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After Russian interception, US spy plane avoids Syrian coast: media
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:00 P.M.) – A U.S. P-8 Poseidon military aircraft was observed on Wednesday conducting a flight in the eastern Mediterranean, the same region where a Russian Su-35 jet intercepted their plane. According to the Russian publication Avia.Pro, after the Russian Su-35 fighter intercepted an American spy plane near the Hmeimim Airbase in Syria, the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Unidentified object filmed flying over east Lebanon: video
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:30 P.M.) – A video clip, said to be recorded in the Lebanese city of Baalbek by local citizens has been spread on social media and YouTube. The video clip showed a strange flash in the sky of Baalbek, as it moved up and down. The citizens expressed their great amazement at the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
US claims its ready to use nuclear arsenal despite COVID-19 outbreak
The American military remains combat-ready and prepared to utilise its nuclear arsenal if the US ends up in a major armed conflict even despite the challenges posed by the coronavirus outbreak US Air Force Global Strike Commander Tim Ray has said in a statement. “Rest assured, we have taken the necessary steps to make sure […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
US Sec. of State calls on countries to block Iranian airline after flight to Venezuela
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:00 P.M.) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on countries to close their airspace to Iran’s Mahan Air, as they recently transferred to supplies to Venezuela. Pompeo said at a press conference at the Department of State that the aircraft belonging to Mahan Air, the largest Iranian airline, had delivered supplies […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syrian Army launches heavy attack across southern Idlib
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:45 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) launched a heavy attack across the southern countryside of the Idlib Governorate, today, targeting a number of sites under the control of the jihadist rebels. According to a field source in northwestern Syria, the Syrian Arab Army launched heavy artillery and missiles towards a number […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Libyan Army kills infamous terrorist who attacked US embassy in Benghazi: report
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:20 P.M.) – The Libyan National Army (LNA) reportedly killed an infamous terrorist this week after a series of clashes around the capital city, Tripoli, pro-LNA media reported on Thursday. According to reports, the Libyan National Army killed ‘Abdel-Moneim El-Gahhawy, who is affiliated with the terrorist group Ansar Al-Sharia, inside Tripoli. Gahhawy was […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Witten demands 999 spacecrafts to find Planet Nine (maybe a black hole)
The Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton seems to be all about "tangible science" these days. Two weeks ago, Juan Maldacena studied the magnetic black holes of the Mount Everest mass whose magnetism is so strong that the Higgs mechanism is undone. As Orion Pax has pointed out, his fellow Breakthrough Prize winner Edward Witten may have trumped Juan in the degree of realism of his down-to-Earth science. (It's down-to-Earth as well as all other directions, as we will see soon.) The astro-ph paper is called Searching for a Black Hole in the Outer Solar System Witten has been app... more »
The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Reinvention of the Spirit of Solidarity and Cooperation
Global Issues News Headlines - 11 hours ago
GENEVA, Apr 30 (IPS) - An invisible adversary has thrown the world – Global South and Global North alike – into disarray. The psychosocial and economic consequences of the COVID-19 crisis will remain with us long after it has been overcome. There will be no anti-viral return to the pre-coronavirus status quo, nor can we afford to idly wait for a viral transformation of our world. The future is not inevitable, abstract promise – it will depend on our collective readiness to forge it, or to be forged by it. Read the full story, “The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Reinvention of the Spir... more »
Public Health and Epidemics
Global Issues News Headlines - 11 hours ago
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Apr 30 (IPS) - For some time Wuhan in China and Lombardy in Italy were epicentres of the COVID-19 virus, something that has changed when the contagion is spreading fast in the US. A Lombardy in the grip of a deadly epidemic might among several Italians give rise to memories of their school days. For almost a century, Alessando Manzoni's massive novel *The Betrothed (I promessi sposi)* from 1842 has been obligatory reading for all Italians during their last primary school year. A quite impressive endeavour considering that the novel is more than 700 pages long. R... more »
Only Sustainable Investment & Global Cooperation Can Counter COVID’s Blow to SDGs
Global Issues News Headlines - 11 hours ago
NEW YORK, Apr 30 (IPS) - We are today in a time of crisis—a time when our shared choices will shape the way history tells our story and the paradigm shift it has so forcefully provoked. Read the full story, “Only Sustainable Investment & Global Cooperation Can Counter COVID’s Blow to SDGs”, on globalissues.org →
How South Africa can Address Digital Inequalities in E-learning
Global Issues News Headlines - 11 hours ago
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Apr 30 (IPS) - South Africa's education system is complex, with historical inequalities dating back to apartheid. Most of the country's pupils come from disadvantaged backgrounds. Language is an issue; most pupils do not speak English as a mother tongue, yet English dominates in many classrooms. And, as the COVID-19 crisis has showed, there's a huge digital divide at play. Read the full story, “How South Africa can Address Digital Inequalities in E-learning”, on globalissues.org →
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Shady Pricing and More: 5 Reason People Keep Dumping Dish Network
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Technology, * Destined for death? Millions of people who have canceled think so. Dish Network, like its chief competitor DirecTV and other legacy cable TV providers, has witnessed a mass exodus of subscribers due to the inexorable rise of online streaming services like Netflix, Disney Plus and Hulu. In its most recent earnings report, the company’s pay-TV business, which includes its satellite TV offering and Sling TV, shed 194,000 subscribers. The one silver lining was that this figure was fewer than the 334,000 subscribers it lost a year earlier. The most ... more »
World’s Ugliest Plane: Meet Boeing’s Dreamlifter
*Caleb Larson* *Technology, Americas* It's huge and bulky (but for a good reason). The Dreamlifter is Boeing’s largest bulky cargo freighter, and is used exclusively for Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner supply chain, where the Dreamlifter transports 787 wings and other components inside its enormous cargo hold. The 787 is ultimately assembled on the United State’s West Coast, but sources parts internationally, from Japan and Italy, and several other countries. As I previously wrote, transporting bulky items can be done by rail or by boat when possible. Such modes of freight transportat... more »
We Asked 48 Top Experts What Happens if Kim Jong-un Died Suddenly?
*Harry J. Kazianis* *Security, Asia* Would Kim Yo-jong take over? Is a civil war possible? How would Donald Trump respond? *Editor's Note:* Please also check out our two-part profile of Kim Yo-jong, Kim Jong-un's sister, here and here. North Korea is, at least according to one Senior White House Official I spoke to just recently, “not only the Trump Administration’s top national security challenge, but the most frustrating geopolitical challenge of our lifetime.” When this person was asked if their frustrations had increased recently thanks to rumors regarding North Korean lea... more »
Kim Jong-un Might Be Dead—So Who Controls His Nuclear Weapons?
*Matthew Petti* *Security, Asia* The National Interest talked North Korea, history, and populism with Professor Alex Wellerstein. *Editor's Note*: This is part of a symposium asking what happens if Kim Jong-un died. To read the other parts of the series click here. North Korean ruler Kim Jong-un is missing. He hasn’t been seen in public since April 15 amidst rumors of a sudden illness or even his untimely demise. It’s not clear who would succeed Kim, a worrying situation for an absolute dictatorship controlling the world’s youngest nuclear arsenal. Professor Alex Wellerstein is... more »
Pivot to Paraguay: America Has a New Preferred Partner in South America
*Anthony B. Kim* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] Asuncion is fast becoming one of Washington's most reliable partners. The coronavirus outbreak is still in its early stages of South America. Countries there have started taking more proactive measures to moderate the spread of the disease. And one of the continent’s smallest nations appears to be having the greatest success. A landlocked country of only seven million people, Paraguay took early action to impede the epidemic. The government imposed a strict lockdown reinforced by aggressive social-distancing measures well ... more »
Israel's F-35s Are Making A Mockery Of Iran's Air Defenses
*Michael Peck* *Security, * Iran has its own air defenses, including Russian-made S-300 long-range anti-aircraft missiles. *Here's What You Need To Remember:* Just how good is the F-35? We might just find out. A Kuwaiti newspaper created stir years back when it reported that Israel's new F-35 stealth fighters had flown over Iran. "The fighters crossed Syrian airspace into Iraqi airspace, including to Iran, where they carried out reconnaissance missions and targets in the areas of Bandar Abbas, Isfahan and Shiraz, flying at a high altitude over other sites suspected of a relati... more »
What Trump Gets Right About U.S. Foreign Policy
*Henry R. Nau* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] Trump is providing a course correction for the postwar global order that may be the best hope for sustaining it. His policies may moderate the radical changes of the past seventy-five years, but they are unlikely to reverse them. PRESIDENT DONALD Trump is often accused of destroying the postwar global order, but he may be saving it. Trump is pursuing a nationalist foreign policy that puts America first and downplays the prospects of reforming the world we live in. At the same time, he acts as a realist to preserve a status quo... more »
What Will 'North Korea 4.0' Look Like If Kim Jong-un Dies?
