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Friday, November 11, 2022

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Two additional Oregon counties vote to become part of ‘Greater Idaho’
Yahoo News – Fox News Two more eastern Oregon counties have reportedly voted in favor of the Greater Idaho movement. Its purpose is to convince state legislatures... The post Two additional Oregon counties vote to become part of ‘Greater Idaho’ appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
Will Fredericksburg Revert to Being a Town?
By James C. Sherlock There are two major reasons that Virginians organize themselves into local governments: public safety; and public schools for their children. Fredericksburg has proven unable to provide either competently. It’s record is unapproachably bad given its … Continue reading → read more
Poland Celebrates National Independence Day
Unconquered Press Pack Photo Poland gov “National Independence Day (Polish: Narodowe Święto Niepodległości) is a national day in Poland celebrated … Continue reading → read more
CCG7 hours ago
Climate Fudge Factor Finally F**ked
— by Barry Brill, Chairman, NZ Climate Science Coalition In a 2018 article “Human influence” is unquantifiable, I analysed the … Continue Reading → read more
Econlib7 hours ago
He Who Seeks Revenge Digs Two Graves
When I was a kid growing up in Boissevain, Manitoba, my mother would occasionally send me to the bakery to get bread. I was about 5 at the time but able to read. The baker had various slogans on the wall behind him. I’ll never forget one of them, and from an early age I […] The post He Who Seeks Revenge Digs Two Graves appeared first on Econlib. read more
MJBizDaily2 days ago
How to mine your cannabis business’ meetings for cost control
Here’s is a simple nine-step checklist, gleaned from experience in various firms, that’s been useful to help make meetings more productive: How to mine your cannabis business’ meetings for cost control is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs read more
ASEAN States ‘well-placed’ to advance human rights, freedoms and a strong global economy
As “deepening divisions” threaten global peace and security, “dangerous rhetoric” is raising nuclear tensions, the UN chief told a meeting of Asian leaders in Cambodia on Friday. Read the full story, “ASEAN States ‘well-placed’ to advance human rights, freedoms and a strong global economy”, on globalissues.org → read more
Sri Lanka: Cost-of-living crunch threatens to sink millions already facing hard choices
Amid a looming food security crisis linked to Sri Lanka’s cost-of-living crunch, the country’s most vulnerable breadwinners wonder how much longer they can cope, as the Government battles the nation’s worst economic crisis since independence in 1948. Read the full story, “Sri Lanka: Cost-of-living crunch threatens to sink millions already facing hard choices”, on globalissues.org → read more
Displaced families face winter hardships, UN refugee agency warns
Millions of people displaced by conflict or persecution from Ukraine, Afghanistan and across the Middle East could face a perilous winter as freezing temperatures add to the misery already that they are already suffering from spiralling prices, the lingering impact of COVID-19 and extreme weather linked to the climate crisis, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday. Read the full story, “Displaced families face winter hardships, UN refugee agency warns”, on globalissues.org → read more
UN Human Rights Council inquiry hears testimonies on Shireen Abu Akleh killing
A UN Human Rights Council-appointed probe into alleged rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), including East Jerusalem, and Israel, wrapped up a week of public hearings in Geneva on Friday that included testimony on the killing of veteran US-Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Read the full story, “UN Human Rights Council inquiry hears testimonies on Shireen Abu Akleh killing”, on globalissues.org → read more
Liberia: Put people before profit, experts on human rights and business urge
Authorities in Liberia, as well as businesses operating there, must prioritize people over profits and ensure a responsible corporate environment, UN-appointed human rights experts said on Friday in the capital, Monrovia. Read the full story, “Liberia: Put people before profit, experts on human rights and business urge”, on globalissues.org → read more
The Leader Of The Free World
Americans voted for this. Joe Biden’s senior moment of the week. read more
Y2Kyoto: Pharaoh Way Places
FOUR HUNDRED private jets arrived in Egypt for COP27; ‘More than 400 private jets landed in the past few days in Egypt,’ a source close to the Egyptian aviation authorities, who asked not to be named, told AFP on Thursday. ‘There was a meeting ahead of COP27, and officials were expecting those jets and made… Continue reading → read more
Small Dead Animals10 hours ago
Dispatches From The World’s First Postnational Nation
Global News; A Canadian flight crew detained in the Dominican Republic for more than 200 days is expected to be heading home soon, Global News has confirmed. The crew of a Pivot Airlines flight was first detained in early April, after local authorities alleged drugs were found at Punta Cana International Airport. However, the Mississauga,… Continue reading → read more
Small Dead Animals11 hours ago
I’m Going To Miss The Glaciers
Climate Etc.- Glacier saga The loss of glaciers from Glacier National Park is one of the most visible manifestations of climate change in the U.S. Signs were posted all around the park, proclaiming that the glaciers would be gone by 2020. In 2017, the Park started taking these signs down. What happened, beyond the obvious… Continue reading → read more
Small Dead Animals11 hours ago
We Don’t Need No Stinking Giant Fans
Hey, can we try this? Rural voters delivered a crushing blow to plans for a 375 megawatt wind farm in mid-Michigan, where several local renewable energy ordinances were defeated across three townships and multiple officials were thrown from office for supporting the project. On Tuesday, Nov. 8, midterm voters resoundingly rejected ordinances enabling the Montcalm… Continue reading → read more
Small Dead Animals11 hours ago
When The FBI Does It, That Means That It’s Not Illegal
@Julie Kelly; SCOOP: Chris Wray announcing new head of DC FBI field office right after the election. As I reported a few weeks ago, Steven D’Antuono — responsible for agents, informant in Whitmer then promoted to DC — is retiring this month. Obviously an attempt to thwart congressional inquiries. D’Antuono led investigation into Jan 6;… Continue reading → read more
Super Earths/Hycean Worlds
[image: Super Earths/Hycean Worlds] *Dave Moore is a Centauri Dreams regular who has long pursued an interest in the observation and exploration of deep space. He was born and raised in New Zealand, spent time in Australia, and now runs a small business in Klamath Falls, Oregon. He counts Arthur C. Clarke as a childhood hero, and science fiction as an impetus for his acquiring a degree in biology and chemistry. Dave has kept up an active interest in SETI (see If Loud Aliens Explain Human Earliness, Quiet Aliens Are Also Rare) as well as the exoplanet hunt, and today examines an unu... read more
Small Dead Animals12 hours ago
Y2Kyoto: Comfy Fur Consulting
Friends helping friends: The Senate is hiring a climate change consultant to identify how it can lower its emissions… read more
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Small Dead Animals14 hours ago
N’Oublions Jamais
It’s Puppy Day at the Journal De Montreal. read more
Small Dead Animals15 hours ago
Lucy, Hold My Football
A Biden get-out-the-vote stunt gets the yank; A federal judge in Texas on Thursday blocked President Biden’s student-loan “forgiveness” plan in response to a lawsuit from the Job Creators Network Foundation (JCNF). The conservative advocacy group filed a suit in October arguing that the Biden administration violated federal procedures by not allowing borrowers to provide… Continue reading → read more
Small Dead Animals17 hours ago
Hey Canadian Sheep, Start Wearing Masks In Your Homes!
