An Afghan Air Force Mi-17 multirole helicopter, that was used in resupply missions by Afghan National Security Forces, crashed on Wednesday night, killing four crews and five soldiers, the ministry said in a statement. The tragic incident took place in the Bihsud district of Wardak. Meanwhile, TOLO news reported that the helicopter was hit by a man-portable air defense system during takeoff. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – In the video obtained by TOLO news, the infrared homing surface-to-air missile is seen hitting the helicopter. Unfortunately, official sources do not comment on this video. Local media also quoted the source […]
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France’s New Security Law May Have Sparked A ‘George Floyd’ Moment By Alan Macleod, Mintpress News. December 1, 2020 France’s New Security Law May Have Sparked A ‘George Floyd’ Moment2020-12-012020-12-01https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/france.jpg200px200px Above photo: Assa Traore, center, sister of Adama Traore attends a demonstration against a security law that would restrict sharing images of police, Nov. 28, 2020 in Paris. Francois Mori | AP. Sparked by a new bill that would make publishing photos of police illegal and a viral video soon after that shows French police brutally beating a black man, it appears that France may be headed for its own “George […]
The IMF has said it’s time to re-evaluate the global economic order, but what does that really mean? In a recent speech, the International Monetary Fund argued that the time to fundamentally re-evaluate the global economic order is here. Goldbugs see the potential to return to the gold standard, bitcoiners anticipate ever-growing stimulus and macro observers are betting on massive disruptions in the wake of central bank digital currencies. Source link
What Is Needed In This Moment By Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance. October 18, 2020 | Featured Campaign, Newsletter What Is Needed In This Moment2020-10-182020-10-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/stop-the-coup.jpg200px200px Are you or do you know an emerging activist who needs support? Popular Resistance and the Kevin Zeese family are launching the Kevin Zeese Emerging Activists Fund with an online celebration on his birthday, October 28, from 7:30 to 9:00 pm Eastern. Learn more and buy tickets here. We will begin accepting applications after October 28. The United States’ elections will occur in a few weeks and many people are concerned about what will happen. Will they […]
On a surreal day of GOP-generated alternate reality, every Senate Democrat tried to get America to awaken out of the Matrix but only one succeeded. “This is not normal,” said Senator Cory Booker, before asking a Supreme Court nominee if she would condemn white supremacy. (Good news: she did.) “This is not normal,” said Amy Klobuchar, before reminding viewers that 7 million Americans have gotten the coronavirus, including people in the hearing room itself. “These aren’t normal times,” said Chris Coons, before noting that we’re in the middle of a presidential election and an unprecedented pandemic. And yet, nothing seemed to […]
World number one Novak Djokovic has talked about accidentally hitting a line judge again during his French Open fourth-round clash on Monday, reviving memories of his disqualification from the US Open last month. The Serbian star sealed a place in the tournament quarterfinal by beating Russia’s Karen Khachanov in straight sets. READ MORE: ‘He’s done it AGAIN!’ Novak Djokovic hits line judge in face with ball at French Open (VIDEO) However, his solid victory was not the main topic during the post-match press conference as journalists bombarded him with questions about an awkward moment involving the linesman, which mirrored the incident at […]
Chris Wallace’s moderation of the first presidential debate left a lot to be desired, with critics renewing calls for podcaster/comedian Joe Rogan to handle an upcoming event between President Donald Trump and his rival Joe Biden. Minutes after Tuesday night’s debate ended, Rogan’s name was trending on Twitter with supporters saying he could have handled the night’s proceedings far better than Wallace, who struggled on multiple occasions to keep Trump and Biden from bickering and interrupting each other. “Regardless who you’re pulling for, I think we can all agree that Joe Rogan would do a much better job moderating this thing […]
