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New coronavirus restrictions rolled out in New Jersey Democrat Governor Phil Murphy announcing a ban on youth sports until January 2nd and a limit on outdoor gatherings to 25 people or less.
NEW COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS IN WALES STARTING THIS FRIDAY PUBS, RESTAURANTS AND BARS WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM SELLING ALCOHOL AND WILL BE SHUT DOWN AT 6 PM. INDOOR ENTERTAINMENT VENUES ALSO BEING SHUT DOWN...IRISH EXAMINER
Israel's "Coronavirus Cabinet" voting to reduce capacity at shopping malls from one person per 75 square feet to one person per 160 square feet...YNETNEWS..The cabinet also declaring some areas restricted and extending the restriction in other areas including Nazareth...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
In Oregon a protest at the home of a state government inspector who imposed a 90-thousand dollar fine on a Salem gym owner. The 50 or so protesters from the Patriot Prayer group...OREGON LIVE
"Why won't Governor @BrianKempGA, the hapless Governor of Georgia, use his emergency powers, which can be easily done, to overrule his obstinate Secretary of State, and do a match of signatures on envelopes. It will be a "goldmine" of fraud, and we will easily WIN the state"
Part of President Trump's tweet today challenging the Republican governor of Georgia, Brian Kemp, to take action to address his campaign's contention that there was massive election fraud in the state...TWITTER
In Arizona certification of the state's election results that showed Joe Biden the winner by slightly more than 10-thouand votes. A legislative hearing held in Arizona today discussing fraud in the election...TWITTER VIDEO
President Trump appeared to be calling Arizona Republican Governor Doug Ducey as the governor was certifying the results and expressed his displeasure on Twitter with what Ducey did...TALKING POINTS MEMO
Wisconsin certifying election results following recounts in two Democrat controlled counties where President Trump's observers identified some 238,000 questionable votes.
The British government wants to end installation of equipment from the Chinese telecom firm Huawei in the country's 5G system earlier than planned. That's the word as the UK government prepares to unveil a new technology security bill....BBC NEWS
Pharma giant Moderna seeking US and UK government approval for its COVID-19 vaccine...BBC NEWS
COVID-19 stats from Worldometers today lets start with word that 8,222,879 have recovered from the coronavirus.
The total of new infections in the US today is 161,568 with 1,238 more deaths being attributed to COVID-19. Leading states California 16,491, Texas 13,479 and Tennessee 7,975.
Worldwide 496,245 new positive tests today with the US leading the nations. Other countries include Turkey 31,219, Germany 14,156, Colombia 8,430 and Canada 7,861.
That's the way it really is Monday November 30th, 2020 Day 260 of the Dictatorship of COVID-19 as measured here in Pennsylvania.
Tonight an update on some of the newer restrictions imposed under the Dictatorship of COVID-19 here in the United States during the Thanksgiving holiday week and weekend.
In places like Pennsylvania and Hawaii a tightening up of the orders to wear muzzles (masks) that includes requiring businesses to call law enforcement if patrons refuse to wear muzzles (masks).
A mask order imposed in the state of Louisiana along with a 10 pm to 5 am curfew.
And in the state of California a requirement for businesses to test any employees who were close to another employee who tests positive for COVID-19 or may have been close to another employee who tests positive for COVID-19. (Nextrush Exclusive Source)
The San Francisco Bay area moving into a tighter lockdown today. Indoor activities including worship services, gyms, museums and movie theaters closed. Businesses restricted to 25 percent capacity. On Monday a 10 pm to 5 am curfew will go into effect...ABC 7 SAN FRANCISCO
IN LONDON 155 ARRESTS OF PEOPLE PROTESTING THE CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS. THOUSANDS CAME INTO THE CENTER OF LONDON SATURDAY FOR THE PROTEST WITH POLICE BLOCKING BUSES ATTEMPTING TO BRING IN DEMONSTRATORS...TASS...AT LEAST HUNDREDS ARRESTED TODAY...TASS
The Pro-Democrat Party "J Street" lobbying group that presents itself as Pro-Israel is condemning the assassination of Iranian physicist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. The group's president Jeremy Ben-Ami says the assassination is "sabotage" aimed at an incoming Biden Administration to keep it from re-entering the 2015 JCPOA nuclear agreement with Iran.
Ben-Ami sees the killing as an attempt to shut down diplomacy with Iran and or trigger an escalation-military confrontation with Iran...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
The chairman of the Russian parliament's foreign affairs committee condemned the killing of the Iranian scientist as a "terrorist attack" designed to provoke Iran into aggressive retaliatory actions...TASS
"A calculated and categorical response to those criminals who took Fakhrizadeh from the Iranian nation"
Those words from Iranian official Kamai Kharrazi of the country's Strategic Council on Foreign Relations on what Iran will do in response to the assassination...PRESS TV IRAN
Pipelaying for the Nord Stream 2 natural gas line set to resume next month after being halted by US sanctions in 2019. A vessel yet to be named (likely because it will be targeted by US sanctions) set to install the last section of the pipeline that will being natural gas from Russia to Germany and the Western European market...TASS
US Senators led by Ted Cruz from the energy producing state of Texas in the forefront of advocating sanctions to stop Nord Stream 2.
"How the FBI and Department of Justice I don't know maybe they're involved but how people are allowed to get away from this, this stuff is unbelievable. This election was rigged. This election was a total fraud"
Part of what President Trump had to say when he phoned into Fox News this morning....TWITTER VIDEO
POLITICAL NEWS TODAY A GEORGIA FEDERAL JUDGE (DISTRICT JUDGE TIMOTHY BATTEN) BRIEFLY ISSUING AN ORDER TO PREVENT WIPING THE INFORMATION FROM THE STATE'S VOTING MACHINE THEN BACKING DOWN FROM IT. THE STATE SAYING THE MACHINES ARE OWNED NOT BY IT BUT BY INDIVIDUAL COUNTIES.
LAWYER LIN WOOD WANTED THE MACHINES IMPOUNDED FOR A FORENSIC AUDIT HE HAS SAID THAT WIPING THE MACHINES CONSTITUTES DESTRUCTION OF EVIDENCE.
