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Russian And Syrian Missile Strikes Hit Oil Refineries In Northern Syria
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 11 hours ago
Members of the Syrian Civil Defense (White Helmets) extinguish a fire which reportedly erupted after a bombardment from unknown sources of makeshift oil refining installations in Aleppo province, on March 5, 2021. (AFP) Three other civilians were killed and 27 were wounded, in an initial outcome of the bombing with surface-to-surface missiles, including rockets carrying cluster bombs, on the al-Hamra crossing near #Jarablus and the #Tarhine area.#Aleppo#Syria pic.twitter.com/zaO7RVsnUD — Tania Chávez (@Tania_Tania_C) March 6, 2021 *Zero Hedge:* *Putin & Assad's Revenge: Ballistic Mi...
Joe Biden, LBJ, and Voting Rights
Robert Reich - 11 hours ago
In 1963, when the newly sworn-in Lyndon Baines Johnson was advised against using his limited...
Market Power in Neoclassical Growth Models
Greg Mankiw, Greg Mankiw's Blog - 11 hours ago
Click here to read my most recent paper, coauthored with Larry Ball. Here is the abstract: This paper examines the optimal accumulation of capital and the effects of government debt in neoclassical growth models in which firms have market power and therefore charge prices above marginal cost. In this environment, the real interest rate earned by savers is less than the net marginal product of capital. We establish a new method for evaluating dynamic efficiency that can be applied in such economies. A plausible calibration suggests that the wedge between the real interest rate and ...
Did Burger King Tweet ‘Women Belong in the Kitchen’?
Dan Evon, Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
Some messages are longer than a single tweet.
The audacity of tyranny
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 11 hours ago
NYU prof of medical ethics, @ArthurCaplan, on vaccine passports: “If you promise people more mobility, more ability to get a job, more ability to get... The post The audacity of tyranny appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Was the World’s Longest Human Poop 26 Feet Long?
Dan Evon, Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
The world record was supposedly set at a bowling alley.
Will a changing climate flood Earth… again?
Peter Murphy, CFACT - 12 hours ago
Pope Francis is a man of many words, whose statements and opinions often go far afield from Catholic doctrine and religious teaching. On the subject of climate change, Francis has been loquacious and controversial. A new book by the Pope released earlier this month, entitled Of Vices and Virtues, includes discussion of climate change, which [...] The post Will a changing climate flood Earth… again? appeared first on CFACT .
San Francisco Pays $16.1 Million to Shelter 300 Homeless in Tents
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 12 hours ago
PJ Media – by Rick Moran California is in the midst of a self-induced homelessness crisis that shows no sign of abating anytime soon. The... The post San Francisco Pays $16.1 Million to Shelter 300 Homeless in Tents appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Here’s the line items on the $2 Trillion dollar stimulus deal…. The government just paid the government…?
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 12 hours ago
Investment Watch Hard to believe but look it up on the Congressional website for HR 748 from 116th Congress. beta.documentcloud.org/documents/20489001-house-democratic-covid-relief-bill American population: 330,483,530 Stimulus bill:... The post Here’s the line items on the $2 Trillion dollar stimulus deal…. The government just paid the government…? appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Fully-Vaccinated People Can Gather Without Masks, CDC Says
AP News, Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
The recommendations also say that vaccinated people can come together in the same way with people considered at low-risk for severe disease, such as in the case of vaccinated grandparents visiting healthy children and grandchildren.
How The Pandemic Economy Could Wipe Out A Generation Of Black-Owned Businesses
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
Of all the products made at Danette Wilder’s small manufacturing plant near the University of Kentucky in Lexington, the products she depended on most for sales were the O-rings cranked out by her vintage presses. Each month, Wilder’s crew of six people, working at long tables as they listened to a soundtrack of funk and R&B, made thousands of the rubber loops, cut from spools into precise strips and spliced into uniform perfect circles. The work distinguished Wilder’s company, SealingLife Technology, as one of the vanishingly few rubber products suppliers owned by a female engine...
More band practice
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 12 hours ago
Peak level insanity pic.twitter.com/TlUT10jDX2 — Consciousness Rising (@conciousness777) March 7, 2021 The post More band practice appeared first on From the Trenches World Report .
Grocery Shopping In The New America
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 12 hours ago
Information Liberation – by Chris Menahan Giant Food supermarkets have begun labeling products on their shelves as “Black-owned,” “Hispanic-owned,” “LGBT-owned” and so on. Is this... The post Grocery Shopping In The New America appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Wrongful Death Suit Filed on Behalf of Daniel Prude’s Kids
AP News, Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
A grand jury in February declined to bring criminal charges against the officers.
New Bill Will Make it a Crime Punishable by Jail to Tease or Insult Cops
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 12 hours ago
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist In what could be call the blue snowflake bill, the state of Kentucky is pushing through an Orwellian... The post New Bill Will Make it a Crime Punishable by Jail to Tease or Insult Cops appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Monday Morning Links
Unknown, Accidental Deliberations - 13 hours ago
Miscellaneous material to start your week. - Paul Krugman notes that hostility toward basic public health protection such as masks represents a stark example of conservatives sacrificing human lives to identity politics - though it's far from the first or the last one. And James Downie writes that the Republicans governments reversing mask mandates know perfectly well that the credence given to anti-social actors makes it impossible for people to take precautions for themselves. - Colleen Barry reports on the new wave of COVID-19 in Europe due to increasingly dangerous variants. ...
Diamonds and Rust – a repeat tribute to Joan Baez
Keith, musingsofanoldfart - 14 hours ago
I was feeling melancholy after watching a performance by Judy Collins on PBS last night. My mind drifted to a song from a contemporary of hers, Joan Baez. My brother introduced me to Baez, as she was a strident voice for … Continue reading →
Biden Iran envoy boasted of depriving civilians of food, driving up Iranian inequality in sadistic sanctions manual
Max Blumenthal, null - 11 hours ago
[image: undefined] The Joseph Biden administration has named Richard Nephew as its Deputy Iran Envoy. As the former Principal Deputy Coordinator of Sanctions Policy for Barack Obama’s State Department, Nephew took personal credit for depriving Iranians of food, sabotaging their automobile industry and driving up unemployment rates. He has described the destruction of Iran’s economy as “a tremendous success,” and lamented during a visit to Russia that food was still plentiful in the country’s capital despite mounting US sanctions. Nephew’s appointment to a senior diplomatic post sugg...
The Fed Enabling Biden and Congress’ Destructive Agenda
Ron Paul, null - 11 hours ago
[image: undefined] According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), 2021 will be the second year in a row in which the federal debt exceeds Gross Domestic Product (GDP). CBO also projected that this year’s federal deficit will be 2.3 trillion dollars, which is 900 billion dollars less than last year. However, CBO’s projections do not include the 1.9 trillion dollars “stimulus” bill Congress is likely to pass. The CBO’s report was largely ignored by Congress and the media. One reason the report did not get the attention it deserves is Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s cont...
Climatist Exaggerations About Global Warming Greater Than Ever
NEWS WIRE, 21st Century Wire - 12 hours ago
*Copenhagen Consensus* | Throughout history, mass panic has always led to fatal policy decisions. Have we learned our lesson yet?
World News Briefs -- March 8, 2021
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 12 hours ago
*Reuters:* *U.S. commits to Saudi defence after Houthi attacks on oil heartland * DUBAI (Reuters) - The United States said on Monday it is committed to defending Saudi Arabia following drone and missile strikes claimed by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement, including on a Saudi facility vital to oil exports. Saudi authorities said there were no casualties or property losses from Sunday’s attacks targeting an oil storage yard at Ras Tanura, site of a refinery and the world’s biggest offshore oil loading facility, and a residential compound in Dhahran used by state-controlled o...
Ofcom 'does a BBC' over Emily Maitlis
Craig, Is the BBC biased? - 12 hours ago
In news that's unlikely to surprise anyone hereabouts, we learn today that Ofcom won't be pursuing the BBC over Emily Maitlis's infamous Dominic Cummings monologue on *Newsnight. * An Ofcom spoke says: We consider the programme's opening monologue could be perceived as Ms Maitlis's personal view on a matter of major political controversy. But, having assessed the programme as a whole, we also found that a range of different viewpoints were given appropriate weight, including those of the UK government. Given this, and taking into account the BBC's acceptance under its own c...
