Above Photo: COP21 protesters in Paris. Boris Allin / Libération A new report by leading research institutes and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) finds that even though world governments have stepped up their game with climate ambitions and net-zero commitments, their plans would still mean they would produce more than double the amount of fossil fuels in 2030 than what we would need to limit global warming to 1.5°C. The 2021 Production Gap Report, first published in 2019, measures the gap between governments’ planned production of coal, oil, and gas and the global production levels consistent with meeting the Paris Agreement temperature limits. But two years later, the […]
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Ethiopia: The TPLF’s Precipitous Fall By Dr. Fikrejesus Amahazion, Black Agenda Report. December 1, 2020 Ethiopia: The TPLF’s Precipitous Fall2020-12-012020-12-01https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/ethiopia_pmabiy_845x400.jpeg200px200px The TPLF was a “darling” of the West, especially the US and UK. The two articles below should be read together, bearing in mind the sources. The first, by Horn of Africa scholar Fikrejesus Amahazion,is an historical background and analysis of the forces in play in Ethiopia and the region, written on Tuesday, November 17. The second article, published by the UK-based corporate newspaper The Guardian, on November 23, contains updates on the conflict and political reporting from the standpoint of […]
Top shelf Token protestFive of the largest Filecoin miners, which secure that data storage network, have gone on strike, bringing attention to the project’s “unfair” economic model. According to a report by 8btc.com, miners are required to stake a significant amount of FIL tokens to start mining operations. But there’s a critical lack of FIL tokens off the bat. Purchasing tokens on exchanges at what could be inflated prices is seen as unattractive. “All the miners have been off since the mainnet went live. This is not some sort of protest but we have to shut them down because we really […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/12/1080806839_0:246:2363:1575_1200x675_80_0_0_2f04f339320e4da4216137ef380543e6.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/photo/202010181080807590-new-masks-for-fall-2020-how-different-countries-prepare-for-halloween/ Halloween is celebrated every year on 31 October, on the eve of All Saints’ Day, traditionally considered the only day of the year when the spirits of the dead can return to Earth. Have a look how people around the world are preparing for Halloween in Sputnik’s photo gallery. Halloween is most widely celebrated in the US and Canada, where children dress up in costumes and go door to door, asking for candy. Source link
Recently released data suggests there are fewer police officers per person in the United States that at any point in the last 25 years. The figures are from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment and Payroll. According to recent federal data there were 214 officers per 100,000 Americans in 2019, which represents a nine percent fall since 2007 when police numbers were at their peak. The figures come as the United States wrestles with the consequences of the death of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter campaign. Steven Howard, a former federal agent and weapons expert, told Sputnik: […]
This is a preview of our pop culture newsletter The Daily Beast’s Obsessed, written by senior entertainment reporter Kevin Fallon. To receive the full newsletter in your inbox each week, sign up for it here. As these last weeks have brought the first crop of scripted TV shows that directly tackle the coronavirus pandemic, I’ve come to the conclusion that I want to watch the coronavirus pandemic unfold on screen as much as I want a case of the… well, I feel like there’s a taste level here I’m about to cross. But you understand what I’m saying. There’s a certain […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/0d/1080758482_0:0:1201:675_1200x675_80_0_0_60fe93f4245f1380fe59ab7a444d1e47.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202010131080758092-watch-indian-yoga-guru-ramdev-fall-off-an-elephant-while-performing-deep-breathing/ World famous yoga guru Ram Kisan Yadav, popularly known as Ramdev Baba, made headlines earlier, in August, when a video of him skidding on a curvy road and falling off his bicycle went viral on social media. Indian Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev had a nasty fall on Tuesday while performing a deep breathing exercise, sitting on a decked-up elephant’s back in the Mahavan area-based Ramanreti Ashram. The video, which was filmed in Mathura, a city in Uttar Pradesh state which has gone viral on Twitter, shows the elephant get restless ; the 54-year-old Ramdev Baba […]
Open interest on the Seychelles-based cryptocurrency exchange is down nearly 50% from the $125 million observed Oct. 1. Source link
Is that sneezing or coughing fit a sign of allergies, a cold, the flu or COVID-19? If you also have a fever — a temperature above 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit — those symptoms probably signal infection and not just allergies acting up. sestovic/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption sestovic/Getty Images Is that sneezing or coughing fit a sign of allergies, a cold, the flu or COVID-19? If you also have a fever — a temperature above 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit — those symptoms probably signal infection and not just allergies acting up. sestovic/Getty Images You might have hoped the pandemic would cancel what […]
