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Gavin Newsom’s Exceedingly Ignorant Climate Claim
By Jim Steele | Sept. 14, 2020 Scientific evidence reveals there has been no climate effect regards California’s wildfires! None! The data below proves it beyond all doubt. There is no denying that warmer temperatures can cause drier fuels and promote larger fires. But that fact is being misapplied to all wildfires. About 70% of California’s 2020 burnt areas have …
Florida Poll Puts Donald Trump and Joe Biden at a Statistical Tie
*Rachel Bucchino* *Politics, Americas* [image: Reuters] Florida is a divided state and will continue to be one of the key swing states for presidential elections. The race for support between President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in the crucial, battleground state of Florida has tightened, as waves of undecided voters are choosing to back the president in November. While Biden is leading Trump 49 percent to 46 percent, with 5 percent still undecided, “those undecideds are breaking for Trump 4:1, resulting in a statistical tie at 50 percent for each... more »
North Korea's SLBMs: Daniel DePetris Responds to Victor Cha
*Daniel R. DePetris* *Security, Asia* DePetris and Cha continue an important debate on North Korean military modernization, media coverage of the DPRK and more. *Editor's Note: The following is a response to Victor Cha's rebuttal of his recent opinion piece here in Korea Watch. You can read Daniel's original piece that sparked this debate here. * *Victor Cha* in a recent letter to the Editor concludes that my September 7 opinion column here in Korea Watch critiquing CSIS’s latest satellite imagery report on the Sinpo South Shipyard “is skewed, if not wholly misleading” and goes... more »
Study: Coronavirus-Driven School Closings Linked to Rise in Depression, Suicides
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Health, Americas* [image: Reuters] The ongoing pandemic has impacted the mental health of children and adults New research out of China is suggesting that primary-school students experienced more depressive symptoms and attempted suicide more often after schools shuttered their doors due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. The study, which was published in JAMA Network Open, compared more than twelve hundred survey reports dealing with mental health issues before the pandemic began in November and mid-May. What the researchers from Anhui Medical University d... more »
Study: College Athletes Experienced Heart Damage After Contracting Coronavirus
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Health, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_MT1USATODAY14930387&share=true] The coronavirus may contribute to a dangerous condition known as myocarditis. Medical experts are now recommending cardiac screening tests for athletes who have recovered from the novel coronavirus after a study has confirmed a link between coronavirus exposure and heart inflammation brought on by a rare condition called myocarditis, according to a new research letter published in JAMA Cardiology. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging... more »
The Middle East Strategic Realignment Reverberates Through South Asia
*Michael Rubin* *Security, Middle East* [image: Reuters] As momentous as the slow collapse of the Arab-Israeli conflict and the strategic reorientation within the Middle East is, its impact on South Asia will also be momentous. There is an unfortunate tendency in U.S. strategic circles to compartmentalize by geography: China watchers look at China, but for too long ignored its inroads in Africa and the Americas. Russia specialists watch the Kremlin but ignore Moscow’s inroads far beyond Russia’s borders. The Middle East, meanwhile, may have been the focus of U.S. strategy for th... more »
Netflix Review: ‘Challenger: The Final Flight’ a Deep Dive Into an American Tragedy
*Stephen Silver* *Technology, * The mini-series tells a tragic tale, but includes important details often forgotten. There’s been a recent unlikely renaissance of movies and TVs about the past, present and even the speculative future of the U.S. space program. There were the recent feature films “Hidden Figures,” “Ad Astra” and “First Man,” as well as last year’s flop “Lucy in the Sky.” There was also an acclaimed 2019 documentary called “Apollo 11,” which assembled a cache of never-before-seen archival footage to tell the story of the 1969 moon landing from beginning to end. O... more »
Covid update: The grand Ohio legal case for our time, against kings on their thrones -- and against Satanists in their Underworld Lairs
*Jon Rappoport *seems to have some good news for us this morning. Thanks to regular contributor *FreakedOut *I have the link HERE to his latest post wherein he describes how the legal machinery, set up by our forebearers for just such crises as we're currently in...is finally lumbering into motion. Please read and I will have comments to follow: ***************** Covid update: The grandOhio legal case forour time, againstkings on their thronesSep15 by Jon Rappoport *—You can hate the law until it’s not there anymore—* *by Jon Rappoport* September 15, 2020 (To join our email li... more »
Is Chinese President Xi Jinping The World’s Most Dangerous Man?
Photo-illustration by Jen Renninger for POLITICO *Michael Schuman, Politico:* *Why China’s Xi Jinping is the world’s most dangerous man* European leaders can no longer afford to ignore Beijing’s aggressive authoritarianism. HONG KONG — It’s all too easy to blame Donald Trump for the upheaval in current affairs. The U.S. president’s trade wars and hostility toward multilateral institutions are highly visible challenges to the international order that has prevailed since the end of World War II. Perhaps of greater consequence, but less obvious, are the fundamental changes taking p... more »
Cop Indicted Over Video Showing Him Shoot, Kill Woman After She Tells Him ‘I’m Pregnant’
[image: woman]A Baytown cop has been formally indicted after horrifying video showed him dump 5 rounds into a woman who pleaded with him that she was pregnant.
California Wildfires Raise the Risk of More Rolling Blackouts
The California wildfires are raising the risk of more electric-power blackouts because smoke and ash particles can block sunlight and… The post California Wildfires Raise the Risk of More Rolling Blackouts appeared first on IER.
Poison hoax 2.0. Navalny a pawn in Nord Stream 2 game
*****News Topic 24***** The Great Novichok Poisoning Hoax 2.0 https://stephenlendman.org/2020/09/the-great-novichok-poisoning-hoax-2-0/
UCLA, Stanford study finds for average 50-64 year old, chances of dying from COVID-19 are 1 in 19.1 Million
Short video – “Doctors were shocked to learn how low the risk really was,”reports Pearson Sharp of One America News. “The likelyhood of contracting the coronavirus are much, much lower than previously thought.” It is “an extremely rare event.” “People are vastly overestimating their chances of getting sick and going to the hospital.” “Even the ... Read more UCLA, Stanford study finds for average 50-64 year old, chances of dying from COVID-19 are 1 in 19.1 Million The post UCLA, Stanford study finds for average 50-64 year old, chances of dying from COVID-19 are 1 in 19.1 Million ap... more »
Steve Bannon’s Plans for a Privately-Funded Border Wall Are Crumbling
As Steve Bannon faces 40 years in prison for wire fraud and money laundering, the trend of privately-funded border walls his organization started comes up against federal, international, and political barriers The post Steve Bannon’s Plans for a Privately-Funded Border Wall Are Crumbling appeared first on MintPress News.
In the Face of “Normalization” Congressional Dems Lobby to Protect Israel’s “Qualitative Military Edge”
A group of Congressional Dems are calling attention to a key pillar of US-Israeli policy in a futile effort to stall an arms deal as Israeli-UAE normalization takes effect. The post In the Face of “Normalization” Congressional Dems Lobby to Protect Israel’s “Qualitative Military Edge” appeared first on MintPress News.
