The last remnants of the gold standard were abandoned in August 1971, when President of the United States Richard Nixon decided to close the gold window (foreigners couldn’t redeem dollars for gold at the Treasury anymore). From 1945 until 1971, the U.S. dollar was backed by gold, and served as the world reserve currency under a system called Bretton Woods. The “Nixon Shock”—as the unilateral suspension […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107978/08/1079780868_374:-1:1915:867_1200x675_80_0_0_47e76126dcfa55d8fe5ddc8103ee67d7.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/society/202007021079780898-video-cnn-journo-threatened-with-knife-mugged-during-live-report-in-brazil/ The incident took place during a CNN live report covering heavy rainfall that resulted in a rapid rise of the water level of the Teté River in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The journalist, Bruna Macedo, was reportedly uninjured. A CNN reporter in Brazil, Bruna Macedo, was mugged at knifepoint while reporting live in Sao Paulo. The attacker was reported to […]
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s op-ed for YNet news reflects all that is wrong with speaking out against annexation “as Israel’s friend”. Israel has diplomatic allegiances and acquaintances; “friendship” is the euphemism used to make colonialism and collaboration endearing to the undiscerning. It is no surprise that Johnson’s op-ed drew upon privileged personal experiences as opposed to British colonial involvement in Palestine. The Balfour Declaration of […]
Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) will spend the next few weeks mapping out their parties’ demands for the next round of coronavirus relief — a package initially expected to focus more on the flatlining economy. But new hotspots in Texas, Florida, California and Arizona could force lawmakers to rethink how to control the pandemic, going back to negotiations from this spring. “The dangerous […]
Thursday on Washington Post Live’s “Cape Up Podcast,” Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) called President Donald Trump a national security threat “in many ways,” during her interview with columnist Jonathan Capehart. Partial transcript as follows: CAPEHART: So, before we get to police reform, we have to get to intelligence and the Russia story of paying bounties on the lives of American soldiers. You are a member of the Senate […]
The skies are clear for General Atomics to test fly a new military-grade drone over San Diego, reported Voice of San Diego. The Federal Aviation Administration is currently evaluating General Atomics’ proposal to fly the Predator, better known as the MQ-9B Reaper, but for domestic affairs purposes has been renamed as the SkyGuardian. The drone is massive, has a wingspan of 79 feet, and weighs 12,500 pounds. The pilot run above the city, located on the Pacific coast of […]
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Two employees of the United Nations mission in Israel have been suspended without pay after a viral video showed a sex act in their official vehicle, as it drove down a major street in Tel Aviv. The two men were identified as staff members of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), a military observer mission in Israel, and were placed on unpaid leave on Thursday. […]
(Natural News) After they received significant public backlash online, retail giant Walmart announced on June 30 that they will no longer sell any products that sport the phrase “All Lives Matter.” Walmart is the largest retailer in the United States. It caused controversy online after some people found that a third-party business, Old Glory, was selling a variety of $20 T-shirts through Walmart’s website that featured […]
De-Militarizing The United States By Melvin Goodman, Counterpunch. July 2, 2020 De-Militarizing The United States2020-07-022020-07-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/img_1242-e1593715533340.jpg200px200px Above photo: By Nathaniel St. Clair. More than a half-century ago, exactly one year before he was assassinated, Martin Luther King Jr. brilliantly identified the keys to the American political, economic, and social crisis that has worsened over the years. At the Riverside Church in New York City, King linked the […]
In the wake of a US Marine being reprimanded for violating social distancing rules on Okinawa, the family member of another Marine has been recorded as the service’s first COVID-19 infection on the island. A Thursday statement from Marine Forces Japan detailed that the family member case of the novel coronavirus was the first on the island prefecture since April 30. The release went on to […]
You pay to kill our troops—we won’t invite you to our meeting of world leaders. That’s the scenario being mulled by senior officials in the upper echelons of the Trump administration, who are scrambling for a way to respond to Russia after news broke that Moscow paid bounties to the Taliban to kill U.S. forces. One idea these officials have raised with President Donald Trump in […]
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in May. She wants an Army officer who testified at Trump impeachment hearings to get his promotion. Greg Nash/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Greg Nash/Getty Images Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in May. She wants an Army officer who testified at Trump impeachment hearings to get his promotion. […]