EU Vaccine Passport Scheme Rejected by Some Member States, WHO Skeptical
NEWS WIRE, 21st Century Wire - 12 hours ago
*21WIRE* | Despite the challenges, committed technocrats in Brussels are determined to push ahead with their social engineering system.
Undermining Faith in US: Congress Democrats Hide behind National Guard & Fences
Alexander Mercouris, The Duran - 12 hours ago
Undermining Faith in US: Congress Democrats Hide behind National Guard & Fences News Topic 68: A far-right threat shut down US Congress this week. Why aren’t we talking about it? A far-right threat shut down US Congress this week. Why aren’t we talking about it? | Cas Mudde You might have missed it, but this […]
Chauvin Trial Jury Selection Delayed, Reinstatement of 3rd Degree Murder Charge Still Unresolved
NEWS WIRE, 21st Century Wire - 12 hours ago
*21WIRE* | Defense is prepared to seek relief from MN Supreme Court to block reinstatement of additional murder charge.
Women’s Leadership In The Global Recovery From The COVID-19 Pandemic
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
Beijing - Today is International Women’s Day (IWD), and the theme for this year’s celebration is “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world.” We recognize the tremendous contribution and leadership demonstrated by women and girls around the world in shaping our recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and a more sustainable future. A global review of the progress achieved towards commitments made at the Fourth World Conference on Women 25 years ago in Beijing, conducted by UN Women in 2020, reveals that no country has fully delivered on the Beijing Platform for...
The Fight For Women’s Rights Is A Fight Against Capitalism
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
International Women’s Day was founded after 15,000 women marched through New York City in 1908 to demand three things: better hours, better pay, and voting rights. In most of the world, the last of these has been cemented – but the pandemic has thrown the former two into jeopardy. In summer 2020, the McKinsey Global Institute reported that around the world, women were at 1.8 times the risk of Covid redundancy compared to the risk facing men. Research from the University of Exeter also found that women in the UK were twice as likely to have lost their job during the first wave of t...
Holy Family prayer and painting
Norma, Collecting My Thoughts - 13 hours ago
The Heavenly and Earthly Trinities - The Family Project I received a prayer card with a prayer by St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta, but with no identification of the artist of the painting. So I typed in a description and clicked on images and it came up about third on the list. "What we see in this painting is a vertical and horizontal presentation, the vertical of course being the Heavenly Trinity with the Holy Spirit descending as the dove from the Father upon the Christ child. The horizontal presentation is the trinity of the holy family revealing the humanity of Christ as well...
Authors retract Nature Majorana paper, apologize for “insufficient scientific rigour”
Ivan Oransky, Retraction Watch - 13 hours ago
The authors of a Nature paper that could have meant a great leap forward for Microsoft’s computing power are retracting it today after other researchers flagged serious problems in the work. The researchers, led by Leo Kouwenhoven, a physicist at Delft Technical University in the Netherlands who is also employed by Microsoft, published “Quantized Majorana … Continue reading Authors retract Nature Majorana paper, apologize for “insufficient scientific rigour”
Starting tomorrow: DOGMA AND TOWN!
<b>bob somerby</b>, the daily howler - 13 hours ago
*MONDAY, MARCH 8, 2021* *It appeared in the Washington Post:* Major anthropologists with whom we consult continue to make several points. The highly-credentialed, award-winning experts persist in making these claims: They continue to say that human populations are strongly inclined to split into "tribes" at times of social conflict. And not only that: Once these tribes have been formed, ideological war will typically follow, fueled by warring dogmas. According to these world-renowned scholars, few "rational" standards will interfere with the expression of these dogmas. Within e...
How the Deep State Overthrew the Last Nationalist Government of Canada… in 1963!
Matthew Ehret, The Duran - 13 hours ago
Originally published on the Canadian Patriot Review As our world continues to be pulled in two opposing directions expressed by the dystopian “end of history” vision of globalists on the one side and the new multi-polar model of “win-win cooperation” espoused by the Russia-China alliance on the other, it is a fitting moment to pause and review […]
Racial Capitalism And The Betrayal Of Haiti
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
The day after his already paper-thin constitutional legitimacy completely eroded, Haitian President Jovenel Moïse gave significant amounts of the country’s land to a light-skinned tycoon working with Coca-Cola. According to most Haitian constitutional authorities and institutions, Moïse’s presidential mandate ended on Sunday, February 7, 2021. But the next day, Le Moniteur—the official journal of the Republic of Haiti—published a presidential decree gifting 8,600 hectares of the country’s agricultural land reserves to produce stevia, a main ingredient in Coca-Cola’s zero-sugar bev...
Support Keeps Building For #BAmazon Union Drive
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 14 hours ago
Some three dozen organizations loaned their names to a letter urging President Joe Biden to come out on the side of the Amazon workers fighting for a union. Biden had angered unionists and progressives for publicly taking a “neutral” stance on the representation election taking place now through March 29. Signers included UNITE HERE and Flight Attendants (AFA-CWA) unions, Maine AFL-CIO, the National Employment Law Project and the Working Families Party. Feeling the pressure, on Feb. 28 Biden came out against Amazon’s union busting, affirming the right of every worker to choose uni...
Consider This Pineapple: Some Thoughts on Food Waste
Jerri-Lynn Scofield, naked capitalism - 14 hours ago
Food waste is a major contributor to global warming, not only the rotten stuff per se, but the carbon expended by moving it hither and yon.
Revolutionary Workers Mount Election Campaign In Chile
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 14 hours ago
On April 11, Chile will elect a convention to write a new constitution, which will replace the constitution of 1980, written by the far-right dictator Augusto Pinochet. Left Voice spoke with two candidates running to join the Constitutional Convention, Joseffe Cáceres and Daniel Vargas, both from the Revolutionary Workers’ Party (PTR). Joseffe Cáceres is a leader of the union of cleaning workers at the Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences near Santiago. She is a member of the national leadership of the PTR and a spokesperson of the women’s group Pan y Rosas (Bread and R...
How ‘Big Ag’ Ate Up America’s Small Farms
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 14 hours ago
The roads were icy and the wind biting cold as we started our 10,000-km journey through the heart of America one January morning. Sristy Agrawal, Rajashik Tarafder — young physicists pursuing their PhDs — Rumela Gangopadhyay, a theatre artiste, and I wanted to witness the state of farming in rural America, the quintessential “Trump country”. Shooting in the frigid weather amid a pandemic was gruelling, but the warm welcome we got from farmers — Republican or Democrat, black or white — made up for it. We were surprised to learn that the American farm landscape, like India’s, is dom...
America and South Korea Finally Agree on Cost Sharing for U.S. Troops
Ethen Kim Lieser, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *South Korea, Asia* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2017%3Anewsml_RC123B357540&share=true] The agreement comes after long and contentious talks during the Trump administration. Washington and Seoul have green-lighted a new cost-sharing agreement to maintain U.S. forces in South Korea, according to Korea’s Foreign Ministry. It was reported that the agreement was forged during the latest negotiations held in Washington. “In the first in-person meeting to be held in almost a year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, negotiators from Sout...
The F-35 Will Soon Replace This Mighty Fighter Jet In Japan
Caleb Larson, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Caleb Larson* *F-35 F-4, * Originally designed and developed for the U.S. Navy by McDonnell Douglas in the late 1950s, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) finally retired their Cold War-era F-4 Phantoms over 50 years after the first F-4 batch was received from the United States. Originally designed and developed for the U.S. Navy by McDonnell Douglas in the late 1950s, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) finally retired their Cold War era F-4 Phantoms over 50 years after the first F-4 batch was received from the United States. In 1971, Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industr...
North Korea: Oil and Gas Superpower? (Wha?)
Anthony Fensom, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Anthony Fensom* *North Korea Oil, * Writing in the petroleum geoscience publication GEOExPro, exploration consultant Mike Rego suggests that the secretive Asian state offers “good hydrocarbon potential, both on and offshore…for those who are prepared to take ‘first mover advantage’ the rewards are there to be had.” The “hermit kingdom” of North Korea has struggled to feed its own people in recent years, let alone sustain its energy needs. Yet with reports emerging of the hard-line Communist state’s potential oil and gas resources, South Korea and other U.S. allies in the region ...
