The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced this week that the U.S. State Department recently approved the potential sale to the Republic of Korea of two American-made Phalanx weapon systems. According to the Pentagon’s top arms broker, the State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Republic of Korea of two MK 15 MOD 25 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) Block 1B Baseline 2 (IB2) systems and related equipment for an estimated cost of $39 million. In addition, its notice says that South Korea also has requested to buy four thousand rounds and 20MM cartridge […]
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Are We Really Past The Point Of No Return On Climate? By Olivia Rosane, Ecowatch. November 17, 2020 Are We Really Past The Point Of No Return On Climate?2020-11-172020-11-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/flood-e1605644673389.jpg200px200px Above photo: A flooded house south of Dhaka, Bangladesh. A new climate study has found we could be locked in for nearly 10 feet of sea level rise by 2500 even if we stop emissions today. Yann Arthus-Bertrand / Getty Images Plus. NOTE: This study is being used to push technology from the carbon capture industry. Common sense and proven ways to capture carbon are using regenerative farming methods and wetland restoration. – […]
The UK sees no point in continuing trade talks with the EU unless it “fundamentally changes” its position, a spokesman for Britain’s PM Boris Johnson has said, blaming the bloc for failed negotiations. The EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier should only come to London for a meeting scheduled next week if he was willing to discuss details on travel and cargo haulage, the spokesman said on Friday. “There is no point in trade talks if the EU doesn’t change its position. The EU effectively ended the trade talks yesterday. Only if the EU fundamentally changes its position, will it be worth […]
Gasoline prices are posted at a Mobil gas station in Candia, N.H., on April 30. The coronavirus pandemic has renewed a critical debate about just when global oil demand will peak. Charles Krupa/AP hide caption toggle caption Charles Krupa/AP Gasoline prices are posted at a Mobil gas station in Candia, N.H., on April 30. The coronavirus pandemic has renewed a critical debate about just when global oil demand will peak. Charles Krupa/AP Oil is facing an existential crisis. There has never been so much uncertainty about the future of a commodity that keeps the global economic engine running. And it’s not […]
A new report from bitFlyer Japan states the exchange is now custodying more than 161.8 billion yen ($1.5 billion) on behalf of its clients, a two-year record for the company. Source link
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107656/71/1076567179_0:100:1920:1180_1200x675_80_0_0_c57ce6e8bd968897e88c94011d8a1c15.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Daria Bedenko. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/science/202010071080700556-israeli-researches-point-at-breach-in-comcast-remotes-allowing-hackers-to-spy-through-them/ According to the researchers, the remote’s voice control function can be subject to security breaches, allowing hackers to break into the remote and use it as a recording device. Researchers from the Israel-based Guardicore company have discovered what they describe as a possible “security breach” in the XR11 remotes produced by the US-based Comcast telecommunications company, which could allow hackers to listen and record through the remotes. The hackers could access remotes that have the option of voice control, activating it remotely and using the device to listen and record what is happening […]
The announcement that President Donald Trump, his wife, and a top White House aide contracted coronavirus threatened, on Friday, to bring unprecedented levels of tumult to the federal government. But even as the president was rushed to the hospital at Walter Reed, for what the White House said would be days of observation, rest and testing, officials inside the administration said they didn’t anticipate much of a shakeup in their approach to combating COVID. There would reportedly be no official revised mask policy, which remained encouraged but not required. The White House’s COVID task force would not take on an enhanced […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/1f/1080323715_0:88:3483:2047_1200x675_80_0_0_a01e72986336a256cb518dcde33be00e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Morgan Artyukhina . Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/military/202009301080625580-long-way-off-us-space-force-will-launch-humans-into-orbit-at-some-point/ Despite its very futuristic-sounding name, service members of the US Space Force (USSF) perform their roles down here on planet Earth – at least for now, according to a senior officer at US Space Command. “At some point, yes, we will be putting humans into space,” Maj. Gen. John Shaw, head of the Combined Force Space Component Command at US Space Command, said Tuesday at an event hosted by the US Air Force’s AFWERX innovation program, according to Air Force Magazine. However, he added that it’s still “a long way off,” […]
