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2020-05-11: Social Media Postees

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Mass Unemployment Is a Failure of Capitalism
Richard D. Wolff | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-11
The difficulties caused to workers by record unemployment during the pandemic are a product of capitalism. Most of the time, employers decide to hire or fire workers depending on which choice maximizes employers' profits. Profit, not the full employment of workers nor of means of production, is "the bottom line" of capitalism and thus of capitalists. That is how the system works. Capitalists are rewarded when their profits are high and punished when they are not. It's nothing personal; it's just business.
counterpunch.org/2020/05/11/mass-unemployment-is-a-failure-of-capitalism/

Trump responsible for deaths in US and globally because of Covid-19 response, says Chomsky
rt.com | 2020-05-11
Donald Trump is culpable for deaths in the US and beyond due to his Covid-19 pandemic response, according to Noam Chomsky, from making states deal with the crisis individually to cutting the World Health Organization funding. | The progressive activist and author is less than pleased with the president's coronavirus response, and insists his small government attitude and slashing of healthcare and research funds has put the US in a poor position to handle a pandemic. | …
rt.com/usa/488381-chomsky-trump-coronavirus-deaths/

No greater hypocrisy than Indian Govt's pronouncements on migrants: Sitaram Yechury
Newsclick | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-11
Sitaram Yechury, General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), talks about the Indian government's failure to prepare for the COVID-19 pandemic, the hypocrisy in its policy on migrants and the steps it needs to take to address the crisis. He also talks about how the pandemic has led to a greater realization of the failures of capitalism and will spur fresh struggles for a more just system.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/11/no-greater-hypocrisy-than-indian-govts-pronouncements-on-migrants-sitaram-yechury/

As the Earth Dies
Eve Ottenberg | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-11
The Robbery of Nature John Bellamy Foster and Brett Clark (Monthly Review Press) The earth is dying and capitalism is to blame. Facing this, one can opt for hope, as Marxist ecosocialists do, or one can succumb to pessimism fed by dark thoughts on human nature and the intractable, deadly persistence of our economic system…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/11/as-the-earth-dies/

The Bernie Sanders Movement, Its Historical Antecedents, and Its Legacy
Eugene E Ruyle | indybay.org | 2020-05-11
Online ZOOM Meeting. | LOG-IN INFORMATION AT OUR WEBSITE | ICSSMARX.ORG | OR EMAIL CUYLERUYLE [at] MAC.COM…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/08/18832926.php

Venezuela: Full Silvercorp Contract Unveiled, Guaido Involved
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-11
According to the Washington Post, the document was provided by Venezuelan opposition officials on the condition that one of the attachments be redacted. Nonetheless, the text showcases the extent of the intervention financed by Juan Guaido and his supporters. | Some …
globalresearch.ca/venezuela-full-silvercorp-contract-unveiled-guaido-involved/5712434

Geopolitical Corridors: Did Iran Inadvertently Sacrifice "The India Chabahar Corridor" for the Sake of Afghan Border Security?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-11
The recent political crisis that exploded between Iran and Afghanistan after the former's security forces were accused of forcing over 50 of the latter's illegal immigrants into a river on their shared border (where the majority of them are thought …
globalresearch.ca/did-iran-sacrifice-chabahar-afghan-border-security/5712464

Bombshell: Crowdstrike admits 'no evidence' Russia stole emails from DNC server
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-05-11
Crowdstrike, the firm behind the Russian email hacking allegation at the core of Russiagate, makes a bombshell admission: "We did…
thegrayzone.com/2020/05/11/bombshell-crowdstrike-admits-no-evidence-russia-stole-emails-from-dnc-server/

A Late-Breaking Bulletin From PBS: "For Many Americans, Health Insurance is Tied to a Job"
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-11
I would like to nominate the "Public" Broadcasting System's ("P"BS) "NewsHour" and its economics reporter Paul Solomon for the 2020 Piss Down Our Backs and Tell Us Its Raining Prize in broadcast journalism. Last Thursday, "P"BS "NewsHour" viewers got to see the show's longtime economics correspondent (Paul Solomon) give a chilling account of how newly…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/11/a-late-breaking-bulletin-from-pbs-for-many-americans-health-insurance-is-tied-to-a-job/

A Late-Breaking Bulletin From PBS: "For Many Americans, Health Insurance is Tied to a Job"
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-11
I would like to nominate the "Public" Broadcasting System's ("P"BS) "NewsHour" and its economics reporter Paul Solomon for the 2020 Piss Down Our Backs and Tell Us Its Raining Prize in broadcast journalism. Last Thursday, "P"BS "NewsHour" viewers got to see the show's longtime economics correspondent (Paul Solomon) give a chilling account of how newly unemployed people are disastrously losing their health insurance in the middle of a pandemic.
counterpunch.org/2020/05/11/a-late-breaking-bulletin-from-pbs-for-many-americans-health-insurance-is-tied-to-a-job/

COVID-19: Global Pandemic & Climate Disruption With Mike Davis
Speak Out Now | indybay.org | 2020-05-11
Online Zoom meeting, see details here: speakoutsocialists.org/townhall-davis-5-16/…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/10/18832968.php

World's Super Rich Buying Pandemic Escape Mansions in New Zealand
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-11
A number of the planet's richest people, including billionaire co-founder of Paypal Peter Thiel, are escaping to New Zealand to shelter in luxury bunkers amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
mintpressnews.com/super-rich-buying-covid-19-pandemic-mansions-new-zealand/267406/

