"If you're not sure it's true, don't share"
The huge explosion in Beirut has resulted in the BBC's specialist disinformation reporter Marianna Spring issuing the warning she always issues on such occasions: Wise words. If only some of her BBC colleagues bore them in mind:
Closing the Gap: how a captive media failed to question Scott Morrison on defunding
[image: Closing the Gap, Scott Morrison] Only one member of the Australian media questioned Prime Minister Scott Morrison's narrative about the "innocent" failure of Kevin Rudd's Closing the Gap scheme. This failure of accountability from all major Australian media outlets skirts over the $1 billion in funding cut from Indigenous services. Callum Foote lays down the real numbers in this investigation of yet another instance of media succumbing to Government public relations narratives.
Democrats Say Biden Has ‘Nothing to Fear’ When Debating Donald Trump
*Rachel Bucchino* *Politics, Americas* [image: Reuters] There have been rumors that Trump didn’t want to debate at all due to loss of support in the polls, but the president’s staffers have insisted that Biden is the one that hasn’t formally committed to take the debate stage next month. Democratic Senators urge the party’s presumptive nominee Joe Biden to go head-to-head with President Donald Trump on the debate stage, despite polarizing views that Biden should avoid the rounds of political football to maintain his national polling lead. “We’ve had presidential debates for a lo... more »
U.S. Emergency-Room Visits Plummeted 42% in April Thanks to Coronavirus Fears
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Public Health, World* Health concerns that need to be detected or taken care of might otherwise go unresolved. Months into the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic, patients in need of medical care are still shunning clinics and hospitals. Doctors believe that coronavirus-driven fear and diminished trust in the U.S. medical system is keeping people at home despite some experiencing dangerous chest pains and exhibiting stroke symptoms. A recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that emergency-room visits nationwide plummeted 42% in... more »
How Dangerous Is TikTok, Really?
*Stephen Silver* *Security, Asia* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC2A6I9YJ9YC&share=true] The Chinese app has caused quite a stir in American security circles. It was quite a weekend of ups and downs when it came to the future of TikTok. After Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a Fox News interview in early July that the administration was “looking at” a ban of TikTok, Bloomberg News reported last Friday that President Trump was going to order Bytedance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, to divest its ownership of the pop... more »
How China's Military Parades Showcase Its Modernization (And Power)
*Mark Episkopos* *Security, Asia* The PLA is a very serious military force. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) marked its ninety-third anniversary with scores of infantry columns, and a wide-ranging display of modernized military hardware that conveys the rapidly changing face of China’s armed forces. Held on August 1, Army Day is an annual celebration commemorating the 1927 establishment of the PLA following the Nanchang Uprising, the first major battle in the decades-long struggle between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Chiang Kai-Shek’s ruling Nationalist government. T... more »
How the U.S. Military Wants to Consolidate and Protect Its Cyber Assets
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2015%3Anewsml_GF10000165290&share=true] This is a huge job with great potential returns on the battlefield. It is a war without borders, containing no specified geographical parameters and not focused on “finding an individual” *per se*, but rather its a new kind of combat-oriented toward defending and destroying information networks, protecting data and “hardening” weapons systems to prevent penetration. It is cyberwar, a fast-growing frontier increasingly commanding new levels... more »
Russian IL-76 Transports Execute A Stunning Mass Flare Dump (Video)
*Warzone/The Drive:* *Watch These Russian IL-76 Transports Execute A Stunning Mass Flare Dump* Russian airlifters put on a lively demonstration of their self-defense capabilities during anniversary celebrations. While we’re used to seeing dramatic displays involving Russian fighter aircraft and attack helicopters, this time it’s the turn of the country’s air transport fleet to take center stage with a dazzling spectacle. Eye-catching imagery and video of the three Ilyushin Il-76MD Candid airlifters was released to mark the 90th anniversary of Russia’s Airborne Troops, also known ... more »
As the Filibuster Goes, So Goes the GOP
[image: as-the-filibuster-goes-so-goes-the-gop] If the filibuster goes, and the Democratic left runs wild in the next two years, will the republic survive the disfiguring surgery?
Obama Omits Ocasio-Cortez From Endorsement List. Kooky Congresswoman Would Boot St. Damien From Capitol
[image: obama-omits-ocasio-cortez-from-endorsement-list-kooky-congresswoman-would-boot-st-damien-from-capitol] Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is apparently not a first-round draft pick in the book of former President Barack Obama.
California Pastor Defies New Restrictions on Indoor Services
[image: california-pastor-defies-new-restrictions-on-indoor-services] Grace Community Church Senior Pastor John MacArthur isn’t obeying the Los Angeles County Health Officer’s order to discontinue singing and large gatherings for indoor church services.
Boris Panic : Below Average Deaths
Get the masks out Boris! People aren’t dying fast enough. UK coronavirus live: deaths in England and Wales below five-year average for sixth week in a row, says ONS UK coronavirus live: deaths in England and Wales below five-year average … Continue reading →
Everyone In Japan Wears Masks
Everyone in Japan wears masks, and cases are skyrocketing. By contrast, very few people in Norway wear masks, and they hardly have any cases. Coronavirus Update (Live): 18,380,046 Cases and 695,311 Deaths from COVID-19 Virus Pandemic – Worldometer There is … Continue reading →
John Pilger: Another Hiroshima is Coming, Unless We Stop It Now
75 years after Hiroshima, the US is making many of the same dangerous mistakes it did in the run-up to that disastrous moment, this time, with China. The post John Pilger: Another Hiroshima is Coming, Unless We Stop It Now appeared first on MintPress News.
Lee Camp: A Dozen Reasons Now is the Time for Housing as a Human Right
America is not based on hard work. Get it out of your head that this society is set up to be fair. Fair would be everyone with a roof over their head. The post Lee Camp: A Dozen Reasons Now is the Time for Housing as a Human Right appeared first on MintPress News.
