A French delegation has been holding talks with Syrian Kurdish factions in north-eastern Syria over the past week, in its latest attempts to create a united Kurdish front in the conflict. According to the Iraq-based news site Rudaw, which cited local sources, the delegation first met with the group of parties that form the Kurdish National Alliance (HNKS) on Sunday. It was then reportedly set to hold talks with the more powerful Democratic Union Party (PYD) the following day. Although the meetings were meant to be focused on uniting the various factions, there are some who have claimed that they were not informed […]
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The group has been among the loudest advocates of sending localities more money to deal with the economic and practical fallout of the pandemic. And Democrats may need the backup. A number of Senate Republicans have taken a hard line against the money, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) suggesting they should consider bankruptcy as an option and five conservatives writing President Donald Trump this week urging him “to oppose bailouts for states.” “We cannot allow states and localities to get a blank check from American taxpayers to fund areas of their budget that have nothing to do with the […]
The GOP War Room distributed a video on Tuesday of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) promoting workers across the nation to take part in a “general strike” reminiscent of labor strikes in the past as some 30 million Americans are out of work. “You know there’s a lot of people saying, you know, call for a general strike,” Ocasio-Cortez said in the video. “The majority of Americans don’t know what a general strike is.” “And so our responsibility is to talk about it, expand consciousness about it, and to actually create the conditions in which working people can generate and really exercise […]
A marathon hearing on Wednesday gave DoD officials a chance to lay out three key arguments against Ligado’s plan for L-Band, but the Senate may not be able to provide any relief. Source link
The married woman who violated the UK’s lockdown law to have an illicit affair with the professor responsible for advising the country to go into lockdown is a pro-Greta Thunberg virtue signaling left-wing activist. Last night it was revealed that government adviser Prof Neil Ferguson, whose warning that 500,000 Brits could die of COVID-19 unless a lockdown was imposed became the basis for government policy, personally violated this lockdown numerous times. He did so in order to have sex with 38-year-old married mother of two Antonia Staats, who traveled across London to visit Ferguson on several occasions. In a March podcast […]
In a must-read piece detailing the evolution of the US-China relationship from productive partnership to bitter rivalry, WSJ reported that back in January, President Trump resisted pressing China to be more transparent about the emerging virus, and the risks it might pose to the global community. Since President Trump revoked funding for the WHO last month and a British newspaper appeared to confirm that western intelligence agencies (including US intelligence) were investigating the possibility that the virus might have leaked from a biolab in Wuhan, hostilities between Beijing and Washington have taken off, with China’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday prodding Secretary […]
No, Americans Do Not Need to Panic About ‘Murder Hornets’ by Alex Fox/Smithsonianmag.com The Asian giant hornet is a big, mean-looking insect with a potent sting. Their queens can grow to be up to two inches long and their quarter-inch stingers can pierce normal beekeeping attire. They are also voracious predators capable of massacring entire honey bee hives in a matter of hours—decapitating thousands of the hive’s adult bees and absconding with the helpless larvae to feed the hornets’ own brood. As their name suggests, the hornets are native to Asia, but at the tail end of 2019, they were seen […]
6 May, 2020 23:21 Follow RT on The video sharing platform TikTok and a spate of other apps and sites have all gone down at once, driving a rush of users around the world to vent their rage on Twitter, and leaving some to wonder if the internet just broke. The string of outages came on Wednesday, sending tens of thousands of frustrated users to report a variety of technical problems on Down Detector. Next to TikTok, the affected sites include Pinterest, Spotify, Tinder, Amazon Web Services and Venmo, among others. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Follow RT on Source link
Venezuela: More Mercenaries Arrested By Jorge Martin, Marxist.com. May 6, 2020 Venezuela: More Mercenaries Arrested2020-05-062020-05-06https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/mercenary-e1588796644945.jpg200px200px Above photo: From Twitter. A number of mercenaries had been killed and others arrested in La Guaira on 3 May while trying to disembark in Venezuela as part of a plot against the Maduro government. On 4 May, another eight mercenaries were arrested in the coastal town of Chuao in Aragua state, amongst them two former US special forces veterans. As we explained yesterday, one of the organisers of the plot is US mercenary and former US Army Green Beret Jordan Goudreau, who claims to have […]
There is a significant shift in the Arab world concerning relations with Israel. Jordan and Egypt previously signed peace agreements with Tel Aviv and established public and official relations with the occupying power. However, the current situation in the Arab region is unprecedented. In the past, no one was trying to pave the way for normalisation with the occupation through offending Palestinians or demonising them, nor trying to portray the occupation as a victim that must be compensated for the years of deprivation in which it was regarded an outcast in our Arab region. The new normalisation campaign, based in the […]
The coronavirus negotiations have been even more top-down than usual because lawmakers are spread across the country with a small group of leaders hammering out the details in Washington. And it’s even more difficult for the left to mobilize. “This is just such a scary moment-to-moment crisis for people back in the states, including activists, that I think there’s a reluctance to wage big political fights right now,” said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.). Democrats have helped secure much-needed funding for testing and hospitals, as well as programs like nutritional assistance, temporary student loan relief and paid family leave. But the spending […]
Wednesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) discussed the possibility of a fourth stimulus relief package amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Instead of another stimulus package, Paul told Ed Henry of Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom” that the only way to recover the U.S. economy “is opening the economy” and allowing people to get back to work or else there will “continue to be economic calamity. “To people [who] ask me I remind them that we have no money,” Paul emphasized. “We have no rainy day account. We have no savings account. The $3 trillion that we’ve already passed out is imaginary money. […]
