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The lenient treatment that Brett Hankinson and other killer cops have received is in direct contrast to those protesting police violence. The post $15,000 Bail for Breonna Taylor Killers. $1 Million Bail for People Protesting Police Violence appeared first on MintPress News.

Further to Kate’s earlier post, the BLM/Antifa thugs are now hunting down and beating up anyone who doesn’t comply with their violent tactics. Put yourself in the driver’s seat of a vehicle that happens upon a protest. People start attacking your vehicle and threaten to do the same to you and everyone else with you.… Continue reading →

The U. S. Democratic presidential nominee quoted part of the pledge during a campaign speech in September 2020.

President Trump has said he will announce his nominee for the supreme court tomorrow at 5:00pm. Chief of Staff Mark Meadows appears on Fox News this morning to discuss the anticipated announcement and the predictable political response from the leftists.

1919 Churchill wrote Gen MacMunn commander in Mesopotamia that his plan to reduce troop by 120,000 by spring of 1920 needed to be vastly sped up and keeping that many troops would crush the finances of Mesopotamia (Musings On Iraq Churchill In His Own Words On Mesopotamia/Iraq) 1921 Gertrude Bell wrote King Faisal was unpopular and resented for being installed by the British (Musings On Iraq review *Gertrude Bell And Iraq*) (Musings On Iraq review *Gertrude Bell, Explorer of the Middle East*) (Musings On Iraq movie review *Letters from Baghdad*) 1931 Iraqi newspaper cal...

President Trump has expressed an interest in picking Barbara Lagoa, a Cuban-American from the swing state of Florida, for the Supreme Court. But some of his supporters are ordering not to do that: Trump has heard from evangelical leaders who argue that his religious supporters might be less enthusiastic about a nominee like Lagoa — who they say doesn't have enough of a paper trail to demonstrate conservative credentials — but who say they'll turn out to vote for the president's choice anyway. Others have told Trump that they'll accept only a nominee like [Amy Coney] Barrett, who the...

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee claimed victory in a 9-year-old legal standoff with critics of U.S. policy toward Israel. The Supreme Court ruling made it unlikely that the pro-Israel lobby would have to disclose information about its membership and expenditures... An attorney for AIPAC said the high court “did exactly what we asked.” Stephen Breyer wrote the opinion (RBG concurred)...

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Regular reader and sometimes contributor Ignacio describes how much Naked Capitalism meant to him during the lockdown.

*The Guardian*: *US military increasingly using drone missile with flying blades in Syria* ‘Ninja bomb’, which uses 100lb of dense material and six attached blades, has been deployed in targeted assassinations The US military is making increasing use in Syria of a gruesome and secretive non-explosive drone missile that deploys flying blades to kill its targets. Described as less likely to kill non-combatants, the so-called ninja bomb – whose development was first disclosed last year – has been used a number of times in the last year to kill militants in Syria, including those lin...

ROME, Sep 25 (IPS) - The creation of a Palestinian State remains a pipe-dream After the fall of the Ottoman Empire at the end of WWI, The League of Nations mandated that Britain administer Palestine. The London administration was quite ineffective, in part, due to the contradictory promises which were made to the Arabs, to the Zionists and to France, the other colonial power which divided the territory with Britain. Read the full story, “Peace in the Middle East”, on globalissues.org →

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 25 (IPS) - Wrapping up Climate Week at the United Nations General Assembly, global leaders called for climate action that may be "ambitious but achievable" and called for climate measures that would "leave no one behind". But some climate activists remain concerned about how this can be achieved. Read the full story, “‘Leave No one Behind’: How Inclusive is World Leaders’ Call to Climate Action?”, on globalissues.org →

PARIS, Sep 25 (IPS) - The year 2020 will most certainly mark a critical moment for the planet and future mobilizations. In a society shaken by Covid-19, people are gathering, regrouping and acting collectively for a sustainable world, an egalitarian future, and for global awareness on the climate emergency. Read the full story, “#TurnItAround: One Week to Mobilize for the Future”, on globalissues.org →

GUWAHATI, India, Sep 25 (IPS) - We usually think of livelihoods and lives separately, however, it is now time to imagine a more integrated approach. Read the full story, “Ecology is Economy - 'We Need an Integrated Approach Between Lives and Livelihoods'”, on globalissues.org →

