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Saturday, June 12, 2021

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Kamala Harris Joins LGBTQ Pride March in Washington
Vice President Kamala Harris made an unannounced appearance at Saturday’s LGBTQ+ pride event in Washington, where she advocated greater legal protections for transgender people in the United States. read more
Lukaku Gets a Brace as Belgium Dominates Russia 3-0
Romelu Lukaku scored twice to lead Belgium 3-0 over Russia on Saturday in the Euro 2020 opener for both teams. read more
Finland Makes History with 1-0 Win over Distracted Denmark
Finland made its debut in a major competition a game to remember, prevailing 1-0 on Saturday in a Euro 2020 match against a Denmark side with its collective mind on stricken teammate Christian Eriksen, whose collapse in the 41st minute forced the contest to be suspended for nearly two hours. read more
Krejcikova Wins 1st Ever Major with French Open Win over Pavlyuchenkova
Barbora Krejcikova clinched on Saturday her first singles Grand Slam title after defeating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 in the French Open women’s final in nearly three hours. read more
Wales Salvages Draw in Euro 2020 Opener vs Switzerland
Wales opened its Euro 2020 campaign with a hard fought 1-1 draw against Switzerland in Baku on Saturday. read more
60,000 Vaccinated Saudi Residents Allowed to Perform Hajj
Saudi Arabia will allow 60,000 vaccinated residents inside the kingdom to perform the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, deputy minister of pilgrimage Abdulfattah bin Salman Mashat announced on Saturday. read more
Spread of Delta Variant Is of ‘Serious Concern,’ Johnson Says
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday the spread of the coronavirus Delta variant, first detected in India, was concerning, admitting that the government should be “cautious” in its final stages of reopening. read more
At Least 7 Civilians Killed in 2 Bombs in Kabul
At least seven people were killed and six others wounded in two explosions on minibuses in the west of the city of Kabul, a minority Shiite Hazara area. read more
Africa Exceeds 5 Million COVID-19 Infections amid Vaccine Shortage
Africa exceeded 5 million coronavirus cases on Saturday amid a vaccine shortage as a third wave of infections hits the continent. read more
Four Killed, Three Wounded in Militant Attack on Police in Kashmir
Two police officers and two civilians were killed on Saturday in Indian-administered Kashmir after militants attacked a security forces convoy, police said. read more
G7 Leaders Discuss Economic Challenges, How to Avoid Future Pandemics
The leaders of the G7 were discussing on Saturday ways to prevent future epidemics, measures to strengthen the global economy and foreign policy challenges on the second day of a summit in Carbis Bay in Cornwall. read more
Algeria Holds Parliamentary Elections amid Heavy Security Deployment
Polling stations in Algeria opened their doors on Saturday for people to cast their votes in parliamentary elections amid heavy security measures. read more
Tokyo 2020 Organizers Estimate 7 Daily COVID-19 Cases at Games
The organizers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games estimate that there will be about seven COVID-19 cases per day among people involved in the event, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported on Saturday. read more
Mexican Man Trying to Enter US Dies after Falling from Border Wall
A Mexican man died on Friday as he fell while trying to scale a border wall to cross into the state of Texas in the United States on Friday, according to the authorities in both countries. read more
The Fall of Indian Olympic Wrestling Star Accused of Murder
Sushil Kumar, the first Indian athlete to win two individual Olympic medals and to win a wrestling world championship, is a legend in India’s wrestling circles, but he has fallen from grace after being accused of murder. read more
New Zealand Prime Minister Says Hers ‘Not the Story to Be Told’ amid Terror Attack Film Backlash
As an online petition grew against the making of a film focusing on the response of New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to the Christchurch terror attack, the leader said on Saturday hers was not the story to be told. read more
Kim Calls for North Korean Army to Maintain ‘High Alert Posture’
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called on the army to maintain a “high alert posture” to protect national interests in the face of the “recent fast-changing situation” on the peninsula, state media reported on Saturday. read more
The National Interest23 minutes ago
Joe Biden Set Aside $46 Billion in Stimulus Checks for Rent?
