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Pop Corn Crisis USA 2020

https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/popco...e-theaters
Perhaps some of you have heard about an anime related to the year 2020, well, it's not part of this news article at all. What made me pick that title was the fact this pop corn crisis is happening in 2020. While the anime feature a super computer virus, not the infamous Wuhan virus, this crisis is about farmers being unable to sell their kernels to movie theaters and fairs and other venues. You say, you can store pop corn for about a year before it gets too dry to ever pop up. Since they're about to harvest more corn, this is getting quite troublesome indeed. Some of them were in need of building more silos to store the kernels. Nope, their efforts to sell popcorn to consumers like you and, well, not me because I live abroad hasn't really solved their problem at all. So let me ask you this: are you able to buy some of those 111 million pounds of corn?

Judge rules Louisville police do not have to release investigative file into fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor

https://www.foxnews.com/us/judge-louisvi...nna-taylor
The harm of releasing the file is magnified by the public attention, the judge said before adding that in Kentucky the file is exempt from disclosure.

Police said they are also setting up some barricades around the downtown area. Many of the protests have been around a downtown park and city hall. Federal officials have closed the federal courthouse and other federal buildings for the week.

Well, people there might strongly disagree with the judge's criterion but how convenient could it be to release such information just because?

NYPD officer accused of acting as a spy for China

https://www.foxnews.com/us/nypd-officer-spy-china
The alleged espionage activity occurred from May 2018 to his arrest, prosecutors said.

Baimadajie Angwang, 33, who was born in China's Tibet region and serves in the U.S. Army Reserve, allegedly reported on the activity of ethnic Tibetans in the New York area to the Chinese consulate and was tasked with recruiting potential intelligence assets among the city's Tibetan community, prosecutors said.

As an agent, he “spotted and assessed potential ethnic Tibetan intelligence sources in the New York metropolitan area and beyond,” the complaint said. Tibetans have long been oppressed by the Chinese government and many are believed to have been killed since China occupied the region decades ago.
"The PRC has referred to Tibetans as one of 'the five poisons' threatening the stability of the PRC," the federal complaint said.
The charges against Angwang include acting as an agent of a foreign government without prior notification to the attorney general, making false statements about his contacts, obstruction of an official proceeding and wire fraud.
The complaint said Angwang serves as a civil affairs specialist with a rank of staff sergeant in the Army Reserve and is stationed at Fort Dix, N.J. He holds a "SECURITY" level security clearance, which allows him access to classified information.

New York police officers have been in serious troubles since Mayor de Blasio started cutting their funds and still, here we got a corrupt officer passing down information to Chinese officials concerning Tibetans living in the area. Plus he also stained the reputation of the Army Reserve as well. What makes it even worse, he's Tibetan himself and his father is retired from China People's Liberation Army and is a member of the Chinese Communist Party, while his mother is a retired government official and also a member of the Communist Party and his brother serves as a reservist in the People's Liberation Army. Other conversations included Angwang talking about recruiting potential Tibetans as agents and rewarding them with 10-year U.S. visas.

Hurricane Teddy bringing 'life-threatening' rip currents to East Coast, fall set to arrive

https://www.foxnews.com/us/hurricane-ted...val-season
Storm's size is generating dangerous ocean conditions that are reaching the U.S. So Maine get prepared!

The core of Hurricane Teddy is passing east of Bermuda on Monday, but the large storm will have impacts stretching across the East Coast of the U.S.
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Monday that Hurricane Teddy is a Category 2 storm, packing maximum sustained winds of 100 mph and is located about 160 miles southeast of Bermuda, moving north-northeast at 9 mph.
Teddy will pass east of Bermuda throughout the day, with tropical storm conditions already moving over the island.

Fall officially begins Tuesday morning, with the autumnal equinox at 9:30 a.m. EDT

Keep in mind that Teddy might reach Canada later on according to NHC while Beta is threatening another region of the U.S.

Tropical Storm Beta takes aim at Texas, Louisiana as Gulf Coast sees storm surge, flooding

https://www.foxnews.com/us/tropical-stor...ane-season

The problem with this storm, it's going to bring heavy rainfall to areas that were hit by Hurricane Laura.
Rising water levels were reported in several areas along the central Texas coast including in Galveston, where officials advised residents to have supplies ready in case they have to stay home for several days if roads are flooded.

