WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The US government has approved the sale of an additional 200 Javelin missiles to Australia for $46 million, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced in a press release. Source link
Daily Archives: October 30, 2020
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Recent events in France have once again pushed the notion of a clash of civilisations between Islam and the West onto centre stage. Last month the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo republished caricatures of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him); this was followed by the gruesome murder of a French school teacher who showed the offensive cartoons to his students in the name of freedom of expression. […]
President Donald Trump on Friday will host a campaign rally in Rochester, Minnesota. The rally is scheduled for 5:45 p.m. EST. The president is barnstorming the country in the last days until the election, hitting critical swing-states important to his re-election. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the president is delivering campaign speeches outdoors in locations across the country. It is four days until the presidential election. […]
WASHINGTON ― The Pentagon re-awarded its Defense Enterprise Office Solutions contract to CSRA on Friday, nearly 14 months after it awarded it to the General Dynamics Information Technology subsidiary last year. The award to CSRA was delayed several times after the General Services Administration twice took corrective action after protests by Perspecta, the other contractor in the competition. According to the announcement from the General Services […]
By Joe Jankowski Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo has announced a national lockdown will go into place on Monday when the government will attempt to stamp out the social life of its citizens in hopes of cutting down on COVID-19 infections and deaths. The lockdown – described as “reinforced” – will be in place for at least 6 weeks and will shut down “non-essential” businesses […]
Philadelphia City Council approved legislation, 14-3 vote, that prohibits law enforcement officers from using “less-lethal munitions,” such as rubber bullets, tear gas, and pepper spray on demonstrators. The vote comes days after social unrest was sparked in the City of Brotherly Love – over the police shooting of Walter Wallace Jr., and days before the Nov. 03 presidential elections. The legislation is expected to be signed momentarily […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The US government is going to spend more than $1.4 billion on two new development and sustainment Missile Defense Agency (MDA) contracts for its Aegis and Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) systems, the Department of Defense said in two press releases. Source link
When two prominent Georgia Republicans decided to run for the same U.S. Senate seat this year, Republicans didn’t expect a kind, gentle contest. But many also didn’t anticipate what the race ultimately became: a bitterly personal, scorched-earth brawl between Sen. Kelly Loeffler and Rep. Doug Collins that has frayed friendships, scrambled delicate political loyalties in Georgia, and split high-profile Washington Republicans, including President Donald Trump himself. […]
Up to 23 million Americans are planning to relocate as telework becomes the new normal, according to new survey. Ken Wramton/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ken Wramton/Getty Images Up to 23 million Americans are planning to relocate as telework becomes the new normal, according to new survey. Ken Wramton/Getty Images As coronavirus cases continue to spike and working from home seems permanent, many Americans are […]
Bitcoin capped the week weaker while DeFi crypto locked dipped. The price of bitcoin was able to muster a rise to as high as $13,663 Friday, according to CoinDesk 20 data. However, the world’s oldest cryptocurrency subsequently lost some steam and settled to $13,354 as of press time. Michaeal Gord, chief executive officer for trading firm Global Digital Assets, said he expects the bitcoin market to […]
Joe Biden traveled to the blue state of Minnesota on Friday because he’s 17 points ahead. Crooked Joe Biden was drown out by Trump supporters chanting and honking horns. Advertisement – story continues below Trump supporters shouted, “Joe’s a crook! Joe’s a crook!” within ear shot of Biden’s drive-in rally. WATCH: TRENDING: WATCH: Joe Biden Announces He Will Lead an Effective Strategy to Mobilize ‘Trunalimunumaprzure’ Joe […]
The Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday that Zambia and the Kingdom of Eswatini opened consulates in the Western Sahara, bringing the total number of foreign missions in the region to 15. Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said during the opening ceremony that “the number of consulates in the Sahara reached 15, eight among them are in Laayoune and seven in Dakhla.” He pointed […]
