United Nations Removes Marijuana From List Of Most Dangerous Drugs By Zack Budryk, The Hill. December 4, 2020 United Nations Removes Marijuana From List Of Most Dangerous Drugs2020-12-042020-12-03https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/mj.jpg200px200px Above photo: A factory worker processes cannabis flowers to make them ready for export on November 10 in Kasese, Uganda. CNN. A United Nations panel has voted to remove medical cannabis from a list of dangerous drugs. In the Wednesday vote, the Commission for Narcotic Drugs voted on several World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations related to cannabis. Among them was a recommendation that the drug be stricken from Schedule IV of the 1961 […]
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Twitter has removed a tweet from White House Coronavirus Task Force member Dr. Scott Atlas questioning the effectiveness of mask mandates, claiming the message violated the platform’s Covid-19 Misleading Information Policy. “Twitter seems to be censoring the science if it goes against their own goals of public indoctrination,” Atlas told Newsweek on Sunday about his tweet being removed. In the original tweet, Atlas wrote, “Masks work? NO,” before citing various examples and quotes from health officials pushing back against the protection face coverings can provide. Also on rt.com Kansas man arrested for threatening to ‘kidnap’ and ‘slash’ the throat of Wichita […]
Police determined that the devices were small audible alarms designed to go off in a bid to prevent the possible removal of the Trump yard signs. The Office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal (OFSM) said in a press release that the OFSM’s Bomb Squad “has been busy” over the past 36 hours, “responding to suspicious devices” attached to yard signs, including those pertaining to President Donald Trump’s election campaign. The OFSM reported about at least five such devices that were seen being installed on the campaign yard signs located “in and around” the city of Easton on Sunday and […]
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Bureau of Land Management Acting Director William Perry Pendley, speaking at a conference last year. A federal judge has ruled that he isn’t eligible to continue to serve in that office. Matthew Brown/AP hide caption toggle caption Matthew Brown/AP Bureau of Land Management Acting Director William Perry Pendley, speaking at a conference last year. A federal judge has ruled that he isn’t eligible to continue to serve in that office. Matthew Brown/AP A federal judge in Montana has ousted President Trump’s top public lands official. The ruling blocks William Perry Pendley from continuing to serve as the temporary head of the […]
Facebook says the fake accounts it removed focused mainly on Southeast Asia. But they also included some content about the U.S. election, which did not gain a large following. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images Facebook says the fake accounts it removed focused mainly on Southeast Asia. But they also included some content about the U.S. election, which did not gain a large following. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images Facebook says it has taken down a network of China-based fake accounts whose posts included content about the U.S. presidential election. Most of the […]
International online marketplace Amazon has found itself at the center of another racist merchandise debacle after allowing a third-party vendor to sell trucker hats emblazoned with “Black Lives Don’t Matter.” “THIS IS NOT OK,” Alexandra Wilson, a criminal and family barrister from Essex, England, said in a Twitter post condemning the dehumanizing trucker hat on sale via IMERIOi for £12.96 ($16.51). “Multiple people reported it, and racist material should be removed immediately,” Wilson told the BBC. “Websites like Amazon definitely need to have better checks in place for both their descriptions and photos because this isn’t the first time something like […]
Facebook has removed a number of pages related to the right-wing ‘Patriot Prayer’ movement. A mainstay at pro-gun rallies and street protests, the group made news recently after a member was gunned down in Portland, Oregon. A Facebook spokesman told Reuters about the removal of the pages on Friday, saying that the company pulled the pages as part of “ongoing efforts to remove Violent Social Militias from our platform.” Patriot Prayer members have frequently brawled in the streets with left-wing ‘Antifa’ rioters since the group’s formation in Portland in 2016. Though fistfights and scuffles have become the norm between these groups, […]
Self-Storage Removes Evidence From Cemetery And Denies Archeologist Access By the Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition, Popular Resistance. August 27, 2020 Self-Storage Removes Evidence From Cemetery And Denies Archeologist Access2020-08-272020-08-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/bacc1-e1598547236708.png200px200px Above photo: Worker at the excavation site with a possible mortuary marker that was dug up and later buried in a pile of rubble. Gail Rebhan and Nicholas Gregory. On September 4, 2020, at 12:00 pm join BACC for their largest event yet to bring flowers for the dead at Moses Cemetery. Click on the Facebook page for more details. Bethesda, MD — Over 100 dump trucks removed hundreds of cubic feet of soil containing […]
