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Thomas Paine

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

Friday, September 4, 2020

4 September - Blogs I'm Following - 3 of 5

10 pm MDT

Cops Kill Antifa Terrorist Reinoehl in Gunfight. Confessed Killer Refused to Surrender

R. Cort Kirkwood at rss - 11 hours ago
[image: cops-kill-antifa-terrorist-reinoehl-in-gunfight-dozens-of-shots-fired-after-confessed-killer-refused-to-surrender] The Antifa terrorist who assassinated a Trump supporter in Portland, Oregon, won’t murder anyone else, after police officers with a U.S. Marshals task force killed Michael Forest Reinoehl late yesterday during a gunfight.

Monmouth Poll: Republicans Gaining in Competitive House Seats

Bob Adelmann at rss - 11 hours ago
[image: monmouth-poll-republicans-gaining-in-competitive-house-seats] Patrick Murray, the director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute, after reviewing its latest poll, said “Republican gains on the generic ballot in competitive seats should worry Democrats.”

Trump Denies Calling US War Dead ‘Losers,’ ‘Suckers’

AP News at Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
The allegations, sourced anonymously in The Atlantic, describe multiple offensive comments by the president toward fallen and captured U.S. service-members.

It’s the nonsense, not the climate, that is reaching extremes

Joe Bastardi at CFACT - 11 hours ago
I cannot figure out how the usual suspects don’t stop and say, wait a minute, maybe I should look and make sure that there is not a counter argument. The post It’s the nonsense, not the climate, that is reaching extremes appeared first on CFACT.

Four Obstacles to Local Surveillance Ordinances

mfidler at Lawfare - 11 hours ago
A U.S. Park Service Police Officer takes video of spectators observing police officers in Washington, D.C. in 2017. (Source: Mobilus in Mobili, https://tinyurl.com/y2zn5ad9; CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en) In a previous piece, one of us (Fidler) analyzed ordinances in 14 localities that govern how local police can surveil residents. Her related paper in the* Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal* concludes that these laws have so far been reasonably successful. Media and advocacy reports indicated that a set of other cities—St. Louis, Misso... more »

Online Conference: War Drive Towards Armageddon—Or a New Paradigm Among Sovereign Nations United by the Common Aims of Mankind?

Alicia at LaRouchePAC Feed - 11 hours ago
RSVP for more information Many people around the world, who are not aware that a solution to the manifold crisis of our contemporary world does potentially exist, are reacting with increasing despair, radicalization of one sort or another, or retreat into private life. The mistrust in governments and leading institutions in most places around the world has never been as high as today. We are confronted with the simultaneous escalation of an out of control pandemic; an economic collapse triggered, but not caused by the pandemic; a pending collapse of the transatlantic financial sy... more »

Friday: Harley Takes Your Questions

Alicia at LaRouchePAC Feed - 11 hours ago
Friday: Harley Takes Your Questions Video of Friday: Harley Takes Your Questions 1.) What Is the Significance of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Ruling that NSA Mass Telephone Surveillance Is Illegal? The vindication by the Court of whistle-blower Edward Snowden by name is a very big deal. 2.) Should We Make the 2020 Election About Supporting Trump as a Personality, or About His Policies? 3.) If Trump Is Re-Elected, How Can We Be Sure the Corrupt Permanent Bureaucracy—the "Swamp"—Will Be Defeated? Send Harley your questions at *harleysch@gmail.com* Every weekday morning Har... more »

Why Do Brides Wear White?

David Mikkelson at Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
“A wedding gown represents far more than just a dress. It is also the embodiment of a dream,” said Vera Wang.

Should The Anonymous Sources Accusing President Trump Of Calling Dead US Soldiers 'Losers' Go Public?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 11 hours ago
I was never a big fan of John McCain, disagreed with him on many things including ridiculous endless wars and the lack of success he had in dealing with the VA and our great Vets, but the lowering of our Nations American Flags, and the first class funeral he was given by our.... — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 4, 2020 ....John a loser and swear on whatever, or whoever, I was asked to swear on, that I never called our great fallen soldiers anything other than HEROES. This is more made up Fake News given by disgusting & jealous failures in a disgraceful attempt to inf... more »

Melittin: Honeybee Venom Compound Kills Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells

News Staff at Science 2.0 blogs - 11 hours ago
The compound melittin, found in honeybee venom, rapidly destroyed triple-negative breast cancer and HER2-enriched breast cancer cells in a recent study. In the 1950s, bee venom was found to reduce the growth of tumors in plants and in the last two decades interest grew into the effects of honeybee venom on different cancers. For the study, 312 honeybees and bumblebees in Perth Western Australia, Ireland and England, were used to test the effect of the venom on the clinical subtypes of breast cancer, including triple-negative breast cancer, which has limited treatment options. read ... more »

THE DISAPPEARED AND THE DEAD: Why was Ghaisar's death disappeared?

bob somerby at the daily howler - 11 hours ago
*FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2020Our press corps' astounding procedures:* It will be interesting to track the discussion of the latest police shooting death. When he was only the leading *suspect* in last Saturday night's shooting death in Portland, his identity was being reported by various conservative orgs. For example: On Monday and Tuesday nights, we saw his photograph on the largely unwatchable "cable news" show, Tucker Carlson Tonight. When we googled the topic on Wednesday, we saw his identity being discussed, but largely by conservative orgs. The other team had been hearing a... more »

Next round of UK-US trade talks to begin on September 8: UK minister

bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
04-Sep-2020 Britain has prioritised striking a trade deal with the United States as it seeks to carve out new business relationships around the world following its exit from the European Union, and with it all EU-negotiated trade deals.

Investor-state claims in era of COVID-19 pandemic

bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
04-Sep-2020 With state measures in response to COVID-19 being compounded by an already difficult economic environment for investors, they may have little choice but to challenge those measures.

ALECA et agriculture : Bien raisonner avant de marcher sur des œufs !

bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
04-Sep-2020 La question relative à l'Accord de libre-échange complet et approfondi et de ses répercussions sur la vulnérabilité économique de notre pays suscite de grandes polémiques.

AFL-CIO chief says union to file labor complaint under USMCA this month

bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
04-Sep-2020 The AFL-CIO is planning to file labor complaints against Mexico this month under the new US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement's labor enforcement mechanism, the US union's president said.

KVV Liepājas metalurgs vs. Latvia case put on hold

bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
04-Sep-2020 The case KVV Liepājas metalurgs owner Yevgenij Kazmin had against the state of Latvia has been put on hold, according to information from the State Chancellery.

