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February 4th – 2021 Presidential Politics – Resistance Day #16
Sundance, The Last Refuge - 13 minutes ago
In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the JoeBama Administration and Presidency. … Continue reading → The post February 4th – 2021 Presidential Politics – Resistance Day #16 appeared first on The Last Refuge.
Thursday February 4th – Open Thread
Sundance, The Last Refuge - 18 minutes ago
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those … Continue reading → The post Thursday February 4th – Open Thread appeared first on The Last Refuge.
New Covid-19 Infections Have Fallen 44% In The US And 30% Globally In The Past 3 Weeks And Experts Say Vaccine Is NOT The Main Driver
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 34 minutes ago
The U.S. is seeing a similar curve in daily confirmed cases as is seen in the UK, Germany, Canada and even India *Daily Mail: **Why ARE coronavirus cases plummeting? New infections have fallen 44% in the US and 30% globally in the past 3 weeks and experts say vaccine is NOT the main driver because only 8% of Americans and 13% people worldwide have received their first dose * * On Wednesday, a total of 110,679 new coronavirus infections were reported with a seven-day rolling average of 135,904, a 44% decline from the average three weeks earlier * The decline appears to be a glob...
Elon Musk says Neuralink could start planting computer chips in humans brains within the year.
zedie, SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 34 minutes ago
Elon Musk says Neuralink could start planting computer chips in humans brains within the year | Business Insider India https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/elon-musk-says-neuralink-could-start-planting-computer-chips-in-humans-brains-within-the-year/articleshow/80654145.cms
Covid-19 Lockdowns Have Resulted In Democratic Freedoms Declining Across The Globe
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 1 hour ago
*Daily Mail:** Covid lockdowns have seen democratic freedoms decline across the globe: Norway is ranked No1 for freedom, UK 16th, while France and US are labelled 'flawed democracies' * * Norway, Iceland and Sweden, ranked top of the Democracy Index by Economist * Central African Republic, the Congo and North Korea ranked bottom again * But across the board there was a decline in democracy wrought by lockdowns * Portugal and France were most affected by tough rules from their governments * In the US, Trump's voter fraud claims and Big Tech interference battered trust Coro...
Bill de Blasio Seven Year Report Card As New York City Mayor
Francis Menton, Manhattan Contrarian - 1 hour ago
* On January 1, 2021, our progressive true-believer mayor, Bill de Blasio, began his eighth year in office. Since he is limited to two terms under current law, this will be his last year, unless something changes. * Now that another crowd of progressive true-believers has just swept to power in Washington, it seems like an appropriate time to look at how the seven years of super-progressive government have served us in New York. * Recall that when de Blasio became Mayor in January 2014, he followed 20 years of at least nominally Republican mayors, Rudy Giuliani (1994-2001) and Mike ...
House GOP Keeps Cheney as No. 3 Leader, Stands by Greene
AP News, Snopes.com - 2 hours ago
In a 145-61 secret ballot, House Republicans overwhelmingly rebuffed a rebellion by hard-right conservatives to toss Rep. Liz Cheney.
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Cirze, Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 1 hour ago
Ian Welsh's essays always provide the most light around (not to overlook his commenters who flesh things out nicely, so to speak). Mark Pontin January 20, 2021 Hugh wrote: ‘We should take a moment to consider Trump’s accomplishments. He killed 400,000 Americans, as many as died in World War II, and he did it in one year not the 3 1/2 the war took.’ We should take more than a moment. In the UK
Could An Artificial-Intelligence Arms Race Lead To A World War?
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 1 hour ago
*Roger Boyles, The Australian/The Times:* *Artificial-intelligence arms race could lead to world war* You can get a copy of General Sir Richard Shirreff’s 2017 War with Russia for about $5.70 online and I am sure you can still grab a discounted 2020 World of War by two defence buffs. For a decade or more this period has been tipped as the time when all the buzzing global tensions would reach a Wagnerian climax. Instead we ended up catching COVID-19 and stayed at home. There is, however, a chance that 2021 could be the year: artificial intelligence is feeding into military calcula...
Parler CEO John Matze Says He Was Fired by Mercer and Bongino Wing of Company
Sundance, The Last Refuge - 1 hour ago
According to Fox Business Parler CEO John Matze has been removed by the small group of owners of Parler. Rebekah Mercer (financial aspects) and Dan Bongino (public face) are pushing back against the reasoning that Matze is sharing with the … Continue reading → The post Parler CEO John Matze Says He Was Fired by Mercer and Bongino Wing of Company appeared first on The Last Refuge.
