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Midnight Meme Of The Day!
*by Noah* I'll say it again: No one makes every single mistake possible when faced with a crisis. Even an idiot will get something right one time in ten or twenty attempts, even if it's by accident. Ten mistakes out of ten tries can only be deliberate, or, in this case, deliberate psychopathy. And yet, virtually no one cares to admit that the Orange Menace To Society that currently inhabits the White House is a complete psychopath. Over 200,000 dead now but no "Mission Accomplished" banner yet. By the end of the year, the Trump death toll will be zooming well past 300,000 on its... more »
Dangerous Streamlining: Emergencies, Militarisation And Civil Liberties
Be wary of anyone insistent on using the word “streamline” in the context of policy and planning. It suggests a suspicion of sound procedure, due process and keen scrutiny. The streamliner hates accountability, attacks the world of red tape and suggests that barriers be removed. Cut the tape; free the […]
Major Hurricane In Iceland
On this date in the year 1900, Iceland was hit by a major hurricane. 28 Sep 1900, 12 – The Guardian at Newspapers.com This came a few days after the deadliest hurricane in US history. 09 Sep 1900, 7 – … Continue reading →
Frequency Of Hot Days in Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan
Hi, everyone. As you know, Tony has created many charts showing how the frequency of heat wave days has declined in the USA. Today, I’d like to show Sapporo City‘s number of days over 30℃ for the period January 1 … Continue reading →
Australian Daily Wind Power Generation Data – Sunday 20th September 2020 – Plus Weekly Update
By Anton Lang ~ This Post details the daily wind power generation data for the AEMO coverage area in Australia. For the background information, refer to the Introductory Post at this link. Each image is shown here at a smaller size to fit on the page alongside the data for that day. If you click […]
Victorian government thugs attack potential litigants
This regular Twitter poster with law firm connections tipped off the thuggery taking place around Melbourne businesses. By TONY MOBILIFONITIS THUGS working for the Victorian Labor Party are reportedly threatening restaurant owners with “shaming” or “boycotts” for joining legal actions against the Andrews lockdown.Andrews’ Health Minister Jenny Mikakos and senior bureaucrats already face two major […]
Why The A-10 Warthog Is Pretending To Be A Pacific Ship Killer
*David Axe* *Security, Europe* She wasn't made for this job. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The lead A-10 pilot, Richardson, is an airline captain by day. “So far as he knew, the Hog had never been used for maritime strike missions,” Clancy describes Richardson thinking. “It was no surprise she’d be good at it. Her antitank munitions would be effective against ships. Her cannon slugs and Rockeye clusters were designed to shred armored battle tanks, and he had no doubts what they would do to thin-hulled warships. In April 2016, the U.S. Air Force deployed four A-10 Warthog a... more »
What Do Winners Look Like? Race and Gender May Affect Our Answers
*Regina Bateson* *Politics, * Although female and non-white candidates win American elections at the same rates as white men, Democrats persistently doubted that the country would elect a woman president or a person of colour. When Americans go to the polls on Nov. 3, they will either re-elect President Donald Trump or vote in the Democratic nominee, former vice-president Joe Biden. Throughout the Democratic presidential primary, Biden supporters argued that he would be especially competitive against Trump because of his race and gender. Meanwhile, Democratic primary voters’ fo... more »
Sheridan's Civil War Battle At Winchester Helped Win Virginia For The Union
*Warfare History Network* *History, Americas* Ulysses S. Grant sent feisty General Philip Sheridan to wrest control of the Shenandoah Valley from the Confederates. War was a tonic for Phil Sheridan. “He was a wonderful man on the battle field,” one of his brother Union officers recalled, “and never in as good humor as when under fire.” Sheridan was a throwback to an earlier age of warfare, a warrior who lived for the comradeship of camp and field. But there was nothing romantic about his view of war. Sheridan, like his fellow Ohioan William Tecumseh Sherman, believed that “war is... more »
How Superb Recon in the South Pacific Helped to Win WWII
