Monday, April 20, 2020

20 April - Blogs I'm Following - 4 of 5

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 16 hours ago
*The Parched West is Heading Into a Global Warming-Fueled Megadrought That Could Last for Centuries* *As Dr Goebbels said, if you tell a big enough lie often enough, people will believe it. The global warming faith is replete with such lies.It's elementary physics that a warmer world would be a wetter world but the piece below regurgitates the repeated but nonsensical Greenie claim that global warming causes droughtClimate warming would in fact RELIEVE droughts* The American West is well on its way into one of the worst megadroughts on record, a new study warns, a dry period ... more »

British Gas Installer Recommends Working From Home- Latest Climate Assembly News

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 16 hours ago
By Paul Homewood h/t Dave Ward News from the Climate Assembly: LONDON, April 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Working from home and other measures to help stem the spread of the coronavirus outbreak in Britain show how quickly the country could change its ways to address climate change too, participants in the […]

Memes that made me laugh 3

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 16 hours ago
Another selection from the past week in the blogosphere and social media. Peter

Pelosi And Schumer Fail To Extract Any Concessions To Protect Americans From Trump As They Give Him Another $400 Billion To Spend

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
*What bullshit!* Trump is taking a gamble that voters want social distancing to end and that ending them won't explode the infection rate-- at least not among his base. But a new poll released yesterday by NBC News and the *Wall Street Journal* show how shaky that bet is. "Nearly 60 percent of American voters say they are more concerned that a relaxation of stay-at-home restrictions would lead to more COVID-19 deaths than they are that those restrictions will hurt the U.S. economy," wrote NBC's Mark Murray. That's the consensus among normal people anyway. Among greed-driven members ... more »

Tend Your Own Garden: Personal Food Security During the Age of COVID-19

Jerri-Lynn Scofield at naked capitalism - 16 hours ago
Worries about food security have led me to send vegetable plants to Mom and a sister; this is a good year to plant a victory garden.

For Some Families Quarantine Means A Black and Blue Autism Awareness Month

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 16 hours ago
Note: This article describes perfectly some of the agony I've been reading on special needs lists, Facebook feeds and elsewhere. Many, many families with a loved one with autism and even/also Asperger's are facing dramatic violence at home. Others like... more »

When Doing Your Best Looks Like What Used to be Your Worst

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 16 hours ago
I read this yesterday on Facebook. It's from the Crunchy Mama page @CrunchyMama0128 on Facebook. I think it applies to all of us right now, from cantankerous kids to apoplectic adults. Tantruming teens to ever-angry elderly. COVID quarantine is taking... more »

Mississippi Choctaw Chief Cyrus Ben Tested Positive for Covid-19

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 17 hours ago
The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians Tribal Chief Cyrus Ben just tested postive for Covid-19. He is their youngest elected … Continue reading →

Lyrid meteor shower peaks April 21 to 22, viewing conditions nearly perfect this year

The Lyrid meteor shower will peak late Tuesday into Wednesday morning, April 21 to 22, 2020. The thin crescent Moon will allow observers to get a clear view of the event as there will be no obstruction. The shower comes after the so-called meteor drought that...... Read more »

We’re About To Hear Many Suggestions About How To Reshape Education. Here’s How To Sort Them Out.

Peter Greene at CURMUDGUCATION - 17 hours ago
The vast majority of the nation’s schools have pressed pause due to the current pandemic. In many areas they will stumble through the remainder of a year that will little resemble an ordinary year. This is already prompting many folks to declare this a golden opportunity to reconsider some of the traditional features of U.S. schooling. If we’ve got to have school without grades, without desks and rooms, without set hours for meeting anyway, why not consider how to play with these features to create better school systems? Lots of folks have thoughts. Some of the ideas that emerge wil... more »

Links 4/20/2020

Jerri-Lynn Scofield at naked capitalism - 17 hours ago

An author realized a paper had plagiarized his thesis. It took the journal four years to retract it.