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Pilot whales Tasmania: Australia to euthanise stranded animals
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-54275771
At least they use their meat to feed some sharks for several weeks.

Major carmakers sue US government over China tax
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54260917

The US and China have imposed border taxes on each other's goods and services as part of a trade war.
Tensions between Washington and Beijing have rapidly escalated in recent weeks, mainly concerning technology firms.

Oh really?  So why didn't you go to Chinese courts first? Oh, that's because you already know they don't care even a little bit about your rights! It's quite hypocritical to only sue one government when you know both of them are playing the same game. That's why I can say this actually smells like CCP trying to wreak havoc in US once again.

Trump won't commit to peaceful transfer of power according to BBC
https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54274115
Well, that's not exactly what he meant. Anyway he's pretty sure he'll win in November. BBC wants us to worry about Republicans asking the Supreme Court to allow a vote recount if something fishy ever happens. Well, weren't Democrats allowed to submit their complains or petitions and the like in the past?

Heroes in Harm's Way: Covid-19 show sparks sexism debate in China
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-54241734

"Heroes in Harm's Way" premiered on China's flagship TV channel, CCTV-1, on 17 September. It aired during primetime, and promised to be the first TV drama "based on real life stories" about front-line workers in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, the site of the first coronavirus outbreak.
The title of the show implied that it was going to highlight the major contributions women had made in China's epidemic fight. Women account for the majority of China's front-line workers.

Viewers' opinions show this drama is screwed since they downplayed women's role in attending the population.

North Korea killed and burned South Korean official
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-54275649

A South Korean official has been shot dead and burned by North Korean troops, said the South's defence ministry which condemned the "brutal act".
Seoul said the man had disappeared from a patrol boat near the border and was later found in the North's waters.
North Korean soldiers shot him, then poured oil over his body and set it alight, the ministry said. It had come to this conclusion based on its analysis of "diverse intelligence".

What a terrible way to die indeed!

Republicans release report on Joe Biden's son
https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54268887

The 87-page report called the younger Biden's role at a company suspected of corruption "awkward" and "problematic" at a time when the US was trying to help clean up corruption in Ukraine.
However, the report found little additional information that had not already been publicly revealed in news reports and testimony to the impeachment committee.
Mr Trump has claimed that Mr Biden meddled in Ukraine to help his son's business interests, but lawmakers found no evidence of this.

So is BBC now saying that Joe Biden's threat to an Ukrainian district attorney that was investigating his son was legal? So why don't people rely on such tactics to prevent authorities from ever prosecuting them?  


Breonna Taylor: Two officers shot during Louisville protests
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54275346

Canadian PM Trudeau promises 'ambitious' recovery plan
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54270735

His expansive new legislative agenda includes new investments and initiatives to help the country recover from the pandemic.
It came with a vow to support Canadians "through this crisis as long as it lasts, whatever it takes".
The Conservatives said it lacked a commitment to fiscal restraint and failed to address the needs of "everyday Canadians".
Mr Trudeau warned Canadians in a televised address following the speech that a second wave of the pandemic was "already under way".

Alexei Navalny: Russian activist discharged from Berlin hospital
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54262279
How long will it take before Russia orchestrates another assassination attempt? It doesn't seem Putin would ever let an opponent live a peaceful live, would he?  

Mass protests after Lukashenko secretly sworn in
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54262953
How many times have you ever read so far that a president needs to be sworn in while hiding from his own people?

Westpac bank to pay record Australian fine over laundering breaches
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-54275165

Australia's Westpac bank has negotiated to pay a record A$1.3bn (£0.7bn; $0.9bn) fine for the nation's biggest breach of money laundering laws.
Last year, Australia's financial crime watchdog said the bank had failed to adequately report over 19 million international transactions.
Some payments were potentially linked to child exploitation, officials said.

Calling this a huge scandal would be a real understatement. Especially if kids were used as a way to make some quick money.

Wells Fargo's Charles Scharf apologises over race comments
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54269360
This hasn't been a good week for banks for sure.  

Wells Fargo's own record on race has also been in the spotlight, as the firm has paid millions to settle investigations into discriminatory lending and hiring.
In June, the bank announced diversity initiatives, following global protests over police brutality and racism.
In the memo announcing the plans, which was reported by Reuters, Mr Scharf said: "While it might sound like an excuse, the unfortunate reality is that there is a very limited pool of black talent to recruit from."

