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New Voting Laws Revive Fights Over ‘Ballot Harvesting’
Although widely practiced and rarely found to be abused, the rule permitting a third party to collect and return multiple ballots remains a source of partisan dispute.
Free speech gone wild
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals is being invited to invalidate the entire field of hostile environment harassment law. One cannot confidently predict that the invitation will be declined. If the plaintiff in *Meriwether v. The Trustees of Shawnee State University* prevails, teachers at public colleges will have a constitutional right to subject their students to bigoted slurs. Much of anti-discrimination law would be deemed unconstitutional. I explain in a new column at The Hill, here.
Trump Gaining on Biden on Eve of Democrat Convention
[image: trump-gaining-on-biden-on-eve-of-democrat-convention] Even CNN couldn’t bury the fact that President Trump is gaining on his presumptive Democrat opponent for the presidency.
California’s Blackout Warning
Originally posted on Tallbloke's Talkshop: Solar power complex in California [USA. Gov – BLM – Bureau of Land Management] How does it feel to be the canaries in the coal mine of the renewables stampede now being promoted far and wide by climate obsessives with a failing atmospheric theory? H/T The GWPF – –…
Americans Are Still Not In-Tune with Electric Vehicles, Despite Biden’s Plan
Democratic Party presidential candidate Joe Biden’s $2 trillion energy plan includes Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s Clean Cars for America… The post Americans Are Still Not In-Tune with Electric Vehicles, Despite Biden’s Plan appeared first on IER.
Q&A: What’s Happening at the US Postal Service, And Why?
Some questions and answers about what’s going on with the post office and the upcoming election.
Media hypes 130°F Death Valley Temperature – but it’s still short of the 134°F record
On Sunday, August 16th the National Weather Service in Las Vegas, Nevada sent out a Tweet highlighting a new maximum daily temperature of 130°F in Death Valley: Predictably, the media jumped on this number with the Los Angeles Times saying “…possibly the highest mercury reading on Earth since 1913“. Even the Drudge Report got into […] The post Media hypes 130°F Death Valley Temperature – but it’s still short of the 134°F record appeared first on Climate Realism.
The Battle over Barriers for People with Disabilities
Global Issues News Headlines - 11 hours ago
DEHRADUN, India, Aug 17 (IPS) - According to the World Health Organization (WHO) at-least 15% of the population globally has some form or other of a disability- considered the world's largest minority population and one that any of us can join at any point in our lives. It therefore makes so much sense for each one of us to invest towards inclusion, so everyone has the right to live their life to their full potential and contribute meaningfully to society. This article seeks to highlight the updates from the disability world in the past four months, particularly the last month, bo... more »
Brain Scientists Haven't Been Able to Find Major Differences Between Women's and Men's Brains, Despite Over a Century of Searching
Global Issues News Headlines - 11 hours ago
Aug 17 (IPS) - People have searched for sex differences in human brains since at least the 19th century, when scientist Samuel George Morton poured seeds and lead shot into human skulls to measure their volumes. Gustave Le Bon found men's brains are usually larger than women's, which prompted Alexander Bains and George Romanes to argue this size difference makes men smarter. But John Stuart Mill pointed out, by this criterion, elephants and whales should be smarter than people. Read the full story, “Brain Scientists Haven't Been Able to Find Major Differences Between Women's and M... more »
Q&A: Family Farming in Latin America & the Caribbean Hard Hit by COVID-19 Restrictions
Global Issues News Headlines - 11 hours ago
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 17 (IPS) - With limited transport options to carry their goods to the market, lack of protective gear, and limited financial resources, family farmers across Latin America are facing grave consequences as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the full story, “Q&A: Family Farming in Latin America & the Caribbean Hard Hit by COVID-19 Restrictions”, on globalissues.org →
WATCH: Cops Beat Innocent, Cuffed Man with Rifles and Knees, Break His Ribs — Get Paid Vacation
[image: innocent]An innocent man was savagely beaten by three cops, who used their buttstocks to break bones and knocked him unconscious, and they got a paid vacation.
What Will the Real American Resistance Look Like — Chaotic Rebellion or Organized General Strikes?
*Click to enlarge. Suitable for framing.* *by Thomas Neuburger* *I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half. * —Jay Gould, 1886 It's normally a bad idea to denigrate the other side's supporters in a fight, especially in a political fight like the one we're currently witnessing, and especially when the game that's really being played is the oligarch's version of Eric Berne's "Let's You and Him Fight"— the one where the rich get the poor to kill each other, while they steal the both of them blind. So don't consider this piece to be about the other side's suppor... more »
August 14th busy House date for bills
One of the last things the House of Representatives did on August 14th before leaving for vacation was to submit several new bills. Paying attention to those bills (just like the ones submitted on day one of the 116th Congress) gives a picture of where the Democrats and Republicans are headed with their thinking. Conservatives do need to be aware of what is happening for their sake and that of the country. So the following is a brief description only of what is happening and waiting to be heard in committee once everyone returns. In general, none of these as … Continue reading →
"What Doesn't Kill You Can Make You Stronger"
*"What Doesn't Kill You Can Make You Stronger"* by Mark Manson "Each week, I send you three potentially life-changing ideas to help you be a slightly less awful human being. This week we’re talking about: 1) post-traumatic growth, 2) living in the age of entitlement, and 3) the world really has become smaller. Let’s get into it. *1. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger* – A few weeks ago, I wrote a newsletter discussing the expanding definitions of words such as “trauma,” “violence,” and “harm” and how these expansions of definition in our culture, at a certain point, begin t... more »
"It's Do-or-Die, Deep State: Either Strangle the Stock Market Rally Now or Cede the Election to Trump"
*"It's Do-or-Die, Deep State: Either Strangle the * *Stock Market Rally Now or Cede the Election to Trump"* by Charles Hugh Smith "Back in June I speculated that the only way the Deep State could deep-six Trump's re-election was to sink the stock market rally, which the president has long touted as evidence of his economic leadership. "Deep State to Powell: Stop Goosing Stocks Higher Or You'll Re-Elect Trump" (June 9, 2020). Since then, stocks have lofted ever higher, with the Nasdaq index hitting new all-time highs and the S&P 500 reaching its pre-pandemic heights of euphoria. So ... more »
Intense dust storm hits Phoenix, Arizona
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A massive dust storm impacted travel on the Interstate 10 and 8 near Phoenix, Arizona on August 16, 2020, after the city broke its daily high-temperature record with 46.1 °C (115 °F). The storm approached the city around 17:30 LT, causing low visibility...... Read more »
Donald Trump's New China Adviser: Bill Belichick?