Adam Marcus at Retraction Watch - 17 hours ago
After more than four years of doing, well, not much, evidently, Scientific Reports — a Springer Nature title — has retracted a paper which plagiarized from the bachelor’s thesis of a Hungarian mathematician. The article, “Modified box dimension and average weighted receiving time on the weighted fractal networks,” was purportedly written by a group of … Continue reading An author realized a paper had plagiarized his thesis. It took the journal four years to retract it.

Facebook fact checkers are actually censors

Norma at Collecting My Thoughts - 17 hours ago
"I dig into the prevailing media narratives about coronavirus, including “fact checks,” that have themselves been proven false. You’ll be amazed at who Facebook is letting help censor information about China’s controversial Wuhan lab. (Hint: she’s a scientist who works at the lab…)" There are a few investigative reporters left in the country. Sharyl Attkisson is one of them. https://sharylattkisson.com/2020/04/facebooks-fake-coronavirus-fact-check-podcast/ Other good sources to confirm the liberal lies from Kelly Kullberg: Just the News, https://www.facebook.com/JustTheNewsReports... more »

Pentagon Study: Flu Shot Raises Risk of Coronavirus by 36% (Read that Again!)

Robert F. Kennedy at Need To Know - 17 hours ago
A 2020 study by the Pentagon found that the flu shot INCREASES the risks of coronavirus by 36%. The study reported that receiving flu vaccination may increase the risk of other respiratory viruses, and the odds of coronavirus in vaccinated individuals were significantly higher when compared to unvaccinated individuals.

Protests Against Quarantines Are Appearing Globally but Downplayed by the Media

James Corbett at Need To Know - 17 hours ago
Perhaps the most important part of his analysis is that mass refusal to comply with totalitarian edicts is the only way to halt and then reverse the process.

Wisconsin Sheriff Says He Will Not Enforce Stay-at-Home Order, Cites Constitutional Rights

Breitbart at Need To Know - 17 hours ago
Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling says he will not enforce shutdown and shat-at-home orders because state law “does not have the power to supersede or suspend the Constitutional rights of American citizens.”

“Have You Accidentally Killed Someone Today?” Oregon Shames People Into Staying Home

Gateway Pundit at Need To Know - 17 hours ago
Oregon's Public Service Announcements are using shame to make people stay at home by making them think that, if they do not do so, they may kill an innocent person. The campaign slogan is “Don’t accidentally kill someone. Stay home.” Propaganda doesn't get any more obvious than that.

Seattle COVID-19 Field Hospital Dismantled Because There Were No Patients to Treat

NY Post at Need To Know - 17 hours ago
The massive 250-bed army field hospital that hundreds of troops built inside a Seattle convention center was dismantled before treating a single patient. Washington also returned 400 ventilators.

Las Vegas Mayor Blasts ‘Total Insanity’ of Shutdown

Breitbart at Need To Know - 17 hours ago
Data indicates that 128 people, less than half of one percent of the population, have died from illness attributed to the coronavirus. The population of Nevada's population is 3.2 million people, and it is estimated that 900,000 people have already lost their jobs, with 300,000 of those filing for unemployment.

Flashback: In 2009 the CDC Lied about 22-Million People Getting the Swine Flu

Jon Rappoport at Need To Know - 17 hours ago
In 2009, the CDC stopped counting H1N1 cases and patient deaths because almost none of the cases they had counted as Swine Flu was, in fact, Swine Flu or any sort of flu at all! But that didn't stop the CDC from claiming that 14 to 34-million people got infected with the H1N1.

Authorities Say 6 More Waves of COVID-19 Expected- Which Is Proof It Is Planned

MIT Technology Review, Breitbart and BBC at Need To Know - 17 hours ago
A model shows six spikes that are projected to continue through to November 2021. Authorities conclude that isolation and school closures will be needed two-thirds of the time, roughly two months on and one month off, until a vaccine is available, which will take at least 18 months.

Meat-Processing Plant Must Kill 2-Million Chickens Due to Stay-at-Home Campaign

Information Liberation at Need To Know - 17 hours ago
Last week, the president and CEO of Smithfield Foods, one of the nation’s largest meat-processing companies, warned of “severe, perhaps disastrous” consequences for the country’s meat-supply chain following the closure of several of its plants.