Bitcoin miners suffered a 23% drop in revenue during June, resulting from lower network fees and a reduced block subsidy after the halving in May. Down from $366 million in May, bitcoin miners generated an estimated $281 million in revenue in June, a three-month low according to Coin Metrics data analyzed by CoinDesk. Estimates assume miners sell bitcoins immediately. Mining is the process of adding confirmed […]
The President of the Czech Republic, Milos Zeman, told an audience this week that “Black Lives Matter” is racist. Zeman added, “The slogan Black Lives Matter is racist because all lives count.”Of course, he has a point. #Czech President Milos Zeman while visiting the US Ambassador’s residence in #Prague, said the slogan #BlackLivesMattters is racisthttps://t.co/16vppaL5HO pic.twitter.com/vuP3A550e9 — Prague Morning (@PragueMorning) July 1, 2020 TRENDING: BREAKING: Epstein […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a stark warning about the spread of the coronavirus in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. “We are at a critical threshold in our region,” the WHO’s Middle East head Ahmed Al-Mandhari told an online press conference yesterday. Al Mandhari’s remarks came as 22 countries from Morocco to Pakistan passed the one million mark, recording a total […]
Repealing the language also risked flaring tensions within the Democratic caucus, with vulnerable moderates anxious about an abortion battle on the House floor just months before voters go to the polls. Pelosi held a conference call Wednesday with several leaders of the Pro-Choice Caucus, including Reps. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and Diana DeGette (D-Colo.), to discuss the decision, according to several Democratic aides. A draft of the […]
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA)’s aides first learned in February of allegations that a Russian military intelligence unit offered bounties for American troops in Afghanistan, according to a report. Top Intelligence Committee staff for Schiff were briefed during a congressional trip to Afghanistan on intelligence that Russia offered the Taliban bounties in Afghanistan, but Schiff took no action in response to the briefing, sources […]
Hong Kong pro-democracy, anti-Beijing activists are on edge since this week’s formal passage of the sweeping national security law in response to the mass protests and unrest which gripped the city for much of last year. As we and many others detailed of the law which went into effect Wednesday, it harshly cracks down on dissent with possible maximum life jail sentences for some crimes, largely […]
A UN resolution adopted in January envisaged a reduction of border crossings under a program of cross-border humanitarian aid to Syria, from four to two, as the Assad government regained control over the country’s territory and made possible aid delivery from inside Syria. The US ambassador to the United Nations, Kelly Craft, asserted that a failure to extend a cross-border aid program in Syria will result […]
An Algerian quote yesterday sentenced two former prime ministers to 12 years in prison and fined them around $10,000 each on corruption charges in a case tied to the illegal financing of the election campaign of deposed President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. The Sidi M’Hamed court sentenced former Prime Ministers Ahmed Ouyahia and Abdelmalek Sellal on charges that included wasting public funds, abusing their power as senior officials and conflict of […]
Now as lawmakers of both parties demand a similar level of detail from Trump, the GOP Benghazi report presents a roadmap of sorts. It’s also a potent talking point for Congress if the White House blocks oversight efforts. Capitol Hill Democrats, in particular, are demanding to know whether Trump received intelligence indicating Russia paid Taliban-linked militants to assassinate American servicemembers. Trump has denied ever being briefed […]
The staff for radio personality and 2012 Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain announced Tuesday that he is in the hospital, having tested positive for the deadly coronavirus that has plagued the world. The announcement was made from Cain’s Twitter account, saying the 74-year-old businessman was informed of the news last night and admitted to an Atlanta hospital on Wednesday. According to Cain’s staff, they are unsure […]
Use marijuana while pregnant, and your child is more likely to suffer sleep problems as much as a decade later, according to a new University of Colorado Boulder study of nearly 12,000 youth. Published in Sleep Health: The Journal of The National Sleep Foundation, the paper is the latest to link prenatal cannabis use to developmental problems in children and the first to suggest it may […]
Daily Briefing – July 2, 2020 Tyler Durden Thu, 07/02/2020 – 18:10 Senior editor Ash Bennington joins managing editor Ed Harrison to discuss the latest developments in markets, macro, and coronavirus. Bennington and Harrison dive into the June jobs report and talk about how it fits into the overall picture of the US’s economic recovery. They also explore the implications and future trajectory of the coronavirus’s […]