Review To Start A War: How The Bush Administration Took America Into Iraq

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 11 hours ago
*Draper, Robert, **To Start A War: How The Bush Administration Took America Into Iraq**, New York: Penguin Press, 2020* *To Start A War: How The Bush Administration Took America Into Iraq* is the latest book to try to explain why the Bush administration invaded Iraq in 2003. It brings together all the major issues such as the impact of 9/11 upon the White House, the claims about Iraq and its ties to Al Qaeda and its weapons of mass destruction, the divisions within the administration, the Iraqi National Congress, the war planning and the postwar fiasco, and most importantly wh... more »

This Day In Iraqi History - Sep 4

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 11 hours ago
1921 Colonial Secretary Churchill memo said he supported Iraqi govt and independence to maintain British influence in Iraq (Musings On Iraq Churchill In His Own Words On Mesopotamia/Iraq) (Musings On Iraq review *Churchill’s Folly, How Winston Churchill Created Modern Iraq*) (Musings On Iraq review *Supremacy And Oil, Iraq, Turkey, and the Anglo-American World Order, 1918-1930*) 1945 Iraqi forces launched new assault upon Kurdish forces in Barzan vs 1943 Barzani revolt (Musings On Iraq review *The Kurds, A Modern History*) (Musings On Iraq review *Kurds of Iraq, Traged... more »

State Controller Betty Yee Calls for Public Discussion of CalPERS Governance Reforms Following Sudden Departure of CIO Ben Meng

Yves Smith at naked capitalism - 11 hours ago
Controller Betty Yee forcefully slapped down CalPERS' CEO Frost's claim that Yee was satisfied with the burial of Yee's governance issues.

Masks - Some Fucking Lawyers NEED to Take Up this Fight - In the Courts!!!

greencrow at Greencrow As The Crow Flies - 11 hours ago
*Watch the whole thing* * on RT HERE **AND HERE* I see that the* communist oligarch, Bronfman-owned CTV newZ i*s posting a lie in today's New*Z* saying that *people who oppose the wearing of germ-ridden bacteria-collectors on their faces "have sociopathic traits"*. Never mind the science that shows that *masks are useless in preventing "viruses" *from entering the body. Never mind the science that shows that *masks negatively affect the human body's existential requirement to inhale in healthy oxygen and exhale unhealthy CO2.* *This is where the fascism rubber hits the fascist roa... more »

Election 2020 to be “dumpster fire” as Dems intent on taking country by force [Video]

Seraphim Hanisch at The Duran - 11 hours ago
The Democrats appear to be threatening an all out coup d’etat if their guy doesn’t win. Unless there is an epic landslide in favor of one or the other candidates, the election results will be contested. Depending on who contests, the violence may become extreme. So goes the prediction laid out on Tucker Carlson’s program, shown here […]

WW3 has already begun

Anastasia Frank at The Duran - 11 hours ago
The bombing, lying in the ruins of the city, horror and death. This is how cinema or video games show us war. Looking at these shots, you involuntarily realize that getting up early in the morning for work and being in traffic jams is not such a problem. But can this indicate that we live […]

Macbeth

John Hagan at The Duran - 11 hours ago
http://www.cowdisley.com/videos/Macbeth.mp4 To rule the world we need to see how Macbeth tried to rule Scotland according to a little known writer called Shakespeare. First you need to listen to the witches (CIA, MI6 and Mossad) then you need to murder, steal, rape and destroy until the witches appear again.

Pompeo

John Hagan at The Duran - 11 hours ago
http://www.cowdisley.com/videos/pompeo.mp4 Should anyone contain all the flaws of a Christian USA society that puports to bring justice and democracy to the world it is the ex CIA and current Sec. of Defence Mike ‘The Crusader’ Pompeo takes the cake This man is the complete satire of a human being.

Limbaugh: Pelosi’s attack on eSalon owner example of Liberals always on offense

Seraphim Hanisch at The Duran - 11 hours ago
Rush Limbaugh is pretty much the King of accurate analysis of liberal political figures. Like many others, he followed the new debacle around Nancy Pelosi – let’s call this one “HairGate”, shall we? As many readers already know, Nancy Pelosi went to an eSalon facility in San Francisco to get her hair washed and get […]

France aims to counter Turkish influence in the Middle East by gaining a foothold in Lebanon

InfoBrics at The Duran - 11 hours ago
Renewed French interests in Lebanon are an attempt to regain influence over former colonies.

The Democracy Disconnect. Has the Good Friday Agreement Failed?

Fra Hughes at The Duran - 11 hours ago
Has the Good Friday Agreement failed?

German politicians want to stop Nord Stream 2 due to assassination attempt of Russian opposition leader

InfoBrics at The Duran - 11 hours ago
Information war damages cooperation between Germany and Russia.

Israel hits the jackpot in UAE investment deal

Steven Sahiounie at The Duran - 11 hours ago
The ‘Abraham Accord’ ends the Israeli boycott

Lifting embargo on American non-lethal arms to Cyprus is aimed against Russia

InfoBrics at The Duran - 11 hours ago
Turkey threatens to take reciprocal measures if US does not review the decision.

Authoritarianism DOWN UNDER. Pregnant woman arrested for Facebook post

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 11 hours ago
Via Sky News (https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6186892198001)… Sky News host Alan Jones says Daniel Andrews’ grab for power and disdain of accountability has forced Victorians to behaviour designed to re-take their freedoms, as footage emerges of a pregnant woman arrested for ‘incitement’. “The only person guilty of incitement is the Premier of Victoria,” Mr Jones said. The Victorian […]

The U.S. Navy's Seawolf Submarine Just Sent a Message to Russia

Caleb Larson at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Caleb Larson* *Security, Europe* Though the Seawolves were originally intended to hunt down Soviet surface ships and other submarines, they’re still relevant today. Here's what the lead of the class just did. The Seawolf-class is one of the most expensive class of vessels ever built for the United States Navy. The nuclear-powered fast attack submarines were originally supposed to be twenty-nine in number, though the end of the Cold War coupled with their high $3 billion price tag resulted in just three completed Seawolf-class hulls. Compared to the preceding Los Angeles-class s... more »

Panasonic Debuts New HZW984 OLED TV at IFA in Berlin

Stephen Silver at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *Technology, Europe* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2015%3Anewsml_GF10000234001&share=true] Panasonic TVs may be all the rage in Germany, but they aren't sold in America anymore. Traditionally, CES in January is the big event for major manufacturers to debut new TVs, which then typically roll out by the spring and summer. But this week, manufactures are debuting their wares at the IFA show in Berlin, which is taking place both virtually and in person. Philips, on Thursday, debuted its latest OLED TVs, which are part of a partne... more »

Secret Sites in the Desert: The Dangers of Saudi Arabia’s Nuclear Hedging

Andrea Stricker, Behnam Ben Taleblu at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Andrea Stricker, Behnam Ben Taleblu* *Security, Middle East* [image: Reuters] If Washington fails to convince Riyadh, a regional partner, not to opt for domestic enrichment, then it will face greater hurdles getting Iran to accept limits on its own program. The kingdom of Saudi Arabia is building two clandestine facilities with Chinese assistance, which Western intelligence agencies suspect may have nuclear applications. The secretive construction of these sites raises questions about Riyadh’s nuclear intentions, as well as concerns about Beijing’s role in supplying sensitive nu... more »

