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Thomas Paine

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Saturday, June 20, 2020

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WHO'S THE MEDIA'S DADDY?

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 6 hours ago
I spotted this exchange on Twitter a little while ago: They want him to win https://t.co/dhTnxhaDIB — Oliver Willis (@owillis) June 20, 2020 Is that it? Do mainstream politcal journalists really want Trump to win? Their coverage of Trump has been quite negative throughout his term; I wouldn't say that "they want him to win." But what he's doing right now resonates with them on an almost unconscious level. He seems like an assertive Man of Action, making things happen in Tulsa, generating great copy. He may not be the candidate they want to win, but he's the candidate they clearly ... more »

With Land Purchase, Tesla Factory Near Austin Looks Likely

Stephen Silver at The National Interest - 6 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *economy, Americas* [image: Reuters] Tesla founder Elon Musk said earlier this spring that he was eying the "Central USA" for the company's next factory. Earlier this week, an Austin newspaper reported that Travis County was in talks with Tesla to bring a factory to the area, with Travis County Commissioners Court likely to vote in the coming weeks on whether to approve the deal. Tesla founder Elon Musk said earlier this spring that he was eying the "Central USA" for the company's next factory. Earlier this week, an Austin newspaper reported that Travis County wa... more »

Sorry, But The Legendary Sniper Battle Of Stalingrad Never Happened

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 6 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *History, * British historian Frank Ellis, in his 2013 book The Stalingrad Cauldron skillfully shoots the story full of holes. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *So why the legend of Zaitsev versus Konig? Because propaganda is as formidable and useful a weapon as a rifle or tank. In the hands of a skilled writer such as Vasily Grossman, who wrote that Zaitsev had never hurt a living creature until motivated by hatred of the German invaders, the Soviet people could find a hero to inspire them in the long and bloody struggle against Nazi Germany. *More From The ... more »

Why Britain's World War II Queen Elizabeth-Class Battleships Were Worthy Of Their Namesake

Robert Farley at The National Interest - 6 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, Europe* A very successful capital ship. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *In the Pacific *Queen Elizabeth* helped escort carrier attack groups against Japanese targets in the Dutch East Indies. With Allied naval supremacy assured, it returned to Great Britain in July 1945, and was placed in reserve. Even after reconstruction, *Queen Elizabeth* could make little contribution to the postwar navy, and it was scrapped in 1948. *More From The National Interest: * *Yes, America Has a ‘Ninja’ Missile * *How China Could Sink a U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier ... more »

Four Decisions Could Have Won Imperial Germany World War I

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 6 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, Europe* Don't underestimate the power of Imperial Germany.​*Here's What You Need To Remember: *It is also easy to assume that German defeat was inevitable at the hands of an Allied coalition richer in manpower, weapons and money. Yet Germany nearly captured Paris in 1914, crushed Serbia and Romania, bled the French Army until it mutinied, drove Russia out of the war, and then came oh-so-close to victory on the Western Front in 1918. Don't underestimate the power of Imperial Germany. *More From The National Interest: * *Yes, America Has a ‘Ninja’ Mis... more »

President Trump Impromptu Presser Departing The White House – Video and Quotes…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 6 hours ago
Chopper pressers are the best pressers. Departing the White House for Tulsa, Oklahoma, President Trump paused to answer a few questions from the assembled press pool: . [Partial Quotes] – On US Attorney Berman firing : “That’s all up to … Continue reading →

The Daily "Near You?"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
Gilmer, Texas, USA. Thanks for stopping by!

The Poet: Jorge Luis Borges, "Time"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
*"Time"* "Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire." - Jorge Luis Borges Hans Zimmer, "Time"

"Perhaps It's Just As Well..."

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
"It's extraordinary how we go through life with eyes half shut, with dull ears, with dormant thoughts. Perhaps it's just as well; and it may be that it is this very dullness that makes life to the incalculable majority so supportable and so welcome." - Joseph Conrad, "Lord Jim"

"Covid-19 Pandemic Updates 6/20/20"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
*"Covid-19 Pandemic **Updates 6/20/20" * *- Frequently **Updated* Please visit these sites often for the very latest Covid-19 Pandemic and Economic news and information. ○ *- https://www.zerohedge.com/* *JUN 20, 2020 2:47 PM: *"6 Trump Campaign Staffers Test Positive For COVID-19 Hours Before Tulsa Rally: Live Updates" ○ - *https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/* ○ *Click image for larger size.* *6/20/20, 12:33:28 PM. **For updates click here:* *- https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html* ○ - COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC ○ - https://ncov2019.live/data