Victory in Europe Day: These American Corporations Aided Nazi Germany
Alan MacLeod | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-11
May 8 marks the 75th anniversary of the Allied armies' victory in Europe, the day when they accepted the formal surrender of Nazi Germany after a bitter, six-year-long struggle that saw tens of millions killed in fighting, famines or …
globalresearch.ca/victory-europe-day-american-corporations-aided-nazi-germany/5712411

New Facial Recognition Software Predicts You're a Criminal Based on your Face
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-11
The latest technological development appears to be an updated, "algorithmic phrenology," repackaging a dangerous idea for the 21st century, all the more noteworthy because they are trying to sell it to law enforcement as an unbiased tool helping society.
mintpressnews.com/new-facial-recognition-software-predicts-youre-a-criminal-based-on-your-face/267436/

Guaidó's mercenary hit contract on Venezuela's Maduro mirrors official US bounty, authorizes death squad killings
Alan MacLeod | thegrayzone.com | 2020-05-11
The leaked contract between Juan Guaidó and the Silvercorp USA mercenary firm closely resembles a DEA bounty placed on the…
thegrayzone.com/2020/05/10/guaido-mercenary-contract-venezuelas-maduro-us-bounty-death-squad/

'Justice is Indivisible': Placing Palestine Back at the Center of Muslim Discourse in the West
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-11
It was nearly twenty years ago at a Muslim conference in Washington D.C. that I heard the distressing argument that Palestine should not be made a central topic in the American Muslim political agenda. The point, which took many by surprise, was enunciated by a young American Pakistani Muslim academic, whose name is not important…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/11/justice-is-indivisible-placing-palestine-back-at-the-center-of-muslim-discourse-in-the-west/

'Justice is Indivisible': Placing Palestine Back at the Center of Muslim Discourse in the West
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-11
It was nearly twenty years ago at a Muslim conference in Washington D.C. that I heard the distressing argument that Palestine should not be made a central topic in the American Muslim political agenda. The point, which took many by surprise, was enunciated by a young American Pakistani Muslim academic, whose name is not important…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/11/justice-is-indivisible-placing-palestine-back-at-the-center-of-muslim-discourse-in-the-west/

Leaked UK Doc Shows Mandated Remote-Working Plan for Obese Brits
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-11
Being fat obese can double someone's risk of going to the hospital for severe COVID-19 symptoms, a new report published by the University of Glasgow concluded this week. With that being said, a leaked document from the UK government obtained …
globalresearch.ca/leaked-uk-doc-shows-mandated-remote-working-plan-obese-brits/5712437

Effects of US Lockdowns v. Lifting Them
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-11
A University of Pennsylvania Wharton School model isn't encouraging. | Its analysis is world's apart from what the Trump regime suggests. | Wharton warned that if US lockdowns are lifted nationwide, businesses reopen, and pre-COVID-19 activities resume, eight million cases and 350,000 …
globalresearch.ca/effects-us-lockdowns-lifting-them/5712404

Indifference Toward Public Health and Welfare in America. The COVID-19 Healthcare Fiasco
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-11
The US is the only developed nation without some form of universal healthcare coverage. | The world's richest country is indifferent toward the rights, needs, and welfare of its ordinary people in more normal times. | It's much the same at times …
globalresearch.ca/indifference-toward-public-health-welfare-america/5712460

Trump Regime Further Escalates War on China by Other Means
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-11
In early April, China's official People's Daily broadsheet slammed the Trump regime's unacceptable restrictions imposed on the country's journalists in the US. | It called hostile US actions a "clumsy performance (that) further exposed the hypocrisy of the self-styled advocate of …
globalresearch.ca/trump-regime-escalates-war-china-other-means/5712405

Reinventing History a US Specialty. The Role of the Soviet Union In Defeating Nazi Germany
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-11
The power of endlessly repeated propaganda gets most people to believe almost anything

"COVID-19 Has Been Racialized": Black Scholar Jill Nelson Arrested for Chalking "Trump = Plague"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-11
Black and Brown communities are being disproportionately targeted and policed in New York City's response to the spread of COVID-19. We speak with author and activist Jill Nelson, who was herself arrested by NYPD in April for writing "Trump = Plague" in chalk on an abandoned building in her Washington Heights neighborhood. The 67-year-old scholar was handcuffed, taken to the police station and held for five hours. Now she is speaking out. The president is "telling us that as people of color, and older people, we should just die," says Nelson. "It's ridiculous."
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/11/jill_nelson_nypd_arrest_trump_plague

Trump Death Clock: Creator Eugene Jarecki Says "Reckless Mishandling" of COVID-19 Must Be Quantified
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-11
As the death toll from COVID-19 in the United States surpasses 80,000, an unusual new billboard called the Trump Death Clock in New York City's Times Square keeps tally of lives lost to government inaction. "What we found was that there was an amazing and very dark truth underlying the numbers that spoke to reckless mishandling of a pandemic by the president and his team, and we felt that ought to be quantified," says Eugene Jarecki, the award-winning documentary filmmaker, author and activist behind the project.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/11/eugene_jarecki_trump_death_clock

"Weaponized and Racialized": Police Departments Use COVID-19 to Target Black & Brown Communities
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-11
Viral images have shone a spotlight on uneven policing. Some show police officers distributing masks to White residents in crowded New York City parks

Fake Coronavirus Data, Fear Campaign. Spread of the COVID-19 Infection
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-11
Do not let yourself be misled by the fear campaign, pointing to a Worldwide coronavirus calamity with repeated "predictions" that hundreds of thousands of people are going to die. | According to the WHO, the death rate pertaining to Seasonal Influenza globally is between 6 to 12 times higher than COVID-19.
globalresearch.ca/fake-coronavirus-data-fear-campaign-spread-of-the-covid-19-infection/5708643

