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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.

Sunday, July 26, 2020

26 July - Blogs I'm Following - 3 of 5

10:12 pm MDT

Why should foreigners (illegal aliens) be deciding the US congressional representatives?

drinkingwateradvisor at The Drinking Water Advisor - 11 hours ago
“The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing to have illegal aliens counted when apportioning congressional representation.” click here

My friend Mike Hastie

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 11 hours ago
This JUST happened on @andrewkimmel live stream. Share this everywhere. #BlackLivesMatter #AndrewKimmel #PortlandProtest #peacefulvets #FedsOut pic.twitter.com/bCDofEr2uu — noexcuseforignorance (@dntstAySiLeNT) July 26, 2020 Mike Hastie, fierce and honest to the bone, in Portland, Oregon. Mike was a medic in Vietnam during that war against the people of that nation. He experienced much horror by US troops perpetrated upon the Vietnamese people. Mike was on the first Veterans For Peace delegation years ago that tried to go to Jeju island, South Korea but got sent back to the US aft... more »

This Day In Iraqi History - Jul 26

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 11 hours ago
1920 Gertrude Bell wrote that Baghdad started the 1920 Revolt but not lost control of it when tribes rose up and they listened to no one Baghdad did not start revolt (Musings On Iraq review *Reclaiming Iraq, The 1920 Revolution and the Founding of the Modern State*) (Musings On Iraq review *Gertrude Bell And Iraq*) (Musings On Iraq review *Gertrude Bell, Explorer of the Middle East*) (Musings On Iraq movie review *Letters from Baghdad*) 1933 Iraq-French meeting Iraq told new border meant Assyrians who tried to get into Syria were actually still in Iraq French didn't want... more »

Supreme Court rules that gambling is more "essential" than going to church

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 11 hours ago
In Nevada casinos can operate at 50% capacity but churches can only have 50 attendees at services. The Supreme Court ruled, 5 to 4 with Roberts in the majority, that this is ok. Oddly the Constitution says we have the right to exercise our religion but it no where says we have a right to gamble. The reality is that the folks on the Supreme Court don't think religion has any value and they don't actually follow the Constitution any more. What's clear is that the Court will defend religious liberty in only a very narrow sense; for example it only ruled that Trump changing Obama's dem... more »

It's now racist to say that museums will show works by whites

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 11 hours ago
In San Francisco, where Blacks overrepresented in the homeless population by a factor of 6, the senior curator of painting and sculpture bath the SF Museum of Modern art has resigned. His crime? Alleged white supremacy. What did he do? At the end of a talk about how the museum needed to diversify its content to reflect artists of other races he said “don’t worry, we will definitely still continue to collect white artists.” Of course this is to be expected in a society that says that "All Lives Matter" is racist. The reality is that these left wing loons are the racist ones. Not ... more »

SUNDAY SCREENING: ‘Dying for Company’ (2018)

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 11 hours ago
*SUNDAY SCREENING* | Why are younger Japanese finding it so hard to achieve a work-life balance and to foster real sexual relationships?

Episode #334 – ‘War on Normality’ with special guests

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 11 hours ago
*SUNDAY WIRE* | Strap yourselves in and lower the blast shield – this is your brave new world…

Behold: Leeds United, Godzilla of Football

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 11 hours ago
*Basil Valentine* | Some say it's caused by volcanoes, others by nuclear explosions, but all that matters is that it happens.

Turkey signs military cooperation agreement with Libya’s neighbor: Russian think tank

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 11 hours ago
[image: Turkey signs military cooperation agreement with Libya’s neighbor: Russian think tank] BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:10 P.M.) – A Russian think tank reported on Sunday, that Turkey has allegedly concluded a military cooperation agreement with a country bordering Libya. According to Eurasia Political Studies website, “Katehon“, who quoted private sources in the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA), Turkey had signed a military cooperation agreement with the country of Niger, which is located at the southern border of Libya. The site indicated that this agreement between Turkey an... more »

Netanyahu vows to not allow Iran to establish itself along Israel’s borders

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 11 hours ago
[image: Netanyahu vows to not allow Iran to establish itself along Israel’s borders] Earlier this week, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said in a statement that the country’s armed forces were stepping up security measures on the northern border on the heels of an escalation unfolding on the frontier with Lebanon and Syria. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday morning announced that Israel is “following a consistent policy that does not allow Iran’s military to be established along our northern border”. “We cannot undermine our security and we cannot threaten our cit... more »