Former Vice President Joe Biden is promising to hold China “accountable,” if he is elevated to the White House this November, amid renewed questions over his son’s dealings with Beijing. Biden, the Democrat nominee, journeyed to Iowa on Friday to speak to rally supporters not only behind his presidential bid, but also his party’s candidates for the United States Senate and House of Representatives. Speaking at […]
“Don’t give up the ship!” These were Capt. James Lawrence’s dying words defending the USS Chesapeake during the War of 1812. Over 200 years later, the United States Navy and America’s critical shipbuilding industry are issuing the same cry from shipyards across our nation. Here is a simple truth: A true renaissance of America’s shipbuilding industry will require a large-scale overhaul and new strategy before it […]
As Philadelphians riot in response to police shooting the knife-wielding criminal Walter Wallace Jr., the Pennsylvania metropolis’ city council voted to take non-lethal munitions away from law enforcement. Following days of looting, rioting, assaulting police, media and others, the Philadelphia City Council voted on Thursday to ban the use of “less than lethal” force on “protesters.” Philadelphia is officially the largest U.S. city to pass such […]
Authored by MN Gordon via EconomicPrism.com, On Wednesday, while the broad stock market was getting shellacked, and companies like Everbridge, Bed Bath & Beyond, and Dynatrace were suffering double digit freefalls, something else was going on. Gold and silver were also getting shellacked. But it wasn’t all crash and burn. First Solar, Rolls-Royce Holdings, and CoreLogic all notched double digit gains. The dollar, as measured by […]
A French-language Instagram account of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was temporarily blocked after posting a critical message to young people about controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, Iran’s FARS news agency reported. The page became inaccessible on Friday, two days after Khamenei’s missive to “young French people” was posted on social media. In his address, the Ayatollah blasted French President Emmanuel Macron as “stupid” for insisting that […]
(Natural News) Despite small businesses everywhere imploding due to the continued lockdowns, occupancy limits and other Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) restrictions, the American economy is apparently doing fantastically well, according to the Department of Commerce. The agency recently announced that the United States grew economically by 33.1 percent in the third quarter of 2020, the fastest growth rate ever recorded and a signal that post-coronavirus growth is […]
Scheer Intelligence: Tracing America’s Brutal Imperialist History By Robert Scheer, Scheer Intelligence. October 30, 2020 Scheer Intelligence: Tracing America’s Brutal Imperialist History2020-10-302020-10-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/exceptionalism_2-scaled-1-e1604070182625.jpg200px200px Above image: By Mr. Fish. A political anthropologist puts a much needed pin to the balloon of American exceptionalism with an invaluable guide to a country that, long before Orwell came along, said war was peace – and interventionism was the highest form of […]
The Twitter account of CNN Communications decided to get extra petty when responding to programming grievances raised by US actor Kirstie Alley, a vocal supporter of US President Donald Trump. Source link
At least 17 people were killed and 709 others injured when a magnitude 6.6 earthquake jolted the city of Izmir on the Turkish Aegean on Friday, said the country’s disaster management agency. At least 196 aftershocks, with 23 of them more powerful than magnitude 4.0, were recorded after the quake, according to the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD). Speaking at a news conference, country’s Environment and Urbanization […]
The Pennsylvania National Guard arrived on the streets of Philadelphia Friday after four nights of protests, riots, and looting. Governor Tom Wolf (D) promised to mobilize hundreds of troops on October 27. Fox 29’s Steve Keeley reported that members of the Pennsylvania National Guard arrived on the streets of Philadelphia late Friday morning. The Guardsmen are being deployed to help state and local law enforcement officers […]
BATH, Maine — Sitting inside a restaurant just yards from Bath Iron Works shipyard on a blustery October day, President Donald Trump’s top national security aide has two things on his mind: pizza, and the growing menace of Chinese naval expansion in the Western Pacific. One solves a short-term problem. The other is a long-term menace. National security adviser Robert O’Brien, the California-based attorney who was […]
Authored by Bruce Wilds via Advancing Time blog, There is a growing trend where people are feeling compelled to deny their opinions and remain silent. This is because we are seeing a blatant disregard for the opinions of others by both those on the left and the right. Democracy as a form of government is far from perfect. Its greatest weakness is rooted in the ability […]
