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MSC Grandiosa: First Mediterranean cruise launches after five-month pause
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53802045

BBC Wrote:The MSC Grandiosa will stop at three Italian ports and the Maltese capital Valletta in a seven-day voyage.
Operator MSC Cruises, say all passengers and crew have been tested for coronavirus before boarding.
It comes as virus cases continue to rise around Italy, with more than 600 reported by authorities yesterday.

It does sound dangerous indeed, especially because we're talking about places that include rooms that aren't as spacious as they might be during a pandemic. And we all already know what happened to several cruisers at the beginning of this dark chapter of our history.

Belarus: Mass protest eclipses defiant Belarus leader's rally
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53795871
Even after Lukashenko asked Putin to back him in his claim to stay in power in Belarus, his fellow countrymen and women strongly disagree with his handling of the crisis. Thousands of protesters filled up Minsk so to say to make him release the people that still are in prison who were arrested for complaining against their government. Meanwhile Lukashenko called them rats. He also pretended to gather his supporters to defend their country and its independence.

Trump says universal mail-in voting would be 'catastrophic'
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53795876
Donald Trump stated that voting system would make US a laughing stock. Democrats and even Taylor Swift attacked Trump for the USPS policies. Congress Speaker Nancy Pelosi is considering recalling Congress early to discuss the changes and their impacts. They didn't mention any concern for voting fraud except for the incumbent president. He managed to blame Dems for not reaching a deal on USPS funding.

Dublin: A woman was pushed into the water after racial abuse
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53794831

BBC Wrote:Gardaí (Irish police) are investigating an "alleged racially motivated incident" after a woman was pushed into the Royal Canal in Dublin.
A video, which was widely shared on social media, showed two boys pushing the woman into the canal.
RTÉ said Xuedan Xiong, who lives in Castleknock, pulled herself out of the water and was helped by onlookers.
She had challenged a group of young people about racial discrimination, RTÉ said. She was not injured.

Well, yes, racism or this time sinophobia is on the rise for sure.  

Thai protests: Thousands gather in Bangkok to demand reforms
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53798826
Do you want to criticize Thai monarchy? Well, you gotta make sure you're not currently living in Thailand. Otherwise you'd end up living not at a luxurious hotel but in prison itself. Yes, they'll treat you like scum for it.

Beware of Dropshippers!
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53759932
Most of the time it's a real scam! Many dropshippers dare to sell knockoffs at a higher price than a Chinese company would. BBC also warns you that there are several reports of products never reaching your homes or mail boxes.

Forget about MetalRenard's favorite ramen
BBC wants you to learn about the forgotten Japanese cuisine!
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20200810...us-cuisine
Why are we asking you to ignore his delicious meals? Well, BBC interviewed some locals that told them about unknown dishes like kombu! One of them even dare to say they think it's the secret to live a long life.
So if you ever visit or live in Japan, grab some kombu tsukudani or kombu kamaboko. People seem to keep praising its umami flavor.

Ronald Koeman: Barcelona could pick Netherlands manager to replace Quique Setien
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/53801207
It looks like Setien's disastrous elimination in the Champions League or Messi's pressure might make the Barca authorities to kick Setien out any time soon.

Israel and UAE launch direct phone links after historic accord
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-53798832

BBC Wrote:The countries' foreign ministers called each other and "exchanged greetings following the historic peace accord", a statement said.
The US-brokered deal was announced by President Donald Trump on Thursday.
It is only the third Israeli-Arab peace treaty in the Middle East.
The international community has mostly welcomed the move, although Palestinians, Iran and Turkey have denounced it.
Under the terms of the deal, Israel has agreed to suspend its controversial plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank.

And I thought Palestinians would rejoice a bit after learning about this event.

Mauritius oil spill: Wrecked MV Wakashio breaks up
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53797009
First it spilled oil into the sea and now it breaks.

BBC Wrote:The MV Wakashio ran aground on a coral reef on 25 July with 4,000 tonnes of the fuel, causing an ecological emergency.
Most of the fuel had already been pumped out, officials said, but on Saturday the ship's condition worsened.
Mauritius is home to world-renowned coral reefs, and popular with tourists.

Libya Egypt and General Haftar
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53779425

BBC Wrote:Libya has no properly functioning state institutions, no unified army or security forces to speak of, and, crucially, no border guards on its side of their porous 1,100km (685-mile) long desert border. Plus the country is awash with weapons.
The fire began to spill over when Libyans failed to agree on a path forward, militias of all kinds proliferated, jihadists resurfaced to pursue their dream of creating an Islamic state in Libya and beyond.

Call them jihadists, IS or whatever you wanna, they never bring anything good along.
What I wonder here is why did several countries get involved in a fight without letting Libya get a chance to rebuild itself?
Is it France's or Russia's or Egypt's or Turkey's or the Muslim Brotherhood's fault?

BBC Wrote:In June 2014, smugglers killed six Egyptian border guards
In 2017, a group of jihadists crossed into Egyptian territory and attacked a security checkpoint, killing 16 soldiers and wounding 13 others
Inside Libya itself, Egyptian labourers were targeted. In 2015 militants from the Islamic State group kidnapped and beheaded 21 Egyptian Christians, apparently in retaliation for the removal from power of President Morsi

Now even average Egyptians, no matter if they're Muslims or Christians, are getting involved in this messy situation.

