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Pennsylvania's Supreme Court overturning the sexual assault conviction of comedian Bill Cosby and the extreme heat in the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada linked to hundreds of deaths but first...
The Chief Health Officer in the Australian state of Queensland does not want people under 40 to get jabbed with the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine. Jeanette Young saying in part:
"I don't want an 18-year old in Queensland dying from a clotting illness who, if they got COVID probably wouldn't die"
Young made her comments during a media briefing today and you can see them beginning at 5:36 into the video...
NORTH KOREAN RULER KIM JONG-UN SAYS A 'GRAVE INCIDENT' HAS OCCURRED THREATENING THE SAFETY OF NORTH KOREA'S PEOPLE. THE 'GRAVE INCIDENT' RELATED TO COVID-19 EFFORTS IN THE COUNTRY.
KIM SLAMMING SENIOR RULING PARTY OFFICIALS FOR NEGLECTING THEIR OBLIGATIONS TO FIGHT THE CORONAVIRUS...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA
Israel expecting the number of positive tests for the coronavirus to be more than 500 a day next week. The number today 291 with the government considering restrictive measures.
The "Green Pass" system segregating vaccinated from unvaccinated Israelis may be imposed.
The "Delta Variant" spreading but the rate of hospitalization said to be low....TIMES OF ISRAEL
Russian President Vladimir Putin live on television today talking about the coronavirus in a "Direct Line" program. Putin saying vaccination will stop the spread of COVID-19 and touting four Russian vaccines as "safe"....TASS...Putin said that he received Russia's Sputnik V vaccine. He expressed his support for mandatory vaccination orders in some Russian regions...TASS
AND THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT ALSO OFFERING DIRECT COMMENT ON LAST WEEK'S PENETRATION OF RUSSIAN TERRITORIAL WATERS IN CRIMEA BY A BRITISH WARSHIP.
THE RUSSIAN MILITARY SAYS IT USED A PATROL BOAT AND FIGHTERS TO FIRE WARNING SHOTS AND DROP WARNING BOMBS INTO THE WATER. RUSSIA ALSO BELIEVES THE US WAS INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT.
MR. PUTIN SAYING HE DID NOT BELIEVE THE SINKING OF THE HMS DEFENDER HAD IT HAPPENED WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A BRINK OF WORLD WAR 3 EVENT ADDING:
"Even if we had sunk that ship, it would be difficult to imagine that this would have put the world on the brink of WWIII, since those who are doing this, they know that they cannot emerge victorious from this war"...TASS
Day Three of the trial of two men accused of trespassing at Idaho's State Capitol last year as Idaho's legislature considered coronavirus related legislation.
Ammon Bundy and Aaron Schmidt on trial. Bundy reflected on the second day of the trial and what he sees as a distortion of the case against him.
Bundy also noted that one witness indicated that mass arrests were planned last June during the legislature's special session...AMMON BUNDY SECOND DAY IN COURT VIDEO
TODAY THE PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED THE 2018 SEXUAL ASSAULT CONVICTION OF COMEDIAN BILL COSBY.
THE COURT IN ITS RULING SAID THAT A NON-PROSECUTION AGREEMENT REACHED BETWEEN COSBY AND A PREVIOUS MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA DISTRICT ATTORNEY PREVENTED HIM FROM BEING CHARGED IN A 2004 INCIDENT INVOLVING ANDREA CONSTAND.
ALSO THE COURT SAID HAVING FIVE PREVIOUS ACCUSERS TESTIFY AT THE TRIAL WAS IMPROPER....NEW YORK POST...TMZ...
COSBY RETURNED HOME FROM PRISON SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE DECISION WAS ANNOUNCED.....VIDEO LINK
ACTRESS ALLISON MACK GETTING A THREE YEAR PRISON SENTENCE WITH 1,000 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE AND A 20-THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE FOR HER ROLE IN THE NXVIM (NEXIUM) GROUP.
MACK PLED GUILTY TO FEDERAL CHARGES IN 2019. SHE RECRUITED WOMEN INTO THE GROUP LED BY KEITH RANIERE TO BE USED SEXUALLY....YAHOO ENTERTAINMENT
Former President Trump says that Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley "ought to resign".
