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Species pairs: Presenting a new challenge to Darwinists
In the many years of vehement debate between proponents of unguided evolution and intelligent design, it sometimes may look like all has already been said and there are no new arguments on either side. However, this is not the case at all. Intelligent design theory has greatly developed since its early beginnings and many new arguments have been added in support of the design inference. Here, I want to introduce another new argument and formulate a challenge to my Darwinist colleagues. This challenge is by no means rhetorical and could be easily met with simple research in publicly available data bases. Here it is. As I have laid out in various publications (e.g., Bechly & Meyer 2017) and lectures, the fossil record demonstrates that the history of life was not a series of gradual transformations by an accumulation of small changes over long periods of time. Instead of conforming to this gradualist prediction of Darwin's theory of evolution, the fossil record consistently...
https://www.sott.net/article/467223-Species-pairs-Presenting-a-new-challenge-to-Darwinists
Species pairs: Presenting a new challenge to Darwinists
In the many years of vehement debate between proponents of unguided evolution and intelligent design, it sometimes may look like all has already been said and there are no new arguments on either side. However, this is not the case at all. Intelligent design theory has greatly developed since its early beginnings and many new arguments have been added in support of the design inference. Here, I want to introduce another new argument and formulate a challenge to my Darwinist colleagues. This challenge is by no means rhetorical and could be easily met with simple research in publicly available data bases. Here it is. As I have laid out in various publications (e.g., Bechly & Meyer 2017) and lectures, the fossil record demonstrates that the history of life was not a series of gradual transformations by an accumulation of small changes over long periods of time. Instead of conforming to this gradualist prediction of Darwin's theory of evolution, the fossil record consistently...
https://www.sott.net/article/467223-Species-pairs-Presenting-a-new-challenge-to-Darwinists
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Violence spreading: Shots and drones from Ukraine reported near huge arms depot in Transnistria
The region's interior ministry has said "shots were fired from Ukraine" in the direction of the depot, and two drones were sighted Several shots were fired from across Ukraine's border with Transnistria into the territory of the self-proclaimed republic and in the direction of a huge arms depot, its interior ministry said on Wednesday. Two drones were also sighted in the area. "At 8:45 in the morning on April 27, shots were fired from Ukrainian territory in the direction of Kolbasna village," the ministry's statement reads. Transnistrian officials said that no casualties had been reported as a result. In a separate incident preceding the alleged shooting on Wednesday, "several drones were spotted over the village of Kolbasna" overnight, according to the ministry. The Transnistrian authorities also claim that the drones "had been launched into Transnistrian territory from Ukraine."
https://www.sott.net/article/467224-Violence-spreading-Shots-and-drones-from-Ukraine-reported-near-huge-arms-depot-in-Transnistria
Violence spreading: Shots and drones from Ukraine reported near huge arms depot in Transnistria
The region's interior ministry has said "shots were fired from Ukraine" in the direction of the depot, and two drones were sighted Several shots were fired from across Ukraine's border with Transnistria into the territory of the self-proclaimed republic and in the direction of a huge arms depot, its interior ministry said on Wednesday. Two drones were also sighted in the area. "At 8:45 in the morning on April 27, shots were fired from Ukrainian territory in the direction of Kolbasna village," the ministry's statement reads. Transnistrian officials said that no casualties had been reported as a result. In a separate incident preceding the alleged shooting on Wednesday, "several drones were spotted over the village of Kolbasna" overnight, according to the ministry. The Transnistrian authorities also claim that the drones "had been launched into Transnistrian territory from Ukraine."
https://www.sott.net/article/467224-Violence-spreading-Shots-and-drones-from-Ukraine-reported-near-huge-arms-depot-in-Transnistria
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An intellectual no-fly zone: Online censorship of Ukraine dissent is becoming the new norm
Google has sent a warning shot across the world, ominously informing media outlets, bloggers, and content creators that it will no longer tolerate certain opinions when it comes to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Earlier this month, Google AdSense sent a message to a myriad of publishers, including MintPress News, informing us that, "Due to the war in Ukraine, we will pause monetization of content that exploits, dismisses, or condones the war." This content, it went on to say, "includes, but is not limited to, claims that imply victims are responsible for their own tragedy or similar instances of victim-blaming, such as claims that Ukraine is committing genocide or deliberately attacking its own citizens." This builds on a similar message Google's subsidiary YouTube released last month, stating, "Our Community Guidelines prohibit content denying, minimizing or trivializing well-documented violent events. We are now removing content about Russia's invasion in Ukraine that violates...
