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Thomas Paine

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Saturday, February 29, 2020

29 February - Blogs I'm Following - 5 of 5

10 pm MST

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 21 hours ago
*by Noah* C'mon folks Relax!! Leave Donnie Head Case alone. Look at the great job he did with Puerto Rico! I see a future where he's tossing boxes of tissues to crowds of stricken Americans. OK. Actually, no, he won't be doing any such thing. He wouldn't want to be so close to the virus's victims. Besides, Trump can't control his own behavior. How is he ever going to control an epidemic.

Scientists Demonstrate Success of a Possible ‘EpiPen’ to Prevent Paralysis From Spinal Cord Injuries

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
This is a smart diversion of the immune system reaction that slows the initial intense phase that also damages too much. It certainly presages a really useful protocol to apply to all spinal and nervous system injuries as well. In fact it needs to be part of all surgical interventions as well to clean up the raw damage itself and allow possible nerve repair. Far too many surgical intervention do cause serious and irreversible nerve damage. . . *Scientists Demonstrate Success of a Possible ‘EpiPen’ to Prevent Paralysis From Spinal Cord Injuries* *By* *Good News Network* *... more »

Covid19 Real Beast Causing Dangerous Pandemic with Chris Martenson

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
This gives us a decent picture of the nature of the disease. I would feel more comfortable if i saw folks going back to work in Wuhan. That would indicate folks had gotten over the disease in good order and were now immune to further exposure. So far empirical reassurance is scant. We do read that 10,000 have actually been discharged which may mean something. The Chinese seem to be at least slowing the pace while they ramp up their response. Right now we can be sure that everyone globally is scrambling to develop supplies. Remember that fever is your friend as it suppres... more »

Bitcoin Is Premium Collateral And Perhaps The Salvation of Hedge Funds

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
Collateral is a huge problem and a price decline will shake out decades of dodgy loan architecture. So yes a bicoin solution is attractive. Yet this is all long term as the actual user market deepens. It will serve the same way in which we use land and which is now mature almost everywhere. Bitcoin is a measure of global demand and is thus quite stable in terms of price appreciation. We still see volatility, but expect that to continue to diminish. All good . *Bitcoin Is Premium Collateral And Perhaps The Salvation of Hedge Funds* *Written by Paul Rosenberg Date: 02-2... more »

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1 Million Casualties: Why World War I's Battle of the Somme Was a Nightmare

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* So many lives lost. *Key point: *Machine guns and frontal charges were a horrific and stupid combination. The fighting was intense and many were killed with little gained. In February 1916, Allied military leaders met at Chantilly, in the Picardy region of France to discuss grand strategy as World War I entered its second full year. British and French commanders agreed to undertake a joint offensive against the Germans in the West, and the area of the Somme River in northern France was chosen. Meanwhile, the German high command unleas... more »

The Air Force's Block IV F-35 Stealth Fighter Is Unlike Anything You've Ever Seen

Kris Osborn at The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Asia* The F-35 is evolving. *Key point:* The current consensus among senior Pentagon weapons developers holds that, at the moment, the F-35 is the most capable 5th generation plane in the world. The Air Force has begun early testing, software development and weapons integration for its upcoming Block 4 variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, an emerging model intended to give the multi-role fighter a new dimension of attack mission possibilities, service leaders said. The new version, to emerge in the early 2020s, will add new long-range precision-tr... more »

How World War II Gave Birth to the Modern-Day Sniper

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, World* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2016%3Anewsml_D1BEUKDBYNAA&share=true] A big leap forward. *Key point:* Snipers were used in WWI and then really came of age in WWII. They served in many theaters in many different countries' militaries. The art of sniping developed from the sharpshooting practiced during earlier conflicts. During the 19th century, the steadily improving technology of the rifle led to the use of sharpshooters during the American Civil War and the Boer War. However, it was during World War... more »

