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“Record-Shattering Cold” Across Central US 
Robert, Ice Age Now - 11 hours ago
Unseasonably cold air has been recorded from the Canadian–US border south into Texas, even into Mexico. For many states in the Central US, temperatures plummeted to more than 20 degrees below average. ‘An unusually cold front moved into the Central US early this week, spilling Arctic air throughout the Plains, Midwest, and Tennessee Valley,’ writes ... Read more The post “Record-Shattering Cold” Across Central US appeared first on Ice Age Now.
A Preview of Post-Withdrawal Problems in Afghanistan
bklehm, Lawfare - 13 hours ago
Army paratroopers secure a landing zone for a helicopter in Kandahar, Afghanistan on July 20, 2019. (U.S. Department of Defense Photo by Army Maj. Thomas Cieslak) On Tuesday, the House Armed Services Committee held a hearing to address “national security challenges and U.S. force posture” in the Middle East and Africa. Gen. Kenneth “Frank” McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command, appeared alongside Gen. Stephen Townsend, head of U.S. Africa Command, and Amanda Dory, the acting under secretary of defense for defense policy. The hearing touched on a variety of issues, from China and ...
Careening Toward Catastrophe: Why Is Washington Pouring Gas On The Russia/Ukraine Fire?
Daniel McAdams, null - 9 hours ago
Yesterday the Senate Foreign Relations approved a massive $300 million per year in military aid to Ukraine, even as the conflict in eastern Ukraine looks set to blow apart. The Biden Administration is packed with anti-Russia fanatical hawks. This week an apparent US-backed coup attempt on Russia's ally Belarus was broken up. Does Washington believe Russia will bend to its will? What's the next step? Former CIA officer Phil Giraldi joins today's Liberty Report with his analysis:
DC Statehood Approved by House As Senate Fight Looms
AP News, Snopes.com - 9 hours ago
A decades-long movement to reshape the American political map took a further step as the House of Representatives approved a bill to make the nation's capital the 51st state.
Chad's Opposition Slam The Appointment Of Slain President's Son As The Interim Leader Of The Government
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 9 hours ago
*DW: **Chad: Anger and uncertainty as slain president's son named interim leader* In the wake of Idriss Deby's death on the battlefield Monday, the military has consolidated behind the longtime leader's son. He will assume broad powers but not everyone thinks that's a good thing. Chad's presidency on Wednesday released a "transition charter" that will repeal the country's constitution and serve as the "basic law of the republic." The military council in temporary control had already announced that President Idriss Deby's son Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno would take over the re...
Towards a More Democratic & Inclusive UN this International Day of Multilateralism
Global Issues News Headlines - 9 hours ago
BERLIN/COLOGNE/NEW YORK, Apr 22 (IPS) - One of the most recently established international UN days is the day of multilateralism and diplomacy for peace. First observed on 24 April 2019 to promote UN values and to reaffirm the faith of people in the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, the relevance and the irony of this day is obvious. Read the full story, “Towards a More Democratic & Inclusive UN this International Day of Multilateralism”, on globalissues.org →
Guns vs. Teddy Bears: Which Has More Consumer Safety Regulations in the US?
Dan MacGuill, Snopes.com - 9 hours ago
A widely-shared tweet in April 2021 alluded to a striking loophole in U.S. consumer safety regulations.
Indonesia Races To Find Missing Submarine Before It Runs Out Of Oxygen In 72 Hours
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 10 hours ago
*France 24:** Indonesia races to find missing submarine with 53 crew members aboard* Indonesia deployed warships Thursday in the hunt for a navy submarine that went missing with 53 crew aboard off the coast of Bali, as other nations sent vessels to help with the search. An oil spill where the vessel was thought to have submerged early Wednesday during regular exercises could point to damage, the navy has said, fanning fears that the Southeast Asian nation may be the latest country to suffer a fatal submarine disaster. The German-built KRI Nanggala 402 was scheduled to condu...
We Can’t ‘Burn, Bury or Recycle’ Ourselves Out of the Plastics Crisis
Aerowenn Hunter, Children's Health Defense - 10 hours ago
A new video by the Story of Stuff Project sheds light on the misconceptions around plastics, pollution and recycling. The post We Can’t ‘Burn, Bury or Recycle’ Ourselves Out of the Plastics Crisis appeared first on Children's Health Defense.
Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine May Trigger Herpes Virus That Causes Shingles, Study Says
Aerowenn Hunter, Children's Health Defense - 10 hours ago
Researchers who studied six patients who developed herpes zoster infection within three to 14 days of receiving Pfizer’s vaccine said the risk increases among people with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases. The post Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine May Trigger Herpes Virus That Causes Shingles, Study Says appeared first on Children's Health Defense.
U.S. Postal Service Monitoring Americans’ Social Media Posts + More
Julia Ferguson, Children's Health Defense - 10 hours ago
The Defender’s Big Brother NewsWatch brings you the latest headlines related to governments’ abuse of power, including attacks on democracy, civil liberties and use of mass surveillance. The post U.S. Postal Service Monitoring Americans’ Social Media Posts + More appeared first on Children's Health Defense.
RFK, Jr. and Alex Berenson on Censorship and the Death of Journalism
Aerowenn Hunter, Children's Health Defense - 10 hours ago
Listen as Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. interviews author Alex Berenson on the RFK Jr The Defender Podcast. The post RFK, Jr. and Alex Berenson on Censorship and the Death of Journalism appeared first on Children's Health Defense.
Disabled woman’s needs ignored as she is ‘treated like prisoner’ at quarantine hotel
John Pring, Disability News Service - 11 hours ago
A disabled woman has described how the government and its contractors failed to make any allowance for her impairment and treated her like a prisoner during her stay in a “managed quarantine hotel”. Because she was placed in an unsuitably small room, […]
Confusion as government and COVID test event organisers disagree over entry bans
John Pring, Disability News Service - 11 hours ago
A programme of events testing how crowds can safely return to venues was thrown into confusion this week as the government and event organisers disagreed with each other on whether “clinically extremely vulnerable” (CEV) people are banned from attending. At least two […]
Prime minister ignored accessibility of media briefing room, his office admits
John Pring, Disability News Service - 11 hours ago
The prime minister’s office has admitted that it made no attempt to ensure that a new £2.6 million Downing Street media briefing room would be accessible to disabled people. Disability News Service (DNS) revealed last month that the platform in the room […]
A Tribute to Katie Weisman
Aerowenn Hunter, Children's Health Defense - 11 hours ago
When Katie’s triplet sons were diagnosed with autism, they had varying levels of mercury in their bodies from thimerosal-containing vaccines. This led Katie to embark on a camaraderie with other “mercury moms” that lasted the rest of her life. The post A Tribute to Katie Weisman appeared first on Children's Health Defense.
Meeting ‘could lead to groundswell of support’ for independent living campaign
John Pring, Disability News Service - 11 hours ago
Disabled activists and allies are meeting today (Thursday) to plan how to generate a “groundswell” of support for a national independent living service that would be available free of charge to anyone in England who needs it. The online meeting, organised by […]
Peers and MPs hear fierce attack on government’s disability employment record
John Pring, Disability News Service - 11 hours ago
The government’s record on disability employment has come under fierce attack during a parliamentary meeting. MPs and peers on the all-party parliamentary group on disability heard from experts from business, academia and the disability movement on Tuesday on the employment proposals they […]
Hundreds of thousands may have ‘slipped through the net’ of COVID support, say MPs
John Pring, Disability News Service - 11 hours ago
Hundreds of thousands of disabled people in England may have “slipped through the net” and missed out on vital support in securing food, medicines and basic care in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report by MPs. […]
NHS allows G4S to force disabled patients to share ambulances during pandemic
John Pring, Disability News Service - 11 hours ago
A controversial British outsourcing company has admitted forcing disabled patients to share non-emergency ambulances throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. G4S insists that it is following NHS guidance, which says that two patients can be carried together in an ambulance if neither of them […]
Activists question council’s decision to build supported housing on contaminated site
John Pring, Disability News Service - 11 hours ago
Disabled activists have raised concerns that a local authority has granted planning permission for a new supported living housing development for people with learning difficulties that will be built on a site contaminated with toxic materials. The site, part of a six-metre-deep […]
Inputs and outputs
Unknown, Accidental Deliberations - 11 hours ago
There's rightly been plenty of pushback against the Cons' sad excuse for a climate change plan. But it's worth highlighting that there's one way in which the principle behind it could accomplish more than the Libs' one-sided approach to carbon pricing. It would seem too obvious to bear mention that the way to get the most bang for any given amount of carbon price collected would be to ensure that it operates to reduce emissions at both steps of its operation: creating incentives for people to reduce their own emissions to avoid having to pay it in the first place, and also ensurin...
Disability in Goma. The Power of Staying Together Against Covid-19, War, and Stigma
Global Issues News Headlines - 9 hours ago
ROME, Apr 22 (IPS) - Sylvain Kakule Kadjibwami lost the use of his legs during one of those ambushes that bloodlessly bleed North Kivu. “When I was shot, I thought it was the end of my life, but when I shared it with other disabled people, I discovered that life is still possible,” he said. Now it is Covid-19 that risks destroying the dreams of Sylvain, a small trader from Goma, a city whose roads are volcanic rock-ridden screes where pick-ups trudge. Those who walk face the risk of falling at every step. However, for those who cannot, the same roads can become traps where it is n...
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/22/2021
Lambert Strether, naked capitalism - 10 hours ago
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Sounds like the sounds you hear under the sea. * * * #COVID19 At reader request, I’ve added this daily chart from 91-DIVOC. The data is the Johns Hopkins CSSE data. Here is the site. I feel I’m engaging in a macabre form of tape-watching. […]
In Memoriam: Legendary Leaders Lost in 2021
contact@ifamericansknew.org, Israel Palestine News - 10 hours ago
Delinda Hanley remembers four larger-than-life figures whose contributions toward peace in the Middle East have been invaluable. Their deaths are a loss to all who work in the cause of justice for Palestinians.
Is US President Biden's Fight With Russia Ill-Conceived?
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 10 hours ago
*Stephen Bryen, Asia Times:* * Biden picks an ill-conceived fight with Russia* *Russia's military build-up on the Ukrainian border threatens a war that will be hard to stop once it starts * What does Russia want from Ukraine? This is one of the vital questions surrounding Russia’s growing buildup of military hardware and troops, both facing eastern Ukraine and from Crimea. No one seems to be asking Putin any questions, but rather are just demanding that he pull his troops back and relieve the military pressure. Nor is it clear if anyone is in a position to ask that questi...
Deforestation in the Amazon, an environmental epidemic in silent boom
Latin America News, The Rio Times - 10 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In the shadow of the covid-19 crisis, the Amazon is silently suffering one of its worst moments in the face of its particular pandemic: deforestation, which in 2020 alone devastated 2.3 million hectares of rainforest, an area larger even than the entire area of El Salvador. The latest data estimated […] The post Deforestation in the Amazon, an environmental epidemic in silent boom appeared first on The Rio Times.
Miners’ union backs shift from coal in exchange for jobs
Admin, From the Trenches World Report - 10 hours ago
MSN WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s largest coal miners’ union said Monday it would accept President Joe Biden’s plan to move away from coal and... The post Miners’ union backs shift from coal in exchange for jobs appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Tom MacDonald – “NO LIVES MATTER”
A Reader, From the Trenches World Report - 10 hours ago
The post Tom MacDonald – “NO LIVES MATTER” appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Globalist Banker Predicted Scamdemic & Genocide of The Useless
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 10 hours ago
The Bernician For those who still doubt that the fraudulent, genocidal, Communist-style tyranny of COVID-1984 was planned long ago by the self-appointed Riders of the... The post Globalist Banker Predicted Scamdemic & Genocide of The Useless appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Unemployment in Mexico dropped to 3.9 % in March
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 10 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Mexico's unemployment rate stood at 3.9 % of the economically active population (EAP) in March 2021, down from 4.4 % in February. Still, up from 2.9 % in March 2020, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) reported Thursday. "The unemployed population in March 2021 was estimated at 2.2 […] The post Unemployment in Mexico dropped to 3.9 % in March appeared first on The Rio Times.
Illegal weapons produce some WTF moments
Peter, Bayou Renaissance Man - 11 hours ago
Toronto, Canada police have a Twitter account titled "Toronto Police Service Guns Seized". It provides images of every illegal weapon seized by that force. Most of them are routine, of course; but now and then, a picture comes up that makes one do a double-take. Here are a few of them. Click each one to be taken to the tweet concerned, and read the responses to them. (The first one has attracted more than its share of leg-pulling.) I don't know that I'd dare fire either of the last two, for fear of their exploding when I pulled the trigger! I know many similar photo...