Fake Coronavirus Data, Fear Campaign. Spread of the COVID-19 Infection
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-11
Do not let yourself be misled by the fear campaign, pointing to a Worldwide coronavirus calamity with repeated "predictions" that hundreds of thousands of people are going to die. | According to the WHO, the death rate pertaining to Seasonal Influenza globally is between 6 to 12 times higher than COVID-19.
globalresearch.ca/fake-coronavirus-data-fear-campaign-spread-of-the-covid-19-infection/5708643

Pompeo Likens Iran To Nazis On 2nd Anniversary Of US Nuclear Deal Exit
Zero Hedge | iranian.com | 2020-05-11
Perhaps attempting to ensure the anti-Iran 'maximum pressure' campaign remains front and center, even in the midst of a pandemic and historic unemployment, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has resorted to the one of the most common

Afghanistan Not to Release More Taliban Prisoners Until Reciprocated by Armed Group
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-11
New Delhi (Sputnik): The Afghanistan government and the Taliban signed a US-mediated peace pact in February. As part of the agreement both sides agreed to release prisoners

Bosnia report exposes institutions, individuals who deny Srebrenica genocide
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-11
Bosnia and Herzegovina on Monday released a report on denial of the 1995 Srebrenica genocide, in which over 8,300 Muslims were killed by Serbian forces. | The report, written by historian Monica Hanson Green, includes many details about the war in Bosnia in 1992-1995, subsequent war crimes trials, and the media outlets and people who deny the genocide. | Emir Suljagic, head of the Srebrenica Memorial Center, which published the report, said that the problem of genocide denial is very important. | "We took a new responsibility to raise awareness of the genocide. This report is the first step in this," said Suljagi…
yenisafak.com/en/world/bosnia-report-exposes-institutions-individuals-who-deny-srebrenica-genocide-3519174

Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic, America's Billionaires Thrive and Prosper
Lawrence Wittner | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-11
Although most Americans currently face hard times, with unemployment surging to the levels of the Great Depression and enormous numbers of people sick or dying from the coronavirus pandemic, the nation's super-rich remain a notable exception. Financially, they are doing remarkably well. According to the Institute for Policy Studies, between March 18 and April 28,…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/11/amid-the-coronavirus-pandemic-americas-billionaires-thrive-and-prosper/

A Dirty Military Incursion into Venezuela
Prof. Vijay Prashad | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-11
In the early morning hours of Sunday, May 3, speedboats left the Colombian coastlines and headed toward Venezuela. These boats had no authorization to cross the maritime border. They landed on the Venezuelan coastline at La Guaira. This was clearly …
globalresearch.ca/military-incursion-venezuela/5712489

COVID-19 strike wave enters third month
Martha Grevatt | workers.org | 2020-05-11
Workers at 50 locations across Florida struck McDonald's, Starbucks and other fast-food restaurants on May 6. What united them was the failure of these multibillion-dollar enterprises to correct hazardous working conditions that put workers at risk of contracting COVID-19. Some of these McDonald's workers are also part of a statewide . . . | Continue reading COVID-19 strike wave enters third month at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48519/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=covid-19-strike-wave-enters-third-month

The Execution of Julian Assange
Patrick Anderson | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-11
I do not respect anyone who has not been to prison." Julian Assange once said to Renata Avila, a Guatemalan human rights activist who serves as legal counsel for WikiLeaks. "What he meant," Avila says, "was that being in prison means that you have made so much trouble for the system that the only way for the system to deal with you is to lock you up and try to silence you." | After a decade of being shuttled from house arrest to confinement in an embassy to Belmarsh Prison to, if the United States government ge…
mintpressnews.com/opinion-media-execution-julian-assange/267393/

San Quentin Gets Car Caravan Protest
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2020-05-11
Protesters demand end to "Covid-19 death camps."
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/09/18832943.php

US continues deportation of Haitians tested positive of COVID-19
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-11
A group of over 100 Haitian nationals are set to be deported from the United States by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), on Monday, May 11. This is scheduled to happen despite requests from the Haitian government to wait until the spread of COVID-19 subsides. Among those being deported, at least five individuals are known to have tested positive for COVID-19 very recently. | The Haitian government panel assigned to direct the nation's pandemic response requested that the US government avoid deportations until the pandemic is contained. The presidential panel consisting of medical professionals and…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/11/us-continues-deportation-of-haitians-tested-positive-of-covid-19/

US continues deportation of Haitians tested positive of COVID-19
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-11
A group of over 100 Haitian nationals are set to be deported from the United States by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), on Monday, May 11. This is scheduled to happen despite requests from the Haitian government to wait until the spread of COVID-19 subsides. Among those being deported, at least five individuals are known to have tested positive for COVID-19 very recently. | The Haitian government panel assigned to direct the nation's pandemic response requested that the US government avoid deportations until the pandemic is contained. The presidential panel consisting of medical professionals and…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/11/us-continues-deportation-of-haitians-tested-positive-of-covid-19/

In Haiti/ICE is spreading COVID-19
G. Dunkel | workers.org | 2020-05-11
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency charged with deporting people from the United States, scheduled five deportations to Haiti on May 11 from the Pine Prairie Detention Center in Louisiana. The agency claims the five individuals have either tested positive for COVID-19 or show signs of having the disease. (Miami . . . | Continue reading In Haiti/ICE is spreading COVID-19 at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48501/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=in-haiti-ice-is-spreading-covid-19

First ICE detainee dies of COVID-19 in San Diego
wsws.org | 2020-05-11
Lacking basic sanitation and living in squalor, infections among immigrants in ICE custody have skyrocketed.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/11/immi-m11.html

