A Taco Bell worker in Clarksville, Tennessee, is being praised for her quick thinking during a recent life or death situation. Sonja Nixon Frazier usually works the nightshift but came into work for a few hours on August 12 to help her manager, according to ClarksvilleNow.com. However, when she and her coworkers noticed their drive-thru line had stopped, they knew something was wrong. “One of my […]
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‘Morality Pill’ A Cure For The Pandemic? Tyler Durden Thu, 08/20/2020 – 19:45 Authored by Eric Utter via AmericanThinker.com, Western Michigan University ethics professor Parker Crutchfield recently had an essay published in The Conversation in which he said psychoactive medications might be the most effective way to fight the spread of COVID-19. He stated: To me, it seems the problem of coronavirus defectors could be solved by moral enhancement: […]
The world’s most infamous Chimney to No Place By Bill Willers for VT “I spoke with the head military lawyer for the IDF, Joel Singer, and I said ‘You know, I’m two weeks here. It’s clear you people are inflicting Nuremberg crimes on the Palestinians, exactly what the Nazis did to the Jews. What’s your explanation?’ He said ‘Military necessity’. Notice, he didn’t disagree with […]
Half of single adults in the US aren’t looking for casual dates, let alone a committed relationship, reflecting a trend toward more reclusive lifestyles in Japan and other developed nations, a new Pew Research Center poll showed. Fifty percent of Americans who aren’t in a relationship aren’t seeking a committed partner or trying to find dates, Pew reported Thursday, based on polling that was done in […]
On Facebook Banning Anarchist And Antifascist Pages By Crimethinc Ex-Worker’s Collective and It’s Going Down. August 20, 2020 On Facebook Banning Anarchist And Antifascist Pages2020-08-202020-08-20https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/fbsn1.jpg200px200px And The Digital Censorship To Come. Today Facebook deleted a variety of far-Right militia and Qanon accounts along with anarchist and antifascist pages, including It’s Going Down and CrimethInc. The following is a joint statement in response. Facebook has taken down multiple Facebook pages they believe to be […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008201080231822-israeli-aircraft-strike-targets-in-northern-gaza/ Israeli aircraft on Friday local time struck targets in the city of Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip. According to reports, occupation warplanes have deployed three missiles in Beit Lahia, continuing attacks of the city for the tenth consecutive day. More details to follow. Source link
Criterion President Peter Becker knows that his company’s film collection has long ignored Black artists. And now, he says, he’s ready to do something about it. In a fascinating feature well worth reading in full, The New York Times spoke with Becker about the scarcity of Black and African American directors within Criterion’s ranks. “There’s nothing I can say about it that will make it OK,” […]
An appeals court has given Uber and Lyft more time to fight a judge’s order over how they classify their drivers, averting a threatened shutdown in California. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images An appeals court has given Uber and Lyft more time to fight a judge’s order over how they classify their drivers, averting a threatened shutdown […]
Mexo, a cryptocurrency exchange designed for the Latin American user, launched on Thursday. Source link
Peru had one of the earliest mandated lockdowns due to the coronavirus.But now Peru leads the world in coronavirus deaths. It is sad that poor countries believed quack doctors like Dr. Fauci and the CDC for guidance.We now know that the lockdowns were a disaster. Jordan Schachtel reported: Once hailed as a COVID-19 “success story,” Peru is now the COVID-19 case study that lockdown advocates no […]
Jordanian authorities have shut the Al-Omari Border Crossing with Saudi Arabia after recording 18 new coronavirus cases, Al-Ghad reported yesterday. Local authorities are yet to release an official statement. The move comes a week after authorities closed the Jaber Border Crossing with Syria to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Jordan has been witnessing a relapse to the virus in recent weeks following a rise in the […]
Three officers with the Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Police Department rescued about a dozen people who were stranded due to flash flooding on Tuesday evening, according to dash cam footage. Sgt. J.E. Spraggins reported that he was near Kaulton Road and 35th Street at 9 p.m. when he heard cries for help, according to the Tuscaloosa Police Department Facebook page. Spraggins quickly searched the area and found that the […]
Surveillance cameras captured the moment a former New York City police sergeant was beaten in broad daylight by a couple of thugs. The footage from last Tuesday begins as one of the thugs, identified by police as 20-year-old Masterjadin Roman, throws an object at the retired officer near a deli in Manhattan. After charging at the thug who assaulted him, the officer hits his head as […]