State Rep. Larry Householder, pictured leaving the federal courthouse after an initial hearing on July 21, was removed and replaced as Ohio House Speaker following his indictment on Thursday. Jay LaPrete/AP hide caption toggle caption Jay LaPrete/AP State Rep. Larry Householder, pictured leaving the federal courthouse after an initial hearing on July 21, was removed and replaced as Ohio House Speaker following his indictment on Thursday. Jay LaPrete/AP Hours after voting unanimously to remove Larry Householder as its speaker on Thursday, members of the Ohio House of Representatives elected state Rep. Bob Cupp to replace him. Householder was arrested last week […]
WHO THE HELL ARE THESE PEOPLE?Google, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube censored and removed video from yesterday’s “White Coat Summit” in Washington DC. THIS IS COLLUSION! Frontline doctors from across the US held a “White Coat Summit” on Monday in Washington DC to dispel the misinformation and myths surrounding the coronavirus.Day two of their summit is going to kickoff today in front of the US Supreme Court. The doctors are very concerned with the disinformation campaign being played out in the far left American media today. From their website: “If Americans continue to let so-called experts and media personalities make their decisions, […]
Dr. Stella Immanuel How many Americans died of COVID-19 because the Democrat-media complex lied about Hydroxychloroquine? Frontline doctors from across the US held a “White Coat Summit” on Monday in Washington DC to dispel the misinformation and myths surrounding the Coronavirus. The fake news media, including CNN, NBC, CBS, WaPO and NY Times all waged a war on Hydroxychloroquine just because Trump touted the anti-malaria drug as an effective treatment for COVID-19. Dr. Stella Immanuel said on Monday that she has personally treated over 350 patients with COVID-19 with Hydroxychloroquine, Zinc, and Zithromax and they have all recovered. TRENDING: Swarm of […]
Twitter on Tuesday said it is taking sweeping action against the conspiracy theory QAnon, removing more than 7,000 accounts associated with the group and banning links related to QAnon on the platform. Jeff Chiu/AP hide caption toggle caption Jeff Chiu/AP Twitter on Tuesday said it is taking sweeping action against the conspiracy theory QAnon, removing more than 7,000 accounts associated with the group and banning links related to QAnon on the platform. Jeff Chiu/AP Twitter said on Tuesday it has removed more than 7,000 accounts associated with the QAnon conspiracy theory, a loose group of online provocateurs who support President Trump […]
The announcement comes after the National Football League (NFL) asked the team to reconsider its nickname, which has been considered offensive to Native Americans. Amazon is pulling Washington Redskins football team merchandise from its website, including jerseys, T-shirts and jewellery, the company announced on Wednesday. “With the announcement from the Washington team and the NFL, we are removing products with the team’s name and logo from our stores”, spokesperson Ed Rosenberg confirmed. “Failure to properly close or delete all restricted product listings from your inventory may result in deactivation.” Walmart, Target, and Nike, the NFL’s official uniform supplier, have also announced they […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Facebook said on Wednesday it removed 54 Facebook accounts, 50 Pages, and 4 Instagram accounts that were involved in coordinated inauthentic behavior in the United States which were connected to former Trump campaign aide Roger Stone and his associates. “TThe people behind this activity used fake accounts — some of which had already been detected and disabled by our automated systems — to pose as residents of Florida, post and comment on their own content to make it appear more popular than it is, evade enforcement, and manage Pages”, Facebook said in a statement. “Our investigation linked this […]
Twitter has taken down a post by US President Donald Trump, in which he used a photo of himself to make a meme. The tweet was yanked shortly after the Times, embroiled in a bitter feud with Trump, filed a copyright claim. The tweet in question was posted by Trump on Tuesday and featured a photo of him along with words:”In reality they’re not after me, they’re after you. I’m just in the way.” Trump is no stranger to using photos of himself to make a statement on his social media of choice (cue his Game of Thrones social media phase). […]
A longtime subforum dedicated to fans and supporters of US President Donald Trump has been removed from Reddit, adding to the growing list of social media violations recently attributed to the US president and his supporters. Reddit CEO Steve Huffman announced in a Monday content policy update that in addition to increased forum moderation and more explicit rules regarding “hate based on identity or vulnerability,” some 2,000 active and inactive subreddits have been banned from the website, including “r/The_Donald.” “All communities on Reddit must abide by our content policy in good faith. We banned r/The_Donald because it has not done so, […]
The Board of Trustees says that naming a public policy school after a political leader implies they are considered a role model for students, which they no longer attribute to Wilson. Princeton University is removing the name of Woodrow Wilson, the 28th US president, from the public policy school and Wilson College, according to a statement posted on the school’s website. The college has decided that Wilson, despite his achievements as a leader of the country, is still a “racist who segregated the nation’s civil service after it had been integrated for decades”. “The trustees conclude that Woodrow Wilson’s racist thinking and […]
