House Speaker Nancy Pelosi doesn’t care about middle class Americans who are suffering because of authoritarian Covid lockdown orders. After months of stonewalling and playing politics, Pelosi finally agreed to a Covid relief bill that is expected to pass today. Congress FINALLY agreed to hand out a $600 dollar check to every American after they ruined the economy and millions of lives. The Covid stimulus bill […]
Daily Archives: December 21, 2020
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Farmers in the Beit Lahia area appealed to the Ministry of Agriculture and international organisations to save them from losses after three days of rain that led to the flooding of the irrigation stream around the fields. Greenhouses were flooded and soil erosion destroyed crops during the strawberry harvest season. The Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture estimated the initial value of damages and losses to farmers' lands as […]
POLITICO first reported in January that intelligence officials were pushing for the hearing, which features both public and classified sessions, to be moved entirely behind closed doors over fears their bosses might provoke Trump’s ire. Pinning down Ratcliffe: The impasse persisted as Trump fired one acting spy chief, Joseph Maguire; tapped Richard Grenell, the U.S. ambassador to Germany, as a temporary replacement; and then finally nominated, […]
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi insisted Monday that China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), an international infrastructure program criticized as debt-fueled imperialism by the U.S. government, is doing better than ever after the coronavirus pandemic. Wang claimed China has more money than ever to spend on the program, despite rumors of impending cuts to BRI funding because of domestic economic concerns. “Many projects have kept running […]
WASHINGTON ― With limited resources and increasing threats, experts at U.S. Cyber Command cannot conduct operations for everyone and protect everything. As a result, the Marine Corps is spreading expertise and resources from high-end cyber warriors to the fleet as it builds prowess in the domain, with new cyber-focused careers for Marines and first-time tactical cyber forces. The shift is a big one because presidential rules […]
Big Tech is trying to censor this video which shows Trump lawyer Jessie Binnall delivering an opening statement on election fraud that will shock you! Source link
If 2020 has been a year to remember, then it has also been a year filled with surprises, where nothing really worked out like investors had anticipated. Following one of the fastest wipeouts in modern history, markets around the world have rebounded and according to Bank of America, global equity market cap has topped $100TN, soaring $40TN from the lows seen in March. According to BofA, […]
The US Department of Commerce has published a list of 103 Russian and Chinese entities, including the Russian Defense Ministry, that fall under the ban on exporting American technology to military end-users. The list, published Monday by the Bureau of Industry and Security amends the Export Administration Regulations, and represents just the first tranche of entries that will be expanded going forward, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross […]
(Natural News) Should elections be up for sale? Should they be undermined and manipulated by billionaires? The November 4 -11 election steal would not have been possible if it weren’t for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Not only was Facebook used as a social engineering tool over the past four years — exclusively removing conservative content and elevating left-wing messages — but the CEO himself funneled over […]
Tension between the US and Iran has been high since the US assassinated top Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Quds Force, in Iraq on January 3, 2020. Source link
Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp. has released a video showing PrSM long-range precision-strike missile system carrying out a simulated attack on what appears to be a Russian S-400 air defense system. The three-minute video, released on Friday on the company’s official YouTube account, showed a computer-simulated attack of the U.S. Army’s next-generation, long-range precision-strike missile on the enemy’s Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM) site. The Precision […]
Hundreds of maskless revelers—including White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem—packed President Donald Trump’s Palm Beach club on Friday night for Turning Point USA’s annual winter gala, flouting local COVID-19 guidelines. Photos of the event—hosted by the right-wing student group that made headlines last month after refusing to cancel its “Student Action Summit”—showed dozens of maskless guests eating together and cheerfully […]
