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Sweden's Narrowly Avoided a Costly Disaster with this Nuclear Submarine
Robert Beckhusen, The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Robert Beckhusen* *Security, Europe* The Swedish navy, while small, has long reserved funds for submarines given its location and the likely direction of conflict. *Here's What You Need to Remember:* There are many places along the Swedish coast for stealthy submarines to hide... In terms of modern diesel-electric submarines, it’s hard to beat Sweden. In 2005, one of them — the 200-foot-long HMS Gotland — sneaked up and virtually destroyed the American Nimitz-class carrier USS Ronald Reagan in a simulated war game. That was due in part to the ultra-quiet Stirling engines that ...
First to Fight: These 5 Marine Weapons Would Lead a U.S. Assault on North Korea
Kyle Mizokami, The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * In the event of a conflict on the Korean Peninsula, U.S. and South Korean forces will root and destroy the regime of Kim Jong-un. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *HIMARS can be quickly moved ashore via Landing Craft Air Cushion hovercraft, and within minutes can carry out precision fire missions to ranges of up to forty-three miles. The Gimler, or Guided Multiple Launch System - Unitary (GMLS-U) GPS-guided rocket allows HIMARS to engage targets with first round precision. In the event of a conflict on the Korean Peninsula, U.S. and South Korean fo...
Asteroid 2020 XF4 to flyby Earth at 0.8 LD on December 16
The Watchers » Latest articles - 16 hours ago
A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2020 XF4 will flyby Earth at a distance of 0.89 LD / 0.00229 AU (342 579 km / 212 868 miles) from the center of our planet on December 16, 2020. This is the 103rd known asteroid to flyby Earth within 1 lunar distance since the...... Read more »
Timeline of FISA abuse from Epoch Times
Uriel, 'Nox & Friends - 16 hours ago
Just saw this handy timeline provided by Epoch Times in a commercial and thought our readers might be interested. INFOGRAPHIC: Timeline of FBI’s FISA Abuse in Trump Campaign Investigation June 16, 2020 In its pursuit of establishing surveillance on the Trump campaign, the FBI turned its attention to Trump campaign adviser Carter Page in the spring of 2016, culminating in the issuance of a FISA warrant—which allows for some of the most intrusive spying methods on an American citizen. As part of this process, the FBI relied extensively on the flawed Steele dossier, leading an FBI lega...
Engineers Drained Niagara Falls in 1969, Made Grisly Discovery?
Jordan Liles, Snopes.com - 16 hours ago
Our research led to a newspaper article from June 13, 1969, one month before Apollo 11's moon landing.
Veda Vyasa and the Writing of the Mahabharata
Unknown, The Conservative Socrates - 16 hours ago
Sage Veda Vyasa is the most prolific thinker, complier, and composer in ancient Hindu theology and philosophy. He classified (“*vyasa*” means classified) the four Vedas; this explains his name Veda Vyasa. He is the composer of the epic *Mahabharata*; according to traditional accounts, his composition of the *Mahabharata *contained 100000 verses, but the extant editions of the *Mahabharata *do not contain that many verses—the critical edition of the *Mahabharata*, developed by the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (BORI), contains around 89000 verses (excluding the *Harivamsa*). ...
Record Rainfall, Tornadoes and Frequent Heavy Snowfalls–UK Wild Weather in 1950
Paul Homewood, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 16 hours ago
By Paul Homewood Record tornado kills two people and leaves a trail of destruction in southern England – May 1950 While the weather in 1950 was not quite as wild as 1940’s in Britain, but it certainly had its ups and downs, with several notable episodes. Although the year started with […]
RAH-66 Comanche: How to Spend $30 Billion and Not Get a Killer Helicopter
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * Five Army programs collectively sucked $30 billion in spending without producing any operational systems. *Here's What You Need to Know*: Many defense projects prove unaffordable and unnecessary. Pop quiz: what prominent U.S. military aircraft has a stealthy radar cross section and advanced networked sensors but has gone billions over budget and has fallen years behind schedule? While the F-35 stealth fighter might come to mind today, in 2004 the most timely answer might have been the RAH-66 Comanche. The slick-looking stealth helicopter spent tw...
