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[DerVVulfman]

Pelosi 'despicable' for Stalling Coronavirus Relief
for Political Reasons

The headline is what Trey Gowdy said of Speaker Nancy Pelosi who had now chosen to back a $9 Million relief package which is less than half what Steven Mnuchin offered her just weeks before. She refused taking it, and why? Because "we have a new president", in her own words.
Speaker Pelosi was criticized of course. So she pointed a finger at the reporter who criticized her and said:

I'm going to tell you something.  Don't characterize what we did before as a mistake, as a preface to your question, if you want an answer. That was not a mistake. It was a decision, and it has taken us to a place where we can do the right thing without other, shall we say, considerations in the legislation that we don't want.

     So Pelosi believed that withholding relief to all the citizens was NOT a mistake, her own words. She played politics with lives.

Chinese Professor on Video:
“has people at the top of America’s core"

In the video, a top economics professor discusses how China was able to easily settle disputes with prior administrations because they have people at the top of America, specifically on Wall Street. But when Trump came a long, all that Chinese influence went away.
...
But because of the lack of influence the Chinese had over the Trump administration, the professor suggested that these friendlies they have at the top of the American government went to work to get Biden elected.

   Not only that, the professor called out Hunter and Joe Biden as being quite literally connected to Chinese finances.  Video footage of the Chinese professor is available for viewing.

Goya Foods names AOC 'Employee of the Month'!!??!
After her failed Boycott made their sales SOAR!

Bob Unanue, the CEO of Goya Foods stated that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Dem - NY) was selected as the company's "Employee of the Month" earlier when she brought attention to the company by an attempt to have it boycotted. Her boycott because Unanue, with other Hispanic leaders, spoke favorably about President Trump at the White House, "We're all truly blessed at the same time to have a leader like President Trump, who is a builder."

When she boycotted us, our sales actually increased 1,000%, so we gave her an honorary — we never were able to hand it to her — she got employee of the month for bringing attention to Goya and our adobo.

    Comically ironic, wouldn't you say?


A week ago, I pointed out...

Georgia Security Cameras Catch Briefcase Ballots

but now....
‘THIS IS BIGGER THAN ME’
Georgia’s Ruby Freeman Lawyers Up, Cancels Interview

Who is Ruby Freeman?  She is one of the Fulton, Georgia Vote Counters that were caught on video pulling out hidden briefcases filled with ballots when everyone else left. Since then, she either made her Facebook page private, or had it deleted altogether. Since the video, she haw now lawyer-ed up.
  Gee, wonder why?

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China and Nepal settle their differences over Mount Everest’s exact height

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/...t-everests

The two countries will announce their findings on Tuesday after carrying out twin surveys to resolve a long-running debate.
In the past they differed over whether to include the snowcap on the world’s tallest mountain.
The two countries’ previous measurements differed by four metres.

Well, you know guys, four meters do matter if you're a geographer.

Uber sheds self-driving cars to focus on profits

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-55224462

Uber is selling its driverless car subsidiary to start-up Aurora Technologies, shedding a unit that Uber's founder once hailed as critical to the future of the firm.
Aurora, founded in 2017, said the deal will help it "accelerate" its mission to make self-driving cars a reality.
Uber will invest $400m in the Amazon-backed company, giving it a 26% stake.
Its chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi will also serve on Aurora's board, following closure of the deal.
Despite the sale of its driverless car subsidiary known as Advanced Technologies Group, Uber said it remained interested in the sector, with plans to collaborate with Aurora when it comes to launching driverless cars on its network.

So Uber still cares about self driving cars but not too much!?  

Japan to fund AI matchmaking to boost birth rate

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55226098

Japan plans to boost its tumbling birth rate by funding artificial intelligence matchmaking schemes to help residents find love.
From next year it will subsidise local governments already running or starting projects that use AI to pair people up.
Last year the number of babies born in Japan fell below 865,000 - a record low.
Next year the government plans to allocate local authorities 2bn yen ($19m, £14m) to boost the birth rate, reported AFP news agency.
Japan's population is projected to fall from a peak of 128 million in 2017 to less than 53 million by the end of the century.