Russia's MiG-29 Has A New Mission: Aerial Armor Destroyer

Mark Episkopos at The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*Mark Episkopos* *Security, * The MiG-29 is too outdated for its original role. *Key point: *For a major military power like the Soviet Union and its Russian successor, there is always going to be a glut of aircraft roles to fill at various intensity levels and operational uses. As with many of Russia’s most prolific aircraft, the MiG-29 has spawned numerous variants four decades of service. Originally intended as an superiority fighter, and particularly as the Soviet answer to the F-16, the MiG-29 has been gradually recast as a multi-role aircraft with an increasingly robust ai... more »

Iran's New Guided-Rocket Kit Is Really Bad News For Israel

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, * Will it end up in more nations'... or militants', hands? *Key point:* Iran has often made suspect claims about developing new weapons, so these reports should be taken skeptically. Iran has unveiled a kit that appears to convert unguided surface-to-surface rockets into guided weapons. The Labeik kit “looked similar to the guidance units used with the Fateh-110 family of solid-propellent missiles, although its four triangular control surfaces were inverted,” according to Jane’s Defense Weekly, which based its analysis on Iranian television footage of a... more »

Nazi Germany's Forgotten Victims: Homosexuals and Jehova's Witnesses

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* [image: German Holocaust Memorial] On May 8, 1985, the 40th anniversary of the end of the war, homosexuals murdered by the Nazis received their first public acknowledgment in a speech by West German President Richard von Weizacker, and in 1994 after the reunification of East and West Germany, Paragraph 175 was abolished altogether. At 8 PM on the evening of Friday, July 13, 1934, German Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler stepped to the speaker’s lectern of the Reichstag in Berlin’s Kroll Opera House to explain his murderous conduct during th... more »

Fighting Words: Liz Cheney Takes On Bernie's Socialism At CPAC

Jarrett Stepman at The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*Jarrett Stepman* *Politics, Americas* [image: House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 8, 2019. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein] 'It is up to us to defend the blessings of freedom,' she said. Socialism works in opposition to and destroys free societies. That was the message Thursday as conservatives gathered near Washington for the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., said America faces a wide array of threats with one commonality: They oppose American freedom. “We ... more »

How Leap Year Was Born

Jonti Horner at The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*Jonti Horner* *History, World* [image: Reuters] Here's how. Happy February 29! It doesn’t come round very often, so make sure you enjoy it. But why do we have these extra days? Well, if we didn’t, the seasons would gradually move around the calendar. Rather than midsummer in the southern hemisphere falling around December 21, it would arrive in January, then February, and so on. After a few centuries, the Australian summer would end up be in July! But what exactly is a year? The simplest answer is the amount of time it takes for Earth to orbit the Sun. At school, we all learn... more »

Howard Stern Has Inspired Hillary Clinton to Start a Podcast?

Hunter DeRensis at The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*Hunter DeRensis* *Politics, * Stern, who championed dirty humor during his early years (and supported the former secretary in 2016), had Clinton on his show in December. The former presidential contender was enamored by the man whose content she had avoided for so long. They spoke for over two hours, discussing a range of topics, personal to professional. Hillary Rodham Clinton, former First Lady, former senator from New York, former Secretary of State, and former Democratic nominee for president of the United States, has announced that she’ll be starting a podcast produced by ... more »

Could Coronavirus Cost Donald Trump the 2020 Election?

Hunter DeRensis at The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*Hunter DeRensis* *Politics, * For two years commentators and analysts have rattled off that President Donald Trump has a reliable chance at reelection “as long as the economy stays on track.” Will the spread of the coronavirus alter that? It has been a rule of thumb in American politics that the single most important issue people vote on is the state of the economy. Why is the incumbent president popular or unpopular? “It’s the economy, stupid,” is the casual response. For two years commentators and analysts have rattled off that President Donald Trump has a reliable chance at r... more »

After Trump: Who Will Lead the GOP in the 2024 Presidential Election?