MakerDAO has voted not to compensate victims of the “Black Thursday” flash crash, a former Pantera partner is launching a new crypto-focused hedge fund and bitcoin may be headed to the doldrums as the U.S. dollar rises. Top shelf Decentralized governanceMakerDAO will not compensate victims of March 12’s “Black Thursday” flash crash that left some of the decentralized finance (DeFi) platform’s investors out $8.33 million, according to a vote that closed Tuesday. Large MKR holders dominated the vote as only 38 unique votes (8.74% of MKR holders) were cast, CoinDesk’s Will Foxley reports. In March, market making bots exploited a flaw and were […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Spain’s Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the left-wing Unidas Podemos political party Pablo Iglesias said on Saturday that the current corruption scandal involving the royal family represents a “historic moment” for Spain to become a republic. “I think that, as republicans, we need to be able to understand the historic moment of crisis faced by the Spanish monarchy and the model of state that embodies the Spanish monarchy itself. And, I think, we must have courage and boldness to bring to the table the need for Spain to move towards the horizon of a new republic,” Iglesias […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/11/1080489108_0:321:1200:996_1200x675_80_0_0_42f62c77aced5d9e85f96d5fff334a2b.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/videoclub/202009181080490397-golden-retriever-gets-goofy-funny-expression-will-give-you-a-moment-to-rofl/ Already hitting over 1.1 million views and 11,000 comments, the video of a golden retriever making a goofy face has been trending online since 11 September, giving everyone a good laugh. The Golden Retriever, Tucker, is no less than a celebrity on Instagram, with a dedicated page of his own and a huge fan base. After his recent clip of him making funny expressions, Tucker is trending online and you can’t resist but watch the video on repeat. The person filming the clip in a park goes in front of Tucker, and says “I’m […]
New Theory Of How COVID-19 Infects Humans A Supercomputer Analyzed Covid-19 — and an Interesting New Theory Has Emerged by @tomsmith585 in @elemental https://t.co/5k43HLJsFN — Carol Duff (@CarolDuff18) September 10, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: The Oak Ridge National Lab’s Summit supercomputer put together data of more than 40,000 genes from 17,000 genetic samples to try to better understand COVID-19 and how it infects people. After analyzing 2.5 billion genetic combinations the a new hypothesis evolved to explain many of the bizarre symptoms associated with COVID-19 and potential treatments. The new findings are that the virus enters the nose through the many ACE2 receptors […]
The Metropolitan Police Department on Thursday released bodycam footage of an officer fatally shooting 18-year-old Deon Kay seconds after arriving at the scene in Washington, D.C. Officers say the Black teen “brandished a firearm” during the Wednesday encounter, prompting one cop to shoot him in the chest. He was later pronounced dead at a local hospital, spurring immediate protests across the nation’s capital that continued into Thursday outside the mayor’s home. Officials revealed Thursday the officer who shot Kay is Alexander Alvarez, who joined the MPD in 2018. The body-camera footage, which was released less than 24 hours after the incident, […]
Trevor Noah out here with a full-on afro and some righteous anger and I’m so here for it. pic.twitter.com/XcjmDEQ4ys — Maya Harris (@mayaharris_) August 27, 2020 #TrumpFailed No worries, Trevor Noah & Associates & Sons can defend you. Please call 201-WH-CRIME(201-942-7463) The phone works. I tested it. pic.twitter.com/FkmAYJlAom — Vote Blue All The Way🌊🌊🌊 (@tew_pak) August 29, 2020 Trevor Noah and The Daily Show troll Trump with a full-page newspaper adhttps://t.co/LlwKfvDOdo — The Independent (@Independent) August 28, 2020 VT very strongly stands behind this message VT Editors is a General Posting account managed by Jim W. Dean and Gordon Duff. All […]
Decentralized finance (DeFi) started out by imitating the regular financial world, but the way its pieces can be mixed and matched has become so easy that new entrants are starting to get strange. Yearn Finance (YFI), YAM, Spaghetti, Based, whatever today’s variant is – the “Weird DeFi” cohort keeps growing. Yearn.Finance seems to have been a key shift in the market. It’s effectively a robo-adviser for yield in a smart contract, but something about it got creative juices flowing. Weird DeFi started earlier than this. But the broader crypto world first noticed it with YAM, which seems to be a serious […]
On 12 August, Russia become the first country in the world to register a vaccine against the new coronavirus. The fact that the vaccine was approved before large-scale safety trials prompted disbelief on both sides of the Atlantic – but now health authorities there say they might do the same. A Russian official linked to COVID-19 vaccine research has hit back at the United States and United Kingdom’s about-face on vaccine approval. Kirill Dmitriev, director of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, told reporters on Monday that the fund “notes the desire of the US and British authorities to follow the fast-track […]
