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Thomas Paine

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Tuesday, January 28, 2020

28 January - Blogs I'm Following - 4 of 5

10:18 pm MST

"The Coronavirus Is Now An Actual Pandemic"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago
*"The Coronavirus Is Now An Actual Pandemic"* by Adam Taggart "While you wouldn’t know it by listening to the major media outlets, the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus continues to get worse. As does our understanding of its potential threat to the public health. At this point, we have to be honest with ourselves: *We are dealing with a true pandemic at this point.* Chris’ message is direct: we’re passed the point when this could have been contained and ‘blown over’ in a short period of time. This is going to get worse. Quite possibly a *lot* worse. It’s time to prepare folks. Be su... more »

Special Ed Costs Hit My CT Town Hard

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 16 hours ago
By Kim Rossi Ususally our Anne Dachel writes about the weight of special education on school districts. Earlier this month, in my Fairfield County Connecticut town, our Superintendent announced his retirement and then took an immediate leave. We've heard that... more »

Viral Panic Memory Lane: Zika 2016

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 16 hours ago
This post ran in 2016, during the Zika virus panic when everyone was investing in..... vaccines and tiny hats. ### Note: Thanks to Levi for allowing us to excerpt this terrific look at the winter of 2016 viral panic. Ebola... more »

Syria begins assessment of damage done by attack on Mediterranean oil pipeline: video

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:00 P.M.) – The Syrian government has begun to assess the damage done to their Baniyas oil pipeline in the eastern Mediterranean after a terrorist attack targeted this imperative site. READ ALSO: Syrian Army begins heavily targeting southern Aleppo as offensive approaches According to the Syrian Arab New Agency (SANA), the government has […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syrian Army on the verge of besieging Ma’arat Al-Nu’man after capturing key town

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:45 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army’s 25th Special Mission Forces Division (formerly Tiger Forces) continued their offensive in the eastern countryside of the Idlib Governorate this week after relatively successful operation on Monday. READ ALSO: Syrian Army seizes 3 more towns in Idlib According to a military report from the Idlib front-lines, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syrian Army captures new ground in southern Aleppo

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:20 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has captured new ground in southern Aleppo this morning after resuming their offensive against the jihadist rebels. READ ALSO: Syrian Army captures jihadist tank in Idlib – video According to a field report from Aleppo, the Syrian Republican Guard’s Division 30 captured Jarf Khan Touman, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Important battle taking place in northern Yemen for key roadway: details

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:00 A.M.) – The Ansarallah forces and Hadi loyalists are involved in an intense battle for arguably one of the most important sites in northern Syria. READ ALSO: UAE-backed forces capture new town from former Saudi allies in southern Yemen According to reports from northern Yemen, the Ansarallah forces are attempting to capture […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Front-line footage from Syrian Army’s Aleppo offensive

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:30 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) launched their offensive in southern and western Aleppo over weekend, as they begun a large-scale campaign to expel the remaining jihadist forces from the provincial capital’s outskirts. READ ALSO: Heavy clashes erupt in southwest Aleppo as Syrian Army’s offensive approaches Led by the Republican Guard’s […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Hezbollah leader meets with daughter of Qassem Soleimani: video

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:15 A.M.) – The Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, recently held a meeting with Zainab Qassem Soleimani, daughter of the late commander of the Quds Force, Major-General Qassem Soleimani, who was assassinated by the U.S. in Baghdad. READ ALSO: Iraq arrests 3 Baghdad Airport employees for leaking intel to US about Qassem […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Pompeo accuses Syrian gov’t Russia, Iran, Hezbollah of preventing ceasefire in Syria

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:30 A.M.) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took to Twitter on Monday to accuse the Syrian government, Iran, Russia, and Hezbollah of violating the ceasefire in Syria, despite the fact that at least of these parties mentioned don’t have involvement. “Ruthless actions by Russia, the Iranian regime, Hezbollah, and the Assad […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

The Anybody But Bernie Movement Starts Revving Up The Machine

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
The transpartisan establishment-- classically *conservative* by it's very nature-- is freaking the hell out. Despite their best efforts, the damn working folks look like they're going to give Bernie the damn nomination to take on the sitting duck criminal of an illegitimate "president" in November. The Emerson poll of Iowa likely caucus-goers that came out late Sunday must have been a very bitter pill for them all. Over the last month, Bernie picked up the most support, up 8 points. Biden continued trending down as more people figure out what he is-- down l2 points, Klobuchar was ... more »

Exposing an anti-gun hoax?

