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Hackers steal 3.8 million docs from secure NSW governement computers
Editor, cairnsnews, Cairns News - 7 hours ago
Public servants left the door open to your private data – Class Action Anyone? NSW Shadow Minister for Better Public Services Sophie Cotsis is demanding the Government explain how cyber criminals were able to steal 3.8 million documents from Service NSW. It comes after Ms Cotsis, who has been holding the Government to account over the […]
£2bn fund earmarked for 16 ‘mini’ nuclear power stations
Hifast, Climate Collections - 8 hours ago
Originally posted on Tallbloke's Talkshop: Small modular reactor [credit: ANS Nuclear Cafe] The aviation industry is on the ropes, so Rolls-Royce needs other work to try and remain profitable, and hopes nuclear can be part of the government’s green splurge. – – – Development of mini nuclear power stations could be boosted by a…
The Carbon Versus Silicon Election
Hifast, Climate Collections - 8 hours ago
Originally posted on PA Pundits - International: By Duggan Flanakin ~ Last April, a Yale University report stated that “U.S. communities from California to Massachusetts are instituting bans on natural gas in new construction. Proponents say the measures are critical for speeding the transition to an all-electric future powered by renewable energy.” Dozens more U.S. [Democrat-run]…
Michael Mann Can’t Add Up!
Hifast, Climate Collections - 8 hours ago
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? h/t Robin Guenier ? ? Michael Mann seems to be having trouble with his abacus! ? Michael Mann, one of the most eminent climate scientists in the world, believes averting climate catastrophe on a global scale would be “essentially impossible” if…
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COVID-19: Examining Theories for Africa's Low Death Rates
Global Issues News Headlines - 5 hours ago
Oct 11 (IPS) - As the threat of a COVID-19 pandemic emerged earlier this year, many felt a sense of apprehension about what would happen when it reached Africa. Concerns over the combination of overstretched and underfunded health systems and the existing load of infectious and non-infectious diseases often led to it being talked about in apocalyptic terms. Read the full story, “COVID-19: Examining Theories for Africa's Low Death Rates”, on globalissues.org →
For Trump The Pandemic-- Which Is Infecting Americans In Great Numbers-- Is Over
DownWithTyranny, DownWithTyranny! - 5 hours ago
Friday's new COVID reports were grim worldwide. I saw numbers of cases growing rapidly across the globe-- other than in mask-savvy east Asia. 15 countries stood out with eye-popping new cases (and, in some, horrifying numbers of cases per million residents): *•* India +73,196 (5,042 cases per million residents) *•* U.S.A. +60,558 (23,812 cases per million residents) *•* Brazil +27,651 (23,746 cases per million residents) *•* France +20,339 (10,595 cases per million residents) *•* Argentina +15,099 (19,234 cases per million residents) *•* U.K. +13,864 (8,468 cases per million resid...
An Easy vote card arrives for a Christchurch man who has been dead for 16 years – note: there are no ID checks at NZ polling booths
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 5 hours ago
“The card allows someone to turn up and vote and there are no ID checks at polling booths” “Stagg told Newstalk ZB his household received their voting packs before the easy vote card for Harris arrived – but Harris was the only person to get a easy vote card sent to the residence.“ ___________________________________________________________________________ A … Continue reading An Easy vote card arrives for a Christchurch man who has been dead for 16 years – note: there are no ID checks at NZ polling booths →
How America Collected Intelligence in China During World War II
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* To get the intelligence America needed in China, OSS had to conceal its operations from Chiang Kai-shek’s spy master and the U.S. Navy. *Key Point*: OSS agents behind the lines gathered intelligence on Japanese shipping, rail traffic, and other targets. It was at the grand banquet given in his honor that General William “Wild Bill” Donovan told his host, General Dai Li, that the OSS intended to work on its own in China and that he wanted no interference from the Chinese. Dai Li exploded. He would execute any OSS agents found operating in...
These Modified Tanks Helped the Allies Defeat Nazi Forces in Normandy
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* Hobart’s Funnies were modified Churchill and Sherman tanks with odd-looking features used to support the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944. *Key Point*: Hobart’s Funnies participated in key parts of the liberation of German-occupied Western Europe. The elite German paratroopers, who were some of the finest fighters in the service of the Third Reich, believed they were exceptionally well prepared to defend the deep water port of Brest on France’s Brittany coast against an impending attack by the Allies. By mid-September 1944, the Germans...