Mexico City Cuts Shopping Hours in Center to Combat COVID-19
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 18 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Mexico City's government on Saturday, December 12th, said shops in the center of the capital and other busy areas would temporarily have to close at 5 p.m. to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infection as authorities battle a surge in cases. Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum says the city is now in […] The post Mexico City Cuts Shopping Hours in Center to Combat COVID-19 appeared first on The Rio Times.
At one Hospital in Rio de Janeiro State, the ICU is Full of COVID-19 Patients
Latin America News, The Rio Times - 18 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (AP) The intensive care unit in the public Oceanico hospital in the Brazilian city of Niteroi in the state of Rio de Janeiro is full of COVID-19 patients, and medical workers are constantly on the move. A dozen doctors, covered from head to toe in protective clothing and equipment, divide […] The post At one Hospital in Rio de Janeiro State, the ICU is Full of COVID-19 Patients appeared first on The Rio Times.
SCOTUS Rejects Texas Lawsuit! Here’s Why THIS IS NOT OVER BY A LONGSHOT!!!
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 19 hours ago
Let’s put aside the issue of whether Trump or Biden will be the POTUS, and ask: What is the objective of the western Illuminati / Synagogue of Satan? The REAL answer is: the Destruction of America such that its sovereignty will be surrendered to the United Nations. – Whether Biden or Trump is elected as …
Native Tribes Living Near and Around Manaus City: Part I – Parque dos Indios Tribe
Jonathan Alpeyrie, The Rio Times - 20 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The arrival of Covid-19 into the remote parts of Northern Brazil last spring is proof that the modern world and its numerous afflictions is applying further pressure on an already weak socio economic system built around the great Northern city of Manaus. Massive corruption and a weak government presence has […] The post Native Tribes Living Near and Around Manaus City: Part I – Parque dos Indios Tribe appeared first on The Rio Times.
Is Kimber the Best Maker of 1911 Pistol Out There?
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Security, * While Kimber today dominates the 1911 market like no other, the company wasn’t an immediate success. *Here's What You Need to Remember:* While it was Colt Firearms that produced the first of the John Moses Browning-designed M1911 .45 pistols, today the market leader in the category is Kimber. And it isn’t hard to see why, as the company has become known for building fine sporting firearms that are better than even the classics from the golden age of American firearms. Its firearms have been used by the USA Shooting Team, the LAPD SWAT and the United S...
Doubting Doubters
Age of Autism, AGE OF AUTISM - 17 hours ago
by Cathy Jameson Thomas, called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples said to him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of...
This Is the Story of America's Original Top Gun
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Americas* Navy ace “Butch” O’Hare won the Medal of Honor taking on eight Japanese torpedo bombers singlehandedly to protect his ship, USS Lexington. *Here's What You Need to Know*: Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport is named after this American legend. Edward Henry “Butch” O’Hare rocketed to fame in February 1942 by singlehandedly taking on eight Japanese torpedo bombers bent on destroying the aircraft carrier USS Lexington and shooting down several of them. For this deed, President Franklin D. Roosevelt decorated him with the Medal of Hon...
What Happens When a Russian Submarine and U.S. Aircraft Carrier Collide?
David Axe, The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, * More than once, these undersea stalkings went awry. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Kate Hudson from the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament told *The Guardian* that the 1974 incident, which became public only in 2017, exposed the “enormous risks” of nuclear weapons. “The history of nuclear weapons is a history of near misses, accidents, potential catastrophes and cover-ups.” It was common throughout the Cold War for NATO and Soviet submarines to stalk surface ships and other submarines in order to gather intelligence and work out tactics for sinking th...