Power-Hungry Turkey May Push the Eastern Mediterranean Into an Armed Conflict

Yaakov Amidror at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Yaakov Amidror* *Security, Middle East* [image: Reuters] Erdogan appears to feel that his aggressive policies, which include lunging after energy resources and are reminiscent of Ottoman behavior, have broad domestic support. Heightening tensions over energy reserves in the Eastern Mediterranean, which recently led to a collision between Greek and Turkish warships, have cast renewed attention on Turkey’s aggressive regional policy. The country hosts senior Hamas operatives and allows them to plot terrorist attacks against Israel from Istanbul. It sent troops to Qatar after Doha ... more »

Will Former GOP Officials Be Able To Persuade Republican Voters That Biden Is The Lesser Evil?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
Tuesday, *The Circus* ran a piece on Kellyanne Conway in which she predicted that "hidden Trump voters" would be out in force on November 3rd to save the day for the Orange Menace. "As the person who coined the term, 'hidden undercover Trump voter in 2016,' there are even more of them and they’re even more committed now, and they’re going to surprise you as to who they are this time." But are there hidden undercover Biden voters too? Republicans who have never voted for Democrats in their lives but who cannot, eyes wide open, vote for Trump again? Yesterday a couple hundred Republ... more »

Democrats Plan to Steal the Election Using Mail-In Voting and the Military

GEG at Need To Know - 12 hours ago
Vince Coglianese says Democrats have war-gamed a strategy for Biden to refuse to concede, challenge the results, and then manipulate the electors. Three leftist states, Washington state, Oregon and California, will then will threaten to secede from the United State. The military will decide who won the election.

Portland Antifa Member Who Shot Patriot-Prayer Man Was Killed By Police!

Fox News, Bloomberg, et al. at Need To Know - 12 hours ago
An analysis of the murder of Patriot Prayer member Aaron “Jay” Danielson, who was gunned down, concluded that BLM and Antifa mercenaries conspired and ambushed the Trump supporter. Before he was killed by police, he essentially admitted to killing Danielson in an interview with Vice, a leftist media outlet.

Americans By Force

MIAMI, Sep 04 (IPS) - Why, in the United States, where change is the most pronounced hallmark, do some aspects never change? Why do many bad habits resist giving way to novelties that prove to be the basis of the success of the most developed country on earth and still the leading power? Why is the explanation for that leadership due to a few factors? Why does Trump profess a visceral opposition to immigration, knowing that it is the key to the country's success? Because millions of his compatriots interpret the sinew of American DNA as a threat to their comparative social advanta... more »

Tucker Carlson and Vince Coglianese: What to expect after the election...(video)

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 12 hours ago
* it won't be pretty.* Forget hanging chads. You best prepare yourself for wide spread voter fraud in an effort to install Sleepy Joe in the White House. As much as I hate to start Friday off with dire warnings of chaos, in particular a holiday weekend, the time has arrived to begin mental and physical preparations for the upcoming mess. To help matters along, Mark Zuckerberg has announced mega changes to what can be posted on Facecrap aka "we'll do our very best to silence any message from President Trump." Yeah - I made up that quote, but that doesn't mean it's not true. If y... more »

Committee’s decision to allow 16-storey Halifax waterfront development appealed — 23 times

Zane Woodford at Halifax Examiner - 12 hours ago
Nearly two dozen residents or businesses have filed appeals of a recent decision to approve a new development for the Halifax waterfront, triggering a hearing at council later this month. In July, the city’s design review committee approved Southwest Properties’ plans for a residential building on the Lower Water Street property known as the Cunard Block. […]

Israel’s plan to secretly fund pro-Israel groups in the U.S.

contact@ifamericansknew.org at Israel Palestine News - 12 hours ago
In 2018 The Forward reported on repeated efforts by the Israeli government money to push money into American Jewish institutions to use in advocating for Israel. The efforts come from an Israeli ministry whose actions, even within Israel, are veiled in secrecy..... American groups using this secret money to influence American discourse would be violating US law... more »

Cop Murders Innocent Unarmed Dad in Front of Kids While Rescuing a Dog—Court Denies Cop Immunity

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 12 hours ago
[image: license]As a family attempted to rescue a stray dog at an animal shelter, the father was detained by police for not having a driver's license. Seconds later he'd be murdered.

Gringo View: Revisiting ‘1984’ – Are We Going Mad?

Peter Rosenwald at The Rio Times - 12 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Opinion) It has become seriously disquieting and almost impossible to know what to believe in the dystopian world into which we now seem to be sinking deeper and deeper. This gringo sometimes feels like we are all going mad. While not everyone knows what ‘dystopian’ means, the recent GOP Convention […] The post Gringo View: Revisiting ‘1984’ – Are We Going Mad? appeared first on The Rio Times.

The Stage Is Set for A Venezuela October Surprise

Terrace at PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
The hybrid war against Venezuela is intensifying as the U.S. presidential campaign is heating up. The Trump administration and its Venezuelan and international allies have set the stage for an October surprise, a possible attack by the United States or one of its proxies designed to boost President Trump’s reelection. The attacks on Venezuela are coming from multiple dimensions, including overt military pressure, economic pressure, covert operations, and disinformation campaigns. All of these are elements of a hybrid war that has sought to overthrow the government of President Nic... more »

Richard Wolff: The Declining Empire With Chris Hedges

Terrace at PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
On this week's Economic Update, Prof. Wolff discusses the following: Denmark's new taxes on banks and rich people to help workers doing dangerous jobs; West Virginia AG sues Walmart and CVS for complicity in opioid scandal; and US State Department urges universities to sell shares in Chinese corporations. On the second half of the show, Prof. Wolff interviews author and journalist Chris Hedges on signs of the declining US empire. The post Richard Wolff: The Declining Empire With Chris Hedges appeared first on PopularResistance.Org.

The Energy Update – Week of August 31, 2020

Garrett Kehr at IER - 12 hours ago
This week the team highlights recent episodes of the Plugged In Podcast focusing on what is causing California’s rolling blackouts.… The post The Energy Update – Week of August 31, 2020 appeared first on IER.

Red tape hampers Peru’s medical cannabis market, but new products expected soon

Alfredo Pascual at Marijuana Business Daily - 12 hours ago
Medical marijuana companies seeking to serve patients in Peru have been stymied by government red tape, but that appears to be slowly changing with a handful of products poised to begin trickling into the Andean country. A Lima-based company said it was able to import CBD oil in bulk into Peru for the first time, […] Red tape hampers Peru’s medical cannabis market, but new products expected soon is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

Preparing for election season and beyond

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 12 hours ago
As I've said elsewhere, I think we're likely to encounter many disruptions to our routine as the elections draw nearer. Riots and protests will interfere with daily life in many cities, as will looting mobs intent on stealing whatever they can while police are preoccupied with legal and political issues. At the same time, COVID-19 and other disrupting factors are already interfering with supplies to distributors and retailers, making many of the things we need harder to find and more expensive. I'd like to suggest a few resources to help plan around these realities, over and abov... more »

UN Forced to Admit Gates-funded Vaccine is Causing Polio Outbreak in Africa

NEWS WIRE at 21st Century Wire - 12 hours ago
*21WIRE + AP* | Questions arise over this latest failed vaccine effort funded by Bill Gates.

