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For decades, political regimes around the world have been keen to achieve the elements of strength for their countries, arming themselves as much as possible with military equipment and intelligence agencies, and spending huge amounts of money on achieving internal security, so that politicians have become the muftis of all life affairs. Their legal authority in some countries, and illegal authority in other countries, have controlled […]
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27 Mar, 2020 20:22 President Donald Trump has invoked “wartime” powers, ordering General Motors to produce ventilators to treat Covid-19 patients. The move comes after Trump unloaded on the automaker for delaying production. Source
Between 3 and 4am on 14 March, 23-year-old Ghanaian Faustina Tay’s body was found in a car park under her employer’s fourth-storey home in Beirut’s southern suburbs. Fewer than 24 hours earlier, Tay was sending messages to an activist group for domestic workers under the kafala system, about the abuse she was suffering at the hands of her Lebanese employers. Tay sent 40 minutes of voice […]
Submitted by Market Crumbs , The sudden outbreak of the coronavirus and its effects on the economy, which has ground to a halt, are being felt by just about everyone. Whether you’re an investor who has seen your portfolio take a hit or someone without any investments who has lost a job, the current situation is very difficult for many. While you can’t go back a […]
Iran has now been officially struggling with COVID-19 for over a month. Even before SARS-CoV-2 (known as coronavirus) made its grand entrance into Iran, the country was embattled by a series of crises. In the first week of 2020, the assassination of Qassem Soleimani shook the nation. Besides that, the “accidental” shooting of the Ukrainian airplane by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps spawned a government cover-up, […]
Officials in the Palestinian Authority believe that its collapse is only a matter of time in the light of the ongoing coronavirus crisis, Today’s Opinion has reported. The claim apparently originated with their counterparts in Israel. According to an Israeli journalist writing for Israel Hayom, the comprehensive closure policy adopted by the PA in the occupied West Bank as part of the battle against the virus […]
We have entered uncertain times. The novel coronavirus has upended life around the globe, and none of us knows exactly how long the outbreak or its ramifications will last. But daily reminders of how much we can’t control shouldn’t stop us from seizing upon those things we can. We may not know if the United States has yet been successful in flattening the curve, but we […]
Photo Illustration by Kristen Hazzard/The Daily Beast Jeri Ryan is still haunted by those five little words. “It’s the scene that I’ve always hated,” she says with a sigh. “The notorious Then you wish to copulate? scene. Hated everything about it. It was so on the nose, so gratuitous. I haven’t gone back to watch any of it.” It occurred in “Revulsion,” the fifth episode of […]
Italy is the Western European country where the coronavirus pandemic spread first and where its tragic effects are being felt the most. As of March 17, the official data say 26,062 have tested positive in Italy for COVID-19, 12,894 have been hospitalized—including 2,060 in intensive care—and 2,503 have died. Right-Wing Politicians and the Virus Lombardy and Veneto are regions historically governed by the center-right, and in […]
A month ago, Goldman Sachs suggested there is more to come for precious metals as with rates getting closer to their lower bound, gold looks increasingly like the safest haven. At the start of March, Goldman’s head of commodity strategy said there is one commodity that will be safe: gold “which – unlike people and our economies – is immune to the virus.” And now, Jeffrey […]
Authored by Jessica Corbett via CommonDreams.org, Rights advocates and Democrats holding state and federal elected offices across the United States are doubling down on demands for the release of “at-risk” inmates and more preventive measures in jails and prisons to prevent mass outbreaks of the new coronavirus, which has killed at least 473 people and infected over 35,000 nationwide as of Monday morning. Three Democratic congressmembers from New York—Reps. Nydia […]
Submitted by Kuppy via Adventures in Capitalism It’s said that you want to buy when others are fearful. It sure seems that investors are currently losing their minds. Look, I get it, there’s a virus and there’s a good chance that a lot of us will get it. There’s conflicting data about the overall mortality rate which makes it all worse; especially as its origins in […]