The obstacles and hardships facing working mothers are not new, but the pandemic has given them more visibility. SDI Productions/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption SDI Productions/Getty Images The obstacles and hardships facing working mothers are not new, but the pandemic has given them more visibility. SDI Productions/Getty Images Youli Lee is proud of the years she worked for the U.S. government, prosecuting cybercrime in some of the world’s darkest places. These days, she’s the one looking for places to hide out. “I just actually locked my door so that nobody could come here,” she says, from her bedroom. “I literally […]
Tennis fans have reacted furiously after Germany’s Laura Siegemund did not own up to a double-bounce that was missed by umpire Eva Asderaki in her comeback win over Kristina Mladenovic at the French Open on Tuesday. At set point with Mladenovic 5-1 up in the first-round contest, the German returned a drop shot that bounced twice rather than concede the point. Siegemund saved a further six set points as she battled back to win the first set 7-5, before taking the second set 6-3 to advance to the second round at Roland Garros. Fans were quick to react on social media, […]
The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg raises the possibility of a thoroughly conservative court that will not defend the civil liberties won through decades of struggle, Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston, told Radio Sputnik’s By Any Means Necessary Monday. “The problem now is you have a [US President Donald] Trump base, 63 million-strong, represented in the US Senate by Mitch McConnell, who in 2016 said a president should not be allowed to make a Supreme Court appointment [in an election year] … and he’s done a 180-degree […]
Whitehall is reportedly getting ready for a fresh round of healthcare restrictions, as British authorities grapple with a new spike in the rate of infections. The UK is at a “critical point” in the coronavirus pandemic, the chief medical officer for England, Professor Chris Whitty, is expected to warn in an address to the nation on Monday morning as Prime Minister Boris Johnson is prepared to lay out a new roadmap to prevent a second wave of the coronavirus, according to a Daily Mail report. The medical officer will tell a televised briefing that the country faces a “very challenging winter”, with […]
Democratic VP candidate Kamala Harris stoked controversy after saying she’s “proud” of Jacob Blake during a visit with his family, with detractors noting the man still faces charges for domestic abuse and sexual assault. Harris met with the Blake family while on a campaign stop to Milwaukee on Monday, speaking with Jacob Blake, Jr. – the man shot seven times by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin last month during a domestic dispute – by phone as he recovers in the hospital. “Sen. Harris had an inspirational and uplifting one-hour visit with Jacob Blake, Jr.and his family today,” Blake’s attorney, Ben Crump, wrote […]
Medicare For All Is A Beginning, Not The End Point By Don Fitz, Green Social Thought. August 31, 2020 Medicare For All Is A Beginning, Not The End Point2020-08-312020-08-31https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/medicare-for-all-hchp-indianapolis-monthly-meeting.jpg200px200px As a coup de grâce to the Bernie Sanders campaign Joe Biden declared that he would veto Medicare-for-All. This could drive a dedicated health care advocate to relentlessly pursue Med-4-All as a final goal. However, it is not the final goal. It should be the first step in a complete transformation of medicine which includes combining community medicine with natural medicine and health-care-for-the-world. Contrasting Cuban changes in medicine during the last 60 […]
Kenosha Mayor John Antaramian speaks at a press conference on August 27. President Trump plans to visit the city in response to the unrest over the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Anadolu Agency/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anadolu Agency/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Kenosha Mayor John Antaramian speaks at a press conference on August 27. President Trump plans to visit the city in response to the unrest over the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Anadolu Agency/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images President Trump will travel to Kenosha, Wis. on Tuesday to survey the damage from last week’s protests […]
An MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicle assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23 crashed during a routine training flight at Naval Base Ventura County Point Mugu on 14 August, base officials said. The MQ-8B Fire Scout – a drone helicopter – was in flight around 12:21 p.m. when one of its main rotors clipped a building at the air station. The crash caused superficial damage to the building and no injuries were reported, according to a news release from Naval Base Ventura County. The Fire Scout is the Navy’s only unmanned aircraft to operate on land and at sea. The Fire Scout is a […]
NATO’s ‘Unified Front’ At Breaking Point By Danny Sjursen, Future of Freedom Foundation. August 17, 2020 NATO’s ‘Unified Front’ At Breaking Point2020-08-172020-08-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/no-to-nato-2-e1589655788811.jpg200px200px Last month, a Turkish warship came one step away from firing missiles at a French naval vessel off the coast of Libya. In response, Paris suspended its involvement in Operation Sea Guardian — a multinational maritime effort to provide security in the Mediterranean Sea and halt the arms trafficking fueling Libya’s ongoing civil war. Initially, only eight member states — notably excluding both the U.S. and U.K. — supported France’s official complaint. This was only the latest incident in the increasingly frequent — and exceedingly awkward […]
