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U.S. Air Force Testing Joint 'Stealth Attack' Operatons Involving Bombers, Drones, And Fighters
A B-2 Spirit prepares to receive fuel from a KC-135 during a mission in the European Theater supporting NATO Operation Allied Force - file photo. (U.S. Air Force photo by SSgt Ken Bergmann) *Fox News/Warrior Maven:* *Air Force bombers, drones and fighters test joint 'stealth attack' ops* These include the B-2, F-35 and famous, yet mysterious “Beast of Kandahar,” the stealthy RQ-170 drone. The U.S. Air Force is preparing for a “stealth war” against advanced enemy air defenses with a group of integrated airplanes and drones. These include the B-2, F-35 and famous, yet mysterious “Be... more »
Mandating masks has not kept death rates down anywhere.
“Mandating masks has not kept death rates down anywhere. The 20 U.S. states that have never ordered people to wear face masks indoors and out have dramatically lower COVID-19 death rates than the 30 states that have mandated masks. Most … Continue reading →
Arresting National Decline
*Desolation, from Thomas Cole's The Course of Empire series* *-by Haydar Khan* *I do not believe that civilizations have to die because civilization is not an organism. It is a product of wills.* -Arnold J. Toynbee What causes national and civilizational decline? Can such decline be reversed? Is the U.S, which currently exhibits multiples signs of national senescence, ranging from its failed response to the Covid–19 pandemic to a longer-running pandemic of prescription drug overdoses to infrastructure decay, truly an exception to this seemingly inevitable force of historical decli... more »
Cameroon Civilians Protest The Growing Violence In The English Speaking Provinces
*VOA: **Cameroon Civilians Protest Growing Separatist Barbarism, Increasing Violence* YAOUNDE - Hundreds of Cameroonians have braved a heavy military presence and separatists’ threats to protest increasing violence and barbarism in the central African state’s restive English-speaking regions. The protest in the southwestern town of Muyuka was provoked by the killing of civilians and other brutality by the military, which is searching for separatists said to be responsible for a recent wave of attacks and murder of women and aid workers. About 300 people, most of them women and ch... more »
"Covid-19 Pandemic Updates PM 8/16/20"
*"Covid-19 Pandemic **Updates PM 8/16/20" * *- Frequently **Updated* Please visit these sites often for the very latest information. ○ *8/16/20* By Remy Tumin and Elijah Walker "Virus testing in the U.S. has fallen for the first time since the start of the pandemic, a sign the nation’s response has stalled. Some 733,000 people have been tested each day this month on average, down from nearly 750,000 in July, according to the COVID Tracking Project. By some estimates, several million people may need to be tested each day to rein in the virus, including many who don’t feel sick. “We’r... more »
“Moving Out Of California; Los Angeles Imploding; Currencies Collapse; Job Losses Coming”
Jeremiah Babe, *“Moving Out Of California; Los Angeles Imploding; * *Currencies Collapse; Job Losses Coming”*
German Food Company to Change Racist Name of Popular Sauce
One of Germany’s best-known food companies said it will rename a popular spicy dressing because of the racist connotations of its name.
Tipped Workers Are Hit Hardest By Pandemic
*Sarah B. Andrea* *Pandemic, Americas* [image: Reuters] Even before the pandemic, tipped workers were almost twice as likely as untipped ones to live in poverty. Even prior to COVID-19, tipped workers suffered from the inadequacies of the United States’ social safety net and minimum wage standards. The pandemic has exposed not only the inherent vulnerability of food service workers to a public health emergency but also how even government efforts to support them can fail those who rely on tips for some or most of their income. As a postdoctoral fellow studying the health implica... more »
The Long Good-Bye
Things are moving faster now, much faster. The ongoing, heavy flooding in China has wiped out a large percentage of Chinese agricultural production this year. Additionally, there has been heavy flooding in many other countries, notably in India. The recent damaging weather in the Mid-West of the USSA has also ruined millions of acres of productive cropland. The upshot of all of this is that global food production has suffered enormous setbacks in recent weeks and months. The large drop in food production, coupled with the major hit to national economies occasioned by the Covid-19 ... more »
Marge Simpson Uses Her Voice to Call Out Trump Adviser
Marge Simpson has advice for a lawyer with the Trump campaign: Do not name call.
The Long Path to Power for Black Women in America
*Sharon Austin* *Politics, Americas* African Americans have endured many hurdles to political power in the United States. U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, the American daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants, is Joe Biden’s choice for vice president. If Biden wins in November, Harris would break three centuries-old barriers to become the nation’s first female vice president, first Black vice president and first Black female vice president. Geraldine Ferraro was the first female vice-presidential candidate on a major party ticket, in 1984. In 2008, Alaska’s then-governor Sarah Palin ... more »
There is No Magic Wand for Prosperity
Liberty and free markets are not the magic wand, a wave of which will make a nation prosperous; there are several nations in which there is hardly any economic regulation, primarily because their economy is too meager to be worth regulating—these nations are the world’s most backward places where people live in hellholes inflicted with poverty, disease, and crime. A nation might have liberty and free markets, but the people will not be able to take advantage of these values if they are lacking in intelligence, honesty, knowledge, moral principles, ambition to excel, and work ethic.