Wildfires Rage Across Syria in Wake of Increased US-Led Economic Warfare
The combination of a ten year military war, maximum pressure economic sanctions, the deliberate destruction of essential civilian infrastructure and the blatant scorched earth policies of the American neocolonialist foreign policy-managers are designed to reduce Syria to another failed state following NATO’s Libya blueprint. The post Wildfires Rage Across Syria in Wake of Increased US-Led Economic Warfare appeared first on MintPress News.
While Trump Berates Portland Looters, the US Gov’t Continues to Plunder Syria with Impunity
President Trump has lashed out at rioters and looters in Portland and Kenosha, yet halfway around the world, the US military is busy plundering what’s left of Syria’s wealth on a vastly greater scale and with little publicity. The post While Trump Berates Portland Looters, the US Gov’t Continues to Plunder Syria with Impunity appeared first on MintPress News.
President Trump and First Lady Melania Participate in Abraham Accords Signing Ceremony – 12:00pm Livestream…
Today President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump will participate in an Abraham Accords Signing Ceremony to celebrate the historic peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. Anticipated start time 12:00pm. President Trump helped broker a historic agreement … Continue reading →
Hurricane Sally Weakens Slightly – SE Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama Coastal Communities Biggest Risk…
According to the latest information from the National Hurricane Center Sally has weakened slightly and has a loosely defined eye wall. This a very slowly moving storm at only 2mph which unfortunately means a longer storm surge event. Coastal communities … Continue reading →
The Buffalo Soldier – a good read about relationships in tough times
The recipe is simple, but tragic. Mix in a young couple living in Vermont who loses their twin daughters to a terrible flood. Season with a ten-year old African-American foster child that they take in two years later. Understand the … Continue reading →
SHOCKING STUDY: Chemo Kills up to 50% of Patients within 30 days in Some Hospitals
For decades now, many scientists have been raising red flags that chemotherapy can oftentimes do more harm than good, and in a surprisingly large number of cases, it simply does not work. Dr. Hardin B. Jones, a former Professor of Medical Physics and Physiology at Berkeley, California, studied the impact of chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery on the survival rates of cancer patients, and found that instead of prolonging lives, these treatments actually make the patients die almost four times sooner. This was found more than 40 years ago, and yet not much has changed in the way th... more »
How Naturally Sweet Honey Can Actually Help You Lose Belly Fat
Research has suggested that taking honey instead of sugar has a positive effect on reducing belly fat, and also that honey can help reduce blood glucose levels. But did you know that it may also help to reduce belly fat? Read on… Honey is one of the sweetest and most delicious foods out there, made from the labor of thousands of bees working together in unison to provide for themselves and those around them. Bees are struggling due to many factors such as neocotinoid-coated seeds, EMF towers, indiscriminate pesticide spraying, genetically modified foods and much more, but did you ... more »
Georgian Air-Defense getting ready to “bloody” up Russian Air-Force – Forbes
[image: Georgian Air-Defense getting ready to “bloody” up Russian Air-Force – Forbes] Georgia has entered a new agreement with Israeli firm Rafael to modernize its air-defense systems and make the Russian Air-Force “bleed”, according to Forbes contributor David Axe. It has been 12 years since Russian troops have defeated their Georgian counterparts in South Ossetia, back then, Georgia was still equipped with a Soviet air-defense system, including older systems such as the S-125M. It is unknown how much the deal between Georgia and Rafael is worth and what weapons systems the defens... more »
Pompeo says hopeful for breakthrough with N. Korea, diplomatic work ongoing behind scenes
[image: Pompeo says hopeful for breakthrough with N. Korea, diplomatic work ongoing behind scenes] US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday he is still optimistic that the United States can have North Korea agree to denuclearize. “As for North Korea… we did have hopes that we could make further progress and Chairman Kim [Jong Un] would go in a different direction, but I’m still optimistic,” Pompeo said during a discussion at the Atlantic Council. “It’s gone quiet publicly, but there’s still lots of work going on.” Pompeo said work continues among the United States, Japan an... more »
Explosive device detonates on Baghdad highway used by US Diplomats – Reports
[image: Explosive device detonates on Baghdad highway used by US Diplomats – Reports] An explosive device detonated in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad at one of the entrances to the so-called carefully guarded green zone on the highway used by US diplomats, Al Arabiya broadcaster reported on Tuesday. According to the broadcaster, the explosion took place near a mosque next to the bridge in front of the entrance to the carefully guarded “green zone” of Baghdad, on the highway leading to the street of the Baghdad International Airport, which is used by US diplomats. Continue reading Exp... more »
Watch: Russian S-400 system takes out enemy missiles
[image: Watch: Russian S-400 system takes out enemy missiles] BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:50 P.M.) – Crews of missile teams and the S-400 System Command Center (Triumph) of the Leningrad Air Force and Air Defense Union conducted combat launches of guided missiles at air targets for training. The exercises were held in Astrakhan province at the Acholuk training field. But first, the missile regiment made a joint march from the Pskov region to the work sites of the training ground, crossing more than 2,000 kilometers. Continue reading Watch: Russian S-400 system takes out enemy missiles at AMN... more »
Russia’s Roscosmos to work on Venera-D mission to Venus without US – Executive Director
[image: Russia’s Roscosmos to work on Venera-D mission to Venus without US – Executive Director] The Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos has decided to work on the Venera-D research mission to Venus without the United States, Executive Director for Science and Long-Term Programs Alexander Bloshenko said on Tuesday. It was previously expected that Russian orbital and landing platforms, as well as a small US research station, would be launched to Venus as part of this mission. “A decision has been made to implement the Venera-D mission, which involves landing and orbital platf... more »
Pictures: US helicopter makes emergency landing in northeast Syria.
[image: Pictures: US helicopter makes emergency landing in northeast Syria.] An American AH-64 Apache attack helicopter made an emergency landing near the area of Tel Hadad in the east of Hasakah on Tuesday afternoon, the U.S. Coalition reported. It is unclear what caused the incident, however, the SDF acting under the leadership of the United States has denied previous claims of a crash, specifying that an emergency landing occurred in the area with no casualties reported. A large number of US Army military vehicles arrived at the scene of the emergency. Continue reading Picture... more »
US vows to prevent Iran from acquiring Russian and Chinese weapons
[image: US vows to prevent Iran from acquiring Russian and Chinese weapons] BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:20 P.M.) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday that the United States will prevent Iran from acquiring Russian and Chinese weapons, despite the fact the international arms embargo on Iran expires on October 18. According to Asharq Al-Awsat, Pompeo told “France Inter” radio on Tuesday: “Nothing has been done so far to enable the extension of this ban, and therefore the United States assumed its responsibilities,” referring to the differences between Americans and Europeans i... more »
Threat of war? Turkey demands Greek demilitarization of Chios
[image: Threat of war? Turkey demands Greek demilitarization of Chios] While Greek and Turkish military representatives will meet for the third time under NATO brokered talks on Tuesday, the threat of military escalation between both nations continue to rise. Following growing tensions between both nations, the Turkish Navy issued a navigational warning demanding that Greece completely demilitarizes the island of Chios. The warning was issued on Monday evening. The Navy’s office for Hydrography and Oceanography is claiming that Greece is violating the 1923 Lausanne Peace Treaty. Co... more »
Trump admits he considered assassinating Bashar Al-Assad in 2018
[image: Trump admits he considered assassinating Bashar Al-Assad in 2018] BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:45 P.M.) – U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed that he discussed assassinating Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad in 2018, CNN White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins reported on Tuesday. “I would have rather taken him out. I had him all set. Mattis didn’t want to do it,” Trump said, calling former Defense Secretary James Mattis “highly overrated”. However, in 2018, the U.S. President denied that he considered assassinating the Syrian President after he accused the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) ... more »
Suspected US drone strike kills foreign leaders of jihadist group in Syria
[image: Suspected US drone strike kills foreign leaders of jihadist group in Syria] BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:30 P.M.) – A suspected U.S. drone targeted a four-wheel drive vehicle carrying Tunisian and Yemeni leaders of the Hurras Al-Deen terrorist group in central Idlib on Monday. According to reports, the vehicle was traveling though the Al-Qusour neighborhood of Idlib, when it was struck by what is believed to be a ‘Ninja’ drone. The drone reportedly fired four missiles at the vehicle, destroying it completely and killing all of the people inside. Continue reading Suspected US drone s... more »
Russian T-14 Armata vs. T-90 tank: video
[image: Russian T-14 Armata vs. T-90 tank: video] BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:20 P.M.) – The program “Military Use” on the Zvezda channel devoted its new episode to the new T-14 Armata tank. While filming at the training ground in Nizhny Tagil, there was a f “duel” between the T-14 Armata and the T-90M tank, the publication reported. The T-14 used the supersonic Ataka missile to hit the target, and the T-90M used the 9M119M (Infar) missile and at the time of the tests, rain began to fall, and the target was very difficult to see. Continue reading Russian T-14 Armata vs. T-90 tank: video at A... more »
Government ordered to reveal more secrets about post-Brexit trade talks
bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
15-Sep-2020 Campaigners had challenged the Department for International Trade (DIT) over its "hostile approach to freedom of information law".
