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Thomas Paine

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

19 May - Blogs I'm Following - 5 of 5

10 pm MDT

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 21 hours ago
*by Noah* *Dateline Washington, DC:* President Donald Trump, America's leading advocate for the coronavirus took to the White House Rose Garden today to proudly announce the transmission of at least 2,000,000 cases of the virus along with a death toll of 100,000 American citizens. Speaking before a small assemblage of reporters and pointing to his Transmission Accomplished" banner, the president said: I, me, um, I, I'm before you today to say that we have prevailed. I have achieved what no other world leader has been able to do. Look at my banner. I am one proud boy about this. ... more »

Ukraine prosecutor offered information related to Biden in exchange for ambassador’s ouster, newly released materials show

kevinklif323 at The Duran - 21 hours ago
New materials released by House Democrats appear to show Ukraine’s top prosecutor offering an associate of President Trump’s personal attorney, Rudolph W. Giuliani, damaging information related to former vice president Joe Biden if the Trump administration recalled the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. The text messages and documents provided to Congress by former Giuliani associate Lev […] More The post Ukraine prosecutor offered information related to Biden in exchange for ambassador’s ouster, newly released materials show appeared first on The Duran.

Why Chinese beer will no longer be as Aussie as before

Kath Sullivan at Just In - 21 hours ago
Australia's barley trade with one of the most lucrative markets in the world has effectively ended overnight. Here's why farmers can't just sell it for the same price somewhere else.

Man fined over 'repulsive' coronavirus coughing stunt at police station

Claudia Jambor at Just In - 21 hours ago
William West, 21, is sentenced over charges stemming from a "joke" that involved him falsely claiming to have COVID-19 and deliberately coughing on a 71-year-old police employee.

Fire pits OK for winter in Brisbane, but only on a trial basis

Jessica Hinchliffe at Just In - 21 hours ago
The Brisbane City Council temporarily lifts restrictions on backyard fire pits this winter to allow residents to enjoy the outdoor heaters without being fined.

An In-Depth Look At American Propaganda, Operation Mockingbird, & Mind Control

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 21 hours ago
Originally posted on Nwo Report: Source: Mac Slavo Even though most Americans now realize that the mainstream media lies to them and uses propaganda to push the enslavement narrative of the ruling class elitists, most still consume it. Many others still know things aren’t right, but don’t use the critical thinking skills necessary to ever…

Is This A True Conspiracy or Just Disinformation: A New Pandemic? Two Trailblazing COVID-19 Researchers Dead in a Month

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 21 hours ago
Originally posted on Phi Quyền Chính - Anarchism: The Tao Of Anarchy: PQC: Why did THEY want these two Trailblazing COVID-19 dead? To steal their works? Or to slow down and delay the “cure”? Or to close the lid on an even bigger secret than just the mere “vaccines?” … Think hard Folks!…

Join the dots – Jacinda Adern, the WHO and Agenda 2030

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 21 hours ago
Originally posted on Red Sky in the morning: For those wondering why Jacinda Adern passed the Covid-19 Health Response Bill, granting herself power that no political leader should have, here’s the clip of her selling NZ to the UN. I’ve been watching her and keeping tabs on the Agenda 2030 stuff. Here she is, in…

DAS KAPITAL: Tidal Wave Of Delinquent Mortgages Set To Surpass Great Recession

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 21 hours ago
Originally posted on RIELPOLITIK: Source – zerohedge.com – “…This is an unprecedented event,” said Susan Wachter, professor of real estate and finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in comments last month. She also points out another way the current crisis is different from the 2008 GFC: “The great financial crisis happened…

Dissident Circles Too Often Become Another Nerdy Hobby Group

Caitlin Johnstone at Caitlin Johnstone - 21 hours ago
On the whole and in general, anti-establishment circles are just another nerdy hobby group. Leftist groups, populist groups, conspiracy analysis groups, groups centered around revolutionary ideas–if you actually look at them and look at what’s actually happening in the discussions therein, most of the time […]

The Warp Speed Push for Coronavirus Vaccines

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 21 hours ago
A convergence of corrupt special interests are rushing to push untested and incredibly dangerous vaccines on the public before anyone has time to realize what is really happening or stop it. *May 19, 2020* (F. William Engdahl - NEO) - The US White House has appointed a coronavirus “Vaccine Czar” from Big Pharma to oversee something dubbed Operation Warp Speed. The goal is to create and produce 300 million doses of a new vaccine to supposedly immunize the entire US population by year-end against COVID-19. To be sure that Big Pharma companies give their all to the medical Manhattan P... more »

Medicaid Providers At The End Of The Line For Federal COVID Funding

Yves Smith at naked capitalism - 21 hours ago
Neglecting facilities that serve Medicaid patients in the Covid-19 rescues puts health infrastructure for the poor at risk of collapse.

