Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced plans to let the state’s Wuhan Coronavirus lockdown expire on April 30 and allow businesses to reopen. Meanwhile, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine revealed his plan for a phased reopening of the state. Also, many Italians are calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte after he reneged on a promise to ease the coronavirus restrictions at the end of this month.
In other news, the mayor of Prague is under police protection due to an alleged Russian plot to poison him with ricin.
To see the headlines and the articles, click “Continue reading” below.
Thanks to Reader from Chicago, SS, Upananda Brahmachari, and all the other tipsters who sent these in.
Notice to tipsters: Please don’t submit extensive excerpts from articles that have been posted behind a subscription firewall, or are otherwise under copyright protection.
Caveat: Articles in the news feed are posted “as is”. Gates of Vienna cannot vouch for the authenticity or accuracy of the contents of any individual item posted here. I check each entry to make sure it is relatively interesting, not patently offensive, and at least superficially plausible. The link to the original is included with each item’s title. Further research and verification are left to the reader.
Birx Expects Dramatic Drop in Coronavirus Hospitalizations, Deaths by End of May
Dr. Deborah Birx said in an interview on Saturday that she is expecting that both coronavirus hospitalizations and deaths will be “dramatically decreased” by the end of May.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
CNN Climate Reporter Pens Insane ‘Open’ Letter to New Son
Leave it to a CNN correspondent to exploit his own son’s birth to push his eco-freakish politics in a cringe letter published on CNN’s website.
CNN Chief Climate Correspondent Bill Weir’s piece headlined “To my son, born in the time of coronavirus and climate change,” dripped with propaganda bashing the Bible and promoting climate extremist Greta Thunberg.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Every Senate Democrat has refused to acknowledge the sexual assault allegations brought against Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden by former staffer Tara Reade, according to a report from the Daily Caller.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Detroit Democrats Cast Out Fellow Lawmaker Who Had Audacity to Credit Trump for Hcq COVID Cure
A Detroit Democratic lawmaker was officially censured by her party colleagues last weekend after she credited President Trump with for promoting hydroxychloroquine, which she says saved her life after she contracted COVID-19.
According to The Detroit News, State Rep. Karen Whitsett of Detroit ‘broke protocol’ by meeting with President Trump and VP Mike Pence during an April 14 meeting of coronavirus survivors.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Experts Say “Quarantine Fatigue” May Pose Threat to Stay-at-Home Orders
Researchers and social scientists are claiming that “quarantine fatigue,” in which individuals grow sick of staying at home indefinitely under the orders of their state governors, may soon pose a threat to the lockdowns currently gripping most of the United States.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Former Neighbor of Tara Reade Comes Forward to Corroborate Sex Assault Allegation Against Biden
Lynda LaCasse, a former neighbor of Tara Reade, has come forward to corroborate Read’s sexual assault allegations against Biden, saying the two discussed the alleged assault in detail in the mid-1990s.
LaCasse, a self-described Biden supporter and “very strong Democrat,” said of the alleged attack, “This happened, and I know it did because I remember talking about it.”
[Comment: I believe Tara Reade.]
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Gov Abbott: Coronavirus Stay at Home Order Expires April 30; Partially Reopening Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) — Governor Greg Abbott announced plans Monday afternoon to reopen businesses in Texas since according to Abbott, “[The] executive order has done its job to slow the growth of COVID-19.”
Gov. Abbott said the stay at home order set to expire on April 30 will be allowed to expire.
He said based on advice from health experts, Texas businesses will be reopened in phases beginning Friday, May 1.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Here’s How Ohio Plans to Reopen Its Economy During Coronavirus Pandemic
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine unveiled the first phase of his plan to reopen the state’s economy, laying out hard dates when certain businesses may resume.
The state’s stay-at-home order, which was slated to expire May 1, will remain in place as the state begins to reopen, the governor said. The extent of the stay-at-home order was not provided.
The state will begin to reopen on May 1 with health care procedures. Manufacturing, distribution, construction and general business environments will follow on May 4, and all retailers can resume business on May 12.
Reopening dates for other businesses — including restaurants, gyms, bars and hair salons — were not provided, as the governor said additional monitoring needs to be done.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
How the Left is Trying to ‘Cancel’ Michael Moore’s Green-Energy Doc
Filmmaker Michael Moore released his latest movie, Planet of the Humans, on Earth Day.
Moore hails from the deep roving anti-capitalist Left, so imagine everyone’s surprise when we learned that the film powerfully skewers wind, solar, biomass, ethanol, and the rest of the so-called “renewable energies.”
