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A Culture Of Corruption-- Republican Oligarch Buying Shameless Democrats
Yesterday, I purposely left a major-- maybe *the* major-- Bloomberg drawback out of the early morning post on Bloomberg's drawbacks. That's because it deserves a post of its own. I wanted to call it "Bloomberg Buys Whores" but using the word "whores"-- even if you're referring to men and clearly not to sex-- always gets some people going-- including, of course, the incredibly flagrant whores of Ohio. In this case there *is* some sex involved from time to time and women as well as men. Like EMILY's List, which has taken at least $6 million from Bloomberg and helped him cover up his... more »
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*Race-Centered Narratives Obscure the Problems of College Sports* National discussions of college athletics routinely emphasize race. That emphasis, however, is unfortunate because it diverts attention from issues that affect all student-athletes. Also, discussions of race in college sports commonly rely on questionable statistics. Some of those statistics come from a report by Shaun Harper, head of the Center on Race and Equity at the University of Southern California. His report makes the case that big-money college athletics exploits black male athletes—or, as Harper’s Washingt... more »
Donald Trump's Rise Proves Bernie Sanders Could Be the 2020 Democratic Nominee
*Daniel R. DePetris* *Politics, * The denizens and graybeards of the Democratic Party are starting to take notice of Bernie’s position, and they are working overtime to inspire Democrats nationwide to vote for a more “electable” candidate. Have they forgotten the lessons of 2016? When Bernie Sanders declared his second run for the presidency in February 2019, there was considerable doubt in the political universe that the senator from Vermont could pick up where he left off three years prior. His first run for the White House against eventual Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton ... more »
Trouble for Donald Trump: Russia Has a U.S. Tomahawk Missile
*Michael Peck* *Security, Middle East* Weapons get captured all the time. Is this really a big deal? *Key point: *As Spock once told the Romulans, “military secrets are the most fleeting of all.” Here’s a tip: if you don’t want the enemy to capture your weapons, then don’t use them. But if you’re afraid to use them because they might be captured, then what are good are they? Russia is crowing that it has recovered America’s Tomahawk cruise missiles that were launched in Syria but failed to explode. Russian officials have promised that examining two unexploded Tomahawks, salvag... more »
Is the U.S. Air Force’s New B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber Flying Over Area 51?
*David Axe* *Security, * The answer is most likely no. Let us explain why. An amateur plane-spotter in Nevada told his local news that the U.S. Air Force’s B-21 Raider stealth bomber already is flying over the service’s secretive Area 51 test range. “They talk about, we have a prototype, it’s not flying,” Joerg Arnu told KLAS News in early February 2020. “We’re just building a prototype,” Arnu said, paraphrasing Air Force leaders. “No, it’s been flying for years out of Area 51, right over these hills,” Arnu said of the B-21. Arnu lives in Rachel, Nevada, not far from Area 51’s... more »
"The Geopolitics Of Biological Weapons, Part 3: Population Control & The Doomsday Vault" by Larry Romanoff
*"The Geopolitics Of Biological Weapons, Part 3:* * Population Control & The Doomsday Vault"* *by Larry Romanoff * Read Part 1 here... Read Part 2 here... "GM seeds and GM food carry great risks for all nations, so much so that for many reasons it is probably imperative these foods be banned outright. This subject is too large to be discussed here, but one aspect requires brief notice. If we were to ask about the origin of GM seeds, how the idea was conceived and developed, who did the research and who provided the funding, how would we reply? We might reasonably suggest that perhap... more »
Virginia Democrats in the House Pass Expansive Bill Banning ‘Assault Weapons’. Update: State Senate Delays Bill for 1 Year
Update: Four moderate Democrats joined Republicans in Monday's committee vote, rejecting the legislation. Senators voted to shelve the bill for the year and ask the state crime commission to study the issue.
Judge Napolitano Says that Roger Stone Should receive New Trial in Light of Juror’s Anti-Trump Bias
Judge Napolitano says that built-in bias by a member of the jury is a trigger for the judge to grant a new trial. The judge in this case is Amy Berman Jackson, and Obama appointee.
South Dakota Introduces Legislation Against Mandatory Vaccination Requirements in Schools and Forced Vaccines
South Dakota Republican House Majority Leader Lee Qualm introduced legislation to end vaccination requirements for school attendance. Qualm said, "Nobody should be able to forcibly put something in someone's body that they do not approve of." He
Trump Drops Requirement for Employers to Validate Citizenship of Employees
President Trump campaigned on requiring employers to use E-Verify, but appears to have dropped his support. Instead, it is said his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is preparing a 600-page immigration proposal to create a more 'business-friendly' system.
