Wednesday, May 27, 2020

27 May - Blogs I'm Following - 3 of 5

10 pm MDT

Larry Kramer, Playwright and AIDS Activist, Dies at 84

AP News at Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
The writer of "The Normal Heart," was known for his public fight to secure medical treatment, acceptance and civil rights for people with AIDS.

Suing the President for Libel

Gerard N. Magliocca at Balkinization - 11 hours ago
In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed a Joint Session of Congress to marks the 150th anniversary of the First Congress. He talked about the Bill of Rights in that speech, as the first set of amendments was proposed by the First Congress. In describing the freedom of speech, FDR said this: It is indeed a freedom which, because of the mildness of our laws of libel and slander, goes unchecked except by the good sense of the American people. Any person is constitutionally entitled to criticize and call to account the highest and the lowest in the land-save only in one excep... more »

The Cyberlaw Podcast: Has Apple opened a new legal front against the FBI—without telling it?

sbaker at Lawfare - 11 hours ago
Our interview is with Mara Hvistendahl, investigative journalist at The Intercept and author of a new book, The Scientist and the Spy: A True Story of China, the FBI, and Industrial Espionage, as well as a deep WIRED article on the least known Chinese AI champion, iFlytek. Mara’s book raises questions about the expense and motivations of the FBI’s pursuit of commercial spying from China. In the News Roundup, Gus Hurwitz, Nick Weaver, and I wrestle with whether Apple’s lawsuit against Corellium is really aimed at the FBI. The answer looks to be affirmative, since an Apple victory ... more »

‘No Mask, No Service’ Signs Pop Up As Businesses Begin To Slowly Reopen

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 11 hours ago
May 26, 2020 (CBS Local) — “No mask, No service” signs are popping up at all kinds of businesses as the country begins to slowly reopen after the coronavirus pandemic shutdown that began in March. Some retail chains, like Costco Wholesale, have already started to require masks for all customers and employees. The move follows … Continue reading ‘No Mask, No Service’ Signs Pop Up As Businesses Begin To Slowly Reopen →

Minnesota Man Dies After Video Shows Cop Pressing Knee to His Neck for Nearly 8 Minutes

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 11 hours ago
Minneapolis police said George Floyd died after he “appeared to be suffering medical distress.” Zuri Davis | 5.26.2020 (Screenshot via Darnella Frazier/Facebook) UPDATE: Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced on Tuesday afternoon that four officers involved in the death of George Floyd were terminated. A Minnesota man named George Floyd died Monday after a … Continue reading Minnesota Man Dies After Video Shows Cop Pressing Knee to His Neck for Nearly 8 Minutes →

‘I can’t breathe:’ Death of unarmed black man George Floyd leads to firing of white police officers – Video

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 11 hours ago
The Telegraph May 27, 2020 Four police officers were fired over the death of a black man who was pinned down by a white officer, in a case that has drawn comparisons Eric Garner, the African American man who died in 2014 after being placed in a chokehold by police. Footage of the arrest … Continue reading ‘I can’t breathe:’ Death of unarmed black man George Floyd leads to firing of white police officers – Video →

George Floyd Death: Experts Say Police Officers Should Be Banned From Crushing People’s Necks

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 11 hours ago
Take’s an expert, does it? What I saw in that video was blatant and deliberate murder of an unarmed and pleading man while that dick kneeled on his neck for 10 minutes untill he was dead. String him up. Police experts say it’s a “very, very risky” and dangerous maneuver that should be banned except … Continue reading George Floyd Death: Experts Say Police Officers Should Be Banned From Crushing People’s Necks →

We Are Being Told To Prepare “To See High Prices At Grocery Stores” And “It’s Likely That Shortages May Only Get Worse”

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 11 hours ago
May 26, 2020 by Michael Snyder If you have been to a grocery store lately, then you already know that prices are higher than usual and that there are shortages of certain items. Many Americans have been assuming that as COVID-19 restrictions are slowly rolled back that these shortages will eventually disappear, but now even … Continue reading We Are Being Told To Prepare “To See High Prices At Grocery Stores” And “It’s Likely That Shortages May Only Get Worse” →

China Warns US at Brink of Starting ‘New Cold War’ with Beijing

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 11 hours ago
VOA News May 25, 2020 On May 24, 2020, file photo, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi is seen broadcasted remotely on big screens at the media center during a press conference held on the sideline of the National People’s Congress in Beijing. China says some “political forces” in the United States have taken bilateral … Continue reading China Warns US at Brink of Starting ‘New Cold War’ with Beijing →

Has The World Health Organization Just Exposed It’s Links To Big Business?

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 11 hours ago
May 26, 2020 Niamh Harris Scientists at the World Health Organization have halted hydroxychloroquine trials as a possible treatment for coronavirus The WHO announced earlier today that trials for the malaria drug had been suspended following fears over the drug’s safety. The news comes despite some, including a handful of world leaders championing the use of … Continue reading Has The World Health Organization Just Exposed It’s Links To Big Business? →

MSNBC Medical Contributor: “We Should Make Masks Mandatory in Public”

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 11 hours ago
Originally posted on Nwo Report: He wants to force the public to wear masks. Source: Richard Moorhead A MSNBC medical contributor called for the wearing of face masks to be made mandatory in the United States, claiming that anything otherwise would represent a threat to public safety. Dr. Vin Gupta made the dramatic, authoritarian appeal…

‘What These Sons of Bitches Want Is Our Freedom!’: Bolsonaro Vows To Arm Brazilians To Prevent Dictatorship

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 11 hours ago
Originally posted on Nwo Report: ‘It’s easy to impose a dictatorship here — too easy,’ he says Source: Infowars.com Video of a private speech delivered by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to his cabinet about freedom and guns went viral on Saturday after a court ordered the release of one of his private meetings. Bolsonaro’s son…

Breakthrough Drug: Ivermectin Shows ‘Astounding’ Results Against Coronavirus

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 11 hours ago
May 23, 2020 Reports Friday from multiple trials in the United States and abroad indicate a drug already approved by the FDA to treat parasitic infections is showing “astounding” results, and could represent a breakthrough in efforts to vanquishing the SARS-CoV-2 virus at the heart of the global pandemic. Doctors have administered the drug ivermectin in … Continue reading Breakthrough Drug: Ivermectin Shows ‘Astounding’ Results Against Coronavirus →

Researchers flag similarities between #COVID-19 deaths and severe rheumatic illnesses

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 11 hours ago
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-flag-similarities-covid-deaths-severe.html

Your “Immunity Passport” Future Begins To Materialize As Airlines Call For Digital ID Tracking Systems

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 11 hours ago
https://www.wakingtimes.com/2020/05/26/your-immunity-passport-future-begins-to-materialize-as-airlines-call-for-digital-id-tracking-systems/?utm_campaign=meetedgar&utm_medium=social&utm_source=meetedgar.com

The Best Arm Exercises for Sculpted Biceps and Triceps

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 11 hours ago
https://www.livestrong.com/article/13723410-best-arm-exercises-strong-sculpted/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=lsfb

Large-Vessel #Stroke as a Presenting Feature of #Covid-19 in the Young

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 11 hours ago
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2009787

24 Best Drought Tolerant Plants That Grow In Lack Of Water

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 11 hours ago
https://balconygardenweb.com/24-best-drought-tolerant-plants/

How to use epsom salt for garden roses?