I better don't ask that guy what he thinks about Latinos or Asians.
On the other hand, shouldn't people care a bit more about improving the education system and the access to universities for the average joe instead of merely complaining about his stupid comments. I mean, what if it's true they noticed how few black people pick the careers the banks are "monitoring"? Why don't they think they should come up with ways to catch those black students' eyes with some incentives? Or couldn't they encourage them by letting them partake in some seminars on banking stuff?

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Another Islamist attack in Paris

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54302337
The Charlie Hebdo's shadow doesn't seem to disappear from that street of Paris indeed. The gendarmerie has already arrested 7 suspects so far.

The attack came as a high-profile trial was under way of 14 people accused of helping two jihadists carry out the 2015 attack on Charlie Hebdo, in which 12 people were killed.
Charlie Hebdo vacated its offices after the 2015 attack, and the building is now used by a television production company.

That's the problem Europe and even USA are facing nowadays, Islamic jihadists think they're entitled to do Allah's will, pretty much their extremist imam's will , no matter if they're living in Europe or America. Curiously you don't see such terrible and bloody scenes taking place in Russia or China. So far it's impossible to tell whether or not it's a mechanical or computer or human error or an actual attempt from Russia to further destabilize Ukraine.

Nigeria and Sharia: A Boy sentenced to serve 10 years in prison for making "improper comments" against Allah
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-54300318
Several people from different places offered themselves to serve a month in jail each to reduce the boy's sentence.

Now you can see why letting Islamic extremists take control of a country is a TERRIBLE idea.

Another Ukrainian airplane explodes
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54301097
So far it's impossible to tell whether or not it's a mechanical or computer or human error or an actual attempt from Russia to further destabilize Ukraine.

Kim Jong-un apologises for killing of South Korean official
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-54291550
Do you recall how we reported that atrocity committed by the North Korean authorities?  
Well, the South Korean government stated Kim Jong-un apologized for their mistake. That was unexpected indeed!

Are you Swiss? Then your future is at stake on Sunday!
Free Movement Agreement with EU is at risk!
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54269138

Switzerland decided long ago not to join the EU, but it does want access to Europe's free-trade area, and it wants to co-operate with Brussels in areas like transport, the environment, and research and education.
The price for this is to sign up to the EU's major policy "pillars" including free movement, and Schengen open borders.
The EU has consistently told the Swiss there will be no cherry-picking: leaving free movement would mean leaving those lucrative trade arrangements too.

Are Swiss willing to pay such a huge price for controlling their borders at will?

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Tasmania pilot whales: Rescuers release 108 surviving animals
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-54307815
Good news for whales! 108 of them managed to survive their ordeal.
Sadly, fellow sharks won't be having a snack any time soon.

Trump nominates conservative Amy Coney Barrett for Supreme Court
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54312699

Speaking at the White House Rose Garden, Mr Trump described her as a "woman of unparalleled achievement".
Her nomination will spark a bitter Senate fight to get her confirmed as November's presidential election looms.
Mr Trump said Judge Barrett was a "stellar scholar and judge" with "unyielding loyalty to the constitution".

Croydon police shooting: Four crime scenes searched over Sgt Matt Ratana death
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-54306029

Police investigating the fatal shooting of a police officer in south London say four crime scenes are being searched.
Sgt Matiu Ratana, 54, from New Zealand, died in hospital on Friday after being shot in Croydon as a handcuffed suspect was being taken into custody.
The 23-year-old suspect, who is thought to have then shot himself, remains in a critical condition, police said.
The BBC's Daniel De Simone said the Banstead address is down a long driveway and contains a series of concrete bunkers.

Lebanon's PM-designate Adib fails to form new government after blast
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-54307896
It seems people can't forgive politicians for not preventing the explosives from destroying a large part of Beirut.

Meanwhile, Shia parties are seeking to control the finance ministry and pick ministers. They just forget there are other groups like other Muslim factions and even Christians as well.  
The World Bank has estimated that the explosion caused as much as $4.6bn (£3.4bn) in damage to buildings and infrastructure.

