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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.

Saturday, July 16, 2022

16 July - Blogs I'm Following - 1 of 4

 10:18 pm MDT

War News Updates2 minutes ago
Saudi Arabia Announces It Will Increase Oil Production Capacity An Additional One Million Barrels By 2027
U.S. President Biden visits Saudi Arabia. © Reuters/EVELYN HOCKSTEIN *The National:* *Saudi Arabia: no additional capacity to increase oil production beyond 13 million bpd* *The kingdom said it is targeting production capacity of 13 million bpd by 2027* Saudi Arabia will not have any additional capacity to increase oil production beyond 13 million barrels per day, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said during his address to the US-Arab summit in Jeddah. “The kingdom has announced an increase in its production capacity level to 13 million barrels per day, after which the kingd... read more
"Don't Ignore The Warning, Start Prepping Now; Halloween Sales Start In July; Pay Off Debt Today"
Jeremiah Babe, 7/16/22: *"Don't Ignore The Warning, Start Prepping Now; * *Halloween Sales Start In July; Pay Off Debt Today"* Comments here: - https://www.youtube.com/ "We're so freakin' doomed!" - The Mogambo Guru read more
Small Dead Animals17 minutes ago
July 17, 2022: Reader Tips
The 1970 film, Waterloo, has a high approval from the audience but a low approval from the critics. Do you like it? Your best recent tips are appreciated! Bonus: We are in the best of hands! read more
War News Updates20 minutes ago
Saudi Crown Prince MBS Points To U.S. Mistakes In Afghanistan And Iraq When Confronted By Biden On The Killing of Khashoggi
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (right) pointed to American abuse in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and the war in Afghanistan as he told President Joe Biden (left) Friday that the U.S. made 'mistakes' too *Daily Mail*:* Saudi crown prince MBS told Biden the US made 'mistakes' too pointing to Iraq and Afghanistan when president shamed him for murder of Jamal Khashoggi* * Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told President Joe Biden that the U.S. made 'mistakes' too when Biden brought up the Jamal Khashoggi killing * Reuters reported Saturday that MBS pointed to America... read more
"Sometimes I Just Want To Quit"
*Full screen recommended.* Tommy Bites Homestead, 7/16/22: *"Sometimes I Just Want To Quit"* Comments here: - https://www.youtube.com/ read more
balance1035 minutes ago
on Napoleon
self-empowerment 72. decision/solemnity 42 + God-direction, Kuthumi Lal Singh 68. 42+68=110 =2x integrity55 . /////////////// golden/phi ratio goes very close to pattern 3, 5, 8, 21, 34, 54, 87. Saint Mark34, invincible/ invulnerable 54, angel 21+ immaculate35+concept31 =87. ……….. The Comte de Saint-Germain thoroughly understood the use of herbs and plants and discovered medicines and elixirs to prolong life and maintain health. Many of his demonstrations of mastery are described in the diaries of Mme. d’Adhemar, who knew him for at least half a century. She records Saint Germain’s ... read more
Russia Building A Ground-Based Laser Weapon To Blind Enemy Satellites
*Space Review: **Kalina: a Russian ground-based laser to dazzle imaging satellites* There is strong evidence that a space surveillance complex in Russia’s northern Caucasus is being outfitted with a new laser system called Kalina that will target optical systems of foreign imaging satellites flying over Russian territory. Initiated in 2011, the project has suffered numerous delays, but recent Google Earth imagery shows that construction is now well underway. Kalina will complement a mobile laser dazzler known as Peresvet that has been operational since late 2019. *The Krona sp... read more
The Last Refuge1 hour ago
Biden Visits Saudi Arabia, Returns with an Empty Tin Cup and Urgent Need for More Windmills
Joe Biden is heading back from an embarrassing trip to Saudi Arabia and the middle east. Putting aside the fact that physically and mentally Biden looked weak, foolish, and generally incoherent, in an odd way he was appropriately representative of the current of U.S. influence on the global stage. Before getting to detail, first it […] The post Biden Visits Saudi Arabia, Returns with an Empty Tin Cup and Urgent Need for More Windmills appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
Vande Mataram: The Nationalist Song
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee Bankim Chandra Chatterjee wrote the nationalist song Vande Mataram (“Hail to Bharat Mata or the Motherland”) in 1875. He included this song in his 1881 novel *Anandamath*, which is the story of a group of sannyasis who start a militaristic society to expel foreign invaders from their country. These sannyasis sing Vande Mataram before going into battle against the invaders. In the 1890s, the Vande Mataram song became the war cry of the Indian nationalists who wanted to make India an independent country. At the 1896 session of the Indian National Congress,... read more
Komando.com1 hour ago
4 crazy optical illusions that will test your eyes
Are you ready for a bit of weekend fun? These four optical illusions will test your mind and give you some much-needed joy. read more
Russia’s Defense Minister Pays Surprise Visit To Ukraine. Orders Major Escalation In Attacks
© Russian Defense Ministry RT: *Russia’s defense minister pays surprise visit to Ukraine* *Sergey Shoigu has met with Russian commanding officers, discussing ways and means to stop Ukrainian attacks on Donbass civilians * ussian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has inspected Russian troops involved in the ongoing military operation in neighboring Ukraine, the ministry revealed on Saturday. Shoigu met the commanding officers of the ‘South’ and ‘Center’ troops, Army General Sergey Surovikin and Colonel General Alexander Lapin, as well as other senior commanding officers. *Rea... read more
Is a US-Russia War Becoming Inevitable?
