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The Word From the Trenches – April 29, 2021
Henry Shivley, From the Trenches World Report - 16 hours ago
Join in on the conversation. Call (712) 770-5597 then enter 220029#, press *6 to mute and unmute. (If you are unable to get through call... The post The Word From the Trenches – April 29, 2021 appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
State revises mask mandate for outdoor athletics after Summit HS runner collapses at finish line
Admin, From the Trenches World Report - 16 hours ago
KTVZ 21 BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Maggie Williams, a junior on the Summit High School track team, broke a school record in the 800-meter last... The post State revises mask mandate for outdoor athletics after Summit HS runner collapses at finish line appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Shattering World-Views
Francisco, Small Dead Animals - 16 hours ago
And narratives one injection at a time. Manitoba teachers and other school employees will be able to get vaccinated in the U.S., Premier Brian Pallister says.
Latte Nonsense: No, Your Genes Do Not Tell You How Much Coffee To Drink
Hank Campbell, Science 2.0 blogs - 16 hours ago
When 23andMe was in its most ridiculous phase of existence, the co-founder was telling FDA to talk to the hand while she assumed campaign donations to members of Congress would exempt them from being told to stop lying about their tests allowing consumers to “take steps toward mitigating serious diseases” like breast cancer. read more
Falling Behind In An Actual Classroom
Peter Greene, CURMUDGUCATION - 15 hours ago
The chicken littling about Learning Loss is just never going to stop. Today I came across yet another article (that I won't link to) warning that the Learning Losses from the pandemic pause will haunt students for the rest of their lives. The worst of the Learning Loss panickers are revealing too much about what they don't understand, but what they especially don't understand is what goes on in an actual classroom, because the whole concept of "falling behind" is a layperson's oversimplification of what actual education looks like. I think I was a pretty run-of-the-mill example of ...
Statues to Hatchet-Wielding Colonist Reconsidered
AP News, Snopes.com - 15 hours ago
Statues to Hannah Duston are being reconsidered amid the nationwide reckoning on racism and controversial public monuments.
NGOs criticize Paraguayan Ombudsman’s messages on trans persons
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Human Rights Coordinator of Paraguay (Codehupy) asked the ombudsman to rectify some messages about trans people that, according to this network of NGOs, go against "his Constitutional duty" to "defend and promote the human rights of all people without discrimination". The organization reported Thursday in a statement that Miguel […] The post NGOs criticize Paraguayan Ombudsman’s messages on trans persons appeared first on The Rio Times.
What would Brazilian CEOs do if elected President of the Republic?
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A survey of 134 CEOs identified their list of priorities were they seated in the most important chair of the Presidential Palace. Amidst speculation about next year's presidential race, a scenario still filled with uncertainties because of the pandemic and the growing polarization in Brazilian politics, a doubt crosses the […] The post What would Brazilian CEOs do if elected President of the Republic? appeared first on The Rio Times.
How a Brazilian tourism startup raised R$2 million in less than three days
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 16 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - It all started at the 2018 World Cup. Entrepreneurs Leonardo Brito and Diogo Leão saw that the host country for the Championship would be Russia -- and, betting that the amount of Brazilian tourists there who speak the local language would not be expressive -- decided to test a new […] The post How a Brazilian tourism startup raised R$2 million in less than three days appeared first on The Rio Times.
The Daily "Near You?"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 16 hours ago
Blue River, Wisconsin, USA. Thanks for stopping by!
"What Can We Know?"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 16 hours ago
"What can we know? What are we all? Poor silly half-brained things peering out at the infinite, with the aspirations of angels and the instincts of beasts." - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
“The Myth of Human Progress”
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 16 hours ago
*Full screen!* *“The Myth of Human Progress”* By Chris Hedges “Clive Hamilton in his “Requiem for a Species: Why We Resist the Truth About Climate Change” describes a dark relief that comes from accepting that “catastrophic climate change is virtually certain.” This obliteration of “false hopes,” he says, requires an intellectual knowledge and an emotional knowledge. The first is attainable. The second, because it means that those we love, including our children, are almost certainly doomed to insecurity, misery and suffering within a few decades, if not a few years, is much harder...
EU Vaccine Injury Reporting System Shows More Than 330,000 Adverse Events Following COVID Vaccines
Children's Health Defense - 16 hours ago
Health Impact News compiled the latest data on reports of COVID vaccine injuries and deaths in EU countries following vaccination with all four COVID vaccines approved in the EU for emergency use. The post EU Vaccine Injury Reporting System Shows More Than 330,000 Adverse Events Following COVID Vaccines appeared first on Children's Health Defense.
WINSTON SCOTT
cmaadmin, Diverse - 16 hours ago
*WINSTON SCOTT* has been appointed to the Eastern Florida State College Board of Trustees. A former astronaut, Scott flew on two space shuttle missions in the 1990s. Also a senior vice president at the Florida Institute of Technology, he holds a master's in aeronautical engineering from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School. A retired Navy captain, he served as vice president of student affairs at Florida State University and served as executive director of the Florida Space Authority.
CAROL GREGORIO
cmaadmin, Diverse - 16 hours ago
*CAROL GREGORIO* has been named the inaugural holder of the Czarina M. and Humberto S. Lopez Endowed Chair for Excellence in Cardiovascular Research at the University of Arizona. Co-director of Sarver Heart Center and head of the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the University of Arizona, Gregorio holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University at Buffalo. She also holds a Ph.D. from Roswell Park Cancer Institute in New York.
Famous 1990s brand will again sell TVs in Brazil
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 16 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Japanese brand has teamed up with a Brazilian company to return to the market and hopes to sell 1 million smart TVs by 2026. "Our Japanese are more creative than other people's Japanese." Those who lived through the 1990s certainly have memories of Semp Toshiba TV advertisements. The company […] The post Famous 1990s brand will again sell TVs in Brazil appeared first on The Rio Times.
Russell Brand: Facebook Wants to ‘Control, Curate and Obscure’ Your Reality
Children's Health Defense - 16 hours ago
Facebook wants you to think it’s offering free internet services to make lives better, but it’s really about profits, says Russell Brand. The post Russell Brand: Facebook Wants to ‘Control, Curate and Obscure’ Your Reality appeared first on Children's Health Defense.
ARIETTA VÁZQUEZ
cmaadmin, Diverse - 16 hours ago
*ARIETTA VÁZQUEZ* has been appointed associate dean for student diversity at the Yale School of Medicine. Professor of pediatrics and founder and director of the Yale Children’s Hispanic Clinic, she researches the clinical epidemiology of infectious diseases in children focusing on the efficacy of vaccines. Vázquez is a graduate of Yale University and earned her medical degree at the University of Puerto Rico.
VAREVA HARRIS
cmaadmin, Diverse - 16 hours ago
*VAREVA HARRIS* has been appointed assistant vice president for enrollment management at Benedict College. She has held a number of administrative roles at Benedict in the past. Harris holds a bachelor’s degree from Benedict, a master’s from Columbia College and a doctorate of management degree in organizational leadership from the University of Phoenix.
BRYAN SAMUEL
cmaadmin, Diverse - 16 hours ago
*BRYAN SAMUEL* has been appointed vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion at the University of Texas at Arlington. Chief diversity and inclusion officer at Kansas State University since 2018, Samuel holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and a master’s degree in community counseling from the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga. He holds a doctorate in higher education administration from the University of Nebraska.
FITZROY B. BECKFORD
cmaadmin, Diverse - 16 hours ago
*FITZROY B. BECKFORD* has been named associate dean and director of extension in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at the University of Vermont. Beckford spent over a decade with the University of Florida as a county extension director managing work in areas such as agriculture, natural resources, youth development, food systems, small farms initiatives and environmental sustainability. He holds a Ph.D. in sustainability education.
ANA RAMOS-ZAYAS
cmaadmin, Diverse - 16 hours ago
*ANA RAMOS-ZAYAS* has been named the Frederick Clifford Ford Professor of Ethnicity, Race, and Migration at Yale University. A professor of American studies and anthropology at Yale, Ramos-Zayas holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and Latin American studies from Yale University. She also holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in anthropology from Columbia University.
