Re: #76 - Main news thread - conflicts, terrorism, crisis from around the globe

[KneelB4Zod!]

This is not a beach in Cuba! It’s in the US where over half a million people are homeless and suffer from state violence daily.. When will Biden intervene the housing crisis in this country? pic.twitter.com/14oHruA85L

— Manolo De Los Santos (@manolo_realengo) August 3, 2021

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Elena
@omnialnchristo
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absolute monarchy vs. constitutional monarchy

[Böhse Tante]

'For $1/Day'... Double-Blind Ivermectin Study Reveals COVID Patients Recover More Quickly, Are Less Infectious
https://archive.is/tUWZr
"This could have a huge economic and social impact..."
don't bet on it. spit.

Meanwhile, Merck Co. - which manufactured the drug in the 1980s, has come out big against the use of ivermectin to treat Covid-19.
...
"You would think Merck would be happy to hear that ivermectin might be helpful to corona patients and try to study it, but they are most loudly declaring the drug should not be used," said Schwartz.

Who is surprised, their patent has long expired. Any pride they might have in their invention of 40 years ago can't buy them anything, it's as simple as that.

[Abacus]

Axios
@axios (July 31, 2021)

Here are the companies requiring workers to get vaccinated:

•Google
•Facebook
•Netflix
•Walmart
•BlackRock
•Morgan Stanley
•Saks Fifth Avenue
•The Washington Post
•Ascension Health
•Lyft
•Uber
•Twitter
•The Walt Disney Corporation

twitter.com/axios/status/1421265538882412550

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[Abacus]

(July 29, 2021) Bayer to pull Glyphosate from U.S. Lawn and Garden Markets
Bayer officials announced on Thursday the company is removing glyphosate
from the U.S. residential lawn and garden marketplace, effective as early as January 2023.

More than 90% of the Roundup litigation claims Bayer has faced in recent years
have come from the U.S. residential lawn and garden market business segment
and is what led to the company deciding to abandon it, according to Werner Baumann, CEO of Bayer AG.

The company currently has about 30,000 unresolved cancer claims that it is
working to address through a five-point plan developed earlier this year (read more at bit.ly/3zU6Rk5).
agweb.com/news/crops/crop-production/bayer-pull-glyphosate-us-lawn-and-garden-markets

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https://electronicintifada.net/content/how-human-rights-watch-favors-israel/33721

[Abacus]

Max Blumenthal
@MaxBlumenthal (August 4, 2021)

Australian lawmakers propose $11,000 fines for sharing information online about anti-lockdown protests
and $5500 fines for attending the rallies

twitter.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/1422800161777061888

[Abacus]

Alan MacLeod
@AlanRMacLeod (August 4, 2021)

That Facebook is recommending I watch content from the far-right QAnon-pushing Trump-loving conspiracy website the Epoch Times
(founded by a very weird Chinese cult) goes to show how little they actually care about fake news and bad information.

twitter.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1422986961472610309

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(April 25, 2018) Bannon turned Cambridge into 'propaganda machine,' whistleblower says
Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie told Democrats on Capitol Hill that former Trump campaign strategist Steve Bannon
asked the embattled data firm to study voter suppression strategies as the group also conducted test messaging on Russia.
In a closed-door meeting Tuesday, Wylie told Democratic Members of the House Judiciary Committee
and the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform that Bannon specifically tasked Cambridge Analytica
with looking at ways to depress Democratic turnout with their messaging.
nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/bannon-turned-cambridge-propaganda-machine-whistleblower-says-n869126

(November 21, 2019) Trump hosted Zuckerberg for undisclosed dinner at the White House in October
President Donald Trump hosted a previously undisclosed dinner with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook board member Peter Thiel
at the White House in October, the company told NBC News on Wednesday.
The meeting took place during Zuckerberg’s most recent visit to Washington,
where he testified before Congress about Facebook’s new cryptocurrency Libra.
A source familiar with the dinner told NBC News that Thiel was also present.
It is unclear why the meeting was not made public or what Trump, Zuckerberg and Thiel discussed.
The White House declined to comment.
The dinner was the second meeting between Zuckerberg and Trump in a month.
nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/trump-hosted-zuckerberg-undisclosed-dinner-white-house-october-n1087986

(December 23, 2019) Pro-Trump news outlet used AI to create fake Facebook accounts pushing far-right stories, officials say (Epoch Times)
Facebook has removed hundreds of fake accounts created with artificial intelligence by a right-wing media company meant to promote its own content supportive of Donald Trump
and critical of the Chinese government, the company said. The campaign used artificially generated profile images and employed more than 600 Facebook accounts,
89 pages, 156 groups and 72 Instagram profiles, according to NBC News, all of which had been removed from the company’s social media platforms by Monday.
independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-fake-news-facebook-epoch-times-artificial-intelligence-ai-remove-accounts-a9258141.html