*Trevor Filseth* *Stimulus Payment, * While homeowners have seen the value of their homes increase, renters remain in serious trouble. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *The program is being administered on a state-by-state, rather than national, basis, and available programs for rent relief vary widely by state; the most generous programs could provide up to $25,000 in relief. 2020 was a weird year for real estate. When the pandemic forced many Americans to remain in their homes, there were widespread fears that unemployed homeowners would be unable to pay their mortgages, and... read more
The National Interest23 minutes ago
Russia's T-4 Bomber Was Destined for Failure
*Robert Farley* *Bombers, Eurasia* The T-4 was enormously demanding to the Soviet aviation industry. *Here's What You Need to Know*: Moscow experimented with many weapons and the T-4 did not work out. In 1963, the Department of Defense canceled procurement of the XB-70 Valkyrie, a technological marvel of a bomber that had struggled to find a mission in the missile age. The Soviet Union, aware of the development of the Valkyrie, embarked on at least two programs in response. One was the MiG-25 “Foxbat,” a high-speed interceptor capable of catching the killing the Valkyrie. The ot... read more
President Biden Refuses To Hold A Joint Press Conference With Russian President Putin At The End Of Their Summit On Wednesday
*Daily Mail: **Biden will give a SOLO press conference after summit with Putin: REFUSES to take questions standing next to the Russian leader* * President Joe Biden will hold a solo press conference after his meeting with Vladimir Putin next week * Two leaders meet in Geneva on Wednesday * 'We expect this meeting to be candid and straightforward and a solo press conference is the appropriate format,' White House official said * White House reluctant to grant Putin yet another prominent platform in addition to the summit itself and put Biden in unscripted situation * Tr... read more
Got a Stimulus Check? You’d Better Spend That on Rent Debt (Or Go to Jail)
*Rachel Bucchino* *Stimulus Payment, Americas* The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s moratorium, according to Kristin Slonski, one of Beatty’s lawyers, features unclear text that orders tenants to “pay as much as they can.” *Here's What You Need to Remember: *If Beatty doesn’t pay, then she will be sent to jail for sixty days. She also owes almost $10,000 from court costs and accumulated rent. A Wisconsin woman may face two months in prison for contempt of court after not spending her stimulus payment on rent or handing over her debit card to her landlord’s lawyer, ac... read more
Study This Photo: This Aircraft Carrier Made America a Superpower
*Sebastien Roblin* *military, Americas* The Essex’s best defense and offense came from the new generation of aircraft she carried, all with ranges of a thousand miles or longer. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *The decades of operational service provided by the venerable carriers testified both to the robustness of their design, and their effectiveness as platforms of the U.S. naval power. Perhaps no vessel embodies the U.S. Navy’s embrace of the aircraft carrier as the centerpiece of its strategy as the *Essex*-class carrier. Between 1943 and 1950, twenty-four of the thirty-t... read more
Don't Read This Biden: Could Russia and China Team Up to Win World War III?
*Robert Farley* *Russia China, * The president's worst nightmare. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *As was the case in World War II, the U.S. Army would bear the brunt of defending Europe, while the Navy would concentrate on the Pacific. The U.S. Air Force (USAF) would play a supporting role in both theaters. The United States discarded its oft-misunderstood “two-war” doctrine, intended as a template for providing the means to fight two regional wars simultaneously, late last decade. Designed to deter North Korea from launching a war while the United States was involved in fi... read more
Polar bear habitat in Canada at the first week of June sees widening of critical polynyas
Originally posted on polarbearscience: Winds primarily cause the apparent sea ice ‘breakup’ in late spring through the widening of persistent polynyas and shore leads. This year the development of critical open water areas in Canada (which are important feeding areas for polar bears) is on track with previous years in most areas, although there is… read more
G7 Leaders Accept President Biden's Plan To Compete Against China
Leaders of the G7 agreed to calls by US President Joe Biden to band together to compete with China *The Guardian:* *G7 backs Biden infrastructure plan to rival China’s belt and road initiative* *Scheme is part of wider push for G7 leaders to question China on human rights, Taiwan and Covid-19 * The G7 group of rich nations has agreed plans to set up an alternative to China’s belt and road initiative as part of a broad push back against Beijing covering human rights, supply chains, support for Taiwan and demands to reveal more about the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic. Some ... read more
No Stimulus Check? Follow These Steps To Get That $1400 Check.
