Black Lives Matter and Antifa anarchists have been ransacked Portland, Oregon for 92 straight days now. The downtown will never be the same. Several businesses and landmarks were destroyed and lives ruined. It took Democrat Mayor Ted Wheeler 73 days to call out the violent rioters. .@PressSec blasts Mayor Ted Wheeler for standing with rioters and calling federal law enforcement “paramilitary forces”. It took him 73 days to call out violent rioters. pic.twitter.com/8OO5KDi9Nm — Benny (@bennyjohnson) August 10, 2020 TRENDING: You Knew This Was Coming… Nancy Pelosi: “I Don’t Think That There Should Be Any Debates… I Wouldn’t Legitimize a Conversation […]
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The United Nations Security Council will discuss on Friday extending the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) for one year and reducing the number of soldiers stationed from 15,000 to 13,000. France, which prepared a preliminary draft for the Security Council decision, called on the: “Lebanese government to facilitate UNIFIL’s rapid and complete access to sites the forces want to investigate, including all places north of the Blue Line connected to tunnels allowing infiltrations.” An unnamed diplomat told Agence France-Presse that reducing the number of UNIFIL troops will not have a huge impact, because there are currently 10,500 UNIFIL peacekeepers […]
Kamala Harris promoted herself as “Kamala Harris for the People” during her failed presidential run. Now that she is Joe Biden’s vice presidential running mate, the meaning of “for the people” has become clear: elite Hollywood left-wingers, like J.J. Abrams and Ryan Murphy. Deadline reported that uber TV producer Ryan Murphy and his husband, David Miller, are chairing a September 3 fundraiser where Hollywood bigwigs will throw hundreds of thousands of dollars at the vice presidential candidate in the hopes of propelling her — and Joe Biden — to victory. Ticket prices reportedly start at $10,000 per person, rising to $250,000 for “host” […]
President Vladimir Putin spoke with Rossiya 24 TV channel, transcribed by RT News, on Thursday, indicating the worst of the virus-indued recession is over for the Russian economy. “We believe the peak of our problems has passed, and I hope we will gradually begin to recover,” Putin said. “We are not much different from other countries in the world – I think our recovery will be secured next year.” Putin said the country’s macroeconomic backdrop is stable following a deep plunge in economic activity earlier this year due to coronavirus lockdowns. He said low inflation levels and increasing gold reserves had put the national economy on a pathway towards […]
Speaking with CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Thursday, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden claimed President Trump is “absolutely” rooting for more of the horrific looting and violence taking place across America over the past few months. President Trump is “absolutely” rooting for violence on the streets of America, Joe Biden tells @andersoncooper. https://t.co/u4cLJqSJde pic.twitter.com/gGkO8Ecv5L — Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) August 27, 2020 Talking with MSNBC on Thursday, Biden said, “[POTUS] views this as a political benefit to him. He’s rooting for more violence. He’s encouraging this. He’s not diminishing it at all. This is his America now.” Joe Biden says Donald Trump […]
…from SouthFront.org Four US service members were slightly injured during a standoff with the Russian Military Police near the border-town of Al-Malikiyah in the Syrian province of al-Hasakah. According to reports, the US troops received “mild injures” after their MaxxPro MRAP vehicle collided with a Russian vehicle. US officials quoted by media said there was no exchange of fire during the standoff, which took place earlier this week. According to their version of the events, a Russian vehicle intentionally rammed a US one. Videos from the scene appeared online on August 26. They show Russian and U.S. armored vehicles chasing each […]
The Illinois teen accused of shooting two people dead during chaotic unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin this week has been charged on six counts, including first-degree murder and attempted homicide. Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, was charged on Thursday after being taken into custody the day prior, suspected of killing two protesters in Kenosha and wounding a third on Tuesday night. In addition to first-degree intentional homicide and attempted murder, he faces two charges for reckless endangerment, reckless homicide and the possession of a dangerous weapon by a minor. A criminal complaint filed on Thursday in the Kenosha County Circuit Court noted that the […]
(Natural News) The civil unrest in Kenosha became extremely volatile on Sunday as the city’s Antifa and Black Lives Matter chapters organized riots throughout the city. Unfortunately, the violence didn’t end as quickly as it appeared, because on Tuesday night the residents of Kenosha had to deal with its third day of rioting. Following the previous two nights of rioting in downtown and uptown Kenosha, which resulted in the destruction of many businesses and the closure of several public buildings such as the Kenosha County Courthouse due to damages caused by the rioters, the city braced itself for another night of pointless violence. In […]
Israel’s Crimes Must Be Met With Arms Embargo By Maureen Clare Murphy, Electronic Intifada. August 27, 2020 Israel’s Crimes Must Be Met With Arms Embargo2020-08-272020-08-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/10/200714_ash_00-12-e1598541717933.jpg200px200px Above photo: Palestinians flee to safety as the Israeli military attacks the Shejaiya neighborhood between Gaza City and the Israeli border. Ashraf Amra. Israel’s bombing of the besieged Gaza Strip must be met with an “urgent and comprehensive military embargo,” the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee stated on Sunday. Israel has bombed Gaza every night for the past 12 days in response, or so it claims, to incendiary balloons flown from the territory. Those balloons have caused […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/18/1080265850_0:140:3072:1868_1200x675_80_0_0_1229ac177715412cb8ca56ed67c5d6d2.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008271080297734-us-targets-north-korea-hacking-theft-of-250mln-with-forfeiture-complaint-justice-dept-says/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – A US forfeiture complaint targeting 280 crypto currency accounts used by North Korean hackers to steal and launder $250 million exposes connections between the nation’s state-sponsored hacking program, a Chinese money laundering network and methods used to hide the stolen funds, the Justice Department said. “Although North Korea is unlikely to stop trying to pillage the international financial sector to fund a failed economic and political regime, actions like those today send a powerful message to the private sector and foreign governments regarding the benefits of working with us to counter […]
An Israeli arms factory, Elbit-Ferranti, in Oldham was targeted by Palestine Action activists. Red paint was poured and sprayed across the reception doors and windows by the direct action group opposed to Israel’s brutal occupation of Palestine. The activists also spray-painted statements such as “Shut Elbit Down”, “War Criminals”, “Tested on Palestinians, Used in Kashmir” and “we will be back” on to the building’ walls. Activists have campaigned against Elbit’s presence in Oldham previously with no concrete action taken against the company by the council or government to date. Prior to the launch of Palestine Action, Oldham based activists held over ten stalls in […]
