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Sunday, September 6, 2020

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10 pm MDT

This Day In Iraqi History - Sep 6

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 11 hours ago
1920 UK Cabinet decided to send Sir Percy Cox to Baghdad to help deal with 1920 Revolt (Musings On Iraq review *Reclaiming Iraq, The 1920 Revolution and the Founding of the Modern State*) 1921 Gertrude Bell wrote that Iraq might be the best chance England had to straighten out the Mideast and if it worked it would change relations between Europe and Asia (Musings On Iraq review *Gertrude Bell And Iraq*) (Musings On Iraq review *Gertrude Bell, Explorer of the Middle East*) (Musings On Iraq movie review *Letters from Baghdad*) 1933 Assyrians captured by Kurds t... more »

M6.3 earthquake hits Davao Gulf, Mindanao, Philippines

A strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.3 hit Davao Gulf, Mindanao, Philippines at 15:23 UTC (23:23 LT) on September 6, 2020. The agency is reporting a depth of 119.1 km (74 miles). PHIVOLCS registered it as M6.4 at a depth of 143 km (88 miles); EMSC as...... Read more »

The Sanford Pastor and Individual Liberty

Pierre Lemieux at Econlib - 11 hours ago
From deep Maine comes the story of the pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Sanford who is reportedly at the source of the Covid-19 infection of 120 people. He held religious services in Sanford and officiated a marriage ceremony in the Katahdin area (of Thoreau fame). He does not encourage wearing masks and many of […] The post The Sanford Pastor and Individual Liberty appeared first on Econlib .

Back to Judge Sullivan. Persecution of Flynn a sign of things to come under Biden regime

The Duran at The Duran - 11 hours ago
Via National Review (https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/09/michael-flynn-case-dc-circuit-rules-against-mandamus-case/)… It will come as no surprise to anyone who listened to the oral argument (or, ahem, read the coverage of it here at National Review) that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has denied Michael Flynn’s petition for a writ of mandamus against District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan. […]

Back To Judge Sullivan. Persecution Of Flynn, A Sign Of Things To Come Under Biden Regime

The Duran at The Duran - 11 hours ago
Back To Judge Sullivan. Persecution Of Flynn, A Sign Of Things To Come Under Biden Regime by The Duran Back to Judge Sullivan. Persecution of Flynn a sign of things to come under Biden regime. The Duran: Episode 660. Via National Review (https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/09/michael-flynn-case-dc-circuit-rules-against-mandamus-case/)… It will come as no surprise to anyone who listened to the […]

John Bolton upset Belarus protests did not lead to regime change

The Duran at The Duran - 11 hours ago
Via The Moscow Times (https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/0…)… Russia and Belarus are preparing to reopen borders that were closed because of the coronavirus pandemic and are discussing rerouting Belarusian oil exports through Russia, news outlets reported after high-level talks Thursday. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and his delegation met Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and his government in Minsk […]

John Bolton upset Belarus protests did not lead to regime change

The Duran at The Duran - 11 hours ago
John Bolton upset Belarus protests did not lead to regime change. by The Duran John Bolton upset Belarus protests did not lead to regime change. The Duran: Episode 659. Via The Moscow Times (https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/09/04/travel-ban-oil-supplies-on-russia-belarus-agenda-a71344)… Russia and Belarus are preparing to reopen borders that were closed because of the coronavirus pandemic and are discussing rerouting Belarusian […]

Oh dear

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 11 hours ago
Another item has popped into Tim Davie's in-tray. *The Sun* has found the Twitter feed of "BBC chief" Melanie Briggs, a senior HR figure who (ironically) acts as the Corporation's London-based “mediation lead”. It's much as you'd expect, only worse. She (a) wished death on Donald Trump, (b) questioned why Boris Johnson needed to be in intensive care when fighting coronavirus, (c) called right-leaning actor Laurence Fox a "c*nt", (d) "posted a smiling selfie of herself with former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn with the caption ‘JELFIE!!’ and a love heart emoji", (e) said she wa... more »

Thoughts.