When President Trump campaigned across coal-mining producing states in 2016, he told industry leaders and workers that it was Barack Obama’s strict environmental regulations that doomed them. In late 2016, the president, then a Republican candidate, told coal miners in West Virginia: “We’re going to take care of years of horrible abuse. I guarantee it.” But new data reveals a troubling trend for the president’s attempt to revive the […]
(Natural News) The Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis in Australia has caused the closure of thousands of ATMs and hundreds of bank branches in the country. At least 2,150 terminals have been removed in the recent June quarter alone. This has brought the number of ATM terminals across the country to just 25,720 – their lowest level in 12 years – according to the Australian Payments Network. […]
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Local authorities in Syria’s northwestern city of Idlib yesterday announced the first coronavirus fatality. “Today, we’ve recorded the first death from coronavirus of an 80-year-old woman in Idlib,” Syrian Interim Government (SIG)’s health minister, Maram Al-Sheikh, told reporters, adding that the victim had been suffering from “chronic kidney failure.” Al-Sheikh pointed out that the elderly lady was put on a ventilator but her polymerase chain reaction […]
California’s Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom is urging the residents of his failed state to turn their thermostats up to 78 degrees. Here are some highlights from the governor’s August 20 guidelines: Set your thermostat to 78° or higher between 3 and 10 P.M. Refrain from major appliance use between 3 and 10 P.M. Postpone using major appliances like the oven, dishwasher, clothes washer, and dryer until cooler times […]
Authored by Jacob Hornberger via The Future of Freedom Foundation, President Trump is saying that he might issue a pardon to Edward Snowden. For some reason, he hasn’t said the same thing about Julian Assange. But a pardon suggests that the person being pardoned has done something wrong. Neither Snowden and Assange has done anything wrong – at least not in a moral sense. It is […]
by Phil Butler, … with New Eastern Outlook, Moscow, …and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a research institution for the study of the countries and cultures of Asia and North Africa. [ Editor’s Note: Trump and Erdogan are both twisting dangerously in the wind politically. The Donald’s tactic of acting in an a threatening manner and then flipping so “Let’s make a deal” […]
President Donald Trump has boasted that by replacing Barack Obama and defeating Hillary Clinton, he saved the US from war with North Korea. An unlikely dove, Trump has often accused his rivals of clamoring for conflict. Speaking on Thursday from Old Forge, Pennsylvania – just two miles from Joe Biden’s hometown of Scranton – Trump tore into his opponent, calling Biden a “puppet of the radical […]
Global South Calls For Sanctions On Apartheid Israel August 20, 2020 Global South Calls For Sanctions On Apartheid Israel2020-08-202020-08-20https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/website-launch-1_0.png200px200px Israel’s decades-old regime of apartheid and theft of Palestinian land is continuing unabated. Reports that Israel is “suspending” formal annexation are a smokescreen for continued colonisation and piecemeal ethnic cleansing of Indigenous Palestinians. Around the world, advocates for justice are pushing back.The Global South response, initiated by […]
Eyebrows already askew were raised even further last week when the US Air Force quietly but quickly withdrew a request for information that seemed to suggest it was looking to build a hypersonic nuclear weapon. On August 12, the US Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (NWC), the agency that manages the service’s arsenal of aircraft-based and land-based nuclear weapons, posted a request for information (RFI) on […]
U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Michael Tremel was in the cockpit of his Super Hornet fighter soaring 20,000 feet over war-torn Syria on June 18, 2017, when he detected a warplane heading toward a U.S.-backed militia force on the ground. Tremel tried to shoo away the other pilot by firing off bright decoy flares. But the Syrian aviator ignored the warning and dropped bombs on the militia […]
In addition to large plastic trash, researchers estimate that more than 21 million metric tons of tiny plastic debris are floating well below the Atlantic Ocean’s surface. Michael O’Neill/Science Source Scientists are trying to understand how much plastic humans are pumping into the ocean and how long it sticks around. A study published this week says it may be much more than earlier estimates. By some […]
