Friday, March 19, 2021

NEWS SUMMARY INTELLIGENCE REPORT FRIDAY 3/19/2021 NEWSDUMP FRIDAY

 

                    (LIMITED SERVICE WITH FINAL POSTS PAST MIDNIGHT FRIDAY)



                         (NEWS, COMMENT, ANALYSIS)



An Oregon woman has again demonstrated that Texas is not a free state when it comes to masks.   Republican Governor Greg Abbott's rescinding of a state mask order does not stop businesses from forcing customers to wear masks.   


In fact people who don't wear masks are subject to arrest in the Lone Star state.   For the second time Terry Wright, 65, of Grants Pass, Oregon arrested for being unmasked...ASSOCIATED PRESS-OREGON LIVE




HUNDREDS OF MILES OF TRAFFIC JAMS IN THE PARIS AREA TODAY AS PEOPLE HURRIED TO BEAT THE FOUR WEEK CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN STARTING AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.     


ITS A LOCKDOWN THAT WILL AFFECT A LARGE PART OF FRANCE FROM PARIS NORTH AND A REGION ALONG THE ITALIAN BORDER.  PEOPLE WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE LOCKDOWN AREA FOR OTHER PARTS OF FRANCE AND WILL BE RESTRICTED TO WITHIN SIX MILES OF THEIR HOMES...(BFM-TV FRANCE GOOGLE TRANSLATION)



A full lockdown imposed again in the German city of Hamburg....BNO NEWSROOM-DEUTSCHE WELLE


FOUR MAJOR EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES   (FRANCE, GERMANY, ITALY AND SPAIN) RESUME USING THE ASTRAZENECA CORONAVIRUS VACCINE AFTER A SHORT PAUSE.    


THE BIG COUNTRIES SHORT PAUSE FOLLOWED A DECISION BY SMALLER COUNTRIES FOR A LONGER PAUSE IN ITS USE OVER BLOOD CLOT SIDE EFFECTS REPORTED TO HAVE CAUSED AT LEAST ONE DEATH IN AUSTRIA.



BUT IN FRANCE THE ASTRAZENCA VACCINE WILL ONLY BE RECOMMENDED FOR THOSE AGE 55 AND OVER WITH THE BLOOD CLOT RISK DEEMED TO BE GREATER FOR YOUNGER PEOPLE.   (BFM-TV GOOGLE TRANSLATION)



THE US IS ALLOWING FOUR MILLION DOSES OF THE ASTRAZENECA CORONAVIRUS...BBC NEWS...VACCINE TO BE EXPORTED TO CANADA AND MEXICO.    THIS TYPE OF VACCINE IS BEING MANUFACTURED IN THE US BUT HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED FOR USE HERE.




REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN MARJORIE TAYLOR-GREENE OF GEORGIA LOCKED OUT OF HER TWITTER ACCOUNT TODAY.   DEMOCRATS PROPOSING A RESOLUTION TODAY TO EXPEL HER FROM CONGRESS.... 



A SUPERSEDING FEDERAL INDICTMENT AGANST FOUR 'PROUD BOYS' MEMBERS NOW ACCUSED OF CONSPIRACY IN CONNECTION WITH THE CAPITOL INCIDENT OF JANUARY 6TH....RUSSIA TODAY




The White House says that five employees have lost their jobs over marijuana use.   That's in spite of an announcement of a more lenient policy.    The "Daily Beast" has reported that dozens of White House staffers have either been suspended, asked to resign or placed in a remote work program over their use of marijuana...METRO US-REUTERS



US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan facing off with Chinese counterparts in Anchorage, Alaska.   


Issues ranging from Hong Kong to Taiwan to China's treatment of its Uighur Muslim minority and cyber attacks on the US part of the talks.