Madrid at serious risk without tougher rules, minister warns
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54309649

On Saturday Spain's Health Minister Salvador Illa said current restrictions did not go far enough.
He said it was "time to act with determination" to control the pandemic.
"There is a serious risk for inhabitants, for the neighbouring regions," Mr Illa said, calling on the capital's regional authorities to "put the health of citizens first" and impose a partial lockdown on the entire city.
Spain's regions are in charge of healthcare and so the central government does not have the power to impose the restrictions it prefers.

And Costa Rica already allows Spanish tourists to visit my country.

Stabbings suspect was trying to target Charlie Hebdo magazine
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54307820

A man suspected of injuring two people with a meat cleaver in Paris has admitted to deliberately targeting the former offices of the satirical Charlie Hebdo magazine, French media report.
The man, an 18-year-old born in Pakistan, reportedly linked his actions to the magazine's recent republication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
Charlie Hebdo did this as a trial over the 2015 Islamist attack on the magazine which killed 12 people began.

Yeah, he seriously wanted to kill them all in the name of their Allah. It's terrible to know you need to go hiding to prevent lunatics from showing at your door to get rid of you... permanently.

Three dead in fire at Huawei compound
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/...three-dead

Blaze broke out a building under construction in Dongguan, Guangdong province
Victims were members of the project’s site management team

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Palm Oil Labor Abuses + Famous Brands + Banks

https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbrea...62a30423bb

Jum’s trapped on a Malaysian plantation run by government-owned Felda, one of the world’s largest palm oil companies. His boss confiscated and then lost his Indonesian passport, he says, leaving him vulnerable to arrest. Night after night, he has been forced to hide from authorities, sleeping on the jungle floor, exposed to the wind and the rain. His biggest fear: the roaming tigers.
All the while, Jum says his supervisor demanded he keep working, tending the heavy reddish-orange palm oil fruit that has made its way into the supply chains of the planet’s most iconic food and cosmetics companies like Unilever, L’Oreal, Nestle and Procter & Gamble.

But why has palm oil become such a burden or problem? Just keep reading to find that out.

Though labor issues have largely been ignored, the punishing effects of palm oil on the environment have been decried for years. Still, giant Western financial institutions like Deutsche Bank, BNY Mellon, Citigroup, HSBC and the Vanguard Group have continued to help fuel a crop that has exploded globally, soaring from just 5 million tons in 1999 to 72 million today, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The U.S. alone has seen a 900 percent spike in demand during that same time.

If you still think you can just skip it at will or you feel the sudden need to save the environment, you better think it twice.

Palm oil is virtually impossible to avoid. Often disguised on labels as an ingredient listed by more than 200 names, it can be found in roughly half the products on supermarket shelves and in most cosmetic brands. It’s in paints, plywood, pesticides and pills. It’s also present in animal feed, biofuels and even hand sanitizer.

Yeah, even the hand sanitizer you're using to stay safe from covid-19 would be at risk then.

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Ballot Harvesting Voter Fraud Already
Project Veritas and their camera crew catch them and even get them on record
https://nypost.com/2020/09/27/project-ve...minnesota/

Just today we got 300 for Jamal Osman. I have 300 ballots in my car right now . . .

Under Minnesota law, no individual can be the “designated agent” for more than three absentee voters, and this guy got 300? And he's the council member's brother?
Project Veritas is not a group that liberal media appreciates due to their political viewpoint. However, the alleged involvement of Ilhan Omar is claimed on camera by two people in Veritas’ investigation, including whistle-blower Omar Jamal, a Minneapolis community leader and chair of the city’s Somali Watchdog Group.

Yeah, pretty much sold like when Veritas was actually inside the CNN news anchor room and got one of their producers to spill beans on video.

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Parisian Bars at risk?  
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54377726
Paris "can't sleep" any longer, covid-19 is on the rise and bars with all of their happy patrons will be punished in order to curb its viral growth. Their announcement on Sunday might make this sad reality come true.

According to Mr Véran, more than 30% of beds in Paris's intensive care units have been filled with Covid-19 patients.
He warned that if the maximum alert was put in place, there would be no more family reunions and bars would be closed. Bars and restaurants in the region already have to close by 22:00.

Just in case you ever thought you could still meet your parents or siblings at will because you're no drinker, you better think it twice.