BONN, Sep 25 (IPS) - Key messages of the Spotlight on Sustainable Development Report 2020 as September 25 is the 5th anniversary of the adoption of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs. Governments have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with unprecedented intensity. They have taken far-reaching regulatory measures to contain the pandemic and mobilized financial resources on an enormous scale. Read the full story, “Pushing the Reset Button will not Change the Game”, on globalissues.org →

As it seeks to ease public concerns, the Netherlands is evaluating applications to grow marijuana under a pilot program to permit limited cultivation and sales of adult-use cannabis. The selection process involves consulting with mayors of the municipalities where the applicants intend to grow. To clear up any confusion and ease public jitters about the program, […] Dutch government seeks to ease doubts over adult-use cannabis trial is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

On September 24, 2020, the House Oversight Subcommittee on Environment held a hearing titled “Climate Change Part IV: Moving Towards a Sustainable Future.” The written statements of the four majority witnesses are posted on the Subcommittee’s Web page but not (as of 12:00 noon 9/25) the written statement of Heritage Foundation statistician and data scientist […]

It’s official! The Schott Foundation has announced their new Directors. I am honored to join the Schott Foundation Board of Directors and get to work. Honestly, it’s been a dream of mine to serve in a leadership role for the Schott Foundation. Here is the press release: The Schott Foundation for Public Education is pleased to announce six new members

[image: congressman-massie-on-court-packing-scheme] VIDEO - Representative Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) explains his common sense amendments to the “Nonpartisan Postmaster General Act” (H.R. 8109), sponsored by Representative Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.). Rep. Massie offered three amendments to: 1) Apply the Democrats’ proposal to limit the political activities to all postmasters across the U.S., not just the Postmaster General; 2) ensure the timely delivery of ballots by preventing postal workers from going on strike during an election; and 3) increase penalties for forging and tampering w...

Dr. Judy Wilyman PhD. Found on State of the Nation, with this link from the original NewsLetter 269: Excerpts: The Evidence that supports the Claim that Vaccines are Destroying the Genetic Fabric of Society In 1960 Australian Frank MacFarlane Burnet received the Nobel Prize for immunology. At this time he stated: “Genetics, nutrition, psychological and environmental factors may play a more important role in resistance to disease than the assumed benefits of artificial immunity induced by vaccination“. He considered that “genetic deterioration of the population may be a consequence o...

he situation in the Middle East has been blocked since the Oslo Accords signed by Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat in 1993. They were supplemented by the Jericho-Gaza Agreement, which recognizes certain prerogatives of the Palestinian Authority, and the Wadi Araba Agreements, which concluded peace between Israel and Jordan. At […]

[image: experts-trump-is-target-of-color-revolution] President Donald Trump appears to be the target of a “Color Revolution”-style coup attempt by powerful actors within and outside of the U.S. government and even in the Armed Forces, according to experts in the field and a growing list of prominent analysts.

*BBC: **Kim Jong-un apologises for killing of South Korean official - South* North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un has issued a rare personal apology for the killing of a South Korean official, Seoul says. Mr Kim reportedly told South Korean leader Moon Jae-in that the "disgraceful affair" should not have happened. South Korea has said the 47-year-old man was found by troops floating in the North's waters. He was then shot dead and his body was set alight, according to Seoul. It is not known what the man was doing there. The South Korean government has said he may have been trying t...

Three organizers from the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) – Lillian House, Eliza Lucero and Joel Northam – who were arrested on trumped up charges in connection with anti-racist protests in the US State of Colorado were released on Thursday, September 24. They were arrested last Thursday in Denver and spent a week in jail in unsafe and inhumane conditions and were denied their right to due process. One of their fellow organizers, Russel Ruch, was released earlier. On Thursday, the judiciary in Colorado set the bonds of the three activists which once paid means that they c...

*Henry Meyer and Ilya Arkhipov, Bloomberg:* *The Kremlin Is Increasingly Alarmed at the Prospect of a Biden Win* (Bloomberg) -- In Moscow, analysts for the Kremlin and its Security Council are working overtime to war-game scenarios for a Joe Biden presidency. Increasingly alarmed at the prospect of a White House without Donald Trump, Russia is trying to determine what that’ll mean for sensitive issues from nuclear arms to relations with China, energy exports, sanctions and far-flung global conflicts, according to people familiar with the efforts. Though few see much prospect for i...