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 11 hours ago
https://blog.gardenloversclub.com/ornamental/epsom-roses/?utm_campaign=meetedgar&utm_medium=social&utm_source=meetedgar.com

“Is It Safe for Me to Go to Work?” Risk Stratification for Workers during the #Covid-19 #Pandemic

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 11 hours ago
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2013413?source=nejmtwitter&medium=organic-social#.Xs5uJvCSTdA.facebook

China to launch digital yuan next year to replace cash

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 11 hours ago
https://www.rt.com/business/489880-china-digital-yuan-olympics/

Feasibility of Aerosol Vaccination in Human.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 11 hours ago
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12656420/

5 Homemade Turmeric Face Masks/Face Packs for Glowing Skin

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 11 hours ago
https://beautyscara.com/2018/04/11/turmeric-face-mask-recipe-for-glowing-skin-acne-dark-spots-to-remove-suntan/

This Day In Iraqi History - May 27

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 11 hours ago
1917 UK Col Clayton worried Sykes-Picot would create opposition by Sharif of Mecca against UK taking Baghdad (Musings On Iraq review *The Creation of Iraq 1914-1921*) (Musings On Iraq interview with Princeton’s Sara Pursley on Sykes-Picot and creation of Iraq) 1941 Operation Regulta began British forces marched north from Basra to Kut and onto Baghdad Captured Ur (Musings On Iraq interview with Prof Boich World War II In Iraq and Syria) 1941 British forces moved from Fallujah to cut Baghdad-Mosul road and railway Forced Iraqis out of Taji north of Baghdad 1941 PM Gaylani told It... more »

Lewis Goodall liked

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 11 hours ago
It looks as some* Newsnight* journalists aren't happy with the BBC's ruling: Lewis Goodall will have to be very careful. He's skating on thin ice now and publicly expressing dissent in this way could have consequences. The BBC's director of news Fran Unsworth wrote last year (in an email to staff): We all have personal views, but it is part of our role with the BBC to keep those views private. Our editorial guidelines say BBC staff must not advocate any particular position on a matter of public policy, political or industrial controversy, or any other ‘controversial subject’. That ... more »

Did Calif. Announce It Will Pay Undocumented Residents COVID-19 Stimulus While Laying Off First Responders?

Bethania Palma at Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
A meme linked two separate events together to foment political controversy.

U.S. National Security Council Staff Now At Half Of President Obama Levels

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 11 hours ago
President Trump with his national security adviser, Robert C. O’Brien, in Los Angeles, September 18, 2019 (Tom Brenner / Reuters) *New York Post:* *Trump’s national security chief slashes staff to half of Obama levels* WASHINGTON — President Trump’s national security adviser Robert C. O’Brien has dramatically slashed the size of the National Security Council — reducing the headcount to half of what it was during the Obama era, The Post has learned. The job cuts are an attempt to streamline the foreign policy outfit, which ballooned under the Obama administration to almost 240 sta... more »

Pelosi and Dems push through remote legislating by the House

Uriel at 'Nox & Friends - 11 hours ago
Sounds pretty cool when you consider the “new technological” arena of communication that was never available to people when the Constitution was first written. It also sounds for all intents and purposes as if the House member and the Senate member would maintain a State Capital office from which they would have guarded and secure access to the main House chambers in D.C. and where they would consider the information put before them and would consult with state representatives on their answer. However, consider who wrote the bill and what it says. Then consider who in media is aggre... more »

Looks like Colorado and Washington are over-reporting Covid-19 deaths

Robert at Ice Age Now - 11 hours ago
Even the entire country of Italy has revised it’s numbers down. Colorado’s corona death toll may be inflated by as much as 20 percent. And according to data from Washington State Department of Health, Washington’s coronavirus death total may be inflated by as much as 13 percent. Watch this short video on Fox news as ... Read more Looks like Colorado and Washington are over-reporting Covid-19 deaths The post Looks like Colorado and Washington are over-reporting Covid-19 deaths appeared first on Ice Age Now.

The “Missing Element” of Economics Amidst Crisis

Garreth Bloor at Econlib - 11 hours ago
Homo-economicus is the presumption for analyzing much of human behaviour in the economic realm: “[T]he characterization of man in some economic theories as a rational person who pursues wealth for his own self-interest,” explains author Richard Wilson, drawing on a widespread definition. “The assumption that all humans behave in this manner has been a fundamental […] The post The “Missing Element” of Economics Amidst Crisis appeared first on Econlib.

The Roots of Caution

Bryan Caplan at Econlib - 11 hours ago
Last month, I ran this pair of Twitter polls. I was quite surprised by the asymmetric responses. Few participants think that objective risk is the leading cause of caution. This makes sense to me; high profile cases aside, I don’t see the elderly being especially cautious, or the young being especially reckless. (Though admittedly, it’s […] The post The Roots of Caution appeared first on Econlib.

Media Champions College Staffers Urging Fake ‘Climate’ Death Certificates

H. Sterling Burnett at Climate Realism - 11 hours ago
Five college employees in Australia published a letter in the medical journal Lancet demanding medical doctors list climate factors like heat more often as a person’s cause of death. The authors observed that death certificates don’t reflect as many climate-caused deaths as their models and predictions suggested, so medical doctors should begin listing heat and […] The post Media Champions College Staffers Urging Fake ‘Climate’ Death Certificates appeared first on Climate Realism.

Trump Has Misled The Americans Who Take What He Says Seriously-- A Disaster In The Making For Missouri

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
*Re-Opening by Nancy Ohanian* Missouri is no longer a swing state; it's an ugly, garden variety Republican Trump state. The governor and both senators are right-wing Republicans. The state's congressional delegation consists of two establishment Democrats-- one in St. Louis and one in Kansas City-- and 6 entrenched right-wing Republicans. The state Senate has 24 Republicans and 10 Democrats and the state House has 114 Republicans and 46 Democrats (+3 vacant seats). In 2016, Trump won 111 of Missouri's 114 counties and the final vote was 1,585,753 (57.1%) to 1,054,889 (38.0%). Two ye... more »

Masks/no masks, Socialist distancing/hugs, Essential/non-essential, Open/closed...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 12 hours ago
*the "new" America.* It's not pretty. Yesterday I finally had my regular dental appointment more than a month over due. I had to jump through all sorts of hoops to be admitted to the office starting with hanging out in my vehicle until someone came to get me. After having my teeth scrapped scraped and cleaned, I headed across the street to Wallyworld. My usual time for shopping is 7 am and now it was about 10 am. The peeps with silly filthy rags tied on their faces outnumbered the sane peeps by quite a large margin. Onward to the Dollar Store where even more (filthy pointless) m... more »

MSNBC Reporter Speechless After He’s Owned for ‘Mask Shaming’ People As Crew Has on No Masks

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 12 hours ago
[image: masks]On LIVE TV, an MSNBC reporter was left speechless after he was called out shaming people for not wearing masks, when half his crew had on no mask.