Big Pharma Giants GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi Receive $2.1 Billion to Develop COVID Vaccine
Operation Warp Speed is handing out cash at record velocity and this time, the two largest vaccine companies in the world are benefiting. The post Big Pharma Giants GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi Receive $2.1 Billion to Develop COVID Vaccine appeared first on MintPress News.
Federal Government Releases Bipartisan Anti-China Plan for Artificial Intelligence
A Washington think tank and Congress issued a bipartisan plan for AI, which utilizes the veneer of technology to formally cast China as the number one obstacle to US hegemony The post Federal Government Releases Bipartisan Anti-China Plan for Artificial Intelligence appeared first on MintPress News.
Members of the US House of Representatives sandbag an expert
“Today, shortly after giving expert testimony to Congress about energy policy, I had the startling experience of being smeared by sitting members of the United States House of Representatives.” click here Shellenberger: “Late in the hearing, Representatives Sean Casten of … Continue reading →
Federal Government Releases Bipartisan Anti-China Plan for Artificial Intelligence
A Washington think tank and Congress issued a bipartisan plan for AI, which utilizes the veneer of technology to formally cast China as the number one obstacle to US hegemony
Dutch Government Ditches the Mask. Political Pressure Exerted on Sovereign Governments?
Last Wednesday, the Dutch government decided not to impose any “national obligation” on its people to wear masks, reports Reuters. The reason for opting out of the global masquerade? Minister for Medical Care, Tamara van Ark, asserted that “from a medical perspective there is no proven effectiveness of masks” after a review by the Netherland’s National Institute for Health.
Video: Covid-19 Lies and Fraud: How the Fear Campaign is Affecting US Hospitals and Clinics
In the following interview, Dr. Morris, a practicing physician in Florida, USA, explains how politics and fraud are root causes of the Fear campaign that is plaguing his state, and the country.
US GDP Collapses & Economic Rebound Fades
This past week US economy collapsed in the 2nd quarter by 32.9% at annual rate and nearly 10% just for the April-June period. Never before in modern US history—not even in the worse quarters of the 1930s great depression—has the US economy contracted so quickly and so deeply!
Scott Adams Creates the “Heckenlively Rule” for Public Debate…
It seems some of the fans of Scott Adams want him to interview me. By Kent Heckenlively, JD On his August 3, 2020 Periscope, right near the end, a listener asked why he didn’t interview Kent Heckenlively. Scott gave his answer, which was essentially a recapitulation of what he’d said previously, roughly translated as, “I … Continue reading Scott Adams Creates the “Heckenlively Rule” for Public Debate…
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From Jenna Orkin Russia to Vaccinate in October After Shortened Trial We may not know the results for days, and maybe weeks. So it’s time to rethink “election night.” Nearly half of coronavirus patients at NYC hospital developed kidney issues COVID-19 deaths spike 27 percent even as new cases decline Deutsche Bank Opens Review Into Personal Banker to Trump and Kushner Baboons Armed with Knives in UK Safari Park The former head of the FDA warned that the Northeast will likely get hit with another wave of coronavirus cases, saying the virus continues to 'rotate through different parts o... more »
No, Not "Both Parties" Fault-- The Blame From The Entire Financial Crisis Millions Of Americans are Facing is Only The Republicans' Fault-- 100%
In his interview with Stuart Stevens published yesterday by the *New Yorker*-- on the occasion of the release of his new book, *It Was All a Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump*-- Isaac Chotiner asked the former GOP political operative (and now, Lincoln Project #NeverTrumpers), how he came to see that the Republican Party wasn't polluted by Trump but that the Republican Party was polluted by itself. Stevens now understands that Trump didn't hijack the GOP but that what we have is what the GOP turned itself into. He pointed out that Trump "says he has ninety-five per c... more »
"Economic Fantasy Update AM 8/4/20"
*"Economic Fantasy Update AM 8/4/20"* Chronicling the most enormous fraud and theft in human history, down the rabbit hole of psychopathic greed and insanity... Deceptive resemblances to reality by these arch-criminals are total lies. 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 ○ *8/4/20* *○* Gregory Mannarino, *AM* *8/4/20:* *“**Markets: PSYOPS, Phony Stories, Propaganda And Epic Easy Money**”* - https://traderschoice.net/ ○ ○ *MarketWatch Market Su**mmary, Live Updates*... more »
Dems Push Law That Would Allow More Efficient Killing of African Babies
Johnathan Jones Published August 1, 2020 Rep. Jan Schakowsky has introduced a bill that would allow U.S. taxpayer-funded international aid programs to pay for abortion procedures in Africa and other locations around the world. On Wednesday, the Illinois Democrat and six Democratic co-sponsors unveiled the Abortion Is Health Care Act of 2020, which would classify … Continue reading Dems Push Law That Would Allow More Efficient Killing of African Babies →
Dr. Fauci unmasks the expert class
‘Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts’ By Dan Popp August 1, 2020 My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment. (James 3:1, NKJV) The nation’s coronavirus shaman, Dr. Anthony Fauci, deliberately misled the public about a deadly threat. He doesn’t admit to … Continue reading Dr. Fauci unmasks the expert class →
HCQ is the answer to COVID-19 — Don’t let them lie to you
Bryan Fischer July 31, 2020 One of the many unfounded and uninformed myths that have taken hold of the media, the public, and the Deep State is that hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is voodoo medicine that does not work against the Chinese virus. The NIH has known since 2005 that HCQ is effective against the Covid family of … Continue reading HCQ is the answer to COVID-19 — Don’t let them lie to you →
Dr. Fauci: ‘There’s No Inconsistency’ in COVID Lockdowns
Tyler O’Neil Jul 31, 2020 Dr. Anthony Fauci testifying before Congress (Erin Scott/Pool via AP) During a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Friday, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) pressed Dr. Anthony Fauci on whether the government should restrict the massive Black Lives Matter protests across the country in order to slow the spread of the coronavirus. … Continue reading Dr. Fauci: ‘There’s No Inconsistency’ in COVID Lockdowns →
Steve Scalise forces Fauci to admit Trump saved lives with his COVID response
