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As shown by authors like Dan Clawson in his 2003 book The Next Upsurge, unions tend to grow in spurts, as part of working-class uprisings that pose a deep challenge to the powers that be. The upsurges in the private sector from 1934 to 1939, when the CIO organized industry-wide, with sitdowns when necessary, and the AFL tried to catch up, and in the public sector from 1962 to 1972, when a wave of illegal strikes established the right to bargain, were rooted in militant worker action. The system began to lose legitimacy and workers got a sense of their collective power. Similar dyn...

As noted a couple of days back, let's take a look at how Saskatchewan's provincial election is being covered by local media - and how people responsible for holding the government to account are instead going far our of their way to serve it, leaving important stories to be dealt with by the national media if they're going to be noticed at all. The most striking example is of course the car crash in which Scott Moe caused one fatality and one injury. I've pointed out recently how Moe's driving record was never sufficiently covered. But what's happened during the election period h...

Originally posted on Tallbloke's Talkshop: The mythology of human-caused climate change is leading the world up the garden path, and renewables are at the forefront of the visible evidence of that. The hardware itself is expensive, resource-hungry, obviously not renewable, and difficult or impossible to recycle. H/T Climate Change Dispatch – – – A…

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*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* Career diplomat and aristocrat Franz von Papen remains something of an enigma among prominent Germans of the Nazi era. *Key Point*: Papen became effectively trapped in a powerless position under Hitler. On May 31, 1932, Franz von Papen achieved the pinnacle of a long career serving his country when, in a surprising move, the aging President Paul von Hindenburg named him Chancellor of Germany. The hand of fate had taken an unusual route in guiding this career diplomat and spy to the helm of Germany. Intent on preserving peace while cont...

*Kyle Mizokami* *North Korea, * Israel didn’t have long to wait for its first nuclear crisis. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The establishment of a nuclear triad demonstrates how seriously Israel takes the idea of nuclear deterrence. The country will likely not declare itself a nuclear power any time soon; ambiguity over ownership of nukes has served the country very well. In a private email leaked to the public in September of 2016, former secretary of state and retired U.S. Army general Colin Powell alluded to Israel having an arsenal of “200 nuclear weapons.” While this n...

Yet another example otf how the oil industry is subsidized, here by another way it dumps environmental costs on the public at large.

Beth Baumann | @eb454 | Posted: Oct 17, 2020 Source: AP Photo/Patrick Semansky The final presidential debate is scheduled for Thursday night with moderator Kristen Welker, from NBC News. Welker’s objectivity has been called into question, particularly after she deleted her Twitter account which included anti-Trump tweets. According to a new report from the New … Continue reading Even More Proof of the Final Debate Moderator’s Anti-Trump Nature Have Surfaced →

Beth Baumann | @eb454 | Posted: Oct 17, 2020 Source: AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File Ever since the New York Post released their bombshell story about Hunter Biden’s computer – with damning information about his ties to the corrupt Ukrainian gas company Burisma – being abandoned at a computer store, questions have arisen about the timeframe … Continue reading Giuliani: Here’s How I Verified the Data From Hunter’s Hard Drive →

Power Author Concerned AmericanPosted on October 18, 2020 Credible citing to https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2020/10/17/rudy-giuliani-reveals-how-he-verified-the-data-on-hunter-bidens-hard-drive-n2578284 Author Concerned AmericanPosted on October 18, 2020 Grifters Read both Mike’s piece and the linked article. It’s a big club. You ain’t in it. And it is going to be a stone-cold bitch to even slow the destruction. Plan accordingly. (H/t WRSA reader)Author … Continue reading Western Rifle Shooters Association – Stay alert, flexible, and rational. →

*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* Nicholas Horthy, regent of Hungary, the vaunted admiral without a fleet, was much more than that. *Key Point*: An ally of Hitler, Horthy eventually decided on an armistice with Joseph Stalin to prevent a Soviet invasion of Hungary. The career of Admiral Nicholas Horthy spanned not only two world wars, but also stretched across the decades from the age of sail to atomic-powered submarines. He witnessed the fall of Europe’s oldest dynasties during 1917-1919, the rise of dictatorships to replace them, and the advent and then collapse of f...

