How The United States Government Failed To Prepare For The Global Pandemic By Vijay Prashad, Globetrotter, a project of the Independent Media Institute. May 21, 2020 How The United States Government Failed To Prepare For The Global Pandemic2020-05-212020-05-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/donald-trump-speaking-in-rose-garden-on-virus-e1590078521740.jpg200px200px Why the Trump administration has insisted on blaming China for the coronavirus pandemic […]
Daily Archives: May 21, 2020
324 posts
The world seems to be completely disconnected from the cause of the Palestinians and their liberation from a racist, colonial occupation. The factional weapons and scattered guerrilla operations are no longer a means of action, but rather limited responses to the crimes of theft, occupation, murder, detention, demographic change and […]
Actress and apparent environmental expert Rosanna Arquette claims that President Donald Trump’s administration will cause “insurmountable” destruction to human beings and wildlife. “During this pandemic the trump administration has signed off to drill for oil in the Arctic sacred refuge,” Arquette said on Thursday in a tweet that accompanied a […]
Residents of Illinois fed up with the country’s strictest COVID-19 restrictions are starting to revolt – with protests against Chicago’s cordoned-off lakeshore and no-parking zones around churches, according to Breitbart‘s Warner Todd Huston. Last Sunday, the city’s first gay mayor sent the Chicago Police Department (CPD) out to erect new […]
(Natural News) Just one day after their reopening, global automobile company Ford temporarily shut down two of its North American factories after several of its employees tested positive for the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19). The Chicago Assembly plant, which makes some of Ford’s more profitable models such as the new 2020 […]
US 23:00 GMT 21.05.2020(updated 23:23 GMT 21.05.2020) Get short URL The US Department of Defense (DoD) on Thursday said that the US would formally submit its request to withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty on Friday. In a statement, the DoD wrote that “Russia has increasingly used the treaty to […]
The Georgia man who recorded the shocking video of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery being shot to death has been charged with murder, authorities announced Thursday. William Bryan Jr. was arrested and charged with felony murder and criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment on Thursday in connection with Arbery’s February slaying while […]
President Trump holds a mask as he speaks during a tour of the Ford Rawsonville Plant in Ypsilanti, Mich., Thursday. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images President Trump holds a mask as he speaks during a tour of the Ford Rawsonville Plant […]
Bitcoin fell for a second day, extending a downdraft triggered by Wednesday’s revelation that a member of the cryptocurrency community from the blockchain’s earliest days in 2009 had moved a long-dormant cache of coins. As of 20:30 UTC (4:30 p.m. ET), bitcoin (BTC) was trading at $9,044, a loss of […]
A batch of South Carolina ‘ready to mail’ ballots were found in Baltimore, Maryland this week, sparking concerns of voter fraud. So here’s a crazy tidbit: Maryland election officials found a bunch of ballots from South Carolina mixed in with their shipments to Baltimore. They use the same vendor. I […]
Russia and Turkey yesterday reaffirmed their commitment to cooperation in the Syrian crisis and called for an immediate cessation in hostilities in Libya and the resumption of the political process. This came in a call between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu. A statement released […]
President Donald Trump on Thursday proudly displayed a mask in Michigan that he said he wore for protection, but he refused to let the press see him wear it. “I wore one in this back area but I didn’t want to give the press the pleasure of seeing it,” he […]
Early U.S.-Russia talks to renew the New START arms control treaty have begun, and the two sides have agreed to an in-person dialogue once the coronavirus pandemic subsides. Source link
The celebrity campaign #PasstheMic is enlisting Julia Roberts, Hugh Jackman, and other A-list Hollywood stars to hand over their social media accounts to the likes of Dr. Anthony Fauci and other experts to promote a “global response” to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic. Who’s behind the push? The roster of donors […]
Having seemingly conquered the world of finance, Ray Dalio and Howard Marks have been competing who can be a more productive writer in recent weeks, and just two weeks after writing a lengthy thesis on the rise and fall of fiat currencies (which had no less than 43 mentions of […]
In the second half of April and early May, the Syrian province of Idlib became the epicenter of a military political drama developing between Turkish forces and their al-Qaeda-linked allies. The escalated tensions even led to a military incident on the M4 highway, near the town of Nayrab, when the […]
As the Trump administration pushes for Covid-19 vaccine development on an ever-shrinking timetable and companies report lackluster early trials, 35 percent of Americans are less than thrilled about getting the shot. Operation Warp Speed, the Trump administration’s unprecedented drive to create and roll out a vaccine for the coronavirus pandemic […]
The US Military Continues War Practice In Europe And The Pacific By Ann Wright, Oped News. May 21, 2020 The US Military Continues War Practice In Europe And The Pacific2020-05-212020-05-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/stop-us-pacific-war-games.gif200px200px Above Image by Graphic from Hawaii Peace and Justice. And Plans More In 2021. During the COVID-19 pandemic, not only will […]
Egypt registered 745 coronavirus cases yesterday, just one day after it announced Tuesday saw the worst daily number of infections in the country. On Tuesday the number of infected cases rose by 35 per cent, up from 535 on Monday to 720. Critics have said that the rise in infection […]
A National Guard spokesperson confirmed the planning guidance went out, telling POLITICO it’s a routine procedural step that does not preclude a future announcement of an extension. “One has nothing to with the other,” the spokesperson said. “Whenever an order is issued, a set of implementing orders are issued as […]
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The Georgia man who filmed cellphone video of Ahmaud Arbery’s fatal shooting was arrested Thursday and charged with murder in his death. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said 50-year-old William “Roddie” Bryan was arrested on charges of felony murder and criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment. […]
The report calls for the consolidation of budget line items along mission portfolios, incremental funding for satellites, and delegating milestone decision authority, among other things. Source link
.jpg)
Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Demand based on debt, unfulfilled promises and unaffordable habits is burning down… The first-order effect of the lockdown was demand destruction as shelter-in-place orders and business closures restricted consumers’ ability to spend. The second-order effect will be the permanent destruction of demand because people […]
(Natural News) Secretary of State Mike Pompeo railed against World Health Organization director-general Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus over the latter’s close ties to Beijing. The relationship, which predates the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, “damages the WHO’s credibility at a time when the world needs it most,” he said. “I understand that Dr. Tedros’ unusually […]