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Graphed: COVID-19 in Nova Scotia, April 4, 2020
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Twenty-nine new people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Nova Scotia, bringing the total to 236. Four people are hospitalized (one fewer than yesterday); 50 people have fully recovered, up from yesterday’s 21. The Halifax Examiner will be publishing these graphs daily. New known cases […]
If everyone does a little. . .
Regardless of what you hear, don't be greedy or stupid and hurt others. Pay your tithe; pay your rent; pay your mortgage; pay your utility bills; if you still have a local store that uses a tab, pay them. If you have discretionary money, buy local and leave a big tip. Exchange services if you can. If you don't like anything Biblical, just call it stone soup.
Fox sleeping on a tree stump makes the day of a couple stuck in quarantine
My friend has this weird skill. He can doze off any time, any place. In a car, on a train, even at the dinner table while my dad is telling an army story. Turns out, this talent isn’t exclusive to people. Recently, Sara Ryan’s parents noticed a fox napping on a tree stump in front of their house. The couple have been social-distancing and don’t have pets, so a sight like this really made their day. Ryan’s dad was the first to spot the critter resting on the remains of a dead tree the city had removed last year, and he’s been sending his daughter updates ever since. Eventually, Sara... more »
Nothing is ever as it seems. WHO driven by communists | Cairns News
Apr 4 by Editor, cairnsnews WHO director, Tedros Adhanom is a senior member of the Politburo of Ethiopia’s Tigre People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), a Communist revolutionary party by Alex Bruce, US correspondent Every jurisdiction in the world with a sizable economy is on some kind of a lockdown. Apparently, the coronavirus doesn’t care about the … Continue reading Nothing is ever as it seems. WHO driven by communists | Cairns News →
Something Is Not Right
I don’t believe we are being told everything. Until we know, we could just as easily die from the cure, as from the disease By Ray DiLorenzo —— Bio and Archives—April 1, 2020 “Your mind picks up signals very fast when something is not right…you don’t always have to figure it out completely, you just … Continue reading Something Is Not Right →
New York City is lying about Chinese virus death rates
Why do the rules of infectiology not apply to the Chinese virus? By Matthew Vadum —— Bio and Archives—April 3, 2020 This was first posted in American Thinker The mass hysteria over COVID-19 in the U.S. is driven in large measure by misleading statistics and bad math about the disease’s body count. Now that New … Continue reading New York City is lying about Chinese virus death rates →
I want my Life Back! I Demand Compensation!
NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE! By Andrew G. Benjamin —— Bio and Archives—April 3, 2020 Whomever you are, whatever you are doing at this very moment, the Chinese communists and their greedy, supremacist warmongers have ruined your lives. I can speak only for my life however, and here I will. I want it back! They put … Continue reading I want my Life Back! I Demand Compensation! →
Stop the Dying but Keep on Killing – Lib Hypocrisy Soaring to New Heights
What is “essential” about killing perfectly healthy and harmless human beings? By Rev. Michael Bresciani —— Bio and Archives—April 3, 2020 It used to be that the most unsafe place to be in America, was a mother’s womb. Today, with COVID-19 rolling across the nation, anywhere in America is equally unsafe. Are we getting … Continue reading Stop the Dying but Keep on Killing – Lib Hypocrisy Soaring to New Heights →
Besides Frightening The Masses The Coronavirus Is Bringing On The Crazy
Break Out The HAZMAT Suits Break Out The HAZMAT Suits By Judi McLeod —— Bio and Archives—April 2, 2020 If governments are right in shutting down world business as the main foil to stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, and who knows the governments—most often wrong—could be right for the first time, don’t return … Continue reading Besides Frightening The Masses The Coronavirus Is Bringing On The Crazy →
Scare Mongering Predicted Coronavirus Deaths with a Vague Mitigation Graph
It’s surely an irony that When President Trump turned to health experts to advise him how to grapple with the spread of COVID-19, he ended up with two Obama holdovers By Judi McLeod —— Bio and Archives—April 1, 2020 The most terrifying thing about the ubiquitous Mitigation Graph The White House Coronavirus Task Force is … Continue reading Scare Mongering Predicted Coronavirus Deaths with a Vague Mitigation Graph →
Hillsborough County Reverses and Recognizes Churches As Essential
“We are pleased that The River at Tampa Bay Church can meet” By Liberty Counsel —— Bio and Archives—April 2, 2020 TAMPA, FL – Hillsborough County Council just met and voted to reverse its order from law last Friday. At the recommendation of County Attorney Beck, the council voted to recognize churches as “essential.” … Continue reading Hillsborough County Reverses and Recognizes Churches As Essential →
Ilhan Omar, Nothing comes out of your mouth but mean, vile nonsense!
By Dag Barkley —— Bio and Archives—April 2, 2020 via Ilhan Omar, Nothing comes out of your mouth but mean, vile nonsense!