Phi Beta Iota: Charlie Kirk is a college drop-out. He has received $30 million from Zionists and other Deep State elements to blow smoke up the President’s ass. He is mentored by a UK Scientologist that has probably been told to target President Donald Trump for “capture.” We do not make this shit up. RELATED: USS Liberty Veterans Blog: Letter to Charlie Kirk BitChute: Zionist Charlie Kirk Denies USS Liberty Attack Robert David Steele is the conceptualizer of integrated election reform (#UNRIG) and the integration of holistic analytics, true cost economics, and Open Source Everything Engineering (OSEE) such that we […]
(Guest post by Eric V.) Last month, Amazon banned Killing Free Speech: Part 1, the first part of a documentary about censorship. Amazon has now censored part two as well, which focuses specifically on Big Tech censorship, but the Democratic Party has joined in the censorship party by what can only be described as an act of Orwellian fiat. Killing Free Speech Parts 1 & 2 are both still available for purchase on vimeo https://vimeo.com/user79992217 After successfully holding a private screening for border patrol agents, Hansen attempted to arrange a screening of the documentary on Capitol Hill via the office of […]
WOLF POINT, Montana—Cowboys lined the metal chutes that released bucking horses and their riders into the arena, Miss Rodeo Montana signed autographs for fans, and coronavirus warning signs ended with “Face mask usage is of personal choice.” Most of the rodeo riders and audience at the Wolf Point Wild Horse Stampede appeared to skip masks, despite public health recommendations and increasing pressure to stem the spread of COVID-19 cases spiking across Montana and much of the U.S. “A lot of people, they’re trying to get back to life as normal,” said stampede competitor Dillon McPherson, from Wolf Point. “Having the rodeo […]
The 48th Fighter Wing Public Affairs has announced on Friday that Royal Netherland Air Force F-16s and F-35As partnered with 4th and 5th generation aircraft from the Royal Air Force and F-15s from the 48th Fighter Wing during exercise Point Blank, for the first time. More than 60 aircraft took off from home stations and met in the skies over the North Sea for a realistic, high-fidelity training environment that included KC-135 Stratotankers and a RC-135 Rivet Joint from RAF Mildenhall, along with NATO Airborne Warning and Control Systems. “We value the excellent opportunity Point Blank provides us to maintain and […]
If you’re not familiar with the works of Dr. Thomas Sowell, you should be, he is a national treasure. Sowell is a conservative libertarian scholar of economics and has authored dozens of books. This weekend, he appeared on the Mark Levin show and spoke about a number of issues, ranging from the recent riots and protests to the 2020 election. FOX News reports: TRENDING: BREAKING: Former Missouri Governor Eric Greitens and Friend Rush to Perform Life-Saving Measures on Shooting Victims in St. Louis! — Eric Greitens Just Spoke with The Gateway Pundit Thomas Sowell says concept of systemic racism ‘has no […]
The “terrible” state of relations between the US and Russia is not what other nations expect from the two countries with the world’s biggest nuclear arsenals, a Kremlin spokesman has said. “Our relationship remains at almost-bottom point. The situation is terrible both in bilateral aspects and in terms of our responsibility for multilateral affairs, first of all, in arms control and strategic stability,” Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with Russian TV. He noted that “shy” expert contacts between the two nations have been failing to preserve strategic arms control agreements, like the now-defunct Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), which was […]
Several U.S. states are at a tipping point, public health experts warned Friday, as coronavirus cases hit new records, hospitals and morgues reach capacity, and cases surge faster than anywhere else in the world. “This wildfire is now outside of the fence. It’s a lot easier to prevent one than it is to start to contain one that’s already outside,” San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg said on CNN Friday, noting that Texas lost 105 residents to the deadly virus overnight—its highest single-day increase. At least 133,420 people have died and 3.1 million more have been infected with the virus—and top infectious […]
Ten Point Agenda For The Global South By Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. June 28, 2020 Ten Point Agenda For The Global South2020-06-282020-06-28https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/capitalism-kills-but-we-shall-rise.png200px200px Above photo: Capitalism Kills but we shall rise. By Judy Ann Seidman (South Africa), Capitalism, 2020. In 1974, the United Nations General Assembly passed a New International Economic Order (NIEO), which was driven by the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). The resolution laid out a clear plan for the structural transformation of the world system, which was in the throes of a crisis at the time. But, the NIEO was set aside and the world order was shaped in a neoliberal […]