Trump's Nihilism
If you're looking for a philosophy behind what Donald Trump does, you're on a fool's errand. But, Rick Salutin writes, there is a common thread that ties everything Trump does together. It's nihilism: What Trump means by and fears in anarchism would probably be better described as nihilism. It's a complicated and historically amorphous term. (Nietzsche wasn't a nihilist but he thought it should be overcome with a new, harshly honest morality; the Russian nihilists wanted to dismantle their brutal world and replace it with the nobler qualities of peasants and the early church.) Bu... more »
Corona’s Culture of Coercive Compliance
[image: undefined] Our public culture has changed dramatically since the pandemic lockdowns began in March. Unprecedented interventions in individuals’ lives and curtailments of their liberties have become the “new normal,” and will remain so for the indefinite future. The rationales have been shifting week to week. At first, we were ordered to stay home, to shelter in place, to flatten the curve and ensure that hospitals were not overwhelmed. But after six months of this, a simple slogan has taken root: We must sacrifice to stop the spread, to save lives. There is no other way, ... more »
Trump Connects The Generals And The Military-Industrial Complex
[image: undefined] Once again, the whispers of phantoms masquerading as administration officials have attempted to put Donald Trump on the defensive only two months before the fall election. And in typical fashion, the roused president has gone on an immediate rhetorical offensive. Trump has doubled down on his affirmations towards the US military and the American soldier, while simultaneously confronting the class of generals who command them. “I’m not saying the military’s in love with me—the soldiers are,” Trump said at a Labor Day press conference. “The top people in the Pentag... more »
Biden Is Better Than Trump On Climate And The Environment
In his Climate speech yesterday, Biden tore into Trump with two well-written questions: "If you give a climate arsonist four more years in the White House, why would anyone be surprised if we have more of America ablaze? If you give a climate denier four more years in the White House, why would anyone be surprised when more of America is underwater?" Nice! And Trump earned it! Before he spoke, 170 environmental leaders, generally part of the Democratic Party establishment coalition urged their supporters to vote for Biden... rather than Howie Hawkins of the Green Party, someone ... more »
Covid-19: “Staggering number” of extra deaths in community is not explained by covid-19
Only a third of the excess deaths seen in the community in England and Wales can be explained by covid-19, new data have shown.
Black Agenda Radio for Week of September 14, 2020
14 September 2020 — Black Agenda Report Black Agenda Radio for Week of September 14, 2020 Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford Only Community Control Can Stop Police Atrocities / Capitalism and Racism Entwined / First and Foremost, Malcolm X Was “Black Minded” Only Community Control Can Stop Police Atrocities Black Agenda Radio … Continue reading Black Agenda Radio for Week of September 14, 2020
Your Man in the Public Gallery: Assange Hearing Day 9
Things became not merely dramatic in the Assange courtroom today, but spiteful and nasty. There were two real issues, the evidence and the procedure. On the evidence, there were stark details of the dreadful regime Assange will face in US jails if extradited. On the procedure, we saw behaviour from the prosecution QC that went well beyond normal cross examination and was a real attempt to denigrate and even humiliate the witness. I hope to prove that to you by a straightforward exposition of what happened today in court, after which I shall add further comment.
Is Patagonia’s ‘Vote the Assholes Out’ Clothing Tag Real?
The tags reportedly can be found on the company's Regenerative Organic Stand-Up Shorts.
Who Formally Declares the Winner of the U.S. Presidential Election?
The unusual and complicated presidential election certification process in the U.S. entwines all 50 states and the District of Columbia, the Senate, House of Representatives, the National Archives and the Office of the Federal Register.
Petalo, Not Charmin: Virus Brings Mexican Toilet Paper to US
Toilet paper is back on store shelves. But you may not recognize some of the brands.
Why We Wrote ‘After Trump’
About 18 months ago we met for a day at Harvard Law School to map out a planned book on the history of the White House counsel’s office, which Bauer had headed during the Obama administration and with which Goldsmith closely worked when he was the head of the Office of Legal Counsel in the George W. Bush administration. We didn’t make much progress on that book because the conversation kept shifting to larger issues about the presidency—about Donald Trump’s perpetual norm-breaking and impatience with legal constraints, their impact on the Executive branch, and what should be done... more »
Moving Beyond Fears of the ‘Russian Playbook’
Mark Zuckerberg speaks about disinformation at Facebook's F8 2018 Keynote. (Anthony Quintano, https://flic.kr/p/26F9rYm; CC By 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/) In February 2019, I sat in a French bakery in Charlotte, North Carolina, interviewing A., an activist and community organizer who had been targeted by the Russian “troll farm” known as the Internet Research Agency (IRA). Together, we’re doing our best to reconstitute his old conversations on Facebook Messenger with users who turned out to be Russian trolls. The conversations took place starting in 2016 and... more »
Filibuster memes going around
The longest filibuster was the Democrats fighting the Civil Rights Act in 1964, 60 days. "Fact checkers," always on the side of the Democrats, are quick to point out these were "Southern Democrats," and it wasn't really as long as the memes say, but they never point out that Republicans are the ones who got it passed, and Republicans had passed the 1957 Civil Rights Bill. Democrats filibustered that one, too, and tried to water it down. https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1951-2000/The-Civil-Rights-Act-of-1957/?
Surprise, surprise: Antifa rioters call for the abolition of the police because they shot Ricardo Munoz!