So if you think you're a failure and still wanna marry somebody, you need a computer to make the decision on your behalf!? It definitely sounds as if they were after the actual opposite of love indeed. Welcome to the Matrix!?

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Charlie Hebdo attack: France seeks long jail terms in Paris trial

https://www.bbc.com/news/55231200

France's anti-terror prosecutors have called for defendants on trial for a series of militant Islamist attacks in Paris to be given long jail terms.
The January 2015 attacks on Charlie Hebdo magazine, a policewoman and a Jewish supermarket left 17 people dead.
Fourteen people are appearing in court and three are being tried in absentia.
One of those being tried in absentia is Hayat Boumeddiene, the fugitive partner of Amedy Coulibaly who was killed after attacking the supermarket.
Two brothers are also being sought.
Prosecutors are seeking a life sentence for Ali Riza Polat, the main defendant, who is in court.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman denies sending hit squad to Canada

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-55232926
Months ago I reported how some guy, Saad al-Jabri, accused the Saudi Crown Prince of sending hitmen to kill him in Canada for he knew too much.
The prince obviously denied he was involved in such an assassination attempt.
Normally foreign leaders are immune from prosecution but there might be an exception out there...

However Mr Jabri is suing the crown prince under of the Alien Tort statute and the 1991 Torture Victim Protection Act, which allow foreign nationals to file complaints in the US over alleged human rights abuses.

The article also reveals Mr. Jabri was an important liaison for MI6 and other Western spy agencies.

Tesla: German court halts factory plan over snake and lizard habitats

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55235802
Why do greens insist on halting the construction of the Tesla Gigafactory?

The environmentalist groups say Tesla's deforestation will destroy the habitats of sand lizards and smooth snakes, both of which are protected species. They have also expressed concern that the building work will disturb these reptiles during their winter hibernation.

Well, everything changes when protected animals like are involved there... Especially because Germans care about the environment or so it seems to be the case.

Fort Hood: Soldiers fired and suspended after Vanessa Guillen probe

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55235381

The US Army has fired or suspended 14 commanders and lower-level leaders at the Fort Hood base in Texas over a pattern of violence there, including murder, sexual assaults and harassment.
An investigation into problems at the base was launched following the killing of soldier Vanessa Guillen this year.
Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said the "issues at Fort Hood are directly related to leadership failures".
The army has also ordered a new policy on dealing with missing soldiers.
The firings and suspensions announced on Tuesday include major generals Scott Efflandt and Jeffery Broadwater.

I wonder if dismissals and suspensions are the best punishments for those former army officials.

IS tried to build pulse jet-powered drones

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-55229443

The Islamic State (IS) group attempted to develop high-speed drones powered by pulse jet engines like those used in V-1 bombs dropped on the UK during World War Two, an investigation has found.
A conflict monitor revealed the engine in a new report about how IS obtained and made weapons under its "caliphate".
Conflict Armament Research (CAR) said IS had "sophisticated production capabilities for improvised weapons".

But what's CAR!?

Conflict Armament Research is a UK-based investigative organization that tracks the supply of conventional weapons, ammunition, and related military materiel into conflict-affected areas.

The report said production became "increasingly technically advanced and quasi-industrialised" between 2014 and 2017, the height of IS's so-called caliphate.
The report said key materials used by IS forces in Iraq and Syria to produce weapons and explosives predominantly came from a small number of huge bulk purchases made by family-run businesses in Europe and Turkey.
Bulk purchases made in 2014 and 2015 continued to fuel IS weapon production until its territorial loss in 2019, the report said.

It's outrageous to learn how some families endorsed IS like that but there's something else you might keep in mind.

The report said a "fully constructed pulse jet engine" measuring more than two metres in length was found at a hospital in west Mosul, Iraq in September 2017.