*Ryo Hinata-Yamaguchi* *Politics, Asia* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2017%3Anewsml_RC1EB08D0CB0&share=true] It is better to think of many possible outcomes, than to try and predict the future. *Editor's Note*: This is part of a symposium asking what happens if Kim Jong-un died. To read the other parts of the series click here. For the past two weeks, both the media and SNS have been flooded with unconfirmed information and speculations about Kim Jong-un. Thus far, we are hearing five possibilities about Kim Jong-un’s whereabouts: in isolatio... more »
China’s Type 094-Class Nuclear Missile Submarine: The Ultimate Paper Tiger?
*Caleb Larson* *Security, Asia* [image: Type 094] Why not both? China’s Type 094, or Jin-class nuclear submarines are capable, but they may be tools for promoting national prestige rather than true nuclear deterrence. *Jin-class* The Type 094, or Jin-class as it is also known, is operated by the People’s Liberation Army Submarine Force. The Jin-class is a ballistic missile submarine that has an onboard nuclear reactor for propulsion. It is China’s second generation of nuclear-powered submarines and is a direct successor to the Type 092, or Xia-Class of nuclear subs. The Jin-cl... more »
How This Chinese Submarine Crew Died Is Sickening
*Caleb Larson* *History, Asia* [image: By No machine-readable author provided. Nescoffee assumed (based on copyright claims). - No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=938885] A sad end for the submarine. China’s 361 submarine was discovered adrift off the coast of China with all hands dead at their stations. What happened? A miniature flotilla of Chinese fishermen were plying their nets in the Bohai Sea, just off of China’s coast and not far from Beijing. Though they wer... more »
Flight 19, George Paonessa and the Bermuda Triangle
John Steiger inadvertently launched an investigation when he provided a link to the headstone for George Paonessa at the Arlington National Cemetery. I had wondered, if Flight 19 disappeared without a trace, then how could there be a grave for one of those lost in the disaster. As noted in early postings, I contacted Arlington and learned that there is a section that holds markers for those whose bodies were not available for burial. Those lost at sea, those buried at sea, and those lost in combat and whose bodies were not recovered are just some of the examples. Since only Paones... more »
Who Will Be the Educational Architects After COVID-19?
COVID-19 sent shock waves around the nation as residents throughout the United States braced for the fallout of this pandemic. To date close to hundreds upon thousands of Americans in all fifty states have contracted the virus. Worse, lives have been shattered by the untimely deaths of loved ones suddenly stricken with failed respiratory systems. Similarly, once gainfully employed workers are now economically distressed. That is to say, some 22 million Americans have applied for unemployment insurance. Overall, the nation’s system of going about our normal daily lives has forever ch... more »
DEIDRÉ KELLER
*DEIDRÉ KELLER* has been appointed dean of the Florida A&M University College of Law in Orlando. Currently a professor and associate dean at the Claude W. Pettit College of Law at Ohio Northern University, Keller holds a bachelor’s degree in English and sociology from Yale University as well as a law degree with honors from Emory University School of Law in Atlanta.
DANIEL O. WILSON
*DANIEL O. WILSON* has been appointed vice president for enrollment management at Chowan University in Murfreesboro, North Carolina. Most recently dean of student and enrollment services at Nash Community College in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Wilson holds a bachelor’s in sociology from Longwood University; a master’s in human services from Liberty University; and a Ph.D. in organizational leadership from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology
VALORA RICHARDSON
*VALORA RICHARDSON* has been named director of Hampton University Online. Previously assistant director of technology-enhanced teaching and learning at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Richardson holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Georgia State University, a master’s degree in technical communication from what is now Kennesaw State University in Marietta, Georgia and a Ph.D. in instructional technology from Georgia State.
Meharry Medical College’s Dr. James E.K. Hildreth Weighs In On COVID-19
Dr. James E.K. Hildreth, infectious disease expert and president of Meharry Medical College, the nation’s oldest and largest historically Black academic health science center, discusses COVID-19, from the nation’s response, to the need for a “new normal,” to HBCUs and, of course, the science behind the novel coronavirus.
Howard University Hospital Doctors Prepare For a Potential Surge in COVID-19 Patients
For infectious diseases doctor Siham Mahgoub, some diligent “detective work” and plenty of curiosity are what many medical breakthroughs in challenging patient cases are made of. Now that she is on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mahgoub admits that the stakes are higher and the learning curve is steep, but her approach remains the same.
COVID-19 now linked with strokes in young patients
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-04-covid-linked-young-patients.html
‘Spider-Man’ Immune Response May Promote Severe COVID-19
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/spider-man-immune-response-may-promote-severe-covid-19/?utm_content=128163348&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&hss_channel=fbp-212009668822281
Breastfeeding helps prevent mothers from developing diabetes after childbirth
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-04-breastfeeding-mothers-diabetes-childbirth.html
#SpaceX Starship: Elon Musk details first test launch for full-size ship
https://www.inverse.com/innovation/spacex-starship-first-launch?utm_campaign=inverse&utm_content=1587998425&utm_medium=owned&utm_source=facebook
Evidence Indicates That Severe Forms of #COVID-19 Can Damage The Heart
https://www.sciencealert.com/severe-forms-of-covid-19-can-damage-the-heart
The researchers argue that the plastic used for the covering would prevent fluid or particles from passing through and it has been proven to meet international standards, basing their efficacy on the number and size of the air particles that pass through the material. In addition, it would prevent patients from touching their faces, because their hands are outside the canopy. It would also be more comfortable to breathe without having to use a mask for so many hours at a time.
https://www.bbvaopenmind.com/en/science/research/nanotechnology-and-cutting-edge-materials-face-off-against-covid-19/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=rrssopenmind&psm=psm%3A%3Afb%3A—-%3Arrssopenmind%3A%3A%3A%3A%3A20200428%3A%3Asitlnk
Indians May Be Partially Immune to COVID-19 Due to BCG Vaccine, Says US-Based Expert
https://weather.com/en-IN/india/coronavirus/news/2020-04-28-indians-may-partially-immune-covid-19-due-bcg-vaccine-us-based
Top 10 Experiments in Physics History
https://www.wondersofphysics.com/2019/05/top-10-physics-experiments.html?m=1
Windows vs. MacOS vs. Chrome OS vs. Ubuntu Linux: Which Operating System Reigns Supreme?
https://in.pcmag.com/mobile-operating-system/136008/windows-vs-macos-vs-chrome-os-vs-ubuntu-linux-which-operating-system-reigns-supreme
How has #COVID-19 impacted the provision of radiation therapy?
https://physicsworld.com/a/how-has-covid-19-impacted-the-provision-of-radiation-therapy/
US Intel: Coronavirus Not Manmade, Still Studying Lab Theory
U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that the new coronavirus was “not manmade or genetically modified” but say they are still examining whether the origins of the pandemic trace to contact with infected animals or an accident at a Chinese lab.
