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Tuesday, April 21, 2020

21 April - Blogs I'm Following - 1 of 5

10 pm MDT

Georgia, South Carolina And Tennessee vs Argentina

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 31 seconds ago
Yesterday afternoon, three gubernatorial fools-- gubers for short-- announced that they're prematurely opening their states up for the pandemic-- although none of their states were very closed down to begin with. The 3 imbeciles are Brian Kemp (R-GA), Bill Lee (R-TN) and Henry McMaster (R-GA). Let's start by looking at some numbers-- total cases and cases per million. *•* Georgia- 18,947 (1,840 per million) *•* Tennessee- 7,238 (1,088 per million) *•* South Carolina- 4,377 (883 per million) Remember those numbers, because by Memorial Day weekend they're all going to be much high... more »

Shouting Match Between Russian President Putin And Saudi Crown Prince Salman Is What Launched The Oil Price War

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 3 minutes ago
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin are said to have shouted at each other during the early March phone call (AFP/Reuters) *Middle East Eye:* *EXCLUSIVE: Saudis launched oil price war after 'MBS shouting match with Putin'* Saudi crown prince threatened Russian president over production cuts prior to flooding market. 'The call ended badly,' sources tell MEE A telephone call last month between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman degenerated into a shouting match just before Riyadh decided to flood th... more »

China's PR Attempt To Showcase Its Wuhan’s Institute of Virology Backfires

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 33 minutes ago
Pictures from inside Wuhan’s secretive Institute of Virology show a broken seal on the door (centre of shot, by medical worker's right eye) of one of the refrigerators used to hold 1,500 different strains of virus Twitter was immediately awash with criticisms regarding the apparent lack of safety measures *Daily Mail: 'I've seen better seals on my fridge!' Shocking photos from inside Wuhan lab show broken seal on unit which stores 1,500 virus strains - including the bat coronavirus behind the deadly pandemic* * Worrying photos have emerged from inside a Wuhan laboratory this week ... more »

Musical Interlude: Justin Hayward, “The Way of the World”

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 39 minutes ago
Justin Hayward, “The Way of the World”

Swine flu, or H1N1, had been dead for 20 years when it suddenly reemerged in 1977 with a curious twist.

Bob Dinn at balance10 - 41 minutes ago
* Australia* had 37,537 confirmed cases of H1N1 Influenza 2009 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_swine_flu_pandemic_in_Australia …………………………………...................................................… *Swine* flu, or H1N1, had been dead for 20 years when it suddenly reemerged in 1977 with a curious twist. The new strain was genetically similar to one from the 1950s, almost as though it had been sitting frozen in a lab since then. Indeed it eventually became clear that the late-70s flu outbreak was likely the result of a lowly lab worker’s snafu…. That worries people like Mar... more »

This Air Force Unit Is Making U.S. Special Forces Deadlier Than Ever

David Axe at The National Interest - 44 minutes ago
*David Axe* *Security, * Intelligence is key. *Here's What You Need To Remember*: Between 2008 and 2012, the Pentagon grew its fleet of spy planes and surveillance drones by 238 percent—until they accounted for half of all Air Force aircraft, according to the ISR Agency history. By 2012 the Defense Department was spending $67 billion a year on intelligence and surveillance. A secretive group of U.S. Air Force intelligence specialists flying aboard American spy planes helped U.S. military commandos kill more than a thousand enemy combatants in just a single year back in 2012. Th... more »

How the Use of Prisoners to Manufacture Coronavirus Supplies Puts Them at High Risk of Illness (Or Even Death)

Carlee Purdum at The National Interest - 44 minutes ago
*Carlee Purdum* *Public Health, Americas* [image: Reuters] Dependence on incarcerated workers in times of disasters is embedded throughout emergency management policy and practice at the local, state and federal levels. Under pressure from the coronavirus pandemic, states are turning to prisoners for support. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on March 9 that the state prison system’s industrial arm, Corcraft, would help produce hand sanitizer. Other states followed. Incarcerated populations were put to work washing potentially contaminated hospital laundry; manufacturing prot... more »

Why Hasn't Anyone Died of Coronavirus In Vietnam?

Robyn Klingler-Vidra, Ba-Linh Tran at The National Interest - 44 minutes ago
*Robyn Klingler-Vidra, Ba-Linh Tran* *Security, Asia* [image: A poster warning about the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is seen on a street in Hanoi, Vietnam April 20, 2020. REUTERS/Kham] A poster warning about the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is seen on a street in Hanoi, Vietnam April 20, 2020. REUTERS/Kham Vietnam – a developing country that has a large land border with China and a population of 97 million people – has not reported a single death from coronavirus. As of April 21, the country had reported 268 cases of COVID-19, the disease associated with the new coronavirus,... more »

Coronavirus Cases in Africa Could Top 1 Billion

Nazeem Muhajarine, Ejemai Eboreime, Jacob Albin Korem Alhassan, Okikiolu Badejo at The National Interest - 44 minutes ago
*Nazeem Muhajarine, Ejemai Eboreime, Jacob Albin Korem Alhassan, Okikiolu Badejo* *Security, Africa* [image: Cheikhou Dembele, 25, Senegalese Red Cross volunteer, waits outside a house during an awareness campaign to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Dakar, Senegal April 18, 2020. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra] Okikiolu Badejo As the SARS-CoV-2 virus sweeps across the globe, African countries are bracing themselves for grave consequences. The projections released on April 17 estimate more than a billion cases and 300,000 deaths due to COVID-19. These staggering ... more »

Winning the Race to Open America After the Coronavirus Crisis

James Jay Carafano at The National Interest - 44 minutes ago
*James Jay Carafano* *Economics, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC28TF98TF5K&share=true] Decision time is coming. The most consequential decision America must make is this: How do we safely open the country as quickly as possible? Our lives and livelihoods, our prosperity, security, freedom, and stature among nations hinge on getting this right. This debate has mushroomed far beyond the realm of science, data and expert opinion. Partisan politics, public protests, distrust, mistrust and uncertainty over what we still d... more »

Sunk: How Imperial Japan's G4M Betty Bombers Ruined Entire Battleships

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 44 minutes ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* [image: SDASM / Public domain] A powerful weapon. *Key point: *These bombers destroyed two British battleships, stunning the world. At the time, many still incorrectly thought that battleships—not carriers—were the most important warships. The two types of aircraft responsible for sinking the Prince Of Wales and Repulse represented the best of Japanese aviation in 1941. The older, more numerous type consisted of Mitsubishi G3M twin-engine aircraft, known simply as “Nells” to Allied pilots. (The Allies gave boys’ names to Japanese fighter... more »

Billions Missing? Iranian Court Slams Rouhani Administration

Matthew Petti at The National Interest - 44 minutes ago
*Matthew Petti* *Security, Middle East* The coronavirus crisis has made Iran’s cash crisis an urgent issue. Iranian chief auditor Adel Azar addressed parliament on Tuesday after clashing with the Iranian cabinet over a report claiming that $4.8 billion in subsidies was not spent for its intended purposes. Iran desperately needs cash to deal with the coronavirus crisis, and has asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a $5 billion emergency loan. But the country’s Supreme Auditing Court found that $4.8 billion already allocated for importing goods has not been spent. Presi... more »