*Warfare History Network* *History, Oceania* [image: Wikimedia Commons] The Australian coastwatcher organization and the American “Black Cat” PBY Catalina flying boat squadrons made substantial contributions to minimizing Allied losses and ensuring that Japanese losses were ruinously high. Even after the Battle of Midway in June 1942, the Japanese were still in a commanding position in the western Pacific. They still had more of every kind of military and naval resource, but the Solomon Island campaign that had begun in January 1942 would change that. By the end of the campaign, ... more »
Why Barbados Wants to Dump the Queen
*Matt Qvortrup* *Politics, Americas* [image: Reuters] Those republicans who really want to abolish monarchies are advised not to ask the voters. “If you want a republic, a referendum is a risky option, sir,” I told Ralph Everard Gonsalves, the prime minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, a small Caribbean state ahead of a referendum on whether to remove the monarchy as head of state in 2009. He carried on regardless. And lost the vote. Maybe Mia Mottley, the prime minister of Barbados, has taken notes. She has proposed that the small island state becomes a republic before... more »
Discrimination of dead-alive superpositions allows resurrection
...but the confusion about these simple insights shows some people's trouble with the state-dependence and indeed, with the universal rules of quantum mechanics, too... In a new, 12-page-long quant-ph preprint, On the Hardness of Detecting Macroscopic Superpositions, Aaronson and Atia (Austin) and Susskind (Stanford & the Google Evil Corporation) make an interesting observation, and I think that it is basically a correct one: If you had the measurement of Schrödinger-cat-like superpositions \(\ket{{\rm dead}} + \ket{{\rm alive}}\) under full control, you could slightly extend your g... more »
Destroying the energy industry just as we’re entering a Little Ice Age
They have already hamstrung the world’s economies. ________________ Destroying the energy industry just as we’re entering a Little Ice Age Jimmy Walter Unless they are permanent, the lockdowns, at best, only delay the infections. The disease is not dying out – that is not the way viruses work. Herd immunity will rise as the disease ... Read more Destroying the energy industry just as we’re entering a Little Ice Age The post Destroying the energy industry just as we’re entering a Little Ice Age appeared first on Ice Age Now.
Coronavirus Economic Distress Hitting Indebted Professionals
Coronavirus damage is working its way up the economic food chain and is now hitting professionals in a meaninful way.
Libs threaten violence if new Justice is nominated. Typical. [Video]
“If you don’t give me what I want, I will kill myelf!”, says the kid screaming at his parents over not having the keys to the car. He wants to go out and party with his friends, and his parents are not having it. It is Thursday, a school night, and he is to be […]
Canada must suspend illegal measures or face massive shutdown and civil disobedience
Sep 17, 2020 Kevin A In the wake of the outlawing of COVID measures on September 8 by the National Council of Common Law Assemblies (NCCLA), the Canadian government was today given an ultimatum by the Council to suspend all of these now-illegal measures by September 30 or face a nation-wide Non-Cooperation movement that will … Continue reading Canada must suspend illegal measures or face massive shutdown and civil disobedience →
Tweets For Today
'FinCEN' documents reportedly show banks moved illicit funds - BuzzFeed, ICIJ https://t.co/hVC0zb41t1 pic.twitter.com/03FulHjLF6 — Reuters (@Reuters) September 21, 2020 Italians vote in elections that could see the far-right take the historic left-wing bastion of Tuscany, one of several regions up for grabs in a ballot that could weaken an already fragile government https://t.co/1tit07IZ87 pic.twitter.com/Qe8ApSI8VV — AFP news agency (@AFP) September 21, 2020 A suspect who allegedly sent a letter containing the deadly poison ricin to the White House has been detained trying to ... more »
State Government Stymies Bars’ Attempts to Satisfy Customers #37614
Don’t let us catch you eating what we don’t think is a meal. Bar owners have had a particularly tough go of it during the pandemic, with the governor completely shutting them down following a brief reopening early this summer, but they are getting creative as the lockdown continues. According to the state board […] The post State Government Stymies Bars’ Attempts to Satisfy Customers #37614 appeared first on Econlib.