So they were using a hospital as a hiding place as well!?

Denmark apologises to children taken from Greenland in a 1950s social experiment

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55238090

Denmark's prime minister has apologised to 22 children who were removed from their homes in Greenland in the 1950s in a failed social experiment.
They were taken to Denmark to be re-educated as "little Danes" who could later return to foster cultural links.
But when 16 did return they were put in an orphanage and many did not see their families again. Only six are now alive.
One of the children, Helene Thiesen, who told her story to the BBC in 2015, said the apology meant everything.
A report on the case of the children, who were from Greenland's indigenous Inuit population, was published on Tuesday.

I wonder why it took them like 60 years to apologize for it. But why did they "kidnap" such kids at all?
BBC says that back in 1951 Danish authorities decided that one way to modernise Greenland would be to create a new type of Greenlander.
So Danish authorities still had some sort of colonial mindset that let them think they could mistreat Inuit people.

Ethiopia Tigray crisis: UN team fired at on way to refugee camp

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-55234100

Ethiopian troops shot at and detained UN staff after they drove through check-points in the conflict-hit northern Tigray region, government spokesman Redwan Hussein has confirmed.
The UN team ignored instructions not to be in the area, he added.
The UN team was reportedly trying to visit a camp for Eritrean refugees on Sunday when the shooting occurred.
The UN has appealed to the Ethiopian government to give it "unfettered humanitarian access" to Tigray amid concern about food shortages and medical supplies in a region with a population of more than eight million.

Even if the Ethiopian government claims it keeps everything under control in Tigray, refugees and UN forces still are in danger.

Russian 'doomsday' plane's radio equipment stolen by thieves

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55229438

Thieves have stolen electronic equipment from a Russian military aircraft known as a "doomsday plane" for its role in the country's nuclear arsenal, local media report.
Reports say unknown thieves broke into the Ilyushin Il-80 plane at an airfield in the southern region of Rostov.
It is unclear when the incident took place, but 39 units of equipment and five radio boards were taken.
Military experts say the aircraft is one of four Il-80s designed to be used as airborne command posts for Russian officials, including the president, in the event of a nuclear conflict. Interfax news agency describes them as among Russia's most classified aircraft.

Keep in mind that the last surviving nuclear arsenal pact between USA and Russia is about to expire. Incidents like this one might turn negotiations to extend it or sign a new one including China into a living hell on earth.

[DerVVulfman]

Eric Swalwell and the Chinese Spy

Former Presidential candidate, Eric Swalwell, had been close to Chinese Spy Fang Fang (or Christine Fang). She was part of a Beijing spying operation lasting from 2011 until 2015, when she left the country.

Her acquaintance with him lasted several years, beginning when he was on the Dublin city council in California, before he won a stunning victory over a Democratic incumbent to enter the House of Representatives. She then raised funds for his 2014 re-election campaign. Federal investigators informed Mr Swalwell of concerns about Ms Fang in 2015, the same year he secured a seat on the House intelligence committee, which oversees various agencies including the CIA and the FBI.

So let me get this straight, the spy, and essentially China, worked to have Swalwell re-elected?   Trust me, I left out plenty, like how his brother kept ties with her on Facebook until just now.
  And if you're wondering how Swalwell can remain on Senate Intelligence, ask why Dianne Feinstein can too when she had a Chinese spy in employ.  Funny how we only find out about Swalwell now.

A SpaceX Mars rocket prototype just exploded.
It was still a success

A giant experimental rocket built by Elon Musk's SpaceX successfully soared eight miles above the company's testing facilities in South Texas on Wednesday and came back down as planned, before crashing into the ground in an enormous plume of flames and smoke.

    Thankfully, it was an un-manned test flight for this prototype. But Musk seems to have a trend for embracing such screw-ups and using what he learned for better products down the line.

FTC and over 40 States Sues Facebook!