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 16 hours ago
Last week Dr. Joseph Sakran alleged, in an article in the Baltimore Sun, that an implied death threat had been placed on his car. On Twitter he provided a picture of the printed threat, and another of it placed beneath a windshield wiper on his car. (He's since deleted the Twitter images.) Astute Twitterati observers analyzed the images. They very quickly realized that the reflections in the windshield, and the surrounding environment, showed that the vehicle was parked in a domestic garage (presumably his); and the photograph of the paper, taken in what looked like a normal... more »

Realistic expectations for New Zealand’s cannabis market: Q&A with Rua Bioscience CEO Manu Caddie

Matt Lamers at Marijuana Business Daily - 16 hours ago
With the launch of New Zealand’s medical cannabis program two months away and a referendum to legalize adult-use marijuana slated for later this year, businesses from around the world already have their sights set on the Oceanic market. New Zealand’s Medicinal Cannabis Agency will become operational April 1, when regulations laying the industry’s regulatory foundation […] Realistic expectations for New Zealand’s cannabis market: Q&A with Rua Bioscience CEO Manu Caddie is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

Chart: More consumers boost Colorado’s recreational marijuana market in 2019

Eli McVey at Marijuana Business Daily - 16 hours ago
Sales of adult-use cannabis in Colorado eclipsed $1.4 billion in 2019, a record for the state that likely was propelled by new customers entering the market. Recreational marijuana sales were up 16% in 2019, marking the first time that sales growth accelerated from year to year in any adult-use cannabis market, not just Colorado’s. Sales […] Chart: More consumers boost Colorado’s recreational marijuana market in 2019 is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

The Democratic Obsession With Russia, Explained

Ted Galen Carpenter at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Ted Galen Carpenter* *Politics, North America* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC2TLE9KM7RI&share=true] The Democrats have overestimated Russia's strength and threat to the United States. *Key Point:* Overblown rhetoric does not make good policy. The issue of Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election has intensified an already deep and bitter partisan divide. Democrats and the broader progressive community argue that a hostile nation worked to defeat Hillary Clinton and install a president that Moscow co... more »

These 5 Air Forces Have No Competition On Earth

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * Truly impressive. *Key Point:* It's difficult to get this good. Qualifying the five most powerful air forces in the world is certainly a difficult and challenging proposition. There are large, well-trained and well-equipped air forces that are obvious candidates for such a list. Then there are less-obvious candidates—like Russia. The Russian Air Force, while plane-for-plane older than many air forces, has numbers, the ubiquity of the largest country by size on Earth, a modernization plan and nuclear weapons. It cannot be ignored, and thanks to Putin ... more »

4K HDR Super Bowl Scam: Chiefs vs. 49ers Won't Really Be in 4K HDR

Harry J. Kazianis at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Harry J. Kazianis* *Technology, * Yes, the headlines have been lying to you. Here's why. After reading this headline on CNET.com I nearly started jumping up and down. For any NFL fan, you read it and say: “Yes, the Super Bowl, finally, in 4K HDR!” The day has arrived! I mean, look, it makes sense, right? Sure, unless you have a 4K Ultra HD Player or watch streaming services that has it, many pieces of content these days are just 1080i or 1080p if you are lucky. And if you have cable TV only, the picture is so compressed that it just might make your TV look bad. Here’s the p... more »

