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Sunday, September 11, 2022

11 September - Blogs I'm Following - 1 of 4

 11pm MDT

The Last Refuge42 minutes ago
September 12th – 2022 Presidential Politics – Resistance Day 601
In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the JoeBama Administration and Presidency. “This is no small thing, to restore a republic after it has fallen into corruption. […] The post September 12th – 2022 Presidential Politics – Resistance Day 601 appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
The Last Refuge48 minutes ago
Monday September 12th – Open Thread
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL. […] The post Monday September 12th – Open Thread appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
“Manufacturing Dissent”: The Anti-globalization Movement is Funded by the Corporate Elites
From globalresearch.ca RELATED: What is “controlled opposition”? Read this, then look around The People’s Movement has been Hijacked “Manufactured Consent” vs. “Manufactured Dissent” The term “manufacturing consent” was initially coined by Edward S Herman and Noam Chomsky. “Manufacturing consent” describes a propaganda model used by the corporate media to sway public opinion and “inculcate individuals … Continue reading “Manufacturing Dissent”: The Anti-globalization Movement is Funded by the Corporate Elites → read more
Vox - All2 hours ago
House of the Dragon’s moral lesson of the week: Sex is always political
Milly Alcock and Matt Smith as Rhaenyra and Daemon Targaryen in *House of the Dragon*. | Ollie Upton/HBO The HBO show finally addresses its sticky sexual subtext. *House of the Dragon*’s fourth episode dives headlong into the quagmire of sexual politics that thus far have haunted the series but remained largely offscreen and subtextual. “King of the Narrow Sea” yanks Rhaenyra out into the gritty city, and yanks all of us into a confrontation with age and consent issues, power dynamics, and, of course, incest. In short, a whole lot of sex gets had, but it’s difficult to call much ... read more
Vox - All2 hours ago
Ukraine’s surprising counteroffensive forces Russian troops to flee
[image: Ukrainian army takes control of town in southeast] Ukrainian flag waves after Ukrainian army liberated the town of Balakliya in the southeastern Kharkiv oblast, Ukraine, on September 11, 2022. | Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Ukraine’s second largest city and several strategic hubs were liberated in the operation. A surprise counteroffensive over the weekend saw Ukrainian troops push into areas around Kharkiv in the northeast, liberating villages and cities, and catching Russian troops flat-footed. The swift maneuvers threatened to encircle a portion of the R... read more
George Christie: Outlaw Riding Through The Storm
Outlaw Riding Through The Storm, a book of true short stories. Front and back covers. Available at Amazon or Order Direct signed or unsigned… https://t.co/DQ8Vcw7ttM pic.twitter.com/8CPb7cPMYS — George Christie (@georgeFPC) September 11, 2022 read more
War News Updates2 hours ago
Russia - Ukraine War: Military Summary And Analysis For 11.09.2022
*WNU Editor*: Another must watch analysis on the Russia - Ukraine war from the Military Summary channel. read more
War News Updates2 hours ago
Tweets On The Russia - Ukraine War
Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 11 September 2022 Find out more about the UK government's response: https://t.co/XE7QGQnZeh πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ #StandWithUkraine πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ pic.twitter.com/88KnwEqDNj — Ministry of Defence πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ (@DefenceHQ) September 11, 2022 Ukraine says its forces are pushing back Russia's military from strategic holdouts in the country's east as Kyiv's counter-offensive deals a heavy blow to Moscow. pic.twitter.com/TaVa7COoFA — DW News (@dwnews) September 11, 2022 The shock advance by Ukrainian forces in the past four days has seen Russia order its t... read more
War News Updates2 hours ago
Tweets Of The Day
