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Wednesday 05 February 2020
 News and commentary round up
From the Huffington Post: This Is The Buzzy Democratic Firm That Botched The Iowa Caucuses. Shadow, a Democratic tech firm, created the app that was supposed to deliver quicker caucus results. From the Washington Examiner: Iowa caucus delays revive concerns and conspiracy theories among Bernie Sanders supporters From Newser: This May Be the End of Iowa's Political Clout. Many predicting the end of the state's first-in-the-nation voting status. [Ed: a round-up of sources.] From CNN: Problematic app used in Iowa caucuses also set to be used in Nevada, sources tell CNN. [Ed: informative.]

From FOX News: Virginia Senate blocks another Northam-backed gun bill. [Ed: some bills are going through. Some are not.]

From the Economic Collapse Blog: 4 Plagues Are Marching Across Asia Simultaneously: Coronavirus, African Swine Fever, H5N1 Bird Flu, And H1N1 Swine Flu. [Ed: the word "plague" is a bit strong, but I take the point.] From Great Game India: Creator Of US BioWeapons Act Says Coronavirus Is Biological Warfare Weapon. [Ed: again, I do not endorse this theory, but I am watching it spread.]

From Yahoo Finance: 5 powerful tech companies now make up 18% of the stock market — here's why this could be a bad thing

From NJ.com: Murphy allies sidelined from DNC host committee amid allegations of toxic work culture.

From the Guardian: Lawyers and doctors protest in Paris as pensions row deepens. Self-employed private sector workers march as French MPs meet to examine proposals. AND Gunman injures Indian student in attack on citizenship protest. From Al Jazeera: Who is cracking down on Iraq's anti-government protesters? Activists blame unidentified armed groups for attacks against those who take part in demonstrations. From CNN: Six months of protests wrecked Hong Kong's economy. A virus scare is the last thing this city needs. From Common Dreams: 'Not an Exoneration—A Cover-Up': Nationwide Protests Planned to Denounce GOP Acquittal of Trump

From Wired: One Free Press Coalition Spotlights Journalists Under Attack. At the top of the list is Arash Shoa-Shargh, an Iranian reporter who is serving a 10-year prison sentence. [Ed: where is Assange?]

From Neatorama: Artificial Intelligence Recipes Are Bad. [Ed: really bad.]

From Jonathan Turley: How The House Lost The Witnesses Along With The Impeachment AND
Gerhardt: The Entire White House Defense Team Will Face Bar Charges. [Ed: effective counter argument.] From Citizen's Free Press: Rand Paul Unleashes LIVE On Senate Floor – Names Whistleblower Eric Ciaramella 5 Times. Video. From Hot Air: Trump: I don’t think I can work with Democrats after impeachment

From Bitcoin.com: US Politicians Want to Ban End-to-End Encryption on Messaging Services like Telegram and Whatsapp

From N&Q Report: Whether Bernie wins Iowa or not, the DNC loses. The Democratic National Committee has, once again, attempted to subvert a Bernie Sanders nomination. By doing so, they've assured their failures as an organization. From the Onion: DNC Mulls Asking Donald Trump To Run As Democrat In Effort To Stop Sanders

From Project Veritas: #Expose 2020 – PART 5: Elizabeth Warren Iowa Campaign Field Organizer Says That Democrats ‘Lose Elections’ Because They “Prioritize Pronouns Over Making Sure People Have a Decent Standard of Living”

From Reason: 3D-Printed Houses for the Homeless. Makeshift housing no more! From Guns.com: Homemade 3D-Printed 12-Gauge Shotgun

From the New York Post: Greta Thunberg nominated for Nobel Peace Prize. [Ed: no comment is necessary.] From Watts Up With That?: BREAKING: Punxsutawney to retire Phil the groundhog, replace him with Greta Thunberg. AND Oxford University: Best Response Ever to a Fossil Fuel Divestment Demand

From Judicial Watch: Eight Iowa Counties Have Total Registration Rates Larger Than Eligible Voter Population - More Than 18,600 Extra Names on Voter Rolls. [Ed: it is common for badly maintained rolls to include people who have moved, etc. but this seems high.]

