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Friday 05 March 2021 From the Organization for World Peace: Biden Administration To Appeal Case Against Assange. [Ed: not breaking news but I want to keep Assange's name fresh on this newsfeed.] From Press Gazette: Julian Assange extradition: Freedom of British media to expose US state secrets is at stake. [Ed: recommended.] From the Bullion Star: Ignoring Years Of Silver Price Manipulation, Orwellian CFTC Now Goes After Reddit Apes From Just the News: D.C. police request National Guard stay in the Capitol for another two months. The Pentagon and defense officials are reviewing the request. [Ed: I predict rebellion in the ranks.] From the Organic Prepper: Digital Vaccine Passports Being Rolled Out EVERYWHERE to Prove You’ve “Got Your Shots” From Summit News: New York Tests Vaccine Passports At MSG Rangers Game From the New York Post: Michael Brown’s father, Ferguson activists demand $20M from BLM. [Ed: they want their "cut" of the $90M BLM raised last year.] From the Prospect: The road to nowhere: Israel tarmacs over peace with the Palestinians. Israel may, for now, have backed off from the outright annexation of Palestinian land it has occupied for half a century. But it is burying any hope for a negotiated peace. From Reuters: ICC prosecutor to probe war crimes in Palestinian Territories, angering Israel From the Quillette: Lockdown Scepticism Was Never a ‘Fringe’ Viewpoint From Reuters: Navalny emerges in jail in Russia's Vladimir region, meets lawyers. [Ed: due to serve a 2-1/2 year sentence in a penal colony. I still contend that there is no convincing evidence that Putin poisoned him, but what he is doing to the man right now is just as wretched.]] From the Babylon Bee: Biden Announces All Bombs Used In The Middle East Will Be Purchased From Black-Owned Businesses. [Ed: yes, satire.] From Politico: Oh, Yeah, Now We Remember Why We Thought Andrew Cuomo Was a Jerk. A year ago the New York governor had celebrities swooning. Now his career is on life support. [Ed: a lot of twitter users are editing out their praise of him.] From the Hill New book: Cuomo angered Biden team with convention address. [Ed: I predict that a lot of stories will be emerging.] From the Quillette: Lockdown Scepticism Was Never a ‘Fringe’ Viewpoint From Buzzfeed: The CDC Shared Tips For Surviving A Zombie Apocalypse, And Nothing Surprises Me Anymore. [Ed: not from the Onion.] From Politico: Senate braces for brutal debate on Biden's Covid aid bill. Republicans are planning to make life as excruciating as possible. [Ed: there is a March 14 deadline to pass it before enhanced unemployment benefits shut off.] From Axios: Republican governors loom over precarious Senate. [Ed: an aspect of the balancing act that I had not considered.] From Zero Hedge: Supreme Court Appears Favorable To Arizona Election Integrity Laws From the Georgia Star News: Four Months After 2020 Presidential Election in Georgia No Chain of Custody Documents Produced for 404,000 Absentee Ballots Deposited in Drop Boxes; Fulton County One of 35 Scofflaw Counties From the Organic Prepper: Fuel Prices Are About to SKYROCKET. Here Are the REAL Reasons Why. From Zero Hedge: More Power Defaults As Texas Energy Crisis Widens; ERCOT Releases Short List From FOX News: Lawmakers introduce bill to repeal Biden's war powers following Syria strike. Kaine: 'Congress has a responsibility to not only vote to authorize new military action, but to repeal old authorizations' From Politico: Facebook lifts political ad ban. The prohibition, which had been in place since the election, will end on Thursday, according to an email sent to advertisers. From the Wall St. Journal: Germany’s Largest Opposition Party Under Extremism Investigation. [Ed: reader friendly.] From Finbold: Iran officially plans to adopt Bitcoin mining to bypass international sanctions Online Privacy. From the Verge: Google promises it won’t just keep tracking you after replacing cookies [Ed: yeah, and I'm in market for a swamp in Florida with after I buy the Brooklyn Bridge.]From Breitbart: Bokhari: Microsoft and Friends Want to Destroy Online Privacy. From the Happy Gamer: Twitch Takes Actions Against Its Director Of Strategic Partnerships, Hassan Bokhari, Proceeding Misconduct Testimonies. [Ed: like Cuomo, the sexual abuse accusations may be what take him down.] From the Register: Brave buys a search engine, promises no tracking, no profiling – and may even offer a paid-for, no-ad version From Mirage News: The heroic life of detection dogs … trained to find rare animals and plants … provide important data for science and conservation… From the Moon of Alabama: Biden Breaks Campaign Promise On MbS Punishment - Psaki Lies To Hide That - Guardian Fakes Quote To Hide Psaki's Lie. From Unherd: Are you a ‘basic conservative’? As Tony Soprano shows, we all long for clear-cut social norms — even if we disobey them | |
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