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Israel: The number of Palestinian child prisoners increases during COVID-19

Yumna Patel
Mondoweiss
Wed, 22 Apr 2020 00:00 UTC
File photo of a Palestinian child being arrested in Jerusalem
File photo of a Palestinian child being arrested in Jerusalem, from the Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association site.
There has been a six percent increase in the number of child prisoners since January

Despite the global coronavirus pandemic, Israel has stepped its arrest of Palestinian children in the occupied territories, a new report from Defense for Children International - Palestine (DCIP) says.

According to the report, released on Tuesday, 194 Palestinian children detained in Israeli prisons and detention centers, marking a six percent increase from January.

Using data released by the Israeli Prison Service (IPS), DCIP found that as of March 31 only 28 percent of Palestinian child detainees were actually serving out sentences, while the rest, over 60 percent of them (117 out of 194) were being held in pretrial custodial detention.

The data also indicated that the majority of the detainees were ages 16-17, while 30 were ages 14-15. Israeli forces have been documented as arresting Palestinian children as young as 12 years old.

Comment: These horrific types of stories never seem to stop coming out of Israel. See also:

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Best of the Web: Nobel-winning scientist who discovered HIV claims SARS-CoV-2 virus 'contains HIV genetic sequence', likely 'leaked from a lab'


Livemint
Sun, 19 Apr 2020 19:15 UTC

Comment: Of course, he gets the source wrong (Wuhan, China), but still, what a bombshell if true that this thing has been genetically modified by mad scientists. Even IF this came out of the Wuhan BSL-4 bio-lab, that's a WHO-accredited facility with heavy academic and govt links to US and European bio-weapons labs...


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French Nobel prize winning scientist Luc Montagnier has sparked a fresh controversy by claiming that the SARS-CoV-2 virus came from a lab, and is the result of an attempt to manufacture a vaccine against the AIDS virus.

In an interview given to French CNews channel and during a podcast by Pourquoi Docteur, professor Montagnier, who co-discovered HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), claimed the presence of elements of HIV in the genome of the coronavirus and even elements of the "germ of malaria" are highly suspect, according to a report in Asia Times.

"The Wuhan city laboratory has specialized in these coronaviruses since the early 2000s. They have expertise in this area," he was quoted as saying.

The theory that Covid-19 virus originated in the lab is making rounds for quite some time.


Comment: See also: Coronavirus now has thousands of strains and mutations, some rare, some more pathogenic

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Harry & Megan tell British tabloids to get lost

Barbara McCarthy
RT
Wed, 22 Apr 2020 07:01 UTC
Harry Meghan
© Getty Images / Chris JacksonPrince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, March 09, 2020, London, England
It may have come 23 years too late, but finally the British gutter press is getting its well deserved comeuppance from a member of the royal family. This week, royal renegades Meghan and Harry did the unthinkable.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex wrote to four British tabloid newspapers stating they would no longer deal with them, because the outlets had run stories that were "distorted, false, or invasive beyond reason."

Their letter - to The Sun, The Mirror, The Daily Mail and Daily Express - stated that "there will be no corroboration and zero engagement" with the publications, their websites or their Sunday counterparts.

The couple said in no uncertain terms that they will not "offer themselves up as currency for an economy of click bait and distortion."

Comment: In general, the Royals don't really directly engage with much of press anyway, their PR may but it's usually with specific outlets and they tend to only do it when it's of benefit to them, and this isn't going to stop the named outlets reporting on their lives.

Yes, the press is intrusive and needs reforming, but what's more concerning, and affects the nation, not just Harry and Megan, is that there is no mainstream British 'free press'. For anyone paying attention it's obvious the British press is owned and directed by the few, for the agendas of those few; now that's a story and that's important. It's telling and is typical of the royals that they have little to say on this matter.

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Return to sender? Mayor de Blasio astounded his freed criminals committed new crimes

M. Dowling
Independent Sentinel
Tue, 21 Apr 2020 00:00 UTC
Rikers Island
© APRikers Island, New York City's main jail
New York City mayor Bill de Blasio, née Warren Wilhelm, is shocked that the criminals he released over virus concerns committed new crimes and are back in the slammer. He said Monday it is "unconscionable" that criminals released early from prison over coronavirus fears would commit new crimes.

"I think it's unconscionable just on a human level that folks were shown mercy and this is what some of them have done," de Blasio told reporters during a briefing Monday.

Yes, imagine criminals behaving unconscionably? Who would have seen that coming? Everyone will just keep doing what they're doing, he confirmed.


Despite assurances from Mayor de Blasio that only nonviolent, elderly or chronically ill inmates would be sprung, 329 prisoners accused of violent felonies were released from city jails in the three weeks up to April 6, at least some under age 30.
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'Americans won't stand for it': Outrage and protests as Idaho mother arrested for letting children play in park


RT
Wed, 22 Apr 2020 19:35 UTC
Sara Brady
© Main image: Idaho Freedom Foundation; inset: Ada County Sheriff's OfficeSara Brady's arrest prompted outcry in Idaho and online.
The case of a mother in Meridian, Idaho, who was arrested after police say she violated a city order by letting her children play in a playground has sparked a furious backlash and protests against Covid-19 restrictions.

