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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.

Saturday, February 27, 2021

27 February - Blogs I'm Following - 1 of 5

 10:19 pm MST

"Has The Great Shaking Of The Financial Markets Finally Begun?"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 30 minutes ago
*Full screen recommended.* *"Has The Great Shaking Of The Financial Markets Finally Begun?"* by Epic Economist "Volatility and chaos are sweeping across Wall Street this week, as the Nasdaq has experienced a flash crash, falling more than 5 percent and being on the path to a second consecutive weekly loss, while the bond market has registered an upsurge at levels last seen in November, with the yield on 10-year U.S. Treasuries exceeding 1.6% and set to move even higher in the coming days. Investors have been completely terrified about the idea of a sudden inflation spike since our e...
Recall expanded to include all El Abuelito Cheeses for Listeria monocytogenes
News Desk, Food Safety News - 1 hour ago
El Abuelito Cheese of Paterson, NJ has expanded its original recall of Feb. 19, recalling all Queso Fresco (Fresh, soft cheese), Quesillo (Oaxaca, string cheese), and Requeson (Ricotta) products, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. All Queso Fresco products with sell-by dates through 032821; all Quesillo (Oaxaca, string cheese) products... Continue Reading
( Back in the day, I was a certified dairy plant worker. E-coli were tracked not for hazard - but as evidence of unsanitary conditions; Poop in the milk not being considered appetizing. Listeria ? Never heard of it. )
Space Troopers: The Pentagon Wanted Marines to Ride Ballistic Missiles Into Battle
Steve Weintz, The National Interest - 1 hour ago
*Steve Weintz* *Security, * It was all about ending what the U.S. military calls the “tyranny of distance.” *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Moscow or Beijing would have minutes to decide whether it was a troop transport — or the beginning of a nuclear first strike. Actually using the system could inadvertently trigger a nuclear war. In the early Space Age, everything seemed possible — no matter how crazy. Which is why, in the 1960s, one American engineer seriously designed a space rocket to transport troops wearing jetpacks. This far-out concept aimed to lob Marine jet-batt...
In 2015 Iran Practiced Taking Out an Aircraft Carrier
Jassem Al Salami, The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Jassem Al Salami* *Security, Middle East* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2021%3Anewsml_RC2L3L9P4LV0&share=true] But was this simulation a real threat or just hot air? *Key point: *Iran likes asymmetric warfare and unconventional means of attack. Here is how it could try to harm a super carrier. Iran has carried out a massive attack on a mock version of an American Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. Tehran wanted everyone to know about it—state TV broadcasted the military exercise live. It’s a revealing look at Iranian naval assault tactics, involv...
China's AIP Stealthy Submarine Force: How Worried Should the Navy Be?
Mark Episkopos, The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Mark Episkopos* *Security, Asia* One of PLAN’s latest submarine lines, the Yuan-class (Type 039A) is the culmination of decades’ worth of Chinese development and production experience in conventional submarine designs. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *The Chinese navy currently has no further plans for new AIP submarine classes. Rather, PLAN continues to make iterative improvements to the *Yuan-*class. Even as the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) forges ahead with plans for a slew of nuclear-powered submarines, Beijing is also making substantial investments into air-inde...
No Joke: Japan Planned To Use Plane-Carrying Submarines to Terrorize America
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *Security, * Pearl Harbor part 11 *Here's What You Need To Remember: *There is little doubt that the I-400s were the strategic predecessors to today’s ballistic submarines, especially to the Regulus missile program begun about a decade after World War II that carried nuclear warheads inside waterproof deck hangars. Lieutenant Commander Stephen L. Johnson had a problem on his hands; a very large problem. His Balao-class submarine, the Segundo, had just picked up a large radar contact on the surface about 100 miles off Honshu, one of Japan’s home islands,...
