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Thomas Paine

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Sunday, August 23, 2020

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Kushner's Other Presidential Campaign-- Kanye

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 minute ago
*3 stooges* If there is a "brain" behind the curtain of Kanye West's dysfunctional presidential campaign-- a blatant attempt to bolster Trump by drawing black and millennial voters away from Biden-- it is Jared Kushner. Kushner has always projected a higher opinion of himself than his results have merited. His high school tutor told me he was incredibly stupid and could only get into college because of his father's multi-million dollar gifts. That Kanye's campaign is a non-starter can be lain at Kushner's feet-- as can the illegal nature of the campaign, at least according to Paul R... more »

What Alberta’s School Re-entry Plan Teaches Us About Trust

susanonthesoapbox at Susan on the Soapbox - 3 minutes ago
On July 21, the UCP government announced 750,000 students will return to school in September under the government’s re-entry plan Scenario 1. Scenario 1 means in-class learning under near-normal daily operating conditions with health measures. These measures include two free … Continue reading →

Threats to security, health, public infrastructure—and other potential costs of Canada’s 5G rollout

"A larger number of connected devices will result in huge increases in data that need to be stored in energy-intensive data centres, which are expected to emit more carbon than the international aviation industry." The post Threats to security, health, public infrastructure—and other potential costs of Canada’s 5G rollout appeared first on Wrong Kind of Green .

Jeff Gibbs: «There will never be green technological energy»

"Slowly but surely the capitalists have turned the environmental movement to a narrow focus on climate change and the supposed solution of green energy because it’s a $50 trillion dollar profit center." The post Jeff Gibbs: «There will never be green technological energy» appeared first on Wrong Kind of Green.

Pope Francis Sides With Bill Gates And Says COVID Vaccine Must Be ‘Universal And for All People’ Despite Being Made from Aborted Baby Parts

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 10 minutes ago
Pope Francis Sides With Bill Gates And Says COVID Vaccine Must Be ‘Universal And for All People’ Despite Being Made from Aborted Baby Parts by Geoffrey Grider, https://www.nowtheendbegins.com/ In his Wednesday afternoon address, the Argentinian pontiff made his comments in the context of opposing rich countries and people obtaining the COVID vaccine. “It would be sad …

Will 2020 Go Out with a Bang? Asteroid Heading for Earth Could HIT The Night Before The 2020 Presidential Election (But, Don’t Worry, There’s Only a 0.41 Chance)

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 10 minutes ago
Will 2020 Go Out with a Bang? Asteroid Heading for Earth Could HIT The Night Before The 2020 Presidential Election (But, Don’t Worry, There’s Only a 0.41 Chance) by MATTHEW WRIGHT FOR DAILYMAIL.COM, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ * Asteroid 2018 VP1 is expected to fly close to Earth on November 2, 2020 – the day before the presidential …

Could This Be The Mark Of The Beast Or Lead To It? RNA Based Vaccines Change The DNA Of Humans Through A Viral Vector

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 10 minutes ago
666 The Mark Of The Beast Has Arrived 666 The Mark Of The Beast Has Arrived Posted by Greg Reese's Pieces on Monday, April 20, 2020 Could This Be The Mark Of The Beast Or Lead To It? RNA Based Vaccines Change The DNA Of Humans Through A Viral Vector by M.C. Enginn – All News …

Israel Launches Airstrikes Against Gaza And Threatens War

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 10 minutes ago
Israel Launches Airstrikes Against Gaza And Threatens War by Jean Shaoul, 21 August 2020, https://www.wsws.org/ Israeli warplanes bombed the besieged Gaza Strip for an eighth successive night Tuesday in response to the launching of dozens of incendiary balloons and rockets into southern Israel by Palestinian militants. – The airstrikes and drone attacks came as Israel …

Catherine Austin Fitts: We Are in The Process of A Global Reset — The New System is 100% Mark of The Beast Digital

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 10 minutes ago
Catherine Austin Fitts: We Are in The Process of A Global Reset — The New System is 100% Mark of The Beast Digital by Greg Hunters USAWatchdog.com (Saturday Night Post) Investment advisor and former Assistant Secretary of Housing Catherine Austin Fitts says big change is ahead of the world, and “nothing will ever be the same.” …

Deep State Players Are Extremely Nervous, Durham Will Expose It All To The People:Harley Schlanger