The United States on Monday unsealed criminal charges against a third alleged conspirator in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, that killed 270 people, mostly Americans. The suspect, Abu Agila Mohammad Masud Kheir Al-Marimi, a former senior Libyan intelligence official, was charged with two criminal counts related to the bombing. He is in Libyan custody, US Attorney General William Barr said, […]
The coronavirus relief bill released Monday includes $250 million in investment aid for the Palestinians and for encouraging Israeli-Palestinian dialogue in a provision titled the “Nita M. Lowey Middle East Partnership for Peace Act of 2020.” The provision, named for retiring Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY), is buried deep within the nearly 6,000-page legislative text. Citing economic stagnation in the Palestinian Territories, and the potential for economic […]
Peloton is moving out of the basement (or wherever it is you store your exercise bike with the iPad superglued to the front). The company which has ridden the workout from home craze better than anyoneannounced on Monday it had agreed to buy fitness-equipment giant Precor for $420 million to gain U.S. manufacturing capabilities and new expansion opportunities. In the press release, Peloton said it “plans to […]
Several countries have shut their borders to Britain – including France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Ireland, Belgium and Canada – over fears about a new, highly infectious COVID-19 strain identified in the UK that may be associated with faster spread of the disease. Source link
Russian President Vladimir Putin, photographed at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow in 2017, has seen U.S. relations reach their lowest point since the Cold War. By waiting over a month to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden, Putin tried to show strength and that “he’s ready to take the fight all the way to Washington,” Russian political commentator Konstantin Eggert says. Ivan Sekretarev/AP hide caption […]
78-year-old Joe Biden on Monday received his first does of the Covid-19 vaccine by a nurse practitioner at ChristianaCare hospital in Delaware. Biden thanked the scientists and frontline workers and begrudgingly gave the Trump Administration “some credit” for Operation Warp Speed. “I’m doing this to demonstrate that people should be prepared when it’s available to take the vaccine. There’s nothing to worry about,” Biden said after […]
A Turkish court on Monday sentenced a former pro-Kurdish lawmaker who was stripped of her parliamentary status earlier this year to more than 22 years in jail on three separate terrorism charges, according to court documents seen by Reuters. Leyla Guven of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), along with two other opposition lawmakers, lost her status in June after a conviction was finalised in a separate […]
Several members of Congress are taking to social media to complain about the handful of hours they have to read the 5,593-page spending bill. Early Monday afternoon, the behemoth piece of legislation was uploaded, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi scheduled a vote for the evening. “5600 pages. Votes allegedly in 6 hours,” Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) wrote on Twitter about the $2.3 trillion bill. 5600 pages. […]
A homeowner in Louisiana used a firearm to defend his home from a gang of four armed burglars this holiday season, killing two of them. The incident happened in Lacombe, Louisiana, around 10AM back on December 8. St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies said a homeowner opened fire on four intruders after they illegally entered his home. The men reportedly pistol whipped the homeowner, according to […]
Top-level scientists and government doctors in the United States suggested that COVID-19 could have originated from human activities, with one asking if it may have been deliberately engineered, according to the Daily Mail. The emails were obtained via the freedom of information act (FOIA), and detail communications between University of North Carolina epidemiologist Ralph Baric – whose team created chimeric viruses in collaboration with the Wuhan […]
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has once again set off his critics by claiming he’s not on Santa’s naughty list because of all the hard work he did this year. “Santa’s going to be very good to me. I can tell. I worked hard this year,” Cuomo claimed at a Monday press conference, encouraging New Yorkers to have a “healthy holiday.” The governor also jokingly gave […]
(Natural News) It has gotten to the point where there is so much evidence proving that President Donald Trump was resoundingly reelected that it’s difficult to document all of it. Of course, his legal team has uncovered the bulk of it. But post-election analyses have also shown how resounding his victory was, to include winning 18 of the 19 “bellwether” counties around the country a president […]