Littoral Combat Loser? War Games Haven’t Gone Well for this Troubled Navy Vessel
David Axe, The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, * Just how vulnerable is the LCS? *Here's What You Need to Remember: *The Navy undoubtedly ran similar simulations of its own, with similar results, for a year after Mizokami played out the destruction of two LCSs, the Navy drastically curtailed the program in favor of buying tougher, more-heavily-armed frigates. The U.S. Navy in late 2019 or 2020 expects to select a shipyard to build the fleet’s new guided-missile frigate. The 20 heavily-armed frigates will replace roughly half of the 50 or so Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) that the Navy had planned to buy b...
5 Years After Paris: Who is Living Up to Their Climate Change Policy Goals?
Morgan Bazilian, Dolf Gielen, The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Morgan Bazilian, Dolf Gielen* *Politics, World* Bold visions for slowing global warming have emerged from all over the world. Less clear is how countries will meet them. Saturday marks the fifth anniversary of the Paris climate agreement – the commitment by almost every country to try to keep global warming well below 2 degrees Celsius. It’s an ambitious goal, and the clock is ticking. The planet has already warmed by about 1 C since the start of the industrial era. That might not sound like much, but that first degree is changing the planet in profound ways, from more extreme ...
The Ruger P94 is Criminally Underrated
Kyle Mizokami, The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Guns, Americas* [image: Wikimedia Commons] The “Wonder Nines” overwhelmed the American firearms industry by introducing something totally new—and at an affordable price point. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The P-94 was a sleeker weapon than some of its predecessors, and was chambered in a wider variety of cartridges. During the 1980s, an invasion of European nine-millimeter handguns washed over the United States, achieving swift victories in the American handgun market and capturing large market shares. One of the first American counterattacks against this...
These 5 Powers Were the Greatest Empires of All Time
Akhilesh Pillalamarri, The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Akhilesh Pillalamarri* *History, World* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2006%3Anewsml_GM1DTSBHXHAB&share=true] These states once spanned much of the globe and were feared by all. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *All of these countries were large and militarily powerful. Even America was once an empire when it had colonial possessions. While the world has known many great empires, the list of superpowers is shorter. It is much harder for a state to become and maintain superpower status because that requires an overwhelming dominance over all ...
It’s the Index, Stupid! Our New Not-So-Neutral Financial Market Arbiters
Lambert Strether, naked capitalism - 17 hours ago
An overview of the recent changes in financial markets that have come from the rise of ‘passive’ investing.
ICYMI: Still Shopping Edition (12/13)
Peter Greene, CURMUDGUCATION - 18 hours ago
Trying desperately to shop at small local stores, and it's a real challenge right now. And what has to be ordered comes with the special When Will It Actually Arrive suspense. Happy holidays, one and all. In the meantime, some reading.... *San Joaquin Valley in the DPE Crosshairs * Thomas Ultican peels back the layers on yet another assault on public education, this one out in California. Interesting to see how several groups' interests converge on one goal--dismantling public education. *The next education secretary must know about much more than education* I know I've been he...
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Craig, Is the BBC biased? - 18 hours ago
Marianna Spring, from the BBC's Selfie Dissemination Unit, certainly likes her exclamation marks! It's a toss-up as to which appear more in her tweets, photos of herself or exclamation marks! Not that I'm innocent on that front. I learned from Sue that too many exclamation marks are a bit much (like laughing at your own jokes, as F. Scott Fitzgerald once remarked). I have been trying to limit my use of them ever since, not always successfully! The best time to use them, of course, is when you're marking an exclamation - eg, "Lawkabiddy! That's a biased report!" - though they are...
No hug for Liam
Craig, Is the BBC biased? - 18 hours ago
Liam Fay has become an excellent *Sunday Times *TV critic. Like his daily equivalent Hugo Rifkind though, I don't think he enjoyed the first episode of *The Vicar of Dibley in Lockdown, *describing it as a "prissy monologue": Glib tidings are dispensed in wearying abundance by *The Vicar of Dibley in Lockdown*, a painfully unfunny series of seasonal sermons from Dawn French’s once revered altar ego. Everything about the venture smacks of piety and schmaltz, the very qualities the original sitcom endeavoured to lampoon...The BBC has billed the Dibley resurrection as “the warm comedy...