Larry-Lambert at Virtual Mirage - 11 hours ago
Sword Song How Many of you? Would like to take on this shield wall? If you don’t understand what a shield wall is, you could look it up or just take a step back. As for me, my gladius is sharp as an ex-wife’s tongue and I’d travel at my own expense. I’d explain […] The post Thoughts. appeared first on Virtual Mirage.

It is sad the president lies to defend that he is not lying

Keith at musingsofanoldfart - 11 hours ago
Per a story by Amanda Marcotte of Salon, as reported in Raw Story called “Why Trump’s denials of his contempt for the military are likely just more lies — and why it matters,” please read the first two paragraphs. The … Continue reading →

IF YOU'RE GONNA LIE, LIE WITH GUSTO, I GUESS

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 11 hours ago
After all these years of lying, Donald Trump has it down to a conditioned reflex: Whenever he's caught having to respond to an embarrassing news story, he not only insists that the opposite of the truth is the truth, he frames his version of reality as a precedent-shattering superlative: The Atlantic specifically reported that Trump didn't want to attend a ceremony at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in France in 2018 because he was concerned that the rain would dishevel his hair.... Trump insisted Thursday evening that the Secret Service had prevented him from attending the ceremo... more »

Sept 1-4: Israelis abduct, injure, attack Palestinians in West Bank & Gaza

contact@ifamericansknew.org at Israel Palestine News - 11 hours ago
Some Israeli actions in the Palestinian Territories September 1-4: abduct, injure and attack people, demolish homes - reports from IMEMC

Criminal charges dropped in case of polar bear shot by cruise ship guards in 2018

Hifast at Climate Collections - 11 hours ago
Originally posted on polarbearscience: The guards from a cruise ship who shot an emaciated bear in self-defense in late July 2018 on the remote island of Phippsøya in northern Svalbard have had criminal charges against them dropped. It is illegal to kill polar bears in Norway, so the death of the bear automatically triggered a…

Blue America Endorses Atlanta "Good Trouble" Activist Nikema Williams

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
Georgia's 5th congressional district-- most of Atlanta from the airport to Buckhead as well as Decatur plus Forest Park, Lake City and Morrow in Clayton County-- hasn't been in play since 1986, the legendary John Lewis' first term. In fact, Republicans have never run a serious campaign in the D+34 district and Lewis usually ran unopposed. This cycle, Trump pardoned a crackpot right-wing sociopath and felon, Angela Stanton-King, who had served almost 3 years of her prison sentence for running a car theft ring, a kind of female, later-day Darrell Issa. Two weeks after Trump pardoned ... more »

Young Australian finally Wakes Up to Fact He's Living in FULL BLOWN FASCISM!

greencrow at Greencrow As The Crow Flies - 12 hours ago
*Update from FANOS* *H/T Seemorerocks* All he needs to do is get in touch with *Rocco Galati* and ask for a copy of his "*Statement of Claim"*. Actually he can copy that off the links in the previous post. Then, all he has to do is change the names in the list of *Defendants* on the *Statement of Claim*, change the name of the *Petitioners *and then file it *in the appropriate Australian Court. * He says he's "learned his lesson" from the ordeal that he went through where *the police showed up at his door three times on three consecutive days to make sure he was in his home* and... more »

Sunday Morning Links

Unknown at Accidental Deliberations - 12 hours ago
This and that for your Sunday reading. - Don Pittis discusses how the spread of modern monetary theory is challenging some stale assumptions about government budgeting. And Sarath Peiris highlights how the Saskatchewan Party's plans for severe austerity are utterly unworkable without the federal government riding to the rescue of people who would otherwise be left without needed supports. - Ian Waddell points out that Justin Trudeau can easily avoid an unnecessary election by finding some much-needed tolerance for working with willing partners in the public interest. And while he ... more »

Musical Interlude: Tyrone Wells, "Time of Our Lives"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago
Tyrone Wells, "Time of Our Lives" ○ "Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened." - Dr. Seuss

The Daily "Near You?"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago
Demotte, Indiana, USA. Thanks for stopping by!

"The Center Of The Universe..."