What next rapists call for the abolition of the police? Stand tonight in solidarity with Lancaster, PA in honor of Ricardo Munoz, killed yesterday by their local police bureau. This fight will not and cannot end until the police are stripped of their power, defunded, and abolished! #seattleprotests #lancaster #solidarity #blm #acab pic.twitter.com/lj0xfHjf2O — ENDD (@ENDDSeattle) September 14, 2020 This is calling for riots. Why did the cops shoot Ricardo Munoz? Because he was chasing them down the street with a knife in his hand. The enclosed video shows a man with a knife b... more »
What a difference a President makes: With Trump as President Democrats are for "forever" wars
The same Democrats who condemned Bush liberating Iraq supported Obama/Biden's destabilizing of Libya and attacked Trump for not committing the US to an unending ground war in Syria. Joe Biden voted for the Iraq war and he was VP when Obama turned Libya from a state that voluntarily ended its chemical weapons program and that opposed Islamic terrorism into a hotbed of Islamic terrorism. During the Bush years all we heard from Democrats was what a war mongering fascist Bush was. Yet now with Trump giving peace a chance by doing what Democrats thought was impossible, getting Israel... more »
Democrat politicians hate Christians: Grace Community Church edition
In California Democrats have put more severe restrictions on going to church than they have on buying pot or going to a restaurant. Grace Community Church is fighting back by suing the state. A study has shown that there have been no local outbreaks of the China virus due to people attending Catholic Masses and there's no reason to assume that responsibly held Protestant services would be any more dangerous. And the same Democrats who condemn Grace for holding indoor services are all for the mass protests and riots where all social distancing was ignored. The reality is that Demo... more »
IEET Fellow Kevin LaGrandeur Appointed to editorial boards of AI & Ethics and The Journal of Posthumanism
Ethical Technology - 12 hours ago
IEET Fellow Kevin LaGrandeur has recently been appointed to the editorial boards of two new journals dealing with ethics and emerging technology: AI & Ethics, and The Journal of Posthumanism. He has also been appointed to the Advisory Board of the Lifeboat Foundation, whose mission is “encouraging scientific advancements while helping humanity survive existential risks and possible misuse of increasingly powerful technologies, including genetic engineering, nanotechnology, and robotics/AI…’
Downplaying Coronavirus and the New Town and Gown
Journalist Bob Woodward’s new book, Rage, had pre-release bombshell when it was revealed last week that President Donald Trump essentially confessed to downplaying his knowledge of the coronavirus.
Disagreements Dominated Yesterday's EU-China Virtual Summit
*CNBC: **Trade, human rights and climate: Disagreements dominate EU-China summit* * The EU and China have often clashed over human rights issues, trade and economic policy. * The coronavirus pandemic, which emerged in China in late 2019, has complicated the two regions’ delicate relationship even further. LONDON — EU and Chinese officials are meeting on Monday, but it will not be the grand ceremony they had hoped for. Both sides had planned to meet in Leipzig, Germany this month as they looked to sign an investment agreement before the end of 2020. However, with a global pande... more »
THE ROLE OF MISTAKEN BELIEF: Many people believe Donald Trump!
*TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2020* *But who do we liberals believe?:* What did Donald Trump think or believe, and when did he think or believe it? More specifically, what did he believe about the risks associated with the virus? A standard answer came into being after release of the first excerpts from Bob Woodward's new book. Near the start of his new column, Paul Krugman presents that account: KRUGMAN (9/15/20): [C]onsider the large (and illegal) indoor rally Trump held Sunday in Nevada. Before the release of Bob Woodward’s new book, you might have argued that Trump doesn’t belie... more »
The Pandemic Turns Out To Be Bad For Drunks And School Kids-- Who Could Have Imagined?
*Back To School With Betsy And Donald by Nancy Ohanian* Reporting from Martin County on Florida's Atlantic coast yesterday, CNN warned that since Trump and his puppet governor, Ron DeSantis, stampeded Florida schools into opening prematurely last month, "the number of children under 18 who have contracted Covid-19 statewide has jumped 26%." DeSantis then tried hiding the data from the public. Before the opening there were 42,761 school aged kids with COVID-19. A month later, the number is 53,717. The rate of infection is even worse in Martin County than in the rest of the state. DeS... more »
Israeli Counter-Drone Augmented Reality System Will Soon Be Deployed With US Forces
Israel’s Xtend is working with the Israeli and U.S. governments on a counter-drone augmented reality system. (Courtesy of Xtend) *Defense News:* *Israeli startup’s counter-drone augmented reality system to deploy with US forces* JERUSALEM — A new joint Israeli and U.S. program aims to develop an augmented reality based control for unmanned systems to engage in small drone-on-drone warfare. The new pilot program — led by Israel’s Directorate of Defense Research and Development and the U.S. Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office — is based around the Israeli company Xtend’s Sk... more »
Mueller team repeatedly wiped phones
WASHINGTON, DC — Judicial Watch announced today it received 87 pages of records from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that show senior members of Robert Mueller’s Special Counsel’s Office (SCO) repeatedly and “accidentally” wiped phones assigned to them. The records were produced in
Police officer involved in Saturday shooting of homeless man also paralyzed a teen in 2012
Buffalo Police officer Karl Schultz shot Willie Henley, a 60 year old homeless man, on Saturday afternoon on Genesee Street just blocks from downtown. Henley was shot in the abdomen and is in stable condition at Erie County Medical Center.
Watch President Trump meet with California officials on fire and climate
President Trump met with California Governor Gavin Newsom, California officials and the press. The post Watch President Trump meet with California officials on fire and climate appeared first on CFACT.
Proper preparation for the power of nature
Preparing for extreme weather events makes sense under any climate scenario. The post Proper preparation for the power of nature appeared first on CFACT.
EP 104: Four Federal Environmental & Conservation Updates to Be Aware Of
In Episode 104 of District of Conservation, Gabriella discussed four key policy updates across the environmental and conservation space. ENVIRONMENT: Trump's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) being praised by environmentalists for Superfund Clean-up and the establishment of the new Office of Mountains, Deserts and Plains to address abandoned mines and clean-up. CONSERVATION: The news that [...] The post EP 104: Four Federal Environmental & Conservation Updates to Be Aware Of appeared first on CFACT.
City to Pay Millions to Breonna Taylor’s Mom, Reform Police
Taylor's shooting by police has sparked months of protests in Louisville and calls nationwide for the officers to be charged in her death.
Czech medical cannabis sales show timid growth despite insurance coverage
Medical cannabis sales in Czech Republic remain largely insignificant despite health insurance coverage being in place since January 2020, new data shows. Since the beginning of the year, an average of just 5 kilograms (11 pounds) of flower has been sold per month via prescription. June and July were record months with 6 kilograms of […] Czech medical cannabis sales show timid growth despite insurance coverage is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Fight Fire with Trade: How Europe Can Help Save the Amazon
Global Issues News Headlines - 12 hours ago
Sep 15 (IPS) - The EU is thinking about agreeing to a €4 billion trade deal with Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay (known as the Mercosur bloc). In our new academic research, myself and 21 international co-authors looked at the details of this deal so you don't have to. What we found wasn't pretty. Read the full story, “Fight Fire with Trade: How Europe Can Help Save the Amazon”, on globalissues.org →
COVID-19 Worsens Mozambique’s Hunger - Part 1
Global Issues News Headlines - 12 hours ago
CHOKWE, Mozambique, Sep 15 (IPS) - High fuel prices and transportation costs isolated Mozambique's farmers from one of their biggest markets while the country's growing debt and economic crisis strained the budgets of many. But restrictions imposed by President Filipe Nyusi's government in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has worsened food security as farmers have been unable to get their produce to market. This is the first in a two-part series. Like many Mozambicans in the agricultural sector, 39-year-old Fatima Matavele, a commercial farmer in the district of Chokwe, some 213 ... more »
Is the U.S. Air Force Facing a Nuclear Missile Gap?