California cannabis distributors sharing info on firms that pay their bills, those that don’t

John Schroyer at Marijuana Business Daily - 17 hours ago
A small group of licensed California marijuana distributors is trying to solve the ripple effects of unpaid bills by pooling information detailing which companies are reliable or unreliable at paying their tabs. The move comes as the coronavirus is inflicting widespread financial pain on cannabis companies, which, unlike other mainstream industries, have been largely excluded […] California cannabis distributors sharing info on firms that pay their bills, those that don’t is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

Wolf Richter: Coronavirus Drives Barrage of New Lobbying Activity

Jerri-Lynn Scofield at naked capitalism - 17 hours ago
Follow the money - Congressional lobbying activity and who wins and who loses from coronavirus relief.

Israel Intensifies Aggression Against Palestinian Prisoners, Lawmaker Warns

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 17 hours ago
Israel Intensifies Aggression Against Palestinian Prisoners, Lawmaker Warns by https://www.presstv.com/ A Palestinian legislator says Israeli authorities have recently intensified their acts of aggression and suppression against Palestinian prisoners in light of the novel coronavirus pandemic. – Ahmad Attoun, a member of the Change and Reform Bloc in the Palestinian Legislative Council, described in press remarks …

Studies Show That Your Waist Size Is Linked to Your Gut Bacteria

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 17 hours ago
https://brightside.me/inspiration-health/studies-show-that-your-waist-size-is-linked-to-your-gut-bacteria-795845/?utm_source=fb_brightside&utm_medium=fb_organic&utm_campaign=fb_gr_brightside_mini

What Happens to Your Body If You Practice Fasting

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 17 hours ago
https://brightside.me/inspiration-health/what-happens-to-your-body-if-you-practice-fasting-710410/?utm_source=fb_brightside&utm_medium=fb_organic&utm_campaign=fb_gr_brightside_mini

Antibody tests suggest that #coronavirus infections vastly exceed official counts

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 17 hours ago
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01095-0

Why Your Emotions Can Ruin Your Health and How You Can Fix It

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 17 hours ago
https://brightside.me/inspiration-health/why-your-emotions-can-ruin-your-health-and-how-you-can-fix-it-757560/?utm_source=fb_brightside&utm_medium=fb_organic&utm_campaign=fb_gr_brightside_mini

12 Tricks That Affect Your Body in an Unexpected Way

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 17 hours ago
https://brightside.me/inspiration-health/12-tricks-that-affect-your-body-in-an-unexpected-way-758310/?utm_source=fb_brightside&utm_medium=fb_organic&utm_campaign=fb_gr_brightside_mini

China Is Censoring Research Into the Origin of the #Coronavirus

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 17 hours ago
https://futurism.com/neoscope/china-censoring-research-origin-coronavirus?fbclid=IwAR1l53GaY-cH8Q9BArKzG6UVkCgtKHtHG_8ns4Id1Geo1b1oOhrDmLiMCU8

Does #Hydroxychloroquine Work? Drug Doesn’t Clear #Covid-19 in Test

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 17 hours ago
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-15/hyped-malaria-pill-doesn-t-help-clear-coronavirus-in-study

Immunity to COVID-19 more wide-spread than initially reported?

drinkingwateradvisor at The Drinking Water Advisor - 18 hours ago
“A team of researchers from Stanford University and other California colleges recruited volunteers in Santa Clara County to take blood tests and the stunning results show that 50 times more people than projected have had the coronavirus and now possess … Continue reading →

"Covid-19 Pandemic Updates 4/20/20"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 hours ago
*"Covid-19 Pandemic **Updates 4/20/20" * *- Frequently **Updated**"* Please visit these sites often for the very latest Covid-19 Pandemic and Economic news and information. *○* *- https://www.zerohedge.com/* *APR 20, 2020 7:24 AM: *"Tokyo Hospitals Turn Away Patients As 1/5th Of World Takes First Steps Toward Reopening Economies: Live Updates" *Sun, 04/19/2020 - 21:15:* "New Jersey Reports Alarming Jump In New Cases As Global Total Passes 2.4 Million: Live Updates" ○ - *https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/* ○ *Click image for larger size.* *4/20/20, 4:38:10 AM. **For updates click here... more »

