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Were Bricks of Cocaine Smuggled in Banana Shipments?
Madison Dapcevich, Snopes.com - 6 hours ago
Each individual package contained about 1 kilogram of nearly pure cocaine.
Oklahoma Lawmaker Proposes ‘Bigfoot’ Hunting Season
AP News, Snopes.com - 6 hours ago
A mythical, ape-like creature that has captured the imagination of adventurers for decades has now become the target of a state lawmaker in Oklahoma.
Friday Afternoon Links
Unknown, Accidental Deliberations - 6 hours ago
Assorted content to end your week. - David Brancaccio and Rose Conlon write about the tendency for people involved in deliberately-rigged contests to believe their success is the result of skill rather than manipulation - offering an important comparison to wealthy people who can't sort out luck from merit in their own riches and power. - Scilla Alleci discusses the prospect that the new year will see the public begin to collect a reasonable share of the revenue currently being sucked up by COVID profiteers and environmental scofflaws. Ian Vandaelle reports on CIBC Deputy Chief ...
Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent Escape Investment Ban
alemert, Lawfare - 10 hours ago
An Alibaba provisional office in China. (https://tinyurl.com/y62d6jbb; CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en) After weeks of internal U.S. government deliberation, Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent—the Chinese internet giants also known as the “BAT”—will remain available to American investors. The companies are symbols of China’s economic modernity and growth but are also accused of having links to the Chinese military and state surveillance efforts. On Jan. 7, reports surfaced that Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent might be included on the Trump administration’s...
A Practical Path to Condemn and Disqualify Donald Trump
pzelikow, Lawfare - 10 hours ago
President Donald J. Trump salutes as he prepares to board Marine One at Dalton Municipal Airport in Dalton, Ga, 2021 (Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour/https://flic.kr/p/2kpG9wC/Public Domain) Time has come for Congress to contemplate how to hold Donald Trump accountable for his efforts to overthrow the election and incite an insurrection. After all, the last time American citizens made such a concerted, violent effort to overthrow U.S. leaders was in April 1865, when a group of conspirators murdered President Abraham Lincoln and attacked other members of his Cabinet. As o...
This cannot last endlessly, can it? -Navalny
Bob Dinn, balance10 - 2 hours ago
This cannot last endlessly, that the 140-million-strong people of one of the biggest and richest countries are subjugated to a handful of bastards who are nothing. They are not even oligarchs who built their capital due to their shrewdness or wisdom. They are a bunch of worthless former Komsomol activists turned democrats turned patriots turned mafiosi turned loyalists turned rats who grabbed everything into their hands ….This nonsense will be corrected by our own work….[to become] a huge irrational Canada, said Navalny. Meanwhile the head of the party of crooks and thieves ...
Pfizer Pitches Canada for Tax Breaks in Upcoming Budget- Neoliberalism Alive and Well in Trudeau Led Canada
Penny, Penny for your thoughts - 6 hours ago
*Neoliberalism: "Neoliberalism is a policy model that encompasses both politics and economics and seeks to transfer the control of economic factors from the public sector to the private sector. Many neoliberalism policies enhance the workings of free market capitalism and attempt to place limits on government spending, government regulation, and public ownership**"* *Apparently Pfizer hasn't had enough tax payer funding for their experimental gene therapy? The need still more tax breaks and incentives to operate in Canada * *Pfizer Canada wants tax breaks in the upcoming budge...
Were National Guard Soldiers Forced To Sleep in a Parking Garage?
Nur Ibrahim, Snopes.com - 6 hours ago
Thousands of soldiers were in Washington, D.C., during Biden's inauguration to secure the area after a Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.
NZ honey and 1080: is honey giant ‘Comvita’ telling the truth?
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 6 hours ago
WAS HONEY GIANT “COMVITA” TELLING THE TRUTH ? As of today, Japan is warning it will stop importing New Zealand honey if it continues to find the weed killer glyphosate during border testing. What will happen if they ever realize they should test for 1080 poison as well?! On September 21, 2018, Benita Martin sent … Continue reading NZ honey and 1080: is honey giant ‘Comvita’ telling the truth? →
10 Dead In Germany Within 4 Days Of Covid-19 Vaccine Inoculation; Probe Ordered
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 6 hours ago
German specialists probe as 10 people died soon after getting inoculated against the novel Coronavirus disease, the deceased were aged between 79 to 93 years. After the deaths of 10 people who passed away soon after having been inoculated against the novel coronavirus disease, Specialists from Germany’s Paul Ehrlich Institute are looking into it. Brigitte Keller-Stanislawski, … Continue reading 10 Dead In Germany Within 4 Days Of Covid-19 Vaccine Inoculation; Probe Ordered →
Halfway Through this Winter of Covid, Overall Mortality is Around Normal for this Time of Year. Something Doesn’t Add Up
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 6 hours ago
Originally posted on National Addiction News: By Peter Andrews, Irish science journalist and writer based in London.He has a background in the life sciences, and graduated from the University of Glasgow with a degree in genetics Although the numbers of deaths attributed to the virus in the UK are higher than they’ve ever been, in…
Two Ways that Trump Spread Covid-19 in U.S.