As the daily COVID-19 infection rates continue to break records in the US, the vaccinations against the novel coronavirus started last week upon the first official approval of the vaccine developed by the Pfizer pharmaceutical company in cooperation with German firm BioNTech. Source link
The U.S. Army Contracting Command has awarded a contract worth nearly $4.6 billion to General Dynamics Land Systems Inc. for production of the latest version of Abrams main battle tanks, the U.S. Department of Defense announced this week. Abrams-maker General Dynamics Land Systems has been awarded a $4,6 billion contract to produce the M1A2 Systems Engineering Plan (SEP) version 3 (v3) main battle tanks, according to the […]
Fledgling pro-Trump cable-news network Newsmax ran a point-by-point debunking of numerous election-fraud conspiracies about voting software company Smartmatic on Monday, days after the firm issued a threat of legal action and demand for retraction over the network peddling falsehoods about the company. In two separate segments during Monday’s broadcast of John Bachman Now, hosts John Bachman and John Tabacco both issued lengthy statements offering fact-checks about […]
Turkey on Monday reported 19,103 more coronavirus infections and 254 new fatalities, the highest daily figure so far, over the past 24 hours, according to the Health Ministry data, reports Anadolu Agency. The new cases include 3,412 symptomatic patients and the total number of infections exceeded 2 million. As many as 34,419 people also recovered in the past day, bringing the tally to 1,835,705, while the death toll climbed to […]
Watch live as Breitbart News editor-in-chief Alex Marlow delivers his remarks to attendees at Turning Point USA’s sixth annual Student Action Summit (SAS) in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Monday. Marlow is scheduled to speak at 4:00 p.m. EST, and will address students and young activists from across the country that have arrived for the event which kicked off on Saturday evening. You can follow Alana Mastrangelo on […]
WASHINGTON ― Congress is rocketing to pass a massive $2.3 trillion spending package by Monday at 11:59 p.m. that includes pandemic relief and federal spending, with $696 billion for the Pentagon. The full-year Pentagon spending bill released Monday morning as part of the mega package represents a $2.6 billion increase over the 2020-enacted level but $2.1 billion less than President Donald Trump’s 2021 budget request. It […]
After being vaccinated on Monday with the Pfizer vaccine (live on camera to try and help bolster public confidence in the vaccine), former Vice President Joe Biden declared that the Trump Administration “deserves some credit getting this off the ground,” in reference to “Operation Warp Speed”, the program of federal subsidies to drug makers. Biden claimed he was taking the vaccine to help demonstrate that “people […]
Since the rise of Scottish nationalism in 2015, the question of Westminster rule over the devolved nations has plagued the Labour Party, which historically has had to rely on a coalition of English, Welsh, and Scottish votes to have substantial electoral success. Source link
Face masks hang from an IV pole at a hospital. Jenny Kane/AP hide caption toggle caption Jenny Kane/AP Face masks hang from an IV pole at a hospital. Jenny Kane/AP At the start of the pandemic, a small group of disability rights advocates found themselves in a race against time to save the life of a woman with an intellectual disability. The woman was taken to […]
UFC President Dana White released an epic video blasting the Mainstream Media for their attacks during the pandemic. “They criticized me for even trying to find a way forward. Because it is easy to criticize from the sidelines.” Here it is: As we roll into 2021, I just wanted to remind everyone there’s ALWAYS a solution to every problem! So, cut through all the bullshit, and […]
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Oman are closing their borders and suspending commercial flights over fears about a new coronavirus strain, the three Gulf Arab states said. Saudi Arabia shut its land and sea borders on Sunday and suspended international commercial flights for a renewable week although foreign flights already in the country can leave, the Interior Ministry said. The measures do not apply to movement of […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director, is warning against “overreacting” to a mutated strain of coronavirus spreading in parts of the United Kingdom and does not yet want restrictions on flights to and from the country. In a Monday interview with CNN, Fauci, who also serves as a member of the White House coronavirus task force, said that the United States should […]
WASHINGTON — The Army’s Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) system under development hit a target 43 miles away — or 70 kilometers — on the nose at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, Dec. 19, using an Excalibur extended-range guided artillery shell, according to Brig. Gen. John Rafferty, who is in charge of the service’s Long-Range Precision Fires modernization. “I don’t think our adversaries have the ability to […]