The global warming crowd, and of course the people making their fortunes from renewable subsidies, went apoplectic.
Leading the charge to censor and bury Moore’s film is fellow left-wing filmmaker Josh Fox, best known for his movie Gasland, an anti-fracking propaganda flick.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
According to radio host Howard Stern, Trump supporters should gather for a large coronavirus rally, take disinfectant and “drop dead.”
The SiriusXM host made the remarks while taking a call from a Trump supporter who claimed the president was being “sarcastic” when he discussed using disinfectant to kill the novel coronavirus.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
New N.H. Temp Reconstructions Devoid of Mann-Made ‘Hockey Sticks’
New paleoclimate records from Europe, Scandinavia-Russia, China, and the northeastern USA indicate there has been no unusual modern warming.
Instead, these newly published reconstructions show warmer periods and more rapid centennial-scale warming events occurred in past centuries, or when CO2 concentrations were much lower than they are now.
United States
In the late 1990s, Dr. Michael Mann heavily weighted tree-ring evidence from North American bristlecone pines to construct the notorious hockey stick temperature graph featuring a sharp uptick in modern warming.
A new 2,500-year tree-ring reconstruction (411 B.C.E. to 2016 C.E.) for the northeastern United States shows no unusual climate changes in recent decades have occurred in this region (Pearl et al., 2020).
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
New Petition Calls on White House to Declare Churches “Essential” Organizations
A petition on the White House website is urging the government to declare churches “essential” in an effort to hasten their reopening under the widespread coronavirus lockdowns.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Now Twitter CENSORS bio-Tech Conmpany’s UV Light Treatment Research After Trump Touted it
Following in lockstep with YouTube, Twitter suspended the account of a Colorado biotech company which is working to develop a potential coronavirus treatment using UV light inserted into the lungs. It appears that both social media sites have censored the legitimate research purely because President Trump mentioned it.
AYTU BioScience, which is a publicly traded biotech company, has been working with world-renowned research and clinical care organisation Cedars-Sinai to test the revolutionary treatment.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Patriotic Americans Against Tyranny
America has no patience for any politicians who seek to use the COVID-19 crisis to advance their own partisan agenda.
That is the bottom line from a recently completed national survey by McLaughlin & Associates that reveals how this pandemic has united our nation in a manner not seen since we came together as one to retaliate against aggressor nations that would harm our democracy.
This comprehensive poll of 1,000 likely voters documents a shared, historic commitment by Americans to national unity as we begin the task of recovering from the health and economic impact of COVID-19. Equally important, the poll shows that this undertaking has no political leaning. When pollsters asked if the coronavirus is a “Republican issue,” only 9% said yes. Some 7% said it was a Democrat issue. A stunning 79% of likely voters said, “partisan politics have no role to play in the coronavirus response.”
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Pelosi Endorses Biden Despite New Evidence in Sexual Assault Claim
Update 1:53 p.m. EST: Shortly after this story was published, news broke that a former neighbor of Tara Reade has come forward to corroborate her sex assault allegation against Biden, adding another new piece of evidence in support of Reade’s claims.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday endorsed Joe Biden for president amid claims that he sexually assaulted a staffer in the 1990s and despite new developments which seem to lend credence to the accusation.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Sick of him pushing relentless lockdown hysteria.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Suspect Arrested in Drive-by Shooting of “Duck Dynasty” Star’s Home
The gunman who fired roughly 10 shots at the home of “Duck Dynasty” star Willie Robertson has been arrested, according to police.
Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office said it arrested Daniel King Jr. and charged him with one count of aggravated assault.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Nancy Pelosi has to disagree with anything President Trump says or does, no matter how bat s*** crazy she sounds doing it. That’s why Sunday she appeared on CNN and suggested that Trump should have not allowed Americans to return from China at the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak.
When asked by CNN host Jake Tapper if she thought Trump made the right move in January by closing the borders to people from coronavirus ravaged areas, she responded “Actually, tens of thousands of people were still allowed in from China, so it wasn’t, as it is described, as this great moment.”
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Virginia Judge Halts Northam’s Order to Close Indoor Gun Ranges
Update: This post has been updated to reflect the fact that the judge’s order applies only to SafeSide Lynchburg for the time being.
