces and capabilities have started to track the movements of th... more »
History Tells Us Why Russia Fears a NATO Invasion (Even If It Sounds Crazy)
*Peter Suciu* *Security, Europe* While the idea of NATO attacking Russia may seem farfetched to most Americans, the Russians have reason to fear an invasion from the west. Over the past several centuries Russia has been repeatedly invaded by such powers as Poland, Sweden, France and Germany. Russian state media has reported that the guard tank army of Russia's Western Military District has been reinforced to protect the country's western strategic border. Last month, Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu told Tass that the western strategic direction remains under the highest threat ... more »
Royal Air Force Typhoon Fighters Scrambled to Intercept Russian Planes in the Baltic Sea
*Peter Suciu* *Security, Europe* Earlier this month Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon fighter jets deployed to Lithuania on a NATO policing mission where jets were scrambled and carried out their first intercept of the operation on Russian military aircraft off the Baltic Coast. The Typhoons took to the skies to intercept a Russian IL-20 COOT Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft that had been operating over the Baltic Sea. Earlier this month Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon fighter jets deployed to Lithuania on a NATO policing mission where jets were scrambled an... more »
Asians Are Good at Math? Why Dressing up Racism as a Compliment Is Wrong
*Niral Shah* *Society, Americas* Racism dressed as a compliment is still racism. The narrative that “Asians are good at math” is pervasive in the United States. Young children are aware of it. College students’ academic performance can be affected by it. And Asian American presidential candidate Andrew Yang has made his mathematical aptitude a feature of his campaign. On the surface, the “Asians are good at math” narrative sounds like a compliment. After all, what’s wrong with saying that someone is good at something? But as I explain in a recent article, there are two problems. ... more »
Racism Triggers Genes That Lead to Inflammation and Illness: Study
*April Thames* *Health, World* Negative social attitudes damage the health of those who are targeted by triggering a cascade of aberrant biological responses, including abnormal gene activity. Negative social attitudes, such as racism and discrimination, damage the health of those who are targeted by triggering a cascade of aberrant biological responses, including abnormal gene activity. It is not surprising that reports documenting lifespan and causes of mortality have demonstrated a clear pattern: African Americans die sooner and bear a heavier burden of many diseases, includi... more »
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*No One Knows What’s Going To Happen* THE best prophet, Thomas Hobbes once wrote, is the best guesser. That would seem to be the last word on our capacity to predict the future: We can’t. But it is a truth humans have never been able to accept. People facing immediate danger want to hear an authoritative voice they can draw assurance from; they want to be told what will occur, how they should prepare, and that all will be well. We are not well designed, it seems, to live in uncertainty. Rousseau exaggerated only slightly when he said that when things are truly important, we prefer t... more »
Line-up for Burials at Night in Latin America’s Largest Cemetery
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Covid-19 has changed life in the largest cemetery in Latin America, in São Paulo, and today there are lines of families waiting to perform funeral ceremonies, even at night. Brazil is the country with the second-most Covid-19 cases in the world (more than 600,000) and is ranked third in deaths, […] The post Line-up for Burials at Night in Latin America’s Largest Cemetery appeared first on The Rio Times.
W.H.O. Says Coronavirus Transmission Among Asymptomatics Is Rare
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) reported yesterday at a press conference that transmission of the novel coronavirus among asymptomatic individuals, although possible, is "very rare." "From the data we have, it still seems rare for an asymptomatic individual to actually transmit the virus to another person . . . To […] The post W.H.O. Says Coronavirus Transmission Among Asymptomatics Is Rare appeared first on The Rio Times.
São Paulo State Covid-19 Situation Stable After Partial Reopening of Commerce
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - One week after the start of the business activity reopening process in the state of São Paulo, the Covid-19 numbers remain stable, albeit worrying. The number of confirmed cases reached 144,593 and the number of deaths from the disease stood at 9,188, as of Monday June 8th. Occupation of ICU beds […] The post São Paulo State Covid-19 Situation Stable After Partial Reopening of Commerce appeared first on The Rio Times.
World Bank Projects Eight Percent Drop in Brazil’s GDP in 2020
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The novel coronavirus pandemic will cause economic activity in Brazil to contract eight percent in 2020, the World Bank projects in a new report released on Monday, June 8th. A drop of such magnitude would be the greatest in 120 years, a period for which the official statistics institute, IBGE, […] The post World Bank Projects Eight Percent Drop in Brazil’s GDP in 2020 appeared first on The Rio Times.
IBOVESPA Climbs Over Three Percent, Closes up for Seventh Straight Trading Session
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Brazilian stock market closed up for the seventh straight trading session on Monday, June 8th, with investors optimistic about the rebound of the world's leading economies. IBOVESPA, the main stock index, rose 3.18 percent and closed at 97,644.67 points - its highest level since March 6th. In the market, […] The post IBOVESPA Climbs Over Three Percent, Closes up for Seventh Straight Trading Session appeared first on The Rio Times.
Brazilian Military Government Tried To Conceal Meningitis Epidemic In 1974
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The national debate on transparency in the disclosure of coronavirus data evokes another less than noble moment in national statistical history. Since Saturday, information about the meningitis epidemic that swept the country in the 1970s, which the dictatorship of Emílio Medici and Ernesto Geisel tried to conceal, has been spreading […] The post Brazilian Military Government Tried To Conceal Meningitis Epidemic In 1974 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Coronavirus Pandemic Destroys 12.5 Million Jobs in Mexico
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Around 12.5 million workers have lost their jobs in Mexico due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Of these, 10.4 million were casual workers in the informal economy. In particular, the loss of informal jobs, in which people work on their own responsibility and without social protection, is causing severe social problems. […] The post Coronavirus Pandemic Destroys 12.5 Million Jobs in Mexico appeared first on The Rio Times.
Bush Aide: NYT Fabricated Trump Story That President Bush Won’t Support Trump
Former President George W. Bush walks past President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, former President Barack Obama, former first lady Michelle Obama, former President Bill Clinton, former first lady Hillary Clinton, former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter at the state funeral for former President George H.W. Bush at the Washington National Cathedral. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters *American Spectator:* *Bush Aide: NYT Fabricated Trump Story* The claim that former President Bush won’t support Trump is “completely made up.” All presidents have critics ... more »
WATCH: Mysterious FIREBALL Lights Up Skies in Eastern US, Burns So Bright It Was Seen from Canada
WATCH: Mysterious FIREBALL Lights Up Skies in Eastern US, Burns So Bright It Was Seen from Canada by https://www.rt.com/ Stunning video shows an incredibly bright fireball lighting up the skies above Tennessee, but the as-yet-unexplained phenomenon was so bright that it was visible from as far north as Canada. – The American Meteor Society received …
KOI-456.04: Earth-like Orbit Highlights New Detection Tools
The planet candidate KOI-456.04 strikes me as significant not so much because of the similarity of its orbit with that of Earth (a 378 day orbital period around a star much like the Sun), but because of the methods used to identify its possible presence. Make no mistake, this is still very much a planet […]
Female Police Officers’ On-The-Job Experiences Diverge From Those Of Male Officers; More Police Women Could Help Reduce Police Violence
Based on these statistics, it appears that recruiting more women as police officers could help reduce violence: “When it comes … Continue reading →
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