From C/Net: Microsoft Teams suffers outage due to expired certificate, company says
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Tuesday 04 February 2020
 It's Not Our Fault! - The Iowa Edition
Brad here. The Iowa Democratic Caucus is turning out to be the most hilarious debacle I've seen in months. And already I'm seeing blame being cast in every direction that isn't the rank incompetence of the organizers. So far:

4chan
Boomers
Buttigieg ("Mayor Cheat")
Mitch McConnell
racism
Russians (more)
Sanders
Shadow Inc. / Hillary Clinton
Trump
Trump supporters

I'll try to keep this list up to date.
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 News and commentary round up
From FOX News: Iowa caucus vote totals delayed amid 'inconsistencies'; frustrated campaigns flag 'crazy' call from Iowa Dems. [Ed: the TV is on in the background as I work on an article. I have been laughing all night.]

From STAT News: Top WHO official says it’s not too late to stop the new coronavirus outbreak. From the Age: Coronavirus forces world's largest work-from-home experiment [Ed: interesting consequence.] From Zero Hedge: India To Probe Wuhan Institute Of Virology [Ed: I swear to God, I don't know what to think of this line of explanation.]

From the Gateway Pundit: Report: $90 Billion in US Taxpayer Money Donated to Global Slush Fund to Fight AIDS But a Portion of the Funds Made It to Clintons, Soros and Others Instead. [Ed: I would provide the original source but it is a subscription only site...albeit, a free subscription.]

From Bearing Arms: Hawaii Gun Owners Face Tidal Wave Of Anti-2A Bills. [Ed: after Virginia, the new battleground.] From Conservative Media: NRA Torches Bloomberg After He Runs Misleading Super Bowl Ad.

From Caitlin Johnstone: The Primary Mechanism Of Your Oppression Is Not Hidden At All "The narrative management machine has gotten so effective and efficient that it’s been able to completely ignore the recent revelation that the US, UK and France almost certainly bombed Syria in 2018 for a completely false reason."

From the Red State: California Freelancers Begin to Organize to Push Back Against “Gig Economy Killer” Bill. "This week Congress will vote on a federal version of AB5. HR2474 – or The PRO Act – is a bill designed to end the gig economy and right-to-work" [Ed: it will pass the house but not the Senate. If it does pass the Senate, Trump will not sign it. But the Dems will curry favor with the unions.]

From the Post Millennial: Shocking truth revealed about downfall of Portland antifa pub [Ed: a must read.] AND Arrests made as antifa, trans protestors disrupt free speech event in Seattle.

From the Babylon Bee: Democrats Warn That American People May Tamper With Next Election

From the Daily Mail: Prince Charles flew 125 miles in the Queen's helicopter before riding in a Bentley for a speech on cutting carbon emissions. It is estimated that his total journey of 368 miles cost at least £12,000

From Science Alert: Star Is Seen Dragging Space-Time With It. Looks like Albert Einstein nailed this one

From the Independent Journal: Recording Shows Iran Knew Immediately It Had Shot Down Plane: Zelensky

From the New York Post: The ‘Never Bernie’ apocalypse is coming, Dem insiders warn. [Ed: this situation is fascinating. The DNC is sure to maneuver like crazy.] From the Associated Press: Sanders calls for unity, but his supporters have other ideas From the Hill: Trump: Bloomberg 'getting the DNC to rig the election' against Sanders [Ed: smart move on Trump's part. He appears to be standing up for fairness when he is actually just slamming the DNC and Bloomberg.] From Zero Hedge: Watch Biden Snap At 'Today' Show Anchor Over Hunter & Burisma Questions. [Ed: text as well.] From the Strategic Culture Foundation: Can Bernie and Tulsi Survive Hillary’s ‘Urge’ to Save the DNC? [Ed: a must read.]

