Fueling tensions amid an already spiraling trade dispute between the two countries, China has formally arrested an Australian citizen and journalist after she was initially detained under mysterious circumstances last summer. The now formal arrest of Cheng Lei is under charges of “illegally supplying state secrets overseas” after she long worked as a popular news anchor and analyst for China’s state-run English language news service, CGTN. The Australian government has long protested her detention and calls the allegations “baseless” after she was held under a law which gives Chinese authorities the ability to hold and interrogate a suspect for up to six months with no […]
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(Natural News) With flu season in full swing, there is a lot of talk about getting the flu vaccine, with the mainstream media giving people “helpful” reminders to get vaccinated. One group that is particularly targeted by vaccination campaigns is the elderly. Unfortunately, older people are one of the groups who this vaccine is failing the most. For starters, the flu vaccine is notoriously ineffective. It is developed using only a handful of type A or B vaccine strain influenza viruses; there are hundreds of these in total. Even when those chosen in a certain year are a perfect match for […]
As the cryptocurrency Bitcoin continues its incredible blast-off amid a pandemic and market uncertainty, some experts believe that its price could reach as high as $50,000. Source link
Saudi Arabia has commuted the death sentences of three young Shia men to ten years imprisonment following a lengthy review carried out by the authorities. The Kingdom's state-backed Human Rights Commission (HRC) made the announcement yesterday. The three men involved are Ali Al-Nimr, Dawoud Al-Marhoon and Abdullah Al-Zaher, who were sentenced to death in 2016 for participating in anti-government protests. They were all legally minors at the time of their arrests, with Al-Nimr and Al-Marhoon both 17 in 2012, and Al-Zaher just 15 when he was arrested in 2011. MBS and truth about Khashoggi – Cartoon [Sabaaneh/MiddleEastMonitor] The commutation follows a […]
The House Ways and Means Committee will begin considering its part of the massive reconciliation bill on Wednesday and go through Friday. The tax-writing panel has a huge portion of the relief plan, including a boost in federal unemployment benefits and a major expansion of child tax benefits. President Joe Biden has come under increasing pressure to tighten the qualifications for the third round of stimulus payments as Democrats in Congress draft the next big coronavirus rescue package. Biden has proposed a $1,400 check to most Americans, though Democrats have disagreed about exactly who should qualify for the payment. Biden has […]
Former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) predicted Monday on MSNBC that many Republican Senators will vote to convict President Donald Trump after the House managers present their impeachment case, but the final tally will fall short of the 17 needed. McCaskill said, “What Liz Cheney has done is remarkable. She has stood up with courage and said, ‘Enough. I’m going to lead the non-Trump Republican Party. We don’t want Donald Trump to be the face of our party anymore. This is what I’m doing.’ Now, will anyone else besides Mitt Romney join her? There were people that were defending her in the Senate.” […]
How quickly things change. Just nine short months ago, in May 2020, the market did something it had never done before: it pushed Fed Fund futures for January 2021 negative, meaning that last spring bond traders were betting that sometime around today, overnight rates in the US would be negative as the US economy entered the final stretch of its Japanification implosion. Since then things haven’t quite worked out as expected, with long rates rising sharply and the 30Y today briefly breaching 2% for the first time since February 2020, on the back of surging breakeven rate, which rose by 1bp […]
Rep. Ron Wright (R-Texas) has passed away after being hospitalized for Covid-19 (he was also battling cancer), and critics have wasted no time targeting his opposition to lockdown restrictions. Wright, who was 67 at the time of his death, has been reported by many outlets as the first sitting congressional member to die from the virus. Representatives confirmed his death on Monday and said he and his wife had been hospitalized for two weeks. “For the previous two weeks, Ron and [his wife] Susan had been admitted to Baylor Hospital in Dallas after contracting Covid-19,” his office said in a statement. […]
In December 2020 a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 was reported in South Africa. The mutation, known as 501.V2, is said to be more aggressive and dangerous for young men. The highly transmissible new strain could also be resistant to existing COVID-19 vaccines. Source link
Few books have opened with truer words than the latest selection for our Just Booked series (on beautiful coffee table books) than Assouline’s Miami Beach. “Miami’s time is now,” it boldly declares—and boy is that the case. Miami Beach is the current destination of choice for the New York and California exodus, and its warm weather has given residents (and visitors) a degree of sanity during COVID that is the envy of all. And in an era where a photogenic setting is, well, everything, it’s hard to beat the pastel wonders of Miami Beach. The World’s Playground, as it’s sometimes called, […]
House impeachment managers, led by Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., seen leaving the Senate floor after delivering the article of impeachment on Capitol Hill on Jan. 25. They will deliver the case against former President Trump starting Tuesday. Melina Mara-Pool/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Melina Mara-Pool/Getty Images House impeachment managers, led by Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., seen leaving the Senate floor after delivering the article of impeachment on Capitol Hill on Jan. 25. They will deliver the case against former President Trump starting Tuesday. Melina Mara-Pool/Getty Images President Trump made history when he became the first president to be impeached twice […]
Bitcoin’s price is getting closer to Mars thanks to Elon Musk while ether moons to a new record. Investors are pulling BTC out of DeFi, likely to diversify their profits. Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $44,023 as of 21:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Climbing 14.5% over the previous 24 hours. Bitcoin’s 24-hour range: $38,051-$44,801 (CoinDesk 20) BTC well above the 10-hour and the 50-hour moving average on the hourly chart, a bullish signal for market technicians. Bitcoin trading on Bitstamp since Feb 5. Source: TradingView Bitcoin’s price hit a record-high price Monday, soaring to $44,801 at around 13:00 UTC (8 a.m. ET). […]
Chuck Schumer Top Senators Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell announced Monday they reached an agreement on the framework for Trump’s impeachment trial. The sham trial will begin Tuesday, February 9th. Here are the details via Fox News: Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said on Monday that he, Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and former President Donald Trump’s counsel had reached an agreement on the structure for the upcoming impeachment trial. TRENDING: EXCLUSIVE: Suspicious Vehicle Seen Escorting Late Night Biden Ballot Van at TCF Center on Election Night (VIDEO) That structure will include four hours divided evenly between the Impeachment Managers and Trump’s counsel […]