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC2VDF962VK8&share=true] Washington is trying to build new ICBMs to replace the aging Minuteman IIIs before they are too old to use anymore. The Air Force is on track to have a new Intercontinental Ballistic Missile by 2029, due to digital design modeling, accelerated prototyping and new engineering methods. All of these are intended to fast-track the next-generation weapon and meet what many regard as an urgent U.S. need for new nuclear weapons. The Air Force Nuc... more »
Nuclear Weapons: It’s Time for Sole Purpose
*Steven Pifer* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] The “sole purpose” of U.S. nuclear weapons should be to deter and—if necessary, retaliate against—a nuclear attack. This would mark a significant change in U.S. nuclear policy, eliminating ambiguity that preserves the option to use nuclear weapons first in response to a conventional attack. The Democratic Party platform states that Democrats believe that the “sole purpose” of U.S. nuclear weapons should be to deter and—if necessary, retaliate against—a nuclear attack. Presidential candidate Joe Biden has said the same. The sol... more »
Who Is Sending Drones Over The U.S. THAAD Anti-Ballistic Missile Battery In Guam?
The United States will compete, deter, and win in the #IndoPacific. The #THAAD system I visited on Friday, is one of our most advanced missile defense systems. It enables the defense of #Guam against short, medium and intermediate-range ballistic missiles. #TaskForceTalon pic.twitter.com/g8C2b602aT — Dr. Mark T. Esper (@EsperDoD) August 31, 2020 *Warzone/The Drive:* *Mysterious Drone Incursions Have Occurred Over U.S. THAAD Anti-Ballistic Missile Battery In Guam* It's yet another reminder of just how vulnerable highly strategic assets, even air defense systems, are to low-end dro... more »
Day Five: Julian Assange Case
Paused last week due to a COVID19 scare, Julian Assange’s extradition hearing resumed today with witness testimony from Eric Lewis, chairman of the board of Reprieve and a lawyer who “represents Guantanamo and Afghan detainees in litigation, seeking redress and accountability for torture and religious abuse while in US custody.” Lewis confirmed that before being asked to provide expert testimony on this case, he opined in the press that he believes Assange shouldn’t be extradited or prosecuted, and while he handled the facts objectively in providing his witness statement, those ar... more »
Experiments In Free Transit
Among the few positive aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic, some localities have taken the impressive step of implementing free transit. Several cities in Ohio, including Akron, Canton, Toledo and Youngstown announced free fares as of March 16. Towns in Vermont and Nevada have done so as well. Unfortunately, local officials are quite clear that these are only temporary for health purposes and will be reversed once it is “safe.” Over the last several decades, though, many cities around the world have experimented with free transit. The post Experiments In Free Transit appeared first ... more »
WATCH: ‘Good boy!’ Cops Force K-9 to Maul Unarmed, Entirely Compliant Man
[image: compliant]An unarmed and compliant man who deserved to go to jail will now likely receive taxpayer money after cops forced forced the K-9 to attack him, despite being no threat.
Don't Sleep On The Howa 1500 Bolt Action Rifle
*Peter Suciu* *Security, Americas* A truly underrated rifle. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *Since its introduction more than forty years ago, the Howa 1500 series has remained a well-built, durable and accurate bolt action rifle for target shooting and hunting. As a mid-range rifle, it is more affordable than the higher-priced options but has superior quality and craftsmanship. Name some of the top-selling bolt action rifles of 2020 so far and companies such as Remington, Ruger, Mossberg, Winchester and even CZ-USA are likely to be expected. So what is the Howa 1500 doing o... more »
The U.S. Army Wants a 1,000 Mile Range Cannon
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2014%3Anewsml_GM1EACP09DN01&share=true] Longer range cannons will let America hit its enemies from a safe distance before ground forces move in to finish the job. Most state-of-the-art artillery can fire about thirty kilometers away. With its Extended Range Cannon Artillery program, the U.S. Army can now fire 155mm rounds more than 60km. Ground Commanders can also shoot GPS-guided Guided Multiple Rocket Launch Systems as far as 70km and ground-fired Army Tactical Missile System m... more »
End the Wars, Shut Down the Coup
End the Wars, Shut Down the Coup Video of End the Wars, Shut Down the Coup Even as there is motion to end what President Trump has called the "endless wars" launched by his predecessors, Bush and Obama, the War Hawks in both parties and in the permanent bureaucracy (aka the "Swamp") continue to unleash swaths of destruction in southwest Asia, and threaten regime change and new wars against Russia and China. Today we expose the "Transition Integrity Project" (TIP), which recently ran a "war game" on how to remove Trump, by military coup if necessary. The head of TIP is longtime Geo... more »
First Thing In The Morning - The Wisdom Of Omraam Mikheal Aivanhov
*Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov (1900-1986) was born in Bulgaria and received French citizenship just before his death. At the age of 17 he became Peter Deunov’s disciple and stayed with him until 1937. It was at this time that Peter Deunov, founder of the White Brotherhood, asked him to leave Bulgaria for France in order to spread the teaching.* *From 1938 until 1986 he gave some 4,500 talks in French, first of all in France (in Paris and its outskirts, and later at Fréjus in the Var region), and then in Switzerland, Canada, the United States, India, Sweden and Norway. He also visited ... more »
Woodward book reveals Mattis call for “collective action” against President Trump
Via Revolver News (https://www.revolver.news/2020/09/democrats-military-coup/)… The first red flag is buried in Bob Woodward’s latest book on the Trump Administration, Rage. According to the book, former Defense Secretary James Mattis spent much of his tenure in office plotting to undermine the elected leader who appointed him. The book documents private grumblings, periods of exasperation and wrestling […]
Woodward book reveals Mattis call for “collective action” against President Trump
Woodward book reveals Mattis call for “collective action” against President Trump. by The Duran Woodward book reveals Mattis call for “collective action” against President Trump. The Duran: Episode 671. Via Revolver News (https://www.revolver.news/2020/09/democrats-military-coup/)… The first red flag is buried in Bob Woodward’s latest book on the Trump Administration, Rage. According to the book, former Defense […]
Canadian cannabis producer Zenabis gets fourth CEO in two years
Consumer packaged goods veteran Shai Altman took the reins of Zenabis earlier this month as the cannabis producer’s fourth chief executive within the past two years. The struggling Vancouver, British Columbia-based company announced Altman’s appointment in July. Altman previously served as president of McCain Foods, a Canadian multinational frozen food company. Altman took over from […] Canadian cannabis producer Zenabis gets fourth CEO in two years is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
New Zealand cannabis market estimated at NZ$1.5 billion, 74,000 kilograms
Roughly 74,000 kilograms (74 metric tons) of cannabis is consumed annually in New Zealand’s illicit market, with a retail value of up to 1.5 billion New Zealand dollars ($1 billion), according to newly released research by Wellington-based Business and Economic Research (BERL Economics). New Zealand is holding a referendum in October to ask voters to […] New Zealand cannabis market estimated at NZ$1.5 billion, 74,000 kilograms is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
President Trump Receives Endorsement From 235 Senior U.S. Military Leaders
[image: president-trump-receives-endorsement-from-235-senior-u-s-military-leaders] The endorsement of President Trump by 235 active and retired military leaders on Monday is an important one, adding to the 60-plus pages of endorsements at Wikipedia that the president has already received.