UK Energy Trends 2019
By Paul Homewood The provisional energy data is now out for last year: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/total-energy-section-1-energy-trends The main news is that wind, solar and hydro combined still only account for a pitiful 4% of total energy consumption, despite the tens of billions of subsidies thrown at them:
Green Deals are the best way to turbo-charge economic recovery from Covid-19-AEP
By Paul Homewood AEP is off on his favourite hobby horse again!! As usual it is full of the usual omissions and errors. Every big recession over the last forty years has been a body blow for green energy and the climate cause. On each occasion, the strategic abundance and plummeting cost of fossil […]
Flynn Case Begins to Completely Blow Up
Attorney General Bill Barr is now wise to the fact that the District Court for the District of Columbia is hostile territory. Despite Barr having placed his own man, Timothy Shea, at its helm, the D.C. U.S. Attorney’s Office still throbs to the tune of “Resist” and the jihad against Trump conducted there by Robert Mueller’s legal terrorists. This is where the crimes against Paul Manafort, Roger Stone, George Papadopoulos, and General Michael Flynn went down, not only because of inflamed prosecutors but because many of the Judges there, Amy Berman Jackson in the lead, are also part... more »
A Dead System, Not ‘Over-Capacity,’ Is Behind Farmers’ Destroying Food: Put In a New Economic System Now!
[image: President Donald J. Trump listens to a reporter’s question during the coronavirus update briefing Monday, April 27, 2020, in the Rose Garden of the White House (Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks)] Tuesday night, President Donald Trump, under the National Defense Production Act, signed an executive order to reopen U.S. meat mega-packing plants, for the purpose of relieving farmers from killing their animals because processing is shut down, and to continue the meat supply. One farm leader, who spoke at the Schiller Institute April 25-26 conference, immediately stresse... more »
DP World retira su demanda contra Perú en un arbitraje vivo en CIADI durante 9 años
bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
30-Apr-2020 DP World Callao S.R.L., P&O Dover (Holding) Limited y The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company han retirado su reclamación de arbitraje contra Perú ante el Centro Internacional de Arreglo de Diferencias relativas a Inversiones (CIADI)
Farewell to the God of Plague: The Eighteenth Newsletter (2020)
30 April 2020 — Tricontinental Li Zhong, Medical workers putting on their gowns to fight the ‘evil’ virus, 2020. Dear Friends, Greetings from the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. On 30 June 1958, Mao Tse-tung read in Renmin Ribao (People’s Daily) that schistosomiasis – or bilharzia – had been eradicated in Yukiang (Jiangxi Province). He … Continue reading Farewell to the God of Plague: The Eighteenth Newsletter (2020)
Bill Gates Says COVID-19 Vaccine Ready 12 Months, Will Devote Entire $40 Billion Dollar Foundation Endowment To Fulfill Dream Of Global Vaccinations
Bill Gates now says his COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine could be ready in 12 months. The philanthropist and founder of Microsoft said that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, with an endowment exceeding $40 billion, will give “total attention” to the pandemic that has killed more than 200,000 and is roiling economies around the world, he … Continue reading Bill Gates Says COVID-19 Vaccine Ready 12 Months, Will Devote Entire $40 Billion Dollar Foundation Endowment To Fulfill Dream Of Global Vaccinations →
After U.S., Israeli pressure, Germany bans Hezbollah activity, raids mosques
World News April 29, 2020 BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany banned all Hezbollah activity on its soil on Thursday and designated the Iran-backed group a terrorist organisation, a much-anticipated step long urged by Israel and the United States. Police also conducted early morning raids on mosque associations in cities across Germany which officials believe are … Continue reading After U.S., Israeli pressure, Germany bans Hezbollah activity, raids mosques →
The Hunt: Expert believes a terror attack is coming
J.J. Green | @JJGreenWTOP April 29, 2020 Listen now to WTOP News WTOP.com | Alexa | Google Home | WTOP App | 103.5 FM Could a significant attack be imminent? On this week’s edition of The Hunt with WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green, Hans Jakob Schindler, senior director of The Counter Extremism Project, said … Continue reading The Hunt: Expert believes a terror attack is coming →
EXCLUSIVE: Trudeau gave $830K for COVID19 research to WUHAN LAB suspected of kicking off pandemic
Rebel News Apr 15, 2020 Justin Trudeau’s government is funding a nearly one million dollar Canadian taxpayer-funded coronavirus research project at the Wuhan China virus lab suspected as the source of the deadly plague. Read Sheila Gunn Reid’s FULL REPORT here: https://bit.ly/2xoR1U1 via EXCLUSIVE: Trudeau gave $830K for COVID19 research to WUHAN LAB suspected … Continue reading EXCLUSIVE: Trudeau gave $830K for COVID19 research to WUHAN LAB suspected of kicking off pandemic →
Dr. Theresa Tam in 2010: “You could track people, put bracelets on their arms…” during epidemics
Rebel News Apr 28, 2020 Ezra Levant of Rebel News looks at a recently resurfaced clip of Canada’s chief public health officer, Dr. Theresa Tam, talking about possible responses to epidemics, including mandatory detention. MORE: http://www.FireTam.com via Dr. Theresa Tam in 2010: “You could track people, put bracelets on their arms…” during epidemics … Continue reading Dr. Theresa Tam in 2010: “You could track people, put bracelets on their arms…” during epidemics →
Dr. Theresa Tam is Canada’s patient zero for spreading coronavirus misinformation
Rebel News Apr 29, 2020 Sheila Gunn Reid calls into the Ezra Levant Show to talk about briefing notes that prove Canada’s top doc Theresa Tam knew that China was lying about the coronavirus back in January. via Dr. Theresa Tam is Canada’s patient zero for spreading coronavirus misinformation – YouTube
BRUTAL: Ezra Levant fact-checks the CBC’s smear against the Epoch Times newspaper
Rebel News Streamed live 21 hours ago Ezra Levant brings his new broadsheet copy of the Epoch Times with him to the studio for today’s 12pm ET livestream. via BRUTAL: Ezra Levant fact-checks the CBC’s smear against the Epoch Times newspaper – YouTube
(Another) Calgary street preacher fined while feeding homeless people | #FightTheFines Case #5
Rebel News Apr 29, 2020 It’s beginning to look like Canadian police are specifically targeting Christians while they’re out and about in this country. http://www.FightTheFines.com Read Keean Bexte’s FULL REPORT here: https://bit.ly/3cXdxCm via (Another) Calgary street preacher fined while feeding homeless people | #FightTheFines Case #5 – YouTube
Meet the high-paid consultants running Toronto’s coronavirus “recovery and rebuild” office
Rebel News Apr 29, 2020 Amazing but true, Toronto Mayor John Tory recently announced the launch of a “recovery and rebuild” office in an effort to steer the Hogtown economy back to normal… whenever normalcy returns, that is. Read David Menzies’ FULL REPORT here: https://bit.ly/2W9R4Lz via Meet the high-paid consultants running Toronto’s coronavirus “recovery … Continue reading Meet the high-paid consultants running Toronto’s coronavirus “recovery and rebuild” office →
Ottawa bans window-side visits for the elderly in care homes
Families say the visits are one of the only forms of contact they have with loved ones in care homes. by True North Wire April 29, 2020 The City of Ottawa has told locals that they can no longer visit family members in long-term care homes through window-side visits. A memo from the director of … Continue reading Ottawa bans window-side visits for the elderly in care homes →
Is the Tara Reade Story Approaching Critical Mass?
*Big Media silence is breaking in the Tara Reade story* *by Thomas Neuburger* Is the Tara Reade story reaching critical mass, approaching a tipping point? It seems so. *The initial response* to this story was silence from anyone with political or media power. The media in particular completely ignored it. Comparisons of CNN coverage of the Reade story with their coverage of the Blasey Ford story show a marked discrepancy. Reade told her full story first in a March 25 interview with Katie Halper. Yet CNN published no Tara Reade stories until April 25, and then, it seems, they publi... more »
This Day In Iraqi History - Apr 30
1917 Battle of the Boot at Band-i-Adhaim between British and Ottomans 1924 Baghdad said willing to give land to Assyrians (Musings On Iraq review of *The Tragedy of the Assyrian Minority in Iraq*) (Musings On Iraq review *State and Society in Iraq*) 1941 PM Gaylani refused permission for British troops to land in Basra 1941 2 brigades of Iraqi soldiers surrounded UK Habaniya base ordered UK to cease operations there Iraq had 9000 troops UK 2250 (Musings On Iraq interview with Prof Boich World War II In Iraq and Syria) 1941 Iraqi forces surrounded UK embassy in Baghdad 1941 PM Gayla... more »
Biden Says New York Times Exonerated Him. Times Says It Didn’t.
