Ex-OPCW Chief Jose Bustani Reads Syria Testimony Blocked At UN By Aaron Maté, The Grayzone. October 7, 2020 Ex-OPCW Chief Jose Bustani Reads Syria Testimony Blocked At UN2020-10-072020-10-07https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/jose-bustani-opcw-syria-un-e1602083249152.jpg200px200px At the UN Security Council, the US, UK, France and allies have blocked the testimony of Jose Bustani, the OPCW’s first Director General, on the chemical watchdog’s Syria cover-up scandal. The Grayzone has obtained Bustani’s prepared statement and is publishing it in full. Jose Bustani was invited to brief the Security Council on the OPCW’s cover-up of an investigation into an alleged chemical attack in Douma, Syria in April 2018. The US, UK, […]
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77-year-old Joe Biden on Thursday appeared on friendly news networks from his vacation beach house while Kamala Harris did the heavy lifting. Instead of interacting with voters, Joe Biden is staying at his $2.7 million Rehoboth Beach vacation home. Biden appeared on MSNBC and CNN on Thursday for softball interviews. Biden’s cognitive issues are so bad that he was reading from a script while struggling to get through his interview with CNN anchor Anderson Cooper. TRENDING: You Knew This Was Coming… Nancy Pelosi: “I Don’t Think That There Should Be Any Debates… I Wouldn’t Legitimize a Conversation with Him” (VIDEO) If […]
Joe Biden’s foreign policy is a disaster for America. No doubt it will enrich the Biden family and their accomplices around the world but not the average American. The Biden family enriched themselves while Joe Biden served as Obama’s Vice President, a Biden Presidency would no doubt increase the Biden’s riches off of the backs of Americans even more. The AP released an article over the weekend describing the Biden foreign policy that a President Biden would supposedly implement. The article never mentions Biden’s son Hunter recieving billions from China and the Ukraine, which he did during the Obama years, instead […]
Long Reads Sunday features two essays previously published on CoinDesk that show the trajectory of stablecoins in the global economy in 2020. On this week’s Long Reads Sunday, we look at two essays about stablecoins previously published on CoinDesk. The first is called “USD Stablecoins Are Surging, but Zero Interest Rates Complicate Business Model” by Hasu and was one of the first pieces to recognize that demand was coming not just from the crypto space but from emerging markets facing crisis time currency pressures. The second is “Hyper-Stablecoinization: From Eurodollars to Crypto-Dollars” from Pascal Hügli. The piece argues that stablecoins are likely to play […]
“Lord of the Rings” actor Andy Serkis said he’s streaming himself reading “The Hobbit” in its entirety to raise money for COVID-19 relief efforts. Vianney Le Caer/Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP hide caption toggle caption Vianney Le Caer/Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP “Lord of the Rings” actor Andy Serkis said he’s streaming himself reading “The Hobbit” in its entirety to raise money for COVID-19 relief efforts. Vianney Le Caer/Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP Andy Serkis, the physically-nimble actor largely known for his CGI-assisted roles, is doing some quarantine reading. He’s reading aloud from the entirety of “The Hobbit” in a livestream on Friday. On a Gofundme page […]
Joe Biden read pre-written answers from a teleprompter when asked about Tara Reade’s sexual assault allegation by a Florida reporter. A Florida reporter on Thursday asked Joe Biden about Tara Reade’s interview with Megyn Kelly. Tara Reade accused her former boss then-Senator Joe Biden of sexually assaulting her in 1993. Reade said in 1993, then-Senator Joe Biden pushed her up against the wall and penetrated her with his fingers. TRENDING: Breaking: Department of Justice Drops Case Against General Michael Flynn Megyn Kelly’s interview with Tara Reade will air on YouTube and Instagram pages, reported the New York Post, however a date […]