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Houthi forces threaten to strike ‘sensitive targets in Israel’
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 11 hours ago
[image: Houthi forces threaten to strike ‘sensitive targets in Israel’] BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:15 P.M.) – The Ansarallah Movement (Houthis) of Yemen vowed to target very sensitive targets in Israel, and responded to the threats of the Israeli army about Tel Aviv monitoring the situation in Yemen. A member of the political bureau of Ansarallah Movement in Yemen, Fadl Abu Talib, said in statements to the Iran’s Fars News Agency that “if the Israeli enemy is involved in any foolishness against our people, our people will not hesitate to declare jihad in the cause of God against this enemy,...
Russia sends powerful message to Turkish-backed militants with strikes on strategic sites
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 11 hours ago
[image: Russia sends powerful message to Turkish-backed militants with strikes on strategic sites] BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:00 P.M.) – The Russian Aerospace Forces carried out a series of airstrikes in different parts of Syria on Saturday, as their warplanes and drones targeted the Turkish-backed militants and their jihadist allies in the Latakia and Aleppo governorates. The airstrikes were kicked off on Saturday morning, when Russian warplanes took off from the Hmeimim Airbase near the coastal city of Jableh. The Russian warplanes made the short flight to the mountaintop town of Kabani ...
Assange Ruling Is A Blow Against A Free Press – A Closer Look
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 14 hours ago
Judge Vanessa Baraitser’s decision to prevent Julian Assange’s extradition to the United States to face trial on espionage-related criminal charges is a partial victory for Assange, his family, and his supporters. Baraitser was not satisfied that US prison authorities would be able to prevent the award-winning journalist from taking his life, given the conditions of solitary confinement and isolation that he would likely face during pre-trial detention and in the event of his conviction. However, in her ruling, the judge made clear that Assange would have been extradited, if it we...
Snowden Warns Against Trump Social Media Ban
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 15 hours ago
NSA whistleblower and internet freedom advocate Edward Snowden has cautioned the public against celebrating President Trump’s recent social media ban. “I know a lot of folks in the comments [who] read this are like ‘YAAAAS,’ which, like — I get it. But imagine for a moment a world that exists for more than the next 13 days, and this becomes a milestone that will endure,” he wrote on Twitter. Both Facebook and Twitter announced they would prevent the president from using their services in the light of his incitement of the storming of the Capitol Building on Wednesday. Twitter has...
The Pentagon is Obsessed with China's Military For Good Reason
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Asia* Serious PLA modernization efforts began in 1991 when the trouncing of Iraq’s huge mechanized army in the Gulf War caused Beijing to realize its dated, World War II-style military was similarly vulnerable. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Though the PLA is focused on fighting regional, not global conflicts, it’s developing a limited capacity for global expeditionary operations—particularly evident in the opening of its first overseas base in Djibouti. Beijing is preparing the ground for additional overseas bases in Pakistan, Cambodia, Sri Lan...
Trump Is Wrong: Mass Immigration Made America a Superpower
Stratfor Worldview, The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Stratfor Worldview* *History, Americas* Immigrants helped build American cities and industry, while raising the birthrate for a massive workforce and military. *Key point: *American history is full of immigration. How can today's immigration system be made better? Pilgrim and Puritan settlers who arrived in New England in the early 17th century brought with them the tradition of Thanksgiving that was adopted by waves of immigrants who followed. This analysis first published Jan. 15, 2004, examines the role immigration has played — and continues to play — in the evolution of the...
The Daily "Near You?"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 8 hours ago
Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Thanks for stopping by!
Insurrection Act...
Adrienne, Adrienne's Corner - 8 hours ago
*I'll just leave this morsel here. Make of it what you will.* 10 USC Ch. 13: INSURRECTION From Title 10—ARMED FORCESSubtitle A—General Military LawPART I—ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS §253. Interference with State and Federal law The President, by using the militia or the armed forces, or both, or by any other means, shall take such measures as he considers necessary to suppress, in a State, any insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination, or conspiracy, if it— (1) so hinders the execution of the laws of that State, and of the United States within the State...
Iranian Ships Continue To Sock At Venezuelan Ports
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 9 hours ago
#Iranian ship arrives at Venezuelan port in defiance of US #sanctions #Venezuela #Iran https://t.co/4KPgtjRDXJ — Press TV (@PressTV) January 9, 2021 *Reuters:* *Iranian ship arrives at Venezuelan port, data shows * CARACAS (Reuters) - An Iranian ship arrived at the Venezuelan port of La Guaira on Thursday, according to Refinitiv Eikon data, in what appeared to be a continuation of the commercial alliance between the two countries targeted by U.S. sanctions. Iran has been supplying gasoline to ease fuel shortages in Venezuela caused by decay of the South American nation’s refineri...
Peru’s Goverment Issues Decree for the Purchase of ICU Kits
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 9 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Executive Branch has issued an Urgency Decree that establishes extraordinary measures —in economic and financial matters— to strengthen specialized health response systems and address the emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on the acquisition of at least 300 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) kits. Urgency Decree No. 001-2021, published […] The post Peru’s Goverment Issues Decree for the Purchase of ICU Kits appeared first on The Rio Times.
Margin of Error: The Key to Understanding Vaccine Trials & Polling
Ofer Harel, The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Ofer Harel* *Science, * Statisticians would love to be able to predict with 100% accuracy the success or failure of a new medication or the exact outcomes of an election. However, this is not possible. There is always some uncertainty, and the margin of error is what quantifies that uncertainty In the last year, statistics have been unusually important in the news. How accurate is the COVID-19 test you or others are using? How do researchers know the effectiveness of new therapeutics for COVID-19 patients? How can television networks predict the election results long before all ...
California Sent Unemployment Checks to Inmates in Other States
Matt Weidinger, The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Matt Weidinger* *Criminal Justice System, The Americas* The fraud by inmates is just a fraction of total misspending by California on state unemployment insurance (UI) and federal unemployment benefits. On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Times reported that California has paid millions of dollars in unemployment benefits to thousands of inmates in other states: *In the latest revelation of potential criminal fraud involving California jobless benefits, an analysis has found that more than $42 million in claims went to out-of-state prison and jail inmates, giving more clarity to what ...
The Iraqi Air Force’s F-16 Fleet Is On The Brink Of Collapse
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 9 hours ago
*Warzone/The Drive:* *The Iraqi Air Force’s F-16 Fleet Is On The Brink Of Collapse Despite Showy Flybys* A high-profile 23 F-16 flyover may only have served to paper over the cracks in what is an increasingly precarious Iraqi Viper fleet. A total of 23 Iraqi Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16IQ Viper fighter jets took part in an impressive flyby to mark the centenary of the country’s army yesterday. This is despite recent reports that Baghdad’s fleet of F-16s, the pride of the country’s air force and arguably its most capable combat assets, is suffering from serious readiness problem...
Recommending: Time to End Tax Breaks for Charter Schools and The Ultra-Rich
Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene, Schools Matter - 9 hours ago
*“The same day he revealed Cardona as his education nominee, it was announced Biden rehired Reed as deputy chief of staff, despite pre-emptive protest from progressives…” — Jake Jacobs* Educator and writer Jake Jacobs has written an excellent essay that not only explores some of Joe Biden's more questionable appointees, but also curates all of the highly profitable school privatization schemes that the billionaire class have built into their charter heist laws and programs. The piece is entitled Time to End Tax Breaks for Charter Schools and The Ultra-Rich. Of note is how the essay...
