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World News Briefs -- September 22, 2020
*SCMP:* *Coronavirus: nations scramble to halt outbreaks as world sees record weekly number of cases* * Pandemic shows no signs of slowing down – over 31 million infections have been detected worldwide with the US and Brazil reporting most deaths * The UK tightened Covid-19 restrictions on Tuesday, ordering pubs to close early, as PM Boris Johnson said ‘this is the moment we must act’ The coronavirus pandemic appears to be accelerating worldwide, with new cases soaring last week to a new seven-day high of almost two million, even as new deaths decreased, WHO statistics showed. In ... more »
No, The U.S. Supreme Court Will Not Save Us
The U.S. Supreme Court will not save us. It doesn’t matter which party gets to pick the replacement to fill Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. The battle that is gearing up right now is yet more distraction and spin to keep us oblivious to the steady encroachment on our rights by the architects of the American Police State. Americans can no longer rely on the courts to mete out justice. Although the courts were established to serve as Courts of Justice, what we have been saddled with, instead, are Courts of Order. This is true at all levels of the judici... more »
Iran’s Foreign Minister Taunts the Trump Administration
*Trevor Filseth* *Security, Middle East* [image: Reuters] Javad Zarif gleefully castigated the United States for trying to bully the rest of the world into following its demands. Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif spoke with the Council on Foreign Relations in a Zoom conversation Monday. The event, moderated by Fareed Zakaria, concerned recent developments in Iran, including the controversial execution of wrestling champion Navid Afkari and the recent U.S. reimposition of sanctions on the Iranian government. If Zarif’s smile occasionally appeared smug during the meetin... more »
CDC Flip-Flops on Paradigm Shift to SARS-COV-2 Transmission via Aerosols
Why did the CDC guidance on Covid transmission through aerosols get pulled?
On its front page, the Times got it wrong!
*TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2020* *As always, statistics were hard: *Are we the people up to the task of being self-governing? Top experts say we are not. As a species, we simply aren't wired for such atask, these despondent top scholars have told us. Is our upper-end press corps equal to *its* basic tasks? As always, statistics are hard. Consider this passage from a front-page report about the virus in yesterday's New York Times: ROMERO ET AL (9/21/20): In the United States, *the daily death toll from the virus is down from where it was in early August, when more than 1,200 deaths... more »
Radar for a Giant Planet’s Moons
One of my better memories involving space exploration is getting the chance to be at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to see the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity just days before they were shipped off to Florida for their eventual launch. Being near an object that, though crafted by human hands, is about to be a […]
BLM “Disrupts The Nuclear Family”
“We engage comrades with the intent to learn about and connect with their contexts.” What We Believe – Black Lives Matter
Vermont is one step from legalizing adult-use cannabis sales
A bill that would legalize a commercial adult-use marijuana program in Vermont has been sent to the governor’s desk for his signature after the Senate passed the final version Tuesday by a resounding 23-6 margin. Gov. Phil Scott, a Republican, hasn’t said whether he’ll definitely sign the bill – or let it pass into law […] Vermont is one step from legalizing adult-use cannabis sales is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
CDC Says “Trick-or-treating” Is “High-Risk” in Guidance for Remaining 2020 Holidays
[image: cdc-deems-traditional-trick-or-treating-to-be-high-risk-in-guidance-for-remaining-2020-holidays] Right on schedule, the Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that traditional “trick-or-treating” is “high risk” and has advised Americans to avoid the activity this Halloween.
Transition Integrity Project Founder Wants Execution of Former Trump Official
[image: transition-integrity-project-founder-wants-execution-of-former-trump-official] The founder of the group plotting an election coup against President Trump openly called for the execution of a former administration official.
U.S. Marshals Rescue 35 Missing Children in Ohio – Operation Safety Net…
The Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 enhanced the U.S. Marshals’ authority to assist federal, state, and local law enforcement with the recovery of missing, endangered, trafficked or abducted children, regardless of whether a fugitive or sex offender … Continue reading →
Extraditing Julian Assange Would Likely Cause His Suicide
Julian’s extradition hearings have entered a new phase as the defense began presenting medical testimony. We expect that this will be the dominant topic for several days, which places us in a delicate situation as we seek to balance keeping supporters informed with respecting Julian’s privacy. Stella Moris, Julian’s partner, wrote earlier today:
Could Iranian Missiles Be Soon Headed To Venezuela?
