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Things You’ll Never See On The CBC
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 16 hours ago
Because, like most Canadians, you’re not watching: According to the CBC’s latest annual report, only 0.8% of Canadians tuned in to watch CBC nightly.
US Candidate Biden Handed Brazil Evidence of Torture During Dictatorship, Which Bolsonaro Denies
Lachlan Williams, The Rio Times - 16 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - If there was any doubt that Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden are on opposing political sides, the debate between Biden and President Trump over the past week has dispelled them. At the time, Biden, the favorite to win the November . . . To read […] The post US Candidate Biden Handed Brazil Evidence of Torture During Dictatorship, Which Bolsonaro Denies appeared first on The Rio Times.
Fitch Confirms Uruguay’s Investment Grade BBB-, Warns of Inflation and Public Debt
Juan Martinez, The Rio Times - 16 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Fitch Ratings, one the world's leading credit rating agency has confirmed Uruguay's Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'BBB-', however with a Negative Outlook, despite the country faring much better than its neighbors. The Negative Outlook reflects deterioration in growth and public finances that has been compounded by the […] The post Fitch Confirms Uruguay’s Investment Grade BBB-, Warns of Inflation and Public Debt appeared first on The Rio Times.
Evidence that the Face Mask does not Impede Viral Transmission
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 16 hours ago
“Now the science is in. [Because of] recent studies with large numbers of patients in large numbers of countries…. we have hard evidence that risk of transmission goes down dramatically when people wear masks.” I thought that he had to be wrong, because dozens of studies over decades had established that public masking does not impede viral transmission. The CDC, under your directorship, had even published a mere two months earlier, in May, 2020:
Gringo View: Hic Sunt Dracones
Peter Rosenwald, The Rio Times - 16 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Opinion) Imagine the vision of a medieval ancient mariner, sailing west from Europe, unsure what lay ahead, lands unknown or even possibly an end to the world where the ship might fall off as over a waterfall. The beautifully illustrated early maps displayed imaginative sea monsters rising from the waves […] The post Gringo View: Hic Sunt Dracones appeared first on The Rio Times.
Cumulative Fire Outbreaks in Amazon Between January and September Highest Since 2010
Oliver Mason, The Rio Times - 16 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The number of fire outbreaks recorded in the Amazon between January and September this year is the highest since 2010, according to The post Cumulative Fire Outbreaks in Amazon Between January and September Highest Since 2010 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Rights Group Criticizes Buenos Aires for Using Face Recognition Tech on Children
Juan Martinez, The Rio Times - 16 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Human Rights Watch wants the city of Buenos Aires to stop using live facial recognition to identify children accused of committing crimes, the rights group said on Friday. New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Buenos Aires started using the technology in April 2019, making Argentina the only country in […] The post Rights Group Criticizes Buenos Aires for Using Face Recognition Tech on Children appeared first on The Rio Times.
AFRICOM: Deadly Deception
Bruce K. Gagnon, Organizing Notes - 17 hours ago
By Friends of Congo On October 1, 2007, the United States under the presidency of George W. Bush and the military leadership of the Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, launched the Africa Command (AFRICOM). The command was based in Stuttgart, Germany. In the same vein as the 1884/85 Berlin Conference, AFRICOM was a wholly external concoction to be imposed on Africans without their input or consent. In fact, when African leaders first heard of the establishment of an African command, they overwhelmingly rejected its intent to expand U.S. military presence on the African c...
Argentina’s GDP to Fall 11.8 Percent in 2020 due to COVID-19 – Central Bank Poll
Oliver Mason, The Rio Times - 17 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Argentina’s economy is set to contract by 11.8 percent in 2020, a slightly rosier outlook than a previous estimate of a 12.1 percent drop, according to a central bank survey of economists and analysts on Friday. The bank´s Market Expectations Survey (REM) predicts inflation at 36.9 percent in 2020. Prices […] The post Argentina’s GDP to Fall 11.8 Percent in 2020 due to COVID-19 – Central Bank Poll appeared first on The Rio Times.
Interview with an NHS Nurse: “Where’s the challenge? Where’s the crisis? Where’s this Covid?”
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 17 hours ago
Today’s newsletter is a special edition featuring an exclusive interview with a nurse who worked in an NHS hospital throughout the pandemic and says she has never had so little to do. Now she feels compelled to speak out against the “most wilful of lies” she has witnessed, in the hope that “such a grave miscarriage of justice for health can never be allowed to happen again”.
