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IMF Predicts China to Surge, Yet Again, Next Year
Eric Zuesse The IMF now predicts that China next year will have the highest rate of economic growth since 2011, which was the last time when China’s GDP growth-rate exceeded 9% (at 9.6%). China’s growth-rate had averaged around 9% between 1978 and 2011, then slid to around 6.5%. If the IMF is correct, then 2021 […] More The post IMF Predicts China to Surge, Yet Again, Next Year appeared first on The Duran.
Artificial Intelligence That Can Evolve on Its Own Is Being Tested by Google Scientists
https://www-newsweek-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.newsweek.com/google-brain-artificial-intelligence-machine-learning-research-evolution-automl-zero-1497781?amp=1
Passport to the Brave New World: The Vaccine
https://vaccineimpact.com/2020/passport-to-the-brave-new-world-the-vaccine/
Whitehead: COVID-19 And The (Final) War On Cash
https://www.technocracy.news/whitehead-covid-19-and-the-war-on-cash/
Death from Covid-19 of 23 Health Care Workers in China | NEJM
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2005696
COVID-19: The study on Chloroquine halted owing to deaths and heart issues
https://docsvalley.com/detail/COVID-19:-The-study-on-Chloroquine-halted-owing-to-deaths-and-heart-issues
Very Large Telescope sees star dance around supermassive black hole, proves Einstein right
https://phys.org/news/2020-04-eso-telescope-star-supermassive-black.html
Do We Really Have Free Will, or Are We Programmed by Social Norms?
https://bigthink.com/videos/joscha-bach-do-humans-have-free-will-or-are-we-programmed-by-society?utm_medium=Social&facebook=1&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1586984801
California is giving illegal aliens your money: China virus edition
Despite the fact that California has a short fall of around $800 billion in its pension plans for government workers Democrat Gavin Newsom is saying that he's going to spend $125 million sending checks to "poor" illegal aliens. Clearly Democrats put illegal aliens ahead of Americans. Why? Because illegal aliens vote illegally and when they do they vote Democrat. Now we know that Democrats and the #FakeNews media say that doesn't happen but we also know that California refuses to look into the problem. We also know that the Democrats who run the state have made it insanely easy for... more »
Driven to rage... videos
*by the horrible behavior of the commie/libtards.* Usually I'm able to ignore the hatred of the left. But yesterday, as I told dear *Bunkerville* in her combox, I was driven to a rage so white hot that I'm surprised my office chair didn't ignite. First I see a story about two doctors, husband and wife, *who ripped down a Trump flag belonging to a 67 yo *who lived by them *while their children watched* and the older one pleaded with them not to do it or they'd be arrested. One thing I'm prone to do is Google where someone lives and in this case it was clear that they bought a McMans... more »
Democrat politicians game plan for November: LIE
It's clear what the Democrat game plan for November will be. They will say that Trump didn't respond quickly enough to COVID19 so he's responsible for American deaths. They will say that Trump reopened the economy too late, if the economic crunch is bad, and they will also blame him for every death after the economy is reopened because he reopened it too soon. Yes that's logically inconsistent but with the #FakeNews machine lying 24/7 Democrat politicians hope that voters won't notice. We're seeing the Big Lie already. Despite the fact that Trump reacted far sooner than Democrats ... more »
Lawsuit filed against Fox News for being ‘public health risk’
FOX News has asked for a lawsuit brought by the Washington League for Increased Transparency and Ethics (WASHLITE), which alleges the media outlet has disseminated false information about coronavirus and poses a threat to public health as a result, to be dismissed. In a court filing, FOX denied its opinion hosts ever downplayed the severity […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Senior ISIS official captured in northeastern Syria
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:00 P.M.) – The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) arrested a senior Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) in the northeastern region of Syria this week. According to the SDF’s statement, their forces captured the Islamic State official during a special operation in the southern countryside of the Al-Hasakah Governorate. The statement pointed out that the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
China comes to Syria’s aid in fight against coronavirus: video
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:30 P.M.) – A batch of medical aid from China to Syria arrived at Damascus International Airport, today, as the war-torn country attempts to combat the coronavirus outbreak. In a statement to reporters at Damascus International Airport, Deputy Foreign Minister and Expatriates Faisal al-Miqdad expressed his country’s appreciation for the positions of China […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Israeli warplanes fly over Beirut and Syrian-Lebanese border for 2nd time this week
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:30 P.M.) – For the second time this week, the Israeli Air Force has been spotted flying over the city of Beirut, with reports of medium-altitude flights above the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital. “The enemy Israeli warplanes, meanwhile, are flying in the sky over the capital, Beirut, in successive reconnaissance flights,” […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Iraq summons Turkish ambassador after attack on refugee camp
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:45 P.M.) – The Iraqi Foreign Minister, Muhammad Al-Hakim, summoned the Turkish Ambassador to Iraq on Thursday afternoon, following an attack on a refugee camp in the Makhmur region of the country. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemns in the strongest possible terms the attack carried out by the Turkish side, which resulted […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Unknown aircraft bombs jihadist positions in northwest Syria
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:10 P.M.) – An unknown aircraft carried out an attack on a group of jihadist rebels that were traveling through the Idlib countryside on Thursday. According to the reports, a pick-up truck carrying some jihadist rebels was targeted by the unknown aircraft as it was traveling through the northern region of the Al-Ghaab […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Is American Exceptionalism Shaping Our Scientific Response to the Coronavirus?
While New York City suffers through coronavirus, it’s worth recalling that in the name of science in 1966, the U.S. government released bacteria in the New York subways. And that is just the tip of the iceberg. The post Is American Exceptionalism Shaping Our Scientific Response to the Coronavirus? appeared first on MintPress News.
BWorld 428, Alcohol, tobacco and vapes, virus infection and WHO disinformation
* My column in BusinessWorld last Tuesday, April 14, 2020. In the ongoing Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in the Philippines, there are many prohibitions and closures — office or shop work, many businesses, and public transportation have been shut, strolling around and long travel are prohibited, etc. Also among the weird bans is a liquor ban in many cities in Metro Manila and provinces, and cigarette and e-cigarette bans in some small municipalities like General Luna in Quezon province. The main reason given is that these three products are seen to weaken our body’s immune sys... more »
Born in Bedlam and other stories
I was alerted to this lavish article that appeared on 7th April in the BBC’s online travel section. It’s chock-a-block with emotive Israel-bashing insinuations and inaccuracies. As one-sided as could be. It comes under the auspices of a BBC Travel series described thus: “Comeback Cities is a BBC Travel series that showcases under-the-radar capitals, champions the urban underdogs and revels in the success stories of cities that have turned their fortunes around. I will highlight just one of the outrageously emotive quotations and strange allegations the writer gets away with. “The... more »
WILLING ENABLERS: Nicholas Kristof's beautiful column!
*THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2020But also, his self-assessment:* For American president Donald J. Trump, it was "just another manic Wednesday." Consider: In his prepared remarks at yesterday's foreshortened briefing, the commander declared that "what's coming out of" the Voice of America is, in fact, "disgusting." He threatened to use his (imagined) constitutional authority "to adjourn both chambers of Congress," saying that what the Congress is doing "is a scam, and everyone knows it." Renewing an announcement from the day before, he said that he's suspending funding to the World Healt... more »
Democrat politicians hate you: They are blocking relief for people put out of work by the China virus
Even as they defend WHO despite it's complicity with China in covering up the China virus and as they're calling for billions of your tax dollars to help Iran they're refusing to provide more money for the program that is designed to let small business stay afloat and keep paying workers. Republicans want to just provide money for small businesses but the Democrats in the Senate are holding it up for other funding issues. Essentially the Democrats are using your suffering to blackmail Republicans into passing Democrat priorities that aren't directly related to the problem of COVID19... more »
IPR and Innovation 46, IP rules and Covid-19
I am reposting a good article by my friend Philip and his buddy Mark. ------------- *Messing with IP rules may affect COVID-19 response* April 8, 2020 | 5:20 pm By Prof. Mark Schultz and Philip Stevens https://www.bworldonline.com/messing-with-ip-rules-may-affect-covid-19-response/ With around a third of the world’s population in lockdown, humanity desperately needs new treatments to turn the tide against COVID-19. Our hopes depend on sensible coordination between the government and private sector. Government and the private sector have essential roles to play. With irreplaceable e... more »
"It Is Our Fate..."