*Josh Chang* *Security, Americas* It would be unreasonable to completely rule out an attempt by Iran to export its missiles to Venezuela. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s recent declaration of interest in obtaining Iranian missiles alarmed many of the country’s neighbors and raised questions over the likelihood of this acquisition. On the one hand, there is some plausible reason to believe that this transaction may not go through. Iran-Venezuela military cooperation is not as credible as the two countries claim, with a continuous pattern of declarations and agreements but v... more »
It's Too Soon For America To Kill Its Grand Strategy
*Ionut Popescu* *Security, World* Grand strategy and emergent strategy work best in tandem, and the US foreign policy community is at its best when it combines the virtues of long-range planning with the agility of short-term adaptations. To paraphrase Mark Twain, rumors of the death of American grand strategy are, shall we say, *grandly *exaggerated. In an otherwise thought provoking and insightful recent essay, Daniel Drezner, Ronald Krebs and Randall Schweller nevertheless mistakenly argue that “grand strategy is dead,” and it should stay that way. “It is time to operate witho... more »
Georgia: From the Coronavirus to a Critical Test of Democracy
*Kenneth Yalowitz, John Tefft, William Courtney* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] Many of Georgia’s friends abroad have been uneasy about the country’s recent reform trajectory. Georgia has successfully dealt with the coronavirus outbreak but now must meet the task of conducting free, fair, and transparent parliamentary elections on October 31 and dealing with the economic impacts of the pandemic. Each of us has served as U.S. Ambassador to Georgia and can attest that the country has come a long way in democratic and economic reforms since independence in 1991. We were encou... more »
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- September 22, 2020
FILE - U.S. troops patrol at an Afghan National Army (ANA) base in Logar province, Afghanistan, Aug. 7, 2018. *The Hill:* *Official: Pentagon has started 'prudent planning' for full Afghanistan withdrawal by May* The Pentagon has started planning to have zero U.S. troops in Afghanistan by spring, though orders have not yet been issued for a full withdrawal, a Defense Department official said Tuesday. “I’d like to make it clear that [Defense Secretary Mark Esper] has not issued orders to reduce military personnel below this 4,000 to 5,000 level in Afghanistan, although we are cond... more »
Watch: Russian S-400 system confront enemy missiles
[image: Watch: Russian S-400 system confront enemy missiles] BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:30 P.M.) – The S-400 and Pantsir-S systems, along with the Su-30 fighters, repelled an intense air missile strike in Asholuk Square in Russia’s Astrakhan Province during the “Caucasus-2020” military exercise. The three-minute-long video begins with the S-400 and Pantsir-S systems getting in position before confronting the enemy missiles. !function(w,d,a){if(!w[a]){var s=d.createElement('script'), x=d.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];s.type='text/javascript'; s.async=!0;s.src ='//widgets.ad.style/native.j... more »
Trump boasts on world stage of killing ‘number one terrorist’ Qassem Soleimani
[image: Trump boasts on world stage of killing ‘number one terrorist’ Qassem Soleimani] BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:15 P.M.) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, that his country eliminated the leader of the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Qassem Soleimani, because he was “the number one terrorist in the world,” and uprooted Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) from its roots in Syria and Iraq. In his speech to the seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly, Trump said, “We withdrew from the failed Iranian nuclear deal and imposed massive sanctions o... more »
Why Communication Is the Key For Long-Lasting Relationships
Communication to a relationship is like oxygen to life. Without it, it dies. – Tony Gaskins Communication is absolutely essential to maintain a healthy relationship since it is the only thing that can prevent misunderstandings between two lovers. If you would like your relationship with your partner to last, you need to be on the same page. It would help if you didn’t feed into misunderstandings or any clashes because they are the cause that damages emotional distance. If we let those misunderstandings grow day by day, it will ensure that your partner is pushed away from you and... more »
Joe Biden Once Supported Surging Troops Into Afghanistan, But That All Changed In 2009
*Daniel R. DePetris* *Politics, Americas* Biden pushed hard against Barack Obama's Afghan troop surge during his first term as vice president. In his 2014 memoir, *Duty: Memories of a Secretary at War*, former Defense Secretary Bob Gates famously described then-Vice President Joe Biden as someone whose foreign policy credentials left a lot to be desired. While calling Biden “a man, of integrity,” Gates wrote that ”I think he has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades.” The quote elicited reverberations in Washington ... more »
China Ends ‘Median Line’ in the Taiwan Strait: The Start of a Crisis?
*J. Michael Cole* *Security, Asia* Without a doubt, we have entered the most dangerous phase in cross-Strait relations since 2003-2004, if not the Taiwan Strait Missile Crisis of 1995-1996. China Ends ‘Median Line’ in the Taiwan Strait, Threatening Stability By J. Michael Cole It was a line at sea, separating two sides locked in a decades-long conflict. A gentleman’s agreement rather than an official demarcation governed by legal instruments, the median line (also known as the center line) was a tacit code of conduct of sorts that, for decades, reduced the risk of accidents in ... more »
Beware, China: The U.S. Navy Is Building More Amphibious Assault Ships
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2017%3Anewsml_RC141FCDCEF0&share=true] These newer, higher-tech vessels will help deter Beijing and keep the peace. The second U.S. Navy America-class amphibious assault ship is now ready for war after arriving at its home port in San Diego, California, a move which further fortifies the service’s emerging, modernized amphibious assault strategy. The Navy plans to sail the F-35-armed ship around South America soon as a way to refine its preparation and readiness for combat deplo... more »
“TRUTH” with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.—Season 2, Episode 3 Featuring Dr. Sherri Tenpenny
RFK, Jr. welcomes renowned physician Dr. Sherri Tenpenny to talk about various aspects of the COVID crisis including Google's ties to pharma, flu shots & COVID, Bill Gates's desire for global surveillance, and digital currency. The post “TRUTH” with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.—Season 2, Episode 3 Featuring Dr. Sherri Tenpenny appeared first on Children's Health Defense.