Is Anthony Fauci M.D. guilty of medical malpractice?
In an open letter to Anthony Fauci, M.D. three doctors have presented the case that medical malpractice has been committed by said Fauci. The letter is long, and full of “doctor speak”, but I was able to follow along even with my high school education. Here is the link to the letter as found on Zerohedge.com, as posted by Tyler Durden. I am pasting in the conclusions, as I think it is important to note the last two paragraphs clearly show these doctors do NOT agree with Fauci, They feel he has mislead America, and they feel that Americans have … Continue reading →
Judge: Mom Accused in QAnon Kidnapping Plot Can Stand Trial
A Colorado woman accused of working with supporters of QAnon to have her son kidnapped from foster care can be put on trial, a judge has ruled.
Newsweek Apologizes for Op-Ed Questioning Harris Eligibility
Newsweek has apologized for an op-ed that questioned Sen. Kamala Harris’ U.S. citizenship and her eligibility to be Joe Biden’s running mate, a false and racist conspiracy theory which President Donald Trump has not dismissed.
Pelosi to Call House Back Into Session to Vote on USPS Bill
President Donald Trump’s new postmaster general, Louis DeJoy, has sparked nationwide outcry over delays, new prices and cutbacks just as millions of Americans will be trying to vote by mail to avoid polling places during the coronavirus outbreak.
A Transcript Of Pastor Dana Coverstone’s Ominous New Prophetic Warning About The End Of 2020 — A New Dream Warning About October 2020 — Dollar Collapse
A Transcript Of Pastor Dana Coverstone’s Ominous New Prophetic Warning About The End Of 2020 by Michael Snyder , https://thewashingtonstandard.com/ Throughout human history, God has been speaking to people through dreams and visions, and our time is no exception. I know that a lot of people don’t like this, and most churches today don’t even believe …
Globalist Elites’ Post-COVID Vision for Humanity is Satanic, Anti-Human
Globalist Elites’ Post-COVID Vision for Humanity is Satanic, Anti-Human by https://www.lifesitenews.com/ While the World Economic Forum is not actually promoting the idea that humans should ‘cease to exist’ in so many words, the idea is there for everyone to consider. – August 14, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — The World Economic Forum (WEF) has a lot to …
Hezbollah ‘Will Not Remain Silent’ if Israel is Behind Beirut Port Explosion: Nasrallah
Hezbollah ‘Will Not Remain Silent’ if Israel is Behind Beirut Port Explosion: Nasrallah by https://www.almasdarnews.com/ BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:00 A.M.) – The Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, said on Friday, that his organization “will not remain silent on the crime of bombing the Port of Beirut if it is proven that Israel is behind it.” …
Cynthia McKinney: Israel Controls U.S. Congress and Foreign Policy??
Cynthia McKinney: Israel Controls U.S. Congress and Foreign Policy Cynthia McKinney: Israel Controls U.S. Congress and Foreign PolicyToday on TruNews we address the guilty plea by an FBI official who was part of the operation to spy on President Trump’s 2016 campaign, and we discuss the U.S. seizure of four Iranian oil tankers, and how …
No Longer in Shadows, Pentagon’s U.F.O. Unit Will Make Some Findings Public
No Longer in Shadows, Pentagon’s U.F.O. Unit Will Make Some Findings Public by Ralph Blumenthal and Leslie Kean, https://www.nytimes.com/ , 23 July 2020 For over a decade, the program, now tucked inside the Office of Naval Intelligence, has discussed mysterious events in classified briefings. – Despite Pentagon statements that it disbanded a once-covert program to investigate unidentified …
You Should Be Terrified At the Specter of What A Kamala Harris America Would Be
Lionel Nation Well, LionelNation may be demonetized, but we’re not demoralized. Nothing can and will stop the message of truth. If you would care to support LionelNation through contributions and via PayPalMe at https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/lione…. Show the world your brazen and intrepid affiliation with the naked truth by securing your official Lionel Nation apparel, parapeharnlia and …
David Morgan: 1980 $50 Silver Equals $600 Today — The Great Silver Crisis is Coming
David Morgan: 1980 $50 Silver Equals $600 Today — The Great Silver Crisis is Coming by Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com (Saturday Night Post) Precious metals expert and financial writer David Morgan says, “There is a lot of buying pressure in the silver market right now and for gold as well.” Morgan points out that even more buying …
FULL SHOW: US Iran Policy Doomed to Fail – Galloway
RT America The United Nations Security Council votes Friday on a US resolution aiming to indefinitely extend the arms embargo on Iran. Meanwhile, Western countries have offered aid to Lebanon. RT America’s Rachel Blevins reports. As the Trump administration revels in a newly brokered deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Palestine has …
Jim Rickards & Peter Schiff On The Coming Monetary Collapse
Peter Schiff Jim Rickards and Peter Schiff discuss gold prices, the Fed, Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), and whether we’ll have inflation or deflation. end
Breaking: Infowars Reporter Millie Weaver Arrested on Secret Indictment Before Release of Her Documentary Called ‘Shadow Gate’