Hunter DeRensis at The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*Hunter DeRensis* *Politics, * We might get some clues soon at CPAC. This week the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) took place in National Harbor, Maryland, where thousands of young conservatives and activists from across the country travel for days of speeches, panels, and afterparties. A staple of the conservative movement, and hosted by the American Conservative Union (ACU), the conference has traditionally served as a pilgrimage for prospective and speculative presidential candidates to advertise their wares in front of a friendly audience. President D... more »

A War In The South China Sea Would Reshape Asia (And The World)

Kerry K. Gershaneck, James E. Fanell at The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*Kerry K. Gershaneck, James E. Fanell* *Security, Asia* It could start suddenly. *Key point: *Both America and China have been preparing for such a fight. China’s claims of South China Sea (SCS) ownership are illegal, but Beijing’s hyper-nationalistic officials increasingly encourage its forces to attack U.S. Navy ships operating lawfully there. The People’s Republic of China (PRC) appears to be calling for war—a war it may well get. But it is a war that will not stay confined to that body of water, and a war that could ultimately end with regime change in Beijing. One People’s ... more »

A Fatal Mistake: Did Adolf Hitler Lose World War II At Dunkirk?

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* The world is grateful for his blunders. War movies tend to depict the battles a nation wins—not the ones it loses. So with a blockbuster Hollywood movie on Dunkirk hitting the silver screen this July, one would think that Dunkirk was a British victory. In fact, Dunkirk was the climactic moment of one of the greatest military disasters in history. From May 26 to June 4, 1940, an army of more than three hundred thousand British soldiers was chased off the mainland of Europe, reduced to an exhausted mob clinging to a flotilla of rescue boa... more »

Letting Your Employees Sleep Like a Baby Is Good For Business

Leslie Hammer, Lindsey Alley at The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*Leslie Hammer, Lindsey Alley* *economy, Americas* Though sleep is not something you typically do at work, work schedules and job stress affect sleep, and poor sleep can affect job performance and safety at work. A long-haul truck driver fell asleep during his shift in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, on Jan. 13. Heading north on Route 147, he drifted into the eastbound shoulder for almost 375 feet, struck the side of the road and flipped his rig. Thankfully, the driver only suffered a minor injury and nobody else was harmed. Poor sleep affects up to 70% of Americans and increases the ris... more »

What Does Israel Have To Fear From Syria's Tunnels?

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, Middle East* Is Syria taking a cue from Hezbollah? *Key point: *Syria has never defeated Israel in a war. First, it was Hamas, and then Hezbollah. Now, Syria is threatening to undermine Israel with tunnels. In fact, a Syrian general claims that the Syrian Civil War has turned Syrian soldiers into “experts” at digging holes in the ground. "I can tell you that as experts on tunnel warfare, we have made large strides during this crisis, throughout the years of the war,” Brigadier-General Lu'ayy Shehadeh told Hezbollah TV network Al-Manar. In its seventy-f... more »

Yes, Russia's SU-35 Jet Fighter Is One of the Best Ever Made

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Europe* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2013%3Anewsml_GM1E96N1SJX01&share=true] A big deal. *Key Point:* The Su-35 is impressive even though it is not a stealth fighter. It has helped make Russia into a modern power again. The Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker-E is the top Russian air-superiority fighter in service today, and represents the pinnacle of fourth-generation jet fighter design. It will remain so until Russia succeeds in bringing its fifth-generation PAK-FA stealth fighter into production. Distinguished by its unriva... more »

Meet the Cute Little M29 "Weasel": The Legendary Workhorse of World War II

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 21 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* Isn't it just adorable? The M29 Weasel was a machine conceived by a bizarre British chemist obsessed with ice for a unit that did not exist and a mission that never occurred. While super-secret Operation Ploughshare was scratched, the Weasel went on to lead a long and productive, if unheralded, life. Designed and manufactured at a feverish pitch even as its raison d’etre disappeared, it went on to find myriad military and civilian applications. Fully tracked and amphibious, it carried a payload and crew approximating that of a jeep. It... more »