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad gave a speech during which he slammed neoliberalism as being based on “total moral degeneracy” and representing the enemy of humanity. Assad made the comments during a recent address at a mosque. “Neoliberalism is based on promoting a total moral degeneracy and separating individuals from any principles or values and affiliations and beliefs in order to reach this moral degeneracy,” said the […]
In an extremely rare announcement, the US Navy has publicly declared the location of one of its nuclear submarines, apparently as a “message” and warning to Tehran. The nuclear submarine USS Georgia is now transiting the Strait of Hormuz, the vital narrow waterway where Iran’s IRGC frequently patrols, reportedly armed with up to 154 Tomahawk cruise missiles. JUST IN: #USNavy‘s #USSGeorgia transits #StraitofHormuz with cruisers #USSPortRoyal and […]
While numerous other lawmakers have publicly gotten the Covid-19 vaccine, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) has vowed not to until all seniors receive it. “I had planned to get the vaccine but will now stand in solidarity with our seniors by not doing so until THEY can. I urge my colleagues who are under 65 and healthy to join me,” Gabbard said in a Monday morning message […]
Monday, December 21, 2020 by: Mike Adams Tags: election fraud, elections, electoral votes, Joe Biden, Pence, President Trump, Raiklin, rigged, vote fraud Bypass censorship by sharing this link: https://www.hangthecensors.com/484339.html (Natural News) […]
Marking the 32nd anniversary of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, outgoing US Attorney General William Barr announced new charges in the decades-old case that grew deeply personal for the official over the years. Both Barr and former special counsel Robert Mueller played instrumental roles during investigations into the devastating incident. Source link
Western media outlets say Russia has been deploying troops to Central African Republic to support Russian state-sponsored private military contractors, or PMCs, operating there. A number of Ilyushin -76 cargo planes from Russia, an ally of President Faustin-Archange, landed in Central African Republic this weekend, the security source and a source at the airport said. Observers identified over a dozen Russian military trucks with soldiers and two armoured […]
A new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, is thought to be driving increased transmission of the disease in parts of the UK. The government has placed some regions including London under new, stricter coronavirus restrictions, known as Tier 4. People in Tier 4 areas will not be able to gather with anyone outside their household for Christmas, while those in the rest of […]
A traveler adjusts her mask while waiting to check in for her flight at the Los Angeles International Airport on Monday, Nov. 23, 2020. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong hide caption toggle caption AP Photo/Jae C. Hong A traveler adjusts her mask while waiting to check in for her flight at the Los Angeles International Airport on Monday, Nov. 23, 2020. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong As Thanksgiving […]
Turkey deported two Syrian nationals suspected of links with the Daesh terror group, a security source said on Monday, reports Anadolu Agency. Anti-terror police in the southwestern Denizli province conducted an operation against Daesh and arrested two Syrian nationals, said the source, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media. After they completed the necessary procedures at the police headquarters, […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) explained over the weekend why she received her first dose of the Pfizer vaccine before more vulnerable populations, attributing it to a national security policy that aims to “ensure the continuity of governance during national emergencies.” “I was actually surprised by this too,” Ocasio-Cortez said during a Q&A posted to her Instagram over the weekend, taking questions after sharing a video of […]
The agreement, signed Dec. 15, also involves the transfer of Turkish technology to Ukraine and co-production of Turkish-made armed drones. It was signed by Ukrainian Defence Minister Andriy Taran and Turkey’s top defense procurement official, Ismail Demir. The warship deal could be worth about $1 billion, a government source told Defense News on condition of anonymity. In 2018, Turkish state-controlled defense technologies company STM won a […]
Drumroll, please… after much deliberation (and salivating), Inhabitat has chosen the winner and runners-up of our 2020 Vegan Holiday Recipe competition. The winner receives our sustainable chef’s kit featuring the Ninja Foodi 2-Basket Air Fryer, Farberware Knife Set, Bamboo Cutting Board Set and a Stasher bag bundle. Because we were blown away by the creative submissions for this contest, we’ve decided to highlight some of our […]