An overview of Cairo and Zamalek from the Nile [Flickr]

Kodak Agfa at Egyptian Chronicles - 6 hours ago
Kodak Agfa posted a photo: [image: An overview of Cairo and Zamalek from the Nile] An overview of some buildings in Cairo from River Nile, the buildings appearing in photos are Cairo Tower , Revolution Council Museum , Cairo Opera House , Egyptian state Television and Radio building and Egyptian foreign ministry building

A small Nile river ferry port in Egypt's Giza [Flickr]

Kodak Agfa at Egyptian Chronicles - 6 hours ago
Kodak Agfa posted a photo: [image: A small Nile river ferry port in Egypt's Giza] A small ferry port in a River Nile island in Egypt's Giza governorate whereas a fisherman and his wife pass by

A small Nile river ferry port in Egypt's Giza [Flickr]

Kodak Agfa at Egyptian Chronicles - 6 hours ago
Kodak Agfa posted a photo: [image: A small Nile river ferry port in Egypt's Giza] A small ferry port in a River Nile island in Egypt's Giza governorate whereas a fisherman and his wife pass by

A small Nile river ferry port in Egypt's Giza [Flickr]

Kodak Agfa at Egyptian Chronicles - 6 hours ago
Kodak Agfa posted a photo: [image: A small Nile river ferry port in Egypt's Giza] A small ferry port in a River Nile island in Egypt's Giza governorate

An overview of Egypt's Giza from the Nile [Flickr]

Kodak Agfa at Egyptian Chronicles - 6 hours ago
Kodak Agfa posted a photo: [image: An overview of Egypt's Giza from the Nile] A Nile River's bank in Giza governorate of Egypt

RSBN Trump Rally, Tulsa Oklahoma

E.M.Smith at Musings from the Chiefio - 6 hours ago
RSBN Live Coverage of the Trump Rally in Tulsa Oklahoma Continue reading →

🔴 LIVE: President Donald Trump Rally in Tulsa, OK 6/20/20 🔴

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 7 hours ago
Right Side Broadcasting Network 21,784 watching now Saturday, June 20, 2020: Join RSBN for LIVE all day coverage of President Donald Trump’s MAGA/KAG rally at the BOK Center in Tulsa, OK. Our live coverage will begin at 12:00 pm CDT, with President Trump scheduled to speak at 7:00 pm CDT. via 🔴 LIVE: President Donald … Continue reading 🔴 LIVE: President Donald Trump Rally in Tulsa, OK 6/20/20 🔴 →

Middle Finger Symphony Theater

Diogenes Sarcastica™ at Diogenes' Middle Finger - 7 hours ago
~ NO TUXEDOS REQUIRED ~ Brought To You By *BLUESJUNKY:* Chair of Music - Middle Finger Symphony Music Director

Black Lies Matter

Willis Eschenbach at Skating Under The Ice - 7 hours ago
On this lovely Juneteenth day, I’d like to celebrate how far-sighted and prescient Mr. Booker T. Washington was. Over a hundred years ago, in his 1911 book My Larger Education, he perfectly described the situation today with Black Lives Matter and other related movements: “There is another class of coloured people who make a business…

Labour Suspensions Over Leaked Antisemitism Report Include Former Senior Official Emilie Oldknow

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 7 hours ago
The Labour party has suspended former senior staffer Emilie Oldknow along with several others, amid an ongoing investigation into a leaked report into antisemitism in the party, Novara Media has learned.

Is Kashmir a US Trap to Confront Russia and China?

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 7 hours ago
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), founded in 2001 by the Shanghai Five (China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan) and to which Uzbekistan, India and Pakistan were later added would be the ALBA and Iran countries hard core of resistance to world hegemony of the United States and Great Britain. Consequently, the avowed objective of the United States would be to dynamite this organization, having Balochistan, Kashmir and Xinjiang as scenarios for its destabilizing operations.

Another Night Of Statue Toppling In The U.S.