__________Morning StarOfficials stunned after UN denies knowledge of Turkish air strike on Maxmur refugee camp THE UNITED NATIONS’ refugee agency has finally broken its silence with what has been branded a bizarre string of denials regarding Turkey’s bombing of the Maxmur refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan more than two weeks ago. Responding to questions posed by the Morning Star, the UNHCR insisted that it was not […]
Couriers from two of Russia’s major food delivery companies, sporting their branded uniforms, were filmed engaging in a fight in Moscow… apparently to the disappointment of hungry customers waiting for their orders. The ‘battle’ took place in a McDonald’s parking lot and involved the employees of Delivery Club in green and Yandex.Eda in yellow. В Москве сегодня произошла разудалая битва между курьерами двух домов: дома Яндекса […]
(Natural News) The United States’ daily count of new coronavirus cases surpassed 50,000 for the first time ever on Wednesday. The surge was driven by record increases in some of the most populous states, such as California and Texas. Data from the COVID Tracking Project shows that a further 52,982 people tested positive for the coronavirus over the past 24 hours. This tops the previous record increase from June 26 […]
Bolivia: Añez Wants To Jail The Favored Candidate In The Coming Elections By Ernesto Reyes, Resumen English. July 2, 2020 Bolivia: Añez Wants To Jail The Favored Candidate In The Coming Elections2020-07-022020-07-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/luis-arce-catacora.-e1593716386904.jpg200px200px Above photo: Luis Arce Catacora. Bolivia’s de facto president, Jeanine Añez, is losing more and more of her mask obscuring democracy that, with the complicity of the United States and the European Union, she had to […]
Germany’s defense minister revealed on Wednesday that a unit of the Kommando Spezialkraefte (KSK), the country’s elite commando force, would be disbanded. The dissolution follows a report published in January revealing that hundreds of soldiers may embody far-right extremist ideologies. On Wednesday, Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer told the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper that the KSK, an anti-terrorism and hostage rescue unit with roughly 1,300 soldiers, had created […]
BRADFORD, N.H.—The hideaway where Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged madam, Ghislaine Maxwell, took refuge while authorities were building a case against her was a massive, $1 million estate in this sleepy New England town, The Daily Beast has confirmed. Maxwell was arrested without incident in Bradford around 8:30 Thursday morning and charged with six counts, including enticing and transporting a minor for the purposes of illegal sexual acts. […]
A sign marking the entrance to ESPN’s Wide World of Sports at Walt Disney World in Florida. The NBA is planning to restart the season at the complex with 22 teams later this month. John Raoux/AP hide caption toggle caption John Raoux/AP A sign marking the entrance to ESPN’s Wide World of Sports at Walt Disney World in Florida. The NBA is planning to restart the […]
Bitcoin broke below $9,000 Thursday afternoon as the leading cryptocurrency has continued to trade in a tight range just above $9,000 for several weeks. Despite the brief 3% afternoon drop, however, the cryptocurrency markets continue to stay eerily calm as volatility drops and traders continue to expect a big move. Bitcoin was changing hands at around $9,060 as of 20:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Ether, the […]
The Trump campaign hammered Joe Biden on Thursday for supporting radical Marxist Black Lives Matter militants who are working to defund the police. Biden claims he doesn’t support the movement to defund the police, however he supports Black Lives Matter and other far-left organizations pushing to defund and defang police departments. Black Lives Matter and other Biden allies are working to replace the police with Sharia […]
France has suspended its involvement in a NATO naval mission in the Mediterranean as a protest against Turkey. Recent tensions have deepened the strained relations between the two countries. Announcing the move yesterday, France said that it had written to NATO to explain that it is pulling out temporarily from the mission codenamed Operation Sea Guardian. The operation mounts maritime patrols in the Mediterranean and in […]
A poll from Gravis Marketing and One America News Network (OAN) found President Donald Trump and incumbent Sen. Martha McSally (R-AZ) both leading their Democrat challengers ahead of the November election. The poll, which included responses from 527 likely voters in Arizona, took place on June 27, 2020, and showed President Trump with a four-point lead over former Vice President Joe Biden in the race for […]
Via The Organic Prepper blog, Al Qaeda has issued a message in English urging the “oppressed masses” to rise up in revolt “against the rulers occupying the White House.” It’s not really surprising that enemies of the United States are trying to take advantage of the current unrest, and given the ongoing protests and riots in the United States, this message can only be meant to incite […]
