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Thomas Paine

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Saturday, May 16, 2020

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Nation Must Prepare To Vote By Mail

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 6 hours ago
*Americans hoping for a clean, fair, and reliable vote count this fall must pay attention to how their state and local officials intend to handle this election.* *-by Harvey Wasserman* The more we learn about COVID-19, the more likely it seems most of us will be voting by mail this fall. Voting in person has become, and will likely remain, too dangerous. Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, Colorado and Utah have long been voting by mail. California now says it will join them, and other states are likely to follow. What’s needed is a national commitment to voting by mail. Under this ... more »

2005--an "illegal biological arms race with potentially catastrophic consequences" is underway

Bob Dinn at balance10 - 6 hours ago
4-24-2020 In December 2009 *Reuters* reported that the Obama administration was refusing even to negotiate the possible monitoring of biological weapons….The legal scholar who drafted the main U.S. law on the subject, Francis Boyle, warned in his 2005 book "Biowarfare and Terrorism" that an "illegal biological arms race with potentially catastrophic consequences" was underway, largely driven by the U.S. government….A 2013 study found that biodefense funding since 2001 had totaled at least $78 billion, and more has surely been spent since then. This has led to a proliferation of l... more »

U.S. Federal Reserve Says Financial System Came Under Severe Strain In March. Sees Further Threats If Crisis Grows

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 6 hours ago
FILE PHOTO: The Federal Reserve building is set against a blue sky, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Washington, U.S., May 1, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque *Reuters:* *Fed warns of 'significant' financial vulnerabilities from pandemic* The U.S. Federal Reserve warned Friday that the financial sector faces "significant" vulnerabilities due to the coronavirus pandemic, as businesses and households grapple with fragile finances for the foreseeable future. In its latest report on financial stability, the Fed said the global pandemic imposed sweeping risks. While po... more »

Visa Applies For Digital Dollar Blockchain Patent

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 6 hours ago
Visa Applies For Digital Dollar Blockchain Patent by Jason Brett, Contributor Crypto & Blockchain, https://www.forbes.com/ The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published today that Visa V has filed a patent application to create digital currency on a centralized computer using blockchain technology. This patent applies to digital dollars as well as other central bank …

London Paul: Truth About Failed Saudi/Russia Oil Deal

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 6 hours ago
Arcadia Economics #LondonPaul: The Truth About The Collapsed #Saudi/Russia Oil Deal You may remember how right before Corona changed the world as we know it, there was a failed coup in the Saudi Arabian government, and then a day later, the Saudi/#Russia oil deal collapsed. And the market has been in disarray ever since. Of …

Inevitable US Bankruptcies

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 6 hours ago
RT America Jesse Ventura and Brigida Santos discuss the fallout in Venezuela following a failed coup attempt, and why the price of private health insurance is expected to rise. Jason, “The Germ Guy,” Tetro joins the governor for an update on the Covid-19 outbreak. end

$9,000 Gold And Triple-Digit Silver Prices Will Come, But Do This First – Midas Touch Consulting

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 6 hours ago
Kitco NEWS In this interview, Florian Grummes, managing director of Midas Touch Consulting, discusses how gold prices could surpass historic highs in the medium term, after prices pull back a bit. Long-term, $9,000 gold and triple digit silver prices are possible. Grummes also talks the Fed, bitcoin, and asset allocation. – 0:26 – Federal Reserve …

Learn Why Trump is Mobilizing the Military to Implement Vaccinations

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 6 hours ago
 Has Trump sold out? Or is he trying to pre-empt Bill Gates “Mark of The Beast” Quantum Dot vaccine? Hard to say. We just need to keep a constant eye on this development. – Learn Why Trump is Mobilizing the Military to Implement Vaccinations The Alex Jones Show, May 16, 2020, https://banned.video/ Alex Jones …

TruNews 05/15/20, Mario Murillo: Dress Rehearsal For the Antichrist

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 6 hours ago
MARIO MURILLO: DRESS REHEARSAL FOR THE ANTICHRIST Today on TruNews Rick speaks with evangelist Mario Murillo about the end times implications of the Plandemic leading to a permanent closure of American churches. Rick Wiles, Mario Murillo. Airdate: 05/15/20. end

It’s Official: Covid-19 Is A United Nations, World Government Fascist Takeover of Humanity – FULL SHOW 5/15/20

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 6 hours ago
 The Alex Jones Show Once world government is in place, the orderly extermination of humanity will be carried out by the AI genocide grid. Tune in as we lay out how the AI grid, mass surveillance, social media censorship and the decades-old technocratic agenda all fit together to usher in an era of world …

Uh-Oh, President Trump Now Says He Is Mobilizing The United States Military to Distribute COVID-19 Vaccine When Ready, Will It Also Be Mandatory?