Was the Battle for Singapore the Day the British Empire Died

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 44 minutes ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* [image: By 海人 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=59602486] A shocking defeat. *Key point: *The British were not ready for a fight and were caught off-guard. Indeed, their defenses were against a Naval attack, not a land invasion from the neighboring forests. On Saturday, December 6, 1941, a Royal Australian Air Force Lockheed Hudson bomber on a reconnaissance mission from Khota Bahru on the west coast of Malaya was flying northwest over the China Sea toward the Gulf of Thailand. At 12:12 pm, near th... more »

Former CIA Expert: Rumors of Kim Jong-un's Demise May Be Exaggerated

Bruce Klingner at The National Interest - 44 minutes ago
*Bruce Klingner* *Security, * "Kim Jong-un was absent from the important April 15 celebrations of the birth of his grandfather, although this year's events were more muted, perhaps due to the COVID-related measures. More importantly, Kim has a myriad of health problems and could be one chocolate wafer away from a heart attack." Long-time North Korea watchers share two characteristics: caution and cynicism. The former arises from seeing so many false or premature rumors—including those about the declining health of the leader; the latter, from seeing so many attempts at diplomacy... more »

Hitler's Nightmare: Why George S. Patton Was Such a Great American General

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 44 minutes ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* [image: By US Army - writingasaprofession.wordpress.com, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=68977916] Legendary. *Key point: *The General is still revered today as a great strategist and a ruthless leader. His exploits helped crush the Axis and win the war. The commander of the U.S. Third Army, General George S. Patton, Jr., took no great pleasure in the end of the war in Europe; he already knew that despite his lobbying of many influential figures in Washington, D.C., he had no hope of being reassigned to th... more »

Survivor: How the Battleship Uss Nevada Came Back From the Attack on Pearl Harbor

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 44 minutes ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2011%3Anewsml_GM1E7C613PC01&share=true] It would return to wreak its horrible vengeance. *Key point: *This veteran served on the USS Nevada. This is his story. I am of Polish, Irish, and American Indian descent and grew up in the small (population 3,800) northern Illinois town of Geneva. After graduating from high school at age 17 (the only one of six siblings in my family to do so), several of us 17- and 18-year-old kids went down to the recruiting substation in Auror... more »

Where Are The Chinese Whistle-Blowers Who Warned The World That A Coronavirus Outbreak Was Spreading In China

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 45 minutes ago
The crackdown began with reprimands issued to Dr Li Wenliang, 34, for warning fellow medics about the virus. He died at Wuhan Central Hospital of Covid-19 on February 7 *Daily Mail:* *China's disappeared: At least one is dead and the rest haven't been heard from in months, so why isn't the world asking what happened to the brave souls who dared to speak up about the coronavirus outbreak after Beijing lied to the world?* The fearsome knock on the door came after nightfall. Outside were two men in hazmat suits who told businessman Fang Bin they had come to take him into medical quar... more »

Endless growth kills everything

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 55 minutes ago
Michael Moore presents Planet of the Humans, a documentary that dares to say what no one else will this Earth Day — that we are losing the battle to stop climate change on planet earth because we are following leaders who have taken us down the wrong road — selling out the green movement to wealthy interests and corporate America. This film is the wake-up call to the reality we are afraid to face: that in the midst of a human-caused extinction event, the environmental movement’s answer is to push for techno-fixes and band-aids. It's too little, too late. Removed from the debate i... more »

"How Could This Possibly Happen?"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
*"How Could This Possibly Happen?"* by Brian Maher "We exist in a time of “firsts”... A microbe shutters the global economy for the first occasion in history… the stock market careens from bull market to bear market in record time… never have so many millions filed for unemployment in so short a stretch... And now a barrel of oil fetches less than zero. That is, oil producers must pay a fellow to lift this barrel off his hands. This was the sudden reality we confronted yesterday. Can you conceive it? The lubricating grease of the world’s economy - oil - you must hand away at a los... more »

Here Comes The Lawsuits Against China Over Coronavirus

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 hour ago
Photo: The Chinese Communist Party's lack of transparency has caused anger in some parts of the world. (AP: Xie Huanchi via Xinhua) *ABC News Online:** Thousands sign up to US class action to sue China over coronavirus* Thousands of Americans have reportedly signed onto a class action lawsuit in the US state of Florida which seeks compensation from the Chinese Government for COVID-19 damages, as Western politicians increasingly call for accountability. According to a statement from the Miami-based Berman Law Group, the lawsuit "seeks billions of dollars in compensatory damages for... more »

Dr. SHIVA Ayyadurai, MIT PhD Crushes Dr. Fauci Exposes Birx, Clintons, Bill Gates, And The W.H.O

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 1 hour ago
Techman35 14 hours ago Dr. SHIVA Ayyadurai, MIT PhD Crushes Dr. Fauci Exposes Birx, Clintons, Bill Gates, And The W.H.O via Brighteon

“Stanford study” claiming 55 times higher infection rate is BOGUS SCIENCE that relied on faulty, China-made test kits that produce huge numbers of false positives

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 1 hour ago
04/20/2020 / By Mike Adams Today, news broke that a “Stanford study” found coronavirus infections to be 55 to 88 times more prevalent than previously reported. The bogus, misleading headline was trumpeted at Breitbart.com and most of the independent media as the latest effort to try to claim the coronavirus is “no worse than the … Continue reading “Stanford study” claiming 55 times higher infection rate is BOGUS SCIENCE that relied on faulty, China-made test kits that produce huge numbers of false positives →

Kim Jong-un may not be 'gravely ill' as rumours suggest — but why can't we find out for sure?

Just In - 1 hour ago
Where does speculation about the North Korean leader's health come from, and why is it so difficult to track what's going on?

Court rejects bid by prison guards to get deputy coroner removed from inquest

Meagan Dillon at Just In - 1 hour ago
Prison guards and a nurse at the centre of a coronial investigation into an Aboriginal man's death in custody lose their Supreme Court bid to have the deputy coroner thrown off the inquest.

Bold blueprint for 69-storey tower to reshape Parramatta's skies

Jonathan Hair at Just In - 1 hour ago
The skyline of Sydney's second CBD looks set to become even higher with what could be Parramatta's tallest building passing a major planning hurdle, amid concerns the 69-story tower could disrupt local airspace.

Coronavirus likely came from animal, not lab, WHO says

Just In - 1 hour ago
China's ambassador to the US takes a thinly veiled swipe at Donald Trump, criticising politicians making "groundless accusations" over the origins of coronavirus, as the WHO says all evidence suggests coronavirus has not been "manipulated or constructed in a lab".

Here's how coronavirus restrictions are being eased in some countries

Just In - 1 hour ago
As parts of Australia begin contemplating the scaling back of strict lockdown measures, some of the world's worst-hit countries, including Spain and Italy, are also loosening rules, but the World Health Organisation is urging caution.

Temporary visa holders in Tasmania get $3m package for financial hardship due to coronavirus

Erin Cooper at Just In - 1 hour ago
The Tasmanian Government unveils a $3 million package to support around 26,000 temporary visa holders stuck in the state because of the coronavirus pandemic.

NY Governor Andrew Cuomo, America's anti-Trump coronavirus hero, may have just claimed a victory

Emily Olson at Just In - 1 hour ago
It may be too soon to tell who'll get the credit if the US is able to reopen its economy safely. But if it opens too soon and disaster strikes again, Andrew Cuomo's trip to Washington could insulate him from the blame, writes Emily Olson.

