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Thursday, October 15, 2020

15 October - Blogs I'm Following - 1 of 5

 10 pm MDT

Trump Has Allies Abroad-- Mostly From Enemies Of Democracy
DownWithTyranny, DownWithTyranny! - 3 minutes ago
Trump isn't generally admired around the world. In fact, he appears to be the most unliked American president in any of our lifetimes-- both by ordinary citizens and by most democratic governments. Just 6% of Danes, for example, want him to win reelection. With a still active fascist movement, Italians are the only people in Western Europe who back Trump with any strength at all-- and it's just 20%. Fascist governments in Hungary, Russia, Israel and Brazil, one the other hand, all think Trump is swell. In fact, the *Milwaukee Journal Sentinel* covered an Eric Trump COVID-spread...
After Being Named As One Of The Sources Of The Hunter Biden Email Revelations, Rudy Giuliani Now Being Accused By The Media To Be A Target In An Influence Operation By Russian Intelligence
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 6 minutes ago
*Washington Post:* *White House was warned Giuliani was target of Russian intelligence operation to feed misinformation to Trump * WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence agencies warned the White House last year that President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani was the target of an influence operation by Russian intelligence, according to four former officials familiar with the matter. The warnings were based on multiple sources, including intercepted communications, that showed Giuliani was interacting with people tied to Russian intelligence during a December 2019 trip to Uk...
Black Man’s Family Views Graphic Video of In-Custody Death
AP News, Snopes.com - 42 minutes ago
Family members viewed long-secret body-camera video of a Black man who died in Louisiana State Police custody, their attorney calling it damning footage that shows troopers choking and beating the man.
EU Warning Turkey That Sanctions Will Be Imposed Over Its Actions In Eastern Mediterranean And Cyprus
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 1 hour ago
*Reuters: **France and Germany tell Turkey to stop provocations * PARIS (Reuters) - France and Germany accused Turkey on Thursday of continuing to provoke the European Union with its actions in the eastern Mediterranean, and urged it to clarify its positions in the coming weeks. Despite an EU summit deal on Oct. 2 aimed at persuading Ankara to stop exploring for natural gas in waters disputed by Greece and Cyprus, Turkey said on Wednesday it was restarting operations of a survey ship. Turkey withdrew the vessel last month, just before the EU summit, at which economic sanctions ...
World War II: A View of the Battlefield from the Inside a Sherman tank
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 1 hour ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* From North Africa to Sicily to Normandy to the heart of Germany, bow gunner Irving Bromberg fought the war in a Sherman tank. Private First Class Irving Bromberg saw a huge puff of smoke erupt from the German tank’s cannon muzzle as it headed straight for his M4 Sherman tank. The round streaked past and missed. Bromberg sat next to the driver in the bow gunner’s seat manning a .30-caliber machine gun. His turret gunner fired the tank’s 75mm cannon, also missing, but the American cannon had an advantage: an automatic breech-loader. The ...
Sleep in the Military During WWII: Not Dead, Just Dead Tired
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 1 hour ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* GIs in Europe used every opportunity to shut their eyes and get the sleep they needed to fight—even for just a minute. *Key Point*: "Fatigue makes cowards of us all." One of the most precious resources in war, and the one most often in short supply, is sleep. Physical exhaustion, combined with the strain of combat, wears even the most young, physically fit men down. Advancing or retreating, bivouacked on the front lines or a bit to the rear, sleep, with all its recuperative qualities, is scarce. During World War II, enemy snipers, arti...
This Battle Guaranteed France Would Be Conquered by Hitler
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 1 hour ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* The German concept of mobile warfare was conclusively proven when the Wehrmacht breached the French defenses at Sedan in May 1940. The attack was beginning despite the widespread lack of artillery support, engineers, or armor. Normally this would be a recipe for disaster. Clusters of gray-clad German infantrymen braved the torrent of enemy fire, carrying assault boats right up to edge of the Meuse River. On the opposite bank, French soldiers crouched in their bunkers and trenches as German aircraft roared overhead, bombing and strafing,...