This is the second time the rapper has posted a nation-wide election ad, previously calling on the US citizens to cast their votes for him as a write-in candidate. The latter is practically West’s only chance at gaining votes since he missed the registration deadlines in numerous states. Source link
In the middle of his campaign rally in Waterford Township, Michigan on Friday, President Donald Trump was riffing about Kamala Harris’ name when he remembered that he had a special guest in attendance. “I do believe Laura Ingraham is here someplace,” Trump said. “Where is Laura? Where is she?” he asked, scanning the tightly packed crowd. “I can’t recognize you!” he set, pointing her out. “Is […]
Moncef Slaoui, a former GlaxoSmithKline executive, speaks during the kickoff announcement for Operation Warp Speed in the White House Rose Garden on May 15. The Washington Post/The Washington Post via Getty Im hide caption toggle caption The Washington Post/The Washington Post via Getty Im Moncef Slaoui, a former GlaxoSmithKline executive, speaks during the kickoff announcement for Operation Warp Speed in the White House Rose Garden on […]
Crypto lender Celsius is producing a series of experiments over the next few months that would test what it would look like for the company to decentralize some of its operations. The centralized finance (CeFi) stalwart is working with Horizen, a platform that develops and maintains the privacy token ZEN, to take a look at creating a proof-of-reserves system using Horizen’s zero-knowledge proofs. “The biggest challenge […]
Kamala Harris wasted her time and traveled to Fort Worth, Texas on Friday with just four days until Election Day. Harris spoke to a few dozen people (mostly media) awkwardly sitting 6 feet apart from each other. Advertisement – story continues below Kamala in Ft Worth, Texas 👇🏻 😂😭🤣😂🤣😂🤣😭 pic.twitter.com/pj5Q6N9qAY — Cari Kelemen (@KelemenCari) October 30, 2020 TRENDING: WATCH: Joe Biden Announces He Will Lead an […]
Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj said on Friday he took back his decision to resign at the end of October, Anadolu Agency reports. Sarraj will remain in office until the ongoing intra-Libyan political dialogue talks come to an end, Libyan government spokesman Galib al-Zaklai said on Twitter. This came a day after the High Council of State urged al-Sarraj, the head of the Presidential Council, to stay until a […]
An ABC affiliate in Philadelphia reportedly declined to air a Restoration PAC ad focusing on the Biden family corruption in the final week leading to the election, Breitbart News has learned. This week, Restoration PAC, which has spent millions on advertising in battleground states such as Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota in this election cycle, announced a nearly $1 million ad blitz in Pennsylvania in the […]
WASHINGTON — During the third demonstration of the U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Battle Management System held last month, the head of Pacific Air Forces was impressed by a real-time tracking tool that allowed him to see detailed status updates from all of the American air bases in the Asia-Pacific region. The most recent ABMS experiment took place Sept. 15-25 in conjunction with U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s Valiant […]
President Trump has said often that he had “created the greatest economy the world has ever seen, until the China virus came.” Maybe some people believe that, but if the economy was so great why did the Fed keep interest rates at zero and its balance sheet at $4 trillion? The president is bragging about the third quarter GDP bump; however, as David Rosenberg tweeted, “Even with […]
Via Cliff Mass’ Weather blog, I got a call today from a political science professor from California: he wanted to know how to get reliable weather forecast information for next week because weather can favor one party over another. I helped him, but this got me thinking about the weather on election day, particularly since we are now close enough in time to have some skill. […]
Angry crowds hurled projectiles at police in Barcelona, Spain, on Friday as hundreds of protesters gathered in the streets to demonstrate against the new Covid-19 state of emergency. The protests follow a decision by Catalan lawmakers to close the region’s borders for 15 days and shut shops, except for food stores, in a bid to halt the spread of coronavirus in its rising second wave. Police […]
(Natural News) After years of dismissing Big Tech’s censorship of the independent press, Congress is finally taking it seriously now that Big Tech is censoring mainstream doctors and mainstream news agencies. Google, Twitter and Facebook have become so extreme with their politically-motivated censorship, the platforms now coordinate their attacks, targeting scientific and conservative topics in real time and eliminating them from social media discussion and distribution. […]
