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by Thomas Buckley at californiaglobe.com In World War I, there were officers and others behind the trenches who “took care of” soldiers who decided that maybe going over the top to a certain grisly death was not in their best interest. In World War II, the Soviet army was full of political and other […]
by OLIVER JJ LANE at breitbart.com While the Islamic world expressed their condolences for the death of the Iranian President called by critics the “butcher of Tehran”, the European Union stood out among the democratic West by joining in. Several political leaders of Iran were killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday, apparently as their […]
via americanindian.si.edu The controversial construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) gained national and international attention when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers accepted an application filed by Energy Transfer Partners, a Texas-based developer behind the project. The position of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is that the Dakota Access Pipeline violates Article II of the Fort […]
by Caitlyn Kim at cpr.org The next federal election is more than 20 months away, but behind the scenes, political forces are already gearing up for Colorado to be back in the national spotlight. The state’s two marquee races in 2024 will be Republican Lauren Boebert in congressional district 3 and Democrat Yadira Caraveo in […]
by Frank Chen at scmp.comWith China’s never-before-seen levels of economic upheaval, Koo warns ‘the consequences could be dire’ if a so-called balance-sheet recession takes hold Koo’s theories influenced Western policy after the global financial crisis, and now he has strong advice for Chinese policymakers and disillusioned young people Richard Koo, chief economist at the Nomura […]
by Steve Watson at zerohedge.com A Congolese man who was previously held up as an example of successful migrant integration has been jailed for only nine years in Germany for raping his own mother and beating her almost to death. The German outlet Nuis reports that 30-year-old Moise Lohombo was sentenced by the Wiesbaden District Court, with […]
via breitbart.com LONDON (AP) – The final report of the U.K.’s infected blood inquiry will be published Monday, nearly six years after it began looking into how tens of thousands of people contracted HIV or hepatitis from transfusions of tainted blood and blood products in the 1970s and 1980s. The scandal is widely seen […]
via nwcouncil.org The Pacific Northwest power system faces ahost of uncertainties, from compliance withfederal carbon dioxide emissions regulationsto future fuel prices, resource retirements,salmon recovery actions, economic growth, agrowing need to meet peak demand, and howincreasing renewable resources would affect thepower system. The Council’s Seventh PowerPlan addresses these uncertainties and providesguidance on which resources can help […]
by Eric Worrall at wattsupwiththat.com The diesel generator would only be needed for “backup”. How the South Pole research station could run on 100% renewable energy Joshua S HillMay 15, 2024 American researchers have completed an analysis that demonstrates how renewable energy could almost completely replace diesel at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, resulting in […]
by David Lindfield at slaynews.com Liberal TV host Jon Stewart has called out Democrat Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for enriching herself with decades of “legal corruption.” The backlash against Pelosi’s insider trading scheme, which has resulted in her and her family growing incredibly rich, has been slowly building for some time. So much so, that […]