A circuit court judge in Lynchburg, Virginia has overturned a portion of Gov. Ralph Northam’s executive order that declared indoor gun ranges “places of amusement” that are non-essential and must shut down during his state of emergency, at least at it applies to the Lynchburg range that brought the lawsuit. Judge F. Patrick Yeatts declared in an order on Monday that Northam’s actions are likely to have exceeded his constitutional authority, and declared that the portion of the governor’s executive order on essential businesses that deals with indoor ranges not be enforced against SafeSide Lynchburg while the litigation continues.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
‘Wow, What is That?’ Pentagon Formally Releases Three UFO Videos
The Pentagon on Monday approved the release of three “unidentified aerial phenomena” videos taken over the years by U.S. Navy aviators. All three had been, shall we say, informally available on the internet, but now viewers can see them with the military’s stamp of approval. Defense Department spokesperson Sue Gough said, “After a thorough review, the department has determined that the authorized release of these unclassified videos does not reveal any sensitive capabilities or systems, and does not impinge on any subsequent investigations of military air space incursions by unidentified aerial phenomena.”
Gough explained, “DOD is releasing the videos in order to clear up any misconceptions by the public on whether or not the footage that has been circulating was real, or whether or not there is more to the videos.”
And then my favorite part from her statement: “The aerial phenomena observed in the videos remain characterized as ‘unidentified.’“
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Canada Could See Coronavirus Claim 50 Percent of Restaurants and Bars
The hospitality industry in Canada is lined up to be yet another victim of coronavirus, as restaurants, bars, and hotels continue to see dwindling numbers.
The issue was addressed last Thursday to the House of Commons finance committee where it was revealed that 10 percent of restaurants across Canada had to shut their doors for good at March’s end, according to the Canadian Press.
April’s numbers will likely see another spike, with another 18 percent of restaurants closing shop by the month’s end.
Restaurant operator Andrew Oliver told the committee that many independent restaurants, nearly 50 percent, would not survive the pandemic, as many are forced to shut down shop if they are unable to deliver food or provide take out options.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Trudeau Government’s Failure on Medical Supplies Cost Taxpayers $500 MILLION
The failure of the Trudeau government to have a sufficient stockpile of emergency medical supplies has cost the Canadian taxpayer half a billion dollars.
Figures submitted to the Commons government operations committee confirm that Department of Public Works has to pay a whopping 380 percent markup for supplies that are needed by nurses, doctors, and other frontline medical workers.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Boris is Back: UK PM Makes First Public Appearance in 25 Days, Calls for Optimism and Determination
The United Kingdom is close to ‘winning’ phase one of the battle against coronavirus, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said as he appeared outside Downing Street upon his return to work, following his recovery from the China virus.
Addressing the United Kingdom from Downing Street, the Prime Minister’s office and official London residence on Monday morning, Boris Johnson doubled down on the government’s broader message that ending lockdown was not on the near horizon, but urged for optimism. The PM insisted that the nation would beat “phase two” of the coronavirus response, just as it has very nearly “won” phase one, but did not make clear if there would be further phases beyond.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
EU’s Largest Countries Phasing Out Lockdowns
France, Italy, and Spain are starting to relax their lockdowns this week amid more manageable infection rates. Italy is to restart manufacturing on 4 May, but schools will remain closed until September. Spain is letting children play outside for the first time this week. France is to announce its exit strategy on Tuesday. Austria, the Czech Republic, Greece, and Portugal have also begun phasing out the measures.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
France: Police Union Publishes Video of Brutal Assault (Video)
Synergie-Officiers, France’s union for police officers, published a video last week of a man being brutally assaulted earlier this month, saying that this is becoming the norm in France’s migrant areas.
The attack, which took place in the Villeneuve-la-Garenne suburb of Paris, occurred on April 10, after riots that had taken place in the vicinity. A man wearing a motorcycle helmet while approaching his vehicle, and who appears to be minding his own business in the video, was approached by several “youths” who attacked without provocation. The man was punched and kicked repeatedly. One of his assailants took a photo of him before the group left him for dead, according to a report by France Bleu.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
France: Lockdown Support Drops Below 50 Percent
A survey published this weekend in France showed that less than half the population — 43 percent — now supported the maintaining of strict “confinement” measures, down eight percentage points from the previous week, the Guardian writes. The French government will announce details of its plan to slowly ease restrictions across the country from 11 May, including the phased reopening of schools, on Tuesday.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
German Minister Backs Creating Legal Right to Work From Home
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s labour minister wants to enshrine into law the right to work from home if it is feasible to do so, even after the coronavirus pandemic subsides.
Labor Minister Hubertus Heil told Sunday’s edition of the Bild am Sonntag newspaper that he aims to put forward such legislation this fall. He said initial estimates suggest the proportion of the workforce working from home has risen from 12% to 25% during the virus crisis, to around 8 million people.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Hungarian Minister Challenges CNN’s “Fake News” About Suspending Parliament
During an appearance on Christiane Amanpour’s show, Hungarian minister Péter Szijjartó challenged CNN’s “fake news” about Hungary suspending its own parliament.
