Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
Saudi Wealth Fund Buying Stocks During Weakness
May 16th, 2020Via: Reuters: Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has bought minority stakes in major American companies including Boeing (BA.N), Facebook (FB.O) and Citigroup (C.N), according to a U.S. regulatory filing. The $300 billion Public Investment Fund (PIF) has been buying minority stakes in companies across the world, taking advantage of market weakness in the wake of […]
Trump Discusses the State of Vaccine Development
May 15th, 2020Update: Why Don’t We Already Have a Coronavirus Vaccine? Via: Prof. Delores Cahill on The Highwire: — Debunking the Narrative (With Prof. Dolores Cahill) Via: Fox:
Debunking the Narrative (With Prof. Dolores Cahill)
May 15th, 2020Via: Computing Forever: Research Credit: NH
Trump Will Mobilize Military to Distribute Coronavirus Vaccine When It’s Ready
May 14th, 2020Via: CBS: President Trump says he would “rapidly” mobilize the U.S. military to distribute a coronavirus vaccine once it’s ready, focusing first on nursing homes and the elderly most vulnerable to deadly complications from the virus. Mr. Trump made the comments during an interview with Fox Business’ Maria Bartiromo. “We’re mobilizing our military and other […]
The Worst Is Yet to Come: Contact Tracing, Immunity Cards and Mass Testing
May 14th, 2020I don’t know where I got this, but I want to put it on a T-shirt. Via: The Rutherford Institute: No one is safe. No one is immune. No one gets spared the anguish, fear and heartache of living under the shadow of an authoritarian police state. That’s the message being broadcast 24/7 with every […]
How the COVID-19 Bailout Gave Wall Street a No-Lose Casino
May 14th, 2020American capitalism. *chortle* That’s a really good one. Plutocrats create fiat money, by typing some number, followed by nine to twelve zeros, into a computer. Then they send it around to each other, with the help of their kleptocratic minions in the government. Finally, they nail a bill into the backs of the victims and […]
McConnell Patriot Act Expansion, “Would Explicitly Permit the FBI to Collect Records of Americans’ Internet Search and Browsing Histories Without a Warrant”
May 13th, 2020I could link to dozens or hundreds of posts. Talk about beating a dead horse… For decades. Anyway, here’s one from just a few years ago: NSA Routinely Monitors Americans’ Communications Without Warrants …if you think that place is only used to store information gleaned from taps on foreigners, I’ve got a bridge to sell […]
L.A. County Could Keep Stay-at-Home Orders in Place for Three More Months
May 13th, 2020Via: LA Times: Los Angeles County’s stay-at-home orders will “with all certainty” be extended for the next three months, county Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer acknowledged during a Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday. Ferrer later added that even if the orders remain in place through the summer, restrictions will be “gradually relaxed” under a five-step […]
What It’s Like to Believe Everything the Media Tells You
May 12th, 2020Via: AwakenWithJP:
World Health Organization – Global Preparedness Monitoring Board: Annual Report on Global Preparedness for Health Emergencies, A World at Risk
May 10th, 2020This was published in September 2019, a month before Event 201 was held. Via: World Health Organization (PDF): Progress indicator(s) by September 2020 … The United Nations (including WHO) conducts at least two system-wide training and simulation exercises, including one for covering the deliberate release of a lethal respiratory pathogen.
