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from AP (Associated Press)
LEFT-CENTER BIASED, VERY HIGH, News Agency in New York City
LEFT-CENTER BIASED, VERY HIGH, News Agency in New York City
Joe Biden said Wednesday that President Donald Trump was the country’s “first” racist president. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee’s comments came during a virtual town hall organized by the Service Employees International Union. When a questioner complained of racism surrounding the coronavirus outbreak and mentioned the president referring to it as the “China virus,” Biden responded by blasting Trump and “his spread of racism.”
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from Asia Times
LEAST BIASED, HIGH; News & Media Website based in Hong Kong
Russia aiming to be first to find Covid-19 vaccine
Russia could be only a few weeks away from starting mass production of a vaccine for Covid-19, but the unorthodox approach adopted to speed up the process is likely to reduce the chances of the Russian vaccine gaining worldwide adoption.
China’s new data security law extends sovereignty to cyberspace
Draft law outlines the framework for a dystopian world, as China moves towards being a cashless society; the law will support a digital economy with transactions lodged in blockchain.
Russia could be only a few weeks away from starting mass production of a vaccine for Covid-19, but the unorthodox approach adopted to speed up the process is likely to reduce the chances of the Russian vaccine gaining worldwide adoption.
China’s new data security law extends sovereignty to cyberspace
Draft law outlines the framework for a dystopian world, as China moves towards being a cashless society; the law will support a digital economy with transactions lodged in blockchain.
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from BBC News (UK)
Canada court rules US 'not safe' for asylum seekers
Canada's federal court has ruled that an asylum agreement the country has with the US is invalid because America violates the human rights of refugees. The Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA), in place since 2004, requires refugee claimants to request protection in the first safe country they reach. But on Wednesday, a judge declared the deal unconstitutional due to the chance that the US will imprison the migrants. The ruling marks a major victory for Canadian immigration activists. Lawyers for refugees who had been turned away at the Canadian border had challenged the agreement, arguing that the US did not qualify as "safe" for asylum seekers.
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from HumanProgress.org Education Website
Mounting evidence shows that China has enacted wide‐ranging human rights abuses, including coercive population control, on its Uyghur minority. An Associated Press investigation released in late June showed that while China’s rate of permanent sterilization procedures is falling nationally, the rate in Xinjiang, where many Uyghurs live, has skyrocketed. Many of those surgeries were involuntary. Many Uyghur women are forcibly sterilized after having two children, as third children are illegal in China. The two‐child policy replaced China’s previous one‐child policy in 2016.
Slowly, humans are making amends for our past excesses. What’s clear is that nature’s resilience is stronger than we thought. Many species can adapt to changed circumstances, migrate to different habitats, and more importantly, live and operate where they aren't directly observed by scientists and wildlife biologists.
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from The Jerusalem Post
Key site from biblical kings’ time unveiled near US Embassy in Jerusalem
A 2,700-year-old archaeological site recently uncovered in Jerusalem now offers an extraordinary glimpse into the life of the region at the time of biblical kings. Located in the southern part of the city, between Talpiot and Ramat Rachel, the Arnona neighborhood acquired international fame when two years ago it became home to the US Embassy in Israel. Quiet and green, the area presents many spectacular views over the Judean Desert and even the Dead Sea, which can often be enjoyed from the new multi-story buildings that keep on springing up. It was while preparing the site for a new residential complex that the archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) came across one of the most significant discoveries made in the city in recent years: a major administrative center believed to date to the days when Hezekiah and Manasseh reigned over the Kingdom of Judah.
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from Mises Institute
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, MIXED
Antonio Gramsci: The Greatest Political Strategist in History
Hollywood’s New Era of McCarthyism
This time, anyone who deviates in his politics, skepticism, or principles from Hollywood’s progressive culture is suspect. In 2017, Stephen Galloway described the possibility of a new era of McCarthyism in Hollywood. Writing in The Hollywood Reporter, where he then served as executive editor, Galloway compared the treatment of conservatives in the film industry to the Hollywood Ten — the ten blacklisted professionals, mostly screenwriters, who served prison time and suffered professional and personal alienation for refusing to name names before the House Un-American Activities Committee. “Back then it was fear of Communism; now it’s fear of an amorphous enemy that’s all the more potent to some for being unseen. Call it the fear of fear itself.” Galloway continues, “In an astonishing reversal of Hollywood history, just as liberals here once considered themselves an endangered species, so do conservatives today.”