https://www.sott.net/article/467225-An-intellectual-no-fly-zone-Online-censorship-of-Ukraine-dissent-is-becoming-the-new-norm
An intellectual no-fly zone: Online censorship of Ukraine dissent is becoming the new norm
Google has sent a warning shot across the world, ominously informing media outlets, bloggers, and content creators that it will no longer tolerate certain opinions when it comes to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Earlier this month, Google AdSense sent a message to a myriad of publishers, including MintPress News, informing us that, "Due to the war in Ukraine, we will pause monetization of content that exploits, dismisses, or condones the war." This content, it went on to say, "includes, but is not limited to, claims that imply victims are responsible for their own tragedy or similar instances of victim-blaming, such as claims that Ukraine is committing genocide or deliberately attacking its own citizens." This builds on a similar message Google's subsidiary YouTube released last month, stating, "Our Community Guidelines prohibit content denying, minimizing or trivializing well-documented violent events. We are now removing content about Russia's invasion in Ukraine that violates...
https://www.sott.net/article/467225-An-intellectual-no-fly-zone-Online-censorship-of-Ukraine-dissent-is-becoming-the-new-norm
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The psychology of manipulation: 6 lessons from the master of propaganda
Edward L. Bernays was an American business consultant who is widely recognized as the father of public relations. Bernays was one of the men responsible for "selling" World War 1 to the American public by branding it as a war that was necessary to "make the world safe for democracy". During the 1920s, Bernays consulted for a number of major corporations, helping to boost their business through expertly crafted marketing campaigns aimed at influencing public opinion. In 1928, Edward Bernays published his famous book, Propaganda, in which he outlined the theories behind his successful "public relations" endeavours. The book provides insights into the phenomenon of crowd psychology and outlines effective methods for manipulating people's habits and opinions. For a book that's almost 100 years old, Propaganda could not be more relevant today. In fact, its relevance is a testament to the unchanging nature of human psychology. One of the key takeaways of the book is that mind control is...
https://www.sott.net/article/467226-The-psychology-of-manipulation-6-lessons-from-the-master-of-propaganda
The psychology of manipulation: 6 lessons from the master of propaganda
Edward L. Bernays was an American business consultant who is widely recognized as the father of public relations. Bernays was one of the men responsible for "selling" World War 1 to the American public by branding it as a war that was necessary to "make the world safe for democracy". During the 1920s, Bernays consulted for a number of major corporations, helping to boost their business through expertly crafted marketing campaigns aimed at influencing public opinion. In 1928, Edward Bernays published his famous book, Propaganda, in which he outlined the theories behind his successful "public relations" endeavours. The book provides insights into the phenomenon of crowd psychology and outlines effective methods for manipulating people's habits and opinions. For a book that's almost 100 years old, Propaganda could not be more relevant today. In fact, its relevance is a testament to the unchanging nature of human psychology. One of the key takeaways of the book is that mind control is...
https://www.sott.net/article/467226-The-psychology-of-manipulation-6-lessons-from-the-master-of-propaganda
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Nearly 60% of US population had COVID by February: CDC
By February of this year, 58 percent of the US population — more than 190 million people — had been infected with COVID, according to an antibody survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published Tuesday. The figure is far higher than the 80 million officially recorded cases, with the majority of infections undiagnosed, asymptomatic or unreported. Roughly 75 percent of people under 18 had been infected, according to a paper based on a nationally representative study of antibody levels. There was a huge surge during the winter Omicron wave, particularly among children. Each month from September 2021 to January 2022, the study examined some 75,000 blood specimens taken from across the country, as well as 45,000 samples in February. The study examined only antibodies created in response to prior infection, not vaccination.