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) argued on Thursday, regarding Jacob Blake’s shooting by Wisconsin police, that black lives have never “been treated as fully human” in America. Harris, the Democrat vice-presidential nominee, made the remark in a speech that was billed as a pre-rebuttal to President Donald Trump’s appearance at the Republican National Convention. The California lawmaker, in particular, argued recent events, including Blake’s shooting and the death of George Floyd in police custody, had exposed the difficult realities facing many of the country’s citizens. “The reality is that the life of a black person in America has never been treated as […]
You can’t make this stuff up. The New York Times presents us with the only “respectable” option, given it’s all about “character” that can supposedly measure up to the national security state’s late great patriotic icon: More than 100 former staff members for Senator John McCain are supporting Joseph R. Biden Jr., a show of support across the political divide that they hope amplifies the “Country First” credo of the former Arizona senator. Many of the onetime McCain aides who signed the letter share his hawkish foreign policy views and recoil from Mr. Trump’s “America First” politics, which Mr. Salter called […]
In an interview with CNN’s Jim Sciutto for a recently-published book, US President Donald Trump’s appointed trade adviser, Peter Navarro, slammed Canada’s current policies toward the US, including what he characterized as “unfair” trade policies and Ottawa’s role in US-led multilateral NATO anti-terrorist operations in Afghanistan. The United States embassy in Canada stepped in on Thursday in support of Ottawa, after US President Donald Trump’s appointed trade adviser, Peter Navarro, dismissed the northern neighbour’s role in US-led multilateral NATO anti-terrorist operations in Afghanistan. The US embassy chargé d’affaires, Richard Mills, responded to Navarro’s earlier remarks which had ignited disgust among Canadian […]
As Kenosha, Wisconsin, continues to reel from the police shooting of Jacob Blake, residents are increasingly turning their anger to so-called outside agitators who some say invaded the city to sow chaos amongst the protests—and even kill demonstrators. “They [outsiders] tore up our neighborhood, this is our neighborhood, this is where we shop at. These are not Kenosha people,” Lonnie Stewart, 60, told The Daily Beast. “They’re coming to Kenosha, Wisconsin to destroy our city.” Immediately after a Kenosha police officer shot 29-year-old Blake in the back several times as he tried to get into a van with his kids on […]
The Rev. Jesse Jackson spoke at a press briefing Thursday in Kenosha, Wis., in the parking lot of Bert and Rudy’s Auto Service, where two protesters were shot and killed Tuesday night. Becky Sullivan hide caption toggle caption Becky Sullivan The Rev. Jesse Jackson spoke at a press briefing Thursday in Kenosha, Wis., in the parking lot of Bert and Rudy’s Auto Service, where two protesters were shot and killed Tuesday night. Becky Sullivan The Rev. Jesse Jackson spoke at a news conference Thursday in Kenosha, Wis., in the parking lot of an auto repair shop where two protesters were shot […]
A group of people pushed a man into a gray minivan on a dark street. The man yelled, “Help! Help! No!” and pushed against the van. Passersby shouted, “Let him go!” and tried to stop the van. The man was finally stuffed inside and the van left. This blurry video, apparently filmed by an unidentified witness Wednesday night in Kyiv, Ukraine, and circulated by local news publications Thursday morning, might mark a new chapter in the story of Bitsonar, a crypto investment firm that raised millions of dollars from investors in the U.S. and Europe, which they are now unable to […]
Two men were shot to death and one wounded in Kenosha Tuesday night after riots erupted following an officer-involved shooting. The shooter was identified as 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse of Lake County, Illinois — video footage shows he was likely acting in self defense. One man died after being shot in the head and a second man died after being shot in the chest. A third man was wounded after Rittenhouse blew part of his arm off with a rifle. 26-year-old Gaige Grosskreutz had his arm partially blown off after he aggressively rushed at 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse, who had just tripped and […]
Israeli occupation authorities yesterday demolished all Palestinian homes in the Bedouin village of Al-Araqeeb in the Negev for the 177th time. The residents of the devastated village are all familiar with the painful routine, considering that the first round of destruction took place in July 2010. Every time the residents of Al-Araqeeb rebuild their tents and small homes, occupation forces return to raze them, sometimes several times in a month. Today’s round of demolition is the sixth this year, according to local sources. READ: Israel soldiers orders Palestinian families to demolish their home According to the Gulf News, not only has Israel destroyed the […]
R&B singer R. Kelly was attacked by an inmate in a Chicago prison, according to his attorney. The singer, whose name is Robert Kelly, has been held without bond since his arrest on the federal charges in July 2019. R. Kelly was sitting on his bed in Chicago’s Metropolitan Correctional Center when another inmate walked in his cell and started punching the singer profusely, according to a report by TMZ. The report added that sources say the inmate attacked R. Kelly because he was angry that the detention facility had been placed on lock down a few times due to Kelly protesters outside of […]
A lawyer who successfully represented Covington Catholic school student Nick Sandmann is helping obtain legal counsel for Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old charged with murder after defending himself from violent attackers in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Attorney Lin Wood on Thursday set out to seek a competent defense counsel for Rittenhouse, announcing the formation of a legal team for the purposes of dismissing the charges against him. “These charges must be dismissed as video clearly shows justified acts of self-defense,” Wood wrote on Twitter Thursday. If there is something I can do, Kyle will not need to pay me. God has blessed me with […]
Police in Kenosha, Wisconsin arrested nine individuals on Wednesday evening on charges of disorderly conduct after stopping several ‘suspicious vehicles with out-of-state plates’ and suspecting the occupants of “preparing for criminal activity related to the civil unrest,” according to Fox29 Philadelphia. Several other charges are pending, according to the Kenosha County DA. The suspects were driving three vehicles; a black school bus, a bread truck and a tan minivan. Police said this began with a citizen tip that the vehicles planned to meet in a remote lot near State Highway 50 and Green Bay Road, Officers began surveilling the vehicles after […]
Why did a car dealer as a militia listed as terrorist by the FBI, their crime…ARSON…to send “guards?” Why would the Kenosha Police be so friendly the the ‘3 Percenters,’ a Aurora based terrorist group that the FBI has put on his watch list and that DHS has warned police, the Kenosha Police, to be watching for… Learn the facts behind this and so much more: VT: The shooting of Jacob Blake is now an FBI case. We know why. It is tied to a series of incidents that aren’t really “civil rights” but rather domestic terrorism. When we tracked down […]
Gaige Grosskreutz was armed with a pistol when 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse blew his bicep apart with a semi-automatic rifle in Kenosha, Wisconsin. In a Facebook post gone viral, Grosskreutz regrets not killing the teenager. Rittenhouse has been arrested and charged with murder after he shot three people during the rioting in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday night. Two died, and a third, Grosskreutz, has had surgery to repair a massive bullet wound to his bicep. Grosskreutz was one of two men caught on video attacking Rittenhouse, who was apparently fleeing the scene of the first shooting. As gunshots rang out from an […]