MOLECULAR BIOLOGIST SAYS CORONAVIRUS COULD HAVE LEAKED FROM WUHAN BIOLAB
Originally posted on Nwo Report: The theory “cannot–and should not–be dismissed” Source: Steve Watson | Infowars.com A molecular biologist proclaimed Thursday that the Chinese coronavirus could have originated at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and been leaked, leading to it’s horrific spread around the globe. Richard H. Ebright, a professor of chemical biology at Rutgers University, told The Daily Caller that…
Week in Review: Marijuana firms cut costs amid COVID-19, L.A. cannabis licensing audit, NYSE aims to delist CannTrust & more
Three multistate marijuana operators – 4Front Venures, MedMen Enterprises and Acreage Holdings – announced cutbacks in bids to accelerate their paths toward profitability, even as some experts questioned the overall financial strength of the industry amid the coronavirus crisis and a contracting economic climate. MJBizDaily takeaway: There have been plenty of shakeups recently at the C-suite level […] Week in Review: Marijuana firms cut costs amid COVID-19, L.A. cannabis licensing audit, NYSE aims to delist CannTrust & more is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Lega... more »
Known unknowns
They laughed at Donald Rumsfeld, but all we have with regard to this Corona Virus is a bunch of known unknowns. I haven’t changed my mind; I still feel it’s 'too soon to know'. Meanwhile, I’m obeying the rules on the principle that it’s better to be safe than sorry. I’m not doing it to ‘save’ the NHS. I’m with Margaret Ashworth. We don’t know how long the pandemic will last. We don’t know what the fatality rate is. (We never *can* know) We don’t know how long the incubation period is. Speculations vary - a lot. We don’t know if survivors have immunity; if they do, we don’t know ho... more »
Another one bites the dust; Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG) Michael Atkinson
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This Day In Iraqi History - Mar 4
1927 UK official wrote Foreign Sec Chamberlain saying UK got Mosul by trick Promised 25 yr Iraq Mandate Now pushing Iraq independence 1939 King Ghazi’s death publicly announced PM Said resigned 1941 UK called new Gaylani govt illegal and distributed copies of message by Regent to resist 1941 Ultra intel in UK intercepted message from Italian amb in Tehran that Rome and Berlin were going to send arms to Iraq via Syria 1941 UK Chiefs of Staff asked Middle East cmdr Gen Wavell how many troops he could spare for Iraq (Musings On Iraq article on 1941 coup) (Musings On Iraq book revie... more »
US NATO Rep Kay Bailey Hutchison: US Ready To Help Turkey If They Remove the S-400's?!?!
* Needing a break from the covidsanity.* * Was Kay Bailey Hutchison attempting to be funny? I thought perhaps she was being tongue in cheek? Facetious? Seriously though if the US, was ever going to "help" Turkey they wouldn't have purchased the S-400's. I expect she was may have been appealing to some deep state minions still embedded in Turkey. Think of Ergenekon?* *Gladio and Gulen included.* *Turkish Minute * *Kay Bailey Hutchison* *The US is ready to help Turkey against the Syrian army if Ankara removes the S-400 air defense system purchased from Russia, Kay Bailey Hutchison... more »
Cuomo privately asked Trump to be named Secretary of State in 2016
Sources close to the White House are telling The Chronicle that, in late November of 2016 just days ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo privately asked then-President-elect Donald J. Trump to nominate him Secretary of State in his
On stitches in time
It’s no secret that Canadians’ individual finances have been getting perpetually more precarious, with most people lacking the ability to fund even a single urgent expense. But the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed what happens when the fragile finances of large numbers of individuals shatter all at once. And while our short-term attention is rightly directed toward limiting the damage, our longer-term view should include working on both increased individual stability as a baseline expectation, and greater social capacity to respond in case of emergency. At the individual level, the ... more »
Times Like This Don't Call For Self-Serving Politicians Like Trump Or Biden. There Is Someone Who Could Help Though
It's bad in New York right now-- at least in part because of Andrew Cuomo's reactionary stance on healthcare. (Gee, if you watched Rachel Maddow, a thorough imbecile on anything out than Putin-Gate, you would have thought Cuomo is a national hero who should be the Democratic nominee, but... she lives in Boston so... yeah.) Anyway, Cuomo is a skillful politician with a knack for doing what American politicians must be able to do to survive-- making himself look good on TV. He's actually a pile of crap-- a better pile of crap than Trump... but that kind of pile of crap... even if h... more »
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. - Grace Blakeley points out the importance of putting our relief and recovery funding toward public investments, rather than the further enrichment of people with already-appalling concentrations of wealth: We cannot rely on this crisis to undermine the ideology of shareholder value, which has become so entrenched within the UK’s – and indeed the world’s – largest corporations over the last several decades. If we want corporations to behave well – to treat their staff and suppliers well, to operate sustainably and to invest productively – t... more »
Trump Fires Watchdog Who Handled Ukraine Whistleblower Complaint
President Donald Trump abruptly fired the inspector general of the intelligence community, sidelining an independent watchdog who played a pivotal role in his impeachment.
Saturday smidgens
In spite of everything, we need to remember to be alive. If we do not, then we may spiral down a rabbit hole of despair and uncertainty. Here, it is a good day to be outside. While I have yard … Continue reading →
Will Coronavirus Lead To Martial Law?
While the number of cases of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, continues to grow around the country and the globe, lawmakers are considering how best to cut down on the spread of the disease. But the measures being taken have some citizens and service members wondering if martial law may be declared. As of Tuesday, more than 1,500 Guard personnel in 22 states were called up to aid efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19 as the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic on March 11, with President Donald Trump following two days later to classify the virus as a nat... more »
Caravan Protests Demand ‘Decarcerate Now!’
