The expanded Medicare program for the victims of the Flint Water Crisis is coming to an end. The program is still needed. Kindly write to your US House representatives and ask them to continue the Flint Medicaid Program until it is proven that it is no longer need.
Thank you.
Thursday, February 27, 2020
Just another day in paradise compliments of Republican extremism.
February 27, 2020
By Adrianna Rodriguez and Gina Barton
The Journal Sentinel, (click here) citing a police source, said the shooter was armed with two handguns, including one with a silencer. The make and model of the weapons remained unknown Thursday.
Silencers or suppressors are legal in 42 states, including Wisconsin, but must be registered under the National Firearms Act. More than 29,000 are registered in the Badger State, the Journal Sentinel reported.
Milwaukee - The city of Milwaukee (click here) was in mourning a day after a brewery employee fatally shot five people at the city's Molson Coors campus before killing himself Wednesday in one of the worst mass shootings in Wisconsin history.
The alleged gunman was identified as Anthony N. Ferrill, 51, who had worked as an electrician for more than 20 years, according to a law enforcement source who spoke to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and online employment records.
Mayor Tom Barrett called it the "saddest day" in the 165-year history of the iconic "Miller Valley," where a massive red Miller sign towers over a sprawling complex that includes one of the nation's largest breweries and packaging and distribution centers.
Hours before the rampage, Democratic Gov. Tony Evers called on lawmakers to take up legislation aimed at keeping guns away from people who are dangerous.
In response, state Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, a Republican, made it clear that Wisconsin's gun laws would not change under a Republican-controlled Legislature....
Jesus Valle Jr., 33 of Milwaukee
Gennady Levshetz, 61, of Mequon
Trevor Wetselaar, 33, of Milwaukee
Dana Walk, 57, of Delafield
Dale Hudson, 50, of Waukesha
Moscow Mitch knows mass shootings are such a small number in the statistics there is just no way reason for legislation. Some lives are just expendable for the sake of the cronies. Nothing else really makes the news in the way mass shootings do, so that is further reason to let the issue disappear.
UC Davis Health (click here)
February 27, 2020
By Matthew Daly
Washington, DC - Frustrated Democrats (click here) again lambasted Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell Thursday as they marked a year of Senate inaction since the House passed landmark gun control legislation.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi acknowledged that Democrats have been here before — complaining about McConnell's “legislative graveyard" — but she said Democrats were energized to “accelerate a drumbeat” on calls for McConnell to allow a Senate vote on a House-passed bill to expand background checks for gun purchases.
McConnell's name came up repeatedly at a raucous House ceremony marking the one-year anniversary of the House bill. Speaking a day after a gunman killed five people at a Milwaukee brewery, Pelosi said McConnell was giving new meaning to his self-described nickname as the “grim reaper” of Democratic legislation.
“It's very sad that the Grim Reaper has decided that more people will die because he is the Grim Reaper,'' Pelosi said. ”One hundred people a day die from gun violence. Not all of them could be saved by this legislation, but many could.''...
Ya gotta die of something. 2015 through 2019 saw a marked increase of gun violence deaths. It has yet to stop or even level off.
December 13, 2018
By Niall McCarthy
According to data (click here) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 40,000 people died in shootings across the United States in 2017, the highest number in 20 years. The data takes into account deaths classified as unintentional, suicide, homicide, undetermined and legal intervention/operations of war.
That trend was driven by a steady rise in suicides involving firearms The U.S. now has 12 deaths per 100,000 people due to guns compared to 0.2 per 100,000 people in Japan, 0.3 in the UK and 0.9 in Germany....
The "Stand Your Ground" laws which include the "Castle Doctrine" were first passed in 2005 in Florida. In the chart above, the number of Americans that died of gun violence began to rise in 2005. What is slightly more interesting is the FACT the Assault Weapons Ban was sun-downed by a Republican president in 2004.
I think that is really interesting. The Assault Weapons Ban is sun-downed by a Republican in 2004 and by 2005 ALEC was legislating loose gun laws in 2005. That took no time at all to increase the firearms sales, too. The graph below is from the AFT.
The bar graph (click here) depicts the number of NFA firearms processed from applications captured in the NFRTR by Fiscal Year from FY 2005 to FY 2018. The number of NFA firearms the NFA Division processed were: 147,484 NFA firearms in FY 2005; 296,127 NFA firearms in FY 2006; 563,127 NFA firearms in FY 2007; 981,303 NFA firearms in FY 2008; 834,328 NFA firearms in FY 2009; 828,462 NFA firearms in FY 2010; 992,975 NFA firearms in FY 2011; 1,112,041 NFA firearms in FY 2012; 1,152,163 NFA firearms in FY 2013; 1,383,677 NFA firearms in FY 2014; 1,426,211 NFA Firearms in FY 2015; 2,538,397 NFA Firearms in FY 2016; 1,607,952 NFA Firearms in FY 2017; and 1,422,353 NFA Firearms in FY 2018.
Ammoland has it broken down by type of gun sold. It all adds up to one thing, the number of guns sold was dependent on changing the gun laws in the USA as of 2004.
July 3, 2019
GREENVILLE, SC, USA & HALIFAX, NS, CANADA - Small Arms Analytics (click here) & Forecasting (SAAF) estimates June 2019 firearms sales at 973,500 units, a year-over-year increase of 3.8% from June 2018.
By Adrianna Rodriguez and Gina Barton
The Journal Sentinel, (click here) citing a police source, said the shooter was armed with two handguns, including one with a silencer. The make and model of the weapons remained unknown Thursday.
Silencers or suppressors are legal in 42 states, including Wisconsin, but must be registered under the National Firearms Act. More than 29,000 are registered in the Badger State, the Journal Sentinel reported.
Milwaukee - The city of Milwaukee (click here) was in mourning a day after a brewery employee fatally shot five people at the city's Molson Coors campus before killing himself Wednesday in one of the worst mass shootings in Wisconsin history.
The alleged gunman was identified as Anthony N. Ferrill, 51, who had worked as an electrician for more than 20 years, according to a law enforcement source who spoke to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and online employment records.
Mayor Tom Barrett called it the "saddest day" in the 165-year history of the iconic "Miller Valley," where a massive red Miller sign towers over a sprawling complex that includes one of the nation's largest breweries and packaging and distribution centers.
Hours before the rampage, Democratic Gov. Tony Evers called on lawmakers to take up legislation aimed at keeping guns away from people who are dangerous.
In response, state Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, a Republican, made it clear that Wisconsin's gun laws would not change under a Republican-controlled Legislature....
Jesus Valle Jr., 33 of Milwaukee
Gennady Levshetz, 61, of Mequon
Trevor Wetselaar, 33, of Milwaukee
Dana Walk, 57, of Delafield
Dale Hudson, 50, of Waukesha
Moscow Mitch knows mass shootings are such a small number in the statistics there is just no way reason for legislation. Some lives are just expendable for the sake of the cronies. Nothing else really makes the news in the way mass shootings do, so that is further reason to let the issue disappear.UC Davis Health (click here)
February 27, 2020
By Matthew Daly
Washington, DC - Frustrated Democrats (click here) again lambasted Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell Thursday as they marked a year of Senate inaction since the House passed landmark gun control legislation.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi acknowledged that Democrats have been here before — complaining about McConnell's “legislative graveyard" — but she said Democrats were energized to “accelerate a drumbeat” on calls for McConnell to allow a Senate vote on a House-passed bill to expand background checks for gun purchases.
