(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH LATE FRIDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY AM)
POLICE DEPLOYED AGAINST MASK MANDATE OPPONENTS IN BOISE, IDAHO THIS EVENING BUT FIRST...
The State of Washington leveling threats against businesses that remain open in spite of the coronavirus restrictions. Business owners citing the Constitution of the United States while the state cites its business licensing powers...KING 5 SEATTLE
A Jewish celebration broken up by heavily armed police in Belgium for breaking coronavirus restrictions in the country. The police assault in Antwerp, Belgium led to Jews being tackled and four arrests. Its reported that at least 17 people were present at the festivities...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS (INTENSE VIDEO EMBEDDED)
THE CENTRAL DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD IN BOISE, IDAHO MEETING LATE IN THE AFTERNOON ON NEWSDUMP FRIDAY TO VOTE ON NEW CORONAVIRUS CONTROLS AND RESTRICTIONS IN AND AROUND BOISE.
PROTESTERS IN THE HUNDREDS SHOWED UP AND THEN BOISE POLICE DEPLOYED. CITIZENS SHOUTING "LET US IN" TRYING TO GET INTO THE MEETING ROOM THAT WAS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC...VIDEO LINK....IDAHO STATESMAN VIDEO OF POLICE VERSUS PROTESTERS
THE CHRISTMAS CRACKDOWN WILL INCLUDE A MASK ORDER TO BE ENFORCED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER CONTROLS INCLUDING CHURCH RESTRICTIONS. GATHERINGS OF MORE THAN 10 PEOPLE TO BE BANNED.
THE HEALTH BOARD BACKED DOWN FROM A VOTE TONIGHT BUT WILL PUBLISH ITS CRACKDOWN PLANS TOMORROW AND VOTE ON THEM SUNDAY.
ITALY ROLLING OUT CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS FOR THE CHRISTMAS SEASON LIMTING MOVEMENT BETWEEN CITIES AND REGIONS, A SPECIAL CURFEW FOR THE TIME THE NEW YEAR WOULD NORMALLY BE CELEBRATED AND CLOSURE OF SKI RESORTS...ANI NEWS INDIA
AT A TIME WHEN MANY ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE ELECTION RESULTS HERE IN PENNSYLVANIA AND WANT LEGISLATORS TO REVERSE WHAT THEY SEE AS ELECTION FRAUD AND A STOLEN ELECTION, PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE STATE CAPITOL COMPLEX IS BEING SHUT OFF.
THE REASON BEING GIVEN FOR THE CLOSURE IS THE RISE IN THE NUMBER OF CASES OF COVID-19 IN THE STATE....WNEP WILKES BARRE-SCRANTON
Republican Georgia Governor Brian Kemp trying to shut down a lawsuit challenging the validity of the Presidential Election. Kemp claims that a temporary restraining order sought by lawyer Sidney Powell will hurt the runoff elections for US Senate on January 5th...BLOOMBERG-DETROIT NEWS
Kemp did decide to call on the Georgia Secretary of State to conduct a signature audit in an interview with Fox News last night...CBS 46 ATLANTA
A judge in Nevada throwing out a lawsuit from President Trump's campaign contesting the validity of the Presidential election...BREITBART
The federal government moving against the tech industry. The Justice Department suing Facebook over its use of foreign workers. Facebook accused of discriminating against US citizens by reserving 2,600 jobs for use by foreign nationals working on H-1B visas...