United Nations Yemen mediator Martin Griffiths and Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif discussed on Monday how to make progress toward a nationwide ceasefire and reviving the political process in Yemen, a UN spokesman said, Reuters reported. A Saudi-led military coalition intervened in Yemen in 2015, backing government forces fighting the Iran-aligned Houthis. The more than six-year long conflict is widely seen as a proxy conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran. It is Griffiths first visit to Iran since becoming the UN envoy three years ago. Zarif and Griffiths "exchanged views on Yemen and how to make progress towards a resumption of the political […]
Former President Donald Trump’s legal team makes the case that the Democrat effort to impeach him is unconstitutional and violates his First Amendment right to free speech. “The Senate should dismiss these charges and acquit the President because this is clearly not what the Framers wanted or what the Constitution allows,” the memo from Trump’s lawyers — Bruce L. Castor Jr., David Schoen, and Michael T. van der Veen — states. The Trump legal team released a 78-page memo on Monday detailing their case against the push by Democrats to impeach the former president even after leaving office. “Conviction at an […]
One America News Network CEO Robert Herring seemingly offered a job to former-Fox Business host, Lou Dobbs, after his former network fired him following a lawsuit from Smartmatic, one of the voting machine companies accused of being complicit in widespread fraud in the 2020 election. “One America News would like Lou Dobbs to get in contact with us,” wrote Herring. “We may have a position available for you in which you wouldn’t be censored for speaking the truth!” One America News would like @LouDobbs to get in contact with us. We may have a position available for you in which you […]
The United States military has kicked off joint war games with Australian and Japan on the Western Pacific island of Guam which will specifically focus on countering a theoretical future aerial attack from Russia or China. The joint exercises, dubbed ‘Cope North 2021’ began last Wednesday and are scheduled to run all the way to February 19. Crucially the exercises will included F-35A joint strike fighters, marking the first time the advanced stealth jets are deployed to Andersen Air Force Base at Guam. US military handout photo showing last year’s joint drills. “Exercise Cope North 21 aims to provide an opportunity for the […]
(Natural News) American drug manufacturer Merck dropped its bid to develop a vaccine against the Wuhan coronavirus. The firm announced the cessation of its COVID-19 vaccine program after its two candidates did not trigger strong immune responses. It said that phase one trials showed responses that did not reach the level elicited by earlier approved vaccines although there were no significant safety issues reported. Merck Research Laboratories President Dr. Dean Li said the firm remained resolute in its commitment “to contribute to the global effort to relieve the burden of this pandemic.” As such, it will now shift its efforts to […]
An incident on Friday which led to the fatal shooting of a 20-year old Youtuber is under investigation. In Nashville, a permit is needed to carry a loaded handgun. Anyone above the age of 18 can, however, carry ‘openly’ so long as the weapon is not loaded. Source link
Defence minister Benny Gantz slammed Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu for saying corruption cases brought against him are "falling apart", i24 News reported. "The judges and only they will determine the date of the hearing, the method in which to conduct it and the verdict," Gantz tweeted. "Netanyahu, Israel has an honest and strong judicial system even if you do not like it." Netanyahu had earlier in the day denied corruption charges against him during a brief court appearance, and spoke out during a joint press conference with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. He said: "You see my cases are falling […]
The mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida, Rick Kriseman, slammed rapper 50 Cent for hosting a “stupid” maskless Super Bowl party on Saturday. World famous DJs Diplo and Steve Aoki also headlined large events, drawing crowds of hundreds of revelers, in Florida over the weekend. “This isn’t how we should be celebrating the Super Bowl,” tweeted Kriseman. “It’s not safe or smart. It’s stupid. We’re going to take a very close look at this, and it may end up costing someone a lot more than 50 cent.” This isn’t how we should be celebrating the Super Bowl. It’s not safe or smart. It’s stupid. […]
After his inauguration last month, President Joe Biden signed an executive order extending eviction moratoriums until the end of March. Even with the moratorium in place, Reuters reports evictions courts around the country are clogged up with cases. Housing activists have mobilized to protect the working-poor who owe billions of dollars in back rent from being booted onto the streets. In Kansas City, Missouri, late last month, Judge Jack Grate held a virtual online court session for Tonya Raynor,64, who owed $2,790 in back rent. As Judge Grate asked, “Miss Raynor, are you there?” – a chorus of people said, “This is not […]
CBS News reported last week that some three million women have left the US labor force in the past year alone. Some experts have linked the recent employment exodus to a lack of policies that allow parents to have a balance between work and caregiving – especially during times of virtual learning. Source link
Startling documents released Monday point to heavy-handed interference by top Trump administration officials last summer to downplay the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic, through suppressed testing results and altered guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on reopening businesses and schools. The documents are the result of a House Oversight investigation launched in September into reports of efforts by Trump political appointees at the Department of Health and Human Services to interfere with guidance issued by CDC in order to keep businesses open, even though evidence proved it could cost American lives. The select subcommittee in charge of the […]
YouTube With Oscar nominations just a day away, Pakistan is hoping its picture gets one of the slots for best foreign film. But it’s a film that most Pakistanis aren’t able to see. The 2-hour, 15-minute long movie is called Zindagi Tamasha, or “Circus of Life.” Set in the hazy old quarter of the Pakistani city of Lahore, prostitutes, devout families, drug dealers and men hustling a living live side-by-side. It is the fictional story of a devout, middle-aged real estate agent and performer, Rahat Khwaja, whose life capsizes after a guest at a wedding films him sensually swaying to an […]
