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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.

Sunday, May 1, 2022

1 May - Blogs I'm Following - 3 of 4

 10:06 pm MDT

Bacon's Rebellion13 hours ago
Jeanine’s Memes
From The Bull Elephant read more
Small Dead Animals13 hours ago
Show Me The Narrative, I’ll Show You The Crime
TNC News; Yet another allegation against the Freedom Convoy was debunked this week as Ottawa police announced they had identified the woman who stood atop the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in January, saying she was not associated with the convoy truckers. The Ottawa Police Service (OPS) said on Thursday that it had dismissed a… Continue reading → read more
FBI Snooped On Americans’ Data At Record Pace Last Year
Daily Wire – by Greg Wilson The FBI may have conducted millions of warrantless searches of Americans’ electronic data last year, U.S. intelligence officials acknowledged... The post FBI Snooped On Americans’ Data At Record Pace Last Year appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
60 countries sign declaration that commits to bolstering “resilience to disinformation and misinformation”
Reclaim the Net – by Tom Parker The United States (US) and 60 partner countries, including the United Kingdom (UK), Canada, Australia, and members of... The post 60 countries sign declaration that commits to bolstering “resilience to disinformation and misinformation” appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
Bacon's Rebellion14 hours ago
The Trumpification of Bacon’s Rebellion
by Dick Hall-Sizemore Rather than engage an opponent in reasoned debate, Donald Trump has a habit of conjuring up a derogatory nickname for that person and attacking in that way. One aspect that attracted me to Bacon’s Rebellion a little … Continue reading → read more
On Churchill’s Unnecessary War
In the preface to the first volume of his six-volume history, The Second World War, Churchill wrote: “One day President Roosevelt told me that he was asking publicly for suggestions about what the war should be called. I said at once ‘The Unnecessary War.’ There never was a war more easy to stop than that which has just wrecked what was left of the world from the previous struggle.” Churchill knew that the Europeans had blundered into one of the costliest and bloodiest wars of the modern age. But he had played a major role in making this blunder possible, since he was Europe's bigg... read more
PrairiePundit11 hours ago
Musk's Twitter business plan
NY Post: Tesla CEO Elon Musk secured financing for his $44 billion takeover bid of Twitter by pledging to slash jobs and executive pay, among other cost-cutting measures, according to a report. Musk also told lenders that he would maximize profitability at the social media platform by monetizing tweets, though he did not provide specifics, and floated suggestions on how to boost revenue including a subscription service, according to Bloomberg News. Musk had to convince the banks that Twitter produced enough cash flow to service the debt he sought, according to the report. In the... read more
PrairiePundit12 hours ago
Specific Biden inflation
Confounded Interest: *Medusa Touch! Natural Gas UP 192% Under Biden, Diesel UP 176%, Regular Gasoline UP 74%, Foodstuffs UP 59% (Thanks Biden And Federal Reserve!)* If you think inflation is at 8.5% look at the specifics of what Biden has done to your budget. read more
balance1012 hours ago
youdont have to go round Robin Hood's barn
perspective=57 blackM= 15; 15+57=72. lies, close, off, path =18. 4x18=72. Putin, Duffy =26. Rasputin =37. Neroli =37. 37+26=72. Rasputin was/is opposite Igor; Rasputin reembodiement did visit early to Summit Lighthouse, said Mother. Messengers’ reign ran from one end to the other of Soviet/ Bolshevik/Putin era, that force being the principal oppponent of this activity. -r. ……………. read more
PrairiePundit12 hours ago
The left's student debt forgiveness scam
The Atlantic: ... Some items end up on the agenda because a towering majority of Americans demand change—the most obvious recent example is rising gas prices. Student debt feels different. After all, just 13 percent of the country carries federal student debt. Gallup frequently asks Americans what they believe is the most important problem facing the country today. According to the Gallup analyst Justin McCarthy, the pollster is unable “to report the percentage of Americans who have mentioned student debt or student debt cancellation because it hasn’t garnered enough mentions to... read more
Is the BBC biased?12 hours ago
May Open Thread
Hello, and happy May! Apologies for the lack of posts but thank you for your comments. Please keep them coming. read more
balance1012 hours ago
you don't have to go round Robin Hood's barn
perspective=57 blackM= 15; 15+57=72. lies, close, off, path =18. 4x18=72. Putin, Duffy =26. Rasputin =37. Neroli =37. 37+26=72. Rasputin was/is opposite Igor; Rasputin reembodiement did visit early to Summit Lighthouse, said Mother. Messengers’ reign ran from one end to the other of Soviet/ Bolshevik/Putin era, that force being the principal oppponent of this activity. -r. ……………. read more
PrairiePundit12 hours ago
Climate kooks want to lower your standard of living
Joe Herring: ... The technology to store energy simply hasn't kept pace with our ability to generate it, leaving renewable sources like wind and solar handicapped by their inherent intermittency. Consequently, renewables provide only a fraction of Nebraska's energy needs and find economic viability only through a regime of heavy government subsidy. Despite this technological deficiency, clean energy advocates still insist we decommission "dirty" sources sooner rather than later. Cities and regions who have done so have encountered grave disruptions in production and delivery... read more
Gregory Mannarino, "Markets, A Look Ahead: Market Meltdown? Crash? Something Else?"