*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Coronavirus, * [image: Reuters] If this extra step isn’t taken, the face masks can increase the risk of contamination. Cloth face masks have been proven in studies to offer a high level of protection against the novel coronavirus, but new research out of Australia is now suggesting that they must be washed at high temperatures after every use. If that extra step isn’t taken, the face masks can increase the risk of contamination, according to analysis from the Kirby Institute at the University of New South Wales at Sydney that was recently published in BMJ ...

Originally posted on brushbeater: Since I started the Brushbeater blog project back in late 2015, a constant question I’ve got in emails has been about communications security and very often how to use encryption over the radio. Back when I got into the civilian side of operational communications and I no longer had uncle sugar…

Originally posted on Real News Australia: SkyNews here in Australia has finally been discussing topics that all other media outlets will not touch. By General Maddox. SkyNews has been the only mainstream media outlet here in Australia that has been brazen enough to actually tackle some of the real questions with regards to CoronaVirus and…

The so-called “conspiracy theorists” were right again. The government DOES want to keep your DNA from the Coronavirus tests. By General Maddox. In a shocking move that defies belief the UK parliament has quietly passed legislation that allows the government to retain not only DNA harvested from Coronavirus testing but fingerprints as well. The Coronavirus … Continue reading Track and Trace: DNA Harvested from Coronavirus Tests to be Kept for “National Security” →

October 18, 2020 | General Maddox UN Agenda 21/30’s vision is coming to fruition. Setting up nations in the UN to allow armies from other nations to be used on their soil against their own people with impunity. By General Maddox. Just when we thought the Omnibus Bill (which passed following some amendments) was an … Continue reading New Bill to Allow Foreign Forces and Troops to be Used on Australian Soil →

Originally posted on Nwo Report: Source: Jim Hoft The Lochel Bakery Cookie Poll has correctly picked the last three presidents. On Saturday the owner of Lochel Bakery in Hatboro, Pennsylvania went on with FOX and Friends Weekend. The bakery holds a cookie poll every election year. The poll has correctly picked the last three US…

Originally posted on New Human New Earth Communities: Why The WHO Faked A Pandemic Michael FumentoForbes The World Health Organization has suddenly gone from crying “The sky is falling!” like a cackling Chicken Little to squealing like a stuck pig. The reason: charges that the agency deliberately fomented swine flu hysteria. “The world is going…

Mail that was stolen, including numerous ballots, were found discarded in multiple bags by roadsides and ditches in Seattle, officials said. Bags of Stolen Mail That Include Numerous Ballots Found Discarded in Washington Town Lorenz Duchamps October 17, 2020 Mail that was stolen, including numerous ballots, were found discarded in multiple bags by roadsides and … Continue reading Bags of Stolen Mail That Include Numerous Ballots Found Discarded in Washington Town →

*Al Jazeera*: *Ersin Tatar elected new Turkish Cypriot leader * *Right-wing nationalist secures victory over incumbent Mustafa Akinci at runoff vote. * Right-wing nationalist Ersin Tatar has won a leadership runoff vote in the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). With all of the ballots counted, the Ankara-backed Tatar secured 51.74 percent of the vote on Sunday, ahead of the incumbent Mustafa Akinci, at 48.26 percent, according to official media. Tatar had won 32.5 percent of the vote in last week’s first round, with Akinci closely following with 29.84 pe...

From time to time we have all wondered how much incarcerated illegal aliens cost U.S. citizens and certainly given the fight over the border wall in the last five years, we definitely need to see how much the wall “may” save us once it is fully integrated with all of the enforcement tools into protecting our southern border. The only way MSM will portray the information though is if it shows Trump in a bad light. –##– Departments of Justice and Homeland Security Release Data on Incarcerated Aliens 94 Percent of All Confirmed Aliens in Department of Justice Custody Are … Continue rea...

According to news out of Australia via 60 Minutes there and other media, a major financial scandal is breaking that involves hundreds of Australians, possibly criminally liable Hollywood financiers, and allegedly Peter Schiff. Peter Schiff is an American born citizen living in Connecticut and a vocal member of the Republican Party. He is Chairman of SchiffGold, CEO and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital, Inc, and host of The Peter Schiff Show. He is also Founder, Chairman, and CEO at Euro Pacific Bank Ltd. according to a media information page. That bank is an offshore ...