‘Sick Is the New Normal’ for Today’s Kids, Pediatrician Says
Children's Health Defense - 17 hours ago
Author and pediatrician Dr. Michelle Perro discusses the impact of environmental toxins and genetically modified foods on children’s health in an interview with Robert Verkerk, Ph.D., founder, Alliance for Natural Health International. The post ‘Sick Is the New Normal’ for Today’s Kids, Pediatrician Says appeared first on Children's Health Defense.
Erasing The Tropical Age
tonyheller, Real Climate Science - 18 hours ago
In 1979, climatologists described the warm period from 1910-1960 as the “tropical age” – and said the extreme weather of the previous two decades was caused by global cooling. “Drought, floods, the failure of monsoons and the run of hard … Continue reading →
An Unusual Coalition As Supreme Court Rules for Immigrant
AP News, Snopes.com - 15 hours ago
By a 6-3 vote, the court sided with Agusto Niz-Chavez, a Guatemalan immigrant who has been in the United States since 2005.
The Women War Correspondents of Vietnam
Harry Tarpey, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Harry Tarpey* *Vietnam War, Asia* [image: Vietnam War] “You Don’t Belong Here” tells the story of how three women reporters challenged established doctrine and made history covering the war in Vietnam. Catherine Leroy lived an all-but-typical life. Born on the outskirts of Paris a few short months before the end of World War II, she was trained as a classical pianist, and became a licensed parachutist in her teens. In 1966, at age twenty-one, she bought a one-way ticket to Southeast Asia in hopes of covering the conflict in Vietnam, armed only with a Leica M2 camera, a few roll...
Check Your Bank Account Now: More $1,400 Stimulus Checks Went Out
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *Stimulus Payment, * The new batch consisted of nearly 2 payments, with a total value of more than $4.3 billion, the IRS said. The total of payments has now reached 163 million payments since the passive of the American Rescue Plan, totaling about $384 billion. Ever since the $1,400 stimulus checks began going out to most Americans, the IRS, along with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, released a weekly update on how many checks have gone out. The most recent one, released this week, states that the 7th batch of payment...
Floyd "Money" Mayweather Is Heading Back Into a Boxing Ring Again
Harry J. Kazianis, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Harry J. Kazianis* *Floyd, * [image: Floyd] Floyd "Money" Mayweather, the former world welterweight champion and the former top pound-for-pound boxing legend, is back, and perhaps in a big way. Floyd "Money" Mayweather, the former world welterweight champion and the former top pound-for-pound boxing legend, is back, and perhaps in a big way. Well, not out of retirement back and fighting say a top-tier opponent, but at least back in the boxing ring right where he belongs. It was announced Tuesday that he would fight YouTube personality Logan Paul in an exhibition bout on June 6...
Mike Tyson Is Back: Iron Mike Announces He Will Fight Lennox Lewis
Harry J. Kazianis, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Harry J. Kazianis* *Mike Tyson, * [image: Mike Tyson Comeback] On Tuesday night, former boxing superstar Iron Mike Tyson, 54, told TMZ Sports that he will fight Lennox Lewis, another former heavyweight champion, in September. Get ready, boxing fans, as we have a potential blockbuster on our hands, albeit, both legends who could enter the ring are a little past their primes. On Tuesday night, former boxing superstar Iron Mike Tyson, 54, told TMZ Sports that he will fight Lennox Lewis, another former heavyweight champion, in September. In November, Tyson came out of retirement ...
India Wants Russia's Killer S-400 Air Defense System ASAP
Peter Suciu, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *S-400 India, Eurasia* Russia will find foreign buyers for the S-400 Triumf, and if India doesn’t obtain the system, then its rival Pakistan could. Even as tensions between China and India along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the poorly demarcated border between the two nations, have relaxed in recent months, the government in New Delhi wants to be prepared should it face an armed conflict with its regional adversary. This month India requested that Russia expedite the delivery of the S-400 Triumf air defense system. The two nations have already signed a $5.43 b...
Biden's $1,400 Stimulus Check Helped Millions. $3,600 Checks Are Next.
Ethen Kim Lieser, The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Stimulus Check, * The IRS already has confirmed that monthly payments from the new $3,000 or $3,600 child tax credit, which amounts to essentially a “fourth” stimulus check, will start landing in the bank accounts of millions of American parents beginning in July. It appears that former President Donald Trump was onto something last year. Much like his predecessor, President Joe Biden is tapping into direct mail and similar letter formatting to boast about his role in successfully delivering millions of coronavirus stimulus checks to cash-hungry taxpayers und...
NC Sheriff: 2 Deputies Killed, Suspect and 2 Others Dead
AP News, Snopes.com - 16 hours ago
Two deputies were killed and three other people including a suspected gunman were found dead after a lengthy standoff in North Carolina.
US Officials Investigating Possible Directed Energy Attack Near The White House Last Year And Virginia In 2019
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 16 hours ago
*Daily Mail: **Pentagon launches investigation into 'directed energy attack' near the White House that sickened National Security Council official and another in Virginia* * US government departments are investigating two incidents, one which reportedly took place near the Ellipse, the lawn to the south of the White House * A National Security Council official has been struck down with a mystery illness after the alleged energy attacks * Earlier attack took place in 2019 and was reported by a White House official who was walking her dog in a Virginia suburb near Washington ...
Committee recommends in favour of over-budget Spring Garden Road streetscape contract
Zane Woodford, Halifax Examiner - 16 hours ago
Like most pandemic projects, it’s going to cost the city more than expected to widen the sidewalks on its busiest pedestrian street. Halifax regional council’s Audit and Finance Standing Committee met Thursday, and considered an item added at the last minute: a budget increase for the Spring Garden Road streetscaping project. The municipality has been […]
President Trump Says He Would Consider Running in 2024 With Ron DeSantis as Vice-President
Sundance, The Last Refuge - 16 hours ago
Earlier this morning President Trump gave an interview on Fox Business with Maria Bartiromo. Fox is censoring the full interview; however a few segments have been released. In this segment President Trump discusses the possibility of selecting Florida Governor Ron DeSantis as his running mate in 2024. . . . Posted in 1st Amendment, Big […] The post President Trump Says He Would Consider Running in 2024 With Ron DeSantis as Vice-President appeared first on The Last Refuge.
Alligator, Cow Delay Houston Traffic, Turn Commute into Zoo
AP News, Snopes.com - 16 hours ago
Some days, Houston area traffic can be a nightmare. Other days, it can be a zoo, literally.
SD high court hears arguments on adult-use cannabis measure
Jeff Smith, MJBizDaily - 16 hours ago
The South Dakota Supreme Court is moving closer to deciding whether to uphold a voter-approved amendment to legalize adult-use cannabis after hearing oral arguments Wednesday that focused on narrow constitutional issues. Gov. Kristi Noem, an anti-marijuana Republican, is trying to strike down recreational marijuana after voters in her state approved legalization by a 54%-46% margin at […] SD high court hears arguments on adult-use cannabis measure is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
US Investigating Possible Mysterious Directed Energy Attack Near White House
The Free Thought Project, The Free Thought Project - 16 hours ago
[image: weapon]Federal agencies are investigating at least two possible incidents on US soil, including one near the White House in which directed energy weapons were allegedly used.
Coming soon: Space Alert!
Bruce K. Gagnon, Organizing Notes - 16 hours ago
Board Members of the Global Network launch the first episode of a new monthly live stream, Space Alert! May 4 10:00 am EST Bruce Gagnon (Maine), Tarama Lorincz (Canada) and Dave Webb (UK) from the Global Network discuss US-NATO space issues and more! YouTube link to watch the live stream: https://youtu.be/7wgKcOL2Vxo
April 2021 on track to be the frostiest in Britain for 60 years
Robert, Ice Age Now - 17 hours ago
Experts warn it will cause severe damage to the harvest of plums, cherries and other soft fruit. And for gardeners whose flowers have been suffering from the cold, the news will come as little surprise. 28 April 2021 – There have been 13 days of air frost in the past month, making it the frostiest April ... Read more The post April 2021 on track to be the frostiest in Britain for 60 years appeared first on Ice Age Now.
Frontline Environmental Justice Activists Condemn Energy Preemption Bills
Peter Hart, Food & Water Watch - 17 hours ago
From anti-protest to energy preemption, the Florida legislature has prioritized bills to attack and eliminate community political involvement.
