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Sudanese army launches counter-attack against Ethiopian forces along border region
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 11 hours ago
[image: Sudanese army launches counter-attack against Ethiopian forces along border region] BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:00 P.M.) – The Sudanese media reported on Sunday evening that the Sudanese army attacked sites inside Ethiopia in response to the bombing of an area in Sudan by the Ethiopian forces. The Sudan Tribune newspaper stated that a Sudanese reconnaissance force coming from the Abu Tayyour Mountains on the border strip between the two countries was subjected to mortar shelling attacks by the Ethiopian army forces stationed in the Abdel-Rafi area in Ethiopia. Continue reading Sudan...
Iran announces openness to dialogue with Saudi Arabia: FM
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 12 hours ago
[image: Iran announces openness to dialogue with Saudi Arabia: FM] BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:00 P.M.) – The Iranian Foreign Ministry confirmed that Tehran is open to dialogue with Saudi Arabia, in case the latter avoids violence and neglect of regional security and cooperation with powers outside the region. “If we see this change in the behavior and rhetoric of the Saudis, Iran will certainly be open to dialogue with it,” the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said. In the context of talking about the Yemeni crisis, he pointed out that “it is not possible to talk abou...
Iranian commander issues strong message over 3 disputed Gulf islands
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 12 hours ago
[image: Iranian commander issues strong message over 3 disputed Gulf islands] BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:45 P.M.) – The commander-in-chief of the Iranian army, Major General Abdel Rahim Mousavi, inspected on Monday, the air defense sites in the three islands in the Gulf (Abu Musa, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb), which are in dispute with the Emirates. The Tasnim Agency of Iran reported:: “Major General Mousavi visited the martyr Ismaili air defense group in Bandar Linke, where he inspected the defense group and the three islands, and was informed of the combat readiness and operational abi...
Russian Air Force delivers dozens of airstrikes over central Syria
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 12 hours ago
[image: Russian Air Force delivers dozens of airstrikes over central Syria] BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:40 P.M.) – The Russian Aerospace Forces unleashed several airstrikes over central Syria on Monday, targeting a number of sites belonging to the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) terrorist organization in the Badiya Al-Sham region. According to a field report from Syria’s Homs Governorate, the Russian Aerospace Forces heavily bombarded the Islamic State’s positions between the historical ruins of Al-Resafa and Ithriya, causing severe damage to the terrorist group’s forces in the area. Con...
Israeli F-35 spotted above of Lebanon for the first time: photos
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 12 hours ago
[image: Israeli F-35 spotted above of Lebanon for the first time: photos] BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:20 P.M.) – An Israeli F-35 jet was allegedly spotted over Lebanese airspace this week, as it was sighted for the first time in the small Levantine nation since it was first acquired by Tel Aviv. In the photos, which were reportedly taken by a photographer from Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV and later shared on social media, the Israeli F-35 can be seen flying at medium altitude over Lebanon. It is not clear where the F-35 was intending to fly to or how long it was inside Lebanese airspace. Contin...
Colombia: Arroceros piden al Gobierno que renegocie los TLC y detenga importaciones del cereal
bilaterals.org - 8 hours ago
25-Jan-2021 La solicitud llegó a través de la Dignidad Agropecuaria que advirtió que con importaciones y producción nacional, podría presentarse una sobreoferta de arroz.
Yo Rechazo el TPP: Chile Mejor sin TLC lanza campaña de compromiso para candidatos constituyentes
bilaterals.org - 8 hours ago
25-Jan-2021 Es tarea de los pueblos y no del Senado tomar una decisión respecto de los tratados de libre comercio, y en particular del Tratado Transpacífico
Chile Mejor sin TLC valora que la mesa directiva del Senado escuche a la ciudadanía y se niegue a votar el TPP-11
bilaterals.org - 8 hours ago
25-Jan-2021 El Senado “se pone en la línea de respetar la soberanía popular y la opinión de las grandes mayorías del país que han rechazado el TPP-11.
Première analyse de l'accord d'investissement UE-Chine
bilaterals.org - 8 hours ago
25-Jan-2021 Pour nourrir le débat public, l'Aitec et Attac France publient une toute première analyse des six textes issus de cet accord d'investissement.
China firmará acuerdos de libre comercio con más socios
bilaterals.org - 8 hours ago
25-Jan-2021 China está dispuesta a firmar acuerdos de libre comercio con más socios para la liberalización y facilitación del comercio y la inversión, según el Ministerio de Comercio.
Portugal, al frente de la presidencia de la UE, busca sellar un acuerdo comercial con el Mercosur
bilaterals.org - 8 hours ago
25-Jan-2021 El ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Portugal aseguró que buscará progresos en el acuerdo pactado en 2019 y que aún no fue firmado por las partes. Alberto Fernández, por su parte, dijo que le gustaría renegociar partes de dicho tratado.
"With no reference to property rights there is no proper implementation of the right to free speech..."
Peter Cresswell, Not PC - 9 hours ago
*"There is so much wrong going on with this perspective of freedom of speech, association, etc, as isolated rights detached from any real individual rights. This is causing much confusion ... a profound failure to properly delineate the issues due to the twisted libertarian view that speech is a fundamental right, anytime, anywhere. With no reference to property rights there is no proper implementation of the right to free speech... "No matter how one may want to twist it or rationalize it, there is no absolute right to speech detached from your and the other's right to pro...
Brazil and a Debate: Could Removing Patents Expedite Covid-19 Vaccination?
Arkady Petrov, The Rio Times - 9 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A debate that has gone virtually unnoticed in Brazilian foreign policy has returned to the spotlight this week. In October, India and South Africa proposed to the World Trade Organization (WTO) that there should be no trade sanctions on member countries that violate patents on drugs and vaccines against Covid-19. […] The post Brazil and a Debate: Could Removing Patents Expedite Covid-19 Vaccination? appeared first on The Rio Times.
Biden Reverses Trump Ban on Transgender People in Military
AP News, Snopes.com - 9 hours ago
President Joe Biden has signed an order reversing a Trump-era Pentagon policy that largely barred transgender individuals from serving in the military
Effort to Put Tubman on $20 Bill Restarted Under Biden
AP News, Snopes.com - 9 hours ago
With a change of administrations, it looks like Harriet Tubman is once again headed to the front of the $20 bill.
Europe Remains In Lockdown Mode
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 9 hours ago
*Statistica:* *Europe Stays in Lockdown Mode * In early 2021, COVID-19 restrictions remain in place across Europe. Yet, reluctance to go into a full-fledged lockdown has some countries apply a hodgepodge of restrictions just short of the real deal. Spain and France, where a second wave of infections spread from mid-July, led the way by imposing lockdowns as early as October. France has since come out of lockdown and switched to an early national curfew supplemented by restaurant closures - a tactic which is currently also applied in Belgium and Luxembourg. Spain has stuck to i...
RUMOR ALERT: Did Trump Give National Guard Permission To Stay in Trump International Hotel?
Nur Ibrahim, Snopes.com - 9 hours ago
More evidence is required before this claim can be rated in a traditional Snopes fact check.
The Deplorables
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 9 hours ago
Shock poll: Trump ‘Patriot Party’ would win almost quarter of voters, drop GOP to third place. hypothetical “Patriot Party” led by former President Donald Trump would win the support of almost a quarter — 23% — of the electorate, bumping the GOP down to third place with just 17%, according to a new Just the… Continue reading →
A Pardon Argument for D.C. Statehood
Ian Ayres, Balkinization - 9 hours ago
In an oped today's Los Angeles Times, I explore a "police power" argument for D.C. statehood. There is an important difference between a sovereign and a supplicant when it comes to calling out the national guard. The aftermath of attempted insurrection suggests a second rationale for statehood that might be called the "pardon abuse" rationale. Members of the mob openly requested that Trump pardon thembefore leaving office and the Justice Department pardon guidelines explicitly say that “the President's pardon power extends to convictions adjudicated in the Superior Court of t...
Sikorsky-Boeing Team Reveals Advanced Assault Helicopter Designed To Revolutionize U.S. Army Capabilities
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 9 hours ago
*Cision News/Yahoo News*: *Sikorsky-Boeing Team Reveals Advanced Assault Helicopter Designed to Revolutionize U.S. Army Capabilities* *DEFIANT X™ to compete for the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft contract, a top modernization priority for the Army * WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company (NYSE: LMT), and Boeing (NYSE: BA) today released details of its advanced helicopter for the U.S. Army's Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft competition, known as FLRAA. The aircraft, named DEFIANT X, will be the fastest, most maneuverable and...
No, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin Isn’t Considering ‘Defunding, Maybe Disbanding’ US Army
Bethania Palma, Snopes.com - 9 hours ago
A meme shared on Facebook was mocked up to look like a screenshot of a news article.
Riots Explode Across Netherlands Over Covid Restrictions
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 9 hours ago
*NPR: **Angered By New Coronavirus Restrictions, Protesters In Netherlands Clash With Police* Protesters opposed to coronavirus lockdowns in several Dutch cities clashed with police over the weekend after new restrictions went into effect. Videos of the demonstrations posted online show large crowds of people — many not wearing masks — using bicycles to build barricades along city streets, and hurling rocks at officers and passing police vans. Shops were broken into and looted. Hoping to slow the spread of COVID-19 variants in the Netherlands, the government imposed new lockd...
One Flu Out Of The Wuhan Nest
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 10 hours ago
The media are always the last to know. Do you get the idea of scary viruses being created in a lab may seem a little sci-fi? It may feel like sci-fi to people but what’s happening is sci. There is a field of study called “gain of function” research, which is highly controversial in… Continue reading →
W.O.O.D. – Beginning Of The End 25 Jan 2021
E.M.Smith, Musings from the Chiefio - 10 hours ago
W.O.O.D. for 25 January 2021- Please keep your hands and head inside the coach at all times, it's a rocky ride ahead. Continue reading →
Your Moral And Intellectual Superiors
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 10 hours ago
NOBODY KNOWS WHY: …after the election, the figures had deteriorated even further, with 57% of Democrats trusting the media and only 18% of Republicans.