Revisiting the Fear-Apathy Cycle in Global Health in Light of COVID-19

Josh Busby at Duck of Minerva - 12 hours ago
This is a guest post from Ashley Fox, an Assistant Professor of Public Administration and Policy at Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany, SUNY. who researches the politics of health policy and population health. She can be found on Twitter @ashfoxly. Since the novel Coronavirus, Covid-19, was discovered in Wuhan, China […]

2020 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars

cmaadmin at Diverse - 12 hours ago

The BBC rules that Emily Maitlis and Newsnight did not meet their standards of due impartiality

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 12 hours ago
The BBC has just released a statement about last night's *Newsnight*, criticising Emily Maitlis's opening monologue and ruling that "it did not meet our standards of due impartiality". Is "our staff have been reminded of the guidelines" going to be the fully extent of the repercussions for the programme and its presenter from this? Emily Maitlis may have written the monologue but her producer Esme Wren must have read it and given it the green light - a terrible misjudgement. As per Sue's post, shouldn't we have at least one scalp?

Halifax developer proposes 23-storey tower for Robie Street under baked-in Centre Plan exception

Zane Woodford at Halifax Examiner - 12 hours ago
Developer Danny Chedrawe submitted a new proposal for his Robie Street property this week, seeking approval for a 23-storey tower next to the Willow Tree site. The proposal, submitted by WSP Canada Inc. on behalf of Chedrawe’s Westwood Developments and posted on the city’s website on Monday, is for a development agreement on the […]

The Torstar sale leaves a gaping hole in the Canadian news scene, but journalism can still thrive

Tim Bousquet at Halifax Examiner - 12 hours ago
News 1. COVID-19 updates “A woman in her 80s who had an underlying medical condition has died after contracting the COVID-19 virus. She was a resident of the HRM but not a resident of Northwood or any other long-term care home,” reports Jennifer Henderson: The news came at today’s daily briefing by Dr. Robert Strang, […]

Frontline workers: Doctors

Suzanne Rent at Halifax Examiner - 12 hours ago
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Anyone going to the emergency department at the Halifax Infirmary will notice some changes. First, you’ll go through a pre-triage process in the vestibule at the front doors. There, two nurses will screen for COVID-19 symptoms. Patients showing symptoms are sent directly to a room […]

Democrats want you to suffer: A quick recovery is bad news edition

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 12 hours ago
Jason Furman, a top economist in the Obama regime, said: *“We are about to see the best economic data we’ve seen in the history of this country.”* The reality is that only a tiny fraction of Americans have died--100,000/330,000,000 = 0.03%-- so that once the home imprisonment is ended there's going to be an explosion of economic activity. I'm not saying that those deaths aren't tragic only that not enough people died to significantly distort the economy. Keep in mind that 93% of those who have died are 55 years or older. The vast majority of the work force, and the people that ad... more »

China's invading India but you probably haven't heard about it

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 12 hours ago
There is a border dispute between India and China and China just unilaterally moved troops into land claimed by India. This isn't the start of a war per se but it's more examples of what the Communist Chinese tyrant is willing to do. Not only does China claim parts of the South China Sea that are hundreds of miles from China and much closer to other countries like Indonesia and Vietnam but it's clearly taking advantage of the pandemic it started to exercise its military muscle in a variety of places. Chinese planes have been violating Taiwanese airspace. China is using the pandemic... more »

Ilhan Omar gets it right: She believes Tara Reade about Biden

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 12 hours ago
Omar is a despicable antisemitic muslim radical but we should commend her when she gets something right. Tara Reade has accused Joe Biden of sexually assaulting her. Seven other women have accused Biden of inappropriately touching them or violating their personal space. In an interview with Britain's Sunday Times she said: “I do believe Reade,” she told the newspaper. “Justice can be delayed, but should never be denied.” According to the interviewer, Omar added that if it was up to her, Biden would not be the Democratic nominee. As with all he said she said cases we don't have inc... more »

American Exceptionalism And The Left’s China Double Standard

Terrace at PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the contradictions of U.S. imperialism, including those that continue to render the American left politically isolated and ineffectual. China has found itself at the center of this process. U.S. imperialism has successfully convinced many of its so-called “citizens” to believe that the U.S. government is the principle arbiter of bourgeois freedoms such as the right to individual liberty and free speech. China, on the other hand, has long been depicted by the U.S. ruling class as an “authoritarian regime” where the rights of individuals are crushe... more »

Minneapolis Explodes Against The Police

Terrace at PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
The Minneapolis Uprising will surely be seen as a turning point in 2020, not only in terms of marking the first large scale grassroots rebellion against the State in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US, but also because it showed the drive of the people to take action in the face of various forces attempting to push them off the streets. But from activist protest managers, to police with high grade firepower, to even the State’s quick rush to fire the officers involved in the killing, all efforts failed in putting a wet blanket over the popular rage of the thousands who tu... more »

The End Of War As We Know It?

Terrace at PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
Covid-19, an ongoing global human tragedy, may have at least one silver lining. It has led millions of people to question America’s most malignant policies at home and abroad. Regarding Washington’s war policies abroad, there’s been speculation that the coronavirus might, in the end, put a dent in such conflicts, if not prove an unintended peacemaker -- and with good reason, since a cash-flush Pentagon has proven impotent as a virus challenger. Meanwhile, it’s become ever more obvious that, had a fraction of “defense” spending been invested in chronically underfunded disease contr... more »

What Future Do We Want?

Terrace at PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
The radical slowdown of the global economy, due to humanity’s efforts to slow down the spread of the coronavirus, has reduced carbon emissions and resource demand significantly over the last months. This has led to a temporary reduction of human pressure on our planet, although at great human cost. Already, one thing is for certain: the current reduction of humanity’s Ecological Footprint is nothing to celebrate. The pandemic and the policies designed to address it took us all by surprise. The disruption to business-as-usual was caused by disaster and has led to increased sufferi... more »

Disobedient Peace As A Form Of Non-Cooperation With Inhumanity

Terrace at PopularResistance.Org - 12 hours ago
Peace is often viewed as the absence of violence, individuals and groups getting along, and, simply, an orderly life within and between societies. In this view, peace is often thought to be achieved through (military) strength. Those who are part of dominant groups benefit from such understandings of peace. The author of this article suggests that the concept of peace has been abused and manipulated—emptied of content or associated with militarization and repression instead of with justice. To re-appropriate the concept of peace, he introduces the notion of disobedient peace—build... more »

Record heavy rains trigger severe flooding in Florida, U.S.

Persistent heavy rains over the weekend triggered severe flooding in parts of Florida, with a total of 185.4 mm (7.3 inches) recorded in Miami over a 48-hour period to Monday, May 25-- the city's heaviest two-day rainfall since 2012. Another bout of intense...... Read more »

Focus on the Covid-19 Death Rate

Gregory van Kipnis at 13 hours ago
[image: undefined] In the saga of the virus and the lockdown, the wisdom of the crowds, that is the wisdom of each of us, was thwarted by bad data, perhaps intentionally bad. On the other hand, the ersatz wisdom of the collective bureaucracy in federal, state and local health agencies was based on crafted data. In the end data didn’t matter, as the bureaucracies were more concerned with their natural territorial imperative, which is to rule and control. The most frightening aspect of the coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) epidemic in the US is that it brought about exaggeratedly heightened ... more »

From 9/11 to COVID-19, It’s Been a Perpetual State of Emergency

John W. Whitehead at 13 hours ago
[image: undefined] Don’t pity this year’s crop of graduates because this COVID-19 pandemic caused them to miss out on the antics of their senior year and the pomp and circumstance of graduation. Pity them because they have spent their entire lives in a state of emergency. They were born in the wake of the 9/11 attacks; raised without any expectation of privacy in a technologically-driven, mass surveillance state; educated in schools that teach conformity and compliance; saddled with a debt-ridden economy on the brink of implosion; made vulnerable by the blowback from a military em... more »

Media Apocalypse, Episode 1

JB at Balkinization - 13 hours ago
The Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression is beginning a series of interviews with scholars and thinkers about the crisis affecting journalism today: in particular, the shrinking sources of funding for reliable journalism that can inform the public. This is the first interview with Victor Pickard of the Annenberg School at Penn. The interlocutors are my Yale colleague Scott Shapiro, Sandra Baron of the Abrams Institute, RonNell Andersen Jones of the University of Utah, and myself.