The Federal Trade Commission today sued Facebook, alleging that the company is illegally maintaining its personal social networking monopoly through a years-long course of anticompetitive conduct. Following a lengthy investigation in cooperation with a coalition of attorneys general of 46 states, the District of Columbia, and Guam, the complaint alleges that Facebook has engaged in a systematic strategy—including its 2012 acquisition of up-and-coming rival Instagram, its 2014 acquisition of the mobile messaging app WhatsApp, and the imposition of anticompetitive conditions on software developers—to eliminate threats to its monopoly. This course of conduct harms competition, leaves consumers with few choices for personal social networking, and deprives advertisers of the benefits of competition.

The FTC is seeking a permanent injunction in federal court that could, among other things: require divestitures of assets, including Instagram and WhatsApp; prohibit Facebook from imposing anticompetitive conditions on software developers; and require Facebook to seek prior notice and approval for future mergers and acquisitions.

Texas Leads Multiple States
in Lawsuit over Election Results

The lawsuit asks the Supreme Court to nullify Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Georgia's elections as they violated the 14th Amendment of the Constitution.

When non-legislative actors in other States encroach on the authority of the 'Legislature thereof' in that State to administer a Presidential election, they threaten the liberty, not just of their own citizens, but of every citizen of the United States who casts a lawful ballot in that election—including the citizens of amici States.

    Georgia attorney want to say everything is okay. Fat chance, given that security camera of briefcase ballots came out.

Hunter Biden tax investigation confirms what we knew
and mainstream media covered up

Before the Presidential Election, Fox News got word and reported that federal prosecutors opened a criminal investigation on Hunter Biden's dealings with China and other countries.  Joe Biden, during the last debate when Trump confronted him and his son made claim "there are 50 former national intelligence folks who said that what he’s accusing me of is a Russian plan", this turnong out to be completely wrong. Please recall how no mainstream media outlet wanted to discuss or even touch the Hunter Biden story.
Oh, and there is word that the Hunter Laptop is being used as evidence

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A SpaceX Mars rocket prototype just exploded.

It was still a success

A giant experimental rocket built by Elon Musk's SpaceX successfully soared eight miles above the company's testing facilities in South Texas on Wednesday and came back down as planned, before crashing into the ground in an enormous plume of flames and smoke.

    Thankfully, it was an un-manned test flight for this prototype. But Musk seems to have a trend for embracing such screw-ups and using what he learned for better products down the line.

I don't see how an explosion and some rapid descent can be good for an expensive project like a starship but Musk isn't worried about it at all.

So how are they supposed to reuse the spaceship that was supposed to be reusable in the first place!? Musk gotta be crazy indeed.

Michigan state rep. threatens 'Trumpers,' calls on 'soldiers' to 'make them pay'
Michigan's attorney general condemns the threats and the congresswoman's response

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/michiga...e-them-pay

Democrat Michigan state Rep. Cynthia Johnson was stripped of her committee seats by senior GOP state officials after she released a video on Facebook Tuesday, as a warning to Trump supporters who had left her threatening messages.

Let's take a look at what the politician commented on that video.

So this is just a warning to you Trumpers. Be careful, walk lightly, we ain’t playing with you. Enough of the shenanigans. Enough is enough.
And for those of you who are soldiers, you know how to do it. Do it right, be in order, make them pay.

Well, that sounds truly like a threat, don't you think?
I know that being called ghetto hood rat isn't funny at all but that doesn't mean she's entitled to threaten her aggressors the way she did...  
How exactly did she end up in such an awkward situation? Well, she was against letting the witnesses testify in front of a committee if they were not under oath. She was told that was no legal proceeding at all, they just were looking for ways to improve the electoral process.

Other representatives had stripped her of her committees but are considering taking further actions against her based on the ongoing investigation's advances.

How China stands to profit from the coronavirus pandemic
Beijing is closing the economic gap as the US economy shrinks

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/how-...s-pandemic

China's rapid return to more normal activities, including commercial, puts it ahead of the United States and Europe, and now South Korea, in terms of economic activity.
It can also use its position to try and pick up market share from competitors – from shipbuilding to steel-making to chip-making – who are still operating under COVID quarantine conditions.