Biden Must Revive ‘Six Plus Two Group’ to Successfully Exit Afghanistan
Younes Zangiabadi, The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Younes Zangiabadi* *Afghanistan, Middle East* Active multilateral engagement with regional and international stakeholders is the most reliable course of action to achieve peace and stability in Afghanistan. Last week, Taliban deputy leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar published an open letter, calling on President Joe Biden to honor the 2020 Doha agreement reached by his predecessor Donald Trump and withdraw international troops from Afghanistan before the May deadline. This diplomatic posturing comes after a Taliban delegation visit to Iran in late January, where Mullah Baradar ...
Revenge Trip: How Caesar’s Assassins Were Hunted Down
Aram Bakshian Jr., The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Aram Bakshian Jr.* *History, Europe* Peter Stothard’s The Last Assassin: The Hunt for the Killers of Julius Caesar offers a deft blend of narrative history and intelligent historical fiction in following the fates of Julius Caesar’s killers. Peter Stothard, *The Last Assassin: The Hunt for the Killers of Julius Caesar* (New York: Oxford University Press, 2021), 274 pp., $27.95. HISTORY IS mainly a matter of unforeseen outcomes yielding unintended consequences. The assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC offers a striking case in point. Hoping to bring back the (largely imaginary...
What Does Civilization Owe to War? More Than We’d Think
Dov S. Zakheim, The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Dov S. Zakheim* *military, World* Margaret Macmillan’s War: How Conflict Shaped Us delivers a valuable investigation into how men and women think about war. Margaret Macmillan, *War: How Conflict Shaped Us* (New York: Random House, 2020), xxii+312 pp., $30.00. SPEAKING TO a *New York Times* reporter as his twenty-six-year-old son was brought back in a coffin after only two weeks at the front, the bereaved Azeri father said, “If the nation calls, he has to go … long live the nation.” Muslim Azeris and Christian Armenians have been fighting an off-and-on war over the Armenian enc...
The Gateway to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Is Closing
Michael Rubin, The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Michael Rubin* *Security, Asia* Pakistan’s absorption of Gilgit-Baltistan has always been illegal. Increasingly, however, the neglected region could get the last laugh. Chinese president Xi Jinping visited the Pakistani capital Islamabad on April 20, 2015, to sign fifty-one memorandums of understanding that formed the core of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) that together were worth about $46 billion. While Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif signed the initial agreement, current Prime Minister Imran Khan dove into the relationship he inherited enthusiasm. “CPEC is great oppo...
Did the U.S. Navy Plan to Build Secret Submarine Bases?
Steve Weintz, The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Steve Weintz* *History, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC25YK9Q1ZQW&share=true] These bases were possible, but it would have been expensive. *Key point:* The Cold War was a time of intense competition and high military spending. Here is why America (maybe) looked into undersea bases. Point Sur is 600 feet of tough rock facing Pacific rollers that come 6,000 miles to pound the central California coast. Like the 19th-century lighthouse that marks the Point, the now-derelict compound of the former *Naval Facility Point Sur...
Should Russia’s Navy Give Up on Having an Aircraft Carrier?
David Axe, The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, Europe* Admiral Kuznetsov has had a rough journey. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Before October 2018, Moscow planned on extending the service lives of its carrier and other warships from the 1980s in order to complement the newer vessels. For long-range deployments across the Atlantic or to war zones such as Syria, Russia tended to send *Kuznetsov *and equally aged, Soviet-built destroyer and cruisers. The Russian navy might decommission its only aircraft without directly replacing the vessel, leaving Moscow’s fleet without any prospect of at-sea air...
Could the Age of Submarines be Coming to a Close?
Andrew Davies, The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Andrew Davies* *Security, * Even if technology trends don’t completely best submarines, they’ll at the very least change the way that subs operate. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *If power projection and sea denial can’t be done from the surface, then it will have to be done from space, from the air, or from below the surface. Let me start with something nice and uncontroversial. Submarines might be obsolete by the middle of the century. It’s possible that advances in artificial intelligence (AI), detection systems and signal processing, combined with swarming autonomous un...