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 7 hours ago
People just toppled the Junipero Serra statue in San Francisco. Serra founded the first nine Spanish missions in California. pic.twitter.com/YbfEzKMyjH — Shane Bauer (@shane_bauer) June 20, 2020 Nearby statue of Ulysses S. Grant is also toppled. He was a slave owner too, before the Civil War. That’s three for three this night. pic.twitter.com/Lyw6bXeOTO — Joe Rivano Barros (@jrivanob) June 20, 2020 Watch as anti-racist protesters tear down part of a confederate monument in front of Raleigh’s old capitol building. pic.twitter.com/lgZI00dm7O — Leigh Tauss (@LeighTauss) June 20, 2... more »

WOULD EARLY AMERICANS HAVE BELIEVED THAT MASK REQUIREMENTS INFRINGE ON FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS?

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 7 hours ago
In a few hours, President Trump will hold a large indoor rally in Oklahoma, a state where coronavirus cases are rising rapidly. Six members of the Trump campaign's advance team have already tested positive for the virus. An NBC story about the pre-rally crowd waiting to enter the arena is headlined "Outside Trump's Tulsa Rally Site, Few Face Masks and No Social Distancing." The crowd won't be required to wear masks during the event; undoubtedly, many of them believe that mask mandates are an unconstitutional infringement on basic American freedoms, and believe that the recent lockdo... more »

AG Bill Barr Responds to Berman: President Trump Fired You Effective Today – UPDATE Berman Responds: “I’m Leaving”…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 7 hours ago
Attorney General Bill Barr responds to SDNY U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman who announced his refusal to leave his position last night: …”Because you have declared that you have no intention of resigning, I have asked the President to remove you … Continue reading →

Must Watch – Trump Supporter Bruce Carter, Who Happens To Be Black, Busts CNN Using Him To Create Fake News – Video…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 7 hours ago
This video is buckets of priceless. During a Right Side Broadcast livestream interview of President Trump supporters at the Tulsa rally, RSBN journalist Liz Willis interviews Bruce Carter, a black Trump supporter. During the interview Ms. Willis mentions the media, … Continue reading →

Establishment Jewish groups’ faux support for anti-racism

contact@ifamericansknew.org at Israel Palestine News - 7 hours ago
Many Jewish groups in America are sending mixed signals: YES, we want to see an end to injustice for Black Americans; NO, we do not want to see the same for Palestinians.

Barr: Trump Has Removed Top Federal Prosecutor in Manhattan

AP News at Snopes.com - 7 hours ago
Attorney General William Barr told the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan that President Donald Trump has removed him from the high-profile job.

Wendy has driven the local school bus for 40 years. Then the kids stopped turning up

Lisa Millar at Just In - 7 hours ago
It's 8:00am and Wendy Welles starts the engine of her 18-seater bus for another school run. Except the pandemic means there are no kids to pick up, just a round trip to take in silence.

Michele Timms has won generations of basketball fans, now she's inspiring more

Just In - 7 hours ago
For a basketball legend and household name, Michele Timms is incredibly humble. She's now coaching kids, and as she tells Russell Jackson, she's relishing the opportunity to mould the next generation of players.

'I was chained to my desk constantly': What Australians have learned from lockdown

Erwin Renaldi, Alan Weedon, Jason Fang And Jarrod Fankhauser at Just In - 7 hours ago
As Australia slowly returns to a sense of normalcy, many people are reflecting on the subtle and large ways social-distancing restrictions have changed their lives for the better.

The three minutes that helped break down censorship in movies

Paul Donoughue at Just In - 7 hours ago
Why the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 movie is one of the most terrifying — and influential — three minutes in all of cinema history.

$100k degrees out, 100,000 extra students in: The good, great and terrible news in uni reform plan

David Speers at Just In - 7 hours ago
The Morrison Government isn't returning to its previous attempt at university deregulation, but there are a couple of similarities — and one great difference — in the latest approach laid out this week, writes David Speers.

MC Hammer puts into shocking focus our inaction on climate change

Michael Slezak at Just In - 7 hours ago
For thirty years we've completely failed to lower global emissions, despite the urging of top scientists. We don't have the luxury of failing for another 30, writes Michael Slezak.

When Justin's work dried up, he baked 262 carrot and banana loaves in eight weeks

Just In - 7 hours ago
You were in lockdown, so you baked. So did your neighbours, and your colleagues — and the whole pandemic-rattled world. But you didn't bake like Justin Mackee.

India is rapidly approaching 400,000 COVID-19 cases, but has 'no community transmission'

Erin Handley at Just In - 7 hours ago
India now has the fourth highest number of COVID-19 cases in the world and there are fears the country could become the next global hotspot for the deadly virus.

