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Saturday, October 31, 2020
Biden: I Would Shut Down Country To Prevent Spread of COVID-19 | Video | RealClearPolitics
Biden: I Would Shut Down Country To Prevent Spread of COVID-19 | Video | RealClearPolitics: Newly-minted Democratic presidential and vice-presidential nominees Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in their first joint interview promise a national strategy on the pandemic on day one and they discuss what will happen if a second wave occurs with ABC News 'World Tonight' anchor David Muir and 'Good Morning America' co-host Robin Roberts. Biden said that as president, he would shut the country down to stop the spread of COVID-19 if the move was recommended to him by scientists.
"I would shut it down; I would listen to the scientists," Biden said. "I will be prepared to do whatever it takes to save lives because we cannot get the country moving, until we control the virus."
"That is the fundamental flaw of this administration's thinking to begin with," Biden continued. "In order to keep the country running and moving and the economy growing, and people employed, you have to fix the virus, you have to deal with the virus."
Last Call in the Kennedy Belt | City Journal
Last Call in the Kennedy Belt | City Journal: In regions of eastern Pennsylvania, the Kennedy Democrats of 1960 are today’s Trump Republicans—a voting bloc that could largely determine this year’s election.
COVID New York: Governor Cuomo ends quarantine list, switches to testing plan for out-of-state visitors - ABC7 New York
COVID New York: Governor Cuomo ends quarantine list, switches to testing plan for out-of-state visitors - ABC7 New York: Gov. Cuomo's newly unveiled quarantine policy will do away with the current Tri-State Travel Advisory list, and now mandates that anyone visiting the state must test negative or quarantine for 14 days.
James Rosen: FBI Has An Active Criminal Investigation Into Hunter Biden For Money Laundering | Video | RealClearPolitics
James Rosen: FBI Has An Active Criminal Investigation Into Hunter Biden For Money Laundering | Video | RealClearPolitics: Sinclair investigative reporter James Rosen reports the FBI opened an investigation into Hunter Biden in 2019 for money laundering and that the probe remains active. Rosen interviewed Tony Bobulinksi, the former business associate of Hunter Biden, who claimed the former vice president knew of Hunter's Chinese and Ukrainian operations and suggested received kickbacks from the group.
Sinclair Broadcast Group reports:
A justice department official has confirmed to Sinclair Broadcast Group that the FBI opened up a criminal investigation into Hunter Biden and his associates back in 2019, focused on allegations of money-laundering and that the probe remains active.
Sinclair investigative reporter James Rosen has also spoken with a central witness in these allegations, which suggests that former vice president Joe Biden knew more than he has acknowledged about his son's overseas dealings.
Quotes from Bobulinksi:
"The compromise they have is that in documents that have been well provided to the Senate, to Congress, to the Department of Justice via the FBI that CEFC was effectively loaning money directly to the Biden family."
"My impression was everyone in that room was aware of the s
Tucker exclusive: Tony Bobulinski, ex-Hunter Biden associate, speaks out on Joe Biden - YouTube
Tucker exclusive: Tony Bobulinski, ex-Hunter Biden associate, speaks out on Joe Biden - YouTube: Tony Bobulinski joins Tucker Carlson to discuss his alleged dealings with Hunter and Joe Biden. Watch the rest of the interview here: https://video.foxnews.c...
Greenwald's Intercept Resignation Exposes The Rot In All Mass Media - Caitlin’s Newsletter
Greenwald's Intercept Resignation Exposes The Rot In All Mass Media - Caitlin’s Newsletter: Journalist Glenn Greenwald has made major waves throughout mainstream and alternative media by resigning from The Intercept, an outlet he co-founded in 2014 with the stated mission of holding power to account with the power of unrestricted journalism.
Joe Biden calls Minnesota rally pro-Trump hecklers 'ugly folks' | Daily Mail Online
Joe Biden calls Minnesota rally pro-Trump hecklers 'ugly folks' | Daily Mail Online: 'This isn't a political statement like those ugly folks over there, beeping the horn. This is a patriot duty for God's sake!' said Biden at a rally on Friday in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Nation Building Overseas? America's Own Neighborhood is Becoming More Violent | The American Conservative
Nation Building Overseas? America's Own Neighborhood is Becoming More Violent | The American Conservative: Mexico is descending even further into carnage and dysfunction. So why are we so focused on the Middle East?