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago
“When science discovers the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to find they are not it.” - Bernard Baily

The Poet: Wendell Berry, "The Circles Of Our Lives"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago
*"The Circles Of Our Lives"* "Within the circles of our lives we dance the circles of the years, the circles of the seasons within the circles of the years, the cycles of the moon, within the circles of the seasons, the circles of our reasons within the cycles of the moon. Again, again we come and go, changed, changing. Hands join, unjoin in love and fear, grief and joy. The circles turn, each giving into each, into all. Only music keeps us here, each by all the others held. In the hold of hands and eyes we turn in pairs, that joining, joining each to all again. And then we turn aside,... more »

"Truth Is Always Stranger..."

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago
"Truth is always stranger than fiction. We craft fiction to match our sense of how things ought to be, but truth cannot be crafted. Truth* is,* and truth has a way of astonishing us to our knees, reminding us that the universe does not exist to fulfill our expectations. Because we are imperfect beings who are self-blinded to the truth of the world's stunning complexity, we shave reality to paper thin theories and ideologies that we can easily grasp – and we call them truths. But the truth of a sea in all its immensity cannot be embodied in one tidewashed pebble." - Dean Koontz

Police Drones Are Now Watching You—and That's Not a Good Thing

Erik Gartzke at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Erik Gartzke* *Politics, Americas* Those who value freedom must carefully scrutinize the surveillance capabilities of the state. Big Brother learned how to watch you in Iraq and Afghanistan. With elections looming and public anger continuing to boil over on America's streets, high-tech surveillance tools perfected during the Global War on Terror are now being trained on our fellow citizens. Recent reports reveal state and federal government agencies deployed manned aircraft and pilotless drones to track demonstrations in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd. Domestic ... more »

What Happens When You Merge a Battleship and an Aircraft Carrier?

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * In the early 1980s, the Reagan Administration considered adding flight decks to U.S. Navy battleships. *Key Point*: The naval gunfire argument rages on to this day. In the early 1980s, four Iowa-class fast battleships originally built during World War II—Iowa, Missouri, New Jersey and Wisconsin—were taken out of mothballs and returned to active duty. Nearly 900 feet long and displacing close to 60,000 tons, the battlewagons could fire a nine-gun broadside sending 18 tons of steel and explosives hurtling towards their targets. The battleships were mo... more »

Police Union Caught Issuing ‘Get Out of Jail Free’ Cards to Family, Friends That Get Them Out of Tickets

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 12 hours ago
[image: cards]For traffic infractions that have led to the deaths of innocent people, the police union issues cards that allow their friends and family to simply drive away.

Tips for getting the most out of cannabis industry virtual events

Kevin Huhn at Marijuana Business Daily - 12 hours ago
(This is an abridged version of a story that appears in the September issue of Marijuana Business Magazine.) In the coronavirus era, both mainstream and cannabis companies have been forced to move planned in-person events to virtual platforms. And in some cases – such as cannabis events centered on 4/20, the unofficial marijuana holiday – […] Tips for getting the most out of cannabis industry virtual events is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

Julian Assange’s Lawyer In United States Describes What Makes US Prosecution Against Him ‘Very Dangerous’

Shadowproof at Shadowproof - 12 hours ago
Ahead of the trial portion of Julian Assange's extradition hearing, Shadowproof managing editor Kevin Gosztola interviewed Barry Pollack, who is Assange's lawyer in the United States. The post Julian Assange’s Lawyer In United States Describes What Makes US Prosecution Against Him ‘Very Dangerous’ appeared first on Shadowproof.

Renowned Oil Professor Proposes Fracking Alternative

GCD at ClimateCite Corp - 12 hours ago
By Tom Tamarkin | Sept. 4, 2020 Dr. George Chilingar is truly the Renaissance man of the petroleum and gas industry. As professor emeritus of the University of Southern California, he has over sixty years of research and teaching behind him. In the 1960s, Dr. Chilingar developed the first practical natural gas plunger lift method of deliquifying a natural gas …

BABOOM: The Five Deadliest Weapons of the First World War

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *History, Europe* [image: Wikimedia Commons] There are so many choices. Here are five: *Here's What You Need To Remember: *These first tanks were hot, noisy and unreliable. Operating them must have been like sitting in the middle of a steam engine. They were also vulnerable to German artillery firing directly over open sights. Nonetheless, they were powerful enough to help end the bloody trench stalemate of World War I. Today we take granted that warfare is mechanized, electronicized, a form of human activity where humans are the least important component. But it ... more »