Blinken saying that Chinese actions threaten:



"the rules based order that maintains global stability"



Chinese foreign policy official Yang Jiechi  saying that the United States:



"abuses so-called notions of national security to obstruct normal trade exchanges, and incite some countries to attack China"




                             BBC NEWS




The Houthi side of Yemen's civil war hitting a Saudi oil facility in the capital of Riyadh this morning using six drones.   The Saudis say the attack triggered a fire that is now under control...PRESS TV IRAN




A VOLCANIC ERUPTION TONIGHT IN ICELAND.    THOUSANDS OF EARTHQUAKES IN THE AREA RECENTLY.   THE ERUPTION JUST 19 MILES AWAY FROM THE CAPITAL CITY REYKJAVIK.



A LOCAL REPORT DESCRIBES THE ERUPTION AS 'SMALL' AND ADDS THAT SO FAR NO ASH HAS FALLEN FROM THE SKY.    GAS COULD BE A DANGER NEAR THE SITE OF THE ERUPTION....RUV ICELAND PUBLIC BROADCASTING




TURKISH PRESIDRNT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN CALLING JOE BIDEN'S REMARKS ABOUT VLADIMIR PUTIN THIS WEEK INAPPROPRIATE AND "UNACCEPTABLE"....THE HILL




A Russian national has pled guilty to federal charges.    Egor Kriuchkov accused of conspiring to hack into Tesla's computer network.   He will sentenced on May 10th...TASS




   "He was blatantly looking down my shirt"



That's part of the accusation revealed by the "New York Times" today from another woman on New York Democrat Andrew Cuomo's staff alleging sexual misconduct.



            "Nothing in this is remarkable"



Cuomo's response to the accusation...ABC 7 NEW YORK (VIDEO EMBEDDED)





President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris in Atlanta today in opposition to "hate" following the mass killing of eight victims in the Atlanta suburb of Cherokee County this week.    Police there do not call what happened a "hate crime".



The church of suspect Robert Aaron Long who says he had a sex addiction problem speaking out on the killings today.     The statement noted the "callous disregard for human beings created in the image of God" and said "We pray for both earthly justice and divine justice"....NEW YORK POST




THE HOUSE HAS PASSED LEGISLATION TO CREATE A PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP FOR THE "DREAMERS" CHILDREN WHO ENTERED THE US ILLEGALLY.    THE BILL ALSO APPLIES TO THOSE WHO ENJOY TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS IN THE US....BERNAMA NEWS MALAYSIA




The leader of the influential Iranian-backed Hezbollah group in Lebanon, Hassan Nasrallah, says there are internal and external forces trying to ignite a civil war in the county.   Nasrallah saying that's a red line and that Hezbollah will not allow that to happen...PRESS TV IRAN




THE PRIEST WHO OFFICIATED AT AN INAUGURAL MASS FOR PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS NOW UNDER INVESTIGATION.   REV. KEVIN O'BRIEN ON LEAVE FROM HIS POSITION AS PRESIDENT OF SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY FOLLOWING UNSPECIFIED ALLEGATIONS...NEW YORK POST




The judge at the Derek Chauvin trial in Minneapolis ruling against moving the trial to another location or delaying it.    


Judge Peter Cahill wants to have some 15 jurors in place with the trial set to start a week from Monday...MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE



News leaking out of the Biden Administration about the Trump Administration easing sanctions on an Israeli mining magnate accused of corruption.    The story is that the decision regarding Dan Gertler was influenced by Israeli officials like Mossad intelligence chief Yossi Cohen and former ambassador to the US Ron Dermer.



Word is that Biden Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has resumed the sanctions on Gertler...BNN BLOOMBERG





The coronavirus statistics for today via Worldometers showing 65,981 new positive tests in the US and 505,914 Worldwide.     One major nation that did not report today and has been reporting some 30,000 or more positive tests daily France.



These numbers compare with 66,785 and 488,414 last Friday.



The leading nation for new positive tests today Brazil with 89,409 compared to 84,087 last Friday.   Poland reported 25,998 new positive tests today compared to 18,775 last Friday.  Turkey reporting 21,030 new positive tests today.



Expressed in percentages the number of Americans partially vaccinated 23.13 percent of the population and the number of Americans fully vaccinated 12.70 percent of the population.



That's the way it really is Friday March 19th, 2021 Day 368 of the Dictatorship of COVID-19, Day 368 of America and the World held hostage.











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