Opinion: Bankrupt States Rio de Janeiro and Rio Grande do Sul Presage National Troubles
Lachlan Williams, The Rio Times - 17 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - It was on November 27th, 1937, 17 days after the establishment of the Varguista dictatorship with the Estado Novo, that Getúlio Vargas organized a ceremony in Rio de Janeiro to set the state flags on fire. One by one, the flag stands burned in a pyre, in a symbolic gesture […] The post Opinion: Bankrupt States Rio de Janeiro and Rio Grande do Sul Presage National Troubles appeared first on The Rio Times.
Brazil Sugar Output up 59 Percent Late in September, Ethanol Exports Soar
Richard Mann, The Rio Times - 17 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Sugar production and ethanol exports increased sharply in Brazil in September as mills enter the final weeks of the current season, but the extremely dry weather started to hit cane agricultural yields, industry group Unica said on Friday, October 9th. Brazil's center-south sugar output reached 2.86 million tonnes in the […] The post Brazil Sugar Output up 59 Percent Late in September, Ethanol Exports Soar appeared first on The Rio Times.
São Paulo, Now in ‘Green’ Covid-19 Phase, Reopens Cinemas, Museums, Conventions
Xiu Ying, The Rio Times - 17 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - São Paulo has changed phases. Amid a pandemic that has already claimed over 13,000 lives and infected at least 340,000 people in the city with Covid-19, the largest city in Brazil transitioned on Friday from the Yellow to the Green Phase - the second least restrictive - of the plan […] The post São Paulo, Now in ‘Green’ Covid-19 Phase, Reopens Cinemas, Museums, Conventions appeared first on The Rio Times.
Foundations for China’s and Russia’s mutual trust
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 17 hours ago
The following is the ninth installment of an extended report on one of the most important geopolitical developments of the 21st century: the increasingly comprehensive alliance between China and Russia and its implications for Eurasian and regional powers across the planet.
Assaulting Science in the Name of Science
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 17 hours ago
There is a battle going on over who and what most credibly represents science. As the months pass, the contest over science is integral to the acrimony concerning the nature of COVID-19. In February of this year the UN’s World Health Organization, an agency largely funded by Bill Gates, bestowed the name, “COVID-19” on the supposedly new coronavirus.
Brazilians Miss Movies Most; 66 Percent Will Restart Cultural Outings
Dorah Feliciano, The Rio Times - 17 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - While the process of reopening the cultural sector is expanding throughout Brazil, two thirds, or 66 percent, of Brazilians say they intend to attend at least one cultural event in the coming months. This is shown in a Datafolha survey in partnership with Itaú Cultural published on Thursday, October 8th. […] The post Brazilians Miss Movies Most; 66 Percent Will Restart Cultural Outings appeared first on The Rio Times.
While No One Was Looking: America, Guyana, and Venezuela
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 17 hours ago
On March 2, 2020, the people of Guyana went to the polls. According to the Carter Center, at first things went really well. And then they didn’t. At the close of the day, President David Granger had been re-elected. But, though nine of ten districts reported cleanly, the largest district was mired in confusion. And the promise became chaos.
List of Historical Temperature Extremes by U.S. State shows no sign of Global Warming
Cap Allon, Electroverse - 17 hours ago
Surely, if catastrophic global warming was actually a thing then it would show up in the temperature records. Spoiler: it doesn't, and a discussion on why follows the list. The post List of Historical Temperature Extremes by U.S. State shows no sign of Global Warming appeared first on Electroverse.
It Wasn’t Relativity That Won Einstein His Nobel Prize.
zedie, SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 20 hours ago
It Wasn’t Relativity That Won Einstein His Nobel Prize – The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/09/einstein-didnt-win-a-nobel-for-relativity-he-won-it-for-this/380451/
The Daily Brief 2020-10-09
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
[image: The Daily Brief 2020-10-09] This is a summary of *26* AMN articles on the following subjects: *Armenia, France, Karabakh, Azerbaijan, Syria, Greece, Turkey, NATO, Egypt, Russia, Assad, Ukraine, US, Damascus, GNA, Libya, LNA, Hariri, Lebanon, Putin*. Categories covered in this brief: World-News, Syria, Turkey, Middleeast, North-Africa, Lebanon Let us know how you like this brief in the comments below. — The AMN Live Team Table of Contents - French town votes in favor of recognizing Karabakh Republic’s independence - Armenian Defense Ministry trolls Azerbaijani lead...
