Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Boris Spassky, the 10th World Chess Champion, has died at the age of 88. This was announced on February 27 by the President of the Russian Chess Federation Andrey Filatov.
Spassky was a great personality, many generations of chess players learned and continue to learn from his games and work, Filatov told TASS.
"A great loss for the country. Condolences to his family and friends. Eternal memory," said the federation president.
Spassky was born in 1937 in Leningrad. After the start of the Great Patriotic War, shortly before the start of the blockade, he and his brother were evacuated to the Kirov region.
Spassky began playing chess in 1946 at the Leningrad Palace of Pioneers. In 1955, he won the World Youth Chess Championship and received the title of grandmaster.
In 1966, Spassky first competed in a world championship match, but lost to Tigran Petrosian. He became world champion three years later, beating the same opponent.
In 1972, Spassky lost to Robert Fischer and lost his world champion title. In 1976, the chess player emigrated to France, and in 2012 he returned to Russia.
[GEO.TV] An unvaccinated child in Texas has died from measles, health officials confirmed on Wednesday, marking the first measles-related fatality in the United States in nearly a decade, as the country grapples with a growing outbreak and declining immunisation rates.
The death comes amid declining immunisation rates nationwide, with the latest cases concentrated in a Mennonite religious community that historically has shown vaccine hesitancy.
It comes at a delicate moment for US public health as Kennedy, who has long spread falsehoods about the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine, begins his tenure as health secretary.
"The school-aged child who was not vaccinated was hospitalised in Lubbock last week and tested positive for measles," the state health department said in a news release.
A statement from Lubbock city confirmed that the child passed away "within the last 24 hours."
Since the start of the year, more than 130 measles cases have been reported in west Texas and neighbouring New Mexico, the vast majority in unvaccinated children.
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Not vaccinated. Was the child offered the vax when they were apprehended crossing the border?
I suppose we'll never know. But it does matter.
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As a kid I had no worries about measles. The only 'childhood' disease left was chicken pox and it isn't nearly so lethal. I had no reason NOT to vaccinate my kids against that like I did with that F*ing COVID shot. I had to get it for work and I'm glad that I kept telling my wife no for the kids. She's happy now about that as well.
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I would definitely have my kids vaccinated for the usual childhood illnesses, just consider waiting until they were a year old rather than starting at three months. I’d rather not have to pray they don’t end up blind, deaf, retarded, sterile, or dead. Or, like Senator Mitch McConnell, partially paralyzed down one side and with brain glitching in their old age from polio. Just because the recent vaccines are crap doesn’t mean they all are.
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My understanding is that the docs are doing batch shots all at once. IIRC my childhood experience, it was one shot over months and even years. At least with the old drugs and routines, it had a good amount of time for the body to adjust. While the drug companies back then had filed the appropriate studies and paperwork for approval of the individual shots, nothing has been done with the batch delivery approach.
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[Regnum] Until Sunday, March 2, the Earth will be in the zone of influence of the coronal hole on the Sun, which may cause an increase in geomagnetic activity. This was reported by specialists from the Laboratory of Solar Astronomy of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKI RAS) and the Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics SB RAS.
"The probability of magnetic storms in the next two days is in the range of 20-40%, that is, less than half, although the speed of the solar wind is already growing, and significantly - at times it exceeds 600 km/s, although yesterday morning it was only about 350 km/s. Preliminary, the planet will be in the zone of the coronal hole until March 2 inclusive," the website says.
It is also noted that the Sun currently has two large coronal holes located on its opposite sides. Each of them turns toward the Earth about once a month, causing an increase in the speed of the solar wind. The laboratory added that during the previous passage of one of these holes, geomagnetic disturbances were observed, but the storm was weak and lasted only one week.
As reported by IA Regnum, on February 25, a powerful plasma emission occurred on the Sun, which will pass close to the Earth, but will not touch it. There is a small probability that part of the plasma will reach our planet on the night from Thursday to Friday, but serious consequences are not expected.