Is this the final straw that will push “life-long Democrat” Lloyd Blankfein to finally cross the aisle? In addition to enjoying retirement (especially now that the Feds appear to have reached a settlement with his former employer that doesn’t involve clawing back millions of dollars in Blankfein comp), the former Goldman CEO has occasionally chimed in on twitter to offer his two cents on contemporary politics […]
Taxes In A Time Of Coronavirus By the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. March 22, 2020 Taxes In A Time Of Coronavirus2020-03-222020-03-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/tax_rich_stop_cuts.jpeg200px200px Above photo: “In 1980, the year Ronald Reagan won the White House, America’s most affluent still faced a 70 percent tax on their top-bracket income.”(Photo: Fight Back! News/Kim DeFranco) Some problems can only be solved when public officials have the resources to act. Today’s […]
A Spartanburg County, South Carolina man was arrested and charged with breach of peace and forgery after lying about having the coronavirus, Sheriff Chuck Wright told reporters in a presser this week. The man, Jeffrey Long, told his call center employers at the Sitel Corporation that he had been tested for coronavirus at the VA hospital and the results were positive, and forged a note from […]
Despite efforts by Russia to gradually cut its reliance on oil, a lengthy energy market turmoil could be challenging for the country’s economy and could even result in a major economic crisis. Oil has continued its dramatic fall this week, dropping to more than an 18-year low on Wednesday amid global recession worries and low demand. Both US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and international benchmark Brent […]
China has marked its third consecutive day of no new local cases of coronavirus, as officials ease lockdown measures. The number of deaths in China from the disease has also slowed dramatically. The positive development has coincided with the government’s decision to relax strict quarantine policies put in place across the country. Even in Wuhan, the epicenter of the disease, officials said residents could spend more […]
Washington has passed off blame to Beijing for its own failures in addressing the Covid-19 outbreak, China’s Foreign Ministry said, hitting back at the ‘Chinese virus’ rhetoric with the ironic term ‘Trumpandemic’. “Some people in the United States attempt to stigmatize China’s fight against the epidemic and shirk its responsibility to China,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang told reporters on Friday, referring to the finger-pointing adopted […]
Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, Happy Colorectal Awareness Month, everybody - in case you’re wondering why it feels like fate shoved a four-by-four up your nether region where the sun don’t shine. Millions around the country must be stunned at how bad this suddenly is. And every new morning seems worse than the last: Friday the Thirteenth meets Groundhog Day. Jobs and incomes instantly gone. Businesses staring […]
Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, The coronavirus lockdown in France literally forces citizens to ‘show their papers’; They have to fill out a form explaining why they are outside and present it to police. A translation of the form posted online shows how citizens have to provide their name, date of birth, address and declare their reason for leaving quarantine. Travel to a […]
Former FEMA administrator Craig Fugate ripped out his earpiece and stormed out of a live MSNBC appearance on Thursday afternoon after another guest, Former Obama administration official Andy Slavitt accused him of not being “helpful” in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. “I don’t have time to listen to this bullshit, people,” Fugate said before walking off his remote set. The dramatic moment came after Fugate […]
US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would get involved in the oil price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia at the appropriate time, saying low gasoline prices were good for US consumers even as they were hurting the industry, Reuters reports. Saudi Arabia and Russia have been fighting over oil market share after their three-year agreement to hold back production collapsed this month. Their […]
As Congressional voices and US oil companies have grown louder in urging President Trump to mount a muscular pushback against the Russians and Saudis flooding the market following their spat early this month that triggered an ongoing oil-price war — which lately witness crude falling to $20 yesterday — the administration has said it plans to get involved at “the appropriate time” and hopes to find a “middle ground”. Trump said […]
Tinder shows users a card linking to the World Health Organization The thing about social distancing in our lives under the coronavirus pandemic is it runs counter to a timeless human enterprise: dating. Some states and cities have shut down restaurants and bars, pretty much halting dates and nights out. But dating apps are as busy as ever. A representative from dating service Coffee Meets Bagel […]