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem CPAC Speech, “COVID Didn’t Shut Down The Economy, Government Shut Down The Economy”
Sundance, The Last Refuge - 2 hours ago
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem delivers a resounding MAGA speech at CPAC 2021. Governor Noem highlights the economic value of retaining liberty amid the COVID pandemic: “COVID didn’t shut down the economy, government shut down the economy.” During her speech … Continue reading → The post South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem CPAC Speech, “COVID Didn’t Shut Down The Economy, Government Shut Down The Economy” appeared first on The Last Refuge.
1906 : Belief In Climate Change Is Due To Failed Memory
tonyheller, Real Climate Science - 2 hours ago
In 1906 the US had a mild winter, and a Harvard professor said the widespread belief in climate change is erroneous and due to defective and untrustworthy memories. 23 Mar 1906, Page 5 – The Minneapolis Journal at Newspapers.com
Ric Grenell CPAC Speech – America First Foreign Policy Is Here to Stay
Sundance, The Last Refuge - 2 hours ago
Former Ambassador to Germany, and former Acting Director of National Intelligence, and potentially the next California governor, Ric Grenell, delivers an “America First” speech at CPAC 2021. The post Ric Grenell CPAC Speech – America First Foreign Policy Is Here to Stay appeared first on The Last Refuge.
1925 : Five Degrees Arctic Warming, Glaciers Disappearing
tonyheller, Real Climate Science - 2 hours ago
Glaciers were experiencing “remarkable shrinkage” during NASA’s coldest years on record. 18 Feb 1925, Page 12 – Oakland Tribune at Newspapers.com Link NASA temperature graphs are about as credible as Joe Biden’s presidency.
1905 : Floods From A Melting Glacier Forced The Relocation Of Valdez, Alaska
tonyheller, Real Climate Science - 3 hours ago
26 Jul 1905, Page 1 – The Topeka Daily Capital at Newspapers.com
BBC : Mediterranean Climate In Britain
tonyheller, Real Climate Science - 3 hours ago
“Experts also say the English country garden is unlikely to survive in the South East in its present form. Rolling lawns and herbaceous borders may be ousted by palms and eucalyptus.” BBC NEWS | UK | Climate may turn UK … Continue reading →
Coronavirus Follies
Ron Clutz, Science Matters - 4 hours ago
Yes, I'm Annoyed Again...
KRandle, A Different Perspective - 2 hours ago
More annoyance at the ignorance that is published in the world today. Sure, I could go off on a political rant here, but that’s not necessary. I saw a magazine a few minutes ago called *The Complete Guide to Unsolved Mysteries*. No, I didn’t buy it because it was nearly fourteen bucks but I also wondered about the accuracy of their analysis of these “Unsolved Mysteries.” I searched for a publisher and a list of writers but couldn’t find it. I looked it up on Amazon and the publisher is listed as “Generic.” That means, at least to me, that the publisher was somewhat ashamed of th...
Royal Navy Warship Shadows Russian Attack Submarine After It’s Spotted Sailing In The North Sea
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 3 hours ago
Royal Navy warship HMS Mersey (pictured, gun onboard vessel) was monitoring Russian attack submarine RFS Rostov Na Donu (pictured) *Daily Mail*:* Royal Navy warship HMS Mersey stalks Russian attack submarine through British waters as it travels from the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean * * A Russian submarine has been tracked by Royal Navy warship HMS Mersey * The attack submarine RFS Rostov Na Donu was travelling through The Channel * Kilo-class sub was moving from the Baltic to the Mediterranean via the North Sea A Royal Navy warship has monitored a Russian attack submarine...