Wot? No Gas?
Paul Homewood, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 9 hours ago
By Paul Homewood https://mip-prd-web.azurewebsites.net/ Currently the National Grid shows demand for natural gas peaking at about 420 mcm (million cubic meters/day) in the UK. Over the day as a whole, it will probably average out at around 350 mcm. How much is this in energy terms? 1 mcm = 10.55 GWh, […]
UPDATED: Simon Hicks Reporting: The Next 13 Days Our Military Will Be Taking Down The Remaining Deep State Players PLUS: Notice to Readers
greencrow, Greencrow As The Crow Flies - 9 hours ago
*UPDATED: January 10, 2021: SGT Report is saying that Trump will not Resign* *H/T Simon Hicks* *From Before Its News* *The Next 13 Days Our Military Will Be Taking Down The Remaining Deep State Players | Financial Markets | Before It's News* *WARNING, HEADS UP!!!!* "Dear Patriots, Some of you may recognize my name. I have daily briefing with POTUS and have posted here before a handful of times as a “helper”. What I’m about to disclose is the most important post you’ll read before the inauguration. Q will not post here again, at least not for a while. The operation is ongoing bu...
Views
Larry-Lambert, Virtual Mirage - 10 hours ago
Views Views through night vision gear have changed dramatically in my lifetime – from illuminated IR to active (easily detectible) night vision – where the enemy round is going right to the source, to passive night vision and then to broad view passive night vision where you’re seeing a panorama. Helmets are beginning to […] The post Views appeared first on Virtual Mirage.
Donald Trump Is Still a Danger to Our National Security
JBellinger, Lawfare - 10 hours ago
In December 2015, I wrote a post for* Lawfare* entitled “Donald Trump Is a Danger to Our National Security,” in which I argued that Trump not only lacked “the qualifications to be president, he is actually endangering our national security right now by his hate-filled and divisive rhetoric.” I concluded “Donald Trump not only would be a dangerous president, he is making us less safe as a candidate.” At the time, I may have been the first national security official to write publicly that Trump was and would be a threat to the United States. Tragically, more than five years later, Tr...
Auld Lang Syne by Sissel - Sunday Song
greencrow, Greencrow As The Crow Flies - 11 hours ago
*Auld Lang Syne by Sissel - Sunday Song* *Loved the shots of animals and nature* *Even Northerntruthseeker [the Canadian Lynx]* *Shows up near the end!!!*
ZERO new cases of COVID-19 announced in Nova Scotia on Sunday, Jan. 10
Tim Bousquet, Halifax Examiner - 11 hours ago
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. For the first time since Nov. 11, zero cases of COVID-19 are announced in Nova Scotia today (Sunday, Jan. 10). There remain 28 known active cases in the province. No one is in hospital with the disease. […]
Oceans Confirm Global Cooling Year End 2020
Hifast, Climate Collections - 11 hours ago
Originally posted on Science Matters: The best context for understanding decadal temperature changes comes from the world’s sea surface temperatures (SST), for several reasons: The ocean covers 71% of the globe and drives average temperatures; SSTs have a constant water content, (unlike air temperatures), so give a better reading of heat content variations; A major…
Iran threatens to expel UN nuclear inspectors unless US sanctions are lifted
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 11 hours ago
[image: Iran threatens to expel UN nuclear inspectors unless US sanctions are lifted] The Iranian parliament has warned that the Islamic Republic will expel International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors from its nuclear sites if the US sanctions against Tehran are not terminated. “According to the law, if the Americans do not lift financial, banking, and oil sanctions by 21 February, we will definitely expel the IAEA inspectors from the country and will definitely end the voluntary implementation of the Additional Protocol”, Iranian MP Ahmad Amirabadi Farahani said. Continue...
Oceans Confirm Global Cooling Year End 2020
Ron Clutz, Science Matters - 13 hours ago
The best context for understanding decadal temperature changes comes from the world’s sea surface temperatures (SST), for several reasons: The ocean covers 71% of the globe and drives average temperatures; SSTs have a constant water content, (unlike air temperatures), so give a better reading of heat content variations; A major El Nino was the dominant […]
Prospects for U.S.-Iran Relations at the Start of the Biden Administration
kpollackguest, Lawfare - 14 hours ago
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, prepares to deliver a speech in Qom, Iran, on Jan. 8, 2021. Photo credit: khamenei.ir, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ *Editor’s Note: One of President-elect Biden’s most pressing foreign policy questions will be whether, and how, to reengage with Iran over its nuclear program. American Enterprise Institute’s Kenneth Pollack argues that hopes to negotiate a better agreement are, for now, unrealistic and that the window for action will not be open for long.* *Daniel Byman* *** Despite the welter of conflic...
To Control Coronavirus Variant Europe Needs to Coordinate Lockdowns
Andrew J Tatem, Nick Ruktanoncha, The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Andrew J Tatem, Nick Ruktanoncha* *Coronavirus, Europe* Not all “lockdowns” are the same and, as European countries move in and out of periods with increased restrictions, travel from nearby areas can threaten to quickly reverse any progress in reducing COVID-19 cases. The virus does not respect national borders. With the advent of winter and the emergence of a new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, cases of COVID-19 have been rising sharply in many countries and governments are scrambling to keep up. As vaccines slowly roll out around the continent, governments are introducing lo...
5 Worst Guns: Why These Weapons Failed So Badly
Kyle Mizokami, The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *History, World* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2016%3Anewsml_RC1E62886EA0&share=true] Do not even bother trying to try them for yourself. *Key Point:* You never want to use these. Guns are tools meant to address life or death situations, so a poorly designed or manufactured gun often earns particular scorn. The gun world has long memories of particularly bad firearms, many of which sealed the fate of brave soldiers. The rapid pace of firearms development in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries meant that few if any mistakes w...
Will Biden Continue Trump’s Trade War on China?
Stratfor Worldview, The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Stratfor Worldview* *Economics, Asia* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2021%3Anewsml_RC273L9TV0TL&share=true] Trump imposed many tariffs on Beijing over his four years as President. *The Biden administration will probably maintain many of the existing U.S. tariffs on China, ushering in a lengthy period of restrictions that will likely prompt businesses to consider shifting their supply chains and operations outside China. *While President-elect Joe Biden says he intends to review the tariffs U.S. President Donald Trump placed on China, he has sa...
Why Trump's challenges to democracy will be a big problem for Biden
Victor Menaldo, Professor of Political Science, Co-founder of the Political Economy Forum, University of Washington, Politics/Election '20 – The Conversation - 9 hours ago
Scholars of democracy say the real threat to the nation will come after Trump leaves office.
Parler Squeezed as Trump Seeks New Online Megaphone
AP News, Snopes.com - 9 hours ago
President Donald Trump has been kicked off of most mainstream social media platforms following his supporters’ siege on the U.S. Capitol.
Oaths Questioned As Trump’s Backers Fight Against Loss
AP News, Snopes.com - 9 hours ago
Before they take office, elected officials swear to uphold the U.S. Constitution. But what happens when they are accused of doing the opposite?
The role of the Israel lobby in Jon Ossoff’s ascendance
Alison Weir, Israel Palestine News - 10 hours ago
The new US Senator from Georgia, a 33-year-old who is now the best funded Senate candidate in history, began his political career in 2006 helping to defeat Georgia's first African-American woman to be elected to Congress. She had been targeted for removal by the Israel lobby...