*James Holmes* *Security, Asia* So President Donald Trump gave a radio interview last Tuesday during which he declared he would call on an unlikely source for military advice: New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick. Trump told host Hugh Hewitt, “You know, if I ever had a military battle, I’d call up Belichick and say what do you think? What do you think? Give me a couple of ideas.” Does Coach Belichick have what it takes? So President Donald Trump gave a radio interview last Tuesday during which he declared he would call on an unlikely source for military advice: New England... more »
Blue Ridge-Class: Meet the Oldest Ships in the U.S. Navy
*Caleb Larson* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] These two Blue Ridge-class of command and control ships have nearly one hundred years of continuous service between them. The *Blue Ridge*-class of amphibious command ships are just two in number, represented by the class’s flagship, the USS *Blue Ridg*e, and the USS *Mount Whitney*. Laid down in 1970 and 1971 respectively, the two ships are the oldest active-duty ships in the entire United States Navy fleet—and have seen a whopping total of ninety-nine years of active duty service combined. Though the class was originally inte... more »
Battlecruisers Are Back: Russia is Resurrecting the Soviet Navy’s Most Powerful Warship
*Caleb Larson* *Security, Eurasia* [image: Wikimedia Commons / USN] Once the Admiral Nakhimov reenters service, it will be one of Russia’s two nuclear-powered Kirov-class battlecruisers—and the largest surface combat ships in the world. One of the Soviet Navy’s largest and most powerful ships, the Admiral Nakhimov battlecruiser, is getting ready to refit and go out to sea once again. The Nakhimov will undergo a number of modernizations that will in theory allow the massive ship to stay afloat—and to sink other ships. The Kirov-class of battlecruisers are a small class, only four ... more »
How Joe Biden Should Handle North Korea: Build Trust and Verify
*Julia Masterson* *Security, Asia* If Biden aims to mitigate the threat posed by North Korea’s nuclear weapons, he must recognize the general conditions that currently impede North Korea’s pledge to denuclearize and acknowledge what role the United States plays in perpetuating the status quo. The decades-old U.S. sanctions campaign against North Korea has systematically failed to bring about denuclearization by way of economic pressure, despite consistent efforts, and is unlikely to in the future. Come January 2021, if Joe Biden is elected President, he must abandon the current ... more »
South Korea Sees Troubling Spike in New Coronavirus Cases
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Health, * There are now more than 15,000 cases and 300 related deaths from the virus, according to KCDC. The mortality rate is 1.99%. South Korea reported 197 new coronavirus cases on Monday, putting the greater Seoul area in a heightened risk for further resurgence of the pandemic. Eighty-nine of the new cases were pinpointed within the densely populated Seoul metropolitan region, and smaller clusters of infections were reported in the surrounding Gyeonggi Province, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). Monday’s numbers c... more »
South Korea Pastor Tests Positive Amid Virus Spike at Church
More than 300 virus cases have been linked to the Rev. Jun Kwang-hun's huge church in northern Seoul.
Fulfilling Public Transportation and Health Targets Still Challenge in São Paulo
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - The time spent daily by Nurse Danielly Alves dos Santos, 25, to get to work would be enough for a 227-km drive between São Paulo and Ubatuba, on the northern coast. A resident of São Miguel Paulista, in the far eastern zone, she spends three hours a day to get to […] The post Fulfilling Public Transportation and Health Targets Still Challenge in São Paulo appeared first on The Rio Times.
Sanity Lives! South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem Declines Federal Aid
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem refused recently authorized federal unemployment money because nearly 80% of job losses following the coronavirus panic have been recovered. The economy is rebounding because it was never shut down.
US Court Strikes Down California’s Ban on Large-Capacity Ammunition Magazines
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit threw out California’s ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines that hold 10 or more bullets, saying the law violates the US Constitution’s protection of the right to bear firearms.
Court Upholds California Church’s Right to Hold Indoor Worship
Los Angeles County sought a court order barring Grace Community Church from holding services, arguing that it was a health threat. A judge ruled that worshipers only needed to wear masks and practice social distancing. [Not much of a victory for truth and liberty, but a step in the right direction.]
Michigan Rejects 846 Mailed Ballots Because the Voter Were Dead
28-million mail ballots “went missing” over the last decade. A number of states will mail presidential election ballots to all its voters in November, which is an invitation to disaster. Absentee ballot fraud is the most common, the most expensive, to investigate, and can never be reversed after an election.
Democrat Party Operatives Warn Media Not to Criticize Kamala Harris
Democrat operatives, pretending to be advocates for women, sent a memo to media organizations cautioning against criticism of vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris, under the threat that critical coverage will be declared racist and/or sexist, and that can destroy journalists reputations.
Leftist ‘Occupy’ Group Plans 50-Day Siege of the White House to Overthrow the Republic
They plan to use other protest groups including Black Lives Matter, Me Too, Extinction Rebellion, and protests against Trump’s "bungling" of the coronavirus "crisis", to assist in their campaign to further destroy the American Republic.