Two A-10s Flying And Diving Together (Video)

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 21 hours ago

What COVID-19’s Pandemic Revealed: a Morally Bankrupt Culture

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 22 hours ago
May 18, 2020 by TMH Sharing is caring! Charles Hugh Smith | Of Two Minds Hat Tip: Gulag Bound Monopolies, quasi-monopolies, and cartels are inherently exploitive and thus evil. Bill Gates, Francis Collins, Anthony Fauci What was “normal” for the past two decades was to turn a blind eye to the moral and financial bankruptcy of … Continue reading What COVID-19’s Pandemic Revealed: a Morally Bankrupt Culture →

Unanswered Questions: Trump’s Ties to Soros, Organized Crime and the Chinese

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 22 hours ago
Terresa Monroe-Hamilton NoisyRoom.net There are a number of things about Donald Trump that I find beyond troubling. The tipping point for me was when Trump started claiming he was ‘flexible’, just like Obama was with Vladimir Putin. But that is not the only thing that has given me pause during this nomination process. I have … Continue reading Unanswered Questions: Trump’s Ties to Soros, Organized Crime and the Chinese →

A World Health Crisis? – So Ramp Up Confrontation and Deploy Nuclear Bombers

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 22 hours ago
Brian Cloughley May 12, 2020 The Pentagon is excelling itself in its enthusiastic march to war. There are countless thousands suffering from the effects of the Covid-19 virus, including hundreds of members of the U.S. armed services, while the world’s despots are relishing their freedom to persecute minorities, and the poor and downtrodden are … Continue reading A World Health Crisis? – So Ramp Up Confrontation and Deploy Nuclear Bombers →

Tweets For Today

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 22 hours ago
For the latest developments around the coronavirus outbreak, follow @Reuters Liveblog https://t.co/cEBwkoEQ5P pic.twitter.com/WVeMbPIefm — Reuters (@Reuters) May 19, 2020 #UPDATES US records 759 new #coronavirus deaths in the previous 24 hours, marking a second day of decline, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, with the figure at 8:30 pm (0030 GMT) one of the lowest in recent weeks pic.twitter.com/S5F3hD9BIB — AFP news agency (@AFP) May 19, 2020 ‘Time for preparation’: Top WHO doctor warns of second deadly #COVID19 wave this fall@WHOhttps://t.co/XXftiJ5iBd — Sputn... more »

100 Australians have died from COVID-19. Here are some of their stories

Brad Ryan, Loretta Florance, Mary Gearin And Kate Higgins at Just In - 22 hours ago
They're frequently referred to by number rather than by name. But each of the 100 strokes on Australia's coronavirus fatality count represents a rich life cut short and a family stricken by sorrow.

Could more flexible working-from-home arrangements ease Hobart's traffic congestion?

Alexandra Humphries at Just In - 22 hours ago
New figures show fewer people are travelling on Hobart's roads and buses due to coronavirus, leading to suggestions more flexible working arrangements should continue long after the pandemic is over.

How the coronavirus crisis is unveiling the compelling power of street art

Just In - 22 hours ago
Street artists all over the world have ventured out into quiet streets and left behind vibrant, thought-provoking, amusing commentary on the coronavirus crisis, writes Tyson Mitman.

Newly found 85yo video shows last-known Tasmanian tiger months before its death

Emily Baker at Just In - 22 hours ago
New vision of Tasmania's last captive thylacine is unearthed by tiger enthusiasts digging through the National Film and Sound Archives.

Doctor disputes Qantas suggestion that coronavirus risk on an aircraft is 'extremely low'

David Chau at Just In - 22 hours ago
Qantas says social distancing on planes is not part of the new measures introduced to prevent the spread of COVID-19 on its flights, but a virologist says she disagrees with the claim that flights will be "extremely low" risk for virus transmission.