The cryptocurrency and Asian stock markets dumped early Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced he and his wife had tested positive to COVID-19. Source link
The attention may have been with DeFi when it was warm, but as the cold winds of COVID-19 return fears and election volatility blow, bitcoin is resuming narrative dominance. Our main discussion is a narrative shift from DeFi back to bitcoin. Over the summer, DeFi led the crypto charge. From growth in total value locked to narrative dominance to even leadership in the all important category of crypto drama, DeFi was it. Now, as a potentially turbulent macro environment rears its head, the narrative is shifting back to a focus on bitcoin. Source link
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Chris Rock’s greatest performances are as Chris Rock. There’s his stand-up comedy, and the many times he’s played himself, or versions of himself, Woody Allen-style, on TV and in movies: Louie, Top Five, I Think I Love My Wife… Don’t be fooled. Those are great performances, deftly allowing the indelible, too-large-to-stifle “Chris Rock-ness” to breathe through the characters. But they’re also a testament to how hard it is to forget that you’re watching Chris Rock, no matter how great an acting turn he’s giving. That adds another layer to the intrigue in the fact that he’s starring in the new season […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107010/28/1070102896_0:195:3021:1894_1200x675_80_0_0_621ad440aaf85688c3fa0293ad98de03.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202009261080576712-japan-russia-were-very-close-to-signing-peace-treaty-in-fall-2018-abe-says/ TOKYO (Sputnik) – Japan and Russia were very close to signing a peace treaty in the Fall of 2018, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told the Nikkei newspaper in an interview published on Saturday. “There was a feeling that we were approaching the talks aimed at signing the peace treaty,” Abe said. He expected to dismiss both chambers of the Japanese parliament to learn the will of the people. Abe stressed that, during the 2016 visit to Japan, Russian President Vladimir Putin had the intention of finding a solution to the years-long dispute. […]
Pledge Of Resistance: Stop Austerity This Fall September 25, 2020 | Featured Campaign, Resist! Pledge Of Resistance: Stop Austerity This Fall2020-09-252020-09-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/cooper-baumgartner.jpg200px200px Confronting the threat of Capitalism without the pretense of Democracy. Addressing the Crisis of the Presidential Transition and its (global) Implications. We are living in tumultuous times. The core capitalist countries are rapidly abandoning any pretense of democracy and advancing toward war. We, the oppressed peoples and working class people of the world, must take decisive action to stop the advance of authoritarianism and the potential restoration of the neo-liberal fragmentation and austerity which delivered us to this moment. The […]
COVID-19: On The Decline In Nicaragua As Its Critics Fall Silent By John Perry, Popular Resistance. September 22, 2020 COVID-19: On The Decline In Nicaragua As Its Critics Fall Silent2020-09-222020-09-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/nicaragua.jpg200px200px Above photo: INTI OCON/AFP via Getty Images. No country can yet claim to have defeated Covid-19, but clearly some are having more success than others. Nicaragua is one of these, and could yet be recognized as a world leader. With under 5,000 Covid-19 cases since the pandemic began, according to official figures, its infection level is far below that of Panama (105,000), Guatemala (85,000), Honduras (71,000), Costa Rica (63,000) or El Salvador […]
Bitcoin is dropping alongside stocks as soaring cases of COVID-19 threaten economic activity in Europe. Source link
President Trump on Wednesday directly contradicted the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on when the coronavirus vaccine will be available to the general public. Asked at a White House press briefing about Dr. Robert Redfield’s statement earlier on Wednesday that the public most likely won’t get the vaccine until next summer or even fall, Trump said, “That’s incorrect information.” “When he said it, I believe he was confused… We’re ready to go as soon as the vaccine is approved,” the president said, insisting that the vaccine would be ready to be administered “really to the general public […]
Bitcoin was trending upward before losing momentum; ether holders are moving their cryptocurrency off exchanges. Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $10,284 as of 20:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Slipping 0.12% over the previous 24 hours. Bitcoin’s 24-hour range: $10,174-$10,488 BTC below its 10-day but above 50-day moving averages, a sideway signal for market technicians. Bitcoin trading on Coinbase since September 8.Source: TradingView Bitcoin continued its upward momentum from Wednesday, with the world’s oldest cryptocurrency rising as high as $10,488 on spot exchanges such as Coinbase before losing some steam and now moving in a sideways pattern. Constantin Kogan, partner at crypto fund […]
