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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The pace at which economic conditions have deteriorated in recent weeks has been absolutely breathtaking, and the numbers just keep getting worse and worse.
Many doctors in Russia have complained about equipment shortages.
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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Student protesters during Ben Shapiro visit to the University of Utah, Sept. 27, 2017
Student protesters during Ben Shapiro visit to the University of Utah, Sept. 27, 2017
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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Matt Lauer and Andy Lack in 2013.
Matt Lauer and Andy Lack in 2013.
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.
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Barcelona
Barcelona
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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Andy Lack
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."
"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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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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(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
(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
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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State epidemiologist Anders Tegnell claimed individual cases would have been detected among travellers from Wuhan
State epidemiologist Anders Tegnell claimed individual cases would have been detected among travellers from Wuhan
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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