Coronavirus mutation may have made it more contagious: study
Coronavirus mutation may have made it more contagious: study: A study involving more than 5,000 COVID-19 patients in Houston finds that the virus that causes the disease is accumulating genetic mutations, one of which may have made it more contagious. According to the paper published in the peer-reviewed journal mBIO, that mutation, called D614G, is located in the spike protein that pries open our cells for viral entry. It's the largest peer-reviewed study of SARS-CoV-2 genome sequences in one metropolitan region of the U.S. to date.
Scientists warn of new coronavirus variant spreading across Europe | Free to read | Financial Times
Scientists warn of new coronavirus variant spreading across Europe | Free to read | Financial Times: Genetic mutation that originated in Spain transmitted by returning holidaymakers, researchers find
Michael Olenick: The Real Origins of Trump - The Foreclosure Crisis | naked capitalism
Michael Olenick: The Real Origins of Trump - The Foreclosure Crisis | naked capitalism: The foreclosure crisis was a key element of Trump's win in 2016, yet the Democrats are still in denial about its costs.
Put the American People First, Not China | The White House
Put the American People First, Not China | The White House: For years, the left stood down as the Chinese Communist Party hurt American workers and families. With COVID-19, they're doing it again.
President Trump: America's Seniors Will Pay the Bill for a Democrat-Socialist Agenda | The White House
President Trump: America's Seniors Will Pay the Bill for a Democrat-Socialist Agenda | The White House: Average Medicare health plan premiums have dropped by 34% under President Trump. The far left's "Medicare for All" scheme puts that at risk.
Twitter backs down, lifts New York Post's suspension after lengthy standoff over Hunter Biden report | Fox News
Twitter backs down, lifts New York Post's suspension after lengthy standoff over Hunter Biden report | Fox News: Twitter lifted its suspension of the New York Post's main account Friday, ending a weeks-long standoff after the social media giant punished the newspaper for tweeting its explosive report about Hunter Biden.
Families to take religious school tuition issue to US Supreme Court after losing appeal
Families to take religious school tuition issue to US Supreme Court after losing appeal: The court’s decision reaffirms a Maine attorney general advisory in 1980 that it is unconstitutional to use public funds to send students to schools “characterized by a pervasively religious atmosphere.”
Michael Moore: Biden’s Poll Lead ‘Is Not An Accurate Count’ | The Daily Wire
Michael Moore: Biden’s Poll Lead ‘Is Not An Accurate Count’ | The Daily Wire: Though left-wing filmmaker Michael Moore desperately wants to see President Trump tossed out of office, that doesn't necessarily mean he's blind to the
Warring Spirits - The Catholic Thing
Warring Spirits - The Catholic Thing: Stephen P. White on All Hallows Eve: Our country is soul sick from worshipping many idols – Mammon, Asmodeus, and Moloch, and it shows.