Man Who Attacked Conservative Activist Last Year Was Arrested for Stabbing Bicyclist
The victim said a man (Greenberg) got in an argument with him and stabbed him multiple times with a pocket folding knife. Greenberg was recorded on video attacking a conservative activist at UC Berkeley. last year and he pleaded guilty to sucker-punching the activist, but the DA failed to prosecute him.
Antifa Stalks Owner Of Truck They Destroyed and Vandalize His Home. Driver Could Face Charges For Self Defense.
Portland Antifa and BLM rioters attacked a truck driver, slashing his tires, breaking the windshield, and even throwing a motorcycle in front of him to make him stop. The mob is harassing him at his home now by breaking his windows and sending death threats. Hollingsworth may face criminal charges for defending himself.
Sour Beer: The Science
Sour beer is not a defect. Some people like the tart, tangy brew which results when wild yeast and bacteria are allowed to grow in freshly brewed beer (wort) and then ferment. It's the opposite of the fresher beer many desire and began as a niche market in in Europe long ago. Now it's taking off in the U.S. the way IPAs did a decade ago. read more
The US Post Office and the elections: lies, obfuscation and dishonesty
I wrote last week about the problems currently being experienced at the US Post Office. It's clear the organization is in deep trouble, and its new chief executive is doing his best to reorganize it on business lines (as required by laws passed by the Congress and Senate, let it be noted). This is anything but to the taste of left-wing and progressive politicians, who are jumping up and down and screaming that the whole thing is an attempt by President Trump to sabotage the November elections. *They're lying through their teeth. It's nothing of the sort. Any objective examinati... more »
Babasaheb Ambedkar On Independence Of India’s Untouchables And Congress’s Struggle For Power
The clearest proof that Kamala Harris does not care about civil rights or human rights is that she isn’t in … Continue reading →
Countries On The UK's "High Risk" Travel List
*Zero Hedge:* *Countries On The UK's "High Risk" Travel List* In a blow for many UK holidaymakers, France was added to the list of 'high risk' countries from 4am on Saturday 15 August. The announcement, made late last week, means that all but essential travel is now advised against and returning travellers will have to quarantine for 14 days. As Statista's Martin Armstrong notes, France had previously been on the UK's list of 'travel corridors', allowing unrestricted travel, but is now joined by the Netherlands, Malta, Monaco, the Turks & Caicos islands, and Aruba as one of the la... more »
What Are the Truly Verifiable Facts Surrounding COVID-19?
Fact #1: Contrary to what many medical and government officials tell us, there is no evidence to support the claim that face masks—whether N95, surgical, or cloth—protect the wearer from any virus. These so-called “medical experts” usually reference a purportedly scientific publication to support their claim. However, when the studies they point to—namely, in The Lancet and from the Mayo Clinic—are put under closer scrutiny, they fail to pass one crucial test: they never used a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT). Reputable scientists consider the RCT the Holy Grail when it comes to c... more »
Belarus News Links 13-17 August 2020
17 August 2020 — The New Dark Age Russian-Belarusian Relations: Back To Being Brothers? https://orientalreview.org/2020/08/17/russian-belarusian-relations-back-to-being-brothers/ Special report: The arrest of 33 Russians in Minsk turns out to have been a provocation by the Ukrainian secret services http://thesaker.is/the-arrest-of-33-russians-in-minsk-turns-out-to-have-been-a-provocation-by-the-ukrainian-secret-services/ Belarus protests: Workers boo Lukashenko as election unrest spreads https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-53796436 Belarus protests: ‘There’s no way back. The peo... more »
COVID-19: Who’s Scheming?
16 August, 2020 — Global Research By Dr. Pascal Sacré In order for us to be on the same wavelength, I have to define that word. Conspiracy Theorist: An advocate of Conspiracy theory. It’s like saying, racist: defender of a theory of racism. We don’t get very far with that. A synonym is conspiracy theorist. What is a conspiracy … Continue reading COVID-19: Who’s Scheming?
Global Breaking News on GMOs and Pesticides 17 August 2020
17 August 2020 — Sustainable Pulse Editors’ picks Argentinian City Discovers Strong Link Between Glyphosate Exposure and Asthma A new study from Argentina, which used the methodological criteria of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC), has identified a relationship between environmental and residential exposure to glyphosate and the high prevalence of … Continue reading Global Breaking News on GMOs and Pesticides 17 August 2020
Let’s not shame people who don’t understand the confusing public health rules
News 1. Back to school “The government of Nova Scotia has done an about-face on mask policy for school reopening on Sept. 8,” I reported Friday: As originally announced on July 22, the plan required masks on school buses for all students, and in hallways for high school students, but masks were not required in […]
Time for ventilation in schools to get a proper airing
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. We often hear that schools need to be “safe spaces” for children — free from worries about bullying, for instance. But what about guaranteeing that it’s safe for children (and teachers and maintenance staff) to breathe the air in those buildings from early September until […]
Old Video Of Democratic Presidential Hopeful Joe Biden Calling For The Removal Of Turkish President Erdogan Creates An Uproar In Turkey
Biden could not have done Erdogan a bigger favor (and Turkey’s opposition a bigger disservice) than this nonsense pic.twitter.com/e3afFXppPv — Piotr Zalewski (@p_zalewski) August 15, 2020 *Bloomberg:* *Turkey in a Stir Over Biden Remarks Backing Erdogan’s Ouster* An old video of Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden calling for the removal of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has set off a furor in Turkey while earning U.S. President Donald Trump a shout-out. In a Dec. 16 meeting with New York Times editors, Biden called Erdogan an “autocrat” and advocated that the U.S. “... more »
UK Government Accused of New “U-Turn” on Local Covid Contact Tracing with Outsourcing Giants Serco and Sitel
"Local councils should be doing the whole lot, not just the mopping up. Serco and Sitel are cherry picking and doing the easy bits and leaving the difficult stuff to local authorities."