News that Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Citi are considering entering the crypto custody market likely surprised many who haven’t followed the blockchain tech or digital asset moves of major U.S. financial institutions over the last half-decade. However, analysis based on publicly available blockchain initiatives data clearly shows that many institutions – some more than others – are slowly de-prioritizing blockchain tech and shifting their focus to native crypto assets. To assess how institutions are adapting to blockchain technology, we surveyed their initiative announcements. We looked at credible media, such as CoinDesk and the Financial Times, and defined an initiative as a […]
One of the most bitter and biased individuals in US law has been appointed to a top role at the Department of Justice (DOJ). The Daily Mail reported: Advertisement – story continues below … Joe Biden, who called for unity with Republicans during his inaugural address, has appointed Pamela Karlan, a Trump impeachment witness, to serve in a top position at the Justice Department. This comes after Facebook appointed the bitter and biased woman to a role at their conservative censor happy organization: TRENDING: EXCLUSIVE: Suspicious Vehicle Seen Escorting Late Night Biden Ballot Van at TCF Center on Election Night (VIDEO) […]
The European Union will hold its fifth international donor conference for Syria in March, according to a statement by the European Commission Monday, Anadolu Agency reported. The conference on "Supporting the future of Syria and the region" will take place virtually on March 29-30 due to the coronavirus pandemic. "The European Union will continue mobilising all the tools at its disposal in support of the Syrian people, to finally reach a negotiated political solution and help create the conditions for a brighter future for all Syrians," the statement said. READ: Israel's war against European aid for Palestinians At the fourth Brussels Conference last June, […]
“It is time to close the book on this election and focus on building a better community and more united Country for our children,” he said in a statement, congratulating Tenney and vowing to make “the transition process as smooth as possible.” The race was a prolonged fiasco that revealed the shortcomings of New York’s decentralized election system, which relies heavily on local boards of elections. After leading by some 28,000 votes on election night, Tenney’s edge dwindled to just fewer than 50 votes as absentee ballots rolled in. The process turned into a total disaster when several counties kept discovering […]
The election of Joe Biden has opened the floodgates to activists advocating for erasing the lines between biological sexes, an extreme agenda embodied in the administration’s executive order proclaiming that people can choose their gender identity and be granted unrestricted access to women’s sports. The order has drawn criticism from women’s rights groups, female athletes, and faith groups — all with the common goal of protecting biological women from being forced to compete against biological men. It has also caused left-wing organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to put forth a narrative that turns science on its head by […]
LONDON – Viasat is upgrading Skynet satellite communications capabilities to enable the British military to comply with the latest integrated waveform requirement known as IW Phase 2, the company said on Feb. 8. The deal was signed in the second quarter of 2020 but the UK arm of the Carlsbad, California-based communications company has only now been able to announce that it is undertaking the upgrade to ultra-high-frequency satellite communications network control stations in the Skynet system. The upgrade is one in a spate of military-related space announcements in the last few days, which have seen the Ministry of Defence name its first Space Command boss and Lockheed Martin tie up with a rocket supplier for its first vertical launch from a UK spaceport. The satellite communications contract was awarded by Airbus Defence and Space, the current private finance initiative operator […]
By Rainey Reitman The prosecution of Julian Assange for charges related to his publications of government documents on the whistleblower website Wikileaks poses a grave threat to press freedom, EFF, Freedom of the Press Foundation and other human rights organizations argue. In an open letter published today, we call on President Biden’s acting Attorney General Monty Wilkinson to halt the prosecution and the threat of extradition. The majority of the charges against Assange relate to the Espionage Act, a federal law passed in 1917 designed to punish espionage. The law’s broad language criminalized those who obtain and/or transmit materials related to […]
A charter school in Utah made a U-turn on its decision to allow families to “exercise their civil rights” and opt their children out of lessons relating to Black History Month, after facing a major backlash online. “We regret that after receiving requests, an opt-out form was sent out concerning activities planned during this month of celebration,” Maria Montessori Academy’s board of directors announced on Sunday. The school in North Ogden, which has a majority white student base according to the Utah State Board of Education, uses Black History Month to incorporate specific teachings about the history of black Americans in both social studies […]
Authored by Annaliese Levy via SaraACarter,com, A new Hill-HarrisX poll, reveals that a majority of Republican voters would likely join a new political party created by former President Donald Trump. The Jan. 28 survey was conducted among 945 registered voters, 340 of which self-identified as Republicans. The results found that 64% of registered GOP voters said they’d join a new political party led by the former president and 32% said they would very likely join. While 36% of GOP voters said they are either very or somewhat unlikely to join. 28% of independents and 15% of Democrats said they’d likely join a third party led by […]
Monday, February 08, 2021 by: Mike Adams Tags: big government, Censorship, divine, freedom, God, grassroots, health freedom, human rights, Liberty, rights, Tyranny Bypass censorship by sharing this link: https://www.afinalwarning.com/495115.html (Natural News) In today’s Situation Update, I’m announcing a shift of focus for the broadcast. Instead of running down each day’s bad news — which is sure to continue for years — we are laying out real-world […]
On Friday, media reported, citing US officials, that the administration of President Joe Biden had formally informed Congress it would remove the Houthis from the US foreign terrorist organizations list. Source link
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone talk with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to the Kremlin on Monday, Anadolu Agency reported. Putin and Netanyahu exchanged opinions on international issues as well as regional affairs in the Middle East, it said in a statement. They agreed to further maintain contacts at various levels, it added. Russia: No alternative for two-state solution Source link
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) pushed for school reopenings and denying additional funding to schools that won’t reopen by stating, “our private schools, our Catholic schools with pennies on the dollar, most of them are open, open for the kids to come back.” Scott said, [relevant remarks begin around 4:00] “If you are not willing to put the kids back in schools, why should we give you more money to open schools? In December, we provided $82 billion to open schools and frankly, those same schools are not open. Think about it […]