(Natural News) Democrats are walking, talking double-standard hypocrites who only enforce laws when it suits them — as is the case in Kenosha, Wis., where a 17-year-old teen has been charged with murder over a clear act of self-defense. On Tuesday, for the third straight night, Black Lives Matter and Antifa agitators and anarchists took to the streets of the once-sleepy city of about 100,000 people on the banks of Lake Michigan to loot, burn, destroy and terrorize citizens. You know the story well, by now: A white police officer shoots an ‘unarmed’ black man, and without knowing any details or […]
The Eurasian Century Has Already Begun By Scott Foster, Asia Times. August 27, 2020 The Eurasian Century Has Already Begun2020-08-272020-08-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/trade-is-moving-away-from-us-dollars.-photo-afp.jpg200px200px Above photo:Trade is moving away from US dollars. AFP. America’s obsession with global strategy resulted in neglect at home and the first casualty will be the dollar. In 1997, Zbigniew Brzezinski wrote: “Eurasia is the axial supercontinent … It is imperative that no Eurasian challenger emerges, capable of dominating Eurasia and thus also of challenging America.” American geo-strategists remain obsessed with this idea, as do opponents and proponents of the rise of China. But what if there is no single Eurasian challenger? What […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107855/83/1078558374_0:0:3077:1731_1200x675_80_0_0_8746bb01adfb5766bbbdd850b392588e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008271080297198-three-katyusha-rockets-land-inside-baghdads-green-zone-no-casualties-reported/ Three Katyusha rockets have landed inside Baghdad’s Green Zone on Friday local time, according to the Iraqi Prime Minister’s press office. No casualties have been reported. The rockets were launched from the Al-Baiji area, a neighborhood in Baghdad west of the Green Zone. Between three and five explosions have been reported. The bombing is the second one within hours, according to Sky News Arabia. Earlier Thursday evening, a missile also landed inside the Green Zone perimeter, Arab News reported. According to the outlet, there have been more than 30 attacks on American interests in Iraq […]
A source close to former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki has made it known that since he left the top executive role his sights have remained set on returning; he believes strongly that he is the most deserving of being prime minister and he was robbed of the position. His arrogance apparently reached the point where he thinks that he alone is capable of managing Iraq’s affairs uncontested. He has been like this since he was forced to step down. This, said the anonymous source, has prompted him to act both secretly and openly to set traps for those who were […]
Police are looking for a man who allegedly beat and tried to sexually assault a woman on a Brooklyn sidewalk this week. The incident happened Tuesday around 6 a.m. at the southwest corner of Division Avenue and Rodney Street in Williamsburg, according to ABC 7. The report detailed the events: The 46-year-old woman was walking to work when the man approached her from behind, picked her up, and slammed her onto the sidewalk. The attacker then repeatedly punched her in the face and body, and attempted to take her pants off as she was lying dazed on the sidewalk. He then ran off on […]
The Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs has been underperforming in its oversight duties, according to an independent grading of congressional oversight. The committee got an “F” grade from on the Lugar Center’s Congressional Oversight Hearing Index. The center is a non-profit that promotes bipartisan governance. The House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs continued a seven-year streak of “A” grades. The Senate committee showed the lowest performance of any Congress since 2009, with only 25 total hearings, none of them being directly about investigative oversight. On average, the committee has 37 total hearings, and at least one is on oversight, the Lugar Center […]
At time when the US restaurant sector is suffering from a crisis of unprecedented proportions, with diners in US restaurants roughly half where they were compared to a year ago due to ongoing covid lockdown measures… … a new crisis has emerged: a persistent labor shortage despite the greatest jump in unemployment in 80 years. The reason why the this time is indeed different from previous economic slowdowns when restaurants offered an important lifeline for the newly unemployed and would always be packed with minimum wage workers is because the Covid-19 pandemic has left service-sector jobs with a higher chance of […]
Tesla driver Devainder Goli was watching a movie and using the car’s Autopilot feature this week when the car slammed into a Nash County Sheriff’s Office deputy’s vehicle in Nash County, North Carolina, according to authorities. According to The News & Observer, the crash took place Wednesday, around 13 miles outside the town of Nashville. Although both cars were totaled, no one was injured. However, Goli was charged with violating the move-over law and watching television while operating a car. The move-over law requires motorists to move and switch lanes to clear space for law enforcement officers, firefighters, ambulances, utility workers […]
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) arrived in person on Thursday ready to deliver arguably her most forceful—and strategic—admonishment of President Donald Trump in the general election. After briefly addressing the natural disasters imperiling the country, wildfires in California and Hurricane Laura in Louisiana and Texas, Harris set her sights on the human-generated horrors gripping the nation. “On the eve of the 57th March on Washington, I will speak about the recent events in Kenosha, Wisconsin,” Harris said, starting out a powerful 20-minute speech. “Jacob Blake shot seven times in the back in broad daylight in front of his three young sons. Seven […]
Protesters scramble to get away from approaching police firing tear gas and impact munitions to disperse protesters in downtown Portland during 4th of July demonstrations against systemic racism and police violence. Jonathan Levinson/OPB hide caption toggle caption Jonathan Levinson/OPB Protesters scramble to get away from approaching police firing tear gas and impact munitions to disperse protesters in downtown Portland during 4th of July demonstrations against systemic racism and police violence. Jonathan Levinson/OPB On a Saturday night in mid-August, the 79th consecutive day of protests in Portland, Ore., a couple hundred demonstrators gathered in Portland’s Laurelhurst Park before marching to the Penumbra […]
Reginald Fowler, the ex-Minnesota Vikings owner accused by U.S. prosecutors of running a cryptocurrency “shadow bank,” stashed funds over a global network of bank accounts, according to a filing today. Prosecutors say the funds are subject to forfeiture. Source link
This past week two men were shot dead in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Both men were rioting with BLM and had prior arrest records. They happened to literally bump into each other. A short time later they were both dead. We reported this morning that young Kyle Rittenhouse has been charged with murder in Kenosha. The gun toting 17-year-old shot at least three men in what may be self-defense. Rittenhouse was filmed earlier in the day cleaning up Kenosha after prior nights’ riots. Then as night comes the young Rittenhouse is filmed speaking on camera. Rittenhouse is talking with bystanders with no indication […]
Israel is frustrated at its failure to tackle the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement despite the huge budget allocated to the task and the recruitment of pro-Israel activists worldwide to help. The movement continues to flourish in its effort to get Israel to abide by international law. What’s the reason for Israel’s failure? Is it related to financial, political or security issues? What impact do these have, and how do they affect Israel’s global image? The Ministry of Strategic Affairs was assigned the task of dealing with BDS in 2017, under the leadership of Minister Gilad Erdan, who is […]
