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Thomas Paine

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

Monday, January 25, 2021

25 January - Blogs I'm Following - 4 of 5

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Mexico Lets Governors Obtain Vaccines for Their Own States
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 16 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Mexico's pandemic cases continued at a high level Friday as President Andrés Manuel López Obrador gave state governors permission to acquire coronavirus vaccines on their own. Officials reported just over 21,000 newly confirmed virus infections a day after the country listed a record 22,339 cases. Deaths related to COVID-19 in the […] The post Mexico Lets Governors Obtain Vaccines for Their Own States appeared first on The Rio Times.
Colombian Oil Giant Ecopetrol Announces Solar Projects
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 16 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - State-owned oil producer Empresa Colombiana de Petróleos (Ecopetrol) has said that it will build six solar parks across Colombia's Meta, Huila, Antioquia and Bolívar regions. CEO Felipe Bayón said that the new projects will be finalized by the end of this year. It already has two operational solar facilities in […] The post Colombian Oil Giant Ecopetrol Announces Solar Projects appeared first on The Rio Times.
Antifa Aims to ‘Abolish United States’: Andy Ngo
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 16 hours ago
Sky News Australia The extremist group Antifa’s goal is to “abolish the United States” and to overthrow the US government, according to journalist Andy Ngo. Mr Ngo said all of the politicians who rightly condemned the January 6 riots at Capitol Hill were “at best silent last year when my city was literally under siege”. …
EU Countries No Longer Recognise Guaidó as Venezuela’s Interim President
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 16 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Venezuela's Juan Guaidó is a "privileged interlocutor" but no longer considered interim president, European Union member states said in a statement on Monday, January 25th, sticking by their decision to downgrade his status. The EU's 27 states had said on January 6th they could no longer legally recognise Guaidó as […] The post EU Countries No Longer Recognise Guaidó as Venezuela’s Interim President appeared first on The Rio Times.
Bitcoin Exchanges from Chile, Mexico and Argentina Will Have Brazilian Competition
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 17 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Brazilian cryptocurrency exchange Mercado Bitcoin announced on January 21 that it is preparing an expansion in Latin America that targets the markets of Chile, Mexico and Argentina. Operations in these countries could begin in 2021 after attracting investments of about US$37 (R$200) million. The exchange house highlighted that the […] The post Bitcoin Exchanges from Chile, Mexico and Argentina Will Have Brazilian Competition appeared first on The Rio Times.
“Do Not Travel” warnings issued as Heavy Snow Blankets majority of Britain
Cap Allon, Electroverse - 17 hours ago
According to the UK Met Office, snowfall will be a thing of the past in just 19 short years... The post “Do Not Travel” warnings issued as Heavy Snow Blankets majority of Britain appeared first on Electroverse.
"How It Really Is"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 10 hours ago
"*Back* into the Capitol building"?! From *these* worthless clowns?! And, as always, the joke's on *us...* *Too subtle?*
Doctor: Certain medications can react poorly with the COVID-19 vaccine
Penny, Penny for your thoughts - 15 hours ago
* Link* *About 30 medicines for cancer, autoimmune diseases and bleeding disorders include ingredients that may prompt negative reactions with the COVID-19 vaccine. * With the initial roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccine, a handful of people had allergic reactions to it. *"We haven’t been able to pinpoint the exact ingredient in the Moderna or Pfizer vaccines that seem to be the cause of people having reactions,"* said Dr. Chirag Patel, the Assistant Chief Medical Officer at UF Health Jacksonville. Patel says the CDC has narrowed it down to two ingredients in the vaccine. They ar...
House Sending Trump Impeachment to Senate, GOP Opposes Trial
AP News, Snopes.com - 15 hours ago
Donald Trump is the first former president to face an impeachment trial.
THE McCARTHYISM IS SO ROUTINE WE BARELY NOTICE IT
Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog - 15 hours ago
Sarah Huckabee Sanders has announced her run for governor of Arkansas. She'll win easily -- she's in the right party, she has the name recognition, and her first campaign video is a solid piece of work. It's also a solid piece of demagoguery. I'm in —> https://t.co/8bmfl3ZPgp Watch ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/khDPEk0orU — Sarah Huckabee Sanders (@SarahHuckabee) January 25, 2021 The video runs nearly eight minutes. Barely a minute and a half in, Sanders says this: We've seen violence in our streets, at a congressional baseball practice, and at our Capitol. This is not who we are as Americ...
