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"Students Protest's" Billionaire Sponsors Reveal Themselves, Bail "Penguin"
*August 16, 2020* (Tony Cartalucci - ATN) - It is openly reported now that Thaksin Shinawatra's Pheu Thai Party has offered to bail out arrested protesters. This may include Parit "Penguin" Chiwarak with others from Thaksin's political machine taking a more active and visible role in protests they have sponsored since the beginning. *Image: Chaturon served as a senior member of Thaksin Shinawatra's proxy party Thai Raksa Chat until it was disbanded. Nattawut Saikua (right) helped lead Thaksin Shinawatra's violent mobs in 2009-2010 employing armed terrorists who triggered gun battles... more »
Are Democrats Using COVID as an Election Weapon?
*21WIRE* | Are Democrats using COVID to leverage socio-political division, and increase economic pain and suffering in the run-up to November's election?
Associated Press bungles again – this time it’s balloons
As has too often been the case, Associated Press once again fails the test of good journalism on the subject of Palestine, earning poor marks on accuracy, balance, and context.
Coronavirus on the Nile : A New Week of COVID-19 Live Updates
It is a new week under the coronavirus pandemic, which will be for sure the Person of the Year on Time Magazine cover in 2020 along with the Medical teams around the globe. Without the medical teams around the globe, things would have been worst by all measures including in Egypt. [image: Nermine Al-Mofty] A doctor during the coronavirus pandemic by Nermine Al-Mofty We owe much to the doctors and other medical professions in this crisis. Officially, coronavirus is under control with daily numbers in 100s but unofficially people including friends and family in my circle report it... more »
President Trump Holds a Press Briefing – 5:30pm ET Livestream…
President Trump will be holding a press conference from Bedminister New Jersey today at 5:00pm – Update, moved to 5:30pm ET [Livestream Links Below] WH Livestream LInk – NBC Livestream Link – Alternate Livestream . .
This Is How Eisenhower Rose From West Point Cadet To America's Top Commander
*Warfare History Network* *History, Americas* [image: General Dwight D. Eisenhower visits Naples, Italy. Eisenhower returning from a small craft after being brought from a destroyer in the harbor. Photograph taken by USS Biscanye (AVP-11) received March 2, 1944. U.S. Navy photograph] Dwight Eisenhower’s military career and the key contacts he made along the way prepared him for his ultimate role in World War II—and eventually, the White House. Dwight David Eisenhower began life as David Dwight Eisenhower in Abilene, Kansas, on October 14, 1890, the third of five sons. It is known... more »
When Israeli Stealth F-35s (Maybe) Flew Over Iran
*Michael Peck* *Security, Middle East* [image: Reuters] Who to believe? Occam's razor says go with the simplest explanation, which is that the episode never happened. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *Neither Iran nor Israel has claimed any overflights. So who is the "informed source" that made that claim? Saudi Arabia, which is embroiled in a Persian Gulf cold war with Iran and would love Tel Aviv to fight Tehran? Other Gulf states? The CIA? A Kuwaiti newspaper created a stir earlier back in 2018 when it reported that Israel's new F-35 stealth fighters had flown over Iran. "T... more »
they are also first to be offended if they are not assigned the most prominent positions
8-15 Brazil 55/733= 7.5% average each day last 3 days new cases/active cases https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/brazil/ ………. Mexico 66/1005= 6.6% increase/day average last 2 days https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/mexico ………….. India 65.6/603= 10.9% increase/day https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/india ……………… South Africa 63/995= 6.3% increase/day https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/south-africa ……………………. Iran 24/232= 10.3% increase/day https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/iran .............................. more »
A conversation between Garfield and Odie
The following conversation was spawned by a delightful post called “The Conversation” on Gigisrantsandtraves blog called Rethinking Life. A link is provided below. I caught wind of it by a reblog from Holly of House of Heart. As Garfield said … Continue reading →
RI: Foxes In The Governor's Mansion
I haven't paid much attention to Rhode Island (motto: That State Nobody Pays Much Attention To), but we should all take a look, because Rhode Island has become yet another example of the many ways that privatizers and profiteers get their hands into the cookie jar. These frickin' peopleWe start with Gina Raimondo, a venture capitalist who decided to get into politics via the office of state treasurer. Her signature move in that office was to "fix" the state pension fund problem by taking an axe to it, in much the same way that you would "fix" the problem of not having enough gas to ... more »
Flipping A Suburban State Senate Seat That Trump Won In Missouri
Recently, Missouri state Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal introduced me to a state Rep from a nearby district, Deb Lavender, who she described as very strong and as "the one elected person the Senate's Black caucus can count on to carry our justice and equity issues in the House. She asked me to speak with her and I did and was impressed enough to add her to the Blue America 2020 list of state legislative candidates, which you will find by clicking on the ActBlue thermometer below. [image: Goal Thermometer]Deb is running for a state Senate seat (SD-15) southwest of St. Louis, a subur... more »
Popular Viral Video Firm Sues Facebook over Russian Propaganda Label
The company behind In The Now, Soapbox and Waste-Ed is taking on media giant Facebook, who it claims is falsely labeling it as Russian state-controlled propaganda. The post Popular Viral Video Firm Sues Facebook over Russian Propaganda Label appeared first on MintPress News.
