Daily Archives: December 20, 2020

2020-12-20: News Headlines

Emanuel Pastreich (2020-12-20). The COVID-19 Pathology: Class and Information Warfare, Algorithms and the Role of Artificial Intelligence. globalresearch.ca COVID-19 is a cultural and institutional virus that eats away at the foundations of organized human action. The COVID19 campaign is best seen as a horrific coupling of two linked, but distinct, phenomena: the emergence of full-scale class warfare as …

David Hilzenrath (2020-12-20). Hearing Without Listening. The Pfizer "Experimental" Covid Vaccine. The FDA Vaccines Advisory Committee Review Process. globalresearch.ca The meeting of the Food and Drug Administration's

Michael Welch (2020-12-20). A Tribute to Three Great Internationalists. Robert Fisk, André Vltchek and Kevin Zeese. globalresearch.ca "We are called to speak for the weak, for the voiceless, for victims of our nation and for those it calls enemy, for no document from human hands can make these humans any less our brothers." | — Martin Luther King …

Project Veritas Action (2020-12-20). Project Veritas Releases Audio of Assange Warning U.S. Government of Damaging Leak of Classified Information. globalresearch.ca Project Veritas released today an exclusive audio tape of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaking in 2011 with State Department attorney Cliff Johnson, pleading with the government lawyer to act to contain the release of information classified by the U.S. government….

Prof. Nolan Higdon (2020-12-20). The H1N1 Swine Flu Pandemic: Manipulating Data to Enrich Drug Companies. globalresearch.ca This Project Censored Review by Prof. Nolan Higdon and William Smith on the H1N1 "pandemic" and vaccine scandal was originally published in 2010 following the 2009 H1N1 virus outbreak. | Below is the link to Michel Chossudovsky's detailed article which was …

South Front (2020-12-20). Video: Is Israel Searching for A Pretext to Invade Southern Syria? globalresearch.ca The Russian military and Russian-backed Syrian forces have been increasing their presence on the border with Iraq. | Less than a week ago, the Russian Military Police established a local HQ in al-Bukamal. Recently, the 5th Corps of the Syrian Army, …

Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel (2020-12-20). ‚ÄûNàºrnberger Prinzipien": Alle Verbrecher nach dem gleichen Maàü messen! globalresearch.ca Robert H. Jackson, US-amerikanischer Chefanklà§ger im Nàºrnberger Prozess gegen die deutschen Hauptkriegsverbrecher im Zweiten Weltkrieg sagte in seiner Erà∂ffnungsrede am 21. November 1945: | ‚Äû…wir dàºrfen niemals vergessen, dass nach dem gleichen Maàü, mit dem wir die Angeklagten heute messen, …

Nataliya Zaiser (2020-12-20). It's Time for Africa: Assessing Russia's Relations with the Continent. globalresearch.ca A Moscow-based public policy advisor specializing in Russia, the Eurasian Union and Africa explains some of the aspects of current Russia-Africa relations, problems and challenges, as well as its future perspectives. While over the past two decades, Russia's efforts to …

Ellen Brown (2020-12-20). Tackling the Infrastructure and Unemployment Crises: The "American System" Solution. globalresearch.ca A self-funding national infrastructure bank modeled on the "American System" of Alexander Hamilton, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin D. Roosevelt would help solve not one but two of the country's biggest problems. | Millions of Americans have joined the ranks of the …

John Goss (2020-12-20). "The Virus Lies Dormant Waiting to Strike": Getting Better — Not if Boris Has His Way. globalresearch.ca "And how are you today? Are you feeling all right?" | "Couldn't feel better, Doc. Thanks." | "Good. Good. But you do realise it hasn't gone away." | "No, I feel great." | "Unfortunately this is one of those illnesses you can never get …

Charles Farrier (2020-12-20). How To Use the Law to Break the Law. The Political Rhetoric to Curtail Freedoms. globalresearch.ca "With wrongs yet legal, curse a future age! | Still spread, fair Liberty! thy heav'nly wings, | Breath plenty on the fields, and fragrance on the springs." | Windsor Forest, Alexander Pope, 1713 | The UK government has introduced a parliamentary Bill that seeks …