Hundreds of COVID-19 infections in German meatpacking plants
wsws.org | 2020-05-11
Immigrants from Romania, who are the main workers in the German meatpacking industry, are now being struck down by COVID-19.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/11/geme-m11.html

Ethiopian migrants hit hard by pandemic
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-11
A large number of Ethiopians living abroad have been severely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, with their lives turned upside down, leaving them barely able to survive.Some are not able to pay their rent and bills, some have run out of food and some are relying on credit for survival as the virus impacts the global economy.Having migrated has changed their lives, and the pandemic has become a formidable obstacle blocking their every step.In 2019 alone, over a million citizens have fled Ethiopia due to economic hardships in the country, according to the latest data of the International Organization for Migrat…
yenisafak.com/en/world/ethiopian-migrants-hit-hard-by-pandemic-3519184

Chomsky, Sanders, Others Launch Progressive International
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-11
A coalition of left-leaning intellectuals, activists, and political leaders from around the world officially launched Monday the Progressive International with the support of the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 and the Sanders Institute. | RELATED: | COVID-19: Seeds of Revolution Grown on Capitalism's Corpse? | "Never before has international solidarity been more necessary–and more absent," General Coordinator of the PI David Adler said, adding that "only a common internat…
telesurenglish.net/news/Chomsky-Sanders-Others-Launch-Progressive-International–20200511-0012.html

Black Scholar Jill Nelson Arrested for Chalking "Trump = Plague" in New York
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-11
Black and Brown communities are being disproportionately targeted and policed in New York City's response to the spread of COVID-19. We speak with author and activist Jill Nelson, who was herself arrested by NYPD in April for writing "Trump = Plague" in chalk on an abandoned building in her Washington Heights neighborhood. The 67-year-old scholar was handcuffed, taken to the police station and held for five hours. Now she is speaking out. The president is "telling us that as people of color, and old…
truthout.org/video/black-scholar-jill-nelson-arrested-for-chalking-trump-plague-in-new-york/

UN Condemns Killings of Ex-FARC, Social Leaders in Colombia
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-11
The United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia condemned Saturday the murder of the 24th ex-combatant of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), expressing its "concern" over the systematic killings. | RELATED: | Killings of Social Activists Continues in Colombia | The Revolutionary Alternative Force for the Commons (FARC) party denounced that Wilder Marin's body was found "wrapped in a burning mattress" in the northwestern municipality of Bello. | The demobilized ex-combatant…
telesurenglish.net/news/UN-Condemns-Killings-of-Ex-FARC-Social-Leaders-in-Colombia-20200511-0010.html

Federal Appeals Court Allows US Military Base Construction in Okinawa Despite Environmental Concerns
Rebecca Salamacha | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-11
A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that the US military can construct a base in Okinawa, Japan, despite environmental activists' concerns over the base's construction threatening the local dugong population. The activists filed suit under the National Historic Preservation Act …
globalresearch.ca/federal-appeals-court-allows-us-military-base-construction-okinawa-despite-environmental-concerns/5712479

UK: Johnson Criticized for Opening Economy Amid Pandemic
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-11
The United Kingdom union leader Keir Starmer criticized on May 10 the opening of the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic that has affected the world. | RELATED: | Indigenous, Activists Protest as KXL Pipeline Construction Begins | Johnson announced a progressive quarantine relaxation plan and economic, productive, and leisure activities resumption this week. The United Kingdom decreed an emergency quarantine on March 23 due to the virus outbreak. | "I think what the count…
telesurenglish.net/news/uk-johnson-criticized-for-economic-restart-amidst-pandemic-20200511-0002.html

UK: Johnson Criticized for Opening Economy Amid Pandemic
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-11
The United Kingdom union leader Keir Starmer criticized on May 10 the opening of the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic that has affected the world. | RELATED: | Indigenous, Activists Protest as KXL Pipeline Construction Begins | Johnson announced a progressive quarantine relaxation plan and economic, productive, and leisure activities resumption this week. The United Kingdom decreed an emergency quarantine on March 23 due to the virus outbreak. | "I think what the count…
telesurenglish.net/news/uk-johnson-criticized-for-economic-restart-amidst-pandemic-20200511-0002.html

Fears of Bolsonaro's Threat to the Amazon Realized as New Data Shows Rainforest Destruction Up 55%
Jessica Corbett | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-11
"Bolsonaro is not only turning a blind eye as land grabbers, illegal loggers, and miners continue to plunder Indigenous territories during the pandemic, he plans to make things easier for them." | *** | Greenpeace on Friday warned of far-right Brazilian President …
globalresearch.ca/fears-bolsonaro-threat-amazon-realized-new-data-shows-rainforest-destruction/5712426

Holy Land: Heads of Churches Voice Concern About Israel's Planned Annexation of West Bank Land
PHHLC | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-11
As a result of the stagnation of the Peace Process in the Middle East between the Israelis and Palestinians, an array of plans for Israel to unilaterally annex West Bank land, backed mainly by right-wing factions, raises serious and catastrophic …
globalresearch.ca/heads-churches-voice-concern-israel-planned-annexation-west-bank-land/5712474

Selected Articles: Catholic Clergy Warns that COVID-19 Is Used as "Pretext" to "Control People"
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-11
A future without independent media leaves us with an upside down reality where according to the corporate media "NATO deserves a Nobel Peace Prize", and where "nuclear weapons and wars make us safer" | | | If, like us, this is a …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-three-cardinals-join-global-appeal-decrying-crackdown-on-basic-freedoms-over-coronavirus/5712496