Last month, CNN and a host of other news networks suggested that the decision represented a “coup” and evidence that Prime Minister Viktor Orban was behaving like a dictator.
In reality, the decision was passed by parliament itself and had the support of around 90% of Hungarians. The parliament can also vote to lift the decree whenever it chooses. Hardly a dictatorship.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Italian Law Professor Warns Lockdown Presents Serious Abuse of Authority
ROME — Italian law professor Maria Lucia Di Bitonto has written a stinging legal criticism of Italy’s ongoing national lockdown to stem the spread of the coronavirus, warning of a serious abuse of authority and an effective suspension of the rule of law.
Almost three months after the January 31 publication of the government declaration of a state of emergency related to the spread of COVID-19, “most of the constraints on individual freedoms and on production activities aimed at dealing with the pandemic find their legal justification in decisions of the executive or of regional or peripheral institutions,” Prof. Di Bitonto writes in Milano Finanza.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Italians Call for Resignation of PM Conte as Lockdown Extended
ROME — Italians have risen up en masse against Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, calling for his resignation on social media after he reneged on promises to relax lockdown restrictions on May 4.
The prime minister announced Sunday that the hated “autocertificazione” papers would continue in force to justify movements outside one’s residence, reversing earlier statements that the humiliating written forms would no longer be necessary during “phase 2” of the national lockdown.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Merkel Ally Tells UK: Extend Transition Period Until Up to 2023
A member of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union has said that the United Kingdom must extend the Brexit transition period because of coronavirus.
The chairman of the foreign affairs committee in the German parliament, Norbert Röttgen, said that Prime Minister Boris Johnson must agree to extend the transition period for up to two years to avoid the alleged economic damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
New Species of Moths Discovered in the Alps Named After Three Famous Alpinists
The discovery of new, still unnamed animal species in a well-researched European region like the Alps is always a small sensation. All the more surprising is the description of a total of three new to science species previously misidentified as long-known alpine moths.
During a genetic project of the Tyrolean State Museums in Innsbruck (Austria), Austrian entomologist and head of the Natural Science Collections Peter Huemer used an integrative research approach that relies on molecular methods to study four European moths. Despite having been known for decades, those species remained quite controversial, because of many unknowns around their biology.
At the end, however, it turned out that the scientist was not dealing with four, but seven species. The three that were not adding up were indeed previously unknown species. Therefore, Huemer described the moths in a paper in the open-access, peer-reviewed journal Alpine Entomology. Curiously, all three species were given the names of legendary alpinists: Reinhold Messner, Peter Habeler and David Lama.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Pakistani Man Sentenced for Brutally Murdering Danish Wife
A Pakistani man, aged 39, who brutally abused his Danish wife for a decade before murdering her in 2018, was sentenced to detention and deportation last week by a court in Roskilde.
Kamran Khan was sentenced last Friday after being convicted of beating his 34-year-wife Aya Bonde Jensen — an ex-beauty queen — to death in their home in Osted, south of Roskilde, in October of 2018.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Prague Mayor Confirms He is Under Police Protection Following Russian Poisoning Plot Report
The mayor of Prague has said he is under heightened police protection the day after Czech media reported on an alleged Russian plot to poison him.
Zdenek Hrib confirmed the news in a Monday interview with the independent Ekho Moskvy radio station. On Sunday, the Czech news website Respekt, citing anonymous intelligence sources, reported that an individual carrying Russian diplomatic documents and the lethal poison ricin had arrived in Prague three weeks ago on a mission to assassinate Hrib and another prominent Czech politician.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Scottish Govt. Mulls Mandatory Climate Indoctrination Courses
MSPs, business leaders, and newly enrolled university students may be asked to take mandatory climate change studies if plans currently under consideration are adopted.
The studies would help arm them with facts and knowledge to make urgent changes to society as it emerges from COVID-19 lockdown.
The Scottish Government has already committed to enrolling at least 100 senior officials to the Climate Solutions course.
The news comes just days before Tuesday’s one-year anniversary of Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon declaring a climate emergency.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Thinly-Disguised Version of Generation Identity’s Martin Sellner Depicted as Murderer on German TV
A very thinly-disguised version of Austrian Generation Identity’s leader Martin Sellner was depicted as a murderer in last night’s episode of Tatort (Crime Scene), a German television series which airs on the channel Die Erste.