Hillary Clinton Should Lead a "Night Court" to Reform Defense Spending
John Ferrari, The National Interest - 1 hour ago
*John Ferrari* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC2UHE90B08P&share=true] In 2021, Washington should take a long, hard look at its military spending and use a bi-partisan process to push through the necessary changes. Secretary Hillary Clinton recently authored an insightful article on the reckoning that is coming within the National Security establishment for the United States. With her decades of expertise in both domestic and foreign policy, her vision on the path ahead could shape our Nation for the next deca...
Hellish Battle in a Tropical Paradise: The Fight for Eniwetok Atoll
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 1 hour ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* While not as well known as some of the bigger battles fought for Pacific islands during World War II, the 1944 battle for Eniwetok Atoll was every bit as brutal. *Key Point*: The battle for the small islands of the Kwajalein and Eniwetok Atolls would pay huge dividends as the war in the Pacific Theater continued. “But here are men who fought in gallant actions, as gallant AS ever hero’s fought,” wrote the poet Lord Byron (1788-1824). These words apply equally well to many battles fought after the poet’s death, none more so than the conqu...
The Rigveda on Language and Pronunciation
Unknown, The Conservative Socrates - 1 hour ago
The importance of pronouncing words in the right way and using grammatically correct language is emphasized in several verses of the *Rigveda*. The Vedic sages insist that while reciting the hymns if correct language is not used and if the words are not correctly pronounced then the gods are not appeased. This means that a sense of purity in grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary had developed as early as the twelfth century B.C.E. For instance, the hymn 26 of Mandala 7, which is attributed to Vasiṣṭha Maitravaruni, opens with a verse which notes that Indra is pleased with sacred ...
NZ’s debt clock relaunched by the Taxpayers Union
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 1 hour ago
Originally posted on Waikanae Watch: It will be interesting (if you’re a Jacinda supporter), or disconcerting (if you’re not) to see how much these totals increase in the next three years. Watch live here
More on the Global Reset from Canada
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 1 hour ago
Originally posted on NoFakeNews.net: Dr. John Reizer A global reset is in progress, and I believe that additional lockdowns will be forthcoming in the next several months. I also believe that the next set of lockdowns will be much more severe than the first one. The false-positive case numbers are already being increased by…
DEAN HENDERSON INTERVIEW OCT 2020 – NEPHILIM APOCALPSE
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 2 hours ago
Originally posted on Conspiracy Daily Update: View on YouTube
The Best Pandemic Money Can Buy
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 2 hours ago
Originally posted on Piotr Bein's blog = blog Piotra Beina: The COVID tests are totally bogus. The “cases” are bought and paid for bypeople who have unlimited funds, and still want more. The Best Pandemic Money Can Buy September 2, 2020 By Frank B. (henrymakow.com) At the beginning of this medical psy-op,Dr. Anthony Fauci told…
Masks Are Causing Serious Health Problems
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 2 hours ago
Originally posted on Truth To Power: Now that many children are back in school and forced to be wearing muzzles, parents are reporting that their children are developing terrible rashes around their mouths and noses, as well as other parts of the body. The rash is known as Impetigo and it is caused by a…
COVID19 PSYOP , GPMB ,BILL GATES ,WELLCOME TRUST ,CHATHAM HOUSE
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 2 hours ago
Originally posted on By the Blood of the Lamb: https://nwobroadcastcorp.wordpress.com/2020/04/05/covid-psyop-gpmb-bill-gates-wellcome-trust-chatham-house/
Discover Qigong Practices to Strengthen Your Immunity by Reducing Your Stress
WakingTimes, Waking Times - 2 hours ago
*Waking Times* - Training your mind and body to relax has a direct impact on releasing your mind from fear.