A Defunding Thought

Tom Cantine at A Blog of Tom - 8 hours ago
The other day in the shower, I suddenly had what seemed like a crazy idea, but I can't quite dismiss it from my head. When someone runs afoul of the criminal law, their first point of contact with the system is almost always the police, and this is necessarily an adversarial, conflict-ridden situation. Why do we do it this way? Obviously if the police are at the scene while a violent conflict is underway and they break up the fight, they're in a position to apprehend the suspect and hold them pending a bail hearing, but as a general procedure, do we actually need to send p... more »

Foreign Correspondent: Police Lessons From Cuba

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 8 hours ago
*Accountability by Nancy Ohanian* Contrary to the image of brutal and repressive communists, police in Cuba offer an instructive example for activists in the United States. *-by Reese Erlich* A group of muscular cops carrying semi-automatic pistols and batons slowly move through the crowd at the end of an outdoor salsa concert. My friends and I have a bottle of rum, and I think for sure the cops will confiscate it, and maybe even arrest us. Instead, the cops motion for us to drink up, and we quickly comply. They confiscate the glass bottle so it can’t be broken and used as a weap... more »

UPDATED: RCMP seems to have had a "special relationship" with Nova Scotia killer according to MacLean's

greencrow at Greencrow As The Crow Flies - 8 hours ago
*UPDATED: June 20, 2020:* * Northerntruthseeker *has picked up on this story and added a few very important details. *Please read his post HERE*. *A still from a video showing Gabriel Wortman* *in the Brink's yard on March 30, 2020.* My frequent commenter *Karmellis* has pointed me in the direction of this important BREAKING NEWS story published in *MacLean's Magazine*. Now, MacLean's magazine is a Canadian M*Z*M publication completely owned and operated by the Perp*Z*...I haven't read it in years. So, we have to be very skeptical about *why they published *this report. Was it t... more »

Dr. Eric Davis and Admiral Thomas Wilson - Redux

KRandle at A Different Perspective - 8 hours ago
The Devoid (Billy Cox), columnist at the *Miami Herald*, reignited the Admiral Thomas Wilson debate several days ago. Although it seemed that most of mainstream Ufology had realized that the story told by Dr. Eric Davis about his clandestine meeting with the Admiral was probably more hyperbole that truth, there are still those who believe the information is leading us to disclosure. You can read the article here: http://devoid.blogs.heraldtribune.com/16000/eric-who-the-admiral/#comment-588557 I bring all this up because, a while back, Dr. Davis had suggested, on *Coast-to-Coast*, t... more »

Yes, Chinese and Russian Nuclear Weapons Can Reach America

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, World* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2016%3Anewsml_S1AETDAHOFAA&share=true] That's detterence for you. *Key Point: *ICBMs can reach America, but U.S. nukes can reach Russia and China too. This is the essence of mutually-assured destruction. *More From The National Interest: * *Yes, America Has a ‘Ninja’ Missile * *How China Could Sink a U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier * *How the F-35 Stealth Fighter Almost Never Happened * *Russia Has Missing Nuclear Weapons Sitting on the Ocean Floor * U.S. missile defense has focuse... more »

Apple Is Closing Stores in Some States Due to Coronavirus (Florida, South Carolina and Others)

Stephen Silver at The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *Technology, * “Due to current Covid-19 conditions in some of the communities we serve, we are temporarily closing stores in these areas," Apple said in a statement to the media Friday. "We take this step with an abundance of caution as we closely monitor the situation and we look forward to having our teams and customers back as soon as possible." In mid-March, Apple closed all of its Apple Store locations outside China, due to the coronavirus pandemic. The company began to reopen stores the second week of May, and announced plans to open 100 more at the end of ... more »

The U.S. Army Loved the M1 Garand Rifle, But It Wasn't the Only Option

Peter Suciu at The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Security, Americas* [image: Wikimedia Commons] History could have been very different. The M1 Garand was easily the best main battle rifle of the Second World War, and it was praised by the GIs who carried it, but also by General Dwight D. Eisenhower who had described it as the weapon that won the war. The highest praise came from Gen. George S. Patton, who called the M-1 Garand rifle "the greatest battle implement ever devised." As The National Interest previously reported, the M1 Garand was, "Simple, sturdy, and well designed for its time, the Garand gave U.S. A... more »

How Much Will Coronavirus Damage China's Economy?