JP Morgan’s Dimon Admits “Fed Liquidity Is Propping Up Stocks”

ZeroHedge at Need To Know - 13 hours ago
JP Morgan CEO Jaime Dimon acknowledged that the stock market is rising only because the Fed is using taxpayer dollars to save large companies. These bailouts are rewarding bad behavior by banks and their favored businesses, and it is creating massive debt that will destroy the nation.

US Billionaires Increase Net Worth by $434B During Coronavirus Lockdowns

Breitbart and Gateway Pundit at Need To Know - 13 hours ago
While Bill Gates was spreading panic over the coronavirus and pushing for a 3-month lockdown, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was buying up tech stock, such as Apple, Amazon, Google-parent Alphabet, and Twitter, all of which did a booming business during the lockdown.

Trump Accuses Twitter of Falsely ‘Fact-Checking’ Him on Voter Fraud

Fox News and the Hill at Need To Know - 13 hours ago
Twitter "fact-checked" President Trump when he criticized universal mail-in voting that can be easily corrupted.

600 Doctors Call on Trump to End Shutdown that Causes Dangerous Health Effects

Fox News at Need To Know - 13 hours ago
The doctors say the loss of livelihoods are causing poverty, loss of homes, despair, alcoholism, drug abuse, and suicides. It is the view of these doctors that these effects are more deadly than the virus.

U.S. Threatens To Delist Major Chinese Companies From American Stock Exhanges

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
*Zero Hedge:* *Yuan Crashes To Record Lows, Stocks Tank As Chinese Megacap Delistings Loom* The Nasdaq slumped to session lows... ... shortly before 9am, prompting questions if there was some angry Trump tweet that nobody had noticed (no, there wasn't... yet). But while there was no official headline to prompt the selling, the reason for the move appears to be a report in the Journal according to which two of China’s most valuable U.S.-listed megacap companies "are pushing ahead with multibillion-dollar share sales in Hong Kong, amid growing pressure from U.S. lawmakers on Chines... more »

"How It Really Is"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago

The real peril behind vote-by-mail

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 13 hours ago
Tucker Carlson puts it into a short, concise segment. This is a "must-see" if you're to understand why certain political parties, pressure groups and influencers are trying to promote universal vote-by-mail as a "solution" to the coronavirus pandemic and the risks it poses. I think he's right. If this pressure succeeds, you can effectively say goodbye to democracy in the USA. Peter

US soldiers allegedly wounded in attack by unknown group in east Syria: SANA

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:00 P.M.) – Three American soldiers and five members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) were wounded in an attack on a joint convoy of them on the administrative border between the governorates of Al-Hasakah and Deir Ezzor this week, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported, citing “local sources”. According to SANA’s […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syrian Army aggressively blocks US military’s path in northeast Syria

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:45 P.M.) – On Wednesday, a Syrian Arab Army (SAA) unit prevented an American military convoy from passing towards the village of Al-Dardara in the Al-Hasakah Governorate on Wednesday. According to a report from northeastern Syria, the U.S. military convoy approached the Syrian Arab Army’s positions outside of Al-Dardara. Upon reaching the Syrian […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

US ready to conduct first nuclear test in 30 years

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:40 P.M.) – Drew Walter, First Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, said that the United States will be ready to conduct a nuclear test within a few months, if instructed to do so by the President of the country. Defense News quoted the U.S. official as saying that this experiment “can take place […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Hezbollah leader says Israel resorted to attacking Syria after militants failed to overthrow Assad

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:20 P.M.) – Hezbollah Secretary General, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, sat down for an interview on Tuesday to discuss a number of topics affecting Lebanon, Syria, and the region. In an interview with Al-Nour Radio, which is broadcasted by Al-Manar TV, marking the twentieth anniversary of the Resistance and Liberation Day, the Hezbollah touched […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

EU to extend sanctions against Syria despite COVID-19 pandemic

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:00 P.M.) – European Union officials have confirmed their intention to extend sanctions against the Syrian government, despite the COVID-19 outbreak across the world. A high-ranking European official told reporters in Brussels on Wednesday that extending the sanctions against the Syrian government “will send a strong message that the current approach, which includes […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Russian jet intercepts US military aircraft near Syrian coast: video

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:00 P.M.) – The leadership of the American 6th Fleet said that two Russian Su-35 fighters intercepted a U.S. P-8A Poseidon aircraft in the eastern Mediterranean. The U.S. Fleet Command, in a statement posted on Twitter, said that their P-8A Poseidon was in an international airspace when the two Russian Su-35 jets intercepted […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

"We Are Being Told To Prepare 'To See High Prices At Grocery Stores' And 'It’s Likely That Shortages May Only Get Worse'”

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
*"We Are Being Told To Prepare 'To See High Prices At Grocery Stores' * *And 'It’s Likely That Shortages May Only Get Worse'”* by Michael Snyder "If you have been to a grocery store lately, then you already know that prices are higher than usual and that there are shortages of certain items. Many Americans have been assuming that as COVID-19 restrictions are slowly rolled back that these shortages will eventually disappear, but now even the Washington Post is admitting that “shortages may get worse” in the weeks and months ahead. Of course there will still be plenty of food available... more »

In Chile hunger sparks violent protests, breaks social isolation

InfoBrics at The Duran - 13 hours ago
President Piñera is under huge pressure, will have to promptly decide how to alleviate tensions More The post In Chile hunger sparks violent protests, breaks social isolation appeared first on The Duran.

America reopens as common sense – and anger – begin to defeat COVID paranoia [Video]

Seraphim Hanisch at The Duran - 13 hours ago
Tucker Carlson and Steven Turley both offer amazing assessments of the results of rampaging liberalism and the backlash it brought More The post America reopens as common sense – and anger – begin to defeat COVID paranoia [Video] appeared first on The Duran.

EU trying to take over Serbia-Kosovo negotiations from U.S.

InfoBrics at The Duran - 13 hours ago
Berlin and Paris want to serve as mediators between Belgrade and Pristina More The post EU trying to take over Serbia-Kosovo negotiations from U.S. appeared first on The Duran.

Nord Stream 2 enters final stage of completion (Video)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 13 hours ago
The Duran Quick Take: Episode 557. More The post Nord Stream 2 enters final stage of completion (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

What Hard National Security Choices Would a Biden Administration Face?

dkris at Lawfare - 13 hours ago
Former Vice President Joe Biden speaking at the Presidential Gun Sense Forum in August 2019. (Flickr/Gage Skidmore, https://flic.kr/p/2h46nqc; CC BY-SA 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/) No one can predict the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, but what should Americans expect if Joe Biden wins? In particular, and in keeping with* Lawfare*’s motto, what are the “hard national security choices” that would confront an incoming Biden administration? The election of a new president from a different political party than the incumbent administration, following... more »

'Clean up your act': Trump blasts Twitter after it fact-checks him

Just In - 13 hours ago
Donald Trump and his campaign blast Twitter after the company added "get the facts" links under two of his tweets carrying unsubstantiated claims.