Gregory Mannarino, 5/1/22: *"Markets, A Look Ahead: * *Market Meltdown? Crash? Something Else?"* - https://traderschoice.net/ read more
PrairiePundit12 hours ago
Russia takes over a million political prisoners in Donbas
*Legal Insurrection:* *Ukraine Updates: Kremlin Admits Deporting Over a Million Ukrainians to Russia**President Zelenskyy: Russia is trying to “empty” the Donbas of people* The kidnapping of the population should be considered a war crime. read more
"Toto, I Don't Think We're In Kansas Anymore"
*"Toto, I Don't Think We're In Kansas Anymore"* by Jeff Thomas "Recently, an American colleague commented to me, “We no longer live in a democracy but a dictatorship disguised as a democracy.” Is he correct? Well, a dictatorship may be defined as “a form of government in which absolute authority is exercised by a dictator.” The US today is not be ruled by dictatorship (although, to some, it may well feel that way.) But, if that’s the case, what form of rule does exist in the US? At its formation, the founding fathers argued over whether the United States should be a republic or a d... read more
PrairiePundit12 hours ago
How the left facilitated vote fraud in 2020
Breitbart: Dirty voter rolls, the mass use of mail-in ballots, and privately-funded drop boxes “combined together to create an easy pass lane for fraud,” as “mules” — or ballot traffickers — trafficked thousands of ballots, likely altering the outcome of the 2020 election, True the Vote president and founder Catherine Engelbrecht told Breitbart News Saturday. Engelbrecht, who leads the election integrity organization True the Vote, previewed the upcoming film by Dinesh D’Souza, 2,000 Mules, which blows the lid off of the “organized crime” that took place leading up to the 2020 e... read more
PrairiePundit12 hours ago
DeSantis explains left's freak out over sell of Twitter
Breitbart: Leftists are freaking out over Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter because they used the platform to “enforce the narrative,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said on Friday, where he also blasted the Biden administration for installing a “Ministry of Truth.” “When you’re not doing well, there’s two ways to do it. You can try to do better, and so then maybe people will like what you’re doing better or you can try to shut up everybody who’s criticizing your bad policies,” DeSantis said, concluding that the Biden administration “seems like they’re trying to do the latter” by a... read more
PrairiePundit13 hours ago
Media became coconspirators with Clinton in Russia hoax
Just the News: Just days after Hillary Clinton emissaries Christopher Steele and Michael Sussmann approached the FBI in September 2016 with dirt that would infuse the Russia collusion probe, the campaign's opposition research firm sent some of the same information to New York Times journalists. "Gents good to see you yesterday," a Fusion GPS executive wrote the reporters. "Sounded like you might be interested in some of the attached russia-related material. these are internal, open source research drafts, as agreed, pls treat this as background/not for attribution. as you'll see ... read more
Lawfare14 hours ago
How Russia’s War in Ukraine Affects Its Meddling in Africa
Russian fighter jets fly over Libya in support of Khalifa Haftar's forces, in an image distributed by U.S. Africa Command on May 26, 2020. Photo credit: U.S. Africa Command/Courtesy Photo/Public Domain. Editor’s Note: *The Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to greater focus on Moscow's activities around the world. Working through private military companies, Russia has repeatedly intervened in Africa's civil wars, becoming a major power broker in several. John Lechner, formerly with the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, and Jalel Harchaoui, a specialist on Libya,... read more
Electric Bus Catches Fire After Battery Explosion
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? h/t frankobaysioFrank ? ? ? It is frightening to think what would have happened with passengers on board. ? ? ? An Electric Bus Caught Fire After Battery Explosion in Paris A video recording shows the start of the fire which… read more
Thermal Runaway & Battery Fires
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? ? h/t Philip Bratby Talking of lithium battery fires, this presentation by one of the UK’s leading experts on battery safety is well worth a watch. It starts at 1:01:50 in. It lasts about 20 minutes, but if you want to… read more
BBC’s Bogus Antarctic Heatwave Scare