Members of the rock band Pearl Jam, Eddie Vedder and Jeff Ament, have partnered with the online fundraising platform Omaze to launch a sweepstake aimed at encouraging people to vote in the 2020 presidential election. Everyone who donates to the initiative will be entered into sweepstakes where the winner and a friend will be flown to Seattle and shown around by both Vedder and Ament. The grand prize details are described as follows: Ready to live every Pearl Jam fan’s dream? You and a guest are off to the place where it all began, Seattle, for a special hometown experience with […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center will host a Space Force Pitch Day in spring 2021. While the current plan is to host the event in person in Los Angeles, California, SMC noted that it may move to a virtual environment due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The Air Force first introduced its pitch days in March 2019, and has since held several to find “defense unicorns” — nontraditional companies with innovative solutions that lack the resources and know-how to secure Department of Defense contracts. Inspired by the popular television series “Shark Tank,” select companies are […]
Former National Football League star Brian Urlacher has incurred the wrath of corporate media for posting unfashionable opinions on his Instagram account. On Thursday, Urlacher made a post that mocked NBA players who threatened to boycott the remainder of the season – which has received terrible ratings and been trounced in primetime by cable news host Tucker Carlson – in solidarity with felon Jacob Blake, who was shot by police after resisting arrest and attempting to get into his vehicle, where a knife lay on the floor. “Brett Favre played the MNF game the day his dad died, threw four TDs in the first […]
A delegation from the World Health Organization tasked with investigating the origins of COVID-19 failed to go to Wuhan, China – ‘ground zero’ for the pandemic, and instead “sat in Beijing for three weeks” according to a senior US official, who told the Financial Times that Western governments are skeptical over China’s commitment to identifying the origins of the pandemic. “Any chance of finding a smoking gun is now gone,” the official continued. Though we’re not sure what any team of investigators would find after China blocked international epidemiologists for eight months after the outbreak began. Australian MP Dave Sharma told […]
…by Jonas E. Alexis I used to live about thirty miles from Polk County in Florida. It’s a relatively peaceful and placid place. There is virtually nothing there that would remotely suggest that the decent people in Polk County are racists and fascists. But the revolutionary spirit which arguably started in Minnesota was planning to make a debacle in Polk County. Sheriff Grady Judd stood up and declared that it ain’t gonna happen in his town. Judd declared: “If you value your life, they probably shouldn’t do that in Polk County. Because the people of Polk County like guns, they have […]
US President Donald Trump said NBA has become “like a political organization,” as the basketball league announced the second straight day of no playoff games due to the ongoing boycott in the name of social justice. “I don’t know much about the NBA protest. I know their ratings have been very bad because I think people are a little tired of the NBA,” Trump said on Thursday. They’ve become like a political organization, and that’s not a good thing. Within minutes, the NBA announced none of the games scheduled for Thursday would be played either. The league was “hopeful to resume […]
(Natural News) The response from governments around the world to the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) plandemic threatens to starve billions of people in the coming months and years, warns David Beasley, executive director of the United Nations World Food Program (WFP). The data that Beasley has collected thus far supposedly shows that the number of people experiencing malnutrition will grow by 80 percent before the end of 2020. The outcome of this, he says, will represent a “famine of biblical proportions.” With meat packing plants shuttered due to alleged infection spread, and crops destroyed all across the heartland due to recent extreme […]
For Democracy And Transparency In The Plurinational State Of Bolivia By Progressive International. August 27, 2020 For Democracy And Transparency In The Plurinational State Of Bolivia2020-08-272020-08-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/bolivia-protest.png200px200px Above photo: Protest in Bolivia. Corrado Scropetta. Members of the Progressive International call on the UN and the Supreme Electoral Tribunal to guarantee fair elections in Bolivia. We are witnessing the systematic destruction of democracy at the hands of the de facto government of Jeanine Añez and its allied forces of repression in the streets, on the highways, and the communities across Bolivia. Through this letter, the members of the Progressive International demand that you take […]
Protests in Wisconsin’s city of Kenosha, sparked by a video of a white police officer shooting a black man, Jacob Blake, saw violence, looting, arson, as well as two murders and one injured. To help curb unrest, the White House helped the state to deploy some 1,000 National Guard troops and 200 federal agents. Covering protests that rocked the city of Kenosha in Wisconsin, CNN rolled out a chyron saying ““FIERY BUT MOSTLY PEACEFUL PROTESTS AFTER POLICE SHOOTING”. The reporter who went live from Kenosha said that the protests were “largely peaceful” but became violent at night, while standing in front […]
Iraq’s prime minister met with the French defense minister and Saudi foreign minister in the capital Baghdad, according to the prime minister’s press office on Thursday. Iraq’s Mustafa al-Kadhimi and France’s Florence Parly discussed security developments in the region. “France is an important and strategic partner in our fight against terrorism. We place emphasis on continuing partnership with France to train Iraqi forces, increase their combat capability, and exchange security information,” al-Kadhimi said. Parly, for her part, said that France is ready to resume training of Iraqi forces, which was suspended due to the novel coronavirus. After his meeting with Parly, the […]
President Donald Trump said Thursday that Americans were getting tired of the growing political tone of the National Basketball Association, leading to poor ratings. “I don’t know much about the NBA protests,” Trump said. “I know their ratings have been very bad, because I think people are a little tired of the NBA frankly.” Trump commented during a visit to FEMA’s headquarters in Washington, DC, on Thursday afternoon for an update on the response to Hurricane Laura. The president was asked about the NBA player protests after players boycotted their playoff games Tuesday night in the name of racial justice. “They’ve […]
WASHINGTON ― The National Armaments Consortium, along with the DoD Ordnance Technology Consortium and Army Contracting Command-New Jersey, is taking steps to fast-track their armament prototyping efforts, it was announced Thursday. A year after the Army’s high-profile reorganization to more quickly field cutting-edge weapons technologies, the Charleston, South Carolina-based National Armaments Consortium ― made up of 900 companies and academic institutions ― wants to better sync with both the government’s increased demand and its actual bandwidth for turning research into prototypes. Pentagon modernization efforts have prioritized, in recent years, long-range precision fires, hypersonic and extended-range missiles, and anti-jam GPS devices ― […]