Guam cannabis board plans virtual meeting to finalize rules amid COVID-19

Matt Lamers at Marijuana Business Daily - 13 hours ago
Guam’s Cannabis Control Board expects to hold a meeting in the coming weeks to finalize a regulatory framework governing the territory’s adult-use marijuana industry. The rules, due by early April, have been delayed as some of the board’s members were addressing issues related to the COVID-19 crisis. Now that the virus is under control, the […] Guam cannabis board plans virtual meeting to finalize rules amid COVID-19 is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

The media is running the country

sue at Is the BBC biased? - 13 hours ago
I’ve been searching online for a piece that most reflects my feelings on Cummingsgate. Somewhere, during this absolute waste of my time, I spotted a commenter speculating about what would happen if the media loses its all-out quest for a scalp? Is it a quest or a crusade? If it wins, the scent of blood will further empower the media, which seems already to be running the show; but if the PM stands his ground, the puffed-up media might deflate like a burst balloon. Just to clarify, as Mishal Husain repeated several times as she grilled Robert Jenrick with chilling savagery this... more »

A New Class of Astronomical Transients

Paul Gilster at Centauri Dreams - 13 hours ago
Some of the fastest outflows in nature are beginning to turn up in the phenomena known as Fast Blue Optical Transients (FBOTs). These are observed as bursts that quickly fade but leave quite an impression with their spectacular outpouring of energy. The transient AT2018cow was found in 2018, for example, in data from the ATLAS-HKO […]

The Rocket Science Of The SpaceX Astronaut Launch

The Conversation at Science 2.0 blogs - 13 hours ago
Two NASA astronauts, Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley, will make history by traveling to the International Space Station in a privately funded spacecraft, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule. It will also be the first time astronauts have launched from US soil in nine years. read more

Tweets For Today

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
For the latest developments around the coronavirus outbreak, follow @Reuters Liveblog https://t.co/cEBwkonfeh pic.twitter.com/jiPDlLMzK5 — Reuters (@Reuters) May 27, 2020 Virus update: • U.S. death toll nears 100,000. • South Korea has highest number of new virus cases. • Poll: Only about half of Americans say they would get a COVID-19 vaccine. • Afghanistan left vulnerable to the pandemic. Follow all @AP coverage: https://t.co/vT9egrd7ZW — The Associated Press (@AP) May 27, 2020 Police in Hong Kong fired pepper pellets in the heart of the financial district to disperse protest... more »

Breaking U.S. sanctions

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 13 hours ago
The US sanctions against Venezuela and Iran (as well as many other nations that Washington wants to topple) have thrown them together. Tehran and Caracas are working in solidarity in defiance of threats from the US. China, Cuba and Russia have also been assisting Venezuela in many ways since Washington's attempted series of coup measures have been taking place in the last few years. There is growing evidence that all the recipients of aggressive US policies around the globe are teaming up as they understand that if one nation falls to the imperial antics of Washington, then they... more »

The ‘Big Lie’ Can Cause a Nuclear War

adam at LaRouchePAC Feed - 13 hours ago
[image: President Bush and Prime Blair of Great Britain, May 25, 2006, for a press availability during which the President said of Iraq's new government, "The United States and Great Britain will work together to help this new democracy succeed."] Americans (and the world) well remember the “Big Lie” of the G.W. Bush Administration, when Bush and his controller Tony Blair concocted the big one about WMD in Iraq, unleashing a series of genocidal regime change wars laying waste to the Middle East, and driving millions of refugees into Europe and elsewhere. President Donald Trump prope... more »

Don't Fall for the Big Lies from the Neoliberal Bankers and the British Geopoliticians

Alicia at LaRouchePAC Feed - 13 hours ago
Don't Fall for the Big Lies from the Neoliberal Bankers and the British Geopoliticians Video of Don't Fall for the Big Lies from the Neoliberal Bankers and the British Geopoliticians We don't need a big war for a big economic boom! All the tools we need are in our Constitution and found in the most productive periods in American history: directed credit into big infrastructure projects which raise the productive power of the U.S. labor force and generate REAL wealth, something massive injections of money will never do. Become a member of LaRouchePAC! Every weekday morning H... more »

Trump Threatens Social Media After Twitter Fact-Checks Him

AP News at Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
Twitter added a warning phrase to two Trump tweets that called mail-in ballots “fraudulent” and predicted that “mail boxes will be robbed,” among other things.

Poll: Half of Americans Would Get a COVID-19 Vaccine

AP News at Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
The poll, released Wednesday, found 31% simply weren’t sure if they’d get vaccinated.

Jinping Takes Up the US Challenge

Patrick J. Buchanan at rss - 13 hours ago
[image: jinping-takes-up-the-us-challenge] Is the U.S. up for a second Cold War — this time with China? Xi Jinping’s China suddenly appears eager for a showdown with the United States for long-term supremacy in the Asia-Pacific and the world.

Mail Carrier Charged With Election Fraud as States Consider Mail-in Ballots, Deny Voter Fraud Exists

Raven Clabough at rss - 13 hours ago
[image: mail-carrier-charged-with-election-fraud-as-states-consider-mail-in-ballots-deny-voter-fraud-exists] A U.S. Postal Service mail carrier in West Virginia has been charged with attempted election fraud. The breaking news underscores concerns that large scale mail-in voting invites too much opportunity for voter fraud.

Extortion, Entitlement and Mafia-Style Tactics Mark Israel’s Current State of Affairs

Miko Peled at MintPress News - 14 hours ago
Three recent stories making rounds in the Israeli press paint an alarming picture of the current state of affairs in the country. The post Extortion, Entitlement and Mafia-Style Tactics Mark Israel’s Current State of Affairs appeared first on MintPress News.

Indian Army To Chinese Army 'Please Go Back'

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
*WNU Editor: *Here is an easy prediction when it comes to border disputes. "Begging" never works.

What do we actually know about “Viruses” like “Covid-19?”

Karma Singh at BolenReport - 14 hours ago
“Amazingly little” is the answer and most of what we thought we knew has turned out to be erroneous. From Europe by Karma Singh “Science” can’t even prove that viruses, themselves, legally exist! This is the core of the ruling in Germany’s highest court in December 2016: “The available evidence (i.e. that from electron microscopes) … Continue reading What do we actually know about “Viruses” like “Covid-19?”

5 Ways to Make Voting Easier for Everyone in America—Even in a Pandemic

Yves Smith at naked capitalism - 14 hours ago
Not surprisingly, unfriendly voting methods have a lot to do with the US having the lowest turnout rates among developed countries.

More people are dying in American prisons – here's how they face the end of their lives

Martha Hurley, Professor and Director of Criminal Justice Studies, University of Dayton at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 14 hours ago
In the 10 years leading up to 2016, the rate of prisoner mortality rose by 15%. End-of-life options can be limited for inmates.

Poor and black 'invisible cyclists' need to be part of post-pandemic transport planning too

Julian Agyeman, Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 14 hours ago
Low-income and minority groups are often reliant on cheaper modes of transport, but many find cycling to work problematic.