A sobering analysis of current US politics, and what lies ahead
A couple of months ago, fellow blogger Kevin at The Smallest Minority wrote what I think is an outstanding analysis of the current political violence, unrest and angst in America. It's long, but well worth your time to click over there and read it. Here's an excerpt. The portion [of Progressive Modernists] that was ideologically more pure pursued the dream of eventual Utopia - in which, of course, they would be in charge. The less ideologically pure pushed harder for that inevitable necessary Worker's Revolution where they could seize the reins. Both were mostly unopposed. In ... more »
A five year plan for Gary Lineker
So Gary Lineker has signed a new five year deal with the BBC. But, as well as taking a pay cut, he will have to adhere to BBC impartiality rules as part of that deal. Tim Davie clearly realised that he had to do something about Gary Lineker. Leaving him out of his declared crackdown on social media use drew a lot of flak and risked making him look weak, especially after Gary seemed to be mocking him over it. So he appears to have closed that loophole. Mr Davie has now said that that Gary "knows he has a responsibility to the BBC in terms of social media". The question is, w... more »
In the money
Good grief! Emily Maitlis, the lead *Newsnight* presenter, earned £370,000 in 2019-20, up from £260,000 the year before.
President Trump Told His Wife He 'Might Not See Her Again' And Feared For His Life Before Aborted Attempt To Visit Kim Jong Un In 2017
*Daily Mail:* *'I might not see you again, Melania': How Trump kissed his wife goodbye and feared for his life before aborted attempt to visit Kim Jong Un in 2017, Bob Woodward's book 'Rage' claims* * Trump first tried to visit the DMZ in 2017, but had to turn around in bad weather * Bob Woodward's upcoming book 'Rage' says Trump was worried about the visit * He said if something was to happen to him, it would be 'the worst thing that could happen to us as a country', according to book set to release on Tuesday * Trump went on to visit the DMZ and meet Kim Jong-un 18 months later P... more »
Lego to Ditch Plastic Bags for Paper Ones in Its Boxed Sets
The Danish toymaker said it will start making the switch next year and expects plastic bags to be completely phased out in the next five years.
When it Comes to Virus Immunity, Vaccination is a Better Bet Than Infection
*Maitreyi Shivkumar* *Coronavirus, World* Two cases of documented coronavirus reinfection raise questions about how long those who have had COVID-19 remain immune. Does this mean a vaccine will also fail to protect against the virus? Certainly not. Two recent studies have confirmed that people previously infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can be reinfected with the virus. Interestingly, the two people had different outcomes. The person in Hong Kong showed no symptoms on the second infection, while the case from Reno, Nevada, had more severe disease the seco... more »
Stealth Drones: How the U.S. Military Could Replace the Predator and Reaper
*Caleb Larson* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2013%3Anewsml_TM4E97A1B5701&share=true] General Atomics, the designer of some of the most recognizable unmanned aerial vehicles has a new design in mind—and it is probably very stealthy. General Atomics, the firm perhaps best known for its iconic Predator and Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles, unveiled a new drone at the Air Force Association’s annual conference, held virtually this year due to the ongoing global pandemic. The artist’s illustration they showcased seems to have som... more »
Russia and China vs. America's Military: Can Washington Keep Its Edge?
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2018%3Anewsml_RC17B1A209D0&share=true] All-weather bombs and networked aircraft and weapons will hopefully keep Washington's edge over Moscow and Beijing. Russia and China are known to have studied U.S. weapons systems for years with the specific purpose of finding ways to destroy, disable and counter them in war. This is a well-known cycle of great power military competition, wherein each power works vigorously to stay in front of potential rivals through various innovations, up... more »
If I Could Only Teach You One Thing:
Why God Made You – with Rick Warren Saddleback Church February 10, 2015 Very seldom do I EVER watch these types of videos but, for some reason, this one, I did. And I watched in fascination as this Paster answered many questions that a lot of people, seeing what’s going on, today, and wondering how we got here, are asking right now. ~I sincerely hope this video was able to bring some oft asked questions to lite. HEA
Political HHS Appointees Demand Authority to Rewrite CDC Reports
Trump partisans and the ongoing war against the CDC; seeking authority to amend Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Reports.
U.S. Was Prepared To Use 80 Nuclear Weapons If Attacked By North Korea (Update)
The Rodong Sinmun, North Korea's leading newspaper, publishes photos in its Nov. 29, 2017, edition of the launch of the new Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile. Pyongyang claims the missile, which it test-fired the same day, is a new type that can reach any U.S. target. (Photo courtesy of Korea Media)(Kyodo) *Kyodo:* *U.S. studied plan to use 80 nuclear weapons if attacked by North Korea* The United States reviewed and studied a plan "that could include the use of 80 nuclear weapons" in response to an attack by North Korea, according to U.S. journalist Bob Woodward in hi... more »
Chief of Police Arrested on Shocking Charges of ‘Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child’
[image: child]A police chief in Texas was arrested this week on disturbing charges relating to the sexual abuse of children, he immediately posted $500,000 bail.
Armor Allies: Could South Korea and Poland Build a New Tank Together?
*Peter Suciu* *Security, Asia* [image: Reuters] This is a notable turn of events, as last year Poland’s Ministry of Defense announced it would put its efforts towards the European Main Battle Tank project. The initiative was spearheaded by Germany and France, but Warsaw’s talks with Berlin and Paris have reportedly stalled. It wasn’t until the 1990s after the end of the Cold War that Poland and South Korea established formal relations, but since then the two nations have forged a close bond. South Korea has loaned Poland hundreds of millions of dollars in economic aid, while Pola... more »
Is the Age of Consent Being Lowered to 4?
The age of consent in the U.S. varies by state, ranging between 16 and 18. No one seriously wants to lower that to age 4.
How USA And Turkey Plunder And Loot Syria With Impunity
While President Trump lashes out at rioting and looting in Portland and Kenosha, half way around the world, the USA and Turkey are plundering and looting Syria on a vastly greater scale with impunity and little publicity. Turkey Loots Syria, then Disrupts Safe Water Supply Turkey has been plundering the […]
Mask Protection From the SARS-CoV-2 Virus - Fact or Fiction?