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? ? This month’s BBC Climate Check focusses on Antarctica: https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/61259046 The first claim by Sarah Keith-Lucas that Antarctica is warming at three times the global average is totally fallacious. As satellites show, temperatures there have barely changed at all in the… read more
musingsofanoldfart15 hours ago
A few more vignettes for Hugh Curtler from his memorial service
As a few of us have written in tribute (Lisa and Jill), our friend Hugh Curtler passed away last summer. With the pandemic upon us, his wife Linda and family delayed the memorial service to yesterday, which included an online … Continue reading → read more
PrairiePundit12 hours ago
Russia's nuclear threats suggest they know they are losing in Ukraine
Washington Examiner: Russia is upping its World War III rhetoric. Vladimir Putin has threatened any nation that directly intervenes in Ukraine with retaliation via "strategic" weapons — "strategic" meaning "nuclear." At the same time, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov says the risks of a nuclear war are now "very significant." On Russian state media, prominent commentators this week suggested that a nuclear war with the West wouldn't be too problematic because Russians would go to heaven, whereas Westerners would simply perish. The fact that this was allowed on state media ... read more
PrairiePundit13 hours ago
Obama seen as pulling the strings on censorship
Fox News: Former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard suggested that former President Barack Obama is behind the effort to establish a Disinformation Governance Board, which she likened to George Orwell's famed "Ministry of Truth." "Biden is just a front man," Gabbard said on Twitter Sunday. "Obama, April 21: social media censors 'don’t go far enough,' so the government needs to step in to do the job. Six days later, Homeland Security rolls out the 'Ministry of Truth' (aka Disinformation Governance Board)." REPUBLICANS ACCUSE MAYORKAS OF DISCREDITING 'LEGITIMATE CRITICISM' WITH 'DISINFORMA... read more
WHO ARE RIGHT-WINGERS WHEN THEY'RE AT HOME?
*The New York Times* has published a series of reports on the life and career of Tucker Carlson and his Fox News broadcasts -- two long articles by Nicholas Confessore and a detailed analysis of his nightly show's content, illustrated with a series of inflammatory clips. Unlike most mainstream journalism about the right-wing media, this series tells the plain truth. ... Mr. Carlson has constructed what may be the most racist show in the history of cable news — and also, by some measures, the most successful.... his show teaches loathing and fear. Night after night, hour by hour, Mr... read more
Gangsters Out Blog13 hours ago
Provincial Policing in BC and the CSIS Grab Bag
OK so there are two reports that need to be discussed. One about forming a provincial police force in BC and the other a CSIS / RCMP grab bag. First, the grab bag. This biased CBC article states that two RCMP officers quit after being asked to arrested two CSIS targets without charges. Good for them. CSIS is dirty as f*ck. They supplied the explosives for the Air India bombing. The propaganda article claims that CSIS and the RCMP need to share more information with each other. It implies that if CSIS had shared more information with the RCMP as to why they wanted the suspects arrest... read more
Elon Musk EXPOSED ⚠️ Twitter Technoking Takeover Explained
Wolf Clan Media Apr 30, 2022 • First, this guy is going to save the whole world and take us to mars and now he’s... The post Elon Musk EXPOSED ⚠️ Twitter Technoking Takeover Explained appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
New Details Emerge After 2 Teens Found Dead On Norristown Street: DA
Patch – by Justin Heinze NORRISTOWN, PA — New details have emerged after two teenagers were found shot dead in Norristown on Friday night, the... The post New Details Emerge After 2 Teens Found Dead On Norristown Street: DA appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
PrairiePundit13 hours ago
Russia's weakened forces having trouble advancing
ISW: Further Russian reinforcements to the Izyum axis are unlikely to enable stalled Russian forces to achieve substantial advances. Elements of unspecified Eastern Military District units and several air-defense assets are reportedly deploying from Belgorod to the Izyum front to support likely degraded Russian units attempting to advance south of the city. These forces are unlikely to enable Russian forces to break the current deadlock, as Russian attacks remain confined to two major highways (toward Slovyansk and Barvinkove) and cannot leverage greater numbers. Several successf... read more
PrairiePundit13 hours ago
Cyber attacks hit Russia