With Likely Victory of Andrés Arauz, Ecuador Will Join Latin America’s Anti-Imperialist Surge
Alan Macleod, MintPress News - 10 hours ago
Ecuador is just weeks away from becoming the latest Latin American nation to move away from the IMF and United States and elect a strongly progressive, anti-imperialist government. The post With Likely Victory of Andrés Arauz, Ecuador Will Join Latin America’s Anti-Imperialist Surge appeared first on MintPress News.
"The Trick..."
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 10 hours ago
“The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.” - Carlos Castaneda
Analyst warns of closures, consolidation amid Canadian cannabis glut
Matt Lamers, Marijuana Business Daily - 10 hours ago
The Canadian cannabis industry should brace for more facility closures, bankruptcies and consolidation amid a worsening oversupply situation, Jefferies analyst Owen Bennett warned this week following a Marijuana Business Daily report drawing attention to the country’s ballooning inventory. In a note to investors, Bennett said the glut would not impact all producers equally. “A large […] Analyst warns of closures, consolidation amid Canadian cannabis glut is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
The Daily "Near You?"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 10 hours ago
Wakefield, Kansas, USA. Thanks for stopping by!
“Get Up Off Your Knees!”
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 11 hours ago
*“Get Up Off Your Knees!”* On your knees you may live to see another day, but you’ll never live to see better days. by Robert Gore “Zoos are among the saddest places on earth: magnificent but confined creatures on display for gawking crowds, prevented from living out their biological destinies, fed their daily rations, and domesticated beyond where they could ever return to the wild. You have to feel pity and sorrow for these innocent prisoners; they’d flee in a heartbeat if they could. Humans have made themselves inmates – whether of a zoo, prison, or asylum is hard to say, likel...
Gun, ammo sales surged in 2020 — and turmoil around the election starts 2021 off the same way
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 11 hours ago
Pittsburgh Post Gazette – by John Hayes In 2020, Americans responded to perceived threats by breaking firearm sales records. In the new year, turmoil over... The post Gun, ammo sales surged in 2020 — and turmoil around the election starts 2021 off the same way appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Despite His Attempt to Tie MAGA to Anti-Semitism, Biden Will Preserve Trump’s “Israel First” Legacy
Raul Diego, MintPress News - 11 hours ago
Many are expecting President Joe Biden to roll back Trump's heavily pro-Israel policies, but several factors – including his long-established ties to Israeli interests– point to a greater likelihood of their continuation instead. The post Despite His Attempt to Tie MAGA to Anti-Semitism, Biden Will Preserve Trump’s “Israel First” Legacy appeared first on MintPress News.
"The Pig Farmer"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 11 hours ago
*"The Pig Farmer"* by John Robbins "One day in Iowa I met a particular gentleman - and I use that term, gentleman, frankly, only because I am trying to be polite, for that is certainly not how I saw him at the time. He owned and ran what he called a “pork production facility.” I, on the other hand, would have called it a pig Auschwitz. The conditions were brutal. The pigs were confined in cages that were barely larger than their own bodies, with the cages stacked on top of each other in tiers, three high. The sides and the bottoms of the cages were steel slats, so that excrement fr...
"Have It Done..."
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 11 hours ago
”Never explain. Never apologize. Have it done and let them howl.” - Winston Churchill
Twenty Reasons Mandatory Face Masks are Unsafe, Ineffective and Immoral
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 11 hours ago
Global Research – by John C. A. Manley Nine Potential and Proven Dangers to Muzzling Yourself 1. Cavities: New York dentists are reporting that half... The post Twenty Reasons Mandatory Face Masks are Unsafe, Ineffective and Immoral appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
CBS Medical Editor Says Americans Should Wear TWO Face Masks
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 12 hours ago
Summit News – by Paul Joseph Watson CBS4 Medical Editor Dr. Dave Hnida says that Americans should wear not one but TWO face masks if... The post CBS Medical Editor Says Americans Should Wear TWO Face Masks appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
UK Column News – 25th January 2021
James Allard, OYE Alternative News - 12 hours ago
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UK Column News – 22nd January 2021
James Allard, OYE Alternative News - 12 hours ago
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UK Column News – 20th January 2021
James Allard, OYE Alternative News - 12 hours ago
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This Is A MASSIVE Power Shift! – Can The Economy SUSTAIN Another Lockdown?
James Allard, OYE Alternative News - 12 hours ago
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WHO ADMITS Pandemic Is OVER! – PCR Tests Are MOSTLY False Positives! – It Was ALL A LIE!
James Allard, OYE Alternative News - 12 hours ago
The post WHO ADMITS Pandemic Is OVER! – PCR Tests Are MOSTLY False Positives! – It Was ALL A LIE! appeared first on OYE Alternative News.
Dollar To CRASH Under Biden? – The RISE Of The NEW World Reserve Currency!
James Allard, OYE Alternative News - 12 hours ago
The post Dollar To CRASH Under Biden? – The RISE Of The NEW World Reserve Currency! appeared first on OYE Alternative News.
Family in Downtown LA Grows 6,000 Pounds of Food a Year on Off The Grid 1/10 Acre
Erin Elizabeth, Health Nut News - 13 hours ago
This is amazing! This family has been growing their own food for a long time as have other people. Erin Elizabeth lived in Los Angeles for many years and saw houses just like this one on tiny lots doing the same thing. Now, you can join Dr. Mercola and Erin Elizabeth as they teach you […] The post Family in Downtown LA Grows 6,000 Pounds of Food a Year on Off The Grid 1/10 Acre appeared first on Health Nut News.
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/25/2021
Lambert Strether, naked capitalism - 10 hours ago
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day After last week, I searched on “most beautiful bird song” and ended up with the Wood Thrush. Readers? Lots of modern-day dino action in State Game Lands 285! * * * Readers, feel free to contact me at lambert [UNDERSCORE] strether [DOT] corrente [AT] yahoo […]
Reply to the Electoral College Symposium
Guest Blogger, Balkinization - 10 hours ago
For the Balkinization Symposium on Alexander Keyssar, Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College? (Harvard University Press, 2020), and Jesse Wegman, Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College (St. Martin's Press, 2020). Jesse Wegman I hope you will forgive my extremely belated response to this excellent and thought-provoking symposium. I read the contributions when they were published, and I intended to write my response immediately. At the latest, I thought, I would write immediately after Election Day, when the Electoral College would no ...
Secret Disaster: This American Admiral Lost 1,077 Lives in 32 Minutes
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Americas* Although not commonly considered one of the worst leaders in history, Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner's shortcomings were behind one of the hardest defeats of World War II. *Here's What You Need to Know*: Turner would later blame the embarrassment of the Battle of Savo Island on a lethargic state of mind. Historical controversy has famously surrounded Admiral Richmond K. Turner. In his responsibility as Director of the War Plans Division, he was to inform Admiral Kimmel, Commander of the Pacific Fleet, of Japanese diplomatic threats al...
Inception, Zendaya, and More: Best of What’s Coming to Netflix in February 2021
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *Technology, Americas* Netflix has another lineup of new programming debuting in February. When it announced quarterly earnings last week, Netflix announced that it had reached two hundred million subscribers worldwide. That was the culmination of the streaming giant’s huge 2020, as subscribers spent stay-at-home periods streaming hours of* Tiger King*, *The Queen’s Gambit*, *Emily in Paris* and other hit shows. Netflix has another lineup of new programming debuting in February. Some highlights: - Inception (Feb. 1) Christopher Nolan’s mind-bending thriller fro...
Aldi Joins Growing List of Companies Paying Workers to Get Vaccinated
Ethen Kim Lieser, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Aldi Vaccine, Americas* The grocery store chain has become the latest company to offer its employees a financial incentive to get a potentially life-saving coronavirus vaccine. Aldi has become the latest company to offer its employees a financial incentive to get a potentially life-saving coronavirus vaccine. The grocery chain announced that it would cover all costs associated with vaccine administration and provide hourly workers with two hours of extra pay for each dose they receive, which can reach up to a total of four hours. The company added that it w...
The Dark Days of Higher Education are Here
Sumantra Maitra, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Sumantra Maitra* *Security, Americas* Academic bureaucracy is behind the rise of a new anti-classics movement. “You can care about certain scholars, students, material culture, and texts within a field and still want that field to be dismantled and burned so that those elements can be truly saved & white supremacy can be smothered,” thundered University of Iowa associate professor of history Sarah Bond on Twitter. The reason, she explained, is purely to destroy the “privileging” of Latin and Greek in classics. “I would just like to make it a global antiquity department and to re...
Is Normalcy the New Normal?
Aram Bakshian Jr., The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Aram Bakshian Jr.* *Politics, Americas* “Normalcy” is a word of fairly recent and rather dubious coinage. That's why the sudden love affair with the idea of “normalcy” is dubious. Horace Walpole, an eighteenth-century writer and long-time member of the British Parliament, famously observed that “life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel.” I must have been thinking the same thing while I watched the inaugural melodrama unfold because I found the whole thing funny as hell. Suddenly, all was sweetness and light and the highest civic virtue was unity be...
North Korea Acknowledges Joe Biden’s Election
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *Politics, Asia* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2021%3Anewsml_RC2Y3L9VCXS9&share=true] The outlet is the first recognition as the Korean Central News Agency has yet to comment on Biden’s election. Many observers have been eyeing what the inauguration of Joe Biden to the U.S. presidency means for relations between the United States and North Korea. The new administration’s exact policy remains to be seen, although we do have a clue that the North Korean regime has finally acknowledged that Biden is president. *DPRK Today*, a No...
GAME CHANGER: Dr. Simone Gold - Emergency Physician She is also a lawyer - Tears a BIG ONE out of the Big Pharma and Big Insurance Companies THIS IS THE ENCHILADA
greencrow, Greencrow As The Crow Flies - 10 hours ago
*Dr. Simone Gold - Emergency Physician* *She is also a lawyer - Tears a BIG ONE* *out of the Big Pharma and Big Insurance* *Companies THIS IS THE ENCHILADA!* Dr. Simone Gold - The truth about the CV19 vaccine - Remnant TV (remnant-tv.com) *H/T John Kaminski* This is a MUST Watch and MUST Share video...this is the enchilada! This is the Game Changer we've all been waiting for!!!! God has answered our prayers.
Magic? Politics? Science? Did President Biden Cure Covid?