Also the National Labor Relations Board filing a complaint against Google. It says that Google targeted employees who were involved in union organizing for termination...BBC NEWS
President Trump ordering a pull out of most US military forces in the northeast African nation of Somalia...SPUTNIK NEWS RUSSIA
THE US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED TALKING TO THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF CHINA'S HUAWEI TELECOM FIRM ABOUT A PLEA DEAL. MENG WANZHOU DETAINED IN CANADA WITH THE US SEEKING EXTRADITION ON ALLEGATIONS OF BANK FRAUD.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTS THE US WANTS MENG TO ADMIT GUILT. SHE WOULD THEN BE ALLOWED TO RETURN HOME TO CHINA...SPUTNIK NEWS RUSSIA
JOE BIDEN IN AN EXTENSIVE INTERVIEW WITH CNN SAYS HE WILL ASK AMERICANS TO WEAR MASKS FOR 100 DAYS AND WILL HAVE DR. ANTHONY FAUCI NEAR HIM AS A 'CHIEF MEDICAL ADVISER'...CNN
Iran wants more from Joe Biden than he's putting on the table to get Iran back into talks about its nuclear activities. Foreign Minister Javad Zarif telling a virtual conference that the US must move the situation back to the original JCPOA deal of 2015. Zarif saying that President Trump's policy towards Iran is that of a "rogue regime" and that the US is in "grave breach" of a UN resolution endorsing JCPOA. Biden has called for "strict compliance" from Iran while also saying he has no "preconditions" for a return to nuclear talks with Iran...BBC NEWS
Meanwhile a leak to Reuters of a report from the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency that says Iran has plans to install centrifuges to enrich uranium. The Iranians committed themselves to such uranium enrichment in response to US policies of sanctioning Iran and moving away from the JCPOA nuclear agreement...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
Turkey's ruler President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said today:
"With Macron France is passing through a very, very dangerous period. I hope that France will get rid of Macron trouble as soon as possible"
The devout Muslim leader of Turkey spoke after Friday prayers in Istanbul. France's President Emmanuel Macron seeking to control mosques and other Islamic institutions in France that are seen as "radical" or "separatist" following recent terrorist incidents there. France and Turkey at odds over other matters including the Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict and energy exploration in the eastern Mediterranean...THE NATIONAL-UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
The OPEC+ nations including Russia planning an oil production boost for 2021 from the current rate which was sharply cut earlier this year due to the coronavirus. Oil prices have been on the rise recently as demand is picking up...AL MONITOR
Pennsylvania's Department of Transportation studying tolls on bridges as a new taxation method to replace gas tax revenue lost because of the coronavirus restrictions since March...KYW NEWSRADIO PHILADELPHIA
IN WASHINGTON THE DEMOCRAT CONTROLLED HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSED LEGISLATION TO LEGALIZE AND TAX MARIJUANA TODAY...POLITICO
A US District Judge in Brooklyn, New York ordering resumption of the DACA program for children arriving illegally in the United States as it existed during the Obama Administration...NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO
WALMART ANNOUNCING BONUS PAYMENTS TO ITS EMPLOYEES IN THE MIDST OF THE CORONAVIRUS SITUATION. FULL-TIME ASSOCIATES TO GET A 300 DOLLAR PAYMENT DECEMBER 24TH WHILE PART-TIME ASSOCIATES AND TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES WILL RECEIVE 150 DOLLARS....CBS NEWS
Disney shutting down its decades long Radio Disney venture early next year as the company restructures and cuts staff due to billions of dollars in losses because of the coronavirus situation...LOS ANGELES TIMES
THE CORONAVIRUS STATISTICS FROM WORLDOMETERS TODAY. IN THE USA 235,272 NEW POSITIVE TESTS REPORTED WHICH IS A RECORD NUMBER. 2,718 MORE DEATHS ATTRIBUTED TO COVID-19. THERE HAVE BEEN 8,658,882 RECOVERIES FROM THE VIRUS.
THE TOP THREE STATES CALIFORNIA 24,138, TEXAS 14,059 AND HERE IN PENNSYLVANIA 12,089. AMONG THE OTHER STATES NEW YORK 10,850, INDIANA 7,899, KANSAS 5,954, OKLAHOMA 4,827, LOUISIANA 3,099, UTAH 3,005 AND RHODE ISLAND 1,415.
AROUND THE WORLD 684,537 NEW CASES REPORTED WITH THE UNITED STATES LEADING THE NATIONS. AMONG THE OTHER COUNTRIES RUSSIA 27,403, ITALY 24,099, GERMANY 23,541, SERBIA 7,782 AND CANADA 6,299.
And that's the way it really is Friday December 4th, 2020 Day 264 in the Dictatorship of COVID-19 as measured here in Pennsylvania.
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