[image: biden-says-new-york-times-exonerated-him-times-says-it-didn-t] The pro-Biden *New York* *Times* threw shade on Tara Reade’s sexual-assault claims against Biden, the campaign says, and that is the end of the matter. But the *Times* says it did not exonerate the former vice president.
Biden Has Deep Ties to University Board Members Keeping His Records Secret
[image: biden-has-deep-ties-to-university-board-members-keeping-his-records-secret] Board members of the University of Delaware, which is withholding documents that could corroborate sexual assault allegations against Biden, include prominent donors.
Covid-19 gives cover for US-led coalition to keep up pressure on Syria
[image: undefined] On April 27, at around five in the morning, Israel targeted residential areas of southern Damascus, killing three civilians, injuring four and causing significant material damage to homes. The attack was carried out by Israeli warplanes unlawfully hijacking Lebanese airspace to fire their missiles into Damascus suburbs. It is the fourth such attack in the past month, two having taken place in the same week. Israeli media used the typical “self-defence-mission” arguments to justify the aggression. The EU-funded, UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) ... more »
The Massive Inflatable Crisis That is COVID-19
[image: undefined] By all accounts and from the very beginning it was clear to some that Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) was at the very most a little more dangerous than the seasonal flu – but was being deliberately hyped to stampede the public into an increasingly tangled web of bad policies. As early as last month, cooler-headed experts had warned that hyped death rates spread by politicians, the Western corporate media, other various panic-mongers, and even World Health Organization (WHO) officials would give way to much, much lower death rates as more people were tested and... more »
Coronavirus update: US jobless numbers above 30 million, France enters recession
Just In - 12 hours ago
Economies in Europe plunge into recession, while new figures show more than 30 million Americans are out of work as the economic crisis from the coronavirus pandemic deepens.
Refugees tell stories of problems – and unity – in facing the coronavirus
Charles Simpson, Program Administrator, Feinstein International Center, Tufts University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 12 hours ago
From getting schooling for their children through an app in the wrong language to trouble finding gloves and masks, refugees across the globe face different challenges in dealing with the coronavirus.
Language differences spark fear amid the coronavirus pandemic
Michael Gavin, Associate Professor of English Language and Literature, University of South Carolina at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 12 hours ago
Fear of strangers extends beyond racism and discrimination against people who look like they might come from another place – it includes people who sound different, too.
Italy moves to “Phase 2”
Italy is moving towards “Phase Two”, which shall mean a state in which the lockdown is relatively eased. Here’s a piece that describes what is supposed to go on, after May 4th. The context is one in which official data on the contagion are still messy and opaque. Ferdinando Giugliano, on Bloomberg, rightly remarked that […] The post Italy moves to “Phase 2” appeared first on Econlib.
WATCH: In Firing Squad Fashion, Cops Wake Up Sleeping Homeless Man and Execute Him
[image: sleeping]The taxpayers of Oakland will shell out over $1 million after officers roused a sleeping disoriented man and executed him.
With Armed Protesters in Front of Her Salon, Business Owner Dares Cops to Arrest Her for Opening
[image: business]After her case went viral, a judge issued a second order for the Texas Salon owner to close her business, she essentially replied by telling them to come and take it.
COVID-19 Will Kill More People Worldwide Due To Water Shortages
Experts have been consistent in telling the public that one of the best means to stop the spread of the coronavirus is the practice of good hygiene. But how can you abide by these instructions when you do not have access to clean water? This is the challenge facing millions of low-income people throughout the world. As COVID-19 continues to spread — overwhelming even advanced capitalist countries with robust health care systems — governments, social movements and citizens in Latin America are being forced to confront the global pandemic in societies that are still largely defined ... more »
A Movement Builds To Support Wildlife In Human Spaces
The world’s wildlife is in danger of dying off, and inevitably taking humanity out with it. Humans have destroyed enormous portions of the planet’s natural spaces, and caused a climate disaster as well as the unprecedented acceleration of mass extinction events. Among the many species struggling to stay afloat are the butterflies, birds, bats, bees, and other pollinators we depend upon in order to grow basic food crops. People cannot live without the Earth’s diverse, wild plants and animals. Scientists agree that continued disruption of the Earth’s ecosystems threatens the future ... more »
OPCW Insiders Slam ‘Compromised’ New Syria Chemical Weapons Probe
We have read the first Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Investigation and Identification Team (IIT) April 2020 report on alleged chemical attacks at Ltamenah. We observe that, as expected, the IIT has been loyal to its raison d’être. This has gone on for too long now. What makes it worse is the IIT’s narrative has been presented to the world as a product of many peoples’ work. In fact, a number of impartial and principled professionals no longer wish to be associated with the politically motivated reports being issued by the OPCW FFM and now the IIT. Many consi... more »
COVID-19 Time: Reduce Military And War Budget
The unprecedented scale of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic gives rise to many questions about the ways our society is organized and how our future society should be rebuilt. One issue that has an enormous impact on how our future society will be is how much public money we will spend on wars and militarism and how much money we will spend on human needs and the protection of our plants. Currently, the US spends an insane amount of money on the military and wars each year. The FY2020 military budget will cost taxpayers $738 billion, a $120 billion increase in the last three years. ... more »
Here’s Why We Must Decarcerate Now
My neighborhood in Chicago, “Little Village,” is the single largest jail site in the United States. The Cook County Jail is usually known as a place where violence occurs, like attacks on inmates and correctional officers, suicides and shootings outside of the courthouse. It has also become what the New York Times called a top national “hot spot” for the coronavirus in recent weeks. As of this writing a staggering 491 inmates and over 360 staff have tested positive for COVID-19. Six inmates have recently died because of the virus, and the numbers of cases continue to grow. There ... more »
Millions Of Students Struck To End A War In Vietnam
President Richard M. Nixon prided himself on the accuracy of his political prognostication. Nixon was never more prescient than fifty years ago this month, in a remark made to his secretary, just before delivering a White House address that announced a U.S. military invasion of Cambodia. “It’s possible,” Nixon told her, “that the campuses are really going to blow up after this speech.” Blow up they did, as Nixon’s unexpected escalation of an already unpopular war in Vietnam triggered a chain of events culminating in the largest student strike in U.S. history. In May 1970, an est... more »
Comet C/2020 F8 (SWAN) rapidly brightening, now visible to naked eye
The Watchers » Latest articles - 12 hours ago
Approaching Comet C/2020 F8 (SWAN) has become bright enough that it is already visible to the naked eye. As of 14:30 UTC on April 30, 2020, the comet is 115 million km (71 million miles) away from Earth, with a magnitude of 6.0. The comet appears like a bright fuzz...... Read more »
Is the White House Gift Shop Selling Coronavirus Commemorative Coins?
Sometimes names can be deceiving.
Is This an IRA Fighter Defending Her Fiancé?
A provocative photo of a purported female volunteer of the Irish Republican Army surfaced on the internet in the spring of 2020.
Turtle Recall: With Kentucky Derby Dashed, Turtles Run Slow and Steady Race
With the Kentucky Derby rescheduled from its traditional first Saturday in May, fans will be able to watch the slowest eight minutes in sports instead.
Big banks profit amid pandemic
Biggest American banks set record profits as the world prepares for a global crisis More The post Big banks profit amid pandemic appeared first on The Duran.
Rinat Akhmetov’s energy miracle: demand is falling, and prices are rising
In April, 17 DTEK mines were put into idle mode in Ukraine. The owner is Rinat Akhmetov. The company is part of the “Pavlograd coal” association and is one of the largest energy companies in Europe. The company controls up to 90% of coal production and up to 80% of thermal generation in Ukraine. She […] More The post Rinat Akhmetov’s energy miracle: demand is falling, and prices are rising appeared first on The Duran.