The Traditional Interpretation of the Pardon Power is Wrong. And a reply to a critic.
Corey Brettschneider, Balkinization - 10 hours ago
Jeff Tulis and I have written a piece about why the traditional interpretation of the "except in case of impeachment" exception to the pardon power is mistaken. I am posting here a preview of the piece and a reply to a critic. The piece is here: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/traditional-interpretation-pardon-power-wrong/614083/ Here is a preview The power to grant “pardons and reprieves” includes the power to commute, or reduce, sentences after convictions. But this power is constrained by a limit: “except in cases of impeachment.” Traditionally, this excepti...
Did a Newspaper Incorrectly Identify Capitol Rioters as Antifa?
Madison Dapcevich, Snopes.com - 10 hours ago
The photograph showed members of a mob climbing the exterior walls of the U.S. Capitol.
Possible Virus Exposure for Lawmakers Sheltering During Riot
AP News, Snopes.com - 10 hours ago
House lawmakers may have been exposed to someone testing positive for COVID-19 while they sheltered at an undisclosed location during the Capitol siege.
U.S. Defense Officials Not Happy That House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Tried To Insert Herself In The Military Chain Of Command
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 10 hours ago
*WNU Editor:* From the *New York Times* .... *.... Ms. Pelosi also said she had spoken with Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about “preventing an unstable president from initiating military hostilities or accessing the launch codes.” . . . * *But some Defense Department officials have privately expressed anger that political leaders seemed to be trying to get the Pentagon to do the work of Congress and Cabinet secretaries, who have legal options to remove a president. * *Mr. Trump, they noted, is still the commander in chief, and unless he is remo...
On Contact: America’s Existential Crisis
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 10 hours ago
On the show this week, Chris Hedges discusses with moral philosopher Dr. Cornel West what we can learn about America's existential crisis after witnessing enraged supporters of Donald Trump storming the Capitol to try and halt Congress's counting of the electoral votes to confirm the victory of President-elect Joe Biden. Dr. Cornel West, professor of the practice of public philosophy at Harvard University, and the author of numerous books, including ‘Race Matters’. The post On Contact: America’s Existential Crisis appeared first on PopularResistance.Org.
Rioters Who Stormed US Capitol Now Face Backlash at Work
AP News, Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
People on social media have been trying to identify rioters photographed or filmed at the Capitol, pressuring companies that employ them to fire them.
No “Will of the People” in the Election
Pierre Lemieux, Econlib - 11 hours ago
Writing about the final (with some luck) fireworks of the Trump presidency, Wall Street Journal columnist Holman Jenkins proposes many interesting or challenging insights, up to and including a final contradiction (“Don’t Expect Police to Shoot at Crowds,” January 8, 2021). The penultimate sentence states a deep and science-based idea that you don’t meet often […] The post No “Will of the People” in the Election appeared first on Econlib.
Strait of Hormuz tension rises as S. Korean warship enters waters
Uriel, 'Nox & Friends - 11 hours ago
South Korea Deploys Warship to Patrol Persian Gulf After Iran Seizes Tanker NTD Lorenz Duchamps January 7, 2021 A warship has been deployed by a South Korean anti-piracy unit in response to the seizure of a commercial tanker and its 20-member crew in Gulf waters by Iranian forces earlier this week, according to reports. The Chungmugong Yi Sun Sin class destroyer named Choi Young arrived in the waters on Tuesday and will be operating near the Strait of Hormuz, which is located between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, South Korean Defense Ministry spokesperson Boo Seung Chan said...
They Went From “Flatten The Curve” To “Put Your Hands Behind Your Back” So Fast We Didn’t Even Notice
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 11 hours ago
HERE THERE BE TASERS: Premier Francois Legault announced a “shock therapy” of several new lockdown measures on Wednesday afternoon. Your official government watchdogs welcome the “heavy police presence”. Selley: Because governments can’t get their act together and some critical mass of citizens can’t or won’t take the precautions necessary not to spread and catch the… Continue reading →
The Case for Interferon…
Kent Heckenlively, BolenReport - 12 hours ago
By Kent Heckenlively, JD You might be saying to yourself, where’s Kent been? To be honest, since the runaway success of Plague of Corruption, your humble correspondent has become quite the favorite of his publishing company. I’m on track to publish four, possibly five, books this year. And in an amazing plot twist … Continue reading The Case for Interferon…
Artists And Academics Oppose Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 14 hours ago
More than 150 artists and academics and over 20 trade unions, cultural organizations, student groups and indigenous collectives in Montréal are calling on the Canadian government to cancel the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement. This community declaration of collective opposition to the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement (CIFTA) was first launched in July 2020 as part of the global wave of protests to oppose a push by the extreme right wing government of Benjamin Netanyahu to formally annex the Jordan Valley, in the occupied Palestinian territory. Specifically this statement is p...
People Are Losing Their Jobs Over The Assault On The Capitol
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 14 hours ago
Seattle's police department is investigating two of its officers after finding out they were in Washington, DC, as public and private employees face scrutiny for partaking in the pro-Trump rally-turned-riot at the US Capitol. “The department fully supports all lawful expressions of First Amendment freedom of speech, but the violent mob and events that unfolded at the US Capitol were unlawful and resulted in the death of another police officer,”Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz said on Friday night in astatement. The two officers were placed on administrative leave during the inve...
The War Against Personal Choice, Freedoms And Decision Making: Brainwashing for Vaccine Acceptance
Penny, Penny for your thoughts - 8 hours ago
*There are a whole lot of very well informed people about. And they have serious concerns about the experimental, authorized for emergency use (not approved) Covid mRNA therapy. For very good reasons. See a few select reports: **CovIdiocracy: False Hope, Hysteria Rules & More Vaccine Reactions and Deaths & CDC Admits Severe Reactions (Anaphylaxis) to Covid mRNA Vaccines Occur at MORE then 10 TIMES the Rate of Flu Vaccine & Swiss Nursing Home Resident Dies After Covid-19 "Vaccine"- Israeli Man Dies Within Hours of Covid Vaccination & This Nurse Got Covid-19 After Vaccination...
US Federal Prosecutor Opens Excessive Force Investigation Into The Capital Building Death Of Ashli Babbitt
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 10 hours ago
Babbitt is seen being tended to by officers after being shot by Capitol Police during the siege his civil rights section to be the lead prosecutors for the case which is being investigation by both FBI and DC Police @DCPoliceDept The same US Attorney’s Office has also opened a homicide investigation into the death of Capitol Hill Police Officer Brian Sicknick. — Catherine Herridge (@CBS_Herridge) January 9, 2021 * Daily Mail*: *US Attorney launches federal excessive force investigation into death of Trump-supporting Air Force vet who was shot dead as rioters breached the Capitol ...
When Is A Riot A Riot Or A 'First Amendment Protest'
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 11 hours ago
Pro-Trump protesters storm the Capitol, January 6. REUTERS/Ahmed Gaber *Jeff Schogol, Task & Purpose:* *Here’s why Pentagon described the Capitol Hill riots as ‘First Amendment protests’ * When is a riot not a riot? The Defense Department is taking heat for describing the recent attempted insurrection on Capitol Hill as “First Amendment Protests in Washington D.C.” On Friday, the Pentagon released a timeline of how the National Guard was activated for and responded to the Jan. 6 riots, during which a pro-Trump mob attempted to recreate the 1917 Bolshevik revolution by storming C...