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 10 minutes ago
X22Report Spotlight Today’s Interview: Harley Schlanger discusses the Durham investigation, Kevin Clinesmith has now pleaded guilty and is pointing the finger at others. Brennan is being questioned and he will be pointing the finger at others, this will lead all the way the top. The [DS] is in trouble, this is why they are trying …

Inflation Adjusted Gold High $3000 | David Morgan

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 10 minutes ago
Miles Franklin Top silver market expert David Morgan joins Miles Franklin sharing his insights into the recent run to gold and silver. David reveals gold is nowhere near its all time high if you account for inflation even using the U.S. government’s inflation numbers. If inflation is taken into account, silver’s all time high would …

Virginia Plans Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccinations For All Residents

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 10 minutes ago
Virginia Plans Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccinations For All Residents by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ As Friday’s hospitalization numbers across the Sun Belt appear to confirm CDC head Dr. Robert Redfield’s assertion that the American COVID-19 outbreak has peaked and is starting to fade, the State of Virginia is setting a new precedent by seriously discussing forcing Virginians …

Portland BLM ‘Revolutionaries’ Bring Guillotine Into Suburbs Where They Burn American Flags, Fling Poo And Demand Shelter

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 10 minutes ago
Portland BLM ‘Revolutionaries’ Bring Guillotine Into Suburbs Where They Burn American Flags, Fling Poo And Demand Shelter by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ BLM protesters in Portland took to the streets once again Saturday night, dragging a mock guillotine through a suburban neighborhood, where they burned American flags and ‘executed’ a stuffed bear. – Then, protesters took …

5 Asteroids 100+ m (2020 MK) (2020 NC) (2020 NJ) (2020 NA1) (2020 PL2) 4 Out of 5 Fly By Undetected

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 10 minutes ago
PHASTEROID TRACKER 5 BIG Asteroids 100+ m. 4 out of 5 fly by undetected (2020 MK) (2020 NC) (2020 NJ) (2020 NA1) (2020 PL2) 1 Discovered only 10 days before close approach and 4 discovered after fly by. (2020 MK) Estimated Diameter 84 m – 190 m (discovered 10 days before) (2020 NC) Estimated Diameter …

As COVID-1984 Accelerates Bill Gates Blames ‘Freedom’ For Spread of the Virus

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 10 minutes ago
Spiro Skouras Recently Bill Gates gave an interview to the Rothschild partially owned Economist. In this interview, Gates was asked about how he views the U.S. response to the outbreak. His reply was… Aside from the high ‘risk money’ the US ponied up for vaccine research and development, he think the U.S. is doing a …

What Is The WHO? – Questions For Corbett

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 10 minutes ago
corbettreport SHOW NOTES AND MP3: https://www.corbettreport.com/?p=37476 John writes in to ask about the founding, the funding and the true intentions of the World Health Organization. Join James as he lays out some of the information connecting the WHO to big pharma, Bill Gates and the Covid World Order agenda. end

Massive Gold and Silver Shortages Almost Here – Andy Schectman

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 10 minutes ago
FSN GoldandSilver When we last spoke with Andy he warned of a looming precious metals shortage in the fall, due to the near global mine shutdown caused by Covid 19. “We are at roughly 8 times normal sales at Miles Franklin.” Federal indictments against JP Morgan metal traders in March make Andy believe that it’s …

Kellyanne Conway Announces Departure from White House…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 29 minutes ago
Citing a need to renew focus on her children, White House advisor Kellyanne Conway has announced her departure from the administration: STATEMENT: The past four years have allowed me blessings beyond compare as a part of history on Election Night … Continue reading →

Mine-Resistant And Super Quiet, Sweden's New Blekinge-class Submarine Is Making Waves

Caleb Larson at The National Interest - 40 minutes ago
*Caleb Larson* *Security, Europe* Saab’s Ghost stealth technology, which stands for Genuine HOlistic STealth, is Saab’s quietest technology ever. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The Blekinge-class makes use of rubberized mounts and baffles inside the submarine to reduce noise cause by on-board machinery or crew. Additionally, frames within the sub are filled with “acoustic damping plates” that absorb ambient sound from within the submarine. Saab’s Gotland-class recently enjoyed a refit, and is very quiet—the U.S. Navy even leased the first of the class, the *HMS Gotland* fo... more »

Will Russia Save Alexander Lukashenko?