House passes DC statehood bill that faces long odds in the Senate
Admin, From the Trenches World Report - 11 hours ago
CNBC The House on Thursday passed a bill that would make Washington, D.C., the nation’s 51st state, a prospect that advocates call a long-overdue equal-rights... The post House passes DC statehood bill that faces long odds in the Senate appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Border cartels use TikTok, social media to recruit American teens to smuggle migrants for cash
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 11 hours ago
Fox News Cartels at the southern border are targeting American teenagers on social media to get them to do their dirty work of smuggling illegal... The post Border cartels use TikTok, social media to recruit American teens to smuggle migrants for cash appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Dept. Covered For and Protected Police Union President as He Raped Kids for Decades
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 11 hours ago
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist Boston, MA — On Tuesday, documents were released detailing the abuse and cover-up of said abuse carried out... The post Dept. Covered For and Protected Police Union President as He Raped Kids for Decades appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Bill Gates To Address FORTY Heads Of State At Climate Summit
A Reader, From the Trenches World Report - 11 hours ago
Summit News – by Steve Watson The world’s most powerful doctor Bill Gates is to be given a platform this week to address FORTY heads... The post Bill Gates To Address FORTY Heads Of State At Climate Summit appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Sweden to offer under-65s alternative to AstraZeneca Covid-19 jab amid concerns about side effect risks
A Reader, From the Trenches World Report - 11 hours ago
RT The Swedish health authority has confirmed that it will continue to pause the use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine for under-65s amid concerns about... The post Sweden to offer under-65s alternative to AstraZeneca Covid-19 jab amid concerns about side effect risks appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Telegraph Wakes Up To The Cost Of Climate Agenda
Paul Homewood, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 11 hours ago
By Paul Homewood The Telegraph is finally waking up, but where have they been in the last few years? Asleep at the wheel, it seems. They should have been shouting from the rooftops about this, long before Theresa May decided to go for Net Zero as her epitaph. The whole climate bandwagon might have […]
U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock to Deliver Keynote Address for Morehouse Medicine Commencement
Arrman Kyaw, Diverse - 12 hours ago
U.S. Sen. Reverend Dr. Raphael Warnock D-GA will deliver the keynote address for Morehouse School of Medicine’s 37th commencement exercises at 10 a.m. May 15. Warnock, who won the Jan. 5 run-off, became Georgia’s first Black U.S. senator and first Black Democratic senator from the South. “This year, for the first time ever, the ceremony […]
Watch President Biden’s Earth Day Climate Summit LIVE
GCD, ClimateCite - 12 hours ago
Biden’s climate summit comes as an emboldened Left appears to have many in government and industry prepared to appease their most destructive whims. The President plans to tell the summit that the United States will HALVE U.S. CO2 emissions by 2050. That’s only 29 years. To get anywhere near this unrealistic goal will require the President to use the full …
Warming Hearing Got Everything Wrong from Start to Finish
GCD, ClimateCite - 13 hours ago
by Larry Hamlin | April 22, 2021 The June 23, 1988 Democratic Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing opened the door on climate alarmism in the nation with testimony from scientific “experts” and Committee Senators who offered speculation and conjecture on a host of weather and climate topics while sharing their scientifically unsupported and sensationalized doomsday perspectives. The …
the spiritual fight, the battle of Armageddon
Bob Dinn, balance10 - 10 hours ago
1) However there has been a great strengthening that has taken place among the democratic peoples of the world and this is well and good. There has also been accomplished one significant act for the peoples of Russia, a stirring in many of their hearts of faith in Deity. Many today are secretly awakening to their individual need to pursue some measure of spiritual devotion. Therefore rejoice that fruition has come about as a result of this class and that many people have been the beneficiaries thereof. -Archeia Holy Amethyst: *Pearl* 6:17 …………………………………………………………………… 2) Th...
Successor to EU-Africa Cotonou treaty marks ‘turning point', says EU
bilaterals.org - 10 hours ago
22-Apr-2021 The EU and African, Caribbean and Pacific Community on Thursday (15 April) finalised the successor to the Cotonou agreement, bringing a close to two and a half years of negotiations and repeated delays.
Could COVID-19 trigger ‘localizing' of international investment arbitration?
bilaterals.org - 10 hours ago
22-Apr-2021 This brief argues for the ‘localization' of investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) proceedings in host States and regions where the investment is actually located.
We need to rethink investment treaties to ensure a rapid and just energy transition
bilaterals.org - 10 hours ago
22-Apr-2021 It's time to reconsider investor-state dispute settlement; inaction risks rising costs of shifting from fossil fuels to green alternatives.
Indigenous peoples' rights and large-scale development projects: Avoiding unexpected risks in the Americas
bilaterals.org - 10 hours ago
22-Apr-2021 Indigenous populations often live in territories that are earmarked for construction projects, which may lead to inevitable friction with state governments and subsequently, developers and investors.
Will Google Maps Stop Showing Fastest Routes by Default?
Jordan Liles, Snopes.com - 10 hours ago
Google Maps will be adding a new feature, but things won't be dramatically changing in the app.
Quibdó, a Colombian city gripped by urban violence and poverty
Latin America News, The Rio Times - 11 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A shootout last Sunday left several gunshot wounds in the intensive care ward of the main hospital in Quibdó, a Colombian city plagued by violence imposed by the ELN guerrillas, the Gulf Clan, and the local narco group “Fuerzas Armadas Mexicanas” (Mexican Armed Forces). Men with long-range weapons crossed the […] The post Quibdó, a Colombian city gripped by urban violence and poverty appeared first on The Rio Times.
Vaccines: How’s it going?
Francisco, Small Dead Animals - 11 hours ago
New report from the CDC looking at responses for hospitals in Chicago. Fully vaccinated, partially vaccinated, no vaccines. Don’t just read the summary grab a coffee and go through it. Don’t forget the tables and pdf on the side. For us Canuckelheads pay attention to the single shot partially vaccinated results as that’s the world… Continue reading →
Drug traffickers don’t retire: the return of “Techo de Paja,” one of Pablo Escobar’s main suppliers
Latin America News, The Rio Times - 11 hours ago
By Gustavo Sierra RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Mafia law does not provide for voluntary retirement. The vast majority of capos, lieutenants and hitmen die very young. Those who remain, generally because they have spent many years in prison, may decide to step aside, but they will never be able to leave the organization. What […] The post Drug traffickers don’t retire: the return of “Techo de Paja,” one of Pablo Escobar’s main suppliers appeared first on The Rio Times.
Chilean President calls for protection of Antarctic maritime resources
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 11 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The President of Chile, Sebastián Piñera, called on Thursday to establish a protection zone for Antarctic maritime resources reiterated his commitment to achieving total decarbonization of the Chilean energy matrix by 2040. During his speech at the Climate Summit organized by Washington virtually, the Chilean president invited the rest of […] The post Chilean President calls for protection of Antarctic maritime resources appeared first on The Rio Times.
New Report Outlines Country’s Food System Crisis, Calls for Major Policy Reform
Angie Aker, Food & Water Watch - 11 hours ago
Corporate Agribusiness Identified as the Culprit; Federal Legislation Needed to Ensure a Sustainable Food Future
Violent crime rates going down
Norma, Collecting My Thoughts - 12 hours ago
Fifteen unarmed black men were shot by police last year (and that usually doesn't happen unless a crime is taking place). However, about 48 police were killed by criminals (40 white, 7 black, 1 Asian). Obviously, since the number of police is far smaller than the number of young men (the usual demographic), the rate of violence against police is far greater than rate of force against men (usually men). These figures are always disputed, and for some reason the hyperbole is based on total population of blacks (13%) rather than the demographic of 17-40 . And if you want demographics, ...
Good old Joe flogs a dead horse
Norma, Collecting My Thoughts - 12 hours ago
Although I don't believe in the myth of systemic racism, I do believe the Democrats have been a leader in the problem. Now they see it as something they can't define, or eliminate, but which they can flog like a dead horse, hoping to spread the stench for political gain. Therefore, it was odd to hear Joe Biden condemning the whole country for being racist, right after the trial of a policeman in a Democrat run city who had contributed to the death of a black man on drugs resisting arrest, and who had received a fair trial and was found guilty on the 3 counts. Biden and Harris should ...
Worst Threat: Greenhouse Gas or Quiet Sun?
Ron Clutz, Science Matters - 12 hours ago
Elite Consensus Opinion Minority Contrary Opinion Expect 1+C Warmer from now to 2050 Expect 1C Colder from now to 2050 Mitigate Warming by Stopping Fossil Fuels Adapt to Cooling from Quiet Sun Goal is Net Zero CO2 Emissions by 2050 Goal Robust Energy supply and Infrastructure Now At the American Thinker, Anony mee writes The […]
Derisory Turnout At Navalny Protests Despite Massive Media Attention
Alexander Mercouris, The Duran - 12 hours ago
Derisory Turnout At Navalny Protests Despite Massive Media Attention News Topic 123
Grains, livestock and sugarcane boost Brazil’s agribusiness producer price index in March
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 12 hours ago
[image: Soybean exports] RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to Cepea researchers (Center for Advanced Studies in Applied Economics, University of São Paulo), this movement was linked to the positive variations observed for the IPPA-Grains, of 3.8%, for the IPPA-Livestock, 1%, and the IPPA-Cane-Coffee, of 3.8%. The IPPA-garden fruits and vegetables, on the other hand, fell 6%. The […] The post Grains, livestock and sugarcane boost Brazil’s agribusiness producer price index in March appeared first on The Rio Times.
Canada caught funding White Helmets $4 Million annually
Alex Christoforou, The Duran - 12 hours ago
Canada caught funding White Helmets $4 Million annually ****News Topic 382***** Canada Reveals It Paid White Helmets $4 Million Annually After It Cuts Ties Canada Reveals It Paid White Helmets $4 Million Annually After It Cuts Ties In another stunning revelation concerning the self-styled “independent” Syrian rescue and aid organization the White Helmets, Canada this […]
Rosario grain exchange raises Argentina’s corn crop forecast
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 12 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Argentina's 2020/21 corn production will reach 50 million tons, up from 48.5 million tons previously forecast, due to a larger planting area and good yields in Cordoba province, the Rosario grain exchange said in a report Wednesday night. Its soybean crop forecast remained unchanged at 45 million tons. Cordoba province […] The post Rosario grain exchange raises Argentina’s corn crop forecast appeared first on The Rio Times.
Mexico inflation rises to highest in over 3 years; basic interest rate seen on hold
Latin America News, The Rio Times - 12 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Mexican annual inflation rose faster than anticipated in the first half of April, reaching its highest level in more than three years and far surpassing the central bank's target range, official data showed on Thursday. The national statistics agency (INEGI) said consumer price inflation in the year through the first […] The post Mexico inflation rises to highest in over 3 years; basic interest rate seen on hold appeared first on The Rio Times.
Biden Emissions Goal is Inadequate
Angie Aker, Food & Water Watch - 1 day ago
Cutting emissions in half compared to 2005 levels is not good enough
Review Airpower in the War Against ISIS
Joel Wing, MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 7 hours ago
*Lambeth, Benjamin, **Airpower in the War Against ISIS**, Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2021* *Airpower in the War Against ISIS* by Benjamin Lambeth is an uneven book. Its strength is its argument against how the Obama administration conducted its war against the Islamic State. Lambeth believes the White House and the military misconstrued the threat the Islamic State posed, was reluctant to use its power to destroy it, and thus created the wrong strategy. The author believes that dragged out the war longer than it should have. The issues start with Lambeth getting lost in...
The Soviet T-34 Tank Saw Use Long After World War II
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *T-34 Tank, Europe* [image: T-34 Tank] The T-34 was one of the most robust, affordable, and effective designs and it is no surprise that it served for so long. The Soviet Union’s T-34 was one of the most revolutionary tanks employed during World War II. It featured frontal armor that was sloped at a steep sixty degrees, which allowed it to more easily deflect enemy rounds. Unlike Germany’s hulking behemoths, such as the massive Tiger 1 tank, the T-34 hugged the ground, offering a lower profile for its enemies to target. The greatest advantage of the T-34 was its she...
North Korea is Working to “Defeat” U.S. Missile Defense: Report
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *ICBMs, Asia* [image: ICBMs] Pyongyang has steadly and surely over the years improved its nuclear missiles and what they are capable of. As tension continues to ramp up between the United States and North Korea, that country is “working to develop capabilities that can degrade or even defeat U.S. missile defense systems deployed in its region.” That’s according to a new report issued by the Congressional Research Service (CRS), as cited in an article by Yonhap News Agency. The report, an updated version of one that has been released previously, is titled “North ...
Wendy’s Calls a Paycheck a “Stimulus Check”
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *Stimulus Check, * [image: Wendy's] According to local news station WIS, the fast-food location has put up a sign stating “now offering stimulus checks twice a month,” as a way of saying “we’re hiring.” With the third round of stimulus checks going out in recent weeks, there’s been a bit of a backlash by some business owners, who have argued that the arrival of checks are disincentivizing work, especially at the low-wage end. Economists and commentators have argued about that point, with some stating that one-time payments are unlikely to have that specific effec...