Truths no politician is telling you this election
Peter Cresswell, Not PC - 3 hours ago
An ex-politician can say things a current politician can't: *The country’s economy is in a mess. It was in a mess before Covid. All that Covid has done is hasten the day of reckoning and helped highlight the burgeoning debt. But the rot was in long before that. Bill English made a half hearted attempt to pull things together after the growing shambles left by Clark and Cullen. But there was shambles even before Labour... We are trying to live a five star lifestyle on a two star income. We spend like a fat cat and earn like an alley cat. We want the cake with all the trimmings b...
City may be willing to transfer Daly Boulevard to Seneca Nation for canal construction
The Buffalo Chronicle, The Buffalo Chronicle - 3 hours ago
Stuck deep in a fiscal crisis that could force a 20% budget cut to restructure the City of Niagara Falls, Mayor Robert Restaino is unwilling to fund the construction of new canals and public spaces near Niagara Falls State Park.
Donald Trump's Path to Victory Is Clear
Daniel McCarthy, The National Interest - 1 hour ago
*Daniel McCarthy* *Donald Trump, * President Trump is not beaten. The variables in play in this election leave plenty of potential for him to win. He’s campaigning vigorously, and in pushing ahead with the Barrett confirmation he’s shifted the political landscape to his advantage—by just how much, we’ll know in a few weeks. President Donald Trump is having a very good week. The polls may not show it yet, but three things turned in his favor over the last several days. First is his own victory over COVID-19—he’s tested negative and is back on the campaign trail. Does that have any...
Paul von Hindenburg: The World War I General Who Paved the Way for Hitler's Rise
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 1 hour ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* Paul von Hindenburg’s life as a German soldier and leader ran from 1866 to the Third Reich. *Key Point*: The mass of Germans had counted on Hindenburg to save Germany from Nazism. At 3 am, on August 23, 1914, a solitary figure stood on a darkened railway platform at Hanover, Germany, awaiting a special train’s arrival from Berlin. As the 67-year-old German Army general waited, two Russian armies of the Czar were laying waste to the East Prussian provinces of the Imperial German Reich of Kaiser Wilhelm II, and this obscure officer—Paul ...
Seven Questions: Johns Hopkins questioned about 40 years of vaccine experiments on Navajos. Censored News awaits response.
Unknown, CENSORED NEWS - 1 hour ago
By Brenda NorrellCensored NewsWINDOW ROCK, Arizona -- Johns Hopkins University researchers have been carrying out medical research on Navajos on the Navajo Nation for 40 years. During those years, very little has been made public about the vaccine and medical research which was carried out in Indian Health Service Hospitals on the Navajo Nation.Now, Johns Hopkins medical researchers are leading
U.S. Navy Destroyer Passes Through Taiwan Strait (Again)
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 2 hours ago
This file photo shows the USS Barry during a replenishment-at-sea in the Pacific Ocean on September 16, 2020. © Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class James Hong/U.S. Navy *Stars and Stripes:* *USS Barry cruises through Taiwan Strait after Beijing blasts McCain’s South China Sea transit * A Navy destroyer passed through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, nearly a week after the Chinese military challenged another U.S. destroyer’s presence in the nearby South China Sea. The USS Barry cruised through the strait in accordance with international law, according to a statement from U.S....
Japan Unveils Its First “Big Whale” Lithium-Ion Battery Powered Submarine As Tensions With China Rise
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 2 hours ago
Japan has launched the first of a new class of attack submarines. (Courtesy of Japan's Defense Ministry) *Defense News:* *Japan launches first of its new class of submarines * MELBOURNE, Australia — Japan has launched the first of a new class of diesel-electric submarines, which will complete the U.S. ally’s planned expansion of its submarine fleet to 22 boats when it enters service. The new submarine, which has been named the Taigei, meaning Big Whale, was launched at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipyard in the city of Kobe on Wednesday. It is the first of a successor cla...