'Can't run on fresh air': Tourism industry ramps up pressure on Queensland Premier to open borders

Kristy Sexton-McGrath And Kier Shorey at Just In - 22 hours ago
Annastacia Palaszczuk is called on to address uncertainty surrounding when Queensland's borders will open, with tourism operators saying continued restrictions will push them to the point of no return.

'You have lied to Chinese people': Disgraced swimmer Sun Yang loses online fans after eight-year ban

Alan Weedon And Iris Zhao at Just In - 22 hours ago
Chinese swimmer Sun Yang — whose individual record is second only to that of Michael Phelps — is beginning to see a drop in his domestic fans following his eight-year ban from the sport.

COVID-19 like three different diseases, says New York doctor

Cathy Johnson at Just In - 22 hours ago
COVID-19 is continuing to surprise and baffle health experts, with new symptoms leaving doctors feeling they are facing a terrifying fire, burning out of control, says one US medic.

Australia's new deputy chief medical officer begins her toughest assignment

Kristian Silva at Just In - 22 hours ago
Ruth Vine faces the daunting task of overseeing Australia's mental health response to the coronavirus pandemic, and warns the country will experience "rolling phases" of despair in the months ahead.

'Bad luck' says WA Premier as he rebuffs eastern states pressure to open border

Eliza Laschon at Just In - 22 hours ago
WA Premier Mark McGowan tells leaders in the eastern states "bad luck" as he insists WA's hard border closure will remain in place for "months to come".

'Carnage everywhere': Out-of-control truck destroys house south of Adelaide

Bension Siebert at Just In - 22 hours ago
A neighbour says he grabbed his daughter and dived for cover when he saw the out-of-control vehicle approaching his front yard, before it slammed into his car and then into the house next door.

New laws to force coughers and spitters to be tested for coronavirus

Josh Bavas at Just In - 22 hours ago
Anyone accused of coughing or spitting on a person could soon face mandatory testing for COVID-19, as the Queensland Government moves to close a loophole in its response to the pandemic.

Australia has reached 100 coronavirus deaths, and there's only one territory that has escaped fatalities

Just In - 22 hours ago
Australia's coronavirus death tally has risen to 100, and the latest victim comes from the Sydney nursing home at the centre of one of the country's worst coronavirus fatality clusters.

China says Trump trying to cover up his own 'incompetence' in threat against WHO

Just In - 22 hours ago
Beijing says a letter from US President Donald Trump to the World Health Organization claiming China pressed it not to declare a COVID-19 emergency is slanderous and he is merely trying to cover up his Government's own "incompetence" in dealing with the pandemic.

May 19th – 2020 Presidential Politics – Trump Administration Day #1216

sundance at The Last Refuge - 22 hours ago
In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Donald Trump Administration and … Continue reading →

Tuesday May 19th – Open Thread

sundance at The Last Refuge - 22 hours ago
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those … Continue reading →

The COVID Lockdown Ends When ‘We The People’ Withdraw Our Consent…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 22 hours ago
The power of government comes from the people; or as we say in the U.S. “from the consent of the governed.” When the people lead, the politicians are forced to follow. Without implied consent the municipal or state government has … Continue reading →

US COVID-19 Deaths Exceed 90,000

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 22 hours ago
*The Hill:* *US coronavirus death toll tops 90,000* *The coronavirus has killed at least 90,000 people in the U.S.* The death toll, based on Johns Hopkins data, is by far the largest in the world, though numbers from China have been met with skepticism. Following the U.S., the United Kingdom is second in official deaths with nearly 35,000, followed by Italy with roughly 32,000. The U.S. total of 90,312, which happened in just over three months, also far surpasses the number of people who died due to seasonal influenza this year, which the Centers for Disease Control and Preventi... more »

Rottenberg’s last 6 months were busy, and were over before the storm

Dan Flynn at Food Safety News - 22 hours ago
In March, when Mindy M. Brashears became the fifth Senate-confirmed USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety and Paul Kiecker moved up to be theUSDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service Administrator, it’s likely neither could have imaged the meat industry crisis that was in store for them. But just as former FSIS Administrator Carmen Rottenberg left... Continue Reading

Salmonella outbreak linked to cafe; mushroom poisonings also reported

News Desk at Food Safety News - 22 hours ago
More than 30 people have fallen ill from Salmonella poisoning in a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. Officials are investigating a link to Lincoln Bakery Café in Carlton. The shop was closed on May 8. A total of 36 people who are thought to have eaten there before onset of symptoms are affected with enquiries ongoing... Continue Reading