Australian Daily Wind Power Generation Data – Friday 28th February 2020

TonyfromOz at PA Pundits – International - 22 hours ago
By Anton Lang ~ This Post details the daily wind power generation data for the AEMO coverage area in Australia. For the background information, refer to the Introductory Post at this link. Each image is shown here at a smaller size to fit on the page alongside the data for that day. If you click […]

NY Times Mocks Pence, ‘No Training or Expertise,’ Versus Obama’s Confident Ebola Czar

PA Pundits - International at PA Pundits – International - 22 hours ago
By Clay Waters ~ Continuing to politicize the coronavirus, the New York Times Abby Goodnough on Friday attacked President Trump putting Vice President Mike Pence in charge of the coronavirus task force in “Trump Said Pence Had ‘Talent’ on Health Policy. A Review of His Record.” So what does Mr. Pence’s record on health care […]

Climate Pressure Groups In Conservative Clothing At CPAC

PA Pundits - International at PA Pundits – International - 22 hours ago
By Craig Rucker ~ Beware of climate leftists in conservative clothing. A group calling itself “republicEn” got itself on a climate panel at CPAC and launched into a personal attack on Princeton physicist Will Happer and Genesis Torres of the CO2 Coalition. After Happer and Torres politely presented facts and science, Alex Bozmowski opened up […]

Pompeo: On World Stage, Trump Has Achieved What Critics Said He Never Could

PA Pundits - International at PA Pundits – International - 22 hours ago
By Fred Lucas ~ Secretary of State Mike Pompeo touted the Trump administration’s strong defense of religious liberty around the world Friday, while saying the president defies critics with achievements over “foreign policy built on fantasy.” Pompeo, speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference, said religious freedom is among American values promoted abroad by President […]

Mexico Confirms First Coronavirus Infections

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 22 hours ago
One Corona virus case was found in Mexico City. The man had recently visited Italy. The other case was found … Continue reading →

Julian Assange, The Glass Cage And Heaven In A Rage

Binoy KAMPMARK at OrientalReview.org - 22 hours ago
Thursday, February 27, Woolwich Crown Court. The first round of extradition hearings regarding Julian Assange’s case concluded a day early, to recommence on May 18th. It ended on an insensible note very much in keeping with the woolly-headed reasoning of Judge Vanessa Baraitser, who is of the view that a […]

Musical Interlude, 1968: Mason Williams, “Classical Gas”; Paul Mauriat, “Love is Blue”

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 hours ago
Mason Williams, “Classical Gas” ○ Paul Mauriat, “Love is Blue”

Tweets For Today

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 22 hours ago
Coronavirus: Misinformation and false medical advice spreads in Iran https://t.co/2FR5CnuAZG — BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) February 29, 2020 "With the partial exception of the Black Death in 14th century Europe, every major pandemic has been followed by an economic recession," said Robert Dingwall at the University of Nottingham Trent in England. https://t.co/QiVurmL7k4 pic.twitter.com/XiWSVLdrIk — AFP news agency (@AFP) February 28, 2020 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gives Syrian regime deadline to withdraw its forces from Idlib and implement the 2018 Sochi agreement... more »

This Is How U.S. Markets Will Function If The Coronavirus Outbreak Arrives In New York City

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 22 hours ago
*Reuters: **Explainer: How U.S. markets will function if coronavirus breaks out in NYC* NEW YORK (Reuters) - If an outbreak of coronavirus hits New York, it could cause more sharp selling of stocks, but markets would likely continue to function even if the floor of the New York Stock Exchange had to close. No case has been confirmed in the state, but dozens of people were being checked in the New York City area on Wednesday. U.S. stock exchanges said they have contingency plans. Here is how the markets would work if there were disruptions or panic selling of stocks. *Read more... more »

Sweden has Salmonella cases connected to French outbreak

Joe Whitworth at Food Safety News - 22 hours ago
A Salmonella outbreak initially reported in France linked to a brand of raw milk cheese has affected at least one other country. Thirteen people in France have been infected with the same strain of Salmonella Dublin from late November 2019 until early January this year. French authorities identified a link between eating raw milk Morbier... Continue Reading

Picture Of The Day

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 22 hours ago
People in Tehran wear medical masks amid a coronavirus outbreak in the country. © Sputnik / Anton Bystrov *WNU Editor:* The above picture is form this photo-gallery .... *This Week in Pictures: 22 - 28 February *(Sputnik).