*Rachel Bucchino* *Stimulus Payment, * There are some people, however, who may be eligible for direct payment but will not receive the money until they file taxes. Roughly six percent of stimulus payment recipients from President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan are still waiting for the third round of direct relief, according to the IRS. Biden’s rescue package sent eligible Americans $1,400 stimulus payments, plus an additional $1,400 per dependent, after Congress passed $1,200 and $600 payments during former President Donald Trump’s White House term. There are some people, how... read more
Musical Interlude: Deuter, “Black Velvet Flirt”
*Full screen recommended.* *Deuter, “Black Velvet Flirt”* read more
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Stars are sometimes born in the midst of chaos. About 3 million years ago in the nearby galaxy M33, a large cloud of gas spawned dense internal knots which gravitationally collapsed to form stars. NGC 604 was so large, however, it could form enough stars to make a globular cluster. Many young stars from this cloud are visible in the above image from the Hubble Space Telescope, along with what is left of the initial gas cloud. Some stars were so massive they have already evolved and exploded in a supernova. The brightest stars that are left emit light so energetic that they create ... read more
"And The Hell Of It Is..."
“You go up to a man, and you say, “How are things going, Joe?” and he says, “Oh fine, fine... couldn’t be better.” And you look into his eyes, and you see things really couldn’t be much worse. When you get right down to it, everybody’s having a perfectly lousy time of it, and I mean everybody. And the hell of it is, nothing seems to help much.” - Kurt Vonnegut "People are sad. People are broke. People are worried about money, people are worried that they're not enough and not amounting to anything and they don't feel good about themselves. People have rough times, and everybody's p... read more
The Daily "Near You?"
Fort White, Florida, USA. Thanks for stopping by! read more
Dead Bees from Cell Tower in Eagle, ID
HD Pacific Builders, LLC Jun 2, 2021 The post Dead Bees from Cell Tower in Eagle, ID appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
Were “The Elderly… Killed in Hospitals”… During the Pandemic?
Unz Review – by Mike Whitney Is there a policy to euthanize older patients in the hospital? Are older people being killed before their time?... The post Were “The Elderly… Killed in Hospitals”… During the Pandemic? appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
"Miami Beach is Open for Business - Every City Should Follow Their Lead"
*Full screen recommended.* Dan, IAllegedly, PM 6/12/21: * "Miami Beach is Open for Business - * *Every City Should Follow Their Lead"* read more
SHOCKING JUMP in Vaccine Deaths Reported This Week at CDC-Linked VAERS Tracking Website
Gateway Pundit – by Jim Hoft There are more US deaths related to vaccines in 2021 in less than 5 months than there were the... The post SHOCKING JUMP in Vaccine Deaths Reported This Week at CDC-Linked VAERS Tracking Website appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
Two-tier societies are emerging, with dwindling rights for the unvaccinated. Why do governments consider them such a threat?