From the Washington Examiner: Lindsey Graham: Senate Intelligence Committee will call Ukraine whistleblower. [Ed: part of a three-pronged investigation.]

From the Chicago Sun Times: Lightfoot lashes out at Smollett’s legal team. Mayor accuses Team Smollett of trying to “shift the blame to somebody else” with a subpoena for records about the internal investigation that got former police Supt. Eddie Johnson fired. [Ed: the mayor is trying to block the subpoena.]

From the Post Millennial: Trudeau government looking to force news outlets to get government licences

From the Daily Mail: Megxit fails to win over Canada: Three quarters of Canadians still do NOT want to pay for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's security as they are not representing the Queen. From New York Daily News: Brad Pitt makes joke about Prince Harry after BAFTA win

From the Babylon Bee: Bloods, Crips Release Joint Statement Calling For More Civility In US Politics
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Monday 03 February 2020
 News and commentary round up
From Zero Hedge: China Bloodbath: Stocks Crash; Oil, Iron Limit Down Despite Emergency PBOC Intervention, Rate Cuts. [Ed: China's markets have reopened...] AND Is Tech About To Suffer A "Dot Com" Bubble Collapse? It's Suddenly All In China's Hands. it's suddenly up to China to make sure the FAAMGs in particular, and the tech sector, and S&P500 in general, can sustain the lofty ascent that Donald Trump demands to ensure his reelection in November.

From the Des Moines Register: Iowa caucus saga reaches final chapter: 10 questions that will be answered on caucus night [Ed: caucus night is tonight.] From the New York Times: Iowa Will Have 4 Sets of Results. Here’s How The Times Will Declare a Winner. [Ed: what an unholy mess.]

From Associated Press: Groundhog Declares 'a Certainty'. Early spring is coming

From the American Society for Microbiology: 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Update: Uncoating the Virus [Ed: very informative.] Track the spread of the coronavirus: The World Health Organization. From Watts Up With That?: Chinese Censorship Goes Global: Facebook Agrees to Delete Corona Virus Posts Flagged by China From Hong Kong Free Press: ‘We have no choice’: Hong Kong medical workers agree to strike over demand to close mainland border.

From the Center for Internet and Society: The EARN IT Act: How to Ban End-to-End Encryption Without Actually Banning It. [Ed: a must read.]

From the Volokh Conspiracy: Four Thoughts on Travel Ban 4.0 The new proclamation will likely be upheld by the Supreme Court, and set the stage for future, broader entry bans

From Eurasia Review: Identified Protein That Could Help Neutralize Deadly Bite Of Tsetse Fly

From Huffington Post: Bernie Sanders Focuses On Donald Trump In Final Pre-Caucus Push. The presidential hopeful maintains that he is the most electable person to run against President Donald Trump. From the Guardian: Bernie Sanders' real obstacle is not Trump. It's the Democratic establishment. [Ed: if the DNC actually reinstates the super delegates' ability to vote in the 1st round, there will be a literal split within the Dem Party.] From Breitbart: Democrat Strategist Justin Horwitz: ‘Outrageous’ DNC Rigging Against Sanders, Biden ‘Mentally Deteriorating’ [Ed: interesting analysis. And interesting he would do it on Breitbart. I expect such commentary is not welcome on CNN and other DNC mouthpieces.] From Babylon Bee: Iowa Prepares To Matter

From Strategic Culture Foundation: Rewriting History Of World War II Is Ominous Warning. [Ed: I was unaware of the scope of this trend.]

From the Washington Examiner: Trump to attack 'rising force of socialism' in State of the Union speech From FOX News: 2020 State of the Union: What you need to know ahead of Trump's address

From Politico: Major union flips support from Sanders to Biden. The 200,000-member-strong Amalgamated Transit Union cited Biden’s electability against President Trump.