Foreign Diplomats To Be Evacuated From North Korea

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 22 hours ago
*CNN:* *Foreign diplomats to be evacuated from North Korea as country steps up efforts to prevent virus outbreak* A plan is in the works to evacuate quarantined foreign diplomats from North Korea, a source inside the country has revealed, as concerns about the spread of the novel coronavirus grow. North Korea has not confirmed a single case of the virus inside its borders, but global health experts have warned the country is highly susceptible to an outbreak given its close proximity to China and limited medical capabilities. Every other country in East Asia has confirmed numerou... more »

"Did Coronavirus Break the Market? On a Horse’s Back"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 hours ago
*"Did Coronavirus Break the Market? On a Horse’s Back"* by David Stockman "Nor does the concourse of all causes make one simple chain or concatenation but an innumerable number of chains joined together, not in all parts, but in the first link God Almighty; and consequently the whole cause of an event does not always depend on one single chain, but on many together… the last dictate of the judgement, concerning the good or bad that may follow on any action, is not properly the whole cause, but the last part of it; and yet may be said to produce the effect necessarily, in such manne... more »

North Korea Is 'Sitting' On Trillions Of Dollars.

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
Kim Jong-Un *Patricia Schouker, National Interest:* *Wanna Know Why Kim Jong-Un Is Smiling? He's 'Sitting' on Trillions of Dollars.* North Korea has a lot of wealth--just below the surface. Key point: South Korea estimates the value of the mineral resources of its North Korean neighbor at $2,800 billion. In comparison, the GDP of South Korea was about 1,530,75 trillion in 2017. When looking at contemporary geopolitics, often energy and related resource questions are key in the struggle for influence amongst world powers, as energy can drive or amplify underlying tensions. Today, ... more »

'A wonderful sign of resilience': Mogo zoo reopens after bushfires closed it for two months

Tom Maddocks at Just In - 23 hours ago
Mogo Wildlife Park is officially reopening on Sunday after being closed for two months when bushfires hit the south coast. More than a dozen staff stayed to protect the animals as the town was evacuated.

Adelaide hospital is accused of 'threatening, gagging' staff who have patient safety concerns

Isabel Dayman at Just In - 23 hours ago
Doctors fearful about patient safety at one of Adelaide's major hospitals are being "gagged" in a bid to silence clinicians who are trying to speak up, SA's peak doctors' union claims.

How an outback priest is providing drought aid to his struggling parish

Donal Sheil at Just In - 23 hours ago
The priesthood is Reverend Brian Schmalkuche's fifth career, but in providing pastoral care and aid during drought he reckons he's finally found his calling.

'I did what any person should do': Hero teen intervenes in alleged domestic violence attack

Sarah Thomas at Just In - 23 hours ago
A boy who got off his school bus and stepped in after he allegedly witnessed a man punching a woman in the face is praised by police for his bravery in stopping the incident.

Greta Thunberg urges patience, tells climate protesters change won't happen overnight

Just In - 23 hours ago
Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg says nothing is being done to halt the environmental crisis, but urges protesters in Bristol to be patient as they wait to see change.

Growth of professional women's rugby league helps girls chip and chase their dreams

Justin Huntsdale at Just In - 23 hours ago
A generation of young female rugby league players are developing their skills earlier, starting with tackling in their early teens to prepare them for a growing national women's competition.