Isreal UAE the Gulf States Iran and... Saddam Hussein?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-53805828
We already learned about Israel and UAE signing a declaration where they establish official communications and Israel forgets about the annexation of Palestine territories. Did you know the Emirates were founded in 1971? I didn't know that.

BBC considers Oman, Bahrain, Qatar and Morocco might follow suit and start negotiating with Israel in the near future or so. Why would so many Arab states become possible allies of Israel? There seems to be a single answer to this question: Iran.

Since Saddam Hussein's fall Iran has been spreading its militant reach across the Middle East and possibly even beyond. There's also the Muslim Brotherhood and its political Islam threatening the dynastic monarchies in the Gulf states.

Did you know the Emirates is the first Arab country to send a mission to Mars?

USPS: Conspiracy or Reorganization?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53809955
Depending on who you're asking this question, people might think either Trump's ally is causing delays on purpose or the demand on services and blue public mail boxes has declined creating a large hole in the USPS budget that's not funded by taxpayers directly.

People showed concerned over USPS removing or relocating those public mail boxes. Some even claimed it was a treachery.
Let's compare Obama's and Trump's administrations then.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/postal-...-mailboxes
So even if some people complained about those 12,000 removals, they just said they were trying to make USPS remain a valid option for the average American. Why are 600+ relocations or removals an issue now?

Plus why do they care that much? They're public after all! If they were moving your very OWN MAILBOX it would be understandable up to some point. Hey! They're not touching them at all! So why is it a controversy for leftists? Besides you are NOT supposed to get your ballot in a public mail at all. Who would even register it as their legal address? Your cat? Your dog? Your neighbor Smiley? The bear searching for food in your trash cans? 

Former CIA officers charged with spying for China
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-53816216
We're talking about Alexander Yuk Ching Ma, age 67, here. He was arrested and his relative was denounced on Friday said DOJ. They accused them of
divulging classified national defense information to Chinese intelligence officials.
They've shared information about the CIA's personnel, operations, and methods of concealing communications. Ma was caught on tape counting his $50,000 payment. DOJ will not prosecuted his accomplice for he's been suffering a severe cognitive disease for quite some time.


China defends detention of Uighur model in Xinjiang
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-53809345

BBC Wrote:According to article 37 of the Prison Law of the People's Republic of China, the people's government shall help released prisoners to resettle," it says.
"During the transfer, Merdan Ghappar committed acts of self-harm and excessive acts against the police."
It continues: "They took legal measures to stop him, and lifted those measures once his mood had stabilised.
The BBC has been shown evidence that the authorities were saying instead that "he may need to do a few days of education at his local community".

Any of us could end up doing anything considered "weird" by those Chinese officers if we spent days or months in a cell for committing non-existent crimes. So working as a model now is a dangerous crime in China, especially if you're Uighur? How did he become a threat for Foshan city where he'd been working? If they ever wanted to educate him why didn't they send him to some college instead?


Just in case you didn't know, China has been trying to control births of new generations of Uighurs for quite some time.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-53220713

BBC Wrote:China is forcing women to be sterilised or fitted with contraceptive devices in Xinjiang in an apparent attempt to limit the population of Muslim Uighurs, according to new research.

Trump dangles cash for US firms moving from China
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53816277

BBC Wrote:US President Donald Trump wants to offer tax credits to entice US firms to move factories out of China.
He has also threatened to strip government contracts from firms that continue to outsource work to China.

Before somebody starts criticizing his move here, let's keep in mind Japan already did something like that when they offered $1 billion to relocate Japanese firms out of Chinese soil.

Let us also recall how many times Chinese companies has been accused of enslaving their workers. Ask Apple or Nike about that! Some of the workers fell ill and didn't get proper medical attention but got fired instead.

Bill Morneau: Canada finance minister quits amid charity probe
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53815645
Morneau claims he was not dismissed by the Canadian Prime Minister and took this decision on his own after considering its impact carefully. He will put in a bid to be the next secretary general for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
So is it a real resignation? Or was it just another political move?
By the way, Costa Rica was invited to become a member of the OECD. Costa Rican Congress still has to approve it to make it official.  

Victoria Covid-19: Almost all cases linked to quarantine hotels
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-53806500
How ironic it is to read that the lockdown itself was a great opportunity for to be spread out in Victoria, Australia.
Poor patients and citizens!

Cuomo calls coronavirus the ‘European virus’ in Trump-bashing DNC speech
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/andrew-...convention

New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo Wrote:And our current federal government is dysfunctional and incompetent. It couldn't fight off the virus. In fact, it didn't even see it coming. The European virus infected the northeast while the White House was still fixated on China.

Even if some people might think Trump is a fool or should not be the president, how can Cuomo suddenly forget it is the Wuhan virus not the European virus?
I do not recall Europeans spreading the coronavirus in countries like Costa Rica or South Africa before China did in places like Japan, US, Italy, Malaysia among many others.
So the Federal Government is dysfunctional. What about all the nursing homes he forced to take in covidose people? How is he going to explain his decision was valid after many old people has passed away because of the spread of the virus in such places?
It was not Trump's nor New York Mayor De Blasio's but Cuomo's decision what caused such a health disaster! It affected the whole state he claimed he was protecting from the virus. Who will give them those two months or so back to the victims? And the lives lost because of him? He cannot criticize other people when his own decision making skills suck.