Iraqi forces seize Katyusha rockets north of Baghdad

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 11 hours ago
[image: Iraqi forces seize Katyusha rockets north of Baghdad] BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:00 P.M.) – On Sunday, the Iraqi security forces found a stack of Katyusha missiles buried underground, with 20 rockets inside, in the Salaheddine Governorate. The Iraqi Security Media Cell said in a statement that “within the sequence of Iraq’s fourth-stage of their operation, the task force within Salaheddine sector found the underground hideout of Katyusha rockets with more than 20 missiles inside.” The Baghdad Operations Command had announced earlier this month that a missile had been found that was... more »

Iran announces production of new film on Qassem Soleimani

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 11 hours ago
[image: Iran announces production of new film on Qassem Soleimani] BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:55 P.M.) – The director of the Iranian Center for Strategic Studies and International Relations, Amir Mousavi, said that the production of a film about the commander of the Quds Force, Major General Qassem Soleimani, provides an unparalleled model of resistance. On Sunday morning, the Fars News Agency quoted Mousavi as saying that Iran’s initiative to hold the 16th International Film Festival of Resistance is a unique step that, through art and film making, has created a link between resistance, p... more »

China is looking to build new type of aircraft carrier

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 11 hours ago
[image: China is looking to build new type of aircraft carrier] Rumors are swirling that the Chinese navy is looking to build a new type of warship. A recently leaked request for proposals (RFP) points to an amphibious assault ship with an electromagnetic aircraft catapult and arresting gear. In a request for proposals posted on July 19 and subsequently leaked on social media, the project is referred to only as “Project XX6,” but observers have been calling the ship the “Type 076.” Judging from some of the details included in the RFP, the Type 076 will be much like the Type 075 lan... more »

How to steer your marijuana business through an economic downturn

Omar Sacirbey at Marijuana Business Daily - 11 hours ago
The legal cannabis industry continues to mature, which means it's confronting the accompanying growing pains. That includes facing its first recession. How to steer your marijuana business through an economic downturn is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

DONALD TRUMP, A FORCE FOR "STABILITY"?

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 11 hours ago
I don't know how seriously to take reports like this: On the second Friday in June, a group of political operatives, former government and military officials, and academics quietly convened online for what became a disturbing exercise in the fragility of American democracy. The group, which included Democrats and Republicans, gathered to game out possible results of the November election, grappling with questions that seem less far-fetched by the day: What if President Trump refuses to concede a loss, as he publicly hinted recently he might do? How far could he go to preserve his p... more »

The U.S. Empire Is Ending

Eric Zuesse at The Duran - 12 hours ago
Eric Zuesse On July 26th, Germany’s Die Welt (The World) Sunday newspaper headlined “USA threatens German Nord Stream 2 contractors” and reported that, “The construction of the Russian Nord Stream 2 pipeline has long been a thorn in the US’s side. Now they are increasing the pressure on German and European companies involved in the […]

COVID-Wise, Will All Of America Be Like Texas? Or Much Worse-- Like Florida?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
On Friday, Texas had a relatively good day in the new case department, "only" 8,552 confirmed new cases. Yesterday there were 7,735 more, bringing the total to 393,683 in total-- 13,577 cases per million Texans. The population of the state is around 29.9 million, about half as many people as Italy, which is one of the hardest-hit countries in the world. But with twice as many people, Italy only has 245,864 cases (4,067 cases per million Italians). So far 35,102 Italians have died and both new cases and new deaths have petered out (only 274 new cases yesterday and 5 new deaths). Th... more »

"A Beautiful Tribute To A Dog And His Man"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago
*"A Beautiful Tribute To A Dog And His Man"* by Ryan Grenoble "When someone you love walks through the door, even if it happens five times a day, you should go totally insane with joy." So says photographer Ben Moon (quoting writer David Dudley) in this deeply moving tribute to Denali, his late dog. It suggests we can learn a lot from dogs, including the best way to greet the ones we love. The soulful, and at times humorous, short video recalls Moon and Denali's adventures together- from the carefree moments to the deathly realizations and back again- narrated from Denali's perspec... more »