Britain Allows the Internet to Be Censored, A Major Warning for the US
Prime Minister Boris Johnson revealed new rules that will censor the internet by punishing internet companies with fines and imprisonment if they fail to 'protect' users from so-called harmful content - which means content contrary to what the government approves.
The Irrational Consequences Of Rational Politics
The people, who self-identify as rational, demand the impossible, which is to say, to achieve the ends without the means. Their politics, in the last 100 years, has been motivated by seven concerns: liberty, global free markets, atheism, individualism, anti-racism, world peace, and small government. But they detest reality and their notion of these seven concerns is utopian, which ensures that their political agenda is unachievable. Their utopianism drives normal people away from them. Instead of popularizing political values, the people, who self-identify as rational, have succeede... more »
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*The IPCC goal of 1.5C degrees of warming may be more easily reached than we think* There is constant talk about the difficulty of reaching the "Paris" goal of 1.5C warming over pre-industrial levels. Great efforts are said to be needed if we are to reach that goal. But notice something: We are already about one degree above pre-industrial levels. So all the Angst is about just half of one degree. That hardly seems worth getting excited about. The IPCC report on 1.5 degrees lists a number of things that would happen with such a temperature rise but none seem dramatic except fo... more »
Architects Propose Demolition of Rio’s Santos Dumont Airport to Build New Neighborhood
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Architects and planners Carlos Murdoch and Felipe Salles have conceived a new Santos Dumont neighborhood, where the airport with the same name is located today. The project involves building and development of the area located between downtown and the South Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro. Among the […] The post Architects Propose Demolition of Rio’s Santos Dumont Airport to Build New Neighborhood appeared first on The Rio Times.
Millions Slaughtered: Asia Will Never Get Over The Horror Of The Korean War
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * Over three million people died. *Key point: *Curiously, North Korea claimed that South Korean opened fire first. For Western nations, the answer is uncomplicated: North Korea, backed by China and the Soviet Union, launched an unprovoked invasion of its southern neighbor in 1950. An alternate history has been presented in Chinese textbooks, one in which the illegitimate lackeys of Western imperialists in the South attacked first, but China and the Soviet Union intervened to prevent an aggressive American invasion that threatened to sweep into Chin... more »
Why Micromanaging Your Kids Is One Horrible Idea
*Ana Aznar* *Education, World* Here's why. During the last couple of decades, new types of parents have emerged. From the anxiously involved helicopter parents to the pushy tiger mums, these differing styles all have one thing in common: they tend to involve over-parenting. This is where parents micromanage their children’s lives – giving them little autonomy, putting too much pressure on them to achieve academic and personal success, while allowing few chances for their children to experience failure and frustration. These are the parents who run back to school when their chil... more »
Watch Russia Test A New Weapon That Can Kill Missiles
*Michael Peck* *Security, Europe* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2019%3Anewsml_RC19ACA4F890&share=true] We've got the video. *Key Point:* Missile defense might harm the nuclear deterrent. Russia has tested a new anti-missile interceptor. Though Russian media hailed the test as an impressive demonstration of Russian military power, it’s not exactly clear why this is so. Russian television showed a one-minute video of a rocket launch, said to be from the Sary-Shagan test site in Kazakhstan. The video shows a canister—presumably with the missil... more »
How North Korea Might Have Won The Korean War
*Sebastien Roblin* *History, Asia* But for a small crowd-funded patrol ship with a single 3” deck gun, South Korea as we know it today might simply not exist. *Key Point:* In the extraordinary chaos of the early days of the North Korean invasion, even a battalion-sized force might have succeeded in seizing Pusan, which was largely undefended. Just days after hundreds of thousands of North Korean troops poured over the 38th Parallel into South Korea, starting the Korean War, U.S. president Harry Truman directed the Pentagon to scramble whatever aid was necessary to rescue a belea... more »
Presidents' Day Celebration! Meet the 6 Best U.S. Presidents Ever
*Robert W. Merry* *History, * Did Trump make the list? Obama? Lincoln? Here is the list. *The question:* Who would you choose? Who are the greatest American presidents, and what can they tell us about our own time? How do we define greatness in the presidency, anyway, and who gets to pick the executives included in that hallowed circle? Or is it all just a mystery, fodder for those intermittent academic polls on presidential performance and animated discussions of political and historical junkies? We take up this discussion with a purpose. Seldom has the American republic bee... more »
Great new Lisa Savage for Senate campaign video
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In Idlib, Lavrov: ".......Russian and Turkish military, full mutual understanding,"
*Primary/Original Sources are preferred always:* *TASS* *Sergey Lavrov:* *"Military representatives of both Russia and Turkey, who are on the ground in Syria, in Idlib province, stay in constant contact, review situation changes. They have, as we hear both from Russian and Turkish military, full mutual understanding,"* the minister said. *He reminded that the next round of negotiations between inter-agency delegations of Russia and Turkey takes place in Moscow.* *"All facts are on the table,"* *the minister said*. *"I hope they would be able to present ideas that would allow to de-... more »
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They’re GR-R-ROSS!