Fox News Wrote:The Cuomo administration has refused to release the number, leading some to speculate the state is intentionally manipulating the figures.

So how exactly did Cuomo do a better job protecting New York State citizens? He does not even want people to know how many are deceased including both those that passed away in the nursing homes and those that went back to the hospital.

Trump approved the request of deploying a naval hospital ship in New York City. At the end is was underused but we could say it was better to exaggerate a little bit than not having enough beds for patients. The incumbent president also sent ventilators to New York and Cuomo only complained about the number of machines they would be receiving. Still, they later realized they did not need as many beds and ventilators as they initially claimed.

It seems modern history would disapprove of Cuomo's remarks.

People might rejoice to hear that the US and Japanese markets are on the rise again. If you read the article you'll notice that they now have to praise the economic measures taken by those authorities to keep their economies afloat. You might not like them, you can criticize them, but one thing is sure. Neither Trump nor Abe are the monstrosities or the inept or unreliable leaders some groups pretended us to believe. With help from different institutions they managed to deal with several issues caused by the pandemic. In US cases have exploded indeed, but there will be an economy after they start declining. In Japan they might not solve the stagnation they were facing before this virus season, still, they will be able to keep it running.

If you don't understand how important that is to people, take a look at underdeveloped countries. Costa Rica is in the midst of a severe fiscal crisis aggravated by the government's overcontrol of the economy. They tell people they can now open their restaurants but set rules to prevent people from driving their cars more than twice a week. How the hell is a restaurant owner supposed to survive this crisis and pay the rent and the wages and the taxes if nobody arrives asking for their menu?

Even if a party or a think tank comes up with tons of complaints, now they can't tell you Trump's administration didn't make an effort to revitalize their economy and stay as strong as the virus allows it. People wanted to cry out loud he had failed miserably, but numbers tells us otherwise. Americans didn't lose as many jobs as anyone had predicted, the stocks are back. Of course, now it's a good time to take some extra measures to ensure this will last long enough to begin 2021 with a different attitude, a more mature one.

Stuff like fighting crime, facing foreign governments that haven't been helpful at all or needed a push into the right direction was necessary as well. Or would you love the idea of getting your songs or your games or your scripts or your real life projects not related to gaming be stolen by some Chinese or North Korean or Russian or Iranian hacker? That's why I don't understand why some people around the globe, including fellow Costa Ricans, keep criticizing Trump for facing those threats and even telling China that their underground schemes to get access to technologies that don't belong to them nor have paid for them for commercial use are bad at all.

When they claim this is all about money they're right. Developers, musicians, writers, service providers and many more do deserve to get paid for their works. Now Chinese programmers and engineers will have to come up with original ideas instead of stealing them from foreign companies. What are they so afraid of? Are they admitting their technicians can't take on the challenge? Forcing them to play under the same conditions as the rest of the world is fair and might bring some peace or stability to a specific area of the global economy.

Once again I'm telling you all here that we need to crush selfishness here and now. It just happens that the right way, to make it last longer than any other method previously accepted, is to let states that don't care about stealing intellectual property or money realize right away that they will have to comply with the rules or face the legal and political consequences of their egotistical attitude. If peoples like the Chinese serving the CCP were decent, they would remove any suspicious code or hardware pieces from their infrastructure and products and services. They would even sign an agreement even if they'd never admit they committed lots of crimes in the past. Otherwise they'd prove they only care about economic gains obtained any way possible, including those that harm Americans or Europeans or Latin Americans or Africans or Asians in the process.

Don't call them divisive policies, name them as a serious request to make things right, where every party involved shares practically an equal share of responsibility and investment. Even so I wanna remind you that Trump wasn't asking for something laughable when he demanded the European Union to share more costs of the NATO military forces than they've done so far. The first countries called to defend their own sovereignty are those partaking in the European Union and the United Kingdom. America as a continent is not at risk of being invaded by the Russians, Europe is. First it was Ukraine and Crimea, now it's Belarus where President Lukashenko asked Putin to help him stay in power.

Both politicians are tyrants just as much as Xi Jinping is. Or do you still think they care about free press? So next time any of you want to make us believe communism disguised as socialism is the way to go, come and tells us how that can ever be true if communist countries like China and Russia, that hasn't really stayed away from it in reality, abuse of their own peoples. When they reach another leader they're not just after commerce and cultural exchange, they want to impose their leftist policies in their countries. They support those that comply with their extreme tactics, including beatings that might later kill the detainees. Do you call that freedom? How's that liberal?

No matter if you want to be left or right leaned or a moderate, please keep in mind that you can easily end up restricting other people's rights to the bare minimum of breathing air. China did, Russia did as well and now even Belarus is one of their apprentices. If you didn't support fascists like Musollini or the Nazis, then don't support policies that resemble those found in Chinese or Russian laws and procedures. Or gladly join the Uighurs in the "re-education" camps and let us know how it crushed your life.

Head of WHO believes Pandemic might last 2 years
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-53870798
Well, we can't know that for sure. If there's a vaccine at the end of this year, this might be over by March or July depending on where you live and how many shots your country might purchase to inoculate its population.
Plus I can't believe a man accused of covering about 3 cholera epidemics in Ethiopia. He always denied their existence but people kept dying.

Russian doctors let Navalny leave their hospital

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53865811
Germany had been trying to transport him to their country after Putin's opponent got poisoned "out of the blue". At first it seemed to be impossible but they managed to convince them to let him go and take the flight... so to say.