Washington Post lied and was sued

Norma at Collecting My Thoughts - 12 hours ago
A huge victory for equal justice under the law. "Hate" hoaxes, Fake News and false narratives must stop. After marching for life on a winter day, Catholic teenagers were intentionally framed by Leftist group(s) and media using decontextualized video. It was immediately promoted by Washington Post, Sojourners and many repeaters. Nick's lawyers filed a defamation suit for $250 million. It is one of six suits against media. Final settlements are undetermined. No more lying. Justice matters. Every human life matters to God.” (Kelly Monroe Kullberg) https://thepostmillennial.com/brea... more »

New Australasian model can forecast tropical cyclones four months ahead

Tropical cyclones in the Pacific can now be forecast up to four months ahead of the season with a new model developed by scientists from New Zealand and Australia. According to Dr. Andrew Magee from the center for water, climate, and land at the University of...... Read more »

Perfect Record: America's Essex-Class Aircraft Carriers Smashed Japan

Peter Suciu at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Security, Americas* Not a single one of the Essex-class carriers built during World War II was lost to the enemy, though several had sustained intensive damage. *Here's What You Need To Remember:* The role that the *Essex*-class aircraft carrier played in World War II can't be understated. The ships have been called the backbone of the United States Navy—which ordered thirty-two of the vessels. As the war wound down, six were canceled before construction began while two were canceled while still under construction. A total of twenty-four were built between 1943 an... more »

"Are There Any Questions?"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago
"Are There Any Questions?" by Robert Fulghum "Are there any questions?" An offer that comes at the end of college lectures and long meetings. Said when an audience is not only overdosed with information, but when there is no time left anyhow. At times like that you sure do have questions. Like, "Can we leave now?" and "What the hell was this meeting for?" and "Where can I get a drink?" The gesture is supposed to indicate openness on the part of the speaker, I suppose, but if in fact you do ask a question, both the speaker and the audience will give you drop-dead looks. And some foo... more »

Forbes Fables Part 1: Guyana Rice ‘Crisis’ as Production Sets Records

James Taylor at Climate Realism - 12 hours ago
Among the top Google News search results for “climate change” today, Forbes published an embarrassingly fictitious article making several false claims about climate change and rice production. The Forbes article is titled “Rice, Climate Change And A Post-COVID Opportunity For Women In Guyana.” The article is typical of establishment media articles – and particularly Forbes […] The post Forbes Fables Part 1: Guyana Rice ‘Crisis’ as Production Sets Records appeared first on Climate Realism.

Portland riots, elite run, loved by media. Yellow Vests, grassroots, hated by media (Video)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 12 hours ago
The Duran Quick Take: Episode 608.

400,000 Marylanders Face Eviction As COVID-19 Spikes

Terrace at PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
After weeks of declining COVID-19 cases, Maryland is experiencing rising hospitalization and positivity rates, especially among those 35 years of age and under. The number of COVID-positive patients at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore doubled overnight from July 20 to July 21, according to two nurses who help treat patients recovering from the coronavirus at the hospital, which is helping lead the international response to the pandemic. The hospital had to transfer non-COVID patients from one unit in order to accommodate the influx of new cases, the nurses said, speaking on the... more »

Julian Assange’s Next Hearing On Monday, July 27

Terrace at PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
WikiLeaks Editor-in-Chief Kristinn Hrafnsson said “Julian has not been able to see his lawyers for seventeen weeks. The computer supplied to him after over a year of asking has its keys glued down and the typing function is disabled. The case material consists of tens of thousands of pages, and Julian cannot even type up notes or instructions for his lawyers. Each and every step of the way, the tools Julian should have to be able to put up a fight are being taken away from him. I call on UK prisons minister Robert Buckland to take every step necessary to reverse restrictions that a... more »

Transparency International Silent On Jailed Transparency Journalist Assange

Terrace at PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
Berlin, Germany - On a cool July day, the Berlin neighborhood where Transparency International’s global headquarters is situated feels a thousand miles away from London’s Belmarsh Prison. But it is not just the pleasant setting a few blocks from the Spree River that makes the influential NGO seem so detached from the maximum security penitentiary’s most famous inmate, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Transparency International has been vocal in defending jailed opposition activists in states like Zimbabwe, Russia, and Venezuela. The post Transparency International Silent On Jail... more »