Politics ain’t beanbag, as the old saying goes. But what occurred on Day One of the Democratic National Convention was beyond detestable. No, it wasn’t when former first lady Michelle Obama claimed that “right now, kids in this country … watch in horror as children are torn from their families and thrown into cages” — presumably by President Trump and his minions. No, it wasn’t when convention speaker Ashley Nicole McCray advocated for the “destruction of capitalism,” saying America “must move away from these systems and these frameworks.” TRENDING: Goodyear Bans Employees From Wearing ‘All Lives Matter,’ ‘Blue Lives Matter’ or […]
On the first night of its national convention, the Democratic Party has sought to cash in on months of raging protests over police brutality to sell 2020 nominee Joe Biden, trotting out George Floyd’s relatives at the event. “George had a giving spirit, a spirit that has shown up on streets around our nation and around the world. People of all races, all ages, all genders, all backgrounds, peacefully protesting in the name of love and unity,” said Philonise Floyd, the brother of the man slain by Minneapolis police in May, bringing in a moment of silence to honor the memory […]
The initial blast of Tuesday’s devastating explosion in Beirut—which has killed at least 100 and injured thousands more—rocked the city’s BBC bureau so severely it knocked a reporter to the floor as she conducted a remote interview. Nearby, women and several children were caught on home security footage watching the explosion from their couch before the blast knocked windows into them. In another video, a terrified bride posing for photographs ran away amid the chaos—holding up her wedding dress as she abandoned her bouquet in distress. The videos are among many that captured the horror of the explosion in Beirut’s downtown […]
A MASSIVE explosion rocked Beirut, Lebanon on Tuesday. As reported earlier by Cristina Laila The National News Agency reported that the explosion was at a warehouse for firecrackers near the port. A Powerful explosion has occured in Beirut. It’s not yet clear what caused the blast. #Beirut pic.twitter.com/h7ayT5DKdK — Sputnik Insight (@Sputnik_Insight) August 4, 2020 But now there are conflicting reports including a report at Al-Hadeth that claims the massive explosion was a Hezbollah warehouse in Beirut for missiles from Iran. TRENDING: Teen Activist Who Rallied to Defund Police and Remove Police from Schools Is Shot Dead in Chicago Al-Hadeth from […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/04/1080056491_0:24:3000:1711_1200x675_80_0_0_0a896ffab56894eb5613cc253c1cc413.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Max Gorbachev. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008041080056453-watch-moment-powerful-explosion-rips-through-lebanese-capital-beirut/ A Sputnik correspondent said that the explosion was so powerful that it shook buildings. The blast was preceded by a small pop and minutes later, smoke started rising above buildings. There are no reports of casualties or damages. Smoke is rising over Lebanon’s capital Beirut after an explosion ripped through the city, a Sputnik correspondent has said. Footage shows a red cloud of smoke rising above buildings seconds before a powerful blast occurs. Windows were knocked out in buildings located several kilometres away from the epicentre of the explosion. Source link
The federal judge whose son was shot dead two weeks ago has, for the first time, spoken about the horrific moment her only child was killed on their doorstep by a “madman” posing as a FedEx courier. In a painfully emotional video statement, Judge Esther Salas said she is certain her family was targeted because of her job. Her husband, Mark Anderl, was also shot three times and is recovering in a hospital. The gunman is believed to be the self-described “anti-feminist” lawyer Roy Den Hollander, who was found dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound hours after the killing. “Two […]
Golfer Bryson DeChambeau, who has hit the headlines recently for bulking up during quarantine and raging at a cameraman, has stunned fans again by asking tournament officials for help after his ball appeared to land on fire ants. Viewers and experts offered sympathy and ridicule to DeChambeau when he aroused suspicions by summoning a PGA official at the St Jude Invitational in Memphis, where he claimed that his shot was unplayable because of an apparent colony of red ants at the base of a tree. The world number seven was performing well on the seventh hole at the tournament, which has a top […]
A crypto hedge fund is folding, Silvergate Bank’s bitcoin-collateralized loans surged this quarter and bitcoin futures markets record triple-digit growth. You’re reading Blockchain Bites, the daily roundup of the most pivotal stories in blockchain and crypto news, and why they’re significant. You can subscribe to this and all of CoinDesk’s newsletters here. Top shelf Bitcoin ETPSwiss crypto manager FiCAS AG announced what could be the first actively managed bitcoin exchange-traded product (ETP). The firm’s Chairman Mattia Rattaggi said the Bitcoin Capital Active ETP’s portfolio could contain up to 15 altcoins as determined by market capitalization, liquidity and the rules of its host exchange, the SIX […]