Child abuse--transgenderism
Norma, Collecting My Thoughts - 17 hours ago
John Money created gender. It was originally only a grammar term. He experimented on babies/children. You heard little about in the 20th century, and now the theory and the fake "facts" have exploded. It's being pushed by the Left--on children as young as 4 and 5. Why is that? A boy can't become a girl, but saying so could get you fired, or cancelled. https://peltthepundits.com/2020/12/walsh-the-horrifying-origins-of-left-wing-gender-ideology? "John Money was, among other things, a fraud and an abuser. Along with more conventionally degenerate views — his advocacy of open marriages ...
70 cases of COVID-19 announced in Nova Scotia on Thursday, April 29
Tim Bousquet, Halifax Examiner - 18 hours ago
Jump to sections in this article: Overview Variants Demographics Testing Vaccination Schools Potential exposure advisories Seventy new cases of COVID-19 are announced in Nova Scotia today (Wednesday, April 28). Fifty-nine of the new cases are in Nova Scotia Health’s Central Zone, nine are in the Eastern Zone, and two are in the Northern Zone. Because […]
Unmasking the Big Lies of Rigged Covid-19 “Vaccine” Studies and the Jab Propaganda they Manufactured
Teodrose Fikremariam, null - 21 hours ago
Much has been made about Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson’s “vaccines” are high success rate in treating Covid-19. Figures are bandied about that The post Unmasking the Big Lies of Rigged Covid-19 “Vaccine” Studies and the Jab Propaganda they Manufactured appeared first on .
Is Hunter Biden Teaching a ‘Fake News’ Class at Tulane?
Bethania Palma, Snopes.com - 16 hours ago
Always read beyond the headline before deploying outrage.
Could you hear it when we busted her arm?
<b>bob somerby</b>, the daily howler - 16 hours ago
*THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2021* *Back to those fourteen minutes:* Maybe it's the weather today. Or maybe it's the several hours we lost this morning. Whatever it is, we're beginning to feel like the Harrison Ford character in Witness. A bit like the early Plato of the Seventh Letter, the Ford character—his name is John Book—goes into a type of internal exile due to the despair he feels concerning his human surroundings. (On the other hand, Kelly McGillis is present.) Witness was a Best Picture nominee at the 1986 Oscars. We've often wondered why it isn't one of our top favorite fil...
South Africa braces for an Early-Season Cold-Shot, as Global Temperatures Take an Inconvenient Tumble
Cap Allon, Electroverse - 16 hours ago
Real-world observations continue to make life tricky for the global heaters. The post South Africa braces for an Early-Season Cold-Shot, as Global Temperatures Take an Inconvenient Tumble appeared first on Electroverse.
Free Rides, Beer and Savings Bonds: Vaccinators Get Creative
AP News, Snopes.com - 16 hours ago
Places around the U.S. are offering incentives to try to energize the nation’s slowing vaccination drive and get Americans to roll up their sleeves.
Why we must boycott Pillsbury – by a Pillsbury family member
contact@ifamericansknew.org, Israel Palestine News - 16 hours ago
Pillsbury is doing business in illegal Israeli settlements & profiting from Israel's war crimes, and a member of the PIllsbury family is calling for boycott of his own family's products.
Did Ted Cruz Fall Asleep During Biden’s Speech?
Nur Ibrahim, Snopes.com - 16 hours ago
The Texas senator appeared to be rather bored during the president's address to a joint session of Congress.
Lawfare’s Fascists Attack Giuliani/Solomon Ahead of Biden’s Blathering Speech
Barbara Boyd, LaRouchePAC.com - All Posts - 17 hours ago
At 6 a.m. (Wednesday) on the day when America would learn whether the current illegal occupant of the White House could successfully read an hour-long speech scripted for him, FBI agents executed a search warrant on President Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, apparently pursuant to an investigation conducted in the renegade federal Southern District of New York. The FBI seized Giuliani’s electronic devices. This should have sparked outrage and an immediate demand for investigation by Republicans, but the RINOs in Washington and on Fox were largely silent, leaving it to Tucker Carlson...
2 North Carolina deputies killed, 3 others found dead after 13-hour standoff
Admin, From the Trenches World Report - 17 hours ago
Fox News Two deputies in North Carolina have died from their injuries suffered during a more than 13-hour-long standoff at a home near Boone, Watauga... The post 2 North Carolina deputies killed, 3 others found dead after 13-hour standoff appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Biden’s Anti-Eurasian Green Delusion and America’s Race to Irrelevance
Matthew Ehret, The Duran - 17 hours ago
Originally published on the Strategic Culture Foundation Many people couldn’t help but laugh when Biden told the Boris Johnson on March 26 that the USA and it’s NATO allies should create “an infrastructure plan to rival the Belt and Road Initiative” post haste. What would such a program look like? How would it be funded when the […]
We now have the technology to develop vaccines that spread themselves
A Reader, From the Trenches World Report - 17 hours ago
New Scientist – by Scott Nuismer and James Bull A FAMOUS quote often attributed to Benjamin Franklin is “an ounce of prevention is worth a... The post We now have the technology to develop vaccines that spread themselves appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
President Biden Says ‘White Supremacy is Terrorism’ in Address to Joint Session of Congress
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 17 hours ago
CAIRtv Apr 29, 2021 The post President Biden Says ‘White Supremacy is Terrorism’ in Address to Joint Session of Congress appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
DEFCAD Makes 3D Gun Files Public as 9th Circuit Kills Injunction
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 17 hours ago
Ammoland – by John Crump SAN FRANCISCO, CA –-(Ammoland.com)- A panel of three judges out of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a district... The post DEFCAD Makes 3D Gun Files Public as 9th Circuit Kills Injunction appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
In case you have a 3D printer…
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 17 hours ago
The World’s Largest 3D Gun Repository The post In case you have a 3D printer… appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
TRUTH AND TOWN: What happened when Andrew Brown was killed?
<b>bob somerby</b>, the daily howler - 18 hours ago
*THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2021* *Our Town's exposure to truth:* What actually happened when Andrew Brown was shot and killed last week? At present, we can't answer your question. There's bodycam video of what occurred. So far, though, none of that bodycam video has been released to the public. (Full disclosure: Bodycam video won't always show what happened in some given case.) A relatively short chunk of videotape was shown to family members on Monday, and to one of the family's lawyers. But what can be seen on that short chunk of tape? Very frankly, we don't know. We can't answe...
Canadian gov’t. to introduce first-ever internet control bill
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 18 hours ago
LifeSiteNews – by David McLoone OTTAWA, Ontario, April 23, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — In a legislative first, the Canadian government under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is... The post Canadian gov’t. to introduce first-ever internet control bill appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
The vaccine is the pandemic: Biden to dump 60 million blood clotting Covid-19 vaccines from AstraZeneca on India
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 18 hours ago
News Target – by Ethan Huff Arguably the most loathed fake president in American history is poised to dump 60 million death-inducing jabs from AstraZeneca... The post The vaccine is the pandemic: Biden to dump 60 million blood clotting Covid-19 vaccines from AstraZeneca on India appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Do 75% of Canadians want to get the COVID-19 vaccine?
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 18 hours ago
True North Apr 25, 2021 Earlier this week, Dr. Theresa Tam says lockdowns will only be lifted by the summer if 75% of Canadians are... The post Do 75% of Canadians want to get the COVID-19 vaccine? appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Parents Overthrow School Board, Vote To End Mask Mandate In Vail, Colorado!
A Reader, From the Trenches World Report - 18 hours ago
OlinLive Published on 29 Apr 2021 The post Parents Overthrow School Board, Vote To End Mask Mandate In Vail, Colorado! appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Reported antisemitic incidents up in Kentucky in 2020
Galen, From the Trenches World Report - 18 hours ago
LEX18 Apr 28, 2021 The post Reported antisemitic incidents up in Kentucky in 2020 appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
Freedom in sight? Judge orders Belgian government to scrap lockdown… and a barrage of Covid court cases is sure to follow
A Reader, From the Trenches World Report - 18 hours ago
RT – by Damian Wilson A Brussels court has decided the government’s Covid measures are illegal, due to a lack of parliamentary scrutiny. This will... The post Freedom in sight? Judge orders Belgian government to scrap lockdown… and a barrage of Covid court cases is sure to follow appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
The Wealth... and Infrastructure... of Nations
David Brin, CONTRARY BRIN - 8 hours ago
With release of Joe Biden's new Infrastructure and Stimulus Plans, reactions have gone as predicted. Mitch McConnell and the entire Putin Party have declared their intention to block everything and allow nothing. Standard incantations are flowing -- from *democrat deficits! *to *cutting taxes and federal spending makes jobs and capital!* And then Sen. Tim Scott, in his 'rebuttal' to President Biden's Congressional speech, accused him of breaking his promise to be a 'uniter.' (More on that below.) Okay, let's stop letting this be about 'sides.' Sure, there definitely *are *sides, a...