Sara Brady was arrested and charged with one count of misdemeanor trespassing, following the incident at Kleiner Park in Meridian on Tuesday.

Video footage shows Brady being led away from the scene in handcuffs as several other women with young children plead with the police officers for an explanation for the arrest.


"As a person, does this make sense to you? As a person, not as a police officer," one can be heard asking as the mother is perp-walked out of the park on the sunny afternoon.
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Santa Clara Co., CA confirms Feb. 6 coronavirus victim, three weeks earlier than previous official report

Rosie Perper
Business Insider
Tue, 21 Apr 2020 00:00 UTC
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California's Santa Clara County on Tuesday announced that two people who died in their homes in February later tested positive for the new coronavirus, suggesting that the first COVID-19 death in the US occurred weeks earlier than previously thought.

In a statement Tuesday, officials from Santa Clara County said the medical examiner tested three people who died in their homes for coronavirus. One person died February 6, another February 17, and a third on March 6.

According to the statement, the tests were sent to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which confirmed on Tuesday that all three patients tested positive for coronavirus.

The US recorded its first official death from COVID-19 on February 28 — a man in his 50s in Washington state. The new data suggests the country's first death occurred at least three weeks prior.

California confirmed its first coronavirus death on March 4 — an elderly patient in Placer County, near Sacramento. Santa Clara County, which includes San Jose in the Bay Area, initially recorded its first death on March 9 — a woman in her 60s.
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Michigan's Gov. Whitmer hires a far-left political group to collect Michigan residents' medical data

M. Dowling
Independent Sentinel
Tue, 21 Apr 2020 00:00 UTC
Whitmer
© APMichigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer
Whitmer has teamed up with a progressive data mining activist group tied to socialist Democrats to gather medical information on Michigan residents throughout the state. The purpose is to set up contact tracing. The far-left politically-tied group will have detailed medical information of residents all across the state.

Whitmer announced Monday the voter/individual contact platform Every Action VAN had been selected to help track information and contacts and organize phone banking related to coronavirus research and response. EveryAction had been contracted with the state through a third party called Great Lakes Community Engagement, which specializes in outreach campaigns, The Detroit News reported.

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Best of the Web: Millionaire 'Democrat' Nancy Pelosi 'relates to the suffering masses' by showing off $24,000 dollar fridge stocked with $13 pots of ice cream

James Corbett
Corbett Report
Wed, 22 Apr 2020 19:20 UTC
Marie Antoinette didn't actually say "Let them eat cake" but you won't believe who is saying "Let them eat ice cream." Join James for this edition of #PropagandaWatch as he explores the latest fad among the celebrities and political puppets: Shaming poor people!
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Say what? Michael Moore-backed documentary takes down the Left's 'green energy' scams

Joel B. Pollak
Breitbart
Wed, 22 Apr 2020 18:53 UTC
Michael Moore
© AP Photo/Marcio Jose SanchezMichael Moore
Left-wing filmmaker Michael Moore released a new documentary, Planet of the Humans, on Tuesday, ahead of the 50th Earth Day on Apr. 22. Like most Moore projects, it targets corporate greed and hypocrisy. But this time, the greed and hypocrisy it targets are on the environmentalist left.

The film, directed by Jeff Gibbs, exposes the solar and wind energy industries as scams that pretend to be saving the planet from climate change while consuming more fossil fuels than they save, and causing ecological damage.

The film reserves particular scorn for the biomass industry, which touts itself as a "renewable" alternative to fossil fuels, while chopping down trees and even consuming animals in pumping yet more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

Moore released the 100-minute documentary for free on YouTube, with a warning: "[W]e are following leaders who have taken us down the wrong road — selling out the green movement to wealthy interests and corporate America."
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Tyson Foods suspends operations at largest US pork plant after COVID outbreak

Ryan J. Foley
Associated Press
Wed, 22 Apr 2020 18:05 UTC
Tyson Foods in Waterloo, IA
© Jeff Reintz/The Courier via APTyson Fresh Meats plant in Waterloo, Iowa.
Tyson Foods suspended operations Wednesday at an Iowa plant that is critical to the nation's pork supply but was blamed for fueling a coronavirus outbreak in the community.

The Arkansas-based company said the closure of the plant in Waterloo would deny a vital market to hog farmers and further disrupt U.S. meat supply. Tyson had kept the facility, its largest pork plant, open in recent days over the objections of alarmed local officials.

The plant can process 19,500 hogs per day, accounting for 3.9% of U.S. pork processing capacity, according to the National Pork Board.

More than 180 infections have been linked to the plant and officials expect that number to dramatically rise. Testing of its 2,800 workers is expected to begin Friday. Cases and hospitalizations in Black Hawk County have skyrocketed in recent days and local officials say the plant is the largest source of infections.
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