(SERVICE WHEN ABLE WEATHER RELATED DISRUPTIONS EDITING ADDITIONS THROUGH LATE THURSDAY EVENING)
A judge in Thurston County Washington coming down with a temporary restraining order against a restaurant offering indoor dining in violation of coronavirus restrictions. The Farm Boy Drive-In Restaurant already fined and the Washington Department of Labor and Industries now ratcheting up the pressure. A court hearing next week with criminal charges on the horizon...KING 5 NEWS
CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS BEING THREATENED IN AUSTRALIA'S MOST POPULOUS STATE NEW SOUTH WALES AFTER AT LEAST 28 COVID-19 INFECTIONS HAVE BEEN DETECTED LINKED TO AUSTRALIA'S LARGEST CITY SYDNEY....ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA
In Victoria state Australia an ombudsman for the government says the state's decision to impose a lockdown on high-rise buildings in the name of preventing the spread of COVID-19 violated human rights...REUTERS-STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE
INDONESIA IS JOINING IN THE CHRISTMAS CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN RESTRICTIONS WITH REDUCED HOURS ORDERED FOR BUSINESSES IN THE JAKARTA AREA AROUND CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S DAY...COCONUTS-INDONESIA
WHILE PEOPLE PEACEFULLY PROTESTED OUTSIDE THE CENTRAL DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD IN BOISE TUESDAY OPPOSING THE BOARD'S CHRISTMAS CORONAVIRUS CRACKDOWN, POLICE SWAT OFFICERS WERE ON THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING. A LARGE GROUP OF LAW ENFORCEMENT BEHIND BARRICADES FROM BOISE POLICE AND THE IDAHO STATE POLICE. THE BOARD SPLIT 3-3 AND THE RESTRICTIONS DID NOT PASS...VIDEO LINK
The French President Emmanuel Macron testing positive for COVID-19...
A JOINT STATEMENT BY US GOVERNMENT AGENCIES SAYS THAT THEIR NETWORKS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY A HACKING ATTACK THAT IS 'SIGNIFICANT AND ONGOING'. THE HACKERS BELIEVED TO BE OPERATING ON BEHALF OF RUSSIA...FRANCE 24
US Senator Ted Cruz, who represents the US energy industry state of Texas, confident that Russia's recently launched effort to complete the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline to the Germany can be stopped. Cruz, a sponsor of sanctions included in the defense spending bill that would hit any business supporting pipelaying vessels, believes that the Nord Stream 2 "will never deliver gas"...RADIO FREE EUROPE-RADIO LIBERTY
China's Chang-5 mission bringing back rock and soil samples from the moon...BBC NEWS
CORONAVIRUS STATS FOR THE USA TODAY VIA WORLDOMETERS 230,982 NEW POSITIVE TESTS. LEADING STATES CALIFORNIA 44,937, TEXAS 16,124 AND FLORIDA 13,148.
WORLDWIDE 721,392 NEW CASES REPORTED TODAY WITH THE US LEADING THE NATIONS. OTHER NATIONS INCLUDE THE UK 35,383, GERMANY 30,951, MEXICO 10,297 AND CANADA 7,008.
That's the way it really is Thursday December 17th, 2020 Day 277 in the Dictatorship of COVID-19 as measured here in Pennsylvania.
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