America’s Delta Force Didn't Become Elite By Accident
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * What would you do to join the best? There’s writing endless resumes—and then there’s running forty miles at night on an uneven forest trail while lugging a fifty-pound rucksack *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The unit’s brutal selection and training process is revealed to have a purpose beyond physical fitness fetishism—it’s to help identify the kinds of individuals with the physical prowess and motivation to repeatedly undertake dangerous missions which may indeed at times prove to be impossible. Just how much torture is a person willing to u...
Vice President About Notorious Brazilian Torturer: ‘Ustra Was an Honorable Man’
Arkady Petrov, The Rio Times - 17 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Vice-President Hamilton Mourão said in an interview with the German newspaper 'Deutsche Welle' that Colonel Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra, convicted of The post Vice President About Notorious Brazilian Torturer: ‘Ustra Was an Honorable Man’ appeared first on The Rio Times.
When Autism Becomes A Fatal Condition
Age of Autism, AGE OF AUTISM - 17 hours ago
Many years ago, we wrote about Kent State University Professor Trudy Steuernagle, who was beaten to death by her son, Sky Walker. She knew that one day, his severe autism would kill her. She did not blame him. She left...
On the ground at Blogorado
Peter, Bayou Renaissance Man - 17 hours ago
We're having a great time at Blogorado - so much so that I haven't had time or inclination to blog! We're a smaller group this year, because a number of our regulars live in states that would force them to quarantine themselves (thanks to COVID-19 regulations) when they got back, and that would disrupt their jobs and their income; so, sadly, they can only be with us in spirit this year. That's OK. We've kept their places warm for next year. We've done very little shooting thus far. For most of us, 2020 has been a very bad year, and we badly need to sit back, relax and chee...
EXAME/IDEIA: Bolsonaro Beats Lula, Moro and Doria in 2022 Elections
Richard Mann, The Rio Times - 17 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - If the presidential elections were today, President Jair Bolsonaro would be reelected in any scenario. In the first round, the President would secure 30 percent of the vote, against 18 percent for Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and ten percent for ex-Minister Sérgio Moro. Ciro Gomes, with nine percent, Luciano […] The post EXAME/IDEIA: Bolsonaro Beats Lula, Moro and Doria in 2022 Elections appeared first on The Rio Times.
Azerbaijan launches heavy attacks in Karabakh despite ceasefire agreement
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
[image: Azerbaijan launches heavy attacks in Karabakh despite ceasefire agreement] BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:20 P.M.) – On Saturday, the Armenian Ministry of Defense announced that hostilities continued in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, despite the announced ceasefire agreement. The Press Secretary of the Armenian Defense Ministry, Shushan Stepanyan, said that the Azerbaijani side used drones to strike a village in Armenian territory. “After the statement of MFAs of #Russia, #Armenia & #Azerbaijan, the enemy intensified the use of UAVs in the southern direction. The units of the #DefenseA...
The Global Digital Currency Is Coming | Ultimate Central Bank Control
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 19 hours ago
Heise Says Central Banks around the world are experimenting with deploying a Digital Currency. This would give ultimate control to Central Banks and provide them with the tools to control the behaviour of the population on an individual transaction basis or restrict access to transaction based on geography, political opinion or social status. Naturally, Master …
US Mint Price Hikes On Numismatic Silver | Andy Schectman
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 19 hours ago
Miles Franklin To cover rising costs, the US Mint announced they are hiking prices of some of their numismatic products on Oct 13th, 2020. Andy Schectman, President of Miles Franklin, clarifies that these price hikes do not apply to American Silver Eagles bought in a monster box or tube. end
China Ramps Up Digital Currency Pilot Testing With Transactions Topping 1.1 Billion Yuan
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 19 hours ago
China Ramps Up Digital Currency Pilot Testing With Transactions Topping 1.1 Billion Yuan by https://www.rt.com/ The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) said that 3.13 million transactions have been processed using the nation’s sovereign digital currency as part of a series of ongoing pilot programs in major cities such as Shenzhen and Xiongan. – According to …
Video footage from most dangerous front-line city in Karabakh
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 19 hours ago
[image: Video footage from most dangerous front-line city in Karabakh] BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:20 A.M.) – The Anna News Agency visited the most contested city in Karabakh after the Azerbaijani forces captured Jebrail earlier this week. According to Anna News, Martakert is the most dangerous frontline city in Nagorno-Karabakh, as the front line runs literally along its outskirts. Therefore, instead of an air raid, artillery cannonade is constantly heard here. The opposing sides are trying to suppress each other’s firing points and the civilian population suffers from this. Continue read...