From Science Magazine: Watch wolf puppies stun scientists by playing fetch

From ABC News: Few cheer in Northern Ireland as Brexit finally happens.Disagreements over border arrangements means more discord is likely. From the Guardian: Brexit day one: Johnson goes for broke with hardline trade deal From Liberty Nation: Brexit: The Unquenchable Fire Spanning The Globe. [Ed: great analysis.] From the Babylon Bee: Millions Drop Dead As Brexit Finalized

From Jonathan Turley: How the House lost the witness battle along with impeachment [Ed: good analysis.]

From Meaning in History: A Good Place For Tim Shea To Start? [Ed: go down to the section on Ed Butowsky for breaking news about the Seth Rich murder.] From Culttture: NPR Demands Cassandra Fairbanks’s Conversations with Julian Assange

From Prokerala: Twitterati amused over elephant calf's novel rescue from well
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Sunday 02 February 2020
 News and commentary round up
From the Verge: A new bill could punish web platforms for using end-to-end encryption. Section 230 change could have an ulterior motive."It would amend Section 230 to make companies liable for state prosecution and civil lawsuits over child abuse and exploitation-related material, unless they follow the committee’s best practices." From Mashable: Sale of .org domain registry delayed by California attorney general

From Breitbart: Twitter Permanently Blacklists Zero Hedge Following BuzzFeed Hitpiece [Ed: accused of doxing Chinese scientist connected to the coronavirus.]

From WSOCTV: FDA approves first drug to combat peanut allergies in children

From the New York Post: CPAC uninvites Mitt Romney after his impeachment witness vote ...from its annual conference Friday.

From Yahoo: Al-Qaeda Emir Reported Killed by U.S. Airstrike in Yemen "The leader of al-Qaida’s Yemen branch ..." [Ed: seems to be confirmed.]

From Zero Hedge: Bird Flu Is Back - China Faces Yet Another Viral Plague AND China To Exempt Taxes For Certain U.S. Products To Win Fight Against "Devil Virus" "Some of these products include 3M face masks, Ford or Chevy ambulances and disinfectant products." From RanSquawk: What To Expect When China Reopens On Monday [Ed: the stock market, that is.] From Western Journal: Senator Tom Cotton Shreds China's Official Virus Story, Warns Of "Super Laboratory" Proximity. [Ed: the one thing that makes me wonder about this story is that Twitter and social media are censoring it.]

From the Nation: Democrats Need To Break Their Cold War–Addled Impeachment Fever. When liberals start rallying around John Bolton, you know something is off...

From Common Dreams: "Definition Of A Rigged System": DNC Changes Debate Rules for Billionaire Latecomer Mike Bloomberg. "...riteria for making the debate stage will no longer include a requirement about individual donors— allowing Bloomberg, whose campaign is largely self-funded, to join." From Politico: DNC members discuss rules change to stop Sanders at convention. The talks reveal rising anxiety over the Vermont senator's momentum on the eve of voting.

From Al Jazeera: Arab League rejects Trump's Middle East plan. Arab leaders say US initiative does not meet 'minimum rights and aspirations of Palestinian people'.

From the Hill: Clinton: Sanders and supporters did not do enough to unify party in 2016 [Ed: MORE against Sanders.] AND Is Hillary Clinton angling to become vice president?

From Craig Murray: Has The FBI Been Lying About Seth Rich? [Ed: Judicial Watch has established that they have been.]

From Kunstler: "When That Happens, Civil War Two Begins In Earnest!" ...the hidden agenda behind this hot mess of an impeachment is clear - the Democrats are trying like hell to set the stage for disputing and negating the 2020 election...