According to astronomers' forecasts, even in the worst case, geomagnetic storms will not exceed the second level out of five, the probability of this is 36%. Scientists specified that the emission was the largest this year, and its source was on the far side of the Sun.
Scientists recorded a disturbance in the Earth's magnetic field on Thursday, it has already reached a moderate level. This was reported on February 27 by the Institute of Applied Geophysics (FGBU "IPG").
"There is a weak magnetic storm of level G1 - G2 on Earth, which began at approximately 14:30 Moscow time. The exact rating is not yet clear, since information is still being exchanged between stations of the global network and readings obtained at different geographic coordinates are being compared," the publication on the website says.
According to scientists, geomagnetic disturbances may continue for another three to six hours. There is also an increase in the polar aurora zone, which is descending towards the middle latitudes. However, the probability of observing aurorae in Moscow and St. Petersburg in the evening has not yet been confirmed. At the moment, the corresponding probabilities remain at an average level.
As reported by IA Regnum, on February 25, a powerful plasma emission occurred on the Sun, which will pass close to the Earth, but will not touch it. There is a small probability that part of the plasma may reach the planet on the night from Thursday to Friday, but serious consequences are not expected. It is predicted that in the worst case, geomagnetic storms will not exceed the second level out of five, the probability of this is 36%. Scientists mentioned that this emission was the largest in 2025 and its source was on the far side of the Sun.
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[Regnum] Global warming poses serious risks to global food markets, and if the necessary measures are not taken, then in 20-30 years food prices will be significantly higher, and some will not exist at all. Such forecasts were voiced by experts to RIA Novosti.
According to Vladimir Podoprigor, associate professor of the Department of Political Analysis and Socio-Psychological Processes at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, climate change poses a serious threat. This is due to the disruption of agricultural production, supply chains and price stability, the expert believes.
It is estimated that by 2050, climate change could reduce global food production by 10–25% unless adaptation measures are taken. The growth of the world population to 10 billion will increase demand for food, thereby increasing pressure on markets.
"Countries that rely on food imports will be particularly vulnerable to rising prices. Climate change may make some regions unsuitable for growing certain crops, while others may become more suitable," Podoprigora explained.
According to Yulia Davydova, a representative of the same university department, abnormal heat causes significant damage to grain crops, as well as corn, soybeans and sunflowers. However, too high temperatures are harmful to all plants, including vegetables, berries and garden crops.
“Further increases in temperature and drought could lead to ‘scorched earth’,” the expert believes.
Davydova added that with a sharp reduction in the supply of agricultural crops, food prices will rise. In 20-30 years, bread in some regions may cost more than gold, Associate Professor Yulia Davydova summed up.
As reported by Regnum News Agency, in 2024, two-thirds of the Earth's surface was exposed to record heat for a month, both in the oceans and on land. The epicenters of heat were observed from Columbia to China, from the North Pole to the South Pole. In some places, the average monthly temperature was five degrees higher than the previous maximum.
Scientists say such temperature jumps indicate "widespread and accelerating impacts of human-induced climate change."
Experts predict that the coming year 2025 could be the hottest on record.
On October 24, 44 climate scientists signed an open letter warning of the risk of a global cataclysm due to the collapse of key Atlantic currents. The experts called on politicians to pay attention to the risk of changing water circulation in the Atlantic Ocean due to warming, which could lead to devastating consequences for countries in the North and other regions.
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I remember reading an article in 1971 when the scam was the coming ice age. It said that a drop of one degree would eliminate all wheat growing in Canada. That would raise food prices I'm sure.
So - global warming, global cooling, climate change - all will raise food prices. Got it.
[Townhall] President Donald Trump on Thursday announced his nomination of former GOP Senate candidate Hung Cao to be the next Under Secretary of the Navy.