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 6 hours ago
Has Trump sold out? Or is he trying to pre-empt Bill Gates “Mark of The Beast” Quantum Dot vaccine? Hard to say. We just need to keep a constant eye on this development. – Uh-Oh, President Trump Now Says He Is Mobilizing The United States Military to Distribute COVID-19 Vaccine When Ready, Will It Also …

Bill Gates, HR6666, Remdesivir, Deaths in Italy

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 6 hours ago
 Bill Gates, HR6666, Remdesivir, Deaths in Italy by Jon Rappoport, https://blog.nomorefakenews.com/ Each of these subjects deserves its own article. Bill Gates would require a library of thick volumes. I don’t have the time to write separate pieces, since I’m also busy with other research on the fake pandemic. – So I’ll hit the highlights. …

Chicago Mayor Demands Gov’t Pledge Allegiance To “The New World Order”

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 6 hours ago
FACEBOOK/AP CLAIM CHICAGO MAYOR PLEDGING SUPPORT FOR ‘NEW WORLD ORDER’ IS FAKE NEWS by Paul Joseph Watson | www.Infowars.com Falsely assert video is “edited” even though it isn’t. Facebook and Associated Press ‘fact checkers’ claim it’s false that Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she supported the “New World Order,” saying the video is “edited,” despite …

Trump Announces Plans to Mobilize Military to Give Vaccine Injections

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 6 hours ago
Has Trump sold out? Or is he trying to pre-empt Bill Gates “Mark of The Beast” Quantum Dot vaccine? Hard to say. We just need to keep a constant eye on this development. end

The Status of HR 6666

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 6 hours ago

US Department of Defense Awards Contract for Prefilled COVID-19 Vaccinations With RFID Microchip Tracking System Including “Unique ID Number”

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 6 hours ago
US Department of Defense Awards Contract for Prefilled COVID-19 Vaccinations With RFID Microchip Tracking System Including “Unique ID Number” by SkyWatch Editor, https://www.skywatchtv.com/ New Public-Private Partnership Created to Develop a U.S.-Based High-Speed, Emergency Surge Drug Packaging Solution, Using Mass-Manufacturable Prefilled Syringes with Optional Mobile-Based GPS Tracking and Confirmation – U.S. Government Provides ApiJect Systems America …

Over 1 Million Health Care Workers Laid Off — During A Pandemic?

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 6 hours ago
I thought the Covid-19 pandemic will provide millions of patients to boost hospital income. Apparently not. See: – Amid Pandemic, Hospitals Lay Off 1.4M Workers In April As Hospitals Lose Revenue, More Than A Million Health Care Workers Lose Jobs Even nation’s largest health systems laying off health care workers amid COVID pandemic end

Ramadan Arabian Nights 2020 : Tale of King Magedwon “Back Together” EP.22

egyptianchronicler@gmail.com (Zeinobia) at Egyptian Chronicles - 6 hours ago
We will continue our tale for this year, the tale of King Magedwon. First of all, You can refresh your mind with what happened last night here. Now without further ado listen to the 754th episode in the Egyptian State’s One Thousand and One Nights or the 22nd night in our tale for the year 2020, the tale of King Magedwon after the break. Your browser does not support the audio element. *Karim goes with the sailor to find that young boy who had had his necklace. At first he does not recognize under her heavy boy disguise but when she sees him, she screams in her woman’s voice , he ... more »

Washington Governor To Residents: COVID-Test-Deniers Will Not Be Allowed To Leave Home To Get Groceries – DC Dirty Laundry

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 6 hours ago
Tyler Durden May 14, 2020 At his May 12 press conference, Washington State Governor Jay Inslee laid out the plans for the statewide contact tracing initiative. “[The initiative] is robust, it is vigorous and it is comprehensive, and it needs to be all three to be successful,” Inslee said. “If we do not succeed in … Continue reading Washington Governor To Residents: COVID-Test-Deniers Will Not Be Allowed To Leave Home To Get Groceries – DC Dirty Laundry →

BREAKING: Obama Officials Involved In Flynn ‘Unmasking’ Have Been Named–Here’s The 411

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 6 hours ago
Written by K. Walker on May 13, 2020 Things aren’t looking good for the presumptive Democratic nominee for President because he’s on The List. The names of over three-dozen high-ranking Obama administration officials have been named as individuals who may have received General Michael Flynn’s “unmasked” identity in response to a request that was made … Continue reading BREAKING: Obama Officials Involved In Flynn ‘Unmasking’ Have Been Named–Here’s The 411 →

The Perpetual Crisis: Now The WHO Is Telling Us That COVID-19 “May Never Go Away”

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 6 hours ago
Michael Snyder May 14, 2020 Are you ready for “the new normal” to become permanent? Originally, most of us assumed that “shelter-in-place orders” and “social distancing restrictions” would just be temporary, but now top health officials are warning us that some of these temporary measures may have to remain in place for the foreseeable … Continue reading The Perpetual Crisis: Now The WHO Is Telling Us That COVID-19 “May Never Go Away” →

The 11-step globalist SCHEME to destroy America

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 6 hours ago
SD Wells May 13, 2020 (Natural News) The news is stressing Americans out to the max right now. People are starting to freak out. At least 100 million Americans literally believe the news that is posted on networks and websites that advertises pharmaceutical drugs with side effects like suicide, seizures, heart attacks and liver failure … Continue reading The 11-step globalist SCHEME to destroy America →

Beast System Advancing at Warp Speed Amid New Great Depression -This is Huge!