Ranked: The Five Best Future War Movies for Generation Alpha
James Jay Carafano, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*James Jay Carafano* *Military History, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2010%3Anewsml_GM1E61N00BN01&share=true] Watching good war movies helps citizens reflect on their country and its purpose in the world. Meet Generation Alpha. They are the cohort born between 2010 and 2024. Nine thousand of them are born every day. They will be the future rank and file of America’s armed forces for generations. Here is a curated list of movies for them and their parents so they know what they will and won’t be getting into. First, though: If Genera...
The Iconic A-10 Thunderbolt: America's Best Weapon of War?
Kyle Mizokami, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *A-10 Warthog, * The A-10 has served in most of America’s post–Cold War conflicts, from the Balkans to Afghanistan. *Here's What You Need to Know*: The A-10 is one of the most successful weapons of the post–Cold War era. One of the most iconic airplanes in the U.S. Air Force’s flying inventory is the A-10 Thunderbolt, also affectionately known as the “Warthog.” Designed to mow down rows of invading Soviet tanks during an anticipated World War III, the A-10 has served in most of America’s post–Cold War conflicts, from the Balkans to Afghanistan. A new Pentagon con...
See the Video: South Korea Wants Helicopter-Launched Killer Drones
Seth J. Frantzman, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Seth J. Frantzman* *South Korea Drones, Asia* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2015%3Anewsml_GF10000185044&share=true] Such drones could be used to attack targets too risky for human-piloted aircraft. Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) is seeking to equip its Light Armed Helicopter with kamikaze drones. Video shows a group of helicopters launching the drones over a town and then hovering at a distance as the drones seek out, provide surveillance and then attack targets. This is the latest in a trajectory of evolution of loitering munitions, which a...
M82: The Most Powerful Sniper Rifle in the U.S. Military (Designed in a Garage)
Caleb Larson, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Caleb Larson* *M82, * Fact: The most powerful sniper rifle in the U.S. Military was designed in a garage — and handmade. Fact: The most powerful sniper rifle in the U.S. Military was designed in a garage — and handmade. *The Origins* The story of the M82 begins with Ronnie Barrett. Barrett, a photographer with no formal gunsmith training or experience, is said to have been inspired to design and build the M82 .50 caliber rifle while photographing a river patrol boat similar to the type used by American forces during the Vietnam war. In one of the resulting photographs, a .50 c...
Somalia: Mohamed Farmaajo’s Treasury Has Become a Black Hole
Michael Rubin, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Michael Rubin* *Somalia, Africa* [image: Somalia] The money’s end destination remains unclear. A month after Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo’s term expired, Somalia remains without a legitimate government and the country is descending deeper into political chaos. As protestors prepare to take to the streets, Somalis wear masks emblazoned with “Down with the Dictator.” Farmaajo now deploys security forces not against al-Shabaab terrorists as international funders intended, but rather against political opponents seeking to rally for free elections. Meanwhile, al-Shaba...
No COVID Vaccine? No Travel, Air Force Officials Say
Aerowenn Hunter, Children's Health Defense - 12 hours ago
Officials at Vandenberg Air Force Base told personnel they will not be approved for travel outside the state of California until they’ve had both doses of the COVID vaccine. The post No COVID Vaccine? No Travel, Air Force Officials Say appeared first on Children's Health Defense.
Severe flash floods hit Malacca, Malaysia
The Watchers » Latest articles - 12 hours ago
Heavy rains triggered severe flash floods in Malacca, Malaysia, on Saturday, March 6, 2021. As a result, roads were paralyzed and many vehicles were swept away. Heavy rains fell for about an hour on Saturday, washing away vehicles. No injuries were reported as the...... Read more »
“Sell the house”: Latin Americans beg and borrow to pay COVID-19 debts
Latin America News, The Rio Times - 12 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Sandra Contreras, camped outside Lima’s Villa el Salvador hospital, is running out of funds to pay for her mother’s COVID-19 treatment, a sign of thin welfare systems around Latin America that are dragging many into debt and poverty. “I have pawned all my things,” Contreras, 34, told Reuters between tears […] The post “Sell the house”: Latin Americans beg and borrow to pay COVID-19 debts appeared first on The Rio Times.
‘TRUTH’ With RFK, Jr. and Naomi Wolf: Fighting for Our Constitutional Rights
Aerowenn Hunter, Children's Health Defense - 12 hours ago
CHD Chairman Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and author, journalist and former political advisor Naomi Wolf weigh in on the battle to maintain the rights put in place by our founding fathers. The post ‘TRUTH’ With RFK, Jr. and Naomi Wolf: Fighting for Our Constitutional Rights appeared first on Children's Health Defense.
MUST WATCH : Gaslighting, Unending Lockdowns And Climate Change
Hifast, Climate Collections - 12 hours ago
Originally posted on Climatism: “The urge to save humanity is almost always afalse-front for the urge to rule it.”–?H.L. Mencken “Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerelyexercised for the good of its victimsmay be the most oppressive.”–?C. S. Lewis “What gets us into trouble is not what we don’t know,it’s what we know for sure that…
In Rare, 63-Year-Old Video, ‘Brave New World’ Author Predicts Big Tech’s Power to Manipulate Behavior
Aerowenn Hunter, Children's Health Defense - 12 hours ago
In a 1958 television interview, Aldous Huxley predicted the technological capability to bypass reason and manipulate behavior through subliminal means. Today, social media platforms and search engines use sophisticated artificial-intelligence algorithms to control the information we see. The post In Rare, 63-Year-Old Video, ‘Brave New World’ Author Predicts Big Tech’s Power to Manipulate Behavior appeared first on Children's Health Defense.
Coalition to Protest SpaceX Satellite Program, Citing Radiation Threat
Aerowenn Hunter, Children's Health Defense - 12 hours ago
Children’s Health Defense is one of several groups planning a March 19 protest at SpaceX headquarters to demand the company end its planned deployment of 42,000 low-orbit satellites. The post Coalition to Protest SpaceX Satellite Program, Citing Radiation Threat appeared first on Children's Health Defense.
Keeping Track
Larry-Lambert, Virtual Mirage - 13 hours ago
Captioned Image: Degree of Roman Influence on Modern States. Detailed at the bottom of the blog (better picture). Nobody Knows How Long, Joe. Then we’ll get his replacement, who has been loud and clear about how she feels about Americans. With every feeble heartbeat, Harris-the-Ho, draws nearer. ….Meanwhile in Arizona People wait patiently. Hoping […] The post Keeping Track appeared first on Virtual Mirage.
FOCUS Survey: Brazil’s 2021 inflation now forecast at 4.0%, 2022 outlook also rises
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 13 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil’s expected inflation for 2021 rose for a ninth straight week to a new high of 4.0% in a Central Bank survey of economists published on Monday, March 8th, while the interest rate expected at the end of 2022 rose by 50 basis points. The average forecast for IPCA consumer […] The post FOCUS Survey: Brazil’s 2021 inflation now forecast at 4.0%, 2022 outlook also rises appeared first on The Rio Times.
Nick Robinson tweets
Craig, Is the BBC biased? - 13 hours ago
I've no desire whatsoever to write about Meghan & Harry, but I think Nick Robinson's editorial on Twitter needs recording for posterity: *Nick Robinson*: Some dismiss it as a trivial Royal soap opera unworthy of the attention on serious news programmes. Yet Meghan & Harry have given young & diverse Britain all they need to see the Royal Family (tho’ not the Queen) as at best old fashioned & at worst bigoted. That really matters. It is, of course, only one side of a story which is, first and foremost, about family tensions. The Royal Family must now decide whether the traditional r...
Biden Orders Review of Trump-Era Title IX Regulations
Sara Weissman, Diverse - 13 hours ago
President Joe R. Biden will sign an executive order directing the U.S. Department of Education to review Trump-era changes to Title IX regulations on Monday, which is International Women’s Day, NBC reported. Under former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, the department shifted how colleges and universities handle sexual harassment and assault cases. Among other changes, […]
Israel’s pattern of broken vaccine promises to Palestinians – is it genocide?
contact@ifamericansknew.org, Israel Palestine News - 13 hours ago
Since the beginning of the pandemic, Israel's government has occasionally committed to helping to the Palestinians under its occupation – but consistently failed to follow through. Could this be considered genocide?