The Case for New Global Financial Order
Sukhayl Niyazov, The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Sukhayl Niyazov* *economy, Americas* [image: Reuters] The dollar extends Washington’s jurisdiction far beyond its own borders, and thus almost all of the world’s international trade is effectively under U.S. supervision. For politicians, economics is primarily about politics. Since Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, France’s finance minister dubbed the dollar’s dominance America’s “exorbitant privilege,” it has been a conventional wisdom that the status of the U.S. dollar accrues substantial economic advantages to the United States. Indeed, the United States dollar is the world’s most p...
These NATO Nuances Create National Security Issues
Nikolas K. Gvosdev, The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Nikolas K. Gvosdev* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] What ails the Atlantic alliance is not a lack of capabilities or resources but the political commitment to use them. As we approach what will be a pivotal election, it seems that the issue du jour gripping the think tank establishment—after the all-pervasive question of great-power competition, is the future direction of the trans-Atlantic relationship and the health of the Euro-Atlantic community. All sorts of proposals are now circulating on both sides of the Atlantic for how to refresh and renew the Atlantic community,...
A Country Killer: The Strategy Behind World War I's Battle of Verdun Makes No Sense
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* World War I's Battle of Verdun was designed to bleed France white. It did, and Germany, too... Operation *Gericht*—German for “judgment” or “tribunal”—was the brainchild of Erich von Falkenhayn, chief of the German general staff as the year 1915 was coming to a close. Descended from a long line of Prussian military men, he was a cold, rational, distant man. A personal favorite of Kaiser Wilhelm II, Falkenhayn was faced with a problem: The war against France, Belgium, and Britain was not going as planned by Prussian strategists. Original...
America Has Overlooked Nagorno-Karabakh, It’s Time To Get Back In The Ring
Stephen Blank, The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Stephen Blank* *Security, Asia* Crisis denotes opportunity as well as threat. Several Democratic Senators, in the wake of the war in Nagorno-Karabakh, are proposing that the U.S. impose sanctions or terminate all military assistance to Azerbaijan. Evidently, they blame Baku for the war. But while such resolutions may gratify the ubiquitous and deep-rooted moralism and desire to punish malefactors that affects the entire U.S. political class as well as interested domestic constituencies; this intemperate and misconceived move actually runs counter to U.S. interests. Indeed, it...
Belgrade Blitz: Nazi Forces Rapidly Overran Yugoslavia in 1941
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* The invasion had been so hastily ordered that some Wehrmacht units were still en route from as far as Germany. *Key Point*: The Germans often simply bypassed what pockets of resistance there were. It was the most exciting scene Associated Press correspondent Robert St. John had yet witnessed in the career he had abandoned for five years to farm in New Hampshire then returned to when he sensed that war was coming. It was March 27, 1941, and Terrazia, the Times Square of Belgrade, capital of what was then Yugoslavia, was packed with crow...
Japan's Capture of Java Was a Military Disaster for the Allies in World War II
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* The capture of Java by the Japanese was the culmination of a long series of disasters for the Allied nations in the Pacific. *Key Point*: To conquer Java, the Japanese planned three simultaneous operations intended to improve their tactical position. Immediately after the Japanese attack on the United States Naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, the Japanese realized that the oil reserves needed to carry on their new war against the Western powers were not as adequate as first thought. This unacceptable situation trans...
Traitor: Meet the Spy Who Helped the Confederates Win the First Battle of Bull Run
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2019%3Anewsml_RC1D91CF4F60&share=true] Rose O’Neal Greenhow remains a controversial figure for her actions. “But for you, there would have been no Battle of Bull Run.” When Confederate President Jefferson Davis made that blanket statement in the summer of 1862, he was not addressing Pierre G.T. Beauregard, Joseph E. Johnston, or any of his other generals who had taken part in the war’s first major battle in July 1861. Instead, he was talking to a slightly built widow i...