Netanyahu Can Now Swing Right Or Left on Trump Peace Deal, Annexation

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
Netanyahu Can Now Swing Right Or Left on Trump Peace Deal, Annexation by TOVAH LAZAROFF, https://m.jpost.com/ The deal may have saved the Trump administration’s peace deal by rescuing Netanyahu from what was shaping up to be a suicidal choice between the Israeli Right or the US President. – In a strange way, Blue and White …

What is Approaching Earth? The Sun Will Be Darkened

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 (New King James Version) 9 The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, 10 and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And …

Follow the Money: WHO, Gates Foundation, UN, Vaccines & AIDS Slush Fund w/ Corey Lynn

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
Follow the Money: WHO, Gates Foundation, UN, Vaccines & AIDS Slush Fund w/ Corey Lynn by Sarah Westall, https://sarahwestall.com/ Corey Lynn from CoreysDigs.com rejoins the program to discuss the flow of money between the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and their non profit trust and companies. We also discuss the World Health Organization and other …

U.S. Ponzi Scheme Collapse Lead To Exploding Gold & Silver Prices

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
SRSrocco Report The coming collapse of the U.S. Ponzi Scheme & Economy will lead to exploding gold and silver prices. It’s important to protect wealth with physical gold and silver when the U.S. and Global Financial Ponzi Scheme and Economy collapses. end

Coronavirus: WHO Director Has a Long History of Cover-Ups

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
Coronavirus: WHO Director Has a Long History of Cover-Ups by Soeren Kern, https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/ * “WHO officials have complained privately that Ethiopian officials are not telling the truth about these outbreaks. Testing for Vibrio cholerae bacteria, which cause cholera, is simple and takes less than two days…. United Nations officials said more aid could have been …

Coronavirus Has Mutated into at Least 30 Different Strains New Study Finds

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
Coronavirus Has Mutated into at Least 30 Different Strains New Study Finds by ALEX WINSTON, https://www.jpost.com/ The study was carried out by Professor Li Lanjuan and colleagues from Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China and published in a non-peer reviewed paper released on website medRxiv.org on Sunday. – A new study in China has found that …

President Trump: Dems ‘Go After Christian Churches, But They Don’t Tend to Go After Mosques’; Wonders If Social Distancing Will Be Enforced for Ramadan

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
President Trump: Dems ‘Go After Christian Churches, But They Don’t Tend to Go After Mosques’; Wonders If Social Distancing Will Be Enforced for Ramadan by https://www.theblaze.com/ A CAIR official blasted Trump’s words as a ‘bigoted attempt to use American Muslims as a political football’ – President Donald Trump accused Democrats of bias against Christians and …

The Lying Media And The Folly Of Lockdown – With David Stockman

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
RonPaulLibertyReport Legendary investor and former OMB Director David Stockman joins today’s Liberty Report to take a hard look at the shutdown that has brought the US economy to its knees. Was it really necessary…and how can we ever recover? Don’t miss today’s Liberty Report… end

Coronavirus: German Study Shows COVID-19 Might Not Be Fatal as Previously Thought

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
CNBC Television Professor Hendrick Streeck, University of Bonn director of the Institute of Virology and Institute for HIV Research, joins ‘Closing Bell’ to discuss the university’s antibody study and what it means for the coronavirus pandemic. The world is reeling from the coronavirus pandemic, and some countries are reeling more than others. But Germany seems …

Why Oil Price Collapsed, Airlines Plan For Possible 100,000 Layoffs, Millionaires Plunder PPP Loans!

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
Silver Report Uncut The airlines have received an enormous bailout which has required they make no layoffs until September 30 2020, But that’s not the end of the story to get around this the big three airlines have been furiously furloughing their employees in advance of taking the loans and offered voluntary buyouts to a …

Fed is Over the Line & US Treasury Looking Like Enron | Danielle DiMartino Booth

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
Reluctant Preppers ​Former advisor to the Federal Reserve, founder of Quill Intelligence, and author of, “Fed Up: An Insider’s Take on Why the Federal Reserve is Bad for America,” Danielle DiMartino Booth, returns to Liberty and Finance to follow-up on her last visit in November 2019, where she predicted that we were already on the …

Luciferian New World Order Is Here! Microsoft Patents Human Slavery Mark of the Beast System with Patent #666

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
The Dollar Vigilante Subscribe to the The Dollar Vigilante newsletter: https://www.dollarvigilante.com/subsc… Our Bitchute Channel: https://www.dollarvigilante.com/bitchute Our LBRY Channel: https://www.dollarvigilante.com/lbry – Airlines Drawing Blood To Get On Flight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI9Kb… https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/e… https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/0… https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020… https://www.professorhinkley.com/blog… end

David Icke Emergency Broadcast We Are At The Crossroads Info Wars Alex Jones

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
Tom DeLaCruz Info Wars broadcast 20th April 2020 David Icke We Are At The Crossroads. Covid 19 Coronavirus ID2020 Globalist Agenda Bill Gates. Interview by Alex Jones end

Debt Jubilee! Economic Nirvana Or Economic NIGHTMARE? (Revealed)

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 hour ago
George Gammon Debt jubilee secrets — YOU CAN’T AFFORD TO MISS! — What is a “Debt Jubilee” and is it a solution for the massive unsustainable debt in western economies? YOU have questions and I have answers! Debt Jubilee’s are often common throughout history, and they’ve been attempted many different ways and with varying degrees of …

Devin Nunes Responds to the Insufferably Political SSCI Report Justifying a Political Intelligence Community Assessment…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 1 hour ago
Lou Dobbs knows what is going on here… you can hear it and see it in his lead-in to the interview with Devin Nunes. Unfortunately, Devin Nunes doesn’t want to call the baby ugly. Here we are, once again stuck … Continue reading →

German Chancellor Merkel Joins The Leaders Of France And The U.K. To Cast Doubt On china's Covid-19 Coronavirus Claims

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 hour ago
Angela Merkel has become the latest world leader to cast doubt on China's account of its coronavirus crisis, urging Beijing to be 'more transparent' *Daily Mail*: *Angela Merkel becomes latest world leader to hint China has misled the world over coronavirus and urges Beijing to be 'more transparent'* * Macron said China's figures could not be compared to those in free countries * The French leader said there were clearly unknown 'things that have happened' * China's official figures show the regime succeeding in containing the outbreak Angela Merkel has become the latest world l... more »

Bloomberg: US Attorney General Barr Threatens Legal Action Against Governors Over Lockdowns

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 1 hour ago
Governors who impose rules to deal with the coronavirus pandemic that infringe on constitutional rights can expect to face legal action, warned Attorney General William Barr. In an interview Tuesday on “The Hugh Hewitt Show,” Barr urged states to enact targeted measures, citing President Trump’s guidelines. Barr said: We have to give businesses more freedom […] The post Bloomberg: US Attorney General Barr Threatens Legal Action Against Governors Over Lockdowns appeared first on Health Nut News.

"'Wait': Galway Kinnell’s Beautiful and Life-Giving Poem for a Young Friend Contemplating Suicide"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
*"'Wait': Galway Kinnell’s Beautiful and Life-Giving * *Poem for a Young Friend Contemplating Suicide"* by Maria Popova “To decide whether life is worth living is to answer the fundamental question of philosophy,” Albert Camus famously wrote - a statement that has only swelled in intellectual notoriety and spiritual significance in the half-century since. But beyond philosophy, when the will to live or die plays out in the personal realm, it creates a vortex of pain - not only for the anguished person contemplating suicide but for those who love them, to say nothing of the perilous ... more »

"The World Is Too Much With Us..."