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, MIXED
Antonio Gramsci: The Greatest Political Strategist in History
We live in a narrative. The West had a narrative. There will always be a narrative. Destroying the traditional narrative will not leave a void; a new narrative will take hold. We see it on the street: kneeling, the washing of feet, sitting with arms raised to heaven, the sainting of a Minneapolis martyr. Once we lose our story, our narrative, our tradition, we are lost. We are easily manipulated, not having any foundation of meaning. With no foundation, we blow freely in the direction of the new, loudest narrative.
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from National Review RIGHT BIAS
Hollywood’s New Era of McCarthyism
This time, anyone who deviates in his politics, skepticism, or principles from Hollywood’s progressive culture is suspect. In 2017, Stephen Galloway described the possibility of a new era of McCarthyism in Hollywood. Writing in The Hollywood Reporter, where he then served as executive editor, Galloway compared the treatment of conservatives in the film industry to the Hollywood Ten — the ten blacklisted professionals, mostly screenwriters, who served prison time and suffered professional and personal alienation for refusing to name names before the House Un-American Activities Committee. “Back then it was fear of Communism; now it’s fear of an amorphous enemy that’s all the more potent to some for being unseen. Call it the fear of fear itself.” Galloway continues, “In an astonishing reversal of Hollywood history, just as liberals here once considered themselves an endangered species, so do conservatives today.”
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from NBC News (& affiliates)
LEFT-CENTER BIAS
The Food and Drug Administration has expanded the list of hand sanitizers — some sold at Walmart, Costco and other national chains — being recalled to at least 75 recently, saying toxic levels of wood alcohol in them can cause injury or death. The FDA said that there has been an increase in hand sanitizers that are labeled to contain ethyl alcohol, or ethanol, but have tested positive for methanol, or wood alcohol. If methanol is absorbed through the skin, it can cause blindness and hospitalizations, or death if ingested. For the complete list, go to FDA hand sanitizer updates
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from New York Post
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, MIXED, Newspaper in New York
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, MIXED, Newspaper in New York
Planned Parenthood finally admits that its founder was a horrific bigot
Planned Parenthood is finally removing the name of Margaret Sanger, its founder, from its Manhattan clinic — ending decades of denial about her horrid, racist views. Just four years ago, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America did admit it was wrong of Sanger to speak to the Ku Klux Klan in 1926. And to support the sterilization of the disabled and “placing so-called illiterates, paupers, unemployables, criminals, prostitutes and dope fiends on farms and in open spaces as long as necessary for the strengthening and development of moral conduct.”
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from New York Times
Newspaper in New York
Newspaper in New York
Can You Get Covid-19 Again? It’s Very Unlikely, Experts Say
Reports of reinfection instead may be cases of drawn-out illness. A decline in antibodies is normal after a few weeks, and people are protected from the coronavirus in other ways.
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from South China Morning Post
LEFT-CENTER BIAS, MIXED, Media/News Company in Hong Kong
Hong Kong stocks tumbled in late trading on Wednesday as US-China tensions escalated after the US ordered China’s consulate in the city of Houston to close within 72 hours. In quickly moving news, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said the United States had demanded Beijing close its consulate in the Texas city, calling the move “unprecedented escalation” and threatening retaliation. It was the latest instance of friction between the world’s two largest economies on everything from trade to the South China Sea and Beijing’s tightening grip over Hong Kong.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
HISTORIC DINER SALES DOWN DURING USUALLY BUSY SEASON
[C1] Mary Lou’s Milk Bottle usually sees its busiest days during the summer, as customers walk in to get ice cream on a hot day or to enjoy a burger. But this year is different. Pandemic restrictions and health concerns surrounding in-person dining have slowed business, said Tom Ritchie, owner of the historic diner shaped like a Milk Bottle in Spokane’s Garland District. “Normally, every day would be busy, so now it’s just a guess,” Ritchie said. “Now it’s like, ‘OK, well, cross your fingers.’ It’s hard.”