*Washington Post:* Russia struggles under unprecedented wave of hacking, puncturing myth of its cyber-superiority Experts anticipated a Moscow-led cyber assault; instead, attacks by hacktivists and criminals have wreaked havoc in Russia. I suspect the attacks are not limited to "hacktivists and criminals." It is likely a part of a total war effort by Ukraine and its supporters. This appears to be another aspect of the exposure of the weakness of the Russians on several fronts seen since it launched a "special operation" against Ukraine and the phantom of Nazis there. The Russia... read more
WATCH: Cop Dumps 30 Rounds Into Unarmed Grandma, Executing Her as She Tried to Flee
[image: grandma]While attempting to flee a traffic stop, an unarmed grandma was gunned down by a police officer, executed by more than 30 rounds. read more
PrairiePundit13 hours ago
Biden's attempt to hide his role in the monetizing of his office
Nick Arama: Hunter Biden’s laptop has revealed a lot, including the depths to which Joe Biden seemed intertwined with his son Hunter’s business, his accounts, and his business partners. But the laptop has also revealed how they wanted to keep his involvement in the business on the down-low, and Tony Bobulinski has confirmed that. That would suggest that they knew they were doing something wrong and/or doing things they didn’t want people to know about. The emails referred to Joe Biden by various codenames including “Celtic” and “the big guy.” One of the other things that the ema... read more
War News Updates14 hours ago
In Another Sign That Europe's Energy Crisis Will Get Worse, France’s Nuclear Shutdown Hits 50% Of Reactors
*Bloomberg:* *France’s Nuclear Shutdown Hits 50% of Reactors* (Bloomberg) -- The halt of yet another nuclear unit in France means half of its reactors are now offline for maintenance, keeping power supplies tight in a country that is traditionally one of Europe’s biggest electricity exporters. Twenty-eight reactors are offline as Electricite de France SA struggles with extended outages after corrosion issues were found at some sites, requiring lengthy checks and repairs. The extra works come on top of already scheduled halts for refueling and regular maintenance, and has brough... read more
naked capitalism14 hours ago
California Attorney General Rob Bonta Launches Investigation into Role Played by Fossil Fuel and Petrochemicals Companies in Causing Global Plastics Pollution Crisis
California AG Rob Bonta launches investigation into the plastics industry’s half-century campaign to promote recycling myths. read more
PrairiePundit14 hours ago
Poll spells doom for Dems in mid-term
Townhall: Just how doomed are Democrats in November's midterms? It doesn't take a statistician to read the writing on the wall — inflation sitting at 40-year highs, gas reaching an all-time high, a woke Democrat-education complex running amok, and an open border that's triggered drug, humanitarian, and public health crises — and see that the party in power of the executive and legislative branches is in trouble. A new poll out from NPR and Marist shows just how bad Democrats are doing and among which groups their support is trailing GOP candidates by double-digits on the generi... read more
Five Most Popular Posts in April
Some might find the 25th anniversary of New Labour's famous election victory worth celebrating. To be honest, as a government that moved with alacrity to introduce tuition fees and cut social security for single parents, you'd be better off remembering the most popular comings and goings on this blog for the last week. 1. Talk About a Revolution 2. How Boris Johnson Can Be Forced to Quit 3. Propaganda and Ukraine 4. The Assassination of Rishi Sunak 5. Privatising Channel 4 We begin our retrospective of April with Keir Starmer's unforced remarks about how it's "not revolutionary" to ... read more
New Bill to Fine Parents of Unvaxxed Kids, Double Income Tax for Refusing COVID Jab & Boosters
[image: taxed]Anybody who violates the order “shall owe twice the amount of personal income taxes” and "must pay a monthly civil penalty of $50." read more
The Rio Times15 hours ago
On International Labor Day, May 1, there will be right-wing and left-wing actions all over Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Groups of both the left and the right have called for demonstrations across the country on May 1. Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT) is expected to attend an event in São Paulo. Government leader Jair Bolsonaro (PL) is expected to join his supporters' demonstration in the capital, […] The post On International Labor Day, May 1, there will be right-wing and left-wing actions all over Brazil appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