Nearly Half of Brazilians say Bolsonaro not to Blame for Coronavirus Death Toll, Poll Says
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Almost half of Brazilians think President Jair Bolsonaro bears “no responsibility at all” for the country’s more than 100,000 dead from the coronavirus pandemic, the world’s second highest death toll, according to a new Datafolha poll. The poll was published on Saturday in Brazil’s Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper and […] The post Nearly Half of Brazilians say Bolsonaro not to Blame for Coronavirus Death Toll, Poll Says appeared first on The Rio Times.
The Israeli-UAE Deal Means America Is Getting Out Of the Middle East
*Kenneth M. Pollack* *Security, Middle East* [image: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces a peace agreement to establish diplomatic ties, between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, during a news conference at the prime minster office in Jerusalem, August 13, 2020. Abir Sultan /Pool via REUT] Let’s remember that this is the Middle East we are talking about, and the best case is rarely what happens there. In the Middle East, the biggest surprises often come in August. Today’s announcement that the United Arab Emirates will normalize relations with Israel certainly... more »
Coronavirus: Excess Deaths in U.S. May Have Already Exceeded 200,000
*Ronald D. Fricker Jr.* *Coronavirus, Americas* It doesn’t take a sophisticated statistical model to see that the coronavirus pandemic is causing substantially more deaths than would have otherwise occurred. The number of deaths in the United States through July 2020 is 8% to 12% higher than it would have been if the coronavirus pandemic had never happened. That’s at least 164,937 deaths above the number expected for the first seven months of the year – 16,183 more than the number attributed to COVID-19 thus far for that period – and it could be as high as 204,691. *Tracking dea... more »
This Photo Shows a U.S. Submarine Ready to "Sink" a British Carrier
*David Axe* *Security, Asia* The 2013 exercise should worry China. *Key Point*: China is more scared of American submarines than the Americans are scared of Chinese boats. A photo from 2013 depicting an American nuclear-powered submarine poking its periscope above the waves—within shooting distance of a British aircraft carrier during a war game—is a useful reminder of one of the most important truths of naval warfare. For every sailor who’s not in a submarine, submarines are real scary. Stealthy and heavily-armed, subs are by far the most powerful naval vessels in the world fo... more »
Why Donald Trump's Unemployment Executive Order Is a Huge Mistake
*Thomas Jipping, Zack Smith* *Politics, Americas* [image: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic response at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 12, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque] Even if the memorandum meets the letter of the law, it undermines the spirit of the law and sets a dangerous precedent for future administrations to exploit. Congress—not the president and not the courts—must legislate. President Donald Trump took action five days ago to provide some coronavirus relief for Americans, saying he wasn’t go... more »
Thought for Today
Since White people are irrelevant today, according to any and all conversations, I pose this question: “what if Black people were in charge?” I pose this as a serious question with no intended racial bias. I desire a serious dialogue. I have a multitude of close black friends and acquaintances with whom I have had these conversations. (I’ll share their responses later so as not to bias replies.) Please don’t reply with any ‘niggly bear” type or racist responses. Seriously, what would the United States of America be like if Black people were in charge? Even more general, “what if … C... more »
"Here’s Why The 'Impossible' Economic Collapse Is Unavoidable"
*"Here’s Why The 'Impossible' Economic Collapse Is Unavoidable"* by Charles Hugh Smith "A collapse of major chunks of the economy is widely viewed as “impossible” because the federal government can borrow and spend unlimited amounts of money because the Federal Reserve can create unlimited amounts of money: the government borrows $1 trillion by selling $1 trillion in Treasury bonds, the Fed prints $1 trillion dollars to buy the bonds. Rinse and repeat to near-infinity. With this cheery wind at their backs, conventional pundits are predicting super-rebounds in auto sales and other c... more »
Further thoughts on consumption and GDP
I was surprised at the amount of resistance to my recent claim that consumption is not a part of GDP, i.e. that consumption is not production. Here I’ll respond to two claims that don’t mean what people think they mean: 1. The BEA measures consumption when it is computing GDP. 2. Without consumption there would […] The post Further thoughts on consumption and GDP appeared first on Econlib.