India-Australia trade agreement gathering momentum under Morrison: Report
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
08-Mar-2021 India is moving in to fill the vacuum left by China for Australian resources and wine, with a free-trade agreement between Canberra and New Delhi gathering momentum.
Alemania acuerda monto de compensación por salida de energía nuclear
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
08-Mar-2021 Según las cifras que ahora se han anunciado de manera oficial, Vattenfall recibirá la mayor parte de la compensación, 1.425 millones de euros. Por su parte, se destinarán 880 millones de euros a RWE, 80 millones a EnBW y 42,5 millones a Eon/PreussenElektra.
Suriname signs CARIFORUM-UK EPA
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
08-Mar-2021 Suriname joined the UK and 13 other CARIFORUM States that have already signed the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).
Cairn wants India to pay $1.4 bn, shareholders to seek enforcement
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
08-Mar-2021 Cairn said its shareholders expect the use of the company's 'strong powers of enforcement' to recover 1.4 billion.
Indiana set to have US$95m Tanzanian claim heard
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
08-Mar-2021 The International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Dispute has advised Indiana Resources that the “Arbitral Panel” has now been formed with the first procedural hearing scheduled for the 22nd of April 2021.
8M: Por un mundo sin tratados de comercio e inversión
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
08-Mar-2021 Desde la Plataforma América Latina Mejor Sin TLC mujeres de diferentes organizaciones comparten sus testimonios donde explican por qué la injusticia económica que generan los acuerdos de comercio e inversión tiene rostro de mujer.
Austria reaffirms its veto of the trade agreement between the EU and Mercosur
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
08-Mar-2021 Austria reaffirmed its veto of the trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur, and asked Portugal to avoid any “possible attempt” to the pact enters into force in its current form.
China ratifica el RCEP, el mayor tratado de libre comercio del mundo
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
08-Mar-2021 El acuerdo representa cerca de un tercio de la economía mundial, con un producto interno bruto combinado de 26.2 billones de dólares.
Suiza aprueba acuerdo de libre comercio con Indonesia
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
08-Mar-2021 El pueblo de Suiza abogó por aprobar un acuerdo de libre comercio (TLC) con Indonesia durante un referéndum celebrado este domingo, lo que ayudará a abrir un mercado potencial con ese país del Sudeste Asiático, el cuarto más poblado en el mundo.
Colombia: El TLC con Japón no beneficia a los ganaderos, según Fedegán
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
08-Mar-2021 El presidente de Fedegán, José Félix Lafaurie, explicó que en los Acuerdos Comerciales, el sector del agropecuario siempre resulta perjudicado y que esta vez, cuando se busca establecer un TLC con Japón, no se trata de una excepción.
Austria reafirma su veto al acuerdo comercial entre la UE y Mercosur
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
08-Mar-2021 Austria reafirmó este domingo su veto al acuerdo comercial entre la Unión Europea (UE) y Mercosur y pidió a Portugal, que preside este semestre el bloque comunitario, que evite cualquier 'posible intento' de que entre en vigor el pacto en su actual forma.
Colombia | Importaciones masivas de leche, un crimen contra la ganadería: Fedegán
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
08-Mar-2021 Quienes defendieron el libre comercio y la entrega del sector agropecuario tendrán que hacer algo por rectificar lo hecho porque a ojo cerrado concedieron en bandeja de plata el mercado nacional sin importarles las quiebras anunciadas, las recomendaciones de no perder soberanía sobre la producción nacional, obviando las proyecciones de desempleo y finalmente primó la dicha de los productores americanos y de otras latitudes que el interés nacional.
Un petit "oui" au partenariat économique avec l'Indonésie
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
08-Mar-2021 Les Suisses ont accepté dimanche à 51,66% l'accord de partenariat économique avec l'Indonésie.
Wind Power Failed Again Last Week
Hifast, Climate Collections - 12 hours ago
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? https://grid.iamkate.com/ During the past week, wind power has contributed just 2.0 GW to Britain’s grid, 6% of demand. Solar power needless to say has been irrelevant. As usual gas power has done the heavy lifting, with a contribution of 1.1 GW…
Nicaraguan Coffee Farmers Are Thriving, Contrary To Claims
Hifast, Climate Collections - 12 hours ago
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? You would think that a publication calling itself Christian would actually place a premium on telling the truth. Sadly it is only propaganda that matters to the Christian Science Monitor: ? ? Jinotega, Nicaragua Maria Gonzalez knows that growing coffee in…
The dangerous rise of climate censorship
Hifast, Climate Collections - 12 hours ago
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: Six retweets. That is all the censorship campaign, Stop Funding Heat, needed to have a series of articles taken down by a major British news website and erased from the web. The activists also extracted a groveling apology from the paper’s editor, who promised not…
Copper Mine in Arizona Under Scrutiny
IER, IER - 12 hours ago
On February 24, 2021, President Biden signed an executive order to bolster critical supply chains to help insulate the economy… The post Copper Mine in Arizona Under Scrutiny appeared first on IER.
Climate adaptation follies. Part II: scenarios of future sea level rise
Hifast, Climate Collections - 12 hours ago
Originally posted on Climate Etc.: by Judith Curry How did the state of New Jersey come to adopt sea level rise projections for their adaptation planning that are more than twice as high as the IPCC’s values? Part I introduced the challenges facing New Jersey associated with sea level rise, and their general adaptation strategy.…
With Virus Aid in Sight, Democrats Debate Filibuster Changes
AP News, Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin stressed Sunday that he wants to keep the procedural hurdle known as the filibuster — but notes there are other ways change the rules.
The revamped vaccination booking site is working, but slowly
Tim Bousquet, Halifax Examiner - 14 hours ago
News 1. Muskrat Falls delayed again “The Muskrat Falls megaproject that is already more than two years late in delivering hydroelectricity to Nova Scotia needed to meet renewable energy goals has hit another series of speed bumps,” reports Jennifer Henderson: Work on the additional two generating units needed to deliver hydro from Labrador to Nova […]
The U.S. Army's New Light Tank Could Change Everything
Caleb Larson, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Caleb Larson* *Light Tank, * In a press release, the U.S. Army announced that initial Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) prototypes arrived at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The preproduction MPF vehicles will be put through their paces by paratroopers from the Army’s 82 Airborne. In a press release, the U.S. Army announced that initial Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) prototypes arrived at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The preproduction MPF vehicles will be put through their paces by paratroopers from the Army’s 82 Airborne. “We are incredibly excited to see the MPF platform entering...
How to Conduct the Biden Administration's Korea Policy Review
David Maxwell, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*David Maxwell* *Korea Policy Review, * The way ahead is deterrence, defense, denuclearization, human rights upfront, and solving the “Korea question” (e.g., unification) with the understanding that denuclearization of the north will only happen when we resolve that “Korea question.” The Biden administration has embarked on a comprehensive Korean policy review. This review is critical to charting the course for the next four years for dealing with the North Korean situation in addition to managing the ROK/U.S. alliance. The Biden administration must develop a policy that takes ...
The U.S. Army Wants New 'Cannons' to Fight Russia or China
Caleb Larson, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Caleb Larson* *Army Howitzer, * Earlier this summer, the U.S. Army announced their desire to acquire a longer-range, more mobile howitzer system that could replace the current Army fleet of towed howitzer pieces. In an open call for participants, the Army specified that candidate systems would participate in a shoot-off evaluation competition in 2021 at the Army’s Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. Earlier this summer, the U.S. Army announced their desire to acquire a longer-range, more mobile howitzer system that could replace the current Army fleet of towed howitzer pieces. In an...
Preventing Conflict in the Arctic with Russia Starts with Dialogue
Walter Berbrick, Rachael Gosnell, Lars Saunes, Mary Thompson-Jones, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Walter Berbrick, Rachael Gosnell, Lars Saunes, Mary Thompson-Jones* *Great Power Competition, arctic* [image: Arctic] Building up existing organizations and creating new frameworks will enhance cooperation and transparency, reducing the risk of war. Arctic skies and waters are increasingly filled with military activity—the cooperative era which brought the adage “High North, Low Tension” is waning. In early February, news sources reported Russian Tu-160 strategic bombers patrolling the Arctic skies, escorted at times by MiG-31 fighters from Novaya Zemlya. The flight was met by t...