WATCH: Elon Musk’s Dystopian Nightmare of 5G Satellites Encircling the Globe is Already Here
*Vic Bishop* - There are currently 400 satellites with plans to launch 12,000 to 42,000 in total.
You learn something new every day
Yesterday I was glancing through novelist Nevil Shute's autobiography, "Slide Rule", in a brief moment of inactivity. He's a fascinating character. He was an aeronautical engineer by profession, and spent much of World War II designing secret weapons. He was one of the designers of the R100 airship (shown below) during the inter-war years. He used the term "goldbeaters-skin" when describing the building of the hydrogen gas bags that provided lift to the airship. I'd never heard of it, so I looked it up. Wikipedia informed me: Goldbeater's skin is the processed outer memb... more »
Et tu? Progressive Boomers Are Now Preaching Pro-Biden Lesser-Evilism
At a time when an independent progressive movement is needed more than ever, the sheepdogs of a bygone era are trying to herd a new generation of activists into the Democratic Party. The post Et tu? Progressive Boomers Are Now Preaching Pro-Biden Lesser-Evilism appeared first on MintPress News.
MAY DAY! MAYDAY!
by John Helmer, Moscow @bears_with Every spring, when it’s certain no more snow will fall on Moscow, it helps to remember these things, and look forward with hope. In English and many other languages including Roman Latin, May Day meant the return of fecundity, flowers, food harvests, and so hopefulness after winter, with entertainment from […]
Dr. Buttar LINKS Fauci & Bill Gates sponsoring China WUHAN Lab
From Ninety Miles from Tyranny: This is a must watch video about 45 minutes long. Dr. Buttar links the corruptocrat Fraudci to covid19 and the recently revealed $3.7B that was sent to wuhan to “create/modify” this virus. Remember that Fraudci “predicted” the outbreak in 2017 and that it would “appear” in Presidents Trumps first term…. You should listen and then decide. Personally I’d believe Dr. Buttar over Fraudci….given what has come out in the past few weeks. ~Ragnar (RFXtFR)
The Power Of The Internet In Politics
Future war “may see attacks via computer viruses, worms, logic bombs, and trojan horses rather than bullets, bombs, and missiles” [Steven Metz, Armed Conflict in the 21st Century: The Information Revolution and Post-Modern Warfare, Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, 2000, xiii]. The facilities of the Internet in politics The Internet […]
White Male Aristocracy
For the Symposium on Gerald Leonard and Saul Cornell, The Partisan Republic: Democracy, Exclusion, and the Fall of the Founders' Constitution, 1780s-1830s (Cambridge University Press, 2019). Mary Sarah Bilder Gerry Leonard and Saul Cornell’s fascinating book, *The Partisan Republic: Democracy, Exclusion, and the Fall of the Founders’ Constitution, 1780-1830s* tells the story, as I put in in a blurb, “of the unsettling transformation of aristocratic-tinged constitutional republic into a partisan white male democracy.” In this year where we recall the Nineteenth Amendment’s re-enfra... more »
Important ingredients of science that are said to be unscientific
Mankind is drowning in fake science and it is overwhelmed by "experts" who don't really understand anything but who are being enthusiastically promoted by the fake news media. In many cases, these "experts" seemingly authoritatively say that "you can't do this or that because it is unscientific". In most cases, such assertions are incorrect. They are not just "exaggerations". More often, they are upside down. Here is a list – a highly incomplete list – of 12 widespread assertions that are wrong and they are importantly wrong. It is unscientific to disagree with the consensusIt is un... more »
Biden Reaches Deal to Let Sanders Keep Hundreds of Delegates
“We must defeat Donald Trump this fall, and we believe that this agreement will help bring the party together to get Trump out of the White House and not only rebuild America, but transform it,” the two campaigns said in a joint statement.
The Poet: Langston Hughes, "Life Is Fine"
*"Life Is Fine"* "I went down to the river, I set down on the bank. I tried to think but couldn't, So I jumped in and sank. I came up once and hollered! I came up twice and cried! If that water hadn't a-been so cold I might've sunk and died. But it was Cold in that water! It was cold! I took the elevator Sixteen floors above the ground. I thought about my baby And thought I would jump down. I stood there and I hollered! I stood there and I cried! If it hadn't a-been so high I might've jumped and died. But it was High up there! It was high! So since I'm still here livin', I guess I will ... more »
Bill Gates and Pandemic I
Bill Gates has been front and centre during the current pandemic. Media outlets, Ellen Degeneres, Stephen Colbert and many others have been lining up to hear Dr. Gates MD pontificate on the COVID-19 pandemic and, in particular, the development of a vaccine as a "cure for the sweaty masses". One Gates-related item caught my eye; GatesNotes, Bill Gates personal blog. Let's look at what he had to say about the current pandemic. Here is a screen capture showing the key posting: Here is his introduction noting that bolds throughout are mine: "*The coronavirus pandemic pits all of hum... more »
DIAGNOSING PRESIDENT TRUMP: Some mental health issues can be discussed!
*THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2020Others, quite plainly, cannot:* Two days ago, we posted part of Maureen Dowd's New York Times column from Sunday, March 8. We think it's worth posting again. We'll show you a slightly larger chunk of the passage in question the time. In the passage down below, Dowd is helping to reinforce a cultural no-go zone. By the end, she seems to charge Democrats with a crime which plainly doesn't exist: DOWD (3/7/20): *Republicans have made something of a specialty of challenging opponents’ cognitive capacity.* W.’s forces fought John McCain in the Republican prim... more »
South African anti-apartheid activist Denis Goldberg dies, aged 87
Just In - 13 hours ago
South African anti-apartheid activist Denis Goldberg, who stood trial alongside Nelson Mandela in the 1963-64 Rivonia Trial and was imprisoned for 22 years by the regime, dies aged 87.
Police Called After NYC Funeral Home Puts Bodies in Trucks
The Brooklyn funeral home, overwhelmed by coronavirus victims, had rented four unrefrigerated trucks to store corpses.
Spiritual resources for the pandemic
In the Ohio State Health Beat newsletter (on-line) today there is a section for well-being resources during the lock down/culture shock for the pandemic. https://wexnermedical.osu.edu/features/covid-resources/staff/well-being There are a number of links featuring ideas or publications for mental health, well being, coping and spiritual helps for employees. So I clicked on "Spiritual Resources" (listed after Mindfulness which actually IS a practice well within the eastern religions) and after Chaplin services, telephone support, audio spiritual pause, a prayer request link and po... more »
WATCH: Cops Harass Mom for Letting Daughter Play Outside During Lockdown and She Owns Them
[image: playing]A mother was visited by two deputies because her child was playing outside in her own neighborhood, so she sent them packing.
La vie humaine doit être la priorité numéro 1 !
Ethical Technology - 14 hours ago
Le technoprogressisme critique sévèrement les politiques de santé des années passées et propose des voies pour sortir de la crise du coronavirus.
Japan to discuss extending the state of emergency: Tokyo infections are falling
Japan to discuss extending the state of emergency: Tokyo infections are falling Kanako Itamae and Sawako Utsumi Modern Tokyo Times The state of emergency is officially scheduled to end on May 6, after the Golden Week period. Thus, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will hold an important meeting about extending the current state of emergency. Signs […]
The Supreme Court Could Cripple America’s Pandemic-Fighting Capacity, Part I
Simon Lazarus The biggest impediment to the nation’s capacity to tame the coronavirus pandemic, may not be President Trump’s distaste for mounting a national strategy requisite for limiting its health and economic devastation. More damaging than Trump could be the Supreme Court – plausibly, regarding the current crisis, and far more menacing for efforts to curb future iterations or new cataclysms. In particular, Trump’s two appointees, Associate Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, in three too-little-noted cases over the past several months, have heralded their zeal to resu... more »
Hitchens COVID Warning: ‘Freedoms Taken Away May Not Be Restored’
*Hidden Agenda* | Outspoken British journalist warns of a permanent authoritarian state under the pretext of the coronavirus crisis.