In the realm of biotechnology, defense experts have also pointed to exponential levels of growth.

As of December 2, 2020, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), in terms of the phase 3 trials of prospective COVID-19 vaccines, 7 out of the 13 candidates have links to China.
Three of these candidates are not only from China, but are directly tied to the People's Liberation Army [PLA].

For one, Sinovac, a China-based biopharmaceutical company, has contracted to supply 50 million doses to Turkey, 46 million to Brazil and 40 million to Indonesia. Meanwhile, CanSino Biologics, another China-based vaccine conglomerate, has agreed to supply 35 million doses to Mexico, as well as supply its vaccine to Argentina, Chile, Pakistan and Russia.
Despite marketing campaigns indicating that the medical supplies were out of generosity to nations overwhelmed by the virus, analysts have since contended that many were sold – shipped with a Chinese flag across the packaging and phrases of friendship – and much of the vital supply line, including test kits, were proven defective.

Yeah, a Costa Rican public health institution CCSS purchased thousands of masks... that didn't protect health workers from contracting the Wuhan virus. China also "donated" masks and PPE.

France to start research into enhanced soldiers

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55243014

The French armed forces have been given the go-ahead to start research on developing "enhanced soldiers".
A report laid out conditions under which work on implants and other technologies designed to improve battlefield performance should be carried out in the future.
The report stresses that other nations are exploring such possibilities, and that France must keep up.
Defence Minister Florence Parly has emphasised the need to look ahead.
The report mentioned research on implants that could "improve cerebral capacity" or help soldiers tell enemy from ally. These could also allow commanders to locate them or read their vital signs from a distance.

Curiously she had stated before that France had no immediate plans to develop invasive technology for soldiers. Now that's exactly what they are looking for right now.
BBC also recalled how Musk implanted a chip in Gertrude the pig not long ago. It was supposed to allow the development of a human (or animal) machine interface.

French cabinet backs law targeting extremism

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55253832

The French cabinet has approved a bill aimed at tackling radical Islam after a recent series of attacks by extremists.
The draft law, part of a long-term drive by President Emmanuel Macron to uphold secular values, tightens rules on home-schooling and hate speech.
But Prime Minister Jean Castex called it "a law of protection" that would free Muslims from the grip of radicals.
He insisted that the text was not "aimed against religions or against the Muslim religion in particular".
Doctors could be fined or banned for performing virginity tests on girls.
There are new rules on financial transparency for Muslim associations and a requirement that they sign up to France's Republican values in return for funding.

There are people opposing such a bill and I'd love to ask them if they can really live their peaceful lives knowing that imams and other radical  Muslims are teaching their followers that they should attack anybody criticizing Islam. The law would also forbid anybody from revealing other people's private data over the internet to let others hurt or threaten them somehow.
Before the French teacher Samuel Paty was beheaded, people had launched an online campaign against him.

Court finds UK war crimes but will not take action

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-55247033

The International Criminal Court says it will not take action against the UK, despite finding evidence British troops committed war crimes in Iraq.
A 180-page report says hundreds of Iraqi detainees were abused by British soldiers between 2003 and 2009.
But the ICC could not determine whether the UK had acted to shield soldiers from prosecution.
The MoD said the ICC report "vindicates our efforts to pursue justice where allegations have been founded".
The ICC told the BBC: "It is without dispute there is evidence war crimes were committed."
Its report said there was a reasonable basis to conclude that at least seven Iraqis were illegally killed while in British custody between April and September 2003.

So they abused the detainees and even killed some of them but they won't be punished!?

