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Thomas Paine

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

Wednesday, January 5, 2022

5 January - Blogs I'm Following - 2 of 5

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Food Safety News6 hours ago
Hepatitis A outbreak may have killed one in Pennsylvania; restaurant implicated
State officials are reporting a hepatitis A outbreak among patrons of an unnamed Italian restaurant in Pennsylvania. One death is being investigated as part of the outbreak. The Pennsylvania Department of Health and the Montgomery County Office of Public Health are investigating the outbreak in southeast Pennsylvania. Health officials report that there are eight confirmed... Continue Reading read more
Pro-Vaccine Big Pharma Execs Invite You to D.C. to “Protest Against Vaccine Mandates” – Did You Forget What Happened on Jan. 6th 2021?
One year ago, on January 6, 2021, then President Donald Trump invited his supporters to join him in Washington D.C. for a "Stop the Steal" rally. They were angry that the election was stolen from Trump. One week before the rally, I published an article just after President Trump had signed into law a $2.3 TRILLION "COVID relief" bill robbing Americans at the expense of Wall Street Billionaires, and I wrote: "If you still think Trump is going to save the Republic and you are planning on heading to Washington D.C. on January 6th to show your support of him, you could very well be pu... read more
441,449 Low Earth Orbit Satellites — Operating, Approved and Proposed
441,449 Low Earth Orbit Satellites — Operating, Approved and Proposed by Arthur Firstenberg, Cellular Phone Task Force January 5, 2022 While the attention of a terrified world has been riveted on a virus, and while concern about radiation has been focused on 5G on the ground, the assault on the heavens has reached astronomical The post 441,449 Low Earth Orbit Satellites — Operating, Approved and Proposed appeared first on Truth Comes to Light. read more
B’Tselem: 2021 was the deadliest year for Palestinians since 2014
Israeli human rights group B'Tselem reports that in 2021, Israel killed at least 313 Palestinian men, women, and demolished almost 300 residential structures, leaving 895 Palestinians homeless. read more
The New Dark Age6 hours ago
Black Agenda Report 5 January 2022
5 January 2022 — Black Agenda Report Covid Fueled by Neoliberal Austerity The neo-liberal austerity model of governance ensures that Covid-19 will continue spreading and producing new variants. Only people focused public health remedies will end the pandemic. Ukraine: What Does It Have to Do with Black Folks? “…it is imperative that everyone, in particular Black and working-class … Continue reading Black Agenda Report 5 January 2022 read more
Food Safety News6 hours ago
Consumer Reports issues alert on certain ground beef after finding E. coli O157:H7
Consumer Reports is advising the public to not eat a certain type of ground beef sold at Kroger and other supermarkets because independent testing has shown positive results for contamination with E. coli O157:H7. The public alert comes after the organization tested a sample of ground beef sold under the Kroger brand, but the other... Continue Reading read more
Western Pacific Typhoon Trends
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? ? For natural reasons, most attention is focussed on Atlantic hurricanes rather than elsewhere. The Japan Meteorological Agency handily publishes data on the annual count of tropical cyclones reaching at least tropical storm frequency in the western Pacific: ? ? https://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/jma-center/rsmc-hp-pub-eg/climatology.html… read more
Your First Official Semi-World Famous Irredeemable Mid-Week Open Thread of 2022
Your Beloved Blog Editrix Turns Things Over to You, the Readers Your Chance To Show How You Got More Smarter Reading DMF Last Year! ____________________________________ This Week Your Hump Day Open Thread Is Sponsored By: * MAJESTKY MELONS*™ Lusciously Desirable - The Kind You Dream About * "That's Some Serious MoFo Gourmet Melon's"* - Jules Winnfield" read more
Can Israel Defeat Iran’s Precision Guided Missile Threat?