McConnell's name came up repeatedly at a raucous House ceremony marking the one-year anniversary of the House bill. Speaking a day after a gunman killed five people at a Milwaukee brewery, Pelosi said McConnell was giving new meaning to his self-described nickname as the “grim reaper” of Democratic legislation.
“It's very sad that the Grim Reaper has decided that more people will die because he is the Grim Reaper,'' Pelosi said. ”One hundred people a day die from gun violence. Not all of them could be saved by this legislation, but many could.''...
Ya gotta die of something. 2015 through 2019 saw a marked increase of gun violence deaths. It has yet to stop or even level off.
By Niall McCarthy
According to data (click here) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 40,000 people died in shootings across the United States in 2017, the highest number in 20 years. The data takes into account deaths classified as unintentional, suicide, homicide, undetermined and legal intervention/operations of war.
That trend was driven by a steady rise in suicides involving firearms The U.S. now has 12 deaths per 100,000 people due to guns compared to 0.2 per 100,000 people in Japan, 0.3 in the UK and 0.9 in Germany....
The "Stand Your Ground" laws which include the "Castle Doctrine" were first passed in 2005 in Florida. In the chart above, the number of Americans that died of gun violence began to rise in 2005. What is slightly more interesting is the FACT the Assault Weapons Ban was sun-downed by a Republican president in 2004.
I think that is really interesting. The Assault Weapons Ban is sun-downed by a Republican in 2004 and by 2005 ALEC was legislating loose gun laws in 2005. That took no time at all to increase the firearms sales, too. The graph below is from the AFT.
The bar graph (click here) depicts the number of NFA firearms processed from applications captured in the NFRTR by Fiscal Year from FY 2005 to FY 2018. The number of NFA firearms the NFA Division processed were: 147,484 NFA firearms in FY 2005; 296,127 NFA firearms in FY 2006; 563,127 NFA firearms in FY 2007; 981,303 NFA firearms in FY 2008; 834,328 NFA firearms in FY 2009; 828,462 NFA firearms in FY 2010; 992,975 NFA firearms in FY 2011; 1,112,041 NFA firearms in FY 2012; 1,152,163 NFA firearms in FY 2013; 1,383,677 NFA firearms in FY 2014; 1,426,211 NFA Firearms in FY 2015; 2,538,397 NFA Firearms in FY 2016; 1,607,952 NFA Firearms in FY 2017; and 1,422,353 NFA Firearms in FY 2018. Ammoland has it broken down by type of gun sold. It all adds up to one thing, the number of guns sold was dependent on changing the gun laws in the USA as of 2004.
GREENVILLE, SC, USA & HALIFAX, NS, CANADA - Small Arms Analytics (click here) & Forecasting (SAAF) estimates June 2019 firearms sales at 973,500 units, a year-over-year increase of 3.8% from June 2018.
Likely single handgun sales (544,807) increased year-over-year by 4.0% and single long-gun sales (322,033) decreased year-over-year by 0.1%. All other likely firearms sales (106,660) increased year-over-year by 16.9%. This includes so-called “multiple” sales where the allocation between handguns and long-guns cannot be determined from the data record....
The Sandy Hook shootings occurred in 2012 (click here). There were 14 mass shootings in 2016, including the Pulse night club shooting. The gun industry goes into overtime after high profile killings of Americans through gun violence.
The moral role of the federal government is to end this level of danger in the American society. I think the Republicans have had 16 years to prove having more guns on the street reduces American deaths. They can't. The fact of the matter is the less guns are regulated, the more American deaths occur. That is a fact and there are enormous amount of data to prove it.
Republicans have lead the USA in many majorities and presidents since 2000 and the USA is not a better country for the obstructionist agenda of Moscow Mitch. Who does he think he is helping besides his own interests?
The Sandy Hook shootings occurred in 2012 (click here). There were 14 mass shootings in 2016, including the Pulse night club shooting. The gun industry goes into overtime after high profile killings of Americans through gun violence.
The moral role of the federal government is to end this level of danger in the American society. I think the Republicans have had 16 years to prove having more guns on the street reduces American deaths. They can't. The fact of the matter is the less guns are regulated, the more American deaths occur. That is a fact and there are enormous amount of data to prove it.
Republicans have lead the USA in many majorities and presidents since 2000 and the USA is not a better country for the obstructionist agenda of Moscow Mitch. Who does he think he is helping besides his own interests?
Why am I not surprised?
Donald Trump's middle name is COMPROMISED. He is compromised by Russia, his lousy attitude about Americans and his chronic and constant egotistic lies.
This is a COMPROMISE TO USA NATIONAL SECURITY!
USA national security is not guns and war only, it is the relationships we build with other countries that protect the people of this country. I am not at all surprised this news is coming from still yet another Whistleblower, either.
Donald "Compromised" Trump should be letting people know all along the way that the country may be more susceptible to Covid-17 than originally thought. Did he come to the country so the people can prepare? No, he kept silent because he might actually have to take ownership of a wrongful process in preventing disease from reaching USA shores.
THE ONLY THING HE THINKS ABOUT IS POLITICS AND HOW HE NEEDS TO WIN THE NEXT ELECTION. NO ONE OR ANYTHING IS IMPORTANT OTHER THAN HIS OWN INTERESTS.
If that isn't enough of Trump's KOMPROMAT, Turkey (click here) had a surprise attack from Russia today. Syrian children are dying of the cold and what does Putin do, attacks the very people he should be helping. Since when has Turkey been a problem to Russia? The entire past year Erdogan (click here) has done nothing but kiss Putin's behind and without the assistance of Trump.
I want to know from the Erdogan are the S-400 missiles preventing the invasion of Russia?
The Trump administration is a complete failure and Senate Republicans endorse the failure he continues to be.
February 27, 2020
By Lena H. Sun and Yasmeen Abutaleb
Officials at the Department of Health and Human Services (click here) sent more than a dozen workers to receive the first Americans evacuated from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, without proper training for infection control or appropriate protective gear, according to a whistleblower complaint.
The workers did not show symptoms of infection and were not tested for the virus, according to lawyers for the whistleblower, a senior HHS official based in Washington who oversees workers at the Administration for Children and Families, a unit within HHS.
The whistleblower is seeking federal protection, alleging she was unfairly and improperly reassigned after raising concerns about the safety of these workers to HHS officials, including those within the office of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar. She was told Feb. 19 that if she does not accept the new position in 15 days, which is March 5, she would be terminated....
This is a COMPROMISE TO USA NATIONAL SECURITY!
USA national security is not guns and war only, it is the relationships we build with other countries that protect the people of this country. I am not at all surprised this news is coming from still yet another Whistleblower, either.
Donald "Compromised" Trump should be letting people know all along the way that the country may be more susceptible to Covid-17 than originally thought. Did he come to the country so the people can prepare? No, he kept silent because he might actually have to take ownership of a wrongful process in preventing disease from reaching USA shores.
THE ONLY THING HE THINKS ABOUT IS POLITICS AND HOW HE NEEDS TO WIN THE NEXT ELECTION. NO ONE OR ANYTHING IS IMPORTANT OTHER THAN HIS OWN INTERESTS.
If that isn't enough of Trump's KOMPROMAT, Turkey (click here) had a surprise attack from Russia today. Syrian children are dying of the cold and what does Putin do, attacks the very people he should be helping. Since when has Turkey been a problem to Russia? The entire past year Erdogan (click here) has done nothing but kiss Putin's behind and without the assistance of Trump.
I want to know from the Erdogan are the S-400 missiles preventing the invasion of Russia?
The Trump administration is a complete failure and Senate Republicans endorse the failure he continues to be.