Former King Juan Carlos of Spain moves to the Emirates
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-53749630
His former lover, Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, thought his million euros gift was a token of his appreciation because he deeply loved her. Oh right, even an elephant and some broken hips are involved in this nonsensical story full of corruption, unrequited love, cheating, money laundering, spies,  threats and  trials.

US Postmaster states ballots will arrive in time
https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-53828151
I dunno how's the USPS supposed to do it for they'd need to handle over 300 million ballots starting this September but let's see what happens next.


Brexit Negotiations
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-53866813

BBC Wrote:Michel Barnier cut a despondent figure ("disappointed, concerned and surprised" to use his words) at his conference once he'd finished his working breakfast.
What he couldn't fathom though was the UK's insistence on cherry-picking access to the single market without wanting to play by EU rules.
He cited the British demand for wide-ranging access for UK lorries travelling across Europe but the refusal to agree to EU rules on, for example, drivers' rest times.

Meanwhile David Frost dislikes how the European Union insist on forcing UK to apply EU rules on state aid and fisheries. He even claims France and Germany don't abide by their rules but UK always did.

Israel blames Hamas, Hamas blames its neighbor
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-53833280
It seems everything can be and will be used as an excuse to attack each other.
Egypt and Israel are keeping a blockade around Gaza Strip since Hamas took control of it and ousted its local opponents.


Tropical Storms expected to hit the coast this Sunday
https://www.foxnews.com/weather/two-pote...-of-mexico
They even fear they might become a powerful combo if they get too close to each other.

[qoute=Fox News]Tropical Depression 13 strengthened into Tropical Storm Laura by Friday morning, projected to hit Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Tropical Depression 14 was located off the coast of Honduras on Friday, with warnings in effect for parts of the Caribbean and the Yucatan Peninsula throughout the weekend.[/quote]
Yeah, don't remind me of the #14. For us it's like the #25 this year alone. I can't go outside to buy my beloved popcorn because I'd get soaked in no time.
But I hope you can deal with it, Mexicans and Texans for we all need some rain right?  
Nope, I don't want you to suffer. I just hope you'd just get a visit from a mild storm at most.

California fires: Six killed as thousands are forced to flee
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53828150
If I remember clearly, a helicopter pilot passed away while trying to fight the fires...

US special forces veteran arrested for passing secrets to Russia
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53869484
You might need to know his mother is Russian and he married a Russian girl as well. Plus he knew some GRU members as well...

Seattle mayor to veto City Council’s cuts to police, budget
https://apnews.com/9c6416fdec28d762aba34b23e1f6d483

AP News Wrote:Only council member Kshama Sawant voted against the budget package, saying it did not decrease the police budget enough.

Even the mayor disagreed with the council and Sawant shows up only to tell the council that they should have decreased it even more than they did? So $4 millions weren't a recipe for a total disaster already?

Ethiopian Dam: Egyptian Farmers worried sick
https://apnews.com/fc117ce69bfd9d4f5bcdc700c04cc73c
The Egyptians already claimed the water is dwindling and they might not let them grow their crops.

AP News Wrote:Now 55, Abu Kassem looks out what’s left of his shriveling farm, surrounded by barren wasteland that was once his neighbors’ farmland — victims of dwindling irrigation in recent years.
But years of mismanagement, corruption and increasing population led to the loss of at least 75% of farmland in the village and the surrounding areas, according to Abdel-Fattah el-Aweidi, head of Gazaer Qouta Agriculture Association, overseeing the area.

And Ethiopia has not finished building the dam according to AP News...

AP News Wrote:It is estimated that a permanent drop of 5 billion cubic meters of Nile water to Egypt would cause the loss of 1 million acres of farmland, or 12% of the country’s total, he said.

The curious side note here is that Sudan might also get affected by the Renaissance Dam but they might purchase inexpensive electricity...

We already knew things were going awkward in New York City but things are worse than expected...  

Flashback: NY City Council approves slashing $1B from NYPD budget (July 2020)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/ny-city-counc...ypd-budget

Fox News Wrote:New York City lawmakers voted Tuesday on budget changes that shifted $1 billion from the New York Police Department to programs that assist in youth and community development, a number that fell short of what many protesters in the city have demanded.
The City Council said in a statement that the city's 2021 budget will include $837 million in cuts and transfers to the New York Police Department (NYPD) expense budget, which removes $1 billion from the NYPD’s spending when combined with associated costs.
The amount is far less than what some protesters demanded. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said earlier that $1.5 billion in cuts would not be enough.

I'm not against helping the youth, rehabilitate it when necessary, but these budget cuts are stupid. Can't they see people need police more than ever? After months of isolation, people do get violent. It happened in Argentina, Costa Rica, Australia and even the USA. Who did ever protect the CHOP's people when the mayor kick the police out of the zone? Nobody did, they kept committing violent crimes. Unless you live in a comfortable and rural area, it's quite hard to live a peaceful life if criminals face no opposition.

Fox News Wrote:“Nine-billion dollars evaporated, just gone in the course of just a few months” the Democratic mayor told reporters, describing the devastating financial effects of the coronavirus.

Of course they would quickly vanish! As we've already reported the council were paying hotels a lot of money to shelter homeless people and sex offenders!

Why am I reminding you of this event? Well, you're about to find that out in no time.  