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
"The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!" - William Wordsworth, 1770- 1850

On the Apartheid Between Asian Nations and Reality

Unknown at The Verma Report - 2 hours ago
There exists a cartesian apartheid between most Asian nations and reality—having convinced themselves that they are incapable of dealing with reality on their own, these Asian nations have entrusted the world’s only superpower to serve as broker between them and reality. But by using a superpower to cut a deal with reality, these Asian nations have become out of touch with the truth; they have become blind and dumb followers of the superpower; if the superpower is doing something truly horrifying, like wrecking its own economy and imposing draconian restrictions on its own people, t... more »

Mike Pompeo, Devourer Of Worlds

Caitlin Johnstone at Caitlin Johnstone - 2 hours ago
Om nom nom nom nom nom nom, nom nom nom nom nom, om nom nom nom nom nom nom, belch. That is the sound that Mike Pompeo makes when he devours Venezuelan civilians, when he devours Yemeni war orphans, when he devours Iranian Covid victims, […]

"Covid-19 Report 4/21/20: "Even Mild Coronavirus Cases Can Result In Lifelong Lung Damage"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
Chris Martenson, *"Even Mild Coronavirus Cases Can Result In Lifelong Lung Damage"* - https://www.peakprosperity.com/

Enough Already – A Legally Conflicted Senate Intel Committee Presents Another Defense of Intelligence Corruption…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 2 hours ago
Foolishness and betrayal of our country have served to reveal dangers within our present condition. Misplaced corrective action, regardless of intent, is neither safe nor wise. The intelligence apparatus was weaponized against our candidate by those who controlled the levers … Continue reading →

"Covid-19 Pandemic Updates 4/21/20"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
*"Covid-19 Pandemic **Updates 4/21/20" * *- Frequently **Updated**"* Please visit these sites often for the very latest Covid-19 Pandemic and Economic news and information. *○* *- https://www.zerohedge.com/* *APR 21, 2020 8:59 PM: *"China Slams Australia For "Taking Orders From The US" As Canberra Questions Coronavirus Origins: Live Updates" *APR 21, 2020 11:25 AM: *“Global Coronavirus Cases Top 2.5 Million: Live Updates” *APR 21, 2020 10:53 AM: *"'The Never-Ending Shutdown' - California Gov Says Worst Of US Coronavirus Outbreak Is Yet To Come: Virus Updates" *APR 21, 2020 8:07 AM: ... more »

Man Eaten by Shark Dies from Coronavirus

Robert at Ice Age Now - 2 hours ago
This is pretty much the way things are looking today. Thanks to Michele Selover for this graphic The post Man Eaten by Shark Dies from Coronavirus appeared first on Ice Age Now.

NFL draft broadcast set to be technological high-wire act during COVID-19 lockdown

Just In - 2 hours ago
It's usually a glamorous event in front of a packed arena, but this year's NFL draft will be broadcast from nearly 200 locations to sports-starved fans.

SA Government now rules out privatisation of coronavirus testing agency

Just In - 2 hours ago
SA's Health Minister commits to keeping SA Pathology in public hands after earlier indicating it was considering outsourcing the service, which has conducted 45,000 coronavirus tests since February.

Netflix adds 15 million subscribers but warns coronavirus lockdown boom won't last

Just In - 2 hours ago
The hit show Tiger King and self-isolation measures boost the world's largest streaming service, which has added millions of new customers so far this year.

Donald Trump will suspend US immigration for 60 days due to coronavirus crisis

Just In - 2 hours ago
US President Donald Trump will issue a 60-day pause on immigration to protect American workers affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

Woman contracts coronavirus at NSW nursing home after daughter tried to get her out

Michelle Brown at Just In - 2 hours ago
Louise Payne believes her 89-year-old mother is in more danger at Sydney's Newmarch House aged-care facility than she would have been at home after the death of three residents from coronavirus.

Rugby Australia wants to meet ex-Wallabies skippers after receiving no-confidence letter

Just In - 2 hours ago
Rugby Australia is prepared to hold crisis talks with a group of disgruntled retired Wallabies captains, who have penned a letter to the governing body claiming the game has "lost its way", while demanding a change in leadership.

Australian ship joins US in show of force as South China Sea tensions re‑emerge

Andrew Greene at Just In - 2 hours ago
The Australian Navy confirms it sailed into the contested South China Sea with US warships in recent days, as tensions over the waters grow and China moves to set up its "youngest city" in the region.

Police hunt for motive as Canada's worst mass shooting death toll rises to 22

Just In - 2 hours ago
Canadian police say there are at least 22 victims after a gunman wearing a police uniform shot people in their homes and set fires in a rampage across rural communities in Nova Scotia over the weekend.

Police say drone could hold vital clues about disappearance of elderly campers

Kellie Lazzaro at Just In - 2 hours ago
Police say a Victorian man who went missing, along with a close friend, during a camping trip a month ago was "meticulous" in the bush. But they still haven't worked out what started the fire that destroyed the pair's campsite.

Queensland records no new cases of coronavirus for second day this week

Just In - 2 hours ago
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says Queensland is on track to "smash the curve" as she reveals the state recorded no new cases for the second time this week.

Emoji Trivia

Terry at 'Nox & Friends - 3 hours ago
Question: Which emoji was once Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the Year? Answer : “Face With Tears of Joy”, an emoji that represents someone laughing so hard that tears are streaming down their face. It can be used to express amusement and joviality when someone says or does something funny or embarrassing. The Oxford Dictionaries even named the face with tears of joy emoji its 2015 Word of the Year, the first-ever pictograph to win the prize. Citing the emoji’s sharp rise from the previous year, they chose face with tears of joy in part “because it best reflected the ethos, mood, and p... more »

Coronavirus, New Threat for Mexican Migrant Workers in the U.S.

MEXICO CITY, Apr 21 (IPS) - As the high season for agricultural labour in the United States approaches, tens of thousands of migrant workers from Mexico are getting ready to head to the fields in their northern neighbour to carry out the work that ensures that food makes it to people's tables. Read the full story, “Coronavirus, New Threat for Mexican Migrant Workers in the U.S.”, on globalissues.org →

Tuesday Night Cat Blogging

Unknown at Accidental Deliberations - 3 hours ago
Couch cat.

Officials: 7 Virus Cases May Be Related to In-Person Voting

AP News at Snopes.com - 3 hours ago
Health officials in Wisconsin said they have identified at least seven people who may have contracted the coronavirus from participating in the April 7, 2020 election, the first such cases following in-person voting that was held despite widespread concern about the public health risks.

April 20/04: 75 years After World War 2...

Graeme Decarie at The Decarie Report - 3 hours ago
......we have created 75 years of the world that Hitler failed to achieve. ________________________________________________________________ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/04/alberta-canadas-tar-sands-is-growing-but-indigenous-people-fight-back/ https://globalnews.ca/news/6832608/coronavirus-trudeau-alberta-bc-saskatchewan-energy-industry-orphan-well-cleanup/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-orphan-wells-cleanup-bill-12-1.5528257 Some of our news media are gushing about how a clean-up of a few oil wells full of destructive and poisonous water will creat... more »

Campus Climate Issues Don’t Disappear When Campuses Close, Scholars Say

Sara Weissman at Diverse - 3 hours ago
Diverse hosted an online discussion titled “Calling Out Xenophobia, Racism and Intolerance During the COVID-19 Crisis,” moderated by Editor-at-Large Dr. Jamal Watson. As campus resources and classes moved online, so did harmful biases, panelists noted, calling for fresh approaches from colleges and universities.