US President Joe Biden vows to continue the fight against terrorism as the country remembers the 21st anniversary of the September 11 attacks. https://t.co/4th010CpXp — DW News (@dwnews) September 11, 2022 An exit poll gave Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson's center-left bloc 49.8% of the votes against 49.2% for the right-wing opposition parties. The final outcome will only be known once all votes are tallied. https://t.co/o8NcqpaaJU — DW News (@dwnews) September 11, 2022 Sweden's right wing look set to oust Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson's left-wing bloc in Sunday's general e... read more
War News Updates2 hours ago
Tweets On The Royal Family
Hour-by-hour guide to the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II https://t.co/m8MO9Vt84p — Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) September 11, 2022 The Queen's coffin arrives in Edinburgh to the sound of applause from the large crowds gathered along the streets. Its arrival marks the conclusion of its six-hour journey from Balmoral. Latest: https://t.co/8AFWhoW82a πŸ“Ί Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube pic.twitter.com/8W4RHzmBhN — Sky News (@SkyNews) September 11, 2022 VIDEO: Thousands gather to place flowers, messages and balloons in tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II in Windsor p... read more
The Rio Times3 hours ago
Thousands pay tribute to Allende on 49th anniversary of Chile coup
Thousands of people on Sunday paid tribute to former Chilean President Salvador Allende on the 49th anniversary of the bloody military coup that overthrew his democratic government and installed the bloody civil-military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet (1973-1989). Leftist groups, former colleagues of the president, relatives of the victims, and of the more than a […] read more
The Rio Times3 hours ago
Bolsonaro confirms attendance at funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in London
The President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro (PL), has confirmed his participation in the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, which will take place in London on Sept. 19, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Queen died on Thursday, July 8, at the age of 96, after 70 years on the throne, the longest reign […] read more
The Bambi Syndrome
Governments have known for thousands of years they can control the population through the use of fictional stories. The climate religion is just one more example. read more
The Duran3 hours ago
Illegal Immigration v NIMBY Culture
Back in January 2019, the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper asked the 14 candidates for Mayor where they stood on Chicago’s sanctuary city policy. One of those candidates was Lori Lightfoot, who would shortly become the city’s first black mayor, its first lesbian mayor and its first certifiable lunatic mayor. Lightfoot’s response was in part: “I support […] read more
The Duran3 hours ago
“Stability in Iraq depends on true representation”, interview with Rafid Sadeq
Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Thousands of Iraqis flooded the streets on Friday demanding a political overhaul. In scenes reminiscent of similar past protests in Lebanon, the Iraqi people are frustrated by the endemic corruption of political leaders. This anti-government protest began in October 2019 and has remained a constant source of unrest […] read more
Danielle Smith and the Free Alberta Strategy
We’ve been so focused on the unconstitutionality of Danielle Smith’s central campaign promise, the passage of the Alberta Sovereignty Act (ASA), that we’ve forgotten that the ASA is part of the Free Alberta Strategy’s grand plan to renegotiate our place … Continue reading → read more
Not PC4 hours ago
"Today is one of the greatest days in modern history"
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has unravelled. Due to Ukrainian ingenuity and resolve. Due to Russia's now-widely revealed incompetence and cowardice. Russia's Kharkiv front has completely collapsed. In just 72 hours, Ukrainian armed forces has retaken over 2,500 sq km of Russian-occupied Ukraine, cut Russian communication and supply routes to occupied-eastern Ukraine, and routed and destroyed the equivalent of three combat divisions of the Russian occupiers. Russian military and occupiers on the Kharkiv front are fleeing, many in civilian clothes, leaving behind weapons and eq... read more
Bizarre ‘Fact Check’ of World Climate Declaration Claims No Natural Climate Change For Almost 200 Years