“California Is Going To Hell”
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 15 hours ago
*Full screen recommended.* *“California Is Going To Hell”* by The InfoRealm "Californians’ net worth totals over $6 trillion or about $160,000 per resident. The state holds 17 percent of national net worth, while making up only 12 percent of the U.S. population. But with all that wealth, the United Nations compared the tent encampments of San Francisco to the slums of New Delhi and Mexico City. Nearly 5,000 people live in the half square mile of Los Angeles’ Skid Row. And while the problem is most acute in California’s urban centers, homelessness is now a common fixture in many of ...
Bolsonaro once again promotes chloroquine treatment and rules out being vaccinated
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 17 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Wednesday, April 28th, President Jair Bolsonaro again contested the focus of the Senate's Covid CPI (Parliamentary Inquiry Committee), established to investigate the federal government's actions and omissions of in the pandemic, as well as federal transfers to states and municipalities. When speaking to supporters outside the Alvorada Palace, Bolsonaro […] The post Bolsonaro once again promotes chloroquine treatment and rules out being vaccinated appeared first on The Rio Times.
Russian Kalibr-NK Cruise Missile Spins Out Of Control Before Crashing Into Sea Near The Russian Destroyer That Launched It
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 17 hours ago
*Daily Mail:* *Russian frigate narrowly avoids blasting ITSELF in failed weapon test as cruise missile spins in the air before exploding in the sea just yards from the vessel* * A test launch of a Kalibr cruise missile was yards away from causing a disaster * The Russian Marshal Shaposhnikov frigate launched the missile in the Pacific * But moments after, it began to spin out of control, pointing back at the ship * Fortunately for the crew it broke up mid-air and landed just yards away in the sea * The missile was conventional - but the frigate is destined to carry Vl...
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/29/2021
Lambert Strether, naked capitalism - 17 hours ago
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day From El Salvador. Who knew there could be a bird species called the “Thick-knee”? “Man busted for trying to smuggle 36 birds into the US under his clothes for birdsong contests” [Boing Boing (Re Silc)]. “Authorities at New York City’s JFK Airport nabbed Kevin Andre […]
Marijuana MSO Ascend Wellness aims to raise $80 million via IPO
John Schroyer, MJBizDaily - 17 hours ago
Multistate operator Ascend Wellness Holdings plans to raise $80 million through an initial public offering aimed at bankrolling marijuana investments in Ohio and New York as well as future acquisitions. The New York-based marijuana company said in a news release it plans to issue 10 million shares of its Class A common stock priced at […] Marijuana MSO Ascend Wellness aims to raise $80 million via IPO is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
"America Is Exceptionally...Kleptocratic: Wealth/Power Inequality and the Slide Into Disorder"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 17 hours ago
*"America Is Exceptionally...Kleptocratic:* *Wealth/Power Inequality and the Slide Into Disorder"* by Charles Hugh Smith "The U.S. Constitution doesn't address a small elite owning most of the nation's private wealth and using a sliver of that wealth to influence the federal government so their wealth and political power increase in a self-reinforcing feedback: as a result of their campaign contributions and lobbying, the elites' wealth continues expanding, enhancing their political power to further expand their wealth, and so on. This financial and political dominance is thus perfe...
Biden’s ‘Crazy’ Talk on China: ‘We’re in a Competition to Win the 21st Century’
NEWS WIRE, 21st Century Wire - 17 hours ago
*21WIRE + Antiwar.com* | While Biden struggled to get through parts of his script, one message stood out: a NATO-style military alliance to 'counter/confront' China is in the offing.
"How It Really Is"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 17 hours ago
Because the Universe needed an insane asylum... “My own view is that this planet is used as a penal colony, lunatic asylum and dumping ground by a superior civilization, to get rid of the undesirable and unfit. I can't prove it, but you can't disprove it either.” - Christopher Hitchens
Another major human rights org reports: “apartheid” in Israel
contact@ifamericansknew.org, Israel Palestine News - 17 hours ago
Just a few months after Israeli human rights org B'Tselem released its bombshell report calling Israel an apartheid state, another major group reaches the same conclusion – adding "persecution" to the charge of apartheid. A 200+ page report details Human Rights Watch's findings.
Columbia Care acquires New York cannabis cultivation site for $42.5M
Solomon Israel, MJBizDaily - 18 hours ago
Multistate cannabis operator Columbia Care is spending $42.5 million in cash and stock to acquire a 34-acre cultivation site in its home state of New York. The new location on eastern Long Island includes 740,000 square feet of operational greenhouse space that will be acquired in the second phase of the transaction later this year […] Columbia Care acquires New York cannabis cultivation site for $42.5M is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Anger after watchdog appears to back away from inquiry into DWP deaths
John Pring, Disability News Service - 18 hours ago
The equality and human rights watchdog appears to have backed away from holding a wide-ranging statutory inquiry into links between the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the deaths of disabled benefit claimants. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) confirmed […]
Coalition calls for halt to use of ‘unethical and unsafe’ mental distress emergency scheme
John Pring, Disability News Service - 18 hours ago
Disabled activists are calling for an immediate halt to the use of a multi-agency scheme that they believe is unethical, unlawful and unsafe, and which they say puts people in severe mental distress at risk of being denied vital support. Under the […]
Watchdog’s ‘invaluable’ inquiry set to expose ‘fragility’ of social care system
John Pring, Disability News Service - 18 hours ago
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is to launch an “invaluable” and “long-overdue” inquiry into whether the social care system breaches equality and human rights laws. The formal statutory inquiry will examine the system of assessing needs and making decisions on […]
Ministers agree to carer abuse review after refusing to include disability rights in new bill
John Pring, Disability News Service - 18 hours ago
The government has agreed to launch a year-long review into the protection and support available to disabled people who are abused by their carers. The review will examine the protections and support currently available, and the barriers to access to justice, and […]
Chronic illness community faces culture of disbelief and rigid jobs policies, says report
John Pring, Disability News Service - 18 hours ago
Millions of people with energy-limiting chronic illness (ELCI) are being failed by both employers and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), according to a new user-led report. The study found that the flaws within the disability benefits system create a “a […]
Disabled people ‘treated as afterthought throughout pandemic’, says academic
John Pring, Disability News Service - 18 hours ago
Disabled people have often been treated as “an afterthought” throughout the coronavirus pandemic, according to a leading disabled academic. Professor Tom Shakespeare told a webinar on Tuesday that disabled people had been disproportionately affected in multiple ways, including the disruption to day-to-day […]
FA joins list of organisations discriminating in government COVID test programme
John Pring, Disability News Service - 18 hours ago
The Football Association (FA) has become the latest organisation to discriminate against disabled people taking part in a government programme of events that is testing how post-lockdown crowds can safely return to sports and cultural venues. At least two of the events […]
Biden’s Expensive Offshore Wind Plan
IER, IER - 19 hours ago
President Biden’s plan to reach net zero carbon dioxide emissions in the generating sector includes the installation of 30,000 megawatts… The post Biden’s Expensive Offshore Wind Plan appeared first on IER.
Biden’s America
Francisco, Small Dead Animals - 19 hours ago
Why is Uncle Tim trending on Twitter? Must be an explosion of unity and tolerance. Update- twitter decides to hide the lefts racism from the world.
Front line in war between drug factions, Manaus’ Compensa neighborhood lives bloody days
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 17 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Authorities are investigating an alliance between the Familia do Norte and Terceiro Comando Puro against the Comando Vermelho (CV), which partially dominates the region. A new group, Cartel do Norte, may also be involved in the killings. "Attention: Uber or residents of Compensa 1, 2 and 3, when entering the […] The post Front line in war between drug factions, Manaus’ Compensa neighborhood lives bloody days appeared first on The Rio Times.