Daniel McAdams, Peace and Prosperity - 10 hours ago
Just days after President Biden's inauguration, "blue" states began announcing an end to lockdowns and other restrictions. Suddenly it's time to open up. Even NY governor Cuomo said the economy must be re-started. Is it science? A miracle Covid cure? Politics? A huge coincidence? Watch today's Liberty Report:
Did Nintendo Sue 9-Year-Old Paco Gutierrez for Making Cardboard Console?
Dan Evon, Snopes.com - 10 hours ago
Just because something "sounds" true doesn't mean it is.
Why Vaccinations Are Important
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 10 hours ago
A medic in a coronavirus ward at Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem (courtesy of Hadassah Medical Center) *Times Of Israel:* *Israel sees 60% drop in hospitalizations for age 60-plus 3 weeks after 1st shot * *Full effects of Pfizer’s shots only kick in around a month after inoculation, but data from Israel shows there is a stark drop in infections even before that point * Vaccines are quickly averting serious cases of COVID-19 among the most vulnerable members of society, an Israeli healthcare provider has indicated. The full effects of Pfizer’s vaccine are only slated to kic...
Biden begins Syria military build up. Region braces for “Assad Must Go” narrative
The Duran, The Duran - 10 hours ago
Biden begins Syria military build up. Region braces for “Assad Must Go” narrative The Duran: Episode 868 A Large US Military Convoy Rolled Into Syria On 1st Day Of Biden Presidency A Large US Military Convoy Rolled Into Syria On 1st Day Of Biden Presidency Two separate reports from Middle East news sources at the […]
Biden begins the week with WOKE THEME BASED Executive Orders
Alex Christoforou, The Duran - 10 hours ago
Biden begins the week with WOKE THEME BASED Executive Orders ****News Topic 265***** Preview Of Biden’s Executive Orders For Next Week Preview Of Biden’s Executive Orders For Next Week Next week President Biden will continue his blitz of executive actions after signing 17 such directives in his first week covering a range of issues – […]
Biden Asks Putin For Nuclear Deal
Alexander Mercouris, The Duran - 11 hours ago
Biden Asks Putin For Nuclear Deal News Topic 29: Russian intelligence assessment planned as Biden eyes renewal of nuclear treaty: Report Russian intelligence assessment planned as Biden eyes renewal of nuclear treaty: Report President Biden’s new spy chief is reportedly preparing a comprehensive intelligence assessment about Russia as his administration plans to renew a key […]
Computer Says No (again)
Craig, Is the BBC biased? - 11 hours ago
We wondered, a day or so ago, how *Panorama *would get on with their Freedom of Information requests to the BBC regarding the Martin Bashir/Princess Diana affair. It would be truly extraordinary if the BBC turned down its own current affairs flagship, but then the BBC is a strange beast. *The Scotsman* newspaper reports today that their own FoI request to the BBC - asking the BBC to provide a breakdown of the number of complaints received by the corporation for each broadcast of Nicola Sturgeon and the Scottish Government’s daily televised briefings - has been refused. The...
Rare Snow in Malibu
Robert, Ice Age Now - 11 hours ago
Locals surprised and delighted. _________ The first of a series of several storm systems moved into the Southern California region this weekend, bringing rain, hail and snow to many communities. The Los Angeles Times reported on Saturday that locals were surprised and delighted by the snow along Malibu Canyon, a key artery connecting the coast to the ... Read more The post Rare Snow in Malibu appeared first on Ice Age Now.
The State of Oregon gets $220,000 federal dollars per Covid death, says reader
Robert, Ice Age Now - 12 hours ago
Whoa! Many states get even more than that! What a great incentive to report deaths as being due to Covid-19! _________ “I think Covid-19 is a hoax, and no person has ever died from the “covids,” says reader Yukon Jack. “The way they pulled the hoax is by intense media non-stop reporting and reassigning other disease ... Read more The post The State of Oregon gets $220,000 federal dollars per Covid death, says reader appeared first on Ice Age Now.
Gummer Lands Householders With £304bn Bill
Paul Homewood, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 12 hours ago
By Paul Homewood It’s only taken the Daily Mail two months to catch up! Owners of energy inefficient homes may find themselves the proprietors of unsellable and unlettable properties just over seven years from now. The Climate Change Committee, which is advising the UK government on how to achieve its net […]
The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism Book Club, Part 2
Bryan Caplan, Econlib - 13 hours ago
The TPOC Book Club continues its march through Chapter 1, “Ignorance Is Strength.” Please leave your thoughts and questions in the comments and I’ll do an omnibus reply later this week. After the revolutionary period of the fifties and sixties, society regrouped itself, as always, into High, Middle, and Low. But the new High group, unlike all […] The post The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism Book Club, Part 2 appeared first on Econlib.
Security In Iraq Jan 15-21, 2021
Joel Wing, MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 8 hours ago
The third week of January was marked by a mass casualty bombing in the heart of Baghdad in a popular square with markets that left over 140 people dead and wounded. The last such attack took place in September 2019 when a car bomb hit Karbala but that only left 17 casualties. Baghdad hadn’t seen such an incident since July 2019when two suicide bombers caused the deaths of five people and wounded another 20. The last truly horrific event in the capital was in January 2018when two suicide bombers hit the exact same square with 143 casualties. Since November 2020 the number of w...
Kessler delivers the final count!
<b>bob somerby</b>, the daily howler - 10 hours ago
*MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2021* *Rachel and Joy in the clown car: *High up on the Washington Post's web site, the final count was being announced this morning. Glenn Kessler's tabulation was done. High up on the Post's web site, the headline linking to the report said this: *Trump made 30,573 false or misleading claims as president. Nearly half came in his final year.* Kessler has made his final count. At the Post's Fact Checker site, his final report starts like this: KESSLER (1/23/21): He overstated the “carnage” he was inheriting, then later exaggerated his “massive” crowd and cla...
Borders Tighten Around The World In Response To The Unrelenting Covid-19 Threat
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 10 hours ago
Airports are empty as borders are being clamped shut with countries racing to get a grip on mushrooming coronavirus infections *AFP:* *Borders tighten around world as coronavirus curfew fury spills over * Border restrictions were being tightened around the world Monday in the face of an unrelenting coronavirus threat, after a weekend in which anger at social distancing rules bubbled over into fiery clashes in the Netherlands. The United States was set to join France, Israel and Sweden in pulling up the drawbridge to certain arrivals, with special concern about new strains of th...
US Smashed President Biden's 1m-A-Day Vaccine 'Target' Before He Even Took Charge: Record 1.6m Shots Were Administered On Inauguration Day
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 11 hours ago
The seven-day rolling average for daily vaccinations nationwide is currently at 1.2 million. More than 1 million COVID-19 vaccine shots have been handed out daily in US since Biden's inauguration *Daily Mail*: *US smashed Biden's 1m-a-day vaccine 'target' before he even took charge: Record 1.6m shots were administered on Inauguration Day as America vaccinates 6.8% of population while COVID-19 hospitalizations, cases and deaths all drop * * The seven-day rolling average for daily vaccinations nationwide is currently at 1.2 million * So far the US has administered 22.4 million va...
Progress?
Robert, Small Dead Animals - 11 hours ago
It appears that the New York Times has fired an editor for being partisan with her tweets: The New York Times reportedly canceled an editor’s contract after she tweeted that she had ‘chills’ watching Joe Biden land at Joint Base Andrews the day before the inauguration and slammed Trump for not sending him a government plane. … Continue reading →
Should the Deplorables Respect the Swamp Creature Declared Winner of an Unconstitutional Election?
Charles R. Anderson, Ph.D., An Objectivist Individualist - 11 hours ago
The Chief Executive of the federal government is the highest elected officeholder in the great and exceptional United States of America. The USA is great and exceptional because it is the first government ever established with the aim of being a legitimate government. Governments achieve legitimacy only to the extent that they protect the exercise of the many and broad rights of the individual. These rights accrue to every individual, which was recognized in our Declaration of Independence, yet denied initially in our otherwise quite great Constitution. We had to fight a horri...
Rare thundersnow impacts wide swaths of UK
The Watchers » Latest articles - 11 hours ago
Heavy snow has fallen in wide swaths of the UK as a rare thunderstorm hit the country on Sunday, January 24, 2021, blanketing roads along with loud bangs and wintry showers. Residents woke up to a blanket of snow and loud thunderstorms that struck Wales, London, and...... Read more »
Understanding The Politics Of Urban Apartheid In The United States
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 11 hours ago
Baltimore Maryland is a majority-black but hyper-segregated city. Following the uprising in Baltimore in 2015 in response to the police murder of Freddie Gray, Dr. Lawrence Brown, a public health expert at Morgan University, a historically black university in Baltimore, found that historical context and data were missing from the conversation about what was happening. Thus, he wrote "The Black Butterfly: The Politics of Race and Space in America." In this book, Dr. Brown describes the history of and the players who created the urban apartheid and how Baltimore became a template fo...
Super quick celebration!
Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig, Cloaking Inequity - 11 hours ago
Celebrate the small victories? I was selected for the EducationWeek Top 200 Education Scholars in the US list for the 8th year in a row this year. So a super quick celebration!! and now on to the week. Thanks for being here with me doing the work for children.
Checking In
Larry-Lambert, Virtual Mirage - 12 hours ago
Housekeeping After stops and starts, primarily due to the plague situation, the stolen election, and 2020 in general, I am now collaborating with famed British author Jules Smith (who also comments on this blog) on my science fiction novel, Red Mist. A few of you have asked for updates. I’ve had to change some […] The post Checking In appeared first on Virtual Mirage.
China Pushes Conspiracy Theories on COVID Origin, Vaccines
AP News, Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
Chinese state media have stoked concerns about Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, despite rigorous trials indicating it is safe.
Energy: Third Rail of US Politics
Ron Clutz, Science Matters - 12 hours ago
Wikipedia: The third rail of a nation’s politics is a metaphor for any issue so controversial that it is “charged” and “untouchable” to the extent that any politician or public official who dares to broach the subject will invariably suffer politically. The metaphor comes from the high-voltage third rail in some electric railway systems. On […]
This Day In Iraqi History - Jan 25
Joel Wing, MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 12 hours ago
1917 British attacked Ottoman positions along Hai River 1938 Nuri al-Said became PM for 2nd time 1922-58 were 59 cabinets 1959 Gen Qasim legalized trade unions (Musings On Iraq interview with Western Kentucky’s Prof Romero on the Qasim govt) 1967 Pres Johnson met 5 Iraqi generals and Iraqi Amb Hani at White House and said that they would build closer ties 1981 Islamic Conference Organization created group to try to mediate end to Iran-Iraq War 1987 3rd War of the Cities ended (Musings On Iraq interview with author Anthony Tucker-Jones on Iran-Iraq War) (Musings On Ir...