Mining giant Rio Tinto to rebuild ancient aboriginal caves

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-55250137

Mining giant Rio Tinto must rebuild a 46,000-year-old Aboriginal cave system it blew up in May, an Australian parliamentary inquiry has said.
The Juukan Gorge caves in Western Australia were destroyed as part of an iron ore exploration project.
In a report released on Wednesday, the inquiry blasted Rio Tinto's "inexcusable" act, and said they should compensate the traditional owners.
Earlier this year several senior figures at the company, including Chief Executive Jean-Sébastien Jacques, resigned over the incident, following a backlash from shareholders and the public.
Before their destruction, the Juukan Gorge caves in Pilbara had shown evidence of continuous human habitation since the last Ice Age.
They were seen as one of Australia's most significant archaeological research sites, but they also had more than eight million tonnes of high-grade iron ore, with an estimated value of £75m (A$132m; $96m).

That's what you get for destroying a valuable archaeological site for the sake of extracting iron.
Who knows if they'll manage to restore most of it some day... and it won't be cheap at all.

Russia to set up naval base in Sudan

Details have emerged of an agreement between Khartoum and Moscow for Russia to establish a naval base on Sudan's Red Sea coast.
The deal, signed last week, will allow Russia to keep up to four navy ships, including nuclear-powered vessels, in Port Sudan for the next 25 years.
Analysts say the move is part of Russia's attempt to reassert its geopolitical influence.
It's suffered a series of setbacks this year in its backyard, including the defeat last month of its traditional ally Armenia by Turkey-backed Azerbaijan.
In 2017, on his first visit to Russia, Sudan's former president, Omar al-Bashir asked President Vladimir Putin to "protect" his country from United States' aggression.
Mr Bashir has since been ousted from power and is being held in prison in Khartoum.

For some reason they didn't post a dedicated or permanent link to this article.

[Steel Beast 6Beets]

Hunter Biden tax investigation confirms what we knew
and mainstream media covered up

Before the Presidential Election, Fox News got word and reported that federal prosecutors opened a criminal investigation on Hunter Biden's dealings with China and other countries.  Joe Biden, during the last debate when Trump confronted him and his son made claim "there are 50 former national intelligence folks who said that what he’s accusing me of is a Russian plan", this turnong out to be completely wrong. Please recall how no mainstream media outlet wanted to discuss or even touch the Hunter Biden story.
Oh, and there is word that the Hunter Laptop is being used as evidence

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/exclusive-fo...ssion=true

Something isn't adding here.

[DerVVulfman]

Yeah, Mediate is a liberal opinion site:  https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/mediaite/
Funny how they never mentioned that no liberal news agency, CBS, MSNBC, CNN wanted to touch the Hunter Biden story at all.

CNN Deliberatly Ignored Hunter Biden Story

Obviously, Hunter Biden's lawyer is quoted in the New York Post piece and we'll just continue to report out this is the very stuff that the president was impeached over...

Yeah, they preferred to focus on Trump, and the Daily Mail has the audio embedded for your listening pleasure.  Hell, almost the entire Mainstream Liberal Media said there was nothing to it   But they also went with "Trump Russia Collusion' for three years.


But now.... I wonder who is gonna announce that...

Feds also probing Joe Biden’s brother James, report says

In a Politico report from September, several sources claimed that Joe Biden’s younger brother transferred money from Americore to himself in the form of personal loans.

The company filed for bankruptcy in December 2019 as prosecutors said CEO Grant White “improperly siphoned money from the debtors for his personal benefit.”

James Biden is now the second member of the political family to come under scrutiny from federal investigators.

Yet, I heard about problems with Americore months ago.

Historic decision:
Israel and Morocco agree on full ties ‘as soon as possible

Israel and Morocco have agreed to reestablish diplomatic relations, US President Donald Trump announced Thursday, marking the fourth Arab-Israel agreement in four months.

Seriously, that's FOUR this year, let alone within 6 months! I'd like to see another President normalize relations like this.

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Australian Covid vaccine abandoned over false HIV response

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-55269381

A promising Australian candidate for a coronavirus vaccine has been abandoned after trial participants returned false HIV positive results.
CSL and UQ stressed that the positive results were false - meaning trial participants' health was not at risk.
The vaccine had been in stage one of trials, and proving to be effective in making antibodies.
But it also generated HIV antibodies in some recipients - which meant it showed false positives for HIV. Further testing proved the HIV wasn't there.
CSL and UQ said fixing the flaw would take about a year, prompting a decision to abandon the trial.