Fed Chair Powell’s initial comments spiked stocks: *POWELL SAYS FED TO SEEK INFLATION THAT ‘AVERAGES’ 2% OVER TIME …then ‘moderation’ sent them reeling: *POWELL SAYS ANY INFLATION OVERSHOOTS WILL BE MODERATE but he later reassured that they would let inflation run and things took off again… *POWELL: SEEK TO RUN INFLATION ABOVE 2% AFTER PERIODS BELOW 2% Then Pelosi triggered a drop in stocks (hitting right as Europe closed)… 1129ET *PELOSI SAYS NOT BUDGING ON STIMULUS, REPUBLICANS HAVE TO MOVE This didn’t help! 1315ET *Kaplan: Markets Need to Understand How to Operate Without Fed Support And then Pentagon headlines spooked markets […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/1b/1080296640_0:112:2527:1533_1200x675_80_0_0_ded4ebd09cfafbd5652da351a713e90f.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008271080296696-trump-calls-pro-basketball-league-political-organization-amid-police-shooting-boycott/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US President Donald Trump on Thursday said the National Basketball Association (NBA) has turned into a political organization after the league postponed games amid protests over another police-involved shooting of a person of color. On Wednesday, the NBA postponed some playoff games amid protests sparked after Jacob Blake, a 29-year old Black man, was recently paralyzed after being shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The NBA’s move came after the Milwaukee Bucks’ decision to boycott the games. “I don’t know much about the NBA protest. I know their ratings have been […]
For most of my life, flip-flops have been my go-to, super casual sandal for the warmer weather. But while they’re easy to throw on to run an errand and great for the beach, they’re not actually comfortable. This year, I was determined to find something better, and I lucked out immediately with this pair of Adidas Adilette Comfort Slides, which are easily the most comfortable sandals I’ve ever worn. These slides are sporty, versatile, and a huge step up from thong-style flip-flops. They’re really soft, and they have an incredibly plush Cloudfoam Plus footbed that makes it feel like you’re wearing […]
Hurricane Laura blows trees near the Golden Nugget Hotel in Lake Charles, La., as it comes ashore early Thursday. The storm is blamed for four deaths, all caused by trees falling on homes. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images Hurricane Laura blows trees near the Golden Nugget Hotel in Lake Charles, La., as it comes ashore early Thursday. The storm is blamed for four deaths, all caused by trees falling on homes. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Hurricane Laura has caused at least four deaths in Louisiana, Gov. John Bel Edwards says. All of the deaths reported due to […]
Marc P. Bernegger started his first internet company in 1999 and had two successful exits. He began working with Bitcoin in 2012, is on the board of Crypto Finance Group, Swiss Blockchain Federation and CfC St. Moritz and is a member of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Expert Network for blockchain. The recent CoinDesk opinion article “10 Reasons Quant Strategies for Crypto Fail” by Jesus Rodriguez makes for a great headline, but it overlooks relevant developments and key data in the sector. While Rodriguez makes reasonable points about the weakness of quant technology for crypto, a growing number of professional crypto […]
Joe Biden spoke to MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell from his vacation home on Thursday morning before President Trump’s RNC speech tonight at the White House. From his beach house Joe Biden lashed out at President Trump. Biden accused President Trump of rooting for the violent leftist mobs to continue their protests so he can make political gains! Joe Biden only condemned the violent leftist rioters and looters for the first time, after the last 8 weeks of destruction, yesterday…only when the polls show that it is a losing proposition for the opportunistic Left. They, erroneously, assumed that the normal citizens rejoice in […]
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met the Sultan of Oman on Thursday as part of a Middle East tour following a US-brokered deal on normalising relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. In a meeting with Sultan Haitham bin Tariq al-Said, Pompeo said on Twitter he discussed “the importance of building regional peace, stability, and prosperity through a united Gulf Cooperation Council”. Sultan Haitham took power in January after Sultan Qaboos bin Said died after a half-century at the helm of the Gulf country. In a turbulent region, Oman has maintained its neutrality. It has kept friendly relations with […]
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) will deliver the Democrat prebuttal speech to President Donald Trump’s remarks at the Republican National Convention (RNC) on Thursday. Harris, Joe Biden’s vice presidential nominee, will speak in Washington, DC, at 3:00 p.m. A Harris aide told NBC News that Harris, a former attorney general, will “prosecute the case against Trump.” The Democrat vice presidential nominee will speak about “President Trump’s failures to contain COVID-19 and protect working families from the economic fallout” and the alleged “Biden-Harris plan to contain COVID-19 and build a different path forward in America.” Harris will also address the riots and looting […]
By Bob Hogg; Director A&D Market Strategy Technical publications supporting the operations and maintenance of complex assets in the aerospace and defense industries play an instrumental role in operational enablement and mission achievement. These tech pubs represent the organization’s institutional knowledge. As senior staff retire and take a wealth of knowledge with them, these organizations realize technical publications are critical to sustaining newer team members’ productivity. Luckily, modern technologies are enabling new ways to utilize tech pubs in productive and innovative ways. “An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” – Benjamin Franklin I sat down with Lou Iuppa, Vice […]
The gunman who killed 51 Muslim worshippers last year in New Zealand’s deadliest shooting attack was sentenced to life imprisonment by a court on Thursday. He is the first person in the country to get a life sentence without the possibility of parole. Judge Cameron Mander of the Christchurch High Court said that a finite term would not be sufficient. “Your crimes … are so wicked that even if you are detained until you die it will not exhaust the requirements of punishment and denunciation,” said Mander as he handed down a sentence unprecedented in New Zealand legal history. “Your actions […]
Joe Biden has accused President Trump of “encouraging” the race riots because they’re “a political benefit” to his reelection campaign. Repeating identical talking points in Thursday appearances on CNN and MSNBC, Biden claimed that Trump is “absolutely” rooting for violence on the streets of America. President Trump is “absolutely” rooting for violence on the streets of America, Joe Biden tells @andersoncooper. https://t.co/u4cLJqSJde pic.twitter.com/gGkO8Ecv5L — Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) August 27, 2020 “He views this as a political benefit to him. He’s rooting for more violence,” Biden told MSNBC. “He’s encouraging this. He’s not diminishing it at all. This is his America […]
This article, of the dozen or so VT has done on the nuclear attack on Beirut, was erased from the VT site with 8 others by hackers…from Russia. Why? Is this why? VT was attacked today around the world including on the front page of the Los Angeles Times, at best a disgusting shopping guide level rag. Running scared with the ammonium nitrate lie, or rather Scotts Turf Builder, a great fertilizer. It can’t burn, it can’t explode but in Beirut we are told it blew a 594 foot crater 40 feet deep in solid granite, something only done once before, […]