Whether fighting for reduced taxes for staking or regulatory sandboxes for tokens, these politicians break the mold when it comes to digital assets. Our main discussion is a look at the politicians on both sides of the aisle who are pro-digital currencies and, especially, pro-bitcoin. Featuring: Source link
Students for Trump, chaired by Charlie Kirk, trolled Joe Biden on Thursday afternoon ahead of his convention speech accepting the Democrat nomination. A “Joe Biden is Losing It – Vote Trump 2020” banner flew over the Democrat convention in Delaware on Thursday. Circling the Chase Center over Wilmington’s Riverfront was a small plane pulling the banner. WATCH: TRENDING: CAUGHT: DNC Faked Kamala Supporters! – Used Double […]
More than half of Lebanon’s population are living in poverty, the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) claimed in a report released yesterday. According to data compiled in May 2020, the organisation’s “estimates reveal that more than 55 per cent of the country’s population is now trapped in poverty and struggling for bare necessities”, up from 28 per cent the previous year. Approximately 2.7 million […]
According to a German government statement issued after the meeting, the group discussed the climate priorities of the German EU Council presidency, the EU’s objective of becoming climate-neutral by 2050 and efforts to hike the bloc’s 2030 emissions reduction targets. “Both sides agree that global warming is a global challenge where industrial states have a particular responsibility in its management,” the statement said, adding: “The basis […]
During an interview with Fox News released on Thursday, Biden accuser Tara Reade stated that the Democratic National Committee is “complicit” in and “participating” in “gaslighting of survivors,” and that the lineup of speakers at the DNC is “a thumb in all our faces.” Reade said, “I’m a sexual assault survivor. So, to me, what the speaker lineup showed is kind of a thumb in all […]
In timing sure to make things awkward at the UN where the Security Council just voted down the United States’ bid to extend the weapons embargo on the Islamic Republic, Tehran has unveiled a new ballistic missile named after Gen. Qassem Soleimani, killed last January in a US drone strike. “Iran displayed locally made ballistic and cruise missiles – a move certain to anger the United […]
In timing sure to make things awkward at the UN where the Security Council just voted down the United States’ bid to extend the weapons embargo on the Islamic Republic, Tehran has unveiled a new ballistic missile named after Gen. Qassem Soleimani, killed last January in a US drone strike. “Iran displayed locally made ballistic and cruise missiles – a move certain to anger the United […]
(Natural News) While the Left-wing “mainstream media” continues to paint Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris of California as political ‘moderates’ who will seek to ‘govern from the center,’ nothing could be further from the truth. Once upon a time Biden could be counted on as a loyal Washington establishment figure, like voting for the NAFTA trade deal back when […]
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will establish an embassy in Tel Aviv, its Foreign Minister Anwar Gargash said Thursday at a video conference with US-based Atlantic Council think-tank, Anadolu Agency reported. Gargash said when a normalization agreement with Israel is signed that was announced last week, “Abu Dhabi will have its embassy in Tel Aviv based on international consensus to a two-state solution.” “The embassy will be in […]
Day three of the four-day Democratic National Convention was held on Wednesday and the general mood was permeated with a sense of victimhood and consistent attacks on President Donald Trump. Prominent speakers who took part in the convention, which carried the theme “A More Perfect Union,” on Wednesday evening included former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former President Barack Obama, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army’s future missile defense battle command system capped off a major test in the desert of White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, on Aug. 20 by nearly destroying two threat targets simultaneously. Completion of the test clears a challenging hurdle for the system as the service prepares to decide whether it is ready for production. The cruise missile and advanced tactical ballistic […]
Authored by Egon von Greyerz via GoldSwitzerland.com, Is Covid the most perfect distraction that could have hit the world? The timing couldn’t have been more perfect for the European and American economies. We know that there were major problems in the financial system back in August-September 2019 when both the ECB and the Fed declared that they would do what it takes. And since then we […]
…by Press TV, Tehran [ Editor’s Note: Despite the organized assassinations of the NE Syrian tribal sheikhs by outside actors the tribes are united in not being robbed of their lands and resources. The US continues to squander any legitimately it might have pretended to have earlier at one point in the Syrian war. Even under Trump he is fully onboard the proxy terror war, and […]