When you went to sleep last night, were you wearing a mask? If not, you’re a bad person. Today, when you get in your car, will you be wearing a mask? If not, you’re a bad person. This is the mentality of Canada’s incompetent diversity hire, Dr. Theresa Tam, who insists that everyone should be… Continue reading → read more
Small Dead Animals20 hours ago
It’s Friday On Turtle Island
Biden’s America: Jordan Peterson discusses narcissism. Dementia Joe says Russia pulling out of Fallujah. Single women should not be allowed to vote. FBI contractor spied on GOP member of congress. This week of big lies. Your morning meme. Woke Britain: You can glue yourself to paintings, but don’t you dare sell mince pies during lockdowns. … Continue reading → read more
Pension Pulse5 hours ago
Cooler Inflation Means Good Times Lie Ahead?
On Thursday, Sarah Min and Alex Harring of CNBC reported the Dow pops 1,200 points, S&P 500 jumps 5% in biggest rally in two years after light inflation report: Stocks mounted their biggest rally since 2020 after October’s reading of consumer prices raised investor hopes that inflation has peaked. *The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 1,201.43 points, or 3.7%, to 33,715.37 for its biggest one-day gain since stocks were emerging from the depths of the pandemic bear market. The S&P 500 jumped 5.54% to 3,956.37 in its biggest rally since April 2020. The Nasdaq Composite surged 7.... read more
Canadian Prepper, "Nuclear Weapons Expert: Prepare Your Family Now!"
*Full screen recommended.* Canadian Prepper, 11/11/22: *"Nuclear Weapons Expert: Prepare Your Family Now!"* "I interview a nuclear weapons expert about the current state of things, they offer a sobering analysis of the situation." *Comments here:* - https://www.youtube.com/ read more
CENSORED NEWS6 hours ago
Northern Arapaho Interrupts Biden at COP27: No Time Left for False Solutions
Northern Arapaho Big Wind interrupts Biden's talk at COP27, says no time left for false solutions.Today: Biden's speech was interrupted before the suits moved in, as Egypt forbids protest in the Blue Zone at COP27.The Guardian reports: Protesters interrupt the US president's speech by Nina Lakhani:"Four protesters holding a banner which read ‘people vs fossils’ interrupted the speech of Joe Biden read more
"20 Items That Are Impossible To Find At Grocery Stores Right Now"
*Full screen recommended.* *"20 Items That Are Impossible * *To Find At Grocery Stores Right Now"* by Epic Economist "Grocery shortages are becoming one of the most immediate concerns for consumers all across the nation. The rate of product stock-outs has continued to grow throughout the entire year, but a confluence of factors is making supplies even tighter during this final stretch of 2022 and into the winter. Food manufacturers are dealing with a lot of pressure to ramp up production to meet the growing demand, but many of these producers are facing challenges that do not allow ... read more
"Veterans Day 2022"
○ *"A Tribute to Sgt. Henry Gunther"* by Brian Maher "104 years ago today - at the 11th month, 11th day and 11th hour - the guns went quiet on the Western Front…And the white doves of peace took wing. Today we turn from the hurly-burly of the present. We turn from the world of manna, from the election, from the Bitcoin exchanges and the rest. Instead we reflect upon that morning of Nov. 11, 1918, so many years distant - a neglected chapter of history. It is a tale of waste. It is a tale of tragedy. It is a tale of ambition. That is, it is a tale all too human...By 5 a.m. on Nov. 11... read more
The Duran6 hours ago
Russia Completes Kherson Pullout in Good Order, Captures Pavlovka, Doubts US Diplomatic Moves
Russia Completes Kherson Pullout in Good Order, Captures Pavlovka, Doubts US Diplomatic Moves News Topic 669 read more
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your long weekend reading. - Umair Haque theorizes that the relatively benign outcome of the U.S.' recent election reflects a public that's finally rejecting Trumpism. But Krystal Ball notes that some of the most important Democratic success stories (notably including John Fetterman) included a message based on the recognition that government can use its power to help people, rather than a weary position that elections can't accomplish more than minimizing the damage inflicted by the other side. - Ryan Patrick Jones and Nicole Brockbank list the well-connecte... read more
Vox - All6 hours ago
Democrats had a surprisingly good midterms — but not in New York. Here’s what happened.
[image: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, wearing a blue suit and tie, speaks into a set of microphones at a podium with the DCCC logo on it. Behind him is a row of US flags against a bright blue background.] Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY), chair of the campaign committee for House Democrats, held a news conference this week after losing his seat to a Republican in the midterms. | Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images The New York red mini-wave — and how it might hurt Democrats nationwide — explained. Democrats could lose control of the House of Representatives because of Republican wins in an ... read more
Michael West6 hours ago
Rebooting a nation: how Gough Whitlam crafted the Australia of 2022
[image: Gough Whitlam's vision endures. (Image: Grant Stuart] Gough Whitlam made his election policy launch 50 years ago, but it reads today as an address to the Australians of 2022. Mark Sawyer looks at the enduring changes and the enduring challenges wrought by the reforming Labor leader. read more
"It's Over! Rent Prices Just Started Dropping, Investors Panic"
*Full screen recommended.* *"It's Over! Rent Prices Just * *Started Dropping, Investors Panic"* by Epic Economist "For the first time in what feels like forever, rent prices are actually going down! While housing costs are still far greater than what they were pre-pandemic, this might be the first time in a long while that the landlord market has shifted to being a renter’s market. Meaning that landlords are actively seeking out renters through sales, schemes, and such. It feels a little too good to be true, right? Well, you might be right to be skeptical, because some analysts beli... read more
War News Updates7 hours ago
Russian President Putin Has Been Offered Surrender Terms By Ukraine And Allies
Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the G20 summit of world leaders next week [File: Sergei Savostyanov/pool via Reuters] *Daily Mail*:* Putin 'has been offered surrender terms by the West' as he loses control of Kherson - and 'his cronies have reacted positively because it allows them to stay in power and avoid criminal charges'* * Vladimir Putin has been offered surrender terms by Ukraine and allies, a prominent Russian academic said * Plan would see Russia give up all territory in Ukraine except Crimea, which would become demilitarised zone * In return, Putin... read more
The New Dark Age7 hours ago
Peter Beinart Leads Charge to Cancel Palestinian American Journalist Mnar Adley
The latest victim of cancel culture wave is MintPress News founder and editor-in-chief Mnar Adley. Adley had been booked to host and moderate an event discussing anti-Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) laws in the United States, and how Palestinians are under increasing pressure to silence themselves, when she was herself, ironically, removed from the panel at the behest of a shady advisor. read more
Michael West7 hours ago
Andrews redefined by crises-plagued term
Daniel Andrews has had it all thrown at him – fires, floods, a spinal injury and a one-in-100 year pandemic. When times get tough, the Victorian premier reverts to type: pushing on and pushing through. It has served him well over the past few turbulent years. His second term began unassumingly enough but was quickly […] read more
The Last Refuge7 hours ago
John Kerry Introduces COP27 to Carbon Trading 4.0 – The Newest WEF Multinational Scheme Using Climate Change Income for Elite Affluence
They have proposed and refined so many of the carbon trading schemes, it becomes difficult to remember which iteration each new formula replaces. Heck, I’ve lost track of how many of the individual components of the larger plan are already in place. However, John Kerry has introduced the western elites at COP27 to the latest […] The post John Kerry Introduces COP27 to Carbon Trading 4.0 – The Newest WEF Multinational Scheme Using Climate Change Income for Elite Affluence appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
The Duran7 hours ago
U.S. Now Has Spent $60B for Ukraine’s War
[image: israel-field-hospital-for-NAZIS-in-Ukraine.jpg]Eric Zuesse On October 11th, the Kiel Institute for World Economy’s “Ukraine Support Tracker” headlined “US significantly expands support, Europe lags behind” and reported The US has again significantly expanded its pledges of support for Ukraine in recent weeks. European countries, on the other hand, have made only a few new pledges. In addition, the […] read more
Blogging will be intermittent for the next nine days
Miss D. and I will be leaving tomorrow morning for the tenth 20 Books to 50K conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. Here's a video promoting that conference a few years ago, to give you some idea of what it'll be like - only larger. This year, I understand over 2,000 writers and associated professionals will be attending. We're first-time attendees, and looking forward to learning a lot about our craft to help us improve going forward. The thing about writing, particularly independent publishing such as we do, is that one's constantly having to do *everything* for oneself. Ther... read more
War News Updates8 hours ago
UK Has Frozen $21 Billion Worth Of Russian Assets
*Daily Mail*: *Britain has now frozen more than £18BILLION of Russian assets with 1,200 of Vladimir Putin's cronies targeted in crippling of Russia's war economy* * British has now frozen more than £18billion of Russian assets since start of war * OFSI hails 'unprecedented size, scale and complexity' of the action over Ukraine * More than 1,200 individuals and 120 entities have also been designated by UK British has now frozen more than £18billion of Russian assets since the start of Vladimir Putin's barbaric invasion of Ukraine, a new report has revealed. The body respon... read more
Michael West8 hours ago
Dark matter of mine closure for small town
A small town in Victoria once put an ad on Facebook seeking 101 uses for a big hole. The pit from the 150-year-old gold mine was a kilometre deep and operations were set to close, so the community decided to do its best to fill the looming gap in the local economy. The social media […] read more
"A Look to the Heavens"
“What's happening behind those houses? Pictured here are not auroras but nearby light pillars, a nearby phenomenon that can appear as a distant one. In most places on Earth, a lucky viewer can see a Sun-pillar, a column of light appearing to extend up from the Sun caused by flat fluttering ice-crystals reflecting sunlight from the upper atmosphere. Usually these ice crystals evaporate before reaching the ground. During freezing temperatures, however, flat fluttering ice crystals may form near the ground in a form of light snow, sometimes known as a crystal fog. These ice crystals ma... read more
Untitled
*“Dreams: The 12 Steps”* by Paulo Coelho "When Joseph Campbell created the expression “follow your blessing,” he was reflecting an idea that seems to be very appropriate right now. In “The Alchemist,” this same idea is called “Personal Legend.” Alan Cohen, a therapist who lives in Hawaii, is also working on this theme. He says that in his lectures he asks those who are dissatisfied with their work and seventy-five percent of the audience raise their hands. Cohen has created a system of twelve steps to help people to rediscover their “blessing” (he is a follower of Campbell): *1.... read more
Watermelon-smashing comedian Gallagher is dead at 76
New York Post Nov 11, 2022 Comedian Gallagher, famous for smashing watermelons on stage with a hammer, passed away Friday morning at age 76. The... The post Watermelon-smashing comedian Gallagher is dead at 76 appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
Untitled
*“Dreams: The 12 Steps”* by Paulo Coelho "When Joseph Campbell created the expression “follow your blessing,” he was reflecting an idea that seems to be very appropriate right now. In “The Alchemist,” this same idea is called “Personal Legend.” Alan Cohen, a therapist who lives in Hawaii, is also working on this theme. He says that in his lectures he asks those who are dissatisfied with their work and seventy-five percent of the audience raise their hands. Cohen has created a system of twelve steps to help people to rediscover their “blessing” (he is a follower of Campbell): *1. ... read more
I Have Been Listening To This Science Bullshit For 50 Years And None Of It Has Happened
TheSearch4Truth November 11th, 2022 The post I Have Been Listening To This Science Bullshit For 50 Years And None Of It Has Happened appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
"You Take This Thing..."