February 27, 2020
By Lena H. Sun and Yasmeen Abutaleb
Officials at the Department of Health and Human Services (click here) sent more than a dozen workers to receive the first Americans evacuated from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, without proper training for infection control or appropriate protective gear, according to a whistleblower complaint.
The workers did not show symptoms of infection and were not tested for the virus, according to lawyers for the whistleblower, a senior HHS official based in Washington who oversees workers at the Administration for Children and Families, a unit within HHS.
The whistleblower is seeking federal protection, alleging she was unfairly and improperly reassigned after raising concerns about the safety of these workers to HHS officials, including those within the office of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar. She was told Feb. 19 that if she does not accept the new position in 15 days, which is March 5, she would be terminated....
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
February 16, 2020
By Savannah Behrmann and Kristine Phillips
More than 2,000 ex-employees (click here) of the Department of Justice have signed a letter calling on Attorney General William Barr to resign, writing that his handling of the Roger Stone case "openly and repeatedly flouted" the principle of equal justice under the rule of law.
The letter, published Sunday, comes after a contentious week for the Justice Department, which already faces allegations of succumbing to political pressure from President Donald Trump.
"Although there are times when political leadership appropriately weighs in on individual prosecutions, it is unheard of for the Department’s top leaders to overrule line prosecutors, who are following established policies, in order to give preferential treatment to a close associate of the President, as Attorney General Barr did in the Stone case," the letter reads....
They have good reason to ask for Barr's resignation other than just the Roger Stone case. The problem is who will he be replaced with and how do Americans know they won't be effected by a DOJ supervised by Putin?
And don't tell me there is nothing supporting such concerns:
October 4, 2019
By Adam Taylor
President Trump (click here) has spoken privately with Russia’s Vladimir Putin at least 16 times since he entered office in 2017. These conversations have long been the subject of scrutiny and speculation, given the Kremlin’s interference in the election that brought Trump to power.
Now, with Trump’s private interactions the subject of a broader scandal after the release of a partial rough transcript of his July 25 conversation with Ukraine’s president, Trump’s conversations with Putin are being viewed with renewed interest.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) has said that Congress is particularly interested in finding the records of Trump’s calls with Putin, especially if they had been stored in an unorthodox way. The Kremlin initially said it did not want the conversations made public, though Putin said Wednesday that he would not be against it....
Well, the Secretary of the Treasury simply can't print money fast enough.
February 10, 2020
By Leah Nylan
The Trump administration (click here) is asking for 71 percent more money in congressional appropriations for the Justice Department’s antitrust division in the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1 — an increase that would allow the agency to hire 87 additional staffers.
The increase — the biggest increase sought for antitrust in recent memory, according to DOJ officials — is another indicator that the agency is serious about its pending investigations into tech giants like Google and Facebook...
February 25, 2020
Last month, (click here) the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released updated Vertical Merger Guidelines in draft form. These guidelines provide a useful resource for aerospace and defense contractors involved in M&A transactions. Vertical competition issues frequently arise in this industry given the nature of the supply base and contracting and supply relationships between companies operating at different levels of the supply chain.
This is the first time the antitrust agencies have released updated guidelines for analyzing vertical mergers since 1984. Although the agencies have updated the Horizontal Merger Guidelines several times since then (most recently in 2010), they have not provided similar updated guidance to businesses regarding vertical merger enforcement until now. The new guidelines summarize the practices, standards, and theories the agencies have used in evaluating vertical mergers for a number of years. Although the guidelines do not signal any shifts in current agency practice, they do provide the business community greater transparency about how the agencies analyze vertical mergers. This is helpful for the aerospace and defense industry, which is particularly susceptible to vertical competition issues given the heavy reliance on contracting out important elements at different levels of the supply chain....
Ever wanted to hold power over a sector of the USA economy to dictate what happens and what doesn't happen? Any form of anti-trust is a huge issue and a lot of power over any sector of the USA economy.
Aerospace is a huge industry and directly is involved with some of the most sensitive defense hardware of the United States of America.
If the USA is going to be hobbled in technology and advancement, this is the way to do it. I would seriously like to know why this is an issue and DOES THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION KNOW WHERE ANTITRUST WILL LEAD? THIS IS THE NATIONAL SECURITY OF THE USA, THE TRUMP-BARR-PUTIN CABAL NEEDS TO KNOW WHAT THE FINAL OUTCOME IS GOING TO BE.
I would think the Secretary of Defense is already aware of the final outcome, right?
Who's ambition is this, Barr or Espers? The DOD is nowhere in this draft.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION (click here)
DRAFT VERTICAL MERGER GUIDELINES
RELEASED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON JANUARY 10, 2020
By Savannah Behrmann and Kristine Phillips
More than 2,000 ex-employees (click here) of the Department of Justice have signed a letter calling on Attorney General William Barr to resign, writing that his handling of the Roger Stone case "openly and repeatedly flouted" the principle of equal justice under the rule of law.
The letter, published Sunday, comes after a contentious week for the Justice Department, which already faces allegations of succumbing to political pressure from President Donald Trump.
"Although there are times when political leadership appropriately weighs in on individual prosecutions, it is unheard of for the Department’s top leaders to overrule line prosecutors, who are following established policies, in order to give preferential treatment to a close associate of the President, as Attorney General Barr did in the Stone case," the letter reads....
They have good reason to ask for Barr's resignation other than just the Roger Stone case. The problem is who will he be replaced with and how do Americans know they won't be effected by a DOJ supervised by Putin?
And don't tell me there is nothing supporting such concerns:
October 4, 2019
By Adam Taylor
President Trump (click here) has spoken privately with Russia’s Vladimir Putin at least 16 times since he entered office in 2017. These conversations have long been the subject of scrutiny and speculation, given the Kremlin’s interference in the election that brought Trump to power.
Now, with Trump’s private interactions the subject of a broader scandal after the release of a partial rough transcript of his July 25 conversation with Ukraine’s president, Trump’s conversations with Putin are being viewed with renewed interest.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) has said that Congress is particularly interested in finding the records of Trump’s calls with Putin, especially if they had been stored in an unorthodox way. The Kremlin initially said it did not want the conversations made public, though Putin said Wednesday that he would not be against it....
Well, the Secretary of the Treasury simply can't print money fast enough.
February 10, 2020
By Leah Nylan
The Trump administration (click here) is asking for 71 percent more money in congressional appropriations for the Justice Department’s antitrust division in the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1 — an increase that would allow the agency to hire 87 additional staffers.
The increase — the biggest increase sought for antitrust in recent memory, according to DOJ officials — is another indicator that the agency is serious about its pending investigations into tech giants like Google and Facebook...
Last month, (click here) the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released updated Vertical Merger Guidelines in draft form. These guidelines provide a useful resource for aerospace and defense contractors involved in M&A transactions. Vertical competition issues frequently arise in this industry given the nature of the supply base and contracting and supply relationships between companies operating at different levels of the supply chain.
This is the first time the antitrust agencies have released updated guidelines for analyzing vertical mergers since 1984. Although the agencies have updated the Horizontal Merger Guidelines several times since then (most recently in 2010), they have not provided similar updated guidance to businesses regarding vertical merger enforcement until now. The new guidelines summarize the practices, standards, and theories the agencies have used in evaluating vertical mergers for a number of years. Although the guidelines do not signal any shifts in current agency practice, they do provide the business community greater transparency about how the agencies analyze vertical mergers. This is helpful for the aerospace and defense industry, which is particularly susceptible to vertical competition issues given the heavy reliance on contracting out important elements at different levels of the supply chain....