"Well, it is our fate to live in a time of crisis. To live in a time when all forms and values are being challenged. In other and more easy times, it was not, perhaps, necessary for the individual to confront himself with a clear question: What is it that you really believe? What is it that you really cherish? What is it for which you might, actually, in a showdown, be willing to die? I say, with all the reticence which such large, pathetic words evoke, that one cannot exist today as a person - one cannot exist in full consciousness - without having to have a showdown with one’s sel... more »
"Most Of Us..."
"Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced. Most of us are about as eager to change as we were to be born, and go through our changes in a similar state of shock." – James Baldwin
The Poet: Robert Bly, "Things to Think"
*"Things to Think"* "Think in ways you've never thought before. If the phone rings, think of it as carrying a message Larger than anything you've ever heard, Vaster than a hundred lines of Yeats. Think that someone may bring a bear to your door, Maybe wounded and deranged; or think that a moose Has risen out of the lake, and he's carrying on his antlers A child of your own whom you've never seen. When someone knocks on the door, Think that he's about To give you something large: tell you you're forgiven, Or that it's not necessary to work all the time, Or that it's been decided that if ... more »
Free Download: Viktor Frankl, "Man's Search For Meaning"
*"Man's Search For Meaning"* by Viktor Frankl “In attempting this psychological presentation and a psychopathological explanation of the typical characteristics of a concentration camp inmate, I may give the impression that the human being is completely and unavoidably influenced by his surroundings. (In this case the surroundings being the unique structure of camp life, which forced the prisoner to conform his conduct to a certain set pattern.) But what about human liberty? Is there no spiritual freedom in regard to behavior and reaction to any given surroundings? Is that theory ... more »
Without a Country in Which to Love, a Field to Plant, a Love to Cherish or a Voice to Sing, One is Dead: The Sixteenth Newsletter (2020)
16 April 2020 — Tricontinental Gontran Guanaes Netto, O povo da terra dos papagaios (The people of the land of the parrots), 1982 Dear Friends, Greetings from the desk of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Burkina Faso, in the Sahel region of the African continent, has been struck hard by the global pandemic; officially reported deaths from … Continue reading Without a Country in Which to Love, a Field to Plant, a Love to Cherish or a Voice to Sing, One is Dead: The Sixteenth Newsletter (2020)
The Lancet: “When this is all over the NHS England board should resign in their entirety”
The Editor in Chief of The Lancet, Richard Horton, is incandescent with fury over the way the government has failed to correctly and properly manage the COVID-19 crisis. The following paragraphs clearly demonstrate that frustration and anger and that the world’s oldest, and best known general medical journal has every intention of keeping up the pressure on the government to save lives and then ask questions when the crisis has subsided.
A Tale of Two Possible Recoveries
Click here to read my column in this Sunday's *New York Times*.
Nurses Suspended for Refusing to Care for COVID-19 Patients Without N95 Mask
Administrators at a California hospital said the masks weren’t necessary and didn’t provide them to nurses caring for COVID-19 patients.
Don’t Count on Any Seasonal Variation to End the COVID-19 Pandemic
While there is some reason to hope that things may get better as the weather warms up, there is plenty of reason for the U.S. to keep its guard up.
How Accurate Are Coronavirus Tests?
Although tests can perform well in ideal laboratory conditions, in real life many factors affect accuracy.
Señor Trumpanzee Threatened To Adjourn Both Chambers Of Congress
The Trumpists want to flex their authoritarianism and just flat out take over the government. Who didn't see this coming? The pandemic is the perfect excuse for him to try to do whatever it takes to seize extra-constitutional power. Yesterday, at his daily televised shit-show he threatened to force Congress to adjourn so he can appoint all the neo-Nazis it wants to put into position: We have a tremendous number of people that have to come into government and now more so than ever before because of the virus and the problem. We have to do it and we have to do whatever we have to... more »
BWorld 427, March lockdowns are not price infectious, why?
* My article in BusinessWorld, April 8, 2020. When I saw the huge drop in electricity demand for March 2020 compared to March 2019, -5.5%, a result of business shutdowns and enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the second half of the month, I was expecting that March inflation would be something like 1.5%. I was wrong. I checked other major economies with March 2020 inflation data, and it shows that deflationary pressure is building up fast in Europe, in places like Italy, Spain and France, but not so much in Asia (see the Table). The reason for my rather bleak expectation for t... more »
Cold outbreak smashes hundreds of records in U.S., heavy snow continues for central region
The Watchers » Latest articles - 12 hours ago
A severe cold outbreak has gripped wide swaths of the U.S., breaking hundreds of all-time records, particularly the worst-hit states in the Midwest. According to the National Weather Service (NWS), heavy snow will continue in the Central Rockies before streaking...... Read more »
Popular Power Will Not Be Quarantined!
Analysing different future scenarios is a very common exercise for Venezuelan political organisations. With constant US pressure, imagining situations of foreign invasions, military coups, early elections, etc. is natural. Leftist organisations look to describe these scenarios before envisioning what their eventual role would be. Nevertheless, no one was prepared to face the coronavirus. While in the abovementioned examples revolutionary organisations have no problems figuring out where they stand, and where their enemies stand, this context changes everything. The enemy at hand i... more »
Waffle House Puts Profits Over People In The COVID Era
Waffle House, like many struggling industries across the country, has chosen to place the burden of its lost profits on the shoulders of those who keep it running every day of the year. COVID-19 has brought opportunity again and again for corporate entities and long-standing business empires to ravage the pockets of their workers, those whose labor has lined corporate pockets for generations. The capitalist class has, not unexpectedly, proven itself unwilling to place human lives over profit-hoarding and welfare for the rich. The Party for Socialism and Liberation’s own Jason Carr... more »
Workers File Sexual Harassment Class-Action Lawsuit Against McDonald’s
On Monday, Florida McDonald's workers announced they had filed a $500 million class-action lawsuit against McDonald's, alleging the fast-food giant has a "systemic sexual harassment problem." Jamelia Fairley and Ashley Reddick are the named plaintiffs in the suit, which was filed on behalf of the 5,000 women who worked at the 100 corporate-run McDonald's locations in Florida since 2016. Fairley and Reddick were coworkers at a McDonald's location in Florida, where they say that women faced physical assaults, groping, and sexually-charged comments on the job. Reddick said she dea... more »
Covid-19 Is Bringing Us Into A Hyper-Surveilled, Highly Policed Fascist Dystopia
We must understand that the crisis we’ve entered into will never end, at least not for as long as our neoliberal capitalist system isn’t replaced with a socialist model. In the U.S., as well as the other countries where austerity has wrecked healthcare systems, Covid-19 is going to cause societal disruptions for years as the virus partially subsides and then regrows. So will be the case for the other pandemics that are sure to emerge in the coming years due to global warming and ecological degradation. This is aside from the collapse of the economy, which is going to put the capit... more »
The Failing Four: Prison Officials Attempt To “Stop The Spread Of Coronavirus”
The Coronavirus pandemic has had a dramatic impact on the lives of people all over the world, especially those in prison. While the CDC has posted their recommendations for all people to follow, prisoners have no freedom to protect themselves from the spread. People in prison are limited in their ability to keep a safe distance from others, receive medical care, keep in contact with their loved ones or even get access to preventative products like hand sanitizers and soaps. The situation in prison is getting worse by the week. Over the past month the number of cases in prison have... more »
Amazon Fires Employees Who Spoke Out About COVID-19 And Climate Change
Amazon is trying to establish itself as the most essential of essential businesses during the coronavirus outbreak. But the tech giant is struggling to keep a lid on internal turmoil, both at its warehouses, where workers say they’re not being adequately protected from COVID-19, and at its corporate offices, where a showdown between tech employees and management over the company’s climate policies reached a tipping point last week. Last Friday afternoon, Amazon fired two of its tech employees after they publicly criticized its coronavirus policies. Those employees, Emily Cunningh... more »
Billionaire Taxes Decreased By 79% Since 1980
Conventional economic wisdom says a time of crisis is not the moment to enact tax increases. But, as Eric Toder at the Tax Policy Center recently pointed out: “[Tax experts] can begin to think of the time after the pandemic passes and how government should respond to massive increases in the public debt, and the new tax increases that Congress will need to enact to fund them.” Initial tax increases should hold harmless working- and middle-class families who will be the most economically vulnerable coming out the pandemic. The first several trillion in new revenue should come from ... more »
We Need Solidarity, Not Sanctions
Above photo: Banners on the Venezuelan Embassy in Spring 2019. Sanctions Are both Illegal and Immoral. According to the United Nations Charter, only the Security Council may impose sanctions. No individual nation may do so. Nevertheless, the United States currently imposes economic sanctions on Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Cuba, Venezuela, Belarus, Burundi, Central African Republic, […] The post We Need Solidarity, Not Sanctions appeared first on PopularResistance.Org.