Jennifer Mathers at The National Interest - 40 minutes ago
*Jennifer Mathers* *Politics, Europe* [image: Reuters] In reality, Putin may be reluctant to rush to aid Lukashenko, especially if another leadership emerges in Minsk that is acceptable to Moscow. Mass protests, strikes and calls for Alexander Lukashenko to step down after a disputed election have raised the prospect that his long grip on power in Belarus may be coming to an end. But Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, is widely expected to play a decisive role in what happens next in Belarus. Russia’s leaders regard the security of their own state and society as closely bound ... more »

Progressive Racism In Practice: The Case Of School Discipline

Francis Menton at Manhattan Contrarian - 1 hour ago
* What is “racism,” and what is “anti-racism”? * This is one of those subjects on which I just see the world completely the opposite from the vision of the current crop of woke progressives. The woke progressive program calls for things like diminished law enforcement, increased state handouts and social service programs, and even “reparations,” as the “anti-racist” remedies for racism. * By contrast, in a. post in April 2019, I wrote that these same sorts of things only provide evidence of: the utter contempt in which the self-anointed elites of our country hold members of minority... more »

The definition of Axiomism

Unknown at The Conservative Socrates - 1 hour ago
Here’s a definition of “axiomism” (a term that I have coined): The conviction that the philosophical opinions that I hold (or my favorite philosopher holds) can never be wrong, because my opinions are axioms which do not need to be established through scientific evidence or defended by philosophical arguments and can be accepted as the ultimate facts which are self-evident. In the twentieth century, several philosophical movements contracted the intellectual disease of axiomism.

Former CIA Director John Brennan Interviewed For 8 Hours By Durham Probe

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 hour ago
*Daily Mail:* *Obama's CIA chief John Brennan is interviewed for EIGHT hours by US attorney investigating origins of the Russia probe two days after FBI lawyer pleaded guilty to falsifying document used to get spy warrant* * Brennan answered questions from team led by US Attorney John Durham * Durham 'told Brennan he was not a subject or a target of his investigation' * Brennan led CIA during waning days of the Obama administration * Durham probing how CIA came to conclusion Russia meddled in 2016 election * Attorney General Bill Barr tasked Durham with leading DOJ review * Earli... more »

You Might Not See This Image For Much Longer: Are Navies Obsolete?

James Holmes at The National Interest - 1 hour ago
*James Holmes* *Security, World* [image: Reuters] In wartime, the seas will be barren of combat ships as we know them. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *Anomalies abound in today’s marine paradigm. Aircraft carriers and other surface combatants, long masters of the sea, now operate under the shadow of shore-based missiles and aircraft that greatly outrange them—calling into question whether they can fight their way to the scene of a fight, let alone prevail. It’s hard to win command of the sea or project power ashore when you never close within weapons range to open fire. Are... more »

How Trump Brought Down the Cost of Medicare and Medicaid

Fred Lucas at The National Interest - 1 hour ago
*Fred Lucas* *Economics, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC2IMF9ZEV0W&share=true] Several modest reforms should make a difference down the road. The Trump administration has made several free market reforms in health care that should contribute to the solvency of Medicare and Medicaid, the official in charge of the programs says. President Donald Trump, both as a candidate and as an officeholder, has opposed structural entitlement reforms backed by some conservatives. But the Trump administration’s actions on dereg... more »

Inflammation Is What Can Make Coronavirus So Scary

Sheena Cruickshank at The National Interest - 1 hour ago
*Sheena Cruickshank* *Coronavirus, * [image: Reuters] A common feature for many patients that get severe COVID is serious lung damage caused by an overly vigorous immune response. The severity of COVID-19 can vary hugely. In some it causes no symptoms at all and in others it’s life threatening, with some people particularly vulnerable to its very severe impacts. The virus disproportionately affects men and people who are older and who have conditions such as diabetes and obesity. In the UK and other western countries, ethnic minorities have also been disproportionately affected. ... more »

Can This Small Indian Ocean Island Be the Key To Stopping Chinese Hegemony?

Andrew Banfield at The National Interest - 1 hour ago
*Andrew Banfield* *Security, Asia* [image: U.S. Air Force maintainers assigned to the 393rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, deployed from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, secure a B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber after a flight at Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia, to support a Bomber Task Force mission] B-2 stealth bomebrs have been sent to Diego Garcia for the first time since 2016. The strategic contest between China and the United States has taken an interesting turn. Last week the Pentagon confirmed that three American B-2 Spirit stealth bombers had deployed from Whiteman Air Forc... more »

For Australia, What Comes After the F-35?