Tuskegee was a tragedy, but let's move on
Norma, Collecting My Thoughts - 12 hours ago
I think it's time for racialists in the medical field to stop blaming the suspicion of vaccines among blacks on the Tuskegee experiment conducted between 1932-1972 by the public health service of the U.S. Get your butt out there and start flooding the churches, schools, stores, buses, clinics and neighborhoods with pro-vaccine information. Go after them like you did the vote in Georgia. There are millions of blacks working in the medical field--they've got phones, they've got networks. Go after them, and stop trying to make political hay. Try reprogramming them instead of Republ...
Did a Bear Chase a Skier Down a Mountain?
Dan Evon, Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
Let this put to rest the myth that bears can't run downhill.
Intern with Lawfare!
bklehm, Lawfare - 12 hours ago
*Lawfare* is now accepting summer internship applications, through the Brookings Institution. The internship will be conducted remotely. Apply here . Overview Thinking about a career in public policy? Committed to improving the world we live in? Think Brookings—one of the most influential, most quoted and most trusted think tanks! Interns spend approximately 10 weeks working alongside leading experts in government and academia from all over the world. Brookings also offers students the opportunity to intern in departments such as communications, human resources and central opera...
STARTING TOMORROW: What is truth?
<b>bob somerby</b>, the daily howler - 13 hours ago
*MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2021* *And to what extent do we care?:* Have we Americans possibly gotten lucky? Have we managed to avoid a predicted surge of Covid infections and deaths? Yesterday, atop the front page in print editions, a news report in the Washington Post examined that question. Fenit Nirappil started his front-page report as shown: NIRAPPIL (1/24/21): *The United States appears to have avoided the worst-case coronavirus scenarios *that officials feared would overwhelm hospitals in the aftermath of Christmas and New Year’s gatherings. *But experts caution that the threat ...
WordPress Censorship?
Ron Clutz, Science Matters - 14 hours ago
A strange thing happened this morning. I wanted to improve some wording in a post from last night, and the edit function came up in WordPress block editor. To my surprise, some of the text and image blocks were no longer visible, covered with a warning label: “This block contains unexpected or invalid content.” Canceled […]
Accountability and unity
Keith, musingsofanoldfart - 15 hours ago
Republican Senator Mitt Romney said yesterday, we cannot have unity without accountability. Yet, some Republican Senators are still echoing the planned fraud by the former president on the American people claiming unproven voter fraud. Others are saying the former president … Continue reading →
Gregory Mannarino, "Market Updates: Listen For More 'Bubble Talk', Bitcoin Rebound, MORE!"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 8 hours ago
"Down the rabbit hole of psychopathic greed and insanity... *Your guide:* Gregory Mannarino, AM 1/25/21" *"Market Updates: * *Listen For More 'Bubble Talk', Bitcoin Rebound, MORE!" * - https://traderschoice.net/ ○ This supremely all-encompassing insanity should have a soundtrack... It's theme appropriate, anyway. Drink your Kool-Aid, boys and girls... *Earth, Wind & Fire, "Fantasy"* Unfortunately, the *consequences* are all too real... but only to* you.*
Moderna Vaccine 6x Less Efficient At Neutralizing The South African Covid-19 Variant
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 11 hours ago
*CNBC:** Moderna says it’s working on Covid booster shot for variant in South Africa, says current vaccine provides some protection * * Moderna said it’s accelerating work on a Covid-19 booster shot to guard against the recently discovered variant in South Africa. * The company’s researchers said its current coronavirus vaccine appears to work against the two highly transmissible strains found in the U.K. and South Africa, although it looks like it may be less effective against the latter. Moderna said Monday it’s accelerating work on a Covid-19 booster shot to guard against ...
Supreme Court Dismisses Ridiculous Emoluments Lawsuits Against President Trump
Sundance, The Last Refuge - 11 hours ago
The far-left lawfare group known as “Citizens for Responsible Ethics in Washington” (CREW); a ridiculous misnomer if there ever was one; had a big loss today as the Supreme Court dismissed their ridiculous lawsuit against President Trump and the Trump … Continue reading → The post Supreme Court Dismisses Ridiculous Emoluments Lawsuits Against President Trump appeared first on The Last Refuge.
Antifa Rioters Descend On Tacoma, Washington, For A Night Of Rioting After Police Officer Drove Into A Crowd
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 11 hours ago
*Daily Mail:* *Portland Antifa mob moves to Tacoma in response to cop running over man at Fast and Furious-style burnout on Saturday - as rioters smash up court building in another night of left-wing trouble * * More than 200 Antifa protesters repotedly descended on Tacoma, Washington, Sunday evening * Video and images showed broken glass scattered on sidewalk outside of businesses and graffiti on buildings * Protesters started at least two fires in the area using a barricade for one and an American flag for the other * The group gathered to protest Tacoma police after an o...
Antifa Trashes Tacoma After Viral Video Of Cop Driving Through Crowd
Admin, From the Trenches World Report - 12 hours ago
Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden Antifa anarchists in Tacoma, Washington set fires and vandalized buildings on Sunday after a video of a police officer... The post Antifa Trashes Tacoma After Viral Video Of Cop Driving Through Crowd appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Missouri Gun Shop Announces They ‘Don’t Have Guns or Ammo for Biden Supporters’
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 12 hours ago
Gateway Pundit – by Cristina Laila Trigger Firearms and Reloading LLC in Jefferson City, Missouri, has announced that they do not have guns or ammunition... The post Missouri Gun Shop Announces They ‘Don’t Have Guns or Ammo for Biden Supporters’ appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
“Release Them All, Immediately” – Joe Biden Orders ICE Agents to Release All Illegal Aliens in Custody
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 12 hours ago
Gateway Pundit – by Cristina Laila Fox News host Tucker Carlson exclusively obtained a ‘shocking’ internal memo sent to ICE agents ordering them to release... The post “Release Them All, Immediately” – Joe Biden Orders ICE Agents to Release All Illegal Aliens in Custody appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Standing Rock Thunderhawk Litigation Advances in Appeals Court against Morton County and TigerSwan
Unknown, CENSORED NEWS - 12 hours ago
.Photo copyright Ryan VizzionsStanding Rock Thunderhawk Litigation Advances in Appeals Court and in Discovery Toward TrialColumbia Students Provide Critical Assistance in Civil Rights Lawsuit Thunderhawk v. County of Morton, North DakotaBy Columbia School of LawJan. 25, 2021Censored News NEW YORK — Advancing yet another step toward trial set for August 2021, the Standing Rock Thunderhawk
Schumer says senators will decide if Trump incited ‘erection’ at US Capitol
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 12 hours ago
New York Post Jan 22, 2021 This going to be hard to live down. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer got a rise out of lawmakers on... The post Schumer says senators will decide if Trump incited ‘erection’ at US Capitol appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Canadian marijuana retailer High Tide buys US online head shop for $8 million
Solomon Israel, Marijuana Business Daily - 12 hours ago
Calgary, Alberta-based marijuana retailer High Tide is spending $8 million to acquire Smoke Cartel, a U.S. e-commerce website that sells cannabis accessories and CBD products. Under terms of the deal, High Tide will pay $2 million in cash and $6 million in High Tide shares for all shares of Georgia-based Smoke Cartel. When the deal […] Canadian marijuana retailer High Tide buys US online head shop for $8 million is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Anybody Who’s About to Get JABBED MUST SEE THIS!!!
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 12 hours ago
HighImpactFlix January 24th, 2021. This is a reporting system that ANYBODY can submit adverse reactions to. Not just heath care professionals. There is a disclaimer... The post Anybody Who’s About to Get JABBED MUST SEE THIS!!! appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Indian Woman From Andhra Pradesh Dies From Brain Stroke After COVID-19 Vaccine
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 12 hours ago
Great Game India A woman from the state of Andhra Pradesh in India has died after suffering a brain stroke after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.... The post Indian Woman From Andhra Pradesh Dies From Brain Stroke After COVID-19 Vaccine appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
"The Borg: A Zombie Nation of Confined Corpses Convulsing in a Matrix
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 12 hours ago
*"The Borg: A Zombie Nation of * *Confined Corpses Convulsing in a Matrix"* By Doug “Uncola” Lynn "The decline of a superpower does not happen overnight. Nor was America’s fall a result of random chance. The nation was purposely dismantled and what we recently witnessed were the death convulsions. To be sure, nothing was left to chance – even in the throes of the U.S. Constitution’s final death rattle. The coup de grâce came as the result of a planned deception so large, it was fitting for the end of a superpower. The plan successfully led the last bastions of resistance to global t...
January Auction for From the Trenches
Henry Shivley, From the Trenches World Report - 13 hours ago
US Marine Fighting Tyranny, Galen, Ol’Stewbum, Swifty Lomax, and Mary are sponsoring an auction to raise funds for From the Trenches World Report. This way,... The post January Auction for From the Trenches appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Hezbollah TV Correspondent Captures First Images Of Israeli F-35I Adir Jets Operating Inside Lebanese Airspace.
David Cenciotti, The Aviationist - 13 hours ago
Almost by accident, the first images of Israeli Air Force F-35I Adir jets flying over Lebanon have been posted online today. Israeli F-35I jets were flying over Lebanon earlier today, Jan. 25, 2021. The photographs [...] The post Hezbollah TV Correspondent Captures First Images Of Israeli F-35I Adir Jets Operating Inside Lebanese Airspace. appeared first on The Aviationist.
"Flying Blind"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 13 hours ago
*"Flying Blind"* by Jim Kunstler "Events are in the driver’s seat now, not personalities. Gil Scott-Heron was right way back in the day when he said, “the revolution will not be televised.” Only what he called “revolution” turns out to be collapse, led by the disintegrating news business, so that the people of this land are flying blind into a maelstrom of hardship. Everything is going south at once here, and you probably don’t know it. If you think we’re headed into a transhuman nirvana of continuous tech-assisted orgasm, social equity, and guaranteed basic income, you are going ...