Dr Thomas Cowan M.D. on 5G And Coronavirus
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 5 hours ago
Originally posted on Truth To Power: Ask Yourself, How Much More Are You Going To Take Before Your Need For Self Respect And Your Need To Protect Your Own Children Is Too Much For You To Go On Denying The Truth! Link To Banned Video: https://twitter.com/Darrellmhines/status/1314292801295835137?s=20 Authors Present Evidence that “Coronavirus” Does Not Cause Disease…
Berlin, London, Warsaw, France, Poland: Silent Peaceful Protests #Covid19 #NoMasks Skeptics
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 6 hours ago
Originally posted on Lissa's Humane Life: Videos all dated Oct 10 2020 UK Protests skeptics Peaceful March https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNNB5WVngN8 https://www.youtube.com/embed/ulDE_SQMlzQ?feature=oembed France https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYc9-KX3b_E Live Germany https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7dsLQmoUCo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zSzARbLn0k Germany: Coronavirus sceptics hold “silent march” in Berlin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulDE_SQMlzQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ZUgEv4YgQ Warsaw https://youtu.be/08nB2URuHc0 Munich https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVoP...
Facebook Censor John Stossel
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 6 hours ago
Originally posted on Iowa Climate Science Education: Well known US TV presenter John Stossel has problems with the new Facebook censors: You may recall a similar occurrence earlier in the year, when a group called Friends of Science were also awarded a “Misleading” tag by Facebook, again purely based on fake advice from the same…
Did the UK settle this lawsuit to make sure the corruption of its COVID testing doesn’t come to light at trial?
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 6 hours ago
Government to pay £2m to settle coronavirus testing case The UK has agreed to settle a lawsuit over how it selected an IT contract for coronavirus testing at its Lighthouse labs. The BBC understands that the settlement will cost the government up to £2m. British company Diagnostics AI claimed it lost out to a European … Continue reading Did the UK settle this lawsuit to make sure the corruption of its COVID testing doesn’t come to light at trial? →
The Tories' Northern Discomfort
Phil, All That Is Solid ... - 7 hours ago
At the beginning of this year, the Tories were musing aloud about the new seats won from the Labour Party. What does this mean for the parliamentary discipline as a bunch of also rans and paper candidates who were never meant to win did? How can the party respond to constituents on the sharp end of their social security system, their landlordism, and their running down of the health service? This is a matter of some concern. Dave and Osborne's hammering of public services made life more difficult in Labour seats in the 2010s. Repeating the same would threaten the chance of a majori...
Your Moral And Intellectual Superiors
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 7 hours ago
Ed Driscoll: Sounds like the Journolist is hopping this weekend…
Just how expansionary has the Fed actually been?
Scott Sumner, Econlib - 7 hours ago
In my view, Fed policy during 2020 has been contractionary, as both NGDP and price level forecasts have declined. Many people prefer to look at monetary policy in a different way, focusing on the money that the Fed injects into the banking system. And by that measure, policy has indeed been expansionary. But perhaps not […] The post Just how expansionary has the Fed actually been? appeared first on Econlib.
Jagdish Bhagwati for Nobel Prize
David Henderson, Econlib - 10 hours ago
Starting in 1996, I woke up early on an October morning and saw who won the Nobel Prize in economics. I had a deal with the Wall Street Journal that I would tell one of the editors within an hour so whether I knew enough about the winner(s) to write an op/ed that morning for […] The post Jagdish Bhagwati for Nobel Prize appeared first on Econlib.
Your Sunday Open Thread
Diogenes Sarcastica™, Diogenes' Middle Finger - 5 hours ago
[image: Vincent] Meet Vincent and Jules, DMF's New Blog Moderators You illustrious Blog Editrix turns things over to the readers. Post your links. Say your piece.
ROSS DOUTHAT FAILS TO REASSURE ME
Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog - 6 hours ago
In his column today, Ross Douthat acknowledges that President Trump has some authoritarian tendencies. Across the last four years, the Trump administration has indeed displayed hallmarks of authoritarianism. It features egregious internal sycophancy and hacks in high positions, abusive presidential rhetoric and mendacity on an unusual scale. The president’s attempts to delegitimize the 2020 vote aren’t novel; they’re an extension of the way he’s talked since his birther days, paranoid and demagogic. These are all very bad things, and good reasons to favor his defeat. Yet Douthat t...
WHO Condemn Lockdowns Claiming They Only Do One Thing, Increase Poverty
James Allard, OYE Alternative News - 7 hours ago
The post WHO Condemn Lockdowns Claiming They Only Do One Thing, Increase Poverty appeared first on OYE Alternative News.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!
susanonthesoapbox, Susan on the Soapbox - 7 hours ago
Ms Soapbox and her family would like to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving. To say that it’s been different this year would be an understatement, but we can all be thankful for the people who give us joy. I’ll … Continue reading →
Watch F-117 Stealth Jet #833 “Black Devil” Get A Water Salute Arriving At the Palm Springs Air Museum
David Cenciotti, The Aviationist - 7 hours ago
The Nighthawk 85-0833 is the second highest combat mission plane in the F-117A fleet. On Oct. 3, 2020, the Palm Springs Air Museum (PSAM), in Palm Springs, California, welcomed the F-117A #833 with a military [...] The post Watch F-117 Stealth Jet #833 “Black Devil” Get A Water Salute Arriving At the Palm Springs Air Museum appeared first on The Aviationist.