Ever wanted to hold power over a sector of the USA economy to dictate what happens and what doesn't happen? Any form of anti-trust is a huge issue and a lot of power over any sector of the USA economy.
Aerospace is a huge industry and directly is involved with some of the most sensitive defense hardware of the United States of America.
If the USA is going to be hobbled in technology and advancement, this is the way to do it. I would seriously like to know why this is an issue and DOES THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION KNOW WHERE ANTITRUST WILL LEAD? THIS IS THE NATIONAL SECURITY OF THE USA, THE TRUMP-BARR-PUTIN CABAL NEEDS TO KNOW WHAT THE FINAL OUTCOME IS GOING TO BE.
I would think the Secretary of Defense is already aware of the final outcome, right?
Who's ambition is this, Barr or Espers? The DOD is nowhere in this draft.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION (click here)
DRAFT VERTICAL MERGER GUIDELINES
RELEASED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON JANUARY 10, 2020
Trump, Barr Imposition Sets D.C. Federal Prosecutors On Edge | Rachel Ma...(click here for Rachel Maddow Show - thank you)
February 26, 2020
By Bob Van Voris
The Trump administration (click here) can block states from receiving Justice Department grants if they fail to help with federal immigration enforcement, a U.S. appeals court in Manhattan ruled, in a significant win that sets up a possible Supreme Court showdown.
Six states including New York and New Jersey sued in 2018 claiming the U.S. was trying to coerce states and cities into enforcing the administration’s immigration policies by illegally threatening to withhold federal criminal justice grants. A federal judge ordered the government to release funds withheld under the policy and blocked it from imposing immigration-related restrictions on the funds, known as Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants....
It is right and best to be concerned about the Barr DOJ simply because it jumps to awareness and action with every word stated by Trump. There must be a real concern that the Barr DOJ is actually influenced by Russia through Trump and his relationship with Putin's Russia. Basically, Putin is pulling Barr's chain and in return Barr is weakening the Rule of Law.
As far as these grants are concerned, it is pure coercion and violates States' Rights. New York and New Jersey are strongly Democratic states as well. It is all political.
The Barr DOJ is leaning more and more on the "Granston Memorandum" (click here). Basically, the Barr DOJ is writing it's own rules without the benefit of litigation.
First, Trump can't be prosecuted and now there are memos emerging that take the Rule of Law to task. What is the legal definition of unfair?
February 1, 2018
By David M. Glaser
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) (click here) has issued another memo likely to help healthcare providers avoid potentially unfair government investigations.
The Jan. 25 memo from Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand to the heads of all civil litigation components and U.S. Attorney’s offices instructs the government lawyers to refrain from using government “guidance documents” when bringing a case. (When this happens, it is often referred to as “affirmative civil enforcement,” or ACE)....
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16 May 2019
By Jennifer Z. Belveal, Thomas F. Carlucci, Melissa B. Coffey, Pamela L. Johnston, Jessica E. Joseph, Michael P. Matthews, Lisa M. Noller, Lori A. Rubin and Michael J. Tuteur
In a memo leaked last year (the Granston Memo), (click here) the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) instructed its prosecutors to more seriously consider dismissing meritless whistleblower False Claims Act (FCA) cases when it is in the government’s best interest to do so. See “Leaked DOJ Memo Indicates New Government Focus On Dismissing Meritless False Claims Act Cases,” Health Care Law Today (January 29, 2018). A Pennsylvania federal judge recently provided important additional guidance on the limitations to DOJ’s dismissal authority, specifically rejecting the notion that the government’s right to dismiss is “unfettered.” United States v. EMD Serono, Inc., Civil Action No. 16-5594, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 57150 (E.D. Pa. Apr. 3, 2019).
Although DOJ has incorporated the Granston Memo’s policy into its practices in the year since its release, there has not been a spree of dismissals. This may be due in part to the restrictions that many courts — now including the Eastern District of Pennsylvania — have imposed on the government’s discretion to dismiss cases....
February 26, 2020
By Piliero Mazza, PLLC
By Bob Van Voris
The Trump administration (click here) can block states from receiving Justice Department grants if they fail to help with federal immigration enforcement, a U.S. appeals court in Manhattan ruled, in a significant win that sets up a possible Supreme Court showdown.
Six states including New York and New Jersey sued in 2018 claiming the U.S. was trying to coerce states and cities into enforcing the administration’s immigration policies by illegally threatening to withhold federal criminal justice grants. A federal judge ordered the government to release funds withheld under the policy and blocked it from imposing immigration-related restrictions on the funds, known as Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants....
It is right and best to be concerned about the Barr DOJ simply because it jumps to awareness and action with every word stated by Trump. There must be a real concern that the Barr DOJ is actually influenced by Russia through Trump and his relationship with Putin's Russia. Basically, Putin is pulling Barr's chain and in return Barr is weakening the Rule of Law.
As far as these grants are concerned, it is pure coercion and violates States' Rights. New York and New Jersey are strongly Democratic states as well. It is all political.
First, Trump can't be prosecuted and now there are memos emerging that take the Rule of Law to task. What is the legal definition of unfair?
February 1, 2018
By David M. Glaser
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) (click here) has issued another memo likely to help healthcare providers avoid potentially unfair government investigations.
The Jan. 25 memo from Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand to the heads of all civil litigation components and U.S. Attorney’s offices instructs the government lawyers to refrain from using government “guidance documents” when bringing a case. (When this happens, it is often referred to as “affirmative civil enforcement,” or ACE)....
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16 May 2019
By Jennifer Z. Belveal, Thomas F. Carlucci, Melissa B. Coffey, Pamela L. Johnston, Jessica E. Joseph, Michael P. Matthews, Lisa M. Noller, Lori A. Rubin and Michael J. Tuteur
In a memo leaked last year (the Granston Memo), (click here) the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) instructed its prosecutors to more seriously consider dismissing meritless whistleblower False Claims Act (FCA) cases when it is in the government’s best interest to do so. See “Leaked DOJ Memo Indicates New Government Focus On Dismissing Meritless False Claims Act Cases,” Health Care Law Today (January 29, 2018). A Pennsylvania federal judge recently provided important additional guidance on the limitations to DOJ’s dismissal authority, specifically rejecting the notion that the government’s right to dismiss is “unfettered.” United States v. EMD Serono, Inc., Civil Action No. 16-5594, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 57150 (E.D. Pa. Apr. 3, 2019).
Although DOJ has incorporated the Granston Memo’s policy into its practices in the year since its release, there has not been a spree of dismissals. This may be due in part to the restrictions that many courts — now including the Eastern District of Pennsylvania — have imposed on the government’s discretion to dismiss cases....
February 26, 2020
By Piliero Mazza, PLLC
In 2019, we saw an upward trend in motions to dismiss filed by DOJ in qui tam actions in which the government failed to intervene. The government’s decision to file a motion to dismiss in a qui tam action is informed by the Granston Memorandum, which was issued in 2018. The Granston Memorandum provides a number of factors for the government to consider when deciding whether to seek strategic dismissal of a qui tam action, including curbing meritless FCA litigation, preserving government resources, and preventing interference with agency policies and programs. Prior to the Granston Memorandum, the DOJ rarely sought dismissal of qui tam cases. In fact, in the thirty years preceding the Granston Memorandum, the DOJ had sought dismissal of only 45 cases; the DOJ has dismissed approximately that same number of cases in the two years since the Granston Memorandum was issued. Citing the government’s role as a “gatekeeper” and its goal of “protect[ing] the integrity of the False Claims Act,” AG Cox expressed DOJ’s intent to “judicious[ly]” and “more consistent[ly]” rein in whistleblower overreach.