Deception 2020: It’s Not The Most Important Election By Eleanor Goldfield, Art Killing Apathy. October 30, 2020 Deception 2020: It’s Not The Most Important Election2020-10-302020-10-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/eugene-e1604082821880.png200px200px In this fifth installment of the Deception 2020 Series, we dig into that trite line about “the most important election of our time!” You’ve likely heard it before – chances are you’ll hear it again. For some historic and political […]
It was reported earlier that the Tunisian authorities have opened a probe into the alleged existence of a terror group that could possibly be connected to the knife attack in Nice, which claimed the lives of three people. Source link
The leader of Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah on Friday described French cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad (Peace be upon him) as an aggression and likened Paris sticking by them to “declaring a sort of war”, Reuters reports. In a televised speech, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said French authorities had worsened a standoff over the caricatures, which stirred anger among Muslims, by being stubborn. The head of the heavily armed Shi’ite […]
President Donald Trump on Friday will host a campaign rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin The rally is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. EST. The president is barnstorming the country in the last days until the election, hitting critical swing-states important to his re-election. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the president is delivering campaign speeches outdoors in locations across the country. It is four days until the presidential […]
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has identified a lack of institutionalized training when it comes to defeating drone threats and is developing a common regimen across the joint force, according to an official with a new office dedicated to countering small unmanned aircraft systems. The gap was identified during an assessment completed earlier this year and led by the director of operational test and evaluation. “There are […]
Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, This “capitalism” is only attractive to parasites, predators, kleptocrats, legalized looters, embezzlers, fraudsters and all those insiders whose palms get greased along the way. Back of the envelope definition of classical capitalism: 1. Transparency in markets, including pricing, information on quality and reliability of products, sellers and buyers, and of rules of conduct and rights governing all participants; 2. […]
CAIRO (Sputnik) – The head of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) Fayez Sarraj said on Friday he had withdrawn his resignation “to avoid a political vacuum.” Source link
Montenegro, a country slightly smaller than Connecticut located in southeastern Europe, has received its first Joint Light Tactical Vehicles. The first five Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) platforms from Oshkosh were officially handed over to Armed Forces of Montenegro during a ceremony on 30 October. The Montenegro Minister of Defense, Predrag Bošković, attended the presentation of the new light armored vehicles Oshkosh with the Ambassador of […]
New Kids on the Block helps you navigate all the new and exciting launches from our favorite brands, all in one place. UNIQLO U HEATTECH: HEATTECH is the perfect innovation for winter. It’s breathable and comfortable to wear, but it keeps you warm. Like really warm. The newest collection to get added to the HEATTECH family is the UNIQLO U line, which is all about sleek, […]
An election worker opens envelopes and removes ballots so they can be counted at the election office on Octo. 26, 2020 in Provo, Utah. George Frey/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption George Frey/Getty Images An election worker opens envelopes and removes ballots so they can be counted at the election office on Octo. 26, 2020 in Provo, Utah. George Frey/Getty Images In a year when millions […]
Miners for the decentralized storage project Filecoin are facing such a dire lack of liquidity to participate in the network they are willing to pay high interest rates of up to 40% average per year (APY) to investors holding large amounts of filecoin (FIL), the network’s native token. This dynamic has created a lending market and is leading to more questions about Filecoin’s current economic model. […]
Democrat presidential nominee former Vice President Joe Biden and his ex-boss former President Barack Obama are scheduled to hold two joint-appearance rallies in Flint and Detroit, Michigan on Saturday. However the public is not invited and the locations of the drive-in rallies have not been disclosed. Archive White House photo of President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, by Pete Souza Local media reports: WJRT-TV, […]
Hundreds of people on Friday held a protest in southwestern Yemen against French President Emmanuel Macron’s anti-Islam remarks and republication of caricatures insulting the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him), Anadolu Agency reports. Protesters gathered at the Freedom Square in the Taiz province following Friday prayers. Holding banners, the protesters chanted slogans defending the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and Islam against the French insults. Earlier this month, Macron described […]