Following the arrest of former Trump campaign strategist Steve Bannon on money laundering charges, conservatives took to social media to complain the alleged crimes of the Clintons and other Democrats are being ignored. Bannon was arrested on Thursday and charged in Manhattan federal court with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering. The charges, which carry a prison sentence of up to 20 years, stemmed […]
#SaveThePostOffice Day Of Action! Tuesday, August 25 By A Grand Alliance to Save the Post Office, Popular Resistance. August 20, 2020 #SaveThePostOffice Day Of Action! Tuesday, August 252020-08-202020-08-20https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/usmailnot4sale.png200px200px APWU, the union of over 200,000 postal workers, is organizing rallies at post offices across America on Tuesday, August 25th, to #SaveThePostOffice. We are calling on all those who support the Post Office and the postal workers who […]
The Russian health minister earlier dismissed allegations of ineffectiveness and potential dangers of the first vaccine protecting against COVID-19, alleging that such rumours are just a result of “certain competition” felt by foreign colleagues of the Russian researchers. The announcement of the registration of the first coronavirus vaccine in Russia was met with attempts by the western mainstream media to play down the news of the […]
One of Zappos’ hidden gems is their denim collection. Top brands like Levi’s, Paige, and J Brand are all carried by Zappos. And while the free shipping and returns is enough for us to want to only buy denim from Zappos from now on, their huge VIP sale is also pretty convincing. Right now, there are tons of styles on sale and if you’re a Zappos […]
Federal prosecutors allege Uber’s former head of security organized a cover-up of a massive data breach. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Federal prosecutors allege Uber’s former head of security organized a cover-up of a massive data breach. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Federal prosecutors have charged Uber’s former chief security officer with covering up a massive 2016 data breach by arranging a $100,000 […]
Bitcoin’s price is trending up while August has been a hot month for the cryptocurrency in decentralized finance. Bitcoin is on the uptrend, going as high as $11,891 with buyers outnumbering sellers in the market Thursday. ”This is similar to what we saw on Sunday, Aug. 9 – a quick move from $11,500 to $12,000 and then back to $11,300,” said John Willock, CEO of crypto […]
Hunter and Ashley Biden will appear in a video tonight prior to Joe Biden’s Dem convention speech accepting the Democrat nomination. A video focused on Biden’s grandchildren (excluding Lunden Roberts’ love child with Hunter) will be featured showing their ‘close bond.’ Ashley and Hunter Biden will deliver remarks tonight and talk about their father. Per @DemConvention organizers, Ashley Biden and Hunter Biden will appear in a […]
The United States moved to restore all UN sanctions on Iran on Thursday, arguing Tehran was in violation of a nuclear deal it struck with world powers in 2015 even though Washington itself abandoned that agreement two years ago, Reuters reported. The United States submitted a letter to the 15-member UN Security Council alleging Iranian non-compliance, in theory starting a 30-day process that could lead to the […]
The Department of State will soon offer a huge reward of more than 100,000 extra green cards in 2021 to the Indian and Chinese visa workers who took U.S. jobs from American graduates. Usually, 145,000 green cards are annually given to employers’ foreign workers and their family members. But, “at this time, it is estimated that the FY 2021 Employment-based limit will be at least 250,000,” […]
Footage taken outside the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware, shows mobile billboard trucks driving around with messages reading, “Creepy Joe Biden,” and, “Antifa for Biden.” The mobile ads, which appear to be commissioned by pro-Trump conservative group Students for Trump, arrive ahead of Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden’s big acceptance speech. Antifa for Biden, I’m dying 😂 This truck is driving around the area where he’s […]
From the opening bell today, stocks – well, we should say mega-tech stocks – were utterly panic bid (catalyzed early by JNJ vaccine headlines), with the Nasdaq erasing all of the post-FOMC Minutes losses (NOTE that none of the other major indices managed to retrace the losses)… On the day, it looked early on like The Dow may suffer its 4th losing day in a row […]
(Natural News) The Democrats seem to have no problem with, and are actually encouraging, Black Lives Matter (BLM) and Antifa terrorists to “protest” in person whenever and wherever they wish. Why, then, is it not okay for people to vote in person? Donald Trump Jr., the executive vice president of the Trump Organization, asked this question the other day during an appearance on Fox Business‘ “Morning […]