18 Years After US Coup Against Venezuela, Pompeo And Abrams Warn Another Is Coming
On the eighteenth anniversary of the U.S.-backed coup against the government of Venezuela, senior American officials announced that the people should prepare for another imminent push. “The goal is to replace [President Nicolas] Maduro’s illegitimate dictatorship with a legitimate transitional government that can hold free and fair elections to represent all Venezuelans. It is time for Maduro to go,” announced Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. On Saturday the eleventh, exactly 18 years after the U.S. supported a briefly successful coup against Hugo Chavez, American envoy for Venezue... more »
Frivolous Litigators Bite the Hands That Care for Them
[image: frivolous-litigators-bite-the-hands-that-care-for-them] The threat of the lawsuits might obstruct the response of medical professionals who are fighting on the front lines against COVID-19.
Earth Hour 10, Higher electricity consumption in EH 2020
Late post, from the IEMOP/WESM data on electricity consumption in the Luzon and Visayas grids, Philippines, EH 2020 on March 28 Saturday, 8:30-9:30pm -- there were even higher electricity demand or consumption at 8 and 9pm, than 7pm or 10pm. Meaning people were just leaving their lights on that night nd ignored the idiotic campaign to glorify darkness for one hour. If it's not idiotic and a bright thing to do, then campaigners and believers should turn off their lights one hour (or more) every night, 365 nights a year. They won't do that of course, precisely because they think it i... more »
This Day In Iraqi History - Apr 16
1941 Britain told Iraq that troops would be landing in Basra soon under Anglo-Iraq Treaty 1941 PM Gaylani agreed to allow British troops landing in Basra but demanded that they immediately set out for Palestine or Egypt 1941 German letter arrived saying it would support Iraq revolt against British (Musings On Iraq book review of *Rashid Ali al-Gailani, The National Movement in Iraq 1939-1941*) (Musings On Iraq book review of *Persian Gulf Command, A History of the Second World War In Iran and Iraq*) (Musings On Iraq book review *Iraq 1941, The Battles for Basra, Habbaniya, Falluj... more »
WATCH: Cops Arrest Man ‘Without Probable Cause,’ Taser Him Until He Dies—Lawsuit
[image: taser]A family is suing after their son was detained, thrown to the ground and repeatedly hit with a taser for nearly an entire minute until he died.
Two Years On, Time To Pull the Douma ‘Gas Attack’ Out of the Memory Hole
[image: undefined] On April 7, 2018, horrifying images of an alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria flooded the internet. Appalled, the media jumped on the story and resolutely pointed the finger at the regime of Assad. One week later, yesterday exactly two years ago, the United States, Britain and France launched rocket attacks in retaliation, and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in subsequent months concluded that a gas attack had indeed taken place. In the meantime, however, four OPCW employees have blown the whistle on the manipulation of the inv... more »
Canopy Growth exits cannabis cultivation on three continents in major international pullback
Canopy Growth is ceasing more cannabis cultivation in Africa, Canada, Colombia and the United States in a bid to "improve efficiencies" in its global operations, the once high-flying marijuana giant said Thursday. Canopy Growth exits cannabis cultivation on three continents in major international pullback is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
What’s your take on COVID-19’s impact on marijuana investments?
A heavily regulated marijuana industry such as Illinois’ and the current status of cannabis in the state might be just what’s needed to deal with the coronavirus crisis and a probable economic recession, according to industry officials. Yet, newly licensed entrants to that state’s cannabis industry will not only be challenged by a lingering coronavirus […] What’s your take on COVID-19’s impact on marijuana investments? is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Toronto Stock Exchange to delist CannTrust shares May 6
Embattled cannabis producer CannTrust shares will be delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange on May 6 after market close, according to a TMX Group notice. TMX Group cited CannTrust’s “failure to meet continued listing requirements” as the reason for the action. CannTrust also disclosed the decision in an April 9 news release. In March, the New […] Toronto Stock Exchange to delist CannTrust shares May 6 is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Why Pakistan Has Not 1 but 3 Chinese-Made Tanks
*Caleb Larson* *Security, Asia* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2004%3Anewsml_RP5DRHZFTNAB&share=true] They've forged a close relationship. The Pakistan-China defense relationship has progressively deepened since Pakistan’s relationship with the United States began fraying in recent years. These two Chinese-derived tanks illustrate the Chinese-Pakistan arms relationship. *Al-Zarrar* The Al-Zarrar tank is a Pakistani-operated variant of China’s Type 59 main battle tank, which is itself a copy of the Soviet Union’s T-54 tank. Back in 2003, Chin... more »
Why China’s J-15 Fighter Is a Copy of Russia's Su-33 (But It Has a Problem)
*Caleb Larson* *Technology, Asia* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2017%3Anewsml_RC18BBDB7900&share=true] That's not good. China’s off-brand Sukhoi fighter seems capable, but has one big problem. *Eastern Origins* The J-15 originally came out of Ukraine. In 2001, China bought an unfinished Su-33 prototype from Ukraine, which it studied extensively. Using this single airframe, and some of the knowledge gleaned from the J-11 (itself another off-brand Sukhoi), China built their only carrier-based fighter. On paper it seems quite capable. It’s a b... more »
Not Mashed: Did Early Earth Look Like a Potato?
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Space, * Some 4.5 billion years ago, an early Earth collided with another planet-sized body, and the rubble from that devastating impact eventually coalesced into the moon. But what did Earth actually look like during that time? According to a new paper by Simon Lock, a planetary scientist at the California Institute of Technology, that ancient Earth looked nothing like the spherical, blue planet that we see today. Some 4.5 billion years ago, an early Earth collided with another planet-sized body, and the rubble from that devastating impact eventually coalesc... more »
Bound for Planet Mercury: BepiColombo Aims to Solve Tiny Planet’s Mysteries
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Space, * This past weekend, the BepiColombo spacecraft showed off an epic last view of Earth before zooming off toward the inner solar system. This past weekend, the BepiColombo spacecraft showed off an epic last view of Earth before zooming off toward the inner solar system. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic affecting nearly every continent on the planet, the moment was not lost on the European Space Agency. “Images gathered just before closest approach portray our planet shining through darkness, during one of humankind’s most challenging times in recent history,”... more »
This Is Why the U.S. Supreme Court Had Wisconsin Go Ahead With Its Primary Vote, Despite the Coronavirus
*Austin Sarat* *Politics, United States* Here's why. When Wisconsin voters had to brave the coronavirus pandemic to vote in their state’s April 7 election, it was the latest phase of a nearly 60-year legal and political fight over who can vote in the U.S. Wearing masks and gloves, Wisconsin residents who voted in person were met by election officials in similar attire. That was new. But it wasn’t new that voters found hundreds of polling places closed and therefore had to wait in line for hours. A U.S. Supreme Court decision just the day before had ordered Wisconsin to hold ... more »
Why Did NASA Kill Off the Space Shuttle?
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Space, * “The shuttle program has built the largest space station in history, has revolutionized science with the Hubble Space Telescope and has inspired a generation to dream of space.” The final flight of NASA’s vaunted Space Shuttle Program was completed when Atlantis touched down at Kennedy Space Center on July 21, 2011. It was indeed an end of an era, as NASA’s space shuttles were unlike any other spacecraft built during the 30-year operation of the program. These spacecraft were unlike the much smaller capsules of NASA’s Apollo era, in which they were l... more »
Coronavirus and Streaming Could Mean the End of Your Local Movie Theater
*Stephen Silver* *Technology, * [image: The AMC Theatres in the Georgetown neighborhood is closed due to a global outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Washington] One thing there hasn't been much of, at least thus far, has been Hollywood studios selling off movies to streaming services. But according to a new report, a lot more is on the way of that sort of deal. The motion picture industry has been disrupted by coronavirus like few others in the world. Movie theaters are closed nearly everywhere in North America, and the AMC theater chain is reportedly on the verge of ... more »
AOC Is Not Exactly a Fan of Joe Biden. Here's Why.