Alternative Medicine Is Ruining The Future Of 155 Threatened Species - Yet Helps No One
News Staff, Science 2.0 blogs - 18 hours ago
A new meta-analysis finds what scientists outside the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health have long known - alternatives to medicine, now called Integrative Medicine after failing as Complementary and Alternative Medicine after failing as Traditional Medicine after failing as Folk Medicine, are not just useless, they are ecologically reckless. read more
Predictable – New caravan moving up to US Border – Brace for it
Uriel, 'Nox & Friends - 18 hours ago
Migrant Caravan Sets off to U.S. From Honduras, Risking New Tensions US News Jose Cabezas Reuters December 9, 2020 SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (Reuters) – A few hundred Hondurans formed a caravan bound for the United States on Wednesday after hurricanes battered the country, posing a fresh challenge to efforts to stem illegal immigration from Central America on the cusp of a new U.S. administration. Mostly younger migrants with backpacks and some women carrying children left the northern city of San Pedro Sula on foot for the Guatemalan border after calls went out on social media to or...
Tip Jar
Paul Homewood, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 18 hours ago
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Find The Cost Of Freedom - A Quotation by JFK
Stranger in a Strange Land, Stranger in a Strange Land - 19 hours ago
*John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 - November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963.*
ELEVEN YEARS AGO TODAY Al Gore Predicted the North Pole Would Be COMPLETELY ICE FREE in Five Years
Cap Allon, Electroverse - 19 hours ago
Gore offered no sympathy for climate deniers: The latest science on melting Arctic ice is evidence "only reckless fools would ignore." Well, who's the fool now... The post ELEVEN YEARS AGO TODAY Al Gore Predicted the North Pole Would Be COMPLETELY ICE FREE in Five Years appeared first on Electroverse.
What are the harms of lockdown?
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 19 hours ago
You would think that governments always do a cost-benefit analysis before embarking on a certain course of action, especially if it is likely to have significant effects on many different aspects of society. The global lockdowns in response to the covid pandemic probably constitute the largest, most extreme measures taken by western governments since the second world war. So, you would think a careful cost-benefit analysis would have been done before the decision was made to lock down.
Land Destroyer Now Does Daily News Videos
Land Destroyer, Land Destroyer - 20 hours ago
*December 13, 2020* (Brian Berletic aka Tony Cartalucci - LD) - For years I have written articles for Land Destroyer regarding geopolitics, US military intervention, and the use of so-called "soft power." I now have *a YouTube channel* and a *BitChute channel* where I do videos as well as articles. I am now also doing daily news videos covering recent headlines and stories. The videos are made available to *Patreon supporters* first (VIP Patrons and above) but are posted publicly later in the week for everyone. If you are interested in supporting my work, please consider becomin...
Sunday morning music
Peter, Bayou Renaissance Man - 12 hours ago
This morning I'd like to tackle a complicated subject, one that attracts a fair amount of controversy to this day. In an attempt to make it easier to understand, I'm going to focus on the music of one composer/arranger, and use it to demonstrate the point. Baroque music was almost certainly not exactly as we hear it today. Modern instruments sound different to how they did back then. Even when recreations of baroque style instruments are used, there are questions as to whether the materials used, the manufacturing style and techniques, etc. allow them to sound the same as th...
Chile Calls For Green Development After Virus Crisis
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 19 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - President of Chile Sebastian Pinera, speaking from the UN Climate Ambition Summit, said on Saturday that the recovery for the economic crisis from the COVID pandemic should be in line with sustainable development. Pinera said it was a "false dilemma" to choose between economic recovery and sustainable development. He also […] The post Chile Calls For Green Development After Virus Crisis appeared first on The Rio Times.
Total Eclipse of the Sun in South America Partially Visible From Brazil
Milan Sime Martinic, The Rio Times - 20 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A perfect black void in place of the sun will mark a total eclipse of the sun that will cross South America this Monday, December 14th. A perfectly choreographed dance of distance and size that will make the moon and the sky the same size in the sky will create […] The post Total Eclipse of the Sun in South America Partially Visible From Brazil appeared first on The Rio Times.