Gab is ready for Trump. Fox News celebrities ditch Twitter
Alex Christoforou, The Duran - 11 hours ago
Gab is ready for Trump. Fox News celebrities ditch Twitter ****News Topic 241***** ‘Last Tweet’: Greg Gutfeld Joins Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin, Lou Dobbs In Leaving Twitter ‘Last Tweet’: Greg Gutfeld Joins Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin, Lou Dobbs In Leaving Twitter Fox News host Greg Gutfeld joined other prominent conservative voices on Saturday by abandoning […]
Breaking out of Polarities: How a Generation was Brainwashed
Matthew Ehret, The Duran - 11 hours ago
From the Canadian Patriot Review Why is it that so few Americans alive seem to have any real understanding of their own anti-imperial traditions or even the system of political economy that emerged out of the revolution as the first in history to put humanity, and the powers of mind above the laws of monetary […]
Pompeo kills “One-China” policy. Taiwan happy, China furious, Biden in trouble
The Duran, The Duran - 11 hours ago
Pompeo kills “One-China” policy. Taiwan happy, China furious, Biden in trouble The Duran: Episode 850. Washington “One-China” Policy Dead As Pompeo Lifts Restrictions On US-Taiwan Relations Washington “One-China” Policy Dead As Pompeo Lifts Restrictions On US-Taiwan Relations The embattled Trump administration has just nuked the decades long US recognition of the “One China” policy status […]
Why Capital Hill Plainclothes Police Have Striped Reflective Tape On Their Glock Pistols
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 11 hours ago
Twitter *Warzone/The Drive:* *Why Plainclothes Police Had Striped Reflective Tape On Their Glocks During The Capitol Siege * Pictures of officers behind a barricade during yesterday's siege show some had interesting red-and-white striped tape on the sides of their guns. The storming of the U.S. Capitol yesterday by a mob of supporters of President Donald Trump, which you can read more about in The War Zone's rolling coverage during that event, almost immediately produced a flurry of already iconic images. These include photographs of plainclothes police officers barricading the ...
Keynes’ Sleight of Hand: From Fabian Eugenicist to World Government High Priest
Matthew Ehret, The Duran - 12 hours ago
Originally published on Strategic Culture Foundation It is as if the battle lines of civil war have been drawn up between masses of Americans who have been led to believe in either a false “bottom up” approach to economics, as defined by the Austrian School represented by Friedrich von Hayek, or in the “top-down” approach […]
Sunday Morning Links
Unknown, Accidental Deliberations - 12 hours ago
This and that for your Sunday reading. - Rebecca Solnit discusses the importance of accurately describing Donald Trump's attempted coup, rather than euphemizing a violent attack against democracy. Enzo DiMatteo highlights the similarities between Trump's playbook and that of the federal Cons. Murray Mandryk writes that the U.S.' experience with authoritarian demagoguery should result in our recognizing the need to strengthen our own political systems against similar threats, while David Climenhaga warns conservatives that de-Trumpification is coming to Canada. And Christina Warner...
EU signs agreement with China despite member concerns
Uriel, 'Nox & Friends - 12 hours ago
NTD is a serious threat to MSM. Now it along with all other conservative media are under attack. A quick view of NTD on YouTube will prove this out. Their Saturday report program quickly highlighting in short bursts of today’s news which included information on Trump and a sentence on EU and China (for no other reason visisble) was restricted so that those wanting to watch had to go through more than one filter simply to hear their broadcast. UNFRIGGIN BELIEVABLE. For now, going to their homepage just like OAN will give access to their daily newcasts. Parler unfortunately has … Conti...
Border Guards Detain six Nationals Flying Into Portugal From Brazil With Forged Negative Covid Tests
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 12 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - SEF borders agency inspectors have detained six nationals attempting to enter Portugal on a flight from Brazil carrying forged negative tests for Covid-19. The six, aged between 28 and 32, have now been subjected to official PCR tests – for which they had to pay around €100 (R$662) – and […] The post Border Guards Detain six Nationals Flying Into Portugal From Brazil With Forged Negative Covid Tests appeared first on The Rio Times.
Episode #357 – ‘Selfie Sedition!’ with host Patrick Henningsen, Basil Valentine
NEWS WIRE, 21st Century Wire - 12 hours ago
*SUNDAY WIRE* | Strap yourselves in and lower the blast shield – this is your brave new world…
Brazil´s Minas Gerais State Reports big Decrease in Dengue in 2020
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 12 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The State Department of Health (SES) in Minas Gerais, Brazil reported 58,126 confirmed dengue fever cases (84,529 probable cases- confirmed and suspected) in 2020, a significant decrease compared to the previous year when the state saw 483,733 probable cases. Minas Gerais is one of the Brazilian states that has the […] The post Brazil´s Minas Gerais State Reports big Decrease in Dengue in 2020 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Foreign investment in Cuba, a Crucial Bet for Development
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 13 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Faced with a very challenging scenario, Cuba insists decisively on attracting foreign capital for development, Director of Foreign Investment at the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Investment, Carlos Luis Jorge, told Prensa Latina. Despite specialized sources predicting a fall of more than 40 percent in investment flows at a global […] The post Foreign investment in Cuba, a Crucial Bet for Development appeared first on The Rio Times.
An Alternative to Impeachment
Gerard N. Magliocca, Balkinization - 13 hours ago
Congress could pass a Joint Resolution stating its belief that the President is now ineligible to serve pursuant to Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment. This resolution would not remove the President from office, but would accomplish several important objectives. 1. This would be a formal rebuke to the President's actions that would avoid the complications involved in an impeachment trial. 2. Such a Joint Resolution would probably draw more support than an impeachment. 3. This Joint Resolution would lay the predicate for a court challenge to any effort by the President to s...
Dear Black People: Obamas, Biden and Liberal Media are Gaslighting You
Teodrose Fikremariam, null - 13 hours ago
The phrase, “who are you going to believe, me or your lying eyes” should be the theme of the last two days of media and democrats faux outrage The post Dear Black People: Obamas, Biden and Liberal Media are Gaslighting You appeared first on .
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Jenna Orkin, From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 13 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin Coronavirus Updates: Three More Cases Of COVID-19 Variant Found In NY, Says Cuomo People at the US Capitol riot are being identified and losing their jobs Atmospheric CO2 in 2021 will reach level 50% higher than before industrial era, says Met Office Assembly Bill A416 2021-2022 Legislative Session Relates to the removal of cases, contacts and carriers of communicable diseases who are potentially dangerous to the public health U Alabama Denies Ties to Wuhan 'He wrapped his arms around me and he died': COVID-19 has killed thousands of young Americans. This is not j...
Guyana´s President Rejects Venezuela’s Decree to Unilaterally Extend Maritime Boundary
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 13 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Guyana´s President Irfaan Ali on Saturday afternoon, January 9th, rejected Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro’s unilateral extension of his country’s maritime boundary with Venezuela to take in the oilrich Atlantic waters off the Essequibo Region. Ali said the most senior official of the Venezuelan embassy in Guyana´s capital Georgetown was Saturday […] The post Guyana´s President Rejects Venezuela’s Decree to Unilaterally Extend Maritime Boundary appeared first on The Rio Times.