What Does "Socialism" Actually Mean? Think "Control"

James Pethokoukis at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*James Pethokoukis* *Politics, Americas* [image: Reuters] As Wells once wrote: “Socialism for me is a common step we are all taking in the great synthesis of human purpose.” And the execution of that collectivist “synthesis of human purpose” would be performed by the technocratic planners of that global government. When someone calls themself a “socialist” or says they think “socialism” has a lot of good ideas, what do they mean? After all, most of us are not political scientists or philosophers. And terms like “socialism,” “capitalism,” “liberalism,” and “conservatism” really ge... more »

What If Israel Used Its F-35 Stealth Fighters Against Iran?

Seth J. Frantzman at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Seth J. Frantzman* *Security, Middle East* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2016%3Anewsml_RC12BA4A4E00&share=true] These planes could be used to target Tehran's ballistic missile program. *Key point: *The F-35 would be hard to defend against, let alone see coming. Could Israel finally decide that it is time to deal with Iran by force? The F-35 radar is the most advanced for fighter jets, according to F-35 developer Lockheed Martin. “It enables the F-35 to be capable of identifying and intercepting airborne threats flying at a low altitude and ... more »

World War II: Why Japan's Biggest Battleship Committed Epic Suicide

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * The story of the Yamato is a warning to all armed forces that the march of war technology is merciless and unsentimental. *Key Point*: The insistence of battleship-minded officers to cling to obsolete military technology undermined Japan’s war effort and sent thousands of Japanese sailors needlessly to their deaths. In early 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy made a difficult decision: it would sacrifice the largest, most powerful battleships ever built to protect Okinawa, the gateway to Japan’s Home Islands. The decision sealed the fate of the battles... more »

The Coronavirus Doesn't Justify a Postal Bailout

David Ditch at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*David Ditch* *Politics, Americas* [image: Reuters] Rather than using the hard-earned money of millions of Americans to preserve an antiquated vision of the Postal Service, Congress should get to work on legislation that would end chronic deficits and eliminate widespread inefficiencies. A stream of apocalyptic predictions and strained conspiracy theories have turned the once-sleepy world of U.S. Postal Service operations into front-page news. Lawmakers focused on the topic are being confronted with an approaching deadline. By the end of 2021, the Postal Service is on pace to ru... more »

Will Saudi Arabia Be Next To Normalize Relations with Israel?

Marco Túlio Lara at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Marco Túlio Lara* *Security, Middle East* Riyadh will benefit from Abu Dhabi’s boldness as a trailblazer. It will have the chance to gauge how the region and the Arab world react. With the historic normalization of relations between Israel and the UAE announced on August 13, the question many have been asking is: who’s next? Although initial expectations pointed at Bahrain and Oman as the most likely to follow suit, the possibility of Israel and Saudi Arabia establishing full diplomatic relations has undoubtedly received the most attention. It is easy to understand why. Saudi A... more »

Wingman Drones Will Make F-35 Stealth Fighters More Survivable

David Axe at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*David Axe* *Technology, Americas* And pilots couldn't be happier. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The Air Force wants wingman drones to be ready for combat by the mid-2020s. The vanguard designation could help focus resources on the effort and ensure the drones are ready on time. The U.S. Air Force has selected its Skyborg wingman drone program to be one of its first “vanguard” technology programs. The designation means the flying branch intends to channel more resources toward the program and speed up its development. The other two vanguard designees are the Golden Horde s... more »

Tony Blair Calling for Digital IDs, Immunity Passports

NEWS WIRE at 21st Century Wire - 12 hours ago
*21WIRE + BBC* | Still relentlessly pushing an illiberal globalist agenda of total surveillance.