Coast to Coast - Calvin Parker
KRandle, A Different Perspective - 3 hours ago
Those of you who visit here regularly know that I’m not a big fan of tales of alien abduction. I believe that the solution for most cases is based here on Earth and that some of the investigation has been less than stellar. I do think that if there are alien abductions, I believe they would be targets of opportunity rather than some sort of longitudinal study conducted over years or decades. As I have said to Kathleen Marden, I’m more inclined to accept the tales told by Barney and Betty Hill, Travis Walton, and Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker. For those interested, I have in...
Friends Of Australia Friday T-bone Chops & Cabernet
E.M.Smith, Musings from the Chiefio - 3 hours ago
It's Friday in Australia and time to party down on Australian Cabernet and Lamb Chops! Continue reading →
Wild Free and Happy Sample 48
What Is Sustainable, What Is Sustainable - 3 hours ago
[Note: This is the forty-eighth sample from my rough draft of a far from finished new book, *Wild, Free, & Happy*. The Search field on the right side will find words in the full contents of all rants and reviews. These samples are not freestanding pieces. They will be easier to understand if you start with sample 01, and follow the sequence listed HERE — if you happen to have some free time. If you prefer audiobooks, Michael Dowd is in the process of reading and recording my book HERE. *WILD FAMILY PLANNING * Colin Turnbull wrote about tribal life in Africa. Hunting peo...
Thailand: Western Media Encourages Agitators - Arrests Will Continue
Land Destroyer, Alt Thai News Network ATNN - 4 hours ago
* October 16, 2020 *(Tony Cartalucci - ATN) - The Western media collectively took last night's rally as "evidence" that the Thai government's crackdown on US-funded agitators "failed." In a bid to egg on future protests - concerted efforts across the Western media and with their Thai partners were made to inflate the size of the protest - claiming "tens of thousands" attended. In reality, the area protesters occupied - an area between 10,000 and 15,000 square meters - can only accommodate at most 15,000 if crowd density was at a maximum of 1 protester per square meter across the ...
Thailand: Western Media Encourages Agitators - Arrests Will Continue
Land Destroyer, Land Destroyer - 4 hours ago
* October 16, 2020 *(Tony Cartalucci - ATN) - The Western media collectively took last night's rally as "evidence" that the Thai government's crackdown on US-funded agitators "failed." In a bid to egg on future protests - concerted efforts across the Western media and with their Thai partners were made to inflate the size of the protest - claiming "tens of thousands" attended. In reality, the area protesters occupied - an area between 10,000 and 15,000 square meters - can only accommodate at most 15,000 if crowd density was at a maximum of 1 protester per square meter across the...
Is Biden Proposing ‘Biggest’ Tax Increase in US History?
Jessica Lee, Snopes.com - 4 hours ago
The Trump campaign repeatedly made the claim to try to convince average Americans they would pay more in taxes under Biden.
Dennis Prager conversation
Norma, Collecting My Thoughts - 4 hours ago
How the left became so radical—the lack of debate, "anti-racism" training, corporate wokeness, critical race theory, and infantile thinking. Plus, some excellent advice for those afraid to speak their minds https://www.prageru.com/video/ep-156-when-childish-worldviews-take-over/
CRT training for the government
Norma, Collecting My Thoughts - 4 hours ago
Nice work if you can get it--and it's all on our dime. "One critical race theory training guru, Howard Ross, has raked in more than $5 million in federal contracts for workshops that tell White people they are inherently racist and impediments to “race-based growth.” He's had contracts for workshops on “Difficult Conversations About Race in Troubling Times” at the Treasury Department, the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the National Credit Union Administration. Mr. Ross even landed a $500,000 contract with NASA to...