Spiro Skouras Today Infowars reporter, Millie Weaver was arrested at her home. There is a lot of speculation surrounding her arrest due to the timing. Millie Weaver was getting ready to publish a documentary called ‘Shadow Gate’. The film showcases two whistleblowers who allege there is a secretive network of government contractors which consists of …
China To Begin Major Expansion Of Digital Currency Testing
China To Begin Major Expansion Of Digital Currency Testing by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ China’s Commerce Ministry released new details Friday of a pilot program for the country’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) to be expanded to several metropolitan areas, including Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, and Yangtze River Delta region. – The Commerce …
Yale Prof: Hydroxychloroquine Haters Spewing ‘Misleading And Toxic Disinformation’
Yale Prof: Hydroxychloroquine Haters Spewing ‘Misleading And Toxic Disinformation’ by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ Yale epidemiology professor Harvey Risch has hit back against critics who say he’s been the subject of personal attacks over his insistence that hydroxychloroquine is highly effective in treating COVID-19 if administered early in the disease’s progression. – In a Washington Examiner Op-Ed, …
Israel Is Not Giving Up On Annexing West Bank: Netanyahu
Israel Is Not Giving Up On Annexing West Bank: Netanyahu by https://www.almasdarnews.com/ BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:40 P.M.) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that he has not agreed to remove the issue of the extension of Israeli sovereignty over lands in the West Bank and will not relinquish it. Netanyahu said during a speech …
Andy Schectman: Customers Bought Silver Even During Selloff
Arcadia Economics There was a big sell-off in the COMEX silver market this week. But what was really happening on the physical level, and were investors actually buying or selling? Find out in this week’s physical silver and gold market update with Andy Schectman of Miles Franklin! end
Peter Schiff: Buffett Buys Barrick Gold, Sells Banks
Peter Schiff Berkshire Hathaway loves gold, bets against the US. Bidders aren’t showing up for 30 year treasury bonds. Food prices soar and this is just the beginning. Fair-weather capitalists claim we’re all socialists now. Socialism is Larry Kudlow’s new credo, now that he works for the government. Warren Buffet is too smart to buy …
Why Buffett BUYING Gold Is A HUGE Deal!!
Daniel Pronk Why Buffett Buying Gold Is A HUGE Deal Hey I’m Daniel Pronk and in this video I explain my thoughts on why Warren Buffett just bought Barrick Gold and what that could mean for the overall economy with the FED printing trillions of dollars right now. end
Abnormalize The Status Quo
If we’d been living in a healthy society and then suddenly had this society’s sick, insane status quo thrust upon us by powerful people, we’d have all been out in the streets making life very hard for those powerful people in an instant. We are […]
Russian President Putin Offers Military Support To Belarus In Controlling Protests
People attend an opposition demonstration to protest against police violence and to reject the presidential election results near the Government House in Independence Square in Minsk, Belarus August 14, 2020. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko *Reuters:* *Protesters pack Belarus capital, Russia says military help available* MINSK/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarusians chanting “Step down!” filled the centre of the capital Minsk on Sunday in the biggest protest so far against what they said was the fraudulent re-election a week ago of longtime president Alexander Lukashenko. Russia said it would o... more »
How New Zealand Could Quickly Return to Being Covid-Free
*Nick Wilson, Amanda Kvalsvig, Michael Baker* *Health, Oceania* [image: Reuters] The government’s rapid implementation of strong control measures is appropriate. As New Zealand enters its second day at heightened alert levels to contain a community outbreak of COVID-19, we expect it should only be a temporary setback. Four cases with no direct links to border or quarantine facilities were confirmed late on Tuesday. On Thursday it was announced there were 13 new cases linked to those four people – meaning there are now 17 active community cases in New Zealand. Given the control ... more »
Mental Health: Signs You Might Be Lonely and How to Manage Them
*Michelle H Lim* *Health, * There are many factors behind this, and the COVID-19 pandemic is another significant one. The COVID-19 pandemic has drawn attention to loneliness in Australia. This is especially so as Melburnians entered the strictest lockdown to date. Meanwhile, the rest of Australia braces for the possibility of a second wave and people are adapting to new habits and restrictions. This has disrupted our social routines, and in many cases has reduced the number of people we interact with. This makes it harder to maintain meaningful social connections, resulting in l... more »
"The Future Is Inflation, Hyperinflation, Worldwide Financial Collapse, Societal Collapse"
