Above Photo: Flames from a flaring pit near a well in the Bakken Oil Field. Orjan F. Ellingvag / Corbis via Getty Images. Scientists At Stanford Have Concluded That The EPA Has Radically Undervalued The Climate Impact Of Methane, A “Short-Lived Climate Pollutant,” By Focusing On A 100-Year Metric For Quantifying Global Warming. The Environmental Protection Agency is drastically undervaluing the potency of methane as a greenhouse gas when the agency compares methane’s climate impact to that of carbon dioxide, a new study concludes. The EPA’s climate accounting for methane is “arbitrary and unjustified” and three times too low to meet […]
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Above Photo: Activists attack the front window of a Bred bank branch on the sidelines of a demonstration on October 10, 2017 in Paris. (Eric Feferberg / AFP / Getty Images) Those who want movements to fail will try to lure them into violence. A new handbook shows how to reduce that risk. As awareness of racial injustice, climate crises and sexist violence grow in multiple countries, activists are responding in greater and greater numbers. We have this in common with earlier periods in history that birthed large social movements: activists “upping the ante,” increasing the power of their action. One-off […]
Above Photo: A protest against the war in Afghanistan in San Francisco on Oct. 20, 2001. Indymedia. As we approach the 20th anniversary of 9/11, U.S. citizens must insist on paying reparations and choose to lay aside the cruel futility of our forever wars. On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, I was among a small group of U.S. citizens who sat on milk crates or stood holding signs across from the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in Manhattan. We had been fasting from solid foods for a month, calling for an end to brutal economic warfare waged against Iraq […]
Numerica has announced that it developed a new 3D radar for Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) and other short-range defense missions. The company introducing Spyglass Short Range Surveillance Radar as a new solution to fill the need for exceptional C-UAS detection and tracking performance. As noted by the company, the new 3D radar system will be available soon for a broad set of applications including facility security, border surveillance, convoy and vehicle protection, air space monitoring and more. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – “Spyglass was born out of our first-hand experience with gaps in the short-range radar market,” Nate […]
India’s ruling BJP had set up a National Commission for Cattle – Rashtriya Kamdhenu Ayog – with over $68 million in funding in 2019 for the conservation, protection and development of cows and their progeny. Cows have always been part of the BJP’s core political agenda due to the Hindu tradition of venerating cattle. India’s federal government plans to ignite 330 million oil lamps, or Diyas, made of cow-dung on the occasion of India’s biggest festival of lights — Diwali — this year to counter Chinese products. It is like lighting one cow-dung-made lamp for each of the 330 million cattle worshipped […]
Russia-China Switch to Counter US-Indo-Pacific-Strategy Mode by Salman Rafi Sheikh, …with New Eastern Outlook, Moscow, …and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a research institution for the study of the countries and cultures of Asia and North Africa. [ Editor’s Note: Mr. Sheikh gives us an update on the current state of US ‘Concentrated Chaos’ foreign policy via its attempts to continue building a new bi-polar geopolitical structure, which would have been described in early American southern heritage as you are either “Fer us, or Agin us”, with no milddle road option. Of course the middle road is the […]
Blockchain-enabled video network Theta has partnered with Chainlink to help push back on video advertising scams, the likes of which often pop up promoting “cryptocurrency giveaway” dupes. Announced on Friday, the solution to counter scam-ads uses video performance data from Theta’s network to assign a “reputation score” for each streamer based on their viewership. Generated using Google’s big data solution, BigQuery, the score is then broadcast onto the Ethereum network using Chainlink’s oracles where advertisers can examine it while deciding to whom to give ads. Source link
