Новости за 24.08.2020

The U.S. military has reimposed coronavirus restrictions, including limiting access to bases and barring personnel from most recreational activities off-post as the virus has resurged in South Korea after months of relatively low numbers.

The maker of tiny colorful bricks introduces a platform to get its ardent fans, as well as professional creators, to develop story lines and toy ideas.

A massive gold and copper mine planned for Alaska faces widespread opposition in the Trump administration over concerns that the project’s developer couldn’t resolve environmental risks associated with the project, a senior administration official said Sunday.

Emergency room visits dropped by 25 per cent between January and March during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic when compared to the previous year, according to new data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information.

NRL 2020: Parramatta Eels v South Sydney Rabbitohs, Round 16 match preview  NRL.COM

Our writer finishes his dissertation and can't seem to shake the guilt and fear.

Cristiano Ronaldo helped Manchester United complete an important transfer.

Iran and the Nuclear Deal The betrayal began with Iran. The work had all been done by Obama and Secretary of State, John Kerry. Trump was the beneficiary of a historic treaty that made the world a safer place and that lifted trust between Iran and the US to a level it hasn’t been at … Continue reading "Donald Trump and the Art of Betrayal"

Part one of three guest posts by Deane Jessup: The Covid-19 Omnishambles – Guest Post 1 – Testing – Deane Jessep Like everyone else in Auckland, I have been managing the yo-yo effect with my family and clients’ lives.  But I have to say; I am wearing thin. For context, I am outgoing, confident, highly […]

Mark and the indomitable Diana set sail from Buzzards Bay’s Red Brook Harbor aboard the J/30 Mojo, destination Mount Desert in Downeast Maine. The first leg, to Gloucester, was almost flawless.

The surreal aspect of Aug. 4 didn’t begin until 3 p.m. This was the Tuesday that Tropical Storm Isaias rolled through New England, and I was listening to the radio, one eye on my computer screen and the other on the wildly cavorting trees outside my window. Suddenly, this interruptionRead More

By Tim Plouff Without a doubt, trailer-boating has proven to be a fast and efficient way for my wife and me to move up and down the coast of Maine, thus exploring the countless islands and various points of interest so close to shore. All boaters – both power andRead More

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“Voyaging with Marionette” by Ron Breault. Whaler Books, 2020; 305 pp. $39.95. Review by Bob Muggleston The reader’s forbearance is requested. This story is best told over a couple of beers – the downstairs pub at the Brooklin Inn, in Maine, comes immediately to mind – but there are manyRead More

By David Roper This year’s cruise to Maine was supposed to be a quiet, reflective time spent mostly anchored alone in a bay I’ve always loved. For the first time in many years, my wife would sail with me on the Downeast leg from our homeport of Marblehead, Mass. IRead More

With Joe Biden leading in the polls and Republicans in trouble in the Senate, progressives are hoping for the sort of political revolution that Lyndon Johnson’s 1964 landslide over Barry Goldwater delivered. Biden has raced left, abandoning many of the positions which gave him his moderate reputation. If victorious, the aging, oft befuddled candidate seems … Continue reading "Imagine a President Joe Biden: What Would be a Progressive Foreign Policy?"

By Bart Barry- Saturday in three mainevents that miraculously did not conflict and more miraculously concluded before midnight ESPN’s Joe Smith beat the fight out light heavyweight former titlist Eleider Alvarez, former titlist “Showtime” Shawn Porter won each of his 2,160 seconds with a German welterweight named Sebastian Formella on Fox, and Russian former heavyweight …

By Jack Farrell I’m sitting in the deep cockpit of our sailboat Aloft on a mooring off Peaks Island, Maine, in the shadow of the landing craft Lionel Plante that plays such a big role in construction at the Isles of Shoals. I’m fortunate to have friends on the coastRead More

Time given to Prashant Bhushan by SC to apologise over contempt case ends today

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A medical emergency cuts short a cruise of a lifetime

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New England sailors, coaches and instructors share their thoughts about the boat designs, makes, models, rigs and sizes that have proven best for teaching all ages and abilities to work the wind.

The fresh orgy of anti-Russian invective in the lickspittle media (LSM) has the feel of fin de siècle. The last four reality-impaired years do seem as though they add up to a century. And no definitive fin is in sight, as long as most people don’t know what’s going on. The LSM should be confronted: … Continue reading "Catapulting Russian-Meddling Propaganda"