Trump Campaign Highlights Speaker Pelosi Elitism -vs- Average American Worker…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 3 hours ago
A highly effective ad noting how Speaker Nancy Pelosi chose to hold-up $250 billion in funds for the American worker Paycheck Protection Program (small business) while sitting in her multi-million home bragging about her supply of gourmet ice-cream.

Percent Of Days Above Freezing Declining In The US

tonyheller at Real Climate Science - 3 hours ago
The percent of days above freezing has been declining in the US for a century, with last year among the lowest.

CPPIB, OTPP and PSP Complete Big Deals

Leo Kolivakis at Pension Pulse - 3 hours ago
Ted Liu of Private Capital Journal reports CPPIB and OTPP complete 40% stake acquisition in IDEAL: Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (OTPP) have completed the tender offer period to purchase 40% of the shares of Impulsora del Desarrollo y el Empleo en América Latina, S.A.B. de C.V. (IDEAL) (BMV: IDEAL B-1). *The acquired shares will be transferred to CPPIB and OTPP on April 17 and the tender offer will formally settle on April 23.* *CPPIB will own a 23.7% interest in IDEAL and OTPP will own a 16.3% stake. The current majority own... more »

TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION -- Excavator arrives, desecration of sacred land for Israeli US spy towers

Unknown at CENSORED NEWS - 3 hours ago
This destruction of sacred land is for the construction of the integrated fixed towers, spy towers. The U.S. Homeland Security contract was given to Elbit Systems, the Israeli defense contractor known globally for human rights abuses in Palestine and around the world. The Tohono O'odham elected government approved the spy towers on tribal land in the spring of 2019, regardless of an outcry

Decades Of Conservative Dogma Has Turned Our Great Country Into A Banana Republic-- And There's No End In Sight

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 4 hours ago
The GOP is making a bad bet on Vote By Mail. The public likes it, especially during the pandemic and many people see right through the Republican Party's motives. Like every other poll that's asked about Vote By Mail, the new NBC News/*Washington Post* poll, found that the overwhelming majority favors it, regardless of what the moron in the White House says. Yesterday, Rick Hasen, a law professor and author of *Election Meltdown: Dirty Tricks, Distrust, and the Threat to American Democracy* explained why Trump's stand against making voting easier and safer is backfiring. "If there... more »

Katter says he will go to jail rather than put a tracing app on his phone

Editor, cairnsnews at Cairns News - 4 hours ago
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says loading app on Queensland phones could be compulsory (ABC Radio, April 22) Federal Member for Kennedy Bob Katter says he won’t be signing up to the Federal Government’s contact tracing app full stop, and if it becomes compulsory he’d rather be thrown in jail. “I will not now, or in […]

Leaping from Despair into Hope: The Lesson of Rembrandt’s Resurrection for Today’s Troubled World

Matthew Ehret at The Duran - 4 hours ago
Originally published on the Strategic Culture Foundation Today, the world finds itself moving through a turbulent transformation between two systems. Collapsing at a faster rate every day are the foundations of a failed imperial world order defined by zero-sum thinking, consumerism and materialism which has defined our existence for decades. The question is now: will […] More The post Leaping from Despair into Hope: The Lesson of Rembrandt’s Resurrection for Today’s Troubled World appeared first on The Duran.

Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, Palestinian Authority’s Indoctrination of Children With Anti-Israel Hatred Moves Online

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 4 hours ago
April 21, 2020 by Benjamin Kerstein Despite the coronavirus pandemic shutting down schools operated by the Palestinian Authority, a new report showed that educational materials containing incitement, hatred and violence are now being used extensively online. The materials were revealed by the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Textbooks (IMPACT-se), and … Continue reading Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, Palestinian Authority’s Indoctrination of Children With Anti-Israel Hatred Moves Online →

New Jersey Judge Releases Neo-Nazi Behind ‘Operation Kristallnacht’ Without Explanation

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 4 hours ago
April 21, 2020 by Algemeiner Staff A convicted neo-Nazi who planned a campaign of vandalism and desecration against synagogues and fantasized about murdering black people has been freed from jail by a judge in New Jersey. Richard Tobin, 19, was released on a $100,000 bond last Wednesday, according to Matthew Reilly, a spokesman for … Continue reading New Jersey Judge Releases Neo-Nazi Behind ‘Operation Kristallnacht’ Without Explanation →

AOC Celebrates Negative Prices That Threaten Oil Workers’ Jobs

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 4 hours ago
By Tyler O’Neil April 20, 2020 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., addresses the Road to the Green New Deal Tour final event at Howard University in Washington, Monday, May 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) On Monday, U.S. oil prices fell below zero for the first time ever, shocking observers and raising doubts about the solvency … Continue reading AOC Celebrates Negative Prices That Threaten Oil Workers’ Jobs →

France Erupts in Riots Amid Claims Police Abuse Lockdowns

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 4 hours ago
By Rick Moran April 21, 2020 (Image via Twitter) A French Muslim immigrant was killed when his motorcycle struck the opening door of an unmarked Paris police car stopped during a police check, while another immigrant died of a heart attack in police custody after being arrested and dragged away for violating government coronavirus … Continue reading France Erupts in Riots Amid Claims Police Abuse Lockdowns →

The Morning Briefing: POTUS Uses COVID-19 Threat to Drop the Immigration Hammer

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 4 hours ago
By Stephen Kruiser April 21, 2020 President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Saturday, April 4, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) Well, It’s a Start President Trump turned Monday night on its head, teasing a promise that a good many of us have been hoping for … Continue reading The Morning Briefing: POTUS Uses COVID-19 Threat to Drop the Immigration Hammer →

Trump Video Mocking Obama’s Biden Endorsement Goes Viral

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 4 hours ago
Trump Video Mocking Obama Endorsement of Biden More Popular Than Obama’s Speech By Rick Moran April 21, 2020 (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Here’s some rather delicious irony that shows why Trump’s popularity is undimmed by criticism of his pandemic response. A parody video of Barack Obama’s endorsement of Joe Biden for president has outshone the … Continue reading Trump Video Mocking Obama’s Biden Endorsement Goes Viral →

Thousands of LA Residents Have Coronavirus Antibodies, Study Suggests

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 4 hours ago
Study: Up to 442K People in LA Already Have COVID-19 Antibodies; Death Rate Much Lower Than Feared By Victoria Taft April 21, 2020 Screenshot/KTLA If you’ve watched the daily White House Coronavirus Task Force briefings you know that serology testing (for antibodies) is the Holy Grail to learning the extent of the coronavirus, not to … Continue reading Thousands of LA Residents Have Coronavirus Antibodies, Study Suggests →

Pro-Trump, anti-lockdown protesters demand end to tyranny while refusing to wear masks: Here’s what happens next

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 4 hours ago
04/20/2020 / By Mike Adams Over the weekend, protesters in Austin and Denver demanded an end to the lockdowns. They carried signs that said things like, “It’s a HOAX” and almost universally refused to wear masks. This is what happens when the left-wing media lies to the nation, year after year, about climate change and … Continue reading Pro-Trump, anti-lockdown protesters demand end to tyranny while refusing to wear masks: Here’s what happens next →