"Economic Market Snapshot 4/20/20"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 hours ago
*AM 4/20/20* ○ *"The more I see of the moneyed classes, * *the more I understand the guillotine."* - George Bernard Shaw ○ *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 comprehensive, essential daily read.* - http://www.shadowstats.com/ *"Daily Update (April 16th to 20th)* ○ *Daily Job Cuts, Updated daily.* - https://www.dailyjobcuts.com/ ○ *- https://www.zerohedge.com/* *04/20/2020 - 05:30:* "Muni Market Chaos... more »

Steel or Titanium (part two)

Larry-Lambert at Virtual Mirage - 18 hours ago
“Place you clothes and weapons where you can find them in the dark.” When I was operating with the Navy, the official SEAL knife was made by Buck Knives and was constructed of a titanium-beryllium alloy. Nobody liked to carry it because when you sharpened it, and microscopic pieces of metal lodged under your […] The post Steel or Titanium (part two) appeared first on Virtual Mirage.

Reopening America means rebuilding It

Larry Bell at CFACT - 18 hours ago
How do we break from binary decision-making and open up what's safest? The post Reopening America means rebuilding It appeared first on CFACT.

Here's How AI Can Help Africa Fight the Coronavirus

Justine Olawande Daramola at The National Interest - 18 hours ago
*Justine Olawande Daramola* *Science, Africa* [image: A Ugandan health official wearing protective gear prepares to disinfect the Nakawa open-air market as part of the measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), within in Nakawa division of Kampala, Uganda April 17, 2020. REUTERS/Ab] It needs to be backed up by serious infrastructure investment. COVID-19 and its grave impact worldwide has emphasised just how critical it is for African countries to develop their healthcare systems. For the most part, these systems are woefully underfunded and understaffed... more »

Income Inequality Is Widening in Urban America

Brian Thiede, David L. Brown, Jaclyn Butler, Leif Jensen at The National Interest - 18 hours ago
*Brian Thiede, David L. Brown, Jaclyn Butler, Leif Jensen* *Society, United States* Here's what's behind this worrying trend. Income inequality has increased dramatically in the United States over recent decades, surpassing its previous peak in the 1920s. In 2016, the average income among the bottom 24.9 million households was US$21,000. Meanwhile, the top 1%, or 1.2 million households, earned an average household income of $1.8 million. These disparities have spurred social movements and become a central issue for some candidates in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. However,... more »

Interventionist vs Free Market: Which Brand of Economic Policy Will the UK Adhere to Post-Coronavirus?

Christopher Kirkland at The National Interest - 18 hours ago
*Christopher Kirkland* *Economics, Europe* [image: Reuters] Radical change may not be what people are looking for. British economic policy since the 1940s has largely been an ideological battle between two schools of thought. One embraces the interventionist ideas of John Maynard Keynes. The other follows the ideas of free market thinkers such Milton Friedman and Friedrich Hayek. But as the financial pressures of the coronavirus hit, a famous 1971 Richard Nixon quote springs to mind. Declaring that in times of financial or economic crises, even those who traditionally favour fre... more »

EXCLUSIVE: Dr. Rashid Buttar BLASTS Gates, Fauci, EXPOSES Fake Pandemic Numbers As Economy Collapses

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 18 hours ago
Hear the good Doctor share the truth on this pandemic. It is not what we’ve been told. Please share this important info… The Next News Network 1.45M subscribers Follow Dr. Rashid A. Buttar: http://AskDrButtar.com/NNN https://www.CentersForAdvancedMedicin… https://www.DrButtar.com https://www.facebook.com/rashid.buttar Sub to Gary’s NEW Podcast on YouTube here: https://nnn.is/subscribe-to-G-Cast Sub to Gary’s original YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7hG… Sub … Continue reading EXCLUSIVE: Dr. Rashid Buttar BLASTS Gates, Fauci, EXPOSES Fake Pandemic Numbers As E... more »