Warfare in 2050
Peter, Bayou Renaissance Man - 17 hours ago
Interesting Engineering has published a forecast of what warfare may look like in 2050 and beyond. They've analyzed current trends and emerging technologies to produce an overview of how combat and its tools are developing. They conclude: While making accurate predictions is never easy, the nature of warfare by mid-century is predicted to include a few major shifts: - Distributed technologies giving rise to new terror threats - Quantum computing and escalation of cyberwarfare - Stealth reaching the point of true invisibility - No more tanks or tank battles - Ro...
Top U.S. General Says Russia's Increasing Military Flights Around Alaska Are 'A Strain On Our Units'
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 17 hours ago
An F-22 intercepts a Russian Tu-95 bomber near Alaska. NORAD *Business Insider: **Russia's increasing military flights around Alaska are 'a strain on our units,' top US commander says* * Numerous US officials have said that Russian military flights around Alaska have increased. * Responding to them strains Air Force units in Alaska, the top commander there said Wednesday. * But they still do it "in a timely, professional manner" and "with style," Air Force Lt. Gen. David Krumm said. Russian military flights around Alaska are taxing the US units that respond to them, but th...
Is ‘Long Boi’ the Tallest Mallard Duck in the World?
Dan Evon, Snopes.com - 18 hours ago
Long Boi is definitely a long boi, but is he the longest boi?
Mastercard’s digital proposal for Latin American governments
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 18 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - An agreement between the Panamanian government and the multinational payments company Mastercard aims over the next five years to digitize payments in state entities, fight against cyber fraud and expand financial inclusion, needs exacerbated by the pandemic. This is the first country in Latin America and the Caribbean to join […] The post Mastercard’s digital proposal for Latin American governments appeared first on The Rio Times.
$3,600 'Stimulus Checks' Forever? Democrats Want to Go Big
Rachel Bucchino, The National Interest - 18 hours ago
*Rachel Bucchino* *$3600 Stimulus Check, * [image: 3600 Stimulus] Biden’s American Rescue Plan expands the existing $2,000 annual child tax break to $3,600 for children under the age of 6 and $3,000 for children between the ages of 6 and 17. Progressives Have a bigger idea. Headline: Democrats, Biden Collide on Extension of Child Tax Credit President Joe Biden unveiled his American Families Plan on Wednesday, which calls for a temporary extension of the enhanced child tax credit, a Covid-era policy that was featured in the president’s coronavirus relief package. And although D...
Did 85% of Americans Approve of Biden’s Speech?
Dan Evon, Snopes.com - 18 hours ago
The viewing audience for Biden's first speech before a joint session of Congress was not representative of Americans as a whole.
U.S. Navy Stealth Zumwalt Destroyers Will Be The First U.S. Warships Armed With Hypersonic Missiles
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 18 hours ago
Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001) leads a formation including the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62), USS Spruance (DDG-111), USS Pinckney (DDG-91) and USS Kidd (DDG-100), and the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS-4) during U.S. Pacific Fleet’s Unmanned Systems Integrated Battle Problem (UxS IBP) on April 21, 2021. US Navy Photo *USNI News: **CNO: Hypersonic Weapons at Sea to Premiere on Zumwalt Destroyers in 2025* The Navy is set to debut its first at-sea hypersonic missiles aboard o...
Was Goldeneye 007 Originally Intended for Super NES?
Jordan Liles, Snopes.com - 18 hours ago
The Goldeneye 007 title that ended up being released on Nintendo 64 in 1997 perhaps defined an entire generation of video games.
Secrets of the ionosphere began to be revealed 60 years ago in Peru
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 18 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The secrets of the ionosphere, the upper layer of the Earth's atmosphere charged with ions and radio waves, began to be revealed 60 years ago from the Jicamarca Radio Observatory (ROJ), built in the Andean foothills of Lima, the capital of Peru. These observations were recorded on April 22, 27, […] The post Secrets of the ionosphere began to be revealed 60 years ago in Peru appeared first on The Rio Times.
A New $1,400 Stimulus Check? Here Is What Joe Biden Had to Say (Or Not)
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 18 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *Joe Biden Speech Stimulus, * [image: Biden New Stimulus Check] Sadly he did not mention it in the speech last night. Does this mean the idea of a fourth stimulus check is dead? It would appear that they’re unlikely, at least in the short term. President Biden addressed a joint session of Congress Wednesday night for the first time as president. In the speech, timed for his 100th day in office, Biden touted the American Rescue Plan and the vaccine rollout, while laying out his plans for future packages called the American Jobs Plan and the American Families Plan....
Internalization is hope for over 50,000 Venezuelans in Brazil
Latin America News, The Rio Times - 18 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Selling all her things and leaving the country was the reaction of Venezuelan Keila Ruiz Yepez when she found herself in the midst of a social and humanitarian crisis. She crossed the border with Brazil, reaching the state of Roraima in August 2018. She left one end of the country […] The post Internalization is hope for over 50,000 Venezuelans in Brazil appeared first on The Rio Times.
Advice from an investment firm about Woke corporation
Norma, Collecting My Thoughts - 18 hours ago
"As I have pointed out several times, the whole university left wing indoctrination has now permeated all of life, including large corporations who are being led to stick their nose in where it does not belong by Jeff Sonnenfeld of Yale. The best way corporations can help the poor and minorities, is to maximize profits, which leads to more hiring, which leads to wage increases, which leads to higher family incomes, and wealth creation for those willing to work hard and stay out of trouble. We saw it in 2019 when the economy was doing very well, and there were millions more job openi...
Russia Says US Policy Dangerous, Leading to 2nd Cuban Missile Crisis
Alexander Mercouris, The Duran - 18 hours ago
Russia Says US Policy Dangerous, Leading to 2nd Cuban Missile Crisis News Topic 133 Unlearned History Lessons Unlearned History Lessons In recent years, relations between Russia and the US have shifted from competitiveness to confrontation, effectively going back to the Cold War era. The sanctions pressure, threats, conflict behaviour and defence of selfish interests are […]
Joe’s speech to Congress: Low energy mixed with CRAZY promises
The Duran, The Duran - 19 hours ago
Joe’s speech to Congress: Low energy mixed with CRAZY promises The Duran: Episode 956 FDR’s Second Coming? Biden’s vision of America’s future is straight out of the 1930s FDR’s Second Coming? Biden’s vision of America’s future is straight out of the 1930s In his address to Congress, US President Joe Biden doubled down on his […]
UK Crony Capitalism: The Judgment is in
barovsky, The New Dark Age - 19 hours ago
Good Law Project is today able to reveal the names of four more companies awarded contracts through the VIP lane: Clandeboye Agencies, P14 Medical, Luxe Lifestyle and Meller Designs.
2021 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars
cmaadmin, Diverse - 20 hours ago
2021 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars
After 100 Days, Biden and Congress Must Do More to Address Water Crises in America
Seth Gladstone, Food & Water Watch - 20 hours ago
Today’s Senate Action Isn’t Enough; 216 Million Americans Vulnerable to Water Shutoffs as Pandemic Continues
Not everything outside the Pentagon is “soft power”
Peter Henne, Duck of Minerva - 22 hours ago
As someone who works on religion and politics, I encounter the term “soft power” a lot. Most of the time it’s in a good way; soft power is a means to advocate for policies that draw on our values but still advance our interests. But, occasionally, the term frustrates me. Too often it’s used as […]
Greta Thunberg accuses leaders of creative public relations – reprise from 2019
Keith, musingsofanoldfart - 22 hours ago
My wife and I just watched the first part of a PBS documentary series on Greta Thunberg and her climate change response advocacy. Below is a post I wrote two years ago following her UN speech in Madrid. I had … Continue reading →
The Marines’ New Missile-Toting Joint Light Tactical Vehicle is Here
Caleb Larson, The National Interest - 18 hours ago
*Caleb Larson* *U.S. Marines, Asia* [image: U.S. Marines] The modified tactical vehicle foregoes cab space—and driver—for a pair of powerful Naval Strike Missiles—and it’s all part of the Marine Corps’ plan to better face China. The Marine Corps is in the throes of what is arguably their most significant force structure redesign in the Corps’ long and storied history. Gone are the days of decades-long land warfare campaigns—instead the Marine Corps is preparing to face a near-peer rival in the Pacific: China. And in order to better face that challenge, the Marines are changing t...