THE DEMOCRAT CONTROLLED SUPREME COURT IN PENNSYLVANIA ISSUING A SATURDAY RULING TO OVERTURN A LOWER COURT RULING BY A REPUBLICAN JUDGE SUSPENDING THE CERTIFICATION OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THE DEMOCRAT COURT THREW OUT THE LAWSUIT BY REPUBLICANS SETTING THE STAGE FOR AN APPEAL TO THE US SUPREME COURT...
This Tuesday that same Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling on the Presidential election hears the appeal of comedian Bill Cosby convicted of sexual assault in 2018. The court considering whether past conduct should be brought up in a trial as it was with five women who accused Cosby of sexual assault in the past allowed to testify at that trial...NBC 10 PHILLADELPHIA
The Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed claiming victory for central government forces fighting to take the capital of the rebellious Tigray region...BBC NEWS
In Paris three police officers accused of beating black music producer Michel Zecler a week ago Saturday should be imprisoned before trial. That's what the top prosecutor in Paris wants. A fourth police officer who fired tear gas during the arrest of Zecler would be released "under judicial supervision". (BFM-TV Google Translation)
Police in Argentina searching the house and clinic of the doctor who treated the late soccer legend Diego Maradona. Maradona died of a heart attack last Wednesday at the age of 60...BBC NEWS
PROTESTS CONTINUING TODAY ON THE STREETS OF BELARUS IN OPPOSITION TO THE RESULTS OF LAST AUGUST'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THE RESULTS SAID TO HAVE SHOWN A LANDSLIDE VICTORY FOR PRESIDENT ALEXANDER LUKASHENKO...TASS
Canada restricting export of some prescription drugs as the US government seeks to implement President Trump's policy of importing lower cost medicines from Canada and other countries... BBC NEWS
Coronavirus stats for today via Worldometers 138,188 new positive tests for COVID-19 in the US and 502,335 worldwide.
And that's the way it really is Sunday November 29th, 2020 Day 259 of the Dictatorship of COVID-19 as measured here in Pennsylvania.
The scene in France shifted dramatically following last Saturday's police beating incident involving a black music producer.
Plenty of outrage in the media and from activists forcing President Emmanuel Macron and his government to back out of the "law and order" mode it had been in.
Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin moving quickly with the four officers involved (three accused in the beating and one of firing a tear gas round) suspended. On Friday they were arrested as the judicial inquiry is underway into the incident.
President Macron expressing his shock over the incident.
His government is currently pushing a "Global Security Bill' through the National Assembly that would among other things ban videos of the police if they were intended to harm the police. The beating incident caught on video.
This incident providing fuel for protest this Saturday with people other than Yellow Vests on the streets of Paris and in other cities.
By late afternoon today tear gas being employed on the streets in Paris riot police in some cases operating from barricades set up to block protesters.
The black uniformed protesters anarchists setting up their own barricades and lighting fires.
This live stream began as darkness descended on Paris Sautrday night and the "black blocs" and police continued to clash in the streets....Laser lights visible in the live video perhaps the anarchists are employing them against the police. A fire set at a Bank of Paris location.
Official estimates from the Ministry of the Interior tonight 46-thousand protested in Paris today and 133-thousand nationwide. The estimates of protest organizers are higher and are likely to be compiled in the next 24 hours.
That is the story of the Yellow Vests for this week.
The nerves of the world frayed by an authoritarianism imposed on us by forces of Big Government (ALL MAJOR ESTABLISHED POLITICAL PARTIES WORLDWIDE) and Big Business in the name of "health and safety" and the drama of politicians demanding money so we can elect US Senators who will supposedly defend our freedom from a "socialist, communist President Joe Biden".
The socialism and communism is already here, the whole world is Venezuela. What poppycock from the political machine (there are worse words to use). Tim Scott and Ted Cruz and Mitch McConnell and all the other pitch artists who want my money in the Georgia Senate races not getting it on steroids trying to distract with politics as the solution.
"LOSING MY RELIGION"-R.E.M.
"ONE"-THREE DOG NIGHT
"BACK IN THE USSR"-THE BEATLES
THE SOVIETS HAVE ARRIVED AND THEY ARE FACEBOOK SOVIETS, TWITTER SOVIETS, YOU TUBE SOVIETS AND THE LIST GOES ON. GOD FORBID YOU WOULD LEARN OF THE DANISH STUDY OF SIX THOUSAND, A REAL SCIENTIFIC STUDY. IT REVEALED THAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WEARING THE FACE DIAPER (MASK) AND NOT WEARING THE MUZZLE (MASK) WAS VIRTUALLY NOTHING.
1.8 PERCENT OF THE DIAPERED PEOPLE GOT COVID-19 AND 2.1 PERCENT OF THE UNDIAPERED PEOPLE GOT COVID-19.
ARE YOU READY TO STAND UP FOR YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AGAINST ALL THE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS WHO HAVE TAKEN THEM AWAY FROM WE THE PEOPLE. CAN WE UNITE TO DEFEND OUR BUSINESSES AND FAMILIES? SOME OF US ALREADY DOING IT WITH PEOPLES RIGHTS. ONE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS GROUP MEETING IN WASHINGTON STATE THIS WEEK...
KELLI STEWART MINCING NO WORDS THERE EXPLAINING THIS ISN'T A POLITICAL MEETING FOR THE USE OF ANYBODY'S POLITICAL MACHINE OR AGENDA. ITS A FLAT OUT DEFENSE OF RIGHTS AND LIBERTY IN THE USA AGAINST ANYONE VIOLATING IT REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT.
AND DID YOU CATCH AT THE END OF THE MEETING THE REMINDER TO MEET AT "THE UNDERGROUND CHURCH"? THAT'S WHERE WE ARE IN THE USA NOWADAYS.
I was listening to some airchecks from radio stations in 1972 and heard this song on it so lets watch it as performed on "Soul Train" introduced by Don Cornelius....
"IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW"-HAROLD MELVIN AND THE BLUE NOTES (LIVE)
"LISTEN TO THE MUSIC"-DOOBIE BROTHERS
"THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN"-JOAN BAEZ (LIVE)
I do love folk music and there's one of the great folk singers Joan Baez with a song that was big back in 1972.