NYC EMS potentially facing hundreds of layoffs: 'People will die needlessly'
https://www.foxnews.com/us/nyc-ems-poten...ds-layoffs
How the hell did de Blasio, a mayor I'd prefer to call de Payaso come up with a crazy idea of slashing the EMS? So New Yorkers and tourists should now take a bus or a cab instead of an ambulance to get to the nearest hospital?

Fox News Wrote:Mayor Bill de Blasio noted that upward of 22,000 public employees may be at risk of losing their jobs as a result of the pandemic.
"There's going to be a huge fiscal impact on every agency of the city government," de Blasio said Wednesday.
"Since then, seven members have already lost their lives due to their efforts", president of FDNY EMS Local 257 Barzilay told Fox News.

They've worked hard for NYC and what they get in return is... a threat!? So every cop and emergency worker should be laid off any time soon!? Is that the kind of tribute you're gonna make for those deceased workers?

New York EMS union chief: 'People will die' if NYC goes ahead with plan to lay off emergency responders
He said his union's members have worked tirelessly on the front lines of the city
https://www.foxnews.com/us/ems-union-chi...ayoffs-nyc
By now de Blasio's latest stupid idea is very well known but this article mentions something quite interesting indeed.

Fox News Wrote:Barzilay said that the $2 million that is used to pay New York City first lady Chirlane McCray’s staff, including a videographer, speechwriter, senior advisor, public relations director, and executive program specialist, could “save 40 EMT jobs.”

So people gotta suffer but de Blasio's wife should still be able to let her videographer, speechwriter among many others fill their pockets with badly needed money that could fund the salaries of some EMS workers?

NYC residents wait in quarter-mile long line for food, jobs remain scarce during pandemic
The Food Bank of New York has reported a 20% increased demand across the city
https://www.foxnews.com/us/nyc-residents...-line-food
The minimum you'd have expected from a city council would be to look for ways to keep people working somehow. Instead they were only thinking on making LARGE budget cuts, even if they were aware of the possibility of asking for loans. Since when did people stop being the number one priority of any kind of government!?

Houston is hiring 400 cops
https://www.foxnews.com/us/houston-polic...epartments
This is quite interesting indeed. It seems there are people out there that do realize people do need law and order after all!

Massachusetts man gave ‘COVID hugs’ to cancer survivor, other strangers at Walmart, police say
Police said the man hugged customers and said they were now infected with the coronavirus
https://www.foxnews.com/us/massachusetts...oronavirus
When will people understand that's not funny at all! What if they don't die because of Covid-19 but due to a sudden heart attack?
Really, I thought people had learned the lesson after what happened in Italy where Chinese people started hugging people out of the blue when nobody was aware of the virus.

"Please welcome" the Tropical Storm Hurricane Marco
Life-threatening storm surge and hurricane-force winds are expected along portions of the U.S. Gulf Coast, NHC
https://www.foxnews.com/us/tropical-stor...torm-surge
Marco is expected to make landfall in southeastern Louisiana or Mississippi Monday, sometime from mid-morning to mid-afternoon.
Sometimes I wonder why they can't name this hurricanes something like Pitbull or Butcher or Terminator. They do sound like proper names for such forces of nature.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53955912
He didn't manage to win the fight against bowel cancer. He didn't want to let people around him know about this except for his family and probably some directors.

The US Intelligence and the US Congress Row
https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-53962656
Office of the Director of National Intelligence or ODNI won't allow its personnel meet the lawmakers in person to answer their questions. They claimed they need to prevent personnel from leaking information as it had happened so far. Instead they'll send written reports to Congress from now on. Obviously people like Pelosi hate this policy. Trump claims they should better investigate if the lawmakers were committing a felony when they extracted some information when it was uncertain if they had the right to access it or to even inquire of it from the very beginning. Keep in mind Pelosi and Schiff love to brag about their so called "discoveries". Why didn't they consult some lawyers before? They might have overstepped their authority by not following the adequate procedures or not getting some warrant like paper allowing them to carefully analyze some top secret information

Chess Olympiad: India and Russia both get gold after controversial final
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-53965748
First there were the "controversial" DeepBlue and DeepBlue Jr. Now it's the very same... internet connection!? At least that was the basis of India's request after several countries lost their connection and players like two Indians (and some Armenian) were unable to make their moves in time.

BBC Wrote:Armenia on Friday said one of its players was disconnected from the server during its quarterfinal match against India, and lost on time. Its appeal was rejected and the country withdrew from the competition in protest.

Well, you still can partake in the 44th Chess Olympiad to be held in Russia next year.

Portland Chaos: Biden blames Trump and US President blames Mayor Wheeler
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53962363
Business as usual, Biden and Wheeler blame Trump for being a cause for division among people.

US President Donald Trump Wrote:The people of Portland, like all other cities & parts of our great Country, want Law & Order. The Radical Left Democrat Mayors, like the dummy running Portland, or the guy right now in his basement unwilling to lead or even speak out against crime, will never be able to do it!

That "guy in his basement" or bunker is nobody else but Biden himself.  
Where did the US President get that? Well, there was a time when Biden simply broadcasted his speeches from his basement in order to stay away from the virus.   It reminds me of Daniel Ortega and Kim Jong Un. They did disappear for days as well. Actually the latter hasn't been seen in public for months.