Flags of Russia and the United Sates along Novinsky Boulevard in central Moscow. (Vladimir Gerdo / TASS) *Patrick Buchanan:* *Is a US-Russia War Becoming Inevitable?* If Putin makes a military move into Finland, the U.S. will go to war against the world’s largest nation with an arsenal of between 4,500 and 6,000 battlefield and strategic nuclear weapons… To go to war with the Soviet Union over the preservation of Finnish territory would have been seen as madness during the Cold War. At the NATO summit in Madrid, Finland was invited to join the alliance. What does this mean for ... read more
balance102 hours ago
on Napoleon
numerologically, self-empowerment 72. decision/solemnity 42 + God-direction, Kuthumi Lal Singh 68. 42+68=110 =2x integrity55 . /////////////// golden/phi ratio goes very close to pattern 3, 5, 8, 21, 35, 54, 87. saint mark34, invincible/ invulnerable 54, angel21+ immaculate35+concept31 =87. ……….. The Comte de Saint-Germain thoroughly understood the use of herbs and plants and discovered medicines and elixirs to prolong life and maintain health. Many of his demonstrations of mastery are described in the diaries of Mme. d’Adhemar, who knew him for at least half a century. She records ... read more
The Costs Of Space Travel
We have entered into a new age of space exploration, in which the commercialization of space travel has opened up the possibility that within a generation, space tourism will become a normal part of human existence. Yet, space travel does not come without a price. read more read more
Farmed Norwegian Salmon World’s Most Toxic Food
Marcus Guiliano Mar 25, 2017 Farmed Norwegian Salmon World’s Most Toxic Food A look into farmed Salmon and Asian Panga. The post Farmed Norwegian Salmon World’s Most Toxic Food appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
BLET Members Vote ‘Yes’ on Nationwide Strike Authorization
Railway Age Nearly 100% of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen members have voted in support of a nationwide strike, which BLET National President Dennis... The post BLET Members Vote ‘Yes’ on Nationwide Strike Authorization appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
Health experts are quitting the NIH and CDC in droves
Daily Mail Two of America’s top health agencies are reportedly hemorrhaging staff as poor decision-making, described by staff as ‘bad science,’ has led to low... The post Health experts are quitting the NIH and CDC in droves appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
Fatal shooting in Maple Ridge
CTV is reporting that "Homicide investigators have publicly identified the 35-year-old woman killed in a shooting in Maple Ridge Friday morning. Cashmere Ali was taken to hospital after the shooting at a home near 226 Street and 119 Avenue around 8:40 a.m., but she died from her injuries. Ali was one of two people officers found suffering from gunshot wounds when they arrived at the scene. The other person, a man who has not been named publicly, suffered non-life-threatening injuries, according to police." Very sad. The Vancouver Sun is reporitng that "More news, fewer ads: Our in... read more
Econlib3 hours ago
Populist Rulers Cannot Lose Elections
Populist rulers face a dilemma. Since they embody “the people” and realize “the will of the people,” they cannot lose elections. The people cannot vote against itself. My Independent Review article on “The Impossibility of Populism” explained this in more details. But here is a current illustration. Jair Bolsonaro, the Brazilian president, faces the same […] The post Populist Rulers Cannot Lose Elections appeared first on Econlib. read more
The Last Refuge3 hours ago
MAGA Candidate John Gibbs Explains Why He is Running Primary Challenge to Remove Republican Pete Meijer in Michigan 3rd District