Have You Read The Book That Killed Millions Of Poor Children And Stopped Half From Going To School
Originally posted on Reality Decoded: In September of 1962, biologist/zoologist Rachel Carson, published a bestselling book called “Silent Spring”. The book told people that DDT was dangerous. So they blocked it in poor countries around the world. You know, the stuff being sprayed on the children in these photos while eating lunch and swimming. In…
BREAKING London Lockdown: The UK Capitol Could be Shut Down By TOMORROW amid emergency top-level talks to stop the BIG London Freedom Protest on Saturday
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Vitamin D is the Solution to the Covid-19 Second Wave
Originally posted on The PPJ Gazette: COVID.US.ORG Second Wave More than two dozen studies of Covid-19 show us the way to TURN BACK the Second Wave. Vitamin D versus Covid-19 These 27 studies show that having normal blood levels of vitamin D reduces Covid-19 risks: * vitamin D reduces risk of infection [7, 8, 9,…
Facebook sued for allegedly spying on Instagram users through phone cameras
Originally posted on Nwo Report: Source: RT News Social media giant Facebook secretly used iPhone cameras to obtain “extremely private and intimate” information about the uses of its Instagram picture and video sharing app, a new US lawsuit claims. The legal action follows Instagram users reporting in July that they had noticed the FaceTime symbol,…
Erasing History and Erasing Truth: Censorship and Destroying Records Is the Cornerstone of Tyrants, by Gary D. Barnett
Originally posted on STRAIGHT LINE LOGIC: Censorship is what tyrants do. From Gary D. Barnett at lewrockwell.com: “If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.” ~ John Stuart Mill, On…
September 21st – 2020 Presidential Politics – Trump Administration Day #1341
In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Donald Trump Administration and … Continue reading →
Monday September 21st – Open Thread
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those … Continue reading →
President Trump Talks to Mark Levin…
President Trump sits down for an extensive interview with Fox News host Mark Levin.
Japanese art, the impact of Paris, and the shadow of war: Takeshiro Kanokogi
Japanese art, the impact of Paris, and the shadow of war: Kanokogi Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The artist Takeshiro Kanokogi was born in the prefecture of Okayama. Luckily, for Kanokogi, the Meiji Restoration of 1868 opened up culture and society. Therefore, he had the opportunity to focus on different artistic themes and to […]
Picture Of The Day
An Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker leads a joint formation of F-16 Fighting Falcons during Astral Knight in Poland, Sept. 17, 2020. The joint, multinational exercise involves U.S. airmen and soldiers working with service members from Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Sweden. *WNU Editor*: The above picture is from this photo-gallery .... *Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department* (US Department of Defense).
USDA food safety agencies announces plan to reduce Salmonella
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of Food Safety (OFS) and the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has a plan to decrease Salmonella, one of the leading causes of foodborne illnesses. The Roadmap to Reducing Salmonella: Driving Change through Science-Based Policy outlines programs and policies that are science based, data driven, and promote innovation... Continue Reading
Federal agency warns food companies about import modifications
The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed. Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are listed below. Click on the links to view the full alert modifications. Import Alert... Continue Reading
Warning sent to company in California because of import violations
As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Warning letters often are not issued until a company... Continue Reading
‘THIS IS WAR’: Hollywood Vows Extreme Tactics In SCOTUS Fight
By Gabriel Hays ~ Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away on Friday September 18 and Hollywood is freaking out at the thought that President Trump may get a third SCOTUS nomination during his first term in office. None of us will ever forget how the left, especially its propaganda arm in Hollywood, treated the nomination […]
The Facts About Climate Change And California Fires
By Nicolas Loris ~ Despite some progress made by heroic firefighters, wildfires continue to tear through the West. Tragically, the fires have taken more than 30 lives (with many more missing), destroyed thousands of structures, and burned millions of acres. Here are answers to some of the commonly asked questions on causes for the wildfires and obstacles […]
China Refusing To Recognize The Median Line With Taiwan
*Bloomberg: **China’s Rejection of Taiwan Buffer Zone Raises Risk of Clash* * Warplanes increasingly cross median line separating two rivals * Beijing seeking to deter Taipei from deepening ties with U.S. China is ratcheting up the risk of military confrontation in the Taiwan Strait, as Beijing seeks to deter Taipei from continuing to deepen ties with the U.S. and other like-minded democracies. People’s Liberation Army aircraft repeatedly breached the median line between Taiwan and the Chinese mainland last week, in the latest of a series of military exercises in the area. The Chin... more »
Ilargi: Why Trump Will Win
A contrarian reading on Trump's prospects.