Amid pressure from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), China has committed to resuming negotiations aimed at drawing up a Code of Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (COC). The news comes amid controversial Chinese naval drills near islands also claimed by Hanoi. At the 26th ASEAN-China Senior Officials’ Consultation on Wednesday, Beijing committed to resuming discussions on creating a legally binding COC […]
Yasser Albaz, a Canadian engineer who was arrested at Cairo airport at the end of a business trip in February 2019, has been released and is back in Canada but needs medical treatment, his family said on Thursday, Reuters reports. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in February he had raised the case of Albaz during a meeting in Addis Ababa with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. “We […]
Left-wing actress Alyssa Milano has joined the effort to cancel the NFL’s Washington Redskins, tweeting a link to her 3.7 million followers a petition demanding that the football team eliminate the name it has had for almost 90 years. “This cause is close to my heart,” she exclaimed in the tweet: This cause is close to my heart – please sign: https://t.co/fNESjqJEgX — Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) […]
Victim’s attorney Lisa Bloom says that Ghislaine Maxwell could reveal a “bigger name” involved in Jeffrey Epstein’s pedophile network in order to secure a plea deal. Appearing on UK radio show LBC, Bloom stated, “I’m sure that Ghislaine’s attorneys will try to make a deal where she speaks out about a bigger name to get reduced charges for herself.” “But she herself is a big name, […]
Scientists around the world are trying to unravel the many mysteries of SARS-CoV-2, ranging from the broad-strokes (what was so special about this virus that it succeeded in going global where many others have failed) to the intensely specific (how mutations impact the virus’s ability to bind to the human ACE2 receptor). In recent days, much ink has been spilled about a mutation found in 70% […]
Again, The West Tries to Destroy China, Using Religion and Terror Text and Photos: Andre Vltchek [Important note: The Uyghurs have managed to create a very old and deep culture. Most of them are good, law abiding citizens of the PRC. Also the great majority of followers of Sunni Islam are peaceful people. This work is addressing terrible problems related to extremism and terrorism, most […]
As the fallout from dubiously sourced allegations about ‘Russian bounties’ on US troops in Afghanistan continues, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called for fresh sanctions against Russia’s defense and intelligence sectors. Moscow paid Taliban fighters bounties to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan, and President Donald Trump ignored intelligence briefings on the matter, an anonymously sourced New York Times report claimed last Friday. Trump called the story a […]
(Natural News) Virginia Governor Ralph “Blackface” Northam has a very interesting opinion about killing Black babies, as he admits on video, that he believes in letting Black babies suffocate to death on their day of birth, if, as he puts it, the “mother and the family desired.” This is the racist freak who’s featured in medical school yearbook photos as either a man in blackface standing […]
History Provides Clues Into Israel’s West Bank Annexation By Miko Peled, Mintpress News. July 2, 2020 History Provides Clues Into Israel’s West Bank Annexation2020-07-022020-07-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/apisrael.jpg200px200px Above photo: Two Israeli soldiers drag a Palestinian to the ground, Nov. 19, 1996 as he protests the bulldozing of his land near the Jewish settlement of Efrat in the West Bank. Jacqueline Arzt | AP. Learning from the past. Since 1948, Israel […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107977/95/1079779593_0:142:1524:1000_1200x675_80_0_0_ab5995e545684c9aca31c6f9d846435a.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007021079779694-this-will-not-stand-us-officer-suspended-after-punching-woman-at-miami-airport-terminal—video/ A Miami-Dade police officer has been relieved of his duties after now-viral body camera footage showed him punching an unarmed, 21-year-old woman in the face at Florida’s Miami International Airport on Wednesday. “I am shocked and angered by a body cam video that i [sic] just saw involving one of our officers. I’ve immediately initiated an investigation and ordered […]
NASA Exploration Ground Systems and prime test and operations contractor Jacobs mated the first of two Space Launch System (SLS) aft motor segments for the Artemis 1 launch with its aft skirt on June 24. The connection of two of the major elements of the right-hand aft booster assembly continues preparations of Northrop Grumman booster hardware for the first SLS launch tentatively scheduled for late next […]
Thirty years ago, the landscape of American whiskey was, by today’s high standards, practically unrecognizable. For better or worse, vodka dominated the spirits industry and Long Island Iced Tea and the Cosmopolitan were the drinks of the day. “In the late ’80s, bourbon wasn’t very cool,” admits Tim Heuisler, American whiskey ambassador for Beam Suntory. Distillers were facing a very grim future with a number of […]