*Yaakov Lappin* *Precision Guided Missile, Middle East* With Iran’s help, Hezbollah has recently explored ways to manufacture PGMs in Lebanon to avoid Israel’s effective grey zone campaign to disrupt the proliferation of advanced weapons from Iran to its regional proxies. Hezbollah’s precision-guided missile (PGM) arsenal is Israel’s leading conventional security threat, surpassed only by Iran’s nuclear program. While Hezbollah is not believed to have crossed Israel’s red line on this issue—a threshold that could trigger a preemptive attack on stockpiles of PGMs on Lebanese soil—... read more
The Last Refuge5 hours ago
Senator Ted Cruz Calls J6 Protestors “Violent Terrorists Who Should Go to Jail for a Long, Long Time”
Oh dear, this statement by Senator Ted Cruz is going to put Ms. Julie Kelly in quite a pickle. Earlier today, Senator Cruz called the J6 protesting groups a bunch of “violent terrorists … who should go to jail for a long, long time.” Readers of these pages will not find this mask slip by […] The post Senator Ted Cruz Calls J6 Protestors “Violent Terrorists Who Should Go to Jail for a Long, Long Time” appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
War News Updates6 hours ago
Russia-Led Bloc Accepts Kazakh President's Plea For Military Help
*RT: **Kazakh president asks Russia-led bloc for military help* *Allied military help needed to quell actions of “terrorist bands” amid violent civil unrest in Kazakhstan, the president insists * The Kazakh president has asked the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) for help amid violent unrest gripping the nation, claiming that “terrorists” were overrunning strategic facilities across the country. *"I believe reaching out to our CSTO partners is appropriate and timely,”* President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev was quoted as saying by the media late on Wednesd... read more
Daily COVID-19 Deaths in Europe - A Comparison to Sweden
This is a very brief posting which I hope will cause us all to ponder the wisdom (or lack thereof) of Europe's response to the pandemic. First, here is a graphic from Our World In Data showing the daily new confirmed COVID-19 deaths per million people for most nations in Europe: Second, here is a graphic showing the daily new confirmed COVID-19 deaths per million people for Sweden (the nation that led the world in a non-lockdown response to the pandemic) and Europe as a whole for comparison: Interesting, isn't it? So much for that fourth wave! Perhaps there really... read more
Expansive, prolonged period of winter weather across northwestern U.S.
An expansive, prolonged period of winter weather is expected across portions of the northwestern U.S. through Friday, January 7, 2022, and not just over the higher terrain, NWS Weather Prediction Center warns. An area of low pressure will track southeast along the...... Read more » read more
MJBizDaily6 hours ago
New York plans $200 million fund to bolster marijuana social equity goals
New York’s new governor plans to create a $200 million public-private fund to support the state’s ambitious social equity goals for its projected multibillion-dollar recreational marijuana industry. New York plans $200 million fund to bolster marijuana social equity goals is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs read more
Dr. Marty Makary on failed universities' Covid policies
"Universities are supposed to be bastions of critical thinking, reason and logic. But the Covid policies they have adopted—policies that have derailed two years of students’ education and threaten to upend the upcoming spring semester—have exposed them as nonsensical, anti-scientific and often downright cruel. Some of America’s most prestigious universities are leading the charge." Including but limited to Georgetown, Princeton, Cornell, Amherst, Brown, Emory, Tulane, Wake Forest, Johns Hopkins. . . "According to the CDC, the risk of a fully vaccinated adult ending up in the hos... read more
Scapegoating the Unvaccinated
Unless they have dispensations for medical reasons, Tony Blair thinks they're idiots. Emmanuel Macron wants to "piss them off" and carry on doing so until the pandemic ends. And Boris Johnson mumbled something uncomprehendingly negative about them at Tuesday's Covid press conference. At home and overseas, we're seeing hints of a new biopolitical strategy: making the unvaccinated scapegoats for our present difficulties. And from the standpoint of our Tory government, it's the logical culmination of the politics of the pandemic they've peddled for two years. As recently argued, prior... read more
War News Updates7 hours ago
Why The Next Big COVID Variant Could Be A Nightmare
*David Axe, Daily Beast:* *The Next Big COVID Variant Could Be a Triple Whammy Nightmare* Even as daily new COVID cases set all-time records and hospitals fill up, epidemiologists have arrived at a perhaps surprising consensus. Yes, the latest Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus is bad. But it could have been a lot worse. Even as cases have surged, deaths haven’t—at least not to the same degree. Omicron is highly transmissible but generally not as severe as some older variants—“lineages” is the scientific term. We got lucky. But that luck might not hold. Many of the same ... read more
Snopes.com7 hours ago
No, Former NFL QB John Elway Is Not ‘Broke’
The misinformation stemmed from an online advertisement that was being paid for by unknown persons. read more
Fighting Green: Meet Germany’s All-Electric Infantry Fighting Vehicle
*Caleb Larson* *Military Affairs, Global* The firm behind it stresses that it is just a technology demonstrator, not intended to enter full general production. *Here's What You Need To Remember:* Vehicle electrification promises some enormous benefits to military logistics. A German firm just unveiled an all-electric prototype infantry fighting vehicle. It could represent the future of battlefield mobility. The German firm Flensburger Fahrzeugbau Gesellschaft recently showcased one of their newest vehicles. Their Genesis, an eight-wheeled all-wheel-drive infantry fighting vehicl... read more
China Doubled Its Nuclear Arsenal: Should America Be Worried?