"Turn Off, Tune Out And Drop Out"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago
*"Turn Off, Tune Out And Drop Out"* by The Zman "Television is the great propaganda weapon of the liberal democratic state, so it is a useful window into the thinking of the oligarchs. Movies and television shows still have to attract an audience, so they are usually the trailing edge of whatever the oligarchs are trying to impose on society, but the ads are a different matter. They are the leading edge of the latest Progressive fads. They know people will not abandon a show or movie just because the ads are offensive. That’s what makes the ads a useful window into the black soul o... more »

Cost, stigma, ignorance: Barriers abound for access to HIV prevention drugs

Philip Moscovitch at Halifax Examiner - 13 hours ago
After Garry Dart moved to Halifax from Ottawa last year, they found themself on their own when it came to accessing medication to help prevent HIV infection. Dart was on pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, a highly effective treatment against HIV infection, usually in the form of a prescription pill taken daily. “In Ontario I had […]

Germany (?) Using Novichok As Leverage With Kremlin Over Pipeline (Nordstream 2)

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 13 hours ago
*Yup, that's the headline from Bloomberg sans the bracketed wording* *Do you all recall which nation state was deeply opposed to the Nordstream deal?* *If not, lets refresh our memories...** US greenlights sanctions on mega Russia-EU gas pipeline, but it’s probably too late**. It's never too late for sanctions * *The Senate voted overwhelmingly to pass the multi-billion dollar billion defense policy bill, formally known as the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), on Tuesday*. The NDAA covers a broad range of defense policy and military spending. *The annually-set NDAA is a... more »

Power and Protection

Unknown at The Conservative Socrates - 13 hours ago
Power and protection are the two powerful desires that people have. The two desires cannot be entirely separated even in an individual, but by and large the people who covet power and those who covet protection exist in different groups in a society. The desire for power is generally found in the people who are confident, intelligent, and strong, while the desire for protection is found in those who are demoralized, ignorant, and weak.

The Recovery

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 13 hours ago
Kevin Page writes that we need to do some hard thinking about our economic future: The political and economic stakes are high. With the prorogation of Parliament, triggered in part by the resignation of a finance minister, the government will table a Speech from the Throne in late September. While I’ve been reading spy novels, [civil servants] are looking over the shoulders of colleagues in the European Union and possibly US presidential candidate Joe Biden to see what they are planning for recovery. They are assessing recently announced provincial (e.g., Ontario and Alberta) ... more »

ICYMI: Labor Day Weekend Edition (9/6)

Peter Greene at CURMUDGUCATION - 13 hours ago
While you're enjoying your socially distant cookouts and celebrations this weekend, take a moment to thank the labor movement that made things like weekends possible. In the meantime, here's some reading from the week. *This Teacher Turned Remote Learning Into A Road Trip * There are many cool parts to this story (including the part where her administration greenlights it, because administrators who say yes to things are a real treat). 3000 miles on the road for this Texas history teacher, remote teaching a la Carmen Sandiego. *Robot Teachers, Racist Algorithms, and Disaster Pedago... more »

"How It Really Is"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
And how it *REALLY *is... 14 "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation." 33 "Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?" - Matthew 23, KJV

Sunday song

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 13 hours ago

Erdogan threatens Greece: Turkey has military power to ‘tear up immoral maps’

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
[image: Erdogan threatens Greece: Turkey has military power to ‘tear up immoral maps’] Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has cautioned Greece against turning down the idea of conducting talks on the ongoing eastern Mediterranean dispute, promising that otherwise, Athens will witness Ankara’s determination to protect its interests in the region. “They’re either going to understand the language of politics and diplomacy, or in the field with painful experiences”, he said. Erdogan went on to assure that Turkey possesses sufficient “political, economic, and military power” to “tea... more »

Syria overwhelmed by massive fires as large number people become displaced

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
[image: Syria overwhelmed by massive fires as large number people become displaced] BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:40 P.M.) – The massive forest fires that are engulfing the western region of the country have displaced a large number of people, including many who were already displaced because of the war. According to a civil defense source in the Latakia Governorate, thousands of people have already made their way to the coast this past weekend after the forest fires burnt down several homes and buildings, leaving towns and villages uninhabitable. Continue reading Syria overwhelmed by massive... more »

Turkey, Azerbaijan hold large-scale military exercise in province bordering Armenia: photos