China Warns The U.S. to Stay Out Of Its Border Dispute With India

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 12 hours ago
China India Photo: Global Times *Newsweek:* *China Tells U.S. to Stay Out Of Its Border Fight with India* China is calling on the United States to stay out of an ongoing standoff between the People's Republic and neighboring India, which are locking horns as Washington seeks to utilize warming ties with New Delhi against Beijing. Ji Rong, spokesperson for China's embassy in India, criticized remarks made earlier this week by U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun, who blamed the tense row at the contested Galwan Valley region on Beijing's "outsized demands to claim sovereig... more »

Feds Give Ultimatum to Portland: 10 U.S. Code § 253 Federal Command & Control Gear STAGING Outside the City

Ragnar at 'Nox & Friends - 12 hours ago
And Feds DEPUTIZE Oregon State Troopers . . . Local Prosecutors Now out of the loop over Rioting, Looting and such From the HalTurner Radio: Fed Ultimatum & Control and Feds Deputize State Troopers Excerpts Fed Ultimatum & Control: The federal government has served written notice to the city of Portland and state of Oregon: Either enforce the law concerning the violent riots in Portland, or the federal government will do it for you; by force. (Bold and Italics mine) Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf has sent a letter to Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, urging the Democrat to re... more »

WHO Admits Polio Vaccine Causing Polio Outbreaks in Africa

Ragnar at 'Nox & Friends - 12 hours ago
From the Children’s Health Defense: Remember the POLIO vaccine is SUPPOSED TO BE one of the safest vaccines around. It’s been around what 60-70 years….. Recently, Bill Gates Foundation has implemented Polio vaccine campaigns in India, Poland, and now Africa with the same results…….OUTBREAKS, ILLNESS, and DEATHS….Poland and India threw the Gates Foundation OUT OF THEIR COUNTRIES…..I believe they seek criminal law suits….. Excerpts: A year ago, news outlets briefly shone a light on the fact (a fact that makes public health officials squirm) that oral polio vaccines are causing polio o... more »

TGI Friday Funnies

Ragnar at 'Nox & Friends - 12 hours ago
ENJOY THE LONG WEEKEND! TILL NEXT WEEK….. ~Raganr (RFXtFR)

Australian Mother Defends Police and Apologizes For Not Knowing The Rules!

James Allard at OYE Alternative News - 12 hours ago
The post Australian Mother Defends Police and Apologizes For Not Knowing The Rules! appeared first on OYE Alternative News.

Monuments 'expire' – but offensive monuments can become powerful history lessons

Walter Woodward, Associate Professor of History, University of Connecticut at Politics/Election '20 – The Conversation - 12 hours ago
Once stripped of their symbolic power, problem monuments offer what educators call 'teachable moments,' helping people assess society's current values and compare them with what mattered in the past.

"Let Us Begin..."

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago

"Incidit In Scyllam Cupiens Vitare Charybdim"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
*"Incidit In Scyllam Cupiens Vitare Charybdim"* by Steve Candidus "One of the great things about ancient Greek Mythology is that the stories all teach a lesson. They don’t end with – and the moral of the story is – though. They leave it to the reader to figure them out. So in addition to being just plain fun to read they are wonderful teachers about life. Perhaps the best thing about this one is that we still use the expression it contains exactly the same way that the ancient Greeks intended it almost 3,000 years ago. That almost never happens. Language is fluid and the meanings o... more »

The Lancet Study: Russia’s Potential Covid-19 Coronavirus Vaccine Shows Promise

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
The new paper reports the findings of two open-label, non-randomised phase 1/2 trials looking at a frozen formulation and a freeze-dried formulation of a two-part #COVID19 vaccine (2/8) pic.twitter.com/fcYqgpjfsl — The Lancet (@TheLancet) September 4, 2020 *CNBC:* *Russia’s potential coronavirus vaccine shows ‘no serious adverse’ effects and creates antibody response: The Lancet study* * Clinical trials of Russia’s potential vaccine involved 76 healthy volunteers, aged 18 to 60. * “Large, long-term trials including a placebo comparison, and further monitoring are needed,” the stud... more »

CDC Declares Itself Landlord of All Rental Property in America

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. at rss - 13 hours ago
[image: cdc-declares-itself-landlord-of-all-rental-property-in-america] In a decree signed September 1, the CDC announced that landlords could not evict tenants if the tenants seek eviction protection from the CDC. Should a landlord refuse to obey the CDC order, criminal charges will be filed.

Ninth Circuit Holds NSA Telephone Metadata Collection Illegal

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. at rss - 13 hours ago
[image: ninth-circuit-holds-nsa-telephone-metadata-collection-illegal] The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the NSA’s telephone metadata collection is illegal, though the fact that it violates the Fourth Amendment was not the main issue.

Chilean dog becomes national hero in Lebanon

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
[image: Chilean dog becomes national hero in Lebanon] BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:40 P.M.) – Social media was buzzing with pictures of the Chilean Rescue Team dog, which helped search for missing people in the Gemmayze and Mar Mikhael neighborhoods of Beirut. The dog Flash (5 years old) has been accompanying the rescue team, “Tobos Chile”, after he was able, by chance, while passing by rescuers on Gemmayze Street, to smell a corpse under the rubble of a heritage building destroyed by the Beirut explosion. Continue reading Chilean dog becomes national hero in Lebanon at AMN - Al-Masdar News ... more »

Iraqi security forces destroy 2 tunnels belonging to ISIS

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
[image: Iraqi security forces destroy 2 tunnels belonging to ISIS] BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:15 P.M.) – On Friday, the Iraqi Ministry of Defense confirmed the destruction of two tunnels used by the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) in its criminal operations. “A joint force from the headquarters of the 8th Brigade of the 7th Division, and a force from the headquarters of the 1st Regiment, the brigade above, and a processing detachment from the field engineering battalion of the 7th Division managed to find two tunnels, the first of 40 meters long closed with a dirt berm, and upon opening ... more »

Rare move: US warplane flies over Ukraine and approaches Crimea

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
[image: Rare move: US warplane flies over Ukraine and approaches Crimea] BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:45 P.M.) – A U.S. military aircraft was observed on Friday entering Ukrainian airspace and flying across the country towards the Crimean Peninsula. Using flight radar websites, Twitter users were able to track a U.S. B-52 bomber entering Ukraine’s western region from neighboring Poland, where the aircraft was later seen traveling towards the Azov Sea. 2x 🇺🇸 #USAF Boeing B-52H Stratofortress entering the territory of Ukraine from Poland. JULIA51/61-0034 JULIA53/60-0044 pic.twitter.com/3euYH... more »

Greece says no de-escalation until Turkey withdraws ships from Greek regions

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
[image: Greece says no de-escalation until Turkey withdraws ships from Greek regions] BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 P.M.) – Greece announced Thursday evening that there are no scheduled talks between them and Turkey about the growing tensions between the two countries in the eastern Mediterranean. Greece denied the announcement made by NATO about “technical talks” between Athens and Ankara to solve the ongoing crisis in the eastern Mediterranean. The Greek denial came hours after NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announced in a tweet that Greece and Turkey would hold talks at NATO he... more »