*Hunter DeRensis* *Politics, * [image: U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-NY) speaks to introduce Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders at a campaign rally and concert at the University of New Hampshire one day before the New Hampshire presidential primary] If the goal was to make Joe Biden uncomfortable, Ocasio-Cortez accomplished that. On Tuesday during an internet stream, she said she supported having a discussion about the sexual assault accusation that have been leveled against Biden. As he consolidates his support among the Democratic Pa... more »
Documents: Chinese Government Allowed Massive Public Gatherings Despite Coronavirus Dangers
*Hunter DeRensis* *Health, Asia* According to documents obtained by The Associated Press, it appears that the Chinese government allowed massive public gatherings to take place while knowing it would drastically expedite the spread of the virus. As the western world continues to be plagued by the coronavirus pandemic, outrage from both the public and the Trump administration is being aimed at the origin of the virus: China. The ruling communist party stands publicly accused of fostering the ecological circumstances that made the virus possible, silencing early whistleblowers abo... more »
Is the 1950s M-48 Tank Better Than Today’s Mighty M-1 Abrams?
*David Axe* *Security, * How could that be? Pierre Sprey was a member of the Pentagon team that, back in the 1970s, helped to write the requirements for the iconic A-10 attack plane. Sprey’s advocacy of the tough, hard-hitting A-10 helped to make him famous in military-technology circles. The A-10 after all remains one of the world’s most effective close-air-support aircraft, more than 40 years after it entered service. But some of Sprey’s other ideas are less broadly appealing. In a 2007 presentation that circulated on-line in April 2020, Sprey compared the U.S. Army’s curren... more »
Protecting against investor–state claims amidst COVID-19: A call to action for governments
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
16-Apr-2020 Governments are facing an imminent threat of investor–state arbitration as they take difficult decisions to support public health systems in a time of severe economic stress.
Crímenes contra los DD.HH. y renegociación del TLC Chile-Unión Europea
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
16-Apr-2020 Como ocurre en los tratados con todos los puntos que no tienen que ver directamente con el comercio, el capítulo de derechos humanos no es vinculante para los Estados, como sí son los capítulos sobre propiedad intelectual o resolución de controversias, entre otros. Sin embargo la UE tiene ahora la posibilidad de actuar en consonancia con sus principios y su propia legislación de Derechos Humanos.
Crystallex y ConocoPhillips siguen en la lucha por hacer cumplir laudos a Venezuela
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
16-Apr-2020 Tanto la canadiense Crystallex como la estadounidense ConocoPhillips siguen buscando ante la justicia estadounidense el cumplimiento de dos laudos de dos arbitrajes que las atañen respectivamente
Postpone July 1 trading date of AfCFTA ― CUTS advises African Union
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
16-Apr-2020 A leading research and public policy think tank is calling on the African Union to defer, the July 1st date for the commencement of trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
Nigeria and the implementation of the AfCFTA: Key issues and policy options
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
16-Apr-2020 Nigeria's trade and industrial priorities should be embedded in the ongoing dialogue for AfCFTA implementation strategies.
UK and EU agree three negotiating rounds for post-Brexit deal
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
16-Apr-2020 The negotiations will take place by videoconference in the weeks beginning April 20, May 11 and June 1, 2020.
México pide a Canadá y EU periodo de transición para sector automotriz por T-MEC
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
14-Apr-2020 El nuevo acuerdo comercial T-MEC requerirá 75% de contenido hecho en América del Norte.
Small Business Lending Program on Hold After Reaching Lending Limit
The government's paycheck protection program hit the $349 billion lending limit and must now wait for Congress to extend it.
Coronavirus: Three Misconceptions About How Wildlife Transmit Diseases Debunked
Zoonotic diseases are caused by pathogens which originate in other animal species.
Rewarding illegal aliens for being here???
I'm mind-boggled by California Governor Gavin Newsom's latest progressive tomfoolery. California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Wednesday plans to give cash payments to adult immigrants living illegally in the state to help them weather the coronavirus crisis. The plan, which would use a mix of taxpayer money and charitable donations from corporations and philanthropists, will give 150,000 adults $500 each during the coronavirus outbreak, the governor said. California has had an estimated 2 million immigrants living in the country illegally. They have not been eligible for the $2.... more »
Anti-China Hysteria Is Very Dangerous, and Very Stupid
This is a press release by the Schiller Institute: *Today, Schiller Institute Founder and Chairwoman Helga Zepp-LaRouche issued the following statement regarding the vicious anti-China campaign being promulgated in the West, especially in the United States:* I think this anti-China campaign comes from a deep-seated geopolitical view that the rise of China necessarily means the downfall of the United States and the West in general. And I think that that view is a wrong view. China has at no point threatened to replace the United States as the hegemonic power. They have offered coop... more »
COVID-19 and MMT Join Forces, Part II—The Seen and the Intentional of MMT
In my previous post I discussed some of the potential weaknesses of the various theoretical approaches to analyzing market conditions under the current crisis. I concluded by drawing attention to the particular approach of MMT theorists to interpret economic data to suit their particular policy aims, and the temptations those interpretations will pose to intellectuals […] The post COVID-19 and MMT Join Forces, Part II—The Seen and the Intentional of MMT appeared first on Econlib.
Who’s Still Getting Sick?
After a month of shutdown, I can’t help but wonder, “Who’s still getting sick?” Specifically, what is the breakdown between: 1. People who live with someone who was infected with coronavirus 2. Workers in direct contact with coronavirus patients 3. Other “essential workers” 4. Careless people 5. Outright scofflaws 6. The unlucky (including, of course, […] The post Who’s Still Getting Sick? appeared first on Econlib.
On Covid Statistics
As reported previously, and increasingly confirmed by physicians around the world, the pattern of mortality is the same this year compared to previous history. For example, in Italy, the average age of those dying with the virus is 84, and more often males than females, with deaths rarely in younger age groups. The virus is […]
"Overcapacity/Oversupply Everywhere: Massive Deflation Ahead"
*"Overcapacity/Oversupply Everywhere: * *Massive Deflation Ahead"* by Charles Hugh Smith "The price of a great many assets will crash, out of proportion to the decline in demand.bOil is the poster child of the forces driving massive deflation: overcapacity/oversupply and a collapse in demand. Overcapacity/oversupply and a collapse in demand are not limited to the crude oil market; rather, they are the dominant realities in the global economy. Yes, there are shortages in a few high-demand areas such as PPE (personal protective equipment), but across the entire spectrum of global sup... more »
Internet Destroys Police Dept for Promising to Extort Citizens for Victimless Crimes After Lockdown
[image: extort]Instead of issuing a message of support to citizens in a time of need, cops took to Facebook to threaten them with extortion of license plate light bulbs.
50 Militarized Cops Destroy Family’s Home Looking for Unarmed Homeless Man Who Stole Ice Cream
[image: home]A tear gas wielding SWAT team, 50 vehicles, two helicopters, a K-9 unit and a fire truck destroyed an innocent families home looking for an unarmed homeless man who stole some ice cream.
Why Boris Johnson won't have to pay any hospital bills
Luke Reader, Teaching Fellow, History Department, Case Western Reserve University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 13 hours ago
In the UK, nobody collects patients' insurance information or credit card details. There's simply no charge for services, including doctor visits, ambulances and hospitalizations.
8 ways veterans are particularly at risk from the coronavirus pandemic
Jamie Rowen, Associate Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 13 hours ago
With the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, veterans who were already lacking adequate benefits and resources are now in deeper trouble.
Out of Shadows – Full Documentary
The post Out of Shadows – Full Documentary appeared first on OYE Alternative News.
Reopening Could Require Thousands More Public Health Workers
The work could require as many as 300,000 public health workers — a daunting number given that the combined federal, state, and local public health workforce has been shrinking and is now probably less than 280,000, according to some estimates.
