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Coronavirus Australia: Military deployed and car windows smashed by police to enforce lockdown stay-at-home orders

Samuel Osborne
Independent
Tue, 04 Aug 2020 00:00 UTC
Military deployed covid Australia
Some 500 military personnel will be deployed to Australia's second most populous state, Victoria, to enforce coronavirus isolation orders.

Anyone caught breaking the rules will face a tough fine as high as A$20,000 (£10,900), with the only exception being for urgent medical care.

Earlier this week, Victoria imposed a night-time curfew, tightened restrictions on people's movements during the day and ordered large parts of the economy to close in order to slow the spread of the virus.

However, nearly a third of those who contracted Covid-19 were not isolating at home when checked on by officials, Victoria state's premier, Daniel Andrews, said on Tuesday.

"There is literally no reason for you to leave your home and if you were to leave your home and not be found there, you will have a very difficult time convincing Victoria police that you have a lawful reason," Mr Andrews told reporters in Melbourne.

Comment: Good God - the leadership in Victoria have gone full-blown Nazi, haven't they?! Even worse than New York City with its new checkpoints.

One wonders if being a part of the Five Eyes club of totalitarian surveillance has anything to do with it?

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Lebanon arrests all port officials as photo showing 'poorly stored ammonium nitrate' is leaked online


RT
Wed, 05 Aug 2020 19:06 UTC
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© AFP/STRA picture taken on August 5, 2020 shows the damaged grain silo and a burnt boat at Beirut's harbour, one day after a powerful twin explosion tore through Lebanon's capital.
After a colossal port explosion rocked the capital city of Beirut, the Lebanese government has decided to put all officials who oversaw storage and security there since 2014 under house arrest, until investigations are complete.

The country's Information Minister Manal Abdelsamad said the military will oversee their confinement, until all those responsible among the suspects are found. The port officials will be put under arrest "as soon as possible," according to Abdelsamad, and the whole procedure is expected to be finished "within the next five days." It is unclear as yet how many people are going to be arrested.

The investigation is being conducted by a special committee headed by the justice minister and includes Prime Minister Hassan Diab and the heads of major security agencies.

Comment: Israel continues denying responsibility for the Beirut blast says its media:
Israel has nothing to do with the massive explosion that rocked Beirut on 4 August, the country's parliamentary TV channel has announced. A similar statement was made by an anonymous Israeli official in an interview with Reuters, while the country's Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi alleged that the blast was likely an accident caused by a fire.

At the same time, a representative for the Israel Defence Forces has declined to comment on the cause of the explosion, specifically on allegations that Israel could be behind it.
"We do not comment on foreign media reports", the IDF spokesperson said.
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Flashlight

235 illegal immigrants in 17 vessels stopped in English Channel breaks highest daily record

Simon Jones
BBC
Fri, 07 Aug 2020 11:08 UTC
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A boat with about 17 people on board was spotted off the coast of Dover by the BBC
A total of 235 migrants were intercepted crossing the English Channel on Thursday, the Home Office confirmed - a record for a single day.

In total, 17 vessels were apprehended by The Maritime and Coastguard Agency and Border Force units.

On Friday, a boat with about 17 people on board, including a pregnant woman and children, was spotted by the BBC.

Comment: Countries throughout Europe have been suffering a massive influx of both illegal and state sanctioned mass migrations for years now: Also check out SOTT radio's:

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Attention

Epstein got off on my terror during sexual assault: accuser

Ben Feuerherd
New York Post
Thu, 06 Aug 2020 17:45 UTC
Jeffrey Epstein
© Getty ImagesJeffrey Epstein
A Jeffrey Epstein accuser said in a recent interview that the multi-millionaire pedophile was turned on by her terror when he sexually assaulted her at his New York mansion in the early 2000s, a report said Thursday.

The victim, identified by the Sun online as Kiki, told the news outlet the harrowing story of how she was abused by Epstein after moving to New York from Texas in 2004.

The teen had hoped to land steady work as a model, but when her agency dropped her she ended up waiting tables at the Union Square Cafe, according to the report.

