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18 signs we're facing a record economic implosion in 2020

Michael Snyder
The Economic Collapse Blog
Mon, 04 May 2020 12:00 UTC
economy
In just six weeks, the entire global economy has completely come apart. All over the world we are seeing numbers fall faster than we ever have before, and the outlook for the rest of the year is exceedingly bleak. Fear of the coronavirus is going to paralyze global trade for the foreseeable future, and the lockdowns in some nations will last for many months to come. Here in the United States, some states are attempting to make an effort to "reopen", but in most instances that will involve "multiple stages". Meanwhile, tens of millions of Americans have already lost their jobs, much of the population has already run through their meager savings, and financial institutions are becoming extremely tight with their money. Even if COVID-19 disappeared tomorrow, our momentum would still take us into an economic depression, but of course this virus isn't going to disappear any time soon. After 9/11 our society evolved into an anti-terror state, and COVID-19 is going to permanently alter our society as well. So anyone that was hoping for a quick "return to normal" can forget it, because "normal" is about to be completely redefined.

The pace at which economic conditions have deteriorated in recent weeks has been absolutely breathtaking, and the numbers just keep getting worse and worse.

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Attention

Third Russian doctor mysteriously falls from hospital window amid coronavirus panic


RFE/RL
Tue, 05 May 2020 19:31 UTC
Russian medic
Many doctors in Russia have complained about equipment shortages.
A doctor at an ambulance unit in Russia's western Voronezh region is in serious condition after falling from a hospital window following complaints that he was forced to work even after testing positive for COVID-19, the third such case in the country in recent days.

Colleagues of Aleksandr Shulepov and representatives of the regional coronavirus task force said over the weekend that on May 2 Shulepov fell out of a second-floor window at the hospital where he worked and was being treated for the coronavirus in the town of Novaya Usman. He is currently in an emergency ward room with a fractured skull.

Shulepov was hospitalized on April 22 for the virus, but was scheduled to be released after his latest COVID-19 test came back negative.
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Attention

Poll: 78 percent of college students want to restrict 'threatening' ideas

Yuichiro Kakutani
The Washington Free Beacon
Tue, 05 May 2020 19:20 UTC
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© Getty ImagesStudent protesters during Ben Shapiro visit to the University of Utah, Sept. 27, 2017
More than three-in-four college students want "safe spaces" on their campuses that are free of "threatening actions, ideas, or conversations," even as a majority support President Trump's threat to withhold taxpayer dollars from universities that restrict speech, according to a new poll.

While 97 percent of college students believe that free speech is an essential pillar of American democracy, a significant majority of students also support policies to restrict specific types of speech on campus. The poll, conducted by Gallup and the Knight Foundation, found that 78 percent of students support "safe spaces" where threatening ideas and conversations would be barred. More than 80 percent favor the establishment of a "free-speech zone" where preapproved protests and the distribution of literature are permitted.

In response to growing concerns about academic freedom on campuses, the Trump administration ordered all federally funded universities to protect free speech on campus. University administrators denounced the move, with the president of Columbia University calling it a "transparent exercise in politics." Most students support the Trump administration's decision, however, with 58 percent of pupils supporting a ban on federal funding for colleges that do not protect free-speech rights.

Comment: The relationship between 'safe spaces' and censorship is now found throughout all of society. It's not limited to various campuses around the United States. It could be said that everyone living in lockdown is confined to the ultimate 'safe space', and we see the mass censorship of dissenting information in turn.

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Eye 1

NY AG reportedly probing NBC News over sexual assault claims

Lee Brown
New York Post
Tue, 05 May 2020 17:35 UTC
Matt Lauer, Andy Lack
© Getty ImagesMatt Lauer and Andy Lack in 2013.
NBC News is being probed over numerous claims of sexual assault and discrimination — including allegations of a cover-up by ousted chairman Andy Lack, according to a report Tuesday.

The New York attorney general has been investigating the damning claims about the network for at least six months, DailyMail.com said.

More than a dozen women have been interviewed by officials from a department dubbed "The Weinstein Unit" for its work nailing movie mogul Harvey Weinstein for rape, sources told the site.

Former NBC News anchor Linda Vester confirmed to the site that she is one of the women interviewed about alleged violations at the network.

As well as her accusations against legendary news anchor Tom Brokaw, Vester says investigators were particularly eager on information on Lack, the controversial chairman ousted in a surprise shakeup Monday.

Comment: NBC News chairman Andy Lack steps down in corporate shakeup

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Eye 2

Covid-19 serial killer: Clapping for nurses by day, but by night, an illegal migrant butchered Barcelona's homeless

Jason O'Toole
RT
Wed, 06 May 2020 17:24 UTC
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© Freire/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesBarcelona
The coronavirus pandemic has officially recorded its first bona fide serial killer with the arrest of a Barcelona football fan who went on a sickening random killing spree during the lockdown in the heart of Catalonia.

Even at a quick first glance, the illegal Brazilian immigrant - dressed in a Barcelona FC cap and black leather mittens - has the eerie demeanour of a psychopath in new footage that has emerged.