Brian Berletic (2020-12-20). Russia's Hypersonic 'Zircon' Missile Takes Flight. "Can't Be Seen on Radar". Strategic Implications. globalresearch.ca Russian state media reported a successful test flight of its new hypersonic missile, the Zircon. Flying at Mach 8 (8 times the speed of sound or around 10,000 kph), the missile poses a new and credible threat to the air …

Akhilesh Pandey (2020-12-20). "This Is the Time to Unite": Trade Unions, Labourers Support the Farmers' Protest. asia-pacificresearch.com

Mehr News Agency (2020-12-20). "Food Industry Innovation Center" inaugurated in Tehran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 20 (MNA) — "Food Industry Innovation Center" was inaugurated in Tehran on Sun. in the presence of Vice-President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari and Tehran Mayor Pirouz Hanachi.

Nicole Karlis (2020-12-20). How Bunny the talking dog captured the internet and science's attention. salon.com But can she really talk? Her owner & researchers discuss communication and how this affects the human-canine bond…

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, Elliott Smith (2020-12-20). Law Student's Arrest 62-Years Ago Helped Inspire Youth-Led Movements for Social Change. commondreams.org Bruce Carver Boynton (1937—2020) exemplified the power of a young person to take a principled stand on behalf of human dignity. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

Sandipan Talukdar (2020-12-19). COVID-19 reinfection: Virus could hide itself in human chromosome, finds new study. peoplesdispatch.org Cases of reinfection by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that caused the COVID19 pandemic, have emerged all over the world. The two possibilities being considered largely are 1) the inability of the immune system to prevent a second attack and 2) the virus has a lingering affect. Taking on this problem, a research team from MIT and Harvard University, US, has found a different aspect. Their research was published in the pre-print server The study says that the coronavirus could hide in a…

Dr. Carrie Madej (2020-12-19). "COVID Vaccines" and "Genetically Modified Humans" globalresearch.ca The main video has been removed. This report was first published by Global Research on July 19, 2020 | In the following video, Dr. Carrie Madaj questions what "it is to be human". Why? Because the so-called "COVID" vaccines deploy recombinant …

Robert J. Burrowes (2020-12-19). Corrupt Science and Elite Power: Covid-19 "Techno-Slavery" and the "Great Reset" Are Now Imminent. globalresearch.ca Do you like to believe that scientists are studying the evidence — whether in relation to Covid-19 or anything else — and delivering high quality knowledge that can be used to guide public policymaking so that it might better serve …

The Canary (2020-12-19). Education body says the government's "11th hour" testing plans for schools are "chaotic and rushed" thecanary.co Headteachers could end up working on Christmas Day to put in place "11th hour" plans for the mass Covid-19 testing of students from January, an education sector body has warned.Sam Henson, director of policy and information at the National Governance Association (NGA), said more detail was needed by teachers on how new coronavirus testing systems would be implemented in schools by the new year.His comments came after the government announced secondary school and college pupils' return to class in England will be staggered in the first week of January to help schools roll out mass testing of students.Schools minis…

Dean Baker (2020-12-19). Helping the NYT Understand Its Reporting: China's Coverup Was Not the Cause of the Worldwide Spread of the Coronavirus. cepr.net The NYT had a very interesting piece on efforts by China's government to conceal and downplay the threat posed by the coronavirus. The piece reports on a number of Chinese government documents and directives that sought to minimize the threat posed by the pandemic. However the paper seriously misrepresents the meaning of its research, telling …

CBS (2020-12-19). VIDEO: "Honest Journalism" Then and Now: The CBS Report on the 1976 Swine Flu Vaccine. globalresearch.ca "The flu season is upon us. Which type will we worry about this year, and what kind of shots will we be told to take? Remember the swine flu scare of 1976? That was the year the U.S. government told …

Lesley Lavery (2020-12-19). The pandemic is causing teachers to flee the profession. salon.com America's public school teachers are emotionally exhausted and need help. What is to be done?>

teleSUR (2020-12-19). Nicaragua Partners with WFP to Strengthen School Meals Program. telesurenglish.net The Nicaraguan Government and representatives of the World Food Programme (WFP) held a meeting on Thursday to strengthen the School Meals Program, an initiative focused on the nutrition and safety of students. | RELATED: | Both parties discussed the creation of infrastructure in the schools as well as the training of professionals as part of a wider bilateral agreement between the government and the WFP. | O…