The United States Needs a Public Strategy for Deterring Disinformation
Justin Sherman, Simon Handler, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Justin Sherman, Simon Handler* *Information Warfare, Americas* Cyberware will continue to matter but Washington must focus on countering disinformation in addition to more traditional computer-related threats. On April 15, the Biden administration imposed a suite of sanctions and punitive measures directed at Russian entities with the goal of “imposing costs for harmful foreign activities by the Russian government.” The executive order, in particular, called out Russia’s efforts to undermine the free and fair elections of the United States in 2020, one Christopher Krebs, the for...
Stridsvagn 103: One Really Strange Looking (But Killer) Tank
Caleb Larson, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Caleb Larson* *Stridsvagn 103, * The Stridsvagn 103 tank is just as odd as it looks: for a main battle tank, it had extremely short tracks, and an incredibly squat design — because it doesn’t have a turret. The Stridsvagn 103 tank is just as odd as it looks: for a main battle tank, it had extremely short tracks, and an incredibly squat design — because it doesn’t have a turret. But that’s not all, it is powered by not one but two engines, and was fully amphibious. *The Idea* Sweden designed the Stridsvagn 103 main battle tank in the mid-1950s with combat survivability as the ...
‘Aerial Minefields’? Russia Tests Miniature Kamikaze Drones in Syria
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Russia Military, Middle East* [image: Drones] These small drones could be used to strike enemy troops, but also maybe to find and explode against incoming enemy drones. Videos released by Russian media show that Russian special forces have combat tested small, catapult-launched loitering munitions—or “kamikaze drones”—in the Syrian civil war in 2019 and 2020. Reportedly, the twenty-six-pound Lancet-3 drones built by ZALA-Kalashinkov have performed “dozens of precision strikes” with “high efficiency.” Though the Russian military has made effective use of survei...
ROK-US Summit: South Korea’s Moon Jae-In Is Coming to Washington
Doug Bandow, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Doug Bandow* *US-ROK Summit, Asia* The People’s Republic of China is likely to be the other major issue of contention at the Moon-Biden summit. Biden and Moon might talk about how to convince the PRC to put more pressure on the North, but the idea remains a pipedream. ‘’South Korean President Moon Jae-in is set to visit Washington next month, though the date is not yet settled. Alas, Seoul trails Japan, whose prime minister came in mid-April. Although again being in second place no doubt reinforced the Republic of Korea’s sense of inferiority tinged by paranoia, at least the ti...
Fourth Stimulus Check Update: Could You Get Another $1,400 in May?
Ethen Kim Lieser, The National Interest - 10 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *New Stimulus Check, * A little over 20 percent of Americans have acknowledged that the stimulus funds won’t last a full month and another 14 percent said the modest cash windfall won’t improve their current finances at all. The Internal Revenue Service certainly has done a remarkable job in being able to disburse roughly one hundred sixty-one million coronavirus stimulus checks to Americans who have been economically hurt during the course of the ongoing pandemic. In all, the latest count represents about 85 percent of the $450 billion total earmarked for sti...
Olympic Athletes Promised Legal Support If They Protest
AP News, Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
Athletes who make political or social justice protests at the Tokyo Olympics have been promised legal support by a global union and an activist group in Germany.
Russia Orders Soldiers Back To Permanent Bases After Drills In Crimea And Near The Ukraine Border
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 11 hours ago
*Daily Mail:* *Putin signals the start of a pull back of his troops following military drills in Crimea – with Ukraine 'welcoming' Russia's withdrawal from their border* * President Volodymyr Zelensky said he 'welcomed' Russia's withdrawal but that Kiev would remain vigilant * Pro-Kremlin media announced pull back but it was not clear whether this meant Russia's entire force of more than 100,000 along the frontier or just those which took part in massive war games in the Crimea on Thursday * The exercise involved over 10,000 troops, 40 warships, over 200 warplanes, and abo...
Was Tucker Carlson in the Dan White Society?
Dan Evon, Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
Dan White assassinated Supervisor Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official in the history of California, and San Francisco Mayor George Moscone in 1978.
Officers Charged with Issuing Dozens of Bogus Citations
AP News, Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
Two Florida police motorcycle officers are facing charges that they issued dozens of bogus tickets to drivers they never pulled over.
Passenger Survives Being Hit in the Head by Flying Turtle
AP News, Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
It’s not unusual for rocks and other debris to crash through a windshield and injure a driver or passenger — but a turtle?
Happy Earth Day
Larry-Lambert, Virtual Mirage - 12 hours ago
We’re All Gonna Die! As you know, the Earth will burn to a cinder in something on the order of four more years because of global warming and racism. So eat a steak and celebrate. Nobody really wants to live forever do they? I view Earth Day as a leftist scam. Curtailing pollution is […] The post Happy Earth Day appeared first on Virtual Mirage.
Putin Warns US of Russia’s Red Lines
Alexander Mercouris, The Duran - 12 hours ago
Putin Warns US of Russia’s Red Lines News Topic 123 Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly The ceremony was attended by the senators of the Russian Federation, State Duma deputies, members of the Government, the heads of the Constitutional and Supreme courts, regional governors, speakers of regional legislatures, the […]
This Day In Iraqi History - Apr 22
Joel Wing, MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 12 hours ago
1915 Lord Curzon asked why British should promise Basra and Baghdad vilyats to Arabs if they were fighting on Ottoman side 1916 British attacked Sannaiyat but Ottomans turned them back British suffered 1,200 casualties 1920 Meeting of Baghdad and mid-Euphrates branches of nationalist group Haras al-Istiqlal Told Ayatollah Shirazi of Karbala rejected UK rule Mid-Euphrates branches were willing to take up arms against the UK (Musings On Iraq book review *Enemy On The Euphrates, The Battle For Iraq 1914-1921*) 1923 British troops occupied Rowanduz in military campaign to s...
The Strategic Hour with Matt Ehret: Ukraine as Flashpoint of WW3 or Crossroads of Civilization?
Matthew Ehret, The Duran - 12 hours ago
This week, Matt Ehret, V and CJ discuss Ukraine as a flashpoint of WW3 or bridge in the New Silk Road with a focus on the role of Anglo American Intelligence in manufacturing a rise of Nazism and absorbing the leading Nazi intelligence officers in both Germany and Ukraine into post-war anti-Soviet operations. Other topics […]
People Who Try Drone Delivery Love It
News Staff, Science 2.0 blogs - 13 hours ago
In 2019, Christiansburg, Virginia's 22,000 residents became the first first place in the U.S. to have a residential drone delivery service. Yellow-winged drones with small cardboard boxes owned by Wing, a company owned by Alphabet (basically, Google) are now one of numerous trial services operating today. But regulations for giant planes full of fuel are not ready for delivery of the future, and the only way to make government get ready is public interest. Without proactive guidelines, the public will be stuck with activists doing to drones what they did to agriculture and cell phon...
Nova Scotia expands Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes wilderness area to fix public access issue
Zane Woodford, Halifax Examiner - 11 hours ago
The provincial government is expanding the Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes wilderness area, fixing a public access issue and protect an ecologically sensitive area. It’s one of 61 wilderness areas, nature reserves and provincial parks on a new list for protection, announced in a news release on Thursday. “The Rankin government intends to designate 61 more […]
Royal Canadian Air Force CH-148 Cyclone Helicopter Makes Rare Visit To Dutch Air Base
David Cenciotti, The Aviationist - 11 hours ago
[image: RCAF CH-148 helicopter] Our friend Stephan de Bruijn, with some assistance by Wim Sonneveld, provided us some details and exclusive pictures about a Royal Canadian Air Force CH-148 that visited the Netherlands. For a two-week period, Naval Air [...] The post Royal Canadian Air Force CH-148 Cyclone Helicopter Makes Rare Visit To Dutch Air Base appeared first on The Aviationist.
Chris Christie for President in 2024?
Rachel Bucchino, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Rachel Bucchino* *Chris Christie 2024, Americas* Christie, who quickly withdrew from the 2016 primary race, told friends that he would be the only Republican in the 2024 primaries with executive experience who has run a presidential campaign before. Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie may enter the presidential political boxing ring for a second time in 2024, three sources familiar with his thinking told Axios. Although Christie hasn’t spoken publicly about his future White House ambitions, he did tell radio host Hugh Hewitt that he won’t rule out going against former Preside...
$1,400 Stimulus Check Problem: No Money if IRS Thinks Your Dead
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *$1400 Stimulus Check, * [image: Stimulus Check] One man in Indiana has a unique reason for not having gotten his check yet- the IRS seems to think he’s dead. The $1,400 checks from the American Rescue Plan have been going out to Americans for the last few weeks, and while most people seem to have received their checks without complication, there are various reasons why some people haven’t, from a lack of eligibility to mixups to with mail and bank accounts, to various other errors. One man in Indiana has a unique reason for not having gotten his check yet- the ...
Biden's War on Guns Could Cost the Democrats in 2022
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Biden War on Guns, * As President Joe Biden pushes his gun control agenda it could end up costing the Democrats control of the House of Representatives and the United States Senate in next year's mid-term election. History has a way of repeating itself. As President Joe Biden pushes his gun control agenda it could end up costing the Democrats control of the House of Representatives and the United States Senate in next year's mid-term election. It can be argued the same thing happened in 1994 after President Bill Clinton signed into law the Federal Assault Weapons ...
Press Freedom under Lockdown Across Two-Thirds of the Globe
Global Issues News Headlines - 11 hours ago
BRATISLAVA, Apr 22 (IPS) - Independent journalism is facing a growing crackdown one year into the COVID-19 pandemic as governments around the world restrict access to information and muzzle critical reporting, media and rights watchdogs have warned. Read the full story, “Press Freedom under Lockdown Across Two-Thirds of the Globe”, on globalissues.org →
This Earth Day, a Peoples Perspective is What is Most Needed
Global Issues News Headlines - 11 hours ago
NEW YORK, Apr 22 (IPS) - Today marks Earth Day and all around the globe, advocates and activists, concerned citizens and the like will gather to raise awareness about the climate crisis. Read the full story, “This Earth Day, a Peoples Perspective is What is Most Needed”, on globalissues.org →
First Person: ‘Youth won’t stay silent’ says Madagascar climate activist
Global Issues News Headlines - 11 hours ago
Young people around the world “won’t stay silent” about the global climate crisis according to a youth activist from Madagascar. Read the full story, “First Person: ‘Youth won’t stay silent’ says Madagascar climate activist”, on globalissues.org →
Food aid operation begins to reach two million affected by Myanmar crisis
Global Issues News Headlines - 11 hours ago
Two million people facing growing food insecurity linked to the ongoing political crisis in Myanmar are to receive nutrition assistance, amid rising “hunger and desperation”, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday. Read the full story, “Food aid operation begins to reach two million affected by Myanmar crisis”, on globalissues.org →
Teachers union calls for “urgent action” to protect schools
Yvette d'Entremont, Halifax Examiner - 11 hours ago
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. As COVID-19 case numbers climb, and in light of eight cases identified in HRM schools over 72 hours, the Nova Scotia Teachers Union (NSTU) is calling on the provincial government to take “urgent action” to keep schools […]
Microbiologist Says Vaccines will Decimate the Population of the World
The New American, Need To Know - 12 hours ago
Dr. Bhakdi says that mRNA vaccines are loaded with poisons and alter the immune system in such a way that it will greatly overreact when exposed to almost any pathogen including the flu. The attacks by their own immune system will be more deadly than the disease itself. He begged people not to take the vaccine.
Gun Violence Starts At The Top
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
Mass shootings happen with appalling regularity in the United States. It is bad enough that recent shootings took place in Atlanta, Boulder, and Indianapolis, but the horror is always followed by the same useless faux debates. Half the population wants to limit gun ownership, the other half doesn’t and continues a gun buying spree to prove their point. Politicians pretend to take action, victims are mourned, thoughts and prayers are uttered, and the cycle repeats itself with the next awful event. What very few people dare to discuss is how these acts are connected with U.S. histor...
The impact on cannabis company stocks if Section 280E is scrapped
Michael Regan, Marijuana Business Daily - 13 hours ago
No longer applying Section 280E of the Internal Revenue Code to the legal cannabis industry would be a big benefit to companies and investors, right? Yes, but not in the way most investors expect. The impact on cannabis company stocks if Section 280E is scrapped is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
The Women Of The Warrior Met Strike
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
Alabama - Just 40 miles to the west of where Amazon workers at the BHM1 facility in Bessemer, Alabama, were voting on whether to form a union, 1,100 mine workers at Warrior Met Coal in Brookwood began a strike for a fair contract and better working conditions. The strike is now entering its third week, and already the workers have surmounted their first significant obstacle: they voted overwhelmingly to reject a wretched deal presented by the company, one that many workers called “a slap in the face.” The tentative agreement (TA) presented by UMWA union representatives and the com...
