EXPLOSION VIDEO
A MASSIVE EXPLOSION IN BEIRUT, LEBANON TODAY WITH MANY CASUALTIES REPORTED TOTALING IN THE THOUSANDS. IT IS NOW REPORTED THAT 78 ARE DEAD AND SOME FOUR THOUSAND INJURED......BBC NEWS BLOG....
THE SAUDI AL-ARABIYA NEWS CHANNEL REPORTING THAT THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE KATEEB PARTY NAZAR NAJARIAN WAS KILLED IN THE BLAST......TASS NEWS AGENCY.....THE WIFE AND DAUGHTER OF THE LEBANESE PRIME MINISTER ALONG WITH SOME OF HIS ADVISERS ALSO HURT.......TASS
OFFERS OF HUMANITARIAN AID FROM BOTH IRAN AND ISRAEL FOLLOWING THE BLAST
LIVE VIDEO FROM BEIRUT TONIGHT
(COMMENT ANALYSIS)
A FIREWORKS FIRE WAS UNDERWAY IN THE BEIRUT PORT WHEN THE EXPLOSION OCCURRED AND ONE CAN SEE AGRICULTURAL STORAGE FACILITIES AT THE PORT JUST BEFORE THE EXPLOSION. I SUSPECTED FERTILIZER BEING BEHIND THE EXPLOSION AS I WATCHED THE VIDEO AND INDICATIONS ARE THAT AMMONIUM NITRATE FERTILIZER WAS INDEED AT THE SCENE OF THE BLAST.......
In Oregon a woman is suing Oregon's attorney general in federal court over Democrat Governor Kate Brown's face covering order. The plantiff says the face mask order is really a "muzzle order" preventing her from speaking clearly and audibly......MAXINE BERNSTEIN OREGON LIVE TWITTER
The fine in Australia's Victoria state for anyone caught outside their homes in breach of isolation orders will be 3,560 US dollars. Premier Daniel Andrews saying one-third of those being checked on at home after testing positive for Covid-19 are not there. The military will be deployed to enforce the orders.......REUTERS
Police in Australia have also smashed car windows and pulled out people for non-compliance at checkpoints enforcing coronavirus lockdown restrictions...... details in the linked story.....ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA
THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF COLOMBIA ALVARO URIBE PLACED UNDER HOUSE ARREST BY ORDER OF THE COUNTRY'S SUPREME COURT. AN INVESTIGATION INTO FRAUD AND WITNESS TAMPERING UNDERWAY. URIBE SAYS HE IS INNOCENT AND SUGGESTS THE COURT DECISION MAY BE POLITICALLY MOTIVATED........REUTERS-METRO US
The Virgin Atlantic airline filing for bankruptcy protection in the United States. The Chapter 15 filing in the US follows a bankruptcy filing in the UK. The airline facing financial pressure due to the coronavirus situation........ASSOCIATED PRESS
The "Daily Mail" in the UK has obtained partial footage of body cams from two former Minneapolis police officers showing the arrest of George Floyd........CNN STORY
A UN report says that North Korea is continuing nuclear weapons development with several countries believing that it may have miniaturized nuclear devices to fit into the warheads of its ballistic missiles.....NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW
THE CORONAVIRUS STATISTICS IN THE UNITED STATES TODAY SHOWING 54,504 NEW CASES ACCORDING TO WORLDOMETERS WITH TEXAS REPORTING SOME 11,210 OF THEM.
The coronavirus story around the world as interpreted by BBC News on its daily blog.....BBC NEWS CORONAVIRUS BLOG 8/4/2020
In other news........
Flash flooding, high winds and widespread power outages today in New Jersey and the Greater Philadelphia and New York City areas due to Tropical Storm Isaias........At least four deaths being blamed on the storm which has moved into Canada......One man killed a woman injured in New York City by falling trees......ABC 7 NEW YORK
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL POSTED ON A SPECIAL "UNPLUGGED" POST THIS WEEK......NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED: THE SUMMER STREAM
That's the way it really is Tuesday August 4th, 2020 another day in the Dictatorship Of Covid-19.
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