Camp Robin Hood in in Freedom, N.H., was one of the few around the country to offer a summer sleepover camp. This fall, it’s offering a program where students can live and attend classes remotely. Jacob Spiers/Camp Robin Hood hide caption toggle caption Jacob Spiers/Camp Robin Hood Camp Robin Hood in in Freedom, N.H., was one of the few around the country to offer a summer sleepover camp. This fall, it’s offering a program where students can live and attend classes remotely. Jacob Spiers/Camp Robin Hood As millions of students return to virtual classes at their dining room tables, some parents […]
The ancient Indus Valley Civilisation was located in present-day Pakistan and northwestern India on the plains of the Indus River. Evidence obtained during archaeological excavations show a flourishing civilisation existed in this area around 5500 BCE. A study by an Indian-born American scientist has revealed that the Indus Valley Civilisation possibly declined due to shifting monsoon patterns linked to climate change. In an article published in Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, Nishant Malik, Assistant Professor at the School of Mathematical Studies at the Rochester Institute of Technology revealed a new technique he developed to show how shifting monsoon patterns […]
As millions of Americans prepare to travel for Labor Day, health experts fear the holiday weekend will cause a COVID-19 spike in areas that are already hot spots—and could determine how the deadly virus spreads in the coming months. To date, 186,834 have died and 6,153,735 more have been infected with the coronavirus, numbers that will only increase as the United States heads into fall—and with it, flu season. In anticipation of the potentially devastating combination of COVID-19 and the flu, epidemiologists and state officials are pleading with Americans to stay home and avoid large gatherings despite pandemic fatigue. “We don’t […]
It’s now clear that the dumbest kids in class have taken over the institutions of the Big Ten Conference. The Big Ten decided to postpone all fall sports recently based on a clearly political decision. ESPN reported: The Big Ten has faced significant backlash over the timing of the decision, which came just six days after the league announced its 10-game, conference-only schedule on the Big Ten Network. Coaches, athletic directors, fans and parents have publicly and privately expressed frustration and outrage at a lack of communication and explanation about the about-face. To hell with Big Ten football – it only […]
This week’s online 2020 Democratic National Convention felt like the best PBS telethon since they threatened to publicly execute Elmo, according to The Daily Beast’s senior White House correspondent Asawin Suebsaeng in this episode of The New Abnormal. But it also, and finally, turned the “senile Biden” trope on its head. And as a special treat, Steve Bannon went down in the middle of it all. Joe Biden gives his big headline speech and sounds suspiciously like a U.S. president. “It blew up the bullshit trope from the Republican Party and from the Trump campaign, that Biden is some doddering senile […]
Kendra Mendoza’s son, Joshua, has cerebral palsy. She says he loves school, but got little of the therapy he needed this spring. Scott Alario for NPR hide caption toggle caption Scott Alario for NPR Kendra Mendoza’s son, Joshua, has cerebral palsy. She says he loves school, but got little of the therapy he needed this spring. Scott Alario for NPR For Sarah McLaren, who lives in a suburb of Minneapolis, talking about the spring is painful. Her daughter, a rising fourth-grader, struggles with auditory processing and receives special education services. But McLaren says her daughter had trouble keeping up with teachers […]
In space, no one can hear you scream—and that’s also true of being in a secret Soviet research facility circa 1983, the setting of director Egor Abramenko’s Sputnik. A clever riff on Alien (and its sequel) that generates solid suspense from assured formal touches and a story that only succumbs to heavy-handed gestures at a few key moments, it’s a capable horror show that, like its spiritual ancestor, suggests that terror is born in the womb—and, also, that every country is home to its very own deviously warmongering Paul Reiser. The untrustworthy official in question here is Colonel Semiradov (Fyodor Bondarchuk), […]
When Impossible Becomes Inevitable: The Fall Of ‘Petty Racism’ By Bill Mosley, Washington Socialist. August 14, 2020 When Impossible Becomes Inevitable: The Fall Of ‘Petty Racism’2020-08-142020-08-14https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/08/silent_sam_protest_carr_quote_dunning-150×100.jpg200px200px Above photo: A sign held at a protest over the “Silent Sam” Confederate monument on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill quotes the racist speech given at its dedication by local industrialist and philanthropist Julian Carr. Photo by Rodney Dunning via Flickr. The removal of Confederate statues around Richmond, Va., had a personal resonance for me, a Richmond native who once lived around the corner from the Robert E. Lee monument – the only one of the five […]
