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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In the week before the parliamentary and presidential elections in Bolivia next Sunday, there is a growing number of voices in both camps, as well as from independent organizations, who fear renewed electoral fraud or a continuation of last year's coup. A number of factors suggest that last year's events […] The post As in 2019, Election Results in Bolivia May Not Find Acceptance appeared first on The Rio Times.

On my first Father’s Day many years ago, my wife gave me “Life’s Little Instruction Book” compiled by H. Jackson Browne, Jr. I was leafing through it today as it lay on an upstairs table near my computer. Here are … Continue reading →

*Paul Joseph Watson* | Enforcing "social justice in gaming" by tattling on your private conversations.

A new report issued by the United Nations World Meteorological Agency (WMA), titled “The Human Cost of Disasters,” asserts climate change is causing more frequent and severe weather disasters each year. Yesterday, Climate Realism documented how the WMA report contradicted the UN’s own data and findings regarding drought and wildfires. Today, let’s address how the WMA […] The post U.N. Denies Its Own Data to Stoke Hurricane Panic appeared first on Climate Realism.

*Stephen Silver* *Technology, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2015%3Anewsml_GF10000256202&share=true] As if 2020 could not get any weirder, now we have this story. Among all of the various chaos that’s taken place in 2020, a strange mystery has emerged: Why do people in jetpacks keep being stopped over the skies of Los Angeles? Several media outlets reported Wednesday that a China Airlines pilot had spotted what appeared to be a person in a jetpack, flying near Los Angeles International Airport this week, at about 6,000 feet above sea ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - After a two-day session, the Federal Supreme Court (STF) decided on Thursday, by nine votes to one, to uphold the decision by Chief Justice Luiz Fux to overturn the monocratic (individual) habeas corpus . . . To read the full NEWS and much more, Subscribe to our Premium Membership Plan. […] The post Brazil’s Supreme Court Justices Clash over Presiding Justice’s “Superpowers” appeared first on The Rio Times.

Find an anti-Semite. Did you see that the Ethical Culture Fieldston School hosted a speaker that equated Israelis with Nazis? Did you know that Brearley is now asking families to write a statement demonstrating their commitment to “anti-racism”? Did you see that Chelsea Handler tweeted a clip of Louis Farrakhan? Did you see that protesters… Continue reading →

Reports Suggest Victims May Have Been Afghan Special Operations Unit. Nine victims are reported dead and an unreported number are injured following the collision of two Afghan Air Force Helicopters early on Wednesday, Oct. 14, [...] The post Nine Dead in Collision of Two Afghan Mi-17 Helicopters in Southern Helmand Province. appeared first on The Aviationist.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - By nine votes to one, the Federal Supreme Court (STF) yesterday upheld the decision by Chief Justice Luiz Fux that reinstated the arrest order for drug trafficker André Oliveira Macedo, a.k.a. André do Rap. He is indicted for international drug trafficking . . . To read the full NEWS and […] The post Brazil’s Supreme Court Confirms Top Crime Boss’ Arrest Order by Nine Votes to One appeared first on The Rio Times.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean must continue to ratchet up stimulus to beat back the devastating economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, the UN agency ECLAC said in a report issued this week. The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) urged governments to seek out […] The post UN’s ECLAC Urges Latin America to Stimulate Economies, Combat Poverty and Unemployment appeared first on The Rio Times.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A study showed that 15 cities (large or small) in S . . . To read the full NEWS and much more, Subscribe to our Premium Membership Plan. Already Subscribed? Login Here Subscribe Login Here The post IDL Study: São Paulo State Boasts 15 Cities Among Brazil’s Best in Which to Age appeared first on The Rio Times.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Argentina wants energy firms to invest some US$5 billion to boost hydrocarbon production and generate jobs in the country's prized Vaca Muerta shale deposits, as well as bringing in much-needed foreign currency. The plan unveiled on Thursday, October 15th, aims to replace imports with domestic natural gas production, saving some […] The post Argentina Wants Energy Firms to Invest US$5 Billion to Boost Gas Production appeared first on The Rio Times.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - President Jair Bolsonaro announced on Thursday, October 15th, the reopening of Brazil's land borders with Paraguay, closed until now as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the borders between Foz do Iguaçu (PR) and Ciudad del Este; Ponta Porã (MS) and Pedro Juan […] The post Bolsonaro Announces Reopening of Land Borders between Brazil and Paraguay appeared first on The Rio Times.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - PIX has not even begun operating yet, but it is already making headlines. This time with reports on social media and websites such as 'Reclame Aqui' (Consumer Complaints) of unsolicited registration of bank and fintech clients. On Wednesday evening, October 14th, the Central Bank The post Brazilian Central Bank Investigating Denunciation of PIX Keys Undue Registrations appeared first on The Rio Times.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Held early on Thursday evening, October 15th, the Future of Money event's second panel, promoted by EXAME, discussed the democratization of the financial market and how the future of money could impact business. The debate, conducted by the Head of EXAME Academy, André Portilho, had economist Gustavo Franco as guest, […] The post Digital Currencies Need Improved Governance, Says Former Brazilian Central Bank President appeared first on The Rio Times.