Last Process: 50 Postees: 2020-05-12 01:41 GMT (21:41 EST)

2020-05-10: News Headlines

Ben Lewis (2020-05-10). Imperial College's COVID-19 Coding Is Unintelligible, "Quite Possibly the Worst Production Code I Have Ever Seen" anti-empire.com It may be surprising to those outside the bubble, but it is no great secret within the academic community that the quality of most computer codes used is very poor. Prof. Neil Ferguson's group at Imperial have now What is even more alarming is that the published code has supposedly been improved over a number of weeks to be less dire. So what it looked like back in March when Prof. Ferguson was predicting hundreds of thousands of deaths is anyone's guess. | But…

RT (2020-05-10). NYC more than doubles number of 'social-distancing ambassadors' after cops' enforcement of Covid-19 rules causes backlash. rt.com Following troubling viral videos of arrests and concerns about racial disparity in enforcing Covid-19-related social distancing, Mayor Bill De Blasio says he is increasing "ambassadors" in the city from 1,000 to 2,300. | "Enforcement has always been the last resort," the mayor said at a press conference Sunday. | His comment comes in the wake of the city having come under increased scrutiny thanks to a viral video, of what some have flagged as police brutality, showing NYPD officers arresting several people suspected of breaking social-distancing rules, and also to statistics showing the last few months have s…

RT (2020-05-10). Russia breaks 200,000 mark on total Covid-19 cases with over 11,000 newly registered infections. rt.com A total of 11,012 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in Russia on Sunday afternoon. Officials in Moscow say the surge in the numbers there is due to increased testing. | The country has now seen the daily number of newly-recorded coronavirus infections exceed 10,000 for eight consecutive days. Overall, there are 209,688 patients who have tested positive for the deadly disease. | Almost two thirds of the new cases reported on Sunday were registered in Moscow area, which remains the country's worst infection hotspot. | Some 88 people have died across Russia over the past 24 hours, bringing the Covid-19 death to…

Marko Marjanoviƒá (2020-05-10). Belarus Telegraph Agency — This Is How Sensible, Non-Sensationalist Reporting on Coronavirus Looks Like. anti-empire.com An update from the 6,050 coronavirus recoveries reported in Belarus: | MINSK, 9 May (BelTA) — As many as 6,050 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered and have been released from hospitals as of 9 May, the press service of the Belarusian Healthcare Ministry told BelTA. | As many as 22,052 people in Belarus have tested positive for COVID-19. As many as 251,771 coronavirus tests have been performed so far. | As many as 126 patients, who tested p…

RT (2020-05-10). BoJo introduces Covid-19 'alert levels' for UK as part of 'roadmap' out of lockdown (VIDEO). rt.com The UK will not lift its Covid-19 lockdown this month, but will roll out an alert system to help judge when and where that easing of restrictions can begin, UK PM Boris Johnson said in a video address. | In a pre-recorded message broadcast Sunday, the PM announced a plan for a new system of alert levels that will be used to implement anti-coronavirus measures based on the rates at which the virus is spreading. | "That Covid Alert Level will tell us how tough we have to be in our social-distancing measures — the lower the level, the fewer the measures," Johnson explained. "The higher the level, the tougher…

Project Veritas (2020-05-10). Funeral Directors in Covid-19 Epicenter Doubt Legitimacy of Deaths Attributed to Pandemic, Fear Numbers Are 'Padded'. anti-empire.com Judge Calls Bullsh*t on Relative's COVID-19 Cause of Death | Funeral Home: To Me all You're Doing is Padding the Statistics…Making the Death Rates in New York City Higher than Estimated | Staten Island Funeral Director Questions Mayor DeBlasio's Role and Adds: I Think It's Political | Brooklyn Funeral Director: They Are Padding Numbers; Medical Examiners Too Busy to Investigate | Brooklyn Funeral Director: 40-year-old Died in Home with No Symptoms Other Than Fever, Toe-Tagged as COVID-19 Victim | www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5f_6ltv7oI | Project Veritas today released another video featuri…

RT (2020-05-10). Trump WON'T bail out states, but could help cover 'unexpected' costs of Covid-19 lockdown — adviser. rt.com US President Donald Trump is open to compensating hard-hit states for expenses incurred in their Covid-19 responses — but isn't looking at complete bailouts, his economic adviser said, after Congress was asked to send aid. | "Of course if we go to a phase-four deal, I think President Trump has signaled that, while he doesn't want to bail out the states, he's willing to help cover some of the unexpected Covid expenses that might have come their way," White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett told CNN. | In an interview with Fox News on Sunday, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the federal government…

Brendan O'Neill (2020-05-10). Lockdown Fanatics Scare Me Far More Than Covid-19. anti-empire.com I know I'm meant to be scared of The lockdown fanatics were out in force yesterday. No sooner had there…

The Canary (2020-05-10). Government's new coronavirus slogan draws widespread scorn. thecanary.co The government's new slogan for the next phase in the fight against coronavirus (Covid-19)has drawn a lot of scorn, and a certain amount of praise.After the successful bluntness of the shutdown message of "stay at home, save lives, protect the NHS", Britons are now set to be asked to "stay alert, control the virus, save lives".Top-selling Harry Potter author JK Rowling immediately hit out by saying: "Is Coronavirus sneaking around in a fake moustache and glasses? If we drop our guard, will it slip us a Micky Finn? What the hell is 'stay alert' supposed to mean?" | Is Coronavirus sneaking around in a fake moustach…