Promoting Gaia Earth Worship, Pope Francis Says ‘Many Spiritual Masters’ Like Buddha Have Taught Us About The ‘Mystical Capacity’ Of Nature
Promoting Gaia Earth Worship, Pope Francis Says ‘Many Spiritual Masters’ Like Buddha Have Taught Us About The ‘Mystical Capacity’ Of Nature by Geoffrey Grider, https://www.nowtheendbegins.com/ For a born again, saved Christian who is watching the Roman pontiff going through his paces, preaching and promoting the gospel of Gaia, this fraud is as easy to spot as …
Mark Zuckerberg Mulling Over “Brain-Controlling And Implantable” Tech, Because Controlling Online Speech Isn’t Orwellian Enough by Itself
Mark Zuckerberg Mulling Over “Brain-Controlling And Implantable” Tech, Because Controlling Online Speech Isn’t Orwellian Enough by Itself by Cassie B., https://www.naturalnews.com/Index.html (Natural News) Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently raised a lot of eyebrows when he revealed that his company would like to develop a wearable device that is capable of reading people’s brains. – In Facebook’s …
Former CBS Reporter Exposes Global Cartels Controlling Military, Money, Energy, Government, Medical, Corporate, Media & Education
Former CBS Reporter Exposes Global Cartels Controlling Military, Money, Energy, Government, Medical, Corporate, Media & Education by Tim Brown, https://thewashingtonstandard.com/ Former CBS Healthwatch reporter Jon Rappoport often shares great insight into how things in our world are manipulated with those in power and with lots of money. In a recent email, he borrowed from his The …
The Pathway to the End Days Has Been Established: The 5 Globalist Goals Related to the Introduction of COVID-19
The Pathway to the End Days Has Been Established: The 5 Globalist Goals Related to the Introduction of COVID-19 by Dave Hodges, https://thecommonsenseshow.com/home Nobody has published a list, until now, which states, “These are the goals of the contrived, so-called pandemic.” However, the goals can be ascertained through observation and the sequencing of data and …
Two Asteroids Set to Cross Earth’s Orbit Just Hours Apart as Another Great Pyramid-Sized Space Rock Barrels Our Way
Two Asteroids Set to Cross Earth’s Orbit Just Hours Apart as Another Great Pyramid-Sized Space Rock Barrels Our Way by https://www.rt.com/ Two 100-meter-wide asteroids are set to cross Earth’s orbit within hours of each other in the coming days as another space rock, the size of ancient Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza, careens towards our …
Dems Dumb & Dumber on Economy Killing Lockdowns – Martin Armstrong
Dems Dumb & Dumber on Economy Killing Lockdowns – Martin Armstrong by Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com (Saturday Night Post) Legendary financial and geopolitical cycle analyst Martin Armstrong says parts of the global economy have been permanently destroyed, and nowhere is that more apparent than job losses. Armstrong explains, “You have such a collapse in the infrastructure of …
BLM Founders Are Steeped In Witchcraft, Satanism
BLM Founders Are Steeped In Witchcraft, Satanism by Ethan Huff, https://humansarefree.com/ Millions of Americans have been duped into jumping on the Black Lives Matter (BLM) bandwagon, believing it to represent righteous advocacy on behalf of the so-called disenfranchised and persecuted. – The truth, however, is that BLM is nothing more than a religious cult founded …
Alasdair Macleod: Silver’s Role As Money In Our Future
Arcadia Economics While the #goldprice has hit new all-time highs, a rapidly growing number of analysts are now talking about silver. Fortunately, #AlasdairMacleod of GoldMoney.com joined me at last week’s SilverFest to explain why, and to find out, click to watch the video now! end
Blue Checks Vow Violence If McConnell Tries to Replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg: ‘Burn The Entire F**King Thing Down’
Blue Checks Vow Violence If McConnell Tries to Replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg: ‘Burn The Entire F**King Thing Down’ by Kristina Wong, https://www.breitbart.com/ Blue check leftists on Twitter vowed violence in America if Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) attempts to replace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Friday night at age 87. – …
Sacrificing Liberty: Would Israel Sink U.S. Warship in Strait of Hormuz and Blame Iran?