Tatort is Germany’s longest-running television series, having been in production since 1970, and is one of the country’s most popular dramas.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
UK: “Shoplifting is Down” Priti Patel Celebrates as Britain Remains in Lockdown
Boris Johnson’s Home Secretary has been widely ridiculed for announcing that shoplifting is down from last year, The New European reports. Priti Patel made the remark during a press conference on the coronavirus which has forced countless shops to close their doors. .
The government minister has made her second appearance in front of the cameras since COVID-19 forced the UK into lockdown. Prior to the coronavirus crisis, knife and gun crimehad become much more common across the Britain in recent years. When domestic abuse killings rose by 160% during lockdown, the mention of petty crime which has become almost impossible seemed bizarre to viewers.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
UK: Boris to Take Charge of Brexit Talks, Tell EU Demands ‘Not Realistic’: Report
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to take charge of UK-EU trade negotiations personally and will tell Brussels that its demands on fishing rights and regulatory alignment are unrealistic.
The report comes after the European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier saidon Friday that the United Kingdom could not decline to extend the transition period if it also refuses to surrender “on certain subjects that are important for the European Union”.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
UK: Boris Govt Rejects Petition Demanding Release of Buried Grooming Gangs Report
Boris Johnson’s government has rejected a petition signed by more than 120,000 people demanding the release of a report on the ethnic background of grooming rape gangs.
The no-stone-unturned investigation was announced by Home Secretary Priti Patel’s predecessor, Sajid Javid, in 2018, with a promise that he would “not let cultural or political sensitivities get in the way of understanding the problem and doing something about it”.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Two terrorists who raised funds for ‘fighter brothers’ in the Middle East laughed as they were jailed for a total of more than 14 years.
Ayub Nurhussein, 29, helped raise £2,699.19 for jihadis in Iraq while sharing footage of military beheadings on social media between 11 April and 11 July last year.
Eritrean-born Nurhussein was caught on CCTV with his friend, Said Mohammed, 31, transferring £1,300 to a contact purportedly acting as a high-ranking ISIS soldier.
The pair exchanged messages via encrypted messaging app Telegram and arranged to send money through a European go-between in Denmark.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
A Liberal Democrat politician attempting to curry favour by observing Ramadan in “solidarity” with Muslims during the coronavirus lockdown badly misstepped by tagging the Muslim Council of Britain in a picture of his bacon and eggs breakfast.
Councillor Ian Manning, who has previously identified as a member of the fanatically anti-Brexit #FBPE (‘Follow Back Pro EU’) movement, was participating in the so-called #LibDemIftar, in which Liberal Democrat politicians would observe “the holy month of Ramadan” in solidarity with Muslims whose activities have been disrupted by the lockdown.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Suicide Bombings Are Permitted by Sharia Law: Grand Mufti of Libya Sheikh Sadiq Al-Ghariani
The Muslim Brotherhood’s Grand Mufti of Libya Sheikh Sadiq Al-Ghariani has stated that the Sharia law allows suicide bombings provided they are carried out to rattle the enemy, demoralise them and cause great harm and losses to the enemy.
In a video that was broadcasted on Al-Tanasuh TV (Libya) on April 15, 2020, the Mufti said, “If blowing up oneself while carrying out a suicide operation unnerves the enemy and results in his crushing defeat, then it is permitted by the Sharia law. Even Prophet Muhammad’s associates hurled themselves from walls. They gave up their life in order to weaken the enemy.”
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Israeli Archaeologists Find Hidden Pattern at ‘World’s Oldest Temple’ Göbekli Tepe
The enigmatic monoliths built some 11,500 years ago at Göbekli Tepe have been puzzling archaeologists and challenging preconceptions about prehistoric culture since their discovery in the 1990s. Chiefly, how could hunter-gatherers with a supposedly primitive societal structure build such monumental stone circles on this barren hilltop in what is today southeastern Turkey? How could a largely nomadic society at the dawn of agriculture marshal the resources and know-how to create what its discoverers have dubbed the oldest known temple in the world?
If anything, a discovery by Israeli archaeologists suggests the Göbekli Tepe construction project was even more complex than previously thought, and required an amount of planning and resources thought to be impossible for those times. Their study of the three oldest stone enclosures at Göbekli Tepe has revealed a hidden geometric pattern, specifically an equilateral triangle, underlying the entire architectural plan of these structures.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
The increasingly belligerent Turkish regime brought tensions with neighboring Greece and Cyprus to a new level after it conducted massive military exercises in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean seas over the weekend.