Clare Merrithew at The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Clare Merrithew* *Security, Asia* Can Beijing bounce back? The coronavirus crisis is getting out of hand across the world, with many countries already struggling to avert the catastrophic economic realities that the outbreak has caused. The deadly viral pneumonia has been worsening by the hour, prompting countries such as Italy, Spain, France, and Germany to lock down some of their urban centers. People all over the world are being advised to self-quarantine for at least a month and that has adversely affected consumer behavior. Manufacturing, supply chains, and service deliver... more »

Feb 2008 article of Shi Zhengli team: combining hiv system with cell lines expressing ACE2 of human, civet or horseshoe bat

Bob Dinn at balance10 - 8 hours ago
Difference in Receptor Usage between Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Coronavirus and SARS-Like Coronavirus of Bat Origin Wuze Ren, Xiuxia Qu, Wendong Li, Zhenggang Han, Meng Yu, Peng Zhou, Shu-Yi Zhang, Lin-Fa Wang, Hongkui Deng, Zhengli Shi In this study we investigated the receptor usage of the (SL=Sars-related) SL-CoV S by combining a human immunodeficiency virus-based pseudovirus system with cell lines expressing the ACE2 molecules of human, civet or horseshoe bat. In addition to full-length S of SL-CoV and SARS-CoV, a series of S chimeras was constructed by inserti... more »

German Chancellor Angela Merkel Warns The European Union Is Facing Its Deepest Recession Since World War II

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 8 hours ago
*The Hill:* *German Chancellor Merkel warns EU of deepest recession since World War II* German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned that the European Union is approaching their deepest recession since World War II. “The pandemic shows us how vulnerable Europe is,” Merkel told the European Union on Thursday, the Financial Times reported. “Therefore I want to stress to you that cohesion and solidarity in Europe were never as important as they are today.” *Read more* .... *Update:* Angela Merkel fears economic crisis is being underestimated in EU (The Guardian) *WNU Editor*: The proble... more »

6 Staffers Setting Up for Trump Rally Test Positive for COVID-19

AP News at Snopes.com - 8 hours ago
Campaign officials say everyone who is attending the rally will be given temperature checks before they pass through security

Globalists Reveal That The “Great Economic Reset” Is Coming In 2021

WTStaff at Waking Times - 8 hours ago
*Brandon Smith* - For those not familiar with the phrase “global economic reset”, it is one that has been used ever increasingly by elitists in the central banking world for several years.

‘Orgy of Wealth’ Continues as US Billionaires Grew $584 Billion Richer Over Last 3 Months While 45 Million Lost Their Jobs

WTStaff at Waking Times - 8 hours ago
*Jake Johnson* - "If this pandemic reveals anything, it's how unequal our society has become and how drastically it must change."

Gene Drive Technology: What Species Should We Make Extinct Today?

WTStaff at Waking Times - 8 hours ago
*Jon Rappoport* - Why are Bill Gates and the US military involved?

On Maintaining Perspective In The Year 20 Effing 20

WTStaff at Waking Times - 8 hours ago
*Caitlin Johnstone* - In my opinion reminding people to live life to its fullest is the artist’s single most important job, but this is also where most storytellers get it wrong.

These Once-Domesticated Cats Now Roam Island Forests

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 8 hours ago
Story at-a-glance – Madagascar is home to large “forest cats,” which roam freely despite the island having no native wild cat species Researchers with the University of Colorado (CU) Boulder gathered genetic data from Madagascar’s forest cats, revealing for the first time where the cats may have come from The forest cats are descendants of […] The post These Once-Domesticated Cats Now Roam Island Forests appeared first on Health Nut News.

IPCC and Sceptics Agree: Climate Change Is Not Causing Extreme Weather

Hifast at Climate Collections - 9 hours ago
Originally posted on Tallbloke's Talkshop: Climate theory used to hold that there was a link between the amount of extreme weather and the equator-pole temperature gradient, meaning that warming poles should mean less of it, not more. But nowadays almost anything unusual can be labelled extreme weather by alarmists, creating headlines but no understanding…

Murder in The Lawless Seattle Autonomous Zone – Police Blocked From Responding After Two People Shot in CHAZ/CHOP, One Killed…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 9 hours ago
The Mayor of Seattle Jenny Durkan now has blood on her hands after two people were shot last night and one killed inside the lawless Seattle Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (CHOP) zone. After two people were shot the responding police … Continue reading →