The rejection of Saudi Arabia, the only country that did not receive the required number of votes from UN member states, has been seen as a repudiation of the Kingdom’s decreasing international support. by Alan Macleod In a secret ballot at the United Nations yesterday, Saudi Arabia was rejected for a position on the body’s … Continue reading Western Anger as China, Russia Elected to UN Human Rights Council, Saudi Arabia Rejected →

A reader of a recent post of mine blamed me for using the R word: “redneck.” (His comment was not published because he was a new commenter and we could not confirm his email address.) What I call “redneck” is close to Merriam-Webster’s definition, minus the pejorative connotation: 1. sometimes disparaging: a white member of […] The post Is it OK to Use the R Word? appeared first on Econlib.

The whole planet is enthralled, appalled, shocked and awed by the spectacle of democracy as enacted under the shadow of messianic imperialism – complete with a slew of slimy, smoking gun October Surprises. We’re in total Frank Underwood territory. And as befits the ultimate “society of the simulacrum” pictured by Baudrillard back in the swingin’ … Continue reading POTUS Punk vs. Dem Dementia →

A group of pro-choice advocates will begin their bus tour through New South Wales today in a bid to spread information about the risks of vaccinations and medical coercion. Following a successful tour of Queensland, the Australian Vaccination-risks Network (AVN) is on the road again and has attracted unwarranted criticisms from local governments. [...Continued]

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Civil Police is investigating a woman who took a dead elderly man in a wheelchair to a bank branch in the central region of Campinas (São Paulo) to prove he was alive so he could collect his pension. The case occurred at at a Banco do Brasil branch on […] The post Brazilian Woman Takes Dead Elderly Man to Bank for Proof of Life appeared first on The Rio Times.

*Peter Suciu* *Russia, Europe* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2017%3Anewsml_RC1B03F95880&share=true] This is not the first time Moscow has tested such a weapon. Earlier this week the crew of the Russian Navy’s nuclear-powered submarine *Oryol* (K-266 *Orel*) took part in an exercise in the Barents and reportedly fired a P700 Granit anti-ship cruise missile from a submerged position. The press office of the Northern Fleet told state media that the missile firing was successful and the crew on the Il-38 anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft confi...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - When Ilson Mateus was 21, he unsuccessfully tried to become rich as a prospector in Serra Pelada, in the southeast of Pará state. Now, at the age of 57, he has built one of the largest fortunes in Brazil in one of the poorest regions of the country. Mateus became […] The post Who Is Mateus, Brazil’s Most Recent Billionaire with Fortune of R$8.7 Billion? appeared first on The Rio Times.

RIO DE JANEIRO BRAZIL - The money hidden in Senator Chico Rodrigues (DEM-RR) underpants was found on Wednesday, October 14th, by the Federal Police after he asked to go to the restroom and the arresting detective noticed a "strange volume in the back of his clothes". His arrest was part of an operation triggered to […] The post Brazilian Senator Caught by Police Clenching Bank Notes between Butt Cheeks appeared first on The Rio Times.