When federal prosecutors charged Jack Abramoff on Thursday with an illicit conspiracy to promote a cryptocurrency, they alleged that the disgraced lobbyist hired writers to help him with his scheme. The indictment did not name names. But new court documents point squarely to an employee of The Daily Caller and other conservative media outlets. Abramoff, who served almost four years in prison for his wide-ranging Washington influence peddling schemes, found himself in legal hot water again this week for his attempts to promote AML Bitcoin, a supposedly “anti-money laundering” cryptocurrency created by Texan businessman Marcus Andrade. As part of his duties, Abramoff […]
Donald Trump’s address at the West Point Military Academy has been dissected and analyzed by hundreds of wannabe online neurologists concerned by the supposedly ‘deteriorating health’ of the US commander-in-chief. At one point during his speech to US military academy graduates on Saturday, Trump used both of his hands to lift a glass of water, while at the end of it he descended the ramp extremely carefully – too carefully for some. These two “distressing” incidents were enough for the vast crowd of Trump detractors to declare the US leader unfit for service, propelling the #TrumpIsNotWell hashtag into top trends and […]
President Donald Trump speaks to United States Military Academy graduating cadets during commencement ceremonies. John Minchillo/AP hide caption toggle caption John Minchillo/AP President Donald Trump speaks to United States Military Academy graduating cadets during commencement ceremonies. John Minchillo/AP President Trump addressed the graduating class of the U.S. Military Academy on Saturday as the nation continues to grapple with a public health crisis and unrest following the police killing of George Floyd. The president delivered his remarks at West Point to an audience of more than 1,000 graduating cadets. The in-person speech was a break from the video addresses that have been […]
Donald Trump’s annual commencement address to graduating cadets at West Point Academy comes as a growing number of military figures in the US have condemned the president for politicising the armed forces amid the George Floyd protests, and his threat to use federal troops to quell the violence. US President Donald Trump is set to address the new graduating class of the Military Academy at West Point on Saturday, ABC News reports. After the COVID-19 pandemic forced the 1,110 cadets to follow in the footsteps of other educational institutions and switch to online studies in March, the graduating class is now […]
Bitcoin could be on the verge of breaking into a multi-month bull run, according to a lesser-known data metric. The percentage of bitcoin’s circulating supply in profit is currently hovering at 87%, according to data provided by blockchain analytics firm Glassnode. The metric is calculated by looking at the ratio of coins with a value that is higher now than when they were last moved. Essentially, over 16 million BTC out of the total circulating supply of 18.4 million is currently making gains. More importantly, the 87% level is close to that seen at the onset of the previous long-term bull […]
“What matters now? What matters next? What do we want? What are our demands? Where do we go from here?” These questions from Oprah Winfrey introduced OWN Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here?, the unprecedented two-night town hall event that premiered Tuesday on OWN and across Discovery’s 18 other U.S. networks. Airing the same night as the funeral for George Floyd, the Minneapolis black man whose death at the hands of a white police officer has sparked global protests, part one launched Winfrey’s conversation with black thought leaders and activists including director Ava DuVernay and Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams. Together, […]
Kathy Sullivan and pilot Victor Vescovo, seen after their dive to Challenger Deep. Enrique Alvarez/Courtesy of hide caption toggle caption Enrique Alvarez/Courtesy of Kathy Sullivan and pilot Victor Vescovo, seen after their dive to Challenger Deep. Enrique Alvarez/Courtesy of Kathy Sullivan has seen her share of highs and lows. Sullivan, the first U.S. woman to walk in space, a veteran of three shuttle missions and an enshrined member of the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, took a perilous journey downward this week. She became the first woman to reach Challenger Deep, the deepest known point on Earth, in the South Pacific. […]
Well, it happened. Block 630,000 was processed on the Bitcoin blockchain (while we were on the air with our Crypto Long & Short show on Monday, how cool is that!), and the bitcoin subsidy paid to miners was cut from 12.5 bitcoins to 6.25. It felt momentous, as we all witnessed a pre-programmed economic system immutably do its thing. (Allen Farrington’s essay beautifully describes what it meant to those of us watching.) Many of you are probably breathing a sigh of relief now that you don’t have to hear about the halving again for a few years. Understandable – it has dominated […]
We reported two months ago that coronavirus would die out in the summer. This appears now to be correct but it is difficult to see with the bogus data collected and reported to date. In spite of the facts the anti-American shut downs continue in the Blue states. In spite of drastically declining numbers, the Blue states in the US (i.e. Democrat run states) are doing all they can to hurt their constituents and keep them away from being able to pay their bills. As we reported on March 21, 2020: 1. The current charts are not helpful as they instill […]