The Arts And Symbolism In Mexico’s Feminist Movement

Terrace at PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
Last August, during a press conference with Mexico City’s police chief, a group of young women were seen breaking windows and throwing pink glitter in the police chief’s face. This was to demand justice for a teenager allegedly raped by four police officers. The episode sparked what became known as the glitter revolution, a new wave of feminist activism in Mexico with connections to other feminist collectives worldwide. Feminism in Mexico has many internal strands ranging from what some may consider “radical” tactics (such as vandalism) to peaceful demonstrations. The post The Art... more »

Israel Demolishes Palestinian Coronavirus Testing Centre

Terrace at PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
Israeli authorities have demolished a Palestinian drive-through coronavirus testing centre in the city of Hebron, south of the occupied West Bank. The West Bank is struggling to contain a second wave of coronavirus infections, after appearing to successfully ward off the pandemic with a strict weeks-long lockdown implemented in March. Hebron, the territory's largest city and powerhouse of the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) economy, has been hit particularly hard. The PA recorded 65 coronavirus-related deaths in the Palestinian territories on Tuesday. The post Israel Demolishes Pales... more »

UFO Hype Is Probably Just The US Military Lying Again

Terrace at PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
“No Longer in Shadows, Pentagon’s U.F.O. Unit Will Make Some Findings Public” reads a New York Times headline that is understandably attracting a great deal of attention today. True to form, the Times had to hastily issue an embarrassing correction to the article after initially reporting that former Senate majority leader Harry Reid “believed that crashes of vehicles from other worlds had occurred and that retrieved materials had been studied secretly for decades”, when in fact Reid merely believes “crashes of objects of unknown origin may have occurred”. The post UFO Hype Is Pr... more »

"Stress Relief And Relaxation: Peaceful Concentration"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago
"*Stress Relief And Relaxation: Peaceful Concentration"* "Listen to this music whenever you feel stressed out, or to read a book, write, meditate or anything else that requires you to be calm and focused." - https://www.youtube.com/ Take a break. Forget it all for 10 minutes and relax...

Portapique: how to (maybe) turn a rickety review into a transparent public inquiry

Stephen Kimber at Halifax Examiner - 12 hours ago
Allow me to make a modest suggestion. First, a few assumptions. Let’s assume Nova Scotia Justice Minister Mark Furey is correct. He and federal Public Safety Minister Bill Blair chose the three-member “independent and impartial” panel to “review” April’s mass shooting in Nova Scotia “because of their experience in fact-finding and independence, in-depth knowledge of […]

World War III: How Would NATO Destroy Russia's Kaliningrad Fortress?

David Axe at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, Europe* [image: A U.S. Air Force B-52 flies over Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, January 10, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji] Kaliningrad and its garrison could be prime targets for what Pentagon planners call “multi-domain operations.” That’s a fancy way of saying forces simultaneously would attack from the air, land, sea and cyberspace. *Here's What You Need To Remember:* Kaliningrad is sandwiched in between NATO territory, making it a prime target—and a Russian thorn in NATO's side. The Pentagon has a plan for destroying the defenses of Russia’s most... more »

Letter to Donald Trump from 150 Medical Experts: Coronavirus Could Kill 200,00 by November 1st

Ethen Kim Lieser at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Health, * More than 150 U.S. medical experts and scientists have signed a letter pressing government leaders to shut down the country and start over to contain the fast-growing COVID-19 pandemic. More than 150 U.S. medical experts and scientists have signed a letter pressing government leaders to shut down the country and start over to contain the fast-growing COVID-19 pandemic. “The best thing for the nation is not to reopen as quickly as possible, it’s to save as many lives as possible,” they wrote in the letter, which was sent to the Trump administration, ... more »

Coronavirus update: World case total passes 16 million, US leading death and infection tallies

Just In - 13 hours ago
More than half of the world's cases are in the US, Brazil and India. In Vietnam authorities order the return of lockdowns after new positive tests.