https://www.sott.net/article/467227-Nearly-60-of-US-population-had-COVID-by-February-CDC
Nearly 60% of US population had COVID by February: CDC
By February of this year, 58 percent of the US population — more than 190 million people — had been infected with COVID, according to an antibody survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published Tuesday. The figure is far higher than the 80 million officially recorded cases, with the majority of infections undiagnosed, asymptomatic or unreported. Roughly 75 percent of people under 18 had been infected, according to a paper based on a nationally representative study of antibody levels. There was a huge surge during the winter Omicron wave, particularly among children. Each month from September 2021 to January 2022, the study examined some 75,000 blood specimens taken from across the country, as well as 45,000 samples in February. The study examined only antibodies created in response to prior infection, not vaccination.
https://www.sott.net/article/467227-Nearly-60-of-US-population-had-COVID-by-February-CDC
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Clinical psychologist tells defamation trial that Amber Heard suffers two personality disorders and 'grossly exaggerated her PTSD' after split from Johnny Depp
A clinical psychologist hired to review Amber Heard and Johnny Depp's turbulent relationship told jurors the actress suffers from two personality disorders and 'grossly exaggerated' her PTSD after the couple's bitter split. Depp's legal team called expert witness Dr. Shannon Curry to the stand on Tuesday as the Hollywood star's highly publicized defamation trial against his ex-wife entered its ninth day. The clinical and forensic psychologist told the court she concluded Heard had traits consistent with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and Histrionic Personality Disorder (HPD) - two conditions found in people with patterns of emotional instability and attention-seeking behavior.
https://www.sott.net/article/467228-Clinical-psychologist-tells-defamation-trial-that-Amber-Heard-suffers-two-personality-disorders-and-grossly-exaggerated-her-PTSD-after-split-from-Johnny-Depp
Clinical psychologist tells defamation trial that Amber Heard suffers two personality disorders and 'grossly exaggerated her PTSD' after split from Johnny Depp
A clinical psychologist hired to review Amber Heard and Johnny Depp's turbulent relationship told jurors the actress suffers from two personality disorders and 'grossly exaggerated' her PTSD after the couple's bitter split. Depp's legal team called expert witness Dr. Shannon Curry to the stand on Tuesday as the Hollywood star's highly publicized defamation trial against his ex-wife entered its ninth day. The clinical and forensic psychologist told the court she concluded Heard had traits consistent with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and Histrionic Personality Disorder (HPD) - two conditions found in people with patterns of emotional instability and attention-seeking behavior.
https://www.sott.net/article/467228-Clinical-psychologist-tells-defamation-trial-that-Amber-Heard-suffers-two-personality-disorders-and-grossly-exaggerated-her-PTSD-after-split-from-Johnny-Depp
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Biden administration creates 'Disinformation Governance Board' under DHS to fight 'misinformation'
The Department of Homeland Security is setting up a new board designed to counter misinformation related to homeland security, with a focus specifically on Russia and irregular migration. The board will be called the "Disinformation Governance Board, and will be headed by executive director Nina Jankowicz.
https://www.sott.net/article/467229-Biden-administration-creates-Disinformation-Governance-Board-under-DHS-to-fight-misinformation
Biden administration creates 'Disinformation Governance Board' under DHS to fight 'misinformation'
The Department of Homeland Security is setting up a new board designed to counter misinformation related to homeland security, with a focus specifically on Russia and irregular migration. The board will be called the "Disinformation Governance Board, and will be headed by executive director Nina Jankowicz.
https://www.sott.net/article/467229-Biden-administration-creates-Disinformation-Governance-Board-under-DHS-to-fight-misinformation
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'Thoughtful moderation': Leaked audio reportedly from Twitter board meeting released by Project Veritas
Project Veritas released leaked audio Tuesday reportedly from a company-wide meeting at Twitter to address Elon Musk's takeover of the platform. The audio contains statements reportedly made by Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal and CMO Leslie Berland on April 25, 2022. Agrawal essentially admits in the audio that Twitter was "able to make the conversation" on the platform using "tools, processes" and that the company plans to continue these practices through "thoughtful moderation." "Elon made it clear in public that a large part of the reason he bought the platform was because of our moderation policies and disagreements in how we deal with health," Berland reportedly says in the clip. "This puts Twitter service and trust and safety as well as anybody who cares about health on the platform in a very difficult position."