Actor Terry Crews found a humorous way to needle NBA players for refusing to play games to protest this week’s police shooting of a black man in Kenosha, Wisconsin, saying they should instead boycott a famous strip club. “Boycott Magic City,” Crews said Thursday on Twitter. The host of “America’s Got Talent,” who’s also black and a former National Football League player, used the hashtag #blacklovematters. The comment elicited strong backlash on Twitter, where Black Lives Matter supporters suggested that Crews was being “anti-black” and distracting from the importance of police brutality. Some used racial epithets to attack Crews, calling him […]
(Natural News) In keeping with one of his major campaign promises, President Donald Trump is going after Teva Pharmaceuticals for price-fixing generic drugs and ripping off ill and desperate Americans in need. Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) is readying to charge Teva for criminal behavior as part of a massive price-fixing probe following the drug giant’s rejection of an earlier DOJ settlement offer – meaning the company is not willing to cooperate with prosecutors and is still alleging innocence. News of the probe, which was partially kept under wraps up until this point, immediately caused Teva’s shares to plummet by six […]
Update On Navalny’s ‘Poisoning’ August 27, 2020 Update On Navalny’s ‘Poisoning’2020-08-272020-08-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/paramedics-load-a-stretcher-into-an-ambulance-that-allegedly-transported-russian-opposition-leader-alexei-navalny-at-charite-mit-e1598283076880.jpg200px200px Above photo: Paramedics load a stretcher into an ambulance that allegedly transported Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny at Charite Mit. The Back And Forth About Navalny’s ‘Poisoning’. The case of the alleged ‘poisoning’ of the Russian rabble-rouser Alexey Navalny is becoming more curious. Navalny fell ill on August 20 during a flight from Tomsk in Siberia to Moscow. The plane made an emergency landing in Omsk where he was transferred to a hospital. Navalny fell into a coma. The doctors diagnosed a sharp drop in his blood sugar. Navalny has […]
Hurricane Laura struck the US Gulf Coast early Thursday, leaving a path of devastation in its wake as it moved inland after making landfall in southwestern Louisiana near the coastal town of Cameron. The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) indicated in its latest update that Laura was situated near Arcadia, Louisiana, and was moving northward at a pace of 15 mph. Although Laura did initially make landfall as a Category 4 hurricane, the storm quickly weakened and has since been downgraded to a tropical storm after moving inland. At present, Laura has maximum sustained wind speeds of 65 mph, with tropical […]
Canada has offered to join Lebanon’s investigation into the Beirut port explosion on condition that it is credible and transparent, the visiting foreign minister said on Thursday. Lebanese President Michel Aoun initially promised a swift investigation into why highly explosive material stored unsafely for years detonated on August 4, killing at least 180 people and injuring some 6,000. But he later said the process would take time. Canadian Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said after meeting Aoun that Ottawa was ready to assist under conditions that would be defined. He did not elaborate. “The Lebanese people expect that if Canada participates in […]
Demonstrators in Kenosha brutally attacked a 71-year-old man who was defending buildings from vandals and looters during Monday night’s protests, throwing a plastic bottle filled with concrete, causing him to fall to the ground and break his jaw in two places. Robert Cobb, 71, took to the streets to defend businesses after seeing footage of lawless protesters shamelessly setting buildings on fire. Looters assault an older business owner trying to defend his business in Kenosha, Wisconsin on August 24, 2020. pic.twitter.com/LdlLnOpvfJ — After Action Report (@after_theaction) August 25, 2020 According to the Kenosha News, “Cobb is a member of the Danish Brotherhood […]
WASHINGTON — A new request for information from the U.S. Navy outlines the service’s interest in launching a “hardware factory and hardware pipeline” to keep its fleet computing platforms up-to-date. According to an Aug. 25 request posted by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), the sea service wants the factory as part of a broader effort to “architect, implement, and migrate” to a universally managed, infrastructure as a service environment for the sea service’s surface fleet. NAVSEA wants the pipeline and factory ready for use no later than fiscal 2023. The Navy wants to use the hardware factory and hardware pipeline […]
We noted less than a week ago that used car prices were rocketing past pre-pandemic highs – and now it seems as though the used truck market is starting to follow suit. It’s amazing what a couple trillion dollars in Fed liquidity can do, isn’t it? Regardless, after a year of falling prices that was helped along by massive supply chain disruptions due to Covid, used Class 8 truck prices have had an upswing this summer. After stabilizing in July, prices appear to be once again on a steady rise, according to new data from FreightWaves. Chris Visser, J.D. Power commercial […]
A US defense official claims an ongoing federal probe into the July 12 fire that extensively damaged the USS Bonhomme Richard has led to suspicions of arson and the questioning of one sailor. Pentagon officials were recently notified that a US Navy sailor was taken in for questioning as part of an ongoing investigation by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, according to a senior defense official who spoke with the Associated Press earlier this week. It’s worth noting that the sailor taken in for questioning was not detained by federal authorities. […]
One year after Starhopper’s final flight, SpaceX’s Starship launch site in Boca Chica, Texas, continues to evolve in order to facilitate prototype development and testing. Starhopper was the first SpaceX vehicle to use its new launch facility in Boca Chica — located east of Boca Chica Village and near the beach on the Gulf of Mexico — and served as the first in-flight test article for SpaceX’s next-generation Raptor engine, a full-flow, staged combustion cycle engine that runs on liquid oxygen (LOX) and liquid methane (CH4). SpaceX currently tests Raptor engines at their test facility in McGregor, Texas, where the company […]
Michigan state officials are investigating a voter-suppression robocall allegedly tied to blundering conservative operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman. The robocall was aimed at scaring Detroit voters away from using mail-in ballots, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson tweeted on Thursday. Benson announced that her office and Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel would investigate the call’s origins and “seek justice” against the people behind it. The robocall features a woman who says she works for the “Project 1599,” which she describes as “a civil rights organization founded by Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl.” While the call claims to have come from […]
Chris Johnson views destruction at his home on Thursday, in Lake Charles, La., after Hurricane Laura moved through the state. Johnson stayed in his home as the storm passed. Gerald Herbert/AP hide caption toggle caption Gerald Herbert/AP Chris Johnson views destruction at his home on Thursday, in Lake Charles, La., after Hurricane Laura moved through the state. Johnson stayed in his home as the storm passed. Gerald Herbert/AP Hurricane Laura, one of the most powerful storms to hit Louisiana in living memory, left destruction and misery in its wake, with debris from homes and businesses strewn about, flooded streets, uprooted lampposts […]
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Hillary Clinton spoke on the upcoming election and urged Joe Biden to never concede to President Trump. Clinton recently stated, “Joe and Kamala can win by three million votes and still lose. Take it from me. So we need numbers overwhelming. So Trump can’t sneak or steal his way to victory.” Hillary claimed to ‘have heard’ of Republican lawyers disputing primary results in Detroit, Michigan . Clinton said, “In the recent Michigan primary, I was told in Detroit, the Republicans had 40 lawyers challenging absentee mail-in voting. And a local reporter talking to one of the lawyers he knew was told […]