Eric Zuesse, The Duran - 6 hours ago
Eric Zuesse 1. ENCOURAGING INFECTED WORKERS TO CONTINUE WORKING EVEN IF IT INFECTS OTHERS: On 12 May 2020, two hundred and twenty five labor organizations signed a letter to Antonin Scalia’s son Eugene Scalia who was Donald Trump’s appointed Secretary of Labor, and it urged his Department to change its policies “that address the standards […]
What’s really Behind the Recent Social Media Purge?
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 6 hours ago
Story at-a-glance In recent days and weeks, we’ve seen an unprecedented wave of censorship sweep across the internet. The only solution will be decentralized platforms that virtually eliminate censorship In what appears to be a coordinated attack, Google, Apple and Amazon destroyed Parler, a main competitor to Twitter and Facebook, literally overnight by yanking it … Continue reading What’s really Behind the Recent Social Media Purge? →
FACEBOOK TO DETERMINE a PRESIDENT’S FREEDOM OF SPEECH
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 6 hours ago
Originally posted on Conspiracy Daily Update: View on YouTube
The Organizational Capacity and Behavioral Characteristics of the Capitol Rioters (First Cut)
Lambert Strether, naked capitalism - 6 hours ago
What did the Capitol rioters actually do?
Kansas nurses refuse to give COVID-19 vaccines
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 6 hours ago
Coffee County in Kansas has roughly 8,500 residents, but they won’t be getting their COVID-19 shots from the county health department’s four nurses. Department chief Lindsay Payer and her staffers have opted out of giving the injections because they have doubts about the safety of the Moderna vaccine, which the county is offering, local TV … Continue reading Kansas nurses refuse to give COVID-19 vaccines →
The New mRNA COVID Vaccines Inject an Operating System into Your Body – Not a Conspiracy Theory, Moderna Admits It
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 7 hours ago
Originally posted on New Human New Earth Communities: Comments by Brian ShilhavyEditor, Health Impact News Our first article of 2021 featured a video of an interview with Catherine Austin Fitts, titled:?Catherine Austin Fitts Explains how the Globalist Billionaires and Technocrats are Planning on Taking Over the Planet, and How We can Stop It. In this…
From Nicolle's lips to Our Town's ears!
<b>bob somerby</b>, the daily howler - 7 hours ago
*FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 2021* *Feckless, incompetent, faux:* We just saw Nicolle say it, in her most stage-managed manner, to Yamiche Alcindor, one of her favorite reporters and friends: "More than four thousand people have died [from Covid-19] every day this week." We checked the numbers at the Washington Post. No one reports the number of people who died on any given day, but here are the numbers of reported (recorded) deaths so far this week: *Reported deaths from Covid-19* Sunday, January 17: 2,068 Monday, January 18: 1,418 Tuesday, January 19: 2,166 Wednesday, January 20: 4,44...
Iraqi forces launch ‘Operation Revenge of the Martyrs’ against ISIS
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 7 hours ago
[image: Iraqi forces launch ‘Operation Revenge of the Martyrs’ against ISIS] BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:00 A.M.) – On Friday, the Iraqi forces announced the launch of the “Revenge of the Martyrs” operation to clear the areas in the capital, Baghdad, and the rest of the provinces from the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) terrorist organization. The spokesman for the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Major General Yahya Rasool, announced on his official Twitter page: “Under the direction of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Mustafa Al-Kazemi , the ‘Revenge of the Martyrs’ o...
Doctor Simone Gold is arrested in connection with the Capitol riots
Mary, From the Trenches World Report - 7 hours ago
Daily Mail Dr Simone Gold, the Beverly Hills doctor who gained notoriety when she advocated for hydroxychloroquine as treatment against COVID-19, has been detained in... The post Doctor Simone Gold is arrested in connection with the Capitol riots appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
CDC Stops Reporting on Experimental COVID mRNA Injection Side Effects
Mary, From the Trenches World Report - 7 hours ago
Health Impact News – by Brian Shilhavy The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has just released its weekly Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report... The post CDC Stops Reporting on Experimental COVID mRNA Injection Side Effects appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Chinese make move as Trump administration leaves office
Uriel, 'Nox & Friends - 7 hours ago
China Slaps Sanctions On 28 Trump Administration Officials, Including Mike Pompeo NPR Rachel Treisman January 20, 2021 China imposed sanctions Wednesday on 28 former Trump administration officials, including outgoing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. In a statement released just minutes after President Biden took office, China’s foreign ministry said it had decided to sanction those “who have seriously violated China’s sovereignty and who have been mainly responsible for such U.S. moves on China-related issues.” The list of names features former Health and Human Services Secretary Alex...