Assault on Officer Charges Dropped for 2 Men As Video Showed it was Self-Defense, Cop Arrested Instead

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: defense]Two innocent men were freed and a cop was arrested after video show the cop was the aggressor and the men acted in self defense.

Seattle Police Make Dozens of Arrests After Explosion Damages East Precinct; March Turns to Riot; 21 Officers Injured

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 13 hours ago
Note the mostly black or gray umbrellas ca 2.41 like were used in Chicago. This is urban warfare-terrorism by unknown … Continue reading →

NFAC Militia F-Up and Shoot Three of Their Own

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 13 hours ago
The “Not F*cking Around Coalition” aka NFAC militia f*cked up and shot three of their own in their “staging area”. … Continue reading →

5 People Joe Biden Shouldn't Pick for Vice President

Rachel Bucchino at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Rachel Bucchino* *Politics, * Would any of these picks hurt his chances of beating Donald Trump? Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden's marked deadline to choose his running mate is looming large and the party still remains unsure of who will get to be his vice-president. With the economy taking a downturn and coronavirus swiping through the U.S.--with total case numbers rising fast--Biden’s pick for VP has been in the talks in a number of media outlets, but there’s been no significant or official indication of who it’ll be. Biden said he’d pick a woman as his running mate... more »

"How It Really Is"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
"The Eviction Ban is Almost Over — and Some Landlords are Getting Ready to Take Renters to Court"

"When We Can No Longer Tell the Truth"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
*"When We Can No Longer Tell the Truth"* by Charles Hugh Smith "You have lost your reason and taken the wrong path. You have taken lies for truth, and hideousness for beauty. I marvel at you who exchange heaven for hell on earth. I don't want to understand you." - Anton Chekhovo "When we can no longer tell the truth because the truth will bring the whole rotten, fragile status quo down in a heap of broken promises and lies, we've reached the perfection of dysfunction. You know the one essential guideline to "leadership" in a doomed dysfunctional system: when it gets serious, you... more »

"Here's A Question..."

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
"Here's a question every angry man and woman needs to consider: How long are you going to allow people you don't even like - people who are no longer in your life, maybe even people who aren't even alive anymore - to control your life? How long?" - Andy Stanley "That goes for old wounds, too, you know. I really wish we'd had the chance to talk before this," he says, cracking the window so the smoke can escape. "There's a Longfellow quote I have stuck on my bulletin board at the church office - 'There is no grief like the grief that does not speak' - and it's true. I've found that k... more »

Should Congress Play a Role in Arms Sales?

astark at Lawfare - 13 hours ago
President Donald Trump and King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia sign a Joint Strategic Vision Statement in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 20, 2017. Photo credit: White House photo via Wikipedia. *Editor’s Note: The Trump administration**’s proposal to end the informal practice of notifying Congress well in advance of major arms sales is a departure from long-standing norms and a means of decreasing congressional interference in controversial sales, such as those to help the Saudi war in Yemen. Alexandra Stark of New America explains why this shift would be a mistake, di... more »

On Gibbon’s Theory of the Roman Empire’s Fall

Unknown at The Conservative Socrates - 14 hours ago
On 4 September AD 476, the barbarian king Odoacer deposed and replaced the last emperor Romulus Augustulus, and brought the Roman Empire to an end. But why was the 500-year old Roman Empire toppled so easily? With his *The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire*, published in the eighteenth century, Edward Gibbon popularized the view that the rise of Christianity had weakened the pagan principles of the Roman Empire; he sneers at Christian culture, and is full of praise for paganism and the religion of Islam. The Enlightenment *philosophes *were influenced by Gibbon’s t... more »

Meet Russia's MiG-25 Foxbat: Built to Kill Supersonic Bombers and Spyplanes

Robert Farley at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, * Envisioned as an interceptor designed to destroy U.S. supersonic bombers and high-flying spy planes, the Foxbat also put its high speed to good use as a reconnaissance aircraft and, to less good effect, as a fighter-bomber. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Today, only the Algerian Air Force operates the MiG-25 in any numbers. The MiG-25 (NATO reporting name: Foxbat) was one of the most awesome, yet most misunderstood, fighters of the Cold War. Envisioned as an interceptor designed to destroy U.S. supersonic bombers and high-flying spy planes, the ... more »

Are Senate Democrats Trying To Bully Federal Judges?