Tech giant Facebook recently admitted that some political ads on its platform were “improperly” restricted due to a “technical flaw.” The New York Post reports that Facebook revealed in a blog post that a number of political ads were “improperly” restricted due to a technical error as the company attempted to prevent new political ads from being posted ahead of the November 3 election. Facebook stated that […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Defense Department has named Justin Johnson as the acting assistant secretary of defense for space policy, a new position in a new office required under the National Defense Authorization Act passed by Congress in December 2019. The assistant secretary of defense for space policy, or ASD(SP), will be the senior official in charge of the Pentagon’s space war fighting policy, serving beneath […]
Mainstream media polls showing Joe Biden with a huge lead aren’t accurate because they’re being used to suppress Trump voter turnout, says Nigel Farage. The Brexit architect believes the polls are even worse than they were in 2016 when they predicted Hillary Clinton would win a landslide victory, which wasn’t even close. “I think that polling is often used by the establishment as a way of […]
As we first discussed over a month ago, with a likely unprecedented volume of mail-in ballots, prospects for volatility enduring post-election day have rarely been higher, and is in fact higher today than a month ago when concerns about post-election vol initially spiked. To be sure, back in July we reported that according to Goldman’s David Kostin, the biggest concerns expressed by its clients is that […]
CNN host Don Lemon said supporters of President Donald Trump are like drug “addicts” who must “hit rock bottom” before they can “live in reality” and be set free from misinformation about the Covid-19 pandemic and other issues. Lemon, apparently closing the door on the idea of politically divided Americans being able to live in harmony in the Covid era, claimed he has had to dump […]
Friday, October 30, 2020 by: Mike Adams Tags: bugout, chaos, Collapse, food shortage, food supply, Gear, goodhealth, preparedness, survival, survival nutrition Bypass censorship by sharing this link: https://www.distributednews.com/470505.html (Natural News) The […]
Why Canada Must Release Meng Wan Zhou By K. J. Noh, Popular Resistance. October 30, 2020 Why Canada Must Release Meng Wan Zhou2020-10-302020-10-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/meng-wanzhou.jpg200px200px Above photo: Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou poses for pictures with friends on the steps of the B.C. Supreme Court in May. Ben Nelms/CBC. Few things are as dangerous as a poorly thought-out kidnapping. Kidnappings are serious business, often with unintended consequences. […]
While around 80 million Americans have already voted in the presidential election, the Republican party leadership said its millions of volunteers would get out the in-person vote for President Donald Trump by the close of polling on Tuesday night. Source link
The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan met international mediators in Geneva on Friday in the latest round of talks to resolve conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, where hundreds have been killed in more than a month of fighting, Reuters reported. The ministers are meeting envoys from France, Russia and the United States, co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group created to mediate a conflict that has escalated in recent days, […]
Pop star Lady Gaga, donning a collection of her most outrageous outfits, urged Americans that they must get involved in the election, go out, and vote if they “want the country to be different than it is.” “So. The election. This coming Tuesday. We’re almost there. We need to talk,” the singer, who backed and campaigned for Hillary Clinton in 2016, said in three-minute video message […]
WASHINGTON — The military is working to have information operations specialists work alongside cyber operators as a way to have greater impact in what defense officials call the information environment. While much of the influence and information operations perpetrated in recently years – including during the 2016 presidential election – seem revolutionary, officials argue they are part of an old playbook, which now has a larger […]
Many people have bought at least an item or two from Amazon, and some Prime members have regular deliveries from this online retailer. But the carbon emissions from all of those deliveries really add up, and it has become a big problem for the planet. As part of its sustainability pledges, Amazon has unveiled an all-electric delivery vehicle to reduce carbon emissions. The company’s plan is […]