Tam the man Ratchets up the Fear Porn Today Blaming Canadians for the Fake Pandemic/Scamdemic/HOAX
*Tam the man Ratchets up the Fear Porn Today --* *Blaming Canadians for the Fake Pandemic/Scamdemic/HOAX* It's difficult to find words that adequately describe my disgust at the man to the right in the above photo. Lying to the very depths of his being, Tam is now ratcheting up the fear port exponentially as he blames Canadians for the phony rise in the phony statistics for the phony Plandemic/Scamdemic/HOAX CovID-19. Here is a the so-called "report" from the* Official Liar CBC. I have added my comments in red below:* Canada's top doctor warns of sharp rise in COVID-19 cases i... more »
DC: Lessons About Charter Schools
DC schools have a history of being messy. There's the entire checkered history of Michelle Rhee, followed by the entire checkered history of the people either trying to build on or clean up after Michelle Rhee. I'm reminding you of this as context for the revelations that are about to be unintentionally provided about the DC charter sector. You can get a taste of the mess in the public schools from two pieces of testimonial from Richard Phelps, who came on as Director of Assessment just as Rhee was edging toward the door in 2010.Part One looks at how Phelps worked hard to poll over ... more »
Halifax council candidate questionnaires: Mayor
There are three candidates vying for the seat at the head of the Halifax regional council table — the two-term incumbent mayor, a two-term councillor, and a young TikToker. The three candidates sparred in a forum last week, but they also answered some questions for the Halifax Examiner. The Examiner posed the same five questions […]
Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 1 — Waverley-Fall River-Musquodoboit Valley
District 1 — Waverley-Fall River-Musquodoboit Valley is one of the municipality’s largest, spanning the growing suburbia of Fall River to the farmers’ fields of the municipality’s most rural areas. Following a redrawing of the district boundaries in 2012, Steve Streatch lost his seat to the other incumbent, Barry Dalrymple. Streatch got it back in 2016, […]
Accord UE/Mercosur: l'objectif de la France "n'est pas de stopper toute démarche"
bilaterals.org - 7 hours ago
22-Sep-2020 La France réclame des garanties sur le respect de l'accord de Paris pour ne pas "jeter à la poubelle dix ans de travail", a réagi le ministre délégué au commerce extérieur.
Dang, Even Hillary and AOC realize voting in person is SMART MOVE
Either they are actually smarter than they look or they have something up their sleeves for wherever they are voting! Hillary Clinton and AOC Just Announced They’re Voting in Person – Why Can’t the Rest of America? The Western Journal Johnathan Jones September 22, 2020 Two high-profile Democrats, Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and Hillary Clinton, have announced they intend to vote in-person in the upcoming election. The news seems to bust up the doom-and-gloom narrative from the party of mail-in ballots that due to the coronavirus pandemic, voting booths are simply too dangerous. For... more »
Meet Emily Voight, Single Mother Of Three-- And Progressive Democratic Candidate For A Flippable Wisconsin Assembly Seat
Wisconsin's 3rd Assembly District is on the northeast banks of Lake Winnebago, south of Green Bay and includes parts of Outagamie and Calumet counties, including areas of Appleton, Menasha, Kimberly, Little Chute, Combined Locks, Harrison, Sherwood and Forest Junction. The district went for Trump in 2016 but swung blue in their spring's super-charged Supreme Court race. Jill Karofsky won most of the district-- all but the very rural red precincts. [image: Goal Thermometer]Emily Voight, a member of the Calumet County Board of Supervisors, is the progressive Democrat taking on Tru... more »
Study: Coronavirus Adds Risk for People With Addiction Disorders
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Health, America* [image: Reuters] This particular study comes after last month’s eye-opening research that showed that teens and young adults who vape have a substantially higher risk of contracting the coronavirus. Individuals suffering from addiction disorders are at a greater risk to contract the novel coronavirus and more likely to become seriously ill if infected, according to a National Institutes of Health-funded study that was published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry. In concluding their findings, the researchers examined electronic health reco... more »
How the U.S. Air Force and New Space Force Are Getting Ready for Future Wars
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Americas* Combining weapons on the land and in the air and space will make America even more of a military power. Air-ground-space synergy is a the future of American warfare. Combining assets and tactics in all three domain will help the United States launch hypersonic weapons along the boundary of the earth’s atmosphere and engineer defenses against anti-satellite weapons. Moreover, America will use satellites to both track and guide space-traveling intercontinental ballistic missiles ( ICBMs) and even someday space drones to deliver weapons, technologie... more »
CDC: 11,000 People Have Been Exposed to Coronavirus on Flights
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Health, Americas* [image: Reuters] One woman was found to have contracted the coronavirus in a restroom on an airplane. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified nearly eleven thousand passengers who were potentially exposed to the coronavirus during flights. The agency, however, admitted that because of incomplete contact-tracing information and the fact that the virus incubates over several days, it has not been able to directly confirm a transmission case while in the air. “CDC is not able to definitively determine that potential c... more »
Seawolf: Why the U.S. Navy Is Using Its Best Submarines To Send a Message to Russia
*Caleb Larson* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C1997%3Anewsml_PBEAHUMNTBI&share=true] One of the United States’ deadliest submarines was spotted off the coast of Scotland. As previously covered, the USS *Seawolf* recently made a stop off the coast of Tromsø, Norway to pick up personnel. The stop was significant due to Tromsø’s proximity to Russian waters, which was timed to coincide with a joint American-Norwegian bomber and fighter flyover of the same area, and was interpreted as a challenge to Russia. Open source data rec... more »
NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden Agrees To Pay United States $5 Million From Book And Speeches
CIA whistleblower Edward Snowden (pictured) has agreed to forfeit more than $5million from book proceeds and speeches to the US government, according to court records *Daily Mail:* *CIA whistleblower Edward Snowden agrees to forfeit more than $5m from book proceeds and $18,000 a time speeches to the US government* * Edward Snowden, 37, published a book last year without government approval * It breached contracts he signed with the CIA and the National Security Agency * Justice Department brought a lawsuit which was upheld by a federal judge * Snowden has since agreed a payment p... more »
The Coming War with China
China’s Military-Civilian Fusion Mao Zedong (Mousey Tongue) asserted that “to oppose imperialist aggression, we must build a powerful navy.” The truth is that ALL civilian projects in China, all civilian fishing boats and cargo ships and nuclear power plants and medical research has two tracks that are inexorably interwoven. The Wuhan Virology Laboratory (now […] The post The Coming War with China appeared first on Virtual Mirage.