https://www.sott.net/article/467230-Thoughtful-moderation-Leaked-audio-reportedly-from-Twitter-board-meeting-released-by-Project-Veritas
'Thoughtful moderation': Leaked audio reportedly from Twitter board meeting released by Project Veritas
Project Veritas released leaked audio Tuesday reportedly from a company-wide meeting at Twitter to address Elon Musk's takeover of the platform. The audio contains statements reportedly made by Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal and CMO Leslie Berland on April 25, 2022. Agrawal essentially admits in the audio that Twitter was "able to make the conversation" on the platform using "tools, processes" and that the company plans to continue these practices through "thoughtful moderation." "Elon made it clear in public that a large part of the reason he bought the platform was because of our moderation policies and disagreements in how we deal with health," Berland reportedly says in the clip. "This puts Twitter service and trust and safety as well as anybody who cares about health on the platform in a very difficult position."
https://www.sott.net/article/467230-Thoughtful-moderation-Leaked-audio-reportedly-from-Twitter-board-meeting-released-by-Project-Veritas
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BEST OF THE WEB: Twitter offers explanation for why conservatives are mysteriously gaining followers. Does it add up?
Twitter is claiming the recent surge in followers experienced by right-wing accounts since Elon Musk's takeover appears to be organic, but the picture may be more complicated. Republican Twitter accounts saw a massive surge in followers after reports Monday that Twitter was on the verge of selling itself to Elon Musk, while the accounts of Democratic lawmakers shrank considerably, according to an analysis Tuesday by USA Today. Twitter claimed the wild swings in follower counts are organic and simply the result of new accounts being created and existing accounts being deactivated. "We've been looking into recent fluctuations in follower counts. While we continue to take action on accounts that violate our spam policy which can affect follower counts, these fluctuations appear to largely have been a result of an increase in new account creation and deactivation," the company said in a statement Wednesday to the Daily Caller News Foundation.
https://www.sott.net/article/467231-Twitter-offers-explanation-for-why-conservatives-are-mysteriously-gaining-followers-Does-it-add-up
BEST OF THE WEB: Twitter offers explanation for why conservatives are mysteriously gaining followers. Does it add up?
Twitter is claiming the recent surge in followers experienced by right-wing accounts since Elon Musk's takeover appears to be organic, but the picture may be more complicated. Republican Twitter accounts saw a massive surge in followers after reports Monday that Twitter was on the verge of selling itself to Elon Musk, while the accounts of Democratic lawmakers shrank considerably, according to an analysis Tuesday by USA Today. Twitter claimed the wild swings in follower counts are organic and simply the result of new accounts being created and existing accounts being deactivated. "We've been looking into recent fluctuations in follower counts. While we continue to take action on accounts that violate our spam policy which can affect follower counts, these fluctuations appear to largely have been a result of an increase in new account creation and deactivation," the company said in a statement Wednesday to the Daily Caller News Foundation.
https://www.sott.net/article/467231-Twitter-offers-explanation-for-why-conservatives-are-mysteriously-gaining-followers-Does-it-add-up
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Financial records reveal Joe Biden had $5.2million in unexplained income
Joe Biden agreed to pay son Hunter's legal fees for his deal with a Chinese government-controlled company, emails reveal. The revelation ties the president even closer to Hunter's overseas business dealings - and makes his previous claims that he never discussed them with his son, even less plausible. Joe was able to pay the bills after earning millions of dollars through his and his wife's companies after he left office as vice president.
https://www.sott.net/article/467232-Financial-records-reveal-Joe-Biden-had-5-2million-in-unexplained-income
Financial records reveal Joe Biden had $5.2million in unexplained income
Joe Biden agreed to pay son Hunter's legal fees for his deal with a Chinese government-controlled company, emails reveal. The revelation ties the president even closer to Hunter's overseas business dealings - and makes his previous claims that he never discussed them with his son, even less plausible. Joe was able to pay the bills after earning millions of dollars through his and his wife's companies after he left office as vice president.