*Sebastien Roblin* *Nuclear Weapons, Asia* In 2021 satellite photos confirmed Beijing was finally embarking on a dramatic expansion of its nuclear arsenal. *Here's What You Need to Remember: I*n October, the PLA tested an apparent space-based nuclear delivery system, indicating it’s developing more exotic weapons to defeat the United States’ limited-capacity missile defense systems. China has long maintained a much smaller nuclear arsenal than Russia or the United States for ‘minimum deterrence,’ meaning it had just enough nuclear firepower to assure Beijing’s retaliatory strik... read more
Why the Russians Abandoned the T-95 Tank
*Charlie Gao* *T-14 Armata, * The T-95 appears to be a far more powerful tank than the T-14. *Here’s What You Need to Remember: T*echnology has advanced significantly since the cancellation of the T-95 project in 2010 The history of Russian and Soviet armor is littered with prototypes of “super tanks” that promised armor and lethality far beyond any of their contemporaries. But at the end of the Cold War, the Soviet Union developed an actual prototype “super-tank” that if fielded would have outclassed every contemporary NATO tank: the T-95 (Object 195). Russia continued developm... read more
Where Is the Confrontation Over Ukraine Headed?
*George Beebe* *Ukraine, Europe* What factors will be pivotal in determining the prospects for war or diplomatic resolution? On January 5, the Center for the National Interest held an event on the conflict in Ukraine with the following experts: Mathew Burrows is Director of Foresight, Scowcroft Strategy Initiative, and Co-Director of the American Engagement Initiative at The Atlantic Council. He is a former Counselor on the National Intelligence Council and head of the NIC’s Strategic Futures Group. Anatol Lieven is a senior research fellow on Russia and Europe at the Quincy In... read more
Halifax Examiner7 hours ago
In-person classes delayed one week in Nova Scotia; changes to isolation requirements; today’s new case count is 842
Jump to sections in this article: Back to school Change in restrictions Overview of today’s cases Vaccination Testing Potential exposure advisories Nova Scotia schools will go to online learning next, with a return to in-person classes on Monday, Jan. 17. This is a shift from plans announced just last week that would’ve seen schools open […] read more
Snopes.com7 hours ago
Black Man Behind ‘Separate but Equal’ Ruling is Pardoned
Louisiana’s governor posthumously pardoned Homer Plessy. read more
Snopes.com8 hours ago
Zach Roloff Death Hoax: False Suicide Claims Came from Obscure Website
Roloff and the rest of his family star in the long-running TLC reality TV show, "Little People, Big World." read more
Snopes.com8 hours ago
Snopestionary: Defining the Congressional Meeting That Inspired Jan. 6 Capitol Siege
Every four years, laws governing presidential elections require a formal ceremony where electoral votes are read to Congress. read more
Econlib10 hours ago
The actual case for wage/price controls
I am opposed to the imposition of wage/price controls. As we saw in the early 1970s, they are a terrible idea. Nonetheless, there is an argument for wage/price controls. But it’s not the argument that most of its supporters or opponents might assume. Wage/price controls cannot stop inflation, which is caused by monetary policy. What […] The post The actual case for wage/price controls appeared first on Econlib. read more
Russia Is Testing Its New Surface-to-Air Missiles in Syria
*Charlie Gao* *Missile Defense, Middle East* The S-350 has the potential to hold up to four-times the ammunition load of the Pantsir, as it has twelve tubes. *Here’s What You Need to Remember: *The flexibility to act as either a point defense or middle-ranged SAM might also make the S-350 attractive to export customers. On February 26, 2020 Russian’s VKS took their first delivery of the new S-350 “Vityaz” surface-to-air missile (SAM) system. The S-350 has received increasingly intense media coverage through 2019 as it came closer to entering service. The majority of this has foc... read more
The F-16XL Was Not Enough to Phase Out F-16s
*Trevor Filseth* *F-16XL, * The two prototype aircraft performed admirably in the Air Force’s tests, which ultimately concluded that the F-16XL could fly twice as far, or carry twice as large a payload, as a normal F-16. But, ultimately, it wasn't enough. *Here's What You Need to Remember: *The two prototype aircraft performed admirably in the Air Force’s tests, which ultimately concluded that the F-16XL could fly twice as far, or carry twice as large a payload, as a normal F-16. The General Dynamics F-16 “Fighting Falcon” jet fighter was first introduced in 1978. In the four ... read more
Gregory Mannarino, "One Two Punch! New 'IHU' Variant And The FED Hit Stocks, And This Will Happen"
Gregory Mannarino, PM 1/5/22: *"One Two Punch! New 'IHU' Variant And The FED* * Hit Stocks, And This Will Happen"* - https://traderschoice.net/ read more