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear arguments this fall in a case that pits the Trump administration against the House Judiciary Committee and its efforts to see redacted portions of report on Russian interference prepared by special prosecutor Robert Mueller. The decision is a significant blow to House Democrats’ efforts to see the material before the November election. The U.S. Court of Appeals for […]
Nexus Mutual is maxed out covering the risks associated with decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms. “Our product has honestly seen massive interest since yield farming kicked off,” Nexus Mutual founder Hugh Karp told CoinDesk in an email. “With potential yields being so lucrative many users are looking to protect themselves against the risk of smart contract failure.” Nexus Mutual provides a way to hedge against the risk […]
A video posted on Facebook this past Sunday by a New York man named Kevin Brabazon shows New York City in absolute chaos. In the video, violent thugs in the streets are seen throwing glass bottles at police vehicles, while the police officers do nothing to stop the situation. The police officers ended up retreating and driving away to get away from the dangerous mob. This […]
The UN Security Council must remind the United Arab Emirates (UAE) it is bound by international law against “destructive and malicious policies” in the Middle East and North Africa, Turkey told the international body, Anadolu Agency reports. Turkey’s ambassador to UN Feridun Sinirliogu accused the UAE on Wednesday of embarking on a campaign to stifle democratic movements in the region, citing Abu Dabi’s “excessive ambition” to dominate the wider region […]
Activists are again targeting advertisers and business partners of the Washington Redskins for doing business with the NFL team, including PepsiCo, FedEx, and Nike. A group of investment firms along with some shareholders are calling for advertisers to drop their support for the team based on its “racist” name, according to AdWeek magazine. The letters sent to the advertisers that work with the Redskins claim that […]
Perhaps the market is seeing the scaremongering from health officials for what it is is and calling locking-down-politicians’ bluffs? US COVID cases are soaring… (just don’t mention the low death rates)… Source: Bloomberg And that maybe why stocks were majestically pumped to their best week in almost 3 months as PMIs and jobs data beat (just don’t mention jobless claims or factory orders)… After last Friday’s […]
Democrats still cherish hopes that the full report contains evidence that Trump either obstructed justice or conspired with Russia to rig the 2016 elections, something that US Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller himself ruled out in March 2019. The US Supreme Court has accepted a petition filed by the Department of Justice (DoJ) aimed at preventing the Democrat-led House Judiciary Committee from accessing and publishing the full […]
US prosecutors late on Wednesday filed a lawsuit to seize the gasoline aboard four tankers that Iran is shipping to Venezuela, the latest attempt by the Trump administration to increase economic pressure on the two US foes, Reuters reports. The government of Venezuela’s socialist President Nicolas Maduro has flaunted the tankers, which departed last month, to show it remains unbowed by US pressure. The United States has […]
Dr. Melina Abdullah, co-founder of Black Lives Matter Los Angeles, told a crowd of activists that Los Angeles is “home of the most murderous law enforcement offices in the country” and encouraged the crowd to shout “fuck Eric Garcetti” — the city’s mayor who has pledged to slash $150 million from the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). “Sometimes people like your mayor, who I know likes […]
A recent experiment by the Air Force’s Air Mobility Command successfully provided so much data to crews that leaders now have to rethink the user interface to accommodate that amount of information. In a June 6 experiment, AMC tested a new tactical data link system that Air Force leaders thought would provide airmen with increased situational awareness through high bandwidth, beyond line-of-sight communications capabilities and faster […]
A man wearing ‘joker makeup’ has been arrested for threatening residents of a New Jersey town with a sharp weapon, according to reports. Assoumou Diby, 25, was apprehended in Haddon Township, New Jersey, after reportedly waving a sharp object “in a menacing manner” at local teens. Multiple complaints indicating a suspect matching Diby’s description may have performed similar acts over the span of the previous week […]
No sooner did we report that Tesla “beat” its delivery estimates on Thursday morning by producing 4.8% less cars than last year, even with the addition of Shanghai and the Model Y – and no sooner did another block of $1500 September 2020 calls totaling more than $5 million go off, helping ramp Tesla’s stock higher – than outspoken CEO Elon Musk himself took to Twitter for […]