One thing that has become readily apparent during the age of COVID is the controversial use of universal masking. Science regarding the use of masks to protect us against the SARS-CoV-2 virus and other similar viruses is extremely divisive with each side of the debate having its own "axe to grind". That said, a recent posting on the Association of American of Physicians and Surgeons provides us with some interesting data that should give us and our political overlords cause to ponder their actions. Please note that all of the data presented in this posting is linked from the or... more »
All Things End
For the Symposium on Jack M. Balkin, The Cycles of Constitutional Time (Oxford University Press, 2020). Randall Kennedy That one of the aims of Jack Balkin’s new book is to assuage feelings of despair highlights the extraordinary peril of the moment. “My purpose,” he writes, “is to offer a bit of hope for people who read the news every day and fear that things are only going to get worse.” He seems to adopt this purpose as a matter in part of political strategy. A dutiful liberal reformer, he seems to believe it important for him to lift the spirits of discouraged comrades.... more »
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From Jenna Orkin US judge: Saudi royals must answer questions in 9/11 lawsuit Yellowstone National Park has experienced 90 earthquakes in the last 72 hours Iran To Link Its Power Grid To Russia, AzerbaijanHBO’s ‘Lovecraft Country’ contains a plot point that resembles an age-old anti-Semitic lie. Why?Earth Hasn’t Warmed This Fast in Tens of Millions of Years China Serves Up Pig-Backed Loans for Its Hogtied Farmers Anti-maskers forced to dig graves for COVID-19 victims in Indonesia he UK faces a 'cascade' of new coronavirus cases and could be heading towards a second 'hard' lockdown, ... more »
Keep the travel restrictions
News 1. Forest health Linda Pannozzo writes: Instead of improving the state of the province’s forests, the Nova Scotia government conducts a survey about improving The State of the Forest reporting. The Halifax Examiner takes the survey. Pannozzo methodically walks us through why it’s wrong to repeatedly ask the public to take part in surveys […]
NYT: Veterans Joining Militias to "Enforce Trump Admin. Policies"
[image: nyt-veterans-joining-militias-to-enforce-trump-admin-policies] The *New York Times* warns of U.S. armed forces veterans joining militias in order to enforce Trump administration policies.
Inside The World Uyghur Congress
In recent years, few stories have generated as much outrage in the West as the condition of Uyghur Muslims in China. Reporting on the issue is typically represented through seemingly spontaneous leaks of information and expressions of resistance by Uyghur human rights activists struggling to be heard against a tyrannical Chinese government. True or not, nearly everything that appears in Western media accounts of China’s Uyghur Muslims is the product of a carefully conceived media campaign generated by an apparatus of right-wing, anti-communist Uyghur separatists funded and trained... more »
Time For Unions To Give The Democratic Party An Ultimatum
On Labor Day, Joe Biden did an online event with AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka to talk up unions. At this point in his political career, Biden can do these things in his sleep. His well rehearsed grab bag of pro-union lines (”My uncle in Scranton, Uncle Ed, used to say, ‘Joe, you’re labor from belt buckle to shoe sole’”) flow out easily. The question for America’s union members is whether anything tangible will flow back to us if Biden is elected, or if we will — as has happened in previous Democratic administrations — have to satisfy ourselves with... more »
On Its 27th Anniversary: Defeat Oslo, Confront Normalization, Escalate BDS
The agreement signed on the White House lawn and the famous handshake of Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat was falsely billed as a promise of peace and hope for Palestinians, denied both for decades upon decades, but was in reality a program for continued and intensified colonization and the suppression of the Palestinian liberation struggle. The entire project of Oslo was always intended to intensify the repression, division and fragmentation of the Palestinian people, while imposing a Palestinian “security” framework over the Palestinian people struggling for their rights, for ret... more »
To Succeed, Struggles Have To Be Connected, Not Localized
In this video, Vijay Prashad, director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, and Fayrouz Sharqawi, Global Mobilisation Coordinator of Grassroots Al-Quds discuss the situation in contemporary Palestine. What do the people of Palestine think in 2020? They talk about former chairman of Palestine Liberation Organization Yasser Arafat’s numerous visits to India. They also talk about how Israeli army’s recent airstrikes and healthcare crisis due to Covid-19 in the Gaza city are dismantling the life of the people there. The post To Succeed, Struggles Have To Be Connected, Not... more »
Striking In The Coronavirus Depression
In response to COVID-19 and the COVID-19 Depression, workers have developed unique strategies and forms of organization to protect their lives and livelihoods. We saw in “Fighting the Great Depression — from Below” how in the early years of the Great Depression conventional trade union strikes became a rarity, but workers organized themselves in community-based, “horizontal” ways to fight for their survival. This commentary and the next describe the emergence of strikes for protection against COVID-19. The post Striking In The Coronavirus Depression appeared first on PopularResis... more »
New Hotline For Postal Service Whistleblowers
The United States Postal Service provides safe, timely communication for all Americans. Increasingly, that includes supporting U.S. elections by handling mail-in ballots, a function of vital importance during the COVID-19 pandemic. But unprecedented turmoil has shaken the institution in recent months. Concerns are mounting that administrative changes could undermine the agency's basic mission: to deliver all Americans' mail safely and on time. This dedicated effort is being undertaken to ensure that POGO is able to help investigate and advocate for reforms relative to critical and... more »
We Can Still Win The War On Plastic
For many years, even decades, before the current global pandemic, environmental advocates have waged a war against single-use plastic. We’ve been winning that war. More and more consumers are carrying reusable bags for groceries and other shopping items, asking restaurants to use more sustainable materials for take-out containers, and using fewer plastic straws. Homeowners are even rethinking and replacing plastic PVC (polyvinyl chloride) in everything from home siding to piping. As with so many other things in 2020, the full-out war against plastic has abated. The post We Can St... more »
University Of Michigan Asks Court To Halt Graduate Student Strike
A day after the Graduate Employees’ Organization voted to extend its strike, University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel is seeking an injunction to get graduate students off the picket lines and back to teaching. Schlissel is asking Washtenaw County Circuit Court to require GEO members to return to work by issuing a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction. In a video released Monday afternoon, he described the request as a necessary step. “Following the announcement that GEO will continue to strike and not teach for at least five more days, I made the very ... more »
New Documentary By David Attenborough, ‘Extinction: The Facts’
We have learned so much about nature from David Attenborough’s documentaries over the past seven decades. In a new BBC film he lays bare just how perilous the state of that nature really is, why this matters for everyone who shares this planet, and what needs to change. This film is radical. Surprisingly radical. I have written in the past about my growing frustration with Attenborough documentaries continuing, decade after decade, to depict nature as untouched by any mark of humans. I felt this might be contributing to unhelpful complacency about how much “wild” was really left. ... more »
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*Virtual learning fails children with disabilities* Schools across America have begun the 2020-2021 academic year, but approximately 67 percent of students in a snapshot of 19.6 million students in the 100 largest school districts in the U.S. are utilizing remote learning only to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Education Week. Those children have not been to school in a physical setting since March in many cases, and the 7.1 million of children with disabilities who receive individualized, special education students may be the ones suffering the most. If the Education We... more »