5GAT ready for first flight. According to the U.S. Department of Defense the 5th generation aerial target drone is to make its maiden flight later this month. The first flight is scheduled to take place [...] The post 5th Generation Aerial Target Drone to Make its Maiden Flight Later This Month appeared first on The Aviationist.

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The United States' elections will occur in a few weeks and many people are concerned about what will happen. Will they be able to vote? Will their votes be counted? Will the process be prolonged? Will President Trump refuse to leave the White House if he loses? Groups are beginning to organize to protest if President Trump stays in office, whether he is re-elected or not. What is happening now is really not very different from what happens every four years, although perhaps it's more exaggerated. The post What Is Needed In This Moment appeared first on PopularResistance.Org.

Homeland Security Committee Chairman Ron Johnson appears on Sunday morning with Maria Bartiromo to discuss the supreme court nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett as well as the breaking information about Biden family financial networks taking payments and payoffs from … Continue reading →

*Reuters*: *Armenia and Azerbaijan truce breaks down within hours* YEREVAN/BAKU (Reuters) - Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other on Sunday of violating a new humanitarian ceasefire in fighting over the mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, hours after it was agreed. The truce agreed on Saturday came into force at midnight (2000 GMT) after a week-old Russian-brokered ceasefire failed to halt the worst fighting in the South Caucasus since the 1990s. At least 750 people have been killed since fighting began on Sept. 27. At 1010 GMT, the Azeri defence ministry said the Aghda...

*David Uren* *Security, Asia* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC2FWI91TA3W&share=true] Can both countries manage tensions and avoid fighting in actual combat? While China is tightening its coercive campaign against Australia, now targeting the coal industry, its ambassador to the United Nations, Zhang Jun, last week led a protest of 26 nations against economic coercion by the United States. ‘We continue to witness the application of unilateral coercive measures, which are contrary to the purpose and principles of the UN Charter and...

*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Americas* Today, the .38 Special is still popular, particularly among those who prefer the simplicity and aesthetic of revolvers. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *The Cobra uses the same name as an older line of Cobra revolvers; both are snub-nosed and meant for concealed carry. The stainless steel revolver features a two-inch barrel, adjustable sights, a Hogue rubber grip and is rated for powerful +P ammunition. The .38 Special is one of the most durable cartridges in history. Introduced in 1898 as the .38 Smith & Wesson Special, it was meant to up...

*Kris Osborn* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2011%3Anewsml_GM1E73V011801&share=true] This strategy needs updating, but it could serve well against either Russia or China. *Key point: *Using more than one kind of weapon in concert can help to defeat an enemy. Here is how Washington is preparing for such future warfare. U.S. Army war planners believe winning a major power war against Russia or China will require an intricate and sophisticated blend of weapons, effects, networking and tactics, creating a need for the service ...

*Paul Starobin* *History, Americas* [image: Reuters] America is experiencing what is popularly called a reckoning—a return to the past with an eye on crimes related to race, the crime of slavery especially, charged not only to particular individuals or institutions but to the nation as a whole. FEELING GUILTY? From Dante to Freud, guilt is a ripe subject for exploration. More often than not, the sentiment is understood in personal terms, as the responsibility assumed by an individual for a wrongdoing. It is Raskolnikov, not Mother Russia, who splits open the heads of the sisters ...

*Doug Bandow* *North Korea, Asia* What should the next administration do? Watch the march. Understand Kim’s message. Respond accordingly. Kim Jong-un used a big military parade to send a message that could have been communicated by North Korea’s ambassador to the U.S. government. Except that the North does not have an ambassador to the U.S. government. One of the dumbest strategies during the Cold War was withholding diplomatic relations for political purposes from disfavored regimes. Washington paid a high price for not talking with the People’s Republic of China for decades. H...

Beirut - Over a thousand protesters on Saturday marched across Beirut to mark one year since Lebanon’s mass uprising against its ruling political parties swept across the country. Demonstrators chanted slogans against the country's political officials while holding Lebanese flags and banners. After passing by the Central Bank and the Ministry of the Interior, they continued towards the remains of the Beirut port, destroyed in a devastating blast on 4 August. The blast, widely blamed on Lebanon's political class, through a mixture of corruption and incompetence, killed more than 1...

