Archive for February, 2020
Wuhan, China: Forced Quarantine Camps for People Suspected of Having Coronavirus, and Their Associates
February 7th, 2020Via: Daily Mail: China’s central government has ordered Wuhan to round up all suspected coronavirus patients as well as their close contacts in mass quarantine camps. The country’s Vice Premier Sun Chunlan called on a ‘people’s war’ against the fast-spreading epidemic, which has killed at least 638 people and infected more than 31,520 globally. She […]
Federal Agencies Use Cellphone Location Data for Immigration Enforcement
February 7th, 2020Via: Wall Street Journal: The Trump administration has bought access to a commercial database that maps the movements of millions of cellphones in America and is using it for immigration and border enforcement, according to people familiar with the matter and documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. The location data is drawn from ordinary […]
FBI Document Reveals Local and State Police Are Collecting Intelligence to Expand Terrorism Watch List
February 7th, 2020Via: Yahoo News: Despite a federal judge’s ruling last September that the U.S. government’s terror watch list violates constitutional rights, an FBI report obtained by Yahoo News shows local and state law enforcement agencies are being used to gather intelligence on individuals to collect information about those already in the database. Law enforcement “encounters of […]
The New Way Forward Act
February 7th, 2020Via: Fox: The bill would entirely remake our immigration system, with the explicit purpose of ensuring that criminals are able to move here, and settle here permanently, with impunity. You may think we’re exaggerating for effect. We’re not – not even a little. The New Way Forward act is the most radical single piece of […]
The Army Wants Technology that Can See Through Walls—and Identify People on the Other Side
February 6th, 2020Via: Nextgov: People can’t see through walls but the Army wants to pioneer next-level technology that will help soldiers do exactly that—with the added bonus of instantaneously offering advanced, penetrating insights that go far beyond what meets the eye. According to a recent request for information, the Army is accepting white papers to identify commercially […]
The Myth Of Incompetence: DNC Scandals Are A Feature, Not A Bug
February 6th, 2020Via: Medium – Caitlin Johnstone: The Iowa caucus scandal has continued to get more egregious by the hour, with new revelations routinely pouring in about extremely suspicious manipulations taking place which all just so happen to disadvantage the campaign of Bernie Sanders in the first Democratic electoral contest of 2020. … I keep seeing the […]
Tencent May Have Accidentally Leaked Real Data on Wuhan Virus Deaths
February 6th, 2020It continues to be very difficult to ascertain what’s actually happening in China. I’ve been trying to find confirmation of this story: Epoch Times: Funeral Home Worker in Wuhan: We Are Working 24/7 to Cremate Bodies. Of all of the videos I’ve seen, this one is the most worrying. It appears to have been taken […]
Inside a U.S. Evacuation Flight from #Wuhan
February 6th, 2020Via: Janis Mackey Frayer: Inside a US evacuation flight from #Wuhan: hazmat suits, Ghostbusters masks, megaphones, forms & a heads up for Americans it’ll ‘get really weird’ when they land. Final US airlifts tonight as #coronavirus cases rise to 28k+ in #China; 563 have died. @NBCNews (video Jacob Wilson) pic.twitter.com/CJZ5i6ALQg — Janis Mackey Frayer (@janisfrayer) […]
7-Eleven Tests Cashierless Store At North Texas Headquarters
February 6th, 2020Via: CBS: A new 700-square foot 7-Eleven store has opened in Texas, but this one doesn’t have a human cashier. The pilot store, at 7-Eleven headquarters in Irving, uses a mixture of algorithms and predictive technology to separate individual customers and their purchases from others in the store. The concept location offers some of the […]
Texas: Homeless Camp the Size of Three Football Fields Catches Fire
February 6th, 2020Via: Fox: A fire broke out at a large homeless camp below the eastbound frontage road of Anderson Lane, between IH-35 and Cameron Road Monday morning. “We come down here for medical calls a lot. We always feared there being a fire — well there was a fire. Upon arrival there were no residents of […]