Food safety award from NACCHO for 2020 goes to Southern Nevada Health District

News Desk at Food Safety News - 22 hours ago
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), the voice of the nation’s nearly 3,000 local governmental health departments, announced that the Southern Nevada Health District in Nevada is the recipient of the 2020 Samuel J. Crumbine Consumer Protection Award for Excellence in Food Protection at the local level. This award is given... Continue Reading

EFSA: Ochratoxin A in food likely poses health risk; licorice cited

News Desk at Food Safety News - 22 hours ago
Ochratoxin A in food poses a health concern for most consumer groups, according to a European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) assessment. Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a mycotoxin naturally produced by molds that can be found in foodss such as cereals, preserved meats, fresh and dried fruit, and cheese. Data available since an opinion in 2006... Continue Reading

Federal foes and entrenched bureaucracy in the Aussie vaccine war

Editor, cairnsnews at Cairns News - 22 hours ago
A federal board of control over medical practitioners that few have heard about is calling the shots in the vaccine war threatening any doctor who challenges the efficacy of vaccination with disqualification or prosecution. The COAG Health Council oversees the National Scheme under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (the National Law). Health Ministers from […]

Donald Trump’s Bigotry

Eric Zuesse at The Duran - 23 hours ago
Eric Zuesse, originally posted at The Saker U.S. President Donald Trump is bigoted against many peoples, but especially against Shias such as Houthis in Yemen, and such as against the entire nation and culture that is Iran, which likewise is overwhelmingly Shia. Against those people, it’s a genocidal hatred, which is limited only by what […] More The post Donald Trump’s Bigotry appeared first on The Duran.

Australian Daily Wind Power Generation Data – Monday 18th May 2020

TonyfromOz at PA Pundits – International - 23 hours ago
By Anton Lang ~ This Post details the daily wind power generation data for the AEMO coverage area in Australia. For the background information, refer to the Introductory Post at this link. Each image is shown here at a smaller size to fit on the page alongside the data for that day. If you click […]

Patriot Humor – Obama Spotted

PA Pundits - International at PA Pundits – International - 23 hours ago
Obama SpottedFor ExampleTransparentHerd ImmunityFailFirst Things FirstHow Many Russians?CountingTwo ReasonsSocial Distancing Guidelines2020CuteGet ReadyDoc’s AdviceNew Normal Read more excellent articles at The Patriot Post

The Dark Side Of Renewable Electricity

PA Pundits - International at PA Pundits – International - 23 hours ago
By Ronald Stein ~ The “Praise the Lord” (PTL) empire that preacher Jim Bakker built with wife Tammy crumbled thirty years ago. Today, it seems like we’re being mesmerized again in the press and social media with the rhetoric about dispensing with the thousands of products from petroleum derivatives so we can save the world from human destruction […]

Energy And Environmental Newsletter – May 18th 2020

PA Pundits - International at PA Pundits – International - 23 hours ago
By John Droz, Jr ~ This is the latest Energy Related newsletter from John Droz. COVID-19 re Therapies and Vaccine: Sorrento finds a coronavirus antibody that blocks viral infection 100% A tale of 2 drugs: Lives sacrificed on the altar of money & power Doctors Say HCQ Has ‘90% Chance’ Of Helping COVID Patients Doctors […]

Picture Of The Day

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
Aerial view of queues of shoppers maintaining distance as a preventive measure against the novel coronavirus outside a municipal market in the Peruvian city of Piura, 1,000 km north of Lima on 29 April 2020. As of 29 April there were 33,931 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Peru and 943 deaths. © AFP 2020 / Sebastian Enriquez *WNU Editor*: The above picture is from this photo-gallery .... *Keeping Virus at Bay: How People Across the Globe Respect Social Distancing Rules* (Sputnik).