New report reviews the state of extreme weather in 2020
HiFast, Climate Collections - 13 hours ago
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? ? ? The report, by physicist Dr Ralph Alexander, also looks at how extreme weather has been reported by others and finds much more to be concerned about. For example, Dr Alexander says that 2020 saw a number of socio-economic studies…
Electric Cars Remain A Luxury Purchase
HiFast, Climate Collections - 13 hours ago
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? ? ? Projections by the Committee on Climate Change consistently assume that electric cars will soon be cheaper to buy than conventional models. Analysis that I did six years ago showed that the mid-range Nissan Leaf, the most popular EV, cost…
Spare Yourself the Guilt Trip This Earth Day — It’s Plastic Makers That Need to Clean Up Their Acts
Aerowenn Hunter, Children's Health Defense - 13 hours ago
More and more states are looking to pass a new kind of recycling law that makes manufacturers foot the bill for cleaning up the waste created by their products. The post Spare Yourself the Guilt Trip This Earth Day — It’s Plastic Makers That Need to Clean Up Their Acts appeared first on Children's Health Defense .
Does it matter if Bob Dylan is your dad?
Philip Moscovitch, Halifax Examiner - 14 hours ago
News 1. COVID-19 surge The last few times I have written the Morning File, the daily COVID-19 report has been fairly far down on the page, because there just wasn’t all that much to report. But that has changed, with 25 new cases announced yesterday. There had been rumours that the new COVID-19 numbers for […]
Congress, the Cuba Resolution and the Cuban Missile Crisis
phulme, Lawfare - 16 hours ago
President Kennedy signs the authorization of the naval quarantine of Cuba on Oct. 23, 1962. (Abbie Rowe, https://tinyurl.com/mfjr6w6d; Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Licensing#Material_in_the_public_domain) How much influence did Congress exert in the events of the Cuban missile crisis? Conventional wisdom tells us that the legislature’s influence was minor or even nonexistent. Graham Allison, who some observers regard as the leading expert on the Cuban missile crisis, wrote, “What direct role did Congress play in these decisions? Zero—none at all.” Arthu...
Texas Ended Lockdowns and Mask Mandates. Now Locked-Down States Are Where Covid Is Growing Most
Ryan McMaken, null - 12 hours ago
[image: undefined] Early last month, Texas governor Greg Abbott announced he would end the state’s mask mandate and allow most businesses to function at 100 percent capacity. The response from the corporate media and the Left was predictable. California governor Gavin Newsom declared the move “absolutely reckless.” Beto O’Rourke called the GOP a “cult of death.” Joe Biden called the move “Neanderthal thinking.” Keith Olbermann insisted, “Texas has decided to join the side of the virus” and suggested Texans shouldn’t be allowed to take the covid vaccine. Vanity Fair ran an article w...
Searching For Truth In A Time Of Deceit - With Guest Gary Heavin
Daniel McAdams, null - 12 hours ago
Things are moving fast. Great reset. Build back better. Cancel culture. Media power. Big tech. How can we search for truth in what appears to be a time of deception? RPI Board Member, filmmaker, and philanthropist Gary Heavin joins today's program. Watch today's Liberty Report:
Who's to Blame for Normalizing One-Man Rule?
Robert Fellner, null - 12 hours ago
[image: undefined] Who’s to blame for normalizing one-man rule? If there is one thing the American system of government was designed to prevent, it is the tyranny that results when a single person, like a king, has the power to both write and enforce the law. So, what explains the fact that Nevada has now entered a second year of one-man rule, with Governor Sisolak continuing to wield the powers of both the legislative and executive branches simultaneously, in plain violation of the Nevada Constitution? The answer lies in the unsettling truth that it is ultimately public opinion, ...
The Terrorist Haven Fallacy on Afghanistan
Jacob G. Hornberger, null - 12 hours ago
[image: undefined] Interventionists are saying that US forces need to stay in Afghanistan because otherwise that country will, once again, become a “haven” for anti-American terrorists. They still just don’t get it. It never ceases to amaze me how blind and obtuse interventionists can be. Anti-American terrorism is not like the flu or like Covid-19. It doesn’t just spread around the world like an infection or a virus. Moreover, the 9/11 attacks didn’t occur because the terrorists hated America for its “freedom and values.” They weren’t motivated by anger and rage over Elvis Presle...
Media Lies Exposed: Officer Sicknick And The False 'Insurrection' Narrative
Daniel McAdams, null - 12 hours ago
Yesterday's final report by Washington, DC's chief medical examiner that Capitol Hill Police Officer Brian Sicknick did not die from being beaten with a fire extinguisher - a claim echoed throughout the mainstream media - but rather died from "natural causes" the day after the January 6th melee at the Capitol has destroyed the MSM narrative that an armed and deadly insurrection had taken place. Will the media apologize for lying repeatedly for months? Will they be held to account for their lies? What is truth? Today on the Liberty Report:
The Media Lied Repeatedly About Officer Brian Sicknick's Death. And They Just Got Caught.
Glenn Greenwald, null - 12 hours ago
[image: undefined] It was crucial for liberal sectors of the media to invent and disseminate a harrowing lie about how Officer Brian Sicknick died. That is because he is the only one they could claim was killed by pro-Trump protesters at the January 6 riot at the Capitol. So The New York Times on January 8 published an emotionally gut-wrenching but complete fiction that never had any evidence — that Officer Sicknick's skull was savagely bashed in with a fire extinguisher by a pro-Trump mob until he died — and, just like the now-discredited Russian bounty story also unveiled by that...
Maxine Waters: Inciting Actual Insurrection?
Daniel McAdams, null - 12 hours ago
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) was fond of accusing former President Trump of inciting insurrection with his speech on January 6th. However over the weekend Waters flew to Minneapolis and encouraged already violent street protesters to continue and even become "more confrontational if a jury does not hand down a murder charge against police officer Derek Chauvin who is accused of causing the death of George Floyd last May. Is this incitement to violence and possibly insurrection? Today on the Liberty Report:
Zero Mainstream Coverage Today of the Foiled, US-Backed Plot to Assassinate Belarus President Lukashenko
Gilbert Doctorow, null - 12 hours ago
[image: undefined] In his last book “War with Russia?” my friend and colleague Steve Cohen wrote about the flagrant censorship of news being carried on by The New York Times in support of its Russia-bashing editorial policies. Said Cohen, the newspaper’s century old slogan of “All the News That’s Fit to Print” has been turned into “All the News that Fits” when it comes to coverage of Russia. But the problem goes far deeper than the professional malpractice of one leading newspaper in America. The censorship of news carried by mainstream media by US authorities covers not only the d...
Why Can’t We ‘Just March Out’ Of Afghanistan?
Ron Paul, null - 12 hours ago
[image: undefined] Last week President Biden announced a “full” US withdrawal from Afghanistan – the longest war in US history – by the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attack on the United States. While this announcement is to be welcomed, the delayed US withdrawal may result in Americans and Afghans dying needlessly for good PR optics back home. We all remember how many Americans died after President Bush’s “Mission Accomplished” stunt in Iraq. The war has been a disaster from day one. So why wait to end it? The previous Trump Administration had negotiated an agreement for the US to ...
Minnesota National Guard, Police Team Targeted In Drive-By Shooting Hours After Maxine Waters Incites BLM Protesters
Tyler Durden, null - 12 hours ago
[image: undefined] Hours after Sen. Maxine Waters (D-CA) urged protesters to "get more confrontational," a Minnesota National Guard and Minneapolis police team were targeted in a Saturday morning drive-by shooting, according to a press release by the National Guard. The incident happened at approximately 4:19 a.m. local time when a light colored SUV drove by and unloaded. Fortunately for the officers, only minor injuries were sustained - with two National Guardsmen suffering minor cuts from shattered glass. They were taken to a local hospital. A third Guardsman had "only superficia...
Anthony Fauci, Enemy of Freedom
Adam Dick, null - 12 hours ago
[image: undefined] Anthony Fauci, now in his second presidential administration as chief coronavirus fearmonger and coronavirus crackdown champion, offered in a Sunday interview some explanation for his continuing promotion of draconian government restrictions and pressure for everyone to take experimental vaccines, all in the name of countering coronavirus that does not pose a significant risk of major health problems or death for most people. Freedom just seems not to make sense, suggests the United States government’s highest paid bureaucrat, while tyranny, in contrast, does. In...
RPI's Daniel McAdams: 'Biden's Neocons Thrilled By New Russia Sanctions'
RPI Staff, null - 12 hours ago
RPI Director Daniel McAdams appeared on RT America to discuss the dysfunction of Biden's foreign policy team and the incomprehensibility of hitting Russia with another round of sanctions just two days after the US president initiated a phone call with his Russian counterpart to invite him to a joint summit:
Biden’s decision not to punt on ‘Russian bounties’ is embarrassment for US media – but they’ll continue to push favored narrative
George Szamuely, null - 12 hours ago
[image: undefined] The mainstream media didn’t find it incongruous that the US walked back a claim that Russia placed bounties on US troops in Afghanistan on the same day it sanctioned Russia on the basis of another set of evidence-free accusations. The CIA now only has “low-to-moderate confidence” that Russia paid the Taliban to kill American servicemen in Afghanistan, it was reported on Thursday. On the same day, the Biden administration announced a new raft of sanctions against Russia as punishment for its “efforts to undermine the conduct of free and fair democratic elections...
Anthony Fauci and his faux science sow more seeds of fear
Cheryl K. Chumley, null - 12 hours ago
[image: undefined] Dr. Anthony Fauci, the White House’s go-to for all things coronavirus, said on Sunday on national news that even those who’ve been vaccinated should not gather indoors, or eat indoors, or remove their masks — or basically, in essence, do anything that involves being and breathing around others. This guy will have Americans walking on pins and needles, living in fear, forever — if we let him. His so-called supporting science is about as solid as tossing a coin. Heads, stay at home; tails, don’t go outside. Heads, wear a face mask; tails, wear two face masks. MSNB...
Shock and Awe Is a State of Mind: Millions of Deaths Have Not Made Americans Safer
Philip Giraldi, null - 12 hours ago
[image: undefined] That the United States likes to use expressions like “shock and awe” or “maximum pressure” would rather suggest that there is a psychopath working in the White House basement whose full-time job is to come up with pithy one-liners to somehow euphemize government bad behavior. The expressions hardly mean anything in and of themselves apart from “tough talk” but they do serve as an alternative to having to admit in plain language to the killing of millions of people since the Global War on Terror began in 2001. “Millions?” one might skeptically ask. Yes, millions if...
Biden Declares 'National Emergency' - Blindsides Russia With Sanctions, Economic Warfare
Daniel McAdams, null - 12 hours ago
Just two days after speaking with Russian President Putin by phone, and suggesting a summit, President Biden has hit Russia with another round of sanctions - including an attack on the Russian currency. The reasons given for this "national emergency" include the seven year old return of Crimea to Russian control and the still-unproven allegations of Russian election meddling, hacking, and placing bounties on US soldiers' heads in Afghanistan. Today on the Liberty Report:
The Raw Milk Raw Deal
Robert E. Wright, null - 12 hours ago
[image: undefined] Obsessive Covid cleaning is just the most recent and most palpable government regulation to serve no discernible health and safety policy goal. Many rules ostensibly made to “protect” you and yours really serve to protect incumbents from new entry by artificially increasing new entry costs. Others are paternalistic efforts designed to save you from yourself, including your natural cravings for wholesome natural foods. One particularly stunning example of the latter is the US Food and Drug Administration’s ban on the interstate sale of raw, which is to say unpaste...
US to withdraw from Afghanistan after two decades of war leaving behind a tortured wasteland and having accomplished… NOTHING
Scott Ritter, null - 12 hours ago
[image: undefined] The US decision to leave Afghanistan without any conditions represents a political victory for those in the US government who sought an end to the nearly two-decade conflict in that nation. President Joe Biden, in a departure from a policy embraced by four successive US presidential administrations which placed stringent conditions on determining the conditions under which the US might leave Afghanistan, has announced that he is ordering all US military forces out of Afghanistan by September 11, 2021 – the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks which prop...
Love Letter For Our Afflicted Earth
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
Dear Earth, in this journey that we call our existence, we produce, consume, we eat, drink, breathe and survive because you are the very essence of life. Your voice is clearer than our words, stronger than our laws, and more just than our principles. How do we renew the promises of our Original Trust, and restore the confidence that you gave to past generations? Dear Earth, this Original Trust is an agreement. You have whispered its many names and have warned us of deep contradictions in our understanding of that trust. Now a poison threatens you, us, our home. Its identity mig...