WATCH: Cop ‘Fears for His Safety’ and Plows Through Crowd As Bodies Go Flying
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 16 hours ago
[image: safety]Harrowing video shows a police officer reportedly fear for his safety before stomping the gas and plowing through and over multiple citizens who surround him.
AP Source: Biden to Drop Trump’s Military Transgender Ban
AP News, Snopes.com - 16 hours ago
“If you’re fit and you’re qualified to serve and you can maintain the standards, you should be allowed to serve,” said newly confirmed Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
How Should Congress Respond to Big Tech Deplatforming Trump
Mark Jamison, The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Mark Jamison* *Politics, * Will there be consequences for Big Tech? For the former president? Launching a new administration involves thousands of decisions about appointments, budgets, executive orders, foreign leader contacts, legislative agendas, and the like. Planning begins long before the November election. But I suspect that President Joe Biden and his team are engrossed in at least one conversation no one had planned: What should we do about Twitter? The way Big Tech companies responded to the attack on the US Capitol forever changed the companies’ futures. Twitter and ...
Landowning Globalists
Leonid SAVIN, OrientalReview.org - 16 hours ago
Forbes recently published an article stating that, in addition to his main assets, Bill Gates is also a major landowner. It says that, after years of reports he was buying agricultural land in places like Florida and Washington, The Land Report, which focuses on private landholdings, has revealed that Gates, […]
Data Shows BD Antigen Test May Be More Selective In Detecting Infectious COVID-19 Patients Than PCR Testing
Penny, Penny for your thoughts - 16 hours ago
* Interesting info:* *Stating that the PCR test is less then reliable * BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today announced the publication of a peer-reviewed study that shows BD's antigen test *may be more selective than PCR (polymerase chain reaction) molecular tests at detecting people who are contagious and able to spread COVID-19 disease. * *Because as has been stated here the PCR test isn't remotely the gold standard of accurate diagnosis. Despite the spin.* *The study compared antigen and PCR test results to positive...
Three tragedies born in the womb of neo-liberalism
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 16 hours ago
At first sight, the Pandemic, Grenfell and Brexit, don’t seem to be connected, but they are. They represent the uncivilised outcomes of an unrestrained capitalism obsessed by cutting costs, the state and regulations. The result is that the short-term enrichment of the tiny minority are now being swamped by the longer-term losses that the rest of society will be forced to bear.
"Look Around You..."
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 16 hours ago
"You are put in school to be trained to become exactly what they want you to be: not them, anything but them. They live on a golden island and have the key to the only bridge. Your parents are not millionaires, so it doesn't matter how intelligent you are, you aren't invited to their party. That's the great shame. The idiots have the gold, and the poor die to give it to them. So you better start to laugh, because this world is one big joke written by the few, at the expense of the masses. Look around you, that feeling your life isn't going anywhere? That's the feeling that makes yo...
The Siege of Paris: Bloody Finale of the Franco-Prussian War
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* French honor dictated that the nation continue fighting as long as the city of Paris held out against Prussian invaders. A pitiless siege ensued. *Here's What You Need to Know*: The war would conclude with the heroic, if doomed, defense of the City of Light by patriotic citizens. The final outcome of the Franco-Prussian War was decided on September 2, 1870. On that day, more than 100,000 French troops, including Emperor Napoleon III, surrendered to the Prussian Army at Sedan. But despite the crushing German victory and the crippling los...
How Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Plan Will Affect Unemployment
Matt Weidinger, The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Matt Weidinger* *Economics, Americas* The Biden plan proposes significant expansions of unemployment benefits. Even though Congress extended federal unemployment benefits through mid-March just a few weeks ago (with a “soft phaseout” through mid-April), President Biden’s proposed $1.9 trillion “American Rescue Plan” already calls for continuing and expanding those benefits through September 2021 and beyond. The nonpartisan Center for a Responsible Federal Budget estimates these additional unemployment benefits could cost $350 billion, which would raise federal unemployment suppo...