Upheaval In The Government As US Capitol Riot Fallout Spreads
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
Washington, DC — Dozens of Legislators led by House Majority Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D), called for the Vice President to remove Executive powers from the President as the country reeled from the Wednesday riots at the U.S. Capitol. Lead Democratic Lawmakers said they would start impeachment proceedings against President Trump on Monday if Vice President Pence did not act quickly to remove the President under provisions of Section 4 of the 25th Amendment. Some Legislators are calling the riots an attempted coup while others are demanding ...
Yes, China Is a Military Superpower
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Technology, Asia* China has leveraged forty years of sustained economic growth to not only develop a world-class military. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *The PLA Air Force and Navy both operate the H-6 long-range strategic jet bomber, a domestic copy of the Soviet Tu-16 ‘Badger’. Like the U.S. B-52, the H-6 can’t go anywhere near enemy fighters or air-defense missiles but can safely truck along very long-range missiles. On October 1, 2019 the People’s Republic of China’s celebrated the seventieth anniversary of its official founding after Mao Zedong co...
Is Trump Destined for a Second Impeachment?
Gene Healy, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Gene Healy* *Politics, The Americas* Can either of those things be done? Both? How might the Constitution’s presidential defenestration provisions work here? We started the week with an impeachment debate that looked like a rewarmed version of the one we had last year. “Read the transcript!”: when President Donald Trump got on the phone Saturday to lean on Georgia election officials, was it another “perfect call” or a second, sordid shakedown attempt? By yesterday afternoon we were in entirely new territory: a violent mob storming and trashing the Capitol, four dead, guns and e...
Still sorting, packing and reshelving
Norma, Collecting My Thoughts - 12 hours ago
Does your husband (or you) save screws, nails, tacks, and pieces of unidentified plumbing parts, TV wires, and pencils too small to use? We are rearranging the basement storage. Life was easier I think when we lived in a house for 34 years that had no basement and no attic. Now we've had both for the last 19 years, and I swear these mysterious oddies and endies in my husband's tool area just grow! I have one box that is just light bulbs. extra extension cords and surge protectors, and emergency candles. Another box of containers that just hold things together like putty, glue, calk...
2nd GOP Senator Now Urges Trump to Resign over Capitol Riot
AP News, Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
Two Republican senators now say President Donald Trump should resign as support for the drive to impeach him a second time is gaining momentum in his final days in office.
How to Secure the U.S. Capitol: The U.S. Army Can Stop Another Attack
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *U.S. Capitol, * The U.S. Army has now had years of experience working quickly to discern who armed insurgents might be … and who are not combatants. Following the fast-unfolding mayhem on Capitol hill and the need to respond quickly, Pentagon leaders are now emerging to detail some of the DoD response to the crisis. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy explained that DC authorities asked the Army for help, prompting a fast reaction. "Yesterday (Jan. 6) was a horrible and shameful day here in the capital, and the nation at large," Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said, accordin...
Experts: Now Is the Time to Invoke the 25 Amendment on Trump
Rachel Bucchino, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Rachel Bucchino* *Security, Americas* The fact that Vice President Mike Pence had to activate the National Guard tells Americans that he no longer has confidence that President Donald Trump can execute his duties. So, in a sense, the 25th Amendment has already been invoked. After a violent, deadly mob tackled through the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, disrupting the electoral college certification to affirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, several lawmakers joined in an effort to remove President Donald Trump from office through the 25th Amendment. There have also been talks a...
: How Terrorists Burned Iranian Movie Goers at the Cinema Rex in 1978
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *History, Middle East* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C1999%3Anewsml_RP1DRIHULAAA&share=true] The attack would spark the Iranian Revolution. *Key point: *The terrible attack took hundreds of lives. It would also change the world. At 9 PM on August 19, 1978, four men entered the lobby of the Rex Cinema in Abadan after having been disappointed to find the nearby Soheila cinema closed. After snacking on grilled kebabs, they entered the theater to attend the show. What could have been the beginning of an ordinary night’s entertai...
Note to Joe Biden and AOC: Don't Expect a Progressive Revolution
Jared Mondschein, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Jared Mondschein* *Politics, The Americas* As Democrats prepare to take control of the presidency and both chambers of Congress, their attention must be focused on how to address the divisiveness and extreme partisanship that has become rooted in the US, allowing such a dramatic assault on democracy to take place. History took place in the United States today. Two Democrats were announced the winners of the run-off elections for Georgia’s two Senate seats, allowing the Democrats to take back control of the chamber from the Republicans. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock were the fi...
China's J-20 Stealth Fighter: Now with Chinese Engines?
Mark Episkopos, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Mark Episkopos* *J-20 Stealth Fighter, * China is moving away from the use of Russia’s AL-31F engines on future J-20 fighters. China is moving away from the use of Russia’s AL-31F engines on future J-20 stealth fighters, opting instead for a domestically-produced alternative. Earlier this week, the South China Morning Post reported that future models of China’s fifth-generation J-20 stealth fighter will no longer ship with Russia’s AL-31F engines. The decision apparently stems from Russia’s insistence on tying future AL-31F engine sales to further Su-35 import deals. “It’s imp...
Protecting the Planet While Great Powers Compete
James Jay Carafano, Jack Spenser, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*James Jay Carafano, Jack Spenser* *Security, Americas* It wouldn’t take long for the world to see that families and businesses, operating in a free market, will yield far better environmental and economic results than any government policy ever could. And that would be U.S. global leadership. This blue dot in space is the only planet we have. We must take care of it. Like any other great challenge, this demands a seriousness of effort paired with the honesty and courage to insist on practical, realistic, efficacious policies. The planet doesn’t know we have national borders. We...
China Is Touting Its Totalitarianism Taming of the Coronavirus Over U.S. Democratic Failure
Patrick Mendis, Joey Wang, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Patrick Mendis, Joey Wang* *Security, Asia* The Chinese Communist Party may be demonstrating a superior and lasting form of governance over the evolving American model. For months, President Donald Trump and his White House advisor Larry Kudlow continually touted that the United States was on a V-shaped economic recovery, suggesting a swift upward turn to pre-pandemic levels in the midst of his administration’s failure to manage the economy and the coronavirus pandemic. In June 2020, Trump said that “this is better than a V. This is a rocket ship. This is far better than a V.” I...
Why America Needs to Crack Down on Rightwing and Leftwing Anarchy
Sumantra Maitra, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Sumantra Maitra* *Security, Americas* A bipartisan crackdown on all forms of insurrectionary forces within is of paramount importance because historically more than any foreign enemy, domestic propaganda and insurrectionary forces can result in state collapse. The same people who supported political violence, and opposed any police action are now taking a political position that contradicts their original stance. The condemnation of last night’s storming was universal from the Left and Right. But the condemnation of the yearlong violence that preceded that came only from the Rig...
Why these 4 Ohio-Class Ballistic Submarines Became Cruise Missile ‘Carriers’
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 12 hours ago
The guided-missile submarine USS Georgia, right, transits the Strait of Hormuz with the guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal, the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea, not pictured, and an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, attached to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 48. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Indra Beaufort) *Peter Suciu, Natinal Interest:* *How 4 Ohio-Class Ballistic Submarines Became Cruise Missile ‘Carriers’* *This submarine is one of the most powerful to ever go under the waves. * The “Buckeye State” may be nearly 500 miles from the At...
Israeli Settlers Severely Beat 78-Year-Old Palestinian Man
contact@ifamericansknew.org, Israel Palestine News - 12 hours ago
During a weekend of settler violence in the land of caves, Israeli settlers beat a 78-year-old Palestinian farmer with clubs. Then they came back to attack his family.