RT (2020-05-10). 'How?!' Golf model Lucy Robson wows fans with overhead trick-shot putt (VIDEO). rt.com British golfer and Instagram favorite Lucy Robson has clearly been honing her trick-shot skills in lockdown, amazing her fans with an unconventional backswing putt into a cup. | Robson has already treated fans to a trip into her "womancave" earlier during the Covid-19 pandemic, giving her 742,000 followers a sneak peak at the newly-installed golf simulator at her Florida home. | Also on rt.com | | And whi…

RT (2020-05-10). 'Without preconditions': Iran says it's ready to discuss full prisoner exchange with US amid talks of new swap. rt.com An Iranian government spokesperson has said that the country is prepared to negotiate a complete prisoner swap with the US. The news comes after reports of talks about exchanging two detainees infected with Covid-19. | "We are ready to exchange all prisoners and we are prepared to discuss this issue without any preconditions, but the US has not responded yet," Ali Rabiei said, as cited by Khabaronline. | We are worried about the safety and health of Iranians in jail… We hold America responsible for Iranians' safety amid the new coronavirus outbreak. | It follows a recent New York Times report about the ongoi…

The Canary (2020-05-10). Doctor with passion for photography captures hospital's coronavirus experience. thecanary.co A doctor on the coronavirus front line has refocused his passion for photography to document his hospital's battle with the virus.Tuck Goh, who always carries a small camera in his pocket, has been capturing candid shots of his colleagues in the emergency department of the Ulster Hospital near Belfast as they respond to the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis.Goh, an associate specialist who has worked in the hospital's ED for 23 years, has travelled extensively pursuing his lifetime love of street photography.At the outset of the pandemic, as the hospital undertook a major reconfiguration in preparation for the virus'

RT (2020-05-10). Over 1,000 line up for FREE FOOD in Geneva amid coronavirus lockdown (PHOTOS). rt.com More than 1,000 people queued up in Geneva to get free food parcels. The anti-coronavirus measures that have been in place since mid-March have taken a heavy toll on the country's poor. | Hundreds of people turned out to get free food from charities in one of the world's leading financial centres, typically associated with wealth, on Saturday. As those gathered had to follow the social distancing rules, the procession stretched for more than 1.5km (a mile). | | © AFP / Fabrice Coffrini | Those most eager to receive food assistance began lining up in a file starting as early as at 5: 00 am, according to t…

Howie Hawkins (2020-05-10). Fight COVIF-19 Not Venezuela. dissidentvoice.org The Keystone Cops have nothing on the rag-tag group of soldiers of fortune who failed earlier this week in their implausible plot to kidnap Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, trigger a military coup, and install the US puppet, Juan Guaidó, in the presidency. We know all about the hair-brained scheme due to a falling out of …

RT (2020-05-10). India rolls out red carpet for hundreds of American firms that Washington wants out of China — report. rt.com As trade tensions escalate between Washington and Beijing, India is boosting efforts to lure more than 1,000 US businesses out of China, reportedly offering to ease tax and labor laws, and allowing easier access to land. | Among those companies the Indian government reached out to were medical equipment producers, food processing units, and textiles, leather and auto part makers, Bloomberg reported, citing Indian officials. The talks, which began in April and were set up through overseas missions, reportedly involved Medtronic Plc and drug maker Abbott Laboratories, which has recently developed "rapid" coronav…

RT (2020-05-10). 'Aggressive confrontation' between Indian & Chinese troops causes injuries on both sides, reports claim. rt.com More than a hundred soldiers were involved in a confrontation along the contentious Indian-Chinese border in the Himalayas, Indian media reported. The encounter allegedly left injuries on both sides. | Citing two high-ranking military sources, the Hindustan Times "Four Indian so…

RT (2020-05-10). Why this oil rally won't last. rt.com Oil prices have rallied as traders believe the depths of demand destruction may be coming to an end with economies beginning to reopen. But some analysts are warning that the oil price rally may be premature. | WTI prices have doubled from $12 to $24 in a little over a week. There is evidence that demand has bottomed out and has begun to rise from recent lows. US gasoline On the supply side…

Juan Arreseigor (2020-05-10). Bank of England Is Predicting the Biggest Contraction Since the 1709 'Great Frost,' Here Is What Happened Then. anti-empire.com In the first months of 1709, Europe froze and stayed that way for months. People ice-skated on the canals of Venice, church bells broke when rung, and travelers could cross the Baltic Sea on horseback. This freakish winter ultimately claimed the lives of a vast number of Europeans and disrupted two major wars—but to this day, there is no conclusive theory for its cause. | IT HAPPENED LITERALLY overnight in the first few days of 1709. On January 5, temperatures plummeted—not, perhaps, a surprise in European winter. But 1709 was no ordinary cold snap. Dawn broke the next morning on a continent that had…

Vincent Tsai and Camden Goetz (2020-05-10). New York pandemic spending favors wealthy over workers. liberationnews.org New York politicians have recently barreled forward with plans for massive cuts to public spending.