South Dakotans ‘Devastated’ By Keystone Pipeline Cancellation, Governor Says
Hifast, Climate Collections - 3 hours ago
Originally posted on PA Pundits - International: By Steven Hall ~ South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem—seen here conferring at the White House on Dec. 16, 2019, with then-President Donald Trump at a meeting of the Governors Initiative on Regulatory Innovation—says thousands have been left without jobs by President Joe Biden’s cancellation of the Keystone XL…
Bullshit Spoken In An Assertive Tone: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Caitlin Johnstone, Caitlin Johnstone - 3 hours ago
Watching the slow, silent realization creep over online Democrats that Biden really isn’t going to do anything for them. ❖ Americans: $2000 checks please Government: Sorry did you say airstrikes on Syria? Americans: No, $2000 checks Government: Okay, since you asked nicely here’s your airstrikes […]
U.S. And Canada To Modernize Missile-Surveillance System In The Arctic
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 3 hours ago
NATO Association *Wall Street Journal: **Cold War-Era Defense System to Get Upgrade to Counter Russia, China * The U.S. and Canada move to modernize a missile-surveillance system in the Arctic that officials say is outdated TORONTO—The U.S. and Canada plan to modernize a network of defense satellites and radar in the Arctic, in a bid to counter a growing military presence in the north from Russia and China. President Biden asked Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to ramp up Canada’s spending on defense, including an upgrade of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, ...
China To Significantly Boost Its Defense Budget This Year
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 3 hours ago
A military parade is held to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) at Zhurihe training base in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, July 30, 2017. (Xinhua/Ju Zhenhua) *Reuters: **China expected to unveil hike in military budget as tensions rise * HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - China is expected to reveal a robust increase in defence spending at the March 5 annual opening of parliament, as its economy rebounds from the COVID-19 pandemic and military tensions rise, Chinese and Western security experts said. With the...
Covid-19 Vaccine Documented Deaths and Injuries Compilation
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 3 hours ago
Bombshell: Covid-19 Vaccine Documented Deaths and Injuries Compilation By Dr. Scott Johnson | February 24, 2021 ++ As Usual There Is A Total Mainstream Media Blackout on the Covid Vaccines “Wonderful” Results (And remember this shot has only been administered for the last couple of months & these links are just some of what we … Continue reading Covid-19 Vaccine Documented Deaths and Injuries Compilation →
Virginia lawmakers approve recreational marijuana legalization, positioning state to be 16th to OK adult use
Jeff Smith, Marijuana Business Daily - 3 hours ago
Virginia lawmakers on Saturday narrowly approved compromise legislation legalizing a commercial recreational marijuana program that could generate nearly $1.5 billion in annual sales within five years of the scheduled Jan. 1, 2024 start. But there’s a catch: The measure passed includes a clause pushed by the Senate that will require the General Assembly in 2022 […] Virginia lawmakers approve recreational marijuana legalization, positioning state to be 16th to OK adult use is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Satellite Images Show The Damage Caused By A U.S. Airstrike Against Iranian-Backed Militias In Syria Two Days Ago
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 3 hours ago
*CNN:* *Satellite images reveal extent of damage caused by Biden administration's first military action * (CNN)The windows blew open. The building shook. At 1:30 a.m. local time Friday, a resident of al-Bukamal, a city near the Syrian-Iraqi border, was jarred from his sleep. Speaking under the condition of anonymity for security reasons, he told CNN the explosions were unlike anything he had heard before. What he likely heard was the sound of seven 500-pound bombs slamming into a compound near the border. The compound, according to the Pentagon, was used by two Iranian-affiliated...