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 6 hours ago
From aminutetomidnite YT channel & website. A NZ channel/site keeping you up to date on world events… in particular here recent developments with the plandemic & vaccines. As I’ve been saying all along, contrary to expectations Trump is not about to be draining any swamps by the looks. Rolling out the military to help with … Continue reading Beast System Advancing at Warp Speed Amid New Great Depression -This is Huge! →

Terrorized, Traumatized and Killed: The Police State’s Deadly Toll on America’s Children

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 6 hours ago
Originally posted on John W. Whitehead, Constitutional Attorney: “Mommy, am I gonna die?”— 4-year-old Ava Ellis after being inadvertently shot in the leg by a police officer who was aiming for the girl’s boxer-terrier dog, Patches “‘Am I going to get shot again.’”—2-year-old survivor of a police shooting that left his three siblings, ages 1,…

President Trump Unveils The Existence Of A 'Super Duper Missile' Which Goes 17 Times Faster Than Current Weapons

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 7 hours ago
*Daily Mail:* *Donald Trump unveils Space Force flag and claims U.S. is working on a 'super duper missile' which goes 17 times faster than current weapons* * 'It's a very special moment,' Trump said * He staged a ceremony in the Oval Office while the flag was unveiled * Trump touted a 'super duper missile' * 'I heard the other night 17 times faster than what they have right now' * Earlier he touted Operation Warp Speed to rush vaccine development as U.S. deaths from coronavirus continued to climb * Russia is developing a hypersonic weapon that can breach even the world's most advanc... more »

President Trump Impromptu Remarks Departing White House – Video and Transcript…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 7 hours ago
Chopper pressers are the best pressers. President Trump delivers remarks to the press pool as he departs the White House for Camp David. [Video and Transcript Below] A curious group accompanies President Trump to Camp David this weekend along with … Continue reading →

President Trump Remarks Celebrating New Space Force Flag – Video and Transcript

sundance at The Last Refuge - 7 hours ago
Earlier today President Trump Participated in the Presentation of the United States Space Force Flag, during a ceremony in the oval office. Additionally President Trump signed an Armed Forces Day Proclamation. [Video and Transcript Below] . [Transcript] – THE PRESIDENT: … Continue reading →

Japanese art and Hayami Gyoshū (1894-1935): Camellia Petals Scattering

Lee Jay at Modern Tokyo Times - 7 hours ago
Japanese art and Hayami Gyoshū (1894-1935): Camellia Petals Scattering Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Hayami Gyoshū (1894-1935) was born in Tokyo and art would become a way of life from a very young age. Like other artists born in the Meiji Period (1868-1912) a new Japan was dawning. Hence, the old traditional art forms […]

Austria, Czechia, and Slovakia in possible border openings: Covid-19 crisis

Lee Jay at Modern Tokyo Times - 7 hours ago
Austria, Czechia, and Slovakia in possible border openings: Covid-19 crisis Chika Mori and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The coronavirus (Covid-19) devastated parts of Europe including Belgium, France, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom. However, others throughout the Baltics, Nordic nations, and Visegrad Group have dealt with the crisis to a higher degree. Sweden […]

Medal of Honor Recipient, Former Green Beret Ronald Shurer, Dies At 41 From Cancer

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 7 hours ago
*FOX News/AP: **Medal of Honor recipient dies; saved lives in Afghanistan* WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Former Army Staff Sgt. Ronald Shurer II, who received the Medal of Honor in 2018 for braving heavy gunfire to save lives in Afghanistan, has died of cancer. He was 41. Miranda Shurer said her husband died Thursday in Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C. She said he was diagnosed with cancer three years ago. Ronald Shurer II received the nation's highest military honor from President Donald Trump in a formal White House ceremony attended by 250 people. “He was an amazing man. O... more »

U.S. Still On Track To Pull Troops From Afghanistan

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 7 hours ago
FILE PHOTO: U.S. troops patrol at an Afghan National Army (ANA) Base in Logar province, Afghanistan August 7, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani/File Photo *Al Jazeera:* *US on track to pull troops out of Afghanistan: Pentagon* Some question whether the US-Taliban agreement aimed at bringing peace to Afghanistan was mainly just a withdrawal deal. The United States is on track to meet its commitment to the Taliban to withdraw several thousand troops from Afghanistan by mid-July, even as violence flares, the peace process is stalled, and Kabul struggles in political deadlock. US officials s... more »

U.S. Navy Air Power Smashed Japanese Carrier Strength At These Battles

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 7 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* [image: A U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless of bombing squadron VB-16 flies an antisubmarine patrol low over the battleship USS Washington (BB-56) en route to the invasion of the Gilbert Islands, 12 November 1943. U.S. Navy.] The invasions of Saipan, Guam, and Tinian were a turkey shoot. The other invasion also began on June 6, 1944. By virtue of the International Date Line, the two invasions sailed on different days, but both sortied within the same 24-hour period. One invasion involved 127,000 U.S. soldiers and Marines and 535 ships an... more »

These Special Allied Units Were Hitler's Worst Nightmare

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 7 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* [image: By Keating (Capt) No 1 Army Film & Photographic Unit - This is photograph E 21337 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-32), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1460661] They could cause all kinds of havoc. *Key point: *These units only had the best of the best. Their job was to find and cause damage to high-value Nazi targets. “We were to be terrorists. Our job was to terrorize the Germans,” one former member said dramatically. Another more prosaically likened it to p... more »

Marine Raiders Went Into Guadalcanal 'Practically Blind'—And Wreaked Havoc On the Japanese

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 7 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* [image: Guadalcanal Campaign, August 1942-February 1943. Raider’s Ridge (looking north), Guadalcanal Island. U.S. Navy.] They had trained using new and controversial concepts. Now those ideas were being put to the test. On the morning of November 6, 1942, a force of 267 Marines took its first steps into the jungle from a landing point at Aola Bay, roughly 30 miles east of the American perimeter on Guadalcanal. The Marines within the perimeter had suffered long and hard to establish that perimeter around Henderson Field, the airstrip used... more »