Sounds Suspicious: The Dropout, Episodes 1 and 2
John Carreyrou’s book about the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos is so comprehensive, it’s hard to imagine what a podcast covering the same material could add. (You can read my first post on Carreyrou’s book here.) But the first thing we hear in the first episode of the ABC News podcast, The […] The post Sounds Suspicious: The Dropout, Episodes 1 and 2 appeared first on Econlib.
Twitter surveys users on their ethnicity when it warns them for wrongthink
Red Ice News - 8 hours ago
[image: Twitter surveys users on their ethnicity when it warns them for wrongthink] Combating so-called “hate speech” seems to have become a huge priority for social media platforms these days. In an Orwellian fashion, Twitter has started testing a feature that will notify users when they use any language that Twitter thinks they should think twice on. “When things get heated, you may say things you don’t mean. To let you rethink a reply, we’re running a limited experiment on iOS with a prompt that gives you the option to revise your reply before it’s published if it uses language th... more »
DOJ Accuses Yale of Illegally Discriminating Against White & Asian Students
Red Ice News - 8 hours ago
[image: DOJ Accuses Yale of Illegally Discriminating Against White & Asian Students] "Yale rejects scores of Asian American and white applicants each year based on their race, whom it otherwise would admit," the DOJ said. The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday accused Yale University of illegally discriminating against white and Asian-American students in violation of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The federal agency found that most white and Asian-Americans hoping to gain admission to the prestigious institution had a significantly smaller chance of getting in compared to African-Ameri... more »
YouTube Will Ban Videos that Could ‘Interfere with the Election’
Red Ice News - 8 hours ago
[image: YouTube Will Ban Videos that Could ‘Interfere with the Election’] YouTube has announced new updates to its policies relating to videos containing information obtained through hacking and other content that may “interfere” with upcoming U.S. elections. CNET reports that Google’s video-sharing platform YouTube has announced new updates to its policies relating to deceptive content on its platform as it aims to prevent the spread of information that could “interfere” with the upcoming U.S. elections. YouTube is the world’s largest video platform with more than 2 billion users a... more »
Yakutia – Wet snow and first frosts in mid-August
From the 16th to 17th in the agricultural regions of Yakutia, as well as in the south of the Tomponsky and Aldan regions and in the vicinity of the capital of the republic – Yakutsk – the air and the soil surface will freeze to -3ºC, in the northeast to -2.7°C, in the northwest to ... Read more Yakutia – Wet snow and first frosts in mid-August The post Yakutia – Wet snow and first frosts in mid-August appeared first on Ice Age Now.