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? ? Inevitable really, but the Daily Sceptic‘s recent article on the World Climate Declaration (WCD) has attracted a green-activist ‘fact check’, and on that flimsy basis has been labelled “false information” by Facebook. On August 18th we published an article reporting… read more
Lyndon LaRouche and the Future
"As the student defines the student's personal relationship, through the methods of the Socratic dialogue, to living notable persons long since deceased, so the student is impelled to come to see himself, or herself, in respect to those who have yet to be born." —Lyndon LaRouche, "Shrunken Heads In America Today," March 25, 2001 This week marks two singular anniversaries, the 100th anniversary of the Lyndon LaRouche's birth and the 60th anniversary of John Kennedy's Rice University speech, which sent mankind soaring into our solar system. Both men, each in their own way, acted for... read more
The Fantasy World Of Renewable Energy
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? ? It is difficult to avoid concluding that the whole story of the falling costs of renewable generation is sheer fantasy, a sort of energy industry Game of Thrones taking place in a parallel universe that bears an accidental similarity to… read more
Earth Just Dodged a lot of CMEs
Originally posted on Spaceweather.com: Aug. 30, 2022: It seemed like sunspot AR3088 would never stop exploding. Over the past four days, the strangely-magnetized active region produced more than a dozen M-class solar flares: Each X-ray peak in the graph above produced a corresponding shortwave radio blackout on Earth. No part of our planet was… read more
Global Financial System at Risk From Flawed Climate Models 
Originally posted on Tallbloke's Talkshop: An unflattering analysis of climate models. Using mean values from numerous models is questioned. Climate attribution studies don’t fare any better: “these approaches are likely to be flawed”. – – – A team of Australian scientists, financiers and economists have issued a stark warning over the use of “flawed”… read more
More droughts and flooding predicted as La NiΓ±a weather pattern goes into third consecutive winter
Originally posted on Tallbloke's Talkshop: A media campaign to point the finger at the ‘greed of rich countries’ for local weather conditions is already underway in Pakistan. But NASA gave the game away after the last time this happened, in 2010: ‘The rainfall anomaly map published by NASA showed unusually intense monsoon rains attributed… read more
While Rest Assured It Can Never Happen, What Would Global Decarbonization Actually Cost? Part III
Originally posted on PA Pundits - International: By Robert Lyman and Dr. Jay Lehr ~ The Future Even more guesswork is involved in estimating the costs that the countries of the world will bear to attain decarbonization by 2050. The International Energy Agency in 2021 projected that, to achieve a “clean energy pathway”, international public… read more
Listening to European Electricity Traders Is Very, Very Scary
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood h/t Dave Ward ? ? ? ? Every week, the people who trade electricity in the UK get to quiz the managers of the national grid for an hour. The conference call, which anyone can monitor, offers an insight into what the… read more
Dutch record highest solar radiation levels since 1970s
Originally posted on Tallbloke's Talkshop: Netherlands beach [image credit: dutchreview.com] Dutch meteorologists expect ‘we will have more cloudy summer weather again’ sometime in the future. For now: more sun = more heat. Who knew? – – – The Netherlands this summer has had the highest amount of solar radiation recorded since 1976, the Royal… read more
ECB Scrutinizes Banks’ Readiness For Possible Tsunami Of Energy Company Defaults
ECB Scrutinizes Banks’ Readiness For Possible Tsunami Of Energy Company Defaults by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ As we detailed in Trillions In “Liquidity Support Is Going To Be Needed” As Swiss, Finns Join Europe’s Bailout Brigade and Sweden, Austria Start Bailing Out Energy Companies Triggering Europe’s “Minsky Moment,” it appears financial armageddon nears for Europe as the European Central … read more
Exposed: The Vast Pro-Ukrainian ‘Bot Army’ Designed to Influence Western Policy Makers