GianCarlo Canaparo at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*GianCarlo Canaparo* *Politics, Americas* [image: A demonstrator holds a sign reading] Don’t let the Democrats’ assault on the judges’ independence fool you. “The less you say, the better.” That was the advice I received from the judge I clerked for about orders on motions for recusal. This is good advice that 11th Circuit Judges Barbara Lagoa and Robert Luck should heed before responding to Senate Democrats’ astonishing political attack on their judicial independence. As Ed Whelan, president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, explains here, all the Democratic members of th... more »

Al Capone Killed His Father. Then He Became an American War Hero—And Had an Airport Named After Him.

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Americas* [image: A U.S. Navy Grumman F4F-3 in non-specular blue-grey over light-grey scheme in early 1942. U.S. Navy.] Meet E.J. "Butch" O'Hare. *Here's What You Need To Remember:* O'Hare airport is named after this little-known American war hero. Edward Henry “Butch” O’Hare rocketed to fame in February 1942 by singlehandedly taking on eight Japanese torpedo bombers bent on destroying the aircraft carrier USS Lexington and shooting down several of them. For this deed, President Franklin D. Roosevelt decorated him with the Medal of Honor. Just... more »

China's Navy Is Growing Larger At An Alarming Pace

David Axe at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, Asia* What can America do? *Here's What You Need To Remember: *America's allies contribute their own forces to international efforts to manage China's rise as a military power. But that doesn't mean the United States shouldn't reconsider its own strategy in light of China's numerical advantage at sea. The People's Liberation Army Navy possesses between 313 and 342 warships, the U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence *estimated*. By comparison, in mid-2018 the U.S. Navy possessed 285 warships. But the PLAN accounts for only a fraction of China's maritime power, ... more »

7 Rules for How the Pentagon Will Fight the Future

James Jay Carafano at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*James Jay Carafano* *Security, Americas* In future conflicts, the United States might have to fight for “access” let alone “supremacy in any domain and if it loses in one, it might lose in all of them. The Defense Department is developing a new Joint Warfighting Concept, an effort that fits somewhere between a meaningless academic exercise and a declaration of World War III. Musing about war will never anticipate every real-world complication that will arise in preparing for, preventing and fighting real wars. On the other hand, employing military force without a guiding idea ... more »

Get Ready for a War Over the Nile River

Scott B. MacDonald at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Scott B. MacDonald* *Security, Africa* The Nile River is the longest river in Africa, possibly the world. In Egypt, it plays an important role in providing water to drink and to irrigate crops as well as transportation. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which began construction in 2011, is nearing completion, including the filling of a reservoir necessary to provide water flow for an electrical power project. This development provides Ethiopia with major leverage over the countries downriver and could boost Addis Ababa’s power throughout Africa. The GERD also raises th... more »

Joe Biden's Little-Known Dangerous Plan for Fossil Fuels

Todd Royal at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Todd Royal* *Politics, Americas* [image: Reuters] The United States under a Biden administration, similar to the British, would move towards an unsustainable, and national security risk by eliminating fossil fuels, and killing people who need electricity and global security the West provides. Currently, sixteen hundred coal-fired power plants are planned, or under construction in sixty-two countries. If environmentalists want to lower emissions this begins through understanding people, towns, villages, cities, counties, states, nations, and continents want reliable electricity .... more »

How America's Criminal Justice System Can Benefit from the Coronavirus Crisis

Marc Levin at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Marc Levin* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] A smaller and smarter criminal justice system can emerge from the wreckage of the coronavirus, but it requires new thinking before returning to old ways. As Americans seek a return to some modicum of normalcy, when it comes to criminal justice, we must not be the handcuffed to the past. Much of that past was abnormal, especially in view of new possibilities. Not only does the United States have a fifth of the world’s population compared to 25 percent of its prisoners, we have often failed to prioritize limited resources for pub... more »

Would Donald Trump Run in 2024 If He Loses? Grover Cleveland Did.