Up to 97 per cent of the Great Barrier Reef is in pristine condition – Independent Peter Campion
Editor, cairnsnews, Cairns News - 19 hours ago
An independent candidate for the rural seat of Hill (SW Cairns) in October’s state election has harshly criticised a 2008 amendment to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act of 1975 that gives “wrongologists an escape clause for damage done to farmers by their questionable expertise and advice to government”. Peter Campion of Tolga, a […]
Don’t show this to any Premier or the PM
Editor, cairnsnews, Cairns News - 20 hours ago
If Dangerous Dan gets this post Victorians should be fearful. Likewise if Queensland’s new leader Dr Jeanette Young reads this she will have Covid cops under your bed with a box full of useless masks! Canada’s Chief Medical Officers Says You Should Wear a Mask While Having Sex http://www.renegadetribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screenshot_2020-09-02-Wear-a-mask-while-having-sex-Canadas-top-doctor-suggests.png I am not even kidding. The […]
Massive fires cause wide-spread devastation in Syria and Lebanon
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
[image: Massive fires cause wide-spread devastation in Syria and Lebanon] BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:30 A.M.) – The fires in Lebanon and Syria have caused wide-spread devastation, amid ongoing humanitarian crises inside both Levantine nations. “The situation in Latakia is tragic,” is how the Minister of Local Administration and Environment in Syria, Hussein Makhlouf, described the effects of the fires, most of which are still out of control. Makhlouf said that “the fires are burning randomly and in several dispersed areas, so it is difficult to concentrate efforts in one area.” He pointed...
At least the High Court knows Deuteronomy 19 which saved George Pell
Editor, cairnsnews, Cairns News - 20 hours ago
Amendments to states’ criminal codes allowing convictions by one witness cut no ice with the High Court in the George Pell case. Common law can decide proving that corporate policies of each state should be repealed and replaced with natural law. Editor DE JURE SANGUINIS CORONAE By Kevmo, Brisbane Ancient Latin legal maxim literally meaning […]
Red Flag Coup Commission: Pelosi Hatches Deep State Plan to Remove Rogue Presidents
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 20 hours ago
Red Flag Coup Commission: Pelosi Hatches Deep State Plan to Remove Rogue Presidents Red Flag Coup Commission: Pelosi Hatches Deep State Plan to Remove Rogue Presidents – Today on TruNews we discuss the 25th Amendment Commission announced by the Speaker of the House and how this unelected board of former Presidents, generals, and Dr. Fauci’s …
Debt More Than $27 Trillion, Bigger than The Economies of China, Japan, Germany and India Combined
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 20 hours ago
The Atlantis Report US Debt More Than $27 Trillion, Bigger than The Economies of China, Japan, Germany and India Combined us national debt soaring. – On October the 2nd, The national debt has for the first time, surpassed the $27 trillion mark. America’s National Debt is now greater than the size of the economies of …
Azerbaijani drones wreak havoc from above as several vehicles destroyed in Karabakh: videos
Newsdesk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
[image: Azerbaijani drones wreak havoc from above as several vehicles destroyed in Karabakh: videos] BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:00 A.M.) – The Azerbaijani military’s drones have been wreaking havoc across the Karabakh region, as these unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) have been seen carrying out several powerful attacks against the Armenian forces. In a series of videos released over the last ten hours, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense has been showing off their drone capabilities in a number of strikes on the Armenian military vehicles in the Karabakh region. As seen in the first video, ...
Armenia and Azerbaijan reach ceasefire after intense negotiations in Moscow
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 21 hours ago
[image: Armenia and Azerbaijan reach ceasefire after intense negotiations in Moscow] After 10 hours of negotiations in Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh, beginning 10 October to exchange prisoners and the bodies of those who were killed. “A ceasefire has been announced, beginning 12:00 on 10 October, 2020, for humanitarian purposes for the exchange of prisoners of war and other detainees, and bodies of the dead, to be mediated in accordance with the criteria of the International Committee...