NATO is looking at ways to avoid accidental clashes in the Eastern Mediterranean while supporting German diplomatic efforts to defuse the worsening dispute over energy resources there, the alliance’s chief said on Thursday. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told Reuters the Western alliance was considering so-called deconfliction measures to prevent naval accidents in an increasingly congested region, although he did not go into details. “I am also exploring the possibilities of NATO developing mechanisms to prevent incidents and accidents, a set of deconfliction mechanisms,” Stoltenberg said in an interview, after meeting with European Union defence ministers. “The fact that there are so […]
Russian Chief of the General Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov spoke with Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley by phone about the Tuesday incident, the Russian embassy wrote in a Facebook post on Thursday, citing Russian presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov. During the conversation, Gerasimov told Milley that coalition commanders were notified in advance about the passage of the Russian military through the area, according to the post. Gerasimov accused the U.S. military of breaching existing agreements and informed Milley that U.S. service members attempted to block the Russian patrol, which “took every step necessary to prevent the incident and proceed with its […]
Thursday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden blamed the violence in Kenosha, WI, and other places around the country on President Donald Trump “rooting” for and “encouraging” the violence. Biden said, “The problem we have right now is we’re in Donald Trump’s America. You know, to quote Kellyanne Conway, she said, and I’m paraphrasing today, they’re looking for more violence and more destruction because it helps them politically. He views this as a political benefit for him, he’s rooting for more violence, not less, and he’s clear about that. What’s he doing? He’s pouring gasoline on the […]
A local resident claims many out-of-towners traveled to Kenosha for the purpose of rioting and burned down many black businesses as civil unrest continues following the police involved shooting of Jacob Blake, a black Kenosha resident, when they were called to a domestic disturbance. Several business were torched as the Wisconsin city was plunged into civil unrest to cap off a summer of rioting and violent protests against police brutality and so-called “systemic” racism. An article published by Reuters revealed how one resident talked about the destruction of black businesses–in protests purportedly conducted to raise awareness of black struggles. “Arsonists set […]
In a lede that we feel like we are writing on a weekly basis, a Tesla on Autopilot has – once again – slammed into an inanimate police cruiser. The collision took place in Nash County, North Carolina, where a Nash County deputy and a trooper with the highway patrol were on the side of the road attending to another accident. Without warning, the Tesla “slammed into the deputy’s cruiser”, according to CBS 17, leave the cruiser a mangled wreck off the side of the road. The incident raises an obvious question: How many cop cars and emergency vehicles does Autopilot need […]
youtube.com Pence Has Slowed Down the COVID-19 Response/Carol Has A Lot to Say about This Top story: How Mike Pence slowed down the coronavirus response – POLITICO https://t.co/TP6oURSWFb, see more https://t.co/H41VtA36kR — OsintZone (@OsintZone) August 27, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: In what will have been the more important job Pence will have ever had, he utterly failed to meet the mark and has just kept going downhill after that. Some of Trump’s typically less than immortal words have come back to bite the U.S. in the ass. ‘Mike is going to be in charge, and Mike will report back to me. […]
Their arrest came as a surprise. Was Russia really using mercenary soldiers to overthrow the leader of its closest ally? Everyone knew relations between Moscow and Alexander Lukashenko were strained, but this seemed extreme. That was the claim originally made when 33 members of the ‘Wagner’ Private Security Company were detained by the KGB in Belarus. State news agency Belta alleged that law enforcement sources said they’d received information about the arrival of more than 200 Russian militants on Belarusian territory to destabilize the situation during the country’s fraught election campaign. But Russian President Vladimir Putin says it was all a […]
(Natural News) Democrats have essentially conceded the election as Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (Demon-Calif.) has just declared, “I don’t think there should be any debates,” absurdly claiming that Joe Biden debating with the President of the United States would “dignify” Donald Trump and therefore cannot be allowed to take place. With this, the Democrats are now conceding the election to Trump, realizing that their brain-damaged candidate Joe Biden cannot form complete sentences except in offline, heavily-edited videos. Asking Joe Biden to debate in a live format would be like asking a house cat to use a typewriter… you’d end […]
We Gawk At Nonsense Political Theater While The Real Enemies Go Unnoticed By Lee Camp, Consortium News. August 27, 2020 We Gawk At Nonsense Political Theater While The Real Enemies Go Unnoticed2020-08-272020-08-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/woman-face-thoughts-media-head-question-mark-circle-tree-structure-e1598549191470.jpg200px200px Looking beyond the distractions, one can see what really matters, like detecting cancer. Donald Trump speeches. Celebrity tweets. Corporate news repetition. Chaos. Vapidity. Manufactured dissent. Graphic fighting sports. This is what fills our field of vision. It consumes our thoughts, overflows our brains with anti-intellectual mud. Yet most of these things are the bug splatter across the windshield. They are not the actual highway, the path forward, actually deserving […]
The video-sharing app, which has 100 million active users in the United States alone, has fallen victim to the Trump administration’s standoff with China. The president previously accused TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, of spying on its users at the behest of Beijing, a claim the company and the Chinese authorities have denied. TikTok will sell its US operations in the coming days as the company is finalising a deal, CNBC reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The agreement will also include the sale of its operations in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand and is estimated to be […]
The claim that normalisation with Israel and the establishment of official and public relations between the Arab countries and Tel Aviv is inevitable is nonsense. Such claims are worthless politically, historically and even logically. It is like saying that corruption is an inevitable result of living in a city where everyone is corrupt. If the Arab states’ normalisation with the occupation state is inevitable, why have most of them waited 70 years to go ahead with it? It is also nonsense to claim that the normalisers are “heroes of peace”, which is nothing more than an attempt to beautify a very […]
“In terms of dealing with the courts now, he [Neal] has been strong and persistent and doing exactly what the lawyers say that we have to do in order to prevail,” she said. “He could not do anything more.” “We are at the mercy of the courts.” Her comments come ahead of a primary Neal faces Tuesday against Alex Morse, a challenger endorsed by liberal firebrand Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.). Morse is the mayor of Holyoke, a town in Neal’s district. Neal has faced nagging complaints from progressives that he has not been aggressive enough in his legal fight for Trump’s […]