STRATCOM Commander Warns Nuclear War With China Or Russia A 'Real Possibility'
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 1 hour ago
Russia and China are growing and modernizing their strategic nuclear forces. Here, a Russian RS-24 Yars (or Topol-MR) road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile moves along a highway in Teikovo, Ivanovo region, Russia. Sputnik *Daily Mail:* *Nuclear war with China or Russia is 'a real possibility' because rivals are 'aggressively challenging global peace in ways not seen since the height of the Cold War,' US Navy admiral warns * * US Navy admiral says nuclear war with Russia or China is 'a real possibility' * Admiral Charles A. Richard heads the US Strategic Command - or ST...
More Than 10,000 Have Been Arrested At Pro-Navalny Protests And Rallies In Russia In The Past Week
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 2 hours ago
*France 24:* *More than 10,000 have been detained at pro-Navalny rallies in Russia, monitor says * More than 10,000 people have been detained at recent rallies in Russia in support of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, a protest monitor said on Wednesday, adding that many of them have also been subject to mistreatment while in police custody. Navalny called on Russians to take to the streets after he was detained last month on arrival in Moscow from Germany where he had been recovering from a poisoning with a Soviet-designed nerve agent. Hundreds more filled the streets of ...
Rain of Terror: Hitler's Bombing of the British Isles
Warfare History Network, The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* The battle for Britain was won by the courage of airmen, soldiers, firemen, rescue workers, and ordinary citizens. *Here's What You Need to Know*: Britons proved that a free people cannot be defeated by airpower alone. First, there was a faint drone, with black specks visible in the sunny sky. Then the drone grew into a thunder, and hundreds of bombers appeared over London. In the British capital’s East End on that afternoon of Saturday, September 7, 1940, people went out into the drab, terraced streets to stare upward. They were horr...
Strange: Spotify Posted Loss, Despite Adding 11 Million Subscribers
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *Technology, Americas* Of the company’s 345 million monthly active users in the fourth quarter, 35 percent were in Europe, 24 percent in North America and 22 percent in Latin America, with the remaining 19 percent in the rest of the world. Spotify announced its fourth-quarter earnings Wednesday morning, and while the streaming audio company said that its premium subscriber count grew 24 percent year over year to 155 million, the company lost the equivalent of .79 cents a share in the last quarter of 2020, which was more than expected by analysts, per Investor Bu...
No Substitute for Strategy: What’s Wrong with “Defending Forward”
Gil Barndollar, Justin Logan, The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Gil Barndollar, Justin Logan* *Foreign Policy, United States* The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies' latest report promises a restoration of the worst foreign policy ideas since the end of the Cold War. It should be ignored. President Joe Biden has entered office promising reform at home and restoration abroad. But American foreign policy needs new thinking, not a return to the past. Despite the serial incompetence of the Trump administration and the poison pills it left behind, the two decades preceding Donald Trump were a time of massive American overreach, and yes, “...
All Work and No Play is Endangering America’s Aircraft Carriers
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Americas* The recent spate of collisions echoes a succession of even more catastrophic accidents aboard U.S. aircraft carriers between 1966 and 1968 that between them claimed the lives of more than two hundred sailors. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *The incident was a timely warning of the danger of overworking a crew beyond the limits of its manpower; it also demonstrated the vital importance of ensuring that munitions were properly designed with high heat tolerances to avoid accidental detonation. Two deadly collisions involving U.S. Navy dest...
Is America Headed Towards an Inflation Crisis?
James Pethokoukis, The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*James Pethokoukis* *economy, Americas* Policymakers should avoid making massive fiscal bets that the future will be the same as the recent past. At the end of last year, Congress passed and President Trump signed a $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill. Of course, that was hardly the first fiscal action taken by Washington in response to the pandemic. There was also the $8.3 billion Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, the $2.3 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economy Security Act, and the $483 billion Paycheck Protection Program and Health Car...
House Republicans Vote to Keep Liz Cheney in Leadership Position
Sundance, The Last Refuge - 2 hours ago
A complete hot mess… The MAGA movement has a lot of work ahead. House republican representatives voted 145-61 to keep Liz Cheney in power as the #3 in the leadership position within the House GOP. Only 61 House republicans voted … Continue reading → The post House Republicans Vote to Keep Liz Cheney in Leadership Position appeared first on The Last Refuge.
Israel Says No To A U.S. Request To Inspect The Chinese Built Harbor At Haifa
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 2 hours ago
USS Cole arrives at Port Haifa *Breaking Defense:* *Israel Rejects US Plan To Inspect Chinese Harbor At Haifa * TEL AVIV: Israel has refused an American request to inspect the new Chinese-built Haifa port that will be operated for the next 25 years by SIPG, a Chinese company. This is being seen in both countries as a test case of Israel’s relationship with China and with the United States. Israeli officials declined to comment on the story, first reported by the Israeli daily newspaper, Haaretz. The domestic political chaos here has pushed the issue onto the backburner. But af...