The Defense Business Board, whose task force was tapped by the Pentagon for the study, unanimously adopted the recommendations at its meeting on Wednesday. Source link
Authored by Daisy Luther via The Organic Prepper blog, If you’ve been wondering what it will look like when the kids go back to school, one school in Quebec has released their new guidelines and they’re shocking. Apparently, schools are going to look a lot like prison camps. This is another example of how things will not just “go back to normal.” Everything is changing, including life for our children. Here are the guidelines one school has laid out. Schools in Quebec, Canada are reopening on May 19th and one school released its guidelines. This list was submitted by a parent to the Facebook […]
(Natural News) New evidence has surfaced to reinforce the notion that the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is actually a plandemic that was hatched by the “deep state” long ago as a means of imposing more authoritarian control over the masses. In a 2010 documentary entitled, Outbreak: Anatomy of a Plague, which was put out by the National Film Board of Canada, Dr. Theresa Tam, Director General of the Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response, discussed a hypothetical future pandemic much like the one the world is now witnessing with the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19). Dr. Tam explained that in the event of […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Russian Defence Ministry will start on Thursday withdrawing from Italy the nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) protection troops that provided COVID-19 response assistance to the country, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said. “Tomorrow, we will start withdrawing NBC protection troops from Italy. I ask the chief of the General Staff to organize a solemn reception of the interservice teams, and to provide me with offers on stimulation for the distinguished military, doctors and all those who engaged in the disinfection of Italy’s cities and facilities,” Shoigu said. Since March 22, 15 Russian military aircraft, carrying virology and epidemiology […]
Firefly has announced that they have received the AS9100 Quality Certification. This will allow Firefly to move from the development phase to the production phase as Firefly is getting ready for the maiden flight of the Alpha rocket. Firefly passed all of the quality requirements in order to receive the AS9100 Quality Certification. The AS9100 certification is a quality management practice that is widely used and standardized across the entire aerospace industry. Firefly has required all suppliers to be AS9100 certified to ensure quality assurance, as qualification test begins for full production capabilities. See Also Firefly Forum Section L2 Future Vehicles/Firefly […]
The American Civil Liberties Union is preparing to formally call on former Vice President Joe Biden to release a policy plan that would cut mass incarceration in half as part of an effort to hold the presumptive Democratic nominee accountable for his prior commitment. In an email to The Daily Beast, the legal advocacy group said they intend to urge Biden to present a concrete answer to how he will address the country’s prison population that shows he’s serious about prioritizing racial issues and criminal justice reform. “We want to know how he’d operationalize this,” Lauren Weiner, the organization’s director of […]
President Trump speaks in the Oval Office Wednesday. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP President Trump speaks in the Oval Office Wednesday. Evan Vucci/AP In a whistleblower complaint filed this week, top federal scientist Rick Bright alleges he was removed from his post for failing to go along with the president’s push to promote a drug as a cure for COVID-19. On Wednesday, Trump dismissed the complaint, telling reporters Bright “seems like a disgruntled employee who’s trying to help the Democrats win an election.” “I never met him, I know nothing about him,” Trump said, adding that he didn’t […]
With less than a week to go before the expected May 12 halving event, bitcoin’s price is swinging upward. The crypto derivatives market is helping to hedge the uncertainty on which way the bitcoin market will go when miners have less revenue after the halving. In early trading at 00:00 UTC, the world’s oldest cryptocurrency was around $8,957 before jumping as high as $9,399 at 13:00 UTC (9 a.m. EDT) on spot exchanges including Coinbase. It was changing hands at a price above its 10-day and 50-day technical indicator moving averages, signaling bullish sentiment Wednesday. At press time bitcoin (BTC) was […]
According to NewsOne, Calvin James Munerlyn, a 43-year-old married father of nine, was working at a Family Dollar in Flint, Michigan, on Friday. During his shift, he asked a female customer to cover her face with a mask while inside the store. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Executive Order says that “everyone must wear a mask in all enclosed public spaces to halt the spread of COVID-19.” Read the rest here. Source link
A Palestinian detainee was taken to hospital yesterday after he was subjected to harsh interrogation following his arrest by Israeli occupation forces, the PLO’s Prisoners’ Committee has revealed. General Bilal Al-Natsheh was among 13 Palestinians, most of them officials, who were arrested on Tuesday morning during raids by the Israeli forces in different parts of Jerusalem and the West Bank. According to the Committee’s lawyer, the interrogation of Al-Natsheh took place in an investigation centre in Jerusalem where he had been taken following his arrest at his home in the occupied city. After a couple of hours of being interrogated, the […]
“Yeah I agree with that decision. But I think even now Leader McConnell must admit that we don’t have enough tests,” Schumer told reporters on Monday afternoon as the Senate came back into session. “Why isn’t he focusing on that as we come back here instead of the kind of things he’s talking about?” Among top congressional leaders, McCarthy is on an island. But the remarks from the top House Republican align with the president and break with the joint, bipartisan decision over the weekend by the Democratic speaker of the House and the Senate’s GOP leader. Although Pelosi (D-Calif.) and […]
A Monmouth poll shows that a plurality of voters believe Joe Biden is likely guilty of the increasingly credible allegation he sexually assaulted a Senate staffer in 1993. The poll asked 739 registered voters if it is “probably true” or “probably not true” that Biden assault Tara Reade, and a plurality of 37 percent said it was “probably true,” while only 32 percent said it is “probably not true.” By a wider margin of 43 to 22 percent, Independent voters believe the allegation is true. So Biden only has 32 percent of the public believing he is innocent of a violent […]
DARPA’s NOMARS project could be a giant leap forward for the US Navy’s unmanned aspirations. Source link