1920 Najaf surrendered to British in 1920 Revolt (Musings On Iraq review *Reclaiming Iraq, The 1920 Revolution and the Founding of the Modern State*) 1928 Shiite sheikhs issued statement about conscription saying only the Shiites would be drafted as Kurds and western tribes would never allow it meaning Shiites would make all the sacrifices 1940 Ger Amb to Turkey told Fin Min Shawkat Germany supported Arabs but gave no specific promises or support (Musings On Iraq review *Rashid Ali al-Gailani, The Nationalist Movement in Iraq 1939-1941*) (Musings On Iraq review *Pers...

18 October 2020 — The New Dark Age Bolivia: First Election Since US-Backed Coup Creates Divisions https://popularresistance.org/bolivia-first-election-since-us-backed-coup-creates-divisions/ Bolivian Coupers Stalk International Election Observers https://popularresistance.org/bolivian-couper-stalk-international-election-observers/ Bolivia: First Election Since US-Backed Coup Pits Right against Left, Rich Against Poor and White against Everyone Else https://williambowles.info/2020/10/18/bolivia-first-election-since-us-backed-coup-pits-right-against-left-rich-against-poor-and-white-aga...

As long as we think of governance in terms of its entertainment value and media bias in terms of Republicans and Democrats, we’ll continue to be less informed than we need to be.

18 October 2020 — Mint Press Democracia? This coming Sunday represents Bolivia’s best chance to secure lasting peace, with a widely anticipated MAS victory expected to be a repudiation of last November’s US-backed military coup. by Oliver Vargas and Alan Macleod Eleven months after a U.S-backed military coup overthrew the democratically elected Evo Morales and his … Continue reading Bolivia: First Election Since US-Backed Coup Pits Right against Left, Rich Against Poor and White against Everyone Else

The first elections since the coup d’état will be held on October 18 amid a tense social and political climate. This includes a military mobilization in La Paz the night before the polls and the suspension of the DIREPRE early results system

Flu disappeared from the earth during week 16, 2020. WHO FLUMART OUTPUTS Last year, the US had flu all year, but this year it disappeared in week 15. COVID-19 has cured all other diseases.

The U.N. Secretariat building in Turtle Bay, New York, Sept. 2012. Photo credit: Foreign Ministry of Ecuador via Wikimedia *Editor’s Note: As the United Nations celebrates its 75th year, it is a good time to take stock of its success and failures. Critics, especially in the United States, have long criticized the U.N. for being bureaucratic, ineffective and expensive. The organization, however, has enjoyed many successes—some more visible than others. United Nations Foundation president Elizabeth Cousens and my Georgetown colleague Lise Morjé Howard take stock of the U.N.’s record...

Hi, everyone. Today, I’m showing the mean annual temperatures in Newport, Arkansas. As you can see, both the GHCN V3 Unadjusted data and the GHCN V4 Unadjusted data show a cooling trend since 1891, according to NASA. However, the temperature … Continue reading →

Can you imagine how Democrats and the #FakeNewsMedia would react if it were to come out that Trump had paid someone to get Hunter Biden's laptop and that that person planted fake emails on it? Yet we know that Hillary paid for the Steele dossier which was mostly based on unverified stories told by someone who might be a Russian spy but who certainly is in the employ of at least one Russian oligarch. Steele himself told a British court that his dossier contained "raw" and "unverified" claims. Despite that the court found Steele had failed to check the accuracy of the information i...

*Daily Mail:** 'The Joe meeting happened, the emails are correct and Joe took 10% of equity': Bannon says EVERYTHING reported in Hunter laptop scandal is true and reveals how lawyer for Biden's son tried to get hard drive back - proving 'it's no Russian intel op' * * Steve Bannon said Sunday everything found on Hunter Biden's lap top is true * 'Joe Biden has lied about this for years,' the former White House strategist said * He also revealed that Hunter Biden's lawyer tried desperately to get the hard drive back after it was left at a lap top repair shop with his water dama...

Last week, Ross Douthat assured us that Donald Trump doesn't have it in him to be a full-blown authoritarian, even if he manages to win (or steal) a second term. In response, I expressed skepticism, as did Jonathan Chait. This week, is Douthat is back to tell us again that we shouldn't fear a totalitarian Trump, but but it might be reasonable to fear a totalitarian Facebook and Twitter. Let me try to elaborate on what [the] right is seeing. The initial promise of the internet era was radical decentralization, but instead over the last 20 years, America’s major cultural institutions ...