Salvatore Babones at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Salvatore Babones* *Politics, * If Trump loses, he will not squat in the White House, surrounded by a Praetorian Guard of MAGA-hat-wearing gun enthusiasts. He will, however, retreat to Trump Tower, rename it Barad-dûr, and spend the next four years plotting his revenge. Jimmy Carter may only have served one troubled term as president, but he has served the four decades since as the most respected of elder statesmen. George H.W. Bush quietly retired in 1993, passing his family's political ambitions on to George and Jeb. It is said that Gerald Ford seriously considered returning ... more »

AOC 2024: Will Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Run for President?

Rachel Bucchino at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Rachel Bucchino* *Politics, * New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - the youngest woman elected into Congress - might also be the youngest person to run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2024. New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - the youngest woman elected into Congress - might also be the youngest person to run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2024--if Biden loses or does not run for a second term provided he wins in November. Speculations for her candidacy started during the 2020 presidential run, as she stuck alongside Bernie Sanders’ campaign.... more »

These Australian Scientists Tested Homemade Coronavirus Masks

C Raina MacIntyre, Abrar Ahmad Chughtai, Charitha de Silva, Con Doolan, Prateek Bahl, Shovon Bhattacharjee at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*C Raina MacIntyre, Abrar Ahmad Chughtai, Charitha de Silva, Con Doolan, Prateek Bahl, Shovon Bhattacharjee* *Public Health, World* A surgical mask was the most effective at blocking droplets and aerosols from talking, coughing and sneezing. But if you can’t get hold of one, a cloth mask is the next best thing, and the more layers the better. If you’re not sure whether wearing a face mask is worth it, or you need to wear a mask but are unsure which type, our new research should help you decide. We took videos of what happens when you talk, cough and sneeze in different scenario... more »

How The Soviet Union Saved Britain From A Nazi Invasion

David Axe at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*David Axe* *History, * Hitler was coming for Chuchill. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *Hitler indefinitely postponed Operation Sealion in order to devote more resources to his crazy, lifelong ambition to invade the USSR. The Eastern Front would eventually consume millions of German lives and ultimately prove to be Hitler’s downfall. Reeling under combined assault from German land and air forces, in late May and early June 1940 the British Army evacuated France. As many as 338,000 British and allied troops got off the beach at Dunkirk. But they left behind 2,300 artillery pi... more »

In 1944, the U.S. Navy Sent Battleships and Aircraft Carriers Into a Typhoon

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Americas* [image: By U.S. Navy - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs divisionunder the digital ID fsa.8e02097.This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still requi] How was such an error made? *Key point: *There were disputes about the weather and why the decision was made. Here's how mother nature damaged several American warships. After two grueling months of action in the Pacific, Vice Admiral John S. “Slew” McCain’s powerful Task Fo... more »

NYT’s Fake Climate Migration

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 14 hours ago
By Paul Homewood Early in 2019, a year before the world shut its borders completely, Jorge A. knew he had to get out of Guatemala. The land was turning against him. For five years, it almost never rained. Then it did rain, and Jorge rushed his last seeds into the ground. The corn sprouted […]

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Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 14 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin Professor Maureen Healy is the chair of the history department at Lewis and Clark College. She teaches Modern European History, with a specialization in the history of Germany and Eastern Europe (and the rise of fascism). She was shot in the head by federal agents on Monday night and is recovering from the injury and the concussion, but shared a statement of her experience, and gave permission to share this. the provincial judge in charge of burying the Banestado case was none other than Sergio Moro, the self-serving Elliot Ness figure who in the next decade would... more »

Defiling And Destroying

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 14 hours ago
Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner argues that Donald Trump and William Barr have declared war on China because they know Trump is going to lose. They will claim that China has interfered with the American election, and attempt to negate Joe Biden's election victory. Whether that's the real reason for their hostility to China or not, Ezra Vogel writes it's a huge mistake -- because it pits not just China but a good portion of Asia against the United States: U.S. officials are now attacking the Chinese Communist Party — and reportedly weighing a sweeping travel ban against ... more »

As People Rot in Jail for Weed, Man With 64 Child Sex Abuse Charges Gets No Jail

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: man]A Montana man was caught with a trove of child porn, charged with sexual abusing multiple children, and he is a free man.

Japan, Britain to protect encryption keys in trade pact: report

bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
26-Jul-2020 Japan and Britain have agreed not to force their companies to disclose algorithms or set up local data servers, as part of talks aimed at a bilateral trade deal, the Nikkei said on Saturday.