‘Climate arson’ and other wildfire nonsense
By Paul Driessen September 20, 2020 Real goal is to avoid responsibility for policies, and increase control over energy, lives, property In what has become an annual summer tragedy, wildfires are again destroying western US forests. Millions of acres and millions of animals have been incinerated, hundreds of homes reduced to ash and rubble, dozens of parents and children killed, …
Did a BLM Member Kill 3 People at a Retired Police Officer’s Bar?
The fatal shooting of three people was politicized when rumors circulated on social media.
Did Roger Stone Say Trump Should Declare Martial Law If He Loses Election?
The president's former campaign adviser, convicted for lying to Congress, joined conspiracy theorist Alex Jones in describing a convoluted plot to "steal" the 2020 election.
Which Party Is More Effective at Reducing Abortions?
It is hard to draw a straight line between federal government policy (let alone presidential policy) and abortion procurement.
Iraq Marine Vet Commits Suicide After Indictment for Shooting BLM Thug in Self-defense
[image: iraq-marine-vet-commits-suicide-after-indictment-for-shooting-blm-thug-in-self-defense] The former Marine who shot and killed a BLM “protester” in self defense has committed suicide, yet another victim of a new rule in major cities in the grip of BLM terror: A white man cannot defend himself or his property, no matter the circumstance.
Teacher Says Girl’s Opinion Is Irrelevant Because She’s WHITE and Blonde
[image: teacher-says-girl-s-opinion-is-irrelevant-because-she-s-white-and-blonde] What happens when wokeness meets whiteness? Try this on for size: A British teacher recently said during a Black Lives Matter debate that a girl didn’t have a right to an opinion because she was white, blonde, and was “born here.”
A vice-presidential candidate chimes in on climate (guess who)
Numerous articles and statements weaponizing weather events to push an agenda have shown up of late. This is predictable given the time of the year when we are experiencing both hurricane season and and election cyclone. I coined the term, "weaponizing the weather" several years ago and it forms part of the title of my [...] The post A vice-presidential candidate chimes in on climate (guess who) appeared first on CFACT.
COVID-19 fatality rate “worst miscalculation in the history of humanity” says PhD candidate in epidemiology
This month, Dr. Ronald B. Brown had a daring paper published in Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, conservatively entitled Public health lessons learned from biases in coronavirus mortality overestimation
Sitrep U.S.A. PART III: President Trump Declares An All-Out Culture War
[image: President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks at the White House Conference on American History Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, at the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian)] Barbara Boyd *Please see Sitrep U.S.A. Part I: What, After All, Is the Coup Against Trump? and Sitrep U.S.A. Part II: Antifa, Back to the Future, 1967-68—A Counterintelligence Primer for Further Investigation and Action for more.* *by Barbara Boyd - barbara@lpac-organizers.com* In celebration of Constitution Day, September 17, Presiden... more »
Absolutely Perfect – Florida Governor Introduces “Law Enforcement Protection Act”…
Yesterday Florida Governor Ron DeSantis introduced an absolutely perfect set of guidelines that will frame a new set of laws within Florida called the “Combating Violence, Disorder and Looting and Law Enforcement Protection Act.” The Florida House and Senate will … Continue reading →
BP’s Energy Outlook 2020 Presents a Variety of Scenarios, All Include a Carbon Price
BP has changed focus because its new CEO Bernard Looney has set out ambitious plans for the oil company to… The post BP’s Energy Outlook 2020 Presents a Variety of Scenarios, All Include a Carbon Price appeared first on IER.
President Trump's Supreme Court Nominee Has Enough US Senate Republican Votes To Be Approved
*Daily Mail:* *Mitt Romney hands victory to Trump by backing his pre-election SCOTUS vote - as President says he'll announce his nominee to replace RBG at the White House on Saturday* * President Donald Trump said he will announce his nominee to the Supreme Court on Saturday at the White House * Trump has enough Republican support to get his pick confirmed this year * Senator Mitt Romney - the last remaining Republican holdout - said he would back the president and vote for a Supreme Court nominee in an election year * South Carolina Sen Lindsey Graham expressed confidence in Trump... more »
On its front page, the Times gets it right!
*TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2020* *What our own cable viewers aren't shown: *Above the fold on this morning's front page, the New York Times got it right. The Times has begun to report the kinds of events our tribe's cable viewers aren't shown. Our stars protect us from such content. On the highly permissive Fox News Channel, videotape of this sort of thing is routinely shown: BOWLES (9/22/20): Terrance Moses was watching protesters against police brutality march down his quiet residential street [in Portland] one recent evening when *some in the group of a few hundred suddenly stopp... more »
Ruth Bader Ginsburg… If only she had supported equal rights for everyone
Ruth Bader Ginsburg commanded immense respect, adulation, and influence. She spoke out against racism and discrimination, and has been called 'a revolutionary.' Some have written: 'Even to the end of her life, she remained committed to our mantra: none are free, until all are free...' Progressive groups are sending out emails about continuing 'her legacy' of 'fighting for justice.' Imagine the impact she could have had if she'd included Palestinians in her concerns, and spoken out against Israeli violence and apartheid, instead of remaining silent and endorsing Israel... more »
UHD Launches Call me MISTER Program
The University of Houston-Downtown’s Department of Urban Education (UHD) has become the first university in the state of Texas to participate in the national Call Me MISTER (Mentors Instructing Students Toward Effective Role Models) program, an effort to bring more men of color into the teaching profession. The program–a collaboration between UHD, Clemson University and […]
University of Georgia Fraternity Chapter Self-Suspends Due to Racist Remarks
The Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity chapter at the University of Georgia self-suspended operations indefinitely over the weekend after racist messages from a chapter group messaging app were posted to Twitter, according to NBC. Screenshots of the messages from a GroupMe for the school’s fraternity chapter were posted Saturday evening by African American student Arianna Mbunwe, […]