US Stealth Plane With 'Odd' Coating Reportedly Makes Another Test Flight In The Mojave Desert

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 9 hours ago
© CC BY-SA 4.0 / Alpha Henry / Scaled Composites Model 401 *Warzone/The Drive:* *Stealthy 'Son Of Ares' Jet Seen Covered In Mirrors During Mysterious Test Flights* The alien-looking aircraft and its twin are being used for intriguing trials involving a number of other aircraft high above the Mojave Desert In a follow-up to our most recent article on a number of strange tests that have been ongoing high above the Mojave Desert involving three of Scaled Composites' experimental aircraft and a host of other players from the U.S. military and NASA, we now have exclusive new images show... more »

Oakland: Restraining Order Restricts Teargas, Flashbangs And Projectiles

Terrace at PopularResistance.Org - 9 hours ago
On June 18, 2020, at 1 pm, an Oakland judge issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) and Order to Show Cause against the Oakland Police Department. The order was filed by civil rights attorneys Dan Siegel and Walter Riley and National Lawyers Guild - San Francisco Bay Area attorney James Burch. This initial victory is part of a larger lawsuit by the attorneys on behalf of two organizational plaintiffs, Anti Police-Terror Project and Community Ready Corps, and individual plaintiffs, Oakland Tech student Akil Riley and protestors Ian Mcdonnell, Nico Nada, Azize Ngo, and Jennifer Li... more »

Churchill, Columbus And Leopold Fall Down

Terrace at PopularResistance.Org - 9 hours ago
The perpetrators of crimes against humanity are often elevated to positions of respect and admiration. It all depends on who did the killing, and who was killed. Now the murderers are being called to account. The new movement in the United States against police and other state violence has inspired this welcome change taking place all over the world. The criminals are being exposed decades and even centuries after their atrocities took place. There is no statute of limitations for murder nor should there be for calling out people who have the blood of millions on their hands. Stat... more »

Policing Is Irrelevant For Public Safety

Terrace at PopularResistance.Org - 9 hours ago
Recent protests, catalyzed by the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, call for an end to racist police violence. With their actions, the protesters have also moved beyond many of the stale policing debates of the recent past. Defund, disband, abolish—people who would never have even heard these words in discussions about the police are now seriously considering them. The breakthroughs in the police debate would not have been possible without the protesters, who have remained steadfast despite being beaten and abused by police everywhere in the United States. But this is not abo... more »

How Corporations Bankroll US Police Foundations

Terrace at PopularResistance.Org - 9 hours ago
As calls to defund the police gain traction, bloated police budgets are coming under scrutiny for siphoning public resources away from black and brown communities. While police budgets are typically public documents that must be approved by elected officials, there are other institutions in place with the sole purpose of funneling even more resources toward law enforcement. Police foundations across the country are partnering with corporations to raise money to supplement police budgets by funding programs and purchasing tech and weaponry for law enforcement with little public ov... more »

US Lawmakers, Top Official Clash On China’s Involvement In COVID-19 Vaccine

Terrace at PopularResistance.Org - 9 hours ago
US lawmakers and a top official leading the White House’s efforts to produce a coronavirus vaccine clashed on Thursday over whether American health authorities should be working with China to speed up the process. At a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing to confirm General Gustave Perna to co-lead “Operation Warp Speed”, the Trump administration’s initiative to develop a coronavirus vaccine and therapeutics, several lawmakers asked whether the United States is committed to working with China on research. Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat representing Connecticut, raised t... more »

objectives of the Chinese Communist Party

Bob Dinn at balance10 - 10 hours ago
6-20-20 Brazil 55.2/417= 13% increase/day *new cases/active cases* https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/brazil Mexico 566/1695= 33% increase/day https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/mexico Chile 63/295= 21% increase/day https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/chile India 14.7/154= 9.5% increase/day https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/india/ South Africa 38/342= 11% increase/day …….............................. "That's where ASIO lives," Clive Hamilton says, using the common shorthand for Australia's intelligence agency, the ... more »

How the U.S. Navy Sent 4 Battleships to Fight North Korea

Robert Farley at The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *History, Asia* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2012%3Anewsml_GM2E86A0QB801&share=true] A Korean War fact. *Key Point: *Washington still had a use for battleships in the Korean War. In fact, despite air power it would take a few decades before battleships were fully relegated to museums. In the final months of the Second World War, the battleships of the U.S. Navy (USN) ranged across the archipelago of Japan, bombarding industrial, military and logistical targets at will. The Japanese military lacked enough ships, planes and fu... more »