Taiwan officially denies shooting down Chinese Su-35 jet

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
[image: Taiwan officially denies shooting down Chinese Su-35 jet] BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:20 P.M.) – Twitter was abuzz on Friday when video footage showing a crashed Chinese military aircraft first surfaced on the social media platform. Rumors began to quickly spread that the Chinese aircraft was an Su-35 jet that was shot down over the Strait of Taiwan by the Taiwanese air defenses. However, the Taiwanese Ministry of Defense responded a few hours later, stating that all claims about their air defenses shooting down a Chinese aircraft are untrue. Continue reading Taiwan officially denie... more »

The Face Of British Trade: Tony Abbott Goes To Blighty

Binoy KAMPMARK at OrientalReview.org - 13 hours ago
The question was put by interviewer Kay Burley on Britain’s Sky News network to UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock. “Is Tony Abbott the right kind of person to represent us – even if he’s a homophobic misogynist?” Hancock, while preferring to focus on the former Australia Prime Minister’s expertise in […]

U.S. Justice Department To File Antitrust Charges Against Google

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
The federal government and nearly all state attorneys general have opened investigations into allegations that Google broke antitrust laws. A federal suit may now be filed in a few weeks *DYNUZ:* *Justice Dept. Plans to File Antitrust Charges Against Google in Coming Weeks* WASHINGTON — The Justice Department plans to bring an antitrust case against Google as soon as this month, after Attorney General William P. Barr overruled career lawyers who said they needed more time to build a strong case against one of the world’s wealthiest, most formidable technology companies, according ... more »

"Background Music for Focus, Studying"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
Greenred Productions, *"Background Music for Focus, Studying"* "Greenred Productions’s Study Concentration Music is ideal background music to help you to study, concentrate, focus and work more effectively. Our Studying Music for concentration and super intelligence uses alpha waves and binaural beats to boost concentration and brain power, and is the ideal relaxing music for stress relief. Our soothing music for studying can help you study for exams and focus at work. We also have Classical Music for studying and concentration which can be used as background music, music for rela... more »

"How It Really Is"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago

ColdType Extra – The Last Stand of Julian Assange

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 13 hours ago
4 September 2020 — ColdType The Last Stand of Julian Assange By Jonathan Cook In this 8-page ColdType Extra, Jonathan Cook tells how journalists cheered the abuse of Wikileaks whistleblower Julian Assange, and how they’ve paved his path to a US gulag . . . Now online at ColdType.net – CLICK HERE TO READ or DOWNLOAD And at Issuu.com – CLICK HERE … Continue reading ColdType Extra – The Last Stand of Julian Assange

Goodlaw Project: Jacob Rees-Mogg

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 13 hours ago
Yesterday in Parliament, Jacob Rees-Mogg MP was questioned over the PPE fiasco that has seen the Government spend hundreds of millions of pounds on protective equipment that can’t be used by the NHS. The contract in question was handed to Ayanda Capital, an opaque private fund, with links to a Government advisor. His response?

Pompeo’s Right About One Thing: Diplomats Deserve First Amendment Rights

sanderson at Lawfare - 13 hours ago
Mike Pompeo speaks at he Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C. (Source: Gage Skidmore, https://tinyurl.com/y339ed9t; CC BY-SA 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en) Last week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo kicked off a firestorm of controversy by giving a speech at the Republican National Convention, making him the first sitting secretary of state to engage in such an unmistakably partisan political act in recent memory. Some officials have claimed that, because Pompeo appeared in his personal capacity and at no cost to the State Department, he did not vi... more »

Cops Arrest One of Their Own in Child Sex Sting on 45 Charges of Child Porn and Sex Abuse of Animals

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: child]During an investigation into child sex abuse, St. John the Baptist Sheriff's Office deputies arrested one of their own for disturbing crimes against children and animals.

It’s an honor to even be mentioned for US Secretary of Education

Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig at Cloaking Inequity - 13 hours ago
There are many shortlists appearing nowadays for US Secretary of Education— upon a change of administration. I blogged a few weeks ago about an interesting list that covered the ideological spectrum in the post Biden’s U.S. Secretary of Education shortlist? It’s a blessing to even be mentioned in the @DiverseIssues article considering who will be the next US Secretary of Education.

Don't Let the S-400/F-35 Challenge Ruin Relations Between Turkey and America

Can Kasapoglu, Jessica Vernum at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Can Kasapoglu, Jessica Vernum* *Security, Middle East* Turkey and the United States face a strategic imperative to salvage their relationship. Neither country’s interests, however much they fail to align otherwise, would be well-served by watching a permanently weakened NATO bleed out at the hands of Russia. As the United States embargoes Turkey from further participation in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program, and Congress seeks to impose so-called “secondary sanctions” on Ankara for its acquisition of a Russian strategic surface to air missile (SAM) system, the alliance seem... more »

Interview with Opposition Leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: “There’s No Way That People Will Give Up” In Belarus

Melinda Haring, Franak Viačorka at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Melinda Haring, Franak Viačorka* *Security, Europe* An exclusive interview about the turbulent situation in Belarus, where protesters continue to clash with the regime even as Europe and Russia jockey for influence in the small country. On August 9, Belarusians went to the polls to elect a new president. Incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko triumphed but he cheated massively to come out on top. Massive street protests in Minsk have ensued. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the ostensible winner of the Belarusian presidential poll, spoke with Franak Viačorka from a hotel in Vilnius, ... more »

The U.S. Army's New Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle: Coming Soon?

Kris Osborn at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2002%3Anewsml_RP3DRHYALRAC&share=true] How will the newer, high-tech vehicle help improve the Army's ability to wage and win war? The U.S. Army is preparing to review proposals for its new Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle, an infantry carrier intended to use manned-unmanned teaming, next-generation networking technology, advanced weapons and AI-enabled sensors. “From the beginning we said we would learn early and learn our lessons quickly. We have released a request for propo... more »

From Factory To Flying High: This Is How The F-35 Was Born

Kris Osborn at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Security, * A look from inside an F-35 factory. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The F-35 is built with small coolant tubes running under the wings into the body of the aircraft, designed to dissipate the heat generated by the airplane’s avionics and electrical systems. This avoids overheating and controls overall airplane temperatures. Controlling temperature also enhances the stealth properties of the aircraft. (Ft. Worth, Texas) -- Filled with stacks of fuselage panels, engine components and a wide assortment of pipes, electronics and avionics, the sprallin... more »

Fed: Coronavirus Pandemic to Leave Legacy of Economic Fear, Uncertainty

Ethen Kim Lieser at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Economics, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC2GMF99AWVB&share=true] Can the economy recover and can Americans' confidence in the future also be revived? A new study released at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s annual conference last week is contending that the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic has already instilled fear within the public that will dampen risk-taking and economic output for decades. Conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, the research—titled “Scarring Body and Mi... more »

China's Growing Nuclear Weapons Arsenal: How Worried Should We Be?