Kellogg’s Cereal has partnered with an LGBTQ activist group, GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation), to create a new cereal named “All Together”. It includes Corn Flakes, Froot Loops, Frosted Flakes, Frosted Mini-Wheats, Raisin Bran and Rice Krispies all in one box to promote homosexual acceptance among children. Kellogg’s is hiking the price of the package to almost $20 promising to donate $50,000 to GLAAD. Kellogg’s released a statement, saying, “We all belong together. So for the first time in history, our famous mascots and cereals are offered exclusively together in ... more »
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From Jenna Orkin Video shows interior of new Wuhan hospital badly leaking waterExclusive: Chinese doctors say Wuhan coronavirus reinfection even deadlier ONLY 53% OF BERNIE SANDERS VOTERS WILL DEFINITELY SUPPORT 2020 DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE IF HE DOESN'T WIN: POLLUS and Taliban agree to truce, way forward in Afghanistan North Macedonia Is Being Used by NATO To Target Serbia and RussiaJudge overturns convictions of volunteers who left food and water in desert for migrants Facebook is spending $130 million to create a 'Supreme Court' that can overrule Mark Zuckerberg — here's everything we ... more »
Electric vehicles are unsustainable
“EV’s are hyped as being pollution free. Well, not necessarily so. Its true EV’s have no tailpipes, but the tailpipes are located at the power plants generating the electricity to charge the cars batteries, and at the refineries that provide all … Continue reading →
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Mapping out the Banking Elite’s Goal for a Cashless Monetary System – Part One
Mapping out the Banking Elite’s Goal for a Cashless Monetary System – Part One by Steven Guinness, https://stevenguinness2.wordpress.com/ Back in 2014 the Bank of England became the first central bank to publish research on digital currencies through their quarterly bulletin (Innovations in payment technologies and the emergence of digital currencies). A leading focus was on …
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One of my cardinal rules is don't post about family without permission, but I'm claiming James 1:5, asking for wisdom and in faith receiving it. Our son Phil is in ICU so I'm crowd sourcing prayers for this setback from those who know him and us. Even if you're a total stranger--that's OK. This has nothing to do with his brain cancer, but has resulted from an infected tooth, which created an abscess, swelling and closed his airways. We took him to the ER (local small hospital near his home) on Saturday afternoon and after testing and waiting for a room, he was transferred to St. An... more »
Retractions could mean fewer submissions for journals, says new analysis
What effects the number of submissions a journal receives? A new study in Learned Publishing, led by staff at Wiley, aimed to find out — and the results, based in part on our database, suggest that retractions may correlate with submission numbers. We asked corresponding author Thomas Gaston to answer a few questions about the … Continue reading Retractions could mean fewer submissions for journals, says new analysis
Climate Risks to European Banks: A New Era of Stress Tests
Several European central banks have begun assessing the impact of adverse climate scenarios on banks’ capital. Comparable work at EU or euro area level has evolved more slowly. Supervisors need build up a distinct and more complex type of analysis, and should engage with banks now.
Alternative energy can’t replace hydrocarbons
For the cost of drilling a single shale well which may average 10 barrels of oil per hour or its equivalent in natural gas over decades, one can build two 500-foot-high, 2-megawatt (MW) wind turbines which will produce a combined output averaging the energy equivalent of 0.7 barrels of oil per hour. The post Alternative energy can’t replace hydrocarbons appeared first on CFACT.