Israeli forces shoot down drone launched from Lebanon: IDF
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 7 hours ago
[image: Israeli forces shoot down drone launched from Lebanon: IDF] The Israeli army said on Friday that it had downed a drone that had crossed the border from Lebanon. “The drone was monitored by the Israel Defense Forces throughout the incident,” the military said in a statement.This comes on the back of another episode of escalation in the region earlier in the day as Syria’s state media reported that the Syrian air defence systems repelled an Israeli rocket attack in Hama. Continue reading Israeli forces shoot down drone launched from Lebanon: IDF at AMN - Al-Masdar News | ال...
Coast to Coast - EM Effects
KRandle, A Different Perspective - 8 hours ago
As I have mentioned in the past, I’m a fan of multiple chains of evidence and in UFO cases, one of those chains is electromagnetic effects. These are cases in which the UFO interacts with the environment often by stalling a car engine or dimming the headlights among other things. William Puckett at his ufosnw.com website reported an interesting case. On June 23, 2009, a truck driver who was hauling cars from Denver to various dealers in New Mexico spotted a UFO. He had delivered three cars to a dealer in Vaughn, New Mexico, very early in the morning, and was on his way to Alamogor...
Appreciating Walter Williams
David Henderson, Econlib - 8 hours ago
On December 2, just hours after teaching his last class at George Mason University, economist Walter Williams died. He was eighty-four. That same day, I wrote a short appreciation of Walter that led to something unprecedented in my twelve years of blogging: comments by dozens of people, almost none of whom I knew, all […] The post Appreciating Walter Williams appeared first on Econlib.
Western Shoshone celebrating Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Unknown, CENSORED NEWS - 6 hours ago
By Native Community Action Councilnativecommunityactioncouncil@gmail.comJanuary 22, 2021LAS VEGAS -- The Native Community Action Council is celebrating the Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons entry into force by gathering in Las Vegas at the Federal Courthouse to hold banners affirming the entry into force of the treaty. The treaty was approved by the 193-member U.N. General Assembly on July
Speaker Pelosi Will Send Trump Impeachment Article to Senate on Monday, Senate Trial Likely Next Week
Sundance, The Last Refuge - 7 hours ago
Friday afternoon House Speaker Nancy Pelosi confirmed she will be sending an article of impeachment against President Trump to the senate on Monday. Chuck Schumer confirms the senate trial will likely take place next week. Any GOP Senator who goes … Continue reading → The post Speaker Pelosi Will Send Trump Impeachment Article to Senate on Monday, Senate Trial Likely Next Week appeared first on The Last Refuge.
Improved Sensors are Critical to the Army’s Long-Range Artillery Modernization
Dan Goure, The National Interest - 7 hours ago
*Dan Goure* *Security, Americas* It needs a revolution in long-range surveillance and targeting. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *The Army is creating what one industry observer has described as an “all domain kill chain.“ One element of this is building a network of sensors that can cover the entire theater. This network will include satellites, manned aircraft such as the F-35 and high-flying TR-1, drones and various land and sea-based sensors. Long Range Precision Fires (LRPF) are the U.S. Army’s number one modernization priority. The immediate goal of this program is to re...
Interview with DM Barr
jurassicpork, Welcome Back to Pottersville - 7 hours ago
"*Grace Pierrepoint Rendell, the only child of an ailing billionaire, has been treated for paranoia since childhood. When she secretly quits her meds, she begins to suspect that once her father passes, her husband will murder her for her inheritance. Realizing that no one will believe the ravings of a supposed psychotic, she devises a creative way to save herself—she will write herself out of danger, authoring a novel with the heroine in exactly the same circumstances, thus subtly exposing her husband's scheme to the world. She hires acclaimed author Lynn Andrews to help edit he...
Did Woman Die After Trapping Her Head in Car Door at Garage Kiosk?
Madison Dapcevich, Snopes.com - 7 hours ago
The 23-year-old was reportedly reaching for a dropped credit card.
Yet Another Study Shows—Yet Again—That Lockdowns Don't Work
Ryan McMaken, Peace and Prosperity - 7 hours ago
[image: undefined] Although advocates for covid-19 lockdowns continue to insist that they save lives, actual experience keeps suggesting otherwise. On a national level, just eyeballing the data makes this clear. Countries that have implemented harsh lockdowns shouldn’t expect to have comparatively lower numbers of covid-19 deaths per million. In Italy and the United Kingdom, for example, where lockdowns have been repeatedly imposed, death totals per million remain among the worst in the world. Meanwhile, in the United States, states with with the most harsh lockdown rules—such as N...