Tokyo News: President of the Tokyo Olympic Committee fed up with women talking
Lee Jay, Modern Tokyo Times - 2 hours ago
Tokyo News: President of the Tokyo Olympic Committee fed up with women talking Sawako Utsumi and Sawako Uchida Modern Tokyo Times The president of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Yoshiro Mori, is fed up with women talking too much at meetings. Of course, this moribund thinking of Yoshiro Mori is […]
Did AOC Exaggerate the Danger She Was in During Capitol Riot?
Bethania Palma, Snopes.com - 2 hours ago
AOC was targeted with another round of bad-faith smears after giving an emotional, firsthand account of her experiences during the Capitol riot.
The Mystical and Mental Drivers of History
Unknown, The Conservative Socrates - 2 hours ago
The decisive forces of history are not materialistic but mystical and mental. Events which make history—revolutions, revolts, wars, cultural movements, purges, assassination of political figures, and coups—rarely happen due to objective and demonstrable facts; they happen due to motivations related religion, myths, a biased sense of history, the ruling elite’s sense of honor and lust for glory, doubtful reports compiled by intellectuals and spy agencies, ideologies which cannot be proved or disproved, and the desire to create a promised land (utopia). The mystical and mental force...
Musical Interlude: Pink Floyd, "The Dark Side of the Moon" (Full Album HQ)
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 3 hours ago
Pink Floyd, *"The Dark Side of the Moon" (Full Album)* 1973, incredibly...that can't be possible. It is...
American Healthcare System Failed Black Americans
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 3 hours ago
There are certain policy positions that are such a slam dunk that if someone does not support them, I can’t take anything they say seriously, nor can I trust their judgement. Medicare for All is one of those polices. It is the most pro-black legislation in mainstream political discourse right now. Our black leaders, such as Jim Clyburn, teaming up with health insurance companies and Big Pharma, are why the state of healthcare in the African American community is so bleak, as I laid out in my previous article Liberals, for good reason, hold social wedge issues as their primary litmu...
TSRgrow introduces Lighting as a Platform™ (LaaP) – A revolutionary approach to horticulture
Pamela Moore, Marijuana Business Daily - 4 hours ago
TSRgrow, LLC 60 Alhambra Road, Suite 1 Warwick, RI 02886 401-654-8542 gail.farias@tsrgrow.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WARWICK, RI – FEBRUARY 3, 2021 – TSRgrow, a leading horticulture solutions provider, announces their Lighting as a Platform™ (LaaP), a revolutionary technology that delivers unparalleled results to indoor growers, while significantly reducing up-front and long-term operating costs. Using Remote […] TSRgrow introduces Lighting as a Platform™ (LaaP) – A revolutionary approach to horticulture is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness new...
German Investigative Journalists Still Searching for Proof that Sars-CoV-2 Exists
AdminM, Health Impact News - 5 hours ago
Even the Robert Koch Institute and other health authorities cannot present decisive proof that a new virus named SARS-CoV-2 is haunting us. This alone turns the talk of dangerous viral mutations into irresponsible fearmongering and the so-called SARS-CoV-2 PCR tests definitely into a worthless venture. In a request for a study which shows complete isolation and purification of the particles claimed to be SARS-CoV-2, Michael Laue from one of the world’s most important representatives of the COVID-19 “panicdemic,” the German Robert Koch Institute (RKI), answered that: "I am not aware...
MET Office global temperature prediction falls 0.35C in 5 years.
Hifast, Climate Collections - 5 hours ago
Originally posted on Tallbloke's Talkshop: Back in 2016, the UK MET Office’s median projection to the start of 2021 forecast a global temperature temperature anomaly of 1.4C above their 1850-1900 “Pre-Industrial” baseline. Their recently published five year model projection (rightmost blue blob on graph), shows a 2021 median anomaly 0.35C lower, at 1.05C. Their…
Coup In Myanmar -- News Updates February 3, 2021
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 3 hours ago
*Reuters*: *Myanmar police file charges against Aung San Suu Kyi after coup* (Reuters) - Myanmar police have filed charges against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi for illegally importing communications equipment and she will be detained until Feb. 15 for investigations, according to a police document. The move followed a military coup on Monday and the detention of Nobel Peace laureate Suu Kyi and other civilian politicians. The takeover cut short Myanmar’s long transition to democracy and drew condemnation from the United States and other Western countries. *Read more* .......
111 NGOs Call On Biden To Close Guantánamo
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 3 hours ago
On February 2, more than a hundred non-governmental organizations joined a letter led by the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Center for Victims of Torture, urging President Joe Biden to close the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba and end indefinite military detention. The letter is signed by organizations ranging from those working to end anti-Muslim discrimination and torture to immigrant rights organizations and organizations working broadly on civil rights, civil liberties, and racial justice at the national and local level. It emphasizes the devastating and ongoing conse...