'It didn't have to be this way': Holden's heartland reacts to brand's axing after 164 years
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Cara Bertoli owns fours Holden vehicles and worked at the company's plant in Adelaide's north for six years, and admits her heart sank when she learned of the decision to discontinue the brand.
'Football, meat pies, kangaroos and Holden cars': Some of the cars that made Holden
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Since they were first made in Australia in 1948, Holden cars have been a familiar site on roads and racetracks across the country, creating memories of summer holidays, first cars and first dates. Here's a look at some of the cars that made Holden.
Emotional, exhausted coronavirus evacuees finally make it home after two weeks quarantined on 'notorious' island
Australians evacuated from Wuhan are grateful and relieved to arrive back on the mainland after 14 days in quarantine, but some remain nervous about returning to their normal lives.
Mining student convicted of stealing gold at Kalgoorlie site
A fourth-year engineering student at the WA School of Mines claims "curiosity" got the better of him after being convicted of stealing nuggets from a Kalgoorlie gold mine.
Monday Madness
*More Thoughts on COVID-19* As I have pointed out, I am not a medical expert or a virologist. I could be considered to be a "China expert" in some circles, but I would dispute that claim as well. However, I have spent considerable time in China and have managed many international organized crime activities conducted by Chinese nationals. So make of those credentials what you will. This blog (and I) have maintained that COVID-19 (Wuhan Coronavirus) showed all of the earmarks of what one would expect to find in an engineered/weaponized virus of this class. I'm not saying that it was ... more »
Nothing Will Be the Same: 5G Will Be Everything
*Bret Swanson* *Security, Americas* The truth is that 5G networks will serve as a platform for the entire economy, bringing connectivity to firms and sectors that have not yet fully exploited the possibilities of the internet. Last week, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai outlined his plan to auction a huge swath of wireless spectrum known as the C-band. It was a tricky dance because Pai had to find a compromise among satellite firms that currently (under)utilize the spectrum (to beam video and audio content to broadcasters and others) and would like to sell much... more »
The U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ship: A Beautiful Disaster?
*James Holmes* *Security, * There’s no escaping the fact that, in many ways, the LCS program is an example of how not to conceive of, experiment with, and field naval combatants. But take it from the ghost of Wayne Hughes: with a little ingenuity we may yet wrest a measure of success from catastrophe. *Key point: *How much and what the LCS can contribute depends on whether a likely field of combat lies in the Persian Gulf, the Black Sea, or the South China Sea. Is it time to admit the U.S. Navy’s littoral combat ships are a failure? Yes. And no—maybe. In 2004 President George W.... more »
Tesla Is the Rock Star of the Automobile World For 1 Reason
*Nathan Furr* *economy, Americas* Why would a new company, already taking on the Herculean task of introducing an entirely new type of car to the market, also take on the incredible risk of building some of the world’s largest battery factories? *Key point: *The company is willing to take risks. And they have paid off. Few companies have attracted as much praise, derision, scepticism and enthusiasm as Telsa Motors and its founder Elon Musk. Having interviewed Elon Musk and the Tesla leadership as part of my research, one of the questions I’m asked most frequently is: how can you... more »
America's First Supersonic Fighter Was Born Thanks to North Korea
*Sebastien Roblin* *History, Americas* Meet the F-100 Super Sabre. *Key point:* America’s first supersonic jet did not excel as a fighter and had beastly accident rate—but it still pioneered revolutionary new technologies and tactics On October 14, 1947, an orange-painted Bell X-1 piloted by Chuck Yeager became the first aircraft to break the sound barrier in level flight. Though the rocket-powered X-1 was an experimental design, it followed that improving jet engine technology would make a supersonic fighter possible as well. On its own initiative, the North American firm took... more »
Study This Photo: Israel Is Mini-Superpower in the Middle East for 1 Reason
*Charlie Gao* *Security, Middle East* Israel makes important improvements to U.S. military hardware. *Key point: *The most dangerous weapons are Israeli variants of American weapons platforms. The Israel Defense Forces field a wide variety of American military equipment, due to significant amounts of American military aid to Israel. However, American equipment has not always been the best suited to the tough desert and urban conditions encountered by the IDF. As a result, American equipment in Israeli service is often extensively modified to fit the IDF’s unique mission--the F-... more »
President Macron Speaks Clearly on Security, Reproaches Europeans for Hypocrisy
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - It was arguably the stark contrast that so fascinated the audience: On the one side the young French President, who is brimming with ideas and ruthlessly challenges old convictions; on the other the exhausted German politicians, who say nothing wrong, but also nothing that has not been heard a thousand […] The post President Macron Speaks Clearly on Security, Reproaches Europeans for Hypocrisy appeared first on The Rio Times.