White Elephant’s iconic elephant will reunite with long lost animal friends at Looff Carrousel
The owners of the White Elephant may be closing the curtains on their family business, but the show will go on for their iconic elephant ride. After the Division Street location of the White Elephant closes permanently on Sunday, its mascot will travel to a new home at Riverfront Park’s Looff Carrousel building, according to a Wednesday news release from Spokane Parks and Recreation. The two attractions are reuniting after decades apart. Looff Carrousel and the elephant ride, named Isidore, were both originally fixtures of Natatorium Park, Spokane’s amusement park attraction founded at the turn of the 20th century.
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President Trump Shuts Down Chinese on U.S. Soil
President Trump shut down the communist Chinese consulate in Houston, Texas today because of their heavy espionage/counterintelligence activities inside the United States. The Houston Fire Department was dispatched to the consulate because the Chinese were burning documents. Concurrently, the FBI announced the communist Chinese consulate in San Francisco is harboring at least one fugitive member of the Chinese military – Tang Juan. In court documents, the FBI says Tang Juan was charged along with other Chinese nationals, including Chen Song, who “is an active duty People’s Liberation Army (“PLA”) military scientist who lied to get into the United States, attempted to destroy evidence, and lied extensively to the FBI when interviewed.” The FBI believes Tang Juan has been in the Chinese consulate in San Francisco since the end of June. China has six (6) total consulates inside the United States.
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Banks are closing credit cards and slashing credit limits amid the pandemic, survey finds
As the economic fallout of the pandemic continues to unfold, banks are rushing to close credit card accounts or slash credit limits to curb their risk. One in 4 Americans with credit cards said they had an account involuntarily shut down from mid-May to mid-July, while 1 in 3 said their credit limit was reduced, according to a new report from CompareCards.com that surveyed 1,003 credit cardholders. This follows a similar rate of reductions in April and comes as many Americans battle joblessness and uncertain economic futures, but now with reduced access to credit.
HISTORIC DINER SALES DOWN DURING USUALLY BUSY SEASON
[C1] Mary Lou’s Milk Bottle usually sees its busiest days during the summer, as customers walk in to get ice cream on a hot day or to enjoy a burger. But this year is different. Pandemic restrictions and health concerns surrounding in-person dining have slowed business, said Tom Ritchie, owner of the historic diner shaped like a Milk Bottle in Spokane’s Garland District. “Normally, every day would be busy, so now it’s just a guess,” Ritchie said. “Now it’s like, ‘OK, well, cross your fingers.’ It’s hard.”
White Elephant’s iconic elephant will reunite with long lost animal friends at Looff Carrousel
The owners of the White Elephant may be closing the curtains on their family business, but the show will go on for their iconic elephant ride. After the Division Street location of the White Elephant closes permanently on Sunday, its mascot will travel to a new home at Riverfront Park’s Looff Carrousel building, according to a Wednesday news release from Spokane Parks and Recreation. The two attractions are reuniting after decades apart. Looff Carrousel and the elephant ride, named Isidore, were both originally fixtures of Natatorium Park, Spokane’s amusement park attraction founded at the turn of the 20th century.
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from Understanding the Threat
EXTREME RIGHT BIAS, QUESTIONABLE SOURCE, Media/News Company in Dallas, TexasPresident Trump Shuts Down Chinese on U.S. Soil
President Trump shut down the communist Chinese consulate in Houston, Texas today because of their heavy espionage/counterintelligence activities inside the United States. The Houston Fire Department was dispatched to the consulate because the Chinese were burning documents. Concurrently, the FBI announced the communist Chinese consulate in San Francisco is harboring at least one fugitive member of the Chinese military – Tang Juan. In court documents, the FBI says Tang Juan was charged along with other Chinese nationals, including Chen Song, who “is an active duty People’s Liberation Army (“PLA”) military scientist who lied to get into the United States, attempted to destroy evidence, and lied extensively to the FBI when interviewed.” The FBI believes Tang Juan has been in the Chinese consulate in San Francisco since the end of June. China has six (6) total consulates inside the United States.
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from Yahoo Finance (Yahoo Money)
LEFT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, news website owned by Verizon Media
As the economic fallout of the pandemic continues to unfold, banks are rushing to close credit card accounts or slash credit limits to curb their risk. One in 4 Americans with credit cards said they had an account involuntarily shut down from mid-May to mid-July, while 1 in 3 said their credit limit was reduced, according to a new report from CompareCards.com that surveyed 1,003 credit cardholders. This follows a similar rate of reductions in April and comes as many Americans battle joblessness and uncertain economic futures, but now with reduced access to credit.
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