Understanding the Historical Context of the Black Lives Matter Movement
When the National Association for Black Culture Centers brought Dr. James Stewart to Vanderbilt University in 1999 as a keynote speaker, the focus was on understanding the dangers of focusing on multiculturalism as a framework for achieving equity in higher education. He expressed concern that this approach would deflect attention from the long history of […]
Chinese President Xi Defends China’s Ambitions At The UN. Warns Of ‘Clash Of Civilizations’
*The Guardian/AFP:* *Xi defends China’s ambitions at UN, warns of ‘clash of civilizations’* President Xi Jinping gave a robust defense of China’s ambitions Tuesday in a speech to the UN, warning against the perils of a “clash of civilizations” during a pandemic that has ripped through the world. In an opening address presaged by a demand by his US counterpart Donald Trump for China to be held “accountable” for the coronavirus outbreak, Xi said global unity was the only way to overcome the crisis. The world must “oppose politicization and stigmatization” over Covid-19, Xi said in ... more »
Starting with self-improvement you proceed
121. Starting with self-improvement you proceed toward Infinity. -M: *Community 1926*…………………………………………………………………..… 319. By the fire of the spirit is their level of ascent recognized. Laws inscribed by people cannot extinguish this fire. Therefore let us be careful about judging the approaching ones. Like fragments of heavenly bodies, diamond-bearing, those approaching from afar may carry within themselves signs incomprehensible to others. -M: *Agni Yoga 1929 ………………………………………………………………………………..* 28. Only the will can give discipline to the spirit, but when thought roams about in obvious ... more »
President Trump Tells The UN To Hold China Accountable For The Coronavirus Pandemic
*Daily Mail:* *Donald Trump attacks China at the UN for unleashing 'plague' upon the world – then hits the regime for dumping 'millions and tons of plastic and trash into the oceans' and causing 'rampant pollution'* * 'The United Nations must hold China accountable for their actions,' Trump said by video from the White House * Called it the nation which 'unleashed this plague unto the world' * He once again called COVID-19 the 'China virus' in speech to world body * He also attacked the UN's World Health Organization, which he called 'virtually controlled by China.' * World leade... more »
6 Crucial Races That Will Flip the SenateThis November, we have...
Robert Reich - 9 hours ago
*6 Crucial Races That Will Flip the Senate* This November, we have an opportunity to harness your energy and momentum into political power and not just defeat Trump, but also flip the Senate. Here are six key races you should be paying attention to. *1. The first is North Carolina Republican senator Thom Tillis,* notable for his “olympic gold” flip-flops. He voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act, then offered a loophole-filled replacement that excluded many with preexisting conditions. In 2014 Tillis took the position that climate change was “not a fact” and later urged Trump to... more »
Chinese drones are monitoring Australian skies
A new consultation paper has warned against the malicious use of drone technology by the Chinese Communist Party in Australia, as millions of devices continue to go unaccounted for. The report cites government and business sites, as well as infrastructure and crowded places, as vulnerable to image and signals gathering, espionage, data exfiltration or physical attack. [...Continued]
Culture War Witchery Strikes Again
So much for Bernie Sanders's prediction that a President Joe Biden would, after a 50-year conservative political career, become a raging progressive in the vein of FDR if we only give him the chance. With the specter of a far-right Supreme Court tribunal controlling the country for at least another generation, Biden just nixed the antidote of Democrats packing the court.and ending the Senate filibuster, should he win the presidency. Even though the Republican majority has locked in the votes to confirm Donald Trump's nominee to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Biden was still appealin... more »
Chinese Air Force Video Depicts Simulated Attack on Island Appearing to be Guam
[image: chinese-air-force-video-depicts-simulated-attack-on-island-appearing-to-be-guam] A Chinese Air Force video depicted Chinese bombers conducting an attack on an island air base strongly resembling Andersen Air Force Base on the U.S. island of Guam.
Kamala Harris Is Not Qualified to Be (Vice) President
[image: kamala-harris-is-not-qualified-to-be-vice-president] Though Kamala Harris was born in the United States, because neither of her parents were American citizens, she is not qualified to be president under the Constitution.
Last Best Chance to Capture Supreme Court
[image: last-best-chance-to-capture-supreme-court] A Senate vote to reject a Republican nominee, in which Republican senators cast the decisive votes, would demoralize and divide the party on election eve and betray a cause for which some have fought for 50 years.
Epstein Flight Logs Subpoenaed, Passenger Names May Soon Be Revealed
[image: epstein-flights-logs-subpoenaed-passenger-names-may-soon-be-revealed] The U.S. Virgin Islands' attorney general is suing Jeffrey Epstein's estate for flight logs from aircraft since 1998 to reveal names of all passengers.
UPDATED: Video by David Goldberg, the deceased (2015) CEO of SurveyMonkey - who discloses coming American/Global Armageddon
*David Goldberg's last Video* Folks, watch the above video with caution. It could be *dysinfo entirely.* Before watching it this morning, I did not even know who *David Goldberg* was. Apparently he was the CEO of "*SurveyMonkey*". Goldberg died in Mexico on *May 1, 2015. * *NOTE: A HUGE RED FLAG IS THE FACT THAT THE VIDEO ABOVE SAYS DAVID GOLDBERG DIED IN "EARLY JUNE OF 2019" WHILE WIKIPEDIA SAYS HE DIED ON MAY 1, 2015. * I e-mailed Simon Hicks and asked him to explain the death date discrepancy and received this link in reply. Interesting revelations in terms of *Mark Zucker... more »
Temperatures have been FALLING for the past 8,000 years
The ‘hottest year ever’ is a lie. ______________ Temperatures have been FALLING for the past 8,000 years By Ray Kraft Short term variations, local record hots and colds, don’t mean much, that’s just weather. What matters is long term global trend lines over decades, centuries, millennia, eons, epochs. . The only ‘normal’ in climate is ... Read more Temperatures have been FALLING for the past 8,000 years The post Temperatures have been FALLING for the past 8,000 years appeared first on Ice Age Now.
Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 265 – 2020
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The trials and tribulations of driving with chickens
I laughed out loud as I read about Kenny's adventures with chickens the other day. He lost a couple of his small flock, and drove to a dealer to get replacements. I pulled into the place, told the kid what I wanted, and he netted me 2 pullets ... He put them in a raggedy box and folded the lid shut. I paid him and thanked him for his time. Anyways, I turned on the stereo and headed for home. It was a beautiful day, nice and cool, and all was right in my world - until those ****ing chickens decided to make a break for it. They didn't just find a way and crawled out, it was like so... more »
Illinois gives recreational marijuana store applicants chance for a do-over
Illinois regulators are allowing some applicants for adult-use cannabis retail licenses an opportunity to correct their applications and refile before the state’s lottery for permits. The state announced finalists for 75 retail licenses weeks ago, but only 21 total applicants scored perfectly on their applications, calling into question the state’s intended effort to advance social […] Illinois gives recreational marijuana store applicants chance for a do-over is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Founder of cannabis firm CannaRegs sued for alleged securities fraud
A securities fraud lawsuit filed against the co-founder of the web-based marijuana rules monitoring firm CannaRegs underscores how company sales can lead to court battles among initial investors – a development that could continue as more founders exit the industry. Lester Firstenberger and Sathya Rajavelu, two former CannaRegs executives, said they sold their remaining cumulative […] Founder of cannabis firm CannaRegs sued for alleged securities fraud is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/22/2020
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Reader response to the introduction of this feature was mostly positive, so I’ll keep on with it. A nightingale is possibly more musical than a loon… #COVID19 At reader request, I’ve added this daily chart from 91-DIVOC. The data is the Johns Hopkins CSSE data. […]
The problem with court packing
Between March and July 1933, FDR’s policy of devaluing the dollar pushed industrial production up by an incredible 57% in just 4 months. Then FDR’s National Recovery Administration instituted a policy of mandating sharply higher wages. Hourly wage rates rose by roughly 20% in just two months. This immediately ended the robust economic recovery then […] The post The problem with court packing appeared first on Econlib.
The Missing Right-Wing Firms: A Beckerian Puzzle
I teach the economics of discrimination every chance I get. Why? Because the analytical framework, launched by the great Gary Becker in 1957, mightily illuminates so many questions that we care so much about. When you see that almost all garbage collectors are male, for example, what should you conclude? Perhaps women and men are […] The post The Missing Right-Wing Firms: A Beckerian Puzzle appeared first on Econlib.
RBG and the “Waypavers”
There have already been an extraordinary number of remembrances, celebrations, and criticisms written of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s life and work in the days since her passing. I’m grateful for her contributions to advancing gender equality in law, but I have no assessment of her overall judicial legacy to add to the outpouring. Instead, I’ll offer […] The post RBG and the “Waypavers” appeared first on Econlib.
Massive floods leave widespread destruction, displace 140 000 people in Afar, Ethiopia
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More than 240 000 people have been affected and 144 000 displaced as widespread floods hit Afar, Ethiopia, the government stated in a press release on September 21, 2020. More than 80 localities have been hit in what authorities described as the worst flood the...... Read more »
Japan Proposes Record Defense Budget Citing Increased Threats
The Defense Ministry plans to deploy new fighter jets in 2035 to replace its current F-2s. (Photo courtesy of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force) *Japan Times*: *Japan to seek record defense budget under Suga's continuity policy* The Defense Ministry will seek a budget of over ¥5.4 trillion for fiscal 2021 — another record — government sources said Monday, as Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga vowed to continue with his predecessor’s policy of bolstering Japan’s capabilities in new domains. The seventh consecutive year of all-time high requests compares with the ¥5.31 trillion sought in... more »
Is America Worth Saving? Trump’s 1776 Commission and the True Cause of the American Revolution
Donald Trump’s 1776 Commission announced on in Constitution Hall on September 17 has ruffled more than a few feathers across the radical left who have been clearly exposed as nothing more than ideological post-truth mobs who are driven by impulses that threaten to tear America down into Civil War. While I am not saying that everything about […]
Three British friends stuck in Italian quarantine facility
*****News Topic 34***** Three British friends who caught C***d teaching English in Italy say they are stuck in ‘eternal hell’ after being held against their will for a MONTH in quarantine detention centre in Florence. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8752663/Three-British-friends-stuck-eternal-hell-Italian-coroanvirus-centre.html
Robert Maxwell money helped bankrolled Epstein’s sick crimes
Via Daily Mail UK (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8728393/Jeffrey-Epstein-secretly-bankrolled-newspaper-baron-Robert-Maxwell-Ghislaines-father.html)… The source of Jeffrey Epstein’s massive fortune – valued at roughly $636million after his jail cell suicide last fall – has long been shrouded in mystery. Epstein ran his own wealth management fund – but its assets have never been made public. Now an insider has revealed that Epstein received […]
Kayleigh McEnany White House Press Briefing – 1:00pm Livestream
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany holds a press briefing from the Brady room. Anticipated start time 1:00pm Livestream Links below: White House Livestream – Fox Business Livestream – Alternate Livestream . .
Online Voting Wasn’t Ready for 2020. Don’t Count on It Anytime Soon.
