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China and the United States will hold top-level official meetings during US Secretary of Treasury Janet Yellen’s visit to Beijing this week. Neither side expects a significant improvement in relations in the short run but there’s reason for hope that they may gradually accept each other’s differences. Yellen will visit Beijing on July 6-9, it was decided after a discussion between the two countries, China’s Ministry of Finance said on Monday. The former chairwoman of the US Federal Reserve is considered a relatively China-friendly US politician. Yellen’s visit comes after Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s on June 18-19 and ahead...

Awoman aboard an American Airlines flight caused quite the scene when she was caught on camera freaking out and heading for the exit over an apparent passenger she said was “not real.” The bizarre, expletive-laden meltdown that went viral Monday reportedly occurred as the flight was preparing to depart Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. “I’m telling you, I’m getting the f–k off and there’s a reason why I’m getting the f–k off and everyone can either believe it or they can not believe it,” the woman yells as she paces to the front of the plane, according to footage of the...

US officials keep asking China for mil-to-mil communications. But the Chinese military knows, if you want to make Americans uncomfortable, don’t talk to them. During his recent visit to China, Secretary of State Antony Blinken repeatedly asked his hosts to set up a military-to-military crisis communications hotline. The Chinese declined. USINDOPACOM commander Admiral John Aquilino complained earlier this year that the Chinese were ignoring his requests to establish direct communications channels with the Chinese military People’s Liberation Army (PLA) regional commands. And Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was rebuffed when he sought a meeting with China’s Defense Minister Li Shangfu during...

In this episode I talk with the great Christopher Cross about his influences, his famous hits and his incredible knowledge of guitars and guitar players! Beato refers to a video he did previously about a Christopher Cross solo that is difficult to hear at the end of Ride Like the Wind. Here’s the link to The Greatest Guitar Solo You Can’t HEAR!

I owe an apology to all readers for the temporarily reduced frequency of posting. I’m currently in Italy on a family vacation. On multiple occasions over the past several years, I have taken family vacations— including to semi-developed places like Russia and Vietnam — without significant effect on my ability to post on the blog. However, the internet service where I currently find myself in Italy is remarkably poor, and not sufficient to support the kind of research it takes to do one of my usual posts. So please have patience. I’ll be back to my usual routine next week....

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The California Reparations Task Force is asking the Democrat-controlled state legislature to eliminate interest on past-due child support, as well as any back child support debt for Black residents of the state. In its final report released last week, the group claimed "discriminatory" laws "have torn African American families apart," and that one effect of that is the "harms" caused by "the disproportionate amount of African Americans who are burdened with child support debt." The nearly 1,100-page document stated that Black Californians represent a larger percentage of those who owe child support debt than their proportion of the state's population....

Democrat presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., does not share the principle of racial non-discrimination that was practiced by his uncle, President John F. Kennedy.

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Sex ed has come a long way, even if you don’t realize it. What we used to think of as sex education has been slowly being transformed into Comprehensive Sexuality Education, an institutional monstrosity stemming from a partnership between UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) and the International Planned Parenthood Foundation. Yes, that Planned Parenthood… in schools. In this episode of the New Discourses Podcast, the fifth in the “Groomer Schools” mini-series, host James Lindsay pulls back the veil on the pillars of Comprehensive Sexuality Education by reading from a variety of source material so you can realize...

Police Chief: 'They Aren't Riots; It's War . . . They Want to Kill Us'

BREAKING - YOUR REACTION: A legal activist group has just filed a complaint demanding that the federal government put an end to Harvard University's special admissions treatment for students with alumni parents or family members who have made donations. This practice has been compared to "affirmative action for the rich." It is also known as legacy admissions. It has mainly favored wealthy or well connected white students. It is not based on any merit or grades, but mainly because your parents or grandparents attended the school, you qualify above others. The complaint argues that this policy discriminates against Black, Hispanic,...

Gloria Stuart was born on the 4th July in 1910. She said: “A woman’s heart is a deep ocean of secrets.” God Bless Freedom and Intimacy

A rumored sale of CNN to its onetime CEO could see the network come under foreign influence as one industry insider has warned much of the money could come from the United Arab Emirates. Ivan Schlager of Kirkland & Ellis - an expert on foreign influence regulation - made the assertion on Monday, as the network could face being sold by boss David Zaslav and ousted Jeff Zucker emerging as a frontrunner to snap it up. Just over a year ago, Zucker, who has close business ties Abu Dhabi-based International Media Investments, was forced to resign 15 years into his...

On Monday, Mexico’s president urged American citizens not to support GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis due to his state’s implementation of an immigration bill. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said he believes the law will lead to discrimination against illegal immigrants. Effective July 1, the Florida law imposes penalties on employers who hire illegal immigrants and strengthens DeSantis’ program for relocating migrants while curtailing social services for immigrants without permanent legal status. “We could not remain silent,” said Pres. López Obrador. “Not one vote for those who despise migrants!”

As part of a ‘Pride’ celebration, The U.S. Army shared to social media the story of a transgender Major who now identifies as a woman after previously being suicidally depressed.The DoD tweeted the following post linking to the story of Maj. Rachel Jones, claiming ‘she’ has ’embraced authenticity’ and should ‘inspire us all’ after becoming head of the U.S. Army Sustainment Command’s Cyber Division:.@USArmy Maj. Rachel Jones found solace after coming out as a transgender female. Her journey from battling depression & suicidal thoughts to embracing authenticity inspires us all. #WhyWeServe https://t.co/9llx7skuC3 — Department of Defense 🇺🇸 (@DeptofDefense) July 2,...

According to the International Energy Agency, the transportation sector is more reliant on fossil fuels than any other sector in the economy. In 2021, it accounted for 37% of all CO2 emissions from end‐use sectors.To gain insights into how different vehicle types contribute to these emissions, the above graphic visualizes the life cycle emissions of battery electric, hybrid, and internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles using Polestar and Rivian’s Pathway Report.Production to Disposal: Emissions at Each StageLife cycle emissions are the total amount of greenhouse gases emitted throughout a product’s existence, including its production, use, and disposal.To compare these emissions effectively,...

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, has vetoed a bill that was meant to protect children from transgender gender-change surgeries and other procedures like giving kids cross-sex hormones.House Bill 648, known as the “Stop Harming Our Kids Act,” was passed by the Republican-controlled state legislature along party lines in early June.The bill sought to prohibit hormone treatments for minors as well as puberty-blocking drugs and gender reassignment surgery, such as giving girls who identify as boys double mastectomies, which critics have decried as a form of mutilation.“If HB 648 doesn’t become law, we will be sending a horrible message...

A panelist on San Francisco's reparations committee said white men are a "danger to society." She made other statements deriding white men as well. Nikcole Cunningham, one of 15 members of the city's African American Reparations Advisory Committee, decried straight white men as abusive and actively dangerous to society in an"Straight white men are abusive; straight white men are serial killers,” Cunningham said. “They have the most — I watch these shows — the most serial killers," she continued. "Straight white men are the ones who are shooting up schools, right?" interview with the Telegraph. She continued to bash white...