FBI finds 33 missing children in anti-trafficking operation
Admin, From the Trenches World Report - 13 hours ago
MSN – The Hill Thirty-three children were recovered in an anti-trafficking operation in Los Angeles dubbed “Operation Lost Angels” the FBI’s LA field office announced... The post FBI finds 33 missing children in anti-trafficking operation appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
53 Dead in Gibraltar in 10 Days After Experimental Pfizer mRNA COVID Injections Started
Mary, From the Trenches World Report - 13 hours ago
Health Impact News – by Brian Shilhavy Gibraltar is a British Colony at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula attached to the country of... The post 53 Dead in Gibraltar in 10 Days After Experimental Pfizer mRNA COVID Injections Started appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Bolsheviks Are Obsessed With Disinfectants and Cleanliness…
Mary, From the Trenches World Report - 13 hours ago
Abel Danger Editor’s note: Make certain you comprehend a very significant fact when you go over this material. When the Bolsheviks come to power they... The post Bolsheviks Are Obsessed With Disinfectants and Cleanliness… appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
French consultation on marijuana legalization passes 200,000 responses
Alfredo Pascual, Marijuana Business Daily - 14 hours ago
A consultation on cannabis legalization in France that launched on Jan. 13 has already gathered 200,354 responses, Marijuana Business Daily has learned. The consultation is not expected to prompt a near-term legislative change, but a positive outcome could ease concerns for some politicians over potential reform ahead of the 2022 elections. “The numbers will be […] French consultation on marijuana legalization passes 200,000 responses is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Indian And Chinese Soldiers Injured In Another Violent Clash Along The Himalayan Border Last Week
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 12 hours ago
Chinese and Indian troops fought last week at Naku La, on the border between Sikkim state and the Tibet region, leaving casualties on both sides, according to Indian military sources *Daily Mail:* *Indian and Chinese soldiers brawl on Himalayan border with casualties on both sides, six months after hand-to-hand combat left more than 20 dead * * Indian and Chinese troops fought last week in Naku La, in the remote Himalayas * Indian sources said fight happened when Chinese patrol came to their territory * At least 20 Chinese troops and four Indian soldiers were injured, source...
Study: Coronavirus Activates Antibodies From Previous Coronavirus Infections
Ethen Kim Lieser, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Public Health, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC25NF92U1PJ&share=true] This discovery could help in developing new therapeutic treatments. Individuals who have contracted the coronavirus have been found to rely on antibodies created during infections from earlier coronaviruses to help fight the disease, according to a new study conducted by Northern Arizona University and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen). The research, published in the journal *Cell Reports Medicine*, noted that th...
North Korea: Why VP Kamala Harris Should Meet With Kim Yo-Jong
Seong-Chang Cheong, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Seong-Chang Cheong* *Politics, Asia* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC2JMI9MOF3R&share=true] Vice President Kamala Harris should be given full authority to sit down and negotiate with her counterpart, Kim Yo-jong, the de facto number two in the North Korean power hierarchy. The North Korean leadership seems to still believe the panacea for its security dilemmas is its nuclear arsenal, the “dagger with ten thousand uses.” Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons ensure that the world’s only superpower cannot seriously consider military option...
2021: The Year China and Taiwan Clash?
J. Michael Cole, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*J. Michael Cole* *Security, Asia* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2013%3Anewsml_GM1E9AR1PQ501&share=true] Beijing is upping the pressure because they realize Washington policy in support of Taipei will not change under President Joe Biden. Less than week after the inauguration of a new administration in Washington, China is already flexing its muscles in the Taiwan Strait with a sizable show of force over the weekend. This escalation suggests that even as Beijing seeks a “reset” with Washington, D.C., under the Joe Biden administration, its coe...
Biden's Economic Centrism Isn't Exciting, but it Suits the Times
Richard Holden, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Richard Holden* *Politics, The Americas* In a whole range of areas Biden and his nominees for important cabinet posts have signalled the new administration’s economic policies will be responsive to the demands of the left but still be sensitive to the concerns of the right. In an age of hyperpartisan politics, the Biden presidency offers a welcome centrism that might help bridge the divides. But it is also Biden’s economic centrism that offers a chance to cut through what has become an increasingly polarised approach to economic policy. On the Republican side of politics, there...
Biden Presidency Marks a Return to Normalcy After Chaos of Trump
Thomas Klassen, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Thomas Klassen* *Politics, The Americas* Biden's success over his long political career, in fact, has come from seeking gradual reforms, building coalitions and aiming for bipartisan compromise rather than pursuing or leading a revolution. The end of Donald Trump’s dysfunctional tenure in the White House means the start of a relatively normal presidency under Joe Biden. But what does normal even mean after four years of a presidency and a president that have been anything but? Biden emphasized unity in his inaugural address in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the dangerous sc...
Poor Nations Left Reeling After Bill Gates Advised Oxford to Ditch Open Source COVID Vaccine
Alan Macleod, MintPress News - 12 hours ago
Unable to secure a profit in immunizing poorer nations, Western multinationals, including Oxford's private partner AstraZeneca, have prioritized those who can pay the most. The post Poor Nations Left Reeling After Bill Gates Advised Oxford to Ditch Open Source COVID Vaccine appeared first on MintPress News.
High Levels Of Vit-C Reduce Heart Disease Risk
Robert, Ice Age Now - 12 hours ago
“We could reduce dramatically both Chinese Wuhan Covid deaths and cardiovascular deaths with common over the counter drugs and supplements.” – E.M. Smith __________ What makes those numbers even more horrible (referring to “We’re Being Stampeded Into Unnecessary Panic”) is that recent research points to sub-clinical low Vit-C as the cause of heart disease / ... Read more The post High Levels Of Vit-C Reduce Heart Disease Risk appeared first on Ice Age Now.
WATCH: Cops Terrorize Innocent 10yo Boy, Cuff & Detain Him Without Cause — Not Disciplined
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: police]A small boy was detained by Chicago police without cause, and terrorized as he was held in handcuffs for a prolonged length of time.
Chinese President Xi Warns Davos World Economic Forum Against Starting A 'New Cold War'
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 13 hours ago
*France 24:* *China's Xi warns Davos World Economic Forum against 'new Cold War'* Chinese President Xi Jinping warned global leaders at an all-virtual Davos forum Monday against starting a "new Cold War", and urged global unity in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Having largely curbed the spread of the pandemic within its borders, Xi wants to position China as a key player in a new multilateral world order as the US remains crippled by the pandemic. "To build small cliques or start a new Cold War, to reject, threaten or intimidate others... will only push the world into d...
As Apple, Google, Amazon Ban Parler, Twitter Allegedly Profited by Refusing to Remove Child Porn
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: child]While heavily censoring political content, Twitter refused to remove sexual video of two child victims claiming it did not violate policy, according to a lawsuit.
Robert Malley for Iran Envoy: A Test Case for Biden’s Commitment to Diplomacy
Medea Benjamin, MintPress News - 13 hours ago
Biden’s response to the far-right uproar against Malley will be a test of his fortitude in standing up to the hawks and charting a new course for U.S. policy in the Middle East. The post Robert Malley for Iran Envoy: A Test Case for Biden’s Commitment to Diplomacy appeared first on MintPress News.
National Guard Allowed Back Into Capitol After Eviction To Parking Garage
ZeroHedge, Need To Know - 13 hours ago
Washington DC: After an alleged inauguration threat never materialized, thousands of National Guardsmen have been forced to take their rest breaks in nearby parking garages that had no internet reception, one electrical outlet, and a two-stall bathroom for 5,000 troops.
China’s Thermal Power Continued To Increase Last Year Despite COVID
Paul Homewood, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 14 hours ago
By Paul Homewood Despite economic slowdown, thermal power production (virtually all coal) continued to increase last year, rising by 2.5%, according to the provisional figures from the China Portal. As in previous years, this exceeded the increase in wind/solar power: https://chinaenergyportal.org/en/2020-electricity-other-energy-statistics-preliminary/ Thermal output continues to dominate the mix with […]
Cash Payments Being Offered Medical Personnel to Take the Vax
Robert, Ice Age Now - 14 hours ago
“Houston Medical Hospital is offering $500 to 26,000 employees. That’s $13 million. Wonder who’s paying for it? Probably us. “Graceland Nursing Home is paying $750, paid for by Fed govt. “L.A. Fire Dept is offering firemen raffle prizes– gift cards, home security cameras, bikes– what, no toasters?” – Penelope I wonder. Do these medical workers ... Read more The post Cash Payments Being Offered Medical Personnel to Take the Vax appeared first on Ice Age Now.
The ‘Insurrection’ and Its Discontents: ‘American Exceptionalism’ Revisited
Ramzy Baroud, MintPress News - 14 hours ago
The more political chaos and societal division widen, the more the notion of exceptionalism will be exposed as bizarre, selfish, and unsustainable. The post The ‘Insurrection’ and Its Discontents: ‘American Exceptionalism’ Revisited appeared first on MintPress News.
Senator Mike Lee excoriates President Biden for national monument executive order
Gabriella Hoffman, CFACT - 14 hours ago
Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) joins host Gabriella on the podcast today to discuss his reaction to President Biden's executive orders pertaining to public lands and energy. Listen here. The post Senator Mike Lee excoriates President Biden for national monument executive order appeared first on CFACT.
Biden Sends Troops into Syria Once Again to Control Oil Fields
Information Liberation and Sputnik News, Need To Know - 14 hours ago
Troops are set to deploy on the nearby oilfields with Kurdish-controlled eastern Syria energy resources. Biden nominated war hawk Antony Blinken as his Secretary of State. Video from 1992 shows Joe Biden saying, "If there wasn't an Israel, the US would have to invent an Israel to protect our interests in the region."
Toxic Secrets Behind “Clean” Energy
Paul Homewood, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 14 hours ago
By Paul Homewood We’ve covered parts of this story a few times, but this article from Guillaume Pitron, who has been investigating it for years, suggests that the problem is far worse and more extensive than previously thought. I have picked out some highlights, but the full Mail article is here. Past the suburbs of […]
Tulsi Gabbard: Domestic-Terrorism Bill Is ‘Targeting Almost Half of the Country’
Fox News, Need To Know - 14 hours ago
Tulsi Gabbard says the bill designates "domestic terrorists" that could include Christians, all white people, males, libertarians, people who have an American flag outside their house, or anyone who ever attended a Trump rally. She said it targets almost half the country.
