[Federalist] The "reproductive health" industry is mainly focused on killing unborn babies. This tragedy has left women who experience fertility issues at a loss, especially older women of reproductive age who were encouraged to wait to start a family until their later years.
While pregnancy termination pills are liberally prescribed, despite safety concerns, simple fertility boosters like oral progesterone medications are guarded as if they are as deadly as the abortion pills that are so often prescribed by the reproductive health industry.
SKYROCKETING ABORTION DRUG ACCESS
Sadly, on Sept. 30, the FDA approved the use of generic Mifepristone, the most commonly used abortion drug. This sparked a quick response from U.S. representatives seeking to protect life, who sent a letter to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr, urging him to look into leading drug approval officials for what they called a "reckless decision."
Mifepristone has caused "significant morbidity and mortality," according to a 2021 National Library of Medicine study that examined deaths related to the drug between 2000 and 2019. The FDA labeled it a safe drug despite also noting that 36 women were killed by it in 2024 alone, and the Mayo Clinic has noted a lengthy list of common side effects. These include: anxiety, coma, depression, and seizures, along with the less common side effects of heavy bleeding, fainting, and the unknown frequency of side effects like hives, chest pain, and trouble breathing.
The use of Mifepristone as an abortifacient has increased to such a rate that the Guttmacher Institute estimated that over one million abortions were performed in the U.S. last year, including medicated abortions. This was attributed to the popularity of Mifepristone prescriptions being obtained through telehealth exams, where a doctor does not physically examine a patient but prescribes treatment after assessing the situation via phone call or online interview, per Associated Press.
[BBC] Tucked away in a secluded industrial quayside in south Wales, a "forgotten veteran" of World War Two is hiding in plain sight.
If you peer across to the River Neath from the M4 at Llandarcy, you might spot LV72 Juno.
Though she is now rusty and leaning to one side, in her heyday Juno was a lightship - a ship which acts as a lighthouse - which guided Allied troops and equipment to makeshift harbours in France in the crucial days that followed D-Day.
Amateur historian Lyndon Pritchard said as a child he would pass the ship, moored at Neath Abbey Wharf, and never paid it much attention.
But now, aged 57, Mr Pritchard is a lightvessel enthusiast who has dedicated many hours to researching the ship's important wartime role.
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[Regnum] Lava plumes approximately 500 meters and 330 meters high were recorded during a new eruption of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported this on October 18.
"The fountain of the southern crater reached a height of just under 1,500 feet (500 m), and the fountains of the northern crater reached about 1,100 feet (330 m)," the experts clarified. "Approximately 176 freezers"
The USGS estimated that this could be the tallest single fountain and the tallest pair of fountains recorded during the current eruption. Talk about 'gender fluid'!
Kilauea is considered one of the most active volcanoes on the planet. This eruption was the 35th this year.
About 10 episodes have occurred over the past four months. On June 12, the height of the fountains at Kilauea's northern vent reached 100 meters.
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Episode 35 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption ended abruptly at 3:32 a.m. HST this morning, October 18, after 7.5 hours of continuous fountaining. Vent areas and lava flows may continue to exhibit slow movement and/or incandescence as they cool and solidify over the coming days. Kīlauea summit inflation resumed following the end of episode 35, indicating that another fountaining episode is possible, but likely at least two weeks away. USGS, but no video.
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[Regnum] Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon will pass closest to Earth on Tuesday, October 21. This was reported by the Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Space Research Institute (IKI) of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The distance between Earth and the comet will be 89 million km.
Not quite close enough to reach out and touch...
According to scientists, the celestial body is currently passing its peak luminosity, making expectations of it reaching second magnitude overestimated.
At the same time, Lemmon is inferior in brightness to the strong comets of 2024, in particular comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), which at its peak had a luminosity several hundred times greater.
It is noted that Comet Lemmon will be observed until at least the end of October - beginning of November.
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Is it here to pick up Don Lemon?
(oh pleez pleez pleez...)
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LATEST WARNING
All previous Scientific based warnings of possible Earth, then Moon, then Sun impact possibilities, have been adjusted. Of course, after the speaking fees were collected.
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[Regnum] Earth has been hit by the third magnetic storm of October. This was reported on October 18 by the Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Space Research Institute (IKI) of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Scientists have noted that the solar wind has strengthened, as the Earth enters a plasma flow from the coronal hole.
They added that two magnetic storms had already occurred in October: at the beginning of the month from October 1 to 3, and another one on October 12.
"The wait wasn't long. While I was writing the previous post, the third magnetic storm of October began," the laboratory's Telegram channel reports.
Scientists previously warned of the imminent onset of a magnetic storm due to intense solar flare activity. However, the Space Research Institute (IKI) noted that the flares pose no direct threat to Earth.