Interesting Biden Campaign Video from Arizona – Something is Curiously Absent…
sundance, The Last Refuge - 8 hours ago
That something is supporters. As you watch this local media report of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris campaigning in Arizona most are focused on the complete absence of any support for the candidates; indeed, that is a rather weird fact. … Continue reading →
Washington Mother Represents Herself in Court and Beats CPS – Judge Orders Baby Returned Home
AdminM, Health Impact News - 8 hours ago
A Washington couple, 22-year-old Sophia Rosas and her fiancé, 23-year-old Sean Kilkenny, of Bremerton, have been fighting tooth and nail for the last month to bring home their two young children. The month of September ended quite differently than it began for the young couple, with relief and tears of joy instead of grief and sorrow, as Sophia and Sean's youngest son Riley was returned home for the second time, despite CPS objection. On September 30th, 2020, Sophia and Sean attended a Status Hearing in Kitsap County, Washington, regarding the out-of-home placement of their son, Ril...
Iran’s IRGC forces identify remains of 7 soldiers killed in Syria
Newsdesk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 8 hours ago
[image: Iran’s IRGC forces identify remains of 7 soldiers killed in Syria] BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:45 P.M.) – The Iranian Revolutionary Guards announced on Sunday that it has identified the bodies of seven people killed in the battle of Khan Touman near the city of Aleppo in northern Syria in 2016. Abu al-Qasim Sharifi, head of the Etharkran organization that deals with the affairs of the Revolutionary Guards, said that after conducting DNA tests, the identity of the bodies of seven dead people who died in Khan Touman were identified. Continue reading Iran’s IRGC forces identify remains...
Through the years we have observed that many are content to let others live their lives for them
Bob Dinn, balance10 - 8 hours ago
The great barrier to spiritual progress has been that men confuse their holy innocence and becoming like a little child with playing the fool…. Sweet surrender to the mighty currents of cosmic law and purity shows him the need to transfer from higher octaves of light into lower ramifications of self the power and glory, the victory and overcoming,the transmittal and transmutation. He must shed the glitter and glamor, he must replace it by light and purity and do all things well. He must seek for the Spirit of excellence, he must forget limitations and all things that are behi...
Armenian forces blow up Azerbaijani vehicles in Karabakh: video
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 8 hours ago
[image: Armenian forces blow up Azerbaijani vehicles in Karabakh: video] BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:00 P.M.) – The Armenian forces destroyed a number of Azerbaijani military vehicles in the Karabakh region this week, as clashes continue despite a ceasefire agreement on October 10th. The Artsakh Defense Army filmed their forces blowing up at least two Azerbaijani military vehicles that were parked in the northeast direction of the Karabakh region. Armenian forces repel the latest failed Azerbaijani attack in the northeast direction. Two vehicles are seen taking direct hits, Azeri soldiers f...
J. Kirk Wiebe, Call To Action: Don’t Let Them Hide Russiagate’s Crimes
adam, LaRouchePAC Feed - 8 hours ago
London-Saudi Global Terror Impeach Obama Stop WWIII J. Kirk Wiebe, Call To Action: Don’t Let Them Hide Russiagate’s Crimes Video of J. Kirk Wiebe, Call To Action: Don’t Let Them Hide Russiagate’s Crimes *The American people deserve to know the facts before they vote.* DEMAND: A brief summary of the Durham-Barr investigation into Russiagate be released prior to November 3rd. We deserve it and must have it. DOJ Civil Rights Division: (202) 514-3847 Senator Lindsey Graham Main Office: (202) 224-5972 Senate Judiciary Committee: (202) 224-5225 In remarks to a Manhattan Town Hall webinar ...