Authored by Dr. Martin Kulldorff via The American Institute for Economic Research, Public health is about all health outcomes, not just a single disease like Covid-19. It is important to also consider harms from public health measures. More. Public health is about the long term rather than the short term. Spring Covid lockdowns simply delayed and postponed the pandemic to the fall. More. Public health is about everyone. […]
Having finished its primary mission, the part of China’s Chang’e-5 spacecraft that remained in space has departed for a new mission: exploring an unusual area of space known as a Lagrangian point. Source link
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi doesn’t care about middle class Americans who are suffering because of authoritarian Covid lockdown orders. While Americans suffered, Pelosi was getting her hair done. Advertisement – story continues below While Americans stood in food bank lines, Pelosi enjoyed gourmet ice cream and expensive chocolates. TRENDING: “Big News Coming Out Of Pennsylvania”- Trump Tweets: “Very Big Illegal Ballot Drop” After months of stonewalling […]
Lebanon's parliament passed a law on Monday to lift banking secrecy for one year in a move that could clear the way for a forensic audit of the central bank, a key condition for foreign aid that has hit a roadblock. Such an audit is on a list of reforms that donors have demanded before helping Lebanon climb out of a financial crisis without precedent. These […]
“If this case has not been resolved before the end of this Congress, the Chairwoman will reissue the subpoena to Mazars at the start of the next Congress,” Letter wrote to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. “It remains critically important that the Oversight Committee—and the House more broadly—be able to secure prompt subpoena enforcement without the risk that investigative subjects will thwart […]
A report published by the New York Times and ProPublica on Saturday employed “leaked documents” from the Chinese government to reveal a massive Communist Party propaganda and censorship operation to control the political narrative of the coronavirus pandemic – beginning before Beijing even publicly acknowledged the virus. “At a time when digital media is deepening social divides in Western democracies, China is manipulating online discourse to […]
A recent study published in the journal Atmosphere shows that wood-burning stoves are harmful to air quality and can triple the level of particulate matter in homes. Researchers are proposing that these wood burners be sold with health warning labels. The study authors also recommend that the stoves are not used around children or elderly adults. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos According to the researchers, […]
A “conservative” event by Turning Pointing USA featured two scantily-clad women firing cash through a cannon into a crowd of cheering Republican teenagers. Charlie Kirk’s TPUSA 2020 Student Action Summit conference on Sunday was sponsored by Bang Energy’s “Bang Girls”, who blasted free cash into crowd of college and high school students. “Folks, we are trying to get that thing [money cannon] rolling,” Bang Energy CEO Jack […]
Authored by Petr Svab via The Epoch Times, The FBI was listening to at least one phone call of former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos, according to a recently released text message of Peter Strzok, former head of FBI counterintelligence operations. The text raises the question of what authority the FBI had to conduct such surveillance, particularly because, based on the text, the call with Fox News executive […]
Stunned supporters have likened a spitting scandal involving a top footballer in Germany to criminal incidents that have led to prosecutions during the pandemic, voicing their fury before he was fined and suspended by the league. Champions League star Marcus Thuram claimed the altercation with Hoffenheim defender Stefan Posch, who was forced to wipe spit from his face after the French forward squared up to him, had “occurred […]
(Natural News) Conservative pundit and author Candace Owens threw her support behind Americans who are skeptical of the safety of two new COVID-19 vaccines, many of whom have vowed not to take the experimental concoctions which were rushed through with only limited testing. Owens used her ‘take no prisoners’ style to rip into critics of vaccine skeptics while questioning whether there is even a need to vaccinate […]
Salah is apparently frustrated on Merseyside after he wasn’t made captain during a Champions League game. Source link
Northrop Grumman Systems has been awarded a $22 million contract modification by the U.S. Navy to provide services for Navy’s newest unmanned helicopters. San Diego-based company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Northrop Grumman. The deal, which was a modification to a previous contract, exercises options to procure software and engineering sustainment services, software support, logistics, cyber security and program related engineering in support of MQ-8 Fire […]
