CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS IN THE USA REGARDING BUSINESS OCCUPANCY ARE NOT BEING MADE MORE STRICT IN THE DAYS AHEAD OF THE ELECTION BUT THERE ARE SOME EXCEPTIONS IN THREE LOCALITIES.
THIS MONTH BUSINESS OCCUPANCY WAS LOWERED TO 50 PERCENT BY SCRAMENTO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA AND THE STATE OF KENTUCKY.
IN WISCONSIN BUSINESS OCCUPANCY HAS BEEN TIGHTENED EVEN MORE TO 25 PERCENT IN RECENT WEEKS.
(COMMENT-ANALYSIS)
IF THESE POSITIVE TEST NUMBERS CONTINUE TO RISE, THE DAYS AFTER THE ELECTION ARE LIKELY TO BE DAYS OF MORE CORONAVIRUS CRACKDOWNS, LOCKDOWNS AND RESTRICTIONS, BUT THE ELECTION DETERS GOVERNMENTS FOR THE MOST PART FROM DRASTIC ACTIONS.
The Facebook censorship picking up steam with the banning of People's Rights and activists like Ammon Bundy reported to number in the hundreds. The activists have been in the forefront of opposing coronavirus restrictions in recent months...
People's Rights supporting students at the middle and high schools in Sandpoint, Idaho who are walking out or planning to walk out over mandates to wear masks-muzzles...PEOPLES RIGHTS
A protest against Twitter censorship by President Trump's supporters in San Francisco came under attack from left-wing groups yesterday with injuries reported to the Trump supporters...DAILY MAIL-UK
In Israel a conservative publishing house losing its Facebook page......ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
ISRAELI POLICE MOVING AGAINST RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS OPERATING IN VIOLATION OF THE CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN ISSUING FINES AND CITATIONS.......ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS....A MAJOR RELIGIOUS LEADER ORDERING THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO OPEN TODAY...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...
HUNDREDS OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS OPENED UP IN VIOLATION OF THE CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN TODAY AND ISRAEL'S HEALTH MINISTER SAYS OPENED SCHOOLS WILL BE FINED AND THEIR LICENSES REVOKED.....YNET NEWS
ITALY'S PRIME MINISTER GIUSEPPE CONTE ANNOUNCING NEW CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN MEASURES TODAY DESIGNED HE SAID TO AVOID A NEW NATIONWIDE LOCKDOWN...BBC NEWS
In the Eastern European nation of Slovakia a protest against the government's coronavirus policy this weekend. Tear gas and water cannon used by police to disperse a crowd that attacked a government building. Mainstream media calling the protesters "Neo-Nazis" and "hardcore football (soccer) fans".
The government banning church services, closing pools and gyms and switching to online learning in schools. The government also planning mass testing for everyone over the age of 10...BBC NEWS
Armenia says that Azerbaijan violated a cease-fire early this morning shortly after its start at Midnight local time. This is the second time that a cease-fire has been attempted in the conflict between the two nations over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region...TASS....Azerbaijan says that Armenia is violating the cease-fire...TASS...Today Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who supports Azerbaijan, accused France, Russia and the United States of supplying weapons to Armenia.....TASS
THERE WERE MASS RALLIES IN FRANCE TODAY IN MEMORY OF THE MURDERED TEACHER SAMUEL PATY. PATY BEHEADED BY AN ISLAMIC ATTACKER WHO WAS A CHECHEN BORN IN RUSSIA. THERE IS A MEDIA REPORT THAT FRANCE MAY ACT TO EXPEL 231 PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY WITH "EXTREMIST" SYMPATHIES.
MEANWHILE THE FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON HELD A "DEFENSE COUNCIL" MEETING TODAY AND SAID THERE WILL BE "IMMEDIATE ACTIONS". SECURITY TO BE INCREASED AT FRANCE'S SCHOOLS AND SOME 80 PEOPLE WHO EPXRESSED SUPPORT FOR THE KILLING ARE TO BE CHECKED BY THE POLICE. (BFM TV GOOGLE TRANSLATION CONTRIBUTED TO THIS STORY)
Tensions are high in Canada's Nova Scotia province in a dispute over lobster fishing involving a local tribe ("First Nation") and non-tribal fishermen. Suspicious fires some ruled arson, at least one arrest this weekend, and reinforcement of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the area.......CBC NEWS
TODAY THE STREETS OF SANTIAGO CHILE THE SCENE OF RIOTING ON THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF NATIONWIDE PROTESTS. POLICE USING TEAR GAS WHILE A CHURCH WAS TORCHED...SKY NEWS UK
Election Day in Bolivia a rerun of last year's presidential election with a new candidate for the Left. Former President Evo Morales forced out of the country after controversy involving the first round results when it appeared Morales was winning the contest.
This time his left-wing party has Luis Arce as its candidate running first in the polls with second place in the pre-election surveys going to a candidate who ran in the last election former President Carlos Mesa who is described as a "centrist".
Polls closed tonight with no substantial results reported as of 1145 pm Eastern US Time. Two local exit polls say they don't trust their results and are withholding them-ASSOCIATED PRESS
Iran proclaiming a major victory as today marks the end of a UN arms embargo imposed under the 2015 JCPOA nuclear deal. The US committed to sanctions against anyone doing arms deals with Iran but a top Russian official says his country is positioned to deal with any US sanctions because of Russian military dealings with Iran...TASS
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says his country is foiling increasingly harsh US financial sanctions but he is worried about plotting by foreign governments to exploit divisions within Iran........PRESS TV IRAN
A British woman says she was sexually assaulted by a member of the United Arab Emirates royal family while working on a literary festival there earlier this year. Caitlin McNamara has been interviewed by British police. Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, the UAE's Minister of Tolerance, denies the allegation......THE TIMES UK
A US-Israeli delegation in the Arab oil state of Bahrain today to formalize ties with Israel. Bahrain followed the lead of the United Arab Emirates in establishing diplomatic relations with Israel...YNETNEWS
AND THE CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS FROM WORLDOMETERS. FOR THE USA AS USUAL ON SUNDAY LOWER NUMBERS 44,941 NEW POSITIVE TESTS TODAY. ILLINOIS THE LEADING STATE WITH 4,245. SIX STATES DID NOT REPORT TESTING RESULTS TODAY.
WORLDWIDE THE TOTAL OF NEW POSITIVE COVID-19 TESTS IS 324,927 LED BY INDIA WITH 55,511. OTHER NATIONS INCLUDE FRANCE 29,837, THE UK 16,982, ITALY 11,705 AND FROM ISRAEL A VERY LOW NUMBER TODAY 339.
And that's the way it really is Sunday October 18th, 2020 Day 217 of the Dictatorship of COVID-19 as measured here in Pennsylvania.
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