Russia and Iran inked an agreement last month on information security, a term that in Russian strategic doctrine encompasses not only cyber but information and communications technology (ICT) more broadly. Such cooperation will help these authoritarian regimes to continue suppressing internal dissent and to expand joint efforts to counter the Western goal of preserving an open and free internet. According to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, the deal will allow Russia and Iran “to coordinate [their] activities given the growing importance of cyber issues and their increasing impact on” both “international relations” and “situations in various countries.” Andrei Krutskikh, Moscow’s lead […]
By Brad Polumbo With control of Congress and the White House, Democrats are making labor policy one of their first priorities. Ironically enough, that’s actually bad news for independent contractors and gig economy workers across the country. The legislation at the core of their agenda is the PRO Act, which Democrats just re-introduced with sponsors including Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer. Among many other things, the bill would severely restrict the legal definition of independent contractors in a way that would largely end the gig economy as we know it. Today, top @HouseDemocrats & […]
Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) on Sunday claimed she did not encourage people to commit violence when she said three years ago that people were going to “absolutely harass” members of the Trump administration. “As a matter of fact, if you look at the words that I used, the strongest thing I said was tell them they’re not welcome, talk to them, tell them they’re not welcome,” Waters said on MSNBC. “I didn’t say go and fight. I didn’t say anybody was going to have any violence. And so they can’t make that stick.” Waters in […]
Extensive rescue efforts are still underway in northern India after a glacier burst caused a major flood and damaged a power plant under construction. At least 26 people died in the incident while almost 200 are still missing. More than 2,000 people, including rescue teams, military forces, police and paramilitary groups were deployed to a remote mountainous region in Uttarakhand state on Sunday after a glacier burst caused a deadly flood. Rescuers managed to save 16 people in the wake of the flooding that covered the Dhauliganga River valley with a thick layer of mud and debris. However, the number of […]
On Sunday, a breakaway glacier in the Rishiganga Valley in the Indian state of Uttarakhand triggered a massive flood that hit two hydropower projects, claiming at least 14 lives, with over 170 still missing as of Monday afternoon. Source link
Data from NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft has revealed the unsurprising — yet previously not searched for — presence of Martian atmospheric ions preserved in the top layer of regolith on the planet’s innermost moon, Phobos. The announcement comes as an international fleet of Emirati, Chinese, and American spacecraft are set to begin arriving at Mars on Tuesday, 9 February for a variety of orbital and surface missions, with the Emirati and Chinese spacecraft entering Martian orbit while NASA’s Perseverance mission performs a direct entry and landing to Jezero Crater. Martian atmosphere clues locked on Phobos’ surface Mars […]
Rep. Ron Wright (R-TX), who tested positive for the coronavirus last month, died on Sunday, his family confirmed on Monday morning. “Congressman Wright will be remembered as a constitutional conservative. He was a statesman, not an ideologue,” their statement read in part. Wright is the first sitting member of Congress to die of COVID-19. His death came just weeks after Congressman-elect Luke Letlow, a Republican in Louisiana, died after contracting COVID-19—days before he was to take office. “His wife Susan was by his side and he is now in the presence of their Lord and Savior,” the statement said. “Over the […]
Protests continued on Monday in cities across Myanmar, including this one in Yangon, as people took to the streets to demand the release of de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and return to democratic rule following a military coup. Stringer/Getty Images/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Stringer/Getty Images/Getty Images Protests continued on Monday in cities across Myanmar, including this one in Yangon, as people took to the streets to demand the release of de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and return to democratic rule following a military coup. Stringer/Getty Images/Getty Images Myanmar’s military defended its actions and enacted new […]
We often talk about central banks creating fiat money. In fact, most fiat money is not created by central banks but by commercial banks. Furthermore, not all of the banks that create and hold fiat money are regulated banks. Many are what we know as “shadow banks.” In the cryptocurrency network, there is a whole shadow banking industry creating and holding fiat money, or something that looks very much like it. Shadow banks are financial institutions that do bank-like things but aren’t subject to banking regulations. They include investment banks, non-bank lenders, money market funds, private equity and hedge funds, and […]
Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows joined Maria Bartiromo yesterday on Sunday Morning Futures. During their discussion, Mark Meadows dropped this BOMB on the power-drunk Democrats who are out for blood. According to Mark Meadows President Trump offered Capitol Police, national guard and even offered the Department of Defense to help protect Washington DC prior to the January 6th protests. Via The Palmieri Report: TRENDING: EXCLUSIVE: Suspicious Vehicle Seen Escorting Late Night Biden Ballot Van at TCF Center on Election Night (VIDEO) Meadows told Bartiromo “we also know that in January, but also throughout the summer, that the president […]
Ten years after a popular uprising toppled Egypt's long-serving President Hosni Mubarak, the incumbent President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, who rose to power after leading a bloody military coup in 2013, said that the 2011 revolution "has not ended yet". Sisi Era – Cartoon [Carlos Latuff/MiddleEastMonitor] Al-Sisi, who revolutionaries believe reversed the historical gains of the 2011 protests, expressed concerns about the country's overpopulation, saying population growth h as been a problem in Egypt since the era of late President Gamal Abdel Nasser. "A citizen who has three or four children, how can he support them and [find the means to] feed them?" the president told Al […]
The Biden administration is rejoining the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) three years after former President Donald Trump withdrew from the U.N. agency over its profound anti-Israel bias. “The United States will engage with the Council as an observer,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement Monday, and as such “will have the opportunity to speak in the Council, participate in negotiations, and partner with others to introduce resolutions.” The U.S., which severed all connections to the UNHRC, will seek full membership during election time at the U.N. General Assembly. Trump’s then U.N. envoy, Nikki Haley called the UNHRC the “bully […]