Up to 40 possibly exposed to coronavirus at Gold Coast beauty salon

Stephanie Zillman at Just In - 23 hours ago
Queensland's chief health officer says authorities want to speak to up to 40 people who had contact with a Gold Coast beautician who tested positive to coronavirus after a trip to Iran, as she warns the state is heading towards an epidemic.

According to The CDC Here's What To Expect In The US As The Coronavirus Spreads

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
Coronavirus quarantine US *Business Insider: **The CDC outlined an ominous hypothetical scenario about what could happen in the US as the coronavirus spreads. Here's what to expect.* * The US now has 60 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, and it's highly likely there will be more. * The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has outlined a hypothetical scenario of what could happen in the US as the coronavirus spreads. * It predicts more cases, person-to-person spreading, and an "overwhelmed" and "overloaded healthcare system." The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ha... more »

February 29th – 2020 Presidential Politics – Trump Administration Day #1136

sundance at The Last Refuge - 23 hours ago
In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Donald Trump Administration and … Continue reading →

Saturday February 29th – Open Thread

sundance at The Last Refuge - 23 hours ago
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those … Continue reading →

To Be Assanged: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix

Caitlin Johnstone at Caitlin Johnstone - 23 hours ago
Assange, verb. Use: To be assanged. Meaning: when the nationless alliance of elites imprison a dissident by using their power to manipulate vagaries in the laws of their respective nations. Eg “I have information on war crimes that I should leak but I don’t want […]

Freeman Dyson, 1923-2020

LuboÅ¡ Motl at The Reference Frame - 23 hours ago
Freeman Dyson died at age of 96+ in a hospital near Princeton, New Jersey, due to complications after he fell, yesterday. He was a legendary English-born theoretical physicist (see Google Scholar: S-matrix, the first reviews of QED, spin waves, statistics of eigenvalues, and models for phase transitions, among other topics), futurist, astrobiologist, and many other things. In recent years, he was a well-known climate realist (liking to say that things are complex etc.). The cropped photograph is still near the top of Google Images for "Freeman Dyson" and I took it in an important Har... more »

Quote of the Day

vonMesser at 'Nox & Friends - 1 day ago

YOUR SATURDAY CARTOONS: #CORONAVIRUS, #DEMOCRATS: FEBRUARY 29, 2020

Noor al Haqiqa at SNIPPITS AND SNAPPITS - 1 day ago
Older cartoon. Highly prophetic. Gosh. International Pandemic, huh? Enlarge. The small print to the right is pretty telling. Sorry, JT. You are not serene, you are merely an empty vessel awaiting orders. You are not even bright enough to light up a fridge. It may be chill but the trees are already doing their March bloom here in Victoria. These are the trees the local Liberal government wants to remove because their blossoms allegedly clog the streets during an inevitable spring storm later in March. Considerations cartoonists... more »

Start Envisioning A President Bernie Sanders-- A Peoples' President Of The United States

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
The new Marquette Law School poll of Wisconsin voters was released yesterday. They tweeted it out. Here's a narrative version of the tweets, starting with how much they find Wisconsin is feeling the Bern. He's in first place leading the field with support of 29% of expected Dem voters in April 7 primary. Bloomberg is second with 17% followed by Status Quo Joe at 15%, Mayo Pete at 13%, Midwestern neighbor Amy Klobuchar at 11% and the fading Elizabeth at 9%, although she's the second choice of a plurality of voters (23%). In Marquette's January poll Biden had 23% and Bernie followe... more »

“I Wouldn’t Feed This Stuff to a Dying Animal” – Terminal Hospice Patient Exposes Truth About Ensure Nutrition Drinks

AltHealth Admin at AltHealthWorks.com - 1 day ago
Carrol Krause, a former reporter for the Herald-Times of Bloomington, Indiana, had to retire from her journalism career because of an ovarian cancer diagnosis in 2014. Before she passed away in February, she wrote a blog titled ‘Stories by Carrol’ highlighting the best and the worst of her last days. A few months ago she started having digestive issues and could no longer eat normal food. What hospice workers brought her as meal replacements horrified her. Krause writes: “Hospice had the very best of intentions, [but] the stuff they sent over was not real FOOD. In fact, I’m outr... more »

Legendary physicist Freeman Dyson: A great one has passed

CFACT Ed at CFACT - 1 day ago
Dyson was famously counted among the world's most respected skeptical scientists on climate change. The post Legendary physicist Freeman Dyson: A great one has passed appeared first on CFACT.