The fatality rate associated with COVID-19 is falling in most US states, according to an analysis by The Hill. According to the outlet, the case fatality rate of COVID-19 has been declining for weeks in most US states. In Arizona, for instance, around 5% of people who tested positive for COVID-19 by the end of May died; however, the state’s case fatality rate is currently around […]
Libya’s humanitarian crisis is worsening, compounded by the halt of oil operations, blockade of ports, and spread of COVID-19, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Thursday, Reuters reported. ICRC President Peter Maurer voiced hope that a flurry of diplomatic activity, including a visit earlier this week by German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, would restart a political peace process. Maurer spoke on […]
President Donald Trump on Thursday will deliver a campaign speech highlighting former Vice President Joe Biden’s 47 years of failure. The president’s speech will take place live at Mariotti Building Products in Old Forge, Pennsylvania, just hours before Biden delivers his convention address on Thursday night. The speech is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. EST. Source link
WASHINGTON — The microelectronics industry is at an “inflection point, and the U.S. government must implement policies to entice companies to do more manufacturing within American shores, the Defense Department’s chief weapons buyer said Thursday. Ellen Lord, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, said on a webinar that her office is taking a look at how to entice companies to bring microelectronic production and […]
The past months of coronavirus lockdown and social distancing measures have produced some truly bizarre scenes, but perhaps none so strange and potentially dangerous as the brawl that broke out on an American Airlines flight this week. The incident which happened Monday and was caught on video, reportedly started when a traveler on a Las Vegas to Charlotte flight refused to comply with the airline’s coronavirus […]
Georgia Has Highest Rates of New Cases of COVID-19 #BREAKING: Georgia reported the highest rate of new cases of #coronavirus in the country in the seven days ending on Friday. President Trump’s coronavirus task force is urging the state again to take stronger action to mitigate spread of COVID-19. https://t.co/leyiCglpWh — AJC (@ajc) August 18, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Georgia’s governor does not think masks are […]
A “higher-than-normal” rate of leaking air has been detected aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The crew will now spend the weekend trying to isolate and fix the issue. The minor leak was first revealed by NASA on Thursday. The rate of leaking air is still within “segment specifications” and there’s no immediate danger to the station or its crew, the agency stressed. Over the weekend, […]
Belarus: This Color Revolution Is Already Dead August 20, 2020 Belarus: This Color Revolution Is Already Dead2020-08-202020-08-20https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/ef4szxwwoae-gy3-e1597950465476.jpg200px200px Above photo: Demonstrators in support of the government. Twitter. NOTE: There is no question that the United States is intervening in Belarus and that it is designed to antagonize Russia by gaining more access to its border for NATO. There is also no question that there are problems in […]
The Global Peace Index is an annual report produced by the Institute for Economics & Peace, which ranks countries by evaluating such factors as crime levels, security, militarization, internal and external conflicts, potential terrorist acts and peacefulness. If you ever wondered what the best place is for weathering out World War III (2020 showed us that anything is possible), then wonder no longer – the Global […]
No right-wing cause célèbre would be complete without some on-air boosting from Fox News. And in the case of Steve Bannon’s allegedly fraudulent “We Build the Wall” fundraiser, the conservative cable channel obliged. Bannon, a former chief strategist to President Donald Trump, was arrested Thursday morning on charges of using that border wall fundraising campaign to enrich himself and the fund’s founder Brian Kolfage, a triple-amputee […]
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, left, while visiting Capitol Hill earlier this month. DeJoy is set to testify before Senate and House panels in the coming days over his controversial plans to cut costs at the sprawling postal service, which many Democrats fear could slow the delivery of mail ballots this fall. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption toggle caption Carolyn Kaster/AP Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, left, while visiting […]
Shaken by weeks of network-overwhelming hacks, ETC Labs has outlined its security response. Source link
Trump Nukes Biden in Preview of Speech Near Hometown Scranton; Imagine a Biden Presidency: ‘Smoldering Ruins of Minneapolis, Violent Anarchy of Portland, Bloodstained Sidewalks of Chicago’ in Every City and Town Tap here to add The Western Journal to your home screen. Source link