Lots of drama surrounding the election emotions and raging debate and the media censorship and dismissal of any wrongdoing but the legal cases that make the difference can we get them to the highest court in the land?
God Bless Rush Limbaugh in the 1970's I used to surf the dials listening to DJ's finding escape from my pain dreaming of a media career of my own. No doubt I heard Rush in his Pittsburgh days getting inspiration then not knowing that his future would inspire me more.
And now we have this "Conservative Talk Radio Universe" where Rush had so many follow him to stardom like Mark Levin, Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity.
Across this universe many messages have reverberated over the years and its two of them that speak crystal clear to us right here and right now.
One the notion of cities and counties run by Democrats that are corrupt with the corruption extending into elections. Thousands upon thousands of crooked votes. Like the Florida 2000 drama with Broward and Palm Beach county votes having a smell to them.
Two the notion that we need to vote the right way in elections as in Republican always no matter how liberal the Republican is so that the "right kind" of judges can be selected up to and including Supreme Court justices.
I was listening to Rush on Tuesday when he cut off a caller considering the notion of a Supreme Court case regarding the election fraud.
Rush said "You gotta have the proof" in regards to a rigged-fixed election.
All that caller was doing as I see it was giving Rush the feedback from the messaging that he and other talk show hosts have given their listeners over the years.
People like him have been told over and over again about Democrats running corrupt elections and the need to vote for the Republicans so we get the right kind of Supreme Court justices.
He's adding two and two together and expecting the US Supreme Court to issue rulings that undo the corrupt election that Joe Biden is said to have won.
Any potential rulings from the Supreme Court that shaft President Trump and deny any corruption existed will not just be seen by millions of Americans as a betrayal of President Trump but also be seen as a betrayal of the audience of "Conservative Media" by its stars who pitched the messages about corrupt Democrat elections and the need to have the '"right kind" of judges.
WELL WE HAVE A NEW MAJORITY ON THE SUPREME COURT AT LEAST WHEN IT COMES TO RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND NEW YORK GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO'S CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS ON HOUSES OF WORSHIP.
A 5-4 RULING AGAINST CUOMO THANKSGIVING EVE WITH THE THREE LIBERALS AND CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS THE MINORITY AND THE MAJORITY:
SAMUEL ALITO
AMY CONEY BARRETT
NEIL GORSUCH
BRETT KAVANAUGH
CLARENCE THOMAS
WILL "THE FIVE" MAKE THE DIFFERENCE WHEN IT COMES TO THE CORRUPT ELECTION WE JUST WITNESSED?
Politics is dirty we are told and indeed Ronald Reagan had his ways of characterizing it like "the world with its pants down" and "the worlds second oldest profession" that "bears a close resemblance to the first". Al Stewart with a big song from the 1970's....
"YEAR OF THE CAT"-AL STEWART
"BAD BLOOD"-NEIL SEDAKA
"CANDLE IN THE WIND"-ELTON JOHN (1973)
BREAKING NEWS: MASS PROTESTS AGAINST FRENCH "SECURITY BILL" FOLLOWING POLICE BEATING INCIDENT
Massive protest in the streets of France today with Yellow Vests and many others including the anarchists active.
The protest against a government bill entitled "Global Security" that includes a ban on videos of police with any ill intent.
But a video of police beating a black music producer last Saturday has inflamed the country.
Four police officers suspended from their jobs and arrested in recent days...
BREAKING NEWS: THE LATEST POLICE CRACKDOWN IN LONDON ON OPPONENTS OF CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN
The London Stasi (East German Secret Police) on duty again today as they have done on previous occasions to stop protesters opposing the coronavirus lockdown in the UK...
County music memories and Charley Pride there with "Is Anbody Goin To San Antone?" well at Alamo Plaza in San Antonio a coronavirus curfew protest last night.....
THE RECOUNT JUST FINISHED IN MILWAUKEE WILL LEAD TO A LAWSUIT THAT SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIES THE THOUSANDS OF QUESTIONABLE VOTES CAST THERE IN THE ELECTION. PRESIDENT TRUMP NOTING THAT ON TWITTER TODAY.
THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL-SENTINEL REPORTING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF QUESTIONED BALLOTS IN THE RECOUNTS IN MILWAUKEE AND DANE COUNTIES IS 238,000. BIDEN SAID TO HAVE WON WISCONSIN BY 20,000 VOTES.
ANOTHER ELECTION NOTE....THE PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT CONTROLLED BY DEMOCRATS RULING TODAY TO THROW OUT THE LAWSUIT THAT GOT A FAVORABLE RULING FROM A LOWER COURT JUDGE WHO IS A REPUBLICAN.
I went out to eat tonight the college football games on the screens and people scattered in the various stadiums to watch them.
Of course up in Canada they cancelled the Canadian Football League season.
I saw something uncensored on Twitter this week Peter Hitchens linked to a book review he wrote in 2014. It's a review of a book entitled "Czechoslovakia-The State That Failed". There are two separate nations now the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Czechoslovakia was a vision of President Woodrow Wilson and Thomas Masaryk...A SAINT AMONG NATIONS? A CRITICAL HISTORY OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA-PETER HITCHENS WRITES BOOK REVIEW 6/4/2014
CHRISTMAS CAROLING IN NAMPA IDAHO TONIGHT FOLLOWING CANCELLATION OF TREE LIGHTING...PEOPLES RIGHTS NEWS
I'm in the mood to hear music from Sandie Shaw right now...
"LONG LIVE LOVE"-SANDIE SHAW
"A LITTLE BIT ME, A LITTLE BIT YOU"-THE MONKEES
"LET'S HANG ON"-FRANKIE VALLI AND THE FOUR SEASONS
THE "BEAST OF BRITAIN"....
Its my characterization of a cartoon in "The Telegraph" on Sunday shared by Peter Hitchens on Twitter. Cartoonist Bob Moran depicting Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the "Dictatorship of COVID-19"...PETER HITCHENS TWITTER
The way Boris has been running things I thought Benny Hill had come back from the dead to take charge...
ANTHONY FAUCI WAS WORKING ON THE PREVENTION OF VIRUS SPREAD WAY BACK IN THE 1960'S AS LEAST THAT WHAT THIS VIDEO SEEMS TO INDICATE...