America Was Founded on Free Trade: Boris Johnson Should Take Advantage

Emma Hart at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Emma Hart* *Politics, Europe* [image: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits King's Maths School, part of King's College London University, in central London, Britain January 27, 2020. Daniel Leal-Olivas/Pool via REUTERS] For three hundred years. With Boris Johnson hailing parliament’s vote towards Britain leaving the EU on January 31, there is a general consensus among the country’s leaders that there will be an intimate trading relationship with the US after Brexit. But whenever the question of a deal comes up in the media, there is usually much talk of stumbling block... more »

Why Facebook's Libra Is not a Cryptocurrency, and Why It Is Doomed to Fail

Salvatore Babones at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Salvatore Babones* *Technology, * In June 2019, social networking giant Facebook announced plans to develop its own cryptocurrency for use in online transactions, the Libra. The Libra was structured as a partnership between Facebook and leading payments providers like Visa, Mastercard, and Paypal. It was supposed to become the world's first truly respectable cryptocurrency. Less than a year later, Visa, Mastercard, and Paypal have all ditched the project. In June 2019, social networking giant Facebook announced plans to develop its own cryptocurrency for use in online transactio... more »

Okamura: integration of V4 needed to defend the European civilization

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 16 hours ago
Tomio Okamura was born in Japan, is genetically half-Asian (quarter-Japanese, quarter-Korean), half-Czech, and is the leader of SPD, the main nationalist party in Czechia. His colorful ancestry should make you sure that the "Czech nationalist scene" is actually very meritocratic and fair. Far left loons are using the term "far right" for almost everybody these days but I find it likely that Okamura would be considered a classic "far right" even in the 1980s when the contemporary type of the extreme left was rather weak. Just a decade ago, I found it clear that I wouldn't ever vote f... more »

Grenfell Tower Fire: A Conspiracy to Hide the Truth from Thousands of Current Residents of 400 Existing Buildings

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 16 hours ago
All polymer foams produced from isocyanate chemicals are fire-accelerants that will not only spread any fire within seconds of ignition but will also emit lethal hydrogen cyanide gas that can cause death within a few minutes.

Making change happen: six steps I want the Bureau to take

Miriam Wells at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism - 16 hours ago
The Bureau's impact editor, Miriam Wells, has developed a strategy to make sure our stories connects with key audiences, benefits affected people and drives change

Apache Annual March to Oak Flat, February 19-23, 2020

Unknown at CENSORED NEWS - 16 hours ago
Download flyer at Apache Stronghold 6th Annual March to Oak Flat, February 19-23, 2020 We hope you can join us in solidarity with our spiritual journey of prayer and ceremony in protection of Chi'Chil Bildagoteel (Oak Flat). Each year hundreds of people have walked together for the 45 miles from the San Carlos reservation, through the mining towns of Miami and Globe, up to Oak Flat.

North Atlantic sea level is falling

drinkingwateradvisor at The Drinking Water Advisor - 16 hours ago
“Despite stressing global sea level rise is worrisome and due to anthropogenic warming, Chafik et al. (2019) report a distinct cooling trend in the North Atlantic that coincides with a transition to falling regional sea levels since 2004.” click here

Funny Friday on Tuesday

Terry at 'Nox & Friends - 16 hours ago
Hey Kids ! I was going through my drawers and found some old stuff (not THOSE drawers, smartasses) that I want to share before they disintegrate. Thanks to reader’s contributions, I get plenty of great material each week for a Funny Friday, so, in order to protect the public from overdosing on laughter, I sometimes withhold my own stuff. That’s just the kind of unselfish, caring guy I am. Or to put it another way…..I NEED TO CLEAN OUT MY FILES ! Who doesn’t like a good GIF ? Especially the ones that look painful…. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SIGNS ? WE got … Continue reading →

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 17 hours ago
*Al Shabaab terror group bans single-use plastic bags* *There's an old saying that you can know a man by the company he keeps* The Somali militant Islamist group, which has links to al Qaeda, has long had an interest in environmental issues. It made the official announcement on Radio Andalus, which is operated by al Shabaab. Jubaland regional leader Mohammad Abu Abdullah said the group had come to the decision due to the "serious" threat posed by plastic bags to both humans and livestock. He added that pollution caused by plastic was damaging to the environment. In the same annou... more »