Exercise Cygnus: UK Gov’t Response Was Modified Before COVID-19 Event
*Robin Kayser* | How the UK government radically altered its emergency response plans prior to the COVID crisis.
Unemployment Effects of Stay-at-Home Orders
Why ending the lockdowns won't do all that much to lower unemployment.
Persian Gulf Rulers In Peril As Economic Shocks Continue
Saudi Arabia is being blamed for the instability in the oil markets following its move in March to force prices down (AFP) *Middle East Monitor:* *'Dangerous crossroads': Gulf rulers in peril as economic shocks continue* *Drop in oil prices and hit from coronavirus are exposing unwise policies and raising fears of a plunge into violence* Nearly two months ago, before the global spread of the coronavirus, Riyadh made a bold gambit to slash oil prices. The Saudis knew it was going to hit their bottom line – their break-even oil price to balance the budget – but they did not foresee... more »
Gregory Mannarino, "Total Economic Collapse With No End In Sight"
Gregory Mannarino, *"Total Economic Collapse With No End In Sight"* - https://traderschoice.net/
"Economic Market Snapshot AM 4/30/20"
*PM 4/30/20* ○ *"The more I see of the moneyed classes, * *the more I understand the guillotine."* - George Bernard Shaw ○ ○ *MarketWatch Market Summary, Live Updates* - https://www.marketwatch.com/tools/marketsummary *CNN Market Data:* - http://money.cnn.com/data/markets/ *CNN Fear And Greed Index:* - http://money.cnn.com/data/fear-and-greed/ ○ *A comprehensive, essential daily read.* - http://www.shadowstats.com/ *"Daily Update (April 29th to 30th)* ○ *Daily Job Cuts, Updated daily.* - https://www.dailyjobcuts.com/ ○ *- *https://www.zerohedge.com/ *APR 30, 2020 8:42 AM*: "US Consumer S... more »
COVID-19 exposes the weakness of Brexit
By TruePublica: There’s an irony being played out – a cruel one really. The COVID-19 crisis has unearthed some stark truths about how our country should be governed. One of those truths was just how important our key workers really are. Right now, the most dangerous job and most dangerous place in the country to practice it is to be a frontline medic in a hospital. This is closely followed by all other key workers that keeps the infrastructure of daily life moving. It is only in the face of a crisis that threatens us all do we remember this.
More journalists barred from Gov’t daily press briefings – for asking wrong questions
By TruePublica: On 3 February, (remember how long ago that was) political journalists walked out of a Downing Street press briefing en masse after a Dominic Cummings associate attempted to ban selected reporters from attending. The Prime Minister’s Director of Communications, Lee Cain, tried to prevent journalists from the Independent, the i, the Mirror, HuffPost, PoliticsHome, and others from covering the briefing, on the grounds that they had not been specifically invited. A handful of media had received invitations to a “No10 technical background briefing on the UK’s future relat... more »
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From Jenna Orkin DR. FAUCI BACKED CONTROVERSIAL WUHAN LAB WITH MILLIONS OF U.S. DOLLARS FOR RISKY CORONAVIRUS RESEARCH Fauci stresses testing as ‘inevitable’ second coronavirus wave looms New York let coronavirus-infected nurses work in upstate nursing home 60 PERCENT OF ICE DETAINEES TESTED HAVE CORONAVIRUS No state has met 14-day drop in cases for reopening Iran breaks through US-led blockade to deliver record amount of oil to SyriaCoronavirus: Large number of children with 'Kawasaki' disease in Italy, link to COVID-19 investigated Trump tells advisers U.S. should pull troops as Afghan... more »
Alabama Student Names NASA’s First Mars Helicopter
The solar-powered helicopter will be sent to the red planet with a student-named rover later this summer.
The Overman’s Enslavement
Man’s debt towards fellow human beings is a profitable enterprise for those with Nietzschean Last Man mentality, who become collectors of the debt and join the ruling class, but for most people, who exist in the twilight between the Last Man and the Overman, the debt is an instrument of enslavement and torture—the Last Man, who owns the master mentality, is fit to rule; the Overman, who owns the slave mentality, is always the payer.
Cannabis retailer Fire & Flower closing 3 Alberta stores, reports CA$22.3M loss
Canadian cannabis retailer Fire & Flower has implemented a restructuring plan that will see three stores in Alberta closed, a sign the province’s retail market is reaching a point of saturation. Alberta – with 449 points of sale for adult-use cannabis – is the only province in Canada to reach the one-per-10,000-people mark observed in […] Cannabis retailer Fire & Flower closing 3 Alberta stores, reports CA$22.3M loss is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
President Trump Is Threatening Saudi Arabia To Cut Its Oil Production Or Face Losing U.S. Military Support
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a family photo session with other leaders and attendees at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 28, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo *Reuters: **Special Report: Trump told Saudis: Cut oil supply or lose U.S. military support - sources* WASHINGTON/LONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) - As the United States pressed Saudi Arabia to end its oil price war with Russia, President Donald Trump gave Saudi leaders an ultimatum. In an April 2 phone call, Trump told Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin... more »
Crisis in America: Hospitals Across the Country Begin to Close due to Lack of Patients – Nurses and Doctors being Laid Off
*The so-called Coronavirus pandemic “crisis” is very quickly taking a back seat to more serious crises in the U.S. right now, and perhaps none more critical than the closure of hospitals and emergency rooms, along with doctors and nurses being laid off, which is happening all across the country.* *During the early stages of the Coronavirus outbreak, the corporate-sponsored “mainstream” media flooded the airways with images of over-crowded hospitals, supposed corpses being carried out in body bags, and other gruesome details that brought fear to the public.* *Soon, however, citizens... more »
Record cold to sweep across south-east Australia
Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia bracing for record cold in coming days. Canberra is forecast for a maximum of 7C on Friday, which would break the city’s record for the earliest day below 10C, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. Temperatures could be between 8C and 14C below average in the country’s south-east. Melbourne ... Read more Record cold to sweep across south-east Australia The post Record cold to sweep across south-east Australia appeared first on Ice Age Now.
COVID-19 Makes The Need For Unions Clear
Due to coronavirus, millions of Americans have been laid off and more layoffs are coming. The global pandemic has made the need for unions crystal clear. Unions all over the U.S. have valiantly been fighting for workers. Here is just some of what unions have done to help their members during the pandemic: - *Insurance continuation*: Unions have successfully negotiated with employers to maintain health insurance and other benefits and insuring employers continue paying for health care premiums during furloughs and layoffs. - *Priority reinstatement*: Many union contr... more »
"Covid-19 Pandemic Updates 4/30/20"
*"Covid-19 Pandemic **Updates 4/30/20" * *- Frequently **Updated**"* Please visit these sites often for the very latest Covid-19 Pandemic and Economic news and information. ○ *April 30, 2020 at 11:31 a.m. ET:* "Coronavirus update: U.S. death toll tops 60,000 as President Trump says he will not extend social-distancing guidelines." ○ *- https://www.zerohedge.com/* *04/30/2020 - 07:47: *“Airbus Reports Abysmal Earnings, Russian Mafia Busted For Smuggling Ventilators: Live Updates” ○ - *https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/* ○ *Click image for larger size.* *4/30/20, 5:32:29 AM. **For upda... more »
Roscoe's Rascals
*“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."* *― John F. Kennedy*
Report on the seventh round of negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and New Zealand
bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
30-Apr-2020 The seventh round of EU-New Zealand trade negotiations was held virtually, but covered all substantial areas.
Nouvel accord de commerce UE-Mexique : Loin de « relocaliser », Bruxelles veut approfondir une mondialisation insoutenable
bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
30-Apr-2020 Le collectif Stop TAFTA/CETA, avec ses partenaires appelle à cesser immédiatement ces négociations et à procéder à une relocalisation écologique et solidaire des activités économiques.