Good Night. God Bless.
So many of us wounded people each in our own way. I need a Higher Power to help me not to hurt the wounded around me.
"DON'T SHOOT THE WOUNDED"-CHUCK GIRARD
"MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA"-GLADYS KNIGHT AND THE PIPS
"The death rate appears not to be linked with the responses of governments...stringency of the measures settled to fight pandemia, including lockdown, did not appear to be linked with death rate."
There's research from French scientists saying that government restrictions taken against the coronavirus have not reduced the mortality rate.
The research promotes the notions that physical fitness and a less obese population are deciding factors in the COVID-19 mortality rate...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
"making a statement that it's a different court"
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's view of the Thanksgiving Eve 5-4 decision from the US Supreme Court against Cuomo's restrictions on houses of worship in the state over COVID-19...CNN
Another protest this evening at the home of Boise, Idaho Mayor Lauren McClean. A posting on People's Rights website notes McClean has expressed how inconvenienced she is by the protests but responds "we all feel pretty inconvenienced when we are being told we can't inhale fresh air or else we will be snitched on"...PEOPLES RIGHTS
BREAKING NEWS: IRAN REPORTING THE ASSASSINATION OF A PROMINENT IRANIAN PHYSICIST. MOHSEN FAKHRIZADEH AND HIS SECURITY TEAM CAME UNDER ATTACK WITH AT LEAST ONE EXPLOSION AND GUNFIRE NEAR TEHRAN TODAY.
IRAN SUSPECTING ISRAEL IN THE ATTACK. IN RECENT DAYS AN ISRAELI MEDIA REPORT SAID THAT AN AMERICAN ATTACK ON IRAN WAS IMMINENT AND THAT ISRAEL'S DEFENSE FORCES WERE PREPARTING FOR SOME SORT OF IRANIAN MILITARY RESPONSE.
IRAN SAYS THE ATTACK WAS AN ACT OF 'TERRORISM'...PRESS TV IRAN
IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER JAVAD ZARIF CHARACTERIZING THE ASSASSINATION AS AN "ACT OF STATE TERROR"...BBC NEWS
"Biden can only enter the White House as President if he can prove that his ridiculous '80,000,000 votes' were not fraudulently or illegally obtained"
That's part of the Friday tweet storm from President Trump that includes numerous posts about election irregularities...PJ MEDIA
THE US THIRD CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS REJECTING THE LAWSUIT FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN OVER THE ELECTION IN PENNSYLVANIA SETTING THE STAGE FOR A POTENTIAL APPEAL TO THE US SUPREME COURT...
SOME PENNSYLVANIA STATE REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS ARE INTRODUCING A RESOLUTION THAT CONTESTS THE VALIDITY OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN PENNSYLVANIA...KDKA PITTSBURGH TWITTER
IN MILWAUKEE COUNTY, WISCONSIN THE RECOUNT OF THE VOTE FINISHED TODAY AS REQUESTED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN. THE STATS RELEASED SHOWING HUNDREDS MORE VOTES FOR JOE BIDEN AND SOME MORE VOTES FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP...MILWAUKEE JOURNAL-SENTINEL...BUT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RECOUNT THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN HAS CHALLENGED THE VALIDITY OF SOME 160-THOUSAND VOTES AND THAT'S LIKELY TO END UP IN A LAWSUIT.
Protests with vandalism reported in Portland late Wednesday and early Thursday morning that included the toppling of a statue in a park, the spraying of graffiti and smashing of windows. Three arrests made by Portland police...OREGONLIVE
Democrat Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii urging President Trump to pardon former NSA contractor turned whistleblower Edward Snowden and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange...NEWSWEEK
Farmers demonstrating against market reforms that threaten their traditional way of making a living blockaded from entering India's capital city of Delhi. Tear gas and water cannon used with the government saying COVID-19 concerns justified keeping the protesting farmers out of the city...YAHOO NEWS....The farmers protest continued Saturday morning and this live stream featured interviews in Hindi and video of the protesters...VIDEO LINK
The authoritarian ruler of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko suggests he may leave office once the country's constitution has been changed. Months of protest in Belarus since the August Presidential election in which it was claimed Lukashenko had won a landslide victory...BBC NEWS
Four French police officers suspended (BFM-TV report) after last Saturday's incident in Paris involving the beating of a black music producer. The incident happening as the French government pushing legislation that would ban video recording of police officers faces if it is considered a threat to them...BBC NEWS....Late this afternoon the four officers were in the custody of the police investigation agency arrested as part of a judicial inquiry into the incident. Three accused of the beating and the fourth of firing a tear gas cannister during the arrest of the music producer. (BFM-TV Google Translation)
RUSSIA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY PROTESTING TUESDAY'S INCIDENT IN THE FAR EAST IN WHICH A US DESTROYER IS SAID TO HAVE VIOLATED RUSSIAN TERRITORIAL WATERS...TASS
RUSSIA TRACKING 35 AIRCRAFT AND THREE DRONES ENGAGED IN SPYING NEAR ITS TERRITORY THIS WEEK. RUSSIA DEFENSE MINISTRY SAYS RADAR TRACKED THE AERIAL VEHICLES AND NONE VIOLATED RUSSIA'S AIRSPACE...TASS
The US Justice Department is changing the ground rules for executions to allow if possible methods other than lethal injection. The amended regulations published today in the Federal Register say that if a state has method of execution other than lethal injection that is legal it can be used for a federal execution...ASSOCIATED PRESS
In Quebec the Court of Appeals ruling that the man who shot and killed six people at a mosque in Quebec City in 2017 received too harsh a sentence. Alexandre Bissonnette given two "life" sentences with no parole chance for 40 years. The sentence reduced to one "life" sentence of 25 years with no chance of parole...CBC NEWS
The National Highway Traffic Administration is probing Tesla over possible suspension failures in some of its vehicles produced between 2015 and 2017. Some 30-thousand of the Model S and Model X vehicles recalled in China but Tesla says China's move against it was "unnecessary"...ELECTREK
China imposing tariffs on Australian wine. The new tariffs ranging from over 100 percent to more than 200 percent. China says Australia is dumping subsidized wine on its market...BBC NEWS
PIG GUTS FLYING IN TAIWAN'S PARLIAMENT TODAY AS OPPOSITION LAWMAKERS PROTESTED THE GOVERNMENT'S MOVE TO ALLOW IMPORTS OF US PORK PRODUCTS THAT ARE CHEMICALLY TREATED...VIDEO LINK
Political turmoil in the Netherlands involving the Forum for Democracy Party is reported and commented on in the linked post on Russia's Sputnik News website.