Shoshone to address New York City Council divestiture from nuclear weapons

Unknown at CENSORED NEWS - 17 hours ago
Shoshone to address New York City Council divestiture from nuclear weapons January 28 Hearings on Disarmament 1. INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY Hadrien Coumans, Lenape Ian Zabarte, Western Bands of the Shoshone Nation of Indians 2. EARLY BIRDS *(Robert Croonquist, Youth Arts New York – will speak with Municipal Workers) Miyako Taguchi, NYC based second-generation Nagasaki hibakusha

Taiwan Should Follow China's Lead And Buy More Anti-Aircraft Batteries

David Axe at The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*David Axe* *Technology, Asia* Specifically SAMs. *Key point:* Taiwan faces one of the most difficult air-defense problems in the world. The Chinese military's new S-400 surface-to-air missile system can hit targets more than 150 miles away, if the reported result of the type's first-ever test in Chinese service is accurate. The Taiwan strait is just 140 miles across at its widest point, meaning that, in theory, Chinese S-400s could target Taiwanese warplanes shortly after they take off. But the short distance separating China and Taiwan works both ways. At the same time that ... more »

Should Central Banks Have So Much Power Over Industry?

Valerio Cerretano at The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Valerio Cerretano* *Politics, Europe* [image: New European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde gestures as she addresses a news conference on the outcome of the meeting of the Governing Council, in Frankfurt, Germany, December 12, 2019. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski] Quantitative easing has turned them into governments unto themselves. After a pause of a few months, the world’s leading central banks are “printing” money again to try to bolster their economies. Commonly known as quantitative easing or QE, the European Central Bank (ECB) resumed its programme just before the ... more »

Study Finds that Finance Ethics Can Be Taught

Andrew Gordon Sutherland at The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Andrew Gordon Sutherland* *economy, Americas* [image: Reuters] The ethics section focuses on an adviser’s fiduciary duty to investors – that is, their obligation to act in the investor’s interest rather than their own. Testing investment advisers on their knowledge of ethics can lead to better behavior, new research shows. According to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, 630,000 financial representatives and investment advisers provide financial services to half of all American households. Together, these individuals execute nearly US$40 trillion worth of transactions ... more »

Most Independents Indulge in Partisan Politics Too

Christopher Devine at The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Christopher Devine* *Politics, Americas* [image: Reuters] The truth is, it doesn’t really matter which party you register with on paper. Will Donald Trump win reelection in 2020? To find out, you’d think you could just look up whether more Americans are registered as Republicans than Democrats. But the truth is, it doesn’t really matter which party you register with on paper. Besides, 19 states don’t even register voters by party. What really matters is what political scientists like myself call your “political identity” – your psychological attachment to a political group, su... more »

Gene Editing: This One Small Fact Means the Difference Between Medical Procedure and Science Fiction Nightmare

Eleanor Feingold at The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Eleanor Feingold* *Science, * [image: Technicians work at a genetic testing laboratory of BGI, formerly known as Beijing Genomics Institute, in Kunming, Yunnan province, China December 26, 2018. Picture taken December 26, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer] It's the difference between one organ and the whole baby. Gene editing is one of the scarier things in the science news, but not all gene editing is the same. It matters whether researchers edit “somatic” cells or “germline” cells. Germline cells are the ones that propogate into an entire organism – either cells that make sperm and eggs... more »

An F-22 Raptor Just Like This One Flew Under An Iranian F-4 Phantom (Undetected)

Robert Beckhusen at The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Robert Beckhusen* *Security, * Stealth is king. *Key point: *Better think twice before intercepting American military technology. Back in 2013, Pentagon press secretary George Little said that an Iranian air force F-4 Phantom combat plane attempted to intercept a U.S. MQ-1 Predator drone flying through international airspace near Iran. As we reported back then, one of the two F-4 Phantom jets — in service in Iran since the Shah — came to about 16 miles from the Predator, but broke off pursuit after two American planes escorting the drone broadcast a warning message. It was a ... more »

Are Iran's Submarines A Mere Distraction Or A Dire Threat For America's Navy?