I asked Joe Biden: What is your response to the NYPost story about your son, sir? He called it a “smear campaign” and then went after me. “I know you’d ask it. I have no response, it’s another smear campaign, right up your alley, those are the questions you always ask.” pic.twitter.com/Eo6VD4TqxD — Bo Erickson CBS (@BoKnowsNews) October 17, 2020 *WNU Editor:* There is going to be no other chance to question the former Vice-President on the New York Post story for the next five days. CBS's Ed O'Keefe on Face The Nation: "[Joe Biden] will not be seen again after today until Thursda...

In 2009 I adopted a policy of turning off comments on the blog by default, but allowing individual members of the blog to permit comments. Starting this week, in those posts where comments have been turned on, only other members of the blog may post comments.

The latest from Saskatchewan's provincial election campaign. - PressProgress traces nearly half of the Saskatchewan Party's donations (which are of course the driving force behind its nonstop ad blitz) back to deep-pocketed corporate donors under the lax electoral financing rules they've refused to change. - The Canadian Press reports on Scott Moe's remarkable opposition to Joe Biden (and apparent lack of any qualms about four more years of Donald Trump's fascism, corruption and human rights abuses as long as they're accompanied by slightly better conditions for pipeline construc...

Watch the latest video at foxnews.com *Daily Mail:* *Hunter Biden emails 'identify Joe Biden as ''the Big Guy'' who would receive 10% share in deal with Chinese energy firm', report says * * Hunter Biden was involved with China's largest private energy company CEFC * He was given equity, ownership of a holding company and huge consulting fees * He also allegedly held a share of the equity for his father Joe Biden * Sources told Fox that a person identified only as 'the Big Guy' in an email about equity payments was the former Vice President * Hunter was dealing with CEFC ch...

Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? ? Another climate lie exposed! ? Among the top Google News search results today for “climate change” is an article by the UK Guardian claiming climate change is drying out the Amazon rainforest and pushing it to a “tipping point,” after…

Originally posted on polarbearscience: Arctic sea ice has been growing steadily since the minimum extent was reached a month ago, with shorefast ice now developing along the Russian and Alaskan coastlines as ice cover expands in the Central Canadian Arctic. So while it’s true that the main pack of Arctic ice is far from the…

Here ya go....this is the email sent to John Paul by Hunter Biden's lawyer. It is in reference to returning the laptops. Also...the attorney said Hunter dropped em off in 2017. Nope..try April 2019. He didn't even know when he left em there. Redactions on this document are mine https://t.co/QszglOJV1d pic.twitter.com/VvEguJ0Cec — Adam Housley (@adamhousley) October 17, 2020 *WNU Editor:* Many are commenting that this email from Hunter Biden's lawyer to the computer shop owner makes no claim that the laptop belongs to Hunter Biden. IMHO they are missing the point. It proves that th...

Since the beginning of this year - of infernal subterfuge and chaotic transformation of civilised society - one of the few ways to assess the truth of what is happening, what is being done and by whom, is in a resort to “science”. While science in its broader sense merely means “knowledge”, I’m restricting my assessment to strictly scientific matters where there is only one truth.

*Following along on the theme of Lockdowns Kill (Shelter in Place)* - Stanford Professor Warns COVID Shelter-in-Place Orders Are ‘Killing People' *CTV. Yup, CTV.* *The mild-mannered city council in Ottawa is not the sort of confrontational group to lead the resistance against heavy-handed provincial authority.But after Premier Doug Ford shut down indoor restaurants, gyms, sports and theatre venues as coronavirus feeding centres in the red-zoned national capital region, Ottawa councillors retorted with a unanimous challenge on Wednesday: Prove it.And the authorities ...

The Lone Ranger was famous for his ability to shoot the guns out of the hands of criminals. While he shot many people I don't think he ever actually killed anyone. Joe believes that Hollywood fantasy is in fact reality because he's calling for cops to shoot people in the leg rather than in the center of their bodies. .@JoeBiden says police should try shooting dangerous criminals “in the leg" pic.twitter.com/u3phk3MHSq — Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) October 16, 2020 This shows that either Joe Biden is lying or that he knows nothing about guns whatsoever. Anyone who has fired a pisto...