At least 127 protesters were arrested in Louisville, Kentucky, after the grand jury ruling that none of the officers involved in the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor would be directly charged for her death. The grand jury decided that none of the three white officers involved in the deadly police raid on Taylor’s apartment in March would be charged for causing her death. One officer was indicted on charges of endangering her neighbors for the bullets that struck the walls of surrounding apartments. “It’s yet another example of no accountability for the genocide of persons o...

*Stephen Silver* *Technology, * If you can get the service, that is. Google Fiber is an Internet service launched by Google in 2010, first in Kansas City. The service slowly expanded for the few years after that, before stalling out around 2015, although earlier this year, Google Fiber launched in West Des Moines, Iowa, its first new city in nearly five years. The service this week announced a change: That it will allow its users to connect using whichever router they want. “At Google Fiber, we want internet that just works for you anywhere in the home, and for most people that...

*Michael Oren* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] Much like war, engagement is a tool that must be used wisely and sparingly, especially when it can only cause harm. President Donald Trump recently said that, if re-elected, he would quickly strike deals with Iran and North Korea. At the same time, Joe Biden has indicated that he would rescind Trump’s tariffs on China and reverse his decision to withdraw from the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. Common to both leaders—and to their audiences—was the belief that, rather than confronting adversaries, it is better to engage them. Ove...

*Michael O'Hanlon, Adam Twardowski* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] A careful examination of deployments of carrier battle groups and amphibious ready groups on a month-by-month basis since mid-2017 using the U.S. Naval Institute’s remarkable “fleet tracker” database shows that there have been two main deviations are evident from the historical norm. Nearly three years into the implementation of the January 2018 National Defense Strategy, developed under Secretary Jim Mattis but still prominently emphasized by Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, how much impact is the renewed...

Sacramento, CA - The California Department of Education announced new anti-racism lessons and teacher training for school districts on Monday, days after President Donald Trump decried the notion of teaching slavery as a founding tenet of the U.S. and called for a more “patriotic education." Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond pointed to the police killing of George Floyd in May, bullying of Asian American students amid the coronavirus and a spike in anti-immigrant rhetoric and antisemitism since the 2016 election as reasons for the project. The post California Scho...

Guyana - United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo promised millions of dollars to Venezuelan exiles in neighbouring Guyana as he made it clear that Friday’s visit was linked to Washington’s bid to overthrow the Bolivarian government. Stopping off on a speedy Latin American tour, he gave $5 million (£3.87m) to “assist” Venezuelans who have fled the country in a donation believed to be a cash boost to opponents of the democratically elected President Nicolas Maduro. The post Pompeo Calls For Overthrow Of Venezuelan Government appeared first on PopularResistance.Org.

For decades, Andre Vltchek, an old-school journalist and artist (but a young man) who traveled the world in search of truth and who always stood up straight, tried to revolve the world and encourage people to revolt against injustice. In this age of arm-chair reporters, he stood out for his boldness and indefatigable courage. He told it straight. This irritated certain people and some pseudo-left publications, who sensed in him a no bullshit fierceness and nose for hypocrisy that frightened them, so they stopped publishing his writing. He went where so many others feared to tread, ...

We are living in tumultuous times. The core capitalist countries are rapidly abandoning any pretense of democracy and advancing toward war. We, the oppressed peoples and working class people of the world, must take decisive action to stop the advance of authoritarianism and the potential restoration of the neo-liberal fragmentation and austerity which delivered us to this moment. The United States is now a powder-keg. Right-wing forces are threatening and assaulting progressive forces with deadly intent and outcomes all over the country. The post Pledge Of Resistance: Stop Aust...

The documentary filmmakers discuss their film “RBG” on the life and career of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. While Justice Ginsburg did not grant access to filmmakers Betsy West and Julie Cohen right away, eventually she allowed them an intimate look at her life and her career-long fight for equal rights. West and Cohen tell host Robert Scheer that Ginsburg has embraced her recent emergence as a pop culture icon because she believes it is an opportunity to reach a younger generation. The post Scheer Intelligence: Justice Ginsburg’s Life And Legacy appeared first on Po...

