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2020-04-15: Social Media Postees

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Imperial welcomes world-leading health, research and education designation
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-04-15
Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre has been redesignated an AHSC for a further five years.
imperial.ac.uk/news/196894/imperial-welcomes-world-leading-health-research-education

'Slaying Goliath': Diane Ravitch on the fight to save America's public schools
Rob Boston | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-15
In her new book Slaying Goliath: The Passionate Resistance to Privatization and the Fight to Save America's Public Schools, Diane Ravitch writes with anger–but it's righteous anger, it's justified and it's what we need right now. Ravitch, a longtime education writer and a research professor of ed ≠u ≠cation at New York University, examines the forces determined …
peoplesworld.org/article/slaying-goliath-diane-ravitch-on-the-fight-to-save-americas-public-schools/

10th Amendment on Presidential Powers; Destruction of Food Crime Against Humanity
Basic Education | indybay.org | 2020-04-15
Contrary to Nazi Trump, his powers are limited by the 10th Amendment to the Constitution. Meanwhile, neither he nor any governor is buying the vegetables and milk being destroyed by farmers who lost schools and restaurant customers and donating the food and milk to food banks where millions of starving people line up every day for food, or what is left of the food since the food banks are running out of food.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/13/18832337.php

Imperial welcomes world-leading health, research and education designation
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-04-15
Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre has been redesignated an AHSC for a further five years.
imperial.ac.uk/news/196894/imperial-welcomes-world-leading-health-research-education

'My child is not a guinea pig' petition gets thousands of signatures as Denmark re-opens schools amid Covid-19 pandemic
rt.com | 2020-04-15
Denmark has made the decision to reopen schools for younger children after a month-long lockdown, becoming the first country in Europe to relax coronavirus restrictions on education. | Schools have been given new guidelines around limiting the number of children in classrooms and rearranging the desks two meters apart from each other. The measure was welcomed by some parents. Caroline, a 38-year-old mother of two, told AFP that she feels "really good about the kids going back to school." | However, others are still worried that the easing of restrictions may be coming too soon. A petition titled 'My child is n…
rt.com/news/485897-denmark-coronavirus-reopen-schools/

DeVos Group, Right-Wing Fringe Organization Threaten Public Health
commondreams.org | 2020-04-15
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/04/15/devos-group-right-wing-fringe-organization-threaten-public-health?cd-origin=rss

US Flexes Military Might in Front of Russian Forces with F-35 Flight Over Syria
Almasdar News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
The U.S. military flew their new F-35 stealth jet over Syria's skies this past week, as they display their strength in front of the Russian Armed Forces who are only a few kilometers away from the American troops in the …
globalresearch.ca/us-flexes-military-might-front-russian-forces-f-35-flight-syria/5709724

Global Research: Your Daily Panoramic View of World Events
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
Since 2001, Global Research has established an international network of authors, scholars and investigative journalists. Our news coverage comes from a multitude of diverse perspectives to offer you a panoramic view of the current state of the world on a …
globalresearch.ca/global-research-your-daily-panoramic-view-of-world-events/5709754

Is Putin Laying a Petroleum Trap for Trump?
Scott Ritter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
The G20 met in virtual session on April 10, ostensibly to address the crippling one-two punch brought on by the economic impact of coronavirus and the simultaneous collapse of the price of oil resulting from Russia and Saudi Arabia flooding …
globalresearch.ca/putin-laying-petroleum-trap-trump/5709710

Africa Is Relying on its Own Forces in Fight Against Covid-19
Aminata Touré | commondreams.org | 2020-04-15
A scientific staff member works in a secure laboratory, researching the coronavirus, at the Pasteur Institute in Dakar on February 3, 2020. (Photo: Seyllou / AFP / Getty images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Indian scientists discover new type of coronavirus in two species of fruit BAT
rt.com | 2020-04-15
While the world battles against the rapidly spreading Covid-19 disease, another type of coronavirus has been discovered in bats inhabiting India, a new study has found. | Some 25 bats have tested positive for the new coronavirus dubbed BtCoV, local media reported, citing a study by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). The tested animals are from the bat species Rousettus and Pteropus, commonly referred to as fruit bats. They were found in India's southern states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, as well as in Himachal Pradesh state in the Western Himalayas. | "These bat coronaviruses have no rela…
rt.com/news/485896-india-bat-coronavirus-study/

Video: Turkish Forces Clash with Their Own Proxies on M4 Highway in Southern Idlib
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
On April 13, the Turkish Army and its proxies from the so-called Free Syrian Police clashed with supporters of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and other radical Idlib groups east of the town of Nayrab on the M4 highway. | According to sources …
globalresearch.ca/video-turkish-forces-clash-own-proxies-m4-highway-southern-idlib/5709673