Maria Bartiromo may have thought she had a kindred spirit on her Fox Business show Monday morning when she brought up the Trump administration’s last-ditch legal efforts to overturn the election. But former White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney wasn’t ready to go there with her. At the end of a segment about the COVID-19 relief package, Bartiromo pivoted to ask her guest to weigh […]
YouTube Indian superhero Priya has battled rape, acid attacks and trafficking. And now she’s fighting the new coronavirus. Priya’s Mask is the latest installation in Priya, the hit comic book series targeted to Indian children. This time, Priya and her flying tiger Sahas befriend a little girl named Meena to show the sacrifices made by frontline health-care workers — and why it’s important to be courageous […]
The United States justice department is scheduled at 15:30 GMT today to announce a new indictment against a Libyan individual, possibly two, in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on 21 December, 1988. The suspect was described in US media reports last week as explosives expert Abu Agila Mohammad Masud. He is said to have been the man who made the bomb […]
Residents on Hawaii’s Big Island were asked to stay indoors when the Kilauea volcano erupted Sunday during an explosion that shot ash into the sky. The explosion happened at the Halemaumau Crater following several weak earthquakes, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and a 4.4 magnitude earthquake came shortly after the eruption, NBC News reported. “The agency added that significant damage to buildings or structures was not […]
MELBOURNE, Australia — Japan’s defense budget for the next fiscal year will set a record high for the seventh year running, although the approved figure is still lower than that requested by the Defense Ministry. Funds expected to upgrade Japan’s fleet of fighter jets were removed as part of the reduction. Specifically, the request for $205 million to upgrade the Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s F-15J Eagle […]
It’s hard to imagine everybody making the necessary sacrifices for the U.S. to be carbon-neutral in 30 years, even if it does mean the difference between an inhabitable or uninhabitable planet. But an optimistic new study from Princeton claims that yes, it is possible. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos The 345-page Princeton University report, published last Tuesday, explains several ways that the U.S. could attain […]
The Dow is up over 800 points from its pre-open lows and has pushed into the green for the day, shrugging off pandemic mutations as Fed Stress Test-enabled buybacks have sent Goldman and JPMorgan soaring, adding around 150 points to the index alone… The Dow is leading the major indices but they are all soaring back…(NOTE – Small Caps were down 4% in the pre-open and […]
Earlier in the day, the Labour Party leader, Sir Keir Starmer, rejected the idea of calling for an extension to the Brexit transition period because of the coronavirus crisis and urged the Prime Minister to prove he can “get Brexit done” with his promised “oven-ready deal”. Source link
Rudy Giuliani called for an audit of Dominion voting machines in Pennsylvania, Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin: DISCOVERY: A 68% ERROR rate found in votes PROVES intentional fraud! PA, AZ, GA, MI, and WI should agree to let us audit the Dominion machines. If they didn’t cheat, what are they afraid of? We MUST have an audit! Rudy Giuliani’s analysis HERE: https://t.co/Ri9Q1GJMzF pic.twitter.com/FpTtVfS7bg — Rudy W. […]
The Sudanese Professionals' Association (SPA), which led the protest movement in Sudan, has called for the transition period to be brought to a close by accelerating the formation of the Legislative Council (parliament), Anadolu has reported. "This is the way to monitor the performance of the next government, its programmes and its work in improving economic conditions, achieving the goals of the revolution, building real institutions […]
Elliot Page — formerly the Oscar-nominated actress Ellen Page — has posted what appears to be the first selfie since coming out as transgender. The actor also thanked fans for their outpouring of support following the big announcement earlier this month. “From the bottom of my heart, thank you. Your love and support has been the greatest gift. Stay safe. Be there for each other,” Page […]
LONDON — An industry consortium led by Capita is taking over Royal Navy personnel training in a deal awarded earlier this month by the Ministry of Defence. The British company announced via Linked-In that a consortium it is leading alongside Raytheon UK, Elbit Systems UK and Fujitsu has secured a wide-ranging navy training deal in a 12 year agreement worth up to £2 billion, or $2.7 […]