Washington Mother Represents Herself in Court and Beats CPS – Judge Orders Baby Returned Home
AdminM, Medical Kidnap - 9 hours ago
A Washington couple, 22-year-old Sophia Rosas and her fiancé, 23-year-old Sean Kilkenny, of Bremerton, have been fighting tooth and nail for the last month to bring home their two young children. The month of September ended quite differently than it began for the young couple, with relief and tears of joy instead of grief and sorrow, as Sophia and Sean's youngest son Riley was returned home for the second time, despite CPS objection. On September 30th, 2020, Sophia and Sean attended a Status Hearing in Kitsap County, Washington, regarding the out-of-home placement of their son, Ril...
Biden Ad Claims Michigan Crop Crisis – As Michigan Crops Set New Records
James Taylor, Climate Realism - 9 hours ago
Joe Biden has released a new ad in Michigan that claims climate change is punishing farmers in the state. In reality, Michigan farmers are setting new records for crop production as the Earth modestly warms. “I think it’s very important to adopt measures to mitigate climate change,” asserts a farmer and Biden supporter in the […] The post Biden Ad Claims Michigan Crop Crisis – As Michigan Crops Set New Records appeared first on Climate Realism.
Alleged Syrian mercenary claims Armenian forces wiped them out: video
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 9 hours ago
[image: Alleged Syrian mercenary claims Armenian forces wiped them out: video] BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:00 P.M.) – Another video of a Turkish-backed Syrian militant participating in the battles inside Karabakh was released this week. In this video, the alleged militant, who is unidentified, can be seen repeatedly saying “Allahu Akbar” (God is Greatest) before complaining about the Armenian forces. During his complaint about the Armenian forces, he claims the latter ‘butchered’ his comrades during a battle on an unknown date. Pro-Turkish mercenaries perform the Gray Wolves salute, evoki...
Police use of deadly force is not about racism
Robert, Ice Age Now - 9 hours ago
“The No. 1 reason for death, preventable or otherwise for young black men, is homicide, almost always at the hands of another young black man.” – Larry Elder _____________ “Hardly a day goes by anymore where we don’t see headlines suggesting or blaring that racist police officers are beating and killing blacks in record numbers,” ... Read more Police use of deadly force is not about racism The post Police use of deadly force is not about racism appeared first on Ice Age Now.
Leftist Murderer Busted Thanks to his “Space Invaders Against Racism” Tattoos
SafeSpace, 'Nox & Friends - 9 hours ago
A Colorado rally held by Trump supporting Patriot Prayer members at the Denver Civic Center yesterday 10 October led to the murder of a dangerous hateful rayyycisss Orange Man Bad supporter. He was shot by a [get this] private security guard hired by a local TV reporter. The trigger man, a leftard supporter of Bernie Sanders, was identified on video of the incident thanks to his “Space Invaders Against Racism” tattoo, designed by German activist and fellow traveler Rosa “Antifa” Wein (RAW for short). Now on cue, the basement-dwelling Democrat keypunchers are all pretending that some...
California Medical Doctor Cures Over 1700 Patients with COVID Using Hydroxychloroquine
Brian-Admin, Health Impact News - 9 hours ago
Doctors on the "front lines" treating COVID patients continue to try and speak out regarding the fact that there is a 100% cure rate for COVID by using hydroxychloroquine. Dr. Brian Tyson from Southern California is one of the latest doctors to grant an interview talking about his experience in treating over 1700 COVID patients using hydroxychloroquine. None of his patients have died, and only one had to be admitted to the hospital. This continues to be the biggest scandal of the COVID plandemic, and perhaps the largest scandal in medical history, where so many people are dying nee...
Kataeb Hezbollah agree to suspend attacks against US forces Iraq
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
[image: Kataeb Hezbollah agree to suspend attacks against US forces Iraq] BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:40 P.M.) – Kataeb Hezbollah said on Sunday that “the Iraqi factions agreed to a conditional truce in the attacks on the American forces, but they will use all the weapons available to them if those forces remain.” The spokesman for Kataeb Hezbollah, in an interview with Reuters agency, said that the Iraqi factions would suspend missile attacks on American targets to allow time for the Iraqi government to put forward a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. Continue reading Kataeb Hezbollah ag...
Gotham City Digest
jurassicpork, Welcome Back to Gotham City - 8 hours ago
(When we make Donald Trump another unemployment statistic November 3rd, that's when.) ------------------------------ This is what happens when you crawl into bed with sociopaths. ------------------------------ "Forget the first three-and-two-third years of self-aggrandizing incompetence. Just take the last three weeks—during which Trump has demonstrated the survival instincts of Jim Jones in his final hour at Jonestown. He is committing electoral suicide, and taking his party with him." -Richard North Patterson ------------------------------ "After the debate, he could...