A Lethal Brew: Israel's Racism and the Pandemic
James J. Zogby | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
While reporting from Israel/Palestine has focused on Israel's difficulties in forming a new government and on measures being taken by Israelis to deal with the Coronavirus pandemic, the story behind the story is the role anti-Arab racism has played in …
globalresearch.ca/israel-racism-pandemic/5709712

How Coronavirus Is Destroying Donald Trump's Presidency
Peter Oborne | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
The coronavirus pandemic is on the verge of destroying Donald Trump's presidency, with momentous consequences not just for the United States but also the world. | Mercifully, Trump himself has tested negative for the virus. But his leadership has …
globalresearch.ca/how-coronavirus-destroying-donald-trump-presidency/5709709

Researchers blast Swedish govt for disastrous Covid-19 strategy, claim country's death toll headed for 'heights of Italy'
rt.com | 2020-04-15
A group of 22 researchers has penned a letter demanding "swift and radical action" by the Swedish government to prevent the further spread of coronavirus in the country and the potential collapse of its healthcare system. | The scientists published an open letter lambasting the government for its herd immunity strategy and claiming the Swedish health authorities had failed the country as few, if any, restrictions have been put in place. | According to the group, Sweden's Public H…
rt.com/news/485839-sweden-coronavirus-response-criticism/

Labour's Explosive Report Shows How Right-wing Officials Sabotaged the Party
Alex Snowdon | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
A leaked 850-page report provides a wealth of information about how senior officials undermined Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the Labour Party. Titled 'The work of the Labour Party's Governance and Legal Unit in relation to antisemitism, 2014-2019', it particularly documents …
globalresearch.ca/labour-explosive-report-shows-how-right-wing-officials-sabotaged-party/5709704

IMF Projects Global Economy in 2020 to Contract by a Mere 3%. Is this a Joke?
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
Background | The International Monetary Fund projects that the global economy will fall by three percent in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. | The IMF chief economist branded the widespread restrictions around the world as the Great Lockdown. Gita Gopinath said …
globalresearch.ca/imf-projects-global-economy-2020-contract-3/5709691

Pick your poison: Scientists develop opioid alternative using VENOM from 'extremely aggressive' spider
rt.com | 2020-04-15
Scientists in Australia have made a significant if somewhat strange breakthrough in the development of non-addictive, but equally effective, alternative painkillers to opioids… by using spider venom. | Dr Christina Schroeder and her team of researchers at the University of Queensland have created novel tarantula mini-proteins by using the venom of a Chinese bird spider, "considered extremely aggressive and highly venomous." | The mini protein, called Huwentoxin-IV, binds to pain receptors in the body and has been engineered for greater potency and targeting of specific pain receptors. | The experimental new…
rt.com/news/485847-painkiller-spider-venom-opioid-crisis/

Venezuela Has the Lowest Contagion Rate in Latin America
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
According to data compiled through April 11, Venezuela had carried out 181,335 COVID-19 tests, which allowed this South American country to detect patients in time and become the Latin American nation with the lowest infection rate. | " President Nicolas Maduro's | …
globalresearch.ca/venezuela-lowest-contagion-rate-latin-america/5709721

Will Covid-19 Awake Us? The Unconscious System Plague
Prof. John McMurtry | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
Like others, I have thought from the first day of the Covid-19 pandemic that it was forcing us to awake from exponential life-system destruction by 'business as usual' to our common life-ground. | In the words of the formerly neo-liberal Governor …
globalresearch.ca/will-covid-19-awake-us-unconscious-system-plague/5709682

German Lawyer Sent to Psychiatric Ward for Organizing Protest Against COVID-19 Lockdown
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
In the Soviet Union, activists were sent to state psychiatric wards. According to the state, any and all opposition to government policy was considered a form of mental illness. | Stephanie Buck writes about the treatment of the "social parasite" Joseph …
globalresearch.ca/german-lawyer-sent-psych-ward-organizing-protest-against-covid-19-lockdown/5709685

US Hospitals Getting Paid More to Label Cause of Death as 'Coronavirus'
Wayne Dupree | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
Senator Scott Jensen represents Minnesota. He's also a doctor. He appeared on Fox News with Laura Ingram where he revealed a very disturbing piece of information. | Dr. Scott Jensen says the American Medical Association is now "encouraging" doctors to overcount …
globalresearch.ca/hospitals-getting-paid-more-label-cause-death-coronavirus/5709720

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-15
COVID-19 is the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Because SARS-CoV-2 is a novel coronavirus, researchers are still learning how the virus affects the body. And this raises questions for pregnant women. Can COVID-19 affect pregnancy? Is breastfeeding safe? How can a pregnant woman protect herself from the disease? On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-pregnancy-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/