Joyce Echaquan death: Canada PM Trudeau decries 'worst form of racism'
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54288361

A video of a dying indigenous woman screaming in distress and being insulted by staff shows the "worst form of racism", says Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Three investigations are underway and a nurse has been fired since the video emerged early this week.
The woman, Joyce Echaquan, streamed her treatment on Facebook shortly before her death.

Speechless indeed!

Delphine Boël: Belgium ex-king's love child wins royal titles
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54380084
This is what happens when you're a king and you think you can hide your unofficial offspring for the rest of your life.  

Turkey and Greece set up military hotline amid energy tensions
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54378022

Turkey and Greece have set up a military hotline in a bid to reduce the risk of clashes in the Mediterranean, where the two are locked in a row over energy resources and maritime borders.
The move was announced by the Nato military bloc, of which both countries are members.
Tensions rose this year when Turkey sent a research ship to a disputed area.
It comes as EU leaders met to discuss the bloc's thorny ties with Turkey.
Turkey has been a long-term candidate for membership of the European Union but efforts have stalled, with EU leaders criticising Turkey's record on human rights and the rule of law, in particular in the wake of the 2016 failed military coup.

Will the EU be able to solve this dispute? Err, I do think it's highly unlikely since Russia supports Turkey.

NY Times reviews Caliphate podcast amid source 'hoax' charge

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54304509

The New York Times has been forced to scrutinise its reporting on Islamic State (IS) in a popular podcast about the terror group, after a source was charged with lying about his experience.
Canadian Shehroze Chaudhry, 25, was arrested by police on Friday, and stands accused of hoax-terrorist activity.
Mr Chaudhry was a key voice in the Times' Caliphate series.
Police allege he made up his story.
Questions over Mr Chaudhry's tales of the Islamic State first emerged after he gave interviews to Canadian and American news outlets with contradictory information.

Well, if you ever needed to find a reason why you shouldn't support the New York Times, now you got one.  

Irish Tax Policies redefine what's supposed to be called bread in Ireland

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54370056
Because Subway's bread rolls contain more sugar than expected, they're no longer treated as bread and forces Subway to make payments for VAT, which stands at 13.5% right now. That's what the latest Irish Supreme Court stated recently.
Did it really stop being bread because of some extra sugar?

Alexei Navalny blames Vladimir Putin for poisoning him

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54369664

"I assert that Putin is behind this act, I don't see any other explanation," he told German news magazine Der Spiegel in an interview.
Germany, where Mr Navalny is recovering, says he was poisoned by a Novichok nerve agent. Its findings were confirmed by labs in France and Sweden.
The Kremlin denies any involvement.
Responding to the interview on Thursday, Mr Putin's spokesman said there was no evidence that Mr Navalny had been poisoned with a nerve agent, and said CIA agents were working with the opposition leader.

Well, you know what they say: Russia is innocent, blame America for everything!

After Philadelphia sees voting machine controls stolen

Reporter finds lax security at warehouse

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/philade...-warehouse

A Philadelphia reporter said he walked right into an elections warehouse Thursday, a day after reports that someone had stolen USB drives used to program the city's voting machines from the same facility.
There were no security guards at the door or surveillance cameras visible, according to Max Marin, an investigative journalist at WHYY's Billy Penn news site, who shared video and photographs from his adventure to Twitter Thursday afternoon.
The thumb drives and a laptop went missing sometime this week, but exactly when remains unclear, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported Wednesday.
“We are confident that this incident will not in any way compromise the integrity of the election,” a spokesman for City Commissioner Lisa Deeley told the paper.

How exactly can you claim it won't compromise it? This is especially worrisome when we recalll they DON'T KNOW when they've stolen the thumb drives!

Former Twitter CEO's anti-capilistic speech

Is he a The Purge's fan?

https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/f...lists-shot
Even if he didn't really mean he wants capitalists getting shot by protesters, some extremists could easily interpret it as his actual wish and take some lethal action indeed. Twitter had not flagged or removed the tweet at the time the article was published.

Pompeo Criticized the Vatican and China

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mike-po...-interview
While some people perceived his impossibility to schedule a meeting with Pope Francis as a radical change in the Vatican's policies, he considers they gotta have taken too long to ask him to let them have a serious discussion on why they shouldn't renew the deal with the Chinese authorities on how to administrate the local Catholic churches in China. He also thinks the Trump administration has always been vocal on religious freedom and China's persecution of minorities.