US House OKs cannabis banking in passing $3 trillion coronavirus bill

Jeff Smith at Marijuana Business Daily - 7 hours ago
The U.S. House of Representatives late Friday passed a $3 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill that includes a provision that would allow banks to serve state-legal marijuana businesses without fear of punishment. The bill passed along partisan lines by a 208-199 margin, and now heads to the Senate where it faces fierce Republican resistance. The Health […] US House OKs cannabis banking in passing $3 trillion coronavirus bill is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

YOUR SATURDAY CARTOONS: MAY 16, 2020

Noor al Haqiqa at SNIPPITS AND SNAPPITS - 7 hours ago
And here I am in the BC zone they don't want! But who would replace him? That graceless Rhodes Scholar Freeland? He apologized. Even our moose practice (anti)social distancing up here in Canada. Hello up there! An American problem. Women like this. A solution to Joe's sniffing. Time to mow the roof The mayor ALMOST passes as a female here! In this home live two parents who ar... more »

a research center to study natural and man-made epidemics

Bob Dinn at balance10 - 8 hours ago
- *The* *South China Morning Post* article continues with the beguiling assertion-- “Previously most scientists believed the new virus could not cause an epidemic as serious as that of SARS because its genes were quite different. But the new study found that, like SARS, the virus targeted a protein called angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2).”… - "A previous study indicated that ACE2 from a horseshoe bat, the host of a highly related SARS-like coronavirus, could not function as a receptor for SARS-CoV. Here we demonstrate that a ... more »

Goodnight Knights, Hello Combat Pistol: How European Warfare Changed Forever

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* [image: By Unknown author, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=88019738] Nothing would be the same. *Key point: *Guns democratized warfare in a way that lords who trained in Knighthood never imagined. It meant that Knights were less valuable and well-trained regulars mattered more. By the late 15th Century, early firearm designers were already looking at ideas for semi-automatic weapons. The matchlock had been the first mechanism to make a shoulder-aimed firearm, the arquebus, possible. It was simple, econom... more »

A Sad End: Why Did the USS Scorpion Meet Such a Bad Fate?

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Americas* [image: By PHC Terry Mitchell, USN - U.S. DefenseImagery photo VIRIN: DN-ST-85-08273, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33928248] Will we ever know all of the details? *Key Point:* It may remain a mystery. But the truth is those sailors did their duty and are now on eternal patrol. Even in the age of ultra-sophisticated nuclear submarines, with their advanced computers, sonar, navigation, and communication systems, the hard truth is inescapable: the sea is the most hostile environment on Earth. It is tot... more »

Just How Close Did Hitler Come to Vanquishing Soviet Russia?

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2017%3Anewsml_UP1ED570PL7KI&share=true] So close, yet so far. *Key point: *Berlin struck first and hard. It caused more damage than Stalin ever dreamed, and yet they blundered enough that they could not win. *“War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.” *—Winston Churchill (1950) On Sunday, June 22, 1941, as the sun slumbered, 3.6 million soldiers, 2,000 warplane pilots, and 3,350 tank commanders under skilled German command crouched at the border of Soviet-occupied Poland... more »

PA’s Trans Sec’y of Health Rescues Own Mom from COVID Exposure, Wails About Being “Misgendered”

SafeSpace at 'Nox & Friends - 8 hours ago
If I packaged this story as a novel, critics would pan it as “unbelievable fantasy”. But unfortunately for America, every word is true. Richard Rachel Levine is the Secretary of Health for the once-great state of Pennsylvania, proudly placed in the position by virtue-signalling Democrat Governor Tom Wolf. This transgendered (or at a minimum, cross-dressing) jackwagon announced upon his her appointment to the position that he she did not want to be “misgendered”. A Pittsburgh radio newscaster dared call him her him on the air, and has drawn the fury of the LGBTQ+WTF lobby. But wait ... more »

'Millions of litres' of beer tipped down drain due to ongoing pub closures

Caitlyn Gribbin at Just In - 8 hours ago
Brewers are expected to tip millions of litres of beer down the drain as it goes stale in pubs with no patrons, but also to avoid paying alcohol taxes if they tried to sell it later.

Iran brings in military to battle locusts threatening crops worth billions

Just In - 8 hours ago
The locust invasion, seen as the worst in decades, compounds problems facing Iran, already hard-hit by the coronavirus outbreak at home and seeing its oil exports sink to a record low as the crisis sharpens the impact of US sanctions.

Flowing river lifts mood in outback NSW as the pubs get ready to reopen

Saskia Mabin And Leonie Thorne at Just In - 8 hours ago
With water in the Lower Darling river for the first time in over 18 months and recent rainfall, an outback publican says "it'll be exciting times" when restrictions are fully lifted.

The Peace Process Between The Afghan Government And The Taliban Is Crumbling

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 8 hours ago
Emma Graham-Harrison and Akhtar Mohammad Makoii in Herat, The Guardian: *Hopes for peace appear to be slipping away in Afghanistan* Peace process between the government and Taliban was crumbling before talks began. In the wake of a devastating attack in Kabul on Tuesday on a maternity unit that saw gunmen shoot women in labour, new mothers and their newborn babies, hopes of a peace process for Afghanistan appear to be slipping away as both the government and Taliban ramp up military operations. The Taliban on Thursday attacked a city in Afghanistan’s east, killing five civilians ... more »

Remembering Palestine on Nakba Day: Use the Hashtag COVID1948

contact@ifamericansknew.org at If Americans Knew Blog - 8 hours ago
The hashtag #COVID1948 seeks to equate the current devastation resulting from the coronavirus with the catastrophe that occurred to the Palestinian people in 1948 at the hands of the Israelis. It is reportedly trending on social media and is in one sense an eloquent reminder of the wrongs committed against an entire people, to include a deliberate policy of ethnic cleansing that bore fruit in 1948-9.