Trump's Cyprus Signalling Is More Against Turkey Than Russia
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
The Al-Monitor portal has left many extremely surprised with news that was not expected in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. With over 600,000 cases and 25,000 deaths in the U.S., President Donald Trump has made a bold geopolitical move …
globalresearch.ca/trump-cyprus-signalling-more-against-turkey-russia/5709738

Corruption at the WHO. Trump Regime COVID-19 Blame Game Diverts Attention from Its Own Failings
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
Trump is the latest in a long line of US leaders and other key officials who time and again blame others for their own harmful actions and failings. | On Tuesday, Trump directed his blame game at the World Health Organization …
globalresearch.ca/trump-regime-covid-19-blame-game-diverts-attention-own-failings/5709729

People 'Should be Leery About' a Coronavirus Vaccine
Adam Dick | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
Ron Paul, in a Monday interview with host Dan Dicks at Press for Truth, warns that people "should be leery about" coronavirus vaccines that may come out. Further, says Paul, a doctor and former United States House of Representatives …
globalresearch.ca/people-should-leery-about-coronavirus-vaccine/5709705

Science Saturday: The new super power of handwashing
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-15
Researchers are hard at work identifying ways to help patients with COVID-19, which is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. But in the meantime, one common household object can be used to help prevent infection. Soap. Good old soap, the Clark Kent of clean, is really the superhero fatty acid salt, the Superman of clean. Soap …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/science-saturday-the-new-super-power-of-handwashing/

"Madam, How Can I Have Any Plans?"
Barbara Nimri Aziz | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
"I am searching for medicine for my mother; I've no money to repair my car; I have my sister asking me to help her son; I have come to the end of our food ration for this week." | A reply …
globalresearch.ca/madam-how-can-i-have-any-plans/5709694

If Coronavirus Overwhelms Gaza, Israel Alone Is to Blame
Jonathan Cook | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
The Palestinians of Gaza know all about lockdowns. For the past 13 years, some two million of them have endured a closure by Israel more extreme than anything experienced by almost any other society

Brazil: Chloroquine Studies Suspended After 11 People Die
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-15
Eleven people died in Manaus, in the state of Amazonas, Brazil, during a study conducted with high doses of the drug chloroquine. | RELATED: | Cuba: Government Implements New Measures to Prevent COVID-19 | Eighty-one patients participated in the research, 41 of whom received a high dose of chloroquine. | After three days of treatment, those who received the highest dose of chloroquine began to have heart arrhythmias. | On the sixth day of treatment, 11 of thm died, leading the gr…
telesurenglish.net/news/brazil-chloroquine-studies-suspended-after-11-people-die-20200415-0009.html

Coronavirus and the Coming Financial Revolution
Michael Kern | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
The coronavirus pandemic is one of the biggest and unprecedented seismic shifts in the global economy that we've ever seen in modern history, and it's just getting started. | Already, economies around the world are shutting down. The federal reserve has …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-coming-financial-revolution/5709714

Scientists Study Relationship Between Emotions and Touching Different Textures
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-15
Russian scientists have found that the sensations of touching various textures affect the emergence of certain emotions. According to the authors of a study, the findings will help research the perception of emotions through touching objects in greater detail.
sputniknews.com/science/202004151078952484-scientists-study-relationship-between-emotions-and-touching-different-textures/

Astronauts Spending Long Time in Space Have Greater Dementia Risk, Claims New Study
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-15
Researchers are now working to solve all these issues as space agencies prepare to launch manned missions to Mars. The journey to the Red Planet lasts between 200-300 days.
sputniknews.com/science/202004151078964371-astronauts-spending-long-time-in-space-have-greater-dementia-risk-claims-new-study/

I Warned About Trump's Attacks on Science, But Didn't Predict the Horror That Lay Ahead
Ariel Dorfman | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-15
" °Abajo la inteligencia! °Viva la muerte!" 5Those infamous words

Trump's attack on science
Ariel Dorfman | zcomm.org | 2020-04-15
My own dire prophecies failed to adequately predict the future and today I see Trump as someone far more terrifying…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/trumps-attack-on-science/

This is where all 50 states stand on reopening
koat.com | 2020-04-15
Along with expanding testing and tracing, governors across the country are highlighting the importance of using science and advice from health officials rather than politics to choose when to reopen the economy.
koat.com/article/this-is-where-all-50-states-stand-on-reopening-economy/32156903

Bay Area Refuse Fascism Members Bang Pots, Call for Removal of Trump/Pence
On 2nd "OUTNOW! Tuesday" | indybay.org | 2020-04-15
In light of the coronavirus pandemic, Refuse Fascism updated their 2020 Statement of Conscience/Call To Act. Included here are photos and a 4 second video of members displaying signage, wearing masks, maintaining physical distancing and banging pots on an "Out Now Tuesday" April 14. At the same time, 7pm, at other locations in the Bay Area, members shouted "Trump Pence Out Now!" for neighbors to hear.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/15/18832371.php