The Geological Carbon Problem Explains Human Intervention 12900 BP
I have to thank Dr Patrick Watson for reminding me about this and how amazing important it all is. It also elucidates the genesis of human produced Pleistocene nonconformity. When life first began on Earth, the atmospheric carbon content was over 7500 ppm. That is a full twenty time greater than the present 400 ppm. We also know where all of it went. The vast majority is tied up in carbonate rocks along with a little in coal and oil. The geological trend is toward a zero atmospheric carbon world. And yes folks this is settled science in every way possible. Now for the reall... more »
Chinese Copper Buyers Cancel Orders Around The Globe As Economy Grinds To A Halt
This is the ultimate leading indicator. The news is very bad. We also see 500,000,000 under lock down in China as the virus response continues. Let us hope that works there. In the meantime we hope that our own measures will also work to stop this from ripping out through the globe. As i have already posted, the signals are all bad. worse, we do not have a grasp of the essential truths here and the best so far is a five percent death rate and most of two weeks incubation period. Then we do not understand yet how long it takes to cook off when you are under care. Sooner or l... more »
How Science Arrived at the Doorstep of Spirituality
The mass of empirical evidence has always been compelling. Yet is also necessary to overcome a mass of prejudges. The big problem is that we used to argue that all that we can see is all that there is. Sadly that is not good enough to see an electron and a lot more besides. Again there are three tiers of matter. We experience the third tier formed from neutron pairs and their decay products, known as hydrogen, the charged electron and all the elements. What you do not see is a logic processor in any of all that. There we need to deal with the second tier of matter. Think ... more »
With wildfires on the rise, indigenous fire management is poised to make a comeback
Common sense is slowly advancing. Local burns were always a thing. What is now possible is that forest grooming is completely possible with technology support. That is the big change agent kicking in going forward. The other big change agent will be mob grazing. This will allow a forest to convert all its excess fiber to be chipped down onto the soil where it can be then be chopped into the soil by the hoofs breaking up the surface. Done well a burn will not be necessary. Otherwise, it is necessary to burn all ground waste often enough to ensure a low fuel supply. Fire free i... more »
The Prosecution of Julian Assange: His Right to Publish is Our Right to Know
15 February 2020 — Defend Wikileaks The Prosecution of Julian Assange: His Right to Publish is Our Right to Know Jen Robinson | Opening Statement: the Prosecution of Julian Assange | Feb. 2020 Margaret Kunstler | “In Defense of Julian Assange” | OR Books | 2019 The charges Assange faces are a major threat to press freedom. … Continue reading The Prosecution of Julian Assange: His Right to Publish is Our Right to Know
Marxism and the Climate Crisis: African Eco-Socialist Alternatives
Introducing an important book series on Democratic Marxism in Africa, Vishwas Satgar explains that the project is premised on a rejection of the authoritarianism of vanguardist politics and the need to learn critical lessons from all the left projects of the 20th century. There is a rich inheritance of emancipatory Marxism in Africa, which includes Frantz Fanon, Ruth First, Samir Amin, Sam Moyo, Harold Wolpe and many others. Today, Satgar argues, the challenge is to defeat carbon capitalism accelerating the climate crisis and fomenting exclusionary nationalisms and for this there ha... more »
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Cambodia, China closer to FTA signing deal
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17-Feb-2020 Cambodia and China say they are now planning to sign a free-trade deal some time later this year. The move came after the duo wrapped up their first-round negotiations, which were held last month in Beijing, China.
Are Google, Facebook and Amazon Killing off Competition?
*James Pethokoukis* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] Anti–tech activists and other Big Tech critics argue that America’s tech titans are hurting competition and innovation by purchasing upstart rivals and discouraging new ones from getting funded. The FTC has ordered MAGA–F — Microsoft, Apple, Google owner Alphabet, Amazon, and Facebook — to provide a decade’s worth of information about acquisitions of fledgling firms. Anti–tech activists and other Big Tech critics argue that America’s tech titans are hurting competition and innovation by purchasing upstart rivals and discou... more »
This Russian Submarine Is More Than a Match for the U.S. Navy
*Kyle Mizokami* *Technology, Americas* Could it take on America's best submarine? *Key point:* In the long run, the rivalry between the two submarines will likely see the inclusion of unmanned underwater vehicles and a host of other new technologies. The United States Navy’s submarine force emerged from the Cold War as the undisputed masters of the undersea realm. The elite, all-nuclear submarine force watched as its Soviet submarine force rivals rusted away pierside, the newly founded Russian Federation unable to maintain them. After more than twenty years of American submarin... more »
South Africa Has a Big Unemployment Problem. The Pain Is Unimaginable.