*"The Future Is Inflation, Hyperinflation, * *Worldwide Financial Collapse, Societal Collapse"* by Epic Economist "The future is a New digital dollar not backed by gold. Just electronic and able to control the people.Consumers have been out of funds for a good part of the year, yet prices in real estate, stocks and other commodities have been going up. Who needs consumers to spend it into existence? The Fed and its cronies are the ones sucking up the largess from the money creation, which is racing ahead at a significant amount. Paper, paper everywhere, and none of it worth a dime. ... more »
Japanese political system and keeping it in the family
Japanese political system and keeping it in the family Sawako Utsumi and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Apathy in Japan towards the political system is ingrained because of rotating political chairs. Thus, the usual dominance of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) continues, despite some minor breaks from power. Hence the hereditary political class just […]
Two Hundered Thousand Gather In Biggest Protest In Belarus History
*NPR: **One Week After Election, Belarus Sees Giant Protests Against 'Europe's Last Dictator'* Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Belarus on Sunday in what appeared to be their largest demonstration yet against the widely-disputed reelection of President Alexander Lukashenko. Lukashenko, who has been labeled "Europe's last dictator," first took office in 1994 and staked his claim to a sixth term after declaring a landslide victory in the country's election last Sunday. Opponents immediately condemned the results as rigged, and a wide cross-section of citiz... more »
Iran issues official response to ‘largest US seizure of Iranian fuel’
[image: Iran issues official response to ‘largest US seizure of Iranian fuel’] BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:45 P.M.) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said onSaturday, that “the ships that the United States seized and claimed to be Iranian were not Iranian and did not carry Iran’s flag.” Rouhani said, during the meeting of the National Committee to Combat Coronavirus, “This lie was to cover up the shame inflicted on the United States in the Security Council after rejecting its draft resolution to extend the embargo on Iran,” the Mehr News Agency reported. Continue reading Iran issues offic... more »
Syrian tribesmen expel US-backed forces from Deir Ezzor town
[image: Syrian tribesmen expel US-backed forces from Deir Ezzor town] BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:30 P.M.) – The Al-Baggara Tribe expelled fighters loyal to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) from all their points in the village of Jadeed Baggara in the southeastern countryside of Deir Ezzor on Saturday. According to Sputnik Arabic, the Al-Baggara Tribe members were able to expel the SDF-aligned fighters after armed clashes with them in southeastern Deir Ezzor. Sputnik quoted local tribal sources in Deir Ezzor as saying that violent clashes broke out between the members of the Al-Baggara Tr... more »
No, Diversity Pledges Won't End Bias in the Workplace
*Kimberly A. Houser* *Society, Americas* Here's what will. Dozens of companies, from Apple to Zappos, have reacted to George Floyd’s killing and the protests that followed by pledging to make their workforces more diverse. While commendable, to me it feels a bit like deja vu. Back in 2014, a host of tech companies made similar commitments to diversify their ranks. Their latest reports – which they release annually – show they’ve made little progress. Why have their efforts largely failed? Were they just empty promises? As a gender diversity scholar, I explored these questions i... more »
North Korea Isn't China's 'Junkyard Dog'
*Mark Episkopos* *Security, Asia* The full extent of Chinese-North Korean relations paints a more complex picture than a simple story of one-sided control, revealing a surprising degree of interdependence in places where it may be least expected. North Korea is sometimes described as China’s ‘junkyard dog’-- a militarist suzerainty that exists in part or in whole to enact the will of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It’s a tempting proposition, attractive for the elegant simplicity with which it answers one of the underlying questions surrounding North Korea (DPRK): namely, how... more »
Why Joe Biden Won't Solve the North Korea Challenge
*Ted Galen Carpenter* *Security, Asia* President Donald Trump’s attempt to pursue a rapprochement toward North Korea clearly has stalled, although there may be an attempt to jump-start the process if he wins re-election. Contrary to the conventional wisdom, Joe Biden would be less, not more, likely than Trump to reduce tensions with Pyongyang. President Donald Trump’s attempt to pursue a rapprochement toward North Korea clearly has stalled, although there may be an attempt to jump-start the process if he wins re-election. Contrary to the conventional wisdom, Joe Biden would be l... more »
New UK Bill Could Allow War Crimes to Go Unpunished
*Frank Ledwidge* *military, Europe* [image: Reuters] The basis for this law is the idea of “tank-chasing lawyers” who persecute soldiers with supposedly dishonest claims concerning their activities abroad. However, this is seriously misleading. I spent much of the late 1990s as a reserve military intelligence officer involved in the hunt for war criminals in Bosnia. We got most of them in the end. A couple of years later, as a civilian human rights officer, I visited dozens of shallow graves and killing sites in Kosovo to document investigations and exhumations. Many of these ki... more »
Brian Rose is my new best friend?