C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal August 1, 2020 Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, testified Friday before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, wrapping up a week of high-profile hearings on Capitol Hill. The big news from Friday’s hearing was that Fauci said he was “cautiously optimistic” the United … Continue reading Steve Scalise forces Fauci to admit Trump saved lives with his COVID response →
CDC Director: ‘I Think You’re Correct’ About Inflated COVID Death Statistics
Melanie Arter | July 31, 2020 (CNSNews.com) – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield acknowledged Friday that the number of COVID-19 deaths could be inflated where someone who had the virus actually died from something else, but it was recorded as a COVID death. At a House Oversight and Government Reform … Continue reading CDC Director: ‘I Think You’re Correct’ About Inflated COVID Death Statistics →
Millions of Americans not buying official coronavirus death count
‘The real number of deaths is less’ WND News Services July 21, 2020 By Harry Whitehead Daily Caller News Foundation Americans are becoming increasingly more skeptical about the reported coronavirus death count, a Tuesday poll suggests. Over 140,000 people have died from coronavirus in the United States as of July 20, according to the Centers … Continue reading Millions of Americans not buying official coronavirus death count →
Tucker Carlson: America is witnessing a brazen power grab
Quartermain1961 July 31st, 2020. via Tucker Carlson: America is witnessing a brazen power grab
John MacArthur declares Independence Day for the American church
By Bryan Fischer July 28, 2020 John MacArthur has declared Independence Day for the American Church. MacArthur, one of America’s finest expositors and the pastor of Grace Community Church in Southern California, has openly defied California governor Gavin Newsom, who issued an utterly unconstitutional edict that churches were not, under any circumstances, allowed to meet. MacArthur … Continue reading John MacArthur declares Independence Day for the American church →
ISIS Releases Video Calling for Arson Attacks in the US
Flames from the Hog fire approach highway 36 about 5 miles from Susanville, California on July 20, 2020. (Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images) The media arm of the Islamic State has put out a video encouraging followers in the United States to launch arson attacks. The highly-produced footage appears in Arabic and English … Continue reading ISIS Releases Video Calling for Arson Attacks in the US →
Clean Cooking Transition: Pathways as Seen by Kenyan Villagers
Global Issues News Headlines - 12 hours ago
AMSTERDAM, Aug 04 (IPS) - Eco Matser is Program Manager at HivosThe Sustainable Development goals on energy speak clear: universal access energy and clean cooking by 2030 (SDG7). But the current efforts are still lagging several steps behind the specific needs of the communities and are not enough to achieve energy access for all, especially clean cooking solutions. Read the full story, “Clean Cooking Transition: Pathways as Seen by Kenyan Villagers”, on globalissues.org →
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. - Vaughn Palmer discusses how British Columbia's Site C megaproject had gone awry long before the coronavirus pandemic hit. And CBC News reports on new research showing that thousands of earthquakes can be traced to the province's push toward fracking with no regard for the environmental consequences. - Meanwhile, Robert Halliday warns that Scott Moe's multibillion dollar irrigation scheme projects to be a giant white elephant. - Marc Tyndall and Zoe Dodd examine how puritanism and structural violence have prevented the development of approp... more »
There Can Be No Equality Without Employment Opportunity For All
The employment opportunity that privileged the white male was much more than a job. By the 1960s, growing numbers of white men had employment that gave them steadily rising real earnings, often with decades of tenure at one organization. The “career-with-one-company” (CWOC) that had become the employment norm by the beginning of the 1960s included health insurance and a defined-benefit pension, both funded by the employee’s business corporation or government agency. This white-man’s world constituted the foundation for the “vast ocean of material prosperity” to which Dr. King refe... more »
For Egalitarians, A Sudden Sense Of Possibility
Something seems to be in the air these days — besides coronavirus. A hopefulness. A boldness. A conviction that we now have a real opportunity for blunting the corporate power that’s done so much to make the United States the world’s most unequal wealthy nation. How can we seize that opportunity? New reports from two veteran national advocacy groups — Public Citizen and Oxfam America — are offering up a gameplan. Public Citizen released its “blueprint for reform” last week on the tenth anniversary of the Dodd-Frank Act, the 2010 legislation that tried to clean out the corporate a... more »
Ignorant, Arrogant And All-Pretentious
In Rumi’s Book Three of Masnavi, there is a story that goes as follows: Once, Jesus Christ was running away. His disciples, who had never seen Him like that, asked Him the reason, and He replied, “I'm running away from an ignorant man.” “But my Lord,” they said, “you breathe life into death. You give sight to the blind. Why not, with your heavenly power, my Lord, turn this ignorant man into a wise one?” “When ignorance accompanied by arrogance is incurable,” Jesus said, “there is no remedy except running away from such an evil.” I would like you to recall three separate stories. ... more »
Preparing to weather the COVID-19 economic storm
I've written extensively about the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and I'm not going to repeat it all here. Many others have shared similar observations. I found a recent article at Dark Brightness, a New Zealand blog, to be a very good checklist for my own preparations. The blog has a lot of faith-based content, but being a retired pastor, that's something I don't mind at all, so I've become a regular visitor there. I had to laugh at the author's meme about New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern: The article from which it came contains a lot of very useful thoug... more »
Escaping Paternalism Book Club: Part 4
Summary Chapter 8 of Escaping Paternalism provides a vigorous public choice critique of paternalism in general and the “new paternalism” in particular. While they deploy most of the standard public choice arguments, Rizzo and Whitman (RW) also ably turn the tools of behavioral economics against paternalism itself. Real-world paternalists really should proverbially cast the beam out […] The post <i>Escaping Paternalism</i> Book Club: Part 4 appeared first on Econlib.
Bad Apple? 2 Law Enforcement Employees in One Town Arrested in Child Sex Trafficking Sting
[image: child]Two law enforcement employees in the same town have been arrested for attempting to engage in child sex trafficking.