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
[image: Turkey, Azerbaijan hold large-scale military exercise in province bordering Armenia: photos] BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 P.M.) – On Saturday, the Turkish military forces and their Azerbaijani counterparts carried out large-scale military maneuvers in the Nakhchivan Republic (Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan), with the aim of developing coordination between them. According to the Turkish Anadolu Agency, 2,600 soldiers, 200 tanks and armored vehicles, and 180 missile, artillery and mortar systems, attended by Nakhchivan Parliament Speaker Wassef Talibov, and the commander of the T... more »

Syrian city lays foundation for replica of Hagia Sophia cathedral

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
[image: Syrian city lays foundation for replica of Hagia Sophia cathedral] BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:45 P.M.) – The city of Al-Sqaylabiyeh in western Hama witnessed the foundation of the stone laying ceremony for the symbolic Hagia Sophia Church, which will be a replica of the mother cathedral of Hagia Sophia in Turkey. The ceremony was held the presence of Syrian and Russian officials, in addition to religious figures from the people of the region. It was written on the foundation stone of the symbolic church: “*During the reign of President Bashar Hafez Al-Assad, President of the Syrian... more »

Turkish-backed forces launch heavy attacks east of Euphrates as new offensive approaches

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
[image: Turkish-backed forces launch heavy attacks east of Euphrates as new offensive approaches] BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:20 P.M.) – The Turkish-backed forces launched a number of attacks in northern Syria on Saturday evening and Sunday morning, targeting several sites belonging to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Syrian Arab Army (SAA) east of the Euphrates River. According to reports from the city of Al-Qamishli, the Turkish-backed forces targeted the Abu Rasin area of northwestern Al-Hasakah on Saturday, hitting the SDF and SAA positions from the Ras Al-‘Ain District. Continue ... more »

Hamas and Hezbollah leaders hold meeting in Beirut

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
[image: Hamas and Hezbollah leaders hold meeting in Beirut] BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:00 P.M.) – Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah met with the head of the political bureau of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, about the normalization agreement between the UAE and Israel, during a meeting in Beirut on Saturday. The party’s Al-Manar TV reported that “the meeting of the Secretary-General of Hezbollah with the head of the political bureau of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, his deputy, Saleh al-Arouri and the accompanying delegation, reviewed in detail the entirety of the political and military d... more »

Iran reveals they have identified those behind nuclear reactor attack

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
[image: Iran reveals they have identified those behind nuclear reactor attack] BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:00 P.M.) – On Sunday, the Iranian authorities announced the details of the sabotage attack at the Natanz nuclear reactor, confirming that the security services were able to uncover the cause of the explosion. “In comments at a televised interview on Sunday, Behrouz Kamalvandi said the security organizations have detected the cause of the July 2 incident in Natanz nuclear site and identified the elements behind the act of sabotage,” the Tasnim Agency reported. Continue reading Iran rev... more »

The Daily Brief 2020-09-05

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
[image: The Daily Brief 2020-09-05] This is a summary of *18* AMN articles on the following subjects: *Iran, Iraq, China, India, Latakia, Syria, US, ISIS, Russia, Israel, UAE, Beirut, Lebanon, Cyprus, Turkey, Baghdad, Basra, Hasakah, France, Libya, Macron, Saudi, Idlib, Mediterranean, Crimea*. Categories covered in this brief: Iran, Iraq, World-News, Syria, Middleeast, Lebanon, Turkey, North-Africa, Gulf Let us know how you like this brief in the comments below. — The AMN Live Team Table of Contents - Iranian defense chief comments on retaliatory attack against US forces in ... more »

China Faces Food Shortage?

Jerri-Lynn Scofield at naked capitalism - 14 hours ago
COVID-19 has rendered food security shaky, in the medium to long term, for many countries. Does China face impending food shortages?