Record 22 Million Have Sought US Jobless Aid Since Coronavirus
Some economists say the unemployment rate could reach as high as 20% in April, which would be the highest rate since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
The Virus of Occupation: Israelis Have Taken To Spitting on Palestinians During Coronavirus
Spitting at someone is a universal insult. In Israel, however, spitting at Palestinians is an entirely different story. The post The Virus of Occupation: Israelis Have Taken To Spitting on Palestinians During Coronavirus appeared first on MintPress News.
Don’t let’s compare apples and pears
This particular article in the Spectator (which we still haven’t managed to restore to the sidebar) best reflects my own view of the current situation, which is that no-one can yet tell whether Lockdown is the *most* or the *least *effective strategy for dealing with the pandemic. The best or the worst. The wisest or the stupidest. I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again - the jury’s still out. We cannot yet know whether the economic fallout from Lockdown will turn out to be a bigger calamity than the imminent prospect of a few million more premature deaths from Covid, and no ... more »
Coronavirus alert for nursing homes in Tasmanian outbreak zone
Just In - 13 hours ago
Infection protocols are being checked at three Tasmanian nursing homes after contact tracing reveals a healthcare worker from an infected hospital has also worked shifts at three aged care facilities.
Rolling Out The Architecture Of Oppression Since They Fear The People
April 13, 2020 Caitlin Johnstone The architecture of oppression is here. “As authoritarianism spreads, as emergency laws proliferate, as we sacrifice our rights, we also sacrifice our capability to arrest the slide into a less liberal and less free world,” NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden said in a recent interview. “Do you truly believe that … Continue reading Rolling Out The Architecture Of Oppression Since They Fear The People →
Rockefeller Pandemic and COVID-19: Human Microchipping Scheme
COVID-19 and the Rockefeller Pandemic April 14, 2020 Kurt Nimmo In many ways, the Rockefeller Pandemic could be a good name for COVID-19. Back in 2007, film director Aaron Russo said during an interview with Alex Jones he was told by Nicholas Rockefeller the ruling elite planned to microchip every human on the planet. Rockefeller … Continue reading Rockefeller Pandemic and COVID-19: Human Microchipping Scheme →
End the Lockdown – NOW! Enter: Self-Respect and Anger
April 14, 2020 By Makia Freeman AT A GLANCE… THE STORY:It’s time to end the lockdown, effective immediately. This “live exercise” coronavirus hoax has gone on long enough. We’ve been tricked and trapped with lies. THE IMPLICATIONS:Freedom and rights must be demanded and taken, not meekly begged for. When will self-respect and anger kick in? … Continue reading End the Lockdown – NOW! Enter: Self-Respect and Anger →
Coronavirus and Climate Change Hoaxes: Eerie Similarities
The Eerie Similarities Between the Coronavirus and Climate Change Hoaxes April 15, 2020 Makia Freeman AT A GLANCE… THE STORY:There are some interesting connections and similarities between the coronavirus and manmade climate change hoaxes. THE IMPLICATIONS:Some people are using the COVID-19 pandemic to push climate change propaganda, however the fundamental point is that both of … Continue reading Coronavirus and Climate Change Hoaxes: Eerie Similarities →
Google Subpoenaed For Hillary Clinton Emails Believed To Contain Backup To Records Scrubbed With “Bleachbit”
by Tyler Durden Wed, 04/15/2020 Google has been ordered to turn over all Hillary Clinton emails from a Gmail account believed to contain backups to communications from her personal server which her IT specialist, Paul Combetta, reportedly scrubbed using BleachBit. Combetta allegedly used the Google account to transfer Clinton’s emails from a laptop to a … Continue reading Google Subpoenaed For Hillary Clinton Emails Believed To Contain Backup To Records Scrubbed With “Bleachbit” →
German Lawyer Sent to Psych Ward for Organizing Protest Against COVID-19 Lockdown
April 15, 2020 Kurt Nimmo In the Soviet Union, activists were sent to state psychiatric wards. According to the state, any and all opposition to government policy was considered a form of mental illness. Stephanie Buck writes about the treatment of the “social parasite” Joseph Brodsky. In 1963, Russian poet Joseph Brodsky was seized and … Continue reading German Lawyer Sent to Psych Ward for Organizing Protest Against COVID-19 Lockdown →
Report: Turkey Plans to Send Fresh Wave of Corona-Infected Migrants to Europe
Greece steps up patrols as Erdogan prepares to use ‘refugees’ as political weapon. 14 April, 2020 Paul Joseph Watson ANGELOS TZORTZINIS/Getty Image Voice of America reports that Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan is planning to send a fresh wave of migrants to Europe, with officials fearing many of them will be infected with coronavirus. … Continue reading Report: Turkey Plans to Send Fresh Wave of Corona-Infected Migrants to Europe →
Trump halts World Health Organization funding amid coronavirus pandemic
April 15, 2020 Reuters President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would halt funding to the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic while his administration reviews its response to the global crisis. Trump, at a White House news conference, said the WHO had “failed in its basic duty and it must … Continue reading Trump halts World Health Organization funding amid coronavirus pandemic →
Hydroxychloroquine: A New Low for the Liberal Media
April 16, 2020 By John F. Gaski As might be expected, Pres. Trump’s audacity in speaking out in support of the hydroxychloroquine treatment for coronavirus was more than enough to set off his critics among the liberal Democrats and liberal media Trump’s hopeful remarks were made only days ago but, since then, the American left, … Continue reading Hydroxychloroquine: A New Low for the Liberal Media →
The Populists Next Door No One’s Talking About
April 16, 2020 By Bradley Betters The new, trailblazing party governing the French-Canadian province of Quebec deserves more attention than they’ve received this side of the border. Although being a quite young party as well as an openly nationalist one (a deep oddity for globalist Canada), the Coalition for Quebec’s Future — or ‘CAQ’ as it’s known … Continue reading The Populists Next Door No One’s Talking About →
A New International Order
When Donald Trump declared that he was cutting funding for the World Health Organization, Richard Horton -- the editor of the Lancet -- called his decision "a crime against humanity." Others have also condemned Trump. Martin McKee writes: Simon Coveney, the foreign minister of Ireland, a country with exceptionally close ties with the United States, described Trump’s decision to cut funds to WHO as an “indefensible decision, in midst of global pandemic. So many vulnerable populations rely on WHO – deliberately undermining funding and trust now is shocking.” Heiko Maas, the German ... more »
TruNews: Global Reset Formula — Bill Gates, Vaccinations and Implanted Microchips
GLOBAL RESET FORMULA: BILL GATES, VACCINATIONS, DEBT JUBILEE, AND IMPLANTED MICROCHIPS by https://www.trunews.com/ Today on TruNews we rebuke the death mission fielding ambassadors to tag, vaccinate, and destroy the Body of Christ through an unconstitutional, authoritarian forced vaccination program which may utilize the nightmare of microchip implants. We discuss the instant death side effects of …
Vibrate In Harmony With The World Of Spirit ‒ The Wisdom Of Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov
*"The Lord does not expect us to build his kingdom on high, where it has already been established since the creation of the world; He is asking us to establish it on earth, among humans, by learning to manifest divine virtues. All the great masters and initiates know that they have come to earth to work for the realisation of the kingdom of God. So, teachings that encourage human beings to abandon the earth, claiming that it is a vale of tears and that their true homeland is elsewhere, do not conform to God’s plans. From what we know and what the great Initiates have taught us, it... more »
Almost 700 Sailors Aboard The French Aircraft Carrier Charles de Gaulle Are Infected With The Covid-19 Coronavirus
*France 24:* *A third of French aircraft carrier crew have Covid-19, says defence ministry* A third of the nearly 2,000 sailors who were aboard France's aircraft carrier and support craft when a coronavirus outbreak occurred at sea have tested positive for the virus, the defence ministry said on Wednesday. With two-thirds of test results in, 668 sailors from the Charles-de-Gaulle and escort vessels in its battle group are confirmed to have the virus, it said. Thirty-one were being treated in hospital, and one was in intensive care, a ministry statement said. Last week, it was d... more »
China's Attempt To Revive Its Economy Is Failing
In this April 13, 2020, photo, a couple walk through the capital city's popular shopping mall in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) *FOX News/AP:* *China tries reviving economy after coronavirus lockdown but consumer engine sputters* Millions of workers are wary of spending much or even going out. BEIJING (AP) — China, where the coronavirus pandemic started in December, is cautiously trying to get back to business, but it's not easy when many millions of workers are wary of spending much or even going out. Factories and shops nationwide shut down starting in late January. Millions of f... more »
COVID-19 and lessons from Southern Ontario’s Basic Income Experience
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. News 1. Graphed: COVID-19 in Nova Scotia, April 15, 2020 Thirty-two more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Nova Scotia. That brings the total to 549. Nine people are in hospital with four of those in ICUs. 137 people have fully recovered. Three people […]
US Expert: ‘Lockdown May Do More Damage, Claim More Lives Than COVID-19’
*Dr David Katz* | Were these policies really thought through, or merely driven by mass panic and wild speculation?
