Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) issued an executive order on Thursday that allows the state to take over hotels and motels in order to convert them into medical housing for coronavirus patients, according to the Palm Springs Desert Sun.   Continue reading “California Governor Issues Executive Order Allowing State To Commandeer Hotels, Motels For Coronavirus Patients”

Daily Mail

Italians with coronavirus symptoms could face murder charges if they venture outside despite the quarantine and cause a patient’s death.

Suspected virus patients have been ordered to stay indoors with a penalty of 206 euros (£182) over their heads – but they could face far graver charges if they infect someone on their travels.  Continue reading “Italians with coronavirus symptoms who refuse to isolate could face 21 years in prison for ‘malicious murder’ as bars and shops are closed and last tourists leave before flights are banned”

The Local

There have been reports of chaotic scenes at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport as Americans scramble to get back to the USA ahead of the planned travel ban from Europe.

US president Donald Trump announced on Wednesday night that all travel from Schengen zone countries – including France – would be banned from 11.59pm on Friday, in an attempt to stop the spread of coronavirus.  Continue reading “‘Some Americans are paying up to $20,000 for last-minute flights out of France’”

EFF – by Joe Mullin

Imagine an Internet where the law required every message sent to be read by government-approved scanning software. Companies that handle such messages wouldn’t be allowed to securely encrypt them, or they’d lose legal protections that allow them to operate.

That’s what the Senate Judiciary Committee has proposed and hopes to pass into law. The so-called EARN IT bill, sponsored by Senators Lindsay Graham (R-GA) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), will strip Section 230 protections away from any website that doesn’t follow a list of “best practices,” meaning those sites can be sued into bankruptcy. The “best practices” list will be created by a government commission, headed by Attorney General Barr, who has made it very clear he would like to ban encryption, and guarantee law enforcement “legal access” to any digital message.  Continue reading “The EARN IT Bill Is the Government’s Plan to Scan Every Message Online”

Yahoo News

Scammers are knocking on people’s doors and claiming to be part of the official response to the coronavirus, police in New Jersey have warned.

The people could then try and take advantage of anxiety around the spread of the disease to sell products at inflated price or otherwise try and scam anyone in the house, authorities warned. Continue reading “Coronavirus: Sinister people are knocking on doors claiming to be part of official disease response, police warn”

OPB – by Jes Burns

Health officials are still working to slow the spread of novel coronavirus in Oregon and Washington. One strategy they’re using is quarantine.

We’ve been hearing that word tossed around quite a bit regionally, largely in the context of health care workers who have come in contact with the infection. But it’s touching us all and officials are recommending that households prepare for the possibility of quarantine by stocking up on supplies. Continue reading “Quarantine On The Table In Oregon: What You Need To Know”

Deadline

We have just received word that Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have tested positive for the coronavirus. Both have been down in Australia for the pre-production of Baz Luhrmann’s untitled Elvis Presley film from Warner Bros. The two-time Oscar winner Hanks is set to play Presley’s longtime manager Colonel Tom Parker in the project. Continue reading “Tom Hanks & Rita Wilson Test Positive For Coronavirus As Outbreak Hits ‘Elvis Presley’ Film”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Starting in 1969 and running through 2003, a sickening and bizarre sexual experiment was carried out by government officials and a pedophile scientist that deliberately placed troubled children in the care of pedophiles to see if it had “positive consequences.” Victims from this utterly horrifying practice have filed a lawsuit which is getting media coverage this month, exposing the grotesque details of this taxpayer-funded pedophilia experiment.  Continue reading “Lawsuit Reveals Govt Experiment that Gave Kids to Pedophiles to See if Sex Abuse Could Help Them”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Though Russia thus far hasn’t been as hard hit as other large countries, with 17 now confirmed out of a population of 145 million — among those likely are some initially evacuated from the epicenter in Wuhan province, China — authorities are not taking any chances, enacting extreme measures to prevent the spread. Continue reading “Moscow Goes ‘High Alert’, Threatens 5 Years In Jail For Breaking Self-Quarantine”

MSN

Volunteers from the UK are set to be deliberately infected with coronavirus as scientists race to develop a cure for the deadly disease.

As many as 24 human guinea pigs will be paid £3,500 to take part in the trial which will see them infected with a coronavirus and banned from physical contact with the outside world for two weeks. Continue reading “British volunteers to be infected with coronavirus amid scramble to develop vaccine”

Hi Trenchers.  Jus’ wanted to share that yesterday I made some Vegetable Sun Soup.  All I did was finely chop a bunch of organic veggies (cauliflower, tomato, celery, onion, garlic, spinach, carrots, sweet potato, zucchini, mushrooms, basil, parsley) and added a little extra virgin olive oil and salt and pepper.  I put it all in a jar and covered it with filtered water.  Then I placed it in the sun for several hours.  The warmth tenderizes the veggies and blends the flavors.  Then I ate it.  Yum!!  And crunchy, too, with nutrients intact.  Maybe some would like to try making it come summer.  Saves energy, too, and all you need is a sunny day. Continue reading “Vegetable Sun Soup”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Police in the Sacramento suburb of Rocklin, California ordered residents on one residential street to stay inside their homes as officers in protective gear patrolled the area as a sheriff’s helicopter circled overhead, according to WIBW.

The reason? A man who became California’s first coronavirus victim lived on the block. Continue reading “Police Quarantine California Neighborhood After Coronavirus Death”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

St. Johns County, FL — In January, three St. Johns County deputies were placed on administrative leave after cell phone video surfaced of them savagely beating Christopher Butler. Predictably, police were quick to determine Butler was high on PCP but his lawyer says he was suffering from a diabetic event and was not able to follow police officer commands. Now, after video of the incident garners much deserved attention, one of the cops involved has been fired and charged. Continue reading “Cop Fired, Charged As Chilling Video Shows Him Torture Naked Unarmed Man in ‘Diabetic Event’”

RT News

A number of attendees at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference may have come in contact with the lethal coronavirus, but none have yet tested positive, according to event organizers.

A group of people who traveled to the event from New York “potentially” interacted with an individual carrying the illness prior to the conference, AIPAC President Betsy Berns Korn and Chairman Dr Mort Fridman said in a statement on Wednesday.  Continue reading “AIPAC conference-goers ‘potentially’ exposed to coronavirus, Israeli Health Ministry imposes self-quarantine on returnees”

Aljazeera

Israel‘s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has again fallen short of a parliamentary majority with his hardline allies, final election results confirmed on Thursday, extending the country’s year-old political deadlock and weakening the longtime leader as he prepares to go on trial on corruption charges.

The embattled Netanyahu had been looking for a decisive victory in Monday’s vote, and initial exit polls indicated his Likud party and smaller religious and nationalist allies captured 60 seats, just one short of a majority required to form a new government. Continue reading “Israel’s Netanyahu falls short of parliamentary majority”