Wyatt Tee Walker was not only Rev Kings chief of staff he was executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Council. He was also chairman of Al Sharpton's National Action Network and a supporter of reparations for Blacks. Clearly he was not a alt right racist. But this is what he had to say about Critical Race Theory: *Today, too many ‘remedies’—such as Critical Race Theory, the increasingly fashionable post-Marxist/postmodernist approach that analyzes society as institutional group power structures rather than on a spiritual or one-to-one human level—are taking us in...

I am puzzled with inconsistencies. Using The Beatles’ song “Tell me why?” once again, allow me to ask a few more questions. Why should we believe someone who said two months ago he did not know who QAnon is, tweeted … Continue reading →

17 days from now, we are going to win the Great State of WISCONSIN, and we are going to win 4 more years in the White House! Early Voting begins on Tuesday in WISCONSIN — so make sure you GET OUT AND VOTE! #MAGA pic.twitter.com/nZtkkXr03M — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 18, 2020 We’ve got to come together to defeat Donald Trump –– Democrats, Independents, Republicans, and yes, even Demo-cats. pic.twitter.com/LtsTWy7MmI — Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 17, 2020 *WNU Editor:* I am a dog person. Definitely not a cat person.

*David J. Bier* *Politics, Americas* Overall, the second half of FY 2020 saw 92 percent fewer immigrants from abroad than the first half, which was larger than any annual decline in the history of the United States. The United States has welcomed more than 85 million legal immigrants to the United States since its founding. But at no time since it has maintained records has the country witnessed as fast a decline in legal immigration as it has seen in the second half of fiscal year 2020 (which finished September 30). Overall, the second half of FY 2020 saw 92 percent fewer immig...

*Dov S. Zakheim* *War, Americas* Christian Brose’s The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare offers a compelling assessment of the American military and its acquisition programs. *Book Review:* Christian Brose, *The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare* (New York, NY: Hachette, 2020). 320 pp. $28.00. IN A letter to a friend in 1908, Lord Esher, a leading UK Liberal political operator, wrote of Germany, “the danger now is that in Europe we have a competitor the most formidable in numbers, intellect and education with which we...

*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* [image: Wikimedia Commons] An early training guide cheerfully entitled “Tank Tips” admonished the men to “never mind the heat,” and “never mind the noise.” But, of course, it was easier for a staff officer to pen those words than it was for a tanker to follow the advice. The tank was created to break the bloody deadlock along the Western Front. It was originally envisioned as a kind of “land battleship” that could cross trenches and barbed-wire entanglements. Once across “no-man’s land,” it could neutralize enemy machine guns and achiev...

*Sebastien Roblin* *History, Asia* Washington realized that if it did not reach a deal with Moscow, Soviet troops might soon control the entire peninsula. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *By 1949, both Soviet and American troops had withdrawn from the peninsula, leaving behind violently irreconcilable regimes that both claimed to be the only legitimate government of Korea. A hastily conceived temporary compromise had resulted in the permanent division of a nation, and sowed the seeds for more than seventy years of conflict. On the evening of August 10, 1945 two colonels conve...

*James Holmes* *China, Asia* Xi recently exhorted Chinese marines to devote their “minds and energy” to “preparing for war.” Much of the message was meant for the U.S. and Taiwan. Xi Jinping paid a visit to a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Marine Corps base in Guangdong Province this past Tuesday. During his tour the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) supremo exhorted marines to devote their “minds and energy” to “preparing for war,” to “maintain a state of high alert,” and to remain “absolutely loyal, absolutely pure, and absolutely reliable.” Xi’s words set China-watchers in the Wes...

*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Asia* It's a dangerous situation. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *Pakistan is clearly developing a robust nuclear capability that can not only deter but fight a nuclear war. It is also dealing with internal security issues that could threaten the integrity of its nuclear arsenal. Pakistan and India are clearly in the midst of a nuclear arms race that could, in relative terms, lead to absurdly high nuclear stockpiles reminiscent of the Cold War. Sandwiched between Iran, China, India and Afghanistan, Pakistan lives in a complicated neighborhood with ...