Malcolm Davis at The National Interest - 1 hour ago
*Malcolm Davis* *Security, Oceania* [image: Reuters] The RAAF shouldn’t wait until 2035 to get started on developing these types of capabilities. Australia’s 2020 defence strategic update and accompanying force structure plan outline the next 20 years of development for the Royal Australian Air Force’s strike and air combat capability. Some notional funding streams are provided in the force structure plan that define the priorities for capability development and raise some intriguing questions for future planners to consider. At the centre of the plans for the RAAF, of course, a... more »

Revisiting the myth of pluralism in the Nahdlatul Ulama

Supriansyah at New Mandala - 1 hour ago
The meaning of pluralism in NU cannot possibly have a single and monolithic meaning. The post Revisiting the myth of pluralism in the Nahdlatul Ulama appeared first on New Mandala.

Japan art and Watanabe Shikō (1683-1755): Fusion of ideas

Lee Jay at Modern Tokyo Times - 1 hour ago
Japan art and Watanabe Shikō (1683-1755): Fusion of ideas Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Information about the artist Watanabe Shikō (1683-1755) is relatively sketchy. However, it is known that he was gifted from an early age. Similarly, he was born in the cultural city of Kyoto during the Edo Period. Little is known about […]

Do Recent Polls Show 'Strengths" For President Trump?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 2 hours ago
*WSJ:* *Trump Trails Biden, but Polls Show the President Has Some Strengths* *Trump’s image has improved among white voters, and Republicans are growing more interested in the election.* President Trump heads into this week’s Republican National Convention with national polls showing him trailing in his race for re-election. But surveys also identify strengths in his political standing, some of them not widely noted, that could help him close the gap by Election Day. Mr. Trump lags behind Democratic nominee Joe Biden by 9 percentage points, this month’s Wall Street Journal/NBC News... more »

Responding To Voter Suppression, Understanding Manipulated Elections

Kevin Zeese at PopularResistance.Org - 2 hours ago
Voter suppression in the 2020 election has become a topic of great concern. In reality, voter suppression has been part of US politics since the founding of the country. The oligarchs who wrote the US Constitution enabled voter suppression by not including the right to vote in it and only allowing white male property owners to vote, suppressing the votes of 94 percent of the population. Five of 16 states had white-only voting in 1800 and after 1802, every new state, free or slave, except for Maine banned Black people from voting. The post Responding To Voter Suppression, Underst... more »

In Recordings, Trump’s Sister Says He ‘Has No Principles’

AP News at Snopes.com - 2 hours ago
President Donald Trump’s older sister, a former federal judge, is heard sharply criticizing her brother in a series of recordings, at one point saying of the president, “He has no principles.”

Joe Biden Says 'I Would Shut America Down Again' To Fight Coronavirus Pandemic

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 2 hours ago
“I would shut it down. I would listen to the scientists.” Joe Biden tells @DavidMuir in an exclusive interview that as president, he would shut the country down to stop the spread of COVID-19 if the move was recommended by scientists. https://t.co/2A9r07d7EC pic.twitter.com/e8yTrT9G56 — ABC News (@ABC) August 22, 2020 *Daily Mail:* *'I would shut America down again': Joe Biden says he would start second lockdown to fight coronavirus pandemic if scientists recommend as he slams Trump for not working to 'fix the virus'* * Joe Biden said he would shut down the country again if scien... more »

IG Report Makes Public The Reasons Why One Of The Most Senior Women In The US Air Force Was Fired Early This Year

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 2 hours ago
Maj. Gen. Dawn Dunlop poses for a photo in front of an F-22 Raptor at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Feb. 1, 2019, during the filming of a recruitment ad. Dunlop was removed from her position as director of the Defense Department's Special Access Programs Central Office in May 2019. (Kenji Thuloweit/Air Force) *Daily Mail*: *Groundbreaking female U.S. Air Force pilot who was the first woman to fly an F-22 and oversaw the Pentagon's top secret projects was fired for 'scolding subordinates like children' and 'creating borderline abusive environment'* * Maj. Gen. Dawn Dunlop was on... more »

Intense snowstorms kill at least 100,000 sheep and 5,000 cattle in Patagonia

Robert at Ice Age Now - 2 hours ago
Snowstorms and frosts in the high areas of the Argentine Patagonia Rio Negro province could cause the death of 70% of the flock, according to estimates from the provincial Livestock Secretariat, Tabaré Bassi. Officials made a first estimate of losses in the snow covered highlands, but will have to wait until October for a more ... Read more Intense snowstorms kill at least 100,000 sheep and 5,000 cattle in Patagonia The post Intense snowstorms kill at least 100,000 sheep and 5,000 cattle in Patagonia appeared first on Ice Age Now.