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Middle East* The Persian Gulf will become a battlefield. *Key Question: *Past experience demonstrates that Tehran routinely exaggerates and obfuscates the scale of its defense projects, and the timeline in which they will be completed. The Iranian military has long planned for a defensive naval war in the Persian Gulf, in which it would leverage its large fleet of fast attack boats toting antiship missiles to launch swarming hit-and-run attacks on adversaries in along Persian Gulf, with the ultimate goal of shutting down passage through the Straits ... more »

Paulo Coelho and Kobe Bryant Were Writing Children’s Book

Iolanda Fonseca at The Rio Times - 17 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Novelist Paulo Coelho disclosed on Monday that he had been writing a children's book in partnership with basketball player Kobe Bryant who was killed on Sunday in a helicopter crash in the US. The disclosure was made on his social media during a tribute to the former LA Lakers player. […] The post Paulo Coelho and Kobe Bryant Were Writing Children’s Book appeared first on The Rio Times.

IBOVESPA Drops 3.3 Percent with Coronavirus: Time to Sell or Buy?

Publisher at The Rio Times - 17 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Monday, January 27th, the IBOVESPA closed down 3.3 percent and offset the year's gains. This time the great villain of the Stock Exchange was the coronavirus, which has already claimed over 100 victims and infected almost 3,000 people worldwide. In the afternoon, the World Health Organization (WHO) reclassified the […] The post IBOVESPA Drops 3.3 Percent with Coronavirus: Time to Sell or Buy? appeared first on The Rio Times.

Anger Over Controversial Indictment of Journalist Glenn Greenwald in Brazil

Arkady Petrov at The Rio Times - 17 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Following the indictment of investigative journalist Glenn Greenwald for "cybercrime" and association with a criminal organization, judges and international press organizations have called on the Brazilian Prosecutor's Office to drop the charges. Greenwald as well as renowned attorneys speak of political retaliation for critical reporting and question the impartiality of […] The post Anger Over Controversial Indictment of Journalist Glenn Greenwald in Brazil appeared first on The Rio Times.

Property Market Growth to Intensify in 2020

Arkady Petrov at The Rio Times - 17 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The year 2019 brought great news for construction, as a period of strengthening for the sector and of an upturn in the real estate market. There was a positive development in the main indicators: generation of jobs, sales and launches of real estate, improvement in the construction GDP and the […] The post Property Market Growth to Intensify in 2020 appeared first on The Rio Times.

World Stock Markets Plunge Over Fear of Coronavirus; WHO Raises Contagion Risk

Richard Mann at The Rio Times - 17 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The effects of the coronavirus have 'infected' stock markets around the world, which awoke on Monday with declines stemming from the fear of the 2019-nCoV advancing, or the Wuhan virus - as it was also named, in reference to the Chinese city where the micro-organism was first passed from an […] The post World Stock Markets Plunge Over Fear of Coronavirus; WHO Raises Contagion Risk appeared first on The Rio Times.

Bitcoin “Escapes” Coronavirus Selloff, Rises Over Four Percent to US$9,000

Richard Mann at The Rio Times - 17 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - While global markets experienced a "selloff" day over fears of the advance of the Chinese coronavirus, crypto-assets are increasingly proving to be an alternative for investors at these times, and rose sharply on Monday, January 27th. Around 6 PM (Brasília time), the Bitcoin recorded a rise of 4.47 percent, quoted […] The post Bitcoin “Escapes” Coronavirus Selloff, Rises Over Four Percent to US$9,000 appeared first on The Rio Times.

US Demands ‘More Aggressive Stance’ from Brazil Against Illegal Immigration

Iolanda Fonseca at The Rio Times - 17 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - An official of Donald Trump's administration on Monday, January 27th, demanded that Bolsonaro's government implement harsher measures to reduce the number of illegal immigrants from Brazil trying to enter the US. In a conference call with journalists, Ken Cuccinelli, number two in the DHS (Department of Homeland Security), said that […] The post US Demands ‘More Aggressive Stance’ from Brazil Against Illegal Immigration appeared first on The Rio Times.