The U.S. announced on Friday that the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94) returned to their homeport of Naval Station Norfolk following the ship’s deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations, Sept. 18. Nitze, along with a detachment from the “Jaguars” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 60 (HSM 60), deployed in June 2020 to conduct U.S. Southern Command and Joint Interagency Task Force South’s enhanced counter-narcotics operations in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific Ocean. During their deployment, Nitze, with their embarked U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET), disrupted over 3,900 kilograms of suspected cocaine and […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106837/82/1068378266_0:156:3000:1844_1200x675_80_0_0_6b225cdfa80708003160e293e605bf42.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009181080496641-us-democratic-senators-unveil-350-billion-funding-package-to-counter-chinas-rise/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Nearly a dozen US Senate Democrats have sponsored new legislation to fund efforts to counter China’s edge in areas such as manufacturing, technology, and science. A release from Senator Sherrod Brown’s office revealed that the proposal includes over $350 billion in new funding to synchronize and mobilize all aspects of US national power “Sponsored by 11 leading Democrats, the legislation is guided by four pillars: (1) invest in American competitiveness; (2) support American alliances and partners; (3) restore and advance a values-centered foreign policy, and (4) ensure China pays a price for […]
India is not yet capable of becoming China’s economic rival in Iran, according to various pundits and lawmakers. Moreover, the United States is limiting New Delhi’s political ties with Tehran, according to experts commenting on the Indian Defence and Foreign Ministers’ visits to Iran. On 8 September, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar held talks with Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif, the second Indian minister to visit Iran in recent days. On Sunday, 6 September, talks were held between Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Iranian Defence Minister Amir Khatami. India is concerned about Chinese cash becoming involved in a project to […]
Joe Scarborough says Trump has an “insulting view of the military” for blasting “top people” at the Pentagon for wanting war, but many have spoken of the same – including Dwight D. Eisenhower, whom the MSNBC host bizarrely cited. “I’m not saying the military’s in love with me,” President Donald Trump said in a Monday press conference, addressing recent anonymously-sourced claims that he has insulted military members in private. “The soldiers are, the top people in the Pentagon probably aren’t, because they want to do nothing but fight wars so all of those wonderful companies that make the bombs and make […]
The Many Faces Of The Radical Right And How To Counter Their Threat By Archie Henderson, Open Democracy. August 30, 2020 The Many Faces Of The Radical Right And How To Counter Their Threat2020-08-302020-08-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/charlottesville-unite-the-right-rally-august-12-2017-by-anthony-crider-from-flickr-cc-by-2.0-e1598799023936.jpg200px200px Above photo: Charlottesville ‘Unite the Right’ Rally’, August 12, 2017. By Anthony Crider from Flickr. CC BY 2.0. We should not assume that the radical right will collapse under the weight of its many internal conflicts and contradictions. A whole ecosystem has grown up around the radical right as it has surged in visibility this century. The radical right can lay claim to its own stable of media personalities […]
Kamala Harris, not basement-dwelling Joe Biden will travel to DC to deliver a counter to President Trump’s convention speech on Thursday. 77-year-old (almost 78) Joe Biden is too feeble to travel and campaign. Biden rarely leaves his Delaware basement and when he does, he stays close to home so he can shuffle back to his bunker for a nap. Now he’s deploying his running mate as the main event to counter President Trump’s convention speech. TRENDING: INSANE VIDEO: 17-Year-Old Suspect Kyle Rittenhouse Identified as Kenosha Shooter — Was Jumped on the Street by Rioters — Shot Three People, Killing Two — […]
Following the arrest of former Trump campaign strategist Steve Bannon on money laundering charges, conservatives took to social media to complain the alleged crimes of the Clintons and other Democrats are being ignored. Bannon was arrested on Thursday and charged in Manhattan federal court with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering. The charges, which carry a prison sentence of up to 20 years, stemmed from his alleged misuse of funds donated to build a wall on the US border with Mexico. Also on rt.com Steve Bannon & 3 others ARRESTED, charged with border wall fundraiser fraud He’s hardly the […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The US plans to counter growing threats to its interests in the Arctic by upgrading systems to detect enemy missiles with over-the-horizon radar and satellite surveillance while responding to threats with fifth-generation aircraft such as the F-35 at bases in Alaska and possibly Greenland, the US Air Force said in a report. “The DoD’s [Defense Department’s] ability to detect threats and defend North America is challenged by rapidly advancing strategic competitors’ capabilities. Today’s threats have longer range, better precision, and lower radar cross-sections. To counteract evolving threats: The Department of the Air Force will enhance its missile defence […]