RT While the authorities keep saying that Covid-19 vaccination isn’t obligatory – at least, not yet – good luck trying to live a normal life... The post Two-tier societies are emerging, with dwindling rights for the unvaccinated. Why do governments consider them such a threat? appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
Billions of Body Bags: A U.S.-China War Would Be Devastating
*Robert Farley* *China, * All kinds of awful. *Here's What You Need to Remember:* Fifteen years ago, the only answers to “How would a war between the People’s Republic of China and the United States start?” involved disputes over Taiwan or North Korea. That's no longer the case. How does the unthinkable happen? As we wind our way to the 100th anniversary of the events that culminated in World War I, the question of unexpected wars looms large. What series of events could lead to war in East Asia, and how would that war play out? The United States and China are inextricably lock... read more
America's Sixth-Generation Stealth Fighter: What We Know So Far
*Kris Osborn* *Sixth-Generation Fighter, * Sorry: Almost nothing. The highly secretive, mysterious yet already airborne Air Force sixth-generation stealth fighter jet captures a lot of attention, something quite remarkable for a platform about which very little or nothing is known. The simple fact that it exists, arriving almost ten years earlier than expected, and has already taken to the skies, is certainly more than sufficient to generate massive global interest in the program. Might it redefine paradigms for air-attack? Given all this, a person might be curious as to wher... read more
The Crazy Reason Russia Has Only 1 Aircraft Carrier
*Robert Farley* *Aircraft Carriers, Eurasia* Historically a land power, the country has grappled with the idea of a large naval aviation arm for much of its history. *Here's What You Need to Know*: Russia has a unique maritime geography, with four fleets operating from four coasts practically incapable of offering mutual support. Historically a land power, the Soviet Union grappled with the idea of a large naval aviation arm for most of its history, eventually settling on a series of hybrid aircraft carriers. Big plans for additional ships died with the Soviet collapse, but Russ... read more
War News Updates2 hours ago
U.S. Senator Tom Cotton And Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin Spar Over Diversity Training In Military
*Daily Mail: **'I won't give you a yes-or-no answer on that': Biden's Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin refuses to say explicitly if he thinks the US armed forces are racist, as he is questioned by Sen. Tom Cotton* * Senator Tom Cotton clashed with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at Senate Armed Services Committee hearing * Cotton said he had received hundreds of complaints via his woke military whistleblower website * 'We're hearing reports of plummeting morale, growing mistrust between the races and sexes,' he said * And he claimed diversity training amounted to 'anti-Americ... read more
Setting the Stage for the Takeover by Global Technocrats
Mark Carney knows how to run your life better than you do. read more
The A-12 Spy Plane was Impressive, But Had a Fatal Flaw
*Sebastien Roblin* *A-12, * The CIA’s twelve ultra-fast A-12 jets were doomed to a brief operational career after the first flight in 1962. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Following on the heels of several U-2 spy plane shootdowns, Washington was no longer willing to authorize overflights of Soviet territory which the A-12 had been designed to perform. Meanwhile, the Air Force ordered a larger SR-71 variant of the A-12 that was deemed superior in a “fly off” in November 1967. On October 30, 1967, a CIA spy-plane soared eighty-four thousand feet over Hanoi in northern Vietnam... read more
It’s in the Mail: More Stimulus Check are Coming Home
*Trevor Filseth* *Stimulus Payment Update, * Of the most recent 2.3 million, roughly 900,000 were sent to individuals or families who had not had tax information on file before the most recent round of tax returns were due on May 17. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *The most recent round of payments was roughly evenly divided between paper checks and direct deposit. A small minority also received the payments in the form of a cash transfer onto a prepaid debit card. Over the last two weeks, more than 2.3 million stimulus checks have been sent out. The latest batch of payments... read more
The Last Refuge3 hours ago
CDC Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) Shows Stunning Increase in Deaths Due to COVID Vaccine
According to the VAERS reporting system (within the CDC) there were 5,997 currently reported fatalities in 2021 attributed to vaccinations during the first half of this year. Of that 5,997 number: 5,888 are directly attributed to COVID vaccinations. [GRAPHIC SOURCE] By comparison in 2020 there were 365 total fatalities attributed to vaccines. The 2021 data […] The post CDC Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) Shows Stunning Increase in Deaths Due to COVID Vaccine appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
Joe Biden’s Middle East Strategy of Alienating Allies and Emboldening Foes
*Barak M. Seener* *Strategy, Middle East* The United States’ hands-off approach towards Iran is directly contributing to the Iranian regime’s belief that it will not suffer any consequences for violating U.S. sanctions and advancing its destabilizing regional strategy. At Vienna, the Biden administration is attempting to silo nuclear negotiations with Iran from escalating tensions between Iran and U.S. allies. To this end, the United States is treating the security concerns of its allies—Israel, UAE and Saudi Arabia as a separate parallel sphere from Iran’s nuclear ambitions and ... read more
Washington’s Fundamentally Flawed Approach to the Balkans
*Gordon N. Bardos* *Conflct, The Balkans* U.S. policy for the Balkans over the past three decades has exacerbated problems and perpetuated Balkan conflicts rather than promoted regional stability and progress. If credit should be given where credit is due, then one thing has to be admitted—when it comes to choosing Balkan clients, Washington sure knows how to pick them. Consider the track record over the past three decades. In Montenegro, Washington’s longtime favorite, Milo Djukanovic, who has been president or prime minister of the country for some thirty years, was named “201... read more
Russia's Kirov-Class Battlecruiser: The Last 'Battleship' on the Planet?