Plugged In Podcast #67: Paul Gessing On The Role Of Oil & Gas In New Mexico’s Economy
IER, IER - 7 hours ago
Paul Gessing, president of New Mexico’s Rio Grande Foundation, joins the show to discuss New Mexico’s energy portfolio and what… The post Plugged In Podcast #67: Paul Gessing On The Role Of Oil & Gas In New Mexico’s Economy appeared first on IER.
Did Schumer Say ‘Erection’ on the Senate Floor?
Madison Dapcevich, Snopes.com - 7 hours ago
Sure did. And the internet had something to say about it.
Italy Takes Action Against TikTok Following Girl’s Death
AP News, Snopes.com - 7 hours ago
Italy’s data protection authority said it was imposing an immediate block on TikTok’s access to data for any user whose age has not been verified.
President Biden Refuses to Make our Climate Crisis Worse
Global Issues News Headlines - 8 hours ago
Jan 22 (IPS) - I wasn’t going to stop for the school bus stuck in the mud outside of Fort McMurray, Alberta in the heart of the Canada’s tar sands industry but my kids insisted. It had been raining most of the week and the grassy field was soaked and slick. We stopped and got out and looked at the 12,000 kilogram bus uselessly spinning its wheels, digging deeper into the mud. Someone got the driver to stop, essentially saying you’re *making a bad problem worse*. Read the full story, “President Biden Refuses to Make our Climate Crisis Worse”, on globalissues.org →
Teach Us How to Become Carpenters South Sudanese Want to Shape Their Future
Global Issues News Headlines - 8 hours ago
Likuangole, South Sudan, Jan 22 (IPS) - Located in Jonglei state, one of the most underdeveloped regions of South Sudan, Likuangole is a town badly hit by floods and often battered by conflict. Despite the lack of secondary schools and industry, its residents aspire to transform their lives. But real investment is needed to spur development. Read the full story, “Teach Us How to Become Carpenters South Sudanese Want to Shape Their Future”, on globalissues.org →
Q&A: Why we Must Invest in Educating Children in Crisis-Hit Burkina Faso
Global Issues News Headlines - 8 hours ago
ACCRA, Jan 22 (IPS) - Education Cannot Wait (ECW) - the first global fund dedicated to education in emergencies and protracted crises – was on the ground in Burkina Faso last week with its Director, Yasmine Sherif, to launch a new multi-year programme that aims to provide an education to over 800,000 children and adolescents in crisis-affected areas. Read the full story, “Q&A: Why we Must Invest in Educating Children in Crisis-Hit Burkina Faso”, on globalissues.org →
Covid-19 vaccine survey poll
Editor, cairnsnews, Cairns News - 8 hours ago
Your opinion is important for a positive or negative vote to compulsory vaccination of the COVID-19 serum. Government hype and knee jerk reaction for development of a vaccine is a worry to many and to others of no concern. Please vote.
Guard in DC Forced to Sleep in Garages, Sparking Outcry
AP News, Snopes.com - 8 hours ago
Images of National Guard soldiers camped in a cold parking garage after being sent to protect Washington sparked new calls for investigations of the U.S. Capitol Police.
Monarch Butterfly Population Moves Closer to Extinction
AP News, Snopes.com - 8 hours ago
The number of western monarch butterflies wintering along the California coast has plummeted precipitously to a record low, putting the orange-and-black insects closer to extinction.
Naughty List, etc.
Larry-Lambert, Virtual Mirage - 8 hours ago
The List There are a number of people on my naughty list these days. I can’t watch TV (becoming more like WSF) for very long without reflecting how even the news damages my Chi. There are quite a few Republicans on that list. Senate Minority Leader McConnell is high on the list but […] The post Naughty List, etc. appeared first on Virtual Mirage.
COVID update: team sport competitions can resume; 4 new cases announced in Nova Scotia on Friday, Jan. 22
Tim Bousquet, Halifax Examiner - 9 hours ago
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. Four new cases of COVID-19 were announced in Nova Scotia today (Friday, Jan. 2s). One case is in Nova Scotia Health’s Central Zone and is related to travel outside Atlantic Canada. One case is in the Northern […]
NATO’s War Plans Accepted that Russia Would Conquer Eastern Europe
Robert Farley, The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, Eurasia* The belief that NATO would lose a conventional conflict did nothing to contradict the notion that NATO could play a valuable role in deterring war. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The RAND wargame suggests that Russia could take the Baltics, and perhaps hold them, for a while. Moscow would begin to pay costs very early in any conflict, however, as NATO forces moved against Kaliningrad, Transnistria and other Russian holdings. A recent RAND wargame on a potential Russian offensive into the Baltics brought talk of a “new Cold War” into sharp ...