Ecuador: Presidential Elections Could Bring Back The Citizens’ Revolution
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 3 hours ago
On February 7, Ecuador will hold elections for President and for its legislative body, with 137 positions to be decided for the National Assembly. Though 16 presidential candidates participated in the debates, there are three major candidates. Andrés Arauz and his vice presidential candidate, Carlos Rabascall, represent La Unión por la Esperanza (The Union of Hope, UNES), what was Alianza País led by former president Rafael Correa before the party split in 2017. Guayaquil banker Guillermo Lasso and Alfredo Borrero are the candidates for the conservative alliance Creando Oportunida...
"A Look to the Heavens"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 3 hours ago
“What's happening behind those houses? Pictured here are not auroras but nearby light pillars, a nearby phenomenon that can appear as a distant one. In most places on Earth, a lucky viewer can see a Sun-pillar, a column of light appearing to extend up from the Sun caused by flat fluttering ice-crystals reflecting sunlight from the upper atmosphere. Usually these ice crystals evaporate before reaching the ground. During freezing temperatures, however, flat fluttering ice crystals may form near the ground in a form of light snow, sometimes known as a crystal fog. These ice crystals ma...
Chet Raymo, "In the Cave"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 3 hours ago
*"In the Cave"* by Chet Raymo "I have mentioned here before the ospreys that patrol our beach - or "fish hawks," as they call them here - generally in the afternoon at about the time I take my long walk to the palm point. Magnificent birds with broad wings that glide seemingly effortlessly on the wind. And here's the thing: As often as not I am startled by a bird's shadow before I see the bird itself. That wide-winged shadow, sweeping across the white sand, sometimes across me. That flicker of chill as the osprey blocks the sun. And generally when it happens I think of Plato's alle...
"Let It Roll Off Our Back: Dodging and Deflecting"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 3 hours ago
*"Let It Roll Off Our Back: Dodging and Deflecting"* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM "When we are criticized or attacked it is important to not take it into our heart space. One of the most difficult challenges in life is learning not to take things to heart and hold on to it. Especially when we’re younger, or if we’re very sensitive, we take so much of what comes our way to heart. This can be overwhelming and unproductive if it throws us off balance on a regular basis. When we are feeling criticized or attacked from all directions, it becomes very difficult for us to recover ourselv...
"In the End...
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 3 hours ago
"Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable." ~ Sydney J. Harris
"The Exact Same Thing That Is Happening To GameStop Is Eventually Going To Happen To The Stock Market"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 4 hours ago
*"The Exact Same Thing That Is Happening To * *GameStop Is Eventually Going To Happen To The Stock Market"* by Epic Economist "GameStop stocks have been continuously crashing over the past few days, making those who are still holding on the their shares lose millions of dollars. The WallStreetBets-fueled short squeeze isn't over just yet, but it is entering a tortuous phase after trading restrictions were imposed in some stocks and the movement inevitably started to lose traction, as retail investors could only buy a limited amount of stock shares in the platform Robinhood. The ban ...
The Daily "Near You?"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 4 hours ago
Burke, Virginia, USA. Thanks for stopping by!
The Poet: Langston Hughes, "Dreams"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 4 hours ago
*"Dreams"* "Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow." - Langston Hughes
Putin Explains Why We Need New Economic Policies
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 4 hours ago
The President of Russia Vladimir Putin has given a great speech to the Davos 2021 online forum organized by the World Economic Forum. As usual it created little echo in the 'western' media. Putin sees a new danger of large international conflicts. Economic imbalances have caused socio-political problems in many countries which, when externalized, can lead to international conflicts. To solve this one has to reject the laissez faire doctrines that caused the economic imbalances. The nation states must intervene more in their economies. The people must be seen as the ends, not the m...
'Life, eh?"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 4 hours ago
"We said together, wistfully, 'Life, eh?' It says everything without having to say anything: that we all experience moments of joyful or painful reflection, sometimes alone, sometimes sharing laughs and tears with others; that we all know and appreciate that however wonderful and precious life is, it can equally be a terribly confusing and mysterious beast. 'Life, eh?" - Miranda Hart
"Covid-19 Pandemic Updates 2/3/21"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 4 hours ago
*"Covid-19 Pandemic Updates 2/3/21"* ○ *- https://www.zerohedge.com/* * FEB 3, AT 3:42 PM:* "California Opens First Federally-Run COVID Vaccination "Super-Sites": Live Updates" ○ *Coronavirus Map: Tracking the Global Outbreak * *Feb 3, 2021 2:20 PM ET: * The coronavirus pandemic has sickened more than 104,165,100 people, according to official counts, including 26,533,428 Americans. Globally at least 2,260,100 have died. *Feb. 3, 2021 2:20 PM ET: * *Coronavirus in the U.S.: Latest Map and Case Count* - www.nytimes.com ○ *"The COVID Tracking Project"* Every day, our volunteers compil...
