About two years after it was created, the Pentagon’s artificial intelligence center is setting its sights on new projects, including one on joint information warfare. This initiative seeks to deliver an information advantage to the Department of Defense in two ways. The first is improving the DoD’s ability to integrate commercial and government AI solutions. The second is improving the standardization of foundational DoD data needed to field high-performing AI-enabled capabilities to support operations in the information environment, said Lt. Cmdr. Arlo Abrahamson, a spokesman for the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center. Nand Mulchandani, the JAIC’s acting director, told reporters in early […]
Daily Archives: July 22, 2020
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Discerning between which colleges are outright scams, and which are venerable American institutions isn’t always easy. After all, if we’re going solely by the advantage that a degree confers in the labor market, one could argue that a degree in art history from Wesleyan probably isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on, let alone the $250,000+ sticker price. But in a world where ‘non-profit’ institutions have accrued endowments worth hundreds of millions (and in some cases, billions) solely from ‘alumni fundraising’, yet still charge teenagers unimaginable sums for degrees that they don’t necessarily want or need (but have been brainwashed by […]
Personally written epitaphs have been discovered inside the shoes of children who were sent to Auschwitz, the Nazi death camp in German-occupied Poland during World War II. According to The Times of Israel, these discoveries were made by museum employees during the course of their efforts to preserve a substantial amount of shoes on display at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Poland. In addition to the new discovery, many other historical artifacts have also been found in the process, including letters, newspaper fragments, and banknotes, many of which were used as lining or padding inside the shoes. Museum officials hope that […]
Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok announced long-awaited economic and political reforms on Wednesday aimed at rescuing the country’s economy and keeping its civilian transition on track after the ouster of Omar al-Bashir last year, Reuters reports. Sudan’s economy is at risk of freefall, hammered by an annual inflation rate of more than 100% and shortages of electricity, bread, fuel and medicine. The currency recently hit a record low of 150 Sudanese pounds to the dollar on the black market compared with 55 at the official rate, though it is now at 140 to the dollar. Hamdok said Sudan would start a […]
The president’s repudiation of climate change activists before the assembly of business executives and foreign leaders represented yet another high-profile break between his administration and other Western powers regarding the grave nature of the threat. “They predicted an overpopulation crisis in the 1960s, mass starvation in the ’70s, and an end of oil in the 1990s,” Trump said. “These alarmists always demand the same thing: absolute power to dominate, transform and control every aspect of our lives. We will never let radical socialists destroy our economy, wreck our country or eradicate our liberty.” Trump boasted that his administration is “boldly embracing […]
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the George Floyd protests in America’s major cities increased the number of coronavirus cases in the United States. “Cases started to rise among young Americans shortly after demonstrations, which you know very well about, which presumably triggered a broader relaxation of mitigation efforts nationwide,” Trump said. The protests spread across the country in late May and early June despite public lockdowns to prevent the spread of the virus.The president spoke about the ongoing flare-ups of the virus in the summer during a press conference at the White House. Trump also cited a “substantial increase in […]
One way the Air Force’s new information warfare command is trying to bring together the disparate parts of the organization is through forums where leaders put representatives from different components in the same room. Sixteenth Air Force/Air Forces Cyber, created in October, combined what was previously known as 24th and 25th Air Force. The move placed cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, electronic warfare and weather capabilities under one commander, serving as the Air Force’s first information warfare entity. With all these new wings and capabilities now under a single unit, they need to understand what everyone is doing and how it […]
Joe Biden is under fire, and the heat just got turned up. Rex Jones reports. YouTube mirror: Also, check out: Joe Biden is Now a Suspect in Ukraine Corruption Scandal (Alex Jones 7/22/20) Former Vice President Joe Biden is now a criminal suspect in Ukraine in a case involving his son Hunter and Burisma Holdings, a major Ukrainian natural gas producer. Source link
Authored by Jeffrey Snider via Alhambra Investments, Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990 “for his leading role in the peace process which today characterizes important parts of the international community.” Maybe, but it sure didn’t start out that way. By that, I don’t mean to suggest Gorbachev was some warmonger cloaking himself in the language of peace. On the contrary, the man was sincere. He was also sincere in his commitment to Communism and the Soviet way. What ultimately led him to such international acclaim was first his honesty in looking inward at that system itself. […]
US Silver Certificate – real money backed by silver bullion held in US government reserves. Donald Trump has sent a bunch of far-right thugs disguised as ‘federal law enforcement officers’ into Portland, this is in gross violation of constitutional law. The governor of Oregon has correctly identified these ‘feds’ as being sent by DC to incite violence, however, he has yet to take decisive action. The governor is in command of substantial armed forces in the form of the state militia – upwards of 12,000 well trained and equipped combat capable troops backed by helicopters, tanks, heavy artillery, fighter-bombers and all […]
Former British spy Christopher Steele insists he never wanted the notorious Trump dossier, which was central to the Russiagate investigation, to be made public. The belated pang of conscience emerged in response to a new lawsuit. Steele would have done “whatever I could do to prevent” BuzzFeed from publishing the dossier, he told London’s High Court in a written statement on Wednesday. The document, which Steele compiled at the behest of the US opposition research firm Fusion GPS and Hillary Clinton’s campaign in 2016, was published in early January 2017, shortly before Donald Trump’s inauguration. The former spy’s pang of conscience […]
(Natural News) A shocking video making the rounds in Mexican traditional and social media appears to show a column of very well-armed cartel ‘troops’ driving what appears to be up-armored vehicles. The video, which surfaced last week, showed scores of gunmen dressed in military garb pledging support for Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes (“El Menccho”), the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, according to Mexican outlet El Universal. According to the newspaper, however, ranking government officials are downplaying the very impressive display of firepower (according to Google Translate): Given this, the Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection of the Government of Mexico, Alfonso […]