Is the GOP Marching Toward Irrelevancy?
Pedro Gonzalez, The National Interest - 18 hours ago
*Pedro Gonzalez* *GOP, Americas* U.S. politics have evolved into an arms race to give people benefits with the power they confer upon elected representatives. The GOP can accept this fact or continue its march toward irrelevancy, winning only when Americans are momentarily fed up with the Democratic Party. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) appears to have nodded off during President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address to Congress. Cruz and the rest of the GOP may as well have been in the arms of Morpheus because Biden has successfully taken the populist torch that former President Donal...
$1,400 Stimulus Check Update: How Joe Biden Created an Economic Boom?
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 18 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *Stimulus Check Update, * [image: Stimulus Check] The Labor Department said in a report Thursday that 553,000 Americans filed jobless claims last week, which was the lowest number since the start of the pandemic but still above estimates, according to CNBC. Are stimulus checks working? Huge economic growth reported in first quartePart of the idea of the $1,400 stimulus checks distributed by the government as part of the American Rescue Plan was that putting money in the hands of Americans would encourage spending, and therefore cause the economy to grow. Accord...
How the Air Force’s “Golden Horde” Helps Bombs Defeat GPS Jamming
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 18 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Networked Warfare, Americas* [image: Networked Warfare] It is well known that enemy jamming and electronic warfare could hinder targeting capabilities, but this new technology aims to solve that problem. The Air Force is taking new steps to fast-track a promising new in-flight weapons-networking technology to war. This system is described as a computer-enabled autonomous, collaborative data sharing capability between weapons on route to target. The service’s Golden Horde technology, as it is called, engineers high-tech seekers into weapons such as Small Diameter B...
Argentina protests the launching of British missiles from the Falkland Islands
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 18 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Argentine government, on Thursday, April 29, protested the launching of Rapier missiles from the Falkland Islands by the United Kingdom, a country with which it disputes sovereignty over the South Atlantic archipelago, known in Spanish as the Malvinas. According to a statement from the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs, […] The post Argentina protests the launching of British missiles from the Falkland Islands appeared first on The Rio Times.
Russian Opposition Leader Navalny Makes First Appearance Since Ending His Hunger Strike
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 18 hours ago
*CNN*:* Navalny appears in court for first time since ending hunger strike, saying 'I'm just an awful skeleton'* Moscow (CNN)A judge in Moscow upheld a defamation conviction Thursday against jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny, who joined a court hearing via videolink, in his first public appearance since he went on hunger strike. The visibly gaunt Navalny used the platform to launch a broadside against President Vladimir Putin and his government, likening him to the foolish "naked king" from "The Emperor's New Clothes" children's tale and calling the judge and prosecutors ...
Fauci combats “wildly false conspiracy theories”
Martin Hill, From the Trenches World Report - 18 hours ago
NoMask Info The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services interviewed Fauci on April 27, 2021 on their podcast. The show is 38 minutes. HHS... The post Fauci combats “wildly false conspiracy theories” appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.
The Ephemerality of Capitalism
Unknown, The Conservative Socrates - 19 hours ago
Capitalism is the father of socialism. Liberty is the mother of tyranny. This is because capitalism and liberty give rise to a human material which despises the moral norms of a capitalist free society and is instinctively drawn towards socialism and tyranny. It is impossible for mankind to create a capitalist free society which can last for more than a generation—the moment the next generation takes over, the dismantling of the old ways begins.
US Vows Again to Ban Menthol Flavor in Cigarettes, Cigars
AP News, Snopes.com - 19 hours ago
The action would also ban menthol and fruity flavors from low-cost, small cigars, which are increasingly popular with young people, especially Black teens.
Brazil Says Russian Sputnik-V Covid Vaccine Carried Live Cold Virus. Has Banned The Use Of The Vaccine
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 19 hours ago
*France 24:* *Brazil says Russian Covid vaccine carried live cold virus* Tainted batches of Russia's Sputnik V Covid vaccine sent to Brazil carried a live version of a common cold-causing virus, the South American country's health regulator reported in a presentation explaining its decision to ban the drug's import. Top virologist Angela Rasmussen told AFP the finding "raises questions about the integrity of the manufacturing processes" and could be a safety issue for people with weaker immune systems, if the problem was found to be widespread. Russia's Gamaleya Institute, wh...
Thursday Morning Links
Unknown, Accidental Deliberations - 19 hours ago
This and that for your Thursday reading. - Andrew Nikiforuk calls for us to learn from over a year's worth of experience with COVID-19 and guard against aerosol spread to limit the development and transmission of variants. And Ian Sample reports on new findings showing that children are at risk of long COVID effects even if they're able to avoid initial symptoms. - Donya Ziaee writes about Justin Trudeau's choice to bow to investor pressure and break his promise to set national standards for long-term care residents and workers. And Paisley Sim points out how it's possible to fix...
A Free & Accessible Vaccine is Just out of Reach for Palestinians
Global Issues News Headlines - 19 hours ago
GAZA, Apr 29 (IPS) - We were able to keep the coronavirus at bay for five months in Gaza, the densely populated Palestinian strip of land surrounded by Israel that I call home. But the Coronavirus doesn’t respect walls or artificial borders. While preparations were made for the pandemic to inevitably breach a blockade so few Palestinians can, we waited for it to come for us. And it did. Read the full story, “A Free & Accessible Vaccine is Just out of Reach for Palestinians”, on globalissues.org →
Review A Pretext for War, 9/11, Iraq, and the Abuse of America’s Intelligence Agencies
Joel Wing, MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 19 hours ago
*Bamford, James, **A Pretext for War, 9/11, Iraq, and the Abuse of America’s Intelligence Agencies**, New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Auckland: Doubleday, 2004* *A Pretext for War, 9/11, Iraq and the Abuse of America’s Intelligence Agencies* by James Bamford is a very flawed book. The first problem is the author loves telling stories which takes him off on extended tangents. Second, the last third of the book covers the causes and lead up to the Iraq War and is completely wrong blaming Saddam’s attempt on the life former President George Bush and neoconservatives for the in...
This Day In Iraqi History - Apr 29
Joel Wing, MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 19 hours ago
1916 Ottomans defeated the British at Battle of Kut after 4 months captured 14,000 prisoners 7,000 of which died in captivity British lost 33,000 casualties One of largest defeats for UK in WWI 1941 More British troops from 20th Inf Brigade arrived in Basra Iraq protested 1941 UK Ambassador told British women and children to leave Baghdad because of expected war with Iraq 1941 PM Gaylani sent Iraqi forces to UK air base at Habaniya Anbar 11th Inf Brigade ordered to Baghdad to later be deployed to Anbar UK Embassy in Baghdad informed UK forces in Habaniya Iraqi army head...
FACT CHECK: No, Biden is NOT Ending the War in Afghanistan, He’s Just Rebranding It
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 19 hours ago
[image: afghanistan]No, contrary to what the President claimed earlier this month, the war in Afghanistan is not ending on September 11, it will continue.
The ‘Dark Side’ of Corporate America’s Voice-Profiling Revolution
Children's Health Defense - 20 hours ago
Joseph Turow, author of the forthcoming “The Voice Catchers,” says we’re in the early stages of a voice-profiling revolution that exploits consumers’ feelings, privacy and wallets. The post The ‘Dark Side’ of Corporate America’s Voice-Profiling Revolution appeared first on Children's Health Defense.
The Variable Relationships Between Worker Centers And Unions
Terrace, PopularResistance.Org - 20 hours ago
Like many immigrant workers, Pascual Tapia, a late-night janitor at a Target store in Minneapolis, was a victim of wage theft. He often worked 56 hours a week, but he was hardly ever paid time and a half for overtime. And like many immigrant workers in the Twin Cities, he turned to a highly regarded worker center for help: CTUL, the Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en la Lucha (the Center of United Workers in Struggle). Tapia was delighted when CTUL won over $1,000 in back pay for him as part of the more than $1 million in settlements it won from cleaning contractors for Target and o...