According to a report from pro-Turkish regime news outlet Daily Sabah, twenty-seven naval warships, maritime patrol aircraft, helicopters, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVS) to part in the drills on Sunday.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
The Tablighi Jamaat fiasco was, undoubtedly, the biggest setback to India’s fight against the Wuhan Coronavirus. The mass gathering at the Markaz Nizamuddin in Delhi, and the subsequent transport of the virus through carriers across the length and breadth of India has jeopardised greatly the safety and health of this country. However, if the gathering itself was irresponsible borne of a toxic mix of ignorance, stupidity and callousness, the conduct of the Jamaatis that followed could only be attributed to their perversity.
Ever since the Tablighi Jamaat was busted and hauled up to quarantine facilities and hospitals, they have embarked on a Jihad against civility, decency and the laws of this country. Its members have sexually harassed nurses, made life difficult for healthcare providers and refused to cooperate with the administration even on the face of calamity. In this report, we shall document the various instances when members of the Tablighi Jamaat transgressed all limits of acceptable conduct or the Islamic Missionary Organization played a prominent role.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
In a viral video shared by a local activist with Swarajya Magazine journalist Swati Goel Sharma, a fruit seller and his associate, reportedly Dalit Hindus, can be seen recounting the tale of harassment faced at the hands of local Muslims in Begusrai in Bihar for putting up a saffron flag on their cart.
They narrated how they were stopped on their way and interrogated about the flag on their cart. “What are you trying to prove by showcasing this flag?”, the group of Muslims intimidated the duo. Since they were outnumbered, the duo wanted to steer clear of any confrontation. The fruit seller said, “If I don’t sell my fruits, then, it will hurt me financially. We are daily wage earners. If we suffer loss for a day, then, we won’t be able to cope up with it.”
But, the group which was irked by the display of saffron pushed his cart in a bid to provoke him. He was evidently unwelcome in the locality. The Dalit man warned, “The flag will remain intact. If someone believes that he has the might to overturn my cart, then, let him try his hand. We were standing on the road and not on private property.” The group then left them and went about their way.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Ramadan: New Threat of COVID 19 in India
Upananda Brahmachari | HENB | Haridwar | April 26, 2020:: Muslims are observing now Ramadan fasting (Roza) from 23rd April and it will end on May 23.
During the entire ‘prohibited’ month of Ramadan, practicing Muslims fast (Arabic: ????, sawm; Persian: ????, roza), every day from dawn to sunset. This Ramadan fasting requires the abstinence from any type of food and drink and Fasting in the month of Ramadan is considered as one of the Five Pillars of Islam. The Global Muslims including the Indian counterpart adhere these religiously.
As a convention Muslims take predawn meal is referred to as Suhur/Sehri and the fast breaking feast is called as iftar. After Iftar Muslims take heavy meal also at night like dinner. During these roza days, Muslim prefer Suhar and Iftar as family and social feast.
Again, Muslims generally join in numbers in the Fazr Namaj (Pr-dawn prayer) before taking Suhur and throng in the Taraweeh Namaj (Maghrib- Evening Time) in the mosques after taking iftar.
Such heavy congregation of religious Muslims for Iftar feast or Taraweeh Namaj in the mosques or outside during this period of national lock down violating the norms of social distancing may put India again in a higher threat of Covid 19 pandemic.
Already India is facing a hard challenge of Corona virus due to Nizamuddin Tablighi Jamaat congregation which carried Positive Covid 19 Jamaat members in most of the Indian states from North to South and East to West.
Tablighi Jamaat obviously heightened the spread of Corona in India and now the Ramadan, Roza, Iftar, Taraweeh Namaj etc. are putting new threat to the spread of Corona Virus in India. The situation must not be different if the practice is same in any part of the globe…
| — Hat tip: Upananda Brahmachari | [Return to headlines] |
“World Should Have Listened to WHO” Claims Tedros
Despite its complicity in helping China cover-up the severity of the coronavirus pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization today claimed “the world should have listened” to the WHO.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual press briefing that the WHO told the world the COVID-19 outbreak constituted a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern” on January 30, when there were only 82 cases registered outside China.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Japan Begins ‘Mass Manufacturing Exodus’ From China
Japan is about to hit Covid Cover Uppers China with a massive manufacturing exodus following the Coronavirus pandemic that has brought the world to its knees.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has proposed “building an economy that is less dependent on one country, China, so that the nation can better avoid supply chain disruptions.” reports Nikkei Asia Review.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
North Korean Media Offers Letter Allegedly From Kim Jong UN as Proof He is Alive
A state-run newspaper in North Korea is using a thank-you letter sent to builders of a seaside resort as proof that the dictator is alive amid widespread rumors that he is either dead or in a vegetative state.