Election Meddling: Hunter Biden Email Scandal Censored by Silicon to Protect Joe Biden
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 4 hours ago
October 15, 2020 By NEWS WIRE Could this be the October Surprise the Trump campaign has been hinting at for weeks? After the New York Post released its story about a damning cache of emails from Hunter Biden, son of Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden, about his corrupt dealing in the Ukraine during the Obama … Continue reading Election Meddling: Hunter Biden Email Scandal Censored by Silicon to Protect Joe Biden →
CBC released a “trusted” sources list of media outlets (that take bailout bucks, of course)
j, Wake Up To The Truth - 5 hours ago
Rebel News Oct 12, 2020 Sheila Gunn Reid shares the details on the CBC’s so-called “trust media” directory… shocker, it’s a lot of media outlets taking bailout money from the government. FULL REPORT from Sheila Gunn Reid: https://rebelne.ws/3dkVxmJ via CBC released a “trusted” sources list of media outlets (that take bailout bucks, of course)
Retail marijuana sales take a slight downturn in Colorado
Bart Schaneman, Marijuana Business Daily - 5 hours ago
Retail cannabis sales had been on a steady upward trend month-on-month in Colorado despite the coronavirus pandemic, but that momentum backslid in August. According to CPR News, the Colorado Department of Revenue’s numbers show consumers spent $218,601,341 on marijuana in August. That’s down 3.43% from the previous month, when the state set a record with more […] Retail marijuana sales take a slight downturn in Colorado is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
California Lightworks introduces MegaDrive™: New game changing grow light technology
Pamela Moore, Marijuana Business Daily - 5 hours ago
Patented Lighting System Installs in a Fraction of The Time at a Fraction of the Cost CANOGA PARK, Calif., October 14, 2020 – California LightWorks, a leading U.S. manufacturer of LED horticultural lighting, today announced the introduction of MegaDrive™, a game-changing new professional grow light system that delivers unparalleled results while significantly reducing both […] California Lightworks introduces MegaDrive™: New game changing grow light technology is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
a hungry world waiting for the sunrise
Bob Dinn, balance10 - 5 hours ago
Italy 8.6% increase/day, followed by 8.8/92.4= 9.5% increase/day https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/italy/ …………………………………………….. France 4.2% increase ave. each day last 2 days https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/france …………………………………………………….. Argentina 15/151= 9.9% increase/day https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/argentina …………………………………………………… India 64.2/749= 8.6% increase/day https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/india ……………………………………………………. Russia 13.75/277.5= 4.95% increase/day https://www.worldometers.info/cor...
Art of Japan and Ishizaki Kōyō: His early path was set
Lee Jay, Modern Tokyo Times - 6 hours ago
Art of Japan and Ishizaki Kōyō: His early path was set Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The artist Ishizaki Kōyō (1884-1947) hails from the prefecture of Toyama in Japan. He was the fifth born son of a merchant family. Therefore, from a very early age, his path was set and secure. Kōyō studied under […]
According To The GHCN V3 Unadjusted Data On NASA Website, Hachijojima Has Seen No Warming Trend Since 1927!
Kirye, Real Climate Science - 18 hours ago
On October 5, I posted an article titled “Tokyo Island Of Hachijojima Has Seen No Warming Trend For September Since 1915!“, using data from the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), and I told you the island is almost rural. Now I … Continue reading →
President Trump Town Hall At NBC News. Democrat Presidential Candidate Joe Biden Town Hall At ABC News (Live)
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 3 hours ago
*WNU Editor:* On a side note. The person who was suppose to moderate the 2nd debate between President Trump and Democrat Presidential Candidate Joe Biden has been suspended for lying about his Twitter account being hacked .... *C-SPAN suspends Steve Scully after he admits he lied about hack after Trump tweet* (USA Today). *Update: *The former Vice-President's eyes look glassy. Questions from George Stephanopoulos​ are softball, but the former Vice-President is just rambling. Quite a contrast on NBC. Interruptions from the NBC host .... lots of give and take. *Update #2*: On Y...