Ex. President of Chile Sebastián Piñera: 5G Technologies Capable of inserting Thoughts And Feelings into Peoples’ Minds — Graphene Oxide Has Its Absorption Band in 5G
Sebastián Piñera – Wikipedia Miguel Juan Sebastián Piñera Echenique OMCh (Spanish: [miˈɣel ˈxwan seβasˈtjam piˈɲeɾa etʃeˈnike]; born 1 December 1949[1][2]) is a Chilean billionaire businessman, politician who served as president of Chile from 2010 to 2014 and again from 2018 to 2022. – La Quinta Columna: ‘Graphene oxide has its absorption band in 5G’ by https://www.orwell.city/ There is a connection … read more
The Rio Times1 day ago
French elections: According to a video on Twitter, officially sealed ballots have already been sent out invalid
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – After the French presidential election between Le Pen and Macron, which was stylized as a question of fate for the EU and NATO policy, Le Pen’s “Rassemblement National” party’s press office complained about the sending of thousands of invalidated voting cards. Video footage of sealed ballots arriving at polling stations […] The post French elections: According to a video on Twitter, officially sealed ballots have already been sent out invalid appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
Balkinization14 hours ago
The Geography of Public Conversations on Court Packing
Guest Blogger This post was prepared for a roundtable on Reforming the Supreme Court of the United States, convened as part of LevinsonFest 2022—a year-long series gathering scholars from diverse disciplines and viewpoints to reflect on Sandy Levinson’s influential work in constitutional law. Jill M. Fraley Court packing, as a term, lives in the public sphere separate and apart from academic discourse. My current work-in-progress examines the geography and impacts of public conversations throughout the twentieth century about court packing. Historians tend to think of court pack... read more
Organizing Notes14 hours ago
Sunday song
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son (Cancel culture special) read more
Musk And Twitter
Why did Elon Musk buy Twitter? David Olive writes: Some business deals eventually go bad. And some are failures from the start. Elon Musk’s planned $44-billion (U.S.) purchase of social media company Twitter Inc. announced this week falls into the second camp. Seldom has someone tried to pay so much money for something of so little value. When you look under the hood, Twitter looks like a lemon: In 2016, Walt Disney Co., Salesforce Inc. and Alphabet Inc. each scrapped plans to buy Twitter after finding a lack of economic value in the company. As a business, Twitter barely regist... read more
War News Updates15 hours ago
Host Indonesia Says Bot Putin And Zelensky Have Both Accept Their G-20 Invitation
*The Hill:* *Putin, Zelensky both accept G-20 invitation, host nation say* JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo says that both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed to attend the Group of 20 (G-20) summit to be held in Bali in November. Widodo, the current chair of the G-20, made the remarks in a televised statement on Friday in which he said that he had telephone conversations this week with Zelensky and Putin. He said he urged both leaders of Ukraine and Russia to end the war through negotiations. “I reite... read more
Modern Tokyo Times15 hours ago
Guinea and ECOWAS: 39-month transition
Guinea and ECOWAS: 39-month transition Noriko Watanabe and Chika Mori Modern Tokyo Times The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is alarmed by recent military developments in several ECOWAS nations. Hence, Guinea responded to pressure being put on by ECOWAS – along with internal discontent – by announcing a 39-month transitional period – before the […] The post Guinea and ECOWAS: 39-month transition first appeared on Modern Tokyo Times. read more
War News Updates15 hours ago
Tweets Of The Day
Sources say Germany is ready to support a Russian oil ban as the EU plans new sanctions against Moscow. This would be Berlin's second major turnaround in its Ukraine policy. https://t.co/4Pexh2T26o — DW News (@dwnews) May 1, 2022 Serbia displays its new Chinese anti-aircraft missiles for the first time, raising fears that an arms race in the Balkans will upset the region's fragile peace. https://t.co/tjo3KCxw8B — AP Europe (@AP_Europe) April 30, 2022 Guinea to move to civilian rule in three years https://t.co/rGZEKEVkQy — BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 1, 2022 Talks in Kenya betw... read more
Vox - All15 hours ago
What happens when The Real World turns you into an “Angry Black Woman”