The Great Issues Were Not Raised In This Campaign
The Great Issues Were Not Raised In This Campaign: “Can’t Anybody Here Play This Game?” was the title of a 1963 book by Jimmy Breslin about the disastrous first year of the New York Mets, an expansion team. It’s attributed to the team’s manager Cas…
The limits of Chinese military power | MIT Technology Review
The limits of Chinese military power | MIT Technology Review: The United States spends more money on the military than any other nation on Earth—far more. This enormous budget— $649 billion—pays for the only global fighting force in the history of the world. But in the last 30 years, China has gone from spending about $20 billion each year on its military to spending about…
The US military is trying to read minds | MIT Technology Review
The US military is trying to read minds | MIT Technology Review: In August, three graduate students at Carnegie Mellon University were crammed together in a small, windowless basement lab, using a jury-rigged 3D printer frame to zap a slice of mouse brain with electricity. The brain fragment, cut from the hippocampus, looked like a piece of thinly sliced garlic. It rested on a platform near the…
Military artificial intelligence can be easily and dangerously fooled | MIT Technology Review
Military artificial intelligence can be easily and dangerously fooled | MIT Technology Review: Last March, Chinese researchers announced an ingenious and potentially devastating attack against one of America’s most prized technological assets—a Tesla electric car. The team, from the security lab of the Chinese tech giant Tencent, demonstrated several ways to fool the AI algorithms on Tesla’s car. By subtly altering the data fed to the car’s sensors,…
Yes, China is probably outspending the US in AI—but not on defense | MIT Technology Review
Yes, China is probably outspending the US in AI—but not on defense | MIT Technology Review: There is a number that floats around Washington, DC, circles about how much the Chinese government is projected to spend on AI: $70 billion by 2020, up from an estimated $12 billion in 2017. The figure was originally shared in a speech by a top US Air Force general in 2018, but where it comes…
The end of high-tech war | MIT Technology Review
The end of high-tech war | MIT Technology Review: David Kilcullen was an Australian Army officer who became a senior strategic advisor to the US Departments of Defense and State, specializing in counterinsurgency, and was one of the primary architects of the 2007 troop surge in Iraq. He is the author of four previous books: The Accidental Guerrilla, Counterinsurgency, Out of the Mountains, and…
Endowed By The Creator: Ayaan Hirsi Ali And Peter Berkowitz On Our Unalienable Rights | Hoover Institution
Endowed By The Creator: Ayaan Hirsi Ali And Peter Berkowitz On Our Unalienable Rights | Hoover Institution: Hoover Fellows Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Peter Berkowitz discuss the final report recently issued by the US State Department’s Commission on Unalienable Rights, of which Berkowitz was the commission secretary.
Trumpism: Then, Now—and in the Future? - American Greatness
Trumpism: Then, Now—and in the Future? - American Greatness: What was, is, and will be the Trump agenda? Against all odds, what elected Trump in 2016 was a recalibration of American foreign and domestic policy—and the art…
Cynicism and politics: a form of political damage control
Cynicism and politics: a form of political damage control: Presidents over the decades have tried to preach against cynicism in the citizenry, but cynicism is a natural blowback to deceit and corruption.
Donald Trump as Julius Caesar: The Curtain Raiser - The Globalist
Donald Trump as Julius Caesar: The Curtain Raiser - The Globalist: Why Donald Trump resembles Julius Caesar more than does Obama or practically any other figure in recent history.
Opinion | ‘Our Democracies Need to Change’ - The New York Times
Opinion | ‘Our Democracies Need to Change’ - The New York Times: As global crises shake nations to the core, attendees at this year’s retooled Athens Democracy Forum point to the need for governments to be more responsive to their citizens.
Can America Escape Plutocracy? – The Diplomat
Can America Escape Plutocracy? – The Diplomat: The evidence is quite clear.
What the Abraham Accords Reveal About the United Arab Emirates - War on the Rocks
What the Abraham Accords Reveal About the United Arab Emirates - War on the Rocks: On Aug. 13, President Donald Trump tweeted news of a diplomatic triumph. The United States had brokered the Abraham Accords, an agreement normalizing
Election Day: 1,000 economists sign letter against Trump - Business Insider
Election Day: 1,000 economists sign letter against Trump - Business Insider: A letter urging American voters not to re-elect Donald Trump due to his 'reckless and selfish' behaviour has been signed by more than 1,000 economists
Trump Is Said to Set Aside Career Intelligence Briefer to Hear From Advisers Instead - The New York Times
Trump Is Said to Set Aside Career Intelligence Briefer to Hear From Advisers Instead - The New York Times: For weeks, the director of national intelligence has taken over a job usually done by an intelligence officer.
Friday, October 30, 2020
Report: Trump Significantly Escalated Strikes and Raids in Yemen - News From Antiwar.com
Report: Trump Significantly Escalated Strikes and Raids in Yemen - News From Antiwar.com: A report from Airwars released on Wednesday reveals the extent to which the Trump administration escalated US military operations against al-Qaeda in Yemen. The report found more than 230 declared and alleged US military and CIA operations in Yemen since January 2017. Of those 230 operations, 181 were officially declared by the US. Most of … Continue reading "Report: Trump Significantly Escalated Strikes and Raids in Yemen"
Americans are still internationalists at heart
Americans are still internationalists at heart
Subscribe to read | Financial Times: Americans are still internationalists at heartWill President Biden's Likely Secretaries of State End Forever Wars? | The American Conservative
Will President Biden's Likely Secretaries of State End Forever Wars? | The American Conservative: A look at Biden's top picks, and whether Biden will echo the national security policies of the administration he previously served.
