Archive for August, 2020
America Desperately Needs a Second Opinion
August 14th, 2020Via: Ron Paul Institute: Somehow, the best medical advice from the nation’s most respected medical institutions recommending a second opinion was completely ignored when Covid-19 showed up. Instead, a handful of alleged government medical “experts” advised the political class to use illegal, unconstitutional powers to lockdown the nation, with the threat that millions would die […]
Who Owned the Chemicals That Blew up Beirut?
August 14th, 2020Via: Reuters: In the murky story of how a cache of highly explosive ammonium nitrate ended up on the Beirut waterfront, one thing is clear — no one has ever publicly come forward to claim it. There are many unanswered questions surrounding last week’s huge, deadly blast in the Lebanese capital, but ownership should be […]
Peak Idiocy: Wisconsin Government Agency Mandates Facemask Use For Virtual Zoom Meetings
August 14th, 2020Via: ZeroHedge: …Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources, who told its employees that effective August 1, they would have to wear a mask – even for teleconferences. Preston Cole of the DNR said in an e-mail to employees: “Also, wear your mask, even if you are home, to participate in a virtual meeting that involves being […]
Sweden and COVID-19: No Lockdowns, Low Deaths and Minimal Economic Damage
August 14th, 2020Via: ZeroHedge: In a column published Thursday, The Telegraph’s Allister Heath argued that Sweden’s success at fighting the virus while minimizing economic damage elucidates the depth of the British medical establishment’s incompetence, as it was Britain’s health experts whose advice PM Johnson assiduously followed.
Fed’s “Direct Money Transfers” Are Coming: Brainard Says Fed Collaborating With MIT On “Hypothetical” Digital Currency
August 14th, 2020Via: ZeroHedge: And while this idea may have seemed absolutely ludicrous as recently as just one year ago, the fact that the just as ludicrous Helicopter Money is now de facto policy means that direct deposits of cash by the Fed into individual accounts is becoming increasingly probable, the only thing missing is the “digital […]
VW Will Develop Battery Cells for Electric Cars in U.S.
August 14th, 2020Via: Electrek: Volkswagen announced plans to add electric vehicle engineering at its factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The German automaker mentioned plans to develop cells and battery packs at the US plant. The German automaker has been hard at work developing its next-generation electric cars based on its MEB platform. Much of the work happened in […]
New Zealand: Government Will Send All Confirmed Covid-19 Community Cases to Quarantine Facilities
August 13th, 2020Via: Stuff: The Government will send all of the confirmed community cases of Covid-19 to a quarantine facility instead of allowing them to recover at home. This is already the case for any cases found in border hotels, but was not previously the position for those out and about in New Zealand who contracted the […]
Former Military Officers Suggest Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Remove Trump by Force if He Refuses to Leave White House After Election Loss
August 12th, 2020Again, I don’t see how the U.S. can emerge from the November election without chaos. With both parties corrupt beyond imagination, and the mindless supporters of each viewing the others as mortal enemies, I think the U.S. (and the rest of the world) could be in for some serious trouble; with a generous splash of […]
“Bomb Carbon” Has Been Found in Deep-Ocean Creatures
August 12th, 2020Via: Scientific American: Until now, it has been unclear whether bomb carbon has managed to spread into the farthest crevices of the world, especially the deepest seas. It would have taken natural oceanic circulation about 1,000 years to carry it to the depths of the Mariana Trench. And in fact, testing for the new study […]
Ron Paul: Coronavirus Is The New ‘Terrorism’
August 12th, 2020Via: Ron Paul Institute: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has proposed the next multi-trillion dollar “coronavirus relief” spending bill that will support testing, tracing, treatment, isolation, and mask policies that have been part of a “national strategic plan” she has been advocating. The Trump administration is not opposing Pelosi’s plan on principle. Instead, it is haggling […]