In a twisted irony, Thiago Lages can be seen here participating, albeit half-heartedly, in the nightly ritual of applauding healthcare workers risking their lives on the frontline in Spain. But there was certainly nothing half-hearted about the coldblooded killing spree he went on during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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NBC News chairman Andy Lack steps down in corporate shakeup

Alexandra Steigrad
New York Post
Wed, 06 May 2020 17:27 UTC
Andy Lack
© APAndy Lack
The new boss of NBCUniversal announced a surprise shakeup Monday that will include the ouster of longtime NBC News chairman Andy Lack.

Jeff Shell's restructuring means Lack — who came under fire after Ronan Farrow's book "Catch and Kill" accused NBC News executives including Lack's right-hand man Noah Oppenheim of killing his Harvey Weinstein reporting — will leave at the end of the month, instead of after the 2020 presidential election as previously planned.

Lack, who has also been accused of downplaying an explosive rape allegation against former "Today" host Matt Lauer, will be replaced by Telemundo chief Cesar Conde, who will oversee NBC News, MSNBC and CNBC.

"There had been talk of management changes for a while," said a source close to NBC. "Andy is so past his prime. Between the Ronan debacle, the Lauer debacle and even before that the Megyn Kelly and Brian Williams debacles, it's no wonder he's out."
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NPC

Washington journalist: 'I want a coronation' of Biden, not an investigation of allegations

Joe Concha
The Hill
Tue, 05 May 2020 17:08 UTC
Joe Biden
Washington journalist Martin Tolchin in a letter to the editor published Tuesday in The New York Times argued that he wants a "coronation" for former Vice President Joe Biden and not an investigation of a sexual assault allegation against the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.

"I don't want an investigation. I want a coronation of Joe Biden," Tolchin, a founder of Politico who is also a former top editor of The Hill, wrote in the piece.

"Would he make a great president? Unlikely. Would he make a good president? Good enough. Would he make a better president than the present occupant? Absolutely," Tolchin wrote in a letter headlined "Joe Biden and Tara Reade: Whom to Believe?"

Reade is a former Senate staffer who has accused Biden of sexual assault in an incident that allegedly took place in 1993. Biden has denied the allegation.

Comment: Orange man so bad we must elect a possible sexual predator, because even a sexual predator is better than bad orange man.

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Eye 1

Twitter runs test prompting users to revise replies it deems 'harmful'

Taylor Hatmaker
TechCrunch
Tue, 05 May 2020 17:13 UTC
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© Regis Duvignau / Reuters
In its latest effort to deal with rampant harassment on its platform, Twitter will look into giving users a second chance before they tweet. In a new feature the company is testing, users who use "harmful" language will see a prompt suggesting that they self-edit before posting a reply.


Comment: Our oh-so-helpful arbiters of "decorum". The ring fence is being edged in slowly so as not to spook the proles.

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Bullseye

Bobby Sands died in jail 39 years ago, a martyr to freedom. Will Julian Assange become his modern equivalent?

Chris Sweeney
RT
Wed, 06 May 2020 16:13 UTC
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© Getty Images / PA Images; REUTERS/Simon Dawson(L) Fermanagh and South Tyrone MP and IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands, who died in the Maze prison, Belfast, after 65 days of hunger strike. (R) WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange
The British government allowed IRA hunger-striker Bobby Sands to starve to death in 1981. It is showing the same lack of judgment today on what is right and wrong, by callously letting another political detainee die needlessly.

Insanity is often defined as doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. On that charge, Britain is guilty.

39 years ago, on May 5, 1981, Bobby Sands died after refusing food for 66 days at Her Majesty's Prison Maze in Northern Ireland - even a visit from Pope John Paul II's personal envoy couldn't persuade him to desist.

Sands was a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army and had been sentenced to 14 years for possession of a gun, having been arrested near the scene of an IRA bombing.

During his time in jail, Sands campaigned, along with other IRA members, to have their special category status restored. It had been removed by the British government, who had decided to no longer view them as political prisoners. They were categorised as common criminals.
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Biohazard

Best of the Web: Sweden coronavirus chief: Country likely had Covid-19 cases in NOVEMBER

Tim Stickings and Alice Cachia
The Daily Mail
Wed, 06 May 2020 15:56 UTC
Anders Tegnell sweden coronavirus
© ReutersState epidemiologist Anders Tegnell claimed individual cases would have been detected among travellers from Wuhan
Sweden likely had coronavirus cases as early as November last year, the country's virus chief has revealed.

State epidemiologist Anders Tegnell claimed individual cases would have been detected among travellers from Wuhan. He told Sweden's TT news agency: 'There wasn't any spread [of infection] outside Wuhan until we saw it in Europe later.

'But I think that you could find individual cases among Wuhan travellers who were there in November to December last year. That doesn't sound at all strange, but rather very natural.'

His comments come following reports that a hospital in France revealed it had re-tested old flu samples and found a positive test for coronavirus on December 27.
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