From the size of a second round of stimulus to COVID-19 litigation to reshoring, last week previewed some key issues for the months to come. On this week’s edition of The Breakdown Weekly Recap, NLW argues the big story of the week was actually a set of smaller stories that preview the faultlines and economic debates likely to absorb us in the coming months. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, […]
Colette Pierce Burnette is the president of Huston-Tillotson University in Austin, Texas. The HBCU is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state. Hadewumi hide caption toggle caption Hadewumi Colette Pierce Burnette is the president of Huston-Tillotson University in Austin, Texas. The HBCU is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state. Hadewumi Historically Black colleges and universities have an extra factor to consider as they plan on how to operate this next school year: Black communities are disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. According to the COVID Racial Data Tracker, Black people are dying from the coronavirus at two […]
What Scientists Know About How Children Spread COVID-19 By Jim Morrison/Smithsonianmag.com Every year, children are a major driver of transmission for the viruses that cause the flu and the common cold. So this March, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States, Tina Hartert of the Vanderbilt School of Medicine expected the same to be true for the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. But months later, Hartert and other respiratory disease experts are still trying to pin down the elusive virus, which has surrendered only hints about its effects on children and their ability to spread the infection. What has become clear is […]
This local TV report from CBS 12 News in Palm Beach county shows that the the inflation of COVID deaths in Florida is HUGE! Florida officials included falls and at least one suicide as COVID-19 deaths. A local Palm Beach investigator found that only 169 out of 581 deaths listed as COVID-19 deaths without any contributing illnesses. Source link
When Irem Ozturk got the email from Dickinson College in mid-June announcing “we intend to bring all students back to campus,” she was elated. She’s originally from Turkey, but after two years on campus, she’s come to think of Carlisle, Pa., as home. “I was thrilled because I felt like I was returning back home, excited to see friends and faculty,” she says. “I felt happy. I felt like I had something to look forward to.” That happiness lasted a little more than a month. Last week, Dickinson announced a new decision: “we have come to the very difficult decision that […]
A new survey released Wednesday by Politico and Morning Consult revealed that a majority of Americans oppose the Trump administration’s demand that schools fully reopen in the fall. According to the survey, 53% of voters somewhat or strongly oppose reopening day cares or K-12 schools in the fall, with 38% either somewhat or strongly supporting reopening day cares or K-12 schools. Fifty percent of those surveyed oppose opening universities and colleges in the fall, whereas only 40% of voters somewhat or strongly support fall reopenings for those institutions. The study, which surveyed 1,992 registered voters between July 10 and July 12, […]
Assistant Secretary for Health and Human Services Admiral Brett P. Giroir spoke to NPR Tuesday about the state of testing in the U.S. Pool/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Pool/Getty Images Assistant Secretary for Health and Human Services Admiral Brett P. Giroir spoke to NPR Tuesday about the state of testing in the U.S. Pool/Getty Images Public health experts generally agree that, in spite of improvements, the U.S. still falls short on the testing needed to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The official who oversees the country’s testing efforts however maintains the U.S. is doing well on testing now and will soon […]
The Los Angeles Teachers Union says its schools can’t open in the fall unless charter schools are closed and the police are defunded. These are the Marxist loons teaching your kids. Oh, and they want more money. .@UTLAnow says both the state & federal governments neither have provided additional resources or funds to carry out the additional health & safety measures necessary. There isn’t enough time to put together a detailed plan for the safe return to campus.https://t.co/EhPtNAZ9O1 — Jason Lay (@jlay02) July 11, 2020 TRENDING: Young White Mother Killed By Black Lives Matter Mob for Allegedly Saying ‘All Lives Matter,’ […]
Harvard is one of the colleges who will offer the bulk of their courses online. But why aren’t they reducing the cost of tuition? Photograph: Charles Krupa/AP Guardian: Colleges and universities are in an unprecedented bind. Coronavirus continues to rage in many parts of America, making the sort of communal gatherings that are hallmarks of collegiate life outright dangerous. Lecture halls, libraries, football games and dorm-room parties can all be superspreader events. Now that we have witnessed it on a large scale basis, and firsthand, Virtual Learning has proven to be TERRIBLE compared to In School, or On Campus, Learning. Not […]