Food Not Bombs Aims To Bring More Than Just Food
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 4 hours ago
New Paltz, NY - Every Wednesday, a mix of New Paltz college students and locals congregate in a small workspace just outside of town. It may look like they’re just cooking and packing food to deliver to needy families, but it’s really more than that. “Like when people say, ‘serving the community,’ well, we want to build a community,” said Katari Sisa, a volunteer for Food Not Bombs New Paltz. Sisa, a recent graduate of SUNY New Paltz, has been involved at the organization for the last four years now. Sisa says that giving back is necessary right now, with a pandemic raging and, ac...
KEVIN McCARTHY WANTS YOU TO BELIEVE HE WAS ALWAYS TROUBLED BY MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE'S PRONOUNCEMENTS
Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog - 5 hours ago
Kevin McCarthy will do nothing about Marjorie Taylor Greene. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced no disciplinary actions against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) in a statement released as he met with his caucus. During the meeting, he told members he did not want to remove Greene from her committee assignment, according to a senior GOP source in the room. As a result, The House is set to vote on removing Greene from her committee assignments on Thursday. In McCarthy's statement, he pretends that he's always taken a principled stand against Greene. Pas...
It’s Now Or Never — We Stare Into The Abyss
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 5 hours ago
This column is hopeful. I promise. The northern white rhinoceros is now functionally extinct. Sudan — the last male of his kind — passed away recently. There are two females remaining but obviously they can produce no more of their species without a male — and mating with nearby giraffes is not something in which they seem interested. This is not the end but the beginning. This is still the beginning of a great extinction, the sixth great extinction in earth’s history and the first one caused by humans. The others were caused by things like massive asteroid impacts creating damag...
Captain Tom Moore Dead Aged 100: Covid-19 or Vaccine to Blame?
James Allard, OYE Alternative News - 5 hours ago
The post Captain Tom Moore Dead Aged 100: Covid-19 or Vaccine to Blame? appeared first on OYE Alternative News.
Do not look down upon your neighbor for his non-wealth, his non-education, his this, his that!
Bob Dinn, balance10 - 6 hours ago
1) And that's one thing about precipitation. You can't feel that you're the doer. You have to stand here and hold the flame, but you've got to be able to delegate authority. And the whole Hierarchy of Light is waiting there to have your delegation, because we are the authority in this octave. This is our Earth and we can do with it what we will. And so we have to speak to the Masters. We have to say, "Morya, in the name of Almighty God, I command that you manifest the will of God to this situation, in our educational systems, in our motion picture industry; and I demand th...
Residential redevelopment proposed for former Penhorn Mall lands in Dartmouth
Zane Woodford, Halifax Examiner - 7 hours ago
A big developer and a real estate investment trust are shopping for a development agreement for the former Penhorn Mall lands in Dartmouth. Clayton Developments Ltd. and Crombie REIT (the real estate investment trust created by Sobeys’ parent company, Empire) have applied for a development agreement for the lands at 549 to 569 Portland St. […]
Nova Scotia to open its first community vaccination clinic this month, but expect COVID restrictions through the summer, says Strang
Tim Bousquet, Halifax Examiner - 7 hours ago
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. Nova Scotia will establish its first community clinic for administering the coronavirus vaccine later this month. The clinic will operate from Feb. 22-25 at the IWK, and will target 300-400 people 80 years old and over, randomly […]
What a way to make a livin'
Avedon, Avedon's Sideshow - 1 hour ago
Hedge-funders are some of the vilest, most destructive people alive and what they do should never have been legal. It's been nice to see them exposed over the last week. Robert Kuttner at *The American Prospect*, "What We've Learned From the Robinhood Affair: *Let's put parasitic speculators out of business. How about a lead role for Joe Biden's most progressive former top aide, Ted Kaufman?* The stock speculation scandal dominating the front pages vividly reveals what critics of extreme financialization have been saying for decades. All of this hyper-trading produces no benefits ...
CPP Investments' Big Investments in Real Estate and Renewables
Leo Kolivakis, Pension Pulse - 2 hours ago
Michael Katz of Chief Investment Officer reports CPPIB invests $650 million in real estate and renewable energy: The C$456.7 billion ($359.2 billion) Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has committed up to a total of $650 million for multifamily real estate development deals in the United States and European renewable energy investments. *CPPIB has formed a joint venture with South Carolina-based real estate developer Greystar Real Estate Partners to pursue multifamily real estate development investments in certain US markets. The Canadian pension giant will pony up $350...