https://www.sott.net/article/467232-Financial-records-reveal-Joe-Biden-had-5-2million-in-unexplained-income
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Fauci: US is 'certainly' out of pandemic stage of COVID-19
Fauci noted that many Americans may have to receive vaccines every year in order to keep case numbers low. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country's top infectious disease expert, says the United States is "certainly" past the pandemic stage of fighting the coronavirus, though he acknowledges it continues in other countries around the world. "We are certainly right now in this country out of the pandemic phase," he told PBS NewsHour host Judy Woodruff on Tuesday. "We don't have 900,000 new infections a day and tens and tens and tens of thousands of hospitalizations and thousands of deaths. We are at a low level right now. So, if you're saying, are we out of the pandemic phase in this country, we are."
https://www.sott.net/article/467233-Fauci-US-is-certainly-out-of-pandemic-stage-of-COVID-19
Fauci: US is 'certainly' out of pandemic stage of COVID-19
Fauci noted that many Americans may have to receive vaccines every year in order to keep case numbers low. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country's top infectious disease expert, says the United States is "certainly" past the pandemic stage of fighting the coronavirus, though he acknowledges it continues in other countries around the world. "We are certainly right now in this country out of the pandemic phase," he told PBS NewsHour host Judy Woodruff on Tuesday. "We don't have 900,000 new infections a day and tens and tens and tens of thousands of hospitalizations and thousands of deaths. We are at a low level right now. So, if you're saying, are we out of the pandemic phase in this country, we are."
https://www.sott.net/article/467233-Fauci-US-is-certainly-out-of-pandemic-stage-of-COVID-19
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Derek Chauvin seeking new trial after conviction in George Floyd death
Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the death of George Floyd, is seeking a new trial. In an 82-page brief filed Monday, Chauvin's attorney, William Mohrman, argued that it was impossible for his client to get a fair trial in Minneapolis amid the tense climate surrounding the proceedings and the pre-trial publicity. He said the media coverage of the case "glorified Floyd and demonized Chauvin."
https://www.sott.net/article/467234-Derek-Chauvin-seeking-new-trial-after-conviction-in-George-Floyd-death
Derek Chauvin seeking new trial after conviction in George Floyd death
Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the death of George Floyd, is seeking a new trial. In an 82-page brief filed Monday, Chauvin's attorney, William Mohrman, argued that it was impossible for his client to get a fair trial in Minneapolis amid the tense climate surrounding the proceedings and the pre-trial publicity. He said the media coverage of the case "glorified Floyd and demonized Chauvin."
https://www.sott.net/article/467234-Derek-Chauvin-seeking-new-trial-after-conviction-in-George-Floyd-death
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Ukraine could dissolve into several states - Moscow
The policy pursued by the West and the "Kiev regime" it controls may ultimately result in Ukraine falling apart and ceasing to exist as a unified state, the secretary of Russia's Security Council, Nikolay Patrushev, has predicted. "Finding no positive ways to win Ukrainians over to its side, Washington, long before the 2014 coup d'etat, has been persuading Ukrainians of the supremacy of their nation and hatred toward everything Russian," Patrushev told the Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper in an exclusive interview, excerpts from which were published Tuesday. Today, the peoples living in Ukraine are held together only by fear of nationalist battalions. Such a policy of the West and the Kiev regime it controls can result only in disintegration of Ukraine into several states.
https://www.sott.net/article/467202-Ukraine-could-dissolve-into-several-states-Moscow
Ukraine could dissolve into several states - Moscow
The policy pursued by the West and the "Kiev regime" it controls may ultimately result in Ukraine falling apart and ceasing to exist as a unified state, the secretary of Russia's Security Council, Nikolay Patrushev, has predicted. "Finding no positive ways to win Ukrainians over to its side, Washington, long before the 2014 coup d'etat, has been persuading Ukrainians of the supremacy of their nation and hatred toward everything Russian," Patrushev told the Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper in an exclusive interview, excerpts from which were published Tuesday. Today, the peoples living in Ukraine are held together only by fear of nationalist battalions. Such a policy of the West and the Kiev regime it controls can result only in disintegration of Ukraine into several states.