Exposed: The Vast Pro-Ukrainian ‘Bot Army’ Designed to Influence Western Policy Makers by https://www.rt.com/ An investigation has exposed a vast coordinated network online Researchers at the University of Adelaide have published a landmark paper on the activities of bot accounts on Twitter related to the conflict in Ukraine. These Australian findings are truly staggering – … read more
TFMR Podcast – Friday, September 8 – Jim Willie
[image: https://ria.ru/aurora/flv/file.aspx?ID=47840661&type=mp3]Click on image for audio interview. read more
What Putin And China Are Doing This Week Will Change EVERYTHING — New World Reserve Currency | Redacted with Clayton Morris
Redacted For the first time since the war in Ukraine started, Putin and Xi are meeting to advance a new international currency based on their country’s commodities and resources. This is an absolute world changing moment. – China and Russia step up bid to challenge U.S. dollar’s dominance by MARIKO KODAKI, Nikkei staff writer, August … read more
Michael West4 hours ago
Asia stocks edge up, dollar restrained
Asian share markets made cautious gains on Monday on hopes a key reading on US inflation will show some cooling, while the US dollar was restrained by the risk of higher European interest rates and Japanese intervention. Holidays in China and South Korea made for slow trading, while traders were unsure about what implications Ukraine’s […] read more
The Summer of /69 and the Summers yet to come
Yesterday I rode out to Gold Creek at Alouette lake in the early evening after the crowd started to die down. Yesterday and today was pretty smokey in Metro Vancouver from forest fires burning in BC and California. There's also smoke from a pile of wood recycling at a sawmill in Vancouver that caught fire. That would explain the lower level smoke that's kind of a haze. Alouette lake in Golden Ears is really nice but when it's hot in the summer it's impossible to find parking. Making more camp sites and more parking would be nice. As summer starts to wind down we reflect on what's ... read more
The Last Refuge4 hours ago
Sunday Talks, Senator Mark Warner Says “People Will Die” if Trump Mar-a-Lago Documents Become Public
Now you are going to see why it was necessary to write the previous article about the Trump -v- Clinton lawsuit. We must stop pretending. Everyone, including everyone who reads here and specifically SSCI Chairman Mark Warner, already knows what is in those documents from Mar-a-Lago. Those documents contain the evidence of the collective government […] The post Sunday Talks, Senator Mark Warner Says “People Will Die” if Trump Mar-a-Lago Documents Become Public appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
Poster Girl for the Canadian Healthcare System?
Remember how we’ve all been repeatedly told the past 2.5 years that all decisions made about Public Health are apolitical and strictly based on Data & Science™ ? One wonders what percentage of the Canadian population, this Ottawa doctor resonates with: Here’s a related Twitter post of hers and here’s the original TV Ontario discussion. read more
Medical Kidnap5 hours ago
Protests Start in Europe as Belgium Prime Minister Warns that the European Economy will Come to “Full Stop” in a “Few Weeks”
Protests are starting all across Europe due to rising energy costs, and this is probably just the tip of the iceberg as leaders all across Europe are warning that a total economic collapse may be imminent, as they prepare for massive social unrest in the weeks ahead. Belgium Prime Minister Alexander De Croo is one of the latest leaders to sound the warning, as he stated in an interview with Bloomberg News: "A few weeks like this and the European economy will just go into a full stop. Recovering from that is going to be much more complicated than intervening in gas markets today. ... read more
Protests Start in Europe as Belgium Prime Minister Warns that the European Economy will Come to “Full Stop” in a “Few Weeks”
Protests are starting all across Europe due to rising energy costs, and this is probably just the tip of the iceberg as leaders all across Europe are warning that a total economic collapse may be imminent, as they prepare for massive social unrest in the weeks ahead. Belgium Prime Minister Alexander De Croo is one of the latest leaders to sound the warning, as he stated in an interview with Bloomberg News: "A few weeks like this and the European economy will just go into a full stop. Recovering from that is going to be much more complicated than intervening in gas markets today. ... read more
2024: A Competent, Pro-American POTUS?