"Re-Opening the Economy Won't Fix What's Broken"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
*"Re-Opening the Economy Won't Fix What's Broken"* by Charles Hugh Smith "The stock market is in a frenzy of euphoria at the re-opening of the economy. Too bad the re-opening won't fix what's broken. As I've been noting recently, the real problem is the systemic fragility of the U.S. economy, which has lurched from one new extreme to the next to maintain a thin, brittle veneer of normalcy. Fragile economies cannot survive any impact with reality that disrupts the distortions that are keeping the illusion of "growth" from shattering. For the past two decades, every collision with re... more »

Flynn Trial Judge Hires High-powered Attorney to Defend His Unprecedented Actions

Bob Adelmann at rss - 14 hours ago
[image: flynn-trial-judge-hires-high-powered-attorney-to-defend-his-unprecedented-actions] High-profile trial attorney Beth Wilkinson officially entered the Flynn case on Tuesday, being tasked with defending Judge Emmet Sullivan’s refusal to sign off on the government’s request to dismiss its case against Michael Flynn.

Annual counter to hurricane hype

Joe Bastardi at CFACT - 14 hours ago
Hyping hurricanes as worse than ever has become an annual thing. The facts show it's not true. The post Annual counter to hurricane hype appeared first on CFACT.

U.S. Senate China Hawks Unfazed By Iran-Venezuela Oil Trade

Matthew Petti at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Matthew Petti* *Security, * “That doesn’t change the fundamental dynamics of either of them,” said Sen. Pat Toomey (R–Pa.) Sen. Pat Toomey (R–Pa.) called a recent Iranian oil shipment to Venezuela “pathetic,” as the Trump administration raised the alarm over the alleged sanctions-busting trade between the two U.S. adversaries. Iranian oil tankers have begun to arrive in Venezuela despite warnings and threats from the Trump administration. The administration has attempted to link both countries to the looming great power competition with China and Russia through an international... more »

Extreme Weather is Influencing Movement in the United States

Jack DeWaard at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Jack DeWaard* *Nature, Americas* Disasters, such as flooding in Michigan, can cause people to move, but not everyone has the means. If it seems like extreme weather disasters such as hurricanes and wildfires are becoming more frequent, severe and costly, it’s because they are. And that trend is influencing people’s movements. Since 1980, the United States has experienced 258 “billion-dollar weather and climate disasters” – defined as disasters resulting in US$1 billion or more in economic losses – totaling $1.75 trillion in losses, according to the National Oceanic and Atmosphe... more »

You Can Now Buy Samsung QLED Laptops. Are They Worth Your Money?

Ethen Kim Lieser at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Technology, * Or just a waste of time? In hopes of riding the strong momentum of its QLED HDTV offerings, Samsung has now placed a huge bet on laptops that boast its much-vaunted QLED displays. The Korean tech giant recently released the Galaxy Book Flex, Flex Alpha and Ion—all three laptops tap into Samsung’s full HD QLED displays and 10th-generation Intel processors. Initial reviews have these laptops positioned as solid competitors to OLED laptops, which over the past year have gained more traction among gamers and OLED HDTV enthusiasts. As for the Flex ... more »

Why an Undiscovered Planet in Our Solar System Is Unlikely

Samantha Lawler at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Samantha Lawler* *Space, * Many beautiful and surprising objects remain to be discovered in the mysterious outer solar system. An undiscovered planet is not one of them. Planet Nine is a theoretical, undiscovered giant planet in the mysterious far reaches of our solar system. The presence of Planet Nine has been hypothesized to explain everything from the tilt of the sun’s spin axis to the apparent clustering in the orbits of small, icy asteroids beyond Neptune. But does Planet Nine actually exist? *Discoveries at the edge of our solar system* The Kuiper Belt is a collection o... more »

History Lesson: How America Hunted Down President Lincoln's Murderer

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Americas* John Surratt somehow escaped justice after the Lincoln assassination despite being intimately acquainted with John Wilkes Booth and other conspirators. On the evening of April 14, 1865, noted actor John Wilkes Booth entered Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C., where a play entitled Our American Cousin was well underway. A number of people saw and recognized Booth as he entered the theater, but they paid him little mind. After all, Booth had performed often at the theater and he even got his mail delivered there since he had no permane... more »

The Biden Campaign Has Its Work Cut Out for It

Bruce Wolpe at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Bruce Wolpe* *Politics, Americas* Biden’s task is clear: to take back those traditionally Democratic states – Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin – that Trump won in 2016’s outburst of populist anger at the political establishment. At age 77, in his twilight years, the third time was the charm for Joe Biden. He prevailed over a field of 24 Democrats from across the political spectrum and has emerged as his party’s nominee for president in a manner unthinkable in January: a united party, from left to right, across race and creed, age and ideology. He is the victor despite mediocre... more »

Is Your Neighborhood Raising Your Coronavirus Risk?

Jeremy Németh, Sarah Rowan at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Jeremy Németh, Sarah Rowan* *Health, * America is at a crossroads, and cities can embrace this opportunity to address health disparities. Vicente Arenas moved to the edge of Denver’s Valverde neighborhood, attracted by low housing prices and proximity to his downtown job just three miles away. The 1-square-mile neighborhood mixes small, ranch-style homes with auto body shops, metal fabricators and industrial supply warehouses, and is hemmed in on its four sides by state highways and interstates. Much of Valverde is devoid of streetlights and wide sidewalks, a fact that Arenas ... more »

Why America's Whig Party Was So Good At Winning (And Losing) The White House

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Americas* The Whig Party had better luck electing presidents than keeping them in office once they were elected. The short-lived Whig Party had a fair degree of success electing candidates for president, winning two of the five presidential elections in which it fielded a candidate. It was no accident that both winners were former generals—William Henry Harrison in 1840 and Zachary Taylor in 1848. The Whigs had come about in the first place as a reaction to Democratic President Andrew Jackson, himself a famous general and war hero. Indeed, the... more »

Marines to Receive Modular Handgun—First New Pistol in 35 Years

Peter Suciu at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C1998%3Anewsml_RP1DRIFVWJAC&share=true] Long overdue and very exciting for the Corps. As part of the Marine Corps Systems Command’s (MCSC’s) Program Manager for Infantry Weapons large-scale modernization project to increase the lethality of the infantry squad, the Corps has begun the procurement of the Modular Handgun System (MHS) to replace all of its current pistols. This striker-fired pistol—the M18 service pistol is a compact variant of the striker-fired M17 based on the Sig S... more »

Marine Corps Has Army’s Next General Squad Weapon in the Crosshairs

Peter Suciu at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Peter Suciu* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2015%3Anewsml_GF10000189581&share=true] Upgrade time? Even as the United States Marine Corps continues to field the M27 infantry automatic rifles, the Corps has put the U.S. Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) in the crosshairs, Military.com reported. However, it isn’t as simple as adopting the new weapon that the Army is using, because the Army hasn’t actually determined what will be the NGSW. The experimental 6.8mm NGSW is still in its final phase of testing, but the Ar... more »

Race, Racialism, And Politics

Vladislav B. SOTIROVIĆ at OrientalReview.org - 14 hours ago
It is a very linguistic fact that the term “race” exists in all languages derived from the Latin one. For instance, the meaning of this term is identical in English and French like in some other languages or very similar regarding the meaning. However, the term “race”, basically, refers in […]