A broad coalition of prison abolition activists took to Philadelphia’s streets in over 120 cars—most with just one occupant—to demand officials massively decarcerate jails, prisons and detention centers in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. Four separate car caravans—decorated with signs and banners—circled City Hall, the Criminal Justice Center, Gov. Tom Wolf’s Philadelphia office and the federal court building near the Liberty Bell. Sarah Morris with the #No215Jail Coalition stated: “It is completely unacceptable that elected officials have not taken sufficient steps to releas... more »
Here’s What A General Strike Would Take
You know that things are getting serious when #GeneralStrike starts trending on Twitter. It happened last week when Donald Trump was publicly mulling the idea of sending Americans back to work by Easter, a move that would imperil countless lives. A general strike has long held a strong utopian allure. But what would it take to actually pull one off? We spoke to the experts about the reality behind the dream. Amid a healthcare crisis intertwined with an economic crisis, with millions of people freshly unemployed and new wildcat strikes and work stoppages popping off daily, we are l... more »
G77, China Urge End To Unilateral Sanctions
In a statement released on Friday, the coalition of developing nations warned that unilateral sanctions adversely affect the capacity of the targeted countries to deal with the highly contagious disease. “The Group of 77 and China consider that at this juncture, the enactment and application of unilateral coercive economic measures will have a negative impact on the capacity of States to respond efficiently, specifically in the acquisition of medical equipment and supplies to adequately treat their populations in the face of this pandemic. Ultimately, these measures also affect th... more »
When The Invisible Hand Gives You The Finger
Since the days of Adam Smith, capitalists have been arguing that unfettered markets are the best way to organize the economy. Smith famously said that the rich are “led by an invisible hand” to, “without knowing it, advance the interest of the society.” The rise of the welfare state in the wake of the Great Depression tempered such magical thinking for a few decades, but the ascent of neoliberalism in the last half-century has brought a resurgence in market fundamentalism, in both theory (very much including the pages of the New York Times and Washington Post) as well as practice. ... more »
As States Battle Over Medical Supplies, One State Seizes Private Resources
With coronavirus deaths surging in New York, the governor announced he will use his authority to seize ventilators and protective gear from private hospitals and companies that aren’t using them, complaining that states are competing against each other for vital equipment in eBay-like bidding wars. “If they want to sue me for borrowing their excess ventilators to save lives, let them sue me,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. He added that he will eventually return the equipment or compensate the owners. The executive order he said he would sign represents one of the most aggressive efforts... more »
China rolls out the Health Silk Road
In the Belt and Road framework, China is supplying much of the world including virus-hit Europe with medicine and healthcare items
The DWP’s latest coronavirus move is utterly twisted
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has descended into further chaos amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. But its latest move to try and keep itself afloat amid ‘unprecedented times’ is actually utterly twisted.
Joint Call for International Cooperation in the Battle Against COVID-19
The Cuban Communist Party joined the international call for cooperation in the battle against the epidemic, which has claimed the lives of more than 50,000 people around the world. The text, signed by 230 political parties from more than 100 countries, recognizes that the Covid-19 has confronted us with the most pressing and serious challenge to human health and peaceful global development.
Work Sucks: Life After Work
In this book, authors Pfannebecker and Smith summarize the current anti-work movement and literature. In view of rapid displacement of blue and white collar workers by robots and computers, coupled with the offshoring of most manufacturing jobs, there are growing calls for an end to waged work altogether.
Surprised? Democrats' Mail-in-Voting Campaign Funded by George Soros
[image: surprised-democrats-mail-in-voting-campaign-funded-by-george-soros] A coalition of groups financed by progressive billionaire George Soros are pushing for universal mail voting in the 2020 election and beyond.
What Would a Hypothetical U.S.-Pakistan War Look Like?
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] One word: Hell. In the U.S. television series Homeland, the United States and Pakistan are brought to the brink of war. In real life, the two countries are allies, albeit strained ones at that, and many Americans believe Islamabad often actively works against Washington’s interests. If the relationship turned poisonous, how would the United States prosecute a war against Pakistan? In order to proceed, let’s sketch out two war scenarios. In one, we’ll assume that the United States is pursuing an air-only campaign, in order to ... more »
The Nordic Countries Have Radically Different Coronavirus Strategies—Let's Compare
*Paul W Franks* *Politics, Europe* [image: A street with less pedestrian traffic than usual as a result of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak is seen in Stockholm, Sweden April 1, 2020. TT News Agency/Fredrik Sandberg via REUTERS] Let's compare. Daily updated graphs illustrating the rising COVID-19 death rates in different countries raise hopes that we can understand the impact of the virus and work out how to stop it from spreading further. But when comparing countries as different as South Korea, China, Italy and the UK, we may find the impression of how different inte... more »
This Submarine Crew Might Have No Clue About Coronavirus
*Caleb Larson* *Security, World* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2017%3Anewsml_RC1360BC8240&share=true] That will be a rude awakening. In order to insulate submarine crews from bad news while at sea, sailors likely have no idea about the global COVID-19 health pandemic—nor would they know if family members were sick. *Danger at Sea* Ships are cramped. Crews live in close quarters. Quarantining is extremely difficult, if not impossible while at sea. In the earlier days of the COVID-19 pandemic, cruise ships were prominent vectors of transmissio... more »
The Chinese Spring Offensives of 2020
*James Holmes* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] Regaining every inch of ground once ruled by imperial China is central to the dream President Xi Jinping exhorts Chinese to embrace. Miss an opportunity and China’s dream might never come true. And where would that leave Chinese Communist rulers, who already face a sullen populace? Is now the time Beijing may decide to strike—thanks to COVID-19? In 1918 the German Army unleashed a titanic series of spring offensives. Their goal: to crash through British and French lines in France before the United States could make its weight f... more »
How Russia Fought its First World War II-Style Tank Battles—in Spain
*Sebastien Roblin* *History, Europe* [image: By WolfDW - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8982252] The Spanish Civil War was a dress rehearsal for World War II. Early in the morning of October 29, 1936 a column of T-26 tanks went rattling down the road towards Seseña, a Spanish town on the outskirts of Madrid ostensibly held by forces loyal to the Republican government backed by Moscow. Leading the column was a Latvian communist named Paul Arman, a captain in the Soviet Red Army. Of the forty-five men under his command, there were thirty ... more »
Will the Army’s New Nasal Swabs Catch the Coronavirus?