COVID is unlikely to kill you if you're not sick with something else

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 14 hours ago
Say what you will about the 6% number... the fact that 1 or 2 or 3 co-morbidities are pre-requisites in a #COVID19 fatality drastically reduces the risks you face of dying from the disease. Here is my updated list with comparative annualized risks via the https://t.co/J5sOuQ0M51 pic.twitter.com/cbWBGHFlBI — Justin Hart (@justin_hart) August 31, 2020

Illegal alien from Mexico shot at the police in a Colorado BLM protest

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 14 hours ago
Felix Missael Alva is a Mexican citizen who was deported but returned and lived illegally in Colorado. In May he fired several shots at the police. Democrats don't seem too bothered about it. But then Colorado is a sanctuary state where the rights of people like Felix are put ahead of the rights of American citizens.

Tweets For Today

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
Coronavirus update: 🇨🇳 90% of Sinovac employees, families took experimental vaccine, CEO says 🇰🇷 New cases in South Korea sink to three-week low 🇦🇺 Australia's epicenter extends hard lockdown until late September pic.twitter.com/7WT1TfNaMJ — Reuters (@Reuters) September 6, 2020 India reports global daily record of new coronavirus cases https://t.co/G6H6TITis9 pic.twitter.com/ddjineCuCj — Reuters (@Reuters) September 6, 2020 Mali's army, which staged last month's coup in the war-torn nation, is taking on a role in politics despite being hamstrung by a crippling lack of res... more »

Kwas szczawiowy ze szpinaku, rabarbaru i szczawiu tworzy kryształy niszczące stawy i mózg.

Unknown at Medical Crimes Explained - 14 hours ago
Borys Krupa Kwas szczawiowy dający przyjemny, lekko kwaskowaty smak liściom szpinaku i szczawiu oraz łodygom rabarbaru jest rozpuszczalny w wodzie. Jednak gdy napotka w organizmie jony wapniowe - tworzy z nimi nierozpuszczalne w wodzie kryształy szczawianu wapnia. Kryształy te mechanicznie niszczą chrząstki stawowe - są jak piasek wsypany do skrzyni biegów samochodu. Oprócz stawów kryształy szczawianu wapnia niszczą też delikatną tkankę nerwową. Jak rozpoznać czy mamy w sobie złogi szczawianu wapnia? Kryształy szczawianu wapnia w kontakcie z węglanami sodu wchodzą w reakcję w... more »

Autopsy Reveals No Evidence Cops Used Tasers Before Shooting Man 10 Times in the Back

Jack Burns at The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: shooting]An independent autopsy conducted by the victim's family suggest police are lying about the shooting death of Trayford Pellerin in Lafayette, La.

Picture Of The Day

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives aboard Air Force One from New Hampshire at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, August 28. REUTERS/Carlos Barria *WNU Editor:* The above picture is from this photo-gallery .... *Photos of the week* (Reuters).

Study Finds Depression Rates Have Tripled During Coronavirus Pandemic

Ethen Kim Lieser at The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Health, Americas* Is the cure worse than the disease? A new study has revealed that nearly a quarter of the U.S. population is currently experiencing symptoms related to depression—that’s roughly three times the number before the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic began. Medical experts are in agreement that when a population experiences something highly traumatic, such as natural disasters or terrorist attacks, mental-illness cases are expected to climb in the weeks and months following the event. But the coronavirus pandemic seems to be on an entirely diff... more »

Everyone is Worried About Kamikaze Boat Attacks (Like the U.S. Navy)

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, World* [image: Reuters] The U.S. Navy is devoting considerable effort to develop countermeasures, including antiswarm boat missiles and cannon, and even unmanned counterswarm boats to intercept the floating kamikazes. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *Murakhovsky pointed to a January 2017 attack on a Saudi frigate off the Yemeni coast, in which three small suicide boats piloted by Houthi militants attacked the ship, damaging the stern and killing two Saudi sailors. The U.S. Navy has long worried about suicide attacks on its ships by explosive-laden sm... more »

In The Iran Iraq War, An Iranian Pilot Hatched A Crazy Plan To Destroy An Iraqi Jet

David Axe at The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, * Crazy plans sometimes work. Iran’s force of American-made F-14 Tomcat interceptors dominated the sky during the Iran-Iraq war from 1980 to 1988. F-14s reportedly downed more than 160 Iraqi planes. Journalist Kash Ryan in his book *Air Combat Memoirs of the Iranian Air Force Pilots* compiled first-hand accounts of some of these aerial battles, including one by F-14 radar intercept officer Capt. Parviz Moradi. “Departing from 8th [Tactical Fighter Base] Isfahan as Dragon 5 flight piloted by then-major Amir Aslani to perform the day’s [combat air patrol] o... more »