‘The People Have Spoken. Bastards’: Leaked Labour Report Shows Party’s Own Senior Staff Acted To Keep Corbyn Out Of Power
In the June 2017 UK general election, Labour under Jeremy Corbyn came within a whisker of power. If just 2,227 votes had gone the other way, seven Tory knife-edge constituencies would have been won by Labour, putting Corbyn in a strong position to lead a coalition government.
Vaccine Liability in the COVID-19 Era
Let's open this posting with a press conference starring Dr. Anthony Fauci, describing the implementation of a COVID-19 vaccine. Please forward to the 3 minute and 4 second mark: Here's the key quote: "*The issue of safety is something I want to make sure that the American public understand. It's not only safety, when you inject somebody and they get maybe an idiosyncratic reaction, they get a little allergic reaction, they get pain. There's safety associated. Does the vaccine makes you worse? And there are diseases in which you vaccinate someone, they get infected with what y... more »
Dozens Of Strikes Say, ‘No Safety, No Work!’
As the death toll climbs, workers deemed “essential” have staged at least 75 separate job actions since the Chipotle walkout. Walkouts, sickouts, sit-ins and, most recently, car and social-distance pickets have involved people from a wide range of occupations. In addition to many fast food workers, those protesting include workers in health care, construction, manufacturing, meat and poultry processing, retail, warehouses, public transit, bars and restaurants, water and sewage, beverage bottling, nursing home care and more. Common demands of the walkouts are for employer-provided ... more »
Act Now To Stop The US War On Venezuela
As the United States government escalates coercive economic warfare (sanctions) on Venezuela and sends warships to its shores, people in the United States, in solidarity with Venezuelans, are taking action to stop this insanity. Venezuelan activists sent a video message to us. Here are actions you can take - post a photo of yourself holding a sign and tag it with #FightCovidNotVenezuela; sign the open letter to the US government and the United Nations; attend the webinar, "An Inside View of Resistance to US Imperialism in Venezuela and How to Build International Solidarity," on A... more »
UK State Of The Climate Report 2019
By Paul Homewood GWPF has just published its latest UK Climate Report: London, 16 April: The floods that affected northern England in the autumn of 2019 were nothing out of the ordinary. That’s according to a new review of the UK’s 2019 weather. Author Paul Homewood says that although rainfall in the region […]
Points de vue technoprogressistes à propos du Covid-1
Ethical Technology - 14 hours ago
Ces dernières semaines, sauver des vies est devenu une priorité absolue. Les autorités et les citoyens agissent avec une détermination qui va bien au-delà des “désavantages” économiques et matériels normalement acceptés.
The James Bond of Comparative Constitutional Law
For the Symposium on Richard Albert, Constitutional Amendments: Making, Breaking, and Changing Constitutions (Oxford University Press, 2019). Eugene D. Mazo Several months ago, Richard Albert introduced me to one of his former students, a fellow named Dylan, who worked as a political operative in Massachusetts before enrolling in law school. Dylan and I talked on the phone a few times, mostly because I was thinking of running for Congress and Dylan knew a lot about the ins and outs of political campaigns. During one of these conversations, I asked Dylan about Albert’s class. Dylan ... more »
Growing Signs In Russia That This Year's WWII Victory Parade And Celebrations Will Be Postponed
The letter from veterans calls for Putin to "take a difficult but, as we see it, fair decision to hold the military parade on another date." Sergei Kiselyov/Moskva News Agency *Moscow Times/AFP: **Russian Veterans Urge Putin to Postpone WWII Parade Over Virus* Russian veterans on Wednesday urged President Vladimir Putin to postpone a military parade to mark the 75th anniversary of Soviet victory in World War II, due to the coronavirus risk to participants. Russia has so far not dropped plans to hold a massive parade with thousands of troops marching through Red Square on May 9, d... more »
Space Force comedy coming soon on Netflix
Even as a global pandemic threatens our way of life, there still exist occasional moments that are not shrouded entirely in the impending doom of our species. Netflix has confirmed that Steve Carell’s newest workplace comedy, “Space Force,” would be available to stream starting May 29. The release of the 10-episode season, an obvious nod to President Donald Trump’s launch of the U.S. military’s newest branch, coincides with Netflix’s impending loss of Carell’s iconic sitcom, “The Office,” which is expected to move over to NBC’s soon-to-launch streaming platform, “Peacock.” “Spac... more »
X-Zone Broadcast Network - Bernard O'Connor (and Official UFO)
Bernard O’Connor, one-time editor of *Official UFO* magazine was the guest this week. I had worked with Bernie back in the 1970s, in the heyday of UFO magazines. Those of us who had access to a great deal of UFO information, not on- Bernie O'Connorline because that didn’t exist, but through contacts with various UFO organizations and researchers, could make a nice living writing UFO articles. You can listen to the interview here: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/25580581 We did, of course, talk about more than the workings of a UFO magazine. We talked about the UFO wave of 1973 and... more »
DemocracyWatch: Global Pandemic Power Grabs
Yet another pandemic downside....
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From Jenna Orkin Coronavirus New Zealand: PM Jacinda Ardern takes 20 per cent pay cutCoronavirus testing hits dramatic slowdown in U.S. The Revolution After The Crisis - Forbes! Chile counts coronavirus deaths as ‘recovered’ Greece Fears Turkey Plans to Send Streams of Migrants Infected with Coronavirus to Europe - VOA Donald Trump appoints vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert Kennedy Jr to lead vaccine committee US may have to endure social distancing until 2022 if no vaccine is quickly found, scientists predict U.S. Stops Issuing Passports Except For 'Life-Or-Death' Emergencies Flatten... more »
Every President Has Constitutional Authority to Fire Advisors
[image: every-president-has-constitutional-authority-to-fire-advisors] It is up to President Trump whether to keep or fire advisors, such as Dr. Anthony Fauci from his position as the expert in the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Facebook Pays Ex-CNN Hack to Attack GOP Candidate/MIT Scientist
[image: facebook-pays-ex-cnn-hack-to-attack-gop-candidate-mit-scientist] Facebook is relying on highly dubious claims by a former CNN “news” man to attack U.S. Senate candidate and biological engineer Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai and to censor interviews with him shared on the platform.
Europe Prepares Mobile Apps to Track People Infected with Coronavirus
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The phone beeps. An alert pops up: "You've been in contact with someone who tested positive for coronavirus. Ask for testing and isolate yourself until you learn the result". A similar message may soon be circulating through Spanish smartphones. European countries have become increasingly aware that an app that allows […] The post Europe Prepares Mobile Apps to Track People Infected with Coronavirus appeared first on The Rio Times.