Navajo Nation approves hardship assistance to Navajos with federal funds received four months ago
Unknown, CENSORED NEWS - 3 hours ago
Dine' volunteers struggle to raise their own funds and deliver aid to fellow Dine'. Photos by volunteers Mercury Bitsuie, Bitahnii WilsonNavajo and Hopi Families COVID-19 Relief by Cassandra Begay.Navajo government approves coronavirus hardship assistance with CARES Act funds.Now, 564 Navajos have died from the virus. Brenda NorrellCensored NewsOct. 9, 2020WINDOW ROCK, Arizona -- The Navajo
F-22, B-2 and More: Four of Deadliest Planes on the Planet
Caleb Larson, The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Caleb Larson* *Security, World* [image: By U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ben Bloker - http://www.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/050405-F-2295B-047.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=995135] What would be in your list? While many experts may have different perspectives, here is a short compilation of what I would argue are the top military planes on the planet today: One of Russia’s most capable fighters is the Su-33 carrier-capable fighter. Derived from the legendary Su-27 fighter of Soviet vintage, the Su-33 fighter jet is larger and...
Survey Says
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 18 hours ago
56% of Americans Say They Are Better Off Today Than They Were Four Years Ago
Pandemic Erects Barriers for Prized Bloc of Voters in Nursing Homes, Senior Facilities
Yves Smith, naked capitalism - 18 hours ago
How voters in retirement facilities are being disenfranchised.
In 1998, A Fisherman Came Face To Face With A Lonely North Korean Submarine
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 18 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Asia* On June 25, a South Korean salvage team recovered the boat from one hundred feet underwater and an elite team bored into the hull. They found a horrid tableau inside. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The incident underscored South Korea’s inability to consistently detect and interdict North Korean mini-submarines, leading some commenters to joke that the nation relied on fishermen and taxi drivers (as occurred in the Gangneung incident) to patrol her waters. To be fair, however, small submarines like the Yugo-class boats are extremely diffi...
Designed For World War I, The M2 Browning Machine Is Still a Killer
Charlie Gao, The National Interest - 18 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *Security, * As the United States has stepped up its military commitments around the globe and embarked on a program of modernizing its weapons, the M2 has also had to change. *Here's What You Need To Remember:* The M2 Browning .50 caliber machine gun is one of the most famous American weapons. Serving since the 1920s, the gun has been a favorite of soldiers in practically every conflict since. It remained the same throughout most of the Cold War, retaining the iron sights, simple pintle mounts, and tripods that were designed for it many decades prior. But as the ...
Soon, Only AI Will Able to Detect AI "Deepfake" Videos
John Sohrawardi, Matthew Wright, The National Interest - 18 hours ago
*John Sohrawardi, Matthew Wright* *Politics, Americas* [image: Reuters] Deepfakes are here to stay. Managing disinformation and protecting the public will be more challenging than ever as artificial intelligence gets more powerful. An investigative journalist receives a video from an anonymous whistleblower. It shows a candidate for president admitting to illegal activity. But is this video real? If so, it would be huge news – the scoop of a lifetime – and could completely turn around the upcoming elections. But the journalist runs the video through a specialized tool, which tell...
North Korea Likes Artillery: Kim Jong-un's “Koksan” Gun Could Raze The South
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 18 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Asia* While the growing threat posed by Pyongyang’s ballistic missiles, potentially with nuclear armament, is of greater concern, the effects of a sustained deluge of high explosive or chemical shells on a city with a population of ten million—greater than New York City—is still hair-raising to consider. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *Seoul has many times the population of Aleppo or Grozny, so casualty rates would likely be greater; nearly twenty-four million people, roughly half of South Korea’s population, are concentrated within the wider me...
Rana Foroohar and Mark Blyth: How Deep Will the Depression Get?
Yves Smith, naked capitalism - 18 hours ago
Rana Roroohar and Mark Blyth discuss the elections, tech, China, and Covid v. recovery with Paul Jay.
SPQR Saturday
Larry-Lambert, Virtual Mirage - 19 hours ago
Scouting and Ambush I haven’t heard any complaints about Roman Legion discussions here, so I’ll continue to devote a few electrons to the topic. All military operations require knowledge before action. General Robert E. Lee’s disastrous experience at Gettysburg is often laid at the feet of General JEB Stuart, who was not keeping in […] The post SPQR Saturday appeared first on Virtual Mirage.
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drinkingwateradvisor, The Drinking Water Advisor - 19 hours ago
Greg Wrightstone (click here)
Where Is My Final Assange Report?
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 19 hours ago
Numerous people have contacted me in various ways to ask where is my promised report on the final day of the Assange hearing, to complete the account?
