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Wikipedia deletes the list of scientists who are skeptics of the sacred (fake) climate 'consensus'

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The evidence is overwhelming but the names of 85 unconvinced experts threatens the Earth. Shield your eyes, sinner, lest ye faith be tested!

The Religion of Carbonoid-Weather-Control is so fragile, and Wikipedia so captured by philosophical fruit flies, that 35 editors voted down 19 other editors and now The List does not exist. Thus do 35 editors keep safe the minds of Wikipedia babes who might get confused when they see Richard Lindzen and Roy Spencer's names and mistake them for actual climate scientists... oh.

Thanks to Dr Roger Higgs:

Electroverse: Wikipedia Deletes "List of Scientists who Disagree with the Scientific Consensus on Global Warming" in Astonishing Act of Censorship

Comment: Wikipedia is on a roll! First they slash Spanish Flu death rates (probably to make coronavirus numbers look scary by comparison), and now they're deleting anyone who disagrees with "climate consensus". After all, how can it be a consensus if there's a whole list of people who don't agree? Wikipedia doesn't publish facts (except occasionally, likely by accident). They are willing mainstream narrative managers more interested in 'consensus' than truth.

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Extinguisher

US Troops in Europe face limbo following canceled exercise, travel ban

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© U.S. Army/Capt. Ellen C. Brabo, 7th Army Training Command
U.S. Army Soldiers arrive for exercise DEFENDER-Europe 20 at the Nuremberg Aiprort, Germany, March 5, 2020.
The U.S. military in Europe is weighing how best to get what may be thousands of troops stateside following the release of a Defense Department policy memo Wednesday ordering a 60-day suspension of military travel to and from countries, including those in Europe.

Navy Lt. Cmdr. Joe Hontz, a spokesman for U.S. European Command, told Military.com on Thursday that command officials are working with individual bases and major commands within the continent to evaluate which troops will be sent home following their temporary duty assignment, and which will move on to their next duty station, which could be within Europe.

Hontz stressed the options are in line with Defense Secretary Mark Esper's latest guidance, which was distributed to personnel just hours after President Donald Trump announced the travel suspension. The Defense Department guidance imposes a 60-day ban on travel for service members, military families and DoD civilians to all countries designated as "Level 3 locations" by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention due to the widespread and ongoing transmission of the novel coronavirus.

Stock Down

Coronavirus will bankrupt more people than it kills — and that's the real global emergency

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Coronavirus's economic danger is exponentially greater than its health risks to the public. If the virus does directly affect your life, it is most likely to be through stopping you going to work, forcing your employer to make you redundant, or bankrupting your business.

The trillions of dollars wiped from financial markets this week will be just the beginning, if our governments do not step in. And if President Trump continues to stumble in his handling of the situation, it may well affect his chances of re-election. Joe Biden in particular has identified Covid-19 as a weakness for Trump, promising "steady, reassuring" leadership during America's hour of need.

Worldwide, Covid-19 has killed 4,389 with 31 US deaths as of today. But it will economically cripple millions, especially since the epidemic has formed a perfect storm with stock market crashes, an oil war between Russia and Saudi Arabia, and the spilling over of an actual war in Syria into another potential migrant crisis.

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Judge releases Chelsea Manning after suicide attempt, effectively fines her supporters $256,000

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A federal judge has released whistleblower Chelsea Manning from jail following a suicide attempt and a year behind bars, while ordering her to pay more than a quarter-million dollars in contempt of court fines.

After spending seven years in prison under draconian conditions for exposing US war crimes, Manning was re-imprisoned one year ago in an attempt to coerce her to testify in a grand jury related to WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange. When Manning continued to refuse to testify on a principled stand of opposition to the unjust and corrupt practice of secret grand juries, she began getting slammed with fines of $1,000 per day in an attempt by judge Anthony Trenga to "coerce" her into testifying.

Those fines now amount to $256,000 as Trenga finally orders her release, stating that "the business of Grand Jury 19-3 had concluded" and "the Court finds that Ms Manning's appearance before the Grand Jury is no longer needed."

Comment: "Coercive detention for the sole purpose of inflicting intentional suffering on a whistleblower, to force her to falsely incriminate a journalist was a cowardly shameful act by the US Govt." - Christine Assange, Julian's mother.

We should all be repulsed by the US criminal justice system and government for persecuting a whistle blower.

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Brick Wall

Norway imposes 'strictest measures since WWII' to quell coronavirus outbreak

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© Sputnik / Vladimir Rodionov
The measures include the closure of all educational institutions from nurseries to universities, the cancellation of cultural and sporting events, a ban on serving food, and even travel restrictions for healthcare professionals.

In light of the coronavirus outbreak, the Norwegian government has introduced a set of preventive measures Prime Minister Erna Solberg called "the strictest and most invasive" imposed on Norwegians since World War II, national broadcaster NRK reported.

"We have gone from an outbreak to an epidemic", said Doctor Camilla Stoltenberg, the head of Norway's public health institute, the sister of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and part of the Stoltenberg family, which has long held top positions in the Labour Party. She pinned the spread in Norway on traditional "skiing holidays" when schools are closed in late February and early March. Many spent the holidays in the Alps of Northern Italy, where the virus has become widespread.