Turkey has reportedly discovered natural energy resources in the Black Sea, two experts with knowledge on the issue have claimed according to Bloomberg. Following Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s announcement yesterday that he would provide “good news” that would benefit and jail a new era for the nation, Turks and many in the international community speculated as to what it could be. “If I announce it now, the excitement […]
According to his office, Cassidy will quarantine for 14 days, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends, and is “notifying those with whom he may have come into contact.” His office didn’t say whether the senator, 62, has symptoms, and if so, their severity. Cassidy joins Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) as the only senators to test positive for Covid-19. A dozen House members have […]
Hunter Biden, the beleaguered son of Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden, will deliver remarks during Thursday’s edition of the Democrat National Convention (DNC), according to organizers. Hunter and Ashley Biden will speak about their father in a video ahead of his acceptance of the Democrat White House nomination. Tonight, the convention will focus on the Biden family, including a tribute to Beau Biden. Hunter and Ashley Biden […]
Days after President Trump postponed trade talks with China and said he doesn’t want to speak with Beijing, the situation has reversed again with overnight news indicating that a resumption in talks could be “in the coming days,” reported Reuters. “The two sides have agreed to hold a call in the coming days,” said Chinese spokesman Gao Feng on Thursday when asked by reporters about future talks. The Trump […]
Is the establishment panicking at the nomination of someone that dclearly thinks for herslf and refuses to accept as writ the groupthink of The Federal Reserve? Judging by the wording of the following open-letter to The Senate urging Shelton be rejected, because her “views are so extreme and ill-considered as to be an unnecessary distraction from the tasks at hand,” and of course, the fact that […]
(Natural News) The Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) blame game rages on, with the Left accusing President Donald Trump of somehow not doing enough to address the crisis. But as anyone who has been paying attention well knows, Trump did try to help by promoting the use of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), which the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has continued to stonewall at the expense of the tens […]
Newly surfaced cellphone footage captured the moment in which three individuals aboard an American Airlines flight engaged in an all-out brawl before takeoff after a dispute arose regarding a face-covering policy. The incident unfolded on Monday between three unidentified passengers aboard American Airlines flight 1665, which was scheduled to transport travelers from Las Vegas, Nevada, to Charlotte, North Carolina. However, as the video shows, the trip […]
The US president on Thursday informed visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi of his commitment to the rapid withdrawal of the international coalition forces from Iraq within three years, Anadolu Agency reports. “We have withdrawn significantly from Iraq and very few soldiers remain,” Trump said, according to the Iraqi News Agency. “Al-Kadhmi is a man with whom I get along very well,” he added. Trump stressed “the need to respect […]
Jennifer Hudson sang at the Trump-bashing Democrat National Convention (DNC) on Wednesday. But it was Donald Trump who took in the Grammy-winning singer’s family following the brutal 2008 murder of her mother and brother in Chicago. According to E! Online, Hudson had checked into the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago the day her mother Darnell Donerson, and brother Jason Hudson were fatally shot in Donerson’s […]
Update (14:27ET): A pair of tropical depression (Tropical Depression 13 & 14) are forecasted to approach US shores early next week. “We could actually have Laura AND Marco sharing the Gulf of Mexico on Monday, and both making U.S. landfalls on Monday,” University of Miami meteorologist Brian McNoldy told USA Today. * * * The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is monitoring three systems across the tropical central Atlantic […]
…from SouthFront.org The series of unfortunate events involving the US-led coalition, Turkey and Turkish proxies continues in Syria’s Greater Idlib. Late on August 19 and early on August 20, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) shelled positions of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham near Haranabush and al-Sheikh Bahr in southern Idlib with what pro-opposition sources called “long-range rockets”. Despite multiple claims in pro-opposition media about fierce SAA strikes, no […]