Disaster in the Desert: How Hitler's Forces Defeated the British Army at Tobruk
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Africa* The fall of Tobruk to Rommel’s “Afrika Korps” Siege resulted in disaster for the British Army in North Africa. *Key Point*: Tobruk would remain in German hands until it was retaken in late 1942. Sidi Barrani, Bardia, Sollum, Sidi Rezegh, Mersa Matruh, Bir Hacheim, El Agheila, Beda Fomm, Sidi Omar, Benghazi … The names of many remote North African villages were written into history in 1941-1942 as British and Axis armies battled back and forth across the scrubby desert wastelands of northern Egypt and Libya. Yet another name became lege...
How China Smashed U.S. Forces in Korea (and Saved North Korea From Defeat)
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* During the Korean War, waves of Chinese surprised U.S. Marines at the frozen Chosin Reservoir in 1950. *Key Point*: The Marines fought a brutal struggle. The 1st Marine Division was on the move toward the Yalu River. With any luck, if the weather cooperated, the United Nations police action in Korea would be over in weeks. The 5th Marine Regiment (5th Marines), most of the 7th Marines, and three artillery battalions of the 11th Marines spent the daylight hours of November 27, 1950, staging into the North Korean mountain-valley town of Y...
Votes Are Coming In And Trump Will Probably Be Stealing The White House Silverware On His Way Out
DownWithTyranny, DownWithTyranny! - 4 hours ago
In 2016, Trump beat Hillary in Montana 279,240 (56.17%) to 177,709 (35.75%). Trump won 50 of Montana's 56 counties. According to a just-released poll from Montana State University, no one should expect anything like that in November. Trump is leading 51-44%, which shows Trump doing much worse than he did 4 years ago and Biden doing significantly better than Hillary. But the much better news for Democrats is that Democrat Steve Bullock is leading Trumpist incumbent Steve Daines 49-47% among likely voters. The poll shows Bullock receiving 97% of support from Democrats compared to ...
President Trump Town-Hall Event in Miami – 8:00pm ET Livestream
sundance, The Last Refuge - 4 hours ago
Tonight at 8:00pm ET, President Trump will be holding a town hall event in Miami, Florida, presented by NBC News. The event will be broadcast live on NBC stations and there is a Livestream Link Below: UPDATE: Video Added [Begins … Continue reading →
Posting Key Briefs in the SAFE Rule Preemption Case
Marlo Lewis, GlobalWarming.org - 4 hours ago
The case, called Union of Concerned Scientists v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, pits the State of California and its allies (petitioners) against the Trump administration and its allies (respondents). Petitioners are asking the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to vacate the administration’s One National Program Rule, which is also Part 1 of the Safer […]
High Tech, Low Labour?
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Oct 15 (IPS) - KJ Ong is an independent researcher on technology and the co-founder of Data Democrasea, an initiative that advocates for knowledge, justice, and equality at the frontier of tech in the developing world.In the glitzy Dolby Theater in Hollywood Heights, with stars dressed in hundred thousand-dollar garbs, *Parasite*—a film about inequality, class tension and the fault lines of capitalism—won big. I couldn't help but recall South Korean director Bong Joon-ho's earlier 2013 film, *Snowpiercer*. Read the full story, “High Tech, Low Labour?”, on g...
Understanding What Foreign Governments are Purchasing From The Bidens – There are Trillions at Stake…
sundance, The Last Refuge - 4 hours ago
Amid the latest evidence that Hunter and Joe Biden are selling their ability to influence U.S. institutions to the benefit of foreign governments, I have received numerous requests to once again explain what those foreign interests are purchasing. Understanding the … Continue reading →
U.S. And Taliban Agree To 'Re-Set' Peace Talks
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 4 hours ago
*CBS: **U.S. and Taliban agree to "re-set" as Afghanistan peace deal marred by spiraling carnage * The Trump administration's top envoy for Afghanistan said Thursday that the U.S. and the Taliban had "agreed to re-set actions by strictly adhering to" the terms of an agreement reached between the two sides earlier this year. The agreement was meant to reduce the level of violence in the almost-two-decade old war and sever the Taliban's links with other militant groups to enable the last 4,500 or so U.S. forces in the country to come home. But it hasn't been working. The Taliban,...