What Kenya is seeking in free trade deal talks with America

bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
26-Jul-2020 Kenya's need to export value-added agricultural products dominated the first round of talks with America after its formal launch on Wednesday last week.

Pakistan suspended trade with India due to violation of article 7 of SAFTA, MPs told

bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
26-Jul-2020 The ministry of commerce on Friday said that India has violated article 7 of SAFTA (Trade Liberalization Programme), therefore, Pakistan has formally suspended imports and exports with India in last year.

Playing Democrats' Own Game, Republicans Propose Bill Banning Democrat Party

Luis Miguel at rss - 14 hours ago
[image: playing-democrats-own-game-republicans-propose-bill-banning-democrat-party] Representative Louise Gohmert and other Republicans introduced legislation that would ban the Democrat Party from Congress, citing its historical support for slavery.

"Protests Erupt Across Country; Black Militia Member Accidentally Shoots Comrades In Park"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
*"Protests Erupt Across Country; * *Black Militia Member Accidentally Shoots Comrades In Park"* by Tyler Durden *Update (2130ET)*: "Saturday BLM protests unfolded across the country on Saturday, with tensions flaring in major cities including Portland, Seattle, Chicago and Louisville, Kentucky. In Seattle, the police department - which on Friday announced that they would effectively not be enforcing the law due to a City Council ban on the use of non-lethal crowd control measures - declared a riot, citing "ongoing damage and public safety risks," according to USA Today. 16 proteste... more »

Narrative Is Crumbling

Caitlin Johnstone at Caitlin Johnstone - 14 hours ago
Narrative is crumbling. It’s difficult to understand what’s going on in the world. It’s difficult to understand what’s going on in the world because powerful people actively manipulate public understanding of what’s going on in the world. Powerful people actively manipulate public understanding of what’s […]

"Covid-19 Pandemic Updates 7/26/20"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago
*"Covid-19 Pandemic **Updates 7/26/20" * *- Frequently **Updated* Please visit these sites often for the very latest ○ Covid-19 Pandemic and Economic news and information. By Remy Tumin and Elijah Walker "The coronavirus caseload around the United States continues to soar. Eighteen states set single-day case records in the past week, pushing the country closer to breaking the national single-day record for new cases, set less than two weeks ago. More than 73,500 were reported on Friday and more than 66,300 coronavirus cases on Saturday. The record is 75,697. Here’s the latest map an... more »

Study reveals South Atlantic magnetic anomaly is a recurring feature

In a new study, scientists from the University of Liverpool in England traced back the strange behavior of the magnetic field in the South Atlantic region and found that similar anomalies existed as far back as 8 to 11 million years ago. The South Atlantic Anomaly...... Read more »

Paper blaming COVID-19 on 5G technology withdrawn

Adam Marcus at Retraction Watch - 15 hours ago
A paper which argued that 5G cellphone technology could lead to infection with the novel coronavirus has been retracted, but not before scientific sleuth Elisabeth Bik declared it the “stupidest” bit of research on Covid-19 yet published. The article, “5G Technology and induction of coronavirus in skin cells,” came from a group from Italy, the … Continue reading Paper blaming COVID-19 on 5G technology withdrawn

Still hanging on in there

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 15 hours ago
Many have taken the decision to drop Andrew Neil's 7pm Wednesday programme, following the previous dropping of *This Week*, as yet another nail in the BBC's coffin, and a lot of people assume it's because the BBC wants rid of him because he sticks out like a sore thumb there. But Rob Burley (editor of live political programmes) has kept insisting throughout that that's not the case - and, to do him justice, Rob does seem to be trying his best to keep the BBC's finest interviewer at the BBC. It would be very bad for the BBC if they 'lost' Andrew Neil, intentionally or otherwise: *An... more »

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 15 hours ago
*Sacrificing Children to Progressive Politics* *How kids have become collateral damage in the quest to "fundamentally transform" America* California governor Gavin Newsom along with other states has ordered schools to be closed to in-person instruction this fall. Against the wishes of the majority of parents, millions of students will continue to be cooped up at home, trying to learn from “virtual” curricula with hit-and-miss instruction and support. An educational system mediocre in the best of times has now descended into a dystopian world redolent of the old Soviet Union: Teach... more »

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