Perhaps for us it'd be illogical to stop developing the vaccine just because of a false positive for HIV but let's keep in mind that somebody would have got the shot to prevent him or her from contracting the Wuhan virus. Several months later that person would need to prove that he or she hasn't contracted AIDS, that individual would have been listed as positive even if that were some incorrect result. It's the kind of medical errors that could destroy somebody's life forever.

Wuhan Virus: Genes and Severely Ill Patients

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-54832563

Scientists looked at the DNA of patients in more than 200 intensive care units in UK hospitals.
Their genomes were then compared with the DNA of healthy people to pinpoint any genetic differences, and a number were found - the first in a gene called TYK2.
“It is part of the system that makes your immune cells more angry, and more inflammatory,” explained Dr Baillie.
But if the gene is faulty, this immune response can go into overdrive, putting patients at risk of damaging lung inflammation.
A class of anti-inflammatory drugs already used for conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis targets this biological mechanism, including a drug called Baricitinib.

Even so the drug needs to be tested on thousands of patients before they can certify it's a good treatment for covidose people.

Genetic differences were also found in a gene called DPP9, which plays a role in inflammation, and in a gene called OAS, which helps to stop the virus from making copies of itself.
Variations in a gene called IFNAR2 were also identified in the intensive care patients.
IFNAR2 is linked to a potent anti-viral molecule called interferon, which helps to kick-start the immune system as soon as an infection is detected.
It’s thought that producing too little interferon can give the virus an early advantage, allowing it to quickly replicate, leading to more severe disease.

This would be the third study that links Covid to interferon, genetic mutations and autoimmune disorders.

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FDA approves Pfizer's vaccine for distribution

https://www.foxnews.com/health/fda-appro...ne-for-eua

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday formally granted emergency approval for Pfizer and BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine candidate, officially paving the way for widespread distribution of the long-awaited vaccine.
The vaccine has been recommended to be distributed first to health care workers and residents and staff of long-term care facilities. 
The FDA's move came just one day after an advisory panel to the agency voted to endorse the Pfizer-BioNTech product.

If you're under 17 don't expect to get the shot any time soon. You see, they had no data on young patients so they couldn't prove it was safe for them or they ever needed it from the very beginning. Still, they might be getting a vaccine next summer.

Supreme Court of the US declines to hear

Trump-supported Texas case over election results in four other states
Legal experts said Texas' case, flawed in several ways, was likely to fail

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/scotus-...ction-suit

The Supreme Court has denied a Texas effort Friday that would have essentially nullified the presidential elections in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia and Wisconsin.
“The State of Texas’s motion for leave to file a bill of complaint is denied for lack of standing under Article III of the Constitution,” the Supreme Court’s order reads. “Texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another State conducts its elections. All other pending motions are dismissed as moot.”
The order does not foreclose any other pending or future election appeals at the Supreme Court, but time is running out. The states meet next week on Dec. 14 for the Electoral College exercise. And on Jan. 6 there will be a joint session of the House and Senate to count the electoral votes and certify President-elect Joe Biden as the winner.

That didn't stop Trump campaign from publishing a video reminding people of their findings that show how they included extra mail in ballots while counting votes or the way Democratic watchers and others prevented Republicans from supervising the counting.

Some still think there's a slight chance to make the Supreme Court hear their case. Democrats take for granted all of their efforts will fail the same way this lawsuit did.

Biden's Health and Human Services pick

has no public health experience
Becerra's defense of the Affordable Care Act likely landed him the cabinet post

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bidens-...experience

President-elect Joe Biden surprised the health community when he announced his pick for Health and Human Services Secretary earlier this week, Xavier Becerra, the attorney general of California.
Becerra’s legal background made him an unusual pick for the country’s top health official, but the choice shows that Biden is looking beyond the current pandemic, and how he wants healthcare managed in the future.