150 Federal Agents Set To Deploy In Chicago July 22, 2020 150 Federal Agents Set To Deploy In Chicago2020-07-222020-07-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/federal-agents-disperse-black-lives-matter-protesters-in-portland-ore.-on-monday.-by-noah-berger-for-associated-press-e1595431903560.jpg200px200px Above photo: Federal agents disperse Black Lives Matter protesters in Portland, Ore., on Monday. By Noah Berger for Associated Press. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is crafting plans to deploy about 150 federal agents to Chicago this week, the Chicago Tribune has learned, a move that would come amid growing controversy nationally about federal force being used in American cities. The Homeland Security Investigations, or HSI, agents are set to assist other federal law enforcement and Chicago police in crime-fighting efforts, according […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007221079959028-us-eu-dialogue-on-china-to-be-action-oriented-for-more-policy-outcomes-state-dept-official-says/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun said he expects the US-EU dialogue on China to be action-oriented, according to Biegun’s written testimony published on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s website. “On 25 June, the Secretary [of State Mike Pompeo] announced the United States has accepted EU High Representative Josep Borrell’s proposal to create a US-EU Dialogue on China – a new mechanism for discussing the Transatlantic community’s common concerns about the threat the PRC [People’s Republic of China] poses to our shared democratic ideals”, Biegun said on Wednesday. “We anticipate it […]
This week, as federal agents assault peaceful protesters on the streets of Portland and the daily coronavirus death toll exceeded 1,000 Americans, one conservative pundit stood against the real enemy: a liberal woman with green hair. Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema, who is known for her joyful fashion choices, showed up to the Capitol on Tuesday in a dress with floral embroidery, a blue medical mask, and a mint-colored wig. The hairstyle—a long bob with bangs—was sleek and well-maintained. Even if the color was a little Troll doll, the prim blowout looked entirely appropriate. Sinema did not have much to say on […]
A Tesla car is on display at a showroom in Beijing on May 10. Tesla’s stock has soared from $430 a share at the start of 2020 to nearly $1,600 at Wednesday’s close. Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images A Tesla car is on display at a showroom in Beijing on May 10. Tesla’s stock has soared from $430 a share at the start of 2020 to nearly $1,600 at Wednesday’s close. Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images Already a Wall Street superstar, Tesla turned a profit for the fourth straight quarter, an important […]
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is suing video-sharing giant YouTube and its parent company Google for allegedly allowing bitcoin giveaway scams that use his likeness to thrive on its platform. Wozniak was one of 18 plaintiffs that filed the lawsuit on Tuesday, which seeks punitive damages, a trial by jury and demands YouTube remove all bitcoin giveaway scams and promotions using Wozniak’s name and likeness. The suit praised Twitter for acting “swiftly and decisively” to shut down malicious accounts and “protect its users from the scam” referencing the platform’s response to last week’s coordinated cyberattack that gained access to a host of […]
Senile Joe Biden made some headlines today after he smeared President Trump as the first racist president. Democrats hope if they call President Trump enough names they will win the White House with senile Joe. Trump Campaign Blasts Biden Over First ‘Racist’ President Smear Not only was Joe Biden’s remarks offensive they were inaccurate. There have been several racist Democrat Presidents throughout American history. TRENDING: Photo Appears to Show Black Lives Matter Supporters Holding Down and Kneeling on Neck of White Baby President Woodrow Wilson may have been the worst racist Democrat president in history — although there were others. A […]
An Iraqi supplies convoy was targeted by two roadside bombs on Wednesday while making its way to support US troops in southern Iraq, according to a security source from the country, Anadolu reports. “Two explosive devices blew up a tire on Iraqi trucks carrying logistical support for American forces on the Al-Bathaa road in Dhi Qar province,” a police captain told Anadolu Agency on condition of anonymity as he is not authorized to speak to media outlets. The attack caused material damage to some of the trucks and their load. This is the second attack of its kind in less than […]
“It should happen as a consequence of fact and public support — both of these bills are bipartisan — but getting it out of the Senate required a political necessity more than a conservation necessity,” Natural Resources Chair Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) told POLITICO. “If it’s seen as somehow good politically for some Republican senators in tight races, that’s the way the [political] alignment ended up happening.” Other lawmakers credited its success to the groundwork built by its supporters in the House who pressed Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) for a vote and lined up co-sponsors through face-to-face […]
Two men and a woman have been arrested in connection with a triple murder in Florida during a nighttime fishing trip. The alleged ringleader behind the murders, Tony “TJ” Wiggins, 26, has a history of more than 230 felony charges on his arrest record, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd told Spectrum Bay News 9. The sheriff added that TJ’s first charge came when he was 12 years old. Judd called TJ “pure evil in the flesh” and stated that he had 15 criminal convictions on his record and two rounds in state prison, Fox News reported. TJ’s girlfriend, Mary Whitmore, 27, and […]
WASHINGTON – The shipyard presiding the renovations on the amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard when it caught fire July 12 was awarded a $10 million contract modification for efforts with firefighting and clean up. The contract with General Dynamics NASSCO San Diego was among those announced Wednesday in the Defense Department’s daily roundup. The work includes “USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) emergency firefighting support, dewatering, safety and initial clean-up efforts,” the announcement reads, and will be completed by November of this year. The fire, which broke out July 12, began in the lower vehicle storage area amidships and damaged 11 of the […]
As the nationwide coin shortage continues to rage, a southeastern Wisconsin bank is offering above face value for coins. Last week, the Community State Bank (CSB) launched a coin buy-back program to assist local businesses affected by the shortage. The bank is offering customers a $5 bonus for every $100 worth of coins turned in at any of its seven locations. “The response has been tremendous,” CSB President and CEO, Scott Huedepohl, said in a release. “We’ve had people contacting us not only from our community but all over the United States. Our goal was to generate enough coin inventory to help our local businesses. We’ve […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107546/97/1075469732_0:107:2047:1258_1200x675_80_0_0_be51a478934785f4acb39c0f935e6222.jpg.webp Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202007221079958743-magnitude-62-earthquake-hits-chinas-tibet-region/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A 6.2-magnitude earthquake has hit the Tibet Autonomous Region in China’s west, according to data released by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre on Wednesday. The quake was detected at 8:07 pm UTC (20:07 GMT), with the epicentre located 6 miles deep and 380 miles north from neighboring Nepal’s capital of Kathmandu, according to the Centre’s website. There have been no reports on casualties or damage at this point. In March, a 5.9-magnitude earthquake was registered in Tibet’s Tingri County, with the epicentre located at a depth of 10 kilometres. The Tibet Autonomous Region lies […]