Toward a Smarter Economic Statecraft | Center for Strategic and International Studies
Toward a Smarter Economic Statecraft | Center for Strategic and International Studies: In an Election 2020 graphic comparing Donald Trump and Joe Biden’s policy positions, the Washington Post grouped China tariffs, the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, and other trade issues with domestic economic concerns such as minimum wages and independence of the Federal Reserve. My first reaction was that trade should have been in its own category, or at least listed under
As its term winds down, Trump’s White House plots a major naval expansion
As its term winds down, Trump’s White House plots a major naval expansion: Interviews with senior Trump officials and aides reveal a major push, both publicly and privately, to expand the Navy's battle fleet in a second term.
China Announces Five and Fifteen Year Goals
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China Announces Five and Fifteen Year Goals
From
October 26-29, more than 200 Chinese leaders gathered for a top-level
meeting to discuss China's future. At the end of the closed-door
gathering, some of the results of the meeting were
shared. The highlight of the Fifth Plenum of the Chinese Communist
Party's Central Committee was the unveiling of the blueprint for the
14th Five-Year Plan. China's Five-Year Plans lay out the leadership's
vision and priorities for the next five years, in this case 2021-2025,
and cover a range of issues including economics, society, policy goals,
and more. The full plan will not be released until next year.
In light of the economic effects of the coronavirus, the blueprint,
unlike in the past, does not specify a GDP growth target, instead aiming for
“sustained and healthy economic development.” A key priority is
increasing per capita GDP growth, although, again, no set numbers are
given. Bloomberg economist David Qu said
reaching China's growth targets “requires significant enhancement in
the quality of the economy, reflected in innovation, more advanced
industrial fundamentals, and a more modern economic system.”
Other goals include reducing the rural-urban wage gap, reforming
property rights, and promoting “green” development. The communiqué
shared after the Plenum also mentions plans to address China's aging
population, strengthen its national defense, deepen reforms, and promote
reunification with Taiwan, but did not go into detail. It also emphasizes the role of “Xi Jinping thought” in the Chinese Communist Party ideology.
Much of what was discussed at the Plenum has a longer time span than
five years. Instead, 2035 is frequently mentioned as the year by which
many of these goals should be achieved. These include reaching a per capita GDP
of “moderately developed nations,” achieving “breakthroughs” in vital
technologies and, most notably, becoming a “modern socialist country” by
2035.
This deadline is more than a decade ahead of the People's Republic of
China's 2049 centennial, which had previously been earmarked as the
major deadline for China's modern development. Analysts point out
that this “Vision 2035” goal likely reflects Xi Jinping's aim to see
these ambitious plans completed while he is still leading China,
cementing his legacy. While Xi is no longer constrained by term limits,
he will already be 82 years old in 2035.
Chinese University of Hong Kong professor Willy Wo-Lap Lam said,
“[Xi] is trying to convince the party that only he, Xi Jinping, has the
political resources, the experience and the determination to pull China
through...This is a big show for Xi Jinping to try to convince the
senior cadres that he deserves support to remain supreme leader well
beyond 10 years.”
The main economic strategy outlined in the communiqué is “dual
circulation.” This strategy has already been promoted by Xi Jinping in
recent months and involves an increasingly inward economic focus (the
“domestic cycle”), which will be supplemented by external trade (the
“international cycle”). Implementation models or other detailed
strategies were not released. However, in line with the plan to
strengthen China's domestic cycle, is an emphasis on innovation,
modernization, and self-reliance, especially in fields of science and
technology.
Economist Julian Evans-Pritchard cautioned,
“There is no guarantee that efforts to boost self-sufficiency in
specific sectors will succeed” and, even if it does, “pursuing
self-sufficiency is (literally) a textbook way to depress productivity.”