The New McCarthyism
jurassicpork, Welcome Back to Pottersville - 3 hours ago
(By *American Zen*'s Mike Flannigan, on loan from Ari ) *T*here's a fast-vanishing segment of the population who still have living memories of Wisconsin's Senator Joe McCarthy. Now a political and historical artifact, he was a man who was so deranged and paranoid that his surname serves as a synonym for Republican fear-mongering, conspiracy-theorizing and dark, sinister retribution against any who stood in his way. Thankfully, McCarthy was toppled from power shortly before his death after the infamous Army hearings of 1954. However, the boozy spirit of McCarthy had apparently oc...
That "Proxima Candidate" for a 2019 "SETI hit"? What's up with that?
David Brin, CONTRARY BRIN - 3 hours ago
Yes it would be highly pertinent to continue "political postings," given the ongoing all-out efforts to demolish our Great Enlightenment Experiment in equality, democracy, justice, accountability and the rule-of-law. And I'll be weighing in - as you'd expect - with a series of 'judo proposals' or actions and methods that could strengthen our experiment, while playing to the enemy's weaknesses, not their strengths. Indeed, I will follow up this science missive with a few items that can't wait! Like what to do when you see a pack of cars in front of a neighbor's raucous, carelessly...
Were 9 Parents Deported Under Trump Just Reunited with Their Children?
Jordan Liles, Snopes.com - 3 hours ago
A powerful photograph was shared in a February 2021 tweet that appeared to announce heartwarming new information about reunited families.
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- February 3, 2021
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 4 hours ago
*Romain Brunet, France 24:* *Aung San Suu Kyi, the rise and fall of an icon turned pariah on the world stage * The Myanmar army’s detention of de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday marks the fall of an icon whose story has been marked by the country's highs and lows, both at home and abroad. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate rose to lead Myanmar in 2015 after spending the better part of two decades under house arrest. But Suu Kyi's standing abroad was gravely damaged by her handling of the Rohingya crisis. *Read more *.... * Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- Februar...
World News Briefs -- February 3, 2021 (Night Edition)
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 4 hours ago
*Reuters: **U.N. chief vows to rally global pressure to make sure Myanmar coup fails * NEW YORK (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pledged on Wednesday to mobilize enough international pressure on Myanmar’s military “to make sure that this coup fails” as the U.N. Security Council tries to negotiate a statement on the crisis. The Myanmar army detained the country’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi and others on Monday in response to “election fraud”, handed power to military chief Min Aung Hlaing, and imposed a state of emergency for one year. *Read more *......
The B-2 Stealth Bomber is a One-of-a-Kind Wonder Weapon
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * The B-2’s ability to deliver such devastating weapons deep within the most well-defended airspace makes it a premium, highly specialized war machine without equivalent. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *The Spirit is designed to fly across the globe while carrying twenty to thirty tons of weapons—but not to do exceptionally quickly. Its turbofans lacks afterburners, which in any case, would cause infrared and even radar signature to bloom. Should you venture out to one of the airshows periodically held near Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, y...
China’s Quantum Radars Could Make Detecting U.S. Submarines a Breeze
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * The end of underwater stealth? *Here's What You Need To Remember: *However, satellites, too, could use quantum sensors to influence submarine warfare. Satellites using quantum gravimeters, which could improve sensitivity of sensors designed to detect and measure gravity fields, could potentially detect submarines, or more likely, map out seafloors with new levels of precision. According to some evaluations, today’s cutting-edge submarines like the *Virginia- *and *Sea Wolf*-class attack submarines have been evaluated to run only five decibels lou...
Why the Air Force Is Buying 144 F-15EX Fighter Jets
Mark Episkopos, The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Mark Episkopos* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2018%3Anewsml_RC130F47BBE0&share=true] These planes are realiable and now come packed with better technology and lots more missiles. A late derivative of a mid-1970s platform, Boeing’s F-15EX fighter jet isn’t a particularly innovative product. Why then, is the Air Force buying as many as 144 of these fighters? For one, they can carry loads of missiles. In a move that reportedly surprised even the Air Force, the Defense Department has procured 144 units of the F-15EX, an advan...
The Entire World Would Suffer From an Indian-Pakistani Nuclear War
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Asia* South Asia is the world’s most dangerous nuclear-armed region. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *India and Pakistan account for over one-fifth world’s population, and therefore a significant share of economic activity. Should their major cities become irradiated ruins with their populations decimated, a tremendous disruption would surely result. Between February 26 and 27 in 2019, Indian and Pakistani warplanes launched strikes on each other’s territory and engaged in aerial combat for the first time since 1971. Pakistan ominously hinted it w...