Gregory Mannarino, AM 4/29/21: "The Middle Class Is Being Wiped Out, And The MSM Is Loving It"
CoyotePrime, Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 2 - 20 hours ago
Gregory Mannarino, AM 4/29/21: *"The Middle Class Is Being Wiped Out, * *And The MSM Is Loving It"* - https://traderschoice.net/
175 Groups Urge Banks Not to Fund ‘Disastrous’ $12 Billion Chemical Plant in ‘Cancer Alley’
Children's Health Defense - 21 hours ago
The proposed Formosa Plastics facility would double or triple the toxic levels of cancer-causing pollutants in Louisiana’s St. James Parish, elevating residents' risk of cancer, asthma and other serious diseases, the groups said. The post 175 Groups Urge Banks Not to Fund ‘Disastrous’ $12 Billion Chemical Plant in ‘Cancer Alley’ appeared first on Children's Health Defense .
Data Brokers and National Security
mkans, Lawfare - 23 hours ago
Sen. Ron Wyden speaks a town hall in 2017. (Joe Frasier, https://flickr.com/photos/146781514@N05/33115710686; CC BY 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en) In the worlds of data protection and privacy, too often there is a decoupling of national security issues and what might be termed non-national security issues despite the clear interplay between the two realms. Over the past decade, U.S. adversaries have vacuumed up the personal data of many Americans with one nation possibly being at the fore: the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The PRC was connected to th...
World Press Freedom in an age of remoteness
Global Issues News Headlines - 19 hours ago
CANBERRA, Australia, Apr 29 (IPS) - 3 May is World Press Freedom Day. This is part of a series of IPS features and opinion editorials focused on media freedom globally.Edmund Burke called the press the fourth estate, the fourth pillar of democracy, with an oversight role on the remaining three pillars – the legislature, executive and the judiciary. In an ideal world, this fourth estate would have unimpeded access to the other three pillars so that the citizenry could be kept informed at all times. This freedom was conceived to be so sacrosanct that many countries have included it a...
Southern Sunset
Global Issues News Headlines - 19 hours ago
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Apr 29 (IPS) - Of nature's many gifts, an ocean stroll at sunset is one appreciated globally. Earth Day on 22 April encouraged environmental protection but ocean threats remain abundant. Read the full story, “Southern Sunset”, on globalissues.org →
Press Freedom Vital in the Fight Against the Pandemic
Global Issues News Headlines - 19 hours ago
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Apr 29 (IPS) - Access to accurate information is vitally important during the pandemic, so that people can understand how to protect themselves and their families, and to hold their governments to account for their response to the health emergency. Read the full story, “Press Freedom Vital in the Fight Against the Pandemic”, on globalissues.org →
UN chief pledges to fight for all Cypriots, as impasse remains
Global Issues News Headlines - 19 hours ago
UN Secretary-General António Guterres pledged on Thursday that he would continue to represent the interests of all Cypriots in future talks on the divided Mediterranean island, as an informal effort to break the impasse ended, without finding common ground. Read the full story, “UN chief pledges to fight for all Cypriots, as impasse remains”, on globalissues.org →
UK’s 85% family planning aid cut will be devastating for women and girls: UNFPA
Global Issues News Headlines - 19 hours ago
The United Kingdom’s intention to cut 85 per cent of its contribution to a flagship UN family planning programme this year, will have devastating consequences for women and girls and their families across the world, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency (UNFPA) said on Thursday. Read the full story, “UK’s 85% family planning aid cut will be devastating for women and girls: UNFPA”, on globalissues.org →
LIVE: U.S. Intelligence Officials Testify On Global Threats
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 19 hours ago
Is U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin The Right Man For The Job?
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 19 hours ago
US President Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's at a White House event. Alex Brandon / Pool via CNP *Politico:* *The unexpected Pentagon chief* A media-shy Lloyd Austin works behind the scenes to carry out the president's plans. Lloyd Austin was sitting in his car in a church parking lot after Saturday night mass when he got the call that would change his life. The phone clicked, and a voice asked him if he would please hold for the president-elect. That’s when Joe Biden asked Austin to make history as the first Black man to lead the Pentagon. For Austin, a physically...
Dollar closes below R$5.40 for first time since February after Fed decision to keep interest rates low
The Rio Times Staff, The Rio Times - 19 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In a day of optimism in the international market, the dollar dropped significantly and closed on Wednesday, April 28, below R$5.40 for the first time since February. The stock market, on the other hand, recovered from the drop on Tuesday, April 27, and closed at its highest level in almost […] The post Dollar closes below R$5.40 for first time since February after Fed decision to keep interest rates low appeared first on The Rio Times.
Impacts of solar flare on the Earth's magnetosphere
The Watchers » Latest articles - 20 hours ago
In a new study published recently in Nature Physics, researchers at Shandong University in China and the National Center for Atmospheric Research in the U.S. provided new insight into the effects of solar flares on the Earth's magnetosphere. The scientists...... Read more »
The U.S. Navy Is Reducing Its Planned Number of Aluminum Ships
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *U.S. Navy, Americas* [image: U.S. Navy] Steel boats are hardier, stronger, and able to take their punches in a way that cheaper aluminum based warships cannot. America class amphibious assault ships, Ford-class carriers, Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, Constellation-class Frigates and Virginia-class submarines are all being added to the U.S. Navy fleet in high numbers and at an ambitious pace. These growing areas of Navy shipbuilding focus, which include a massive addition of new large, medium and small ships and ocean drones, comprise vital elements of ...
2 Million People Just Got Stimulus Checks. Do You Qualify for One?
Ethen Kim Lieser, The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Stimulus Check Update, * [image: Stimulus Check] For those who have been patiently waiting for “plus-up” or supplemental payments, take note that this batch included nearly seven hundred thirty thousand of such checks. Earlier this week, the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department announced in their latest press release that roughly two million more $1,400 coronavirus stimulus checks have been disbursed as part of the seventh batch of payments under President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan. This newest batch now boosts the total number sent out ...
$1,400 Stimulus Checks Are Making One Part of the U.S. Economy Boom
Stephen Silver, The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*Stephen Silver* *Stimulus Check, * [image: Biden Stimulus] Another new survey indicates that a lot of stimulus spending is going to something you might expect: Home improvement. Ever since the $1,400 stimulus checks began going out as part of President Biden’s American Rescue Plan in March, multiple surveys have found that more Americans are spending their stimulus checks to pay bills than anything else. Now, another new survey indicates that a lot of stimulus spending is going to something else: Home improvement. According to a new Harris Poll published exclusively by Fast Com...
US Troops Now ‘Commuting To Work’ To Help Somalia In Its Fight Against al-Shabab
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 20 hours ago
Spc. Kevin Martin provides security for a 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron C-130J Super Hercules during unloading operations at an unidentified location in Somalia on June 28, 2020. (Tech. Sgt. Christopher Ruano/Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa via AP) *Military Times*: *US troops now ‘commuting to work’ to help Somalia fight al-Shabab* When President Donald Trump ordered roughly 700 U.S. troops to withdraw from Somalia late last year, it decreased the American footprint there, but not the mission to help that country’s military fight back against al-Shabab, al-Qa...
English Rockers Genesis Announce 1st U.S. Tour in 14 Years
AP News, Snopes.com - 20 hours ago
Phil Collins, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford announced The Last Domino? Tour on Thursday, which will kick off in Chicago on Nov. 15.
West Africa is the Latest Testing Ground for US Military Artificial Intelligence
Scott Timcke, MintPress News - 20 hours ago
In its preparation for great power competition, the US military is modernizing its artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques and testing them in West Africa. The post West Africa is the Latest Testing Ground for US Military Artificial Intelligence appeared first on MintPress News.
‘My Baby!’—Cops Shoot Mom, Kill Dad With Baby in Back Seat During Road Rage Incident
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project - 20 hours ago
[image: road rage]An Austin cop chased down a family during a road rage incident, opened fire shooting the mother and the father.