"That life. This life. It looks as if you can have both. I mean, they're both right there, one on top of the other, and it looks as if they'll blend. But they never will. So, you take this thing. You take this thing you want, and you put it in a box and you close the lid. You can let your fingers trace the cracks, the places where the light gets in, the dark gets out, but the lid stays on. You don't look inside. You don't look at this thing you want so much, because you Can. Not. Have. It. So there's this box, you know, with the thing inside, and you could throw it away or shoot it... read more
The Poet: James Broughton, "Quit Your Addiction"
*"Quit Your Addiction"* "Quit your addiction to sneer and complaint. Try a little flaunt, Call for comrades who bolster your vim and offer you risk. Corral the crones, Goose the nice nellies, Hunt the bear that hugs and the raven that quoths. Stay up all night to devise a new dawn... " - James Broughton, "Little Sermons of the Big Joy" read more
The New Dark Age7 hours ago
Ukraine News Links 10-11 November 2022
Friday, 11 November 2022 — The New Dark Age Lessons For Armistice Day 2022 https://popularresistance.org/lessons-for-armistice-day-2022/ Why the Taliban, ISIS and Ukraine are not so different when it comes to blowing up monuments https://journal-neo.org/2022/11/11/why-the-taliban-isis-and-ukraine-are-not-so-different-when-it-comes-to-blowing-up-monuments/ The Decline Of The West: Spengler In Today’s World https://orientalreview.org/2022/11/11/the-decline-of-the-west-spengler-in-todays-world/ Will Our War-For-Profit System Lead To Nuclear Annihilation? https://popularresistance.org/w... read more
UKC News: US Midterm Aftermath, Zelenky Begs American People for Cash, BBC Gaslighting
*UKC News* | Mike Robinson, Patrick Henningsen and Vanessa Beeley with the end of week news round-up. read more
Middle Finger Symphony Theater
*~ No Tuxedos Required ~* Brought To You By *BLUESJUNKY*: Middle Finger Symphony Chair of Music read more
An appropriate and unusual response to Biden’s latest speech
NOW – Biden says he is determined to make "transformational changes," then a strange sound briefly interrupts his speech at COP27. pic.twitter.com/C6pvyVohlV — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv)... The post An appropriate and unusual response to Biden’s latest speech appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
The digital euro may have spending limits
Reclaim the Net – by Tom Parker Fabio Panetta, an Executive Board Member of the European Central Bank (ECB), has proposed that users of the... The post The digital euro may have spending limits appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
A&M scientists build device to isolate, analyze single cells
The Battalion – by Jack Lee Texas A&M scientists have pioneered a new technology with implications for stem cell research, public health and renewable energy.... The post A&M scientists build device to isolate, analyze single cells appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
Lessons For Armistice Day 2022
For many years, countries around the world marked Nov. 11 as Armistice Day, commemorating the date in 1918 on which the horrors and destruction of World War I were finally brought to an end. In many countries, that remembrance bore a strong anti-war message. Today, as the killing and destruction multiply in Ukraine, we should look at some of the key lessons that can be gleaned from the record of that war. Crucially, a recent book by historian Philip Zelikow unearths the previously almost unknown history of a mediation effort that U.S. President Woodrow Wilson undertook, at the req... read more
At 11:00 On 11/11 Remember That WWIII Is No More Needed Than The First Two
At the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis it was generally permissible in the United States to say you supported negotiations for peace and disarmament — I mean without declaring your hatred for China or liberals or black people. Had it not been so, we might not be here to talk about it. But it was not so at the time of World War I. At that time, you could get locked in prison for peace talk. Had there been nuclear weapons at the time, we might not be here to talk about it. It’s useful, after over a century of continuing to use war as the preferred means of ending war, to remember m... read more
The Attack On Nature Is Putting Humanity At Risk
In the last week of October, João Pedro Stedile, a leader of the Landless Workers’ Movement (MST) in Brazil and the global peasants’ organisation La Via Campesina, went to the Vatican to attend the International Meeting of Prayer for Peace, organised by the Community of Sant’Egídio. On 30 October, Brazil held a presidential election, which was won by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, affectionately known as Lula. A key part of his campaign addressed the reckless endangerment and destruction of the Amazon by his opponent, the incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro. Lula’s victory, helped along... read more
Low-Income Countries Bear Brunt Of Climate Change
Climate change is affecting nations in a disproportionate manner with tropical low-income countries with a lesser share in emissions bearing the brunt in comparison to wealthy nations that are more responsible for global warming. A research paper published in Science Advances recently estimated the economic loss faced by countries due to climate change over a period of 20 years. From 1992 to 2013, the global economy suffered losses amounting to around $5 trillion-$29 trillion due to global warming. But the insurmountable global loss in terms of economy, the research suggests, was... read more
Why Democrats Don’t Win The Way They Should
Votes are still being counted in the midterm elections. It isn’t clear which party will control the House and the Senate with so many races still in contention. Democrats won a senate seat in Pennsylvania, while a Georgia race is so close that it will probably result in a runoff election which will determine control of the Senate. But it is worth noting that issues connected with the democrats are very popular yet they do not result in the large gains one would expect to see. In every presidential election since 1992 the democratic candidate has received more votes than their repu... read more
John Pilger: The US Is Escalating War Tensions With China
In an interview with Finian Cunningham, internationally renowned journalist and documentary filmmaker John Pilger says America is driving war against China, not out of strength but rather from a fear of losing its erstwhile sole superpower position. The driving forces are multiple: the United States' sense of itself as a diminishing global power; the destructive militarism of US capitalism and its "Merchants of Death"; deep-seated historical racism towards China; and an anachronistic American notion of "divine right" to dominate the rest of the globe. China is not an intrinsic mi... read more
Michigan has shamed the nation
Just as many young Americans in the 18th and 19th centuries grew up thinking Slavery was a natural right, so we've had 50 years of young Americans being told abortion is a "right." Michigan voters have failed the country by passing issue 3, abortion as a right. We must work harder. Al Kresta of Michigan reminds us that after completing his tenure as president in 1829, John Quincy Adams was elected to the House of Representatives. There, he served for the last 18 years of his life, waging war against slavery in a pro-slavery House. "Duty is ours, results are God's," he said. The Hous... read more
SEAN PATRICK MALONEY IS RIGHT ABOUT THE MURDOCH "BLAST RADIUS"
I'm not the biggest fan of Sean Patrick Maloney, the center-leaning chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, whose job it was to help get House Democrats reelected but who lost his own race this year. Maloney is probably right, though, about why he lost his race, and why other New York Democrats, including Governor Kathy Hochul, lost or struggled to win, while Democrats elsewhere in the country exceeded expectations: ... look, voters in New York have been told by the News Corporation machine, principally The New York Post, that crime is the No. 1 issue. In the ... read more
The Rio Times8 hours ago
Colombia: Ecopetrol stock plummets on BVC after exit from MSCI ETF
Ecopetrol's stock has had a black week despite the good financial results delivered by the company. This Friday it collapses after learning that it left the MSCI Global ETF. The stock falls 11% this Friday in the Colombian stock market and is trading at COL$2,297 with deals for COL$17 billion. The oil company has lost […] read more
The Rio Times9 hours ago