German National Academy of Sciences demands reopening of primary schools
wsws.org | 2020-04-15
The call for human life to be weighed against economic value runs through the statement from start to finish.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/15/leop…

Bay Area Refuse Fascism Members Bang Pots, Call for Removal of Trump/Pence
Statement of Conscience | indybay.org | 2020-04-15
In light of the Coronavirus pandemic, Refuse Fascism updated their 2020 Statement of Conscience/Call To Act. Included here are photos and a 4 second video of members displaying signage, wearing masks, maintaining physical distancing and banging pots on an "Out Now Tuesday" April 14. At the same time, 7pm, at other locations in the Bay Area, members shouted "Trump Pence Out Now!" for neighbors to hear.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/15/18832371.php

Vitamin C effective against COVID-19: Expert
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-15
Vitamin C is a simple yet effective molecule in fighting the novel coronavirus, according to an expert."Our most important agents are hydroxychloroquine and favipiravir. Besides these, we also have high-dose vitamin C treatment," Professor Mutlu Demiray, a scientific advisor at the Health Sciences University in Istanbul, told Anadolu Agency."Vitamin C does not interact with these drugs, has no side effects and is safe," Demiray added.Stressing that vitamin C is effective in treating COVID-19, Demiray cited a study in scientific journal JAMA that "pointed out that administering vitamin C to intensive-care patients…
yenisafak.com/en/life/vitamin-c-effective-against-covid-19-expert-3517010

Fortnite Fans Mourn, Scoff New Season Delay on Social Media as Epic Games Expects Early June Release
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-15
One of the world's most popular games with millions of players has delayed the release of its new season to June, sparking disappointment and anger on social media, it was found on Wednesday.
sputniknews.com/science/202004151078961542-fortnite-fans-mourn-scoff-new-season-delay-on-social-media-as-epic-games-expects-early-june-release/

U.S. Will Always Be Remembered as a COVID-19 Pariah State
Wayne Madsen | iranian.com | 2020-04-15
The anti-science, conspiracy-driven, and radical right-wing agenda of the Trump administration has directly led to the needless deaths of tens of thousands of Americans and foreign citizens amid the worst pandemic to strike the world since the 1918 influenza scourge. Like any fascist tyrant, Trump requires scapegoats to maintain his power base and he has …
iranian.com/2020/04/15/u-s-will-always-be-remembered-as-a-covid-19-pariah-state/

Working-Class Students Doing Double Duty During Coronavirus
Douglas Medina | commondreams.org | 2020-04-15
A medical worker walks near a coronavirus intake tent at the University Hospital of Brooklyn on April 14, 2020 in New York City, United States. New York has been the hardest hit city in the nation from the COVID-19 outbreak. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/views/2020/04/15/working-class-students-doing-double-duty-during-coronavirus?cd-origin=rss

Hawaii governor proposing a 20% pay cut to teachers, 10% reduction to other public workers, unions say
koat.com | 2020-04-15
News outlets said unions have reported the governor's proposal would involve a 20% pay cut for teachers and 10% reduction for other public workers, such as nurses.
koat.com/article/hawaii-governor-proposing-a-20-pay-cut-to-teachers-10-reduction-to-other-public-workers-unions-say/32162675

37,000 More Americans May Die Because Trump Did Not Take COVID-19 Seriously
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-15
Two epidemiologists, writing an op-ed together in The New York Times on Wednesday, are suggesting that earlier efforts to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus

Drive-Thru Service for Antibodies to CCP-Wuhan Corona Virus
KOOK | thepeoplescube.com | 2020-04-15

People's Blog

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21 million Chinese dead due to COVID-19 story is FAKE NEWS
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-04-15
Did new US intelligence data reveal that 21 million people died in China from December 2019 to March 2020 due to the novel coronavirus? No, that's not true: An online article being shared uses a statistic about a drop in cellphone users to make a faulty supposition that this figure reflects COVID-19 deaths in China. …
truepublica.org.uk/global/21-million-chinese-dead-due-to-covid-19-story-is-fake-news/

Life in Cuba exposed in rare video
Captain Craptek | thepeoplescube.com | 2020-04-15

People's Blog

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Czech Police Make Nude Sunbathers Wear Corona-Virus Masks
jackalopelipsky | thepeoplescube.com | 2020-04-15

People's Blog

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Michigan Governor bans stores from selling vegetable seeds
RedDiaperette | thepeoplescube.com | 2020-04-15