https://www.sott.net/article/467202-Ukraine-could-dissolve-into-several-states-Moscow
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Meteor fireball over Germany and nearby countries on April 27
We received 19 reports about a fireball seen over Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Emilia-Romagna, Hessen, Piemonte, Rheinland-Pfalz, Sachsen, Salzburg and Veneto on Wednesday, April 27th 2022 around 19:56 UT. For this event, we received one video and 8 photos.
https://www.sott.net/article/467235-Meteor-fireball-over-Germany-and-nearby-countries-on-April-27
Meteor fireball over Germany and nearby countries on April 27
We received 19 reports about a fireball seen over Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Emilia-Romagna, Hessen, Piemonte, Rheinland-Pfalz, Sachsen, Salzburg and Veneto on Wednesday, April 27th 2022 around 19:56 UT. For this event, we received one video and 8 photos.
https://www.sott.net/article/467235-Meteor-fireball-over-Germany-and-nearby-countries-on-April-27
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Toddler killed after stray dog attack in Telangana, India
A two-and-a-half-year-old boy died allegedly after a pack of stray dogs attacked him at Bada Bazaar in Charminar police station limits on Tuesday night. The child, who suffered bleeding injuries on his neck and on other parts of his bust, was rushed for emergency treatment, but was soon declared dead by doctors at Niloufer Hospital. According to the police, the attack took place around 8:30 p.m. when the boy was playing outside his grandmother's house. "It was a pack of stray dogs," aggrieved family members and locals said. A senior official said that the police had visited the site, gathered details and checked the CCTV footage and related evidence.
https://www.sott.net/article/467236-Toddler-killed-after-stray-dog-attack-in-Telangana-India
Toddler killed after stray dog attack in Telangana, India
A two-and-a-half-year-old boy died allegedly after a pack of stray dogs attacked him at Bada Bazaar in Charminar police station limits on Tuesday night. The child, who suffered bleeding injuries on his neck and on other parts of his bust, was rushed for emergency treatment, but was soon declared dead by doctors at Niloufer Hospital. According to the police, the attack took place around 8:30 p.m. when the boy was playing outside his grandmother's house. "It was a pack of stray dogs," aggrieved family members and locals said. A senior official said that the police had visited the site, gathered details and checked the CCTV footage and related evidence.
https://www.sott.net/article/467236-Toddler-killed-after-stray-dog-attack-in-Telangana-India
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Transgender rugby player slams female athletes, coach says three injured
A high school rugby league is under fire after a transgender female athlete allegedly injured three biological female players during a Saturday match. A biological male identifying and playing as a female on Guam High School's rugby team injured three biological female players from Tiyan High School during Saturday's season-opening match, according to Tiyan High School head coach Conrad Kerber.
https://www.sott.net/article/467237-Transgender-rugby-player-slams-female-athletes-coach-says-three-injured
Transgender rugby player slams female athletes, coach says three injured
A high school rugby league is under fire after a transgender female athlete allegedly injured three biological female players during a Saturday match. A biological male identifying and playing as a female on Guam High School's rugby team injured three biological female players from Tiyan High School during Saturday's season-opening match, according to Tiyan High School head coach Conrad Kerber.
https://www.sott.net/article/467237-Transgender-rugby-player-slams-female-athletes-coach-says-three-injured
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Schooling: The West's War on the West
Exasperated parents have been known to admonish their self-centered, insolent, or sulking teen-agers with the words "You are your own worst enemy." It is highly unusual, however, for privileged adults to avidly turn on the civilization that has formed them, awarded them high status, and showered them with sundry and unprecedented material comforts. Yet progressive elites in the West revel in making themselves the West's own worst enemy. History is littered with nations that have brought down calamity on their heads through reckless adventures abroad or descent into corruption and decadence at home. From Plato to Hegel, political philosophers have warned that to counter the seeds of their own destruction sown into their typical ideas and institutions, regimes should fashion an educational system that checks their worst tendencies and fosters the virtues on which their security, prosperity, and happiness depend. But in the United States - and in other western liberal democracies -...