Volunteerism in the Decade of Action
Global Issues News Headlines - 12 hours ago
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Jan 25 (IPS) - After the pioneer Global Technical Meeting on Volunteerism last July, a recently-held on-line follow up helped gathering new insights from experts and practitioners from the world on how to move forward with positioning volunteering at the center of development agenda. Read the full story, “Volunteerism in the Decade of Action”, on globalissues.org →
Did ‘Irish Midget’ Pose as Leprechaun in Pot of Gold for Sex Scheme?
Snopes Staff, Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Global Warming Update
tonyheller, Real Climate Science - 13 hours ago
Snow In Malibu Bourke, NSW 10C (18F) cooler than January, 1896.
Indonesia seizes Iranian oil tanker off its coast: video
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
[image: Indonesia seizes Iranian oil tanker off its coast: video] BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:00 P.M.) – Iranian TV, citing CNN, reported that Indonesia had seized an Iranian oil tanker for illegally transporting oil in the region. State-owned Fars News also quoted Indonesian media as saying that Jakarta had detained two oil tankers, one of which was Iranian, identified as the Horse, and the other flying the Panamanian flag, identified as the Free. “Indonesian officials said that the reason for detaining the two tankers was illegally transporting oil between the two ships. Continue reading ...
Boycott Sham Impeachment
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), Peace and Prosperity - 13 hours ago
[image: undefined] Sometimes in Washington, the powers that be will embark on a little bit of political theater. You can always spot it, though, if you look closely enough at what's real and what's not. In the last days of the presidency of Donald Trump, the Democrats and a handful of Never Trumpers banded together to insist he be impeached, again. The first impeachment of Donald Trump in 2019 was a witch hunt filled with fabricated charges, unsupported evidence and partisan rancor disguised as legal concern. I worked against this impeachment, but I will grant it one thing — while ...
Ukrainian pig breeders ask to revise quotas on pork imports from EU when revising FTA terms in 2021
bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
25-Jan-2021 The Association said that Ukrainian producers are working at a loss due to an oversupply of pork in the EU countries, as well as an increase in the cost of Ukrainian pork by 25%.
Australia new trade minister says UK, EU trade deals priority
bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
25-Jan-2021 Minister hopes FTAs with UK, EU will be finalised this year.
Iran, Armenia sign trade agreement
bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
25-Jan-2021 Top officials from Iran and Armenia signed an agreement in Tehran to enhance trade cooperation between the two neighbors.
China's trade with US failed to meet phase-one deal targets last year, and 2021 is not expected to yield more success
bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
25-Jan-2021 Analysts point to unrealistic goals in original deal with United States, and overall trade goals may continue to remain elusive in this year.
Cairn Energy's major investors ask India to honour arbitration
bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
25-Jan-2021 Investors have written to the Indian government as well as the governments of the US and UK seeking adherence to the award of a tribunal at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague
RDC-ZLECAF : “La ratification par le Gouvernement […] signe la fin de l'entrepreneuriat congolais (Patrick Mundeke)
bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
25-Jan-2021 Le projet de loi portant ratification par la République Démocratique du Congo de l'accord créant la Zone de Libre-Échange Continentale Africaine (ZLECAF) a été adopté à l'Assemblée nationale.
Israel, Morocco sign economic trade cooperation agreement after peace deal
bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
25-Jan-2021 The agreement establishes a framework for cooperation in the fields of economics, trade and innovation, with both sides aiming to increase bilateral trade and remove trade barriers.
NATO refused to supply Turkey with new weapons because of support for Azerbaijan: Erdogan
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
[image: NATO refused to supply Turkey with new weapons because of support for Azerbaijan: Erdogan] BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:40 P.M.) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) refused to provide Turkey with military equipment because of its support for Azerbaijan. This claim came during Erdogan’s speech while attending the inauguration of the locally-made “Istanbul” frigate, accompanied by Defense Minister Hulusi Akar and a number of defense industry officials. The Turkish president said, “We asked our NATO allies to provide us with s...
Supreme Court Ends Emoluments Suits That Sought Trump Finances
AP News, Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
The cases involved suits filed by Maryland and the District of Columbia, and high-end restaurants and hotels in New York and Washington, D.C., that “found themselves in the unenviable position of having to compete with businesses owned by the President of the United States.”
EU no longer considers Juan Guaido President of Venezuela
News Desk, AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
[image: EU no longer considers Juan Guaido President of Venezuela] The European Union has announced that, despite regarding Juan Guaido as a “privileged interlocutor”, it no longer considers him an interim president of Venezuela. The 27 members of the block said in a joint statement that Guaido is a part of the democratic opposition, despite a recent European Parliament’s resolution for EU governments to maintain Guaido’s position as head of state. “The EU repeats its calls for… the freedom and safety of all political opponents, in particular representatives of the opposition parti...
Monday Morning Links
Unknown, Accidental Deliberations - 14 hours ago
Miscellaneous material to start your week. - Jim Brumby writes about the multiple growing disruptions to economic health and security which could be addressed by a wealth tax. - Kim Siever highlights how the oil industry continues to scam Alberta while pretending that its interest is that of the province - which of course applies with equal force in Saskatchewan. The Energy Mix points out that the fossil fuel sector is marked by disproportionate returns to capital for the amount paid in wages - making a transition entirely affordable as long as we focus on the public good rather ...
On the road for Bob's funeral
Peter, Bayou Renaissance Man - 14 hours ago
I told you about Bob last week. Miss D. and I are on the road today, traveling to attend his memorial service. That means blogging will be lighter than usual. I'll try to put up something every day, but I can't guarantee to do that; so please have patience with me, and if you run short of reading material, try the bloggers listed in the sidebar. They write good too! We'd appreciate it if those of you who are so inclined will pray for traveling safety for us. We're headed for Colorado, where it's a lot colder and snowier than we're used to in north Texas. An African boy l...
Making Government Work
Owen Gray, Northern Reflections - 14 hours ago
Joe Biden has talked a lot about unity. But, E.J. Dionne writes, unity is being overtaken by urgency: Senate Democrats won their 49th and 50th seats in Georgia’s two runoff elections earlier this month, which gave them the majority thanks to Vice President Harris’s tie-breaking vote. This meant that the Senate had to be reorganized to recognize the shift in control. The outlines of an organizing resolution were already there from the last time the Senate was split 50-50, in 2001. That didn’t stop Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) from balking. He demanded that Sena...
It sure feels like a whole lot of nothing is happening with the mass murder inquiry and investigation
Tim Bousquet, Halifax Examiner - 15 hours ago
News 1. COVID-19 Just one new case of COVID-19 was announced over the weekend in Nova Scotia. It is a Dalhousie student who lives off campus, and the source of the infection is still under investigation. There are 19 known active cases in the province. No one is in hospital with the disease. The active […]
Your Face, Masked or Unmasked, Could Replace Your Bank Card.
Penny, Penny for your thoughts - 9 hours ago
BBC Ms Stewart University Student? *Welcome to the futuristic world of facial recognition payment. It might sound like something from a science fiction movie, but this kind of transaction is already happening millions of times a day across China's major cities.With the technology now being introduced in the US, and other countries such as Denmark and Nigeria, are we all going to be using it within a few years' time? And, are there data security and privacy issues that we should worry about?Ms Stewart, an 18-year-old university student, (no university me...
Israël et le Maroc concluent un accord de coopération économique et commerciale après la normalisation de leurs relations
bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
25-Jan-2021 Cet accord de coopération doit permettre aux deux parties de renforcer leur commerce bilatéral et de supprimer un certain nombre de barrières commerciales.
Prospects for an Australia–India trade deal
bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
25-Jan-2021 Negotiations on the Australia–India Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) are set to restart after being suspended in 2015. Australia's new Minister for Trade Dan Tehan has flagged that a trade deal with India will be one of his top priorities.
Canada explores free trade agreement with Indonesia
bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
25-Jan-2021 Canada is exploring the merits of a trade agreement with Indonesia. International Trade Minister Mary Ng announced Jan. 11 that Canada was beginning public consultations.
US Backs Al-Qaeda In Yemen
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
The United States government has designated the main enemy of al-Qaeda in Yemen, the Houthi movement, as a terrorist organization, after spending years backing al-Qaeda in the country. Like the US-led wars on Syria, Libya, former Yugoslavia, and 1980s Afghanistan, Yemen represents an example of an armed conflict where Washington has supported al-Qaeda and similar Salafi-jihadist extremists in order to foment regime change and extend its hegemony. Since March 2015, the United States has helped oversee a catastrophic war on Yemen, the poorest country in the Middle East, aiding Saudi...
Why Anti-Racism Must Be Anti-Capitalist
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
Last summer we saw one of the largest anti-racist mobilisations in decades. In over sixty countries, protesters took to the streets in their thousands to demand transformative, lasting change. The Black Lives Matter movement calls for a fundamental shift in how our societies are organised: defunding police forces, ending the prison-industrial complex, opposing imperialist projects abroad, and destroying neo-colonial power relations between the Global North and the Global South. Racism and its brutal history are being discussed in a way that is unparalleled in my lifetime. As happ...
Dominion Voting Systems Sues Giuliani over Election Claims
AP News, Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
The voting machine company faced such a mountain of threats and criticism that one of its top executives went into hiding.
Wuhan Flu: Follow The Science
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 13 hours ago
@IanFelipeSays – Neutralizing antibodies in a head to head comparison between #COVID19 natural infection, #PfizerVaccine and the #ModernaVaccine. It’s fuckin science, folks. #Immunity Update… this guy may be a little over his skis. 😆 Source here.
Indirect Deaths
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
“I got out of the Marines and within a few years, 15 of my buddies had killed themselves,” one veteran rifleman who served two tours in both Afghanistan and Iraq between 2003 and 2011 said to me recently. “One minute they belonged and the next, they were out, and they couldn’t fit in. They had nowhere to work, no one who related to them. And they had these PTSD symptoms that made them react in ways other Americans didn’t.” This veteran’s remark may seem striking to many Americans who watched this country’s post-9/11 wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere unfold in an early displ...