Progressive Protesters demand Mayor Wheeler's resignation
https://www.opb.org/article/2020/08/30/a...to-resign/
Activists adduced they grew tired of his hands-off leadership. They also think law enforcement is pretty much non existing in Portland and they can't trust the police to keep them safe. Could it be because of their attempts to get rid of the police forces? They also mentioned some videoclips but there's no actual prove they can link them to any specific group but mere speculations.  

Cop shot down by gunman in Saint Louis
https://apnews.com/3c8acc2bc8285d1d96ae0c642ef4986a
Who said protesters or criminals where the only victims of violence? The Bohannons might tell you a whole different story after losing Tamarris while he and another cop were trying to solve a conflict where a gunman expelled a family from their house and shot the cops at Bohannon's head and the unnamed officer's leg.
So far 8 officers have been shot in the city. You don't see people protesting against spikes in crime while the real and the pseudo BLM movements do get all the media's attention. It doesn't seem to be fair for cops and their families and the average citizens.

In Xinjiang province, China, forced medication accompanies lockdown
https://apnews.com/309c576c6026031769fd88f4d86fda89

AP News Wrote:When police arrested the middle-aged Uighur woman at the height of China’s coronavirus outbreak, she was crammed into a cell with dozens of other women in a detention center.
There, she said, she was forced to drink a medicine that made her feel weak and nauseous, guards watching as she gulped. She and the others also had to strip naked once a week and cover their faces as guards hosed them and their cells down with disinfectant “like firemen,” she said.

Remind me why should we ever think China cares about ethnic groups. They treat so called infected people like criminals! Even if there's no actual proof of them having committed any crime or had contracted any virus at all.

MEET THE JETSONS!
https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterlyon/2...st-flight/
No joke, this is for real! We now have an actual flying car that performs vertical takeoffs. Utilizing eight engines, it does cost quite a bit, and is extremely costly to fly. However, it does cost less to fly one of these than a Lear jet.

Okay, what the hell?
Tennessee Mom Wonders What Teachers are Hiding in their Lessons
This was a week ago, but she questioned why she was asked to sign a waiver NOT to monitor her kid's online education... OR ELSE!

Laurie Cardoza-Moore, founder of Proclaiming Justice to the Nations Wrote:What are they trying to hide? What is the problem? Why won't they let us sit in? Obviously, because they are teaching our children propaganda that they should not be teaching," she said. "They are trying to socialize our children.

Now you may think that it seems far fetched, but now....
A Philadelphia public school teacher worries about 'conservative' parents listening in on virtual classes
.... and his posts were captured from Twitter.

Matthew Kay (to fellow Teachers on Twitter) Wrote:So, this fall, virtual class discussion will have many potential spectators — parents, siblings, etc. — in the same room. We’ll never be quite sure who is overhearing the discourse. What does this do for our equity/inclusion work? How much have students depended on the (somewhat) secure barriers of our physical classrooms to encourage vulnerability? How many of us have installed some version of ‘what happens here stays here’ to help this?

Equity/inclusion work? Just what is that? Please define something other than indoctrination. Encourage vulnerability? What happens here stays here?
And you can find copies of his tweets. So if anyone has children, this could make you really concerned what they are being taught.

That pretty much sounds like Costa Rican PAC's plans for indoctrination. They wanted to practically force kids to become gay or similar and treat being heterosexual as archaic. How's that inclusive at all!? It's exclusive by nature by expelling Christian believes and other similar faiths out of their classrooms. They're even considering using Cuban books with clear communist propaganda as the basic books schoolers should read. Why didn't they just teach something moderate or let students of all ages get factual information on both political wings? Based on what they can grasp at their current age and development of course.

Hong Kong alias Annexed Province of China is Testing People or Collecting Samples?
https://apnews.com/5eb19447c24ac7745f7505c1c4ecce3b
Yeah, I know what some of you might think, it's got some sharkish spice for sure. You'd be right but it's not my fault. That's exactly the main concern here! Now that the Covid-19 is the perfect excuse to mass test Hong Kongers, people started worrying about the Chinese government collecting DNA samples for unknown purposes. OF course, the CCP denied this and promised to destroy the samples after they analyzed them. That doesn't mean there aren't other ways to keep data intact.

AP News Wrote:Hong Kong’s worst outbreak in early July was blamed in part on an exemption from quarantine requirements for airline staff, truck drivers from mainland China and sailors on cargo ships.

So instead of preventing those foreigners or travelers from infecting other people, they still let HK contract it while they try to test most of its population!?

https://apnews.com/2f50a51aae62a105779ed8ff935850dd
They denounce agriculture is taking a large hit in the Asian Pacific region not excluding myriads of job losses.

Quote:The U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization forecasts that the number of undernourished people will increase by up to 132 million in this year, while the number of acutely malnourished children will rise by 6.7 billion worldwide due to the pandemic.

Are they totally nuts now? How could it be possible that they'd let BILLIONS of kids get undernourished to the extreme? I really hope there's a typo there. Otherwise this is gone beyond a food or virus crisis already.

https://apnews.com/72e43a8b9e4c56362d4c1d6393bd54fb
Nope, I'm not making this up. That exactly what some poll workers have confessed as of late.  