Mom Discovers Facebook Ad Claiming Her Entire Family Died From Coronavirus

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 18 hours ago
Originally posted on Wake Up To The Truth: Tim Brown April 19, 2020 Keep in mind that Facebook, not the people on it, but the company, is now violating federal law all over the place in their business practices. They are also a part of what is now the mainstream media in attempts to silence…

Francis Boyle was right: Is it time for Trump to arrest, prosecute and EXECUTE all those engaged in the “death science” industry who build weapons against humanity?

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
The human extermination MEME has been out there for decades and is notable amoung biologists in particular. It is what some of them think of as progressive thinking. I just never thought that it would produce actionable programs. In fact that meme inspired me to do the rough calculations for the land's real carrying capacity which i put at at least 100,000,000,000 individuals for the land alone and 1,000,000,000,000 for the whole Earth. All this using sustainable biology. Go underground and we can take those numbers up tp several trillion as well. We are obviously at war wi... more »

EXCLUSIVE: Robert F Kennedy Jr. Drops Bombshells on Dr. Fauci For Medical Cover Ups and Fraud; Fauci “Poisoned an Entire Generation of Americans”

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
My My, Dr Fauci has a history. Somehow, once again Trump has brought them in close to talk the talk for their parade. I think we have seen this show before. Do they even guess that they are been played, or it possible that they really lost their choices decades ago. Once you understand the pattern, it is hard to take these shills too seriously. And surprise, surprise, they are gone while the train rolls on by. Now Robert Kennedy spells it all out. It is abundently clear that Fauci is not someone who will ever challenge the Big Phama Masters. *EXCLUSIVE: Robert... more »

Two new solar cells break records, including highest efficiency ever

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
We are really getting there. Production cells will soon reach near the fifty percent mark and we will be able to combine them with focusing mirrors as well. That always lookued to be one road too far, but here we are. I expect we will see motorized curved mirrors tracking the sun on roof tops producing a huge amoungt of energy with what is comparably a foot print under a tenmth of present configuarions. That allows an investmant on hardware and protection as well. Add that automotive battery and wde will have a great off grid solution. . *Two new solar cells break records, ... more »

Israel's not so secret weapon in the vCOV 19 fight: Mossad

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
Amusing actually, but these are the right folks to call in such an emergency when you have to get ahead of the supply problem. Obviously all medical supply chains will be taxed while this is happenig though plenty of new supply is coming on line as fast as posssible. So rather quickly the problem will be abated. Think though. Had the problem been as bad as was possible, we would be in the middle of a supply problemn rather than the present local distortions we presently see. *ISRAEL’S NOT-SO-SECRET WEAPON IN CORONAVIRUS FIGHT: THE SPIES OF MOSSAD * By admin -April 1... more »

SERGEI AND YULIA SKRIPAL – IN PRISON TOGETHER OR IN SOLITARY?

Editor at Dances With Bears - 19 hours ago
by John Helmer, Moscow @bears_with The last people to say they saw Sergei and Yulia Skripal together were two medical staff members at Salisbury District Hospital. The first was Senior Sister Sarah Clark, who was in charge of the evening shift at the Salisbury hospital’s Intensive Care Unit; the second was Dr Stephen Davies, a consultant […]

People on bail will no longer need to report to police stations in Victoria

Danny Tran at Just In - 19 hours ago
Under temporary changes introduced to uphold physical-distancing measures in Victoria, people on bail will be no longer be required to report to police stations, a move which will halt 40,000 visits to police every month.

Vietnam protests Beijing's expansion in disputed South China Sea as world busy with COVID-19

Just In - 19 hours ago
While the world remains occupied with Covid-19, a resurgent China has moved to strengthen its role in the disputed region of South China Sea.