People's Blog

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2020-04-14: News Headlines

RT (2020-04-14). Beijing greenlights two coronavirus vaccines for clinical trials — health officials. rt.com China has approved clinical trials for two coronavirus vaccines, Xinhua reported on Tuesday, citing the country's Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism, potentially paving a path to a cure for the lethal pathogen gripping the globe. Tests have already begun for both compounds. | Developed by the China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) and the Beijing-based Sinovac Research and Development Co Ltd, both potential cures are "inactivated," meaning they consist of virus particles with no ability to produce disease, in contrast to "live" vaccines. | First appearing in the Chinese city of Wuhan late last yea…

RT (2020-04-14). Chinese scientists identify drug that reduces risk of severe pneumonia during Covid-19 infection. rt.com Most of the deaths arising from the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic have been due to severe pneumonia caused by the virus. But now Chinese researchers say they may have found a drug that reduces the risk of dangerous complications. | A group of Chinese medics studying 564 coronavirus patients, including 61 with acute pneumonia, in several hospitals across the country during January and February, have discovered an interesting pattern. | Their

RT (2020-04-14). No aliens but massive destruction: Study offers theory about ORIGIN of mysterious interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua. rt.com Fresh research has suggested a very violent origin story for the rocky, cigar-shaped, interstellar visitor known as 'Oumuamua that has wandered into our solar system in recent years. | The mysterious object was spotted hurtling through our galactic neighborhood in October 2017 and was given its unusual name after the Hawaiian word for messenger. | Astronomers quickly realized that the object had several peculiar qualities, including its highly elongated shape, its apparent ability to accelerate without the help of gravity and its lack of an envelope of gas or dust. | The odd combination of characteristics led…

RT (2020-04-14). Is EVERYTHING broken? Earth has a 'leaky core' resulting in iron-rich lava eruptions, researchers find. rt.com Amid growing anxiety over the coronavirus pandemic, it would be nice if we could at least rely upon the solidity of the Earth. Think again, says a new study, which found the inner layer of our planet is discharging metal material.

Steven Sahiounie (2020-04-14). The Arab-Israeli Alliance Is Fueling Conflicts in the Middle East. globalresearch.ca There are 2 camps in the Middle East: those countries which work with 'Israel', and those who do not. The countries which have established relationships with 'Israel' are Turkey; United Arab Emirates (UAE); Saudi Arabia; Qatar; Bahrain; Oman; Jordan; Egypt. …

WSWS (2020-04-14). New York Democratic mayor de Blasio forces teachers to work during spring break. wsws.org New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio cut public school vacation during April, including for religious holidays, on the same day that the New York state legislature gave Governor Andrew Cuomo broad powers to impose budget cuts on education.

WSWS (2020-04-14). New York City makes first wave of massive budget cuts to public education. wsws.org New York City Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio announced last week that he will cut hundreds of millions of dollars from the city's education budget as well as funding for other critical programs.

en.mehrnews (2020-04-14). Statute of Iranian National Commission for UNESCO amended. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 14 (MNA) — The Statute of the Iranian National Commission for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has been amended.

Robert Norse (2020-04-14). Tiny But Tough-Love Tour of Shame to Demand Opening Up Motel Rooms for Shelter Now ! indybay.org In an Easter Sunday sweep through the City by car, several of us will gather (safely in our cars or at 6′ distance with protective gear) 2 PM at Laurel and Front St. We will distribute survival gear and provisions to folks outside around the City and conduct an educational tour of shame to counter the rosy fabrications of Sentinel and city/county officialdom.

Basic Education (2020-04-14). 10th Amendment on Presidential Powers; Destruction of Food Crime Against Humanity. indybay.org Contrary to Nazi Trump, his powers are limited by the 10th Amendment to the Constitution. Meanwhile, neither he nor any governor is buying the vegetables and milk being destroyed by farmers who lost schools and restaurant customers and donating the food and milk to food banks where millions of starving people line up every day for food, or what is left of the food since the food banks are running out of food.

Staff (2020-04-14). Headlines for April 14, 2020. democracynow.org New York Says Coronavirus Cases May Be Stabilizing But Hospitals Still Overwhelmed, 50 NYC Education Employees, Including At Least 21 School Teachers, Have Died of COVID-19, New Jersey Grapples with Surge in Cases as Deaths Mount in Veterans' and Nursing Homes, Deceased COVID-19 Patients Were Piled into Vacant Rooms as Detroit Hospital Overwhelmed with Cases, Virginia Pastor Who Held Packed Services, Defying Order to "Stay at Home," Dies of COVID-19, Sailor from Coronavirus-Stricken USS Theodore Roosevelt Dies of COVID-19, At Least 19 Immigrant Children Infected with COVID-19 at Chicago Facility, Demolition of Ch…