Colin Todhunter (2020-12-19). Dystopian "Great Reset": "Own Nothing and Be Happy", Being Human in 2030. globalresearch.ca The World Economic Forum's (WEF) annual meeting at the end of January in Davos, Switzerland, brings together international business and political leaders, economists and other high-profile individuals to discuss global issues. Driven by the vision of its influential CEO Klaus …

Beda M Stadler (2020-12-19). Coronavirus: Why Everyone Was Wrong. It is Not a "New Virus". "The Fairy Tale of No Immunity" globalresearch.ca So: Sars-Cov-2 isn't all that new, but merely a seasonal cold virus that mutated and disappears in summer, as all cold viri do — which is what we're observing globally right now. Flu viri mutate significantly more, by the way, and nobody would ever claim that a new flu virus strain was completely novel.

Ramona du Houx (2020-12-19). Californian Mayor, Standford student warn about fast fashion buying for holidays. indybay.org Consumers buy 43 percent more clothing items this time of year. This holiday season, Elected Officials to Protect America (EOPA) a group on non-partisan lawmakers from around the country, is encouraging the public to source the clothing they purchase, highlighting the environmental dangers and the unfair labor practices supported by fast fashion. EOPA hopes to discourage the purchase of fast fashion manufactured, all too often, in sweatshops, made of fabrics that shed microplastics when washed, polluting our land and waterways.

Paul Rosenberg (2020-12-19). Donald Trump and the politics of victimhood: From winning to whining. salon.com While the right wing has mastered the politics of perceived victimhood, new research suggests we're all its victims…

Online News Editor (2020-12-19). Thailand's 2020 protests: Unfulfilled demands and a shattered taboo. laprensalatina.com By Gaspar Ruiz-Canela Bangkok, Dec 19 (efe-epa). Months of student-led protests in Thailand have resulted in the frustration of demonstrators not yet having achieved their desired reforms and satisfaction over the historic accomplishment of breaking the taboo on speaking publicly on the monarchy. Just a few months ago, monarchical reform was a topic absent from …

Stephen Lendman (2020-12-18). "Unhealthy Americans". Best Healthcare For the Rich. Highest Child Poverty Among Developed Nations. globalresearch.ca The world's richest country USA has one of the least healthy populations. | Among developed nations, Americans have shorter lifespans, more illnesses and injuries — despite around double the per capita amount spent on healthcare compared to other developed countries. | In …

Mark Taliano (2020-12-18). The Controversial Covid RT-PCR Test: What Do We Know? globalresearch.ca We know that the PCR tests being used are not "fit for purpose", that they are for Research Use Only. They are not meant to be used as diagnostic tools, and the late inventor of the RT-PCR instruments was …

Philip Giraldi (2020-12-18). A Return to Normalcy? Joe Biden's Vision of Normal Raises Concerns. globalresearch.ca It has already been observed that Joe Biden's incoming cabinet looks a bit like old wine in new bottles, drawing as it does on veterans from the Barack Obama and even the Bill Clinton administrations. That's the bad news as …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2020-12-18). UK Parliamentarians, the British Press and Julian Assange. globalresearch.ca The number of figures extolling the merits of Britain's Westminster system and how it supposedly embodies a glorious model of democracy are too numerous to mention. This is despite exploits by the government of Boris Johnson, marked by the appointment …

Jon Rappoport (2020-12-18). When the Elderly and Frail Die after Receiving the COVID Vaccine. globalresearch.ca CNN has the story. And it's quite a story: "Why vaccinate our most frail? Odd vote out shows the dilemma", December 4. [1] | "The vote to recommend long-term care residents be among the first to receive Covid-19 vaccinations was not …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-12-18). A crise do Corona à escala mundial: A destruir a sociedade civil, engendrar depressà£o económica, golpe de Estado global e a "Grande Reinicializaàßà£o" globalresearch.ca Prefácio | A campanha de medo tem servido como instrumento de desinformaàßà£o. | No decorrer dos últimos onze meses, desde o princípio de Janeiro, tenho analisado quase diariamente a evoluàßà£o da crise do Covid. Desde o próprio anúncio em Janeiro de 2020, …

sputniknews (2020-12-18). High Temperatures Can Eliminate Coronavirus in Flight Deck, Boeing Study Finds. sputniknews.com The study was conducted in cooperation between engineers with US aerospace giant Boeing and researchers from the University of Arizona as part of the company's Confident Travel Initiative (CTI) to "enhance the safety and well-being of passengers and crews" during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

imperial.ac.uk (2020-12-18). Engaging young creatives with COVID-19 research. imperial.ac.uk Imperial researchers, together with a local theatre company, have supported young people to creatively engage in COVID-19 research.