If Cannon Hinnant was Killed by Police, People Wouldn’t Be Talking About It Anymore
[image: cannon]The divide and conquer tactics in the media and establishment are easy to see, unfortunately as the reaction to Cannon Hinnant's tragic murder shows us, they still work.
Cops Go Undercover to Catch Pedophile, Bust Fellow Cop Trying to Have Sex with a Child
[image: children]During an undercover operation to nab pedophiles attempting to have sex with children, police caught one of their own in the act.
Lakota volunteers cook and deliver gourmet meals to those in quarantine in Rapid City
Photo by Cynthia Robinson Lakota volunteers cooked and delivered these incredible gourmet meals for those in quarantine during August. Meals for Relatives COVID-19 Rapid City Community Response is a grassroots effort. Photo by Laura Schad Photo by Cynthia Robinson Photo by Laura Schad Photo by Cynthia Robinson . Photo by Laura Schad (Photo above) Rebecca Kidder said,
Pentagon Forming New Task Force To Investigate UFO Sightings Over US Military Bases
The grainy black and white footage had previously been leaked and the Navy acknowledged they were genuine videos *Daily Mail:* *Pentagon is forming new task force to investigate UFO sightings over US military bases - defense officials say - after US senators demand answers* * Two defense officials said a new task force that hunts and investigates UFOs seen by military aircraft will be unveiled in the next few days, reported CNN * It will be headed up by Deputy Secretary of Defense David Norquist, they said * US senators are demanding more transparency from the Pentagon over myste... more »
Good News: Fauci’s Out and Common Sense Might Be Returning
[image: undefined] These days it seems there is not much good news out there. People are still panicked over the coronavirus, governments are still trampling civil liberties in the name of fighting the virus, the economy –already teetering on the edge of collapse – has been kicked to the ground by what history may record as one of the worst man-made disasters of all time: shutting down the country to fight a cold virus. That’s why we’ll take good news wherever we can get it, and President Trump’s hiring of Dr. Scott Atlas to his coronavirus task force may just be that good news we ... more »
Czechs have moved on: 70-77% disapprove of the partial reintroduction of face masks from Sept 1st
Between mid March and mid April, the Covid fear was genuine – even in my Czech homeland. It was spread not only among the journalists and the ordinary people but among some (but not a majority of) physicians, too. That's why I consider the Covid comments by our PM Babiš in Harvard International Review fair. Many people including sensible ones indicated fear, the government acted fast, and introduced one of the most strict and most rigorously enforced lockdowns in the world. If a shutdown has ever had a chance to make sense, it must have been very short and intense (like the fuel in ... more »
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Washington's Fiscal Health
With Washington spending trillions of dollars since the economic shutdown began in March 2020, its long-term fiscal situation looks far worse than it did during the 2008 - 2009 Great Recession. An analysis by the Manhattan Institute shows just how dire the situation will become over the next 20 years. Here are some of the highlights of their analysis. The pandemic has led to a two-fold problem; declining tax revenues and increased spending, the "perfect fiscal storm". According to the Manhattan Institute, this will lead to a budget deficit of $4.275 trillion in fiscal 2020, wel... more »
THE CRAZY AND THE WRONG: Meet the Press condemns QAnon!
*MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2020Fails to describe what it is:* On yesterday morning's Meet the Press, Chuck Todd teased his closing segment with a reference to a movement called QAnon: TODD (8/16/20): ...Traditionally, the economy trumps all other issues. But that may not be the case in a year when voters blame the president for doing a poor job in controlling a pandemic. *When we come back, those fringe believers in the QAnon conspiracy theory:* Are they really on the fringe anymore? A commercial break followed. When Todd returned, he introduced his final segment in the manner shown: ... more »
49 Years Ago (August 15, 1971), the Establishment Unleashed a Policy of Controlled Disintegration of the World Economy
49 Years Ago the Establishment Unleashed a Policy of Controlled Disintegration of the World Economy Video of 49 Years Ago the Establishment Unleashed a Policy of Controlled Disintegration of the World Economy With the Brits and U.S. anti-growth globalists in the lead, Nixon was convinced to end the post-war Bretton Woods system. LaRouche warned that this move by leading neoliberals would lead to Depression, Pandemics, Wars and Fascism. He was right. It is not too late to reverse it, provided we learn the lesson of LaRouche's economics. Send Harley your questions at *harleysch@gma... more »
Time for National Security Republicans to Decide: American National Security or Donald Trump
*Wesley Clark* *Security, * President Trump has proven himself disorganized, weak, or easily manipulated in almost every corner of the world. Self-described "national security Republicans" can pick American national security, or they can pick President Trump. They can't pick both. As any former NATO commander will say, removing 12,000 troops from Germany makes no strategic sense. It misplaces our forces into countries further removed from the site of a potential military challenge. It hampers the training of our forces in Europe. And it affects the vital intangibles which hav... more »
California Suffers 2nd Day of Blackouts as Wind, Solar Power Falter
By Paul Homewood h/t stewgreen And they are surprised? California suffered a second day of rolling electricity blackouts on Saturday evening as the state’s power grid struggled to deal with a heat wave that caused a surge in consumer demand. There was widespread public confusion, as the state’s electricity grid operator […]
UK Heatwave Far From Being Unprecedented
By Paul Homewood https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/aug/12/uk-weather-temperatures-hit-35c-and-above-for-three-days-in-row . Now that the heatwave has broken, how remarkable was it? The Met Office have cobbled together some supposed record, as the Guardian reports, but they were originally expecting much hotter weather, with talk of 37C and even 38C days. Their claim, in any event, is pretty meaningless, […]
The Same Things
If you want to know why the United States is such a screwed up country, William Cooper writes, don't blame the politicians. Blame the people who put them there: Data from Google Trends — the search giant’s tool for tracking and analyzing Google’s search statistics — shows that Americans have a stunning indifference to public policy and, at the same time, a gross infatuation with triviality. It’s no surprise, then, that our elected officials are frequently incompetent and our governance often poor. Consider a few examples: Take, first, a comparison between Americans’ interest in ... more »
Why Americans Want a President Who Ends Endless Wars
*William Ruger* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] A new poll shows that the U.S. public supports a more realist foreign policy and wants its leaders to focus more on pressing domestic needs than overseas projects. The United States has been an active military player around the globe since the end of the Cold War. It has fought bloody and expensive wars in Iraq and Afghanistan while also conducting significant military operations in the Balkans, Libya, Syria, and other hot spots in the Middle East and North Africa. The election of Donald Trump and the significant support ga... more »
Is Pompeo Trying To Make China Into the New Soviet Union?