Former National Security Advisor John Bolton attends a conservative conference (Gage Skidmore, https://flic.kr/p/24FCYtZ; CC BY-SA 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/). In June, former National Security Adviser John Bolton published “The Room Where It Happened,” a tell-all book about his time in the Trump administration—triumphing over efforts by the Justice Department to enjoin the book’s release at the last minute. Now, recent media reporting indicates a grand jury has been impaneled to consider potential criminal charges against Bolton for the publication of hi...

“The Movement for Black Lives and our millions of supporters around the globe stand with the family and community of Breonna Taylor in light of today’s toothless and gravely insufficient indictment brought against one of the officers who killed her. Alongside her community, we are outraged and prepared to activate our base to continue to organize for meaningful action for Breonna. “Even though three officers have Breonna’s blood on their hands, only one was charged, and with three counts of first degree wanton endangerment, a class D felony implying a low-level of responsibility ...

The Wisconsin State Capitol Building during a Tulip Festival (Vijay Kumar Koulampet, https://tinyurl.com/yxqbpjov; CC BY-SA, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0). Lawfare is partnering with the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project to produce a series on election integrity in the midst of the coronavirus crisis. The Healthy Elections Project aims to assist election officials and the public as the nation confronts the challenges that the coronavirus pandemic poses for election administration. Through student-driven research, tool development, and direct services to juri...

Minneapolis, MN – A long-dreaded eviction of the sanctuary camp at Peavey Park took place today just after 6:00 a.m., an hour before sunrise. Minneapolis Park Police, Minneapolis Police, and sheriff’s officers were all documented as having taken part in this morning’s sweep. The area around Peavey Park was cordoned off with caution tape while the clearing of the park took place. A social media account for supporters of the unhoused community, Twin Cities Encampment Responders, sent out an alert around 6:20 a.m. that park police were at Peavey. The post Peavey Park Sanctuary Homele...

Evidence presented in this paper indicates that the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pandemic as an event in the UK is essentially complete, with ongoing and anticipated challenges well within the capacity of a normalised NHS to cope. The virus infection has passed through the bulk of the population as a result of wholly natural processes and evidence indicates that in the UK and other heavily infected European countries the spread of the virus has been all but halted by a substantial reduction in the susceptible population.

On this episode, we have a special report from Perilous Chronicle, about how prisoners are directly impacted by the climate change fueled wildfires in the Pacific Northwest. This audio report is based on an article on the unfolding situation, which can be read here. Next up, we have an interview with the Portland chapter of Symbiosis, an autonomous anti-capitalist group organizing dual power programs and initiatives in the Pacific Northwest. In the wake of the spreading wildfires, the group began to organize mutual aid fire relief efforts along with a network for many other organi...

The decision by Vancouver-based tech giant Hootsuite to abruptly pull out of a contract with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency following internal and public backlash should put corporate leaders on notice — be vigilant about who you do business with, experts say. “There’s no question that corporate social and environmental responsibility issues are increasingly getting more attention — not only by business leaders, but company stakeholders, including employees,” said Christie Stephenson, executive director of the Peter P. Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics at UBC...

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Maple crew follows the Canadian Coast Guard Icebreaker Terry Fox crew through icy waters in Nunavut, Canada, in August 2017. (Petty Officer 2nd Class Nate Littlejohn, https://flic.kr/p/XzwfTu; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Off the coast of Canada’s northern archipelago, a 52-foot sloop flies the New Zealand flag as it plies the waters from Nome to Lisbon. The Kiwi Roa, a 26-year old sailboat and Peter Smith’s home since 1994, is no stranger to polar waters. Since launch, she has carried her 72-year-old owner some 80,000 nautical miles, from New Zealand fjords to Gre...

*Kris Osborn* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2012%3Anewsml_GM1E81L0FR901&share=true] America is combining a wide variety of weapon systems and domains in order to take on any threat. *Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona *- The U.S. military recently conducted a live-fire full combat replication with unmanned-to-unmanned teaming guiding attacks, small reconnaissance drones, satellites sending target coordinates to ground artillery and high-speed, AI-enabled “networked” warfare. This exercise was a part of the Army’s Project Conver...