Although DOJ generally seeks dismissal of qui tam litigation in a modest number of cases, AG Cox confirmed our expectation that the government will continue to seek dismissal of unjustified qui tam complaints in 2020.
Trump is part of the problem and not the solution to any problem.
Do I trust Trump to say the right things to the public? Hell no! No one MAKES Trump look bad except Trump. He is ALWAYS conflicted between what is politically correct for his image, including the bounces on Wall Street and reality. He is an untrustworthy partner everywhere. Show me one place where his image does not circumvent reality.
February 25, 2020
Fears of a pandemic come (click here) after the Trump administration spent the past several years gutting the very government programs that are tasked with combatting such a crisis.
In 2018, for instance, the CDC cut 80% of its efforts to prevent global disease outbreaks because it was running out of money. Ultimately, the department went from working in 49 countries to just 10.
Here are some other actions the Trump administration undertook to dismantle government-spending programs related to fighting the spread of global diseases, according to Foreign Policy:
- Shutting down the entire global-health-security unit of the National Security Council.
- Eliminating the US government's $30 million Complex Crises Fund.
The Complex Crises Fund (CCF) (click here) prevents and responds to emerging or unforeseen crises by focusing on countries or regions that demonstrate a high or escalating risk of conflict, instability, or unanticipated opportunity for progress in fragile democracies. CCF provides global, flexible funding, enabling the United States to respond outside of planned programming.
- Reducing national health spending by $15 billion.
- Consistently attacking Mark Green, (click here) the director of the US Agency for International Development. Also known as USAID.
The CDC is working on a new test to screen for the coronavirus, but according to New York magazine, problems with the test's development resulted in only three out of 100 public-health labs being equipped to screen for the virus. Moreover, each test costs as much as $250, and the Health and Human Services Department is already running out of money to finance an adequate response to the outbreak.
The Trump administration recently requested $2.5 billion in emergency funds — $1.25 billion in new funding and $1.25 billion to be diverted from other federal programs — to aid in preparing and responding to coronavirus cases in the US....
I have to add, there is real reason to expect further investigation into the virus itself. It is highly contagious and surprisingly so, including educated health care workers. The actual virus itself has to be understood to assist in containment. Someone within the international health infrastructure may already have that information, it might be some time before it actually shows in the public records.
February 25, 2020
Fears of a pandemic come (click here) after the Trump administration spent the past several years gutting the very government programs that are tasked with combatting such a crisis.
In 2018, for instance, the CDC cut 80% of its efforts to prevent global disease outbreaks because it was running out of money. Ultimately, the department went from working in 49 countries to just 10.
Here are some other actions the Trump administration undertook to dismantle government-spending programs related to fighting the spread of global diseases, according to Foreign Policy:
- Shutting down the entire global-health-security unit of the National Security Council.
- Eliminating the US government's $30 million Complex Crises Fund.
The Complex Crises Fund (CCF) (click here) prevents and responds to emerging or unforeseen crises by focusing on countries or regions that demonstrate a high or escalating risk of conflict, instability, or unanticipated opportunity for progress in fragile democracies. CCF provides global, flexible funding, enabling the United States to respond outside of planned programming.
- Reducing national health spending by $15 billion.
- Consistently attacking Mark Green, (click here) the director of the US Agency for International Development. Also known as USAID.
The CDC is working on a new test to screen for the coronavirus, but according to New York magazine, problems with the test's development resulted in only three out of 100 public-health labs being equipped to screen for the virus. Moreover, each test costs as much as $250, and the Health and Human Services Department is already running out of money to finance an adequate response to the outbreak.
The Trump administration recently requested $2.5 billion in emergency funds — $1.25 billion in new funding and $1.25 billion to be diverted from other federal programs — to aid in preparing and responding to coronavirus cases in the US....
I have to add, there is real reason to expect further investigation into the virus itself. It is highly contagious and surprisingly so, including educated health care workers. The actual virus itself has to be understood to assist in containment. Someone within the international health infrastructure may already have that information, it might be some time before it actually shows in the public records.
This is not a measure of Covid-19, however, 3M is selling masks for protection from that very virus.
Figure 222-1. Electron micrograph of a typical coronavirus. Negative-contrast electron micrograph of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronaviruses (SARS-CoV). The typical crown-like spike proteins on the surface of the coronavirus particles are shown.
Bar = 100 nm or 0.1 microns. (click here for conversion table)
(From Kuiken T, Fouchier RA, Schutten M, et al. Newly discovered coronavirus as the primary cause of severe acute respiratory syndrome. Lancet 2003;362:263–270.) (click here for original article - thank you)
Coronaviridae (click here)are enveloped nonsegmented, single-stranded, positive-sense RNA viruses named after their corona- or crown-like surface projections seen on electron microscopy that correspond to large surface spike proteins (Figures 222-1 and 222-2). Coronaviruses are host-specific and can infect humans as well as a variety of different animals, causing diverse clinical syndromes.1 Three serologically and genetically distinct groups of coronaviruses have been described. Human coronaviruses (HCoVs) are part of groups 1 and 2 and primarily cause a variety of respiratory tract infections1 (Table 222-1).
I cannot find a measure of the Covid-19 virus. Perhaps, 3M already has been given that information.
Infectious Disease professionals (click here) are writing all kinds of precautions, but, no mentions of the size of Covid-19.
N95 Respirators
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The 2019 Wuhan COVID-19 Coronavirus has created unprecedented global demand for 3M respiratory products. We are currently fulfilling backorders, and will be receiving new stock in March and April.
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Since 3M makes both types of N95 masks, it would be more prudent to have direct manufacturer input to the appropriate use regarding 2019 Wuhan COVID-19 Coronavirus.
An N95 respirator (click here) is a respiratory protective device designed to achieve a very close facial fit and very efficient filtration of airborne particles.
The ‘N95’ designation means that when subjected to careful testing, the respirator blocks at least 95 percent of very small (0.3 micron) test particles. If properly fitted, the filtration capabilities of N95 respirators exceed those of face masks. However, even a properly fitted N95 respirator does not completely eliminate the risk of illness or death.
N95 respirators are not designed for children or people with facial hair. Because a proper fit cannot be achieved on children and people with facial hair, the N95 respirator may not provide full protection.
There are alternatives to these masks for hospital personal and that is a AIR PACK that supplies breathable air from a portable pack. Fire personnel wear them. It isolates the respiratory system from the surrounding air and supplies breathable air to the wearer from a canister supply.
Health care persons are showing up in larger numbers than acceptable in contracting this virus. They have to be protected to care for others.
There is also this:
pureAir Personal - Wearable Advanced Air Purifier System (click here)
I have not seen where any of these devices are tested against the Covid-19 virus. There are also filters for larger spaces:
Coway Airmega 400 (click here) is designed to accommodate room sizes up to 1,560 square feet and it cleans the air two times in one hour.
Coway Airmega Max2 filter – combined activated carbon and True HEPA filter – captures and reduces up to 99.97% of particles 0.3 microns in the air, including pollen, pollutants and other allergens. It also reduces more than 99% of volatile organic compounds and reduces fumes such as NH3 and CH3CHO. It also includes washable and permanent pre-filter to catch larger dust particles.
Hospitals have used similar devices to convert regular rooms into isolation rooms. This particular device is somewhat simpler than I am familiar with, but, times change.