CENSORED: Resistance Grows Across America as Open Carry Armed Militias Peacefully March

AdminM at Medical Kidnap - 2 hours ago
This past week fully armed militia groups took to the streets in peaceful protest in events that the corporate propaganda media obviously did not want to publish, as there are now solid signs that all across the nation citizens have had enough with living under the rule of tyrants. If the word "militia" is foreign to you, it is in the U.S. Constitution Bill of Rights in the Second Amendment which reads: Amendment II - "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." Most Americans pro... more »

CENSORED: Resistance Grows Across America as Open Carry Armed Militias Peacefully March

Brian-Admin at Health Impact News - 3 hours ago
This past week fully armed militia groups took to the streets in peaceful protest in events that the corporate propaganda media obviously did not want to publish, as there are now solid signs that all across the nation citizens have had enough with living under the rule of tyrants. If the word "militia" is foreign to you, it is in the U.S. Constitution Bill of Rights in the Second Amendment which reads: Amendment II - "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." Most Americans pro... more »

Two years ago, these Republicans condemned Trump for siding with Putin over US intelligence people

Keith at musingsofanoldfart - 3 hours ago
Ted Miller wrote “After Putin Summit, It’s Time We Start Seriously Calling Trump A Traitor,” that was written on July 16, 2018 following the Helsinki summit between the US president and Vladimir Putin. Our Australian friend David, who lives in … Continue reading →

War of the Roses Ends

Larry-Lambert at Virtual Mirage - 3 hours ago
Richard has the distinction of being the last English king to die in battle (and only the second to ever do so, Harold Godwinson being the only other – at the Battle of Hastings in 1066). On 22 August 1485 the War of the Roses reached a bloody climax at Bosworth Field. Here, Richard III, […] The post War of the Roses Ends appeared first on Virtual Mirage.

"Covid-19 Pandemic Updates PM 8/23/20"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
*"Covid-19 Pandemic **Updates PM 8/23/20" * *- Frequently **Updated* Please visit these sites often for the very latest information. ◆ *Updated Aug 23 2020, 1:56 P**M E.T.* *Coronavirus Map: Tracking the Global Outbreak* More than 23,260,700 people around the world have been infected with Covid-19; 5,696,871 of them are Americans. Here is the latest map/case count. The number of daily tests conducted in the U.S. is only 52 percent of the level considered necessary to mitigate the spread of the virus. See how your state’s testing compares to others. ◆ *- https://www.zerohedge.com/* *AU... more »

What Congress Must Know about the Trump Administration's Foreign Policy Failures

Paul R. Pillar at The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Paul R. Pillar* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] Lawmakers must ask the intelligence community to talk publicly about how Beijing will respond to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's declaration of a new cold war? Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe has told the Senate intelligence committee that he is willing to present to Congress in August, along with heads of the major intelligence agencies, much-delayed testimony on worldwide threats facing the United States. The catch is that the only public testimony he is offering would be a prepared statement; questions a... more »

A Century Old Idea Could Be a Fast Track to Coronavirus Treatment

Jeffrey M. Sturek at The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Jeffrey M. Sturek* *Health, * Imagine going to the doctor for a cough and getting a transfusion of blood from a goat. It probably sounds strange today, but that is exactly how antibody therapy started in the late 1800s. Imagine going to the doctor for a cough and getting a transfusion of blood from a goat. It probably sounds strange today, but that is exactly how antibody therapy started in the late 1800s. Researchers found that plasma, the part of blood left when you get rid of the cells, had healing properties. In fact, the first Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine was awar... more »

How a New President Can Protect Whistleblowers

Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Hilary Hurd at The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Hilary Hurd* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] Although it is the president’s right to remove IGs who are not fulfilling their responsibilities, Trump has removed more IGs than any U.S. president in the past thirty years, and often with dubious motives. American citizens rely on whistleblowers to make sure the rule of law is upheld, their tax dollars are not being squandered, and that projects are executed safely for workers and surrounding communities. Yet, the Trump administration has sent potential whistleblowers an unmistakable message that sp... more »