Everybody realizes that he's been fighting for the Affordable Care Act. Some right wing groups complained about Biden's choice because he outright disrespects values like sanctity of human life, including babies' lives. Meanwhile "lefties" criticized Trump for playing games with sexual and reproductive rights.


In my humble opinion, I gotta tell you that appointing somebody as a head of a department that has no relation to his or her actual professional experience is a stupid mistake. Would you pick a doctor to lead the Pentagon? If so be prepared to get all branches of the military shutdown in no time. This would be a totally different story if he were running for Congress or Senate where he'd be expected to become a lawmaker. There he could take advantage of his job as an attorney to fight for legal reforms in several areas.
I hope this doesn't mean Biden is showing some sort of sign he's out of his mind already. Just joking.

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Mayhem in Washington, DC, as Trump supporters

and opponents clash following demonstrations
The Metropolitan Police Department said there had been at least six arrests

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-s...-president

Chaos erupted in the nation’s capital Saturday night. Hours after two pro-Trump rallies ended, groups of Proud Boys and Antifa clashed under cover of darkness, with police repeatedly forcing them apart amid reports of brawls and stabbings.
Images and videos on social media show demonstrators exchanging barrages of fireworks, and police intervening on several downtown streets.

We better stay away from DC for the time being.

New investigation destroys Prince Andrew’s alibi

for night he’s accused of having sex with Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘teen slave’

https://knewz.com/prince-andrew-virginia-alibi/

The Duke of York claimed during his catastrophic November 2019 BBC interview that the night in question he’d taken his daughter to a pizza restaurant.
Virginia Giuffre is the most prominent accusers of Ghislaine Maxwell, claiming that the disgraced British socialite trafficked her when she was underage into sexual slavery to service the insatiable predatory desires of the late financier Jeffrey Esptein.
He said that instead he took his young daughter Princess Beatrice to a birthday party at a Pizza Express.
The crucial night in question is when a notorious photograph was taken showing Prince Andrew looking cozy with Virginia while Ghislaine Maxwell looks on. It was allegedly taken at Maxwell’s lavish London home — at a point in time when the duke’s alibi claims he was taking his daughter to a pizza joint. Virginia claims that Prince Andrew defiled her three times, doing so first in London and then again in New York and then the Carribean.

Well, that makes his story sound laughable at best.  

Acting US defense secretary's chief of staff Kash Patel

files $50M defamation lawsuit against CNN
Suit claims CNN engaged in 'pattern of retaliation and discrimination against Kash'

https://www.foxnews.com/media/defense-de...awsuit-cnn

Kash Patel, the chief of staff to Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller, has filed a $50 million defamation lawsuit against CNN and several of its top reporters, claiming the liberal network published false statements and promoted “unfounded left-wing political narratives” by painting Patel as a pro-Trump conspiracy theorist seeking to smear President-elect Joe Biden.
The complaint filed on Friday in Virginia Circuit Court named CNN reporters Barbara Starr, Zachary Cohen, Ryan Browne, Alex Marquardt and Nicole Gaouette as defendants, in addition to the network itself. It claims CNN “deliberately or recklessly conveyed a false message” to sensationalize the “news” and humiliate Patel.

So will this be another hard lesson for CNN's sensationalist reporters?

Ruhollah Zam: Iran executes journalist accused of fanning unrest

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-55285301

Iran has executed a journalist who was accused of using a messaging app to stir up dissent.
Ruhollah Zam was hanged on Saturday after the supreme court upheld a death sentence against him, state television reported.
Zam, who had been living in exile in France, was reportedly detained after travelling to Iraq last year.
He ran Amad News, a popular anti-government website Iran accused of inciting the 2017-18 protests.

So keep in mind that protesters seem to have no rights in Iran (and its neighbor Iraq?) next time you ever travel to the Middle East.