A conflict between Honduras and renewable energy companies could end badly
Five foreign companies that have invested in renewable energy in Honduras have submitted at least five notices of intent to submit their cases to international arbitration alleging discriminatory treatment, including failure to pay bills for months and explicit threats of expropriation. The public notices open a period of consultation with the Government of Honduras, which […] read more
UN Expert Calls For Lifting Unilateral Sanctions ‘Suffocating’ Syrian People
UN Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures and human rights Alena Douhan today urged sanctioning States to lift unilateral sanctions against Syria, warning that they were perpetuating and exacerbating the destruction and trauma suffered by the Syrian people since 2011. “I am struck by the pervasiveness of the human rights and humanitarian impact of the unilateral coercive measures imposed on Syria and the total economic and financial isolation of a country whose people are struggling to rebuild a life with dignity, following the decade-long war,” Douhan said. In a state... read more
The Rio Times9 hours ago
Fall of FTX would have a ‘domino effect’ on crypto exchanges, they warn in LatAm
Investors liquidated their possession of cryptocurrencies this Friday (11) in the midst of another episode of uncertainty for these assets: the bankruptcy declaration of the FTX broker. This could drag in other cryptocurrency firms, say crypto players in the region. In trading on Friday, bitcoin (BTC) fell 5.36% to $16,853.33 and ether (XET) fell 5.09% […] read more
War News Updates9 hours ago
Tweets On The Russia - Ukraine War
Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 11 November 2022 Find out more about the UK government's response: https://t.co/cI0JMQOcac 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/kA0nDn1h3U — Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 (@DefenceHQ) November 11, 2022 #UPDATE The latest on the situation in #Ukraine: ▶️ Ukraine leader says Kherson is "ours" after Russia completes retreat from the port city near Black Sea ▶️ Russian strikes killed seven people in Mykolaivhttps://t.co/E3MSdjG6Hp pic.twitter.com/X87T1Ynyyi — AFP News Agency (@AFP) November 11, 2022 The Russian defense... read more
The Rio Times10 hours ago
The dangerous comparison that Gabriel Boric made on his first trip to La Araucanía
The Chilean president traveled to La Araucanía, a zone of territorial conflict between settlers, logging companies and Mapuche communities, and where there have been arson attacks that, according to Boric, remind him of "Nazi" violence. The Arauco Malleco Coordinator, which vindicates the Mapuche cause, considered the official visit "a provocation." President Gabriel Boric traveled for […] read more
Food Safety News10 hours ago
Tim Hortons chicken noodle soup recalled over insects in product
La Cie McCormick Canada is recalling Tim Hortons Soup Base Chicken Noodle because of the presence of insects. According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s recall alert, the recalled product has been sold in Ontario and Alberta, Canada. Recalled product: Brand Name Product Name Size Code on Product UPC Tim Hortons Soup Base Chicken Noodle... Continue Reading read more
ART MALLOY
Art Malloy has been named the next vice president for student affairs at the University of North Dakota. read more
Balkinization8 hours ago
The Journal of American Constitutional History
I'm proud and excited to be part of the launch of a new journal, called the *Journal of American Constitutional History*. A number of Balkinization bloggers are editors of the journal, including Mary Dudziak, Mark Graber, Sandy Levinson, Gerard Magliocca, John Mikhail, and Mark Tushnet. You can read more about the journal at its website, which is here. Please find the first Call for Papers below. --------------------------------- Journal of American Constitutional History *Call for Papers* You are cordially invited to submit articles to the *Journal of American Constit... read more
Virtual Mirage8 hours ago
References
Dueling Populisms An e-book by Victor Davis Hanson is available to read here. It’s a nine-page publication. “We are still in the midst of a populist pushback against the two political parties. The nature and themes are ancient – on the one hand, an urban and radical effort to redistribute wealth and use […] The post References appeared first on Virtual Mirage. read more
balance109 hours ago
inside the mRNA vax
11-11-22 Ethan Huff (Natural News) Curious about what is really contained inside those vials they are calling covid “vaccines,” a Brisbane-based (Australia) doctor by the name of David Nixon collected samples and looked at them under a microscope alongside the blood of “fully vaccinated” patients, revealing the presence of graphene oxide and other disturbing ingredients. While the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) claims that all Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) jabs are free from “metals, such as iron, nickel, cobalt, lithium, and rare earth alloys’ and ‘manufacture... read more
CFACT9 hours ago
At COP27 in Egypt, Biden and Climate Caucus Republicans Miss the Mark
Two big events at COP27 in Egypt. Both missed the point. The post At COP27 in Egypt, Biden and Climate Caucus Republicans Miss the Mark appeared first on CFACT. read more
The Israel partisan who funded Democrats’ midterm races
Billionaire financier & passionate Israel advocate Michael Bloomberg just gave millions of dollars to politicians around the US. They know what's expected of them by the 11th richest man in the world... read more
null9 hours ago
The Election Won't Change Much in DC. The Real Battle Is Now in the States.
[image: undefined] The votes are still being counted, but one thing is already clear: very little will change in Washington after this election. The House of Representatives will likely be controlled by Republicans, but the majority enjoyed by the GOP in the House will be small. This will provide a veto over some of the worst legislation being pushed by the Biden administration, but history has made it abundantly clear that the GOP is more than willing to compromise and “work with” Democratic administrations rather than simply kill bills. As for the US Senate, we’re still waiting o... read more
null9 hours ago
The Decline of the West: Spengler in Today’s World
[image: undefined] Timelessness of thought and vision in world politics is a rare mark of grandeur. Oswald Spengler’s *The Decline of the West*, written a century ago, deserves this distinction as it reads like it was done yesterday. The German historian-philosopher wrote in 1922 that the centuries old West-European-American civilization was in permanent and irretrievable decline in all manifestations of life including religion, art, politics, social life, economy and science. For him, the political, social and ideological dimensions of this decline were evident in the failings of t... read more
null9 hours ago
Shakedown! Kiev Sends Lawmakers To DC To Demand New Congress Keeps Money Flowing
Ukrainian parliamentarians are set to descend on Capitol Hill to make sure newly-elected US Representatives and Senators continue to shovel endless dollars into their black hole. The irony is that the trip to lobby us for MORE money is paid for in the first place by OUR money! Also today: this week's election makes it clear that a national divorce is needed...but the Fed's tyranny keeps all of us shackled together whether we like it or not. Watch today's Liberty Report: read more
White Wolf9 hours ago
Super rare wolverine sighting in Yellowstone National Park has been captured on camera
Only six wolverines are thought to live in Yellowstone National Park. The mammal is a solitary, powerfully muscled member of the weasel family. Park visitor Carl Kemp was on a tour through the world’s first national park on March 5, when he spotted a wolverine in the middle of the road. The furry animal galloped back and forth in the snow as Kemp and his daughter Maya looked on. Tour guide MacNeil Lyons from Yellowstone Insight tours encountered the elusive animal, which was found in the northeast corner of the park between Lamar Valley and Cooke City. He has been working in variou... read more
War News Updates9 hours ago
Tweets Of The Day
The 5⃣ stories you need to know today: A federal judge strikes down Biden's student debt relief plan, Moscow says its forces have completely withdrawn from the strategic Ukrainian city of Kherson, UK economy shrinks at start of feared long recession, and more pic.twitter.com/pvaIHq7WVD — Reuters (@Reuters) November 11, 2022 The European Commission is predicting the eurozone will slide into recession this winter, as inflation continues to rise , according to the latest economic forecast released today.https://t.co/qROGWJBuFq — DW News (@dwnews) November 11, 2022 Ethiopian officials ... read more