Current global tensions, increasing protectionism, and an ongoing trade
war with the U.S., however, might make this domestic focus more of a
necessity than a choice. It seems Chinese officials recognize this
dynamic, focusing domestically while simultaneously urging other
countries – especially the U.S. – to renew economic engagement.
Central Committee officials held a press conference on October 30
following the end of the Plenum and release of their communiqué. The
Office of Financial Affairs' deputy director, Han Wenxiu, said,
“Decoupling is basically not realistic, and there's no benefit for
China or the U.S., or the entire world...Those who want decoupling are
few. Those who want collaboration are far more.” He also asserted,
“No matter how the international situation changes, we will never waver
in our basic national policy of opening up. China will provide
countries around the world with larger markets and more opportunities.”
Wang Zhigang, the science and technology minister, also indicated a continued need for international engagement. He said,
“China’s technological innovation has never been closed innovation, and
in the future it will not close its doors to innovate on its own.” Even
acknowledging the global aspects of innovation, Wang still stressed the
necessity of self-reliance. He said,
“We need to improve our ability to create things independently because
we cannot ask for or buy the core technologies from elsewhere.” He also
pointed out that “it is the first time ever in the history of our
party’s five-year plans…that [China] is placing the plans on science,
technology, and innovation before all other sectors.”
Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Wang Wenbin discussed the results of the Plenum during a press conference
on October 30. He said: “The fifth plenary session of the 19th Central
Committee of the Communist Party of China, which was just concluded,
released a communiqué, stating that China will remain committed to the
new concept of innovative, coordinated, green, open and inclusive
development, pursue quality development, deepen supply-side structural
reform, advance reform and innovation to meet people's increasing need
for a better life, accelerate efforts to establish a new dual-cycle
development pattern with the domestic cycle as the mainstay and the
domestic and international cycles reinforcing each other, and basically
achieve socialist modernization by 2035. The communiqué mentioned
'reform' and 'opening-up' more than 20 times, pledging to further expand
and deepen opening-up, establish new institutions for an open economy
at a higher level, promote high quality BRI [Belt and Road Initiative]
cooperation, and pursue win-win international cooperation. It sends out a
clear signal that China will remain committed to deepening reform and
opening-up and realizing win-win cooperation.”
Should We Compete With China? Can We?, by Godfree Roberts - The Unz Review
Should We Compete With China? Can We?, by Godfree Roberts - The Unz Review: The size of China’s displacement of the world balance is such that the world must find a new balance. It is not possible to pretend that this is just another big player. This is the biggest player in the history of the world. Lee Kwan Yew. In 2003 I published a book charting America’s decline in thirty-six social and economic indicators. I mailed copies to the Administration, Congress and department heads and received one reply, from the Director General of the Central Intelligence Agency, saying that the Agency had been providing almost identical information to the government for decades. Since
The Trump audit part II: foreign policy - President Trump’s criticisms of the world order had some merit | Briefing | The Economist
The Trump audit part II: foreign policy - President Trump’s criticisms of the world order had some merit | Briefing | The Economist: But he has left it in worse shape than he found it
How foreign correspondents have covered the protests and the election - Columbia Journalism Review
How foreign correspondents have covered the protests and the election - Columbia Journalism Review:
In early June, Seven News, a TV channel in Australia, patched in Amelia Brace, its correspondent in Washington, DC, and her cameraman, Tim Myers, for an update on protests outside the White House. Brace had just begun to describe the scene when a line of police officers charged toward her; one of them punched Myers’s […]
Life in an America Where Some Are Only ‘Conditional Citizens’ - The New York Times
Life in an America Where Some Are Only ‘Conditional Citizens’ - The New York Times: In her first nonfiction book, the novelist Laila Lalami offers a wrenching look at her experience as a naturalized citizen and the challenges endured by immigrants like her.
What It Means to Be the ‘Token’ Black Kid in a Rich, White World - The New York Times
What It Means to Be the ‘Token’ Black Kid in a Rich, White World - The New York Times: In “Greyboy,” Cole Brown recounts the lives of privileged outsiders, himself among them.
Inside the C.I.A. - The New York Times
Inside the C.I.A. - The New York Times: John O. Brennan’s memoir, “Undaunted,” describes his career at the C.I.A., including his years as head of the agency.