The Death of 33 Turkish Soldiers Embedded in ISIS Stronghold May Spark WW3

Geopolitics101 at Covert Geopolitics - 1 day ago
There are multiple terror factions operating in Syria, as there are multiple parties that have contributed to the efforts to bring down the Assad government since 2011, e.g. MOSSAD, CIA, Saudi, Turkey, US and UK. Turkey has provided the exit route for the smuggling of Syrian oil in 2011 onwards, and the subsequent escape of … Continue reading The Death of 33 Turkish Soldiers Embedded in ISIS Stronghold May Spark WW3 →

Ratched-ing Up the Worry

nonnie9999 at HYSTERICAL RAISINS - 1 day ago
From POLITICO: NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — President Donald Trump on Friday night tried to cast the global outbreak of the coronavirus as a liberal conspiracy intended to undermine his first term, lumping it alongside impeachment and the Mueller investigation. He … Continue reading →

Coronavirus Is a Breeding Ground for Conspiracy Theories

David Mikkelson at Snopes.com - 1 day ago
Conspiracy theories that claim powerful actors are plotting something sinister to do with the virus have the potential to be just as dangerous for societies as the outbreak itself.

Devin Nunes Reacts to Ratcliffe DNI Nomination – And New Ukraine Investigation…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 1 day ago
House Intelligence Committee ranking member Devin Nunes appears on Fox News to discuss his outlook on the nomination of John Ratcliffe as Director of National Intelligence. Additionally, Nunes discusses how the Democrats are attempting to weaponize the Coronavirus scare and … Continue reading →

Turkey Asks NATO to Join Its War Against Syria and Russia

Eric Zuesse at The Duran - 1 day ago
Eric Zuesse The spokesperson for the Islamist party of Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan has called upon all of NATO to go to war against Syria for Syria’s having killed dozens of Turkey’s troops in order for Syria to defeat Turkey’s invasion and military occupation of Syria’s Idlib Province, which borders on Turkey. Going to war […] More The post Turkey Asks NATO to Join Its War Against Syria and Russia appeared first on The Duran.

Musical interlude

Unknown at Accidental Deliberations - 1 day ago
Tennis - Runner

What coronavirus can tell us about Health Emergencies past, and its future

Josh Busby at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
This is a guest post from Dr. Joshua R. Moon is a Research Fellow at the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex, researching biomedical research global health security policy. Research & Twitter The coronavirus epidemic that is ongoing at the moment is not the first to spark global panic and it certainly won’t […]

Domestic Violence Research Paper Outline Service

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Will the Murray-Darling Basin water inquiry spark change?

Mikaela Ortolan And Courtney Howe at Just In - 1 day ago
Acting inspector-general for the Murray-Darling Basin Mick Keelty says a different kind of water management leadership is needed as the public loses trust after a revolving door of ministers.

Sisters lose fight to feed dying elderly mother despite intervention of the Catholic Church

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Two South Australian sisters are denied their plea to feed their dying mother, with a public guardian refusing to reinstate the woman's feeding tube despite the intervention of the Catholic Church.

Mass rescue in Glass House Mountains

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Emergency services rescue 16 people from the Sunshine Coast's Mount Tibrogargan, after the experienced climbers got into trouble at Chicken Rock when the path became too slippery.

Man found guilty of 'kicking, choking' police officer and fracturing his teeth

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Queensland man Keven De Vroom, who claimed he was a victim of police brutality, has been found guilty of a vicious attack which left an officer with fractured teeth.