*Melinda Du Toit* *Security, * [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2019%3Anewsml_KBN1X11RO&share=true] Real people with real problems who share their struggles. Unemployment has both individual and social consequences that require public policy interventions. For the individual, unemployment can cause psychological distress, which can lead to a decline in life satisfaction. It can also lead to mood disorders and substance abuse. Unemployment can affect one’s social status ascription as well, which manifests through stigmatisation, labelling, unfair ... more »
It’s a Blog Mitzvah!
I realized the other day that February 17, 2007 was the very first post on Hysterical Raisins. Those were the pre-Photoshop days of The Raisin, and the MS Paint image is embarrassing when I look at it today. So, kids, … Continue reading →
Dawkins vs Molyneux on eugenics
On Sunday, Richard Dawkins posted this tweet that many expected to lead to his absolute, immediate, and hysterical cancellation: It’s one thing to deplore eugenics on ideological, political, moral grounds. It’s quite another to conclude that it wouldn’t work in practice. Of course it would. It works for cows, horses, pigs, dogs & roses. Why on earth wouldn’t it work for humans? Facts ignore ideology.— Richard Dawkins (@RichardDawkins) February 16, 2020 Yes, Dawkins wrote that "eugenics works" which just doesn't mean that it's a right policy to introduce. Needless to say, as a sane a... more »
Fourteen Pictures of Tiradentes That Will Make You Want to Travel There
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Those visiting the town of Tiradentes, in Minas Gerais, take an incredible plunge into Brazil's colonial period. The destination is one of the best-preserved historical cities in Brazil and houses an impressive architectural collection that amazes its visitors. The small town in Minas Gerais is historically cited in any list […] The post Fourteen Pictures of Tiradentes That Will Make You Want to Travel There appeared first on The Rio Times.
Armed Guerilla Group Calls General Strike in Colombia, Banning Travel
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The National Liberation Army guerrilla group (ELN) in Colombia has been conducting a nationwide military strike. The strike has been announced to last 72 hours and is to take place from February 14th to 17th. In a statement, the ELN says that the population is safe in their homes or […] The post Armed Guerilla Group Calls General Strike in Colombia, Banning Travel appeared first on The Rio Times.
Pelé Dismisses Talk of Depression, Tells Fans He Is Well
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Reuters) Former Brazil striker Pelé dismissed talk he is depressed and reclusive on Thursday, and assured fans he is doing well and maintaining a busy schedule. Pele’s son Edinho told Globo in an interview published a week ago that the three-time World Cup winner was depressed and reluctant to leave […] The post Pelé Dismisses Talk of Depression, Tells Fans He Is Well appeared first on The Rio Times.
Violent Deaths in Brazil Dropped 19 Percent in 2019
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil recorded a 19 percent drop in violent crime in 2019 compared to the previous year, according to the national homicide index created by the G1 news portal based on official data from the country's 27 states. The survey showed there were 41,635 murders in the country last year, compared […] The post Violent Deaths in Brazil Dropped 19 Percent in 2019 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Banco do Brasil Could Be Privatized to Compete with Fintechs
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The president of Banco do Brasil (BB), Rubem Novaes, believes that the financial institution should be privatized to better compete with Fintechs (financial startups) and to adjust to the open banking model. The company is not on the list of state-owned companies to be privatized, such as the Correios (Postal […] The post Banco do Brasil Could Be Privatized to Compete with Fintechs appeared first on The Rio Times.
1,100 DOJ Alumni Call for William Barr to Resign
On Sunday February 16, 1,00 former Department of Justice attorney’s and officials signed an open letter calling for Attorney General William Barr to resign. The call to resign comes as a reaction to Barr lowering Roger Stone’s 9 year prison sentence handed out Monday, after President Trump tweeted his displeasure with the prison sentence. Why […] More The post 1,100 DOJ Alumni Call for William Barr to Resign appeared first on The Duran.
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