Unstealthy Tankers are Harming the F-35 Stealth Fighter
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * The Air Force has additional ideas for making its future tankers more survivable. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *Stealthy drone tankers might fit with a ‘distributed’ refueling strategy in which multiple drones draw fuel from a large, conventional tanker ‘mothership’ and then zip forward into to provide refueling for stealth fighter in contested airspace. However, such a chain-refueling scheme could crash catastrophically should the un-stealthy mothership tanker be targeted by adversaries. The United States has devoted billions of dollars to ...
Why the French Air Force is Betting Big on the Dassault Rafale
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Europe* Paris particularly prizes maintaining an independent domestic arms industry and has never seriously considered purchasing F-35s. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *As France must wait nearly two decades before a European stealth fighter can enter service, its armed forces are betting that in the interim adding networked sensors and weapons to the Rafale’s superior kinematic performance and powerful electronic warfare systems will keep the agile jet relevant in an era of proliferating stealth aircraft and long-range surface-to-air missiles. ...
Israel Razes Palestinian Bedouin Village for Second Time
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 4 hours ago
Israel Razes Palestinian Bedouin Village for Second Time by Adel Abu Nimeh, https://www.reuters.com/ JORDAN VALLEY, West Bank (Reuters) – Israel has begun demolishing a Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank for the second time in three months, in what a rights group called an attempt to displace an entire Palestinian community from the area. …
Ohio Police Officer Charged with Murder in Andre Hill Case
AP News, Snopes.com - 4 hours ago
A white Ohio police officer has been indicted on murder charges in the December shooting death of 47-year-old Andre Hill, a Black man.
Opposition To Line 3 Mounts
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 5 hours ago
Saint Paul, MN – Around 600 people gathered in St. Paul, Minnesota, on January 29, calling on President Biden to revoke permits for the Line 3 tar sands oil pipeline project. The protest billed as ‘Protect the Water, Revoke the Permits‘ started at Kellogg Park and marched into downtown to the local Army Corps of Engineers’ office to demand federal water crossing permits be rescinded. Direct actions halting construction of the new pipeline continue to take place as opposition Line 3 grows. Friday morning in Northern Minnesota, two water protectors locked down to each other between ...
German Investigative Journalists Still Searching for Proof that Sars-CoV-2 Exists
AdminM, Medical Kidnap - 5 hours ago
Even the Robert Koch Institute and other health authorities cannot present decisive proof that a new virus named SARS-CoV-2 is haunting us. This alone turns the talk of dangerous viral mutations into irresponsible fearmongering and the so-called SARS-CoV-2 PCR tests definitely into a worthless venture. In a request for a study which shows complete isolation and purification of the particles claimed to be SARS-CoV-2, Michael Laue from one of the world’s most important representatives of the COVID-19 “panicdemic,” the German Robert Koch Institute (RKI), answered that: "I am not aware...
Study: CDC Broke Federal Law by Manipulating COVID Death Statistics
AdminM, Medical Kidnap - 6 hours ago
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on August 23, 2020, “For 6% of the deaths, COVID-19 was the only cause mentioned. For deaths with conditions or causes in addition to COVID-19, on average, there were 2.6 additional conditions or causes per death.” For a nation tormented by restrictive public health policies mandated for healthy individuals and small businesses, this is the most important statistical revelation of this crisis. This revelation significantly impacts the published fatalities count due to COVID-19. More importantly, it exposes major probl...
The Wall Street Journal Misreads Section 230 and the First Amendment
bszoka, Lawfare - 8 hours ago
The U.S. Supreme Court building. (Mark Thomas, https://tinyurl.com/16z3n4rq; Pixabay, https://pixabay.com/service/license/) When private tech companies moderate speech online, is the government ultimately responsible for their choices? This appears to be the latest argument advanced by those criticizing Section 230 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996—sometimes known as Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. But upon closer scrutiny, this argument breaks down completely. In a new Wall Street Journal op-ed, Philip Hamburger argues that “the government, in working through ...
Lawfare Live: Post-Trump Truth Commissions?
bklehm, Lawfare - 9 hours ago
This Friday, Feb. 5, at 12pm EST, Quinta Jurecic, *Lawfare* managing editor, will join Benjamin Wittes, *Lawfare* editor-in-chief, to discuss various proposals for truth commissions that could wrestle with the abuses of the Trump administration and hold officials accountable for their actions while in office. Quinta Jurecic recently wrote an article in The Atlantic titled, “Don’t Move on Just Yet,” that discussed historical examples for truth commissions. powered by Crowdcast *Sign up now to become a patron of Lawfare and receive email notifications for Lawfare Live, a weekly ev...
Takeaways from Legal Filings for Trump’s Impeachment Trial
AP News, Snopes.com - 5 hours ago
The legal sparring around Donald Trump's impeachment trial is underway, with briefs filed laying out radically different positions ahead of the Senate trial.
