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The Atlas Intel poll finds that Biden leads Trump nationally by just three points.
But the real story lies in the percentage of Hispanic and black voters who told the pollsters that they will vote for Trump.
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The Atlas Intel poll finds that Biden leads Trump nationally by just three points.
But the real story lies in the percentage of Hispanic and black voters who told the pollsters that they will vote for Trump.
Comment: Yes, SWEDEN's. So the WHO isn't behind the lockdown drive...
Dr. David Nabarro
Dr. David Nabarro, speaking in a radio interview with Magic Talk in New Zealand, said, "For all countries, the real approach we've got to aim for is through behavior that's adopted everywhere."
Nabarro said the key to a sustainable coronavirus strategy is trust, and pointed to Sweden as a case in point. The Nordic nation imposed far fewer restrictions on movement than others, and instead relied on Swedes to act responsibly and embrace the guidelines laid out by the country's health authorities.
Comment: See also:
- Sweden's high covid death rates among the Nordics: "Dry tinder" and other important factors
- Sweden records highest death tally in 150 years in first six months of 2020 - put in perspective
- Has Sweden beaten C0VlD? One death so far in August, no lockdown, no masks
- Sweden's success shows the true cost of our arrogant, failed establishment
- Sweden's head epidemiologist: 'Dangerous' to think masks will stop virus
- Sweden unveils promising covid-19 data as new cases plunge
- Sweden: The One Chart That Matters
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The president spoke with about six people next to a burned-out building that used to be B&L Office Furniture Inc. in Kenosha and told them he would help them rebuild their businesses.
"This store was here 109 years," Trump told reporters. "Just about the oldest in the nation."
Scott Carpenter, the co-owner of the office furniture store, thanked Trump for visiting.
"I just appreciate President Trump coming today; everybody here does," he said. "We're so thankful that we got the federal troops in to help because once they got here, things did calm down quite a bit."
As I made reference to, Strategic Intelligence is the mechanism which brings all the interests that the WEF focus on together. This includes specific countries and industries, as well as global issues like Covid-19 and the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
When you look into Strategic Intelligence, one aspect to it that quickly becomes apparent is how each global issue and industry intertwines with one another. For instance, Covid-19 is a strand of 'The Great Reset' and vice versa. What this does is create the impression that only a collectivised approach incorporating all 'stakeholders' has the capacity to deal with crises on a global scale. The WEF is built upon the belief that nations and corporations must be interdependent and seek to remedy the world's problems through the medium of global institutions.
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"Let me say that again: I am not banning fracking. No matter how many times Donald Trump lies about me," he said.
Biden was referencing Trump's speech at the Republican National Convention last week.
"Biden has promised to abolish the production of American oil, coal, shale, and natural gas, laying waste to the economies of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Colorado, and New Mexico, destroying those states," Trump said.
The problem? Trump isn't the one who is lying about Biden's position on fracking. Biden has promised to ban fracking multiple times, citing fossil fuels as dangerous for the environment.
"We would work it out. We would make sure it's eliminated," Biden said about coal and fracking from the Democratic presidential debate stage just a few months ago.
Comment: It's not as simple as Davidson claims. Biden's official policy has never been to "ban fracking". But that didn't stop him from seeming to claim otherwise, e.g., in the debate with Sanders. He's a politician. He says what he thinks will get him votes and the support of whoever happens to be listening to him speak, even if what he is saying has nothing to do with his campaign's actual policies. In other words, he's shameless. And it leads propaganda outlets like WaPo to need to write headlines like this:
Joe Biden's 'not banning fracking' defense, explainedYes, he "misspoke". He surely wasn't just cynically saying what he thought voters wanted to hear.
What happened when Biden says he misspoke about his fracking position
Biden was in a heated debate in March with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) about this. Sanders and other liberal powerhouses want to ban all fracking, which is in line with what many climate change activists want.Sanders: "I'm talking about stopping fracking as soon as we possibly can. I'm talking about telling the fossil fuel industry that they are going to stop destroying this planet — no ifs, buts and maybes about it."Biden was wrong about his own proposal then. As The Washington Post's Salvador Rizzo fact-checked at the time: "The Biden campaign said that he misspoke and that his position was the same as ever: He would issue no new fracking permits for federal lands or waters, while allowing existing fracking operations to continue."
Biden: "So am I."
Sanders: "Well, I'm not sure your proposal does that."
Biden: "No more — no new fracking."
The campaign points to half a dozen other times in the past year when Biden has explicitly said he won't ban fracking. As far back as a town hall in September 2019, he declined to endorse a ban. "His position has never changed and certainly didn't change today," Biden spokesman Andrew Bates told The Fix on Monday.
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The meeting comes as Macron vows to ensure accountability and reform following the Beirut port blast
The meeting comes as Macron vows to ensure accountability and reform following the Beirut port blast
Fairuz, born Nouhad Haddad, is one of the most celebrated singers in the Middle East, and has sung of love, of Lebanon, and of the Palestinian cause.
Many see the 85-year-old artist as a symbol of unity, amidst the disastrous aftermath of the 4 August port blast which claimed the lives of at least 190 people and left over 300,000 displaced.
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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks about safety in America in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 31, 2020
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks about safety in America in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 31, 2020
"Rioting is not protesting," Biden said during a speech in Pennsylvania on Monday. "It's lawlessness, plain and simple... Violence will not bring change."
The Democratic nominee's remarks come shortly after a Trump supporter was gunned down in Portland, Oregon and almost a week after three rioters were shot - two fatally - in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
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Czech senate president Milos Vystrcil addresses the Legislative Yuan in Taipei.
Czech senate president Milos Vystrcil addresses the Legislative Yuan in Taipei.
Milos Vystrcil alluded to John F Kennedy's celebrated "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech in Germany in 1963, saying: "Kennedy said freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free.
"Then he used the sentence 'I am a Berliner' to pledge support to the people of Berlin and the highest value of freedom," Vystrcil said in the first address to Taiwan's legislative yuan by a foreign politician in 45 years.
"Please allow me to pledge support to the people of Taiwan in the same way. I am Taiwanese."
Vystrcil spoke the last few words in Mandarin Chinese, for which he received a standing ovation.
On Monday, Beijing lashed out at the Czech delegation to Taiwan, which also included Prague mayor Zdenek Hrib, who dropped the capital's twin city arrangement with Beijing and replaced it with Taipei.
Comment: Prague-Reporyje Mayor Pavel Novotny penned a very undiplomatic response to Chinese FM Wang Yi's own undiplomatic threat. Rough translation follows:
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro
The NGO Foro Penal put the total number of political prisoners in Venezuela at about 380. Those pardoned include people who are in prison, others who have gone into exile and some who had been barred from contesting elections.
Among them were lawmaker Freddy Guevara, staying on the Chilean embassy's premises. Likewise, the release of Roberto Marrero, an aide to opposition leader Juan Guaido. Marrero was arrested more than a year ago.
Rodriguez said the government seeks a "national reconciliation" and the opposition participation in its December 6 parliamentary elections. The main opposition parties have already dismissed the vote as another fraudulent "farce."
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