Census Ending Data Collection for 2020 Count a Month Early
The move is worrying researchers, politicians and others who say the change will miss hard-to-count communities, including minorities and immigrants, and produce less trustworthy data.
Craig's very important piece
Craig posted a significant piece on Saturday and it has quite rightly been picked up by The Conservative Woman. I hope it will be followed up by others as well. The BBC has expressed an interest in delivering education directly to schools, allowing schoolteachers to concentrate on pastoral care. Although left-leaning teacher training colleges are churning out graduates that share most of the BBC’s ideological and political views, could the BBC really make a useful contribution to the overall school curriculum? By the way, let’s just confirm what “pastoral care” is. “Pastoral care... more »
Woke of Mouth
Oh BBC, what have you done? Regular readers might recall my liking for Michael Rosen's Radio 4 programme *Word of Mouth. *Its archive is a treasure trove for word lovers, worthy of comparison with the *In Our Time *archive. Michael Rosen, sadly, has been very ill recently and the programme is now relying on guest presenters. That's not the problem though... Sue spotted an early swallow last week - an episode titled 'The language of power and inequality in education and leadership'. It led to the thought: Surely *Word of Mouth *hasn't fallen prey to the BBC's pandering to 'wo... more »
New UK College of Education Faculty Bridge Divides for Vulnerable and Underserved Populations
A diverse group of new faculty recruits to the University of Kentucky College of Education are making an impact in areas where needs are among the greatest and resources are often lacking. They will join distinguished researchers and educators who are addressing some of the most pressing issues facing the nation. “We worked to recruit individuals who bring to the
"Covid-19 Pandemic Updates PM 8/4/20"
*"Covid-19 Pandemic **Updates PM 8/4/20" * *- Frequently **Updated* Please visit these sites often for the very latest information. ○ 8/3/20 by Ian Prasad Philbrick and Sanam Yar "A small fraction of students in the South and Midwest have returned to classrooms, and the coronavirus is already disrupting plans. In one Indiana school district, the superintendent sent out a note Saturday thanking students and parents for “a great first two days of school!” He also said several staff members had tested positive -and the high school was swiftly closed. “I’ve been in the business over 40 y... more »
Kimber: The World's Best Manufacturer of the Classic 1911 Pistol?
*Peter Suciu* *Security, Americas* [image: Bass Pro Shop] While it was Colt Firearms that produced the first of the John Moses Browning-designed M1911 .45 pistols, today the market leader in the category is Kimber. And it isn’t hard to see why, as the company has become known for building fine sporting firearms that are better than even the classics from the golden age of American firearms. While it was Colt Firearms that produced the first of the John Moses Browning-designed M1911 .45 pistols, today the market leader in the category is Kimber. And it isn’t hard to see why, as th... more »
Trump Administration Commission Caters to the Anti-Government Political Right
*Paul R. Pillar* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] The Commission Unalienable Rights on report colors human rights with a nationalist brush, all but describing the Declaration of Independence as a first draft of what would become the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Commission on Unalienable Rights released a mostly unexceptional report last week. It is partly a historical review of how human rights have been regarded in the United States and partly an extended riff on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) that the United Nations adopted in 1948. It offe... more »
Wave of Evictions Expected as Moratoriums End in Many States
The federal eviction moratorium that protects more than 12 million renters living in federally subsidized apartments or units with federally backed mortgages expired July 25.
Soviet America: Doctor Fired for Questioning Government COVID Line
[image: soviet-america-doctor-fired-for-questioning-government-covid-line] As in the old Soviet Union, scientists rejecting the government narrative in our nation are now being erased from public view.
THE MODERN AMERICAN NOVEL: Franklin County Confidential!
*TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2020The Washington Post hears a Hoo:* As far as we know, we've never been to Franklin County, Virginia. Back in the day, we often performed in Roanoke, a city of roughly 100,000 people. The city has been roughly that size from 1960 on. Roanoke lies 25 miles north of Rocky Mount, Franklin County's county seat. But, as best we can recall, we never took that particular day trip, not even to Smith Mountain Lake. Franklin County is located in the south central part of the state, only one county away from the North Carolina border. Its total population stands at rou... more »
Iran’s military is ‘more ready than ever’ for war: Iranian MoD
[image: Iran’s military is ‘more ready than ever’ for war: Iranian MoD] BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:30 P.M.) – The Iranian Minister of Defense, Brigadier Amir Hatami, stressed that “the Iranian armed forces are more than ever ready to defend the country.” The Spokesman of the Shura Council’s Industries and Mines Committee, Hajjatullah Firouzi, said in a statement with ISNA, that during the committee’s meeting, Brigadier Hatami explained the position of the defense force of the Islamic Republic, and said that “despite unfair sanctions in the area of strengthening defense capabilities, we ha... more »
Indian army demands complete withdrawal of Chinese military along disputed border
[image: Indian army demands complete withdrawal of Chinese military along disputed border] BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:00 P.M.) – The Hindustan Times quoted military sources on Monday as say that Indian army representatives insist on the full and rapid withdrawal of Chinese forces from the Line of Actual Content (LAC) border, in eastern Ladakh. “The lack of progress in the withdrawal of Chinese forces from several areas of Ladakh required that a new round of negotiations be held with the participation of the 14th Indian Army Corps Commander General Harinder Singh and the commander of the So... more »
Israeli Defense Minister sends warning to Hezbollah leader
[image: Israeli Defense Minister sends warning to Hezbollah leader] BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:30 P.M.) – The Israeli Defense Minister, Benny Gantz, warned Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah against the danger of “crossing the red lines” for him personally and for the country of Lebanon. Gantz said, in a statement published by his office: “If Nasrallah thinks to break the red lines, he will receive a painful response that will remind him of the high readiness of the state of Israel and will endanger the state of Lebanon.” On July 28th, the Israeli army announced that it h... more »
US-German relations are beyond repair as result of decades-long clash of views & ideas. Troop pullout is only a symptom
[image: undefined] While the Trump administration sells the decision to withdraw US troops from Germany as a strengthening of NATO force alignment, the reality is it’s merely the latest manifestation of a relationship on the decline for decades. The announcement by Secretary of Defense Mike Esper that the US has finalized plans for the withdrawal of some 12,000 troops from Germany came as a surprise to no one. This decision, minus the details concerning implementation, was originally announced back on June 30. At that time, President Donald Trump linked it to the failure of Germany... more »
Tammy Duckworth: The Next Vice President of the United States?