Here’s Why Trump The American Nationalist Might Surrender The WHO To China
Trump believes that the loss of his country’s influence in the World Health Organization might be irreversible after his Chinese rival gradually broke the US’ previous soft power monopoly over this globalist body, hence why the American Nationalist has no qualms about possibly surrendering the group to Beijing since he […]
Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic Impacting Canada's Meat Supplies
*CTV News*: *COVID-19 to have 'immediate and drastic' impact on Canadian meat supply: industry group* TORONTO -- Some of North America’s largest meat producers have been forced to close their plants or reduce production amid the spread of the novel coronavirus, prompting industry leaders to warn of “immediate and drastic” effects on Canada’s supply chain. Beef processing capabilities have been reduced at a number of facilities in Canada and the U.S., including a temporary reduction at a Cargill meat plant in High River, Alta., where dozens of employees have tested positive for COV... more »
Greece coronavirus success but neighboring Turkey and the policies of Iran may jettison this
Greece coronavirus success but neighboring Turkey and the policies of Iran may jettison this Chika Mori and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times In recent times the nation of Greece hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons. This notably applies to the economic crisis, debt problems, high unemployment, and issues related to mainly Muslim […]
"Economic Market Snapshot AM 4/16/20"
*AM 4/16/20* ○ *"The more I see of the moneyed classes, * *the more I understand the guillotine."* - George Bernard Shaw ○ *"22 Million Jobless Claims In 1 Month: Last 4 Weeks * *Erase All Jobs Created Since The Great Recession"* ○ *Must Watch!* Gregory Mannarino, AM 4/16/20: *"**We Are Way Beyond A Meltdown... Way, Way Beyond**"* - https://traderschoice.net/ ○ *MarketWatch Market Summary, Live Updates* - https://www.marketwatch.com/tools/marketsummary *CNN Market Data:* - http://money.cnn.com/data/markets/ *CNN Fear And Greed Index:* - http://money.cnn.com/data/fear-and-greed/ ○ *A co... more »
"Covid-19 Pandemic Updates AM 4/16/20"
*"Covid-19 Pandemic **Updates AM 4/16/20" * *- Frequently **Updated**"* Please visit these sites often for the very latest Covid-19 Pandemic and Economic news and information. ○ *- https://www.zerohedge.com/* *APR 16, 2020 7:10 AM: *"EU Apologizes For Tepid Coronavirus Response After Deadliest Day Of Global Outbreak: Live Updates" ○ - *https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/* ○ *Click image for larger size.* *4/16/20, 3:42:57 AM. **For updates click here:* *- https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html*
Balkinization Symposium on Richard Albert, Constitutional Amendments
This week and next at Balkinization we are hosting a symposium on Richard Albert's book, Constitutional Amendments: Making, Breaking, and Changing Constitutions (Oxford University Press, 2019). We have assembled a terrific group of commentators, including Erin Delany (Northwestern), David Landau (Florida State), Sandy Levinson (Texas), Eugene Mazo (Rutgers), and Julie Suk (CUNY). At the conclusion, Richard will respond to the commentators.
5G After COVID-19
A 5G tower in Germany. (Source: Fabian Horst, https://tinyurl.com/wezjkh6; CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en) The global coronavirus crisis has increased concerns within some quarters of the U.S. government about America’s supply-chain dependence on China. The Trump administration recently unveiled a national 5G strategy that outlines that the U.S. government will secure 5G infrastructure domestically and abroad, working with “like-minded” partners to address concerns about “high-risk” vendors. Meanwhile in Congress, Sens. Tom Cotton and Mike Ga... more »
Strong and shallow M5.9 earthquake hits Myanmar
The Watchers » Latest articles - 15 hours ago
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M5.9 hit Myanmar at 11:45 UTC (18:15 local time) on April 16, 2020. The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). EMSC is reporting M5.9 at a depth of 30 km (18 miles). The epicenter was located 38.5...... Read more »
US possibly testing nuclear weapons in Nevada: Russia
The United States may be on the way to bringing its nuclear test site in Nevada on high alert, as many signs attest, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told TASS on Thursday. “The United States, as many signs attest, including publications citing organizations engaged in the United States in maintaining their nuclear arsenal in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syrian Army, villagers intercept US military convoy in northeast Syria
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:20 P.M.) – For the second time in two weeks, a U.S. military convoy was intercepted by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and residents of a village in the Al-Qamishli District. According to a local source, the Syrian Army and the residents of Abu Qusayb gathered at this aforementioned village, where they refused […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
More than 10 earthquakes hit Syria in 24 hours
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 P.M.) – The Syrian governorate of Latakia witnessed more than ten consecutive earthquakes on Wednesday, the intensity ranging from light to medium. The Syrian National Seismological Center said that the strongest tremor was 4.7 degrees on the Richter scale and 10 km in depth; it occurred on the Syrian coast 38 km […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Iran seizes Hong Kong-flagged tanker in Persian Gulf: report
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:40 P.M.) – The Iranian Navy seized a Hong Kong flag ship for a short period of time on Wednesday, the Reuters News Agency reported, citing intelligence sources. According to the Reuters sources, the chemical carrier “SC Taipei” was sailing in international waters on Tuesday when it was stopped by the Iranian authorities. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syrian Army secures gas fields after large ISIS attack
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:10 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) managed to foil a large-scale Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) attack on the Badiya Al-Sham and Badiya Al-Sukhnah regions of eastern Homs this week, putting an end to threat towards their oil and gas fields. Due to the Islamic State’s large-scale attack this week, the Syrian government […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Iran’s new device can detect coronavirus in 5 seconds
Iran has started to manufacture devices that are capable of remotely detecting COVID-19 within five seconds, Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami, commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), has said, adding that no additional tests for patients are required. “This device can detect the virus in a range of 100 metres. This is an operation […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Israeli drone strike attempted to assassinate Hezbollah commander: newspaper
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:20 P.M.) – The Israeli drone strike along the Syrian-Lebanese border on Wednesday was targeting a Hezbollah commander, the newspaper, Al-Quds Al-‘Arabi, reported. According to the publication, the Israeli drone strike was targeting the field commander with the nom de guerre “Al-Hajj ‘Imad”, as he was traveling from Lebanon to Syria. Quoting “reliable […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Iraq accuses Turkey of violating airspace and bombing refugee camp
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:45 A.M.) – The Air Defense Command in Iraq announced on Wednesday, a Turkish breach of Iraqi airspace, carried out by a drone that bombed a camp near the city of Makhmur in northern Iraq. According to the command, the Turkish drone penetrated Iraqi airspace, bombing a refugee camp. The leadership said in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Surrendered US-backed rebels admit to receiving training to destroy Syrian oil sites: Russia
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:10 A.M.) – The head of the Russian Reconciliation Center affiliated with the Russian Ministry of Defense, Oleg Goralev, announced on Wednesday that the 27 militants who surrendered to the Syrian authorities, reported that they had received training by the American military to carry out attacks on oil and gas sites as well […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Libyan Army all-out war against Turkish military: spox.
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:40 A.M.) – The Libyan National Army spokesman, Ahmed Al-Mismari, said that his military is fighting an all-out war against the Turkish Army, with all its land, sea, air, and electronic strength. Al-Mismari said in a press conference on Wednesday that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan exploited the poverty of some Syrian youth […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
April 16 The Emmpire strikes back.
Those who read the April 14 edition of this blog will certainly have noticed the misspellings and even bizarre statements. I very much fear my computer has been hacked. (Indeed, I"m not even sure I'll be able to publish this.) Accordingly, I'll be spending the next day or more trying to get back to normalcy - as much an anything can be normal in this world. Graeme Decarie
Ayn Rand was the Antithesis of Her Characters
Ayn Rand created Howard Roark and John Galt, but she was not like them. Writers seldom create characters with personality identical to their own. Margaret Mitchell created Scarlett O’Hara and Rhett Butler, but she was not like them; between Nietzsche and his creation Zarathustra, there was nothing in common; Victor Hugo was far from his creations Marquis de Lantenac and Jean Valjean; Goethe was an antithesis of his creation Heinrich Faust; Homer, unlike his creations, the agile warriors Hector and Achilles, was a frail blind man. It’s a mistake to see Rand as an equal of her creatio... more »
Ukraine to build military base in the Sea of Azov
Kiev does not cease to create policies to affront Russia even in amidst global pandemic More The post Ukraine to build military base in the Sea of Azov appeared first on The Duran.
Coronavirus Pandemic Has Shown That Mediterranean Europe Does Not Need EU
Germany’s Lack of Coronavirus Assistance Should Make Mediterranean Europe Consider Leaving EU More The post Coronavirus Pandemic Has Shown That Mediterranean Europe Does Not Need EU appeared first on The Duran.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. exposes Gates plan to control global health policy (Video)
The Duran Quick Take: Episode 530 More The post Robert F. Kennedy Jr. exposes Gates plan to control global health policy (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
PLAGUE OF CORRUPTION – Sorry!