Pepe Escobar (2020-04-14). Confucius Is Winning the Covid-19 War. globalresearch.ca As the Raging Twenties unleash a radical reconfiguration of the planet, coronavirus (literally "crowned poison") has for all practical purposes served a poisoned chalice of fear and panic to myriad, mostly Western, latitudes. | Berlin-based, South Korean-born philosopher Byung-Chul Han has …

Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai (2020-04-14). Video: The Discourse Surrounding Trump's Handling of COVID-19: Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai. globalresearch.ca America's Daily Report's Christina Aguayo interviews Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai on the discourse surrounding Trump's handling of the COVID-19 outbreak in the US and the role of Dr. Fauci, Dr. Birx, Bill Gates, the Clintons and the WHO. | *** | "Unfortunately …

South Front (2020-04-14). Video: Syrian Army Pounding ISIS Cells in Homs Desert. Turkey Fortifies Positions Near Saraqib. globalresearch.ca The military situation in northwestern Syria is steadily escalating. | On April 10 and April 11, the Turkish Army and its proxies shelled positions of Kurdish armed groups in northern Aleppo. The most intense shelling took place near the areas of …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2020-04-14). Hell Is Other People: Pandemic Lifestyles and Domestic Violence. globalresearch.ca In No Exit, the translated title of Jean-Paul Sartre's play, Huis Clos, three deceased characters find themselves in a room, ostensibly in Hell, in what transpires as a permanent wait. Locked after being ushered in by a valet, with quite …

Stephen Lendman (2020-04-14). Get Ready for an Unacceptable "New Normal": Censorship, Extrajudicial Arrests, Is Martial Law the Next Shoe to Drop? globalresearch.ca At times like now, ideas lying around dormant on the shelf become reality. | Economic and other crisis conditions are times when most people can be convinced to accept unacceptable policies they'd likely reject otherwise. | During and after 2008-09 economic crisis …

James ONeill (2020-04-14). The Illegal United States and Allied Invasion of Iraq & Syria Reaches Crisis Point. globalresearch.ca The onset of the coronavirus has had a number of consequences in the health and livelihoods of millions of people. There has however, been another consequence that is little remarked upon, and that is the almost total disappearance from the …

Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel (2020-04-14). Die Menschwàºrde bewahren — auch angesichts schrecklicher und scheinbar aussichtsloser Bedingungen! globalresearch.ca Autonomie ist der Zustand und das Lebensgefàºhl der Selbstbestimmung, Unabhà§ngigkeit (Souverà§nità§t) und Selbstverwaltung. Philosophisch gesehen ist es die Fà§higkeit, sich als Wesen der Freiheit zu sehen und aus dieser Freiheit heraus zu handeln. Sie ist auch die Kraft zum Nicht-Mitmachen …

Paul Antonopoulos (2020-04-14). Prague Shows No Respect to Russians Who Liberated It from Nazism. globalresearch.ca Marshal Ivan Konev, the famous Soviet general who was responsible for liberating most of Eastern Europe from Nazi Germany and its allies has been a figure of respect. He has been immortalized in a series of busts and statues …

Mike Whitney (2020-04-14). Are Ventilators Killing More People Than They're Saving?? globalresearch.ca "Researchers in Wuhan…reported that, of 37 critically ill Covid-19 patients who were put on mechanical ventilators, 30 died within a month. In a U.S. study of patients in Seattle, only one of the seven patients older than 70 who were …

Stephen Lendman (2020-04-14). Sanders Formally Capitulates to Corporatist-Warmonger Biden. globalresearch.ca There never was any doubt. In 2016, Sanders capitulated to unfit to serve Hillary. | History repeated on Monday as expected. Biden's agenda since the 1970s matches Hillary's with a gender difference. | It's much the same as Trump's with a party …

Tony Cartalucci (2020-04-14). Searching for Truth in What We Are Being Told About Covid-19. globalresearch.ca Following the news regarding coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) we'd be led to believe humanity faces an unprecedented crisis — and judging by the socioeconomic damage being done — it is not that difficult to believe some sort of unprecedented crisis …

Khury Petersen-Smith (2020-04-14). How Wars, Sanctions, and Militarism Made the Coronavirus Crisis Worse. globalresearch.ca Governments around the world are offering a tragic lesson in how denial, incompetence, and inequity have exacerbated the unfolding coronavirus pandemic. That is just as true in the United States, where President Trump's lies, denials, and half measures — as …

John W. Whitehead (2020-04-14). COVID-19 and the War on Cash: What Is Behind the Push for a Cashless Society? globalresearch.ca "The fact is that the government, like a highwayman, says to a man: Your money, or your life. And many, if not most, taxes are paid under the compulsion of that threat. The government does not, indeed, waylay a man …