Kris Osborn at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Asia* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2017%3Anewsml_RC149E230020&share=true] Washington is also working on upgrading its own nuclear triad while Beijing seeks to fully establish one of its own. China’s clear ambition to massively expand its nuclear arsenal is generating extreme concern among U.S. military leaders who recognize the pace at which new weapons are being added dramatically alters the global calculus, according to the Pentagon’s 2020 China Military Report. “We do believe that over the next decade, that China ... more »

"Just Look At Us..."

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
Oh, "exceptional" indeed...

"Covid-19 Pandemic Updates 9/4/20"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
*"Covid-19 Pandemic **Updates 9/4/20" * *- Frequently **Updated* Please visit these sites often for the very latest information. ◆ *9/4/20* By David Leonhardt • Days after filming resumed on “The Batman,” production shut down again after its star, Robert Pattinson, tested positive for the coronavirus. • Donald G. McNeil Jr., The Times’s infectious-disease reporter, explains what scientists are expecting the pandemic to look like in the fall. • *Here are the latest maps and tables tracking the virus in every U.S. state.* *• Updated Sep 4, 2020, 8:53 A**M E.T.* *Coronavirus Map: Track... more »

"Knowing..."

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
"Knowing can be a curse on a person's life. I'd traded in a pack of lies for a pack of truth, and I didn't know which one was heavier. Which one took the most strength to carry around? It was a ridiculous question, though, because once you know the truth, you can't ever go back and pick up your suitcase of lies. Heavier or not, the truth is yours now." - Sue Monk Kidd

China And Taiwan Are Denying Internet Reports That A Chinese S-35 Fighter Jet Was Shot Down By Taiwan's Air Defenses

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
*Photo:* Taiwanese officials have denied that it had shot down a Chinese Su-35 fighter jet after social media footage shows a crashed plane burning near a building. Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence said the claim of it shooting down a Chinese Su-35 fighter jet was 'false information' *Daily Mail: **Taiwan denies shooting down a Chinese Su-35 fighter jet after social media footage shows crashed plane on fire* * Twitter footage shows thick smoke billowing from a burning wrecked plane * Accounts claimed it was Chinese Su-35 fighter jet that fell in southern China * Web users also... more »

The Future of Travel

Steven Horwitz at Econlib - 13 hours ago
A piece in the Wall Street Journal in late July that explored the future of travel has been making the rounds on social media recently. The airline execs and regulators interviewed there agreed on a number of things, most important that business travel is going to be in real trouble even after the immediate dangers […] The post The Future of Travel appeared first on Econlib.

A Seventh Grader Kicks Edgenuity's Dumb Robograding Butt

Peter Greene at CURMUDGUCATION - 13 hours ago
The story comes to us from Francesca Paris at NPR's Here and Now, and it can serve as our sixty-gazillionth reminder that computer algorithms-- even ones that are marketed as Artificial Intelligence-- cannot grade student work to save their cybernetic lives. A student in LAUSD's virtual school was dismayed when his first history assignment came back an F. It was short written responses, and the score came back instantly, so his mother figured out that it had been graded by the software and not a human being. But we just saw here a short time ago, computer algorithms can't really rea... more »

"A Rogue Institution and a Clear and Present Danger to Liberty in America"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
*"A Rogue Institution and a * *Clear and Present Danger to Liberty in America"* by David Stockman "We have never heard more gibberish, double talk, and lies from one podium than we have from Fed Chairman Powell. There is no other way to say it: The Fed has become a dangerous rogue institution that has usurped plenary power over the financial system. This is all based on implicit theories that eventually lead to a massive speculative blow-off, even as it sucks the vitality out of the Main Street economy in the interim. The implicit theory is brazenly simple: The Fed believes that re... more »

Life Is Not About Accumulation But The Profoundness Of Your Experience

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 13 hours ago
Life Is Not About Accumulation But The Profoundness Of Your Experience https://isha.sadhguru.org/in/en/wisdom/video/daily-wisdom-life-profoundness

Johnson & Johnson reveals coronavirus vaccine prevents severe illness in hamster.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 13 hours ago
Johnson & Johnson reveals coronavirus vaccine prevents severe illness in hamsters | Daily Mail Online https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-8695677/Johnson-Johnson-reveals-coronavirus-vaccine-prevents-severe-illness-hamsters.html?ito=social-facebook

A Message to Those Who Feel Lost in life.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 13 hours ago
A Message to Those Who Feel Lost in Life — Purpose Fairy https://www.purposefairy.com/85978/message-to-those-who-feel-lost-in-life/

Covid-19 – When covid-19 becomes a chronic illness.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 13 hours ago
Covid-19 – When covid-19 becomes a chronic illness | Science & technology | The Economist https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2020/08/22/when-covid-19-becomes-a-chronic-illness?fsrc=scn/fb/te/bl/ed/covid19whencovid19becomesachronicillnesssciencetechnology

9 Important Lessons to Learn When You Are Down

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 13 hours ago
9 Important Lessons to Learn When You Are Down — Purpose Fairy https://www.purposefairy.com/91787/important-lessons-when-you-are-down/

Coronavirus Is Back With a Vengeance in Places Where It Had All but Vanished.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 13 hours ago
Coronavirus Is Back With a Vengeance in Places Where It Had All but Vanished – WSJ https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-is-back-with-a-vengeance-in-places-where-it-had-all-but-vanished-11595842202?mod=e2fb

Study finds 60% higher rates of COVID-19 among people with low levels of the ‘sunshine vitamin’

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 13 hours ago
Study finds 60% higher rates of COVID-19 among people with low levels of the ‘sunshine vitamin’ | Daily Mail Online https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-8694439/Study-finds-60-higher-rates-COVID-19-people-low-levels-sunshine-vitamin.html?ito=social-facebook

Kamala Harris says the US racist

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 13 hours ago
Harris is an Indian American woman--at least that's what she was called when she won her Senate seat--who's now saying she's Black and whose ancestor was big time slave owner. She said: *“The reality is that the life of a black person in America has never been treated as fully human,” Harris said. “We have yet to fulfill that promise of equal justice under the law."* Apparently the fact that the cops involved in George Floyd's death, which now appears due to a self inflicted drug overdoes, weren't lynched on the spot like Harris's Democrat predecessors lynched uppity Blacks means w... more »

An Uncle Tom says that Blacks who don't support Democrats aren't really Black

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 14 hours ago
On MSNBC Tiffany D Cross, who's Black, said this about all the Blacks who talked at the RNC convention: *“That was not a Saturday Night Live sketch,” Cross said to start off her piece. After noting that the RNC hosted at least a dozen African American speakers alone, she went on to say "I watched the Republican convention, and seeing the slew of black speakers that they had, it really did look like a modern-day minstrel show to me."* At best she was saying that Blacks like Hershel Walker and Senator Tim Scott were lying and at worst she was saying that they weren't really Black. In... more »

Nancy Pelosi says that people only vote Democrat when they don't hear Republican ideas

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 14 hours ago
In her attempt to justify Joe Biden cowering in his basement and refusing to debate Trump Pelosi said: *“I don’t think that there should be any debates,” Pelosi told reporters. “I do not think that the president of the United States has comported himself in a way that anybody has any association with truth, evidence, data and facts.”* *“I wouldn’t legitimize a conversation with him nor a debate in terms of the presidency of the United States,”* This is part of the left's attempt to silence all voices that don't agree with them because they know they will lose in a debate based on f... more »