The glowing keyboard of a Macbook Pro (Casper Folsing, https://flic.kr/p/cBtpUo; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/). Lawfare is partnering with the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project to produce a series on election integrity in the midst of the coronavirus crisis. The Healthy Elections Project aims to assist election officials and the public as the nation confronts the challenges that the coronavirus pandemic poses for election administration. Through student-driven research, tool development, and direct services to jurisdictions, the project... more »
Fifth Circuit Overturns Selective Service Ruling, Setting Up Supreme Court Fight
U.S. troops recite an oath of enlistment, Dec. 7, 2010. (U.S. Army photo) On Aug. 13, a unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that the Selective Service’s male-only registration requirement did not violate the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause. In doing so, the panel overturned the Southern District of Texas’s ruling to the contrary. The panel relied on a 1981 Supreme Court case on the same topic, albeit one adjudicated in a decidedly different era and facing decidedly different factual circumstances vis-à-vis female military service. The Fif... more »
Texas GOP To Gov. Abbott: 'Don't Mess With Texas!'
In a rare - perhaps even unprecedented - move, the Executive Committee of the Texas Republican party has passed a resolution condemning Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott for continuing to keep Texas partially closed down while picking and choosing which businesses can open and which cannot. Governor Abbott is facing an increasing rebellion in his own party, especially as the coronavirus numbers in Texas continue to plummet. Also in today's program, the CDC flip-flops again, this time on whether coronavirus is airborne. Can we trust a single thing they say? Watch today's Liberty ... more »
Military Generals Are Just Another Group of Self-Interested Technocrats
[image: undefined] The United States has always had a love affair with certain generals. George Washington, of course, was immensely popular, and thirteen US presidents were generals before they were president. But prior to the Second World War, generals as a group were not revered or treated with any particular veneration or respect. In fact, in the nineteenth century, full-time US military officers were often treated with suspicion and contempt. While state militia officers were regarded as indispensable night watchmen who preserved order, the full-time government employees who s... more »
Donald Trump’s Job Approval Hits 51 Percent
*Rachel Bucchino* *Politics, * [image: Reuters] The results come as the coronavirus death toll in the United States nears two hundred thousand, with almost seven million Americans infected. President Donald Trump’s job approval has hit a whopping seven-day streak of more than 50 percent, according to Rasmussen Reports’ daily presidential tracking poll. The report indicated that 51 percent of likely U.S. voters approve of the president’s job performance, while 48 percent disapprove. That’s a two-point drop in approval since Friday when 53 percent of respondents said that they ap... more »
China's New War Game Doesn't Prove It Could Successfully Invade Taiwan
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Asia* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2014%3Anewsml_GM1EA7C0NBY01&share=true] Beijing left out certain important possibilities and there are many unknown unknowns. Could the Chinese military destroy all of Taiwan’s ground-based air defenses and missiles launchers and achieve air and sea superiority in approximately two hours? Could such a quick attack could occur before launching a dual-carrier air attack on the island followed by a successful amphibious landing within twenty-four hours? This optimistic assessment, howe... more »
How America's New Sixth-Generation Stealth Fighter Jets Could Quickly Take Flight
*Kris Osborn* *Security, * New intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), sixth-generation stealth fighter jets and emerging hypersonic weapons are all benefitting from a vigorous Air Force push toward digital engineering. And that's a really big deal. New intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), sixth-generation stealth fighter jets and emerging hypersonic weapons are all benefitting from a vigorous Air Force push toward digital engineering. This is a method of weapons development that massively expedites innovation, specifications analysis and war preparations for new tec... more »
Why Mitt Romney Is Championing A Trump Supreme Court Nomination
*Rachel Bucchino* *Politics, Americas* Trump is not an outlier when it comes to the GOP. He represents what it wants. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) isn’t loyal to Donald Trump. Romney voted to impeach him this past February, the sole Senate Republican to do so, deeming Trump “guilty of an appalling abuse of public trust.” But he is loyal to the Republican party and the conservative cause, which is why he said Tuesday morning that he supports a floor vote for the Supreme Court nominee that President Donald Trump plans to announce this weekend. For Democrats, who had hoped Romney would ... more »
Why Trump and Biden Are Overloading Supporters with Text Messages
*Jennifer Stromer-Galley* *Politics, The Americas* During the two conventions, the sheer volume of messages from the campaigns was astounding, but especially from the Trump campaign. For every one message I received from the Democrats, I received three to five messages from the Republicans, and that was true over both conventions. Text messages and emails from political campaigns are pouring into Americans’ phones and inboxes right now. It’s happening to political junkies, to people who gave their phone numbers to campaigns, and even to people who try to keep their contact inform... more »
Why U.S. Air Force's Bombers and Stealth Fighters Need Hardened GPS
*Kris Osborn* *Security, * What if Air Force fighters and bombers were successfully attacking an enemy absolute precision and exact targeting data when all of the sudden their GPS signals disappeared or got hacked? What if that threw off the guided missiles and ground-coordinates being assembled on the ground by friendly Joint Tactical Air Controllers? What if Air Force fighters and bombers were successfully attacking an enemy absolute precision and exact targeting data when all of the sudden their GPS signals disappeared or got hacked? What if that threw off the guided missiles... more »
Frederick the Great's Greatest Blunder: The Battle of Hochkirch
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* [image: Wikimedia Commons] One of the greatest military strategists of the 18th century had been taken completely by surprise. Cannons roared and muskets crackled in the darkness below the hill of Rodewitz, but King Frederick the Great of Prussia was in no hurry to move. During this campaign, many a night’s sleep had been cut short by noisy predawn attacks by Croatian pandours serving with the Austrian Army. Soldiers encamped near his quarters rushed to take up arms, but he scoffed, “What are you about, lads? It is nothing—only those sc... more »