25-Sep-2020 Vodafone won an international arbitration case against the Indian government, ending one of the most high-profile disputes in the country involving a $2 billion tax claim.

25-Sep-2020 Canadian exporters are fed up with the EU using non-tariff trade barriers, red tape, and protectionist measures to keep Canadian products out of the Union.

Almost 400 whales have died in Tasmania in what is believed to be Australia's worst stranding on record. Earlier this week, hundreds of long-finned whales have been found beached on the island state's west coast. Officials said rescue operations will...... Read more »

*DNYUZ: **At Pentagon, Fears Grow That Trump Will Pull Military Into Election Unrest* WASHINGTON — Senior Pentagon leaders have a lot to worry about — Afghanistan, Russia, Iraq, Syria, Iran, China, Somalia, the Korean Peninsula. But chief among those concerns is whether their commander in chief might order American troops into any chaos around the coming elections. President Trump gave officials no solace on Wednesday and Thursday when he again refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power no matter who wins the election, and on Thursday, he doubled down by saying he was not s...

“Kant thought that men will surely return to Metaphysics as one returns to one's mistress after a quarrel,” writes Hannah Arendt in her book *The Life of The Mind*. Arendt is right; Kant’s motivation for writing the first Critique was to save metaphysics from Hume’s skepticism. In my opinion, Kant was overestimating the power of his own and Hume’s philosophical arguments—metaphysics is what it’s; it can never be destroyed or saved by philosophy.

Prof. Angelo Codevilla is one of the most insightful, erudite and profound commenters on events in these United States. He's produced many outstanding articles that express the reality we're all experiencing, and place it in the context of US history, law and politics. He's just produced another masterpiece titled "Revolution 2020". It's long, and not easy reading - but it puts our current situation into the perspective of recent history, and shows precisely how we've got here and where things are likely to go from here. Indispensable reading for any informed person, IMHO. Here...

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To be fair Newsom isn't banning the sale of non-electric cars until 2035 but since the state of California's electrical system will be far worse then than it is now, due to his policies, his edict will really hurt Californians. Yes it's true that after 2035 we'll be able to keep our gasoline and diesel cars and we'll even be able to sell them but no new cars will allowed to use fossil fuels. Currently due to Newsom's failed energy policies on hot days Californians face black outs because renewable energy sources often don't produce much power; when the sun is blocked by smoke fro...

One Seattle area public school is having 7 year olds see video where they're taught that cops shoot Black people regularly and that they get away with it. That's clearly absurd given that the cops involved with George Floyd's death, which may have been due to a drug overdose, were in jail within 2 days. The cop who Eric Holder said acted in self defense when he shot Michael Brown lost his job and had to move away. Multiple studies have shown that innocent Blacks are no more likely to be killed by cops than innocent white people are. In another schools online resources is a boo...

As part of its never ending crusade to sow division and hatred between Americans the NYT published a list of the 922 most powerful people in America and was upset that only 20% were minorities. In that list non-whites are marked with yellow; the same color the Nazi's used to identify Jews. Rep. Tlaib parents and Rep. Amash father grew up 20 miles apart and Amash's mother came from Syria. Yet Tlaib, a Muslim, is listed as non-white but Amash, a Christian, is listed as white. It turns out that there are several more examples of people whose parents are from the Middle East, or even...

Friday: Harley Takes Your Questions Video of Friday: Harley Takes Your Questions What Is a Greater Threat to a Sovereign USA: China, or the City of London? The rantings of Pompeo and the War Hawks in the U.S., and their aggressive military deployments, threaten to provoke a war with China. Is China really an enemy of the U.S.? Did the western establishment build up China to replace the U.S. as a global hegemonic super-power? Is it a coincidence that those targeting China are also involved in the coup to remove President Trump? Is China's economic development a threat to the U.S.—o...