Credit: New York Times Note: Dan Olmsted wrote his Age of Autism newspaper column for UPI almost 20 years ago. In my personal Age of Autism, my daughters were in the kitchen at 3:30am, so I got up a bit...

Note: Below is an excerpt from the blog of Dr. Meryl Nass: The testing mess, lack of reliable data on Covid-19, and a hypothesis why Within the first 10 days of January a sequence for the Chinese SARS-CoV-2 virus had...

A lucid and daming explanation of why public pension funds and other instutitional investors regularly fall short of popular indexes.

*David L. Phillips* *Security, Asia* What can be done to rein in Turkey and bring peace to the South Caucasus? The spiral of deadly violence in the South Caucasus is intensifying. While conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenians has simmered for at least the past thirty years, recent violence escalated when Azerbaijani forces attacked Nagorno-Karabakh, an ethnic Armenian enclave in the southwest of Azerbaijan, on September 27. The current war is more deadly and intractable because of Turkey’s extensive involvement. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is both directly stoking v...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - More than 38,571,770 people have been infected worldwide with the novel coronavirus since it was first detected in December in China, according to an assessment by the France-Presse (AFP) news agency yesterday, October 15th. The number of deaths over the same period is reported to have been 1,093,624 and at […] The post Over 38.5 Million Worldwide Infections Since Start of Pandemic appeared first on The Rio Times.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The mayor and candidate for re-election in São Paulo, Bruno Covas, used Estadão's hearings for the 2020 elections on Thursday, October 15th, to nationalize his campaign and criticize the drop in the transfer . . . To read the full NEWS and much more, Subscribe to our Premium Membership Plan. […] The post Bolsonaro ‘Turned His Back on São Paulo’, Says City Mayor appeared first on The Rio Times.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, Brazil has a cumulative 5,169,389 confirmed cases of the disease. Of this total, 89 percent of patients have recovered from the disease, 2.9 percent have died and 8.1 percent have recovered. The data were released by the Ministry of Health on Thursday, October […] The post Covid-19: Brazil Counts 713 Deaths and 28,523 New Cases in 24 Hours (October 15th) appeared first on The Rio Times.

*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* In December 1944, a small radio code-breaking unit intercepted a message that should have tipped off the Allies to the Battle of the Bulge attack. *Key Point*: Whatever use the Allied commanders made of the decodes remains a matter of conjecture. World War II, being far more fluid than World War I, marked the advent of the mobile radio intercept unit whose task was to pick up, decrypt if possible, and pinpoint enemy units sending their messages through the airways. The U.S. Navy set up intelligence teams on various carriers and command...

An Elsevier journal has, for the moment, removed a paper which found that the patients of female surgeons fare better than those treated by men. Although the journal didn’t provide an explanation for the move — unfortunately not unusual for Elsevier — a spokesman for the publisher told us that reader complaints about the methodology … Continue reading Study finding patients of female surgeons fare better is temporarily removed

Compiled by Jim O’Rourke, Townsville Bureau Statement by Katters Australian Party We are hereby advising the media and the public that a defamation action has been commenced against Senator Canavan. Senator Canavan stated on a national media programme which aired on 13 October, 2020, with reference to myself: “he has preferenced a Labor Government over […]

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By Czechia's 2nd president Václav Klaus The classic economics textbook view says – and it has been accepted for centuries – that the government's budget deficit is evil and irresponsible. It's also true that the larger the deficit is, the more evil it becomes. This is where an economist may stop and perhaps admit that exceptions such as wars may exist. But we need to remember that wars typically cause a complete financial havoc and tend to produce high inflation rates that are ruining the financial systems. In many cases, a political and societal breakdown follows, too. (adsbygoogle ...