RT (2020-05-10). Former India PM Singh in hospital over 'chest pains' — reports. rt.com Manmohan Singh, the former prime minister of India, is getting medical care after suffering from chest pains and uneasiness, media reports say. | Singh, 87, was taken to All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi on Sunday and was under observation in the cardio-thoracic ward where he was being treated by a cardiologist. He is currently not in critical condition and away from the intensive care unit (ICU) of the hospital in a private room. | Singh served as the 13th prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014, and he currently serves in the Upper House of Parliament. | The former prime minister…

Adriaan Alsema (2020-05-10). Colombia's military attache to Washington removed over spying scandal. colombiareports.com One of Colombia's military attaches to Washington DC is among the 12 army officials who have been sacked over a major spying scandal, newspaper El Tiempo reported Saturday. According to…

RT (2020-05-10). Trump to blame — again! Atlanta mayor pins controversial shooting of Ahmaud Arbery on WH 'rhetoric' giving 'permission to racists'. rt.com Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has used the controversial shooting of Ahmaud Arbery to attack the "rhetoric" being used by US President Donald Trump and his administration. | "It's 2020 and this was a 'lynching' of an African American man," Bottoms told CNN on Sunday about the case of Arbery, a black jogger who was allegedly chased and killed by two white men in Georgia at the end of February. | Arbery's case has gained national attention mainly due to the fact that murder charges were not filed until a cellphone video showing the 25-year-old man being confronted went viral in recent days. Gregory McMichae…

Elijah Magnier (2020-05-10). UNIFIL Serves Israel, So The Hezbollah Deterrence Will Remain. thealtworld.com Every year, before renewing the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) mandate, voices are heard from Israel and the US administration asking to expand the term and duties of UNIFIL in order to serve Israel's goals. The US administration stands shoulder to shoulder with Israel in trying to achieve by other means what it could not accomplish through military confrontation. The aim is always to cripple Hezbollah and limit its social and military capabilities. Until this goal is achieved, the UNIFIL mandate is annually renewed until the time comes when Israel no longer needs these "peacekeeping forces" in…

RT (2020-05-10). Elon Musk resorts to insults in RUSSIAN to defend capitalism. rt.com As Elon Musk sues Californian authorities for stopping a Tesla factory from reopening, he has found a somewhat novel way of dealing with his critics — dismissing them with short Russian insults. | The target of Musk's Cyrillic ire is Robert Reich, an economist and labor secretary under the Clinton administration. A well-known proponent of fairer distribution of wealth, Reich shared a story about the Tesla CEO's plans for legal action in the Golden State with the comment: "Elon Musk threatens to take away people's jobs unless he's allowed to risk their health. Capitalism at its worst." | t.co/Faiv…

Juan Cole (2020-05-10). Your Crazy Uncle Sam strikes again, Vetoing Global Peace to own the ChiComs. zcomm.org On Friday, the US used its veto power to block a United Nations resolution calling for a global ceasefire during the coronavirus pandemic…

Eugene E Ruyle (2020-05-10). The Bernie Sanders Movement, Its Historical Antecedents, and Its Legacy. indybay.org Online ZOOM Meeting. | LOG-IN INFORMATION AT OUR WEBSITE | ICSSMARX.ORG | OR EMAIL CUYLERUYLE [at] MAC.COM…

Stephen Lendman (2020-05-10). The End of World War II. From the Scourge of Fascism to America's Imperial "Fantasy Democracy" globalresearch.ca WW II had nothing to do with defeating the scourge of fascism, far from it. | Its belligerent face in the US, West, Israel, and their imperial allies resembles earlier versions in Germany, Japan and Italy with nationality and cultural differences….

yenisafak (2020-05-10). Portugal to take up to 60 unaccompanied migrant children from Greek camps. yenisafak.com Portugal is to take up to 60 unaccompanied children from Greek refugee camps, according to Socialist Party lawmaker Isabel Santos, as concern mounts over the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the vulnerable group.The children are expected to arrive in Portugal within the next few weeks, Santos was cited by local news agency Lusa as saying during an online conference to celebrate Europe Day. The member of the European Parliament did not specify a date.At least 5,200 unaccompanied minors live in Greece, many of them under harsh conditions in camps on islands in the Aegean.Human Rights Watch said the Greek autho…

sputniknews (2020-05-10). Drones, Documentaries, Death: Silvercorp's Contract to Take Down Maduro in Full. sputniknews.com A 13-strong group of US citizens and dissident Venezuelans attempted to infiltrate Venezuela via the coastal state of La Guaira from Colombia in the early hours of the morning, their aim being to precipitate a nationwide rebellion against the government of Nicolas Maduro.

yenisafak (2020-05-10). Taliban blamed for extorting food aid in Afghanistan. yenisafak.com The insurgents extorted five trucks loaded with fresh food items in Faryab province's restive Sheren Tagab district, the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission said in a statement."During Ramadan, when the country is in dire need of food aid and people are suffering from a deadly disease [coronavirus] under quarantine, the commission expresses concerns over the holding of this aid, urge the Taliban to stop hindering delivery of humanitarian aid, and to keep their promises in this regard," it read.Naqibullah Fayeq, the governor of Faryab province, received the aid at the Aqina dry port at the border with…

Stephen Lendman (2020-05-10). Trump Regime Blocks UN Security Council Resolution for "Global Ceasefire" During COVID-19 Epidemic. globalresearch.ca Run by warlord members from both right wings of the one-party state, the US geopolitical agenda prioritizes permanent wars against invented enemies to enforce their will on humanity by brute force and other hostile actions. | At a time when containing …

Stephen Lendman (2020-05-10). Latest Failed Coup Attempt Against Venezuela Made in the USA? globalresearch.ca UN Charter Article 2(4) states the following: | "All members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the …

Stephen Lendman (2020-05-10). The Great Russiagate Hoax Exposed. Geopolitical Transition to Chinagate… globalresearch.ca Hoaxes are easy to detect. When accusations lack credible supportive evidence, they baseless. | Not a shred of evidence about alleged Russian US election meddling was ever presented by Washington's intelligence community, the House, Senate, or farcical Robert Mueller probe. | Russiagate …

graham (2020-05-10). Something about Julian Assange you should know. truepublica.org.uk Anyone watching the current events surrounding Julian Assange will know that justice in Britain is not the driving motivation behind his incarceration. His treatment by the state is truly shameful, immoral and reprehensible. What you are witnessing in real-time is the abuse and oppression of a journalist all funded by the taxpayer to further the …

Leon Kunstenaar (2020-05-10). San Quentin Gets Car Caravan Protest. indybay.org Protesters demand end to "Covid-19 death camps."