CDC/NIOSH recommendations (click here)
Coway Airmega Max2 filter – combined activated carbon and True HEPA filter – captures and reduces up to 99.97% of particles 0.3 microns in the air, including pollen, pollutants and other allergens. It also reduces more than 99% of volatile organic compounds and reduces fumes such as NH3 and CH3CHO. It also includes washable and permanent pre-filter to catch larger dust particles.
Hospitals have used similar devices to convert regular rooms into isolation rooms. This particular device is somewhat simpler than I am familiar with, but, times change.
CDC/NIOSH recommendations (click here)
Was the month cooler or warmer than usual?
Colors show where and by how much the average monthly temperature differed from the month’s average temperature from 1981-2010. Red areas were warmer than the 30-year average for the month and blue areas were cooler. White and very light areas had temperatures close to the long-term average.
Where do these measurements come from?
Daily temperature readings come from ground-based weather stations in the Global Historical Climatology Network. Volunteer observers or automated instruments collect the highest and lowest temperature of the day at each station over the entire month,...
The first place a warming planet will show the extent of its impact is during the cold weather months. Why? Because the coldest of cold temperatures will become less cold.
The baseline of this map are temperatures from 1981-2010. So, considering there has been significant warming during that baseline there should be little to no notice of a warming planet in a decade later. But, there is. Using a baseline of recent temperatures rather than from the beginning of recorded warming is called a shifting baseline and that is not normally done to bring about a different comparison than the one obtained from original baselines.
By all means the map above should not exist considering the baseline is already compromised to illustrate a higher temperature group of data already. But, there it is. In ten years after a baseline was rearranged by the USA government to minimize any estimate of a warming Earth, it doesn't matter.
The map above clearly shows regardless of data manipulation Earth continues to warm. And the paid 19 year old woman proclaiming she is the "Anti-Greta" is absolutely correct, she doesn't know what she is talking about. It is time for the "Climate Realist" to get real.
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
The outbreak in Italy was a surprise. If there is anything to learn from Italy is the virus is highly opportunistic. Italy is a First World country with sophisticated medical and disease regimes in place when such issues erupt. Italy still had a population of people develop the virus. It is not yet understood completely and people need to pay attention. This is a virus that attacks the respiratory system and it has to be spread in that way. I haven't yet read anything that states the size of the virus, but, the average filter masks may not do anything except make people feel safe as they go through their daily lives.
China quarantines something like a million or more people to their homes. They were flying drones overhead when someone was spotted outside their home. That is not a virus that is understood, but, has proven to be highly opportunistic in it's ability to infect. By any measure these efforts in China could be viewed as extreme and unnecessary, however, China is beginning to see a slowing of the infected according to one article I read. I try to find it and post it here.
The virus is showing up in Croatia, Bahrain, Spain, and Thailand. It is not contained even with all the emergencies measures. At least not yet.
Of course, there is that outbreak in South Korea which more foolishness by people who believe they are immune from disease because of their religious devotion. That is nonsense and places more people at risk.
New York Times:
February 18, 2020
New cases in China appear to be slowing. (click here)
On Wednesday, the number of confirmed new cases in China appeared again to be slowing, and was put at 1,749. That brought the country’s total number of reported infections to 74,185. Deaths in the previous 24 hours were put at 136, bringing the total to 2,004.
That is one report and I am not saying it is wrong, but, I haven't seen it duplicated yet.
February 24, 2020
By Bill Chappell
Italy reported (click here) a total of 229 novel coronavirus cases on Monday, leaping ahead of Japan (156 cases) on the list of worst-hit countries. Six people have died from the respiratory disease COVID-19 in Italy, and 27 more are in intensive care.
Italy's biggest cluster of cases is in the Lombardy region, which has 172 cases, the country's Health Ministry said Monday afternoon. The Veneto region, which includes Venice, has 33 cases, and Emilia-Romagna has 18.
Italian health officials have ordered a quarantine for tens of thousands of residents in Lombardy. But as NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Rome, Italy's experts have not been able to piece together how the coronavirus got a foothold there.
"Angelo Borrelli, head of the national Civil Protection [Department], expressed frustration, telling reporters, 'Health officials have not yet been able to pinpoint patient zero,' " Poggioli reports for NPR's Newscast unit.
As they watched the number of COVID-19 cases in Italy grow from a handful to hundreds, officials in Lombardy, which includes Milan, banned large public gatherings and shut down schools, universities, museums, movie theaters and other gatherings for at least one week....
I don't want to appear to be over concerned, but, there are reasons to think we need an abundance of caution with this virus.
China quarantines something like a million or more people to their homes. They were flying drones overhead when someone was spotted outside their home. That is not a virus that is understood, but, has proven to be highly opportunistic in it's ability to infect. By any measure these efforts in China could be viewed as extreme and unnecessary, however, China is beginning to see a slowing of the infected according to one article I read. I try to find it and post it here.
The virus is showing up in Croatia, Bahrain, Spain, and Thailand. It is not contained even with all the emergencies measures. At least not yet.
Of course, there is that outbreak in South Korea which more foolishness by people who believe they are immune from disease because of their religious devotion. That is nonsense and places more people at risk.
New York Times:
February 18, 2020
New cases in China appear to be slowing. (click here)
On Wednesday, the number of confirmed new cases in China appeared again to be slowing, and was put at 1,749. That brought the country’s total number of reported infections to 74,185. Deaths in the previous 24 hours were put at 136, bringing the total to 2,004.
That is one report and I am not saying it is wrong, but, I haven't seen it duplicated yet.
February 24, 2020
By Bill Chappell
Italy reported (click here) a total of 229 novel coronavirus cases on Monday, leaping ahead of Japan (156 cases) on the list of worst-hit countries. Six people have died from the respiratory disease COVID-19 in Italy, and 27 more are in intensive care.
Italy's biggest cluster of cases is in the Lombardy region, which has 172 cases, the country's Health Ministry said Monday afternoon. The Veneto region, which includes Venice, has 33 cases, and Emilia-Romagna has 18.
Italian health officials have ordered a quarantine for tens of thousands of residents in Lombardy. But as NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Rome, Italy's experts have not been able to piece together how the coronavirus got a foothold there.
"Angelo Borrelli, head of the national Civil Protection [Department], expressed frustration, telling reporters, 'Health officials have not yet been able to pinpoint patient zero,' " Poggioli reports for NPR's Newscast unit.
As they watched the number of COVID-19 cases in Italy grow from a handful to hundreds, officials in Lombardy, which includes Milan, banned large public gatherings and shut down schools, universities, museums, movie theaters and other gatherings for at least one week....
I don't want to appear to be over concerned, but, there are reasons to think we need an abundance of caution with this virus.
The New Zealand Herald:
26 February 2020
By Alle McMahon
Scientists have warned the coronavirus (click here) appears to be spreading across Europe and Asia without showing symptoms, and even the most radical screening measures are likely missing most cases.
More than 80,000 people have now been infected with the Covid-19 virus and 2707 people have died since it first emerged at a seafood market in China in late December.
Cities across the world have been plunged into lockdown, with borders closed and airports thoroughly checking travellers for fevers or flu-like symptoms, news.com.au reported.
But Dr Simon Clarke, a specialist in cellular microbiology at England's University of Reading, said the virus was proving "extremely difficult to track"....
26 February 2020
The head of Iran's counter-coronavirus task force (click here) has tested positive for the virus himself, authorities announced Tuesday, showing the challenges facing the Islamic Republic amid concerns the outbreak may be far wider than officially acknowledged.
The announcement regarding Iraj Harirchi came after he gave a news conference with journalists in Tehran about the virus just one day prior, seeking to minimise the danger posed by the outbreak.