[image: Why I Left Millions in Banking to Inspire Millions Online ...] *Brian Rose talking about * *Indoctornation - The Documentary* I saw the ad for the "*Plandemic: *documentary follow-up *"Indoctornation" *on my favourites last night and "signed up to register" to watch it when it's released tomorrow night. Ever since then, I've received non-stop spam e-mails from *Brian Rose* who has the rights to release the documentary. He's the London-based interviewer and video blogger who interviewed *David Icke *at the beginning of the Plandemic Hoax. I don't know what to make of Brian.... more »
Wild Free and Happy Sample 45
[Note: This is the forty-fifth sample from the rough draft of my far from finished new book, *Wild, Free, & Happy*. The Search field on the right side will find words in the full contents of all rants and reviews. These samples are not freestanding pieces. They will be easier to understand if you start with sample 01, and follow the sequence listed HERE— if you have some free time. If you prefer audiobooks, Michael Dowd is in the process of reading and recording my book HERE.] *SACRED WATER* Like soil, water is essential for all life — no water, no life. Access to wetness det... more »
Reopening Schools: We Don’t Have To Descend Into COVID Hell
With Corona virus cases spiking across the country, America is on the verge of forcing millions of people into extreme danger. Suddenly, everyone from CEOs, the President, state governors, and the corporate media are calling for schools to open “to save the economy”. No country has tried to open schools with the virus spreading like here in the US. We are currently in a massive wave of surging cases in 40 states. There are not enough tests or testing. How do you open schools if you can’t test and trace? There’s no way that you can keep a school safe from coronavirus if the virus i... more »
On Contact: Truth Of War With Danny Sjursen
On the show this week, Chris Hedges discusses ‘Ghost Riders of Baghdad: Soldiers, Civilians, and the Myth of the Surge’ with Danny Sjursen, a combat veteran and West Point graduate. "We talk a lot about moral courage at West Point. It's a term they throw around but they've largely hijacked it. It is much harder in a lot of ways to speak against the tide and obviously you've done that for your entire career. There are real costs - emotional, professional - and it's a difficult thing. And I think the fact that it's so rare. I mean, name five generals who have spoken out publicly aga... more »
School Bus Drivers Lead Protest To Safely Reopen Los Angeles Schools
School bus drivers from the second largest school district in the United States led a noisy protest caravan through downtown Los Angeles on Thursday, demanding federal and state funding to help reopen schools safely amid the coronavirus pandemic. The drivers from the Los Angeles Unified Schools District (LAUSD) were joined by other vehicles as they circled city hall and honked their horns. "Until they get conditions safe, I prefer us to be at home," said John Lewis, a school bus driver, who has been in the job for 30 years. The post School Bus Drivers Lead Protest To Safely Reopen... more »
Community-Based Farms Rise To The Occasion As Big Food Supply Chains Stall
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed deep craters in the U.S. food supply chain. Dairies that supply milk and food products to restaurants have had the heartbreaking task of dumping millions of gallons of milk. Many giant meat processing plants had to close down because their workers were getting infected by the virus. The shutting down of these plants resulted in millions of farm animals being “culled” by drowning, shooting and suffocating. The meat processing plants were ordered to reopen when the administration declared that it is essential to maintain the meat supply in late Apri... more »
UAE to have official normal relations with Israel : It is normalization out of closet agreement not a peace agreement
Last Thursday the United States, the United Arab Emirates aka UAE aka Emirates and Israel announced in a tripartite statement that the UAE and Israel decided to officially normalize the relations. The statement added that due to the agreement Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu decided to* suspend the Israeli plans to annex the West Bank.* Joint Statement of the United States, the State of Israel, and the United Arab Emirates pic.twitter.com/oVyjLxf0jd — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 13, 2020 It was huge news because UAE was the first Gulf state and the third Arab Sta... more »
"No Matter How Screwed Up Things Are..."
"I'd been in hairier situations than this one. Actually, it's sort of depressing, thinking how many times I'd been in them. But if experience had taught me anything, it was this: No matter how screwed up things are, they can get a whole lot worse." - Jim Butcher Dig your way out, they said...
Musical Interlude: Ludovico Einaudi, “In A Time Lapse” (Full album)
Ludovico Einaudi, “In A Time Lapse” (Full album) “In A Time Lapse”, Studio Album By Ludovico Einaudi Released In 2013 Genre : Modern Classical, Classical Crossover, Ambient “In A Time Lapse's” Track List: 01 Corale : 00:00 02 Time Lapse : 02:05 03 Life : 07:38 04 Walk : 12:00 05 Discovery At Night : 15:28 06 Run : 19:54 07 Brothers : 25:27 08 Orbits : 30:18 09 Two Trees : 33:16 10 Newton's Cradle : 39:42 11 Waterways : 47:35 12 Experience : 51:52 13 Underwood : 57:08 14 Burning : 01:01:22 15 Bever : 01:06:22 16 The Dark Bank Of Clouds : 01:10:23 17 Sarabande : 01:13:33 18 Ronald's Dream :... more »
"As Far As We Can Discern..."
"As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being." - C. G. Jung
"A Look to the Heavens"
“This wide, sharp telescopic view reveals galaxies scattered beyond the stars and faint dust nebulae of the Milky Way at the northern boundary of the high-flying constellation Pegasus. Prominent at the upper right is NGC 7331. *Click image for larger size.* A mere 50 million light-years away, the large spiral is one of the brighter galaxies not included in Charles Messier's famous 18th century catalog. The disturbed looking group of galaxies at the lower left is well-known as Stephan's Quintet. About 300 million light-years distant, the quintet dramatically illustrates a multiple ga... more »
"In The Presence of Difficulty, Compassion"
*"In The Presence of Difficulty, Compassion"* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM "True compassion recognizes that all the boundaries we perceive between ourselves and others are an illusion. Compassion is the ability to see the deep connectedness between ourselves and others. Moreover, true compassion recognizes that all the boundaries we perceive between ourselves and others are an illusion. When we first begin to practice compassion, this very deep level of understanding may elude us, but we can have faith that if we start where we are, we will eventually feel our way toward it. We mo... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
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"The Worst Of Them All..."