Russia’s Oil Giant Rosneft Has Discontinued All Venezuelan Operations

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 8 hours ago
© Yuri Smityuk/TASS *TASS:* *Rosneft withdraws from all projects in Venezuela, discontinues operations in country* *The decision was taken in view of the US sanctions, according to previous information.* MOSCOW, May 15. /TASS/. Rosneft has completely discontinued its operations in Venezuela and withdrawn from all projects in the country, including exploration and production entities, as well as oilfield services companies, according to Chief Executive Officer of Russia’s oil major Igor Sechin. "In second quarter of 2020, the Company closed a previously announced transaction to t... more »

UPDATE: Recently Released Comey Testimony Provides Further Evidence of The Original Flynn 302 Written by Pientka Before It Mysteriously Went Missing…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 8 hours ago
FBI Agents Peter Strzok and Joe Pientka interviewed National Security Advisor Michael Flynn on January 24, 2017. According to documents presented in the court case, agent Peter Strzok did the questioning and agent Joe Pientka took most of the notes. … Continue reading →

Ice cream recalled after Listeria contamination discovered

News Desk at Food Safety News - 9 hours ago
Ramar Foods of Pittsburg, CA, has recalled its 14-ounce packages of Peekaboo branded Mint Chocolate Chip with Hidden Spinach Ice Cream product for potential contamination of Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Others may suffer only... Continue Reading

Shop break-ins up but driving offences down during coronavirus pandemic

Eugene Boisvert at Just In - 9 hours ago
Thieves have targeted businesses while other people have been staying home, but a predicted spike in domestic violence has yet to appear in new South Australian crime statistics.

'I want it to be ending its life with mine': Creator of upcycled organ on leaving his instrument behind

Catherine Marciniak at Just In - 9 hours ago
An eccentric anthropologist faces his biggest challenge since he decided to build a house around his massive recycled pipe organ — to find a new home for his remarkable creation.

Coronavirus cluster at Melbourne abattoir Cedar Meats grows to 98

Just In - 9 hours ago
Victoria records a further 11 cases of coronavirus, including two linked to a Melbourne meatworks and one linked to a McDonald's outlet, bringing its total to 1*,*554.

Two teenagers die after crashing allegedly stolen motorbike into car in Adelaide

Just In - 9 hours ago
A motorbike crashes into a car turning onto a street in Adelaide's northern suburbs, leaving two teens, aged 17 and 18, dead.

Facebook buys Giphy, the popular tool for creating animated GIFs

Just In - 9 hours ago
The social media giant plans to integrate the GIF tool into Instagram, but says Giphy would still work outside of Facebook's properties.

Church tight-lipped on investigation into outback bishop

Erin Parke at Just In - 9 hours ago
The Bishop of Broome remains living in the remote town, two months after a rare Vatican review of the diocese got underway.

Nurse 'went back to aged care facility' while awaiting positive COVID-19 result

Just In - 9 hours ago
Queensland's chief health officer 'speechless' that Rockhampton nurse diagnosed with coronavirus returned to workplace while awaiting COVID-19 test results.

This one restriction being eased means the world to the NT's Muslim community

Henry Zwartz at Just In - 9 hours ago
The simple act of gathering for a shared moment is something we may have taken for granted but now miss amid the coronavirus restrictions. In the NT, restrictions have eased, allowing for the local Muslim community to share a Ramadan prayer for the first time in weeks.

'Degrading' death shows community's 'devaluation' of people with disabilities

Daniel Keane And Eugene Boisvert at Just In - 9 hours ago
The case of an Adelaide woman who died after being left by carers in a cane chair 24-hours-a-day for a year shows the community still does not value people with disabilities as much as it should, advocates say.

CoronaCheck: Does the flu shot increase your chances of getting COVID-19?

Ellen McCutchan at Just In - 9 hours ago
As a number of NRL players were stood down for refusing a flu shot, one of their partners posted a claim on Instagram about the vaccination increasing the chances of catching COVID-19.

Sailors on sidelined carrier get coronavirus for the second time

Just In - 9 hours ago
Five US sailors on an aircraft carrier sidelined in Guam due to a COVID-19 outbreak test positive for the virus for the second time and are taken off the ship, according to the US Navy.

'Loving' family man Mike Saclier likely contracted coronavirus during a trip to the shops

Mary Gearin at Just In - 9 hours ago
It has been more than a month since Mike Saclier died from coronavirus, but his family have not had the chance to grieve. There's been no hugs, no wake, no celebration of his life but there is one lesson they hope we all can learn from their loss.

One state's employees are supposed to go back to work on Monday, but not everyone's on board

Rebecca Trigger at Just In - 9 hours ago
On Monday, Perth will become the first big Australian city to encourage people to stop working from home — but there are concerns about the fallout if businesses rush into bringing employees back.

Get across (and down) the curious history of the crossword

Anna Kelsey-Sugg at Just In - 9 hours ago
The humble crossword has been delighting and challenging its fans for over a century. But it hasn't always been a newspaper staple — it took a war before The New York Times would allow the puzzle into print.

'Star Trek, not Star Wars:' NASA releases principles for Moon exploration pact

Just In - 9 hours ago
NASA sets the stage for a global debate over the basic principles governing how humans will live and work on the Moon, releasing the main tenets of an international pact for Moon exploration called the Artemis Accords.