…from SouthFront The Syrian government seems to be deploying Pantsir-S1 air defense systems to Libya to assist forces of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar in their battle against the Turkish-controlled Government of National Accord. An unusual Pantisr-S1 air defense system was for the first time spotted in Libya last week, when local activists released a video of a Libyan National Army convoy moving towards the port city of Sirte besieged by Turkish-led forces. A spokesman for the GNA forces in the region, Brig. Abdul Hadi Draa, also said that the Pantsir-S1 systems and other weapons were deployed at the Sirte airport on […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107973/22/1079732250_0:123:3072:1851_1200x675_80_0_0_50b5770590f0ef1592d15e7dcc937d22.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202006261079732279-us-justice-department-creates-task-force-to-counter-anti-government-extremists/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The US Justice Department has established a task force to counter anti-government extremists, Attorney General William Barr said in a memorandum to all the chiefs of different components in the agency and US Attorneys. “I am today directing the creation of a task force devoted to countering anti-government extremists”, Barr said in the memorandum on Friday. Barr went on to say that in recent weeks anti-government extremists have undermined peaceful protests and attacked police officers, government officials, destroyed public and private property and threatened innocent people. According to the Attorney General, […]
Democratizing Energy To Counter The Climate Catastrophe By Lavinia Steinfort, ROAR Magazine. June 25, 2020 Democratizing Energy To Counter The Climate Catastrophe2020-06-252020-06-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/12-som-energia-2-e1593105853543.jpg200px200px Above photo: Spanish energy cooperative. Resilience.org. For a just transition to green energy, we must take the whole energy sector out of the market and into democratic public ownership. Youth climate activists have been striking to demand immediate climate action from political powers. They conjoined the issues of climate and labor by calling for a global climate strike in September, 2019, in which a historic 7.6 million schoolkids, (grand)parents and workers from 185 countries participated. Over 70 trade unions around the […]
Alethea AI, a synthetic media company, is piloting “privacy-preserving face skins,” or digital masks that counter facial recognition algorithms and help users preserve privacy on pre-recorded videos. The move comes as companies such as IBM, Microsoft, and Amazon announced they would suspend the sale of their facial recognition technology to law enforcement agencies. “This is a new technique we developed inhouse that wraps a face with our AI algorithms,” said Alethea AI CEO Arif Khan. “Avatars are fun to play with and develop, but these ‘masks/skins’ are a different, more potent, animal to preserve privacy.” See also: Human Rights Foundation Funds […]
US 20:45 GMT 23.05.2020Get short URL In a series of Twitter posts earlier, US President Donald Trump slammed social media giants including such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Google for being “in total command and control of the Radical Left”. US President Donald Trump is considering the formation of a panel that would review complaints of bias against conservatives on social media, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed official sources said to be familiar with the plan. Although no final decision has been made, there remains a chance that Trump could decree a White House commission to oversee […]
Ascent Vision Technologies, specializes in gyro-stabilized imaging systems and fully integrated solutions, completed the delivery of several units of the eXpeditionary Mobile Air Defense Integrated System (X-MADIS) to a non-disclosed US DoD customer, according to Gabriel Alberto Bazzolo. The delivery, part of a major contract award, included the latest variant of the X-MADIS, which incorporates cutting-edge technology innovations for improved portable, on-the-move capabilities in combating small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS). The AVT said that X-MADIS units are in service around the world protecting combat forces, civilians and critical infrastructure, as well as some of the world’s most influential leaders. To provide […]