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“Today will be a historic day in the history of the Congress of the United States and of our country,” said House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.). “The House is taking a long overdue and historic step to ensure that individuals we honor in our Capitol represent our nation’s highest ideals and not the worst in its history.” Despite overwhelming support in the House, it’s unclear if the GOP-controlled Senate will take up the legislation. Senate Republican leaders have so far declined to take action on the issue, saying it is up to states to replace the statues they send to […]
President Donald Trump on Wednesday is scheduled to hold another coronavirus press briefing at the White House. The press briefing is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. EST. The president acknowledged Tuesday that despite early success against the virus, recent flare-ups were leading to a rise in cases. “It will probably, unfortunately, get worse before it gets better, something I don’t like saying about things but that’s the way it is,” Trump said. Source link
WASHINGTON – The Department of Defense wants better batteries for its war fighters, and it’s partnering with NanoGraf to develop them. “Just like we civilians are increasingly relying on cell phones and tablets and everything else, the modern soldier is also transitioning towards these really power heavy devices in the field, [like] night vision goggles, weapon optics, all of the communications devices, GPS,” said Chip Breitenkamp, NanoGraf vice president of business development. “All of those things require more and more power. “If you take a look at what the soldier has to bring on the field already, between guns, ammunition, water, […]
The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) has taken the first ever image of a young, sun-like star accompanied by two giant exoplanets. Images of systems with multiple exoplanets are extremely rare, and—until now—astronomers had never directly observed more than one planet orbiting a star similar to the sun. The observations can help astronomers understand how planets formed and evolved around our own sun. Just a few weeks ago, ESO revealed a planetary system being born in a new, stunning VLT image (www.eso.org/public/news/eso2008). Now, the same telescope, using the same instrument (www.eso.org/public/teles-instr … vlt/vlt-instr/sphere), has taken the first direct image of […]
Authored by Isabel van Brugen via The Epoch Times, Herd immunity to COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP virus, could be achieved with fewer people being infected than previously estimated, new research suggests. According to an Oxford University study (pdf), the herd immunity threshold (HIT) may be lower than previous estimates because many people may already be innately immune to COVID-19—without ever having caught the disease. A team of researchers from the University of Oxford’s Zoology Department, led by Professor Sunetra Gupta, produced a model that suggests as little as 20 percent of the population may need to be resistant […]
…by Phil Giraldi, …with The Unz Review [ Editor’s Note: Phil shares with us today his recent experience in joining the large number of Americans concerned about home safety quickly learning that others have cleared the shelves out. The surge in buying has of course been a major contributor but the parts supply chains for manufacturers have been disrupted. Phil also demonstrates the multi-gun purchase demand the is evolving in the husband and wife category. The cries of defunding police has been a promotional gun buying catalyst in states where such is allowed. My Massachusetts home state has always banned pistols […]
Most Americans familiar with “cancel culture” – deplatforming or firing people due to public outcry over a supposedly offensive or objectionable comment or action – believe it’s done serious harm to society, a new poll has found. Some 46 percent of Americans think cancel culture “has gone too far,” according to the poll conducted earlier this month by Morning Consult and published on Wednesday. While just over a quarter (26 percent) of respondents claimed to have no opinion on the matter, those who thought cancel culture had overstayed its welcome dramatically outnumbered the 10 percent who suggested it hadn’t gone far […]
(Natural News) Cisco Systems calls having an opinion “inappropriate conduct,” and you get fired on the spot should you criticize Black Lives Matter terrorists who are murdering and raping innocent people, including Blacks, while destroying and burning businesses and police precincts all over America. That’s right, Cisco Systems squelches free speech for its 30,000 employees while calling it “inappropriate conduct” if they have any opinion that doesn’t support BLM-led terrorism. During a recent company-wide virtual meeting to address racism, CEO Chuck Robbins talked with Black people who work for George Soros’ Equal Justice Initiative about “zero tolerance” of racism in the […]
All Civilian Lives Are Equal, But Some Are More Equal Than Others By Danny Sjursen, Antiwar.com. July 22, 2020 All Civilian Lives Are Equal, But Some Are More Equal Than Others2020-07-222020-07-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/civilan-casualties-trumps-airwar-has-killed-thousands.-by-ammar-abdullah-for-reuters-e1595431228490.jpg200px200px Above photo: Civilian Casualties from Trump’s airwar has killed thousands. Ammar Abdullah for Reuters. Planet Earth circa 2020: this is Orwell’s world; we’re just living in it. Who better to resurrect in this pandemic-protest moment than a leftist so lefty he ditched a life of relative English privilege to fight Franco’s fascists in the Spanish Civil War – only to turn communist dogma’s fiercest critic and earn the ire of his former friends on the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/16/1079958200_0:0:3193:1796_1200x675_80_0_0_2799499af4bfcf131b8a936f694e65d0.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007221079958188-trump-holds-press-briefing-at-white-house—video/ The US president resumed his press briefings on the response to the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday, as they were scaled back in April and returned in late June, but with Vice President Mike Pence speaking to reporters. US President Donald Trump is holding a press conference at the White House on Wednesday. Trump is expected to speak about the coronavirus situation in the country. At the press briefing on Tuesday, the president said that the COVID-19 outbreak in the US “will probably, unfortunately, get worse before it gets better”, and added that developing a vaccine is […]
The surge has come home. Using language borrowed from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, President Trump on Wednesday unveiled an open-ended deployment of Justice Department, FBI, and Homeland Security officers to Chicago—a place whites have often described in euphemistic and racist terms—and, to a lesser extent, Albuquerque. Trump, joined by Attorney General Bill Barr, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf and FBI Director Chris Wray, previewed a much-heralded “surge of federal law enforcement into communities plagued by violent crime.” The way Trump and his officials described the coming operation built on the “American carnage” theme of Trump’s inaugural address, […]
Federal agents sent to protect the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse in Portland, Ore., have been accused of snatching peaceful protesters off the street and throwing them into unmarked vehicles. Noah Berger/AP hide caption toggle caption Noah Berger/AP Federal agents sent to protect the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse in Portland, Ore., have been accused of snatching peaceful protesters off the street and throwing them into unmarked vehicles. Noah Berger/AP President Trump on Wednesday said his administration would “surge” federal law enforcement officials to help fight crime in Chicago and Albuquerque, N.M., as part of the Justice Department’s controversial […]