The Danger of America Ignoring External Economic Risks

Desmond Lachman at The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Desmond Lachman* *economy, Americas* [image: Reuters] U.S. policymakers should be paying more attention to troubling economic developments abroad. This might induce them to have the U.S. resume its traditional role of international leadership in world economic crisis resolution. The United States is no stranger to having external economic crises adversely affect its economic performance. Yet amid the global coronavirus pandemic, U.S. economic policymakers seem to be exclusively focused on the domestic risks to the economy. This is all the more surprising considering how likely ... more »

Xi Jinping's Geopolitical Cataclysm

Richard Javad Heydarian at The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Richard Javad Heydarian* *Security, Asia* [image: Reuters] The post-Mao leadership in China has consciously developed a political system that could avoid the fate of the Soviet Union. Russia’s most dashing revolutionary Leon Trotsky once said, “Anyone desiring a quiet life has done badly to be born in the twentieth century.” A century later, his eloquent foreboding is even more palpable, given the concatenation of existential crises facing humanity, with no less than planetary climate change casting a long shadow on our future as a species. At the same time, we find ourselves in... more »

Will We Get a 'V-Shaped Recovery" After Coronavirus?

James Pethokoukis at The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*James Pethokoukis* *Politics, Americas* [image: Residents of Meridian Heights apartments in Northwest Washington display a painted bedsheet protesting for the cancelation of rent due to the loss of jobs during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 20, 2020. REUTE] The White House economists might be anticipating is faster productivity growth from a faster pace of innovation driven by a faster pace of technological progress. On CNBC’s Squawk Box program yesterday, White House economist Joe Lavorgna assured viewers that a v-shaped recovery w... more »

Why America's Block V Virginia-Class Submarines Are So Different From Their Older Versions

Caleb Larson at The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Caleb Larson* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2014%3Anewsml_TM3EAAP0XIC01&share=true] They are so different that they might as well have another name, but they don't. *Key Point: *These submarines keep being upgraded. This way, they stay powerful and modern. America’s Virginia-class submarines come in five “blocks,” and the latest hulls, block Vs, are essentially a new class of submarine. So why aren’t they called something else? *Cost Effective* According to the Congressional Research Service, the Virginia-class design “... more »

Why Gen. George Patton Wasn't Happy To See World War II End

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, * Following his campaign in Western Europe, George S. Patton had difficulty adjusting to peacetime and was fatally injured in an automobile accident. The commander of the U.S. Third Army, General George Patton, Jr., took no great pleasure in the end of the war in Europe; he already knew that despite his lobbying of many influential figures in Washington, D.C., he had no hope of being reassigned to the Pacific Theater to command combat troops there. As he put it to his III Corps commander, Maj. Gen. James Van Fleet, “There is already a star [Mac... more »

Dead Wrong Extra: What Halifax police knew about Michael McGray

Tim Bousquet at Halifax Examiner - 3 hours ago
The Uncover: Dead Wrong podcast is out to the world. I cannot thank my colleagues Janice Evans and Nancy Hunter enough — while my reporting informed the podcast, it was they who shaped the story-telling and made the episodes come together. Also, the entire CBC podcast crew in Toronto was amazing, and the project could […]

Get out of the way if you don’t do what we say? Seriously?

Uriel at 'Nox & Friends - 3 hours ago
This woman thinks that the attack on officers is a “peaceful protest” and then THREATENS the people in the city of Chicago government? Has she lost her mind? What the heck makes she and her BLM so special that only kid gloves are allowed? Taylore Norwood works according to Western Journal with a nonprofit called Good Kids/Bad City. How the heck she can be involved with that with so much hate and anger in her is beyond understanding. What a bad example for the children. Standing up peacefully is one thing but that is NOT what this woman appears to … Continue reading →

Worst California State Legislator? Is Anyone Worse Than Devon ("Proud White Guy")?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 4 hours ago
Everyone following politics throughout the nation has no doubt heard of Devin Nunes, his ridiculous hackery is legendary at this point. One interesting fact about Nunes is that his district overlaps with that of another terrible Devon whose name is nearly unknown outside of Sacramento-- Devon Mathis in California Assembly District 26, a chunk of the Central Valley, primarily Tulare County with sparsely populated Inyo County and a small piece of Kern County, the Kern River Valley. In 2017, while Devin Nunes was colluding with the Russians on Trump's behalf, Devon Mathis made headli... more »

Energy Independence Boosted As ANWR Cleared For Clean, Safe Drilling

Hifast at Climate Collections - 4 hours ago
Originally posted on PA Pundits - International: By Bonner Cohen, Ph.D. ~ After 40 years of fierce debate over oil and gas development in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), the Trump administration Aug. 17 cleared the way for the sale of drilling leases in the refuge – perhaps by as early as December of…

Californian Wildfires–Due To Climate Change?