PrairiePundit7 hours ago
Beverly Hills votes to remove liberal LA DA
Washington Examiner: The city of Beverly Hills, still smarting over the home invasion murder of a beloved celebrity, voted unanimously Tuesday to support the recall of liberal Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon. Even though Beverly Hills is 71% Democratic, the city was one of the first to give Gascon a vote of no confidence last year. Then, as the robberies, assaults, and home invasions mounted during Gascon’s first year, the shooting death of philanthropist Jacqueline Avant was too much to bear. “Beverly Hills Vice Mayor Lili Bosse stressed that without consequen... read more
36-Year-Old Brazilian Reporter Collapses and Suffers Cardiac Arrest During Live TV Broadcast
Gateway Pundit – by Jim Hoft A Brazilian TV reporter from Alterosa Alerta Sul de Minas was hospitalized after suffering a cardiac arrest on a... The post 36-Year-Old Brazilian Reporter Collapses and Suffers Cardiac Arrest During Live TV Broadcast appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
MJBizDaily7 hours ago
RICO lawsuit targets Oklahoma medical cannabis business
An anti-racketeering lawsuit seeks to shut down a licensed medical cannabis company in Oklahoma and multiple associated entities. RICO lawsuit targets Oklahoma medical cannabis business is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs read more
The Duran8 hours ago
Finland and Sweden flirt with NATO membership to counter Russia
Finland and Sweden flirt with NATO membership to counter Russia The Duran: Episode 1185 Finnish PM, President on NATO: Finland Should Keep Options Open, May Join at Will Finnish PM, President on NATO: Finland Should Keep Options Open, May Join at Will While formally retaining its non-alignment from the Cold War-era, Finland has been inching […] read more
Film: Technocracy, Klaus Schwab and the Metaverse
*Truthstream Media* | What exactly do the hedge fund titans and digital oligarchs have in store for the rest of the population? read more
The Word From the Trenches – January 5, 2022
Join in on the conversation. Call (667)770-1530 then enter 220029#, press *6 to mute and unmute. VoIP Dialer – New Link: https://www.freeconferencecallhd.com/dialer You can listen... The post The Word From the Trenches – January 5, 2022 appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
New Law Will Install Kill Switches In All New Cars
Yahoo Autos – Motorious Back in 1998, sci-fi TV series The X-Files aired an episode called “Kill Switch” about an AI gone rogue. Told when... The post New Law Will Install Kill Switches In All New Cars appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
Jonathan Pollard: The American Who Betrayed the US for Israel by If Americans Knew
EarthNewspaper.com January 3rd, 2022. The post Jonathan Pollard: The American Who Betrayed the US for Israel by If Americans Knew appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
‘He Is Not Your Commander-in-Chief:’ Texas Governor Promises Guardsmen He’ll Fight Biden Over Vaccine Mandate
Yahoo News – Military.com Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is digging in against COVID-19 vaccinations and related mandates, telling National Guardsmen in his state they can ignore Pentagon... The post ‘He Is Not Your Commander-in-Chief:’ Texas Governor Promises Guardsmen He’ll Fight Biden Over Vaccine Mandate appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
NY Governor Hochul Ignores Crypto-Mining Threat to Her Climate Agenda
For Immediate Release In her State of the State address this afternoon, Governor Hochul pledged bold commitments to phasing fossil fuels out of New York’s energy grid, including voicing support for a statewide gas ban. Unfortunately, the governor’s proposed gas ban takes effect far too slowly – 2027 – to meet the immediacy of the climate crisis. […] The post NY Governor Hochul Ignores Crypto-Mining Threat to Her Climate Agenda appeared first on Food & Water Watch. read more
MJBizDaily9 hours ago
Connecticut to start taking adult-use marijuana applications next month
Connecticut marijuana regulators will begin accepting adult-use social equity cultivation and retailer license applications on Feb. 3, with the launch of recreational sales anticipated “by the end of 2022.” Connecticut to start taking adult-use marijuana applications next month is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs read more
NY Climate Activists Say Gov. Hochul’s Proposed Gas Ban is Too Slow, Urge Immediate State Action
Statewide Coalition Calls on Governor, Legislature to Enact Gas Ban in One Year Via Budget, Oppose Weakening New York City’s Historic Action The post NY Climate Activists Say Gov. Hochul’s Proposed Gas Ban is Too Slow, Urge Immediate State Action appeared first on Food & Water Watch. read more
How Low Can The Entertainment Industry Go?