The “Church of Vaccination” – The Latest Incarnation of “The Protection Racket…”
“Anti-Vaxxers,” world-wide, are killing it… From Europe by Karma Singh We’ve all seen this in the cinema and on television where gangsters sell “protection”, i.e. “Give us money and we won’t break your arm or smash in your windows”. But are these small enterprises all that there is to such practices? Lost in the dim … Continue reading The “Church of Vaccination” – The Latest Incarnation of “The Protection Racket…”
Dr. Ron Paul Interviews Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Who Admits the CIA Killed his Father and Uncle
In what is sure to be a historical interview, former Congressman Dr. Ron Paul interviewed attorney Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on his daily Liberty Report program today (Friday August 14, 2020). While Dr. Paul starts the program by stating that the main reason they were inviting Mr. Kennedy on to program was to discuss vaccines, Dr. Paul gets right into an issue that many Americans have questioned for over 3 decades: What was the truth behind the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy in 1963, the uncle of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy, his father, in 1968, and what... more »
CNN: Disney’s New Cartoon Series Features Bisexual Witch Lead Character
Disney has confirmed that its new series, “The Owl House” will feature a bisexual lead character named Luz Noceda. Luz is a 14-year-old Dominican-American girl. The series follows her adventure of becoming a witch, even though she has no magical powers. She is Disney’s first bisexual character to make a debut on a television series. […] The post CNN: Disney’s New Cartoon Series Features Bisexual Witch Lead Character appeared first on Health Nut News.
Dr. Ron Paul Interviews Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Who Admits the CIA Killed his Father and Uncle
In what is sure to be a historical interview, former Congressman Dr. Ron Paul interviewed attorney Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on his daily Liberty Report program today (Friday August 14, 2020). While Dr. Paul starts the program by stating that the main reason they were inviting Mr. Kennedy on to program was to discuss vaccines, Dr. Paul gets right into an issue that many Americans have questioned for over 3 decades: What was the truth behind the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy in 1963, the uncle of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy, his father, in 1968, and what... more »
Desperate To Stop U.S. B-29 Raids, Imperial Japan Triggered The Assault On Iwo Jima
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* Japanese attacks on airfields in the Marianas to counter U.S. B-29 bombing raids on the mainland would eventually lead to the invasion of Iwo Jima. From an altitude of 30,000 feet, the swift Japanese reconnaissance aircraft flew high over Saipan and Tinian, photographing the brisk and extensive engineering effort under way on the American airfields far below. *Conditions Worsen For Imperial Japan* After completing its mission, the plane evaded fighter interception as it reversed course on a heading due north for the return trip to its air... more »
Here's Why There Are No Nuclear Weapons on American Aircraft Carriers
*Sebastien Roblin* *Politics, Americas* [image: Reuters] It turned out that plenty of wars were liable to be fought without resorting to weapons of mass destruction. *Here's What You Need To Remember: *This upset the Navy bigwigs so much that Navy Secretary John Sullivan resigned, and numerous admirals began openly opposing the termination of a project they viewed as essential to validating their branch’s existence in the nuclear age. *In the United States, it was assumed that nuclear weapons would be widely employed in future conflicts, rendering conventional land armies and fle... more »
How Coronavirus is Changing Our Brains
Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian, Christelle Langley, Deniz Vatansever at The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian, Christelle Langley, Deniz Vatansever* *Science, * Whether you have contracted COVID-19 or not, your brain is likely to have changed over the past few months. Whether you have contracted COVID-19 or not, your brain is likely to have changed over the past few months. The virus itself can cause a number of neurological problems, along with anxiety and depression. The isolation and worry caused by the pandemic can similarly alter our brain chemistry and cause mood disorders. In our new paper, published inb Neuropsychopharmacology Reviews, we have invest... more »
Why Iran Hates America's Cyclone-Class Patrol Boats