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*** Special Covid-19 Edition ***

Trump delivers video message saying
he thinks he is 'doing very well,'
after testing positive for coronavirus

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-s...oronavirus
Yeah, has finally hit the White House.
He'll be staying in the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.
So if anything wrong ever happens... blame Wulfo for it.

Regeneron's antibody cocktail is Trump's COVID-19 treatment

https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/rege...at-to-know

President Trump's physician is treating his COVID-19 with Regeneron's experimental treatment. The details were released as the President makes his way to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for observation.
This biotech's board boasts a Nobel Laureate and a former Wall Street CEO.
In late September, the company said its antibody cocktail was successful in treating common COVID-19 symptoms.

Who else has tested positive in Washington DC and other places?

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-p...s-negative
Don't worry, Dems, Vice President Mike Pence can still work as usual. Trump's Justice nominee is health as well.

In case you love weird conspiracy theories, here's one you haven't heard about ever before.

MSNBC's Joy Reid suggests Trump is faking COVID diagnosis to 'get out of the debates'

https://www.foxnews.com/media/msnbc-joy-...rus-faking

Maryland mail-in voting: What to know
Mail-in ballots should start arriving at the end of September for voters that request them

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/marylan...at-to-know
Well, Wulfo and silne the ghost, now you've got a good chance to request your very own mail-in ballot!

Voters can also request that the ballot be sent to them by email, in which case they would print it themselves.

Can you trust people won't try to cheat this way!?

Senate Democrats cite coronavirus in latest effort to delay Amy Coney Barrett confirmation
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senate-...nfirmation
You know it very well, Dems hate the very same idea of having Barret get confirmed as a new Justice so they're growing desperate while looking for excuses not to vote her nomination.  

North Korea's Kim Jong Un offers sympathies

to Trump, first lady after COVID-19 diagnoses

'He sent warm greetings to them,' a state-run outlet said

https://www.foxnews.com/world/north-kore...rump-covid
Yeah, it's quite a surprise he's ever sent any other press release.

New York Times's Proposal: Trump should NOT remain on Ballots

https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-coro...york-times

“If he becomes sick, it could raise questions about whether he should remain on the ballot at all,” Times reporters Peter Baker and Maggie Haberman wrote after noting that Trump’s positive test throws “the nation’s leadership into uncertainty.”
“No big deal. Just The New York Times openly wondering if (read: rooting for) Trump should QUIT the election and thus preemptively concede to Joe Biden,” Houck wrote. “And yet, the national press don't want to be called the enemy of the people.”

You see, there's a legal issue behind this reasoning, the New York Times suddenly forgot Trump isn't dying and that even in the worst case scenario there's Vice President Mike Pence who would eventually succeed him in the White House. Of course, only the Grey Lady is rooting or rotting for this "apocalyptic" scenario.

New York City to Resend

100,000 Absentee Ballots Over Printing Error

The affected voters are registered in Brooklyn and began receiving absentee ballots this week

https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-ci...1601413993
Now it sounds terrible curious that the New York Times wanted to exclude Trump from the ballots. This way they could just print Biden's face and name and get away with their "progressive" aka communist plans.
Even so it'd be too late, Dems! Anyway US President Trump is still alive so why do they ever worry about?
Even so it's suspicious how they printed the wrong names on the inner oath envelope...

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Fariba Adelkhah: French-Iranian academic temporarily released in Iran
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-54402098

She has been temporarily released from prison with an electronic ankle bracelet and is spending some quality time with her family in Teheran. Iranian authorities claimed she had threatened national security and spread dangerous propraganda. Iran does not recognize dual citizenship.

Storm Alex: Heavy rains cause severe flooding in France and Italy

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54402096

At least two people have died and at least 25 are missing after a powerful storm hit southern France and north-western Italy.
A number of villages suffered serious damage around the southern city of Nice. Its mayor described it as the worst flooding in living memory.
In northern Italy, roads and bridges were swept away by floodwater, while several rivers overflowed their banks.

One of the victims was a firefighter in Aosta Valley. Another one was swept into a river in the Piedmont region while he was driving.  