The Word From the Trenches – November 11, 2022
Join in on the conversation. Call (667)770-1530 then enter 220029#, press *6 to mute and unmute. VoIP Dialer: https://www.freeconferencecallhd.com/dialer You can listen on our player.... The post The Word From the Trenches – November 11, 2022 appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
Michael West10 hours ago
Crypto firm FTX files for US bankruptcy
Crypto exchange FTX has filed for US bankruptcy proceedings and founder Sam Bankman-Fried has stepped down as CEO in a stunning downfall that has sent shock waves through markets and drawn calls for better regulation of the digital industry. The distressed crypto trading platform had been struggling to raise billions in funds to stave off […] read more
The Duran10 hours ago
Some Historical Excerpts About How the U.S. Government Took Ukraine
Eric Zuesse This is a collage of excerpts from some of the best news-reports about how the U.S. Government took and control Ukraine, and it provides the historical background by which a person can understand the significance of this famous phone-conversation posted to the Web on 4 February 2014, in which Obama’s agent, Victoria Nuland, […] read more
War News Updates10 hours ago
With Multiple International Summits Scheduled For The Next Weeks, Countries Are Being Pressured To Pick A Side
*CNN: **As major powers meet in Asia, the rest of the world is pressed to pick a side * Hong Kong CNN — World leaders are converging in Phnom Penh this weekend for the first in a series of international summits in Southeast Asia over the coming week, where divisions between major powers and conflict threaten to overshadow talks. The first stop is the Cambodian capital where leaders from across the Indo-Pacific will meet alongside a summit of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders, followed next week by a meeting of the Group of 20 (G20) leaders in Bali and of th... read more
Science 2.0 blogs11 hours ago
Science Without Borders, The USERN, And Its New President
Humanity progresses thanks to the diffusion and sharing of human knowledge. In particular, scientific progress is brought forth by the sharing of ideas, measurements and experimental results among scientists, and the distribution of excellent education. We have grown very good at doing that, but can we improve the sharing of knowledge for the common good? The answer is certainly yes, as the interconnection of the scientific community and the interdisciplinarity of its efforts are hampered by borders, language barriers, cultural differences, political influences, religious hindrance... read more
Econlib12 hours ago
Politicians’ Self-Interest and Dishonesty
Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal published excerpts of the forthcoming memoirs of Mike Pence. We may suspect that the former vice-president has yielded to the human temptation of making oneself look more endearing rather than less. But even accounting for this, the comparative portrait that emerges of Donald Trump is not exactly flattering. Pence was […] The post Politicians’ Self-Interest and Dishonesty appeared first on Econlib . read more
Econlib13 hours ago
Wal-Mart and the Worst Case Scenario
Many people worry about large corporations holding too much power. There’s a sense in which I can share this concern. Regulatory capture by large corporations is a real thing, and its effects are undesirable. In a similar vein, when Pfizer worked in league with the government of New London to use the power of eminent […] The post Wal-Mart and the Worst Case Scenario appeared first on Econlib. read more
LOVELL PUGH-BASSETT
Lovell Pugh-Bassett has been named president of Camden County College. She previously served as the vice president of institutional... read more
ROSIE RIMANDO-CHAREUNSAP
Rosie Rimando-Chareunsap has been appointed chancellor of Seattle Community Colleges. read more
null9 hours ago
Washington’s Pandora’s Box: The Opening of the Hunter Biden Laptop Could Expose the Cottage Industry of Influence Peddling
[image: undefined] *Below is my column in Fox.com on the impact of the likely GOP takeover of the House on the Hunter Biden scandal. Hunter Biden’s laptop is Washington’s Pandora’s Box. Opening up that laptop to greater public scrutiny could expose our local cottage industry of influence peddling.* * Here is the column:* In the legend of Pandora’s box, the star-crossed Pandora releases a slew of evils upon the world. Notably, the only thing that she was able to trap in the box or jar was something that is likely to be at a premium in Washington this week: hope. The likely Republic... read more
null9 hours ago
The Upcoming Winter War Offensive in Ukraine
[image: undefined] Colonel Doug Macgregor consistently does a great job of objectively breaking things down in Ukraine, discussing the military situation in a real and realistic way like you just won't see in mainstream media. It's such a stark contrast when you compare Doug's analysis to that of guys like Generals Petraeus and Keane. This Keane especially, he reminds me of one of those guys you can imagine as platoon leader or company leader but not in charge of entire field armies or even a division. It's Doug Macgregor who should be the 4 or 5 star general, really. But he didn'... read more
null9 hours ago
Where To Now, America?
Yesterday's midterm elections have left us with more questions than answers. How could Republicans have blown it so badly given the level of voter dissatisfaction across-the-board? How could Republican Congressional leadership have botched their message so badly? How did so many weak candidates emerge in key races like for the Pennsylvania Senate? How can we continue to pretend we are a first-world country with a voting system that is completely dysfunctional? Where to now? Watch today's Liberty Report: read more
null9 hours ago
'Political Hackery' is No Legal Conspiracy: Vindman Lawsuit Tossed by Federal Court for Failing to State a Legal Claim
[image: undefined] While largely lost in election day coverage, United States District Judge James Boasberg dismissed the much heralded case of retired Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman against Donald Trump Jr., Trump ally Rudy Giuliani and others for witness intimidation and retaliation. In a prior column, I criticized the lawsuit as deeply flawed. As is often the case, the media quickly moved on from the case and there is relatively far less coverage of the dismissal than the filing. Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman is the former Director for European Affairs for the National Security Co... read more
null9 hours ago
Will Republicans Have The Courage To End Welfare For Ukraine?
With polls suggesting a Republican victory in the House and Senate today, the mother of all battles seems to be brewing between old-guard Republican leadership which favors endless money for Ukraine and a populist/conservative wave that is increasingly skeptical. GOP voters are trending strongly away from Ukraine support. Who will win? Also today: what to think while voting, and finally...a new US base in Syria! Watch today's Liberty Report: read more
null9 hours ago
The Anti-Russia Paranoia
[image: undefined] Given the mid-term elections, the anti-Russia paranoia of US officials has been at a peak. The feds have been scouring the Internet to determine whether the Russians are improperly influencing American voters into supporting candidates who refuse to adopt the Pentagon’s and the CIA’s extreme anti-Russia animus. The idea is that American voters, given that they are mostly public-school graduates, have extremely pliant minds that are overly susceptible to being molded into being pro-communist or pro-Russia dupes. For example, last July the Justice Department secur... read more
null9 hours ago
The West Bullies Iran, Again
[image: undefined] The manner in which Tehran handled its drone deal with Russia has been somewhat clumsy. The fact that the first ‘leak’ on this topic originated from none other than President Biden’s National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan should have alerted Tehran that something sinister was afoot. Instead, for whatever reasons, Tehran went into a flat denial mode. And now in a turnaround, we are given to understand that Iran’s denial was factually correct, albeit not wholly true in content. Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has acknowledged that the “drone part is true,... read more
null9 hours ago
US Greenlights Missiles To Finland...What Could Go Wrong?