BLACK HISTORY: Planned Parenthood ‘Over The Moon’ With Excitement That Black ‘Abortion Rights Champion’ Kamala Harris Is Now Vice President
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 5 hours ago
BLACK HISTORY: Planned Parenthood ‘Over The Moon’ With Excitement That Black ‘Abortion Rights Champion’ Kamala Harris Is Now Vice President by Geoffrey Grider, https://www.nowtheendbegins.com/ Planned Parenthood’s Johnson said she expects the Biden administration to be “pushing bold agenda items in the name of building back better,” using Biden’s campaign slogan. For example, Johnson not only wants …
Guess Which Side The Corporate Media Is Taking In The GameStop Story…
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 5 hours ago
Guess Which Side The Corporate Media Is Taking In The GameStop Story… by http://themostimportantnews.com/ You would think that a plucky group of Internet rebels standing up to a bunch of notorious hedge funds and short sellers would be a story that even the mainstream media should be able to get right, but apparently that is …
Sophia Bush Advocates for Labelling Republicans as Terrorists
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 5 hours ago
It’s been time. https://t.co/5mqe6VmGa1 — Sophia Bush (@SophiaBush) February 1, 2021 Sophia Bush Advocates for Labelling Republicans as Terrorists by David Ng, https://www.breitbart.com/ In a shocking statement, anti-Trump Hollywood star Sophia Bush is advocating for labelling Republicans as terrorists, seconding Rep. Jackie Speier’s (D-CA) recent use of the term “the terrorist right” to describe the …
Ted Butler: Crushing the Silver Short Positions
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 5 hours ago
Palisades Gold Radio Tom welcomes Ted Butler back to the show to discuss the recent activity in the silver markets. Ted discusses the massive short position held on the Comex by Commercial speculators. These speculators have 80,000 contracts short, equating to roughly 400 million ounces as of last Friday. No other commodity has such a …
Male Butterflies Mark Their Mates with a Stench to ‘Turn Off’ Rival Suitors
David Mikkelson, Snopes.com - 5 hours ago
Smells, scents and stenches are a common feature in the messy world of sex.
US Mint Warns It Can’t Meet “Surging Demand” for Silver & Gold
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 5 hours ago
Why I Invest In Silver – PHYSICAL Over ETFs – Mike Maloney
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 5 hours ago
GoldSilver (w/ Mike Maloney) How does Mike Maloney invest in silver, and why? Join Mike and Jeff Clark as they discuss the pros and cons of the most popular forms of silver investing. Download Mike’s best-selling book for free here: https://pages.goldsilver.com/freebook – Thanks for sharing and clicking that ‘Like’ button. For those wondering why our …
Virtual Panel Explores Findings from Community College Student Engagement Report
Sarah Wood, Diverse - 5 hours ago
Sixty-nine percent of entering students work for pay, while almost one-third work more than 40 hours a week, found a Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCCSE) report, titled “The Intersection of Work and Learning: Findings From Entering Students in Community Colleges,” last October. Just how to provide support to those student-workers was the topic of a CCCSE virtual panel discussion on Feb. 3.
Doug Casey: It’s Going To End Badly, The Greater Depression Is Upon Us | Buy Gold & Silver
mosesman, Socio-Economics History Blog - 5 hours ago
I LOVE PROSPERITY Doug Casey: It’s Going To End Badly, The Greater Depression Is Upon Us | Buy Gold & Silver Doug’s Website Links… – 1.) International Man: https://internationalman.com/ 2.) Doug’s New Book: https://amzn.to/3aulfnP – In today’s episode we talk to investing legend Doug Casey. I first met Doug through Rick Rule. Doug Casey is …
Stupid or Liar?
Robert, Small Dead Animals - 5 hours ago
Either Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the stupidest person in Washington, DC or she’s a liar: “AOC wasn’t even in the Capitol building where all the action was going down. If she was in her office, she was in the Cannon Building which is nearby, but a different building. But of course, many didn’t get the logistics and… Continue reading →
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- February 3, 2021
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 5 hours ago
*NBC:* *U.S. extends New START nuclear treaty with Russia for 5 years* “Especially during times of tension, verifiable limits on Russia’s ( US - fixed that for you ) intercontinental-range nuclear weapons are vitally important,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. The United States and Russia have extended a crucial nuclear arms control treaty until 2026, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday. The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty or New START is the last nuclear treaty between the two countries and was set to expire Feb. 5. Renewing the agreement was one of the first national security ...
Were 6 People Arrested for Changing ‘Hollywood’ Sign to ‘Hollyboob’?
Madison Dapcevich, Snopes.com - 5 hours ago
Law enforcement called the escapade "way uncool."
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