Originally posted on Stately McDaniel Manor: I had the happy opportunity recently to speak with my sister-in-law. A very bright and honorable woman—it runs in her family–she asked whether Donald Trump would—should–run again in 2024. That’s a question many Americans are considering. Before we examine the possibilities, a few disclosures. I am among those I… read more
On This September 11, 2022
Originally posted on Stately McDaniel Manor: credit: express On this day, this hallowed day of terror, genuine unity and triumph, we should remember, we must remember, there are those in this fallen world that would gladly kill us, each and every one, for no reason other than that we are American. It is this remembrance,… read more
Queen Elizabeth II and Egypt : In photos
Queen Elizabeth II is dead, Long Live King Charles III And the day has come and the modern world’s longest-serving monarch Queen Elizabeth II has passed away. 96-years-old Queen Elizabeth, the Queen of the United Kingdom passed away earlier Thursday afternoon at Balmoral Castle in Scotland ending a true era. [image: Queen Elizabeth II and King Tutankhamun] Queen Elizabeth in front of King Tutankhamun's mask at his special exhibit in London in 1972 at the British Museum "Getty" It is unclear what the old monarch suffered from. Her eldest son-73-years-old Charles has become King... read more
Lauren Southern Parodies Social Media Influencers
While she is definitely mocking vain social media morons, more than a few sheeple might take her seriously. She should apply as Gavin Newsom’s PR manager. h/t Hi Ho read more
Happy New Egyptian Year 6264
Happy New Ancient Egyptian Year 6264. Today is the first ancient Egyptian Month “Thout” or as we call it in Arabic “Tut”. [image: Hieroglyphs on a sarcophagus at the Egyptian Museum of Cairo] Details on a granite sarcophagus At the Egyptian Museum of Cairo As you may have known or not actually, the New Ancient Egyptian year/Coptic Orthodox year starts on 11 September from the Georgian Year. There is an Egyptian Proverb about that month in Arabic “Tut, come and kill the heat”. This is in reference to the end of summer in September aka the fall. Happy new year and I hope it brin... read more
Yes, She was Quite a Gal.
Queen Liz 2 Checks the Lubricant of Pink Floyd Drummer Nick Mason's 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO Pink Floyd shared the photo on Instagram: “Nick Mason and The Queen Elizabeth II read more
Charles Frith8 hours ago
Incompetence Theory
I have more images but those last two. That's crushing There are no Elite Satanic Paedo Rings - BBC NEWS CORP It's purposeful not happenstance. It's also unfaithful *and* bad manners to suggest otherwise. Have we put Incompetence Theory to bed yet? No, not satisfied Then with your permission, allow us to pursue this line of inquiry together? ARKTOONS via VoxDay.Net read more
Michael West8 hours ago
Aust high commissioner meets new King
Australia’s acting High Commissioner to the United Kingdom has met with King Charles III and the Queen Consort to convey the nation’s condolences to their Majesties. “As you know, the King has a deep and broad relationship with Australia, and his Majesty’s warmth for our country was evident in our brief conversation this afternoon,” Lynette […] read more
Charles Frith8 hours ago
Plus Γ§a change (plus c'est la mΓͺme chose)
Hetraclitus put it another way, as it were Everything flows (Panta Rhei) Nothing is static read more
Michael West11 hours ago
Victoria to proclaim Australia’s new king
Victoria will officially proclaim King Charles III as Australia’s monarch, a day after the rest of the country honoured the new king. Victoria’s Lieutenant-Governor, Chief Justice and other senior officers will swear oaths to Charles III in a proclamation ceremony at Government House in Melbourne on Monday morning. It comes after Governor-General David Hurley proclaimed […] read more
Vox - All6 hours ago
Ukraine’s surprising counteroffensive forces Russian troops to flee
[image: Ukrainian army takes control of town in southeast] Ukrainian flag waves after Ukrainian army liberated the town of Balakliya in the southeastern Kharkiv oblast, Ukraine, on September 11, 2022. | Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Ukraine’s second largest city and several strategic hubs were liberated in the operation. A surprise counteroffensive over the weekend saw Ukrainian troops push into areas around Kharkiv in the northeast, liberating villages and cities, and catching Russian troops flat-footed. The swift maneuvers threatened to encircle a portion of the R... read more
Vox - All6 hours ago
Two dozen tech founders living in a mansion. What could go wrong?
[image: A neon sign that reads “Launch House” mounted on the side of an indoor staircase.] The foyer of Launch House headquarters in Beverly Hills. Launch House promised young tech founders community. A Vox investigation found what happens when clout and cash are paramount, and protecting members falls by the wayside. *The people here are young and friendly and full of hope. *And why shouldn’t they be? For one month, they get to live in a mansion in Beverly Hills (Zillow estimate: $12.9 million). It’s not just *any* mansion, but the one where Paris Hilton used to live, with a prec... read more

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