Rome, Italy’s Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport is distributing “smart” helmets to staff, allowing them to check the temperature of travelers from up to 22 feet away. The device uses augmented reality to show the user a full-body scan of airport visitors. As of now, three of the high-tech helmets are in operation at the Italian airport and others are being used throughout Asia. NBC10 Philadelphia posted video of the invasive technology, asking if it’s “the future of travel.” Source link
One week after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that dead people aren’t eligible for stimulus check after it emerged that an unknown number of recently deceased Americans had received a $1200 tax credit as part of the coronavirus helicopter money package, the Internal Revenue Service made sure that the dead will only be allowed to vote instead of stimulating the economy, when it announced that individuals who got a $1,200 stimulus payment intended for someone who’s deceased or incarcerated should return the money. It wasn’t clear how the IRS will “enforce” collecting from the dead or their relatives. The $1,200 stimulus […]
the M4 in Idlib Bassam Abu Sharif for Veterans Today Palestine – Erdogan reveals with his actions the secret of his interest in cooperation with Israel against Syria, its people and its army. It is time to drive Turkey and the American army out of Syria. – Syria is on the threshold of a major battle with the Corona, ending the battle in Idlib and controlling the M4 road. The Iraqi-Syrian border strip, and the Jordanian-Syrian ribbon are required targets. What is happening on the Syrian scene? Crystal clear matters …. Turkey is cooperating with Israel, exchanging intel and services, and […]
A right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) lawmaker has backed Yair Netanyahu, son of the Israeli Prime Minister, in criticizing the EU. The German and the Israeli both want the return of a “Christian” Europe, or so they say. While his father cobbles together a coalition government with rival Benny Gantz and prepares for a visit from US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo next week, Yair Netanyahu spends his time on social media, defending his beleaguered dad and firing off incendiary tweets at his political opponents. These posts have landed him in trouble before, like when he published a meme depicting his […]
New Details Emerge Linking US To Latest Coup Attempt In Venezuela By Alan Macleod, Mintpress News. May 6, 2020 New Details Emerge Linking US To Latest Coup Attempt In Venezuela2020-05-062020-05-06https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/la-guaira-e1588800409301.jpg200px200px Above photo: Security forces patrol near the shore in the port city of La Guaira, Venezuela, May 3, 2020. Matias Delacroix | AP. There is strong evidence to suggest that both Juan Guaidó and the U.S. government were intimately involved in a botched weekend insurrection. The government of Venezuela is celebrating after thwarting another foreign-backed coup attempt Sunday, just two days after self-declared another coup attempt by “Interim President” Juan Guaidó ended in […]
Turkey on Wednesday eased curfew restrictions for people over the age of 65, those with chronic illnesses and young people under 20 years old, Anadolu reports. In a statement, the country’s Interior Ministry said that people over 65 years old would be allowed to leave their homes, remaining within walking distance and wearing masks, on May 10 between 11.00 a.m. 3:00 p.m. local time (0800-1200GMT). Children under 14 years old will be allowed out on May 13 during the same hours, while 15-20 year-olds would be able to leave their houses on May 15, also within walking distance and wearing masks, the statement added. Turkey introduced stay-home […]
Senators later agreed on a short-term extension of the FISA powers before leaving Washington for five weeks amid the coronavirus pandemic, but the House never ended up voting on it. As a result, three provisions have remained dormant since their authorities expired on March 15. The House bill would, among other reforms, permanently end the National Security Agency’s program allowing bulk collection of Americans’ phone records as part of terrorism investigations — a process that had already been deactivated. Paul, perhaps the Senate’s strongest critic of the government’s spying programs, secured a vote on his amendment that would prohibit the FISA […]
President Donald Trump honored a group of nurses at the White House on Wednesday, thanking them for their efforts to fight the coronavirus. “America’s nurses are waging a war against the invisible enemy,” he said.”They’re fighting on the frontlines of the battle risking their health to save lives of fellow citizens.” The president signed a proclamation in honor of National Nurses Day and met with six nurses and the presidents of the American Nurses Association and the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. One reporter questioned whether the president was sending the wrong message to Americans for meeting a group of nurses […]
Since the Fed first revealed that it was hiring BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, to administer several of the central bank’s new debt-buying programs, front-running the central bank’s asset purchases has became the latest rec du jour. Mnuchin may play down the likelihood of the Fed buying stocks, but at this rate, the central bank and Mnuchin are really just waiting for the opportunity to justify backstopping equities outright (we’re surprised they didn’t jump at ‘Murder Hornets’). And whatever happens, we’re sure BlackRock will be there to act as the central bank’s faithful intermediary. BlackRock’s Rick Rieder says the $7 […]
(Natural News) A new study published in the British Journal of Hematology revealed that COVID-19 can cause micro-clots in the lungs that result in abnormal blood clotting. In their report, clinicians at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences observed that patients admitted to hospital with severe COVID-19 infection showed signs of abnormal blood clotting, which, in some cases, played a key role in their deaths. “Our novel findings demonstrate that COVID-19 is associated with a unique type of blood clotting disorder that is primarily [focused] within the lungs and which undoubtedly contributes to the high levels of mortality being seen in patients with COVID-19,” explained senior author […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107921/41/1079214123_85:0:1339:705_1200x675_80_0_0_69ba080e15610cda676fa02abad23ace.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202005061079209914-escape-hack-indian-tipplers-line-up-slippers-to-stay-in-long-queues-outside-shops/ New Delhi (Sputnik): The Indian government has prolonged the lockdown for the third time until 17 May, however, the extension came along with partial relaxations including allowing the sale of alcohol. People lined up their slippers in a queue outside a liquor store in Hyderabad on Wednesday in order to avoid standing in lines in the scorching heat. In the video, slippers can be seen placed in circles to facilitate social distancing among people standing in queues as the government has allowed people to purchase alcohol amid the coronavirus lockdown. The relaxation order came as […]
Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum asserted on Wednesday that the sexual-assault allegations made against presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden by former Senate staffer Tara Reade has essentially driven “a stake into the heart” of the #MeToo movement. Reacting to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s insistence this week that the accusation by Reade that Biden assaulted her back in 1993 is a “closed issue” and she won’t answer questions on it again, MacCallum took the speaker to task over her prior stance on Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and the allegations raised against him in 2018. “I do find it […]
An aerial view shows downtown Los Angeles on April 30. U.S. miles driven decreased remarkably quickly in March, and driving slowly started to resume again — while remaining well below typical levels. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images An aerial view shows downtown Los Angeles on April 30. U.S. miles driven decreased remarkably quickly in March, and driving slowly started to resume again — while remaining well below typical levels. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images America is starting its engines again. Freeways and city streets have been remarkably empty for weeks. The coronavirus […]
Bitcoin has flippened USD on Square’s Cash App, sort of. As reported in the publicly traded fintech company’s first-quarter earnings Wednesday, Cash App brought in $222 million on all its other fiat-powered services in Q1. Meanwhile, revenue from bitcoin was $306 million, the first quarter in which bitcoin revenue surpassed all other revenue on the app. “In the first quarter, Cash App gross profit grew 115% year over year,” the shareholder letter reported. Gross profit on Cash App, however, remains to be found primarily outside of crypto. Of Square’s $222 million in non-bitcoin revenue, $178 million of that was profit. The […]
Canadians have a reputation of being super nice to everyone, but don’t try walking around in a “Star Wars” stormtrooper outfit carrying a fake blaster, cuz’ the cops will bloody you up. A woman in Lethbridge, Alberta, was walking along the street in full regalia to promote a nearby Star Wars-themed restaurant on May 4, or “May the Fourth.” The day is celebrated by Star Wars fans because it sounds like “may the force” be with you. Drumming up business outside the Coco Vanilla Galactic Cantina, she was encouraged passersby to come into the restaurant, all the while marching like the […]
Lebanon will allow mosques and churches to hold Friday prayers and Sunday rituals, which were previously suspended as part of efforts to curb the coronavirus outbreak, according to the country’s Interior Ministry, Anadolu reports. In a statement, the ministry called on the Lebanese people to continue pursuing health measures in worship places to help in the fight against the pandemic. According to a statement by Lebanon’s Dar al-Fatwa, the highest Sunni Muslim authority in the country, the Friday prayers will be held in mosques as of May 8. It, however, said Muslims will not be able to perform their daily five […]
“I want to look forward, not back,” said Ratcliffe, who made a name for himself as a member of the president’s impeachment defense team. Still, senators grilled Ratcliffe about previous statements that seemed to echo the president’s charges about a “deep state” trying to undermine his agenda, with Democrats seeking to portray him as a partisan warrior. His responses to their questions at times ran counter to his previous posture as a fiery defender of the president against former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation and the House’s impeachment inquiry. But Ratcliffe repeatedly pledged to separate politics from intelligence work, stressing that […]
President Donald Trump said Wednesday at the White House that the attack from the coronavirus was worse than Pearl Harbor or 9/11. “This is really the worst attack we’ve ever had,” Trump said on Wednesday. “This is worse than Pearl Harbor. This is worse than the World Trade Center. There’s never been an attack like this.” The president said it was an unfortunate war, suggesting that China could have prevented it. “I view the invisible enemy as a war,” he said, referring to the coronavirus. “I don’t like how it got here because it could have been stopped.” President Trump noted […]
Facebook has created a new “Oversight Board” to determine and control what content is allowed on its platform. Facebook appointed 20 people to its new censorship board, including liberal “journalists”, professors, and former diplomats, to decide what information its users are allowed to see. “It’s one thing to complain about content moderation and challenges involved, it’s another thing to actually do something about it,” said Jamal Greene, co-chair of the board, on Wednesday. “These problems of content moderation really have been with us since the dawn of social media, and this really is a novel approach.” The board will reportedly comprise […]
Authored by Ryan McMaken via The Mises Institute, People of a certain age might remember the old John Birch Society slogan “Support your local police!” The idea here is that your local policeman is a liberty-loving buddy of yours who would only ever support just laws and constitutional mandates. Only those bad guys in the FBI or BATF would ever consider violating your rights. Now, obviously that has always been a rather naïve fantasy, but the notion certainly has a long history of support among American conservatives. The idea that unionized, well-paid government employees sympathize with the common man instead of with the government that signs the cops’ checks apparently […]
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has appointed ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt to lead a panel on post-pandemic “reform” of health and education systems, despite criticism for taking other billionaires with conflicts of interest on board. Schmidt will head a ‘Blue Ribbon Commission’ tasked with “reimagining” New York’s existing systems of healthcare and education, Cuomo announced on Wednesday during his daily coronavirus briefing. The decision to place such power in the hands of another unelected billionaire has riled critics already uneasy about the governor’s post-Covid-19 plans. The panel’s initial priorities will be “tele-health, remote learning and broadband,” Schmidt announced, dropping into Cuomo’s […]
Coronavirus Decade: Post-Capitalist Nightmare Or Socialist Awakening? By Neil Vallelly, ROAR Magazine. May 6, 2020 Coronavirus Decade: Post-Capitalist Nightmare Or Socialist Awakening?2020-05-062020-05-06https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/timessq-e1588798580130.jpg200px200px Above photo: Times Sqaure is empty. Vanessa Carvalho/Shutterstock. Tech giants offer a new dystopia in the wake of the pandemic. Socialism presents a hopeful alternative. Which post-capitalist world will emerge? The defining event of the 2020s has been established in its first few months. This will surely be the coronavirus decade, unless something much worse is heading our way, which is not out of the question. An epistemic break has occurred, a rupture in the seemingly entrenched mechanisms of neoliberalism. It […]