Vaccine scepticism among medics sparks alarm in Europe and US
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 3 hours ago
From the Fb page: Covid 19 vaccine Reactions and news New Zealand and citing an article from Financial Times “A poll showed half of surveyed nurses and quarter of doctors did not want to be vaccinated” (Financial Times) “Up to 60% of Doctors, Nurses and front line medical workers are declining the vaccines, based on … Continue reading Vaccine scepticism among medics sparks alarm in Europe and US →
He got the vaccine, had a headache straight after, laid down for a nap & never woke up
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 3 hours ago
Condolences as always to this man’s family. Please please read the side effects & risks before you proceed … EWR ROBINS, IOWA — A 73-year-old Iowa man received an mRNA shot on Tuesday morning, February 16. He had a headache afterwards, so he laid down for a nap, according to daughter, Dawn Dietz. Mr. Dailey … Continue reading He got the vaccine, had a headache straight after, laid down for a nap & never woke up →
Covid vaccine may be offered in fast-food restaurant car parks to make sure at-risk groups – including those who are obese – do not get left behind
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 4 hours ago
Daily Mail The Covid vaccine could be offered in fast-food restaurant car parks to ensure high uptake in at-risk groups. The suggestion came as Government... The post Covid vaccine may be offered in fast-food restaurant car parks to make sure at-risk groups – including those who are obese – do not get left behind appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
NEW WORLD ORDER
PTA Blues, Roscoe Reports - 4 hours ago
US NED 2021 - Thailand: More Money, More Sedition
Land Destroyer, Land Destroyer - 4 hours ago
*February 28, 2021* (Brian Berletic - LD) - The US National Endowment for Democracy (NED) has updated its list for programs, organizations, and companies that it is funding in Thailand to interfere in Thailand's internal political affairs. This includes US government funding for companies that interfered in Thailand's 2019 general election. I explain how the NED's board of directors is made up of people who promote wars and regime change merely behind the smokescreen of "promoting democracy" and "freedom." I show which fronts the US has increased funding for as well as new fronts...
Male Sperm Count Cut In Half Over Four Decades, Will Reproduction Stop Entirely?
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 4 hours ago
Originally posted on Nwo Report: Liberals celebrate decrease in fertility because of “overpopulation” lies Source: Kelen McBreen A study in human fertility has many wondering if mankind is heading towards a future where childbirth is a rare or even impossible occurrence. A scenario pictured in the sci-fi film “Children of Men,” the possibility of this…
Michigan Republicans Call For Investigation Into Gov. Whitmer Over Coronavirus Nursing Home Deaths
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 4 hours ago
Originally posted on Decoded-Information: Michigan Republican state legislators are calling for an investigation into Gov. Gretchen Whitmer over coronavirus deaths at nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. The legislatures have sent a formal letter to U.S. Attorney General Monty Wilkinson and Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel requesting an investigation. Fox News reports that State…
Is China Creating A New Master Race? [And Are They the Only Ones? (I’ll tell you now they aren’t)]
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 5 hours ago
Originally posted on 'This Side of Life': Let’s look at a story out of Zerohenge Is China Creating A New Master Race? Please Read More HERE . China’s Military Biotech Frontier: CRISPR, Military-Civil Fusion, and the New Revolution in Military Affairs Read More HERE . Here is France’s take: LE TERMINATOR French army gets go-ahead…
Cell phone tower shut down at elementary school after eight kids are diagnosed with cancer in ‘mysterious’ cluster
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 5 hours ago
This is from 2019. They had been fighting 2 years to get the tower out! Still denying it causes harm. Whatever happened to the precautionary principle? Not in the big corporation’s interests to consider that. Any slight hint of risk, (and independent evidence says there is, watch Josh del Sol’s Take Back Your Power doco) … Continue reading Cell phone tower shut down at elementary school after eight kids are diagnosed with cancer in ‘mysterious’ cluster →
Who is the real Klaus Schwab ?
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 5 hours ago
Thanks to Marian for this article by Johnny Vedmore, investigative journalist. EWR “Is the real Klaus Schwab a kindly old uncle figure wishing to do good for humanity, or is he really the son of a Nazi collaborator who used slave labour and aided Nazi efforts to obtain the first atomic bomb? Johnny Vedmore investigates… … Continue reading Who is the real Klaus Schwab ? →
More signs Adern Government eroding NZ nuclear Free Legacy
Pam Vernon, Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 5 hours ago
Originally posted on BEN VIDGEN THE DYSLEXIC DETECTIVE: Just asked why Hercules flew from Sydney flew over Masterton and Carterton and then flew back to Australia after landing today (foreign military personnel have an exemption from quarantine). Three reasons spring to mind; One: its related to Helicopters also spotted over Whanganui today making eradicate low…
Cancel Culture Run Amok: Snowflakes and Fascists are Running the Show
Teodrose Fikremariam, null - 3 hours ago
I knew something was amiss when I found myself agreeing with Bill Maher last night as he teed off on culture of cancel that has The post Cancel Culture Run Amok: Snowflakes and Fascists are Running the Show appeared first on .