MAGA Candidate John Gibbs (Michigan CD-03) appears with Steve Cortes to explain why he is running a campaign to primary congressional representative Peter Meijer; one of the ten House republicans who voted to impeach President Trump. Five of the ten House DeceptiCons are either retiring or have already been defeated in the primary races. There […] The post MAGA Candidate John Gibbs Explains Why He is Running Primary Challenge to Remove Republican Pete Meijer in Michigan 3rd District appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
Clearly A Lesbian
Transgender woman who impregnated 2 inmates is removed from N.J.’s female prison; Demi Minor, 27, was transferred to Garden State Youth Correctional Facility, a prison for young adult offenders in Burlington County, last month, Dan Sperrazza, a Department of Corrections spokesman, said. He said the DOC moved Minor to the vulnerable unit at the facility… Continue reading → read more
Michael West3 hours ago
Robbing Australia: profits soar for gas giants, royalties and tax languish
[image: What's the scam?] Foreign gas giants Shell, Chevron, Exxon are enjoying an explosion in revenue while paying virtually no income tax and forking out a bit of spare change in royalties. What's the scam? read more
Untitled
* Woke Academic Gobbledygook Makes You Rich and Famous* This week, a professor went viral during congressional testimony regarding the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overruling Roe v. Wade. During her testimony, professor Khiara Bridges of Berkeley Law School refused to acknowledge any value at all in unborn children, instead stating, “I think that the person with the capacity for pregnancy has value and they should have the ability to control what happens.” This prompted Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., to ask, “You’ve referred to people with a capacity for pregnancy. Would that be women?... read more
Haiti: UN sounds alarm over worsening gang violence across Port-au-Prince
The UN human rights office said on Saturday it was deeply concerned by worsening violence in and around the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince and rising abuse at the hands of heavily armed gangs, against vulnerable local communities. Read the full story, “Haiti: UN sounds alarm over worsening gang violence across Port-au-Prince”, on globalissues.org → read more
Komando.com4 hours ago
Use Word on a Mac or MacBook? Microsoft warns hackers have a new way in
If you haven't updated your Apple MacBook recently, you must do so immediately. There is a severe flaw that hackers can use. Here's how to get this critical update. read more
Red Ice News4 hours ago
Let's Check In On Sweden, The "Humanitarian Superpower"
[image: Let's Check In On Sweden, The "Humanitarian Superpower"] Sweden is in free fall and the violence, rape, murder, chaos and war brought by the immigrant that have been let into our country is almost - just almost - too much even for the normies now. Show also on Odysee | BitChute | GabTV | VK | Rumble | Float | BrandNewtube | YouTube | Telegram | RedIceMembers Sign up for a membership at redicemembers.com. Get full access to our extensive archives, watch or listen to all our shows. Stream or download over 1900 programs, including radio shows, videos, TV segments & our exclusiv... read more
Vox - All4 hours ago
How can Sri Lanka move forward?
[image: Protesters, including a child who is holding a drink, celebrate the Presidential Secretariat in Columbo on July 15, 2022.] Protesters celebrated outside the Presidential Secretariat in Columbo on July 15, 2022. | Arun Sankar/AFP via Getty Images Sri Lanka’s president is out. Now comes the hard part. Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigned Thursday by email, after a herculean people-power movement fueled by anger over corruption and massive inflation toppled his government. Although it’s a major victory for Sri Lankan activists, Rajapaksa’s resignation raises exist... read more
"Will the Market Meltdown in the Next Eight Weeks?"