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Fire

Fire in one of the World Trade Center towers in Brussels


EN 24
Fri, 07 Aug 2020 15:45 UTC
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Fire at one of the World Trade Centre's in Brussels
A fire broke out in one of the towers of the World Trade Center in Brussels. The building is under renovation. UA fire broke out on Thursday afternoon around 3:45 p.m. in the WTC tower, located on Boulevard du Roi Albert II, in the North district of Brussels, said Brussels firefighter spokesperson Walter Derieuw. A cloud of black smoke was emerging and was visible several kilometers away.

The building is under renovation, so it is not currently occupied. Only workers were there when the fire broke out. There are no injuries.

There is no water in the tower. The fire brigade must take it from the pumper on the ground floor. The site hoist was made available to them.

Comment: There have been numerous notable fires following the Beirut blast, see here for details: New fire at Saudi Arabia's Haramain high speed train station

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New fire at Saudi Arabia's Haramain high speed train station


Saudi Gazette report
Thu, 06 Aug 2020 12:00 UTC
Haramain fire
Images from the Haramain fire.
The Civil Defense teams were battling to put out a blaze that broke out inside the courtyard of the Haramain High-Speed Train station in Sulaymaniyah district here on Thursday evening.

Col. Muhammad Al-Qarni, the spokesman of the Civil Defense in Makkah region, said that the Civil Defense teams rushed to the station after its Uniform Operations Center received information at 7:27 p.m. about a fire at the courtyard of the station.

The spokesman said the fire originated from the makeshift cabins being used as administrative offices, covering an area of 20x60 meters in the courtyard. Fire crews were working to contain the fire at the site that had not spread to adjacent areas and the crews were still engaged in putting out the blaze completely, he said adding that no one was hurt in the accident.

Comment: This comes on the heels of the Beirut blast, which was followed by notable fires at a market in Iraq; a market in Ajman in the UAE; Fafa food industries in Iran, and one at Brussels' Worth Trade Centre - images of some of the fires, and others, below:

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The Beirut blast and some, but not all, of the subsequent fires.
Video of the fire has been posted on PressTV's Twitter account:





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'White' artificial intelligence risks exacerbating racial inequality, study suggests


Sky News
Thu, 06 Aug 2020 13:34 UTC
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Many superior robots in movies are white or played by white voices, researchers say.
Researchers suggested machines have distinct racial identities and this perpetuates "real world" racial stereotypes.

The "whiteness" of artificial intelligence (AI) risks a "racially homogenous" workforce as humans create machines skewed by their biases, a study suggests.

The University of Cambridge study examined AI in society, including in films, Google searches, stock images and robot voices.

Comment: Give. Us. A. Break.

Even NASA is apparently getting woke. From RT:
Woke NASA to crack down on 'racist' space names such as 'Eskimo Nebula' & 'Siamese Twins Galaxy'

When people gaze at the stars, some see their beauty, while others discover reasons to be offended by the nicknames we invented for them. Luckily for the latter, NASA is about to purge the star charts for the sake of "diversity."

The first target for NASA's desire to keep woke bullies appeased is planetary nebula NGC 2392. Lay astronomers know it by the nickname 'Eskimo Nebula,' which it gained because its spectacular shape resembles a head in a parka hood.

The US agency will no longer call it that, because "'Eskimo' is widely viewed as a colonial term with a racist history, imposed on the indigenous people of Arctic regions," it said on Wednesday. The content of NASA's website may need updating, however, as at the time of writing, the historic nickname was still present there.

Another example of a supposedly 'racist' nickname that NASA wants to eradicate is that of the 'Siamese Twins Galaxies.' It refers to NGC 4567 and NGC 4568, a pair of galaxies in the Virgo Galaxy Cluster, which are separated by just 52 million light years and are in the process of colliding with each other. The colloquial term for conjoined twins was deemed inappropriate by NASA, which may now roll back to the other nickname for the same objects: the 'Butterfly Galaxies.'