Zone de libre-échange africaine (Zlecaf): La mise en œuvre reportée
bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
30-Apr-2020 La Zone de libre-échange continentale africaine (Zlecaf) ne sera pas effectivement mise en œuvre le 1er juillet prochain comme prévu, selon le secrétaire général.
Even In The Middle Of A Pandemic, U.S. Marines Continue To Train In The Persian Gulf
USMC *Warzone/The Drive:* *U.S. Marines Launch Mock Amphibious And Air Assaults On Saudi Islands In The Persian Gulf* The training exercises come amid a new spike in hostility with Iran, which uses its own nearby islands to stage various naval operations. U.S. Marine Corps and Navy forces recently conducted mock amphibious and air assaults on a pair of small islands in the Persian Gulf that belong to Saudi Arabia. The exercise came just days after a swarm of small Iranian boats performed dangerously provocative maneuvers around a number of U.S. Navy and Coast Guard vessels during ... more »
Turkey’s “Mask Diplomacy” Mends Bad Relations with U.S.
Erdoğan’s Medical Supplies to U.S. Help Turkey to Improve its Position within NATO More The post Turkey’s “Mask Diplomacy” Mends Bad Relations with U.S. appeared first on The Duran.
Deep State moves Saakashvili to Ukraine to block Barr-Durham (Video)
The Duran Quick Take: Episode 541. More The post Deep State moves Saakashvili to Ukraine to block Barr-Durham (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
Boris Johnson Returns to a Barrage of Criticism over Covid-19
More and more are questioning why Britain is an ‘outlier’ in its coronavirus response... More The post Boris Johnson Returns to a Barrage of Criticism over Covid-19 appeared first on The Duran.
LG’s Amazing 75-Inch NanoCell 99 Series 8K HDTV: Best TV Ever?
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Technology, * With a big price point, this new TV has just about everything. But is it worth it? We may not be fully there yet, but LG’s NanoCell 99 Series 8K TV offers a timely preview of what’s to come in the burgeoning 8K TV universe. And you will not be disappointed. Sure, this 75-inch beast will set you back $5,000, but that reason alone shouldn’t make you put your car in reverse and scurry off. What we need to understand about the price is that we are still in the early innings of 8K TV technology, and after a few years, the price tag should be down to... more »
Big Gun Shortage: The U.S. Navy Is Losing Its Ability to Bombard Beaches
*David Axe* *Security, * Study: "The fleet’s existing ships in any high-intensity war quickly would empty their magazines while targeting enemy forces on the shore." The U.S. Navy in the early 2000s conceived of the DDG-1000 *Zumwalt* class of stealth destroyer as its main future platform for naval surface fire support. That is, shelling enemy beaches. But the *Zumwalt *program collapsed. Citing rising cost and complexity, the Navy cut the class from 32 ships to just three. Now the Navy is left with the same old ships for fire support. The fleet’s only realistic chance of boost... more »
5 Reasons People Won't Dump Dish Network
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Technology, * Why won't so many people make the switch to streaming or something else? As the old saying goes, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Apparently, this must be the line of thought for the subscribers who have stuck with Dish Network over the years. Yes, as we all know, Dish, much like DirecTV, is suffering from well-documented massive subscriber losses, like Netflix and the gang have given countless gut-punch blows to both satellite and legacy cable TV providers in recent years. So, why not follow the millions who have already cut the cord? Well, ... more »
China's Navy Could Have 76 Submarines by 2030: Report
*David Axe* *Security, Asia* The Chinese navy’s submarine force isn’t getting much bigger. But it is getting a whole lot better. The Chinese navy’s submarine force isn’t getting much bigger. But it is getting a whole lot better. That’s the conclusion of the U.S. Congressional Research Service’s latest report on Chinese military power. “China has been steadily modernizing its submarine force, and most of its submarines are now built to relatively modern Chinese and Russian designs,” the CRS stated in the April 2020 edition of its China report. But in terms of hull numbers, the ov... more »
She Helped Take Down Hitler as a Spy. At 100 Years Old She Tells Her Story.
*Peter Suciu* *History, * For decades Marthe Cohn never spoke about the role she played during the Second World War. It was assumed, like so many, she kept her head down and waited for it to be over. It was only in 2002 when her autobiography Behind Enemy Lines: The True Story of a French Jewish Spy in Nazi Germany came out that friends and family realized that the kindly old woman, who lived with her husband in a quiet California town, had played a crucial role during the war. For decades Marthe Cohn never spoke about the role she played during the Second World War. It was assu... more »
Royal Navy Submarine Captain Sacked For Throwing a 'Booze Cruise'
*Peter Suciu* *Security, * The Royal Navy's Commander Jonathan Lewis has been relieved of his command for throwing what amounted to a military version of a "booze cruise." Lewis, who was captain of the hunter-killer submarine HMS Trenchant, had thrown a party for his crew during a coronavirus lockdown after the boat reported to Devonport dockyard in Plymouth. The Royal Navy's Commander Jonathan Lewis has been relieved of his command for throwing what amounted to a military version of a "booze cruise." Lewis, who was captain of the hunter-killer submarine *HMS Trenchant*, had thr... more »
China Claims it 'Expelled' U.S. Navy From South China Sea
*Peter Suciu* *Security, * A Navy official said that Barry was not expelled as China claimed, and the destroyer, which is named after the "Father of the American Navy" Commodore John Barry, proceeded as planned without encountering any unsafe or unprofessional behavior from Chinese military aircraft or warships. The Chinese People's Liberation Army's (PLA's) South Theatre Command announced that a U.S. warship had been "expelled" from disputed waters in the South China Sea. This is the first time that China has accused the United States of an "illegal trespass" into its territoria... more »
Is the U.S. Navy's Big Railgun Project Simply Doomed?
*Peter Suciu* *Security, * The project isn't being shut down, but it will receive less effort and notably a lot less money. Just $9.5 million has been included in the Navy's 2021 fiscal year budget request, down from the $15 million requested in the 2020 fiscal year budget and way down from the $28 million just a year prior. Sounding akin to something out of science fiction, the U.S. Navy's electromagnetic railgun would be able to zero in on targets from 100 nautical miles away and fire a solid metal slug that could travel at speeds of Mach 6, or 4,500 mph. After years in develop... more »
New Docs in Flynn Case Open Door to Prosecute Criminal Russiagate Coup Plotters
New Docs in Flynn Case Open Door to Prosecute Criminal Russiagate Coup Plotters Video of New Docs in Flynn Case Open Door to Prosecute Criminal Russiagate Coup Plotters Two new sets of documents released by General Michael Flynn's attorney show damning evidence that there was a conspiracy among Obama officials to frame and prosecute Flynn. It's important not to lose track of why they targeted Flynn, who was on track to become Trump's National Security Advisor. Every weekday morning Harley will brief you on what you need to know to start your day. If you haven't already, sign up f... more »
Challenges to U.S. Sanctions Against Iran During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin provide an update on Iran policy and sanctions in November, 2018. (Source: U.S. Department of State) The coronavirus has hit Iran hard. As the country grapples with the highest mortality rate from COVID-19 across the Middle East, the Trump administration has faced widespread calls to ease U.S. sanctions on Iran. The strict bilateral sanctions, which the Trump administration has reimposed since the U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal in May 2018, have left the Iranian economy in a deepening recession, with f... more »
Travails of an Interconnected World: From Pandemics to the Digital Economy
President Trump joins Xi Jinping at the opening of the G20 Japan Summit in 2019. (Source: Official White House Photo by Sheelah Craighead) The novel coronavirus poses a grave threat to national economies, human society and our globalized international order that will not go away soon. It’s obviously essential to focus on managing the outbreak and restarting the global economy. But at the same time, we ought to start thinking about some broader strategic lessons to draw from the pandemic. One of the most striking is how vulnerable our tightly intertwined and interdependent interna... more »
30 Million Have Sought US Jobless Aid Since Coronavirus Hit
An additional 3.8 million laid-off workers filed for unemployment benefits this week.