Explaining Alexei Navalny’s Heroic Return to Russia
Leon Aron, The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Leon Aron* *Politics, Europe* Navalny’s decision to return to Russia to certain arrest was a heroic choice. On his return from Germany, where he recuperated from an attempt on his life by Russian secret services, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was arrested at the airport and sentenced to 30 days in prison for allegedly violating the “probation terms” of a suspended sentence from a 2014 conviction on a bogus money-laundering charge. Navalny’s decision to return to Russia to certain arrest was a heroic choice. But, rather than a purely quixotic gesture, it was likely a ...
Race Shatters: from Black Menace to the Bogeymen of White Supremacists
Teodrose Fikremariam, null - 16 hours ago
I am not sure when it happened but the establishment adapted when it came to the way they weaponize race as a wedge issue. For The post Race Shatters: from Black Menace to the Bogeymen of White Supremacists appeared first on .
CEO of Brazil’s Eletrobras Resigns, Citing Personal Reasons
Latin America News, The Rio Times - 17 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Wilson Ferreira Jr, chief executive of Brazilian state electricity company Eletrobras , has resigned from his position citing “personal reasons”, the company said in a securities filing late on Sunday night, January 24th. Ferreira will remain in his post until March 5, allowing Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA, as the company […] The post CEO of Brazil’s Eletrobras Resigns, Citing Personal Reasons appeared first on The Rio Times.
"What Is Gaslighting?"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 17 hours ago
*"What Is Gaslighting?"* by Patrick "The term originates in the systematic psychological manipulation of a victim by her husband in Patrick Hamilton’s 1938 stage play "Gas Light," and the film adaptations released in 1940 and 1944. In the story, the husband attempts to convince his wife and others that she is insane by manipulating small elements of their environment and insisting that she is mistaken, remembering things incorrectly, or delusional when she points out these changes. The play’s title alludes to how the abusive husband slowly dims the gas lights in their home, while p...
Premium flower demand drives Colorado wholesale marijuana prices to nearly five-year highs
Bart Schaneman, Marijuana Business Daily - 17 hours ago
Wholesale marijuana flower prices in Colorado are climbing in part because of the increased demand from the coronavirus pandemic as well as premium flower brands commanding more of the market. Premium flower demand drives Colorado wholesale marijuana prices to nearly five-year highs is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
“I don’t think I slept for a day and a half:” Bad news for study about bad news
Niko McCarty, Retraction Watch - 18 hours ago
A journal has retracted a 2018 paper that linked negative news coverage to physical and mental health problems. The article, “When Words Hurt: Affective Word Use in Daily News Coverage Impacts Mental Health,” was published in Frontiers in Psychology in August 2018. The study has been cited six times, according to Clarivate Analytics’ Web of … Continue reading “I don’t think I slept for a day and a half:” Bad news for study about bad news
Let the Covid 19 vaccination games begin
Editor, cairnsnews, Cairns News - 18 hours ago
from Serene Teffaha, Solicitor and Covid 19 plandemic adversary Advocate Me has been working hard at providing a platform to bring together other lawyers, activists, medical experts, police and professionals, to promulgate various legal campaigns exploring the devastating impacts that forced lockdowns, forced detention, forced testing, forced masking, forced business and service closures, forced denial […]
Links 1/25/2021
Jerri-Lynn Scofield, naked capitalism - 17 hours ago
<a href='https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2021/01/links-1-25-2021.html"><img src="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/thumbnail_P1012701-e1611557883731.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="207" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-197310" /></a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NakedCapitalism?a=BWsb9jy6qDk:lyfhmpr5w2s:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NakedCapitalism?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NakedCapitalism?a=BWsb9jy6qDk:lyfhmpr5w2s:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http:...
Foreigners Halve Investments in Brazil, Says UN
Richard Mann, The Rio Times - 17 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Ford's decision to close plants in Brazil was only the tip of the iceberg, and the national economy is experiencing one of the sharpest declines in direct investment among emerging countries. On the eve of the start of the World Economic Forum, held online this year, the UN on Sunday, […] The post Foreigners Halve Investments in Brazil, Says UN appeared first on The Rio Times.