The Disastrous Saga Of The F-35
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 4 hours ago
A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II sits on the flight line during pre-Initial Operational Testing and Evaluation on Jan. 23, 2018, at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The Polish government on Jan. 31, 2020, signed a deal to purchase 32 of the planes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Isaac Johnson) *Lucian K. Truscott IV, Salon*: *Even by Pentagon terms, this was a dud: The disastrous saga of the F-35 * *The military-industrial complex spent $2 trillion building a "flying Swiss Army knife." Now it's been shelved* Somehow the United States has managed to develop a fighter...
Factchecks and fake news – but Facebook still let them post
Jasper Jackson, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism - 4 hours ago
Despite changing its rules after the Bureau found reams of misinformation on its platform, Facebook was still letting popular pages post dangerous false statements about Covid-19 and vaccines
The U.S. Marine Corps is Training to Storm Enemy-held Pacific Islands
Caleb Larson, The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Caleb Larson* *Security, Americas* They mean to hold them too. A recent Marine Corps exercise indicates that should the Marine Corps need to fend off enemy assaults in the Pacific, they have the assets to do it. The future of the Marine Corps Will be aquatic, though it might not necessarily be on large navy ships. Instead, the marines may opt for a strategy that favors groups of Marines and sailors puttering around on small, inflatable rubber rafts—wielding a potent array of weapons. During a recent military exercise that took place in and around the island of Okinawa called Ha...
Why Did the Seawolf Sub Lose Out To the Virginia-Class? One Word: Cost
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Security, Americas* The Seawolf­-class­ may have been the best of the best, but at approximately $3 to $3.5 billion per vessel, it was simply too expensive, especially in the wake of changing global geopolitics. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The biggest threat to the *Seawolf*-class wasn't the Soviet Navy, but rather the breakup of the Soviet Union. Without a foe to face the program was simply not worth the cost. Designed to address the threat of Soviet ballistic missile submarines, and to replace the aging *Los Angeles*-class of submarines, the *Seawolf­*-cl...
U.S. Army To Conduct Live -Fire Test Using AI To Share Data Between F-35s, A-10s, HIMARS Rocket Launchers, And Satellites
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 4 hours ago
Army HIMARS trucks launch Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System missiles *Breaking Defense:** Army AI Gets Live Fire Test Next Week * *In an unusual bottom-up initiative, the 18th Airborne Corps is developing its own AI targeting system – and the corps’ fire support coordinator says he wouldn’t go to war without it.* WASHINGTON: The 18th Airborne Corps will host a live-fire experiment the first week of March, using artificial intelligence to share targeting data amongst Marine F-35s, Air Force A-10s, ground-based HIMARS rocket launchers, and commercial satellites. The AI-driven ...
US NED 2021 - Thailand: More Money, More Sedition
Land Destroyer, Alt Thai News Network ATNN - 4 hours ago
*February 28, 2021* (Brian Berletic - LD) - The US National Endowment for Democracy (NED) has updated its list for programs, organizations, and companies that it is funding in Thailand to interfere in Thailand's internal political affairs. This includes US government funding for companies that interfered in Thailand's 2019 general election. I explain how the NED's board of directors is made up of people who promote wars and regime change merely behind the smokescreen of "promoting democracy" and "freedom." I show which fronts the US has increased funding for as well as new fronts...
Improvements In The Aegis Radar Means Navy Warships Could Soon Kill A Hypersonic Or Nuclear Missile
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 4 hours ago
Image: Reuters *Kris Osborne, National Interest*: *How a Navy Warship Could Soon Kill a Hypersonic or Nuclear Missile* *The missile defense of many destroyers is about to get a whole lot better.* Japanese and Canadian warships are evolving their maritime missile defense posture to expand the envelope at which it can detect and destroy incoming missiles, hypersonic weapons and even intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). To accomplish this, their warships are integrating a new high-powered, more sensitive ship-based radar system engineered to achieve longer ranges and grea...