“Hung is the embodiment of the American Dream,” Trump said in a statement posted on Truth Social. “As a refugee to our Great Nation, Hung worked tirelessly to make proud the Country that gave his family a home. He went to our amazing United States Naval Academy, and later earned his Master’s Degree in Physics. Hung served in combat as a Special Operations Officer for twenty five years. With Hung’s experience both in combat, and in the Pentagon, he will get the job done. Congratulations to Hung, and his wonderful family!”
Cao made a name for himself nationally as a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2024, running against incumbent Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine and stumping for Trump's presidential campaign at the Republican National Convention and while Trump made campaign stops in the commonwealth.
As a candidate, Cao criticized what he described as Navy, "diversity, equity and inclusion" efforts.
“When you’re using a drag queen to recruit for the Navy, that’s not the people we want,” Cao said during his debate with Kaine. “What we need is alpha males and alpha females who are going to rip out their own guts, eat them, and ask for seconds. Those are the young men and women that are going to win wars.”
Pentagon is getting STACKED.
Retired Navy Captain Hung Cao, a Vietnamese refugee who arrived in the United States in 1975, has had a distinguished military career, including service in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Somalia.
[FoxNews] The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) eliminated federal regulations created during the Obama administration, which Secretary Scott Turner accused of putting "extreme and restrictive demands" on local housing developers.
President Donald Trump rescinded the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule, created under former President Barack Obama, during his first administration. Trump said at the time in a speech about cutting red tape in the federal government that the rule serves to "eliminate single-family zoning to destroy the value of houses" at the benefit of "far-left Washington bureaucrats."
Then-President Joe Biden later worked to reinstate the rule but ultimately pulled back due to fear it could make him politically vulnerable as he sought reelection, according to Politico. On Wednesday, HUD initiated its own rulemaking to squash the Obama-era AFFH rule, which mandated that localities commission extensive analyses to certify that new housing developments do not exacerbate disparities among federally protected groups. This includes access to public transportation, schools, hospitals and parks.
During a Wednesday conference call about the AFFH rule's termination, a HUD official said that discrimination that is prohibited under the Fair Housing Act of 1968 will still remain illegal. But under the new change, localities will now be able to self-certify that their new developments comply with anti-discrimination laws implemented under the 1968 Fair Housing Act.
"Over the past four years, and really dating back to the Obama administration, far-left Democrats have tried to socially re-engineer communities from the top down," Turner said in a statement obtained by Fox News Digital.
"By terminating the AFFH rule, localities will no longer be required to complete onerous paperwork and drain their budgets to comply with the extreme and restrictive demands made up by the federal government."
Turner added that as a result of cutting this regulation, the federal government will be able to "better serve rural, urban and tribal communities that need access to fair and affordable housing."
Research from the libertarian think tank the Cato Institute found that the AFFH rule, as initiated under Obama, cost taxpayers as much as $55 million annually to collect the certification information the regulation required.
[IsraelTimes] Pentagon says transgender troops to be considered for a waiver on case-by-case basis if there is compelling interest in retaining them to serve ‘warfighting capabilities’
The United States will remove transgender troops from the military unless they obtain a waiver on a case-by-case basis, the Pentagon said in a Wednesday memo.
The memo became public as part of a court filing in a case challenging US President Donald Trump ...The cad! Twice caught beating wimmin!... ’s late January executive order that was aimed at barring military service by transgender personnel.
"Service members who have a current diagnosis or history of, or exhibit symptoms consistent with, gender dysphoria will be processed for separation from military service," the memo said.
These troops may be "considered for a waiver on a case-by-case basis, provided there is a compelling government interest in retaining the service member that directly supports warfighting capabilities," it said.
To obtain such a waiver, troops must show that they have never attempted to transition, as well as demonstrate "36 consecutive months of stability in the service member’s sex without clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning."
Another Pentagon memo issued earlier this month barred transgender people from joining the military and halted gender transition treatment for others who are already in uniform.