Rick Moranis was hit by a mysterious guy in Manhattan

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54396065

Mr Moranis went to hospital and reported pain in his head, hip and back before reporting the crime at the precinct.

Yeap, New York City isn't a safe place for sure!

Belarus election: Row with EU intensifies over disputed vote

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54394167

The EU and Belarus have imposed sanctions on each other in an escalating row over a disputed presidential election.
On Friday, the EU announced it was sanctioning 40 members of Mr Lukashenko's team.
Belarus announced retaliatory measures the same day, but has not disclosed which EU officials have been targeted.
Among those on the list are said to be Interior Minister Yuri Karaev and top security official Alexander Valerievich Bykov, whom the EU accused of "torture of peaceful demonstrators".
German Chancellor Angela Merkel told journalists the sanctions were "an important signal because it strengthens the hand of those who are protesting for freedom of opinion in Belarus."

Probably Lukashenko doesn't care about it because Putin still supports him. Some even suspect Belarus has been unofficially annexed to the Russian Federation in practical terms.  

US also sanctioned 8 officials including Karaev. Meanwhile UK and Canada imposed sanctions on Lukanshenko and his family.

Leaving Cert: Thousands set for improved grades
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54403996

An error in the grading calculation system in the Republic of Ireland means thousands of pupils will get improved grades.
It is the third mistake identified in the system and is thought to affect about 6,100 students.
Those who have been awarded higher grades can now see that reflected online.
Two previous errors had already been flagged up during an audit of the coding used to standardise results.

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Obama admin briefed on claims

Hillary Clinton drummed up

Russia controversy to vilify Trump

to distract people from emails

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/obama-b...p-distract

The Director of National Intelligence (DNI) declassified information indicating that former President Obama's administration knew of allegations that former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton was attempting to tie Trump to the Russia and distract from her email scandal before the 2016 presidential election.
DNI John Ratcliffe informed the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday that the prior administration obtained Russian intelligence in July of 2016 with allegations against Clinton, but cautioned that the intelligence community (IC) "does not know the accuracy of this allegation or the extent to which the Russian intelligence analysis may reflect exaggeration or fabrication."

Check out the official report!

Hardware issue affecting Pennsylvania

online voter registration, mail-in ballot applications

https://www.foxnews.com/us/hardware-issu...nnsylvania

An IT outage in Pennsylvania is affecting a slew of online services including voter registration and mail-in ballot applications, officials say.
The equipment failure occurred around 5:30 p.m. on Saturday at a data center managed for the commonwealth by Unisys. It affects the Pennsylvania Departments of State, Revenue, Human Services, and Liquor Control Board, among others.

New York City Mayor and his plan to lockdown hotspots

https://www.voanews.com/covid-19-pandemi...-wednesday

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, to contain the spread of COVID-19 in what was once the U.S. epicenter of the pandemic, said on Sunday he is moving to shut non-essential businesses as well as schools in nine neighborhoods identified as coronavirus clusters, starting on Wednesday.
Seeking state approval for the lockdown, de Blasio said it would affect nine ZIP codes where coronavirus positivity rates have spiked, sometimes as the result of failure to social distance and wear face masks. He said neighborhoods in another 11 ZIP codes were on a "watch list" because of their rising positivity rates.

NYC was in crisis because of the drastic lockdown and now small businesses will get hit hard once again starting Wednesday if he gets his approval.

Ex-MLB pitcher Charles Haeger found dead after sought in woman's shooting death

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/ex-mlb-pi...ting-death

Haeger had suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound and his body was found along the southern rim of the Grand Canyon.

It seems he couldn't face justice and took another one last and deadly decision indeed.

Costa Rican President Alvarado withdraws unpopular IMF related economic measures

https://ticotimes.net/2020/10/04/followi...c-measures
After several days of protests and blocades on the streets, the Costa Rican President finally desisted. He won't be negotiating with the IMF to get some US$1,7 millions loan. At least that's what he claimed on national TV. People don't believe him anyway.

Costa Rica bets on Equine Plasma to lower Covid-19 hospitalizations

https://ticotimes.net/2020/10/03/costa-r...alizations
While other countries also implemented treatments like convalescent plasma transfusions, Costa Rica believes it can get decent results with equine plasma. Clodomiro Picado Institute, an institution attached to the University of Costa Rica or UCR, is in charge of this process.