Vanuatu's new government inherits an unprecedented crisis

Michael Walsh, Catherine Graue And Prianka Srinivasan at Just In - 19 hours ago
Still reeling from a destructive category five cyclone and under a strict coronavirus state of emergency, Vanuatu's newly-elected government has its work cut out for it.

Man suffers serious facial injuries in Ballarat shooting

Sarah Jane Bell at Just In - 19 hours ago
A man is taken to hospital with serious injuries after being shot in the Ballarat suburb of Wendouree, as police search for his attacker.

Police say no spike in domestic violence in SA, despite woman's alleged murder

Just In - 19 hours ago
South Australia's police commissioner says the force has so far not seen a surge in domestic violence incidents during the coronavirus pandemic, despite interstate increases and an alleged murder in Adelaide's south.

Police officer charged with manslaughter over crash that killed pedestrian

Just In - 19 hours ago
A Tasmanian police officer is charged over a car crash that killed a pedestrian from New South Wales earlier this year.

CCC calls for charges against police officer whose treatment of 13yo boy was caught on CCTV

Benjamin Gubana at Just In - 19 hours ago
Western Australia's corruption watchdog questions the WA Police Force's decision not to charge an officer with assault, over his treatment of a 13-year-old child in state care.

Virgin Australia pilot calls for a last-minute lifeline

Nassim Khadem at Just In - 19 hours ago
Virgin Australia captain George Kailis has been flying planes for almost 20 years, but fears for himself and co-workers as the company looks likely to enter into voluntary administration.

Italian village turned into “human laboratory”

TOTT News at News – TOTT News - 19 hours ago
As COVID-19 restrictions continue, the small Italian village of Nerola was suddenly declared a “red zone” by authorities after dozens of new coronavirus cases were discovered. Sealed off by the army, the village was soon put into mandatory quarantine. This is allowing researchers to test the entire population, in hope they ‘learn more’ about the virus. [...Continued]

A Good Monday Morning

Diogenes Sarcastica™ at Diogenes' Middle Finger - 19 hours ago

Face Mask Fraud Scheme Used Compromised Emails, Advance-Payment Fraud and Money Laundering

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 19 hours ago
The question remains as to why so many countries failed to plan in advance for a pandemic, thus leaving themselves … Continue reading →

Lava flows on the southeastern flank of Klyuchevskoy volcano, Russia

A moderate explosive eruption of the Strombolian and sometimes Vulcanian types continues at Russian Klyuchevskoy volcano. The Aviation Color Code remains Orange. On April 18, a lava flow began to move on the southeastern flank of the volcano. By 22:10 UTC, a...... Read more »

RCEP partners press ahead with legal tweaks

bilaterals.org - 19 hours ago
20-Apr-2020 Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) dialogue partners are advancing the review of legal texts, expecting the process to finish in July so the pact can be signed later in the year during the Asean Summit as scheduled.

Vietnam's Parliament to ratify FTA with EU in May

bilaterals.org - 19 hours ago
20-Apr-2020 The National Assembly of Vietnam will consider and most likely ratify the free trade agreement between Vietnam and the European Union (Evfta) when it holds its 7th Session next month.

MSM China Hysteria Gets Way Crazier And Dumber

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 19 hours ago
Hysteria about China has been kicked into high gear by the political/media class who are responsible for manufacturing support for the cold war escalations which will be necessary to prevent the US from being surpassed on the world stage as a unipolar superpower.

Thinking Errors and the Coronavirus

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 19 hours ago
The coronavirus doesn’t just make individual people ill – it threatens the whole of society too. Measures used to control the virus destroy people’s livelihoods, trample basic freedoms and, if prolonged, could eventually bring about wholesale societal collapse.

Who Benefits When the Price of Insulin Soars?