As reported on October 17, the Sun's coronal hole, which has noticeably expanded over the past month, could cause weak geomagnetic disturbances on Earth on October 18 and 19. Coronal holes are among the longest-lived structures on the Sun. Due to the star's 27-day rotation, such formations periodically return to the side facing Earth.
[AFRICANEWS] Almost two years after he led a coup to end more than five decades of Bongo dynasty rule, Gabon's military leader Brice Oligui Nguema has announced he will run in April's presidential elections. Bet he wins too.
After the ouster of President Ali Bongo in August 2023, Nguema had vowed to give power back to civilians following a transitional period.
Given the green light in January by the transitional Parliament, a new electoral code enables members of the military and magistrates to run in elections.
Nguema made the announcement at a speech in Gabon's capital. The 50 year old said his vision for the nation was a ''Gabon rising from the ashes'', as he called on the crowd to get behind his candidacy.
To throw his hat in the ring for the role, the former head of the presidential guard will have to abandon his current role at least temporarily, according to Facebook page Infos CTRI officiel.
"If he's not elected, he will return to the barracks," the page added.
Elections in Gabon are due on April 12th.
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[AFRICANEWS] An army colonel who seized power in a military coup was sworn in as Madagascar's new leader on Friday.
Col. Michael Randrianirina, the commander of an elite army unit, took the oath of office to become the new president at a ceremony in the main chamber of the nation's High Constitutional Court.
In his inaugural speech, he promised to "respect and safeguard" the constitution and the rule of law.
"Today marks a turning point for our nation, for the Malagasy people themselves are thirsting for profound change in the way our country is governed — a change that drives us to write a new chapter in the nation's history," Randrianirina said.
"We give our solemn assurance to break away from the harmful practices of the past. We will protect and rebuild the entire system of governance and administration, aligning it with the true aspirations of the people," he added.
Military takeover
Randrianirina's ascent to the presidency came just three days after he announced that the armed forces were taking power in the sprawling Indian Ocean island of around 30 million people off Africa's east coast.
The military takeover — which came after three weeks of anti-government protests by mainly young people — has been condemned by the United Nations and led to Madagascar being suspended from the African Union.
Following the coup, President Andry Rajoelina fled the country. His whereabouts are unknown.
Randrianirina has said Madagascar will be run by a military council with him as president for between 18 months and two years before any new elections, meaning young people who inspired the uprising against Rajoelina may have a long wait before they are able to choose their new leader.
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[ZeroHedge] The world has now woken up to the consequences of China dominating global supply chains, said White House trade adviser Peter Navarro.
“That’s kind of the state of play,” he said at an Oct. 17 event at the Council on Foreign Relations.
“The world has fundamentally changed based on what we’ve observed, and the world will not go back to sleep on this.”
The comments note a contrast in global attitude to when he served at the White House during the first Trump administration.
In 2017, Navarro was a key driver directing the administration to conduct a nine-month review of the U.S. defense industrial base. The resulting 146-page report, released in the following October, identified China as “a significant and growing risk to the supply of materials and technologies deemed strategic and critical to U.S. national security.”
When it comes to critical energetic materials for munitions and missiles, the report noted, there’s often “no other source or drop-in replacement material.” And in cases where that option exists, it added, the time and cost can be prohibitive—sometimes hundreds of millions of dollars each.
“My job, literally every day, is to worry about whether we have enough magnets or pharmaceuticals or ball bearings or whatever it is that we need,” Navarro said, citing an old proverb: “The war was lost through a horseshoe.”
“You cannot project power if you surrender production; you cannot deter aggression when your supply chains run through your opponent’s ports; you can’t lead the free world if you can’t make what the free world needs.”
Now, the Chinese regime’s economic aggression is getting harder to overlook.
“My job is a lot easier, because I don’t have to convince anybody anymore.
“And what’s extraordinary to me is that it’s not just in this magnet issue, it’s not just us—it’s the whole world.”
President Donald Trump a week ago unveiled an additional 100 percent tariff on imports from China, citing Beijing’s “aggressive” restrictions on rare earth elements, which are used in virtually all electronic devices, and the regime has a near-monopoly on.
Trump on Friday acknowledged that the high levy is not sustainable but suggested he saw no other option.
“They forced me to do that,” the president said in a Fox Business Network segment aired on Friday, adding that the United States is still seeking a “fair deal.”
“China has ripped us off from day one,” he said.
President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, on Oct. 17, 2025. Tom Brenner/AFP via Getty Images
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Friday confirmed he will meet with a Chinese delegation in Malaysia a week from now to prepare for an expected U.S.–China summit in South Korea.