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 8, 2021
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 13 hours ago
*James Holmes, 19FortyFive:* *Guam: The Foundation of Any U.S. Military Strategy on China * U.S. Indo-Pacific Command supremo Admiral Philip Davidson wittingly or unwittingly fortified deterrence in the Western Pacific this week. Admiral Davidson told a webinar at the American Enterprise Institute that augmenting Guam’s defenses is his top priority. “Guam is absolutely critical in maintaining deterrence and stability in the region,” he declared. “It is our most critical operating location west of the International Dateline. Funding for the air and missile defense of Guam is my Nu...
WATCH: Cops Curse Out Witnesses as Mother Pepper Sprayed With Her 3yo Child
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: sprayed]A mother was wrongly accused of shoplifting and subsequently thrown to the ground, handcuffed and pepper sprayed in front of her little child.
First Legal Case Against Mandatory COVID Vaccination Filed in U.S.
NEWS WIRE, 21st Century Wire - 13 hours ago
*21WIRE* | Legal challenges have now begun in America against the forced medical procedures in the workplace.
"Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Kaboom"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 13 hours ago
*"Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Kaboom"* by Jim Kunstler "The Senate bill also includes a provision intended to avert surprise tax bills for people who lost jobs, waiving federal income taxes for the first $10,200 of unemployment benefits received in 2020 for households earning under $150,000.” - The New York Times "Isn’t that a curious concept from the front page of Re-set Central? How does a couple with no jobs and no income earn $150,000 in a year that they were not working? And if they somehow brought in $150,000 anyway, why do they need the support of the US government? Such are t...
Brazil’s Petrobras receives six board nominations from federal government
Latin America News, The Rio Times - 13 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil’s state-run oil firm Petrobras said on Monday, March 8th, that the federal government had nominated six individuals as potential members of the firm’s board of directors, to be voted on at the upcoming extraordinary general meeting. Five have been nominated by the Ministry of Mines and Energy and one […] The post Brazil’s Petrobras receives six board nominations from federal government appeared first on The Rio Times.
Flash floods leave 7 dead, 3 missing in Chlef, Algeria
The Watchers » Latest articles - 13 hours ago
At least seven fatalities were reported while three others remain missing as flash flooding swept through Chlef Province in Algeria on Saturday, March 6, 2021. Heavy rainfall on Saturday led to flash flooding in many areas in Chlef, particularly in the Oud Sly...... Read more »
Is The Capital Hill Insurrection Narrative Crumbling?
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 13 hours ago
National guard members patrol near the Capitol building in Washington DC. Photograph: Andrew Kelly/Reuters *Glenn Greenwald*: *As the Insurrection Narrative Crumbles, Democrats Cling to it More Desperately Than Ever * *If the threat of "armed insurrectionists" and "domestic terrorists" is as great as some claim, why do they have to keep lying and peddling crude media fictions about it? * Twice in the last six weeks, warnings were issued about imminent, grave threats to public safety posed by the same type of right-wing extremists who rioted at the Capitol on January 6. And both t...
Economy minister: Brazil to get extra 5 million COVID-19 doses from Pfizer
Latin America News, The Rio Times - 13 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil’s Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Monday, March 8th, that Pfizer Inc will deliver an additional 5 million COVID-19 vaccination doses, which would increase the number of shots expected from the drugmaker by the end of June to 14 million. Speaking in Brasilia, Guedes said President Jair Bolsonaro had […] The post Economy minister: Brazil to get extra 5 million COVID-19 doses from Pfizer appeared first on The Rio Times.
‘Is This Who We Are?’: Gitmo is America’s Enduring Shame
Ramzy Baroud, MintPress News - 13 hours ago
Even if Biden is able to overcome pressure from the military, from the CIA, and from Congress to shut Guantánamo down, justice will still be absent, not only because of the numerous lives that are forever shattered but because America still refuses to learn from its mistakes. The post ‘Is This Who We Are?’: Gitmo is America’s Enduring Shame appeared first on MintPress News.
The dangerous rise of climate censorship
Paul Homewood, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 13 hours ago
Six retweets. That is all the censorship campaign, Stop Funding Heat, needed to have a series of articles taken down by a major British news website and erased from the web. The activists also extracted a groveling apology from the paper’s editor, who promised not only to join the campaign, but also implied his journalists […]
Electoral fraud cover-up, much???
Peter, Bayou Renaissance Man - 13 hours ago
Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to present, for your edification, the following headlines: 1. Antrim County Clerk and Material Witness, Sheryl Guy, DISMISSES Election Fraud Case…Judge Overrules Her Decision...Reinstates Case. 2. Last Week the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Unilaterally Loaded Ballots onto Trucks and then Stored Them in the Open in a Warehouse Ignoring Proper Safeguarding Controls *(watch the video at the link - it's eye-opening, to say the least!).* 3. Ballots In Arizona’s Maricopa County Found Shredded and In Dumpster – Days Befor...
"Economic Market Snapshot AM 3/8/21"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 14 hours ago
*"Economic Market Snapshot AM 3/8/21"* ○ "Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone." - John Maynard Keynes *○* "Down the rabbit hole of psychopathic greed and insanity... Only the consequences are real - to *you*! *Your guide:* Gregory Mannarino, AM 3/8/21 *"IMPORTANT UPDATES: Saudi Oil Facility Hit, * *Crude Higher. Gold, Silver, Crypto, MORE”* - https://traderschoice.net/ ○ "The more I see of the monied classes, the better I understand the guillotine." - George Bernard Shaw ○ *MarketWatch ...
COVID vs. SIVH
Bryan Caplan, Econlib - 14 hours ago
The Self-Interest Voter Hypothesis, or SIVH, claims that individuals’ political views are closely based on their objective self-interest. Despite its popularity, the evidence is strongly against it. If the SIVH were true, for example, income would be an excellent predictor of party identification. In reality, the correlation between the two is near-zero. People don’t vote […] The post COVID vs. SIVH appeared first on Econlib.
Nicaraguan Coffee Farmers Are Thriving, Contrary To Claims
Paul Homewood, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 15 hours ago
By Paul Homewood You would think that a publication calling itself Christian would actually place a premium on telling the truth. Sadly it is only propaganda that matters to the Christian Science Monitor: Jinotega, Nicaragua Maria Gonzalez knows that growing coffee in Nicaragua’s northern mountains – as she has done since she […]
Abbie J. Lane: A daughter’s stories of a woman ahead of her time
Suzanne Rent, Halifax Examiner - 15 hours ago
Abbie Jacques Lane was 40 years old when she was pregnant with her third and final child, Jean. Her other two children, Margaret and Frederick (Ted), were already in their teens. During her pregnancy, Lane had the lead role in a production of The Torch-Bearers at the Theatre Arts Guild in Halifax. Lane wouldn’t get […]
This Picture Explains Why the Iowa-Class Battleship Was Unstoppable
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Navy Battleships, * Designed to intercept fast capital ships yet still capable of serving in a traditional battle alongside other U.S. Navy warships, the Iowa-class battleship successfully combined speed and firepower. Designed to intercept fast capital ships yet still capable of serving in a traditional battle alongside other U.S. Navy warships, the *Iowa*-class battleship successfully combined speed and firepower. Unlike slower battleships, the class was constructed to travel with a carrier force – and even built to be able to transit the Panama Canal, which ena...
Russia's Submarine Force Is Getting Ready to Sink Everything
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Russia's Navy, * Moscow has made it a priority to upgrade the aging sub force, and it is clear those efforts are underway. The Russian Navy maintains a large submarine force with more than 60 boats of all classes in commission, including nuclear-powered ballistic-missile and cruise missile submarines as well as a mix of nuclear and conventional attack submarines. However, most of the front-line boats date from the 1980s, and the fleet is largely made up of submarines that were designed in the Soviet-era. Moscow has made it a priority to upgrade the aging sub force...
Navy Frankensteins: The Biggest Battleships That Never Went to Sea
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Battleships, * During the Second World War, both the United States and the Empire of Japan opted to cancel planned super battleships that would have likely been larger targets for enemy warplanes. Instead of go big or go home, it might have been go big and go to the bottom, or give their entire naval shipbuilding budget to these Frankenstein warships. Bigger isn't always better. This is especially true in the world of naval design. There have been times when building the largest warship was either met with disastrous results, or the designs just proved bigger than...