The latest memo also states that "applicants for military service... who have a current diagnosis or history of, or exhibit symptoms consistent with, gender dysphoria are disqualified for military service," as are those with "a history of cross-sex hormone therapy or sex reassignment or genital reconstruction surgery as treatment for gender dysphoria."
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Disqualified applicants can also obtain a waiver if there is a "compelling government interest" in them joining the military and they are "willing and able to adhere to all applicable standards, including the standards associated with the applicant’s sex."
Transgender Americans have faced a roller coaster of changing policies on military service in recent years, with Democratic administrations seeking to permi them to serve openly, while Trump has repeatedly sought to keep them out of the ranks.
The US military lifted a ban on transgender troops in 2016, during Democrat Barack Obama My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope you'll join with me as we try to change it... ’s second term as president.
Under that policy, trans troops already serving were permitted to do so openly, and transgender recruits were set to start being accepted by July 1, 2017.
But the first Trump administration postponed that date to 2018 before deciding to reverse the policy entirely.
Trump’s controversial restrictions on transgender military service — which underwent changes in response to various court challenges — eventually came into force in April 2019 following a protracted legal battle that went all the way to the nation’s top court.
Trump’s Democratic successor Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. We hold these truths to be self-evident. All men and women created ... by the — you know — you know, the thing... moved to reverse the restrictions just days after he took office in 2021, saying all Americans qualified to serve should be able to do so.
After returning to office in January, Trump issued an executive order that again took aim at transgender troops, saying: "Expressing a false ’gender identity’ divergent from an individual’s sex cannot satisfy the rigorous standards necessary for military service."
Transgender issues have roiled US politics in recent years, as states controlled by Democrats ...every time you hear the phrase white people, white supremacy,white anything but paint, you're listening to a Democrat. Ask him/her/it to reimagine something for you; they do that a lot, though not well. They can hear a dog whistle a mile or two away. They invented the spoils system and Tammany Hall, and inspired the addition of the word (Thomas) Nasty to the English language. They want to stop continental drift and repeal the law of unintended side effects... and Republicans have moved in opposite directions on policies ranging from medical treatment to what books on the topic are allowed in public or school libraries.
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Don't forget the extremely ill advised use of hormones. Not prescribed but 'acquired' by the aforementioned mentally ill.
Just take a bunch of assorted nuts and encourage them to get juiced to the max. Above all let them customize it all to align with their feelings since they have been such benchmark historically. What could possibly go wrong?
Another socialist path to the destruction of our former high trust social order.
[GEO.TV] Intuitive Machines made history last year as the first private company to put a robot on the Moon, although the triumph was marred by the lander tipping onto its side.
Now, the Houston ...a city in Texas, named after Sam Houston, who would drop deader than he is now if he could see how it turned out... -based firm is gearing up for a second attempt, determined to achieve a perfect touchdown.
Intuitive Machines' hexagonal-shaped lander, Athena, is set to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket during a window that opens at 7:02pm (0002 GMT) Wednesday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, according to an official spaceflight advisory.
If all goes well, it will touch down around March 6 at a spot called the Mons Mouton plateau, a site closer to the lunar south pole than any previously targeted.
Athena carries scientific instruments, including a drill to search for ice beneath the surface and a unique hopping drone named Grace after a famous computer scientist, Grace Hopper. It is designed to traverse the Moon's rugged inclines, boulders, and craters — a valuable capability to support future crewed missions.
Also aboard is a small rover, which will test a lunar cellular network provided by Nokia Bell Labs by relaying commands, images, and video between the lander, rover, and hopper.
Until recently, soft lunar landings were achieved only by a handful of well-funded national space agencies.
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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.
[Regnum] Boris Spassky, the 10th World Chess Champion, has died at the age of 88. This was announced on February 27 by the President of the Russian Chess Federation Andrey Filatov.
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...a city in Texas, named after Sam Houston, who would drop deader than he is now if he could see how it turned out...