Forgotten Children

MUMBAI, India, May 15 (IPS) - Children residing in Child Care Institutions (CCIs, commonly known as orphanages) in India have often found themselves to be the forgotten lot, when it comes to support and development initiatives by the government. This has also been the case during the current lockdown. Read the full story, “Forgotten Children”, on globalissues.org →

Covid-19 Report 5/15/20: "Second Waves Of Coronavirus Infections Are Pretty Much Guaranteed"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
Chris Martenson, *"Second Waves Of Coronavirus Infections Are Pretty Much Guaranteed"* - https://www.peakprosperity.com/

Revolutionary Boiling Point, And Other Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix

Caitlin Johnstone at Caitlin Johnstone - 9 hours ago
Still mad at China’s brutal authoritarian government for imprisoning Julian Assange after his journalism exposed Chinese war crimes. ~ Arresting people for future crimes is called “pre-crime”, and it’s the stuff of dystopian horror fiction. Violently dominating an entire planet because another country might hurt […]

Dr Judy Mikovits Book “Plague Of Corruption” is already a Best Seller on Amazon. The good Doctor is currently offering a Free Download …..

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 9 hours ago
Originally posted on The Nightingale Files: https://ebooksbag.com/pdf-epub-plague-of-corruption-restoring-faith-in-the-promise-of-science-download/ #1 on Amazon! Thank God for Freedom of The Press! Power To The People🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏 https://t.co/etAP5Y1WL0— Judy A. Mikovits PhD (@DrJudyAMikovits) May 14, 2020

Americas BioWar: Vaccination by Military – The Second Wave Of This Covid 19 Fiction! Trump Sells Out America!

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 9 hours ago
Originally posted on Truth To Power: President Trump Has Joined the Eugenicist Bill Gates And Is Promoting The Neurotoxic Vaccine Agenda! Proving Yet Again, That The Mark Of The Beast Globalist Luciferian Cabal Is Running The World From The Shadows, And That World leaders Are Mere Puppets That Do What The Cabal Tell Them To…

Alternative magazine pulled from supermarkets

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 9 hours ago
Originally posted on Real News Australia: A magazine that publishes about complementary therapies, alternative medicines and protection against 5G was recently taken down from supermarket … Alternative magazine pulled from supermarkets

Did Melinda Gates Wear an Upside-Down Cross?

Jessica Lee at Snopes.com - 9 hours ago
Critics claimed the billionaire philanthropist purposefully donned the symbol in video interviews about the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 3,000-Year-Old Assyrian Panels

On May 4, the 10 Middlebury College students in Sarah Laursen's course on digital methodologies for art historians held their final class of the semester on Zoom.

Yet another “disgruntled” former employee

Keith at musingsofanoldfart - 9 hours ago
Why is it that people who are critical of the president’s are “losers,” “disasters,” “haters,” “liars” or in some cases “ugly?” The last one he has used a couple of times, implying they are too ugly for Trump to have … Continue reading →

BREAKING UPDATE: TRUMP CONFIRMS PLANS TO DISTRIBUTE VACCINE BY THE MILITARY

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 9 hours ago
Why not use UPS or Fedex… or the Mail….. No… you are going to need a gun to deliver this package of poison… door to door.. Share this: via BREAKING UPDATE: TRUMP CONFIRMS PLANS TO DISTRIBUTE VACCINE BY THE MILITARY | Health and Money News

COVID-19 update: Northwood residents are still dying, and still being infected, despite an emergency plan announced four weeks ago

Tim Bousquet at Halifax Examiner - 10 hours ago
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Today, the province announced that four more residents of Northwood have died with COVID-19. That brings the total number of coronavirus-related deaths at the nursing home to 49, and the provincial total (including Northwood) to 55. At today’s briefing, Dr. Robert Strang, the province’s chief […]

Halifax councillors consider saving snow shovelling from COVID-19 cuts

Zane Woodford at Halifax Examiner - 10 hours ago
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Councillors hope to save a program that makes for more comprehensive snow clearing on the Halifax peninsula. During a budget committee meeting on Friday — the continuation of the rebuilding of the city’s recast COVID-19 budget with $85 million in cuts — councillors voted in […]

Will There Be A Democrat In Position To Beat DCCC/Republican Jefferson Van Drew?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 10 hours ago
In 2018, after trying and failing for years, the DCCC had what it wanted and celebrated as a great triumph. They successfully recruited the single worst Democrat-- as in most conservative and most GOP/NRA-friendly-- in the New Jersey legislature, Jeff Van Drew, to run for Congress. As soon as Republican incumbent Frank LoBiondo announced his retirement, Van Drew jumped in-- with the DCCC behind him. With heavy DCCC backing, Van Drew managed to raise $1,881,731 for the 2018 election. His GOP opponent, Seth Grossman raised just $304,872. Outside groups spent over a million dollars o... more »

The Daily Brief 2020-05-14

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
This is a summary of 17 AMN articles on the following subjects: ISIS, Syria, US, Israel, Iran, Russia, Egypt, Daraa, Venezuela, Saudi, UAE, Yemen, Gemayel, Lebanon, Hasakah, Turkey. Categories covered in this brief: Syria, Middleeast, Iran, North-Africa, World-News, Gulf, Yemen, Lebanon, Turkey Let us know how you like this brief in the comments below. — […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