The US government announced that it's sending half a billion dollars worth of guided multiple launch rocket systems near Finland's border with Russia. The escalation and out-of-control spending continues. The Pentagon argues that the move will "support the foreign policy and national security of the United States." Also today, US HIMARS missiles are said to have hit a major dam in Ukraine and US progressives have found a new foreign policy home...with the neocons! Watch today's Liberty Report: read more
null9 hours ago
Hey Incoming Congress: Try These Three Simple Tricks for a Successful Start
[image: undefined] Tomorrow is election day and polls suggest that Americans are going to overturn Democratic Party control of the House and Senate. Politicians and the media always say that this is the most important election ever, but all too often once the voting is over and the smoke has cleared, not much changes. The Washington uni-party takes over and makes sure the status quo is maintained. It doesn’t have to be this way. An incoming Republican House and Senate, for example, could take early steps to reassure their supporters that their votes weren’t wasted on Tweedledee vs.... read more
null9 hours ago
'How Do People Know the Truth?': Biden Unleashes Tirade Over Musk Restoring Free Speech Protections on Twitter
[image: undefined] Elon Musk has not actually changed the “content moderation” policies at Twitter yet, but President Joe Biden went on a virtual rave on Friday over the prospect of free speech breaking out on a single social media site. As a type of censor-in-chief, Biden has led calls for censorship on social media, which have been largely heeded by companies like Facebook and Twitter. Now Biden is accusing Twitter of “spewing lies all across the world” by seeking to reduce one of the largest censorship systems in history. The President lamented that the influence of the media wil... read more
null9 hours ago
Fauci Seethes Over ‘Terrible’ Booster Uptake, Blames 'Lies and Misinformation'
[image: undefined] Speaking at an awards ceremony over the weekend, retiring government bureaucrat Anthony Fauci expressed his dismay over the fact that Americans seem entirely uninterested in getting the latest Pfizer and Moderna booster shots. "We have a COVID vaccine and a booster that is matched very well to the circulating virus and yet only about 15% of people who have been vaccinated have gotten the boost, that is terrible," Fauci raged, like a pharma rep who failed to meet his sales quota. "We've got to do better than that." Dr. Anthony Fauci receives Lifetime Achievement A... read more
null9 hours ago
If You Want Forgiveness, Emily, Here’s Your Program
[image: undefined] Being lectured to, condemned, ridiculed and hated by elitist bullies is bad enough on a single day or for one issue. This behavior went on for over two and a half years, for nearly a thousand days, in a thousand ways. The economic, social, interpersonal, and educational costs associated with the idiotic mandates and unscientific policies will last a lifetime for many, and certainly shortened the lifetimes of many more. The suggestion printed by the WEF-loving, pro-war lefties at The Atlantic is that they and their global team of unscientific lemming-like nanny-s... read more
null9 hours ago
EU Warns Musk Not to Restore Free Speech Protections After Calls from Clinton and Other Democratic Leaders
[image: undefined] We have been discussing how Democratic leaders like Hillary Clinton called on foreign companies to pass censorship laws to prevent Elon Musk from restoring free speech protections on Twitter. The EU has responded aggressively to warn Musk not to allow greater free speech or face crippling fines and even potential criminal enforcement. After years of using censorship-by-surrogates in social media companies, Democratic leaders seem to have rediscovered good old-fashioned state censorship. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) declared Musk’s pledge to restore free spee... read more
null9 hours ago
Former CIA Boss Petraeus Demands US Forces Enter the Fight in Ukraine
[image: undefined] If this editorial by retired Col. Douglas Macgregor doesn’t scare the hell out of you, I don’t know what will. Macgregor cites an interview with former Gen. David Petraeus by France’s L’Express weekly. During the interview, Petraeus, the former director of the CIA, said it is time for the USG to directly confront Russia on the ground in Ukraine to prevent the fall of Zelenskyy and his government. Macgregor writes: Admittedly, the whole business seems weird, but Petraeus’s suggestion should not be dismissed. Not because Petraeus’s military expertise warrants con... read more
null9 hours ago
Desperation Speech? Biden Feels 'In His Bones' That Democracy Is At Risk
President Biden delivered a speech from Union Station in DC - a once-thriving marketplace that is now empty - that smacked of desperation. He avoided mentioning the economy - which polls show concerns Americans the most - and instead focused on the "dangers to democracy" if his party does not win the midterm elections in a few days. He again trotted out the January 6th "insurrection" as his proof. Will it fly? Also today, realizing the economic price they are paying for Russia sanctions, a new poll shows UK citizens souring rapidly. Today on the Liberty Report: read more
null9 hours ago
Who’s Afraid of US Troops in Ukraine?
[image: undefined] Very innocuously, the Biden Administration has ‘sensitised’ the world opinion that American troops are indeed present on Ukrainian soil in Russia’s immediate neighbourhood. Washington made a “soft landing” with an unnamed senior Pentagon official making the disclosure to the Associated Press and the Washington Post. The official gave an ingenious explanation that the US troops “have recently begun doing onsite inspections to ensure” that Ukraine is “properly accounting” for the Western weapons it received. He claimed that this was part of a broader US campaign, ... read more
null9 hours ago
Destroying Western Values To Defend Western Values
[image: undefined] So it turns out the US intelligence cartel has been working intimately with online platforms to regulate the "cognitive infrastructure" of the population. This is according to a new investigative report by The Intercept, based on documents obtained through leaks and an ongoing lawsuit, on the "retooling" of the Department of Homeland Security from an agency focused on counterterrorism to one increasingly focused on fighting "misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation" online. While the DHS's hotly controversial "Disinformation Governance Board" was shut d... read more
Not PC9 hours ago
"Protectionism’s harm to consumers is obvious...."