Links 1/28/2020

Lambert Strether at naked capitalism - 17 hours ago

Hypocrites preaching Green

CFACT Ed, Ronald Stein at CFACT - 17 hours ago
The Big Green "do as I say, not at I do" crowd. The post Hypocrites preaching Green appeared first on CFACT.

Coronavirus: Not Looking Good

Yves Smith at naked capitalism - 17 hours ago
Coronavirus updates.

African Nations Caught in Conflict Re-commit to Inclusive Education

DJIBOUTI CITY, Jan 27 (IPS) - Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh knows that his country is in need of an education system that is, "innovative, based on universal principles and values and adaptive of the local realities". Read the full story, “African Nations Caught in Conflict Re-commit to Inclusive Education”, on globalissues.org →

Balanced and Gender-Inclusive Education is a Smart Investment

DJIBOUTI CITY, Jan 27 (IPS) - Fihima Mohamed's mother never attended school and until two years ago she could not read or write. Mohamed's mother had been born in neighbouring Somalia but was sent to Djibouti as a young girl to live with her aunt. The expectation had been that she would have a better life by escaping the ongoing conflict in her home country at the time. Read the full story, “Balanced and Gender-Inclusive Education is a Smart Investment”, on globalissues.org →

Tennis greats call for Margaret Court Arena to be renamed after Evonne Goolagong Cawley

Just In - 18 hours ago
Martina Navratilova and John McEnroe make an on-court stand at the Australian Open, demanding that the stadium named in Margaret Court's honour to be renamed after Evonne Goolagong Cawley.

Parents told to keep students who visited China in last two weeks home from WA schools

Gian De Poloni at Just In - 18 hours ago
Authorities urge parents to keep WA children home from school if they have recently visited China, as the state is declared free from coronavirus after tests on four people return negative.

No evidence of sex attack on Jane Rimmer, Claremont trial told

Andrea Mayes at Just In - 18 hours ago
A 23-year-old childcare worker allegedly murdered by the Claremont serial killer showed no sign of being sexually assaulted before her death, although it could not be conclusively ruled out, a forensic pathologist tells the WA Supreme Court.

Remote NT health clinic placed under special administration after threats of violence

Mitchell Abram at Just In - 18 hours ago
The health clinic servicing the 600 residents of the Utopia Homelands, 250km north-east of Alice Springs, is placed under special administration after threats of violence against staff and concerns about management.

Africa has most of the world's under-reported humanitarian crises. Here's why you should care

Zena Chamas at Just In - 18 hours ago
Day-to-day life for those living in drought-stricken Madagascar and other parts of Africa consist of hoping to get enough food and water to survive. So why are extreme poverty and climate change issues in Africa given less media coverage than others?

Face masks sell out across SA amid coronavirus fears

Eugene Boisvert And Claire Campbell at Just In - 18 hours ago
South Australian pharmacies sell out of face masks as SA Health reveals it is testing three more people in the state for coronavirus.

If there's pressure on Ash Barty at the Australian Open, then she's not feeling it

Luke Pentony at Just In - 18 hours ago
Public expectation is growing that the Australian can break a lengthy title drought in Melbourne, but the world number one says she is happily ignoring the hype.

Rain but no monsoon — what's going on?

Kate Doyle at Just In - 18 hours ago
The deadline for the latest monsoon onset on record has come and gone and there is still no official monsoon for Darwin. Meanwhile, the rain has been pouring down.

'I don't deserve this one': Federer ready to exit before storming back to win quarter-final

Jon Healy at Just In - 18 hours ago
Roger Federer reaches the Australian Open semi-finals with a five-set win over Tennys Sandgren, who missed out on seven match points as Federer struggled with injury.