Short sellers have largely been riding high this year, with a handful of notable victories, including Nikola, Wirecard and Luckin Coffee. But for every example of a short play hitting the jackpot, it seems there are another five where the investor got burned. And even when investors’ independent research stokes the interest of federal regulators and prosecutors, sometimes, the company can still come out on top […]
Halloween may have been cancelled but we are living in a dystopian world that even Steven King or George Orwell combined couldn’t have imagined. We are under attack from a virus/enemy that we cannot see and an Islamist terror regime that is all too visible. Source link
When The Mandalorian premiered last November on Disney+, it instantly rejuvenated the Star Wars franchise, which at that point was contending with continuing criticism of the reinvention-oriented The Last Jedi, and on the precipice of inciting significant fan backlash over the underwhelming The Rise of Skywalker. A modestly-scaled affair that substituted operatic save-the-world spectacle for lean samurai-Western action—think an intergalactic version of Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo or […]
Cars line up for coronavirus tests at the University of Texas at El Paso on October 23. The city has seen a surge in cases which prompted a judge to issue a shutdown of non-essential businesses. Paul Ratje/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Paul Ratje/AFP via Getty Images Cars line up for coronavirus tests at the University of Texas at El Paso on October […]
Days before a U.S. presidential election marred by court fights over vote counting and partisan allegations of rampant mail-in ballot fraud, Overstock.com is once again touting what it calls a solution: blockchain voting. “If [voting] doesn’t work as well as it should, next week think about how Voatz could have solved that,” Overstock chief Jonathan Johnson told investors during OSTK’s Oct. 29 earnings call. Johnson, who […]
Crooked Joe Biden on Friday traveled to Iowa in a desperate last minute push to appeal to voters who rejected him during the primaries. Biden came in 4th place in the Iowa Caucuses but the corrupt DNC purposely caused chaos with the vote tally in an effort to sabotage the real winner, Bernie Sanders. Joe Biden answered one softball question from a sycophantic reporter then immediately […]
The Israeli government is trying to expand the jurisdiction of the northern Jewish town of Harish by nearly 50 per cent to prevent Palestinians from forming a majority in the area, Haaretz reported. The request, proposed by the Interior Ministry, to expand its boundaries comes following a report released by the Housing Ministry, which detailed the expected demographic changes in the area to 2050. The figures predict that […]
Republican congressional candidate Sean Parnell’s campaign recently accused a woman working for Democrat lawyer Marc Elias of engaging in voter intimidation in Pennsylvania. “Emily Resko, an intern for Parnell’s opponent Rep. Conor Lamb (D-PA), posted pictures of voter rolls on Snapchat with the caption ‘im about to see how alllllll you fuckers vote,’” the Washington Free Beacon reported. The outlet has obtained images of the Snapchat posts […]
WASHINGTON ― More Capitol Hill headwinds are greeting the Trump administration’s fast-moving sale of 50 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters to the United Arab Emirates, as Democrats on Friday introduced a new bill to curb the sale. Following similar concerns and legislation from Senate Democrats, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., introduced legislation with new hurdles for sales to Middle East countries outside of Israel. […]
By Maryam Henein The unprecedented censorship we are facing is the biggest threat to democracy in our history. Imagine waking up to find that, without any notice, you have been deplatformed and deleted off YouTube; years of your work — poof — gone in an instant. When someone violates someone’s right to speak, they violate your right to listen. This type of digital assassination is enough […]
Responding to a decision by a federal court that confirmed absentee ballots in Minnesota must be received by 8 p.m. on Election Day, Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) scrambled to mobilize voters. Commenting on the decision, Republican state Rep. Eric Lucero said, “The court was clear: ‘There is no pandemic exception to the Constitution.’” NEW: 8th Circuit Court of Appeals rules in Minnesota’s absentee ballot deadline case […]
Private Equity titan Henry Kravis has seen a lot during his half century on Wall Street. But he says he has never seen turmoil like this. Thanks to COVID-19, and the Fed’s attempt to backstop markets for fear that a crash could translate into harm for the real economy, 500-point swings back and forth have become routine. “I’ve been investing for over 50 years, I don’t […]
The head of the International Peace Institute (IPI), Terje Rød-Larsen, has resigned in disgrace after admitting he accepted donations and a personal loan from the disgraced financier and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The think tank chief says accepting the donations from foundations related to Jeffrey Epstein was “poor judgement” on his part as was a personal loan from the millionaire financier-cum-human trafficker in 2013. “Epstein’s crimes […]