Untitled

Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 14 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin NordStream- What's It All About Charlie Hebdo Republishes Cartoons That Prompted Deadly 2015 Attack U.S. To Owe More Than The Size Of Its Economy For The 1st Time In 75 Years Under Trump's Watch, America's National Debt Has Increased by $6.6 Trillion Face Shields Ineffective A Supercomputer Analyzed Covid-19 — and an Interesting New Theory Has Emerged NEWSPOLITICS TENNESSEE GOV. BILL LEE ENACTS LAW STRIPPING VOTING RIGHTS FROM PROTESTERS 1. NSA phone-spying program exposed by Snowden didn't stop a single terrorist attack, judge finds 2. UK scrambles to trace... more »

CDC UNVEILS PLAN FOR MASS CORONAVIRUS VACCINATION FROM END OF OCTOBER IN CLOSED TEMPORARY MASS VACCINATION CLINKS

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 14 hours ago
*CDC HAS ISSUED ITS CORONAVIRUS VACCINATION CAMPAIGN PLAN IN THE USA* *TO START END OF OCTOBER WITH THE GOAL OF INJECTING ABOUT 80 MILLION PEOPLE BY END OF DECEMBER WITH UNPROVEN CORONAVIRUS JABS* *MENTIONS CLOSED (?) TEMPORARY MASS VACCINATION CLINICS AND MOBILE CLINICS* *VERY SIMILAR TO FRENCH GOVERNMENT'S SWINE FLU VACCINE CAMPAIGN PLAN IN 2009 (SEE 2nd REPORT BELOW)* *WHO VACCINATION PLAN IS BASIS FOR GLOBAL CORONAVIRUS VACCINE PLAN AND MORE OR LESS SAME IN EVERY COUNTRY* *READ A REPORT WITH SOME NOTES IN CAPITALS* *https://www.contagionlive.com/news/cdc-sends-covid19-vaccine... more »

Are the coronavirus measures like lockdown, masks, vaccines legal?

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 14 hours ago
*WHO's International Health Regulations were incorporated into Austria's bureacuracy in 2008 by a ministerial decree by then Health Minister Maria Rauch Kallat. * *https://eportal.mountsinai.ca/Microbiology//avian/Plans/Austria.pdf* *That means, the pandemic plan which is the basis for the Austrian government's coronavirus measures has no force of law behind it, no legislation passed by any parliament, no vote by lawmakers. * *It is just a bureaucratic set of regulations.* *That, in turn, raises the question if the coronavirus decrees (lockdowns, masks, vaccines) flowing from thi... more »

COVID: Where Science Goes To Die

Yves Smith at naked capitalism - 14 hours ago
A forceful critique of Covid-19 research.

Malaita Solomon Islands Independence Due To China?

E.M.Smith at Musings from the Chiefio - 14 hours ago
Will China split the Solomon Islands? Continue reading →

Justice Minister Mark Furey’s inaction is yet another injustice done to Glen Assoun

Tim Bousquet at Halifax Examiner - 14 hours ago
News 1. Mark Furey takes no action on Assoun case “Nova Scotia’s Justice Minister Mark Furey has yet to make inquiries to find out why someone within the Halifax RCMP deleted a large number of computer files and removed boxes of physical evidence that might have prevented Glen Assoun from being wrongfully imprisoned for 17 […]

Where Nova Scotia stands with contact tracing, the COVID exposure app, and supports for nursing homes

Jennifer Henderson at Halifax Examiner - 14 hours ago
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Health Minister Randy Delorey says federal money available to provinces under the Safe Restart program will be used to beef up contact tracing as public schools and universities begin re-opening in the next two weeks. As more people begin to gather and share space indoors, […]

"Economic Fantasy Update AM 9/4/20"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
*"Economic Fantasy Update AM 9/4/20"* *Updated as available.* Chronicling the most enormous fraud and theft in human history, down the rabbit hole of psychopathic greed and insanity... Deceptive correlations 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 ◆ *9/4/20* *○* *"Today’s Older Workers May See The First Cuts to Social Security Benefits"* *○* Gregory Mannarino, *AM* *9/4/20: **"Critical Economic And Market Updates"* - h... more »

Professor’s legal threats “were personal and not made on behalf of the University,” says University of California, Irvine

Adam Marcus at Retraction Watch - 14 hours ago
The University of California, Irvine, appears to be putting some distance between the administration and a lecturer at the school who threatened Retraction Watch with legal action after we inquired about the misbehavior of one of his colleagues. Last month, we reported on the case of Constance Iloh, a UCI education scholar whose work has … Continue reading Professor’s legal threats “were personal and not made on behalf of the University,” says University of California, Irvine

Netflix Dominates Nielsen’s First Streaming Ratings

Stephen Silver at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *Technology, * [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2018%3Anewsml_RC14D89C41A0&share=true] Netflix is the company among all the streaming giants that everyone else looks to beat. When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of theatrical movie releases, there’s the box office figures. When it comes to measuring TV viewership, there’s the Nielsen ratings. But during the coronavirus pandemic, with TV viewership switching more and more to streaming services, and movies migrating to those services and video-on-demand channels, ... more »

The Soviet Red Army Developed Floating Recon Vehicles That Were Used Around the World

Peter Suciu at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Security, Americas* [image: Wikimedia Commons / Darkone] With a maximum speed of 62 miles per hour on the road, and 6.2 miles per hour on the water it could be a quick-moving scout. During World War II the German military developed the Schwimmwagen, a scout car that was essentially a boat with wheels that allowed it to be capable of floating in the water while a retractable water propeller allowed it to cross rivers and even lakes. By contrast, the American military developed the DUKW, a hybrid boat/truck that could drive from a cargo ship directly to dry land. ... more »

Why U.S.-North Korea Diplomacy is Dead for This Year

Daniel R. DePetris at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Daniel R. DePetris* *Security, Asia* That also means North-South relations are also at a standstill. What happens next? Can this be fixed? North Korean scientists continue to enlarge their stockpile of enriched uranium. Nuclear negotiations are practically dead, if not nursing a gaping wound to the neck. The talk in Washington, D.C. is less about how to resurrect some sort of diplomatic process with the North and more about what North Korean leader Kim Jong-un may have in store this October (the unveiling of a new, solid-fuelled intercontinental ballistic missile, perhaps?) an... more »

Bad News: Amtrak to Furlough Over 2,000 Workers Thanks to COVID-19

Rachel Bucchino at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Rachel Bucchino* *Economics, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2019%3Anewsml_RC1F87509700&share=true] The train service is running low on money as fewer Americans travel during the coronavirus pandemic. *Amtrak will furlough* more than 2,000 employees in the upcoming weeks amid a sharp decline in ridership and revenue due to the coronavirus outbreak, according to company officials. The passenger railroad agency plans to cut 1,950 workers from its unionized workforce and nearly 100 management positions. The cuts account for about 10% of... more »

In 2019, Japan Intercepted Over 1,000 Chinese Fighter Jets In The East China Sea

Kris Osborn at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Asia* Japan's borders have become an area of increasing Chinese activity. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The sheer volume of Japanese encounters with Chinese aircraft has undoubtedly increased Japan’s familiarization with Chinese aircraft, tactics, maneuvers and strategies. In any future conflict, these factors are likely to be of great intelligence value. Japanese Self-Defense Forces fighters were scrambled to detect Chinese aircraft nearly 1,000 times last year, a tension-producing dynamic now increasing as China steps up its routine flights near ... more »

Police Claim Woman Handcuffed in Back of Police Cruiser Got a Gun and Shot Herself in the Head

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: cruiser]An investigation is underway after police claim a woman being transported to the hospital obtained a gun while handcuffed in the backseat of a police cruiser and killed herself.