Mexican President Tests Positive for COVID-19, Symptoms Mild
AP News, Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
“The symptoms are mild but I am already under medical treatment," Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador tweeted.
Untitled
Jenna Orkin, From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 14 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin Sharon Begley, a Top Science Journalist, Is Dead at 64 Fauci: Joe Biden's 100 million COVID-19 shots pledge means doses, not people Amsterdam Is Embracing a Radical New Economic Theory to Help Save the Environment. Could It Also Replace Capitalism? If you haven’t been double-masking, research says to start now 890 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine may have spoiled in Ohio Elon Musk’s next Texas play? Drilling for natural gas, of course Chinese military plane enters Taiwan's ADIZ for 7th straight day China adopts law letting coast guard fire on foreign vessels Amazon Reques...
China Has Overtaken The U.S. As The World’s Leading Destination for Foreign Direct Investment
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 14 hours ago
*Wall Street Journal: **China Overtakes U.S. as World’s Leading Destination for Foreign Direct Investment * *Flows into America nearly halved as Covid-19 dragged on the economy in 2020* China overtook the U.S. as the world’s top destination for new foreign direct investment last year, as the Covid-19 pandemic amplifies an eastward shift in the center of gravity of the global economy. New investments by overseas businesses into the U.S., which for decades held the No. 1 spot, fell 49% in 2020, according to U.N. figures released Sunday, as the country struggled to curb the spread ...
Your Moral And Intellectual Superiors
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 14 hours ago
Busted. Related fakery bust.
Capitol Riot Exploited To Expand The National Security State
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 14 hours ago
The US national security state failed to prevent the pro-Trump mob attack on the Capitol. Yet instead of accountability, US intelligence officials are being emboldened via increased militarization, censorship, and surveillance. Max Blumenthal and Aaron Maté discuss the dangerous fallout. Rather than prioritize accountability for US intelligence officials’ failure to prevent the pro-Trump mob attack on the Capitol, the incident is instead being used to expand the national security state’s powers. Max Blumenthal, who witnessed the Capitol mob and reported on a key participant, disc...
How Biden’s First Executive Actions Fall Short
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 14 hours ago
On January 20, 2021, President Biden signed a series of executive orders that fell short of addressing two major crises facing jobless, poor, immigrants and working people: the threat of a wave of mass evictions and the threats of family separation by an emboldened rogue ICE agency. Simply put: Biden’s first executive orders did not cancel the rent debt and only delivered a partial moratorium on deportations. As the President settles in his new home, everyday people are wondering if they’ll avoid being kicked out of theirs. Millions of renters, homeowners and undocumented immigran...
Facebook Purges Left-Wing Pages And Individuals
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 14 hours ago
On Friday, Facebook carried out a purge of left-wing, antiwar and progressive pages and accounts, including leading members of the Socialist Equality Party. Facebook gave no explanation why the accounts were disabled or even a public acknowledgement that the deletions had occurred. At least a half dozen leading members of the Socialist Equality Party had their Facebook accounts permanently disabled. This included the public account of Genevieve Leigh, the national secretary of the International Youth and Students for Social Equality, and the personal account of Niles Niemuth, the ...
Hotel Workers Turn To Courts To Fight Pandemic Firings
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 15 hours ago
A former worker is proposing a class action lawsuit against a major Vancouver hotel over alleged wrongful terminations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Romuel Escobar, who worked at the Pan Pacific hotel for 24 years before being fired in August, filed a notice of civil claim in B.C. Supreme Court Wednesday. His lawsuit accuses the hotel of terminating workers without cause or notice. It also seeks to represent some 250 current and former regular hourly employees directly impacted by the pandemic in a class action suit. Unite Here Local 40, which represents B.C. hotel workers, suppo...
Breonna Taylor Grand Jurors File Petition Against Kentucky Attorney General
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 15 hours ago
Three grand jurors from the investigation into the police raid that killed 26-year-old Breonna Taylor are now calling for Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron (R) to be impeached over allegations that he mishandled the case. The jurors on Friday filed a petition with the state House of Representatives, arguing that Cameron breached the public’s trust and also misrepresented key grand jury findings, according to the Louisville Courier Journal, which first reported the complaint. A press release from the attorney representing the grand jurors, who remained anonymous to protec...
How The Israeli Flag Became A Symbol For White Nationalists
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 15 hours ago
As thousands gathered in Washington on Jan. 6 for the fateful Donald Trump rally that would end in the storming of the U.S. Capitol, an Israeli flag was spotted in the crowd, flying alongside flags championing the QAnon conspiracy, the III% militia movement, and other popular right-wing causes. “The Bible says, if you bless Israel, you should be blessed,” explained the protestor waving the flag, repeating a Bible verse beloved by the Christian Zionist movement. “So, we’re a nation that supports Israel.” Later, the flag was spotted directly outside the Capitol building during the si...
Central Asian Elections Update
esvoboda, Lawfare - 15 hours ago
Baiterek Tower in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan (Francisco Anzola, https://flic.kr/p/2htLiaw; CC BY 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/). As the U.S. reeled from violence at the Capitol, two Central Asian countries held elections that were both uncompetitive and unsurprising. On Jan. 10, voters in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan took to the polls in elections that did not portend a change from the status quo. Following an October 2020 revolution in Kyrgyzstan that led to the resignation of the country’s former leader, voters elected Sadyr Japarov, a populist and a convicted kid...
Massive locust swarms attack Saudi Arabia, bigger invasion ongoing in the Horn of Africa
The Watchers » Latest articles - 14 hours ago
Massive locust swarms have invaded Saudi Arabia while a bigger and deadlier attack is ongoing in the Horn of Africa, which is set to descend on large parts of Ethiopia and Kenya, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned Sunday, January 24, 2021. In...... Read more »
That’s All Folks!
C.J. Hopkins, Peace and Prosperity - 14 hours ago
[image: undefined] As they used to say at the end of all those wacky Looney Tunes cartoons, that’s all folks! The show is over. Literal Russian-Asset Hitler, the Latest Greatest Threat to Western Democracy, the Monster of Mar-a-Lago, Trumpzilla, Trumpenstein, the Ayatollah of Orange Shinola, has finally been humiliated and given the bum-rush out of Washington by the heroic forces of the GloboCap “Resistance,” with a little help from the US military. The whole thing went exactly to script. Well … OK, not quite exactly to script. Despite four years of dire warnings by the corporate m...
When Fascism Comes, It Will Be Wearing a Mask
Ron Paul, Peace and Prosperity - 14 hours ago
[image: undefined] Almost immediately after his inauguration, President Joe Biden began creating new government dictates via executive orders. Many of these executive orders concern coronavirus, fulfilling Biden’s promise to make ramping up a coronavirus-inspired attack on liberty a focus of his first 100 days. One of Biden’s executive orders imposes mask and social distancing mandates on anyone in a federal building or on federal land. The mandates also apply to federal employees when they are “on-duty” anywhere. Members of the military are included in the definition of federal em...
Let’s Talk About NGAD Achieving The e-Series Status And What This Designation Means
Stefano D'Urso, The Aviationist - 14 hours ago
The Digital Century Series, or simply e-Series, is meant to facilitate the U.S. Air Force and Space Force’s analog-to-digital metamorphosis. In September 2020, Dr. William Roper, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology [...] The post Let’s Talk About NGAD Achieving The e-Series Status And What This Designation Means appeared first on The Aviationist.
Alabama to Get New Marine Sanctuary?
Jerri-Lynn Scofield, naked capitalism - 14 hours ago
Just off the Alabama coast lies a unique submerged 60,000 year-old cypress forest. Legislation is pending to preserve it from marauders.
Rural health care is in crisis – here are 5 innovative ways Biden can help it transform
Sameer Vohra, Pediatrician and Founding Chair, Department of Population Science and Policy, Southern Illinois University, Politics + Society – The Conversation - 14 hours ago
Changing how rural hospitals are paid is one way to shake up the system.
Media Faces Free-Speech Dilemmas Amid Division and Extremism
Denis Muller, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Denis Muller* *Politics, The Americas* Even if the danger to peace did not exist, should journalists just go on reporting – or broadcasting – known lies, even when they come from the president of the United States? Terrorism, political extremism, Donald Trump, social media and the phenomenon of “cancel culture” are confronting journalists with a range of agonising free-speech dilemmas to which there are no easy answers. Do they allow a president of the United States to use their platforms to falsely and provocatively claim the election he has just lost was stolen from him? How...
How Native Peoples Helped Spanish Conquistadors Defeat the Aztecs
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Americas* Castaway priest-turned-slave Geronimo Aguilar helped Hernán Cortés and his conquistadors defeat the Aztecs in Mexico. *Here's What You Need to Know*: Native peoples helped the conquistadors slowly, methodically, and bloodily conquer the Aztecs. In March 1519, a small square of 400 Spanish adventurers under the command of Hernándo Cortés stood at bay on the plain of Cintla in Tabasco, Mexico. The conquistadors were surrounded by thousands of Indian warriors whose hunger for human sacrifices was equaled only by that of their gods. With ...
What Does the Biden Presidency Mean for the Israeli Peace Deals?
Stratfor Worldview, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Stratfor Worldview* *Politics, Middle East* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC295K9MMRB6&share=true] Here is how efforts at normalization may be impacted. Without former U.S. President Donald Trump’s avid support for Israel’s diplomatic recognition in the Muslim world, the onus of new normalization deals will likely fall to Israel itself, which will either slow the normalization process down or shift its focus to more covert or specific relations. On Jan. 20, U.S. President Joe Biden assumed power, bringing with him numerous perso...
William Alexander: This "Rebel Earl" Was a Hero of the American Revolution
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Americas* New York City-born William Alexander served the patriot cause during the Revolution as the “Rebel Earl,” Lord Stirling. *Here's What You Need to Know*: On November 7, 1775, Stirling was commissioned a colonel in the Continental Army and took command of the 1st New Jersey Regiment. Of all the generals who fought on the Patriot side during the American Revolution, none was more renowned than New York City native William Alexander, better known to his contemporaries as “Lord Stirling.” Called a “great addition to the [Continental] army”...