*Robert Farley* *Russia, Eurasia* The Kirovs can threaten U.S. assets, while also providing an impressive, prestigious platform for the display of Russian maritime prowess. *Here's What You Need to Know*: The Kirov remains the largest and heaviest surface combatant warship still operating in the world. In the 1970s, the Soviet Union embarked on a project to do what no navy had done for decades—build a surface warfare vessel comparable in size to the battleships of World War I and World War II. The U.S. Navy—and every other navy in the world—had given up on ships of this size due ... read more
Russia Has Two Missing Nuclear Weapons (We Know Where They Are)
*Robert Farley* *Submarines, * It sank with its nuclear payload onboard and unsecured. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *On April 12, the K-8 sank with some forty crew members aboard, coming to rest at a rough depth of 15,000 feet. The depth made any effort at recovering the submarine, and the nuclear torpedoes, impractical. The Bay of Biscay is one of the world’s great submarine graveyards. In late World War II, British and American aircraft sank nearly seventy German U-boats in the Bay, which joined a handful of Allied and German subs sunk in the region during World War I. ... read more
Own a Home? You Could Be Eligible for an Stimulus Check
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Stimulus Payment, * [image: July 15 Stimulus Check] The purpose of the Homeowner Assistance Fund is to prevent mortgage delinquencies and defaults, foreclosures, loss of utilities or home energy services, and displacement of homeowners experiencing financial hardship. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *In order to qualify for the benefits, at least one member of a household must be eligible to collect unemployment. In some cases, individuals will be able to state in writing that the pandemic has caused so much financial hardship that it made it impossible to... read more
Coming Soon: Zumwalt-Class Stealth Destroyers with Hypersonic Missiles?
*Sebastien Roblin* *Zumwalt Stealth Destroyer, * [image: Wikimedia Commons] CPS missiles on a Zumwalt would nonetheless effectively remain a premium, low-volume capability reserved for use against the highest value and/or most time-critical targets. San Diego hosts three of the U.S. Navy’s most striking warships: the *USS Zumwalt, Michael Monsoor, *and the soon-to-be-commissioned *Lyndon B. Johnson*. From their distinctive tumblehome hulls which are narrower above the waterline, futuristic flush surfaces designed for radar stealth, and sheer size—nearly twice the displacement of ... read more
A Big Reason You Won't Get a Stimulus Check in One State
*Stephen Silver* *U.S. Economy, Americas* In particular, prosecutors and state officials in Alabama have been pushing to take away stimulus funds from prisoners in that state. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *“To the extent permitted by applicable state and local law, amounts paid in the third round of [economic impact payments] may be subject to garnishment by state governments, local governments, or private creditors, as well as pursuant to a court order (which may include fines related to a crime, administrative court fees, restitution, and other court-ordered debts),” the... read more
CENSORED NEWS4 hours ago
Listen Live: Fire Light Camp resisting Enbridge Line 3 at the Headwaters of the Mississippi
Listen live from the frontline, Fire Light Camp. Govinda is broadcasting live, streaming online and on the FM locally, where the Native led resistance is halting Enbridge Line 3 at the Headwaters of the Mississippi in Northern Minnesota. Saturday, June 12, 6 pm.Listen live on online at .Crow VoicesLocally 87.9 FM read more
10 Favorite Organic Food Makers That Are Now Owned by Huge Corporations
Is your favorite organic company owned by a huge corporation or is it truly organic and independent? When it comes to this growing movement for clean food, we have to take the good with the bad, something that millions of consumers wrestle with every time they head to the grocery store. As our favorite organic companies have grown, many of them have also been gobbled up by huge corporations, many of which do not have the best interest of the organic consumer in mind. These companies usually say that their goal is to reach more customers, but oftentimes that ends up being a double-edg... read more
Entrepreneur Launches Organic Wine Startup With Goal of Providing a Full-Fledged Sommelier Experience at Home