Lurid Fantasies

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 14 hours ago
Donald Trump can't claim that he defeated the coronavirus. He can't claim that he built a gung-ho economy. So what's left to run on? Paul Krugman writes that all he's got left are lurid fantasies: It’s not just the fact that premature reopening led to a huge second wave of infections and deaths. Equally important, from a political point of view, has been Covid-19’s geographical spread. Early in the pandemic it was possible to portray Covid-19 as a big-city, blue-state problem; voters in rural areas and red states found it easier to dismiss the threat in part because they were rela... more »

The Bureaucratic Future of Philosophy Movements

Unknown at The Conservative Socrates - 15 hours ago
Every philosophy movement begins as a rebellion against the *status quo*, but when it matures it is taken over by a bureaucracy of intellectuals, politicians, and activists who keep themselves relevant by developing their version of the* status quo*.

The Russia thing....consider the source

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 15 hours ago
Why would Russia poison a low-level critic (Alexei Navalny), who when he once ran against Putin for president secured 1% of the vote? Western media (particularly the US corporate media) call him the 'Russian opposition leader'. Navalny has secured money from the US State Department, CIA and other sources that commonly help fund and direct regime change operations around the world. Alexei Navalny advocates for gun rights in Russia, while comparing immigrants and Muslims from Russia's southern regions to cockroaches and suggests they need to be exterminated. Not the kind of gu... more »

Wave of Violence Shocks Port-au-Prince, Capital of Haiti

Juan Martinez at The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Monday, August 31st, armed gangs attacked the Bel-Air district in the capital of Haiti. In the afternoon, armed militia dressed in civilian clothes opened fire and set fire to several houses, while people fleeing were caught in the crossfire. A crowd fled to the main city square near the […] The post Wave of Violence Shocks Port-au-Prince, Capital of Haiti appeared first on The Rio Times.

Bolsonaro Says His Management of Covid-19 Pandemic Was ‘Unparalleled in the World’

Daniel Lopes de Alcantara at The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In a crowded event that disregarded the health rules for quarantine to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, which is still in force in the state of São Paulo, President Jair Bolsonaro said his management of the . . . To read the full NEWS and much more, Subscribe to […] The post Bolsonaro Says His Management of Covid-19 Pandemic Was ‘Unparalleled in the World’ appeared first on The Rio Times.

Industrial Production in Brazil Grows Eight Percent in July, Above Economists’ Projections

Richard Mann at The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilian industrial production was eight percent higher in July than in June, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) revealed on Thursday, September 3rd, higher than expected by economists. On the year-on-year comparison, the decrease stood at three percent. The economists' median projection compiled in the Bloomberg consensus was […] The post Industrial Production in Brazil Grows Eight Percent in July, Above Economists’ Projections appeared first on The Rio Times.

Influenced by Pandemic, Airfare Prices Drop 34 Percent in Brazil During Q2

Oliver Mason at The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The price of flight tickets in Q2 dropped 34.3 percent compared to the same period last year, according to data from the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC). From April to June, the average flight price sold in Brazil was R$294.92 (US$59), compared to R$448.65 recorded the year before. The period […] The post Influenced by Pandemic, Airfare Prices Drop 34 Percent in Brazil During Q2 appeared first on The Rio Times.

Itaú is Brazil’s Most Valuable Brand in 2020, According to Survey

Richard Mann at The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The 25 most valuable brands in Brazil in 2020 together total US$55.7 (R$295) billion, a four percent growth over last year, according to the new edition of the BrandZ Brazil ranking, conducted by Kantar in partnership with WPP. Despite the growth, the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on business has […] The post Itaú is Brazil’s Most Valuable Brand in 2020, According to Survey appeared first on The Rio Times.

This is What Happens to Your Body When You Eat Meat and Potatoes Together

Nick Meyer at AltHealthWorks.com - 15 hours ago
Do you eat your meat and potatoes together at the same meal? If you’re a vegetarian that answer is obviously a resounding “no,” but for millions of people it’s something they’ve probably never even thought twice about. “He’s a meat and potatoes kind of guy” is of course a common phrase and just one example of how eating these two favorite foods together has become ingrained in our DNA. It’s a practice that hasn’t been questioned much, but the truth is that eating meat and starches like potatoes together could be doing serious harm to your body’s systems. Should you really aba... more »

Did an Antifa Flyer Tell ‘Comrades’ To Pose as Trump Supporters and Riot After Election Day?

Nur Ibrahim at Snopes.com - 15 hours ago
These supposed plans appear to have been circulating online for years.

Antifa Activist, Suspected of Murder, Killed During Shoot-Out With Task Force Attempting Arrest…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 15 hours ago
Antifa activist Michael Reinoehl (pictured left – white T-shirt) was killed during a shoot-out with “a fugitive task force” attempting to arrest him for the suspected murder of Aaron “Jay” Danielson. According to the New York Times an arrest warrant … Continue reading →

CoronaShock and Socialism

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 15 hours ago
CoronaShock is a term that refers to how a virus struck the world with such gripping force; it refers to how the social order in the bourgeois state crumbled, while the social order in the socialist parts of the world appeared more resilient. (PDF)

Russia Deployed S-400 Surface-to-Air Missile in Recent Drills

Peter Suciu at The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Security, Eurasia* [image: Reuters] India is among the latest countries to sign a deal with Moscow to acquire the platform. This week the Russian military employed the S-400 “Trimuf” surface-to-air missile system in a live-fire exercise during drills in the south Astrakhan Region involving the Central Military District’s air defense division. The drills involved more than 450 Russian military personnel and some two hundred pieces of military hardware. The combat teams also passed theory tests in technical, tactical and missile firing measures, while the live-fire ... more »

The Zumwalt "Stealth Destroyer" is a Money Pit

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] Each Zumwalt now costs $4.5 billion—in addition to the $10 billion spent on development. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *What were merely three DDG-1000s good for, despite their nifty stealth features and propulsion? The advanced destroyers lacked ammunition for their guns, anti-ship missiles, anti-submarine torpedoes, and long-range area-air defense missiles. Furthermore, the *Zumwalt* had fewer cells to pack land-attack missiles than Arleigh-Burke destroyers (96), Ticonderoga-class cruisers (122), or Ohio-class cruis... more »

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