Job Losses from Virus 4 Times As Bad As ’09 Financial Crisis
AP News, Snopes.com - 15 hours ago
The United Nations agency noted that most people who lost work stopped looking for a job altogether.
Is TOR Still Anonymous? and How Were People Caught Using TOR?
A Reader, From the Trenches World Report - 15 hours ago
Lawrence Systems Aug 8, 2019 The post Is TOR Still Anonymous? and How Were People Caught Using TOR? appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
How to Download & Install the Tor Browser
A Reader, From the Trenches World Report - 15 hours ago
GysticTutorials May 28, 2020 https://www.torproject.org/ In this tutorial I will show you how to download, install & setup the tor browser. The post How to Download & Install the Tor Browser appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
The Missing 13th Amendment
Mary, From the Trenches World Report - 15 hours ago
No Debts “TITLES OF NOBILITY” AND “HONOR” In the winter of 1983, archival research expert David Dodge, and former Baltimore police investigator Tom Dunn, were... The post The Missing 13th Amendment appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Day 100 of GMO Vaccines Will Not Be Pretty
Video Rebel, From the Trenches World Report - 15 hours ago
Video Rebel’s Blog Joe Biden is not the President of the United States. But then Caroline Kennedy tells her friends that her father’s only mistake... The post Day 100 of GMO Vaccines Will Not Be Pretty appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
17-year-old in ICU after receiving second coronavirus vaccine dose
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 15 hours ago
Jerusalem Post A 17-year-old was hospitalized in the Safra Children’s Hospital’s ICU at Sheba Medical Center a few days after receiving the second dose of... The post 17-year-old in ICU after receiving second coronavirus vaccine dose appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Conservatism Needs Powerful Foreign Enemies
Unknown, The Conservative Socrates - 15 hours ago
For people seeking a conservative way of life and capitalist economy, powerful foreign enemies are essential. Nothing energizes the conservatives as the prospect of defending their country from the attacks of a foreign enemy of equal strength. In the absence of powerful foreign enemies, the spirit of conservatism and capitalism declines and the society becomes rife with smugness and complacency in which the forces of modern liberalism (nihilism and soft fascism) breed and prosper. When the communist empire of the Soviet Union fell in 1991, America no longer had a powerful foreign en...
‘World is Getting Crazier Every Day’: Users Vexed as Disney+ Axes ‘Racist’ Peter Pan, Dumbo
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 15 hours ago
Sputnik Amid a renewed debate on racism in everyday life, including the portrayal of black people in popular culture, Disney Plus last year tagged warnings... The post ‘World is Getting Crazier Every Day’: Users Vexed as Disney+ Axes ‘Racist’ Peter Pan, Dumbo appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
What’s Driving the Conflict in the Eastern Mediterranean?
abloch, Lawfare - 16 hours ago
The Turkish flag flies over an inlet in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. (Flickr/Clive Rogers, https://flic.kr/p/cjcPyY; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/) On Jan. 25, Turkey and Greece will begin exploratory talks in an effort to resolve the issues at the root of their often hostile relations. This isn’t the second round of talks, or the third, or the fourth—it’s the 61st. Given that tension between the two countries almost led to military confrontation in August 2020, this latest attempt to resolve the conflict is a welcome development. But will i...
The Mittens of Mr. Sanders: Economic Lessons
Pierre Lemieux, Econlib - 17 hours ago
The mittens that Bernie Sanders wore at the inauguration of the new president have been a big hit in the media and in cyberspace. And we now know where the famous mittens came from, although most people miss the economic lessons of the story. The mittens were sown from recycled materials by a Vermont teacher […] The post The Mittens of Mr. Sanders: Economic Lessons appeared first on Econlib.
America's Black Sea Military Exercises Show Commitment to Deterring Russia
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Europe* Despite all of the attention now being paid to a possible Chinese threat in the Pacific, deterring Russia is still very much on the radar as an operational priority for America and its partners. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *Connecting submarine-hunting airplanes with aerial surveillance assets and Navy destroyers is naturally intended to bring new tactical options to NATO operations interested in tracking Russian submarines and other maritime activity. Submarine-hunting planes, surveillance assets and a heavily armed U.S. destroyer all r...
Enemy Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing: Captured Allied Armor in World War II
Warfare History Network, Christopher Miskimon, The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Warfare History Network, Christopher Miskimon* *History, Europe* German forces seldom hesitated to put captured Allied armor to use. *Here's What You Need to Know*: Germany’s war saw wide use of captured tanks. The German crewmen occupied the various stations in their tank as they approached the American roadblock ahead. It was 2100 hours on Christmas Eve, 1944, just outside the town of Manhay, Luxembourg, which was occupied by elements three different U.S. divisions. The Nazi offensive into the Ardennes, which later came to be known as the Battle of the Bulge, was well under w...
Despite New Vaccine Batches, Brazil Covers Only 40% of Priority Groups
Adele Cardin, The Rio Times - 14 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Friday, January 22nd, Brazil secured an additional 6.8 million doses of vaccines against the coronavirus, after a decision by ANVISA (National Health Regulatory Agency) and the arrival of a shipment from India. After a week-long wait, the cargo that landed at Guarulhos (SP) contained two million doses of the […] The post Despite New Vaccine Batches, Brazil Covers Only 40% of Priority Groups appeared first on The Rio Times.
Watch live: SpaceX Starship SN9 launch targeting 1 PM – 7 PM EST
CFACT Ed, CFACT - 14 hours ago
As with any test flight that is subject to change. If it goes up join us and watch live at CFACT.org! The post Watch live: SpaceX Starship SN9 launch targeting 1 PM – 7 PM EST appeared first on CFACT.
Rot and Renewal: The 2020 Election in the Cycles of Constitutional Time
JB, Balkinization - 14 hours ago
I have just posted my latest essay, Rot and Renewal: The 2020 Election in the Cycles of Constitutional Time, on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This essay discusses the 2020 election and its aftermath in terms of the theory of constitutional cycles described in my book *The Cycles of Constitutional Time*. The book argues that we can understand American constitutional development in terms of three kinds of cycles. The first involves the rise and fall of political regimes featuring dominant political parties. The second is a long cycle of polarization and depolarization that stretches f...
Project Guilt and Fear - How Governments Create Panic in the COVID-19 Era
A Political Junkie, Viable Opposition - 15 hours ago
The United Kingdom's Department of Health and Social Care has recently released a television advertisement as part of a program that is clearly designed to ramp up the fear and guilt that are associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Here is the announcement of the government's new national campaign and the role that the television advertisement will play: Here is further information on the campaign and the advertisement in particular: "*To support the message, an additional short film has been developed featuring one-on-one interviews with the hospital staff from Basings...
Northern California Man Dies Hours After Getting Covid-19 Vaccine
Your Central Valley, Need To Know - 15 hours ago
A man died hours after receiving the Covid-19 vaccine. The sheriff’s office says the man was not administered his vaccine by Placer County Public Health and it is unknown where he got his vaccine or which vaccine he received. Officials are concerned that people will blame the death on the vaccine.
Venezuela’s Maduro Says He’s Willing to Establish ‘New Path’ with US
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Saturday he was willing to "turn the page" with the U.S. under President Joe Biden, calling for a "new path" after years of tension with Donald Trump's White House. "We are willing to walk a new path in our relations with Joe Biden's government based […] The post Venezuela’s Maduro Says He’s Willing to Establish ‘New Path’ with US appeared first on The Rio Times.
Home Run King Hank Aaron Dies of ‘Undisclosed Cause’ 18 Days After Getting Moderna Vaccine
Children's Health Defense, Need To Know - 15 hours ago
Hank Aaron, the 86-year old baseball legend, died 18 days after he publicly received Moderna’s RNA Covid-19 vaccine in an attempt to encourage others in the Black community to get the vaccine. Many people, including health-care workers, are refusing the experimental RNA vaccines by Pfizer and Moderna.
In Brazil, Concentration of Wealth May Be Even Greater Than That of Income
Richard Mann, The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - It happened about two months ago in the state of São Paulo: the wife and children of a billionaire family received donations from the patriarch - still alive - in the amount of R$48 billion and did not pay any taxes. The procedure is known among tax lawyers: remittances in kind […] The post In Brazil, Concentration of Wealth May Be Even Greater Than That of Income appeared first on The Rio Times.
Singapore-based Shopee e-Commerce Scales up Brazil Operations, Eyes Latam Potential- Sources
Latin America News, The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Shopee, the e-commerce arm of Southeast Asia's Sea Ltd, is scaling up its operations in Brazil and evaluating the long-term potential of Latin American markets, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. Shopee, the largest e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia according to market researchers, launched a small presence […] The post Singapore-based Shopee e-Commerce Scales up Brazil Operations, Eyes Latam Potential- Sources appeared first on The Rio Times.
China Offers Aid to Brazilian Amazonas State to Overcome Health Crisis
Latin America News, The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - China will offer aid to the Brazilian state of Amazonas to help overcome the serious health crisis caused by the lack of oxygen in hospitals to treat patients with COVID-19, Chinese Ambassador to Brazil Yang Wanming said. In a video conference on Friday, January 22nd, with the governor of Amazonas […] The post China Offers Aid to Brazilian Amazonas State to Overcome Health Crisis appeared first on The Rio Times.
Russiagate Ain’t Over
Bruce K. Gagnon, Organizing Notes - 15 hours ago
By Joe Lauria Consortium News Russiagate was an invention to help explain away Hillary Clinton’s defeat in 2016 and to undermine the legitimacy of the man who beat her. Now that that man himself has been defeated, and a Democrat is back in the White House, one would think it was over. But Russiagate has proved too useful an instrument to discard. It beat up not only Donald Trump, but riled Russia too. It was an elixir for CNN’s and MSNBC’s ratings. And now Russiagate is poised to be used again against Russia, Trump and Trump voters. The latter are way more than “deplorable” n...
Cuba Implements New Measures for South African Strain of Covid-19
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Dr. Francisco Durán, director of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Public Health of Cuba (Minsap), warned in Havana "that January will be the worst month since the covid-19 epidemic began", While the incidence rate of the virus grows and hospital capacities are expanded urgently. At this time, the incidence of […] The post Cuba Implements New Measures for South African Strain of Covid-19 appeared first on The Rio Times.
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