*Rachel Bucchino* *Politics, Americas* [image: Reuters] The Illinois Democrat formed a relationship with Biden’s wife, Jill, when she worked under the Obama administration in the Department of Veterans Affairs as an assistant secretary. During her time in this position, the Bidens and Duckworth convened on a number of issues, especially relating to homeless veterans. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) is still in the running for presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s vice-presidential pick, despite her lack of recognition in the press, as other candidates surface to the national ... more »
Meet the U.S. Navy's Newest Fast Transport (It Can Haul a Small Fleet of Tanks)
*Kris Osborn* *Security, * [image: https://www.austal.com/sites/default/files/styles/og_image/public/page-hero/9.%20Spearhead%20Strbd%202%20%280813%29.jpg?itok=fxL-LzNi] It will quickly ferry men, supplies, and tanks all over the globe. The U.S. Navy will soon deploy another super high-speed vessel able to transport 600 tons of troops, weapons, equipment, ammo and even a small fleet of seventy-ton Abrams tanks to war. This transport will change the scope and nature of coordinated amphibious attack. The service’s 12th Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) ship, the USNS Newport, re... more »
The U.S. Military Wants Start-Ups to Help It Build Better Drones and Robots
*Kris Osborn* *Security, * [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2013%3Anewsml_GM1E9530G7E01&share=true] Leveraging newer firms, the Pentagon hopes to improve the abilities of its autonomous systems. Northrop Grumman and hundreds of small technology defense firms are making new efforts to fast-track robotics and autonomous systems to war, by seeking new, non-traditional, start-up firms to explore unique new innovations. “We are working on autonomy, sense and avoid technology and robust navigation in a GPS denied environment,” Hunter Hudson, Director... more »
Belarus: Scramble For Heart Of Europe
The Secretary of State in the George W. Bush administration Condoleeza Rice once described Belarus as “the last true remaining dictatorship in the heart of Europe.” She held out the assurance that it was “time for change to come to Belarus.” That was during her visit to next-door Lithuania in […]
A Tight Fit: Planets in the Habitable Zone
How many habitable planets should we expect in the average stellar system? One sounds like a good number to me, even an optimistic one. But it’s a tough question because we don’t exactly know what an ‘average’ stellar system is, there being such a wide range currently being discovered. There was a time less than […]
Trump Fires TVA Board Chair for Outsourcing 200 Jobs to Foreign Consulting Firms-H1B Foreign Workers; Aims to Save Jobs
Construction of the Douglas Hydroelectric Dam in Tennessee (TVA), 1942, A. Palmer, Farm Security Adm. TVA was an FDR New … Continue reading →
Hurricane "Isaias" makes historic landfall in North Carolina, U.S.
The Watchers » Latest articles - 13 hours ago
Hurricane "Isaias" made landfall in North Carolina at around 03:10 UTC on August 4, 2020, with winds reaching 137 km/h (85 mph), making it a Category 1 hurricane. This is the first hurricane to make landfall in North Carolina during the month of August...... Read more »
ANOTHER HIROSHIMA IS COMING… UNLESS WE STOP IT NOW
In a major essay to mark the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, John Pilger describes reporting from five 'ground zeros' for nuclear weapons - from Hiroshima to Bikini, Nevada to Polynesia and Australia. He warns that unless we take action now, China is next.
Masks are a Psychological Preparation for Mandatory Vaccinations
1 August, 2020 — Dissident Voice by Bill Willers This respirator does not protect against the risk of contracting disease or infection. —Warning with a box of N-95 respirators. You have no right not to be vaccinated. You have no right not to wear a mask. You have no right to open up your business … Continue reading Masks are a Psychological Preparation for Mandatory Vaccinations
World War II: US Military Destroyed 66 Japanese Cities Before Planning to Wipe Out the Same Number of Soviet Cities
The extent of devastation inflicted upon Japan by the American military during World War II is not broadly known, even today. In reprisal for the attack over Pearl Harbor, which killed almost 2,500 Americans, US aircraft first began unloading bombs on Japan during the afternoon of 18 April 1942 – attacking the capital Tokyo, and also five other major cities, Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Kobe and Yokosuka.
Political conventions today are for partying and pageantry, not picking nominees
Barbara Norrander, Professor, School of Government & Public Policy, University of Arizona at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 14 hours ago
Political conventions used to pick presidential nominees in private. Now the public picks the nominee and then the party has a big party at the convention, writes a scholar of US elections.
USS Gerald R. Ford Conducts Exercises Against Enemy Air Attack For The First Time
US Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford in the Atlantic Ocean, June 4, 2020 US Navy/MCS2 Ruben Reed *Business Insider:* *The Navy's newest aircraft carrier trained to lead defenses against enemy air attack for the first time* * Sailors aboard the Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford conducted an Air Intercept Control event on July 30 — the crew's first such exercise. * The drill tests the carrier's ability to lead a carrier strike group's mission to defend the carrier and the rest of the force's ships against air attack. USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) completed an Air Interce... more »
Call for ‘Emergency Charity Stimulus’ as Billionaire Wealth Soars and US Nonprofits Sink
Charity reform would help deploy more funds to address more Covid-19 needs, but the real remedy lies in much bolder government spending.
What if J. Edgar Hoover Had Been a Moron?