Biosecurity Queensland rejects charity's claim over feeding starved horses

Elly Bradfield at Just In - 18 hours ago
The founder of a Queensland animal welfare charity says Biosecurity Queensland told her to let eight malnourished horses on a Darling Downs property starve, but a spokesperson for the agency describes that claim as "false".

How Trump Rebelled Against The Generals

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
He actually shut them down. That was surely a good thing. All that is working now through the system and yes he will get us out of all these clearly optional wars that serve nothing except to train young officers. The core problem with generals is that they believe a bunch of stuff that is simply not true and whose purpose is to motivate them to follow orders to enter the thick of battle. That is one reason that i want to see the Chinese General staff slapped down as often as possible. And why the death of Solumani of Iran was decisive. The Mullahs suddenly lost their core... more »

Haiwaii - Possibly our longest intact cultural Time Line

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
It is plausible that the first population movement into the Pacific came first from the Pacific Northwest. This certainly was the thesis of Thor Heyerdahl long before he did Kon Tiki. He produced a very thick book on the topic which i actually own and have read. The major population centers on the Coast were Haida Gwaii also known as Markland, the Alaska Panhandle as Heluland and Vancouver Island known also as Vinland. All those populations have a stone age antiquity of at least 20,000 years. More critically they produced monster dugout canoes from our giant cedars and their ... more »

Remarkable New T-Cell Discovery Can Kill Several Cancer Types in The Lab

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
Too start with, it looks like this may well nail leukemia. that alone would be welcome. Everything else will be a nice bonus. This certainly adds a valuable new avenue to the cancer toolkit that is not naturally self limiting in terms of application. We need to end the whole cancer MEME. There is plenty now to say it is all possible. We certainly have a whole body protocol that applies massive vitamin C to the problem. That is a potentially a general cure that resolves everything but brain cancer and that may also work as the conversion of vitamin C at the high dosage leve... more »

Very Tall, Thin 'Mantis-Like' Humanoid Encountered in Chicago's Schiller Park

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
The first possibility is an alien visitor, not least because of the jump suit. At the same time mind control is also demonstrated to the extent of suppressing fear. This is no terran creature then. We do know that alien penetration has steadily increased after the apparent arrangement was make back about 1950. As there are over 70 known alien types it makes sense that a few can safely enjoy a physical visit. Thus we continune to have accidental encounters such as this one. Someday they will tell us that we have a real tourist trade going on. These reports typically do not repe... more »

Familiar tale

sue at Is the BBC biased? - 18 hours ago
Saw this and thought of you 'ITBB?'

The Holocaust, the BBC and antisemitism smears

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 19 hours ago
Senior BBC news reporter Orla Guerin has found herself in hot water of an increasingly familiar kind. During a report on preparations for the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp, she made a brief reference to Israel and an even briefer reference to the Palestinians. Her reporting coincided with Israel hosting world leaders last week at Yad Vashem, its Holocaust remembrance centre in Jerusalem.

Coronavirus: Why Hasn't the World Health Organization Declared a Global Emergency?

Tom Solomon at The National Interest - 19 hours ago
*Tom Solomon* *Politics, Asia* [image: A medical official takes the body temperature of a man at the departure hall of the airport in Changsha, Hunan Province, as the country is hit by an outbreak of a new coronavirus, China, January 27, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter] Should we raise the alarm? The World Health Organization’s decision to not declare the novel coronavirus outbreak in China a public health emergency of international concern, or PHEIC, will surprise many. The number of reported cases and deaths is doubling every couple of days, and patients have now been reported from... more »

Are Private Programs for ‘Troubled Teens’ Working?