Hifast at Climate Collections - 4 hours ago
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ?If you tell a lie often enough…………… ? Major wildfires continue to spread across Northern California on Thursday as thousands more residents are forced to evacuate their homes and resource-strapped firefighters battle the blazes. California has been hit by nearly 11,000 lightning…

'Remembering why I am doing this'.....

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 4 hours ago
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Gregory Mannarino, 8/23/20: “Markets, A Look Ahead - Special Report”

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
Gregory Mannarino, *8/23/20: “Markets, A Look Ahead - Special Report”* - https://traderschoice.net/

Human Rights Watch Smears Thai FM for not Siding with West

Land Destroyer at Alt Thai News Network ATNN - 4 hours ago
Human Rights Watch wants Thailand to side with West whose military aggression in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Afghanistan, Yemen, and beyond has led to the WORST crimes against humanity of the 21st century. *August 24, 2020* (Tony Cartalucci - ATN) - An organization called "Human Rights Watch" (HRW) would be expected to oppose human rights violations. We could assume that the worse the violations, the more HRW would "watch" and oppose them. Yet HRW in reality represents the weaponization of human rights advocacy - often fabricating abuses to undermine a targeted nation or government, whil... more »

Short story: The Truth About Clones

Ethical Technology - 4 hours ago
“Forget all the sci-fi you’ve watched. The fantasy of the evil clone is a form of the terror of the doppelganger, which is our fear of our own Shadow. A clone is just a younger identical twin.”

Catapulting Russian-Meddling Propaganda

Terrace at PopularResistance.Org - 4 hours ago
The fresh orgy of anti-Russian invective in the lickspittle media (LSM) has the feel of fin de siècle. The last four reality-impaired years do seem as though they add up to a century. And no definitive fin is in sight, as long as most people don’t know what’s going on. The LSM should be confronted: “At long last have you left no sense of decency?” But who would hear the question — much less any answer? The corporate media have a lock on what Americans are permitted or not permitted to hear. Checking the truth, once routine in journalism, is a thing of the past. The post Catapulti... more »

Are patient surgical masks necessary?

drinkingwateradvisor at The Drinking Water Advisor - 4 hours ago
Lahme T, Jung WK, Wilhelm W, Larsen R. [Patient surgical masks during regional anesthesia. Hygenic necessity or dispensable ritual?]. Der Anaesthesist, 31 Oct 2001, 50(11):846-851 Language:ger DOI: 10.1007/s00101-001-0229-x OBJECTIVE: The use of surgical face masks (SFM) is believed to minimize the transmission of oro- and … Continue reading →

Teaching Responsibility

David Henderson at Econlib - 4 hours ago
Someone on Facebook recently asked people to tell the most important thing they learned from their father. Here’s the one I came up with and it was really 2 things I learned. From an early age, I was told by my father that none of my possessions was as important as my life and so […] The post Teaching Responsibility appeared first on Econlib.

Ebola deaths and infections are increasing in the DRC

Lee Jay at Modern Tokyo Times - 4 hours ago
Ebola deaths and infections are increasing in the DRC Kanako Mita and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The eleventh outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is spreading throughout the Equateur province. This outbreak emerged with the ending of the tenth outbreak in the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri. Sadly, […]

Is Peter Duffy the spiritual director of the Summit Lighthouse/C.U.&T.?