Oil wipe out sees prices plunge -220% to -$37 / barrel… ECONOMIC WARFARE has been unleashed against America

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 4 hours ago
04/20/2020 / By Mike Adams Something happened today that will never happen again in your lifetime. Crude oil just plunged from over $20 / barrel down to -$37 / barrel in a matter of a couple of hours. This means oil companies must now pay others to haul away their oil. The economic ramifications of … Continue reading Oil wipe out sees prices plunge -220% to -$37 / barrel… ECONOMIC WARFARE has been unleashed against America →

Switzerland switches off nuclear plant as it begins exit from atomic power

j at Wake Up To The Truth - 4 hours ago
Originally posted on County Sustainability Group: MUEHLEBERG, Switzerland (Reuters) – Switzerland’s Muehleberg nuclear power station went off the grid on Friday after 47 years, marking the end of an era as the shutdown starts the country’s exit from atomic power. Swiss energy company BKW’s Muehleberg nuclear power plant and the fog-covered Aare river are seen…

Bare Naked Ladies song has a line for the US president

Keith at musingsofanoldfart - 4 hours ago
In two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Bob Woodward’s book “Fear” which is based on 750 hours of interviews with White House staff, the impetuous and impulsive nature of the president is well documented. This nature is echoed in other books and … Continue reading →

The Virgin Brides: fee-fest time in the Virgin Australia showroom

Michael West at Michael West - 4 hours ago
[image: Virgin Australia administration] The cuff-linked bottom-feeders are now preying over the carcass of Virgin Australia, 10,000 jobs are on the line, government is dithering and Qantas circles, the famishing spectre of a monopoly in its sights. This is not about bailing out Virgin, it's about bailing out the banks.

Dr. Fauci’s Attempt to Silence Whistleblower Dr. Judy Mikovits Which Destroyed her Career

Admin at Health Impact News - 4 hours ago
Dr. Mikovits joined NIH in 1980 as a Postdoctoral Scholar in Molecular Virology at the National Cancer Institute and began a 20-year collaboration with Frank Ruscetti, a pioneer in the field of human retro virology. She helped Dr. Russetti isolate the HIV virus and link it to #AIDS in 1983. Her NIH boss Anthony Fauci delayed publication of that critical paper for 6 months to let his protégé Robert Gallo replicate, publish and claim credit. The delay in mass HIV testing let AIDS further spread around the globe and helped Fauci win promotion to director NIAID. In 2006, Dr. Mikovits be... more »

Coronavirus could cause 'famines of biblical proportions', UN warns

Just In - 4 hours ago
As the number of confirmed infections globally passes 2.5 million, the UN's World Food Program estimates the number of the world's hungry could nearly double by the end of the year.

Coronavirus update: US death toll doubles in a week to 45,000, expert says next wave could be worse

Just In - 4 hours ago
US President Donald Trump announces the United States will suspend immigration for 60 days, the UK downplays the significance of higher death toll data, and Netflix reveals just how popular it has been during the pandemic.

More than a month's worth of rain in 6 hours hits New Caledonia

Heavy rains from April 19 to 20, 2020 triggered dangerous flash flooding and landslides in New Caledonia. The Hienghene commune in the North Province recorded almost 200 mm (7.9 inches) of rain in just six hours-- more than the country's average rain for the...... Read more »

Death From Above: How the AC-47 Gunship Fought in Vietnam

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2004%3Anewsml_RP4DRIHSGKAB&share=true] A powerful new weapon. *Key point: *These gunships provided vital support to troops on the ground. Here's how they evolved to carry heavy weapons too. The night of October 17, 1969, was a harrowing one for the South Vietnamese soldiers at Phung Hiep Army outpost. Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army troops had attacked, showering the small base with mortar and machine-gun fire. Quickly the base was in danger of being overrun. But befor... more »

In 1937 Japan Bombed the Uss Panay and Almost Started World War II 4 Years Early

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* [image: By Unknown author - http://blog.goo.ne.jp/summer-ochibo/e/073f413211d571406ff3973eda070dc3, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12314395] A close call. *Key point: *The U.S. gunboat was attacked by possibly rogue, pro-war parts of the Imperial Japanese military. And a Universal News cameraman was on board to film it! For some Americans, World War II started early. In December 1937, four years before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor propelled the United States into the war, Japanese planes attacked a... more »

Hallowed Ground: What It Is Like to See the Pearl Harbor Memorial

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2017%3Anewsml_RC1FC4334880&share=true] A solemn place. *Key point: *Imperial Japan launched a surprise attack that changed the world. Today, Pearl Harbor is an emotional place for now-allies America and Japan alike. The Japanese torpedo bombers came in dangerously low to launch their torpedoes at the battleships on the east side of Ford Island at 8 AM on the morning of December 7, 1941. A stern voice bellowed over the USS Oklahoma’s bullhorn: “Man your battle stations!” M... more »

Did General Westmoreland Doom the War in Vietnam?

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* [image: By Unknown author - http://www.defenseimagery.mil/imagery.html#a=search&s=HA-SC-99-00369Original upload source: [1] (since gone dead), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=517870] Or was it a bad idea to start? *Key point: *The General was human just like the rest of us. Could he have done better? In 1989, this writer had occasion to interview four-star General William Childs Westmoreland, now 86, formerly U.S. military commander in South Vietnam and at the time of the interview a retired Chief of Staff... more »

Why It Was so Hard for America to Defend the Philippines Against Imperial Japan

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* [image: By U.S. Navy - U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.488.161.015, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15300047] An impossible task? *Key point: *The Americans were not well prepared and there soon outnumbered. Here's how Imperial Japan cut them off and compelled their surrender. “Finally at Corregidor there was only a little crowd of American soldiers and Filipino soldiers and American nurses at the beaches, with nothing at their backs but the waters of the Pacific, and the flag ca... more »

Kurdish Asylum-Seeker In ICE Detention Catches Coronavirus: Lawyer

Matthew Petti at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Matthew Petti* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] The asylum-seeker has just been granted bail. A Kurdish asylum-seeker from Turkey was granted bail from Otay Mesa Detention Center on Tuesday after testing positive for coronavirus on April 12, immigration attorney Samira Ghaderi says. The detention center outside of San Diego has been hardest hit by the coronavirus crisis out of all immigration detention centers in the United States, with more than eighteen inmates and several guards testing positive for the deadly virus. Attorneys, rights groups, and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-... more »

Evil: How John Chivington Lead the Infamous Sand Creek Massacre

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Americas* [image: By State Historical Society of Colorado - http://5008.sydneyplus.com/HistoryColorado_ArgusNet_Final/Portal.aspx?lang=en-US; https://web.archive.org/web/20191216013704/http://5008.sydneyplus.com/HistoryColorado_ArgusNet_Final/ViewImage.aspx?template=Image&] A terrible human. *Key point: *The U.S. Army slaughtered innocent Native American women and children all at the behest of Colonel Chivington. He was a disgrace who used the massacre to seek personal glory. John M. Chivington was a prominent military commander during the Amer... more »

Yes folks, it's real. And unless things on the ground do change, no amount of house arrest will have improved the outcome of the epidemic, it will only have delayed its terrible effects.