*Paul Dibb* *Politics, Asia* [image: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attends a news conference at the State Department in Washington, U.S. August 5, 2020. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Pool via Reuters] This is not the first time that America has launched such a provocatively worded policy against its main adversary. In 1983, President Ronald Reagan made his infamous ‘evil empire’ speech. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave a landmark speech on 23 July titled ‘Communist China and the free world’s future’ in which he made it plain that China was now America’s main national secur... more »
How Thomas Cromwell Put Himself Into the Bible
*Eyal Poleg, Paola Ricciardi* *History, Europe* [image: Reuters] Our analysis revealed a new – and hitherto unknown – plot by Cromwell to literally change the balance of power on the Bible’s front page. Eyal Poleg, *Queen Mary University of London* and Paola Ricciardi, *University of Cambridge* The Great Bible is often seen as a monument of English reform – but could it also contain the first known example of political photoshopping in early modern England? Printed in 1538-9, it was to be purchased by every parish church in the realm. Its creation was overseen by Henry VIII’s ch... more »
North Korea: What Should a Reelected Trump or President Biden Do Next?
*Bruce W. Bennett, Soo Kim* *Security, Asia* What can a reelected Trump or a newly elected Biden do to overcome North Korea’s resistance to meaningful negotiations? North Korea is hurting: its economy is stagnant and it is having trouble feeding even its elites because of the UN/U.S. sanctions designed to pressure North Korean toward denuclearization. A combined carrot and stick approach may help overcome some of North Korea’s reluctance to negotiate the future of its nuclear weapons program. In 2016 and 2017, North Korea carried out a series of nuclear weapons and ballistic mis... more »
Could This Open Letter Be the Rallying Cry For Free Speech Advocates?
*Fred Lucas* *Politics, Americas* [image: Protesters gather outside BlackRock's headquarters calling on presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden to 'reject BlackRock executives as potential presidential appointees' in New York, U.S., August 11, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid] "Our liberty and our happiness depend upon the maintenance of a public culture in which freedom and civility coexist." Asserting that cancel culture has put freedom of expression in crisis, a statement initially signed by 45 prominent individuals from universities, think tanks, and other o... more »
Argentina: Cyclists Come Across Mutilated Cow in Speluzzi
* Source: PLANETA UFO and InfoPico (Argentina)Date: 14 August 2020, 18:05 hrs.* *Argentina: Cyclists Come Across Mutilated Cow in Speluzzi* On Friday, a local resident named Gustavo contacted infopico.com to say during the afteroon, a group of cyclists had found a mulitate cow in Speluzzi. According the man, the animal "was missing its anus and part of the flank. There were no footprints or blood trails - only the cows's own prints, pointing to the direction from which it had come." Gustavo briefly added that "we found it odd, as such events had not occurred for a long time.... more »
More Democrats found guilty of voter fraud
In Philadelphia former Democrat Congressman Ozzie Myers has been charged with crimes ranging from conspiring to violate voting rights to stuffing ballot boxes. Oh and let's not forget bribing an election official and voting more than once. It helps people understand why no one trusts politicians, especially Democrat ones, when one notes that Ozzie left Congress in disgrace as part of a bribery scandal, spent time in federal prison as a result, and upon his release in 1985 became a political consultant. Myers is now on the hot seat facing 90 years in the slammer for bribing election... more »
Democrats want to defund the police and let criminals prey on you: Chicago edition
The mayor of Chicago, who is a Democrat, is still chanting on about gun control while hundred of looters rampage through the Chicago downtown looting. A BLM leader says that what they did wasn't theft it was them claiming reparations for the fact that some of their long distant ancestors might have been slaves. The looters weren't peaceful with 13 cops having been injured. The riots were supposedly in response to the police shooting someone but in that case the crook fired on the cops first. But apparently in Democrat run cities cops aren't supposed to shoot back when shot at. To ... more »
DA says he won't prosecute protesters in Portland
If the Tea Party were protesting I'm sure that DA Mike Schmidt would throw the book at them but because it's a bunch of fascists who want to overthrow our country he's going to decline to prosecute the following crimes: - Interfering with a peace officer or parole and probation officer - Disorderly conduct in the second degree - Criminal trespass in the first and second degree - Escape in the third degree - Harassment - Riot (unless accompanied by a charge outside of this list) If America is to be a nation of laws and not some third world banana republic where who you... more »
Preserving The Dead Bodies: The Chemistry Behind Mummification.