The team treating Alexey Navalny has managed to stabilize his condition, a lead medic has said. Dr Anatoly Kalinichenko said Russia’s best-known anti-corruption activist was in intensive care and getting the necessary treatment. The doctor also said there are no plans to transfer Navalny to Moscow. His supporters have requested that be moved to Germany or France so he can be admitted to a specialist clinic. […]
Detroit Teachers Vote Overwhelmingly To Authorize Safety Strike By Detroit Federation of Teachers. August 20, 2020 Detroit Teachers Vote Overwhelmingly To Authorize Safety Strike2020-08-202020-08-20https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/detroit.jpg200px200px Above photo: Detroit Free Press. During an emergency special meeting Wednesday, members of the Detroit Federation of Teachers (DFT) voted to authorize a potential safety strike aimed at pressing the Detroit Public Schools Community District to implement basic science-based safety protocols before […]
US President Donald Trump stated on Thursday that the US has very few soldiers in Iraq, but that they are there to help should Iran do anything. “We deal with if there are attacks we take care of those attacks. So we take care of them very easily,” Trump said. “Nobody has the weaponry we have. Nobody has the anything of what we have. We have […]
HAMTRAMCK, MI —Nakiya Wakes was pregnant with twins in 2014 when the water coming out of her home’s tap in Flint turned brown and began to stink. Within months, she had lost both babies. Soon after, she again became pregnant with twins. Once again, she lost them in a miscarriage. More recently, Wakes’ daughter miscarried, and the family fears she’s unable to have children. Meanwhile, her son […]
The United States Postal Service warned states in late July 2020 that it might not be able to deliver mail-in ballots in time to be counted. Amid a growing outcry from rural leaders, the agency’s director recently backed down from planned broad cuts and changes. Pacific Press/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Ge hide caption toggle caption Pacific Press/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Ge The United States Postal Service warned states […]
Bitcoin’s Lightning Network has reached a significant milestone. An important capacity limit meant to protect users of the nascent protocol is being tweaked, toppling a barrier to entry for companies looking to adopt the novel payment system. LND, a leading Lightning Network implementation from startup Lightning Labs, has announced it has adopted support for wumbo channels. Going forward, users can deposit more money into Lightning Network […]
Leaked audio from a Goodyear factory meeting reveals even more about the company’s “zero tolerance policy” towards supporting President Donald Trump or police officers, while expressly stating that Black Lives Matter slogans are allowed. On Tuesday, a photo from Goodyear’s diversity training seminar in Kansas leaked, revealing that they have a “zero tolerance” policy for “Make America Great Again,” “All Lives Matter,” and “Blue Lives Matter” […]
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Thursday said that the French colonization of his country resulted in “crimes against humanity”, according to the official Algeria Press Service, Anadolu Agency reports. This came in a speech to the Algerian people on Muhajid Day, which commemorates the veterans of the War of Independence. The War of Independence took place between 1954 and 1962 and ended with the departure of French colonizers after […]
The Democratic National Convention featured a woman wearing a “that little girl was me” shirt during Wednesday’s primetime coverage — a phrase popularized after a contentious July 2019 primary debate in which Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) blasted Joe Biden (D) for praising segregationist senators, both Democrats, and accused Biden of working with them to oppose busing. During Wednesday night’s primetime lineup, the DNC featured a young […]
Currently, NASA astronaut Drew Morgan, European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov are on board the International Space Station (ISS). The three spacemen arrived on the ISS on 20 July and will return to Earth in December or January. A small air leak has been detected on the International Space Station (ISS), possibly in the American segment, but it does not threaten […]
Authored by Jonathan Turley, When I testified on the violence in current protests in cities like Portland, most of the Democratic senators insisted that violence in Portland was due to the arrival of federal officers to protect the federal courthouse and that the violence subsided after the federal officers were withdrawn. As other witnesses pointed out, the violence had been raging for weeks and a riot was declared […]
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Former Irish ambassador to Canada, Jamaica and the Bahamas Ray Bassett argues Ireland should follow Britain out of the European Union. Brexit will open more doors to overseas trade than it shuts, says a former Irish diplomat. “The prospect of an ‘Anglophone Alliance’ is always there in the background”, Ray Bassett told the Daily Express as British Brexit negotiator David Frost resumed trade talks with Brussels […]