(Natural News) The hits just keep on coming for Joe and Hunter Biden, which explains perfectly why the ridiculously biased ‘mainstream media’ continues to pretend as though the two of them aren’t the biggest threat to U.S. national security since Barack Obama. According to newly released emails that have been sourced to a former business associate of Hunter Biden, a horrendously short-sighted “deal” saw an American […]
America’s Still Strangelovian Schemes To ‘Win’ Nuclear Wars By Danny Sjursen, Antiwar.com. October 30, 2020 America’s Still Strangelovian Schemes To ‘Win’ Nuclear Wars2020-10-302020-10-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/missiles-scaled-e1604070904603.jpg200px200px Above photo: From Undark.com. “Global Thunder: Bombers practice for nuclear war.” – Air Force Times, five days ago. The headline itself, its casual yet confident language – and that it barely raises a collective eyebrow – desperately deserves deconstruction. But in practice, this madness involves the […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Diego Maradona, a renowned football player who led Argentina’s national team to victory in 1986 FIFA World Cup, has said that he believes Russia’s President Vladimir Putin will supply a coronavirus vaccine soon. Source link
Saudi Arabia has angered both India and Pakistan after leaving Kashmir out of its map of the two countries on its new banknotes, leaving both countries confused and outraged at a move that gives the disputed region symbolic independence. The new banknotes carry images of world maps to commemorate Saudi Arabia’s presidency of this year’s G20 summit. On the new 20 Riyal banknote, the disputed region […]
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) vouched for the credibility of Hunter Biden’s former business partner Tony Bobulinski, who has alleged that former Vice President Joe Biden was intimately involved in the shady business dealings of his son, despite his claims of ignorance. Fox News’ John Roberts posted an October 30, 2020, email from Khanna to Bobulinski, a former Navy lieutenant, that said: “Tony, hope you are doing […]
A new study, published in the journal Lighting Research & Technology, has revealed that much of light pollution, which negatively impacts human health and animal migrations and wastes energy, is not coming from streetlights. Researchers conducted an experiment in Tucson, Arizona, where all 14,000 streetlights in the city were dimmed at 1:30 a.m. for 10 days. Satellite images recorded during this period revealed that even with […]
Authored by Jonathan Turley, There is a virtual cottage industry among academics in publishing papers that declare common terms or items as forms of white supremacy. This inexhaustible source for publication expanded this week with professors finding new forms of prejudice in common parlance and drinks. The problem is that if you really need a drink after reading that your referencing “Beethoven” is proof of your […]
WASHINGTON, (Sputnik) – US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he is not ruling out traveling and campaigning on Election Day. Source link
At least six people have died and at least 2 million are without power after Hurricane Zeta barraged the South on Thursday evening, knocking out some early voting sites and sending state officials scrambling to pick up the pieces in time for Election Day. Zeta moved quickly after making landfall on the Louisiana coast as a Category 2 storm on Wednesday afternoon. It hit at least […]
The multibillion dollar global effort to eradicate polio hasn’t just stalled. It’s moving backward. When the Global Polio Eradication Initiative began in 1988, roughly 350,000 kids a year were paralyzed by the virus. By 2016 that number had been driven down to just 42 cases of any type of polio anywhere in the world. But now cases are on the rise and expected to climb even […]
Ethereum’s “Berlin” hard fork remains a few months away at best, according to the All Core Developers bi-weekly call held Friday. A soft target of January is now in the works, following the planned launch of the Ethereum 2.0 beacon chain in December. Berlin is a hard fork of the current Eth 1.x proof-of-work (PoW) blockchain. The systemwide upgrade – which includes low-level changes for improving […]
The anti-Trump censorship never stops. The online game “Among Us” is a very popular app on the Apple Store. According to Games.lol — Among Us is a fun and unique action mystery game that you can play with friends or other people. In this game, you will either be a crewmate or an impostor. As a crewmate, your goal is to complete the given tasks or […]
Israel’s plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank has been postponed until normalisation deals with Arab states is complete, a US official said yesterday. Avi Berkowitz, the US president’s envoy to the Middle East, said in a statement to Israeli Army Radio: “The issue of annexation has not been removed from the table, but it is now postponed.” The UAE Minister of State for Foreign […]