"Science may have found a cure for most evils, but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the apathy of human beings." - Author Unknown
The Poet: Rolf Jacobsen, "When They Sleep"
*"When They Sleep"* "All people are children when they sleep. There's no war in them then. They open their hands and breathe in that quiet rhythm heaven has given them. They pucker their lips like small children and open their hands halfway, soldiers and statesmen, servants and masters. The stars stand guard and a haze veils the sky, a few hours when no one will do anybody harm. If only we could speak to one another then when our hearts are half-open flowers. Words like golden bees would drift in. God, teach me the language of sleep." - Rolf Jacobsen, "The Roads Have Come to an End Now"
"What Is Cueva de las Manos?"
*"What Is Cueva de las Manos?"* by Wikipedia "Cueva de las Manos (Spanish for Cave of the Hands) is a cave located in the province of Santa Cruz, Argentina, 163 km (101 mi) south from the town of Perito Moreno, within the borders of the Francisco P. Moreno National Park, which includes many sites of archaeological and paleontogical importance. The Cave lies in the valley of the Pinturas River, in an isolated spot in the Patagonian landscape, some 100 km (62 mi) from the main road, National Route 40. It is famous (and gets its name) for the paintings of hands, made by the indigenous ... more »
U.S. Signs Defense Pact With Poland
*The Hill:* *Pompeo signs defense pact in Poland* Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday rounded out his four-nation tour of Europe, signing a new defense pact in Poland that will increase the number of U.S. troops stationed in the Eastern European country. "Today, my Administration signed a historic Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement with the Republic of Poland," President Trump said in a statement released by the White House. "This agreement is the culmination of months of negotiations with our Polish allies following the two joint declarations I signed with President Du... more »
Turkish President Erdogan Says Turkey 'Will Not Back Down' In East Mediterranean Standoff
The Oruc Reis vessel is accompanied by a naval convey as it searches for oil and gas in the contested region of the Mediterranean *Reuters:* *Erdogan says Turkey 'will not back down' in east Med standoff* ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday Turkey will not back down to threats of sanctions nor to incursions on its claimed territory in the Mediterranean Sea, where it is in a standoff with EU-member Greece over oil and gas exploration rights. European Union foreign ministers on Friday said Ankara’s actions were antagonistic and dangerous after a meeting re... more »
Israel-UAE Peace Agreement Is Proof Trump’s Middle East Policy Is Working
James Carafano / @JJCarafano / August 14, 2020 President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing at the White House on Aug. 13 on a range of topics, including his announcement earlier in the day of a new peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. (Photo: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) Thursday’s announcement of a … Continue reading Israel-UAE Peace Agreement Is Proof Trump’s Middle East Policy Is Working →
How the Media Drives Radical ‘Wokeness’
Jarrett Stepman / @JarrettStepman / August 14, 2020 Protesters march at a Black Lives Matter fashion show Greenwich Village on Aug. 9 in New York City. (Photo: Noam Galai/Getty Images) “Fake news” isn’t the only media problem in 2020. An important analysis in media trends of the past decade shows how activist journalism is promoting … Continue reading How the Media Drives Radical ‘Wokeness’ →
Trump Announces Plan To Replace USPS With Fleet Of Carrier Eagles | The Babylon Bee
August 14th, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C.—In one of his greatest acts as president ever, Donald Trump has announced the replacement of all USPS services with an epic flock of North American bald eagles. Experts are not in agreement on whether this will improve the services of the existing post office, but they unanimously agree that it’s awesome. … Continue reading Trump Announces Plan To Replace USPS With Fleet Of Carrier Eagles | The Babylon Bee →
The Satanic Temple Promotes “Satanic Ritual Abortions” To Take Advantage of Religious Liberty Laws
The Satanic Temple created a ruse to avoid state requirements prior to abortions: They invented a satanic ritual to be performed right before the abortion. August 12, 2020 Vigilant Citizen In the past years, The Satanic Temple (TST) launched various campaigns exploiting loopholes in laws and regulations to help its favorite causes (such as … Continue reading The Satanic Temple Promotes “Satanic Ritual Abortions” To Take Advantage of Religious Liberty Laws →
The American blog pushing Xinjiang denialism
Aug 11, 2020 Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian Illustration: Eniola Odetunde/Axios A website called The Grayzone has made a name for itself by denying China’s campaign of cultural and demographic genocide in Xinjiang. Why it matters: Chinese government officials and state media outlets are citing The Grayzone and its contributors with growing frequency as Beijing attempts … Continue reading The American blog pushing Xinjiang denialism →
Lawmakers demand answers from World Bank on Xinjiang loan
Aug 14, 2020 Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, author of China Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios U.S. lawmakers are demanding answers from the World Bank about its continued operation of a $50 million loan program in Xinjiang, following Axios reporting on the loans. Why it matters: The Chinese government is currently waging a campaign of cultural and demographic genocide … Continue reading Lawmakers demand answers from World Bank on Xinjiang loan →
China’s Trojan horse real estate acquisition threatens America’s power grid