*Full screen recommended.* Dan, iAllegedly 7/16/22: *"Will the Market Meltdown in the Next Eight Weeks?"* "Experts are coming together and agreeing that inflation is a huge problem around the world. We are also seeing the banks struggle with earnings right now. JP Morgan and Wells Fargo just announced their earnings and to no one‘s surprise their earnings were off. What’s next for the market? Will it crash in the next eight weeks?" Comments here: - https://www.youtube.com/ read more
The Last Refuge4 hours ago
Richard Baris Outlines the Theater of Republican Club Politics
A few people have directed me to this recent podcast by Rich Baris, aka “The People’s Pundit, where he discusses the insufferable theater of republican club politics and how the professionally republican are trying to avoid winning too many seats in the 2022 mid-term election. Baris accurately notes the battle for candidates inside the club […] The post Richard Baris Outlines the Theater of Republican Club Politics appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
Cairns News4 hours ago
ACTU involved with WEF up to is neck
Letter to the Editor We the citizens of the ‘western democracies’ are in an abusive relationship with our own governments’. The yellow vests in France, the MAGA movement in the U.S., the Australian labor unions, the Canadian Truckers and now the Dutch farmers are the unstable tremors for global political shifts. No no no, not … … Continue reading → read more
Cell phone radiation penetrates deeper and more intensely into children’s brains and bodies than into adults’
Environmental Health Trust This is because children have thinner skulls, smaller heads, and a higher water content in their brain and tissues. Vulnerability to the long-term effects of electromagnetic fields (EMF) is compounded in children and fetuses because they experience rapid brain and immune system development at this age. VIDEO LINK: Wireless Cell Phone Radiation … Continue reading Cell phone radiation penetrates deeper and more intensely into children’s brains and bodies than into adults’ → read more
A memory hole gem
Who remembers glowing accounts like these in the left-wing corporate media in the early days of the pandemic? Australia has become a pandemic success story. The nation of 26 million is close to eliminating community transmission of the coronavirus, having defeated a second wave just as infections surge again in Europe and the United States.… Continue reading → read more
Medical Kidnap6 hours ago
“Swamp Coolers” – DIY Simple Evaporator Air Coolers You Can Make at Home if You Don’t Have Air Conditioning
As much of the nation is experiencing very hot temperatures here in the middle of July, there are reports that many people cannot use or do not have air conditioning, sometimes because there is a shortage of technicians and parts to fix HVAC units. There are simple and cost effective ways to cool the air around you, however, and they are usually called "swamp coolers" or "evaporated air coolers." There are many videos that show one how to make these, and I have included one here that highlights 8 different types. You do still need some power, so backup power is a very high priori... read more
“Swamp Coolers” – DIY Simple Evaporator Air Coolers You Can Make at Home if You Don’t Have Air Conditioning
As much of the nation is experiencing very hot temperatures here in the middle of July, there are reports that many people cannot use or do not have air conditioning, sometimes because there is a shortage of technicians and parts to fix HVAC units. There are simple and cost effective ways to cool the air around you, however, and they are usually called "swamp coolers" or "evaporated air coolers." There are many videos that show one how to make these, and I have included one here that highlights 8 different types. You do still need some power, so backup power is a very high priori... read more
Horoscope for the week of July 17, 2022
Back to two ruling planets in the heavens this week. Saturn and Neptune struggle over necessary reforms. Saturn uses technology and people of accomplishments; Neptune reveals past misconduct. You will be entertained by the sight of your enemy punching themself in the head. At least until Thursday, when everything changes … Aries: Holding on to… Continue reading → read more
Vax Attack
The Daily Sceptic- Vaccine Effectiveness Turns Negative Against Serious Disease and Death, Data From the Netherlands and Canada Show DrBeen- Vaccinated Vs. Unvaccinated Qatari Cohort (New Studies) Mark Steyn- Victims of the Vax Special read more
Gavin Newsom for President!
This is state of “utopia” in California that Gavin Newsom wants to spread across America: NASCAR star Bobby East, 37, is stabbed to death at California gas station as he filled up his car: Cops hunt homeless man on parole, 27, for the murder. read more
War With Iran
The United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia are plotting a war with Iran. The 2015 Iranian nuclear arms accord, or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which Donald Trump sabotaged, does not look like it will be revived. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) is reviewing options to attack if Teheran looks poised to obtain a nuclear weapon and Israel, which opposes U.S.-Iran nuclear negotiations, carries out military strikes. During his visit to Israel, Biden assured Prime Minister Yair Lapid that the U.S. is “prepared to use all elements of its national power,” including military ... read more
The West Is Experiencing A Power Contraction, Not Necessarily Decline