Organic food has exploded in popularity, but one sector that hasn’t quite caught onto the growing trend is the wine industry. While organic food is now found everywhere from Walmart to drug stores, organic wines are few and far-between. The focus on filling that gap, and providing a high end wine-savoring experience, are goals of California-based entrepreneur Ronda Fraley, who has a background in the hospitality industry and is a certified Master Sommelier. Fraley founded the Wine Party Company in 2018, an organic wine curation and delivery service with the goal making wine parties s... read more
Medical Kidnap5 hours ago
CDC: 5,888 DEAD 329,021 Injuries from COVID-19 Shots – More than Previous 29 Years of VAERS Vaccine Deaths
Recorded deaths following the experimental COVID-19 injections soared this week as the CDC added more data yesterday into the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), a U.S. Government funded database that tracks injuries and deaths caused by vaccines. While the information contained in VAERS is publicly available information, the corporate media continues to censor it, and anyone who dares to publish publicly available information from the U.S. Government is labeled as “fake news” by the “fact checkers.” The data released yesterday, June 11, 2021, lists 5,888 deaths among ... read more
The Termination Event
Originally posted on Spaceweather.com: June 10, 2021: Something big may be about to happen on the sun. “We call it the Termination Event,” says Scott McIntosh, a solar physicist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), “and it’s very, very close to happening.” If you’ve never heard of the Termination Event, you’re not… read more
The Last Refuge4 hours ago
Australian News Service Laughs at U.S. Media Hypocrisy During G7 Where Mumbling Fool Biden is Laughing Stock of World Leaders
Australian Sky News pundits laugh at how the U.S. corporate media hype the JoeBama administration while the world laughs at the G7 pantomime on display. At least one news agency is honest…. . Once you see the strings on the marionettes you can never watch the pantomime an not see them; regardless of how hard […] The post Australian News Service Laughs at U.S. Media Hypocrisy During G7 Where Mumbling Fool Biden is Laughing Stock of World Leaders appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
THIS IS WEALTH REDISTRIBUTION
*Blackrock And Other Institutional Investors Buying Entire Neighborhoods At Huge Premiums* As the real estate market continues to break records, *a cabal of institutional investors has been tossing gasoline on the fire ~ buying up properties hand-over-fist *as middle-American renters watch their dreams of home ownership fade at the hands of pension funds and other financial behemoths. *A bidding war broke out for the Amber Pines 124-unit rental-housing community built by D.R. Horton.* "You now have permanent capital competing with a young couple trying to buy a house," accordi... read more
The Duran4 hours ago
How Rigidly Controlled European ‘News’-Media Are
How Rigidly Controlled European ‘News’-Media Are Eric Zuesse NATO is America’s military alliance against Russia and China — primarily against Russia, because at the start of the Cold War, the two nuclear superpowers quickly emerged to be U.S. and U.S.S.R. If America blitz-nuclear-attacks Russia, as the U.S. Government’s “Nuclear Primacy” geostrategy ever since at least […] read more
CURMUDGUCATION5 hours ago
Nevada Family Alliance: That Body Cams for Teachers Group
Nevada is yet another state where folks are whipped into a frenzy about "Critical Race Theory," which they can't entirely identify and therefor consider to include , apparently, anything about equity, diversity, racism and US history. But the headline item is one particular proposal-- attaching body cameras to all teachers to make sure they aren't indoctrinating children. *Who's behind this really terrible idea?* *“You guys have a serious problem with activist teachers pushing politics in the classroom, and there’s no place for it, especially for our fifth graders,” Karen England... read more
Back in 1992, Russian and American Nuclear Attack Submarines Collided
*Sebastien Roblin* *Submarines, * When attempting to detect the extremely quiet submarines currently in use, just a few adverse factors can turn a very difficult task into an impossible one. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *The exact nature of the *Baton Rouge*’s espionage activities has never been clarified. It could have involved recording the sounds produced by Russian submarines for later identification, or depositing and recovering intelligence-gathering devices. It’s tempting to think of sonar as a sort of radar that works underwater. However, water is a far less compli... read more
Political Ponerology: A Psychological Anatomy of Evil, Politics and Public Trauma