CONTROL OF THE JUDICIARY BY PLUTOCRAT SOCIOPATHS IS NOT GOOD IN A PANDEMIC
Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog - 5 hours ago
On the op-ed page of *The New York Times,* John Fabian Witt, a law professor at Yale, writes about the way Republican-leaning justices are rejecting hundreds of years of U.S. jurisprudence on the subject of public health. For centuries, American constitutional law granted state governments broad public health powers. “Salus populi suprema lex,” the old saying went: The health of the people is the supreme law. Such authority went back to the beginning of the Republic. In the famous 1824 case of Gibbons v. Ogden, Chief Justice John Marshall defended the “acknowledged power of a State ...
Who Really Defeated the Islamic State – Obama or Trump?
David Mikkelson, Snopes.com - 5 hours ago
Objective history records that President Barack Obama launched and oversaw much of the victorious war that the current president claims for himself.
Postal Service Agrees to Reverse Service Changes
AP News, Snopes.com - 5 hours ago
The U.S. Postal Service agreed to reverse changes that slowed mail service nationwide, settling a lawsuit filed by Montana Gov. Steve Bullock during a pandemic that is expected to force many more people to vote by mail.
Twitter Users Reporting A Massive Global Service Outage
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 5 hours ago
© Downdetector.com *CNBC: **Twitter is having a major outage * * Twitter’s website was down Thursday afternoon with users who tried to visit the service greeted by an error message. * A note on the company’s status website showed that Twitter was investigating an irregularity with its application Programming Interface, or API. Twitter’s website was down Thursday afternoon, with users who tried to visit the service greeted by an error message. A note on the company’s status website showed that Twitter was investigating an irregularity with its application Programming Interfac...
How To ‘Weaponize’ Misleading Narratives About Voting: Lessons from Trump-Linked PILF Playbook
Alex Kasprak, Snopes.com - 5 hours ago
Using internal emails, sworn testimony, and other documents, Snopes was able to break down exactly how the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) worked to "generate, create, organize and weaponize" misleading narratives.
Trump’s Election-Eve Drug Discounts for Seniors Get Snagged
AP News, Snopes.com - 5 hours ago
President Donald Trump’s plan to mail millions of seniors a $200 prescription savings card has hit legal and budget roadblocks, making it unlikely the government can carry it out before Election Day.
Give Me A Caption for This….
Ragnar, 'Nox & Friends - 5 hours ago
I apologize ahead of time…..Who do we have here? ~Ragnar (RFXtFR)
‘Film Your Hospital’ – The Anatomy of a COVID-19 Conspiracy Theory
David Mikkelson, Snopes.com - 5 hours ago
The #FilmYourHospital movement encouraged people to record videos of themselves in seemingly empty, or less-than-crowded, hospitals to prove the pandemic is a hoax.
New Hunter Biden Emails Show Sales of Influence to Chinese Interests – Millions Paid to Biden Family for “Introductions” and Legal “Assistance”…
sundance, The Last Refuge - 5 hours ago
One of the reasons we are not seeing more DC politicians talking about the Hunter and Joe Biden story is because they too participate in exactly the same system. It isn’t only Joe Biden, his family and democrats selling influence … Continue reading →
Privacy Issues at the Heart of North Carolina’s Coronavirus Response
ckissick, Lawfare - 9 hours ago
The North Carolina National Guard tests citizens for COVID-19 (The National Guard, https://flic.kr/p/2iTSTz3; CC BY 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/). As Sen. Thom Tillis recuperates from his bout with COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, North Carolina is continuing its phased reopening with eased restrictions on bars, movie theaters and amusement parks, and new case counts have been increasing only slightly in North Carolina for the past several weeks. After more than 3.4 million tests, 236,000 cases and nearing 4,000 deaths in the ...