What Do Iran and Top Gun Have in Common? They Love the F-14 Tomcat
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Iran F-14, * In its heyday in the late 1970s, the Grumman F-14 Tomcat was considered one of the most capable fighters in the sky, and even today it remains a swift aircraft that has a top speed in excess of Mach 2.4 and a rate of climb of around 45,000 feet per minute. It was originally developed to operate from U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and to serve in an air superiority role. In its heyday in the late 1970s, the Grumman F-14 Tomcat was considered one of the most capable fighters in the sky, and even today it remains a swift aircraft that has a top speed in exce...
The U.S. Army Wants Hypersonic Weapons Really Bad
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *U.S. Army Hypersonic, * By the end of the summer, the first unit in the U.S. Army could be equipped with a hypersonic weapon. By the end of the summer, the first unit in the U.S. Army could be equipped with a hypersonic weapon. While the Pentagon hasn't announced which unit that will be, the Army has reportedly sent the unit equipment it will need to prepare for the rigorous training program required to operate the new platform. Considerable infrastructure has been developed – and it is more than just the actual mission. Defense News reported that the Army has wor...
Russia's Su-57 Stealth Fighter: Computer Flies, Pilot Fights?
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Su-57, * The Su-57 has two large internal weapons bays arranged in tandem, which run nearly the entire useable length of the aircraft. Each of the bays can carry up to four K-77M beyond visual range radar-guided missiles. Flying an advanced fighter aircraft requires that pilots multitask, but increasingly automation is taking over some of the more "mundane" aspects. And that means soon Russia's Sukhoi Su-57 stealth fighter will feature an automated system that will allow the pilot to focus on searching for and then attacking enemy targets while the aircraft handles...
Explosive Doom: How the Soviets Used 37mm Mortars Against the Nazis
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *World War II, Europe* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2017%3Anewsml_RC165F41CEC0&share=true] These mortars served the Soviet Union well as they fought for survival against a full-on invasion. *Key point: *Mortars are inexpensive and provide important portable artillery fire. Here is how they could rain down on the enemy and stall an advance. The mortar as an infantry support weapon has been in use for centuries, but it was during the Second World War that its role on the battlefield proved rather decisive. It was used by all of t...
Littoral Combat Ship: The Little Warship That Can Smash Any Navy
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Littoral Combat Ship, * Even as near-peer adversaries such as China have sought to increase their capabilities to expand beyond a "green water navy" to an actual "blue water navy," the LCS was designed as a shallow-draft vessel that could operate in littoral or coastal waters. The warships could counter growing potential "asymmetric" threats such as coastal mines, submarines, and small but fast armed boats. Smaller than the U.S. Navy's *Oliver Harzard-Perry*-class frigate and comparable in size to corvettes in service with other navies around the world, the littor...
Joe Biden Could Order World War III If He Fired This Submarine's Missiles
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Ohio-Class Submarine, * In November of last year, the U.S. Navy began to look into how it could extend the service lives of its Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines beyond the now forty-two-year planned life of the SSBNs. This could be necessary to ensure that that the Navy will be able to maintain its submarine force as the replacement Columbia-class SSBNs enter service. In November of last year, the U.S. Navy began to look into how it could extend the service lives of its *Ohio*-class ballistic missile submarines beyond the now forty-two-year planned life of t...
A Russian-Built Submarine 'Killed' a U.S. Navy Sub in a Wargame
TNI Staff, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*TNI Staff* *Navy Wargame, World* It's not a huge surprise that Russia’s Kilo trumped America’s Los Angeles. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *The *Virginia*-class is orders of magnitude quieter and offers far better sensors and carries more weapons. The newer vessels are far more effective against threats like the *Kilo* than their *Los Angeles*-class predecessors. The Indian submarine INS *Sindhudhvaj* (S56) allegedly “killed” USS *City of Corpus Christi* (SSN 705) during an exercise called Malabar that is held annually between India, Japan and the United States back in 2015....
The Forgotten Story of How a Navy Aircraft Carrier Was 'Sunk' in a Wargame
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Gotland-class Submarine, * Please meet the Gotland-class submarine. In December, Saab announced that it delivered the second *Gotland*-class submarine to the Swedish Defense Material Administration (FMV) after a mid-life upgrade. Along with the lead boat of the class, the Swedish Navy operates three of the diesel-electric submarines, which were designed and built by Kockums shipyard. Designed as a multirole submarine, the *Gotland*-class could be used in anti-surface warfare (ASuW), anti-submarine warfare (ASW), collection of intelligence including communications ...
The Story of How This U.S. Navy Submarine Died Is Terrifying
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *USS Thresher, * [image: By Photographed by J.L. Snell - From the collections of the Naval Historical Center. USNHC # NH 97551.http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h97000/h97551c.htm, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2611688] The tale of the tragic loss of this submarine is an important one. *Key point: *Thankfully major mishaps are rare. But when they happen and life is lost, the Navy works to learn from them. Last fall, the U.S. Navy began to release documents from the investigation into what was the deadliest submarine disaster...
March 8: Day Of Revolutionary And Working Women, Not Queens And Exploiters
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
On the 8th of March, we commemorate working women, revolutionary women. Clara Zetkin, later a founder of the German Communist Party, proposed the commemoration in a conference of socialist women in 1920, to pay homage to the struggle of women against capitalist exploitation. We remember the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of March 26, 1911, in the US where 146 women textile workers were burned alive in a factory with the exits chained shut, assassinated by Big Capital. We commemorate the fight for social justice, for the rights of the working class, and the struggle against patr...
Man Held Without Bond for Not Wearing a Mask As Violent Rapist Granted Bail
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: bail]When government lets violent rapists out on bail while refusing bail to an individual for not wearing a mask, it is time we question their intentions.
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Jenna Orkin, From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 14 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin The NatSec Bros Who Want to Save Congress From QAnon OSCAR-NOMINATED SHORT: A NIGHT AT THE GARDEN FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY CAN PREDICT A PERSON’S POLITICAL ORIENTATION WITH 72% ACCURACY A Cephalopod Has Passed a Cognitive Test Designed For Human Children How Neanderthal Genes Affect Vulnerability to Covid Saharan Dust Brings Radiation From France's Nuclear Tests in 1960s Back at Them Israel Developing Plans to Strike Iran over Nuclear Weapons as Joe Biden Deal Falters A new Kentucky bill would criminalize insulting or taunting a police officer [image: microsoft] A...
"Tell Yourself..."
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 14 hours ago
“Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won’t either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes near, let yourself sit by an apple tree and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps, wasting their sweetness. Tell yourself you tasted as many as you could.” - Louise Erdrich
Jury Selection Begins in 1st Trial for George Floyd’s Death
AP News, Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
Jury selection will begin in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s death.
If you die from Coronavirus ‘vaccine’, your life insurance won’t pay as it’s an ‘experimental medical intervention’
Misty, From the Trenches World Report - 15 hours ago
Tap News – by Tapestry Check with your insurer before you have the vaccine. It’s reported that some or all life insurance won’t pay out... The post If you die from Coronavirus ‘vaccine’, your life insurance won’t pay as it’s an ‘experimental medical intervention’ appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
First Court Case Against Mandatory Vaccination: Attorney Interview
A Reader, From the Trenches World Report - 15 hours ago
Spiro Skouras Mar 7, 2021 In this interview, Spiro is joined by Attorney Ana Garner of New Mexico. Garner represents her client Isaac Legaretta, an... The post First Court Case Against Mandatory Vaccination: Attorney Interview appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Digging deeper into the Syria issue
Bruce K. Gagnon, Organizing Notes - 15 hours ago
Pushback on Syria with Aaron Maté who does a deep-dive into the issue. He's one of the finest 'alternative' journalists out there today. You should follow him. Read even more alternative thinking about Iraq-Syria *here* This is just a short taste of the article: It’s been almost 10 years since the war in Syria began, and 18 years since the war in Iraq began, and still there seems to be no peace in sight for any of the Arab countries. Biden has been in office in less than two months, but in my opinion, the next four years seem to be rather clear in terms of Washington’s po...