Hitler's Killers: Here's What Made These Two Nazi Snipers So Deadly

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* [image: By Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-B28822 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5360889] Great skill and a powerful Mauser rifle did it. *Key Point: *The fight was brutal and snipers were used to slow advancing forces. Here's how Berlin tired to salavage its increasing number of defeats. *More From The National Interest: * *Yes, America Has a ‘Ninja’ Missile * *How China Could Sink a U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier * *How the F-35 Stealth Fighter Almost Never Happened * *Russia Has Missing Nucl... more »

In Memoriam Josh Edwards Age 27

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 10 hours ago
Josh Edwards: December 13, 1992 - June 20, 2020 Photos published with family permission. We are gutted to write of the death of Josh Edwards. Josh suffered all of his life following injury from his MMR vaccination. From the healthy,... more »

Aunt Jemima’s great-grandson outraged that her legacy is being erased

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 10 hours ago
Adam Ford · Jun 19th, 2020 A great-grandson of “Aunt Jemima” is expressing his outrage after Quaker Oats announced that the Aunt Jemima brand would be killed off after 131 years due to “racial stereotypes.” Larnell Evans Sr. told Patch Chicago: “This is an injustice for me and my family. This is part of … Continue reading Aunt Jemima’s great-grandson outraged that her legacy is being erased →

Gun Bits and Ridiculous Pieces…

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 10 hours ago
Originally posted on Freedom Is Just Another Word...: 🦅 If keeping the glasses on seems right..🦅 pic.twitter.com/sSrr4Lpv3y ? H/T: Disturbed… Cripes. Imagine if you will…This senile old goat in the Oval Office… Biden Dispenses Odd Marriage Advice, ‘You Ought to Marry Into a Family With Five or More Sisters.’ Amazon….Your working hard to lose my business..…

China Conducts Military ‘Show Of Force’ Drills With Tanks Near Indian Border

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 10 hours ago
Tyler Durden 06/19/2020 Both China and India have signaled they are seeking to deescalate soaring tensions along the disputed and loosely demarcated Line of Actual Control (LAC) which separates Indian-controlled territory from Chinese-controlled territory along Ladakh and the Chinese Tibet Autonomous Region. This after on Monday night the deadliest border clash in a half-century erupted, after which … Continue reading China Conducts Military ‘Show Of Force’ Drills With Tanks Near Indian Border →

MoA – Why The Chinese-Indian Skirmishes May Escalate

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 10 hours ago
June 18, 2020 Why The Chinese-Indian Skirmishes May Escalate On Monday night a fight between Indian and Chinese soldiers cost several dozen lives: Twenty Indian Army personnel, including a commanding officer (CO), were killed in a fierce clash with Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh on Monday night, the biggest military confrontation … Continue reading MoA – Why The Chinese-Indian Skirmishes May Escalate →

COVID Lockdowns Crippled the Division of Labor, Setting the Stage for Civil Unrest

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 10 hours ago
29 min agoJonathan Newman In his podcast, Dave Smith has likened the lockdowns to gasoline and the murder of George Floyd to a spark. But why were the lockdowns fuel for social unrest? One of the reasons the lockdowns paved the way for social unrest is that they led to a widespread breakdown in the … Continue reading COVID Lockdowns Crippled the Division of Labor, Setting the Stage for Civil Unrest →

National Justice Exclusive: Violent “Antifa” Filmed By Project Veritas Is New York Times Published Journalist and Death Cult Member

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 10 hours ago
Eric StrikerJun 18, 2020 Two weeks ago, Project Veritas published an investigative journalism piece showing the inner workings of “Antifa”/anarchist paramilitary training at “The Base” in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Not all the individuals involved were identified, but National Justice can now confirm that the man above is Brooklyn-based Andrew Gittlitz (A.M. Gittlitz), an author and journalist who has … Continue reading National Justice Exclusive: Violent “Antifa” Filmed By Project Veritas Is New York Times Published Journalist and Death Cult Member →

Burundi: President Pierre Nkurunziza Dies of ‘Cardiac Arrest’ After Kicking World Health Organization Out of Country