ROME — The bishop of Porto in Portugal, Manuel Linda, said Friday that Thursday’s lethal Islamist terror attack in Nice, France, was not due to Islamic animosity toward Christians but to European prejudice. “Yesterday’s attack on the cathedral in Nice is not Islam’s fight against Christianity,” Bishop Linda wrote on Twitter. “It is the result of the prejudices of those Europeans who not only do not […]
Environmentalists usually promote reuse. But sometimes reusing does more harm than good. Such is the case with many of the used vehicles exported to poorer countries, according to a new report released by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP). Continue reading below Our Featured Videos According to the report, between 2015 and 2018, 14 million secondhand light-duty vehicles were exported around the world. Light duty vehicles […]
A cop hilariously roasted a leftist protester during recent unrest in Seattle after the demonstrator demanded to deal with a female officer, to which the cop responded, “How do you know they don’t identify as female?” The video clip begins with a confrontation between what appears to be two female protesters and two male officers. “Shut the fuck up, you’re really fucking pushing it, you piece […]
With just 4 days left until the election, there are just two questions everyone is asking: 1) what are the polls showing and 2) are the polls even credible after the catastrophic experience in 2016. The answer to Q.1 is easy: with the electoral college contingent on the outcome of just a handful of battleground states, Biden continues to lead Trump across the must win states […]
Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has warned that French citizens face a security risk “everywhere,” after three people were murdered in a suspected jihadist attack at a church in Nice. On Friday, a day after he stated that France is a “country of tolerance” that extends “a message of peace to the Muslim world,” Le Drian issued the warning to his fellow citizens, particularly individuals who […]
(Natural News) Pharmaceutical giant Merck has partnered with San Francisco-based drone startup Volansi to improve the delivery of vaccines in far-flung areas. The companies are launching a pilot program in rural North Carolina to test if drones can deliver temperature-controlled vaccines from a central production facility to more remote locations. The pilot is centering on rural areas as of writing, with a particular focus on schools and hospitals; […]
Alice’s Nightmare In Drone Land October 30, 2020 Alice’s Nightmare In Drone Land2020-10-302020-10-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/alice-e1604073384195.jpeg200px200px New York – On Thursday, 33 people from New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts organized by Upstate Drone Action blocked the gates at Hancock Air Field near Syracuse, NY. Prior to Thursday’s action, activists released this statement: “And why are we going to Hancock AFB on October 29? Our country has gone down the rabbit […]
The result of this year’s US presidential election could be delayed for weeks and even disputed in the Supreme Court as tens of millions of voters cast their ballots by mail. Democratic candidate Joe Biden has refused to rule out increasing the size of the court so he can pack it with liberal justices. Source link
A dozen bodies have been unearthed in newly found mass graves in the Tarhuna region of western Libya, AFP has reported. This is where renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar’s forces launched an aborted assault on Tripoli last year. A total of 98 bodies have now been found since searches for mass graves were started after the withdrawal of Haftar’s forces from western Libya in June. “Four […]
President Donald Trump has taken the lead in Florida, according to a Trafalgar Group survey released mere days before Election Day. The survey, taken October 25-28, among 1,088 likely general election voters, shows Trump with a 2.7 percent edge in Florida, leading former Vice President Joe Biden with 49.6 percent to 46.9 percent. With the election days away, less than one percent of voters remain undecided. […]
Air pollution has become a major problem in Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam, that was ranked the seventh capital city with the highest average annual PM 2.5 concentration by the 2019 World Air Report. In a bid to improve air quality while encouraging healthier lifestyles, local architecture firm ODDO Architects has embarked on an ambitious project to transform the tail end of the city’s Banana […]
By Joe Jankowski A UK police chief has called it a “civic duty” to snitch on neighbors and businesses that violate COVID-19 restrictions while criticizing the culture that condemns such tattle tailing. On Wednesday, Merseyside Chief Constable Andy Cooke condemned the ‘sneering culture’ against those who tip-off police when he told the Daily Mail that if Brits carry out their “civic duty” of snitching on those […]