Melissa Beck from The Real World Homecoming: New Orleans | Paramount+ Real World: Homecoming is a second chance for the seminal series, and for New Orleans castmate Melissa Beck. “I just want you to know that I don’t like you. We’re not friends, because I find you to be very dishonest,” Melissa Beck (née Howard) said to Julie Stoffer the last time the two were on TV together on MTV’s* Battle of the Sexes* in 2003. “You got your smug little smile and think it’s all cute — you’re a backstabber and you’re a liar.” Then, in a separate confessional, Melissa uttered a phrase that’s bec... read more
BBC’s Bogus Antarctic Heatwave Scare
By Paul Homewood This month’s BBC Climate Check focusses on Antarctica: https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/61259046 The first claim by Sarah Keith-Lucas that Antarctica is warming at three times the global average is totally fallacious. As satellites show, temperatures there have barely changed at all in the last two decades, and are lower than they were in […] read more
The Rio Times15 hours ago
For 33% of Brazilians, the pandemic is over -PoderData (April 24-26)
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The PoderData poll, conducted April 24-26, 2022, shows that 33% of Brazilians think the Covid 19 pandemic has ended, while 57% say the opposite. Another 10% could not give an answer. The moving average of deaths from the disease in Brazil was 127 on Saturday (April 30), the latest data […] The post For 33% of Brazilians, the pandemic is over -PoderData (April 24-26) appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
Mining Awareness +16 hours ago
Russia Looking for “Loopholes” in Sanctions to get to International Markets through Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan – Intel
“Russia looking for “loopholes” in sanctions to get to int’l markets through Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan – intel 01.05.2022 11:40 https://www.ukrinform.net … Continue reading → read more
The Rio Times16 hours ago
Brazil’s cultural diversity, a key factor for tourism
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - From the enormous importance of the Amazon to its colonial past, Brazil is a country with vast cultural wealth, influenced throughout history by African, European, and even Asian traditions and customs. Not surprisingly, this culture attracts almost thirty percent (27.2%) of Spanish tourists who travel to Brazil to discover the […] The post Brazil’s cultural diversity, a key factor for tourism appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
Mining Awareness +16 hours ago
US Senators Praise US House Passage of Ukraine Lend-Lease Bill; Only 10 House Republicans Voted Against It
“WICKER, CORNYN, CARDIN, SHAHEEN PRAISE PASSAGE OF UKRAINE LEND-LEASE BILL Legislation Will Increase Flexibility In Delivering Aid For Ukraine APRIL … Continue reading → read more
Ukraine & Russia & NATO (Oh My!)
Some perspective on the current NATO engagement in tepid acts of war in Ukraine. Continue reading → read more
War News Updates16 hours ago
Picture Of The Day
The USS Mount Whitney and the Egyptian vessel ENS Alexandria transit the Red Sea, April 20, 2022. *WNU Editor*: The above picture came from this photo-gallery .... *U.S. Department Of Defense* (Photo-gallery). read more
21st Century Wire16 hours ago
Episode #417 – ‘Mayday!’ with guests Robert Inlakesh, Basil Valentine
*SUNDAY WIRE* | Strap yourselves in and lower the blast shield – this is your brave new world… read more
The Duran16 hours ago
Wives & mothers protest Elensky. NATO military build up. Jolie in Lviv. Update 1
Wives & mothers protest Elensky. NATO military build up. Jolie in Lviv. Update 1 Topic 522 read more
Untitled
From Jenna Orkin The Military Situation In The Ukraine How Americans’ love of beef is helping destroy the Amazon rainforestTrump grand jury ending in N.Y. with no charges against ex-president UPDATE 2-Putin discussing pegging the rouble to gold, Kremlin says Major Brazil Soybean Grower to Cut Fertilizer Use Amid Shortage India asks state firms to consider buying Russian oil assets China Censors National Anthem Lyrics Used as Lockdown Protest 1. A prison inmate in a pre-release work program was the first recorded human case of the bird flu in the USBurp-catching mask for gassy cow... read more
Just Be Nice
By Cathy Jameson I wanted to catch up on the world news while eating breakfast one morning late last week. Bouncing from one news site to another, I never know what types of stories I’ll find. I hadn’t seen too... Related Stories - Cat’s 2022 Autism Action Playlist - Lifting the Veil - Even More Autism Action Ideas for the Month of April read more
"Bravery..."