(August 6, 2020) Facebook Fired An Employee Who Collected Evidence Of Right-Wing Pages Getting Preferential Treatment
Facebook employees collected evidence showing the company is giving right-wing pages preferential treatment
when it comes to misinformation. And they’re worried about how the company will handle the president’s falsehoods in an election year.
On Thursday, Zuckerberg told employees that the increased use of mail-in ballots due to the pandemic
will likely lead to a situation where election results will not be available "for days" or "for weeks."
On July 22, a Facebook employee posted a message to the company’s internal misinformation policy group
noting that some misinformation strikes against Breitbart had been cleared by someone at Facebook seemingly acting on the publication's behalf.
Individuals that spoke out about the apparent special treatment of right-wing pages have also faced consequences.
In one case, a senior Facebook engineer collected multiple instances of conservative figures receiving unique help from Facebook employees,
including those on the policy team, to remove fact-checks on their content. His July post was removed because it violated the company’s “respectful communication policy.”
Facebook denied the employee had been terminated for the post but said it was because "they broke the company's rules."
buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/facebook-zuckerberg-what-if-trump-disputes-election-results?bftwnews&utm_term=4ldqpgc#4ldqpgc

(February 9, 2020) Facebook Hires NATO Press Officer Ben Nimmo as Intelligence Chief
Ben Nimmo, a former NATO press officer and current senior fellow at the Atlantic Council,
has announced Facebook has hired him to “lead global threat intelligence strategy against influence operations”
and “emerging threats.” Nimmo specifically named Russia, Iran and China as potential dangers to the platform.
His announcement was greeted with joy by several NATO officials but was not met with such enthusiasm by others.
mintpressnews.com/censorship-way-facebook-hires-nato-press-officer-intelligence-chief/275154/

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| State of emergency declared in #Yakutia

Russia’s largest and coldest territory has been going through the second month of heatwaves and wildfires.
#Wildfires have torn through more than 4.2 million hectares and have produced a record amount of carbon emissions. pic.twitter.com/szA9UIgek4

— EHA News (@eha_news) August 4, 2021

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(August 4, 2021) India military seeks to bolster ‘Act East’ policy with naval deployment to South China Sea
The Indian Navy has announced the deployment of a naval task force to the South China Sea
to bolster security and support allies in the Indo Pacific region amid attempts by Western nations to push back against China’s activities.
Alongside India’s operational deployment, its naval task force will join Vietnam, the Philippines, Singapore,
and Indonesia in separate bilateral military exercises, as well as multilateral training with Japan, Australia, and the United States.
rt.com/news/531096-india-deploy-south-china-sea/

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When "The Experts" Are Insane

Watch today's show here: https://t.co/W4QfTeMs9P pic.twitter.com/zi73wtItwv

— Ron Paul (@RonPaul) August 4, 2021

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[Böhse Tante]

| State of emergency declared in #Yakutia

Russia’s largest and coldest territory has been going through the second month of heatwaves and wildfires.
#Wildfires have torn through more than 4.2 million hectares and have produced a record amount of carbon emissions. pic.twitter.com/szA9UIgek4

— EHA News (@eha_news) August 4, 2021

I've watched it here since a few days:

https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/overlay=temp/orthographic=94.78,39.78,583/loc=103.351,20.304

It seems to have cooled down a bit, they had ~ the same temperature like Bangladesh or South East Asia.

[Zambeezi]

inevitable.


https://www.unz.com/freed/how-taiwan-will-fall-into-beijings-lap-like-an-overripe-mango/

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Russian @mod_russia peacekeepers continue to ensure safety and assist the civilian population in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Medical help was provided & humanitarian aid packages, incl. vital supplies were delivered to the denizens of Chapar village, including displaced families. pic.twitter.com/0tnWEDlgCZ

— MFA Russia (@mfa_russia) August 4, 2021

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broadcasting to an empty room. hahahaa

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airstrikes in S. Lebanon....

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[Böhse Tante]

Italy wants to tie the right to vote to the green passport
Now they are openly showing their totalitarian grimace:

https://www.iltempo.it/politica/2021/07/27/news/mario-draghi-green-pass-obbligatorio-voto-elezioni-vaccino-covid-seggi-incostituzionalita--28117108/

Unbelievable.

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OK, actually it's "only" about access to polling stations, but you never know ...

[刘汉]

الإعلام الحربي:
أقدمت طائرات العدو الإسرائيلي، عند الساعة 12:40 من فجر اليوم على تنفيذ غارتين استهدفتا منطقة الدمشقية في خراج بلدة المحمودية جنوب لبنان

— Newpress | نيو برس (@NewpressPs) August 4, 2021

Hezbollah Media: At 12:40 am today, the Israeli enemy warplanes carried out two raids targeting the Damascus area in the outskirts of the town of Mahmoudiya in southern Lebanon

[刘汉]

IDF publishes footage of the airstrikes conducted in southern Lebanon earlier tonight pic.twitter.com/uNAbWWPEMT

— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) August 5, 2021

[刘汉]

الخارجية الأميركية: نعتقد أن خاطفي السفينة "أسفلت برينسس" إيرانيون لكن لا يمكن التأكيد #العربية_عاجل https://t.co/a1vIGVFnOW

— العربية عاجل (@AlArabiya_Brk) August 4, 2021

The US State Department: We believe that the hijackers of the Asphalt Princess are Iranians, but it cannot be confirmed