Monday, February 10, 2020
Iranian Minister Tried To Pass Off A $20 Halloween Costume As A Real Spacesuit - The Drive
Iranian Minister Tried To Pass Off A $20 Halloween Costume As A Real Spacesuit - The Drive"...The propensity of the Iranian regime to make often laughably hyperbolic claims about their military and technological achievements is nothing new, but some of the most absurd claims seem to routinely revolve around the country's ostensible ambitions to become a power in space.
Earlier this week, Iran's Minister of Information and Communications Technology Tweeted out a picture purportedly of a spacesuit for future Iranian astronauts.
Observers quickly determined that it was actually an altered Halloween costume that is readily available for purchase online....It's unclear why Iran thought it was a good idea to display this laughably off-the-shelf costume in a serious manner.
It almost seems better suited to be a claimed flight suit for child-sized pilots to go along with Iran's laughable Q313 "stealth fighter" mockup from years ago..."
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Earth May Be Hit By Mini Ice-Age As Sun Hibernates | Climate Dispatch
Earth May Be Hit By Mini Ice-Age As Sun Hibernates | Climate Dispatch"Sunspot activity on the surface of the Sun follows a well-known but little understood 11-year cycle.
Activity rises and falls creating the so-called solar maximum and then a solar minimum. During a solar maximum, the Sun is more powerful and is littered with sunspots.
Conversely, when the Sun enters a solar minimum – which it did about two years ago – energy from our host star begins to lessen.
However, one expert has warned that the Sun will enter a period of “hibernation” this year, in what as known as a Grand Solar Minimum (GSM).
Prof Valentina Zharkova, from the department of mathematics, physics and electrical engineering at Northumbria University, warned this could cause global temperatures to drop by one degrees Celsius.
While that sounds like an insignificant drop, it could have major ramifications for the planet, including a slow down in agricultural production.
The expert added the Sun’s hibernation period could last for three decades, which will lead to wetter and colder summers...."
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Virginia Dems Advance Bill to Give Driver's Licenses to up to 300K Illegals
Virginia Dems Advance Bill to Give Driver's Licenses to up to 300K Illegals:
The Democrats’ takeover of the Virginia statehouse includes advancing legislation that would give driver’s licenses to as many as 300,000 illegal immigrants in the state.
The local Fox News affiliate reported that critics say the law would reward this demographic, which has already broken the law by being in the country illegally. Those who support the bill say it would “increase the state’s revenue and decrease the level of fear existing in the immigrant community.”
The local Fox News affiliate reported that critics say the law would reward this demographic, which has already broken the law by being in the country illegally. Those who support the bill say it would “increase the state’s revenue and decrease the level of fear existing in the immigrant community.”
Why Hostess Will Begin Adding Peanut Flour to Suzy Q’s | SnackSafely.com
Why Hostess Will Begin Adding Peanut Flour to Suzy Q’s | SnackSafely.com- Hostess Brands recently issued the following press release warning they will begin adding peanut flour to their venerable Suzy Q’s line of snack cakes next month...
Hostess isn’t saying, but we can guess from past experience what their motivation is.
The answer lies in regulations introduced via the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) that took effect in September of 2016..."
Read on to find out!
This Tweet Perfectly Describes Income Inequality - Daniel J. Mitchell
"I periodically see tweets that deserve attention because they reveal something very important, usually in a clever and succinct fashion.
- Best tweet about capitalism vs socialism.
- The most depressing tweet.
- Trump’s worst-ever tweet.
- The best-ever counter-tweet.
...Today, let’s add to this collection..."
Compassionate people care about poverty.
Envious people care about inequality.
Envious people care about inequality.
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Bernie Sanders in NH: Admits 'Assault Weapons' Ban Is Just the Start
During the New Hampshire Democrat debate, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) again voiced support for banning “assault weapons” and admitted that such a ban is just the start.
Submission is the Better Part of Valor :: SteynOnline
Submission is the Better Part of Valor :: SteynOnline"...In early 2017, the question was asked by freelance journalist, Alison Bevege, at a local meeting of the Australian division of the Islamic organisation, Hizb ut-Tahrir; somewhat to her surprise, a spokesman for the group (no sign of a spokeswoman) obliged with a definitive answer in relation to Article 7c of their "draft constitution".
Q: "Do you want to kill ex-Muslims?"
A: "In Islam it is clear that apostates do attract capital punishment and we don't shy away from that."
Ah, well - it's just a "draft", so #NothingToSeeHere.
As an astute online commenter noted at the time: "They talk about killing ex-Muslims and complain about Islamophobia. Go figure".
The video gained prominence in late 2019 (ZOG-alert!) after it caught the attention of the 'Ex-Muslims of North America', and was retweeted by Canadian "apostate" and author of "Unveiled" Yasmine Mohammed..."
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EXCLUSIVE: Newly mandated UCLA diversity training tells students not to say 'lame,' 'insane'
- A campus-wide training module was sent out to share “key definitions and ideas."
- UCLA told all students the training was required, but did not have an asnwer as to what consequences would be for not completing the module.