New Haven, Connecticut has removed a statue of Christopher Columbus from a city park, retitled a school previously named after the Italian explorer, and erased Columbus Day from the calendar, to appease the ‘migrant community.’ The bronze statue dedicated to the famous explorer was dismantled on Wednesday, a week after the city’s Parks Department voted to do so. It had stood in Wooster Square Park since 1955, when it replaced the original monument dedicated in 1892. Dozens of people had gathered in the park since early morning, including both the protesters demanding the statue’s removal and local residents determined to stop […]
China Increases Protections for Pangolins by Theresa Machemer/Smithsonianmag.com The Chinese government has taken two actions to protect pangolins, which are the most trafficked non-human mammals on the planet. Pangolins now enjoy the same safeguards as pandas with a Class 1 rank under China’s wildlife protection laws, which prohibits all domestic trade and use of the animal, reports National Geographic’s Dina Fine Maron. In addition, the government’s 2020 list of approved ingredients for traditional medicines does not include pangolin scales. Together, the two changes could be a big help for the scaled, housecat-sized insectivores. Of eight species of pangolins, three are considered “critically endangered” […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Twitter on Friday removed more than 32,000 accounts with “state-linked information” originating in China, Turkey and Russia for violating social platform’s manipulation policies. “Today we are disclosing 32,242 accounts to our archive of state-linked information operations — the only one of its kind in the industry. The account sets we’re publishing to the archive today include three distinct operations that we have attributed to the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Russia, and Turkey respectively. Every account and piece of content associated with these operations has been permanently removed from the service … In all instances, accounts were suspended […]
Retired St. Louis Police Captain David Dorn was murdered last week outside of Lee’s Pawn and Jewelry in North St. Louis City. Advertisement – story continues below The looters then broke in the store and looted it as dozens of cars drove by on Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive. David Dorn was 77-years-old when he was gunned down by looters. He lay outside the store bleeding as his death was captured on Facebook Live. TRENDING: “I Should Never Have Been There” – Gen Mark Milley Stands with the Mob – Apologizes for Walking to Torched St. John’s Church with President Trump […]
Pedestrians in Hong Kong walk under a giant screen showing a live telecast of Chinese President Xi Jinping, at the closing session of the National People’s Congress on Thursday. Vincent Yu/AP hide caption toggle caption Vincent Yu/AP Pedestrians in Hong Kong walk under a giant screen showing a live telecast of Chinese President Xi Jinping, at the closing session of the National People’s Congress on Thursday. Vincent Yu/AP Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared this week that Hong Kong is no longer sufficiently autonomous from China “to warrant treatment under United States laws in the same manner as U.S. laws were […]
India’s commercial banks can indeed provide banking services to traders and firms dealing in cryptocurrencies, the nation’s central bank clarified last week. “As on date, no such prohibition exists,” the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on May 22. The statement came in response to a query filed by BV Harish, co-founder of the cryptocurrency exchange Unocoin, under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. As reported by The Economic Times on Tuesday, the RTI was filed on April 25, seeking clarification on whether banks were still prohibited from providing services to cryptocurrency traders and service providers despite a recent ruling by […]
As the ballot scandal in Oregon continues to garner more and more attention, local and national media outlets are taking notice. And they’re rushing to the aid of the state officials while dismissing and belittling the thousands of disenfranchised voters who were denied their right to vote in the primary for they party. Our original article was flagged by Facebook and Twitter as “misinformation” even though we sourced dozens of people making these initial claims. Oregon officials worked with Facebook and Twitter to scrub the story, and now Politifact has chimed in as well, also taking everything the state officials word […]
Infrastructure provider Copper claims its new trading tool solves an obstacle preventing institutional investors from trading more freely in the cryptocurrency space by letting two parties hold on to their assets until just before executing a trade. The London-based firm said Thursday that ClearLoop – which facilitates fast, off-exchange settlements – would pretty much negate one of the chief concerns institutional investors have with the crypto space: namely, the risk involved with trusting an exchange to look after their trading capital. Most exchanges require clients to deposit digital assets with them, in a hot wallet, before they’ll allow them to trade. […]