What Westerners call the West or Western civilization is a geopolitical space that emerged in the 16th century and expanded continuously until the 20th century. On the eve of World War I, about 90 percent of the globe was Western or Western-dominated: Europe, Russia, the Americas, Africa, Oceania, and much of Asia (with the partial exceptions of Japan and China). From then on, the West began to contract: first with the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the emergence of the Soviet bloc, and then, from mid-century onward, with the decolonization movements. Terrestrial space, and soon a... read more
100 Degrees In London
London reached 100 degrees on August 9, 1911. 29 Aug 1930 – DEATHS REPORTED. – Trove 11 Aug 1911, 5 – The Guardian at Newspapers.com 11 Aug 2003, 12 – The Times and Democrat at Newspapers.com read more
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Far beyond the local group of galaxies lies NGC 3621, some 22 million light-years away. Found in the multi-headed southern constellation Hydra, the winding spiral arms of this gorgeous island universe are loaded with luminous young star clusters and dark dust lanes. Still, for earthbound astronomers NGC 3621 is not just another pretty face-on spiral galaxy. Some of its brighter stars have been used as standard candles to establish important estimates of extragalactic distances and the scale of the Universe. This beautiful image of NGC 3621 traces the loose spiral arms far from the ... read more
Chet Raymo, “Examination of Conscience”
*“Examination of Conscience”* by Chet Raymo "I have been reading Stephanie Smallwood's “Saltwater Slavery,” a close examination of the trade in human beings between the coast of West Africa and the Americas in the 17th and 18th centuries. It is a sobering read, but if there is one thing I came away with, it was this: We have an enormous capacity to rationalize the most horrendous crimes. Everyone involved in the slave trade - the European owners of the ships, the masters of the trading companies, the ship captains and crews, the plantation owners in the West Indies and the Chesapea... read more
Light blogging ahead
Don't expect much from this space for the next week-plus. Enjoy your summer in the meantime! read more
Pottersville Digest
------------------------------ Good on him. More of us should have the guts to speak truth to power. ------------------------------ "Powell allegedly left her children unattended to travel to D.C.." Oh yeah. She gets my vote for Mom of the Year. ------------------------------ Shorter Twitter: "We insist on being owned by the mercurial, sociopathic scumbag who's tanking our stock valuation." ------------------------------ A "device-replacement program" that just happens to delete text messages generated on two of the worst days in US history? Yeah, sounds legit.... read more
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your Saturday reading. - Jennifer Lee reports on the newly-released documents confirming that Alberta's lifting of COVID protections was purely a matter of political oneupmanship rather than reflecting any expectation that people's health wouldn't be harmed. And Andrew Dansby writes about Peter Hotez' recognition that the fallout from COVID-19 will be felt for years even after the ongoing pandemic finally recedes, while Emily Elpert Reyes discusses warnings from health providers about the dangers of working through COVID. - Andre Picard writes about the Br... read more
The Hard Right and the Far Right
Commenting on my analysis of Penny Mordaunt's leadership bid, and the point about her potential meddling with the Treasury upsetting the right, James Meadway noted that "a Brexity section of the right hate HMT, too - talking Brexit down, putting out Remainer forecasts, etc." He's right, so I think we need to think about what we mean by "the right" of the Tory party. Eager watchers of the Brexit saga are well aware of the European Research Group on the backbenches, the self-appointed guardians of ensuring the UK left the EU. But there are other groups too. We've mentioned the Norther... read more
"It May Be Then..."
"Passion doesn't count the cost. Pascal said that the heart has its reasons that reason takes no account of. If he meant what I think, he meant that when passion seizes the heart it invents reasons that seem not only plausible but conclusive to prove that the world is well lost for love. It convinces you that honor is well sacrificed and that shame is a cheap price to pay. Passion is destructive. It destroyed Antony and Cleopatra, Tristan and Isolde, Parnell and Kitty O'Shea. And if it doesn't destroy it dies. It may be then that one is faced with the desolation of knowing that one ... read more
The Last Refuge6 hours ago
Neil Oliver Outlines the Foolish Pantomime of U.K. Politics as the Candidates for Prime Minister Keep Pretending
While Neil Oliver is describing the insufferable lack of political leadership amid the conservative party in the U.K, almost every point of his weekly monologue could just as easily apply to the United States or any other “western democracy.” The current candidates to replace Boris Johnson are just an extension of the high-minded political class […] The post Neil Oliver Outlines the Foolish Pantomime of U.K. Politics as the Candidates for Prime Minister Keep Pretending appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
The Poet: David Whyte, “Sometimes”
*“‘Sometimes’: Poet and Philosopher David Whyte’s* *Stunning Meditation on Walking into the Questions of Our Becoming”* by Maria Popova “The role of the artist, James Baldwin believed, is “to make you realize the doom and glory of knowing who you are and what you are.” This, too, is the role of the forest, it occurs to me as I walk the ferned, mossed woods daily to lose my self and find myself between the trees; to “live the questions,” in Rilke’s lovely phrase – to let the rustling of the leaves beckon forth the stirrings and murmurings on the edge of the psyche, which we so often ... read more

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