US intensifies military pressure on China amid growing tensions

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
Washington is intensifying its military pressure on Beijing amid growing tensions over the South China Sea as the White House accuses Chinese authorities of exploiting the coronavirus pandemic in order to strengthen their regional clout. US Navy Captain Michael Kafka, a spokesperson for the American military’s Indo-Pacific Command, told CNN that “the People’s Republic of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Two drunk Turkish-backed rebels attempt to attack women and children in northwest Aleppo

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:45 P.M.) – Two members of a Turkish-backed militant group in northwestern Aleppo attempted to attack women and children this week while intoxicated on alcohol, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said. “Reliable sources have informed SOHR that two drunk gunmen affiliated to Turkish-backed factions have stormed a house where only women […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

King Abdullah warns of ‘massive conflict’ with Israel annexes West Bank

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:30 P.M.) – Jordanian King ‘Abdullah II warned Israel against annexing the West Bank region this Summer, stating that this move will undoubtedly lead to a massive conflict between them and the Hashemite Kingdom. “What would happen if the Palestinian National Authority collapsed? There would be more chaos and extremism in the region. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Links 5/16/2020

Yves Smith at naked capitalism - 10 hours ago
Science/Technology New COVID-19 test developed in Singapore detects past infection within an hour Channel News (TYJ) Fang Fang’s ‘Wuhan diary’ sparks tussle over virus narrative Financial Times DEC Statement on Denial of the Clean Water Act Section 401 Water Quality Certification for the Proposed Northeast Supply Enhancement Pipeline Project New York State Pipeline denial. New […]

How Dr. Perelman Helped Save Australia

Peter Greene at CURMUDGUCATION - 10 hours ago
(Note: If you're not in the mood to read the whole piece, skip down to the bold quote at the end-- ikt'll be worth it.) Longtime readers know that Les Perelman is one of my heroes. Retired in 2012 from teaching and administration at MIT, he has continued his work in the world of education, most notably repeatedly poking holes in the balonified field that is robo-grading. Software that can assess writing is the Great White Whale of testing companies; it would let them offer measuring instruments beyond crappy multiple-choice items without the cost of actual human beings to score writ... more »

Are the Unvaccinated Being Forcibly Rounded up in Oklahoma?

Bethania Palma at Snopes.com - 10 hours ago
An outdated conspiracy video about FEMA camps and vaccines gained new life amid 2020 pandemic worries.

Burr Submits Final Russia Report before Leaving Chairmanship

AP News at Snopes.com - 10 hours ago
The report on the panel's counterintelligence findings – including whether President Donald Trump's campaign coordinated with Russia — marks the conclusion of its Russia probe.

Did Trump Call for Obama to Resign After Ebola Doctor Returned to U.S.?

David Mikkelson at Snopes.com - 10 hours ago
"We all lose when we allow irrational fear, fueled in part by prime-time ratings and political expediency, to supersede pragmatic public health preparedness," that doctor later wrote.

Pandemic Claims Yet Another Retailer: J.C. Penney

AP News at Snopes.com - 10 hours ago
The coronavirus pandemic has pushed troubled department store chain J.C. Penney into Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth major retailer to meet that fate.

Truckers Honk Near White House over Shipping Rates, Not ‘In Favor of’ Trump

AP News at Snopes.com - 10 hours ago
President Donald Trump says the sound of truck horns just south of the White House is a “sign of love” for him from truckers. But the truckers are actually honking their opposition to low shipping rates.

Did the Soviet T-34 Stop the Nazis in Their Tracks?

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2018%3Anewsml_UP1EE4C0UHM7T&share=true] One heck of a tank. *Key point: *These tanks were very solid and could be mass-produced in the thousands. Germany did not have an equivalent. In 1942, careworn Nazi Führer Adolf Hitler lamented to his military intimates at his Wolf’s Lair headquarters near Rastenburg in East Prussia, “If I had known that there were so many of them, I would have had second thoughts about invading!” The “them” he was referring to were the famed Sovi... more »

Here's What It Was like to Serve as Crew Chief on a C-47

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, World* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2019%3Anewsml_RC16C847D5E0&share=true] World War II was no picnic. Elmer Wisherd was born on December 1, 1920, in North Dakota. Shortly thereafter, his family moved to a farm in Bruce, Wisconsin. When World War II broke out, he enlisted in the Army, hoping to become a pilot. That dream was not realized, but he became an aviation mechanic and, eventually, a crew chief on Douglas C-47 Dakota aircraft. This is his story. I was inducted into the Army on September 12, 1942, an... more »

Empire Killer: Why the B-29 Superfortress Was Such a Big Deal

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Americas* [image: By United States Army Air Forces - United States Air Force Historical Research Agency - Maxwell AFB, Alabama from] The winning war machine of World War II? *Key point: *These bombers were better protected than their predecessors and could drop a lot of explosives. Here's how they served in both theaters. The Boeing B-29 Superfortress was a game changer. First rolling off the assembly line as a production aircraft in July 1943, the Superfortress was the answer to America’s need for a high-level long-range strategic bomber. Con... more »

Meet the Mortar: A Deadly 600-Year-Old Weapon

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *Technology, World* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC2A1G9M27AD&share=true] Here today, here tomorrow? *Key point: *This weapon has evolved but its use has remained similar. It is a very important way for infantry to attack each other. The mortar is perhaps the oldest surviving ordnance piece developed during the Middle Ages. The earliest known forerunner to the mortar, introduced by Spanish Muslims about ad 1250, was essentially an iron-reinforced bucket that hurled stones with gunpowder. These weapons w... more »