*David Axe* *Security, Middle East* [image: By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Charles Oki - This Image was released by the United States Navy with the ID 150317-N-SF508-627 (next).This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright ta] These small ships play a big role in deterring Tehran. *Key Point: *These ships help patrol the waters in the Persian Gulf. As a result, they keep an eye on Iran and would be among the first in a fight. If the United States and Iran go to war in the Persian Gulf, the U.S. Navy’s smal... more »
If It Was Up To Gen. MacArthur, North Korea Would Have Been Nuked To Smithereens
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* Douglas MacArthur wanted to use atomic bombs to contain China and ultimately win the Korean War. In his 1964 book *Gen. Douglas MacArthur* (Gold Medal Books, Greenwich, Conn.), Bob Considine writes, “MacArthur’s final plan for winning the Korean War was outlined to this reporter in the course of an interview in 1954 on his 74th birthday. … ” “Of all the campaigns in my life—20 major ones to be exact—the one I felt the most sure of was the one I was deprived of waging properly. I could have won the war in Korea in a maximum of 10 days, on... more »
Never Forget: The Great Fire Blitz Nearly Destroyed London
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2015%3Anewsml_GF10000175754&share=true] It was a terrible attack that killed many. The bombers seemed to arrive overhead with much less warning than on any past air raid. Olive Bayliss, who lived with her family over at London Wall, in London’s City District, was certain that the Luftwaffe came in faster than usual tonight, catching everyone by surprise. Olive’s father, an air raid warden, lost no time in evacuating everyone from the flat when the first fire bombs clatte... more »
Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, Bill Gates: Favourite books of 20 business leaders
Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, Bill Gates: Favourite books of 20 business leaders https://www.theceomagazine.com/business/health-wellbeing/favourite-books-business-minds/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Health+%26+Wellbeing&utm_content=Favourite+books+of+business+leaders
Top Ten Important Equations In Physics
Top Ten Important Equations In Physics https://www.wondersofphysics.com/2019/09/groundbreaking-equations-in-physics.html?m=1
Potential HIV cure Phase I trial gets FDA green light
Potential HIV cure Phase I trial gets FDA green light https://www.outsourcing-pharma.com/Article/2020/08/11/Potential-HIV-cure-Phase-I-trial-gets-FDA-green-light#
CDC Details COVID-19’s Massive Mental Health Impact
CDC Details COVID-19’s Massive Mental Health Impact | MedPage Today https://www.medpagetoday.com/psychiatry/generalpsychiatry/88074?xid=fb_o&trw=no&fbclid=IwAR3_velgObYJOcIMxWGbmXSn8VnhEtRNZ2PJpW80FxV0XRi1DpBZYxTcGmQ
Western IT Giants Are Becoming Toxic
On the night of 27 and 28 July, Google blocked the YouTube accounts of a number of Russian media outlets (the Tsargrad TV channel, the Double-Headed Eagle Society, the anti-abortion group “Za Zhizn!”, Geopolitika.ru) and individuals’ email accounts. The motivation for all of them was the same – the violation […]
Minneapolis: Anti-Racism Uprising Infiltrated By Extreme Right
The city of Minneapolis is where it all began. It is where the last drop fell on the surface of a proverbial overflowing lake, causing the dam to burst, consequently starting to destroy the foundations of the empire. A death of just one single man can, under certain dreadful circumstances, put into motion the entire avalanche of events. It can smash the whole regime into pieces. It can fully rewrite history, and even change the identity of a nation. It can… although it not always does. George Floyd’s death became a spark. The city of Minneapolis is where the murder occurred, and w... more »
Iranian President Denies US Statements On Tankers Seizures
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani Saturday announced that the U.S. lied about the seizure of four Iranian gasoline tankers headed towards Venezuela. On Friday, the U.S. Justice Department announced that the country’s authorities had confiscated four Iranian fuel tankers bound for Venezuela. “We have successfully executed the seizure of four vessels, that were carrying a total of 1.116 million oil barrels. With the assistance of foreign partners, this seized property is now under U.S. custody,” the U.S. Justice Department stated. However, "non of the seized tankers were Iran-flag... more »
Uphold Palestinian Struggle In All Its Forms
Fifty years ago, Palestinian intellectual Ghassan Kanafani put forward a clear position about the boycott of Israel. Kanafani was, at the time, not only an esteemed novelist and short story writer. He was also one of the leading spokespeople of the Palestinian armed revolution, representing the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. “Our boycott of Israel is not based on an emotional position, but rather, it comes from the nature of our confrontation against this enemy. Boycott is in itself a statement,” Kanafani wrote. His remarks came in response to a debate between Isra... more »