Policy Insight: Long-Term Debt | Hoover Institution
Policy Insight: Long-Term Debt | Hoover Institution: Whether they’re overlooking skyrocketing federal debt or unfunded state pension obligations, lawmakers continue to make short-run budget decisions that will disproportionately burden future generations. How big are these problems, and are there any good solutions?
Black Education Matters, by Dr. Thomas Sowell | Creators Syndicate
Black Education Matters, by Dr. Thomas Sowell | Creators Syndicate: Most Americans would probably be shocked and angry if they knew all the dirty tricks used to sabotage charter schools that are successfully educating low-income minority children. This is not
Mass Death in South Texas - The Atlantic
Mass Death in South Texas - The Atlantic: It almost killed me. A story of criminal neglect and mass death in South Texas.
United to test all passengers for COVID-19 on select London flights - ABC News
United to test all passengers for COVID-19 on select London flights - ABC News: United to test all passengers for COVID-19 on select London flights
The ‘very, very bad look’ of remdesivir, the first FDA-approved COVID-19 drug | Science | AAAS
The ‘very, very bad look’ of remdesivir, the first FDA-approved COVID-19 drug | Science | AAAS: The Food and Drug Administration held no advisory meeting on antiviral, and the European Union signed contract without knowing of failed trial
Article on Joe and Hunter Biden Censored By The Intercept - Greenwald
Article on Joe and Hunter Biden Censored By The Intercept - Greenwald: Article on Joe and Hunter Biden Censored By The Intercept
Glenn Greenwald Resigns from the Intercept Over Censorship of Article on Hunter and Joe Biden | naked capitalism
Glenn Greenwald Resigns from the Intercept Over Censorship of Article on Hunter and Joe Biden | naked capitalism: Glenn Greenwald has resigned from the Intercept over an effort to gut a piece on the Bidens, in an apparent violation of his contract.
What’s Turkey’s role in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict? | Azerbaijan News | Al Jazeera
What’s Turkey’s role in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict? | Azerbaijan News | Al Jazeera: Turkey supports Azerbaijan and wants a seat at the negotiating table, but Ankara’s interest goes beyond brotherly love.
He’s a GOP Insider and Trump’s Friend. He Says Vote Your Conscience. - The New York Times
He’s a GOP Insider and Trump’s Friend. He Says Vote Your Conscience. - The New York Times: Armstrong Williams has had a front row seat to 30 years of conservative politics. He's come to some conclusions.
Arrested, Tortured, Imprisoned: The U.S. Contractors Abandoned in Kuwait - The New York Times
Arrested, Tortured, Imprisoned: The U.S. Contractors Abandoned in Kuwait - The New York Times: Dozens of military contractors, most of them Black, have been jailed in the emirate — some on trumped-up drug charges. Why has the American government failed to help them?
Win or Lose, It’s Donald Trump’s Republican Party - The New York Times
Win or Lose, It’s Donald Trump’s Republican Party - The New York Times: The G.O.P.’s politicians, activists and voters are still figuring out what that means.
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE AMERICAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS - The Catholic Thing
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE AMERICAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS - The Catholic Thing: An Anonymous Catholic: “The time grows short. Will you speak and act in these coming days, for the sake of souls and for the common good?”
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE AMERICAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS - The Catholic Thing
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE AMERICAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS - The Catholic Thing: An Anonymous Catholic: “The time grows short. Will you speak and act in these coming days, for the sake of souls and for the common good?”
Whither Catholic Voters? - The Catholic Thing
Whither Catholic Voters? - The Catholic Thing: David Carlin: Will Catholics be able to make the GOP what the Democratic Party once was, an almost-Catholic party? That remains to be seen.
Businesses are boarding up windows and pulling guns off the shelves in anticipation of widespread election unrest – End Of The American Dream
Businesses are boarding up windows and pulling guns off the shelves in anticipation of widespread election unrest – End Of The American Dream: A storm is coming in, and soon it will envelop the entire nation. We are accustomed to seeing businesses board up their doors and windows in coastal cities that
EU to allow Britain, U.S. in on future joint defence projects, envoys say | Reuters
EU to allow Britain, U.S. in on future joint defence projects, envoys say | Reuters: The European Union will allow non-members such as Britain and the United States to take part in future joint EU defence projects, but only on an exceptional basis, three EU diplomats said on Wednesday.