Part 1: Introduction to Integrated Total Fund Management
Leo Kolivakis, Pension Pulse - 4 hours ago
Mihail Garchev, former Vice President and Head of Total Fund Management at BCI, and I are launching a new seven part series on Total Fund Management (TFM) on this blog. Over the next seven weeks, each Thursday we will bring you a new installment. Below, Part 1 where Mihail introduces integrated Total Fund Management (synopsis) and we embedded a clip with a more detailed discussion at the end of the post: TFM is the unwritten chapter in your favorite portfolio management textbook. A simple experiment to find this topic in 150 million textbooks, including seminal books by William ...
The Notion That the Tweeter Machine is the Place to go for Info on What's Happening — Destroyed by Twitter.
Diogenes Sarcastica™, Diogenes' Middle Finger - 5 hours ago
I would love to read an essay on the ever-morphing definition of misinformation/disinformation. Seems that it has gone from being a description of Holocaust denial/anti-vax to a word to tag any content that seems to help the political right? https://t.co/jdwLu2Uxdv — Bari Weiss (@bariweiss) October 15, 2020 You're seeing the immense, unchallengeable, unaccountable power of Silicon Valley giants over the flow of information. Imagine if Google joins in. What's so amazing is that they never wanted this role. It was foisted on them by people, led by journalists, demanding they censor: ...
A Disaster In Space Tonight?
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 5 hours ago
2/ Current risk metrics from our most recent CDMs: Miss distance: 12 meters (+18/-12 meters) Probability of Collision: >10%, scaled to account for large object sizes Relative velocity: 14.7 km/s pic.twitter.com/y44QXyhHJK — LeoLabs, Inc. (@LeoLabs_Space) October 14, 2020 *Daily Mail: **Dead Russian satellite and discarded Chinese rocket are at 'very high risk' of colliding at 33,000mph tonight - and could smash into thousands of pieces increasing space junk by up to a FIFTH * * The defunct Russian Kosmos-2004 satellite and the dead Chinese Chang Zheng 4C rocket are floating in orbit...
The U-2 Spy Plane Helped to Prevent World War III
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *U-2 Spy Plane, * [image: Wikimedia Commons] The U-2 photography, along with monitoring of missile telemetry, showed that the Soviet ICBM program, while ahead in some areas, was actually behind the United States in deployment of ICBMs and other strategic weapons delivery systems. Movies and novels about spies and espionage usually portray brave and sexy secret agents going deep behind enemy lines to grab some invaluable and potentially destabilizing piece of information. The reality of intelligence-gathering, though, is usually quite different. More ofte...
“The Bloodiest Mess You Ever Saw”: The U.S. 7th Armored Division in the Battle of the Bulge
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* During the Battle of the Bulge, The 7th Armored Division was forced out of St. Vith in December of 1944. A month later the tankers wanted it back. *Key Point*: The 7th Armored denied the Germans the use of St. Vith and executed one of the most difficult maneuvers in warfare when it retreated intact. The 7th Armored Division fought a running battle out of St. Vith on December 23, 1944. After the destruction of the 106th Infantry Division in the first days of the Battle of the Bulge, the 7th tried to hold, but could not withstand the pre...
The ECCC: history education for Cambodia’s young generation?
Somaly Kum, New Mandala - 5 hours ago
It is 42 years already since the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime! 45 years ago, on 17 April 1975, the Khmer Rouge (KR) regime took power, lasting until 6 January 1979. At least 1.7 million people are believed to have died from starvation, torture, execution and forced labor over those three years, 8 months,... The post The ECCC: history education for Cambodia’s young generation? appeared first on New Mandala.
Gotham City Digest
jurassicpork, Welcome Back to Gotham City - 5 hours ago
(The Republican Party has now officially turned into the Amityville Horror.) ------------------------------ It seems white privilege is alive and well in Florida. ------------------------------ "The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday accused Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, author of a tell-all book about first lady Melania Trump, of breaking their nondisclosure agreement and asked a court to set aside profits from the book in a government trust." Fuck you, assholes. You tried that shit with John Bolton and it didn't work then, either. ------------------------------ Th...

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