Rioters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, vandalized a synagogue and a church on Wednesday evening during protests described as “peaceful” by the mainstream media on the fourth night of unrest after the shooting of Jacob Blake, 29, on Sunday. The Blaze reported: “Townhall’s Julio Rosas caught video of someone in the Black Lives Matter crowd spray-painting “Free Palestine” in the driveway of Kenosha’s Beth Hillel Temple.” The synagogue was tagged with “Free Palestine” in the driveway — the same slogan scrawled on a synagogue in Los Angeles during the first wave of Black Lives Matter riots in late May. Someone from the BLM […]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said on Thursday that Congressional Democrats are sticking to their $2 trillion-plus coronavirus relief demands, and has blamed the GOP for refusing to compromise amid the ongoing impasse. “We’re not budging,” Pelosi told Capitol Hill reporters. “They have to move. They have to move.” (Or, they don’t and President Trump will authorize stimulus extensions until the election) “Why should there be a bill that has far less [of] what the public needs?” Pelosi added. “We have that responsibility, and they’re just going to have to come up with more money.” The comments came just hours before […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107835/10/1078351087_0:531:1530:1391_1200x675_80_0_0_60b82b736e2ba52b5d51ca433099d2c6.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Radhika Parashar. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/india/202008271080293351-at-3000-metres-above-sea-level-indian-aviation-regulator-releases-draft-rules-on-in-flight-wi-fi/ New Delhi (Sputnik): In March this year, India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) confirmed that airlines will now be permitted to offer Wi-Fi connectivity for laptops, smartphones, tablets, smart watches, and e-readers for flyers travelling within the country, specifying that the services would be offered only on their device’s flight mode. India’s aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), on Thursday released draft rules for the use of in-flight Wi-Fi on portable electronic devices (PEDs). As part of the draft rules for Internet services inside aircraft flying in Indian airspace, […]
Little Skylar Herbert was so precociously bright and engaging that her kindergarten teacher predicted she would become the first Black female president of the United States. But Skylar was only 5 when she instead became the first child in Michigan to die from COVID-19. This daughter of a police officer and a firefighter is now a heartbreaking marker of history as it is being made in these dire times. So, it is only understandable that Detroit Police Officer LaVondria Herbert would have some interest in the part of the saga being played out as the Republican National Convention sought to cast […]
A man walks past a Walmart store in Washington, D.C. on July 15. Walmart said it was “confident” that its joint deal with Microsoft would satisfy both TikTok users and U.S. government regulators. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images A man walks past a Walmart store in Washington, D.C. on July 15. Walmart said it was “confident” that its joint deal with Microsoft would satisfy both TikTok users and U.S. government regulators. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Walmart has teamed up with Microsoft in a bid to buy TikTok in one of the […]
The exchange wants $5,000 in damages from Azamat Mukhiddinov, its now-fired senior engineer. Source link
WNBA players with the Washington Mystics wore T-shirts with seven bullet holes for their game on Wednesday. The ladies also held a protest on the court locking arms and kneeling.The WNBA also cancelled their games on Wednesday night. Advertisement – story continues below The WNBA led the way. The Mystics pulled up today in shirts reading Jacob Blake, with bullet holes in the back. https://t.co/xxDQPlfTEv — Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) August 26, 2020 TRENDING: MUST SEE: Jacob Blake’s Mother Stuns Don Lemon After She Apologizes to President Trump for Missing his Call (VIDEO) Source link
Floodwaters in Sudan have reached the highest levels on record, killing dozens of people, destroying thousands of homes and encroaching on some neighbourhoods of the capital Khartoum. The flooding comes despite Ethiopia starting to fill the reservoir behind a giant new dam upstream on the Blue Nile in July. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is expected to help Sudan control future floods. Flooding regularly hits Sudan in summer, but this year’s unprecedented water levels have left larger tracts of farmland submerged and residents around Khartoum are looking anxiously outside their homes for fear of the rising waters. Floodwaters have spilled […]
“If they are willing to meet us in the middle, then we can sit down and talk. So this is, ‘You called me? I’m returning your call. Are you ready to bring much more money to the table?’” Talks between the two sides have been essentially nonexistent since negotiations fell apart earlier this month, with a trillion-dollar gulf separating the two parties and messy rounds of finger pointing about who is to blame. Democrats have offered to negotiate a massive relief package around $2 trillion, far less than the $3.4 trillion bill the House passed in May. But Republicans have balked […]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) told reporters on Thursday that there should be no presidential debates between President Trump and Democrat nominee Joe Biden (D), dismissing them as nothing more than an “exercise in skullduggery.” “I myself — don’t tell anybody I told you this. Especially don’t tell Joe Biden. I don’t think that there should be any debates,” the speaker bluntly stated, fueling the concerns of those who suspect Biden will cave to outside pressure and skip the presidential debates: .@SpeakerPelosi: “Don’t tell anybody I told you this.. Especially don’t tell Joe Biden. But I don’t think there should be any […]
Support for Black Lives Matter in the key swing state of Wisconsin has plummeted from +25 approval to zero following the riots in Kenosha. The city has been plagued by rioting, looting, violence and arson all week following the police killing of Jacob Blake, culminating in the Tuesday night shooting of three BLM protesters, two fatally, by a 17-year-old who acted in self-defense. A new poll suggests that the bedlam is turning people against Black Lives Matter, and by proxy Joe Biden, who has endorsed BLM on numerous occasions. “Democrats need to be extremely concerned about what’s happening in Wisconsin, where […]
With the Fed now desperate to hit an average of 2% inflation for the foreseeable future (it remains unclear over what period the “average” will be calculated), the price of lumber is certainly helping the US central bank, because as WKRN writes, if you are in need of lumber, then it is likely you are on a long waiting list with others. Driven by a new housing boom (which may soon become a bubble) in single-family houses as residents of major cities flee in droves for the suburbs, demand for lumber is soaring while supply is negligible. Which – even in […]
Ben Luján Addresses Navajo Nation Council, Discusses Need For Further COVID-19 Relief In Tribal Communities First published 21 August 2020, Los Alamos Daily Post More than 9,000 individuals living in the Navajo Nation have been infected with COVID-19, and more than 400 lost their lives. U.S. House Assistant Speaker Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) has called out the Trump administration for failing to share crucial health data with Tribal health authorities and awarding a $3 million contract to a former Trump White House official who delivered substandard personal protective equipment to the Indian Health Service. Luján delivered a report to the Navajo Nation […]