Preserving The Dead Bodies: The Chemistry Behind Mummification. https://www.secretsofuniverse.in/chemistry-behind-mummification/
Attention is the Key to Open the Doors of the Existence
Attention is the Key to Open the Doors of the Existence https://isha.sadhguru.org/in/en/wisdom/video/daily-wisdom-attention-key-to-existence
CanSino’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate gets first patent; Phase III trials begin in Russia
CanSino’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate gets first patent; Phase III trials begin in Russia – Republic World https://m.republicworld.com/world-news/rest-of-the-world-news/cansinos-covid-19-vaccine-candidate-begins-phase-iii-trials-in-russia.html
Cyborg: Human organs could soon merge with computers to monitor health
Cyborg: Human organs could soon merge with computers to monitor health | Daily Mail Online https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8635211/Cyborg-Human-organs-soon-merge-computers-monitor-health.html?ito=social-facebook
Remdesivir Clinical Trials
Remdesivir Clinical Trials https://www.gilead.com/purpose/advancing-global-health/covid-19/remdesivir-clinical-trials
Remdesivir for the Treatment of Covid-19.
Remdesivir for the Treatment of Covid-19 — Preliminary Report | NEJM https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2007764
Power, Privilege, and Liberalism
Read Part 1. Getting the facts largely right is a necessary condition for writing good history, but it is not a sufficient one. Historians inevitably have to make choices about which facts to include and exclude. More fundamentally, their own intellectual and ideological frameworks will guide them to look at some things and not others. […] The post Power, Privilege, and Liberalism appeared first on Econlib.
Good News: Fauci’s Out and Common Sense Might Be Returning
[image: good-news-fauci-s-out-and-common-sense-might-be-returning] We’ll take good news wherever we can get it, and President Trump’s hiring of Dr. Scott Atlas to his coronavirus task force may just be that good news we need.
Historic August 2020 derecho destroyed over 1 million acres of crops, U.S.
The Watchers » Latest articles - 14 hours ago
A devastating derecho ripped through several Midwest states on August 10, 2020, leaving a path of destruction, more than 1.5 million customers without power, and more than 404 600 hectares (1 million acres) of destroyed or damaged crops. Northern Illinois University...... Read more »
Russell on Aristotle’s Definition of Man
Aristotle defines man as a rational animal—in his essay, “An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish,” (Chapter 7, *Unpopular Essays*), Bertrand Russell responds to the Aristotelian notion by invoking a list of human irrationalities and follies. Russell writes: “Man is a rational animal—so at least I have been told. Throughout a long life, I have looked diligently for evidence in favor of this statement, but so far I have not had the good fortune to come across it, though I have searched in many countries spread over three continents. On the contrary, I have seen the world plunging contin... more »
The Liberty Report with Ron Paul and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
This must-see interview is a fascinating discussion between Dr. Ron Paul and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. with topics ranging from the failure of U.S. government health agencies to earnestly investigate the autism/vaccine link to the use of fear by tyrannical governments to steer the public into compliance. The post The Liberty Report with Ron Paul and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. appeared first on Children's Health Defense.
Who are behind the racism hoaxes? Media? Or something more sinister?
"In 2011, the terms racist/racists/racism accounted for 0.0027% and 0.0029% of all words in The New York Times and The Washington Post, respectively. What we see over the past decade is a continual dramatic increase in usages of “racism” and its variations. Moreover, the graph shows that this increase occurred a half decade before the arrival of Donald Trump. By 2019, they would constitute 0.02% and just under 0.03% of all words published in the Times and Post—an increase of over 700% and just under 1,000%, respectively, from 2011." The media (with help from academe and cottage in... more »
What’s wrong with the Post Office?
Don't drink the Kool-aid. The problem isn't the Post Office. It's New York taking 9 weeks to count the votes the P.O. delivers. It's the dead voters, the moved voters, the non-citizen voters. It's a state problem that can't handle what the P.O. can deliver. And that's how Democrats want it. Crash the election, make Pelosi the president. Do everything possible to destabilize Trump.
Poets and novelists have been writing about life under COVID-19 for more than a century
Rachel Hadas, Professor of English, Rutgers University Newark at Politics/Election '20 – The Conversation - 14 hours ago
From 'islands of pain' to the 'peril of exposure,' writers have captured the fear, emptiness and despair that characterize life during the current pandemic, writes a poet and English scholar.
Hit ’em where it hurts – how economic threats are a potent tool for changing people's minds about the Confederate flag
Christian Grose, Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences at Politics/Election '20 – The Conversation - 14 hours ago
Public officials and individual citizens alike are more likely to oppose the presence of Confederate symbols when informed it may be bad for local business.
Foiled In The Security Council: The United States, Extending Arms Embargoes And Iran
There are no official policing authorities as such when it comes to international relations. Realists imagine a jungle of states, the preyed upon and the predators, a grim state of affairs moderated by alliances, agreements and understandings. But there is one body whose resolutions are recognised as having binding force: […]
Professor: Health Officials Manufacture COVID “Hot Spots” and Demonize Red States
[image: professor-health-officials-manufacture-covid-hot-spots-and-demonize-red-states] The half story our mainstream media are telling regarding COVID-19 “hot spots” is a deception that leads to half-baked policy.
What Happens When America Is No Longer the Undisputed Super Power?