The measures, effective for at least the next 14 days and likely to be extended, are aimed at containing the coronavirus outbreak.

All daycare centres, schools, colleges, universities, and other educational institutions will be closed. All cultural and sporting events, both outdoors and indoors, will be closed or cancelled. A ban on the serving of food, including buffet services at hotels and company canteens, is in place, with the exception of eateries where guests can be seated at least a metre from one another. All hair salons, barbershops, massage, health, and beauty parlours are closed.

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Arrow Down

Palestinian and Jordanian citizens face 'special terrorism court' in Saudi Arabia for 'supporting Hamas'

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, King Salman
© Amr Nabil/AP
The 84-year-old King Salman's ascension to the throne in 2015 ushered in the rise of his son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, to power.
Saudi Arabia has put dozens of Palestinian activists on trial, accusing them of supporting the Gaza-based rulers Hamas.

According to Arabic press reports, 68 Palestinian and Jordanian citizens faced the "special terrorism court" in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, beginning on Sunday.

Families of the accused said their relatives were being prosecuted without legal representation. The detainees were arrested by Saudi secret police in April of last year.

Among those arrested was Mohammed al-Khudari, 81, a long time Palestinian resident of Saudi Arabia and a retired physician suffering from colon cancer, according to his family who spoke by phone from Gaza.

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Judge Orders Whistleblower and hero Chelsea Manning's immediate release from federal holding

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Chelsea Manning
US District Judge Anthony J. Trenga ordered whistleblower Chelsea Manning released from detention on Thursday, a day after she attempted to take her own life. However, he did not release her from the fines she incurred as punishment, which total a quarter of a million dollars.

"Upon consideration of the Court's May 16, 2019, order, the motion, and the court's March 12, 2020, order discharging Grand Jury 19-3, the court finds that Ms. Manning's appearance before the grand jury is no longer needed, in light of which her detention no longer serves any coercive purpose," Judge Trenga wrote in a Thursday court order.
"The court further finds that enforcement of the accrued conditional fines would not be punitive but rather necessary to the coercive purpose of the court's civil contempt order."

Comment: It is the second time in five years that Manning was brought to such a state of despair. Releasing her is the only humane thing to do. She has shown she will never betray Julian Assange and Wikileaks.


No Entry

Russia closes its border to Italian citizens & anyone coming from Italy, to help stop spread of Covid-19

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© Reuters / Yara Nardi
Italian citizens and any persons traveling from Italy have been banned from entering Russia, starting from midnight on Friday. With 1,016 dead and 15,000 infected, Italy remains the European country hardest hit by coronavirus.

The only exception to Moscow's exclusion is for the citizens of the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia), plane crews, official delegations and for holders of residence permits in Russia, the government announced on its website.

The majority of the 28 Russians who got infected with Covid-19 are tourists who had recently traveled to Italy.

Earlier this week, Austria forbade Italians from entering the country unless they have a proper medical certificate. Vienna also halted all railway traffic with its neighbor.

More than 4,600 people have died since the coronavirus epidemic began in Wuhan, China, in late December and spread all over the world. Over 126,000 people have been infected so far, but more than a half have already recovered.

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Coronavirus spread prompts WORST DAY on Wall Street since 'Black Monday' of 1987

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© Reuters / Andrew Kelly
The cascade of bans and cancellations caused by coronavirus around the globe has sent US stocks to their worst losses since the 'Black Monday' of 1987, with Wall Street officially falling into bear market territory.

The S&P 500 plummeted by 9.5 percent on Thursday. The index that was at an all-time high in February has lost a whopping 26.7 percent since, meaning that the record 11-year-long bull market run has come to an end.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank by 10 percent for its worst day since the nearly 23 percent drop on October 19, 1987, known as 'Black Monday.'

European markers also had one of their worst days ever, losing a whole 12 percent despite assurances of help from the European Central Bank.

Market panic was in part due to a series of cancellations over the coronavirus pandemic, which included US President Donald Trump's suspension of most travel between the US and Europe, as well as competitions put on hold in the NHL and the UEFA Champions League.

Red Flag

'Tsunami has arrived': Coronavirus likened to natural disaster and even METEORITE HIT in Spain

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© AFP / DESIREE MARTIN
Spanish hotels are battling to survive, with occupancy rates falling drastically and having received "no new bookings" due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a top official at Spain's hotels federation.

CEHAT Secretary General Ramon Estalella told Reuters on Thursday that the impact of coronavirus on his industry was so bad that the crisis had reached existential levels for Spanish hotels and tourist accommodation.
A tsunami has arrived. A meteorite has fallen on us and we have to see how we survive.
Estalella called on the Spanish government to take bold measures to avoid highly damaging bankruptcies and job losses at hotel companies.

Comment: They should be careful what words they use to describe this!

What if the global lockdown underway, and the attendant mass suffering it generates, produces the contact potential difference we have theorized will attract some bodacious cosmic reactions??