Happy International Women's Day
Phil, All That Is Solid ... - 8 hours ago
Socialist greetings to women comrades everywhere. This year, like the last, celebrates the exploits of women soldiers on the eastern front during the Second World War. Here from Mark Felton's superb military history channel we remember the contributions of female snipers and particularly Roza Shanina, dubbed the 'Terror of East Prussia' by the Canadian press.
Shortage of Covid-19 vaccines in Latin America exposes inequality between rich and poor nations
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 10 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Latin America and the Caribbean lack the necessary amount of Covid-19 vaccines. By Friday, March 5th, the region's countries had received 37 million doses, which are to be distributed among 630 million people. The figure is only enough to administer fewer than six doses for every 100 inhabitants. Assuming a […] The post Shortage of Covid-19 vaccines in Latin America exposes inequality between rich and poor nations appeared first on The Rio Times.
Eva Copa: the woman who broke with Evo Morales to become Bolivia’s greatest electoral phenomenon
Juan Martinez, The Rio Times - 11 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Eva Copa, the rogue senator who broke with the ruling MAS party, is the newly elected mayor of El Alto, despite the fact that ex-president Morales accused her of being a "traitor" and supported another candidate. More than 7 million Bolivians went to the polls this Sunday to elect the […] The post Eva Copa: the woman who broke with Evo Morales to become Bolivia’s greatest electoral phenomenon appeared first on The Rio Times.
Jordan Peterson Explains Why Climate Activists Like Greta Thunberg May Be Wrong
NEWS WIRE, 21st Century Wire - 13 hours ago
*Jordan Peterson* | Why many climate activists, UN bureaucrats and IPCC scientists may be wrong about their apocalyptic predictions.
Yemen's Houthis Attack Saudi Oil Heartland. Coalition Responds With Air Raids On Houthis Capital Sanaa
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 14 hours ago
CNBC: *Brent crude breaks $70 after Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities attacked by Yemen’s Houthis* International benchmark Brent crude futures jumped above $70 for the first time in more than a year on Monday, before giving back those gains to trade in the red. The surge in prices came after Saudi Arabia said its oil facilities were targeted by missiles and drones on Sunday. A Houthi military spokesman claimed responsibility for the attacks. *Read more* .... * More News On The War Between Yemen's Houthi Rebels And Saudi Arabia * Saudi-led Coalition Strikes Yemen's Rebel-held ...
Heavy rains cause flash flooding in southern Spain
The Watchers » Latest articles - 14 hours ago
Heavy rains from Friday, March 5, 2021, triggered flash flooding in southern Spain, particularly in the regions of Andalusia and Murcia. Dozens of people were rescued from inundated homes after a river broke its banks, while several areas were cut off. In Malaga...... Read more »
Elections in Bolivia: MAS still failing to win mayoralties of largest cities
Juan Martinez, The Rio Times - 14 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The governmental majority party Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) continues to be unable to win over voters in Santa Cruz, La Paz and Cochabamba, the largest Bolivian cities. Evo Morales' party failed to elect mayors there on Sunday, March 7th, in addition to losing again in El Alto, considered one of […] The post Elections in Bolivia: MAS still failing to win mayoralties of largest cities appeared first on The Rio Times.
Two-thirds of tropical rainforest destroyed or degraded globally, NGO says
Latin America News, The Rio Times - 14 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Humans have degraded or destroyed roughly two-thirds of the world’s original tropical rainforest cover, new data reveals – raising alarm that a key natural buffer against climate change is quickly vanishing. The forest loss is also a major contributor of climate-warming emissions, with the dense tropical forest vegetation representing the […] The post Two-thirds of tropical rainforest destroyed or degraded globally, NGO says appeared first on The Rio Times.
Underestimating Biden
Owen Gray, Northern Reflections - 14 hours ago
During the Democratic primary and the election, Jennifer Rubin writes, the media consistently underestimated Joe Biden. This weekend his COVID rescue plan passed the Senate. Much has been made of the lack of bipartisan support for the plan. But it depends on how you define bipartisan support: The president pushed aside repeated media chiding that he was not being bipartisan enough. In fact, as he observed in a victory lap speech on Saturday, “without the overwhelming bipartisan support of the American people, this would not have happened.” He continued, “Overwhelming public suppor...
WHY DOES THE NEW YORK TIMES STILL REGARD CHRISTOPHER BUSKIRK AS RESPECTABLE?
Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog - 14 hours ago
Christopher Buskirk, a conservative who's a contributing opinion writer at *The New York Times,* has an op-ed in the *Times* today. In it, he argues that the child allowance in the COVID relief bill is a good idea that appeals to many younger conservatives. My problem isn't with the op-ed itself. It's with the fact that the *Times* continues to employ Buskirk. Buskirk is the editor and publisher of American Greatness. If a minimal standard for respectability is the belief that Joe Biden legitimately won the 2020 presidential election, American Greatness spectacularly fails the test...
Exposé: 64 Chinese companies selling fentanyl chemicals and equipment to Mexico’s cartels
Latin America News, The Rio Times - 14 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Infobae) Since 2013, an unprecedented surge in fentanyl overdose deaths has been caused by heroin laced with illicitly produced fentanyl and/or fentanyl analogs (FAs) sold as heroin. For years, China has been a primary source of fentanyl trafficked into the West. It is a powerful prescription drug for severe pain […] The post Exposé: 64 Chinese companies selling fentanyl chemicals and equipment to Mexico’s cartels appeared first on The Rio Times.
The New Logic: Normality is Abnormal
Unknown, The Conservative Socrates - 15 hours ago
A civilization cannot be transformed unless the masses are made to desire their own repression. One way of achieving this end is by erasing the difference between repression and liberty by using the universities, the mainstream media, the movie industry, and the publishing houses to seed society with the new logic: “The desire for repression is a sign of individualism”; “The passion for being led is moral”; “Normality is abnormal”; “Knowledge is an attempt to exercise brute power by other means”; “Love of one’s culture is a sign of schizophrenia”; “Man’s sickness is man’s individual...
Bioethics and the New Eugenics
A Reader, From the Trenches World Report - 15 hours ago
Corbett Report Extras Mar 5, 2021 SHOW NOTES AND MP3: https://www.corbettreport.com/?p=39860 At first glance, bioethics might seem like just another branch of ethical philosophy where... The post Bioethics and the New Eugenics appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
ANTIFA Sets Fire to Portland Public School Headquarters and Torches Vehicles in A Series Of Malicious Terrorist Attacks
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 15 hours ago
Gateway Pundit – by Tayler Hansen Last night on ANTIFA’s Day of National Autonomy, the headquarters of Portland Public School was heavily vandalized and multiple... The post ANTIFA Sets Fire to Portland Public School Headquarters and Torches Vehicles in A Series Of Malicious Terrorist Attacks appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Something to Consider
Larry, From the Trenches World Report - 15 hours ago
INI – by E.P. Unum, March 1, 2021 Before reviewing this essay, you may find these numbers interesting: As reported by the CDC … here... The post Something to Consider appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
VACCINE MASS STERILIZATION DEPOPULATION AGENDA REVEALED ON AMAZON ‘UTOPIA’ SHOW
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 15 hours ago
CV IsaHOAX Mar 6, 2021 From Utopia Amazon The post VACCINE MASS STERILIZATION DEPOPULATION AGENDA REVEALED ON AMAZON ‘UTOPIA’ SHOW appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Analysis: Investor favorite Chile is rebounding speedily, but large inequality and poverty remain
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Seen from the outside, Chile is speeding up its economic rebound from the covid-19 crisis. Figures suggest that activity in the country is approaching pre-pandemic levels. In recent weeks, as Latin American currencies have depreciated against the dollar, copper exports have boosted the value of the Chilean peso. But within […] The post Analysis: Investor favorite Chile is rebounding speedily, but large inequality and poverty remain appeared first on The Rio Times.
COVID-19 Vaccines, Access And The Intellectual Property Wars
Binoy KAMPMARK, OrientalReview.org - 15 hours ago
By now, anybody speaking about vaccine equality and equity of access must surely be coming across as slightly deranged. In the field of COVID-19, traditional proprietorial instincts remain. Add to this the disparity in terms of manufacture, bureaucracy and the nasty flavour of politics, and we would all be entitled […]
Scientists use olive oil to discover new physics law
zedie, SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 16 hours ago
Scientists use olive oil to discover new physics law – Big Think https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/scientists-olive-oil-discovery-new-physics-law?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1614489286
The COVID-19 Narrative and Dissenting Physicians
A Political Junkie, Viable Opposition - 16 hours ago
During the current pandemic, it has become increasingly clear that the medical profession is reluctant to wade into the narrative and promote science that is independent of funding organizations like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Big Pharma. Recent events in Canada clearly show what happens to physicians that believe that they have the right to express their opinions on the COVID-19 pandemic that go against the narrative. Let's start this posting by looking at Dr. Kulvinder Kaur Gill's training and work experience from the website of the College of Physicians and ...