Road Pricing Will Be Used To Reduce Vehicle Mileage
Paul Homewood, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 21 hours ago
By Paul Homewood A new report from Greener Transport Solutions – a group overseen by academics – has warned it was key motorists transition from fuel duty to a “new way of paying for road use”. The report said the switch would be one of the “best fiscal changes“ the Government could […]
The province needs to be more forthcoming about school-connected cases of COVID
Tim Bousquet, Halifax Examiner - 21 hours ago
News 1. COVID-19 and reporting on school-connected cases In the Halifax area, we’re in Day 7 of Lockdown; in the rest of the province, it’s Day 2 of Lockdown. Are the tight restrictions having an effect? It’s too early to say, but the three-day trend is encouraging, from a high of 96 new cases announced […]
Amber Rudd To Work At EY–As Climate Change Consultant
Paul Homewood, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 21 hours ago
By Paul Homewood Amber Rudd, former Secretary of State for Energy in 2015/16, has been cleared to take up a part time, paid employment at Ernst Young, one of the Big Four Accountancy & Consultancy Firms. Her new job has been approved by the Office of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments. […]
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Jenna Orkin, From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 21 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin Nigerian women take action as rape, assault cases surge during pandemic Stunning DDT dump site off L.A. coast much bigger than scientists expected China to report first population drop in five decades -FT Green-Spying Legendary Value Manager Charles de Vaulx Found Dead - (Suicide) Google parent Alphabet jumps to record as strong ad sales push 1st-quarter results past Wall Street's forecastsAirlines who boarded planes back-to-front in response to COVID-19 actually doubled passengers' risk of exposure, a new study saysBodycam video shows California police kneeling on...
Joe Biden Promises to Turn All of America into California
Christian Whiton, The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*Christian Whiton* *Joe Biden Speech, Americas* [image: Joe Biden Speech] The State of the Union speech was filled out with the bedrock belief of California politics, which has helped bring the state to the brink of disaster: that the government knows more about business than the private sector. You’ve got to give President Joe Biden credit. He succeeded in making the Academy Awards only the second-most boring and preachy thing on TV this week. But for those who persisted through a low-energy ramble of six thousand words delivered to a sparse and ridiculously masked audience in ...
Saving the Navy: Meet the Plan to Invest $25 Billion in America’s Shipyards
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *U.S. Navy, Americas* [image: U.S. Navy] The bill has gained bipartisan support and will help ensure the United States can repair, maintain and expand its fleet of warships. The Secretary of the U.S. Navy wants more shipyard infrastructure, including the construction of new dry docks and major investments in U.S. facilities to move quickly toward its ambitious, yet realistic goal of reaching a 500-ship fleet. The good news is that it looks like Congress wants to help. A new legislative initiative, led by Representatives Rob Wittman (R-VA) and Mike Gallagher (R-WI)...
World War II Stopped an Insane Global Battleship Arms Race
Robert Farley, The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Battleships, World* It’s worth thinking about what the battlefleets of the world might have looked like in 1950 had the war not taken place. *Here's What You Need to Know*: The future of the battleship beyond 1950 would have depended to great extent on how the great navies incorporated new technologies. The late 1930s promised a renewed era of battleship construction, similar in some ways to the bonanza that immediately followed the construction of the *HMS Dreadnought*. The “naval holiday” restrictions imposed by the Washington Naval Treaty system were relaxing...
Here's What You Need to Know About France's New Nuclear Submarines
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *France, Europe* They are quite significant, in that they will add additional support to NATO’s broader strategic deterrence mission. *Here's What You Need To Know:* France’s new ballistic missile submarines could really help reinforce allied underseas missions. France is building a new class of nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarines to serve alongside the new U.S. *Columbia*-class all the way into the 2090s and beyond, according to the *Le Figaro* newspaper. The French paper cited the French Minister of the Armed Forces, Florence Parly, as confirming that deve...
Could Artificial Intelligence Change Tank Warfare?
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *AI, * The answer is: maybe. Read on and find out. *Here's What You Need to Remember: A*re there AI-enabled computer programs now equipped to confront new challenges likely to present problems for U.S. commanders operating long-range sensors? What happens if Russia or China builds a new secret tank or heavy armored vehicle that even the most advanced U.S. databases are not able to recognize? What if a weapon attacks U.S. forces that is simply not in any known threat library? Does the U.S. military have any recourse with which to make a fast, informed, combat-sensit...
Future War: The U.S. Army's Plan to Deploy Lasers against Drones and Missiles
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *U.S. Army, United States* These will be especially useful in U.S. Army Foward Operating Bases, which are constant targets. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *Adding lasers to the arsenal, integrated with sensors and fire-control radar, therefore helps U.S. soldiers quickly destroy enemy threats by burning them out of the sky in seconds. The U.S. Army is planning to deploy laser weapons able to protect Forward Operating Bases (FOB) by rapidly incinerating and destroying approaching enemy drones, artillery rounds, mortars, and cruise missiles. Forward-deployed sol...
These British Battleships Would Have Terrified Hitler. Why Were They Never Built?
Robert Farley, The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Battleships, Europe* The war came too soon. *Here's What You Need to Know*: *Lion* likely would have had little trouble with the latest German or Italian battleships. The five battleships of the *King George V* class served the Royal Navy honorably during the war, participating in the destruction of the battleships *Bismarck* and *Scharnhorst* along with an array of other missions. *HMS Vanguard*, the last battleship ever built by the United Kingdom, did not enter service until after the war. Neither of these classes, however, were the apogee of British battlesh...
Nightmare Scenario: What If the U.S. Had to Retaliate with Nuclear Weapons, But Couldn't?
Kris Osborn, The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *U.S. Military, United States* What would happen if the United States' ICBM silos were destroyed? How would Washington react? *Here's What You Need To Remember: *These types of contingencies point precisely to the reason why the U.S. nuclear triad exists. Imagine if America’s land-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch silos were destroyed, its nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarines have been found and neutralized, and its nuclear bombers cannot get over enemy airspace. All the while, during this nightmare, the continental United States itself i...
Need to Kill a Tank? These are the Weapons You Want By Your Side
Charlie Gao, The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *Anti-Tank, * While significantly heavier than the RPG-7, the Carl Gustav is largely considered to be more accurate and easier to shoot. *Here's What You Need To Remember:* While optics technologies for close combat on service rifles have advanced leaps and bounds, AT launchers have remained in the Cold War era. Saab’s update brings them into the twenty-first century and likely will set the pace for other manufacturers to begin replacing the remaining launchers with iron sights. The Carl Gustav and the AT4 are some of the most popular anti-tank systems in the world...
After Days Of Unrest And Clashes Somalia’s President Drops His Bid To Extend Term
War News Updates Editor, War News Updates - 20 hours ago
*Euronews/Reuters:* *Bowing to pressure, Somalia's president agrees not to extend presidential term* MOGADISHU (Reuters) -Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed said on Wednesday he would drop an attempt to extend his term by two years, bowing to domestic and international pressure after clashes in the capital Mogadishu split security forces along clan lines. Hours earlier, Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble had denounced the proposed term extension and called for preparations for a new presidential election. The president’s term expired in February, but the countr...
Fair Share
Greg Mankiw, Greg Mankiw's Blog - 20 hours ago
Yesterday, President Biden said, "I will not impose any tax increase on people making less than $400,000. But it’s time for corporate America and the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans to just begin to pay their fair share....But I will not add a tax burden, additional tax burden on the middle class of this country. They’re already paying enough." According to the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center, the middle class (defined here as the middle quintile of the income distribution) now pays about 13 percent of its income in federal taxes. The top 1 percent pays about 30 percent of its inc...
Harris, Pelosi Make History Seated Behind Biden at Speech
AP News, Snopes.com - 20 hours ago
“It's pretty exciting. And it's wonderful to make history. It's about time,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said hours before the speech during an interview on MSNBC.
Chaos and anarchy on the Mexican border
Peter, Bayou Renaissance Man - 20 hours ago
The Biden administration's unwritten plan to overwhelm American voters with a surge of illegal aliens (who will reliably - and, if necessary, illegally - vote Democrat) is in full swing. It's far worse than you'll read in the mainstream media, most of which support the Democratic Party and regard the invasion as a good thing, and therefore won't report the facts. A recent independent report describes the chaos. “Jose Antonio” ... said he was a long-distance foot guide, a *guia,* for the ultra-violent La Linea cartel controlling this area. He leads groups of immigrants on eigh...
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