The US designated six senior Syrian regime officials Thursday as part of Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act, including a top media advisor to Bashar al-Assad, ahead of the seventh anniversary of a chemical attack in a Damascus suburb, Anadolu Agency reports. The designation of Luna al-Shibl, Assad’s media aide, was made alongside the blacklisting of her husband, Mohamad Amar Saati, a top Baath Party official who is accused […]
Netflix has been caught promoting a movie titled Cuties as a drama about an 11-year-old who “explores her femininity” through “twerking,” complete with a provocative poster. This is the far-left streaming outlet’s third strike when it comes to sexualizing children. This streaming site is home to Barack and Michelle Obama. The movie — a Sundance darling, naturally — is a French title. Cuties is rated TV-MA, […]
WASHINGTON — As the U.S. Defense Department matures its cyber force and training, it wants greater visibility over the readiness of its teams and a more realistic training environment that replicates the entirety of the internet, including social media. These two areas were the focus of the latest industry day for the Persistent Cyber Training Environment, or PCTE, which is U.S. Cyber Command’s online client that […]
While stocks have soared to new all time highs, there has been one aspect about this latest meltup that suggests the rally is built on nothing but hot air (and trillions in Fed liquidity injections of course): the complete lack of volume, prompting some to wonder if the Fed has finally succeeded in ‘killing’ the market. And sure enough, as Morgan Stanley’s Rob Cronin writes in […]
youtube.com It Will Be Nearly Impossible to Track COVID-19 Spreaders Who Were At Sturgis Rally A person with COVID-19 may have exposed others at a bar during Sturgis motorcycle rally https://t.co/cJ6hrHP7kU pic.twitter.com/Xi7bOeHN02 — CTV News (@CTVNews) August 19, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: As predicted, we are starting to see reports of how those who attended the Sturgis, S.D. motorcycle rally, who intentionally/purposefully come together, without masks, […]
Washington has announced sanctions on senior Syrian government officials and the leaders of several military units, with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accusing top National Defense Forces members of subverting a ceasefire. In a statement on Thursday, the US State Department said it was imposing sanctions on the leadership of a number of Syrian military units, including National Defense Forces commander Fadi Saqr. The US […]
Tell The People That The Struggle Must Go On By Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. August 20, 2020 Tell The People That The Struggle Must Go On2020-08-202020-08-20https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/mst-brazil-quilombo-campo-grande-e1597943390233.jpg200px200px Above photo: MST (Brazil), Families had tear gas hurled at them during eviction proceedings at the Quilombo Campo Grande in Minas Gerais, 14 July 2020. Young children marvel at an obvious contradiction in capitalist societies: why do we […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/14/1080225993_0:392:1200:1067_1200x675_80_0_0_d4efbb30b5df7cb2bb07f9ed11c51922.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/videoclub/202008201080227329-im-clumsy-and-i-know-it-french-bulldog-puppy-falls-on-its-face/ It is widely known that French bulldogs are cute, affectionate dogs that make wonderful pets for any family as they can do well in smaller homes due to their size. A little French Bulldog puppy has been captured on video jumping from what appears to be a trampoline. The jump is not as perfect as planned, because the puppy […]
Since Ghislaine Maxwell’s arrest on charges of helping Jeffrey Epstein abuse underage girls, rumors have swirled about her ties to famous figures including Democratic power couple Bill and Hillary Clinton. On Tuesday, the Daily Mail published photos of former President Clinton receiving a neck massage from Chauntae Davies, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims, during a stopover on his infamous 2002 trip to Africa with the deceased […]
Convalescent serum or blood plasma from a recovered COVID-19 patients is being studied as a treatment for others with the disease. The FDA is holding off on giving it emergency use authorization. Arnulfo Franco/AP hide caption toggle caption Arnulfo Franco/AP Convalescent serum or blood plasma from a recovered COVID-19 patients is being studied as a treatment for others with the disease. The FDA is holding off […]
Minnesota Representative Tom Emmer will accept crypto donations for his campaign. The Chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) and member of the Congressional Blockchain Caucus opened his first cryptocurrency town hall on Thursday with the announcement, telling CoinDesk that BitPay will process all donations. The town hall, announced last week, was held in conjunction with the Chamber of Digital Commerce (CDC) to celebrate innovators […]