Andrew Korybko (2020-04-14). Geostrategic Factors: Will China Wins "World War C" globalresearch.ca The New Cold War between the US and China abruptly took a new form following the global outbreak of COVID-19, but Beijing still has a solid chance of coming out on top in this struggle for global leadership if it …

Christine E. Black (2020-04-14). Lockdown in Virginia: 6 Feet, 10 or Fewer People, Sunshine? globalresearch.ca We are in lockdown in Virginia after Governor Ralph Northam last week closed beaches, book stores, libraries, restaurants, coffees shops, cancelled live music concerts, and ordered churches closed. He said to not have gatherings of more than 10 people and …

Shane Quinn (2020-04-14). The Cuban Missile Crisis and US Terrorist Campaigns Against Cuba. globalresearch.ca Perhaps the most serious revelation to have emerged from the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962, is President John F. Kennedy's willingness to knowingly increase the possibility of nuclear war by up to 50%. | US General David Burchinal, …

Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel (2020-04-14). àúberlegungen zur heimlichen Agenda der sogenannten Elite und zur Rolle von uns Bàºrgern. globalresearch.ca ‚ÄûDie Internationale" ist das weltbekannte Kampflied der sozialistischen Arbeiterbewegung. Die deutsche Version des urspràºnglich franzà∂sischen Textes von Emil Luckhard (1910) lautet: ‚ÄûWacht auf, Verdammte dieser Erde, die stets man noch zum Hungern zwingt! (…) Heer der Sklaven, wache auf! (…) …

Rubin R. (2020-04-14). Matters of the Mind—Sleep Medications and Dementia Risk, Depression and Weight Gain, Opioids and Mental Disorders. jamanetwork.com Matters of the Mind offers an occasional look at recent research into the relationship between the mind and the body.

Edward Curtin (2020-04-14). What Dr. Anthony Fauci Hopes to Never Hear Again: "I'm Shaking It, Boss" globalresearch.ca As any risk-taking pioneer knows, it is lonely taking the lead and suffering the derisive scorn of one's compatriots. I have been there and so can understand what Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of The National Institute of Allergy …

Media Lens (2020-04-14). 'Can I Keep You Safe? Your Future Is Uncertain': Climate and the Fate of Humanity. globalresearch.ca In the face of the coronavirus pandemic, the most immediate objective is to slow its spread, minimise the death toll and help people through the crisis. But, despite government

Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel (2020-04-14). Preserve Human Dignity — Even in the Face of Terrible and Seemingly Hopeless Conditions! globalresearch.ca Autonomy is the state and attitude to life of self-determination, independence (sovereignty) and self-administration. Philosophically, it is the ability to see oneself as a being of freedom and to act from this freedom. It is also the power to not …

Lawrence Wittner (2020-04-14). Will the Coronavirus Pandemic Help Curb War and Militarism? counterpunch.org Decades ago, when I began teaching international history, I used to ask students if they thought it was possible for nations to end their fighting of wars against one another. Their responses varied. But the more pessimistic conclusions were sometimes tempered by the contention that, if the world's nations faced a common foe, such as

Kuehn BM. (2020-04-14). Boosting the Ranks of American Indian and Alaska Native Physicians. jamanetwork.com This Medical News article discusses programs that enable more American Indian/Alaska Native students to enter medical school.

Olfson M, Wall MM, Blanco C. (2020-04-14). Suicides Among Opioid Overdose Deaths—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply Dr Nestadt raises 3 concerns regarding our analysis of trends in the intent of overdose deaths involving opioids. His first concern is that suicides may have been misclassified. A prior estimate assumed that because 26.5% of opioid overdose visits to the emergency department were classified as intentional, 20% to 30% of opioid overdose deaths were also intentional. Our findings, which were based on the National Vital Statistics System, revealed that in 2017, 4.0% of overdose deaths involving opioids were certified as suicides, 5.4% were certified as undetermined intent, and 90.6% were unintentional. One…

yenisafak (2020-04-14). Turkey completes 1st phase of COVID-19 vaccine efforts. yenisafak.com Scientists in western Turkey commenced the lab tests on Tuesday of an antigen they designed for a vaccine against the novel coronavirus.Research is ongoing with the collaboration of the Ege University Drug Development and Pharmacokinetic Research Application Center (ARGEFAR) in Izmir province and the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK).A total of 32 scientists specializing in different branches came together to conduct the studies.Dr. Mert Doskaya told Anadolu Agency that the design of the antigen, which is the first phase of the vaccine effort, was completed in a week.The Vaccine Re…

Manlio Dinucci (2020-04-14). Trump ordina l' ´assistenza ª all'Italia. globalresearch.ca Il premier Conte ha annunciato agli italiani, in diretta televisiva il 10 aprile, che l'Italia non ha firmato alcun impegno per il Mes (