“We hope that China will show the respect that we have shown them, and I am confident that President Trump, because of his relationship with President Xi [Jinping], will be able to get things back on a good course,” he told reporters during a bilateral meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Trump, speaking alongside Bessent, said the tariffs have put the United States in a strong position and that he anticipates “a deal that will be good for both” countries from the summit.
“But you have to understand, we never got anything from China. It was a one-way street for many years.”
If Beijing refuses to be a reliable trading partner, the United States and allies may have to decouple, Bessent warned earlier.
The European Union has signaled its readiness to coordinate with the United States in countering China’s rare earth stranglehold.
“This is actually an area of common interest with our friends in the U.S. If we stick together we can much better pressure China to act in a fair way,” said Danish Foreign Minister Lars Rasmussen.
[Regnum] About 42 million US citizens could lose their food stamps as early as November
…so a hypothetical rather than something that actually happened…
amid the federal government shutdown. CNN reported this on October 18.
"An estimated 42 million people
…people =/= US citizens. Which is it? Because if they’re noncitizens, especially illegal aliens, they should not be on the public dole…
risk being left without critical food assistance in November due to the federal government shutdown," the report notes.
According to the television channel, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which is used by one in eight Americans, provides participants with an average monthly benefit of $188 per person. It is currently unclear whether the Trump administration plans to find funds to continue payments.
The US shutdown began at midnight on October 1 due to a lack of funding caused by disagreements between Republicans and Democrats in Congress over the budget for the current fiscal year. Approximately 800,000 employees, representing approximately 40% of the federal workforce, were at risk of layoffs. I've been laid off twice. Quit 4. All for the better.
It’s easier to grow in a new environment, though less comfortable.
Earlier, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright stated that thousands of employees involved in nuclear safety and nuclear arsenal modernization could be laid off or furloughed due to the ongoing shutdown. Wright stated that the current situation jeopardizes the implementation of key US national security projects.
On October 15, the US Senate rejected the Republican-sponsored government funding bill for the ninth time.
Over 4,000 government employees have already been laid off amid the shutdown. Up to 1,200 employees were laid off from the Department of Health and Human Services, and over 1,400 from the Department of the Treasury. Layoffs also affected employees in the departments of Commerce, Education, Energy, Housing, and Homeland Security.
US President Donald Trump blamed Democrats for the current situation. He stated that he intends to use the shutdown to reduce the number of federal employees and eliminate programs that Republicans consider ineffective or excessive.
It’s been almost twenty years since Saddam Hussein left the scene, but there are still stubborn revenants.
[Rudaw] Iraq arrested 135 people suspected of having links to the banned Baath party in a nationwide campaign on Thursday, a national security official said.
"In an operation carried out by the National Security Service (INSS) on Thursday, 135 suspects charged with membership or promoting the Baath party were arrested," INSS spokesperson Arshad Hakim told Rudaw.
The operation included raids in 14 provinces and was based on intelligence gathered from interrogations of jugged Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! leaders of the former regime.
Hakim accused Baath-linked networks of seeking to "attract the youth to establish secret groups and make websites on social media platforms. They had tried to make use of crowds and rallies to take group photographs to show they are large in number."
Support for the Baath Party in Iraq was banned in a law that came into force on July 30, 2016 and criminalized membership in, and promotion of, the party, as well as any similar groups or ideologies.
"The operation continues to track down all those involved in this matter, some of whom are run by wanted runaways from outside Iraq, most of whose activities were through social networks, whether for recruitment or propaganda," Hakim said.
The arrests come less than a month before Iraq’s parliamentary elections, which has seen the disqualification of hundreds of candidates on charges linked to the Baath party.
In late July, the INSS arrested another 40 people suspected of spreading Baathist ideology and planning sabotage attacks.
The Arab Socialist Baath Party ruled Iraq from 1968 until it was toppled in 2003 by a United States-led invasion that removed its leader, Saddam Hussein. The party has been banned under the Iraqi constitution, which outlaws adopting, glorifying, or promoting the symbols and propaganda of the former regime.
Hussein’s oppressive regime was responsible for numerous crimes against humanity, including the Anfal genocide against the Kurds. The campaign reached its deadliest point in 1988 with the Halabja chemical attack that killed around 5,000 people and injured 10,000 more.
Hussein was executed in 2006 after he was sentenced to death for the killing of 148 Shiites. His trial on charges related to the Anfal genocide was still ongoing at the time of his execution.
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Just look at that thing!
Who stole our tech and sold it to the commies THIS time?
My money is on patriotic Chinese-Americans but you never know. It's turned out to be the most unlikely people, even allies.
The head of counterintelligence of the FBI in the 90s was a commie spy. Continued his work even after the USSR fell.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
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