ED Noor: We are already quite aware of what is going on behind the scenes of the current world citizens and the types of creatures behind most of it. This article sums it all up without throwing shade on anyone. But that is ok. The knowledge shared is unbiased! By Russ Winter Winter Watch Articles 8 June 12, 2021 ‘The biological, psychological, moral and economic destruction of the majority of normal people becomes, for the pathocrats, a biological necessity.’ ~ Dr. Andrew Łobaczewski (1921 – 2008) Political psychologist Dr. Andrew M. Lobaczewski wrote a masterpiece on psych... read more
Biden Would Cry: Russia Turned to ‘Flying’ Aircraft Carriers Years Back
*Sebastien Roblin* *World War II, Eurasia* The Sveno-SPBs were the ultimate product of a decade-long research program run by designer Vladimir Vakhrimov, who experimented with numerous ways to mate ‘parasite’ fighters onto bombers to extend their range and payload. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Vakhmistrov was farsighted in seeing the inherent potential of using larger planes to keep smaller but more agile fighters airborne over longer distances. While the parasite fighter may have amounted to a blind lead, jet fighters today routinely “dock” with airliner-like tanker plane... read more
Russia’s Alfa-Class Was A Hot Rod Below the Waves (But Had No Stealth)
*Robert Farley* *Submarines, * The Soviet Union began the Cold War well behind the United States in submarine technology. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Nevertheless, the Soviets learned a great deal from the Lyra experience, not least that the combination of a series of innovative technologies often results in an unreliable vessel. The Barracuda-class (“Sierra” in NATO) submarines of the early 1980s adopted some of the characteristics of the Alfas, including the titanium hull, while dialing back the performance to levels that allowed a more manageable maintenance profile. ... read more
Joe Biden's Student Loan Crisis Starts in September?
*Eli Fuhrman* *Student Loan Debt, * Shortly after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, student loan repayments were frozen as part of the CARES Act passed in March 2020. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Since taking office, President Biden has yet to act on either promise and is now facing increased pressure to take some action on student loan debt. An online petition that now holds over one million signatures is calling for Biden to cancel all federal student loans and replace the current loan system with a less expensive model. Most adults in the United States have now re... read more
Better Than a Stimulus Check? Child Care Assistance Is the Real Deal
*Rachel Bucchino* *Stimulus Payment Update, * The care credits allow parents to claim up to 50 percent of child care-related expenses like daycare, nannies, camp, and transportation costs. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *Households who are eligible for the tax credit must have an adjusted gross income of up to $125,000. If the income is above that threshold, then the tax credits will phase out at 50 percent. So, instead of receiving the full $8,000 for one child, the household would get $4,000. Just as the IRS prepares to issue the monthly child tax credit payments that will... read more
Why Joe Biden Is Smiling? Those Stimulus Check Really Worked.
*Trevor Filseth* *Stimulus Payment, * The campaign in support of a fourth stimulus check is reliant on the notion that the checks have made a serious difference in Americans’ lives. *Here's What You Need to Remember: * The answers given seem to suggest that, in spite of their cost to taxpayers – the American Rescue Plan Act cost $1.9 trillion, including nearly $400 million on stimulus payments alone – most Americans are in support of it. The debate continues on Capitol Hill on whether or not to implement a fourth stimulus check. Although political considerations have made the pa... read more
Gunhed for the PC Engine
Capitalism not only revolutionises the forces of production, so said the grey beards, it also places fetters on their realisation. Consider the modest case of *Gunhed* for NEC's PC Engine. Released in Japan in the summer of 1989, a smart vertically scrolling shooter would be hard pressed to find a better name. It's immediately no nonsense, and the misspelling - lost on Japanese audiences - had a frisson of edgeyness about it. One problem. This straightforward shooter was somehow a film tie-in for a mediocre mech flick of the same name. Presumably some marketing whiz thought a subst... read more
EARL FIXED IT FOR THEM. 🤣🤣
TIME cover blasted for *over-the-top attempt* to make Biden ‘look cool’ ahead of Putin meeting. *Earl* Fixed It For Them....... read more

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