*Kris Osborn* *Public Health, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC2VRF96BFCZ&share=true] We can only hope. (*Washington, D.C.*) U.S. Army scientists and engineers have been working with Harvard University to design, prototype and evaluate new nasal swabs needed to test for COVID 19 -- as a way to address the current crisis with available coronavirus test kits and assess possibilities for large-scale production of new swab configurations. An Army-Harvard team of expert scientists have been performing “specialized testing” o... more »
Why a China vs. Taiwan Clash Could Be Brewing
*Ted Galen Carpenter* *Security, * We should ask now what America's policy should be if things were to take a nasty turn. Tensions between Taiwan and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) have been on the rise ever since Tsai Ing-wen became Taiwan’s president and her pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) gained control of the legislature in early 2016. Her landslide re-election in January 2020 exacerbated those tensions. Now, Taiwanese concerns about the island’s treatment at the hands of the PRC and the rest of the global community during the coronavirus pandemic ... more »
Listen as a Journalist Dismantles a Fake Coronavirus Healer
*David Axe* *Health, * For science-denying profiteers, the coronavirus pandemic is the perfect opportunity to squeeze cash out of a desperate and gullible public. So it’s more gratifying than usual when a journalist fact-checks one of the scammers into a full-on meltdown. For science-denying profiteers, the coronavirus pandemic is the perfect opportunity to squeeze cash out of a desperate and gullible public. So it’s more gratifying than usual when a journalist fact-checks one of the scammers into a full-on meltdown. On March 29, 2020, journalist and podcaster Carrie Poppy inter... more »
Amazon Prime Video vs. Netflix: Which Is Better?
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Technology, * So, what’s the verdict? It really is a coin flip, but based on pure value alone, it would have to be Amazon, as you do get so much with the Amazon Prime membership. But you will definitely be missing that awesome original content from Netflix. Or better yet, just spend that reasonable $25 a month and get both! Although streaming platforms like Hulu, Disney Plus and Apple TV Plus have made noticeable headway in recent years, it really is still a two-person race between Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. But if you had to choose one, which would it b... more »
Two Timelines of COVID Crisis
We often hear that the current COVID crisis came “out of the blue,” that “nobody” was expecting it.* But anyone with a decent grasp of pressing issues in public health knew the risks of pandemics. As I wrote in 2014: [R]eduction in hospital facilities and other resources, although “efficient” in normal times, may prove disastrous if there is an epidemic. For example, one national preparedness plan for pandemic flu estimated that, in a worst-case scenario, the United States would be short over 600,000 ventilators. “To some experts, the ventilator shortage is the most glaring example... more »
The interview China tried to censor
Chernobyl disaster all over again – When countries from pride and ideological differences try to cover up and refuse help — PEOPLE DIE Gravitas: The interview China tried to hide | Wuhan Coronavirus | Dr. Ai Fen . . WION April 3, 2020 Dr. Ai Fen is a doctor at the Wuhan Central Hospital. She was perhaps among the first doctors to discover the Wuhan virus. After speaking out against the authorities, Dr. Ai Fen has gone missing. WION’s Palki Sharma brings you the Ai Fen revelations. –##– More to the Story Science Integrity Digest Eliesbik March 11, 2020 Dr. … Continue reading →
Message to the World: Ceremonial Elders Offer Instructions on How to Evolve Out of Our Current Situation
*Waking Times* - Humanity must evolve in line with the Law that governs the Universe.
Top Cop Arrested, Charged with Multiple Felonies for Stealing Asset Forfeiture Funds
[image: prosecutor]A Michigan prosecutor was arrested, along with his Chief Operations Officer, for embezzling $600,000 in Civil Asset Forfeiture funds over the period of 8 years.
Less Driving Amid Outbreak is Hurting Red Light Camera Revenue — Which is Great
[image: red light camera]A silver lining to the economic shutdown is the fact that red light camera companies are being starved for revenue because people are driving less.
BREAKING: An astonishing guest is terrified!
*SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 2020Elsewhere, the daily fail:* Along the way, we've come to admire Nicholas Kristof's devotion to human values. Along the way, we sometimes thought he had a tendency toward a few types of mistakes. To cite one example, we thought he tended to accept, no questions asked, the standard presentations of "educational experts" in ways which didn't help. We've come to admire his devotion. That said, we were balled by this passage from this Thursday's column: KRISTOF (4/2/20): *It’s baffling that the richest country in the history of the world fails so abysmally at ... more »
Weekend reads: COVID-19 and peer review; blaming a spell-checker for plagiarism; the fastest retracting country
Before we present this week’s Weekend Reads, a question: Do you enjoy our weekly roundup? If so, we could really use your help. Would you consider a tax-deductible donation to support Weekend Reads, and our daily work? Thanks in advance. Sending thoughts to our readers and wishing them the best in this uncertain time. The week … Continue reading Weekend reads: COVID-19 and peer review; blaming a spell-checker for plagiarism; the fastest retracting country
JAMES BAKER (UPDATE: NO, NOT THAT ONE) IS CRITICIZING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION MORE FORCEFULLY THAN SOME PROMINENT DEMOCRATS
*UPDATE:* Well, this is embarrassing. In the post below, I identify the author of a *New York Times* op-ed critical of the Trump administration's coronavirus efforts as James A. Baker III, former chief of staff to Presidents Ronald Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. The author is actually James E. Baker, a former deputy legal adviser to the National Security Council and a former chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. I regret the error. Here's the original post, which I've left intact, errors and all: James Baker, the 89-year-old former chief of sta... more »
Horowitz audit finds FBI FISA process a complete mess (Video)
The Duran Quick Take: Episode 519. More The post Horowitz audit finds FBI FISA process a complete mess (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
Free Trade Has Created Greater Food System Sustainability - Lack Of Farmers Puts Wealthy Countries At Risk
The locally grown effort was always fine for people fortunate enough to be born into agriculturally rich areas but for everyone else it historically meant famine, poor diets, or high costs. Modern agriculture and free markets changed all that. A new study finds that as the world has increased its standard of living - there are fewer people in poverty than ever in history and it continues to drop fast - it can lead to concern about food system sustainability. As people get wealthier, they move out of rural areas and into cities, but as we have seen during the SARS-CoV2 panic, when 2 ... more »
UK's Isolation Period Of 7 Days For COVID-19 Is Too Short - WHO Advises Isolation To 14 Days After Symptoms Resolve
In the UK those who think they have COVID-19, including confirmed cases, isolate at home for 7 days after onset of symptoms. Matt Hancock, the health secretary, was confirmed to have COVID-19 a week ago. He has just come out of isolation after 7 days. See: Matt Hancock leaves week-long isolation period under UK's 'outlier' rules This is radically different from the WHO isolation period. According to the WHO he is still infectious and could contribute to the spread of the disease. He should only leave isolation this early if he has two negative PCR tests 24 hours apart. read more
Good Morning! Did You Sleep Poorly Because Of Your Genes?
A new paper suggests 47 links between our genetic code and the quality, quantity and timing of our sleep. The correlation was created using 85,670 participants of UK Biobank and 5,819 individuals from three other studies, who wore accelerometers (e.g. Fitbit) which recorded activity levels continuously. They wore the accelerometers continuously for seven days which provides more accuracy than people who write how well they slept diaries. . read more
The Islamic Militarization Of Bosnian-Herzegovinian Muslims (I)
Islam in the Balkans It is the truth that the Balkan Peninsula is a mosaic of different and in some cases antagonistic religious communities with the Christian Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, and Islam as the principal religious denominations followed by different types of Protestants, followers of Judaism, Armenian Christian Orthodox, etc. […]
Accidents rob you of 200 times more of your life than COVID19
A group I've never heard of, Just Facts, has done an interesting analysis. Instead of looking at how many people are dying today from the Chinese virus they looked at how much of one's life each of us is statistically likely to lose due to the virus and other sources. The reasoning is that if 100,000 Americans die from coronavirus that means that the odds of any one person dying are about 1 in 3000. Hence few people will actually lose a day of their lives due to the virus. Additionally the virus is not going to be a threat forever. Already we're seeing potential cures. But acciden... more »
Woolworths involved in a global food fraud conspiracy with Capilano Honey, Kerry Stokes, Kevin Rudd’s son-in-law, Albert Tse and others
Woolworths is again selling fake honey in a scam involving Capilano Honey Pty Ltd (now known Hive and Wellness Australia Pty Ltd), their owners Kerry Stokes, Kevin Rudd’s son-in-law Albert Tse and […]
Optimism about Covid-19
Want some good (or at least better) news? If your liberal friends deny it, the author is probably on the right track. "First, the rate of increase in deaths from COVID-19 is decreasing, in the United States and in most countries. That means there is a slowing of deaths, not just the calculated mortality rate, a different statistic that will keep decreasing as we unveil a larger number of people carrying the virus with mild or no symptoms. In the United States as well as in Italy, Spain and other countries most heavily impacted, there is a significant slowing in added deaths. This ... more »
The president, his critics, and coronavirus
The President took action on the coronavirus plague a month before the first death in a Washington nursing home. That isn't good enough for Democrats, who apparently always thought the federal government should control everything--as long as a Democrat was president. I think we'll see more impeachment charges for Trump listening to advisers. Or not listening. Or giving an uninformed opinion like all of us on FB. Or trusting God. Or praying with conservative Christians. Or using the media too often. Or firing or replacing someone. Or not firing someone the left hates. Or appearing ... more »
Math is useful: COVID19 edition
Apparently the folks who run San Francisco are not very math literate. Here's why: https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/04/the-week-in-pictures-the-great-hunkering-edition.phpI guess that explains why they can believe in bizarre leftist economic theories.
The #FakeNews media will tell any lie if it helps Democrats
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/04/the-week-in-pictures-the-great-hunkering-edition.phpThis really says it all. If a leftists or the NYT does it it's cool. If a conservative does it it's evil. #FakeNews media outlets like the NYT will say whatever it takes to get Joe Biden elected.
Jim Acosta views coronavirus as a way to attack Trump
Dr. Birx, who is recognized as a non-partisan medical expert, was rudely interrupted by CNN's Jim Acosta to make political points for Joe Biden. Birx said: *We can talk about why didn't Italy do something or Spain do something or Germany do something, or we can really say right now -- we all can do something," Dr. Birx explained. "We can do the social distancing and all of the pieces that we know is starting to work around the globe in country after country. And then when we get through all of this, we can ask the questions about could we have done some piece of this better as a glo... more »
Stabbing in southern France leaves two dead, eight injured
Just In - 14 hours ago
Two people are dead and eight are injured after a man goes on a stabbing spree, attacking people grocery shopping in a small town in the south of France.