Per an article in Power Technology in April, 2019 by Jack Unwin called “Top ten US states by wind energy capacity:” “Donald Trump’s well-known hostility towards wind power and what he believes is its cancer-causing abilities wind energy is a … Continue reading →

A severe thunderstorm brought hail and tornado to West Yorkshire, England, on Thursday, September 24, 2020. Parts of the county were 10 cm (4 inches) deep in ice or sleet as accumulated hail blanketed roads. According to Met Desk, there was a possible supercell in...... Read more »

*FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2020* *So too with everyone else: *Should the officers who shot and killed Breonna Taylor have been charged with a crime? This morning, on the web site of the Washington Post, Paul Butler glumly says yes. (Butler's column doesn't appear in today's hard-copy Post.) According to the Post's identity line, Butler is the Albert Brick Professor in Law at Georgetown University. He's a graduate of Harvard Law School, and even of Yale before that. Inevitably, the Post further identifies Butler as "a former federal prosecutor." As people with cable access know, he's ...

The next time you see a mainstream-media talking-head fawn over Woodward, just remember that if they had any backbone, any moral core, they would be fawning over Assange instead. The post Lee Camp: Woodward Accidentally Reveals He’s No Different Than “Super Villain” Julian Assange appeared first on MintPress News.

*Doug Bandow* *Security, Asia* After the killing of a South Korean official who apparently was attempting to defect, Seoul announced that Kim wrote a letter saying he was “very sorry” for “disappointing” the South Korean people. But does that really clear up the matter? Yet again North Korea’s Kim Jong-un demonstrated that he is different from his father and grandfather. He apologized for a brutal mistake by his government. After the killing of a South Korean official who apparently was attempting to defect, Seoul announced that Kim wrote a letter saying he was “very sorry” fo...

*TNI Staff* *Security, Europe* Are developments in Belarus likely to spiral into violence, or are they on a path toward stability? Are developments in Belarus likely to spiral into violence, or are they on a path toward stability? And what US and European policies are most likely to contribute to a satisfactory outcome for all parties involved? To discuss these issues, the Center for the National Interest and Atlantic Council are co-sponsoring an online debate Thursday, September 24, at 11:00 EDT. Joining Ambassador John Herbst and Dr. Andranik Migranyan in the discussion are Dr...

*Kris Osborn* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2013%3Anewsml_GM1E9AV0FAO01&share=true] It would help create a truly networked, high-tech, cross-domain military. Imagine an F-35 stealth fighter jet using its electro-optical targeting system to find enemy ground targets, including processing otherwise separated sensor data. The F-35 could then establish target specifics and use radio datalinks to send that targeting information to nearby Apache helicopters and High Mobility Artillery Rocket System rockets. In this scenario, the...

*Peter Suciu* *Security, * NATO vs. Russia tensions rising? In late August in a single-day mission, six B-52 bombers took part in the "Allied Sky" flyover, crossing 30 NATO countries to highlight solidarity with U.S. partners and allies. Four of the Cold War-era bombers, which were deployed from Royal Air Force (RAF) Fairford, flew across Europe likely to send a strong message to Russia. That message may have been received as Russia launched two Su-27 fighters to intercept two U.S. Air Force B-52s that were taking part on a patrol mission over the Black Sea on Wednesday, Septem...

*Rachel Bucchino* *Politics, * The nation’s capital is a mess economically, homicides are up and protests are violent. Trump’s law and order signals, however, will hardly earn him Washington’s electoral support since it's solidly Democratic. But an increase in crime and disorder could have implications beyond the borders of the district. The coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage not only America’s health but also its major economic hubs, including Washington D.C., where homicides are up and protesters continue to engage in violence. According to DowntownDC economic tracking d...

*Robert Beckhusen* *History, Europe* [image: Wikimedia Commons] America built 74,000 Sherman hulls and engines; Germany built just 1,347 Tigers. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *Almost everything the Germans made was over-engineered, from the tanks to gas-mask cases to the field jacket of the lowly landser. Eventually, in the German military archives in Freiburg in the Black Forest, I found a memo from early December 1941, signed by Hitler, in which was the line, “From now on, we have to stop making such complete and aesthetic weapons.” In other words, up to that point, they h...

*David Axe* *Security, * The U.S. Navy already is beginning to plan for its next class of attack submarine, a high-tech -- and potentially very expensive -- new vessel to succeed the Virginia-class boats that the sailing branch currently is buying. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *If the Navy could conceptualize strategies and tactics that take advantage of smaller, conventional submarines, it could chart a path through its declining undersea force structure. It could buy a diesel-electric submarine for a fraction of the cost of a nuke, allowing it quickly to build up a bigge...