Tear gas from DHS agents and fires at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse during the 2020 George Floyd protests in Portland, Ore. (Wikimedia/Tedder; CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) It was on the ninth day of the Trump presidency, writing in response to the new president’s new travel ban executive order, that I coined the phrase “malevolence tempered by incompetence.” I never imagined in doing so that the phrase might aptly describe the Trump administration’s behavior towards me personally. Yet contemplating the Washington Post’s revelation... more »
House Republicans' Unprecedented Lawsuit to Stop Remote Voting
The Capitol Building, home of Congress, in Washington D.C. (https://www.maxpixel.net/photo-2361405; CC0 1.0, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en) On Friday, July 24, counsel for House Republicans and the general counsel of the House of Representatives appeared before Judge Rudolph Contreras of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for a hearing on House Republicans’ effort to enjoin the use of the proxy voting system developed to help the chamber conduct business more safely in the midst of the pandemic. Over the course of almost three hours, t... more »
Democrats want illegal aliens to be able to compete with Americans for professional jobs
In New Jersey, the state with the highest per capita death rate due to the China virus, Democrats have just passed a law, which the Democrat governor is expected to sign, that allows illegal aliens to get professional licenses. That means that illegal aliens, who don't have to pay taxes and hence can work for less, are going to be competing with Americans in jobs that Americans really want; ranging from cosmetology too accounting. Now illegal aliens still can't run for office so that the impact of allowing illegal aliens to take professional jobs away from Americans won't hurt the ... more »
Black Lives Matter target Seattle's Black female police chief's house
Apparently Black lives matter only as long as they can be used to advance the agenda of rich white leftists. Which makes sense since Joe Biden said that any Black who doesn't support him isn't really Black. A mob of aggressive protestors showed up at a house owned by Seattle police chief Carmen Best but her neighbors kept them away. It should be noted that the mob was white. Once again white Democrats are going after "uppity" Blacks who don't do what they're told. It's Reconstruction all over again. Here's what the Black women whose house was targeted by a white mob wrote to the ... more »
As crimes soar in Democrat cities Democrats teach people how to be good victims
Look another email on how to be a perfect victim in #MplsCrime just came out, but wait @MayorFrey says Minneapolis is a safe vibrant place pic.twitter.com/1eIBY0oei9 — Hennepin County Police & Fire monitoring (@HCP_FM) July 28, 2020 Now to be fair it is good advice to give armed thugs who are threatening you what they want. But even if you do what thugs want you to do doesn't mean that they won't hurt you anyway. The problem is that if the Democrats who run Minneapolis actually wanted people to be safe they'd be backing the police and taking aggressive actions against criminals... more »
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps "Sank" an U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier
*Caleb Larson* *Security, Middle East* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC2J1I9W8Y85&share=true] But don’t worry, it wasn’t a real one, just a mockup. More importantly, where it sank might have been a bit of a miscalculation. As part of Iran’s annual Great Prophet war games, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps tries to showcase their unique abilities, which include anti-ship missiles, swarms of fast gunboats, and other amphibious equipment. The IRGC is arguably Iran’s premier force. They specialized in asymmetric warfare and are also t... more »
How the Affordable Care Act Is Helping Fight the Coronavirus Outbreak
*Marc Cohen, Jane Tavares* *Health, * Have there been improvements in the health status for the pre-Medicare population? Ten years after the passage of the Affordable Care Act, the Trump administration is now asking the Supreme Court to overturn it. Yet it’s now clear that the ACA has brought significant improvements to the lives of millions of Americans. Today, they enjoy more health care coverage, with greater access, better outcomes and less cost. One segment in particular gained the most: pre-Medicare adults from ages 50 to 64. Before the ACA, the number of uninsured in that... more »
Chinese J-20s vs. Japan's F-15s: Who Wins in a Shootout?
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Asia-Pacific* [image: Reuters] China’s imminent leapfrogging its historical adversary into the world of fifth-generation fighters will be a major upset in great power rivalries. *Here's What You Need To Remember:* Assuming the J-20’s designers were successful in reducing the plane’s radar cross section, the F-15J may have trouble detecting it at longer ranges. At the same time, the lack of stealth on the F-15J means that with a competent radar, the J-20 will easily detect the Japanese fighter. This doesn’t bode well for the F-15J in the beyond visual r... more »
Iran is Running Out of Water
*Zahra Kalantari, Davood Moshir Panahi, Georgia Destouni* *Environment, Middle East* [image: Reuters] Our work showed that Iran’s main river basins have got warmer but are receiving less precipitation, are storing less water underground, and seeing less runoff. Salt storms are an emerging threat for millions of people in north-western Iran, thanks to the catastrophe of Lake Urmia. Once one of the world’s largest salt lakes, and still the country’s largest lake, Urmia is now barely a tenth of its former size. As the waters recede, extensive salt marshes are left exposed to the win... more »
How the U.S. Military Wants to Make Its F-35s a Part of a Large Sensor Network
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2012%3Anewsml_GM1E81L0GRK01&share=true] This would drastically increase the power of different platforms. Tracking ballistic missiles in space, finding incoming anti-ship missiles and offering forward video-datalink images of enemies from safe stand-off distances are all missions perhaps not typically thought of for the F-35. However, in recent years the Pentagon has increasingly been developing the F-35 for a wide swath of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) mi... more »
Why Is Coronavirus Closing Churches While Protesters Run Wild?
*Star Parker* *Politics, Americas* [image: A policeman, part of a large-scale task force enforcing social restrictions amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, walks with a face mask outside a church on the first day of its reopening, in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 12, 2020. REUTERS/Ajeng Di] Well-intentioned citizens cannot sacrifice their freedom in an environment like this. We must take the initiative to open our schools, our churches, and our businesses. Decent Americans who are feeling perplexed today shouldn’t be ashamed about it. There is good reason to be perplexed.... more »
Wokeness Is Based On Communism—Here's Why You Should Worry
*Jarrett Stepman* *Politics, Americas* [image: SEIU 32BJ union worker Dalida Rocha takes part in a nationwide Strike for Black Lives, protesting against racial inequality in the aftermath of the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., July 20, 2020. REUTERS] The permanent bureaucracy, no matter who the president is, has adopted critical race theory as its ideology of choice. “Wokeness” has become the nomenclature for the ideology or mentality of radical leftist activists on college campuses, at protests, and on social media. But woke... more »
Can Trump Get China To Negotiate On Its Nuclear Weapons?