"Economic Market Snapshot AM 5/27/20"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
* 5/27/20* ○ *"The more I see of the moneyed classes, * *the more I understand the guillotine."* - George Bernard Shaw ○ ○ *Ignore the blank video screen, click to play normally.* Gregory Mannarino, *AM 5/27/20* *"Global Takeover: More QE, More Debt, More Asset Purchases"* - https://traderschoice.net/ ○ *MarketWatch Market Su**mmary, 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.shadowst... more »

Balkinization Symposium on Boxing Pandora and American Secession-- Collected Posts

JB at Balkinization - 14 hours ago
Here are the collected posts for our Balkinization symposium on Timothy William Waters's Boxing Pandora: Rethinking Borders, States, and Secession in a Democratic World (Yale University Press, 2020) and F. H. Buckley's American Secession: The Looming Threat of a National Breakup (Encounter Books, 2020). 1. Jack Balkin, Introduction to Balkinization Symposium on Boxing Pandora and American Secession 2. F.H. Buckley, Review of Waters, Boxing Pandora 3. Timothy William Waters, The Greatness of Bigness: Buckley’s American Secession 4. Robert Tsai, Shall We Break Up? 5. Robert Ts... more »

IMITATIONS OF DISCOURSE: Krugman calls it a harmless gaffe!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 14 hours ago
*WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2020A statement of opinion:* Just for starters, let it be said: Paul Krugman's assessment of Biden's remark is a matter of judgment—a matter of opinion. Last week, Biden was speaking with a radio host who calls himself Charlamagne Tha God. According to the New York Times, the radio host "has been called out for his own gaffes and homophobic, transphobic and sexist comments." Not that there's anything wrong with it! That said, Biden forgot the basic rule of modern outrage-era politics: The politician has to be especially careful about what he says to someone ... more »

Steaming Piles

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 14 hours ago
From the very beginning -- starting with Barack Obama's "phony" birth certificate -- Donald Trump has peddled conspiracy theories. His latest is particularly vile. Peter Wehner writes: When Lori Klausutis died, she worked for then–Republican Representative Joe Scarborough. Today, Scarborough is a fierce critic of the president from his perch at MSNBC, where he co-hosts Morning Joe. That is why the president has been peddling a cruel and baseless conspiracy theory that Scarborough had Klausutis murdered. This is a topic most journalists are inherently reluctant to cover, given the... more »

COVID-19 and the China Blame Game

A Political Junkie at Viable Opposition - 14 hours ago
While what the Russian government actually says gets almost no traction in the Western mainstream media, some recent comments from Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov provide us with some interesting insight into the current "China Blame Game" that is being promoted as the reason for the world's current coronavirus pandemic. Here are some examples of the China Blame Game: April 28, 2020 - UK Guardian headline - "Trump says China could have stopped COVID-19 and suggests US will seek damages" April 30, 2020 - CNN headline - "Trump administration draws up plans to punish China ove... more »

Jinping Takes Up the US Challenge

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 14 hours ago
How did we allow ourselves to get into this position where a lately backward China is suddenly a greater rival for global hegemony than was the Soviet Union of Josef Stalin and Nikita Khrushchev? May 26, 2020 by Patrick J. Buchanan What makes the question newly relevant is that Xi Jinping’s China suddenly appears … Continue reading Jinping Takes Up the US Challenge →

5G — Will European Countries Ban Huawei? [UPDATE — UK to fully ban Huawei from 5G Networks]

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 14 hours ago
Originally posted on Intel Today: “Perhaps, the most puzzling part of the [Belgian Intelligence Services] report is what it does not mention. Although most countries are extremely concerned about China investments in their Telecom infrastructure, the Belgian report is silent on this issue. Why, on earth, why?” Intel Today (November 30 2018) “The UK needs…

Microsoft Bans Healthcare Worker From Skype 24 Hours After Alex Jones Interview

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 14 hours ago
Big Tech continues to censor anyone who doesn’t regurgitate the establishment narrative Infowars.com – May 26, 2020 Image Credits: Yuriko Nakao/Getty Images. Microsoft-owned Skype has frozen the account of a healthcare worker a day after he appeared on The Alex Jones Show to discuss the coronavirus hysteria and misinformation. The day after talking with Alex … Continue reading Microsoft Bans Healthcare Worker From Skype 24 Hours After Alex Jones Interview →

Alabama becomes 1 of 3 states to sign on with Google, Apple for coronavirus contact tracing app

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 14 hours ago
May 26, 2020 (ETH) – Alabama has now become one of three states to partner with Google and Apple for a new “contact tracing app” designed to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. According to a report from AOL, The states of Alabama, North Dakota, and South Carolina have all signed an … Continue reading Alabama becomes 1 of 3 states to sign on with Google, Apple for coronavirus contact tracing app →

Coronavirus Monitoring Bracelets Flood the Market, Ready to Snitch on People Who Don’t Distance

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 14 hours ago
May 25, 2020 (OPINION) The Intercept – Surveillance firms around the world are licking their lips at a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to cash in on the coronavirus by repositioning one of their most invasive products: the tracking bracelet. Body monitors are associated with criminality and guilt in the popular imagination, the accessories of Wall … Continue reading Coronavirus Monitoring Bracelets Flood the Market, Ready to Snitch on People Who Don’t Distance →

Trump urges GOP to vote against bill reauthorizing surveillance powers

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 14 hours ago
Morgan Chalfant and Jordain Carney – 05/26/20 President Trump on Tuesday evening urged House Republicans to vote against a surveillance bill that will be brought to the floor this week after lawmakers reached an agreement to vote on a key provision. “I hope all Republican House Members vote NO on FISA until such time … Continue reading Trump urges GOP to vote against bill reauthorizing surveillance powers →

Watch: MSNBC Reporter Promoting Masks Busted Live On Air With Mask-less Cameraman

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 14 hours ago
Originally posted on Decoded-Information: LMFAO CNNN CAN’T DO SHIT NOW B.CAUSE PPL LOVE TO CATCH THEM LYING AND LOOK HOW CONSTANT IT IS.. ‘Half your crew’s not wearing them,’ bystander interjects Source: Watch: MSNBC Reporter Promoting Masks Busted Live On Air With Mask-less Cameraman

1200 US Marines arrive Darwin in June

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 14 hours ago
cairnsnews MAY 27 from Daily Mail The United States will send 1,200 Marines to Australia in coming weeks amid increasing tensions between Western nations and China over COVID-19. The main force will begin arriving in Darwin in early June but an advance party of 54 Marines has been stationed in the Northern Territory for two … Continue reading 1200 US Marines arrive Darwin in June →

Australia arms up ready to fight China in South China Sea with US

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 14 hours ago
cairnsnews MAY 27 Tindal Airforce Base at Katherine in the Northern Territory gets $1.3 billion for runway extension. via Australia arms up ready to fight China in South China Sea with US | Cairns News

Wireless warfare exposed. Ways to protect your family from Telstra’s 5G

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 14 hours ago
cairnsnews MAY 27 from Dana Ashlie Sometimes what you don’t know CAN HURT YOU. Ignorance around this subject matter is almost guaranteed to do so. I’m still shocked that with all the research I do, I had NO IDEA this was going on and I’m thankful I’ve since learned how to stop it. Pleased to … Continue reading Wireless warfare exposed. Ways to protect your family from Telstra’s 5G →

Cop Arrested After His Child Filmed Him Strangling Mom Until She Passed Out

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: cop]A cop was arrested after his own children filmed him beating their mother, strangling her until she fell unconscious.