Texas-based architecture firm Mark Odom Studio has recently completed the Inglewood Courtyard Residence, a 2,400-square-foot abode that celebrates the homeowner’s deep appreciation for midcentury modern architecture. Carefully designed to preserve existing trees and emphasize indoor/outdoor living, the light-filled abode features a natural materials palette and an abundance of floor-to-ceiling windows to frame views of the courtyard and landscape. The site-specific new build also features energy-efficient elements and targets a 5-star rating with the City of Austin Green Building Program. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos The client behind the Inglewood Courtyard Residence worked closely together with Mark Odom Studio — the […]
By Simon Black, Sovereign Man As the grandson of Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan had a lot to prove. So he set his eyes on the biggest prize in the known world at the time: southern China. Kublai Khan completed his conquest of China in 1279, forging a new empire and creating the Yuan dynasty. The Mongols were known for their expensive habits — they liked war and women especially. So when the money started to run out, administrators in the Yuan dynasty started printing paper money. Yuan officials weren’t the first to come up with this idea; the government from the […]
Democrats are preparing to impeach President Donald Trump again, this time claiming he “incited an insurrection” at the Capitol last month. But for the entirety of Trump’s term in office, Democrats and their media allies have been deploying extreme rhetoric, calling for violence against the president and his supporters and even inciting insurrections themselves. Ranging from the fear of Trump firing FBI special counsel Robert Mueller to supporting the Black Lives Matter riots, Democrat politicians and operatives routinely called for violence and insurrections against Trump and his base. Hillary Clinton said “you can’t be civil with Republicans”: .@HillaryClinton specifically said “you […]
Authored by Robert Rapier via OilPrice.com, In late 2019, as various candidates jockeyed to win the Democratic nomination for president, Elizabeth Warren made the statement that she would “ban fracking everywhere.” It was just the kind of hollow campaign promise that I loathe, and I explained why that was an unrealistic promise. Then Joe Biden came along and pandered to the same crowd Warren was trying to impress. He promised “no new fracking”, but once again I explained why that promise wouldn’t be fulfilled. Now that President Biden has issued a pair of executive orders that are viewed as hostile toward the oil and gas industry, […]
(Natural News) When much of the world was plunged into lockdown last year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, there was a lot of speculation that the lack of activity would benefit the environment. However, a new study shows that these changes to our lifestyles actually slightly warmed the planet for several months in 2020 in a counterintuitive finding that underscores the role of airborne particles in influencing temperatures. In fact, the temperatures in some places of the eastern United States as well as China and Russia rose by as much as half to two-thirds of a degree, according to […]
Several US lawmakers, especially from the Republican Party, have been criticised by their colleagues for refusing to wear protective face masks in the US Capitol building to stem the spread of COVID-19. Source link
A picnicking Palestinian family in the West Bank were forced to leave after being harassed by Israeli settlers, The New Arab reported. Video footage uploaded to Facebook shows the family, who were enjoying a picnic in Ramallah near Kafr Jibiya, were approached by Israelis from a nearby illegal settlement, and aggressively told to leave on the basis they were "Arabs". The video shows one of the settlers saying: "You're not Israelis, you're Arabs, we did you a favour when we let you stay". After the family initially refused to leave the area, one of the settlers stole their belongings and […]
This morning the Italian Air Force Beech 350 (MM62300) equipped with sensors to carry out ISR missions left Pratica di Mare AB around 07:30 CET heading north. After about two hours of flight, the Italian aircraft landed at 09:35 in Zurich, Switzerland. About an hour and half later the second Italian Air Force Beech (MM62300) departed from Istrana AB also landed in Zurich. This aircraft is often used to provide logistical support to its “twin”. At 12:02 the latter left Zurich and, after a stop in Istrana AB, it finally reached Pratica di Mare AB, its homebase. There is a Beechcraft […]
Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) received criticism over the weekend when she showed support for the rioters inside a St. Louis jail. “Inmates at the City Justice Center broke windows, started fires and tossed debris onto the sidewalk for hours beginning early Saturday morning after a prisoner and a guard got into a scuffle,” the New York Post reported Sunday. In a tweet posted Saturday, Bush quoted Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., writing, “‘A riot is the language of the unheard.’ – Dr. MLK Jr.” “I want to talk to my constituents in the window,” she continued. “Their lives and their rights […]
WASHINGTON ― Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby, who has served as the top Republican on defense appropriations committees and helped determine how the Pentagon spent hundreds of billions of dollars in funding, will not seek reelection next year. “For everything, there is a season,” Shelby said in a statement. “I am grateful to the people of Alabama who have put their trust in me for more than forty years. I have been fortunate to serve in the U.S. Senate longer than any other Alabamian.” Shelby, 86, served as chairman of the Senate appropriations committee and defense subcommittee but his role changed after […]
The government of Denmark has approved plans for an artificial island in the North Sea to act as a clean energy hub for the country. The island, which will be built about 50 miles offshore, is expected to produce and store enough renewable energy to power 3 million homes along with multiple industries. The project is expected to cost about $34 billion, 51% of which will be funded by the Danish government. The other amount will be provided by the private sector. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos The project will happen in two phases. The initial phase will see the […]
Authored by Ron Paul via The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity, The Senate trial for now twice-impeached former President Donald Trump is set to begin this week, with little doubt over the outcome. A procedural vote in the Senate on the constitutionality of “removing from office” someone who is not in office revealed that nowhere near enough Republicans were willing to join their Democrat counterparts in voting to convict. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, who is required by the Constitution to preside, has by refusing to participate made it clear that he does not consider the upcoming action […]