Releasing “a virus book” in the middle of a global pandemic is either really good, or really bad planning… By Kent Heckenlively, JD Yes, like every writer I have an enormous ego and believe the fate of the world rests on what I’m concerned about. But the events of the past few days have been … Continue reading PLAGUE OF CORRUPTION – Sorry!
Yet Again, Federal Court Invalidates Key Permit for Keystone XL
Rosebud Sioux Tribe Spirit Camp, 2014 (Photo: Matt Sloan / Bold Nebraska)Yet Again, Federal Court Invalidates Key Permit for Keystone XLCourt blocks the use of Nationwide Permit 12 for pipeline water crossingsBy Mark HefflingerBold NebraskaAPRIL 15, 2020GREAT FALLS, Montana — A federal judge ruled today (see ruling below) that the US Army Corps of Engineers violated the law when it approved
Shocker! Doctor Shows Why Viruses Are Exosomes. Instead of Causing Illness, They Fight Illness by Activating an Immune Response and Removing Cellular Toxins.
'Viruses' are exosomes. Exosomes are essential to health because they carry toxins out of sick cells and trigger the immune system to attack the cause of the illness. The global campaign to identify and kill a dreaded virus will cause even more illness triggered by cellular trauma from toxic medications and vaccines.
The World Never Had Disease Outbreaks Before The SUV Was Invented
Fortunately the UN and WHO have been on top of this dangerous situation.
WHO WAS BEHIND THE OTHER PROTESTS? BECAUSE WE KNOW THE ONE IN MICHIGAN IS LINKED TO THE DeVOS FAMILY
Wow, that looked ... spontaneous. On Wednesday, opponents of Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s stay-at-home order in Michigan held a car-bound protest dubbed “Operation Gridlock.” ... the protest saw the streets around the capitol in Lansing fill with vehicles. The traffic jam blocked at least one ambulance. Despite organizers asking protesters to remain in their cars, groups gathered in front of the capitol waving pro-Trump and anti-Whitmer signs. One reporter tweeted that he heard chants of “recall Whitmer,” “U-S-A,” and “lock her up.” ... On Tuesday, more than 100 protesters in Raleig... more »
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*Shady Leftist Group Weaponizes Consumer Protection Law to Silence Fox News, Network Fights Back* A shady liberal group filed a lawsuit against Fox News, attempting to restrain the network's coronavirus coverage and get Fox News slapped with hefty penalties. The Washington League for Increased Transparency and Ethics (WASHLITE), which appears not to have a public website, filed a lawsuit against Fox, claiming that when Sean Hannity and Trish Regan condemned the left for using the coronavirus to attack President Donald Trump they had minimized the threat of the coronavirus, endangeri... more »
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*A Virus 'Side Effect': Homeschooling* New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced public schools will be closed for the rest of the academic year due to the coronavirus. More mayors and governors will likely make similar announcements, if they have not already done so. Rather than look upon this as a negative, I suspect some parents are enjoying new relationships with their children that full-time work and day care did not allow. This new bonding experience could lead some to continue the practice of educating their children at home once this crisis has passed and public... more »
Kepler-1649c: Interesting Earth-sized Planet Turns Up in Kepler Data
What intrigues me about Kepler-1649c, a newly discovered planet thrust suddenly into the news, isn’t the fact that it’s potentially in its star’s habitable zone, nor that it is close to being Earth-sized (1.06 times Earth’s radius). Instead, I’m interested in the way it was found. For this is a world turned up in exhaustive […]
The U.S. Air Force Has a Spy Ship in the Persian Gulf
*David Axe* *Security, * The U.S. Air Force quietly keeps a small, inconspicuous spy ship in the Persian Gulf, presumably in order to keep an eye on Iran’s missile launches. The U.S. Air Force quietly keeps a small, inconspicuous spy ship in the Persian Gulf, presumably in order to keep an eye on Iran’s missile launches. Technically speaking, USNS *Invincible*—a 224-foot vessel displacing a mere 2,800 tons—belongs to Military Sealift Command, the quasi-civilian branch of the Navy that operates America’s military logistics ship and other specialist vessels. But *Invincible *is ju... more »
Russia Just Tested a Satellite-Killer
*David Axe* *Security, * The test of the PL-19 Nudol, a so-called “direct-ascent anti-satellite” weapon, highlights Russia’s expanding space arsenal, according to Gen. John Raymond, Space Command commander. Russia tested an anti-satellite rocket on April 15, 2020, U.S. Space Command announced. The test of the PL-19 Nudol, a so-called “direct-ascent anti-satellite” weapon, highlights Russia’s expanding space arsenal, according to Gen. John Raymond, Space Command commander. “Russia’s DA-ASAT test provides yet another example that the threats to U.S. and allied space systems are r... more »
Iran's Military Says It Can Detect Coronavirus with Magnetic Fields
*Matthew Petti* *Health, Middle East* Iran makes bizarre scientific claims about coronavirus: Masks don’t work? Magnets to detect the virus? The Iranian military unveiled a scientifically-dubious device on Wednesday that could allegedly detect the novel coronavirus with magnetic fields. Iran faces an unpleasant choice between shutting down a sanctions-battered economy once again or continuing to risk a second wave of deadly coronavirus infections. Wishful thinking and miracle solutions are creeping into official discourse as the government deflects criticism of its epidemic resp... more »
A Mysterious 5,000-Year-Old Sword Was Discovered by Student in a Venetian Monastery
*Peter Suciu* *History, Europe* It could be one of the oldest swords ever discovered. A sword that had been on display as part of a group of medieval items at the San Lazzaro degli Armeni Museum is far older than a few hundred years – in fact, the sword could be 5,000 years old! And it was only recently spotted by a doctoral student who happened to see the sword in the museum's collection. LiveScience reported that a keen-eyed archeology student made the find of a lifetime when she spotted what could be one of the oldest swords on record. Until Vittoria Dall'Armellina, who was t... more »
The Johnson Treatment Does Not Work on Zoom
Thinking in partisan terms is a hard habit to break. Fortunately, Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader McConnell are giving all of us an opportunity. They are both against permitting Congress to have remote voting (in a way, for example, that other world legislatures are now doing or planning). Why is that? Maybe they are just traditionalists. Maybe they really are concerned about ensuring security or accuracy in voting. The more likely explanation, though, is that they both understand that remote voting makes whipping votes a lot harder. Mitch McConnell is probably not all that persu... more »
Inside the forbidden zone.....
Benjamin Rich, better known by his YouTube channel name Bald and Bankrupt, is an English travel blogger and author. He began his YouTube channel in June 2018, documenting the Indian subcontinent and the post-Soviet states before expanding to the rest of the world. Not far from the Chernobyl reactor in Ukraine is the town of Pripyat which housed the plant's workers and was abandoned due to high levels of radiation not long after the disaster. He went there on a winters day to see what traces of the past remained... *You can watch this new Chernobyl documentary below for free from... more »
8 Ways to Become More Beautiful Even While You’re Asleep
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Cannabis technology firm Greenbits raises $23 million
California-based cannabis-technology firm Greenbits, which processes $3.7 billion in sales in more than 1,200 U.S. marijuana stores each year, raised $23 million in a financing round. Greenbits, based in San Jose, said it will use the Series B funding to: Accelerate sales. Fund marketing. Develop products. Expand into new markets. The company’s technology currently is used […] Cannabis technology firm Greenbits raises $23 million is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Illinois cannabis license caps might bode well for new market entrants amid pandemic, economic downturn
The conventional wisdom might be that this is the worst time to launch a recreational marijuana operation from scratch. But perhaps not in Illinois, the country's newest rec market, where additional licensing is scheduled for May and July - provided it's not delayed. Illinois cannabis license caps might bode well for new market entrants amid pandemic, economic downturn is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
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*Trump officials reject stricter air quality standards, despite link between air pollution, coronavirus risks* *The "link" they refer to is this study ("Exposure to air pollution and COVID-19 mortality in the United States")What the study actually found was that number of hospital beds was the chief predictor of Coronavirus deaths: "This suggests that number of hospital beds is a strong confounder". Getting hospital treatment helps you to survive. That finding should surprise nobody.So when the effect of hospital beds is allowed for, the correlation between Coronavirus ... more »
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