Sacrificing Liberty: Would Israel Sink U.S. Warship in Strait of Hormuz and Blame Iran? Sacrificing Liberty: Would Israel Sink U.S. Warship in Strait of Hormuz and Blame Iran? Today on TruNews, Rick Wiles is joined by "Sacrificing Liberty" director Matt Skow, as together they share with the audience highlights from the four-part docu-series detailing the …
David Morgan: The State of The Silver Market (From SilverFest 2020)
Arcadia Economics #DavidMorgan: The State of The #Silver Market (From #SilverFest 2020) To start off this year’s SilverFest, David Morgan “The #SilverGuru” gave a state of the silver market address. He talked about what’s happened, where things stand now, and what to expect going forward. So to hear what one of our day’s legendary silver …
The Silver Price Is Ready for Take-Off After Another FT Hit Piece
maneco64 Today we will look at the FT’s John Dizard second hit piece on silver and silver stackers in less than three months. Back on July 3rd, 2020 John Dizard wrote “”Don’t Bet on the Silver Boom” and at the time the silver price was at $18.00. In his most recent article from Friday, September …
“Red rim soldiers”: the changing leadership of Thailand’s military in 2020
The palace is working to fill leading army positions with its own faction—the Red Rim Group. The post “Red rim soldiers”: the changing leadership of Thailand’s military in 2020 appeared first on New Mandala.
Many Will Lose From Quick Replacement Of RBG – But Will Trump Win?
*Me The People by Nancy Ohanian* *-by Emorej* What happens if Mitch McConnell now quickly schedules a Senate vote on confirming one more Supreme Court Justice who is extremely pro private property and freedom of contract, at the expense of workers, consumers and presumably of reproductive rights and under-represented group protections? What is more likely than the following? *•* Big donors will bribe enough swing-vote senators to ensure confirmation of the new Justice. *•* Under the new court’s super-majority of six Rightwing Justices, big donors will be protected from any inc... more »
Kant on Metaphysics as a Matter of Faith
One of the most famous sentences that Kant has written occurs in the preface to the second edition of his *Critique of Pure Reason*: “I have therefore found it necessary to deny knowledge, in order to make room for faith.” Kant was committed to Newtonian science, he was definitely not a skeptic or a religious rationalist, but he believed that knowledge is limited to the objects of possible experience and metaphysics (like theology) is a matter of faith. I think, Kant is the right in treating metaphysics as a matter of faith; the questions of metaphysics cannot be proved or disprov... more »
Bloody Dumb Asians Part 2 – The Gooks, Vietnam
By Rei Tanotsuka, 21 September 2020 “Those who are destined to be… Continue reading “Bloody Dumb Asians Part 2 – The Gooks, Vietnam”… The post Bloody Dumb Asians Part 2 – The Gooks, Vietnam appeared first on Asian Straight Shooter .
FinCEN Files: Leaked US Files Show Global Banks Reported $2 Trillion In Suspicious Transactions Over Two Decades
*Daily Mail: **Some of the world's biggest banks including HSBC and Barclays 'let criminals and fraudsters move dirty money around the globe – in some cases even after being told' global investigation reveals* * Two trillion dollar's worth of transactions were analysed from leaked dossiers * The five banks which featured most in the documents were HSBC, JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank, Standard Chartered, Bank of New York Mellon * Documents are said to reveal 'banking system's most closely guarded secrets' * Also reported to show how Russian oligarchs avoid being hit by sanctions Some ... more »
Mass Mortality Events - Living Life in the Anthropocene
Why are birds dropping dead from the sky? Delbert, C. (2020, Sep. 17). Hundreds of Thousands of Birds Are Suddenly Dropping Dead. No One Knows Why. Popular Mechanics. https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/animals/a34042911/mass-bird-die-off-america-explanation/ An alarming “mass die-off” of wild birds in the southwestern U.S. has scientists worried—and perplexed. The cause is not at all clear, with some scientists theorizing that climate change factors are playing a part. Most of the birds are insect eaters, and they’ve been found emaciated and disoriented, suggesting a gap in ... more »
Near Future Chaos For The USSA
A close friend of mine went ayahuasca walkabout recently. What ayahuasca showed him was alarming. As regards the USSA: continuing chaos right through October, rising to a chaotic, violent crescendo in November and beyond. The wheels come off. Civil war. Violence. Economic turmoil. Food supply issues. Hyper-inflation of the dollar going forward, with all that that entails. What followed hard on the heels of the hyper-inflation of the currency in the Weimar Republic in Germany a century ago? (Hint: major geopolitical mayhem.) Batten the hatches. Major turbulence lies just ahead. The U... more »
Latest Poll: Rust Belt Voters Support Fracking
[image: latest-poll-rust-belt-voters-support-fracking] The poll on fracking translates into support for Trump in November. Biden's promise to ban fracking is increasingly hard to sell in Pennsylvania.