The Lincoln Project is back to targeting Donald Trump, waving off recent controversies about their own organization, and warning lawmakers to save their “legacies” and “save America” by voting to impeach the former president. “For a moment, put aside your fear,” announces the new Lincoln Project ad, which is rife with images of the US Capitol building and the riot that occurred there on January 6. The ad directly addresses lawmakers set to vote in Trump’s Senate impeachment trial, which kicks off this week, telling them it will be the “most important vote” of their careers and warning that “your legacy […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The United States has confirmed 699 cases of the UK coronavirus variant in 34 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr Rochelle Walensky said on Monday. Source link
Newsmax host Rob Finnerty on Monday morning needled Fox News Media for canceling Lou Dobbs’ top-rated FBN show last week, claiming Dobbs was dumped merely for supporting Trump and seemingly suggesting the network instead fire its most famous news anchor. Over the past few months, Newsmax has seen an exponential rise in its viewership as it has offered itself to disgruntled MAGA supporters as a more ardently pro-Trump alternative to Fox News. Following former President Donald Trump’s decisive election loss, Newsmax refused to acknowledge Joe Biden as president-elect for weeks while amplifying Trump’s “Big Lie” that the election was “stolen,” potentially […]
Former President Donald Trump and first lady Melania leave the White House on Jan. 20, President Biden’s Inauguration Day. Trump’s is facing an impeachment trial in the Senate this week. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Former President Donald Trump and first lady Melania leave the White House on Jan. 20, President Biden’s Inauguration Day. Trump’s is facing an impeachment trial in the Senate this week. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers dismiss the impeachment case against him as “political theater,” rejecting the premise that he incited the insurrection […]
Apple, the maker of hot-selling items from iPhones to tablets, is the world’s largest publicly traded company, with a market capitalization of $2.3 trillion. A new report from the brokerage firm RBC Capital Markets posits that Apple, which already provides payments wallets for millions of consumers in an economy that’s gone increasingly cashless since the coronavirus pandemic hit in early 2020, might be able to easily generate more than $40 billion from the cryptocurrency business. The company’s move could also help to make the U.S. a technological leader in cryptocurrencies for the next decade or two. The RBC analyst, Mitch Steves, […]
Schoen, Castor President Trump’s lawyers argued the Senate should immediately dismiss the articles of impeachment in a 75-page legal brief filed Monday morning. Trump’s lead lawyers David Schoen and Bruce Castor in a pretrial brief accused the House Democrats of suffering from “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” engaging in “political theater” and called the trial unconstitutional because Trump is no longer in office. “This was only ever a selfish attempt by Democratic leadership in the House to prey upon the feelings of horror and confusion that fell upon all Americans across the entire political spectrum upon seeing the destruction at the Capitol on […]
France's escape from acknowledging its colonial crimes will not last long, the Algerian government said Monday, Anadolu Agency reports. "France's escape from recognising its colonial crimes in Algeria cannot last long. A criminal usually does everything possible to avoid admitting his crimes," Information Minister Ammar Belhimer said in a statement released by state-run daily El-Massa. The minister also stressed that work and communication between Algeria and France will continue for more achievements, the most important of which is the moral achievement, which is the recognition of France's colonial crimes. Belhimer's remarks were the first official reaction two weeks after France issued a report on colonisation […]
The Alabama Republican — known for his folksy demeanor and proclivity for meandering conversations with reporters in the hallways of the Capitol building — has helped steer billions of dollars in resources to his home state, including more than $1 billion for a new FBI headquarters and a U.S. Space Command headquarters in Huntsville, in addition to billions of dollars for the state’s ports and harbors. In a statement, Shelby said he has “focused on the economic challenges of Alabamians, increasing access to education and promoting facilities to improve the quality of schools. I have worked to enhance Alabama’s role in […]
An Iranian cleric on Tuesday warned against approaching people who have been vaccinated for COVID-19, claiming the vaccine has turned them into homosexuals. “Don’t go near those who have had the COVID vaccine. They have become homosexuals,” Ayatollah Abbas Tabrizian wrote to his 210,000 followers on his Telegram account. Tabrizian, from the city of Qom, has a history of rants warning against the evils of Western medicine, the Jerusalem Post reported. Known to his followers as the Father of Islamic Medicine, last year he released a video of himself setting alight the authoritative medical text, Harrison’s Manual of Medicine, and claiming […]
PARIS – France is to acquire its first joint tactical signals intelligence (SIGINT) system from Thales and Airbus, the DGA Procurement Agency announced on Feb. 8. The €160 million contract ($193 million) was signed with the two companies on Dec. 31, 2020, according to a DGA statement. Early capabilities of the new system will be delivered in 2023 and full capabilities by 2025. The system will consist of a series of combinable sensors adapted to the needs of a given theater of operation and whatever environment, land, naval or air, it is to be operated in. Signals intelligence involves using an […]
At the virtual CES 2021, air purification R&D company CleanAirZone showcased its Bio-Based Air Purifier, a new product that it claims can even eliminate coronaviruses, including COVID-19, with natural biotics and enzymes derived from nature. The green technology uses the company’s proprietary BioCAZ solution to capture and neutralize a variety of indoor air contaminants without the need for filters. According to the firm, the product has been tested against an extensive list of viruses and does not produce harmful wastes or byproducts in the process. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos Marketed as the “only biotechnology capable of capturing and digesting […]
By RT People opposing the Danish government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic marched through the capital in a fresh protest on Saturday. Unlike some previous events, this week’s gathering remained peaceful and prompted no arrests. The protest was organized by the ‘Men in Black’ group, who are unhappy with Denmark’s partial lockdown and the looming rollout of a digital system which will track vaccinations and issue certificates confirming people’s inoculation status. The passports are to be used for international travel and potentially to give access to public venues in Denmark itself. On Saturday night, hundreds of demonstrators walked through central Copenhagen […]
As liberal death traps propose gun reforms and buyback programs, states like Missouri are refusing to succumb to the anti-2nd Amendment rollout by Joe Biden’s federal overlords. As the St. Louis Dispatch reported, “The Missouri House gave first-round approval to a proposal that would prevent local law enforcement from enforcing federal gun laws that aren’t on the books in Missouri. The ‘Second Amendment Preservation Act,’ sponsored by Rep. Jered Taylor, R-Nixa, seeks to invalidate federal laws or other actions deemed to infringe on a person’s Second Amendment right to bear arms.” Reality check, the fact that Missouri even has to propose […]