Thailand to Regulate Abusive Foreign-Funded NGOs
Land Destroyer, Land Destroyer - 4 hours ago
*February 28, 2021* (Brian Berletic - LD) - US government-funded fronts posing as NGOs in Thailand have long undermined the image and role of legitimate nongovernmental organizations. New legislation has been proposed in Thailand to create more transparency regarding the foreign funding of NGOs in Thailand and to regulate their activities to ensure they fall within the real of non-profit organizations working for the public benefit rather than abusive fronts merely posing as such. References: Bangkok Post - Govt to regulate all NGOs: https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/gene...
Thailand to Regulate Abusive Foreign-Funded NGOs
Land Destroyer, Alt Thai News Network ATNN - 4 hours ago
*February 28, 2021* (Brian Berletic - LD) - US government-funded fronts posing as NGOs in Thailand have long undermined the image and role of legitimate nongovernmental organizations. New legislation has been proposed in Thailand to create more transparency regarding the foreign funding of NGOs in Thailand and to regulate their activities to ensure they fall within the real of non-profit organizations working for the public benefit rather than abusive fronts merely posing as such. References: Bangkok Post - Govt to regulate all NGOs: https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/gene...
Richard Harris, "MacArthur Park"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 5 hours ago
*Richard Harris, "MacArthur Park"*
Zap: Meet the Soviet Anti-Satellite Laser Project Called “Polyus”
Steve Weintz, The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Steve Weintz* *History, Space* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2011%3Anewsml_GM1E7BP1T3201&share=true] The Star Wars inspired project never got off the ground and into space, however. *Key point: *If America could try to zap missiles, then the Soviets wanted a laser weapon of their own. Here is how the “Red Death Star” was almost born. The ambitions of the United States and the Soviet Union, late in the Cold War, to launch massive weapons into outer space sounds like a fever dream today. Few however know just how serious it got, with the USSR m...
Meet Project Orion: The Crazy Plan to Use Nuclear Bombs as Explosive Fuel for a Spacecraft
Steve Weintz, The National Interest - 5 hours ago
*Steve Weintz* *History, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2021%3Anewsml_RC2CSL942SMT&share=true] The bombs would have been released one after the other, with the shock waves pushing the craft forward. *Key point: *The idea would have worked, but was too crazy and costly. In the end, America found other ways to get spacecraft to where they needed to go. Once upon a time some brilliant men embraced a crazy idea—using atomic bombs to propel a spaceship. These men had worked on the Manhattan Project and the Hydrogen bomb, and wanted a bett...
"A Look to the Heavens"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 5 hours ago
"Barred spiral galaxy NGC 1365 is truly a majestic island universe some 200,000 light-years across. Located a mere 60 million light-years away toward the chemical constellation Fornax, NGC 1365 is a dominant member of the well-studied Fornax Cluster of galaxies. This impressively sharp color image shows the intense, reddish star forming regions near the ends of central bar and along the spiral arms, with details of the obscuring dust lanes cutting across the galaxy's bright core. At the core lies a supermassive black hole. Astronomers think NGC 1365's prominent bar plays a crucial r...
Chet Raymo, “All Men Have The Stars”
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 5 hours ago
*“All Men Have The Stars”* by Chet Raymo “At the end of his big-bang book “The First Three Minutes”, PDF, physicist Steven Weinberg famously wrote: “The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless.” His point is this: We have discovered in this century that the human species is just one of billions of species of life on a typical planet near a star that is just one of a trillion stars in a galaxy among hundreds of billions of galaxies. It is no longer possible, he implies, to think that the universe was made for us or that our existence is in any way im...
"Joy, Shipmates, Joy...”
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 5 hours ago
“Night and day the river flows. If time is the mind of space, the River is the soul of the desert. Brave boatmen come, they go, they die, the voyage flows on forever. We are all canyoneers. We are all passengers on this little mossy ship, this delicate dory sailing round the sun that humans call the earth. Joy, shipmates, joy.” - Edward Abbey

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