Communist Party of China is not the enemy at our gates; it has already gained entry inside them China’s Texas Turbines Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times By Daniel N. Hoffman – – Thursday, August 13, 2020 My former CIA colleague Rep. Will Hurd, Texas Republican, recently issued a compelling warning about GH … Continue reading China’s Trojan horse real estate acquisition threatens America’s power grid →
EXCLUSIVE: Biden-Era Education Initiative Collaborates With Chinese Communist Party Fronts
August 14, 2020 Natalie Winters August 14, 2020 Natalie Winters Two pro-China programs inaugurated during Joe Biden’s Vice Presidential tenure have morphed into an organization that now openly collaborates with Chinese Communist Party-funded entities, The National Pulse can exclusively reveal. The “U.S.-China Strong” group was founded to continue two Obama-era initiatives known as “100,000 … Continue reading EXCLUSIVE: Biden-Era Education Initiative Collaborates With Chinese Communist Party Fronts →
Elections and Train Bombings
by William Kilpatrick | Jul 20, 2020 You’ve probably seen Ami Horowitz doing one of his “man-on-the-street” interviews on television. In a recent one, he asked passersby to sign a petition to take down a statue of Washington because “he was a slave owner.” All were happy to sign. He then asked them to … Continue reading Elections and Train Bombings →
Dozing Bishops Meet the Religion of Woke
by William Kilpatrick | Jul 28, 2020 In case you hadn’t noticed, a new fundamentalist religion has been born in the streets of America. It’s the religion of Woke—the religion of people who believe they have been given a special revelation about the nature of society. They have discovered that American society is irredeemably … Continue reading Dozing Bishops Meet the Religion of Woke →
Israel And Hamas Continue To Exchange Military Strikes On The Gaza Border
*The Guardian*: *Israel continues airstrikes on Gaza in retaliation for Hamas balloon bombs* Israeli forces say they bombed Hamas targets for a fifth consecutive night as clashes broke out along border Israeli aircraft have bombed sites belonging to the militant Hamas group in Gaza for a fifth night in a row, the Israel defence force says. The military said early on Sunday that the airstrikes were in response to arson balloons that Hamas-affiliated groups sent across the Gaza frontier into Israeli territory. Clashes also broke out in the evening along the Gaza-Israeli border, the... more »
Foreign Correspondent: Is Kamala Harris A Hawk? Biden’s Veep Pick Has At Times Embraced Militarism And Even Attacked Trump From The Right
*The Challengers by Nancy Ohanian* *-by Reese Erlich* Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin hasn’t forgotten a 2017 meeting with members of Senator Kamala Harris’s staff to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The Israeli land and sea blockade was causing massive unemployment as well as shortages of food and electricity. Benjamin and other progressive activists wanted the Senator to criticize Israel’s policies and end the siege. “You could just see the blank stares from her aides as we spoke,” Benjamin recalls in a phone interview from Washington, D.C. “They argued that Israel ... more »
Judge Won’t Let L.A. County Shut Down Church Challenging Coronavirus Restrictions
[image: judge-won-t-let-l-a-county-shut-down-church-challenging-coronavirus-restrictions] A judge denied a Los Angeles County request for a temporary restraining order prohibiting Grace Community Church from holding indoor services.
Whistleblower Film Revealing Shadow Government Released to Public Just After Producer is Arrested
Millie Weaver, known online as "Millennial Millie," was mysteriously arrested, along with her husband, on a reported grand jury indictment and held in jail over the weekend, just before she was scheduled to release her new film, ShadowGate. The film was released anyway, with many copies being widely distributed throughout the Internet, as it has gone viral this weekend and has already been viewed by millions of people. The film is based on the testimony of two high-tech whistleblowers, who claim they worked for private contractors that worked together with intelligence agencies and... more »
Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 228 – 2020
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Slavery unfolding under our very eyes
Governmental brutality in Europe. ____________ Slavery unfolding under our very eyes Frederick Wisse The US is quite reasonable with fining only 20 dollars per person. Here in Europe governments are fining the hell out of their citizens. For instance in Holland the official fine for not keeping a distance of 1.5 meters (5 ft) is ... Read more Slavery unfolding under our very eyes The post Slavery unfolding under our very eyes appeared first on Ice Age Now .
ICE Is Fighting a Losing Battle Against Illegal Immigrants: Last Year's Raids In Mississippi Show It
*Alex Nowrasteh* *Politics, Americas* [image: Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) officers from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) look on after executing search warrants and making some arrests at an agricultural processing facility in Canton, Mississippi, U.S. in this August 7, 2019 hando] E‐Verify doesn’t work well. If it did, there wouldn’t have had to have been raids in Mississippi in the first place. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raided seven poultry plants in August 2019 and detained over 680 people on suspicion that they were illegal immigrant work... more »
Here's What Must Change to Keep Asia's Rise Peaceful
*Parag Khanna* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] The biggest risk of conflict in the twenty-first century stems from not settling the conflicts of the twentieth century. Can Asians embrace a cartographic pragmatism similar to what they have achieved in the economic and social spheres? AS THE coronavirus roiled global economies and fractured relations among major powers, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for the five permanent members of the Security Council to declare a global ceasefire to calm conflict zones such as Syria and Yemen. But geopolitics does not stop ... more »
Can America Remember What It Takes to Survive as a Democracy?