Deadly avalanche strikes ski resort in the world's northernmost city of Norilsk, Russia
The Watchers » Latest articles - 12 hours ago
Three family members were killed by an avalanche in the world's northernmost city of Norilsk, Russia on Friday, January 8, 2021. The avalanche struck the Otdelnaya Gora ski resort in northern Russia late Friday (LT), the authorities confirmed early Saturday...... Read more »
Study Finds Majority Of College Students Think Government Should Punish ‘Hate Speech’
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 12 hours ago
The Federalist – by Evita Duffy An overwhelming majority of students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison think the government should be able to punish “hate speech,”... The post Study Finds Majority Of College Students Think Government Should Punish ‘Hate Speech’ appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
MARTIAL LAW_ The province of Quebec, Canada is now under police rule. Every night from 8 pm. to 5 am
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 12 hours ago
Zionist Global communist takeover wake up January 10th, 2021. The post MARTIAL LAW_ The province of Quebec, Canada is now under police rule. Every night from 8 pm. to 5 am appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Will US intelligence Agencies Share What They Know About UFOs In The Next 180 Days?
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 12 hours ago
An unidentified aerial phenomenon in a U.S. military video. NBC *CNN:* *US intelligence agencies have 180 days to share what they know about UFOs, thanks to the Covid-19 relief and spending bill * (CNN) When President Donald Trump signed the $2.3 trillion coronavirus relief and government funding bill into law in December, so began the 180-day countdown for US intelligence agencies to tell Congress what they know about UFOs. No, really. The director of National Intelligence and the secretary of defense have a little less than six months now to provide the congressional intellig...
Cuomo Embraces New Sin Taxes to Replace Some COVID-19 Fiscal Shortfalls; Full Legalization of On-Line Betting and Adult Cannabis Use to Feature in 2021 State of the State Proposals
Jerri-Lynn Scofield, naked capitalism - 14 hours ago
Governor Andrew Cuomo proposes allowing on-line betting and full cannabis legalization, two measures that would increase NY tax revenues.
When is $15 million really $10 million, but actually only $5 million?
Stephen Kimber, Halifax Examiner - 14 hours ago
On this Makeover Monday, let us pretend — because there will be more than a little smoke-and-mirrors pretend in this column — that it is actually the morning of Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011. On that day, according to Dalhousie News, the official public relations organ of Dalhousie University, this happened: Though it was pouring rain […]
Musical Interlude: Peder B. Helland, "Dance of Life"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 11 hours ago
*Peder B. Helland, "Dance of Life"* Fantasy music for relaxation and meditation. Absolutely beautiful! A must - enjoy at full screen!
HE'S NOT ON A FAREWELL TOUR
Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog - 12 hours ago
Which of these sounds more plausible to you? Here's Politico: In interviews, more than half a dozen Republicans who had supported or worked for Trump say the president isn’t likely to run again, though he may tease it. If Trump changes his mind again and chooses to run, some said they would urge him not to, while others hope he’d be talked out of it. “I think nothing is going to happen,” said a Trump friend. “He won’t be around in 2024. He’s not going to run. He’s going to fuck around and say he’s going to run. ... He’ll tease. I don’t think he’s ever going to say ‘I won’t run.’ He...
"Compassion..."
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 12 hours ago
"Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too. " - Frederick Buechner
Lehigh University Rescinds Trump’s Honorary Degree
Jamal Eric Watson, Diverse - 12 hours ago
Lehigh University, the private research university in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, has rescinded and revoked the honorary degree that it awarded to President Donald J. Trump in 1988, according to The Brown and White student newspaper. The university announced the decision on Friday, two days after a group of Trump supporters violently led an insurrection at the […]
"Housing Crash Is Coming! $10 Trillion Housing Debt Heading To Economic Collapse & Stock Market CRASH"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 13 hours ago
*"Housing Crash Is Coming! $10 Trillion Housing Debt * *Heading To Economic Collapse & Stock Market CRASH"* by Epic Economist "Will the housing market crash happen in 2021? The housing market has been through a wild ride over the past few months. While some cities have seen an unprecedented upsurge in housing demand, others are registering record-high vacancies. For that reason, analysts have been arguing that the roaring days of the housing market were mostly boosted by the extraordinary amount of fiscal stimulus, as well as the extension of the forbearance period and the foreclosu...
Gregory Mannarino, "Markets, A Look Ahead: Critical Updates"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 13 hours ago
Gregory Mannarino, AM 1/10/21: *"Markets, A Look Ahead: Critical Updates"* - https://traderschoice.net
Musical Interlude: Medwyn Goodall, "Invocation" Part 2
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 13 hours ago
*Medwyn Goodall, "Invocation" Part 2*
"We Are All Of Us..."
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 13 hours ago
"We are all of us born, live and die in the shadow of a giant question mark that refers to three questions: Where do we come from? Why? And where, oh where, are we going?" - Tennessee Williams ○ "You're dying right now. Right this minute." He looked at his watch, said, "Right this second," then tapped it with his finger. "See there? That second passed. It's gone. Not gonna come again. And while I'm talking to you, every second I'm talking, a second is passing. Gone. Count them up. Count them down. They're gone. Each one bringing you closer to your dying time. " - Billie Letts ○ ...
"The Real Damage..."
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 13 hours ago
"The real damage is done by those millions who want to 'survive.' The honest men who just want to be left in peace. Those who don't want their little lives disturbed by anything bigger than themselves. Those with no sides and no causes. Those who won't take measure of their own strength, for fear of antagonizing their own weakness. Those who don't like to make waves - or enemies. Those for whom freedom, honor, truth, and principles are only literature. Those who live small, mate small, die small. It's the reductionist approach to life: if you keep it small, you'll keep it under con...
Free Speech Crackdown; Repressive Big Tech Gangs Up Against Competitor; Parler Founder-CEO Responds; Start Boycotting Big Tech ASAP
miningawareness, Mining Awareness + - 13 hours ago
They appear to have honed their censorship skills in China and now are using it on US. Boycott Amazon, that’s … Continue reading →
"Dazed Lemmings Can't Bridge The Reality Gap"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 13 hours ago
*"Dazed Lemmings Can't Bridge The Reality Gap"* by Zen Gardner "Ever wonder why people can't make the leap to real awareness of what's going on? Why do so few people seem to care about the dangers of the unreported Fukushima radiation levels and toxic debris washing across the pacific? As the Orwellian American police state sweeps into place, the economy crumbles, Americans celebrated their entry into a brave new year with minimal awareness of the true dangers already dissolving their health, wealth and chances for survival in an engineered conflagration of mythic proportions that ...
"Eventually You Understand..."
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 13 hours ago
"That's where it all begins. That's where we all get screwed big time as we grow up. They tell us to think, but they don't really mean it. They only want us to think within the boundaries they define. The moment you start thinking for yourself- really thinking- so many things stop making any sense. And if you keep thinking, the whole world just falls apart. Nothing makes sense anymore. All rules, traditions, expectations- they all start looking so fake, so made up. You want to just get rid of all this stuff and make things right. But the moment you say it, they tell you to shut up a...