Jewish groups have come to the defence of J.K. Rowling, after Jon Stewart accused Rowling of anti-Semitism. read more
Yale tells students they cannot ‘eat at local restaurants,’ citing COVID fears
Campus Reform – by Logan Dubil ’23 Yale University students cannot eat at restaurants near campus and must comply with “a campus-wide quarantine until Feb.... The post Yale tells students they cannot ‘eat at local restaurants,’ citing COVID fears appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
Writer: Teen called FBI about dad’s militia ties before Capitol riot
CNN Fortesa Latifi, a “Teen Vogue” contributor, joins New Day to discuss her article about children of rioters who attacked the Capitol building on January... The post Writer: Teen called FBI about dad’s militia ties before Capitol riot appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
Why Access to Computer Science Education Should Be the New Space Race
Expanding access to computer science at an accelerated rate in 2022 is pivotal. Computer science courses in high school should... read more
Study Hopes to Answer the Question Once and For All: Yes, Corequisite Support Works
The results show that corequisite support improves course completion, retention, and graduation rates, especially if corequisite... read more
The Last Refuge7 hours ago
French President Emmanuel Macron Declares Unvaccinated as “Annoying, Non-Citizens”
Serrez plus fort, mes amis – squeeze harder. This only ends one way. The communist leftists in France have always had a problem with their citizenry. Their biggest challenge is that France, has a strong historic sense of nationalism. The modern political left in Europe has worked earnestly to erode that cultural truth, and the […] The post French President Emmanuel Macron Declares Unvaccinated as “Annoying, Non-Citizens” appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
War News Updates8 hours ago
New Covid Variant With Multiple Mutations Discovered In France (Update)
*Forbes: **New ‘IHU’ B.1.640.2 Covid-19 Coronavirus Variant Detected In France* One thing that’s clear about the Covid-19 coronavirus, it can mutate. And mutate. And mutate. So it shouldn’t be a surprise that yet another new variant has been detected in France with 46 mutations and 37 deletions in its genetic code, many affecting the spike protein. This variant currently bears the name B.1.640.2, which may look like the beginning of a phone number in New Jersey. It’s also been temporarily dubbed the “variant IHU” because a team from the Méditerranée Infection University Hospit... read more
the daily howler8 hours ago
For whatever it may be worth...
*WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2022* *....it's now an established pattern:* As we sit here typing, it's Wednesday afternoon—Wednesday, January 5, 2022. But at the MSNBC transcript site, the most recent transcripts come from that channel's TV shows of last Friday—Friday, December 31, 2021! Plainly, the channel has decided to slow-walk its transcript production. We assume this represents a desire to limit discussion of the channel's enjoyable TV shows, and of its major top stars. On the brighter side, just click here. read more
The Rio Times8 hours ago
Net money inflow to Brazil closes 2021 with best result in 6 years – Central Bank
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil recorded in 2021 the highest net inflow of foreign currency through the contracted exchange rate in six years, equivalent to just over US$6.1 billion, after three consecutive years of negative balances, Central Bank data showed Wednesday. The foreign exchange flow was in surplus by US$6.134 billion year-to-date, the best […] The post Net money inflow to Brazil closes 2021 with best result in 6 years – Central Bank appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
The New Dark Age8 hours ago
The US is Preparing a Biological Time Bomb in Kazakhstan
The Open Regulations website and the website of the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructural Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan recently published information on the Kazakh government’s intention to build a “BSL-4 laboratory and underground storage facility for a collection of dangerous and highly dangerous strains” in the south of the country in the Korday district of Zhambyl Region in the village of Gvardeisky. It is where the Research Institute for Biological Security Problems, now part of the Science Committee of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Ka... read more
The Rio Times8 hours ago
Chile car market becomes the most important in the region, only behind Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Chile's National Automobile Association released its report on the Chilean automotive market in 2021. The association, which includes more than 60 brands, said that 415,581 vehicles were sold in the past fiscal year, making this year the second-best on record (surpassed only by 2018, when 417,038 new cars were patented). […] The post Chile car market becomes the most important in the region, only behind Brazil appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
The New Dark Age8 hours ago
Eddie Palmieri – La Malanga – live in Berlin – 2012, July 27th
Youtube I can’t get enough salsa, especially if it’s one by the numero uno master musician, Eddie Palmieri! Yo to Tonxti for this one. Eddie Palmieri live and open air at the HDK – presented by http://www.salsa-berlin.de – First the introduction of the musicians – after 4:20 min starts the song La Malanga – Lead Vocal: Herman Olivera, Trombone: … Continue reading Eddie Palmieri – La Malanga – live in Berlin – 2012, July 27th read more
The Last Refuge8 hours ago
Communist Chicago Teachers Demand Schools Remain Closed During Omicron Spike, Remote Classes Only
It is not coincidental that Chicago becomes the place where the insufferable communist activist teachers become most visible in their attacks against parents and students. In the method of using the sector of education as a weapon, the Marxists in Chicago are the epicenter of communist ideology. Chicago is Saul Alinsky, Bill Ayers, Bernadine Dohrn, […] The post Communist Chicago Teachers Demand Schools Remain Closed During Omicron Spike, Remote Classes Only appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
Covid Fueled By Neoliberal Austerity
On December 31, 2019 Chinese media told the world about a newly discovered disease cluster in the city of Wuhan. What was thought to be a viral pneumonia came to be known as SARS-CoV-2, Covid-19. Two weeks later Chinese scientists sequenced its genome and gave the world the ability to test and trace the disease. Covid continued to spread and the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020. China didn’t wait for a WHO declaration in order to take action. The government immediately adopted a zero covid strategy. They dispatched health care workers to Wuhan ... read more