Russian private military contractor Wagner Group has up to 1,200 people deployed in Libya, strengthening the forces of eastern-based military leader Khalifa Haftar, according to a confidential United Nations report seen by Reuters on Wednesday. The 57-page report by independent sanctions monitors, submitted to the UN Security Council Libya sanctions committee, said the Russian contractor deployed forces in specialized military tasks, including sniper teams. Haftar launched a war a year ago to grab the capital Tripoli and other parts of northwest Libya. Since 2014, Libya has been split between areas controlled by the internationally recognized Government of National Accord in Tripoli […]
Tuesday’s letter also encourages the administration to invoke the Defense Production Act and use the money allocated in the relief bill to produce testing kits and materials, as well as increase laboratory capacity and public health personnel. Additionally, Democrats are asking the administration to establish specific plans for manufacturing tests, creating an antibody testing program, ensuring access to tests for all communities including those that are underserved, and investing in more testing data. “Your Administration needs to do much more to stand up enough testing to effectively trace, control, and suppress the spread of the virus, and it is essential that […]
Wednesday on ABC’s “The View,” co-host and network legal analyst Sunny Hostin said President Donald Trump was obsessed with former President Barack Obama because he would never be “as smart” or “as successful.” While the panel was discussing Trump blaming the former administration for a lack of medical supplies in the national stockpile, Hostin said, “Well, it’s not a surprise that he tried to blame President Obama, and President Obama’s administration because he has this obsession with President Obama. I mean, he’ll never be as smart as President Obama or as elegant or eloquent, you know, or as successful. He’ll never […]
Back in 1985, doctors at an emergency room in Pittsburgh were presented with a woman who had somehow got cockroaches in both her ears. The doctors immediately decided this presented a rare opportunity to do a comparative study on methods of removing cockroaches from ears. They reported on their results in the New England Journal of Medicine, “Removing Cockroaches from the Auditory Canal: Controlled Trial,” 1985, 312(18): 1197. To the Editor: A recent case seen in an emergency department of a large urban hospital may have finally settled the tormenting and age-old question concerning the best method of removing Periplaneta americana, […]
Federal officials have set a deadline of 2030 for increased production of the plutonium cores used in nuclear weapons. Source link
Back at the start of February, just before the world shut down due to the Wu Flu, Uber delighted investors when it predicted that it would (somehow) reach profitability one year ahead of schedule, a move which its main competitor Lyft failed to copy, and the market punished its stock accordingly. Just three months later, Uber may have changed its mind, considering it just announced 3,700 layoffs – hardly the confidence boosting corporate activity from a company hoping to turn profitable- with the news spooking Lyft investors who pushed its stock as much as 5% lower ahead of earnings. But was […]
(Natural News) The true agenda behind the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic becomes more apparent by the day, including with the recent announcement by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo that public schools in the Empire State will be handed over to Bill and Melinda Gates once the lockdowns end. Describing the pre-pandemic public school system as the “old model,” Cuomo told reporters during a news conference at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse that “remote learning” through apps like Zoom will become a permanent way of life for students in New York, long after the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis ends. “The old model […]
Middle East 20:27 GMT 06.05.2020(updated 20:34 GMT 06.05.2020) Get short URL Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202005061079222061-netanyahu-gantz-agree-to-swear-in-new-government-on-13-may/ On Wednesday, the High Court of Justice has unanimously rejected the petitions against Benjamin Netanyahu forming the new government while being under indictment, as well as those against Netanyahu and Gantz reaching a coalition deal. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz have issued a statement on their agreement to swear in the new government next week on 13 May. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source link
As states rush to get back to work and President Donald Trump orders the nation’s coronavirus task force to switch its focus to reopening the economy, health experts are pressing more than ever the need for contact tracing. It’s a tool that proved effective in past epidemics like SARS and Ebola, and it’s regarded as essential to safely reopening the country with the looming threat of higher surges in cases. But it’s also complex and time-consuming. Before the coronavirus pandemic, there were only about 2,200 contact tracers, or disease detectives, in the U.S., according to the Association of State and Territorial […]
The dental practice where Candace Grenier has worked for two decades shut down in mid-March. That’s just before her son, Ryeder, lost his job at an auto body shop. Seth Franklin hide caption toggle caption Seth Franklin The dental practice where Candace Grenier has worked for two decades shut down in mid-March. That’s just before her son, Ryeder, lost his job at an auto body shop. Seth Franklin “Let’s see – it’s not that bad; 37 degrees,” Candace Grenier says, reading the thermometer outside a window of her Anchorage home. When the temperature gets above freezing, it’s a good day. Not […]
The number of computers running the Bitcoin program fell to its lowest level in almost three years, according to data calculated by one prominent Bitcoin developer. Bitcoin’s total node count fell below 47,000 on Monday, a level not seen since 2017, based on estimates determined by well-regarded Bitcoin developer Luke Dashjr. His numbers show a steady decline in the number of operational nodes from a peak of over 200,000 in January 2018. A decline in total node count means fewer people are participating in validating new transactions and storing copies of the network’s shared transaction history. The new lows count comes […]
The CDC is going to send 15 teams of scientists from the CDC to collect blood in Atlanta this weekend.The teams will be going door-to-door asking for blood. This may not go over so well with some folks.FOX News reported: Fifteen teams of scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will be fanning out across Atlanta this weekend, going door-to-door to ask members of 420 randomly selected households from 30 census blocks for blood samples. The goal is to get enough vials to help scientists study how far the novel coronavirus has traveled in metro Atlanta, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution […]