AP News Wrote:Even before the Aug. 9 presidential election in Belarus ended, a poll worker in Minsk said she was asked to sign a document summing up its result, with the vote totals left blank.
Another worker who pointed out violations during the vote-counting was fired on the spot.
In the small city of Vitebsk, a poll worker signed a document with falsified results in favor of President Alexander Lukashenko and later was wracked with guilt for betraying the trust of the voters.
The opposition was prepared for such an outcome — allegations of rigged elections have surfaced in every vote in Belarus since Lukashenko took power in 1994. This time, it trained people to be independent monitors at polling stations, it encouraged poll workers to report violations, and it set up a website where voters could submit photos of their marked ballots to compare with the official count.

Well, you don't get prepared to take photos and overwatch voters if there wasn't a powerful reason to get organized in order to face a... tyrant.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-54033441

BBC Wrote:Iran now has more than 10 times the amount of enriched uranium permitted under an international agreement, the UN's nuclear watchdog says.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Iran's enriched uranium stockpile had reached 2,105kg (4,640lb) - well above the 300kg agreed in 2015.
Iran insists its nuclear programme is exclusively for peaceful purposes.
It comes after Iran gave IAEA inspectors access to one of two suspected former nuclear sites.
The agency said it would take samples at the second site later this month.

Oh but weren't Iranians saying they didn't enrich more uranium that they were allowed by the UN resolution? Didn't the UN deny US request to enforce a new embargo on Iran? Now how exactly are they supposed to fix this? By patting the Ayatollah's Iran on the shoulder?
Keep in mind they still ignore how much uranium they're hiding in the second nuclear site and if there's more hidden somewhere else.


Russian vaccine shows signs of immune response
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54036221

BBC Wrote:The report published by medical journal The Lancet said every participant developed antibodies to fight the virus and had no serious side effects.
Russia licensed the vaccine for local use in August, the first country to do so and before data had been published.
Experts say the trials were too small to prove effectiveness and safety.
Two trials of the vaccine, named Sputnik-V, were conducted between June and July, The Lancet paper said. Each involved 38 healthy volunteers who were given a dose of the vaccine and then a booster vaccine three weeks later.
The participants - aged between 18 and 60 - were monitored for 42 days and all of them developed antibodies within three weeks. Among the most common side effects were headaches and joint pain.
The trials were open label and not randomised, meaning there was no placebo and the volunteers were aware they were receiving the vaccine.

What some experts have criticized here is that they do need patients taking a placebo to make sure there are no coincidence or natural recovery or normal immune system response there.


https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53979820

BBC Wrote:Nato has called for Russia to disclose its Novichok nerve agent programme to international monitors, following the poisoning of activist Alexei Navalny.
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said members were united in condemning the "horrific" attack.
He added there was "proof beyond doubt" that a Novichok nerve agent was used against Mr Navalny.
But Russia has dismissed the diagnosis given by doctors in Germany, where he is being treated.
Speaking after an emergency Nato meeting, Mr Stoltenberg said the Kremlin "must fully co-operate with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons on an impartial international investigation".

Of course, Russia didn't agree with the outcome of their investigation.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54032051
Yes, Silly, Canada has become a dangerous place, at least this is true in certain regions.

Why there are fears that Ethiopia could break up
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53807187

BBC Wrote:About 9,000 people have been arrested in Ethiopia in the deadly clashes which followed the killing of singer Hachalu Hundessa in June, human rights activists say, leading to concerns that there could be a return to the authoritarian rule that the prime minister had promised to end when he took office in 2018.
"We will never back down for anyone who is intending to suppress our hard-won right to self-determination and self-rule," the region's leader, Debretsion Gebremichael, said last month.
His statement came a few days after regional security forces - armed with AK-47 rifles and RPG rocket launchers - marched in major cities in Tigray, in a display of military might that intensified worries about armed confrontation.
Responding to a call by the upper house of the federal government to meet on Saturday to discuss Tigray's election, the regional government warned that any decision to stop or disrupt the regional election is "tantamount to declaration of war".

Perhaps they granted him the prize too soon. Peace is hard to achieve indeed, especially with Ethiopia's violent and authoritarian past...

Costa Rican Presidency Hesistates after UPAD Chief Designer's Appointment as Legal Advisor - in Spanish
https://www.crhoy.com/nacionales/preside...ancilleria
The Office of the Costa Rican Chancellor appointed him as a worker of the Legal Department of that public institution.
What makes it totally unbelievable is that he's the very same guy that was leading the UPAD or the Costa Rican Gestapo office as we people nicknamed it.  How can such a corrupt official become a legal advisor!? He was the one spying on all Costa Ricans! Really, they've even created a database via Taboola including names, phone numbers and much more without even asking people for its permission to obtain it!
His very same appointment is illegal from the very beginning! He's been investigated by the OIJ (think about some sort of FBI here) so he's ineligible for a job at the chancellery! PAC has definitely demonstrated that they're as corrupt as those parties they criticized when they were the opposition. Even the very same news article mentions this fact.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54029361

BBC Wrote:Firms added 1.4 million new jobs and unemployment fell below 10% for the first time since the pandemic began.
It is the fourth month in a row that America's jobs picture has improved, as the economy begins to rebound from the depths of the coronavirus recession.

The opposition still criticizes US President Donald Trump but look at the figures! US is not condemned to failure as they often claim, it's strong enough to survive this perilous times, there's hope after all! Obviously, it's not an easy task to accomplish but they will endure it. Jobs as a important factor in the economy are recovering as well. There's nothing wrong about working again, even if people need to apply to a totally different job, still, we gotta be patient. Things might have changed but people all need to adapt to this situation no matter where they live.