Coronavirus Is Increasing the Toll on America's Caregivers

Erin E. Kent at The National Interest - 23 hours ago
*Erin E. Kent* *Health, Americas* America's 53 million caregivers face new worries due to the coronavirus, including whether they can still assist their vulnerable relatives and friends. I’m studying how the COVID-19 pandemic is changing caregiving. Immunocompromised people, seniors with dementia and anyone with a chronic disease are more likely to experience the most severe COVID-19 symptoms. Caregivers face new worries due to the coronavirus, including whether they can still assist their vulnerable relatives and friends and what they should do if they themselves or someone the... more »

Coronavirus: Why the Sudden Loss of Smell Is a Reason to Self-Isolate

Jane Parker, Carl Philpott, Tristram Wyatt at The National Interest - 23 hours ago
*Jane Parker, Carl Philpott, Tristram Wyatt* *Health, * Waking up and not being able to smell the coffee could be a sign of COVID-19. Waking up and not being able to smell the coffee could be a sign of COVID-19. The World Health Organization recently announced that a sudden loss of sense of smell (anosmia) should be added to the symptoms of COVID-19. The UK government has just done that, stating: “From today, all individuals should self-isolate if they develop a new continuous cough or fever or anosmia.” The inclusion of sudden anosmia is important as it may be an early – and s... more »

Coronavirus Is Not a Bioweapon—but Bioterrorism Is a Real Future Threat

Trushar R. Patel, Michael Hilary D'Souza at The National Interest - 23 hours ago
*Trushar R. Patel, Michael Hilary D'Souza* *Coronavirus, Americas* The pandemic’s effect on the world isn’t that of a conventional attack on government targets or the military. Rather, it’s a widespread and indiscriminate attack on global citizens and the economy. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has far-reaching implications as Canadians face unemployment, diminishing returns on their purchasing power and the prospect of an ensuing recession. These challenges will be faced in the coming year despite stimulus packages announced by the Canadian government to mitigate the downturn. U... more »

World War II History Facts: How U.S. Navy Submarines Foiled Japan's Leyte Gulf Invasion Plans

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 23 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* Darter and Dace, a pair of intrepid U.S. submarines, wreaked havoc on the Japanese Navy in the Palawan Passage during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. As soon as he arrived on the bridge of the submarine USS *Dace*, Lt. Cmdr. Rafael C. Benitez, the vessel’s executive officer, was handed a dispatch from USS *Darter*, *Dace*’s sister: “Fast ships on northeasterly course.” Benitez knew exactly what it meant. “Fast ships” was shorthand for enemy warships, as opposed to the marus, the slow and bulky Japanese cargo vessels. *Dace* had already torpedoe... more »

How the Coronavirus Impacts Home Health Care

Madhuri Reddy, Nathan Stall, Paula Rochon at The National Interest - 23 hours ago
*Madhuri Reddy, Nathan Stall, Paula Rochon* *Health, Americas* Over 5 million people in the U.S. currently receive paid home care. And now, not only must home care continue for older adults, and for those with disabilities, but many people with COVID-19 will need it too. Physicians, health care experts and the media spent considerable time focused on hospital capacity since the start of the COVID-19 crisis. Nursing homes received less attention, until thousands of deaths revealed a shocking risk for older adults and those who care for them. Another sector receiving little attenti... more »

How the Allies Doomed Hitler at the French Town of Mortain

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 23 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2004%3Anewsml_PBEAHUOILFV&share=true] A battle that put yet another nail into the coffin of the Third Reich. *Key point: *The Nazis were trying to push back the Allies. But D-Day had succeeded and any new offensives Berlin could not last. A column of German Mark V Panther tanks advanced through a thick fog north of the French town of Mortain, blindly firing their machine guns. Suddenly, the lead panzer took a hit from an unseen American antitank round, penetrating the fr... more »

Innovation By Accident: How Japan's 'Diving Shells' Joined World War II

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 23 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* USS Boise’s near destruction at Cape Esperance by an underwater shell hit had not been a fluke. The eight-inch shell that penetrated the cruiser’s hull and threatened to blow up her forward magazines was a Type 91 armor-piercing shell, which had been designed to continue through the water when it fell short of its target and penetrate the ship’s hull below the waterline. The damage done by this type of projectile, sometimes called a “diving shell,” was intended to be more like that inflicted by a torpedo than by a conventional shell. The... more »

In 1942, America Needed a Victory. The Battle of Cape Esperance Was It.