Signing Off on Discussing Court Reform
Mark Tushnet, Balkinization - 8 hours ago
I’m getting bored with detailed discussions of Supreme Court reform/expansion/packing. (And if *I’m* getting bored, I can imagine how other people feel!) Trying to step back from details, which will come up only as illustrations, I make a few points here. As always, this sort of discussion has to be preceded with the observation that it rests on the assumption, as yet unproven, of a Democratic trifecta in 2021 (probably along with some sort of filibuster reform). (1) It simply foolish to contend that you’ve come up with a solution that’s invulnerable to constitutional chall...
President Trump Extensive Interview With Maria Bartiromo…
sundance, The Last Refuge - 8 hours ago
Yesterday the White House physicians released a statement outlining that President Trump is no longer a threat to shed the coronavirus and his recovery is excellent. President Trump called-in to Maria Bartiromo earlier this morning to discuss his health, plans … Continue reading →
Armenia - Azerbaijan War News Updates -- October 11, 2020
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 8 hours ago
*BBC: **Armenia Azerbaijan: Reports of fresh shelling dent ceasefire hopes * There have been reports of fresh fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan, just hours after a ceasefire came into force. Blasts hit Stepanakert, the capital of disputed region Nagorno-Karabakh, on Saturday evening, say eyewitnesses and Armenian media. Both sides have previously accused the other of continuing bombardments. After two weeks of fighting, the two countries agreed to a temporary truce during talks in Moscow on Friday. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said the "reports of continued mi...
Confusing virtue with obedience ...
Peter Cresswell, Not PC - 8 hours ago
*"[M]orality to be moral requires uncoerced free choice. Coerced virtue is not virtue; it's obedience."* ~ C. Bradley Thompson, from his article 'Tyranny and the Politics of the Common-Good' . Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is granted, with link and attribution.
Is Turkish President Erdogan's Foreign Policy A Failure?
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 9 hours ago
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., September 24, 2019. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri *Tamara Qiblawi, CNN:* *Turkey's combative foreign policy could soon reach a dead end * Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has for nearly two decades taken strides to transform Ankara's place in the world. Today, his dreams seem further from reach than ever before. More than 10 years ago, then-Prime Minister Erdogan made a decisive foreign policy pivot. No longer would Turkey...
Time for the Big Guns: The Bradley Will Be Armed With the XM913 Cannon
Caleb Larson, The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Caleb Larson* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2012%3Anewsml_WM2E84R140G01&share=true] The XM913 cannon would provide a degree of modern, offensive power that the Bradley arguably lacks. *Key point: *The Bradley vehicle served decently despite a very controversial development history. Could it soon be getting a firepower upgrade? Jane’s Information Group, an open source intelligence company, reported that Northrop Grumman delivered several prototype guns to the U.S. Army for their Bradley replacement vehicle—and what they d...
Donald Trump Isn’t The First U.S. President To Lie About His Health
Gene Healy, The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Gene Healy* *Politics, Americas* The best‐known story is probably Woodrow Wilson’s massive stroke in October 1919, which left him bedridden and almost wholly incapacitated for the remainder of his term. Let’s hope President Trump’s health is as sound as he says it is and he’s well on the road to recovery. He certainly seems… chipper, at any rate. Still, you’d be a fool to take such professions on faith—not just because of the non‐stop frenzy of dissembling and double talk we’ve seen since Friday, when the president revealed he was COVID-positive—but because of the long histor...
Hurricane Season Overview Oct. 11
Hifast, Climate Collections - 9 hours ago
Originally posted on Science Matters: Your weather channel is airing charts like this to show how active is this year’s storm season impacting the Caribbean and US east coast. So far, there have been many more named storms, two more hurricanes than average, and one less major hurricane at this point in the season. Dr.…
Sunday Talks – Lindsey Graham Outlines ACB Confirmation Hearing Schedule…
sundance, The Last Refuge - 9 hours ago
Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham (an ICI member) appears on Fox News with Maria Bartiromo to discuss the upcoming committee hearing schedule for the senate confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett.