The US Transformed A Tiny African State Into A Hub Of Imperial Aggression
In a blatant threat to China’s presence, Djibouti recently hosted the US-led “Allied Appreciation Day,” in which Britain, France, and Japan showcased “a variety of equipment that is part of their military operations in the Horn of Africa” (HOA). The Pentagon’s Combined Joint Task Force-HOA reported that the events fused Armistice, Remembrance, and Veterans’ Days. Attendees participated in “demonstrations featuring a variety of allied military capabilities to include a military flyover.” Successive Djiboutian regimes have clung to power by promoting their small country in the Horn ... read more
Hundreds Of Reconstruction Projects Carried Out In Syria In 2021
The year 2021 has witnessed the implementation of hundreds of reconstruction projects in several sectors in Syria despite the challenges and obstacles that face the process, mainly the acute economic crisis the country is going through besides the western sanctions imposed on the people of Syria. These projects were mentioned in the annual report released on Thursday by the Ministry of Local Administration. The report said: “The ministry carried out 1262 rehabilitation projects and it now supervises the rehabilitation of 17 hospitals, 37 health centers and 19 cultural centers.”... read more
As Iran Honors Qassem Soleimani, Raisi Demands Trump Be Put On Trial
Thousands of Iranians took to the streets on Monday, January 3 to observe the second anniversary of the assassination of major general Qassem Soleimani. The largest procession was taken out in his hometown in Kerman. Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi also addressed the nation on the occasion and demanded a fair trial of former US president Donald Trump and his associates for the assassination. Calling the assassination a terrorist act which had implications on international peace and security, Iranian ambassador to the UN Security Council, Majid Takht-Ravanchi wrote a letter to the ... read more
American Indian Movement Announces Walk For Leonard Peltier
Minneapolis, Minnesota - The American Indian Movement’s Grand Governing Council (AIMGGC) announced on Tuesday that it’s organizing a freedom walk for Leonard Peltier later this year, from September 1 through November 14, 2022. “Leonard Peltier’s Walk to Justice” will start in Minneapolis and end in Washington, D.C., where organizers plan to meet with government officials to demand the release of Peltier from the U.S. federal prison system. “The vision and prayer for this walk—Leonard Peltier’s Walk to Justice—began almost two years ago through dreams,” said American Indian Moveme... read more
Skilled migrant arrivals hit 20-year low – but Covid is not the reason for innovation deflation
[image: Australia migration, jobs] The drop in skilled workers arriving in Australia has hit the economy, and it began many years before the Pandemic. Alan Austin reports on the decline of innovation. read more
null10 hours ago
The “Privatization” Scheme Behind the Hellish Virginia Snow Gridlock
This is a follow-up discussion to the article I published yesterday that focused on the outrageous snow gridlock in my home state of Virginia. While … The post The “Privatization” Scheme Behind the Hellish Virginia Snow Gridlock appeared first on . read more
Science 2.0 blogs10 hours ago
Omicron Data Show We're Beating COVID-19 But It's Hard To Know That From Social Media
If you read social media, you might believe we're teetering on the brink of societal collapse due to COVID-19 but one metric tells the real health story; ICU beds. Deaths have been cut almost in half from this time last year while ICU occupancy is down 40 percent. If you're a positive person, you'll note that this is a win and big thanks go to the health care system that critics demand be replaced by something like VA hospitals, which very few veterans agree is good, or Medicare, which very few old people think is good. You'll also note that vaccines work, and those are the product ... read more
Dr. Roland Mitchell and LSU CHSE are Winning
Under his leadership, LSU CHSE launched the Early Childhood Education Institute to study the care of children from birth... read more
War News Updates8 hours ago
U.S. Health Experts Are Saying Covid Infections Are 'Spreading Much Faster Than Expected'
*Daily Mail:* *US cases drop from record 1 million in a single day to 869,187 and 2,384 deaths but experts say infections are 'spreading much faster than we ever expected': Model predicts Omicron will peak end of January* * Daily new cases remained near record levels on Tuesday with 869,187 new infections recorded * It marked a 114% increase from week-ago levels on a seven-day rolling average basis * Deaths remained relatively low at 2,384, a 13% decline on the week on a rolling average basis * Many model project cases will peak before the end of January and then fall as... read more
"Celente & The Judge: Loss of Constitutional Rights Underway, Fight for Freedom or Lose it Forever"
*Full screen recommended.* *"Celente & The Judge: Loss of Constitutional Rights Underway, * *Fight for Freedom or Lose it Forever"* - https://trendsresearch.com/ read more
Cairns News8 hours ago
Utter chaos, shortages of food and exhausted health care workers due to total inaccuracy of PCR Covid test
Stupidity or careful planning by the ALP/LNP duopoly knows no bounds from ABC Supermarket giant Coles is introducing purchase limits on meat products across NSW, as staff shortages cause major issues in supply chains. Key points:· Coles imposes limits on packets of mince, chicken breast, chicken thigh and sausages· The meat industry wants isolation rules […] read more
"A Look to the Heavens"
"This gorgeous island universe lies about 85 million light-years distant in the southern constellation Fornax. Inhabited by young blue star clusters, the tightly wound spiral arms of NGC 1350 seem to join in a circle around the galaxy's large, bright nucleus, giving it the appearance of a cosmic eye. In fact, NGC 1350 is about 130,000 light-years across. That makes it as large or slightly larger than the Milky Way. For earth-based astronomers, NGC 1350 is seen on the outskirts of the Fornax cluster of galaxies, but its estimated distance suggests that it is not itself a cluster memb... read more
“We Are All Like Elephants”
*“We Are All Like Elephants”* by Marc Chernoff "In many ways, our past experiences have conditioned us to believe that we are less capable than we are. All too often we let the rejections of our past dictate every move we make. We literally do not know ourselves to be any better than what some opinionated person or narrow circumstance once told us was true. Of course, an old rejection doesn’t mean we aren’t good enough; it just means some person or circumstance from our past failed to align with what we had to offer at the time. But somehow we don’t see it that way - we hit a menta... read more
"When The Demons Come..."