And The Budget Will Balance Itself
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 14 hours ago
Finance Minister Barbie: Budgets are hard; The Liberal government will not release a budget in March as it takes more time to assess the impact of the pandemic, meaning that more than two years will have passed since the last federal budget was released. A senior government official told The Globe and Mail that… Continue reading →
BRANDY VAUGHAN DIED IN 2020 TRYING TO GET THIS OUT TO THE WORLD
PTA Blues, Roscoe Reports - 14 hours ago
*Brandy Vaughan, a former pharmaceutical representative, founded the Council for Vaccine Safety in response to one of the nation’s first mandatory vaccination for education law — SB277 in California. When working in the pharma industry, Brandy sold Vioxx, a painkiller that was found to double the risk of stroke and heart attacks and was eventually taken off the market. “From that experience, I realized that just because something is on the market, doesn’t mean it’s safe,” explains Brandy. “And much of what we are told by the healthcare industry, just simply isn’t the truth.”* ...
New Bill Will Make it a Crime Punishable by Jail to Tease or Insult Cops
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: bill]Taunting or insulting a cop could soon be a crime which carries a sentence of three months in a cage thanks to tyrannical new bill.
U.S. National Guard Troops Who Deployed For The Inauguration Will Receive New Awards
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 15 hours ago
The District of Columbia National Guard Presidential Inauguration Support Ribbon, top, and the District of Columbia Emergency Service Ribbon. The D.C. National Guard plans to award at least one of two ribbons to all soldiers and airmen who supported the security mission before, during and after the 59th presidential inauguration in recognition of their service. D.C. NATIONAL GUARD *Stars and Stripes:* *National Guard troops to receive ribbons for protecting nation’s capital * WASHINGTON — National Guard troops who deployed to the nation’s capital to provide security following the...
Biden Iran envoy boasted of depriving civilians of food, driving up Iranian inequality in sadistic sanctions manual
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 15 hours ago
Richard Nephew has taken personal credit for depriving Iranians of food, driving up their unemployment rates, and celebrated the economic destruction he caused as “a tremendous success.” Under Biden, he will help direct policy on Iran.
Y2Kyoto: Blowing Smoke
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 15 hours ago
Bjorn Lomborg; Fires burned 10% of Australia’s land surface on average every year in 20th century. In this century, it burned 6% (2001-19) We now have the data for 2019-20, the year with “Australia ablaze”: 4% (3.95%) h/t Joe
Can an Australia–India FTA succeed where RCEP failed?
bilaterals.org - 15 hours ago
08-Mar-2021 Having secured free trade agreements (FTAs) with almost all key trading partners, Australia is honing in on a long elusive but lucrative market — India. Tensions with China, the need to find new sources of economic growth and government policy to diversify trading partners are pushing Australia into India's arms.
China has officially ratified RCEP deal: commerce minister
bilaterals.org - 15 hours ago
08-Mar-2021 The Chinese government has officially ratified the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao said Monday.
The Mexican Economy: A Short or Long Recession Cycle?
Global Issues News Headlines - 15 hours ago
MEXICO CITY, Mar 08 (IPS) - The trend of the Mexican economy during the last two years has not been positive. INEGI, the official bureau of statistics, has just reported that GDP registered a fall of 8.5 percent compared to 2019 with seasonally adjusted figures. But in 2019 GDP also receded, although in far less measure, less than one percentage point. Read the full story, “The Mexican Economy: A Short or Long Recession Cycle?”, on globalissues.org →
Arms Suppliers Escape Blame for the Worlds Worst Humanitarian Disaster in Yemen
Global Issues News Headlines - 15 hours ago
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 08 (IPS) - The United Nations has singled out the deaths and devastation in war-ravaged Yemen as the “world’s worst humanitarian disaster”, caused mostly by widespread air attacks on civilians by a coalition led Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Read the full story, “Arms Suppliers Escape Blame for the Worlds Worst Humanitarian Disaster in Yemen”, on globalissues.org →
Drug Users Often Do Not Seek Help Because They Fear Legal Repercussion
Global Issues News Headlines - 15 hours ago
APIA, Samoa, Mar 08 (IPS) - In the February 12th editorial on the issue of illicit drug use, the Samoa Observer stated that “… there is no data currently available to show that drug abuse including meth consumption levels in Samoa have reached crisis levels, which would warrant the government considering decriminalizing drug use and consumption.” Read the full story, “Drug Users Often Do Not Seek Help Because They Fear Legal Repercussion”, on globalissues.org →
International Women’s Day, 2021 - Why Gender Parity & Diversity are Paramount to a Just COVID-19 Recovery
Global Issues News Headlines - 15 hours ago
NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 08 (IPS) - To commemorate International Women’s Day, the United Nations has called for “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 World,” as the day coincides with the dark week when WHO declared the virus a global pandemic. Read the full story, “International Women’s Day, 2021 - Why Gender Parity & Diversity are Paramount to a Just COVID-19 Recovery”, on globalissues.org →
MIND OVER BODY: CAN BELIEFS ALONE CURE AILMENTS?
SEO Admin, Healing Oracle - 15 hours ago
For centuries, the power of the human mind has been placed above the body – even above some natural forces. Religious texts, witness accounts, folklore, scientific expeditions and relentless research have tried to explore the... The post MIND OVER BODY: CAN BELIEFS ALONE CURE AILMENTS? appeared first on Healing Oracle.
UK Royals Absorb Shock of Revealing Harry, Meghan Interview
AP News, Snopes.com - 15 hours ago
In a two-hour soul-baring interview with Oprah Winfrey, the couple painted a deeply unflattering picture of life inside the royal household.
Fear and Celebration of Substack Are Both Misplaced
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 15 hours ago
A debate rages in the media world about the trend of writers with substantial online followings moving away from writing for traditional publications and simply going to the website Substack, where writers sell content directly to their readers, untethered from any editorial constraint. (It’s like a less titillating version of OnlyFans.) Substack has a number of investors, including the Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
Labour time is the visible hand guiding production and consumption
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 15 hours ago
This article reviews the thesis presented by the Group of International Communists, titled the “Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution”. It was written in 1930, when Stalin, donning the mantle of the Russian Revolution and having anointed himself as chief revolutionary, was crushing debate within the European left and disorientating the movement to honour his informal pact with imperialism. This is a valuable document. One of the few oppositional documents of its time, and one that needs a current airing.
The peace, women’s suffrage and reproductive rights activist you might not know: Aletta Jacobs.
Lisa Gaufman, Duck of Minerva - 15 hours ago
Aletta Jacobs. Raise your hand if you have never heard her name! In our neck of the tulip fields, however, she is a celebrated professional: she was the first woman to be officially enrolled and graduate with a doctorate at the university in the Netherlands (shoutout to my employer – Rijksuniversiteit Groningen!) and the first […]
Sobering Covid vax death rate reported by US Centre for Disease Control
Editor, cairnsnews, Cairns News - 15 hours ago
CDC: 1265 DEAD 25,212 Injuries Following Experimental COVID-19 MRNA ‘Vaccines’ CDC: 1265 DEAD 25,212 Injuries Following Experimental COVID-19 mRNA ‘Vaccines’
Parent’s Put Down Your Devices, Interact With Your Children & Give them Their Rightful Priority
Penny, Penny for your thoughts - 15 hours ago
* They are the future. Plus, you all come off like a bunch of abusive, neglectful, self centered vacuous entities. Seriously, I see many of you on a daily basis while out and about. Your children looking towards you for encouragement, enthusiasm, interaction, reassurance and the like. And you all completely ignore them. Shameful. Disgusting. Disgraceful. But, completely socially acceptable in this extremely sick society.* *"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society."* *Jiddu Krishnamurti**Make no mistake this is indeed a profoundly sick society...
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