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barovsky, The New Dark Age - 19 hours ago
9 October 2020 — Tricontinental Español Português ಕನ್ನಡ (PDF) Slovenščina (PDF) मराठी (PDF) বাংলা (PDF) Twenty left publishers from around the world release a joint edition including two essential texts by Che Guevara on the fifty-third anniversary of his assassination by the CIA in Bolivia. These texts, with insight from Aijaz Ahmad and María … Continue reading Che
Europe And The New Sanctions On Iran
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 19 hours ago
The U.S. has imposed new sanctions on Iran which will make ANY trade with the country very difficult
Trump joins 'Tucker' for first on-camera interview since COVID-19 diagnosis
Alex Christoforou, The Duran - 21 hours ago
Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel interviews the president on ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’.
Netflix INDICTED By Grand Jury In Texas Over “Cuties” Movie!
The Duran, The Duran - 21 hours ago
Netflix, Inc. has been indicted by a grand jury in Tyler County, Texas over their movie called “Cuties.” The grand jury found that Netflix may have violated section 43.262 of the Texas Penal Code. The code violation is defined as “Promotion of Lewd Visual Material Depicting Child.” Netflix vehemently denies the allegations… (CONTINUE READING / […]
High-fidelity record of Earth’s climate history puts current changes in context
arclein, Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
What is glaring out at us is that vast temperature swings have been associated with vast CO2 swings. None of this had anything to do with human activity. We have had a three to five million year northern ice age obviously associated with land presence around the North Pole. what changed is that 12900 years ago the crust shifted to allow the gulf Stream to chew out the ice in the Arctic ocean which continues to this day. We have ample reason to think this was deliberate. Without either ice cap ,the world clearly warms up to 8 to 12 degrees warmer. Today, the Northern Ice shee...
Mobile Phone Radiation May Be Killing Insects: German Study
arclein, Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
This is not conclusive at all but is at least confirms that we need to figure this out. Insect populations are under stress and we do not know why. I am inclined to address our over application of pesticides. We had exactly this problem with DDT. By itself it was no problem but it too became a plaything of the agri business which is in the business of broadcast spraying much at the same time. That knocked the raptors out of the sky. And no those farm boys did not go crazy hunting them. Just too difficult. The problerms are barely studied at all by hte industry and a cul...
Brussels is not an ATM for Kiev
Timoschuk, The Duran - 21 hours ago
This was once again stated by the head of the European delegation, Josep Borrell, following the results of the summit following the results of the last Ukraine-EU summit. The event took place on October 6 in Brussels with the participation ofthe President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and the leaders of the European Union.During the summit, […]
Belarus and Turkey under pressure
KristupasGavelis, The Duran - 21 hours ago
Today Europeans are uneasy with Belarus and Turkey. Although they have been deeply uneasy for quite some time now with at least two of their members, Hungary and Poland. The unease derives from the wish to sanction both countries for their political misdoings. Actually, for the EU, Turkey’s misdoings target Cyprus and Greece. The tensions […]
YOUR SATURDAY CARTOONS: CANADIAN THANKSGIVING: OCTOBER 10, 2020
Noor al Haqiqa, SNIPPITS AND SNAPPITS - 7 hours ago
It is Thanksgiving Weekend here in Canada and it seems we must dig a little deeper to deal with another holiday denied under the current ridiculous circumstances. They are pushing corona fear porn very hard at every opportunity so almost everyone I know is staying alone or within very small groups. I am just so damn fed up with it all. For some strange reason, tonight the lots of cartoons posted in reverse order as I was going along. So please forgive the lack of coherence because I do craft them all into a semblance of order before loading them up. This new blog loading ...
Remdesivir, a target for loons, pseudoscientists, and conspiracy theorists
Luboš Motl, The Reference Frame - 12 hours ago
At this moment, Czechia is by far the most Covid-active country in the world, a fact that is caused by Czechs' not being afraid of this disease now, despite the efforts of the prime minister, minister of health, and a few others who would like to reignite the fear. We still had concerts, ice-hockey matches with thousands of fans etc. last night, the life is continuing normally. Culture, sports, and fun will be banned for two weeks from next Monday; after the totally free July and August, we basically added another month of almost complete freedom in which it was already clear that t...
How to Protect the Public From PFAS "Forever Chemicals"
Carol Kwiatkowski, The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*Carol Kwiatkowski* *Health, Americas* [image: Reuters] Hundreds of scientists are calling for a comprehensive, effective plan to manage the entire class of PFAS to protect public health while safer alternatives are developed. Like many inventions, the discovery of Teflon happened by accident. In 1938, chemists from Dupont (now Chemours) were studying refrigerant gases when, much to their surprise, one concoction solidified. Upon investigation, they found it was not only the slipperiest substance they’d ever seen – it was also noncorrosive and extremely stable and had a high mel...
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