The leader of Florida’s biggest sham “church” network peddling bleach as a miracle drug says he’s camped out in Colombia while his sons face arrest for allegedly selling a fake COVID-19 cure and threatening a judge with a “Waco”-style standoff. For years, the Genesis II Church of Health and Healing has been at the center of a lucrative, world-wide network that claims—falsely—that drinking glorified Clorox can cure you of virtually any illness. The “church” (which is not religious, by its own admission) has raked in the cash promoting “Miracle Mineral Solution,” a bleach solution first popularized in 2006 by an ex-Scientologist […]
No one laughed harder at the 69 joke than Cristin Milioti. The actress, the mother from How I Met Your Mother and your favorite part of so many projects since, plays the lead in Palm Springs, the mind-melting existential romantic comedy co-starring Andy Samberg and produced by his Lonely Island crew. Manifesting all the energy from the gasps in the audience after a shocking out-of-the-gate plot twist, the film launched a competitive bidding war after its premiere screening in January at the Sundance Film Festival. The Daily Beast’s Obsessed Everything we can’t stop loving, hating, and thinking about this week in […]
The Supreme Court belatedly disclosed Tuesday night that Chief Justice John Roberts, 65, fell and was hospitalized overnight last month. A seizure was ruled out by doctors with the fall being blamed on dehydration and Roberts’ injury to his forehead from the fall needing sutures, according to a Supreme Court spokeswoman. Roberts fell from a seizure in 2007 and had a seizure in 1993, according to reports. Court statement via CNN: “The Chief Justice was treated at a local hospital on June 21 for an injury to his forehead sustained in a fall while walking for exercise near his home,” said […]
Israel-Firster Defeated in Congressional Primary by Phil Giraldi, …with the Unz Review [ Editor’s Note: Who would have ever thought that Israeli firster Eliot Engel could have not only been defeated, but by an unknown challenger Jamaal Bowman by 61 to 35%, when even the Congressional Black Caucus backed Engel? Color me surprised. How could the Israeli Lobby have sat back and watched Engel get crushed like this when Bowman had challenged his working as a dual representative for Israel? The Democratic House leadership will most certainly put a kosher certified replacement in for Engel as Chairman of the key Foreign […]
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, headquartered in Washington, D.C., announced a new set of rules for nonimmigrant students in light of the coronavirus pandemic. International students cannot enter or stay in the U.S. if their college offers courses only online in the fall semester. Eva Hambach/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Eva Hambach/AFP via Getty Images U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, headquartered in Washington, D.C., announced a new set of rules for nonimmigrant students in light of the coronavirus pandemic. International students cannot enter or stay in the U.S. if their college offers courses only online in the fall […]
Debates turn emotional as schools decide how and if to open By Patrick Whittle and Carolyn Thompson/apnews.com PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — School districts across America are in the midst of making wrenching decisions over how to resume classes in settings radically altered by the coronavirus pandemic, with school buses running below capacity, virtual learning, outdoor classrooms and quarantine protocols for infected children the new norm. The plans for the upcoming school year are taking shape by the day, and vary district to district, state to state. The debates have been highly emotional, with tempers flaring among parents and administrators, and have […]
Georgia Tech, pictured in 2016, will be holding some in-person classes in the fall. Faculty are upset that face coverings will not be mandatory. David Goldman/AP hide caption toggle caption David Goldman/AP Georgia Tech, pictured in 2016, will be holding some in-person classes in the fall. Faculty are upset that face coverings will not be mandatory. David Goldman/AP As the coronavirus infection rate in the U.S. surpasses 50,000 new cases a day, colleges and universities around the country are trying to figure out how to educate their students this fall while still keeping their campus communities safe. That balancing act sometimes […]
Churchill, Columbus And Leopold All Fall Down By Margaret Kimberly, Black Agenda Report. July 5, 2020 Churchill, Columbus And Leopold All Fall Down2020-07-052020-07-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/protesters-on-statue.-from-freedom-rider-churchill-columbus-and-leopold-fall-down-black-agenda-report-e1593979824447.jpeg200px200px Above photo: Protesters on statue. From Freedom Rider Churchill, Columbus and Leopold Fall Down, Black Agenda Report. Note: On the Fourth of July, in Baltimore, the Columbus statue at the Inner Harbor came down and its broken pieces were thrown into the water. Trump is threatening of prosecution and four activists in DC are facing federal prosecution for attempting to take down Andrew Jackson. The participants in Baltimore concealed their identities. There was a large, supportive crowd that cheered […]