The Air Force's 6th-Generation Stealth Fighter Will Have Laser Weapons

David Axe at The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*David Axe* *Technology, Americas* If the Pentagon's budget can support it. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *Lockheed could succeed in shrinking down its HELIOS laser in order to fit a future fighter plane before any new plane is ready to carry it. Alternatively, the company could offer the laser as an upgrade for existing fighters. But directed-energy weapons require more electrical power than today’s fighters easily can generate. U.S. arms-maker Lockheed Martin is developing a laser that could be small enough to arm a future, “sixth-generation” fighter plane, company officia... more »

MPs Table Climate Emergency Bill

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 15 hours ago
By Paul Homewood . The Loonies have taken over! . That this House expresses profound alarm at the climate and ecological emergency, with wildfires raging in California, and ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica melting in line with worst case scenario predictions for sea level rise according to a study by the University of […]

”Smart growth” harms minorities, rural America most

Duggan Flanakin at CFACT - 15 hours ago
It turns out that “smart growth,” by concentrating construction in the center of metropolises, leads to health problems for the poorest in our cities. The post ”Smart growth” harms minorities, rural America most appeared first on CFACT.

Children’s New Fashion Accessory Reduces Oxygen Intake While Looking Good

James Allard at OYE Alternative News - 15 hours ago
The post Children’s New Fashion Accessory Reduces Oxygen Intake While Looking Good appeared first on OYE Alternative News.

Religious leaders question COVID-19 vaccine ethics

TOTT News at News – TOTT News - 15 hours ago
Four of Australia's leading religious voices have written their concerns that the COVID-19 vaccine will be "ethically tainted" by fetal cells used during the development process. The Oxford University vaccine, which is considered among the frontrunners in the race to ‘combat COVID-19’, has been developed from a kidney cell line taken from an aborted fetus. [...Continued]

Media: National Freedom Day demonstrations

TOTT News at News – TOTT News - 15 hours ago
Many thousands of Australians have participated in #FreedomDay protests today against ongoing coronavirus restrictions. Much of the country remained peaceful, whilst police in Sydney and Melbourne chose to instigate dramatic scenes with protesters at the events. [...Continued]

No, CNN, Craters in Siberia Aren’t Caused by ‘Climate Change’

Anthony Watts at Climate Realism - 15 hours ago
The phrase “never let a potential climate crisis story go to waste” must be in CNN’s news handbook because this headline has absolutely nothing to to with global warming aka climate change. The story at CNN titled Massive mystery holes appear in Siberian tundra — and could be linked to climate change is a red herring […] The post No, CNN, Craters in Siberia Aren’t Caused by ‘Climate Change’ appeared first on Climate Realism.

Demise of Journalism Is Confirmed

Ron Clutz at Science Matters - 15 hours ago
Glenn Greenwald explains in his Intercept article Journalism’s New Propaganda Tool: Using “Confirmed” to Mean its Opposite. Excerpts in italics with my bolds. Outlets claiming to have “confirmed” Jeffrey Goldberg’s story about Trump’s troops comments are again abusing that vital term. The same misleading tactic is now driving the supremely dumb but all-consuming news cycle […]

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 15 hours ago
*Grim College Coronavirus Rules* College ain’t what it used to be. Supposedly because of a virus that for most college students is less of a threat to their lives than riding in a car, students at college campuses this fall will be subjected to dystopian controls from required mask wearing and “social distancing” to surveillance via contact tracing and health monitoring. Many prospective and set to return students will see this as an undesirable situation. College enrollment in America has been dropping over the last ten or so years. Make college dreary enough and there can be a bi... more »

Episode #339 – ‘Reality Unmasked’ with host Patrick Henningsen

NEWS WIRE at 21st Century Wire - 15 hours ago
*SUNDAY WIRE* | Strap yourselves in and lower the blast shield – this is your brave new world…

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