The Rodong Sinmun outlet claimed on Monday that Kim had written the letter of gratitude to builders working on a tourism project in Wonsan. South Korea believes the leader has been staying in Wonsan since April 13.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Western Spy Agencies Investigating Wuhan Scientist Highlighted by Zero Hedge in January
Western intelligence agencies are “looking closely at the work of a senior scientist at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Peng Zhou,” as part of a joint international investigation into the origins of COVID-19, according to the Daily Telegraph.
In a stunning expose, the Australian newspaper reports that “the Five Eyes intelligence agencies of Australia, Canada, NZ, UK and US, are understood to be looking closely at the work of a senior scientist at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Peng Zhou, as they examine whether COVID-19 originated from a wet market or whether the naturally-occurring virus may have been released from the level four laboratory in Wuhan that was studying deadly coronavirus pathogens from bats.”
Of course, the name of Peng has been long familiar to our readers, and would have been familiar to far more people had Twitter not decided to arbitrarily suspend the Zero Hedge account over a report exposing Mr. Zhou.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Australia recorded just seven new cases of coronavirus on Monday as the Government said it would increase testing ahead of lifting restrictions.
| — Hat tip: SS | [Return to headlines] |
New Zealand PM: “We Have Won the Battle” Against COVID-19
During a news conference Monday, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the country has “won the battle” against COVID-19.
“There is no widespread undetected community transmission in New Zealand,” Ardern said. “We have won that battle. But we must remain vigilant if we are to keep it that way.”
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Albania to Bring Migrants From Turkey to Greek Region
Albania’s Prime Minister, Edi Rama, has made a deal with Turkish President Recep Erdogan to bring illegal migrants from Turkey’s massive reception centers to the Greek region of Albania, as reported by Albanian media.
The two countries recently signed a defence co-operation treaty. While its specifics have not yet been publicized, the Albanian news media is reporting that a leak shows that one of its clauses allows for the relocation of 30,000 asylum-seekers and illegal migrants from Turkey to Northern Epirus this year, according to a report by Greece’s Protothema.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Sweden: Failed Asylum Seeker Charged With Raping Disabled Teenage Girl
Authorities in Sweden have charged a failed asylum seeker with raping and buying sex from a teenage disabled girl.
The suspect, a Kosovo national who had been issued deportation orders after his asylum application had been denied, is accused of forcing a 15-year-old handicapped girl to have sex with him after giving her 200 Swedish Krona (18 euros) and cigarettes.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Another 13 migrants, including a toddler, have arrived in the UK after a huge search and rescue operation was launched earlier today.
The migrants were spotted this morning in a boat off the Kent coast, sparking a rescue mission involving a coastguard helicopter, lifeboats and Border Force vessels.
All 13 were taken to Dover to be processed by Border Force officials, who were seen wearing facemasks due to the coronavirus pandemic.
[Comment: Article dated April 27, 2020.]
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
UK: More Than 90 Migrants Picked Up in Channel in Eight Boats
Eight boats with more than 90 migrants on board have been intercepted in the English Channel by UK Border Force and the French authorities.
The first boat stopped by a Border Force vessel off the Kent coast was carrying 13 men and two women, the Home Office said.
Three other boats contained about 30 men and two women. All said they were Iranian, Syrian, Kuwaiti and Iraqi.
French officials intercepted four more boats, with 44 migrants on board.
Those on board the boats stopped by Border Force were taken to Dover and transferred to immigration officials.
[Comment: Article dated April 27, 2020.]
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Watch: Fire Rips Through Migrant Camp on Greek Island
Video footage has emerged of a massive fire which ripped through the Vathy migrant camp on the Greek island Samos.
Thanks to a quick response from the island’s firefighters, the blaze was contained to one section of the camp. Authorities are now investigating the cause of the fire.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Epic Fail: Climactivists Try to Get Planet of the Humans Banned
Anti-fossil fuel activists unsuccessfully attempted to lobby to remove Michael Moore’s documentary panning green energy over claims that it contains pro-oil industry misinformation.
Activist Josh Fox (pictured), climate scientist Michael Mann and other environmentalists signed onto a petition Friday asking the producer to take down “Planet of the Humans,” saying Moore’s film relies on old data to claim solar and wind energy is dependent on fossil fuels.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Facebook Admits Banning Users for Saying They Are ‘Proud to be English’
Facebook has admitted to banning swathes of users for posting messages saying they were “Proud to be English” on St George’s Day.