Not all central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are created equal, a Georgetown Law Professor said during a Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) tech advisory meeting last Thursday. A digital currency backed by the Federal Reserve was one of the main topics discussed during the four hour-long remote meeting, organized by the commission’s technology advisory committee (TAC). Chris Brummer, Georgetown Law Professor and Faculty Director of the Institute of International Economic Law, presented an overview of CBDCs, explaining how one might be designed and issued, on behalf of TAC’s Virtual Currencies Subcommittee. CBDCs have graduated from a niche idea to a topic […]
The grandmother of the two year old boy in the viral photograph of Black Lives Matter supporters kneeling on his neck tells the Gateway Pundit that zero national news outlets have reached out to the family. In the photo, a man named Isaiah Jackson is seen kneeling on the neck of his girlfriend’s two year old son as another person holds down the diaper-clad baby’s feet. The photo was captioned with “Blm now mf.” Not even Fox News has bothered to contact them to cover this story and local media is blurring the face of the man and refusing to publish his name […]
The Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied allegations that it backed the Houthis in Yemen in their efforts to overthrow the UN-recognised government, based in Saudi Arabia. On Monday, exiled Prime Minister Moeen Abdul Malik Saeed accused Qatar of backing the Houthi movement, which forms part of the National Salvation Government (NSG), based in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. His comments were made in a speech delivered during his visit to Egypt yesterday, according to the Egyptian Middle East News Agency (MENA). “From an early stage, Doha has supported the Houthi militia with funds, weapons, media, and networks and worked to destabilise Yemen,” […]
Kent was recently promoted to a new rank in the Senior Foreign Service, and is one of the few impeachment witnesses who was not purged from government following his impeachment testimony. He told lawmakers in closed and open sessions late last year that Trump’s then-personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani conducted a “campaign of lies” about the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, that led to her early recall from Kyiv. But he also testified that he had raised concerns in 2015 about the appearance of a conflict of interest stemming from Biden’s son Hunter’s position on the board of a Ukrainian gas […]
Appearing Tuesday on ABC 15, former Vice President Joe Biden attempted to argue that President Donald Trump is in favor of defunding law enforcement across the United States. A partial transcript is as follows: STEVE IRVIN: You can’t turn on the television these days in Arizona without seeing an ad that makes some pretty outrageous claims about you and defunding police. I know you’ve been asked this question many times but for Arizonans who are watching right now, where do you stand on defunding the police? JOE BIDEN: I am opposed to defunding police. As a matter of fact, I call for putting […]
WASHINGTON – A tiny fire and concerns over work space tidiness on board the amphibious assault ship Kearsarge triggered a stop-work order Friday at General Dynamics NASSCO in Norfolk, but the shipyard was given the go-ahead Tuesday to recommence work, Naval Sea Systems Command told Defense News in a statement. NASSCO had to demonstrate it had its act together with fire and cleanliness before it could start work again, NAVSEA said. “To remove the stop work order, General Dynamics NASSCO – Norfolk was required to validate proper housekeeping and cleanliness, removal of unnecessary clutter and ensure unrestricted access to firefighting and […]
The pistol Patricia McCloskey waved at protesters who broke down a gate to trespass on their private street was a non-operable ‘prop’ used during a lawsuit they were involved in, so a member of Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s staff ordered the crime lab to disassemble and reassemble the gun – allowing them to classify it as “capable of lethal use” in charging documents filed Monday, according to KSDK5. In Missouri, police and prosecutors must prove that a weapon is “readily” capable of lethal use when it is used in the type of crime with which the McCloskeys have been charged. Assistant Circuit […]
In recent comments to the press, Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu claimed Chinese aircraft flying close to the island’s areas of control is “virtually a daily occurrence.” However, he failed to mention the US is also sending planes near Chinese airspace close to Taiwan on a daily basis. “What it is doing now is unceasingly preparing to use force to resolve the Taiwan problem,” Wu told reporters on Tuesday about Chinese foreign policy, AP reported. He noted that not every encounter between Chinese and Taiwanese aircraft is reported in the media. “If international society does not give China a sufficiently clear […]
Weighing just 9kg at ten years old, Hassan Merzam Muhammad is so emaciated by the severe malnourishment plaguing hundreds of thousands of Yemeni children like him that he can no longer walk. Fears of famine in Yemen are resurfacing, the United Nations says. A UN report Wednesday said Yemen was returning to “alarming” levels of food insecurity. “My son is sick and I don’t know where to take him. He has fever and I’ve nothing to treat him, I can’t even get water,” said Zaina Muhammad, mother to Hassan and his six siblings. “Sometimes we go days without washing.” Coronavirus restrictions, […]
The measure is a response to what they say is Trump’s effort to ban Muslims from the country, a policy he embraced during his 2016 presidential campaign. Though he never instituted an outright ban, Trump imposed restrictions on a slew of Muslim-majority countries, describing them as security risks. Democrats said the effort was, in practice, an effort to implement Trump’s proposed Muslim ban and cloak it in the pretense of a national security justification. “The United States has always been, and must continue to be, a place that welcomes and embraces people of all religions and nationalities,” House Judiciary Committee Chairman […]
If former Vice President Joe Biden and the Democrats win in November, there will be more riots. Some Americans may be tempted to hope otherwise — that since President Donald Trump is the real target of the unrest, the left will calm down once Trump is gone. The opposite is true: if the left can achieve their political goals through the use of violence, they will do so again. It is crucial that voters teach Biden, Democrats, and the left in general that political violence leads to defeat. I have lived through this movie before. South Africa, where I was born, […]
WASHINGTON — ManTech has won an $87 million contract for IT work on U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command’s ship maintenance mission, the company announced July 22. Under the five-year contract, ManTech will support the Navy Maritime Maintenance Enterprise Solution, or NMMES, run by NAVSEA. ManTech will provide the command with advanced IT software research, development and engineering, according to a news release. The defense contractor will “accelerate cost-efficient software development cycle times, speeding maintenance activity access to the highest quality high-technology solutions with greater leverage on an expansive data library,” the release said. “ManTech will improve the quality, integration and efficiency […]
Motivational speaker and self-help guru Tony Robbins shared an Infowars report Tuesday breaking down a coronavirus testing scandal in Florida. On Tuesday, Robbins tweeted to his over 3.1 million followers a July 14 article covering questionable numbers being reported by hundreds of labs in Florida – all reporting 100 percent of people tested were positive for COVID-19. https://t.co/2eYksvzb2L — Tony Robbins (@TonyRobbins) July 22, 2020 The viral report, with over 8K shares across various social media platforms, discussed how over 300 labs were reporting 100 percent positivity rates, possibly contributing to the spike in case counts, as first brought to light […]
Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, What they don’t understand is inequality is America’s Monster Id: the more you try to suppress it, the more powerful it becomes. The word privilege is much bandied about now. I’ve been writing about privilege for many years, and ended up writing a book about the source (and thus the end) of privilege: Inequality and the Collapse of Privilege. Privilege and inequality are two sides of the same coin. Those with privilege get more than everyone else without actually creating more value, which is the definition of inequality. What few seem to grasp is the absolute source of […]
…from SouthFront On July 19, the Libyan National Army (LNA) test-fired the Soviet-era P-15 Termit anti-ship missile near Zawiyat Zanzur, on the Libyan coast. The P-15 Termit is guided by active radar homing and equipped with an inertial navigation system. Missiles of this type have a range between 35 and 80 km depending on the variant and a top speed of Mach 0.95. The Gaddafi-era Libyan Navy had large stockpiles of P-15 missiles and also operated an unknown number of 4K51 Rubezh coastal defense systems, which were armed with an advanced copy of the missile. Thus, the LNA may have access […]
President Donald Trump has announced the deployment of ‘hundreds’ of federal law enforcement officers to Chicago as part of Operation Legend, a federal crackdown on violent crime in the US. The FBI, Department of Homeland Security, US Marshals and other federal agencies will be sending officers to Chicago, the president announced, noting that more than 400 people have been killed in the city just this year, and over a thousand injured in shootings. “We will not stand by and watch it happen,” Trump said. Americans of all races and in all postal codes deserve to live in safety and “no mother […]
(Natural News) In a series of columns over the span of two weeks, New York Post writer Michael Goodwin dropped some bombshells on the family that owns rival paper The New York Times, and frankly, it should have been enough to ignite the Left-wing Marxist “cancel culture” mob. But it hasn’t so far, and that in and of itself is telling. In his first column, published July 11, Goodwin exposed the Times for its historical ties to racism: Four years after it abandoned its traditional standards of fairness to try to defeat Donald Trump, the paper is now fixated on rewriting the […]
Oklahoma Is – Always Has Been – Native Land By Dwanna L. McKay, The Conversation. July 22, 2020 Oklahoma Is – Always Has Been – Native Land2020-07-222020-07-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/native-tribes-gather-in-oklahoma-in-1880-from-the-national-archives-e1595432450712.jpg200px200px Above photo: Delegates from 34 Native tribes at the Creek Council House in Indian Territory, now called Oklahoma, 1880. National Archives. Some Oklahomans are expressing trepidation about the Supreme Court’s recent ruling that much of the eastern part of the state belongs to the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. They wonder whether they must now pay taxes to or be governed by the Muscogee. In alarmist language, Sen. Ted Cruz of neighboring Texas tweeted that the Supreme Court “just gave away half of Oklahoma, literally. Manhattan […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107958/05/1079580548_0:0:3076:1731_1200x675_80_0_0_781dbdc1765a89d895d28999c60a1104.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202007221079958075-militants-continue-shelling-settlements-in-syrias-north-russian-military-says/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham* terrorist group shelled settlements in the Syrian provinces of Idlib and Latakia, the head of the Russian centre for Syrian reconciliation said at a briefing on Wednesday. “We have registered one shelling of the Kawkaba settlement and one shelling of the Mardih settlement in the province of Idlib, and one shelling of the Mamouhiya settlement in the province of Latakia by the Nusra* terrorists”, Rear Admiral Alexander Shcherbitsky said. The Russian military specified that no firing was recorded in the Idlib de-escalation zone by Turkish-controlled armed groups […]
A U.S. Army M1A2 Abrams main battle tank has been reportedly shooting another tank during a training exercise at Fort Bliss. On July 20, an incident with friendly fire occurred at the Fort Bliss training ground in Texas during firing at moving targets. Some sources reported that one of the “Abrams” tanks, from a distance of 2600m, has shot a tank from his own Cavalry Regiment. One soldier was injured in an accident when the M1002 multi-purpose training round hit his tank. His tank commander and crew responded quickly to render aid. The 120mm training ammunition, used by Abrams tanks during […]
Twitter announced Tuesday that it’s done letting the QAnon conspiracy theory run rampant on its site, setting the stage to ban 7,000 QAnon accounts and take moves to limit the voice of roughly 150,000 more. But Twitter’s crackdown comes too late to stop QAnon’s growth. While QAnon’s presence on Twitter will almost certainly shrink after the move, the movement it built on Twitter and other social media platforms has already moved into the real world—and established a foothold in the Republican Party. Ahead of the deletions, panicked QAnon believers have attempted to evade bans on Twitter by changing up their spelling—now […]
An evacuee lies on a cot at an evacuation shelter for people with disabilities in Stuart, Fla., in preparation for Hurricane Dorian on Sept. 1, 2019. Now, with the pandemic raging, officials across the South are trying to adjust their evacuation and shelter plans. Gerald Herbert/AP hide caption toggle caption Gerald Herbert/AP An evacuee lies on a cot at an evacuation shelter for people with disabilities in Stuart, Fla., in preparation for Hurricane Dorian on Sept. 1, 2019. Now, with the pandemic raging, officials across the South are trying to adjust their evacuation and shelter plans. Gerald Herbert/AP When a natural […]
A leading Australian debit card network is using Hedera Hashgraph to trial a micropayments system that could rival traditional online methods. In an exclusive press statement shared with CoinDesk on Wednesday, Eftpos Australia CEO Stephen Benton said the collaboration between the two companies is a key part of Eftpos’ digital payments strategy. Eftpos is Australia’s major debit card payments system having clocked more than 2 billion transactions in 2019, worth around AU$130 billion (US$92.8 billion). The strategy is attempting to showcase the use of micropayments for online goods and services including pay-per-page content and streaming platforms on a pay-per-second model. Benton […]
Senator Ted Cruz introduced the Reclaim Act on Wednesday.The legislation would allow for treble damages, enabling plaintiffs in autonomous zones to recover triple the amount of actual damages caused to his or her property that were sustained as a result of rioting. RELEASE: Sen. Cruz Introduces Bill to Hold Local Officials Liable For Allowing Violent “Autonomous Zones” — Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) July 22, 2020 Senator Cruz added this while introducing legislation today. TRENDING: Photo Appears to Show Black Lives Matter Supporters Holding Down and Kneeling on Neck of White Baby “Over the past eight weeks, Antifa thugs have assaulted cities […]
Turkey and Russia agreed on Wednesday to keep pushing for a ceasefire in Libya, but Ankara said the leader of the eastern forces was not legitimate and his forces must withdraw from key positions for any credible deal to emerge, Reuters reports. The two countries are the main power brokers in Libya’s conflict, where they support opposing sides. Russia backs the eastern-based forces of Khalifa Haftar, while Turkey has helped the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) repel Haftar’s attempt to storm the capital. “We’ve just reached an agreement with Russia to work on a credible and sustainable ceasefire in Libya,” […]