How The US Helped Push Lebanon To The Brink Of Collapse
As the people of Lebanon suffer through one of the worst economic crises in their nation’s conflict-ridden history, the Donald Trump administration is exploiting the disaster to force regime change and weaken Lebanese resistance groups. A massive explosion on August 4 devastated Lebanon’s capital Beirut, killing more than 150 people, wounding thousands, leaving hundreds of thousands homeless, and ravaging a sizable chunk of the city. The massive blast also destroyed Lebanon’s most important port, where 80 percent of food was imported into the country. The post How The US Helped P... more »
The Pandemic Revealed That Child Care Is Vital Work
The COVID-19 pandemic has created several shifts across the labor landscape while exposing how piecemeal family care policies have left workers in precarious situations. The closure of schools at the end of the spring semester and uneven plans for reopening this fall have prompted questions about how a society and economy can function without sustainable care work. In this interview with M.A.R.CH. co-founder Phuong Nguyen, we discuss what the Memphis-based organization has meant within the vibrant social justice scene and how developing care policies in a right-to-work state could ... more »
Protesters Block Logging Road Near Port Renfrew
About 20 protesters have blocked a logging road near Port Renfrew, vowing they will stay until old-growth forests in a critical watershed area of the San Juan River are protected. The protesters say they want the provincial government to prevent Teal Jones from building a road into the Fairy Creek headwaters. They say the logging company has already cut trees and blasted and bulldozed rock for the road, and are cresting a ridge into an area that contains old-growth yellow cedar, hemlock, Douglas fir and cedar. The area is part of Tree Farm Licence 46, which is held by Surrey-based... more »
Game Writers Made History By Going On Strike — And Winning
Twenty-one writers who were contractors that create scripts for the mobile app Lovestruck: Choose Your Romance went on strike on July 15 — a move nearly unheard of in the video game industry. Calling themselves Voltage Organized Workers, the group demanded better pay and workplace transparency, but the company that owns the app, Voltage Entertainment, at first refused to recognize their requests. Working with the Campaign to Organize Digital Employees (CODE), an initiative part of the Communications Workers of America (CWA), Lovestruck’s writers stayed on strike for 21 days. The ... more »
Tucker: Lockdowns are destroying America (video) and 5 helpful hints for staying sane...
*the madness is an epidemic. * I go very few places anymore, and when I do, the number of people with filthy rags tied on their faces is shocking and appalling. To be fair, I'm way less affected by all of this than many other people. Having a big part of my "social life" revolving around errand running had me thinking that maybe I should rethink how I interact with others. I realized, after smacking myself upside the head, that how we live our lives should be our decision - not forced on us by a tyrannical government. I like the advice given by Deana Chadwell over at *American T... more »
This Day In Iraqi History - Aug 15
1920 UK PM George wrote that French objected to Faisal becoming king of Iraq George and French both thought he was weak leader 1921 Faisal said he wouldn’t accept restrictions on sovereignty included in UK’s Iraq mandate Wanted an Anglo-Iraq treaty that would give him full power 1921 Churchill wrote Iraq Commissioner Cox that Faisal needed to stop making demands of UK and do what London told him (Musings On Iraq Churchill In His Own Words On Mesopotamia/Iraq) (Musings On Iraq review *Churchill’s Folly, How Winston Churchill Created Modern Iraq*) (Musings On Iraq revi... more »
How We Could Wind Up Banned From Discussing An October Surprise On Social Media This Election
In what it calls an effort to make itself “a more reliable source for election-related news and information,” YouTube has announced that it will be removing “content that contains hacked information, the disclosure of which may interfere with democratic processes, such as elections and censuses.”
Lockdowns, Coronavirus, and Banks: Following the Money
It usually makes sense to follow the money when seeking understanding of almost any major change. The strategy of following the money in our current convergence of crises in late summer of 2020 leads us directly to the lockdowns. The lockdowns were first imposed on people in the Wuhan area of China. Then other populations throughout the world were told to “shelter in place,” all in the name of combating the COVID-19 virus.
