Archive for August, 2020
Air Force Helicopter Shot at from Ground While Flying Over Virginia, Crew Injured
August 12th, 2020Via: McClatchy: An Air Force helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing at a Virginia airport Monday after someone shot at it, injuring a member of the crew, local and military officials told McClatchy. The UH-1N Huey helicopter is assigned to the 1st Helicopter Squadron at Joint Base Andrews and had been on a […]
Surrender: Victoria Police Raise the Flag of Communist China
August 12th, 2020This is from last year. Via: Herald Sun: No need for communist China to invade. Victoria’s police have already raised the dictatorship’s flag over a police station in a heavily Chinese suburb. And guess who came to cut the cake to celebrate the dictatorship’s birthday? Why, it’s Gladys Liu, the Liberal MP tied to China’s […]
U.S. Bankruptcies on Track for 10-Year High
August 11th, 2020Via: MarketWatch: U.S. bankruptcies are en route to a 10-year high with 424 companies filing as of August 9, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. The group’s analysis took into account both public and private companies with public debt. The coronavirus has hit consumer companies hard, with more than 100 filing for bankruptcy…
Americans Are Growing Less Willing To Beg for Permission To Make a Living
August 11th, 2020Via: Reason: It appears that government-imposed restrictions on travel, business, and social contact don’t become more palatable with age. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to simmer, the one competency that officials have consistently displayed is in tightening the screws, using the licenses and permissions they require as enforcement tools. For people tired of being bossed […]
New Zealand Locking Down Again
August 11th, 2020Flatten the curve, extend the crisis. Via: New Zealand Herald: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced Auckland will go into lockdown and the rest of the country will go into level 2. It comes after four cases of community transmission from the same family were confirmed – after 102 days without any. Ardern and director […]
Who Profits from the Beirut Blast?
August 11th, 2020Via: Lew Rockwell: Lebanon – boasting assets and real estate worth trillions of dollars – is a juicy peach for global finance vultures. To grab these assets at rock bottom prices, in the middle of the New Great Depression, is simply irresistible. In parallel, the IMF vulture would embark on full shakedown mode and finally […]
Pro-Vax Leaders Issue Warning for COVID-19 Vaccine
August 10th, 2020Via: The HighWire: With a recent poll showing less than half of Americans would inject the Covid19 vaccine when released, it’s no wonder the country’s leading vaccine supporters have all signed a letter to the FDA warning of the importance of Phase 3 safety studies when it comes to this “warp speed” vaccine.
Shipments of Nearly 20,000 Fake Driver’s Licenses Seized at Chicago Airport
August 10th, 2020Via: Fox: Advances in technology may have made counterfeiting more difficult but crooks keep finding a way to stay in business. In fact, federal customs officers have seized 1,513 shipments from overseas containing fraudulent documents—19,888 counterfeit U.S. driver’s licenses—just at Chicago O’Hare International Airport this year through the end of June. Most of the shipments […]
Chicago: Looters Exchange Gunfire with Police
August 10th, 2020Via: Chicago Tribune: Hundreds of people swept through the Magnificent Mile and other parts of downtown Chicago early Monday, smashing windows, looting stores, confronting police and at one point exchanging gunfire with officers, authorities said. More than 100 people were arrested as of 9 a.m., according to Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown. Thirteen officers were […]
Australia Fast-Tracks Plan to Send Solar Power to Singapore
August 10th, 2020Via: Bloomberg: Australia granted “major project status” to an ambitious A$22 billion ($16 billion) plan to export power from a giant solar farm in the country’s north to Southeast Asia via undersea cable. The status recognizes the “strategic significance” of the project, which is expected to inject billions of dollars into the economy and create […]