The United States will provide $225 million in emergency aid to Yemen to support food programs, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday, as aid groups there are forced to scale down operations due to Houthi interference and amid a spreading coronavirus outbreak, Reuters reports. “This assistance will provide the UN World Food Program’s emergency food operation in southern Yemen, as well as a reduced operation in northern Yemen, which the WFP was forced to scale down earlier this month because of the ongoing interference of (the) Iran-backed Houthis” Pompeo told a news conference. Yemen is already grappling with […]
“He has a really important position in the administration, and that’s under a cloud,” Thune told reporters. “Where a complaint like that goes probably depends on the seriousness of it, and that’s something that I think oversight committees up here have every right to examine.” Bright says he sounded the alarm about the coronavirus earlier this year as it was spreading rapidly throughout China, but was met with “indifference which then developed into hostility” from officials across the Trump administration. Trump has since backed off his promotion of hydroxychloroquine as several of his top health officials, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, expressed […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci made a public fool of himself this week when he appeared on Chris Cuomo’s CNN show to give Fredo a tongue bath. Why would a respected scientist such as Fauci, one of the country’s coronavirus leaders we are all counting on for straight talk, prostitute himself by adding his own shine to CNN’s fake mythology about Cuomo’s “heroic and selfless” behavior during his bout with the coronavirus? You know, I get into a lot of online debates about Fauci with fellow conservatives. For various reasons, most don’t like the guy, don’t trust him, and don’t respect him. I […]
The latest request for a proposal for the TLVS program is the third iteration, after previous attempts to draft a contract failed. Source link
An expert virologist who worked under Anthony Fauci before being jailed and placed on a 5-year gag order is speaking out in a pair of viral interviews. One interview comes as part of a documentary called Plandemic that is being censored by YouTube. The Plandemic filmmakers released a half-hour long vignette where renowned scientist Judy Mikovits PHD exposes Dr. Fauci’s involvement in purposely withholding information that could have saved millions of lives during the AIDS epidemic. “The entire continent of Africa lost a generation as that virus was spread through because of the arrogance of a group of people, and it […]
Authored by Michael Lebowitz and Jack Scott via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, On April 29, 2020, Jerome Powell said: “both the depth and duration of the economic downturn are extraordinarily uncertain.” We are often critical of Federal Reserve policy and contradictory economic jargon coming from Fed presidents and governors. However, to our amazement, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell surprised us with a moment of clarity. No truer words were ever spoken. His statement is so obvious, it is profound. Yet, if you only follow the financial media or much of social media, you might think his statement hyperbolic. The future, according to so many “experts”, is certain. In case […]
«You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked. If you say, “The Lord is my refuge”, and you make the Most High your dwelling, no harm will overtake you, no disaster will come near your tent».(Holy Bible – Psalm 90) by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio for VT Italy UPDATE ON MAY, 1 US President Donald Trump revealed Friday that Gilead Sciences’ antiviral drug remdesivir has been cleared by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of COVID-19. According to Reuters, Gilead CEO Daniel O’Day called the FDA’s emergency authorization an “important first step” and […]
Utah Jazz’s Dennis Lindsey has said Donovan Mitchell is ready to make up with Rudy Gobert months after the center became the first player to test positive for Covid-19 – and has recalled the dramatic night when NBA was suspended. Gobert baffled the public and infuriated his teammates by deliberately touching microphones and surfaces in the build-up to the final match before the NBA season was halted, only for the prank to spectacularly backfire when he became the first player to test positive for Covid-19. Unimpressed shooting guard Mitchell, who is widely regarded as Jazz’s key player alongside Gobert, subsequently tested […]
Trump Administration Delays #COVID-19 Relief Funds To Native Americans By Acee Agoyo, Indianz.com. May 6, 2020 Trump Administration Delays #COVID-19 Relief Funds To Native Americans2020-05-062020-05-06https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/img_0077-e1588791676536.jpg200px200px Above photo: Zia Pueblo erected barricades and a checkpoint at the entrance to their community. Trip Jennings/New Mexico In Depth. UPDATE: In an announcement on Tuesday morning, the Trump administration indeed announced the release of the $8 billion coronavirus relief fund promised to tribal governments. According to the announcement, only $4.8 billion, or 60 percent of the fund, is going out at this time. It will be based on “population data used in the distribution of the Indian Housing Block […]
Qatar Airways said on Wednesday it would this month start to rebuild its network, in anticipation countries will ease air travel restrictions and based on monitoring of passenger trends, Reuters reports. State-owned Qatar Airways has been one of few airlines to continue regular, scheduled flights during the global lockdowns to contain the novel coronavirus, maintaining services to around 30 destinations. It will gradually resume flights to some of the 165 destinations it served before the outbreak, aiming to fly to 52 destinations by the end of May and up to 80 destinations in June. “We have built a strong level of […]
”You’ve got first responders, firefighters, police officers, doctors, nurses other health care professionals, people who run pharmacies and grocery stores and drive trucks who’ve been working 24 hours a day,” said Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah). “And you’ve got lawmakers who have been absent in recess for about six weeks.” “This is not about an issue of coming to work,” said an emotional Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.). “This isn’t about partisanship, this is about leadership. And at a time where there’s real fear in this country … we’re having a hearing for a vacancy that’s not even up until September.” The back-and-forth […]
After weeks of being closed to the public, a restaurant in the Netherlands will start serving diners in enclosed glass greenhouses in order to prevent the spread of the Chinese coronavirus. The ETEN restaurant, which is a part of the Mediamatic arts centre in Amsterdam, will open its doors to the public on May 21st. Patrons will be seated in ‘Serres Séparées’ (French for separated greenhouses) so that they can observe social distancing rules while having a night out. “This was one of the most feasible ideas from a large list of ideas we had when brainstorming,” the art centre’s founding […]