Dave Balter is the CEO of Flipside Crypto. His book, “The Humility Imperative,” will be released on June 30. This is a message to every cryptocurrency entrepreneur, employee, executive or leader: Dig a hole, throw your ego into it and pour concrete on top. Find humility instead. Hello, my name is Dave Balter, and I’m a CEO who used to be totally ego-driven. (There. I said it.) This ego gave me the confidence to be a great leader, but also nearly destroyed BzzAgent, the word-of-mouth pioneer I created in 2001. Had I not dramatically adjusted my leadership style, in all likelihood […]
The UK’s most senior civil servant Sir Mark Sedwill has been reportedly at odds with Boris Johnson’s chief adviser Dominic Cummings, and was suggested by sources as a likely scapegoat for a spate of failings amid criticism of Downing Street’s handling of the coronavirus crisis. The UK’s most senior civil servant Sir Mark Sedwill, who doubles as Cabinet Secretary and National Security Adviser is reportedly set to announce his departure within days, according to The Sunday Telegraph. Seen by sources as part of an anticipated revamp of the civil service spearheaded by Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s chief aide Dominic Cummings, Sedwill’s […]
Seriously? Are we Really Going to Fall for This Again?… Black Teen Says 4 White Boys Attacked Her in Her Car at Stoplight Screaming Racial Slurs – Then Burnt Her Neck with Lighter Fluid Tap here to add The Western Journal to your home screen. Source link
The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. Thursday the Trump administration reaffirmed its position that the entire Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption toggle caption Susan Walsh/AP The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. Thursday the Trump administration reaffirmed its position that the entire Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional. Susan Walsh/AP In a filing with the Supreme Court, the Trump administration has reaffirmed its position that the Affordable Care Act in its entirety is illegal because Congress eliminated the individual tax penalty for failing to purchase medical insurance. Solicitor General Noel Francisco, the government’s chief advocate […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US President Donald Trump says schools in the US should reopen this fall as children have stronger immune systems and are not as vulnerable to the coronavirus. “Kids are much stronger than us,” Trump told his supporters at the Saturday campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, adding “Let’s open the schools, please. We gotta get them open, in the fall we gotta get them open.” According to Trump, 25 million people have been tested for COVID-19 in the US, which is why the total number of confirmed cases in the country is high. “So I said to my people […]
Churchill, Columbus And Leopold Fall Down By Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. June 20, 2020 Churchill, Columbus And Leopold Fall Down2020-06-202020-06-20https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/statue1.jpeg200px200px Millions of white people glorify mass murderers because their sense of identity and place in society is deeply tied to white supremacy. “It is important to name and shame the mass murderers.” The perpetrators of crimes against humanity are often elevated to positions of respect and admiration. It all depends on who did the killing, and who was killed. Now the murderers are being called to account. The new movement in the United States against police and other state violence has […]
A grounds crew member mowed in right field as work continued to keep the Seattle Mariners’ field this May. Now the MLB’s season may be in jeopardy. Elaine Thompson/AP hide caption toggle caption Elaine Thompson/AP A grounds crew member mowed in right field as work continued to keep the Seattle Mariners’ field this May. Now the MLB’s season may be in jeopardy. Elaine Thompson/AP While it’s still unclear when, if ever, Major League Baseball will play a 2020 season, a new recommendation from Dr. Anthony Fauci may have the league consider an earlier ending. Fauci, director of the National Institute of […]
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by Gordon Duff, VT Sr. Editor, … with New Eastern Outlook, Moscow (1816) – First published … June 17, 2020 – Trump is a “dancing bear,” controlled by Attorney General William Barr, part of a CIA cabal put together, in partnership with former FBI Director Robert Mueller, during the 1970s. Barr and Mueller are and have been for decades, close personal friends despite attempts to represent them as otherwise. Not only are they friends but they are “cohorts in crime,” as the expression goes, always working together, plotting their plots, scheming their schemes. The years of American decline under Trump, rapid […]
A grounds crew member mowed in right field as work continued to keep the Seattle Mariners’ field this May. Now the MLB’s season may be in jeopardy. Elaine Thompson/AP hide caption toggle caption Elaine Thompson/AP A grounds crew member mowed in right field as work continued to keep the Seattle Mariners’ field this May. Now the MLB’s season may be in jeopardy. Elaine Thompson/AP While it’s still unclear when, if ever, Major League Baseball will play a 2020 season, a new recommendation from Dr. Anthony Fauci may have the league consider an earlier ending. Fauci, director of the National Institute of […]