Trump to Name Woman to Replace Justice Ginsburg; Expect Contentious Confirmation Hearing
[image: trump-to-name-woman-to-replace-justice-ginsburg-expect-contentious-confirmation-hearing] The Left knows that its legacy is threatened and will use any and every tool it can devise to derail confirmation of Trump's nominee.
I Don't Live In California, But The State Wants Me To Vote Anyways
*Jarrett Stepman* *Politics, Americas* Does this reveal a broader problem with mail-in voting? States across the country are experimenting with a mass switch to mail-in elections in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. But is it wise for states to make such a big change, especially in light of messy voter rolls around the country? What I was sent earlier this month by election officials in Alameda County, California, makes me worried that ballots going to the wrong locations will be a significant concern this year. The Alameda County Registrar of Voters notified me by mail at my p... more »
‘Confirmed’ Has Become A Meaningless Word In Mainstream News Reporting
Last week Politico published a major exclusive report that the “Iranian government is weighing an assassination attempt against the American ambassador to South Africa” in retaliation for the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani earlier this year, citing (you guessed it) anonymous government officials. The claim […]
Woman Suspected Of Sending Poisoned Ricin Letter To President Trump Arrested At The US - Canada Border
*Daily Mail*: *Woman is taken into custody for 'sending letter with the deadly poison RICIN to Donald Trump in a package addressed to the White House'* * The unidentified woman was arrested by CBP agents trying to enter the US from Canada at a New York state border, a law enforcement official told CNN * The woman was allegedly armed with a gun when she was detained by officers * No further details about the suspect have been confirmed at this time * Prosecutors in Washington DC are expected to bring charges against her * The FBI said Saturday a poison package addressed to Trump was ... more »
Does Wearing Glasses Protect You from Coronavirus?
Researchers in China have found that people who wear glasses appear to be at lower risk of catching COVID-19.
Can Trump and McConnell Seat a Supreme Court Justice in 6 Weeks?
A political battle is shaping up over the confirmation of the next Supreme Court Justice.
Another Massive Anti-Government Demonstration In Belarus
*RFE:* *Hundreds Detained In Another Major Belarus Rally Against Lukashenka * MINSK -- Belarusian police detained hundreds of protesters during nationwide rallies on September 20 as mounting pressure on authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka continued for a sixth week. Police detained at least 140 in the capital Minsk and at least 60 in other cities, Belarusian rights organization Vyasna reported late in the evening. More than 100,000 people attended the rally in Minsk, according to local and international news agencies, defying police warnings not to assemble. Arrests in th... more »
Over 20 Black Sea fleet ships take part in Kavkaz-2020 Drills – Russian Defense Ministry
[image: Over 20 Black Sea fleet ships take part in Kavkaz-2020 Drills – Russian Defense Ministry] More than 20 combat ships of the Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet have participated in the initial stage of the Kavkaz-2020 military drills, the Russian Defense Ministry informs. “As part of the Kavkaz-2020 command post exercise, over 20 ships and boats of the [Black Sea] Fleet are performing tasks at sea,” the ministry said. The first stage of the drills involves overcoming minefields and performing anti-submarine missions. Earlier this month, the Defense Ministry informed that Russia h... more »
Russian lawmaker says US arms control ultimatum raises questions of desire to negotiate
[image: Russian lawmaker says US arms control ultimatum raises questions of desire to negotiate] The United States’ continued attempts to exert pressure on Russia during arms control talks through the issuing of ultimatums raises questions of Washington’s desire to negotiate with Moscow, Konstantin Kosachev, the head of the Russian upper house’s foreign affairs committee, told Sputnik on Sunday. Earlier in the day, US Special Envoy for Arms Control Marshall Billingslea said in an interview with the Russian newspaper Kommersant that the New START treaty, the only remaining arms cont... more »
Russia, Belarus looking to activate integration ‘Road Maps’ – Union State Secretary
[image: Russia, Belarus looking to activate integration ‘Road Maps’ – Union State Secretary] Russia and Belarus are looking to boost activity to implement a series of integration “road maps,” State Secretary of the Union State of Russia and Belarus Grigory Rapota told Sputnik on Sunday, adding that a planned high-level meeting later in September will give this process added impetus. “After they [the road maps] were prepared, there was a pause due to various circumstances … As of right now, it was proposed to intensify our activities on some of the road maps, although this decision h... more »