*Frank Klotz, John Lauder, William Courtney* *Security, Asia* [image: Military vehicles carrying DF-41 intercontinental ballistic missiles travel past Tiananmen Square during the military parade marking the 70th founding anniversary of People's Republic of China, on its National Day in Beijing, China October 1, 2019. REUTER] Beijing might be open to dialogue on nuclear transparency, monitoring, and verification measures akin to those the U.S. and Russia have long accepted. The Trump Administration has yet to decide the fate of the sole remaining U.S.-Russian nuclear arms control... more »
Russia to Hold Firing Tests of Its Combat Robot
*Peter Suciu* *Security, Eurasia* [image: Reuters] The Russian military has been developing a number of unmanned combat platforms, including the Uran-9, which was deployed to Syria with mixed results; and earlier this year deployed the Orlan-10 drones in drills in Siberia and Tajikistan. Maybe it isn’t the “Terminator” but the Russian military’s latest combat robot will be put through the tests later this month to determine whether it even has any Terminator-like capabilities. The Advanced Research Fund and Defense Ministry of Russia will hold trials of the Marker combat robot d... more »
RIP, Sea Skimmer: The Last of the Soviet Ekranoplans Will Soon Retire
*Caleb Larson* *Security, Europe* You remember the Soviet Union’s massive sea-skimmer? It is set to retire soon—for good. Ground Effect Vehicles, also known as ekranoplans, take advantage of a strange aerial phenomenon in which at extremely low altitudes: at roughly ten to twenty feet an airplane’s wings ‘ride’ on a cushion of air that helps keep the craft airborne. Because of this strange phenomenon, an ekranoplan weighing much more than a normal-sized plane can take off and fly, despite having very stubby and compact wings. These are the principles that the Soviet Union’s sing... more »
Who Is Really Benefitting from the HEALS Act?
With the American economy imploding during the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States federal government has stepped up to being the backstop for economic catastrophe. First up was the CARES Act. This has been followed by the Republican Senate proposal; the Coronavirus Response Additional Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 also known as the HEALS (Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection and Schools) Act. The HEALS Act includes some rather surprising funding given the financial dilemma that millions of American households find themselves enduring thanks to the ongoing ... more »
On The Utopians
The utopian leader chastises the past—the past is naive, it’s irrational and vile, it’s an abomination which has bedeviled society for too long; the time has now come to demolish it by any means, including terror, if necessary, and once we are free of the past, we will begin the work for creating a new social system, a utopia based on the new set of values prescribed by the party doctrine. He is convinced that the cause of human progress stands or falls with him: the fight for truth is his fight. He will readily sacrifice his life for his utopia provided there is a large enough audi... more »
Police Threaten Family at Their Home After Complaining On Facebook That a Cop Killed Their Dog
[image: dog]After a police officer shot their beloved dog, a family made a post about it on Facebook and cops came to their home and threatened them.
WATCH: Cops Accuse Family of Stealing Their Own Car, Hold Tiny Kids at Gunpoint, Cuff Them
[image: gunpoint]An innocent family was accused of stealing their own car, forced out at gunpoint, forced tace-first on the ground and handcuffed.
With the End of Russiagate, It Is Now Possible to Rebuild the World's Economy
With the End of Russiagate, It Is Now Possible to Rebuild the World's Economy Video of With the End of Russiagate, It Is Now Possible to Rebuild the World's Economy The whole narrative of Russiagate is now in tatters, following the powerful exposure by LaRouchePAC, with several recent presentations by Bill Binney and Roger Stone. Justice demands prosecution of the coup plotters from the Obama administration, and their co-conspirators in British intelligence. Getting beyond the fraud of Russiagate opens the possibility of cooperation between sovereign nations, which President... more »
Canada's Trump
Jason Kenney, Linda McQuaig writes, is the closest thing we have to Donald Trump. He says he's a man of the people. But his policies clearly favour corporations over people: It's worth examining the fiercely pro-corporate economic model endorsed by Kenney -- a self-styled populist who specializes in stirring up resentment and division -- and see why we should go to great lengths to avoid it in the future. Of course, we're used to the mantra that the Alberta economy has been a roaring success. True, it's been a "have" province, lecturing the rest of us on how to live within our me... more »
Used PPE Equipment Could Be Repurposed Into Biofuel
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to rampant new use of personal protective equipment (PPE) but we're also facing a problem of more garbage in landfills. It could be trivial but in a world where people people about Keurig K-cups, technology to turn billions of items of disposable PPE from its polypropylene (plastic) state into biofuels mean it can be a viable consideration. A study in *Biofuels* explains that the transformation into biocrude, a type of synthetic fuel, will not just prevent the severe after-effects to humankind and the environment but also produce a source of energy. ... more »
Tushnet’s Taking Back the Constitution
For the Symposium on Mark Tushnet, Taking Back the Constitution: Activist Judges and the Next Age of American Law (Yale University Press 2020). It probably did not occur to many people encountering Mark Tushnet’s early career work that he would wind up being something of a national treasure in constitutional law. Despite possessing the dubious virtues of unrelenting honesty and unfailing clarity, he is. I’ve read most of Mark’s books and for relevance and making a timely punch in the right direction, *Taking Back the Constitution* is one of the best. I hope we will have more. Al... more »
VIDEO: The Coming War on China
*August 4, 2020* (John Pilger - True Story Documentary Channel) - The Coming War on China, from award winning journalist John Pilger, reveals what the news doesn’t – that the world’s greatest military power, the United States, and the world’s second economic power, China, both nuclear-armed, may well be on the road to war. Nuclear war is not only imaginable, but planned. The greatest build-up of NATO military forces since the Second World War is under way on the western borders of Russia. On the other side of the world, the rise of China is viewed in Washington as a threat to Ameri... more »
Onyx Strikes Deal with Prosecutors, Admits Slush Fund, Pays R$189,000 to Close Case
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Minister of Citizenship Onyx Lorenzoni, signed a non-prosecution agreement with the Office of the federal Prosecutor General (PGR) in which he conceded to having received cash from meatpacking giant JBS in his 2012 and 2014 election campaigns. In addition, the Minister agreed to pay R$189,000 (US$37,800) in cash in […] The post Onyx Strikes Deal with Prosecutors, Admits Slush Fund, Pays R$189,000 to Close Case appeared first on The Rio Times.