The University of California-Los Angeles has implemented “required” diversity training for students, teaching them about the dangers of using such words as “lame.”
UCLA recently sent out an email to all students, inviting them to complete an “educative training module”, one already required by first year freshmen and new transfer students..."
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While Americans pine for 'Medicare for all,' Canadians look for US-style private insurance
While Americans pine for 'Medicare for all,' Canadians look for US-style private insurance"About 56% of people in the United States favor "Medicare for all," according to polling from the Kaiser Family Foundation out last week.
...That majority would be wise to take a look across our northern border.
Waits for care in Canada's government-run health insurance system...are spiraling.
The remedy for those waits, according to a new report from the Vancouver-based Fraser Institute?
A dose of U.S.-style private insurance.
Right now, Canada is the only high-income country with universal health coverage that bans its citizens from purchasing private insurance for anything deemed "medically necessary."...
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Betsy DeVos to Fund Scholarship for SOTU Philadelphia Student
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos will personally provide the scholarship that will allow Philadelphia fourth-grade student Janiyah Davis, who attended the State of the Union (SOTU) address, to enroll at the school of her choice.
A spokeswoman for DeVos confirmed to Breitbart News in an email statement the secretary will be personally paying for Janiyah to attend another school.
The Bee Apocalypse Was Never Real; Here's Why | American Council on Science and Health
The Bee Apocalypse Was Never Real; Here's Why | American Council on Science and Health
"If you were concerned after reading a sentence like “Populations of honeybees have crashed in recent years, and many researchers have pointed the blame at a class of widely used insecticides called neonicotinoids,” you are not alone.
That’s how an otherwise excellent article in The Scientist summarizing a recent USDA study on honeybees’ molecular responses to neonicotinoids began.
"If you were concerned after reading a sentence like “Populations of honeybees have crashed in recent years, and many researchers have pointed the blame at a class of widely used insecticides called neonicotinoids,” you are not alone.
That’s how an otherwise excellent article in The Scientist summarizing a recent USDA study on honeybees’ molecular responses to neonicotinoids began.
But you needn't be.
The narrative that honeybees, which are actually not even native to North America, Europe or Australia, face mortal danger and will take us down with them has been advanced by environmental groups for years and echoed in media, casual blogs and mainstream science sites.
...The only problem is that it isn’t true.
Myth of Honeybee decline
Honeybee populations haven’t “crashed” in the United States or elsewhere.
Honeybees are not going "extinct."
Crops are not "in trouble." ...
Honeybees are not going "extinct."
Crops are not "in trouble." ...
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History for February 10
History for February 10 - On-This-Day.com
Boris Pasternak 1890, Jimmy Durante 1893, Lon Chaney, Jr. 1905
Robert Wagner 1930 - Actor ("Hart to Hart"), Roberta Flack 1939 - Singer, Mark Spitz 1950 - Olympic gold-medal swimmer
1763 - The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War. In the treaty France ceded Canada to England.
1967 - The 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. The amendment required the appointment of a vice-president when that office became vacant and instituted new measures in the event of presidential disability.
Sunday, February 09, 2020
Rush Limbaugh Reveals Amazing Story Behind Trump's SOTU Invite
Friday on his nationally syndicated radio show, conservative radio icon Rush Limbaugh revealed behind-the-scenes details of President Donald Trump surprising him with an invitation to the State of the Union Tuesday, where he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
The Subversive Intentions of Our Mainstream Media – American Greatness
The Subversive Intentions of Our Mainstream Media – American Greatness
"...The great irony in the media’s hatred, of course, is that his rise would not have been possible without them and their vain attempt to hijack the Republican presidential primary process to ensure Hillary Clinton had the weakest opponent possible.
With the 2020 election less than nine months away and with all the laughs silenced and the tears shed, we have enough distance to assess whether the media learned the lessons of 2016.
They have not.
Alarmingly, it seems as though the only adjustment most media elites are making is to reject even more stridently the traditional standards and principles of their profession.
This was perhaps the main takeaway from the Columbia Journalism Review’s “Sleepwalking into 2020,” a recent survey of major media figures examining how they can avoid making the mistakes of 2016 in their coverage of 2020.
The results aren’t pretty.
Many of the respondents emphasized the need for a bolder rejection of the standards of neutrality and objectivity..."
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- The bias and censoring impulse that we observe in our news coverage isn’t incidental.
"...The great irony in the media’s hatred, of course, is that his rise would not have been possible without them and their vain attempt to hijack the Republican presidential primary process to ensure Hillary Clinton had the weakest opponent possible.
With the 2020 election less than nine months away and with all the laughs silenced and the tears shed, we have enough distance to assess whether the media learned the lessons of 2016.
They have not. Alarmingly, it seems as though the only adjustment most media elites are making is to reject even more stridently the traditional standards and principles of their profession.
This was perhaps the main takeaway from the Columbia Journalism Review’s “Sleepwalking into 2020,” a recent survey of major media figures examining how they can avoid making the mistakes of 2016 in their coverage of 2020.
The results aren’t pretty.
Many of the respondents emphasized the need for a bolder rejection of the standards of neutrality and objectivity..."
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