Seattle will reduce the police department's budget by around $3million and reallocate some money to community programs after the City Council (pictured) voted Tuesday evening to override Mayor Jenny Durkan's vetoes of adjustments to this year's budget *Daily Mail:* *Seattle City Council overrides mayor's veto of policing cuts and will reduce the police department's budget by around $3million to reallocate money to community programs* * Council will reduce police budget and reallocate funds to community programs * Mayor Jenny Durkan had previously said she did not agree with losing...

[image: sheriff]A Texas sheriff is accused of sexually assaulting multiple employees and using his badge and title to do so under the color of authority.

On August 28, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper visited the island of Palau. He is the first SecDef to have done so. He arrived there with a contingent of Marines and Seabees per the Military Times. Part of the reason for the visit was to honor those who had died in WWII from that area. During his time there Esper accused Beijing of “ongoing destabilising activities” in the Pacific. As a reminder, the Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte refused to renew the long time VFA agreement for a military base there in February 2020 but others in the government seemed to … Continue reading →

[image: following-thursday-s-release-of-explosive-documents-michael-flynn-s-attorney-demands-dismissal] When another trove of documents relating to the FBI’s investigation into Michael Flynn’s alleged collusion with Russia was released on Thursday, Flynn’s attorney demanded that the case be dismissed immediately and permanently.

Conditions involving demyelination and paralysis are among the top vaccine injuries for which claims have been filed with the NVICP, and historical reports of myelitic conditions track closely with pediatric vaccination trends and with the concurrent rise in the very practice of injection. The post The Intertwined History of Myelitis and Vaccines appeared first on Children's Health Defense.

News 1. Uber “The provincial government is making it easier to be a taxi or Uber driver, loosening the requirements to obtain the licence needed to be a driver for hire,” reports Zane Woodford: The move comes less than 48 hours after Halifax regional council passed bylaw amendments to legalize and regulate ride-hailing. Those amendments […]

Applications for medical cannabis reimbursements with German statutory health insurers (GKV) have hit the 100,000 milestone this year – and 62% were approved, according to data obtained by Marijuana Business Daily. The figure accounts for individual applications submitted since the current program started in early 2017 through mid-2020. This is the first time comprehensive data […] German medical cannabis applications for insurance reach 100,000 is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

[image: The Daily Brief 2020-09-24] This is a summary of *14* AMN articles on the following subjects: *Idlib, Syria, Iran, Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Aleppo, Iraq, IRGC, Hasakah, Libya, LNA, Maduro, Venezuela, Saudi, Israel, Euphrates, ISIS*. Categories covered in this brief: Syria, Iran, World-News, Turkey, North-Africa, Gulf, Middleeast, Palestine Let us know how you like this brief in the comments below. — The AMN Live Team Table of Contents - Russian drones guide Syrian Army attack on jihadist defenses - Watch: Russian and Iranian naval forces destroy enemy boats - ...

*FOX News/Warrior Maven*:* Air Force to launch new 'hardened' war satellite by 2022* *GPS is a virtual backbone for military operations* What if Air Force fighters and bombers were successfully attacking an enemy with absolute precision and exact targeting data when all of a sudden their GPS signals disappeared or got hacked? What if that threw off the guided missiles and ground-coordinates being assembled on the ground by friendly Joint Tactical Air Controllers? In a matter of minutes, attacks could be sent off-target, interrupted or simply made no longer accurate. Army-Air Forc...

[image: all-the-chips-are-on-the-table-now] With the court’s ideological balance at stake, the battle from now to Nov. 3 is thus for all the marbles: control of the House, the Senate, the presidency and the U.S. Supreme Court.

*Daily Mail:* *Stunning moment one of 14 elite F-35 fighter jets roars into action from runway of Royal Navy’s new 65,000-tonne aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth II as she sails to North Sea for final battle-ready tests* * The 65,000-tonne carrier left Portsmouth earlier this week and is sailing for exercises in the North Sea * Big Lizzie has 14 F-35 Lightnings aboard, the RAF's latest fighters boasting vertical take off and landing * Jets from the RAF's famed 617 Squadron (The Dambusters) have been joined by allies from the US Marines * Queen Elizabeth is taking part in exercise...