RT (2020-12-18). WHO sending Covid-hunting team to Wuhan, China in January to probe origins of pandemic. rt.com Investigators from the World Health Organization (WHO) will head to China in January in a bid to unearth the origins of the coronavirus, officials said on Friday, more than a year after the first infections were reported there. | The United Nations health agency will send an international team of up to 15 scientists to Wuhan, the Chinese city where the coronavirus is first thought to have spread from a wet market. | The WHO's health emergencies chief, Dr Michael Ryan, said the researchers would travel to China in the first week of January, visiting Wuhan, which he said was the "purpose of the mission," as well…

WSWS (2020-12-18). What is the impact of $37,000 of student debt on a worker's life? wsws.org Under the current conditions, in which millions of people are unemployed due to the pandemic, student debt becomes even more debilitating for young people in the United States.

Global Research News (2020-12-18). Selected Articles: Scary 'R' Us: The Exaggerated Threat of Weapons of Mass Destruction. globalresearch.ca By We know that the PCR tests being used are not "fit for purpose", that they are for Research Use Only. They are not meant …

Rod Driver (2020-12-18). Scary 'R' Us: The Exaggerated Threat of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). globalresearch.ca "The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." (H. L. Mencken 1880-1956) | The mainstream media …

Marlee Kokotovic (2020-12-18). Education Secretary Betsy DeVos urges career staffers to block Biden's agenda when he steps into office. nationofchange.org One of Biden's promises, when he becomes president, is to forgive some of the student loan debt by providing $10,000 of student debt relief.

Dimitri Lascaris (2020-12-18). Why the Trump Administration's Extradition Request Against Meng Wanzhou Is a Farce. globalresearch.ca The National Post is apoplectic again. | This time, the target of…

Pavan Kulkarni (2020-12-18). Nurses strike at India's top government hospital restrained by High Court. peoplesdispatch.org The nurses' union at India's iconic institution, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, insists that arrears have been pending from as far back as 2006, while the hospital administration and government say this this claim is based on a misinterpretation…

Karen Kwiatkowski (2020-12-18). America's Ongoing Imperial Scam. globalresearch.ca President-elect Joe Biden …

Derek Royden (2020-12-18). More than just talk: How American progressives are working for change. nationofchange.org History teaches that progress takes time, those standing on the sidelines making unrealistic demands and criticizing those doing the work are only slowing it down.

Lizet Ocampo (2020-12-18). Learning the Lessons of the Latino Vote. counterpunch.org Among the many lessons learned in this year's election, one standout is that Latino voter turnout showed the power of extensive, culturally competent voter education and outreach. And in Georgia, we will soon discover whether progressive candidates have learned these lessons well enough to prevail again. Two critical U.S. Senate runoffs present an opportunity for

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2020-12-18). This Book Turns Everything You Thought You Knew About North Korea Upside Down. asia-pacificresearch.com

Askiah Adam (2020-12-18). New E-Book: Exploring the Coronavirus Crisis. Socio-economic Consequences of the Lockdowns. globalresearch.ca The International Movement for a JUST World (JUST) has published an ebook. "Exploring the Coronavirus Crisis", a collection of articles contributed by the President, the Vice President, some members of the Executive Committee, some individuals within the general membership and …

Zero Hedge (2020-12-17). First Glitches Emerge in COVID-Vax Rollout; Alaska Health Worker Suffers 'Serious Allergic Reaction'. globalresearch.ca A healthcare worker in Alaska was hospitalized on Tuesday with a 'serious allergic reaction' after receiving Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, according to the The person, who had no known drug allergies, was still in the hospital on …