CDC Quietly OKs Mismatched Second Dose
Age of Autism, AGE OF AUTISM - 17 hours ago
NOTE: What kind of additional liability protection is this edict setting up? Who defines an "exceptional situation?" We have no idea what mixing these two brand new vaccines could do. This seems like reckless and blatant human experimentation. Remember the...
Starving The Hungry Lie: CDC Removes Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism from Site
Age of Autism, AGE OF AUTISM - 17 hours ago
7:30am - Twitter just turned off our account because of this post. Note: In 2010, JB Handley coined a phrase called feeding the hungry lie: The “hungry lie” on autism is both maddeningly simple and simply maddening and goes something...
BioNTech/Pfizer Vaccine Would Frustrate Brazilians, Says Ministry
Adele Cardin, The Rio Times - 17 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Ministry of Health reported that the number of doses against Covid-19 offered by Pfizer pharmaceuticals to Brazil would be insufficient to meet the country's demand. The initial provision by the laboratory, according to the portfolio, comprises two first batches of 500 thousand doses and a third batch of one […] The post BioNTech/Pfizer Vaccine Would Frustrate Brazilians, Says Ministry appeared first on The Rio Times.
Twilight fireball over Belgium
A bright fireball streaked through the early morning sky over Belgium at 06:52 UTC on January 22, 2021. The International Meteor Organization (IMO) received 192 reports from the Netherlands, Belgium, northern France, and England, UK. According to FRIPON, some...... Read more »
Europe and USA Close for Travelers Passing Through Brazil
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 17 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Austria joins the group of countries restricting the entry of Brazilians and people who have passed through the country to contain variants of the novel coronavirus. Europe remains closed to people coming from Brazil, while concerns about insufficient anti-Covid vaccines are growing in several countries. Austria has announced that as […] The post Europe and USA Close for Travelers Passing Through Brazil appeared first on The Rio Times.
Wolf Richter: Historic Mania in SPACs, IPOs. Huge Fees for Wall Street Banks. Mega Paydays for Insiders. Disdain for Valuations. Blind Faith that “This Time It’s Different”
Jerri-Lynn Scofield, naked capitalism - 17 hours ago
SPAC mania, with billions raised: this time it’s different, everyone is saying again – another sign that the zoo has gone nuts.
Brazilian States Begin Distributing Oxford Vaccine Doses to Cities
Oliver Mason, The Rio Times - 17 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilian states have now received the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine doses released on Saturday, January 23rd, by Fiocruz (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation). Some began distribution to municipalities yesterday, while others reported that they will be delivering the doses this week. Paraná Paraná was the first state to begin distribution to the hinterland and […] The post Brazilian States Begin Distributing Oxford Vaccine Doses to Cities appeared first on The Rio Times.
The Death Knell to Vaccines” – Is This Bill Gates’ Grand Design
The Transcriber, The Duran - 18 hours ago
Submitted by Paul Cardin… Has anyone noticed the previous ‘good name’ and enviable reputation of vaccines steadily diminishing lately? Who would this collapse in public approval serve ultimately? If we follow the money, precisely who would benefit? Several competing, rushed through, experimental vaccines – including five more in China – being released all at once, […]
The British Covid 19 new variant strain is 30% more deadly and 70% more transmissible. It cannot really get much worse, can it?
Fra Hughes, The Duran - 18 hours ago
Submitted by Fra Hughes… The Covid 19, British variant strain, is causing havoc among the population, damage to the economy and distress to the rest of the world. It is believed this new mutation, which developed in the British Isles, maybe up to 30% more dangerous when it comes to survival rates and up to […]
Bolivia Announces new Biodiesel Production Plan
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 18 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Bolivia will build ecological diesel and biodiesel plants to reduce imports of liquid fuels, Hydrocarbon and Energy Minister Franklin Molina announced over this past weekend. The official underlined that the goal was to further the industrialization process in order to, in turn, cut down both foreign trade expenditures and state […] The post Bolivia Announces new Biodiesel Production Plan appeared first on The Rio Times.