US military withdraws from 5th military base in Iraq
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:30 P.M.) – The U.S.-led Coalition announced their official withdrawal on Saturday from the Al-Habbaniyah Base in Iraq’s Nineveh Governorate. A statement issued by the Coalition said, “The coalition is leaving the Al-Taqadam Airbase (Habbaniyah) and transporting equipment and buildings with approximately $ 3.5 million to the Iraqi government.” The statement added, “500 […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Turkish-backed militants deprive civilians in northeast Syria of electricity after new attack
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:40 P.M.) – The Turkish-backed militants attacked the power grid in the Tal Tamr District of the Al-Hasakah Governorate on Saturday, depriving thousands of civilians of electricity in northeastern Syria. According to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), the the power station in Tal Tamr went out of service after the militants attacked […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Greece and Turkey enter war of words at NATO meeting
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 P.M.) – On Friday, April 3rd, the foreign ministers of the NATO nations held a teleconference to discuss the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak and their contingencies; however, the meeting would apparently turn sour when Greece and Turkey traded accusations over Ankara’s decision to open their European border to migrants, the Russian newspaper Gazeta.RU […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syrian Army and jihadist rebels engage in heavy clashes in southern Idlib
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:20 P.M.) – For the third time in the last 72 hours, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and jihadist rebels have traded attacks in the southern countryside of the Idlib Governorate. According to a field report from the Idlib Governorate, the jihadist rebels of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) fired several artillery shells towards […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Turkish forces attack Syrian Army troops in northern Raqqa
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:00 P.M.) – The Turkish Armed Forces carried out a new attack against the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) troops in the northern countryside of the Al-Raqqa Governorate on Saturday. According to a field report from the Al-Raqqa Governorate, the Turkish Armed Forces and their allied militants heavily targeted the Syrian Army’s positions near […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
China rolls Out The Health Silk Road
When President Xi Jinping was on a phone call in mid-March with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conti, before the arrival of a China Eastern flight from Shanghai to Milan full of medical help, the key takeaway was the Chinese pledge to develop a Health Silk Road (Jiankang Sichou Zhilu). That was in fact already inbuilt in the Belt and Road Initiative playbook since at least 2017, under the framework of enhanced, pan-Eurasian health connectivity. The pandemic only accelerated the timeline. The Health Silk Road will run in parallel to the multiple overland Silk Road corridors and ... more »
Could COVID-19 Reshape Global Leadership?
As U.S. COVID-19 cases double every few days and the death toll mounts, the U.S. seems to be caught in a “worst of both worlds” predicament: daily life and much of the U.S. economy are shut down, but no real progress has been achieved in its efforts to contain or eradicate the virus. Meanwhile, the 11 million people of Wuhan in China, where the pandemic began, are starting to return to a more normal life, with the city’s subway system running again and businesses reopening. In the province of Hubei (Wuhan is the capital), 4.6 million people returned to work last week, while anothe... more »
The Religious Philosophers of Atheism
Religiosity is not rooted in the teachings of institutionalized religions but in man’s need to lead a spiritual life by being moral and having a sense of oneness with the universe—this implies that a man who rejects his religion for political and scientific reasons, and identifies as an atheist, might be religious. The modern age has produced several atheist thinkers who were religious (in the spiritual sense): Montesquieu, Voltaire, Hume, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, and Freud. Not all atheist thinkers, however, are spiritual; many are nihilists—example, Feuerbach and Marx—who d... more »
Novel Coronavirus’ Multiplication in Throat 1,000 Times Higher Than SARS
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Humankind has not yet understood how a virus only three months ago unknown has traveled all over the planet and forced billions of people to hide in their homes. The scientific community is equally intrigued by this, but a thorough examination of nine infected youths in The post Novel Coronavirus’ Multiplication in Throat 1,000 Times Higher Than SARS appeared first on The Rio Times.
Quarantine Increases Risk of Domestic Violence
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A more responsible approach to preventing contamination by the coronavirus, social isolation entails a situation of risk for victims of family domestic violence: living with the aggressor longer. In quarantine, online reporting tools, official or otherwise, gain momentum. The federal government plans to launch an App for reporting . . […] The post Quarantine Increases Risk of Domestic Violence appeared first on The Rio Times.
Two Nurses Without Protective Materials Die in São Paulo
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The deaths of a nursing auxiliary and a nurse, both suspected of having a Covid-19 infection, left their colleagues in the health area working in the São Paulo municipal network apprehensive, complaining about the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE . . . To read the full NEWS and much more, […] The post Two Nurses Without Protective Materials Die in São Paulo appeared first on The Rio Times.
A Crisis Of Character
Yesterday was a sobering day for Ontarians. The news was grim. Martin Regg Cohn writes: On Friday, for the first time, Ontario’s top public health experts not only predicted how many people may die by month’s end. More importantly, they also estimated how many have been saved to date and will be spared in the days to come. Yes, 1,600 are likely to die by April 30 on current trends. But if society can maintain vigilance and social distancing, the latest modelling suggests we would be saving — sparing — 4,400 lives that would otherwise be included in the grim tally of 6,000 total d... more »
One Out of Three Mortgages Will Soon Face Foreclosure
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COVID-19 Depression: Trump Needs a War
April 3, 2020 Source: Kurt Nimmo It is seriously astounding how fast the economy is crumbling. No infusion of funny money will save the American people from the historically severe depression now evolving. State and federal governments are becoming more authoritarian in response to serious influenza (critical data on the transmission of the disease is … Continue reading COVID-19 Depression: Trump Needs a War →
MSM Journalists Are Considered Nonessential
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The Prime Minister Of Australia Warns That Life Will Not Return To “Normal” Until A Coronavirus Vaccine Arrives
Michael Snyder It is starting to look like there will not be a return to normalcy for a very long time. Even though about half of the world is currently under some sort of a “shelter-in-place” order, COVID-19 continues to spread at an alarming rate. Of course the U.S. is seeing far more newly confirmed … Continue reading The Prime Minister Of Australia Warns That Life Will Not Return To “Normal” Until A Coronavirus Vaccine Arrives →
New Study Says Social Distancing Should Be 21 Feet NOT 6 Feet
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Shh! It’s 1984!!