As we start the 21st century and the new millennium, our scientific and technological civilization seems to be entering a period of crisis. Today, for the first time in history, science has given to humans the possibility of a life of comfort, free from hunger and cold, and free from the constant threat of infectious disease. At the same time, science has given us the power to destroy civilization through thermonuclear war, as well as the power to make our planet uninhabitable through pollution and overpopulation. The post The Ecological Impact Of Militarism appeared first on Popu...

Cuba, battling successfully to contain COVID-19 at home, also provides medical internationalism and solidarity abroad. While Cuba dispatches the Henry Reeve Brigade to countries requesting healthcare assistance, Donald Trump’s administration escalates the anti-Cuba economic, financial and commercial blockade while threatening sovereign states who request needed Cuban medical solidarity -- in a global pandemic. The limited measures implemented by President Barack Obama towards US-Cuba normalization, are being steadily dismantled by the Trump Administration. The post Universal Coll...

Trump is a bad president. He’s coddled oligarchs both in America and around the world, he made a mess of the pandemic response and lied about it, he’s incited violence and inflamed hate, he’s done nothing for ordinary Americans, he’s facilitated ecocide, any good decisions he’s […]

North Korea apologizes to South Korea over the recent killing Kanako Mita and Noriko Watanabe Modern Tokyo Times Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, made a rare apology to South Korea over the recent killing of a South Korean citizen. He made the apology to show his sincerity in what appears to be a […]

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From Jenna Orkin Lockdown From Above - UK COVID-19 mutation may be evolving to bypass mask-wearing, hand-washing North Korea Kills South Korean Official Found in Its Waters WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange ‘is preparing to kill himself in prison’ after hearing voices in his head saying ‘we’re coming to get you’, psychiatrist tells extradition hearingThe Worst Forest Fires You’re Hearing Nothing About Once again, the Brazilian Amazon is in flames San Francisco Residents On Edge Over Rising Number Of Home Burglaries - 42%Official: Pentagon has started 'prudent planning' for full Afgha...

[image: bicycle]A man who may have needed medical attention was lying face down on the ground when a cop rode his bicycle directly over his head.

THE END TIMES, WALTER MERCADO AND THE ORANGE MADMAN. PROGRESSIVE POPULIST OCT 15 By ROBERTO Dr. CINTLI RODRIGUEZ I am sure that what has been happening around the world, including and especially in the United States with its raging forest fires, hurricanes, racial conflict and the COVID 19 pandemic, has given rise to doomsday prophets everywhere. The truth is, all of this has been foretold since time immemorial; the only thing missing is a hurtling asteroid, and of course, locusts. FOR THE REST OF THE COLUMN, GO TO: https://www.populist.com/26.18.rodriguez.html TO READ THE OCT 15...

COLUMNA BILINGUE/BILINGUAL COLUMNMemory, COVID-19 and Sequelae ViolenceBy ROBERTO Dr. CINTLI RODRIGUEZ (*Vea la versión en español a continuación.*) In my book on violence, “Yolqui: A Warrior Summoned from the Spirit World,” a PhD student at the University of Arizona, Michelle Rascon Canales, contributed an essay: “‘Brokenheartedness’ or Systematic Killings: Testimonios and Sequelae Violence.” By doing so, she introduces the reader to a concept I had always known and lived but was unaware of its name: Sequelae violence. It might also be referred to as collateral violence or dam...

By Paul Homewood h/t Philip Bratby Climate change is driving the scale and impact of recent wildfires that have raged in California, say scientists. Their analysis finds an "unequivocal and pervasive" role for global heating in boosting the conditions for fire. California now has greater exposure to fire risks than before humans started altering […]

Smartest Dollar this week features cities with the most single parent families--also the poorest in society (as a group--not all single parent families are poor). Ohio doesn't score well--Cleveland (73.3%) and Columbus (49.4%), #1 and #8. For smaller cities, Dayton (70.1%) was #1. https://smartestdollar.com/research/cities-with-the-most-single-parents-2020? The solution for government workers (deep state and elected) is to throw more money at it. But when you look at the stats, either in print or in a graph, it primarily took off after the War on Poverty and affected more blacks t...