*Mathew Burrows, Robert A. Manning* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] Chief among the flawed assumptions undergirding American foreign policy is the belief that perpetual U.S. primacy is both desirable and possible, the “indispensable nation”—a cliché well past its sell-by date. THE TRIFECTA of the worst pandemic in a century, the worst economic crisis since the 1930s, and civil unrest not seen since the 1960s are inspiring predictions of the diminution of American power and an accelerated *fin de siècle* breakdown of the post-Cold War order. This predicament has given rise ... more »
Time to Make North Korea and China Think Seoul Wants Nuclear Weapons
*Doug Bandow* *Security, Asia* Could this convince Pyongyang to finally make towards denuclearization? South Korean Assemblyman Thae Yong-ho was recently asked whether the North feared the Republic of Korea might develop nuclear weapons. Thae, a former top North Korean diplomat who defected in 2016, said no. Which means Pyongyang believes it can develop nuclear weapons without fear of retaliation. The ROK government should change that. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has good reason to seek nuclear weapons. It is alone militarily, with at best a difficult relationship ... more »
Coronavirus: Returning to School Will Impact Children's Mental and Physical Health
*Sydney Chapados* *Health, * Canadian schools are reopening in September, but is anyone really thinking about the well-being of the children? As September approaches and schools prepare to reopen, there are concerns for children, including the risk they might spread COVID-19, their mental health, abuse in the home and access to technology. These concerns largely focus on children’s psycho-social development, while protecting children and families from COVID-19 has taken a back seat. Consequently, children have been excluded from conversations as experts make their decisions for ... more »
Autonomous Navies Could Make War More Likely
*David Axe* *Security, World* [image: Reuters] "While less provocative than planes, vehicles, or ships with human crew or troops aboard, unmanned systems are also perceived as relatively expendable. Danger arises when they lower the threshold for military action." *Here's What You Need To Remember: *Opportunities for robot-seizures in coming years could increase. The U.S. Navy between 2020 and 2024 wants to spend around $4 billion buying 10 large unmanned surface vessels and nine unmanned submarines. Robotic ships would account for a quarter of shipbuilding starts over the five-... more »
Pod Schooling: How Public Schools Are Getting In the Way Of Education Under Coronavirus
*Neal McCluskey* *Politics, Americas* [image: Supporters of the Cherokee County School District's decision to reopen schools to students during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic cheer on faculty arriving to the district's headquarters, the Dr. Frank R. Petruzielo Educational Services Facili] Were public schooling dollars to follow kids, it appears that pods would be within financial reach of almost everyone, often with funds left over. You’ve probably heard about “pods” – small, self‐contained groups of kids that parents assemble for COVID‐safe, in‐person education. ... more »
"Getting Back to Normal" Isn't Enough After Coronavirus
*Martin Parker* *Coronavirus, World* [image: Reuters] We need to imagine futures which are just as exciting and fulfilling as the high speed, high consumption, high carbon ones we must leave behind. Many people like to say that the coronavirus is teaching us a lesson, as if the pandemic were a kind of morality play that should lead to a change in our behaviour. It shows us that we can make big shifts quickly if we want to. That we can build back better. That social inequality is starkly revealed at times of crisis. That there is a “magic money tree”. The idea that crisis leads t... more »
Keeping A Record of Fallen Soldiers During Word War II Wasn't Easy
*Warfare History Network* *History, World* [image: Reuters] The grim but necessary task of caring the the war dead was the responsibility of the Army’s graves registration units. The very nature of war means that some participants will be killed and others will be wounded. While battlefield medics and the surgical teams who care for the wounded have been hailed as unsung heroes, and books and articles have been written about them, very little has been said about the men of the U.S. Army Quartermaster Branch’s Graves Registration units. Since the dawn of warfare, the problem of wh... more »
Black Lives Matter & Antifa Terrorize Small Minnesota Town
The rioters seldom face serious penalties, but their victims are prosecuted for defending themselves. Conclusion: There are not two sides in this conflict. Both sides are serving the same master who wants escalation of violence to the point where the population will beg for martial law and our own enslavement.
Lucy Worsley and spotlighting myths
On PBS, a delightful British show is aired called “Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths and Secrets.” It is fascinating for two primary reasons – Worsley focuses on exposing the real truths beneath the myths and she exudes a passion as she … Continue reading →
9/11 Tribute In Light Memorial Back On
With gratitude to our Chairman Michael Bloomberg and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo we will be moving forward with Tribute in Light. pic.twitter.com/gxEOvFK8vW — 9/11 Memorial & Museum (@Sept11Memorial) August 15, 2020 *CBS New York*: *9/11 Tribute In Light Will Go On After Receiving Assistance From New York State* Gov. Cuomo, Mike Bloomberg, Lower Manhattan Development Corp. Step In To Help Tribute Continue Safely NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The Sept. 11 Tribute in Light will go on this year after Gov. Andrew Cuomo and others stepped in to ensure it could be organized in compliance with coron... more »
"Economic Fantasy Update AM 8/17/20"
*"Economic Fantasy Update AM 8/17/20"* Chronicling the most enormous fraud and theft in human history, down the rabbit hole of psychopathic greed and insanity... Deceptive resemblances to reality by these arch-criminals are total lies. Only the consequences are real, to YOU, never *them.* ○ *"The more I see of the moneyed classes, * *the more I understand the guillotine."* - George Bernard Shaw ○ *8/17/20* *○* *"New York City is ‘Dead Forever,’ According to This Proud New Yorker"* *○* Gregory Mannarino, *AM* *8/17/20:* *“Important Updates: Markets, Stocks, Gold, Crypto”* - https://traders... more »
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*UK: Without exams, education falls apart* *This year’s results are totally meaningless* The integrity of public exams is set to be the latest victim of the coronavirus lockdown. Fears are mounting that results for English schools over the next couple of weeks will be engulfed by the same furore that has gripped Scotland. All national exams were cancelled this summer as part of the Covid-19 measures. Instead, grades were awarded based on a combination of teacher judgement and exam-board moderation. But as the Scottish results have already shown, this is a recipe for disaster. If ... more »
COUP 53: New Documentary on Overthrow of Iran’s Mosaddeq
Washington, D.C., August 17, 2020 – Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service – MI6 – took part in the 1953 kidnapping of the chief of police of Tehran, Iran, according to a recently recovered interview of an ex-MI6 operative that is featured in a new documentary film, COUP 53. The full interview transcript is posted today for the first time by the National Security Archive.