https://www.sott.net/article/467238-Schooling-The-Wests-War-on-the-West
Schooling: The West's War on the West
Exasperated parents have been known to admonish their self-centered, insolent, or sulking teen-agers with the words "You are your own worst enemy." It is highly unusual, however, for privileged adults to avidly turn on the civilization that has formed them, awarded them high status, and showered them with sundry and unprecedented material comforts. Yet progressive elites in the West revel in making themselves the West's own worst enemy. History is littered with nations that have brought down calamity on their heads through reckless adventures abroad or descent into corruption and decadence at home. From Plato to Hegel, political philosophers have warned that to counter the seeds of their own destruction sown into their typical ideas and institutions, regimes should fashion an educational system that checks their worst tendencies and fosters the virtues on which their security, prosperity, and happiness depend. But in the United States - and in other western liberal democracies -...
https://www.sott.net/article/467238-Schooling-The-Wests-War-on-the-West
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Biden cynically uses Ukraine to cover food sabotage
It's beginning to look like some bad actors are deliberately taking steps to guarantee a coming global food crisis. Every measure that the Biden Administration strategists have been making to "control energy inflation" is damaging the supply or inflating the price of natural gas, oil and coal to the global economy. This is having a huge impact on fertilizer prices and food production. That began well before Ukraine. Now reports are circulating that Biden's people have intervened to block the freight rail shipping of fertilizer at the most critical time for spring planting. By this autumn the effects will be explosive. With the crucial time for USA spring planting at its critical phase, CF Industries of Deerfield, Illinois, the largest US supplier of nitrogen fertilizers as well as a vital diesel engine additive, issued a press release stating that, "On Friday, April 8, 2022, Union Pacific informed CF Industries without advance notice that it was mandating certain shippers to reduce...
https://www.sott.net/article/467239-Biden-cynically-uses-Ukraine-to-cover-food-sabotage
Biden cynically uses Ukraine to cover food sabotage
It's beginning to look like some bad actors are deliberately taking steps to guarantee a coming global food crisis. Every measure that the Biden Administration strategists have been making to "control energy inflation" is damaging the supply or inflating the price of natural gas, oil and coal to the global economy. This is having a huge impact on fertilizer prices and food production. That began well before Ukraine. Now reports are circulating that Biden's people have intervened to block the freight rail shipping of fertilizer at the most critical time for spring planting. By this autumn the effects will be explosive. With the crucial time for USA spring planting at its critical phase, CF Industries of Deerfield, Illinois, the largest US supplier of nitrogen fertilizers as well as a vital diesel engine additive, issued a press release stating that, "On Friday, April 8, 2022, Union Pacific informed CF Industries without advance notice that it was mandating certain shippers to reduce...
https://www.sott.net/article/467239-Biden-cynically-uses-Ukraine-to-cover-food-sabotage
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Early-season snowstorm in Neuquén, Argentina
During this week the province of Neuquén was affected by a storm of snow and white wind that caused roadblocks and blown up roofs. Gusts exceeded 100 kilometers per hour. The Undersecretary of Civil Defense and Citizen Protection, Martín Giusti, reported that from Zapala to the capital, the wind was the protagonist. As a result of the storm, the Gendarmerie had to assist a dozen people stranded on roads that became impassable. They also had to rescue several people who were isolated in rural areas of "Pino Hachado" and "Copahue".
https://www.sott.net/article/467240-Early-season-snowstorm-in-Neuquen-Argentina
Early-season snowstorm in Neuquén, Argentina
During this week the province of Neuquén was affected by a storm of snow and white wind that caused roadblocks and blown up roofs. Gusts exceeded 100 kilometers per hour. The Undersecretary of Civil Defense and Citizen Protection, Martín Giusti, reported that from Zapala to the capital, the wind was the protagonist. As a result of the storm, the Gendarmerie had to assist a dozen people stranded on roads that became impassable. They also had to rescue several people who were isolated in rural areas of "Pino Hachado" and "Copahue".