Forum for Democracy and its leader Thierry Baudet rose to prominence in recent elections taking the mantle away from the Party of Freedom and its leader Geert Wilders when it came to opposition to Islamization in the Netherlands.
Now the accusation is on the table that Thierry Baudet is involved in "conspiracy theory" and "anti-Semitism" in connection with his pro-personal freedom views about the coronavirus...SPUTNIK NEWS
THE CORONAVIRUS STATISTICS FROM WORLDOMOTERS AND FIRST AN UPWARDS REVISION OF YESTERDAY'S NUMBERS WHICH RAN LATE BECAUSE OF THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY. YESTERDAYS NUMBER OF NEW POSITIVE TESTS IN THE USA WAS 145,576.
TODAY'S NUMBER FOR THE US 164,012 NEW POSITIVE TESTS LED BY CALIFORNIA WITH 15,958, MICHIGAN WITH 8,581 AND PENNSYLVANIA WITH 8,362.
WORLDWIDE THE NUMBER 613,134 WITH THE US LEADING THE NATIONS. OTHER NATIONS INCLUDE ITALY WITH 28,352, COLOMBIA WITH 10,023, MEXICO WITH 8,107 AND CANADA WITH 5,967.
That's the way it really is Friday November 27th, 2020 Day 257 of the Dictatorship of COVID-19 as measured here in Pennsylvania.
Indiana Republican State Representative Christy Stutzman turning in her resignation this week noting the authoritarian nature of Republican Governor Eric Holcomb's response to the coronavirus. She wrote about the unilateral nature of the coronavirus restrictions imposed without legislative approval.
Stutzman said that her family business has been "devastated by the mandatory restrictions" imposed by the Republican governor.
Indiana Republican Party Chairman Kyle Hupfer defended the actions of the Republican governor in imposing coronavirus restrictions claiming that Governor Holcomb and health officials are in his words "working hard to protect Hoosiers' lives and livelihoods." ...INDIANAPOLIS STAR
"Even in a pandemic, the Constitution cannot be put away and forgotten"
PART OF THE MAJORITY OPINION AS THE US SUPREME COURT RULED 5-4 WEDNESDAY THAT NEW YORK GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO CANNOT IMPOSE CAPACITY LIMITS AT HOUSES OF WORSHIP. THE RULING CAME IN A LAWSUIT FROM THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF BROOKLYN AND ORTHODOX JEWISH SYNAGOGUES AGAINST CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS.
THE THREE LIBERAL JUSTICES JOINED BY CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS IN THE MINORITY WITH JUSTICES SAMUEL ALITO, AMY CONEY BARRETT, NEIL GORSUCH, BRETT KAVANAUGH AND CLARENCE THOMAS IN THE MAJORITY...NEW YORK POST
The CEO of Sanford Health in Sioux Falls, South Dakota is retiring from this job after outspoken comments about the effectiveness of wearing masks-muzzles.
Kelly Krabbenhoft wrote after he had recovered from COVID-19:
"Masks have been a symbolic issue that frankly frustrates me. The 'on-again, off-again' behavior of mask use by the general population violates every notion of serious infection management I was trained to adhere to, so some of this is absurd."
The new CEO of Sanford Health, Bill Gassen, already speaking out for a statewide mask-muzzle order in South Dakota...KELO
The southeastern European nation of Serbia shutting down entertainment and shopping from 6 pm to 5 am daily, moving all schools online and ordering a limit of five people for gatherings indoors or outdoors. President Aleksandar Vucic predicting "the next few days will be even harder"with the country on the brink because of COVID-19 and also saying there is a need to "show responsibility"...TASS
WHILE THE UK IS MOVING OUT OF PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON'S SECOND CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN THIS YEAR NEXT WEDNESDAY PLACES WHERE 99 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE LIVE WILL BE IN THE STRICTER TIERS OF CONTROL THAT WILL FOLLOW THE END OF THE LOCKDOWN...YAHOO NEWS
THE ELECTION STORY TODAY WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP COMMENTING TO THE MEDIA THIS AFTERNOON AT WHITE HOUSE.
HE OFFERED A WIDE RANGING PRESENTATION DISCUSSING THE ELECTION RESULTS AND THE PRESIDENT'S BELIEF THAT THEY WERE MANIPULATED TO THE TUNE OF MILLIONS OF VOTES IN MULTIPLE STATES TO PRODUCE WHAT APPEARS TO BE A VICTORY FOR JOE BIDEN.
THE PRESIDENT STARTING BY NOTING THAT GEORGIA'S SECRETARY OF STATE IS NOT ALLOWING AN AUDITING OF THE SIGNATURES THAT GO WITH THE BALLOTS IN THAT STATE. TRUMP SAYS THE RECOUNT UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW DOES NOT GET TO THAT ISSUE.