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 4 hours ago
Source: *New York Times*In recent days, I'm seeing an increase in folk on this freedom side of the aisle who want to avoid acknowledging the reality of this pandemic. They argue about the need (or not) to extend house arrest for those few more days. They argue that the virus is no worse than the seasonal flu. Sadly, however, for all of us -- and that includes all of us who need to get our businesses back up and running -- this is very real. We're lucky to have escaped (so far) so easily) -- but this virus hasn't gone away yet, and it won't go away by pretending that it isn't serious... more »

ORDINARY PEOPLE DON'T THINK IN POLI-SCI CATEGORIES

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 4 hours ago
In *The Washington Post,* Paul Waldman writes: We are in the midst of the most significant national crisis most of us will ever see. By the time it’s over, Americans’ feelings about government will be transformed, as they come to understand that the question isn’t whether government should be “big” or “small” but whether it can do its job well and create security and opportunity. Or this crisis will change very little, and a year or two from now we’ll be right back where we started, with all the weaknesses and pathologies we had before, as we find ourselves in the midst of a new con... more »

Is This COVID-19 Mask Efficacy Chart Accurate?

Dan Evon at Snopes.com - 4 hours ago
The CDC recommends wearing a cloth face mask in public during the COVID-19 pandemic to help slow the spread of the disease.

Did Pelosi Say Congress Would Not Return ‘Unless There Is an Emergency’?

David Mikkelson at Snopes.com - 4 hours ago
Both the U. S. House and Senate extended their recesses until May 4 due to the dangers of coronavirus.

Buddhist poetry of Japan and the last twilight before the shadow of time

Lee Jay at Modern Tokyo Times - 4 hours ago
Buddhist poetry of Japan and the last twilight before the shadow of time Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Two exquisite short poems by Buddhist holy men from Japan focus on the shadow of life and the memories left behind. It matters not that both poets come from extremely contrasting times in history. For Henjō […]

FDA Is Providing 'Relief' From Food Label Bureaucracy During COVID-19, So How Important Is It?

Hank Campbell at Science 2.0 blogs - 4 hours ago
Many people have recently discovered that the U.S. CDC is actually not that useful. For some, it came when CDC refused to send hospitals coronavirus tests until they proved to CDC their patients had coronavirus. Then, when the Trump administration forced them to send tests nationwide the career employees at CDC showed they were so clueless they hadn't even checked to see if the tests only they were allowed to send had the correct reagents (they didn't.) Then the public started to wonder if CDC could do anything more than reformat and reprint statistics they got from states using mone... more »

Instead of Draining the Swamp

Ragnar at 'Nox & Friends - 5 hours ago
the Swamp Is Draining the U.S. Treasury via the New York Fed From the Wall Street on Parade: Excerpts: The Federal Reserve’s role under the U.S. law that governs it (the Federal Reserve Act) is to function as the nation’s central bank and lender of last resort to deposit-taking commercial banks in a crisis and to set monetary policy to achieve the dual objectives of stable prices (preventing deflation as well as runaway inflation) while maximizing employment. But since December 2007, the Federal Reserve has simply written its own playbook, independent of the law that governs it. The... more »

Coronavirus Roundtable With Dr. Buttar & Dr. Mikovits

Ragnar at 'Nox & Friends - 5 hours ago
How Your System Is Being Used Against You From the SGTReport via The Last American Vagabond youtube: This is a MUST WATCH! Dr. Buttar and Dr. Mikovits are EXPERTS in their fields, both noted researchers. This video “conference” will open your eyes! ENJOY! ~Ragnar (RFXtFR)

The Truth About Fauci—Featuring Dr. Judy Mikovits

Ragnar at 'Nox & Friends - 5 hours ago
From the ChildrensHealthDefense: This is a quick Rundown of Fraudci by Dr. Mikovits. Excerpts: Dr. Mikovits joined NIH in 1980 as a Postdoctoral Scholar in Molecular Virology at the National Cancer Institute and began a 20-year collaboration with Frank Ruscetti, a pioneer in the field of human retro virology. She helped Dr Russetti isolate the HIV virus and link it to #AIDS in 1983. Her NIH boss Anthony Fauci delayed publication of that critical paper for 6 months to let his protégé Robert Gallo replicate, publish and claim credit. The delay in mass HIV testing let AIDS further spre... more »

There are 22 victims in the weekend murder spree

Tim Bousquet at Halifax Examiner - 5 hours ago
The number of victims in last weekend’s mass murder rampage is 22. Additionally, the RCMP says other people were injured, but the police are not saying how many others, or who they are. That information comes from an RCMP statement issued Tuesday afternoon. As written, the release says that “We believe there to be 23 […]

Car Caravan To End US Sanctions And Show Global Solidarity

Terrace at PopularResistance.Org - 5 hours ago
On April 20, 2020, about twenty cars joined a rally in the streets of downtown Northampton, Massachusetts calling for national and international solidarity as we face the Covid-19 pandemic. Signs were placed on cars calling for an end to the US sanctions on Venezuela, Cuba, Iran, and North Korea; to allow Cuban medical staff and medicine to enter our country to help fight the Coronavirus pandemic and save lives; to end the blockade of Gaza; to bail out people not corporations; and to fund Medicare for all, not endless wars and the military-industrial complex. The rally was organize... more »

The Lesser Evil

Caitlin Johnstone at Caitlin Johnstone - 5 hours ago
Just a lil’ comic I made.

Seeking Justice: Innocence Project Works to Exonerate the Wrongly Convicted

Sarah Wood at Diverse - 5 hours ago
Founded in 1992 by Peter Neufeld and Barry Scheck at Cardozo School of Law, the Innocence Project aims to “free the staggering numbers of innocent people who remain incarcerated and to bring substantive reform to the system responsible for their unjust imprisonment,” according to their website.

Amid Pandemic, For-Profit Colleges Look to Increase Enrollments

cmaadmin at Diverse - 5 hours ago
As the coronavirus has shut college campuses and forced them to provide online instruction, several of the country’s largest for-profit colleges are looking to boost enrollments and targeting unemployed workers who may be thinking of going back to school, reported the Associated Press. Many of these for-profits have increased advertising and are offering discounts for […]

Ensure Emergency Grants to Students Aren’t Taxed: Higher Ed Groups

cmaadmin at Diverse - 5 hours ago
A host of higher education groups, including the American Council on Education, have written to congressional leaders asking them to ensure that the emergency student financial aid grants authorized by the coronavirus stimulus package, or the CARES Act, are not subject to taxation. Under the act, $6.28 billion was awarded to college and universities “to […]

Some Michigan Community Colleges See Big Declines in Summer Enrollments

cmaadmin at Diverse - 5 hours ago
Michigan’s Washtenaw Community College and Grand Rapids Community College are seeing steep declines in summer enrollments due to the coronavirus pandemic, reported the Detroit Free Press. At the Washtenaw college, registration was down 11% on March 12 for summer classes, compared to the same time in 2019. After the school said it would go online, […]

Democratic Senators Say For-Profit Colleges Shouldn’t Get Further Stimulus Aid

cmaadmin at Diverse - 5 hours ago
Democratic Senators Dick Durbin and Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday called on Senate leaders to ensure that for profit-colleges do not receive any more coronavirus stimulus aid in further rounds of relief legislation, reported Politico. Last month, Congress allotted more than $1 billion to for-profit colleges as part of a $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package, reported […]

Coronavirus Stimulus Funds Disbursed to Howard and Gallaudet Universities

cmaadmin at Diverse - 5 hours ago
The Department of Education said Tuesday it has disbursed coronavirus stimulus funds under the CARES Act to two Washington D.C. universities, Howard University and Gallaudet University. Under the Act, $13 million has been made available to Howard University and $7 million to Gallaudet University, as stipulated by the Act passed last month. In a statement […]

$6.2 Billion From CARES Act Made Available to Colleges and Universities

cmaadmin at Diverse - 5 hours ago
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos on Tuesday made available $6.2 billion earmarked for institutional support to colleges and universities under the coronavirus stimulus package called the CARES Act. Passed last month, the Act allocated $14 billion in total for higher education. This latest block of funds is in addition to the $6.28 billion DeVos released […]

Bill Gates – Most Dangerous Philanthropist in Modern History?