Manlio Dinucci (2020-04-14). Trump ordena a "assistência" à Itália. globalresearch.ca O Primeiro Ministro Conte anunciou aos italianos, em directo na televisà£o, em 10 de Abril, que a Itália nà£o assinou nenhum compromisso com o MES (

Global Research News (2020-04-14). Selected Articles: Are Ventilators Killing More People Than They're Saving? globalresearch.ca We have made some progress in our campaign to meet our running costs and put an end to our monthly deficit, but we still need your help. As grateful as we are to those who have given so far, the …

RT (2020-04-13). 'We scared the hell out of the American people' over 'flu,' says Fox News guest. rt.com Former education secretary Bill Bennett has been savaged online for suggesting that the coronavirus is "not a pandemic," calling for the lifting of lockdown measures, as the debate rages over reopening the shuttered US economy. | More than half a million Americans have caught the coronavirus, with just over 22,000 deaths. While the numbers are dire, the University of Washington's forecasters revised their total predicted Covid-19 deaths down to 60,000 last week, a number comparable to deaths from

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-04-13). After the Lockdown: A Global Coronavirus Vaccination Program… globalresearch.ca The tendency is towards a Worldwide lockdown spearheaded by fear and media disinformation. Currently, hundreds of millions of people Worldwide are under lockdown. | What is the next step in the evolution of the COV-19 Crisis? A multibillion dollar coronavirus vaccination program to be implemented in the wake of the Lockdown.

John Klyczek (2020-04-13). Proposed Federal "Distance Learning" Rules Help Big Tech Shut Down Brick-and-Mortar Public Schools, Replace Human Teachers with AI. dissidentvoice.org The DeVos Department of Education's new "Proposed Rules" for federal regulations of "Distance Education and Innovation" (85 FR 18638) will effectively open the floodgates for online education corporations to put public brick-and-mortar schools out of business by streamlining "adaptive-learning and other artificial intelligence" technologies that replace "human instructors" with "competency-based education (CBE)" software which provide …

Robert J. Burrowes (2020-04-13). The Elite's COVID-19 Coup Against a Terrified Humanity: Resisting Powerfully. globalresearch.ca The COVID-19 infection is being used to frighten us into submitting powerlessly to the global elite's latest move to take much greater control of our lives and how those who can perceive this, and wish to resist it, can do so effectively.

Philip A Farruggio (2020-04-13). Time for Universal Basic Income Is Now! globalresearch.ca A man struggled in the desert heat with his mouth as parched as sandpaper. He was fading fast from lack of the basic essentials to exist, number one being water. Someone hands him a giant bottle of water and he …

Bishal Gyawali, Spencer P. Hey, Aaron S. Kesselheim (2020-04-13). [Research Paper] Evaluating the evidence behind the surrogate measures included in the FDA's table of surrogate endpoints as supporting approval of cancer drugs. thelancet.com Using breast cancer as an example, we evaluated the underlying evidence for the surrogate endpoints for solid tumors listed in the FDA's Table of Surrogate Endpoints and found weak or missing correlations of treatment effects on these surrogates with treatment effects on OS . Surrogate measures should be predictive of clinical benefit to be useful in supporting regular FDA approval.

Dr. Jack Rasmus (2020-04-13). Understanding Great Recessions. The Dynamics of Epic Recession. globalresearch.ca Much can be learned about the trajectory and nature of the current 2020 Great Recessions 2.0 underway by understanding what went on in similar deep economic contractions that are combined with financial-banking instability and crashes. | The so-called 'Great Recession of …

Robert F. Kennedy Jr (2020-04-13). Gates' Globalist Vaccine Agenda: A Win-Win for Pharma and Mandatory Vaccination. globalresearch.ca Vaccines, for Bill Gates, are a strategic philanthropy that feed his many vaccine-related businesses (including Microsoft's ambition to control a Gates' obsession with vaccines seems to …

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2020-04-13). Washington Violates International Space Law. globalresearch.ca The global pandemic is being used by the United States as a smokescreen for illegal actions in the international scenario, which, due to the media focus on coronavirus coverage, are not reported and happen unnoticed. The new American foreign policy …

Fernando Horta (2020-04-13). Brazilian Democracy Is Dead. globalresearch.ca The word is that that General Braga Netto is the new "acting president" of Brazil. Firstly, this position does not legally exist. We live in a presidential system, and the power of the executive is in the hands of the …

Stephen Lendman (2020-04-13). America: A Nation Over-Obsessed by the Threat of COVID-19 Infection. globalresearch.ca Never before in US history were social distancing, sheltering in place, and lockdowns advised or imposed by states and cities because of a contagious diseases outbreak. | COVID-19 is unique because its outbreak resulted in all of the above in place …

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