It was reported Chinese military aircraft conducted an exercise that simulated an attack on a U.S. aircraft carrier as tensions in the region continue to simmer after Beijing announced last week that Taiwan’s independence would mean war. The Financial Times, citing intelligence officials from the U.S. and other countries, reported the pilots in the H-6...
Tag: feb 2 2021
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MYANMAR MILITARY COUP: NOTHING NEW
Myanmar’s military on Monday detained the country’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, declared a state of emergency, and took control of the government until a new election next year. Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy called for her immediate release. Reuters reported that her whereabouts since the siege is unknown. The U.N. Security Council planned...
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TECH GIANTS AND NATION STATES: WHO CONTROLS WHO?
At a virtual Davos agenda meeting of the World Economic Forum, Russian President Vladimir Putin asserted that technology corporations are rivaling the power of nation-states. “These are not just economic giants. In some areas they are already de facto competing with the state,” Putin said in an address. Russia is currently accelerating regulatory pressure on...
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YOUTUBE DEMONETIZES THE EPOCH TIMES
The ability of insurgent media companies to gain followers and generate income via social media platforms took another hit this week. The Epoch Times, a Washington-based newspaper offering counter-narratives to Jeff Bezos’s Washington Post, has found itself demonetized by YouTube. The change means they can no longer make money from videos they post on the...
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HOW ENCRYPTED SOCIAL MEDIA MAY DISRUPT THE WORLD
During the Wall Street “GameStop” furor this week, there were various attempts to clamp down on the activity of traders on the Reddit group Wall Street Bets. The NYSE halted trading of GameStop stock, and even when they relented, Robinhood and other popular trading apps disabled and limited trades, or experienced mysterious disruptions in service....
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ADVOCACY GROUP: FORCED VACCINATIONS ARE ILLEGAL
Yesterday, RT reported, “All 78 residents at a nursing home in central Spain have tested positive for Covid-19 after being given their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, and at least seven people have died, staff confirmed on Monday.” This past Saturday, demonstrators chanting and holding banners “99.96% Survival Rate” and “End the Lockdown,” forced...
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JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE SHOWS MIXED RESULTS
Johnson & Johnson has disclosed results from tests so far of its COVID-19 vaccine. Though the overall effectiveness of the vaccine was only 66 percent, inoculations did show better numbers in preventing severe cases. One advantage of the company’s vaccine is that it requires only a single dose. “In a pandemic, if you can, with...
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BACK TO SCHOOL: NEW CDC STUDY SHOWS COVID SPREAD LOW
A new CDC study may make it harder for resistant teachers’ unions to continue to oppose in-person learning until teachers can be vaccinated. The study, released by the CDC, shows that in-person learning poses no elevated threat of COVID-19 spread. Conducted at 17 rural schools in Wisconsin, the study showed that over 13 weeks, there...
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REGNERON TOUTS EFFECTIVENESS OF “PASSIVE VACCINE” ANTIBODY COCKTAIL
An antibody cocktail engineered by Regeneron made the news after several promising studies. One showed that the REGEN-COV treatment was highly effective against the most widespread strain of the COVID-19 virus. And another study by a Columbia University lab in conjunction with Regeneron scientists demonstrated that the antibody cocktail was effective against SARS-CoV-2 variants first...
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VAX FACTS BANNED BY MEDIA
The Children’s Health Defense, a non-profit advocacy group founded by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is committed to “supporting not only informed consent for any medical procedure but also the need for factual and unbiased medical information regarding benefits and risks.” On 29 January, a letter signed by Alix Mayer, President of the California Chapter of...