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 5 hours ago
Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola Story at-a-glance – Bill Gates’ answers to the problems of the world are consistently focused on building corporate profits through toxic means, be it chemical agriculture and GMOs, or pharmaceutical drugs and vaccines Gates has used “charity” as a way to gain tremendous political power The true beneficiaries of Gates’ […] The post Bill Gates – Most Dangerous Philanthropist in Modern History? appeared first on Health Nut News.

New York Snitch Line Bombarded With Subversive Liberty Memes, Vulgar Pictures and Propaganda Against The State…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 5 hours ago
Commissar Bill de Blasio is not pleased with the early results from the New York City Ministry of COVID Compliance ‘snitch on your neighbor’ text message alert system. According to the compliance dispatchers who operate the 311 program [311-692] one … Continue reading →

Australia's coronavirus death toll rises, new fatalities in NSW

Just In - 5 hours ago
NSW Health has confirmed two new coronavirus deaths in NSW, taking Australia's total number of fatalities to 74.

For David Hiscock the resumption of elective surgery has not ended the awful uncertainty

Evelyn Manfield at Just In - 5 hours ago
David Hiscock was just four days short of having a prostate cancer operation when COVID-19 sparked the suspension of elective surgery. Now he is waiting anxiously for a new date for his procedure.

ASX falls as oil price plummets, Dow Jones sheds 1,200 points in two days

David Chau at Just In - 5 hours ago
Australian shares fall sharply as oil prices collapse for a second straight day, reaching their lowest value in 18 years.

'If you go to work, you have to move': Doctor evicted during COVID-19 crisis

Katri Uibu at Just In - 5 hours ago
A day after the Prime Minister announced a moratorium on evictions, this doctor was given an ultimatum by her landlord — either she stop working at a hospital or move out.

The rise and fall of Virgin Australia

Lauren Roberts at Just In - 5 hours ago
In 2000, Virgin Australia first entered the Australian aviation market with one route, two aircraft and 200 employees. Last month, it was flying to 56 destinations around the world.

'No-one will be harder hit': How art centres are grappling with a pandemic

Steve Vivian at Just In - 5 hours ago
Michelle Woody is one of the busiest people in the Tiwi Islands' usually booming art industry. Now she is struggling to even get out and source materials for her work.

Jobless and in debt? The experts say these are your next steps

Emily Stewart at Just In - 5 hours ago
If you've got no money coming in, as well as no savings, life might be looking pretty grim right now. But there are ways you can improve your financial situation.

UK to start testing coronavirus vaccine on humans

Jack Hawke at Just In - 5 hours ago
The UK's Health Ministry announces plans to start human trials of a coronavirus vaccine this week.

Live: NSW Now: Council votes to reopen Bondi, Bronte and Tamarama beaches to surfers and swimmers

Just In - 5 hours ago
*MORNING BRIEFING:* Waverley Council votes to reopen three of Sydney's beaches with strict conditions, while Anglicare says it is struggling with staff shortages after the death of a third resident at a Penrith aged care facility.

Man stabbed to death on Gold Coast

Just In - 5 hours ago
Queensland police launch a homicide investigation after a man is stabbed in his torso at Surfers Paradise.

Citizens Rally to “Shut Down the Shutdown” in Dallas

Kurt Hyde at rss - 5 hours ago
[image: citizen-rally-to-shut-down-the-shutdown-in-dallas] About 150 demonstrators braved the edict against mass gatherings today in Dallas in a “Shut Down the Shutdown” rally.

Michigan Governor Threatens to Extend Stay-at-home Order Following Protests

Raven Clabough at rss - 5 hours ago
[image: michigan-gov-threatens-to-extend-stay-at-home-order-following-protests] In retaliation against protesters who have rallied against the state’s overreaching stay-at-home order, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is considering extending Michigan’s stay-at-home order.

D.C. Police: Biden Sexual Assault Investigation Remains Open

Luis Miguel at rss - 5 hours ago
[image: d-c-police-biden-sexual-assault-investigation-remains-open] In an unusual move, police have kept former staffer Tara Reade’s sexual-assault allegation case open even though it is past the statute of limitations.

Washington’s “Newest Justice Is a Black, Gay, Disabled, Lesbian Immigrant,” Boasts Slate

Selwyn Duke at rss - 5 hours ago
[image: washington-s-newest-justice-is-a-black-gay-disabled-lesbian-immigrant-boasts-slate] Grace Helen Whitener, “Washington State’s newest justice is a black, gay, disabled, lesbian immigrant,” tweeted left-wing website Slate on Sunday.

Carta abierta a los Ministros de Comercio y a la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC)

bilaterals.org - 5 hours ago
21-Apr-2020 Instamos a los miembros de la OMC a dar pasos que aseguren que todos los países puedan flexibilizar y poner a un lado aquellas reglas del comercio que dificultan su capacidad para resolver la crisis sanitaria.

Nueva anulación presentada por España en arbitraje de las renovables: RREEF

bilaterals.org - 5 hours ago
21-Apr-2020 El 15 de abril de 2020, la Secretaría General del CIADI registró el procedimiento de anulación presentado por España del laudo del arbitraje de la compañía RREEF que se emitió en diciembre de 2019.

Covid-19: Neil Ferguson, the Liberal Lyssenko

Thierry Meyssan at 5 hours ago
[image: undefined] In the early days of the Cold War, it was customary in the West to make fun of the blindness of the Soviets who believed in the nonsense of Professor Trofim Lyssenko. The First Secretary of the Party, Joseph Stalin, had banned the teaching of genetics and used Lyssenko as a scientific justification for Marxism, but he drew no practical consequences. Today the same mental illness has reached the West. Professor Neil Fergusson assures that statistics can predict the behaviour of living beings. This is stupid, yet many high-ranking political leaders believe it. Unfor... more »

Land of the Free? Home of the Brave?

Jeff Harris at 5 hours ago
[image: undefined] During a bank robbery in Stockholm, Sweden back in 1973 four bank employees were held hostage for six days in the bank's vault. A curious “bond” appeared to develop between the hostages and their captors which later came to be called Stockholm syndrome. According to Wikipedia Stockholm syndrome is defined as: “. . . A condition in which hostages develop a psychological alliance with their captors during captivity. . . ” Currently we are experiencing a global terror campaign waged by the elites who control the World Health Organization (WHO) and who are using th... more »

Alice Embree : FILM |’Parasite’ vs. ‘Schitt’s Creek’

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 5 hours ago
Two takes on class-based cluelessness. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | April 21, 2020 I have been able to see Parasite again on the small screen in Corona-induced isolation. The film won the Palme d’Or at Cannes and … finish reading Alice Embree : *FILM* |’Parasite’ vs. ‘Schitt’s Creek’

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