Oprah Winfrey said to be at Lakefront Resort in Hiawassee Georgia to Make “Documentary” about BLM
On a tip from the Towns County Georgia GOP office: The O is said to be at a local high-end lakefront resort hotel – the kind favored by white suburban women for ladies lunch klatches and weddings – on the shores of Lake Chatuge in Hiawassee, GA until an October date. She is said to be making a “documentary” about BLM. This information, so far, cannot be confirmed via any internet sources. I find The O’s choice of venue unusual. Towns County is home to a large population of retired LEOs and military veterans. It is rumored to also be … Continue reading →
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. - As the Libs continue to stall on announcing a promised transition from an expiring CERB to a revised employment insurance system, David Macdonald details who stands to lose out if EI simply operates as it has in the past. - Leslie Young reports on Theresa Tam's warning that COVID-19 may overwhelm Canada's health care system this fall if we're not careful. And Ruth Robillard makes the case for more protections in schools to limit its spread. - Meanwhile, Stephanie Levitz reports on one positive initiative to ensure that surplus food whic... more »
Leading in Time of COVID: A True Test of Leadership
Global Issues News Headlines - 10 hours ago
Aug 15 (IPS) - In 1918, the Spanish Flu, a deadly influenza caused by the H1N1 virus, decimated the world. Over the course of four successive waves, it infected 500 million people, about a third of the world's population at the time, resulting in 50 million deaths. Read the full story, “Leading in Time of COVID: A True Test of Leadership”, on globalissues.org →
No More Lost Generations: Global Fund Provides Education for Children in Crisis
Global Issues News Headlines - 10 hours ago
HYDERABAD, India, Aug 14 (IPS) - 15-year-old Humaira* sits on the mud floor of her hut in Ukhiya camp, Cox's Bazar, listening as the rain beats down on the tarpaulin roof. Read the full story, “No More Lost Generations: Global Fund Provides Education for Children in Crisis”, on globalissues.org →
Keeping Education within the Grasp of Refugee Children
Global Issues News Headlines - 10 hours ago
MBABANE, Aug 13 (IPS) - "Not being able to go to school is not something I'd wish on any child in this world," said 21-year-old Nujeen Mustafa, a young advocate for refugees who fled the Syrian war with her sister. Mustafa, who now lives in Germany, is also the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) high profile supporter. Read the full story, “Keeping Education within the Grasp of Refugee Children”, on globalissues.org →
Interview at Turbo Time by Mike Potenciano and Raymond Tribdino
Last night I was one of two guests of "Turbo Time" in One News PH, Cignal TV, hosted by race car champion Mike Potenciano and Malaya IT Editor Raymond Tribdino. The interview here, https://www.facebook.com/OnePHonCignal/videos/2642894872615970/UzpfSTEwMDAwMDE3NzgyMDU5MDozODA2MjM4NDU5MzkyMDQ0/ . Since I was asked to discussed the PH economy and transportation lockdown, I prepared three tables as my notes which I shared with Mike before the program started. Mike and Raymond asked me towards the end what proposal would I make to the government, my usual argument -- open up the eco... more »
BWorld 448, Growth, mobility and vaccines
* My column in BusinessWorld, August 13, 2020. For countries and economies that have GDP data for second quarter (Q2) 2020 so far, the Philippines has had the deepest contraction of -16.5% in Asia. The same virus that affected all countries in the continent has produced very different results in economic performance — Why? The answer is not the pandemic itself, but in the response and degree of restrictions and lockdowns imposed by country governments. Google produces the “COVID-19 Community Mobility Reports.” Download the Excel, you will get big data, more than one million rows o... more »
Interview at DZBB and Agila TV
These were old interviews this year, about the drug price control/dictatorship under EO 104 (Feb. 2020). At DZBB radio-TV hosted by Joel Zobel and Mr. Salvacion last June 04. The EO 104 "papaboran nito ang ilang gamot" (it will favor other drugs/manufacturers) refers to less-prescribed, less-dispensed drugs when the more-prescribed, more-dispensed innovator drugs slapped with price control (criteria #4) are pulled out when manufacturers do not want to sell at a loss. Yes, EO 104 wants to make new favoritism and cronyism in drugs manufacturing, the less-known, less-effective, less-... more »
Lawsuit filed for information on substandard masks IHS purchased from former White House chief of staff
Indian Health Service purchased 1 million substandard surgical masks from a former White House chief of staff, and now won't respond to a freedom of information request By Brenda Norrell Censored News A lawsuit has been filed to obtain the records related to the substandard surgical masks that were purchased by Indian Health Service from a former White House chief of staff.
( Bit of a tempest in a teapot here. Surgical masks have zero statistical analysis showing they work. Mind. ear loop masks have no medical application - and N95s do not filter output. It is going to be difficult ( o.k. impossible) to show filtering helps when healthy people use masks.)
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