Japan Wants to Disperse More F-35s Across Its Home Islands
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Security, Asia* The ministry has expressed a desire to purchase four more F-35A conventional takeoff and landing variants as well as two additional F-35B short takeoff-and-vertical-landing (STOVL) variants. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Obtaining that many Lockheed Martin-built F-35 stealth fighters won’t come cheap—but the ministry has unveiled a record-setting budget request, which was for $52 billion, and is part of a push to maintain military readiness as Tokyo faces increased pressure from China and North Korea. This week the Japanese Ministry of Defens...
The Greek-Turkish Standoff is the Biggest Threat to NATO
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Security, Europe* Since 1952 Greece and Turkey have been de facto allies—for no other reason than both countries are members of NATO. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *While it is unlikely that France could get dragged into a war in the Caucasus, the situation between Greece and Turkey is so bad that on Monday NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg voiced hope that an agreement by Athens and Ankara to avoid potential military tensions could lead to diplomatic negotiations and perhaps allow the two to settle their longstanding differences. Since 1952 Greece and ...
The Daily Brief 2021-01-21
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 8 hours ago
[image: The Daily Brief 2021-01-21] This is a summary of *20* AMN articles on the following subjects: *Iran, Russia, Syria, Turkey, Ethiopia, Sudan, Daraa, Israel, Lebanon, Aleppo, Palestine, Baghdad, Iraq, Soleimani, Latakia, Europe, Libya, HTS, ISIS, Trump, Venezuela, US*. Categories covered in this brief: Iran, Syria, Africa, Israel, Palestine, Iraq, Turkey, North-Africa, World-News Let us know how you like this brief in the comments below. — The AMN Live Team Table of Contents - Iran shows off drone arsenal in 2021 hype video - Russian reinforcements and heavy equipment ...
Regime Change Back as Policy? JoeBama Sends More U.S. Troops into Syria
Sundance, The Last Refuge - 8 hours ago
There is general agreement that George W Bush sent troops into Iraq as an outcome of the industrial war machine policy to advance U.S. interventionism; thereby completing the job his father President HW Bush was prudently not willing to escalate … Continue reading → The post Regime Change Back as Policy? JoeBama Sends More U.S. Troops into Syria appeared first on The Last Refuge.
World News Briefs -- January 22, 2021
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 8 hours ago
More than 38,500 people are in UK hospitals with Covid-19, 78 percent more than during the first peak last year. © Toby Melville, Reuters *France 24:** New coronavirus variant 'may be more deadly', UK warns * Early evidence suggests the variant of coronavirus that emerged in the UK may be more deadly as well as being more contagious, British officials warned on Friday. "There is some evidence that the new variant (...) may be associated with a higher degree of mortality," Prime Minister Boris Johnson said at a Downing Street news conference. Patrick Vallance, the UK's Chief Sci...
Employers Who Push Illegal Communist Mandatory Vaccine Shots Are Committing Treason – Under Common Law Punishable By Execution
Mark Schumacher, From the Trenches World Report - 8 hours ago
The problem lies with those of us of the human race who don’t believe in forced attrition tactics brought to us by billionaires, who believe... The post Employers Who Push Illegal Communist Mandatory Vaccine Shots Are Committing Treason – Under Common Law Punishable By Execution appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Tools For The New Regime – Troops Used as Narrative Props in DC Sent to Sleep in Parking Garage by Lawmakers
Sundance, The Last Refuge - 9 hours ago
If ever there was an example of how the DC elites think about the military, this series of events provides the highlight. No-one has yet to provide a reasonable justification for 25,000 national guard troops dispatched to Washington DC for … Continue reading → The post Tools For The New Regime – Troops Used as Narrative Props in DC Sent to Sleep in Parking Garage by Lawmakers appeared first on The Last Refuge.
Recreational marijuana sales kick off in Arizona less than three months after voters pass ballot measure
Solomon Israel, Marijuana Business Daily - 9 hours ago
Arizona approved 73 dispensaries to start selling recreational marijuana on Friday, launching the state’s adult-use cannabis program with sales beginning less than three months after voters approved the new market. The state’s recreational market could be worth $375 million-$400 million in its first year, increasing to $700 million-$760 million by 2024, Marijuana Business Daily has […] Recreational marijuana sales kick off in Arizona less than three months after voters pass ballot measure is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis ...
FL: Voucher and Privatization Endgame in Sight
Peter Greene, CURMUDGUCATION - 9 hours ago
Florida's legislature is at it again, joining in a national trend of using the pandemic crisis to fuel school voucher initiatives. Manny Diaz, Jr., (R-Hialeah) has spent his career chip chip chipping away at public education in Florida, and yesterday he returned with another bold idea. Florida has allowed choice programs to grow like an unweeded garden, but Diaz's new bill proposes to collapse five "scholarship" (aka "voucher") programs into just two Education Savings Account (ESA) programs. So Family Empowerment, Hope, Florida Tax Credit Scholarship--all under one roof now, al...