Stars and Stripes: Trump says famed military newspaper will not close
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54035109

BBC Wrote:US President Donald Trump has said his administration will not be shutting down a renowned military newspaper, following outcry from lawmakers.
Stars and Stripes, an independent military newspaper had been expected to end this month after the Pentagon decided in February to cut its funding.
The US government "will NOT be cutting funding to @starsandstripes magazine under my watch," Mr Trump tweeted.
Mr Trump tweeted on Friday afternoon: "It will continue to be a wonderful source of information to our Great Military!"

Well, it's weird they'd even dare to close such a historical newspaper out of the blue, but let's keep in mind some officials at the Pentagon are against Trump so it's not unusual for them to take decisions against common sense. It seems the newspaper's become part of the soldiers' identity already. It's better to keep it going. Plus the Pentagon has a $700 billion budget so why not?
Anyway, they're just waiting for the Senate to approve their funds for the Congress already took care of the first part of this process.

Lionel Messi: Barcelona legend to stay at club
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/54032101
It seems his fears to face a trial (against his own club) made him stay there for good. Plus who knows what team would ever pay for his expensive services during this pandemic.

BBC Sport Wrote:One notable takeaway from his interview was his brutal assessment of club president Josep Maria Bartomeu, as he lamented: "There has been no project or anything for a long time, they juggle and cover holes as they go along."
Bartomeu's tenure as president finishes in March but he will now come under heavy pressure to resign immediately, and it's hard to see how he and Messi can coexist in the same club after such a vicious character assassination.

Well, even Barcelona is allowed to experience a crisis every so often, right?


Gulf Livestock 1: Japan finds second survivor from capsized ship
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-54030073

BBC Wrote:A second man has been found alive in the East China Sea two days after his cargo ship capsized during a typhoon.
The Gulf Livestock 1 was carrying 6,000 cows and 43 crew members when it went missing on Wednesday after being caught up in Typhoon Maysak.
Japanese officials said a 30-year-old Philippine national became the ship's second known survivor when he was found drifting on a life raft on Friday.
Another man was found in the water hours earlier but pronounced dead.
The vessel's chief officer, Eduardo Sareno, was rescued on Wednesday evening.
The crew of the freighter included 39 people from the Philippines, two from New Zealand and two from Australia.

Typhoon Maysak is definitely a killer storm indeed.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/54051920
Well  what did you expect then? She was hurt because of his recklessness.

BBC Wrote:Djokovic, 33, showed his frustration after losing serve to trail 6-5 against Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta.
The Serbian world number one took a ball out of his pocket and hit it behind him, striking the female line judge in her throat.

I don't see why it was so hard to reach the obvious conclusion: he had to be kicked hard!

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-54051933
Was the fly that important as to blow it up!?

BBC Wrote:He picked up an electric racket designed to kill bugs and start swatting at it - but a gas canister was leaking in his Dordogne home.
A reaction between the racket and the gas caused an explosion, destroying the kitchen and partly damaging the roof of the home in Parcoul-Chenaud village.

There's a possibility that the fly managed to escape anyway...

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-54046150

BBC Wrote:The storm is headed towards Busan, South Korea's second-largest city, said the country's weather agency.
More than 300 flights from 10 airports were cancelled, with some train services suspended.
The typhoon caused a loss of power across hundreds of thousands of homes in Japan, though initial assessments suggest it did less damage than feared.
Nearly 430,000 homes in the Kyushu region were without power as of 03:00 local time Monday (18:00 GMT Sunday), Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported.
Haishen has led to the closure of factories, schools and businesses across western Japan. Hundreds of flights and train services were also cancelled.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54046468

BBC Wrote:Helicopters have rescued more than 200 people trapped after a wildfire set 45,000 acres alight and cut off a popular reservoir in California, officials say.
About 20 of the people were hurt, some with burns.
The Creek Fire began on Friday in the Sierra National Forest, cutting off the Mammoth Pool Reservoir, 40 miles (60km) north-east of Fresno.
The temperature has hit 47C (117F), part of a record heatwave in the state.

Even if the situation could worsen at any time, two victims preferred to stay behind. Who wouldn't wanna be rescued as soon as possible!?

BBC Wrote:Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency on Friday amid warnings that power cuts could be implemented on a rotating basis to meet excessive demand.

Great... Now Californians should worry sick about fires AND blackouts. Right, let's add a to the list.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/los-angeles-c...e-a-record

Did I say California was hot? It surely was an understatement.

Brexit: Ministers plan laws overriding part of withdrawal deal
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-54051933

BBC Wrote:The move would eliminate a requirement for new Northern Ireland customs arrangements, which are intended to prevent the return of checks at the border with the Irish Republic.
Labour attacked the plan. No 10 says it is a standby in case trade talks fail.
Boris Johnson is expected to say later that if no agreement is reached by 15 October, both sides should "move on".
The prime minister will tell EU counterparts that completing the UK's exit from the bloc without a trade deal would still be a "good outcome".

No trade deal would be a good result!? How exactly is that something good at all? EU could demand British products go through checks that could otherwise be prevented. What makes the UK Prime Minister feel so self confident now?

Meanwhile a certain actress and her husband go Hollywood! Or Netflix!?

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/me...eps-royals