We Need Metrics
I've been impressed by Doug Ford's response to the coronavirus pandemic. But Martin Regg Cohn has me rethinking my evaluation. Ford's Achilles Heel -- like the Mighty Moron's south of the border -- is testing: He has not measured up. Ford has been unable to keep his promise to roll out mass testing — neither when it was needed desperately this month to save lives, nor when needed massively next month to safeguard an economic recovery. Despite Ford’s public excuses and frequent pledges to catch up, Ontario still lags most of the country and much of the world in testing for the no... more »
Tweets For Today
For the latest developments around the coronavirus outbreak, follow @Reuters Liveblog https://t.co/cEBwkoEQ5P pic.twitter.com/7QMPuk1G2z — Reuters (@Reuters) April 30, 2020 Virus update: • U.S. to issue another bleak report on layoffs. • European economy shrinks by a record 3.8%. • Coronavirus cases surge in Brazil, worrying neighbors. • Poll: 66% of Americans highly trust their doctor. Follow all @AP coverage: https://t.co/Oj1WKLHQzg — The Associated Press (@AP) April 30, 2020 Thousands of people lined up for nearly two and a half miles for emergency food parcels in the South... more »
Russia will respond with nuclear weapons to any US ballistic missile attack: FM spox.
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:20 P.M.) – Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated that Russia will respond with nuclear weapons to any American attack using ballistic missiles launched from submarines. Commenting on the U.S. report on supplying some ballistic missiles carried by U.S. submarines with low-strength nuclear warheads, Zakharova said that Russia considered this step ‘dangerous’ […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Turkey accuses Egypt of destabilizing Libya, slams accusations of supporting terrorists
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:45 P.M.) – The Turkish Foreign Ministry stated on Wednesday that the accusation of the Egyptian government, Ankara, of supporting extremist terrorists in Libya, “clearly reflects its efforts to cover up its plans there.” “Egypt’s support for Haftar, which aims to establish a military dictatorship in Libya, is not surprising,” said Turkish Foreign […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Iran to strengthen presence in Persian Gulf via strategic islands
Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri said that the infrastructures on the Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf will be further developed to be used as residential areas and increase security in the region, upon an order by Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Joe Biden to keep US embassy in Jerusalem if elected
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:00 P.M.) – On Wednesday, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden pledged to keep his country’s embassy in Israel at its new location in Jerusalem if he was elected president. Biden stressed at the same time to reopen the U.S. consulate in East Jerusalem and resume efforts to keep the two-state solution workable. He […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Watch: US tank missile intercepted by bird
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:15 P.M.) – A U.S.-made BGM71 TOW anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) was filmed being fired at a target in an unknown location; however, it would never reach its intended target, as it was intercepted by a bird that was flying by. In the short video first shared on Reddit, the anti-tank missile can […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
US Sec. of State slams countries for accepting Cuban doctors in fight against COVID-19
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:45 A.M.) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo criticized Qatar and South Africa for their ‘acceptance’ of using doctors from Cuba to combat COVID-19, accusing Cuba of exploiting the pandemic. “We have seen how the Havana regime uses the COVID-19 epidemic to continue to exploit Cuban health care providers,” Pompeo said at […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Qassem Soleimani’s assassination has completely changed Middle East: IDF general
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:30 A.M.) – On Wednesday, General Aaron Hilweh, the head of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) Operations Department, sat down for an interview with the Walla News Agency to discuss several topics, including Iran and Hezbollah. According to Hilweh, Israel is closely monitoring Iran, especially their nuclear program. Hilweh said, that Israel is […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Screw Coronavirus Song Of The Day : 4/30/20
Previous Day’s Songs : 4/25/20 , 4/26/20 , 4/27/20 , 4/28/20 , 4/29/20 Are you sick of coronavirus and its unending quarantine? Are you tired of those #AloneTogether ads that are depressing, monotone and more than slightly frightening? I know I am, and this week I will be bringing to you a daily dose of “In Your Face COVID-19” irreverence. And as long as we have YouTube we can laugh at the parodies people have posted online. Some of them are great, really funny and creative. Some…well, at least they’ll take up a couple minutes of your day. So sit back and enjoy. Today’s Pick…. “C... more »
WHO Flip-Flops, Now Endorses Sweden’s No Lockdown Policy
From Paul Joseph Watson: Excerpts: The World Health Organization has flip-flopped on coronavirus once again after it appeared to endorse Sweden’s policy of not implementing a full lockdown. Sweden chose not to enforce a full lockdown, keeping many parts of its economy open, keeping children in school and advising voluntary social distancing measures as well as encouraging vulnerable people to stay indoors. Despite receiving a barrage of criticism, the policy appears to have worked. Sweden has a lower per capita death toll than the UK, which enforced a full lockdown, is well on the w... more »
Cameron LNG, LLC: Request for Extension of Commencement Deadline for Non-Free Trade Agreement Authorization: Comment Deadline Tonight (Apr 30) at 11.59 pm
This apparently isn’t due to Covid-19 but rather to a pre-existing glut in natural gas, as well as a change … Continue reading →
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*Elva Thompson* - Do not be afraid. The demons are playing but so can we.
IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK TO MAKE OUR EGOMANIAC PRESIDENT SO EGOMANIACAL
Reuters, Axios, CNN and *The New York Times* are among the news outlets reporting that President Trump lashed out at his campaign manager, Brad Parscale, for reporting on polls showing Trump trailing Joe Biden in key battleground states. In his usual fashion, Trump insists that he doesn't believe the bad news while blaming other people for the fact that it's bad. Reuters: “I don’t believe the polls,” Trump said. “I believe the people of this country are smart. And I don’t think that they will put a man in who’s incompetent.” The *Times*: Mr. Trump, according to multiple people fam... more »
Destroying Your Love Life And Don’t Even Know It
When you are on your first date, and you like the person, would you be texting and checking your cellphone for updates? I doubt it. This person would have your undivided attention. A movie shared would take second place, and you might even forget you saw it in the future. Every word spoken would be thought through so that you could respond with our best foot forward. Why then, would things change once your relationship has become a shared existence? This fast-paced life and the digital world that comes with it has robbed us of our human interaction. The last thing you would leav... more »
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*How Political Ideology Is Pushing Religion Out of Religious Studies* Many academic disciplines have gotten “woke” in recent years, especially in the humanities and social sciences. For the most part, this transformation has occurred in plain view as colleges created departments for (and offered degrees in) “Women’s and Gender Studies,” “Black Studies,” “LGBTQ Studies,” “Latino Studies,” and the rest of the intersectionality parade. One discipline, however, sports an innocent-sounding moniker—“Religious Studies.” Studying religion would seem to be immune to the current trends in h... more »
U.S. Secretary Of State Pompeo: We 'Havn't Seen' North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un Recently. Famine A Real Risk In North Korea
Image: Secretary Pompeo Participates in an Interview with Fox and Friends - U.S. Department of State - United States government work *NKNews:* *U.S. “closely” watching North Korea for famine, COVID-19: Pompeo* Secretary of State's comments come amid DPRK claims of no coronavirus cases, UN warnings of food insecurity in the North. The U.S. is “closely” watching North Korea for signs of a COVID-19 outbreak or a famine, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday in an interview on Fox News. The comments come amid recent reports of panic buying at some grocery stores in Pyo... more »
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*Mankind will suffer worse pandemics than coronavirus if we do not protect the environment and halt deforestation, scientists warn* *This is just speculation. Yet another prophecy* Humans are to blame for coronavirus and even deadlier pandemics will follow unless the environment is protected, scientists have warned. Scientists said in a report published this week: 'There is a single species responsible for the Covid-19 pandemic – us. 'Recent pandemics are a direct consequence of human activity, particularly our global financial and economic systems that prize economic growth at an... more »
Wind and solar add zero value to the grid
The reason wind and solar are not growing requires an understanding of the fundamental elements of an electrical grid. The post Wind and solar add zero value to the grid appeared first on CFACT.
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"Don't wonder why people go crazy. Wonder why they don't. In the face of what we can lose in a day, in an instant, wonder what the hell it is that makes us hold it together." - "Grey's Anatomy"
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