"Here is a universal law: that when it comes to negative and positive, you will always thrive more powerfully in the positive if you have first been immersed in, and have heroically overcome, the polar opposite negative of that thing. To abide in the positive existence of something, without having known and overcome it's polar opposite - that is to be only a frame of the real structure. Easily toppled down and taken apart. True power is in the hands of the one who thrives in the positive, after having known and conquered the negative. Because when the demons come along, she will say... read more
Snopes.com8 hours ago
Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ Baby Album Cover Lawsuit Dismissed
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Snopes.com8 hours ago
‘Pivoting To This Story Hard’: Inside Snopes’ Newsroom During Jan. 6 Capitol Attack
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The Rio Times8 hours ago
Brazil: Jair Bolsonaro has been discharged from the hospital
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, was discharged after two days of hospitalization following an intestinal obstruction that did not require surgery. "Discharged now, thanks to all," Bolsonaro announced on his social networks showing a photo on the patients' bed surrounded by his doctors inside the Vila Nova Star Hospital […] The post Brazil: Jair Bolsonaro has been discharged from the hospital appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
ClimateRealism9 hours ago
University ‘Researcher’ Says Michigan Becoming Too Hot to Grow Fruit – As Florida Fruit Thrives
A Michigan State University researcher told the media that in 20 or 30 years, it may be too hot to grow fruit in Michigan. The assertion was reported in the Michigan Herald Review article, “Farmers chase migrating crops in a warming climate,” which Google News is placing among its top search results today for “climate […] The post University ‘Researcher’ Says Michigan Becoming Too Hot to Grow Fruit – As Florida Fruit Thrives appeared first on ClimateRealism. read more
The Rio Times9 hours ago
Brazil services growth level off in December, PMI shows
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil's services sector ended 2021 with growth stabilizing amid a weaker pace of new orders expansion in December from the previous month, according to the Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) survey released Wednesday. IHS Markit reported that its Brazilian services PMI stood at 53.6 in December, matching November's mark, but "with […] The post Brazil services growth level off in December, PMI shows appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
Snopes.com9 hours ago
‘Little People, Big World’ Posts About a ‘Loss’ Are Misleading
Strange rumors made the rounds around the end of 2021 and the beginning of 2022. read more
The Duran10 hours ago
Macron says quiet part out loud. French will submit ‘until the end’
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Snopes.com10 hours ago
‘Jeopardy!’ Champion Amy Schneider Robbed in Oakland
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The Duran10 hours ago
Russia Concerned as Protests Grip Key Ally Kazakhstan Ahead of Talks with US
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ClimateRealism10 hours ago
No, Google News, Warmer Growing Seasons Do Not Increase Frosts and Freezes
Climate activists have invented a new mind-spinning claim to frighten people about global warming. In an interview with the Herald Review in Michigan, appearing near the top of Google News search results today for “climate change,” Julie Doll of the activist group Michigan Agriculture Advancement said longer, warmer growing seasons threaten Michigan crop production by […] The post No, Google News, Warmer Growing Seasons Do Not Increase Frosts and Freezes appeared first on ClimateRealism. read more
The Duran10 hours ago
Protests erupt in Kazakhstan. Internet switched off, government fired
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Sardonicky6 hours ago
Brace Yourselves For a Bracing 2022
I know it's early days yet, but my nomination for the most annoying phrase of 2022 is "bracing for." In lieu of paying people to isolate and quarantine during the worst outbreak of Covid-19 yet, our leaders are instructing us to simply brace ourselves for the inevitable. People will simply have to sicken and die if capitalism is to survive. So take one for the team, Proles. Go back to work and school. Take a tip from Joe Biden, who reassured us just the other day that we have every reason to be "optimistic about 2020." After all, if you heard him say that, it means that you survi... read more
Not PC9 hours ago
"All humans are somewhat nutty because they refuse pigheadedly to accept reality and, therefore, make themselves depressed, anxious, and enraged.