“Blink and you missed it.” That is how Morgan Stanley’s chief equity strategist Michael Wilson justifies the capitulation on his call from just last week in which he predicted that the post short-squeeze deleveraging is set to “get worse and feel bad.” As a reminder, last Monday Wilson said that having looked for the catalyst for an overdue market correction to take away some of the market froth, we got three in late January, of which “the aggressive short squeeze strategies employed by a certain group of investors was the spark. These targeted squeezes forced the leverage to come out of […]
(Natural News) It’s easy to feel powerless when 5G towers are being installed right next to people’s homes, sometimes right outside their bedrooms, putting their families at untold risk from a technology that all signs indicate is very dangerous. However, there are some promising signs that telecommunication companies may be losing their battle to impose 5G against people’s will, at least in some places. For example, the Swiss government has appointed a group of experts tasked with probing the risks of introducing 5G. Meanwhile, the Swiss Federation of Doctors urged caution, saying that “as long as there is no scientific proof […]
Heather Mewshaw was repeatedly hired by Trump’s administration last year to provide sign language translations during briefings. In January, she was also hired by the new admin for Jen Psaki’s press conference. Source link
The US warned the Houthis in Yemen on Monday not to attack civilians, just 48 hours after the Biden administration removed the group from its list of foreign terrorist groups. "As the president is taking steps to end the war in Yemen and Saudi Arabia has endorsed a negotiated settlement, the United States is deeply troubled by continued Houthi attacks," said State Department spokesman Ned Price. "We call on the Houthis to immediately cease attacks impacting civilian areas inside Saudi Arabia and to halt any new military offensives inside Yemen, which only bring more suffering to the Yemeni people." Price urged […]
Demonstrators participate in a protest outside of McDonald’s corporate headquarters on January 15, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. | Scott Olson/Getty Images Sen. Bernie Sanders’ bill to hike the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour would grow the deficit by $54 billion over a decade, Congress’s independent budget scorekeeper estimated Monday. That prediction of a deficit pile-up could work in Sanders’ (I-Vt.) favor as he fights to include the minimum wage increase in the package Democrats are crafting to enact President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus plan. Biden cast doubt Friday on whether the minimum wage provisions would pass Senate rules […]
David Hogg, the 19-year-old gun-grabbing fascist who makes the Hitler Youth look like the Marx Brothers, is so angry that My Pillow creator Mike Lindell has his own opinions on things, he’s harrumphing about starting his own pillow company. Of course, this pillow company, which he is imaginatively calling Pillow Company, will almost certainly never happen. Nevertheless, because America’s corporate media have become open, shameless, and cowering cheerleaders for Woke Nazis, far-left outlets like Axios are taking his crybaby tweets seriously. So now, Hogg has been kind of cornered into taking the idea seriously, and he’s announced — lol — the […]
By Matt Two weeks ago on this blog we visited the subject of Bill Gates and his accumulation of vast tracts of farmland across America. We also touched on the property he owns outside of Phoenix upon which a “smart city” where all life is tracked-and-traced is slated to be built. This week we’ve come to discover that there are plans to open up Nevada to companies looking to build and govern their own smart cities. During a time of intense economic downturn, Governor Steve Sisolak is embracing the technocratic future with open arms. In January, Sisolak announced plans to create […]
Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Ease of transmission, new strains, and limits of vaccination programs all mean Covid-19 will be around for years – and a big business… Cold Reality Dawns The vaccines have raised hope, but the Cold Reality Dawns That Covid Is Likely Here to Stay Governments and businesses are increasingly accepting what epidemiologists have long warned: The pathogen will circulate for years, or even decades, leaving society to coexist with Covid-19 much as it does with other endemic diseases like flu, measles, and HIV. The ease with which the coronavirus spreads, the emergence of new strains and poor […]
President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte has warned communist rebels and his government’s own customs agents not to delay transport and delivery of Covid-19 vaccines to isolated areas of the country. At a meeting with the nation’s pandemic task force on Monday, Duterte called on customs personnel not to unduly slow down the movement of the jabs as they check the imported deliveries. “Your job, Customs, is to look. You have no business opening things up. You are not allowed to do that. I am not allowing anybody in the airport to open things up,” he noted, adding that the police […]
Sleep has never come easy for me, and by that I mean if tossing and turning could be turned into energy I could power a small village. Due to this as well as just wanting some extra comfort while staring aimlessly at the ceiling I started my search for a weighted blanket. An important detail here is that I live on a five-floor walk-up, so I wanted to get this particular purchase right the first time. After a few days of quality and material research and a few more days picking out a color, I landed on the Luna Cotton Weighted […]
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., faces a tricky balancing act: managing the ideological divides of a 50-50 Democratic majority while also running for his own reelection. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption toggle caption Jacquelyn Martin/AP Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., faces a tricky balancing act: managing the ideological divides of a 50-50 Democratic majority while also running for his own reelection. Jacquelyn Martin/AP Shortly after Election Day last year, veteran Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York joined three newly elected House Democrats in their call for incoming President Biden to use his executive authority to cancel up to $50,000 in […]
China’s Blockchain-Based Service Network (BSN) announced that it has integrated with the Casper Network, a layer-1 proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain that forked from Ethereum. The integration means the Casper Network will be available to developers on BSN after its mainnet launch in the first quarter of 2021, according to the firm’s press statement, which was shared with CoinDesk. The partnership is part of BSN’s efforts to become a global blockchain infrastructure services provider. The state-backed project aims to offer cloud services and a standardized development environment, where decentralized applications (dapp) developers across various blockchain networks can build or run their dapps on […]