US Joins Past Empires In Afghan Graveyard
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 13 hours ago
An Afghan taxi-driver in Vancouver told one of us a decade ago that this day would come. “We defeated the Persian Empire in the eighteenth century, the British in the nineteenth, the Soviets in the twentieth. Now, with NATO, we’re fighting twenty-eight countries, but we’ll defeat them, too,” said the taxi-driver, surely not a member of the Taliban, but quietly proud of his country’s empire-killing credentials. Now, after nearly twenty years of a war that has been as bloody and futile as all those previous invasions and occupations, the last 3,500 U.S. troops and their NATO brothe...
Thursday Morning Links
Unknown, Accidental Deliberations - 10 hours ago
This and that for your Thursday reading. - Max Fawcett discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the inability of simplistic right-wing populism to respond to any complex problem. And Laura Sciarpelletti reports on one of the consequences of political leaders who are willing to feed into anti-science quackery, as anti-public-health propaganda is being allowed to run on Estevan billboards. - Mike Crawley exposes the horrifying preferences of Doug Ford's PCs to do nothing or even relax public health rules in the midst of a catastrophic health system failure, while Dan Darrah...
This California County Is Launching A 'Vaccine Passport'...Is Yours Next?
Daniel McAdams, null - 12 hours ago
Orange County officials have announced that they are launching a "vaccine passport" system to make people feel "safe." While Biden has claimed no interest in a federal system, will increasing pressure, primarily from "blue" states, push the Administration to change its tune? Which state or county is next to demand us to "show your papers!"? Watch today's Liberty Report:
Five Reasons to Reframe the Vaccine Passport Issue
Davis Taylor, null - 12 hours ago
[image: undefined] 1. Vaccine passports have existed in the U.S for decades. Some of my libertarian heroes have recently stated during podcasts that vaccine passports create a caste system and that this is one reason they should be opposed. The term “caste system” accurately and brilliantly describes one of the consequences of vaccine passports. However, in the same discussions, they have characterized vaccine passports as a “new” threat to liberty. In fact, vaccine passports and their resulting caste systems have been in effect for millions of Americans for years. Unfortunately, m...
Did Maxine Waters ‘Condone’ Violence, Looting During 1992 LA Riots?
Bethania Palma, Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
The long-serving congresswoman's comments were taken out of context.
Supreme Court Moves Away from Leniency for Minors Who Murder
AP News, Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
The case before the justices has to do with sentencing juveniles to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The Supreme Court had previously said that those sentences should be rare.
The other George Floyd story: How media freedom led to conviction in his killer's trial
Michael J. Socolow, Associate Professor, Communication and Journalism, University of Maine, Politics + Society – The Conversation - 12 hours ago
The history and weight of US press freedom played a powerful, but unacknowledged, role in the conviction of Derek Chauvin for murdering George Floyd.
Why corporate America appears to be drifting away from the Republican Party
M. K. Chin, Assistant Professor of Management, Indiana University, Politics + Society – The Conversation - 12 hours ago
The growing rift between Republicans and US businesses has widened in recent weeks over efforts to restrict voting across the country.
Money alone can't fix Central America – or stop migration to US
Luis Guillermo Solis, Distinguished Professor, Director of the Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center, Florida International University, Politics + Society – The Conversation - 12 hours ago
Biden's $4 billion plan to fight crime, corruption and poverty in Central America is massive. But aid can't build viable democracies if 'predatory elites' won't help their own people.
Tweets Of The Day
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 12 hours ago
Virus Update: • Low on beds, oxygen, India adds global high 314K virus cases • EXPLAINER: Why India is shattering global infection records; • China administers 200 million vaccine doses domestically. https://t.co/ubqQcErax7 — The Associated Press (@AP) April 22, 2021 #UPDATE President #Biden on Thursday ramped up US ambitions on slashing greenhouse gas #emissions, leading Japan and Canada in raising commitments at a summit whose promises bring the world closer to limiting the worst climate change https://t.co/v1IKWA8T7i #LeadersClimateSummit pic.twitter.com/Op2Hn9mSe2 — AFP News Ag...
Is China Trying to Start a War with Taiwan?
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *China-Taiwan, * In addition to the flights by Chinese combat aircraft, the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has deployed warships including the aircraft carrier Liaoning near Taiwan's east coast. Beijing has been increasingly rattling sabers--and perhaps trying to provoke a crisis. Earlier this week, China sent twenty-five warplanes into Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ), the largest incursion of its airspace to date. There has been no comment from Beijing, which has increased aerial sorties near the ADIZ in the past months. Since last September...
Uran-9: Russia’s Robot Tanks Are Ready For War
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Uran-9, * Somewhere Putin is smiling: The first robot tanks are about to report for duty. Somewhere Putin is smiling: The first robot tanks are about to report for duty. The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that a unit of the Russian Army equipped with "strike robot" is set to be established. Russia's Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu has already reviewed the fulfillment of the defense procurement plan, which will see the formation of the country's first unit to be equipped with the Uran-9 robotic combat systems. The plan was presented at the 766th Producti...
The Party Of Comfy Fur
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 13 hours ago
After the voters of Regina-Wascana tossed him: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed former cabinet minister and longtime Regina MP Ralph Goodale to serve as Canada’s next high commissioner in the United Kingdom.
Multi-Culturalism Comes Of Age
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 13 hours ago
Tristan Hopper: “Objectivity” and “worship of the written word” are being taught to Canadian diplomats as markers of “white supremacy” Through a freedom of information request, the Toronto Sun recently obtained one of the results of this new push: The official antiracist training materials for Global Affairs Canada. The literature is markedly different than Canada’s… Continue reading →
MOB AND TOWN: The wages of segregation is death!
<b>bob somerby</b>, the daily howler - 13 hours ago
*THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2021* *The Post (and the Times) in Columbus:* "The wages of sin is death," we've been reliably told. So too with the wages of segregation. Late yesterday afternoon, in an award-winning report, we noted the way the New York Times has borrowed from Governor Wallace in the way it handles incidents in which people are shot and killed by police officers. To review that report, click here. "Segregation, now, segregation tomorrow. Segregation forever!" That's what Governor Wallace once famously said. In its handling of fatal police shooting incidents, the Times ...
Evil Americans
Francisco, Small Dead Animals - 14 hours ago
Saving Canadian’s bacon. Manitoba commercial truck drivers who regularly travel into the United States will now be able to get COVID-19 vaccines in North Dakota. The deal, touted as the first such cross-border vaccine agreement between a province and a state, could eventually expand to include other essential workers such as health-care providers. More After… Continue reading →
"Every physical silver ounce has been sold up to 1,000 times"
Peter, Bayou Renaissance Man - 14 hours ago
Following my article on Tuesday about the safety of money in banks, in which I mentioned that one of my family's financial precautions is to keep a small (very small - we ain't rich!) amount of money in silver bullion coins, a number of readers wrote to agree with that step. However, some said that they had purchased gold and/or silver shares in so-called "Exchange Traded Funds" or ETF's. In other words, they don't own physical metal: instead, they have pieces of paper promising that a certain quantity of that metal is held in their name at or by a central facility. Swiss as...
Capitalism and the Problem of Idleness
Unknown, The Conservative Socrates - 14 hours ago
People who are good-hearted can become tyrannical out of idleness. Capitalism creates prosperity, which in turn makes it possible for the top layer of the population (the elites) to have an idle lifestyle—their idleness breeds tyrannical tendencies and they turn towards communism and fascism. They can no longer feel satisfied with their luxurious way of life. Now they lust for control, for the capacity to give orders, for political power. They want to have a say in how the less fortunate folks (who are less prosperous and less idle) live. The elites lobby for a bigger and more intru...
It’s Probably Nothing
Kate, Small Dead Animals - 14 hours ago
The US Gov’t Has $6 Trillion in Assets and $130 Trillion in Unfunded Liabilities h/t Jojodogfacedboy
Drug Overdose Deaths in America - Another Unintended Consequence of Government's Response to the Pandemic
A Political Junkie, Viable Opposition - 14 hours ago
In its most recent data release, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outlines one of the most serious health issues facing the United States, an issue which has worsened significantly since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic one year ago. While I have posted on this subject in the past few months, it is important for us to understand how government's response to the pandemic continues to have a negative and far-reaching impact on certain subgroups of Americans. Here is a graph showing the 12 month-ending provisional number of drug over deaths for the entire United ...
WATCH: While Killing Student in High School Bathroom, Cop Also Shoots Fellow Officer
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 12 hours ago
[image: bathroom]Video footage was just released showing three officers surround a teen in a high school bathroom before killing him, shooting a fellow cop in the process.
Picture Of The Day
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 12 hours ago
Funeral pyres of people who died from the coronavirus at a crematorium in Ahmedabad, April 22. India recorded the world's highest daily tally of 314,835 new COVID-19 infections on Thursday, as a second wave of the pandemic raised new fears about the ability of crumbling health services to cope. REUTERS/Amit Dave *WNU Editor:* the above picture came form this photo-gallery .... *India running out of oxygen as COVID cases set new pandemic record *(Reuters).
Brazil will reach climate neutrality by 2050, Bolsonaro says
Latin America News, The Rio Times - 12 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that the country would reach climate neutrality by 2050, in the most ambitious goal set by the right-wing leader who appears to be changing his position on the environment. Speaking at a summit of world leaders, Bolsonaro’s pledge would move up the previous […] The post Brazil will reach climate neutrality by 2050, Bolsonaro says appeared first on The Rio Times.
Total number of Brazil’s state capitals with over 90% ICU capacity drops to 14
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 12 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Still experiencing the most critical period of the pandemic, the country starts to register a reduction in the pressure on ICUs for Covid-19 treatment in large urban centers. Fourteen state capitals (out of 26 total) and the Federal District register over 90% public ICU bed occupancy with critical patients, according […] The post Total number of Brazil’s state capitals with over 90% ICU capacity drops to 14 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Afghanistan: US exit is with caveats
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 12 hours ago
The United States and NATO are yet to begin the withdrawal of their forces from Afghanistan but the eyes are cast over the horizon at what lies after the ‘forever war’ formally ends. The US exit strategy in Afghanistan assumes the look of that random arbitrariness of a lottery that was the case with its Iraq war ending inconclusively in 2011.
Central America suffers a new pandemic wave and demands more vaccines
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 13 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Half of Central American countries face a new wave of Covid-19, with a record number of people in ICUs in Costa Rica and a growing number of infections in Guatemala and Honduras while the whole isthmus is clamoring for equitable and faster access to vaccines. In the other half of […] The post Central America suffers a new pandemic wave and demands more vaccines appeared first on The Rio Times.
"Economic Market Snapshot 4/22/21"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 13 hours ago
*"Economic Market Snapshot 4/22/21"* ○ "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 4/22/21: *"**UPDATES: The Economic FREE-FALL * *Continues And Central Banks Are Buying It All**" * - https://traderschoice.net/ ○ "The more I see of the monied classes, the better I understand the guillotine." - George Bernard Shaw ○ *MarketWatch M...
Still No $1,400 Stimulus Check? Here Are the Next Steps to Take.
Ethen Kim Lieser, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *No Stimulus Check, * [image: Stimulus Check] Fortunately, the IRS has a set of procedures that can help people in this quest. It appears that the Internal Revenue Service is nearing its final phase of disbursing the last remaining coronavirus stimulus checks under President Joe Biden’s ambitious American Rescue Plan. But there is still a slew of reports that suggest that many cash-starved Americans are left on the sidelines, struggling daily to find ways to make ends meet. Considering that many millions of stimulus payments were rapidly sent out, only a small...
Battlecruiser HMS Hood: A Little 'Battleship' with One Massive Defect
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *HMS Hood, * For twenty years, HMS Hood, the lead ship of her class of four planned battlecruisers, was the largest warship in the world. Sadly, her demise was a tragedy that shook the Royal Navy for decades--and was the end of an era. For twenty years, HMS *Hood*, the lead ship of her class of four planned battlecruisers, was the largest warship in the world. Sadly, her demise was a tragedy that shook the Royal Navy for decades--and was the end of an era. *HMS Hood, a History * Construction on her began during the First War, yet she wasn't commissioned until 1920 ...
Joe Biden Wants to Sue the Gun Industry To Death
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Joe Biden Guns, * There is an old joke: how can you tell when a politician is lying? The answer: his lips are moving. There is an old joke: how can you tell when a politician is lying? The answer: his lips are moving. In the case of President Joe Biden, it certainly seems that when he's speaking about guns he's certainly either badly misinformed or lying. Either should be seen as a problem for the Second Amendment. During his address in the White House Rose Garden, in which he called for legislators to enact new gun control provisions, Biden made a number of high...
Battleship Wisconsin: Fought in Three Wars (And Could Fight Again?)
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Battleship Wisconsin, * She displaced 45,000 tons, was just under 900 feet in length, she had a crew of some 1,600 men. The second vessel of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the state of Wisconsin, the *Iowa*-class battleship USS *Wisconsin* (BB-64) was built at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and launched on December 7, 1943 – just two years after the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. Sponsored by the wife of then Wisconsin Governor Walter Goodland, her motto was "Forward for Freedom." *Wisconsin, A Short History * As with her sister ships in ...