Portugal Re-elects its President Amid Pandemic Confinement
Oliver Mason, The Rio Times - 18 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Portuguese yesterday re-elected their president, conservative Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, in an election marked by the confinement enforced on the country, severely afflicted by the coronavirus pandemic. The current head of state, a 72-year-old former law professor who became known as a political analyst on television, secured 61.3% of […] The post Portugal Re-elects its President Amid Pandemic Confinement appeared first on The Rio Times.
SolarWinds Hack Reveals America’s Cyber Helplessness
Claude Barfield, The National Interest - 18 hours ago
*Claude Barfield* *Security, Americas* Across several administrations, the fumbles and ultimately failed deterrent responses have established a jagged pattern — one that may well be repeated in the current circumstance. Almost a month after the most recent — and most devastating — Russian cyberattack, we know a bit more about what we know, but still alarmingly little about what we do not know. Having observed and analyzed both hacking intrusions and destructive espionage attacks for the past decade — Sony Pictures, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), National Security Agen...
Il Faut Maintenant Faire Preuve d'un Grand Courage et d'une Grande Foi - Une Citation de M.N. Hopkins
Stranger in a Strange Land, Stranger in a Strange Land - 18 hours ago
*Il faut maintenant faire preuve d'un grand courage et d'une grande foi. La force et l'amour qui émanent de l'esprit humain, qui émanent du cœur humain, qui se relient l'un à l'autre, qui se relient l'un à l'autre dans une véritable préoccupation et un souci du bien-être de l'autre. C'est une direction qui est tout à fait possible dans le monde de l'humanité à venir. Car il faudra un certain temps dans la structure que vous appelez temps et une grande et véritable volonté de la part de beaucoup.* *© **M.N. Hopkins* *To read the original quotation in English, please click on th...
Er Wordt Nu een Grote Moed en Geloof Gevraagd - Een Citaat van M.N. Hopkins
Stranger in a Strange Land, Stranger in a Strange Land - 18 hours ago
*Er wordt nu een grote moed en geloof gevraagd. De kracht en liefde die uitgaat van de menselijke geest, die uitgaat van het menselijk hart, die de een met de ander verbindt, die de een met de ander verbindt in een ware bezorgdheid en zorg voor het welzijn van de ander. Dit is een richting die heel goed mogelijk is in de komende wereld van de mensheid. Want het zal enige tijd vergen in de structuur die u tijd noemt en een grote en oprechte bereidheid van de kant van velen.* *© **M.N. Hopkins* *To read the original quotation in English, please click on the link below:* *http:/...
Untitled
jonjayray, EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 18 hours ago
* Rhode Island Professor Denounces Science, Statistics, and Technology As “Inherently Racist”* We have previously discussed the radical declarations of University of Rhode Island and Director of Graduate Studies Erik Loomis who has defended the murder of a conservative protester and said that he saw “nothing wrong” with such acts of violence. (A view defended by other academics). Loomis is now back in the news with a declaration that “Science, statistics, and technology are all inherently racist because they are developed by racists who live in a racist society, whether they ident...
Record-Snowfall Cleanup Kills Almost 100 in Japan, and counting
Cap Allon, Electroverse - 18 hours ago
Already the number of dead has surpassed the figures seen in recent years with the worst of winter still to come. The post Record-Snowfall Cleanup Kills Almost 100 in Japan, and counting appeared first on Electroverse.
"If 'Facebook Is Private', Why Are They Feeding Users' Private Messages Directly To The FBI?"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 19 hours ago
*"If 'Facebook Is Private', Why Are They Feeding* *Users' Private Messages Directly To The FBI?"* by Matt Agorist "Despite decrying censorship when it was happening to them last year, when Donald Trump was banned from Twitter and Facebook earlier this month, the left praised the move by big tech. “Facebook is a private company and can do what they want,” the pro-censorship hypocritical crowd chanted ad nauseum through the digital ether after bad orange man was silenced. But as we have said time and again, Facebook being private is simply not true. Now, however, Facebook has made an ...