Why Russia’s T-15 Armata Is a Force to Be Reckoned With
*Peter Suciu* *Security, Eurasia* The T-15 can carry a total of 500 rounds of ammunition including 160 armor-piercing and 340 high-explosive fragmentation rounds. While both are based on the same Armata chassis, the T-14 main battle tank has routinely been in the spotlight whether for its latest improvements that could allow it to be remotely operated or if one was even destroyed in Syria. However, far less has been noted about the T-15 armored fighting vehicle, which could be a significant component to the Russian Army. It could even have as much effect on the Russian military... more »
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*Longtime Climate Science Denier Hired At NOAA* *And NPR is frantic* David Legates, a University of Delaware professor of climatology who has spent much of his career questioning basic tenets of climate science, has been hired for a top position at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Legates confirmed to NPR that he was recently hired as NOAA's deputy assistant secretary of commerce for observation and prediction. The position suggests that he reports directly to Neil Jacobs, the acting head of the agency that is in charge of the federal government's sprawling we... more »
Lynx: Germany’s Newest Infantry Fighting Vehicle Is Quite Dangerous
*Caleb Larson* *Security, Europe* [image: https://www.rheinmetall-defence.com/en/rheinmetall_defence/systems_and_products/vehicle_systems/armoured_tracked_vehicles/lynx/index.php] The Lynx is meant to serve as an impressive new high-tech IFV for decades to come. German engineering has always been lauded as top-notch. Be it the Tiger tank of World War Two, or today’s Leopard 2 main battle tank, there’s just something about German big cats. Meet the new and aptly-named Lynx infantry fighting vehicle. *Big Cats* The German industrial giant Rheinmetall announced a defense deal with... more »
Cows Milked By Robots? What to Expect from a Fourth Agricultural Revolution
*David Rose, Charlotte-Anne Chivers* *Agriculture, World* The fourth agricultural revolution, much like the fourth industrial revolution, refers to the anticipated changes from new technologies, particularly the use of AI to make smarter planning decisions and power autonomous robots. Depending on who you listen to, artificial intelligence may either free us from monotonous labour and unleash huge productivity gains, or create a dystopia of mass unemployment and automated oppression. In the case of farming, some researchers, business people and politicians think the effects of ... more »
Lockheed Martin Playing Catch-up With F-35 Stealth Fighter Deliveries
*Peter Suciu* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] Due to pandemic-related slowdowns, the aircraft's maker Lockheed Martin has announced that it now expects to deliver just 122 F-35 jets this calendar year—twenty fewer than expected. The Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jet has been described as the world's most dominant multirole fighter in the world, but in 2020 the fifth-generation stealth aircraft met a match no one expected. That was the coronavirus. Due to pandemic-related slowdowns, the aircraft's maker Lockheed Martin has announced that it now expects to deli... more »
Xi Jinping's Coercive China Strategy Is Creating More Enemies Than Friends
*Peter Jennings* *Security, Asia* Whatever Xi thinks he’s doing, the outcome is, on the face of it, disastrous for China’s long-term strategic interests. What is China trying to achieve by its sudden lurch to a bullying, ‘wolf warrior’ global stance? For all the billions of dollars of intelligence hardware and software pointed at Beijing right now, the reality is that Xi Jinping’s strategic thinking is a black box. The leadership intent of the Chinese Communist Party must be glimpsed through opaque speeches, the coded signals of coercive behaviour and the increasingly unhinged s... more »
THEY THINK THEY'RE BULLETPROOF
Paul Krugman asks why Republicans, on the verge of an election, aren't trying to solve any of America's problems. One thing that’s clear ... is that Republicans — not just Donald Trump, but his whole party — are acting as if there’s no tomorrow. Or, more precisely, they’re acting as if there’s no next year. ... consider the large (and illegal) indoor rally Trump held Sunday in Nevada. Before the release of Bob Woodward’s new book, you might have argued that Trump doesn’t believe the science and didn’t realize that his event might well sicken and kill many people. But we now know th... more »
Deadly flooding hits Praia after 3 months' worth of rain in just one day, Cabo Verde
The Watchers » Latest articles - 15 hours ago
Heavy rains triggered flash flooding in Praia, Cabo Verde, on Saturday, September 12, 2020, resulting in property damage in several districts and one casualty. The city recorded 80 mm (3 inches) of rain in a 24-hour period, which is nearly three times its average...... Read more »
What Phosphine Means on Venus
A biosignature is always going to create a rolling discussion that gradually homes in on a consensus. Which is to say that the recent discovery of phosphine in the upper atmosphere of Venus has inspired a major effort to figure out how phosphine could emerge abiotically. After all, the scientists behind the just published paper […]
Britain’s Accidental Empire in India
“The Indian Empire was born like the child of an inexperienced unmarried girl, that is to say, without any design to found it, or even awareness that it could come into existence, or any admission of its legitimacy,” writes Nirad C. Chaudhuri in his book *Clive of India*. It is certainly true that the British people (of the eighteenth century) were politically, intellectually, and morally unprepared for having a vast Empire in India. When the activities of the East India Company, whose mandate was limited to developing an infrastructure in India for carrying out a profitable trade,... more »
Bannering by Red's Eats in Wiscasset
While standing near Red's Eats (one of Maine's most famous tourist traps for lobster rolls owned by a family named Gagnon) on US 1 by the bridge in Wiscasset for two-hours yesterday, holding banners and signs, a new record for honks was set with 212. Seven of us (Nick, Jon, Marty, Bruce, Lisa, Patsy and Vera) worked both sides of the very busy highway where traffic slowly comes on and off the bridge ensuring everyone got a good look at us. Truckers were quite friendly with their big horns. Nick is a Wesleyan student who lives in Hallowell and borrowed a car to come join us f... more »
UK ‘Coronaphobia’ is Pushing the Country Towards a Stasi-like State
*21WIRE* | What has happened since the COVID restrictions were introduced last March has extended far beyond the acceptably threshold of western freedom and democracy.
NASA has been warning of a Grand Solar Minimum (GSM) for the past Decade
However, the modern AGW dogma has stopped the agency short of drawing a connection between reduced solar output and "ice age" type weather events. The post NASA has been warning of a Grand Solar Minimum (GSM) for the past Decade appeared first on Electroverse.
Death due to coronavirus higher among doctors, healthcare workers
Death due to coronavirus higher among doctors, healthcare workers https://www.deccanchronicle.com/amp/nation/current-affairs/110920/death-due-to-coronavirus-higher-among-doctors-healthcare-workers.html#referrer=https://www.google.com
Massive sandstorm engulfs Ankara, leaving 6 injured, Turkey
The Watchers » Latest articles - 15 hours ago
A massive sandstorm hit Ankara, Turkey, on Saturday, September 12, 2020, leaving at least six people injured. Meteorological authorities said the phenomenon likely occurred due to the lack of rain in the area. Footage captured the huge cloud of dust as it slowly...... Read more »
It's not just about the chlorinated chicken – the potential dangers of an UK-US trade deal
bilaterals.org - 15 hours ago
15-Sep-2020 Panelists highlighted the risks a UK-US trade deal posed to food standards, workers' rights and the environment.
Consultations on FTA between Ukraine and Turkey begin in Ankara
bilaterals.org - 15 hours ago
15-Sep-2020 Another round of consultations has begun in Ankara as part of the negotiation process on the conclusion of a free trade agreement between Ukraine and the Republic of Turkey.
Merkel says EU put pressure on China over investment agreement
bilaterals.org - 15 hours ago
15-Sep-2020 European Union leaders told Chinese President Xi Jinping to speed up negotiations to conclude a China-EU investment deal.
Commerce, climat et droits de l'Homme : un sommet sino-européen sur fond de tensions
bilaterals.org - 15 hours ago
15-Sep-2020 Lors d'un sommet virtuel, l'UE a exhorté la Chine à ouvrir davantage son marché aux entreprises européennes si elle veut parvenir à un accord bilatéral sur les investissements avant fin 2020.
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