*Peter Suciu* *Russia, Europe* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC2KFH9OLBLM&share=true] Practice makes perfect, and modern technology provides many ways to train new recruits. According to a report issued by the Izvestia Daily news brief last month, the Russian military has announced that it began to train operators for both of the Armata platforms including the T-14 main battle tank (MBT) and the T-15 armored fighting vehicle. Beginning in early 2021, cadets will begin to undergo training to “control” the combat vehicles at two sp...

*Luke Nicastro* *Security, World* As its power declines, America must ditch dreams of primacy and embrace a humbler realpolitik. During the vice-presidential debate on October 7th, the 2020 campaign saw its first (and possibly only) direct exchange on foreign policy. Although Vice President Mike Pence and Senator Kamala Harris disagreed about the details, both couched their respective visions in an explicitly moral framework. Under these terms, foreign policy is a simple matter of doing the right thing: punishing bad guys (China and Iran according to Pence, Russia according to H...

*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* U.S. bombers took heavy losses after the bombing of Bremen, hitting the Focke-Wulf factory in northern Germany. “Bombs Away” rang out over the intercom static of the 29 aircraft of the 91st Bomb Group (Heavy). From each olive drab Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, five 1,000-pound general purpose bombs broke free of their shackles and fell through the open bomb bay doors. Relieved of the weight, the bombers lurched upward. The high explosives streamed downward onto the Bremen, Germany, *Flugzeugbau* assembly works of the Focke-Wulf aircraft...

*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia-Pacific* Black soldiers of the 93rd Infantry Division suffered an ordeal during their fight for Hill 250 at the Battle of Bougainville. In an article in the Pittsburgh Courier on April 15, 1944, correspondent Billy Rowe, who was covering the activities of the 93d U.S. Infantry Division (Colored) in the battle for Bougainville Island in the South Pacific, described a skirmish involving K Company, 25th Infantry Regiment. “A company of the 93rd Division elements fighting here ran into an ambush early this week and all hell broke loose,” Rowe ...

*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* An unlikely group of British raiders came to raise unmitigated hell in Marmagoa, harbor of Portuguese Goa, on the west coast of India. *Key Point*: During a clandestine raid, the Calcutta Light Horse silenced a German transmitter in the neutral harbor of Marmagoa. Freighter *Ehrenfels*’ siren shrieked through the muggy night across the harbor. As the captain pulled down hard on the alarm cord, the alarm howled out over the steaming darkness, screaming that British raiders were in the harbor, alerting *Ehrenfels*’ crew and calling for help...

Heavy rains affecting parts of India, including Telangana, Maharashtra, and Karnataka this week claimed the lives of at least 77 people by October 16, 2020. Meteorologists described the rains as rare and unseasonal. At least 50 people have died in Telangana, many of...... Read more »

Mac Slavo October 14, 2020 A new study released by The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released the findings of a new study, in which the overwhelming number of new coronavirus cases came from people who religiously wear masks. The study, which was released in September and ignored by mainstream media and politicians found that … Continue reading CDC STUDY: MOST COVID-19 CASES WERE ADMITTED MASK WEARERS →

October 15, 2020 Jordan | Special Dispatch No. 8970 In his July 11, 2020 column in the Jordanian Al-Dustour daily, ‘Abd Al-Hamid Al-Hamshari, who is a member of Jordanian human rights organizations,[1] wrote that “Jewish families” took over the global economy in order to subordinate the countries of the world to the agenda of the … Continue reading Article In Jordanian Daily: The Rothschilds Were Behind Assassinations Of Lincoln, Kennedy →

Oct 06, 2020 Egyptian-American Political Analyst Magdi Khalil Praises Macron, Trump: Radical Islam Contradicts Western Values; Its Practices Are A Form of Terrorism; Berlin-Based Journalist Ahmad Al-Hawas: Jews Use Children’s Blood In Matzos; Jazeera TV Host Faisal Al-Qasem: Islamist Terrorism Created By The West #8352 | 04:46Source: Al-Jazeera Network (Qatar) On October 6, 2020, Al-Jazeera … Continue reading Egyptian-American Analyst Praises Macron On Islam →