The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday meanwhile banned all flights to and from Iran over the outbreak of the new coronavirus, just a day after its spread from the Islamic Republic was announced across multiple Mideast nations. Iran earlier raised the official death toll from the virus to 15 killed amid 95 confirmed infections....
Sydney Morning Herald
26 February 2020
By Kate Aubusson and Melissa Cunningham
The Australian government (click here) has activated its emergency response plan to an impending coronavirus pandemic, foreshadowing fever clinics, fast-tracked vaccines and severe pressure on hospitals, blood banks, medical supplies and mortuaries.
Dubbed "The COVID-19 plan", the blueprint outlines a strategy in the event of a large-scale coronavirus outbreak as world leaders and biosecurity experts warn a pandemic is almost inevitable....
CNA (Asian News) - the US is terrified by Russian Fake News campaign.
22 February 2020
Washington - Thousands of Russian-linked social media accounts (click here)
have launched a coordinated effort to spread alarm about the new coronavirus, disrupting global efforts to fight the epidemic, US officials say.
The disinformation campaign promotes unfounded conspiracy theories that the United States is behind the COVID-19 outbreak, in an apparent bid to damage the US image around the world by seizing on health concerns....
Sputnik: There is absolutely radio silence about any coronavirus in Russia. Populous banter is all that can be found.
25 February 2020
A volunteer (click here) has gone -or rather jumped - to great lengths to keep a locked-up area secure, for fear of the further spread of the Novel Coronavirus.
A Chinese officer has been recorded resorting to a martial arts stunt to prevent a villager from entering the area locked down due to a coronavirus flare-up.
Footage shows a male resident pulling up to the red ribbon indicating a no-go zone, wishing to cross the blockade, “just for a short while, to go home and have a look”, but he had to step back and drive away on his bike when a volunteer security guard screams and performs a backflip, before thrusting his leg in a spinning kick....
Plenty of information about the coronavirus in Europe. Italy is having some reports though.
Earlier in the day, (click here) authorities of several European countries, namely Austria, Croatia and Switzerland confirmed first cases of people infected with the coronavirus in their countries.
The death toll from coronavirus infection in Italy has risen to ten with the addition of three more victims in the north of the country, Angelo Borrelli, head of National Civil Protection Service, said Tuesday....
And, of course, more information about Trump's Deep State.
25 February 2020
By Tim Korso
Earlier, (click here) US media reported that the country's intelligence community had informed some American lawmakers about alleged attempts by Russia to meddle in the 2020 presidential election, despite Moscow on numerous occasions denying such interference in US domestic affairs.
US President Donald Trump stated during his visit to India that American intelligence agencies have not briefed him on any information regarding alleged meddling attempts by Russia in the 2020 presidential election. He also suggested that the reports of Moscow's support for Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders might have been initiated by members of the Democratic Party, who want him to lose the primaries....
It's Trump's very own Deep State. It never gets better no matter who is at the helm. Trump is always grieving over the Deep State. Poor, poor Donald is always so misinformed.
Last week President Donald Trump appointed Richard Grenell, (click here) a former US ambassador to Germany, as Acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to oversee the nation's 17 spy agencies and organisations. CIA veterans Philip Giraldi and Larry Johnson explain Trump's move and the liberal media's outrage over it.
Though US career diplomat Richard Grenell is the first openly gay person to assume the highest intelligence post, the liberal media has somehow fallen short of rejoicing at this fact, and has raised an uproar over what they call Trump's "disastrous choice".
"Widely disliked by diplomats and journalists, but loved by his boss who's made clear that 'he values loyalty above all', the appointment of the nation's new top intelligence official is a sign that Trump's purge is spreading fast", Vanity Fair wrote on Monday.
As the former Ambassador was about to fill the boots of his predecessor, Joseph Maguire, the MSM presumed that the US president sacked the latter over the 13 February briefing on Russia's alleged "interference" in the 2020 elections held by Maguire's appointee at the House Intelligence Committee. According to ex-CIA Director John Brennan, the dismissal of the chief spy amounts to a "virtual decapitation of the intelligence community"....
The Associated Press: Evidently, the quarantined woman broke out of the hospital was tracked down and returned to custody. No one around her is wearing masks either.
February 17, 2020
Moscow - A Russian woman (click here) aboard the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan has become the first Russian citizen to be diagnosed with COVID-19, Russia said Monday.
The woman on the ship will be transferred to a hospital and receive treatment, the Russian Embassy in Japan said in its Facebook posting. It wasn’t immediately clear whether that would be in Russia or Japan.
The virus, which emerged in central China in December, has infected 454 people on that particular cruise ship. Globally, the virus has infected more than 71,000 people, killing 1,770 patients in mainland China and five others elsewhere. China has instituted strict lockdown measures on over 60 million people in central Hubei province.
In January, Russia reported two confirmed cases of COVID-19 and hospitalized two Chinese citizens, who have since recovered.
Since the start of the coronavirus outbreak, the Russian government has halted most of its air traffic to China. All trains connecting Russia to China and North Korea have been suspended and the Russian land border with China and Mongolia is closed.
Moscow has temporarily stopped issuing work visas to Chinese citizens and Chinese students who had left for the Lunar New Year vacation have been asked not to resume their studies in Russian universities until March 1.
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has said that Russia may start deporting foreigners infected with the virus.
BBC - Also reporting on trial drug being tested in USA. It is not a vaccine, it is a potential treatment. Anti-viral drug. " Acyclovir" is an anti-viral drug. It isn't like this hasn't been investigated before, there is just no vaccines for a coronavirus. Treatments have been developed. The effectiveness AGAIN depends on the health of the individual and their ability to tolerate the drugs as well as the disease.
26 February 2020
By Alle McMahon
Scientists have warned the coronavirus (click here) appears to be spreading across Europe and Asia without showing symptoms, and even the most radical screening measures are likely missing most cases.
More than 80,000 people have now been infected with the Covid-19 virus and 2707 people have died since it first emerged at a seafood market in China in late December.
Cities across the world have been plunged into lockdown, with borders closed and airports thoroughly checking travellers for fevers or flu-like symptoms, news.com.au reported.
But Dr Simon Clarke, a specialist in cellular microbiology at England's University of Reading, said the virus was proving "extremely difficult to track"....
26 February 2020
The head of Iran's counter-coronavirus task force (click here) has tested positive for the virus himself, authorities announced Tuesday, showing the challenges facing the Islamic Republic amid concerns the outbreak may be far wider than officially acknowledged.
The announcement regarding Iraj Harirchi came after he gave a news conference with journalists in Tehran about the virus just one day prior, seeking to minimise the danger posed by the outbreak.
The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday meanwhile banned all flights to and from Iran over the outbreak of the new coronavirus, just a day after its spread from the Islamic Republic was announced across multiple Mideast nations. Iran earlier raised the official death toll from the virus to 15 killed amid 95 confirmed infections....
Sydney Morning Herald
26 February 2020
By Kate Aubusson and Melissa Cunningham
The Australian government (click here) has activated its emergency response plan to an impending coronavirus pandemic, foreshadowing fever clinics, fast-tracked vaccines and severe pressure on hospitals, blood banks, medical supplies and mortuaries.
Dubbed "The COVID-19 plan", the blueprint outlines a strategy in the event of a large-scale coronavirus outbreak as world leaders and biosecurity experts warn a pandemic is almost inevitable....
CNA (Asian News) - the US is terrified by Russian Fake News campaign.
22 February 2020
Washington - Thousands of Russian-linked social media accounts (click here)
have launched a coordinated effort to spread alarm about the new coronavirus, disrupting global efforts to fight the epidemic, US officials say.