Border CZAR Kamala Harris does not find it necessary to visit the border
The Duran, The Duran - 13 hours ago
Border CZAR Kamala Harris does not find it necessary to visit the border The Duran: Episode 950 Is Kamala Harris ‘missing at the border’? She says she’s focused on where migration starts Is Kamala Harris ‘missing at the border’? She says she’s focused on where migration starts WASHINGTON – On opposite ends of Pennsylvania Avenue […]
Age and the Value of Life: A Further Reply
Bryan Caplan, Econlib - 13 hours ago
“Old Lives Matter.” I fully agree with the title of Jeremy Horpedahl’s latest reply on the value of life. To say that the life of an 80-year-old is worth 1% or .1% as much as the life of a 10-year-old is not deny the high value of elderly lives, because 10-year-old lives are immensely valuable. […] The post Age and the Value of Life: A Further Reply appeared first on Econlib.
Electric Cars Remain A Luxury Purchase
Paul Homewood, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 13 hours ago
By Paul Homewood Projections by the Committee on Climate Change consistently assume that electric cars will soon be cheaper to buy than conventional models. Analysis that I did six years ago showed that the mid-range Nissan Leaf, the most popular EV, cost about £10,000 more than its petrol equivalent, the Ford Focus. […]
Dept. Covered For and Protected Police Union President as He Raped Kids for Decades
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: union]Newly released documents show the Boston PD knew their top cop was raping children and they did everything they could to cover it up.
A Bit of Hope That Doesn’t Come from Miami: The Sixteenth Newsletter (2021)
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 14 hours ago
22 April 2021 — Tricontinental Mohsen Taasha Wahidi (Afghanistan), Rebirth of the Red, 2017. Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. After twenty years, the United States government – and the forces of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) – will depart from Afghanistan. They said that they came to do … Continue reading A Bit of Hope That Doesn’t Come from Miami: The Sixteenth Newsletter (2021)
When Did the “Cold War” End? Part II
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 14 hours ago
Back in October of 2020, I wrote an essay called The Covidian Cult, in which I described the so-called “New Normal” as a global totalitarian ideological movement. Developments over the last six months have borne out the accuracy of that analogy.
The Covidian Cult (Part II)
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 14 hours ago
Back in October of 2020, I wrote an essay called The Covidian Cult, in which I described the so-called “New Normal” as a global totalitarian ideological movement. Developments over the last six months have borne out the accuracy of that analogy.
New report reviews the state of extreme weather in 2020
Paul Homewood, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 14 hours ago
By Paul Homewood The report, by physicist Dr Ralph Alexander, also looks at how extreme weather has been reported by others and finds much more to be concerned about. For example, Dr Alexander says that 2020 saw a number of socio-economic studies that attempted to link extreme weather to global warming. But […]
More Mars helicopters? NASA is already thinking about Ingenuity’s successors | Space
zedie, SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 17 hours ago
More Mars helicopters? NASA is already thinking about Ingenuity’s successors | Space https://www.space.com/nasa-mars-helicopter-ingenuity-successors
The Federalist Constitution
Richard Primus, Balkinization - 12 hours ago
This week, the Fordham Law Review published a symposium called The Federalist Constitution. The central impetus for the symposium, as explained in a brief Foreword (co-written by four of the symposium's organizers), is that the picture of the Founding that dominates constitutional law tends to be one shaped through the lens of the antifederalists and Democratic-Republicans who resisted the original pro-Constitution Federalists, rather than one that takes the ideas of those Federalists seriously enough on their own terms. The symposium aims to correct this picture by asking how t...
Insane: North Korea Tried To Assassinate South Korea's President in 1983
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *North Korea, Asia* The plan ultimately failed. Here's why. *Here's What You Need to Know*: North Korea has always remained unconcerned with international norms. It is 10 AM October 9, 1983. South Korea’s President Chun Doo-hwan is in the capital of Burma on a state visit. It is no secret his military government is struggling. The Republic of Korea may be growing more prosperous year after year, but its citizens grow ever more impatient with the repression used to hold it together. Chun is known as the Butcher of Gwangju for dispatching the army in 1980 to kil...
How China Blew Its Chance to Seduce Taiwan
Ted Galen Carpenter, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Ted Galen Carpenter* *China-Taiwan Relations, Asia* Luring and coaxing the island back into political union with the mainland is no longer possible, but the use of force would be incredibly risky. Since the end of China’s civil war on the mainland and the formation of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1949, Chinese leaders have regarded regaining control over Taiwan as a piece of unfinished business. When Richard Nixon made his historic visit to China in 1972 and signed the Shanghai Communique, an informal understanding emerged between Washington and Beijing that while the...
Russia’s Yasen-M Submarines Should Make the U.S. Navy Nervous
Mark Episkopos, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Mark Episkopos* *Yasen-M Submarines, Eurasia* This is the latest in what has been a long sequence of delays for Kazan, with the submarine originally scheduled for commission in 2017. Defense industry insider sources told Russian news outlet TASS earlier this week that the navy’s new Yasen-M nuclear-powered cruise missile submarines will be capable of salvo-launching Kalibr-PL and Oniks cruise missiles. "The Project 885M nuclear-powered submarine *Kazan *made a salvo launch of two missiles from a vertical launcher and a torpedo tube during state trials," the source added. *Ka...
How Russian Tanks Began Firing the Most Poisonous Bullets on Earth
Michael Peck, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Russian Army, Europe* While depleted uranium, or DU, is extremely dense and can punch through thick tank armor, many believe that these shells release small doses of radiation, like miniature neutron bombs. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *However, even the Veterans Administration acknowledges that depleted uranium poses health risks to soldiers, such as those who fought in Operation Desert Storm, where DU rounds were used to destroy Iraqi tanks. There are also complaints that depleted uranium contaminates the environment, such as in Iraq. Russia is arming its...
A Powerful Call To Teach
Peter Greene, CURMUDGUCATION - 13 hours ago
Sharif El-Mekki is the founder of the Center for Black Educator Development, a group that's doing important work. He blogs at Philly's 7th Ward, and recent post is worth attention. I suspect that El-Mekki and I disagree on some education issues, but his view of the teaching profession is inspiring and powerful. Here's a bit from the post "Why We Need Black Men (And Women) To Answer The Call And Teach." El-Mekki is addressing the need for Black men in the classroom, which sits on my list of public education issues in urgent need of being addressed. But in the process, he also tell...
Decarbonization and California’s 2020 Rolling Blackouts
GCD, ClimateCite - 13 hours ago
Institute for Energy Research By Robert L. Bradley, Jr. | April 21, 2021 “… the retirement of baseload and dispatchable generation has outpaced replacement capacity with adequate characteristics needed to maintain system reliability…. California’s electric system was ultimately unable to maintain reliable operations for the first time in almost two decades.” It should be front page news. Forced decarbonization of …
DC Statehood Faces a Crossroads with Congressional Vote
AP News, Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
The House of Representatives will vote on legislation that would create a 51st state with one representative and two senators.
“We will deploy electric buses in large cities,” says Brazil’s ENEL president
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 13 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - ENEL's CEO in Brazil Nicola Cotugno is determined to lead initiatives for the introduction of electric vehicles in Brazil. Still this year, he intends to announce the formation of the multinational's consortiums with automakers and transportation companies to introduce electric bus fleets in São Paulo, Rio, and Salvador. In the […] The post “We will deploy electric buses in large cities,” says Brazil’s ENEL president appeared first on The Rio Times.
Lamborghini to install luxury car plant in Brazil´s Santa Catarina state – newspapers
Latin America News, The Rio Times - 13 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Lamborghini Latinoamérica, a Mexican company that holds the license to use the European brand in Latin America, has decided to invest in Brazil´s Santa Catarina state, say NSCtotal and Metropole newspapers. The CEO of Lamborghini Latinoamérica, Jorge Antonio Fernández Garcia, is said to be in Santa Catarina for a series […] The post Lamborghini to install luxury car plant in Brazil´s Santa Catarina state – newspapers appeared first on The Rio Times.
TX: Governor Still Holding On To Education Relief Funds
Peter Greene, CURMUDGUCATION - 13 hours ago
Texas Democrats have been reduced to tattling to the US Department of Education, as Governor Abbott continues to sit on $17.9 billion-with-a-b in aid that is supposed to be going to public schools. That huge pile of money that has been allocated by Congress through various packages. Texas school districts are trying to get budgets written for next year. But the money is just sitting there. Why? Abbott really hasn't explained himself much, but local coverage suggests a couple of issues. One is a requirement that the state invest a billion dollars in higher education. That would al...
Ecuador announces curfew, curbs as Covid-19 again overwhelms hospitals
Latin America News, The Rio Times - 14 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Ecuador on Wednesday, April 21, implemented a nighttime curfew and other mobility restrictions as a spike in coronavirus cases again overwhelms hospitals in the Andean country, which in 2020 experienced one of the region’s worst COVID-19 outbreaks. In 16 of the country’s 24 provinces, only workers in the healthcare, food […] The post Ecuador announces curfew, curbs as Covid-19 again overwhelms hospitals appeared first on The Rio Times.
Russian Tu-95 And Tu-160 Bombers Conduct Cruise Missile Exercise In “Surge” Of Military Drills Across The Country
Stefano D'Urso, The Aviationist - 14 hours ago
[image: Russian Bombers Cruise Missile Exercise] Both the Russian Aerospace Forces Tu-95MS “Bear H” and the Tu-160 “Blackjack” launched Kh-555 cruise missiles at a range in the Komi Republic. The Long-range Aviation Command of the Russian Air and Space Force conducted [...] The post Russian Tu-95 And Tu-160 Bombers Conduct Cruise Missile Exercise In “Surge” Of Military Drills Across The Country appeared first on The Aviationist.
New American ‘unicorn’ Deel plans expansion into Brazil
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 14 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - American startup Deel, owner of a payroll platform for remote workers, announced on Thursday, April 21st, a US$156 million Series C funding round. The investment, led by Andresseen Horowitz and YC Continuity, which gives the company the status of unicorn (market valuation higher than US$1 billion), will have part of […] The post New American ‘unicorn’ Deel plans expansion into Brazil appeared first on The Rio Times.
Latin America confirms its commitment to eliminate congenital Chagas disease
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 14 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Latin America confirmed Wednesday its support for a new initiative to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of Chagas, a disease endemic to the region, but which is progressively spreading to various areas of the U.S., Europe, Canada, Japan, and Australia. The Latin American Initiative on Congenital Chagas, to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of […] The post Latin America confirms its commitment to eliminate congenital Chagas disease appeared first on The Rio Times.
SOMEONE FINALLY POLLS BIDEN VS. TRUMP FOR 2024 -- ON BEHALF OF JOHN BOLTON
Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog - 14 hours ago
I seem to be the only person who cares about this, but I want to see more polls assessing (a) Donald Trump's popularity among the general population and (b) how Americans would vote in 2024 if there were a rematch between Trump and Joe Biden. I think these questions matter because, while Trump's popularity among Republicans continues to be measured on a regular basis, we really don't know whether he's alienated the majority of Americans. The media and the polling world seem obsessed with Trump's standing among Republicans because, apparently, they still regard Republicans as the nor...
Something Strange Is Happening To Women After The Jab
A Reader, From the Trenches World Report - 15 hours ago
EarthNewspaper.com April 22nd, 2021. The post Something Strange Is Happening To Women After The Jab appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
We Are The Power, German Protesters Show The Police Who’s Boss
A Reader, From the Trenches World Report - 15 hours ago
EarthNewspaper.com April 21st, 2021. The post We Are The Power, German Protesters Show The Police Who’s Boss appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
THESE are the Issues with Policing — NOT Systemic Racism
A Reader, From the Trenches World Report - 15 hours ago
The David Knight Show April 21st, 2021. 1,127 people were killed by the police last year. Only 1/5 were committing a violent crime. A... The post THESE are the Issues with Policing — NOT Systemic Racism appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
AOC now blames ‘racial injustice’ for the climate crisis as she relaunches her Green New Deal
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 15 hours ago
Daily Mail Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been mocked for claiming that climate change is a product of racial injustice, as she relaunched her controversial Green New... The post AOC now blames ‘racial injustice’ for the climate crisis as she relaunches her Green New Deal appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Dear Sen. Bennet: The best way to help "high poverty schools" is to eliminate "high poverty schools."
Jim Horn, Schools Matter - 5 hours ago
Call me excited about the many billions of dollars that Team Biden is planning to invest in new and renewed education initiatives, from pre-K through college. Even more exciting is the total absence (so far) of systemic efforts to bribe and/or extort states to adopt corporate policies favored by the profiteers of the education industrial complex. It's too early to know for sure, but it looks as if these unprecedented education investments now on the horizon actually acknowledge the massive education debt owed to public institutions that have been deprived for decades of needed f...