President Donald Trump on Wednesday will speak about combating violent crime in America’s major cities on Wednesday. The president has defended his recent decision to send federal law officials to major cities to help quell riots, crime, and violence despite heavy criticism from local Democrat officials. “Look at what’s going on. All run by Democrats. All run by very liberal Democrats. All run really by [the] radical left,” Trump said on Monday, referring to the ongoing violence. “We can’t let this happen in the cities.” Source link
LONDON – The U.K. and U.S. governments have turned to startups and inventors in a competition to adapt commercial technology solutions to answer pressing challenges in the military space sector. The two countries have jointly put up £1 million, or $1.3 million, to tap into potential new ideas in six technology areas from small companies, innovators and others around the world. The finalists will face a beauty parade in front of senior British, American and NATO military officials at a space conference scheduled to take place in London in November. Up to 15 proposals will be selected to go forward with […]
Philadelphia’s top prosecutor says he’s ready to ‘fight fascism’ and will take legal action against federal law enforcement officers sent to enforce the law as BLM protests continue to rage across the city. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner. Photographer: Mark Makela/Getty Images North America “My dad volunteered and served in World War II to fight fascism, like most of my uncles, so we would not have an American president brutalizing and kidnapping Americans for exercising their constitutional rights and trying to make America a better place, which is what patriots do,” Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner told Bloomberg CityLab in an interview published Wednesday. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105767/41/1057674123_0:148:3912:2348_1200x675_80_0_0_93f04d0922bf197828ccfd5637f1130f.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007221079957714-billionaire–ambassador-woody-johnson-reportedly-investigated-by-state-dept-watchdog/ One diplomat familiar with knowledge of the complaints reportedly revealed that Johnson “said some pretty sexist, racist” things. American billionaire Woody Johnson, New York Jets owner and US ambassador to the United Kingdom, was investigated by a Department of State watchdog over allegations of making “racist and sexist comments to staff” and seeking to “use his government position to benefit the president’s personal business in the UK”, CNN reports. According to the media outlet, three sources and “a diplomat familiar with the complaints to the State Department inspector general” has revealed that Johnson “made […]
Turkey has rejected Greek plans of expanding its continental shelf through islets in the Aegean Sea and confining Turkey to the Anatolian peninsula in the Eastern Mediterranean region, Anadolu reports. As part of the country’s hydrocarbon exploration activities, Turkey announced new seismic research activity in the Eastern Mediterranean via NAVTEX (navigational telex) starting July 21, 2020. Using a small islet a few miles away from Turkey’s coast as an excuse, the Greek Foreign Ministry alleged that Turkish drill ship Oruc Reis has violated its rights in the Eastern Mediterranean continental shelf. The Greek statement is based on its maritime principle according to which […]
Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) told Breitbart News Daily that the Senate Republican majority is the “firewall for freedom” from leftists such as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Montana Gov. Steve Bullock (D), his campaign opponent. Daines spoke to Breitbart News Daily host Alex Marlow about his efforts to defend his seat from Bullock during the 2020 Senate elections. While polls have shown a close race between him and Bullock, Daines says his oppoenent’s slide to the left and unwillingness to protect Montana’s values would help him as the state approaches its Senate election in November. He told Breitbart News Daily, “Well, first […]
WASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin’s F-35 program head on Wednesday refused to commit to fully compensating the Defense Department for delivering parts not ready to be installed on the jet, which may have resulted in more than $183 million in labor costs. “It’s not all associated with Lockheed Martin performance. There are many aspects associated with [parts that are] not ready for issue,” Greg Ulmer, Lockheed’s vice president for the F-35 program, told the House Oversight and Reform Committee. “I’m committed to meeting with the Defense Contracts Agency and well as the [F-35 program office] to sit down and reconcile the concerns […]
Former Attorney General Eric Holder predicts that President Trump would deploy “paramilitary forces” across the nation on Election Day to steal the presidency. During an interview Tuesday on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut”, host Joy Reid asked Holder if Trump will use “paramilitary forces” to “suppress the vote.” “Are you concerned about that, that these paramilitary forces will be used to suppress the vote?” Reid asked. If cable news actually cared about calling out conspiracies, Joy Reid wouldn’t be anything close to a gainfully employed host. Tonight, she and former AG Eric Holder predicted Trump and @TeamTrump will use “paramilitary forces” to rig […]
Authored by Jonathan Turley, We recently discussed a Vermont principal who was told that she would have to retire after expressing her opinion of Black Lives Matter on her personal Facebook page. Now, a popular social studies teacher and baseball coach at Walled Lake Western High School in Michigan has been fired after tweeting his support for President Donald Trump and reopening the schools. For free speech advocates, the firing of Justin Kucera, 28, raises concerns that he might be another teacher terminated for expressing unpopular views expressed outside of the school. The District denies that it fired Kucera over his support for Trump but […]
Health Editor’s Note: Immunity against SARS-CoV-2 may not be long lasting in people who have a mild illness. The majority of those who have coronavirus fall into that category. We can get the common cold, which is a coronavirus, over and over again, because we do not develop a lasting immunity. Generally, if we contract (or are vaccinated for) the viruses of measles, mumps, rubella, chicken pox, we will develop a life-long immunity to those viruses. What is revealed in this study is that the immunity levels, measured in the blood, decrease at a fairly rapid rate after the initial infection. […]
Washington and its allies have been too slow to react to Russian and Chinese expansion in the Arctic, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said. Still, the US will “succeed” in entrenching there, he believes. “I think we have all been a little bit naive to watch not only the Russians but the Chinese interest there continue to become more and more aggressive,” Pompeo told Danish public broadcaster DR on Wednesday. We are a little late. That’s alright, I’ve been late to parties before and had a great time. We’ll succeed. Expanding into the Arctic has been on the US […]
(Natural News) Theme park visitors who pick up food and drink are likely to walk around with it, but Disney World is putting an end to this kind of “dangerous” behavior. A new mandate at Disney World demands even more intrusive mask obedience, threatening visitors to leave the park if they walk around eating or drinking without a mask on. The new policy instructs visitors exactly when and where they can eat. Visitors are only allowed to eat or drink if they stop and stand still, while consciously keeping 6 feet away from other people at all times. If they get […]