The disinformation campaign promotes unfounded conspiracy theories that the United States is behind the COVID-19 outbreak, in an apparent bid to damage the US image around the world by seizing on health concerns....
Sputnik: There is absolutely radio silence about any coronavirus in Russia. Populous banter is all that can be found.
25 February 2020
A volunteer (click here) has gone -or rather jumped - to great lengths to keep a locked-up area secure, for fear of the further spread of the Novel Coronavirus.
A Chinese officer has been recorded resorting to a martial arts stunt to prevent a villager from entering the area locked down due to a coronavirus flare-up.
Footage shows a male resident pulling up to the red ribbon indicating a no-go zone, wishing to cross the blockade, “just for a short while, to go home and have a look”, but he had to step back and drive away on his bike when a volunteer security guard screams and performs a backflip, before thrusting his leg in a spinning kick....
Plenty of information about the coronavirus in Europe. Italy is having some reports though.
Earlier in the day, (click here) authorities of several European countries, namely Austria, Croatia and Switzerland confirmed first cases of people infected with the coronavirus in their countries.
The death toll from coronavirus infection in Italy has risen to ten with the addition of three more victims in the north of the country, Angelo Borrelli, head of National Civil Protection Service, said Tuesday....
And, of course, more information about Trump's Deep State.
25 February 2020
By Tim Korso
Earlier, (click here) US media reported that the country's intelligence community had informed some American lawmakers about alleged attempts by Russia to meddle in the 2020 presidential election, despite Moscow on numerous occasions denying such interference in US domestic affairs.
US President Donald Trump stated during his visit to India that American intelligence agencies have not briefed him on any information regarding alleged meddling attempts by Russia in the 2020 presidential election. He also suggested that the reports of Moscow's support for Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders might have been initiated by members of the Democratic Party, who want him to lose the primaries....
It's Trump's very own Deep State. It never gets better no matter who is at the helm. Trump is always grieving over the Deep State. Poor, poor Donald is always so misinformed.
Last week President Donald Trump appointed Richard Grenell, (click here) a former US ambassador to Germany, as Acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to oversee the nation's 17 spy agencies and organisations. CIA veterans Philip Giraldi and Larry Johnson explain Trump's move and the liberal media's outrage over it.
Though US career diplomat Richard Grenell is the first openly gay person to assume the highest intelligence post, the liberal media has somehow fallen short of rejoicing at this fact, and has raised an uproar over what they call Trump's "disastrous choice".
"Widely disliked by diplomats and journalists, but loved by his boss who's made clear that 'he values loyalty above all', the appointment of the nation's new top intelligence official is a sign that Trump's purge is spreading fast", Vanity Fair wrote on Monday.
As the former Ambassador was about to fill the boots of his predecessor, Joseph Maguire, the MSM presumed that the US president sacked the latter over the 13 February briefing on Russia's alleged "interference" in the 2020 elections held by Maguire's appointee at the House Intelligence Committee. According to ex-CIA Director John Brennan, the dismissal of the chief spy amounts to a "virtual decapitation of the intelligence community"....
The Associated Press: Evidently, the quarantined woman broke out of the hospital was tracked down and returned to custody. No one around her is wearing masks either.
who broke out of the hospital on Feb. 7 after learning that she would have to spend 14 days in isolation instead of the 24 hours doctors promised her, is escorted by a bailiffs form a court after a session in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Feb. 17, 2020.
Moscow - A Russian woman (click here) aboard the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan has become the first Russian citizen to be diagnosed with COVID-19, Russia said Monday.
The woman on the ship will be transferred to a hospital and receive treatment, the Russian Embassy in Japan said in its Facebook posting. It wasn’t immediately clear whether that would be in Russia or Japan.
The virus, which emerged in central China in December, has infected 454 people on that particular cruise ship. Globally, the virus has infected more than 71,000 people, killing 1,770 patients in mainland China and five others elsewhere. China has instituted strict lockdown measures on over 60 million people in central Hubei province.
In January, Russia reported two confirmed cases of COVID-19 and hospitalized two Chinese citizens, who have since recovered.
Since the start of the coronavirus outbreak, the Russian government has halted most of its air traffic to China. All trains connecting Russia to China and North Korea have been suspended and the Russian land border with China and Mongolia is closed.
Moscow has temporarily stopped issuing work visas to Chinese citizens and Chinese students who had left for the Lunar New Year vacation have been asked not to resume their studies in Russian universities until March 1.
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has said that Russia may start deporting foreigners infected with the virus.
BBC - Also reporting on trial drug being tested in USA. It is not a vaccine, it is a potential treatment. Anti-viral drug. " Acyclovir" is an anti-viral drug. It isn't like this hasn't been investigated before, there is just no vaccines for a coronavirus. Treatments have been developed. The effectiveness AGAIN depends on the health of the individual and their ability to tolerate the drugs as well as the disease.
Ireland's minister for health (click here) said the Six Nations rugby match between Ireland and Italy in Dublin "should not go ahead" due to the coronavirus outbreak in northern Italy.
Simon Harris said it was the "very clear view" of the public health emergency team that the game on 7 March should be cancelled.
He told RTE news: "It would constitute a significant risk, because a very large number of people will be travelling from what is now an affected region.
"So my department will be contacting the IRFU (Irish Rugby Football Union) in relation to this.
"I know (it will) cause a great disappointment to many, but it is important to make decisions in relation to public health above and beyond all other considerations."...
26 February 2020
A hotel in the Austrian Alps (click here) has been put on lockdown after an Italian receptionist working there contracted the virus.
Officials haven't named the hotel, but they have said it's in the Alpine city of Innsbruck. It's also not clear how long it will remain on lockdown.
Austria's Interior Minister Karl Nehammer told reporters: "No one can get in or out of the hotel to make sure that if other infected people are staying in the hotel, the virus won't be spread.
"All these measures have one purpose - to stop the virus and its spread. There is no reason to panic."
Innsbruck is the capital of the state of Tyrol, which borders Italy.
The infected woman's home was also being isolated, a state government spokeswoman told AFP.
She and her partner, both 24, had travelled to Innsbruck by car from their home in Lombardy, Italy last week.
Italy is the worst-hit European country, with 322 cases and 11 deaths.
It is rather incredible the ease with which this virus will infect health care workers who know how to protect themselves. The virus is highly opportunistic. Any source of DNA will do evidently.
The plans for the Japanese Olympics are going forward.
"Mission Impossible" filming is delayed by Paramount because of the concern for the cases in Italy.
26 February 2020
A hotel in the Austrian Alps (click here) has been put on lockdown after an Italian receptionist working there contracted the virus.
Officials haven't named the hotel, but they have said it's in the Alpine city of Innsbruck. It's also not clear how long it will remain on lockdown.
Austria's Interior Minister Karl Nehammer told reporters: "No one can get in or out of the hotel to make sure that if other infected people are staying in the hotel, the virus won't be spread.
"All these measures have one purpose - to stop the virus and its spread. There is no reason to panic."
Innsbruck is the capital of the state of Tyrol, which borders Italy.
The infected woman's home was also being isolated, a state government spokeswoman told AFP.
She and her partner, both 24, had travelled to Innsbruck by car from their home in Lombardy, Italy last week.
Italy is the worst-hit European country, with 322 cases and 11 deaths.
It is rather incredible the ease with which this virus will infect health care workers who know how to protect themselves. The virus is highly opportunistic. Any source of DNA will do evidently.
The plans for the Japanese Olympics are going forward.
"Mission Impossible" filming is delayed by Paramount because of the concern for the cases in Italy.
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