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 10 hours ago
June 18th, 2020 Via: BBC: Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza, aged 55, has died after suffering a cardiac arrest, the government says. He was admitted to hospital on Saturday after feeling unwell, his condition improved but on Monday he had a cardiac arrest and efforts to revive him were unsuccessful, officials say. Since last week, Mr … Continue reading Burundi: President Pierre Nkurunziza Dies of ‘Cardiac Arrest’ After Kicking World Health Organization Out of Country →

(VIDEO) Chuck Schumer Cried While Discussing SCOTUS’ DACA Ruling on the Senate Floor

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 10 hours ago
Rusty Weiss — June 19, 2020 Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) cried as he discussed the Supreme Court’s ruling on the DACA program that President Donald Trump moved to rescind in 2017. SCHUMER: “But we believe in it. It’s part of our soul. Every one of us cares about immigrants and so many of … Continue reading (VIDEO) Chuck Schumer Cried While Discussing SCOTUS’ DACA Ruling on the Senate Floor →

Saturday Morning Links

Unknown at Accidental Deliberations - 10 hours ago
This and that for your weekend reading. - Jason Markusoff writes about the absurdity of Jason Kenney's continued bluster about attacking the rest of Canada rather than working on improving the lives of Albertans. And Shama Rangwala and Danielle Paradis discuss the warped idea of "freedom" underlying the ideology of extractive capitalism. - Julia Raifman, Laura Sampson and Sandro Galea study how higher rates of gun ownership lead to a higher number of completed suicides. Which means it's especially antisocial for Scott Moe to be funding a position pushing the proliferation of assaul... more »

Police In Belarus Arrest 100 At Oposition Rallies

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 10 hours ago
*RFE*:* More Than 100 Opposition Supporters Detained In Belarus After Lukashenka Says He Stopped 'Revolution'* MINSK -- Police in Belarus have detained more than 100 people at opposition rallies in the capital, Minsk, and elsewhere after President Alyaksandr Lukashenka announced his government had thwarted a "revolution" amid a widening crackdown on opposition leaders and activists, including the arrest of a potential presidential challenger. People were urged to turn out on June 19, the last day to sign ballot petitions for those seeking to run in the Belarusian presidential ele... more »

Musical interlude

Unknown at Accidental Deliberations - 10 hours ago
Tame Impala - Glimmer

"How It Really Is"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago

Jack Of All Warfare: Russia's Supermaneuverable Su-27 Flanker Was The Cold War's Best Fighter

Robert Farley at The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, * Sukhoi designed the Flanker with the capabilities of the F-15 Eagle firmly in mind. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The Su-27 was the last of the major fourth-generation fighters to enter service, and has proven an exceedingly successful design. Big enough and powerful enough to sustain a number of modifications and improvements, the Flanker should continue to see service (and even production) for quite some time. *More From The National Interest: * *Yes, America Has a ‘Ninja’ Missile * *How China Could Sink a U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier * *H... more »

Sorry China, Not Even Russia Thinks You Could Beat The U.S. Navy

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, * If U.S. and Chinese aircraft carriers were to clash, the U.S. Navy would win. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The smaller Chinese carriers, about half the size of their U.S. counterparts and carrying about half the aircraft, would depend on submarines, land-based H-6K patrol aircraft and satellite surveillance to locate the American carrier force. In contrast, the U.S. carriers would have their own onboard E-2 Hawkeye airborne radar aircraft and EA-18 electronic warfare planes, as well as AWACS land-based radar aircraft. *More From The Nationa... more »

Taiwan Could Soon Have U.S. Navy Style Torpedoes

Kris Osborn at The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Asia* The MK48 could soon join Taipei's Navy. China won't like that one bit. The U.S. appears to be arming Taiwan with up to eighteen Mk48 Heavyweight torpedoes, extremely lethal submarine-fired undersea weapons built to destroy enemy surface ships, submarines, and other targets at sea. The move, which was approved by the U.S. State Dept. last month, offers Taiwan vastly improved undersea defenses against a potential Chinese amphibious assault or maritime-attack upon its shores. Unlike lighter-weight torpedoes that can be launched from a ship-deck or he... more »

First photos from bus bombing in eastern Daraa

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:30 P.M.) – A Syrian Arab Army (SAA) bus was targeted by an improvised explosive device (IED) while traveling through the eastern countryside of the Daraa Governorate on Saturday. According to a report from eastern Daraa, the Syrian Army bus was blown up while it was traveling along the Kahil-Sahwah Road. The report […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

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