Peoples Dispatch (2020-05-10). COVID-19 Has Exposed Collapse of American Dream: V. peoplesdispatch.org As the world struggles with the COVID-19 pandemic and distancing becomes the new normal, loneliness and the lack of touch has emerged as one of the greatest losses, says activist and playwright V…

Dr. Gary G. Kohls (2020-05-10). Women's Rights and Social Justice: Julia Ward Howe's 1870 Anti-War Mother's Day Proclamation, A Day of Peace. globalresearch.ca Julia Ward Howe was a humanist who cared about suffering people, a feminist, a social justice activist & suffragette, and it was because of her anti-war commitment that she wrote the famous "Mother's Day Proclamation" 5 years after the Civil War, which resulted in 600,000 dead American soldiers…

Santa Cruz News (2020-05-10). Prodded by Right Wingers, Santa Cruz Businesses Operate Outside of Health Restrictions. indybay.org The "Committee to Reopen Santa Cruz," a group founded recently by right wing extremists who believe the COVID-19 Pandemic is a hoax, is prodding local businesses to open early. The group has announced that the Om Gallery on Pacific Avenue is opening to two shoppers at a time from 1-5pm on Friday, May 8, by appointment. The Committee to Reopen Santa Cruz also plans to do "guerrilla yoga" at a studio that will secretly open its doors for the group. "Some studios are opening the back door for the cool kids club. No Snitches," a flyer for a May 8 "Freedom Friday" protest states. On May 6, the Santa Cruz County Health…

sputniknews (2020-05-10). US Man Wears Swastika in Protest Against 'Festering in Lockdown' Days After Another Sports KKK Hood. sputniknews.com Dustin Hart, who filmed himself in a San Diego grocery store, explains in the video that the stunt was meant to explicitly put forward his rage over the prolonged quarantine measures in the state of California.

adapted from Peter T. Young (2020-05-10). Hawaiians helped establish Sutter's Fort in Alta California, Republic of Mexico. indybay.org The essential Hawaiian connection with the City of Sacramento remains an open secret. California State Parks could share an inclusive and honest story of early California and the California Gold Rush. Asian Pacific Islanders, Pan Africans and Native Indigenous populations have a story to share…

Staff (2020-05-10). Trump Officials Ignored Company's Offer in January to Make Millions of N95 Masks. truthout.org Progressives on Saturday denounced an The Washington Post reported that federal scientist Rick Bright, who filed a whistleblower complaint last week over his demotion following his criticism of…

Staff (2020-05-10). What Can the Pandemic-Stricken World Learn From Palestinians' Resilience? truthout.org As a Palestinian woman from Jerusalem and a mental health professional, I am both treating and experiencing the extensive impact and far-reaching ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic. | Across the world, communities are dealing with the unbearable pain of death and serious illness, compounded by not being able to comfort or even mourn the victims. On a global scale, people are facing what for many are unprecedented restrictions on freedoms, insecurity and anxiety about the future. | In these tes…

Staff (2020-05-10). Congress Members Who Invest in Real Estate Got a Tax Break in the Stimulus Bill. truthout.org Congress slipped a provision into the $2.2 trillion stimulus bill that will save wealthy real estate investors billions in taxes. Some lawmakers stand to profit from the legislation meant to weather the impact of the coronavirus pandemic that has killed tens of thousands and left tens of millions out of work. | Members of Congress

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-10). Mayo Clinic's comprehensive COVID-19 research. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org "At Mayo, we've developed a comprehensive research portfolio, or what we call a COVID-19 research task force, in order to respond to every area that we need to learn more about this virus. We have scientists doing research in epidemiology. We have people doing research in immunology and vaccine development, in virology, in translational work, in …

PPAFVL (2020-05-10). Latinx Communities & Accessing Reproductive Health Care During COVID-19. indybay.org Online via Instagram livestream…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-10). Mayo Clinic launches radio campaign to encourage recovered patients of COVID-19 to donate plasma. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic is collaborating with Entercom Communications to launch a radio campaign that raises awareness in Detroit, New York City, Miami and Chicago of the federally-sponsored national Expanded Access Program (EAP) for Convalescent Plasma. The Food and Drug Administration announced Mayo Clinic as the lead site for the EAP program to speed access and increase availability of investigational convalescent plasma for hospitalized patients …

Swiss Propaganda Research (2020-05-10). Italy's Biased COVID-19 "Estimates". Figures and Analysis of Italy's National Health Institute (ISS). globalresearch.ca According to the

Monique Ryser (2020-05-10). Corona: US military develops rapid Covid-19 test. indybay.org "Our test would be an absolute breakthrough," says Ringeisen. It would massively improve the diagnosis of infected persons and enable them to be quickly quarantined so that they do not infect other people. The test should be introduced as soon as possible. He specifies mid-May as the date.

Prabir Purkayastha (2020-05-10). Disease capitalism and COVID-19: Hunger in the belly of the beast. peoplesdispatch.org For capital, profits come from disease, not peoples' health. COVID-19 shows the consequence of disease capitalism in a globalized world, the rich—countries or individuals—will not be spared either…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-10). Masking your kids during COVID-19. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Do you or don't you wear a mask? If you do, what material is best? And what about children? Questions around masks during the COVID-19 pandemic abound, especially in light of the recent recommendation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that all Americans wear masks in public settings. "The direction around face masks has …

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