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Sunday 16 February 2020 From the Associated Press: 737 Max Decision May Affect Summer Travel. American and United to keep plane off schedules longer. From Zero Hedge: China Is Disintegrating: Steel Demand, Property Sales, Traffic All Approaching Zero. Economic activity in the world's second largest economy has literally ground to a halt. AND "I Have No Idea What To Do Now": South Korean & Japanese Firms Screwed By Shortage Of Chinese Migrant Workers. From HKFP: Chinese Province Authorizes Private Property Confiscation To Fight Covid-19 Authorities can now “requisition houses, facilities, materials, etc. as an emergency epidemic prevention response when necessary.” From SHTF: China Now Censoring Coronavirus Critics in US. Chinese tech companies deleting, blocking posts From 911 Addict: Prank with Maxine Waters (Stars Save the Earth #1) "Russian pranksters Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexey Stolyarov (Vovan and Lexus) have launched the international project “Stars Save the Earth”, a project dedicated to the global problems facing humanity. The third episode of the show is a prank with US Senator Bernie Sanders." [Ed: Hilarious. Brad, get over your YouTube phobia and treat yourself to this one.] From CNN: Volunteers and campaigns worry about results reporting ahead of Nevada caucuses. "With the Nevada Democratic caucuses only a week away, both caucus workers and presidential campaigns are worried about the lack of detail the state party is providing about how the results reporting process will work." From Baltimore Sun: Former Baltimore Mayor Pugh hid her cell phone from FBI agents — and more details from sentencing memo From the Good News Network: Restaurant Server Praised for Pulling Off Epic Save After He Somehow Fell Without Dropping Any of His Four Dishes From Axios: Barr Makes 'Highly Unusual' Legal Move. Attorney general orders review of sensitive cases, including Michael Flynn's. From Associated Press: Justice Department Drops Case Against a Trump Nemesis. Former FBI deputy Andrew McCabe won't face charges over media disclosure. From the Hill: Roger Stone asks for new trial. From the Associated Press: Michael Avenatti Found Guilty. Disgraced lawyer convicted of trying to extort Nike, faces long jail sentence [Ed: a possible 42 years. Sentencing will be June 17.] From CBC: Kenyan farmers traumatized as swarms of locusts devour crops in seconds. UN warns of potential 'catastrophe' as billions of locusts consume crops From the New York Times: Border Patrol Will Deploy Elite Tactical Agents to Sanctuary Cities From Daily Kos: Bloomberg and Abrams: Money CAN Buy You Love. "Bloomberg donated $500,000 to the Abrams campaign for governor in 2018 and $5 million to Abrams' Fair Fight organization." [Ed: damn! the man really is going to buy the election. But this will not get him the African-American vote.] From Mediaite: Elizabeth Warren Destroys Mike Bloomberg: He Blamed Mortgage Crisis on Banks Not Being ‘Bigger Racists’ From Kron4: Facebook cancels annual global event due to growing coronavirus fears From Activist Post: Yale Study: Coronavirus Shows 24-Day Incubation Period, Doctors Say Possible To Catch More Than Once. [Ed: good links at the end of the article.] From Watts Up With That?: Wuhan Coronavirus—WUWT Update. [Ed: a must read.] From Vanity Fair: AOC’s Speech Snub, ICE Remarks Rankle Bernie Sanders Campaign [Ed: interesting and astute analysis.] From CNN: Why is Donald Trump always defending Bernie Sanders? From the Good News Network: Bees Are Benefiting From Hemp Pollen as the US Produces More and More Legal Cannabis | |
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