"Binaural Beats Music For Deep Focus, Study and Concentration"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
Greenred Productions, *"Binaural Beats Music For Deep Focus, Study and Concentration"* "Greenred Productions’s Study Concentration Music is ideal background music to help you to study, concentrate, focus and work more effectively. Our Studying Music for concentration and super intelligence uses alpha waves and binaural beats to boost concentration and brain power, and is the ideal relaxing music for stress relief. Our soothing music for studying can help you study for exams and focus at work. We also have Classical Music for studying and concentration which can be used as background... more »

Brazil Records 1,039 Deaths in 24 Hours; Total Mortality Climbs to 24,512 (May 25th)

Adele Cardin at The Rio Times - 14 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil recorded 1,039 new deaths caused by Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, which increased the total number of deaths from the disease to 24,512 in the country, according to a report released on Tuesday evening, May 26th, by the Ministry of Health. Between Monday and Tuesday, 16,324 new cases […] The post Brazil Records 1,039 Deaths in 24 Hours; Total Mortality Climbs to 24,512 (May 25th) appeared first on The Rio Times.

Democracy (still) on the Edge: An Analysis of Brazil’s Political Response to the Covid-19 Crisis

Josh Busby at Duck of Minerva - 14 hours ago
This is a guest post from Matthew B. Flynn, André Pereira Neto, and Letícia Barbosa. Matthew B. Flynn is an Associate Professor of International Studies and Sociology at Georgia Southern University. His work focuses on pharmaceutical policies in Brazil, the immigration detention complex throughout the world, and the intersections between globalization and global health. André […]

On Stoicism and Conservatism

Unknown at The Conservative Socrates - 14 hours ago
The stoic philosophers in the Roman Empire used to preach that a successful war is one in which you defeat your nation’s enemy without becoming like the enemy. Conservatism is founded on stoic principles, but the conservatives, in the last hundred years, have failed to save themselves from becoming like their enemy, and today’s conservatism carries the influence of several enemies that the conservatives have fought: communism, nazism, fascism, and religious fundamentalism. The corruption in liberalism, however, is much greater than that in conservatism—the case can be made that the ... more »

The Colombian Camps Poised To Destroy Socialism In Venezuela

Terrace at PopularResistance.Org - 14 hours ago
News of the recent attempted incursions into Venezuela are a timely reminder of the ever-present threat of US bases in Colombia. On May 3 Venezuelan armed forces picked up a band of mercenaries attempting to enter Venezuela from Colombia in speedboats carrying weapons and other military equipment. Another incursion was attempted the following day and more mercenaries were captured. Those captured included two former US Green Berets. Responsibility for the plot was claimed by Florida-based special forces veteran Jordan Goudreau with his private security firm Silvercorp, along with... more »

A Small Dose of Reality

Larry-Lambert at Virtual Mirage - 15 hours ago
The Above Captioned Picture: SpaceX’s first Crewed Dragon spacecraft will launch its Demo-2 mission, today, May 27, 2020. It will carry two astronauts to the International Space Station. US manned spaceflight will resume. MAGA. The Chinese Plague From the author of “Common Sense” Sometimes you have to Drop it …and after five boiler […] The post A Small Dose of Reality appeared first on Virtual Mirage.

Protesters Attack Police Station, Patrol Cars After Cops Killed Man in Graphic Video

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 15 hours ago
[image: police]Thousands of protesters took to the streets yesterday, destroying police property after officers were caught on video kneeling on a man's neck until he died.

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 15 hours ago
*Stay Positive When Considering the Future of Education* Make no mistake, no one is thrilled with how education is currently operating in America. Parents are eager to send their kids back to school, frustrated by the lack of effective leadership from their district, and/or by having to spend weeks serving as full-time teacher, parent and employee. And schools are eager to welcome students back, knowing that what they’re offering kids right now likely doesn’t come close to meeting the quality standards it should. As frustrating as these times are for parents and teachers, we canno... more »

Wireless warfare exposed. Ways to protect your family from Telstra’s 5G

Editor, cairnsnews at Cairns News - 15 hours ago
from Dana Ashlie Sometimes what you don’t know CAN HURT YOU. Ignorance around this subject matter is almost guaranteed to do so. I’m still shocked that with all the research I do, I had NO IDEA this was going on and I’m thankful I’ve since learned how to stop it. Pleased to be sharing this […]

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Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 15 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin Coronavirus may have been a 'cell-culture experiment' gone wrongThe Future of College Is Online, and It’s CheaperMichael Moore film Planet of the Humans removed from YouTube1 in 5 teachers unlikely to return if classrooms open this fall: pollMen with long ring fingers are less likely to die from the coronavirus: study Arundhati Roy: after the lockdown, we need a reckoning 86% of choir members got infected with COVID-19 after church practice: report Covid Compared to Vietnam War, Flus etc. The solution to all this missed school? Bring back Grade 13 A Chinese city plans ... more »

By and For the People

PTA Blues at Roscoe Reports - 15 hours ago

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 15 hours ago
*Coronavirus has more Americans rethinking plastic * One overlooked policy response to the coronavirus has been a changing of attitudes toward plastic. While plastic has drawn the ire of environmentalists in recent years due to concerns regarding pollution, some businesses are now being forced to use more plastic – as a matter of public health. In the late 1980s, concerns over the environmental impact of logging for the production of paper products, and a belief that plastic bags were more sanitary, led to a widespread adoption of the material in the U.S. As a returning Navy vete... more »

HOW IT MUST PAIN TRUMP'S FOLLOWERS TO OBSERVE HIS CRUELTY!

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 15 hours ago
As U.S. deaths from COVID-19 reach 100,000, President Trump -- laser-focused as always on America's most serious problems -- is picking a fight with Joe Scarborough, insinuating, despite all evidence, that Scarborough murdered Lori Klausutis, a staffer who died in the then-congressman's office in 2000. The pro-Trump *New York Post* assumes that most of Trump's supporters wish he would stop behaving this way. We suppose there are some Trump followers who enjoy this. The libs say horrible things about you, go ahead and say terrible things about them! There is a difference, though, be... more »

Tourism 'pays the price' for council's 'blunt decision'

Lucy MacDonald at Just In - 15 hours ago
The Glamorgan Spring Bay Council is dumping its high-profile visitor information centres in the Tasmanian tourist meccas of Bicheno, Triabunna and Swansea, as it struggles with financial challenges only made worse by the coronavirus crisis.

Coronavirus update: Kenya rolls out testing in its biggest slum, where being virus-free helps you get a job

Just In - 15 hours ago
Kenya is rolling out voluntary public testing for the novel coronavirus in its biggest slum, where some residents say being declared virus-free boosts their chances of getting a job.

Only 10% of Maryland medical marijuana investors are minorities

John Schroyer at Marijuana Business Daily - 15 hours ago
One in 10 investors pumping money into Maryland’s medical marijuana industry are minorities, again highlighting the overwhelming stakes held by whites in the cannabis sector. The Capital News Service reported that the data, which comes from the state Medical Cannabis Commission, also shows that the few minority investors who do exist in Maryland tend to […] Only 10% of Maryland medical marijuana investors are minorities is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

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