…from SouthFront The Syrian Army and the National Defense Forces have put their forces on high alert in response to the new round of aggressive actions by the Turkish Army and its proxies in northeastern Syria. Several convoys of government forces, including several T-62M battle tanks and a number of trucks equipped with heavy machine guns, deployed to the countryside of Ayn Issa after intense Turkish […]
Deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged partner in crime, Ghislaine Maxwell, is accused of lying to prosecutors about the pair’s scheme to recruit underage girls for sexual massages. The sex-trafficking case against Maxwell, which covers the years 1994 to 1997, is a “prequel” to the sex-trafficking charges brought against Epstein last year, acting US Attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) Audrey Strauss explained during […]
(Natural News) Houston’s intensive-care wards are being filled beyond capacity, forcing hospitals in America’s fourth-largest city to tap into “surge capacity” to cope with a resurgent Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. As of Tuesday, intensive-care units in Houston were at handling around 1,350 patients – 102 percent of capacity – according to the Texas Medical Center. This comes as new COVID-19 cases in Texas broke records for […]
US Media Used To Stop The ‘Threat’ Of Peace By Lee Camp, Consortium News. July 2, 2020 US Media Used To Stop The ‘Threat’ Of Peace2020-07-022020-07-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/2583-e1593718043670.jpg200px200px Connecting the dates. Peace seems to have exceedingly, ridiculously, laughably bad timing, this latest time in Afghanistan. This is not a column defending Donald Trump. Across my career I have said more positive words about the scolex family of intestinal […]
On 1 July the United States, already the global leader in infections and deaths from the disease, saw a record 51,000 new cases in a single day, prompting officials in some parts of the country to make a quick U-turn on lifting security measures. The United States may see 100,000 daily new coronavirus cases if authorities do not act quickly to curb the spread of the […]
Nearly a year after Jeffrey Epstein was arrested, his alleged madam Ghislaine Maxwell is now facing criminal charges for his sex-trafficking ring. On Thursday, the British socialite was awaiting arraignment on a six-count indictment which alleges she groomed and abused three minor victims between 1994 and 1997. One of those survivors was Annie Farmer, who along with her older sister Maria, came forward last year as […]
A sign at Newark Liberty International Airport warns airline passengers about a travel advisory that applies to people arriving from certain states. Visitors from Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Utah should self-quarantine for two weeks. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption toggle caption Seth Wenig/AP A sign at Newark Liberty International Airport warns airline passengers […]
Far from a fly-by-night, uneducated mania, the new day trader class represents a much more significant force for how public markets are changing. Even before the COVID-19 crisis, Reddit’s WallStreetBets channel was featured on the cover of Bloomberg BusinessWeek as an emerging market force. Since then, between the surge in signups for Robinhood and the wave of followers of Davey Day Trader Global Global, these day […]
Democrats, their liberal media, Never-Trump RINOs and Liz Cheney are very upset to hear Russia has been paying the Taliban to kill US soldiers in Afghanistan. They’re not doing a very good job.** There were 22 US deaths in Afghanistan total in 2019.** There have been 9 US deaths in Afghanistan so far this year. ** Compare that to the 496 deaths in 2010 and 412 […]
A mysterious “incident” at Iran’s Natanz nuclear enrichment facility damaged an “industrial shed” early Thursday, according to a spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI). It was the third such incident in a span of one week. The nuclear plant, 250 kilometers (155 miles) south of Tehran, consists of underground nuclear enrichment facilities and is one of the sites monitored by the International Atomic […]
Rioters set fire to the 120-year-old Thompson Elk Fountain located near a federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon, Wednesday night. Thursday morning, Post Millennial Editor-at-Large Andy Ngô shared video footage of the burning statue: The elk statue in downtown Portland is now fully engulfed in flames. #antifa pic.twitter.com/EdqOnJCdSP — Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) July 2, 2020 The rioters also tore off wood boards protecting the courthouse’s windows and […]
WASHINGTON — An amendment to the House version of the fiscal 2021 defense policy bill would move some funding for the secretive B-21 bomber program from its research and development account to procurement, a sign that production activities could be picking up. The amendment transfers $20 million into “Long Range Strike Bomber advanced procurement” and would “allow the program to begin some procurement activities ahead of […]