The space agency's goal is that "all names are aligned with our values of diversity and inclusion, and we'll proactively work with the scientific community to help ensure that," associate administrator Thomas Zurbuchen explained. Diversity, inclusion, and equity experts in the astronomical and physical sciences will help NASA identify more candidates for the chopping block.

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Flashback There is no second autopsy of George Floyd's death

Paul Craig Roberts
paulcraigroberts.org
Tue, 07 Jul 2020 06:50 UTC
George Floyd
I have searched the Internet and cannot find the alleged second autopsy — the so-called "independent autopsy" hired by "George Floyd's family." I have no difficulty finding the official medical examiner's report, but there is no sign of a second autopsy. Those of you who are convinced it exists please send me the URL. It will prove that you are a better Internet searcher than I am.

Based on the available information, the "second autopsy" consists of an assertion by CNN, a collection of liars that other presstitutes echo. Thus, the presstitutes created a non-existent "second autopsy" just as they created Russiagate and Russian bounties to the Taliban to kill American troops in Afganistan that President Trump allegedly refuses to do anything about. Precisely how does Trump do something about something that does not exist? Try to imagine people so stupid that the morons think the Taliban has to be paid by Russia to kill the American troops who are trying to occupy Afghanistan. The Taliban have been killing the US occupying troops for two decades! Why suddenly are Russian bounties necessary for the Taliban to kill US troops? It is just more concocted anti-Trump propaganda.

Similarly, how can a second autopsy that allegedly concludes that officer Chauvin murdered Floyd be refuted when no such autopsy exists?

What does exist is a twice fired former medical examiner, first fired by New York City and then by Suffold County, who serves as a hired gun to give inflamatory statements to the media in support of civil lawsuits for money. His name is Michael Baden.

Comment: See also: Leaked bodycam footage shows entirety of George Floyd arrest - supporting cops' AND protesters' narratives (DISTURBING VIDEO)

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Best of the Web: Ex-NYT reporter publishes new anti-lockdown book, calls out '90% of media' on parroting same lines on Covid responses


RT
Wed, 05 Aug 2020 18:36 UTC
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© REUTERS/Bryan R Smith
Alex Berenson's latest chapter in a series of books about Covid-19, the first of which was briefly censored by Amazon, questions both the media's coverage of the pandemic and the effectiveness of lockdowns.

"I think it's really important, at a time when 90 percent of media... is saying the same thing, with very little pushback or smart questioning, to get different perspectives," Berenson told Fox News about the self-published 'Unreported Truths about COVID-19 and Lockdowns: Part 2: Update and Examination of Lockdowns as a Strategy.'

"Even if you disagree with me completely, it's always good to know what other people are thinking," he added.

The first part in the reporter's series of Covid-19 books was censored by Amazon for allegedly spreading misinformation about the pandemic. The e-commerce company refused to publish the work, which questioned the hysteria around coronavirus, but ultimately folded after many blasted the company, including SpaceX founder Elon Musk, who accused the company of being a "monopoly."

The main theme of Berenson's second book is questioning whether lockdown measures taken by various states in the US are a good strategy in battling the spread of a virus.

Comment: See also: Amazon backs down after many, including Elon Musk, slam it for censorship of book questioning Covid-19 threat

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Gina Carano's formidable stand against BLM bullies is a much-wanted victory over cancel culture

Zachary Leeman
RT
Thu, 06 Aug 2020 22:07 UTC
Gina Carano BLM twitter trolls
© REUTERS/Morris Mac Matzen/Henry NichollsGina Carano
MMA fighter and Deadpool star Gina Carano has been accused by social justice warriors on Twitter of being "racist" for not showing enough support to Black Lives Matter and daring to express herself.

#Ginacaranoisoverparty began trending on Wednesday as the woke mob set Carano in their sights after days of her pushing back against critics. The controversy appears to have kicked off with Carano posting a black-and-white wartime photo of men giving the infamous Nazi salute with one circled, as he's refusing to take part in the gesture.

The Mandalorian actress was then hit with tweets from trolls, who claimed they were trying to "educate" her while accusing her of being racist and not supporting the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement through her social media.
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