The Congressional Republicans Are Getting What's Coming To Them-- In Fact, Many Of Them Deserve Much Worse Than Just Losing Their Jobs
DownWithTyranny, DownWithTyranny! - 9 hours ago
Jake Sherman and Anna Palmer noted what they termed a remarkable fact in their *Politico* column yesterday: Señor Trumpanzee and Pelosi haven't spoken since she ripped up his State of the Union speech last October. Suddenly, though, "their incentives are aligned: they both want a massive Covid deal in an unthinkably quick timeframe. This may happen, it may not, but both sides seem to be rowing toward the same goal at the moment. Washington has never negotiated on a package of this magnitude this late into a presidential election year." Sherman and Palmer reminded their audience...
Why the Phrase “Access to Health Care” Should Always Pin Your Bullsh*t Detector (and You’re Not Alone)
Lambert Strether, naked capitalism - 9 hours ago
How the ubiquitous phrase "access to health care" erases financial and "administrative burdens," a fact now only beginning to be recognized by health are professionals.
PEW Research Poll Shows Biden With A Ten Point Lead
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 9 hours ago
*PEW Research:* *Amid Campaign Turmoil, Biden Holds Wide Leads on Coronavirus, Unifying the Country * Most Trump, Biden supporters say their differences go beyond policies to ‘core American values and goals’ The 2020 presidential campaign has been repeatedly rocked by seismic events – from the outbreak of a devastating pandemic to President Donald Trump contracting COVID-19. Yet in at least two important respects, not much has changed: Joe Biden continues to hold sizable advantages over Trump on most major issues and key personal traits, as well as in overall voter preferences. A...
Say It Isn’t So, Joe!
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 9 hours ago
“technically a big event…” Biden and Harris hold a campaign event in Arizona and the local news can’t believe that not one supporter showed up! pic.twitter.com/JKj0fPi6Jj — David Croom – (ツ) (@dailycallout) October 11, 2020
Ben Shapiro plays Ave Maria on violin...
Adrienne, Adrienne's Corner - 9 hours ago
* I know it sounds silly since music is the great unifier, but it's still startling to see a couple of orthodox Jews playing Ave Maria*. *It's time to unit the clans!!* *The Catholic Resistance* iFrame is not supported!
US prison labour, foreign weapons-makers finance Australian government think tank ASPI
Marcus Reubenstein, Michael West - 10 hours ago
[image: ASPI financial backers profit from US prison labour] The Australian Strategic Policy Institute is not only funded by the Defence Department but also receives sponsorship money from foreign governments, weapons manufacturers, and US corporations that have used or are using prison workers paid as little as 23 cents an hour. Marcus Reubenstein reports.
Crisis Cancelled: Wolverine Range and Populations Growing, Not Shrinking
James Taylor, Climate Realism - 10 hours ago
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) reports wolverines are expanding their range and their overall U.S. population as the Earth modestly warms. The findings by career scientists within the FWS debunk longtime assertions by climate activists that climate change is driving wolverines into extinction. On October 11, FWS officials announced they are withdrawing proposed […] The post Crisis Cancelled: Wolverine Range and Populations Growing, Not Shrinking appeared first on Climate Realism.
Comparing Economies of All Countries on Earth in 2019
C. B. Thorington, A Divided World - 11 hours ago
In June, 2016 and September, 2018, I wrote posts that compared the economies of all countries on Earth for which data was available. My purpose was to examine which of … Read More The post Comparing Economies of All Countries on Earth in 2019 appeared first on A Divided World.
Armenia posts video of alleged Syrian mercenaries in Karabakh
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 12 hours ago
[image: Armenia posts video of alleged Syrian mercenaries in Karabakh] BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:50 P.M.) – The Armenia government shared a video on Sunday of alleged Syrian mercenaries fighting in the ranks of the Azerbaijani military in the Karabakh region. In the short video released, the Turkish-supplied fighters can be seen touring the battlefield after clashing with the Armenian forces in Karabakh. The mercenaries insult the dead Armenian soldiers, while they film the corpses in an unknown area in the Karabakh region. Continue reading Armenia posts video of alleged Syrian mercenaries...
The UAE in Yemen: From Surge to Recalibration
tjuneau, Lawfare - 15 hours ago
Emirati soldiers participate in a training exercise with U.S. Marines in the United Arab Emirates on March 15, 2020. Photo Credit: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kyle McNan via DVIDS *Editor’s Note: Despite its small size, the United Arab Emirates has emerged as one of the most important players in the Middle East. It has done so by shrewdly strengthening its alliances with the United States and Saudi Arabia while intervening militarily and financially throughout the region. Thomas Juneau of the University of Ottawa explains the logic of the UAE’s emergence as a major player, wit...