Ethereum’s Devcon 1, held in London in November 2015, was like Woodstock, except perhaps with less nudity. Bankers and Big 4 consultants disguised in hoodies shared space with dreadlocked Ethereum coders, sitting cross-legged in the corners, their laptops open in front of them. Packed into a Victorian banking hall in the heart of the City of London, the audience listened as ConsenSys chief Joe Lubin predicted a new future for firms; cryptographer Nick Szabo talked about decentralization in the context of Francis Drake and the Aztecs; and chief scientist Vitalik Buterin assembled shards of the path that lay ahead. “The internet […]
The stock market isn’t usually considered an ally of cryptocurrencies, but with the big U.S. exchange Coinbase now rumored to be considering a share listing, some digital-asset industry insiders say a move toward more public ownership could accelerate mainstream adoption. By becoming publicly traded, cryptocurrency-focused companies could appeal to investors in the $35 trillion U.S. stock market. Back-of-the-envelope math shows that just a 1% allocation into crypto stocks could mean $350 billion of new investments for companies in the space. Compare that with the $287 billion total market value of digital-asset markets, and suddenly there’s a lot more capital going into the industry, even if it’s not […]
In his decision to hold a Saturday campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the site of a 1921 race riot in which an angry white mob killed an estimated 300 people and burned the black business district, President Trump has, as news reports have rightly noted, borrowed a page from the Ronald Reagan playbook. In 1980 Reagan launched his presidential campaign from the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Mississippi, the site of the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers, Michael Schwerner, James Chaney, and Andrew Goodman. Reagan spoke, as The New York Times report of his August 4 speech noted, “before […]
South Korea convened a top security meeting following the blast, which occurred on Tuesday at 2:49 p.m. local time, and issued a threatening statement saying Pyongyang would receive a strong response if it decides to worsen the situation. Newly released close-up footage shows the moment North Korea destroyed an inter-Korean liaison office established in 2018 as a symbol of reconciliation between the two states. Following the blast, which occurred at 2:49 p.m. local time, Seoul issued a threatening statement saying Pyongyang would receive a strong response if it decides to escalate the situation. Earlier today state media in North Korea issued […]
A statue of Confederate States President Jefferson Davis lies on the street after protesters pulled it down in Richmond, Va., on Wednesday. Parker Michels-Boyce/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Parker Michels-Boyce/AFP via Getty Images A statue of Confederate States President Jefferson Davis lies on the street after protesters pulled it down in Richmond, Va., on Wednesday. Parker Michels-Boyce/AFP via Getty Images In 2020, things happen that never happened before. And right now they seem to be happening all at once. Atop a global pandemic and resulting recession, June has given us another dimension of head-spinning events. Following two weeks […]
The post-Brexit transition period ends on 31 December 2020. Great Britain will not extend the transition period with the EU beyond the year-end deadline, Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove said on Friday. He took to Twitter after chairing an EU Joint Committee meeting. I just chaired a constructive EU Joint Committee meeting with @MarosSefcovic I formally confirmed the UK will not extend the transition period & the moment for extension has now passed. On 1 January 2021 we will take back control and regain our political & economic independence pic.twitter.com/nZjNpez8LI — Michael Gove (@michaelgove) June 12, 2020 MORE TO FOLLOW Source […]
Godofredo A Vasquez/Getty “Let all the ends thou aimst at be thy Country’s, thy God’s, and Truth’s. Be noble and the nobleness that lies in other men, sleeping but never dead, will rise in majesty to meet thine own.” —Inscription at Union Station, Washington, D.C. circa 1908 I remember first reading those words as a young congressional intern when I came to Washington, D.C. for the first time as a sophomore in high school. I have always held them close to my heart because they affirm that one man or woman can make a difference and in so doing, inspire others to […]
Former Obama administration Attorney General Eric Holder commented on the Black Lives Matter protests Sunday night, saying, “We have our MOMENT.” File screen image, 2014. Holder said on Twitter: “We have our MOMENT. The entire nation has been galvanized. The patriotic protesters have done well and will continue to do so. This is not enough. We need to construct a MOVEMENT that puts in place the structural reforms necessary for the sweeping changes that are badly needed.” TRENDING: Actor Tom Arnold Calls For Armed Insurrection Against Trump Supporters Holder has posted several comments, including a formal a statement, on the death […]
Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has ordered the National Guard and other federal troops to leave her city – setting up an unexpected clash over the rarely-invoked Third Amendment barring the quartering of troops. After declaring an end to the District of Columbia’s state of emergency, Bowser posted a letter to President Donald Trump ordering the removal of “all extraordinary federal law enforcement and military presence” from the city on Friday. Citing concern over “unidentified federal personnel patrolling the streets of Washington DC,” Bowser lamented that the military presence was “inflaming demonstrators and adding to the grievances” of protesters she insisted […]
There has never been a TV President at the level of Donald Trump. Yes, it’s his reality-TV origin story. But it’s also his state of existence: Camera constantly trained on his face, airwaves at his disposal, us as his audience rapt. He is as infatuated with this televised permanence as we seem to be with subsisting it. But, as came into sharp focus Monday night, that reliance on television as his own political tool has only exposed how ill-equipped he is for the constant scrutiny and the realities of the changing landscape. Since his inauguration, there have been countless critical essays […]
courtesy YouTube Guardian UK: Did Donald Trump just declare war on the US? Because that is certainly what it sounded like. After spending the weekend hiding in a bunker and firing off incendiary tweets, Trump finally addressed the country on Monday evening. In his first official speech since the killing of George Floyd by police sparked global protests, #BunkerBoy stood in the White House Rose Garden and threatened to mobilise the American military against the American people. Branding himself the “president of law and order”, Trump vowed that, if violence and looting continued, and mayors and governors did not take action, he would “deploy the United States military and quickly solve the […]
Our fathers and grandfathers went to war, died in their millions for naught of any value. Our greatgrandfathers fought for the false dream of a land fit for heroes and the promise of the war to end all wars. Our generation has grown up with the false fear of an oft-predicted Third World War. That war has now come to pass and it is being fought not on the battlefields but on the streets. One side has all the rabid dogs and ominous weapons, but such things are surely naught in the face of waves of determined, forceful but peaceful protest. […]
A History Of Mutual Aid Has Prepared POC For This Moment By Myriam Gurba, Remmexcla. May 26, 2020 A History Of Mutual Aid Has Prepared POC For This Moment2020-05-262020-05-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/jasmine-araujo-organizes-volunteers-with-the-group-southern-solidarity-at-her-home.-new-orleans-louisiana.-april-10-2020.-e1590512835287.jpg200px200px Above photo: Jasmine Araujo, organizes volunteers with the group Southern Solidarity, at her home, this organization which started March 2020, by Jasmine Araujo, to feed people on the street during the Covid-19 shutdown. New Orleans, Louisiana. 04/10/2020. Ben Depp/National Geographic Society. Jasmine Araujo confesses she’s feeling tired. Minutes ago, she returned home from distributing bags filled with fresh fruit, greens, sandwiches and other foods to her unhoused neighbors in New Orleans. Now, Araujo—who’s […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107932/34/1079323440_0:-1:3642:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_efe1ae32b5ed2ad669252bf6449bdd78.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202005161079323512-watch-chilling-moment-air-force-thunderbird-evades-possible-mid-air-collision/ The US Air Force’s Thunderbirds display team was formed back in 1953. On 15 May, the planes were flying over Southern California’s Los Angeles County and San Diego as a tribute to healthcare and frontline workers dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. A terrifying moment was caught on cameras when one of the US Air Force’s Thunderbirds performed an evasive move in mid-air, fearing a possible collision. Footage captured from a news helicopter shows that during a flight in a tight formation, the leader of the group makes a little adjustment to the right, followed by […]
It had all the trappings of a “Mission Accomplished” moment: the banner, the presidential pomp, and a message that wasn’t true. But what President Donald Trump wanted Monday to be a show of strength over his administration’s coronavirus testing push, complete with a banner touting “AMERICA leads the world in testing,” ended under tough questioning by reporters, causing the president to storm off abruptly. When CBS reporter Weijia Jiang asked Trump why it was a competition to the president with those around the globe as the death toll climbs and cases increase, the president used his answer to go on the […]