Liz Truss to turn up pressure on Australian government in bid to land trade deal
bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
22-Apr-2021 International trade secretary Liz Truss is preparing to pile pressure onto her Australian counterpart in a bid to land a free trade deal.
Les tribunaux d'arbitrage menacent les collectivités
bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
22-Apr-2021 Il y a fort à craindre que les collectivités territoriales ne finissent par se retrouver face à ces fameux tribunaux d'arbitrage composés d'arbitres «indépendants».
Did Nazi Germany Discover Blitzkrieg by Accident?
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *World War II, Europe* The Wehrmacht did not think of itself as practicing a new form of warfare. *Here's What You Need to Know*: The success of mechanized units against Poland later informed the Wehrmacht’s maneuver-oriented strategy in the Battle of France. When over 1.5 million German soldiers poured over the Polish border on September 1, 1939 in an Operation codenamed *Fall Weiss* (“Case White”), they kicked off not only the bloodiest conflict in human history, but also a terrifying new form of fast-paced mechanized warfare popularly known as the Blitzkrie...
Could Ukraine's Military Stop Russia in a War. The Answer Is No.
Mark Episkopos, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Mark Episkopos* *Russia-Ukraine, Eurasia* Fact: The balance of relative military power between Russia and Ukraine has not meaningfully changed since the start of the Donbass crisis in 2014. In a recent speech given at Ukraine’s Combat Training Center Yavoriv, U.S. Chargé d'Affaires in Ukraine Kristina Kvien warned against the dangers of further military escalation in the ongoing Donbass conflict. “Let me make crystal clear—my team at the U.S. Embassy and I know first hand—Ukraine was not, and is not, taking provocative actions against Russia. In fact, Ukraine has demonstrated ad...
What the Kavkaz 2020 Military Exercise Can Tell Us About Russia's Capabilities
Caleb Larson, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Caleb Larson* *Russian Army, * Lessons for today? Though not a particularly remarkable as far conventional military exercises go, one of the more standout elements was Russia’s increasingly sophisticated use of drone platforms. Here's What You Need to Remember: It wasn't long ago that Russia concluded its Kavkaz 2020 military exercise. The annual exercise, which took place from September 21 to September 26, rotates through one of Russia’s four military districts and took place this year in the Southern Military District. The list of participating countries was decidedly unsurpr...
Most Pandemic-Weary South Koreans Still Waiting for Coronavirus Vaccine
Ethen Kim Lieser, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *South Korea Vaccine, Asia* [image: South Korea] Seoul has done a top-rate job of stopping the spread of the coronavirus, but it is having trouble getting quick access to vaccines. A slow coronavirus vaccine rollout and supply shortages are stymieing South Korea’s efforts to achieve herd immunity by this fall or winter. To date, only about 3 percent, or 1.8 million, of the roughly fifty-one million population are at least partially vaccinated. About 1.1 million have been inoculated with AstraZeneca’s vaccine and seven hundred forty thousand with Pfizer’s vacci...
Stealth Tank: How U.S. Army Armor Could Be Going Undercover
Michael Peck, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *U.S. Army, * The military wants a vehicle that can survive lethal anti-tank missiles, but without being too heavy. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *A two-man crew means a smaller tank, but it could also mean an overworked crew—are two people enough to fix a broken track or stay up all night on radio watch? Dodging enemy missiles like a comic book superhero may *sound* great, but if it doesn’t work, that tank better have some thick armor as a backup. The Pentagon’s future tank could resemble a stealth fighter jet more than an armored behemoth like the current M...
Democrats Blast GOP for Cheaper Infrastructure Proposal
Rachel Bucchino, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Rachel Bucchino* *Infrastructure, Americas* [image: Infrastructure] The GOP has its own robust plans, but because it is under a trillion dollars many Democrats feel that it is insufficient. Senate Democrats have already rebuffed the GOP’s counterproposal to President Joe Biden’s $2.25 trillion infrastructure package, despite not seeing any details on the impending offer. The Democratic pushback indicates yet another legislative hurdle for the president, as Biden recently signaled that he would work with Republicans on carving a bipartisan infrastructure bill after meeting with m...
The Russian Rifles Are Coming—Meet the Kalashnikov USA Vityaz SMG
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Firearms, Americas* [image: Firearms] Making Russian-designed guns with American parts and American works on American soil is one way to get around an import ban. Kalashnikov USA announced this month that the AK-style Vityaz (Russian for “knight”) submachine gun (SMG) could soon be heading to American shores. That could sound surprising due to the fact that Russian small arms are currently banned for import, but that’s also why Kalashnikov USA set up shop—to create American-made versions of the classic Soviet/Russian small arms for the civilian market. So while th...
Why Russia’s VTOL VVP-6 Missile Helicopter Never Flew
Michael Peck, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Russian Military, Europe* When the idea of jump jet warplanes more or less fizzled, so did the giant missile-launching helicopter concept. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Gordon and Komissarov rightly judge the idea as crazy. The SA-1 launchers “rotated through 360 degrees in order to track the target before launch, and the huge flames belched by the missiles at the moment of launch would certainly damage the vehicle’s rotors.” The Soviet Union considered building a massive helicopter that could launch surface-to-air missiles in mid-air. The advent of vertica...
Why Russian Tanks Fear the American-Made Javelin Missile
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Javelin Missiles, Americas* The Javelin is one of the premier portable anti-tank missile systems in the world. *Here's What You Need to Know*: The Javelin missile is a truly potent system on the ground. The U.S.-made FGM-148 Javelin is one of the premier portable anti-tank missile systems in the world. It’s also an expensive piece of kit, with each missile typically costing more than the targets it eliminates. Still, the infrared-guided Javelin has proven itself in combat in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria and has reliable shtick that should work on virtually a...
Why Did America Invade Russia in 1918?
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Russian Revolution, Eurasia* In theory, the U.S. was not supposed to take sides in Russia's civil war. *Here's What You Need to Know*: Wilson’s intervention in the Russian Revolution was conceived with vague, limited goals that inevitably crept to encompass impossible ambitions. *(This article first appeared in 2017.)* A century ago this year, the October Revolution in Russia would herald the establishment of the Soviet Union and the rise of communism as a global movement. However, the Bolsheviks’ power play resulted in years of warfare, civil and otherwise, ...
The V-22 Osprey: The Future of U.S. Navy Airlift
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *V-22 Osprey, Americas* The Osprey has been in development for decades. *Here's What You Need to Know*: The Osprey’s vertical-lift capability allows it to land on ships other than an aircraft carrier. For over fifty years, the Navy has operated C-2A Greyhound cargo haulers with twin turboprop engines to ferry personnel, supplies, mail and spare parts to its massive aircraft carriers at sea—a mission known as Carrier Onboard Delivery (COD). The Greyhound, which is derived from the Navy's E-2 Hawkeye radar planes, can haul up to five tons of cargo or 26 passenger...
A Hurricane Taught the Air Force to Worry About More Than China
Michael Peck, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *F-22, Hurricane, United States* Sometimes you need a strong wind to lay bare the consequences of folly. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *The F-22 is a phenomenal fighter that happens to be phenomenally expensive as well as maintenance-intensive. Recent F-22 availability has been intolerably low, the result of maintenance difficulties, spare parts issues and peculiar Air Force practices such as splitting off detachments of Raptors to send overseas. Sometimes you need a strong wind to lay bare the consequences of folly. Hurricane Michael did more than devastate t...
How Artificial Intelligence Is Raising SOCOM’s Combat Power
Stavros Atlamazoglou, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Stavros Atlamazoglou* *SOCOM, Artificial Intelligence, United States* SOCOM isn’t new to artificial intelligence. In the last few years, the US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has been increasingly investing in Artificial Intelligence capabilities in an attempt to secure an edge over near-peer competitors. During the Yale Special Operations Conference that took place in March, US special operations leaders offered some insight on how SOCOM has been approaching artificial intelligence. SOCOM’s chief technology officer Snehal Antani stated that they want data scientists and tec...
Kelly Johnson: The Swede Who Transformed American Air Power
Alex Hollings, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Alex Hollings* *History, * How could one man manage to play such a pivotal role in so many aircraft? Kelly Johnson wasn’t the first man to build an airplane, nor was he the first to push the limits of what an airplane could do, but few men have played a more vital role in shaping mankind’s ascent into the skies. According to the latest expert estimates, human beings just like you and I have been walking on earth for over 200,000 years. That figure gets even tougher to wrap your head around when you consider that a mere 200 years ago, mankind had yet to develop *matches* or *type...
France's Jaguar Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle: Literally Armed to the Teeth
Caleb Larson, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Caleb Larson* *French Army, * Even though armored cars are not as widely used as in previous conflicts, France is still a big fan. And when you see the kinds of ammunition it can spray, you'll see why. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Although the Jaguar’s engine design is based on commercial truck designs, it has been modified to accept a wider range of fuels, a nod to the austere locations France expects to deploy the Jaguar, where fuel quality and type could be expected to vary considerably. Even though armored cars are not as widely used as in previous conflicts, Franc...
The Folly Of Killing Sick Days
Owen Gray, Northern Reflections - 14 hours ago
Doctors have been pleading with the Ontario government to legislate paid sick days. Apparently, Doug Ford -- now that he is self-isolating -- is considering the policy. Martin Regg Cohn writes: This province long ago closed its eyes not merely to a natural virus, but to our own human nature. COVID-19 spreads in unpredictable ways, but our premier acted in utterly predictable ways and his supporters never gave it a second thought. To understand how we got here — in mid-pandemic without payroll protection for sick workers — we have to go back to pre-COVID times and ask ourselves: ...
US Order against Russia: Italy at attention
Bruce K. Gagnon, Organizing Notes - 9 hours ago
*A Bath, Maine built Navy Aegis (Arleigh Burke class) destroyer prowling the waters of the Black Sea helping (not to defend America) but to take CIA directed instability to the Russian coast on behalf of corporate capital. * *Art of war * By Manlio Dinucci (il manifesto, Italy) Italian Foreign Minister Di Maio and Italian Defense Minister Guerini were urgently summoned to NATO headquarters in Brussels for an extraordinary meeting of the North Atlantic Council on April 15: the same day, in Washington President Biden signed the "Executive Order Against Harmful Foreign Activities...
America's Old M60 Tank Remains in Service Around the World
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *M60 Tank, World* The Patton has reliably soldiered on. *Here's What You Need to Know*: The M60 was first designed to outmatch the ubiquitous Soviet T-54 tank. Just how far can you soup up a tank from the 1960s? The M60 Patton was the mainstay of the U.S tank fleet in the 1960s and 1970s, before being replaced by the M1 Abrams tank currently in service. However, more than five thousand Pattons remain in service in the armies of nineteen countries. Earlier this year, Raytheon unveiled its Service-Life Extension Package (SLEP) upgrade featuring a new engine, fir...
The Coronavirus Crisis Within the Economy Is Far From Over – Because Reopening Creates a Whole New Type of Risk
Yves Smith, naked capitalism - 14 hours ago
Whither the post-Covid economy, assuming a "post-Covid"? The answer depends at least in part on where you sit.
Seen in Cairo : Fatima El-Shaqra Mosque in one fine afternoon
egyptianchronicler@gmail.com (Zeinobia), Egyptian Chronicles - 14 hours ago
And because we are in the heart of historical Islamic Cairo, it was not a big surprise to meet a new ancient mosque in the El-Siyada Zeinab area that gave the scene in Ramadan lanterns market more Ramadan vibe magic. [image: Fatima El-Shakra Mosque] The minaret of Fatima El-Shaqra Mosque This ancient mosque caught my eyes when I was in Bab Al-Khalq for the Ramadan lanterns makeshift markets. This mosque was originally built in the 15th century during the Mamluk era by a man called Rashid El-Baha’i yet it is officially and commonly known as Fatima El-Shaqra Mosque or Fatima, the Bl...
US Has No Moral Standing To Criticize Russia Or China
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 14 hours ago
The first and most urgent is Mumia Abu-Jamal, ones a leading Black journalist in Philadelphia who was convicted in 1982 of the killing of a white Philadelphia police officer in a trial marked by perjured testimony from clearly coached witnesses claiming to have seen an “execution style” slaying that crime photos and a gun test conducted by myself and fellow journalist Linn Washington, Jr., prove could not have happened as portrayed by the prosecutor, who himself was guilty of misconduct in lying about the availability of a witness to the judge. Abu-Jamal, who is about to turn 67...
Paulo Freire’s Brazil: ‘Return To Grassroots Popular Education’
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 14 hours ago
In my case, I spent four years in prison, two with political prisoners and two with ordinary prisoners. With the common prisoners, we experimented with popular education through theater, reading circles, crafts and painting. At the time, we were already inspired by the methodology devised by Paulo Freire. Next September will mark the 100th anniversary of his birth, and it is only right to recall how popular education, which he introduced, still has the potential to make the oppressed into social and political protagonists. I believe that it is also thanks to Paulo Freire that, in ...