Portland’s Wall Of Moms Joined By Dads With Leaf Blowers By Chris Walker, Truthout. July 22, 2020 Portland’s Wall Of Moms Joined By Dads With Leaf Blowers2020-07-222020-07-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/portland-or-protesters-holding-their-hands-up-on-july-20-2020.-photo-by-nathan-howard-for-getty-images.-e1595433725719.jpg200px200px Above photo: Portland, OR protesters holding their hands up on July 20, 2020. Photo by Nathan Howard for Getty Images. In response to the use of tear gas being utilized by federal officers against demonstrators, including a group of moms, in an uprising in Portland, Oregon, this week, a like-minded dads’ group encouraged others to show up to the event with leaf blowers in order to dissipate the chemical agents. Uprisings in Portland have happened […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107416/84/1074168409_0:979:2256:2248_1200x675_80_0_0_d77b03ba04714fbb675d1d3acc218138.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202007221079957174-joaquin-phoenix-documentary-mightve-helped-resolve-hostage-situation-in-ukraine-media-says/ The Ukrainian president reportedly said that the hostage taker agreed to release three hostages before Zelenskiy would record the message in question. The resolution of a recent hostage crisis in Ukrainian city of Lutsk might’ve been facilitated by a “bizarre message” involving a certain film narrated by Joaquin Phoenix, posted online by the Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Sky News reports. On 21 July, a 44-year-old man Maksim Krivosh hijacked a bus in the center of the city, eventually releasing all the passengers after about 12 hours of hostage crisis, and later being detained by […]
The first person the U.S. government ever detained indefinitely under the 2001 Patriot Act has gone free. Adham Amin Hassoun, whose Kafkaesque experience during the 9/11 era turned him into the U.S.’ first post-conviction terrorism detainee, has left the U.S. for an unnamed country, his lawyers said. After Hassoun’s conviction expired in 2017, the Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department had sought unreviewable authority to detain Hassoun under both an obscure immigration regulation and a never-before invoked provision of the Patriot Act, known as Section 412. The administration declared Hassoun, a man in his late 50s who has never […]
As protests for racial justice in Portland have continued for more than 50 nights, striking new images and tactics have emerged – particularly in resistance to the federal law enforcement officers whose actions have earned the ire of Oregonians who want them to leave. A group of women who call themselves the Wall of Moms has drawn national attention, clad in bike helmets and goggles. They link arms to form a protective barrier between law enforcement and Black Lives Matter protesters who took to the streets after the May 25 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. In […]
Hailing digital currency’s potential to democratize electronic payments, financial services giant Visa appeared on Wednesday to redouble its efforts to “shape and support” cryptocurrency’s place in the “future of money.” Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, which invests in cryptocurrencies and blockchain startups. Source link
Journalist and conservative icon Michelle Malkin has revealed that the Denver Police were under a retreat order when the Back the Blue rally she was speaking at was attacked by Antifa. Sunday’s rally was attacked by violent leftists leaving several people injured, as police did almost nothing to prevent violence or protect the crowd. On Wednesday, Malkin tweeted that Nick Rogers, the head of Denver’s police union, revealed that the incident commander handling the event ordered officers to retreat. Rogers revealed the order during an interview with the Peter Boyles radio show. TRENDING: Photo Appears to Show Black Lives Matter Supporters […]
American singer, songwriter and actress Madonna expressed solidarity with Palestine over the weekend in a series of Instagram posts protesting against the removal of the occupied Palestinian territories from Google maps, social media users have said. Madonna’s solidarity with Palestine coincided with the launch of a petition calling on Google to explain its decision, which more than a million people have signed. The petition denounces Google for the fact that its decision makes it “complicit in the Israeli government’s ethnic cleansing of Palestine.” Israel, established on Palestinian land, is clearly designated, but Palestine does not appear on Google maps. “Why not?” […]
Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) joined SiriusXM’s The Joe Madison Show on Wednesday and claimed that President Donald Trump wants to “instigate a race war” and become the “real Grand Wizard.” Rush’s remarks were made after Madison asked him about the situation regarding the presence of law enforcement in Portland, Oregon. “That’s Trump’s game plan,” Rush claimed. “Trump wants to instigate a race war. He wants to have Black folks fighting White folks. So he can rise up and say, ‘I’m the real Grand Wizard of the Klu Klux Klan and I’m the President. Re-elect me.’ That’s what he’s trying to do.” “He’s trying to […]
This story has been updated to include comments from a ground vehicle analyst. WASHINGTON — Humvee-maker AM General has been acquired by KPS Capital Partners, a private equity firm known for buying financially distressed manufacturers, the companies announced Wednesday. KPS acquired AM General of South Bend, Indiana, from MacAndrews & Forbes in a deal in which terms were not disclosed. AM General has largely been stagnant since losing the competition for the U.S. Army’s Joint Light Tactical Vehicle in 2015 to Oshkosh. Following its loss in the JLTV competition, the company turned to the international market to continue growing its Humvee […]
Summary: Ohio Gov signs mandatory mask order California reports another daily record of 12,807 World passes 15mil covid cases Arizona reports 1,926 new cases NY sees fewer new cases than yesterday California passes NY in COVID-19 case total US pays $2BN for 100M doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vax candidate Florida releases latest numbers * * * Update (1430ET): In a series of back-to-back COVID-19 headlines, California reported its largest daily jump yet with 12,807 new cases, while Ohio Gov Mike DeWine issued an executive order requiring masks to be work in all public places indoors and outside when social distancing isn’t possible. […]
The accident took place in al-Hasakah, an oil-rich region in northeastern Syria contested by the Syrian government, US-sponsored Kurdish forces, Turkey-backed militants and Daesh (ISIS)* remnants. The Syrian Arab News Agency has obtained footage of the scene of the accident where a Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve servicemember died on Tuesday. The footage shows a US MRAP truck, laying upside down in a field about 10-15 meters off the road, with one vehicle beside it and more vehicles, one of them flying the American flag, stationary on the road. At least one other soldier is reported to have been […]
The Palestinian people have drawn support from many legendary figures over the years. The universally admired Afro-American civil rights activist, writer and poet Maya Angelou was one of them. She stood in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle when she honoured the late Rachel Corrie, another heroic woman who put her life on the line for the women and children of Gaza, only to be killed by an Israeli soldier for doing so. I was reminded of both these amazing women when I watched Angelou quoting Corrie’s powerful words. “I think we all have empathy,” the civil rights legend once said. “We […]
The University of Wisconsin at Madison announced this week that it has redesigned one of its logos to pay tribute to the Black Lives Matter movement. The logo will be prominently featured on athletic uniforms next season. According to a report by the College Fix, the University of Wisconsin-Madison announced last week that it has modified one of its logos to honor the Black Lives Matter Movement. The university’s popular crest will now feature a black “W” as a nod to the recent racial justice protests that emerged following the death of George Floyd. You say your an ally… show us! […]