Heather E. Mooney at The National Interest - 19 hours ago
*Heather E. Mooney* *Health, Americas* [image: Reuters] With little academic research about these private programs serving troubled teens, the conversation around them strikes me as either overly positive or negative. I first became interested in what I’ve learned is called the “troubled teen industry” more than 20 years ago, when my parents sent me away to a program they thought would help me finish high school. At that point I was skipping a lot of school and running away. Simply put, I was seeking emancipation, community and safety – albeit in a headstrong way. The troubled t... more »

Aerial Comeback: The Attempted Return Of the P-51 Mustang

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 19 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, * Why did the Air Force say now? *Key Point:* Aerial defenses are too strong in modern warfare to justify the Mustang's continued production. The North American P-51 Mustang was one of the greatest fighters of World War II. Had life worked out differently, the Mustang could also have fought in Vietnam and flown against a Soviet invasion of Western Europe. In fact, it might even have replaced the A-10 Warthog. The Piper PA-48 Enforcer was a modernized version of the P-51. It was the brainchild of David Lindsay, founder of manufacturer Cavalier Aircraft,... more »

Parsons Corner

Editor, cairnsnews at Cairns News - 19 hours ago
by Pastor Mel Who is the real enemy of humanity? In the biblical narrative there is a spiritual realm beyond what we know and see as everyday human beings. Genesis tells us the first people, Adam and Eve, were placed in a perfect environment and talked freely with the Lord God their Creator “in the […]

International Holocaust Day 2020

Batocchio at Vagabond Scholar - 20 hours ago
Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. It's the 75th anniversary this year. Fresh Air's episode for the occasion features two good older interviews: a 2005 one with Laurence Rees on his book, Auschwitz: A New History, and an 1988 interview with Holocaust survivor and author Elie Wiesel, who died in 2016. The PBS NewsHour

US halts weapons deliveries to Iraq amid tensions with Baghdad

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
The United States stopped all weapons deliveries to Iraq in the midst of the growing tensions with the government in Baghdad, the US-based Inside Defense news site reported. READ ALSO: Muqtada Al-Sadr calls for new protests against US presence in Iraq The freeze includes halting supplies for the new F-16 fleet, the report said on […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Turkish military convoy heads to southern Idlib amid Syrian Army advance

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
A Turkish military convoy crossed the border with Syria through a checkpoint of Kafr Lusein, located in the north of the Idlib Governorate, and is heading to the south, Al Arabiya TV channel reported citing the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. READ ALSO: Large number of Iraqi military reinforcements sent to Syrian border According to […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syrian Army is less than 13km away from 2 important cities in Idlib

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:40 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) scored a massive advance in the Idlib Governorate on Monday, seizing over ten towns and villages from the jihadist rebels of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) and the Turkish-backed National Liberation Forces (NLF). READ ALSO: Syrian Army scores massive advance in Idlib after jihadist defenses collapse […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syria’s Mediterranean oil pipeline comes under attack: report

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
Terrorists have attacked oil storage tanks in Baniyas, Syria, setting off pre-installed explosives, SANA reported, citing the country’s Petroleum Ministry. READ ALSO: New attack on Syrian oil fields was too sophisticated for terrorist groups – source The news of the attack comes after media reported, citing the Petroleum Ministry, that terrorists targeted energy facilities in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

The Daily Brief 2020-01-26

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
This is a summary of 19 AMN articles on the following subjects: Idlib, Syria, Israel, Palestine, Aleppo, Libya, Tripoli, NATO, Russia, Baghdad, Iraq, Sadr, Misrata, Saudi, Iran, Trump, Erdogan, Haftar, Turkey, Soleimani. Categories covered in this brief: Syria, Middleeast, Palestine, North-Africa, World-News, Iraq, Gulf, Iran, Turkey Let us know how you like this brief in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Pete Buttigieg did NOT say a pro-life person was not welcome in the Democrat party...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 20 hours ago
*he essentially said anyone who votes democrat is welcome.* This encounter Saint Pete had with a pro-life democrat is making the rounds. First of all, there is no such thing as a pro-life democrat. We'll get to the truth of that statement in a bit. *What did the woman ask Saint Pete at a Sunday evening town hall with Fox’s Chris Wallace?* “I’m a proud pro-life Democrat. Do you want the support of pro-life Democratic voters? There are 21 million of us. And if so, would you support more moderate platform language to insure the party of diversity and inclusion does include everybody?”... more »

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