How Hundreds of Secret Special Submarine Missions Helped Win World War II

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* [image: By Unknown author - Unknown source, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2577787] An impressive feat. *Key point: *Submarines delivered badly needed supplies and also special forces. They also, of course, sunk enemy ships. Sunsets over Manila Bay are nothing less than spectacular. Once the sun dips below the horizon there is a lingering illumination known as “blue hour” as the sky gradually shifts from pale azure to deep indigo before fading completely into the black tropical night. But for the men of USS... more »

Comey Briefed Clapper on Flynn-Kislyak Call as a Result of Pen Register on Flynn Phone…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 10 hours ago
First things first: ♦Understand Obama’s Surveillance Operation HERE. ♦Michael Flynn wasn’t under a FISA (Title-1) HERE …. that’s the background. The riddle of how the White House discovered the telephone call and subsequent content between Michael Flynn and Russian Ambassador … Continue reading →

Biden Concedes Domestic Policy to Sanders, Forms Task Forces Packed With Radicals

R. Cort Kirkwood at rss - 10 hours ago
[image: biden-concedes-domestic-policy-to-sanders-forms-task-forces-packed-with-radicals] It looks like Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden might get that $100 million pay-off after all.

Police Officer: No-go Zones Are “Now Foreign Enclaves ... at War With France and With Western Civilization”

Selwyn Duke at rss - 10 hours ago
[image: police-officer-no-go-zones-are-now-foreign-enclaves-at-war-with-france-and-with-western-civilization] No-go zones, areas in European nations where civil law has broken down and to some extent been replaced by Sharia law and where authorities often fear to tread, were once dismissed as a rightist “myth.”

America Needs to Be More Flexible When Dealing with North Korea

Yangmo Ku at The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Yangmo Ku* *Security, Asia* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2017%3Anewsml_RC12E8B25490&share=true] Upfront denuclearization simply isn't possible. In 2018, the relationship between the United States and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), despite having been largely adversarial since the Korean War, dramatically changed from ever-escalating military tension to an unprecedented series of summits. The shift occurred primarily due to South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s active mediation between the United States and North Korea, DPRK... more »

What Were the Top-Secret 'Special Missions' Of U.S. Submarines During World War II?

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* [image: USS Seawolf (SS-197) - Periscope photograph of a sinking Japanese ship, torpedoed by Seawolf in the Philippines-East Indies area during the fall of 1942. U.S. Navy.] They undertook over 300 of them. Sunsets over Manila Bay are nothing less than spectacular. Once the sun dips below the horizon there is a lingering illumination known as “blue hour” as the sky gradually shifts from pale azure to deep indigo before fading completely into the black tropical night. But for the men of USS *Seawolf* there was no blue hour that warm Janua... more »

Only One Member Of Congress Voted Against World War II. Who Was It?

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Americas* [image: Miss Jeannette Rankin, of Montana, speaking from the balcony of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, Monday, April 2, 1917. Library Of Congress/C. T. Chapman.] Congresswoman Jeannette Rankin was the lone voice of dissent after Pearl Harbor. On December 8, 1941, America was still shocked by news of war. President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared that the day before had been “a date which will live in infamy” because of the “unprovoked and dastardly attack” by Japan on Pearl Harbor. He noted that it was not a single... more »

No Matter Who Wins in 2020, North Korean-U.S. Relations Will Remain Stuck

Michael J. Seth at The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Michael J. Seth* *Security, Asia* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2015%3Anewsml_GM1EB2H0PXS01&share=true] The decades-old patterns will continue. No matter what changes the Trump Administration or a president-elect Biden makes, U.S.-North Korean relations are unlikely break out of the pattern of the past several decades of alternating between moves toward détente and renewed tensions. Further summit talks and negotiations are possible as is the testing an ICBM or a nuclear weapon. Neither will likely change this pattern because situation the Ki... more »

Seamstresses Unite to Fight COVID-19 on Navajo and Hopi Nations

Unknown at CENSORED NEWS - 10 hours ago
. Theresa Hatathlie-Delmar Coalmine Mine Mesa By Cassandra Begay navahopicovid.smedia@gmail.com www.navajohopisolidarity.org Censored News May 15, 2020 TÓ NANEESDIZÍ, DINÉTAH, (TUBA CITY, NAVAJO NATION) — Diné (Navajo) seamstresses have organized to fight COVID-19 with resourcefulness, creativity, and sewing machines having created and distributed over 18,000 masks to

FOX: MCSO Investigating Missing ASU Professor’s Homicide Leads to Landfill

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 10 hours ago
An investigation into the murder of a man who reportedly worked at Arizona State University has led Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office investigators to a landfill in the Valley. In a brief statement the Sheriff’s Office announced earlier this week that Junseok Chae went missing earlier this year, and investigators later determined he was the victim […] The post FOX: MCSO Investigating Missing ASU Professor’s Homicide Leads to Landfill appeared first on Health Nut News.

ACLU takes a stand for eliminating due process and for kangaroo courts

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 10 hours ago
The ACLU is saying that requiring fair trails for men accused of sexual assaults would "inflict significant harm" on and "dramatically undermine" the rights of alleged victims. Prior to Betsy DeVos's new regulations colleges could take a woman's complaint and not let the man defend himself. He couldn't ask the woman questions, he couldn't have a public hearing, and he couldn't introduce evidence in his own defense. There is a lot of debate about just what fraction of rape accusations are false. Many say that only a few percent, 10 at the most, of accusations of rape are false. Bu... more »

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