WASHINGTON – A series of explosions and a 1,200-degree inferno damaged 11 of the amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard’s 14 decks, according to a summary of the damage from the US Navy’s top officer obtained by Defense News. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday, in a letter to the service’s admirals and master chiefs, said the fire caused “extensive damage” to the ship. “There is fire and water damage, to varying degrees, on 11 of 14 decks,” Gilday wrote. “With the flight deck as a reference, I walked sections of the ship 5 levels below and had the opportunity to […]
In representative democracies, voters ostensibly control the state through the politicians they vote for. However, most representative democracies fall far short of this goal. Three of the reasons for the trouble are the problems of scale, bundling, and omission. I will explore these three problems below and argue that privatization and decentralization can ameliorate them. Scale The viability of meaningful political representation withers as the ratio of representatives to voters decreases. There are 435 members in the House of Representatives in a country of 328 million people. This means that each member “represents” an average of 755,000 people. How exactly does […]
Liverpool’s Premier League-winning squad has been accused of tone-deaf choices on one of the most momentous nights in the club’s history, with fans fuming that the club’s players have chosen Kanye West and Coldplay for the music. Stars including Virgil van Dijk, Jordan Henderson and Mohamed Salah have selected the accompanying music for their official title ceremony at Anfield tonight, when the players will be handed their Premier League medals after the club won the league for the first time in 30 years last month. Their final home match of the season, against Chelsea, will take place without fans because of the coronavirus […]
(Natural News) It was recently announced that the British government has ordered nearly 200 million doses of experimental vaccines for the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19), at least one of which is set to contain a genetically engineered (GMO) variety of the novel virus. U.K. officials say that 100 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the University of Oxford will soon be arriving to England, replete with GMO viral fragments that will be injected directly into patients. Two other varieties of the experimental vaccine will contain other components of the virus, including one with part of its genetic code and another with […]
The Tianwen-1 Orbiter, Lander, and Rover are scheduled to depart for Mars within a three hour launch window extending from 00:00-03:00 EDT (04:00-07:00 UTC) on Thursday, 23 July 2020 from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Center in Wenchang, Hainan, People’s Republic of China. The flight will be the first China-led mission to another planet and seeks to be the first successful Chinese Mars endeavour. Liftoff of the mission will mark the first time a flight to another planet departs from Chinese soil. The road to Tianwen-1 The mission follows the failed Fobos-Grunt flight, a joint partnership between China and Russia, which included […]
Three individuals have been arrested in connection with the grisly slaying of three best friends on a night fishing trip over the weekend—and Florida authorities allege the suspects went to McDonald’s after the crime spurred by accusations of truck theft. Tony “TJ” Wiggins, 26, his 27-year-old girlfriend Mary Whittemore, and his brother William “Robert” Wiggins, 21, were arrested Wednesday in connection to the Friday triple murder at a remote lake in Frostproof, Florida, according to Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd. Authorities say the younger Wiggins admitted his older brother fatally shot Brandon Rollins, 27, Keven Springfield, 30, and Damion Tillman, 23, […]
It’s not often that an English teacher can get quality bulletin board fodder from the local prosecutor’s office. But don’t be surprised if you see this document tacked up as motivational material in some classrooms next year. It’s a death certificate — at least, Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas says it was supposed to pass as a death certificate from New Jersey. The Long Island prosecutor alleges that Robert Berger, 25, tried to forge a legal document last October in a bid to fake his own death and dodge a likely jail sentence. And the alleged ruse might well have […]
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is letting all nationally chartered banks in the U.S. provide custody services for cryptocurrencies. In a public letter dated July 22, Senior Deputy Comptroller and Senior Counsel Jonathan Gould wrote that any national bank can hold onto the unique cryptographic keys for a cryptocurrency wallet, clearing the way for national banks to hold digital assets for their clients. The letter marks a major development for the crypto industry. Previously, custody was the province of specialist firms, such as Coinbase, which typically needed a state license, such as a trust charter, to offer […]
This weekend video captured a Navy recruit busting into a pro-Trump street rally, harassing people and screaming, “F*ck Trump!” The woman was later identified as Aviation Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Sarah J. Dudrey. It’s definitely Sarah Dudrey. Sarah took an oath to obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of her officers. TRENDING: Photo Appears to Show Black Lives Matter Supporters Holding Down and Kneeling on Neck of White Baby People are calling for Sarah to be dishonorably discharged. This terrible excuse for a service member, Aviation Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Sarah J. Dudrey, should […]
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman chaired a cabinet meeting from hospital after he was admitted for treatment on Monday in the capital Riyadh. Reports indicate the 84-year-old monarch is now in stable condition. The king, who has ruled the world’s largest oil exporter and close US ally since 2015, was undergoing medical checks, state media on Monday cited a Royal Court statement as saying without further details. Saudi Arabian state media said the King was admitted with an inflammation of the gall bladder. WATCH: Missing Saudi man found dead in desert in Muslim prayer position Source link
As the coronavirus crisis continues, many parents seeking a consistent plan for their child’s education this fall are choosing “microschooling” and private tutors to help with instruction. “I don’t want to send my kids given the level of uncertainty that still exists to this day,” Ashley Thompson, a Florida parent, told ABC News. While Thompson’s children will participate in some online learning, she is also exploring “microschooling,” a home education option in which the children of several families learn together, sometimes with the aid of a private tutor or retired teacher. Families can share the cost of the tutor’s services. “I’m […]
WASHINGTON ― Congress went two-for-two swatting down measures to slash the national security budget by $74 billion, rejecting a proposal Wednesday from Sen. Bernie Sanders to redirect the money toward domestic needs. The Senate voted 23-77 against an amendment to its version of the $740.5 billion annual defense policy bill. Progressives floated the plan to use defense dollars (excluding salaries and health care of military personnel) to address the pandemic’s economic fallout. The amendment’s sponsors argued the social spending would better align with people’s needs and views and that national security should be redefined in the wake of the global pandemic. […]
Two months after the first 20Y auction in 34 years priced at a yield of 1.22% amid surprisingly strong demand, moments ago the Treasury sold its third batch of the recently restarted 20Y Treasury in the form of a $17 billion reopening (19-years-10-months) of the original Cusip (SR0), which priced at a high yield of 1.059%, far below last month’s 1.314%, yet tailing modestly to the 1.050% When Issued. The auction metrics are as follows: Bid to Cover: 2.43x compared to 2.63x last month and below the 2.53x in the inaugural, May auction. Indirects: 67.0%, well above both June’s 61.6% and […]