US Intelligence Community Pumping Up The Fear
Leonid SAVIN, OrientalReview.org - 14 hours ago
On 9 April, the US intelligence community released its annual assessment of threats to America. It was also provided to the congressional intelligence committees and the committees on the Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate. The report is in keeping with previous national security and defence […]
Worker Centers: Where Causes Cohere, And Forge Power
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 14 hours ago
In October 2020, on what Amazon calls “Prime Day,” Fadumo Mohamed and her co-workers at an Amazon fulfillment center outside Minneapolis stood in the whipping wind alongside a handmade banner that read “Amazon: Hear Our Voice.” As the wind howled, Mohamed, bundled in hijab, a face mask, a long black skirt, and track jacket, approached a microphone and shouted to be heard over the storm, “We are human, we are not robots! We have to speak up! We have a voice! We are risking our health!” In February, Mohamed’s two-and-a-half-year-old son took sick, and she had to take him to the hosp...
If We Can Prosecute Chauvin for 1 Murder, Let’s Go After Bush, Obama, Trump, & Biden for Thousands
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: murder]If we can convict Derek Chauvin for murdering George Floyd, we should be go after the past president and convict them for mass murdering tens of thousands.
‘He Was Guilty.’ Extra Juror in Favor of Chauvin Conviction
AP News, Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
The juror was one of two alternates dismissed by Judge Peter Cahill after closing arguments.
The New Climate Fraud Normal
tonyheller, Real Climate Science - 14 hours ago
NOAA has released a set of maps showing that the US used to be about one degree below normal, and is now about one degree above normal. They say this is due to “climate change.” 1:05 PM · Apr 19, … Continue reading →
Ohio Students Sit-in To Demand University Cut Ties With Police
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 14 hours ago
Students at Ohio State staged a sit-in protest and demanded that the university cut ties with Columbus Police in the wake of the killing of Ma’Khia Bryant. The protest took place one day after a police officer shot and killed the 16-year-old girl in the city, just as the verdict in the George Floyd trial was reached. Students staged their Wednesday protest in the Ohio Union before taking to the streets to march. Some carried signs with the victim’s name, along with phrases like “say her name”, while another student had a sign that said, “Being Black shouldn’t be a death sentence...
We Can Solve The Climate Crisis!
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 15 hours ago
Climate change is unfolding at an increasingly rapid rate with more severe droughts, storms, wildfires and floods impacting the globe. Yet, the capitalists continue to plunder the planet and extract fossil fuels, destroying ecosystems and increasing warming. The 2018 UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report warned that we have 12 years to avert runaway catastrophe. That call to action becomes more urgent by the day while the majority of governments globally take limited actions that fail to meet the urgency of the crisis. The very system of capitalism itself is the cau...
President Zelensky Says Ukraine ‘Ready’ For War With Russia
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 15 hours ago
Amid mounting tensions in the Black Sea region, President Volodymyr Zelensky declared on Tuesday night that Ukraine is “ready” for war with Russia. He warned that the country would “stand to the last man” in the event of a war. Zelensky also signed a law allowing the Ukrainian army to mobilize its reservists without notice within 24 hours. Those avoiding the draft will be subject to criminal prosecution. The new law had been proposed by the Ukrainian General Staff. Zelensky’s aggressive declarations came amidst reports of growing NATO activity near Russia’s borders. On Wednesday...
Australian Daily Wind Power Generation Data – Wednesday 21 April 2021
TonyfromOz, Democrat Mayor Joins GOP, Says Former Party About ‘Socialist, Extremist Agenda’ – PA Pundits – International - 15 hours ago
By Anton Lang ~ This Post details the daily wind power generation data for the AEMO coverage area in Australia. For the background information, refer to the Introductory Post at this link. Each image is shown here at a smaller size to fit on the page alongside the data for that day. If you click […]
World On The Verge Of Climate Crisis ‘Abyss’
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 15 hours ago
Time is fast running out to tackle the climate crisis, a United Nations report has warned, with the COVID-19 pandemic having failed to put the brakes on “relentless” climate change. In a “double blow” to millions hit by the extreme climate events, lockdown restrictions linked to the global coronavirus pandemic also delayed crucial assistance in some regions, said the report by the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The UN stressed that the year 2021 must be the year of action for protecting people against the “disastrous” effects of climate change. The call comes ahead...
SALT Cap Repeal Would Exacerbate Racial Inequities
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 15 hours ago
A new analysis from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy provides critical data for the debate over whether to repeal the $10,000 cap on state and local tax (SALT) deductions. The report, Not Worth Its SALT: Tax Cut Proposal Overwhelmingly Benefits Wealthy, White Households, finds that repeal of the SALT cap without other reforms would worsen economic disparities and exacerbate racial inequities baked into the federal tax system. Black and Hispanic families are respectively 42 percent and 33 percent less likely to benefit from SALT repeal than white families. Overall, 72 ...
‘People Are Not Starving, They Are Being Starved’
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 15 hours ago
Over international 250 organizations are demanding urgent action from global governments to address the hunger and famine faced by hundreds of millions—a crisis the groups said is driven largely by policy choices including ignored appeals for a global ceasefire and humanitarian funding. "These people are not starving, they are being starved," the groups wrote in an open letter released Tuesday. Referencing the countries where they operate—Yemen, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Burkina Faso, DRC, Honduras, Venezuela, Nigeria, Haiti, CAR, Uganda, Zimbabwe, and Sudan where they o...
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Jenna Orkin, From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 16 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin High-speed device captures aerosol spray of urine, feces after flushes China will never seek hegemony, expansion, sphere of influence: Xi Global COVID cases hit record high as virus surges in India President of Chad Is Killed as Soldiers Clash With Rebels Embroiled in World Health Organization Conflict of Interest Nafeez Ahmed US ambassador to leave Moscow as tensions rise Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is considering a run for president in 2024, report says DOJ launches an investigation into Minneapolis policing practices a day after Derek Chauvin's convic...
Perspectives On Pandemic #14: Knut Wittkowski- DO NOT MISS THIS EPISODE
Penny, Penny for your thoughts - 16 hours ago
*How detrimental are the lockdowns? They are even worse then I'd contemplated. And after you hear this you too may realize the lockdowns are deadly. Long term, deadly. Having nothing to do with drug overdoses, job losses, depression and general mass despair. As if that isn't all bad enough?! And the harm is being intentionally caused. This ends when we end it.* *Btw: Mr Wittkowski mentions pharmaceutical lobbying- Reread this post from 2019. The figures given date back to 2018. Then assume, quite safely, that the pharmaceutical lobbying has spent much more money to bribe pol...
Brazil may bring forward end of illegal deforestation to 2022 – minister
Arkady Petrov, The Rio Times - 14 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Amid strong international and Brazilian investor pressure for concrete results in the environmental area, President Jair Bolsonaro is expected to announce at the Leaders' Climate Summit his government's commitment to speed efforts toward the goal of reducing illegal deforestation in the country and pledge an increase in public resources for […] The post Brazil may bring forward end of illegal deforestation to 2022 – minister appeared first on The Rio Times.
Green economy almost non-existent in Latin America’s recovery plans
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 14 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Despite the fact that various international organizations suggest that fiscal policy to restore the environment is among the most effective tools for post-pandemic economic recovery, the expansionary plans being prepared by Latin American countries barely include investments in the green economy. The creation of millions of new jobs and the […] The post Green economy almost non-existent in Latin America’s recovery plans appeared first on The Rio Times.
Oxygen tank leak kills 22 people in Indian Covid ward as country’s police beat and humiliate coronavirus rule-breakers and country sees record 2,023 deaths in a day amid health system collapse
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 15 hours ago
Daily Mail An oxygen tank leaked outside an Indian hospital today, killing 22 Covid-19 critically ill patients after their supply was shut off. All of... The post Oxygen tank leak kills 22 people in Indian Covid ward as country’s police beat and humiliate coronavirus rule-breakers and country sees record 2,023 deaths in a day amid health system collapse appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
BLM protesters scream ‘we don’t want you here’ at diners outside NYC restaurant
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 15 hours ago
VESA Channel Apr 21, 2021 The post BLM protesters scream ‘we don’t want you here’ at diners outside NYC restaurant appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
After Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict, 3 other Minneapolis police officers await trial
People for Life and Freedom, From the Trenches World Report - 15 hours ago
CBS News Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all charges, but that is not the end of prosecutions over George Floyd’s... The post After Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict, 3 other Minneapolis police officers await trial appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Peru requests for the second time extradition of former president Toledo and his wife
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Peruvian government approved this Wednesday to request for the second time the extradition of former president Alejandro Toledo (2001-2006) and his wife Eliane Karp for the Ecoteva case of money laundering, a request that will be sent to the United States in the coming weeks. The Minister of Justice, […] The post Peru requests for the second time extradition of former president Toledo and his wife appeared first on The Rio Times.
The Challenge of Countering China’s National Economic Tactics
Mark Tokola, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Mark Tokola* *economy, Asia* The point is that dealing with China should not be done by acting like China, as least in the economic sphere. Crafting an “economic alliance” should not be thought of as creating an equally weighted, similarly-armed, counterbalance to China, but rather as creating a deep, ongoing, frank, and innovative discussion among countries that wish to preserve economic freedom of choice for their private sectors. The March 12 virtual Quad summit and in-person visit by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to Tokyo and Se...
Japanese Marines Are Ready To Defend Japan's Islands Against China
Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Marines, Asia* Concerns that Beijing might seize outlying islands led to the formation of Japan's Amphibious Rapid Response Brigade in 2018. *Here's What You Need to Know*: Tokyo is developing a modest capability to respond to incursions on its many vulnerable islands. Seventy-five years ago, the sight of 300 Japanese marines storming rolling onto a Queensland beach in hulking tracked amphibious vehicles would have heralded a catastrophic setback to Australia’s national security. But obviously, the world has changed quite a bit since World War II. The soldier...
A Permanent 'Stimulus Check'? Will Expanded Child Tax Credits Become Permanent?
Rachel Bucchino, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Rachel Bucchino* *Child Tax Credit, Americas* Some Democrats want to set the expanded child tax credits in stone; or at least keep the measure around for a few more years. President Joe Biden told lawmakers that he plans to propose a temporary extension of the expanded child tax credit but didn’t commit to making the measure permanent, The Wall Street Journal reported. The enhanced child tax credit was featured in Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan that the president signed last month, where Congress boosted the credit from $2,000 to $3,000 and allowed parents with child...
Tu-144: Russia's First Supersonic Commercial Jet Flopped
Caleb Larson, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Caleb Larson* *Supersonic Jets, * Coronavirus vaccine, manned space flight. Russia has been first a a lot of things. But that holds less signifficance than they would like. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The Tu-144 reportedly flew a paltry 102 flights, only 55 of which actually carried any passengers. Compared to its arch-rival Concorde, the Tu-144 was a fiasco, draining precious time and rubles from other projects. The Soviet-built Tu-144 actually flew before its supersonic rival Concorde, though it had a number of flaws inherent to the design that severely limited its u...
The XM913 Cannon: How the Bradley Keeps Outgunning its Enemies?
Caleb Larson, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Caleb Larson* *U.S. Army Cannon, * In order to keep the Bradley updated and out-gun the enemy, the Army would like to give the vehicle a new gun. The XM913 is a beast and can fire two types of ammunition. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Northrop Grumman estimates that by the end of 2021, the Army will have ordered a total of seventeen XM913 cannons for testing and evaluation. Still, the Army has not yet decided what caliber the NGCV program will choose. Jane’s Information Group, an open source intelligence company, reported that Northrop Grumman delivered several prototype ...
Why No One Wants to Fight a Tank Battle Against Israel
Michael Peck, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Israel, Tanks, Middle East* The IDF would love nothing better than to fight an old-fashioned tank battle, at which it is famously proficient. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *New technology is also making tanks less vulnerable. Active protection systems mounted on vehicles, such as Israel’s Trophy (which is being adopted by the U.S. Army), can shoot down incoming anti-tank rockets. tand atop Tel Saki on the Golan, and you can understand Israel’s strategic dilemma in a single sweeping glance. In front of the hill, just a couple of miles away across a grassy str...
Before China, the Soviets Wanted Their Own ‘Carrier Killer’ Missile
Michael Peck, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Russia, Missiles, Asia* The Soviets were afraid that the Americans could and would use their carriers, stationed off the Soviet Union’s vast coastal periphery, to launch a surprise nuclear strike. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Which absolutely does not mean that anti-ship ballistic missiles are not, or can’t become, a huge threat to carriers in the twenty-first century. But a half-century later, some of their limitations haven’t changed. China's development of anti-ship ballistic missiles has raised fears that U.S. aircraft carriers are in mortal danger. By...
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