Memes that made me laugh 42
Peter, Bayou Renaissance Man - 19 hours ago
Last week's harvest from the Internet. More next week. Peter
Reader Query: Getting a Covid Vaccine in Your Area
Yves Smith, naked capitalism - 17 hours ago
ow difficult is the process for getting a Covid vaccine where you live?
Ein großer Mut und Glaube ist jetzt gefragt - Ein Zitat von M.N. Hopkins
Stranger in a Strange Land, Stranger in a Strange Land - 18 hours ago
Ein großer Mut und Glaube ist jetzt gefragt. Die Kraft und die Liebe, die vom menschlichen Geist ausgeht, die vom menschlichen Herzen ausgeht, die den einen mit dem anderen verbindet, die den einen mit dem anderen in wahrer Sorge und Fürsorge um das Wohl des anderen verbindet. Das ist eine Richtung, die in der kommenden Welt der Menschheit durchaus möglich ist. Denn es wird einige Zeit brauchen in der Struktur, die ihr Zeit nennt, und eine große und echte Bereitschaft von vielen. © *M.N. Hopkins* *To read the original quotation in English, please click on the link below:* *htt...
Storm Hortense hits Mallorca with wind gusts up to 170 km/h (105 mph), Spain
Storm Hortense left a trail of destruction after it made landfall in Mallorca, Spain on January 23, 2021. Significant damage was reported across the island and at least 2 people were injured. Aemet reported a gust of 130 km/h (81 mph) at Son Sant Airport, which...... Read more »
Coronavirus and Banking: Evaluating Policy Options for Avoiding a Financial Crisis
Yves Smith, naked capitalism - 18 hours ago
A scorecard for various approaches to combatting the looming European banking crisis.
The Good, The Bad, The Biden: What is in the New President’s Immigration Plan?
Alex Nowrasteh, The National Interest - 18 hours ago
*Alex Nowrasteh* *Immigration, Americas* The good part about this bill is that mass legalization would be very positive for the United States. Recent news reports suggest that Joe Biden will propose a series of immigration bills for Congress to consider early in his administration. The bill with the most details reported so far would legalize the roughly 11 million illegal immigrants currently living in the United States. According to the quick news summaries of the possible bill, it is a simple legalization that would grant lawful status, the ability to earn a green card in fiv...
A Good Monday Morning
Diogenes Sarcastica™, Diogenes' Middle Finger - 19 hours ago
Bolsonaro’s Impeachment Supported by 53%, According to Atlas Survey
Arkady Petrov, The Rio Times - 19 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The figure is the result of an Atlas survey released on Sunday, January 24th, when motorcades emerged in capitals such as São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro calling for the President's removal from office and the issue is once again gaining attention in Brasília amid the surge in the pandemic […] The post Bolsonaro’s Impeachment Supported by 53%, According to Atlas Survey appeared first on The Rio Times.
Covid and fictitious capital
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 19 hours ago
During the year of the COVID, output, investment and employment in nearly all the economies of the world plummeted, as lockdowns, social isolation and collapsing international trade contracted output and spending. And yet the opposite was the case for the stock and bond markets of the major economies. The US stock market indexes (along with others) ended 2020 at all-time highs. After the initial shock of the COVID pandemic and the ensuing lockdowns, when the US stock market indexes plunged by 40%, markets then made a dramatic recovery, eventually surpassing pre-pandemic levels.
Brazil Beats India in Proportion of Vaccinated Citizens
Oliver Mason, The Rio Times - 19 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - With over 500,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the space of a week, Brazil overtook India in terms of the proportion of citizens who began to be immunized. On Saturday, January 23rd, Brazil recorded the mark of 0.25% of its population vaccinated with the first dose, while India reached 0.11% […] The post Brazil Beats India in Proportion of Vaccinated Citizens appeared first on The Rio Times.
WerBell (historical review)
Larry-Lambert, Virtual Mirage - 20 hours ago
In the early 1960’s a former OSS operative and mercenary Mitchell WerBell III set up a company dedicated to the development of cheap and efficient sound suppressors for automatic weapons. WerBell had joined the US Army immediately after the Second World War began, serving briefly as a second lieutenant with the Signal Corps and […] The post WerBell (historical review) appeared first on Virtual Mirage.

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