What the Next President Faces – Patrick J. Buchanan – Official Website
What the Next President Faces – Patrick J. Buchanan – Official Website: Given the cards he has been dealt in 2020, and the hatred of the media he daily confronts, it is astonishing that Trump retains his energy and enthusiasm for the battle. Most presidents would have long ago been broken... Should Joe Biden win, he would be, on Jan. 20, 2021, the oldest and most visibly…
Gwyn Morgan: Liberals’ plan to replace fossil fuel with wind and solar is technically impossible and economically disastrous | Financial Post
Gwyn Morgan: Liberals’ plan to replace fossil fuel with wind and solar is technically impossible and economically disastrous | Financial Post: Trying to solve any problem with a fix that defies the laws of physics is bound to fail
Pope ends public audiences, eyes Christmas as virus surges - The Boston Globe
Pope ends public audiences, eyes Christmas as virus surges - The Boston Globe: Pope Francis is halting his public general audiences and will limit participation at Christmas and other upcoming Masses amid a surge of coronavirus cases in Italy and the Vatican, officials said Thursday.
Walsh urges Bostonians to get tested for COVID-19 as infections reach 9 million nationally - The Boston Globe
Walsh urges Bostonians to get tested for COVID-19 as infections reach 9 million nationally - The Boston Globe: The mayor unveiled a “Get The Test Boston” pledge aimed at getting residents tested for the virus regardless of symptoms.
Nice terrorist attack: French Catholic bishops ask churches to toll bells in memory of three killed in basilica attack
Nice terrorist attack: French Catholic bishops ask churches to toll bells in memory of three killed in basilica attack: The French bishops asked churches across the country to toll their bells Thursday in memory of three people killed at a basilica in Nice by an attacker shouting “Allahu Akbar.”
Federal appeals court forces Minnesota to set aside all late-arriving absentee ballots
Federal appeals court forces Minnesota to set aside all late-arriving absentee ballots: The Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled that absentee ballots in Minnesota must be received by 8 p.m. on Election Day in order to be counted.
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It’s Biden vs. Trump in the rest of the world, too - The Boston Globe
It’s Biden vs. Trump in the rest of the world, too - The Boston Globe: Depending on next week’s outcome, there will be shrieks of joy or horror from Manila to Berlin.
Thursday, October 29, 2020
PG&E warns of ‘significant’ new losses from CA wildfires | The Sacramento Bee
PG&E warns of ‘significant’ new losses from CA wildfires | The Sacramento Bee: The utility just emerged from bankruptcy. Now it’s looking at a big financial loss from the Zogg Fire, which killed four people.
Opinion -Glenn Greenwald : My Resignation From The Intercept
Opinion -Glenn Greenwald : My Resignation From The Intercept: My Resignation From The Intercept
The same trends of repression, censorship and ideological homogeneity plaguing the national press generally have engulfed the media outlet I co-founded, culminating in censorship of my own articles.
By Glenn Greenwald
Pope Francis Prays for Victims in Latest Attack on Catholics in France: 'Terrorism & Violence Can Never Be Accepted' - ZENIT - English
Pope Francis Prays for Victims in Latest Attack on Catholics in France: 'Terrorism & Violence Can Never Be Accepted' - ZENIT - English: After Decapitation & Murder in Cathedral of Nice, Pontiff Calls for Responding to Evil With Good
New Trump policy will force insurers to disclose prices up front | TheHill
New Trump policy will force insurers to disclose prices up front | TheHill: Health insurers will be required to publicly post, in advance, the price for the most common services and procedures, under a rule finalized by the Trump administration on Thursday.
Winter COVID-19 wave poses threat to nation's hospitals | TheHill
Winter COVID-19 wave poses threat to nation's hospitals | TheHill: Coronavirus hospitalizations are rising in the United States as a wave builds ahead of winter, threatening to overwhelm hospitals in some areas.
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