By Clint Siegner The world’s largest gold exchange traded fund (ETF) seems to be having a lot of trouble when it comes to accounting. The SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) recently appointed its 6th chief financial officer since 2014. And the problem of finding and keeping executives who are willing to certify the Fund’s accounting does not appear to be the only reason for concern at GLD. […]
Outgoing Attorney General William Barr announced he won’t appoint a special counsel to investigate election fraud OR Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden. During a Monday morning press conference announcing charges against the terrorist who perpetrated the Pan Am flight 103 bombing in 1988, Barr said he’s “not going to” name an election fraud special counsel because he still hasn’t seen evidence of “systemic” fraud. “There are […]
Just a day after the Chinese PLA Navy trailed a US warship through the contested waters of the Taiwan Strait, alarms have been further raised in the region given China just sent its newest domestic-built aircraft carrier, the Shandong, through the strait on Sunday. While it’s ostensibly for the purpose of “routine drills” in the South China Sea, according to a PLA Navy statement issued Monday, […]
After authorizing the use of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) warned that it should only be given to pregnant women in certain cases. “We recommend a case by case decision,” Harald Enzmann, the chair of EMA Human Medicines Committee (CHMP), said during a briefing. According to the official, the agency believes that the companies that developed the vaccine did not produce enough data in […]
A previous debate on the use of pork gelatin in vaccines reportedly deemed the practice permissible under Islamic law, as not using vaccines would lead to “greater harm.” Source link
The U.S. Department of Defense has contracted American plane-maker Boeing for engineering work on B-1B Lancer and B-52H Stratofortress strategic bomber aircraft. According to the U.S. Department of Defense contract announcements, Aerospace giant Boeing was awarded a modification to contract from the U.S. Air Force for B-1 and B-52 bomber engineering services. The deal worth almost $400 million and covers recurring and non-recurring engineering services on the […]
Over the course of 2020, as our lives have become increasingly disrupted, new terms and phrases have come along to describe what we’re going through. “Social distancing” would have meant being stand-offish at a party if you’d said it to me last year, and now I immediately think of dots on the floor telling me where to stand and arrows telling me which way to walk […]
Passengers wearing face masks wait next to the Eurostar Terminal at Gare du Nord train station in Paris on Monday. France is banning all travel from the U.K. for 48 hours in an attempt to make sure that a new strain of the coronavirus in Britain doesn’t reach its shores. Lewis Joly/AP hide caption toggle caption Lewis Joly/AP Passengers wearing face masks wait next to the […]
Moroccan Prime Minister Saadeddine Othmani has said that his country is "always ready to open the border with Algeria without anything in return." Relations between the two North African states have been stagnant for decades due to the Western Sahara dispute between Rabat and the Polisario Front. "Morocco is ready to end the border issue when the Algerians are ready," explained Othmani. "The Guerguerat issue and […]
ATLANTA — The lesser followed and unverified Twitter account of Georgia Democrat Senate candidate Rev. Raphael Warnock contained a now-deleted tweet bashing “white Christians of Alabama” the day before Alabama’s 2017 special election featuring candidates Roy Moore and Doug Jones. In the tweet from Warnock’s second Twitter account, the Georgia Democrat accuses white Christian Alabamians specifically of being less virtuous than “the average atheist” on December […]
WASHINGTON — The National Reconnaissance Office successfully completed its final launch of the year on Dec. 19, wrapping up a 2020 that saw the agency launch six missions into orbit. For NROL-108, the agency utilized a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifting off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This was NRO’s second dedicated launch with SpaceX, with the first taking place with NROL-76 in May […]
A pilot project inspired by the pandemic, Dwelling on Wheels is the newest tiny home on wheels designed by Seattle-based firm, Modern Shed. The home features 220 square feet of space, solar power and has off-grid capabilities, all starting at $129,000. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos Dwelling on Wheels (DW) is the first portable dwelling by Modern Shed, a company that has been building custom studios for almost two […]