Future Folk Hero from Arkansas Arrested for “Brazen Act” 🙄 of Putting Feet Up On Pelosi’s Desk🤣; Hope He Cleaned His Boots With Holy Water Afterwards 😳
miningawareness, Mining Awareness + - 14 hours ago
After being in Pelosi’s office, hope the guy cleaned his boots with holy water… 😇🙏🏻 FBI File of Pelosi’s politician … Continue reading →
George Mason: Forgotten Founder, He Conceived the Bill of Rights
Mary, From the Trenches World Report - 14 hours ago
Smithsonian Magazine – by Stephan A. Schwartz The air was cool and fresh on that Monday morning in September 1787 as the delegates to the... The post George Mason: Forgotten Founder, He Conceived the Bill of Rights appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
BLM/Antifa Leader Who Threatened To “F***ing Rip Trump Outta That Office!” and Was Standing Next Ashli Babbit When She Was Shot In Capitol Building…Is FREELY Walking Around DC
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 14 hours ago
100 Percent Fed Up – by Ulysses S. Tennyson Law enforcement is reportedly chasing down dozens of people who entered the capitol on Wednesday, plus... The post BLM/Antifa Leader Who Threatened To “F***ing Rip Trump Outta That Office!” and Was Standing Next Ashli Babbit When She Was Shot In Capitol Building…Is FREELY Walking Around DC appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Chinese Military Bases in The Caribbean?
Mary, From the Trenches World Report - 14 hours ago
Jewish Policy Center – by Lawrence A. Franklin China’s Communist Party (CCP) seems to be implementing a multidimensional strategy in the Caribbean, reaping economic, political... The post Chinese Military Bases in The Caribbean? appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
GSL BS 2
David Middleton, Debunk House - 15 hours ago
Observations from the geological record show that atmospheric CO2 concentrations are now at their highest levels in at least the past 3 million years. Maybe even 12 million years… This passage from Evolution of the Earth (1976) is just as true today as when we were geology students way back in the Pleistocene… Unfortunately we […]
Scenes from this morning's 'Andrew Marr Show'
Craig, Is the BBC biased? - 13 hours ago
*INTRODUCTION* *Andrew Marr*: The Government, we are told, thinks the British public is misbehaving - we aren't doing enough to stop this second wave. Well, if that's true, apart from shouting louder, what more can ministers now do? Derbyshire Police have been collaring walkers carrying cups of peppermint tea in their hands. But to impose tougher measures across the country now, when everybody is already so fed up - well, that could be a risky step. And anyway, isn't this disobedience partly the result of months of mixed messages from ministers? ************ *PAPER REVIEW* *...
Brusilov Offensive: This Russian Victory Came at Tremendous Cost in World War I
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* Russian General Aleksei Brusilov unleashed a spectacular offensive on the Eastern Front in the summer of 1916 that put Austria-Hungary in great peril during World War l. *Here's What You Need to Know*: Both the Russian military and the Russian people would soon reach the limit of what they could endure. The high command of the Imperial Russian Army, known as Stavka, met on April 14, 1916, at Mogilev in Belarus to discuss possible offensive action against the Germans and their Austro-Hungarian allies on the Eastern Front. Stavka Chief o...
Tweets Of The Day
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 13 hours ago
BREAKING: Indonesia’s military chief says divers have spotted parts of the wreckage of a Boeing 737-500 at a depth of 75 feet in the Java Sea, a day after the aircraft with 62 people onboard crashed. https://t.co/c5SpTxtw0L — The Associated Press (@AP) January 10, 2021 Switzerland's decision last spring to shutter schools was one of the most effective measures in reducing people's mobility and thus also transmission of COVID-19, a study showed Sunday https://t.co/Jd3tP11lvV pic.twitter.com/tcATh9y2em — AFP News Agency (@AFP) January 10, 2021 New coronavirus variant found in travell...
What Were They Thinking?
Owen Gray, Northern Reflections - 13 hours ago
In the midst of the COVID crisis, some of our political leaders have disgraced themselves. Robin Sears writes: In today’s crisis, some of our political leaders thought they should be on a Caribbean beach, instead of building morale and confidence as the COVID bombs drop more and more frequently across the country. The outrage at their stupidity and hypocrisy is well-earned, and will leave lasting scars on personal and political party brands. As someone who has advised political leaders for much of my career, my question is: What were these fools thinking? This has been as testing...
Picture Of The Day
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 13 hours ago
DC National Guard stands outside a mostly quiet Capitol, Thursday morning, 7 January 2021 in Washington, as workers put security fencing in place. The House and Senate certified the Biden’s Electoral College win early Thursday after a violent throng of pro-Trump rioters spent hours on Wednesday running through the Capitol. A woman was fatally shot, windows were bashed in, and the mob forced frightened lawmakers and aides to flee the building, protected by Capitol Police. © AP Photo/John Minchillo *WNU Editor:* The above picture came from this photo-gallery ....* US Capitol Clean-U...
Popular Constitutionalism and Challenges to the 2020 Election
David Super, Balkinization - 13 hours ago
As the farce of Four Seasons Total Landscaping evolved into the outrage of attempts to strong-arm state officials to change vote tallies and then the terror and tragedy of the assault on the Capitol, it is easy to lose track of the broader implications for our constitutional order. Beyond a deeply unserious President, the cravenness of those seeking to curry favor with his extremist followers, and his misfiring legal team lie some important lessons about our constitutional regime. In particular, these events raise serious questions about the role and effect of popular cons...
CIA Conspiracy to Flood Black Communities with Crack Exposed in Explosive Netflix Documentary
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: crack]“Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy,” delves into how crack cocaine—and the government—created a hellish prison state and dealt untold damage to the black community.
Why This Nazi Ho-229 Stealth Plane Never Saw Combat
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *History, Europe* [image: By Nuricom1 - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63884291] The plane was innovative, but was too little, too late. *Key point: *The ideas behind the plane were very clever. However, like other wonder weapons, it could not deliver. Northrop Grumman revealed this year it is developing a second flying wing stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider, to succeed its B-2 Spirit. However, it was a pair of German brothers in the service of Nazi Germany that developed the first jet-powered flying wing—which has been dubbed, de...
J-16D Electronic Warfare Planes are Supporting China’s Pacific Dominance
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Asia* The United States Navy’s EA-18G Growler electronic attack fighters are one of a small number of military aircraft types dedicated to the task of jamming—and potentially destroying—hostile radars. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Beijing is not interested in foreign wars at this time. However, it does seek to alter the military balance of power in the Pacific Ocean. Aircraft like the J-16D suggest the People’s Liberation Army is interested in developing specialized aircraft that will offer China a full spectrum of air-warfare capabilities—jus...
Ulyanovsk: The USSR Had Big Aircraft Carrier Dreams
Mark Episkopos, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Mark Episkopos* *History, Europe* But this dream never hit the water for many different reasons. Late into the Cold War, the Soviet military hatched a wildly ambitious scheme to become a blue-water Navy. The 1991 collapse closed that chapter in Soviet military history, but Russia’s lingering maritime ambitions remain. In the late 1960s, the Soviet shipbuilding industry began to develop its first nuclear-powered aircraft cruiser. Project 1160 Orel (“Eagle”) was a nuclear-powered supercarrier with a displacement of around 80,000 tons. Orel would have featured steam catapults, car...
Stopgap: How the Boys Antitank Rifle Helped Halt Hitler’s Panzers
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* [image: By War Office official photographer - http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib/218/media-218072/large.jpg?action=d&cat=photographsThis is photograph ARMY TRAINING 1/13 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums., Public Domain, https://commons.wikim] Here his the history of this useful weapon that helped early in the war. *Key point:* This rifle helped to slow down the Nazi advance. In the end, the rifle would need to be replaced with heavier fire power, but it served its purpose. When the first tanks appeared in World War I,...