New Study: US Empire Is Falling But Will Not Fall Quietly June 13, 2020 New Study: US Empire Is Falling But Will Not Fall Quietly2020-06-132020-06-13https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/anti-trump-protest-washington-800×450-e1592068405653.jpg200px200px Above photo: March against war on Iran in Washington, DC. January, 2020. NOTE: The Rand Corporation conducted an extensive and broad study on the US’ future use of military force. This study is important for the peace movement for several reasons: They show that public opinion has an impact on what the military is able to do by “producing political gridlock” on “resourcing the defense budget [and] responding to international crises”. They anticipate this opposition to […]
On today’s episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Sputnik News analysts and producers Walter Smolarek and Nicole Roussell. Friday is Loud & Clear’s weekly hour-long segment The Week in Review, about the week in politics, policy, and international affairs. Today they focus on the ongoing protest movement sweeping the country, the victories against racist monuments and memorials, divisions between the White House and the military, and more. Confirmed cases of Covid-19 are skyrocketing in a dozen states, mostly in the Deep South and the Midwest as governors insist that their states reopen. In those […]
German flagship carrier Lufthansa announced on Thursday that it will ax thousands of jobs amid projections of a bleak future for the global airline industry in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis. The company said it would operate 100 fewer aircraft, leading to an excess of 22,000 full-time positions, or 26,000 employees, across the Lufthansa Group. Half of the job losses will affect staff in Germany, it said. Lufthansa warned earlier this month that cost-cutting measures, including job reductions, were on the cards. It had already instructed 87,000 of its around 137,000 staff to work fewer hours. “The recovery in demand […]
While normalcy is gradually returning to Finland, reports have been urging the authorities to prepare for a second wave of the epidemic amid a slow economic recovery. Economic activity in Finland will see a steep decline as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the Bank of Finland said in a fresh 2020-2022 economic forecast. According to the forecast, the local economy will shrink by about 7 percent in 2020. However, while warning of an exceptionally large degree of uncertainty, the central bank projected a partial rebound and growth of around 3 percent in 2021 and 2022. In the worst-case scenario, the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107958/04/1079580413_0:216:3072:1944_1200x675_80_0_0_63e1e7f5a10796911080ecefefba74ad.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202006111079580384-us-stock-futures-fall-as-states-continue-with-reopening/ While investors are evaluating the results of the US opening up, concerns have arisen about a possible second wave of new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. A spike in infections has already been registered in Texas and some counties of California. US stock futures dropped in overnight trading on Wednesday, according to CNBC News. Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost about 120 points, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 futures slid 0.4 and 0.2 percent, respectively. Futures dipped following consistent losses on the stock market. The Dow fell about 280 points, and […]
When Nicole Austin began tasting whiskies to create this year’s George Dickel Bottled-in-Bond release, she found the process a bit more daunting than usual. Her team pulled samples from every barrel in the warehouse with enough age, and after months of tasting, she landed on a group of whiskies that were all distilled in the fall of 2008. But the challenge was not the sheer variety of whiskies she had to taste through or that she needed to find multiple exceptional barrels from a single distillation season for it to qualify for the federal designation of bottled-in-bond. What made the process […]
India 16:36 GMT 06.06.2020Get short URL New Delhi (Sputnik): To provide transparency for its citizens, the Delhi government recently launched a mobile application called ‘Delhi Corona’, which provides citizens with comprehensive resources to combat COVID 19. A man in his late 40’s with severe COVID-19 symptoms (high fever and breathing issues) had the worst time in his life as he was denied entry at several hospitals across Delhi due to the lack of availability of beds. On 3 June, Vishal Nanda, a resident of Paharganj, was praying to god to save the life of his elder brother Vinod Nanda who had […]
Coincheck has fallen victim to a data breach after attackers accessed one of its domain name accounts and used it to impersonate the cryptocurrency exchange. The Japanese firm – which fell victim to possibly the largest crypto hack in history in 2018 – said Tuesday that an unknown third party gained access to an account it held with domain registration service Onamae.com. An incident notice suggested the attackers then used its .jp domain account to send “fraudulent” emails to customers. “A third party who made unauthorized access (hereinafter, a third party) fraudulently sent some emails from our customers during the period […]