Research and scientific studies with rigorous control standards are critical to helping humanity learn more about SARS-CoV-2, including how best to fight it. But while reports on studies have become relatively common, many readers probably don’t realize that the methods underpinning the studies they read about aren’t all equally credible. For example, the other day we happened upon a study by a team of researchers led […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107977/82/1079778216_50:0:1320:714_1200x675_80_0_0_b89533369e86b99df5aa5fab1df836a1.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/viral/202007021079776949-centrifugal-force-viral-video-of-indian-man-doing-nunchucks-like-stunt-has-physics-geeks-quizzing/ New Delhi (Sputnik): Martial arts have always been a part of India’s rich ancient culture. Silambam is an ancient weapon-based fighting style on the Indian subcontinent and is found written about in a palm-leaf manuscript dating back to 400 BCE. A man from India’s Tamil Nadu state has left many social media users amazed with his talent of performing […]
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s scathing remarks on the situation in Libya have added a new dimension to the ongoing crisis, Anadolu Agency reports. Last month, Sisi said that Libya’s Sirte and al-Jufra airbases were a “red line” and he would arm Libyan tribes in his country to fight in the ranks of East Libya-based warlord Khalifa Haftar. He also suggested that Cairo could launch “external military missions” into Libya […]
“Our military is supposed to be the ultimate meritocracy,” Duckworth said. “It is simply unprecedented and wrong for any Commander in Chief to meddle in routine military matters at all, whether or not he has a personal vendetta against a Soldier who did his patriotic duty and told the truth — a Soldier who has been recommended for promotion by his superiors because of his performance. […]
John Bolton’s new tell-all book about the Trump administration has sold more than 780,000 copies in its first week, making Bolton the latest former Trump administration official to cash in on a book bashing the president. Bolton’s book, The Room Where It Happened, is a negative take of the Trump administration during his 18 months as national security adviser. Bolton was reportedly paid a $2 million […]
The indictment against Ghislaine Maxwell alleges that she also engaged in sexual abuse of minors alongside Jeffrey Epstein, and wasn’t just his madame. Maxwell, Epstein’s former ex-girlfriend and alleged madame, was arrested on Thursday morning in New Hampshire by FBI agents, and charged in connection to Epstein’s alleged sex crimes. She had not been seen since June, after Epstein was arrested and subsequently investigated, with speculation […]
For years, Deutsche Bank chief economis Torsten Slok was best known not for his macroeconomic calls or market outlook, but for the prodigious amount of original, insightful charts. Alas, the charts are coming to an end: in an email sent on Thursday, Slok said he is leaving Deutsche Bank and moving to private equity titan Apollo. “After 15 years at Deutsche Bank, I am moving on […]
WHO says Mideast at ‘critical threshold’ in virus numbers France24.com Cairo (AFP) The World Health Organization warned Wednesday the Middle East was at a decisive moment in the fight against the novel coronavirus, with cases surging as countries ease lockdown measures. “We are at a critical threshold in our region,” the WHO’s Middle East head, Ahmed al-Mandhari, said in an online press conference. According to figures […]
Travelers to Switzerland from 29 countries will from July 6 have to register with the authorities and go into self-isolation, the government said on Thursday. The move is part of measures to prevent a resurgence of the coronavirus. The list includes the United States, Sweden, Brazil and Russia, which have been designated as countries with a high risk of infection, Reuters reported. Visitors who have spent […]
(Natural News) Every guilt-ridden white person out there who has joined up with the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement is convinced that he or she has taken the moral high ground while everyone else is still mired in racism. But as pointed out by social justice theorist James Lindsey, BLM adherents are actually cult members who fail to recognize how they have been co-opted into joining […]
Anti-Russia War Fever Spreads On Capitol Hill July 2, 2020 Anti-Russia War Fever Spreads On Capitol Hill2020-07-022020-07-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/afghanistan.oppose-e1593711469876.jpg200px200px Above photo: While politicians quibble, the US war against Afghanistan rages on. Zakeria Hashimi/Getty Images. Groups of congressional Republicans and Democrats have visited the White House over the past two days for briefings on allegations that the Russian military intelligence agency GRU offered bounties to Taliban fighters who killed […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105197/19/1051971943_0:182:3500:2151_1200x675_80_0_0_c90272588c69baf637b47acc0a5a9253.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/latam/202007021079779007-venezuela-repeals-decision-to-expel-eu-envoy-after-bilateral-talks/ MEXICO CITY/BRUSSELS (Sputnik) – The Venezuelan government decided to rescind its decision to expel Isabel Brilhante Pedrosa, the head of the EU mission in Caracas, from the country, a joint statement of the European Union and Venezuela showed on Thursday. “Consequently, the Venezuelan Government decided to rescind the decision taken on June 29, 2020, by which Ambassador Isabel Brilhante […]