Dave Hodges on Saturday, April 4, 2020 Shh! It’s 1984!! via Shh! It’s 1984!! | The Common Sense Show
Expert warns that coronavirus can be spread through talking and even just BREATHING
Dave Hodges on Saturday, April 4, 2020 By Franz Walker Newstarget.com While it’s known that the coronavirus is spread through coughing and sneezing, it may also be able to spread through aerosolized droplets from talking or breathing, health experts told the White House Wednesday. On Wednesday, Dr. Harvey Fineberg, chairman of the National Academy of Sciences‘ Standing … Continue reading Expert warns that coronavirus can be spread through talking and even just BREATHING →
The Coronavirus Trojan Horse
Dave Hodges on Friday, April 3, 2020 We are all familiar with the legend of the Trojan Horse. It has become a methaphor for using deception as a tactic to achieve a hidden motive. Although the Coronavirus is very real and can be deadly, our response seems to be illogical and often out of proportion … Continue reading The Coronavirus Trojan Horse →
Overwhelmed Hospitals Face a New Crisis: Staffing Firms Are Cutting Their Doctors’ Hours and Pay
Multiple private-equity-backed staffing companies have cut hours for thousands of emergency room doctors, physician assistants and nurse practitioners. That means there are fewer medical workers at a time in hospitals and they are receiving less pay. by Isaac Arnsdorf April 3, 2020 Series: Coronavirus Is the United States Prepared for COVID-19? ProPublica is a nonprofit … Continue reading Overwhelmed Hospitals Face a New Crisis: Staffing Firms Are Cutting Their Doctors’ Hours and Pay →
Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King (January 15 1929 – Assassinated: April 4 1968) — The FBI Suicide Letter [UPDATE : Is the CIA behind Pornhub]
n April 4, 2020 by L “The debate over how much the government should know about our private lives has never been more heated: Should intelligence agencies be able to sweep our email, read our texts, track our phone calls, locate us by GPS? Much of the conversation swirls around the possibility that agencies like … Continue reading Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King (January 15 1929 – Assassinated: April 4 1968) — The FBI Suicide Letter [UPDATE : Is the CIA behind Pornhub] →
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From Jenna Orkin Singapore announces 1-month lockdown amid rising corona cases China seizes Covid-19 advantage in South China SeaNorway Wealth Fund Lost Record $113 Billion in Stock Slump Shocking pictures show coronavirus ‘looters in face masks’ after attacking shops during lockdown Amazon Access to COVID-19 Supplies is ONLY available for hospitals and government agencies: Exclusive: Hackers linked to Iran target WHO staff emails during coronavirus - sources Shenzhen becomes first Chinese city to ban eating cats and dogsThe 1,000-bed Navy hospital ship in NYC was meant to provided de... more »
F-35s Can't Solve This: Why the Air Force Still Has a Pilot Shortage
*Peter Suciu* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2006%3Anewsml_GM1DSLNNOWAA&share=true] Well that's no good. The United States Air Force has a serious pilot problem—the service simply doesn’t have enough of them, and it is unlikely the shortfall will be resolved anytime soon. Air Force leaders have warned that this has been a problem since at least 2017, when the service faced a roughly 2,000-pilot shortfall. The situation hasn’t improved, and in fact it has gotten worse. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein and Vice... more »
Could This New Stealth Warship Roll Over During a Storm at Sea?
*Kris Osborn* *Technology, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2013%3Anewsml_GF2E9BL1LL401&share=true] That’s no good. (Washington, D.C.) When faced with high winds, up to 20-foot waves and dangerously rough seas -- which Navy ships can survive? … and continue to wage war on the open sea? Would the new stealthy USS Zumwalt destroyer capsize or suffer extreme damage if its wave-piercing Tumblehome hull were subject to massively dangerous stormy sea conditions? Such questions, often put to the test with new ships during “sea-trials,” were ... more »
Why Xfinity, Fios and Dish Network are Destined to Die
*Ethen Kim Lieser* *Technology, * [image: A Dish Network satellite dish is shown on a residential home in Encinitas, California, U.S., November 8, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake] Just a couple of weeks ago, when many Americans were hunkering down in their respective homes because of the novel coronavirus, AT&T’s DirecTV went dark for a spell across the nation--not a good sign. For anyone who thought that traditional cable and satellite TV would see an uptick in subscribers any time soon is just dead wrong. In fact, companies like DirecTV and Dish should worry more about holding onto ... more »
Forget Coronavirus for Now: 5 Ways the World Could Really End
*James Jay Carafano* *Entertainment, Americas* [image: Flickr / U.S. Marine Corps] At least, according to the movies. I am with Annie (1982). The sun will come out tomorrow. This is not in any way to make light of the tough times we are going through now. Thousands have lost loved ones. Millions have lost jobs and don’t know when they will see their next paycheck. We can’t forget that. What we also cannot forget is that fear, pessimism, and doubt won’t make anything any better. What will help us defeat the invisible enemy is the confidence, courage and determination to persevere.... more »
The Military Spent $22 Million Tracking UFOs: Here's What They Found
*Robert Beckhusen* *Security, * The Pentagon UFO-hunting mission, the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, is still partially classified. *Key point: *Some assert human errors, but these pilots say this is what they saw... By now you’ve probably read the *New York Times* article detailing a UFO research program run by the Pentagon which received $22 million — a tiny amount by Defense Department standards — from 2007 to at least 2012. The disclosure of the program is the biggest such reveal since Project Blue Book of the 1950s and 1960s and the French government’s 19... more »
Could The Air Force's X-37B 'Orbital Drone' Be The First Of America's Space Weapons?