Interest rates and housing affordability
Scott Sumner, Econlib - 9 hours ago
David Beckworth directed me to this Nick Rowe post: Let’s start with land, and assume we are not living in the Netherlands. The supply of land is fixed and hence the price is 100% demand determined. If consumer preferences do not shift, then the affordability does not change at all. But the concept of “price” […] The post Interest rates and housing affordability appeared first on Econlib.
The Word From the Trenches – January 22, 2021
Henry Shivley, From the Trenches World Report - 9 hours ago
Join in on the conversation. Call (712) 770-5597 then enter 220029#, press *6 to mute and unmute. (If you are unable to get through call... The post The Word From the Trenches – January 22, 2021 appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
National Town Hall on Suspending High Stakes Student Testing
Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig, Cloaking Inequity - 9 hours ago
Register now – National Town Hall on Suspending High Stakes Student Testing on 1/26 at 6 p.m. EST w/ Congressman Jamaal Bowman , Dean Julian Vasquez Heilig , Professor Jack Schneider and many more. MC’d by Bob Schaeffer of FairTest and @ilana4regent – register for free here. See all of Cloaking Inequity posts about high-stakes testing here. There is much
Did Florida Man Kidnap People, ‘Forcing Them To Play Yahtzee’?
Madison Dapcevich, Snopes.com - 9 hours ago
The suspect was arrested on suspicion of burglary in 2016.
Dutch recreational cannabis experiment advances after court appeal rejected
Alfredo Pascual, Marijuana Business Daily - 9 hours ago
A Dutch judge rejected on Thursday a request to annul the results of a lottery process used to select cultivators for the country’s recreational cannabis experiment. “This means the experiment will likely continue moving forward as planned,” Kaj Hollemans, a drug policy consultant based in the Netherlands, told Marijuana Business Daily. “It is now at the […] Dutch recreational cannabis experiment advances after court appeal rejected is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Wasting not time…
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 9 hours ago
https://twitter.com/ImperatorTruth/status/1352627862440960001 The post Wasting not time… appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
They The People: Accurate Gender Markers for All
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 9 hours ago
ACLU Trans and non-binary people belong, and we need IDs that accurately reflect who we are so we can travel, apply for jobs, and enter... The post They The People: Accurate Gender Markers for All appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Meet the mayors pushing for guaranteed income in 30 cities across the country
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 9 hours ago
CNBC In Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1967 book “Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?” the civil rights leader discussed how to best... The post Meet the mayors pushing for guaranteed income in 30 cities across the country appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Robert Peston is driving Newsnight's Deb Cohen insane!
Craig, Is the BBC biased? - 9 hours ago
As Charlie spotted... If there's one thing ITV's political editor Robert Peston is known for - other than his unique manner of delivery and his legendary activities as a Punch & Judy man - it's for his famously loose lips. Last time those lips of his caused the collapse of Northern Rock and the entire world financial system. (Allegedly). And he's distinguished himself over the past near-year of Covid-related Downing Street press conferences by asking the most ill-judged questions at the greatest length. (No 'allegedly' needed). Today, his loose lips - in the form of overeager ...
The SolarWinds Hack Can Directly Affect Control Systems
jweiss, Lawfare - 12 hours ago
Power lines at dusk. (https://pxhere.com/en/photo/985446; CC0, https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/) Much of the initial discourse around the SolarWinds cyberattack focused on its impact on the affected information technology (IT) systems. However, this overlooks an equally destructive yet unexamined operational technology (OT) portion of the attack, and much of the OT impact may not be seen for months or longer. As Microsoft’s CEO pointed out, what’s been seen so far is only the “first phase” of the attack that targeted IT systems in the government and ...
Study: 6 in 10 Americans Don’t Know Where or When to Get Coronavirus Vaccine
Ethen Kim Lieser, The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Public Health, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2021%3Anewsml_RC27DL9RS3T7&share=true] Clearly, a better distribution plan along with a better public information campaign is needed. Roughly six in ten Americans do not know when or where to get a potentially life-saving coronavirus vaccine, according to a new survey released by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF). While older Americans already have been deemed to be a high-priority group for getting a vaccine, the report revealed that most people aged sixty-five and o...