Popular Mechanics – June 1936 Jalopnik draws attention to a similar, but sturdier-looking “bird’s dog palace,” also supported by a running board. Source link
Belgian intelligence suspects Chinese spies of targeting biological warfare and vaccine experts, according to Belgium’s security service, which also believes Beijing is targeting the Belgium office of British pharmaceutical giant and vaccine manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) as well as domestic high-tech firms, according to EU Observer. Chinese president Xi Jinping (l) in Belgium in 2014 (Photo: belgium.be) The suspicions were detailed in confidential Belgian reports dated from 2010 to 2016, seen by EUobserver. They were meant to alert Belgian authorities to the threat of Chinese military, scientific, and medical espionage. But the Belgian suspicions have no direct link to the current coronavirus […]
(Natural News) The deliberate release of the genetically engineered Wuhan coronavirus was a “bioweapons Pearl Harbor” attack against the United States and Western nations. China dropped the virus in their own back yard to start the attack, then rapidly exported the virus to targeted nations through international flights while pressuring the WHO to condemn any nation that sought to block those flights. (The left-wing media also took part in condemning any effort to block flights from China as “racism.”) Importantly, the Wuhan coronavirus bioweapons attack was just the opening chapter of an attack plan against the United States that will involve […]
Europe 19:15 GMT 06.05.2020Get short URL Two of the US Air Force’s B-1B Lancer supersonic bombers flew from South Dakota to the Baltics to participate in NATO drills earlier this week, including live-fire drills just miles from the Russian border. It was just the latest globetrotting flight by the heavily overworked planes in recent weeks. ‘No Target is Too Far Away’ Earlier this week, two Lancers flying from Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota paid a visit to the Baltic Sea for drills with several NATO partners, according to a Wednesday news release by US Air Forces in Europe and […]
By Kathleen McLaughlin, Kaiser Health News Even as Montana begins a gradual easing of stay-at-home restrictions intended to curb the spread of the coronavirus, the political schism it highlighted is creating reverberations in one community in the northwestern corner of the state. A Flathead County health board member who led a movement to disparage the protective safety orders and downplay the virus is now the subject of two competing petitions—one to expel her from office and another to keep her. When the commissioners in this county of about 104,000 people appointed Dr. Annie Bukacek to the health board in January, they […]
When liquor stores reopened Monday for the first time in six weeks, crowds lined up, posing infection risks. Some states then reversed the decision to reopen or levied higher taxes to deter crowds. (Image credit: Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP via Getty Images) Source link
100m jobs lost. 2.7T in GDP evaporates. Shutdowns lasting 18-24 months? A look at how the crisis is impacting key industries. The second order effects of the COVID-19 crisis are here, and they’re painful. In this episode, NLW looks at how COVID is impacting three industries: Disclosure Read More The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, which invests in cryptocurrencies and blockchain startups. Source link
Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton have each released statements calling for the immediate release of Shelley Luther, the Dallas salon owner who had the audacity to open her business. In the statement, Paxton heavily criticizes the judge, Obama devotee Eric Moye, who sentenced Luther to seven days in jail and ordered her to pay thousands in fines. CBS Dallas reports: Paxton said he believes the judge is abusing his authority and that her arrest seems like a “political stunt.” In a full statement, Paxton said: “I find it outrageous and out of touch that during this national […]
Mosques lie empty this Ramadan in Gaza as worshippers distance in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus READ: Feeding those in need in Gaza this Ramadan Related Source link
“After more than a year of unnecessary delay, the ODNI has finally concluded its protracted classification review of the Committee’s transcripts, and it also appears the White House has now abandoned its improper insistence on reviewing key transcripts, which the Committee appropriately rejected,” a House Intelligence Committee spokesman said in a statement. The spokesman indicated that the panel would be reviewing the intelligence community’s proposed redactions: “Our review of ODNI’s newly proposed redactions will be as expeditious as possible given the constraints of the pandemic, and we look forward to releasing these transcripts, which relate to misconduct by the Trump campaign […]
Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) accused President Donald Trump of “cheering people on” with “guns and swastikas to the legislature in Michigan.” Pelosi said, “The fact is if you undermine science, if you underfund testing, if you exaggerate the opportunity that it’s out there for the economy at the risk of people dying, that’s not a plan. Death is not an economic motivator stimulus. So why are we going down that path? Why don’t we — you know everyone wants to get out and we think to unlock the lockdown is to test, trace and […]
Once in place, the Space Development Agency’s space-based mesh network will facilitate near-real time connections between sensors and shooters, regardless of domain. Source link
Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered for the “immediate release” of a woman who was sentenced to jail for seven days for refusing to apologize for reopening her salon business in defiance of county lockdown orders. Abbot released a statement Wednesday denouncing the judge who sentenced Shelley Luther to jail, saying there better ways of protecting public safety than jailing a mom wanting to feed her kids. “As I have made clear through prior pronouncements, jailing Texans for non-compliance with executive orders should always be the last available option,” Abbot stated. “Compliance with executive orders during this pandemic is important to ensure […]
Authored by James Rickards via The Daily Reckoning, The economy remains under lockdown, although some states are beginning to relax restrictions. As with so many other aspects of American life, there’s been a red state/blue state divide. Red states are generally more willing to reopen their economies, while harder-hit coastal blue states are generally more reluctant to open theirs. Regardless, the economic consequences of the lockdown have been devastating, and we’ll be feeling their effects for a very long time. We’ll also be feeling the effects of the massive monetary and fiscal responses to the crisis for a long time. There […]