*Alex Nowrasteh* *Politics, Americas* According to a recent Gallup poll, 42 percent of respondents thought that immigrants increase crime, 7 percent thought that immigrants decrease crime, and 50 percent said immigrants didn’t affect crime. Andrew Forrester, Michelangelo Landgrave, and I published a new working paper on illegal immigration and crime in Texas. Our paper is slated to appear as a chapter in a volume published by Oxford University Press in 2021. Like our other research on illegal immigration and crime in Texas, this working paper uses data collected by the Texas Dep...

Global coronavirus cases rise by more than 400,000 in one day for the first time https://t.co/0baPZdMAOa — Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) October 18, 2020 Thousands of pro-democracy protestors took over a major Bangkok intersection on Sunday with posters bearing the faces of arrested activists, defying a ban on gatherings and stern warnings from authorities for the fourth day in a row https://t.co/MhARM1Xldk — AFP news agency (@AFP) October 18, 2020 A U.N. arms embargo on Iran has expired as planned under its nuclear deal with world powers, despite objections from the United State...

Well, it's really beautiful out in the world right now, so we've got that going for us. In the meanime, here's some reading from the week. *There's a Better Way: Trust Based Observation * Craig Randall guests at Peter DeWitt's EdWeek blog spot talking about a better way to handle teacher evaluations and, really, school management in general. *Separate and Unequal: School Funding in PA * In the Pocono Record, an op-ed looking at the eternally unsolved issue of school funding in PA, by a student in Harrisburg. *School Boards, Public Schools, and Home Rule * Accountabaloney ...

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[image: overdose]Despite a bag of fentanyl found on his person, it was reported that officer Matt Morgan died of "natural causes," and he got a parade the next day.

*New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, fresh off her landslide reelection victory, warned on Sunday that rigid political polarization could be “damaging for democracy.”* *Ardern, asked what the takeaway for Americans should be from her victory, said people throughout the world should work to move beyond partisan infighting.* “*That can be damaging for democracy, regardless of the side of the House that you sit on,” Ardern said, accordingto The Associated Press.* As can be clearly seen the above is very true as can be seen in a number of so called democracy's including n...

*Thai Summary: *ในขณะที่ ม้อปผู้เรียกร้องประชาธิปไตยผู้ เทิดทูนเเละได้รับการสนับสนุนจากชาติตะวันตกโจมตีฝ่ายรัฐบาลว่าใช้ความรุนเเรงอยู่นั้น กองทัพไทยกลับระดมกำลังเพื่อช่วยเหลือผู้ประสบภัยน้ำท่วม ส่วนม้อปประท้วงต่อต้านรัฐบาลทหาร กับจะทำให้เศรษฐกิจไทยยิ่งดิ่งลง โดยการปิดกั้นเครือข่ายคมนาคมหลักในเมืองหลวง *October 18, 2020 *(Tony Cartalucci - ATN) - While anti-government protests organized by the billionaire-led opposition and funded by the US government attempted to cripple the Thai economy by blocking major transportation networks in the capital - the Royal Thai Army facing the pro...

Europe and the USA succumb to pandemic fatigue. Vigilance is the only known counter to spread of the virus. Practice small pleasures.

From The Mass Illusion: Excerpts: A pharmaceutical giant’s antiviral medication, which has been frequently touted by Dr. Anthony Fauci as the “standard of care” for COVID-19 treatments, does not work whatsoever, according to the biggest and most comprehensive study to date on the super expensive drug. (Bold and Italics mine.) Gilead’s Remdesivir, which costs Americans over $3,000 per treatment course after private insurance, is a total dud, according to a World Health Organization study that tracked over 11,000 COVID-19 patients in 30 different countries. The study concluded that Re...

And as far as I’m concerned, you’ll be voting for communist tyranny. Here are pages 26 thru 30 of the Democratic Party Manifesto Platform. Social Security is the most enduring thread in our nation’s social safety net. We will enact policies to make Social Security more progressive, including increasing benefits for all beneficiaries, meaningfully increasing minimum ... Read more You may think you’re voting for Creepy Uncle Joe, but in reality you’ll be voting for a bankrupt nation The post You may think you’re voting for Creepy Uncle Joe, but in reality you’ll be voting for a bank...

Vik Amar, Evan Caminker and I offer our analysis of the question before the Supreme Court in *California v. Texas* as part of our Justia series on the case.