“There are so many ways to be brave in this world. Sometimes bravery involves laying down your life for something bigger than yourself, or for someone else. Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved, for the sake of something greater. But sometimes it doesn’t. Sometimes it is nothing more than gritting your teeth through pain, and the work of every day, the slow walk toward a better life. That is the sort of bravery I must have now.” - Veronica Roth, "Allegiant" read more
Free Download: Nevil Shute, “On The Beach”
*“On The Beach”* by Nevil Shute “Nevil Shute’s 1959 novel “On the Beach” is set in what was then the near future (1963, approximately a year following World War III). The conflict has devastated the northern hemisphere, polluting the atmosphere with nuclear fallout and killing all animal life. While the nuclear bombs were confined to the northern hemisphere, global air currents are slowly carrying the fallout to the southern hemisphere. The only part of the planet still habitable is the far south of the globe, specifically Australia and New Zealand, South Africa, and the southern p... read more
21st Century Wire17 hours ago
SUNDAY SCREENING: ‘Facing The War’ (2015)
*SUNDAY SCREENING* | Our weekly documentary film curated by the editorial team at 21WIRE. read more
The Duran17 hours ago
Blackmail, Sanctions & Gas for Rubles, Q & A
Blackmail, Sanctions & Gas for Rubles, Q & A read more
The Duran17 hours ago
Who could be the next Prime Minister of the UK?
It is unlikely that Boris Johnson will lead the Conservative Party into the next General Election. If Johnson is defenestrated who could become Prime Minister? There might be a vacancy as Number 10 in May 2022. Who then could become First Lord of the Treasury? Whoever is it would be Elizabeth II’s 15th Prime Minister […] read more
The Duran17 hours ago
US weapons sent to Ukraine reportedly turning up in… AFRICA! [Video]
There are many mysteries about the Russian-Ukrainian war, mysteries that are being exploited by both sides to cast aspersions… or to tell real stories that are simply mind-boggling. We present a few of these here. Following in our Chief Editor, Alexander Mercouris’ footsteps, corroboration of some of these stories is not possible, but they come […] read more
The Duran17 hours ago
Will Finland join NATO?
In recent weeks there has been much chatter about Finland seeking admission to NATO. The Finnish Prime Minister has been overt in her desire to join the military alliance. Previously Finland set its face like flint against joining any military alliance. But Finland appears to have performed a volte-face. Why? That has changed because of […] read more
The Duran17 hours ago
What is next for Pakistan?
In April 2022 Imran Khan was forced out as Prime Minister of Pakistan. Khan leads a party called Tahrik i Insaaf (”Movement for Justice”). Imran Khan was PM for three years. Why has he been sacked by the President of Pakistan? Khan came in promising to boost the economy and tackle corruption. He overpromised and […] read more
The Duran17 hours ago
When Icons Fall (2)
The fall of champion cyclist Lance Armstrong is particularly sad because at the age of 25 he was diagnosed with a serious form of cancer and was given a very negative prognosis. The cancer metastasised to his brain but miraculous chemotherapy saved his life. When he returned to cycling he was stronger than ever, but […] read more
The Duran17 hours ago
When Icons Fall (1)
The second half of the Twentieth Century saw another category added to the nouveau riche, the celebrity sportsman, and to a lesser extent, sportswoman. This category includes games such as snooker – which cannot properly be called a sport – and even chess. True, the first million dollar gate for a boxing match was way […] read more
The Duran17 hours ago
An Overview Of Russia’s Vast Military Aggressions & Criminality
source ..Oops! Did I just say ‘Russia’? read more
The Duran17 hours ago
The war with Russia has exacerbated the chronic disease of Ukraine − corruption
The pro-government media of Ukraine managed to create an image of a government entirely focused on repelling the aggression of Putin’s Russia. However, the hopes of Ukrainian patriots that the problem of corruption, which literally engulfed the country after the overthrow of President Yanukovych in 2014, would lose its relevance during the war, were not […] read more
The Duran17 hours ago
The Macmillan Report On An Imaginary Problem
As you probably know, Macmillan is an international publishing house, a massive one. In March this year it issued a four page pamphlet called GENDER PAY GAP REPORT 2022. Apart from that, it hasn’t been in the news much of late, although The Bookseller published some comment on this publication late last month. The gender […] read more
The Duran17 hours ago
A Forever Culture War?