From Politico: DNC members discuss rules change to stop Sanders at convention. The talks reveal rising anxiety over the Vermont senator's momentum on the eve of voting.From the Daily Wire: Pelosi Warns Democrats That If They Support Certain Candidates, They Will Lose From PJ Media: Is Schumer Trying to Take Sanders Out by Agreeing to Hold Acquittal Vote AFTER the Iowa Caucuses? From Breitbart: Rahm Emanuel: Democrats Must Build ‘Metropolitan Majority’ to Rule for ‘Years’

From Sports Illustrated: Swine Country: How Feral Pigs Took Over the U.S. ...And how Texas is fighting back against nature's nightmare. With helicopters. [Ed: oddly fascinating.]

From Zero Hedge: Japan Set To Release 1.2 Million Tons Of Radioactive Fukushima Water Into Ocean, Causing "Immeasurable Damage"
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Saturday 01 February 2020
 News and commentary round up
From Breitbart: Macron: Brexit a ‘Historic Wake-up Call’… for MORE EU, Not Less

From Slate: You Should Be Absolutely Furious Over Donald Trump’s $1 Trillion Deficit. Even if you don’t think the debt is a problem!

From NQ Report: Exposing Eric Ciaramella would exonerate the President. Rand Paul, John Roberts, and Adam Schiff know this.

From Liberty Blitzkreig: Global Governance Structure Is "Too Centralized & Too Authoritarian" "...political life should be centered at the municipal/county level as opposed to larger units such as the state or country..." From the Daily Reckoning: Elites Have Destroyed A Possible US-Russia Alliance To Contain China. "Globalists wanted China & US to team up against Russia. Trump understood correctly that China was the main enemy and a closer union between US and Russia was essential... elites’ efforts to derail Trump gave rise to the “Russia collusion” hoax." From Alt-Market: How Viral Pandemic Benefits The Globalist Agenda

From CNet: Facebook pays $550M to settle facial recognition privacy lawsuit. The settlement, which involves tagging photos, hasn't yet been approved by the judge.

From Sunny Skyz: Stray Dog Named 'Sausage' Gets Appreciation Star For Helping Kindergartners Cross The Road. [Ed: helps them every day without being accompanied by a human crosswalk person.]

From Jim Bovard: Impeachment's Biggest Absurdity: Our Toxic Fixation On Useless And Corrupting Ukraine Aid. From the Federalist: Top 8 Reasons Trump Already Won Impeachment By Mollie Hemingway. From Jonathan Turley: In Defense of Dershowitz: Critics Slam Harvard Professor For Ethical Representation and Intellectual Opinions. [Ed: both Dershowitz and Turley are Democrats.]

From Reason: Lindsey Graham Wants to Use Mistrust of Big Tech To Destroy Your Right to Online Privacy. Online platforms would have to "earn" speech protections by compromising encryption—all in the name of fighting child porn.

From the Huffington Post: Postal Workers Union Endorses Bernie Sanders. The union represents about 220,000 workers and retirees across the country, and also backed Sanders in 2016 for president. From New York Magazine: The Bernie Campaign Is Fortified by a Human Shield of Millennials. From the Hill: Minneapolis NAACP, Black Lives Matter call on Klobuchar to suspend campaign. [Ed: the case they cite is pretty damning.]

From Instapundit: Florida Man Friday: One of Our States Is Missing

From the Huffington Post: Greta Thunberg Wax Figure Unveiled At German Museum. [Ed: this is insane and scary.]

From Zero Hedge: Nordstrom Starts Selling Used Clothes To Broke Americans [Ed: smart move.]

From Newsmax: Bloomberg Super Bowl Ad Aims at Gun Control, Not Trump From Sunny Skyz: Gun Rights Advocates Clean Up Streets After Protesting Peacefully In Richmond

From the Babylon Bee: CNN Airs Free Commercial For Trump Campaign. [Ed: the Don Lemon panel ridiculing Trump supporters.] AND CNN Announces Daily 'Two Minutes Hate' Segment
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Friday 31 January 2020
 News and commentary round up
From 9 News: Bushfire news alerts [Ed: for Australia where wildfires are still burning.]