The Venezuelan military has been placed on heightened alert after foiling a raid by US-backed mercenaries. …by Jim W. Dean, VT Editor …and PressTV, Tehran Trump and Goudreau (Trump’s private security instead of Secret Service…covering his pedophile ass) [ Editor’s Note: Trump has always used private security, first from the Gambino crime family that supplied his concrete and later from the Kosher Nostra and his Bayrock Partners. Trump turned to private security as he began to lose control, Trump and his buddy Epstein, running little girls in and out of Mara Lago and the kiddie rape properties in New York. Now […]
Veteran American Jeremy Stephens will likely have his work cut out at UFC 249 in Florida on Saturday night – but after a decade and a half in pro MMA, he still packs a punch that will have opponent Calvin Kattar feeling wary. Saturday’s bout in Jacksonville will move Stephens to third place in the all-time UFC appearances chart among active fighters, and he remains a man never to shy from a challenge. “This is fun,” he says of being in the octagon. “When I’m in there, that’s me being Jeremy Stephens — ‘Lil F*ckin Heathen’ — for 15 minutes. I […]
A senior United Arab Emirates official on Wednesday stressed the need for de-escalation in the region to allow countries to focus on “the hurricane” caused by the coronavirus pandemic and review development model, Reuters reports. Earlier on Wednesday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani threatened a “crushing response” if the United States goes ahead with plans to extend an embargo on Iranian trade of conventional arms, which the United Nations is set to lift later this year. Asked during a webinar organised by Beirut Institute Summit whether there was concern that Iran may provoke a confrontation in the region, UAE Minister of State […]
The White House blocked Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, from testifying last week, saying it was counter-productive. President Donald Trump went further on Tuesday, saying the decision was because his Democratic critics control the House; Fauci is set to join other senior federal health officials at a hearing on the pandemic in the GOP-controlled Senate next week. The House panel instead heard testimony from Obama administration CDC Director Tom Frieden and Caitlin Rivers, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. Both said the U.S. needs to at least triple its current […]
The Michigan House of Representatives and Senate joined forces on Wednesday to sue Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) after she bypassed the legislature to extend the state of emergency declaration. “Only the Legislature has the power to extend the state of emergency,” House Speaker Lee Chatfield (R-Levering) told reporters on Wednesday, adding the law is “very clear,” the Detroit Free Press reported. “The Legislature is left with no choice but to seek the court’s intervention to restore constitutional order,” Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey (R-Clarklake) said. Chatfield contended Whitmer opted to “go it alone,” and not work with the legislature. “Because of […]
Not only a medical miracle but a fashion statement as well. “has proven itself to be the very Perfection of Prevention from Pneumonia…. keeping the skin in a most delicious and healthy glow and the internal organs in that healthy and vigorous condition which is the Only Safeguard Against Disease.” Harper’s Magazine – May 1886 Source link
There has been a “small uptick” in cases over the past several months, said the Defense Department official charged with overseeing the industrial base. Source link
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Authored by James Bianco, op-ed via Bloomberg.com, The S&P 500 Index has rallied 28% from its low this year on March 23, with Wall Street praising the Federal Reserve for basically creating money to purchase a broad range of securities, effectively supporting asset prices. So now, many believe the bear market that saw the S&P 500 plunge 34% over the course of five weeks starting in late February is over and that major stock indexes will not revisit their recent lows. Don’t count on it. The basis for the optimistic outlook is based on three ideas, starting with “you can’t go […]
(Natural News) In an effort to keep even closer tabs on its citizens, China’s Communist leaders introduced a “social credit system” last year that they use to punish people based on their personal behavior and loyalty to the party. Now, three top-flight U.S. colleges are creating a similar surveillance system to monitor America citizens and assign them scores based on their exposure to the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19), Breitbart News reports this week. Tech news outlet dot.LA adds that researchers at the University of California, Emory University, and the University of Texas Health Science Center have been given a federal grant to […]
US 17:50 GMT 06.05.2020(updated 18:02 GMT 06.05.2020) Get short URL Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202005061079220099-trump-coronavirus-crisis-is-worse-than-pearl-harbor-or-911/ The US president said by next week, he’s going to announce new members of his coronavirus task force whose focus now shifts to medical treatments and to relaxing the restrictions imposed on business and social life amid the ongoing pandemic. Speaking to reporters at the White House, US President Donald Trump argued the COVID-19 global pandemic impact on the United States eclipses certain other infamous events in the country’s history, such as 9/11 and the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese military in […]
The last two times Kevin Spacey appeared on camera from home, he was delivering bizarre Christmas messages in character as Frank Underwood from House of Cards. This time, he’s dropped the act. In a 10-minute video that was posted to YouTube just over a month ago but has resurfaced this week on The Wrap, the disgraced Oscar-winning actor actually compares his banishment from Hollywood over multiple sexual-assault allegations to the plight of the millions who have lost work due to the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking from home to a German business conference called Bits & Pretzels, Spacey delivered a quick joke about […]
Pelosi author Molly Ball says the key to the speaker’s success is her mastery of the inside game in politics — building relationships, counting votes, plotting strategy and working around the clock. Source link
Democrats in the Ohio State House of Representatives have proposed launching a blockchain voting pilot for overseas military voters registered in the Buckeye State. Introduced Tuesday as part of the Democrats’ elections law overhaul, the bill calls on Ohio’s Secretary of State Frank LaRose to “establish a pilot program” of blockchain voting specifically for uniformed service members stationed outside the U.S. The bill was introduced by Reps. Beth Liston and Michele Lepore-Hagan, and cosponsored by a further 16 Democrats. The proposal is unusually detailed on blockchain’s role. If passed, it would see military members transmit their ballots to election officials via […]