*Anatol Lieven* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] The American Creed, and the civic nationalism of which it is the foundation, have been the essential glues that have held a wildly diverse country together. Without the Creed, America risks becoming something like the Habsburg Empire without the Habsburgs. AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM is in an exceptionally parlous condition. The Right declares with metronomic regularity that America is exceptionally good; the Left that it is exceptionally bad. Neither side makes much of a pretense at serious historical study or international compa... more »
Diego Garcia Is America’s Next Overseas Challenge
*Mark Rosen* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] Allowing a sovereignty dispute to fester will create a natural opening for Beijing to claim that the United States and the UK are acting inconsistently with universal norms favoring decolonization and self-determination and, perhaps, insinuate themselves economically or politically into Mauritius. The U.S. Department of Defense is at the horns of a dilemma when it comes to its strategic base at Diego Garcia (DGAR) in the Indian Ocean. Experts in military logistics and in the deployment of U.S. forces will tell you that DGAR is a... more »
How the Coronavirus Exposed the Flaws in America’s Security Strategy
*John Arquilla, Nancy Roberts* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] It is high time to think in terms of realigning—even redesigning—American grand strategy. U.S. unpreparedness to meet the kind of predictable threat that COVID-19 presented has revealed a serious gap in our grand strategic thinking with regard to the social dimension. LOOK AROUND. Something has gone terribly awry. Even before the mass disruption caused by COVID-19, the United States was in trouble. Its costly military interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq have faltered, the “liberation” of Libya has resulted in ... more »
How SS General Felix Steiner Grew to Hate Adolf Hitler
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* [image: By Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1973-138-14A / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5482749] He would end up defying Berlin's orders and instead would lead his troops to surrender to the Americans. “Where is Steiner?” Adolf Hitler demanded as his Thousand Year Reich crumbled around him in April 1945. “Is he attacking yet?” The Steiner in question was *SS Obergruppenführer*und General der *Waffen SS* Felix Steiner, a man who had served in Hitler’s Black Guard since 1935. Steiner was born in Eb... more »
Whistleblower Film Revealing Shadow Government Released to Public Just After Producer is Arrested
Millie Weaver, known online as "Millennial Millie," was mysteriously arrested, along with her husband, on a reported grand jury indictment and held in jail over the weekend, just before she was scheduled to release her new film, ShadowGate. The film was released anyway, with many copies being widely distributed throughout the Internet, as it has gone viral this weekend and has already been viewed by millions of people. The film is based on the testimony of two high-tech whistleblowers, who claim they worked for private contractors that worked together with intelligence agencies and... more »
Censorship is Not About Protecting You, It’s About Protecting ‘Them’
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Protect The Vote And End Privatization Of The Postal Service
As we were warned earlier in the year, the US Postal Service is failing due to a long term effort to weaken it plus the confluence of the COVID-19 pandemic, recession and intentional efforts by the Trump administration to suppress the vote. Members of Congress and state leaders are starting to take notice because of the magnitude of the crisis and public outcry, particularly over valid concerns that mail-in voting will be disrupted. Now is the time to not only protect the vote but to use this moment to end privatization and selling off of the US Postal Service and expand it as a c... more »
The UAE Deal Is Really About Opposition To Iran
The “historic” agreement for normalization of ties between the United Arab Emirates and Israel is being presented as a noble effort by the Gulf Arab states to fend off further annexation of Palestinian land. That facade was quickly eroded when Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu said his annexation plans were only “on hold” and not derailed, as the UAE had claimed in announcing the purported accord mediated this week by the Trump administration. The terse Palestinian reaction to the supposed deal got it right. It was “a stab in the back.” Iran and Turkey also denounced it as a sell... more »
Antifa got more than they bargained for at Sturgis
As the commentator says at the end — the ONLY reason the Antifa were able to walk away was the enforcement who protected and walked them out of the area. Bikers don’t play when someone touches their bikes or disrespects them. There one a tall guy in the Antifa line with pink punk hair. He makes the mistake of kicking one of the bikes. OOOPs This is what needs to happen every time Antifa shows up….citizens need to band together and force them to retreat. Unfortunately you have idiots in office that encourage this — Portland and Seattle as well … Continue reading →
National Grid fires up coal power station for first time in 55 days
By Paul Homewood h/t Colin Harris Is this some sort of joke??? National Grid has fired up a coal-fired power station for the first time in 55 days after Britain’s record-breaking heatwave brought wind turbines to a near-standstill and caused gas-fired power stations to struggle. The electricity system operator brought Britain’s […]