*"Protectionism [i..e, shielding local industry from foreign competition by the likes of protective tariffs] necessarily imposes larger costs on the rest of the home-country economy. "Protectionism’s harm to consumers is obvious. Having to pay more to buy the outputs of ‘successfully’ protected firms, consumers must reduce their purchases of other goods and services or reduce their savings. * * "To grasp this economic reality is to realise also the harm that protectionism inflicts on other home-country firms and workers. Every input that protectionism diverts into protected ... read more
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy’s Greetings to US Veterans on Veterans Day
“Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s greetings to US Veterans 11 November 2022 – 15:17 US Veterans! On behalf of all Ukrainians, Happy Veterans … Continue reading → read more
Mining Awareness +13 hours ago
Ukrainian Troops Enter Kherson; Instructions Issued by Ukraine for Surrender of Soldiers Left Behind by Russia
Perfect timing for US Veterans Day-UK-France-Canada/Commonwealth Remembrance Day and Polish Independence Day: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armistice_Day Sergey Bratchuk video screen grab of Armed … Continue reading → read more
Reading the Room.......Green Democratic Shoots Reappear(Thankfully) in Our Southern Neighbors' Lands(USA)
Written by Grant G Trump and his rabid maga cult, political pundits, mainstream media along with Christian Nationalist leaders from coast to coast clearly mistook all the noise THEY were making as a wave, a movement, a reawakening, a ...........Hogwash, what they heard was sounds and noise bouncing back and forth in the echo chamber they reside in... Christian self proclaimed prophets, Pastors and grifters overplayed their strong hands, they were drinking their own bathwater. Can you imagine, these God-praising persons literally threatened that when they take power(GOPChri... read more
More Than 600 Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Attend COP27
At last year’s COP26 UN climate conference in Glasgow, there were more representatives from the fossil fuel industry, at more than 500, than from any individual country. At this year’s climate talks in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, that number has increased by more than 25 percent. An analysis from Corporate Accountability, Corporate Europe Observatory and Global Witness found that there were at least 636 fossil fuel lobbyists registered at COP27, more than the combined delegations of the 10 countries most impacted by the climate crisis. The findings renewed calls to ban fossil fuel re... read more
General Strike Threat Beats Ontario’s Anti-Worker Law
Ontario, Canada - Ontario workers delivered a spectacular blow to Premier Doug Ford’s government this week. Just four days after ramming through unprecedented anti-worker legislation, Bill 28, Ford appeared in a hastily called press conference on Monday morning to announce its full repeal. Ford claimed this was a good-faith gesture to kickstart negotiations with Ontario’s 55,000 education workers, who had entered their second day of an “illegal” strike. But his actions the previous week had painted a very different picture: of a government hell-bent on stripping workers of their r... read more
The Internet Is Not Facebook: Why Infrastructure Providers Should Stay Out Of Content Policing
Cloudflare’s recent headline-making decision to refuse its services to KiwiFarms—a site notorious for allowing its users to wage harassment campaigns against trans people—is likely to lead to more calls for infrastructure companies to police online speech. Although EFF would shed no tears at the loss of KiwiFarms (which is still online as of this writing), Cloudflare’s decision re-raises fundamental, and still unanswered, questions about the role of such companies in shaping who can, and cannot, speak online. The deplatforming followed a campaign demanding that Cloudflare boot the... read more
The Last Refuge9 hours ago
Day After Election, LA District Attorney Drops Charges Against Konnech Election Data CEO Eugene Yu
In semi-related election news, this is interesting. Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon, a man of notoriously sketchy political disposition, has dropped the charges against Konnech CEO Eugene Yu, although leaving the door open to refile charges at a later date. Eugene Yu, the CEO of Konnech Inc, was charged last month with two felonies […] The post Day After Election, LA District Attorney Drops Charges Against Konnech Election Data CEO Eugene Yu appeared first on The Last Refuge. read more
21st Century Wire10 hours ago
Biden’s National Security Adviser Confirms Possible Investigation of Elon Musk
*21WIRE* | Talk about pure power politics and political racketeering, writ large. read more
Vox - All10 hours ago
Biden says America is doing its part to prevent “climate hell.” Is it?
[image: Two men watch President Joe Biden speak on a large screen. Behind Biden is a blue background with the UN climate change and COP logos.] In his speech on Friday, President Joe Biden said the US is stepping up its efforts to finance climate change mitigation and adaptation around the world. | Sean Gallup/Getty Images At the COP27 UN climate talks, Biden says America will put “our money where our mouth is.” President Joe Biden on Friday told international climate negotiators in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, that the US is backing its promises to cut greenhouse gas emissions with a... read more
bilaterals.org10 hours ago
Sala ordena cesar medida cautelar que mantenía vigente Tratado de Libre Comercio entre El Salvador y Taiwán
11-Nov-2022 La Sala de lo Constitucional afirma que la nota de denuncia hacia los diferentes tratados firmados entre ambas naciones fueron hechas durante la administración del expresidente Salvador Sánchez Cerén, razón por la que el proceso "debía entenderse como concluido" al momento en que se establecieron nuevas relaciones con la República Popular China. read more
bilaterals.org10 hours ago
Sectores a la espera de más información sobre TLC con China
11-Nov-2022 El Gobierno prometió que el TLC con China brindará "un abanico de oportunidades." COEXPORT dijo que se requiere de una investigación seria. Los productores de azúcar pidieron que se garanticen buenos precios para enfrentar la actual crisis. read more
MJBizDaily10 hours ago
Illinois licenses first social equity adult-use marijuana retailers
Illinois regulators issued the state’s first social equity adult-use marijuana retail license to an ownership group comprised of “wealthy and connected” Chicago entrepreneurs, including a former police officer. Illinois licenses first social equity adult-use marijuana retailers is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs read more
The Rio Times10 hours ago
Industrial activity in the Mexican economy grows 4.3% year-on-year
The Monthly Indicator of Industrial Activity (IMAI) of the Mexican economy grew 4.3% year-on-year in September of this year. "At an annual rate and with seasonally adjusted series, the IMAI increased 4.3% in real terms last September," says the monthly report of the autonomous body. Read also: Check out our coverage on Mexico By sector […] read more
Need To Know10 hours ago
New York Mystery: Independent Candidate Sees 20,000 Votes VANISH Overnight
Candidate Diane Sare tweeted, “Last night I had over 55k votes and by this morning, less than 30k." She lost another 2,000 votes after she posted her tweet. Critics allege election fraud. In a clean and fair election, a candidate can only gain votes, not lose votes. read more
Need To Know11 hours ago
FTX Crypto Exchange Company Goes Bust, Founder who Bankrolled Democrats Loses Billions
Sources reported that FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried transferred $4 billion from his FTX crypto exchange to Alameda, his crypto trading firm, earlier in 2022 without telling anyone. Losses related to FTX spread beyond the firm itself and to stocks tied to cryptocurrencies. read more
Bacon's Rebellion11 hours ago
Double-Standard Bonds
by Jon Baliles One of the eternal mysteries of the Commonwealth of Virginia’s governing structure is the separate treatment of countries and cities. We are the only state in the country that has the screwy system of independent cities that … Continue reading → read more
Need To Know12 hours ago
Midterm Election Upsets and Delays Lead to Allegations of Election Irregularities and Fraud
Arizona still has over 630,000 ballots that have yet to be counted to determine the state's new governor and the Senate race. In Maricopa County, 70 out of 223 polling stations had major problems with voting machines that affected mostly Republicans who wanted to cast their ballots in person. read more

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