By B.N. Frank Since 2017, doctors and scientists have asked for 5G moratoriums on Earth and in space (see 1, 2). Cities AND entire countries have taken action to ban, delay, halt, and limit 5G installation AS WELL AS issue moratoriums on deployment due to biological, environmental, and safety risks. Despite increasing warnings and opposition, the rollout continues in some places including space via controversial satellites. […]
Summary: Europe shuts doors to UK Mutation announced last week stokes fears worldwide US hospitalizations decline, led by Midwest Sweden imposes travel ban Ireland warns extension likely Colombia capital lifts some retrictions Tokyo mayor urges residents to stay home Canada suspends flights to UK Jakarta extends restrictions for another week Clinical trials for Moderna vaccine in Japan will start in January * * * First revealed […]
President Trump who still refuses to concede the election despite Biden’s Electoral College win has claimed that voting machines in Michigan showed a 68 percent error rate. Source link
Biden got a record low number of counties in the United States by a supposed “winner” – only 16%. Trump retweeted this: DIIVIDED NATION: 🚨🚨 America is 50 states.Minus the states in question Trump won 25, Biden won 16. Those states house 2974 counties.Even with the “votes in question” Trump won 2496, Biden on 477. Trump won 84% of America, Biden “won” 16%.#PickSixCheatBigJoeDid pic.twitter.com/jvE07q8C91 — Kevin […]
The Istanbul-Tehran-Islamabad (ITI) train is expected to resume operations next year after the key requirements for the revival of the service have been completed, according to Adil Karaismailoglu, Turkey's minister of transport and infrastructure, local media reported. Speaking at the 10th edition of the joint meetup of the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) in Istanbul, Karaismailoglu said that the railway line project has been specifically designed to […]
In an inflammatory tweet on Sunday, far-left actor Alec Baldwin proposed several violent acts of retribution that should await President Donald Trump “if he refuses to concede.” Pandering to his radical following, the Saturday Night Live fake Trump and star of the children’s movie franchise, Boss Baby, took to Twitter to ponder whether the president be subject to beatings or suffocation. “Who arrests Trump if he refuses […]
Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled renders for the future Shenzhen Science & Technology Museum, an organically inspired, U-shaped museum that will not only raise Shenzhen’s reputation as a global leader in innovation and technology but also serve as a sustainable benchmark for civic architecture in the southern Chinese city. Located within Guangming Science City in northwestern Shenzhen, the new museum will be connected with universities, schools […]
By Tyler Durden With the latest $900 billion covid stimulus deal now done (which unless the Democrats win the Georgia Senate runoffs in 2 weeks will be the final covid stimulus bill according to Goldman), attention turns to what’s actually in it. First: the good news – the bill will include a fresh round of benefits for small businesses as well as the usual one-time pittance […]
A new law set to be passed in Poland would fine social media companies $2.2 million a pop for censoring lawful free speech. While numerous western countries are seeking to impose heavy fines on the likes of Facebook and Twitter for failing to remove “hateful” content, Poland is taking a very different approach. “Under its provisions, social media services will not be allowed to remove content […]
Do mask mandates work? As we’ve noted repeatedly in recent months, evidence is piling up that they do not. According to analysis by data expert Justin Hart, who has been following COVID-19 data for months, demonstrated in a Sunday Twitter thread that states with mask mandates had a greater number of COVID cases per 100,000 people than states without mandates. See thread below: That’s right. With […]
The Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) said in a statement released on Monday that it was ethical for Roman Catholics to use coronavirus vaccines that have used cell lines from aborted fetuses. In the document approved by Pope Francis on 17 December, the doctrinal congregation said that all vaccinations recognized as clinically safe and effective can be used, “with the certain knowledge […]
This year Lionel Messi told Barcelona he wanted to part ways with the team after the side suffered “humiliating” Champions League losses. Though an “exit clause” in his contract reportedly stopped the superstar from leaving, the fact that his contract is set to expire in 2021 prompted rumours about a possible transfer. Source link
On Sunday, Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp. has announced that the U.S. Air Force B-52H aircraft conducted a new captive-carry flight test of the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) Instrumented Measurement Vehicle 2. As noted by the company, on Dec. 19 an ARRW instrumented measurement vehicle (IMV) was flown captive-carry on a B-52H bomber out of Edwards Air Force Base in California. This […]