How This F-22 Stealth Fighter Snuck Under an Iranian F-4 Fighter
Robert Beckhusen, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Robert Beckhusen* *Security, Middle East* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC2RLI9VYSE2&share=true] Stealth certainly has its uses. *Key point: *Both Iran and America fly warplanes to warn each other not to try anything. Here is how the F-22 surprised an Iranian F-4. Back in 2013, Pentagon press secretary George Little said that an Iranian air force F-4 Phantom combat plane attempted to intercept a U.S. MQ-1 Predator drone flying through international airspace near Iran. As we reported back then, one of the two F-4 Phantom jets — i...
Meet USS Forrestal: America’s First Supercarrier was Unlike Any Other
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Americas* A new generation of carrier-based jet aircraft took up more deck space, required longer decks to takeoff and land, and consumed more fuel. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *As they each approached forty years of service, the *Forrestals *were decommissioned one-by-one between 1993 and 1998—but stayed busy right until then. In 1993, *Ranger *deployed off of Somalia and provided photo reconnaissance, logistics and air support for Operation Restore Hope as it faced opposition from warlord Mohamed Farah Aidid. As the United States prepares t...
Capitol Incident A Dress Rehearsal
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
With the normalization of mass shootings in the United States it is more than understandable that members of Congress feared for their lives when they learned protestors had forced their way into the Capitol in unknown numbers and were roaming around at will. But by the time it was over we knew that: only five weapons were seized by police so most of the intruders were probably unarmed; the only shots fired were by police who killed an unarmed female protestor; video and photos showed the demonstrators taking pictures of chambers and art work like they were tourists; and the occu...
Intense cold waves bring rare snowfall to Taiwan
The Watchers » Latest articles - 14 hours ago
An intense cold wave is affecting parts of Taiwan over the past couple of days, with temperatures dropping below 10 °C (50 °F) and rare snow and freezing temperatures at higher elevations. In just 17 hours to Friday morning, January 8, 2021, local...... Read more »
Two Native Americans Arrested Over Keystone XL Protests
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 14 hours ago
As many Trump supporters who stormed the nation’s Capitol appear poised to evade punishment, two young Native Americans from the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe in South Dakota have been arrested and charged for peacefully protesting construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline (KXL). Jasilyn Charger (24) and Oscar High Elk (30) were booked by law enforcement after independent protest actions. The two are among a group of tribal members who have formed a resistance encampment on their reservation, near where the long-disputed pipeline would pass, should it be completed. “At a time when ...
Vancouver Gave Its Homeless $5,800
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 14 hours ago
“It took me about a week to really sink in that this money was for me,” Ray recounts. “You know, $7,500 bucks is a fair bit to be giving to someone in my situation.” Ray was among 50 people experiencing homelessness in Vancouver, British Columbia selected in 2018 to receive a lump sum of cash deposited into their personal bank accounts — no strings attached. The gift (about USD$5,800) was part of a pilot project, the first of its kind, and the early results are so impressive that cities across Canada and the U.S. are looking to try it themselves. For Ray, everything hit at once...
Sooner, tougher, longer
Craig, Is the BBC biased? - 14 hours ago
This time last week Andrew Neil was criticising Andrew Marr for his Boris Johnson interview, saying "Another interview with the Government in which the broadcaster’s sole theme is — why didn’t you/don’t you lockdown, sooner, tougher, longer?". Well, this week's Andrew Marr interview with Sir Keir Starmer was a close variation on that and AN might well have tweeted this week, "Another interview with the Opposition in which the broadcaster’s sole theme is — why didn’t *you*/don’t *you* call for lockdown, sooner, tougher, longer?". It began: *Andrew Marr*: Last week I spoke to th...
Matt Gaetz Calls It Like It Is
Terry, 'Nox & Friends - 15 hours ago
After the House reconvened Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) delivered a fiery speech from the House floor defending President Donald Trump and addressing protests that rocked the nation’s capital. The Florida Republican elicited both applause and boos from his colleagues in Congress Wednesday as he reminded them that Trump had asked protestors to be peaceful. He expressed his gratitude to law enforcement who defended the Capitol when it was overrun by protesters but blamed the violence on Antifa and the left’s rhetoric. While many in Congress seemed to dial back their open def...
NO JAIL for Former MMA Fighter-Turned Cop Who Broke His Girlfriend’s Face
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: domestic violence]An MMA fighter who changed professions to a police officer didn't stop throwing punches after the change, he just started aiming them at women.
Praise from the SNP
Craig, Is the BBC biased? - 15 hours ago
It's striking I think, in terms of 'bias by omission', that *Newsnight*'s Lewis Goodall, though tweeting as hyperactively as ever on all manner of aspects of UK and US politics, is avoiding the remarkable goings-in in Scottish politics at the moment. His one act of recognition that something big is going on up there - the explosive charges against Nicola Sturgeon from Alex Salmond - was a lone retweet of his BBC colleague Nick Eardley on Thursday. Rechecking Lewis's feed to make sure I hadn't missed anything I did spot, ironically, someone called Erik Geddes saying, "Lewis Goo...
The Usual
Craig, Is the BBC biased? - 15 hours ago
Jake Wallis Simons has a piece in *The Spectator *taking Amnesty International to task for traducing Israel's much-admired handling of its coronavirus vaccination rollout. Amnesty, which has become remarkably anti-Israel in recent years, has accused Israel of "denying Covid-19 vaccines to Palestinians", which is claims "exposes Israel’s institutionalised discrimination". I'll summarise it: The Palestinian leadership hasn't complained because, under the Oslo Accords, the Palestinian Authority runs health in the parts it runs (Hamas runs health in Gaza) and they don't like as...
White Too Long
Craig, Is the BBC biased? - 15 hours ago
Radio 4's *Sunday* had a very '*Sunday*' take on events on Capitol Hill this morning. They interviewed Robert P. Jones, author of *White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity*, who talked of "the ownership of the country by white Christians", and Bishop Mariann Budde, who lamented the US's "nativist, racist Christian past". They agreed with each other.
Annual Inflation in Chile Reaches 3 Percent in 2020
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Inflation rate in Chile increased by 0.3 percent in December, rising to 3 percent for the year 2020, said the National Institute of Statistics (INE) on Friday. In the last month of 2020, there was an increase in the prices of clothing and footwear by 3.7 percent, and of household […] The post Annual Inflation in Chile Reaches 3 Percent in 2020 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Covid is Killing Britons Faster than WWII
Phil, All That Is Solid ... - 15 hours ago
Covid-19 is killing Britons at a faster rate than the Second World War did. Using government statistics, as of this morning there were 80,868 deaths from just over three million registered infections. A fatality figure that has already passed the civilian death toll from the Blitz. During the Second World War itself, there were 454,000 combined military and civilian deaths - a rounded figure provided by parliamentary sources. Different publications quibble over a few thousand either way, but for the purposes of this exercise it will suffice. The first UK Covid death was recorded on...
"If You Look..."
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 15 hours ago
"We have got some very big problems confronting us and let us not make any mistake about it, human history in the future is fraught with tragedy. It's only through people making a stand against that tragedy and being doggedly optimistic that we are going to win through. If you look at the plight of the human race it could well tip you into despair, so you have to be very strong." - Robert James Brown
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