THE PRESIDENT INTENDS TO CAMPAIGN IN THE STATE ON SATURDAY FOR THE REPUBLICAN SENATE CANDIDATES IN THE SPECIAL ELECTION JANUARY 5TH...FULL VIDEO VIA FOX NEWS
In Turkey a court sentencing hundreds to life in prison. The sentences in connection with the July 2016 coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan..UPI
Ethiopia says launching a final assault on the capital of the Tigray region, which has rebelled against the central government. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says that government forces will try to avoid hurting civilians. The United Nations has warned of the possibility of war crimes...BBC NEWS
THE US IMPOSING SANCTIONS ON AN ARMED GROUP IN LIBYA FIGHTING ON THE SIDE OF KHALIFA HAFTAR'S LIBYAN NATIONAL ARMY. THE GROUP SAID BY THE UNITED STATES TO HAVE TORTURED AND KILLED CIVILIANS...MIDDLE EAST MONITOR
Australia intends to dismiss ten special forces soldiers for suspicion of being accessories or lying about killings of civilians in Afghanistan. The Australian authorities are considering the prosecution of 19 other current and former soldiers for direct involvement in the killings...BBC NEWS
Police in Toronto say they have found a "person of interest" in the 2017 murder of a Canadian pharma billionaire and his wife. Barry and Honey Sherman known for their donations to charities and politicians...STUFF NEW ZEALAND...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
A MOSCOW COURT PUTTING A LEADER OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES UNDER HOUSE ARREST. CHARGES RELATED TO AN 'EXTREMIST ORGANIZATION' ON THE TABLE...TASS
The legalization of betting on single sports events in Canada proposed by an opposition Conservative Party MP from Saskatchewan Kevin Waugh. The "Safe and Regulated Sports Betting Act" moving through the House of Commons this week. Its estimated that underground and offshore betting on such events is in the billions of dollars and legalization comes as the government faces major tax revenue shortfalls due to coronavirus lockdowns...GAMBLING NEWS
DISNEY IS CUTTING SOME 32-THOUSAND JOBS EARLY NEXT YEAR BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE CORONAVIRUS. THE COMPANY'S LATEST FILING WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION RAISES THE NUMBER OF JOB CUTS FROM THE PREVIOUSLY PLANNED 28-THOUSAND...REUTERS STORY VIDEO EMBEDDED
Astra Zeneca and Oxford University admitting a mistake in the way their version of the coronavirus vaccine is being made...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
A massive outpouring of grief in Argentina and worldwide tributes pouring in over the death of Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona. He died of a heart attack Wednesday at the age of 60...BBC NEWS...There were violent clashes this evening in Buenos Aires as the viewing of his body was cut short...SKY NEWS UK.....LIVE VIDEO STREAM FROM ARGENTINA...C5N CHANNEL ARGENTINA
Coronavirus statistics from Worldometers for the USA today lower on the Thanksgiving holiday with the total 108,063 new positive tests. Many states not reporting but among those that did the top numbers came from Illinois 12,022, California 10,133 and Pennsylvania 7,427.
Worldwide the statistics showing 541,200 new positive COVID-19 tests with the US leading the nations. Among the other countries Italy 29,003, Russia 25,487, Mexico 10,335, Turkey 7,657 and Canada 5,631.
That's the way it really is Thursday November 26th, 2020 Day 256 of the Dictatorship of COVID-19 as measured here in Pennsylvania.
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The White House Coronavirus Task Force wants a crackdown in Nebraska in the name of preventing the spread of COVID-19. A task force report obtained by ABC News calls for increased testing and says:
"Effective practices to decrease transmission in public spaces include requiring masks, limiting restaurant indoor capacity to less than 25%, and closing bars until cases and test positivity decrease to the yellow zone"...
Police in Toronto laying nine charges against a restaurant that opened for a second day in defiance of Ontario's coronavirus lockdown. Some 100 people gathered outside protesting in support of the restaurant. Owner Adam Skelly closed the establishment at 1 pm today after discussions with police...CBC NEWS
BREAKING NEWS: THE US SUPREME COURT RULED 5-4 THAT NEW YORK GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO CANNOT SET CAPACITY LIMITS AT HOUSES OF WORSHIP IN CORONAVIRUS 'HOT SPOTS'. THE COURT'S DECISION IN A LAWSUIT BROUGHT BY THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF BROOKLYN AND ORTHODOX JEWISH SYNAGOGUES.
AN ORTHODOX JEWISH SYNAGOGUE IN NEW YORK CITY FINED 15-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR HOLDING A NOVEMBER 8TH WEDDING IN VIOLATION OF CORONAVIRUS CONTROLS...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
He's accused of trespassing at Idaho's State Capitol during a special legislative session considering coronavirus legislation earlier this year. Ammon Bundy of People's Rights in a Zoom video hearing arguing that being tried before a masked jury is a denial of his right of due process. The judge in the case promising a ruling by the afternoon of December 23rd...FULL VIDEO OF HEARING
A federal judge in Portland refusing to overturn Oregon Democrat Governor Kate Brown's freeze on dining at bars and restaurants in the name of preventing coronavirus spread. US District Judge Karin Immegut in her ruling saying that people will benefit from the restrictions being kept "healthy" and "alive"...OREGON LIVE...Today Governor Brown unveiling plans to tweak those restrictions to loosen them in rural areas and again allow outdoor dining at least in places like Portland starting December 3rd...OREGON LIVE
A CAR PAINTED WITH ANTI-GLOBALIZATION MESSAGES CRASHED INTO THE GATE OF THE CHANCELLERY IN BERLIN, THE OFFICES OF CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL. MERKEL MEETING TODAY WITH THE LEADERS OF GERMAN STATES TO CONSIDER THE FUTURE OF CORONAVIRUS CONTROLS IN THE COUNTRY...TIMES OF ISRAEL
President Trump pardoning his former National Security Adviser General Michael Flynn. Flynn prosecuted in connection with the Russia collusion probe but the Justice Department backed out of his prosecution earlier this year. The trial judge in the Flynn case resisting that decision....DONALD J. TRUMP TWITTER
ATLANTA ATTORNEY LIN WOOD HAS BEEN GRANTED HIS EMERGENCY MOTION FOR EXPEDITED REVIEW OF A LAWSUIT CHALLENGING THE VALIDITY OF ELECTION PROCEDURES IN GEORGIA IN CONNECTION WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION...LIN WOOD TWITTER
A REPUBLICAN STATE COURT JUDGE ISSUING AN INJUNCTION AGAINST THE ELECTION CERTIFICATION PROCESS IN PENNSYLVANIA TODAY PENDING A FRIDAY HEARING OR INTERVENTION BY THE STATE SUPREME COURT.