Trump noting Milley's conduct during the riots-protests in the nation last year and his recent Congressional testimony defending "Critical Race Theory" the President saying in part:
"Milley went to Congress and actually defended Critical Race Theory being shoved down the throats of our soldiers.
This Marxist, racist anti-American propaganda has no place in our Military..."
DONALD J TRUMP GAB SOCIAL MEDIA
President Trump joining Texas Governor Greg Abbott at the Mexican border today to see the situation there firsthand. He participated in a briefing on the situation...
THE HOUSE VOTING TO CREATE A SELECT COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE EVENTS OF JANUARY 6TH AT THE US CAPITOL. THE VOTE ALONG PARTY LINES 222-190 WITH TWO REPUBLICANS (LIZ CHENEY OF WYOMING AND ADAM KINZINGER OF ILLINOIS) JOINING THE DEMOCRATS TO SUPPORT IT...CNN
US TROOP WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN MAY BE COMPLETED WITHIN DAYS. BUT AS MANY AS ONE THOUSAND TROOPS WILL REMAIN REMAIN TO SECURE THE US EMBASSY AND KABUL AIRPORT...ANI NEWS INDIA
The last German soldiers are out of Afghanistan. Germany's defense ministry made the announcement last evening. Germans part of an international force with the US military its major component...TRT WORLD TURKEY
Nearly 800 Italian military personnel returning home today from Afghanistan. Italy's defense minister says the withdrawal of his country's military is also completed....ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY
President Biden talking wildfires at the White House today. Biden meeting western governors and tribal leaders saying "we need a coordinated, comprehensive response".
Biden also broaching the notion that "wildfires are not a partisan phenomenon".
Conservatives-Republicans see the rising wildfire problem in the West as directly linked to environmental policies that have halted the removal of trees and brush in forested land that fuel the fires...THE HILL
AMAZON WANTS THE NEW HEAD OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION REMOVED FROM ANY ANTITRUST PROBES INTO ITS OPERATIONS.
THE COROPORATE GIANT CITING LINA KHAN'S PAST CRITICISM OF AMAZON FOR ITS ABUSES OF MONOPOLY POWER...THE HILL
A Pentagon official overseeing a cybersecurity initiative for defense contractors placed on leave six weeks ago amid suspicion over disclosure of classified information.
Katie Arrington was a Republican member of South Carolina's legislature and a congressional candidate in South Carolina before beginning her work at Pentagon in 2019.
Her lawyer says no final decisions have been made by the Pentagon about firing her or permanently revoking her security clearance...BUSINESS INSIDER
The British military halting a testing program for a new armored vehicle for a second time. Crew members affected by loud noise. The Ajax vehicle designed as a modern completely digital weapons system...BBC NEWS
The head of the World Food Program warning about a "famine of Biblical proportions" unless six billion US dollars can be raised to stop it.
David Beasley spoke at a conference of G20 nations on humanitarian aid in Italy today saying that 41 million people in 43 countries faced famine...BUENOS AIRES TIMES
He served in numerous Republican Administrations from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush Donald Rumsfeld dead at the age of 88.
Rumsfeld was twice Secretary of Defense including service during the 9/11 terrorist attacks that included one on the Pentagon itself where he was working at the time...FOX NEWS
The hot weather in the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada is believed to have contributed to hundreds of deaths.
In Oregon the number is at least 63 with 45 deaths in Multnomah County where Portland is located...OREGON LIVE
In Canada's British Columbia province 486 sudden and unexpected deaths recorded in recent days during the extreme heat most of victims said to be 70 years and older...CTV NEWS VANCOUVER
Coronavirus stats via Worldometers for today 14,144 new positive tests in the US and 389,130 Worldwide.
Those numbers last Wednesday 12.942 and 424,300.
Coronavirus stats from around the world today include 48,878 new positive tests in India, 45,859 in Brazil, 27,908 in Colombia, 26,068 in the UK and 21,042 in Russia.
Japan reporting 1,380. Last Wednesday the number 1,437.
Canada reporting 548. A week ago today 721.
And that's the way it really is Wednesday June 30th, 2021 Day 471 of the Dictatorship of COVID-19, Day 471 of America and the World held hostage.
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