The United States has always been viewed as a strong and confident country, with its people united in their self-identity and idealism. However, in the wake of the Trump Presidency, the nation has experienced violence, strained relations and even calls for secession. Although this is a disturbing trend, I contend that this apparent battle for […] read more
The Duran17 hours ago
Sex, drugs and rock and roll? No – fighting, psychoactive substances and Armed Forces of Ukraine
The problem of alcohol doping lovers in the Ukrainian army has been known for a long time, but the intensification of hostilities on the territory of Ukraine has revealed another danger – drug addiction, which affects the military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the National Guard. The top military leadership of Ukraine […] read more
Komando.com20 hours ago
11 Mother’s Day gifts that will be a hit with your mom or wife
Check out this list of fabulous Mother's Day gift ideas. read more
"The Empire Of Lies, Operation Z, & The New Global Chessboard"
*"The Empire Of Lies, Operation Z, & * *The New Global Chessboard"* by Pepe Escobar "Especially since the onset of GWOT (Global War on Terror) at the start of the millennium, no one ever lost money betting against the toxic combo of hubris, arrogance and ignorance serially deployed by the Empire of Chaos and Lies. What passes for “analysis” in the vast intellectual no-fly zone known as U.S. Think Tankland includes wishful thinking babble such as Beijing “believing” that Moscow would play a supporting role in the Chinese century just to see Russia, now, in the geopolitical driver’s s... read more
GREENIE WATCH17 hours ago
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* Happy Earth Day! None of the environmental doomsday predictions of the last 52 years have come true* From predicting ecological collapse and the end of civilization to warnings that the world is running out of oil, all environmental doomsday predictions of the first Earth Day in 1970 have turned out to be flat out wrong. More than three decades before Greta Thunberg was born — the Swedish environmental activist on climate change — more than 20 million Americans participated in the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970. We now look back at quotes from Earth Day, Then and Now,” by R... read more
Small Dead Animals17 hours ago
When The FBI Does It, That Means That It’s Not Illegal
LeeSmithDC podcast: The thread of Democrat, FBI and media lies and malfeasance that leads from Hillary Clinton’s Uranium One deal to Spygate to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, plus a deep dive into the Durham investigation. read more
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* Why the Left Wants Twitter Over Tolstoy in Our Schools* If one leftist teachers group gets its way, reading literature in school will be replaced by reading internet memes and Twitter posts. A powerful group of educators called the National Council of Teachers of English recently released a statement calling on schools to “decenter book reading and essay writing as the pinnacles of English language arts education.” But why? To more thoroughly push its leftist ideology, of course. The statement goes on to support critical pedagogies, referring to Marxist ideas, a la critical race... read more
naked capitalism18 hours ago
How Outsourcing Threatens America’s Safety
School bus drivers in Bay City, Michigan, have pushed back against mindless outsourcing of their union jobs. read more
Thermal Runaway & Battery Fires
By Paul Homewood h/t Philip Bratby Talking of lithium battery fires, this presentation by one of the UK’s leading experts on battery safety is well worth a watch. It starts at 1:01:50 in. It lasts about 20 minutes, but if you want to skip the middle bit, you should definitely watch the last […] read more
The New Dark Age18 hours ago
The May 2022 issue of ColdType (Issue 234) is now online
Sunday, 1 May 2022 — Coldtype DEATH BY COP We all hoped that the much-publicised death of George Floyd in Minneapolis two years ago would bring a close to an era of police shootings of young black men in the United States. Unfortunately not, as is made evident in John Rothwell’s 6-page cover story from Grand … Continue reading The May 2022 issue of ColdType (Issue 234) is now online read more
Tulkon, Day 3
It's the small hours of Sunday morning, and I'm writing this post at this time because my body refuses to let me sleep the sleep of the just. I guess that's either because I have a contrary body, or I'm not just. Further deponent sayeth naught . . . Yesterday was another fun day at Tulkon. This is a very new and still small convention, so it's a lot more intimate than larger gatherings of its type. One meets old friends at almost every panel or presentation, and little groups gather over coffee or more adult beverages, talk about anything and everything under the sun, then ... read more
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* Many of the new working class are college-educated -- and they don't like that* In the days when America used to make things, people used to think of the working class as workers on a factory assembly line. Many jobs in new industries such as Amazon and Starbucks are however just as routine, with the wrinkle that such jobs are usually more poorly paid than the old factory jobs. So worker dissatisfaction in such new workplaces has become widespread and that has generated the same old pressures towards unionization. The NYT of course implies below that unionization will be helpfu... read more
Small Dead Animals18 hours ago
Sunday On Turtle Island
The party of bitterness. A good friend of the Biden family. Some California dreaming. Indians meet Archbishop and of course demand money from Anglican Church and the Queen. Conrad Black on the baseless attacks against Pierre Poilievre. Neil Oliver on the behaviour of politicians. Time to stop climate fear. read more

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