https://www.sott.net/article/467240-Early-season-snowstorm-in-Neuquen-Argentina
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Good storytelling, lasting values and Disney's demise — this is not the way
We live in an age of maximum arrogance. When you watch companies with some of the most marketable brands in the world torch them on an altar of political correctness, it's easy to just think them stupid or going with the flow of history. But they aren't. Because not only do we live in an age of maximal arrogance, we also live in the biggest self-created false realities in human history. It is the height of irony that the biggest brand in storytelling, Disney, has succumbed to its own arrogance and self-delusion, becoming trapped in a false reality that Disney should dictate the direction humanity should accept. That's what lies at the heart of Disney's troubles today. It arrogantly believed it has an obligation to decide what is and is not culturally acceptable to a majority of its customers. It completely misread the room in thinking a large percentage of its business comes from the insufferably woke suburban moms who are just as fucked up as the kids they've raised. The good news...
https://www.sott.net/article/467241-Good-storytelling-lasting-values-and-Disneys-demise-this-is-not-the-way
Good storytelling, lasting values and Disney's demise — this is not the way
We live in an age of maximum arrogance. When you watch companies with some of the most marketable brands in the world torch them on an altar of political correctness, it's easy to just think them stupid or going with the flow of history. But they aren't. Because not only do we live in an age of maximal arrogance, we also live in the biggest self-created false realities in human history. It is the height of irony that the biggest brand in storytelling, Disney, has succumbed to its own arrogance and self-delusion, becoming trapped in a false reality that Disney should dictate the direction humanity should accept. That's what lies at the heart of Disney's troubles today. It arrogantly believed it has an obligation to decide what is and is not culturally acceptable to a majority of its customers. It completely misread the room in thinking a large percentage of its business comes from the insufferably woke suburban moms who are just as fucked up as the kids they've raised. The good news...
https://www.sott.net/article/467241-Good-storytelling-lasting-values-and-Disneys-demise-this-is-not-the-way
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Bill Clinton makes a pathetic attempt to retroactively justify his decision to expand NATO in 1998
Writes a Deceitful Article in The Atlantic Magazine That Distorts History to Defend His Fateful Presidential Blunder With the Ukraine war expanding and the threat of nuclear catastrophe rising, Bill Clinton has written an article in The Atlantic magazine trying to defend what many see as indefensible: his administration's support for the expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in March 1999 into Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic against a pledge by the Bush administration to Mikhail Gorbachev that NATO would not expand "one inch eastward." Clinton had been warned at the time by Russian President Boris Yeltsin (1991-1999) that NATO expansion would result in "nothing but humiliation for Russia" and could provoke a new Cold War. Yeltsin told Clinton: "How do you think it looks to us if one bloc [from the Cold War] continued to exist when the Warsaw Pact has been abolished? It's a new form of encirclement if the one surviving Cold War bloc expands right up to...
https://www.sott.net/article/467242-Bill-Clinton-makes-a-pathetic-attempt-to-retroactively-justify-his-decision-to-expand-NATO-in-1998
Bill Clinton makes a pathetic attempt to retroactively justify his decision to expand NATO in 1998
Writes a Deceitful Article in The Atlantic Magazine That Distorts History to Defend His Fateful Presidential Blunder With the Ukraine war expanding and the threat of nuclear catastrophe rising, Bill Clinton has written an article in The Atlantic magazine trying to defend what many see as indefensible: his administration's support for the expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in March 1999 into Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic against a pledge by the Bush administration to Mikhail Gorbachev that NATO would not expand "one inch eastward." Clinton had been warned at the time by Russian President Boris Yeltsin (1991-1999) that NATO expansion would result in "nothing but humiliation for Russia" and could provoke a new Cold War. Yeltsin told Clinton: "How do you think it looks to us if one bloc [from the Cold War] continued to exist when the Warsaw Pact has been abolished? It's a new form of encirclement if the one surviving Cold War bloc expands right up to...
https://www.sott.net/article/467242-Bill-Clinton-makes-a-pathetic-attempt-to-retroactively-justify-his-decision-to-expand-NATO-in-1998