War Crime? The Allied Firebombing of Tokyo Killed at Least 100,000
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2017%3Anewsml_LR1ED1L0TS6IX&share=true] In fact, the firebombings were worse in terms of deaths than the atomic bombings. *Key point:* Japan had wooden houses and America had incendiary bombs. The attack was one of the most horrific of the war. Major Sam P. Bakshas woke up that morning with the secrets in his head. Bakshas was one of the men flying B-29 Superfortress bombers from three Pacific islands—Guam, Saipan, and Tinian. A writer dubbed these men “the thousand kids....
The System Worked: Stress Testing American Democracy
Graham Allison, The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Graham Allison* *Donald Trump Democracy, * [image: Joe Biden and Honest Abe] With this week’s inauguration of President Joe Biden, most Americans breathed a sigh of relief. Facing the most severe stress test American democracy has seen in over a century and a half, we passed. With this week’s inauguration of President Joe Biden, most Americans breathed a sigh of relief. Facing the most severe stress test American democracy has seen in over a century and a half, we passed. While pictures of the mob storming the Capitol are the most vivid face of the challenge, the graver offense...
Why Germany’s Fierce Tiger Tank Just Wasn’t Worth It
Michael Peck, The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *History, Europe* The day of the Tiger had passed. *Here's What You Need To Remember:* Heavy tanks like the King Tiger proved a dead end. After 1945, nations switched to building main battle tanks that had sufficient firepower and armor to breach enemy defenses, like heavy tanks, while being mobile enough to exploit breakthroughs like medium and light tanks. Nazi Germany's Tiger is arguably the most famous tank of World War II. With its thick armor and devastating 88-millimeter gun, the Mark VI—or *Tiger I*—soon earned a devastating reputation on the battlefield. ...
The True Power of Social Media Restrictions
Eric Farnsworth, The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Eric Farnsworth* *Security, Americas* The way in which authoritarians use social media is somewhat akin to the manner in which Adolf Hitler used the then-emerging radio technology to appeal to the German people above the heads of the traditional media of the time. Without radio, he still might have become chancellor, but at least it would have been more difficult. Twitter’s decision to ban a sitting U.S. president raises an intriguing question for the new Biden administration: should foreign leaders sanctioned for human-rights abuses, drug trafficking and gross corruption, and ...
Will the Climate Crisis Shape U.S. Partnerships with Japan and South Korea?
Jane Nakano, The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Jane Nakano* *Security, Asia* As treaty allies of the United States, Japan and South Korea will clearly remain important to the United States as Washington strives to address the rising geopolitical rivalry with China and the nuclear proliferation challenge from North Korea. Joseph Biden’s inauguration marks a new chapter in Japan’s and South Korea’s relationship with the United States. It will be shaped by a major shift in U.S. policy execution-style as well as a significant change of U.S. policy priorities. What does this shift mean for Japan and South Korea? How can Japan an...
Russia’s New Nuclear Cruise Missile is Dangerous For One Reason
Michael Peck, The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, Eurasia* It blurs the lines between conventional and nuclear weapons. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Acton recommends confidence-building measures in which the United States and Russia would agree not to mass cruise missiles within range of each other's strategic targets, prohibit testing of anti-satellite weapons, and include intercontinental boost-glide hypersonic weapons within the next strategic arms reduction treaty. We can't know for sure what was on Vladimir Putin's mind last week when he boasted of Russia developing an “invincible” nuclear-p...
Musical Interlude: Liquid Mind, "Velvet Morning"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 9 hours ago
*Liquid Mind, "Velvet Morning"* Liquid Mind ® is the name used by Los Angeles composer and producer Chuck Wild of the best-selling Liquid Mind relaxation music albums.
"A Look to the Heavens"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 9 hours ago
“Barred spiral galaxy NGC 1365 is truly a majestic island universe some 200,000 light-years across. Located a mere 60 million light-years away toward the chemical constellation Fornax, NGC 1365 is a dominant member of the well-studied Fornax galaxy cluster. This impressively sharp color image shows intense star forming regions at the ends of the bar and along the spiral arms, and details of dust lanes cutting across the galaxy's bright core. At the core lies a supermassive black hole. Astronomers think NGC 1365's prominent bar plays a crucial role in the galaxy's evolution, drawing g...
Parler loses court battle to Amazon
Alex Christoforou, The Duran - 9 hours ago
Parler loses court battle to Amazon ****News Topic 261***** PARLER loses court battle with Amazon… PARLER loses court battle with Amazon… Amazon can keep Parler offline, judge rules Amazon can keep the cloud-services account of Parler offline, a federal judge in Seattle ruled Thursday. Amazon’s cloud-computing division booted Parler from its servers Jan. 11 due […]
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- January 22, 2021
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 9 hours ago
Blowout vote: Austin passed 93-2 with senators saying they were confident civilian control of the military was secure in his hands Into work: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army General Mark Milley, head for their Pentagon offices as Joe Biden's pick becomes the first ever black Pentagon chief *Daily Mail:* *Senate confirms Lloyd Austin making him the first black defense secretary as former general gets approved 93-2 * * Retired four star general Lloyd Austin will be Joe Biden's Defense Secretary and the first ever African American to lea...