Bob Dinn at balance10 - 5 hours ago
by Leonardo da Vinci 1) Life always pays her debts, and therefore as love is given love is increased. All that you give away out of the bounty of your inner faith becomes a mounting incoming current. -Helios: *Pearls of Wisdom* 13:30 (7-26-1970) *……………………….* 2) Let men recognize then that while they are yet living in the duality of self they must cleave only to the real else they will not be able to separate themselves from the unreal. Those who fear lest they torture themselves ought to consider the torture already inflicted upon the soul that is crucified in matt... more »

Sunday Talks – Devin Nunes Discusses The Vast Mailbox Conspiracy Theory…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 5 hours ago
HPSCI ranking member Devin Nunes appears on Fox News with Maria Bartiromo to discuss the Democrats conspiracy theory about President Trump removing mailboxes. Additionally, Devin Nunes discusses the contrast between how the FBI gave Hillary Clinton a defensive briefing based … Continue reading →

The Mao-ling of a Generation

Diogenes Sarcastica™ at Diogenes' Middle Finger - 5 hours ago
This *is what happens* when malevolent narcissists don’t get slapped and thrown to the ground. The kind of psychology we’re seeing, over and over again, overwhelmingly from the left, is an exercise in bad faith, a fundamental dishonesty. It therefore isn’t amenable to correction with facts or debate, or appeals to reciprocity or some higher purpose. Tolerating such behaviour and worse, deferring to it, will only encourage an escalation of vanity, malice and sociopathy. It may, however, be discouraged with reminders of physical consequences. Ideally, physical humiliation. A reminde... more »

Morehouse Receives $9 Million National Science Foundation Grant to Research STEM Education at HBCUs

Sara Weissman at Diverse - 5 hours ago
The HBCU Undergraduate Success Research Center, a new initiative by Morehouse College funded by a $9 million grant from the National Science Foundation, aims to study STEM education programs at historically Black colleges and universities.

George Floyd’s Death Has Revived Renaming Efforts as Institutions Reckon With Legacies of Racism

cmaadmin at Diverse - 5 hours ago
Pervasive demands for social justice following the death of George Floyd in police custody have penetrated the halls of institutions throughout the country. In academia, dozens of high-profile universities have announced plans to rename campus buildings that bear the names of individuals associated with the country’s racist history. And a similar reckoning has come to institutions that haven’t claimed the media spotlight.

Dr. Namandjé Bumpus Becomes First Black Woman to Chair a Department at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

cmaadmin at Diverse - 5 hours ago
In May, Dr. Namandjé Bumpus made history when she was named director of the Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The appointment makes Bumpus the first African American woman to lead a department at the School of Medicine and the only African American woman currently chairing a pharmacology department at any medical school in the United States.

Alexandra Kollontai: The Struggle for Proletarian Feminism and for Women in the Party

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 5 hours ago
Editor’s note: The following is the first of a two-part article based on a talk the author gave at the People’s Forum in July 2020. This first part focuses on Kollontai’s struggle for proletarian feminism against bourgeois feminism as well as her struggle to center gender equality within the party’s platform. Part two, which we will release next week, focuses on her work articulating intimacy, solidarity, and love as crucial components of the communist movement.

The Scene and the Crime: The Salisbury Poisonings

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 5 hours ago
Nine months after Sergei and Yulia Skripal were poisoned in March 2018, the BBC’s ‘Panorama’ screened a documentary about it, Salisbury Nerve Agent Attack: the Inside Story. The show backed the Tory government’s conviction that Russian GRU officers attacked the former Russian double agent and his daughter. But British experts pointed to its factual errors, and some ordinary punters – including the BBC’s own correspondent in Salisbury – were dubious.

Could the U.S. Navy Defeat China? Russia Thinks So.

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, * Superior U.S. reconnaissance would give it the defining advantage against China. *Key Point*: Sivkov's scenario is hopeful for Americans, but based on a lot of assumptions. If U.S. and Chinese aircraft carriers were to clash, the U.S. Navy would win. And who makes that prediction? A Russian military expert. Konstantin Sivkov, a member of the Russian Academy of Rocket and Artillery Sciences, argues that superior U.S. reconnaissance capabilities would trump China’s advantages in hypersonic missiles. Sivkov lays out a sort of wargame for an America vs.... more »

"Understand that this is an emergency..."

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 5 hours ago
*"This is not to say that there are not good reasons to use mitigations as a delay tactic... But mitigations themselves are not saving lives in these scenarios; instead, it is what we do with the time that gives us an opportunity to improve the outcome of the epidemic."* ~ Maria Chikina and Wesley Pegden on A call to honesty in pandemic modelling' *"The Government wasted the 100 days New Zealand was free of community transmission... officials sat back and basked in New Zealand's relative success during past pandemics, which meant systems and plans were not reviewed to ... more »

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