Archive for March, 2020
Witnesses Say Australian SAS Soldiers Killed Unarmed Afghan Civilians in Potential War Crimes
March 19th, 2020Via: Four Corners: A Four Corners investigation has uncovered new allegations that unarmed civilians were unlawfully killed by Australian special forces in Afghanistan. The revelations, to be detailed on tonight’s Four Corners program, involve multiple incidents in which Afghans were killed after surrendering or while they were detained by the Special Air Service Regiment (SAS). […]
Bill Gates: When Coronavirus Vaccine Becomes Available, Digital Certificates Will Show Who Has Received It
March 19th, 2020Eventually we will have some digital certificates to show who has recovered or been tested recently or when we have a vaccine who has received it. Via: Reddit: I’m Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. AMA about COVID-19:
FBI: 300% Spike in Gun Buy Checks, Huge Backlogs, Shutdown Threatened
March 18th, 2020Via: Washington Examiner: Fears of a crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic has resulted in an historic spike in gun purchase background checks, leading to long delays in approval, according to the FBI and gun industry experts. What’s more, there is a potential that offices in charge of conducting the background checks could shut down, […]
GM’s CEO Offers to Make Ventilators in WWII-Style Mobilization
March 18th, 2020Mmm hmm. GM’s other WWII mobilization: Hitler’s Carmaker: The Inside Story of How General Motors Helped Mobilize the Third Reich Via: Bloomberg: General Motors Co.’s Mary Barra offered to manufacture hospital ventilators in auto factories shuttered by the coronavirus outbreak, an effort that would echo Detroit’s contribution to Allied powers during World War II.
Hong Kong Is Putting Electronic Wristbands on Arriving Passengers to Enforce Coronavirus Quarantine
March 18th, 2020Via: CNBC: Hong Kong is using electronic wristbands as part of its effort to enforce quarantines and reduce the spread of the new coronavirus. The measure comes as the government announced that starting at midnight on March 19, it is putting all arriving passengers under a two-week quarantine and medical surveillance. The city’s leader Carrie […]
Trump Invokes Wartime Authority of Defense Production Act
March 18th, 2020Via: USA Today: President Trump on Tuesday invoked the Defense Production Act, a wartime authority that allows him to direct industry to produce critical equipment, to confront the spiraling crisis over coronavirus pandemic. The act was established in 1950 during the Korean War following war powers legislation used during World War II to direct private […]
Logistical and Technical Exploration Into the Origins of the Wuhan Strain of Coronavirus (COVID-19)
March 18th, 2020Via: Harvard to the Big House: This report is the product of a collaboration between a retired professional scientist with dozens of peer-reviewed publications and 30 years of experience in genomic sequencing and analysis, who worked at the Theoretical Biology Division of the Los Alamos National Laboratory and later helped design several ubiquitous bioinformatic software […]
SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Launches 60 More Starlink Satellites
March 18th, 2020Via: CBS: Three days after a dramatic launch abort, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket suffered a premature engine shutdown during the climb to space Wednesday but was still able to place another batch of 60 Starlink internet satellites into the planned orbit. The first stage, however, was unable to pull off what would have been […]
Hydroxychloroquine Effective in Inhibiting SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Vitro
March 18th, 2020Via: Nature: Other than its direct antiviral activity, HCQ is a safe and successful anti-inflammatory agent that has been used extensively in autoimmune diseases and can significantly decrease the production of cytokines and, in particular, pro-inflammatory factors. Therefore, in COVID-19 patients, HCQ may also contribute to attenuating the inflammatory response. In conclusion, our results show […]
All Nevada Casinos Ordered To Shut Down For 30 Days
March 18th, 2020Via: New York Post: For the first time in nearly six decades, Las Vegas casinos will go dark — shutting down for at least 30 days in an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus. Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak announced a statewide order late Tuesday mandating all “non-essential” businesses such as bars, movies theaters and […]