As England’s patron saint, St George’s Day has long been celebrated as the English national day — if with less official enthusiasm than St Patrick’s Day in neighbouring Ireland, given the embarrassment of much of the academic, media, and political establishment at expressions of “Englishness”, which they have associated with racism and imperialism.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
Planet of the Humans: Moore vs. Green-Energy Religiosity
Michael Moore’s The Planet of the Humans is currently one of the top trending videos on YouTube.
Just in time for the Wuhan Virus lockdown, Moore has released his latest documentary for free.
And in less than a week, it is quickly closing in on a massive two-million views.
Moore’s documentary makes for excruciating viewing, much like the ‘cringe humor’ of the original British version of The Office.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
WhatsApp Was So Desperate to Suppress Conspiracy Theories it Suppressed Everything
WhatsApp is end-to-end encrypted and so it means that there’s no easy way for the owners of the app, Facebook, to see what everyone is chatting about and step in a censor it in realtime — as it can with the main Facebook app and Instagram.
But, still wanting to cut down on spreading “conspiracy theories”, WhatsApp recently announced that it was going to add a blanket ban on sharing any content to too many people — in an effort to stop any conspiracies going “viral” on the app.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
YouTube: Creators “Espousing” Opinions “In Their Basement” Can’t Provide Context on the News
Neal Mohan, the Chief Product Officer of YouTube (the platform that was created to let anyone with a camera have a voice) has suggested that independent YouTubers who share their opinion on the news can’t provide context and said that this is why they need to be suppressed and censored when it comes to news-worthy topics.
Mohan made the comments during an interview with Protocol’s editor at large David Pierce when he was asked about whether health authorities changing their advice about the coronavirus, such as the way they changed their recommendations around masks, is causing YouTube to be “slightly behind” when it comes to moderating content.
| — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago | [Return to headlines] |
“…the lethal poison ricin..” – as per this day, Hrib seems poisoned with ricin oil by mouth
“Prague Mayor Confirms He is Under Police Protection Following Russian Poisoning Plot Report”
Oh please, he holds too little power to be this paranoid…
Portugal will relocate migrants from camp to vacant tourist apartments and mini-hotels due to coronavirus
Portugal will check 500 migrants in a temporary camp for the presence of coronavirus and relocate them to apartments and apartments, which are now empty due to the lack of tourists. The decision to relocate migrants to vacant tourist apartments was made after an outbreak of coronavirus infection in a migrant camp, Reuters reported.
Portugal has already hosted 800 migrants in dormitories across the country while they are awaiting consideration of their applications for entry permits. It is noted that most of the living in the camps are infected with Covid-2019. And now these migrants will be resettled in vacant tourist apartments.
https://www.tourprom.ru/news/46255/
==============
Can I become a refugee in Portugal? How could I be useful to this country? Maybe get a job as a marketer?
For example, I recently came up with the idea for organic fertilizer Baghuz – an effective factor in improving the soil, a product of processing homo-jihadi into compost.
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d1/07/e1/d107e17c94942aaedb29689b992534a9.jpg
https://twitter.com/KTHopkins/status/1253364106670850049
https://twitter.com/KTHopkins/status/1253364106670850049
Starting to get tired of this meme of a country.
https://twitter.com/BrettEverest/status/1255182988096286722
https://twitter.com/BrettEverest/status/1255182988096286722
Ramadan Mubarak!
It seems to me that all the most shameful news is now coming from Russia.
The monk of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad committed the act of self-immolation on the steps of the hospital church after he received a positive test for coronavirus infection.
I am an agnostic, but correct me if I am wrong: Christians should not do this.
Maybe he isn’t a Christian.
Maybe the rest of them can be given positive results if self-immolation will be the outcome from now on.
It is a pity that you are not up to date with Russian news. Such an abundance of links is already so amusing to watch the development of events in the Russian Orthodox community. In short, these Orthodox obscurantist idiots were clerical, behaving like their Muslim counterparts in Iran – and now they are sick with entire monasteries. The archbishop died, the dean of the main Moscow Elokhovsky Cathedral also died. Someone estimated that the percentage of sick clergy is several times higher than in the country.
Here is the abbot of the Elokhov Cathedral, who died from Covid-19.
He says: By closing churches, we thereby do not trust God. ”
“We can get sick by God’s will, but God is able to heal us”
I think he should have prayed to Asclepius. Or who of the deities is there responsible for the viruses from the military bacteriological laboratory?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7Iy7_l-2tk
https://mobile.twitter.com/DawkinsReturns/status/1254982258852868100
Disgusting