Gringo View: Status Is Not Just About Money
Peter Rosenwald, The Rio Times - 20 hours ago
RIO DE JANERIO, BRAZIL - (Opinion) The firestorm of consciousness about class, race and cultural values, ignited by the police killing of handcuffed George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota and the murder of Marielle-Franco in Rio have brought issues more often swept under the rug into sharp focus. They are urgent and disturbing. Here and in […] The post Gringo View: Status Is Not Just About Money appeared first on The Rio Times.
Fighter Deathmatch: Could an F-15 Eagle Beat a Su-35?
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Eurasia* [image: Wikimedia Commons] Here, I’d like to break down the strengths and weaknesses of the two aircraft. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The biggest difference, perhaps, is in numbers; many hundreds of F-15s continue to serve around the world, while there are fewer than a hundred Su-35s. I have been asked to compare the venerable American F-15 Eagle fighter to Russia’s new competitor for the crown of best Fourth Generation fighter, the Su-35S “Flanker E.” The former is the airplane that in many ways *defined* what a Fourth Generation ...
Costly Carriers: 5 Worst Aircraft Carriers in History
David Axe, The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, World* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2016%3Anewsml_RIOEC8C174V1T&share=true] Some of these ships were not well made or were kept around long past their retirement dates. *Key Point*: Aircraft carriers require a lot of care and costly maintanence. Here are a few carriers that perhaps should have had their careers cut short. Imposing, flexible, able to sail fast and launch devastating air strikes at long range, aircraft carriers are the ultimate expression of national power. And many of the world’s best-armed countries ar...
In a War, the U.S. Navy Could Quickly Send Iran’s Navy Underwater
David Axe, The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, Middle East* And not just its submarines. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *At least 56 Iranians died in that round of fighting. Two U.S. Marines perished when their helicopter crashed. Battered, the Iranian fleet pulled back, and since then has been hesitant to make good on its periodic threats against Iran’s neighbors and the United States. The Iranian navy is about to get a little bit bigger. But it’s still hopelessly outclassed by rival fleets. The naval imbalance could weigh on diplomatic and military strategies in Tehran, Washington, D.C. and other...
Could Vast Bunkers Really Save Russia From a Nuclear War?
Charlie Gao, The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *Security, Europe* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2014%3Anewsml_GM1EA941MJR01&share=true] Russia has some of the best and largest bunkers, but there is no way to be sure of survival. *Key point:* Newer and better nuclear weapons mean that bunkers may not matter. That being said, that does not stop some countries from continuing civil defense drills or preparations. According to Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations, in the event of a nuclear attack on Moscow, there is space in underground facilities for all of the population....
Morality, Shame, And The Acquisition Of Virtue
Fr. Stephen FREEMAN, OrientalReview.org - 20 hours ago
“But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,” (Matthew 6:3) The experience of shame has many dynamics, permeating the larger part of human behavior. Though some psychologists have dubbed it the “master emotion” it is often unacknowledged and […]
Sunday Sermonette
Larry-Lambert, Virtual Mirage - 20 hours ago
No one is coming to save us; no politician, no “public servant”, no knight in shining armor. There are leaders who seek to keep us empowered as long as possible. But in the end – when the Jack boot enforcers for the Proletariat Abyss bang the doors of Liberty – only we […] The post Sunday Sermonette appeared first on Virtual Mirage.
The 2020 Nobel talks and the fate of singularities
Luboš Motl, The Reference Frame - 20 hours ago
A few days ago, Roger Penrose and two less famous co-recipients gave the 2020 Nobel Prize lecture. The Nobel Prize is a relatively famous award, arguably the most famous one in the world, and Penrose is one of the most famous living mathematical physicists. Still, the video above has 16,000 views now; this version of Despacito has over 7 billion views. The ratio is about half a million which places the public interest in science into a perspective. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); And indeed, I haven't listened to the Nobel Prize lecture, either, arguably because I ...
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