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 23 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* [image: U.S. Navy sailor W.R. Martin points out details of the Japanese trophy flags painted on the pilothouse of the light cruiser USS Boise (CL-47) as a scoreboard of enemy ships claimed sunk in the Battle of Cape Esperance, 11-12 October 1942. U.S. Navy.] U.S. cruisers and destroyers defeated a Japanese naval contingent off Cape Esperance during the Guadalcanal campaign. “One large, two small vessels, one six miles from Savo off northern beach, Guadalcanal. Will investigate closer.” The message, from Lieutenant John A. Thomas, pilot ... more »

Why Japan's Zero Fighter Was so Good When It First Appeared

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 23 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2002%3Anewsml_RP3DRHZTHRAA&share=true] It took the Allies by surprise. *Key point: *Tokyo's plane was far more agile and deadly that some arrogant American war planners believed possible. But eventually, they learned and were able to build better planes to counter it. The psychological and military shock that the Allies experienced when they first encountered Mitsubishi’s legendary A6M2 Zero fighter plane at the beginning of the Pacific War may be difficult to understand t... more »

Nazi Germany's Industrial War Machine Could Not Stand Against America's

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 23 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* Despite running an organized and effecient army, Adolf Hitler's war machine couldn't quite compete with the Allies when it came to the factory. *“Hitler’s generals, raised on the dogma of Clausewitz and Moltke, could not understand that war is won in the factory.” — Joseph Stalin, 1949.* The development of mechanized fighting forces as a key element of modern warfare underwent a major transition during World War 2, as determined by the numbers of motor vehicles and armored fighting vehicles (AFV) built and engaged. Mechanized capabiliti... more »

352 Dead: Meet One of Nazi Germany's Most Dreaded Fighter Aces

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 23 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C1996%3Anewsml_PBEAHUMUJES&share=true] And he outlived the war too. *Key point: *Shockingly enough this ace lived on after the war. Here is what happened to him. By May 8, 1945, Adolf Hitler had been dead for more than a week. Germany was in the act of formally surrendering to the Soviets and the Western Allies, so occupying Red Army troops in the eastern German town of Brunn were not expecting to witness what may have been World War II’s last dogfight over Europe. They... more »

Meet Commando Kelly: The First Man To Earn The Medal Of Honor In World War II Europe

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 23 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* A hero in combat, 'Commando' Charles Kelly battled demons at home after winning the Medal of Honor in the European Theater. He killed 40 Germans in less than an hour. The next day, he earned the Medal of Honor for killing more. Commando Kelly did it by becoming a one-man army, holding back scores of German soldiers who surrounded the house where he was trapped with 30 other GIs. He used every weapon he could find—three Browning Automatic Rifles (BARs), a Thompson submachine gun, a Springfield rifle dating from World War I, a carbine, an... more »

Quote of the Day

vonMesser at 'Nox & Friends - 23 hours ago

Rodrigo Duterte’s war on COVID-19 is a war on the Filipino people

Justin Umali at New Mandala - 23 hours ago
Reports emerging of anti-communist attacks in cities and rural areas, arrests of activists and union members, and military action in spite of a declared ceasefire. The post Rodrigo Duterte’s war on COVID-19 is a war on the Filipino people appeared first on New Mandala.

President Trump Gives World Health Organization 30 Days For 'Improvements'. Threatens Permanent Funding Freeze, End Of U.S. Membership

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
This is the letter sent to Dr. Tedros of the World Health Organization. It is self-explanatory! pic.twitter.com/pF2kzPUpDv — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 19, 2020 *The Hill:* *Trump threatens permanent freeze on WHO funding without 'major' reforms within 30 days* President Trump on Monday threatened to permanently halt U.S. funding for the World Health Organization (WHO) if the body does not commit to "major substantive improvements" in the next 30 days. The president, in a letter to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, levied a series of allegations that t... more »

Anti-Semitism And The Far Right

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
The Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research and education organization and on Friday Daniel Greenberg rote up one of their surveys about what single word people associate with Señor Trumpanzee. "More than six in ten (62%) responded with a negative term, while one in four (26%) provided a positive word and 12% were neutral. Looking among Americans who are negative to Trump, they can be categorized into four separate groups. One-third (33%) criticized Trump’s intellect, maturity, and preparedness for the office of the presidency. A similar amou... more »

Secondary Confirmation – Treasury Whistleblower Complaint Aligns Directly With President Obama’s Political Surveillance Activity…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 1 day ago
An exclusive Treasury Department whistleblower outline in the Ohio Star is almost an absolute match to our research {Go Deep} on how President Obama constructed the political surveillance network during his second term. According to the article in mid-December 2015 … Continue reading →

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