DEMOCRAT GOVERNOR TOM WOLF AND DEMOCRAT SECRETARY OF STATE KATHY BOOCKVAR APPEALING THE INJUNCTION TO TO DEMOCRAT CONTROLLED PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT...PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE
PRESIDENT TRUMP SPEAKING BY PHONE TO PENNSYLVANA REPUBLICAN STATE SENATORS IN GETTYSBURG TODAY. SPEAKING IN PERSON HIS ATTORNEY RUDY GIULIANI TO DISCUSS ELECTION FRAUD. THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE WON THE ELECTION BUT IT WAS 'RIGGED' AND 'WE CAN'T ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN'...FULL VIDEO OF PRESIDENT TRUMP CALL
Former President Barack Obama critical of Hispanic voters who chose Donald Trump in the election. Obama saying in part about "evangelical" voters among Latinos:
"Trump says racist things about Mexicans, or puts detainees, undocumented workers in cages, they think that's less important than the face that he supports their views on gay marriage or abortion"...BBC NEWS
Will President Trump order an attack on Iran in the coming weeks? Israel's military reported preparing for such a scenario. Israel also operating on the assumption also that Trump will be leaving the White House in January. In recent days Syria has reported two Israel attacks on its territory with other sources saying Iranian related targets were involved...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
A CIA officer reported dead from an injury sustained during a mission in Somalia last weekend...SPUTNIK NEWS RUSSIA
Police suspect a terrorist attack in southern Switzerland when one woman attacked and injured two others...BBC NEWS
The US is imposing tariffs on Chinese made twist ties. The US Commerce Department says that China's government unfairly subsidizes the product with its undervalued currency...BBC NEWS
Some Australian businesses say they have stopped shipping products to China. China is holding up Australian products at customs to send a message to Australia's government amidst the broader trade conflict between the US and China...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA
A woman with British-Australian citizenship released by Iran in exchange for three jailed Iranians....BBC NEWS
A US District Judge ruling in favor of Californians who want vanity license plates with names the state deemed too offensive. US District Judge Jon Tigar ruling California's policy violates the First Amendment right to free speech...DRIVING
Coronavirus stats for the USA today from Worldometers showing 180,903 new positive tests with the leading states Texas with 14,692, California with 13,909 and Illinois with 11,378.
The worldwide number of new positive COVID-19 tests today is 609,207 led by the United States. Other nations include Brazil with 45,449, Germany with 20,825, Serbia with 7,579 and Canada with 5,022.
That's the way it really is Wednesday November 25th, 2020 Day 255 of the Dictatorship of COVID-19 as measured here in Pennsylvania.
"As of November 20, 2020 we hereby declare this establishment an Autonomous Zone. We refuse to abide by any rules and regulations put forth by the Mayor of NYC and Governor of NY State"
Those signs posted at Mac's Public House on New York City's Staten Island in response to coronavirus restrictions that close the business. One of the owners Keith McAlarney holding back tears telling ABC 7 in New York:
"This was a dream for me and my partner, and for it to be stripped away is very tough. And it's a very scary time we're in"...
In Canada's largest city Toronto authorities intend to shut down a barbecue restaurant if it opens again tomorrow. Officials visited the restaurant today as it was open in defiance of provincial lockdown orders...CBC NEWS
New coronavirus restrictions in western Canada's Alberta province including a prohibition on all indoor social gatherings, Grade 7-12 schools moving online and a mask mandate in all indoor workplaces in the largest cities of Calgary and Edmonton. Premier Jason Kenney of the "United Conservative Party" declaring a "state of public health emergency"...CBC NEWS
A protest outside the home of Boise, Idaho Mayor Lauren McClean in opposition to her latest coronavirus restrictions in the city including a "snitch line" to report businesses not complying with the restrictions. KTVB in Boise reporting that the phone line is being impacted today by "spam calls" and "robocalls". Here is the link to the story about the protest at the mayor's house...IDAHO PRESS
SYRIA SAYS THAT THERE WAS AN ISRAELI MISSILE ATTACK IN THE SUBURBS OF DAMASCUS TONIGHT. DAMAGE ON THE GROUND REPORTED WITH NO INFORMATION ON ANY CASUALTIES...TASS
General Motors pulling out of a lawsuit brought by the Trump Administration against California's harsh emissions control rules. GM notifying environmental groups of its decision to reverse course. In the letter the company speaks of the "Biden Administration"...CNN
ELECTION NEWS HERE IN PENNSYLVANIA THE CERTIFICATION TODAY OF JOE BIDEN AS THE WINNER OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. DEMOCRAT GOVERNOR TOM WOLF TWEETING THAT HE HAS SIGNED OFF ON THE CERTIFICATION...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
THE IRANIAN BACKED HOUTHI FORCES IN YEMEN ATTACKING A SAUDI OIL FACILITY. THE ATTACK FOLLOWS THE VISIT OF US SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO TO SAUDI ARABIA, ISRAEL AND THE PERSIAN GULF THAT IS REPORTED TO HAVE INCLUDED A 'SECRET' MEETING THAT INCLUDED ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU...NEWSWEEK
Russia says one of its warships stopped the USS John S McCain destroyer after it violated Russian territorial waters in the Far East...TASS
THE US IMPOSING SANCTIONS ON THREE RUSSIAN COMPANIES SAID TO BE INOVLVED IN VIOLATING US SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN, NORTH KOREA AND SYRIA... TASS NEWS STORY
The government of Qatar says its identified the parents of a baby found in a garbage can at the Doha airport October 2nd. The discovery of the child led to female passengers on nearby airliners being subjected to invasive searches to see if they had recently given birth...BBC NEWS
France's Interior Minister said some of the scenes he saw were "shocking" when police moved in to clear out a migrant camp in Paris...BBC NEWS
THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE HITTING 30,000 TODAY AND PRESIDENT TRUMP APPEARING BEFORE THE MEDIA TO CITE THE REASONS HE SEES BEHIND THE NEW DOW JONES HIGH INCLUDING THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF A CORONAVIRUS VACCINE AND THE ECONOMIC POLICIES OF HIS ADMINISTRATION...VIDEO LINK
RUSSIA'S CORONAVIRUS VACCINE SPUTNIK V IS FREE TO EVERY RUSSIAN CITIZEN AND WILL COST LESS THAN 20 DOLLARS PER PERSON FOR INTERNATIONAL USE. THAT REVEALED ON THE VACCINE MAKERS TWITTER ACCOUNT TODAY...AL JAZEERA QATAR
Coronavirus statistics via Worldometers for today showing 175,047 new positive tests with the leading states Texas 19,790, California 16,593 and Illinois 9,469. Other states include Arizona with 4,544, Colorado with 4,150, Nevada with 2,853 and Oregon with 1,000.