FreakedOut With Some Positive CovID-19-Scamdemic News - Plus more on Nanobots and the Hidden Tesla Technology We should Know About
greencrow, Greencrow As The Crow Flies - 2 hours ago
*UPDATE: October 11, 2020 *- I was notified that some of the links didn't work so then I fixed all the ones that weren't working. Then I tacked a notice here that they had been restored. Then, when I came back and looked again, none of my restoration work "took". Must be something *very* interesting about those links, folks! *So I suggest you copy the link you want to check out and put it in your browser.* *H/T FreakedOut* *Greencrow says: * Presented below is a series of e-mails and links received over the past week or two from my regular contributor,* FreakedOut. Freaked...
Panzers, King Tigers and ... Horses? Yes, Hitler Had Cavalry in WWII
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* [image: Wikimedia Commons] German riding schools, horses, and riders were of the highest quality, and from 1930 to 1940 competed in every important international event. Their crowning achievement came at the 1936 Olympics when the German team won six equestrian gold medals and one silver, dominating all three disciplines—dressage, jumping, and military—a feat never repeated. By 1939 the German Reich possessed 3,800,000 horses while 885,000 were initially called to the Wehrmacht as saddle, draft, and pack animals. Of these, 435,000 hors...
Europe Must Take Its Fate Into Its Own Hands
Dalibor Rohac, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Dalibor Rohac* *Security, Europe* Recent crises have coincided with the gradual erosion of global rules and their enforcement that Europeans long took for granted. Following the rise of Donald Trump to nomination and presidency, there has been no shortage of articles arguing that the 2016 election was a wake-up call to Europeans. But even if Mark Leonard’s recent essay, “Geopolitical Europe in times of Covid-19,” is late to the party, it is no less striking. For one, it comes from someone genuinely committed to the success of the European project — someone who once predicted tha...
Does The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) Deserve This Year's Nobel Peace Prize?
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 10 hours ago
*WNU Editor:* I got sick inside when I learned that this year's Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the United Nations World Food Programme. As a former UN worker myself I am too well familiar with the corruption/nepotism/and incompetence of the UN. In the case of the World Food Program, it has a long and sordid history of corruption going back years .... *The U.N. Food Programme's Rampant Corruption* (Newsweek). But this corruption pales in comparison to numerous recent reports that sexual exploitation and abuse is rife in this organization .... *Another UN Entity, Another Sex Scan...
Keeping it Real
Larry-Lambert, Virtual Mirage - 10 hours ago
Movie Review: The Bourne Legacy 2012 Action, Adventure, Thriller. An expansion of the universe from Robert Ludlum’s novels, centered on a new hero. Aaron Cross is a member of a black ops program called Operation Outcome whose subjects are genetically enhanced. He must run for his life once former CIA Treadstone agent Jason Bourne’s actions […] The post Keeping it Real appeared first on Virtual Mirage.
Sunday Talks – Former ODNI Ric Grenell: President Trump’s Cabinet and Inspectors General Need to Get Focused…
sundance, The Last Refuge - 10 hours ago
I do not blame a single voter for tuning out this type of political messaging… At this point the people defined as “patriots” sound like Charlie Brown’s teacher echoing in a forest. There is a simple issue that everyone, including … Continue reading →
Yes, Israel Does Want Additional F-35 Stealth Fighters
Caleb Larson, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Caleb Larson* *Security, Middle East* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2018%3Anewsml_RC1B71D40C30&share=true] Why only have a few when you can have more? *Key point: *Jerusalem wants to maintain a vast technological edge over its regional rivals. Having enough F-35s to deter or fight most countries in their region certainly would do just that. The open source intelligence group Jane’s reported that the Israeli Air Force is mulling over buying even more stealthy F-35 fighters. Israel currently operates two squadrons of twenty-five F-35s each and ...
Price vs. Reliability: Can The Taurus G3 Pistol Compete With The Glock 19?
Kyle Mizokami, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * Taurus is producing the G3 as a compact, high capacity handgun and a Glock 19 competitor. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The G3 is a little longer, a little taller, a little heavier, and a little wider than its competitors. The G3 is designed to take on the Glock 19, but its main advantage is in pricing. The G3 costs less than half the price of the Austrian pistol, and if history is any guide is likely less reliable. That having been said, with a street price of $250 it’s an option for those looking for a handgun and on a budget. High capacity ...
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