Yves Smith at naked capitalism - 20 hours ago
Contrary to pharmaceutical company claims, revenue from high insulin prices are going to shareholders, not R&D

Your Silence Gives Consent - The Wisdom Of Plato

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 20 hours ago
*Plato Biography. Plato (423 BC – 348 BC) was a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, student of Socrates, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens – the first institution of higher learning in the Western world.*

Off Beam

sue at Is the BBC biased? - 20 hours ago
The limitations of our comments system make it awkward to insert direct hyperlinks, so following a comment (by Anonymous) - and for clarity, I'm posting the Government's rebuttal of the Sunday Times article below the fold. Michael Gove described the article as 'off beam." The Government sets out the 'claims' made by the Sunday Times and offers its 'responses' in full. Read more... A Government spokesman said: ‘This article contains a series of falsehoods and errors and actively misrepresents the enormous amount of work which was going on in government at the earliest stages of t... more »

The Tablighi Jamaat and the Spread of Corona Virus

Debalina Ghoshal at The Duran - 20 hours ago
Submitted by Debalina Ghoshal, Non Resident Fellow, Council on International Policy. Asia Pacific Fellow, EastWest Institute… One of the most disastrous events in the Corona Virus crisis has been the spread of the virus from a prayer meeting in a mosque in Malaysia across South East Asia. The meet was organised by the group called […] More The post The Tablighi Jamaat and the Spread of Corona Virus appeared first on The Duran.

Jails and Prisons Are Spreading Coronavirus, But They Were Designed To Do the Opposite

Ashley Rubin at The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*Ashley Rubin* *History, Americas* [image: California Highway Patrol officers wearing protective masks wait at a car rally protesting the alleged pepper-spraying of immigrant women detained at the Otay Mesa Detention Center, a ICE (Immigrations & Customs Enforcement) federal detention center priva] It is a sad irony. Jails and prisons around the United States are considering freeing some of their inmates for fear that correctional facilities will become epicenters in the coronavirus pandemic. COVID-19 has infected hundreds of prisoners and staff in city jails, state prisons and ... more »

New Report Warns of Water Pollution Crisis In New Zealand

Troy Baisden at The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*Troy Baisden* *Science, New Zealand* [image: Farmer Dave Harper inspects a field of chicory herbs carefully selected for grazing a special variety of lamb known as] Almost all rivers running through urban and farming areas have dangerous levels of pollution. The latest environmental report on New Zealand’s lakes and rivers reiterates bleak news about the state of freshwater ecosystems, and warns that climate change will exacerbate existing threats. Almost all New Zealand rivers running through urban and farming areas (95-99%) carry pollution above water quality guidelines, while... more »

Justice Department Declines To Prosecute FBI Analyst Fired For Alleged Child Pornography

Chuck Ross at The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*Chuck Ross* *Security, Americas* The supervisor was 'summarily dismissed' by the FBI while under investigation, but the Justice Department declined prosecution. The Justice Department declined to prosecute a senior FBI intelligence analyst who was fired from the bureau after admitting to possessing child pornography, the DOJ’s internal watchdog said Tuesday. The investigation began after the analyst, who held a supervisory role, told the FBI’s inspection division that they had viewed and downloaded child pornography from the internet several years ago. The FBI fired the analyst... more »

How Coronavirus Puts the Focus on Social Class and Mobility

Robin Cohen at The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*Robin Cohen* *Public Health, World* [image: Reuters] The coronavirus pandemic demonstrates the salience of class to the spread, containment and impact of infectious diseases. The coronavirus pandemic demonstrates the salience of class to the spread, containment and impact of infectious diseases. The virus hitches a ride on us, the humans who act simultaneously as its hosts and victims. Human mobility and immobility – who can and can’t move and why – is therefore crucial to understanding the virus. And these issues of mobility have significant class dimensions. Some researchers... more »

Five Ways CEOs Can Steer Their Workers Through the Coronavirus Crisis

Rita Men at The National Interest - 20 hours ago
*Rita Men* *economy, Americas* [image: Brian Cornell, the Chairman and CEO of Target Corporation, reaches out and shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump after the president declared the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White Ho] Trust is critical. President Donald Trump and others have likened the coronavirus pandemic to fighting a war. As someone who studies how leaders communicate, I believe that’s an apt description. But the president isn’t the only general in this battle. America’s CEOs also have important le... more »

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