The Poet: Rolf Jacobsen, "When They Sleep"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 9 hours ago
*"When They Sleep"* "All people are children when they sleep. There's no war in them then. They open their hands and breathe in that quiet rhythm heaven has given them. They pucker their lips like small children and open their hands halfway, soldiers and statesmen, servants and masters. The stars stand guard and a haze veils the sky, a few hours when no one will do anybody harm. If only we could speak to one another then when our hearts are half-open flowers. Words like golden bees would drift in. God, teach me the language of sleep." - Rolf Jacobsen, "The Roads Have Come to an End Now"
"It Is Inevitable..."
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 9 hours ago
"We do not rest satisfied with the present. We anticipate the future as too slow in coming, as if in order to hasten its course; or we recall the past, to stop its too rapid flight. So imprudent are we that we wander in the times which are not ours, and do not think of the only one which belongs to us; and so idle are we that we dream of those times which are no more, and thoughtlessly overlook that which alone exists. For the present is generally painful to us. We conceal it from our sight, because it troubles us; and if it be delightful to us, we regret to see it pass away. We try...
Zambia ratifies tripartite free trade area agreement
bilaterals.org - 9 hours ago
22-Jan-2021 Zambia has become the latest country to ratify the Tripartite Free Trade Area, bringing the number of countries that have ratified the agreement and deposited the instruments to nine. The agreement, being pursued by COMESA, the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), needs a total of 14 countries to enter into force.
UK-Africa trade: What will Brexit change?
bilaterals.org - 9 hours ago
22-Jan-2021 UK has already inked post-Brexit trade deals with 13 African countries. These new agreements, which offer duty-free and quota-free access to British markets, aren't much different to the old ones, as they are mainly transferring the conditions in the EU deals into bilateral agreements between the UK and the African nation, or blocs.
EU-China trade ties in the spotlight following news of investment pact
bilaterals.org - 9 hours ago
22-Jan-2021 The EU-China agreement-in-principle on investment includes language that would aim to prevent forced technology transfers, and describes a “positive list” approach for market access.
"You Know..."
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 9 hours ago
“You know, we never see the world exactly as it is. We see it as we hope it will be or we fear it might be. And we spend our lives going through a sort of modified stages of grief about that realization. And we deny it, and then we argue with it, and we despair over it. But eventually - and this is my belief - that we come to see it, not as despairing, but as vitalizing. We never see the world exactly as it is because *we* are how the world is.” - Maria Popova
Did Biden Violate His Own Mask Mandate?
Dan Evon, Snopes.com - 10 hours ago
This argument appears to be based on a willful misunderstanding of Biden's new mask policy.
"Incompetent Morons"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 10 hours ago
*"Incompetent Morons"* By Bill Bonner "Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else." – Epictetus, the Greek philosopher WEST RIVER, MARYLAND – "Does a wolf know he’s a carnivore? Does a brown bear know when it is time to thicken his fur for winter? And did George W. Bush know he was making the biggest foreign policy blunder in U.S. history when he launched the “War on Terror”? Did he know he was preparing the nation for “domestic terrorism”? As we put it earlier this week, fish gotta swim and birds gotta fly. And late, degenerate emperors gotta be inco...
Was Journalist Conned Into Quitting Her Job for Fake Harvard Position?
Nur Ibrahim, Snopes.com - 10 hours ago
Reportedly, an elaborate “phishing attack” duped a famous reporter into quitting her job to accept a Harvard journalism professorship that did not exist.
Former President Trump's Senate Impeachment Trial To Begin This Monday
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 10 hours ago
*Daily Mail:* *Chuck Schumer says Nancy Pelosi will send the Senate Donald Trump's impeachment article on Monday, immediately kicking off start of the trial * * House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to transmit article Monday * Once managers read articles, trial begins * Senators would be sworn in and presiding officer * Negotiations could push back the substantive start of the trial * Democrats still want to act on Biden nominees and move COVID relief * Trump will be the first president impeached after leaving office * House impeached for 'incitement of insurrection' following MAGA ...
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/22/2021
Lambert Strether, naked capitalism - 10 hours ago
~ Today's Water Cooler ~
Teachers Union Berated Trump for Reopening Schools, Now It’s Praising Biden For Doing the Same
Alan Macleod, MintPress News - 10 hours ago
Biden has made the reopening of schools, colleges, and universities a key priority and made clear that his decision was based on the same “save the economy” logic as Trump’s. The post Teachers Union Berated Trump for Reopening Schools, Now It’s Praising Biden For Doing the Same appeared first on MintPress News.
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