Worldwide 543,252 new positive tests for COVID-19 today with the United States leading the nations. Other nations include Italy with 23,232, the UK with 11,299, Turkey with 7,381 and Switzerland with 4,241.
And that's the way it really is Tuesday November 24th, 2020 Day 254 of the Dictatorship of COVID-19 as measured here in Pennsylvania.
The Thanksgiving Crackdown over COVID-19 coming to Pennsylvania today with an order to suspend alcohol sales at bars and restaurants starting at 5 pm Wednesday. People being advised to avoid leaving their homes. All indoor events over 500 people and all outdoor events over 2500 people now banned in Pennsylvania...6 ABC PHILADELPHIA
It's "clog the snitch line" time in Boise, Idaho. That's where authorities have a phone number for reporting businesses that aren't complying with coronavirus orders-restrictions. Polite phone calls of protest being urged...PEOPLES RIGHTS
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson rolling out the new three tiered system of coronavirus bvrestrictions in the UK that will take effect Wednesday December 2nd. Businesses being allowed to re-open in some cases but restaurants and bars still forced to shut down at 10 pm. Restrictions on social gatherings from different households in force in all three tiers of Johnson's system...BBC NEWS
PRESIDENT TRUMP GIVING HIS BLESSING FOR THE PROCESS OF TRANSITION TO A JOE BIDEN PRESIDENCY TO GO AHEAD. THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION ASCERTAINING BIDEN AS THE LIKELY WINNER OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. PRESIDENT TRUMP TWEETING THIS EVENING THAT HE WILL CONTINUE THE 'GOOD FIGHT' AND BELIEVES HE 'WILL PREVAIL'...TRT WORLD TURKEY
ELECTION NEWS PRESIDENT TRUMP'S APPEAL OF A FEDERAL JUDGE'S DECISION IN PENNSYLVANIA OVER THE WEEKEND MOVING ONTO THE THIRD CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS...THE PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT REJECTING LAWSUITS OVER THE ELECTION.
THE MICHIGAN BOARD OF CANVASSERS VOTING TWO DEMOCRATS AND ONE REPUBLICAN IN FAVOR WITH ONE REPUBLICAN ABSTAINING TO CERTIFY THE STATE'S ELECTION RESULTS.
IN GEORGIA THE RECOUNT REQUESTED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN FOLLOWING THE STATE CERTIFICATION OF A JOE BIDEN VICTORY THERE SET TO BEGIN TOMORROW. THE RECOUNT EXPECTED TO END WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 2ND.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Saudi Arabia holding direct talks with the country's de-facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. No progress reported in their conversation about normalization of relations according to reporting in Israeli media...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...Saudi Arabia's foreign minister is denying that such a meeting took place...BBC NEWS
OMAHA POLICE CHIEF TODD SCHMADERER SAYS THAT KENNETH JONES WAS NON-COMPLIANT WITH OFFICERS WHO ENDED UP SHOOTING AND KILLING HIM LAST THURSDAY NIGHT.
THE POLICE SAY THAT BODYCAM FOOTAGE SHOWS JONES NON-COMPLIANCE AND HIS REACHING FOR A GUN IN HIS POCKET BEFORE HE WAS SHOT.
THE INCIDENT HAS LED TO NIGHTLY PROTESTS AGAINST THE POLICE. THE POLICE CHIEF URGING COUNTERPROTESTERS SUPPORTING POLICE NOT TO SHOW UP...KETV OMAHA
A 15-year old suspect arrested in connection with the Friday afternoon shooting at a shopping mall in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin near Milwaukee. Other arrests also reported in the case. The shooting said by police to have happened during a dispute between two groups...ASSOCIATED PRESS TV ONE NEW ZEALAND
THE TRIAL OF FORMER FRENCH PRESIDENT NICOLAS SARKOZY ON CORRUPTION AND INFLUENCE PEDDLING CHARGES STARTED IN PARIS TODAY. THE TRIAL WAS SUSPENDED UNTIL THURSDAY WHILE THE MEDICAL CONDITION OF ONE OF HIS CO-DEFENDANTS (GILBERT AZIBERT) IS ASCERTAINED (BFM-TV ENGLISH TRANSLATION)...NEW YORK POST
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In Hong Kong today a guilty plea from pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong and two others in connection with a demonstration outside police headquarters last year...DEUTSCHE WELLE
Longtime US Senator Diane Feinstein of California stepping down as top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee...TIMES OF ISRAEL
New York State Attorney General Letita James filing suit against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo alleging that former leaders failed to refer some two dozen priests to the Vatican for removal over allegations of child sex abuse...BBC NEWS
General Motors recalling seven million vehicles around the world after being told by US regulators to recall vehicles over a potential danger from Takata air bag inflators...ABC NEWS
PHARMA COMPANY ASTRA ZENECA SAYS ITS VACCINE IS UP TO 90 PERCENT EFFECTIVE. THE VACCINE, DEVELOPED IN CONJUNCTION WITH OXFORD UNIVERSITY IN THE UK, IS ALSO CHEAPER THAN THE PFIZER AND MODERNA VACCINES WHICH ARE BEING SOLD UNDER AGREEMENTS WITH THE US GOVERNMENT. THE ASTRA ZENECA DOSE IS AROUND TWO DOLLARS AND 50 CENTS WHILE THE OTHERS ARE IN THE 15 TO 25 DOLLAR RANGE...ASSOCIATED PRESS.
The Covid-19 stats via Worldometers showing 172,103 new positive tests in the US today led by Calfiornia with 17,893, Ohio with 11,885 and Texas with 10,912. Other states include Kansas with 7,002, Washington with 5,651, Connecticut with 5,271 and Wyoming with 1,262.
Around the world 504,032 new positive tests reported led by the United States. Among the other nations India with 37,410, Russia with 25,173, Mexico with 9,187 and Canada with 7,052.
And that's the way it really is Monday November 23rd, 2020 Day 253 of the Dictatorship of COVID-19 as measured here in Pennsylvania.