Brazil’s Living Standards to Retreat 12 Years with Eternal Crisis
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Like a cartoon stepmother, the pandemic dumped dirt on a floor that was being cleaned up, with great difficulty and delay, by Brazil over the past decades. In addition to the fiscal troubles that this has caused, the coronavirus crisis has pushed Brazilians' living standards back to mid-2008, when the […] The post Brazil’s Living Standards to Retreat 12 Years with Eternal Crisis appeared first on The Rio Times.
Chloroquine Production Places Bolsonaro in Audit Court Sights
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The drug advocated by President Jair Bolsonaro to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, despite no scientific proof of its efficacy, has come into the Audit Court's sights. An investigation was requested by the Prosecutor's Office (MP) to establish whether there was overbilling in the purchase of raw materials for the production […] The post Chloroquine Production Places Bolsonaro in Audit Court Sights appeared first on The Rio Times.
Banco Itaú 2020 Q2 Net Profit Slumps 40 Percent, to R$4.2 Billion
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Itaú's recurring net profit was down 40.2 percent in Q2 2020, compared to the same period last year, to R$4.205 billion (US$841 million). Against the previous quarter (Q1), profit increased by 7.5 percent. The result was in line with analysts . . . To read the full NEWS and much […] The post Banco Itaú 2020 Q2 Net Profit Slumps 40 Percent, to R$4.2 Billion appeared first on The Rio Times.
How Jundiaí Balanced Its Finances and Raised Its Credit Rating in Full Pandemic
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Worldwide, the novel coronavirus is decimating public accounts, but Jundiaí, a city located halfway between São Paulo and Campinas, is experiencing something different. In full pandemic, the city had its rating raised by the Austin Rating committee to brAA ("double A"), one of the highest. It was formerly rated brAA- […] The post How Jundiaí Balanced Its Finances and Raised Its Credit Rating in Full Pandemic appeared first on The Rio Times.
Suspension of Police Operations in Rio Favelas Reduces Deaths by Over 70 Percent
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The suspension of police operations in Rio de Janeiro's favelas in June reduced the number of deaths by 72.5 percent and the number of people injured as a The post Suspension of Police Operations in Rio Favelas Reduces Deaths by Over 70 Percent appeared first on The Rio Times.
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*Education Pods Threaten School Union Hegemony* No group of Americans is more dedicated to the equal sharing of misery than the progressive Left. And no subset of the progressive Left has demonstrated more effectiveness in achieving it than the Democrat/Education Union Cartel. Thus, despite the science that supports sending children back to school, school unions have made it clear that prospect is a nonstarter. In fact, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is authorizing its members to strike if schools open without what they define as proper safety measures. Unfortunately fo... more »
Dr Judy Mikovits slams Covid testing as “80% false positives”
by Alexandra Bruce Dr Judy Mikovits, top-level molecular virologist and author of ‘Plague of Corruption: Restoring Faith in the Promise of Science’ joins Lucas Alexander on the Age of Truth YouTube channel. Mikovits worked at the National Institutes of Health under Anthony Fauci for decades, who she says stole her proprietary research not once, but […]
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*The four types of climate denier, and why you should ignore them all* *He leaves out a category: The scientifically literate. And he offers no evidence that any of his types exist outside of his own imagination.If he was less full of himself he might have done a survey, extracted the principal components from the results and did a varimax analysis of them. That's old hat if you want to know the actual subtypes in the responsesBut he is probably not scientifically literate enough to do any kind of factor analysis. I am no great fan of factor analysis myself but it sure bea... more »
When Corporate Power is Your Real Government, Corporate Media is State Media
*Editor's Note: Since LandDestroyer has been censored on Twitter and Facebook its sharing of interesting content is only possible on this blog. This op-ed was too good not to share, a link to the rest of the op-ed is here and at the bottom of this post. * *August 4, 2020* (Caitlin Johnstone - RT) - In the American corporatist system, where wealthy elites control the elected government through lobbyists, corporate media is state media, promoting narratives that help maintain the corporate-approved status quo. The New York Times published an astonishingly horrible article the other ... more »
A staggering 23 Norwegian Weather Stations Logged their COLDEST-EVER July Temperature last month
Overall, Norway suffered its coldest July for 50 years. Plus, 'Further Evidence that the Arctic Cold is Shifting South'. The post A staggering 23 Norwegian Weather Stations Logged their COLDEST-EVER July Temperature last month appeared first on Electroverse.
Big Freeze Begins Buffeting Australia: Tasmania transformed into a “Winter Wonderland,” Snow in Victoria, Perth Records Coldest August Day since 1968, and a “Code Blue” Issued in SA
Temperatures have started plummeting ACROSS Australia, with multiple cold fronts already delivering heavy snow down to exceptionally low-levels. And the BOM is promising much more where that came from... The post Big Freeze Begins Buffeting Australia: Tasmania transformed into a “Winter Wonderland,” Snow in Victoria, Perth Records Coldest August Day since 1968, and a “Code Blue” Issued in SA appeared first on Electroverse.
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