From the BBC: Brexit: What will change after Friday, 31 January? [Ed: informative.] Here is the Brexit clock.

From the Gateway Pundit: New York City Police Warn of Antifa Threat for Friday During ‘F-ck the Police’ Protest

From Politico: Trump expected to reveal travel ban expansion on Friday. The new immigration restrictions would come three years after the original ban sparked nationwide protests.

From the Daily Wire: Report: McConnell ‘Increasingly Confident’ That He Will Have Votes To Block Witnesses In Senate Trial ‘By Friday’. [Ed: I am seeing as many or more news items saying the opposite. So who knows?] From the Business Insider: The White House claims John Bolton's book contains 'significant amounts' of classified information and can't be published until it's removed. [Ed: the letter doing so was sent 3 days before the NYT's alleged leak of the book and not in response to it.] From PJ Media: This Bombshell Interview with John Bolton Will Crush the Democrats. [Ed: Bolton discusses the phone call in question with Zelenski and describes it in glowing terms that are reminiscent of Trump's own.]

From the China Media Project: The Truth About “Dramatic Action” [Ed: recommended.] FromZero Hedge: WHO Declares Coronavirus Outbreak A 'Global Pandemic'. "For all of these reasons, I am declaring a public health emergency of international concern over the global outbreak of the novel coronavirus..."

From the Organic Prepper: Are Virginia Politicians Really So Fragile They'd Pass A Bill Making It Illegal To Criticize Them? There’s a very good reason that Virginia wants to disarm civilians with a rash of new, unconstitutional laws...

From the Guardian: Lungs damaged by smoking can 'magically' heal – study. Healthy cells can emerge to replace damaged areas, according to research published in Nature

From the Hill: Appeals court refuses to reconsider ruling striking down ObamaCare mandate [Ed: on the way to SCOTUS that refused to expedite it.]

From the Associated Press: President signs into law a major rewrite of the rules of trade with Canada and Mexico

From Petapixel: Paris Museums Put 60,000+ Historic Photos Online, Copyright-Free

From the New York Post: Hillary Clinton refuses to be served Tulsi Gabbard’s defamation lawsuit [Ed: Secret Service turn server awa, and the lawyer refuses to accept service.] From Mother Jones: A Likability Expert Explains Why If You Want to be Liked, You Need to Have These 8 Traits. From the National Review: Inside the Hillary Bubble.

From Watts Up With That?: Democrat Congressional Committee Demands Google Bury "Climate Misinformation"

From New York Daily News: Millionaire thanks vets who saved his dog from cancer with $6M Super Bowl ad [Ed: urges people to donate to that vet school.]

From National Review: Don Lemon Did Trump a Huge Favor. From the New York Post: Bigotry on CNN: Don Lemon’s blind elite ignorance From Mises Institute: Pseudo-Psychiatrist "Diagnoses" Trump Supporters With Mental Disorders. "...we need to keep a close eye on such "experts," because they seek to use state power to control their enemies, and that means conservatives and libertarians in particular."

From Les Crises: Prosecutor Shokin files a complaint against Joe Biden for interference in Ukraine’s legal proceedings. [Ed: alleges that his own firing violated the Ukrainian constitution and that Biden abused the power of VP of the US] From the Gateway Pundit: ‘Overwhelming Evidence of Biden’s Crimes’ – Giuliani Taunts Biden with Impending Release of Interview with Fired Ukrainian Prosecutor Viktor Shokin

From WMUR: Police department's K-9 challenging incumbent goat in mayoral pet race. [Ed: not from the Onion. The town is FAIR HAVEN, Vt.]
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Thursday 30 January 2020
 News and commentary round up
From the American Institute for Economic Research: The Economics Of Pandemics And Quarantines. "..economic theory suggests the possibility that extreme measures such as sealing off a city, a travel ban or quarantines may actually make things worse..." From the Daily Reckoning: What Happens When A Biological Virus Turns Into A Financial Virus?
From Disrn: RNC releases ad highlighting CNN clip mocking Trump supporters as illiterate rednecks [Ed: smart move.]