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*Study Of Prior Global Temperature Estimates Suggests ‘No Change’ In 100 Years* In the early 1900s, the globally-averaged distribution of calculated surface temperature estimates ranged between 14°C (57.2F) and 15°C (59F). For 1991-2018, HadCRUT, Berkeley, and NASA GISS also estimate today’s global temperature is about 14.5°C (58.1°F). Scientists estimating Earth’s surface temperature has been an ongoing pursuit since the early 19th century. A new study (Kramm et al., 2020) suggests the generally agreed-upon global temperature from 1877 to 1913 from dozens of calculated results wa... more »
U.S. National Debt To Surpass $78 Trillion By 2028
*Mike Patton, Forbes*:* National Debt To Surpass $78 Trillion By 2028: What It Means For Americans* The coronavirus pandemic pushed the government into the proverbial corner, prompting it to borrow heavily from the future to ward off a serious threat today. Without this intervention, the U.S. economy would be in a much worse recession or possibly even a depression. Even though borrowing excessively may have been the lesser of two evils, the burgeoning debt will have ramifications in the future. With the debt approaching $27 trillion, and projected to rise to $78 trillion by 2028, i... more »
Water Wars: Lines in the Great Wall of Sand
The Nimitz and Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Groups sail together as part of a joint Carrier Strike Force in the South China Sea on July 6, 2020. (Photo credit: Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Sarah Christoph, U.S. Navy) On July 13, the United States hardened its position against the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on the South China Sea. A statement from U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared that “Beijing’s claims to offshore resources across most of the South China Sea” and “its campaign of bullying” are “completely unlawful.” Since the July 12, 2016, arbitral tri... more »
Picking Kamala Harris BACKFIRED On Democrats, Leftists HATE Her And Even Black Voters Say NO WAY
Picking Kamala Harris BACKFIRED On Democrats, Leftists HATE Her And Even Black Voters Say NO WAY. While Trump and the Republicans claim Kamala is far left or the most liberal actual leftists and progressives claim she is right wing or centrist. Worse for Democrats still is that among black voters one third say they are […]
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE, COVID CRACKPOTTERY -- AND QANON
Axios has a disturbing story today about another alleged COVID-19 miracle cure being touted by the president. To the alarm of some government health officials, President Trump has expressed enthusiasm for the Food and Drug Administration to permit an extract from the oleander plant to be marketed as a dietary supplement or, alternatively, approved as a drug to cure COVID-19, despite lack of proof that it works. ... The experimental botanical extract, oleandrin, was promoted to Trump during an Oval Office meeting in July. It's embraced by Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben ... more »
World's biggest free-trade pact targets first deal in 2021
bilaterals.org - 15 hours ago
17-Aug-2020 The outstanding negotiations will be finalized through a new African virtual trade-diplomacy platform that is being developed as a public-private partnership between the African Union Commission and more than 20 African multinational companies.
Netanyahu: Israel to complete ratification of free trade agreement with Ukraine soon
bilaterals.org - 15 hours ago
17-Aug-2020 The Israel-Ukraine free trade area agreement was concluded on January 21, 2019. The Ukrainian side completed the ratification procedure on August 6, 2019.
US-China trade deal review postponed as China ramps up farm, energy purchases
bilaterals.org - 15 hours ago
17-Aug-2020 The United States and China have delayed a review of their Phase 1 trade deal, citing scheduling conflicts and the need to allow time for more Chinese purchases of US exports.
Southern Hemisphere’s Incoming Big Freeze — S. America, S. Africa, and Australia are all Bracing for a Brutal Bout of Polar Cold
Latest GFS runs reveal waves of bone-chilling Antarctic air are set to be whipped up and unleashed on many Southern Hemisphere land masses--the waves riding proudly upon a weak and wavy meridional jet stream flow. The post Southern Hemisphere’s Incoming Big Freeze — S. America, S. Africa, and Australia are all Bracing for a Brutal Bout of Polar Cold appeared first on Electroverse.
Asteroid 2020 PY2 to flyby Earth at 0.9 LD on August 20
The Watchers » Latest articles - 15 hours ago
A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2020 PY2 is expected to fly past Earth at a distance of 0.90 LD / 0.00232 AU (347 067 km / 215 657 miles) on August 20, 2020. This is the 51st known asteroid to flyby Earth within 1 lunar distance since the start of the year....... Read more »
U.S. Covid-19 Coronavirus Forecasts Are Predicting A Worsening Situation By September
Notes: For all 50 states and D.C., U.S. territories and cruises. Some fluctuation in data, such as the June 25 spike, is due to states revising criteria for deaths due to Covid-19. Last updated Aug. 16, at 9:59 p.m. Source: Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering Note: For all 50 states and D.C., U.S. territories and cruises. Last updated Aug. 16, at 9:59 p.m. Source: Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering *WSJ:* *U.S. Coronavirus Forecasts Offer Somber Outlook* *Death toll seen surpassing 180,000, and possibly reaching 200,000 by Sept. 5* The ... more »
What if Covid Herd Immunity, No Vaccine Required, is Closer Then We Think?
* Despite every attempt to preserve and prolong the "pandemic&* *From yesterday: * - Dr Fauci Says Coronavirus Has A Weakness You Can Exploit- And He Stopped You From Exploiting It! What if Herd Immunity is Closer Then We Think? NYT’s *;We’ve known from the beginning how the end will arrive. Eventually, the coronavirus will be unable to find enough susceptible hosts to survive, fading out wherever it briefly emerges.&;* *We've talked this topic previously- Farr's Law: Coronavirus Death Predictions Bring New Meaning to Hysteria- Farr's Law & Epidemics* *"To achieve so-called h... more »