Deadly clash between FARC and Venezuelan military
[image: Deadly clash between FARC and Venezuelan military] The Venezuelan military clashed with members of the “new” FARC militant group in Apure, near the Venezuelan-Colombian border on Sunday. According to military reports, four soldiers and as many as fifteen FARC members were killed in the conflict. Following the ratification of the Colombian peace deal on October 2, 2016, several members of the militant groups have split from the newly formed political party and rejoined forces mainly focused on the illegal narcotics trade. Continue reading Deadly clash between FARC and Venezu... more »
Militants planning to stage chemical weapon attacks in Syria’s Idlib – Russian Military
[image: Militants planning to stage chemical weapon attacks in Syria’s Idlib – Russian Military] Militants in the Syrian province of Idlib are planning to stage chemical weapons attacks in two villages as a ploy to frame the Syrian armed forces, Rear Adm. Alexander Grinkevich, deputy head of the Russian Defense Ministry’s Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in Syria, said at a briefing on Sunday. The Russian armed forces have received notice that militants from the Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham group (formerly known as the Nusra Front, banned in Russia), are planning the provocative... more »
Panzer Fury: Hitler's Fateful Last Stand Against the Red Army in Hungary
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* In March 1945, Hitler concentrated his Panzer forces for a last lunge on the Eastern Front. The odds were heavily stacked in the Red Army's favor. *Key Point*: Hitler would have done well to commit the Sixth Panzer Army to the defense of Berlin instead. Even in the dark days of March 1945, when the Third Reich was on the brink of collapse, its troops managed to exhibit that grim humor that enables frontline soldiers to endure the horrors of battle. As the panzer crews of mighty Tiger II tanks rumbled forward in the last German offensive... more »
How Can America Live With The Rise Of China?
*Bonnie Kristian* *Security, Asia* There is no stopping China, so better questions must be asked. China is building its military, a recent Pentagon report to Congress argued, with the goal of becoming a "world-class" force over the next three decades. Beijing “has not defined exactly what it means by its ambition to have a world-class military,” said Chad Sbragia, deputy assistant secretary of defense for China, in remarks timed for the report's publication. "Within the context of China's national strategy, however, China will likely aim to develop a military by mid-century that ... more »
US Close To Declaring Qatar A Major Non-NATO Ally
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo welcomes Qatar's Deputy Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani to launch the third annual U.S.-Qatar Strategic Dialogue at the State Department in Washington, U.S., September 14, 2020. REUTERS *Reuters:* *U.S. hopes to name Qatar as major non-NATO ally, official says* WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States hopes to move forward with naming Qatar as a major non-NATO ally, a status that provides foreign nations with benefits in defense trade and security cooperation, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday. “We’re going to... more »
2 drunk on power
,9-20-20 Porsche Bennet, mother of 3, on 8-12-20 saw police taking a Black man to the ground. Out of instinct, Bennett said, she pulled out her phone. The video she streamed to Facebook that night shows a Kenosha officer punching the handcuffed man twice in the ribs. Ordered to disperse while filming from about 15 feet away, Bennett yells: “We’re not moving until we know he’s safe!” An officer replies: *“Do you want to get shot?”* Instead Bennett was arrested by her home in Kenosha, Wisconsin by the white officers. https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:TGmeX3QdXKwJ:h... more »
Higher Ed Remembers Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
The death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday at the age of 87 dealt a stinging blow to higher education, which looked to Ginsburg as a progressive voice on the high court who could be counted on to champion equity issues.
Report Focuses on Improving the Mental Health of Students of Color
A task force formed by The Steve Fund — a nonprofit focused on the mental health of youth of color — recently released a report that advises colleges and employers on how best to help students of color with mental health issues in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, a struggling economy and ongoing racial […]