From the Babylon Bee: Statement By Pinocchio Rated Four Ocasio-Cortezes "A statement by famed wooden puppet Pinocchio was rated four Ocasio-Cortezes by fact-checkers at the Washington Post." [Ed: Wapo rates the truthfulness of article by 0-4 pinocchios.]

From Mish Talk: Trump Threatens Retaliation On Proposed EU Carbon Taxes. "Carbon taxes are a top priority on EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Expect a big conflict with Trump..."

From the CBC: Massive swarms of crop-eating locusts have descended on East Africa. Here's why From the Atlantic: Worst Locust Swarms in Decades Hit East Africa. [Ed: amazing photos.]

From Zero Hedge: Israel Will Vote Sunday To Annex West Bank Lands Delineated In Trump's 'Peace Plan' [Ed: I don't know what the hell Trump is up to...except perhaps to cement his base with the Jewish community and hawks. He certainly can't count on the Arab-American vote.] From Sputnik: Mahmoud Abbas Calls Trump Mideast Deal 'Conspiracy', Says 'Jerusalem Is Not for Sale'

From Craig Murray: The FBI Has Been Lying About Seth Rich. The FBI Has Been Lying About Seth Rich. "A persistent American lawyer has uncovered the undeniable fact that the FBI has been continuously lying, including giving false testimony in court, in response to Freedom of Information requests for its records on Seth Rich." From the Gateway Pundit: FBI Lied to a Federal Court Regarding Seth Rich

From the Of Two Minds Blog: Could The Coronavirus Epidemic Be The Tipping Point In Supply Chain Leaving China?

From the End of the American Dream: Demand For "Prepper Properties" Soars Amid "Concerns About Social Stability" From Reuters: Homesteaders, catastrophists run for the hills to flee U.S. uncertainty

From Mint Press: How Government and Media Are Prepping America for a Failed 2020 Election "Russia, China and Iran are already being blamed for using tech to undermine the 2020 election. Yet, the very technologies they are allegedly using were created by a web of companies with deep ties to Israeli intelligence."

From the Local DK: China demands apology over Danish newspaper’s cartoon flag 'insult'. "Bojesen’s drawing depicts each of the five yellow stars of the Chinese flag as a coronavirus.

From France 24: French police clash with firefighters at Paris demonstration.[Ed: the firefighters set themselves on fire while wearing protective gear. Got to hand it to them. The world press was ignoring them until now.]

From Politico: Trio of Democrat Senators in Red States Are Considering Acquittal Vote on Impeachment — They Want to Keep Their Job. From Politico: Trump team warns: Stand strong or prepare for an endless trial. The president’s aides are urging senators to wrap up the impeachment trial quickly or face the prospect of legal fights that drag on for weeks — or even months into the campaign season. From Caitlin Johnstone: #Resistance Hero John Bolton. “The cartoon of John Bolton in a Pink Pussy Cap is something that once seen, can never again be unseen.” [Ed: cartoon heads article.] From FrontPageMagazine: Impeachment Is Killing Trump Derangement Syndrome. You can only hit the rage button so many times.

From the BBC: BBC News to close 450 posts as part of £80m savings drive [Ed: good. Remove the mandatory household tax that supports the BBC, and it will be cut down to zero.] From Yahoo: Murdoch Launches New Site... News Corp aggregator aims to break free from tech platforms

From the BBC: Brexit: European Parliament overwhelmingly backs terms of UK's exit From Spiked: The future will be bright after Brexit. If ever there was a time to free ourselves from Brussels, it is now. [Ed: the deadline is Friday.] From the Daily Mail: MSPs vote for another Scottish independence referendum in 2020 [Ed: to protect Scotland from the effects of Brexit.]
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