*David Axe* *Technology, Americas* For now, space weapons are prohibited by treaty. *Key point:* The Air Force denies that the X-37B has ever carried weapons. Overtly arming a spacecraft would be a violation of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty. A Dutch skywatcher achieved a rare feat in late June and early July 2019. Using a 10-inch-diameter telescope fitted with a camera, Ralf Vandebergh photographed the U.S. Air Force's secretive X-37B space plane in mid-mission 210 miles over Earth’s surface. "We can recognize a bit of the nose, payload bay and tail of this mini-shuttle, with eve... more »
Hydroxychloroquine and Chloroquine are No Magic Coronavirus Cure
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] Health experts are telling us to be skeptical for good reasons. Here's why. As the novel coronavirus disease 2019 deepens its impact on people across the globe, citizens are desperate for a magic bullet that can kill the pandemic before it claims more lives and imposes months of social distancing and isolation on society. The antimalarial drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, it has been suggested, might be that bullet. Seemingly in support of that possibility, on March 29 the Food and Drug Administration authorized th... more »
Best 5 QLED TVs You Can Buy Right Now
*Mark Episkopos* *Entertainment, * Stuck at home and need a good TV? These could work. QLED technology has come a long way from its humble beginnings in 2017, evolving to establish itself as an increasingly compelling alternative to the OLED panels that otherwise dominate the high-end TV market. A lot has changed: Samsung is no longer the sole QLED TV manufacturer, and QLED displays are no longer restricted to premium budgets. With Vizio, TCL, and Hisense joining the fray in the past years, there have never been so many QLED panels at such a wide range of price points. It’s easy... more »
Why the U.S. Military Stopped Using Flamethrowers
*Peter Suciu* *Technology, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC222F9G8XV1&share=true] Who would have guessed? The idea of using fire as a weapon likely occurred as soon as the first human settlement was attacked by a rival tribe. The problem is that fire doesn’t know friend from foe and for eons couldn’t really be controlled. The earliest known example of a “controlled burn” directed at an enemy was the Bzyantine’s “Greek Fire.” Exactly what ingredients went into the mixture and how it was projected at an enemy remains a m... more »
This Is The Real Reason North Korea Bought Smuggled U.S. Helicopters
*Sebastien Roblin* *History, Asia* North Korea had a plan. *Key point: *It seems that North Korea likely acquired the MD 500s so it could use them to infiltrate across the demilitarized zone with South Korean markings, conducting surprise raids and inserting spies and saboteurs. On July 27, 2013, as a column of armored personnel carriers and tanks rumbled before the stand of Kim Jong-un to commemorate the end of a bloody war with the United States sixty years earlier, four small American-made MD 500E helicopters buzzed low overhead. You can see it occur at 3:13 in the this vide... more »
These Might Just Be the 5 Best (As in Most Adaptable) Tanks of All Time
*Charlie Gao* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] The best in the circumstances they find themselves in. Oftentimes, a measure of a tank’s success as a design isn’t whether it has the most powerful gun or thickest armor, but how adaptable it is. Being able to effectively accommodate new guns, armor, turrets, and sensors can keep a tank on the frontline for decades past its initial fielding, saving costs for militaries and often growing domestic industry. Here are some of the most adaptable tanks in the world. *1. T-55* The most-produced tank in military history would not have ... more »
Back in jail on Jeju Island
*Brother Song * By Sung-Hee Choi and Kaia Curry On April 3rd, the court for the review of legality of confinement maintained arrest warrant on Song Kang-Ho despite more than 2,500 domestic and overseas citizens' signatures for his release. He was moved to Jeju Prison. Song was arrested for going to witness what is left of sacred Gureombi Rock inside the Jeju navy base on the anniversary of its destruction. *Sacred Gureombi Rock before destruction for the Navy base on Jeju Island, South Korea. Prior to being blasted and covered with concrete Gureombi was full of life.* Please thi... more »
Japan Continues Their Leadership In Rejecting Junk Science
Japan’s woeful climate plan amounts to science denial
Life in Darmstadt
By Regina Hagen (Darmstadt, Germany) I guess the situation is similar everywhere. In Germany, the political leadership has never denied that Corona is dangerous, but the responses came too late. Privatization of the health system has increased in the past. The German government was warned in a study a few year ago what a pandemic would look like. The forecast of the study is now occurring, but there is shortage of the most basic medical supplies for health staff and protective supplies for the population. As elsewhere, it is unclear whether the worst is yet to come. The death rat... more »
Men Have Been Sickened ‒ A Quotation by M.N. Hopkins
*Men have been sickened by their own desires for power--not the real power of Being, but the madness that poses for power in your Realm. The dark times approach quickly now, but beyond this illness lies a world of co-operation and the joy in living together in community.* *© **M.N. Hopkins *
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*Public choice economics and online schools in Oregon* Public choice economics simply says that those who govern us, politicians, bureaucrats, all those who inhabit the governing structure, are subject to the same enlightened self interest as the rest of us. They respond to incentives concerning their personal benefit just as the people they are. Those in favour of ever yet more government action tend to dislike this theory. As if the receipt of a government paycheck negates basic humanity. Yes, easy to joke that clipboard wielders aren’t entirely human but that is a joke. Worth... more »