*"I think that practically the whole human race is out of its goddamed mind and could use therapy. All of them, not equally so, are crazy. Males and females are biologically prone to think crookedly. They don't get it from their mothers, or [the latest political cause celebre]. They think crookedly because they are easily prone to do so. All humans are somewhat nutty because they refuse pigheadedly to accept reality and, therefore, make themselves depressed, anxious, and enraged. "Because they won’t accept the reality that things should be exactly the way they are right now ... read more
Moldova Illustrates Putin's Plan for Eastern Europe
*Dan Goure* *Security, Eastern Europe, Russia, Baltics, United States* The sad case of Moldovan politics is a cautionary tale for all of Eastern Europe. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *Russia will go to almost any lengths to prevent any more of the former Soviet Republics from escaping its clutches and entering the orbit of the EU. For almost two decades, Russia has been interfering in the domestic politics of other nations. According to one report, Russia has interfered in the political processes of at least 27 North American and European countries since 2004. The Kremlin ... read more
Did Russia's Kalashnikov Steal a Shotgun Design from an American Video Game?
*Peter Suciu* *Kalashnikov Concern, Russia* Kalashnikov reached out to indie game developer Ward B in early 2020. When a new shotgun design was unveiled, it looked familiar to the game developers. No one expects today's video games to be completely realistic – yet many game developers strive to get the smallest details correct, especially when it comes to small arms. This can include using 3D scans of the gun, and firing the weapons to correctly model the action or record the sounds of the firearm. This has certainly been true of military firearms. The AK-47 is quite ubiquitous ... read more
Omicron Now Makes Up 95% of U.S. Coronavirus Cases
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Omicron, * Nearly one hundred thousand Americans are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, according to a seven-day average of data released by the Department of Health and Human Services. It appears that the spread of the new and highly mutated Omicron coronavirus variant is already reaching peak levels as the strain now represents 95 percent of all sequenced cases in the United States for the week ending on New Year’s Day, according to new data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Only about a month ago, Omicron—first detected in... read more
"The Economic Meltdown Worsens - The Fed Cannot Hold It Together"
*Full screen recommended.* Dan, iAllegedly, 1/5/22: *"The Economic Meltdown Worsens - * *The Fed Cannot Hold It Together"* read more
The New Dark Age9 hours ago
Watch: New US Embargo on Cambodia Over Friendship with China
(Brian Berletic – NEO) – The United States continues a process of targeting and isolating nations around the globe increasingly choosing to do business with Beijing rather than Washington. The most recent of these is the Southeast Asia nation of Cambodia. read more
The New Dark Age9 hours ago
Viral Video Circulates as Julian Spends 1,000th Day in Belmarsh
We’re making noise and calling out the hypocrisy of the U.S. government. They condemn China and other nations for infringing on "press freedom," but we know the sad truth: the U.S. government’s commitment to press freedom is shaky, at best. read more
Western Pacific Typhoon Trends
By Paul Homewood For natural reasons, most attention is focussed on Atlantic hurricanes rather than elsewhere. The Japan Meteorological Agency handily publishes data on the annual count of tropical cyclones reaching at least tropical storm frequency in the western Pacific: https://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/jma-center/rsmc-hp-pub-eg/climatology.html Whatever trend there is appears to be downwards. The JMA […] read more
Thousands of U.S. troops defy COVID-19 vaccine order
LA Times Nickaylah Sampson seemed well on her way to achieving her dream of becoming an officer in the U.S. Army. A stellar student whose... The post Thousands of U.S. troops defy COVID-19 vaccine order appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
MintPress News10 hours ago
The Lesson of Covid: When People Are Anxious, Isolated and Hopeless, They’re Less Ready To Think Critically
The corporate media is not our friend. Its coverage of the pandemic is not there to promote the public good. It is there to feed our anxieties, keep us coming back for more, and monetize that distress. The only cure for this sickness? A lot more critical thinking. The post The Lesson of Covid: When People Are Anxious, Isolated and Hopeless, They’re Less Ready To Think Critically appeared first on MintPress News. read more
CFACT10 hours ago
Plastics not forever: Bugs already evolved 30,000 new plastic eating enzymes
Plastics are a free dinner for life on Earth so it was just a matter of time before microbes evolved to eat it. The post Plastics not forever: Bugs already evolved 30,000 new plastic eating enzymes appeared first on CFACT. read more

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