From Video Rebel Blog: Excerpts: Why would you give a vaccine to someone who already has an antibody? They have already been exposed and have developed an immunoglobulin response to a past infection. Why not use the people who have developed immunity to help protect vulnerable populations? Why aren’t we using Hydroxychloroquine, zinc, vitamin D 3 and Type 1 Interferons. Lockdowns are criminal extortions. People are harmed because they cannot work and pay their bills. It will be very difficult to detox from a covid vaccine you were forced to take just to get back to work. You are onl...

Anti-War – by Grant Smith Why did it take a full year before a single mainstream mass media outlet reported on Virginia Israel Advisory Board... The post Mainstream Media Finally Covers Israel Lobby Corruption in Virginia appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.

John Gustavo Oct 12, 2020 Anti-Mask Protesters strike again! They enter a Walmart Store located in Boca Raton, demanding locals to take off their masks!... The post ANTI-MASK Protesters STORM Walmart! Demand People to stop Wearing Masks! appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.

[image: child]One does not need to delve into wild and unprovable conspiracy theories about child sex abuse to see that the US is in a crisis.

Kenosha protester charged with firing gun right before Kyle Rittenhouse began shooting Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Bruce Vielmetti October 15, 2020 A Racine man has been charged with firing a pistol during unrest in Kenosha, a shot Kyle Rittenhouse’s defenders think was a factor in the 17-year-old fatally shooting a man two seconds later. Joshua Ziminski, 35, was charged last week with disorderly conduct-use of a dangerous weapon, a misdemeanor, in the Aug. 25 incident. That was third night of protesting following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, who was left paralyzed, and the ev...

The comments are in line with our understanding of things. Wow sounds like people be waking up a bit now. Guns & Gadgets Oct 17,... The post President Trump Says He Would Sign Concealed Carry Reciprocity Bill appeared first on From the Trenches World Report.

Video – How one single volcano probably caused “The Years Without Summer”, also known as Little Ice Age. The Power of Volcanoes Pt. 1: Years without Summer | Full Documentary In the 6th century AD, large parts of the world were affected by mysterious weather events causing temperature drop, crop failures and famines. The series’ ... Read more The Power of Volcanoes – Years without Summer The post The Power of Volcanoes – Years without Summer appeared first on Ice Age Now.

* Group to protest proposal to eliminate test for Boston exam schools* * This is a proposal to destroy the schools concerned. It's only selective admissions that make them special* A group of parents and alumni plan to rally on the front steps of Boston Latin School on Sunday to protest a proposal to eliminate in the 2021-2022 school year the test students have to pass to get into the city’s three prestigious public exam schools. “This was a very big surprise when it was announced on Oct. 8, and now the school committee could decide on it this Wednesday,” said Bruce McKinnon, memb...

* U.N. Twists Climate Facts To Suit Its Radical Agenda* A report from the United Nations claims that there has been a ‘staggering rise in climate emergencies in the last 20 years’. According to the report, ‘The Human Cost of Disasters’, there have been 7,348 recorded ‘disaster events’ worldwide during the last two decades, compared with 4,212 in the previous 20 years between 1980 and 1999. Most of these are said to be weather-related. The claims have been met with astonishment and ridicule by experts, who have pointed out that the report itself contradicts its central claim with a...

The *Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad*, which is clearly related to the *Katha Upaniṣad*, and is a part of the *Black Yajurveda*, is named after the Sage Śvetāśvatara whose name means “the one who possesses white horses” (which means, the one who has pure faculties). The philosophy of the *Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad* is close to the Samkhya school—it talks of creation emanating from the dual principles of *Purusa *(the cosmic spirit) and the *Prakrti *(the cosmic material principle). Samkhya denies the existence of god but *Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad* subordinates the *Purusa *and *Prakriti *principles...

*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* [image: Wikimedia Commons] The noise was so great that commanders had to scream at the top of their lungs, and temperatures often reached over 100 degrees, regardless of the outside weather. The “Mark IV” WW1 tank was rhomboidal in shape and came in two basic versions: male and female. The male version featured four machine guns and two 6-pounder (57mm) guns that were mounted on side extensions called *sponsons.* By contrast, the female version had only machine guns. Each vehicle was given a name corresponding to the letter designation ...