How Fishing Spots Are Becoming the Next Battleground for China-U.S. Competition
*Blake Earle* *Society, * Governments often use the fishing industry to advance their diplomatic agenda. The United States used fishing, directly and indirectly, to build its international empire from its founding through the 20th century. Now China’s doing it, too. China’s aggressive, sometimes illegal fishing practices are the latest source of conflict with the United States. China has the world’s largest fishing fleet. Beijing claims to send around 2,600 vessels out to fish across the globe, but some maritime experts say this distant-water fishing fleet may number nearly 17,0... more »
2020 Has Brought So Many Storms They've Run Out of Things to Call Them
*Kimberly Wood* *Environment, Atlantic* When Tropical Storm Wilfred formed on Sept. 18, the National Hurricane Center exhausted its list of storm names for only the second time since naming began in 1950. Within hours, two more storm had formed – now known as Alpha and Beta. Here’s how active this year’s Atlantic hurricane season has been: When Tropical Storm Wilfred formed on Sept. 18, the National Hurricane Center exhausted its list of storm names for only the second time since naming began in 1950. Within hours, two more storm had formed – now known as Alpha and Beta. Even mor... more »
Cable TV Is Dying: Cord-Cutting This Year Seen Exceeding 6 Million
*Stephen Silver* *Technology, * Cable costs too much and by 2024 many million more Americans will have cut their cords. Cord-cutting, as has been much reported throughout the year, has become rampant during the coronavirus pandemic. The nation’s pay TV services lost 1.8 million subscribers in the first three months of 2020, and another 1.57 million subscribers in the second quarter, at least among the fifteen largest pay TV providers. Now, a new report says that the number of cord cutters for the year will reach 6.6 million. According to Emarketer, 6.6 million households will c... more »
Report, Monday, September 21: Julian Assange Hearing
Monday was a frustrating day as the Assange Hearing drifted deep into a fantasy land where nobody knows or is allowed to say that people were tortured in Guantanamo Bay and under extraordinary rendition. The willingness of Judge Baraitser to accept American red lines on what witnesses can and cannot say has combined with a joint and openly stated desire by both judge and prosecution to close this case down quickly by limiting the number of witnesses, the length of their evidence, and the time allowed for closing arguments. The post Report, Monday, September 21: Julian Assange Hea... more »
Julian Assange Trial: Monday, September 21, 2020
Prof. Michael Kopelman has been sworn in, standing in the actual wooden stand of the court, as the defense’s first witness on Tuesday. Kopelman is a professor of neuropsychology at King’s College, London. He testifies that Assange is suffering from severe depression with loss sleep, appetite and weight loss. He also found a high risk of suicide “if extradition appears imminent.” Kopelman said Assange has had a history of clinical depression and said his risk of suicide would increase if extradition was imminent. Consortium News is limiting the detail of testimony about Assange’s ... more »
Assange’s Removal From Embassy Was Directed By US President
Julian Assange's removal from the Ecuadorian Embassy was done so "on direct orders from the [US] president", according to information provided to American journalist Cassandra Fairbanks. Ms Fairbanks' explosive testimony would appear to support to position that Mr Assange's prosecution has a political dimension and reflected a shift in the government's attitude with a change in administration from that of former president Barack Obama. According to Ms Fairbanks' witness statement, which was read into the court by the defence in Mr Assange's extradition hearing on 21 September 202... more »
Chris Hedges: The Cost Of Resistance
Two of the rebels I admire most, Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks publisher, and Roger Hallam, the co-founder of Extinction Rebellion, are in jail in Britain. That should not be surprising. You can measure the effectiveness of resistance by the fury of the response. Julian courageously exposed the lies, deceit, war crimes and corruption of the ruling imperial elites. Roger has helped organized the largest acts of mass civil disobedience in British history, shutting down parts of London for weeks, in a bid to wrest power from a ruling class that has done nothing, and will do nothing, t... more »
COVID-19: On The Decline In Nicaragua As Its Critics Fall Silent
No country can yet claim to have defeated Covid-19, but clearly some are having more success than others. Nicaragua is one of these, and could yet be recognized as a world leader. With under 5,000 Covid-19 cases since the pandemic began, according to official figures, its infection level is far below that of Panama (105,000), Guatemala (85,000), Honduras (71,000), Costa Rica (63,000) or El Salvador (27,000). Of course, it is certain that Nicaragua’s figure, like those of the other countries, undercounts the real incidence of the virus. The post COVID-19: On The Decline In Nicarag... more »
Substantial CA Forest Management Changes Needed ESPECIALLY If You Think The Fires Are Caused by Climate Change
There is a debate raging between the usual suspects as to whether the larger fires in California are the inevitable result of manmade climate change or whether they are the result of poor forest management practices. For this post I actually am not going to weigh in right on this , except to say that […]
ENERGYCAST: Can electric vehicles overcome range anxiety?
A local effort to convert the public to electric vehicles. The post ENERGYCAST: Can electric vehicles overcome range anxiety? appeared first on CFACT.
Trump Jr. Fixer: Everyone In WikiLeaks Deserve The Death Penalty
When Richard Grenell, one of President Donald Trump's closest envoys in Europe, was the ambassador to Germany, Grenell reportedly brokered a deal with the Ecuador government for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's arrest and expulsion from the London embassy.
Global Breaking News on GMOs and Pesticides 22 September 2020
22 September 2020 — Sustainable Pulse Editors’ picks Thailand’s Reversal on Glyphosate Ban Came after Bayer Scripted US Intervention, Documents Show A year ago Thailand was set to ban the widely used weed killing chemical glyphosate, a move applauded by public health advocates because of evidence the chemical causes cancer, along with other harms to people … Continue reading Global Breaking News on GMOs and Pesticides 22 September 2020
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