Dozens of residents of a St. Louis neighborhood have signed a letter condemning the actions of the couple who brandished guns at Black Lives Matter marchers on Sunday. Mark and Patricia McCloskey, a pair of personal injury attorneys, made headlines this week after they were filmed waving weapons at Black Lives Matter activists who walked in their gated neighborhood en route to a protest at the […]
A Public Safety Officer signals drivers where to go at a coronavirus testing site at the Lee Davis Community Resource Center on June 25, 2020 in Tampa, Fla. Octavio Jones/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Octavio Jones/Getty Images A Public Safety Officer signals drivers where to go at a coronavirus testing site at the Lee Davis Community Resource Center on June 25, 2020 in Tampa, Fla. […]
With traditional markets moving up and BTC sticking to its recent tight trading range, Markets Daily is back with another bitcoin news roundup. Equities show strength as bitcoin stays rangebound above $9,000. Demand for bitcoin is up in India, thanks in part to the economic crisis. But Indian tech startups are more focused on Ethereum. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet […]
Adam Schiff A couple weeks ago The New York Times published a story claiming that Russia secretly offered bounties to Taliban forces to kill US troops, citing “officials briefed on the matter.” President Trump early Sunday morning dismissed the New York Times report on the GRU-Taliban allegations. “Nobody briefed or told me, VP Pence, or Chief of Staff Mark Meadows about the so-called attacks on our […]
Egypt’s top appeals court yesterday upheld a death sentence against a monk over the 2018 murder of a bishop at an Egyptian monastery north of Cairo according to judicial sources. The Court of Cassation also commuted the death sentence against another monk to life. Both monks were defrocked by Pope Tawadros II, head of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, after the killing of Bishop Anbar Epiphanius, […]
A Harvard University graduate was reportedly fired from her job recently because she threatened to stab anyone who told her “All Lives Matter” in a video she posted on the China-owned social media platform TikTok. “I know this is what Trump supporters wanted because standing up for Black Lives Matter put me in a place online to be seen by millions of people,” Claira Janover said […]
It’s a familiar trope: some privileged white or non-black BLM “ally” says or posts some shocking denouncement of ‘white people’, goes viral, faces a huge backlash, then whines about how they’re being “victimized” by the evil, corrupt “white supremacist” system. In the latest almost laughably egregious example of this trend, a Harvard graduate who grew up in a wealthy Connecticut enclave is blaming “Trump supporters” for […]
The shock development comes almost a year after Epstein was arrested on charges he abused and trafficked women and girls in Manhattan and Florida 2002 – 2005. Epstein, a former friend of Presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, as well as Prince Andrew, pleaded not guilty, and was found dead in his Manhattan jail cell the next month after his arrest. Following Epstein’s arrest, Maxwell appeared […]
The hunger strike that Palestinian journalist Muhammad Al-Qeeq started in an Israeli detention centre lasted 94 days before he was released in May 2016. It was, he told me, a “last resort” in the face of “Israeli racism”. Today he is well-known for highlighting the plight of Palestinians held by Israel. Often held indefinitely in crowded cells under “administrative detention” orders, they now have to get […]
Black Lives Matter activists in Los Angeles believe that they live in a city that is filled with “liberal white supremacists.” “So it’s important as we say things — like I see your sign ‘fuck Donald Trump,’ yeah ‘fuck Donald Trump’ — that we remember that we live in a city that is largely liberal white supremacists,” Dr. Melina Abdullah, co-founder of Black Lives Matter LA told […]
Less than two weeks after the U.S. Space Force invoked the Defense Production Act to prop up six small launch providers, the awards have been withdrawn. On June 16, the Space and Missile Systems Center announced in a beta.SAM.gov post that it was awarding rideshare contracts to six companies approved by the Industrial Base Council: Aevum, Astra, X-BOW, Rocket Lab USA, Space Vector and VOX Space. […]
Actor Tom Hanks says you’re a “pussy” if you refuse to wear a face mask. In comments published by People, the Forest Gump actor, who was among the first celebrities diagnosed with the coronavirus, claimed he feels contempt towards Americans who won’t wear face coverings. “There’s really only three things we can do in order to get to tomorrow: Wear a mask, social distance, wash our […]
Moderna shares are down 7% following headlines that its virus vaccine trial has been delayed… A 30,000-patient trial of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine candidate, expected to start next week, has been delayed, investigators say, while stressing a start later in the month is still possible. https://t.co/w2uzdP6FGU — STAT (@statnews) July 2, 2020 MRNA back to its lowest since May… Where’s Dr. Fauci to tell us how great […]