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) joined Chris Wallace on FOX News Sunday this week. During their discussion Senator Paul pointed out the obvious double-standard in our culture today. President Trump can call for a peaceful demonstration at the US Capitol and is facing impeachment. Meanwhile, Democrat Chuck Schumer can threaten Supreme Court Justices with violence and everything is just fine. Rand Paul blasted Majority leader Schumer over his threatening remarks. Senator Rand Paul: “I think if we are going to criminalize speech and somehow impeach everybody who says, ‘oh, go fight to hear your voices heard,’ really we ought to impeach Chuck […]
Top diplomats from Egypt, Jordan, and Iraq met today for talks on developments in the region, Egypt's official news agency reported. Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry welcomed his Jordanian and Iraqi counterparts Ayman Safadi and Fouad Hussein in Cairo to discuss ways of "pushing forward the frameworks of tripartite cooperation and promoting joint Arab action." The agency quoted Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Hafez as saying that the aim was to conduct political consultations on the latest developments in the region, especially the Palestinian peace process, and the situations in Syria, Yemen, and Libya. "The tripartite ministerial [meeting] stressed the importance […]
“As friends, family, and many of his constituents will know, Ron maintained his quick wit and optimism until the very end,” the statement reads. “Despite years of painful, sometimes debilitating treatment for cancer, Ron never lacked the desire to get up and go to work, to motivate those around him, or to offer fatherly advice.” Wright’s death comes less than two months after the House lost another member: Rep.-elect Luke Letlow (R-La.), who also died after contracting coronavirus. Dozens of members have also tested positive for Covid-19 over the past year, and lawmakers started receiving the vaccine in December. Wright first […]
China’s Ambassador to America Cui Tiankai repeated an increasingly vocal demand out of Beijing on Sunday for the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) to treat the United States as a potential origin location for the Chinese coronavirus, despite no scientific evidence suggesting this is possible. The Chinese coronavirus originated in Wuhan, China, in late 2019. The first confirmed case of Chinese coronavirus, according to leaked Chinese documents revealed by the South China Morning Post, was identified on November 17, 2019. No evidence exists anywhere in the world for a confirmed novel coronavirus case emerging anywhere else in the world before this date. The […]
WASHINGTON — The decision to move Israel from U.S. European Command to U.S. Central Command will help operationalize the political Abraham Accords, with the long-term goal of having a collective approach to security in a region where America’s main allies have traditionally found themselves in conflict. That’s the read from Marine Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, the head of CENTCOM, who said Monday that “bureaucratically, it’s just the thing that makes it a little easier to work those relationships.” “We do a lot of business with Israel now just as a practical matter of fact, because their threats generally emanate from the east,” […]
The Wadden Sea, known for being the largest unbroken system of tidal flats and wetlands on Earth, stretches from Denmark and Germany through the Netherlands. Protected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, these coastal wetlands merge with Lauwersmeer National Park to create a rare landscape met by the Dutch village of Lauwersoog. What started out as a favorite casting-off point for local fishermen has since become a popular tourist destination for visitors wanting to experience the iconic landscape. It is also where Danish firm Dorte Mandrup is rounding out its third project on the Wadden Sea, the Wadden Sea World Heritage […]
By Matt Agorist Last week, the Free Thought Project reported on HR 127, the most tyrannical gun bill ever proposed. The bill would target the poor by forcing citizens to pay $800 per year to possess firearms that they are required to register. It also bans multiple legal guns and ammo types, turning tens of millions of Americans into felons over night. While this bill is, without a doubt, the worst gun bill in history, it didn’t lay out any guidelines for violating a citizen’s Fourth Amendment right. Next month, however, the Supreme Court will be considering exactly that — can […]
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After a 35-year career at mutual fund mainstay Legg-Mason, Legendary fund manager Bill Miller has been a vocal bull for bitcoin for a number of years, initially shocking many of his establishment peers with his position, which has now become increasingly mainstream among institutional investors. Most recently, last week in a filing with the SEC, The Miller Opportunity Trust reported that it is seeking indirect exposure to bitcoin via the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, marking a significant departure from the usual investments in equities and derivatives for the $2.25 billion fund.. With the fund’s Bitcoin exposure limited to 15% of its assets under management, […]
Texas Republicans have financed Big Tech companies like Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars using the Texas Enterprise Fund. (Natural News) (Article by Jack Hadfield republished from NationalFile.com) The report from the Texas-based Current Revolt exposes the Texas Enterprise Fund, showing how Republicans in the Texas Legislature have backed the diversion of hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars directly into the pockets of the Big Tech companies that engage in the censorship of their very own constituents. The aim of the TEF, as disclosed on the Texas government website, is to award “deal closing” grants to […]
Previously, three diplomats – from Poland, Germany and Sweden – were expelled from Russia after participating in unauthorised rallies to support Russian jailed blogger Alexei Navalny. Source link
Israeli settlers attacked the Palestine TV crew this morning while they were filming near the illegal settlement of Ariel, built on land seized from Salfit in the north of the West Bank. According to Wafa news agency, Israel security forces from the settlement also attacked the crew as they were filming a documentary outside the illegal structure, about the escalating illegal settlement activity and the dangerously increasing assaults by settlers against Palestinians and their properties. Settler Walks Free – Cartoon [Sarwar Ahmed/MiddleEastMonitor] It added that a few soldiers also tried to disrupt the filming of the report by using loudspeakers and intercepting the […]
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks during a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images Senate leaders are closing in on a schedule for Donald Trump’s second Senate impeachment trial that allows the proceedings to pause over the Sabbath, according to two aides familiar with the matter. The schedule, which is not final, would accommodate a request from one of Trump’s lawyers, David Schoen, an observant Jew who said he would not work from sundown Friday through Saturday. Under the tentative agreement, the trial would resume on Sunday. Senators from both parties are aiming for a swift trial […]